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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1920)
1} | ‘THE DAILY BULLETIN College ‘Station, ee Wednesday, March, 10, 1920. Narber 137 AN AGRICULTURAL [EARLY HISTORY SURVEY WILL BE = OF THE COLLEGE MADEBY SCHOOLS IS INTERESTING Department of Agricultural Education| Head of the School of Agriculture is Directing the Work of Rural Held the Degree of Doctor of Teachers. Divinizy The Department of Agricultural | The following extract from a pa- Education is helping the rural school | P€T read by Mr. Friley before a teachers in the six counties of Brazos, |meetng of the Social Science Sem- Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison and |inar a few days ago, concerning Robertson to make a community sur-|Some of the early history of this in- vey of their districts. They are be- | stitution is extremely interesting. ing encouraged to chart the results| ‘The first faculty of the A. and M. of their agricultural survey on a| College of Texes consisted of: large map. Competition is intro-| The President, who was also Pro- duced by offering a prize to the fessor of Mental and Moral Philos- ophy and Belles-Lettres. teacher who submits the best report : A Professor of Pure Mathematics. of the survey. . : / ‘ofessor i Mathe- Professor Martin L. Hayes promised A Professor of Applied "a he ; % matics, Mechanics and Military the teachers in Institute last Septem- Science r to furnish forms for such a sur- : : be He h d ond neil A Professor of Ancient Languages rey. e has now prepared ¢ ail- . vey prep [and Literature. ed them out to the Joncher Each A Professor of Chemistry, Natural teacher is furnished forms for every) Sciences and Practical Agriculture. | pai 5 as Sus Ei the ds A Professor of Modern Languages of individua Ee iy gh 9) | and English Literature. fessor Hays thinks it advisable to at-| “In other words, this institution as tempt the survey of only hose dis- | first organized was conducted upon tricts with a distinctly rural com- | |the university plan of elective munity. He does not insist that every | studies, with the classics as its great teacher prepare a map showing the | contral idea. In its first four years results of the survey charted, and a|,, systematic and practical instruec- story of the history of his commun-|ion whatever was given in agricul- ity, but asks for a few volunteers, and | tyre and the mechanic arts; instead offers a premium of five dollars | of popularizing the study of agri- the teacher who sends in the best|cylture and the mechanic arts, the complete survey including map and | authorities of the College cultivated a story, and preferably one or more | sentiment decidedly antagonistic to good photographs. He expresses’ his | these branches of study. As a na- assurance that each county superin-| tyra] consequence, the people of the tendent will be willing to offer similar | State withdrew their support and the priemiums for the best survey in his| College was completely reorganized or her county. Chart paper will be|in 1880. It was in this year that the furnished by the Department for the |first graduates were turned out; work. seven in the School of English; three He asks each teacher to make the|in the school of Latin; four in the survey and send in the forms, whether | school of Mathematics; one in the | or not he or she is able to make the |school of Spanish; three in the school map and write the story of the com-|of Engineering; and none in the | munity from its earliest history. scool of Agriculture. Whether the | The form to be used in making the |lack of graduates in the school of | survey has blanks to be filled out with | Agriculture was due to the fact that the following information concerning |the first Professor of Practical Ag- each individual farmer in the district: | riculture held the degree of Doctor Name, address, size of farm, owner |of Divinity, I am not prepared to or tenant, number in family, number | say. | of dairy cattle, beef cattle, pure- bred | “The history of this College | cattle, hogs on farm, pigs raised in|may be divided roughly into | 1919, pure-bred hogs; breeds of hogs, | three periods—and this is probably number of chickens on farm, raised in | | true of most of the land-grant col-| 1919, sheep on farm, lambs raised in | leges. The period from its organiza- | 1919, goats on farm, goats raised in |tion—or reorganization—1880 to 1900 | 1919, horses on farm, mules on farm, | might be termed one of exploration, | turkeys on farm 1919, acres cotton | discovery and organization; the per- | 1919, bales cotton 1919, acres com lod from 1900 to 1910 was one of re-| 1919, acres of sweet potatoes 1919, capitulation, reorganization and the | bushels sweet potatoes, acres sor-|beginning of specialization; since | ghum. Did you have vegetable gar- | 1910 it has been a period of rapid | den? Number acres cow peas, acres | growth, remarkably increased inter- peanuts, gallons of syrup made in| est and tremendous expansion.” 1919, acres wheat, oats, rye, barley, | TT ete orchard, small fruits, onions, cabbage, | lettuce, and other crops. This information is valuable at this time as the farmers are thinking of plans for the new crop and it is well to review the results of last year. Every engineer and bughunter ought to own a typewriter to write up reports and experiments. Get the Corona habit and watch your grades improve. See H. M. Bohn, 34 Fos- ter. (hold relative rank with officers of the | examinations at [for candidates. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD IS IN NEED OF MEN Examination for Appointment of Cadets and Cade: Engineers to be Held Soon An exceptional opportunity is pre- sented for young men of the right caliber to complete their education and receive special training at Gov- ernment expense and to become coni- missioned officers in one of the mil- itary service of the United States. The J. S. Coast Guard announces a competitive examination, coni- mencing April 5, 1920, for appoint- ment of cadets and cadet engineers. Age Limi:zs. For appointment as cadet, 18 to 24; for appointment 2s cadet engineer, 20 to 25. Cadets and cadet engineers are trained to become commissioned officers of the Coast Guard at the Coast Guard Academy at New Lon- don, Conn. The regular course for cadets covers three years, and that for cadet engineers covers one year. Each summer the students are taken on an extended practice cruise. These cruises have included visits to ports on the Atlantic Coast and in the West Indies, and to the Canal Zone, and visits to European ports when conditions permitted. Cadets receive the same pay and allowances as midshipman of the Navy ($600 per annum and one ra tion per day). Cadet engineers re- ceive $75 per months and one ra- | tion per day. Upon Graduation from the Acad- emy, a cadet is commissioned by the President as a third lieutenant in the Coast Guard. A cadet engineer, upon graduation, is commissioned by the President as a third lieutenant of engineers in the Coast Guard. Com- missioned officers of the Coast Guard Army and Navy. The examination is strictly com: petitive; appointments are made strictly on merit. Every effort will be made to hold points convenient The examination for cadets may be expected to take four | days, and that for cadet engineers] | five days. The opportunity this year is par- | ticularly favorable because it is hop- | ed that an exceptionally large num- ber of cadets and cadet engineers | will be appointed. | Write to Commandant, U. S. Coast | Guard, Washington, D. C., and you |; will be sent a circular giving full in- | formation about the examination. | You may also obtain, upon request, any special information desired | about the Coast Guard Academy or the Service. | ————— etre eee. 2H The Corona is a simple, sturdy, portable typewriter—designed to meet the needs of the writing public. Order yours now. See H. M. Bohn, 34 Foster. WILL STUDY THE INDUSTRIES IN SOUTHERN TEX. C. C. Hedges Will Take Junior Cher. Engineers on Inspection Trip Dr. and Senior The about twenty junior and senior class of in number will start South Texas to mn the industries re * which They will study the process of oil produc- to days on aii trip a few details of lating study certain the they are fitting themselves. to work for by the the largest tion and refining in particular, visiting and inspecting, under supervision of experts, oil fields and refineries in that por- tion of the State. Dr. C. C. Hedges and Dr. E. O. Randolph will accompany the classes on this trip and direct their studies and observations. The party will leave here the morning of March 24 and will return to College on the morning of March 29. They go direct to Houston, then to Beaumont and from there to Port Arthur. Some of the students interested particularly. in petroleum geology will leave the party at Houston and go to the West Columbia fields for an inspection. Dr. Randolph will accompany them. On Wednesday the Magnolia Pe- troleum Company refinery at Beau- mont will be visited, an inspection of the plant will be made and all details of operation will be careful- ly noted. On Thursday morning the Texas Company plant will be in spected and in the afternoon the plant of the "Gulf Petroleum Co. will occupy the attention of the party. They will return to Houston on Thursday night and inspect the Mag- nolia Petroleum Company, the Port- land Cement Company, the Humble Oil and Refining Company and other oil company properties situat- ed on the Houston channel, where a | large amount of refinery construc- tion work is going on, specializing in the production of lubricating oils. Dr. C. C. Hedges and M. K. Thorn- ton, Professor of Industrial Chemis try, will accompany the party on these inspection tours. The purpose of this trip is to give the students in Chemical Engineer- ing and Petroleum Geology first hand information concerning the op- eration of refineries of petroleum and cottonseed oil, also to give them a close view and investigation of the petroleum fields, and the opportun- ity to study the geological forma- tions of field operations. In the work of the Chemical En- gineering Department they are specializing in the training of chem- ical engineers in the specialized field (Continued on Page 4)
