Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-05
Proposed Science Group.

AT some distance from the admins
| tration building and closing another long
vista from Main street boulevard, the me-
chan1cal laboratory and the power house,
| surmounted by a lofty campani;e, will
| form the extreme boundary of the pro-
posed science group and the nucleus for
its development. The laboratory itself
contains on the first floor the necessary
ofnces for professors in charge, two large
laboratory rooms and thorough system
of lockers: and upon the second floor will
be two large drafting rooms and three
lecture halls. Communicating with the
laboratory In the rear, large machine
shop connects 1t with the power house.
which will supply light, heat, power and
water to the entire campus
Several Of the buildings are already
under way, and. as l have already stated.
Ozark marble. was laid the I'd Of March.
1t bears a panel carved with a new coat
Of arms designed for the institute and
under it the shield Of the state of Texas
quotation from Eusebius. the earliest
historian Of the Christian Church, which.
being translated into English reads:
Rather would 1 discover the cause of
Persians." DR.. Lovett says that "in ap-
propriating this expression of the spirit
of science from the representative phi
losopher Of that people who originated
Tie luSHcSt StdNQdTOS IN letters and In
art. the trustees Of the institute have
sought to express that devotion both to
science and to humanism which the
founder desired when he dedicated the
new institution to the advancement of
literature, science and art
Arrangement of Quadraneles,
The buildings have not yet taken shane.
but from the drawings of the architects
one can judge of their extent and impress
siveness and the ingenious designs that
have been adopted for the convenience
and the training Of the students. The
| quadrangles have been so arranged that
the prevailing breeZes will reach the class
rooms and the dormitories and temper
| the heat which Is sometimes intense in
| this climate The arrangement Of all the
rooms has been made especially with that
purpose in mind. There are educat ionaI
| institutions in hotter places than Houston.
| 1t Is no farther south than New Orleans.
and the climate is very similar
| There is no such school I'm the south
| and there is not much material in this
| section at present for student BODY.
President Lovett. however. has thought
/ that all out, and the curriculum will be
SO arranged as to furnish a prepa ratorv
| department, with courses covering three
years. which will be open to the grad
yates OF the high schools of the state.
students dents from Houston will be charged
l N-'N>A
but those from other parts of the state
| and from outside of Texas will paw such
fees as may be hereafter decided upon
| by the trustees.
| Pivotal Point in Policy.
| The object of the institution primarily
is to train good citizens for the develop
ment of the great resources of Texas,
and that will be the pivotal point in the
policy and such regulations as will here
after be adopted. None Of the trustees
is a technical man; none of them, except
the president, has had any experience in
education. They are practical business
men,. and desire to create an institution
| for the training of business men, like the
Tome Institute, at Port Deposit, near the
| mouth OF the Susquehanna river.
| The curriculum has not yet been pre-
| pared: the faculty has not been selected
| 1t will be two years before the building s
| are completed. and at least one year be-
| fore any Of them can be occupied. In
| the meantime the president and the trus-
| tees viii select a small faculty and en-
| large it as the number of students NAV
| require.