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Thursday, June 18, 1959
CADET SLOUCH *- fty Jim Earl*
“We’ve been in school for two weeks now “I sure would like to get a date with one of
and no one has asked us for a date!” those girls, but there’s probably a waiting
list!”
Retired Professor
Honored Recently
Fred R. Jones, Who retired as
professor and head of the Depart-
| ment of Agricultural Engineering,
j A&M, in September, 1958, was
i honored at Ithaca, New York, re
cently by the American Society of
I Agricultural Engineers. Prof.
Jones was awarded the John Deere
Gold Medal for outstanding engi
neering achievements in the field
of agriculture.
The ASAE cited Jones’ long and
distinguished career at A&M and
his contributions to improved ag
ricultural engineering practices
and education in the South and
Southwest in awarding him the
medal.
Jones joined the faculty of A&M
as an instructor in agricultural en
gineering, in 1921, and in 1938 was
made acting head of the depart
ment. In 1940, he was named to
head the department, the post he
occupied until his retirement last
September.
Born in New Lisbon, Wis., he
was educated in the Mauston, Wis.,
High School, and at the University
of Wisconsin, Iowa State College
and A&M.
Dr. Doak, A&M Biology Head,
To Serve As Visiting Lecturer
Dr. C. C. Doak, professor and
head of the Department of Biology,
A&M, will be a visiting lecturer
at National Science Foundation In
stitutes for Teachers on the cam
puses of seven colleges and uni
versities this summer.
His first lecture will be at the
Summer Institute for Teachers at
the University of Texas tomorrow.
He will lecture at Prah’ie View
A&M on Monday and will lecture
E. Wayne Schmidt
Gets Scholarship
E. Wayne Schmidt, senior arch
itectural major at A&M, has re
ceived a $500 Black-Brollief Schol
arship for the 1959-60 academic
year.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Schmidt of 619 North
Fourth, Temple, and is married to
the former Mary Folschinsky,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Folschinsky of 920 Duval, Temple.
A 1949 graduate of Temple
High School, a 1956 graduate of
Temple Junior College and a vete
ran of three years in the U. S.
Army, he was chosen for the
scholarship award by the Faculty
Scholarships Committee of the
college.
During the 1959-60 school year,
Schmidt will be vice-president of
the student chapter of the Ameri
can Institute of Architects and
managing editor of the Architec
ture Plus, a student publication of
the Division of Architecture. He
will also be a member of the Me
morial Student Center Creative
Arts Committee and a member of
the executive committee of the
MSC Camera Club.
the following night before teach
ers attending the Summer Insti
tute at A&M.
Fi'om mid-July to mid-August,
Doak will make a series of lec
tures at Randolph Macon College
and Hampton Institute in Virginia,
at Converse College in South Car
olina and at Texas Southern Uni
versity in Houston.
A native Texan, Doak has been
a member of the faculty here for
more than 30 years and has been
head of the Department of Biology
since 1938. For the past three
summers he has served as director
of the Science Enrichment Pro
gram for High Ability Secondary
School Students held at A&M.
He is listed in “Who’s Who in
America,” and “American Men of
Science,” is a past president of the
Texas Academy of Science and a
member of the American Assn, for
the , Advancement of Science and
the Botanical Society of America.
Social Whirl
Thursday
The Aggie Wives Bridge Club
will meet tonight at 7:30 in the
MSC. Hostesses will be Kay Hur
ley and Frances Mills.
Wednesday
The Radio Committee will meet
Wednesday of next week in Room
2-C of the MSC. Lt Col. B. M.
Kirkpatrick will speak on the Col
lins KWM-1 amateur radio trans
ceiver.
Monday
The Aeronautical Engineering
Wives Club will hold their June
meeting in the South Solarium of
the Y.M.C.A. at 8 p. m., Monday.
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Napoleop’s armies built the first
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The motto E Pluribus Unum
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A member of the ASAE, Jones
was made a fellow of the society
in 1938, and a life member in
1959. His other professional so
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Education and honorary societies
Alpha Zeta, Tau Beta Phi and Phi
Kappa Phi. He is a registered
professional engineer of Texas.
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