Tex. Education Code § 86.03: LEADING OBJECT.

The leading object of the university shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, in such manner as the legislature may prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3202, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.