[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATING SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
Slippery Rock University, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary 
this year.
  In 1887, the citizens of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, saw the need 
for affordable and accessible higher education in their community. In 
less than 18 months, land was purchased from my good friend and 
colleague Jim Gerlach's family, to whom it had belonged for three 
generations.
  On that land was soon established Slippery Rock State Normal School. 
It opened to 168 students on March 26, 1889, with its ultimate object 
to make the student an educator. It was purchased by the Commonwealth 
in 1926 and was granted university status in 1983.
  After 125 years, Slippery Rock University has nearly 80,000 proud 
graduates. It offers a broad array of undergraduate and graduate 
programs to more than 8,000 students and is consistently recognized as 
a great place to learn and work.
  For as long as this impressive institution remains standing, Slippery 
Rock's commitment to intellectual development, leadership, and civic 
responsibility will endure.

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