Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05
BOARD MEETING.
New Members Of Faculty Appointed
BY A. a M. Directors,

The Board of Directors of the Agric.
ulture and Mechanical College were in
session until late hour last night
and beginning at an early hour this
morning they have been very busy up
to the present writing.
Howard w. Key, son of Judge w
NJ. Key Of the Court OF Civil Appeals
of Austin, was elected TO the chair
OF Electrical Engineering and Phys.
les. He is a graduate of the University
OF Texas, and Of the Boston Institute
OF Technology and for several years
has had practical experience in Elect
rical work with the General Electric
Co. of Schenectady, New York His
education and practical experience
qualify him eminently well for the
duties of his position. He was highly
recommended for the position by such
men as T. U. Taylor of the Univer-
| sity of Texas, President d. f.
Houston and other competent Judges
OF his fitness for such work.
Dr. Isaac Alexander of Henderson,
Texas, who has for a number of years
been a prominent figure in the NJ, n
Church and who has had fifteen years
in school work was elected TO fill the
position of Chaplain. Ii is not known
whether Or. alexander will accept the
position or not but the wide field of
usefulness opened to him here will
prove an attraction to him.
The Board spent large part of its
morning session in going over and
thoroughly considering revision OF
the Rules and Regulations of the col.
lege that have been made by com.
mittee of the faculty appointed for
that purpose. II is believed that this
thorough over hauling of the rules,
many of which had become, obsolete,
will be very helpful to discipline.
Owing to the greatly increased size
of the corps provision is made In
the rules for a Regimental formation.
There will be hereafter two Batallions
instead of one. and companies in
instead of 4. The revised rules place |
more responsibility upon the commits. |
missioned officers OF the crops,
Hereafter commissioned officers who |
are faithful in the discharge of their
duties through the session will be pre-
scented with their side arms.
qualified to fill this important position |
Ex-president II. II. Harrington was |
elected director of the Experiment sta
ton with the privilege of choosing his |
own place of residence
II would probably be impossible TO
find man in the United States better
qualified to fill this important position,
DIR. Harrington has been engaged in
such work for nearly twenty years
and possibly no man is better acQuain-
ted with agricultural conditions in
Texas than he is. Experimental work
is rapidly growing in Importance in
this state. II is generally believed
that the next Legislature will make
provision for number OF substations.
The college is fortunate in securing
services of such a well equipped man
for the general management of this
work which is so vital to the farming,
stock, and truck interest OF Texas.
Mr. II. L. Mcknight of Naples,
Texas, who for several years has been
engaged in conducting demonstration
farms in the Southwest, has been cleo
ted assistant agriculturist TO the Ex-
pertinent Station. Mr. Mcknight is
very highly recommended by Or. S.
A. Knapp, under whom he has been
for a number of years.
Professor Herrick, professor OF en-.
in the A. & NJ. College of
was elected to the posi-.
ton of State entomologist. He has
occupied the chair of entomology in
the A. & NJ. College of Mississippi for
about years, and is regarded as one
Of the ablest men in that line of work
in the South.
Since the establishment of the col.
Iege, owing to its isolation, members
Of the faculty and other officers of
The college have been allowed TO pur.
chase groceries and other supplies
rom the Messrs Hall This arrang.
nent entails a great deal of extra
work on the steward and treasurer, as
\ number of accounts had to be made
tut and corrected at the end Of each
month, After a thorough consdera
ion of the matter the board has de
,ided TO discontinue this arrangement
Hereafter college officials and other
'esidents OF the community will have
o purchase all of their supplies in
Bryan or elsewhere. While this OF
curse will be somewhat inconven.
ent TO the residents of the campus II
will save time and work in the bust
less office of the college.
II has heretofore been the custom
or the assignment of residences on
he campus to be made by the presi
ent but at recent meeting of the
GARD it was decided that this duty
hould be performed by the board
{ its morning session the board
lade an assignment of residences for
ext year.
The board is still in session and
i'll probably not finish their work
sfore six o'clock this afternoon. -
: possibly tomorrow There will be .
, night session on account of the re.
'ption which is to be given by Direo- T
r L. l.. McInnis OF Bryan to Presi- b
mt Miner and his family, and the