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higher education for the masses. This sketch would be incomplete
without due acknowledgment to him by name; and I hardly
need say that I refer to George W. Brackenridge. May he live
to see the realization of his most extravagant hopes for the Uni-
versity of Texas.
I wish the time permitted something like an adequate char-
acterization of the greatly varying personalities of the faculty,
and especially of those who are no longer with us. There have
been the polished and scholarly Mallet, the Virginia gentleman;
the true and tried Waggoner, who steered the University safely
through its period of greatest storm and stress; the strong-willed
and conservative Dabney; the keen and versatile Humphreys;
the bluff and vigorous-minded Roberts; the refined and gentle
Gould; the popular and capable Everhart; Hill, enthusiastic for
the advancement of science; Sterret, the big-hearted master of
Greek; the brilliant and engaging Lefevre, and the unselfish
and inspiring Norman, both so dearly remembered by all who
knew them; the strenuous and forceful Batts; Lewis, the gifted
orator; the genial and attractive Miller, to whom our hearts
have so gone out in his sufferings; the experienced and daring
organizer, Winston; the strong and patriotic Prather; Houston,
the clear-headed and well balanced executive, and Judge Clark,
still spared to us, the best beloved of all. If I have omitted-I
know I have-many names that well deserve mention, please re-
member the conditions under which I speak.
The University plant has grown building by building and
bit by bit as the claims of the institution have been effectively
presented, as it has commended itself to the people of the state,
and as the legislature has been liberal in its support. The begin-
ning was made, as I have already indicated, with the west wing
of the main building. The central part of the main University
building was completed, except for the galleries, in 1889. Uni-
versity hall, or Brackenridge hall, as it is more frequently called,
was erected in 1890 and opened for occupancy in December of
that year; and in the same year the John Sealy hospital was
deeded to the state for the use of the medical branch. The Medi-
cal college building and the chemical laboratory and heating
plant of the main university were all built in 1891. The east
wing of the main building and the University hall at Galveston111
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