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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1945)
^ V Texas A<M DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION The B College alion BI-WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. DEEP IN AGGIELAND VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 26, J945 NUMBER 60 Accelerated Schedule Continued By Academic Council Status Quo To Continue On Cadet Of f icersf/’ji"^™TllSf Change To Come After Term Gets Under Way Wednesday afternoon a commit-'" tee of seniors and juniors met with Colonel M. D. Welty and decided that the cadet officers of the pres ent staff would carry on their du ties through the end of this semes ter and into the beginning of next semester. Colonel Welty said that this was a necessary measure because as yet there is no way of ascertain ing the number of cadets from the junior class that will be back next semester. He added that even if the number were available it would be impossible to announce a pro motion list because grades have to be checked, the appointments have to be recommended, and President Gilchrist has to approve the rec ommendations. This cannot be done in the time remaining in the cur rent semester. This leaves in a state of flux the position of all four classes. Frogs may become fish or they may become sophomores. Sopho mores may become juniors or they may remain sophomores and the same applies to the junior class. The present staff of cadet officers may retain their positions or they may terminate their period of serv ice. Another possibility is that part of the present staff of officers will be retained and the other positions will be filled by the present junior class who will be seniors next se mester. If this last possibility material izes the cadet officer situation will be identical with that of last sum mer and the early part of this se mester when men of both the class of 1945 and 1946 held commissions. Early this semester, in Novem ber, the class of 1945 resigned upon request of A. & M. authori ties “ ... to establish a precedent” as Lt. Colonel A. J. Bennett ex pressed it at the time. Colonel Ben nett also explained further in No vember that the Commandant’s Of fice desired the precedent in order that there would not be mixed classes as cadet officers again. Colonel Welty said that the rep resentatives from both the senior and junior classes agreed to post pone a definite decision until check ups were complete next semester. Seniors present at the meeting were Robert Butchofsky, cadet col onel; Jack Palmer and Dan High tower, regimental commanders; and Sam Law, secretary-treasurer of the senior class. Representing the juniors were Charlie West, jun ior class president; Jere Higgs, Dan McGurk, and Russell Besnon. Sam Houston Pres. To Be Speaker On Commencement Rev. R. C. Terry To Preach Sunday For Baccalaureate Dr. Harmon Lowman, president of Sam Houston State Teachers College at Huntsville, will deliver the commencement address at in formal graduation exercises to be held in Guion Hall at the Texas A. & M. College at 7:30 p. m., Feb. 2. From among the ten candidates for degrees having the highest scholastic standing the 60 grad uates elected T. W. Melius, Jr., of Metairie, La., to give the valedic tory address. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered at 10:30 a. m., Feb. 2, by Rev. R. C. Terry, pastor of the College Station Methodist Church. These 60 graduates will make a total of 2018 degrees presented by the Texas A. & M. College since the adoption of the speed-up pro gram following the outbreak of war. Diplomas will be awarded by President Gibb Gilchrist and will be presented by G. R. White of Brady, president of the board of directors. In this semester’s graduating class there are 30 from the school of Veterinary Medicine, 15 from the school of Agriculture, seven from the school of Engineering, four from the school of Arts and Sciences, three degrees as master of science and one as master of education. In Separate Resolutions New Courses in Graduate Research Added To Chemical Engineering; Others Revised Recision of the previously announced program to resume a normal peace time schedule at A. & M. was announced by the Academic Council Tuesday afternoon. The decision to retain the accelerated program was made because of the recent darkening of the over-all war picture with particular reference to the Allied reverses in Europe. The Academic Council, composed of the deans of each of the schools, the heads of departments, and other admin istrative officers of A. & M., also passed two resolutions commending the services of Dean E. J. Kyle who recently ''••♦•retired as Dean of Agriculture and Editor Leaves Town Good-byes are always difficult and after they are said, they sometimes appear trivial but as the editorship of the Battalion changes at the end of this semes ter, the present editor wishes to bid the corps and all others at Aggieland bye. Also the editor wishes to thank all those who have contributed material and moral support to the Battalion and its staff. Calvin Brumley 'mfauiiik-- Ajmm ihsimsm <&* fig ijlg PRIZES awarded to those men who came in first and second in each department in the slide rule con test held recently. The story was published in the last issue of the Battalion. Longhorn Tells How Club Photos Must Be Made Corps Will Begin Move to New Area On February 1,2,3 College Will Furnish Transportation For Baggage and Equipment Days for moving were announced by Major Joe E. Davis, assistant commandant, this morning as the last three days of the current se mester, Thursday, Friday and Sat urday. Trucks will be provided by the College for transporting students baggage and other possessions which must be moved from the military walk area to the New or Duncan Hall area. Major Davis said that plans and arrangements were not complete concerning the exact dormitories which will be occupied by the corps next semes ter but that the general location would be in those dormitories that are not occupied by naval or army personnel. A detailed order of the schedule of moving and the places of moving will be released by the Command ant’s Office to company command ers as soon as it is available. Marc Smith, Editor of the Long horn has announced the procedure necessary for a club or organization to have its photograph published in the yearbook. First the members should meet and decide when they wish to have their picture taken. Next the club should make an appointment with the photographer at the Aggieland Studio. After the picture is print ed, a copy should be taken to the Longhorn Office or to the Student Activities Office both of which are located in the basement of the Administration Building. Space in the Longhorn costs $25 for a full page and $15 for half a page. Such- pictures must be turned in before March 12. First Christian Church To Have Guest Speaker Dr. Patrick Henry of Fort Worth is to be the guest speaker at the meeting of the A. & M. Class of the First Christian Church next Sunday, January 28. Dr. Henry is leading the drive for funds to build an A. & M. Cadet Service Chapel at the church. He is secretary of Texas Christian Churches. He is well known in the Southwest, and has been a popular speaker among youth groups. Bob Chenoweth, Aggie junior, will be in charge of the class on that day. The class is making a drive to have fifty men present at the meeting. Dr. Henry is also scheduled to speak at the morning church hour Sunday. Ring Committee To Reorganize According to a letter sent out by E. E. McQuillen, secretary of the Ex-Students Association, the A. & M. Ring Committee is to be re organized in a meeting to be held at 5 p. m. next Monday, January 29, at the Registrar’s Office. Invited to be present are the presidents of the four classes: Tom Alley, Senior; Charlie West, Junior; Jack Lee Ward, Sophomore; and Robert Lane, Freshman. They are each asked to bring one other re presentative from their class. Al so expected to attend the meeting are Calvin Brumley, Editor of the Battalion; H. L. Heaton, Regis trar; W. L. Penberthy, Head of the P. E. Department; and W. R. Horsley, Head of the Student Placement Offjce. McQuillen is chairman of the committee. For the last year there has been no Ring Committee, due to the unsettled condition of the campus. The principal reason for this meet ing is to discuss the matter of students registering for the pur pose of obtaining their rings and resigning immediately. Col. McNew Speaks to Press Club Banquet Guests On India and China Wednesday evening at 6:45 p.m. the A. & M. Press Club held its banquet in the Aggieland Inn. Members of the faculty and their wives were present, as well as the speaker, Lt. Col. J. T. L. McNew and the staffs of the Battalion and Longhorn. The invocation was given by di rector of student personnel, G. B. Wilcox after which dinner was served. When the meal was finish ed Calvin Brumley, editor of the Battalion for the past two semes ters, gave the welcoming talk. Then Dick Goad, the pi’esident, introduc ed all the guests. Dean F. C. Bolton gave out the awards to members of the Battalion staff. S. K. Adler, L. H. Calahan and R. L. Bynes, Intramural writer, received certificates commending service rendered on the Battalion staff for one semester. Bronze keys for two semesters service on the staff were given to B. J. Blan kenship, Eli Barker, Feature writer S. L. Inzer, and Teddy Bernstein, Amusements editor. Goad and Al fred Jefferson, both managing edi tors on the pap^r, received written certificates commemorating three semesters of work on the student publication. The highest award on the program went to Calvin Brum ley, editor who received a silver key for six semesters of service rendered io the staff. Jefferson, Goad and Brumley were given spec ial awards as they are the manag ing editors and editor of the paper respectively. Lt. Col. J. T. L. McNew then gave a talk on conditions at present in China and India where he has seen service. He told of the extreme poverty of the east, the difficulties encountered by American technic r ians and engineers, and the recep tion given by the populace. Above all, however he emphasized that China is not open for explitation by the west and that the Chinese are capable of helping themselves. Two numbers were sung by the singing cadets’ quartet under the direction of W. M. Turner. Mem bers of the quartet are W. C. Harper, W. H. Selby, Burl Ervin, and J. M. Hampton. Brumley Finishes Six Terms On Batt Calvin Brumley, editor of the Battalion, has finished up his duties in that capacity and will vacate his position at the end of this week. Brumley worked on the Battal ion six semesters, of which he spent three as a reporter, one as manag ing editor, and two as editor. His home is in Hereford. He will grad uate with the! degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Econom ics. After graduating, Brumley plans to enter the newspaper business, working on the Amarillo Globe- News, beginning February 12. College Employees Receive Care Under Hospital Insurance Plan Two Aggie Exes In Unit Cited For Fourth Time A 12TH AAF FIGHTER-BOMB ER BASE IN ITALY—Captain Oris E. McGregor, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McGregor, Pen dleton, Texas, and First Lieutenant William H. Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Martin of El Paso, can now wear the third Oak Leaf Clus ter to the Distinguished Unit Badge, now that their unit, the 27th Fighter Group, a veteran P- 47 Thunderbolt air support outfit, has become the first AAF Unit in the Mediterranean Theater to be cited four times in War Depart ment General Orders. When word of the latest citation arrived on Dec. 12, it was cause for a triple celebration for the 27th, which is now commanded by Lt. Col. William R. Nevitt, 1502 S. Hull St., Montgomery, Ala., for (See AGGIES, Page 3) By D. L. Mitchell In 1941 there was organized for the employees of Texas A. & M. College a Hospitalization Group through which hospitalization and surgery might be obtained at very low cost. This group insurance plan is administered by the College In surance Committee of which F. C. Bolton, J. Wheeler Barger, T. W. Leland, L. P. Gabbard, and D. L. Weddington are members. Through this Group Hospitaliza tion plan the employees may re ceive $5.00 a day for a maximum of 70 days for any one illness while confined in a hospital, regardless of the cost of the hospital room lo the member; reimbursements for surgeon’s fees in amounts varying in accordance with the seriousness of the operation, up to a maximum of $150; reimbursements for inci dental hospital service such as X-ray, operatng room, anesthetic, and laboratory fees up to $25 and reimbursements for ambulance service up to $10. The protection is available to all regular active employees, including members of the teaching, Experiment Station, resident Extension, Forestry, cler ical, and auxiliary service staffs. J. Wheeler Barger, head of the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics and secretary of the Col lege Hospitalization Group, stated today, “An opportunity is to be given this week for staff members who do not already participate in the Group Hospitalization plan to avail themselves of the protection. In case a number of persons apply for membership and this prevents adverse selection from the insur ance company’s standpoint, these persons will be admitted to the group without evidence of good health. However, any staff mem ber is eligible to join regardless of his physical condition within 60 days from the date of his employ ment. Our experience with group hospitalization during the last four years of operation has demonstrat ed the wisdom and soundness of this type of protection. By the pay ment of a relatively small prem ium the members have been safe guarded against payment of large amounts for surgical and hospital care.” Mr. Arthur B. Wegeforth of the Group Department of the Accident al Life Insurance Company will spend this week at the college giv ing information and assisting in filling out application forms for staff members desiring to become members. Anyone desiring his as sistance may get in touch with him through J. W. Barger’s office. This is an opportunity for the staff members who do not belong to the College Hospitalization Group to join and share with the other employees the benefits of this money saving plan. Baptist Students To Have Social Because of the war time short ages, the Baptist Student Council is gong to hold a social this year instead of their annual banquet. The social will be in the form of a “Five Night Chautauque”. No one knows the complete plans, be cause they have been kept secret. Girls have been invited from other schools just as they were for the banquet last year, and all of the local girls have already been in vited. Some of the girls will come from Mary Hardin Baylor and some of the girls will come from Sam Houston State Teachers Col lege. They are to stay in Walton Hall. All Baptist Students and young people are invited to attend at 7:30 Saturday evening in the recreation room of the Baptist Church. Dr. George Summey Jr. who re cently resigned as head of the De partment of English. In response to expansion plans for A. & M. the Council also added several courses in graduate re search to the Chemical Engineer ing curricula. They also revised and improved several undergradu ate courses. In the statement issued concern ing the resumption of the speedup program the Academic Council said registration for next semester would be on February 5 as previ ously announced and that exami nations and schedules of instruc tion would remain essentially the same as they have been during the back semesters of the accelerated program. The statement of the Council reads, “With the continued need for young men in the armed forces and the limited time available to most young men for attending Col lege between graduation from high school and induction in the Armed Service, the Executive Committee recommends that the action of Oc tober 9, 1944 (date of the decision to resume normal schedule) be re scinded and the three-semester ac celeration program be continued. “In order to maintain adequate standards of instruction, this will necessitate making effective use of every day in the semester and will require restriction of holidays and other interruptions.” Registration will begin for the spring semester on February 5 and classes will begin on Tuesday morning, February 6. Mid-semes ter grade repbrts will be turned in March 30. The spring semester will end on May 26 and the stu dent body will have a week holi day before registering for the summer semester on June 4. The resolution commending Dean E. J. Kyle and signed by Guy W.. Adriance, C. W. Crawford, and Dean T. D. Brooks reads as fol lows: “In view of the fact that Dean E. J. Kyle has recently retired from the deanship of the School of Agriculture to become Dean Emer itus, thereby terminating his ac tive participation in the work of the Academic Council, the Council desires to put on record the fol lowing statement of its apprecia tion and good wishes. “For more than forty years he has shared in the deliberations and responsibilities of the Academic Council and of the agencies which preceded it in the administration of the College, and has throughout that time exercised a leadership his colleagues have rejoiced to ac cept, and has shown a democratic consideration on his fellows which they have appreciated. “The Council recognizes his con- (See PROGRAM, Page 3) Library Books Due Monday Monday, January 29, has been announced by the Cushing Memo rial Library as the date upon which all books charged to students at A. & M. must be returned to the library. This was explained as im perative in order that the library may clear all books checked out by students before the end of the current semester. This request does not apply to army or naval trainees, faculty members, or residents of College Station.