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+ May 25, 2021 THE very next day after the surrender of the Spanish forces in Bacolod on November 6, 1898, the Negrenses started consolidating their hold over the Island by creating a political organization relevant to their interests. They convened their first Assembly at the site of a former Recoletos School in Bacolod and gathered their delegates from the different towns including former presidents, other local officials and leaders. The first matter taken up was the election of a small Commission to sign the Acts of the Assembly and followed by the proposal submitted by Melecio Severino to elect the various positions of the new government which were approved unanimously as follows: President - Aniceto Lacson; Delegate of War - Juan Araneta; Delegate of Hacienda - Eusebio Luzuriaga; Delegate of Government-Simon Lizares; Delegate of Development- Nicolas Golez; Delegate of Justice – Antonio Jayme; Delegate of Agriculture and Commerce – Agustin Amenabar;
The Tuscaloosa News
As we enter a new year and chase out the tens of thousands Chinese spies inhabiting the halls (and labs) of Ivy and Kudzu across the nation, it may be a good time to take stock of why even colleges and universities exist.
They were established in the Middle Ages places like Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, Salamanca, Bologna to foster Christianity, plain and simple. Universities evolved as did Western civilization over the next thousand years so today they reflect two basic areas: the best in the traditional liberal arts curriculum and the scientific and technological cutting edges of the times. The University of Alabama is no exception.