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THE BATTALION
Friday, October 16, 1953
Consolidated School’s
Growth Shows Progress
With a history closely parallel
ing that of A&M College, the A&M
Consolidated school system has
grown from one small building to
a proposed $385,000 high school
building.
The modern era of the system be
gan in 1920. In that year Rock
Prairie, Union Hill and Wellborn
districts combined their resources
With the college district for high
School instruction.
The same stucco building now
used by the college for the Music
hall was built at that time. Soon
afterward four classrooms were
added.
It was not until 1926, however,
that the A&M Consolidated inde
pendent school district was created.
This move combined the four dis
tricts already using the same high
school facilities.
In the early 1930’s the high
school was moved to another build
ing still used by the college—
Pfeuffer hall.
The school stayed on the campus
until February 1, 1940, when it was
moved to its present location. This
new school plant included the pre
sent junior high school building,
the shop and music room and 14
elementary classrooms. A sub
scription campaign by local re
sidents raised $5,000 to purchase
the present site.
Only one addition was made dui*-
ing the war years. This was the
construction of the gymnasium at
Special Trips
Are Planned
For Tree Study
Special field classes are being
planned by the floriculture depart
ment for persons who wish to know
more about Texas’ shrubs, trees
and vines.
L. J. Tolle jr. assistant profes
sor in the department, said no
technical knowledge or special pre
paration will be required, since in
struction will be simple and ques
tions welcomed.
Classes will be held during the
spring semester, and will replace
in the spring garden forum for
Home Gardeners.
Tentative plans set the class
times from 2 to 4 p. m. April 2, 9,
23 and 30, 1954. Registration will
be open to anyone interested, Tolle
Said.
Instruction will be given during
informal outdoor talks, tours of
greenhouses and nurseries and ex
amination of the plants.
“Gaining a better practical
knowledge of the many beautiful
woody plants available for study
on the campus and in the nurseries
at A&M is the goal of the classes,”
said Tolle.
Employes Dinner
Club Meets Soon
The October meeting of the A&
M College Employes Dinner club
will be at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, in
the Memorial Student Center ball
room, said Dean Walter H. Dela-
plane, arrangements chairman.
Dancing will follow the dinner,
with Lee Thompson in charge of
the music. For those who do not
care to dance, the Center’s game
room will be open, Dean Delaplane
said.
M r s. S. T. Keim will sup
ervise table arrangements and de
corations for the dinner. Reserva
tions must be made before 2 p. m.
Wednesday at the MSC main desk.
CHS and the main building at the
Lincoln school for Negroes.
In 1949 the present high school
building and a four-room building
at Lincoln were added. Also that
year, the Peach Creek and Minter
Springs districts were added to the
district under provisions of the
Gilmer-Aiken School Law.
Most recent of the improvements
to the school plant were the cafe
teria and six classrooms for the
elementary school and a shop and
A&M Consolidated high school
is catching up on the idea of in
troducing swing music into half
time marching activities at foot
ball games.
“School bands all over the state
are playing more and more swing,”
said Robert L. Boone, CHS music
director. “We have been behind in
the idea, but we are catching up
fast.”
This is the first year the 43-
piece marching band has done any
actual formations, Boone said. So
far this year the band has done
nothing but letter formations.
“We are limited by our small
News Briefs
Arts, Sciences
Council Meets
Monday Night
THE ARTS and Sciences coun
cil will hold its first meeting of
the year at 7:30 Monday night in
room 108 of the Academic build
ing. j
* * * *
JAMES H. KIDD Jr. of Harl
ingen has received his commission
and Navy “wings” at Pensacola,
Fla. Kidd attended A&M prior to
entering the navy.
* * *
JAMES B. HETH of Dallas has
become a qualified carrier pilot.
He attended A&M before entering
the cadet program.
* * *
CAPT. EUGENE R. Siebert of
Merkel arrived on Okinawa recent
ly from Korea. He was recalled to
active duty in the army in March,
1952, and is a former A&M stu
dent.
PAUL G. BOOZMAN was re
cently graduated from navy pre
flight school. He is a former A&M
student.
* * *
THE STUDENT senate hospital
committee and the faculty hospital
committee will hold a joint meet
ing at 5 p. m. Monday. Anyone who
wishes to present something to the
committees concerning the hospital
should see Bennie Zinn, assistant
dean of men.
* * *
THE FIRST state - wide com
modity group for peach growers
was set up here at the conclusion
of an educational meeting on
peach production problems. Ninety
persons attended the meeting.
* * *
A CANVASS of industry’s tran
sportation needs for the future is
being made by researchers here as
part of a program jointly sponsor
ed by the Texas Highway depart
ment and the A&M system.
science room at the Lincoln school.
These were all added in 1951.
Two hotly contested bond elec
tions were held this year to further
improve the school’s facilities. A
first election for $650,000 was vot
ed down, but later a $385,000 bond
issue was passed.
To be finished by September,
1954, are two classroom buildings.
Also included in the construction
will be a 600 seat auditorium
band and choral rooms and a gen
eral purpose room for Lincoln.
number,” Booned explained.
Enthusiasm over the band is ap
parently growing, Boone said. Be
sides the growth in numbers, he
seemed pleased with the students’
interest and willingness to help.
At the first of the school year
Bonne appointed a committee to
help plan halftime activities. This
group meets once each week and
offers suggestions to Boone.
“Their suggestions are- very
good,” he said.
Boone also described how he
plans the marching activities. He
said they try to salute the visiting
team, the CHS team, and then fea
ture the band or majorettes in a
marching or twirling exhibition.
The band practices one 45-minute
period each day and sometimes
after school. Some members even
come in at other periods during
the day and do individual practic
ing, Boone said.
“We have a better band this
year because the kids wanted it to
be better. With the help of the
community, the band boosters and
the civic clubs we were able to buy
some new instruments and uni
forms,” he said.
Will Receive Degree
A graduate of the University of
Houston with a bachelor of science
degree in music, Boone came to
CHS in 1950. His first two years
he was choral director, but this
year he also handles the band. He
will receive his master of science
from Sam Houston State college
next summer.
Members of the marching com
mittee, which assists Boone in
planning the halftime activities,
are Roy Courin, Betsy Burchard,
Mildred Dew, Ann Flemming and
Pat Owens.
CHS Band Plans
Skating Party
A skating party and picnic for
all band members will be given by
the A&M Consolidated school Band
Booster’s club from 6 to 8 p. m.
Tuesday on the Luke Patranella
Memorial Slab.
Plans for the party were dis
cussed at a meeting of the Band
Boosters club Tuesday night at the
junior high school.
President Mrs. W. A. Varvel told
about the progress on the calendar
drive.
“All of the advertising for the
calendar has been sold, but we do
need more people to list their
birthdays, anniversaries and club
meeting dates at 25 cents for each
date,” she said.
Deadline for all calendar sales
and for listings is Wednesday, Oct.
21. Anyone not contacted by a con
solidated student my call Mrs.
Varvel to get an event listed.
WED.thru SAT.
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Music at Halftime
FROM THE CITY DESK
City Faces Acute
Sewer Problem
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion City Editor
College Station again is attempting to improve its pre
sent sewage disposal system.
A committee appointed from the city council last year
looked into the city’s sewerage problem and found that there
is something that needs to be improved
Although the north part of the city has a disposal sys
tem, it is handled by Bryan, through an agreement by the
two cities. But in the south and east parts there is no dis
posal system. In fact, there is not a disposal plant anywhere
in College Station.
In the south and east, there is only a system of septic
tanks, except in the Negro districts where there is no system
of disposal at all.
These two sections of the city must have improved sew
erage facilities.
Advisory Board Appointed
Mayor Ernest Langford recently
appointed a Citizen’s Advisory
board to meet with Fred Benson,
city engineer. Benson is now work
ing on the ways the problem can be
solved and the cost of each. It will
be at least 30 days before this re
port is ready.
After considering the city engi
neer’s proposals, it will be up to
the advisory board to choose the
Financing f
most practical plan. But this will
be only the beginning of the pro
ject.
The board’s recommendation
must then be taken to the city
council for approval. If the council
approves any plan for improving
the disposal system, a bond issue
must be passed before the por-
ject can be carried out.
ic Solution
Langford said the project would cost between $350,000 and $500,-
000. But he also said this would probably not mean an increase in taxes.
Here’s why: Besides taxes the city also gets income from utilities. If
the city passed a bond issue calling for tax bonds, then naturally the
retirement of these bonds would have to come from tax money. But,
there is another type of bonds that can be passed, revenue bonds.
These bonds would be retired by revenue from the city’s utilities
and taxes would not be raised.
However, there are several things whoc cannot be worked out
until the advisory board reviews the possible solutions to the problem.
Ran Boswell said there is no way of knowing how the project will be
financed—either by revenue bonds or by tax bonds. If the move should
be financed through revenue bonds, Boswell says there is also no way
of knowing if this will raise utility rates.
“There are a number of things that go into figuring the financial
aspect of such a program,” he said. “We will have to wait until the
advisory board and the council make some definite actions.”
Needed Improvement
Does the city actually need the
new sewers ?
“Yes,” says Langford. “It’s go
ing to have to come sooner or later,
and the public should realize this.”
It should also be taken into con
sideration that if such a project
is planned, it will be quite a while
until it can be started.
Also, not only would this new
system take care of present city
needs, but provisions would be
made for any annexation that
might be undertaken.
The only direction which the city
can annex is to the south, and this
is where this system would be
built. Boswell emphasized that any
new additions to the city could be
linked to the system without diffi
culty.
Taxpayer’s Viewpoint
The first thing the taxpayer begins to think about is, “How will
this effect me?” As Boswell said, it is too early to tell.
It could be possibly that the utility rate would be raised, but Bos
well said this was something that will be decided if the plan is ap
proved by the council. He emphasized that the project need not mean
an increase on the taxpayer in any way.
As it now stands, there is only one thing definite—the city will
have to have some sort of disposal system for the south and east
sections.
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Conserving Water
Is A&M’s Exhibit
By BILL PARSONS
Battalion Staff Writer
The A&M System is showing
thousands of visitors at the Texas
state fair why they should conserve
water.
They are doing this by Using
exhibits which fill half the fair’s
agriculture building. The exhibit’s
name is “Water of Texas.”
The first part of the display
shows a large color map of Texas
mounted on an inclined plane. The
map shows how much rain falls in
different sections of the state.
Resting in a storm cloud over
the state is a life size figure of
Mother Nature. The figure tells
people looking at the map how
Texas gets fresh water from the
salt water of the Gulf.
Statue Talks
As she talks, Mother Nature
pulls a lever in the cloud which
causes thunder and lightening to
roar through the building.
Also included on the map are a
few major city locations and rivers
for orientation purposes. The map
and Mother Nature are set against
Study Club Plans
Opera Workshop
An opera workshop is planned
by the Campus Study club, 3 p. m.
Tuesday at the YMCA.
This is the first general meet
ing of the year for the club. Mrs.
J. B. Baty is in charge of the pro
gram.
The meeting will be preceded
by a short meeting of the exe
cutive board at 2:30 p. m.
Mrs. Carl Lyman is Study club
president.
a background of a painting of a
typical section of Texas country
side showing such things as field
crops, the weather, and the oil and
cattle industry.
Walking up the ramp to the dis
play and around this front exhibit,
the visitors view approximately
seventeen settings demonstrating
why Texans should conserve water.
Twelve of these settings represent
the twelve extension service dis
tricts of the state. In the Piney
Woods exhibit, for instance, there
is a boy sitting on the bank of a
pond pulling out a fish with his
line and pole. The boy and pole ac
tually move. The pond is filled
with live bullfrogs and giant bass
and perch.
Cowboy Ropes Cloud
A cowboy on a jeep has a rope
around a cloud trying to squeeze
the last drop of water from it in
the Panhandle exhibit. This scene
fades into the dimness of the hor
izon. Water actually drops from
the clouds which the cowboy has
lassoed.
The other five auxiliary displays
show some of the more important
features of water in relation to the
welfare of Texans. These five are
entitled; “Underground Water
Resources and Problems”, “Water
shed Management”, “Water and
Life”, “Weather and Water Rela
tionships” and “Water Treatment
and Processing”.
This year’s elaborate display is
quite a contrast to the first state
fair exhibit held in 1886 which cen
tered around a crude steam engine.
This steam engine was made by F.
E. Giesecke and seniors of that
year. Today the antique may be
seen in the Mechanical Engineering
Shops.
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The 1954 Plymouth is longer and looks wider and lower as a result
of design modifications. Front view shows new massive bumpers
and new grille design with attractive Plymouth identification. The front
is designed with a view to ease of cleaning and simplification of repairs.
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