Word: vinson
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...whom did Dr. Splawn succeed? Dr. Robert Ernest Vinson, President of Texas University these seven years. And what of Dr. Vinson? Well...
...this seventh President-he was none other than Dr. Robert Ernest Vinson, erst of Texas. President Emeritus Charles F. Thwing saluted him; and Dr. Vinson replied: ". . . We already have more facts than we have assimilated. Our knowledge has already outrun our moral and spiritual development. Our chief duty now is to bring the ethical and spiritual character of the Nation up to the point where its intellectual development will be in safe hands...
...Southerner (South Carolina), a scholar (Hebrew, Philosophy), a clergyman, Dr. Vinson was warmly welcomed in Mr. Thwing's salutation. Dr. Splawn, down in Texas, may well have noted these phrases about his former chief: "In Austin, he fought with political beasts from almost the beginning to the close of his illustrious career. He overcame them by wisdom, persistence, high idealism and personal charm. The qualities which won in the Southern give great promise of a like wining in the Northern field...