Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-08
RELATIONS BETWEEN
BRYAN AND COLLEGE
Address of Dean Puryear Before
Bryan Commercial club-Prac-
ticaI Suggestions for Mu-
tual Helpfulness.

At the annual meeting and banquet
of the Bryan Commercial Club few
days ago the subject, How Can Bryan
Help A. & NJ. College?" was discussed
by Charles Puryear, dean of the col
lege and professor of mathematics.
Mr.. Puryear talked along practical
lines, and among other things he said:
in my opinion the best service
Bryan can render the college is to set
us a good example-to make Bryan a
model town. The college is emphat-
ically a school of practical science. 1t
is deeply interested in nearly all the
subjects to be discussed here tonight.
In some respects we are short OF
equipment. | would like to think of
Bryan as one of our laboratories. By
furnishing object lessons in many of
would add to our facilities for teach
ing. Our curricula includes among
other things, city sanitation, water
supply, sewage disposal and lighting.
If, in arranging for these things, you
would adopt the very latest work of
modern science. it would be worth
great deal to u.s. Our students would
be brought in by their instructors to
inspect your plants, just as they are
now taken to larger and more distant
cities. If you could show that, by in
Producing the very best sanitary ar
rangements, your death rate was re-
duced one-half, and that typhoid was
banished, it would make an impression
cn our young men that would be a
benefit to the whole state Incident
ally, Bryan would be helped too.
In this connection let me say that
in the last few years We at the college
have waged a persistent war against
the mosquito, and with much success
hope that we may soon be able to
train our batteries on the house fly
Fight the fly would be good slogan
for any Southern town to adopt.
Il note that the subject of good
roads is to be discussed tonight. That
subject is always in order A model
highway little Appain way-from
Bryan to College would be of great
value to our students of highway en-
cheering. | am sure that our Prof.
Potts would be glad to take squad
OF his boys, make the survey and fur.
nish the estimates. You could easily
do the rest.
Again, you could help us in the (
matter of architecture AS yet no spe- I
cial style of architecture has been de. |
veloDed for public and semi-public I
buildings to meet the climatic condi- |
tons that prevail in this state. The |
of the Rice institute have, /
in their plans, attempted a solution of /
the problem. 1t remains TO be seen
how they will succeed. You are soon
to erect dormitory for one of your
academies; and IL ! am not mistaken.
a federal building is contemplated. n
you should succeed in giving us in
these two buildings examples of what
Is suited to Texas, rather than 10 New
York, the lesson would not be lost on
our students Of architecture. The fur
Their hesutifying of your city by tree
planting would help along the same
lines. One Of your semi-public institu-
tons has a beautiful site and a hand
scme building, but there is scarcely
any shade. That IS apt TO lead to color
blindness. In the regions below Spar
-acus said to Phunnicus: Tell me. 4
friend, who Is yon shade?' In truth. !
know not said Phunnicus, T am
color blind! | never could tell one
shade from another 4
Your schools, OF course, have an
m0ortant relation to the college. =
wish In this presence to commend the
work Of Allen Academy, and to be-
sneak for It your hearty support. It is
s doing an excellent work Its .princi-
pals have made themselye thoroughly
familiar with our entrance require
1erts, end we accept their certificates
without question. Your support of this
school helps US. for it sends us every
7esr a coed number of students
81 the pupils in the public schools
1t large. only small proportion ever
enter college or university. There is
recent movement to make the course
II study in these schools bear a closer
citations TO the wants of those whose
school training ends with the high s
school by turning It to some extent in s
he direction of the vocational studies. I
This movement is in the line of our {
work. and | think it is a matter that t
night well be considered by your
chool board. {
Turning to more material sub I
ect, let us consider the question of /
'otton mill for Bryan. As matters now 7
tsnd. We ship cotton out of Texas
md ship cotton goods in. Of course q
We pay the freight both ways. An
principle is violated here. n
20 far but few cotton mills have been u
established In Texas. though other a
Southern states are full of them. h
There NAV be some economic reason p
or this; it may be that labor is too o
Ugh or fuel. or both. Perhaps a cot t
on mill here would not pay. am v
ot enough Of business man to say, Il
ut a successful cotton mill here would L
e a good thing for the college and t,