The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-10
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worn IOr IL Uudt D6uuob huCW uObhluE
of the proposition made to the public
until he had concluded to enter the
commercial department of Baylor
University. This very distinguished
member of the Waco bar" has said
that no mstter what the merits of
this offer were, there was Ga
lot of free advertising in
it, for him. He Graves notoriety.
He is bound to have it. He will try
any scheme TO get it, as long as the
other fellow will pay the COSTS" TO
advertise H. A. Ivy, a. NJ, Princi-
pal" and to inform the public that he
is "also an attorney" account for his
anonymous attack upon me. Gree
Advertising is his daily thought, and
his nights most delightful dream. To
show how peculiarly strong are his
predictions to this peculiar idiosy-
ncrasy, l subjoin some of those pro
fessions that call to mind as [ write,
which he has explored in his pursuit:
He is now the acting A. M. Principal
of the commercial department of
Baylor University, and practices law
for recreation; | have heard that as
soon as he concludes that he is fit for
neither of these professions he will
open up national bank; during the
past eight years he has resided alter
nately at Waco, Hallettsville, Flato.
MIA, and probably Eagle Lake; here
he attended school with the view to
prepare himself for the ministery, |
believe; by the time he had completed
his studies, he had concluded that the
law opened up a wider field for his
most versatile teents; under his able
IN onagement, this idea was soon ex-
ploded; he soon travelled up to the
conclusion that he could rival Horace
Greely's fame in the wide field of
journalism, and turned loose upon n
suffering public, among others l
think, the Eagle Lake Canoe; my in.
formation goes tn 1T under his skillful
and very able guidance the Canoe,
like McGinty soon event down to the
bottom of the sea-" for a short time
he followed the profession of public
school thescher; he is next booming
town lots in Waco (real estate has
been dead here ever since); his next
effort to get before the public finds,
him acting as principal" of the
Waco "Evening News" | am told
that seven dollars, given or taken, l
forget which, terminated his labors
for fame in that journal; he next
entered the business OF "plcture
| advertising" but soon quit it;
he then embarked in the business
college work "for life, went to the
San Antonio fair; came back and
went out OF it; resumed the law; is
now acting as the "a. M. principal
of commercial department of Baylor
university, taking law along as a side.
line. He has also in addition to the
above avocstions been a special pro-
fessor in elocution and penmanship
] suppose the public is in a state Of
mind to believe that he possesses the
qualifications that would enable him
to make most any ordinary boy be.
lieve that he is entitled to free
scholarship from Hills Business Col
lege. He has been laborer in about
all the fields of human endeavor in
the search of notoriety aud "free ad.
vertising." These be must have
Without them he cannot live. His
latest effort to accomplish his life't
strongest ambition is to assail my
business. He has done everything
except draw a pension. If the trus
tees of Baylor university have the in
terest of it's commercial department
at heart, they will probably retire hin
soon on half pay as the easiest escape
from bad bargain. R. H. HILL.
Waco, Feb. 10, 1899.
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