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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1948)
m 4 ■4 r If. 1 ‘ . N !; I' r jf 1 > ' r ■ • •M $r ,^’s ' HB BATTALION ^SATURDAY, I, Sociologi • ’ .1 vf 11,1948 legist, Got ning the Hard Way i H the county his senior year in ’essor- high school He attribotfd Ws the best cr °P fast campus, Upping team bf males that be 1P Soci-I followed down the row behind IV to one PIIPIPI of jjthe Soci- ! -rrj I the plow. doiwh torn i in Ellis. I After graduating from .Crockett _ tb lJ urn tT ?!, High. School with hoitots, young mey was. consi ! w • "T? I 'if , y-. * ui m I father yot to of pine ort’ed to Crockett sight woods of East ■i • ; 'l was ohe a whole “pate Hite hen cotton garille, Texas. i’it there for long. m kM ini / ; .'H '• His Daniel .was encouraged to go to Bttfc Institute in Houston. He f' n l o yr possessed a great desire for edu cation, so .he entered Rico in the fall of 1918. He had been there one month whert he got a chance to go to officer’s candidate school in the U, SL Army. He was one of four to go. He was % freshman and the other threfe were seniors. The day that he and the other newly appointed officer candi dates arrived at Camp Pike, Ar kansas, they thought that the people there had gone crazy. They found out to their own ex treme joy that the people Were celebrating the end of World War I. Russell soon got oat of the army and tpok the Waco Chamber of Commerce up on a job in Waco. The .purpose of this was to enter or University, where he wdrk- s way through in three years, he was attending Baylor, ael": of children nnd Or became inn itnvu runpink the farm f$U on " V U i - ■ \ ieuh , . Ho used to ylight, catch anjd ha 1 of / - r . iming liox, hit?h busterf] fna plpw •/ ’i f change to achptd Was out would ituri and plow aEtuu, *« i 7 jf when hfs fath- BL. RUSSELL, lead of T - mulesi,/c»toh cl bthes and mules. w< until :<|ime to rot,thj|oe miles Spi e of the id, the! task of hji|M shoul- get uj| before tM catnap n Crocket i' When school in the ifternoon Dan home, hit :h up t||e mules until dai schcol alor int he with Russel? made i- thlrt part of 4 ! rf- Editor Says Octobc Will Be Largest Ever ' HaSma”*^ Commission. A Pump research the Enfigineerini J. Kyle, Father of Many Aggie Traditions, Named Man of the Month in East Texas Pal By F, L. AYRES 1 , PAUL S. BALLANCE, librarian, speaks with MtSS LILA M. FOSS at the TEXAS ENGI- he managed to work eight hours p -^EERS LIBRARY. Bailance fa in charge of both Cushing Memorial library and the Texas Engi- a day and. send fifty dollars a I neers Library, month home to the folks on the xKfcfe. '■; : ,■ |' ]' Upon graduating from Bay lor, Russell went to Chicago and entered the University of Chi- on a fellowship. He ob- his Master of Arts degree and did all the resident necessary for a Doctor of . jlosophy degree. After working with tho City of Chicago for a couple of yeads, Rus sell returned to Texas and taught a year at Baylor University. The next year he came to A&M| as a 3>yofessor in the Sociology depart ment. He has been hero since thdh. - . ' ' f ; _L i; . “Di-. Dan", as he is referred to by his many Aggie friends, has altyays had am interest in the boy .Who comes to A&M to get an edu cation the hard way.. lie has ad- yjsod and . helped unsold numbers di students who were not al ways‘in the upper. brackeU- Hfa chief interest fs in the' bolr who struggles to survive with the use of hard work and plenty of mid night oiL' Many Aggies ckn at- tribute their success in college to a little help now and then from the man who started his education behind a fast-stepping middle buster, V’. •' r} ;v « ir ★ Color*, HHpM of chock* pork up. 4**?. :• r ?r k 1 unplootoh. , dooming odor*... •cicnti ft •ervief. *«mSoo."' *t"» with Simltonc, the i rot dry cleaning ’ 'iminatee all h *, yd Cod* no m«ro J clduiing. ‘fyii - I : f/ Vi- I- r. kind of Dry Cleaning’* LYING GARMENTS, 1 tY MATERIALS” & I>eiiver—Ph. 2-&665 A • . ri ..v v..A^- \h • -. ....' A - Kck-ifjp & fiegver^- Ph. 2^5 PERFEp’O CLEANERS 2005 South College Road ik ' 1 :, ■ 1:1 . iivf South CoUegeRoad r fU x • E. J. Kyle, retired dean of agri culture ahd unofficial advisor to Latin Anibriclin students, has been named Man of the Month in a, pub lication of 1 the East Texas Cham ber of Commerce; When Kyle retired as Dean ,of Agriculture in December, 1944, thousands of Aggies in Texas and all parts of the .United States, as well as men in the armed forces over the entire globe, said, “There will never be anyohe to replace Dean Kvle.” Since he first joined the fac ulty in June, 1902, he has helped many a struggling Aggie to re gain a foothold on the ladder of success. | - j. \ • In a meeting'of tfie Texas Ag gies held in Germany on the Rhine during World. War II, Dean Kyle’s resignation was the most widely discussed subject. Edwin J. Kyle was born in Kyle, Texas, July 22, 1876. He attended public schools: and graduated from A&M in the 1899 class, having worked most of his. way through college. ; During hfa senior year he was senior captain, president of his class, president of the Y.M.C.A., find valedictorian. He was the only student in the history of the Col lege to act as Commandant or be given a seat in the ifacufty. j He graduated with a B.S. de gree in Agriculture from Cornell AUniversity and received hfa M-8. degree In Agriculture from the rity of Arkansan. velopment of the Farmer’s Short Course held each year at A&M. * Dean Kyle was also president for 1J years of the Athletic As sociation at A&M and built up I one of the best organized and" most successful athletic aSsida- tlons in the Southwest. The ath letic field bears his name as A tribute to his work for athletics. His report on a tour of Centro] and South Ataerica in 19jil was translated into Spanish, and was published by the government of Nicarauga. This Fed to his ap pointment as United States Am bassador to Guatemala in 1945 by President Truman, mhFfng him the- only man in the history of the U. S., trained in technical agriculture and education, to be appointed to this post. 1 {, ' issue ever published,” R, B.^far- wopd, .1948-49 editor of the Engi- npeTdeclared here recently. ‘The ENGINEER’S staff has it m a great deal of effort during summer months in accumlat- and writing a large selection iting and ( pertinent* arti- f o a t u res. in the October edition . artide entitled e ttaljmarx of a Profession’’ ushed Dr. Vanne- graduate and pre- the Atomic Energy report on Heat ing conducted by the Engineering Experiment Sta tion, written by Harwood, and a iiscussion of distillation pertain- .ng to the petroleum industry, .ompiled by C. L. Mills, will be included among other articles to .ppear in this issue. The ENGINEER fa now pub- to become a monthly at sometime near mid- ing the coming school year. The ENGINEER fa entering its 7th year of publication, discounting the war years of inactivity, “Plans for an increase ii from 32 pages to 48 pages ir edition seems likely, and th tober issue wilf definitely be 48 Harwood stated. Instru- in these changes is Roland Director! of Student Publi- t, who is making them pos- >y his efforts m increasing the advertising to bo carried in the magazine. Creation of an engineering mag azine resulted when its need be came apparent >to fill« void in the school of engineering. A needed voice for the engineering students, an outlet a particular to their tfourso jjf study, had long been felt at A&M, i problem which has been amply ,iltlffied by the EN GINEER. Some of those needs, whicji the ENGINEER is nqw out imd . =Si “"XT staff who will ratju: R. B. Harwood, edit^i associate-editor; p, J. S. Hanna, assi H. Hawes, business staff members. W. meeting, may be lows: (a) TV> give a dents in the sch faff. . - 2 their skill iij ■ l exploife, Prq i t< sges in cur fessionat ■ r *- (e) And last, common medium ^ n students ik the IQ H. ;■ i ■' f V -r fol- ieer at A&M •I 1 University ^ In June 1902, Kyle was elected to the position of instructor in Horticulture and Jin 1905 he was promoted to head of the depart ment. When the school of Agri- the school of Agri culture was created in 1911, he ed the natural choice for its seemed the natural nsvi-L k’ rty years of ag in Texas, be has with every y study and numerous bulletins and* boob, he was respon sible for the organisation and de- 4u4lw«-,’ Student Timers Accept New Posts . J accepte 1 i P° 31 J' ions and will report there in Sept- enfiber. ^ Srirtcke r will open new men?inBeaumS^ ia thefir ^ er will teachLd, dads the i J to the co * Dooley with the lege^ He Smucker College. gxsac 5 a position LCol- •toere ~F yl SI h A&M -r AUPLEY B. tor of the ENG 1948-49 school from Sunset Higl las where he ed yearbook. He went term before com In | mLL r) l.l ! . v- r FOR ALL UPPER-CUSSM •,fv1 \ ' “Regulate” yourself from head to toe at . . r\ v ^ v ■ /• ■* ■ ■ I KHAKI SHIRTS Broadcloth . . . Poplin . ... . | 8.2 Chlho Twill . . it ii i RAIN COAf$ CA COLLAR INSIGNIA SLACKS t • Hi-bacK 8.2 Cotton L . . Hi-back Gjeen Elastique . . . Hi-back Pink Elastique . . . 1 !• COVERA i: SHC ir;-1 TIES -sjvEB ABUTS TRENCH (J 4 u: i - -7- - r 1 & * I • ■A SoeST" bndeiwew ■, Sheets, Toweb, PlUo,, ^ Pennants and Stickers I Aggie Jewelry - Novelties 6f all kinds AIso-=Co 1 I- I Mi' ill I ii S' t | i V m / *. i ... ] \ in l : • M ; : U i’ I'f in ! I. i-AJ • v* Aggie T-Shirt^' :• L . , I : / h t t . : v :nplete lines o! civilian menswea : ' j ! t' i t 'i&i, t! 1 'I All I$BS Tefinii t across from umiviwM <i4' ■ / 4 .4 - Nijj il j* ,i,L 4- to*- 4. S r . iLjJ ■" .TT : /| : Br^n 7 Nortol .., ■ • Kffd p— . dilitja^.;^ trhaa IstMeit : lorgan, M. E. Jarrell, :F., Han, S. Lanford, and E. A Committee, ippoints the staff. Students who have ability fc i, in reporting IMentific and in creative writing come as members of the s • rwood emphasized that the m on the staff for Ires) and sophomores, and he exprt pe that this fall wonld ibers in these classes who nt to take advantage of ble training offered by k. . -v , ; V’ CAA Has Open For Single Men i Air Conunuiiicatt . j * ' I' , The Civil ^Aeronautics Adn tration has openings for a nu of qualified single men as air eommunijcator in Alaska at s ing snlannes of $8718 a year. Successful applicants,,will b signed to the 45 airways comr cation stations Operated by CAA along AlaSkan airways. Basic qualifications for the te £he ability to transmit, am ceive International Morse Cm minimuni speed of 30 won! minute; to touch typewrite a' words A mi i?' “ words a minute; and 18 month aeronautical communications Applicants should send Fee pplication Form 67, obtalnab post offices and state employs offices, to the CAA Aetonau Center, P. (X Box 1082, Oklat Ofay 1, Oklahoma , Several weeks, ^of orienti training will be givan to the lOintees before they travel to { f assignment in Alaska. They 4 expected to remain in gov went service in Alaska for at I i months following their oppi iniiimt. « .' m • # "—i ^ ( f... A. A f i .■ v •Vwi.. ii i r J \| fih ki IK I \ hi » 4^ -l-r ' :• r . i •i'.. ’ W .;< s ■ r 1 'J 1 * f }>7 ’ r • ‘ - " ? ii'. 1 , *: -l : !f w:/ *1444 . •-s •Hk*' firj ' '•/V ■ i. 1 : • .....