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COLLEGE STATION (AgWl&nd), TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 2,1948 . :
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DAYTON, 0„ Aug, J
plan to; Mfctl s ia violajtt str:
CIO united "Electrical wotke:
the Uni vis if ns Co. vfas ire,
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ide and v<fted to; qontinue the
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sjjected
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ltC< POWER PUAISTi
T _„ Nfip THIS WINTER!
' UPTON; N. Y„ Aug. 2r .
' first afordic plant able to make
A /^lectrifi p n i, ‘
bwatts, enoutti fof a $m
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powdr—pLtfbal ly
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is set' to atUrt running here in
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Thiai is tha pde of the -Brookha
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"tie of ihe-Brool
boratory- 1 o^ the
Atomic Enefgy Commiss(ibnl, and
‘the tentative date v/ais announced
Saturday ibyi Dr. Lyl^ Bbrstp-de-
?r and ($:
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rector.
SHUT OFF
ER SUPPLY
Aug.i 5
DENTON,] Tex.^ Aug.
The Cjty of [Denton ^tui . _
| all water service to INorjth Texas
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ay said
State! Tedchprs College ■! w!ll be
stopped r otearlier than Aug. 28,
for “non- Dayment’’ ol! billei !i
Th^ cit f fgreed in] 1899 to ftir-
nish free' winter to tjhe college if
i- it were built here. TJfa agreement
is still In effect. 4 { -
At the safae time it ordered .the
August outbff, the (Jity; Cdmmis-
sron i restaii^d servicd tq campus
[' ■ areas whkih were ; discodtinued
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Agriculture School 1
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afteinoor fjor the college 'swim
ming pot 1, (gymnasiums ’ an|d ath-
leticf field, r • ^ I !
TO HIKE
DDtEL PRICES
OITf, Aug. 2 ' M—Prices of
Mhtcjr Co. pdsseng^ir
but Ididjncjt say
amount.fo.
When
itsuinew
the ; pric^
cerre;
Previous
ed iAug.
duetion
Co. pdssei
againj fjor the second
E tlfan twp moirihs.
A jcomjpaiy spokestnara confirm-
cars
ed that a Iprijre boost is pending
what it! would
, f
thf c^mpanf brought out
RUSSIA!
TO ‘AC
bElg r
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94t> Ford in June if raised
g by aHout nine per-
bjj $85 tq ^125 a model,
thpt jurifa^ were rais-
1947,l!iftjer a price re-
he p^Svious; January.
The E. E. MoQuIllen famfty, plans toi move their home, in which they have lived for 21 years,
Memorial Center. Seated, left to right, are
JUDY McQUILLEN.
outside the campus to make room: for the proposed
MRS. MoQUILLEN, MR. McQl IULKN and MISS .
House Decides to Go, Too .
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Cats, Ice Cubes! And Vanishing Guests Left
Behind As MeQuillen Family Leaves Campus
’^ALLIES
liEAVEr
iDE, Yugoslavia, Aug.
A*!—Andrei Vishifisky* the Sor
viqt delegate, challer ged the West-
power* [Saturday to accept
Eastern blbc recisioiis ih the Dan
ube conlerenci! or take a walk.
The tpke-it-or-leaye-it choice to
Britain,; France and the United
Stjates ih “the 11-nation gathering
was offered ji i thesfc words:
“The idopr fto tHe conference)
wfs optebetj for you tjo come in; The
ddor is bpyn for yob to go out/’
; (That waji 1 is defijant answer to
the stand tak m a few mihiutes be
fore by jFrpnce against committing
herself tb fay refommetidations
wbich uisrjegi rd her existing and
“acquired”! rightg i
Europe^-JL'
waterway, j
0-mil4
thej Danube,
international
Ui. S. WILL NEGOTIATE
CURRENCY MtOBLEM
BERLIN, Aug- 2—Gen. Lucius
D. Clay s]iid Satuijday the W'est-
e^n power i s re prepared to nego :
tiate wit! the Russians' on the
chaotic dual currency situation in
rBerlin. Tjhe Russians have used
the moiju'y isJsue asjone excuse fof
blockading the city
l “Rut t wfe tnean hegotiatethe
; American nrdUtary governor ad'd
ed. -v h"-:-
I Clay isa d ;he Western allies at-
tihiptea o negotiate the money
question dtiti the Russians’before
tbe new currency was issued a
little niore t lan a .jBonth ag^. The
By C. J. WOODWARD
“Sir, could you let us have some
ice cubes? We have some -er- uhf
photograph developing fluid that
we want to ice dow— I mean, cool
off.” ’j,;
This and many other odd re
quests ranging from borrowing the
cait to hundreds asking for direc-
tibns tq the nearest ladies lounge
have marked the twenty-one year
stay of the McQuillen’s in the
large two-story house near Guion
Hall—a twenty one year^stay that
will not be terminated when the
house is. moved in ’August to make
room for the Memorial Student
Center soon to be built.
‘‘We’ve become so accustomed
\t0 living in thi« house that we
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decided to buy and move it to a
new location rather than try to
: break in another home,” said E.
j E. MeQuillen, Director of the A
&M Development Fund. “It’s a
i big, bairnlike, livable place and
we’ve spent 21 mighty happy
jyearq in it”
l “Our first reaction was a reluc-
nce toTmove off the campus but
knowledge - that we are; a step
non Build-
taiking about all
se i years has modified this r£-
ea
rer to getting the Union Bu
we’ye been talki
luctaiice.”
j “Ode of our oddest experiences
while; living here,” recalls McQuil-
len, “occurred one rainy night af-
<er an A&M-SMU football game
'when we found a well-dressed
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gentleman lying on the fronf lawn
—the victim of too many drinks.
I called some of the boys living in
Bizzell and we carried hifa up
stairs to a spare room. Sometime
during the night he came to and
slipped -out We never did learn
his name but shortly afterward we
received a 5-pound box of ; candy
through one of fae local drug
stores.” ' . ' it
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Mrs. MeQuillen said, “J;think
I will miss most of all living
right, across the street from the
parade ground. I’ve missed very
few of the reviews during the
Grove to Offer
Piano Satirist
In August Show
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Henry Scott, comic pianist,
will present his “One Man
Gala’’ at the Grove at 8 Thurs
day evening, August 18. The
program, which is free, is
sponsored by the Student Ac
tivities Office.
Scott’s program includes satires
of swing and concert music and
musicians, and is highlighted by
such numbers as “Bach Goes the
Weasel” and “How the Lost Chord
Got Lost”
Scott has played at Carnegie
Hall and other first-rank audito
riums in the U.S. His career in
cludes motion picture and thekter
appearances, radio engagements, a
season at New York’s famous
Rainbow Room, and a debut at
Town- Hall as America’s first con
cert humorist. He has been de
scribed by music and drama critics
as the “Will Rogers of the Piano.”
Scott begins his concerts in
the usual manner. He strides
solemnly on the stage, bows and
proceeds to slaughter the musi-
«d greats with fists, elbows,
mittens, and assorted fruits. He
ofteti includes an imitation of a
young lady taking a cold bath.
Scott “musical satire” pokes fun
at certain mannerisms regarding
impresarios and popular swing
bands. Scott, who feels the pro
jection of concert humor is a def
inite art and that humor should
be an important part of the Ameri
can concert scene, has expressed
the hope that his beginning in this
field- will establish a new trend in
the Concert field.
Russians 1 iro|(e off j;he negotiations
atkenT
2 burremiy
rr poweis theii
ly brovBrp West Ger-
iptjed to introduce their
rrqm y-in dll Berlin
The WfstjBrij powers
. Soviet zoije burremjy-rn dll Berlin
a '■*’ prompt-
fa mark into Beilin and distrib
uted ife. id iie We item , sectors, a
■stjep Clay termed “politically nec-
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Cooling Tower’s Spray Strong
Enough to Damage Car’s Finish
- By KENNETH BOND
The water used by the coaling tower of the Power Plant
has a strong enough concentration, of alkali and chloride to
damage' the finish of an automobile.
A chemical-test run Friday! afternoon by a reliable
chemist on the Campus showed that the alkalinity was
far, above neutral, and the waterf “
contained a strong concentration | Plant aaid that a thorough test had
qf chlorides and some sulphates. ; been made by P . j A Zeller of
Those cars in the parking areas ; tbe [Engineering Experiment Sta-
ne *j Power Plant would bje^, tion. After concluding his tests,
’Subject to the fine spray which
emerges from the tower.-The wind
blows this spray into the parking
area east of the plant iand infa'
the parking area immediately,
north of the plant, tests showed. ;
The chemist, who asked that
his name not be used, made sev-,!
eral tests for alkali. He found
that the water had a test of pH
9.6 with 7 as neutral, basic to
phenolphthaleiu. This concentra
tion, the chemist said, was
strong enough to remove comj-
mercial car waxes.
Making several tests with dif- (
ferent chemicals, the chemist found!
traces of enough chloride to dam
age mefal surfaces. (See editorial
column). *
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lefts
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Agriculture,
ing, will Ide iver ai
he A&M
dean bf-thel School of
University. qf Wyqm-
Scho
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addrjess before
i gricult iral faculty, at
- in the animal
rs™„ h4
fcrToTl^p
Problems
Analysis of Texas
Industries Begins
31 p. m. Ahgust i
huslfflndry lecture
Ann^facefaen*
talk was mkde
o M on 0: 1
~ and Wo )1 Production
Monday faotrning.
The shar; courst will last three
weeks, o le week < if which will be
in. the Ifii Id at the J. M. Auld farm
Kerrville] J ine county agents reg
istered h oi day fob the course.
" Ipg; tl e short course which >»
stponsoret iy the Animal Husban-
• dry Depi rtanent, with i F. Gray,
assistant professotf in charge, wool
clippiiig ard; cttllihg will be dem-
onstrated. Laborajtory work jwill
constitute i, large (part of the pro
rata.'
Registferih;
Gloyco M. Hi
man E. Jfal
j as ton,
•den (lit
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Robert $eo.
er i Coulity Agents
atyie, Ab lene; Hfr-
Coleman: Ju B.
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Shaver, Sono.»,
.Menfrd; H. V.
o; Houston E
d T. B. Hicks
The Management Engineerihg
Department is conducting an in
dustrial study of Texas in order
to obtain and analyze informal!
relating to all phases of the ope
tion, policies, and resources of Tex
as industries.
The plan, now well under w»L
is placing emphasis on a product
study and a study of the cu
use and effectiveness of job
uation, time study, and ince
systems throughout the state.
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Data regarding the nature
quantity of. products being
outside of Texas and purchased
firms in the state will be obtai
from wholesalers, large retail,
institutions and purchasing agejity.
At the present tithe, the
chasing Agents Associg
throughout the state are act
assisting in the gathering of
information. 4: ,
The industrial study is ui dfer
the general supervision of 1 V.
Zelldr recommended that the cool
ing (tower be drained and cleaned
every 6 months.
The manager of the plant said
that such a move was impossible
beejsuse it would require shut
ting down the plant. He said that
he trijed to drain the cooling
tower down to the height of the
suctioh pipes once a month. The
mouth of the suetion pipes are
approximately three feet off the
bottom of the pool.
Pending action from authorities
of the parking areas, students may
park their* cars away from the
Power Plant. The spray doesn’t
reach Over 150 yards from the
plant. Areas near the army motor
pool; and the Petroleum Building
are beyond the reach of the fine
spniy.f *■ .1. . ''
perns
Faires, Head of the Management
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Yellow Fee Slip
Must Be Shown
To Enter Grove
The “yellow fee slip” will
have! to be shown in order to
be admitted to The Grove, ef
fective Tuesday night, August
3,. Cj. G. “Spike” White, direc
tor of Student Activities, has
announced.
“All non-students will be ad
mitted provided they bring their
own chairs,” White said.
“We are having to do this
because of the large number of
non-students that have been at
tending activities at The Grove
and depriving students of seats.
All these activities are financed
by the student activity fee and,
therefore, they are for the bene
fit of the students.”
White continued, “Families of
students are welcome to come if
opanied by the students. If
accompanied by him, they
m it have his yellow fee slip
them for identifies tion.7
past 21 years.’
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Mrs. MeQuillen, who has seen
quite a few Aggies come and go,
thinks that the greatest (change
in A&M hds occurred during the
last few yfars.”
r “Even after three years, it still
looks odd to see so many [ women
and children* about the campus. I’ve
long grown used to campus life,
though. Each September I’m as
excited as any freshman ; on the
Campus. I hear the bugle every
time it blows; then after;, awhile
things settle down and I .don’t
hear it anymore.” ;
“When we move one threat to
our security will be removed,”
continues Mrs. MeQuillen. “We
won’t be challenged by Thanks
giving bonfire guards each time
we leave or enter the house.”
The house, which will be moved
to South Oakwood, was original
ly built in 1910 to house the Com
mandant. Colonel Ike Ashburn
moved’into the house in 3920 and
remained there after hei became
Secretary of the Ex-Students As
sociation. MeQuillen s u cjp e e d e d
Ashburn as secretary of the asso
ciation and as. resident! of the
house.
Judy MeQuillen, their daughter,
home from Randolph-Maicoh Col
lege in Lynchburg, Va., skid, ‘T’ve
never lived anywhere but here on
the campus. I hate to move, but
am glad it’s to make way for
something like the Unidn Build
ing.” .1 r
Miss MeQuillen, a sophomore in
college, plans to "enter SiMU this
fall and finish her schooling there.
Upon being reminded that SMU is
a conference opponent she stated,
“When you’ve rooted for one school
all your life you’re not (likely to
change, besides I’ll still: sit with
the Aggies and when you sit with
them you’ve got to' root for them.”
Medical Schools
Accept 21 Students
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Twenty-one A&M students have
been accepted for admission to
medical and dental colleges for
the fall term of 1948.
Those who will attend the Uni
versity of Texas Medicial School
are: William D. Barnett, Marlin;
James A. Baros, Moulton; Henry
V. Bird well, Jr., Henderson; James
Henry, Heame; R. B. Krause, Bry
an; Wm. F. Nicol, Boyd; James T.
Oates, Jacksonville; W. E. Reif-
schlager, Victoria; Milton H. Sor
rels, College Station; John P.
Stanford, Houston; A. C. Stevens,
San Antoniorand G. L. Tompkins,
Houston.
Richard H. Harrison fll, Bryan;
Van Lawrence, 1 Edinburg;. B, C.
Lipsey, Gatesville; Ed Grow Miller
Cleburne and Bobby C.; Moore, of
Dallas, will go to Baylor Univer
sity Dental College. ./j
Henry Post, Denver City, /wlti
attend Tulane University Medical
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A revolutionary ‘
School of Agriculture
dules has been inaugui
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lan’!’ to aid students in the
arranging their graduation sche-
?gree
of the School of Agrichltfure,
A degree pi
degree plan form has bein prepared, and conferencfes
Si Gradu
rles N. Shepardson, dean
bunced.
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MEXICAN YOUTHS TO
FACE DRAFT TODAY
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MEXICO jCITY, Aug. 2 <A>>—
Twd hundred thousand 18-year-
olds will draw in a lottery today
to decide whether they will serve
a year in the army.
Those who draw white balls must
serve a year in the army. Those
who draw black balls will report
each Sunday for several hours of
training. *
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Two Grove Hits
For This Week
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« The movies to be shown it
The Grove this week are as
follows: Monday, “Odd Man
Out” with James Mason; Thurs
day “Nora Prentiss” with Ann
Sheridan and Lew Ayres. •
The movies are scheduled to
Start at 8 p. m. No admission
will be charged.
Dr. Robert A. Darrow, former
professor of range management
at the University of Arizona, has
joined the Agricultural Depart
ment as associate professor of
ra^rge and forestry.
ew Instructor
Employed to Do
Research Work
Dr. Robert A. Darrow, pro
fessor of range management,
University of, Arizona since
1936, has joined the Agricul
tural Department as associate
professor of range and fores
try. He will have a joint as
signment as teacher and re
searcher, C .N. Shepardson,
dean of agriculture, has an
nounced.
A specialist in brush eradication
he reported to A&M yesterday in
connection with the brush eradica
tion program in west Texas. He
will assume classroom duties at
the fall semester.
A Dr. Darrow is a native of New
York state. He received his BS in
forestry at the N^w York College
of Forestry; his Master’s degree in
range management from the Uni
versity of Arizona and his Ph,D
from the University of Chicago.
The Reserve Officei
ing Corps summer cam
ed July 31 whbn 23]
graduated, and 26 cal
ceived commissidns as
lieutenants in the Oijg^nized
Reserve Corps.
Major General William! Sf. Key,
Oklahoma City, delivered the
•graduation address and mesented
certificates and awards o j carets
successfully completing tRp six-
weeks course of practi :al| Sjield
training.
The ceremonies includi d fan in
vocation! by the Very Rqverend
Louis J. Bluing, S. M., pr^sillent of
Saint Mary’s Universit; ®f Kan
Antonio; musijc by the 9
Band, and the benediction b
lain Thomas I. Liggett.
■ General Key was intr< d
Major General Clift Andfu
manding General, Fort
Among the twenty-sik
who received their Co miisiiont
were 15 A&M students: ]—Viliam
D. Barnett, G)enn L. Bel, ' Villifai
L. Brown, Alfred B. Hawk, Viliam
B. Hilliard, Raymon N HofanV,
Fred L. Hughes, Jack A Krueger;
Willium E. LaRoche, Jen j| L#wi
Moeller, Jr., aifd
hfeduled to start this week,
I jean ! Shepardson said. Agricpl*
t|fre Students enrolled this senms-
r wuo are to graduate next June
ill he contacted during the first
eek, and the Juniors are to be
nsulted during the week, of Aqg-
t 9 14. Those students who \yill •
adulate this August or next F(!b-
ary will not be included.
Under this new plan, each
itudknt will be required, upon
completion of his sophomore ,
K, to confer with the hea^ of
lig' lepsrtment for thv purpose
|»f wjorking out a detailed plan of ;
lurses to he taken in the final ^
:wo years' of schooling.
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Senior Instrildtor
Awarded Citation
Colonel Oscar B. Abbottj| Senior
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ALL-TIME RECORD VOTE
SET IN LAST PRIMARY
DALLAS, Aug. 2 *£»>—The Tex
as Election Bureau said Saturday
an all-timq record of 1,195,906
votes hgd been accounted for in
the July! 24 first Democratic Pri
mary election.
The previous reqord was 1,189,-
290 in a primary vote for gover
nor in 1940.
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T
Park Will Replace A&M’s
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By FRANK WELCH r '[ •
Long-time residents of College mam- r--v rW ■----.•-i—^
n pr?-
Britii h
Instructor of the Organized
serves in Tejxas, has
sented a citation by
Government.
Ambassador Franks tjhe Bn
ish Government awarded tlie ‘|Ho
prary Commainder of thi i Most Ex
cellent Order of the Kitjshj Em
pire” to Colonel Abbott 'ifhe: cita
tion was for duty perfo ■mjpd (wh
on General Eisenhower s [[staff.
Colonel Abbott, a ha ivq Text
is also Executive of th$ Ti
Military District. He
Texas A&M land was ii 1
of 1913.
ittend
the class
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It will be the jolV of the depdrt-
lieht heads fa confer with/each
udeit and to work with Rim in
|eterhining the courses that are [
equired and the proper; electives
' phicl) wi|l best benefit the student
itlie line jof work he plftns to
llov after graduation.
Abo many students are unaware
hat they are contemplating nrtj-
brs for which they are not best
uite 1, Dean Sh/pardson said, and
It is hoped that counseling will
elp them in deciding their ob-
ectives and, at the same time, re
lieve the student of the problem
f whgt courses to take.
After a plan of future courses
is been determined, it will be
submitted to the de&n for ap
proval. When the plan is approv- '
ed, a copy will be filed with the
registrar, the department head
anq the dean. A copy will be
ma kd to the atudeat, and he
wil follow his plan in register
ing for all courses. 'v ! i ,
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Tliis degree plan wjll serve as an
ffi< ial record of requirements fbr
graduation and may be altered only
by [petition, Shepardson pointed /I
out. If changes in curriculum re-/
quirements doi hot^ in effect, ijn/
crease the hours , required for
graduation, the student will not oe
held! for such changes;
) Transfer students who ate car
rying “D’s” have, in the past,
no| been able to transfer them.
Injthe future, an attempt will lie
made to evaluate the material
covered, and if the course is nut
a vital one, possible acceptance "t
of the course may be made, Defa 1
Shjepardson; advised.
' I, is surmised that the planyylil
also aid department in plannini
and arranging future class sche
'exjasi duR's. By doing this the confusjoi
arining from conflicting course!
can be eliminated, Shepardson con
cluded.
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By FRANK WELCH
Long-time residents of College
Station had reason to reminisce a
little when they read recently of
the impending sale of a group of
college residences. Three of the
Houses to be sold were once part
of an exclusive group known as
“Quality Row.”
Quality Row is the row of dwel
lings just west of the New Area.
It originally consisted of five
brick residences, the first houses
ever built on the campus. Through
the years, some of these were re
placed by newer, wooden struc
tures but two still remain.
[ The first house in the row ii
one of the original and is now
used as a laundry pick up sta
tion. Oae of its outstanding
residents was the late Dr. Oscar
M. Bell, professor of Botany.
In the early days of the college,
professors and their wives could
hot be persuaded to come to A&M
because of the lack of bousing fa
cilities. College officials finally
found it necessary to build places
for them to live, of which Quality
Row was the first. The section got
its name because here were hous
ed the highest officials of the in
stitution and a professor and his
Strife attained the privilege of liv
ing there only on a seniority basis.
Another group of houses near
Quality Row was the one known
as “Honeymoon Flats.” These were
less desirable than the others and
acquired their name from the fact
that newly-wed faculty members
always lived there first.
Included among the first brick
buildings of Quality Row was
the first hospital A&M ever had.
IFa odd to think that the medical
staff once had to care for all
student ills in a six room resi
dence.
Naturally, the most “elite” so-
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dal. functions took place on
Row.” Bridge was the main diver
sion then, and a new professor and
his wife
know
was
thing
soon found that to not
the rudiments of the game
handicap. Bridge was the
to do.
There weren’t too many occas-