Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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Tlie Board of Directors F. M. Law Byrd E. White S. G. Bailey . OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Terms Expire 1929 F. M. Law Byrd E. White Walter G. Lacy Terms Expire 1931 W. A. WURZBACH FI. C. SCHUHMACHER W. T. Montgomery Terms Expire 1933 E. J. Kiest P. L. Downs, Jr. G. Raleigh White f ' TT ' FIE Board of Directors is an important unit in the administration of the College. Four if or five times each year the Board meets to discuss and decide upon matters which involve the general policies of the College. With its approval the President, the Administrative Council, and the Executive Board manage the affairs of the institution and its branches. Such matters as the purchase of property and the location of new buildings must meet the approval of the Board. The Board is charged with the fixing of salary scales. All appointments must meet with its sanction. One of its foremost functions is the submission of the budget request of the College to the State Legislature. Back row —Law, Walton, Downs, Montgomery, Lacy Front row —Schuhmacher, G. R. White, Wurzbach, Kiest, B. E. White, Bailey Page 18

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The President T. O. Walton, LL. D. T, TITH the publication of the 1928 annual, the Senior Class will put in record V v form a part of the history of its contribution to the college, which in turn will constitute a part of the history of the institution. Through the years you have spent at A. and M. College you have been preparing yourselves to live con¬ structively. The days spent here have been full of activities, of joys, disappointments, and successes. Your future success may be greatly enlarged if you continue to build upon the foundations you have laid during your undergraduate experiences; and it will be worth your while to ever keep bright the working tools you have acquired. No man is ever completely educated, and the processes of education should con¬ tinue through one’s entire lifetime. By studious application you may continue to grow mentally, and it is only through this process that one may hope to attain the highest possible levels. This Longhorn will be of deeper interest to you each succeeding year, for you will want to turn to its pages to renew college-day acquaintances and review college- life experiences. As you go from these walls, you go with the best wishes of your Faculty, and with the assurance of our confidence in your capacity to function efficiently in the social and economic order. Your successes will be of interest to us, and our sincere hope is that each member of the Class of ’28 may make a man’s contribution to the welfare of his State and Nation. T. 0. Walton.

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The Commandant Hl HE Commandant is the branch of the administrative machinery of the College which is probably closer in touch with the individual student than any other. To a great extent the proper functioning of the disciplinary routine of the entire student body rests with the Commandant’s Office. Not only are the cadets subject to its action, but the non-military students also feel its hand. All of the demerit system of discipline is handled through the Commandant’s Office. Thus the Commandant’s Office con¬ ducts not only a function of the military part of the College, but co-operates with the academic division as well, which has proven to be a very effective arrangement. The Commandant is not only at the head of the routine disciplinary office of the College, but he is the head of the Depart¬ ment of Military Science and Tactics. This is one of the three largest departments of the College, at times having approxi¬ mately 2,000 students under its instruction. This department is not only charged with the instruction in Military Science and Tactics, but also with the organization of the Cadet Corps and the selection of the cadet officers and noncommissioned officers who are appointed on the recommendation of the Professor of Military Science and Tactics and with the approval of the President of the College. Courses are given in Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Air Corps and Signal Corps, each of which, when successfully completed and one summer camp attended, leads to a commission as a second lieutenant in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the branch selected by the cadet. This latter appointment is contingent upon the student’s graduation from the College. Each of the branches has its quota of commissioned and noncommissioned instructors from the regular army. For the purposes of instruction and administration the Cadet Corps is divided into an Infantry Regiment, a Cavalry Squadron, a Field Artillery Battalion, an Air Corps Squadron and a Signal Corps Battal ion, each of which is commanded and officered by cadet officers. The cadet officers are held responsible to a great degree for the discipline and instruction of the cadets during the military training period. The military instruction at A. and M. College is given a very high rating by the War Depart¬ ment, this institution having been found worthy of the award of “The Distinguished Rating” each year since 1910. The officers of the department as well as the Cadet Corps take a great deal of pride in the high standard attained and are constantly attempting to improve it. The rating of the college by the War Department is made on a competitive basis. Competition among the colleges of the country is getting stronger each year; so that it is a task of increasing difficulty which requires the best co-operation of the cadets and army officers to retain the high rating held by the College in the past. Charles J. Nelson Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army Commandant ! » jn ■------ au Sf Page 19