The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-20

Southern States, to Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, New York, Ohio, and other Northern
States. Are not the men Hh0 came from those
winnowed out as being among the most ener-
getic and Self=feliant Of their own fellow-eiti-
zens respectively?
Y The requirements for admission to the uni
hyersity, and the general course of studies
Throughout the scholastic year have been set
forth in the printed preliminary announces
| ment and widely distributed through the state.
Those requirements and this general course are
III subordinate degree PROVISIONAL. and may
be modified as circumstances may dictate.
The regent; and the faculty OF professors are
probable that tits high Standard will be low
structiOn its elevated, pictdrtfd and egmpfe-
henSible character at the commencement of
the university career, which elevated charac
ter i viii ever maintain than to adopt lower
1t has been Inquired, where will you find
can meet your requirements loss admission,
who already possess the scholastic knowledge
and intellectual training needed advantage
69sIy ~ WITH the profound science and high eni
| which you claim shall be as thoroughly taught
in the University Of TexasP Where are your
caps y S s6SG e HRyG a had these e1 cues
diftctlt as to, find Darwif's missing lifik be-
tween the monkey and mars reply, never
theless; l know the youth OF Texas, and they
| can accomplish, and in as Shoit {. TIME, what
| any youth in any country elsewhere can ac-
complish, and as rapidly. as well. My conf
Gs
half century, and they will furLisn .soi1ipe-
tent students as soon as there shall be time
for their instruction. Besides there are pre-
| naratOrV schools affprpd ba Stotn
many more than the Objecters would suspect,
in which tie studio. have reference to future
course in this university and TIRE number of
preparatory schools is rapidly increasing. re
may too, rest in confidence on leading princi
pie in all economies; it is that supply always
equals the demand. Texas sends abroad over
having better opportunities for observation, es-
Innate this r1 ~ Ct 1000 or upwards Is it
will call home some of these and retain more?
It Is a matter of course, too, that
The thousands in the excel
lent colleges scattered over our state
be largely increased when the university shall
open wide its free tuition and thus enable every
poe RoS U Texas t9 aegqire first rate edu;
head, resollife will and a good pair If arms,
There are throughout Texas. scattered in
their location, goOdly number of colleges,
some of them styled with laudable ambition
universities These institutions are of meal
culable benefit to; the people of Texas in the
diffusion Oh soufiu morals and Learning. They
are under various patronage, chiefly Geriomina-
tlonal, and send forth annually numbers OF
young men of sound morals and good mental
training. The apprehension has been enter
tanned and pointedly expressed that the Uni
influence and rivalry detrimental to these in
situations. 1t Is a lost fear. The interest in
high edeaioq i9 iiRteeetn ~ training and in
University of Texas will rebound iIiifnenSe1y
to the advantage, in every y,Of the state col
leges adverted to and far from diminishing the
in nIIr f1fn ifntn
will greatly augment, their pumber,in them all,
individually and In the aggregate. You know,
fellow citizens, that d Distinguishing feature
of the greatest universities, universities OF the
first class, is the post graduate instruction.
Young men who in colleges have taken degrees
acquired dedactic knowledge and achieved the
such universities where advanced cOmprehenS-
i've and practical science are taught and more
thorough literary culture acquired, and form
forthese purposes post graduates classes Tie
few young meu who could afford the expense
in former times, after graduating in American,
resprted to the universities OF Europe. Such
now, by the University of Texas, brought home
here in Texas. and for her supply of post grad
yates she looks to our state collegiate institu-
She is not a fool to try to kill the birds that
lays the golden treasures, and the University
of Texas will prove the best friend of the Vari-
Gus institutions of the state. More than that
education is one continuous whole from the
a. b, c. school-room to the hall Of the univer-
sity Does anyone ask why shall not the local
colleges do this work which is assigned to the
university? ! ask, in return, have they i'll the
usual academic period the time I? have they
the numbers in any one to constitute post
graduate class? have they tile appliances
which the state university possesses No; no;
there is no conflict of interest, but fellow sol
diers, all with shoulder to shoulder in the great
scattered over Texas, the educational wants Of
our rapidly increasing population will con-
tinue tt add to your number: On behalf of the
work, and boldly add, the University of
Texas looks to you, and cannot do without
you.
Notwithstanding the length OF this address,
two topics, which may well claim our thank
fulneSS The University of Texas is pre-emn
emily fortunate in being located In Austin. Its
poetic theme for justice to be d0ile them by
my prosaic hand; In the words of an eminent
artist, ! gan only say, Look around you !,
While easily accessible from every part of our
state, its remotenesS from the low country
secures it from the epidemics of coast
tinguished for their moral and social culture.
In such community good manners, ease in
society, are insenslbly acquired, in place of the
aNkWardneSS and uneaSlneSS in society, which
so often mark students educated in smaller
towns; Discipline and wholesome subordina-
tion are secured by public Opifii0n. because
higher motives are presented to the students
than in smaller towns where the students form
public opinion of their own. Such are among
the advantages which Austin presents over
smaller towns and villages. 1t has some,
which, having reference to other places in
Texas, are peculiar to Austin. Here are the
executive offices of the state government, here
the legislature, the courts of Justice of highest
rank, here the general land office. the institu-
tions for the deaf find dumb, for the blind, for
with the DISTINGUISHED gentlemen who have
been selected to fill these offices and learn
from observation the MANNER of transacting
public business and of managing these inStitu-
lions. Distinguished preachers Of all the lead
ing denominations coDgregate here and do
not hesitate to include the drama. Here the
student becomes familiar with the elocution
and elog1ence of the bar, the pulpit, the legis-
| lature and the stage. Music and painting are
cultivated in high perfection here. Men of dis
around the university, though not connected
with it, Occasional intercourse, generally &C
eidental, with leading gentlemen from every
advantage to the student not to be too lightly
| estimated 1t Is frequent and powerful slim
| illus to his ambition and an encouragement to
richest genius the acquisition OF knowledge is
its own sufficient incentive. But a generous
spur tells kindly on most students.
One more topic and L have done. In what
| 1 have said this morning have had reference
| alone to Texas. as Texas now is with her pres
| ent population and her immediate educational
needs. have barely alluded once to her pop
| ulation increasing with wonderful rapidity
| Why, when Texas shall have on her bosom a
population as dense as not the oyer-populated
! countries Of the old world, but as the state of
New York, we shall number over twenty-five
millions. This will occur in the life time of
| many of you present on this occasion. You are
now building, not for yourselves alone but for
these teeming millions. Nor is this all. Look
| at the map and contemplate the territorial sur
roundingS of Texas. There is the magnificent
Indian Territory. He is blind to the increasing
signs of the times who does not see that, ere
long, the Indians will have assigned to them
distinct sections Of land for their several occu.
| pancy, and otherwise to put on the harness of
civilization; and their great territory, SO adj
mirably inviting for occupancy, converted into
one of The great states of the American Union,
with a population from its local position look
| ing to IeXaS for q long period for its highest
scholastic institution. Then there is also
New Mexico. And on our southern boundary
| there are the states of Mexico, continuous IN
| territory with Texas and naturally looking to
US for the higher instruction of their youth.
these states already show, by their census
| two years ago, upwards of a million of human
beings. These people have thrown off the
inerstness, the folly of generations, and Joined
| in the great career Of civilization. Now, all
these Surrounding populations present an