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KNOWLEDGE
Education comes much easier today
than it did a generation ago. Before ,
the advent of the school bus and other
modern facilities, rural children often
walked several miles to a little coun
try schoolhouse where they acquired
the rudiments of knowledge.
Conditions in the cities and towns
were some better, but were far below
present standards. Vast strides have
been made in the field of education,
both urban and rural.
But hard work and diligent applica
tion are just as essential in the acqui
sition of learning today as they were
a generation ago. There is no royal
road to knowledge. The path to learn
ing is through rugged areas and over
crude, rocky roads. ^
The basis of true education is
spiritual, not material. Schools that
fail to inculcate a knowledge of God
and a spiritual interpretation of life
are failing in their highest purpose.
The Church and the school are co
workers in the field of human knowl- .
edge. We must give them our support.
THE CHUfiCH FOR ALL . . .
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Upturning students who attend
the First Baptist Church of Col
lege Station will see a new pastor
behind the pulpit this fall.
Assuming duties as pastor Sept.
1 was Rev. 0. Byron Richardson,
who replaced Dr. R. L. Brown. Dr.
Brown has resigned after serving
30 years as the Baptist leader.
Rev. Richardson came to College
Station from Baytown, where he
was pastor of the Woodster Baptist
Church. He formerly headed Bap
tist churches in New England and
in Neches, Tex.
Baylor Graduate
A 1945 graduate of Baylor Uni
versity, Rev. Richardson has com
pleted in addition, two years work
at the Southwestern Baptist Sem
inary in Fort Worth toward a
Bachelor of Divinity degree. He
Mgebroff Will
Head Church
Alliance Group
The College Station Minis
terial Alliance, composed of
representatives of every
church at College Station and
of the local YMCA, is aimed
toward unified efforts of the
churches to serve the colege and
community. The common prob
lems of the churches and church
relations to the campus are dis
cussed and worked out by the Al
liance.
Officers for the year 1950-51 are
Rev. Fred Mgebroff, pastor Of the
American Lutheran Church, pres
ident; James F. Fowler, minister
of the A&M Church of Christ, vice-
president; and J. Gordon Gay, as
sociate secretary of the YMCA,
secretary. Meetings are held on
the first Monday of each month
and on special call by the presi
dent.
Immediate plans of the Alliance
include the arrangements for
Church Emphasis Week to be ob
served by all churches at College
Station September 24 - 29, Rev.
Mgebroff said. A religious can
vass of College Station will be con
ducted by the Alliance soon after
the beginning of the fall semester.
The Alliance will also cooperate
as much as possible with Religious
Emphasis Week to be held in Feb-
ruary, according to Rev. Mgebroff.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
O. Byron Richardson, Pastor Harold L. Bass, Edu.-Music Director
EXTENDS TO YOU
A CORDIAL INVITATION TO ATTEND
THE SERVICES OF THE CHURCH
— Sunday Services —■
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
10:50 A.M.—Morning Worship
6:15 P.M.—Training Union
7:15 P.M.—Evening Worship.
Prayer Meeting—7:15 P.M., Wednesday
A HEARTY WELCOME AWAITS YOU
Authorized Dealer Hamilton (Home) Dryer
One Block East of College View Apts.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
Christian Science
Meetings Arranged
Regular services are held each
Sunday at 11 a.m. by students in
terested in Christian Science.
Meeting place for the group, the
Christian Science Society of Col
lege Station, is in the Assembly
Room of the YMCA.
Testimonial meetings are held on
the first Wednesday of each month
in the same room.
In April of 1949, the local so
ciety was officially recognized by
the Mother Church, the First
Church of Christ Scientist, in Bos
ton, Mass.
The Christian Science Student
Organization was also established
several years ago as a branch of
the Mother Church. Meetings are
held the first Thursday of each
month at 7:30 p.m.
Readers for the coming school
year will be chosen at the begin
ning of the fall semester.
has completed all resident work on
a Master of Arts degree at the
University of Houston.
Baptist work at A&M began in
the early fall of 1920 when Rev.
and Mrs. Brown arrived from Rid
ley Park, Pa. They were the first
Baptist student secretaries ever
elected by the denomination.
During the 30 years since that
time, the church was organized in
1923, a church building was erected
in 1928, an auditorium seating
1,000 was dedicated in 1942, and
the $95,000 Student - Education
building was completed last year.
In addition, a Baptist Student
Center has been erected across the
street from the church plant.
Attended All Meetings
While they have been in College
Station, either Dr. Brown or his
wife have attended all State Bap
tist Union conventions, Southwide
Baptist Student Union conventions
and two International Baptist
Youth conferences. One of the lat
ter was in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
and the other in Zurich, Switzer
land.
Dr. Brown has delivered 6,929
sermons and addresses while, here..
He has visited 202 institutions,
1,650 churches, and attended 12,-
795 meetings. The number of
miles traveled totals 739,254, ac
cording to his records.
Even though the Browns are re
tiring from the church’s leadership,
they plan to continue an active
part in Baptist work in the area
and over the state..
Increase Seen
In Membership
Of Lutherans
With all freshmen to be
housed on the campus this
year, the Lutheran Student
Association is expecting a
large membership this year,
according to Ken Bernhardt, pres
ident of the association last year.
Plans for election of officers
and regular meetings of the LSA
will be announced soon, he said.
A&&M’s Luthern Student Asso
ciation is sponsored by the College
Station Luthern Church, of which
Rev. Fred Mgebroff is pastor.
The year-old student center will
again be open daily for all stu
dents, Rev. Mgebroff saic). .The
center was completed during the
summer of 1949 and was used ex
tensively by students during the
past year, he said.
Rev. Mgebroff will begin his
third year of working with A&M
students this fall. Ele is a> graduate
of Texas Lutheran College at Se-
guin and has done seminary work
at Wartburg Theological Semin
ary in Dubuque, Iowa.
After 400 Years, Too ...
Vatican City—<A > )—Evidence of
rivalry 400 years ago between
Raphael and Michelarjgelo—two
Italian titans of art—was discov
ered recently.
Prof. Deoclecio Redig De Cam
pos, assistant to the Vatican Mu
seums, studying Raphael’s fam
ous frescoes, on The Loggias at
the Vatican palace noted that one
of the central figures had been
re-cast in the fresco. The new fig
ure Raphael inserted portrayed
Michelangelo dressed as a cap
tive and bound to the chariot of
Curtis Edwards
Edwards, a senior range and
forestry major from Houston,
has been named chaplain of the
corps for !950r51. As chaplain,
he will lead prayers before
evening meals for the .corps and
will act as a liaison between
churches of the area and the
cadets.
Baptist Student
Union Planning
Full Program
The A&M Baptist Student
Union, working in connection
with the Baptist churches of
the College Station-Bryan
area, has planned a full pro
gram this Fall for Baptist stu
dents of the college.
On Sept. 10, a college-sponsored
church period for freshman stu
dents will be held. A “barbecue
round-up” is planned Friday, Sept.
15 at the Baptist Student Center,
across the street from the Col
lege .Station First Baptist Church,
at 1:30 p.-m. •
“Campus for Christ” will be the
title of a student revival planned
Sept. 24 through Sept. 30 at the
First Baptist Churches in both
College Station and Bryan,
Tire Baptist Student Uniop—bet
ter known as simply the BS1 i—
serves as a link between the church
and the student. It strives to help
Baptist students find a ' church
home, sponsors religious activ
ities on the campus; and provides
“Christian fellowship for all Ag
gies,” according to its leaders.'
Center of activities for the BSU
is its Center at the North Gate,
Officers for the BSU this year
will be Arlton White, president;
Ray Roberts and Tommy Duffy, en
listment, vice-presidents; Drexel
Toiand, social vice-president; Har-
pld , Prue,tt, devotional viep-presi-
dent; Edwin Lloyd, stewardship
vice-president; Vernon Martin, sec
retary; Donald Howard, missions
chairman; Eddie Apel, Christian
citizenship chairman; David Rice,
publicity chairman; David Mitchell,
music chairman; and A1 Higgins,
magazine representative.
Baptist Student Secretary is
David Alexander, who supervises ,
and coordinates the work of the
Union and its officers.
Rev. James F. Jackson, pastor
of the A&M Methodist Church, and
Robert Sneed, director of Student
Religious Activities for the A&M
Wesley Foundation, have an
nounced their fall schedule.
Chuwih school will be held at
10 each Sunday morning, and will
be preceeded by a coffee hour at
9:45 to give the students a chance
to get acquainted with each other.
Morning worship will begin at 11,
evening worship at 7:30.
A special picnic is planned for
all new studehts on Sept. 10, be
ginning shortly before the evening
service. Invitations have been sent
to all entering freshmen. A mo
tion picture will be shown and
the officers of the Wesley Founda
tion and the Church will be intro
duced.
Each Wednesday evening, start
ing Sept. 20, a fellowship suppdr
will be given for all Methodist stu
dents. Religious Emphasis Week
will begin the following Sunday.
Last year the Methodist stu
dents started publishing a bi
monthly newspaper, the Wesleyan
Window. The size of the paper will
be enlarged this fall and will. be
sent to all Methodist students
throughout the school year, Sneed
said. Additional men are needed to
work on the staff, he added.
Sneed’s office is now located
downstairs in the tabernacle.
“The purpose of the A&M Meth
odist Church is to serve the stu
dents and the Methodist families
located around the campus,” Rev.
Jackson said. “Our activities will
be planned for recreation, fellow
ship, and inspiration, and our ser
vices will be built around the stu
dents and for the students.”
A new tabernacle, the second
of three new church buildings,
is now under construction. Com
pletion is expected in the latter
part of this year. The'new build
ing will seat 900 persons and will
have the most modern of church
facilities. The third unit, a stu
dent center, will be built between
the new church and the Wesley
St. Mary’s Starts
Fall Mass Schedule
St. Mary’s Chapel will return
to it's regular schedule of Sunday
masses at the beginning of the
school term in September, accord
ing to Rev. T . J. Valenta, priest
of the chapel.
Two masses will be held each
Sunday, one at 8:30 anil another at
10:30 a. m. Confessions will be
herd each Saturday evening from
6:30 until 7:30, with Confession
also before each Sunday Mass.
Getting underway again this,
fall will be the Newman Club,
student group sponsored by the
Catholic Church. Plans will be
made for several social functions
throughout the year, to be an
nounced at a later date.
In addition to his duties as
priest for the College Station
church, Rev. Valenta is assistant
pastor to Rt. Rev. J. B. Gliessner
of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
in Bryan.
Foundation building, in the area
where the old tabernacle now
stands. A tower unit will also be
built onto the church. ■
Rev. Jackson received his B. A.
from Mercer College, Georgia, and
his B. D. from Duke University.
After spending a year at the Uni
versity of Edinburgh, Scotland,
working toward his Ph.D., he re
turned to the United States and
married the former Miss Helen
Thompson of Swainboro, Ga. They
now have a daughter, Virginia, and
a son, Jim Jr.
StriMing Heads
A&M i ! Kristian
Churcli Group
One of the main points of inter
est for students attending the A&M
Christian Church will be the regu
lar Sunday eyoningvDesciple-'' Stu
dent. Fellowship, according to Rev.
James Moudy, pastor of the church.
President of the FellbVship is
Jim Stribling. The group meets
every Sunday evening, at 5 for the
meeting and a supper. President
last year was Allan Eubank.
Regular services will be held
each Sunday, Rev. Moudy said.
Morning worship will be held at 11,
preceded by Sunday Sdiool at 9:45.
Buffet Supper Set
During the first week of school,
a Sunday evening buffet supper
is planned, in addition to the reg
ular supper meetings. Suppers
will be held on both Sept. 10 and
Sept. 17.
During the second week of
school, from Sept. 24 to Sept. 30,
the church will hold ‘Church Week
Services. Following the regular
Sunday services, a sing-song is
tentatively scheduled for Monday
night, Sept. 25. On Tuesday night,
a student forum is planned.
An all-church dinner is sched
uled for Wednesday night, Sept.
27, which will be followed by, an
other forum and sing-song Thurs
day night. A religious movie will
be shown Friday night.
Began in 1948
The A&M Christian Church be
gan for students here in the sum
mer in 1948, according to Rev.
Moudy. It was moved to its pres
ent building in the following year.
Since such a large part of the
congregation are A&M students
and their wives, eight students are
on the board of deacons for the
church.
Rev. Moudy came to College
Station in the fall of 1948 as the
lirst pastor of the church. He
was previously' associate minister
of the University Church at TCU
in Fort Worth, and had been a
chaplain with the 102nd Infantry
Division.
Visalia, Calif.—UP)—This clerk
didn’t know much about farming,
but he sure was resourceful. So
reports Angelo Jordan, a rancher,
who asked a hardware store clerk
for some gopher traps. The clerk
said he was out, but suggested a
lawnmower instead.
“You can cut their heads off
while you mow the grass,” he told
the flabbergasted farmer.
Burmese Royalty Asks
More Pensions
Rangoon —UP)— Burma’s ageinj
princes and princesses, hard hit b’
high Iving costs in the Republic o:
Burma, want increased Royal pen
sions to help them get by. Thest
descendants of the once might}
King Mindon who ruled Bur mi
before the British, banded them
selves into the Burmese Roya
F amily Association and decided ti
approach the Burmese governmen
lor “sympathetic Consideration’
because they are unable to earn s
livelihood.
A&M LUTHERAN CHURCH
TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF POST OFFICE
Rev. Fred Mgebroff, Pastor
Offices in Lutheran Center
Telephone 4-1123
Sunday Services in Lutheran Student Center
— OPEN 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. DAILY —
9:30 a.m.—Sunday School & Bible Class
10:45 a.m.—Worship Service
2:00 p.m.—A & M Luther League
(2nd & 4th Sunday)
6:30 p.m.—Student Fellowship & Bible Study
WEDNESDAY
A&M LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION
.. every Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
J. C. Penney & Company
BRYAN, TEXAS
“Clothing for the Family”
A&M GRILL
North Gate
THE BEST SUNDAY DINNER IN
COLLEGE STATION AFTER
CHURCH
WELCOME AGGIES
Si. 1 homas Episcopal Chapt
Jersey Street
Southside of Campus
Across Drill Field from
Duncan Mess Hall