Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
~TEXAS-MEXICAN INDUSTRIAL
INSTITUTE OPENED OCT. /

The Texas-Mexican Industrial In
I~stitute opened Tuesday morning with
a very encouraging outlook.
Rev. r. D. Campbell of Beeville,
president of the Board and Mrs.
Campbell who might be called the
mother Of the real idea; Rev. Elias
Trevino of San Marcos and Rev. E.
S. Rodrigues Of Cuero and a few
from Kingsville We're present at the
formal opening. The address by DR..
Skinner the President, was brief but
practical and full of suggestion. The
addresses by Rev. R. d. Campbell
and Rev. Elias Trevino were in Span
ish and seemed to be good, judging
lby the way they were received by
the students.
Forty-six students were enrolled
by noon and those who ought to
know Mexicans say that it was a
very fine body of boys and young
men. Lunch was served the visitors
in the Presidents home and the drive
into the country and the hopeful
outlook partly explain the relish with
which it was received. There will be
about fifty students in attendance.
THE lie q laroa pumhor FOR tho oman
ing of a new school along new lines
for a foreign population but the nun
Der could easily have been doubled,
and more, If there had been Dom.
Twelve came from San Marcos and
as many more wanted to come. TWEEN
ty-two came from Beeville and more
wanted to come, and it seems a pity
that only fifty could be taken when
a hundred applied and more could be
found without great effort. This set
ties the question of the demand for
such a school and there is every rea-
son to believe that by another year
the school plant will be enlarged for
the greater demand.
Nearly everything about this
school has surpassed the expectations
Of the most ardent friends. We will
have to lift our sight adm widen our
vision to see this chool's p%ossibili-
ties. One strange thing is that there
will be only five or six students from
Kingsville, while San Marcos hive so
many. This should not be so long.
Everything POINTS to a prosperous
year. DR.. Skinner deserves much of
the credit and should be encouraged
in his great but self-denying work.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
church of Kingsville made a very IL
beral donation of blankets sheets,
etc, for the domitory and some cash
altogether amounting to nearly an
hundred dollars. Ladies from other
parts of the P~resbytery have also
sent similar gifts.
The people Of Kingsville have done
much toward the launching Of this
great plan and will do more in see
ing it well on its way toward the
great final plaza great training
school for the Mexican population
of Texas. The Kingsville country and
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its swaddling clothes so far as devel-
opment is concerned and as more
sections are opened for development
more skilled labor will be required.
The thousands Of acres Of rich vir-
gin soil are calling for just such
farmers as this institution proposes
TO turn out-men with a knowledge
OF soils, seeds. and. insects, how,
what and when to plant, cultivate
and harvest these crops best suited
TO this section of the country. 1t
is a great work even for this land of
mighty things and will mean much
for Kingsville in the future. Aside
from any any other reason, it is a
business proposition and one the
people of this town can not afford to
overlook. The school needs the CO.
operation of the people to make Of it
the great success ii is destined to be.
II Is no lack of interest on the part
of the people but perhaps the fact
that other things have occupied
their minds and they need but to be
awakened to this great need.-Kings-
vile Record.