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

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Dr. Otto R. Nielsen was appointed dean of A l College in 1942 . . . since then he has installed an entire new system of personality orienta- tion tests for entering students to determine fields for which they are best suited . . , under his supervision, the over-afl program for an overloaded faculty and greatly increased student body ended a promis- ing year. Dr. Nielsen has a remarkable trait of never meeting a stranger . . . a true spirit that benefits our dean and school. Mrs. Fannie Wheat, Counselor of Women ... a student's best friend at any time, her keen understanding and wisdom have set her fore- most in the comparatively short time she has been at A l . . . She first came here in 1928 to teach Physical Education and left two years later to go to New York . . . She returned last June to fill her present position . . . A credit to any school, she has done much in creating stronger ties between students and administration. Dean James C Jernigan, the genial man with the quick wit, who is our Dean of Student Life , , . born for the job, he has done more for student government In the past year, than any of his predecessors, yet he has maintained his official capacity on the administration and the high respect of students . . . ever busy, but always ready to aid any problems and accept new responsibilities, A l is proud to have Dean Jernigan.

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Texas A l's President, Dr. Edward Newlon Jones, took over his duties under the most trying conditions imaginable and has done a job of which he himself, and every person in any way connected with A l, may justly be proud. Formerly dean of Baylor University and a faculty member of that school for 17 years. President Jones came to A l with a brilliant educa- tional record behind him. He graduated with a B. S. degree from Ottawa University, Kansas, in 1921. After that he became graduate assistant and fellow in botany at Iowa State University from 1922 until 1925, at which time he received his degree as Ph. D. from that institution. He has done post graduate study at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, and in 1940 the LL D. degree was conferred on him by Ottawa University, his alma mater. President Jones brought with him, however, more than just exceptional qualifications for a difficult job. He brought a determination to see the college grow in size and importance while retaining its friendly, small-school atmosphere, a thing that A l values highly. Through the adverse conditions of the war years he laid plans for future expansion and intrenched against the deteriora- tion that might well have set in during that period. • With the ending of the war and the return of swarms of education-hungry veterans, the East Campus was added to the college and true expansion was begun. When building materials again become available, it will be possible to keep that expansion on a permanent basis as an integral part of the college. The man to head that college, a new and better A l, is President Edward Newlon Jones.

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Dr. George W. McCulfey first came to A f in 1930 to serve as registrar and head of the department of accounting ... he has been a sponsor of El Rancho in the past, but managing the registration of over 100% increase in enrolling students took time he could not afford for us this year . . . knowing the strain and confusion of registration, it is easy to appreciate the mechanics Dr. McCulley has used to lessen this confusion. H. Norton Wells came to A l in the summer of 1946 and took the job of Veterans Training Officer, or the more informal Veterans Adviser . . . usually there is standing room only in the lines outside his office . . . a fiend for badminton and tennis, he utilizes his outside time in practicing his favorite games. George M. Simons, the man to whom you are referred if you want something done ... he received his B. S. from A l in 1935, and was appointed Assistant Business Manager that same year ... In 1941 he was also named Purchasing Agent for the college . . . industrious, with almost a superhuman capacity for work, Simons is one of the bulwarks of A L