When legislation was introduced in 1923, several legislators began to question if a branch of Texas A&M was the best answer for public higher education in the West Texas region. On January 25, 1923, a bill creating Texas Technological College was introduced by Senator W. H. Bledsoe, Representatives Lewis Carpenter, and Richard Chitwood. Texas Technological College became a reality when Governor Pat M. Neff signed the bill on February 10, 1923.

A site committee was sent out to look for a home for this new college. The site committee visited West Texas towns looking for the right setting for the Texas Technological College campus to be placed. The Lubbock community made sure they gave the committee a warm reception. People lined the streets as the committee's car drove by. The committee was so impressed by Lubbock that the city was chosen on the first ballot as the home for Texas Tech. When Lubbock found out about receiving this honor they planned a huge party. The celebration that was held August 28th hosted 30,000 guests, even though the population of Lubbock was only a few thousand at the time. In 1925 classes opened with 914 students.

• Texas Tech University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics