Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-06-12
rflE a. AND M collEGE

The Post was saying yesterday that thc I'M.
vcrqty 81 Texas ought to be relieved Of the em.
bafrassmcnis which have been obslmciing rs
growth aud gwen that quality and quantity 81 sup
port that would make u ~ the earliest possible
unnc a. great al institution 81 thc kind the ooun
ny possesses
We can with equal e,fncsness make similar
appeal ~ behalf 81 The Agricultural and Mcohani
al college There o. every reason 10 believe that
u iht Stat, adopt an enlightened policy Of Rencr
Gus provision lof al thc institutions 81 higher edu
cation wc shall zee among the people 81 every por
ton oi thc state al awakened interest IN education
One Of he dr,wbacks which our educational
,ugutulons have suffered Is an impression widely
prevalent among the people that the lands set
opau ior The common schools and institutions OF
higher leaning ought 10 relieve them ol schoul
taxes. II thly not tn,e bow does It happen that
80 many Siaice which bad no school lands have
made geo much gfeatef educational progress than
l,sna'
Mnnrsolh Wscon3n Washington California
aud Other states are spending lat more money per
capita for common schools. have longer school
t,fus and greatly superior rural schools. IN the
matter Of higher education l',,s makes SONY
appearance in comparison
The people Of thee states have SIMPLY paid
the pn,e and obtained thc veiy best that money
could boy Not one Of these states is as populuus
as r.aa not ou, b. as rch Vet when It comes
10 cdu,auon they distance as il must be because
", have brrn depending too much the land
grant. and not enough upon our direct support oi
publ, education
when ", consider that there are more than
800 600 farm, IN this state, It does seem that We
ought t. have an Agricultural and Mechanical col
lcpc pl laf greater dmcusons than the institution
1T college Station II ", had - highly developed
syslem OF rural .,hools 10 recruit rom surely an
aggregate student body at 600 would not bc
too great Tor ,n Agricultural aud Mechanical Col
cpc iy.tcm ol cyas We have no reason TO doubt
the interest OF thc people IN the college
We know lhs. hc college Ike the unvcr
a,ty hos always lacked accommodations Tor all
he students who dested ia enter therefore, we
do not NOV Just what the enfDllueni would be II
u could be- announced say "a l9Ij that the col
lego would be- equipped IN every respect to accom-.
mod ate al the boys who dcsued 20 yuj,' We be
hcye however that The number would npt br Tar
from 5000
And what vc .,y Of the Agricultural and Me
,hani,,l Collcrc o. true oi the most shamccssly
neglected li III our Institutions OF higher Learning
we allndc o. the Praiuc View Normal and la
dus,ual COLLEGE Tor colorcd youth Its capacity
has been taxed lui years. 1 here - no reason what
ever to douh, tha, It, attendance would excel 1000
II the institution had the facilities to shelter feed
and teach the students
Il o. when We consider how far Texas has fall
IN short Of rs duty 20 the youth Of the state that
WI, comprehend how disastrous have been the po-
hu,al feuds which have cmbrodcd the people Tor
ten years past u Is something for the people oi
l,xas o. ihul ol Il luuston Post