Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-08
A LEADER HONORED.
The Reception to Superintend.
ent Carlisle Last Evening.
GALLANT MAN AND LADY FAIR
Unite in Making His Farewell An Event
Long to be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pro-
gramme-Superinten Car
Isles Address, Etc.

! One of the most brilliant receptions eve
! given in Fort Worth was that last night a
| the residence of Mr. J. w. Spencer. il
| honor of Superintendent j. NJ. Car
Isle. The lovely lawn surrounding Mr.
Spencer,s elegant residence was brilliant
under the glare of electric lights and Thu
soft, fantastic glow of Chinese lanterns
The beauty, the wit and the chivalry o.
Fort Worth was present. If any man evel
had the heartfelt good wishes OF a people
that man Is Professor Carlisle.
, At the proper hour the Hon. T. J. Hurley
master Of ceremonies, called the attention
OF the vast audience to the tiatering pro-
gramme which was begun by an address
from County Judge w. D. Harris Judge
harris made most eloquent address, bat
then II would be necessary to say as much
OF each speaker, which would make this toe
long. Suffice it to say the following inter.
eStlng programme was presented to an at
tentiye audience:
-Address-Judge w. D. Harris.
Recitation-NIiSs Lottie Carter.
Instrumental duet-Alisses Field.
Recitation-AIiss Forrest Tucker
Address-Judge r. j. Boykin.
AddreSs-County Superintendent ". II.
Pool
Instrumental solo-A1iss NJ. B. Hurd.
Reading of Superintendent Harris letter
of regret-O. S. Latimore.
Address, +. Rogers.
Vocal solo-AIrs. Stanberry.
Address. W. L. Williams.
AT the conclusion Of the programme Su-
perintendent Carlisle was presented by Mr.
Williams and responded to the words of
congratulation and friendship in a BETTING
manner.
During the exercises and far into
the night most elegant refreshments
4 Ill
teresting features of the evenings enter
tainment was the presentation to Professor
Carlisle by the Hon. o. 5. Latlmore of a
beautiful cake prepared by Miss Minnie
Williams. The cake was inscribed, Fort
Worth COngratulates Superintendent Car
isle" Success TO You, Professor"
sept. :. 81"
Professor Ault's band of five pieces dis
coursed sweetest music during the entire
evening.
Much Of the success of the affair is due to
Professor ". H. Kimbrough, who had
general supervision of the whole entertain
ment.
Much credit is due to Mr.. and Mrs.
Spencer and their accomplished family for
the elegant manner in which they enter
tanned their many friends. The following
IS Professor Carlisle's address:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and
Neighbors-It would be 4 vain effort for
me TO attempt TO express my gratitude to
each and all of you for this unmistakabe
of your good Will.
OF all the comforts that can come to any
one in any capacity or position in life, there
is none that tranScendS that that comes
and this exhibition and the ex-
pressions of rejoicing and confidence
and congratulations extended me this
evening fill my heart unutterably full. |
ask each Of YOU to allow your imagination
the full expanse of all its powers in an
effort 70 conceive the gratitude you would
should your fondest hopes be
realized through the efforts
OF your dearest friends, by this means you
may grasp in measure the feelings that
fill my heart tonight as you meet to do
an honorable fellow citizen the honor i'm
piled by this gathering.
While | am very grateful for the recent
and unsolicited compliment
paid me by the the governor OF the state of
Texas, ] hope the time may never come
when | fail TO appreciate the good will
and friendship of my neighbors, and trust
nat You can realize and appreciate the graf
tude l am utterly unable TO express.
] will enter upon the discharge of nv
new duties with much diffidence, and with
! due appreciation of the grave response
Oilities to be assumed.
When l think of the 12,0G0 teachers now
in the public school work of this |
;; ate, when l think of the 100000 children
now about to enter the schools |
# the state for the coming |
ear. | see in all its magnitude the impor- |
ance of the work to be done. And when [ !
effect that within the next twenty wears !
$500 teachers will be employed in these |
chools, and not less than 1,000, 900 children |
viii then be in attendance upon them, | |
,qy-n IlnC n ., TO, II
ealization Of the responsibility involved in |
he organization that must be effected in |
rider that these children may be so educa-
ed as to become intelligent and patriotic
itizens.
Coahuila and Texas, as a state of the Re-
Gblic OF Mexico, in its constitution adopted
larch II, 1927, contained an article plede-
ng provision for the education of all It's
hildren. The failure to meet this obliga-
ion was one of the causes that led to Texas
which was, as you well
now, achieved through the gallantrv of
ur Texan fOrefathe:s.
After independence was achieved, the
onstitution of the Republic of Texas.
dopted March II, 1886, said: 1T shall be
he duty of congress, as soon as circum-
tances will permit, to provide by law :,
eneral system of education
When Texas came into the Union its con-
titution of 1915 contained the following:
The general diffusion OF knowledge being
ssential TO the preservation of the rights
nd liberties of the people il shall
e the duty of the legislature of
lis state to make suitable provisions
n the support and maintenance of public
:hools."
This constitutional provision has been
nbodied in each of the state constitutions |
iopted in 1861, 1864 and 1916
Through this provision and the wisdom |
the early citizens of our state, as man
ested in their reserving to the state all its
ublic domain and dedicating half of it to
lc cause of popular education, the state of
eXas has had and still has educational adj
intages possessed by no other state.
Our constitution not only provides that
lhlic schools must be organized, but it
lrther provides that there shall be levied
I'd collected an annual al valorem state
X of such an amount, not to exceed 20
.nts on the 500 valuation. as
18th the available school fund arising from
other sources, will be sufficient to main .
in and support the public schools of the
ate. for period of not less than six
ouths in each year,
This requirement of the constitution has
,ver been fully complied with by the leg