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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1948)
■ ^ ■ i : ' mm Iti ..,;4 - 1;By •- -“l -^Agriculture ^ tem is being d •. iK.' / that will dv achievcmenti, 1 Vice-Crfiancelloir I under the neiw said yesterday Williams, wl TT ii! K ■[ w FIELDS the A& 1 on i seal i a m r or Agr cul :ge organjiza g d !V«loped on iwaif I all of i A," If). W..W •' .Mi, 1 / 0 ! W I'.-r; Veteran ©f Two World Wars, m of A & M System ■ ^ , li \ ' i' the fall of 1919 an associate professor in the Department of An imal Husbandry, became head of that department in 1922, and has, the Schodl of Agriculture and Extension! Service organized seen the ■. into an institution that serves all of Texab aiid the Southwest ) During World War. II, he left i; •• ' ''"l ■ » : menu He returned to the U. S. , dn the spring of 1946. “ ' g the School of Agri- e as it existed in 1919, Will j points out the changes and of recent years, both in improved organization and fa* ciliUes. At that time, there was a lack of integrated effort'and interest, due to a great deal of duplication and a low salary scale that hin dered the employment of many ol the most capable men. In 1922, all of the School of Agriculture was located in the. Science Building. The Judging Pa vilion had^ust been completed, and the Horse Bam was at the site of UM. present Administration Build ing. The Sheep Bam was located in the area now occupied by Dun can Hall. ^ 1 D. W. W A&M System . in agriculture World Wars, n named Vice-Chancellor of the s even greater accomplishments ization. Williams served in both Radio Shop “A meiriber of Philco Service” :k west of P oi i : ! /!• ! C'- : ( i ^ X PH0N .1 : specialty it Office on W. 26th St. \ BRjy.AN 21 - 2 819 \ LETE REPAIR on all ri lakes, and models of radios 7- BA TT *-r— 77 • X- ' ; / '• . jl‘ • ■ L ALS O /,. ” ,T 'C . ^ / J E RIE S FOB 1 fOtiB PORTABLE r COME AGGIES r “V /1 a o the Id War College ; ; 7:M ; I- ad i'-' •i jBR CjLOTHIEhS AN. TEXAS l get together for good I IONS and Smart Wearing ibilegje men. !• * n ■/,.-■ YOU Wp|L md HERE: -7 . ' ,-mm ■ l kt ■ / ; 1 British talker — Freeman-Fortune Shoes . . . i Shirks . H J . Ties . •. . Sport Shirts Slacks—from Timely — Botany. ■ > 2 ■ • l*- v” ,5 s.-i ! - •l i/-. SEE I S -^Clothing from— \ — COLLEGIANS — ¥ V IFIELt) ACE ; i; EO BALL Y NEEDS ky ; : • K-S1MS HIEBS y t t: ran ■ an as Vice-President for to join the Army pver- 3, and served with tht S. Group Control Council in jland, with the SHAEF stafi, ence to France, Italy and Aus- ia. He served on the Allied Con trol Council ds U. S. Head of the A&ricuJtur^L and Forestry Depart- THE BATTAjLI Saturday; 11,1948 Williams, however, doesn’t be lieve in reminisemg a great deal about other day^. “To me,” he says, “there are no good old days; we must recognize that we must change, to-meet the new problems of today and j of.the future.” ' j As testintony of the constantly* increasing growth and adjustments that are under way, he points to the recently approved plan foir re distribution and development of cbilege-owned land across the rail road tracks. Under the-newt set up, construction is to begin imme diately on a new beef cattle bam, located directly across the tracks from the Gymnasium. Additional work is to, be done on the dairy installations at the . Feeding! and Breeding Station, with ex^anfcion in teaching and researdi. Rfc-aiiotment of the land provide the Animal Husbandry De partment with 12.80 acres^with ac cess to 1130 acres allocated to the Department of Range/and Forestry for grazing and p&M work. The Dairy Husband^ Department vrill receive 801 acres under this plan. The College has big plans for the BJuehernnet plant, where more than io/00 acres are to be deVot- ed to We work of the AH Depart- here that breeding and are to be done on a with the hope of de veloping types of livestosk that are more ideally suited to the Sduthwest. In this capacity, Blue bonnet will work in close co-ordi- natipn with other stations at Spur, Balmorhea, Sonora, Beeville and Angleton. Williams expresses great I en thusiasm for a rodeo arena that is to be built here, since the Col lege recognizes the value a suitable place for the breeding, training and performance of horses and other kinds of live stock that are vital to the South west. y- Today, Jn the School of Agricul ture, it is necessary and desirable for the faculty to divide time be tween ! research | and teaching on a resident/ basis, and this aids the student in. familiarizing ijfimself with field ,and extension work. Williams believes this to be an • t aylor Wilkins,/Vet A Serves As Veteran Go-Be - The office < duties veterans adviser under Taylor Wilk nb d functions to perform that helps matj and the cou hours thay are taking. They give alb the other information that, the' Administration requires veteran tance payrol of the. govern ment and obtain plies for the vote ment expense, -j The collection of ie C< for the By OLIVER BURK ..Jl /geL better service and more help from the Vote inistration. { . • j The office clears all the [veteran students of A.&&. the number of^ student on the of the govem- books ,pnd sup- jp rans a? goveriv tuition and fees ollege from the goverp- of veterans, changes of ■' poll ment js performed by this office., Wilkins acts as coordinator be-1 tween the college and veteran stu dents. [. • ; | He also acts ok a coordinator between , the veterans and the Veteran’s Administration.. jBe helps get the subsistence pay^ ments corrected when there is an Other problems error and that th«f have with istration. [The office of any veteran student may. " terans Admin- erans Advisor assists the Veteran’s/Administra ition with problems in the training — MAX REITER, conductor of the SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, which will appear here oii Town Hall January 10. important factor'll! the rapid prog- 1 ress of -agriculture here in the' past two /years, together with a better sdlary scale that attracts more/top-notch ipen to the school./ In this respect, A&M has re ceived world-wide recognition for' * work that is being done here inY cotton and wheat breeding by a rapidly growing and active grad uate schoo^ With a profound pri^de and be lief in this institution and its fu ture in relation to the problems and opportuttities of - the South west, Williams says his work will be affected vdry little by the new set-up. In the new A&M system, he will continue the task of co ordinating teaching, research and subjects, this group Spring Grads Fill Teaching Positions i • il .■ * Thirty-eight teaching positions in regular vocational agriculture departments in [Texas and two in other states halve been filled by this year’s spring and summer graduates, E. ft. Alexander, head of the Agricultural Education De partment has announced. Gradjaates haVe filled vacancies all over the stufe, with the major ity accepting positions in the south east and northefest parts of Texas An excellent argument for gen eralized course's in agricultural p of graduates extension functions of Agriculture,, has gone to all parts of the state Veterinary Medicine, the Forestry and will work under almost entire- Service and other branches of the ily different circumstances due to U aAd Prairie View. He does a great deal of his trav- [/pllege, including NTAC, JTAC j variations in climate, topography, md Prairie View. types of soils, and crops grown. -BARBERS- 1 el|ng by plarte, having learned to fly after his return from the Serv ice, “Just to prove to myself that I could dp it,” he says with a grin. And tlia’t is just another reason I , r , iqontinued from Page 1) enough- breeze fpr two . . . You’re why D. W. Williams will continue new around here ain’tcha? twvibe found wherever big things hat s,-ya^namp^ lsawj Your ,kidj in agriculture are-going, on, in the- interest of A&M and its vital rela tion to Texas and all of the South west. U ■ •[ • Consult Dr. Carlton B. Lee OPTOMETRIST For Your Visual Problems 203 S. Main — Bryan Phone 2-1662 Three minutes and-some odd in sults later: “Sure I’m through . . . Didja ex pect nte to work all day on ya? Dat’ll be a buck arid a quarter and you’re lucky to get it for dat . . : We’ll probably go up again de first of next week . . . Oh, yeah, dere’s just one thing before you go . . .? I wantcha to know dat it’s guys like ypuse dat makes \ it tuff for us barber school grad-ju-ates.” E • i- / r ! WELCOME TO AGGIELfVB ' STUDENTS if i 1 • (! r I ■ \ ! • • / - •. • Wo carry for R.O.T:C. Students all Regulation Equipment KHAKI SLACKS & SHIRTS .'L.i i. SOCKS, BELTS, TIES, INSIGNIA AND PATCHES AND MANY OTHER ITEMS I; • ’ ! ■'V7 as— ! 1 ;■ ' I 1 -1 v > ; ; —Also— I r f , ■ >•3 i * SCHjOOL supplies ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES I HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES y i 4 !\ v . !■ j ”' v; 1- ■ •i- , . j- I-- -j- • / 'i ' 1 ' - 1 1 • i, I ’ i : V, I Everything to Outfit Your Room or Living Quarters T, "ii l--> i i L r. I 7 . l : v ■ -i , AGGIE VARIETY STORE Next to Lipscomb Pharmacy \r .• 7\; X f t '' ‘ i Li i : 7 ■m- ■ ;-7, i-i ■ i- 1 — AifcJ — ■■■ North Gate 'u •y V V; ■ : • I • ■■ i i' Tv •.. | Tea Sepl • "j-V : ? ! "* The Executive M Garden Club decided to begin * with a teai on Friday ai |R. E i aim September. 24th, Mrs. |R. E secretary/of the club, today.. . y /; / .Announcement concern n f thi hour and place will bie r ma It It tei. The first regular meeting flf th|e club w[iH. be held theT sec m ?r day ia October at the YMpA (fha ,».j'’ *1“ * ' -T, 14 tteUri' e it ]’ an I cl il rirggi n ce 1 \Good HwucVctpinJ Origtoal Ined wi h contrasting stripes znc i ft "•'V .r; Bi )wn to iber 13 ht ki uwn lit a” se ved ' '■ % \ • ^ rc. \LD N. BROWNX from ? Jallksboro, Texaa, will aerve his year on the staff of the GINEER as assistant-editor, returned to school in Sep- 1946 with what he hopes ar i the worst years of his life be tihd him. As | member: of, the \ | Field Artillery, better ^ i as famous “Lotft Batts- « ^ of-World War II, Brown five and one-balf years— ,1 ' s as a Japanese POWt 1949 is the great day foil the) Drowns when a CE de make A&M’a loss in- di|{»try’|i jgain. * 1' ] ■ l 1 ■;/ r-. 1 I r' D JR0V ... oice for active d boys . . . . 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