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PAGE 4 THE BATTALION FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1944 New Methodist Church To Be Built Shown here is the new A. & M. Methodist church, Student center and Education building, which will be erected at the close of the war. The church now owns a full block of land, where the new struc ture will be built. Walter J. Coul ter of Bryan, a former student of Texas A. & M., has pioneered in giving $5,000 for an endowment fund for the church and it is ex pected that other endowment funds will be secured. Costing about $175,000 the above pictured structure will be of modi fied Gothic architecture. The sanc tuary will seat 875 persons and will be designed for comfort, beau ty and worshipfulness. Plans call for an organ and tower chimes. The Student center will include a large lounge, with piano, radio, victrola, table games, easy chairs, a library, a mother’s parlor, where Aggies may entertain their moth ers; a student council room; a small chapel; offices for the pas tor, assistant pastor, church sec retary and the president of the student council; a banquet hall with stage, kitchen and having at one end a projection machine for motion pictures; several large game rooms; a guest room for vis iting speakers; a workshop; and a small dormitory room for several boys who will care for the build ing. The Educational building will contain facilities for church school classes and assembly rooms. Rev. Walton B. Gardner is pas tor of the church and J. Gordon Gay is treasurer of the building fund. —EUDALY— (Continued from page i) E. R. Eudaly for our considera tion for the important post of di rector of th» co-operative exten sion service of Texas. In so doing, you not only presented the recom mendation of the board of direc tors of the Texas A. & M. College but also your views in regard to the matter and certain reasons why you were urging his appoint ment. “You asked for immediate con sideration and a reply at an early date. We have given the matter very careful consideration and have weighed the information which you presented in connection with your recommendation of Eu daly. “Under the Smith-Lever Act and We Alter for - - - Aggies, Sailors, Marines and Civilians Two Day Service Work Guaranteed Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. & M. Alteration Shop North Gate - Next to A.&M. Grill LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies ARCHITECT’S DRAWING of the after the war. proposed College Station Methodist Church building to be built the Memorandum of Agreement between the Secretary of Agricul ture and the Texas A. & M. Col lege, extension work in agricul ture and home economics is car ried on co-operatively, and the ex tension director functions as the joint representative of the Texas A. & M. College and of the United States Department of Agriculture. From the standpoint of the depart ment, he is its representative in co operative extension matters in the State of Texas. Requirements Stressed “In the consideration of candi dates for the important position of representing the Department of Agriculture as director of exten sion, it has been the policy of the department for many years to lay great emphasis on certain require ments. “Foremost among these is the ability of the nominee to give uni fied leadership in the state to the extension service and to receive the united support of all farm peo ple and of the public in general of the co-operative extension pro gram. This qualification is partic ularly important now that we are at war and food plays such an im portant part in the successful pros ecution of the war and in the de velopment of a Democratic peace after the war. Doesn’t Meet Qualifications “In consideration of the depart ment’s agreeing to carry on in co operation with the A. & M. College of Texas all demonstrations and other forms of extension work in agriculture and home economics which the department is authorized by Congress to conduct in the State of Texas, the A. & M. Col lege of Texas agreed ‘to establish and maintain a definite and dis tinct administrative organization for the management and conduct of the extension work in agricul ture and home economics known as the extension service with a re sponsible leader selected by the college, satisfactory to the Depart ment of Agriculture.’ “Eudaly does not meet the de partment’s qualifications for the position of director of the co-op erative extension service of Texas outlined above, and we regret to inform you that -we can not rec ommend his appointment.” In commenting upon Eudaly’s failure to be approved, President Gilchrist said: “From M. L. Wilson, National Director of Extension Work in Washington we have today re ceived a definite refusal to accept the nomination of E. R. Eudaly as Extension Director for Texas. Eu daly’s name had been submitted first by the Board of Directors and later by the President. We consider him a very capable man and be lieve he would make an efficient director. However, Mr. Wilson does not agree and the mutual nature of the contract between the A. & M. College of Texas and the Depart ment of Agriculture gives the lat ter the right of approval or dis approval.” COLLEGE (Continued from page 1) War II. Type of training academic. Duration of service March 1, 1943 to June 30, 1944. This certificate is awarded at Headquarters Army Air Forces Training Command," Fort Worth, Texas, this first day of July in the year of our Lord, 1944.” The certificate bears the signatures of Lt. Gen. B. K. Yount, Commanding General of the Train ing Command, and General Kraus, Commanding General of the CFTC. The college training program at the peak of its strength late in 1943, included 54 colleges and uni versities under the jurisdiction of the AAF Central Flying Training Command. These schools were scat tered over 17 states in the Middle and Southwest and 26,000 air crew trainees were numbered in their classes. “Throughout the college training program Army Air Forces require ments were met with sincerity and unselfish effort on the part of every school in the program,” Brig. Gen. Walter F. Kraus, Command ing General of the Central Flying Training Command, has stated. “It was a stupendous undertak ing on very short notice which the colleges and universities under took. Both college authorities and military personnel are completing the program with a very high de gree of respect for each other. Fac ulties took pride in the courtesy, respect and classroom attention of their air corps students, and towns people opened their hearts and homes to them.” Terminating after 16 months’ service, the college training pro gram got under way in March, 1943. Colleges all over the country were rapidly inspected by com manding officers of AAFTC sta tions, selections were made and the 54 schools had barely a month in which to prepare for their air crew trainees. Students streamed from basic training centers to colleges and universities, the first students re porting on March 1, 1943. They were introduced immediately to a rugged 22 ^ weeks course and a 9-hour day, including such subjects as physics, math, English, history, military training, physical train ing, medical aid, and civil air reg ulations. All colleges selected had CAA-WTS flight operators and fledgling pilots received 10 hours of dual flying time during their course. The first reduction in the college training program was announced in January of this year, with al most half the colleges receiving termination of training notice. In March, the War Department an nounced the termination of the col lege training programs, with the last students leaving the campus on June 30. With elimination of the college training phase, Army Air Forces air crew trainees now proceed di rect from basic training units to pre-flight schools, for ten weeks of classroom and drill field work. Prospective pilots receive ten weeks of primary flight training, ten weeks of basic training, and ten weeks of advanced pilot training before receiving their wings. B 4 om- Church Notices THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Corner Twenty-seventh and S. College F. J. Smythe, Pastor 10:15 Aggie Class Meeting 11 :00 Communion and Sermon 6:00 Recreation Period on Lawn 7:00 Christian Youth Fellowship 8:00 Communion and Sermon A cordial welcome to all Worship Services of FIRST METHODIST CHURCH On 27th Street, 2 Blocks East of Bus Line Sunday School 9 :3C- a.m. Church Services 10 :60 a.m. Methodist Service Men’s Center 2-6 p.m. (next door to church) Yeung people’s choir practice 6:30 p.m. Youth Fellowship 7:15 p.m. Evening worship 8 p.m. W. R. Willis, Minister July 9, 1944 All Aggies and Service Men receive a cordial welcome. American Lutheran Congregation Y.M.C.A. Chapel, Campus Kurt Hartmann, Pastor Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Divine Service at 11 :00 a.m. In the absence of the pastor, July 9, Mr. M. A. Jandt will conduct both the* Sunday School and the Service. A. & M. METHODIST CHURCH AND WESLEY FOUNDATION Rev. Walton B. Gardner, Pastor-Director Associates, Abie Jack Adrian and S. Burton Smith Sunday: Church School—9 :45 a.m. Morning Worship—10:50 a.m. Wesley Foundation—7 :00 p.m. Wednesday: Choir Practice—6 :45 p.m. Wesley Fellowship Night and Midweek Devotional—7 :00 p.m. Houston Club Meets Wednesday Night A very important meeting of the Houston A. & M. Club will be * held in room 110 of the Academic Building, Wednesday, July 12, at 7:15 p.m. The president, Tommy Penn, has * announced plans for a party to be held in the very near future in Houston. The plans will be pre- ' sented before the whole club, so it - is very important that every Hous ton Aggie attend. >„ In 1362 an expedition of Norse men visited what is now Minnesota, leaving a dated inscription which was discovered in 1898. bardiers and navigators receive ten weeks of pre-flight followed by a 16-week advanced course for navi gators and an 18-week advanced course for bombardiers. Dr. D. W. Andres Announces the Association Dr. Robt. M. Golladai] In the General Practice of Medicine College Station, Texas OFFICE HOURS 10—12 A. M. 2— 6 P. M. Phone 4-4404