The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 02, 1934, Image 3

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Animal Huabandry,
Agricultural Engl
and Statistics,
Art.
for other schools, still
1C The agricultural school has the following
a student may specialise: Agronom;
Dairy Husbandry, Poultry Husbandry,
neering. Genetics, Agricultural Economus.
Farm and Ranch Management, Rural Sociology, i
17. th* liberal arts school, a service school
offers an opportunity for a liberal and broader education.
18. Students in the liberal arts school prepare for general busi
ness careers.
19. The pre-medical course is hardly d*celled in the southwest.
20. An excellent opportunity is afforded in the pre-law work.
- 21. The physical education department prepraes students for
coaches and teAchers of physical education.
22. Teachers are prepared to teach in High School, especially in
science.
23. Geologist, Physicist, Mathematicians. Chemists, English.
Modem Dormitories at Texas A &
Discusses
Planning:
Hart Hall.
19801 This is one of the newest dormitor
erected in
and it embodies the latest improvements in dormitory design
History, and Modem Language students
ment.
24. The Vocational Teaching school hah the departments of Agri
cultural Education, Rural Education, Industrial Educatioa, and In-
■ dust rial Arts.
25. Students are trained to teach and hold school administrative
positions. ‘
20. Vocational Agricultural teachers get their theoretical educa
tion in this department.
27. Students are trained to hold industrial vocational teaching
positions in the State. i '! •
28. Industrial extension classes are sponsored by industrial edu
cation department.
29. The Veterinary Medicine School is one of the only six of its
i|ind in the United States.
; * 30. Degrees of Doctor of Veterinary. Medfc-ine are awarded in the
school.. ,
31. Students who graduate from this school readily find positions
with the U. S. Army and other governmental agencies.
32. Many of the Veterinary students go into private practice and
establish hospitals of their own.
33. The laboratories and equipment of the school can hardly be
excelled anywhere.
34. The staff is will equipped and trtin^d for teaching. _
35. Research carried on by the school Has saved the stockman of
the southwest many millions of dollars.
36. The Dean of the School is the Grahd Old Man of A and M,
perhaps the worlds greatest authority on the horse. He is the possessor
of perhaps the largest museum of fossils in the southwest and he is
one of Texas' most valuable citizens.
37. Courses in the veterinary school Are offered in veterinary
anatomy, veterinary medicine and surgery, Veterinary pathology, and
veterinary physiology and pharmacology.
38. A number of students in the Graduate School carry on re
search projects with the Agricultural Experiment Station and make
valuable contributions to the existing fund dt knowledge.
39. A majority of the departments ar* now offering graduate
courses leading to the degree of master of spience.
40. The Texas Agricultural Experiment.Station with its nineteen
suh-stations located all .over Texas carries (Hi many experiments de
signed to improve farming and farm living in Texas.
41. The Experiment Station through Dr.-jrancis discovered the
' immunization for the Texas cattle tick fever. This has made possible
the raising of fin* cattle in Texas and the disapearance of the Texas
Longhorn. This alone has increased the wealth of Texas many millions
annually. ,
42. The Texas Experiment Station introduced the grain sorghums
in the United States. The Texas crop no^r amounts to 60.000,000
bushels annually or one-half of the total production of the United
States. .! ■ (I j
43. Recently the Experiment Station has developed a vaccine for
the immunization of sore mouth in kids and fitmb*. This will mean a
saving of millions of dollars to Texas ranchmdti.
44. Seventeen different divisions of research ape carried on by
the Agricultural Experiment Station each manned by a capable, well-
trained research staff.
4*. The A and M Extension Service has charge of the County
Agents and Home Demonstration Agents of Texas.
46. Of the 500 people employed by this division, there is ■ repre
sentative in almost every county in Texas.
47. Practically all of the government’s i emergency agricultural
program has been put into operation through -the A and M Extension
Service. ; f ■If
48. A great majority of all the farm h^mes in Texas are con
tacted by the Extension Service each year.. j J
49. Many city homes in Texas have beers aided by home canning
in the “live at home program” sponsored by the Extension Service.
50. The “live at home program" sponsored by the Extension Ser
vice has assisted 130 boys to attend A and M this year in the A and M
Codperative Group Student Houses.
51. Demonstration work is carried on among farm ""men and
women and farm boys and girls.
52. Each year the farmers short course sponsored by the Ex
tension Service brings between 4,000 and 5,00|D men and women and
boys and girls to College Station to he students at A and M for one
week.
53. The A and M Forestry Service in 'the offices at College
Station and Lufkin and in the field have over 100 men employed.
54. The Forestry Service attempts to preserve our forests and
develop new forests on our cut over lands and in non forest areas.
55. The Farm Forestry Depaptmeat atteomi to develop forestry
as a small farm enterprise.
56. Campaigns against forest fires are conducted continuously.
57. The men in the division have taken an,active part in assisting
in the CCC forestry program in Texas and'other States.
58. The division has some of its own experimental forestry land.
59. The Engineering Experiment Station conducts various ex
periments designed to promote the industrial development of Texas.
60. Projects are promoted through cooperation with the various
teachers on the engineering faculty.
61. Graduate students in engineering have an opportunity to do
research work in connection with the Engineering Experiment Station.
62. The head of the division seta as the Chief College Architect.
1 63. Texas A and M is the largest military school in the United
States.
64. The military activities are arranged so as not to interfere
with a students class work. Only three hours of military tactics are
required a week for the first two years. In th« last two years military
training is optional j I
~ 65. A and M gave a larger percent of her student body in the
service of our country in the world war than any other school in the
United States. Most all of these men were commissioned officers.
66. A and M’s 116 piece military^band is one of the largest and
finest in the United States.
- 67. The U. S. Government has over one-half million dollars in
army equipment and 54 officers and enlisted men at A and M to give
the boys the military training.
68. Most of the uniform is furnished free of charge to the boys
the first two years. Less than $20 is required the first year for clothes.
The Federal Government pays compensation for the students to take
the junior and senior years of military Uainiitf.
69. Ther are units in Infantry, Field Ajktilery, Cavalry, Engi
neers, Signal Corps, and Coast Artillery. j
70. Texas A and M has the largest Mess Hall in the world
(single eating room). • jll * i ]
71. Texas A and M is the cheapest technical school of ita stand
ing in the United States.
72. Reviving economic and industrial conditions make a great
demand for technically trained students from A and M.
73. Many departments cannot supply the demand for their stu
dents.
74. A end M is a democratic school were- the boy who has little
money is rated as high as the boy who has much money.
75. A and M has the most loyal ex-student body in the world.
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. . .. . rooms. Lavatories with built-in medicine cabinets $nd lighted shaviii
i * ,n ** ** mr mirrors are in each room and showers between each two rooms.
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law and Pur year Halls, erected in 19ti8. The#e two dormitoriti
fbec each other on an open court. They contain 1#8 room* each aid
are equipped with the most modern in heating afd ventilating sys
tems. These buildings are built on the ramp systdm and have seph-
rate shower and toilet facilities for each four rooms. ,
the regular meeting of the
Club in the Asbury
>f the Library on Thursday
26, the subject of Eco-
ming was carried out
program. R. L. Elkins
i the “History of Economic
in which he explained
momic planning was, and
back to the beginning,
cited several examples of
planning. P. H. Csaro-
gave a paper on “Eco-
mg As It Exists To-
mting out examples of
ic program such as
istance fanning program,
A, and its sub-branches,
ng was then turned into
discussion of the subjects,
ixt and last meeting of
clulj this year will be held in
Ashbry Room on May 10. The
nj will include speeches by
H^inett on “The Erratic Cbn-
ce|i of Profit", R. W. Hutson on
“Tke E< onomists Concept of Pro
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Ar. EnRineers Will
Enter Show Exhibits
SCHOLARSHIP CLUB
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Election of i facers fer the Schp-
lar«hip Honor Sbriety will be held
at the banquet,for that purpose
next Tuesday night. May 8, ‘Jn
the banquet roorji of the Me** liqll.
In accordance With the consti4)-
tion of the *oci^ty, the new offi
cer* for the following year are fl
eeted at the nexj to the last meet
ing of the soeietb during the year,
and theh take <marge of the
meeting^ according to H. F. Martin,
prr-odent of the: society.
I>ean Holton will be the siieakyr
of the evening,. His subject no( yfcd
being announced. Member* of t^e
ed. With the show only two week* society *ho will ,not be able to at-
otf, the members were urged to tend the banquet are requested to
devote their time to the projects notify t)ie president before Tue*-
planned. I . * ' ' ' day. [ ,~TT| ' T J
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Member* of the Agricultural En
gineering Society completed plan*
for their part in the annual Engi
neering Show at a meeting held
last Thursday night in the Agri
cultural Engineering building.
During the discussion in which
ideas concerning the show were
presented. F. R. Jones, associate
professor of the Agricultural En
gineering department, made sev
eral helpful suggestions to the
students. An outline of what the
department intends to do in the
Engineering Show was completed
and all ideas included were review-
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