The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-01-07
UNIVERSITY REMOVAL

Announcement that the regents
o. the university Of Texas have
voted 20 ask removal Of the insii.
tuition from us present quarters
% the tract given hy the late
George Breckenridge cannot be
orcasion 81 surprise The condi.
sions 81 The great school Of which
Texas Is so proud have been hu-
militating The grounds which
appeared ample when the l'nivcy-
siig began its work. compnrativclt
few years ago. have heromo Far 800
crow ded aud The lack OF porma.
nDni buildings has ncccssiiatcd
The erection of lot of "shacly. *"
m which students were housed
The shame of the shnek-covered
campus has been felt keenly by
those who have pride IN The state.
many of whom are graduates o.
the university.
There has been insistent demand
f1r better Accommodations Tor the
students, and the mere palliative
oi ,hc shAcks has hcen condemned
yet tho regents have done wisely
in not attempting seriously 20 ob.
tain permanent buildings fitted 10
meet the constantly Increasing
number of students They have
cut tho Gordian knot by determine
ing 10 ask removal TO ihe grounds
which the San Antonio philau
ihropist gave.
When the Breckenridge Gift
was announced there was moro
condemnation than satisfaction. u
was asserted that the site offered
was too far from the ccntcr of
the city and that students would
NOT attend a school. Tout IN the
country" A more reasonable
view Of the matter has been grow
ing of late IL must be- borno Ia
mind that wherever the Univcr-
siiy is siiuaipd there viii, of Nee
cssily. aud rapidly, grow up about
il al that the student body needs
There win be- plenty of stores.
plenty of roomiup houses The
fraternities viii find quarters We
are not positive as 20 the owner.
ship 81 frat" houses, but where
they are owned they are dcsir
able pieces Of property and may
be disposed Of 20 advantage and
new ones erected from the pro.
cceds
ihc entire program of great
and expanding university de-
mands FAR more room than may
De had on the present grounds at
Austin OR by using all availablel
grounds near hy We see the
scheme of great educational insti-
iuiions developing elsewhere up
on the same plan that Is proposed
for the University OF TcNas Rice
institute, which was set up well inI
the outskirts of Houston, is con
spicuous aud nearby example. lnI
the SHORT time since Rice came Ia
90 being The city has grown toI
meet II There Is an abundance
az good buildings IN the vicinity.
and more being added Soon the
Rice Institute section viii be as
VOL settled as any portion OF
Houston and with the best class
cf huildiugs
University of Texcs has had
phenomenal growth the last three
of four years II Is fitting itself
for even more rapid growth. bat
even the new situaiiou Will De
none too large within decade.
We must bear IN mind chat Texas
is growing wonderfully and that
The demand for University cdu.
cation viii be expressed in classes
as great By comparison with those
~ today as are those Of 1921 com.
rared with those of 1900 Around
the new university site there may
bc expected what viii be- IN cf-
feet a college city Of no mean pro-
poriions, Sec the example ~
berkeley. California.
We take II for granted that The
scheme Of tie trustees wal be
supported strongly in the session
~ the legislature which opens
next Seek. Many members are
graduates OF the school. Many