pff? III . * - :■ .. I 1 ■ if ' I •* r:, — Taxes on -ranch lands have been distinct trends, I results of a stu ed by the Texal / Experiment S If ■ V^' For the first 42; acre were found 'to ha gradually "but ste^lrt 2.9 cents in li V, * Hi a r. .r 1931, the record ihij major trend of « 1982-35, was cl ' sharp decline in 18.1 cents, The $ been one oj^ stab! year period, 19 rate per acre has; than a cent fro*^ Ths 57-year in Bulletin 702, / on Farm,and " in Texas 1890, L, P. Gabbard, G, Cherry, economi ation, Department Economics and 1 The fallacy of WW the absolute • quite common Dn, lei e if r :•/, , ■ if ir r - k - ; - !• 4 ’ r k' kulthral ul li"i‘ ! m j. .■.'i ducta is. not a factor jin ibetjlK- pwred, (iubhui d lutd C led oul. Price* briar il wunfmodl lllea have of lap rtmjWlj in ijihe oppoHite ilirerljut I ’ im farm laxe* (him arrmilpatl iii Jhe ical burden in limer w r ill| trtkea and falllna ih 1 !#, nifiantif tUmlnUhinu ineaibipa >1 dpi lit perlml of Mialilp n /dMlil iaiea ami ilwinp iiilinn,,! f -.. ' 1(1 ! i For Fult'iahi n*». 43 lumnoed (hut (M, 1(10,(rlti will bo uVitilnljln or tiid- Act pripjilam Ibjf lito pni dom, i ! k j: ! l! ?Wl tx-,' l/k : j /if iV . . Past p/ present Yl the campus recently,! George Smith, ■■ dm <>l Sign i . !■■■[! | By ujlVjE CGShE Fr Ever have tjouble binding your way throng i b stifange city, be-; cniUHo of th > |nudequacy of poor placement o atreet inurkers ? Jim Blaclinam, bn’advertlslm? student at A AM, has a solutioirw ytjnr mohlena,; ThU exi-til hpb hi’ it a revo denis, but by use the^t as a m /lag their products / geographic info rnotoribg public, vmliitionaryi kipi, Mniqno iif tna fact vtinM; nbine dqbin't. rest th KtuPl bgul > p I il f v.i by i jper- f the jther nit|ed rplius i ior '4 The Fijllbriglit iAciij ’ ty Act of 1944 jsd jthatfSpijii: currencies and bred IjS o' countries acquired byj the States through, the sale; j property abroad riiight ; bt educational exchanges ^ The Act authorises ,jt il of State to negotidlie ailteornerrts to use-4ar|si« cies and credits realipet v surplus-property sale/ fpir sdiidihi Americans abrbad andj n't: untainiing foreigners a America^ luc/tional institutions abrobd. It also pi^vides for .financing truvel tPl* nm mlllsr ‘IkM in|g- am*' tax ppye stfeeV ntni 1 ’ but it n font. JimV solihi^a ’in lim "Wllrh wny (lb 1 ye tldoeiiu" prtibb'm, r nn ntjon to mu ivl inid iriuls, Is u IIP ilie wti eel miinn mil uumliei'jn lijmlmiauii In ti'l's. 'Hie lettarK, ilh« rmtSM ult i»'f ilaji 1 niewly pultnicd tfiut rt e«im*M n sr njllqw niatne; of (Im nr night, urc Il i‘t , t|t i (i, Ini' ImmlHithta nt n «er<( nil lhnlt|0n>y w It w Iwnm i f ji» rift tUfht.|' ; r AntiUier Imyel tjouiturb of thlu ; slireH marker lu sets tif four lit U« IlitntapetloU Itlead’ of the eon- ventlbnul t rn Tbf biifrkeiit, set spvpritl feel In Ifore^in Iwignmttloili op the right of all fiuir approuclH'S moterlift* tq ,gutubilshl the 3ec|btajrf excjjjutijvifc Hr -1 thfioufeh eroili-ktreet before rjeaehing it , hus eljmlnatlhg the iijli-too-iBml iar furtive glance? to find if this is that "eussetl" street Where you aitv supposed to t'urn. The struet markers are paid i—.. ' 1 It; iof other countries to 'States for study he they do-not displUce A dents in our edneati tions. ‘ f j | Inquiries about, the’ should go to thjj | Ipqti]t temational Education^ 2 Street, New Yoi’kj Citjyi nnfricil anil Better dir ^ ■ r-By ROLAND H, Congratulatfoqs !a \ for Allan ’* 1 ’ ' who is ] come November’ 201 mun lose. Robert Myers, ’41 Begins Three Year Kft * v ’' r Army Duty Tour Major 'Rabprt V. Myers, Class ’41, of ;hi| Field Artillery Or- nited 'RuniZed R ?s grtocHon of ANhi>ri and perry li 'ata. soijlh til (he cainlmk. hv i'IHum Of puntaVille, Nava* nptli, Mournj', aijd IlieMhum lalao igVe luvltaiji U^ekmoa to jdt** f r College play his invention ip those cities. The Aggie iiiventpr, reared be tween Dallas jand Sherman, has been interestediip advertising since his high school (lay/ After'serv ing nine Hind a half years in the Air Force he came to A Inventor who Is liable to Hay atandid'd le oa, nawonate ^ ^ 'Al, of the' prqyiding ' atii sjtu- i^stijtU- >r |i0- 45tSi VtbrSe .btjt'A'RI) _ . r ,l!«i:e iw o' ovetuber 20. May tjnc + (ft i Houston on November jtdjso anhoi nepd. with one tjaK Iraf cluster and the tpoix de (itiorre. Master Seigeant Francis H. Pell! first lieutenant ki the Military jPplice Cor jsof t|he ORC and at present copnectedi with the ROTC at A&M, \tilf begijn a tour of dftty Hs a first liqiutenHrtt kt Fort !Sam 15, Abbott Amijl fe ct take it! i • j ; ff: • , : , i ff i I' ijfi r ’ *'|i ' i *lsc ;ir I ■ SILK REPP FOULARDS I! J: ' KNITS ' BOWS $1 to $2.50 iv • ■ nil i I. i > ' ) I f| ‘Rt Yes sii the piire L* ill , When you nei il/orife Arrow; : TTii] $ r .4 i, > • ii iidi ■p — lining that discou ages wrinkles, niw bows or fouij-iri-hands, see youi ' 'll* “. : J row ties Ii HIEFS rT 5PORTS SHIRTS I J .. -F- find n lot of, hintFwHnry mniorUis, If noli (he world;, heiilllig n pnlh »- -1 .c l-Ww if!/ . r -.' V |/‘ ■; r / THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1948 ki/ '/if. ■ ■ • : THE iff 1 Begm A, Head ■ BATTALION i v 1 v ff 1 ' Vf ■ Bolton’s 39 Years At A n . To Studc * ineering for a ubjiLm Major rviee By DAVE COSt From department head .to presi dent of one of the largest colleges in the Southwest—that’s tike suc cess story of Dh F.j C. Bolton, President of A&M College, In his thirty-ninth year of service to the President Boltbn first catne to A&M in 1909 followingihis appoint- Dean one, that of. of Electrical the First World the position of ment as head of the Department neering. [During ar He took over rectot of Military Education Activities of the Col lege and was charged with over seeing the training ! ; of several thousand enlisted men for the tech nical branches of the jArmy. The year 1922 is first sfc _ advancements present pnsitii became Dean 2 saW him take his first step on the string of advancements whi k-d to his present pnsitioni. In that year he Of the School of Engineering. ' [ Ten years later he: climber an other notch with his [appointment to the top academic jjost Of Dean of the College. This new job forc ed him to relinquish his defies as head of the electrical! engineering department, but! he found time to continue as a professor iq the de partment, i j Ip, 1987 he droppOdf his title of of Engineering mt of Executive a ne 1 live Vice-Presi dent of the College. And, as a kind of preview- of wnat was to come; he served as acting president in 1943-44 during the lapse between the Walton and Gilchrist adminis trations. 1 With his official inauguration on the 18th of this' month as President of Texas A&M Col lege, Bolton will have reached the dimax of his career at A&M. A look into his earlier history however, shows that pe earned his new position on the basis of more than just service. Born at Pontotoc, Mississippi, March. 24, 1883, he received nip first college diploma from Missis sippi State College In 1906. To this initial taste of higher educa tion, he added training at Cornell University, the University of Chi cago, the University of Wisconsin, and Ohio State University. This’ latter school awarded him a de gree of Master of Science in 1928. He was honored with an honorary degree of LL.D from Austin Col lege in 1932. An active man, he is an elder in the A&M Presbyterian Church land a member of the Sul Ross Masonic Lodge, Up unlil a few years ago be also held a reserve commission — Foundations Being Poured At Site of New Student Center By JACK RAMSY ed with niiicreta, They expert id Il . . nitiNlh I be ilrttliiig hi 40 wui kliiH tlhyw, ■ [ ;• j l ■/•••. All of thl? I'omtrtiethin I* car* I'lttd, nu by the use iif iiuu'hlnery. ’uhe InHtarlwl Is imhjmih'tl by the il’oncfotc is mlsrti by initrtilu* ecy, the nH'iisureWlrtlt of Hie pie* rtieilts fnji' the cdnei'rte is tlnne by nthchlnptjy. Tin* only Him; manual labor la (Wit N when ihc huleif in'e I’llloil wlih (‘onefote. The rmiutkOO rOU lie thlxril mill footly to jiOut* "VVui'k la gultig ajuWly, hut give iia I i mure mimlha iil'kmnl wurking weather ami wu will (i« v e the Mtu* ilent Unliiii liulhlihuf reody for npenlng." Hi It. Hlmiiioua, gimeral auperliitaudwiit In elOirge uf; run* alrurtlou ftn: the McKee ('miatruc- tltiu CumpiiOy, kaaOrjeilj lialuV, Hlimpmta | enlld ho jkuowa it ap< iH’ara fhat imlltlug [la lielug ac- cuinplUhi'ih hut In Iqallty there la a lot of art lor) unittml lot auuth , of the main diill flefil, The begin*' lit Ms mlmitfa after the rrtik, aaml ning work ia lilwaya alow mid te* I alnll water outer the .mixer. Two iliiiiis, but When all! the prrtlmi*" emfloaila uf rock and aiiid are ttaed nurlea are eompletwi it will took as if the building Went up over night. [I • .1 ■ The main Woriy of the builders right now is a shortage of steel for the foundation and frnmcwbrk. Work right now is, on schedule, but if the strtd suppkg continues short, work may have to be stop ped on the pail of the construction that involves the use of stpel, Sim mons stated. ially in pouring the ^onwHe, The Imilding - Ahreil stories ih height plus a basement—will be equipped with all the! modem ap pliance? I and up-to-date Conven iences tlmt can be had. When fin ished, itTwitl be one of the most beautiful and best-constructed buildings in this area. the Amer iljffoginee ty for _ e served on ‘lit in both o; Elec lean ucat: vice-piresii two arganiiWions. Cimceming the tinue to serve the and Uie Southwest ing effectiveness. I the ihchool should f, ; il m ft m i' i f -i T r \ A y n 1 1 ; •J; !: t" prcrtdi'iit uf A&IH, mj iltMh and finni ypar nj the cuIIpkc this ypf r i rtaeii from Hepd off in Irtlti to hla flaw prapMenl of the rullpjtip,J|P i .. .paf.-. lamgley Naiiusd 'kl l&naa A 1|' •V / i' J Ofi hutiilrrtl fortyHHWy the jClKRs of Mil ntui# yfi|M Longley of College Ite clans agent at their elaMi'iif here- leeenlly. j! ’ f F j||v* l-ongley has been 4 .liisld College Stutioii sincpTMaiijeh he joined the staff (t|! tljfif; 4 l) cun General Life InrtirkHCe puny here. While u ntiutfoiU tt A& M, ne was editor of moff and captain of G Coihpi trvi The original DON COSSACK Chorus, featuring Titian chorus and dances will appear op Town Hall, December 7. -r- <-Oft • 'fo/V ■i, The buildmjjr will!be kUpported by 208 steel and concrete piers or I i u • 1 / ■ ! I j our now col- loctlon of Arrow col- .. . . |f logo tlet — knits, bowi, foulard*, lilk repps anil wools. Especially made for college men. ARROW ms $1 (0 $2.50 . TJL MJ WIMBERLEY • STONE- QANSBV GLOtKlERS I! pOR )llege and Bryan •• / Jll I _____ r) /■; j|u„; Mi •V ■I- i ; uldmfj teeli a* columns. Workers Of; the Rite-Way Foundation Drilling Co. of Houston are now in the process of setting these pi,ers in. They sink a drill from 20 to 25 feet with the bottom of the hole from 40; to 120 inches in diameter. • ' The drillers stated that they were encountering all kinds of v minerals and rock formations in the drilling of these deep holes. One of the drilled said it was the hardest ground he had ever drilled into. • J After they clear the hole of all loose dirt, they fill it \yith con- crete, the concrete being jan exact measurement! of rock, sftnd, and water. About 20 of these holes have already been drilled, and fill- - -- —: . , .f.. . 1948 Pecan Crop Estimated to Be t ■ ] . ! fj ■ Texas’ Greatest By SCOTT HtfNDl The pecan crop for th|H year ia estimated to bo the gieateat in history'—not only In Texas but in all the United Staleit. Fled BrUon of the InMticulture department, atatwl [that the Texas cion should amount to approxim ately fom' million pound! and that the national crop waa oatlmated to be over one hundred ifhd fifty-flvn million pound*. L i According to Brtkon,rTHo bar* vesting of th'la year*' crop may lie difficult because (if hud weather, short working day*, and the labor shortage. Scouring, impugn hand labor I* one of the pecan men'» greatest problems because getting the nuts from tree! to ground and into sacks requires time and labor. This year many pecan growers are giving consideration *to the me chanical harvester which is a new device designed to operate from a farm tractor, Brison said. The har vester is merely a j shaker designed to fasten around the tree and shake the nuts free. This saves much time usually consumed in threshing the entire tree with a long pole; he added. •; 1 , ! The Horticulture and Agricultur al Engineering Departments are considering the possibility of imj- proving the machines now in usi and developing othei- machinery redlice harvesting leasts. With these new[ engineering d velopments and the prospect of bumper crop, pecans should priced so that everyone can affoi them for their Christmas caki and candies, Brison s ; ■ ' r l J - ij ■• r At the beginning of this Natimji al Football League season, Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins I had tossed 128 touchdown passes since be joined the loop in 1937. MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS YOUR riNIST . . « Uhi tnliip 1 afpiii ’mi t: men On* „ World 1 IF r ito | provid- w gi-ejerfhouies arc fie Boni Th( ,, -jttoh genet c i »nd g aduate i uR Richmcnd of the said ted i tbop )nA or fts pmi |s Sttno) rjj/fi to mak i ip thq estimated | jaanf A o lur lota) colit. cnnbu n < 'Will be Joined uses” ! ted vilibn 'bfe- ; s nea • the; . • 11 be research ruction, T. Agronomy olllars have . 'pmfodjfrohi the) A&M e :jfund irtl five thousand ;. from the Agricultunal Ex- ilfi ^ ' II (y a itwp Id in ttot ii (hey; hirtlil i |c* uni ((lilt Hi mil* i|*| the ntlfa is mliptoHof m m n » s «t 1 Pi Pi Lfr ? i ¥ i that eight; Hiii—.. —. raj appro- iq ej»tim«l ,ota) co)»t. r r .i r (iidhbtliu (which j Willi cm tain | ■, ™,l»b;«tort«ii, N aw'tago r|mm and iv pbtUhg rco i, ) (inn jof thh la * wtBI bo under, : th« (Klrrtlim of Ih*. HJ U, Stc' cn*/ a cyBigpjlrtlrtxt, > Hi* Mrta H, Hi’bwi,;.Also a 'ylbloilitt, wil ha til .rtiit'i! of Hulnlhrt lull, i(Mi nil pg In NlWimlmil, hi'Hil of Hi* (tjtl U liiipi iW'iiih U sort loli uf Ihe Agldlmiiiy |ll|iai;,iurtil. A&M bjfk j m ..iimst i X|i(ii*In»i( ('ullrtllloil 1 nf iwiijllnnil p'imjMyi’l cniion mh** i-ui* 11 \Hi' ir, ii. v. I'hljipliiiti lln* hw! jdfi ihn liicw Injiiii alftrtr uul laafuai A imlt'd C"! . .... ,;i'i"i a ' ton f mlj hot ii n /|in|i irtog^al and il(i rt* ijtintlt' vh’ ‘ ’ ' ^ fa jtNVOl.N Hit 14TUR. belt fr rtmlral the Tjifocoln Atn-a |am U dTHONGlIOLH | <4*11*' A hjoivlt Ih known os keeitUHO moIn u nu nllivtjd there. Blit by euimt as will A* HitU m fmt!. A »uWhy fifth :ot 11 CtjlUllv/* 1 111 ^ d jsixtjh cousin!. 1/ - kj ii fait!. A *u tj 1H*I itives of dUst II make 1 the, make l)hhl r They are i* ■*. r m / ...world’s most wanted {pen A : l\ * v ii }|l Ik acHooso ypur whether Mi / •j ■ 10U give it ,n ' 'ITT. every flctaiUThe “5l r igartHhc inktant :: it touches;?pape^*4-giides v dtlfout}eAort Your a'nd rest! as>u write. ; !What’s:mori you neve this is the j»en that writes dr y With ^cfeate4!fyr;the‘*M”!ialoi Ju ^ait. You may misS'our to plapninB-or hinting rker dealer now 'vhile a gnd oolors is avuilahte. , ' ]demi size, S\2A0 bud #s* 1M *4 a ..y’: So do [your . rly- Seg fe I scloctiog f- ns.« Pi sfco.eo; nsin, v\ m t r/ fe J ii I