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Article published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. This paper is partly a summary of and partly a series of selections from a longer study on the subject of the inspection of military posts in New Spain by Pedro de Rivera in the third decade of the eighteenth century. The facts selected from the longer study, for the main parts of this paper, relate to his travels in Texas and in three other provinces of New Spain which were nearest to Texas: namely, New Mexico, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon. Preceding these facts in an introductory explanation of the origin and the general nature of his entire journey of inspection. The explanation is derived from official papers written in Madrid and the City of Mexico. The description of the selected portions of his journey is based upon, and quoted from, his own diary of that event. This paper was read at the meeting of the Texas State Historical Association in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 1937.

President Johnson delivers remarks before the signing in the Strahan Gymnasium.

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.

President Lyndon B. Johnson handing out pens after signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College gymnasium on November 8, 1965.

President Johnson delivers remarks at the Strahan Gymnasium, Southwest Texas State College on November 8, 1965.

President Johnson delivers remarks at the Strahan Gymnasium, Southwest Texas State College on November 8, 1965.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson arrive by helicopter to sign the Higher Education Act in November 1965.

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 shaking hands with the crowd at Gary Job Corps.

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.

President Lyndon B. Johnson with J.J. "Jake" Pickle after signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College in the Strahan Gymnasium.

President Lyndon B. Johnson with Jesse C. Kellam at the signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College on November 8, 1965.

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.

The desk with the Act prepared for signing, crowd visible in the background at the Strahan Gymnasium.

President Lyndon B. Johnson handing out pens after signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College gymnasiums on November 8, 1965.

President Lyndon B. Johnson handing out pens after signing the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College gymnasium on November 8, 1965.