The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-12

| contributes annually about >JD.vop iD farn |
state to pay salaries OF The professor and |
officers OF these agricultural anl ricraan-
\ ical colleges and to conduit the expert
| iDent stations. and that each state is In
honor bound to furnish the necessary
buildings and equipments TO meet all de-
mands for successful nannssnlcnt oil
these great and most useful Institutions,
~
/ We intend no disrespect 10 our lerIsla-
tors by referring to these matters. but IN
justice. both to them ani TO the People
OF Texas. we believe II our duty 10 linuIy
draw the contrast and point nut bow
other States value and foster their ugri-
cultural and mechanical colleges and ex-
pertinent stations. The leoplc IN our
| state are deeply Interested ia these insti-
Ituticns. knowing tho grsat aud lasting
| GOOD that they arc acconipll sang. and nlo
4 anxious TO see them so elippcd ~ every
| respect as to stand second 30 ,lone. We
believe when our Legislators come TO Sc
riously consider these interests the de-
.nands Of the pcopl,, whom they have The,
honor TO represent, aud the inauy benefits
10 be derived from those great practical
| educational resourc Is. that they wi!l not
! hesitate to make The necessary appropria-
tions
1t is we'll known that The iaboring
classes constitute fully 70 per cent OF our
population. and that upon the farming
class. without exception, all others de-
pend. Stop the farming interests and all
others would come to a standsttll, the
people OF Texas are today appealing to
our legislators for such equipment and en-
Ilargement ~ our Industrial colleges as will
enable them to so educate NTH iha'r Buys
and girls In our own state. One Is ng
much entitled to a home education as an
other; both sexes should be tcpItcd bi'Ke
and il Is a sad comment on Texas when
either her sons OF daughters are compelled
to 20 to other States TO obtain an e1uca-
ton. moro especially so when they are
anxious to be educated at home. How Is
Il at our Agricultural and Mechanical
college? Ever since the late mucn loinenr-
ed eX Governor Ross took charge as presl-
dent, III 1891, the college, even On the HIST
day Of the session, has been crowded TO
overlooking. Each year since then ~ the
opening day the authorities have, becauss
of the need OF room, been compelled to
advertise TO keep students a~aV' This
IL n sad confession, nevertheless true. Dur
Ing the last eight years we have earnestly
plead for the necessary appropriations TO
meet these demands. but not on3 cent has
been appropriated to erect a dormi'ory TO
room the students, and consequently hum
, dreds have )eun turned away. Some have
, thus been forced TO seek IN industrial cd
ucation in other States. waiic hundreds,
too poor 10 go abroad for such an cduc1-
ton, have been compelled 10 STAY at home
and grow up in Ignorance Young man
can be educated at our Agricultural and
Mechanical college for $iil per ait1uui
and of this sum SIS is a 'ru5t fund which Is
returned to the student a: the end Of the
I session II he breaks or destroys no college
property. thus reducing the oxpenge 10
S135 per aunum, But ;e" young men con
obtain an education abroad for less man
: SJUJ, and perhaps $3.50 per anuum SO II
he p1gily that uf M
q binary means could educate their sons II
, proper provision is made for them In
Texas. otherwise they can not. Under the
existing circumstances--witk limltsd
room capacity for only 2b0 students 1t is
!, rush at the beginning Of each session TO
: procure a room at tho Agricultural and
. Mechanical collese--thc nrst TO arrive are
aceomn'odotee-~tnc others either return
!, homo sadly disappointed, or go On o other
= States At the beginning ~ the current
~ session--the opening day-thare we're $50
y students present, With room for only 30
% and over 100 more, who mad lecllred their
A lpurrose TO enter the college, tllic,l 70
come because they were advised hat The
college was crowded to Its utmost curac-
10 ity. Now, We courteousIy ask ,r legisla
+ tors II this Is right? Should not all 10
~ treated alike In all earncstness. and
without the least extravaganza. We assert
that an appropriation OF 100000 even
X though most iudC!ously spent. wJnll moi
IN meet the demands en- this institution
10 There should be room Mt this college, for
: 1000 or mare students instpad OF Tor onl,
= 25O as Is the case today. We venture the
" assertion that II proper provision So
made to accommodate 1900 students at The
. Texas Agricultural and Mechanical ctl-
i legc every room would be FILE with he
X most worthy young men 1f our State buff re
u the close of next session, n this be true
ii why not Do It? Is II not our lazy to nur
sons and daughters to see hat oS erv rdu-
cational facility is furnished them? MA
N assert that II Is due, both to them iudiYi3-
J. ually and the STATE. with c luciHnn we
" md elevation, socially. morally intellcc-
10 tually and financially. and the rci uYse wish
!, ignorance. And, again, to say nothing CT
= these advantages. think OF the hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars that are nov be I, !.
A sent out OF the State 10 cddcp o ,,,,r ,cns
/, and daughters, which would be kept In ir-
" culaton at horne II we ba,l which No
should have. only the necessary eauoa-
e tional facilities.
II seems TO us that these indispuiable
reasons arc sufficient to urge our lcsiHa-
= tors to act promptly and literally in This
behalf. We trust that the genuine sDliit
OF liberality and true patriotism VIII PCS
sess our lawmakers and lead iham on to
, make an appropriation equal to the cmcr-
p gency.
: In our opinion, with no INTENDED criti-
cisnl, the board OF directors II this nstiiu-
lien Rave been entirely too madest IN ,hclr
I demands. Instead Of asking tor iormiloty
!; room for only lSo more students. they
should have applied for accommodation ms
for at least $50. and other spnr0prlat; ms
accordingly This would not hNea betn
!, excessive. even to meet The nrrst ~ a,
N mand. All should be proyiiel Tor and
. none turned away. Many Of he colleges IN
this eountry are prepared 10 q, cain.lodate
as many as 1900 students Han Why moi We
( prepsre fer 1000 especially 7wsea ,hcrc Is
a a present urgent demand for it,t ,N7lEVt
= heard TINT some few members af INC leg
:" islature are hesitatlng about grdriiar c,tn
J tho small and Inadequate appropriation II =
al ouested by the board az dreetlrs, pt We
= trust this is a mistake.
Now, while a member OF the hoard II d.
rectcrs for nearly seventeen y,ars. this
G. article Is NOS prepared by me in tHnt Ca
At lpacity, hut as a citizen 81 TeSls. aDe
deeply interested in this system nj tluca
ton. conversant with the con litipns and
:, needs q the college, and sncs-r;y rrst
V that all true friends to industrial t,aca
Z, ton viii como 70 the rescue Very re,
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