Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-09-21
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR A. & NJ. OPENING
Registration Of Students VIII Begin
Tuesday, Sept. Ex-senator Car
los Bee to Speak Friday.

Preparations lot inc ioSoP''o"
students for the firty-first term at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
have been completed and beginning
Tue day. Sept. 26, and continuing
through Wednesday and Thursday
registration of students will be In full
sway.
Formal opening exercises will be
held on Friday morning, Sept. 20, at
10 o'clock, at the assembly hall. Al
that time State Senator Carlos Bee OF
San Antonio, whose father was one OF
the first officials OF the college, will
deliver the principal address. Presi-
dent Bizzell will outline the policies
and work for the coming year and mu'
steal numbers will be featured.
Increase Of 200 Students Expected.
Present indications are that the at.
tendance at the coming session will
be at least 200 In advance OF last
years enrolment, which will give a
total attendance at the coming SEES
sion Of almost 1900 students. Regis.
trar Friley has admitted more than
500 new students already. which is an
advance In early admissions of more
than 20 per cent. Letters from last
years students Indicate the return OF
most OF those men also.
Summer improvements begun soo
after the close Of school In June are
well under way. The Young Mems
Christian Association swimming pool
will be completed by the opening Of
the term. The extension Of the steam
tunnel to supply heat TO the assembly
hall and three dormitories has been
made and the work OF laying concrete
walks will be well under way by the
opening OF school. This has been a
year Of building. The new hospital
has been completed and occupied.
The dairy barn also Is in use. Work
on the animal husbandry stock judy
ing pavilion has progressed rapidly
and that handsome structure will be
completed early In the fall.
New Buildings to Be Erected.
The work OF constructing buildings
and making improvements to insure
the comfort and increase the eff.
cheney OF the students will be contin.
ued through the year. New buildings
which are TO be placed under con.
struoti0n soon are a 100000 chapel. a
100000 veterinary science building
and new hot houses, Interest In the
new school OF veterinary medicine. OF
which Dr. Mark Francis Is the dean.
Is keen and this new school will open
under favorable circumstances. Ma.
ture students with good preparation
are enrolling for this work. This In.
struction will meet a long felt want
In Texas. as the number Of licensed
veterinarians is ~lamentably small.
Or. Traps Returns From Amhurs..
DIR. g. S. Traps, State chemist and
chemist 10 the experiment station Al
A. and NJ. College. has returned from
Amhurst, Mass, whore he ATTENDED
the biennial graduate school OF agrl
culture, a meeting OF specialists from
the agricultural colleges. The meet
Ing was presided over by DIR. A. C
True Of the United States department
OF agriculture.
In addition TO attending the schoo
at Amhurst, Dr. Traps visited the OK
pertinent stations In Delaware. Con
necticut. Rhode Island. Massachu
sets. New York, Michigan. Wisconsin
Nebraska. Iowa. Kansas and the In
stitute OF Nutrition at Boston.
New $4,000 hospital Accepted.
The icy $4,000 hospital has bee
accepted by A. and NJ. College and u
Otto Ehlinger. surgeon, has bcgu
the work OF moving the cauipmer
from the old TO the new building. tn
new hospital is a thoroughly mcdcr
structure and Is 10 constructed tn
two more floors may be added witho,
injury TO the building.
Electric signals. showers and a
modern convenienoes have been |
stalled and the fireproof building
IN TO the standard set by the vel
latest structures.
DR.. Ehlinger and two gradua
nurses safeguard the health Of A. al
M. cadets. Miss leila English Is Il
head nurse.
A roof garden and sun porche
screened. are features Of the ne
building. which has a south front.