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Ad do LJAReiiV 4 CAMPUS FROM THE REVIEWING STAND About Football Tickets Good news for football fans was the announcent that the SMU game had been switched from Ownby Stadium, SMU, to the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas. The Cotton Bowl seats 46,000 compared to 23,000 at SMU’s Ownby Sta- dium. The switch meant that thous- ands who otherwise would have been unable to see the game may now do so. A word of praise is due athletic authorities at SMU and the Mus- tang student body. Every school likes to play on its own field. The switch to the Cotton Bowl repre- sents a real sacrifice by the Mus- tangs, and football fans should be appreciative. The change was made possible through the cooperation of the SMU authorities, a special committee of the Dallas A. & M. Club, and Aggie Athletic Authori- ties. Prior to the switch, the SMU game was just about to join the Thanksgiving game as an early sellout. Aggie Athletic Business Man- ager, P, L. Downs, Jr., 06, advises that his office is still filling or- ders for all games, with the ex- ception of the Thanksgiving game. Tickets for all the Conference games are $3.00 each and the same for the Texas Tech tilt at San Antonio on the night of Sep- tember 28. The Oklahoma game at Norman, October 5th is $2.75 and the night game with LSU at Baton Rouge, October 12 is $3.60. Orders should be placed for tickets now, by writing direct to the Athletic Department. Sale to the general public for tickets to all games other than A. & M. vs. Texas, opens September 1, following the thirty-day priority period for A. & M. ex-students. In discussing the Thanksgiving game sellout, Downs pointed out that order blanks were mailed the last week in July to all ex-students whose names and correct addresses were in the files of the Associa- tion. The orders started coming back on July 27. As each order came in it was dated and number- ed consecutively, beginning with No. 1. By August 6th the orders on hand called for every available Thanksgiving ticket and further sales had to be stopped. As previously explained, the chief reason for the unprecedented early sellout, was the record-break- ing student bodies at A. & M. and the University. When seats had been set aside for those groups, A. & M and Texas had left ap- proximately 10,000 tickets each for ex-student sales. Both schools sold out within a week. This year is the first in history that there was no public sale for the Thanksgiving game, Downs expects other sellouts and urges fans to order their tickets now. The Campus Reporter’s Notebook The Texas Aggie Band under the direction of E. Verne Adams, 29 will be 220 men strong this fall. . . Approximately 1,326 acres of the 18,000 acre Bluebonnet Ord- nance Plant, near McGregor, have been recently deeded to the A. & M. College by the Federal Secur- ities Administration. If college re- quests are approved by the War Assets Administration, A. & M. will eventually be given control of the entire 18,000 acres at the plant. =.=. Owen Garrigan, horseman and trainer for the animal husbandry department was recently kicked by a horse and suffered a fractured skull. He is slowly improving. . . A new concrete building being erected at the side of the Campus Theater building will be occupied by Joske’s of San Antonio. . . Dr. Ide P. Trotter, Director of the Texas Extension Service, has been attending the Western States Re- gional Extension Conference in Ft. Collins, Colorado. . . Dr. Porter Butts, director of the Student Union at the University of Wisconsin was a recent campus visitor. He took part in several conferences concerning the Stu- dent Memorial Center to be built here at A. & M. The Grove, outdoor cement dance slab, will have its present size tripled shortly. Professor A. V. Moore has re- joined the staff of the dairy hus- bandry department. He will also receive his Ph. D. on August 31 from Michigan State College. Taylor Wilkins, ’36 has been named Veterans Adviser. Wilkins came to the college in October of 1935 and has been working with the office of Student Affairs. Dr. Arne A. Jakkula has been appointed director of research for the Texas A. & M. Research Foundation. J. Matt Carr, ’30 of Waco has been appointed associate profes- sor of municipal and sanitary en- gineering at the college. He as- sumes his duties September 1. Dr. W. B. Davis who has been acting head of the fish and game department for the past two years, has been appointed head of the department effective September 1. Stewart Bevan, ’38 has been added to the geology department staff. Professor S. A. Lynch, formerly of NTAC, has been named head of the geology department. College Expects More Than 9,000 Students to Enroll In September “Standing Room Only” will be the “order of the day” on Septem- ber 10 when classes for the Septem- ber session get under way. College officials are predicting an enroll- ment of more than 9,000 while some of the more optimistic prognosti- cators are soaring up to 10,000. Registration for students in school during the summer term took place on August 21. Old stu- dents not in school during the sum- mer term will register on Septem- ber 9. All freshmen are expected to report to College on September 1, and Freshmen Week starts on Sep- tember 2. THREE DINING HALLS J. Penniston, Director of Subsis- tence, will have three dining halls in operation, Shisa, Duncan and the A. & M. College Annex Dining Hall, Members of the Cadet Corps will eat at Duncan Hall. They will be fed family style meals. Veterans will be fed cafeteria style and may eat at either Duncan or Shisa Hall. An army cafeteria set up will be used at the College Annex as time does not permit the building of regular cafeteria facilities. Harry Boyer, 31, Chief of Hous- ing and Student Records has hous- ing problems galore. There isn’t nearly enough housing to meet the demand. ’ : THREE TO A ROOM On the campus, nearly all single students will be housed three to a room in the dormitories. Married veterans and their wives will oc- cupy Hart and Walton Halls. They, will also occupy the project houses and 138 government housing pro- ject apartments. An additional 446 apartments are under construction and are expected to be ready for occupancy around December 1. In addition to the trailer park on the main campus, it is expected that two additional trailer areas will be established at the Texas A. & M. Annex. The Texas A. & M. College An- nex provides apartments for 45 vet- erans and their wives. Some 1100 single students are expected to be housed at the annex also. Six hun- dred of them will be freshmen who will attend classes there. The other 500 will be veterans who will have to attend classes on the main cam- pus. A private firm has promised to run shuttle trucks or buses to and from the annex. All single students living in the annex area will be housed in 48 man style barracks. Only 20 men will be placed in each barracks which should give ample room for study facilities. The shortage of living quarters is by no means the only problem confronting college authorities. Eq- ually acute is the matter of class- room space and instructor person- nel. . Contrary to all previous years, classes will begin at 7:00 in the morning and will continue straight through until 5:00 in the afternoon. Some classes will be taught during the noon hour, in order to equalize usage of classroom space. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, netify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. THE TEXAS AGGIE POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is guaranteed. VOLUME XIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1946 . NUMBER 12 Wide Acclaim Greets Opportunity Awards Jesse H. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones of Houston established the Jones Agricultural Scholar- ships which will provide schol- arships for fifty boys. These fifty scholarships will be awarded over a ten year period. Edward Knipling, ’30 Given Typhus Medal Edward F. Knipling, ’30, Senior Entomologist in the Bureau of En- tomology and Plant Quarantine has been awarded the United States of America Typhus Commission Medal for his meritorious service in connection with the activities of the Typhus Commission. As director of the Orlando Lab- oratory of the Bureau of Ento- mology and Plant Quarantine at Orlando, Fla.,, Knipling planned and directed investigations in the development of insecticides and repellants for prevention of disease in the U. S. Army. These investigations led to the effective use of DDT in the con- trol of epidemic tyhpus fever and of dimethyl phythalate as a repel- lant for the prevention of scrub typhus. Dr. Quisenberry, ’31 Heads Poultry Dept. Dr. John H. Quisenberry, ’31 will become head of the college department of poultry husbandry when he returns from Hawaii this fall. He is now on leave from A&M and is serving as head of the poultry department at the Univer- sity of Hawaii. He is also di- rector of poultry research at the Agricultural Experiment Station there. Dr. Quisenberry will succeed Prof. D. H. Reid who has reached the age for modified service. Prof. Reid, who is well known to all Texas poultrymen is being re- lieved of administrative duties to devote more time to visits over the state with poultry flock owners and hatcherymen. Prof. Reid will continue to instruct in the poul- try husbandry department. Leaving Hawaii on August 9, Dr. Quisenberry expects to assume his new duties about September 1. Wright, ’22, Is Made Head of C. E. Dept. Dr. S. R. Wright, 22 has been appointed head of the Civil En- gineering Department. He will suc- ceed J. T. L. McNew, ’18, who upon returning from the service was made vice-president in charge of engineering. Dr. Wright has been acting head of the Municipal and Sanitary En- gineering Department for the past four years. Making his home in Bryan, Dr. Wright has been connected with Texas A. & M. College since he be- came an instructor in 1923. Since that time he has served eight years as Assistant City Engineer of Waco and was for over a year supervisor of public utilities for the City of Fort Worth. Carroll M. Gaines, ’12 Carroll M. Gaines, '12, San An- tonio attorney, was elected Presi- dent of the Association of Former Students at the annual meeting last spring. He is a past president of the San Antonio A. & M. Club and served last year as Vice Presi- dent of the Association. His offices are located in the South Texas Bank Building in San Antonio. President Gaines is the father of Carroll Gaines, Jr., 42, now back dat A. & M. to complete his work after military service, and the father-in-law of R. L. “Bob” Gulley, ’42, San Antonio. Through- out his life he has been a staunch friend and worker for the College and for the Ex-Student Associa- tion and its activities. In comment- ing upon this year’s Development Fund he said: A Word to A. & M. Men “Every contributor to the Development Fund this year will have the satisfaction of knowing that he helped make possible the attendance at A. & M. this fall of sixteen out- standing boys, winners of the first Opportunity Awards Furthermore, his contribution will help another sixteen boys each year for five years, a total of 80 boys. True, the special gifts of Messrs. Jones and Mitchell increased the awards, but without the solid backing of the program by A. & M. men it could not have been launchea. “An annual gift to the Fund from every A. & M. man is the only financial solicitation of the Ex-Student Association. Each man should give as much as he can, but by all means every man should give some- thing. Every gift, whether it be for a thousand, for fifty or for five dollars, is equally necessary and equally appre- ciated. Last year 8,500 A. & M. men gave to the Fund. This year we hope 10,000 will join hands. ‘Two great objectives are behind us, the Memorial Stu- dent Center and the Gold Star Fund. Now we set our hands to another, the first great, big-league scholarship pro- gram of the Southwest. We continue our record of very real and very fine accomplish- ments through our Develop- ment Fund.” Col. G.S. Meloy Named New P.M.S. & T. Col Guy S. Meloy, Jr., of the United States Army has been named professor of military science and tactics for A. and M., succeeding Colonel Maurice D. Welty, now on terminal leave pre- ceding retirement. A graduate of the Military Acad- emy of West Point in 1927, Col. Meloy served with distinction in the European Theatre of Operations during last World War II. As PMS&T, Col. Meloy will serve as a member of the executive com- mittee and has been asked by President Gibb Gilchrist to assume chairmanship of the Sanitary Board. Bracewell Elected To Legislature Searcy Bracewell, ’38, promi- nent Houston attorney, was elected to the Texas House of Representa- tives in the recent run-off election. Bracewell defeated his opponent, the present incumbent, by a sub- stantial majority. He has been a member of the law firm of Bracewell and Tunks with offices in the Sterling Build- ing. McFadden Honored By Readers Digest Edgar S. McFadden, Agronomist with the Texas Agricultural Ex- periment Station, has been grant- ed a distinguished service award of $2,500 by Reader’s Digest Mag- aine in recognition of his 30-year struggle to develop disease resis- tant wheat. He has been at the Texas Sta- tion since 1935 and has been work- ing to produce a variety of wheat resistant to rust. He originally started his work on disease resis- tant wheat when a student in South Dakota College in 1916. Among A. and M. Clubs National Capital R. T. Baggett, 26, was elected President of the National Capital Texas A&M Club of Washington, taking over after the April 21 Mus- ter. Other new officers include Col. Earl T. McCullough, First Vice President; Lt. Col R. N. Tal- bot, 29, Second Vice President; and William O. Weller, Jr.,, ’33, Secretary. The Club holds regular meetings on the third Wednesday night of each month and is now meeting at the Army and Navy Country Club, Arlington, Va. Retiring officers include T. Lee Gaston, '24, President; W. L. Scott, ’36, Vice President; and A. Taylor, ‘24, Secretary-Treasurer. Corpus Christi Club The A&M Board of Directors, President Gib Gilchrist, and Vice President D. W. Williams, were guests of the Corpus Christi A&M Club at their July 13 meeting which was held on the Plaza Deck at 8 p.m. Another guest was Dean E. J. Howell, 22 of John Tarleton Agricultural College. C.|the San Angelo A&M Club in pre- Triple M Club First summer meeting of the Triple M Club (Mason, Menard, McCullough Counties) was held at Brady on June 10 in the form of a barbecue. Seth Martin, Jr., 41, Ma- son, was elected President succeed- ing Guy M. Powell, 25, Brady. Roger Q. Landers, "20, Menard, was re-elected Vice President, and Wal- ton R. Lehmberg, ’40, Mason, named Secretary-Treasurer. Guests of the evening were Association Secretary E, E. McQuillen and State Senator Penrose B. Met- calfe, ’16, of San Angelo. The Club voted to again match senting spur clips to outstanding 4-H Club boys at the San Angelo Stock Show. Fort Benning Club The Fort Benning, Ga. A. & M. Club meets the last Wednesday in each month in room 224 of the Infantry School Building. Any A. & M. men wishing to join should contact Lt. Col. Theodore H. And- rews, ’38. Milam Co. Club Organizes Niley J. Smith, ’38, was elected President of the Milam County A. & M. Club at its initial meeting held on the evening of August 9 in Cameron. Other officers elected include: Lyle McDermott, 44, Vice Presi- dent; and J. Wallace Stufflebeme, 37, Secretary. Speakers included S. A. Lips- comb, ’07, P. L. Downs Jr., ’06, Bill Dawson, 41 and Association Secretary E. E. McQuillen, ’20 all of College Station. Northeast Texas Club Dr. J. W. McCoy, '42, was elected President of the Northeast Texas A&M Club at a meeting held on July 26, at Paris. Other officers elected include: R. L. Willoughby, ’30, Vice Presi- dent; and Wayne Anderson, ’30, Secretary. All officers are from Paris. J. W. Jennings, 10, is the retir- ing president. I A. F. Mitchell, ’09 A. F. Mitchell, ’09 of Corsi- cana was the first A. & M. man to make a special gift to finance a scholarship under the Opportunity Award Pro- gram. He and Mrs. Mitchell established the Mitchell Award which provides a schol- arship for one boy for four years. Bill Morgan, "30 Elected President 0f Arkansas A&M William E. “Bill” Morgan, ’30 of Bryan has been named Presi- dent of Arkansas A. & M. College at Monticello, Ark. Morgan had served as econo- mist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and as Assistant Registrar of the college at various times. He had resigned from his position with the Extension Service in the early part of the summer to engage in private business. He spent four years in the army in World War II, two of which were spent with the AAF in the China- Burma-India theater. He was dis- charged with the rank of Colonel. He has also studied at the Uni- versity of California and at Har- vard. He and Mrs. Morgan have two children. They have not yet made their plans known concerning their . moving to Monticello. Dr. Humbert Placed On Modified Service; Godbey Heads Dept. Dr. E. P. Humbert, head of the genetics department since 1921, will be placed on modified service, September 1, relinquishing his du- ties as head of the department. He will continue to serve as pro- fessor in genetics. Prof. Chauncey B. Godbey, 26 will succeed Dr. Humbert as head of the genetics department. Dr. Humbert came to A&M in 1916 where he served as chief of the division of plant breeding. He held this position until he became head of the genetics department in 1921. He holds degrees from Iowa State College and Cornell University. Prof. Godbey is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and of Texas A&M. He received his Masters’ degree from A&M in 1926. He has been a member of the genetics department since 1906. He is widely known for his work in genetics and biometry. Pecan Valley Club Elects Kuykendall John S. Kuykendall, ’38 John S. Kuykendall, ’38 was elected President of the Pecan Valley A. & M. Club at a recent meeting held in Brownwood. Kuykendall is County Super- visor of Brown County for the Farm Security Administration. He makes his headquarters at Brown- wood. Charles V. Griffin, 38 was elect- ed club secretary. The club will hold meetings on the second Wednesday evening of each month. Sixteen Texas Boys Enter College As First Award Winners-A&M Men Make It Possible Thru Development Fund Statewide acclaim greeted announcement of the Opportunity Awards scholarship program, launched by A. & M. men. Practically every major daily newspaper in the State carried the pictures of the first sixteen winners of the statewide competition for these awards. Smaller dailies and weeklies throughout the State carried pictures and stories, and many expressed strong approval of the program editorially. As the first major scholarships plan in the Southwest, it was described as setting a worthy precedent for future. other institutions to follow in the The scholarships program became a reality when it was selected by the directors of the Association as the objective of the 1947 Develop- ment Fund. The gifts of A. & M. men this year will make it possible to put this big new plan into action, and will lead the way in a move- ment which others through the State will join in supporting. Jones and Mitchell Boost Number All gifts to the Development Fund this year, unless otherwise restricted, will be used to provide the money for launching the Opportunity Awards, and to provide awards annually for the next five years. In that period it is hoped that other gifts will be re- ceived to place the program on an endowed and permanent basis. Soundness of the program and its wide appeal are indicated by the fact that gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones of Houston and Mr. and Mrs. Allin F. Mitchell of Corsicana have already in- creased the number of scholarships available the first year from the original ten to a total of sixteen. Previous Objectives Reached Undertaking of a new Fund objective was made possible by action of the College in allocating additional funds to build the Memorial Student Center as soon as construction is practical. Also accomplished is the Gold Star Fund objective, setting aside $50,000 to be used to aid in the education of children of Gold Star A. &. M. men of World War II. With these two great goals reached, the Directors of the Associa- tion chose the Opportunity Awards program, designed to give outstand- ing Texas boys and opportunity for college education, as the next big job to which A. & M. men would set their hands. Texas Likes Program Evidence of statewide approval of this undertaking came both in the unprecedented generosity of newspapers and news associa- tions in handling the announcement story, and in editorial com- ment of leading newspapers. The Associated Press distributed pictures and stories of the winners to all Texas members, both by wire and mail, and newspapers carried special local stories in addi- tion, on boys from their own areas. Editorially ,the San Antonio Express suggested: * . . . those persons who have made fortunes in Texas — who have grown rich from oil, cattle or lands—should welcome this opportunity to show their appreciation. By thus investing in tomorrow’s leaders, such benefactors would make sure of Texas’ continuing deveopment.” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram praised the program editorially, saying: “The scholarship program constitutes a praiseworthy effort to aid in development of a resource of incalculable value to the state —the brains and abilities of its youth”. From high school officials of the state came unanimous com- mendation of the Opportunity Awards as serving a great need through- out Texas. Already many boys and some parents have written to in- quire as to future plans and possibilities of entering the competitions in the future. Pictures of the first winners and a more detailed account of the program were mailed to all A. and M. men on September 1st in a special issue of the Texas A. and M. ment Fund. Review, publication of the Develop- Texas Aggies Start Training On Sept. 2 For Southwest Conference Football Race Kyle Field burst into life Sep- tember 2nd with over a hundred football hopefuls following a twice- a-day grueling training schedule. There probably never was a stran- ger situation existing at the open- ing of training season. Homer Nor- ton and his staff steadfastly re- fused any attempt at picking a tentative starting team. “The first starting team we will have” said Norton, “will be on September 21, when we open against North Tex- as State College on Kyle Field.” Until then the big squad has been divided into teams under the names of the various centers on the Aggie squad. “We have so many boys deserving a chance, and there are so many uncertainties as to their abilities,” declared Norton, “that it would be unfair and in fact impossible for us to attempt to pick at this time any starting lineup:” : An example of what Norton meant is found in a review of the squad, which shows boys ranging from high school stars of last year to veterans playing their final year after returning from military services. Only actual per- formances out there on the field can give the answer. One thing is certain, it will be one of the rough- est, toughest, pre-season training periods ever seen on Kyle Field. “Don’t overlook those “B’” team games” declared one seasoned Aggie fan. “They will be playing a brand of football as good or better than the Conference has seen in many of its years.” The eight-game schedule already as- signed for the Aggie “B” team, means an opportunity to play for twice as many boys and gives every man an opportunity to advance at any time to the “A” team. The Conference picture remains unchanged, with Texas still in the favorites’ seat, but trying mightily to shove that doubtful distinction toward the Aggies, the Owls or anyone else. Only one thing is certain about the 1946 season, and that is that more people will see the Confer- ence games this year than ever in the League’s history. Twenty Five Years Ago in the Texas Aggie (Taken from Texas Aggie files of 1921) M. S. Church, ’05 is now in Dal- las. He is a member of the firm of McCutcheon & Church, attor- neys. C. P. Dodson, 711 is manager of Decatur Light and Water Com- pany, Decatur, Texas. W. E. Sampson, ’08 is vice president and general manager of Texas Building Material Co., Beaumont, Texas. : Of the 64 graduates of the A&M College of Texas the past term who completed the advanced course of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, 37 have been ap- pointed second lieutenants in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. Ray C. Mowery, 21 will leave soon for Lubbock, Texas where he will be principal of Lubbock High School. Mowery will have the dis- tinction of being one of the high- est paid teachers in the Pan- handle. “On the east side of the foot- ball field the most modern steel grand stand ever erected in the South is being constructed at a cost of $17,000. The structure will be 54 feet deep, 360 feet in length, extending the entire length of the field. There will be 200 seats extending this length with a seating capacity of 5,000, and in addition the stand will include box seats for 1200 more. Jack Shelton, ’17 is with the Chamber of Commerce in Gaines- ville, Texas. John Ashton, The Breeder’s Ill. The Association loses one of the best workers that it has when Tyree Bell, ’17 leaves the State. He has recently resigned as president of the Dallas A&M Club and is soon to go to another state to take up his duties there.” ’06 is editor of Gazette, Chicago, Horace A. Sawyer, ’16 of Rockwall who for the past three years has been acting Governor in Liberia, returned early last May to America. While stopping in a hotel in Washington, D. C., a sneak thief searched his clothing and removed $1300 in cash and about $700 in checks. Bell County Club Elects Frank Matush, Jr., 39 of Temple was elected president of the Bell County A. & M. Club at a recent meeting. Other officers elected include: O. Findley Brewster, ’40, Vice President; and Jack Boling, ’37, Secretary-Treasurer. Retiring officers are Martie G. Lowry, ’40, President; and W. D. Seals, ’26, Secretary Treasurer. The club meets on the third Thursday night of each month at the Blackland Experiment Station.
