Schreiner Institute - Recall Yearbook (Kerrville, TX)

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V H L f55f1 f I Sam Houston was born near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, March 2, 1793, in the same year as Stephen F. Austin. His father, a proud old army officer, had always wanted to move to Tennessee, where it was his desire to start life anew. On his death in 1806, Mrs. Houston complied with his wishes and moved to Tennessee with her nine children. 7 fl N 1--1' ' L- 7

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Unlike his industrious brothers, Sam disliked work. He soon gained a name for laziness and wasilooked upon as the black sheep of the family. Because he did not fit in with the farm life, he was put to work in a small store by his older brother. Being thus cooped up was even more distasteful to him, and he ran away to make his home in the village of friendly Cherokee Indians. When his br came to take him back with them, they him dressed in Indian garb and lying on the bank of a river reading the Iliad. Because he thoroughly enjoyed the naturalness and free- dom from restraint of this kind of life, Sam refused Q return to his family at this time. ,-N' In a year when Texas and Texans are foremost in the minds and hearts of everyone, it is perhaps difficult to choose but one from the many who made possible this, our Centennial Year. The roll call of the past is filled with proud and honorable names, and yet, perhaps, none has a more personal and imaginative appeal than that of The Raven . Sam Houston, an embittered giant, came to Texas, as hmany others did, to forget the past in an adventurous present. His fall from the political heights he had attained in Tennessee, a fall resulting from an unfortunate marriage, brought to Texas a man of great moral courage, keen insight, and shrewd statecraft. His story has been chosen as the leitmotif of the Recall that the members of the graduating classes in this Centennial Year may take new hope and in- spiration in shaping the destiny of the Texas of today.