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VOLUME 44
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 5, 1944
NUMBER 49
Dean Kyle Resigns As Agriculture Dept. Head
G. R. White To Head Board Gf Directors
Meeting In Austin
At a recent meeting of the board
of directors of the college, Mr. G.
R. White, banker and ranchman
from Brady, Texas, was named to
succeed F. M. Law as president of
the board, who resigned recently.
R. W. Briggs, construction engi
neer, was elected to the vice presi
dent’s position.
The meeting, of the board was
held in the Pan American room of
the Driskill Hotel in Austin last
Wednesday night.
White, who formerly served as
vice president of the board, re
ceived his B.S. in Civil Engineer
ing from A. & M. in 1895 and was
appointed to the board in 1925. His
present term expires in 1949.
Briggs is president of the Briggs
Construction Company of San An
tonio, receiving his deg^el? in Civil
Engineering from the college in
1917. He was appointed to the
board in 1937 and his term of of
fice will expire in January, 1945.
Law had served on the board
in 1937 and his term of office will
expire in January, 1945.
Law had served on the board
since 1919, filling the position of
president for almost 23 years. He
graduated from A. & M. in 1895,
receiving his B.S. in Agriculture.
He later studied law and entered
the banking business in Bryan
where he was born, later moving
to Beaumont thence to his present
home in Houston where he is pres
ident of the First National Bank.
City Scouts Collect
Three Tons of Paper
On the first Saturday in Novem
ber the College Station Boy Scouts
and Cubs collected more than three
tons of paper. The willingness of
the scouts and cubs as well as their
Troop Committeemen have been an
inspiration to those who work with
them, said L. S. Jones chairman. To
date, they have collected a total
of more than thirty tons. Residents
can assist by tying the packages
securely with string in both direc
tion, added Jones.
The next collection will be made
on December 9,
Geology Club Meets
Wed. In Pet. Bldg.
Ambrose Lyth, president of the
A. & M. Geology Club, announced
that the club will hold a meeting
Wednesday night at 7:15 p.m. in
Room 113 of the Petroleum build
ing. An interesting program has
been planned.
E. L. Angel Made
Lt. Col. In France
Lt. Col. E. L. Angell
Edmund L. Angel, former as
sistant to Dr. T. 0. Walton during
his administration here at A. &
M. has recently been promoted
from Maj. to Lieut. Colonel. Col.
Angel entered the service in Aug
ust, 1943, and after receiving his
comhiission, was sent to England
where he remained until the mid
dle of last Sept.
He has since been transferred
from England to Paris, France,
where he is now stationed with
the Supreme Allied Head Quarters
Expedition. He is a staff officer
of the G-5 division, which is Civil
Affairs, with the French National
Authority.
Rev. Quin to Confirm
Candidates At Chapel
The Right Reverend C. S. Quin,
Episcopal Bishop of Texas, will be
at St. Thomas Chapel on Wednes
day evening, Dec. 6th, at 7:30 p.m.
to confirm a class of candidates
and to dedicate the new pews.
Bishop Quin will preach fol
lowing the confirmation service
and all members and friends of
the chapel are cordially invited to
attend the services.
Latin American Club
To See Movie Wed.
At 7 p.m. Wednesday in the
Animal Husbandry Lecture Room,
the A. & M. Latin American Club
will present a movie entitled
“South of the Border”, by Walt
Disney. All students have been
cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
Westinghouse
Executive
Speaks Here
M. W. Smith, ’15, vice-president
in charge of engineering of the
Westinghouse Company, spoke in
the Civil Engineering Building yes
terday on the engineering develop
ments and post-war plans of the
Westinghouse Company.
After Dean Barlowe’s introduc
tion, Smith told of the develop
ments in engineering during war.
According to Smith, much research
in electronics and radar has been
done. He added that jet prepul
sion planes have been improved, a
steam turbine powered locomotive
built and a tank-gun stabilizers in
vented among countless other con
tributions made by Westinghouse
to the war effort.
The immediate problem, which
confronts the company is conver
sion to peace manufacture, said
Smith. He noted that the company
would play a large part in keeping
the economic standards high for the
United States after the war by of
fering jobs and buying materials.
However, he said, it is not known
how rapid the government cancel
lations will be made and how the
present staff of experienced work
ers will be exchanged for returning
soldiers who will want their jobs
back.
Smith then related some of the
post-war plans of Westinghouse.
He explained how electronics holds
undreamed of power if it is utilized
competently, and how high fre
quency I’adio waves can be put to
use. Many of the discoveries made
during the war will greatly en
hance future products of Westing
house, he added.
Session ended with a remark by
Smith on the effectiveness of co
operation between Westinghouse
and A. & M. College in the past
and a hope that more will be ac
complished in the future.
Quin County Aggies
To Meet Tues. Night
There will be a meeting of the
Quin County A. & M. Club Tues
day evening in Room 102, E. E.
Bldg., at 7:15 p. m., immediately
following mess.
All students from Wharton, Ft.
Bend, Colorado, Matagorda, and
Austin counties are urged to be
present, as final plans for the
Chi'istmas Dance will be discussed
at this time, said Fish Brasher,
reporter of the club.
T. u. Comes To Life As Aggies Arrive
Teasippers Forget Aggie Hospitality
By Eli Barker
Last Thursday amid outward
signs of grief, old Army began to
shout, “Skin ’em alive in forty-
five.” For the .fifth consecutive
year now, Texas u. had somehow
managed to win over the Aggies
even when it could be definitely
seen fhat the better team had come
off the field on the short end of
the score. After going home in a
bad humor, it made matters even
worse to hear the teasippers in
the old home town whip out with,
“It sure is tough about the Ag
gies.” But every dog has its day
and good dogs have two; so look
for anything to happen next Tur
key day.
It is hard to find out just why
the Aggies have so much trouble
when it comes to beating T. u., but
many offer this explanation: Any
Aggie would gladly go without
food for a week if the teasippers
could be beaten, but it is not the
same over there. A. & M. is just
another game in Austin with the
result that no one becomes over
enthusiastic about the outcome. It
is then very natural that the Ag
gie team should go onto the field
with the full realization that this
is the game of the season while
the teahounds think of this as just
an ordinary game. Playing a calm
game is therefore much easier for
the Longhorns than it is for the
Aggies. Well, there it is. It can
be taken for what it’s worth, but
it’ll do until a better one comes
along.
This was probably the most ex
citing corps trip of the year even
if it wasn’t the most enjoyable.
With no one certain of what would
happen the next minute, the Corps
decided to take each and every
thing as it came along, and the re
sults were amazing to everyone.
One of the most noticeable things
about the Texas u. campus was
the apparent lack of interest on
the part of the entire student body.
There was lots of rough stuff,
such as capturing Aggie caps, but
many were doing that instead of
attending the trash fire and pep
meeting. It seemed that the tea-
hounds had a great deal of pep
when they outnumbered the Ag
gies, and a number of caps could
then be added to the collection. It
was evident that there was a prize
being offered to the fraternity
which could get the largest amount
of Aggie headgear * together. At
the last count it seemed almost a
certainty that the Eata Bita Pi
would win with flying colors.
Probably the coldest thing south
of the North Pole was the recep
tion given the Aggies at the dance
held in the Gregory Gymnasium
bn Thanksgiving eve. After dig
ging deep into very shallow pock
ets and somehow managing to
scrape together the huge sum of
$1.50, the “honored” Aggies were
allowed to enter the dance. All
that was necessary then was to
find a comfortable chair so that
one could relax and watch the tea-
hounds dance with their women.
Finally, some Aggies could stand
the bored look on the ladies’ faces
no longer and decided to cut in.
Now the good part comes ; When
the teasipper would be tapped on
the shoulder and asked to share
his date for one dance, he would
reply very truthfully, “I am sorry.”
(See CORPS, Page 4)
RESIGN S SUCCESSOR
Dean E. J. Kyle C. N. Shepardson
Veterinary Students To Havfc Annual
Formal Ball In Sbisa Saturday Night
The annual dance of the junior
chapter of the American Veterinary
MedicaP Association will be held in
the annex of Sbisa Mess Hall this
Saturday night, December 9, 1944,
from 9 ’till 12 o’clock. The Aggie-
land orchestra, with Natalie Lane,
will furnish the music for the even
ing.
The dance will be semi-formal.
No arrangements have been made
for housing dates because there
is ample housing facilities in Col
lege Station and Bryan.
The dance committee—composed
of Johnny Colvin, Barney Myatt,
Andy Jones, Jack Sanders, Frank
Yturria, and J. N. Chastain—will
send invitations to honored guests,
which include Dr. and Mrs. R. P.
Marsteller, members of the faculty
and the military staff of the col
lege.
The decorations will be abbrev
iated due to war conditions, but
will by no means be lacking. There
will be comic posters impersonat
ing the professors, and the light
ing will be subdued and in varying
colors. Punch will be served at
intermission.
All veterinary students are urged
to attend the dance which is held
each year in honor of the graduat
ing seniors. This years dance has
all appearance of being the most
successful in recent years.
Revival to Be Held
At Baptist Church
p
Dr. Lemuel Hall, Army
Chaplain, To Preside
Beginning December third and
continuing through December 10,
a revival will be held at the First
Baptist Church in College Station
with Dr. Lemuel Hall, Army Chap
lain, to conduct the services. Serv
ices are to begin at 7:00 p. m. each
night and those students who desire
to attend will'be excused from call
to quarters.
Included in the evening services
will be motion picture films show
ing life in the army camps and the
work 7 done by the church.
Dr. Hall issued a cordial welcome
to all to attend.
Dairy Husbandry
Prof Appointed to
Advisory Council
A. L. Darnell, Texas A. & M.
College professor of dairy husband
ry, has been appointed a member
of the dairy husbandry group of
the National Advisory Council of
Rutgers University Farm Buildings
Institute, and he will represent
the South and Southwest on this
important postwar planning group.
Darnell is leaving today to at
tend a meeting of the group in
Madison, Wisconsin. The out
standing specialists from all over
the nation will meet to study farm
building design in the light of ad
vances brought about by the war.
The collective potential demand
of American farmers for new con
struction runs into the billiflhs of
dollars. What is needed is a pool
ing of facts on farm building re
quirements, and filling in the gaps
with research with the end in view
of improving and standardizing the
design of farm structures so the
techniques of mass production and
prefabrication can be applied, Mr.
Darnell declared.
Housing for farmers and work,
ers, storage for crops and ma-"
chinery and shelter for farm ani
mals will occupy the members of
the Rutgers group at the Madison
meeting.
Brazos Co. Aggies
To Honor Fairer Sex
At Christmas Party
Club To Present Robes
To McCloskey Aggies
President J. E. Roberts of the
Brazos County A. & M. Club has
announced completion of plans for
the Christmas party honoring Ag
gies of the fair sex, and the big
entertainment will be staged in
Sbisa Hall on December 12, begin
ning at 7:30 p. m.
Tickets for the dinner will be
$1 each and they must be pur
chased before noon on December
11, President Roberts announced.
The Brazos County A. & M.
Mothers are joining in the party,
and all members of the club are
requested to bring all the women
(See AGGIES, Page 2)
Ag. Eco. Head Speaks
At Farm Conference
“The prosperity of American
agriculture after the war is ( large
ly dependent upon the mainten
ance of expended markets for farm
products”, declared J. Wheeler
Barger, head of the Department
of Agricultural Economics at A.
and M. College in an address in
Dallas yesterday.
In the opening address before
the regional conference of Farm
Security Administration workers,
Mr. Barger discussed sound post
war programs for agriculture.
“Expanded domestic markets will
depend upon the achievement of a
high level of industrial employment
that affords large consumption of
food and fiber and on the discov
ery of new uses of farm commod
ities as raw materials for indus
trial production. Enlarged foreign
markets will depend on stabaliza-
tion of world political and econom
ic arrangements and the elimina
tions of the barriers and restric
tions that impede the flow of com
merce among nations.”
Mr. Barger outlined desirable
national objectives as including
adequate production of food and
fiber, parity of income and public
services for rural people, better
marketing at lower cost, family
size farm units, good tenure condi
tions and conservation of agricul
tural resources. .
To Be Succeeded By C. N.
Shepardson, Poultry Head
Kyle to Serve As Dean Emeritus; Aid In
Organization Of Research Foundation
Wednesday, November 29, Dean E. J. Kyle of the
School of Agriculture retired to become dean emeritus of
agriculture. His duties now will be to aid in the organiza
tion of the A. & M. Research Foundation and to promote
Latin American relations. The A. & M. Board of Directors
met in Austin to acknowledge his new position.
Kyle first came to A. & M. in the fall of 1896 and
graduated in June of 1899. While he was here as a student,
Third Installment
Fees Is Payable Now
Third installment of Main
tenance fees of $53.00, payable
December 1-9 inclusive can be
paid now.
These fees include board
$41.40, room $8.05 and laundry
$3.55 to February 2, 1945.
The Cashier of the Fiscal De
partment will accept these fees
from 8:00 a. m. until 1:30 p. m.
Indust. Ed. Head to
Attend Conference
In Philadelphia
Postwar Problems Of
Vets To Be Discussed
E. L. Williams, Head of the De
partment of Industrial Education
and Director of Industrial Exten
sion' Service at A. & M. College,
left Sunday for Philadelphia to at
tend a series of conferences con
ducted by the U. S. Office of Edu
cation and the American Vocational
Association. The conferences were
called for the purpose of planning
training programs for the recon
version of industry from war ma
terials to civilian goods, and post
war education needs of ex-service
personnel and demobilized war
workers.
Training veterans will dominate
many sessions. Authorities from
the War Department will tell the
vocational educators of the in
terests and attitudes of the return
ing servicemen which must be con
sidered in planning for their re
education. Representatives of labor,
management, and the Armed Forces
will join with the educators in one
session devoted wholly to recon-
(See CONFERENCE, Page 4)
he worked in order to pay his way
through school. During his senior
year here he was the highest rank
ing cadet officer, president of the
YMCA, 'president of his class, and
valedictorian. He also served as
commandant of the school for over
a month and was therefore given
a seat and vote in the faculty. No
other student in the history of the
college ever received this honor.
Immediately after graduation
here he entered Cornell University
and graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Science in, Agriculture
in 1901. A year later he was
given the degree of Master of
Science in Agriculture from the
same institution. While at Cornell,
General Albert Sidney Burleson
financed his education.
Kyle returned to his old alma
mater in the June of 1902 as an
instructor in horticulture and was
promoted to the head of that de
partment three years later. In the
summer of 1911 when the School
of Agriculture was created, he
was made Dean of that school.
At that time there were five
departments in the School of Agri
culture and now there are fifteen,
despite the fact that several de
partments have branched off from
the organization. In 1911 the col
lege ranked fifteenth in enrollment
of agricultural students while to
day it is first in the number of
students in this field of all land
grant colleges in the United States
with an enrollment of 2500 stu
dents. This school now has one
of the most up-to-date and ef
ficient physical plants of any col
lege in the nation.
When first connected with the
A. & M. College, he was President
of the Athletic Association for
nine years (1903-1911) and built
up the best organized and most
successful athletic association in
the Southwest. He developed the
(See KYLE on Page 3)
Famed French Pianist, Casadesus, To
Appear On Campus Town Hall Dec. 12
Robert Casadesus, the French
pianist, is to be presented here on
Tuesday, December 12, by Town
Hall which is sponsored by the
Committee on Student Activities.
This famous musician who has
been called “as complete a musi
cian as he is a pianist” is a mu
sician, technician, and composer.
Being from a distinguished French
musical family, he comes naturally
into his fame and has won the
highest honors at the Paris Con
servatory.
After a triumphant series of
European tours, he made his Amer
ican debut in January, 1935. Tos
canini, who was in that first audi
ence, immediately invited him to
play with him the following sea
son. Going from one brilliant per
formance to another, Casadesus
has today become one of the most
renowned musicians in the country.
Inevitably he is the conductor’s
choice for soloist and has the rare
record of seven seasons as soloist
with the New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra, as well as of
re-engagements with the Boston,
Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Louis,
Cincinnati, Chicago and Kansas
City orchestras. He has also ap
peared with the major orchestras
of Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Oklahoma City, Minneapolis, Pitts
burgh, Rochester, and Mexico City.
One of Casadesus’s friendly
neighbors is the physicist Albert
Einstein. They often play duets
for the violin and piano together.
Robert Casadesus
“Professor Einstein plays the vio
lin well,” says Casadesus, “and is
a very good musician. He likes
Handel and Mozart best and some
times the compositions of Casade
sus. But mostly, he likes the com
poser dead.”
For many years Casadesus head
ed the piano department of the
Fontainbleau School of Music.
When the war came, the. school
was transplanted here. The first
summer it had its headquarters at
Newport, last year it moved to the
Berkshires among the rolling hills
of New England.