Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-18
UNIVERSITY HALL.
DenSely Crowded to Witness the Exercises.
some Eloquent Addresses-Prof. Dab
ncy's Portrait Presented.
spesln. 10 lnc Gazette.

SPetiai 10 JAe Gazette.
AU>nN TEX. June l6.-University hail
was deuscly crowded to-day. As usual
there We're great many ladies', many Of
iarM coming from different parts of the
state. Distinguished visitors, the univerS-
fy regents and members of the faculty
Occupies, seats on the stage and the United
I States Infantry band furnished music. The
pogrlmmC consisted of the announcement
o. lAdergraduate honors by DR.. Waggoner.
lie faculty address by Professor Gar
Hsou and the presentation of DIR. Dabne%'S
Portrait in a speech by I. w. Gregory of
austin. ald its reception by Hon. \. p.
"otdrage, secretary of the board of
regents
Professor Garrison's subject. ''The Lot
o. The ketOrmer.'; was well treated. He
Segan with the declaration that among
ne first iuiirmlties Of noble minds is an
matchmaking enthusiasm which goes forth
t2ser.y To intellectual and moral conquest
WIN never 4 thought of defeat, and con-
Guiding with: whoever doubts the ulti-
LATE prevalence of right, or fears that the
'LG WILL moi be good, can have no place
'40ns the great workers of his time. But
4etion Is The test of faith, for he that has
AV' ms viii never think an effort worth its
cost. 50. if YOU strive, it only shows your
E4St, and if You will look inward you will
4a4 that you are but obeying the law of
!vlf nature. If YOU cannot know, YOU
Must still believe, and ] doubt not that
one TINE FAR on at last you will stand upon
-e eierually sunlit mountain-top, and
sSVh!ts out over the way you have through
Lpetui anguish trodden, see the sublime
.sShhcation of all that has been, and is, and
5 70 cone
~. y their addresses Mr.. Gregory and Mr.
Woodbridge paid high need of praise TO
,e g,egan. Professor Dabney, as 4 dis
4s4.S.cG writer and educator in mental
-LJ moral philosophy, which chair the
P'G!eNsof still fills in the university.
Al Tie conclusion of the morning exer-
pSe> me regents and faculty dined in
Nla.Hiurdge hall, where toasts and speeches
INpATcntary to Col. Brackinridge, the
S,0log Of the hall. were made by Messrs
Se-'horue and Borrower, pupils in the
-alEeIslty. aud responded 10 by Col. Brack
-Anaee and Col. Todd, one of the regents.
Al IRON chest arrived to-day, consigned
we governor. 1t is two feet square and
e'sAt itet long, and is said to contain some
1se4udO!e relics, coins medals, bronzes, etc.
\ Nlou.r> from a friend of the university in
-'e" urk. and will be presented TO the
TSAFd Of regents tomorrow by Governor
-tvss Nothing definitely could be learned
-'yySl Il or Its contents to-day. The secret
Ag.
The railroo5 commission did nothing to.
cav o''
Nh2rtered-The Texas excursion COM
SSLy' headquarters Fort Worth; the Gal
" ,.>lon dredging and land reclamation COM
Saay, capital $1,000 and incorporated I'M
NE laws of West Virginia.
y respectable audience listened in Uni
oss..SSi'} hall tonight to the orations of two
me Institutions brightest young men as
ospieSentatiyes of the two literary societies
u me university. The first speaker was
~ I, {. Kidd of Springtown, Tex, who
~ The spokesman of the Rusk society.
as as subject was. 1.-The Thinking Man, He
s SH.y S the Living man, the. Rest are But
ssl.IIing Shades.'' Mir. Kidd's voice and
,s0Sutlon We're both very pleasing, and the
deed. ms eu''eN' 'e-' 0'''
7 AT ar Hicks, as the representative Of the
,;;TTie e society, chose for his subject.
", Hg - Demands of American Citizenship"
ea n; hicks belongs at Shreveport. La. He
III Sp'oNed the degeneracy of American poll
rs;. and the decline of public virtue. Ma
''"e politics control municipalities, states