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Nestor McGinnis Chosen
1950 Man of the Year
By ALLEN PENGELLY
An Aggie-ex, class of ’08, Fri
day was named Man of the Year
by the College Station Chamber of
Commerce for his contributions to
ward the improvement and progress
of the city during the year 1950.
Nestor M. McGinnis, a professor
in the Floriculture and Landscape
Architecture department, was nam
ed to receive the yearly award. He
.is in his seventh year as secretary.
When contacted, McGinnis said
“I was completely surprised at the
selection for 1 had no indication
that anything like this was in the
Not confining his activities to
being a professor and city sec-
NESTOR M. McGINNIS
rotary alone, McGinnis is also a
member of the local Kiwanis and
is secretary for the Sul Ross
Masonic Lodge.
Graduating from A&M in 1903
with a B. S. degree in horticulture,
he studied at Cornell University
for two years and then became a
rural arts teacher at CIA, now
know as TSCW. Five years later,
McGinnis became an associate pi'o-
fessor of horticulture and a land
scape architect and contractor.
In 1930 he came to A&M, as a
landscape art professor and has
been associated with the college
ever .since.
Through his efforts was compiled
the first ex-students directory.
When appointed secretary, by then
president of the college Bizzell,
there were more than 1,200 grad
uates, approximately 500 of whose
addresses were incorrect. After
writing thousands of letters he fin
ally had correct addresses for all
except 30. The Ex-Students Asso
ciation of today has stemmed from
the policies adopted when McGin
nis was secretary.
McGinnis has been City Sec
retary for the past seven years
and says he enjoys his work.
His work, besides being a profes
sor at the college, includes at
tending city council meetings
•without pay. The city does not
pay its councilmen.
Born in Kaufman County, Mc
Ginnis first achieved an interest
in farming through working on his
father’s farm. It was his father
who encouraged his interest in hor
ticulture and through this he de-
Silver in for Gold . . .
Six Military Men Boosted
From Major to Lt. Colonel
Silver leaves are mingling
among the gold since the beginning
of the Fall semester. Since that
time six officers attached to the
militai-y department have received
a boost from maior to Lt. Colonel.
First to get the silver oak leaf
was Col. Leonard F. Walker, Armv
Security Agency instructor. Prior
to beins' assigned to A&M be at
tended Command and General Staff
Collee-e at, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Mamr Chester C. Shaefer, field
artP'erv instructor, was oromoted
to “LC” in November although he
was forced to wait until early
December for official notification.
Col. Shaefer, former student, ’31,
attended the Advance Course, Field
Artillery School. Ft. Sill, prior to
assignment to A&M.
The Quartermaster and Infantry
hit it lucky the same day. Former
Fish Pic Schedule
For Aggieland Set
Major Stanhope H. King and for
mer Major John T. Schmitz were
made Lt. Colonels in December.
Col. King same to A&M last
summer after a tour of duty in
Europe. He is in the Quartermas
ter section.
Infantryman Schmitz arrived at
Aggieland in July 1948 after duty
in Europe. He was originally as
signed as a branch instructor and
later made operations officer.
Unofficial information has been
received that Major Jordan J.
Wilderman, field artillery instruct
or, has been’ promoted to Lt. Col
onel and Captain William R. Blake,
signal Corps, has been promoted to
major.
Fertilizer Confab
Opens Wednesday
Militarv and non-miMtarv fresh
men nve snVipfUilpd tr> Kgve nictnres
made for Affo-iolprM ’51 from today
through Jan. 23. Bov Nance, editor
of the annual said thi« morning.
The schedule is as follows.
Jan.
8-9 F-H
10-11 I K
12-13 T ,-M
15-Id N-Q
17-18 P-S
19-20 T-V
22-23 W-Z
Militarv freshmen should wear
No. I uniform. Non-military stu
dents should wear a, dark tie with
light shirt and medium coat.
Arkansas—
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dumued in its conference onener
by fast and soeedy Texas Christ
ian five, 42-31. Consolation for
the Porkers is seen only in the
fact that their much whooped about
seven-footer. Tear Hester, was high
scorer for the night with 17 points,
the largest total he has garnered
in a single game this season.
In defeating the Razorbacks the
Horned Frogs remain at the top
of the list in conference and sea
sonal plav with 2-0 and 8-4 records,
respectively. The SMU Mustangs
hit the dust at the start of the
Purnle’s season, 57-46.
Texas is tied with TCU and A&M
for first place in the conference,
the former having defeated both
Bavlor and Rice. The Steers dron-
ped the latter..quintet, 56-54, in
Houston Saturday night'. T ’ '' ■
' ’Tonight May Be It
What happens tonight between
Arkansas, and SMU may well be
the determining factor in the, con
ference race, but much is sure to
happen before the end of the sea
son.
Before the varsity game, how
ever, A&M’s undefeated Fish quin
tet will tangle with the Baylor
Cubs. So far this year the fresh
man have downed Wharton JC, 41-
38, and Lon Moms JC, 51-35, and
the Rice Slimes 35-33.
The Cubs lost a close tilt the
other night to the SMU freshmen
41-42, but should be in good shape
for the game Tuesday night.
For the Aggies, James Addison
seems to have been setting the
pace off the backboards and in the
scoring. He should be the differ
ence, although the Aggie fresh
man quintet is loaded with talent,
The Texas Fertilizer Conference
will be held on the campus Wed
nesday through Sunday, Dr. J. E.
Adams, head of the Rgronomy De
partment announced.
Registration for the conference
will be held in the lobby of the
Memorial Student Center from 9
a. m., until 12 noon. Registration
will be $1 per person.
A banquet will be held Jan. 10,
at 6:30 p. m. in the MSC.
cided to attend A&M. He has
three brothers who are also grad
uates of A&M and working in the
landscape art field. One is a Dal
las landscape architect and another
is a civilian land appraiser for the
Corps of Engineers.
The selection of College Station’s
Man of the Year is an annual af
fair sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce.
Keyes to Speal
At ACS Meet
Tuesday Night
Dr. D. B. Keyes, vice pres
ident of the Heyden Chemi
cal Corp of New York, will
address the American Chem
ical Society at 8:15 p. m. in
the Chemistiy Lecture Room, Jan.
9.
Dr. Keyes will talk on “Factors
Involved in the Appraisal of a
Chemical Development.” The out
line and principle factors involved
in the appraisal of an industrial
process development will be cov
ered.
The chemist received his B. S.
Degrees from the University of
New Hampshire, his M. A. from
Columbia University and his Ph.
D. from, the University of Califor
nia. He has also received two hon
orary degrees.
Since beginning his career as a
chemical engineer in 1917, Dr.
Keyes has served with several
large chemical concerns, the War
Production Board, the University
of Illinois, and in 1945 he took his
present executive position with the
Heyden Corp.
An informal dinner at the Fla
mingo Lounge preceeding the meet
ing will honor the speaker.
Following the lecture, an infor
mal social hour honoring Dr.
Keyes will be held in the home
of Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Potts.
vice
The Texas Engineering Exten
sion Service has employed Troy S.
Watson and William O. Wood as
field instructors for Rural Electric
Cooperatives.
Watson served his four-year ap
prenticeship with the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, St. Louis and the Walco
Engineering Company, Tulsa. Wood
served his apprenticeship with the
Central Power and Light Company,
Del Rio.
For nine and one-half years,
Watson was lineman and foreman
for the Denton County Electric
Cooperative. He was line foreman
and superintendent for utility com
panies and the Rural Electrifica
tion Administration for eight
years.
He attended schools In Jeans,
Texas and was graduated from
Livingston High School and attend
ed Stephen F. Austin State Teach
ers College, Nacogdoches.
Battalion
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MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1951
President and Mrs. M. T. Harrington left, greet
Lt.-Col. and Mrs. Leslie C. Moore during the an
nual reception for staff members held in the
Photo by Battalion Chief Photographer Sam Molinary
President’s home Sunday. On the far right is
Dean of the College, C. C. French.
Sigma Delta Chi to Initiate
17 Top Ranking Journalists
Aggieland Picture
Make-Ups Slated
Church Meeting
Set for Jan. 14
A meeting, scheduled for yester
day afternoon by the Board of the
A&M First Christian Church was
postponed.
The meeting of the board was
re-scheduled for Sunday at 2:30 p.
m. at the church.
What’s Cookin
PHYSICS SOCIETY, Monday,
7:30 p. m. H. D. Hodges will speak
on Air Flow in Buildings. Re
freshments. Freshmen invited.
ENTOMOLOGY SOCIETY,
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m. Room 104 Bio
logical Sciences Building. Film and
refreshments. All Freshmen invit
ed.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE STU
DENT ORGANIZATION, Thurs
day, 7:30 p. m. YMCA Assembly
Room.
CAMERA CLUB sponsored
sound film on function of pho
tography in industry, Monday, 7:30
p.m. in MSC rooms 3b and 3c.
This is an Old-Fashioned
Clearance of Odds & Ends
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Reg- 14.50 — 11.60
Keg. 16.50 — 13,20
• lustre-smooth gabardines
• sharkskins
• flannels
• imperial sheen gabardines
• clear face worsteds
• solids, checks, plaids,
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• tan, blue, brown, grey,
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• magnificently tailored by a
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$2.98
QUALITY PLUS ECONOMY
LEON B. WEISS
• Military
Furnishers
• Civilian
Clothiers
Boyett St.
Next to Campus Theatre
Seventeen top ranking newsmen
of the Gulf Coast area will be
formerly initiated as members of
the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of
Sigma Delta Chi, national jour
nalism fraternity, in ceremonies
Monday, January 8, in the Assem
bly Room of the Memorial Student
Center.
This meeting, the first for the
new chapter since its organization
last year in Houston, will begin at
6:30 in the evening, followed by a
banquet at 7:30. Special guests of
the chapter will be President Mar
ion T. Harrington, and Dean John
P. Abbott.
Principle Speaker
The principle speaker for the
event will be Will C. Grant, for
mer Associated Press staff man,
who is now a director of the
Southwestern School of Printing.
He will discuss the present journal
istic scene, and probe into the
thoughts of the journalist.
Officers of the chapter include
Clyde LaMotte, sports editor of
the Houston Post, president, John
Manthey, publisher of the Cleve
land Advocate, vice president, and
Donald D. Burchard, head of the
Journalism Department at the col
lege, secretary-treasurer.
New Members
The new members to be initiated
are Ted Rickenbacher, H e a r n e
Democrat, David Read, Silsbee Bee,
George C. Fall, Madisonville
Meteor, Douglas Hicks, radio Sta
tion KXYZ, Arthur Laro, Houston
Post; Harry M. Johnston, Houston
Post; Ed Kilman, Houston Post; O.
J. Wilkerson, Port Neches Chron
icle; Walter Waldhauser, Tennessee
Natural Gas; Robert W. Akers,
Beaumont Enterprise, George Car
mack, Houston Press, Jake G.
Smyth, Liberty Vindicator, Jim F.
Palmer, Port Neches Chronicle,
Franz Zeiske, Bellville Times, Roy
Horheing, and James A. Clark.
Juniors and sophomores who
failed to have their pictures taken
on schedule for the Aggieland 1951
may do so between Jan. 5 and Jan.
13.
All pictures are to be made at
the Aggieland Studios. None can be
made after Jan. 13. It is suggested
that pictures be taken in the morn
ings so as to relieve the crowded
afternoon conditions, Roy Nance,
Aggieland ’51 editor, said.
Campus Study Club
Meeting Scheduled
The Campus Study Club will
hear Mrs. E. T. Pittard speak on
“Faith in God” when it meets
tomorrow at 3 p. m. at the YMCA.
Mrs. Pittard is from Anson
where she is well-known in civic
and church activities. Her subject
is in keeping with the theme for
the year’s Campus Study Club pro
grams, “Keys to Happiness.”
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witn a 25c minimum. Space rate in
Classified Section . . . 60c per column
Inca. Send all classified with remit
tance to the Student Activities Office.
All ads should be turned In by 10:00
a.m. of the day before publication.
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Official Notice
The Executive Committee calls to (he
attention of all students the provisions of
Paragraph 7 of the College Regulations
which reads as follows:
“Any student whose use of English is
consistently poor may he required to take
or repeat such work in composition as the
head of his major department may recom
mend, subject to approval of the dean.
The head of each major department shall
check and report to his dean of the English
proficiency of students majoring in his
department at the close of the first se
mesters of their junior and senior years."
C. Clement French
Chairman Executive Committee
CONFLICT EXAM SCHEDULE
All students who have conflicts in their
final examination schedule should refer (o
the schedule of conflict examinations which
is posted on the bulletin board in the Aca
demic Building. This schedule will indicate
the time that all conflict examinations are
to be given. It is the responsibility of each
student who has a conflict to check tho
schedule and take the examination at the
time indicated on the schedule.
Students who have conflicts not covered
by this schedule should report to the Regis
trar's Office immediately and have an ex
amination scheduled for the conflict.
H. L. Heaton, Registrar.
Dr. Carlton R. Lee
OPTOMETRIST
203 S. Main Street
Call 2-1662 for Appointment
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