Friday, July 7, 1916.
THE BATTALION
5
MOST OF LAST YEAR’S FOOTBALL
SQUAD WILL RETURN THIS SEASON
“JIGGER” HARLAN
Football Wizard.
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
FOR OPENING VET. SCHOOL
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ranged in the form of a semi-circle.
There will be a basement in this
building also.
Just East of the Veterinary build
ing is the hospital. This building will
be so remodeled that elevated seats
may be placed around the clinic and
the operations on stock witnessed by
large classes. The work in hog
cholera serum production, now being
carried on in that building will be
transferred to the new hog cholera
serum plant, to cost $10,000.00 and
which wil be located just East of the
present hospital. This will make the
four veterinary buildings of easy ac
cess one to another and will center
the activities of that school in one
complete area. The lands around the
dairy barn will pass into the hands of
the veterinary department, also, and
that school will have ample room for
further growth.
Faculty Will be Strong One.
Six men will comprise the faculty
of the new school. Dr. R. P. Mars-
teller, who holds a D. V. M. degree,
from Ohio State, and who has finish
ed work in German schools will be
in charge of the division of medicine
and surgery. Dr. Marsteller’s record
as a teacher at A. & M. is an envia
ble one.
Dr. R. C. Dunn, also D. V. M., from
Ohio and who has been directly in
charge of the hog cholera serum pro
duction will be another member of
the veterinary teaching staff.
Dr. B. O. Bethel, a graduate of the
A. & M. College, and who later grad
uated from the Ohio State also will
have teaching duties. Dr. Bethel has
been working with hog cholera serum
for the past year.
Two new men have been retained
and will report for work early in
September.
“Dough” Rollins Optimistic Over
Assurances of Old Guard that
They will be Back in Septem
ber Varsity Game the Climax.
“Jigger” Harlan, the man who
made posible the 13 to 0 defeat
of the University of Texas on
November 19th last, is due to
report early in September and
with “Dough” Rollins, half back
and captain-elect enthusiastic and
impatient for the opening of the
season it looks like the Aggies
will have some joy ahead of them
during the football season of 1916.
This year will mark the begin
ning of the Freshman rule and no
new men will be allowed to par
ticipate in inter-collegiate athlet
ics. However there is a likely
looking bunch of youngsters left
over from last year to fill the va
cancies caused by the graduation
of Eschenberg and the failure of
Collins to make his work.
Harlan will report early in Sep
tember and the candidates for
berths on the eleven will arrive
soon afterwards.
“Tell the men to keep their eyes
open for good football material,”
Harlan wrote this week. “We
need to keep adding Freshmen
each year who have the stuff.”
The Varsity game is the big
game of the year of course and
all eyes will be turned Austinward
on Thanksgiving Day.
Dr. H. L. Wright, a graduate of the
Cornell School of Veterinary Medi
cine and who has been teaching for
the past three years in that institu
tion will have charge of the division
of Pharmacology.
Dr. C. C. Whitney, a graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania, and
who has been teaching at that insti
tution for the past three years will
be in charge of the instruction in
Pathology.
The four major divisions of Anato
my, Medicine and Surgery, Pharma
cology, and Pathology will be taken
care of by men who have had ad
vanced instruction and wide exper
ience as teachers in those lines.
Demand for Veterinarians.
The school will meet the require
ments of the United States Civil
Service Bureau. With $500,000,-
000.00 invested in livestock in Texas
there are less than 100 licensed vet
erinarians in the state. A loss rep
resenting about two per cent of that
total investment occurs annually,
says Dr. Francis, and this loss, too,
is caused by diseases that may be
prevented once there are skilled vet
erinarians to cope with the problems
and the stock raisers have been edu
cated to methods of prevention.
The demand for skilled veterina
rians clearly justifies the establish
ment of the school and it is expected
that this new division at the College
will meet with a rapid growth. The
fact that much work is being done in
Texas Fever and Hog Cholera serum
production on the College grounds
will give the students opportunity to
study, first hand, methods of com
bating these two most important dis
eases in Texas.
Every city has its veterinarian, the
United States Bureau of Animal
Industry employs hundreds of veteri
narians, the cavalry and artillery
employ another 1,000 men. There
is a call for men.
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
PLANNED FOR SUMMER.
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opening of the first term will be
rushed to completion soon after.
Probably the most welcome news
to the students will be the informa
tion that the basement of the Y. M.
C. A. building is to be completed as
planned. The swimming pool will be
placed in order first and the bowling
alleys, barber shop and other im
provements planned for the basement
will be rushed to completion. The
swimming pool will be standard size.
Shower baths and lockers will be pro
vided for the use of the swimmers.
Days will be set aside when the pool
will be used by the ladies, exclusive
ly-
Lake to Be Provided.
The provision of a lake, about one-
half mile in length and 200 or 300
feet wide for amusement purposes
and for the use in hydraulics prac
tice and fire protection is another
contemplated improvement which will
make life more pleasant for the ca
dets and college employes. This lake
will be stocked with fish and eventu
ally boats will be provided. The
deep ravine which runs through the
little clump of trees just West of the
railroad tracks, and just back of the
target range will be dammed near
the roadway, leading to the 600 yard
range, and cleared and excavated.
This will give a lake of approximately
a half mile in length, about 250 feet
wide, and almost any depth desired.
The water wil be used for run
ning hydraulic tests and also as a
reservoir for fire protection.
The little grove there will form
the basis of a deer park. This park
is to be fenced in and President Biz-
zell has been given several deer and
two bison from the Goodnight ranch.
It is planned to start a collection of
animals in the park.
The roadway which extends North
and South through the Experiment
Station main farm and the Feeding
and Breeding station will be extended
South, skirting the lake, passing thru
the deer park and direct to the dairy
barn where it will connect with a
driveway to the Main building of the
college.
The grounds in front of the new
hospital are to be cleaned and beau
tified according to a landscape plan
of F. W. Hensel, of the landscape de
partment of the College. This ground
in front of the hospital also will be
utilized as a park or beauty spot. A
street will be opened, graded, and
graveled from the street running
West of the Mess hall, by Leigh’s in
front of the Hospital and connecting
with the. thoroughfare running North
and South, just West of the Hospi
tal.
To Park Hospital Grounds.
The grounds in front of the Main
building also are to be beautified.
Dirt from the excavations for new
buildings and the lake will be used
to fill in front of the Main building
and a system of concrete walks and
landscape gardening as planned by
Mr. Hensel will be carried to com
pletion.
Here are the other improvements
planned:
Level and grade area in front of
Leigh’s store and Shirley hotel.
Extend steam tunnel from flag
pole to chapel, providing steam heat
for Ross, Godwin, Pfeuffer and the
new chapel.
Construction of concrete walks as
follows: Continue walk from flag
pole to chapel. Continue walk from
President’s home West to driveway
East of Dr. Ehlinger’s residence, con
necting with new hospital. Contin
ue walk North from front of Y. M.
C. A., to the I. & G. N. railway spur
back of mess hall, following drive
way all the way.
Extend sewer line to accomodate
all new buildings.
Paint woodwork outside of Tex
tile building and Gathright.
Occasional showers have kept the
campus in beautiful condition and
has kept the gras alive and growing
beautifully.
It looks like great days are ahead
for the College, doesn’t it?
CONTRACTS TO BE LET
FOR TWO BUILDINGS
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occupied by Mr. Garner, will be mov
ed soon.
The new building will be construct
ed of reinforced concrete and gray
brick. The working out of the plans
has been left to the architectural de
partment. Dr. Bizzell has insisted,
however, on four main details: a
seating capacity of 2,500 and so
planned as to take care of 3,000 per
sons when special occasions demand;
a stage large enough and with suffi
cient equipment to accommodate any
kind of operatic or dramatic produc
tion that it might be deemed wise to
have at the College; a system of cool
ing pipes, by which the temperature
of the building may be kept comfort
able, even in the warmest weather;
and the arrangement of entrances
and exits so that the crowds can be
handled with dispatch. Under the
present plans the building can be
filled in four minutes and emptied in
ten minutes.
The structure will be an attractive
one and will add greatly to the ap
pearance of the campus.
It is planned to install a pipe organ
in the new building, when completed
and to bring musical organizations
and other attractions of merit to the
college.
The veterinary science building,
which will house the offices, laborato
ries and class rooms of the veterinary
school will be located on the site of
the present infirmary. The old in
firmary will be torn away soon.
Under next year’s appropriations
funds become available for a number
of new hot houses for the horticultu
ral and entomological departments
and work on these will begin after
school opens.
SUMMER SCHOOL
DECIDED SUCCESS.
The first session of the Rural Life
School and Summer Normal, in ses
sion since June 16, has been a deci
ded success from every standpoint.
The enrollment reached the 150
mark. While that is a small attend
ance compared to the older, better
established summer schools, it is a
splendid start and it is expected that
there will be at least 300 in attend
ance next year.
The students are thoroughly satis
fied, they say. A number of outings
have been arranged in their honor.
McGREGOR GOES iO
HOUSTON I* OR JOB.
J. I. McGregor, ’16, in dairy hus
bandry, returned to the College last
Saturday after a two weeks tour of
Southwest Texas inspecting big dai
ries and testing cows in that coun
try. He visited Falfurias, Kingsville,
and Yorktown. He will begin work
this week as assistant county dem
onstration agent in Harris county,
headquarters at Houston.