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>AY, SEPTEMBER 11,1949
PagteS
iChnrch
for Fall
Rev. 0. G. Helvey, vicar of St. Th
has announced the schedule of
le coming fall semester.
Episcopal Chap-
fori! is church for
Sunday services wUl begin with
' r followed by breakfast
Church i
0:80 und th» rffu
8 a»m. to be
)mmunio:
>a:
rish house,
conducted at
Organization
#1
>f Community
Chest Planned
Directors of the College
Station Community Chest
Aave set the period from Oc
tober 20 to November 15 as
le time for the annual fund
>e. f .p-
The members of the chest de-
The members of the chest de
cided at a recent meeting in the
College Station Bank to try. and
naVe their drive, concurrent with
the drt 1
the regular morning pray
er and aermon will! follow kt 11.
BveMhf 11 services will bs con
ducted at fl:80, and will be followed
by Younit I’eopie’isService League
and th# Young People'll Fellowship.
Rev, Helvey was born In Wynne-;
wood, jCfkia., and uttehded Castle
Heights! Military Academy and
Tech High School in Atlanta, Geor
gia, before entering Central High
drive of the Bryan Chest,
i Immediately after being called
to order by Chest President J. H.
Borrels, the group unanimously
elected Df. R. D. Turk as their
secretary treasurer.
The chest committee will meet
September 21 in the YMCA for a
budget discussion. All organize?
tiona desiring to request funds
from the cheat are asked by the
committee to be present at that
meeting. ,i ■■
1 Letters announcing the meeting
: will be mailed to organizations
which have participated in the
drive at previous times.
Ttm i Chest members unani
mously approved a letter pre-
' pared by Sorrels to be seat to
the vice-president, Area Man
ager of the American Bed ;
^ Cross, inviting the Red Cross to
participate in tbe drive.
•j Also, the Chest members adop
ted, effective immediately a trust
agreement between members of
•tfe—College Station Community
j I f Chest and a Trust Committee to
be Appointed by the Chest.
The trust Committee will be
In Athuiisj
He attended the CnlversI
the South at Hmvanee,
where he played tackle and full
back on the football team for
four years, being all-conference
fullback one yeaf. | " ; •U
He mso played basketball and
lettered four yeaijs iin j track. He
graduated in 1927 with k Bachelor
of Science Degree in biology,
Rev. Helvey entered the Episco
palian Theological Seminary at
Alexandria, Va., after leaving Se-
wanee land received a 1 Bachelor of
Pivinitjy Degree in 1931. | !
Upon leaving the! seminary he
was appointed rector of St. An
drews Episcopal Church in Hous
ton. After two and one half years!
he was transferred to Nacogdoches
where he
years.
rector for mine
Rey. Helvey entered the Naval
'with the rank of
Chaplain Corps
lieutenant in 1942j
He served with thje navy in -Al
geria for nine months and later
served m the Leytaj and Okinawa
campaigns. . [• |
In 1933 he married the former
Miss B&rtoie -Gunn of Houston.
The Hielvey’s now have three sons,
Grin, Jr., Clifton, and Stuart.
Rev.j Helvey has been with St.
Thomas Chapel since 1945.
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist of the A&M System begins his
full year in that position with the opening of school this fall,
cell -r
llor Gilchrist was foi merly President of A&M.
Corps Dormitory Assignments
Made; Includes Entire Area
; given disbursing powers over a
trust fund set up with $1,500
dollars from the chest.
Of the $1,500 dollars, white
v you^h work at College Station will
be allocated $1,000 dollars and the
remaining $500 dollars will go .to
i Negro youth work in the com
munity.
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MORAL.
The
Maick T. Nolen, senior history
major!from Wichita Falls, is co
editor, with Frank Welch on the
imei
rumu ; Willi Aiu lift TV rim Ull UIW
1949-19. r )0 Commentator. Nolen
was feature editor of The/llat-
taiion in 1947.
mnt of corps units to
th«!ir respective dormitories have
been made for the Fall semester,
according: to Lt. Gol.i'F. S. Vaden
of the Science Depart
ment. : 1
This year’s enrollment in the
Cadet ‘Corps- is expected to be
gfeater-thaiv that of last year as
is 1 evidenced by the incorporation
of Dormitories 1 and 3 into the
c<j>rps area. These dortnitories were
used for Veteran stu-
The assignments sire: Dorm 1,
fjlfst floor, “B” Transportation
rps; second floor,; “A” Trans-
rmy Reserves
Rate Releases
. Austin, Tex., Sept, 11—Details
cqncerning the release prior to
April l, 1950 of 3,387 Army Reserve
Officers now on active duty were
annouucad recently by the Depart-
menli of the Army after Secretary
of Defense Louis Johnson put into
< ffect an economy program for all
three services designed to reduce
expenditures for national defense.
^ Under the Army’s plan, 1,250 of
the 3,387 officers will be released
by December 31, 1949, and the re
mainder will revert to inactive sta
tus by April 1; 1950.
STUDENTS!
iAll officers will be given at least
three months’ notice prior to their
Jelease. Those officers serving in
fne United States who are chosen
or release will he frozen in cur-
nt assignments and those serv-
ng in overseas areas will be ret
urned to this Country prior to
heir release date,
J Selections for release will be
piade jfrom yll rton-Regular offi-
ejers now on duty with the Army.
portation Corps; third and fourth
floors, Senior Company.
Dorm 2, first floor, (held in re
serve) ; second floor, “A” Cavalry;
third floor, “C" Cavalry; fourth
floor, “B” Cavalry. ] ,
Dorm 3, first floor, '‘B” Quar
termaster; second floor,! “A”
Quartermaster; third floor, "A”
Chemical Corps; fourth floor, “A”
Ordinance.
Dorm 4, ' first floor, “I” Air
Force; second floor, “H” Air Force;
third floor, “B” Engineers; fourth
floor, “A” Engineers. 1
Dorm 5, first and second floors,
“A” Army Security Agency, Third
fl<j>or, “E” Field Artillery; fourth
floor, “A" Supply Corps.
Dorm (5, first floor, “G” Air
Force; j second flooi*, “E”i Air
Force; third floor, “D” Air Force;
fourth floor, “F” Air Force.
Dorm 7, first floor, “A”
Artillery; second floor, “D” F
Artillery; third floor, “C” Field
Artillery; fourth floor, ‘‘B’’ Field
Artillery,
Dorm 8, first, floor, “C"i Air
Force; second floor,, "A" Air
Field
ield
Force; ijiird floor, '‘B” Air Fibrce;
rtlh floor, "E" Veterans,
lorm 9,
fOUrVw. AIVUl , .U TW
Dorm 9, first floor, “B” Coast
Artillery Corps; second floor,! “A"
Coast Artillery Corps; third floor,
"E" Infantry; fourth floor,,] CD”
Infantry, , 1
Dorm 10, first floor, (held in
reserve);,second floor, “A" Infan
try; third floor, Infatitry;
fourth floor, “C” Infanti
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Dorm 11, fits! and second floors,
Maroon Band; third and fOurth
floors, White] Band.
Dorm 12, | first floor, (Sorps
Staff; second floor, ‘‘B’’ Veterans;
third floor, “A” Veterans; fourth
floor, “D” Veterans.
Birthda
this mon
System
ago President of th«
ibb Gilchrist, acting on
the Board of Directors,
turned over his titla
fice to Dean F. C. Bolton and as
sumed a new post as Chancellor of
the A&M System.
Now at the end of the System'll
first year, Chancellor Gilchrist
preached
throughout
In speedier
in all lines
nity of pur
embers have
plans and prob
the year hi
nd more |
Military Science Department
Makes Eight Personnel Changes
Sir]
toft.
McElhenny to Ft. Kaox
Col. William 8. McElhetmy,
came to Jf&M In August,
1
Eight Changes and replacements
in the military personnel here were
made during the summer, accord
ing to Colonel H. L, Boatner,
PMSAT. ! , .
Lt. Col. John J. Kelly( lately re
turned from service in Germany,
replaces Major Norman W. Par
sons os senior cavalry instructor.
Lt. Col. John V. Roddy replaces
Lt. Col William A. Becker, senior
field artillery instructor, who has
been ordered to Venezuela. Roddy
recently: returned from service
with the U. S. Army Group in
Greece.
Capt. Roy E. Smith, assistant
professor of field artillery, has
been assigned to the Artillery
School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma^
Major Chester C. Shaefer from the
James E. Park will edit The
Agriculturist magazine for the
current school year, Park Is e
senior agriculture major from
College Station,
Lt.
who
1946, received orders to report to
Ft. Knox
School.
Ordered to the
Officer’s Advance
I
Ft. Leavenworth
Command Staff College is Lt. jCol.
Glen B. Owen, infantry, who came
here, in 1946.
WaVrant Officer James R. Nor
man, USA, who (began his dijties
here In September, 1947, has been
reassigned to the Far Eastern
Command with headquarters at
Yokohama, Japan.
corps and traQfportation corps,
respectively, h&g* been reassigned
to other posted?
New Senior Instructors
Lt. Col. Charlies P. Motto has
been appointed the new senior
transportation instructor. Motto
s formerly at Ftf Eustia, Vir-
Reporting from the Command
and General Staff College, Ft.
Leavenworth, Major Leonard
Walker will ''take up duties
senior signal cqrps instructor.
Lt. Col. Shelly P. Myers Jr.
^returned from the Philippine C6m
senior coast
F.
M
mand to becomj
tillery instructoi
Senior Infantry Instructor
The new senior instructor of in
fantry will be LtJ Col. William! F.
Lewis. Lewis was formerly at the
Air Command and Staff School,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Captain William J. Hyde, from
the Ft. Knox Armored School,
Kentucky, has been assigned!as
cavalry instructor.
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Mbvr
T .Zt A ¥ lcu i:
kton j
past would hav
ficult of ,
’’There is much progress yet to
be made," he concluded, ’’before
conch ■■■■■!
new organisation can be said
are achieved maturity., Soma
iflcation will be nedoaaai
maiie
jlHL r — ..„ T1
many improvements wll) be
"“ jth# basis of experience.
The first year has proven, how*
Jpr, that this is a most effective
plan for aocompHshlug our object
tlves, a sound basis oil which t<)
billiil■ Mm
IMi
were
were
of N01
, « « J ° hn AgrlcuL*
nkl College, sm! President E. B.
»ns of Prairie View A&M.
for System'e Creation
jThij new plan w«| dfsigned to
Iperete] from the norn»ei dutlee
of the presidency -of A&M, the
hMvr im ' ' ‘
iteWlde
! :|
Id for the fut ure, j j
Organisation of the System
The sweeping ret
m
4 of | administering]
system which inclii
tl|* threii other-cdlle$e# and a muk,,
titudt of servlceil and egendesj ■ p
It was the result of many monthsi *
planning and Htl»dy, an *
first time made fach coll
a*
■t:
icping reorganization of
thd units that i
awee;
iow make up the
one-year-old A&M System was
widely publicized throughout thje
nation when it was announced.
The
system an autanomoiis unit .y-
spoinfible to itsjpr#sidsnt who is
iiV turn responsible (0 the Board (
rough the Chancallor.
i
trough the Chancellor.
m
action of the. Board of Di
rectors, in addition to naming Gil
christ as chancellor of the new
, In addition to: the four college
With un enrollment of more thu,, ,
14,000 students, ithe A&M Systeml' ' '
dudes the Texas Agricultural
'.a
lor of tin
system, ahd Dean F. C.^Bidton a,s
sMbsitations and
ies; the Texas
president/elevated Dr. M. T. Har
rington to the position of Acting
Dean of the College. He still holds,
in conjunction with that office, his
title as Dean of the School of Arts
and Sciences.
D. W. Williams, who had been
former vice-president of agricul
ture for the college, was given the
new position of vice-chancellor for
agriculture.
The creation of the System ele
vated the deans of thje several cql-
on Service w
/id home den
& *3
county agent
home demonstration agents ‘
IT;
sion/' Service; Firemen’^ Training
School; Rodent] Contrcfl Service;
unty; tbs
Jph
scnooi; Kodenti control Service;
anj many othpr] agenews and ser-j
yjees w|iich may be authorized. 4
' Each of the agencies |nd servlcee u
} headed by a director and oper-
s as h unit olth#, system in the
fiolleges.
ame manner as
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