The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-23
WILL RECEIVE BIDS
FOR NORMAL COLLEGE.
LOCATING COMMITTEE TO MEET IN FORT
WORTH AUGUST 9 FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Towns Desiring Location Of State Institution Are
Requested to Meet With
Board.

Definite work on the location of
the new West Texas State Nor
NAL College is about to begin,
according to advices sent out
this week from Austin. The To-
eating board had a preliminary
meeting at the capital city last
Friday and organized for the
work and set Monday, August 9
as the day upon which they
would receive the official bids for
the school and the board have
sent out notices to that effect.
The governor will not be per
sonally active on the board and
will appoint substitute as pro-
vided in the bill and it is likely
that Hon. H. H. Harrington of
College Station will be the man
appointed. If such is the case
he will make an able representa-
tive of the Chief Executive and
his decision in the matter will be
arrived at after careful cOnSid-
Grafton of all the claims present
ed. The other members of the
board, Hon. X. B. Cousins, State
Superintendent of Public In
structions and Hon. a. b. David
son, Lieutenant Governor of the
state, are well known all over the
state. Thus the matter will be
attended to as well almost as if
the Governor himself had decid-
ed to go with the locating board.
The notice which was sent out
on the 18th instant by Messrs.
Davidson and Cousins, is as fol-
lows:
The committee to locate the
West Texas Normal College will
meet in Fort Worth on August
9, in the Worth Hotel, at 10 a. IN.
At that time and place the com
lnittec will receive sealed bids.
and briefs setting forth the
claims of each town desiring the
location of the College. Oral az
guments will be heard in supple
mentation Of the briefs and bids
under some limitation as to time,
which will be announced at the
meeting. After hearing what
the representatives Of the towns
wish to say, the committee may
proceed to eliminate such places
as do not appear to be most de-
Sirable and thus reduce the mum
Der of applicants. From Fort
Worth the committee will pro
ceed to visit the few places that
seem most desirable as locations
and will complete its labor and
make its report. The following
paragraph from the law estab
fishing the school will indicate
the points that the committee
will notice in considering the
claims of competing places:
In considering the claims OF
each place that may ask for said
school, the committee shall con
slider the healthfulness, accesSi
bility and the general intelli
gence and social conditions OF
the people. The committee ShaI
also consider the bonus or dona
tion offered. whether in houses
money, lands or other valuable
considerations. which the re
spectiye places bidding for the
location of said normal college
may offer, and shall take into ac
count all facts and circumStan
ces of each place that may bid,
and shall locate said normal col
lege where it will most efficient
Iy serve the state; provided, that
the committee shall not sacrifice
the permanent advantage Of any
location to the donations Offered
by any other place.
THE Governor will not serve
on the committee in person, but
will appoint some one to serve
in his place, as the law provides
He will be represented at the
Fort Worth meeting by his ap