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

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Hail A and I — We pledge anew — Aims that are high — Devotion deep and true. And though we may part — And though the years roll by Still loyal each heart — To A and L ; Vr, ■

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Although the original intentions of the editors were not to make a personal dedication of this year's EL RANCHO, the passing of Mr. Jeff D. Smith was an event too historically decisive in this year of fife at A l not to be commemorated in this record of the school year. With his passing an era closed—the formative period of A l's tradi- tion of frankness and friendliness. Mr. Smith’s academic integrity and deep concern In the aims, welfare and ultimate achievement of the individual student were the kind of spiritual substance from which the college’s traditional friendly tone and enviable student- faculty relationship have been created. As Professor and Chairman of Foreign Languages, Mr. Smith was a skillful, though exacting, teacher, as chairman of the athletic com- mittee, he worked incessantly for creditable football teams, good spirit and fair play; as fhe unofficial confidant and personal friend of fhe student, he was a democrat and a champion of one s right to the rewards of hard work. As A l moves up the quantitive scale from the small-college to the larger-college class, we shall remember Mr. Smith’s voice of good will, his quick, cordial greetings in the administrative hallways-— and our immeasurable debt to the generous and genteel mode of academic life perpetuated by him. To his memory, then, we dedicate this 1948 El Rancho.

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BOOK I. STUDENT INFORMAL 10-37 BOOK II. LANTANA TIME 38-55 BOOK III. ADMINISTRATION 56-71 PRESIDENT'S LETTER 57-58 ADMINISTRATORS .............. 59-64 COLLEGE DIVISIONS AND FACULTY 65-71 BOOK IV. CLASSES 72-143 GRADUATES ..................... 84 SENIORS. Class of '48 74-83 JUNIORS, Class of '49. . . 85-100 SOPHOMORES, Class of '50 101-124 FRESHMAN. Class of '51 ... 125-142 WHO'S WHO 85, 101, 125 SOCIAL CALENDAR ............... 143 BOOK V. SPORTS 144-165 COACHING STAFF ........... 146-147 FOOTBALL ........... 148-160 BASEBALL ........... 161 BASKETBALL ................ 162-163 INTRAMURAL .. 164-165 BOOK VI. ORGANIZATIONS 166-219 BOOKVII. ADVERTISING 220-228