The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-20

Relations of the University to the
Public Schools.
lNSEPARABLE FROM EACH OTHER.
Roth Are Seeking TO Accomplish the
same Purpose and Must work
HIND In Hand ut All times

Austin, Texas, December 10 The follow
Ing is the address In full delivered by PRES
ident Winston OF the state University be-
fore the Teachers Institute OF the lweh-
tieth senatorial district. the subject being
the Relation Of the University 10 the Fuo-
lie school"
IT would have been difficult tifty years
MO to define the relation between UNI
yerst:y and u public school Indeed people
would have wondered at the ldea oil any re-
lalonship between Two institutions ai'phr
ontiy 80 dlssim,lar and SO lar apart hu'
mighty changes are wrought oven "a Wv
generation. The state university ana the
,,hIic school are today parts OF the same
Ivsteu,. 40 bound ny together maj the one
ia inAeparable FROM the other. The state
university has become essentially puuiie
SCHOOL il Is maintained by the same au-
tnorIty. supported 10y the sane power anu
animated by the same purpose AS me Hty
hiyh school or the country district sen 'oI'
The university is no longer OUTSIDE oil me
public school system, but In an integral
part OF IL. In come respects It's most es-
genital part heinz, as i were. both the
head and the heart OF the system
The object Of every public school, be 1t OF
high grade or low. Is to train men ana
Women for the ericicnt and faithful per-
recognized principle Ia human progress tina,
society must furnish THIS training to AL
It's members whether rich or poor. noble
or humble. The modern public hcAool So
TEN as developed especially In the younger
States Of the American Union, comes Lear
er than any human agency TO eIualtAiuE the
Inequalities OF birth and fortune ty FUR
nlshing % every human being equal OPP
poItunities of prenarsiion for the duties u
life It. Ia to my mind not only he great
eet achievement OF the century, Ia Z OF all
the centuries. 1t means the ultimate real
iza,ion Of the golden rule. when every hui
nan being, through the power Of the COM
munity Ia which he is born. viii be trained
TO use. with the highest efficiency and with
the greatest happiness to himself and
others, all the faculties that God has given
him. To my mind this IL the noblest. me
most efficient. and the ultimate form Of
socialism. because 1t helps people by htting
them for self help. instead Of repr.ssing
individual effort and energy .as is the nec.s-
ssry consequence OF all other socl9iistic
schemes
The most marked tendency OF this cen
fury and doubtless also OF the next ID the
extension OF popular power. The lemoCra &c
idea is conquering all others, II is conquer
iDg them, not as a theory. but as vital
principle, with Irresistible lower Hut the
extension of popular power would work ont
its own destruction. did 1t not 20 hand in
hand with the extension of popular elu-
cation, All efforts to secure bhmsn equal =
ity except through the agency OF educa-
ton have resulted either In pitiful failure
or bloody tragedy. The roar Of the French
revolution still rings In our ears. Hith It's
bloody frenzy and insane shrleks for liberty.
equality and fraternity. II ushersd IN the
century like a whirlwind or an earthquake
crumbling the foundations OF society and
awakening humanity to an awful rcaliza-
ton Of the insecurity OF civilization. The
public school is the remedy for the French
revolution; IL is the new foundation for
human Improvement political. social. NOR
al. Industrial and religious, II is the great
est power In modern LIE. and It's power Ii
destined to become greater still.
The Stats Univsrsity 10 q public sch DOL
Il y supported b. public TAXATION. all IL