The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-07
STATE UNIVERSITY.
The Importance of the Subject, and
the Necessity for Lively Interest la
the Coming Election.

Tue importance OF the subject, ana
the Necessity for n Lively Interest la
the Coming Ele elton.
To the Editor Of the HERALD:
The indifference, amounting almost to
complete apathy, with which,the great oues-
ton of the location Of the state univ rsity
is regarded by the intelligen! thinkers of
TEXAS is matter Of surprise to a trur yer
of higher education. Men who are first
class lawyers, men who are first rate doctors,
men who are highly educated, men in the
business walks of life, men who hold
exalted political positions, men who
pass for intelligent meA and who
will have fons soon TO be sent to colleges Anc
universities, and even men whose callings are
to enlighten tho psople from the pulpit or
teach the youth Of the state in the schools
take absolutely no Interest at all, nor seem
to care one jot or title about the most im-
portant election. so far ms |. concerns An
educational mater, that has or ever can oc-
cur in the annals of our great progressive
state. Really just almost on the eve of this
important election,- only 80 days before
the ballot is cast, the honest, p ain, seemingly
Ignorant man of the small country town is
giving this grand subject more thought than
the cultivated and powerful intelIects that
move with stately step along the busy
thoroughfsres into the high places of our
enlightened and progressive cities. Is this
not emphsticaily true to-day of the city of
Dallas, than which there is not more en-.
lightened and progressive city in Texas; for
how many of the intelligent and educated
m nf oil S.k
when they are supposed to be giving them
selves up to the improvement
of the mind and the cultivation
of the heart and soul, have considered for
one moment the most suitable location for q
state university, whose munificent endow-
ment fund, started by the old settlers of
Texas, will, in ten years time, if properly
located, be throngiag with students from
every county in the state, and from couiigu-
Gus states and from the republic of Mexico
How many Of the moulders of public
opinion, In Dallas aud the surrounding
country, have thought for an II slant, OF the
best place to build up an institution of learning
that 10 few years will be the cause of pre-,
psratory schools for the University spring.
ipg up In every county in the State thereby
dong moro for general education than all
else that has ever been accomplished IN Tex
as,
From an educational standpoint, it is not
very credtable TO our city to count the few
who have given
THE UNIVERSITY LOCATION
any attention a. all, and the still
smaller number who intend to
vote on the 9th of September.
Would it not be we'll to-day, then, to forget
for few moments the securing of railroads,
the building of gas works, the construction
OF sewers, the purchase of water works,
and rise 10 the contemplation Of the real
and final outcome of Observation-Disclosures
education in the form of the establishment
ofa grand htste university, an appropriate
ssnet-ring for tho great empire state of
Texas. 1t is q subject that We Texans must
all consider shortly. The history of civilizs>
ton Is repeating itself constantly. While wrapt
up to-day in the accumulation of tho al
mighty dollar, giving preference over all
thought of higher educational advantages,
Just rs they did fifty years ago in the
older states, where now they have their fe-
nous universities half q century and CEN
fury old. So also it must be with us in
Texas. Let uN therefore, as the university of
Texas has to be located somewhere on
THE SIXTH OF SEPTEMBER,
consider carefully the location that offers
the best advantages for the perms-
nent and certain success of the in.
where it will be most largely
attended and where being by law under the
control of the state government, 1t can be
most economically managed. Let us select
II place that is not only accessible now 10
almost every portion of Texas, but that gives
promise of being in short time easily
accessible by rail to all sections of the entire
state. Let us choose commanding and
elevated site for the university, unsurpassed
Tor university purposes in America, and
situated near city, which for picturesque
beauty there is none more lovely, not only in
Texas, but in the south. Let us have the uni.
verslty buildings erected at a place where
they can be built handsomely Of rock
or granite at far leEs expense than else
where, so that some of the uni-
versity fund may remain TO pay
the salaries Of the professors. Let
US send the young men who are 10 at,
tond the university, 10 place noted not only
for its local advantages of brscing and
heathful climate, intelligent society, pros
Ferrous churches of every denomination,
but also noted as being the capitol Of
our empire state. 1t Is the
CITY OF AUSTIN
to which We refer as the proper place for the
location Of the state university of Texas, and
the site for the university to which we al
luded, is the one set aside for this special
purpose in 1889 by the fathers of Texas,
which ever afterwards known as "Uni-
versity Hill" has during all tho political
changes through which the state
has passed in the last forty.two years, been
held in sacred reservation for the location of
the university. And though it has been
said they were not the "Hathers of Texas
and that in this advanced age
such talk is but sentiment
and gush, call them then
old settlers, the pioneers of Texas who left
behind theul the comforts Of civilization and
with brawny arms and brave hearts and
strong minds repulsed the Indian, defeated
the Mexican, reclaimed wilderness into a
prosperous country and decided II TO the
present generation. Can any true, honest.
intelligent man call IL sentimental gush 10
have respect and reverence for tho wishes OF
these early pioneersS They eviuced 70.
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