Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-07-10
REGENTS NEW
COLLEGE WILL
TOUR VALLEY
Brownsville Residents to
Meet and Welcome Board
of Teachers College at
KingsvilIe

Members Of the Boari of Regents OF
the South Texas Teachers College 10 be
located III kirrsvil'e. viii come through
the Valley on "A tour next week, the tour
having been planned w the Kiebtrg
Fourty Go mcrcial Club. assisted by
the kingsvlie Rntnrians. The tour will
BE- conducted in order that "those mem
hers nf the Board who have never had
the opportunity ~ visiting South Texas
may he permitted To see FOR themselves
the development Or this section. more
particularly the Magic Valley and thus
hr acquainted with the development WI
this section and the opportunities for
nrk.ng the Tcr-hcrs' College in South
Texas the best III the State"
Thr letter, which came from the Kia-
hsrw County Co ~mrrcial Club. was scEt
'o ihc BOARD Of City Dovelormen. of
Brownsville. was rcad III q meeting VI
the Board Of City Development ycsier-
day AFTERNOON. ". y. Erard. secretary,
ur'hcr stated: ~The Board OF Rf~c1ts
will hold their neNt meeting in Kings
VI n ~ Thursday. July -. AT this ert-
irr the Board will receive the architects
plans ana advertise far bills on the
mail building Of the College. the c~ec-
tinn nf which IN ~ hcgin not later than
September : of this year. and which We
hope M have ready for summer ses-
II N IL 1925.
- am asking that our party have the
rrnrrtIniiy NJ meeting - W uf sur
citizens as W. pass through your town
m the time shown On H. itinerary be-
low We would especially like 70 meet
those Interested in educational matters.
May aSk that you drop ne line ad
visian If We can meet some of your good
people at the time We pass through yorr
town AZ any Place designated yous"
The int'rtrary of the trip follows:
= leave Kinvsvillr Wednesday. July iG.
nt $3.50 am: arrive Falfurrias o'clock:
arrive Ednburg ~ 1880 a.m. arrive
McAllen II m. whore the party VIII stop
for lunch; arrive Mission 2:a0 p-m-i
Pharr. i;30; san Juan. $500; Alamo.
ESQ: Donna. 5:t5. Wrslarn. = o'clock;
Ifar'ingen. o'clock. stop FOR dinner: ar
rive Mrrrrdcs f0.3O NJ night: leave
Mercedes am: arrive II Fcria 1880;
Sa Bcri.o Q o'clock, and Brownsville at
noon.
Several other matters were taken up
at fha meeting "A sum was paid to Mrs.
Julia Montgomery for pictures az
Brownsville run in supplement e.
Moniy's Monthly.
Tho question Of payment Of a lumber
bill. said to have been made W. thn
Roarl under previous manage INT. o.
10 have hrrn made through the board.
when r. c. Latham was secretary. was
iakca an. Dick Morris of thc Frontier
Lumber Company presented this bill
stating that il was for luml CT purchased
~ The Automobile Owners Association
which was organized here some time ago
fnr thr purpose NJ improving " road to
8oca Chica. and of erecting bath houses
~ thnt rlacc. a cam fttec consisting oi
n. p. lint. chairman; II. ". Rankcr
Pert Hinklfy. Fred Starck and +. g.
Latham was appointed to iavcsti~atc \
this matter.
A letter from the Eagle Pass Cham
ber or Commerce in reference 70 an in
trrpfctation of the new migration dul-
i've was read. and ~ was stated that the
required information had been furnish
"a The Eagle Pass hodv on this inter
The chair appointed J. 7. Canales to
confer with the secretary tD dra teic-
grams of protest 70 the senators and
representatives from Texas with the
hope VI having the immigration law. re-
curing head tax and visa, remedifd
III order ~ enable laborers to come
across the river 20 pick cotton
IN connection with the tour Of the
Southwest Texas Teachers College
Board uf Directors. the following COM
mistce was appointed 10 arrange "a
gathering Of Brownsville citizens %
meet the regents. Mesdamfs Nolncy
TAYLOR. ]. G. George. Harbert Davnport |
ana. \. ". Tucker. this comr,ttee 70 rs |
clothed with full authority 20 arrange /
FOR the meeting and reception Of the !,
Regents on their arrival here.