Originally the signing of the Higher Education Act was supposed to be signed outside in front of the Main Building (now called Old Main). It was moved inside of the Strahan Gymnasium (now the Music Building) when it started to rain.
President Johnson is on the left in the hat and light coat. Originally the signing of the Higher Education Act was supposed to be signed outside in front of the Main Building (now called Old Main). It was moved inside of the gym when it started to rain.
Crowd moves from the Main Building, down the hill to the gymnasium for the signing event. Mrs. Johnson and President Johnson are in the center, with the college president James McCrocklin visible behind LBJ’s hat.
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson with unidentified man at the signing of the Higher Education Act, Southwest Texas State College on November 8, 1965.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College on November 8, 1965. Standing behind the President (left to right): Unidentified man, Dr. Alfred Nolle, Unidentified man, Lady Bird Johnson, Beryl Bolton McCarroll Pickle, J.J. "Jake" Pickle, J.C. Kellam, and University President James H. McCrocklin.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College on November 8, 1965. Standing behind the President (left to right): Unidentified man, Dr. Alfred Nolle, Unidentified man, Lady Bird Johnson, Beryl Bolton McCarroll Pickle, J.J. "Jake" Pickle, J.C. Kellam, and University President James H. McCrocklin.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College on November 8, 1965. Standing behind the President (left to right): Unidentified man, Dr. Alfred Nolle, Unidentified man, Lady Bird Johnson, Beryl Bolton McCarroll Pickle, J.J. "Jake" Pickle, J.C. Kellam, and University President James H. McCrocklin.
Original staging for the signing of the Higher Education Act. The podium and desk were moved to the gymnasium for the ceremony. The signing of the Higher Education Act was supposed to be signed outside in front of the Main Building (now called Old Main). It was moved inside of the Strahan Gymnasium (now the Music Building) when it started to rain.