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

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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE COLLEGE Mr. S. G. Bailey has been Executive Secretary of the College and Secretary of the Board of Directors since 1914. Although Mr. Bailey did not attend A. M. as a student, he likes to speak of his first year at A. M., twenty years ago, as his Fish year. His untiring efforts in helping needy students find employment on the campus have assisted many to secure a college educa¬ tion. There is one thing that all Aggies agree upon and that is that Mr. Bailey is a true friend and a whole-hearted supporter of A. M. and its students. BOARD OF DIRECTORS There are nine members of the Board of Directors of A. M. College, each appointed for a term of six years by the Governor of the State of Texas. At the end of every two years, three of the members of the Board are appointed, thus insuring a majority of old members to help regulate the affairs of the college. Mr. F. M. Law, President of the Board, is now serving his third term as a direc¬ tor. Four other members, Mr. W. G. Lacy, Mr. Byrd E. White, Mr. H. C. Schu¬ macher, and Mr. E. J. Kiest, are serving as directors for the second time. Of the nine members, four are former students of A. M. They are: Mr. F. M. Law, Mr. W. G. Lacy, Mr. H. C. Schumacher, and Mr. G. R. White. The members of the Board, reading left to right: Front row — S. G. Bailey, executive secretary; Dr. T. 0. Walton, college president; G. R. White, Dallas; E. J. Kiest, Dallas; H. C. Schuhmacher, Houston; Byrd E. White, Dallas. Back row — Joseph Kopecker, Halletsville; L. J. Wardlaw, Fort Worth; Guy T. Anderson, Calvert; Walter G. Lacy, Waco; F. M. Law, Chairman of the Board, Houston. Page 22

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THE FISCAL DEPARTMENT Mr. W. H. Holzmann is Comptroller of Accounts and Head of the Fiscal Department of the College. He maintains an efficient and courteous service at all times and greatly aids the students in reducing their financial problems while at A. M. All accounts with the College are handled in the Fiscal Office, and, through the installment plan of paying the maintenance monthly, the College enrollment has increased. This plan has greatly reduced the financial hardship on many students working their way through the College and the Department is to be com¬ mended for this service. All notes with the College and the student labor system are a part of the Department, and both are handled with dispatch and surety. All buying and selling accounts of the Subsistence and other College Departments are handled here and are open to inspection at all times. THE COLLEGE LIBRARY Mr. T. F. Mayo is custodian of the Cushing Library erected here at A. M. College in 1930. It contains approximately forty thousand volumes, exclusive of the Federal and State documents to be found here also. While the Library has, until recently, been developed chiefly along reference lines, a very good reading collec¬ tion has been accumulated, and the careful selection of new hooks keeps the collection abreast with contemporary thought. The students are in constant need of a modern library to supple¬ ment their regular work with parallel outside reading. Mr. Mayo and his assistants are always willing and anxious to help the students find the books they desire or to suggest likely sources of information. The Library has an atmosphere conducive to study, and for that reason many students take ad¬ vantage of their spare moments by spending them in the library. The building is provided with a reading room, rest room, private reading rooms, offices, lecture rooms, smoking parlors, and all the conveniences required for the comfort and pleasure of the students. THE COLLEGE HOSPITAL The hospital, a hundred-bed modern building, is staffed by one full-time physician, a technician, and four nurses. For a nominal fee each term, the students receive all the medical attention required, except surgical operations, without further additional cost. In contrast to the prevailing practice among school hospitals throughout the country, students entering the hospital here may stay as long as is necessary without any expense other than their term fee. Doctor Marsh is to be praised for the high standard set by him in the management of the hospital and the services rendered by it. No account of the hospital would he complete without a word or two about the head nurse, Mrs. Cleghorn, affectionately called Mom” by many of the boys. She always has a bright word and a happy smile for everyone. Thanks to you, Mom, the trial of being sick in the hospital is greatly reduced. Page 21

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•| A. ‘M- ¥ ' . T;. -ZXL.: : - n 2..... r i ' 7 ' •Cl- Jl ' - ■ ■: . ' f ' x. OIL INDUSTRY The great value of the petroleum industry in Texas and its signifi¬ cance in the economic development of the State is generally known by the Texas public, yet Texans have for so many years thought of their State as an agricultural empire, and espe¬ cially as a cotton producer that many do not realize the greatness of the oil industry. From the standpoint of val¬ ue of product, the petroleum indus¬ try is even greater than cotton. Petroleum and petroleum products contribute more than sixty percent of the annual tonnage of the exports through Texas ports. As in the cot¬ ton industry, hundreds of thousands of people in Texas depend upon the oil industry, directly or indirectly, for their livelihood.