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I‘a«e Two
THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
March 9, 1932
R. B. Cousins
Continued from page one
ton. College Station; S. M. N
Marrs, Austin; K. M. Kelly, Lom;-
training within the University | mal at Canyon, being appointed to
walls. Such men as Hen Hill, Alex! that offlre by Governor T. M.
Stephens, the Ho we Is, the Cobbs,' Campbell. In 1911 the West Texas;
Colquitt*, Lamars. lierchel V. | educational Institution was formal'-,
Johnson, Gordon, and Grady, all ly dedicated. The course of study *
received their training in these] at that time was very narrow, con-
' h ». L D Kelly, Longview; D | halls and held thairtutBlC fWMili of only OM year’s work
C. B Hurst, Longview; John ^- battles where this young man wa* above the high school course. l*er-
Iteid, Austin; Dan Moody, Austin; receiving his training and practice, manent certificates were grauted
i and their character and achieve- but not recognized by other states,
ments served ns a mighty insptra- A diploma from a normal school,
j tion to young iloliert Harlow Cou- admitted a student into the fresb-j
sins. He received his A. H. Degree) man class at the University ofj
at Athens in 1882. In common j Texas. Mr. Cousins’ first work;
with many young men of his time, was to raise the course of study]
jit. B. Cousins looked toward the J to meet standard requirements. Hej
practice of law; and while he was mapped out a course of study!
! engaged in teaching In Florida, he whereby seven different diplomas,
I studied in preparation for that pro-! were offered which gave prepara
J. W. Walker. Austin: J.
mack, Mexla; T. K. Oater
John Corley, Mexia;
Brown, Houston; J, W.
W. Wo-1
Mexia;
Waiter |
Blake
Houston: J. It Kirby, Houston;
Phoclon S. Park, Jr., Houston, W.
W. Fondren, Houston; N. K. Moa
dor, Houston. Dr. S. A. Nors \
worthy. Houston; Judge It II. I
Spencer. Houston; A. B. May hew
LADIES
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Record is a reader that en-
titles some lady to a free ad-
mission to the Rialto
Theatre. If your name ap-
pears in one of these notices,
call at this office and get
your pass. Only names of
Record subscribers will ap-
pear. Watch for your name
this week and each week un-
til notice of discontinuance
Is given.
1 valdc; Bishop Sam R. Hay. i'au1 fpsslon in the office of Judge Ba- tion for seven different
Antonio; Archie Parr. Benavides; ger> wjjo afterwards became a teaching work, .
Milton West, Brownsville; T. J.
lines
Yoe. San Benito; T. O. Harris, San | florid*.
Marcos; W. H. Bruce, Denton;
Henry Paulua, Yoakum; Nat Al-
len, Bryan; R. M Kleberg, Wash-
ington. D. C.: Dr. Justin Kimball,
Dallas; Marcus Phillips, Kings-
ville; A. L. Kleberg, Kingsville;
Chas, Flato, III., Kingsville; Wal
ter House, Kingsville; Gus Kowal-
ski, Kingsville; John Finnegan
Kingsville; E. B. Erard, Kingsville;
D. A. Barber, Kingsville; R. B.
Bass, Mexia; Dr. J. J. Robertson,
Kingsville; Dr. C. M Sublett.
Kingsville; Dr. J. H. Shelton,
ker. who afterwards became
member of the Supreme Court of; He ratl,ed the scholastic require I
In 1882 he completed his menjH for admission. He believed
of Frigidaire Announces
Bobbitt's Tribute—
Continued from page one
lived by our fallen leader, if they
I find lodgement in our hearts and
| lives, will live on forever. Let the
1 spirit of Texas College of Arts and
) Industries In all the years which
j lie ahead of her, ever and always
! follow the lead, and cling to those
i high and fine qualities that char-
acterized the life and service of
j our deceased President.
Texas is a greater state because
J Dr. R. B. Cousins lived and served
j beneath her blue skies for half a
j century. The cause of education is
i richer and nobler because he had
Mrs. B. O. Sims. Mrs. W. H.| If Mrs. F. Fromme will call at
Young, and Mrs. Fritz Fromme j the Record office she will receive a
were visitors In Corpus Christ!, j pass to the Rialto good on Wednes-
Monday. I day, March 16,
such a large part In it. Because
Drastic Price Cuts °* us wh<> wer® associated
_ j with him In this great institution
renniremcnt. tor admission to the K 4lt ...... i iwyton. O.. March 7 Frlgldalre Hoard members, members of Fac-
reqnirements for admission to the that the normal school should be1. . ulty, or Students on the campus
liar and passed the examination be- something finer and better than a. ' ' ‘ . .. .. enjoy a richer heritage and we
.j.,j,,,. rn,,ri (Texas , . , .. reductions on Its complete line of * ' unu“8', “uu
fore the Superior Court ‘Texas poor school for poor people, and It h,illuuVl„,,i -rlw, ,ow. are faced with a direct challenge
District Court) in Atlanta. Then,
in accordance with the spirit of the
times, he started west, intending
to teach until he could get a start
as a lawyer and obtain a few
clients. “But," he said not many
years ago, "I never found myself
out of a Job from my election as
teacher of Latin and Greek in the
la du« t»rwly "> hi- effort amt In-1mo^eT tn^MIrT^'a Haled 1 to l,e and do tha t,llrias which were
lluooce the, .he norma, >"« >>">«
of Texas grew into senior colleges. . . ' ..
. . .. . . , , . _ I he drastic reductions were
conferring the bachelors degree, ,
.... . , . 1 made as a result of a nation wide
Mr. Cousins first and only depar-i ...... .......
, .. , . survey which indicated that there
ture from his chosen field of work! / . . ... ,
. . . , . .. ! are hundreds of thousands of
came in 1918 when he resigned the ! . .......
people who would like to own a
presidency of the normal school at
Canyon to accept the vice-presl-
Kingsvllle; Dr. J. V. Chandler,
Kingsville; Dr. C. P. Yeager, Cor Tprofession other than teaching,
pus Christ!; Dr. Addison Lester, j
Fayetteville, Georgia; Judge Hugh}
Dorsey, Atlanta, Georgia; W. A
Tarver, Austin; H. J. L. Stark
Orange, Texas.
Robert Bartow Cousins was born
in Fayetteville, Georgia, July 21,
1861, the day of the first Battle of
Bull Run. His father was a lieu-
tenant In the Medical Corps of the
Southern Army and fought In this
battle under the command of Col-
onel Francis Bartow. His mother
was Elizabeth Bennett and*hls fa-
ther Isaac William Cousins, both
of pioneer Georgia stock—people
who came from the mother colony,
who felled the forests and opened
the way to civilization. Both his
father and mother were teachers,
tnough his father became later a
physician. I^ong after her mar-
riage, Mr. Cousins’ mother eontln
ued to teacli to help support an
increasing family during the days
of the Reconstruction, and the em-
inent Texas educator received Ills
first instruction from her In a
rural school of a Georgia comrauni
ty that had been devastated by
Sherman's “March to the Sea.’
Both father and mother were col
lege graduates of the best institu
tlons their time and generation af
forded, and it was their hope from
the beginning that Robert Bartow
Cousins should be a college man
and a great educator.
After receiving his preparatory
education in the rural schools of
his native state and completing two
years of work at DaJilonega, at the
North Georgia Agricultural Col-
lege, Mr. Couaina received *\ first
grade teachers’ certificate. His
first teaching assignment was a
three-months' term in a rural
school near Jonesboro, Georgia, in
1879. Ho received forty-five dol-
lars for the three-month^' term.
In this school with thirty-five pu-
pils his oldest student was a tlilr
tv-nine-year-old Confederate sol
dier who had lost a leg in the ser-
vice and the youngest student was
a six-year-old daughter of the same
soldier.
In the fall of 1880, he entered
the State University at Athens,
Georgia. Here the atiqpspheTO
was laden with traditions of the
achievements o{ a long list of
statesmen, scientists, and profes-
sional men who had received their
Longview High School In July.! dency of the Kelly Plow Company
1883, until 1 left Canyon in 1918. i 0f j^ingview, Texas. He took up his
Nor did he desire to follow any; duties there in September, 1918, and
in the following January moved to
While teaching In Longview, he! Houston to establish a distributing
met Miss Dora Kelly, daughter
of Colonel G. H. Kelly, the founder
and president of the Kelly Plow
Company of that place, to whom
he was united in marriage in Long-
view on September, 20, 1885. The
young couple went immediately to
Mlneola, where Mr. Cousins had
been elected to the superintend-
ency of public schools. After two
years’ service in that city, he ac-
cepted the position of Superintend
center for this corporation. In 1921
Mr. Cousins heeded the call of the
educational field once more and ac-
cepted the superintendency of the
city schools of Houston, in which
capacity he served with distinction
until 1923 when he resigned to pre-
pare for his work at Kingsville.
Dr. Cousins came to Kingsville
in 1924 to supervise the codstruc-
tion of the South Texas State
Teachers College, having been
Krigidalre, but have deferred its
actual purchase because of price,
according to H. W. Newell, vice
president in charge of sales, who
made the announcement.
“This information has convinced
us that such people who are al-
ready familiar with the superior
features of our product, will want
to place orders immediately, when
they learn of these new prices,
which shatter all former standards
To the members of his immed-
iate family we can say with a know-
ledge of the factB, that it is great
to hear his name, and to all who
really knew him, it was an Inspir-
ation to claim his friendship.
As we, this day, commit his body
to the soil of the State he loved so
much and served so well, let us
each and everyone face the future
In the spirit in which he lived and
which carried him to these high-
est and finest accomplishments, and
while lie is no longer with us in
person, to counsel and advise, his
spirit remains to guide aud direct
all who are really worthy of his
r
ARNST BROS. SERVICE STATION
Cars Washed, Greased and Simonized $4.50
Corner 6th and Doddridge St. Phone 22K
in the electric refrigeration Indus-]n,emory and hl* match,*M 8er
ent of Schools at Mexia, a place he elected several years before by the
held for sixteen years. There he Board of Regents of Texas State
achieved his first outstanding re- Teachers Colleges to head the
cognition as a school executive, South Texus institution. He was
bringing about u standard of excel- In constant co-operation for several
lency that caused the Alexia1 years with those who had lnitiat-
schools lo be recognized as the! od the plan for a state-supported
best small town public schools in educational Institution in this sec-
Texas. After sixteen years, he tion. He had studied the education-
left Mexia, breaking the record of al needs of South Texas, and he
continuous service on the part of, had given much thought to making
any Texas school superintendent up the new college a thing of beauty,
to that time. In 1904, Mr. Cousins, both in its physical appearance and
after a hard race, was elected to] in its influence upon the lives of
the office of State Superintend- Texas citizens, as well as an in-
ent of Public Education and took stitution that should have a bene-
the oath of office on January ll.fleial influence upon the material
1905. The constructive work un- prosperity of the State. The style] Mr. Newell continued. "The entire
try," he gaid.
“In line with General Motors
policy of passing savings on to the
consumer, we have anticipated the
economies in manufacturing that
can be effected by greatly Increas-
ed production and are offering the
public the advantage of those sav-
ings In advance.”
Frigidaire Corporation brings;
sixteen years of manufacturing
experience, its mammoth factories
covering 53 acres of floor space,
the talents of hundreds of engin-
vice.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
The State of Texas
County of Kleberg.
To those indebted to or holding
claims against the Estate of Ti-
burclo Rodriguez, deceased:
The undersigned having been
duly appointed administratrix of
the estate of Tiburclo Rodriguez,
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eers and its well known financial j deceased, late of Kleberg County, |
resources into service in making ] Texas, by Ben F. Wilson, Judge of I
the County Court of Kleberg Coun- !
what is regarded as the most sen-
sational announcement in the his-
tory of the refrigeration business.
“It is facilities of such tremen-
dous proportions that enables Frig-
idaire to provide the lowest priced
quality refrigerators in the world,”
ty, Texas, on the 29th day of Feb-
ruary, A. D., 1932, hereby notifies
all persons Indebted to said estate
to come forward and make set-
tlement, and those having claims
against said estate to present them
to her within the time prescribed
dertaken and accomplished by this j of architecture in the college lo- un<> of household Frlgidalres have by law at the office of Cus L. Ko-
distlnguishod educator during his J rated at Kingsville, representing
five-year tenure of office excelled as it does some of the highest
in benefit to the school children of] heroic spots in Texus history, was
the state that of any like term of decided upon after Dr. Cousins had
years in the history of the State j eonferred with his good friends.
Department of Education.
Mr. and Airs. Robert J. Kleberg.
The South Texas State Teachers
College opened its doors in 1925
with an attendance of approximate-
The administration of Mr. Cous-
ins as State Superintendent mark-
ed a decisive step forward in the , ... ..
educational affairs of the State. Old y ‘‘5 8‘udonts* and’ u“der 1
. .... . .. , wise guidance of this distinguished
indifferent practices and prece- . . . . . , .
dents were discarded Aetive in- <,ductttor’ PXI^r,enced a wonderful
dents were discarded. Active, in th both ,n attendance and In-
telligent measures were taken " .. ... _ __
... _ , ,, .ifluence through the succeeding
which gavo Texas education great .. .. _ ....
, . years. However well the South
forward progress. He went lntojy Teachers College was
the office of State Superintendent j , ,tB mj88lon aH a teacher
8*)en, that office was merely a po- training institution, it had been
litical position, only nominally the .... ..... _ _______
. .... , . evident from the first year the col-
head of the State s school system. I ...... . .
,, ... 0 ... 'lege opened that the people of
He put the State Superintendency were demVandlng a
on a professional basis, so that «»• I state4upported institution in
which might lie trained leaders of
commercial, industrial, and agri-
cultural pursuits. This demand
grew out of the rapid development
of commerce, agriculture, and In-
dustry In South Texas. With far-
sighted wisdom, Mr. Cousins en-
visioned the broadening scope of
office could he filled only by a pro-
fessional teacher of high integrity
and recognized standing. He left
the office itself, the school sys-
tem, and educational Ideals on a
far higher plane than ho found
them.
In January, 1910, Dr. Cousins
left Austin, having resigned j curricula of the college in Kings-
State Superintendency to become vi„e l0 meet the demands of
president of the West Texas Nor-
NOW
IS A
Good Time
to have the amounts of your in-
surance policies corrected. You
should carry enough insurance
at all times.
You should not carry more than
actual value on any property.
Read your policy contract Advise
with us on all insurance matters.
Economize where you can.
Marcus Phillips, Mgr.
Kingsville Insurance Agency |
an
enlightened and progressive citi-
zenship. This able educator formu-
lated the campaign that led to the
South Texas State Teachers Col-
lege being converted in 1929 into
the Texas College of Arts and In-
dustries, a name that was written
into the bill at Dr. Cousins’ own
suggestion. While h$ labored dili-
gently, often in the face of obstac-
les that would have defeated the
purpose of a less courageous In-
dividual, for the complete function-
ing of such a technological Insti-
tution as was contemplated ln the
bill creating A. & I. College, he
never lost sight of the teacher
training feature of the Institution,
his firm belief being that well
trained and competent teachers
were necessary to an intelligent
and useful citizenship.
Mr. Cousins’ last day of a long
career ln educational work In the
state was marked by an address
delivered Monday morning, Feb. 29
to his student body during the
Chapel hour when, with all the
fervor and sincerity that marked
his public utterances, he portray-
ed the rewards of law observance,
morality, and right living — a fit-
ting climax to the career of one
whose fine philosophy of life has
been the guide and Inspiration of
thousands of young men and wo-
men, who, in their school and col-
lege days, have come under his
benign Influence.
Dr. Cousins was a life long mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and one of its out-
standing lay preachers. He was
also a Past Master of the Masonic
Fraternity, and a member of
Rotarv International. He served on
the State Examining Boards for
teachers on many occasions and
had conducted numerous summer
Isabel R. Mendez,
Administratrix of the Estate of Tl-
burclo Rodriguez, deceased.
29-4t-np.
the same storage space, same ] walski, attorney, in the Flato
freezing capacity, same ice trays, I building, Kingsville, Texas, or at
same shelf area and the same her residence In Kingsville, Texas,
powerful two cylinder compressors j where she receives her mail,
that have made Frigidaire known j This 2nd day of March, 1932.
all over the world.
Only the price has been changed.
We have maintained our stan-
dards of workmanship, our -stan-
dards of materials and all the fea-
tures of our products. No where is
there any compromise with qual-
ity.
“In taking this step we are mak
ing it possible for those who know j
and want the best in refrigeration I
to have it. No longer will it be ne-
cessary for many to consider a|
so-called "second choice” refriger-
ator, with a genuine Frigidaire to g.
bo had at the new low price levels. | |j|]
“This move further indicates the
pioneering spirit that has been re-
sponsible for Frigidalre's many
famed and important contribu- j ijjj
New Spring
Showing
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Prices of 16
Years Ago
All Are 2 Pants Suits
AT
$25.00
$30.00
$35.00
Others at $20.00 and
$22.50
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MENS SHOP
Successor to Barnett A Laws
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tlons to the economy, convenience
and healthfulness of electric re-
frigeration. These contribution*
have won it more than 2,000.000
users in all parts of the world.
"And now, by the most sensa-
tional step In our history, we have
shattered all former standards of
value and have made It possible
for people to buy a good refriger-
ator, of high reputation at a low
price and to do so without enter-
taining any doubts regarding its
ice freezing capacity, its depend-
able operation and its ability to
give life-time satisfaction. The
Frigidaire nameplate is in itself a
sufficient guarantee.
"That is why even the lowest
priced model can be depended up-
on for long life, low current con-
sumption, quick freezing or large
guantities of ice and for unfailing
food preservation on the hottest of
days and under all conditions."
The wide - spread popularity of}
the Frigidaire line is best attested j
by the fact that in 1931 this com ]
pany built more household models i
than during the previous year,
A factory announcement stres- [
ses the point that Frigidaire fol- j
lows the well known General
Motors policy of assisting dealers
to build a sound profitable busi-
ness, assuring permanent repres-
entation and readiness to extend
customer service.
Building Materials
Composition Roofing
Hardware—Cutlery
High Grade Paints
Finest Wall Paper
Sporting Goods
Crosley Radios
General Electric Radios
General Electric Appliances
Glass and China Ware
Gift and Toy Departments
Vacuum Cleaners
Guns and Ammunition
Gas and Gasoline Stoves
Electric Supplies
Electric and Gas
Refrigerators
Farm Light Plants
Water Systems
Farm Implements
Tractors
Crenm Separators
Aeromotor Windmills
Pipe and Fittings
Well Casings and Cylinders
Aluminum Ware
Bath Fixtures
Lawn Mowers
Garden Tools
Aladdin Lamps
The most complete Radio
Repair Shop south of
Houston.
schools He had taught ln the State
Schools of Methods at Dallas,
Waco, and Austin and had been a
member of the summer faculty of
the University of Texas many
years ago. In 1908 he was offered
the presidency of tbe Sam Houston
Normal at Huntsville.
Mr. Cousins studied at the Unlv-
slty of Chicago lu 1900. In 1926 the
L. L. D. was conferred upon him by
the Southwestern University.
In 1913 he prepared ana publish-
ed. with the collaboration of J. A.
Hill, an “American History for
Schools.”
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