The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-10
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laws as they stand In Texas.
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College Station, Texas, November s..
The Chicago delegation began its Journey
at College Station this morning II was
an suspicious beginning and for the first
time gave the visitors an insight into
Texas educational progress. The agricul.
tural and Mechanical college is well stu.
ated to impress the stranger The disclp.
line and order that surrounds a military
| school is especially attractive to North.
erner, and the college never appeared In
better trim. In addition to the handsome
buildings that have been on the ground
for some time. the chemical laboratory has
Just been completed and each was the
source Of admiration. At 1880 a. M Presl-
dent Houston, accompanied by p. L.
Downes of Temple an eN-Cadet OF the col.
| lege. met the train and AFTER being pre-
scented by the Texas committee IN the
party was taken to the mess hall At this
place breakfast was served, in the course
or which the cadets marched to their
| tables President Houston welcomed them
to the freedom Of the college grounds
David X. Forgan. vice president OF the
FIRST National bank of Chicago, responded,
on behalf of the Chicago delegation
w1sn to thank you very cordially FOR your
warm reception of us this beautiful porn-
lug. We have been very much Impressed
with all that We have seen siuce we en-.
tered the great State Of Texas, but / be-
lteve voice the sentiSnent of all the dele
CATION when ! say that this is the most
inspiring sight we have yet seen.
We have heard q great deal from your
orators or the possibilities of the future Of
your great state. and after all is said and
done the future and the greatness of IL Is
in your hands, and II Is really Inspiring 10
us 10 look forward and think what a
state you young fellows viii make of II
when you come Into the active affairs OF
MIR George f Stone, secretary Of the
! board Of trade followed he said As the
gentleman who preceded me has said, this
| scene upon which we look is the most In.
spring spectacle that has greeted our owes
since we entered the magnificent State OF
IeNaS, and to think Of what has TRANSFERRED
| I'm this state I'm the line or developneDt Is
| Startling even TO the imagination. WHY II
seems 10 me hut a little more than n gen
GRAFTON ago when the sage brush mockCd
ne ierllnty OF your magnificent soil. when
: nc buffalo roamed over these areas when
here lived and loved another race of beings
Beneath the same sun mat rose over vorr
heads the Indian hunter pursued the pant.
ing deer. Gazing on the same moon that
smiles for you. the Indian lover wooed his
dnsEN mate. But a few short years ago
here the red man warTed; the echoing
Thoop' the bloody grapple, the defyng
Tiger strife was over here curled the smoke
of peace
This magnificent State. ushered into the
great galaxy of the States Of the Union
mad an experience that gave II aud It's
( history place upon the pages OF our comi.
wv history. II Is not at al strange that
he populton Of this State Is made up of
most heroic elements. We have here the
ambition and the enterprise which gupran-
ice -, an unparalleled greatness TO the State
OF Texas.
greet you, worthy descendants If an
UprOiC. ancestry. whose hlGOd ma bo
Of whose kindred, has been poured ont
upon many field Of glory, shedding the
| luSter OF an impcrishable reuown upon our
| country historic puge. (Applnuse1
Aud such welcome as we have had
from the citizens of this State Of Texas,
we have seen the lovely naideus ana ladies'
OF this state and we have seen her brave
( men, and they have extended to us hos
pitality which is-what more can / say
than that II is a true Southern hospitality?
tApplausel 1t was as broad and as gen
! erous as your almost limitess acres: It was
( as houndlesS as the ocean and ms gracious
as this mornings light which now hathes
with autnmnal Glores, the valleys ana hill
tops of this battle-scarred and heroic state
of Texas. tAppnuse)
We are glad for n moment to turn from
your material and agricultural resources to
pCrishable foundations II the republic, its
educational institutions
THE, school house stands anear the Sab
And from these bounteous gifts you will
build AT length
The adamantine armor OF your strength.
Applause.)
We I'VE in our citizenship under the ge
MUS Of our republican institutions and
under tho inspiration Of y0nder starry ban
ner uf the republic. tApplause) That nm
stained though battle-scarred banner. under
whose inspiration we shall he carried 10
conquests the splendor and Importance OF
which VIII be far beyond our most san
! gulnc aud eNtravagant dreams.
These gifts, gentlemen. that We have in
herlted, we must transmit: we must sec
| that they are preserved. This lovely land
as n great orator of America has said--thls
lovely land. this glorious liberty, these
benign instltutions-thc dear purchase Of
our fathers-arc ours; ours to enjoy: ours
to preserve; ours To transmit Generations
past nnd generations 10 come hold US re-
sponsible for this sacred trust
Al the conclusion OF the speeches Chair.
man Bowen OF the Texas committee an
ex-cadet, led the boys in three college wells
for the visitors. Lour cheers were given
by the Chicagoans. A short time was
spent in gathering roses. which appeared
almost as curioslties The college band
furnished music during the stay and sew
erai professors and corps OF cadets es.
corted the crowd back 10 the train.