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1908 THE LONG HORN 7 Captain Andrew Moses, U. S. A. X X IGH honors usually come to a man, either after long service, or through some happy or skillful actions that reveal his power. The greatest compliment the students can pay to any one is to dedicate an issue of The Longhorn to him. Captain Moses had been in the service of the College for only a few months when he was selected for this distinction. He has not earned the place by length of service, or by exceptional actions that have placed him in the limelight of student popu¬ larity. So, the truism with which this article begins isn’t true at all, at least in this instance. Nevertheless, this is Captain Moses’ Longhorn. There are other reasons for his choice, and one or two of them will be set down here. First, however, it would perhaps be of interest to sketch briefly his history. He was born on a farm in Burnet County, Texas, where he lived until his eighteenth year. His ancestors have always lived in the South. His father, Colonel Norton Moses, was born in Georgia, where he lived until he attained his majority. Coming to Texas in January, 1846, he suffered many of the hardships and privations incident to a life spent on the frontier. Colonel Moses has always taken great interest in public affairs and on two separate occasions served Burnet County in the Legislature. He is also promi¬ nent in Masonry, being a Past Grand Master and Past Grand High Priest. He is still living and reasonably vigorous for his eighty-four years. Captain Moses’ mother was born in Washington County, Texas, in 1833, an d spent her whole life in Texas. She was a woman of strong character and left a price¬ less heritage to her children in the characters she moulded by her pure Christian life and excellent teaching. Captain Moses spent his earlier school days in the country schools of Burnet County and in the high school at Burnet. He entered the State University at Austin in the Fall of 1892, where he remained until May 1, 1893, at which time he received
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