The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-12
GEORGE TAYLOR WINSTON.

| acquisition of so much intellectual and
moral vigor and power"
The following IS from the News and OBJ
| server of the "a instant, undtr the mead
| president Winston Goes 10 Texas"
Or George Taylor Winston. president
| Of ihe University of North Carolina. ac-
cepts the position of president of the Uni
vcrsity Of Texas, recently rendered him
by tho unanimous vote of the regents OF
that institution.
In this acceptance, North Carolina loses
her foremost educator and first scholar
and this announcement wal be read win
uufcigned regret in every section OF the
| commonwealth. HIS departure Is sreat
loss to the people OF the State-n loss lha ma,
can not bu measured, but Will Do leit
more and more as The years go BY. and MS
master hand is missed. DR.. Winston is IN
the prime of NE strong in mind ana
body. and is animated by the SPIRIT OF
progress that Is typifed in the largeness
and libcrality that characterize Texas
methods of public education. re Is
man of tho highest natural endowment.
and TO this adds the best education TO be
had In the schools and um verslties OF
America. He was the scholar AT liorners
famed preparatory school; leud his classes
was the best scholar at cornell university.
Upon these foundations, his constant
habit of mastering all problems. supple
mented by travel IN this country, Eng
lund, Germany France AID Italy, where
he studied Old world methods OF education
and civilization. have enabled IL IN 10
build IL structure of scholarship thai gives
him rank among the dozen foremost col
icee presidents In this country. President
Winston Is not only well equipped by ma
turc. education and succe,s as college
professor and president, he also possesses
executive ability Of high order. he has
tine genius of directing strong ana ViSor-
on, minds. and makes MS imnreas NOT
only upon tho student body aud the rae
u!iy, but with the public az we'll He Is
an organizer of great capacity, having III
the i've years of his presidency of the
University OF North Carolina nearly
ircb,cd tho attendance OF students. the
number growing from 200 to nearly $50.
Nat lraliy this evidence Of his success as
a college president has given him great
popularity and influence in the state. re
numbers his friends by the thousands,
and there ar. few enterprises or Interests
In the State that have not felt the value
OF his counsel and cooperation. what
the people has found n him an earnest
supporter. DIR. Winstons social gifts have
made him always welcome In the homes
o Oh, ,he people. one of the most acc accom- M
timatoly known public men In this and
dozen other States, AZ n dinner recently,
made this remark: ''The nearer, YOU come
In contact with great men, the smaller
they seem. ] know but one man who
Is not dwarfed by intimate acqua -anre.
He grows greater the better you know.
him. and as this is the surest test of real
ability and scholarship ] county President
Winston. the foremost man nave
known" President Winston does nothing
by halves. He throws h,p whole life INTO
whatever he does. lie has never known
such thing as failure. iio despises hail
success. When IL became president OF
our university his high ambition wa 10
make II take rank with the first In The
land. and he saw that large attendance as
wen az II high standard was necessary
10 this end. He leaves the university at
me hgh water mark in numbers, as wen
success Achieved by DR.. Winston lies IN
MS breadth. There is nothing narrow
about him, He has broad sympathy with
IRE. He Is a scholar. but NOT n reclnse
ne Is a man of the people a man OF az
fairs. He has had the hest culture that
he offers, but has sti.l Kept In touc'l with
humanity. believes in the people ana
iabors for their uplifting and EDUCATION
lie has not confined mis- intsrest In sdu-