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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 27, 1945
Present YMCA Is Result of Movement
Originated by Campus Leaders in 1910
June 12, 1910 marks the birth
of the present commodious YMCA
building where many fine services
are rendered the Texas Aggies by
the friendly staff headed by genial
Mason L. Cashion, general secre
tary. On that day 19 prominent
campus individuals met with the
then president of the college, Col.
R. T. Milner, and voted to solicit
funds for the construction of a
YMCA building on the campus.
From this initial meeting the
impetus was given the movement
that resulted in the completion of
the first part of the building in
1915. To this building have been
added several additions; in 1920
a complete story was added, pro
viding dormitory rooms, and in
1942 extensive repairs and remod
eling and the addition of two new
lounges were completed.
The YMCA has supervision of
Kiest Lounge which is opened on
weekends for the guests of the
Aggies. The business houses locat
ed in the new area and housing
George’s Confectionery, postoffice,
barber shop and other businesses
were constructed by the YMCA. In
the YMCA main building Aggies
will find billiard tables, bowling
alleys, confectionery, lounges, tel
ephones, piano, and information
desks. The main floor has a chapel
and upstairs rooms are used for
meetings. For many years the
YMCA sponsored campus picture
shows.
The YMCA staff includes Gordon
Gay as associate secretary. The
policy making of the “Y” is under
the direction of a YMCA council
composed of faculty members and
a YMCA cabinet composed of stud
ents. *
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.
Student League 6:30 P.M.
Student Open Forum 7:30 P.M.
(In YMCA Chapel)
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
CHURCH DIRECTORY
College Station
BAPTIST—Brown, R. L., Next door to Church, 4-1197.
CHURCH OF CHRIST—Sweet, R. B., Boyett Addition,
4-1163.
METHODIST—Terry, Raymond C., Tauber Street, opposite
church, 4-4874.
LUTHERAN—Mgebroff, F. V., Park Addition, 4-8289.
PRESBYTERIAN—Anderson, Norman,, Timer Street, 4-6189
or 4-9207.
EPISCOAL—Farrell, J. Hugh, Jersey Street, College Park,
4-9404.
Bryan
BAPTIST—Eavanson, Ira D., 28th and Washington, 2-5575;
Fort, J. 0., 808 W. 27th, 2-7749.
CATHOLIC—Bravi, B., 306 S. Parker, 2-1209; Gleissner J.,
608 E. 26th, 2-2659; Valenta, Tim J., 608 E. 26th, 2-2659; Villani,
Peter, 304 S. Parker, 2-1209.
CHRISTIAN—Smythe, F. J., 304 E. 27th, 2-2145.
CHURCH OF CHRIST—Johnson, James A, 101 Dodge,
2-7190. j
EPISCOPAL—Butler, James S., 908 W. 26th, 2-5060.
METHODIST—2-7030; Stewart Clendenin, 409 E. 27th,
2-1294; Willis, W. R., 209 S. Houston, 2-1324.
PRESBYTERIAN—Dyal, A. T., 304 S. Washington, 2-1534;
Watts, Thomas Gordon, 400 E. 25th, 2-6872.
“The Church of Your Choice Extends you a Cordial Invitation.”
Town Hall Books Ten Big Attractions
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this pair are not comparable with
anything else contemporary, and
their success is not the less in
credible when we realize the auth
enticity of their work.
Collegians Will Perform, Too
To round out the year, there
will be concerts by the Singing
Cadets, the Aggies’ own favorites;
the A Capella Choir of Bryan; the
Modern Choir from TSCW at Den
ton; and an operetta, “The Bohem
ian Girl,” performed by the music
department of North Texas State,
truly one of the real achievements
by a collegiate music group of
all times.
Season tickets will be available
at $2.40 for students and $6.00 for
reserved seats. The cost to the
Aggies who buy season tickets will
be only .25^ a program. The saving
to reserved seat buyers is $7.50
for the season and the cost per
number is an all time bargain of
only sixty cents. Student sales will
Percy Grainger
begin during registration, and re
served seats will go on sale on
October 8.
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
Texas A. & M. has an environ
ment, the like of which, you will
never find anywhere. Furthermore,
it has quite proper customs for
doing things but different than
those you may have been accus
tomed to. Adapt yourself to these
customs if you would lead a happy
life here.
This column will deal, in a prac
tical manner, with rules of eti
quette that effect your social life
at A. & M. Its remarks will be ad
dressed to you men on the campus
whose major social interests are
“dates” and dancing; it will deal
cautiously with the improvement
of your table manner; it will give
simple forms for making introduc
tions and public behavior in gene
ral.
Your popularity at A. & M. will
be gained by the same rules as in
any other place.
If you genuinely like people they
will like you.
If you are a snob you will be
thoroughly detested.
Be a good loser and a gracious
winner.
Do everything you do as well
as you can.
W. S. C. S. MEETS MONDAY
The Women’s Society of Christ
ian Service will meet Monday eve
ning, October 1, at 8:00 o’clock,
at the home of Mrs. J. W. Rollins.
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas
27th and So. College
Bryan
Welcomes you to its services
9:45 A. M.
Sunday School
10:50 A. M.
Communion and Sermon
6:30 P. M.
Youth Meeting
7:30 P. M.
Evening Worship
Hear “Keys of Faith” Program
on WTAW every Tuesday at
1:30 by F. J. SMYTHE, Pastor.
Pastor’s Study—Tel. 2-2144
Residence Tel. 2-2145
Proposed Church and Student Center of
The Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation
Raymond C. Terry, Pastor-Director
9:45 a.m.: Church School 10:50 a.m.: Morning Worship
6:45 p.m.: Wesley Fellowship (Students)
We have Brown Rubber
Heels Any Size
Holick’s Boot Shop
Welcome Sign Is Out For Aggies
At College And Bryan Churches
Friendliness, kindled by the
flame of Christian fellowship, is
the distinguishing feature of the
churches of the A. & M. commun
ity. This is true both in College
Station and in Bryan, in both of
which there are numerous denom
inations extending a sincere wel
come to all Aggies, both new and
old.
In College Station the center of
activity on Sunday morning is the
North Gate area where the Meth
odist, Baptist, Church of Christ,
and Catholic churches hold serv
ices in their own buildings. The
Presbyterian holds forth tempora
rily in the Y. M. C. A. pend
ing construction of its new church.
Across the campus the Episcopal
ian Church, the Reverend J. Hugh
Farrell, Chaplain, has services in
its lovely St. Thomas’ Chapel. Jew
ish services are observed Friday
evenings at 7:00 in the YMCA
Chapel. American Lutheran Con
gregation meets on Sundays in the
YMCA Chapel.
Aggies will find all congrega
tions happy to see the khaki of the
cadets in their midst. The Baptist
Church of College has the dean of
local pastors, completing his 26th
year in the pulpit, during which
time he and his congregation hav e
constructed the present beautiful
church building.
The Methodist Church of Col
lege Station has an ex-Aggie, Ray
mond C. Terry, Class of ’27, as its
pastor. The magnificent new edi
fice of this denomination will soon
be constructed, it is understood, on
the large lot owned by the church.
Construction of the Presbyterian
Church is expected to begin soon
also, money for its construction
having been collected and held
pending release of critical construc
tion materials.
Heavy attendance by Aggies is
always observed at the Catholic
Church, North Gate, where several
Sunday masses are heard in order
to accomodate the crowd.
Aggies will find local pastors
human and understanding, boyish
despite their years and experiences
and with wide outside interests.
Rev. Terry, for example, is some
what of an amateur baseball play
er; Rev. R. B. Sweet is presently
president of the local Rotary club;
Rev. Brown is a member of the
City Commission; in short, all the
pastors have been carefully se
lected for their ability to under
stand both the adult college-com
munity problem as well as the ad
justments required in the average
college student away from the in
fluence of his own home.
It has been observed that local
pastors have been enthusiastic sup
porters of the cadet corps and fol
low the campus scene with consid
erable interest.
Musical Program Will Feature Campus
Study Club Tea at Gilchrist Home
La Villita Holds
Joint Session
With Bryan DAR
La Villita Chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution
met at the home of Mrs. R. E.
Patterson last Thursday afttrnoon.
After a business meeting, the group
adjourned to the home of Mrs.
J. C. Culpepper, where a joint
program was held with the William
Scott chapter from Bryan.
Capt. Stone, chaplain from the
Bryan Army Air Field, was the
principal speaker at the joint meet
ing.
Mrs. G. S. Fraps and Mrs. H. C.
Fulgham, who were co-hostesses
at the affair, served a delicious
refreshment plate.
Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist will be host
to the Campus Study Club at 3.00
p. m. on October 2 at a musical tea.
One of the social highlights of the
season, the affair is an open meet
ing, and presidents of all Bryan
women’s clubs have been invited to
attend.
A musical program will feature
the entertainment offered, accord
ing to Mrs. H. K. Stevenson, chair
man of the fine arts committee,
with the following numbers sched
uled to be heard:
Miss Virginia May Estille, vocal
ist, in “Ave Marla” by Gounod,
and the popular “Till the End of
Time”.
Miss Betty Goodman and Jimmy
Rosborough, in a piano duet, “Hun
garian Rhapsody No. 2” by Franz.
Lizst.
Mrs. Chris Groneman, violinist, in
“Lombardi Fantasie” and “Air de
Ballet”.
The Fine Arts committee in
cludes besides Mrs. Stevenson,
Mrs. W. M. Turner, Mrs. F. A.
Moore, and Mrs. R. M. Sherwood.
On the entertainment committee are
Mrs. R. R. Lyle, Mrs. M. C. Hughes,
Mrs. W. B. Langford, Mrs. Ray
mond Kinsey, Mrs. J. T. L. McNew,
and Mrs. J. K. Riggs.
Mrs. P. B. Pearson is president
of the organization.
COLLEGE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
College Avenue at 25th Street — Bryan
(At Aggie Corner)
Sunday School 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Baptist Training Union 6:45 P.M. Evening Worship .8:00 P.M.
T. A. Sweeney, Mrs. Chester Jones,
Director of Church Music Church Secretary
Telephone 2-5691
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
R. L. Brown, Pastor
College Station, Texas
The First Baptist Church extends to you a hearty welcome and a cordial
invitation to attend our services.
9:45 a.m.: : .Sunday School 10:50 a.m.: Morning Worship
6:15 p.m.: Training Union 7:15 p.m.: Evening Worship
The church is located one block from the North Gate