21. Frederick Law Olmsted was a key figure in the development of the physical presence of the land grant colleges . 22. But C . Peter Magrath, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges , strongly disagreed. 23. Public schools, veteran pensions, land grant colleges , the homestead act, railroad subsidies _ all were major catalysts. 24. The 1960s was also a time of great federal funding for land grant colleges and universities in establishing Counselor Education programs. 25. Private schools spread during this time, as well as colleges and in the rural centers land grant colleges also. 26. On Christmas Eve, 1890, the legislature of Oklahoma Territory passed a bill certifying Stillwater as the land grant college site. 27. Idaho Territory had established its land grant college in 1889; the University of Idaho was to be located in neighboring Moscow. 28. But 17 states, mostly in the South, had segregated systems and generally excluded black students from their land grant colleges . 29. Since 2002, Hemenway has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges . 30. Peter Magrath, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges , said McPherson is not leaving the university.
