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| Che Vol. VII -— College Station, Texas, Sunday, March 23, BE —— atly Bulletin No. 143 1924. PROF. WHELPTON RESIGNS HIS PLAGE Will Be First Assistant in Scripps Foundation Founded for Research in Population Problems P. K. Whelpton, professor of farm the first part of June to become at- management will leave the College tached to the Scripp’s Foundation in the capacity of research assistant. The object of the foundation is to study present and potential world food resources in relation to food needs The founder is the famous newspaper The time has been moved forward so | the next two weeks. man who with his partner McRae, op- erates a string of newspapers in the United States. Headquarters of the Foundation are at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and the work is under the board of directors of that institution. Professor Whelpton will go directly there from | College Station but as soon as a prc- gram of work can be formulated ex- pects to travel extensively, to South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Warren S. Thompson is head of the work and for the immediate present he and Professor Whelpton will be the cnly ones in the Bureau. The work has only been under way abcut two | years and the scope of the research will be extended gradually. The appointment came to Profes- of men with recommendations that qualified them for the work. Profes- sor Whelpton’s strongest recommen- | | Cherbourg France Cornell where Professor Whelpton did | | dation was given to Mr. Thompson at a part of his study in preparation for this professional career. —————— i — Ae eee. PROF. THOMAS ON PROGRAM OF SEMINAR TOMORROW Professor W, H. Thomas will read a paper entitled “William Cobbett and the Industrial Revolution,” at the meeting of the Social Science Seminar tomorrcw evening at 7:30 in the Phy- sics lecture room. William Ccrbett (1762-1835) has been described as the last great champion of country people. a Cg re “What are you crying for my lad?” | “Cause father’s invented a new soap substitoot an’ every time a customer comes in I get washed as an adver- | tisement.”— Exchange. DR. THACKER WILL BE ~~ MORNING SPEAKER [Sunes School Classes Regular This Morning; Groups Will Hold { Sevices Tonight Dr. J. E. Thacker, evangelist, who ‘is conducting the unicn revival being | held at the Baptist Tabernacle, Bryan, and who spoke at the series of ser- vices during the last week on the Cam- | pus, will speak at the regular re- ligious convocation in Guion Hall this | morning, beginning at 10:15 o’clock. | that Dr. Thacker may return to Bryan in time for the morning service there. Sunday Schcol classes will be held |’ 'r gularly th’'s morning, and the de- | nominational groups will observe the | following schedules: Episcopal Services. The Holy Communion will be cele- brated at 8:30 o’clock this morning in the north parlors of the Y. M .C. A. Regular evening services at 6:30 in ithe Y. M. C. A. parlors. Campus pcople and students are cordially in- vited. ZAY SMITH, group pres. Church of Christ. | Bible study for | Church of Christ will be held th's| ) | morning at 9:15 o’clock in room 103, | sor Whelpton unsolicited after Mr. | Thompson had considered a number ! (Continued on Col. 1, Page 4) “Landed Well”’-Cable . From President In Advice of the safe arrival of ' President W. B. Bizzell and Reg- istrar Charles E. Friley on French sol was received by Executive | Secretary S. G. Bailey yesterday | morning at 9 o’clock in a message of two words sent by cable from Cherbourg, France. It was dated March, 21 4:55 p. m. and contained | | | | | | the two words “Landed Well.” Mr. Bailey replied immediately with the words “Well, satisfac- ” tory,” the first pertaining to the condition of his family and the sec- ond to the status of institutional | affairs. Their becat was scheduled to ar- rive at Cherbourg about noon Fri- day. members of the | COLLEGE WILL BUILD NEW GYM AND HOTEL Hotel Building Will Be Started in Few Weeks; Gym to Cost $100,000. Hotel to Cost $65,000. A gymnasium to cost $100,000 and a combined hotel and dormitory building to cost $65,000 will be erect- ed at the College before the opening of the next fall session. Plans for | he two new structures are now un- | derway and it is expected that the | hotel building will be started within The gymnasium | 711 not be started until later. According to the plans of the Ath- tic Council the new gymnasium will have a seating capacity of between | 1,000 and 5,000 perscns. It will be | of steel and reinforced concrete. stuc- | coed and with a red tile roof. There 11 be a big regulation court of inlaid maple for the varsity bask: t- ball court and other courts for the | intramural teams. It is also antici- | pated that there shall be facilities | provided for the corrective physical work for freshmen and other gymna- | sium equipment for use by all other | students to encourage physical train- | + and the diversion of various ex- | »rcises. Adequate dressing rooms for | all Aggie athletic teams will be pro- ided and vaious other conveniences needed to give the proper impetus o physical training. Destruction of the old gym build- ling on the site of which the new | structure wil be erected will be start- d at once and the material in tho 1d building will be utilized in th» new. | The construction of the new gym- 'nasium was made necessary this | year on account of the insufficient | seating room in the old building to | accommodate all the patrons of in- door athletics in this community. People of the community were unable to procure seats for many of the bas- | ketball games the past season. | Offices of the Athletic Depart- | ment will be moved to the new build- ing when it is completed, which will | greatly facilitate the administration of the department’s business. Erection of the hotel building wa - | | | means to accommodate visitors on the DJ “~ | made necessary by the demand fcr (Ccntinued on Col. Page 4)