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

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) in ?A 1 J OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT Although it was his first year as Commandant at the College, Colonel Frank C. Anderson was by no means a stranger to the campus. He left his post as head track coach of the Aggies to assume his present position; possibly no other man was more familiar with the student life on the A. M. Col¬ lege campus than was Colonel Anderson. Colonel Anderson has striven to promote the idea of delegation of authority; it is through this method that one man is able to maintain the rules and regulations of the College over more than 3,000 students, many of whom are away from home for the first time. This method also serves to de¬ velop leadership in the cadet officers of the corps. Colonel Anderson is ably assisted by Lieutenant Joe E. Davis, Assistant Commandant, Harry Boyer, office assistant, a stenographer, and various student employees. This force is certainly to be commended for the manner in which the duties of this office have been carried out this year. Colonel Frank C. Anderson

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE He who would be truly educated should constantly keep in mind that days spent in the class room or laboratory constitute only the elementary portion of the highest educational achieve¬ ment. It should be a constant process beginning in early life and continuing through to the end of life. Each individual should have, in addition to such training as he desires for purely utilitarian purposes, high intellectual aims. He should endeavor to make preparation for and use the full measure of his mentality in application to the attainment of high and worthy objectives. Yarle said of education: rr It is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime destroy, no enemy alienate, no despotism enslave. At home, a friend: abroad, an introduction; in solitude, a solace; and in society an ornament. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave. A reasoning savage. ’ It has been sought by the most thoughtful men throughout history. It has been used not alone for personal advancement, but for the benefit of the human family. To the degree that you have prepared yourself mentally, and to the extent that you dedicate your training and talents to the broader service of your fellow human beings, you will live successful lives. Narrowness in an educated man is the best evidence that he has failed to grasp the full meaning of education and that he is making the poorest possible application of the working tools he has acquired through education. It is the hope of your faculty and the administrative officers of your institution that the splen¬ did training you have secured while a student in this College has equipped you to live not only successful individual lives, but successful lives in the collective sense; and that you will give back to your State and your Nation constructive service as compensation to them for the investment

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THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Texas A. M. College has taken its place among the greater sources of engineer¬ ing talent for young engineers largely through the efforts of Dean F. C. Bolton of the School of Engineering. So well-balanced are the courses offered by the School of Engineering that it is purposed no engineering student can graduate without a general knowledge of all types of engineering. This general technical education along with the specialization in a par¬ ticular field enables the graduate to begin his cho¬ sen work with a solid foundation. Represented in the School of Engineering are the following departments: Architecture, Chemi¬ cal Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical En¬ gineering, Mechanical Engineering, Municipal and Sanitary Engineering, Textile Engineering, Petro¬ leum Production Engineering and Drawing. Dean Bolton, besides being Dean of the School F C Bolton Engineering, is also the Dean of the College.