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r PRESIDENT H. H. HARRINGTON. The office of President of a moderq college is one that requires oq the part of the incumbent a rare combinatioq of gifts. He must hjave administrative ability, strength of character, tact, sympathy. He rqust know meq, as well as things; f]e rqust be a reader of character, as well as of books. He must know how to plaq, and how to execute. He rqust hiave power to persuade, and power to compel. He should be a rqan of broad educatioq and of liberal views; he should have strong opinions, and yet be free frorq prejudice. He rqust be a nqaster of details; l e must know fjow to n ake the wheels go ’round. If tys college be a technological institutioq, his early training should have beeq along scientific lines. If, by heredity, he f]as a predispositioq to science, so mucf] the better. And if f e is to preside over a Texas college, it is further the opinioq of THE LONG HORN that tys birth-place should have been somewhere in that fair land that lies ‘ betweeq the Potomac and the Rio Grande. And qow that we are on record oq the gen¬ eral question of the qualifications of a President, we feel that this College is to be con¬ gratulated that the power s that be fiave found for us a maq who possesses so rqany of them. They found f]im, too, right l ere at l]ome. HENRY Hill HARRINGTON was borq December 14, 1859, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. He is the son of the late Dr. J. T. Harrington, a successful physician, frorq whom f]e doubtless inherited a fondness for scientific studies. He was graduated iq 1883 frorq the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, and later received tys Master’s degree iq Science frorq the same institution. Having thus set upon f]im the seal of her approval, tys Alma Mater confirmed the act by nqaking hirq Assistant Profes¬ sor of Chemistry and Physics. While engaged iq this work, Professor Harringtoq vigor¬ ously prosecuted f]is studies, and spent several summers in special work in institutions having the best facilities for work iq Analytical Chemistry. His reputatioq as a teacher and as a chemist grew apace, and when, iq 1888, the C air of Chemistry and Mineral¬ ogy in this College became vacant, the Directors, witf] a large qumber to choose from, selected Professor Harringtoq for the place. Iq 1892 h|e rqarried Miss Florine Ross, daughter of the late L. S. Ross, soldier, statesman and knightly gentleman, at that time President of the College. Iq additioq to fjis duties as Professor, f]e f]ad those of Chemist to the Experiment Statioq and, since 1899, of State Chemist. The work of l]is department was highly effi¬ cient. He insisted oq good, h[ard work. Always well prepared l imself, he expected at least 7
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r an earnest effort toward the same end by every member of f]is class. The Chemical Department f[ere l]as never beer] a favorite field for the seeker after soft snaps, In the classroorr] quiz, Professor Harrington’s questions were pointed and searching, and rgany a Senior, even, f]as beeq known to tremble iq his boots and to quake before l]is piercing eye, admitting, finally, that he could not tell the difference betweeq an alcohol and aq aldehyde. But the student who showed that f|e was iq earnest and was rqaking an f]on- est effort felt sure of encouragement. In f[is work as Chemist to the Experiment Station, and as State Chemist Professor Harringtoq dealt largely witf[ matters of vital concerq to the farmers of Texas. He is the author of qumerous bulletins on subjects of economic importance, and has rqade valua¬ ble reports oq the soils and waters of Westerq Texas, and oq commercial fertilizers. He is a firnq believer in industrial educatioq, and he has been, for seventeeq years, thoroughly identified with this College. He is familiar witl] its l]istory, its aims, aqd its nqethods in every detail, And when, oq the 8tl] day of September, 1905, l]e was elected President of the institutioq f]e f]ad so ably served as Professor, there was a general feeling of confidence that the destines of the College had beeq placed iq safe l]ands; that its growtf], whicf] l]ad beeq so rqarked in the past three years, would go oq will] in¬ creased acceleratioq. This feeling was shared witf) the especial friends of the College by the public at large; and, already, events are justifying it. The Red Maq in America is qot yet extinct; qor is tl e tribe of those iq our College whose intercourse witf] nqembers of the Faculty is based largely upoq tl]e contact tl]ey f]ave witf] then] wheq they attend, by special invitatioq, tl]e sessions of the Discipline Committee. Impressions received at sucf] functions are qot apt to be of tf]e rqost pleas¬ ing character, Professor Harringtoq served for rqany years oq that Committee, and we violate qo confidence by declaring that tf]e same diligence in the searcf] for trutf], whicf] led f]im to probe to tl]e bottorq in rqatters scientific, caused f]im, sometimes, in rqatters disciplinary, to ask questions, whicf] were, to say the least, embarrassing. And tf]ere be graduates who, eveq unto this day, stammer perceptibly wheq recounting their personal experiences along that line. Sucf] things will get out, and students will f]ave their opiq- ions; and it was feared iq some quarters that under tf]e qew administration a certaiq quality of sternness rqight be transferred to the executive office, and tf]at we rqight all have to walk just a little straighter than tf]e regulations require. But tf]e corps fjas learqed that iq the President every student f]as a friend; that warrq Southerq blood flows iq his veiqs; that l]e is approachable, considerate, kind. Requests taken to f]im are carefully considered, and his inclination is to grant therq, if possible; wheq tf]is can qot be done, a good reasoq is assigned, Iq matters of discipline, f]is reprimands leave no sting; the delinquent feels tf]at f]e will get a square deal, and he is generally not in a positioq to V 8
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