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NEWS-BULLETIN 
OF THE 

UNIVEB8l'l'Y OF TEXAS 
Number 318. 
Publlshed four times a month 
By Ute University of Ta:a1 
At Austin, Texas. 

Press Series •4. Feb. 20, 19H. 
Entered at Austin, Texas, as sec­ond-class matter, under Act, of Con­gress of July 6, 1894. 
The press is Invited to make free uae of these items with or without gtvtq credit therefor. 
OBLEBBATDiG TH B INDBPEND­ENOE OF TEXAS. 
Three years uo the Alumni A880­clatlon of the Untveralty of Teu.a l'e­solved to commeroorat.A the la.t.­pendence of thetr .State by celebrat­ing In an appropriate manner, GD Mareh 2, this nataJ day. In carry­ing out this resolution former stu­dents of the Unlvendty of Tena tn various towns of the State will meet. in moat C&B8ll at a banquet, where patriotic addressee 'Will be 111ade and other exercises held approprtate to such an occaslon. Such oelebratlona have already been al'l'&Dged tor March I this 7Mr at Bouton, San Aatonto, Austin, Marshall, Waco, Fort Worth., Abilene, Cleburne, Wichita Falla, Amarillo, Brenham, and other cities. In some caaea for-. mer students of the Agricultural and Mechanlcal College have been espect­al17 invited to participate. It ta al­to.gether fitting that th~ State Uni­versity, at the head of the great pub-­Uc school a)'lltem of Texas. should take a leading part in perpetuating the proper obtrervance of thA Inde­pendence of Texas. Texas baa a unique and glorious history which those who really love their State and honor its !lag are genuinely proud of. 
Ninety-four Instructors and ollcera have been engaged to conduct the Summer School of the University .of Texas, which now registers every year more than one thousand stu­dents. Most of these students are teachers In the public schools of Tena. who employ the summer months In equipping themeelves for more eftlclent services In the public schools of Texas. 
During the summer of 19O 0 a young girl who lived near the coast In South Texas was busy planning to come to the University of Texas w1'en it opened in the fall. She had but little money, her mother was a widow with a famlly of small chil­dren; yet these conditions made it all the more necessary that the old­
est daughter secure training that would enable her to assist in sup­porting the family. Shortly before the University opened, the coast was swept by the terrible storm that wrecked Galveston and caused so much suffering on the mainland. The home of the young girl was blown to the ground and the mother was so bad11' crippled that she was forced to rema.in In a hospital In Houston for months afterwards. The money set aside for the education of the oldest daughter had to be expended for doctors' and nurses' bllls. 
Most girls would have given up then and there; this one, however, encouraged by the dauntless spirit of her mother, came on to Austin and secured a place where she did house work for her board. She had no ex­tra money to spend tor pretty clothes, but she held her head high, made friends of her teachers and class­mates, and won the esteem of all by the splendid work she did in her studies. The next year she taughtschool, giving part of her Income to her mother and putting the rest in a savings' bank. A scholarship help­ed her through the University an­other year. Then she secured a posi­tion In the Austin city schools and taught and studied untU she obtain­ed her academic degree. Deciding to atudy medicine, she obtained one of the scholarships given by Mr. George W. Brackenridge and for four years at Galveston, despite a scanty in.come, part of which had to be di­vided with her motbet", she Anally graduated from th6 Medical Depart­ment with the highest honors of her class. Among her classmates were 7oung men wh() had enjoyed every advantage and opportunit1' from childho<»d. Yet this young girl, whose whole life had been a battle agains adversity of the raost depress. Ing and disheartening sort, beat them all. She now holds a good position on the faculty of a medical college.The story of her heroic life should be an Inspiration to every strugglingand inspiring young person who craves college training. 
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During the regular seaslon of the Summer School of the Unlveraity of Texas at Austin this summer, Profes­sor W. S. Sutton, Dean of the School, has arranged for the third annual Rural School Education Week. In­vitations wlll be sent to every county school superintendent and every county school trustee of Texas, and to others particularly int.srested In rural school education to be present In Austin from July 13 to July 18 to attend lectures delivered by Mr. Harold Foght, Head of the Rural School Division of the United States Bureau of Education at Washington, and Professor EU M. Rapp, Super­intendent of Berks County, Pennsyl­vania. Both these men have achieved prominence in the United States as leaders of the movement which has for Its purpose the improvement of country schools. Other lecturers for this week wlll be delivered by Pro­fessor W. F. Doughty, State Superin­tendent of Public Instruction; Mr. 
F. M. Bralley, Direct<>r of the De­partment of Extension; J. F. Kim­ball, Superintendent of Schools, Tem­ple; Profeuor H. T. Musselman, Edi­tor of the Rural School Advocate, Dallas; Profeuor L. L. Pugh, County Superintendent of Harris County; Professor W. S. Taylor, Associate 
Professor of Agricultural Education, University of Texas, and Professor 
W. 8. Sutton, Professor of Educa­tional Administration. 
The problem of the country school wlll be discussed in its various phasesduring Rural School Week by men well qualified. to speak. This week ls a part of the general work of the University in its efforts to upbuHdand improve the social and educa­tional welfare of the people of Texas who live in the country. President Mezes of the University has said that he would like to see posted on the desk of every instructor In the Uni­versity a card upon which should be printed ''Texas ls eighty per cent rural." Whether or not this ls done, the University of Texas is fully alive to the importance of seeing that the country boy and the country girl ls properly educated, and much of the work of the institution has a direct bearing upon this great problem. 
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The statiatlca showf11g the pro•reasof Fisher County in achool matters probablf put that western subdivis­ion of Te:xas ahead of any county in the State. Mr. E. V. White, of the University of Texas, has just made an educational eurvey of the countyand reports It contains forty-two county districts. All levy a local tax. No district levies leu than 20 cents. The average tax for the several dis­tricts ls 33 cents, and man:r districts levy a maximum of 50 cents. Everyschool in the county haa "patent"desks. Not a local or ...._d w has been defeated since the county be­came entitled to a county superin­tendent four years ago, an.cl never ln the history of the cou "ty has the community voted oft a school tu. 
More than 1,000 women from eT­ery portion of Texas and from several adjoining States attended the sec­ond annual Home Economics Week given under the direction of the School of Domestic Economy at the University of Texas at Austin from February 9 to 13, inclusive. In a short time Home Economics Week promises to be as largely attended as the great Farmers Congress at Col­lege Station. From four to six lec­
tures were delivered each day on va­rious problems intimately relating to home-keeping. These lectures were given by men and women of national reputation, including Mrs. Florence Kelly, Secretary of the National Con­sumers League; Dr. Rachell Yarros of Hull House, Chicago; Miss Bertha Shapleigh of Columbia University;Mr. Frank Parsons, President of the School of Ff ne and Applied Arts, and Dr. James P. Simonds, Medical De­partment of the University of Texas. In this d.ay of miUtant eu:trragettism it is pleasant to witness such wise and enlightened interest on a prob­lem that is fully worth while, name­ly, that of improving the source of all real earthly good, the individual home. 
At the University or Texas Cafe­teria in Austin, conducted almost en­tirely by student help, nearly 20,000 meals were served during the month of January at an average cost of 13 7-9c a meal. In this day of the high cost of food products, such a low price would not be possible were it not for the fact that student labor makes it possible to run the hall economically. Students act as wait­ers, collectors, checkers, and dish­washers. Only the cooks and man­ager are employed for full time. 
The Episcopal Church, under the leadership of Bishop Kinsolving, of Austin ts considering a plan for the establishment of a theological semi­nary for the Episcopal Church in Austin, to be devoted to the trainingof Episcopal ministers. Austin ls to be selected for the location because of the advantage of being located near the University of Texas, where so many Episcopal students are tak­ing college courses. The Presbyte­rians of the State already have a theological seminary for the train­ing of their ministers tn Austin, and the Christian Church supports a min­ister who resides in Austin and gives tree instruction in the Bible to all students who apply. 
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Bulletin 196 of the University of 
Texas is made up of stories of young
people who worked their way 
through college. Here is one of these stories: 
"I entered the University of Texas in 1900 and graduated in 1904. Dur­ing the ftrst year I greatly reduced my expenses by becoming a member of a boarding club. This organiza­tion consisted of seventeen boys who rented a house and hired a cook. The care of the rooms, service at the table, purchase of supplies, etc., was done by the boys themselves. We paid $15 per month for a cook and $35 per month tor a house. All expenses for board and lodging amounted to about $9 per month for 
each boy. 
''During the next two years, 1901-2 and 1902-3, I lived in a private home and did chores for my board and lodging. My work consisted of the care of a cow, two horses, a yardand a small garden. The family was very congenial, and the two years were spent very pleasantly. The most serious difnculty found with this plan was that the work was very Irregular. My duties would be ll«ht for a time, then suddenly become very heavy, requiring on some days from four to six hours of my time. This tended to Interfere with mystudies. 
··nuring my senior year I worked in a dairy. I milked ten cows twice a day, beginning at 5 o'clock in the morning and at 5 o'clock in the af­ternoon. Each milking requiredabout one hour and fifteen minutes ot my time. All told, I did not lose more than three hours a day, includ­ing the dressing and bathing Incl· dent to the work. The work was outdoors. It came with absolute regularity, and was therefore very wholesome. I found this plan the most ntlsfactor-y of any that I tried during my University course. 
"I could have left the Unlver1:1lty with but altcht debt if I had sur­rendered the social advantages of­fered by the University community. 
cultivated tbe society and friend­ship of 1ny co11ege mates of both se::res. Excepting the demand upon my time there was no social disad­vantage because of my work. The democracy of the University le of aruch a rugged and pronounced typethat tbe fact that a boy is working his way through school operates for rather than against him In a social way." 
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Mr. F. M. Bralley, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction and now Director of the Department of Extension at the University of Texas, has announced a new organi­zation for the improvement of coun­try life. He has selected for Its name "The University Home and School League." The object of this league la to secure the co-operation of the country home, the country school and the country church and the other murces of the community for mu­tual Improvement. Through the re­vival of the old-fashioned singing school, the spelling bee, and the play­
party, as well as the country debat­ing society where all questions may have free discussion, llrfr. Bralley hopes that the Rome and School League wlU help the country church, the country home and the country school. In fact, through emplofing more fully the country church and the country school as llOClal centers he plans to do great service for coun­try life. In Bulletin 321, which 11 sent free to all who write for it, Kr. Bralley says: 
"During the past twenty-ftve years the emigration from th.-country to the town or city has been going on at an alarming rate. In many parts of the country the J)opu.latton of the rural sections is almost depleted. In­vestigations made by eminent au­thorities during the past decade gen­erally agree that the one cause con­tributing most to this condition 18 the lack of social recreation. The old-time corn-huaklnga, log-ro111ngs, quiltings, and other forms of com­munity fellowship, have pused away without leaving acceptable aubstt­tutea." 
If the depletion of the country of Its beat blood Is to cease, and If the tide of pa.Pulation la to be turned back, there must be no stinting or starving of the social instincts. Or­ganized effort must be provided to meet these fundamental needs of the home, the school, the eh11rch, and the other expressions of the people's so­cial and Intellectual desires. "Con­ference modUles aud improves thought; sovereignty comes wttb co­operation," says President Woodrow Wilson. These are some of tbe things which the University Home and School League should do for the country life of Texas." 
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