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HOLIDAY ATMOSPHERE STILL PREVAILS—Seemingly happy about school opening
are these boys and girls on the front of A&M Consolidated High School steps prior to go
ing to their first classes of the 1956-57 school year. Enrollment was up slightly in the
Senior high with an increase of six students over last years’ first day mark of 226. About
100 students were expected to transfer to the Consolidated Schools from Bryan but
did not make the move due to tuition charges.
Increased
For A&M
Enrollment
Consolidated
School enrollment showed a 2.3
per cent increase over first day
figures for last year at A&M
Consolidated School System, ac
cording to Dr. Les Richardson,
superintendent.
Total figures for all schools in
the system came to 1,416 pupils
Rehling Promoted
By Forest Service
Henry W. Rehling has been pro
moted to district forester by the
Texas Forest Service at District 2
vith headquarters at Henderson.
Rehling has served as assistant
forester in District 2 since 1950.
Prior to that position, he served
as assistant forester in District 6
at Conroe, and as assistant super
intendent of the Texps Forest Ser
vice’s Indian Mound Nursery near
Alto.
. - district forester, Rehling will
be in charge of all Texas Forest
Service.activities in Administrative
District No. 2. This district em
braces all of Anderson, Cherokee,
Gregg, Rusk, Smith, and Wood
Counties and the northwest portion
of Nacogdoches County.
for the short half-day session, yes
terday morning.
“About 100 pupils from Bryan
did not transfer as expected, said
Dr. Richardson,” This was due to
the tuition charge, but if they had
we would have cramped for space.”
Most of the children were on
their way home by 10 a. m. but
regular classes wei-e held this
morning and a full day of instruc
tion for the rest of the year got
under way.
A few last minute changes were
made in the faculty since the per
sonnel was announced in July due
to resignations. Seven new teachers
have been hired.
Registration figures for all
schools in the A&M Consolidated
System are as follows:
Senior high school yesterday—
233—last year —226; Junior high
Wednesday—394—last year—403;
Elementary yesterday—515—1955-
487; Lincoln (Negro) Wednesday
274—last year—222.
“Late registrations will be com
ing in the rest of the week at white
schools”, Dr. Richardson said,
“Lincoln enrollment is expected to
increase for the next two months.”
First - day figures last year
(1955) in the elementary school
showed an increase from 487 to
506 at the close of the school year
and Lincoln School increased from
its opening day number of 222 to
355.
School busses made their rounds
Wednesday in all neighborhood and
rural routes. The cafeteria -was
closed yesterday but opened today
at noon and will be in business for
the remainder of the year.
System Officials
Travel to Ceylon
Two. A&M System officials will
be in Ceylon during the next two
weeks to serve as consultants for
the University of Ceylon at Col
ombo, assisting in plans to move
the university agricultm-e and engi
neering facilities from Colombo to
Peradeniya, near Kandy, Ceylon.
D. W. Williams, vice chancellor
for agriculture, left Tuesday by air
and will arrive in Ceylon Sept. 9,
while Fred J. Benson, Civil Engi
neering Department, and vice di
rector of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, will depart
Sept. 7 and arrive in Ceylon Sept.
11.
New ‘Fish’ Arrive
More Than 2,000
Tomorrow;
Expected
Wrong Switch
Was Thrown;
Twenty Killed
SPRINGER, N.M.—-UP)—A
railway worker early Wednes
day threw a switch wrong-
and sent the Santa Fe Chief
plunging, brakes screaming,
headon into a parked mail train.
At least 20 were killed.
The Chief, which officials said
was traveling 40 to 45 miles
hour at the time, was supposed to
go westward on the main track.
Instead it swerved into the'bypass
where the mail train waited for
the go-ajiead.
All those killed were train men
and dining car employees. Offi
cials said no passengers were
killed.
Ten injured were taken to a hos
pital in this northern New Mexico
livestock center, and at least 25
more were hurt.
Railway spokesmen said the fire
man on the mail train became
confused and set the switch wrong.
They added it is not unusual for
the fireman, instead of the brake-
man, to handle some switching
duties on such trains.
Most of those killed lost their
lives as they slept in a dormitory
car next in line behind the Chief’s
diesel engines. Carrying a report
ed 16 waiters and lounge em
ployees, the car was smashed to
rubble. It came to rest partly on
top and partly underneath a diesel
unit and another car.
Santa Fe officials said the mail
train—the Eastbound No. 8—en
tered the siding headfirst, as was
customary, and was scheduled to
pass on out onto the main line
after the streamliner had cleared.
J. P. Reinhold, Santa Fe Rail
way Vice Pi*esident in charge of
public relations who was aboard
the mail train with his family,
said the fireman committed an
“error in judgment.”
More than 300 passengers aboard
the Chief escaped with their lives
and without sei-ious injury as the
silvery cars were scrambled into
what a newsman described as a
“fantastic accordion.”
The point, at which the stream
liner left the safety of the main
lirie and crashed into the second
train was five miles south of this
tiny hamlet. The wreck took place
at 3 a.m.
Week of Activity Planned
Before Registration Friday
By JIM BOWER
Battalion Editor
Tomorrow morning at 8, approximately 2.200 new stu
dents will arrive on the campus as the annual New Student
Week gets underway.
All this week, civilian and cadet student leaders have
been meeting to prepare for the incoming freshmen. Yes
terday more than 200 cadet leaders began their two-day
course on leadership orientation so as to enable them to
better guide and counsel the new Aggies.
Until registration for the “fish” a week from tomorrow,
the new students will spend their time getting acquainted
with the campus and all of its various activities and phases,
an plus spending one day taking aptitude and achievement tests.
First on the schedule for
DON’T LOOK SO DOWNHEARTED, IT’S ONLY THE
FIRST DAY!—Boys in Mrs. N. W. Quick’s first grade class
seem a bit apprehensive as they sit (?) in their chairs
during yesterday mornings registration at A&M Consoli
dated Elementary School. School enrollment for the en
tire System was up 2.3 per cent over last year for the same
day. Enrollment in the Elementary School was 515 as
compared to 487 last year.
Dental, Med
School Accept
33 Aggies
The Pre-medical, Pre-dental
committee has announced the
acceptance of 33 students in
the 1956 classes of Medicine
and Dentistry in the profes
sional colleges of Texas.
Numbers accepted were, Univer
sity of Texas, Medical Branch,
Galveston, 16; University of Texas
Southwestern Medical School, Dal
las, 7; Baylor University, College
of Medicine, Houston, 4; Univer
sity of Texas, Dental Bi-anch,
Houston, 5; Baylor University^ Col
lege of Dentistry, Dallas, 1.
Present enrollment in the pre
medical predental curriculum here
is 150 students.
Dr. Howard L. Gravett, profes
sor of biolqgy, is chairman of the
committee and other members are
Dr. George E. Potter, professor of
biology; D. E. B. Middleton, pro
fessor of chemistry; Dr. C. D. La-
verty, professor of English; Dr.
Joseph M. Nance, associate pro
fessor of history; Dr. Henry Rak-
off, assistant professor of chemis
try and Ralph K. Russel, assistant
professor of physics.
Stripper
Invented
By Grad
A 1949 graduate of A&M, E.
L. (Red) Wilson, Jr., has been
issued a patent to an interested
sounding machine—a Stripper.
Although not having to do
with what the title sounds like
the machine actually is used to
remove traces of gas from
fluids during cracking of gaso
line and not to be confused
with burlesque.
Official name of the machine
is Countercurrent Cascade
Stripper.
Wilson received a B. S. de
gree in chemical engineering
.at A&M is presently president
of the Baytown A&M Club.
President Names
Quick As Assistant
Dr. N. W. Quick has been named
assistant to the president of A&M
for the 1956-57 fiscal year, Dr.
David H. Morgan, president, has
announced. Dr. Quick has been as
sistant to the president since July
16, which was effective throughout
the summer.
Dr. Quick came to A&M in 1947
as assistant professor of English
and in 1955 was named associate
professor.
Weather Today
A weak cool front passing over
College Station at 1:30 p.m. today
will drop temperature slightly.
Isolated, widely scattered showers
forecast. Yesterday’s high was 94
degrees and dropped to 72 degrees
i last night. Temperature at 11 this
I morning was 90 degrees.
on
the incoming students will be
paying of fees and receiving
their housing assignments,
uniform authorizations a n d
moving into their new homes for
the next nine months.
At 7 tomorrow night there will
be a general assembly in the
Grove, at which time they will be
welcomed to A&M by President
David H. Morgan. W. M. Turner
will lead the group in singing.
Beginning at 7:45 Saturday
morning, achievements and apti
tude tests will be given until 5
p.m. Again new students will as
semble in the Grove Saturday eve
ning where cadet Lt. Col. Dwayne
Bailey, Corps Chaplain, will speak
on “The Place of Religion in the
Life of the A&M Student.” Fol
lowing this talk, local ministers
will be introduced to the new stu
dents.
MSC Reception Sunday
Sunday morning, the freshmen
are urged to attend the church of
their choice. Highlight for the day
will be an informal reception at 2
p.m. sponsored by the Directorate
of the Student Center honoring the
new students.
President and Mrs. David H.
Morgan, Dean and Mrs. Robeit B.
Kamm, members of the staff and
faculty of the college will be pre
sented to the students and their
parents.
Booths will be arranged in the
ballroom to exhibit and explain
all of the various groups and com
mittees of the MSC to the fresh
men. Approximately 150 gills
from Bryan and College Station
will serve as hostesses. They will
meet the students and show them
around the Center, introduce them
to faculty members and direct
them to booths of the c MSC com
mittees which interest them.
ROTC Program
Beginning Monday morning at 8,
all students will meet in Guion Hall
for a series of talks on the ROTC
program at A&M. Main speakers
will be Col. Joe E. Davis, Com
mandant; Col. Henry Dittman, pro
fessor of Air Science and Col. Del-
mer Anderson, professor of Mili
tary Science and Tactics.
At 9 o’clock, the students will
form into two groups, those
choosing to participate in the RO
TC and those choosing to join the
civilian ranks.
(See NEW STUDENTS, Page 6)
Social Security
Explained
To Kiwanians
Warning fellow Kiwanians
that their sons may have to
pay as much as four times the
taxes they are now paying if
the situation isn’t changed,
John Longley explained the new
Social Security Bill at the regular
meeting Tuesday.
Meeting in the Ballroom of the
MSC Kiwanians heard Longley
warn “although the Social Security
program is a valuable part of our
financial plan it should not be
treated as a political football.”
Two major changes made in the
program were the lowering of age
limits for women from 65 to 62
and insurance against disabling in
juries.
As it now stands Social Security
affects everyone in the nation ex
cept doctors, Longley said.
Longley went on to explain a
few details of the new act and
answered questions after his talk
was completed.
W. E. (Woody) Briles and Char
les Krueger took the floor after
lunch in their “Box Lunch Ap
rons” to remind members of foot
ball season and took names of
workers to serve during the four
home games at Kyle Field.
Charles LaMotte, president of
the club, reminded members of the
approaching “Kids Day Activities”
planned for Sept. 22 at Bryan
AFB.
Aggies Featured
In TV Programs
A&M’s Fighting Aggies will be
featured on two occasions this sea
son over regional TV broadcasts ac
cording to information from the
Humble Oil and Regining Co., who
will sponsor the telecasts.
The A&M-Arkansas game, Nov.
3 and the annual Turkey Day game
with Texas University are sched
uled to be telecast by Humble.
These games, in addition to four
others were selected by conference
officials under rulings from the
NCAA earlier in the summer.
Other Southwest Conference
games which will be telecast will
be Baylor vs Texas Tech, Sept. 29;
Texas - Oklahoma, Oct. 13; Rice-
SMU, Oct. 20; and TCU-Texas,
Nov. 17.
Turkey Course Set
Reid Laboratory will be the site
of a Turkey Production Short
Course beginning Sept. 10 until
Sept. 14 under the direction of E.
D. Paniell of A&M’s Poultry
Science Department it was an
nounced recently. About 25 turkey
raisers from over the state are ex
pected to attend .
Cadet Officers Gather
For Two-Day Course
More than 200 cadet officers and
non-commissioned officers are on
the campus for the annual leader
ship orientation course and to as
sist college officials with new stu
dents who arrive tomorrow.
The two day course, which star
ted yesterday, covers all phases
of training in the corps of cadets
with emphasis on leadership and
responsibilities of leaders.
Included in the group attending
are the corps staff, all cadet chap
lains, wing and regimental com
manders, battalion and group com
manders, company and squadron
commanders, regimental and wing
and battalion and group scholastic
officers, all sergeant majors and
all first sergeants.
President David H. Morgan
launched the talks yesterday.
Other talks were given by Col. Joe
E. Davis, Commandant; Dr. Rob
ert B. Kamm, dean, Student Per
sonnel Services and Basic Divis
ion; Col. Henry Dittman, professor
of Air Science; Col. Delmer An-
dei'son, professor of Military Sci
ence and Tactics; Cliff Harris,
1947-48 Corps Chaplain and Lt.
Col. Taylor Wilkins; Assistant
Commandant.
Col. and Mrs. Davis held open
house for the cadets at 7:30 last-
night.
Program for today included talks
by Wilkins; W T . L. Penberthy, head
of student activities; C. H. Rans-
dell, associate dean, Basic Divis
ion; Wayne Stark, director, Me
morial Student Center; J. B. Her-
vey, executive secretary, Associa
tion of Former Studtnt; Paul Bry
ant, head football coach and Ath
letic Director and Col. Davis.
A steak fry this evening in Hen-
sel Park concludes the leadership
sessions.