The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-06

ripenng years are but considered Jewels
( In his crown. Even though the palsed
hand of Time had laid lis faltering grip
upon him, he is still held in ever incrcas-
ing esteem until childhood's second toys
shall draw his thoughts from the affairs OF
men. DIR. II. l.. Dabney now lives an honor
20 the state of his adoption but not in ner
university.
The most eccentric genius that II Was
ever my fortune TO meet filled the chairs
of Greek and Latin. a long, angular,
swathey complicated, dark haired man (sus
| gostive OF Lincon) filled the students OF
Greek and Latin With wonder and admtra-
ton, He was man unlike other mon,
capable Of lllling any chair, never surprised,
apparently awake in his sleep This extra
ordinary man. NJ. W. HUMPHREYS. now
teaches Greek tat greatly reduced salary
in the university of Virginia. And why
The university Of Texas has no library
This he told me with his own lips.
! Professor Talischett whose accent, Ia
ter nous, especially fitted him to say, Itch
habe gehabt" or any other Irish that is
spoken in Madrid, filled the chair Of mod
ern languages Skilled in his special de-
parment and gifted in many ways, hs lack
of familiarity with our temper or anlmus
as people caused him TO make but few
friends. Hounded by misplaced zeal,
charged with plagiarism tevery word of this
1 tuGltSS Is II IiuSldl lSli ", Ht Ndo uilihhhN'iy
forced. for shame. to leave the univer'
/ sty.
| The last in the list of this notable galaxy
was he whose death we have but recently
| been called upon to mourn, Dr. l.. Nac
gener. professor of English. Nothing That
could add to what has already been said
would yield one ray of lustcr to his name
| he came among us unknown and won .ron
us a memory that will not dim with passing
| years. Our friend and teacher has gone to
| that unknown country from whose bourne
no traveller returns"
/ The names of Governor Roberts and
/ Judge Gould professors OF law, | will leave
/ to my lawyer colleague, who viii presently
| address you,
So you SEQ. in thirteen short years, tho
names that first graced our university have
/ with one exception Judge Could. CONT
/ and gone But men may come and men
may 70 i" but the University of Texas goes
on forever"
Now a few general considerations as &c
the status of our university, you have II
right to expect. You Will remember that
the two million acres OF land belonging &c
the university are In great measure
| worthless. part OF 1t being hardly NJ io'
grazing. The interest accruing from Tho
invested sales of ills land ard the rentals
from part of the remainder barely produce
the $4S 600 expenses of the institution, can
| seuuently the legislature is our natural re
sort for anything looking to the increased
e9idcrcy OF the university. The present
State administration has been sharply
criticised by friends OF the institution toi
its DENYING $4,000 for an electric plant anu {
paltrv sum of $4,000 for library. This
criticism is, in my opinion. unjust, sint'
tle administration Is simply the mouth
piece of the people. AS II onnsclentlous'N
believes the people desire, so II grants Ih'
oampaign Just closed clearly shows that GU
nublic men, with few cAceptlans, nave
spokcn earnestly Oh both siies OF the hnn'!'
cal queotlon. SO It always WIS INV ~,
wavs win be. They simply voice the scnti
uents of their cons iueuts, When ms
rrcs.nt administration IL properly shown
mat Two birds Of the instructors in th'
university are Texans that In lss5 sue ha'
hardly 200 students and in lS9h increAse'
TO 1851; they. being wise men, VIII nci ".
cordingly. The thing for us TO do then y
to SHOW that the university Is PoVula' J."
stitution and we viii get more thaii w
ask, ,, ,,,h
This organization is step IN me flsh
dirc,tiou other orgasizgtions forward IN
movement. Anything that Wlll heip u ~
The puhllc oyo on the University OF ieHa
viii hasten The time when instoaa o. PEI.
a suupliant in legislative halls she WIN "
n Delphc oracle towards Whu.r ~
ocular aspirents win turn That day !
moi far distant but at hand TN 'nsl,In
lion has president, who with our shpp''
nm hcconlc tower OF strcnF'h' nc
s..aa ,o,stcd End hcnorcd wherever n
le.s'' he has knowledge for the knrwln
ones wit for the witty and psalms iof ~,
solemn. and Is man among theh W."
s soo@i FOR all I confidently say ha
the institution is RAPIDLY winning ,p popu's
t tayor' one step forward and the victory