[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 9, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2316]
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               125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOLDING INSTITUTE

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 9, 2005

  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 125th anniversary 
of the Holding Institute. The Holding Institute is a training facility 
that helps young Hispanic women, children and families improve their 
ability to read, write and speak English. Since Miss Nannie Emory 
Holding, a Methodist missionary teacher from Kentucky, helped a small 
group of Laredo women organize a school for girls on the north bank of 
the Rio Grande back in the early 1880's, the name Holding has meant 
educational opportunity to the residents of Los Dos Laredos.
  In 1987, Holding became a community learning center offering learning 
opportunities for adults, offering day and evening classroom 
instruction to women and men above 16 years of age who wanted to learn 
English as a second language, improve their Spanish, obtain their GED, 
gain work skills including computer literacy, or get ready for entry 
into college.
  Today, Holding is recognized for future projects that will take 
learning at Holding to another level for the 21st Century.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have had this opportunity to recognize the 
Holding Institute, an invaluable learning center for many people in 
Laredo, for their 125 years of ministry and teaching.

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