,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjai,mr4 
,brindisi 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,delgado1  
and ,ms4 ,scanlon7 submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,education and    
,labor  ,,resolution  ,honoring the     
#bjjth anniversary of the founding of   
,colgate ,university4  ,whereas a       
,baptist pastor1 ,daniel ,hascall1 and  
,nathaniel ,kendrick recruited ten local
 clergy and laymen1 met all together on 
,september #bd1 #ahag1 in the home of   
,jonathan ,olmstead in ,hamilton1 ,new  
,york1 and approved the ,constitution of
 the ,baptist ,education ,society of the
 ,state of ,new ,york2 ,whereas the     
thirteen men approved the ,constitution 
of the ,baptist ,education ,society of  
the ,state of ,new ,york with thirteen  
articles1 prayed thirteen times1 and had
 thirteen dollars to pay their first    
annual membership fee1 and elected the  
institution's first board of trustees2  

,whereas1 on ,march #e1 #ahai1 a bill   
officially incorporating the ,baptist   
,education ,society of the ,state of    
,new ,york cleared the ,new ,york ,state
 ,legislature2 ,whereas1 in #ahcc1 the  
society expanded to include a collegiate
 course and the school came to be known 
as the ,hamilton ,literary and          
,theological ,institution2 ,whereas1 in 
#ahdf1 the institution's board          
successfully petitioned the ,state      
legislature to incorporate the          
collegiate department as ,madison       
,university2 ,whereas1 in #ahec1 ,henry 
,livingston ,simpson became the first   
,african-,american student to graduate  
from the university2 ,whereas1 in #ahij1
 the ,new ,york ,state ,supreme ,court  
granted the petition of the board of    
trustees to change the name of the      
university to ,colgate ,university in   
honor of university patron ,william     
,colgate and his family2 ,whereas1 in   
#aiai1 the ,colgate ,university ,alumni 
,corporation was founded and celebrated 

,colgate's ,centennial1 the largest     
reunion at the time1 followed by the    
introduction of the standing special    
liberal arts model2 ,whereas1 in #aice1 
the ,washington ,study ,group was       
created1 which was the first study group
 offered by any college or university in
 the ,nation to send students to study  
in the ,district of ,columbia2 ,whereas 
during ,world ,wars ,i and ,,ii1        
,colgate contributed to the war effort  
by serving as a preparatory school for  
the ,army and ,navy2 ,whereas1 in #aifh1
 a #ajj-;hour student civil rights      
sit-in on campus launched a wave of     
student activism2 ,whereas1 in #aigj1   
,colgate admitted its first class of    
women and became a coeducational        
institution2 ,whereas1 in #aigc1        
,colgate committed to ,national         
,collegiate ,athletic ,association      
,division ,i athletics1 hosting the     
first women's varsity sports teams in   
basketball1 field hockey1 lacrosse1     
volleyball1 and tennis2 ,whereas1 in    

#bjji1 ,colgate signed the ,american    
,college and ,university ,presidents'   
,climate ,commitment and achieved a     
carbon-neutral campus by its            
,bicentennial ,celebration in #bjai2    
,whereas ,colgate now educates more than
 #b1ijj students in #ef different       
majors2 ,whereas ,colgate has produced  
many graduates of national acclaim1     
including several ,members of ,congress 
and other prominent elected officials2  
,whereas ,colgate has assured its future
 growth with its ,vision and ,plan for  
,colgate ,university's ,third ,century1 
which will ensure it remains a          
first-rate1 world-renowned academic     
institution2 and ,whereas ,colgate      
exemplifies all the best traditions of  
,american higher education3 ,now1       
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives honors ,colgate        
,university1 as the university          
celebrates #bjj years as a source of    
pride for ,new ,york ,state and for the 
people of the ,united ,states4