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1 THE BATTALION
Thursday, August 19,1954
College Station
City Surrounds School
About Your Portrait
• • •
Generally, when a college is to
be built, it is located in or near a
city. Not so with A&M. A college
was founded, and the city grew up
around it.
College Station came to have a
separate identity from the college
and now calls itself “the home of
Texas AAM”. The city’s population
is approximately 7,000, not count
ing students living on the campus.
The city almost completely sur
rounds the island of state property
[that is A&M. Each of the city’s
! three main sections are on a differ
ent side of the college.
The oldest section is to the south,
past the new area dormitories. This
area has four subdivisions: College
Park, the oldest; Breezy Heights;
West Park; and Oakwood.
Across Highway 6 from East
Gate is the largest section of the
city. College Hills, Woodland, Ring-
hoffer, Kelley, and Cooner ad
ditions are in this area. The streets
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DOG’S WORLD—The Aggies couldn’t get along without a
mascot, and Revielle here is it. To be more exact, this is
Reveille II, named after the semi-immortal Reveille, A&,M’s
most famous mascot, now dead. Reveille is cared for by
the students, eating in the dining hall and generally doing
everything the Aggies do. When the band performs at
football games, Rev is out there with them, in her own
“uniform.”
I in this area are named for well-1
’ known men of the college: Walton,
I Puryear, Kyle, Milner, 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 is also the
location of the City hall.
The new subdivision near the;
circle, which is partly in Bryan and j
partly in College Station, is limit
ed to personnel from Bryan air
force base.
Each section of the city has its
own business district and shopping
center, and each is a city ward.
The city was incorporated in
October, 1938. A city manager type
of government was adopted in
1944. A mayor and a six-man coun
cil form the legislative branch of
the city.
Property is assessed at 50 per
cent of value and the tax rate is
one dollar per one hundred dollars
valuation. The fire insurance key
rate is 30 cents.
A 16-man volunteer fire depart
ment serves the city. The city
police officers work in conjunction
with the A&M Campus Security
Office, Bryan police, and county
and state officers.
The city’s school, A&M Con
solidated, is accredited by the
Southem Association of Secondary
Schools and has a reputation for
producing well-educated graduates.
The city owes much of its de
velopment to organizations like the
three local men’s clubs, the Col
lege Station Kiwanis club and the
Lions and Rotary clubs of College
Station and Bryan. These organiza
tions, which have a total member
ship of 300, perform invaluable
services to the community.
The mayor of College Station is
Ernest Langford, head of A&M’s
architecture department, who has
served the city in this capacity for
12 years. As to the future of the
city, Langford says, “The town will
grow, but I personally would like
to see it stay a college twon, with
the restful atmosphere that only a
college town can have.”
Naturally, you want a portrait in A^iie uniform!!
As 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER” for the AGGIELAND, we will begin
making freshmen portraits for the annual, soon after the beginning of
school.
You will receive a good selection of proofs, from which to chose your annual portrait, and
of course, YOU MAY ORDER PORTRAITS FROM THESE IF YOU DESIRE.
Watch for your picture schedule, and plan NOW to have your portrait in the yearbook this
year.
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