Editorial
Last Words
Battalion
Student Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College
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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.