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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
6
A compilation from 1910s Texas platforms and resolutions urges the separation of the A. and M. College from the University of Texas. It cites El Paso, San Antonio, Galveston and Waco platforms, Farmers' Union and Bankers Association resolutions, and calls for a constitutional amendment providing complete divorcement and independent funding for state higher education.
Under the Sackett resolution the Agricultural and Mechanical College is recognized as having an equity in the permanent university fund. The Texas constitution and contemporaneous legislative actions show A&M’s entitlement, with past appropriations by legislatures acknowledged. The Thirty-fourth Legislature deemed the proposed appropriation just and fair and urged adoption.
A 1912 Texas Farmers’ Congress resolution urges the Thirty-fourth Legislature to submit a constitutional amendment separating the Agricultural and Mechanical College from the State University in Austin and to properly divide permanent university funds. The call echoes two prior Democratic platforms and broad constituent support.
The Corsicana Sun notes a proposed constitutional amendment to divorce the A&M College from the State University. Advocates call it an educational measure. opponents urge independent missions, with proposals to assign agriculture and mechanics to A&M and abolish the State Department of Agriculture. The Waco Times-Herald comments on efficiency and cost.
A Texas referendum June vote will consider six constitutional amendments including House Joint Resolution No. 34 the Sackett resolution. The measure seeks to empower state funding for university buildings and redefine the relation between the Agricultural and Mechanical College and the University of Texas preserving both as independent institutions with distinct identities and potential for a first rank technology college.
A proposed amendment aligns with Democratic and Republican platform demands and with the views of industrial bodies including the Farmers' Congress Farmers' Union Farmers' Institutes and a bankers' convention as issues continually arising threaten its existence.
The piece argues for separating the University, A. and M. College, and the School of Industrial Arts for White Girls into independent boards. It cites Arthur Lefevre and Dr. Van Hise warning against central control, warns that defeat of the amendment could force the two schools under one board, increasing friction and hindering higher education in Texas.
Texas citizens urged that no amendment pass without popular discussion. Since long, Farmers' Congress and Farmers' Union demanded separating the A. and M. College from the University. Legislature submits the amendment for a July 24 vote, with education supporters asked to approve to settle the issue.
House joint resolution 34 calls for a July 24 vote to grant the A and M College independent status and establish permanently the Industrial School for white girls at Denton. The school currently lacks constitutional status and could be moved by a future legislative act.
Regular session notes no new business. Fire Chief Gattis will reorganize the fire company, issue printed rules, and distribute them to members. City Marshal Roberts praised for street reports and alley weed cutting improving town appearance. Sanitary law discussed with several scavenger fee delinquencies likely to be filed.
Health notice touts LIV-VER-LAX as a harmless vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel causes violent system reactions and unpleasant aftereffects, while LIV-VER-LAX matches efficacy without those risks. L. K. Grigsby likeness guarantees satisfaction or money back, sold by Dyer & Jones.
Community updates include a bumper corn crop forecast and church repairs enhancing the building. Residents mentioned: Homer Sears family returning from Cooke County. Ethel Cox ill with typhoid fever. Geo Gowdy and wife with Mrs D R Lewis visiting W H Pierce. E C Lankford of Honey Grove visiting J D Garner and family. Wm and Jim Johnson of Nobility visiting. L N Taylors barn burned. Mrs W W Alverson of Tecumseh Nebraska visiting. Mrs Frank Clark on sick list. C D Alverson and wife with F E Alverson family. Geo McCardy and wife of Bells visiting J W Taylor. Mrs Homer Sears visiting her mother Mrs J E Everheart. R Hopkins and wife and George Bennett and wife visiting W O Morgan and family.
A sea captain, claiming to have lost everything in a wreck off Owittuerland, tells a straightforward tale to a wary pair at their door. The encounter reveals the contrast between cautious disbelief and credulous acceptance of his story.
Virgil Thornhill traveled to Wapanucka Oklahoma on Saturday. G. B. Ryan and wife visited J. M. Hassler and family on Monday. Rev. Nelson conducted services here Saturday night and Sunday. Arthur Haliburton underwent surgery last week at Sherman Rambler.
A household guide extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve for minor injuries and infections, warning that even small wounds can cause blood poisoning. It claims the salve is antiseptic, protective, and healing, suitable for skin blemishes, pimples, and eczema, sold in a 2 ounce box for 25 cents by druggists.
An old advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pills boost kidney health to remove poisons causing backache rheumatism and other warning signs of kidney and bladder trouble. It credits Kirkpatrick & Bryant as the sellers.
An essay contrasts rubber and iron tires as a historic transportation clash. It argues rubber’s rapid continental spread could transform travel, threaten rail and road networks, and reconfigure urban life, with iron stubbornly resisting change despite vast investment and power. The piece frames a century battle shaping future infrastructure and policy.
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