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TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1942 THE BATTALION Page 3
Executives Lead College in Defense Effort
President Walton Heads
Administration of College
All Students Should Become Acquainted
With the Dean of Their Respective School
The officials of Texas A. & M. College, those men who are respon
sible for the administration of the affairs of the school, are ready to
assume the responsibilities of their office for another term. These
men, under the leadership of President T. 0. Walton, are faced this
year with the new and additional responsibilities of A. and M.’s year-
round program and war-dominated curriculum. In order that they may
give you the counsel and guidance
successful member of your college 1
community, they welcome and en
courage visits from students.
New students should become
acquainted with these college lead
ers, . and old students should
strengthen and renew their friend
ships.
T. O. WALTON
President of the college since
1925, E)r. Walton came to A. & M.
in 1916 as state agent with the
Extension Service. He was made
director of the Extension Service
in 1918, retaining that position un
til his selection as president of
the college. Eminent in national
affairs, he has held this position
during the period of A. & M.’s
greatest growth and most radical
changes.
F. C. BOLTON
Dean Bolton was once a major
in the cadet corps of Mississippi
A. & M. and also served as com
mandant one year. He was brought
to this college as professor of
physics and electrical engineering.
In 1922 he was made dean of en
gineering and served until 1927.
Since that time he has served as
dean of the college.
GIBB GILCHRIST
In his career, Dean Gilchrist
has held many j'obs of importance
which will aid you in becoming a
A. & M. President
T. 0. Walton
throughout the state of Texas.
Graduating from the University
of Texas in 1909. he was assistant
engineer and head engineer of the
Santa Fe Railroad, and has served
as division engineer of the high
way department at San Antonio.
In 1924 he was made state high
way engineer. He also has served
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Dean of the College
F. C. Bolton
as an officer in the Engineer
Corps during the World War I.
He was made dean of engineering
at Texas A. & M. in 1937 and is
devoting his efforts to placing
more A. & M. engineers in mod
ern industries and in positions vi
tal to our war efforts.
T. D. BROOKS
Dr. Brooks, dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences and of the
Liberal Arts Dean
T. D. Brooks
Graduate School, is a graduate of
Baylor and has served as principal
and superintendent of schools at
Hillsboro, as president of South
western , State Normal College of
Oklahoma, and as mayor of the
city of Waco during his employ
ment as professor in Baylor Uni
versity.
E. J. KYLE
He’ll be ready for Inspection
because he’ll have his
Cleaning and Pressing done at the . . .
Campus Cleaners
Over In New
Exchange Store “Y”
A graduate of A. & M. in 1889,
Dean Kyle first became a member
of the teaching staff in 1902. He
has been head of a department and
was made dean of agriculture in
1911. Holding a' master of science
degree from Cornell University, he
is the author of numerous publica
tions in the field of agriculture
and is an outstanding figure in the
growth and development of agri
culture in the South.
0LE»ARMY
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Bryan
Engineering Dean
Veterinary Dean
R. P. Marsteller
R. P. MARSTELLER
Dean Marsteller attended Ohio
State University, receiving the
degree of Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine in 1905. He came to A.
& M. in November of that year
as instructor and assistant vet
erinarian for the Agricultural Ex
periment Station. He succeeded Dr.
Mark Francis as dean of veterin
ary medicine.
E. E. McQUILLEN
Present executive secretary of
the Former Students Association,
Alumni Secretary
E. E. McQuillen
E. JC. McQuillen was a cadet lieu
tenant, colonel his senior year when
he graduated in 1920 - in animal
husbandry. Also that year he play
ed on A. & M.’s outstanding bas
ketball team. He sold insurance in
Dallas after graduation, but was
brought back to the college as as
sistant to Col. Ike Ashburn, who
was then executive secretary of
Registrar
H. L. Heaton
Agriculture Dean
E. J. Kyle
the association. Mr. McQuillen was
made secretary upon Col. Ike’s
resignation in 1926, and has held
that position since that date.
E. L. ANGELL
Formerly manager of student
publications E. L. Angell succeed
ed Colonel Ike Ashburn as the as
sistant to the President. Having
President’s Aide
Instructor Posts
Open to Men Not
Licensed by CAA
Requirements for men applying
for commissions and instructor
posts in naval aviation have been
changed to permit the acceptance
of men other than those who hold
CAA instructor licenses, it was
announced today by Lieut. Comdr.
Barry Holton, of the Naval Avia
tion Cadet Selection Board, Dallas.
“Heretofore,” Commander Hol
ton, senior member of the Dallas
flight board, said, “applicants for
instructor posts in the navy have
been required to hold valid CAA
instructor licenses. Now, however,
an applicant may hold a valid pri
vate pilot’s license and qualify, but
in such case he must have acquired
a minimum of 300 hours pilot’s
time in aircraft of 100 horse
power or over.”
Comdr. Holton called special at
tention to the fact that all grad
uates of civilian pilot training in
structors courses now meet the re
quirements for commission in class
A-V (T), or the class in which
instructor posts fall.
Applicants must be between 21
and 40 years of age, inclusive, and
must be high school graduates.
Marriage is no bar. Applications
from the Texas-Oklahoma area
must be made at the Naval Avia
tion Cadet Selection Board, Allen
Building, Dallas, and inquiries by
mail should be addressed to this
board.
Mexican Plays And
Pecos Bill’s S.W. Trip
Color TCU Curriculum
FORT WORTH—(AGP)—The
flavor of the heritage and culture
of the Southwest characterizes
many of the classes at Texas Chris
tian university.
“The average student was learn
ing all about the English miracle
plays and nothing about Pecos Bill
and Paul Bunyan’s excursion to
the Southwest,” explains Dr. Re
becca Smith, English department
head, who has been a leader in de
velopment of the “Southwest Ap
proach.”
WELCOME, AGGIES
Make a good impression from the start
E. L. Angell
done graduate work in Chicago
University, he has been a report
er on a daily paper, a school offi
cial, a school superintendent as
well as a representative of the
State Department of Education be
fore coming here.
H. L. HEATON
Acting registrar in place of E.
J. Howell, who is on leave with
the army, is H. L. Heaton, whose
job it is to keep the many records
that are necessary. He is assisted
by R. G. Perryman.
Educational clinic of City col
lege, New York, established in
1913, was the first one opened in
this country for treatment of mal
adjusted children.
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Carleton college has 16 foreign
students representing 10 nations.
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