Wednesday 20 July 2016

The University Of Alabama And Flag Company Inc

By Bob Stuart


The University of Alabama, the state of Alabama's oldest public university, is a senior comprehensive doctoral-level institution. The University was established by the constitutional provision under statutory mandates and authorizations. Its mission is to advance the intellectual and social condition of the people of the state through quality programs of teaching, research and service.

In 1818, the administration affirmed Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a "seminary of learning." President Monroe signed the enabling act for statehood on March 2, 1819, and Alabama was formally admitted to the Union on Dec14, 1819, and a second township added to the grant. On December 18, 1820, the university was set up formally and named "The University of the State of Alabama."

The university opened in April 1831 with four faculty and 94 students. Freshmen took Latin, Greek, geography, English grammar, history, reading, orthography or composition, and mathematics.The first years of the university did not run smoothly, however. The first president, Alva Woods brought with him a New Englander's sense of strict duty and discipline that clashed with the students' southern frontier sense of freedom. As a result, numerous disciplinary problems and conflicts occurred between students and faculty members, including an incident in 1836 in which more than 40 students were suspended for attending a circus.

The University of Alabama becomes the first in the state to offer engineering classes. It was one of the first five in the nation to do so and one of the few to have maintained accreditation continuously since national accreditation began in 1936.

Today enrollment at The University of Alabama went to a record high of 37,100 for fall 2015. The entering class, at 7,211 students, is the greatest and best qualified in UA history. More than 33% of the first year initiate class scored 30 or higher on the ACT, setting them in the fundamental 5 percent of students taking the ACT.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior Alabama University flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of Alabama University flag for the future.




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