CS Fastest Growing City For Its Size in TX; newspaper article (11-1-1995)Louege atation zv X ears Ago - - - And Today
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College'Station Is Fastest
City For Its Size in a
St to of Texas
By Bill Clarkson( t Not to be outdone by other cities. +nf th. i)—t i, +i
These two photographs graphically portray the growth of College Station. Above is shown the entire
North Gate 20 years ago. Below is a section of the North Gate today.
Until last year College Station
was considered just a community
five miles south of Bryan and the
home of A. & M. College. However,
since its incorporation ii, the spring
of 1939, College Station has en-
joyed the feeling of being a
"grown up" city in its own right.
It can now compete with Bryan in
population during the regular
school sessions and before long will
be able to compete equally with
Bryan in business enterprises -
College Station is known as the
College Station has its own radio
station, W.T.A.W., which broad-
casts the Farm and Home Program
six days a week and also broad-
casts the "Aggie Clambake ", a
student program, on Friday after-
noons. The studios are located in
the COlege Y. M. C. A.
Amor ,g the many improvements
around College Station in recent
months is the new water supply,
which comes from wells a few miles
north of the city of Bryan. This
new water supply is considered one,
99.9714% free of minerals, as com-
pared to the high mineral cotent of
the "old" water.
College Station has its mayor,
city council, police officers, traffic
laws, city ordinances, just as any
other city. It could not lay claim to
these appurtenances before last
year. Neither could it boast of the
modern business sections several
years ago that it has today.
College Station is definitely "on
the up- and -up ", a center for college
students' and col Nople's trade.
lege Station are districts of which
any city would be proud. The sect-
ions include the homes on the cam-
pus and the several surrounding
additions including College Park
and Oakwood, oldest residential
districts, rapidly growing; College
Hills, College View, and the Boyett
Addition. The newest of these ad- 1
ditions is the restricted College,:
Hills Estates which was opened�.I
last spring and already has a large
number of modern cafes and bus-
iness houses.
The thriving business center of
College Station is located at the
northern end of the A. & M. cam-
pus, better known as the "North
Gate" to both students and towns-
people. It consists of cafes, drug-
stores, grocery stores, confection-
eries, tailors, cleaning and press -
ing establishments, shoe repair
shops, men's furnishings, jewelers,
photographers, barber shops, a den-
tist and a post office. Recently a
new $65,000 theater has been add-
ed to the many business establish- Q
ments at "the Gate ". It has a seat-
ing capacity of 628 people and
has the most modern movie equip-
ment obtainable. The other theater, r
located on the campus, is the As-
sembly Hall, sponsored by the Col-
lege Y. M. C. A.
The modern Aggieland Inn, lo-
cated at the heart of the A. & M.
campus, is the only state -owned
hotel in the Union. Many tourist
courts, located on the highway bor-
dering the east side of the campus,
are also available for visitors.
Churches of all denominations
are located around the college cam-
pus. A beautiful Methodist church
and student center have been plan-
ned and are to be erected as soon
as sufficient funds have been se-
cured. A new Episcopal chapel was
completed in 1939 and is located
in College Park at the south end
of the campus.
'The Battalion newspaper, al-
though put out by students of the
college, serves as a combined col-
lege and city paper. When College
Station became incorporated, it
was designated immediately as the
official city newspaper. The paper
is run entirely by students except:
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This composite view shores the development of the three business districts surrounding the College as
of 1948. Top — North Gate; Middle — East Gate; Bottom — Southside.
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