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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1944
cry?? JJolds Students Center Of
Recreational, Religious Interest
By Billie Blankenship
On the date of June 12, 1910 a
special meeting was called in the
office of Col. R. T. Milner, then
President of A. & M., for a dicus-
sion of the construction of a Y. M.
C. A. There were a total of nine
teen prominent men, consisting of
the officers of the campus, business
men, and faculty members. The
motion was made and seconded
that work again immediately on
the construction of the new build
ing.
At the next meeting Col. E. B.
Cushing of Houston was elected
chairman. Under the faithful
guidance of their new chairman,
the members of the building com
mittee began the hard task ahead
of them.
After asking for donations,
pledges were made by the thou
sands of dollars. The first three
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THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Second Block North of Post Office)
Invites You To Worship —
Sunday — 9:45 Bible Classes
10:45 Morning Worship
7:00 p.m. Evening Worship
Wednesday— 7:15 p.m. Prayer Meeting
You Will Be Most Welcome at All These Services
R. B. SWEET, Minister
i large pledges were those of Bryan
—$10,000; Officers of the college—
$5,000; and the students, who made
a pledge of $10,000.
At a later meeting, the treasurer
of the committee announced that
the total fund of $2,019.25 had been
collected from the pledges. From
then on pledge payments began
to come in very slow. With what
little money they had and with
great determination the committee
voted to continue with the building
of the new Y. M. C. A. as long as
the funds held out.Suet and Bonn,
building contractors out of Hous
ton, agreed that as long as the
money kept seeping in they would
continue construction.
By November 20, 1912, $32,596
had been subscribed. The slow pro
gress was still in motion and by
April 1914, the funds were so slow
that building was done on even a
slower schedule.
In June 1914 and January 1915,
money was borrowed from the
different banks in Bryan. With this
money and a small sum that had
been further obtained from the
public, the construction of the Y
was finally completed.
The estimated cost from the
beginning of this building was
around $60,000. This included every
thing—ping pong tables, billiards,
and other games; also furniture and
other supplies for the lounges in
the Y.
Through the generous donations
given by John D. Rockefeller, the
construction of the Y was made
possible. Rockefeller in his dona
tion matched dollar for dollar. He
gave his contritmtions in total
sums of $10,000 each. For every
$10,000 raised by the building
committee, Rockefeller would in
turn match it with $10,000.
In the year of 1920 a new story
was added to the Y. The new story
consisted of sixteen furnished
rooms. This addition cost several
thousand more dollars. The total
amount of the coat of the Y would
add up to around seventy-five to
eighty-five thousand dollars.
The Y today svands out as the
center of attraction of the whole
campus. Here the Aggies spend
most of their free time. In the
basement are billiard tables, ping
pong tables, and a bowling alley
which is open every day. Also in
the basement are the Y Confection
ery, and a barber shop. Located
on the first floor there is the Y
chapel where services are held
eevry Sunday. Here too on this
floor is found the comfortable Y
lounge.
On the second floor are the
offices of M. L. Cashion, general
secretary of the Y, ,and his asso-
The A. & M. Presbyterian Church
Norman Anderson, Pastor
WELCOMES
New and Old Students and Servicemen
Best wishes for a new term filled with high
purpose and fine accomplishments.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
(in Campus Theatre)
Student League — 6:30 P.M.
Student Open Forum 7:30 P.M.
(in YMCA Chapel)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
R. L. BROWN, Pastor
SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship 10:50 A.M.
B. S. U. Council 4:00 P.M.
Prayer Service
Fellowship Hour _ 5:00 P.M.
Training Union - 6:00 P.M.
Evening Worship 7:00 P.M.
7:30 Wednesday
A CORDIAL INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO ALL WHO DESIRE TO ATTEND THE SERVICES
Directory of College
Station And Bryan
Churches - Ministers
College Station
BAPTIST—Brown, R. L., Next
door to church, Tel. 4-1197.
CHURCH OF CHRIST—Sweet,
R. B., Boyett Addition, Tel. 4-1163.
EPISCOPAL—Farrell, J. Hugh,
Jersey St., Col. Park, Tel. 4-9404.
LUTHERAN—Hartman, Kurt,
W. Park Addition, Tel. 4-8289.
METHODIST—Gardner, Walton
B., Meth. Parsonage, Tel. 4-4874;
Smith, Burton, Tel. 4-4879.
PRESBYTERIAN — Anderson,
Norman, Timber St., Tel. 4-6189;
Of. 4-9207.
Bryan
BAPTIST—Evanson, Ira D., 28th
and Washington, Tel. 2-5575; Fort,
J. O., 808 W. 27th, Tel. 2-7749;
Landes, J. H., 404 E. 25th, Tel. 2-
5693.
CATHOLIC—Bravi, V., 306 So.
Parker, Tel. 2-1209; Gleissner, J.
B., 608 E. 26th, Tel. 2-2659; Valen-
ta, Tim J., 608 E. 26th, Tel. 2-2659;
Villani, Peter, 304 So. Parker, Tel.
2-1209.
CHRISTIAN—Smythe, F. J.,
304 E. 27th, Tel. 2-2145.
CHURCH OF CHRIST—John
son, James A., 101 Dodge, Tel. 2-
7190.
EPISCOPAL—Butler, James S.,
908 W. 26th, Tel. 2-5060.
METHODIST—Gray, D. D„ 1004
E. 25th, Tel. 2-7030; Lokey, C. W.,
407 E. 27th, Tel. 2-1294; Willis, W.
R., 209 So. Houston, Tel. 2-1324.
PRESBYTERIAN—Dyal, A. T.,
304 So. Washington, Tel. 2-1534;
Watts, Thomas Gordon, 500 E.
25th, Tel. 2-6872.
Norton Analyzes
Aggie Football
For Brazos Exes
Better balanced football of the
same daring type that character
ized the play of Southwest Confer
ence teams last year is in prospect
for football fans this fall, Coach
Homer Norton told some 50 mem
bers of the Bi’azos County A. & M.
Club at its monthly meeting held
Monday night at the Bryan Coun
try Club. Norton gave an off-the-
record analysis of the style of play
the Texas Aggies will use in its
11-game season which opened at
2:30 p.m. last Saturday on Kyle
Field against the Bryan Army Air
Field.
Coach Norton analyzed the pos
sibilities of some ten backs and
twenty linemen constituting the
Maroon and White first string, both
as a team and of each boy as an
individual in the performance of
the expectations for his position.
The squad, he said, has more size,
experience and power than possess
ed by the 1943 aggregation, but
lacks the speed and passing threat
of the backs of last year.
The seven teams of the South
west Conference will be more even
ly matched than last year, Norton
predicted. Texas, he said, should
repeat in the championship roll
but he did not believe it will be
such a walk-away as was the case
in 1943.
Coach Norton introduced other
members of his coaching staff, in
cluding Bill James, line coach, Man
ning Smith, backfield coach, Pete
Jones, business manager of ath
letics and assistant coach, and
“Bird Dog” Lil Dimmitt, trainer
and assistant coach. The latter
ciate J. Gordon Gay. Under these
two men the supervision of the Y
is carried on.
St. Thomas’
Chapel
Jersey at Pershing Street
invites YOU to its services
Sunday Schedule
Holy Communion, 9 a.m.
Coffee Club, 9:30 a.m.
Morning Prayer, 11 a.m.
The Rev. J. Hugh Farrell
Chaplain
Telephone 4-9404
surfacing of all old asphalt streets
and double surfacing of other
streets, together with drainage
work have all been included in the
undertaking.
The worK has been done, Mr.
Smith pointed out, without a spec
ial assessment or contribution
from any individual. “The city was
practically out of debt previous to
these two projects, but no city
can operate without capital out
lay,” Mr. Smith said.
closed the meeting with an ex
planation of some pet nicknames
the football boys use for each
other. Dimmitt also told some of
his pet stories which were well
received.
P. L. Downs, Jr., good Samaritan
for the club, read a letter from
Mrs. Lee J. Rountree thanking the
club for flowers sent her while
she was in the hospital recently.
Downs also told the club of
finding seven Aggie graduates and
another former student in Mc-
Closkey Hospital at Temple recup
erating from battle wounds or serv
ice connected injuries. A plan has
been worked out whereby such of
these boys as are able to travel
will be brought to all four foot
ball games to be played at College
Station this fall by members of
the Bell County A. & M. Club.
Here they will be looked after and
fed by Good Smaritan Downs and
will be guests of President Gibb
Gilchrist at the games.
A resolution directed 'the club
president and secretary to write
a letter of commendation to Pres
ident Gilchrist on his set-up of a
director of Student Affairs and his
selection of Major J. W. (Dough)
Rollins to fill the position. A let
ter of congraulation to Rollins
also will be sent.
City Improvements
On Streets and Sewage
Near Final Completion
The sewer and street improve
ments in the city of College Sta
tion are nearing completion, ac
cording to Lloyd D. Smith, City
Manager.
The sewer project, calling for
an expenditure of approximately
$7000, has been completed, thus
eliminating a health hazard in the
area northeast of A. & M. College
campus. This improvement included
the elimination of the lift stations,
the effluent flow by gravity.
At the present time the street
improvement project, on which the
city is spending approximately
$10,000, is nearing completion. Re-
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First Christian
Church
27th and So. College
Bryan
Welcomes You to Its
Services
10:00 A. M.
Sunday School
11:00 A. M.
Communion and Sermon
6:30 P. M.
Youth Meeting
7:30 P. M.
Evening Worship
On WTAW 11:30-12:00
Oct. 1, 15, and 29
F. J. SMYTHE
Pastor
Telephone 2-2145
COLLEGE AVENUE BAPTIST
College Ave., at 25th Street — Bryan
(At Aggie Corner)
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Baptist Training Union 6:00 P.M.
Evening Worship 8:00 P.M.
J. H. Landes, Pastor
T. A. Sweeney, Director
Church Music
Mrs. Chester Jones, Church Secretary
Telephone 2-5691
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Bryan
Corner 27th and Washington
(i/2 Block from Bus Line)
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Baptist Training Union
Evening Worship
9:45 A.M.
10:50 A.M.
7:00 P.M.
8:00 P.M.
Ira D. Eavenson, Pastor
Euell Porter, Music Director
Mrs. Buelah Lipscomb, Sec.
Telephone 2-5575
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