The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01
Girls


of the Girls Industrial college at Denton
Ladies and Gentlemen. In behalf OF the
board Of regents Of the Girls Industrial
college OF Texas, and for the people OF
Texas thank the citizens OF Denton for
this occL sioa.
We do not ascrfbe your zeal and enthu-
siasrn today principally TO loca, seif-intcr-
est, or to the expectation Of pccuniury ad-
vantage TO your community In the location
OF this college here. We believe you are
interested in this institution by higher con
alterations We believe the people Of Den
,ou principally appreciate our college be
cause o, the intellectual aud spiritual bcne-
az Il, VIII hc 70 their town, aud 70 their
State at large ] can not think a people
who have assessed themselves large sh'
pends and paid them with singular nnemm-
iiy. and always for schools, or cVIekes'
car be thinking alone, OF chlehy ~ a
moneyed gain, for had such been their
dominant thought their Investments "ouIu
have gone into the more remuuerauve fac
tory or railroad or other private Or munlc-
ipal business enterprise.
The establishment here aud the generous
support by this people OF the John IS Den
ton college the North Texas normal, nnd
the cagerueSs with which our own college
was sought, are an assurance that the
GIRLS Industrial institute OF Texas, as
placed AT Denton is in the keeping OF
true, loving. Intelligent and sympathetic
friends.
the scope and purposes Of the institution,
with whose administration We are charged,
] trust 10 Will NOT be Hmlss to very brehy
review the course OF events, whIca mas us
contamination and climax here this day.
Not counting the earlier spaHnodic ana
irregular agitation " Industrial training
for girls ] bod that the frst serious ana
definite purpose TO do something was eH
pressed ia d bib 10 establish an inlustrlul
college for girls Introduced into the lower
house of th" Twenty sccoud Legislature I'D
the year 1881 by Nir 4. j Baker, the mem.
Der from san Angelo. Texas. This uil! was
largely fashioned upou the model 81 ihn
Mississippi lew, from which state colonel
h BSS t5Sr;es ot study VIVA and providod Tor
q more literary, 0rd less scientific ana TO-
dustda. curriculum than IS e2nrempiaisd
wlrh US. This b'l' as amended, am Do
formed passed the senate Of the Twenty
SECOND LEGISLATURE but failed 10 the house
Co.oue. Baker is Justly entitled I" t1e
credit = giving the idea o, the Industrial
EDUCATION of -lrls Us FIRST defWth place 10
the thought ~ our people. 'oiona. BahDi
Is men VI Uroad thought and pros;'ss.t ,
scholarship end culture gentleman "l
Courageous convictions sDt of noble and
unsDazd purposes aud ambitions. gul !,
IN ovarr rar worthy ~ having inauguf2ted
IN T"Nes 'ae Idea ~ Industrial trimming iDi
So tar OF know. no serious effort 70
emit .gT lona'ur 20 he Industrial train
!ne. y .nr girls .%9s ,msde hetwe"a =,
ierislrturc. o. similar hfIf ~ fhnt of Colnuc
B0fors 10 1901. was Introduced Into ~,
tsra.e by srlator Wliam
a ts''i 10, ' sraa ousa -'- q p. h6 "a.
About THIS ame the women ot Trzns, th'
mothers lu our state, began TO takp uu m.
ldrq ~ 4 practical useful industrial ODDS
cation fo- tGflr daughters aud led by tina
horrred lads. o4r esteemed go yezeu, Mr.
Helen g. Stoddard tholr cNorts soon tool
on dhAulte form, and were 90 aeulcy.
substantial results
~
.., ,--,... y, A. e,.sao-a ,.s-
'"s 80 '~'+ ~ ''.~
w 9rNAhs Introduced Into the twenty
EAth legislature thr hll, which Is sub
stanuagr tbc la,g creating the Girls Indus
49, , 49,. 80 - 80
u''' N'"eB wy 'eAAe auA WINE roe OH
was not enacted into o law until the 1wer
tr.aeycpth i,rlsrotr-o D. Juaga c.,,nha
oi-, s ,-..i.t, ..,.,..
''t' 7''N nN''i'l~ AauF 'AN''ta 10 ID
sapIeps credit ~ having done more Z
nattriaizr tl's idea os the industrial trail
ir.. ~ fs,te ,.,.,..r .s...,,.,. ,-,. "a ,
- 10 A.''s '-.' "u 4ne'iN'lr NV qua
sc All ia" hAtl legislative status
than any mar in reNas Truth and lusug
reputr.. Mss ,tgf. ,,..,,,, Or, d.. .,.,,,.it "a
.t,. 49,, ' FN'''''' D'''
!, ptEsouA!'t' ga ltle coz nothing IN ult
;4L w. f's .ln'"t VI Tue low estabhsl
gis " ,..4,su ta. c'IlSee ier ihc w3ll
go '' itN's. hut ] 90 know somethln
nor tb,,l, w., ~, Jug, ~, uuus =
80 ~, w., 80 ALr" a mah more drd
B.
lu Is NIa u, Sns OF an lnoustNal scho
10 &c W AeNHs hla 'AptNultufe
, ,',uV anu '-.ot WIS fomeughs SIMPLY enc
.EI' go l.e Fe"p'N OF leAAs' especial
stit1,ttI srI ,,'" Iuu '4+Iish lu'h I
dGeds l., ,rs,a,rt t N1'u Hla name al
,TT1 ~ 80. $3.50 lvi onef' .,,
rho T,vs,ttsi, ~ ~ ~, ~ 1uusa pLuooe
ssnst, 80 - iSS-,a'a'it lo1lvd lu u
me biu proc,,,sd ne ip sSviu "'"Vote
fneasVp' M ~ v snt - ''Ltut ~
if11 aud had Il i,unynorat,s 1I ~, 'Ip,on
Iorni al thar nsrty ~ '"e F'
ma bill Wa rsntroa,,..d L. .h. 7r-,,.r,
seyelrh leWtsiotn,e ~. Srua AZ ~ II 49,
the senat.S npd bv Nfessrs kt,ini.a'... vs.
PiersCu ln tho house ana this ttttpc' a.
suffering several vicissiti,,as o,d nertI.
defeAt. II became on AnrIi 4 ieat n Ia
Tho college Mas twice In danscr n, hal
annexed To an already establshed insfi,
ton OF learning--tha Huntsyilie norm,
and II Is said to have been estahlished
an independent institution only nv 4
casting vote OF the speaker. once In +
house, and once hy tue president OF (
senate "a that body,
lece nrnyids5 for sson MI 'hunstt'al 9
It Que from each congressional district
5e1as.- MessEs w d, Cleveland, Or. J.
TSn,,as n "a 'T G9et, = ~ ~ ho~ell, Ross
Mrs. Helen n Stoddard' APP Wooldri5,
John NJ. Moore, T. A. Atlee, George
fIeuucit d. ~ Hooper constituted u