The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938, March 23, 1924, Image 1

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Vol. VII
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College Station, Texas, Sunday, March 23,
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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.
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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.
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“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 !
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“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
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the two words “Landed Well.”
Mr. Bailey replied immediately
with the words “Well, satisfac-
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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 -
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means to accommodate visitors on the
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| made necessary by the demand fcr
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