The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST 01 A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1948
Number 14
Gilchrist Named Chancellor of A & M System
F. C. BOLTON, executive vice-president and Dean of the College,
has been named as the fifteenth President of A&M College, effective
September 1. Bolton, who has devoted 38 years of his life to A&M,
first came here in 1909 as an associate professor in the Electrical
Engineering Department.
Course Changes Announced
For Second Summer Session
A number of changes have been made in the schedule of classes
for the second term of the 1948 Summer Session according to a
statement made by H. L. Heaton, Registrar.
Three new courses will be added for the second summer semes
ter. They are:
Ag. Eng. 213 Dairy Mechanics. (6-9) 3.
A. H. 416 Livestock Management. (9-6) 4.
1 Daily 7-8:15 M. F. 2-5
2 Daily 7-8:15 T. Th. 2-5
Bus. 310 Credit and Collections. (9-0) 3.
1 Daily 11-12:15
The courses that have been dropped are as follows:
Acct. 204
Biol. 101, 102, 112
Bus. 206
Chem. 101, 206, 216, 301
Econ. 203
Hist. 105
Lang. 201, 203, 205
Sections that have been dropped are:
Engl. 103, Sec. 1
Engl. 104, Sec. 1
Engl. 210, Sec. 6
Engl. 401, Sec. 1, 6
Phys. 203, Sec. 2
Phys. 204, Sec. 2
Third Battalion
Extra Published
The third “extra” of The Bat
talion, announcing the re-or
ganization of the A&M College
System, was published Satur
day. Approximately 1000 cop
ies were printed.
The first extra was issued
during the controversy in 1946,
and the second extra was is
sued last spring when the vet
erans were given the increase
in subsistence.
TRAIN STRIKE HALTS
CANADIAN SHIPPING
MONTREAL, July 12 (£>)•—The
railway association of Canada no
tified railway agents Saturday of
an embargo on movement of per
ishables by freight, because of an
impending Wednesday strike by
122,000 rail employees.
Turner Completes
Director’s Course
Under F. Waring
William M. Turner, director of
the Singing Cadets, has just fin
ished a week’s course in the Fred
Waring Music Workshop at Shaw-
nee-On-Deleware, Pennsylvania.
Turner observed the daily re
hearsals and broadcasts of the
Pennsylvanians, took part in chor
al rehearsals, studied methods of
choral conducting and microphone
technique. These studies were done
under Waring.
Extra cirricular activities, which
Turner participated, included a full
schedule of recitals and several
forms of recreations.
Approximately 500 school, col
lege, church, community, and in
dustrial music directors attended
this one week session of training.
A&M System Will Be Reorganized September 1; Bolton Named
College President; Harrington Named Acting College Dean
BY FRANK WELCH
The Texas A&M College System was established by the
Board of Directors Saturday with Gibb Gilchrist as Chancel
lor and head of the system. F. C. Bolton, executive vice-presi
dent and dean of the college, was elected president of A&M
f
Firemen Begin
Short Course;
600 Expected
Over 150 firemen had reg
istered for the Firemen’s
Short Course yesterday af
ternoon, and 450 more were
expected to register, H. R.
Brayton of the Industrial Ex
tension Service, announced.
Brayton, director of the train
ing school, said that 350 fire de
partments were sending men here
to attend this 19th annual school.
Firemen from as far away as
Arizona, Illinois, Nebraska, and
Mississippi have already register
ed.
Among the guest lecturers who
will address the firemen are T.
Alfred Fleming of New York, di
rector of conservation for the Na
tional Board of Fire Underwrit
ers and Olin Culberson, Texas Rail
road Commissioner.
Others included Joe S. Fletcher,
assistant director of the Texas De
partment of Public Safety, and
Horatio Bond, secretaiy of the fire
services committee and chief en
gineer of the National Fire Pre
vention Association.
Presiding over the building in
spector’s course will be C. A. Far
rell, chief of building inspection in
Dallas, Lee G. Larson, building
commissioner, Fort Worth, and R.
H. Cummings, deputy chief build
ing inspector, Dallas.
The school will continue through
Friday, Brayton concluded.
Wednesday Batt
Last Until 21
The Wednesday issue of The
Battalion will be the last one
published until July 21.
Anyone desiring to submit
news stories or advertisements
are requested to do so before
5 p.m. Tuesday.
Smith Opens New
Insurance Agency
Manning Smith has established a
new insurance agency at the East
Gate shopping center at College
Station.
The new firm will handle all
types of insurance. Residential and
business loans will also be made.
Smith says he plans to open the
business about July 15.
Smith, a resident of College
Station since 1934, was formerly
on the coaching staff at A&M. He
served in the Maritime Service
during the war, and for the past
few months has been in the grocery
business.
She Entranced Headhunters..
Cameos of Famous Musicals
To Be Presented at Grove
By FRANK AYRES
Doraine Renard and Ellis Lucas
will appear at the Grove July 14
to present their colorful costumed
cameos of famous musicals.
The light opera cameos which
the harmonious twosome are to
present were created by Doraine,
using songs from famous operas
and operettas as a source of ma
terial. A graduate of Ohio State
University at the age of seventeen,
she establishes her musical ability
by being able to play one of every
type of instrument.
During the recent war the “Dor
aine and Ellis” song team conduc
ted a thirteen-month tour of fight
ing fronts with U. S. O. camp
shows, in twenty-three foreign
countries, from Iceland via Europe
to the South Seas, and including
Asia. For this service Doraine was
given the rank of Honorary Briga
dier General, the “best-looking”
BG in the Army. They were both
decorated for a great job done.
When interviewed by a repor
ter from the “Atlanta Constitu
tion” before production of “Rio
Rita” in Atlanta, the singing
team confessed to the one time
their career was threatened. That
DORAINE RENARD and EL
LIS LUCAS will appear at
THE GROVE at 8 p.m. Wed
nesday. Since their performance
has been paid for by the stu
dent’s activity fee, there will be
no admittance charge.
was the time New Guinea head
hunters became entranced by
Doraine’s flowing blonde hair
and she could see her head on
a pole reflected in their eyes.
They were with the Hollywood
Victory Camp Shows at that
time.
They do not believe in the thea
ter superstitutions and taboos re
verently respected by most show
people. Doraine is fond of wearing
yellow on opening night and Ellis
continues to enjoy whistling in
the dressing room. The only ritual
in which they both firmly believe
is a brief prayer, said together
just before curtain time.
Notable among their song se
lections are Victor Herbert’s
“Sweethearts” and “Naughty
Marietta,” “Sempre Libera” from
“La Traviata”, “Night and Day”,
“Donkey Serenade”, “Ah Sweet
Mystery of Life”, “My Hero”
and others.
Doraine and Ellis have been mar
ried for ten years and say that
their marriage has helped their
career rather than molested it.
“When you are married,” says
Doraine, “you work as a team.
There is no professional jealousy
because you are one for the other.”
GIBB GILCHRIST, President of A&M, was named Chancellor
of the A&M College System by the Board of Directors in their meet
ing here Saturday. Gilchrist will assume the role of one of the most
important executive posts in American education. President of
A&M since 1944, h^ will assume his new office on September 1.
Thurman Jones, A-M End Coach,
Resigns to Enter Oil Business
Resignation of Thurman (Tugboat) Jones as end coach
on the football staff was announced today by Head Coach
Harry Stiteler.
Jones is leaving coaching to enter the oil business as
an associate of an oil well servicing company headquarters
at Wichita Falls. Jones joined the4
A&M staff in February, coming
from Hardin College, Wichita
Falls.
“We hate to lose him,” Stiteler
said, “but when a man gets this
kind of opportunity, we certainly
can’t stand in his way. Tugboat is
one of the finest fellows I have
ever worked with, and we certain
ly wish him all kinds of luck in
his new job.”
A successor as end coach will
probably be named in the next
few days, Stiteler added.
“If I were staying in the coach
ing game, I would be staying at
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for his last year of full-time service to the college.
Other changes in the administrative staff at A&M was
the appointment of M. T. Harrington, dean of Arts and
Sciences, as acting Dean of the College; and the naming of
D. W. Williams, Vice-President for Agriculture, to the new
post of Vice-Chancellor for Agri
culture. Harrington will also con
tinue his present duties as Dean
of Arts and Sciences.
The Board also gave the title
of President to the deans of the
three other colleges in the sys
tem, Dean E. H. Hereford of North
Texas Agricultural College, Dean
E. J. Howell of John Tarleton
Agricultural College, and Dean E.
B. Evans of Prairie View A&M.
The System
The new plan is designed to sep
arate from the normal duties of
the presidency of A&M, the heavy
load of administering a statewide
system which includes three other
colleges and a multitude of serv
ices and agencies.
It is a result of many months
of planning and study and for the
first time makes each college in
the system an autonomous unit
responsible to its president who is
in turn responsible to the Board
through the Chancellor.
In addition to the four colleges
with an enrollment of 14,000 stu
dents, the A&M System includes
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station with its 22 substations and
14 field laboratories; the Texas
Agricultural Extension service
with county agents and home
demonstration agents; the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station,
Texas Engineering Extension
Service, Firemen’s Training School,
Rodent Control Service, and other
agencies and services which may
be authorized. Each of the agen
cies and services will be headed
by a director and will operate as
a unit of the system in the same
manner as the colleges.
Other Action
Besides the establishment of the
new system, the Board of Directors
also:
Approved the system budget of
$25,183,111.95 for the fiscal year
of 1948-49.
Established a policy for the dis
position of Exchange Store profits
for the current year; 50% for the
operation and improvement of the
store which will include replace
ment of the old fixtures now in
use and a revising of the sales
system whereby long lines at the
beginning of each semester will
be removed; 50% for student wel
fare with exact distribution to be
determined later.
Gave authority to the President
to accept bids by July 21 for the
construction of three greenhouses
on the campus.
Accepted $20,800 from the CAA
for the construction of lights at
Easterwood Airport.
Approved the plan for the pub
lishing of a Former Student Di
rectory in conjunction with the As
sociation of Former Students.
Accept Bids
Accepted bids on seven old cam
pus dwellings which are to be
moved to make room for the Me
morial Student Center.
Increased the working capital
for the college owned confection
aries to $15,000.
Appropriated $3,700 for an
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nothing but the highest praise for
Stiteler, Bill Carmichael and the
entire A&M setup. With men of
this type and the enthusiasm you
feel in the air down here, A&M
is sure to come to the top.”
AAF TRAINING
TURKISH AIRMEN
WASHINGTON, July 12 <#)—
Turkish airmen are learning the
tricks of American aviation from
a group of United States Air Force
experts assigned to Turkey as
A&M,” Jones said when the an- 1 part of the American aid mission
nouncement was made. “I have i to that country.
TEXAS A.8 M. COLLEGE SYSTEM
D. W. WILLIAMS, vice-president for Agriculture for A&M,
was named Vice-Chancellor for Agriculture of the A&M College
System. Williams came to A&M in 1920 as a Professor in the
Animal Husbandry Department. In addition to service in World
War I, Williams served as a Colonel with the Agricultural Council
in Austria during World War II.
A&M Student
Dies in Kansas
Auto Accident
William E. Eckles, Jr.,
sophomore at A&M last spring
died in a Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, hospital at 6 o’clock
Sunday morning of injuries
received in an automobile ac
cident about three hours ear
lier.
A grandson of Dean and Mrs.
F. C. Bolton, Eckles graduated
from A&M Consolidated High
School in 1946. He attended A&M
two years majoring in liberal arts
and was a member of the baseball
team last spring.
Eckles was spending his sum
mer vacation in Kansas where his
father is an instructor at the Com
mand and General Staff School of
Fort Leavenworth. He planned to
return to A&M in September.
The body will be brought to Col
lege Station for burial.
Tentative funeral arrangements
have been made for tomorrow at
10 a.m. in the Presbyterian Church
of Colleg:e Station. Final arrange
ments will be made after the ar
rival of Colonel and Mrs. W. E.
Eckles who are expected to reach
College Station this afternoon.
Col. Eckles is a graduate of
A&M, Class of ’28. Mrs. Eckles
is the daughter of Dean and Mrs.
Bolton.
Rev. Norman Anderson, Pres
byterian pastor, will conduct the
funeral service.
WIGGINS NAMED NEW
TEXAS TECH PRESIDENT
FORT WORTH, Tex., July 12
(■dP)—Dr. D. M. Wiggins, El Paso,
president of the School of Mines,
was named president of Texas
Technological College at a board
meeting Saturday.
M. T. HARRINGTON, Dean
of the School of Arts and Scien
ces, was named Acting Dean of
A&M College. Harrington, Class
of ’22, will continue his regular
duties in addition to the new
assignment.
McQuillen Leaves
For Michigan Meet
E. E. McQuillen, chairman of
the A&M Development Fund, left
Thursday for Ann Arbor, Michi
gan, where he will officiate as di
rector for the regional conference
of the American Alumni Council.
Accompanying McQuillen is his
executive secretary, Dick Hervey,
and his assistant secretary, L. B.
Locke.
The conference, which is to dis
cuss student problems in general,
will be in session July 11 through
15.
McQuillen will return July 17.
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LEGEND;
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Texas Extension Service, and Texas Forest Service.
• Branch College
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
O Sub-station Number
O Field Laboratory
TEXAS EXTENSION SERVICE
District Boundary
• District Headquarters
■A Sub-district Headquarters
• County Agricultural Agents
O County Home Demonstration Agents
TEXAS FOREST SERVICE
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® Hdqts .Forest Protection and Forest Products Research.
® Forest Nursery
Democratic Presidents Born
And Not Made; No Shortcuts
By FRANK CUSHING
How may your son become a Democratic president?
After extensive research we must confess that we can
not complete our series of “How to make your son a presi
dent” or “From sandbox to White House” in two easy
lessons. We claim without modesty that we have pointed
out how mothers may take short-cuts in making their sons
Republican presidents, but we cannot help the Democratic
mothers in fulfilling their ambitions.
It is now quite apparent that only fate in its unforseen
ways can be of assistance to them. Our studied conclusion
is that Democratic Presidents are made and not born.
Three Requirements
History authenticates that reasoning. For instance the
past indicates that the necessary qualifications for being a
donkey-riding president include the knowledge of how tc
hold and use a cigarette holder, where a fireplace could be
obtained on short notice, and how to marry an animated
travelogue.
Then it shows that the hopeful must be able to pick
out at least one tune on the piano besides chopsticks. He
must be able to sign his name on pardons. And must be
the proud father of a daughter who will qualify as the
poorman’s Gladys Swarthout. Oh, yes, a knowledge of how
to run a hatshop seems to be invaluable, too.
Must Say “No” Occasionally
Now the new r s tells us that the above are all unessentials.
If you want to be a popular candidate you must also be a
general and sincerely state at frequent intervals that you
don’t want to be president, and that you are being sent
down the river to Washington.
In complete amazement The Battalion repeats it has
failed its readers. There just is not a clear and concise
pattern by which Democratic presidents may be made. We
can only repeat that fate with the aid of a few electoral
votes produces the Democratic president.