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compiled by Bill Page
11 March 2007
In addition to articles about College Station schools, I have also included articles about
and letters from College Station children to help provide context on the children's lives
during this years.
See: Hughes, William Lycurgus, A Project in Rural School Consolidation and Its
Contribution to the Solution of the Rural School Problem of Brazos County Texas
A &M masters thesis, 1922. Cushing Library /Theses - Dissertations 1922 Thesis H8948;
also in Evans Microforms as: Film S / 117 / U8 / reel 2, item 3.
[Texas A &M campus] April 16, 1883 ... Our dear teacher has left us. Yes, Miss Jonnie
[Bradford ?] has gone home. She will start to Boston, Mass., Wednesday ... (May Cole
D a , Texas A &M University Archives, box 1, file 1 -50).
[Texas A &M campus] Mon. Sept. 1st, 1884. Well! School has at last commenced. We
have a new teacher. Her name is Miss Mary E. Miller of Dallas ... Miss Mary's little sister
Annie will stay with us and go to school ... School opened this morning with eleven pupils
... Monday Sept. 25th. It was very cold this morning and as Clarence had a chill, Jim made
a fire in the school house ... Wednesday, Oct. 6th ... While Bertha was at the school room a
pig walked in the room and stayed awhile, then walked out ... (From May Cole Diary
Texas A &M University Archives, box 1, file 1 -50).
Letter, Carrie Carson, College Station, Houston Post 12 February 1899, page 25
"... Miss Marie Shields will teach the school for the campus children during the coming
seasons ... Mr. D. Mahoney, the contractor for the new barracks, his wife and little
daughter have apartments at the mess hall ..." Bryan Morning Eagle 10 September 1899,
p.3
Santa's Letter Box ... College Station, Tex., Dec. 18 — My Dear Santa Claus: I am in
College Station visiting my cousin, Dug Burns, but will be home Christmas. I live in
Colorado, Tex., and want you to bring me a train that will run, a cap pistol, a tin horn and
lots of good things to eat. Bring my little cousin, Dug Burns, a rattle and some socks. Am
4 years old. Good -bye, Santa. Henry Clifford Doss
Dallas Morning News 21 Dec. 1899, p.10
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: It has been quite a while since I visited
the band, so I won't stay long, as I will have to go to work. I am farming this year with
my grandpapa near the college. My papa and mamma live at Millican, Texas. I see the
Haps have started to make up money to fence the San Jacinto battleground, which will be
a great thing. I don't know whether I can get many to sign the paper or not, as I am busy
all the time. Georgie Anderson, Essie Colleps and Albert Wallace, all of you good
writers come again. I enjoy looking at the cadets drill and shoot the cannons. Mrs.
Foster, you had better come up during the commencement. Well, I had better ring off for
this time. A true Hap, Sly Jim
Houston Post 25 May 1902, p.35
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: Here I come to join your happy band of
boys and girls. I am a little boy 12 years old and live eight miles from Bryan. We will
soon start to school at Bryan and I will be glad. Abney Garrison
Houston Post, 28 September 1902, p.33
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I see some of you have had lots of rain,
but it is dry here. I started to school today. My papa is a railroad man. He, with his
force, worked all night Sunday night and Monday until noon at a wreck, clearing the
track. I like railroad work. Love to all the Haps and Mrs. Foster. A true Hap, Abney
Garrison.
Houston Post 23 November 1902, p.35
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I would like very much to join your
happy band. I am a little girl 13 years old and live at College Station. I go to school
every day and have a very sweet school teacher. I have three sisters, and we all like to
read the Hap's page. My father takes the Houston Post. With love to Mrs. Foster and all
of the Haps. By -bye. 011ie Smoot
Houston Post 23 November 1902, p.35
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I have one little kitten. It is my pet. It
sleeps with me sometimes at night. I helped my sister cook last Saturday. She is 11
years old. I will write better next time. This is plenty for this. Mary Royall
Houston Post 30 November 1902, p.39
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I have a cat, and a goat and I like them,
too. I am going to school now. I am going to study all I can. I cooked dinner last
Saturday. Mamma was sick that day. Martha Royall
Houston Post 30 November 1902, p.39
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I enjoyed Mrs. Foster's letter on birds. I
like birds and there is nothing that makes one feel more happy and light- hearted than the
songs of the little birds on a bright spring morning as they flit from tree to tree with their
little throats bursting with song. They seem to be trying to make us as gay as they are. I
for one will write for one of the pamphlets on birds. Charles R. Fuller, come again, I
enjoyed your letter on education and your opinion. Education enables us to gain high
position and high position makes us more of men and women.. With good wishes to Mrs.
Foster and the Haps, Abney Garrison.
Houston Post, 21 December 1902, p.43
College Station — Dear Happyhammers: Here I come, bidding you all a Merry Christmas.
Christmas is almost here. All we little Haps are expecting Santa Claus and a merry time.
I sincerely hope we will all get lots of nice presents. I went to Wellborn yesterday and
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bought some firecrackers and candies. The contest now is, "Which do the most work,
boys or girls ?" I take the part of the girls, because they do the most work. We will start
with domestic duties in the morning. A boy will be called a dozen or more times before
he gets up, to start a fire. At last he puts in a big stick of wood, throws in some oil and
drags back to bed. I am a little boy 13 years old, and I have two little sisters. They are
very intelligent. If the boy cuts any wood, sister has to carry it in. Some will say the boy
has the field work, but the girls do a great portion of it, too. A true Hap, Abney Garrison
Houston Post 18 January 1903, p.39
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: It is wet here now. My brother plays the
guitar. I think music is nice. Mamma went to Navasota Monday. It is very cold today.
I remain, Claudie Garrison
Houston Post 1 March 1903, p.39
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: Here I come to chat a while with you all.
It is wet here now. A mad dog came into the yard last week and papa went out to kill
him, but the gun snapped. There was not a load in it, so the dog got away. I got my seed
on January 19 and was glad to get them. A true Hap, Abney Garrison
Houston Post 1 March 1903, p.39
A match game of basket ball between the girls of the A. and M. College campus and the
Villa Maria team will be played on Villa Maria grounds next Monday afternoon from 3 to
5. The friends of the contesting teams are invited to see the game.
Bryan Daily Eagle 6 April 1904, p.3
The match game of basket ball between the A. and M. College campus team of girls and
the Ursuline convent team was played on the convent grounds yesterday afternoon. It
was an excellent game, highly enjoyed by a large number of spectators. The score was
14 to 9 in favor of the convent. After the game, the visiting team and spectaors were
treated to refreshments consisting of ice cream and cake, and an informal musical recital
was greatly enjoyed.
Bryan Daily Eagle 12 April 1904, p.5
"Opening Day of the Congress," Galveston Daily News 7 July 1904, p.5. "There was
nothing on the program for last night, but the 'Little Women's Club', composed of the
little girl residents of College Station, gave the visitors a very interesting entertainment at
the chapel, consisting of musical recitals, amusing songs and dialogues and a tableau
scene."
College Station — Dear Happyhammers and Mrs. Foster: I am glad that we take The
Houston Post and I love to read the Happyhammers page. I am only 11 years old. I have
wanted a long time to write to you. I am going to write to you now all the time. I have
only two pets — a dog and a cat. I love them both. I can't spell my words just right. Next
time I will do better. Mary Royall.
Houston Post 15 January 1905, p.43
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College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: Will you let an 11- year -old girl into your
club? I have two little cats. One stayed out of doors last night and I have not seen him
since. One of them sleeps with us near by all the time. I have a little black dog, too. I go to
school and play "Fox in the Morning" and have a nice time. I wish you all a Happy New
Year. Mary Royall.
Houston Post 29 January 1905, no page number
College Station, Texas — Dear Haps and Mrs. Foster. I think the present contest is a good
one and I vote for Texas. I think it has the most interesting history of any of the United
States. My sister and myself live with our aunt and uncle. They have two children — a boy
and a girl. The boy is the oldest. He is 2 years old, and she is a little over 6 months. His
name is Arthur and her's Rosa Dell. She is named Rosa for my mama, who has been dead
9 years. I am 11 years old and sister 13. With love to all the Haps and Mrs. Foster, too, I
remain yours truly, Lizzie Simmons.
Houston Post 12 February 1905, page 43
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: How are you all this cool weather? I am
an old Hap. Who has my birthday, August 25? I will be 13 years old. Mary Royall, I
know you; you and I are schoolmates. I will try to describe the Agricultural and
Mechanical College. It has a main building, agricultural and horticultural buildings,
chemical building, textile building, electric light plant and shops, fine halls, with sleeping
rooms for the cadets, a large mess hall (the dining room) in which is sufficient room for
500 boys; two railroads and one store. I live in the country, and like country life very well.
Please hand me my cap and I will give somebody my seat. With love to Mrs. Foster and
the Haps, bye -bye. Old Booster.
Houston Post 26 February 1905, page 43
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I thought I would write and let the little
band of happy warriors know that I am proud of our page in The Post. It is sleeting here
now. Oh, my little pets are just as cute as they can be. My big, ugly, but good, brother, hit
my cat yesterday and I could have scratched his eyes out right there, but we made up and I
love him now just like I always did. Love to all the Haps, a great big kiss to Mrs. Foster.
Mary Royall.
Houston Post 5 March 1905, page 43
College Station, Texas — Dear Mrs. Foster and the Happyhammers: Here comes another
boy to join your band of Happyhammers. I read the Haps' page; I like it fine. I go to
school and am in the fourth class. I have three brothers and two sisters. I am the youngest
boy. My mamma has a whole lot of chickens and geese and I like to feed them, only the
gander runs me sometimes. With love to all the Haps, a true Hap, Nestor McGinnis.
Houston Post 5 March 1905, page 43
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers and Mrs. Foster: As I did not get to go to
school, I decided to write you all a few lines on this cold day ... was a terribly cold day and
it will be long remembered by the people of Texas. It snowed and ... all day. I live about
200 yards from my school and walk every morning. I belong to the basketball team ... on
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the college campus. We ... on Tuesday and Thursdays. Our colors are red and blue. I am
... years old and I live at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, which is a very
... place and has five different ... for the boys. There are from ... to ... boys every year to go
to school. The barracks are Foster hall, ... hall, ... hall, Pfeuffer Hall and ... hall. They are
all named after the different presidents that we have had here. Besides those buildings
there are the ... building, agricultural building, ... building, mechanical building ...
infirmary, assembly hall, mess hall and the textile building. Our president ... is David F.
Houston. He is liked very much. There are thirty -six cottages for the professors. Besides,
there are others who board at the mess hall; and there is a building for the bachelors. Then
there is the president's mansion. There are two depots here, the International and Great
Northern, and the Houston and Texas Central. Love to Mrs. Foster, and all the
Happyhammers. Ima Boyett.
Houston Post 23 April 1905, no page number
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers, I can not keep away from the Haps. Mrs.
Foster, I know you are a good and kind woman. I have been going to school regularly but
have stopped now. I know the waste basket does its duty, and nobody needs to fuss. Are
all the good dreamers still asleep? I will be glad when they wake up. What has become of
Flora Games of Jacksonville? I knew her. The wind is blowing very hard now. I wish it
would stop. Oh, in the morning is April fool's day! How much fun I expect to have. The
cadets will tear things up tonight. I will go and you some better writer my place. Good-
bye, the Hap, Johnnie.
Houston Post 30 April 1905, no page number
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I read the club talk and saw that a little girl
said that she was ugly because she had freckles. I think that anybody that has freckles is
pretty. I feel awfully sorry for that little crippled girl. I go to school at Union Hill, and like
to go to school and play townball. I surely like to read about Buster Brown and Hans and
Fritz. They are so funny. I had better quit. "Mayblossom"
Houston Post 4 June 1905, page 35
College Station, Texas — Dear Happyhammers: I didn't see my little letter in The Post, so I
guess the waste basket got it. I am sitting here all alone thinking of something to write to
the little happy band of the Haps. I hope all the Haps are well. How are you getting along
this rainy weather? It certainly did rain here. We went fishing today and caught some
catfish. I had better cut it out. A new Hap. Mary Royall.
Houston Post 6 August 1905, page 31
"Brazos County School Apportionments," (weekly) Bryan Eagle, 19 Sept. 1907, p.8.
Mentions "College School"
"College Station," Houston Chronicle 10 November 1907, section 2, p.9. Miss Mary
Hutson had a dancing class for campus children.
"College Station," Houston Chronicle 1 March 1908, section 2, p.10. "little Misses
Virginia and Bess Spence" have the measles; a fancy dress masquerade has been
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postponed indefinitely "on account of the contagious diseases among the children on the
campus"
"College Station," Houston Chronicle, 26 April 1908, section 2, p.5. Miss Willie Mae
Cannon [Carson ?] gave an Easter egg hunt; another was held at "Mrs. Boyett's"
"College Station," Houston Chronicle 11 October 1908, section 2, p.14. Miss Watkins
will assist Mr. Bennie Bittle in teaching "the local school"
Austin, Tex., Jan. 18 — The following bills were introduced in the Senate today ... By Mr.
Harper: Creating an independent school district of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College ...
Dallas Morning News 19 Jan. 1909, p.2
Agricultural and Mechanical College Independent School District, Creation Of...
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
Section 1. That a school district is hereby created in Brazos County at the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas, the territorial limits of which shall be co- extensive
with the property lines of that institution.
Sec. 2. That the affairs of said school district shall be managed by a board of three
trustees, who shall be appointed annually by the President of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, and the act shall be duly certified by him to the local authorities of
Brazos County for information and observance.
Sec.3. That the trustees shall take and certify the census of the children within the
scholastic age and the funds shall thereafter be apportioned directly to his district and the
law pertaining to independent districts shall govern so far as applicable though the State
Board of Education may make such special regulations for the government of this district
as it may deem expedient.
Sec.4. That it shall be the duty of the county school superintendent to transfer to this
district whatever amount of money may have been apportioned for the current school
year to the old district for and in behalf of the children included in the new district as
shown by the last scholastic census, provided only such children may not have had the
advantage of such fund in the old district.
Sec.5. That the near approach of the close of the present school year and the fact that the
Agricultural and Mechanical College is situated in a common county school district
which does not meet the present demand of the public schools interest, creates and
emergency and imperative public necessity, that the constitutional rule requiring bills to
be read on three several days be suspended, and that this act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.
Approved March 10, 1909
Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.
Local and Special Laws of the State of Texas Passed at the Regular Session of the Thirty -
First Le islatu (1909), pp.202 -203.
"College Station," Galveston Daily News 1 August 1909, p.28. "... The children of the
campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College — and there are a lot of these little
folks, one in each home and in some homes several — gave a juvenile dance Thursday
evening in compliment to little Miss Katherine Alexander, who, with her mother, of
Terrell, is a guest at the home of Prof. and Mrs. J.C. Nagle ...."
The campus school has opened with Mr. Beale Bittle again in charge and Miss Zuber as
his assistant. Bryan Daily Eagle 25 Sept. 1909, p.2
"County Teachers Institute," Bryan Daily Eagle 28 Sept. 1909, p.1. Teachers in
attendance included R.W. Bittle, College; Leila Suber, College; Corris Suber, Union Hill,
etc.
"College Station," Galveston Daily News 20 February 1910, p.26. children's
masquerade ball
"New Teachers of Brazos County Short Biographical Sketch of Each, Also List of Old
Teachers," The following are the new teachers of the Brazos County schools for the
present school year.... Misses Helen Kelly and Lillie Ferguson, two more Brazos County
young ladies, will begin their school work in their home county. Miss Kelly was a
student in the A.& M. Summer Normal this year. She will be the assistant teacher at the
Harris School. Miss Ferguson will teach the Wixon School. She has been a student in
Bryan Baptist Academy the past two years ... Misses Agnes Kinnard, Lucy Christian
and Ida Martin, all of Brazos County, were also members of the graduating class at the
Sam Houston Normal in 1911. Miss Kinnard will teach the campus school at A.& M.
College. Miss Christian will teach the Mudville School, and Miss Martin will teach in
the Kurten School ... Miss Grace Watson will teach the Minter Springs School. Miss
Watson was a student in the A.& M. Summer Normal this year and did creditable work
there ... Miss Mary Conway will teach the Dowling School. Miss Conway was a student
in the A.& M. Summer Normal this year and made good on her examination there..."
Bryan Weekly Eagle 12 October 1911, p.8
Brazos County Register of Teachers' Certificates (located at Carnegie Library in Bryan):
name: J.R. Burnison
post office: College Station
white
grade of certificate or rank of diploma: second
date issued: 27 July 1912
date registered 25 Sept. 1912
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The College Station district, No.6, has petitioned the commissioners court for an election
to determine whether the school tax should be reduced. The court set August 2 as the
date for the election. Bryan Weekly Eagle 10 July 1913, p.7
Classification of Public High Schools (Texas State Department of Education Bulletin no.
26, 1913), p.15: List of High Schools (Sept.5, 1913) ... ineligible to classification:
College Station
"Prof. R.F. Smith Married," Bryan Weekly Eagle 18 Sept. 1913, p.6. To Mrs. Anna
Crawford, who "was the teacher of the campus school at College Station last year"
President W.B. Bizzell, M.A., D.C.L., of the A. and M. College, came early Monday
morning and placed his children in the [Bryan] public schools. Bryan Weekly Eagle 15
Oct. 1914, p.2
"Consolidation Talk for Two Schools," Bryan Weekly Eagle 31 May 1917, p.4. Shiloh
and Rock Prairie schools
"Will Improve Living Conditions at A.& M. College," Bryan Weekly Eagle 13
Feb. 1919, p.4. The newly formed college community council wanted several changes,
including "a primary school for the children of the community"
Brazos County Register of Teachers' Certificates (located at Carnegie Library in Bryan):
name: Mrs. Inus Bouchillon
College Station
white
American; Texan
county certificate
grade of certificate or rank of diploma: 2 °d
date issued: 6 Sept. 1919
date registered: 6 Sept. 1919
"School Tax Carried in College District," Bryan Weekly Eagle 27 May 1920, p.I
College Station, Texas, Aug. 21 — Construction of the Agricultural and Mechanical
Consolidated School is being rushed with the view of having the building completed and
equipment installed by Sept. 13, the opening date. The Consolidated School includes the
school districts of Welborn, Union Hill, Dowling, College Station and Shiloh. Students
will be brought from the rural districts to the high school in an omnibus.
Vocational agriculture, domestic science and arts and manual training will be covered in
the school. It will have the grammar grades and will carry through high school. It will be
affiliated with institutions of higher learning. It just such a school as the college wishes
to see established in the rural districts of Texas. It means, according to President W.B.
Bizzell, who has fostered the organization of this school, the abolition of the two room
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school and the substitution thereof of a modern building with a definite course of
instruction and a capable and adequate teaching staff. This is done with but little
additional expense to the patrons of the school.
W.L. Hughes of Brady will be the superintendent of the new school. The high school
staff will include George Wilcox of Jacksboro, V.R. Glazener of Midway, Miss Marie
Frey of Corsicana, Miss Stout of Austin, while the graded school will have miss Alma
McKnight of Marlin, Miss Quata Wood of Hico, Miss Corinne Nash of Dallas, Miss Ruth
Wallace of Commerce and Miss Ina Lipscomb of Calvert.
Dallas Morning 22 Aug. 1920, p.2
"Consolidated School Now in New Building," Bryan Weekl�Eagle 14 Oct. 1920, p.4
Texas Dept. of Education, Public School Bulletin 126 (Nov. 1920):
p.9: Public school officers ... (A. and M. District): President of board Martin L. Hayes,
Secretary of Board E.J. Fermier
p.21: scholastic year— 1920 -1921
Independent district — A. and M.
Scholastic population: white 73
colored — 0
amount apportioned at $14.50 per capita - $1,058.50
"Opening of Public School Formally Celebrated at A.& M.," Bryan Weekly Eagle 16
Dec. 1920, p.2
"Bryan High Girls Win Two Games," Bryan Weekly Eagle 10 March 1921, p.3.
Consolidated's girls basketball team
"Regular Meeting Parent- Teachers Association Held," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 17 March
1921, p.2
"Election for A.& M. School Unanimous," Bryan Weekly Eagle 16 June 1921, p.4
College Station, Texas, July 4 — Prof. Martin L. Hayes, president of the A.& M. College
Consolidated Rural School Board, has announced the faculty for the coming session as
follows: W.L. Hughes, College Station, principal and teacher of vocational agriculture;
George B. Wilcox of College Station, assistant principal and teacher of science and
mathematics; Miss Marie Frey of Corsicana, teacher of home economics; Miss Jessie
Gooldy of Fulton, Mo., teacher of English; Miss Ina Lipscomb of Calvert, sixth grade;
Mrs. Fannie Matthews of Huntsville, fifth grade; Miss Ruth Wallace of Cookville, fourth
grade; Miss Bettie White of San Marcos, third grade; Miss Quata Woods of Hico, second
grade; Miss Corinne Nash of Houston, high fourth grade; Miss Alma McKnight of
Marlin, first grade, and Miss Gladys Broach of Bryan, piano.
Dallas Morning News 5 July 1921, p.I l
"A.& M. Parent - Teachers Association Has Meeting," Bryan Weekly Eagle 29 Sept.
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1921, p.3
"Parent- Teachers' Ass'n at College," Bryan Weekly Eagle, 8 Dec. 1921, p.4
"Parent- Teachers' Meeting at College," Bryan Weekly Eagle 15 Dec. 1921, p.4
A.& M. Consolidated Picks Declaimers
College Station, Texas, Feb. 15 — Contestants to enter the district declamation meet of the
University of Texas Interscholastic League which will be held in Bryan some time in
April were selected by a an elimination contest held by the A. and M. Consolidated Rural
School in the lecture room of the physics building Friday afternoon from 2 until 3:30
o'clock. The senior boy selected was Garven Johnson, senior girl was Norma Cargill,
junior boy, Milton Smith, and junior girl, Vera Fairleigh. Milton is the son of Eck Smith
of Bryan. The other children reside on the campus. There were 25 contestants in the
county meet and competition was keen. Judges for the contest were: T.F. Mayo,
librarian; Professors J.F. McDonald, C.A. Wood, George L. Dickey and W.H. Thomas.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 16 Feb. 1922, p.3
"Operetta to be Given by Primary Children Tomorrow," The Daily Bulletin 17 May
1922, p. 4, col. 2
"Operetta to be Given by Primary Children Tonight," The Daily Bulletin 18 May 1922,
p.3, col. 3
"Parent- Teachers' Give Good Program," Bryan Weekly Eagle 18 May 1922, p.l
"Primary Pupils Present Playlet," The Daily Bulletin 20 May 1922, p.1, col. 3
"A.& M. Consolidated School Has Successful Commencement," Bryan Weekly Eagle
25 May 1922, p.2
College Station, Texas, June 24 — The A.& M. Consolidated School has been ranked as
an affiliated high school and the graduates will receive credit for thirteen and one -half
units toward admission to Texas colleges and universities. This information has been
received by W.L. Hughes, principal of the school, from the State Department of
Education. Recently the school was officially designed as a "first -class high school" by
the State Department. Girls will receive two and one -half of their units of credit in home
economics and boys three units in agriculture.
Dallas Morning News 25 June 1922, p.5
College Station, Texas, July 13 — The faculty of the A. & M. Consolidated Rural School
for next year has been announced by Professor Martin L. Hayes, president of the board of
trustees. Teachers in the high school will be George R. Wilcox, College Station,
principal; Miss Jessie Gooldy of Kansas City, MO., English; Miss Marie Frey, Corsicana,
home economics; B.L. Bradford, Iowa Park, mathematics. Teachers of the elementary
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grades will be Mrs. Fannie Matthews, College Station, sixth grade; Miss Naomi Harper,
Palestine, fifth grade; Miss Ruth Wallace, Cookville, fourth grade; Miss Kittie Cooksey,
Marlin, third grade; Miss Allena Brashear, Granado, second grade; Mrs. Gladys Balley,
College Station, first grade. Those selected for their first term this year are Mr. Bradford,
Miss Harper, Miss Cooksey and Miss Brashear. The others were members of the faculty
last year. Dallas Morning News 14 July 1922, p.13
1923 Directory Officers and Employees gricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
People of interest include: Consolidated School — includes 8 single women and 1 married
woman as teachers
College Station, Texas, April 25 — Five College Station girls, pupils of the A. & M.
consolidated rural school and winners of first place in the Brazos County clothing
contest, left Wednesday for Fort Worth to enter the State clothing contest being held
there. The girls are Misses Mary Frapp, Eugenia Sober, Julia Ball, Lilly Bess Kyle and
Estelle Meyers.
Dallas Morning News 26 April 1923, p.4
A.& M. Consolidated Win in District Meet
College Station, April 25 — The Consolidated School took first place among the class B
schools in the District Interscholastic League meet held at Navasota recently, according
to the official report which has been received here by George B. Wilcox, superintendent
of the local school. The Consolidated School won over Wallis school by a margin of two
points, the former making 36 and the later 34 points.
Two second places were made in the declamation contest and one in essay writing and
the other points were made in athletics. W.C. Johnson, Turner Walton, Dan Hall, Milton
Lee made first and seconds and are eligible to enter state meet at Austin May 4 and 5.
Johnson led the local team, making two firsts, and two thirds and one fourth. Walton was
second with one first, two seconds and one third. Lee made one first, Hall one second
and McDonald two fourths. Vera Fairleigh was second in the senior girls' declamation
contest. Garvin Johnson was second in the senior boys' declamation and Katie Hall was
second in the essay contest.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 26 April 1923, p.I
"A. & M. Consolidated Won Class `B' in Inter - School Meet," Bryan Weekly Eagle 26
April 1923, p.4
Ceiling of School Falls With Crash as Students Leave
Fatalities were narrowly averted at the A. and M. Consolidated School Thursday
afternoon at about 3 o'clock when the stucco ceiling of the room housing the second
grade fell with a crash just as the children were leaving the room. The impact of the
falling concrete badly damaged the school furniture and probably would have killed a
number of children had it fallen on them instead. Miss Troy Harper, teacher, acting on
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general instructions given her by Superintendent George B. Wilcox two or three days
before, had just succeeded in clearing the room after hearing the ceiling crack. Its fall
had been suspected for several days as a result of the work of the recent wet weather.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 11 Oct. 1923, p.2.
Bryan, Texas, Jan. 16 — At a meeting of the executive board of the Brazos County
Interscholastic League, it was decided to hold the annual county meet on Friday, March
14, at the A.& M. College consolidated school, and director general George B. Wilcox,
head of the A.& M. Consolidated school, and director general of the league, presided at
the meeting.
Dallas Morning News 17 Jan. 1924, p.5
"Consolidated School Play Pleased Crowd," Bryan Weekly Eagle 24 Jan. 1924, p.3
Parent - Teacher Meeting Thursday Afternoon at Assembly Hall College
The Parent- Teachers' Association of the A. and M. Consolidated will meet Thursday
afternoon, April 10, at 3 o'clock, at the new Assembly Hall at College. The feature of the
meeting will be a style show sponsored by Miss Gillespie's pupils of College
Consolidated. Following the style show, there will be a short business meeting with the
election of officers for the new year. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Mrs. J.J.
Taubenhaus, Reporter.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 10 April 1924, p.I
Meeting Wellborn Discusses School Matters of Interest
Meetings are being held over the district comprising the A. and M. Consolidated School
area for the purpose of explaining the situation as it stands at present. County
Superintendent D.J. McDonald, Principal George B. Wilcox of the A. and M. School,
Dean H.C. Winkler and W.B. Hughes, both of the A. and M. College, motored out to
Wellborn on Friday night where a meeting of school patrons was addressed by them. It
appears that the A. and M. Consolidated School has students far in excess of its capacity,
according to the speakers, and some means has to be devised to take care of the
emergency. It was intimated that the Consolidated School was the child of Dr. W.B.
Bizzell who used an appropriation made by the State for the erection of a fine home for
himself, to build the school which he thought would be a model for other schools to
follow and which, it is said, has lived up to expectations. It was built primarily for a rural
high school but accommodated all the grades as well. Beginning operations with 275
pupils, the school now has 400 and all that it can care for. Therefore the increase must be
handled in some other manner. As no funds are available at this time for construction
and equipment of other buildings, it is thought best to have separate schools for the first
four grades, at each of the following points: Wellborn, Shirock and Union Hill. Only
one extra teacher will have to be provided under this plan which would be much cheaper
than to provide the necessary facilities at the present location and transportation as well.
The purpose of these sectional meetings, and another was scheduled for Saturday night at
Rock Prairie, is to bring the facts of the matter before the general public and school
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patrons.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 1 May 1924, p.4
College Station, Texas, June 21 — The prize of $20 in gold won by Miss Ethyl Walton of
the A.& M. Consolidated Rural School for her essay entered in the American Chemical
Society's prize essay contest and which was selected as one of the six first winners in
Texas, has been received. It was sent to George B. Wilcox, superintendent of the school,
and presented by him to Miss Walton, who is the daughter of T.O. Walton, director of the
extension service of the college. Miss Walton is now anxiously awaiting the judgment of
the national committee, which is to select the best six essays from among the State
winners. The national winners will receive four -year scholarships to Yale University or
Vassar College, which carry in addition to tuition, $500 a year in cash. Of the other five
winners in Texas who are now eligible for the national prizes three are in Dallas, one in
Houston, and the other in Freeport. They are Joe Franklin, 3217 Hall Street, Dallas,
James Cole Reid, Dallas; Howard F. Hambleton, 1219 North Haskell, Dallas; Katherine
Burns, Freeport; Charles J. Robertson Jr., Houston. Announcement of the national
winners is expected in a few days.
Dallas Morning News 22 June 1924, p.6
College Station, Sept. 10. Little Knights and Ladies' Club. Dear Cinderella: I wrote to
you about two weeks ago for my button, but I have never received it. Please send it to
me as soon as possible. Sincerely yours, Charles Friley.
Dallas Morning 13 Sept. 1924, sect.2, p.15
— College Station, Texas, Oct. 13. Dear Cinderella: I am inclosing my membership blank
and hope to get my button and card soon. I am 12 years old and I am in the sixth grade.
Please have my letter published, as it is my first one. Yours truly, Benny Perry. P.S. —
Will some little Knight or Lady write to me?
Dallas Morning News 26 Oct. 1924, sect.7, p.7
College Station, Texas, Box 201. Jan.4 — Dear Cinderella: I am only in the fifth grade
and I have no idea of winning any prize, not even third. I wish to join the Little Knights
and Ladies' Club, in which I am very much interested. I have been reading the other
girls' letters and have been longing to have my name in the club. When do I get my pin,
Cinderella? I will be very proud to wear it. Your most sincere reader, Mary Elizabeth
Smith.
Dallas Morning News 12 Jan. 1925, sect.2, p. l l
A.-M. Consolidated
Basket Ball Team Is
Sectional Champions
The basketball team of the A. and M. Consolidated School has won the South county
championship and Tabor won the north county section honors. Now it remains for theses
class `B" teams to contest for the county honors as to who will enter the district contests
in the state Interscholastic League. Professor W.G. Colson of the Tabor School who is
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also county director of the basketball division of the League, got in touch this morning
with the Coach at the A. and M. Consolidated and arrangements are being made for a
three game schedule between Tabor and A. and M. Consolidated to be held prior to
February 5 The A. and M. School played Navasota at Navasota recently, wining by the
score of 36 to 16. They will play Allen Military Academy at the Academy gymnasium
court on Sat. afternoon. Admission will be charged for this game.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 15 January 1925, p.2
College Station, Texas, Jan. 4 —1 am sending in my application blank and hope to receive
my card and pin soon, as I am anxious to see them. I real the Little Knights and Ladies'
letters a good deal and like them very much. I hope to send in enough membership
blanks to become a Lady soon. As ever, Shelby Rice.
Dallas Morning News 18 Jan. 1925, sect.7, p.6
Bryan, Texas, Feb. 1 — The first game in a series of three to decide the Brazos County
championship in basket ball in Class B was won by Tabor High School over A.& M.
Consolidated, 16 to 10. The second game in county honors in Class B to select that team
that is to meet Bryan High in Class A was played Friday night in the new gymnasium at
A.& M. College. Score: Tabor High 14, A.& M. Consolidated 15.
Dallas Morning 2 Feb. 1925, sect.2, p.10
Bryan, Texas, May 19 — Dear Cinderella: You have not heard from me for a while. I
wrote last summer, but did not see my letter in print. This letter is to tell you that I have
moved from College Station, Texas, to Bryan, Texas, and will receive my mail here. My
box number is 634. The reason I moved is because my house burned. It was started by a
grass fire. I am sending in ten new membership application blanks to have my rank
raised to Countess. I wonder if this letter will be printed. Yours respectfully, Elizabeth
Lanham (age 13).
Dallas Morning News 4 June 1925, sect.2, p.15
Mineral Wells, Texas, Oct. 10 — E.W. Chaney, for the last two years principal of the
Mineral Wells High School, has resigned that position to accept the appointment as
superintendent of the consolidated public schools of the A.& M. at College Station.
Dallas Morning News, 11 Oct. 1925, p.6
"School Children Will Present Operetta," The Daily Bulletin 15 December 1925, p. 4,
col. 1
"Operetta Will Be For Public School Music," The Daily Bulletin 16 December 1925, p.
3, col. 2
"School Will Present Operetta Tonight," The Daily Bulletin 17 December 1925, p. 2,
col. 2
Bryan, Texas, Dec. 21 — The boys' basket ball team of the A.& M. Consolidated High
School is the leader up to the present time in the race for county championship honors. In
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the last three games Consolidated defeated Harvey, 18 to 9; Kurten, 28 to 10, and Tabor,
8 to 4. It is believed the race will narrow down to Consolidated and Tabor, the winner to
have the honor of playing the Bryan High School for county championship honors. The
Consolidated team is composed of Rupert Barron (captain) and Leslie Jones, guards;
Marvin Morehead, center; Louis Todd, L.M. Gandy and Nelson Crenshaw, forwards.
Dallas Morning News 22 Dec. 1925, p.9
During the 1926 / 1927 school year, the A. and M. Consolidated School District reported
that it had no "colored" students enrolled in classes, although 6 "colored" children lived
within the school district. [ Twenty -Fifth Biennial Report State Department of Education
1926 -1928 Austin: Von Boeckmann -Jones Co., 1929, p.258]
"A.& M. Consolidated is Planning Now to Get Some More Affiliations," Bryan Weekly
Eat 4 Feb. 1926, p.3
"Music Notes from A.& M. Consolidated," Bryan Weekly Eagle 18 Feb. 1926, p.3
"Consolidated is Going Good in Baseball Now," Bryan Weekly Eagle 15 April 1926, p.2
"Consolidated is Victor by Score of 4 to 3," Bryan Weekly Eagle 6 May 1926, p.2
"5 Annual Commencement A.& M. Consolidated School," Bryan Weekly Eagle 3 June
1926, p.2
"Miss Susie Moxley Chosen to Teach at A. -M. Consolidated," Bryan Weekly Eagle 15
July 1926, p.3
Bryan, Texas, Aug. 2 — Jim Colson, a student of A.& M. Consolidated High School and
who resides in College Park, may lose an eye from being hit with a baseball in a game in
the Bryan Sunday School League. He was hit over the eye, which later developed
hemorrhage, and his physician fears that an operation and removal of the eye -ball will be
necessary.
Dallas Morning News 3 Aug. 1926, p.13
"Jim Colson May Lose an Eye as Result of Injury," Bryan Weekly Eagle 5 Aug. 1926,
p.3
"Texas A.& M. Consolidated School Opens Monday With Enrollment of 272 Students —
Plan Big Year," Bryan Weekly Eagle 9 Sept. 1926, p.I
"Mr. and Mrs. Chaney Entertain Teachers," Bryan Weekly Eagle 23 Sept. 1926, p.l
"Local High School Boys Make Good in Great Aggie Band," Bryan Weekly Eagle 23
Sept. 1926, p.3
"Parent- Teachers Give Pie Social for A. -M. Consolidated," Bryan Weekly Eagle 4 Nov.
15
1926, p.I
"A. and M. Public School Teachers Join Association," Brvan Weekly Eagle, 11
November 1926, p.1, co1.5
College Station, Texas, Nov. 20 — W.L. Hughes, head of the rural education department,
school of vocational teaching, A.& M. College of Texas, is being urged for election as
president of the Texas State Teachers' Association at the annual meeting of that
organization in El Paso Nov. 25, 26 and 27. E.W. Chaney, superintendent of the A.& M.
consolidated schools, heads a committee of friends of Mr. Hughes' urging his election.
Letters recommending him for president and setting forth "ten reasons" why have been
sent out by Mr. Chaney to every school superintendent of the State.
Dallas Morning News 21 Nov. 1926, p.7
"Bryan Woman Talks A.& M. Consolidated Parent - Teachers' Meet," Bryan Weekly
Eagle 17 Feb. 1927, p.l
"A.& M. Consolidated School Has Visitors Day Friday, March 25," Bryan Weekly
Ems 24 March 1927, p.I
"Visitors Day A. -M. Consolidated Big Event for Parents," Bryan Weekly Eagle 31
March 1927, p.2
"Martin Will Head A. -M. Consolidated," Bryan Weekly Eagle 14 April 1927, p.2
"'Parents Music Day' to be Observed by Parent- Teachers," Bryan Weekly Eagle 21
April 1927, p.3
"Bryan High Wins Over Consolidated Here on Tuesday," Bryan Weekly Eagle agle, 28 April
1927, p.4
"May Fete at College," Bryan Weekly Eagle 5 May 1927, p.l
A.& M. Consolidated School to Stay Open
College Station, May 18 — Announcement has been made by officials of the A. and M.
Consolidated High School that high school work will be conducted during the summer
months under the direction of the school and that credit for the work will be accepted by
all affiliated schools. Students will not be permitted to take more than two courses. It
has been requested that those who desire further information get in touch with E.D.
Martin at College Station.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 19 May 1927, p.I
"Parent- Teachers of Consolidated Met on Thursday," Bryan Weekly Eagle 19 May
1927, p.2
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"Consolidated School at A. -M. Wins Gold Star," Bryan Weekly Eagle 9 June 1927, p.2
"E.W. Chaney Wins Education Award," Bryan Weekly Eagle 28 July 1927, p.3
"Consolidated School A. and M. Opens Sept. 19," BUan Weekly Eagle 18 August 1927,
p.4, co1.2
Bryan, Texas, Aug. 18 — The A.& M. College consolidated high school will open for the
1927 -28 session Sept. 19. Prof. Edward D. Martin succeeds Prof. E.W. Chaney as
superintendent. Prof. Chaney will enter the University of Texas to continue his studies
for a doctor's degree.
Dallas Morning News 19 Aug. 1927, sect. 1, p.5
"A. -M. Consolidated Wins Recognition in Parent- Teacher Ass'n," Bryan Weekly Eagle
8 Sept. 1927, p.l
"A.& M. Consolidated Parent - Teachers in Annual Reception," Bryan Weekly Eagle 22
Sept. 1927, p.6
"Public School at A.& M. Has Total Enrollment of 324," Bryan Weekly Eagle 22 Sept.
1927, p.6
"A.& M. Parent - Teachers' Ass'n Gives Elaborate Reception in the Parlors of Y.M.C.A.
Tuesday," Bryan Weekly Eagle 29 Sept. 1927, p.1
"College Station Parent- Teacher Association Meet," Bryan Weekly Eagle 1 Dec. 1927,
p.I
In 1928 black schools located in the CSISD included Peach Creek, Sulphur Springs,
Wellborn, Shiro, Dowling and Providence, Union Hill, Washington Chapel and College
Hills. For the next 15 years the number of students attending classes grew steadily and
by 1938, 246 students were attending classes. All of these schools were elementary
schools. The CSISD, which did not have a black high sch000l, had an agreement with
the Bryan Independent School District (BISD) to allow students to attend Kemp High
School in Bryan. The tuition fees for students attending Kemp High School were paid by
the CSISD. The district also provided bus transportation to Bryan for the students.
From: Lincoln High School by Jean Clark Robinson, completed by Debbie Jasek.
"College Station P. -T. Association to Meet Thursday," Bryan Weekly Eagle 5 Jan. 1928,
p.1
"College P. -T. Ass'n Meeting Held Thursday," Bryan Weekly Eagle 12 Jan. 1928, p.3
"High School Tourney to be Held at A.& M.," Bryan Weekly Eagle 9 Feb. 1928, p.3
Bryan, Texas, Feb. 11 — Bryan High School won the Interscholastic League
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championship of Brazos County Saturday by defeating the A.& M. Consolidated High
School, 25 to 10.
Dallas Morning News 12 Feb. 1928, sports section, p.3
"A.& M. Consolidated Parent- Teacher Ass'n Visitors Day Friday," Bryan Weekly Eagle
23 Feb. 1928, p.4
"College Station Parent- Teacher Association Meet," Bryan Weekly Eagle 3 May 1928,
p.4
College Station, Texas, May 19 — Dean and Mrs. F.C. Bolton of the A.& M. College of
Texas have announced the approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary Bell
Bolton, to William Elam Eckles of Dallas, a member of this year's graduating class of the
college. The ceremony will be held at 8 p.m. May 26 in Guion Hall, the college
auditorium, and will be of added interest since the marriage will be a military wedding.
Eight classmates of the groom -elect have been named as military escort. It will be the
first military wedding held at the college in years. Miss Bolton was reared on the A.& M.
campus and is well known in the younger social circles of the State. She is a graduate of
the A.& M. Consolidated High School, attended Baylor College at Belton for two years
and Southern Methodist University at Dallas one year. She was maid to the duchess from
A.& M. at the Cotton Palace in Waco in 1927 and was maid of honor to the queen of the
Ross Volunteers' festivities at A.& M. this year. Dean Bolton, her father, is dean of the
school of engineering. W.E. Eckles, the groom elect, is to receive his degree in liberal
arts at the coming commencement. His participation in student activities at the college
includes four years as a member of the Aggieland Eight Orchestra and of the A.& M.
band. Bridesmaids for the wedding have been announced as follows: Misses Ethyl
Walton, Mary Fraps, and Laurine Marburger of College Station; Miss Elizabeth
Alexander of Clarendon and Miss June Latham of Pontotoc, Miss. Groomsmen have
been announced as follows: Hugh E. Wharton and Frank M. Mabry of San Antonio, J.
William Davis of Stephenville; George P. Box, Cuero; Benjamin L. Grimes, San Angelo.
Members of the military escort have been named as follows: E. A. Coleman, Miles; L.H.
Stalcup, Sinton; L.N. Bourland, Clarendon; J.F. Blount, San Augustine; H.H. Pendleton,
Dallas; W.C. Morris, Forreston; G.F. Callaghan, Houston; and J.R. Brummett, Dallas.
Dallas Morning News 20 May 1928, Sport News Section, p.7
"A. -M. Consolidated to Begin Sept. 17," Bryan Weekly Eagle "Trade Edition," 6
September 1928, p.1. Mrs. Carl Sprague was music teacher
By the 1929 / 1930 school year, the A. & M. Consolidated School District was reporting
the enrollment of African American students — exactly where they attended classes is not
specified, however.
A.& M. Consolidated District, 1929 -1930:
Colored:
Scholastic population: 154
Enrollment: elementary — 145
high school — 1
From: Twenty -Sixth Bienniel Report Texas Superintendent of Public Instruction, p.343
"Bryan Briefs," Houston Informer, 27 December 1930, p.8, col.3. "L.A. Nash, one of the
old pioneer educators of Bryan and Burleson County, and principal of Wellborn High
School, closed his school for the holidays."
"Bryan Briefs," Houston Informer 21 March 1931, p.8, cols.2 -3. "... The Interscholastic
League meet held at Bryan High. Fourteen or fifteen schools were represented. This
work is being promoted by Prof. T.W. Phillips. Wellborn Consolidated School won first
prize in the 7 th grade arithmetic, Prof L.A. Nash, instructor."
"Bryan Briefs," Houston Informer 11 July 1931, p.5, col.4. "We regret the non-
appearance of the Juneteenth celebration program at Brushy Church of which Prof. L.A.
Nash teacher of the higher branches of the Wellborn Consolidated school, was the
principal speaker. He discussed the subject, "What is the Negro Doing and What is His
Future T'
College Station, Texas, July 20 — The engagement has been announced of Miss Lillie
Mae Walton, daughter of Dr. T.O. Walton of the Texas A.& M. College, to Frank
Edward Bortle of Longview. The wedding will take place in September. Miss Walton is
a graduate of Baylor College, Belton. Bortle is an instructor at the Consolidated High
School at College Station.
Dallas Morning News 21 July 1933, p.I
for 1933-1934:
A. and M. Consolidated
Scholastic population
white — 475
colored — 169
Enrollment
white — 429
colored — 181
Average daily attendance
white — 385
colored — 128
Number of classroom teachers
white — 13 [429 students / 13 teachers = 33 students / teacher]
colored — 4 [ 181 students / 4 teachers = 45.25 students / teacher]
Aggregate annual salaries of classroom teachers
white - $11,079 [$11,079 / 13 teachers = $852.39 per teacher]
colored - $1,776 [$1,776 / 4 teachers = $444 per teacher]
(From: Twenty - Eighth Bienniel Report Texas Superintendent of Public
Instruction, 1932 -1933 and 1933 -1934 p.168)
A.& M. Consolidated District, 1934 -1935
Colored
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196 — scholastics 6 -17 years
201 — enrollment
average daily attendance — 127
number of teachers — 5
number of grades taught — 9
number of days taught —158
number of months teachers paid — 8
[From: Report of the Results of the Texas Statewide School Adequacy Survey
(1937), p.1726]
Austin, Texas, Feb. 15 — Miss La Rue Whitten of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College Consolidated High School at College Station has been selected as the Texas
winner in a good citizenship pilgrimage to Washington sponsored by the Daughters of the
American Revolution. The drawing was made Saturday at the office of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, L.A. Woods when Miss Whitten's name was
selected from a group of twenty -four high school girls from every section of the State.
The names were secured from the Deputy State Superintendents by a drawing from each
of the accredited high schools. The winner in each school was selected by votes of the
student body, based on the qualifications of good citizenship, including dependability,
service, leadership, patriotism and scholarship. In April Miss Whitten, as a typical
schoolgirl, will go to Washington, accompanied by a representative of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. While there, they will be joined by the representatives from
the other forty -eight States similarly selected. The pilgrimage is named for Ruth Bryan
Owen, Ambassador to Denmark and daughter of the late William J. Bryan. The girls will
be given an opportunity to study the operation of the Government at first hand in an effort
to emphasize the teaching of good citizenship in the public schools. The Daughters of the
American Revolution hold this contest as an annual affair to preserve American ideals of
good citizenship and to train young women in leadership.
Dallas Morning News 16 Feb. 1936, p.3
L.A. Nash, age 80 years, "Lou" Nash as he was known to his many friends, white and
Negro, died Thursday of a heart attack at the Negro elementary school in east Bryan, to
which place he had gone, taking his wife, principal of the school, back to her duties after
lunch. L.A. Nash was an outstanding Negro of Brazos County, and for a long period of
years gave valuable service to his race and his family. In his early years he studied hard
and was a school teacher in this county. Closely associated with the rural residents of the
county, and knowing well their farm efforts and plans, Nash was appointed by the
Extension Service of the A.& M. College of Texas as Negro county farm agent for
Brazos and Burleson Counties. He was given the appointment April 1, 1916, and served
in the two counties until Jan. 1, 1923, when he was transferred by the Extension Service
to Brazos County alone. This work he did until February 28, 1929, when he tendered his
resignation. From 1929 to 1932 Nash was principal of the Negro schools in and around
Wellborn. When the Kemp Negro high school was built in Bryan, the elementary grades
were placed in the former school building in east Bryan, and L.A. Nash was elected
principal. He served in that capacity until last year, when, on account of his physical
condition, he resigned and the school board appointed his wife to serve in his place.
Superintendent S.M. Brown of the Bryan city school stated that morning that L.A. Nash
has been a valuable figure in the Negro public schools in Bryan and Brazos County, and
his service has been appreciated. The city school board learned with regret of his death.
Bryan Weekly Eagle 13 January 1937, p.6.
College Station, Texas, Nov. 29 — G.B. Wilcox, new president of the Texas State
Teachers Association, Tuesday was elected one of five Aldermen for the new city of
College Station. Dr. J.H. Binney was elected Mayor and J.S. Hopper marshal. Other
Aldermen chosen were Alva Mitchell, Dr. L.G. Jones, Ernest Langford and L.P. Gabard.
All the new officers are members of the Texas A.& M. faculty.
Dallas Morning News 30 Nov. 1938, sect. 1, p.2
Hot Lunches for All Negro Rural Pupils
All rural negro schools of the county districts and three of the A.& M. Consolidated
district, making a total of 33, are now receiving aid and the students are served hot
lunches each day at the noon hour. This is a part of the home training of the boys and
girls under the supervision of Pauline Watkins, Jeanes supervisor of rural schools.
Bryan Daily Eagle 5 December 1938, p.3, col.3
A.& M. Consolidated District, 1940 -1941:
Colored:
Scholastic population: 287
Enrollment: 195
Average daily attendance: 134
Number of classroom teachers: 5
Aggregate annual salaries of classroom teachers: $ 4,136
(From: Thirty- Second Bienniel Report Texas Superintendent of Public
Instruction p.81)
In order to discuss the ways and means of financing a $40,000 bond issue, a meeting of
the parents of the A.& M. Consolidated School District has been called for 7:30 next
Monday evening at the Physics Lecture Room by the Mothers' Club. A cafeteria,
gymnasium- auditorium, football field, and a Negro elementary and high school are the
improvements to be financed by the bond issue. The bond issue election will be held in
the music room of the high school, March 29. All patrons of the school district who are
interested in the matter are requested to be present at the meeting Monday evening to
discuss the question thoroughly, Mrs. Ethyl W. Burgess, president of the Mothers' Club
stated.
Battalion 15 March 1941, p.4
"Meet to Discuss A.& M. Consolidated School Improvements," Bryan Daily Eagle 17
March 1941, p.3, col.7. Including proposed "Negro elementary and high school"
"Consolidated School Bonds are Carried," Bryan Daily Eagle 31 March 1941, p. 1, col.2
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"Campus Study Club Plans Shower for Negro School," Bryan Daily Eagle, 3 November
1941, p.6, col. l
"Consolidated Negro Boys Work on Food for Freedom," Bryan Daily Eagle 2 April
1942, p.7, col.6
"College Station Negroes Study First Aid Courses," Battalion, 30 June 1942, p.l
"Negro Qualifies to Give 1 St Aid Work to Fellows," Bryan Daily Eagle 30 June 1942,
p.6, co1.6. Eddie Chew, employed at Texas A &M, is "now conducting classes for
Negroes at the Negro A.& M. Consolidated School ...."
"A -M Consolidated Ready to Open ...," Bryan Daily Eagle 3 September 1942, p.1, col.5
"A -M Negro High School Closes to Help Farmers," Bryan Daily Eagle 23 September
1942, p.7, col.3. For one day.
"Consolidated Negro Homemakers Progress," Bryan Daily Eagle 25 November 1942,
p.4, col.4
"Ag Dept. at Consolidated Negro School Successful," Bryan Daily Eagle 26 November
1942, p.4, col.5
"The A. and M. Consolidated Negro Choral Club will render ...," Bryan Daily Eagle, 11
March 1943, p.3, co1.6
"Kemp Consolidated Win County Basketball Meet," Bryan Daily Eagle 29 March 1943,
p.4, col.3
"A -M Negro School Commencement to be Tuesday Night," Bryan Daily Eagle 15 May
1943, p.3, co1.8.
"A.& M. Negro Consolidated Commencement Opens," Bryan Daily Eagle 22 May 1943,
p.3, col.5. At Washington Chapel.
"Delay Opening of Negro AM School Until Sept. 13 Bryan Daily Eagle 31 August
1943, p.2, col.7
City Of Bryan v. A. & M. Consoldiated Independent School Dist
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco
179 S.W.2d 987; 1944 Tex. App. LEXIS 697
March 23, 1944
A. & M. Consolidated Independent School District sued the City of Bryan for ad valorem
taxes alleged to be due by reason of the latter's ownership of 38 1/2 miles of electric
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transmission and distribution lines located within the territorial limits of the District. The
City answered with a motion to dismiss the suit and with special exceptions, all
presenting the contention that its property is exempt from taxation; and, subject thereto, it
pleaded fully and in detail its status, powers and immunities as a municipal corporation,
the public character and use of its properties, the exemption thereof from taxation and
forced sale, and specifically denied the legal authority of the District to levy, assess or
collect the claimed taxes. The case was submitted to the court below without a jury on
agreed stipulations and resulted in judgment for the District in the sum of $568.49,
together with a foreclosure of the asserted tax lien. The City has appealed upon the
contention that since it is a subdivision of the State its property is exempt from taxation
under the Constitution and Laws of Texas.
"Negro Consolidated Wins in State Meet," Bryan Daily Eagle 27 April 1944, p.5, col.5.
"Mrs. Anna Smith Funeral Service This Afternoon," Bryan Daily Eagle 29 November
1944, p.1. She had been a teacher at a public school on campus until her marriage to a
professor in 1912; she later served as College Station postmistress.
A. & M. Consolidated Independent School District v. City of Bryan, Texas
Supreme Court of Texas
143 Tex. 348; 184 S.W.2d 914; 1945 Tex. LEXIS 120
January 17, 1945, Decided
Subsequent History: Rehearing Overruled February 14, 1945.
Prior History: Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Tenth District, in an appeal
from Brazos County.
This is a suit by the A. & M. Consolidated Independent School District against the City
of Bryan seeking the recovery of certain taxes against the city on its rural electrification
lines owned and operated by the city and which run through said district. A judgment of
the trial court in favor of the school district was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals
which rendered a judgment for the city, 179 S.W. (2d) 987, and the school district has
brought error to the Supreme Court.
"Negro School at College Station Plans Exercises," Bryan DailyEagle 25 May 1945,
p.3, col.7
Hughes, W.L., "History of A &M Consolidated School," Battalion 19 July 1945, p.2; 26
July 1945, p.2; 2 Aug. 1945, p.2; 9 Aug. 1945, p.2.
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The 3rd article contains this paragraph: "It became necessary a good many years ago to
erect a new building for the colored children and furnish transportation. The budget for
the colored school alone now runs about $15,000 a year. In the beginning the colored
school consisted of a one -room school situated just east of the campus on what is now
Highway 6. No transportation was needed. The budget for such a school was only a few
hundred dollars annually. The colored school is now housed in a $12,000 building and is
doing an excellent job of furnishing a practical education for the colored children. It is a
12 grade school with 10 teachers. Vocational agriculture and home economics are
featured."
The Panthers eleven of A &M Consolidated Negro high went down to Navasota Friday
afternoon and took the Wildcats, representing the Negro high school, into camp by a
score of 13 to 0. Scoring was largely due to the ball - carrying ability of Capt. J.W.
Walker and Co- Captain A. Eaton.
Bryan Daily Eagle 29 September 1945, p.4, col.5
In a hard fought battle Friday night the A.& M. Consolidated Negro high school Panthers
lost to the Huntsville Tigers 32 -19. The first touchdown was made by Huntsville and Co-
Captain Eaton running from his 40, tied the score in the first quarter. Passes from Walker
to J. Washington netted scores. The starting lineup for the Panthers was: B. Stewart, re;
J. Washington, le; Garvin, rt; Roy, It; Peterson, rg; C. Jones, c; Peyton, lg; J. Walker, qb;
Walker, fb; Eaton, rh; Townsend, lh.
Bryan Daily Eagle 15 October 1945, p.8, col.4
A.& M. Consolidated Negro Panthers gained another victory Friday when they downed a
heavier Fairview eleven on the Panther field 26 -7. The first score came when Co- Captain
Eaton circled right end for 15 yards and Walker ran the extra point. The second tally was
a 40 -yard pass completion, James Walker to B. Stewart, which placed the score 13 -0 at
the half. The Fairview Tigers came to life in the third quarter and drove down the field
for their lone score and the extra point. Other scores for the Panthers were made on a
pass from Walker to Gilbert and an unexpected pass to Eaton on his own 45, galloping 55
yards for the touchdown.
Bryan Daily Eagle 20 October 1945, p.4, col.3
"Supt. Bunting Guest of Negro Consolidated," Bryan Daily Eagle 20 October 1945, p.4,
co1.4
In a colorful homecoming, Thursday, the A.& M. Negro Consolidated panthers walloped
the Lockhart Lions by a score of 41 -0. The Panthers received, and on hard- driving plays
and passes, they marched to the Lions 15. From here Co- Captain Eaton, who is still
crippled from a previous game, went over standing up for the first tally. Extra point by
Captain Walker. The Lions uncovered sustained running and driving power in the second
period and drove to the Panther 2 -foot line. The Panther line turned on its power and
held for three downs. On the fourth down, Payton intercepted a pass and raced 95 yards
down midfield only to have the touchdown called back and the Panthers penalized for
clipping at midfield. From this point, Co- Captain Eaton swept his right end for the
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second tally. Half ended 14 -0. After a scoreless third quarter, the Panthers forged ahead
on touchdowns by Eaton and Gilbert and two by Walker. Garvin, Peterson, Gilbert, J.
Washington, Stewart and Jones were standouts in the Panther line.
Bryan Daily Eagle 23 November 1945, p.8, col.2
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