THE BATTALION
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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
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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
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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"'