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City Of Uttegt OfflcUU Ft? Nttioa't Top "’-I;.* | Hafrty Section Lumhrrman'« IM9 C«ate«t PUBLISHED OP A COLLEGE Volume 50 Center Moves Offices f rom Bizzell )AY, JULY 4. 1950 Independence for 174 Years . it AU officel of the Iffmoml Stmknt Center heve bret. moved from Biuell Hall tu the ^ter aawrdliM to J Wayne SUrk, director of the MSC art auw open, •"•rh Mid, #thoueh Ov- rent of the (hetar «|l not b» u tor* 1 tWmw ut tk* dirertor amitt aat dirortvr aid humnoM man* * rr OeeoaaWljf offiee* rantner. 4if«eHk, and manae*r of jr<'e»t room* 40J rrwtrvation* will h* located in the eitrenM »e*t end of the baiUtriT t'Wa'w um the Oral di>or from the ttdfwralk oft tdark Stiret u> '•‘ter the htflllltae l ,, Stark «"l OmaM of the VUftrka-nie arent. taMdtttir « H*hntend*at, and ware- he®*r will he iorated in the ba«e- t •nent of the hoildina, Hre***nt en trance to thane office* in on the wmth tide of the baildinf, unind the ramr enti^riee to the baterm-nt. W. A Hill, tnaaatrer of the ru**t r<M>ine, in now taking renervationn for fvent inodit, short coumea, and fonferem-e*, Stark naid Any other tyfe of meeting will be taken tare of at the bwjriftninf of the fall i ftemeeter in September, Telepht me number* for office# in th# H8<' an* a* follow Office of the Director, a**i*tant | (iinetUtr and hwnine** manager, ac { coantinp department, *tie#t room* and re nervation* and atK-ial di rector, 4 1227, i*uiUiinp *ui>eiinten dent, punhaairig agent, and ware bouse, ft iCn. Ihe Memorial Student t enter 1* j Mill aperating the ( av* ami Cave Jr, Stark aaid The ( a»i|>a» Cor ner wan pertnatwnUy rloeed Satur day ( losing rate of the t'ave will tie aanouintd at a later date L — I I 1 In COWCRESS! |, uatramonS^rcfamtuiR menra, Shivers Presents Bell 4 To College TomorroW A Frew Cittsen' in a Five Land n The engraved meaeage »Utea that the bell wa* a tymbol of th4 drive '—0* * JLmm m mil» 4 4 IT plaining the reason* (or ag the replica to A AM. iver* naid. “In addition to I the inflrreat that ha* been shown there b> •xstudenta and official*. A AM a ill celebrate (U 7bth anai- Veraart oeit year anth a record *——* Ary*/ 1 ** * ^ Tllp* • mJm d . A *1 yA *• d 4w w A ^ A. >*» d/ dki W^ r^7- ffh: Of having contnbutod aome 14,000 men aitd official* in thir last world war thousand* of other* in earlier conflict* *0*1 many thousands of fine citisen- and leader* in civil ian lifc“ The liell will be brogght to AAM -444. Mmt l—v A.^^4 ■w Ap. ^ - - 1 - AO. iXl M *hw /A dw» p , t 4 db,. *1 ,«A < JMA.. ^fec^-AAh.' ^ . Hpi■< , *♦—e-A- ate: ;~K. ¥ x . Money Donated • if For Ordering B er Ser\ i ire u mm*,; a p o<— A,a—-rffff^rr n/i/-Ar* **~4.W*I .rt. ^*1. V . dWBii*Ar ^ hp+~ Jfii. By LOUSE JON1 The Liberty Bell replica that toured Texas for six woek'* dur mg the Independence Bond Drive will be officially presented to the college tomorrow afternoon by Gov. Allan .Shivera. All (lasses will be dismissed from 1 45 to S> m to otteml the preaentaUon ceremonies in The Gruve The ceremonies will be held at 2 The hiatonc bell was selected a* a symbol of the Saving Bond Drive by Secretary of the Treasury John W Snyder One bell wa* exhibited in each state and in tW District of (ulumbia Itarh state will re ceive its replica to I ■ecu me a pei inanrnt part of trophies of that state Through the effort* of Gibh Gil- rhn*t, chancellor of the AAM Sy*- tem. Dr M T Harrington, pre*i- dent of the coHege. and group* of former students. Guv Shiver* announced last week that the bell for Texa* would he presented to AAM Engraved on a plague at the 1 Master of cervmunies for the post t*a*e of the bell is "Dedicated to Indepegdence Day ocrMton will be Transportation Set As System Project «lBlt Mil of AAM Brace well will introduce who will prreewt the ball Gov ShiVera. after boll ia behalf of the estate will than ia turn present it to Do. Kir* nngton Dr. Harrington will aeccfS the bell for AAM The governor aad hi* party will arrive at Eastertood Field toaaar now momiag. With him atll Garland Smith, hi* executive •latent and a former O newapaperman. The party will guMte of Dr. Hamngto 1 and t 1 u V , tear the cam pun with him from Dalle* where the saving* ^ eofeinonioaT k-jT-sss zirt *rz?^£x£2Jtz rrt*' t^'r T'&zzr&szT 7. mg the ceremony, then w.H he CnkvfM< j B> ^ placed a* a temporary aite Nathan Adams, •late director for the k*old dm# and Delta* bank er. wiB arrive in Cnfioge Station by trajn tomorrow morning tn or der to pertinpete tn the ceremony *L-J£_ Orders for a gilvar buffet BcrvKc tti W- uaed in the Mem orial Student Canter were placod Juno 29 Wayne Stark, director of the centar mkI yes terday . .J The money, totaling !i*»0 wa* i given by tke Mother* (luh* of; Sftn Angeb*. San Antonio, Hr* • xoa County, and the cla**e* of j 1MM, ISrtft, and l*Mi The of lUbo left SLIM of the SilVerplate I* Item? from the International Silver Co tn “Cromwell' pattern Stark not ed that International i* the same Armored F^ld Arttllepy Battaliuii roAipany that, furnished silver have beer, announced hw Major!), fof the ShalWBH k Hotel in Houa- j |) Butler, Battalion vommander. tun, and the world-famou* Wal- | The ftdlawmg officer* u**k over 4arfA«tona Hotel and KoTkefel-i t he staff duties indicated, aa of lar Center in New York City J u | y J< Major Babrrt N • rauj, Item* on order tn<lu«le punch Hattalion Executive; Major F w. howl* end rups. candlabra Hinaal. Jr, Adjutant, (aptain fee um*. chafing dishes, peatry Freddw- A Woltera, B-8: Captain* tray*, compsite* and an tea *#r- Billie N Mitchell, Lta vine All Mlver will liear the an d luoutenant John AAM seal, and the name of the Aaaiatant Adjutant oimanixation giving it BatMiry Aaetfitmenfa InAtcated (Hher Mother. (Tub* haw | are lAeWtenant Kalpa C Hook, asked to eontrdiute toward the Jr., Headquarters Bafttery Cufn- “• ' -S' - LantTK * w The Texa* InatiUlte of Tranapor tation. combining the factlitie* of the atatewide AAM Byatem for studies of nrobloraa of all typos of transportation, i* being organised here Crvation of the Institute was authomed by the Board of Dirwc tors of the System at a recent meet lag Principal factor in crwotion of the Institute at this time waa designs tion by the State Highway Depart ment of Texas of the system ** "the state agency to do highway research for and on behalf of the Slate of Texas and the Stale High way 1 teportaient \AM Ta I wad laderahip in the organisation come from the college and the . whi Engmeenng Experiment Sution, I tie Howard Badgvtt, Col, H. L Boat- ner, and Dr BdMi Steen. Appropriate dget.ration* for the Grow presentation are under the superviaion of Cel Boatnef TV original liberty Bell which / now hanp in ladependence Halt / Philadelphia waa cracked in It rang out and first prueUri the inoepondenre of the is 177ft Replica* of the hell used in th# bond drive wVre an made in the village of AniWgy, France noar the Swws border Resident* and manufacturer* gif Annecy guaranteed exact reproduc tion of the hell in tone and ftWoMIg. Even the cnack nh the onginhl bell has heen simulated on the repUcft*. udy m Texa* Metal* for the hronxe betlft we* ighwtay problem, and Z recent ^Wted by Ameriron cupper com- year* supporting major aircraft T 01 ? MoU>r studies part uularivTn the Personal f** r * rr >' the Mw Aircraft Research ( enter at the Aft Wl* Arivn, col leg*- airport. Munoafmg highvnay i ia the study |il Texas •m * GBchriat ( ammeat* Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist, a na Uonag) racognited sull*>ritv in the field of transportation, tn com mentiyig on the new Institute, aaid today: “A groat noe<) exist* for training young men in transports tion qf various kinds This include* not u*ily studies of th# vehicles in which properly or person* move, but ftf the track or modlum on arhioh they move or the frig through The original idea Tor obtaining the bell came from Dr. Frank 0. Bolton, president emeritus of the cottage, according to Chancellor Gilchrist -, GilchriHt wrote the governor early in May, in behalf of Dr. Bol ton Latef he and Dr Harrington traveled tin Austin to make the rw quest wr«nnally Shuffler Harvey and ('ounty Judge A S Ware were appointed as a committee to make arrange ments for the kail Ware is rhairi they travel. It alto include* man of the count) » committee fbr ^saa... w- the hand drive. 3 .1s.si<!ninfnLs Made a C K»r Held Artillery ft Rh(, ' Jipmm S-8; * sots.n 1 bimmi Officer, i. St.lea. Jr, service Five thou*- j mender Captain Johnj if. Mirphy, mm#; An Editorial . . . Slop a Vlimile to Think It Over Tak* a look ahovr There’s g ropy of the Dec|»nUion of Inde JW-nderK* . S little piece of puper which »Ynibon/.e# frefnioiy. to over lin million Americana It waa signed this day 174 years ago by a small group of h»#n who wanted freedom and wanted it badly enough to risk the.* aecha. Had the war been unsucceaaful, they would have paid and poid .dearly Today, a« in 177ft, American aoiuier* are fighting But today's battle i» not only to protect our freedom, but more materially that of a amaller, weaker, younger nation wkich we hate po-dged a—igtanra Gnr battle now is against t—iiwnni—i. It may take tune, but we istend to win this battle just a* we have won the other* Why have we fought almost one continual battle for these 174 year*' Just what wa* It about that declaration that has kept it in existence s« long? It was a burning desire to be- free men We are still free men. Seven Named Cadet Officers <>|. Ohio —8peci»l— were well-re WtMtl a Dgytoi, Ohio AAM .(letn were weii-repre- uonted when cadet officer ae teetiona fof the fmit week were aniogneed here at the ROTC Ai with ether parts of th* system study at packaging souipment and making special research facilities | handling and everything to da with 1 ^ M ‘a a • available a* needed the Movement from place to place | ne*g|*sn Pl/sfsj Algfl The rollege ha* pioneered in the of pegsons or things vF4lI 11111 I IOl> altl development of modem transporta-1 ‘‘The Texaa Institute of Trans- ^ g __ ^ ■wrtA'- tion systems in Texas, offering it* poriation will give opportunity for wf||/|ss|x| m|*4*cJ first highway couraes a* early at young men to pursue graduate vTlUtivlll 1 UUU UlllO IMHO, and furnishing much of the atwdips in t rana porta tion and at y y j -.k t leadership for the state’s highway the name time to work on research Wore loud with a decrease in development It ha* also done much project* in thia field, broadening ■ frecrr > k'"* '• ****»to«n work m the fields of rail and air tjieir knowledge and enhancing ,nv ** t,nw, te ®n gardep pieta near transportation their opportunities for traitiing The Engineering Experiment Station ha* devoted a large »hare Deal. With All Firm. .ft, and dollars i* nce.ieil U. .«.m|»iete “A" Bfttterv Comma ”'2, SHm ,h • , ’ ,h — ■" * h - ■‘"■O ^ social function* in the Atudefit Traat, “C* Battery Comma^ir. i antei given hy stmlent*, e* atu j Battrnea "A ’ and p*’ are in the j dent*. Collefe employ***, and |«-I CoHefd if tation Bry a ft area, and 1 4 t . _ igtery i* ia the tkldwell area English Professor Named Archivist College d and I atlon of Independence could have posaibly realises! Had it riot h,-en for that «e*- amall piece of paper and that small group of men in 177ft, nerve of this would have been possible Today the Ihelarxt ion of Indcp> nd> n<v is one of A^uenca'* moat cherished document* “~- Aad in another 174 year*, we feel sure that it will still he chenahed and America will still be “home of the free.” Frefeasor D H Cofer, member of the English I >e part merit since If 111, bus besn named to the newt) created post of arrhiviat for the t idiegts Dr M T Hanmgton pr%» ideut *-f Gie Caltog*. anmmnced late vroteriby Ctjei will hold the title of Fix* fonaut of Engltah and Archivist, de vatMXg port time to each poaitteiq itegianing August 1 Tlw piima' > duty of the arrhi \ iat Wlfi'b* I" direct the coliectlltg, catakoging, and prtwervatum of his torlcal m tied* of the t ollege, Froa ideal ll.iriingten aaid- Aatwt Prefect Tlw work Rou|'h(on, Turk Attend Conference Dr K D Turk, ami Dr I B Boughton kave just rvturnerl from Installs titoi -amp at Wftght-Fatteraon FieW Among thw student* named were ■timoa White, group executive offi oer (ma ioftl; IGonlun Edgar, squad run rommhriAer imajer); Bill El-J mure, sqiftadton executive 1 cap tain 1; Lou Cdplan. flight command er, (cwptgftnl; Jack Wood, flight tom mandat (captain i; J 8 Lan- ♦aater. fli|ht executive list lieut.i;| and Frank Thurmond, flight execu tive (lat texftLj The folftiiadng men were named as non co#m|aaioiied efficers find sergeant jL E Finley; technical sergeants, John H Burttachell. • (ecU Inglghar Jav Sponger, staff sergeants, Tammy Butler. Doyle Griffin. B W Brown, and G A Pratt - X_i * of its reaearch to ti ansportation. VA Rf*pre***ntativt* . g»L1 To Met*t With Vein A representative from the Vete ran* Administration regional of fice in W aco will be on the campus Thursday te talk with any veteran students pertaining to VA affairs, according to Taylor Wilkina, vete rans' advisor for the college TV representative will be in room 204). Bitxell Hall, from It) a m fill 2pm Veteran* who have any problem* pertaining to VA affairs are re "Tn highway resoarrh will be de voted a considerable portion of our early activities, but the Institute wilt deal with all firms of trans- portgtion. a* needed Such an In- • tiUXtr ba» long been nceder. and AA1| is pecuhariv in a porition to provide it." A number of transportation re- •earrh studies now under way for the Engineering Experiment Ste tson, together with the new high way research program, will form th* nucleus of the Institute's work TV organisation will be able to undertake studies in any phase of transportation and to receive and expand fund* provided by quested by Wilkins to contact the trsrtsportation agencies for the representative, regardl##* of any | devftlopment of facta in the public previous action taken mtefest the college Obtained through th* tfoflirgl- ture Department, th* plots are be ing worked by *tu<hrnt* livipg la College View Gardners bar* been paying sub stantial returns in frwfth vegetables, compared te the smAII amount «f money aad spare time spent on them, according lo (Tied Williams. Grady, t.oudnan. and Johnny Evans, who art working plots ID. to, and 22, respectively. They figure the investments for seed, fertiliser, and charge fog ground-breaking te average bn* tween S3 and |t on each plot; sav ing* on frurwry MHa. they claim, are from 111) to $2» a month Forty eight of the plate have been assigned to the -rodent* oa a first-come, ftrot-»erved basis The pots, each approximately 14) X 40 feet, a** located north of A row in College View. feXMt.. the College will bv ('(fleeted, kV 1 lifted and preserved there a* pari of th* werk ender the direction «f „f u. nm iw c-K-lii- of th^ II«|« office wi| he the col lection of |g|turo* dtoforms and inlormatton te supply a kietorual dispUijr for clhibitioft during the Couegt * 75th anmterseiy yeai starting in Usllltokto- t.rnduates Magna Cum l-sudr of Eentucky, Cofer* iativ< o TV came |« T»*xa# ia Ifml h> jo*" l he English 1 r-partneiit staff M as net roc lot Hr receitied hia R A troni Cemtre Coitcg* where he comiucted as graduated magna cujn laud# aad salutatorian of hi* ctgro In 19ti7 He heoame an aasiktaat nrofes aor in 1011), and gatped full pro feaaorahih ia 1M2 Qafei also . _ served aft acting head <?f the de- fFMhri w 'll t ‘’ i"**'*" the partmenft in lttl-21. Listed m "Who's Who in Amer- tedptatton", the newl] is being ro joint proyn*'i of the College and the Funner Student’s A Kaon a tion The t ollcge will furnish housing and personnel for the WftTk, while gjt from former student’s wf! Em pPtoftMiH An ttffire and repmitory for the search -neatiats of the American ; Cynannde Company. dean and one faculty member from each school of Vetennftry i Medic mi** in the Doited States, Mexico. Cuba and Canada were 1 the guest* of (hr 4 ompany The purpose of the conference, wrtlh-h wa* held in New York, was tft Bcuuau't the vcUnnary persew- nftl of the various ( el tore* with the farilHte* for th* manufactarv of antibiotic* and drug* for humaa and vetermnry medicine. Young DirtM-dinu Kan^e Field I our Dr. V. A Young, head of the Range and Forestry Deppstmesit, is conducting a summer taitge man- Antique Collection Keeps Memory of Guatemalan Days By HILL WERANE two matching French cabinets is a hand made silver plate with a May an border inscribed in Spanish with the following words "To His Exgsllency, the Dr. Edwin J. Kyle. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatic Person from the United States of Americw " Hr ncath this inacrtptton are sig tury Spanish stirnjii* hang frem a Hanging frem the roiling of the itining toom Is a thandelier fi < techoslvv akia. The polished glaaa sends sparkling gem* of light over the whole room. In addition to the antiqwaa, the Kyles brought back with them new- An ofitve and rvp.Mni .i> tor the waa cvdhcation , the newly ap archives te he cstahliahcd on the pointed archivist ha* edited and ram pus witJHft the next few week*, ' written toveral bosks, one of which [ age merit field tear fat ceutp will he oprttod on August l Relira and dorumepts of the early days of At the Grove Tonight | am Fra* Movie Intrudai ia tha Dual," inth Claude Jamaa. was used for IS years to one of the Eaglidh Depertaeat 4 eaaay cour ses. Another one ef h» tv-oha was taken frUm material odiected far a thesis before ivceiWng his Mas ten Degree from the I'toveraity ! of Wiacutuua The sir hi vmt ia latprefttad la all hack ropie* of any ■ tieaxt totters aad tefta to tha collet agents and v«r»tieaal agnruRural teacher* The tour left Stephenvill« June 2ft aad WIN end there July 10 Dr Yoeug to Wing a sale ted by Doctors O. E. Sperry and F. W Gould. Twenty county agents and six acrirwtoure teachers are taking part to the tour Their first step waa at the Sowers Experiment Sta tion, whore class ream discussions war* bald and field studies made A former deaa at AAM ha* in his Bryan home a collection of an tiques and furnishing* from Guate mala that have varied and inter esting histones He is Dean E J. Kyle, former dean of the School of Agriculture and a recent ambassador to Guite- __ mala Dann and Mr. Kyto have .mteaaad^ in GuVte^toTt'tiat /’ar^W doll*, depleting the collection at their Yiome, 117 UmK in recognition of hi* service ‘'"tome, of the G as xmbssaadar. It was presented to Kyto upon his departure in IMS ... , , , , . . , Shme of the largest items th# After being sseocisted with the Kyto* hwve are silver trays, plates, college m venous capm-lUe. f.r 42 4nd tllvvMrmra Included i. . aD- jrears. l>ean Kyle wa* appointed to vrr ^nter piece for the table and FI M’est 34th 8t in Bryan. Guatemala Amhaai natures ef all foreign minister* and , ^•"•rx ft^d LuutemelaB teiongmgs the differ- untexwnknns. the Guatemaian position in 1V4S by the Iftte president Franklin D Roosevelt He and Mrs Kyto had aNrays heen interested in antiques, and while in Guatemala for three years, saw a chance to coliect them Their Guatemalan friends helped, and alas many old families would sell them chenahed antique* handed down frem genermtioa te genera- piet e f tke knife ever 1(M years old. ng a fireplace to a large bowl a fireplace pitcher, silver plated upea cap- K and once belonging te Joae ia Reina Bainoa. president of Gufttpmals from IftdS te ISM There is a note ins vie the er that says Baines was by an Englishman * ear Old Dresner Gn one side of the living room are kept to a case Kyto Receives Hewer February. Dr. Kyto resented the Order ef Ui Qdefai,/ t Htrh- Hlled F. J Kyto fatteto Deaa ef AlriewHurv at th# euitoge, whpre W ss toam uaparitlaft far 41 jraara. S. J. Kyto «f FiSaa to tl • large collectisa ef aatiqnes aad pmivealra ahftataed to served to vat- the evaer ef Many times Mrs Krle had te look long and hard te find a part ieuiar articto she wanted Their home to deaerated with th# colUetiea. madmwdite fund-1 ■•tote. ter* fitting to with the old-fe*h , i twelfth mntury stirrup site on towed style Ow top af th* owe of tha Door and pn highest order amdal gives Is Guatemala He to the only Amen- ewa to reemv# it. and could net ae- oupt R uwtd he had been discharged from the Btate Deparf awft. ; Hanging an a wall to a Wiser with th* fhiRtoMUlii Dag IK upper left and the Amei in the lower right tor***, to Mvwr and written to are the words “Th# Presidant ef The KuaMlsnnr Mr. ef the United G« IK Waft to part ef tha | sal on the G Tito Kyle. ortaa of fthflto and cherish their antiqaee i toihing. aa a reminder ef W there . * * \ ' -A' \\ • 1 f\ ’ •* i ' t i\ 11 vl 3\ \