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

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ADMINISTRATION THE PRESIDENT Dr. T. . Walton The President’s Message The College is closing its fifty-seventh session. Its physical plant is the equal of that of any of the southern agri¬ cultural and mechanical colleges and the superior of most of them. Its faculty compares favorably with the faculties of the better technological institutions of the country. It has been in existence long enough that its product, which is the final test of the efficiency of any institution of higher learning, has had an opportunity to demonstrate the thorough training given to students. Its men have touched in a vital way the economic and social life of this state and nation. Their contribution has been worthy of them and of the institution that gave them their training. The class that goes out this year has attained a standard of efficiency and achievement that equals, if it does not surpass, those of many classes in the history of the College. You wrought well in upholding high moral standards and in putting forth vigorous efforts to stamp out undesirable practices among the student body. You have made one chapter in the history of the A M College. Your student record is complete. If your performance here is an index to the work that you will do in the future, your success as a citizen and as a man of high moral standing and unimpeachable integrity is assured. You are going into a world where business conditions are chaotic, social standards are being re-evaluated, and much uncertainty exists. You will be face to face with problems that seem insurmountable, but the general con¬ ditions of uncertainty afford you an opportunity to demonstrate what well trained men can do in meeting difficult situations. The social and economic fabric of the community, the county, the state, the nation, and the world must be rebuilt. The social and economic values that are worth preserving must be rescued from the maelstrom of dis¬ content and a questioning cynicism that they are encountering upon every hand. Those factors that are of little or no value must be discarded, but there must be brought into existence other values of higher type and greater worth than those that are to be discarded. A social and economic revolution is raging, and to stem its tide or change its course requires clear thinking, courageous leadership and patriotic service upon the part of the citizens of today and of tomorrow. The conditions that confront the country are a challenge to you. Your achievements will be limited only by your capacity to think soundly and your will to work effectively.

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ADMINISTRATION The Board Mr. S. G. Bailey of Directors The members of the Board of Directors, who are appointed by the Governor of the state, have the important task of shaping the policies of the College, appointing the administrative leaders of the College, and seeing that all sums of money received by the institution are spent wisely and accounted for properly. The Directors, several of whom are graduates of A M, are deeply interested in the welfare and development of the institution, and are render¬ ing a whole-hearted, unselfish service to the state, the College, and the student body. The Class of ’33, in reviewing its four years at A M can readily realize the untiring and worth-while efforts of the Board, for this class has seen the campus enlarged and beautified in many respects. The members of the board are F. M. Law of Houston, Presi¬ dent; Byrd E White of Lancaster, Vice Pres ident; E. J. Kiest of Dallas; P. L. Downs, Jr., of Temple; W. T. Mont¬ gomery of San Antonio; W. G. Lacy of Waco; H. C. Schuhmacher of Houston; J. Kopecky of Hallettsville; and G. R. White of Brady. Mr. S. G. Bailey, who has been secretary to the President and executive secretary of the Board of Directors for the past twenty years, has made an enviable record in performing his duties and bears the friendship and respect of all who have come in contact with him. (Top row) Kopecky, Montgomery, Walton, Law (Bottom row) Kiest, Schuhmacher, Downs, White, Lacy, Bailey Page 18