Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-11
MEzES OUTLINES
AMENDMENT VIEW
PRESIDENT OF INIAEKsIIi 90
TEXAS COliRECTS ERI.ON.
EOIs IMPRESSION OF
MANY.

AUSTIN. Texas. June 90 PROF.
dent Nezes of tho University OF Te2
as has forwarded tbo following state.
meut 20 the press 81 the state
Many erroneous statements have
been widely published about the Do-
sItlon OF the University authorities
90 the event that the constitutional
amendmen submitted in senate Joint
Resolution SO ls should be- adopt
% u seems fitting. therefore that
an authoritative statement should
come from ono Who is Iu q position
10 speak for the University
The amendment does not roat"m
plate. aud gives no authority tor the
consolidation of tho and " col
legc and the University 90 Austin
The amendment gives no authority
10 move the medical department
The amendment kiyo. no author
ity TO move tho College of Industrial
Arts for women
The amendment gives no author.
itY 10 move 90, Sam Houston NDr
NAL the Southwest T",as Normal
the North Texas Normal u rc
West Texas Normal
The amendment Hu m rI vas
change lhr constitutional r.luous
between tho University aud 1000 s.
and N COLLEGE" hr 'oll,e, of u.
dusiral Art. CO., tt0 uu l.H u,r
mails
lf tho amendment b. adop g. n.r
authorities of the ruisrrt, 700
continue to develop thr course o.
study as seDm best tor rho ."d. .
is thirtythrrr hundred students
-Four hundred and sIVtyouo OF these
students. Boo Ihe regular session alone
come direct from No, farm and more
than % Thousand of them arc propar
Ing 90 teach iu tho common schools
% is probable that fhe demands of
these students NlIl require more
COURSES than Wr upN offer boo 1rrI
culture. both for those who plan 20
teach agriculture in the public school
aud for those who expect Go gp hatk
to the farm o. the capacity of the
University the a and VI College.
The COLLEGE OF Industrial Arts. the
four state normal schools and the
public schools were doubled. all OF
them could not supply the needs OF
the three hundred and dfty Thousand
white farmers of Texas
The directors of the \ aud N
Cullege ia their last biennial report
state TINT nearly m,llion are need
ed AZ once Tor buildings Under the
provisions of the amendment build
iurs could be- provided without delay
40 au immediate cost ot 100000 90
year Moreover Tho adoption of the
\mcdumcnt would forever free the
Col'olc from the danger of being uu
able 10 gen buildings from lpprop-
rIalioua should another governor or
tho Supreme Court. consider such a
method unconstitutional should
This amendment ail and should an
other disastrous fire revisit the col
loEr during the administration of q
governor who considered appropria-
uons for \ and N buildings uucou-
stiutinual bow would it be- possible
20 replace the burned buildings I
J cannot think that tho opponents of
Thee amendment have seriously con
sijorcd the question
have spent twenty of my best
years BOO educational work iu Texas.
aul ! expect tu spend the rest OF my
l.fr her" ann more confident than
ever that the people of Texas wish
'u develop 900 their educational u-
HlM|Uus aul VIII deal generously
D., fh,W Th, pending amendment
Boo nos Judgment s the most oguIt
ahIp lud beneficial measure 600 tho
interest of every higher educational
Institution that has been submitted
Zoo fhe u'1p'. during my long rrsi-
demo" Boo The state confidently
urlr every friend of education 20
/ vote and work for the constitutional
amendment submitted u Senate
Joint Resolution SO 49,