Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-07
GOVERNOR WILL Be ASKED
TO SUBMIT PROPOSITION
n Another Special Session Of the Leg
isIature 10 Called.
By James Hays Qunrles. Librarian A
and NJ. College.

Il
College Station. Texas. Sept. 30
Accepting as conclusive the construc-
ton placed on the constitution by the
governor. that no money can be APP
jpropriated out OF the general revenue
for buildings at the A. and NJ. College
Of Texs,. there is a fund from which
the improvements necessary for the
accommodation OF those who want TO
attend the school can be provided. and
II is up to the legislature 10 decide
whe' her this win be done.
The second week Of the thirty-fourth
annual session closed with almost
eight hundred boys on the ground.
The increase in attendance has been
the largest In the history OF the Col.
lege. and the percentage of increase
has been larger than ever before
over twenty-five per cent. u has been
found necessary TO provide additional
tents, and the twenty-seyen which
we're first pitched in the establish.
ment Of Camp Miner win be added
20. forty more having been ordered.
II the attendance increases next ses.
sion In the same ratio II has increased
for this session. there will be ut least
one thousand boy asking admission
to the A. and NJ. College OF Texas. II
is probably the largest attendance of
boys at any state institution. II the
law school at the University Is excep.
ted. comparison being made with the
engineering and academic department
Of the University. The University
shows larger naturalization. but II
includes girls. and II includes also
many local students OF the city OF
Austin. facility that does not exist
AT the A. and NJ. College OF Texas. be
cause there IL no local community to
draw from This Is not the first year.
however. THAI the attendance has been
Ilarger than there was dormltory room.
but heretofore students have been re-
fused admission because OF the lack
OF facilities When a student Is lost
in this way. he Is lost entirely because
he will 60 TO another school. and this
session Col. Miner. as president OF
tn College. announced new policy
that no boy should be turned away
and In pursuance Of the policy. the
board OF directors OF the College is
providing temporary quarters. These
quarters are comfortable. they are
sanitary and they are healthful but
they are not such quarters as the state
Of Texas ought to provide for boys
who want a practical education. The
boys who come to this school are
from every walk OF life; they are from
the homes Of bankers. farmers. mer-
chants. mechanics. etc. Some are
here caring their own way. some are
paying their way. some have borrowed
money. but they are all intent upon
finishing the four years course that
will III them for future good citizen
ship. This college has a complete de-
partment Of agriculture for the In
struction OF young men In farming,
stock raising. breeding. judging and
feeding OF live stock. the care OF
plants. the care and cultivation OF
trees. budding and grating etc, and
Il Is the only complete school OF this
kind in the state OF Texas. The teach
ing OF agriculture starts In the pub
lie schools Of Texas--in the rural
school and Il must be completed here.
II Il is completed. and the students are
fitted for the practical farming and
stock-raising lives they desire to lead.
Texas has failed to give the college
what Is actually necessary for the prop
er conduct OF the institution. and onw
at time when hundreds and hundreds
OF boys are asking for admittance the
institution Is without sufficient room.
II II could b. announced at the be-
ginning OF the next session that the
college could house all the young men
who want to come. II is confidently
: believed that twelve hundred or thir'
teen hundred would be entered during
the first week.
A way can be provided for more
funds for the institution. whether the
governors construction Of the consti'
tuition Is correct or not. and that Is
from revenue that II earns BY the
administration OF one OF the state
laws. by the college. Under an act
passed by the Twenty1ninth legisla'
ture and amended by the Thirtieth
legislature Il lie required that the sale
OF concentrated feed stuffs shall be
regulated. that all commercial feeding