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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1939)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1939 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 These Men Administer A.&M. Affairs T. O. WALTON President of the college since 1925 . . . born near Gary, Texas. . . . attended Sam Houston Normal, North Texas Normal, and Texas A. & M. . . . awarded the degree of doctor of laws by Baylor Univer sity in 1926 . . . came to A. & M. in 1916 as state agent with the Extension Service . . . named as sistant director in 1918, retaining his position until his selection as president of the college . . . has held this position during the period of A. & M.’s greatest growth and most radical changes . . . has al ways been one of the students’ best friends . . . known as “Prexy” by the students . . . will always be remembered for his likable speech es. Private Lessons in Expres sion are being given by Mrs. Wood. Phone College 503 or call at Boyett Apt. No. 4 for appointments. CHECK UP AGGIES! 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BOLTON Vice-president of the college . . . was made Dean of the College in 1931 . . . was dean of the School of Engineering from 1922 to 1937. . . . holds degree from Mississippi A. & M. in electrical engineer ing . . . was a major in the cadet corps there and also assistant com mandant for a year . . . came here as a professor of physics . . . taught electrical engineering sev eral years ... is now a major of reserves in the Signal Corps . . . serves on several committees and figures prominently in every col lege undertaking ... is a welcome guest at many banquets . . . well- liked by all, especially engineering students who seek his advice . . . is substitute “Prexy” when Pres ident Walton is away. E. J. KYLE Dean of the School of Agricul ture since 1911 . . . graduated from A. & M. in 1889; distinguished him self in every phase of student activities . . . then attended Cor nell University, receiving his mas ter of science degree from that in stitution in 1902 . . . first became •a member of the teaching staff of A. & M. in June, 1902 . . . was advanced to head of his depart ment in 1905, and was made dean of the School of Agriculture upon its creation in the summer of 1911. . . . has authored numerous bulle tins and texts on agricultural sub jects ... is the outstanding figure in the growth and development of the School of Agriculture at A. & M. . . . under his direction it has become the most up-to-date and most efficient agricultural school in the country, ranking at the top in enrollment R. P. MARSTELLER Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine ... attended Ohio State University, receiving the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine there in June, 1905 . . . came to A. & M. in November of that year as instructor of veterinary science and assistant veterinarian for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station . . . has served as acting dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine since June, 1936, and was chosen dean in July of ’37, suc ceeding the beloved Doctor Mark Francis v* COL. IKE ASHBURN Executive assistant to the pres ident . . . appointed to that post in 1937, when he resigned as head of the Texas Good Roads Associa tion and publisher of the Texas Parade to come here . . . first con nected with the college in 1913, when he resigned as city editor of the old Fort Worth Record to be come director of publicity . . . be came major at first Officers Train ing Camp at Leon Springs in 1917, emerged from the World War as a colonel . . . commandant from 1920 until 1924, when he became executive secretary of the reor ganized Former Students Associa tion . . . became manager of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in 1927, serving until he became as sociated with the Texas Good Roads Association . . . headed Houston office of the R.F.C. ... is probably the friendliest and best-known man on the campus. E. J. HOWELL Registrar of the College—with whom the students have innumer able interviews in regard to such things as grade points and class ifications . . . took his B. S. de gree in chemical engineering at A. & M. in 1922, his M.S. here in ’32 . . . worked a year as a chem engineer, taught chemistry a year at John Tarleton Agricultural Col lege, was registrar and command ant at John Tarleton from 1924 to 1930, and has been in the Regis trar’s Office of A. & M. since 1930, becoming Registrar two years af ter that date . . . has been pres ident of the Association of Texas Colleges and the Texas Associa tion of Collegiate Registrars, vice- president of the American Asso ciation of Collegiate Registrars, and president of the Texas Depart ment of the Reserve Officer Asso ciation ... is now president of the Eighth Corps Area Council of the R.O.A., and a member of many or ganizations . . . has won much re spect. Bill Murray, 1939-40 editor-in- chief of The Battalion, A. & M. student tri-weekly newspaper and monthly humor magazine, and also of the 1939 Summer Battalion. fAggies, Meet Your School 9 s Officials— EDITORIAL EXPRESSION In this issue, on this page, The Battalion presents to a student body 6,000-strong, portraits of all the highest- ranking administrative offi cials of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, together with a thumb nail sketch of the career of each. A. & M. is blessed with a fine body of officials—up standing, outstanding, under standing men who are promi nent, active, and distinguished in many fields, many affairs and activities. Believing that all the stu dent body should know them and what they do, The Bat talion is devoting this section to that purpose. These men all welcome and encourage visits of all students at all times; a of all students at all times; and The Battalion urges that students avail themselves of this opportunity for guidance and counsel and for valuable contacts with men preeminent in their respective fields. Pictured on this page are Dr. T. O. Walton, president of the col lege; Dr. F. C. Bolton, dean and vice-president; Colonel Ike Ash- burn, executive assistant to the president and director of public information; Colonel George F. Moore, U. S. Army, Commandant and professor of military science and tactics; Dr. T. D. Brooks, dean of the Graduate School and of the School of Arts and Sciences; Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the School of Engineering; E. J. Kyle, dean of the School of Agriculture; and Dr. R. P. Marsteller, D.V.M., dean of the School of Veterinary Medi cine. Other administrative officers, not pictured, include Dr. C. H. Winkler, director of the summer session; W. H. Holzmann, comptroller of accounts; Dr. T. F. Mayo, librarian; Ormond R. Simpson, director of student employment; Lieutenant Joe E. Davis, assistant command ant; Mason L. Cashion, secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation of the college; G. B. Win stead, director of publicity; J. C. Hotard, supervisor of subsistence; and B. D. Marburger, superinten dent of buildings and college utili ties. Eugene J. Howell, shown at the left, is Registrar of the college and secretary of the faculty; and E. L. Angell, at the right, is manager of student publications and busi ness manager of student activities. The Battalion here wishes to ex tend a special tribute to Mr. An gell—affectionately known by pub lications staff members as “Chief” —for his wise counsel and untiring assistance in many endeavors. James “Jaime” Critz, appointed associated editor of The Battalion newspaper; acts as managing edi tor of one of the three issues week ly. The office of the Professor of Military Science and Tactics an nounced that the physical examina tions for junior military science contracts are being held in Ward 7 in the basement of the college hos pital, starting Monday at 8 a. m. The examinations are being carried out under the supervision of Lt. Col. Henry W. Meisch, United States Medical Corps. T. D. BROOKS Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and of the Graduate School ... a graduate of Baylor University . . . served as principal and superintendent of schools at Hillsboro ... in 1916 became pres ident of Southwestern State Nor mal College of Oklahoma . . . en rolled in the University of Chicago in 1919 and received his M.A. de gree in 1920, his Ph.D. in 1921 . . . tion from 1921 until he came to A. & M. in 1932 ... in demand on and off the campus as a speaker, he has taken an active interest in college affairs . . . the larger groups included in the School of Arts and Sciences are liberal arts students, pre-medical students, and science students . . . one of its major functions is to provide ser vice courses for the other schools of the college. Fred A. “Bodie” Pierce Jr., head senior yell-leader for 1939-40, “H” Infantryman and agricultural ad ministration student from Luling. M. Saldana, ’38, is working for the American Smelting & Refining Company in Monterrey, N. L. Mex ico, where he gets his mail at Apartado 101, of that city. COLONEL GEORGE F. MOORE Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Commandant of the Col lege, and Colonel in the United States Army ... In the Coast Ar tillery Corps, he is the first officer not an Infantryman to hold this post in fifteen years ... an ex- Aggie of the class of 1908 . . . re ceived his bachelor of science de gree in civil engineering . . . let tered at tackle and guard on the Aggie football teams of 1906 and 1907 . . . graduated from the Com mand and General Staff School in 1938, from the Army War College in 1934 ... is on the General Staff eligible list . . . was ' absent from the campus for twenty-three years until he returned to inspect Coast Artillery work here in 1932 . . . he directs all military affairs of the college as well as administering discipline. E. L. ANGELL Manager of student publications and business consultant for stu dent activities of A. & M. . . . re ceived the latter position last year. . . . came to his present position in May, 1936, after several years in journalism and educational work. . . . graduated from North Texas State Teachers College with a B.A. degree, from Columbia University with an M.A.; and has done grad uate work in Chicago University. . . . served as a reporter on the Denton Record Chronicle, as a GIBB GILCHRIST Graduate of the University of Texas in 1909 . . . has degree in civil engineering . . . was assistant engineer and engineer of the Santa Fe railroad for several years . . . served as officer of the Engineer Corps in the World War ... in 1919 accepted the position of divis ion engineer of the highway de partment at San Antonio ... in 1924 became state highway engi neer ... a year later resigned to enter private business, but return ed to the department in 1928 . . . under his leadership the great sys tem of highways that Texas now has was planned and put into ef fect . . . remained in this office until the fall of ’37 when he ac cepted the deanship of the School of Engineering at A. & M. ... is doing his best to put A. & M. engineers in more and more of the great modern industries. school principal, a school superin tendent, and a representative of the State Department of Educa tion before coming here . . . has given his sanction to a tri-weekly newspaper this year, acting as rep resentative of the Student Publi cation Board, and has aided the edi tors in laying plans for the pub lic q-tlcrn J":~'aids untiringly +he- students who work on the Long horn, The Battalion, The Scien tific Review, and other student publications assignments ... is exceptionally modest and very well- liked. 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