Texas HR 168: Congratulating Losbara Fleites of Legacy of Educational Excellence (LEE) High School in San Antonio on excelling at the Educators Rising 2021 National Conference.

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89(R) HR 168 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 168

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, The El Dorado Social Club is celebrating the 100th 

  

 anniversary of its founding at the Stafford Centre on February 7, 

  

 2025; and

  

        WHEREAS, This esteemed organization traces its roots to 1925, 

  

 when a group of students at the old Colored High School on West 

  

 Dallas Avenue in Houston was studying literature under the tutelage 

  

 of Viola Webber Colvin; in that class, they read the poem 

  

 "El Dorado" by American author Edgar Allan Poe and were so 

  

 impressed by the story of the mythical city that they set about 

  

 organizing a club with the same ideals it expressed; and

  

        WHEREAS, Joe Parker was appointed the club's first president, 

  

 and its charter members selected the motto "Searching for 

  

 El Dorado" to encapsulate their vision for the club and for 

  

 themselves; the colors blue and gold were chosen to be its official 

  

 colors, representing their commitment to integrity, their 

  

 collective loyalty to the ideal of El Dorado, and their desire to 

  

 lead lives of value to the community; and

  

        WHEREAS, In 1931, the club was restructured into a men's 

  

 organization, and an auxiliary group called the Eldorettes was 

  

 formed for the wives of club members; today, the group continues to 

  

 preserve the legacy of its founders and to uphold the principles on 

  

 which the organization was built, with each member dedicating 

  

 himself to the poem's proposition that he must "Ride, boldly ride, 

  

 over the Mountains of the Moon, down the Valley of the Shadow, in 

  

 search of El Dorado"; and

  

        WHEREAS, Over the past century, the El Dorado Social Club has 

  

 had a meaningful impact on both its members and the broader 

  

 community, and it is truly a pleasure to join in marking this 

  

 special milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby honor the El Dorado Social Club on the occasion 

  

 of its 100th anniversary and extend to all those associated with 

  

 this notable organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, 

  

 be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

  

 prepared for the El Dorado Social Club as an expression of high 

   

 regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

  

   

 Dutton

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Speaker of the House     

  

   

        I certify that H.R. No. 168 was adopted by the House on 

   

 February 5, 2025, by a non-record vote.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House