The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-26

the university to afford the colood youth
an opportunity for professional training.
All are an Indispensable part OF the cdu'
cational machinery and have a great work
TO perform. The board OF directors Of the
Agricultural and Mechanical college took
the initiative last year by inviting a meet
Ing and conference with the regents to pro-
vide measures TO bring the institutions into
harmonious working relations and 10 main
tain a spirit OF friendly cooperation. II
mas been the policy OF the directors not
only 10 give no occasion for antagonismg.
but to refrain from perpetuating those
which may have existed: the only differ
cnces which We propose 10 foster With |
| either state or UNCONVENTIONAL schools are
| those generous riyalries which spring from
| al earnest endcavor 20 further TO the ut
most the success OF this college In those |
| peculiar elements OF power aud qualities |
| Of attraction belonging 10 Its appropriate |
| sphere.
| 1t is performing a service along prac-
teal lines undertaken by no other inSti- |
tuition IN the State. There IL no other
OF equal advantages where Texas boys may
| De educated for less money. tho cost
being but little above home expenses. Tho
broad range OF its instruction and prae
| tice enables It's graduates TO ut once be-
come wage carners.
| 1t frequently develops aputndes In tho
| students for certain lines at employment.
| tho existence OF which neither them
selves nor their most intimate friends
were conscious. Its Influence Is tending
| TO divert Il large proportion OF the young
men OF tho State from the already over
crowded learned professions to tho adop-
ton OF industrial pursuits.
Men skilled IN these einployments are
always in demand. Those endowed with
talent In these lines should have ample
facilities for their development No State
can be truly or permanently great in tho
highest and best sense OF tho word 80
long as It depends upon other States to
supply these ADVANTAGES. Next TO tho
ties OF kinship there Is no attachment OF
more lasting or binding force than that
which students feel Tor schoolmates 1t Is
n sorrowful and portontous thing for the
, parents to deprive them of this important
element of success In social, political ana
business life by sending them abroad 10
be educated among strangers. with whom
they may never have intercourse or con-
verse.
In this age OF contest and rivalry In
every department and business our State
should hold the place to which her geo.
graphical position. her vast resources ana
her rapidly increasing population justly
entities her by enabling her sons to rank
with the best minds OF the country.
Her own SONS should be depended upon
to lead and direct her great and Etowins
; interests and not he reiuandcd to drudgory
and unslilled labor because o! lack oil
|
college depends In n large measure not
only the extent and degree to which agrl-
cultural know ledge shall be disseminated
among the farmers OF the state. but also
the degree of progress which shall he
made Ia all the arts OF life. Largely over
h half of our voting and laxpnying popu-
A lation belong to the industrial classes.
They stand az n foundation for the sue
cess OF all and are entitled to the fullest
Instruction upon the every day problems
, OF farm. garden. dairy and mechanical
, pursuits.
Chemistry 10 prominent feature on nc
count OF It's close relation to agriculture
and the manufacturing iptercsts NJ the
country, There In constant demand from
the people for analyses OF soils, oils.
water and fertilizers and for the assay
OF minerals and ores. In It's veterinary
work and original researches and inBruc-
tlon IN the anatomy, physiology and pa
thology OF animals more than ordinary In
terest has been attracted at home ana
g abroad. aud yet it's laboratory facilities
- and apparatus are VI the most Inadequate
Il character The college has been IN exist
: once more than twenty years without a
!. | building for the use OF the agricultural
features, including illustration matter
d apparatus. hooks. records snd greater
4 seating capacity for the large number oi
If students under It's instruction. is IL q
J. matter for surprise that no greater num-
m Der of it's students have been graduated
M from its halls to n life upon the farm
Does not this neglect. coupled with III,
Ia knowledge that public honors aud prefer
, ments lie through professional channcls
i, serve to educate the youth away from Tho
y farm? The greatest financial SUCCESSES III
agriculture are being attained III special
lines Of work IN which small capital
70 brings comparatively large returns our
farmers are accomplishing much by the
sheer force of muscle and well nidcd by
u the bounty OF nature. but in this ago OF
. sharp competition more than ever do they
need that intelligence which Will enable
them TO do more work With less ciiOri
y by systomatizing their labor and crono-
r MIXING their time and strength by making
y every blow effective. Excluding these
e advantages resulting TO the Individual cln-
zen, 1t is urged that In these days OF fro
q quent violent disturbances when com
merce Is blocked and the regular healthy
. flow of business among the Industries OF
I tho country liz interrupted over wide
II areas. we need men Of trained iniellccts
q and skllltd hands. State pride and patriot
q ism. VINO. having been educated In SYM
IS patty with labor and invested with an IN
: telligont comprehension OF what its rights
q are. can safely be trusted TO determine
u where such rights end and those Of capt.
tai begin. We can submit abundant evil
~ denee that the Agricultural and Machan-
g cal college is turning out men OF prso-
10 tical ability as well MS theory In the higher
~ agricultural and mechanical pursuits
'- Wherever Nund they illustrate tho valu,
Is OF tho training they have received and arc
i honoring the State that gave them birth
@ md tho institution that educated them
n II IA grief-strlcken people emerging from
y war that brought bahkrupcy and I'm.
= posed exorbitant taxes believed that sount
: public policy demanded large appropria
y lions to found IT, should their representa-
>r tivcs In these times OF comparative pros
"a perity and light taxation hesitate to con
l. tribute to its necessary growth rnd OK
l. ransion 10 meet the wants OF the rlsin,
J. generation.
IT Iis support rests upop the high grounds
g. OF patriotism and duty. L. 8. Ross.