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t.%A VX SEPTEMBER 7, \* — THE BATTALION 1 ' ... 1 1 i r I >1, r 1 ) # <* I rift. PCABSON D«m erf Ur Graduate School GIBB GILCHKI8T Prtsident of A. & M. Gibb Gilchrist was born in Wills Point, Texas on December 23, 1887, Upon graduation from Wills Point High School in 1905, he entered Southwest ern University, later enrolling in the University of Texas. In 1909 he received his degree in Civil Engineering from the University. • From 1910 to 1917 Prartfeat Gilchrist whs employed in the En gineering Division of the Santa Fe Railroad, with principal activities in location and construction. Dur ing the last three years of this service, he was special assistant to the president of the railroad. Commissioned a first lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers in Octo- tx r, 1917, Gilchrist was called to active dutv on January 1, 1918. In October of that year he was com missioned a captain, serving over seas until June, 1919. Soon after discharge, Gilchrist accepted a position with the Texas Highway Department, serving as State Highway Engineerj«fTe«M in 1984-lV He resigned from the Highway Department in 1988 and became a member of the consult* Nig firm of Nagle, Witt, Rollins, am! Gilchrist In I98N he resumed his dutie* as State Highway En gineer v In 19.17 President Gilchrist re- timtulshSd hie position with the Highwsji Department to become Dean of the School of Engineering at A. A M. Upon the dismissal of ',T. O Walton hi 1944, Oikhrtat was named president of A. A M. President Gilchrist has been awarded the honorary degrees of D.Sc. by Austin College; LLD by Baylor University; and LLD by Southwestern University. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Insti tute of Aeronautical Sciences; American Society for Engineering Education, Philosophical Soot!) of Texas, the Kiwanis, and the Knight of Templar. * F. C. BOLTON Dr. Frank C. Bolton, Executiee Vice-President and Dean of the College, was born at Pontotoc, Mis sissippi on March 24, 1883. He was graduated from Mississippi State College in 1905, and had further college training at Cornell Uni versity, University of Chicago, Uni versity of Wisconsin, and Ohio State University. He was swarded the degree of Master of Science by the latter institution in 1928- Austin College awarded Dean Bol ton the honorary degree of LLD in 1932. He wag a member of the electri cal engineering teaching staff of Mississippi State College from 1905-99, during which time he was promoted to associate professor. In 1999, he headed the A. A M. De partment of Electrical Engineering and during World War I he was Director of Military Education Ac tivitiea of the college. In 1922 Dr. Bolton became Dean of the School of Engineering, and in. 1931, the duties of Dean of the College were added. At that time he resigned as head of the Depart ment of Eleetrical Engineering, but •ontmued teaching in the depart menl. In 1987, Bolton gave up the position of Engineering Dean in be come Executive Vice-l*resident of the ( i>llege Dr. Bifwo has been oettre in the Amerienn Society of Electrirol Rn finecra for many years, and tor two years he served deal of that society. vice-piwel H. W. BABl/OT Dma of Eagtaarrtag In addition to his ragobr duties, be has frequently served as a con sulting engineer. In the summer of 1938, he prepared a report on the cost of electrical power in certain section! of Texas. Since 1927 he has been a member of the Texas Farm Electrification Committee, and since 1985, has been chairman of that organisation. In 1938-37, he was chairman of the engineering section of the As sociation of Land-Grand Colleges and Universities. ★ C N. SHEPARDSON Charles N. Shepardson, Dean of the School of Agriculture, eras born on a farm near Littleton, Colorado in 1895. He received his B. S. de bt Animal Husbandry from Colorado A. A M. hi 1917, whore' he earned two letter* aa center on the vanity football team. He waa captain of the squad one year and All-Conference center two yean. In 1917 Shepardson was com missioned captain in the Infantry. He spent two yean In the service, eighteen months of which was overseas. The ftnt nine months he spent at Bordeaux, France as transportation offieer, and during the last nine months he was base transportation offieer in Epinal, France, a little city nestled In the Vosges Mountains. After his discharge, Shepardson spent six months on the Colorado State Dairy Commission In 1980 he returned to Colorado A. A M as associate professor in charge of dairy production. In addition he was line coach of the Colorado Aggies varsity squad, and froeh- man coach fbr two years. In 1983-24, Dean Shepardson was assistant freshman coach at Iowa State College. He received hla M.S. degree in Dairy Manufacturing from Iowa State in 1924. It was in the fall of 1928 that Dean Shepardson first came to Texas A A M. as head of the Dairy 'Husbandry Department In the fall of 1944 Shepardson suc ceeded E. J. Kyle as Dean of the School of Agriculture. Fdr the past five years he has been a member of the Athletic Council at A. A M. Dean Shepardson has served as president of the Southern Section of the American Dairy Association, and is now a director of the Ameri can Dairy Association. For three years he was a director of the Texas Jersey Cattle Club, a direc tor of the American Jersey Cattle (Tub, and president of the Ameri can Dairy Managers’ Association. In 1937 Dean Shepardson was a U. S. delegate to the World Dairy Conference in Berlin, and in 1940 he represented the United States Dairies at the Inter-American con ference at Mexico City. The Alumni Association of Colo rado A. A M. presented him, in 1939, the Alumni Trophy, awarded annually to a graduate who excell ed in athletics during his under graduate day* and who has shown great achievement in his chosen profession in later years. ★ • RALPH C Dl’NN Dr. Ralph C. Dunn, Acting Dean of the School of Veterinary Medi cine. was born on an Ohio farm in June, 1X87. He received hie Doc tor ef Veterinary Medicine degree from Ohio State University in ml, and two years later hr did grad uata work la baf«artaiocy and path elogy at the Univcreity of Miehi- gan. In 1988, Dr. Dunn did grad uate work in poultry i«tho)ogy at the University of CAlIfamla. He rente to A. A M, in 1911 an Inatructor lit veterinary science and ta direct experiments In nnti- C. W. sraCPABMON hog cholera serum being develop ed on the campus at that time. In 1916 he became an assistant pro fessor of veterinary medicine, and in 1922 be was made an associate professor, which position he held until 1930, when he waa promoted to full professorship. - In 1937 Dunn was appointed pro fessor of veterinary pathology and bacteriology and bead of the pertinent When Dr. R. P. Mare- teller, Dean of Veterinary Medi cine, was placed on modified eerr ice in 1946, Dr. Dunn was appoint ed acting dean. Much credit should go to Dr. Dunn for the eradication of buc- cellis among beef cattle in the Ani mal Husbandry Department. By testing and removing positive actors from the herd, the Animal Husbandry Department in 1924 boasted the first herd of boceellts disease-free cattle In Texas. Dr, Dunn was also a pioneer in com betting pullolium disease and foul pox. Dr. Dunn, who has played a prominent part in training Veteri nary Medicine students at A. A M since the establishment of the Hchool in 1918, le a well-known fig ure in his field throughout the na tien. He Is a member of the Texas Veterinary Medicine Association American Veterinary Association U. M. Livestock Hanltary Asaocia tlon, ami the Poultry Helenes As soctation. if PAUL B. PKARAON Paul B Pearson, Dean of the Graduate Hchool, was born In Oak ley, Utah on November 88, 1906. He entered the University of Utah in 1924 and received his Bechelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in 1988. His first teaching position was in the Opheim High School, Ophelm, Mon tana. In 1930, Dean Pearson left high school teaching to become an in structor in the Animal Husbandry Department of Montana State Col lege. The following year he enter ed the Graduate School of Iowa State College. Upon leaving Iowa State, Dr Pearson waa employed by the Uni versity of California in animal hus bandry research. Several years lat er he continued this work with the University of Wisconsin, receiving his Ph.D. in the spring of 1937. He joined the A. A M. Animal Husban dry staff in the fall of that year, and since that time has been the C. BOLTON i ef the I the College \ jiiLI. nt w. L. Deaa ef Mea E. L. ANOBLL *aa* la the PrseH—t Board of Directors in Lufkin, Pen- berthy was appointed Dean of ' L He M.T. Education; and the Texas Teachers Association. Dean Barlow first came A M. in 1940, serving aa is known to many, graduated r Elyria. Ohio High School In Ji 1980, During hia high school reer. he rewired letter* ii f nutritional expert of the Agricul tural Experiment Station. In July, 1947, Dr. Pearson was named Dean of the Graduate School, replacing Dr. T. D. Brooks. * W. L PENBERTHY "A jovial man with a tall tale for every occasion" la Dean of Men W, L. Penberthr, whose of* flee la on the main floor of Good win Hall. Horn in Maaslllon, Ohio on Hod- tember 18, 1901, ••Penny," as he la known to many, graduated from hool In June, ra foot ball, track, and basketball In June, 1998, he graduated from Ohio State Unlvereity, where he was a member of the Freshman Track Team; working aa student assistant in the Physical Educs tlon Department prevented his playing on the varsity football squad- At OSU Penberthy was a class mate of C. E. Tishler, newly ap pointed head of the A. A M. De partment of Physical Education, and Marty Karow, Aggie basket ball and baseball coach. In fact, he graduated with Tishler and the year-befbre Karow. ' Through D. X. Bible, then head football coach at A. A M.. Pen berthy came here on September 1 1926 as assistant professor in Physical Education and intramural i rretor*. In October, 1937, “Pen ny” was promoted to Head of the Department of Physical Education At the August meeting of the Men, effective replaced' W. who resigned to accept a similar and head of the position with East Texas State Teachers College. ★ E. L. ANGBLL Assistant to the President is E. L. Angell of Denton, Tex. Having graduated with a B. A. degree in Government from North Texas State College, Angell attended Columbia University in New York. He received hia M. A. degree in Political Science from CoknMa. and then joined the A. A M. staff aa Manager of Student Publica tions in 1938 From 1936 to 1941, he served with Student Publications, taking over duties as Assistant to the President in September, 1941 In addition to hia duties aa the president’s assistant, Angell U Secretary to the A. A M. Board of Directors. ★ H. W. BARLOW One of A. A M.’s most outatand- ng staff members is Dean of En toering Howard W, Bartow, rn on July 87, 1908 in Buffalo, New York, Dean Barlow has been associated with A. A M. since 1940 In 1987, he was awarded hla 8. dogrve in Mechanical Engl nearing from Purdue University. In 1984, he received his M. 8 de- In Aero from the Univoralty of Minnesota, and In 1941, ho was awarded hie 8c.D. degree from New York University. Prior to coming to A. A M., Bor* low taught six yean at the Uni verelty of Minnesota in the A#ro* nautical Engineering Department, and one year at New York Uni versity. He is listed in America’s Young Men. Who’s Who in Engineering, Who’s Who in American Educa tion, Who’s Who in American Aviation, Who’s Who in Transpor tation and Communications. Amer ica’s Men of Science, Who’s Who in Texas, and Who’s Important ia Engineering. In addition, he ia a member of the following scientific and pro fessional societies: Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences; Royal Aer onautical Society; Society of Au tomotive Engineers; Texas Society of Professional Engineers; Society of Aeronautical Weight Engineera; American Society for Engineering State to A. gineering Department until 1944. He was then promoted to his pres ent position aa Doan of ing and Director of the Engineer ing Experiment Station. it M. T. HARRINGTON Prom Plano, Texas comes 48- year-old Dr. M. T. Harrington, J"" 11 , l Dean of the School of Arte and Annex Chapel. Sciences. A graduate of Plano High School in 1918, Harrington entered A- A M. as a “fish" in the fall of that year. In 1982, he received hfa h 8. le- gree in Chemical Engineering from A. A M., and immediately went to work aa an analytical chemist with the Texas Company, Port Arthur. Between June and Sep tember, 1924, he worked aa a chem ist with the Texas Gas Company, then returning to A. A M. as an Instructor in the Chemistry De partment In 1927, he received hlx M. 8. degree In Chemical Enginecnnx from A. A M. After detng grad uate work at MIT, the UiRversity of Michigan, and the University of Southern California. Dr. Har- rlngton was awarded his Ph. D. degree In Chemistry from Iowa State College. In the summer of 1948, Dr. Bar rington to A B. C. !>r?nt Deaa af Veterinary Medktur summer he was named Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Dean Harrington la a member of the American. Chemical Socie ty, Sigma Xi. honorary research society, and PkpLambda Epsilon, honor society for chemists and chemical engineera. 1 - —Freshman Week— (Continued from Page 1) services will be conducted in the Monday Classes And when Monday rolls around, freshmen will be ready for class at 8 a. m.: ★ Members of the Freshmen Week preparation committee were: Dr. Abbott, chairmari; H. E. Hampton, representing the School of Agricul ture; Charles LeMotte, represent ing the School of Arte ajtd Sciences; S. H. Hopper, of the School of Engineer ng; H. L. Hea ton, Registrar of the College; and Ray G Perryman. Assistant Reg istrar. in tn# summer or l»4f, Dr. «sr* kgton wax appointed Assistant the Dm« of the ('ollagt at the A M. Annex, aMillU past I or Mohl l MicrV \M st n i it m S|MII I iiij; t •, M H I -, Mil l S 51,tin III 7 Ml) m i fait 1 Future Looks Bright in 72nd Year for First State School - B .N Arts and Science Students . . “THE COMMENTATOR’ A * * * Contains Feature* Of General Interest SUBSCRIBE SEPTEMBER 13 By David M. Setigman A. & M. has grown a thousand-fold since that significant day in October, 1876 when mix Texas youths reported as ‘‘charter stu- Rfari*.. -' K - «■>*' ., 11 i- K11 dents" to the oldest state-supported school i of higher education. In seventy-one years, the college has ex panded from six students to 8,500. During its history. A. * M. has awarded 15,000 de- graea and has aeen 14 preaidents A. A M had Its beginning under the Morrill Act of Provisions of the act, as accepted by the state | legislature of 1888, authorised land i grants for the purpoee of establish ing a college In 1871, the lefts- j latpre passed an act setting up A 1 AM ax Texas' first state oollegf. Beginning with a shoe string of I 8800,(M0. the first two buildings af the college haue grown to 71 buiM inn and properties worth about 116.000,000 the main sampgs spreads over 780 acres, but Includ ing adjacent lands, the cotlegs now oeeuptee some 1,800 acres through- ’ out fkraans County The most tatenxlvs sapanxtoa of | faculties in the history of the oot- Mgs was mads ia 1984 when right, | new buildings were STSSted sad Improvements made aa amity ex* I sting structures Twslvt atw dormitories wars completed I n 1989. and four more wore added tn 1948 for a total of 1.800 add!- WELCOME FRESHMEN! 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