t 4 u rft DIAL 4-5444 OrnOAL NIWBPAFSB DPTHBcmr or COLLBGI STATION '* * — DIAL 8TVMNT WKKI.T NEWSPAPER OP TtXAS A. A M. COLLKil (N * vH? i f 4 ^ - VOL t 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OOLLK(,F ST A Tli t\ TH! KSI AY MORNING, JULY 11, 1M0. Z725 NO. War Department Holds Fate Of $350,000 Anport Dean Emeritus Puryear Near Death Dean Emeritus Charles Punjear Has Been In Oxygen Tent Since Tuesday Tmum A A M '• Dm* Enwntu* CWrWs harywr It tm • erUwti MMlttioft t! th* WUhttwot M«mo rial Hoaptul la Hry«n followra* tilt tm^aUtitfi $t Ktt rtflM Itff IlaturAay Hit Ug vtt tmpvtatwt It prtwtat Um Rpttad of mm inftrt mn tiyfftn teat tlmtt TttAty tf ttmtMi but lit It rtptrtwl U b* •inkuif rapidly Hit ptiywM-ian. Dr T T Wtltor, dttrrlbtd bit rwadHion at >#17 ttnoua" tnd btM Utti« bop* that th* ftiuad A A M proftaanr tnd official would tunrhro many moiw fnonda a ad aaaonatm throughout tht nation have bron pouring Into the Wilboraon HoapiUl Doan Puryoar'* brother, John Puryonr of New York City, arwod v rater day and other rtlativoa arr cxpoct- od today • , ! A graduate of the UaiiHtlty of Virginia, Dean Puryrar came It , A A M Collett in \m and for 42 year* aerved at a member of the faraKy. Head of the Department of Mathematira, Dean of the College, Doan of the Graduate School and for a year aa preaident prn-tem Poaaraaor of numeroua diatinr tiona. Dean Puryear hold* degree* of LL.D , II A . and C C He ia the oldest member of the college ataff in point of aernce and haa been connected with the matitution SI yean He will be Ml years of age on October 21 Puryeor Hall, one of the fmeat dormitopea on the campus was named for hup in 19JI, and he ia the only ppraon eeer allowed Taaaa Agricultural Writer. Aaao to build and own bis home on riation will be held bore July II the A A M rtmpua ^ R #rttrat ion will be at the Official to Make One More Attempt Thieve* Net $300 And Mar Theater < o I lege nffidal* received word A robbery of the Campus Thea this morning to the effect that tor securing at 2 a. m Monday Jack Littlejohn» Aggidaad Or- tS(M) cheatra weald not appear on the IMO nuk . I v ’ A w * ,k "' -*“«•' "* Keest [ attempt was made •Utod that evidently the to secure the A A M <*rrheetn a mtrudera entered through the rear piaee on the Pitch Company's cur door of the theater aa that door rent summer program, and. de „„ a ^ However, it ‘T‘.' » •*“ tk.. a. bur,lar, will be madr today and tomorrow P, W Pitch Company executive. remained hidden in the dec la rad that the principal reason theater after the last Show Sunday for the rejection was the tremen Seek A. & M. Unit Of || United States Air Corps i Collefe Contributes 400 Acre* of Land To Project; Decision Expected In 30 Day® Plana are well under way for securing $.'<60,000 to build an A. A H College airport which will be the equal of aay college <>r university airport ia the nation Doan Gibb Gilchrist. Dean of the School of EngbiefrlnA, haa hee$ ia Waahiagtoa. D. C. conferring with War Department official* ip raspect to eeruring this money from the $26,000,000 extra approprtatioh made recently for national defense purposes The college stands ready to con trihue almost 400 sefas of huM j ♦to the project Both CHrilian A erf- Independence Day ““* k A “ lh " ,, ' * For 4 H Clubbers!! Cigars, Sodres and Parasols Reign Tops Qyilt offlet Cnited States Air ('ofp* officials have Inapoetad the locption of t|e present Collage Airport and ha^a found the place suitable (or t|e construction of the piWpoood ngw sirport I , I | Included ia the proposed airport will be two hanger*, each 150 tyt long and 100 feet wide; a two-sinty office end class room building, l|0 feet long and 411 feet wide; and'a H> 1‘egg) ( amphrll Parmeie' Short Course! /To lo cal leaident of long atanditig this •‘‘"P building, « feet long and fO phi sim signifies only the routine f ~‘ w, LitUejoha, now in Tulm, Texas, alort operator in the Southwest before, and this is their first taste fun| ^ th< new i a the de- Texas A. A M.*s Deaa Emeritus Charles Puryear death sa a result of • leg amputation Iasi Saturday who is Texas Agricultural Writers Here For Annual Meeting and Conference TV annual Confs of A small, white haired gentleman College Hospital upon arrival, sod ‘of the old school', he dwells in his fine aid two-story home finding m ^ 1 ' "*» *■*** pie.mire in good book, a ,** * Mtaa M. Tkkm i*y be radio, and enjoys vteHs from hm c '^***^ ^ r# * ^ ^ Jachaoa, officer* aider friends connected with the •* Ute aeeonatKm. or from Mr. college aa well as from the thou sands of students with whom he has come in contact during a half century devoted to educating youth (Continued on page () No Day Students Until Dorms Full Is Board Ruling In accordance with a ruling made some time ago by, the A A M Board of Directors, the college regulations now require that all students who register must live ia eallage-ovraer building* on the cam- pus until these have been filled The order of assignment shall be ftrat the dormitories until they are filled; then the project houses on the campus After these hove been filled students mdy live in other approved houses For a number of year* the coi- lege baa baoa confronted with the preMsm of providing adequate housing for its students After meeh effort, a large earn ef money eras burrowed la build additional darmitarka, aad the college eWt- gefted itself to pay the laaa from rama rents TV dormitories ore aow avadabte and ia seder la this nb Ago Men the new rale must be effected Under this rale, those who apply to Hve outside the dormitory will hove ki wall antil the opening af ( oliogn ea September II fur a def mite icsigamcai. since many Af the uW students de not make room i mirtHMM until the beginning tf the loaf session ■TV* rale applies it all students who register la the college; those who Boo wtth parents ar ether rel- ativqp; these who work ootatde tkp rollogo, and all others," Doao F C. BoKoa stated the^Arthur Lefever of th* Texaco Star will speak on 'The Subset .b er’s Stake in Advertising'' at 3 46 p m Supper will be served at Senate» Lake in Hensel Park at 4:00 p m At » 00 a m Friday Fletcher Davis of the Hondo Anvil Herald will address the group on 'The Farm Paper" H. B Fax of the Irene Claghorn. assistant stiperin Madiaonvil)* Meteor will spook on tendon! «f the hospital, who will ‘The Editor s Part th the Bub act as hostess script ion Door at 9 90 Mrs De The opening aeealur will be call Witt McMorray of the B*mt-W**k- ed to order by President J R ly Farm News will follew with an KiUgorv of the Rosebud News at address ea ’Woman. Farm and t:00 p. m. today. Committee* fur Otherwise". at 10. Byron Winstead, neat year wM5 V hppshmi aad A. 41 M. Ihraetoe of PMMkity will the president wiN deliver hie an speak on “What Do You Went nual address At 2:10 p. m C. A From U*? 1 * at 11:10 Friday after Price ef the Associated Press will i was not avafioide for a statement Telephone Exchange overheard the of independence. Little boy* amok- During th* early part of the sum two mauradera whispering and im mg huge cigar* >* a common sight mer ha has been reorganising his mediately called College Station’s around here during the short hand and rehearsing with a view to City Marshall, Garland Brown As course Long lines of girls, care- seeunag a place on th* Fitch pro Brown drove up to the theater the foUy supervised by their sponsors, gram ' intruder* left by the rear door, ; move across the rsmpus from the Each summer F W Fitch Com Brown stated that th* barglar'. 1 "**•* VII to the stadium. Para ! pany stages a weekly radio show fmgerpnnta were obtained and sunbonnet* make then vis NBC featuring unknown or have been sent to Austin far iden- :»PP«a»Bnce for the only time dur- chestra* which are the near equal tificaMon Considerable importance ,n f Y™- of the name orchestras Usually has been attached to this and ‘ kids have a grand time, pod these orchestras are college or uni- Brown declared that an early ap blissfully around the swim sire to establish a unit of the United States Air CVpi here.* M is believed that this will follow tf the new airport i* sarurod “Investigation has shows us tjiaA we would be able to traps I.ImiO men a school year ia prehmingry (Continued on peg* S) vgraity organisations A. A M '■ prehension of th* cnminaD is ex- significance in the educational ported world and He current importance Considerable damage to the as the home of th* national cham theater was done aa the thieve* ptonahip football team was believ entered and left the building Walk ed to he the main pnmta upon er had mad* no satimate of this which the Fitch Company would at press time and th* damage was book the band which ia a coaeid repaired th* following day Bryan J , erabie bet ter-than-average organi officers w*r* also notified of th# * *•“••• • • tVdrd business jthafl 'fining th* short course “Bodies" , , i end cokes are tops en the rmiuest list for refreshaienta mmg pool, enjoyn^ the picture I show en masse at the Assembly! Hall, taking part in the group | singing, watching the fireworks at the stadium, and so on ad In-1 finitum. little black shine boy* have a 1 field day and the various conces $32,000 WPA I Project Gets j i Under Way Ixically 4,200 Register For Annual Farmers’ Short Course Which Ends Tomorrow The 2»th annual Farmers Short ♦tional and entertainment features will be used for the election Course will close tomorrow after ^ educational program for the speak aa “Weekly Newspapers and of officer*, and the meeting will ^ two day session m completed ,rlr ' , w “ inl ° two pour * M - the Prase News Services" T. C.jb# adjouraed upon completion of tk * Hom * Mor * Rrhardaon of Farm and Ranch the aioctum “Th* Land and the Food" while wQl speak on "TV Press The Fifty delegatee attended th* th * m# * tlnc * k wh * rk the boy. wore given numerous Farm, The War" at 100 p m. conference last summer included the annual 4-H Club meet demonstratioas and talks on better — — ..— )nj j,, ^ faming and better living Fer the The Line Forms On The Left - • Juke I^ ^ the campus for the junior divismu of the meeting Of this number. I New WTA If Radii) Series Begins Sunday Boxers Can Jig Gratis This Weekend werc+tra so it was decided to return the surprised earlier this summer when th* Physical Education Depart it announced it would sponsor weekly "Juke Box Proms”, admis sion charge for which would be only fifteen cents er twe-for-o- ***** The biggest surprise of all, bow sear, came yesterday momiag when directors W. L Penbertby and Luke Harrison announced that this week’s Juke Box Prom would bo fro# to alL When th* donees were originally aanoaMod, it was explained that aay profit* mAtfe would be spent to bring In an orchestra for ■ “final ball" at tk* end of th* semester About $10 profit has bean mad* on » three daaeos given thos far » MMhMMHT* • MwOM T vM jf pahlfeWrO out that any ercbeetra brought to the eeiiegs would coot coueidn more than this amouat and, as a reeult Mm admtaainu charge weald aeoooaarUy have ta ho raised Btudeat eontimant, Harriaeo de- etorod, didn’t soma to he strongly hi favor of bringing to aa srrbm- 1.646 of th* registrants were 4-H Clob members, M7 girls and 990 boy* Approximately 2,000 Texas farm er* and thtor wives registered for the ado It dtvialen of the short profit to the stadont body with a fro* dance this Saturday night • * The tremendous popularity of these summer dances has been roorae which began this morning growing by loops aad bounds such weekend. Not eniy the low admis sion charge, but th* informal style baa been Credited by Praherthy aad Harriaoa for th* popularity of th* been between 950 aad 450 poreoas . iMtodly ughCs dance will be the laat this aapto^ur, bat Che proms will be held ttooogheot th* aer that they were conducted this the supervision of W, L. Pen- berth y, Hoad of the Physical Edu cation Department A fireworks display waa held on Kyle field Monday night, and a program of tra mod artists was presented Tues day night The Executive Committee, which ha* boon in charge of the course, includes H. H Williamson, Mildred Horton, Jack Shelton. D. L Wed dington, and Roy W Snyder However, no exact figure* were available to prose Uane "" As usual, the Farmers’ Short >' «- ■ ■ Course, which w Mm oldeot end moot importaat of A. A M’s no- Stidham Fund* Up* mores* short courses, attracted several other mootings to the cam pus to th* same time. Included ia this group are the mootiags of th* Texas Agricultural Writer*’ Cow- owo, th* Hereford Cattle Breed 'S Mon Kmplojrd In Gtntral Improvtmtnt Work On A. A M. ('unpon With on* unit already completed, Texas A A M is iponaortng tlto second af a series of three W I). A. projects for the general tmprbva- ment of th# ground* on th* A * M campus, parDcukriy with ra> •poet to drainage The first unit of th* prqjato started laat Decemkar. Thin unit covered the curb rutter and sido- walks loading to the new dormi- first *f a new radio series tori#*. |t alec included struct qorit Ulm Imm M.rb r .IM. Mw , rM ^ M »«»My ~n. ,n, .. . ocbKk »TAW. IM|„ ^ mpm Ab ,. u , » M AIM ,utHm. .ith „p,^( „ tk „ N...-.U .. u..n -| ^ M j,,,, The eerie* was announced today by j John 0. Rosaer, collage radio di rector, vdio said it will be railed "Meet Yeur Neighbors “ The pro sent schedule call* for seven week ly half-hour programs, continuing through August 2.1. but they will be continued indefinitely if the idea takes hold The NavasoU program which inaugurates the series was pro- pared by Mias Luril* Nemir, edi tor of The NavasoU Examiner It W. G Parker, ’40, Weds Miss Thaberiake Willi, C SuW. CwtomlW. Tmm .,.1 MIm AMW Srilt THa- bertoke. Trinity, T*ca.| wars mar rtod at the bride’s hesae Friday aftoraaep. July M. To High of (1,083.43 consMU of further drainage im- provemenU, curb and gutter Work, sidewalk*, and the topping «f etreeto with asphalt Thea* straoto include Nagle street leading ^owa to the new dormitortoa, ‘' street on the north tide of Mm' new dormitories, end ( ok* etraet MM# »' rune around th* confect KgMry skirting th* new Aormitoriaa, The drainage improvement wiU er*' Am*Motion, aad the Texas Master Farmers. The adult division of the short ore* i* being conducted to n maa aer similar to ragalar school acti vity. Fifty minute ported* of m- ■tmetion ar* * oread thrnurhout towe etow^rtMH mi* W wpss sevens * th* dBf Course members will elso be takoa an a tour af the sampan A group an* song wtt to bsid St Field tonight 4-H Qub Short Course pea- Origtoatod to aid Aggie Georg* Stidham, whoa* back was broken ia an accident several weeks ago, the Stidham Fund has reached $I,0B9.43 The drive baa received settee consist of lining several of th* will narrate th* •Cavalcade ef Ns-1 dr " n ** f raeou" from the founding of that ^ pioneer city antil the present. Pop- j “P**** tk i* *• *1 alar mask of each historic ora and aa hava baoa rooshrsd friends of the college ia v parts ef the stale as null A M mother* chibs, fscatty r*. local aad Bryan to m, and the student body. as A. the historic battle songs of Texas will form part of the story. Similar program* in the “Meet Yeur Neighbors* eerie* will be broodcato by performer* from Hoarse, Calvert. Hempstead. Bell villa, Bryaa. and Madisonville, Ros ser mid “The facilities of WTAW ar* epen to all our neighbor*,” be declared “Since we are about the eaty broadqaatinf station in this vrinHy. wo art making every effort to allow all th* towns in U2AA0 aad TP men in the work. The eottoga, as ep n — 01 about one-fourth of the The balanee Is pail By the federal government J yF An application fer s third W P A. project has Mtok made. This Aay town within Offte*. unit will rover the a sewage treatment plant, courts, and other work. The of material to be feed eg I ■pp a^biMp bap apt IwhhAtoi i bid will ceasito of either itodmh pin to participato,iar cement or both Th# totdl cent ey driving and of this project will be final approval of this unit parted Within a 1m Mm* wrww wiknin wmmj tirivinv (pMldl dl jflMMMMNI Ir to rook up ita own chew. it