The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-13
.rsT,y COLLEGE,
!. thought Advisable TO
y j change the name

o S' Tsr.s, June io.-The Post re-
pi's led. among other items of the
~ CON-. Il the meeting of the Daush-
r'Alps IS republic recently held the
s' l'sssnoral was instructed t. be sent Mt
resident and board oil trustees Oh
De pl 0iIsre located at sherman pro
sln cons .,rst the proposed change oil Its
slns sss nms Of the faculty OF the col
De By sOne
Stan was evidently based upon
l's a,.apprehenslon on the part Of
u good ladies' $50. nav .s,, vo,,
y ~s ~, ne following article, which
XII few days ago in the Dallas
Texas. June S-The proposed
slssI'- me name OF Austin college, To-
,ilss v AZ c,ty. TO some otner name has
tA A., great deal OF comment and
''i n.,tsr OF interest to every Presbyte-
Tsxas. In order that the people
NOW lust why such step Is under
N.sar,tou the following statement, So
ai9 ~ the News correspondent, was
~, by President Sampson today;
Isl WV N"hie.t of a name is to distinguish
w e thing from others of the same
trs, 81 far as name fails to do
~ somes short OF fulfilling its Pc
Y. Y. n,me which this institution now
~ not only does not discharge this
VIA, of distinguishing it, but Is posi-
-slv confusing and misleading
w, w. crows out OF the fact that the labit
i' -swn M in the United States, and
s.isly in this State. of calling instltu-
81, .iter the cities in which they are
@,.d as is almost uniformly the case
N, Georgetown, Tehuachana, Bryan.
\, although these institutions all have
slnI,ly different legal titles
Il ms special case the confusion Is ns-
,,r,I,d by the circumstances that tho
&rsherlaas had another institution, the
iv,ilr School Of Theology, in which the
Llieip meant the city OF Austin, and hat
y wasepce OF SO many other colleges
sherman makes it impossible to call
Ilrgiu college Sherman college.
Another source OF confusion Is found IN
M further fact that the line between col
sre and university which is not easily
Lawn anywhere in the United States, is
Ilmo,t entirely obuterated in this State
.hers colleges are called universities and
Universities not infrequently colleges.
The president of he university at Aus
10 VAS olce introduced to an audience iu
;sHnin as the president of Austin col
sge
The president Of Austin college was in
&pOiuted oae to a Presbyterian congrega-
| ron ID Houston as DR. Sampson of Sner-
nan, president OF Austin college" After
he iiiress one Of the prominent elders OF
he church came up and asked: How can
Eu live in Sherman and be president OF
@isge al Austin?'
Even the Dallas News recently headed a
ictlo, Austin College VS., the Y. NJ. G.
/ 4, where the State university at Austin
vas concerned and not Austin college.
4 u journal So well informed, and usu-
ilY 50 accurate, makes such a mistake,
Ehs. can be expected of those less we'll III
prnei and careless?
The difficulty 10 this matter can only b.
igly appreciated by those who are called
spon constantly to define the situation and
t,1e1a with the annoy ing consequences
Hose who canvas for Austin college aud
10 postmaster in Austin are sufficiently
IMPRESSED with il. for every one wants 10
NOV Why Austin college is not at Aus in
md the mail for the college is constantly
nlrg 10 the capital
Neither has this difficulty only been felt
TOW, nor are the present advocates OF Il
thinge entitled TO the credit or4discre1it
3! iHaugurating what some are pleased to
thiacierlze as an unpatriotic movement.
IEery-two years ago the board Of trus-
es Of Austin college adopted the follow
/ A5 amendment TO its charter:
Sec 2. The trustees Of said college may
It any meeting legally held change the
ti-e Of Austin college and adopt any
tine they may think for the best inter-
ti1 Of the institution.
approved 18th day OF June, a. d. 1871.
7 II. Bowman,
Acting Secretary OF state
Any change is OF course greatly to De
regretted by all concerned, and the neces
lily for II lamented, but certainly 1t Is not
and or generous in those who oppose the
,alnse to charge the advocates of 1t Will
lla Of patriotic regard or the tenderesi
tllmished man whose name il now bears
/ Or to arroggte to themselves a monopoly
/ d that natural and isudable sentiment
sAta desires TO retain it, Nothing i;
laflsf from the mind OF those who in
"; upon the change than to manifest arS
Austin "
Oas Of the most distinguished scholars
10 wrote. The case seems to me a per
t.r vs sy4r roo one, ana trust tnat II no
,f to follow nm fb u's sgg ~. r9g and win,
out the inconyenisnt ,nd 1eroeging an,bi
guilty The argument I''1 Of disioy5liyy t.
Atiiins memory strikes me as grotesoue
n ssea a man as Austin, I mean, is Il
M , ~ e., s'eps forward which the proyid
Ing WITH ih ,"o .nirt WHEN are m Keep