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T January 31, 2002 \ Richard Edwin Vrooman March 8, 1920 - January 29, 2002 Services for Dik Vrooman, 81, of College Station, will take place at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of McGee Memorial Chapel Mortuary in Santa Fe, N.M. Mr. Vrooman died Tuesday in Santa Fe, N.M. Mr. Vrooman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of both Oberlin College and Western Reserve University in Ohio. He received his master's degree in architecture from Texas A&M University in 1952. He taught architecture at Texas A&M University for 45 years. Early in his career Mr. Vrooman designed the existing All Faiths Cha el for the main campus of the - -- -- ---- .- university. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and professor emeritus of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M. Mr. Vrooman spent seven years of his teaching career in the 1960s in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) as part of a U.S. Agency for International Development contract with Texas A&M. There he established the first school of architecture and city planning for a country that had no trained architects. He was the author of a number of textbooks, including The Secrets of Ancient Design. His knowledge of the pyramids, Stonehenge and stone circles of Easter Island led him to be named the Texas A&M University Faculty Lecturer in 1976. Mr. Vrooman served as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and participated in the invasions of Africa and Italy. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kelley Vrooman. Survivors include a brother, Clare Vrooman, of Florida; a son , Chuck Vrooman of College Station; a daughter, Vikki Vrooman, of Washington, D. C.; and two grandchildren. Memorials maybe made to the Texas A&M Foundation (Please send them to the Texas A&M College of Architecture) for the "Kelley and Dik Vrooman Endowed Scholarship" in the College of Architecture.

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Page 1: All Faiths Chapel

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January 31 2002

Richard Edwin Vrooman

March 8 1920 - January 29 2002

Services for Dik Vrooman 81 of College Station will take place at a later date

Arrangements are under the direction of McGee Memorial Chapel Mortuary in Santa Fe NM

Mr Vrooman died Tuesday in Santa Fe NM bull

Mr Vrooman was born in Cleveland Ohio and was a graduate of both Oberlin College and Western Reserve University in Ohio He received his masters degree in architecture from Texas AampM University in 1952 He taught architecture at Texas AampM University for 45 years Early in his career Mr Vrooman designed the existing All Faiths Cha el for the main campus of the- -------- shyuniversity He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and professor emeritus of the College of Architecture at Texas AampM

Mr Vrooman spent seven years of his teaching career in the 1960s in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) as part of a US Agency for International Development contract with Texas AampM There he established the first school of architecture and city planning for a country that had no trained architects He was the author of a number of textbooks including The Secrets of Ancient Design His knowledge of the pyramids Stonehenge and stone circles of Easter Island led him to be named the Texas AampM University Faculty Lecturer in 1976

Mr Vrooman served as a captain in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and participated in the invasions of Africa and Italy

He was preceded in death by his wife Kelley Vrooman

Survivors include a brother Clare Vrooman of Florida a son Chuck Vrooman of College Station a daughter Vikki Vrooman of Washington D C and two grandchildren

Memorials maybe made to the Texas AampM Foundation (Please send them to the Texas AampM College of Architecture) for the Kelley and Dik Vrooman Endowed Scholarship in the College of Architecture

Texas AampM Professor Emeritus Dies ~

COLLEGE STATION - Texas AampM University Professor Emeritus Richard E Dik Vrooman died Tuesday Jan 29 at his home in Santa Fe New Mexico He was 8l

For 45 years Vrooman made his mark teaching training generations of Aggie architects in design and drawing He established the Kelley Vrooman RN Endowed Scholarship in honor of his wife and designed Ie) Pamprv[ All Eaiths ChaEel

Vrooman won the commission to create the chapel through a competition sponsored in 1956 by the Association of Former Students which financed the construction He also designed several residences and the School of Architecture Building at Bangladesh University of Engineering amp Technology where representing Texas AampM in an bull international cooperational program he was that nations first dean of architecture

Funeral arrangements are pending

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HERE WELL BUILD THE ~OLLE1E 192

1957 ALL FAIT HS CHAPEL Cost $255~8322 Richard Vrooman Arc hitect Ernest Langford Profes s ional Advisor R B Butler Inc Contractor

All Faiths Ch a pel is by all odds the best of th e smaller buildings

on the campus ()ri~~i nclly concei ved to be I Chapel for ~~edi tat ion and

Prayer th e bui lchnL~ i s just that Beautiful a nd in6pirin ~ in its

bullsimplicity the chapel provides areas for meditation and discussion a

3 ar de n for beauty and enjoyment a sanctuary for religious services and

rites offices a sr 211 liblary and public readin g or waitin ar ea All

el emen ts of the plan look out u po n a spacious ga rden which itself is enshy

closed on part s 01 three sides by brick walls whos e desi~n is in harmony

with that of the bui lJin~ proper

The chapel cont ai ns about 9000 square feet of floor space The

sanctuary seats 160 comfortably Exterior walls which open on to the

garden are largely g lass others are brick and stone The builoin is

a gift of former s tud e nts of the coll ege

The a rchitect far the ch ae1 was selected by a competition open

only to g raduates of th~ division of architecture All competitors

worked from the same pro 3 r~m and within limits of mandatory requirements

A jury of awards mpde the s election from the desins submitted The

winnins design was that of ~r Richard Vrooman ~ Arch 1 952 who at

th e time of the c o ~peiition was a n Bssistampnt pr o fessor in the division

of architecture ] he ch pel was dedicat e ci llty 10 1 S 58

The Chapel which the Association gave to the eollege t b d d 0 e e Icated thIS fall

Chapel Built Dedication In Autumn

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si~plicity the Interfaith ChapelwhIch the Association gave the College by means of the Developshyment Fund is completed

Although fO lmal dedication of t he bu lding will not take place until thi f all and the landscaping remains to be completed 8 weddings have already taken place in it with 2 more scheduled for thIS summer and more than 2100 b~~t~ns have already signed the visitors

1he Chapel is open at all hours for Ylsltmg meditation and prayer accordshymg to J Gordon qa~ who will occupy

an offIce III the bUlldmg as Coordinator of Rel igious Life in addition to his duties as General Secretary of the YMCA

Centered on Enclosed Garden The Chapel has approximately 9400

square feet of area capable of being heated or cooled Its a ir conditioninoshysystem has a capacity of 32 tons b

The portion of its exterior walls which IS not shell limestone is transparen t [ lass making possible easy view of the spacious gmden area enclosed by a wal l A lawn-sprmkhng system is being inshystalled in this outside space and deshyvelopment of the landscaping here will follow A small cork oak tree has alshyready been planted to serve as a visual foca l point at the cha ncel end of the sanctuary or main room J

Has Medita t ion Room and Library The Chapel building also contains a

hbrary a lobby and a secluded meditashytion room

The organ is a gift of Mr and Mrs J Harold Dunn 25 of Amarillo in memshyory of the late Thomas F Mayo Engshylish professo r

The entire building is roofed with a durable 20-oz copper roof

Development Fund Objective The Chapel was made possible when

in October 1955 W L Ballard 22 then Association President Loui s R Blood-

worth 32 then Association Vice-Presishydent O T Hotchkiss 24 then Immeshydiate Past President of the Associationshyand J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Associa~ tion Secretary presented to the AampM Board of Directors in behalf of the Asshysociation a check for $150000 and a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 which was subsequently fulfiIIed The gift was an objective of the Asshysociations Developm ent Fund planned since 1952

Vr())man Designcd The Chapel was planned by Richard

Vrooman 52 teacher in the Division of

(See CHAPEL Page 6) _____________

First wedding in the Chapel Mr and Mrs James ~ Cassity leave the altar at the conclUSIOn of their marriage cereshym(my ~ay 31 The bride is the former

IMISS L~nda Scott of College Station CassIty IS a geology senior

Chapel (Continued from Page 1)

Architecture who won the Associationshysponsored architectural competition to which Ernest Langford 13 was Professhysional Adviser and which was judged by a di stin guished Award Jury

The Chapel is not intended to duplishycate the faci lities of local churches Durshying 1955 a Committee on the Chapel a nd Its Use appointed by the Colleges Presshyident made a study and submitted deshytailed proposals

Included were the suggestions that the Chapel be equally available to 1eshyli lC ious groups of all kinds but no t be the regular meeting place of any and that the Chapel program encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activiti es of exshyis ting religious organizations

Man y ActiviJties Planned The Committee expressed th e belief

that the Chanel will be the center of an active and vitally-needed spiritual servshyice to the students

In addition to encouraging individual meditat ion and prayer and serving as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups other activities foreshyseen were making a vailable for use a ii-

Ibrary of religioUS books showing of noral and religious f ilm s and accomshymodation of small weddings funerals baptismals and other relig ious rites Memori~1 services and special relig-

ious holiday services are also to be proshyvided for according to Gay Periodic organ programs are also planned

Oscar T Hotchkiss Jr 24 Past President of the Association left presents $150000 check for Chapel to W T Doherty 22 Chairman of the College Board of Directors A letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed accomshypanied the check

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Association Presents Chapel to College

A check for $150000 a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed and plans and specifications for the int~faith chapel for the Colleges students were presented by the AssocIation to the College Board of Directors on October 1

Presentation of the check and promise of additional aid in building the chapel was made by a delegation of officers of the Association The group consisted of W L Bal-++------------ shylard 22 Longview Association 11

President Louis R Bloodworth 32 Wmiddotchmiddott F II V P d tmiddot

1 1 a a s Ice- reSl enO T Hotchkiss 24 Port Arthur Immediate Past President and J B Hervey 42 College Station Secretary

Plans shown the Board of Directors call for a steel structure with stone and glass facings having 9200 square f eet of floor space The chapel as planned contains a sanctuary with seating cashypacity for 162 persons a chaplains ofshyfice rooms for meditation and counselshyingi a religious library and a large enshyclosed garden opening on the sanctuary It will be built on the campus between the Presidents home and Law and Purshyyear halls

Long Planned Project Construction will climax a project beshy

gun by the Association in 1952 Since that year thousands of former students have contributed to the fund

1- feature of ~he chapel is the garden whIch may be VIewed fr~m the sanctuary as well as from the outSIdeA decorative wood screen will conceal space for the possible future installation of a pipe organ

The platform before the screen is proshyposed to be decorative ordinarily with flowers and plants but is designed to be adapted to special services

Over the main entry doors present plans call for a large panel of colored glass

The front wing as planned contains mechanical equipment the building is expected to be completely air conditioned A secondary entry leads to a small wait shying- area and library

The back wing is designed to contain offices for secretary and chaplain a conshyfEfrence room and a room which may serve as a special chapel or another conshyference room

A covered walk is shown leading

Page 2 THE TEXAS AGGIE November 1955

Morgan Praises Corps At Commissioning

Pres David H Morgan was the prinshycipal speaker at ceremonies when the oath of office was administered to 478 cadet commissioned officers of the Colshylege Corps of Cadets in late October

The president of the College said that the first factor producing a good Agshygie is our strong academic programs the second force is the Corps of Cadets -the best program for leadership deshyvelopment and character training that can be found in the country-a third factor in the development of a good Aggie is the Civilian Student Council

Another factor the president deshyclared producing the good Aggie is the operation of our Student Personnel Services which this year have been orshyganized under the leadership of a dean who is known throughout the country for his work in guidance and counseling

You the officers being commissioned today have the advantage of the excelshy

Their Finest Gift (The following editorial appeared in the student newspaper The Batshy

talion on Tuesday October 4 1955) The former students have done it again And because they have done

it students at AampM will have another beautiful building in the near future But this building encompasses more than just brick steel and glass in

this structure lies the opportunity for meditation and prayer that can prove helpful to students seeking quietness and guidance

This is the chapel the culmination of another effort on the part of the Former Students Association to expand the facilities and services for stushydents at the college

The money needed for this inter-faith chapel has been donated by forshymer students the System Board of Directors also has appropriated funds for its construction if more are needed

As one Board member said The former students have done many wonshyderful things for AampM but this is undoubtedly the most wonderful and finshyest

And we agree

lent leadership of the Corps of officers free as you were You will learn one of of last year and of the year before and the facts of life-the higher you go the are better qualified than they were at more the responsibility and the less the the beginning freedom

With your acceptance of the commisshy I attribute the 93 per cent increase sion comes responsibility President in the student body at A and M this Morgan declared You will not be as fall mainly to the excellent job pershy

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The oath was administered by Lt Col For Club Sponsorship Taylor Wilkins 36 of the School of Forty copies of the just-delivered 1955 Military Science Aggieland yearbook are available to

AampM Clubs and AampM Mothers Clubs for placing in high schools so that the story of Texas AampM can be available to students who are thinking about higher education

The Beaumont Cook County and Pashynola AampM Clubs have ordered a total

Board Expresses Its Gratitude for Chapel

The Colleges Board of Directors has expressed its thanks to the Association for the gift of the chapel by means of a letter it ordered written by Board Secshyretary E L Angell to W L Ballard 22 Association President

You were present at the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 1 when it formally accepted the gift of funds and plans for a Chapel to be built on the A and M College campus the letter said You heard the expressions of appreciation for this gift which is made up of contributions from many former students whose only desire is to work for a better and greater A and M College

By Minute Order No 179-55 in which the Board accepted this gift I was directed as its Secretary to express to you and the many members of your Asshysociation the thanks and appreciation of the Board of Directors for this gift which will do so much toward the creashytion of a finer A and M College

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303 North College Ave Drawing above shows the plan of the Chapel and its visible from within Site is across the street from home of Bryan Texas

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Interior view of the Chapel as portrayed by the archishy Architecture Seating capacity will be 162 Building will tect Richard Vrooman 52 teacher in the Department of be completely air conditioned

THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

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20 in Beaumont

Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

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The Bryan Daily Eagle All-Faith Chapel February 7 1955 c

UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

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A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

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Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

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The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

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Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

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COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

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tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

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Texas AampM Professor Emeritus Dies ~

COLLEGE STATION - Texas AampM University Professor Emeritus Richard E Dik Vrooman died Tuesday Jan 29 at his home in Santa Fe New Mexico He was 8l

For 45 years Vrooman made his mark teaching training generations of Aggie architects in design and drawing He established the Kelley Vrooman RN Endowed Scholarship in honor of his wife and designed Ie) Pamprv[ All Eaiths ChaEel

Vrooman won the commission to create the chapel through a competition sponsored in 1956 by the Association of Former Students which financed the construction He also designed several residences and the School of Architecture Building at Bangladesh University of Engineering amp Technology where representing Texas AampM in an bull international cooperational program he was that nations first dean of architecture

Funeral arrangements are pending

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1957 ALL FAIT HS CHAPEL Cost $255~8322 Richard Vrooman Arc hitect Ernest Langford Profes s ional Advisor R B Butler Inc Contractor

All Faiths Ch a pel is by all odds the best of th e smaller buildings

on the campus ()ri~~i nclly concei ved to be I Chapel for ~~edi tat ion and

Prayer th e bui lchnL~ i s just that Beautiful a nd in6pirin ~ in its

bullsimplicity the chapel provides areas for meditation and discussion a

3 ar de n for beauty and enjoyment a sanctuary for religious services and

rites offices a sr 211 liblary and public readin g or waitin ar ea All

el emen ts of the plan look out u po n a spacious ga rden which itself is enshy

closed on part s 01 three sides by brick walls whos e desi~n is in harmony

with that of the bui lJin~ proper

The chapel cont ai ns about 9000 square feet of floor space The

sanctuary seats 160 comfortably Exterior walls which open on to the

garden are largely g lass others are brick and stone The builoin is

a gift of former s tud e nts of the coll ege

The a rchitect far the ch ae1 was selected by a competition open

only to g raduates of th~ division of architecture All competitors

worked from the same pro 3 r~m and within limits of mandatory requirements

A jury of awards mpde the s election from the desins submitted The

winnins design was that of ~r Richard Vrooman ~ Arch 1 952 who at

th e time of the c o ~peiition was a n Bssistampnt pr o fessor in the division

of architecture ] he ch pel was dedicat e ci llty 10 1 S 58

The Chapel which the Association gave to the eollege t b d d 0 e e Icated thIS fall

Chapel Built Dedication In Autumn

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si~plicity the Interfaith ChapelwhIch the Association gave the College by means of the Developshyment Fund is completed

Although fO lmal dedication of t he bu lding will not take place until thi f all and the landscaping remains to be completed 8 weddings have already taken place in it with 2 more scheduled for thIS summer and more than 2100 b~~t~ns have already signed the visitors

1he Chapel is open at all hours for Ylsltmg meditation and prayer accordshymg to J Gordon qa~ who will occupy

an offIce III the bUlldmg as Coordinator of Rel igious Life in addition to his duties as General Secretary of the YMCA

Centered on Enclosed Garden The Chapel has approximately 9400

square feet of area capable of being heated or cooled Its a ir conditioninoshysystem has a capacity of 32 tons b

The portion of its exterior walls which IS not shell limestone is transparen t [ lass making possible easy view of the spacious gmden area enclosed by a wal l A lawn-sprmkhng system is being inshystalled in this outside space and deshyvelopment of the landscaping here will follow A small cork oak tree has alshyready been planted to serve as a visual foca l point at the cha ncel end of the sanctuary or main room J

Has Medita t ion Room and Library The Chapel building also contains a

hbrary a lobby and a secluded meditashytion room

The organ is a gift of Mr and Mrs J Harold Dunn 25 of Amarillo in memshyory of the late Thomas F Mayo Engshylish professo r

The entire building is roofed with a durable 20-oz copper roof

Development Fund Objective The Chapel was made possible when

in October 1955 W L Ballard 22 then Association President Loui s R Blood-

worth 32 then Association Vice-Presishydent O T Hotchkiss 24 then Immeshydiate Past President of the Associationshyand J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Associa~ tion Secretary presented to the AampM Board of Directors in behalf of the Asshysociation a check for $150000 and a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 which was subsequently fulfiIIed The gift was an objective of the Asshysociations Developm ent Fund planned since 1952

Vr())man Designcd The Chapel was planned by Richard

Vrooman 52 teacher in the Division of

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First wedding in the Chapel Mr and Mrs James ~ Cassity leave the altar at the conclUSIOn of their marriage cereshym(my ~ay 31 The bride is the former

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Architecture who won the Associationshysponsored architectural competition to which Ernest Langford 13 was Professhysional Adviser and which was judged by a di stin guished Award Jury

The Chapel is not intended to duplishycate the faci lities of local churches Durshying 1955 a Committee on the Chapel a nd Its Use appointed by the Colleges Presshyident made a study and submitted deshytailed proposals

Included were the suggestions that the Chapel be equally available to 1eshyli lC ious groups of all kinds but no t be the regular meeting place of any and that the Chapel program encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activiti es of exshyis ting religious organizations

Man y ActiviJties Planned The Committee expressed th e belief

that the Chanel will be the center of an active and vitally-needed spiritual servshyice to the students

In addition to encouraging individual meditat ion and prayer and serving as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups other activities foreshyseen were making a vailable for use a ii-

Ibrary of religioUS books showing of noral and religious f ilm s and accomshymodation of small weddings funerals baptismals and other relig ious rites Memori~1 services and special relig-

ious holiday services are also to be proshyvided for according to Gay Periodic organ programs are also planned

Oscar T Hotchkiss Jr 24 Past President of the Association left presents $150000 check for Chapel to W T Doherty 22 Chairman of the College Board of Directors A letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed accomshypanied the check

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A check for $150000 a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed and plans and specifications for the int~faith chapel for the Colleges students were presented by the AssocIation to the College Board of Directors on October 1

Presentation of the check and promise of additional aid in building the chapel was made by a delegation of officers of the Association The group consisted of W L Bal-++------------ shylard 22 Longview Association 11

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Plans shown the Board of Directors call for a steel structure with stone and glass facings having 9200 square f eet of floor space The chapel as planned contains a sanctuary with seating cashypacity for 162 persons a chaplains ofshyfice rooms for meditation and counselshyingi a religious library and a large enshyclosed garden opening on the sanctuary It will be built on the campus between the Presidents home and Law and Purshyyear halls

Long Planned Project Construction will climax a project beshy

gun by the Association in 1952 Since that year thousands of former students have contributed to the fund

1- feature of ~he chapel is the garden whIch may be VIewed fr~m the sanctuary as well as from the outSIdeA decorative wood screen will conceal space for the possible future installation of a pipe organ

The platform before the screen is proshyposed to be decorative ordinarily with flowers and plants but is designed to be adapted to special services

Over the main entry doors present plans call for a large panel of colored glass

The front wing as planned contains mechanical equipment the building is expected to be completely air conditioned A secondary entry leads to a small wait shying- area and library

The back wing is designed to contain offices for secretary and chaplain a conshyfEfrence room and a room which may serve as a special chapel or another conshyference room

A covered walk is shown leading

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Morgan Praises Corps At Commissioning

Pres David H Morgan was the prinshycipal speaker at ceremonies when the oath of office was administered to 478 cadet commissioned officers of the Colshylege Corps of Cadets in late October

The president of the College said that the first factor producing a good Agshygie is our strong academic programs the second force is the Corps of Cadets -the best program for leadership deshyvelopment and character training that can be found in the country-a third factor in the development of a good Aggie is the Civilian Student Council

Another factor the president deshyclared producing the good Aggie is the operation of our Student Personnel Services which this year have been orshyganized under the leadership of a dean who is known throughout the country for his work in guidance and counseling

You the officers being commissioned today have the advantage of the excelshy

Their Finest Gift (The following editorial appeared in the student newspaper The Batshy

talion on Tuesday October 4 1955) The former students have done it again And because they have done

it students at AampM will have another beautiful building in the near future But this building encompasses more than just brick steel and glass in

this structure lies the opportunity for meditation and prayer that can prove helpful to students seeking quietness and guidance

This is the chapel the culmination of another effort on the part of the Former Students Association to expand the facilities and services for stushydents at the college

The money needed for this inter-faith chapel has been donated by forshymer students the System Board of Directors also has appropriated funds for its construction if more are needed

As one Board member said The former students have done many wonshyderful things for AampM but this is undoubtedly the most wonderful and finshyest

And we agree

lent leadership of the Corps of officers free as you were You will learn one of of last year and of the year before and the facts of life-the higher you go the are better qualified than they were at more the responsibility and the less the the beginning freedom

With your acceptance of the commisshy I attribute the 93 per cent increase sion comes responsibility President in the student body at A and M this Morgan declared You will not be as fall mainly to the excellent job pershy

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AampM Clubs and AampM Mothers Clubs for placing in high schools so that the story of Texas AampM can be available to students who are thinking about higher education

The Beaumont Cook County and Pashynola AampM Clubs have ordered a total

Board Expresses Its Gratitude for Chapel

The Colleges Board of Directors has expressed its thanks to the Association for the gift of the chapel by means of a letter it ordered written by Board Secshyretary E L Angell to W L Ballard 22 Association President

You were present at the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 1 when it formally accepted the gift of funds and plans for a Chapel to be built on the A and M College campus the letter said You heard the expressions of appreciation for this gift which is made up of contributions from many former students whose only desire is to work for a better and greater A and M College

By Minute Order No 179-55 in which the Board accepted this gift I was directed as its Secretary to express to you and the many members of your Asshysociation the thanks and appreciation of the Board of Directors for this gift which will do so much toward the creashytion of a finer A and M College

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Interior view of the Chapel as portrayed by the archishy Architecture Seating capacity will be 162 Building will tect Richard Vrooman 52 teacher in the Department of be completely air conditioned

THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

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Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

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UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

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A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

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Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

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The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

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Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

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COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

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tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

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1957 ALL FAIT HS CHAPEL Cost $255~8322 Richard Vrooman Arc hitect Ernest Langford Profes s ional Advisor R B Butler Inc Contractor

All Faiths Ch a pel is by all odds the best of th e smaller buildings

on the campus ()ri~~i nclly concei ved to be I Chapel for ~~edi tat ion and

Prayer th e bui lchnL~ i s just that Beautiful a nd in6pirin ~ in its

bullsimplicity the chapel provides areas for meditation and discussion a

3 ar de n for beauty and enjoyment a sanctuary for religious services and

rites offices a sr 211 liblary and public readin g or waitin ar ea All

el emen ts of the plan look out u po n a spacious ga rden which itself is enshy

closed on part s 01 three sides by brick walls whos e desi~n is in harmony

with that of the bui lJin~ proper

The chapel cont ai ns about 9000 square feet of floor space The

sanctuary seats 160 comfortably Exterior walls which open on to the

garden are largely g lass others are brick and stone The builoin is

a gift of former s tud e nts of the coll ege

The a rchitect far the ch ae1 was selected by a competition open

only to g raduates of th~ division of architecture All competitors

worked from the same pro 3 r~m and within limits of mandatory requirements

A jury of awards mpde the s election from the desins submitted The

winnins design was that of ~r Richard Vrooman ~ Arch 1 952 who at

th e time of the c o ~peiition was a n Bssistampnt pr o fessor in the division

of architecture ] he ch pel was dedicat e ci llty 10 1 S 58

The Chapel which the Association gave to the eollege t b d d 0 e e Icated thIS fall

Chapel Built Dedication In Autumn

Beautiful and inspil lno- ln lmiddottS b

si~plicity the Interfaith ChapelwhIch the Association gave the College by means of the Developshyment Fund is completed

Although fO lmal dedication of t he bu lding will not take place until thi f all and the landscaping remains to be completed 8 weddings have already taken place in it with 2 more scheduled for thIS summer and more than 2100 b~~t~ns have already signed the visitors

1he Chapel is open at all hours for Ylsltmg meditation and prayer accordshymg to J Gordon qa~ who will occupy

an offIce III the bUlldmg as Coordinator of Rel igious Life in addition to his duties as General Secretary of the YMCA

Centered on Enclosed Garden The Chapel has approximately 9400

square feet of area capable of being heated or cooled Its a ir conditioninoshysystem has a capacity of 32 tons b

The portion of its exterior walls which IS not shell limestone is transparen t [ lass making possible easy view of the spacious gmden area enclosed by a wal l A lawn-sprmkhng system is being inshystalled in this outside space and deshyvelopment of the landscaping here will follow A small cork oak tree has alshyready been planted to serve as a visual foca l point at the cha ncel end of the sanctuary or main room J

Has Medita t ion Room and Library The Chapel building also contains a

hbrary a lobby and a secluded meditashytion room

The organ is a gift of Mr and Mrs J Harold Dunn 25 of Amarillo in memshyory of the late Thomas F Mayo Engshylish professo r

The entire building is roofed with a durable 20-oz copper roof

Development Fund Objective The Chapel was made possible when

in October 1955 W L Ballard 22 then Association President Loui s R Blood-

worth 32 then Association Vice-Presishydent O T Hotchkiss 24 then Immeshydiate Past President of the Associationshyand J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Associa~ tion Secretary presented to the AampM Board of Directors in behalf of the Asshysociation a check for $150000 and a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 which was subsequently fulfiIIed The gift was an objective of the Asshysociations Developm ent Fund planned since 1952

Vr())man Designcd The Chapel was planned by Richard

Vrooman 52 teacher in the Division of

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First wedding in the Chapel Mr and Mrs James ~ Cassity leave the altar at the conclUSIOn of their marriage cereshym(my ~ay 31 The bride is the former

IMISS L~nda Scott of College Station CassIty IS a geology senior

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Architecture who won the Associationshysponsored architectural competition to which Ernest Langford 13 was Professhysional Adviser and which was judged by a di stin guished Award Jury

The Chapel is not intended to duplishycate the faci lities of local churches Durshying 1955 a Committee on the Chapel a nd Its Use appointed by the Colleges Presshyident made a study and submitted deshytailed proposals

Included were the suggestions that the Chapel be equally available to 1eshyli lC ious groups of all kinds but no t be the regular meeting place of any and that the Chapel program encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activiti es of exshyis ting religious organizations

Man y ActiviJties Planned The Committee expressed th e belief

that the Chanel will be the center of an active and vitally-needed spiritual servshyice to the students

In addition to encouraging individual meditat ion and prayer and serving as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups other activities foreshyseen were making a vailable for use a ii-

Ibrary of religioUS books showing of noral and religious f ilm s and accomshymodation of small weddings funerals baptismals and other relig ious rites Memori~1 services and special relig-

ious holiday services are also to be proshyvided for according to Gay Periodic organ programs are also planned

Oscar T Hotchkiss Jr 24 Past President of the Association left presents $150000 check for Chapel to W T Doherty 22 Chairman of the College Board of Directors A letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed accomshypanied the check

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Association Presents Chapel to College

A check for $150000 a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed and plans and specifications for the int~faith chapel for the Colleges students were presented by the AssocIation to the College Board of Directors on October 1

Presentation of the check and promise of additional aid in building the chapel was made by a delegation of officers of the Association The group consisted of W L Bal-++------------ shylard 22 Longview Association 11

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1 1 a a s Ice- reSl enO T Hotchkiss 24 Port Arthur Immediate Past President and J B Hervey 42 College Station Secretary

Plans shown the Board of Directors call for a steel structure with stone and glass facings having 9200 square f eet of floor space The chapel as planned contains a sanctuary with seating cashypacity for 162 persons a chaplains ofshyfice rooms for meditation and counselshyingi a religious library and a large enshyclosed garden opening on the sanctuary It will be built on the campus between the Presidents home and Law and Purshyyear halls

Long Planned Project Construction will climax a project beshy

gun by the Association in 1952 Since that year thousands of former students have contributed to the fund

1- feature of ~he chapel is the garden whIch may be VIewed fr~m the sanctuary as well as from the outSIdeA decorative wood screen will conceal space for the possible future installation of a pipe organ

The platform before the screen is proshyposed to be decorative ordinarily with flowers and plants but is designed to be adapted to special services

Over the main entry doors present plans call for a large panel of colored glass

The front wing as planned contains mechanical equipment the building is expected to be completely air conditioned A secondary entry leads to a small wait shying- area and library

The back wing is designed to contain offices for secretary and chaplain a conshyfEfrence room and a room which may serve as a special chapel or another conshyference room

A covered walk is shown leading

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Morgan Praises Corps At Commissioning

Pres David H Morgan was the prinshycipal speaker at ceremonies when the oath of office was administered to 478 cadet commissioned officers of the Colshylege Corps of Cadets in late October

The president of the College said that the first factor producing a good Agshygie is our strong academic programs the second force is the Corps of Cadets -the best program for leadership deshyvelopment and character training that can be found in the country-a third factor in the development of a good Aggie is the Civilian Student Council

Another factor the president deshyclared producing the good Aggie is the operation of our Student Personnel Services which this year have been orshyganized under the leadership of a dean who is known throughout the country for his work in guidance and counseling

You the officers being commissioned today have the advantage of the excelshy

Their Finest Gift (The following editorial appeared in the student newspaper The Batshy

talion on Tuesday October 4 1955) The former students have done it again And because they have done

it students at AampM will have another beautiful building in the near future But this building encompasses more than just brick steel and glass in

this structure lies the opportunity for meditation and prayer that can prove helpful to students seeking quietness and guidance

This is the chapel the culmination of another effort on the part of the Former Students Association to expand the facilities and services for stushydents at the college

The money needed for this inter-faith chapel has been donated by forshymer students the System Board of Directors also has appropriated funds for its construction if more are needed

As one Board member said The former students have done many wonshyderful things for AampM but this is undoubtedly the most wonderful and finshyest

And we agree

lent leadership of the Corps of officers free as you were You will learn one of of last year and of the year before and the facts of life-the higher you go the are better qualified than they were at more the responsibility and the less the the beginning freedom

With your acceptance of the commisshy I attribute the 93 per cent increase sion comes responsibility President in the student body at A and M this Morgan declared You will not be as fall mainly to the excellent job pershy

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The oath was administered by Lt Col For Club Sponsorship Taylor Wilkins 36 of the School of Forty copies of the just-delivered 1955 Military Science Aggieland yearbook are available to

AampM Clubs and AampM Mothers Clubs for placing in high schools so that the story of Texas AampM can be available to students who are thinking about higher education

The Beaumont Cook County and Pashynola AampM Clubs have ordered a total

Board Expresses Its Gratitude for Chapel

The Colleges Board of Directors has expressed its thanks to the Association for the gift of the chapel by means of a letter it ordered written by Board Secshyretary E L Angell to W L Ballard 22 Association President

You were present at the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 1 when it formally accepted the gift of funds and plans for a Chapel to be built on the A and M College campus the letter said You heard the expressions of appreciation for this gift which is made up of contributions from many former students whose only desire is to work for a better and greater A and M College

By Minute Order No 179-55 in which the Board accepted this gift I was directed as its Secretary to express to you and the many members of your Asshysociation the thanks and appreciation of the Board of Directors for this gift which will do so much toward the creashytion of a finer A and M College

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Interior view of the Chapel as portrayed by the archishy Architecture Seating capacity will be 162 Building will tect Richard Vrooman 52 teacher in the Department of be completely air conditioned

THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

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Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

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UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

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A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

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Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

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The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

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COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

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tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

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The Chapel which the Association gave to the eollege t b d d 0 e e Icated thIS fall

Chapel Built Dedication In Autumn

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si~plicity the Interfaith ChapelwhIch the Association gave the College by means of the Developshyment Fund is completed

Although fO lmal dedication of t he bu lding will not take place until thi f all and the landscaping remains to be completed 8 weddings have already taken place in it with 2 more scheduled for thIS summer and more than 2100 b~~t~ns have already signed the visitors

1he Chapel is open at all hours for Ylsltmg meditation and prayer accordshymg to J Gordon qa~ who will occupy

an offIce III the bUlldmg as Coordinator of Rel igious Life in addition to his duties as General Secretary of the YMCA

Centered on Enclosed Garden The Chapel has approximately 9400

square feet of area capable of being heated or cooled Its a ir conditioninoshysystem has a capacity of 32 tons b

The portion of its exterior walls which IS not shell limestone is transparen t [ lass making possible easy view of the spacious gmden area enclosed by a wal l A lawn-sprmkhng system is being inshystalled in this outside space and deshyvelopment of the landscaping here will follow A small cork oak tree has alshyready been planted to serve as a visual foca l point at the cha ncel end of the sanctuary or main room J

Has Medita t ion Room and Library The Chapel building also contains a

hbrary a lobby and a secluded meditashytion room

The organ is a gift of Mr and Mrs J Harold Dunn 25 of Amarillo in memshyory of the late Thomas F Mayo Engshylish professo r

The entire building is roofed with a durable 20-oz copper roof

Development Fund Objective The Chapel was made possible when

in October 1955 W L Ballard 22 then Association President Loui s R Blood-

worth 32 then Association Vice-Presishydent O T Hotchkiss 24 then Immeshydiate Past President of the Associationshyand J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Associa~ tion Secretary presented to the AampM Board of Directors in behalf of the Asshysociation a check for $150000 and a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 which was subsequently fulfiIIed The gift was an objective of the Asshysociations Developm ent Fund planned since 1952

Vr())man Designcd The Chapel was planned by Richard

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First wedding in the Chapel Mr and Mrs James ~ Cassity leave the altar at the conclUSIOn of their marriage cereshym(my ~ay 31 The bride is the former

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Architecture who won the Associationshysponsored architectural competition to which Ernest Langford 13 was Professhysional Adviser and which was judged by a di stin guished Award Jury

The Chapel is not intended to duplishycate the faci lities of local churches Durshying 1955 a Committee on the Chapel a nd Its Use appointed by the Colleges Presshyident made a study and submitted deshytailed proposals

Included were the suggestions that the Chapel be equally available to 1eshyli lC ious groups of all kinds but no t be the regular meeting place of any and that the Chapel program encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activiti es of exshyis ting religious organizations

Man y ActiviJties Planned The Committee expressed th e belief

that the Chanel will be the center of an active and vitally-needed spiritual servshyice to the students

In addition to encouraging individual meditat ion and prayer and serving as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups other activities foreshyseen were making a vailable for use a ii-

Ibrary of religioUS books showing of noral and religious f ilm s and accomshymodation of small weddings funerals baptismals and other relig ious rites Memori~1 services and special relig-

ious holiday services are also to be proshyvided for according to Gay Periodic organ programs are also planned

Oscar T Hotchkiss Jr 24 Past President of the Association left presents $150000 check for Chapel to W T Doherty 22 Chairman of the College Board of Directors A letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed accomshypanied the check

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A check for $150000 a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed and plans and specifications for the int~faith chapel for the Colleges students were presented by the AssocIation to the College Board of Directors on October 1

Presentation of the check and promise of additional aid in building the chapel was made by a delegation of officers of the Association The group consisted of W L Bal-++------------ shylard 22 Longview Association 11

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Plans shown the Board of Directors call for a steel structure with stone and glass facings having 9200 square f eet of floor space The chapel as planned contains a sanctuary with seating cashypacity for 162 persons a chaplains ofshyfice rooms for meditation and counselshyingi a religious library and a large enshyclosed garden opening on the sanctuary It will be built on the campus between the Presidents home and Law and Purshyyear halls

Long Planned Project Construction will climax a project beshy

gun by the Association in 1952 Since that year thousands of former students have contributed to the fund

1- feature of ~he chapel is the garden whIch may be VIewed fr~m the sanctuary as well as from the outSIdeA decorative wood screen will conceal space for the possible future installation of a pipe organ

The platform before the screen is proshyposed to be decorative ordinarily with flowers and plants but is designed to be adapted to special services

Over the main entry doors present plans call for a large panel of colored glass

The front wing as planned contains mechanical equipment the building is expected to be completely air conditioned A secondary entry leads to a small wait shying- area and library

The back wing is designed to contain offices for secretary and chaplain a conshyfEfrence room and a room which may serve as a special chapel or another conshyference room

A covered walk is shown leading

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Morgan Praises Corps At Commissioning

Pres David H Morgan was the prinshycipal speaker at ceremonies when the oath of office was administered to 478 cadet commissioned officers of the Colshylege Corps of Cadets in late October

The president of the College said that the first factor producing a good Agshygie is our strong academic programs the second force is the Corps of Cadets -the best program for leadership deshyvelopment and character training that can be found in the country-a third factor in the development of a good Aggie is the Civilian Student Council

Another factor the president deshyclared producing the good Aggie is the operation of our Student Personnel Services which this year have been orshyganized under the leadership of a dean who is known throughout the country for his work in guidance and counseling

You the officers being commissioned today have the advantage of the excelshy

Their Finest Gift (The following editorial appeared in the student newspaper The Batshy

talion on Tuesday October 4 1955) The former students have done it again And because they have done

it students at AampM will have another beautiful building in the near future But this building encompasses more than just brick steel and glass in

this structure lies the opportunity for meditation and prayer that can prove helpful to students seeking quietness and guidance

This is the chapel the culmination of another effort on the part of the Former Students Association to expand the facilities and services for stushydents at the college

The money needed for this inter-faith chapel has been donated by forshymer students the System Board of Directors also has appropriated funds for its construction if more are needed

As one Board member said The former students have done many wonshyderful things for AampM but this is undoubtedly the most wonderful and finshyest

And we agree

lent leadership of the Corps of officers free as you were You will learn one of of last year and of the year before and the facts of life-the higher you go the are better qualified than they were at more the responsibility and the less the the beginning freedom

With your acceptance of the commisshy I attribute the 93 per cent increase sion comes responsibility President in the student body at A and M this Morgan declared You will not be as fall mainly to the excellent job pershy

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AampM Clubs and AampM Mothers Clubs for placing in high schools so that the story of Texas AampM can be available to students who are thinking about higher education

The Beaumont Cook County and Pashynola AampM Clubs have ordered a total

Board Expresses Its Gratitude for Chapel

The Colleges Board of Directors has expressed its thanks to the Association for the gift of the chapel by means of a letter it ordered written by Board Secshyretary E L Angell to W L Ballard 22 Association President

You were present at the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 1 when it formally accepted the gift of funds and plans for a Chapel to be built on the A and M College campus the letter said You heard the expressions of appreciation for this gift which is made up of contributions from many former students whose only desire is to work for a better and greater A and M College

By Minute Order No 179-55 in which the Board accepted this gift I was directed as its Secretary to express to you and the many members of your Asshysociation the thanks and appreciation of the Board of Directors for this gift which will do so much toward the creashytion of a finer A and M College

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THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

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Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

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UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

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l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

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Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

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Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

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COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

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tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

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Oscar T Hotchkiss Jr 24 Past President of the Association left presents $150000 check for Chapel to W T Doherty 22 Chairman of the College Board of Directors A letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed accomshypanied the check

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Association Presents Chapel to College

A check for $150000 a letter of commitment for an additional $50000 if needed and plans and specifications for the int~faith chapel for the Colleges students were presented by the AssocIation to the College Board of Directors on October 1

Presentation of the check and promise of additional aid in building the chapel was made by a delegation of officers of the Association The group consisted of W L Bal-++------------ shylard 22 Longview Association 11

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Plans shown the Board of Directors call for a steel structure with stone and glass facings having 9200 square f eet of floor space The chapel as planned contains a sanctuary with seating cashypacity for 162 persons a chaplains ofshyfice rooms for meditation and counselshyingi a religious library and a large enshyclosed garden opening on the sanctuary It will be built on the campus between the Presidents home and Law and Purshyyear halls

Long Planned Project Construction will climax a project beshy

gun by the Association in 1952 Since that year thousands of former students have contributed to the fund

1- feature of ~he chapel is the garden whIch may be VIewed fr~m the sanctuary as well as from the outSIdeA decorative wood screen will conceal space for the possible future installation of a pipe organ

The platform before the screen is proshyposed to be decorative ordinarily with flowers and plants but is designed to be adapted to special services

Over the main entry doors present plans call for a large panel of colored glass

The front wing as planned contains mechanical equipment the building is expected to be completely air conditioned A secondary entry leads to a small wait shying- area and library

The back wing is designed to contain offices for secretary and chaplain a conshyfEfrence room and a room which may serve as a special chapel or another conshyference room

A covered walk is shown leading

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Morgan Praises Corps At Commissioning

Pres David H Morgan was the prinshycipal speaker at ceremonies when the oath of office was administered to 478 cadet commissioned officers of the Colshylege Corps of Cadets in late October

The president of the College said that the first factor producing a good Agshygie is our strong academic programs the second force is the Corps of Cadets -the best program for leadership deshyvelopment and character training that can be found in the country-a third factor in the development of a good Aggie is the Civilian Student Council

Another factor the president deshyclared producing the good Aggie is the operation of our Student Personnel Services which this year have been orshyganized under the leadership of a dean who is known throughout the country for his work in guidance and counseling

You the officers being commissioned today have the advantage of the excelshy

Their Finest Gift (The following editorial appeared in the student newspaper The Batshy

talion on Tuesday October 4 1955) The former students have done it again And because they have done

it students at AampM will have another beautiful building in the near future But this building encompasses more than just brick steel and glass in

this structure lies the opportunity for meditation and prayer that can prove helpful to students seeking quietness and guidance

This is the chapel the culmination of another effort on the part of the Former Students Association to expand the facilities and services for stushydents at the college

The money needed for this inter-faith chapel has been donated by forshymer students the System Board of Directors also has appropriated funds for its construction if more are needed

As one Board member said The former students have done many wonshyderful things for AampM but this is undoubtedly the most wonderful and finshyest

And we agree

lent leadership of the Corps of officers free as you were You will learn one of of last year and of the year before and the facts of life-the higher you go the are better qualified than they were at more the responsibility and the less the the beginning freedom

With your acceptance of the commisshy I attribute the 93 per cent increase sion comes responsibility President in the student body at A and M this Morgan declared You will not be as fall mainly to the excellent job pershy

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AampM Clubs and AampM Mothers Clubs for placing in high schools so that the story of Texas AampM can be available to students who are thinking about higher education

The Beaumont Cook County and Pashynola AampM Clubs have ordered a total

Board Expresses Its Gratitude for Chapel

The Colleges Board of Directors has expressed its thanks to the Association for the gift of the chapel by means of a letter it ordered written by Board Secshyretary E L Angell to W L Ballard 22 Association President

You were present at the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 1 when it formally accepted the gift of funds and plans for a Chapel to be built on the A and M College campus the letter said You heard the expressions of appreciation for this gift which is made up of contributions from many former students whose only desire is to work for a better and greater A and M College

By Minute Order No 179-55 in which the Board accepted this gift I was directed as its Secretary to express to you and the many members of your Asshysociation the thanks and appreciation of the Board of Directors for this gift which will do so much toward the creashytion of a finer A and M College

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THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

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Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

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UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

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Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

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l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

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Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

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The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

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COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

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tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

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Morgan Praises Corps At Commissioning

Pres David H Morgan was the prinshycipal speaker at ceremonies when the oath of office was administered to 478 cadet commissioned officers of the Colshylege Corps of Cadets in late October

The president of the College said that the first factor producing a good Agshygie is our strong academic programs the second force is the Corps of Cadets -the best program for leadership deshyvelopment and character training that can be found in the country-a third factor in the development of a good Aggie is the Civilian Student Council

Another factor the president deshyclared producing the good Aggie is the operation of our Student Personnel Services which this year have been orshyganized under the leadership of a dean who is known throughout the country for his work in guidance and counseling

You the officers being commissioned today have the advantage of the excelshy

Their Finest Gift (The following editorial appeared in the student newspaper The Batshy

talion on Tuesday October 4 1955) The former students have done it again And because they have done

it students at AampM will have another beautiful building in the near future But this building encompasses more than just brick steel and glass in

this structure lies the opportunity for meditation and prayer that can prove helpful to students seeking quietness and guidance

This is the chapel the culmination of another effort on the part of the Former Students Association to expand the facilities and services for stushydents at the college

The money needed for this inter-faith chapel has been donated by forshymer students the System Board of Directors also has appropriated funds for its construction if more are needed

As one Board member said The former students have done many wonshyderful things for AampM but this is undoubtedly the most wonderful and finshyest

And we agree

lent leadership of the Corps of officers free as you were You will learn one of of last year and of the year before and the facts of life-the higher you go the are better qualified than they were at more the responsibility and the less the the beginning freedom

With your acceptance of the commisshy I attribute the 93 per cent increase sion comes responsibility President in the student body at A and M this Morgan declared You will not be as fall mainly to the excellent job pershy

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The oath was administered by Lt Col For Club Sponsorship Taylor Wilkins 36 of the School of Forty copies of the just-delivered 1955 Military Science Aggieland yearbook are available to

AampM Clubs and AampM Mothers Clubs for placing in high schools so that the story of Texas AampM can be available to students who are thinking about higher education

The Beaumont Cook County and Pashynola AampM Clubs have ordered a total

Board Expresses Its Gratitude for Chapel

The Colleges Board of Directors has expressed its thanks to the Association for the gift of the chapel by means of a letter it ordered written by Board Secshyretary E L Angell to W L Ballard 22 Association President

You were present at the meeting of the Board of Directors on October 1 when it formally accepted the gift of funds and plans for a Chapel to be built on the A and M College campus the letter said You heard the expressions of appreciation for this gift which is made up of contributions from many former students whose only desire is to work for a better and greater A and M College

By Minute Order No 179-55 in which the Board accepted this gift I was directed as its Secretary to express to you and the many members of your Asshysociation the thanks and appreciation of the Board of Directors for this gift which will do so much toward the creashytion of a finer A and M College

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THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

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Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

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The Bryan Daily Eagle All-Faith Chapel February 7 1955 c

UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

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A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

(See CHAPEL Page 2)

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Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

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The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

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COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

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tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

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Interior view of the Chapel as portrayed by the archishy Architecture Seating capacity will be 162 Building will tect Richard Vrooman 52 teacher in the Department of be completely air conditioned

THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

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Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

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The Bryan Daily Eagle All-Faith Chapel February 7 1955 c

UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

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A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

(See CHAPEL Page 2)

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Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

(See VROOMAN Page 8)

bullThe Texas A ggle i-rrTIlfTrfffufTrlElY ~ ~1IJPublished For The Former Students of Texas A amp M College ~~ middot l - ~ rl~ ~ -4 t-~~ atmiddot f+~ ff PJmiddot ~

The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

UNIV E RSITY A RCH I VESSPECIAL SUBJECTS middotbull THE EAGLE ALL FAITHS CijAPEL T e xas AampM Unive rsity AUGUST 261954 C ollege Station T e xas

(hapel To Be

BuUI On AampM middotmiddot Colleile Campus

COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

I Hotchkiss IIr Port Arthur bull president of the Former Stu~ dent~ 4ssociatiotL middot

The chapel will occupy middot a

tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

Page 8: All Faiths Chapel

November 1955 THE TEXAS AGGIE

I

HC l-l Agi) V ROOMAN Po 12 ( H ( Tamp C T

Interior view of the Chapel as portrayed by the archishy Architecture Seating capacity will be 162 Building will tect Richard Vrooman 52 teacher in the Department of be completely air conditioned

THE DEVELOPMENT FUND News and Views Board Pays Tribute To Henry Reese ill

The Texas AampM College System Board of Directors at the regular meeting held

1 About Annual Gifts II About Special Gifts Of Former Students Grants Bequests Oct 1 passed a resolution paying tribshyTo the Development ute to Henry Reese III Gonzales newsshySought Through( paperman vho served as a member ofFund of the The Development the Board from 1945 to 1951 Mr Reese

Page 3

20 in Beaumont

Babcock Honored As AampM Booster

C L (Charlie) Babcok 20 long-time College booster was honored with a tesshytimonial dinner-dance at the Harvest Club attended by 700 members and guests of the Beaumont A and M Club recently

Present to honor Mr Babcock were Dr Marion Thomas Harrington 22 Chancellor of the AampM College System and Dr David H Morgan President of the College

Mr Babcock was feted at a This Is Your Life program reviewing his life Both he and his wife were presented afshyterwards with books bound in maroon and gold inscribed with the words This Is Your Life C L (Charlie) Babcock

Through the years he has done untold work on behalf of A and IV the Former Students Assn and Aggie Club and the Beaumont A and M Club which owes its popularity to his inspired enthusiasshytic and unselfish efforts John F Zumshymo 45 one of the cosponson of the orogram said of Mr Babcock Madison Wright 31 and Wayne Brown 40 were sponsors with Mr Zummo

Mr Zummo and Mr Brown were masshyters of ceremonies during the This Is Your Life show As mystery guests fot Mr Babcock to identify they presented Dr Harrington Dr Morgan Mrs Leona Hurlburt of Houston George B Morgan 28 of Beaumont and W J Balmer of Beaumont Mrs Hurlburt was a childshyhood sweetheart and MI Morgan a colshylege classmate

Other gifts presented Mr Babcock were a desk set fro m the A and M Club and keys-just the keys-to a Cadillac car Mrs Babcock was presented a vase from the A and M Club

Mr Babcock who has never worn a hat was presented with a Stetson

Special guests included John Cuthrell 29 of New Orleans president of the A and M Club of New Orleans J ohn Mayfield 23 of Houston president of the Aggie Club W L Ballard 22 of Longview pres ident of t he Former Stushydents Assn Melvin Maltz 47 Houston A and M Club president

LAO nPVfll M n lvpto A rl

SPECIAL SUBJl~crrS

The Bryan Daily Eagle All-Faith Chapel February 7 1955 c

UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

r_____~ -__~__

A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

(See CHAPEL Page 2)

~-

Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

(See VROOMAN Page 8)

bullThe Texas A ggle i-rrTIlfTrfffufTrlElY ~ ~1IJPublished For The Former Students of Texas A amp M College ~~ middot l - ~ rl~ ~ -4 t-~~ atmiddot f+~ ff PJmiddot ~

The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

UNIV E RSITY A RCH I VESSPECIAL SUBJECTS middotbull THE EAGLE ALL FAITHS CijAPEL T e xas AampM Unive rsity AUGUST 261954 C ollege Station T e xas

(hapel To Be

BuUI On AampM middotmiddot Colleile Campus

COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

I Hotchkiss IIr Port Arthur bull president of the Former Stu~ dent~ 4ssociatiotL middot

The chapel will occupy middot a

tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

Page 9: All Faiths Chapel

SPECIAL SUBJl~crrS

The Bryan Daily Eagle All-Faith Chapel February 7 1955 c

UNIVERSITY ARC H I V ES Texas AampM U niversity Co llege S t a tio n T e x a s

Quarter-Million Dollar Chapel PlannedFor AampM

COLLEGE STATION - Con- and administration office r strlidion on a quarter-million Members of the jury making

Idollar chapel for meditation the awards illclude Thomas E and prayer dedicated to all Greacen II of Houston chair-

I faiths on the campus of Texas man Carl Koek of the MassshyiA and ~~ College wil1get under achusetts Institute of Technolshyway this year ogy Oscar T Hotchkills jr

The design for the chapel sub-Port Arthur president of the I mitted by Richard Vrooman as- Association of Former Students i sstant professor in the Depart- Howard-R Meyer Dallas Prof inent of Architecture was selec Robert F White A and M ted as tlie basic design for the Ern~st Langford head of the buHdingand he was named the cltgtlleges Department of middotArchshyarchitect for the chapel two other designs submitted by torshymer students of the Architecture Department drew prizes of $500 and $250

Second plrze -Wfnt to Preston M Bolton of Houston and third went to Donald EJarvis of Dallas

The construction will be fishynancedby the Association of Former Students

The chapel wm occupy a tree lined plot now vacant)n front of the residence of Dr David

H Morglln presIdent of the col~

ite~ture was the professional advisor to the jury on awards

Professor Vrooman holds an AB degree from Oberlin college B Arch from Western Reserve and M Arch frotti Texas A and M He has been with the college for four years

MrBolton is the son of iPresishydent-Emeritus and Mrs ~ FC Bolton of the college and a 1941 graduate Jarvi~ is a gtadlate class ~of 49 and the son of Mr anq MrS W E Jarvis of Fort Worth Th~program of t~~ efoldowing

lege It will include -the chap_assocIatIon reads Tl11S shall _ be a place where men of all el properseatmg about 200 per- faiths shall find wholesoine and sOI1S 1ibrary reception and con- inspirational environlnfnt for ference -rooms patio r garden the moment of meditation

r_____~ -__~__

A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

(See CHAPEL Page 2)

~-

Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

(See VROOMAN Page 8)

bullThe Texas A ggle i-rrTIlfTrfffufTrlElY ~ ~1IJPublished For The Former Students of Texas A amp M College ~~ middot l - ~ rl~ ~ -4 t-~~ atmiddot f+~ ff PJmiddot ~

The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

UNIV E RSITY A RCH I VESSPECIAL SUBJECTS middotbull THE EAGLE ALL FAITHS CijAPEL T e xas AampM Unive rsity AUGUST 261954 C ollege Station T e xas

(hapel To Be

BuUI On AampM middotmiddot Colleile Campus

COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

I Hotchkiss IIr Port Arthur bull president of the Former Stu~ dent~ 4ssociatiotL middot

The chapel will occupy middot a

tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

Page 10: All Faiths Chapel

r_____~ -__~__

A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer Culmination of long planning made possible by the contributions of thousshy

l)~t~ Ul tAUaptl Plans for the use of the chapel

have been formulated by a Colshylege committee appointed by Presshyident David H Morgan The comshymittee consisted of Rev Norman Anderson College Station Presbyterian minister who served as chairman Gorshydon Gay Secretary of the College YMshyCA J B (Dick) Hervey 42 Secretary of the Association of Former Students John Paul Abbott Dean of the College Rev R D Longshore Baptist minister who is President of the College Station Association of Religious Leaders and Marvin Noble Chemistry major who is President of the student Inter-Faith Council Longshore and Noble were exshyofficio members of the committee

Proposals Made The committee felt that the chapel will

be an evidence of the Colleges interest in things of the spirit and that it should be a center of an active and vitally-needshyed spiritual service to the students

Two specific suggestions were made by the committee

The chapel should be equally availshyable to religious groups of all kinds but should not be the regular meeting place of any

The chapel program should encourage the spiritual development and expression of students and staff supplementing rather than encroaching on the activities of existing religious organizations

Spiritual Counseling Program Asked The Committee on the Chapel and Its

Use asserted the need on the campus for a spiritual counseling prog ram for which it recommended the appointment of a College Chaplain who would be responshysible to the Dean of Student Personnel Services in order to integrate the spirshyitual counseling program with the total program of student counseling and stushydent life

Other Uses Projected The chapel could also the committee

said serve to encourage individual medishytation and prayer accumulate a library of books relating to religion sponsor reshycitals of rehgious music show moral and religious films accommodate small wedshydings funerals baptismals and other religious rites and serve as an occasional meeting place for small religious groups of all faiths

With the Associations October 1 Develshyopment Fund News Letter at the suggesshytion of President W Lambert Ballard 22 have been sent to the Association office in large number for delivery to the faculty members concerned

At the end of October about 1500 had been received

Each card had space for the name of the faculty member whom the Associashytion member wanted to greet and room on the back for a brief message

In an editorial titled In Appreciation the Battalion commented To those staff members who see students come and go it will probably mean a lot to know what they had tried to present to their stushydents dUring college days stuck with them enough to make them want to note their appreciation

Turkey Day Open House Open House for all AampM men their

families and friends will be held Thanksshygiving Nov 24 830 am till gametime on the second floor of the Memorial Stushydent Center This is your invitation to drop by for a visit and a cup of coffee

The Association of Former Students

The building wiiI provide a center for prayer and meditation for students of all faiths

Design for the chapel was done by Richard Vrooman 52 a teacher in the Colleges Department of Architecture

In the same action in which it accepted the gift the Board authorized Chancelshylor M T Harrington 22 to receive bids for construction of the chapel upon comshypletion of plans and specifications by the architect

Work On Plans Continues Vrooman and a collaborating group of

professional men have been working on the development of the final design and details of the chapel since the spring of 1955 Working drawings and specifishycations are expected to be completed about the end of the year

Entitled A Chapel for Meditation and Prayer in the program written for the competition which resulted in the selecshytion of the architect the chapel is not intended to duplicate the facilities of any local churches

Garden Willl Be Featured The building has been designed to fit

among the existing trees at the proshyposed building site

ands of former students Exterior front view as visualized by Richard Vrooman 52 Chapel Archi~ect

around the garden and back into the chapel It is proposed t o surround the garden by a perforated brick wall

Limestone Glass For Walls Enclosin~ walls are planned to be

largely of glass otherwise shell limeshystone matching the Memorial Student Center Other details include copper roof terrazzo f loor except for carpeting in certain areas interior wood finished naturally and acoustical plaster ceiling in the wings

Coloring lighting and landscaping are also being planned in detail

In addition to Vrooman the design team working on the chapel includes William G Wagner Bryan Associate Architect Howard R Meyer Dallas ConSUlting Architect A M Martin 41 Bryan Structural Engineer J W Hall 39 Bryan Mechanical Engineer Robert F White teacher in the Colleges Flori- culture and Landscape Architecture Deshypartment and R N Lane Austin Acoustical Consultant

Professional Adviser to the Association has been Ernest Langford 13 head of the Architecture Department and Mayor cf College Station

(See CHAPEL Page 2)

~-

Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

(See VROOMAN Page 8)

bullThe Texas A ggle i-rrTIlfTrfffufTrlElY ~ ~1IJPublished For The Former Students of Texas A amp M College ~~ middot l - ~ rl~ ~ -4 t-~~ atmiddot f+~ ff PJmiddot ~

The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

UNIV E RSITY A RCH I VESSPECIAL SUBJECTS middotbull THE EAGLE ALL FAITHS CijAPEL T e xas AampM Unive rsity AUGUST 261954 C ollege Station T e xas

(hapel To Be

BuUI On AampM middotmiddot Colleile Campus

COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

I Hotchkiss IIr Port Arthur bull president of the Former Stu~ dent~ 4ssociatiotL middot

The chapel will occupy middot a

tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

Page 11: All Faiths Chapel

Annual Meeting on Campus More than 100 club officers representshy matters of interest to the AampM College

ing clubs in Texas Louisiana and Oklashy System being considered by the presenthoma returned to the campus in Janushy legislative session He also covered in ary for the Ninth Annual Club Officers his speech the work of the presidents ofmeeting military colleges in their mission to obshy

The highly enthusiastic group heard tain more recognition for them speeches from President Oscar T Hotchshy One of the highlights of the weekend kiss Jr 24 Port Arthur and Vice was a resolution approved unanimouslyPresident W L Ballard 22 Dallas by those in attendance at the Club Offishyamong numerous college and Associashy cers and Class Agents Conference Thetion officials approved resolution is as follows

The workshop type conference got unshyA amp M Club Officers Represhyder way on Saturday afternoon and in

sentatives and Class Agents inthe first portion of the conference they ~ssembly at the annual meetingheard remarks by Pete Hardesty 44 this date express these viewsconcerning High School Day and by E

Realizing the tremendous task velopment Fund who spoke on the 195(i E McQuillen 20 director of the Deshy

faling- Athletic Director and Head Opportunity Award Scholarship proshy Coach Paul Bryant and his staff gram we voice approval of placing pri shy

marv responsibility above otherThe second part of the conference was matters Attendance of Mr Bryshydevoted to an exchange of ideas conshyant at any of our Club meetingscerning club operation Interesting and is welcome but we are in complete informative talks were given by the folshy

lowing club officers understanding that such attendshyan is not the nrimary responshyJohn R (Bubba) ReeVeS 41 past sibility of Mr Bryant and his

president of the San Antonio AampM Club staffj2ave a very interesting discussion on

We express to Mr Bryant andthe development of the San Antonio his pntire staff our anpreciationClub AIYrie Park and Memorial Clubshyfor the marvelous job done in thehouse He reviewed the steps taken bv fall nd our confidence in themthe club from the acquisition of the land for the futureto the comnletion and dedication of the

$60000 facility We further exnress to Presishydent David H Morgan and allEd H lvev Jr 41 president of the members of his faculty and staffBra7oriaAampM Club discussed the orshyour sincere wishes and completepanization activities and program of

hj~ group rrmfidence i thpir Iuidan(e of the destiny of AampM College

Representinj2 the smaller club wasbull John B Cunningham 34 president of W L Ballard 22 DaIIas vice nresshy

the Cooke Countv AampM Club who outshy iilpnt for the Association presided atliner the projects and program of the the Club Officers Conference for Johnom IIer club Lindsey 44 Houston who was unable

C L Babcock 20 past president of to attend because of illness th~ Bpaumont AampM Club nresented an j~pirir]O me~r1 lYe covering the sponsorshy Spring Enrollment en meeting club pUblicity and club proshyprms The enrollment as of Monday Feb 14

Highlipht of the weekend for club ofshy for the spring semestpr at the CoIIege fi cpr~ da~s aents and others in at shy was 5863 Lloyd H Heaton registrar tendl n(p W8S the ltlinnergiven Saturshy has said For the same period in the I nin-ht I the As~()(iatirm which fpl shy nring of 1954 the enrollment waf 5514 tlll~d an arlrre bv Pesident D~vid H Registration continued for several more Morgan President Morgan spoke on days

H L (Howdy) Wdout Jr 17 Dallas I owner of Ridout Motors Inc was apshypointed to fill the unexpired tenn of H L Winfield of Fort Stockton who resigned because of ill health

Other Board members are J W Withshyerspoon Hereford Robert AIIen Rayshymondville W T Doherty 22 Houston J Harold Dunn 25 Amarillo and R H Finney 38 Greenville

A more comprehensive story about the new Board appointees wiII appear in the March issue of The Texas Aggie

P L Downs Jr 06 Confined to Hospital

Thousands of friends of the Colleges Official Greeter P L Downs Jr 06 will reglet to learn of his current illshyness Pinky became ill shortly after the first of the year and was confined to the Scott and White Hospital in Temple for a brief time Soon t~ere- I

after he entered the St Marys InfIrmshyary in Galveston

Pinky is in Room 323 St Marys Infirmary Galveston and he would be glad to hear from his many friends and classmates

System Annual Report Picturing the past years developments

in the System of which the College is a part the 1953-54 Annual l~eport of the Chancellor prepared originally for the Board of Directors has been printed Richard Vroomanwith many photographs and a map showshying the location in Texas of componentsof the System

An intocesting account is given of what is going on in the four colleges two experiment station organizations two extension service organizations and forest service which the System conshysists of

Copies may be obtained from Mr Henshyderson Shuffler Office of the Chancellor AampM College of Texas College Station Texas

All AampM men in the London Eng_ land area are asked to contact Lt Bryan W Grosjean 53 HampS Co 803rd Eng Av Bn APO 195 New York NY for the purpose of makshying plans for the April 21st Muster

s-~ityot Ar~h~itet~ -~d -the-Ho~~t~~ Chanter of the American Institute of Architects He has also served as Visishyting Critic in Architectural Design at the University of Houston

Mr Greacen served during World Wal n as Lt Col in the Air Force and Chief

of Research and Development Section Construction Branch Air Installations Division in Washington He is a memshyber of the American Institute of Archishytects and the Texas Society of Archishytects he is a Registered Architect in New York and Texas

Mr Carl Koch who also served on the Jury is a member of the architecture faculty at Mass Institute of Technology He has served as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture Educated at Harvard (BA MArch) he has been a recipient of the Bacon Traveling Felshylowship and is a Registered Architect (National Massachusetts New Hampshyshire Rhode Island New York Ohio)

He has served as Senior Architect National Housing Agency He has been president of two corporations devoted

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bullThe Texas A ggle i-rrTIlfTrfffufTrlElY ~ ~1IJPublished For The Former Students of Texas A amp M College ~~ middot l - ~ rl~ ~ -4 t-~~ atmiddot f+~ ff PJmiddot ~

The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

UNIV E RSITY A RCH I VESSPECIAL SUBJECTS middotbull THE EAGLE ALL FAITHS CijAPEL T e xas AampM Unive rsity AUGUST 261954 C ollege Station T e xas

(hapel To Be

BuUI On AampM middotmiddot Colleile Campus

COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

I Hotchkiss IIr Port Arthur bull president of the Former Stu~ dent~ 4ssociatiotL middot

The chapel will occupy middot a

tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

Page 12: All Faiths Chapel

bullThe Texas A ggle i-rrTIlfTrfffufTrlElY ~ ~1IJPublished For The Former Students of Texas A amp M College ~~ middot l - ~ rl~ ~ -4 t-~~ atmiddot f+~ ff PJmiddot ~

The Beaumont club delegation registers for the ninth annual Club Officers conference Left to right are Eber Peters 40 John Zummo 49 and C L Babshycock 20 Registering the delegates is Mrs Margaret Grange of the Association staff

Club Officers Hold Ninth

Vol xx No2 College Station Texas February 1955

Vrooman Designated Architect for Chapel

Richard (Dick) Vrooman 52 assistant professor of architecture at the College has been selected architect of the chapel to be built on the campus He won tllE competition sponsored by the Association of Former Students and judged by a Jury of Awards which included four prominent architects and the President of the Association

Preston Bolton 41 Class Agent of Houston received a $500 secshyI ond place award for his contest deshy

sign Donald E Jarvis 49 Dallas was awarded 250 for third place

The five-man Jury of Awards Four Appointed AampM Directors spent two days on the campus

studying the 23 designs submitted TheGovernor Allan Shivers in mid-Februshy Executive Board of the Associationary announced the appointment of three meeting on Feb 5 and 6 authorized themembers of the A amp M College System President of the Association to enterBoard of Directors and appointed a into contract with MI Vrooman whofourth man to fill an unexpired term expects to present sketches for the conshyThree of the four men appointed to Isideration and approval of the Councilthe Board a re newcomers and another when it meets in Maywas reappointed All three new men are

former students of the College Award JuryNew appointments for full terms are Chairman of the Jury of Awards was

Price Campbell 13 Abilene President Mr Thomas E Greacen II member ofof the West Texas Utilities Company a Houston architectural firm He wasand H B (Pat) Zachry 22 owner of educated at Pritlceton and Columbia andthe H B Zachry Construction Company studied at the N Y Building School and San Antonio the AmeI~can School of Fine Arts (FonshyA E Cudlipp Lufkin industrialist tainbleau France) He has practicedwhose term expired this year was reshy architecture in New York City andItppointed u ~ 3 l 1 4- ~

UNIV E RSITY A RCH I VESSPECIAL SUBJECTS middotbull THE EAGLE ALL FAITHS CijAPEL T e xas AampM Unive rsity AUGUST 261954 C ollege Station T e xas

(hapel To Be

BuUI On AampM middotmiddot Colleile Campus

COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

I Hotchkiss IIr Port Arthur bull president of the Former Stu~ dent~ 4ssociatiotL middot

The chapel will occupy middot a

tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy

Page 13: All Faiths Chapel

UNIV E RSITY A RCH I VESSPECIAL SUBJECTS middotbull THE EAGLE ALL FAITHS CijAPEL T e xas AampM Unive rsity AUGUST 261954 C ollege Station T e xas

(hapel To Be

BuUI On AampM middotmiddot Colleile Campus

COLLEGE STATION - A middot former student in the Departshyment of Architecture at Texas AampM will design and supervise con~ruction on the campus of a quartermillion doUar chapel

for meditation and prayer dedshyicated to all faiths I

The Association of Former Students has funds for the I builcUng to be started early i next year

Only former students are eli- I gible to submit drawings in the

cempetition for a $14000 plus award Ernest Langford head of the Architecture department

I at AampM will act as professional adViser fora juryon awards I Second prize of $500 and thlrd

prizeot $250 are provided Members of the jury are

Thdmas middotE Greacen II of Housshyton chainnanPietro Belluschi dean of th eSChool of Architecshyture at Massachusetts Institute of TeelinolOgy Cainbridge

Mass Howard RMeyet palshylas Prot Robert F Whlte AampM Con~ge and Oscar I

I Hotchkiss IIr Port Arthur bull president of the Former Stu~ dent~ 4ssociatiotL middot

The chapel will occupy middot a

tree-lined plot now vacant inl munion with the Infinite front of the resident of DrDa- vid H Morgan president of thecoUege It will inclUde the chapel proper seating about 200 persons library reception and conference rooms patio or garshydEm and administration office

Program of the endowing asshysocIation peads This shall be a place where men of all faiths shall find wholesome and inspishyr ational env-ironment for a mOshyment of meditation and comshy