Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-22
WEDNESDAY. APRIL %. 1911.


avenue should be opened to every ambi-
tionus young man or woman. leading To
the emineilcies upon which sit every
branch Of learning and from which stu
dents may 20 forth To elevate the stand
ards Of citizenship and honorably rom
pete for preeminence in all spheres Of
human activity.
II favor ample provisions for build.
ings and maintenance for the State nor
NAL schools. College Of Industrial Arts.
Agricultural and Mechanical College and
the University Of Texas. Their annual
support should he provided for by IN
apportionmcnt from Taxation. specific
ally provided by law. showing just what
amount j. To he apportioned for each
character of institution. AMI thus take
them out of politics and makc~thcm in
dependent of the varying attitudes o.
capriccS of legislators or executive ap
prevail or veto.
Convinced that the best intcrc L. Of
the Texas University aud the .A.ricul
tnral and Mechanical college demand
their complete separation. | stand for u
policy that will properly equip and >u>
tain both these institutions in the great
work for which they were established.
At the university any young man or wom
an. whether the child Of wealth or OF
parents Of moderate means. or working
their own way. should BE- able 60 obtain
an education equal "a the best to hc had
i'm amy university in amy State.
The Agricultural and Mechanical col
lcee should bc ma,lc what its name i'm
plies. u great college where a liberal cdu
cation can bc had. with it, greatest y
Invites devoted 10 scientific and prae
teal training in the arts of agriculture.
horticulture. sleek raising and mcchan-
les. Texas j. biz enough for both insti.
.tutions and rich enough 10 place them
in the forefront of institutions of their
kind.
Our State normal schools have done Il
wonderful work for the cause of ctuca
tion and IN providing our public school
with efficient teachers. well equipped for
the discharge of their mission in life. |
lived ia Huntsville when. under the IN
SEPARATION If the old alcaldc. the sam
Houston Normal Institute was founded.
| can remember when in its early history.
IA diploma from that institution was
questioned. hut during my service upon
the local board | saw time come when
the rural schools aud city s-hool>
throughout the State were demanding
its graduates as teachers.
| advocated the establishment Of the
Denton Normal. the San Marcos Nor
NAL aud the Northwest Texas Normal.
v hen a ma ioritv of my fellow townSmcn
feared. in the beginning. that the parent
normal located M Huntsville would u,
injured by the addition Of like in>titu.
tion>.
In 1901 at Waco. n chairman If the
subcommittee on platforms. | put IN the
plank for the establishment Of the col.
lcgc of Industrial Arts. now located al
Denton.
A. president of the Huntsville school
board. for many wears. and a member of
the local board Of The Sam Houston
Normal. ! was brought into intimate a..
ISOLATION with cur educational interests
and leaders of educational thought ia
Texas. and learned much Of the needs
and workings of tlr public and high
schools the normalS and other cdnra-
lional institutions. which will greatly
help me in the discharge Of official duty
az Governor.