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THE BATTALION
Friday, September 12, 1952
DISTINGUISHED MAYOR—With minutes of the last
city council meeting before him, Mayor Ernest JLangford
sits at the head of the council table at a meeting in Col
lege Station City Hall. Langford has been mayor since
1942.
College Station
Sea tiered City
Surrounds A&M
The city of College Station al
most completely surrounds the in
land of state property that is
A&M College. The city’s three
main sections, 'which aren’t con
nected to each other, are each on
a different side of the college.
The oldest section is to the
south, past the hew area dormito
ries. It was to this location that
professors moved when the col
lege’s accelerated building plan
pushed them off the campus in
the early 1930’s.
Houses Moved
Many houses were moved bodily-
at this time and put down in their
present, location.
This area has four subdivisions,
College Park, the oldest, Breezy
Heights, West Park, and Oakwood.
It is an area of winding, tree-
lined streets. Some of the streets
divide to go ’ on both sides of a
tree that was growing in the path
of the street.
Across Highway 6 from East
Gate is the largest section of the
city. College Hills, Woodland,
Ringhoffer, Kelley, and Cooner
Additiohs are also the newest and
the fastest growing. Like the oth-
«r sections, College Hills has sev-
>ral parks for the convenience of
the residents.
Well Known Street Names
The streets in this section are
tamed for well-known men of the
tollege: Walton, Puryear, Kyle,
JVIilner, Foster, and others.
The third section is behind
North Gate. Composed of Boyett
and Tauber, this section has most
of the city’s churches. It also has
the distinction of being the loca
tion of the City Hall.
The new subdivision near the
circle, which is partly in Bx-yan and
partly in College Station, is lim
ited to personnel from Bryan Air
Force Base.
Business Districts
Each section of the city has its
own modern business district and
shopping center, making each self-
sufficient. Also, each district is
a city government ward.
The city limits of Bryan and
College Station meet off the north
boundary of College Station, vfhicjj
limits growth in that direction.
But the city has unlimited areas
toward the east and south, and if
the past is any indication, Col
lege Station will take advantage
of its opportunities and grow with
the college.
Most Residents
Are Employees
Mayor Ernest Langford esti
mates that less than 50 families
in College Station are not connect
ed with the college in some way.
Almost the entire population
either teaches or works at the
college, or operates business es
tablishments for those who work
for the college.
“Even when a man has retired
from the college, he naturally
comes back here to live,” Lang
ford said.
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Local Recreation
Program Offered
For the benefit of people of all
ages and sexes in College Statioh,
the Recreation Council offers a
varied program of social and ath
letic activities.
The city-sponsored council gives
free instruction in all its activi
ties.
, Among the events are ’softball,
square dancing, volleyball, picnics,
swimming, and handicrafts.
College Station On
Safety Honor Roll
College Station is on the Na
tional Traffic Safety Council hon
or roll for the year 1951. ,
No traffic fatality occurred with
in the city limits during the past
year. ’*
Mayor Langford Began
First Term in 1942
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion City Editor
Not many cities can boast of
having the same mayor for 10
years—but -College Station can and
does.
Erpest Langfprd was first elect
ed in 1942. He had been on the
city council since the first one
organized when the city was in
corporated in 1938.
Why does he devote so much
time to his city ? “Everyone has
to have a hobby”, he says. “Col
lege Station is mine.”
He has been head of A&M’s de
partment of architecture since
1929, but the people of College
Station think of him mainly as a
civic leader.
This indicates a double person
ality, because thousands of A & M
men, past and present, think of
him as a great teacher.
Fulfilled Dream
Teaching is the fulfillment of a
dream for Langford. When he was
a boy an Bertram, he himself says
he “never knew anything but a
hammer and a saw”, but from that
basis has developed an architec
tural ability that he has been able
to pass on to his students.
Possibly because his father was
a building contractor, the boy was
Clubs Emphasized
In College Station
Clubs and organizations, ranging
from chapters of national federa
tions to informal bridge clubs,
round out College Station’s social
life.
Service clubs for men include
the Lions, Kiwanis, and Rotary.
The women have the A&M Garden
Club, a Daughters of the American
Revolution chapter, and the Col
lege Social Club.
Many clubs are jointly Bryan
and College Station, like the Art
Group and the United Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Instead of PTA organization,
College Station has the A&M Con
solidated Mothex-s and Dads Club,
open to all parents with children
in Consolidated School.
a competent carpenter even befoi'e
he entered A&M in 1909. After
he was graduated, he did routine
work in an architect’s office in
Austin.
In 1915, he was offered a job
here, teaching drawing and a few
architecture courses.
Area Housing
Is Scarce
The College Station area has an
acute housing shortage. Incoming
professoi’s and married students
say it is almost impossible to find
a place to rent.
On the other hand, prices for
buying a house are down consider
ably. House prices hei'e are almost
five thousand dollars below prices
for comparable houses elsewhere
in Texas.
No new housing projects are
planned for the immediate future.
In 1919 he went to the Univei'-
sity of Illinois, where he received
his masters degi'ee in 1924. He
retuimed to A&M the next year, to
be made head of his department
four years later.
The quality of Langford’s teach
ing is measured by the fact that fxe
has many students in his depart
ment who are not architectux-e ma
jors. They take courses such as
the History of Architecture for
electives.
Should Know Architectui’e
Langford believes that everyone
should know something about arch-,
itectui’e, if only to develop an abil
ity to appreciate life. Also, he
believes in helping his students as
men, to grow up with an eagerness
to accept life and its responsibili
ties.
But what of the future of Mayor
Langford and College Station ? He
says, “The town will grow, but I
personally would like to see it stay
a college town, with the restful
atmosphere that only a college
town can have.”
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