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ENTY-SIXTH YEAR
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9. 1932
Number 30
Death Closes Distinguished Career of R. B. Cousins
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A Tribute to
R. B. Cousins
Delivered by
Robert L. Bobbitt
Saturday, March B, 1932
Union Carpenters Reduce
Wage Scale 25 Per Cent
This Is a sad day for the Texas
College of Arts aud Industries. It
is a sad occasion for all Texas and
the cause of education in general
This is a particularly sad occasion
for the Board of Directors and the
Faculty and the Students of this j it_
institution, whose great leader has|tion 18 made ln order, that, tbe
fallen asleep. Next to the members union carpenters may do their bi
of his immediate family, the fac !in encouraging the hoarded dollar
! Nierman named
one dollar an hour to seventy-five
cents an hour, effective at once and
extending over a six months perl-; C A JP M II
od, it was announced this morning O# • OZ.I, \^Oll€i*€
by E. B. Boothman, head of the -
local Union No. 1666. The action’ At a meeting of the Directors of
A cting President
was taken at a meeting held last the Texas College of Arts and In-
nlght. . dustrles late Saturday evening,
The twenty-five per cent reduc Dr. J. L. Nierman, Dean of the
College, was named as temporary
successor to Dr R. B. Cousins.
Dr. Nierman accepted the ap-
ulty *and**studenT £dTof ThVta>om Us hiding place F. Glasscock, j pointment after the Board had
etitution were closest to the mind chairman of a committee to act in passed a resolution that Dr. J L.
and heart of Dr. Cousins. conjunction with the American Mermani be requested.to serve us
To all who really knew Dr. Cons- ***** unemployment, stated. Acting President of .he ( o lege
ins a silent nraver in memorv of Serving with Glasscock are G. H.' until the Board elects a president
ins, a s lent prayer in memory ff Adams. to succeed Dr. Cousins,
his goodness and greatness would auu
doubt lean be the most appropriate The American legion committee 1'iesent at the meeting were
tribute to his memory at this time, for Kingsville is composed of P. It. Robert L. Bobbitt. Uaredo, chair-
I feel keenly the poverty of thought' Moore, C. E. Sellers, Sam Finable,j man, R, ( . Eckhardt, Kingsville,
and experience the inadequacy of Jr., A. L. Kleberg, L, A Huppertz secretary; Mrs. latrine Jones
words to express my own and your and C M. Sublett. The joint cam- Spoonts, ( orpus ( hristi, S. I,. Gil!
feelings in reference to his passing, paign of the American Federation Raymondville, (,us S. Wortham
Simple justice to those who remain of Labor and the Legion is na- Houston, Sam I ore. Jr., t lores
and who are charged with the duty tion-wide in its scope. ville.
and responsibility of trying to ---------------------- ------ —
“carry on” the great work in which;
he can no longer lead us in, seems j
to make it appropriate that we re- j
mind ourselves, through some
simple expression, of our fellings,
now that he is gone.
Dr. Cousins had no superiors and j
few equals in the field of his great
profession. Likewise, he had no
superiors and few equals as a citi
zen, a friend, and as a Christian
Gontleman. His devotion to the
cause of education, and his sue
cess as an administrator in that
field is secure in the history of the
State and the Nation. I shall not
take time to recall his accomplish-
ments as a scholar, or his wide
and successful experience as an
administrator in the field of edu-
cation. “Who's Who In America”
Lrecords some of his outstanding
'qualification and achievements. A
brilliant student, a beloved and
successful teacher in the Grade
Schools, an accomplished Superin-
tendent of City Schools, a pioneer
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion for all the people of Texas,
and as President of two of our
greatest educational institutions in
Texas, reminds us, to some extent,
of his wonderful and unselfish ser
vice to his people.
His greatness, however, is char
acterized chiefly by his goodness
To really know and understand
the character of Dr. Cousins was to
love him for what he really was
and was to really appreciate all the
elements which go to make up the
character of his Christian Individ-
uality
mwJ
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Veteran Texas Educator
Passes Away Following
Illness of Three Days
Funeral Held Saturday Is Attended By Scores
of Men and Women Prominent in Educa-
tional Affairs of the State. Services Held at
College. Burial at Chamberlain Cemetery.
Death, last Thursday nijfht at twenty minutes past eleven
o’clock, closed the distinguished career of Robert Bartow
Cousins, whose fifty years of educational service to Texatf
; leaves on our citizenship an impact and influence unequaled
by the life and work of any other one man in the field of edu-
cation in the State. Dr. Cousins passed away at the hospital
J in this city where he was taken for treatment when his con-
dition was recognized ns critical only the day before his
death.
Mayor Promises Reduced Expenses
As City Warrants Go Unpaid
Drastic reductions in municipal aann r»| A DCWd? MACC
ependltures are in prospect, accord- LLAKtlNLL luUl T
ing to statements made by Mayor
Herbert Andrews to the Record | C A| | pH UV || F A T H
yesterday. The mayor refused to VTlLiLiLiI/ LI I l/Li/IIU
state just where the axe might bo
expected to fall when the content Mrs. Mary Alice Moff, wife of
plated reductions are made, but in-| Clarence Moff of this city. died at
diented that salary slashes and re- her home here at 3:15 o'clock this
duction of city forces in the varl- morning. She had been 111 since
ous departments might play a last June. Mrs. Moff came with
])art ; her family to make Kingsville her
Sixty-four per cent of the total home in 1924, and a large circle of
amount of the 1931 tax roll has friends and acquaintances mourn
been collected, the mayor said, her death,
adding that many who might not
have been able to pay the whole
amount of the 1931 taxes have tak-
en advantage of the split payment
plan.
Andrews points to the paving
warrants as the embarrassing fac-
tor in the city’s financial situation.
He states that on account of lack
ROBERT BARTOW COUSINS
Farmers May Apply For Loans
At C. of C. Office Saturday
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 3:30 at the family
residence, 625 West Yoakum
Avenue. Rev. A. H. Clark of the
Baptist Church conducted the ser-
vice. Burial wos at Chamberlain
Cemetery.
Mrs. Moff, whose maiden name
was Mary Alice Duke, was born I Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
Farmors desiring to file applies- itipi |tpiir7 t f 1IICTP
Don for crop loans under the re- INrLUfcWZA lAUjfcj
cently enacted Federal Farm Crop
Loan Enactment may do so next HFATHOF I 1 RRKTFR
Saturday between the hours of 10 LHjflIlM.il J.1.D1M J1 L.II
a. m. and 12 noon or between 2 and , , .... „ ,
. ..... ,1., John I. Hrlster, one of the earl
4 p. m. at tiie office of the ( hamher •
„ „ . ........... .,,, Jest residents of Kingsville and
of commerce, according to an an- , „ ,
nouncement made by Cornelius 8,n<* 1904 1111 o»Pl«ye »>e ra '
Clark. Alice, field representative ™addl,,d, "u.'l<l,'nly
for the Farm Loan Division of the
at the family home In Bouthmore
Acres at seven fifteen, Sunday,
March 6.
Doctor and Mrs. Cousins had re-
turned February 2N from Fayette-
ville, Georgia, where they were call-
ed by the lust illness of Dr. Cous-
ins' mother. • who. on the twenty
first of February, died nt the age
ot ninety-two years. He Is thought
to have contracted the illness which
resulted in Ills death while en route
home from I lie sail mission that
called him to the home of his hoy
hood. Monday and Tuesday, how
ever, found him attending to the
duties that devolved upon him as
President of the College of Arts
and Industries. On Wednesday, in
fluenza had developed. The reter
mi educator sank through the fol
lowing day, and surrounded by
members of his immediate family
passed peacefully from this life
before the midnight hour.
Although his work for half een
tury had covered the whole State
and had reached Into every stage
and phase- of public education
Kingsville, In particular, and Smith
Texas, In general, and Jellghted to
claim the distinguished scholar as
their own. Dr and Mrs. Cousins
came here to make their home in
1924, wlien the construction work
of the college called for the pres
once of the President in this city
His Influence upon the life of the
community was not confined with-
in the limits of Ills professional
field, but touched the social, civic
and spiritual phases, elevating and'
enriching at every contact.
paid high tribute to the Goil-llke
qualities of Doctor Cousins, and
slated that he lutd always coveted
him for the service of one of the
great denominational colleges of
Texas.
He itfioke also with tenderest
feeling nnd warmest admiration
for the life-pardner of the trials
and triumphs of his departed
friend, and named her the great
Inspiration to his success.
Survivors besides Mrs. Cousins,
include three soiih, It. B. Cousins,
Speakers
T H. Shelby, deAii of the exten-
sion department of the University
of Texas; A. 11. Muyhew, repres-
enting the Board of Regents of
Teachers Colleges; 11. F. Let III,
president of the Sam Houston
Teachers College, and Robert L.
Bobbitt, president of the Board of
Directors of the Texas College of
Arts and Industries, were other
spuakeis in the service. Hugh
Porter, of the faculty, presented
these speakers.
It. 11. Cousins uh a pioneer in
educational work In Texas was
the theme discussed by Dr. Shelby.
He pictured his lamented friend's
first great service to the State In
raising the standard of the small
city school during his superinten-
dency at Mexln. Ho described him
as the Father of the State system
for rural schools, and the foremost
expopent of adequate teacher train-
ing. Dr. Cousins' work In establish-
ing two state colleges, one at. Car-
i yon and one at Kingsville, was
| cited as typical of the pioneer
spirit wliieh lie carried to the field
Indeed, wc are all
sad
to-day
with
bowed
beads
nnd
heavy
hearts
and in
our feeble way, we
would
pay tribute to
our
fallen
leader
on this
occasion.
It is. however, but worthy of his
greatness, his goodness and his
service to his people and genera-
tion that we here now gather
strength by reason of his example,
nnd ln that fine spirit which al-
ways characterized his work, “lift
our eyes to the hills'' and press
•orward.
^Students, faculty members,
Hoard members and friends should,
I am sure that each and every
one will, carry on in a spirit
worthy of his memory. Because he
was great and good, because we
knew and loved him* because we
ure connected with the institution
which he loved so much and serv-
ed so well, we will continue to
build upon the foundation he laid,
and go forward in the great cause
which he served so brilliantly and
' unselfishly and develop this gr -at
institution as he would have us
do, were he still with us.
In the years ahead of us here, I
expect to see a great building con-
structed, used and named in his
memory. Perhaps shall also
erect upou the campus, where he
lived and worked and walked, a-
pSSilllfliill
omy during the past, txvo or three m(jt ^ T 1)nko Lyford: - Appllca(i„n Masks will he fur- , " 8 Cousins. publisher.; *, ZtlnTot
years. according to Andrews ^ ^ , p. j nlahed at the Chamber „f Com- '•<• .really Improved and he partook Houston one daughter. Mias Edith would neve h"v he.m a,
These however, have been inad Hou„t Mrs. Lem Woods, Ly- mon o office during the hours men- "> il ll"uvi“1' m*"1' than »HU“' Cousins, a member of the iXj‘l m,t bee, for the
quate to the situation. »nd t -may ford; Mrfl. Adelaide White, Edgar.'tinned and assistance will be pro- *»« attributed to influenza faculty of A. * I. College; three
or now stands favoring reductions t ,,, u„.,, v)fl|i(| (n pr,n).irl„ . properly John I. Brlster was born June 21 sisters, Mrs F. A. Brown, Kirk-
for the Board’s action. Clark at at-!1SW- *n Atascosa County. On, wood. Georgia; Mrs. B F. Duke,
ed that where loans are approved March 29- ,89i!- ,M‘ w,lH un,tod ln *f>o«atur. Georgia; Miss Kate Cons-
hy.the local board, the transaction n,*rr,a*« wi,h l",“ Ma"d,) Kr,'rtH ;Fayetteville, Georgia; and four
• ur 'l\i tin.in un.ioi 1.< lilrlnoii 11., I tl w .
on a more drastic scale.
“The auditors are at work on
annual statement of the city’s fi
nances for the fiscal year ending
January 31. It should be published
within the next few weeks. We
shall study that report with a view
to making the reductions where
they can he made with the least
harm to the efficiency of the city's
forces. The tax burden has long
ago reached the limit. We can-
not make It any heavier. Our only
course is to reduce our expend!
tures. How we can do this, we will
and eight brothers, Ben Duke
,he Kingsville; Berley, Tom, Ralph
Douglas and Percy Duke, all of l.v
ford, and Jewel and Baker Duke
of Houston.
should be complete and the money
To them were horn thirteen brothers. Dr. J. H. Cousins, Jonen-
pall bearers were M B Dietz I in the hands of the borrowing farm run. eleven of whom, with boro, Georgia: Dr. R. C. Cousins,
W C Stewart Roy Terrell W. or In about five days. He stated Georgia; W. C. Cousins,
Walker and it bat the entire hoard would meet Mr. Brlster was a member of tho Kirkwood, Georgia; C. P. Cons-
’ at the Chamber of Commerce Sat-;®****"4 Church Having accepted Ins. Fayetteville. Oeorgia
urday for the purpose of taking In.-!*""' f»‘th at Cambeltnn- 4n -
mediate action on all applications . | ^94 "• wa8 a,"° il n“'“ber ,,f »h,‘ Funeral Service
The field man pointed out that ;‘880‘iat,«'*- ™ »*” hcld; The service for the beloved presl-
.no loan in excess of $400 00 can bo > ht*h * 1)8 w,”k' dent of the college, was held Bat
K. C. V. C. Here madp t0 an/ on,! ‘nd,v‘d»a'; »>•«’ , '.l, l.’W..... "nl,,y ,,r'irm,n" n' 2™ •» tb«
A. Manning. G. W
W. L. Wilkinson.
F'oritier President of
Funeral was held from the fam-
ily residence at 3:80 Tuesday af
auditorium of Hie institution that
; came Into being and grew to ful
loans can be made » ily for the
know only after a complete analy- Dr. A. T. Kinsley of Kansas City I lerDOU,‘' U,!V- A " , |urk I rmT TT, t'"' 7"
sis of the city audit is made and a Missouri, former president of the , *t,„ k fuel for tractors or the service. Burial was at . .' ' . f Vi
•*«•«« “»■" »«' Kani.s City ............ ' ............... .......-7 , u
»»”* ,'"'°r '!'• U°r “i.0'- 1 to,™, /crop. »„.l .« f.ir th- pur- ...... " .......,’L „ 3
K. Northway last week He ex- \ ^ of any Mv(, Htock or ma- Oscar Dube ^ laln ln .^president's
I pressed great interest In the work (.h|ne f((| |)aylm,nt of ‘larence lloldln. J V. Travis, nnd ,.....,....., .......
- • ■--- '■—*----- ---1 H. L. Arnst
j office, Great hunks of flowers lined
the path of the sorrowing him
dreds who passed before the bier
Rotary Club Has
Memorial Program being done by Dr Northway. one back debts, taxes, or interest All
- of his former students. The Kan loans hear interest at the rnte ot u,E ,„y.,
The Kingsville Rotary Club Tues- as City man was greatly Interest g 12 p<?r ani, malur, „n Nov- A. & M. College Wins to gaze- for the last time Into the
day at Its regular luncheon meet-|ed In the Brahma-Hereford and ember j9B2. In this section
Ing paid tribute to the memory of Brahma-Shorthorn cattle as well as wi)f,re crops mature somewhat
Rotmrlan Robert Cousins, whos- in the type of hone* a cro“ be* earlier than the date mentioned. body, wen- In attendance I,lif ted the Impressive service of
death occurred last Thursday j tween the thoroughbred fnd , th‘‘ the loans are payable when the Although the 1M1 twin of A. fc Th). vast concourse of friends , Order
Inspiring zeal and confidence with
which Dr. Cousins aproached the
problem.
Touching upon the career of Dr.
Cousin* as a public official. Dr.
Ksllll praised him as an example
of the clean political life, an effic-
ient administrator, a firm but gentle
character wlih a genius for friend-
ship, nnd one whose simple clitld-
!lk< faith In God inspired a deep
and active Interest ln religious and
moral questions
The final speaker on the pro-
gram was Chairman It. B. Bobbitt
of the Board of Directors of the
college. Ills message is reproduced
in another column on this page.
"Nearer My God to Thee’’ was
feelingly rendered by a vested
choir composed of A. & I. students.
The college string quartette play-
ed softly as the body was bourne
from the room.
At the graveside in Chamberlain
Cemetery, members of the local
III Dairy •IlldR'inUr fl,,< ,b,!'r ff,,lcn friend. A guard Masonl. Lodge, with Rev. George
/ * ® ; of honor, chosen front the student f. Williams acting as Master, « on-
Actlvo pall bearers were L. F.
John Conner delivered the follow- quarter horse, being developed on,crop u harvested. Interest will be 1 dairy Judges excelled all compe |from ffn. Rn(, n„ar wh(> h;|(| th(.r
Ing address: the ranch. He stated that he was j (lwluctwj in a,|Vance from the tlon at the Fort Worth Fat Block, ed tf> honor the n)(>niory of tho(l
‘•The Kingsville Rotary Club touring Texas to visit and ^ki amount of the loan, but In cases Show last year, the 1932 team frion(, MMln,Hor fm,.(l ,h) -.ud-inl^W A Francis, J. F SlnclaTr,
like the Texas College of Arts and np on the hoys who had studied where paymon, |„ made before had to bow to the student judges |,orjum .,n(, overflowed Into theL.d R J Cook nil members of the
industries, has in the death of Dr at the Kansas ( Ity College Wbei Novelnber ;J0, the unearned inter- from Texas A. * M.. Coach C. K preat pulls of the administration faculty of the college over which
Robert Harlow Cousins, lost a he wns at thp head or that Inst I ,m( be refunded, Clark said. Fruser reported when the team nr- building. j>r Cousins had presided since its
statue suitable to his great and ei. ence cannot be measured. In hi*. W«v<» I)o<‘S T,“' A * M boy" of ,'ono Imcl.le, ^.rending' elder of the M Honorary puli’ bearers named
during woig.lt is appropriate that classification h® “tTOd w|tb^',t * L, , VIU ' Star SUte found their strong.-q op K (-,wrchi So,„b. and for nearly | by the family from the long list
somelhlna of this nature should he peer in Texas. I oday we offer "r |{^nd I>03'^ 1 I<i> Little CfOD DaitiaifC f'- i'lon in the lads from Oklahoma rifty years a warm, i rsonal friend of friends of tho great Texas «d-
done. However, let us each and program as a memorial to him. and, rjp^ Postponed _____ A. ft M it was stated. of the college pr.-sld.-nt, delivered ucator included R L. Bobbitt. La-
Loss and damage to growing
everyone do that which would nothing could he more fitting than
please him most and erect In our a simple reciting of his • ducal Ion
minds and hearts a determination al services,
to continue to broaden the scope
i odist Church, read tho scripture
, crops bv the present cold spell | p| o‘SV il!(* Dl*OpS
(Continued on Page Two! I (Continued on Pag- Six) ed date in next week's Record of the season ty holders are affected vice attained by few The speaker
the principal oration. Rev. M. I). ] redo; R. C. Eckhardt, Kingsville;
Council, pastor of the local Math Sam Fore, Jr., Kloresvllle; Gus
Wortham. Houston; Claude Pol-
lard, Austin; LAmar S Gill, Ray-
mondvllle: H. V. Benedict, Austin,
H. F. Kate 11, Huntsville; C. E.
Evana, Ban Marcos; J. A. 11111, Can-
yon; If. W. Morelock, Alpine; R.
L Marquis, Denton; S. H. Whitley,
Commerce; A. W. Bird well. Nacog-
doches; P. W. Horn, Lubbock;
L. H. Hubbard. Denton; T. O. Wal-
(Continued on Page Two)
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