The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 91, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 4, 1917 Page: 4 of 14
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THIS IS THE FOURTH OF A SERIES OF FIVE ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOVERNOR FERGUSON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
THE PRECEDING THREE APPEARED IN THE ISSUES OF THIS PAPER OF JUNE 27TH 29TH AND JULY 1ST.
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Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of de-
mocracy. . . . It ii the only dictator that free-
men acknowledge and the only security that
freemen desire. President Mirabeau B. Lamar.
The benefits of eduoatioa and of useful knowl-
edge generally diffused tfarotf h a community
are essential to the preservation of a free gT
eminent. President Sam Houston.
By President Jefferson's request what he esteemed to be the
great achievements of hit life were engraved upon his tomb:
"To the Author of the Declaration of American Independence
of the Statute of Virginia for Religions A freedom and the
FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OP VDXOINIA."
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There Are Too Many People Going Hog Wild About Higher Education Governor James E. Ferguson
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IN HIS message vetoing the University appropriation Gov-
ernor Ferguson has made seven specific charges against
the University of Texas as follows:
1. That the number of students is so small and the cost
per student is so great that "before we commit ourselves to
the expenditures of the vast sum of money for the benefit of
such a comparative few of our people we ought to satisfy our-
selves that the money is being wisely spent"
2. That the University has not a proper President and
that therefore the Board of Regents in selecting such an in-
experienced incompetent individual has committed a gross
wrong to the University and the people of Texas and in ad-
dition to this that the President is disqualified by the Consti-
tution of Texas from being at the head of the State Univer-
sity because he is a minister of the gospel.
3. That "the University has permitted the growth of an
institution which though it may have been innocent in' its
original intention now threatens the life of the University
itself" meaning the Fraternities.
4. That 'It is a fact well known that gross irregulari-
ties continue at the State University and the illegal misap-
propriation of the public funds by certain members of the
University faculty is no longer a private secret Within the
last four years more than twenty-four teachers have been
permitted to.abssnt themselves from the State from four to
nine months in the year and draw from one-half to their full
salaries from the State of Texas. In addition to this it is well
known that there are many professors at the State Univer-
sity drawing around $3000 a year who are not working fifteen
hours a week."
5. That "it is a fact well known that the University is
attempting to do a class of work which can be done by other
institutions of the State at much less expense and which
ought to be done by other institutions."
6. That the members of the faculty of the University are
organized into cliques and clans which disregard the power
of the Board of Regents and openly defy the constituted au-
thorities of the State.
7. That it is apparent that the University "has become
an institution of fads and fancies grossly mismanaged
which is directly responsible ior the enormous and extrava-
gant appropriation which the people are called upon to make
for its support."
In addition to these charges in the veto message in his
reported speeches throughout the western part of the State
Governor Ferguson has reiterated these charges and has
added others to them which only serve to increase the appre-
hension with which the people of Texas must view the Uni-
versity if these charges are true.
The people of Texas have a right to the truth. Many dt-
UNTVERSITY EX-STUDENTS' COMMITTEE
H. D. ARDRXY Chairman Dallas
WILL 0. HOGG Secretary Houston
DR. W. D. JONES Dallas
0. H. LEAVXLL El Paio
MRS. HOBART KEY Manhall
MISS GRACE P RATHER Waco
B. P. BAILEY Paris
PRANK R7BURN Amarillo
RICK O. TERRELL San Antonio
OHAS. K. LEE Fort Worth
MARION LEVY Galveston
DR. WM. GAMMON Galveston
M. M. McMAHON Bonham
ALVA CARLTON Houston
E. E. BEWLE7 Fort Worth
8AWNDZ ALREDGE Dallas
W. W. WOODSON Waco
Dudley X. WOODWARD Austin
izens of Texas can not accept these charges as true upon the
bare statement Of Governor Ferguson. Many citizens of
Texas may not be convinced that these charges are untrue
upon the statements which emanate from the University. If
the charges made by Governor Ferguson be true the Uni-
versity deserves the severest condemnation and should un-
dergo a thorough house -cleaning before being permitted to
proceed further in the gross violation of both law and de-
cency .with which Governor Ferguson charges. Three facts
stand out prominently:
1. The Regents of the University examined into Gov-
ernor Ferguson's charges in October 1916 as they had done
prior to that date and reported to the people of Texas and to
the Legislature that in its judgment the charges were not
true.
2. The Regents the faculty the Ex-Students' Associa-
tion and the student body endeavored to get the present
Legislature to investigate these charges.
3. The Legislature had before it the itemized statement
of the University expenditures for two years certified by a
public accountant The finance committees of both the House
and the Senate made a careful inspection of every item of the
University's budget for the. next two years and on the basis
of this made the largest appropriation to the University in its
history. Acting upon the advice of Governor Ferguson the
Senate refused to investigate the University.
From these facts it appears that the present Legis-
lature if Governor Ferguson's charges are true hasbeen
grossly negligent in its duty to the people of Texas in per-
mitting an institution characterized by the "gross irregulari-
ties" with which Governor Ferguson has charged it to con-
tinue to receive the benefits derived from the people's mon-
ey. The people of Texas therefore should demand that the
present Legislature be reassembled in special session to undo
the harm which has been done to the State by this body in
the regular and called sessions which have already been held.
The people of Texas should demand that Governor Fer-
guson assemble the Legislature in special session and that he
lay before that body the charges of "gross irregularities"
which he has mentioned in his veto message and in the public
utterances which he is reported to have made.
The people of Texas have a right to answers by Governor
Ferguson to the following questions:
1. If you believe the charges you have brought against
the University were true why did you not submit them to the
Legislature and yourself demand an investigation?
2. If you believed the charges you have brought against
the University were true why did you block a legislative in-
vestigation when the University demanded it?
3. Why do you not now call the Legislature together to
investigate and settle this controversy?
UNIVERSITY CITIZENS' COMMITTEE
JOSEPH D. SAVERS Chairman Austin
J. W. MoOLENDQN Secretary Austin
W. W. TURKEY El Paso
RI3E KtAXlT Sherman
MRS. PEROT V. PENNYB AOKER Austin
NAT SI WASHER San Antonic
MRS. 0LARA DRI800LL SEVIER Austin
J. A. KEMP Wichita Falls
H. B. MARSH Tyler
N. B. MORRIS Palestine
MRS. W. A. WARNER Claude
WM. S. WEST Brownsville
MRS. CHALMERS W. HUTCHUfSON
Fort Worth
0. H. CROSS Waoo
MRS. REBEOOA J. 7I8KER Austin
T. S. REED Beaumont
MRS. J. 0. TERRELL Marshall
D. T. GOBS Seymour
SAM H. HILL Ban'-ABg elo
MRS. OLGAXOHLBERG El Paso
A. P. PARR; Pari
THOS. H. STONE Houston
JAMES HUBBARD New Boston
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