The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-14
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MORNINGS FEBRUARY a. 1890


MIA sssi. 900. Illinois sIli.ooo: the univers.
| fly OF Texas received an amount hareiy na,'
As large as the smallest aum just naiiieu'
Her buildings are only three In nu,hoer,
while those OF the University OF Mienisan
| are 20, Wisconsin is. California ~, liiluo's
| ~. Minnesota 30. The University OF 'W
gin,s has twenty Ave buildings. costing enc
million dollars. Are We less able than WI
| ginia or Minnesota to maiutain a great UNI
versity. Our population and we'ith are ~
ready twice as great as those OF et'"'i
State. while our undeveioped resources are
ten times greater than 10th combined
We can not have a grest university WIN
our present equipment. Some dag our tnree
buildings will grow to thirty, our seven
hundred students TO three or four tisousaiu'
Some day all the youth OF Texas VIII DC
trained at horne, filled with enthusiasm LOT
their native State and her heroic history.
knowing each other and loving each otn.F
with the enthusiasm OF youthful ahection,
working tremendously together 'nrousuout
life for the development Of Texas, some
day all the interests OF Texas, her schoois,
colleges. asylums, railroads. banks anu
business enterprises will be MANAGED py
Texas talent. Texas character aud IsNas
energy. trained in Texas Institutions. TINS
day will not come OF itself. II We do nov
bring 1t II will never come. Why should
we delay? Harvard university Was FOUND
cd before tn. Oldest child born In the coiohy
was ready to enter its doors are We 700
poor to build one great university! tuners
poorer than We, have already done so IL
Is false economy to keep the 'nlNcrs.t!
of Texas In its present condition; II is ialse
economy not to complete this building anu
provide necessary room for Rotations, lee
lures. laboratories and museums we can
at least add one building year. Every
delay ptakcs us poorer There is that
scattercth and yet increasoth; anu there IL
that wthholdeth more than Is meet, hut 1t
tendeth to poverty" II the money spent
upon the State penitentiaries and the state
rofornatory had been invested in buildings
and equipment for this institution we would
now have university equal o any on lie
continent. Such an institution would com
map1 the attention OF the world, would at
tract capital for the development of our
resources and wouil contribute more al
rectly and indirectly, to ,he peace, order
and security of life and property than every
Jail. police station, court house ana peul-
Tertiary within the borders of the State
Every consideration both Of interest ana
of duty urges The steady upbuildiug of this
university. The development u our public
schools. the strcngthenlng of our probes
sions. the diffusion OF knowledge, the prep
aratlon of our youth for such duues oil
citizenship as require the highest intel'ect
uai and moral training, the projection ol
vast enterprises for the development OF our
material resources. the preservation OF our
interests in competition with other States
and countries and the development Of our
civilization all depend. more and more, ~ar
by year. upon the forces that go out from
this university.
II the State can do no more 1t can. at
least, appropriate 10 the equipment and en-
largement OF the university the income OF
its permanent endowment. and meet tts
current expenses from the general revenue.
Thus, wear By year. enc building after mn
other can no added until our university is
inferior to none. The founders OF the in
stitution did their duty we'll. Shall we not
carry forward what they began The Goi
Of wisdom and virtue behclfs this day He
guided the path OF the wanderers that res
cued from the wild beasts and the 81 wage
this boundless empire; He NnGled the souls
NJ the heroes that persisted in the Alamo,
He nerved the arms OF the patriots that
wrought liberty at San Jactnto; lie guided
the councils Of the statesmen that laih the
foundations Of this Commonwealth ind this
university. He will guide rhe forces that
shall shape the greater development of this
institution and make IT most potential for
the good of Texas and humanity.
The Lord will build the house; the WORK
men shall not labor in vain.