Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-04-22
A. & N. College Textile School

lege Is accomplishing a greater work
than the textile engineering school.
In that department students Of agri-
culture are taught to class cotton and
are given general instructions on the
essential points OF marketing cotton.
A textile mill is operated also to the
end that students may be fitted to be-
come mill managers and operators.
1--WE believe that cotton production
| is of no more Importance to the farm
ers of Texas than the marketing OF
that staple, and for that reason there
has been incorporated in the curicu-
lum of the A. & NJ. College class in
cotton chasing and cotton marketing"
says J. B. Bagley, head of the textile
engineering department. At present
there are enrolled in that section OF
the agricultural department approx
mately $50 boys who within the next
two or three years will become farm
ers in Texas.
Four years ago at the suggestion OF
the Legislature there was established
at the College a cotton grading de-
partment. IN that department experts
teach the cadets to classify the staple
in accordance with the regular Federal
classification and lead discussions on
marketing problems. In this depart
ment are enrolled about 20 per cent
of the students of the agricultural
school. There are enrolled in the ag'
ricultural branch of the College $40
students. Many OF that number take
dairying and animal husbandry and so
forego the work in the cotton CHASING
department.
when a boy completes the work in
the cotton CHASING school he is as ex-
pert as a man who has had years OF
experience without especial training.
He knows the different grades like a
book. knows what influences raise or
lower the price Of the staple, is thor
oughly familiar with the workings OF
the market and in a word is as well
informed on the marketing question
as any man can be-" says Mr.. Bagley.
This work is also given farmers who
attend the farmers congress in the
summer and the short course in the
winter. Farm demonstration experts
were loud in their praise of this work
at the short course this past winter.
The cotton chasing schol is con-
Quoted in connection with the cotton
mill, in which there are enrolled some
fifty students. These students are Mt
ted to take over the management OF
cotton mills and to conduct any kind
O., textile work. The mill is self-sup-
porting and assisting Mr.. Bagley are
c. S. Tatum and a corpse of able cot
ton mill workers. Heavier grades OF
sheeting and canvas are the only pro-
ducts that are manufactured extens-
lively in this department although the
four year students are given a thor
ough course in dyeing and In making
the finer textile goods.
Those who complete the course In
two years are given instruction in all
the various departments of the mill, IN
repairing and supervising the machin-
cry, in estimating the expense OF
manufacturing different sizes OF yarn
and cloth and are made thoroughly
conversant with all problems that con-
front the average mill superintendent,
Every graduate OF the A. & NJ. Col
lege has been offered positions with
mills and many of the alumni OF this
school are to be found in high posi-
tions with mills of the State and other
States. One boy who finished this
work and has been student Instructor
at the College mill will leave soon for
East, where he has been given po-
sltion with a big salary in one of the
larger mills.
"Of course our students don't step
right into the superintendency of the
mills" said Mr.. Bagley yesterday.
I'VE can't expect that, but every boy
who has finished in this department
has always been able to land a good
position"
The mill was established in 1904,
and since that time it has been
equipped with modern machinery
There is a good demand for the pro-
duct of this mill and the revenue
practically supports the department,
aside from the pay of the instructors.
II is a twelve-loom mill, having a ca
pacity of 100 yards daily.