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classic stability he gave to our college. And as long as the A. and M. shall live and her alumni breathe the free air of Texas, the name H. H. Dinwiddie will live and inspire them to higher and nobler deeds... A Dinwiddie to establish and dignify the institution — a Ross to uphold and popularize it — and a Foster to expand it into the saving hope and glory of the Empire State of Texas.
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That in the death of Major H. H. Dinwiddie this college loses an earnest worker, who was always active and zealous in the performance of his duties; ever ready to advance tne interest of this institution; devoted to its welfare and prosperity; one who was wise in counsel and fearless in action, an
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That, in his death, the college has suffered an irreparable loss, and the state a deplorable calamity because he devoted every energy of his heroic nature to the task of establishing this institution upon a foundation of enduring prosperity, and because he was the advocate and the champion of
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Dinwiddie was born on
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educational progress. That the cause of education has lost a shining light, and we, a leader, associate, and friend, whose image will abide in our hearts always; whose example will inspire and encourage us, and be treasured by our successors for all time to come.
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where he served as a professor of physics and chemistry. After the Civil War, attendance at the school had become very low. During the winter of 1869–70 the leaders of the institute decided to move the school to Austin and renamed it to the
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and the esteem in which he was held by the Texas A&M community. As reported in 1915 by The Battalion, the A&M newspaper, the tablet underscored Dinwiddie's importance to the university:
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