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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1929)
THE BATTALION 5 | UNDER | I PREXY’S | ! MOON | Fleming. “But now this class, because its the best one I have, really don’t need this lecture because they won’t make these mistakes.” That’s Flem ing’s line—it’s a good one too— and he’s always ready to back it up with a good word and a cheer ful smile. In ’27, the year he came to A. and M., all the ‘fish’ in engi neering sections were required to take a term of woodwork, and those long afternoons of planning and chis eling and sanding were almost fun if one managed to absorb some of Fleming’s optimism. D. W. Fleming began his college education at the Kansas State Teach ers College in Pittsburg, Kansas, and finished up in the University of Hard Knocks. He enjoyed work in the commercial world, but he missed the comradeship that he had known in school; so in ’25 he went to Sherman High as Industrial Edu cation Prof, and assistant coach of athletics. Then two years later he came to A. and M. Fleming makes nearly all the yell practices and he never misses a foot ball or baseball game. He will be with us next week at T. C. U. He says “A. and M. spirit is wonder ful and I’m sure glad I have it.” And we’re glad he is a part of the “old army:” more power to him. Introducing* Mr. J. D. Gorman, as sistant professor of Animal hus bandry. Mr. Gorman is a new mem ber of the teaching staff this year. However, he is not new in Aggie- land. He was part of it in the good old days just after the war: a ‘fish’ in ’20; a member of the junior judg ing team in ’21; won his ‘T’ with the A. and M. Judging team in ’22; and graduated in ’23. Since then Gorman has taught Vocational Ag riculture in the schools of San An gelo and Del Rio. Recently he has bought and sold livestock fo ra large company in Beaumont. We are mighty glad he is back under Prex- y’s Moon again, and we hope we can make Aggieland seem as pleasant and friendly as it used to be for him. also present and spoke. It was voted that Texas bankers, through the • organization set up at this meeting, give definite aid to ward furthering three or four major lines of agricultural and home mak ing work to be selected at district meetings to be held later this fall and winter. According to O. B. Mar tin, director of the Extension Ser vice, the conference is most signifi- cant “for it marks a • much more definite participation of Texas bank ers in the Extension program than has been possible before. Bankers have cooperated as individuals in the past,“ he said, “and while this aid has been substantial, the present plan should result in still greater impetus to the improvement of Texas agriculture.” ENROLLMENT FIGURES (Continued from Page 1) being the largest in the history of the college. The enrollment by class es isr Freshmen 962 Sophomores 745 Juniors 462 Seniors 393 Post Graduates 57 Special Students 8 Many more transfers are to be found among the new students this year than usual and though they are proud wearers of the white stripe, it will be remembered that their presence has swelled the ranks of other classes. As has been usual in the past, the School of Engineering is the largest in the College. The new Petroluem Production course in that school, which drew 66 students, half fresh men and half sophomores, was a big drawing card and promises to be come one of the leading courses in the college. The enrollment by schools follows: School of Engineering. ... 1582 School of Agriculture .... 680 Scool of Arts and Sciences 291 School of Coca. Edu 103 School of Vet. Med 21 Windrow Construction Company is pouring the last section of the Ag gie stadium. It won’t be long now. * * * There are just six players on the T. C. U. line who are in their third year of varsity competition. All graduate this year. The telephone grows air-minded BANKERS SUPPORT (Continued from Page 1) line of activity of county bankers in this field are attendance at meet ings and short courses, donation of funds, and active participation in conducting* specific demonstrations. The agricultural committee now consists of the Chairman, Colonel Holland, and nine district chairmen, each chosen to represent one of the nine Extension Service Districts of the state. Five of the nine districts were represented at this conference by the following men: W. B. .Lee of Spur, Bert E. Low of Abilene, J. H. Griffith of Taylor, A. E. Meyers of Richmond, and Frank Morris, Jr. of Gainesville. P. B. Doty of Beaumont, member of the Federal Reserve Bank Board was 'Mi E BELL SYSTEM has made many successful experiments in two-way plane to ground telephone communication. This new development illustrates how it marches a pace ahead of the new civilization. It is now growing faster than ever before. New telephone buildings are going up this year in 200 cities. Many central offices are changing from manual to dial tele phones. A vast program of cable construc tion is going on. This is the period of growth, improve* ment and adventure in the telephone, industry. Expenditures this year for new plant and service improvements will total, more than five hundred and fifty million dollars— ; one and one half times the entire cost of the Panama Canal. BELL SYSTEM nation-zoide system Df inter-connecting telephones “OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGUN"'