cellor Gibb Gilchrist Started As Surveyor’s Chainman for Railroad Crew By If. C. MICHALAK Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of the Texas A&M College System, was born at Wills Point, Texas, De cember 23,4887. After graduating f from, high school he ' attended [ Southwestern University at Georgetown for one- year before entering the University of Texas from which he received a degree in Civil Engineering in 1909. Gilchrist 'started at the bottom f the,.engineering ladder as a turvoybr's chainman for tin Colorado; and Santa Fe Railroad. Eight ybars later he was special assistant to the chief engineer of the line. He was in chai-ge of the reconstruction of the Gulf and In terstate Railroad after ’the 1915 storm. He located and built the railroad from Newton to Weirgate in Newton County. During World War I Gilchrist was with ihe' Army Corps of Engineers, returning from France in 1919 as a Captain. Af- reer, joining Department necr and rijtfn of State iHi f l 1924. After, sition, he ei tice with engineers the State Highway as ; a resident engi- to the position y Engineer in ! year in this po> private prac- of consulting from 1925 the Gulf, > ter the war he resumed his ca- fir. Ide P. Trotter Completes Six Month World Cotton Study Bv TEX E\SLEY * the Association and serves at pre- n ij A H Nl i T0N / A JexM agriculture leader ^ p “ 0 ® h *& n ee 0 ri n e , for^tS Dr. Ide P. Trotter, has just wound up a six-month study of President’s Highway Safety Con- cottoh production and marketing problems over the world, ference, Chairman of the Engi- oarticularly in the Orient. He was borrowed by the govern- neenng Committee of the Cover- iway Engineer of this office through 1927.1 In 1928, named State Texas and Ijeld this office until 1937. The Texas Highway system saw. its greatest growth and ad vancement under his administra tion, Recogn tiqh of his outstand ing service in this capacity came when he waft elected President of if 4 4 way Official^ in 1935. ■ ew A :gie palchj which y ill be worn by cadets was designed RVIS. senior arci|itecture major. The.patch replaces the old one ch was dl-scarded|h ecause an background and woul ' ’ ‘ ’ " U .f’ :r ment for this assignment. 7 Leaving headquarters at-A&M+- Carly last March, he came here for they get it under our foreign aid conferences at the Agriculture De- program, which costs the U. S. partment and then headed west on taxpayer. a Globe-girdling series of plajf “That can’t last forever,” he hops. i ■ said, “There’s a big demand there He spent a month in Japan, five for our cotton, but it is held back eeks in China, seven in J*idia, by their purchasing power.” nor’s Highway Safety Conference, and he is jalso chairman of the Executive Committee of the high ciety of Cit’il j Engineers, In 1937 Gilchrist accepted the position of Dean of Engineering Town Hall Tickets On Sale,Monday To Kon-Residents: i" The sale of non-student tickets for the coming Town HaH season weeks three in Pakistan and then made brie fstops in Turkey, Greece, Ita ly.and Portugal en route back. The last three weeks he has spent writ ing a formal report. He expects to be back on his job in Texas at the beginning of September. . The purpose of Dr. Trotter’s trip was to determine so far as possible' the .status and future .^prospects of jh? cotton industry in thje Orient,; which was a good buyer of. American cotton in power. Whether the United States should continue to finance direct ly cr indirectly, whol'y or in part .shipments of cotton to the Orient is a question of policy that is not his to determine, he continued. v Two big factors enter into the College, f -j Throughput World War II he served as one of the twelve mem bers of the Navy’s committee on Education $nd on th^ National Ad visory Comjmittee to ihe US Office of Education on Engineering T |. •. I V w 1 'h| ■J, The Aggieland Orchestra provides an outlet for the musically inclined students at This . vocalist A&M. ;; Playing under the direction of Bill ginning Turner, the Orchestra has appeared on sev- Si W"' H “ jlayed f Cl a. IAX clcx f V4. CA. CVA VVAA w- way division of the American So- eral radio programs and has played for A&M who an i occasions all over the state. the This collegiate group has filled engage- sic HaljL ments at the Pleasure Pier at Port Arthur, day a£i .f 4 uS S e ? tton ^ HaU. present state of affairs in the Science ahd Orient and account! for an uncer- Training. He Was appointed by the Governor as Chairman of the P< Management War T ’ ‘ ’by ost- N - CARLj E. TI^HLER starts hi* second yjrar asthead of tiie A&M Physical ESducItion Depaitlmeni this faU. TisSler, w-il head a) varied program of Physical Edj) ucation coursel. j! w.ll begin at 8 Monday- morning, September 20, at the Student Ac-> tivities Office, Room~-209 Good win Hall, according to. Spike White director of student activities. Season reserved tickets will he priced at $‘7.00 and season general adThissfdi) tickets at $5.00; both prices' Include tax. Outstanding among this year’s entertainers will be Alec Temple ton, blind pianist, Gladys Swarth- cut, Metropolitan Opera star, Phil iSpitany’s All Girl Orchestra, the Origmal Don Cossack Chorus and 1 n ^ j , ^ the San Antonio Symphony Orch.es- Enear S. McFadden, small gram tra. v- ; •Tickets will be sold only at the tain future. They must have peace over there to get anywhere. The other prob-. sion. Jj | pre-war years. There was a time.! lem is that of holding down the Gibb Gilchrist was married to when 90 perctnl of Texas’ cot— 5 j population. Both problems are en- ton went into' export. jormous. Here are some of Dri Trotter’s In China, for instance, there arc conclusions: 1 ^ Japan anl cotton, hut the Governor’s Inaugural Ball in Austin. ' —f'. 1 ; fl < i , »■■■*».„ .. New Forestry Exhibits To J Be Opened At State Fair A new portrayal? of Texas forestry will greet visi the annual State Fair at Dallas October 9 to 24, and) five larger regional fairs this'fall. L C. L. Rich, visual aids specialist for the state forest , to use a giridi leld at the oe- , irl singer. ice and a member of •[ in the Mu- are held each Thurs- until 7 in the Music If ' . '• r A tl \ til lick, ill.'' WCI 11V, V, t-liVie CkL K V71IV* OV/li| mw* some spindles which are not op- He graduated from A&M in 1947 • i crating because of chaotic econo- and is at ■’ present enrolled in the en’t the money to m * c coni lirions caused by Civil War, Law Schopl at the University of buy "it! They‘are now getting fair a . ,so h f ave .« P rob,Pm of Texas. | ? o nan titles as war-damaged .textile t findm ? ad ^ uat , c 8 k* lled Personnel mil^ get back into operation-but | to and operate the mills. ivar Economic Planning Commis sion. , j ? Gibb Gilchrist was married t< the formOTi Miss Vesta Weaver of , , . ...... r Cumby, Texas, in March, 1920. ganization, has been busy for several, months in p They have^one son, Henry, age 22. McFadden Teaches Mexican Farmers New Developments Only about one-sixth of the spindles in Japan escaped dam age during the war, but the re mainder are gradually being re built, Dr. Trotter said. Some of the cotton, they use, is short staple, \\ to */» inch, which is imported from India. Pakistan comes nearer to the United (States in quality and quan tity of 'cotton, he says. Dr Trotter reports that through out his- travels he encountered Humble Will Carry SWC Contests By Radio, Television Southwe games thife tion of new exhibits in coopera-* tion with Paul Vincent of the U. S. Forest' Service and with the Texas Forestry Association. Actually ,the first of the new exhibits will be unveiled between September 14 and 18 at the Cen tral East Texas Fair at Tyler. There an animated sawmill and electric train hauling logs will form the centerpiece of an exhibit showing what forests contribute to the average Texas community. This exhibit was built by C. D. Pruett of the Texas Forestry Association executive committee. | It will be further used at the State Fair College Chun Conduct City-1 Religious CenAi N One hundred and fiftejei e football |r n rFU“t Festival fall will be broadcast lx-1 J°r the llfhjconsecutiye season and ! afirTore elaborate S scientist for the Te^as Agricultyr- Texa^ Aggies everywhere. Most of televised foi^the first time under j pj a y g the^ Forest Festival in ISSv!B;« SSffiSSS SfiSaS ggSKSS by mail or telephone, - , . , . T , canno the acknowledged, White an- ? bVe . ¥ ex l ca . r whfat growers the in their own lands. Thev acted as nounced. r — r* ,si;oe PAIRIlfG , benefit of his Hfe-tiWie work in I developing? varieties resistant to! 'rust. ^ There ^re definite possibilities of growing w^cat as a j summer Crop on tbe hinrh plateau iof inter ior Mexico, McFadden said. Past i efforts, however, have failed as the varieties used always rusted. McFadden’s tr : p is under the J guides and interpreters for him. ’ - > - Government Job Exams Announced Civil Service examinations for auspices ;of the Rockefeller Foun- the positions of meteorologist and dation which is cooperating with instrument maker in government rthe, Mexican,government in wheat service have been announced by invfestigaponsT; He also planned] to Reger W. Jackson, Civil Service stop at Sa tillp for conferltices representative at the College Sta nd th wheat yreetd^T?. of the Escuela j tion Post Office. Bo|^rh4 nip 1948 sche^ - stations n|lliagain carry the games i’"j? o*week orintintr"soeciai throughwA ,the with tom-1rt|iS«k^a. P .nd cSptSS Piste schedules for each week-end well 0o D 6 m , nno . omonf M, or t eidiil of the seaspn. Television! plans call for tele casting the j four home games of TCU in Fprt Worth as well as the annual TlxOs-Oklihoma game at Dallas oyer Television Station WBAP-TV, [in Fort Worth, Texas’ first television Station. First llrdadcasts of the regular radio schedules will be heard Sat urday, Sept. 18, when the con ference bibves liito action. The Humble Corhpany’s announce ' L of ,c: F as a management chart on selective cutting and specially leaf drawings. jj i 1 '"mV", Weldon B. Davis, Texas For est Service woodworking special ist, is preparing a new exhibit on forest fire control which will, show a cross section of fire de tection work, including a model fire tower, jeep and other phases. Ten color panels, each including one large and five small scenes, will be made to stand out with bers of College Station c ihijchi is | conducted a city-wide r ‘ligioyis census Sunday under the! i uspices of the College Station Mjniiptep Association. „ “The survey was taken purpose of finding opt the status of each individual ih lege Station in order tqdt churches of t College Statibi of more sendee to the Rev. Arthur Smith, direct survey, said. I /. tj tie ’PljT ‘ tie ‘LUKE’ HARRISON Uabitant jlp tho Dean of Men the Annex ^ orial Center e in Bizzell j.: --4 m M ' special lighting. Four of these tiona; lareas, tree farms and other forest uses are also part of the plan. In addition to the above, special features at the State Fair will in clude living nine trees and a .bed of living seedlings used for re forestation. A special program, which include a radio broadcast, is bejing planned focTV^stry Day at the Staff 1 1 Fair owOctober 12. College Station was diyij 11 districts and was covered in the time betwi 3 Sunday afternoon. Eahone numbers are as folf I lo vs: demorial Student Center, 4- ^ The (Jave, 4-7474; and The ps Corner, 4-4794. I .■ I 1 f ^ H The , f PLANTATION SHOP MUMFORD, TEXAS 12 MUes West of Bryan t’.A mi \ r i— SEND MAM A AND THE GIRLS WHILE YOU ARE IN CLASS OUT Iw ! , i. r ■J Shoes are S’ G ive youtf Shoe a longer lif6, still on the shortage list. Don’t you be i •' '' r ' lIL v .'7 - " f 7 jdtught sbort. Bring your snoes to us f )r expert ppa ■7 BRYAN 5ST MJlfTEI ] /: FINE !- V ION® . 1 VI louth Ga i ;:y i USED... WORKMANSHIP v & SHOE » .f . - College Station f > HEARNS -HifiHWAY / ^CAl-OWI F Al U ? r \\ highway 'rr\-' U. f-. /•.‘v vrv-i iii m i : b.- ■ , L - H _ \ The Texas Forest Service also stands ready to place exhibits at this Northeast Texas Fair at Mar shall September 20 to 26, at the FouAstateS Fair at Texarkana, SenteThber 1 28 to October 3, and at the South Texas? Fair at Beaumont October 2l to October 30. Exhibits will also be- available for a num ber pf coiinty fairs. t "■ — Great Issues To Be Offered During ? i j • Spring Semester The Great Issues Course will be offered ih the spring semester, R. Gammon, chairman of the great issues committee announced today. The course is listed in the cata logue as Administration 405 and it will meet on Tuesday and Thurs day at II a. m. during the second semester, Gammon said. ^ Gammon pointed out that stu dents signing up for the Great Issues Course should keep Monday and Wednesday evenings open as most of the visiting speakers will addtess the class at those times rather than in the morning classes. All A&M seniors (those that have passed at least 90 semester hours by the end of January, 1949) will; be eligible to take the course as an elective, Gammdn said. The Great issues course was started at A&M in the soring se mester of 1948. The course was de signed to enable graduating seniors to understand the complex work ings of ’Tl other speakers appear- Great Issues Program last spring semester. jrf mlb jpsrri ill S': and international Gammon said. ’ cerbocker, Walter Du- Tv.. 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