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Texas School Administrators Will
Hold Seventh Annual Conference Here
Foundations Near
Completion On New
Extensive Program imperial singer*
Planned for A
Three-Day
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A. A M. Jium U r TIm
MtlmUi by Turn
K*ld Us six
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TVs prsMsm Osolt with hi tbs
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Is the «ity mU swHty mporteh
Osmts, hot Is nil sehnni sosMtb
and nil stndsaU of school nAni
•trntion
Tbs following constitute tbs I
scutiys Cnmaiittos for 1940, which
hi torn selected the officers of the
^"STVlBers, WichiU Falls,
Chairman, T. D. Brooks. College
Hatton, BecrsUry, E K. Barren,
Sugar Land; Murry Fly, Odessa.
Farter A Gamer. Victoria; W E
Lowry, Hoatevtlto, F. L Moffett,
Ceater; J. W O’Bnalea. Auotin; C.
0. Pollard. Hendereon W C. Band.
Ingle Lake; I. W Bumhaagh.
Pharr; H W BtliweU. Teanrhana
f. A Wallace, Mt Pleasant; 0 B
Wlket, Cslings ftation
Those la attendance at the Cea-
fWrencs wilt he aeeigwed quarters
hi Mart Hall, one of tbs beet of
the College dormitories. If It pro
desirable, a special dining room
those attending tbs Conference will
ho opened in the Sbioa Hall An
Thane desiring te stay in the der-
mttory should go diroatiy to Hart
Hall Others in attendance will re
gister at the meeting places of the
Conference Each building in which
the eoeAnns of the Conference will
he held is within ensy walking die
tance of Hart Hall sad the Aggie-
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Imperial Singers First On 194(fs
Summer Entertainment Series Tuesday
first in 1940 s Sommer Enter
Uinment Series will he the Imper
ial Singers who wiU appear Tuee
day, June SI, at 1:90 a. m. la the
teembiy Hall,
Like all Sammer EhterUinment
arise programs, this esasort will
he free and classes will be die
missed U allow all summer erhool
students and faculty members to
attend Bm concert
The Imperial Singers are a group
of well known American concert
artiste. Their programs are ar-
iged to make for variety, con
sisting of quartets, duets, and en
sembles. as well as arias from va
rious operas,
The Imperial Singers are parti
cularly well known for their pre
sentation of the lyrical Gilbert and
Sullivan light openai and the works
of Priml
The personnel of the company
eenelpts of artistg from the Ocve-
and Includes severs I radio artists
land and other opera companies.
This summer will be the Imperial
Singers’ fourth fear as a singing
ensemble
Work oa (he aaw laaadry
dm mllei f far the dining hall em
ployees la wed under way aa (ha
foundftUon* fhnm completion
new buildings, sroctad at aa ap
proximate east of 9170,000 will
replace the old buildings now in
use which will he tarn dawn te
make room for other improvements
en the campus
The buildings are scheduled to
be ready for use at the beginning
of the fall term of this year
Bill Smith, aa ox-Aggie who
la charge of construction, la om-i
ploying aprpoximately fifty men at
present, many of whom are Ag
gies. When the actual construction
of the buildings gets under way
there will be many more men em-
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pMjrta
The new dormitory will contain
43 rooms, each large enough to
accommodate four persons The
laundry will be a one atory, fire
proof building which will be equip
ped by the American Laundry and
Machinery Company at a total
coat of IIS,934.
The new laundry will be located
immediately northwest of the pow
er plant and the new employee’s
dormitory will be north of the res
idence of the Board of Directors.
Roosevelt Offered
& M. Facilities
National Defense
H.G.DanfordWill
Lecture On Safety
Education June 24
As a part of a series of inten
sivc drives on safety education
which will be conducted in coopers
tion with various colleges and uni
varsities during the summer by the
New York University Center for
Safety Education, Howard G. Dan-
ford, administration assistant and
instructor at the canter, will lecture
on “Problems of Accident Control
Through Education’’ at 9:00 p. m
Monday, June 24, in the "Y” shape!
Danford has been engaged in
teaching and directing programs
in health, physical education, and
safety for the peat fifteen years
He is co-author of the “Every
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New Summer Record;
Including 87 Women,
You’re 1,471 Strong
Registrar E. J. Howell announc
es that registration figures have
reached a total of 1,471; thus set
ting a new high over last sum
mer’s first semester which totaled
1,387 Eighty-seven women are re
gistered which is a decrease of two
as compared with last sampler's
first semester total of W
An increase over the present en
rollment is expected next semes
ter so some 4f the students who
are now attending the venous R 0
T.C. camps will be back to con
tinue their work.
Texas University May Soon Offer A. & M. Military
Competition If Proposed R. 0. T. C. Unit Is Installed
Wanna Do It Again?
Juke Box Prom Number
Two On Tap Saturday
Graduate School Establishes New
Enrollment Record With 293 Students
Together with a great inerea*.-v~ —— ——
ia the summer registration of un C * r * — I U»*verslt|r, who is teaching
degraduatc classes, the graduate m lh<> ^ * M- A*i"»al Husbandry
school also has a record surnmn ^pertinent this summer; and Dr
enrollment. There are 293 grad Creighton E Hays, Supervisor of
uate students enrolled, represent the Occupational Adjustment Sor
ing a ten per cent increase over *** «" Denver, Colorado. Dr Hays
the enrollasent last BUmmer The '• teaching in the Industrial Edu-
Regenta of the University of*
Texas met in Austin Saturday,
June 1ft, to consider various ways
In which the University might ca-
operste in the new national de
fense program
in many ways other than the train
ing of reserve officers
Last Saturday night Sbisa Hall
wttnsaaad a new innovation at A.
A M Far the first time m the col
lage’* history a “Juke Box Prom”
was held for rammer school stu-
dents and nearby Bryan rte*
The music was furnished by Ben
■y Goadmaa. Paul Whiteman. Aa-
son Weeks. Kay Kyaar, Bob Crea
ky, and many other famous name
orchestra*, through the medium
of a atekolodiaa—a “Juke Box” in
hop eat slang Three hundred per
sens (mostly stags! »ttended the
opening prom
Lake Harrison, director of ram
aser sports, announced that the
ra seeai of the ft ret prom Insures
the continuation of this event eaeh
Bathrday night Me alteration of
prias or rage lot ions have been da-
aided upon far the approaching
pram next Saturday night.
Agricultural and Industrial Edu
cation Departmonts have the targ
rat graduate oarolhnent with the
Education Department coming
third with a large larrease over
previous rammer sessions. /
Dean T. D. Brooks. Dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences and
Dean of the Gradual School, is
particularly proud of the large
number of vioiting faculty mem
hers from other colleges and uni
versitiec who are taking graduate
courses at A. * M Men in this
group include Charles 8 Wilkins.
Assistant Doan and Registrar of
John Tarieton Collage; and W H
Wiley, member of the Animal Hus
bandry Department at the Univer
sity of Arkansas
The 1940 suaras<r> Graduate
School also has msny vttfVing pr»
feasors. Dr. Frank H Thornton
of the College of the City Of New
cation Depart meat
President Homer P Rainey an
nounced that the University had
indicated to the Federal Govern
ment “tome time ago” the desire
to "be of service’’ in any way that
would be successful.
Major J R Parten, Houston.
Chairman of the Board of Regents
stated that with the highly trained
personnel available in the faculty
and in the research Bureaus, the
University could be of
assistance to the defense
“The Board of Regents took act
ion Saturday, authorising the Pres
tdent to communicate to the War
* and Navy Departments that the
University of Texas stands ready
te be of service in the national de
fense program, and ask in what
respects the University might be
of greatest see. whether in the in
stitution of specialised training
units baaed on mathematics and
passed unanimously at the last
summer meeting of Army, Navy,
and Marine reserve officers Fri
day.
“An association committee to
urge the establishment of the R
0. T. C. unit at the University of
Texas will he appointed soon",
Captain M. B Harris, association
president, said
Alfred Petech, representative of
the Eighty-fifth legislative diatrict
Gilchrist
Attends Meet'
At Capital
A. & M. Could Train
4,256 M< n in Various
Skilled Trade Fields
U national defense requires tt,
Texas A. h M can train 4,284
in skilled trades, technical,
and non-technical work arordhqr
to an announcement mad* by Dean
Gibb Gilchrist who returned Mon
day from a special conference held
in Washington, D. C.
Gilchrist further pointed out
that this figure included men
who can bo trainad in a singU
shift in such skilled tradas as tlas-*
trisal work, mechanics, and wuld-
ing^Thls number might be dou
bled by running twe shifts.
2,400 men can ha trainad in
second grade work which consists
of such tedhnica) and soml-taehnl-
cal iVelds as drafting, sanitation,
radio, and maUrtal-toeting.
The mooting hold in Washing
ton was part of the National De
fense Program now being effected
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science, or in the establishment of for seven terms, has urged paraaffr
an R O. T. C.", Parten said iof his voluntary R. O. T C. bill
the last two regular sessions of
the legislature
Peterson Named To
Represent College
At AJS.M. Meeting
The Austin Reserve Officer*’ As
sociation was also on record m fa-
aluabie voring universal military training
A resolution to that effect was
Lower Fire Insurance Rates. iSew Water
And Electric Rates For ('.allege Station
He stated that both timoe the
bill was defeated by a crowded leg
islative calendar and by the oppo
sition of pacifist organisations.
Randolph L Peterson, who has
just completed his junior year at
A AM., will be a delegate of the
Kiah and Game Club at the matt
ing of the AmerWwn Society ef
Mammalogists at Denver, Colorado,
among them the American Student June 24 to 28 Ht will present %
City Taxes Will Up
’Ordinance Requires
Recent meetings of the College
Station City Council have resulted
in the transaction of a volume of
important business which has in
cluded the passing of several or
dinances and the final success in
rill arount to more than the city j
taxes on the residence In order
to get this reduction it was neces
sary to spend several hundred
dollars completing loops in the
water and sewer lines and in the
installation of fire plugs A new
rmits
rtce Hi
To Meet New Expense Building Per
HIS, P
.000, »*
first 1.000 gallons, per 1,000
for the next 2,000, for the
next 3,009 gallons, and 20f per 1,-
000 for ail used over this ahq»unt
The city has been paying
per family for the water and
lowering the cifty’s fire insurance fire plug will he installed near the livermg it to the resident* at the
rates Post Office in the near future and same price, making no charge for
College Station has received s others will be installed later which oollectien. College Station is now
rating as s first key town by the may lower the rat* still further under contract to deliver water
State Fire Insurance Commission For the past few months, a flat at the same rates at which Bryan
In the past Collage Station fir# in rate of 91.40 per family has been does
York, la exchanging professorships surance rates have been baaed on charged the residents of the Aty In furnishing electricity to the
with Dr. F. B Clark, head of the • county rating. The new key rats, with the exception of College Hills reaidents of College Station, the *tud#nt body
M This le the laadtDavid Yarheraugh
Economics Department at A. A M which went into effect June 18, is Estates However, beginning July city will profit 91.80 per 100 killo-
Other visiting professors are Dr j 71c per 9100 tsluation es com 1, water will be paK* f‘> r "> » c | watt hours provided this much is
Frank R Morrison, head of the pared to the old rate ef |1 00 per cor dance with the amount used used by a family each month This
Animal Husbandry Department at J 9100 valuation The saving on the Tbs new ratas will bs 71c for tho profit, together with that from the
new water rates, will pay for utili
ties qnd maintain the city gov
ernment When thee# utilities have
paid themselves out, the profit will
be ueed to further improve the
N't*
I tt Will be necessary to raise
the Aty taaes fur the coming year
as the atty cannot operate an the
14,100 roRfcted this year. How-
ever, Inveetitation shews that tax-
ae are lower Ht College Station
Union.
Petech said, in part. “Thil greet
privilege of training in the R O. |
T C. is extended in practically ev
ery University ia the land accept
Texas Certainly the Board of Re
gents will take the bull by the
horns, push aside all silly opposi-
tion, snd take up the matter of ar
rangement for the R 0 T C. with
the federal government.
The possibility of securing sn
R. O. T. C. unit for the University
Texas has been discussed several
ti(hM in recent years, veteran board
qiemV^ri stated. Ia each instance,
hdweveh^when the matter was pre
sented. t^majoritf of the Students
have bees ^Mpsed to such s unit
Whet is the eVt^Hlde of the present
UnCvereity of
Texas, in view of (h{ new interna-
tiotial situation, is hh^known
paper entitled “Rome Notes on the
Peccary in Tcxaa,” written by B.
K I ode man and himaetf
Peterson is majoring in the De
partment of Fish aqd Game. He
has been employed for the last
two years as Student Assistant
Curator of the Texas Cooperative
Wildlife Research Collefeetion of
Birds and Mammals at the Texas
A. A M. Museum. Hie main inter
est lies in museum work, especially
taxidermy and the preparation of
fossil vertebrates The A. A M.
Museum has several natural history
exhibits consisting of birds and
mammals which he has mounted.
This is the second time that Pet
erson has represented the Fisk and
Gam* Club at a national confer
ence In March he was their del
egate to the Fifth North Aaaor-
lean Wild Ufa Conference In Wash
ington, D. C.
Too many dry counties between Fort Worth and Pecos:
From Rifle Ranges To 1LP. Duty - From Juarez And Its Spanish
Flavored Belles To Edgewood Arsenal’s Southern Drawls - Things
Are Well Under Control Now That The Texas Aggies Are In The Saddle
Dr. Samuel L. Rodriguez Is First
Exchange Professor From Puerto Rico
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article la a series of ramp ralamae
from the various R.OT.C. camps
sew being attended by A. A M.
sealers ta-he. Camp cwlemeiau lo
ci ads James T. Aadsceeu. lafsa-
•try j C. J. "Feats" Bleed Field
Artillery. B. K. "Buster" Keotea.
fligaal Carps; David Yarbaraugk.
Bagiaseret Graham Fureetl Ca
valry; MareM Haaamaa. Chemical
Warfare Service; and Joe Blieher,
Ceaat Artillery
The ceiupas have net appear
have been
gsttieg settled at the
ramps. Material fra
tag article la baaed
have
sermmbM ta-fsiara only —toe large
From (ha rifls rang* te K. P.
duty ... From Juarea and its
Spanish flavored belles te Mary
land's Edgewood Arsenal and Ha
southern drawls . . . From the ri
gor* and sweat of hours of drilling
to tho monotony of rloaning rifles
—that's what a fra hundred Texas
Aggie B O T.C student* are living
with far six weeks of tho current
Meet ef the men are down Bui
U* way—and they’ve got company
la the form of the New Mexico
Military InatKasra, Anions Uni
versity, Okhahoma Military Acad
emy, and the University of Coie-
aad redo. The entire let of cadets and
pother la alphahsteeel order; which
has proved toughest for the non
Texas Aggies
But as far aa the moss hall and
the food la concerned, things are
pretty much on the up-end up It
seem* that a f«w ef the lads from
out of state ai* on a diet main
ly because they haven’t learned
Aggie terms far food. The other
collegians Haven’t yet learned the
difference between “rush” sad
“bullneck”, or “scabs" and "gun-
w addin' Reports tad irate that
they’re learafag — or else they
don’t oat. . j
Where the uniforms are con
cerned there doesn't seem to ho
mark difficulty, they come la two
small, ra take your choice
With typical Aggie thorough
neae, the cadets arrived at the
various comps in as many differ
ent ways as there are transporta
tion facilities—by bus. train, “ramp
cart", but mostly via the thumb
route la respect to the “high-
raying”, one Aggie writes, “High
waging ecroas Texas is 0. K. if
K weren’t far several dry eeuetiee
between Fort Worth and Peeoe. Wt
almoet died of thtratl"
The camp motte-^-at Bailie a
Fort Bliaa, at Iraat-- 4* evidently
“Wa aim to plaara." To wit: M<
of tho aut-sfatatera Utah that
Texaa weather is tea hot; U
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than in aay othef town that does
not furnish utilities.
The taxes in (olletr Station
will be considerably lovtar than
in towns where the utiltidh are
privately owned College Stefan
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and teaching ecUvltira atara h|* nr-
i Ival on the aampaa Tuesday, Jane
II, Dr. RoArigara haa met almost
every prominent poroonaf* la OaL
lege Station and la Bryan He raid,
'I believe | have profiled her* mare
I haa ! export*! V deal believe
that 1 ran ever fdtget my visit to
A. A M. aad I trust that thia la
BARGER SERVING AS
EXCHANGE PROFESSOR
J. Wheeler Barger, Head of the
Departaaent ef Agricultural Eco
nomies, will serve ae aa exchange
professor at the Michigan State
College. East Lansing, far the first
summer session. He Is expected to
return to the college shoot the
first of August.
effif * '
Hi w. D. c. Jeaee
l»f Samuel L Rodrigues, Asso
ciate Pmfeeanr of Agricultural Era
nomka st the University of Puerto
Rira. la acting In the rapacity of
Visiting Praferaer of Agricultural
Economics at A. A M ( olUge this
summer aa the nrault of an ex i
change of professors between A. A
M College and the University of j
Puerto Rico This is the ftret time only the begiaaiag ef an
an exchange has been accomplished tional ererram of an exchange af
between A A M and the U. of P processor* between A A M College
, R . but the University of Puerto ** the University of Puerto Riaa,
t Jtico haa. for • number ef year*, as Wet) ea the beginning of a great
boon carrying oa thia activity with commercial progrwp between Tex-
unifarsities and college* through-' as ami my native country ” *
out the-.United States He left Puerto Rira by hast, the
Dr. ReAtigura tHU speak oa Sta- «* 8 Maiden < Crook”, Tuesday
tion WTAW today for 11 edautes midnight, June fourth; aad after
begtimieg at \J*® pu m oe the,a pleasant trip, arrived la Tampa,
subject "CnderhUnriing Puerto Florida. Saturday, June eighth,
Rieo“ His talk wae prepared with whore Urn rest ef hie trip was ra
the idea la view of preeentint a turned by rail.
btrd’weye view ef the
nomu situettoo ta Puerto
, Mattag been busy with
Bore ta San Jaaa,
be received his grams
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