Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-15

he is not properly informed ON tn'
lsubject can be shown in several ways
Mr.. Thompson is entitled to consd
Grafton when the question of GOOD
: roads is discussed, and his opinion Il
valuable; he is entitled to be con
suited when Governor Colquitt begins
the consideration of the question, be
, cause he made the fight for Colqulti
in Grayson county and his paper did
J more for the Colquitt cause than any
other. and his paper is one of the
J pioneers in the state in the fight for
good roads.
He "inclines to the belief that a
state highway engineer should be a
state official rather than a teacher in
the A. & NJ. College" Why would
such co-partnership be inconsistent?
1.-THE state entomologist, who is state
official, is the professor of entomology
at the A. & NJ College and the laws
of the state require that they shall
be one and the same man. The state
feed inspector is a state official and is
located at the A. & NJ. College: the
state chemist is a state official and
teachers chemistry at the A. G. NJ.
College, The Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Texas is state
technical school, and ii is the largest
exclusive technical school in the
South; it graduates more engineers
than any college or university in
Texas; ii has the best equipment for
testing road materials and materials
that enter into large construction
work, of any educational institution
in the South; it is annually gradual
ing young men as civil engineers and
highway builders. If the state high.
way engineer is to map out system
OF roads in the state, why not locate
him at the A. e VI. College let him
teach his system and his plans to the
students of highway engineering who
are to be the future highway engineers
of the state. and when they leave the
college they will he impressed with
the state plan as outlined by the state !
highway engineer. who would be the /
professor of highway engineering. and I
In the various communities of the
state in which they locate they will |
be in harmony with the state system?
II is not expected that this state high 4
way engineer. busy man that he is.
VIII have time to do all the teaching.
Dut he will have big department. in
when there will be assistants and
where there will be euuip
nent and room for work. and there
VIII be broader field for him than
T he Is located in corner room in
he capitol with an office desk and
mice stationery. The fact that the
lature and scope of the work is of
Ireat magnitude. and that the position
one OF great importance. emphasizes i
he arguments in favor of locating |
hat engineer at the A. & VI. College. /
ne college has already commenced v
he work. a department has been es.
ablished TO give instruction in high.
'ay building. The board of directors .
I the college recognized the need of \
state official for that work and or. :,
anized such department It is not ,,
n extensive department yet. because
here has been no funds provided for
: and it is now being maintained out
funds taken from the general main,
enance appropriation, but it Is so i'm.
ortant that the professor in charge.
lr. Potts, has been recognized by the =
God roads department of the United
tates department of agriculture. as
has been made a special agent of u
he work in Texas.
The Eagle agrees with the Denison IL
erald that the state highway en- 81
lneer should "be man of skill. judg
ent and discretion, and the office
lould be kept entirely out of pol. ID
les. Locate it at the A. & MI Col. III
ge of Texas and it will be just that &C
ing. The board of directors of the
'llege select men for the various no
tons there with a view to their fit u
'ss; the professor of agriculture of V'
e college was elected to his present VI
'sltion while he was a member of the
ichigan legislature: Wilmon Newell
e state entomologist. was elected to m
5 position while he was state en- ri
of Louisiana and secretary ia
the state crop pest commission. and
was chosen because of the success
had made in Louisiana on the boil mi
sevil fight The Eagle will venture TO
say that not member of the board
ew him personally at the time of his
'ction. The state chemist of Texas ma
IS brought to Texas from North no