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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1944)
THE BATTALION "VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 Number 2 Strickhausen Named Corps Cadet Colonel Cadet Officers Discipline Corps •Seniors Responsible ' For Conduct of Men It was decided last Tuesday •evening in a meeting of all cadet officers called by George Strick hausen, Cadet Colonel of the Cadet ^Corps, in Sbisa lounge that all disciplinary instructions given the freshmen would be uniform in content and that strict obedience fto instructions would be demand ed. * Seniors will again occupy the position once held, it was an nounced by the corps staff, and in stant approval was given by other *cadet officers in a rising unan imous vote. Strickhausen present ed a list of proposed improvements " and methods of imbuing the fresh- ^men with the Aggie Spirit and “making the corps a crack military outfit like in the days when the * enrollment was close to seven * thousand. We’ve got the men and the chance to really restore the - pride of the corps.” Strickhausen emphasized that the cadet officers would work in close harmony with the Commandant’s * Office and that the cadet officers ^and company commanders would be responsible for their outfits. In the past it was customary for competition to be held for honor oufit on the campus in which drill proficiency, disciplinary records, and scholarship were considered. Plans are now being made for the reestablishment of a system to select the honor organization at the end of the semester. Attention Requested To Engineering Course ^ All students taking engineering and registering for the first time at A^& M. are required to take the ^orientation course listed in the Klass schedules as Engineering I, it was announced Wednesday by Dean Barlow’s office. > Those new students who have transferred to A. & M. with credits from other institutions are re quested to sign up for this course by calling at the office of the Dean of Engineering before Tues day, June 13. BAPTISTS WILL ENTERTAIN Saturday evening at 8 o’clock the Baptist Student Union is spon soring a social to be held at the First Baptist Church of College Station. The committee extends an invitation to all students and ^"servicemen to attend and enjoy the fun, food, and fellowship. » The social is given to honor all The new freshmen enrolled last ■^Monday so that they may become acquainted with the religious life ..on the campus. Men interested in working on and for the Battalion newspaper whether they have had exper ience or not should report to room 5, Administration Build ing either Monday or Wednes day afternoons. Men of the corps with some idea as to some change that should be made or as to some method of improving campus conditions are invited to use the Letters to the Editor Column of the Battalion provided that they sign their name to any letters addressed to this column. YMCA Celebrated 100th Anniversary Tuesday, June 6th Local Y Established Thirty-three Years Ago by Prof Mitchell Celebrating the 100th Anniver sary of the founding of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the local chapter presented a program from the stage of Guion Hall Tues day night at which time college and “Y” officials were presented in talks relative to the work of that organization on the campus. L. G. Jones, senior student, and member of the “Y” council, pre sided at the meeting and presented M. L. Cashion, executive secretary of the YMCA. Mr. Cashion pre sented Prof. A. Mitchell, retired, who helped organize the YMCA here 33 years ago. Prof. Mitchell gave a brief talk on the problems of founding the YMCA and on how the money for the “Y” build ing was raised. Dr. T. D. Brooks, dean of the school of arts and sciences, spoke .on the services rendered by the “Y” to the students of A. & M., dwelling on both the physical en tertainment and the spiritual guid ance the organization offers to college men. Dr. F. C. Bolton, dean of the college, spoke briefly on the YMCA’s function at A. & M. and on the many benefits that stu dents can derive from active par ticipation in the “Y” program. Dr. Gibb Gilchrist, new presi dent of the college, expressed his appreciation of the YMCA and its program and urged the students of the school to take an active part in both the recreational and spiritual activities afforded by the organization. Dr. Gilchrist highly commended Mr. Cashion and his associate, J. Gordon Gay, on the (See YMCA, Page 2) MARSHELLE, beautiful, graceful lady with the bounce and elasticity of pre-war rubber is one of the featured enter tainers appearing in the Sunkist Vanities which will play on the campus June 13th. Stage Show Will Be Presented on Guion Hall Theatre Stage Two Performances Given for Service Men and Aggies 13th Sunkist Vanities, a show for all the vaudeville lovers of A. & M. and vicinity, will be presented at Guion Hall Tuesday evening, June 13. This show is to be presented twice during the evening, once at 7:00 o’clock for the Aggies and servicemen and again at 9:00 o'clock for the faculty and college station residents. The presenta tion is made by the Student Ac- (See STAGE SHOW, Page 2) Corps Organized In Three Battalions Commanded by Majors and Corps Staff With the beginning of the summer semester of the 139th session of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas the cadet system of organizations and discipline was rein stated with George Strickhausen, senior in veterinary medi- .cine, commissioned Cadet Colonel All students who did not re ceive their Battalion newspaper cards for the summer semester should bring their yellow re ceipt to the Student Activities Office, Room 3, Administration Building in order that they may receive each issue of the Battal ion. Student Activities Office. Student Activity Committiee Elected Tuesday night at the first meet ing of the cadet officers and the senior class a Student Activity Committee composed of five sen iors was elected to supervise all official campus social activities and to work with the Student Ac tivities Office. Men elected to serve on this com mittee are Bob Butchofsky, Dan Hightower, Tom Alley, Bill Grif fin, and Charles Haenisch. These men will work with the corps and with the Student Activities Office to provide diversions and enter tainment for the Aggies enrolled for the current semester. This committee will head a group of sub-committees to be appoint ed as the need arises for details of a certain function to be work ed out. Bob Butchofsky, acting (See STUDENT, Page 2) Fifteen Hundred Students Enrolled With a total of 1504 students registered the 139th registration of students at A. &M. ended Mon day afternoon with only a few stragglers continuing to register Tuesday morning. This was the ninth war-time registration and the students registering were in main decidedly younger than the former average. Early estimates by the Re of the Corps. Composing the corps staff be sides Strickhouser are two lieuten ant colonels, Paul Olschner and Calvin Brumley as assistants to the corps commander; Boyd Davie, adjutant, with the rank of major, and Louis Clark, captain, in charge of plans and training. The corps is at present divided into three battalions with a major in com mand of each battalion. Wallace Beck commands the first, A. C. Jones commands the second, and R. L. Butchofsky commands the third. All commissioned officers are seniors on the campus and juniors on the campus are serving as non commissioned officers. Two bat talions, the second and third, are composed of freshmen and live in sides Strickhausen are two lieuten- Milner, Bizzell, Walton, Mitchell, (See CADET COLONEL, Page 2) Lifetime Y Cards Given to Nine Men In recognition of outstanding service to the YMCA, M. L. Cash ion, executive secretary of the lo cal chapter, presented lifetime membership cards to nine college officials at the Centennial cele bration of the organization held Tuesday night at Guion Hall. The cards, which bear the ex piration date of June 6, 2044, were issued for the second century of world YMCA activity. “When these cards expire,” Mr. Cashion stated, “bring them back (See LIFETIME, Page 2) Seniors Serving As O.D.’s This Morning At eight o'clock this morning two seniors reported to Colonel A. J. Bennett to serve as officers of the day. The practice of having gistrar’s office placed the enroll-' O. D.’s was discontinued over a ment at fourteen hundred but an year ago but with the reinstate- unexpected number of upperclass- ment of the cadet system they men enrolled while the number of were adopted again to serve in freshmen only slightly exceeded regulation uniform with Sam that which was expected. Of the Browne belts and sabers, total 899 were freshmen and 605 In addition to patrolling the 4 were upperclassmen. This figure campus the main function of the on upperclassmen is about evenly O. D.’s is to enforce the rules gov- divided among the sophomores and erning regulation uniforms. The juniors with the senior class being the smallest. Decreased enrollment may be at tributed to tightening draft regu- (See FIFTEEN, Page 2) tw'o men selected to report for duty as officers of the day for the first day are Bob English, cadet captain, and Jack Palmer, cadet first lieutenant.