[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 33 (Monday, March 3, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E343]
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                     TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 3, 2003

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, let me take this means to recognize Lincoln 
University in Jefferson City, MO, on 137 years of service to the State 
of Missouri. On January 30, the annual Founders' Day Celebration was 
held at Richardson Auditorium at the university.
  Lincoln University was founded on January 14, 1866, by soldiers and 
officers of the 62nd and the 65th Missouri Colored Infantry units. They 
gave a combined $6,400 to establish the educational institution they 
named Lincoln Institute. The institute was founded with three 
stipulations: The institution shall be designed for the special benefit 
of the freed African Americans; it shall be located in the State of 
Missouri; and its fundamental idea shall be to combine study and labor.
  In 1921, the Missouri Legislature passed a bill introduced by 
Walthall M. Moore, the first Black American to serve in that body, 
which changed the name from Lincoln Institute to Lincoln University and 
created a board of curators to govern the University.
  Mr. Speaker, Lincoln University's annual Founders' Day Celebration is 
not only a celebration of another passing year's educational service 
but a chance once a year to remember the history of this great 
university. I applaud Lincoln University for its willingness to not 
forget the past and make sure its students know exactly how their 
university came to be. I know the Members of the House will join me in 
congratulating Lincoln University on 137 years of education excellence.

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