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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
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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.