The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-02
sentially the same studies in a university

course.
The student that labors is the one that
succeeds. Few gra1t men were consd-
cred seniuses dutlng their student lives.
eilhigton and Napoleon were regarded
as dullards So were Genera Grant and
SionenaI jackson. Sir isaac New ION.
Dem swift, Sir Walter Scott, Robert
i!nrns and Richard Brinsley Sherr dan
Even doethe. the greatest genius Of the
19 n,in race, mas DESTROYED the nsual con
c.Qspttiion OF genius in defining It to be the
infinite capacity for taking pa MS" The
aui! student that always works and al
ways takes pains VIII snrpass the brilliant
mind that lacks persistent application.
Students frequently ask whether they
should read outside heir college course
r Hy an ", means ieast Every student should
himself Informed as to the life of th..
Worlu ana m sympathy with il. l read
the Austin Statesman each morning he
FORE breakfast. and derive therefrom both
pleasure and instruction. The Galveston
n it,u. houston papers are fun of interest
rss rht'd'Ier, No one can read through one
~ ~ taese papers without learning some
ihing. a few moments zach day given
10 newspaper reading will lay up a vast
store of information. All the leading
magazines should be glanced over and
thcr best articles carefully read. little
experience VIII enable you to select Il
reldanie article nnd dismiss the others.
special reading should be in connection
| win the courses of study In the uniVcr-
'itN. Us 40 general reading, after the
newspaper and magazines, my advice is
interests you. read everything that he las
written. If the topic interests you, read
an That other authors have written on
this subject. Thus You pass from one
author or one topic to another, constant
, y charging your intellectual horizon
with both pleasure ana profit.
Every student should read every day
something Of three sets of books he
u DC. Shakespeare and Scott. The Bible
Is the epitome Of the intellectual, ,ocial
/ ana moral lie OF the world for thousands
OF years. Shakespeare Is the mirror of
modern civilization, the concentrated es-
sence OF human knowledge in modern
tunes and in modern garb. Scott IS the
modern Homer: what Shakespeare Is in
verse, stott is in rross.
Every SUDDEN should join one of the lit
erary societies 10 take part in its literary
exercises If possible; If not from public
spirit as university man, precisely as
he contributes to the football fund, even
though not player.
The spiritual faculties must he cult
waited precisely as the mental and physi-
on. Man Is rel. gious animal. and for
the perfection of his religious nature he
needs the same earetul, systematic re-
ligiou3 culture as for the perfection of his
m nd or body. Sudden spiritual growth
steal development. lie, every student
therefore, cultivate the rprt by study,
| by reflection, by church services, hy
| prayer, by religious reading and assoc.a-
need merely speak Of morals. The
! University of Texas is NOT reform
/
welcome acre, nor viii they be retained
If thcy come We take II for granted that
all here are gentlemen and lad IS, and
! that they are here for study. ii there he
/ others I'm the university they are GU Of
place. The university has only two rules
I gtntlomauly conduct and studious habit.
( \ gentleman is one who prefers the COM
for, of another, whether 1t be to offer a
seat in crowded car or in the agony or
deata. Ike Sir PM p sydney on the battle
ii~ld OF Xutphen, to give TO another the
long wished for water with the sympa-
thelic words, Thy necessity is greater
! tha> mine"
/ Above all things, young ladies' aad gem
/ tlemen, You are here for the cultivation OF
character. The foundation of chara ,ter
| is sclf-respect.
This above all: To thine own self be
| And IT will follow as tho night the day,
| Thou canst not then be false TO any man"
Character is better than intellect; it is
more powerful than wealth or social po-
| siuon Truthfulncss, courage, fidelity, n
| dustry. frugality, punctuaiity, modera-
| ton, system ana self-respect-thesc win
make any mans life successful Others
may not know you. but you will know
| the heart of an oak tree over u hundred
! years old. II has been bruised as a gap
| ing or rhoppcd by an IDLE axe There
| o..ec told, II dishonorabIe act once COM
mlitcd, dirty thought-they VII .yTnan
'N WS s5a. FOR ttUNl'A4erll "!lA''sas
/ We ipyc ana cheer for it aud utter cur
/ coll'go yell not merely as a shibboleth
4 bur because the University OF Texas
/ stands FOR manhood. II represents not
only he highest type Of intellectual cul-
! turc but the lofty standard al moral
| principle. for refinement and courtesy and
| true Ee,4tIoness, coupled with boat n and
! rhysical power, 1t behooves each of you
| TO represent your Alma Mater not only
| by speech and argument and fr emily ad-
| vocaey. hut also and especially by beng
| in your own life, character ami influence
| a model Of all that the University Of
! Texas represents.