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The McDowell Business Administration Building, built during the presidency of D. Whitney Halladay. The history of East Texas State University (ETSU) comprises the history of the university now known as East Texas A&M University from its renaming as East Texas State University in 1965 (after the establishment of its first doctoral program) to its admission into the Texas A&M University System ...
Texas A&M University–Commerce is a public university in Commerce, Texas. With an enrollment of over 12,000 students as of fall 2017, the university is the third-largest institution in the Texas A&M University System. [3] Founded in 1889, the institution is also the fifth-oldest state university or college in the State of Texas. [1]
James G. Gee Library in 2016 Sororities' & Women's Halls, with Kappa Delta in the foreground, in 2016. What is now Texas A&M University–Commerce was renamed East Texas State College (ETSC) in 1957, [1] [2] [3] after the Texas Legislature recognized the broadening scope of the institution, [2] in recognition of the school's expansion beyond its original mandate of teacher education.
Professor Mayo's College: A History of East Texas State University. Commerce, Texas: East Texas State University Press. ISBN 0963709208. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04; Sawyer, William E. (1979). History of East Texas State University. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing Company.
They were led by head coach Ernest Hawkins, who was in his fifth season at East Texas State. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference . The Lions finished second in the conference standings the season with a 7–2–1 record overall and a 5–1–1 record in LSC play.
The East Texas A&M Lions football team (formerly the East Texas State Lions and the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions) is the college football program representing East Texas A&M University. The school competes in the Southland Conference (SLC) in Division I FCS of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The 1920 East Texas State Lions baseball team. Unlike Mayo, Binnion was a consistent and strong supporter of the college's athletics program. By the time ETSNC became a state institution in 1917, blue and gold had been adopted as its school colors, and in 1919 its teams began using the nickname "Lions".
The 1969 East Texas State Lions football team represented East Texas State University in the 1969 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Ernest Hawkins , who was in his sixth season at East Texas State.