The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-20
|. and M. COLLEGE.
|.,ool Is Crowded to Its Ut
most Capacity.
! LIST OF THE STUDENTS.
|.s..~ Was In Working Order
L. Third Day and Ii Pro-
eeeding Smoothly.

alng daY Tor the present session oil
Agricultural and Mechanical COL
!, several DAYS In advance of the
!. sons Of Texas. eager to enter this
SSopl. began to arrive and by noon
opening day the buildings were
oyerflowing. So great WAS the
a President Ross. on opening dey,
he State papers for publication the
Y card:
y announce that the Agricultural
.ebAnical College can not r.eei,e
y Students at present. We VIII en-
% make room for those WHO have
omised places. l.. S. Poss,
President
ecessitv for the president issuing a
al Of this kind on the first day Of
don is deeply deplored by the State
and the urgent necessity for mere
NJ commented upon at length by
1t and other papers. However,
slature has recognized the necessity
Ing provision for this Institution, So
NAV keen pace with the onward
pf the great State OF Texas.
porter for The Post visited the col
Friday and Notwithstanding that it
third day OF the session found
ing perfectly organized ami working
othlv as If the session had been in
three months instead of three
resident Ross the right man was
" found to be at the head o, this
bstltution. His great powers CT con-
Ion and his thorough knowledge of
details of perfect organization, and
E. precision and discipline Of the
soldier. admirably fit him for the
He is surrounded by Il corps of able
lcient professors. and lader the
direction OF this splendid farulty
icultural and Mechanical is .apiGly
to the front and taking lace be-
leading colleges and universities
South.
governor also showed great wisdom
election of the board of directors.
more suitable body of men could
pen selected In all Texas to watch
ID guide the destinies OF this great
With Captain Frank Reichardt of
>, who is an alumni of the Agri-
and Mechanical college, as presi-
the board, we feel assured that it
to stlll higher achievements. Hon.
Cayitt Of Bryan. who is the
Hrector and secretary OF the board,
ID the position for number of
Pnd has at all times worked earnest
zealously for the success of the col
Ie has sacrificed his personal in
and devoted his time to the inter-
the college, and a round share of
he for its present great success Is
him.
ast legislature made an appropria-
new mess hall and other i'm
ents at the college. and during va
The work was actively pushed. Dur
summer two new residences for
ors We're erected, a great deal of
and oyerhauling was done, and
Pois were put on several of the
IS. Work on the magnificent new
all has begun and will be finished
pary ! then all that will be needed
additional dormitories. and we
pc next legislature will make pro-
to accommodate 1000 of the sons of
who are now forced to seek an edu-
beyond her borders.
Of the greatest blessings that can
young man Is to have received
ration in a college or university OF
1--WE State-the State in which he
TO live and strive for that career
his ambition points. 1t seems to
"hen 1t comes to a competitive
between two men the one trained
nome college and the other in that
Instant State. the home trained
win, owing solely-under those
quail conditions-to the advantages
rom his home college associations.
.easons Tor this are obvious. The
fiendships that man makes
81 MS lifetime are those of his col
his college companions are the
aoh ne never forgets. and his feel
them are marked by a tender
loving loyalty rarely possible
housed in his bosom by the friends
We draws around him later in life.
WI now long it may have been since
saw an old college chum or COM
eu twenty or thirty years-the mo-
w meet him again all the old time.
warmth of the college attachment
up afresh with the first grasn Of
~ ne stands closer to you than
o lie friends made since you and he
nes'ahs together. If it comes to a
your standing by him or he
struggle with some other
49, Oh college associations, there is
~, Az as TO The preference. The col
'e Is sure OF first choice every
m's weil-known fact recognized,
mat man whose college friend
tn al win young men of his own
a. 1leh whom he will be amongst
~ 'Sler struggles of life. the men
sn ne can call to stand shoulder
WITH him in trying and crucial
y OF his career, or to wbosa similar
Snr,h ,oyaily respond! 1t is tower
N la rum the very day the under
a NJ. ases college until he shall have
IA uareer and retired from active
!, wen Then it leaves him In pos |
one OF the greatest, blessings of |
d ~ companionship Of those whom |
|uth 0"h and loved in the days OF
Ou.A IS IS. the list of matriculations:
n n John s.. Sonora.
- n. B., Bolton.
e. H., Mumford.
y G.. Laredo.
aux, J, T., Sabine pas.
81 ~ ;. G.. Huntsville.
4 r Harry, Marlin.
ION, College Station.
\ Io,, 4 P; Harvey.
louis, College Station.
1sr, +. B. Weimar
d. En- ., g. Mineral Wells.
sisr J, J.. Kyle.
=: W. Kyle.
D. 7. Milford.
u. e., Bonham