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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1948
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A&M College System Goes Into
Dean
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s of ’22
By Ml koonce
“‘Fish’ ftirjHngtdfi!!”
“Here, sir ’f r~
‘Fish’ M. %' Harrington, C
o/ ’22, is stiilj‘here.’ But he’s
; sr few promdtk’hs since he ent . _
^A&M in the] ill of i918. We mow
of -Mets
know him
and Sdenfiei
the College.
The fact
an A&M g:
to njariy ofj
they feel th
fully the pi
the studen
No • word
I " Dr. Hairing
Brooks, Dei
: and Science:
i ; art, unusual!
Vi ^person who
ipr 1 ability to .1
L'n problem con:
\ has been ra
class ilocrm
on the capipui
A njatiye c
■ Harrington
H no High Sr
tered A&M
year. His a
V student i \n|
tain irV-
Troops;
Countfr Clil
'r panyrE, ’2t
Cabinet;
iatry Club,
and Tau
After gr
t Harrington
field as an
the Texas
a chemist i|
Company
ed iiL. teac
'and Acting-Dean; pt
t Dr. Harringto
.idte is encoura
students in
understands njfpj
ilems that confront
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_n better clesclhi
i than those of T
Emeritus of
:“Dr. Harringtor
genial and Irie
is demcnstrated
gk directly on
tnting liiim, and
1 as^onie of the
rt-urers and teaclt
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aduated from
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i the^all of tl
tie Yemen ts whil<
tde becoming
Infantry Shi
lent of the Colli
Drill Medal,
fsatembtijr of the f|
tiler of the Cl
ie Dramatic C|
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nation in 1922 Dr.
»red tl(ie commeiiicilal
til chemist With
^ atei* h* PMl
the L^he Star
he became inteJjNt-
He (began asll an
Si
During .the
taught, aiii
1,'taking his
in 1927.
* ' In the ne:
ed • to Ass
• his, Bumme
! at the Mas
Technology,
.cjjtVgan, a
instructor Chemiitry in l]^ 4.
. During .the jliext few years; me
\ ~ taught aiidl rldid graduate wtajk,
i. in Chemistry heire
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14 years he advan
ite Professor, uftijig
lo < doi graduate -vTOirk
h'usettg Institute jot
e University of l|i-
tfOT University fof
..
Sohthern Ciil^bEnia. In 1940-41 he
studied .amj templeted graduj tp
work in. Qrgjafic chemistry andj i e-
ceived his I Iloctor of Philosophy
Degree at I«wa State. Upon
s return to in M942 Dr, ]
--J rington wasf appointed Proff
of Chemist) y|
In September, 1996, the latae
number ojf: ! veterans entering
school neqejahitated the opening
, of the AmIx at $ryan Field.
Dr. Harrington was appointed
, Assistant to the Dean of the’
' College iniclarge of the Aniijii:;.
His succesk 1 in this appointment
and his ability ’to deal with tiie.
students rfaiplted in his appoijn ;-
‘ ment on $|eptembter 1947, [4s ,
Dean of the;; School of Arts arid
Sciences.; J
L; One lof M- Harrijngtpn’s , iptter-
tsts is the [desire ito| travel, which
C-j resulted in nil organizing and c<pn-
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HARRINGTON, Gass of 122, has’been’named Acting Dean
allege in addition to being Dean of the School of Arts and
This promotion was effective September 1'.
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It is with genuine pleasure that we Idok forward to
starting! another school year. To miake a new and fresh
start in airi endeavor is always anticipated with zest and en
thusiasm^. Both the student body and faculty enjoy starting
new classes, new sections and the study of new subjects.
To the students returning, the College wishes you the
most jaijccessful and profitable school year of your career.^
May it also be the happiest and most enjoyable. These wishes
can pe realized by the cooperation of each student and staff
member. Each faqulty and staff member is ^eady to lend
everjf assistance and help that you desire and we do want you
to call on us for any service which we may be able to render.
(We hope the new students will find that the A&M Col
lege Jof Texas more than measures up to all they had antici
pated ity the school of theit choice. We usually receive in
"proportion to our contribution and when we give of our best
in the way of support, cooperation and best efforts, the re
sults are the happiest.
I hope you will get off to' a good start in your college
work far a food beginning is very important. Make every
effort to progress in yourmUdies and feel free to ask the
assistance of your instructors when it is‘needed.
1 I am spre that I speak for each member of the staff,
faculty member and former; student wheifc I extend to the
student body for 1948-49 our very best wishes for a groat
school,year. , ' Li ' A . :: i V
M. T. Harrington &
Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences
and Acting Dean o^the College
Bolton Became After 39 Years
Fifteenth A&M Sem ‘ c 5 Bolton
Prexy Sept. 1
Now President
By H. C. MICHALAK
Dean Frank C. Bolton, native
Mississippian, has devoted 39 years
of his life to teaching at A&M.
He received his B. S. Degree from
Mississippi A&M and taught there
four years before coming here as
head of the Electrical Engineering
Department in 1909.
Dean Bolton, who has studied at
Cornell, . and the University of
Wisconsin, received his M. S. De
gree from Ohio State University
in 1928.
Through the years, Dean Bolton
has climbed the academic: ladder
from Department Head to Dean of
the ; College and finally, -college
president.
During World War I he was
director of Military Education Ac
tivities of the College, and super
vised training of several thousands
enlisted men for the technical
branches of the Army. In 1932,
when Bolton became Dean of the
C o 1,1 eg e he continued as a
professor in the Electrical Engi
neering Department In 1937 he
becahie vice-president of the col
lege and served as acting president
from August 1943 to May 1944.
In addition to his college work
he has served as an industrial
consultant on many occasions.
He also held the rank of major
in the Signal Corps Reserve un
til he reached the age limit
Dean Bolton has given the big
gest part of his life to A&M and
he has helped in building A&M fo
its present size. He feels that A&M
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Former Dean of the Col
lege, F. C .Bolton, became the
fifteenth president of A&M
College September 1 when he
replaced Gibb Gilchrist. Gil
christ became Chancellor of
the newly created A&M Sys
tem.
The changes of personnel
resulted from the action of
the Board of Directors at their
July 10 meeting when they estab
lished the A&M System which re
organized the College and all pf
its facilities.
Other changes resulting from
the creatidn of the System were
the naming of M. T. Harrington,
dean of arts and sciences, to an
additional post as acting dean of
the College and promoting D. W.
Williams, former vice-president of
agriculture, to a new position as
Vice-Chancellor for Agriculture of
the System.
The Board, at its July meeting,
also gave the 'title of President to
the deans of the three other col
leges in the system—Dean E. H.
Hereford of North Texas Agricul
tural College, De^n E. J. Howell
of John Tarleton Agricultural Col
lege, and Dean E. B. Evans of
Prairie View A&M.
The System
‘ The new plan is designed to sep
arate from the normal duties of
the presidency of A&M, the heavy
load of administerihg a statewide
system which includes three other
colleges and a multitude of servi
ces and agencies, j
It was the result of many months
of planning and study and for the
firsjt time makes each college in
the system an autonomous unit
responsible to its president who
is in turn responsible to the Board
through the Chancellor.
Hiige Organization
In addition to the four colleges
with an enrollment of 14,000 stu
dents, the A&M System includes take care of the girls satisfactori-
the Texas^ Agricultural Experiment ly.” J:
Station with its 22 substations and Oh the subject of the'A&M fa
ta field laboratories; the Texas culty, Dean Bolton said, “We have
Agricultural Extension Service an excellent faculty. Ittis the best
with county agents and home dem- trained faculty the college has , ^ plasa
onstration agents in almost every had in its history. I think there , , , » ,, , .,. - , v
county in Texas; the Texas Engi- is satisfactory academic freedom htJUTS. Th€ contract for the construction of the new
neering Experiment Station, Tex- for/Hhe faculty.”
Texas and the Southwest with in
creasing effectiveness, and that
A&M should continue to raise its
standards, not so much by grow
ing in numbers as by increasing in
quality.
Ap recommendations for the
future, Dean Bblton hopes that
A&M will continue its policy of
preparedness by providing an op
portunity for young men to train
for reserve commissions and that
large numbers will continue to
take advantage of this training.
When asked what he thought of
making A&M co-educational, Dean
Bolton replied: “I think Texas has
enough co-educational schools to
meet
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F: C. BOLTON, faculty member at A&M for the past 18 years,
became President of the College on September
assumed the post vacated by CHANCELLOR GII
’reeiden
GILCHRBT
On this opening day of the 73rd Session of the C ollfege
I extend the greetings of the faculty And admin st'ai ive
staff of the College to all the student both new in 4 bid.
We are glad to have you old students return to coati me
your education and wish you a pleasant and a piMltyble
year. Since last! session, some changes have beqn ;
the College organization. The Texas A&M College
has been forma|ly established with statewide coven ge, and
with each of the constituent colleges operating indej ei d< nt-
ly under its own president. It is( my privilege to werk with
you in that capacity. /*■*!* j . | (
We are happy that so many new students have se ected
A&M as their college and are with us this fall. We ta ceipiide
in the reputation which A&M has earned as a bujilder
uuje
fjeclive
tiqns,
Keep
•well-trained, educated citizens and invite you to
facilities of the College to fit yourselves for most (ff
and useful lives. You come to college with high anib
and with enthusiasm and determination to succeed
those high hopes; do not let yourself be satisfied wjitb any
thing less than the best that is in you. /
, The College is endeavoring to improve and ex^afid its
facilities to make more complete your college life,
in the classroom and laboratory or during your rejc
Dean Bolton is an active mem
ber of American Institute of
Electrical Engineers and also a
member of the American Society
for Engineering Education, hav
ing ! served one term' as vice-
as Engineering Extension Service,
Firemen’s Training School, Rodent
Control Service, and many other
agencies and sjervices which may
be authorized. i i
Each of the agencies and ser
vices will be headed by a director
and wilj operate as a unit of the En^gihe^. ^an’Elder in* th”T&M have the best qualified faculty in the history of the
system in thp same) manner as the. Presbyterian Church and a mem- « v ‘I 1.
colleges. 1 I sjfSee bolton Page 6) • • ' ! President F. C. Bolton
whether
ion
nor
ial Studeht Center has been let, and work will actually siart
within a few days. Completion of the building wi 1 jfu
a long cherished dream of the entire A&M family
provide facilities for your Social, recreational and
enjoyment second to none. P
The faculty has been expanded by .the additibni
of number of well-trained' teachers and, while we retrtt'the
the Texas Society foT Professional loss of som e good teachers to other institutions, we 1 htyjc we
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of a
Robert McCiye as-
command as Colonel of
rps, and John. IjJ. Orr ]
Corps Executive Of-
ial /orders re-
onri H.L. Boat-
cadet col-
(jjnel and Cp m m a n d e r of
eadquarters Infantry Regi-
enti and fV. Davis', Jr. Is cadet
Sana Commander of Head-
Regiment. ,
Ore L. Copeland Is cadet
and Commander of Head-
Air Group and Joe H. '
jiiarters Cavalry and Engin-'
s (colonel and Commander of
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St4ff[Lt. Colonels include Donald
i$, S-l; James F. Gregory.
S-2; |Djon Q~ Kasper, S-i;, ana ,
(jfharlea D. Glass, S-4. f
Tom G. Carter was named a It.
ijjoloniel and designated as public
jtelations officer. Carter is also
Ha-editor of the Battalion this fall
A list of appointments follows. >'
["[ : Oorps Staff 3 1
Coflouel of the Corps, Marvin R.
cCiurje, Corps Commander; Col-
fohn E. Orr, Corps Executive,
fficcr:; Lt. Colonel, Donald E.
irvis,;S-l; Lt. Colonel, James F.
r egpry, Intelligerice Officer
-2}; jLt. Colonel, Don Q. Kaspar,
itlorts Officer (S12J.); Lt. Col-
Charles D. Glass, Supply Of-
($-4); Lt Colonel, George R.
rds, Commander Consolidated
Lt. Colonel,
George H. Rice,
r„ corps Chaplain; Lt. Colonel,
1 om| R; Carter, Public Information
r; Lt. Colonel, Frances R
feld, Communications OffW^
ter;; Master Sergeant, John B
Templeton, Air Force Group Llat
ion; Master Sergeant William P,
Phompson, Consolidated Band Llfti-
|on. ; :
Senior Battalion (i
Lt. Colonel, Nathaniel R. Leath
krwdod, Commander.
|| : Day Student Company
tain, Jacob M. Russell, Com*
ftiandet; First Sergeant John W.
Buchanan, First Sergeant
“A” Athletic Company j |
iptiain, Edwin Ralph Daniel,
kider; First Lieutenant,
tarnks; E. Kirkland, Seoond-in-
pommand. 'j, . .V j,
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tain, Jack A. Qulrey, Com-
First Lieutenant, Ed F.
Second-In-Command; First
lieutenant, Leroy J. Bodemann,
Platoon Leader. /’j - r ; -.
Headquarters Veteran Battalion
Lti Colonel, Helmilt G. Qulram,
itTr., Commander; Major, Charles D.
boppinger, Executive Officer; Cap-
Davld W. Sharp, S-l; Cap-
Conrad B., Cone, S-3; Cap-
Hugh M. Adams, Jr.,, S-4;
il Sergeant, William JL
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'olumn,_ Freshman Page Part of Battalion Plans for
talion -will
page prept
freshmen at
the (addition’ if
and' edited by
ryan Field Ant
(of the Battaliorf has been devoted
it- to the activities of the Bryan Field
a freshmen, the editors said, arid is
Tom Carter . and Kenneth Bopd,
Battalion co-editors, announced ’
, day. UmM
This will Iberthe first time a p:
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a part of their plan to
sections of the school
age.
The co-editors, Bond and Carter,
were elected by the student body
during-tbe previous spring semes-
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from Pampa and a journalism ma
jor. He represents the non-military
students. Carter, the corps public
relations officer and corps editor,
is a senior geology major and vet
eran from Beaumont .
Art Howard, senior arehitec-
! ture major and veteran from
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ART HOWARD
Sports Editor
f |. TOM CARTER
Oo-editor
San Antonio, has been named
sports editor for this fall’ term.
T. J. Billingsly, who has been
appointed wire editor, is a veteran
student majoring in journalism. It
is his duty to handle all news from
the Batt’s-Associated Press tele
types. C. C. Munvoe, junior busi
ness major from San Antonio, has
been named feature editor.
Curtiss Erck, senior business ma
jor from Dallas, has been appoint
ed to serve as advertising man-
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Many members of the sum
mer Butt Staff will also be on
the staff of the fall paper in ad
dition to writers from last
spring’s "Batt who will be re-
. turning to school.
The co-editors have pladied sev
eral new features for this years
paper in addition! to the freshmen
page. ,It/is their hopes to carry,
periodically, a column of news from
TSCW that would be of interest to
Aggies.! A Tessie correspondent
has already been contacted. Also,
a column devoted to news for
married students and their wives
will be ihtroducec|, if possible.
There will be continued edi
torial backing given to subjects
‘produced daring thp summer
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rating was endorsed by the Bat
talion during the summer and it
is the hope of the editors that
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the rating program will be es
tablished as a regular practice.
A campaign to reduce cheating
was started' the last few weeks of
the summer semester and will be
carried through this semester with
the Ultimate aim of establishing
an honor system at A&M.
A Cooling system ^or the library
has been recommended several
times and efforts will be made to
carry this program through to
completion.
Other editorial recommenda
tions made during the summer
called for improving the streets
of the College, re-routing the
busses to eliminate the traffic
congestion in front of Sbisa
Han, establishment of crossing
signals and barriers at the Col
lege Station and Bryan railroad
crossings, recommendations -to
Southwest Conference 1 officials
to investigate the possibilities of
engaging a “stop-watch” foot
ball, expert to find methods of
reducing the amount of time.
wasted in conference games.
The editorial advisory board,
consisting of the co-editors, all
department editors, and the man
aging editors, will be used again
this school year to formulate all
editorial policy. The board made
up solely of students, will consid
er any suggestions which it re
ceived from any member of the
student body. ,
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This schoql year makes the sec
ond that the Battalion has been a
daily paper serving Aggies and
the residents of College Station.
It is also- the second year that
the Batt has been a member of the
Associated Press.
Any student who desires^ to
KENNETH BOND
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work on the Staff of tie
should come by itooffic is
second floor of Goodvi
the editors have announ red.
ture writers are especitllj
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paper - are always welqtjmq, pond
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in the past maintained,
will be printed if they
ied by a person connected
: college, and are pot libel-
obscene.
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