Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-16
Texas Ediisriai Instssaie.

ies, an Eiii0Tisl Institute f.F
Texas, 10 MI a., In ouF humh.s Opin-
ion Ne sagki, aai very easily rAa
have.
This matter would have hssa
proposed for tho consideration &
the Galveston C0nveHton, hal tho
attendance ihsrv hern larger, Tho
insufiicisney of notice ss a. iimr sui
Z pace Of meetDg, caused bat hw
10 DO preseHt Tho same Dljr, linns,
however, will not apply 10 lnc
Houston Convention un tho Lot 1T
february, sni We hope Ia soe ln.l
representation ll,r5 oi lha IeEas
press,
~ ,hs, meeting We shall rrnpo."
an organization oi S0yivly L, hc
known a. ihe IcNas Editorial ii.i,
tule Tie Soei, y shsil have a prcs
dent Secretary aul Board of
u rrttoIs, aud all pors0nf connected
with tho Editorial DEPARTMENT 'r
fcNas Journalism shall bv guAliG-
sd for membership.
At lilnst0n, OF Galveston, a hal
and rea ling room will hu engaged,
whleh viii always ho open 10 tho
members and editorial visitor, from
abroad, aud there our Secretary
will keep his Office, 4 Library
vii! soon b, made up by eontribu.
liors from publishers, news d,glu.
aud book sellers. Tho rooms will ba
orn' m nlod with pictures ofthc dit,
ivrsnl members, which N Q RS. Bles
ing x Bro, or other oEtcrprising
arIi'ts will present To the Institute,
A copy of each jounal, rcpcsonted
ON tho rolls of membership, will ba
forwarded regularly, kept on flee
with current reading matter, until
volumes arc completed, and will
thon DO bound aud preserved ns
Archives"
o. course these rooms and the
services Of a competent Secretary
will cost something, but there aro
some throc hundred persons in
Texas 10 WHOM the conditions al
membership will apply, and very
light annual tax upon each will
meet the eSFonsc. Besides tho nun.
bcrs will be constantly on the in.
crease, as the State ills up with
population, and then we shall con
trivc TO have revenues from lee.
tnros, aud other sources That sdi.
tor.hl ingenuity will deyise.
At our Institute rooms we will
hold annual meetings These meot.
in5s will ser Q, not onI Y for the cleo
tion Of "a ars, and til! ransac ion
ofbu>imcss, Lutas p!oasant reunioa,,
Personal, partiEan and political
wrangies will be inhibited, and yot.
with the intcrmingling Of the mem
bers, there will bo m interchange
Of ideas, Il free discussion of the SO.
cial. moral, educational and indus.
trial affairs Of the country; and 0nr
Executive Committee will provid,
for lectures, upon kubio'ts Of intor.
est, by distinguished literary and
scientific mon.
lis all very easy, Of course, to,
cry out against thi, us yis onarv and
impractcablc, rs an Idle dream Of
the editor OF the Banner but wr
cannot see it in that light Iu
other caliings We find such societicn
in sue c;cssflI operation, ~-iIcrc',arts
and mechanics, farmors, doctors and
preachers, have their 'Iustitutcs
Then, why not the editors? Is ours
the only vocation in ie, the mem,
bers Of which cannot organize
themselves into society for mutual
cnioymont Gnd benefit?
We have in this but sha iiNcd
forth the outlines of an idea whi,H,
our brethren, we trust, will assist
to eIborate and finish lfthcv viii
view it as we do, with an. eve of
faith, and will unite in pushing i.
forward the Texas Editorial Insti.
tnte, instead Of its being, as it may
now appear, purely utopian, will
soon become II living substantive,
a bright and prosperous reality
A PALPABLE IiIr.-The Fa tinoro
EpiScopaL Methodist has the follow.
ing paIpable hit:
An extraordinary &C urrence is
said to have happen ID at Peter..
burg, Va, which many will think
incredible, but we publish il as We
find it. Rev. Mr.. Wincfield has