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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1961)
mm \ The Fightin’ Aggie Band . three drum majors to watch niProud, Poised, Perfect majors were chosen by a 14-man selection committee made up of himself, the three band commanding officers, last year’s drum majors, first sergeants of the two bands, band staff sergeant-major, and representatives from each of the four classes. The Band began practicing this week for the first foot ball game with the University of Houston here Sept. 23. George Sessions Perry, in his 1951 book, “The Story of Texas A&M,” said this about the famous band: “I remember few more stunning excitements in my own boyhood than seeing and hearing this mighty and almost incredibly poised musical phalanx come marching onto the field. The sun danced in the bells of the burnished horns. The trombones performed their always eye-catching contor tions. And the awe-inspiring strains of the ‘Aggie War Hymn* moved right into your heart and set it pounding in time with the music.” Gol. Adams, the present band director, graduated from A&M in 1929. He played in the band while he was a student. COLLEGE (Continued from Page l-II) are hatched for replacements and broilers. Horticulture Directly north of the poultry farm is the Department of Horti culture’s testing plots. Pecan, fig, peach, plum and pear trees, along with vegetables, cover most of the 105 acres. Hoi'ticulture students receive experience in grafting, pruning, disease control and pro ducing. Dairy Farm The dairy farm is located about two miles west of the campus. With approximately 400 cows, the farm furnishes testing and re search for the students. Milk, ice cream and other dairy products for the dining halls and Memorial Student Center are pro duced by the A&M Creamery from milk received from the dairy farm. Easterwood Field Easterwood Field, two miles southwest of the campus on Farm Road 60, is the largest college- owned airport in the nation. The airport is used for passenger serv ice and flight training for ROTC seniors. The new Nuclear Science Cen ter is located just south of the airport on the airport road. & UM Mess Halls World’s Largest U^Hbisa and Duncan dining halls f ' olclUet form the largest com- ra» d college eating complex on in the world. Sbisa MILITARY (Continued from Page l-II) in both the Army and Air Force. npus, 00^ aroija Advanced ROTC training, lead ing to commissions in the Officers Reserve Corps, was given to ap- j proximately 7,000 men before the _ I program was discontinued under La , bui|t jin J-l'l-i, can, feed 4,000 j exigencies of World War II. $iuie at one-time. Duncan Hall, u n in*, - „„„ ’ By December 7, 1941, some 5,000 ui in 1939, feeds 3,800 people. rese rve officers, trained at A&M, | takes 200 full-time employees j were on active duty helping to ft about 20t1 student waiters to re and serve the jrneals. that was to win <re i weld the army World War II. An outstanding illustration of that group were the 46 A&M- trained reserve officers on duty at Corregidor and Bataan. Their epic of fighting ability in the face of insurmountable odds is military lory. In addition to some 7,000 reserve officers trained and commissioned at A&M, the college takes pride in at least another 7,000 officers of World War II. They received from the college varying degrees of military training that enabled them to quickly enter officer can didate school and to better play their part in the emergency pro gram of training a victorious mili tary force. Range and Forestry Joining the airport to the north is 1,130 acres assigned to the De partment of Range and Forestry and the 176-acre military reser vation. The Department of Science and Tactics trains junior and senior advanced Army ROTC cadets on the military reservation. School of Veterinary Medicine The School of Veterinary Medi cine is the only one in Texas and is one of the top veterinary medi cine schools in the nation. The veterinary hospital and classroom building is located just across the railroad tracks west of the campus on Farm Road 60. Entomology Near the School of Veterinary Medicine is the Entomology Re search Laboratory. The Depart ment of Entomology is in contin ual research on the biological de velopment, habits and control of insect pests attacking farm crops and livestock. Plantation The college plantation’s 3,192 acres are located about 10 miles from the campus in the fertile Brazos River bottomland. The farm begins on the south side of the road immediately to the west of the bridge and south of Farm Road 60. The farm’s primary purpose is to assist with research work car ried on by the college. The Departments of Agricul tural Engineering, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Range and Forestry, Entomology and Plant Pathology use the farm for direct application, testing and research on farm machinery, insecticides and crops. THE BATTALION Thursday, September 14, 1961 College Station, Texas Page 7 SYSTEM tural research to the farmers of the state. (Continued from Page l-II) on open reservoirs to development r crops for Texas of better ] farmers. The System is headed by a board of directors, consisting of nine members, appointed by the Gover nor with the consent of the Sen ate. These board members hold office for terms of six years, with appointments staggered so that each two years three members re tire and three new members begin their terms of service. The chief executive officer of the System is Chancellor W. T. Harrington, who is dix-ectly re sponsible to the board. In charge of each part of the system is an other executive officer—for col leges, presidents; for service or ganizations, directors. These men are responsible to the Chancellor for the efficient operation of their particular schools or service groups. The Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station engages in research x’anging from developing better range grasses to eliminating in sect pests; from improving beef cattle production through sire and progeny-testing programs to de veloping better types of grains, frpits and vegetables for Texas •production. The Texas Engineering Experi ment Station engages in research ranging from finding better proc essing methods for cottonseed processing to highway design and construction work. The Texas Engineering Exten sion Service provides training at short courses on the campus and through courses held in Texas towns and cities by itinerant teachers in fields which include the natural gasoline plant indus try, police and firemen’s training, supervisory training and instruc tion for municipal water and sew age plant operators. It is impossible to briefly out line the work of the System as it affects the people of Texas. It is best to show the scope of this work by an illustration: The Texas Forest Service, for example, engages in forest fire prevention and suppression, breed ing of better pines, finding new uses for forest products and edu cation of the people of this state in the best uses of the great na tural forest resources. iiftifpgpm Many. cr^ps ,ar<j grojvh on the pr^The Texas AgriculturaL Exten- farm, the prima‘ , by crops Being cot- sion Service through its ^county ton, corn and maize. agricultural agents and home dem- The plantation headquarters is onstration agents working in 252 two miles southeast of the river | of the state’s 254 counties brings Military' bridge. ' information on the latest agricul- To do its work it may call on men from the Engineering Exten sion Service — to train its crew leaders; it may use facilities of one_ of the Agricultural Experi ment -^Station’s greenhouses for sp^rfal ^ it may ask agents of the Texas Agricultural Exten sion Service to carry special news on forestry to the people of East Texas counties. SHOES ARE IMPORTANT AT AGGIELAND BUT THEY NEED NOT BE EXPENSIVE V •0 Six former students were award ed the Medal of Honor for ex ceptional bravery in World War II—all but two of the awards being posthumous. Twenty-nine former students of ! the college have reached general’s * rank, ten of them as major gen erals. Same Shoes Same Price No Increase In Price In 4 Yrs. Made to Sell For $13.95 to $14.95 LOU’S PRICE only $11.95 y J ■ m his jUffh p vn cW u* of i nSM S COLLEGE BRYAN O FROM 9 SANKEY PARK DIAMONDS WATCHES SILVER 111 N. 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