The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-14

- '"''''' "'e a.. S".N 'ihlh'u EN-
klH'rIa ana hIcnitects' Snaii they come
rom IeSas or elsewhere II from Texas,
ene tlu'pIneht must pe supplied that is es-
s.htIhI 70 their framing, buildlng Tor
e"e'He'lihs ana architecture IS another OF
'|e 'noSt P'osslhs needs Oh TINS university.
fihsI-CLAss UNIVERSITY.
Both the Constitution OF the State and the
act OF establishment ren,ire that This shall,
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~ VI 'Ao ''s' s'a9S' surety
there De state IN the Union that is
entitled TO university of the firts class It
is Texas II ia tho first stato n, tho .o,-
,,o,, d. .,, 49, - -, 80
=" s'Ao' 'H' slN'n III popu~uoh ana
the e'eNenth IN wealth.. Before this gem
Grafton passes away 1t will be foremost In
size. ponulotior and wea1,h I, ,,ust nra
,,ro ,,sa,, o.. 49, n,,.,.-. ,.,,
P"'o 'Sel lot It's mighty destiny. IL must
slrd us lolns Tor the great work that lies
before II. IL must provide itself wiki every
InsTumthiallty for the equipment, culture
ana Improvement of its citizenship. Its in
sutluons OF training must be inferior to
none. Even today its people outnumber
those OF the thirteen colonies that founded
the American Union, but those colonies
were provided, even then, with nine uni
Nerslties ana Washington declared that
these were insufficient for the culture and
training of their youth. The necessity for
me hlGhest framing IL greater in Texas to-
nay imam It was IN the thirteen colonies
l@u years ago we nave here the begin
ming OF an Empire which will some day be
as great as the whole Union is today. From
all the states, and from many foreign
countries. is pouring into Texas an ever
sNeliing stream OF human energy. charac-
Ter intelligence ana ambition The re-
sources OF the State in manhood are as
great as varied and as infinite as her re-
sources Of physical wealth. Is not the
tline come for her to gather together her
children aud train them into homogeneous
cl,izenshlP' Ia not the Time come for con-
holasuhg harinoni5lng and unifying the
Heterogeneous elements OF our vast and
widely scattered population? Shall VIC not
begin to work out a common ideal of Texas
citizenship that shall be worthy OF the
mightiest commonwealth In the world'
HOW shall this be accomplished except
II be- through ednca,ion? AS Washington
declared that the establishment OF great
National university would consolidate the
Union. 10 u ia evident that the uniflcation
o' ieNas VIII be accomplished by the estab-
Hshinent and maintenance OF uniform
system OF pubic schools crowned by
great university. Other things may bN
DELAYED, hu, this can not. The youth OF
isAas arc leaving the state to find educa-
non abroad one thousand boys aid girls
rom Ieaas are now studying in other
states. Shall this be kept M forever
Shall another generation grow up in the
hcile' that Texas has no institutions wor-
my Of her children? Is II economy 10 send
out OF the State one million dollars an
nually to pay for education that might be
furnished al homer onefourth OF this
amount given annually to the university
would make II equal. in a few years. to any
institution In America. thereby not only
keeping AZ home those who now seek edu-
GATOR, cation elsewhere. but also furnishing an