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LOOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1944
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 94
Students Pay Fees Now, Sign For Rooms Wednesday
Graduates To Receive Degrees Saturday
Judge Barron of Bryan Will Speak to 39
Seniors at Guion Hall on January 29th
Names of 39 men who will receive advanced or bacca
laureate degrees at the end of the current semester, January
29, have been announced by the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas. This will make a total of .1,845 degrees
presented by the College since the declaration of war.
In normal times these graduates would have received
their diplomas in June 1945. Under+
the speed-up program enacted by
the Board of Directors shortly af
ter Pearl Harbor, graduation will
be accomplished 16 months earlier.
First plans made for graduation
did not include commencement ex
ercises, but at the request of sev-
. eral Aggies to be graduated, plans
fi wlre changed. District Judge W.
S. Barron of Bryan will be the
commencement speaker. These ex
cises will be held in Guion Hall a^/
10:30 a.m. January 29.
Diplomas will be awarded- ( to
regular student graduate^' add
certificates will be given to two
groups of Army Specialized Train
ing Program students. Advanced
ASTP students \£ill receive certifi
cates signifying completion of the
advanced course. Basic students will
. receive similar awards indicating
t completion of l^asic studies.
Three of the 39 graduates will
■ . receive Master degrees: Mahlon
, Y •PtToyiile,, Bry^n.| ia Agricul
tural Education; Arthur D.. Adam
son, College Station, in Economics;
and Frederico Alberto Landulpho
Velloso, Salvador, Brazil, in Mu
nicipal and Sanitary Engineering.
Of 'the 36 Bachelor degrees to be
conferred, 15 are*in Hie School of
Agriculture; six in the School of
Arts and Sciences; 10 in the School
(See DEGREES, page 4)
Senior Ring Dance And Banquet
Plans Complete; Milner Hall Is
Available For Weekend Guests
President’s Ball
PlannedWithMoney
Going to Paralized
Two Dances on 28th;
Party on 29th; Dance
Tickets, $1.10 and $.55
The President’s Ball, which
raises large sums of money an
nually for the care of those per
sons afflicted by infantile paraly
sis, will be held Friday night, Jan
uary 28, according to Mrs. Ford
Munnerlyn who is in charge of
ticket sales for the occasion. The
adult party will be held in the
Bryan Country Club beginning at
9:00 o’clock in the evening while
the younger generation begin
celebrating at 8:30 in K. C. Hall.
The following Saturday night a
game tournament will be held in
the Maggie' Parker Dining Room at
, C ,:0Q, no’.-'l’.-yk j f .. r the ty^refit -of,-
/TOOife it interested i in bridge, dom
inoes, gin rummy, liverpool,
(See BALL, Page 3)
Campaign For War
Prisoner’s Morale
Fund Begun by Y
Athletic Equipment,
— Books, Musical Horns
Among Articles Needed
The Young Men’s Christian As
sociation with M. L. Cashion in
charge is beginning its campaign
to collet money from the various
organizations on the campus to
night for the purpose of aiding in
boosting the morale of war prison-
Money which is raised will go to
the YMCA which will in turn send
overseas in the form of athletic
equipment, musial instruments,
technical books, and other forms
of morale builders. No fund has
such a wide range of aids to the
many service men who are now
war prisoners; some of the men
that will be helped might be the
relatives of some of the givers.
To buy all the things that are
needed by these prisoners of war,
money is needed. Contributions
have to be asked for and received.
Books of the nature that are want
ed cost money, just as do athletic
equipment and musical instruments,
or anything else that might aid
in boosting morale. This is where
the students and service men come
in.
Beginning tonight there will be
an all out drive to collect funds that
are needed to buy the things that
are necessary to keep up the morale
of the war prisoners. In each dorm
itory, both service men and Aggie,
there will be a collection made
tonight and for many nights in
the future. Let everyone give as
much as he can for every little bit
that can be obtained in just that
much more to buy a game, a book,
a football, or a violin. And remem
ber, you would like to have some
thing if you were in their place.
Former Business Manager of College
Receives Commendation From Army Co
Major E. N. Holmgreen
Cited for Services
In Army Civil Affairs
Major E. N. Holmgreen, former
business manager of the college,
recently received commendation
from his commanding officer when
he was given emergency duties
immediately upon reporting at Sal
erno on Sept. 29.
Lt. Col. James L. Kincaid said
of his work, “Although he is rated
as Special Agriculture, due to the
shortage of officers and the exi
gencies of the military situation, I
found it necessary to use him
at once back of the forces in the
Sorrento Peninsular. After report
ing at Agerola he was immediately
ordered forward in the wake of
the 82 Air Borne Division to duty
at Castellammare just occupied
Ex Student of A&M
Given Captain Rank
The twin bars of Captain were
placed Wednesday morning on the
uniform of Joseph W. Davidson of
Rt. 4, McKinney, Texas, as the
Newport Amy Air Field flying
officer was promoted to that rank.
Captain Davidson a flight com
mander at the AAF Pilot School
(Basic) attended Texas A. & M.
and the Anderson Diesel School.
He entered the service on Sept.
27, 1941, and prior to that time
was engaged in farming and as a
Diesel mechanic.
His previous Air Corps stations
included Luke Field, Arizona,
Cochran Field, Ga., and Bain-
bridge, Ga., before his assignment
to the Newport Army Air Field.
Captain Davidson is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Onic W„ Davidson of
Rt. 4, McKinney, Texas, and is
married to the former Lillie Mar-
nell Welch.
by our forces. Airter three days in
charge of Civil Affairs duties
there, he was ordered to take
charge of the important District
No. 3, Nola, of this province with
a population of 250,000. As no
other officers were available then
or later he single handedly admin
istered this large district alone un
til relieved today. His entire service
has been marked by a splendid
devotion to duty, hard work and
an outstanding degree of adminis
trative ability.”
and
Last Battalion of
Semester on Thursday
Thursday’ts issue of the Bat
talion will be the last one for
the present semester, it was an
nounced today. The reason for
this is that there will be no staff
left for the week January 28th
to February 3rd to put out the
paper. Publishing of the Bat
talion will begin again on Feb
ruary 4th, the date of freshman
registration.
Anyone who might have news
that should be printed before
the 4th should contact the Bat
talion at 4-5444 Wednesday
afternoon. This includes news
stories and columns that are
usually printed in Saturday’s
issue.
Banquet Ticket Sales
End Noon Wednesday;
Seniors Urged to Buy
Plans are complete for the Sen
ior Ring Dance and Banquet for
the Class of ’45 to be held in Sbisa
Hall Friday night. The Banquet
will start at 7:15 followed imme
diately by the traditional ring
ceremony, which will probably
start about 8:45, according to
Hank Avary, chairman of the Ring
Dance committee. The Dance,
featuring music by Barney Rapp
and his “New Englanders”, will
start at 10:00 following the cere
mony.
The top two floors of Milner
Hall will definitely be available
for dates on Friday night and in all
probability Saturday night also,
announced the Commandant’s of
fice late yesterday afternoon.
Deadline for purchasing banquet
tickets has been set at Wednesday
nopfYuce, the nc e ducats remaining
o;j of the TatL Thursday V 'night,
'r, long before thW v-. 8.L r '^r:.^
P^jfcamp, howe's glance $2.50 per
coup'iv. -etsUiiay be purchased
from Bob-^Layton, E-10 Walton,
Art Graf, or designated members
of the 2nd, 10th and 11th com
panies.
Exceptionally fine programs
will take the place of the tradi
tional senior ring favors that were
unobtainable in time for the dance
this year due to wartime restric
tions.
Price of reserving a room and
details on where this can be done
will be announced in the dining hall
or in Thursday’s Battalion, stated
Avery.
Names Of Aggie Dorms For
Next Semester Not Kwown
Students Urged to Pay Fees of $70.25
Now; Fiscal Will Accept Until 28th
Fees for next semester are due now at the Fiscal office
and can be paid from this date throug-h the 28th, it
was stated by the Commandant’s office. Total fees amount
to $158.55. The amount that is due now is $70.25 and
it should be paid before the end of the semester and
departure for home.
Due to difficulty in estimating
Student Employees
Must File Renewals
Renewals of applications for
student employment and student
concessions will be accepted at
the Student Placement office
from now until January 29,
1944. If you expect to continue
on your present job or conces
sion, please see that your re
newal is completed on time. If
you are not working now, but
expect to work during the com
ing semester, please complete
a renewal so that we may keep
an accurate record of students
available for employment.
Dog Drive Started
By City Officials
Dogs running loose in the lim
its of the City of College Station
will be picked up for empounding
unless they are properly tagged
with city license, it was stated
today by Claude W. Rodgers of
the city offices. The drive has
(See DOG, Page 3)
Dunninger, Famous Telepathist
To Read Minds In Guion Hall
Dunninger, the master mind
reader who will present a baffling
series of experiments in telepathy
to Town Hall audiences on Febru
ary 8, is at a loss to explain his
own remarkable ability to probe
into the minds of people he meets
and to tell them exactly what they
are thinking about.
“I cannot explain it,” he says.
“I only know that I can tell what
is going on in other people’s minds
if they are willing to cooperate in
producing a degree of concentra
tion that will give the proper re
ceptivity for me. What I do is
not supernatural. Telepathy is a
power we all possess—some more,
some less. I do not predict the
future. I am not a fortune teller,
not a medium. Definitely not. I
simply seem to have a more sen
sitive telepathic sense than most
people. Why, I cannot tell. We
cannot explain electricity, sun
light, why we are alive. So we
cannot explain this.”
Telepathist Dunninger is unique.
His feats are many and varied,
with one thing in common—they
all cause spectators to wonder.
There are several volumes of vol
untary testimony in newspaper
clippings to prove that they are
as honest as they are unbelieve-
able.
In a Blue Network radio series
broadcast coast-to-coast, Dun
ninger has told the names of
strangers miles away; he has
read names, addresses and tele
phone numbers out of phone books
in remote cities. He has read the
minds of six Presidents of the
United States, beginning with
Theodore Roosevelt. He has told
three cards picked by spectators
out of 5,200. He has read head
lines of newspapers before they
were printed; read the title pages
of books in a woman’s handbag;
has told the person at one end of
a telephone what the speaker at
the other end, miles away, was
saying at that very moment. Both
persons were strangers.
Dunninger’s telepathic programs
are not easy on him. His hands
get ice-cold with nervousness be
fore each demonstration, and he
has been known to lose several
pounds during his program be
cause of the nervous strain. His
fine figure of a man has stood
him in good stead through more
than 30 years of demonstrations.
A native New Yorker, he first
creased the brows of his family,
friends and teachers, when at the
age of nine, he told who was
calling at the telephone and
“mind-read” most of the answers
in the public school curriculum.
Today, as a student of psychiatry
and hypnotism, Dunninger is help
ing prominent physicians in hyp
notic treatment of maladjusted
cases.
In one of his radio programs he
located three envelopes hidden in
the 65-story RCA Building, and
accurately described their con
tents before they were found in
the exact spots that he had said
they would be. There are sever
al thousand offices in the RCA
Building, but it was impossible to
hide anything there that he could
not find.
What’s on your mind ? Dun
ninger knows.
Town Hall To
Bring Denton
Choir Oni 4th
. y—^
A Cappella Group to
Sing on Guiori Stage
On February 4, 8:15
Forty voices strong, the pictur
esque Denton A Cappella Choir
from the North Texas State Teach
ers College will be heard in con
cert here February 4, at 8:15
o’clock in Guion Hall. Their ap
pearance is sponsored by the A.
& M. Town Hall,
Under the direction of Dr. Wil
fred C. Bain, head of the music
department of the Denton Teach
ers College, the Denton A Cappel
la Choir is said by critics to be
one of the most dramatic and
colorful musical organizations in
the Southwest.
Trained to the precision of
Prussian guardsmen, the forty
young men and women offer a
(See TOWN HALL, Page 4)
Dallas Club to Plan
Social Between Terms
The Dallas A. & M. Club has
scheduled a meeting for tomorrow
night in the Eletrical Engineering
building immediately after supper,
Conrad Sommers, president of the
Club. All members are urged to
be present for the planning of a
social to be held during the holi
days.
Details relative to the planning
of the party have to be worked
out before the end of the semester.
At the last meeting which was
held recently, a weiner roast and
dance was planned, but detailed
planning has to be made, Sommers
announced. Every Dallas A. & M.
Club member should be at the meet
ing tomorrow night to take part
in the discussion.
the number of students who will
register for the coming semester,
the Commandant’s office was un
able to state the dormitories
which . will be occupied by the
Aggies. Because of this, students
cannot register today, but will
have to wait until tomorrow at
8 a. m. at which time it is hoped
that this can be worked out.
Registration plans have been
made and released by H. L. Hea
ton, registrar of the college. New
students will register on Friday,
February 4th, with old students
registering on the 5th, Saturday.
Time limit for this has been set
to start at 8 and end at 3 in the
afternoon of the particular day.
On page 2 of today’s Battalion
is printed the schedule which will
be effective this semester. Stu
dents will prepare their trial
schedules from it or do so with
the printed leaflet that will be out
for distribution at the time of
registration.!
For old students, the following
information,Us released to allow
tlTcifi'-to-'to, about . egisirat.oii—'
.Uie quickest time possible:
For students currently enrolled,
the official registration for the
Third Semester will be from 8:00
a. m. to 3:00 p. m., Saturday,
February 5. All students now
enrolled and who are in good
academic standing at the end of
the Fall Semester will be allowed
to register as shown below. As
signments cards will be released
to graduate and undergraduate
students from the Assembly Hall
in accordance with the following
schedule:
Saturday, February 5, 8:00 to
9:00—All students whose sur-
(See DORMS, Page 3)
San Antonio Club
To Hold Meeting Wed.
Wednesday night at 7 o’clock,
the San Antonio A. & M. Club will
meet in room 212 of the Academic
Building, according to Paul Gra
ham, the club president. At the
coming meeting plans will be dis
cussed for a mid-semester social.
The proposed plan so far is a hay-
ride scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 1.
Graham urges that all members
of the club be present next Wed
nesday night, since it most urgent
that the members discuss these
plans and the meeting will be the
last one for the semester.
Bryan Rotary Club
To Present Series
Of Talks From HU
Prominent Speakers
To Lecture on Phases
Of Foreign Affairs
Beginning January 26th and
continuing till February 23, 1944,
a series of talks by prominent
speakers will be held in Bryan
and College Station. The Insti
tute of International Understand
ing is held under the sponsorship
of the Bryan Rotary Club and
will consist of a series of four
weekly meetings, presenting out
standing authorities on various
phases of international affairs.
Following each formal address
there will be a forum period in
which members of the audience
may ask questions of the speak
ers.
According to Ide Trotter, Pres
ident of the Bryan Rotary Club,
this program is being developed
by the club to give the people of
the community an opportunity to
hear from informed speakers con
cerning the dominating forces on
world scene and their probable
impact upon the pqst-war world.
In addition to the public forunas
held in the evening, the Institute
will also offer to the young peo
ple of the community a study
course in world affairs. The
speakers will address the students
during the day at their respective
schools.
“Contributors to a New World
Order” will be the general theme
(See ROTARY, Page 2)
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