THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940-
THE BATTALION
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A. & M.’s Veterinary School Is
No'w Largest in
The Texas Agricultural and Me-.
chanical College with 6,063 stu
dents enrolled as of Oct. 10, has
the largest attendance of any col
lege in the world only for men.
Located in the largest livestock
State in the Union, it is fitting that
Texas A. & M. should also
boast the largest school of veteri
nary medicine with 386 students
enrolled this year.
This school of veterinary medi
cine, one of the five schools at the
college, was organized by the late
Dr. Mark Francis, D. V. M., in 1916
and from its original enrollment of
seven students it has grown to
be the largest school of veterinary
medicine on the North American
continent and one of the outstand
ing schools in the world. Although
there have been many more such
schools in the past, at the present
time there are only 12 now in exist
ence in the United States and Can
ada with 10 of those in this country.
School’s Beginning Traced
Veterinary medicine had its be
ginning at Texas A. & M. in 1888
when Dr. Francis was appointed
professor of veterinary science, and
chief of the division of veterinary
science, Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station, a position he held un
til his death in 1936.
He taught a course in veterinary
medicine offered by the school of
North America
.agriculture and in 1905 was joined
by Dr. R. P. Marsteller, present
dean of the school of veterinary
medicine, in his classroom teach
ing.
In 1916 when the school of veteri
nary medicine was established, Dr.
Francis was appointed its dean and
served in that capacity until his
death. In 1937 Dr. Marsteller suc
ceeded to the deanship and under
his guidance the school has expand
ed from a four-year course to one
requiring five years of study and
now numbering six departments,
namely: Veterinary anatomy, hy
giene, medicine, surgery and clinics,
parasitology and bacteriology and
physiology and pharmacology. The
curriculum covers one year of pre-
veterinary work and four years of
veterinary studies leading to the
degree of Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine (D. V. M.).
Teachers Are Listed
The department of veterinary
anatomy has Prof. Thomas S. Leith
as head with Prof. Stephen W.
Lange as assistant, Henry P. Shoe-
man as instructor; James W. Al
len and Robert R. Watkins as grad
uate assistants, and Cecil E. Byrd
and Claude R. Wiley as student
assistants.
The department of veterinary hy
giene has Prof. Fred P. Jaggi Jr.,
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“An Aggie Institution”
Flying Cadets “Trouble Shooting
on the Test Blocks
One of the most interesting periods of initial assignments given
Flying Cadets at the Army Air Corps Primary Flying School at
Randolph Field, Texas, covers “trouble shooting” on the long row
of test blocks upon which all types of aviation engines are mounted.
Minor faults in either the carburetion or electrical system are
intentionally caused by the instructor, then the Flying Cadet is
called upon to find the cause of the misfire. In this photograph sev
eral cadets are working on the engine as another member of the
student group operates the throttle. Heavy wire screening protects
the men from the whirling propeller.
Flying Cadets are between 20 and 27 years of age and while
in training at the “West Point of the Air” receive $75 per month
together with uniforms, board and lodging, and the best of medical
care when necessary.
Austin Mothers’ Club
Makes Donation To
Aggie Library Fund
Dr. T. F. Mayo, college librarian,
recently received a $15 check from
the Capitol Mothers’ Club in Aus
tin, for the library reading fund.
This is the latest contribution for
this year, bringing the total sum
to $388. The amount of contribu
tions for this year has already ex
ceeded that of last year, which was
$285.
Other recent contributions to
this fund have been made by the
Mothers Clubs of Grayson County,
Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San
Antonio, and many others includ
ing an anonymous sum of $10.50.
as head with Jack A. Rehkemper
as student assistant.
The department of veterinary
medicine, surgery and clinics has
Prof. R. P. Marsteller as head and
dean, Prof. August A. Lenert as
head of the department, Prof. Har
old M. Spangler as assistant; Jam
es R. Ketchersid and Carl Fink as
instructors, and Garland D. Stall-
worth, Raymond C. Garrett and
George A. Martin as student assist
ants.
The department of veterinary
parasitology has Prof. Horatio L.
Van Volkenberg as head and Syd
ney A. McDonald and Charles R.
Tubbs as student assistants.
The department of veterinary
pathology and bacteriology has
Professor R. Clark Dunn as head,
Prof. John H. Milliff as assistant,
Terry G. Ozier as instructor, and
James R. Saunders, William N.
Porter and Ray J. Foshee as stu
dent assistants.
The department of veterinary
physiology and pharmacology has
Prof. Patton W. Burns as head,
Prof. George T. Edds as assistant,
Herbert I. Ott as instructor, and
Kephart M. Curts, Tom Thaxton,
William C. Banks and Robert B.
Leathers as student assistants.
Results of Training
Graduates in veterinary medicine
at the college have received train
ing qualifying them for: Practice
of veterinary medicine; meat, milk
and food inspection; teaching; re
search commercial production and
dispensation of curative and pre
ventive biologies and other prep
arations; service in the Veterinary
Corps, United States Army; work
in and for boards of health, state
and federal bureaus of animal in
dustry, and medical centers, and
foundation training for other fields
of biology, dealing with domestic
and wild animals, including poul
try and zoo and pet animals.
Stressing the importance of vet
erinary training and its usefulness
to Texas and its people, Dr. Mar
steller says:
“Graduates in veterinary medicine
are much needed by the live stock
industry and public health and the
owners of pet animals. Pet animals
frequently are not considered in the
economic picture. However, there
is used annually in the United
States over $100,000,000 of prepar
ed food for small animals. About
$75,000,000 of this food is canned.
From many standpoints, Texas of
fers a field for the manufacture of
small animal foods worthy of con
sideration by persons who wish in
vestments in industries. All the in
gredients for a complete ration for
pet animals are available and are
probably less expensive in T*xas
than in any other state.”
Coordinator
Uel Stephens, T6
Uel Stephen, ex-Aggie of the
class of T6, for the past sev
en years with the Federal Pub
lic Works Administration in Fort
Worth, has become associated with
the Texas State Highway Depart
ment as engineering coordinator of
the department’s W. P. A. con
struction program. After June 1,
he will be located at the Austin of
fice of the Highway Department.
During the past year, he has been
regional engineer and assistant re
gional director of the Federal Pub
lic Works Administration in Fort
Worth.
ECENT
ECORD
ELEASES
NOTHING BUT YOU, EV’RY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FROM
ANOTHER WORLD, and IT NEV
ER ENTERED MY MIND, are
four selections from “Higher and
Higher”, a new musical production
built up on score by Lorene Hart
and Richard Rodgers, Broadway’s
most consistent hit producers. The
first pair, a waltz and a medium
tempo foxtrot, is played by Leo
Reisman and his orchestra, famed
for their skillful interpretations of
musical comedy tunes. The Deep
River Boys, a male quartet, sing
ing in a unique and highly diverting
style, present the lyrics to both
these selections. Larry Clinton and
his famous swing band style the
second pair, with Terry Allen, ro
mantic baritone, as the vocalist.
Tommy Dorsey gives us two pop
tunes from a popular Paramount
film—SAY IT and MY! MY! Both
were written by Frank Loesser and
Jimmy McHugh, two of filmdom’s
ace tune-smith. SAY IT is a me
dium slow ballad sung by Frank
Sinatra. MY! MY! is a swing song
ably handled by The Pied Pipers.
Dorsey’s trombone is both sweet
and hot in this double where his
astonishing versatility is clearly
demonstrated.
Another recording of IT NEVER
ENTERED MY MIND and NOTH
ING BUT YOU is that by Tony
Pastor and his orchestra. Kay Fos
ter, not unknown to readers of
“Down Beat”, sings the first, and
Bob Carroll the second. Charlie
Barnet and his orchestra with Mary
Ann McCall as vocalist offers an
other recording of FROM AN
OTHER WORLD and EV’RY SUN
DAY AFTERNOON. Both num
bers are played in medium sweet
swing time and show off the meas-
tro’s mastery of the saxophone as
Former Gridster
Now Lumberman
ANNUAL ENGINEERING DRAWING
CONTEST WILL CLOSE MAY BOTH
Thoughts of drawing sets, draft--
ing sets, and various other prizes
are racing through the minds of
many engineer drawing students
as this week comes to a close, for
the annual Engineering Drawing
and Descriptive Geometry contest,
which is sponsored by Texas A. &
M., has reached its halfway mark.
Students who entered this con
test are allowed to make their
drawing entries a part of their
regular class work. The contest
closes May 30, 1940.
There are six divisions of the
contest, and the Eugene Dietzgen
Company is offering valuable
awards to the winners of each
division. All students who have
entered or plan to enter must be
recommended by their instructor
in Engineering Drawing. Gener
ally, only those who do an “A”
grade of work are allowed to com
pete. Although several weeks have
elapsed since the contest began, it
is not too late for any student
desiring to enter, for most of the
different divisions have a time
limit.
The best drawings or tracings in
each of the six classes will be en
tered in the National Drawing
Competition sponsored by the So
ciety for the Promotion of Engi
neering Education. No prizes are
offered, but honorary diplomas of
award are granted. The best engi
neering schools in the country en
ter this contest annually, and in the
past Texas A. & M. has won more
awards than any other institution
in the United States.
Cash Prizes Are
Offered By Aggie
For Short Stories
Walter Sullivan has announced
that he is sponsoring a short-story
writing contest in which cash
prizes will be offered.
The idea behind the contest is to
collect material for a book to be
entitled “Interesting Experiences
of Texas Aggies.” A cash prize
of $10 will be awarded to the
writer of the best story and $5 to
the writer of the second best; the
contest is open to all, and the
stories will be judged on genuine
interest alone.
Rules concerning the contest are
as follows:
1. The story must be true, and
signed as such.
2. The story must relate an ex
perience that has occurred since
the writer first matriculated at
A. & M.
3. The contest closes May 10.
Upon entrance into the contest,
all stories become the property of
Walter Sullivan. A committee will
be formed to judge the stories.
Karl Manke Selected
As Agronomist For
Experiment Station
A. B. Conner, director of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, a division of A. & M.
College, has announced the appoint
ment of Karl F. Manke as an as
sociate agronomist.
Seventy-eight Indiana University
graduates have become college
presidents.
well as the polish of the orches
tra’s ensemble. Barnet’s numerous
broadcasts from the Hotel Lincoln
have already established his band
as one of the most promising units
of the new season.
A pair of smooth new melodies
comprise Glenn Miller’s latest disc.
SIERRA SUE, a composition of
Joseph Carey, is a song interest
ing from both the lyrical and mu
sical standpoints. Miller’s arrange
ment featuring his unique five-man
sax section and the trombone choir
fits this attractive number to per
fection. Ray Eberle is vocalist
for both selections. Richard Him-
ber, Irving Gordon, and A1 Kauf*
man wrote MOMENTS IN THE
MOONLIGHT which is performed
in a sweet-swing style.
From the new MGM film “Forty
Little Mothers” starring Eddie
Cantor, comes the latest of the
“kid” songs, “LITTLE CURLY-
HAIR IN A HIGH CHAIR.” Charlie
Tobias and Nat Simon collaborat
ed on this composition, achieving
promising results. Tommy Taylor
is vocalist for this as well as for
I NEED A FRIEND, the Kenny
brothers and Pierre Norman’s lat
est effort. Both tunes are played
by Mitchell Ayres and his “Fash
ions in Music.” I NEED A
FRIEND is a slow tempo ballad.
Its spot in the Wm. Howard pro
duction “Back Door to Heaven”
was important in introducing it
to the general public.
John A. Deffebach, ’28
John A. Deffebach, ex-Aggie
of the class of ’28, of Abilene,
president of the Central West Tex
as Lumbermen’s Association, re
sponded to the welcome address at
the opening session of the largest
annual convention of the Lumber
men’s Association of Texas, held at
the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth, re
cently.
Deffebach has been with the Bur
ton-Lingo Lumber Company, retail
lumber dealers, for the past ten
years. Previous to his present loca
tion at Abilene, John was located
at Fort Worth, Texas. He is mar
ried and has one child.
As a cadet at A. & M. “Johnny”
as he was commonly called, was a
major in the cadet corps, a Ross
Volunteer during 1927 and 1928; a
member of the varsity football
team in ’26, ’27 and ’28; president
of the “T” Club in ’28, a member
of the Senior Ring Committee, and
manager of intramural athletics in
’27. He played end on the football
team.
Dairy Department
To Sponsor Course
The annual Milk Sanitarians
Short Course will be held at Texas
A. & M., April 29 to May 1, accord
ing to an announcement made by
Prof. Charles N. Shepardson, head
of the Dairy Husbandry Depart
ment at the college.
Each year the State Health De
partment cooperates with the col
lege in holding the short course
and the speakers will be drawn
from the staffs of the college, the
Texas A. & M. Extension Service,
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station and the State Health De
partment.
Citizenship education is the name
of a new course just added to the
Alma College curriculum.
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M.E. Seniors Win
Prizes in Lubbock
Senior students in the Mechan
ical Engineering Department of
Texas Agricultural and Mechani
cal College won first and tenth
prizes for papers presented in com
petition with students of ten other
colleges represented at the Lub
bock meeting of group 7, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
First prize was won by John
W. Wood of Milford with his paper
on “Forced Draft Cooling Towers”
and tenth prize went to George
W. Wheeler of Victoria for his
paper on “Repairing Casting by
New Methods.” V. M. Faires and
J. S. Hopper of the mechanical
engineering faculty accompanied
the students to the meeting held
at Texas Technological College Fri
day and Saturday.
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