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Prairie State Forestry Project
•f !*• U. & D^»artMcat W A»rt-
fro« Amariiw. opake Wre
> rwterday far the special lecture
«*•••» •• conaerration (Acrical-
tarpl ■raaawica 4*»), the a.b-
>ct •< rafacaatatiaa.
Construction On New
Laundry Begins Soon
Application has baaa filed with
tha Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration at Washington, D. CL, for
• loan of 175,000 for bui]din? and
equipment of a new College Laun
dry,
The 175,000 will be need mainly
for p new budding, which will be
jfonM.i. rat. y larger than the pres
ent old laundry. The location for
the new building has not yet boon
announced, but la thought to be
next to the old one.
_|U* •*■• Wp* «d the Board of D4-
r **tors that construction of the
new laundry will be well under
way early In the fall, before school
•Carta,
Bids for the building of the new
laundry will be received duly 12.
On the aaaae date bids will he taken
for fund tuna •for the new dorari-
toriss, and dining tables and chairs
for the »ew mess hail. ;
M\ j ; :
JTexas Schools Voted 17
Million; Credits In
^Military Transferrable
The Forty-sUth Regular Seeaion
of the Legislature adjourned Wed-
neaday after foiling to provide for
the financing of aocial security, the
"Number One” problem oonfront-
tay them, according to Governor
OTiaaleL, |
JAHhough economy was the aim
of tha Legislature, the
aside for
subetantially
all building
The iacrea
cMammd by
*■* •♦•te schools. The total amount
Tvowidad *■ the educational hill was
•lrJB§,47d. Of this amount,
$1,817,412 etas appropriated for the
University of Texas. The appro
priation • for last y o a r was
$1,875,7-4
Bkpsh hiterest was aroused by
the proposal to establish an R. O.
T. C. unR on the University enm-
rms. After having advanced as
fhr as a final reading in the Homs,
H wa.« defeated During the rsad-
iag of the biU, there were loud
comments and demonstrations in
th« i>«konyj by op|K>nenU of the
ball <-eneral student opinion on
the University campus was as
! «sual against tha passage of the
bilL
The educational bill ia now in
the hands of the Governor. He *»».
! the privilege ef vetoing any of the
numerous clauses which he thi«»ir T
VOL. 1 K. Phone 8
COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 80. 19 19 zfS
NO. 4
Summer Pasture Prom Will Be Held Next Friday
Ten Per Cent of Texas
I. E. Educators Here
E. L. Williams, head of the De
partment of Industrial Education,
has announced that nearly 10* of
Texas’ industrial education teach
ers are enrolled in his department
during the current summer session,
doing graduate work,.
Although practically all other
Texas colleges and universities are
offering graduate work sad out-
of-state colleges are sending at-
t^setive Htaratare to interest Tex
as’ industrial education teachers,
Mr. WilUasss has stated that the
A. A M. enrollment in tK4« field j*
larger than toy other college or
university in the Southwest.
Two states and 4d towns and
cities ere represented by 62 per
sons during the current session.
This group includes nine tserhrrs
of vocations] industrial arts, five
teachers of college work, six school
administrators, 27 teachers of fcv-
<*ustrial arts end six others
Outstanding: Sports
Stars To Be Chosen
field ef
MUer ef The
ia the ftasl '<
fee the first
ef the
ef aet ealy haw maay *P«.rta they
Plsy hat alee haw w#0 they p Uy
aad their attitade thrsaghaat the
Sports to he iacJaded ia the
ceateat will swimming, soft-
haB. t seals, golf, bow Hag. aad the
•M standby ef the
Well, be ea
•». far eae
watehiag. darn
who’s
DB- JAMBS L DODSON. 1N-
rweter ia the History Depart-
nt, ia spending the first part of
this summer is Europe, where his
itinerary includes France, Austria.
Switzerland, and Kngland. Dr. Dod
son will teach a course St A. A M.
on International Developments dur
ing the second summer semester.
New Dorms Rapidly
Approach Completion
Construetioa of tha twelve new
dormitories is up to schedule. With
more than 600 men working at a
feverish rate in order to complete
them by September 1, H appears
that If the construction company
runs into no ntiforsseen difficulties,
the Ms will be reedy for occu
pancy by the time the fall session
starts, which Is the time the con
tract specifies they must be ready.
With the exception of having the
•soary cleaned, the aluminum
doors set, end locks put in the
wooden doors, the construction of
three of the dorms is complete. By
the end Of this week all the ex
terior masonry of the buildings will
be completed However, a aaasll
amount of work will remain on the
interior masonry. ,
Laying of bricks for the new
mesa hell has started. As this is
the largest of the buildings end e
large dmou*t ef equipment must
be installed, it is probab.e that this
will 6*' the last building to be fin
ished. However, It will be reedy to
serve 8.000 Aggies by the time'
•ahool Starts in September. With
the completion ef this’ building.
A. A M. will have the two largest
mess halls in the world.
Kids for furniture bed* chairs,
dseka. and dressers—for the new
dorms, end diming tables end chairs
for the new mess hall, will be re
ceived July It, the seme day bids
are taken for the sew laundry for
which application Is BOW p—wli"g
with the R. P. C« which furnished
the 22,000,000 lean to the college
for the new dormitories and din
ing hall.
Two months ago the Southern
Equipment Company of St. Louis
was swarded the 2200,000 contract
for all mess hall equipment other
than the tables aad chairs. This
equipment is to be installed in the
new asess hall and ready for use at
the same time as are the new
buildings.
It ia not yet known what or
ganizations will he ssigned to the
new halls, other than the major
athletes and the Aggie Band. Each
of these groups will occupy a new
hall. Announcement of dormitory
•saigdmeats for all organization!*
will be made July L .3
THE BLUM KR PRESS CLUE
composed of members of The Sum
mer Battalion staff, has —
, l - *** a*r • pfcmie to be held Fri
day evening at Heaaal Park, near
Scoates’ Lake. Members of the
dub will asset at the Administra
tion Building at seven o’clock.
Plane have been made to nerve hot
dogs. A short gaasa of hneebeii
is also entered in the evening's en
tertainment. with the loom hav
ing to cook the hot dogs.
2,000 Expected for Jr. Division, 5,000 for Adult
Division, of Fanners’ Short Course on Campus
The annual A. A M.
Short Course will soon bo held on
the campus, and as always before
is expected to attract many hun-
dssds at Texas farmers and farm
children to the college.
A* ha 1938, the current meeth^
will be divided into two soctiono—
one July 6 through 7 fog 4-H Club
boys and girls, and 9 second cne
July 12 through 14 ior adults
Division of the short course ad-
lows the im.titut.on to provide suf
ficient accommodations for the
Two thousand or more are
•eted to attend the Junior
Di-
wfll be climaxed by the colorful
farm people taking the major part.
Guest speakers will be headlined vote
by A- F. Lever at South Carolina.
Dance Chairman
Bs«*7 Campbell. Summer
Battalion staff member, who is
•f the Sammer Pas-
A.&M. Gym Scene
Of Informal Event
The Summer Psstur. Prom, the
college’s first summer daare in re
nt years, will be spoiasored by
the Summer Press Club 4ext Fri
day sight, July 7, from ir until 1.
MUton Edge’s Orchestra will
feature "awing,” as tbd square
d*n«« takes a back saat *t an in
formal barq dance. Ticl
Summer Pasture Prom,
b# held in the A- A 1
priced at only 75 cents
PWAnasd from member* of the
Preaa Club or at Lipscomb Pfcar-
~ xcy.
TV boys sad girts whoj have at
tended an A. A M. barn'dance in
the past remember the S^joyment
of attending these informal dance*
dressed just as they pis to*.
Coni, comfortable clothes will be
the order of the day, and (he theme
of the eatfre jnmm. like former
Aggie bar* dances, will jbe infor-
■MlBy. Proceeds of the Prom will
go to tha’fhtoimei Prasej Club.
The Summer Pasture
mittee, headed by
Po*gy Campbell and
nva.nn Hchmi
Charles Ballowe, Paul Sfrch, Sara
*Um Gofer, Earle Shields, aad Bob
N'• zbet. decoration®; SyhHa Smith,
Margaret Ann WilBaMt Delbert
Hifihker, and Jimmy James, pub
licity; Don Burk. Hub>' Johnson,
Margaret jifi oil, ngshesd, Albert
Oay, and Berman Spoedr. tickets.
State School Administrators Att
Two Conferences On Here This
American Schools Most
Exalt Democracy, Says
Brooks to 8upervi.sont\
“Any school program tkkt does
not democracy and make
school life an experience in de
mocracy must inevitably be of poor
quality in America,” Dean T. D.
Brooks of the School of Arte and
Sciences and tha Graduate Srheol
°* A. A M. told approximately 75
county superintendent* and super-
'rtsors «t the opening seasien at
their annual conference here Mon
day morning
“Americans believe ia e govern
ment that ia a servant, not a mas
ter uf the people,” he said. “Edu-
cstion must foster this conception
eek
of government, or in this or some
othrr period of depression and be-
viaion. Five thousand are expected w * «»<* oureehree
for th. aa,i* subjects of a totalitarian
Americans believe in a government
of law and not of men in distribo-
for the Adult. *
The 4-H Club program will ^ _
eist ef the selection of outstanding of governmental
dub members, talks by represen- Mfe^uard against tyrannv
o!rv“?* r ~"* "i*"’* 14 B „
U •*thrities; and u^ee principles.
Dr. -Uaydm Southall.
«rmnony ef the gold star awards of elementary education of
i, 00l r , ”" J 10 *C.11^, for t-cwTH
Wl..r honor. NMhrtia, Tn,ne<~.. ofm* h.,
w 11 *^"** ^ adll,t pPOCr * m sf Si* lectures with the ad-
will be land use planning, with vice to make the school environ-
educational and to de
thought to the
(Ipeatinued on Page 4)
► Wilcox L ,
Of State Aid at Meet of
Leodiac Administrator*
Administration ef safety educa
tion and cooperation with industry
in industrial education are princi
pal topics of the Six* 1 Annual
Texas School -Administritteu con
ference being held at A. A M.
Tuesday through »Wdgr of this
weak. Dean T. D. Brook 1, head of
the School of Arte mb I Sciences
end of the Gr> hmuTkchool. to
conference secrefory. P. D. Wallace
of Mount Pletoaat - fa general
chairman of the exeeuth 1 commit
tee. - r '
^rof. George W.Wilco j, instruct
tor in the A. A M rtment of
Kducat.on and preeidet t of the
Texas State Teachers Association,
is leading a diacne sien 4
the three day ssesirm.
State Aid Is Necessary. 1
Other speakers have
Srygley, sasistaat
•f Pbrt Arthur,
“Plans of the
tion of Collages
Schools for Evaluating
e*wd*ting High Schools”;
C# Dubkf] Of
two-day discussion on ‘interpret
ing the Present-Day Bikes
rrsm.l-o the Public”; Pfof
Williams, head of the
Education Department, leading the
ikm of -AdminisBntion of
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