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924 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION "F-F"

(Krause, Livingston, Roen, Van Horn,)

(Garaas, Wenstrom, Erickson)

COMMENDING THEODORE ROOSEVELT CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

A concurrent resolution commending the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission and its executive director for the excellent work done in commemorating the anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt.

WHEREAs, the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission was created by the Thirty-fifth Legislative Assembly to promote the proper observance of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt; and

WHEREAS, the commission initiated and promoted a school program to carry out this observance whereby forty thousand students participated in commemoration programs in more than three thousand schools in this state, and whereby the state University and Agricultural College each awarded honorary degrees as a part of the Theodore Roosevelt observance; and

WHEREAS, the Dickinson State Teachers College conducted a symposium of lectures during which several nationally prominent personalities delivered addresses, thus greatly enhancing the academic reputation of our state; and

WHEREAS, the commission made possible the development and production of "Old Four Eyes", the now famous outdoor drama which exemplified to the state and the nation the heritage of Theodore Roosevelt and focused the attention of the people of the state of North Dakota upon the possibilities for future development of tourist attractions within the state; and

WHEREAS, the commission, with the cooperation of the North Dakota Bar Association, established a speakers bureau which resulted in over four hundred and fifty addresses being given which indoctrinated the public in the high ideals and sense of public responsibility which were typical of Theodore Roosevelt, all of which greatly benefited the citizens of the state; and

WHEREAS, the commission engaged in numerous other activities commemorating the memory of Theodore Roosevelt which, at the same time, focused nationwide attention on the state of North Dakota; and

WHEREAS, the national director of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission has specifically stated that no other