The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01
Girls Industrial College.
Addresses by President of the Board and President OF
the Institution.

dcxterity, enabling them 10 make living.
u Will not turn out merely expert seam
stresses and uiilliners, or pronceut cooks, Or
dairy women. or nurses. or hookkcepers, or
typewriters and stenographers ~ viii
train Yong women. Y Is true, 20 practical
excellence IN all Of these arts and trades
but 1t viii also do a great deal more. y
win oIer q liberal course OF study 10 most
" the modern arts and sciences the
aesthetic as well as the purely practical
aud applied. Its basis and foundation for
all OF its courses will be more thorough
training IA the English Language, IN its
grammar. composition ana rhetoric. IL will
teach apprcciHtively the noble literature 81
our native tongue, Il VIII supnlGmcnt
struciion "a nj least one modern Language,
and In the Latin prohsbly as an optional
course. u VIII give borough teaching IN
mathematics through algebra and plane
aud sold geOUctry. II VIII lay especial
stress upon certain II the physical scences.
especially pom chemistry In rs applications
10 sd"utldc cooking aud In IS uses In
sanitation. photography, physics ano phygi-
ology, biology ana botany Will be taught
Ni their application 70 vegetable aud animal
economy. and not only Will the mere DO
nestle and practical sciences be taught, but
the srts OF decoration and accomplishments
as well. Music will be taught, and paint
ing and drawing and modelling an design
Ing. In nne our young women VIII be grad
uated a. educated women in all that goes
70 make up a symmetrical. wcll.rounded and
liberal education We shall lay great stress
upol the. practical arts and sciences and
. consistently with the purposes of our Gre
alton Industrial education and training VIII
pcrmeate everywhere and dominate our
whole system II IS probable, as time
passes, that normal training, 20 some eI-
tent at least win be added TO our more
recognized courses, so that the Industrial
arts and sciences may, through the teach
/ Tho 'nrlnerv ana rrarnnpP grades - the
public schools Of Texas. And, personally,
! shall welcome the opportunity Of kfording
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/ IN our power P2Hslnir 70 promote harmony
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l"il OF s,Eaell+ .ll'Fli Solr.e OF stuGs;
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. women nl,.o 7" N'hot and acorn anE splefe
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3 eApec p great NUMBER Or graduates 70
WaE" ~ me r1nnn'l"n they acquire with
uE me oas's NJ trade or profosslon Many
WIZ b" ar"ssmakrrs ma miH'nets; out they
/ WtI D." thn better oT'sSmnkefR nnd mNllnera
. IRON the training io literary taste ana
/ painting md drawing and DESIGNING 90
Gulr"d With us Many WIFI become profrs.
Sloua' cooks 'Ud nurses and mntrons, but
they wa to the better cooks and nurses
ma m1tro0s from IN" so'eutldc training %.
CURED with ms so anpicd chemistry and
sanitation Many Will become tvpewriters
ard stenogr0rhers. hnt n they DO they VIII
certainly know how to spell correctly aud
rhrasn sentence right
", can not dignity or ennobiA me 10.
-~.-ostl~ il'a ~ women hut wee may hone "a
: maize 81 mora HnaatlrH a ~a~.,?'
Svct ladies' ana gentlemen ia tI,- M
tory, such the mission and uurnosa. and
.ueh. 7 truss the destiny NJ tho lrstitr
zion rho corner atone Of which gca lgy
This day.
Following Is tho address On the same 90
,asiop INV presi5art Orc 4, yort.
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Hghorap!n fffsln'ht ana MNmuetS o. w
boaid OF regents ana L@uleS aua Sehus
men
end Hresent tbo American nation stand
unique IN many WAYS Because our ou
ceairy adopted religious beliefs and 'hs
TOMS different fiun those common 60 thei