Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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lEcxas (College of rts nnb tiiwslms jSutgauilfe, (Eexiis; omCR OP »«E9tOeNT May 14, 1944 To the Students and Faculty of A. and I.: Steps along a beaten path are easily taken and in their taking lies some satisfaction. To blaze a new trail, with only an occasional famil- iar object to guide, is difficult but with its accomplishment comes deep satisfaction The Editor and entire El Kancho staff have produced the 1944 El Rancho despite overwhelming v ar-time handicaps. We commend and congratulate them Their accomplishment typifies the spirit of the entire College. Our men and women, under- graduate, graduate, ex-student, and faculty, to the number of nearly nine hundred are in the uni- form of their Country. The instructional and housing facilities of the College have been used by the War Department in the Army Specialized Training Program. The students on the campus have reacted to a lack here and a change there, coopera- tively and v ith fortitude The faculty have ad- justed to an accelerated program of teaching and have spent much time in cornittee study. The Board of Directors are making plans for a post- war A. and I. which are challenging and even thrilling. 1943 -44- A year steeped in war but abounding, in assurance of future accomplishmentJ E. N. vPones President

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Tke (PiDu?en Pfkat die At official faculty gatherings you might hear dis- cussed anything from class attendance to post-war plans for A L

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Dr, Edward Newlon Jones, former dean of Baylor University and a widely known faculty member of that in- stitution for 17 years, was named president of the Texas College of Arts and Industries in March, 1942. He received his B. S. degree in 1921 from Ottawa University of Kansas; Graduate assistant and fellow in botany at the State University of Iowa from 1922-25, and was granted the Ph.D. by that institution in 1925. In 1940 the LE.D. degree was conferred on him by his alma mater, Ottawa University. He has done post graduate study at Columbia University, as well as the University of Chicago. BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Seated) Frank C. Smith, president of the board; Mrs. Frank M. Lewis, vice-president; Sam Fore, Jr., W. M. Griffith, and Judge James M. Daugherty; (Standing) A. L. Cramer, Holman Cartwright, H. E. Butts, R. C. Eckhardt, secretary of the board, and Dr. E. N. Jones.