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.
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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 ' ’ ‘ ’ "
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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:
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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New Forestry Exhibits To
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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
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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
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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
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canno the acknowledged, White an- ? bVe . ¥ ex l ca . r whfat growers the in their own lands. Thev acted as
nounced.
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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
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guides and interpreters for him.
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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
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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
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‘LUKE’ HARRISON
Uabitant jlp tho Dean of Men
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orial Center
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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. Ea<jh]
was headed by a distru
Most of those who wer|
tacted Sunday, were rcaMujid jot
Monday afternoon.
Before beginning the s
workers ate lunch at tin
.landylnn and Sbisa' Hail
said.
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Dfficjes of the Memorial Student -
Cinteriartd college crnifectiohelrics,
hi ve hfeen mivpd to the first Door
Bi aell Hall; ioeording to J. Wayne
'Sliirk, direct)r. j v
The main offee of the Memoral
I Si iident Center Is, located in Room
11 5. O Tices of the Memorial Stu-
d< it Center formerly were on the
! tl rd iloor (f Goodwin HaU, T" ,j
[, Tele >hone numbers are as folf I
lo vs: demorial Student Center, 4-
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ps Corner, 4-4794. I
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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
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Be Offered During
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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
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other speakers appear-
Great Issues Program
last spring semester.
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