IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 70 
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Kansas State University. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2013 
Mr. HUELSKAMP submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Kansas State 
University. 
Whereas Kansas State University was established by the Ter-
ritory of Kansas on February 9, 1858, as the Bluemont 
Central College Association in response to the State’s de-
sire to provide higher education opportunities to farm 
families and the working class in Kansas; 
Whereas, on February 3, 1863, Kansas became one of the 
first States in the Nation to accept the terms and condi-
tions of the First Morrill Act creating the land-grant sys-
tem of colleges and universities; 
Whereas the Kansas State Agricultural College, today Kansas 
State University, received Kansas’ land-grant charter on 
February 16, 1863, making it the first operational land- 
grant institution in the Nation; 
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•HRES 70 IH 
Whereas some of the most important technological advance-
ments of the modern world were the result of research at 
Kansas State University, including the invention of the 
snooze alarm, the space pen, and discovering the weather 
phenomenon El Nin˜o; 
Whereas Kansas State University became the first university 
to offer printing courses, which led to journalism courses 
and eventually to the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism 
and Mass Communications; 
Whereas Kansas State University helped pioneer the aca-
demic teaching of home economics for women becoming 
one of the first of two colleges to offer the program of 
study; 
Whereas Kansas State University has expanded to campuses 
in Olathe and Salina, and its Research and Extension 
program has strong presence throughout the State; 
Whereas Kansas State University also has international of-
fices in Australia, Vietnam, China, and India; 
Whereas students attending Kansas State University come 
from all 50 States and 90 countries; 
Whereas Kansas State University is a national leader among 
public universities in Rhodes, Truman, Marshall, Udall, 
and Goldwater scholars; 
Whereas Kansas State University’s football team’s first game 
was played on Thanksgiving Day in 1893; 
Whereas the Kansas State University basketball team first 
played in 1902; 
Whereas Kansas State University intercollegiate athletics 
compete in the Big XII Conference; 
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•HRES 70 IH 
Whereas more than 165,404 degrees have been awarded by 
Kansas State University and its graduates include heads 
of state, leaders of industry, great humanitarians, and 
gifted scientists whose work has improved the quality for 
life for people worldwide; 
Whereas more than 200,000 alumni are proud to call Kansas 
State University their alma mater; and 
Whereas Kansas State University’s commitment to education 
is unparalleled, and its history and stature are secured by 
the superlative caliber of its educational professionals and 
the students they inspire: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates Kansas State University for 
150 years of outstanding service to the State of 
Kansas, the United States, and the world in ful-
filling its mission as a land-grant university; and 
(2) thanks the State of Kansas for its visionary 
leadership in the beginning of the land-grant move-
ment in the United States. 
Æ 
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