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Editorial Last Words Battalion Student Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College The Weather Oceastanal Tkui COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, jutfE 2, 1^39 VOL. 38 ' PHONE 8 Z726 NO. 78 623—And Maybe More--Will Receive Degrees Tonight (A)mmencenient Commencement. What, to me, d<» s this day meant When I stand there upon the platform, clad In cap and gown, that moment u til have had The power to Heave the curtain from between Me and my future. There, beyond the screen, High on a past of mingled pood and bad Will stand one chapter ended and the glad Beginning of another, quite as keen. Commencement—End of school and study timet Of school and study time the simple start. Commencement comes each moment that / give Myself to any task. If I but cfimd With steady hand. Hear eye and fearless heart, Commencement crowns each day that I will live. Royer L. Waring , Architectural Superintendent A. & M. Dormitories Five Classes of Former Students Begin Reunions Today, Last Through Saturday Williams to Be Honored With Dinner D. yt. Williams, head of the Aai- mal Husbandry Department of A. * M>, Will be honored with a tes timonial dinner fiven by the Bryan- Brazos County Chamber of Com merce Tuesday niffht. Mr. Williams, who will sail from New Orleans June 1C to attend the International Confraa* of Animal Breeders in Zurich Switzerland during the sum. mer, it being honored for his out- 'standiag work In the agricultural field and as one of Brazos County's leading citizens. The dinner, which is being spon sored by the agricultural commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce, will dcaw a large crowd of Braaos County citizens as wall, as many men from oeer the state. Several editors of livestock journals arc expected to be ia attendance. Here ford B coders tit Texas, who are scheduled to mKe a tour of the Hereford Farma of the state Wed nesday, will be in Brazos County Tuesday and will attend the ban quet Tuesday night. Tickets for the affair, which ia to be held in the Maggie Parker Dining Hall in Bryan, may be ob tained from Ford Munnetiyn at the Seaboard Life Insurance office, A. K. Mackey at the Animal Hvs- bandy Department, C. N. Shepard- son. Head of the Dairy Husbandry Department, J. M. Jones, A. Exp. Station, Roy Snyder, Extension Service, and at Casey’s Confect ionery. h 4 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS GRADUATES 1100 MONDAY From Austin comes the an nouncement that the University of .Texas’ 1939 graduating class will nun^er 1100 students. The University’s graduation pro gram begins Sunday night at 7:46 o’clock as the graduating class and the faculty hear the baccalaureate sermon given by the Rev. Everett H. Jones, pastor o# Austin’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Previous to the baccalaureate sermon the faculty will be boot to the members of the graduating class and their families at a reception to be held in the main lounge of the Student Union Building; On Monday night, at the same time, the members of the graduat ing class will receive their degrees ‘on the terrace In front of the Uni versity’s Main BuiM it 30 Graduate From A. & M. High School The oommeSieement exercises of the A. A M. Consolidated High School took plaee^at sight o’clock in Guion Hall last ni^ht with 30 seniors, the largest graduating class in the hiatory of the school, receiving diplomas. George B. Wllcok, president of the Texas State Teachers Asso ciation, and professor pf education at A. A M-, delivered the com mencement address to {the class. I Mrs. ’C. W. Simmons eras or ganist Dor the program which open ed with a prelude and was follow ed by the processional march by the graduating class. Invocation was by Reverend Norman Ander son. Betty Jane Winkler, daughter of Dean and Mrs. C. JS. Winkler, delivtred the valedictory, and Brooks Cofer, son of Professor and Mrs. D. B. Cofer, delivered the Salut-a Lonan address as honor stu dents of the class. \ Presentation of diplomas was carried out by T. W. Iceland Luke Pstrsnells. donor of the Scholar ship Qup. presented the cup to Betty Jane Winkler, the valedic torian; Mrs. A. M. Waldrop pre sented the Daughters at the A mer icaa Revolution racial to Ervin Carroll for his work in American history; and P. W. Edge presented the swards for atOrndanee and ac tivities in class and School work. Music awards were made to mem ber* of the Consolidated Little Symphony Orchestra by Lieuten- ant-Celonel Richard J. Dunn, con ductor. The reunion of five classes of- ■ ex-students of A. A M will start this afternoon with n lawn party for the class af ’04 given by A. B. Conner, director of the Texas Ag ricultural Experiment Station and member of that class, at his home. The classes of ’99, ’04. ’09, ’14, *29 will hold reunions here to day and tomorrow in one af the biggest meeting* of ex-studonts in the history of the school. Programs of the reunions of the various classes will he in charge of their respective class presidents or leaders which include numerous campus individuals as well as mem bers from out of state. The class of TO will be headed by Clam Pres ident W. D. "Army” Armstrong of Kentucky, Dr. Anudd Ajsderaaa of Tennessee,'W. L. “Rwede” Bos tick and R. L. "Boh” Tucker from Lo* Angeles, and a dozen local members of the daaa which will serve as a reception and general committee for the meeting. The class of *14 will be headed by J. Forrest Range, president, who is rancher at Chriatoval, Texas. While the clam of ‘09 will be head ed by a Committee composed bf D. M. Shearer, D. B. Harris. W. H. Furneaux, T. A. Van Amburgh, and C. C. Schley. Arthur B. Conner has taken charge of the entertainment of the ’04 class while E. J. Kyle, Dean at the School of Agriculture will head the activities of the clam ef TO. Activities of the entire former student group as a whole will start Saturday at noon with the annual joint Faculty-Former Student lun cheon In Sbiss Hall. The Annual Membership Business Meeting of the Fortner Students Association will be held that afternoon in the t- M.,C. A. Chapel at 2:30 p. m. With Association President C. L. Babcock presiding. The program will feature various reports, the election of director* and the elec tion of officer* for the coming year, the discussion of future plans, and any other business which might be brought before the meeting by those present. Figure In Graduation Exercises Largest Senior Gass in History to Be Graduated Col. Chevalier to The two area shows above will play aa important role in the livm af around 623 A. A M. students today. They are Col. Willard Chevalier, vice president of McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. of New York (left), who la to deliver the romaieneement oddrem this afternoon; and Walter G. Lacy. Vico preaMeat af the Board of Directors of A. A M, who will pre seat the diplomas to the sealers sad varises professions! degrees. College Workers \_ Shaken in Accident j Dr. W. P. Tsylor, Dr. W. B. Da vis, and Paul Jones, all of the Wildlife Research organisation of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, were bruised and shaken up Tuesday night whwi the car in which they were riding skidded and turned over. ' OPPOSITE SIDE OF DRILL FIELD FOR SPECTATORS The procedure for Final Review will be reversed from the usual layout, according to CoL Moore, P. M. S. A T. and Commandant. Spectator* this Saturday will watch the corps from the south side of the drill field instead of the cus tomary place across the field on the north side. This change has been made in order that the corps can form in a straight line of platoons instead of the old "L” formation that was necessary doe to lack of room. Col. Moore said that this is the logical formation^ and that he couldn’t understand why someone hadn’t thought of ‘K before. The corps will march on the drill field and form in a line parallel to the streak in front of Law and Puryear halls, and in order to pass the reviewing stand from left to right, the west end of the line will start first, 6,600 STUDENTS EXPECTED FOR ’39-’40 TERM In an estimate of enrollment for the session of 1939-40, E. J. Howell, Registrar, states that be expects a total enrollment of 6,600 for the whole year with an initial enroll ment in September of 6,300 The accuracy of Registrar How ell’s estimations have been sup ported by past statistics. On April 1. 1938, he estimated 5,700 enrollees for the TO-TO term. The enroll ment turned out to exceed his es timation by only 100. Dividing his estimate into di es, there are 200 graduate students, 48 fifth year students, 920 seniors, l.-’OK junior students, 1,109 sopho mores. 2,600 freshmen and 15 spe cial students expected to attend. It is believed that the enrollment in September will follow those fig ures closely. All but Five of 26 Graduating Civil Engineers Employed Bjy Highway Dept. II apparently pay* to study civil engineering if the graduating class in that subject at Texas A. A M. ia »ny indication of the need for suc> engineer*. \ , Of the 26 students who will ra the bachcelor of science de- grefca , in civil engineering Friday, June 2, all but five have accepted employment with the Texas State Highway Departmeat at various posts all over the state, according to an announcement made by Gibb Gikhrist, dean at the school of en- gtgasring. Of the five not employed by the highway department, one is return ing to his home in Puerto Rico where be will work in his profes sion; another is going to work for the Kellogg Foundation at Battle reek, Mich., and another has cepted a commission aa a Second Lieutenant in the regular army and will be stationed at Kelly Field Texas. One will bo connected with the Magnolia Petroleum Co,, in Dallas, Deliver Address Colonel Willard Chevalier, vice- president of the McGraw-Hill Pub lishing Company of Naw York, will deliver the commencement sdilrssn to the 648 members of the sixty- third graduating class at A. A M. tonight at 6:16, on Kyta Field. The exercises will follow immediately the Commencement Processional, which begins at 6:00 p. m. The Valedictory address will be delivered by Cadet Captain Andrew P Rollins Jr., of Dallas, Who was recently chosen Valedictorian from among the ten seniors hawing the highest scholastic average, Rollins having the highest average. Walter G. Lacy, Vice-president of the board of directors of the college, will confer degrees upon the members of the • graduating class. 294 of these are from the School ef Agriculture, 816 from the School of Engineering, 66 from the School of Arts and Sciences and 47 will receive the degree of doc tor of veterinary medicine. 96 mem bers of the Graduate School will receive degrees of master of atat and the fifth has accepted work I enc *’ ,nd I*®feaeional degrees wKh the Soils Laboratory. United ,n '•"frineermg will be presented. States Experiment Station, at President and Mrs. T. O. Walton VMtaburg, Miss. j will be at home informally to I Even with all men from this year’s class jrfaeed, there was still need for more civil engineers than could be supplied by the college, Dean Gilchrist announced. "A sim ilar condition existed last year,” he added. Juniors and Seniors To Receive R.O.T.C. Checks After Review hers of the graduating class and their guests following ths Com mencement exercises. Former Stu dents and their families and mem bers of the faculty and their fam ilies are also invited. Colonel George D. Sears, of the 'staff of the Thirty-sixth Division I of the Texas National Gsard, will mak« the formal presentation of Reserve Commissions to senior members of the R. O. T. C. at 8:M> ! in the morning. Final Rcrview will begin at 9:3(k Notice! A complete Bst of 623 candidates for degrees to be found on page three of this issue of Hie Battalion. Dormitory Dedicated Thursday to Edwin J. Kiest, Vice President of Board and a Great Aggie Worker YMCA Making Effort To Obtain Temporary Use of Building Efforts art boiog made by the Y. M. C. A. to obtain the old illege Station elementary school tiding for use as a temporary Y building near ths new dormitories, it has been learned. The Board of IRrectors has not yet taken action on ths proposal. { If ths request goes through a confectionery will be located in the building for the convenience of sta-* dents housed in the new dormitor- Tho dedication of ths Edwin J. Kiest Hull Thursday afternoon marked the first in a series of twslve such ceremonies in the dedi cations of the new A. A M. 82,000.000 building program. Honoring one of Tekas’ and tht Southwest’s most outstanding pub lisher* and a man v. ho. has been of inestimable service to A. A M., the dedication eras a fitting tribute to a rasa wha has given unselfishly of his time and services to A. A M. Owner and publisher of the Dallas Times Herald, owner of radio sta tion KRLD and recently voted Dal las’ Most outstanding citisen, Mr. member of the of Diructors for the XI*. services opened >and played several which T M. Law, the A. A M. Board spoke in high praise and of the many fine e has done tor the col- Following Dr. Law’s address, CsAel C..J. Wimer expressed the thanks of the student body to Mr. Kiest for his unselfish work for the college. E. K. McQuillen, Secretary of the Association of Farmer Students, next expressed ths appreciation of ths 86,000 form er students, and Mr. McQuillen was (Con tin usd on pug* 4) R. OV -T. C. subsistence check- ’ P«M after Final Rdview Saturday. GILCHRIST GIVEN :r, HONORARY DEGREE s certainty that they will be here then. Col. Moore said that they had never failed to get here before the end bf school, hut In case that happened, they would be mailed out .j ‘ \ ^ - junior* will be paid the usual 64 per mile travel allowance both ways frekn College Station to Camp Bul- l>*. and will receive this Sum after thgy arrive in camp, the R. M. S. A T. and Commandant said., BOARD TO TAKE ASSIGNMENTS Assignment of students to rooms in the new dormitories awaits.act ion by the- Board of Director* at * meeting Saturday, it ws* announc ed today. Whether or not the mat ter will be discussed at their meet ing Saturday will depend upon the other matters at hand. Several plans for apportioning different organisations to the halls ar* under consideration, but so far the only organisations already as signed to the new dorms are the band ahd the athletes. Much spec ulation and anticipation has been areuted over this question, but aa yet not plans have been formulated. The Board will consider not only the assignment of students to the new dormitories, but also the dis position of certain of the older dor mitories. The old dormitories that are not too run down will likely be used for classrooms and offices for the faculty, but this also is final until the Board gives its ap Above ia shown a photograph at the kroase plaqne A. A M.’e new dormitories, wkkh was dedicated ye has been placed am Kiest Hall sue at T. R. TIMM. ECONOMIST IM farm management gl A. A M . hast he returned hew granted a six walks' leave pf 1 merit Dean Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of the Engineering Department of A. A M. was gives the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at the nine tieth commencement of the Austin College in Sherman Monday night. Dr. T. S. Clyee, president emer itus of Austin College, presented the degree at the annual com mencement exercises which is one of the oldest colleges in the state. The degree was conferred on Dean Gilchrist by the Board of Trusteas of the institution as an acknow ledgement of his outstanding work in the field of engineering. Dr. Gilchrist also received an ax- tension this week of his appoiiR- n^nt as consulting highway spec- mi Wt on the Committee of Design of the State Highway Department of Tekas. His reappointment on the design'committee, which has charge of the planning and designing of Texas highways, was atade by Thomas McDonald, Chief of the Bureau of ^yblkr Roads of Taxaa. Dr. Gilchrist was bora at Wills Point. Texas, *nd attended school there before hi* entrance into Tex as University from which he grad uated with a degree in Ciyil Engi neering in 1909. After graduation he entered the Engineering De partment of the Santa,, Pa Railroad where he worked r until the United States into the at which time he joined States Army and served being discharged at tfc Captain in Engineer*, entered the Texas State Department aa a Resident and Di vision Engineer in which capacity he served until 1924 when be was made a State Highway Engineer. In 1926 Dr. Gilchrist left the state department to enter a consulting hr Dallas uatil 1MB when to the state depart- abaence to attend a special course pointjnent as Dean of Engineering at Iowa State College. at A. where be servrd uatil hie ap- * M. in September, 1937.