Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-30

South Texas Teachers College at
Kingsville.
The Valley supported KingevilIe,s
amoltions before the Legislature. and
Ringsrille has signified its appreciation
OF tins assistance in various ways.
Now RingTyiile wants to remind the
valley that the facilities of the Teach
ers, College-"a name misleading to
some extent are at the disposal Of
: students from the Valley.
Writing to The Herald. Gus L.. Ko-
waiski, former Brownsville man and
president of the Klebery County
tkingsville) Commercial Club. says:
believing that the South Texas
State Teachers College is an institu-
tion belonging to South Texas, and
therefore deserving of the active sup
port and cooperation of all of this en-
terprising and growing section of Tex,
as, want, on its behalf, to bespeak
the good offices and interested aid
of your splendid newspaper.
There are now about $50 students
in the the college, but l regret to say
that less than twenty are from the
Brownsville. This probably has come
about through misapprehension on
the part of the people of that section
as to the courses of study offered by
the college. The name Teachers Col
lege,' which the legislature has ap-
pended to the institution, is probably
misleading to some extent The cour-
ses of study are, however, much more
extensive than those pertaining to
teacher training, and includes all i'm
portant courses Offered by most Texas
colleges of its class. and lead to the
bachelor of arts degree.
''This is. then an institution offer
ing not only courses in teacher train
ing leading to state certificates, but
it offers the regular college course,
leading to the bachelor of arts degree,
under as efficient a corps of instruc-
tors as will be found in the south" F"
s. y
Kingsville is just outside the Lower
Rio Grande Valley. 1t is near home.
Those who plan to enter schools of
higher learning would do well to con-
slider the facilities of this new school
before making their final decision.
San Benito has adopted a new and
apparently effective system of house
numbering in connection with its new
ly established free mail delivery SER
vice
One hundred numbers are given to
the block. The first one-fourth of the
block carries numbers from / to %,
the second one-fourth numbers from
26 to so, the third one-fourth numbers
from 81 to rs, and so on to the end
of the block.
Odd numbers are on doors on one
side Of the street, even numbers on the
other side
The system makes simple the find
Ing of doors as one would know imme-
diately that any number from 1 to %
would be in the first part of the block
the 25's to SOS the second part and so
on.
Brownsville has an antiquated sys-
tenn of house numbering And few
houses are numbered. None west of
Palm Boulevard. And numbers are
needed in this growing community.
s
The Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce, after becoming "all dressed up"
in quarters on Elizabeth street, now
finds itself homeless IN fntr of a
moving picture theatre, a,d will ie-
move to new quarters about a block
away.
Manager G. c. Richardson has "tied
up with the new quarters~in the way
of lease for year. And an hour
after the lease was signed a profit of
S25 month was offered.
The Chamber of Commerce seems to
have the faculty of selecting the best
there is to be had in the way of loca-
tions.
San Benito is solving a serious traf-
flc problem that existed on the three
blocks from the San Benito Bank and
trust Company to the Alcove corner.
The boulevard system has been in
augurated. Cars must halt at corners
when coming in from cross streets.
And further relief will be had when
a new street paving program has been
put underway, which will afford at
least two additional outlets to the
highway on the north side of the San
Benito canal.