The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-01
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The University of Texas.


Austin, Texas, July 3o.-Dr Keis Campbell Of the Eng
lsh faculty Of the University Of Texas left Friday night
Baltimore where he expects spend the remainder of the
studying the library Of the Johns Hopkins uniyers
y DR. Campbell sone of the additions the
of the university and his Impressions concerning its work
viii interesting Being asked for statement he said
in part:
"The University Of Texas ended in June the most sue
cessfu year history Whereas in soo-iooo the total
registration only $40, this year in spite of the tenn.
porary handicapped condition OF the medical school it was
Ioooin exact figures zoos. Add this the number
the schools and have registration for the
of than such marked increase must be
gratifying all Texans. It be gratifying to all Texans
too TO know that the registration the University OF Texas
exceeds that of her closest rivals by several hundred
each The registration Vanderbilt university for the last
session 7s4 at the University of Virginia go
But do not make too much of numbers | may
with more confidence and greater satisfaction call
to the uniyersys development in other respects The
growth IN the and quality of has
believe than kept pace growth in numbers
More graduate work has been during past year than
before The advanced classes in work
have been larger and the spirit in all classes de-
parnens has been better than at time in the past
With the growth OF the State and of the university the spirit
Of the student-body must naturally improve.
Nor do mean to deprecate the work OF former years.
The excellence of that work has been sufficiently atested to
Texans by the number OF teachers lawyers, doctors eng
and business trained the university who are
filling the lucrative and honorable positions in their
respective cang its excellence has also been attesed TO
the rest OF the world ana IN particular hrs
the number OF honors by Texas graduates in the larger
universities OF the country again, by the readiness with
which sister institutions make in their faculties
Texas graduates is fact that there is scarcely student
of the University of Texas who has done erad
ate universities that has time been awarded
fellowship the highest academic honor in the gift that
stuton Such record the University OF Texas has
made this respect other Southern can boast
her record unique No less gratifying is the Willingness of
other institutions TO count graduates among their teach
ing corps Not many months graduate OF the Universe
OF Texas was given assistant protessorshp in the Uni
ersy ofChcago recently another graduate has been
graduates called faculties OF Yale
Cornell Vanderbilt Mestkrn Reserve the University Of Vir,
gnia the University OF North Carolina the University
California, and the Univ dfsity OF Colorado.
1t would be interesting, too to collect and examine
photography of articles contributed by students of the Uni
yersy Of Texas 20 the scholarly magazines do
that in this respect also the showing OF the University OF
Texas would be found TO be better than that Of any other
uton IN the South The university only give
20 IT'S students culture and discipline not only supply them
with knowege II aims also TO create and foster the scion
hc spirito develop in the student desire know more
than Is found in books TO find new truths and
10 others.
The explanation this very remarkable record of an
Institution less than twenty old not think far
seek 1t the sincerity and earnestness OF
than third Of whom be added self-supportine
believe that the Texas student is The the
the older institutions impressed with this outset
The spirit Of the studentbody Of the University OF Texas he
corresponding spirit in the teachers Of the institution Ac
eordingy do not believe that industrious more
enthusiastic body OF teachers than that Of the university
Under such circumstances the University Of Texas
quite justified in looking forward 70 brilliant future With
faculty. with large body OF alumni with favoraby in
cned legislature ard with admitting Constituency in the
ssens o. The Stats whom i .as and
helisys, stand among Southern institutions In 81