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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1944)
THE BATTALION VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1944 NUMBER 8 Seyle And McGurk Elected Yell Leaders Extension Service Conference Ends Beatz, Huebner are Junior Officers Gilchrist Speaks To Farm Group President Gibb Gilchrist of Tex as A. and M. College Wednesday assured the headquarters and field staffs of the Extension Service that he did not know of any major changes in organization at this time. Speaking at the closing session of the 1944 three-day refresher conference, Gilchrist said that the advice and counsel of Extension workers would be expected on any changes which might be under con sideration. “We definitely do not have under consideration at this time any change in the official re lationship of the county agricul tural and home demonstration agents in the counties,he con tinued. ‘T have the fullest confi dence in each and every one of you, and that confidence will be main tained until such time as I may be convinced conclusively that it is undeserved.” Free expression from the field is desired, he explained. Considera tion will be given any suggestions looking toward the betterment of the service. But when those re sponsible for the operation of the service have specified clearly the policies, duties and functions of the service, it behooves each and every one to comply faithfully and wholeheartedly. Referring to the appointment of a director of Extension for Texas, the president outlined his recent conference at Washington with M. (See EXTENSION, Page 7) Loupot’s Team to Workout Tonight Loupot is organizing a softball team and would like to see all those interested in it this after noon after supper on the diamond behind Law Hall. Lou is contrib uting one hundred dollars to the club to be used the way it sees best. Lou pointed out that it would be your club, that he is only back ing it and making arrangements for out-of-town games. The club will elect its own managers and will spend the one hundred dollars any way it wants to. Lou has made arrangements for transpor tation to out-of-town games and is planning on games in Navasota, Brenham, and Temple. There will also be some night games played. If you are interested in joining the club, you are urged to be at the meeting behind Law Hall to night, immediately after mess. New Bus Schedule Starts July 5th Under a sixty-day trial contract and with permission of the Office of Defense Transportation, a new and special bus schedule will be inaugurated on Wednesday, July 5th, for the residents of College Station, as announced by City Manager Lloyd Smith. The city manager stated that long have residents requested that such a bus schedule as this be made avail able and now that such a schedule has been secured, they are urged to cooperate and patronize it as much as possible. The success or failure of this new service will be determined by the cooperation of the residents of College Station. The new bus route which has been established is as follows: The bus will leave George’s in the new area, at 8:45 in the morning, pro ceed up Lubbock to Houston St., then south to Fairview Ave., on to Kerry St. to Ayrshire St.; from Ayrshire to Bell, to South Hereford and on to West Dexter. The bus will circle West Dexter to South Dexter, up to Burt St. to Pershing Ave. to Shetland, proceeding on to Lee and back to Jersey St., up Lubbock and back to George’s. The bus is back at nine o’clock and ar rives in Bryan at 9:15. In the aft ernoon the same route is followed with the bus starting in Bryan, leaving McQueen’s Pharmacy at 4:30 in the afternoon. Another special bus will also be run, following a different route. This bus will leave the YMCA at 8:45 in the morning, proceed to the East entrance to the new Highway No. 6, south to Francis Drive in College Hills to Walton Drive. The bus circles Walton Drive and back to Highway No. 6. It arrives in Bryan at 9:15. The bus leaves Bry an at 4:30 in the afternoon at Mc Queen’s Pharmacy, comes out on new Highway No. 6, turns in Col- (See BUS, Page 2) Day Students to Report At Once According to an announcement from the office of the Comman dant, all non-graduate day stu dents will report immediately to receive organization assignments. It was pointed out that this or der was of great importance and those coming under this classifica tion are urged to comply as soon as possible. Fees Can Be Paid Now At Fiscal Dept. Second installment of Main tenance fees of $37.00, due July 1-9, inclusive, can be paid now. These fees include board $28.80; room rent $5.70; and laundry $2.50 to August 10th. The Cashier of the Fiscal De partment will accept these fees from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Corsages to be Available For Corps Dance According to word received from the manager of the Corsage Con cession, Bill Garrett, corsages will be available for dates of Aggies and Servicemen to wear for the dances on the weekend of the sev enth. Men desiring to order cor sages are urged to contact these men on the campus. In the old area, place your orders with F. B. Prater. For orders in the new area, contact Howard Selby. On Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday eve nings after mess, next week, Pra ter can be contacted in front of Sbisa Mess Hall and Selby will take orders in front of Duncan Mess Hall. Deadline on ordering corsages will be Wednesday, July 5. Bill Garrett states that men or dering corsages can contast F. B. Prater, H. Selby, and T. O. Mc Millan on the campus at any time. At the time the corsages are or dered, the price of the flowers must be paid then, and a receipt will be given the purchaser. This iteceipt must be presented when you call for your corsage. Corsages may be picked up at the green houses across the street from the M. E. Shops from 7:30 till, on the days of the dances. Bill Garrett wishes to state that this concession is under a new management and that corsages will be delivered on time, with satisfac tion guaranteed. Corsage styles will be of the latest and newest fashion. Buyers are urged to order their corsages early so a definite estimate of corsages can be ob tained. There may be some extra corsages at the time of the dances. Prices and kinds of flowers avail able will be announced later by the concession group. The superfortress has more elec trically operated mechanisms than any plane previously built. Its 150 motors control virtually every ac cessory function. Election Results Are Announced; Orchestra For Corps Dance Not Yet Secured Further information concerning the Corps Ball on July 7, and the all-service dance July 8, has been announced by the Student Activ ities Committee. Plans to secure dormitories for the dates to stay in are being completed. From the sale of tickets, an estimate of the number of girls who will stay in the dorms will have to be obtain ed as this is necessary for in formation concerning the insurance rates on the dormitories to be used. Music for the two dances will not be be furnished by Sgt. Hank Hoffman’s band as they cannot be (See DANCE, Page 2) M. E. Students to Compete In Slide Rule Contest Soon The student chapters of the various engineering societies an nounce that a slide rule contest will be held in July. All students enrolled in M. E. 101 who have not been enrolled in a college prior to this term will be eligible for this contest regardless of curricula or membership in engineering socie- tie.s There will be a final contest for the group of about 50 to be select ed by competitive examination from the entire eligible enrollment of this course. Each participant in (See STUDENT, Page 2) Boone Appointed Head of Jackson County 4-H Clubs H. Sylvester Boone, former edi tor of the Battalion, was appoint ed to the position of Emergency War Food Assistant for Jackson County it was learned by the Bat talion. A. L. Smith, Agent for Dis trict 10, made the appointment ef fective June 16. Boone will have charge of 4-H Clubs and the ac tivities of those clubs. While a student here, Boone, class of ’46, majored in Agricul tural Administration and Rural Sociology. He resigned due to the fact that there were no courses he could take. He plans on re-en tering September, 1945, to finish his college work and. receive a Bachelor of Science degree. • With only 232 votes being cast out of a possible 1665. the Corps elected its yell leaders for the sum mer semester last Tuesday. At the same time the junior class elected its president and vice-president with a total of 57 ballots turned in. According to an announcement made by the Student Election Com mittee, R. A Seyle and D. L. Mc Gurk were elected Junior yell leaders. They received a total of 161 votes as compared to a total of 72 received by the opponents. Ernest Baetz was elected to the office of president of the Junior class winning by only a few votes over Kearby. John A. Huebner was elected vice-president by an even narrower margein over Boone. Dan McGurk, Junior yell leader, hails from Ft. Worth where he at tended Arlington Heights High School. During his senior year in high school he was president of his class. McGurk entered A. & M. in June of 1943 majoring in Aero nautical Engineering. At present, he is master sergeant on the bat talion staff of Milner Hall al- thoungh it doesn’t look like for long for because he will be 18 to morrow. Another yell leader that hasn’t much hope of being back next semester is Bob Seyle who is al ready 18. Before entering A. & M. in June of 1943, as an Aera (See ELECTIONS, Page 7) Superintendents Of City Schools Meet Here Today Today ended a four-day confer ence of the 9th Annual Texas School Administration Conference. The conference adjourned with a business meeting at which was heard various committee reports and an election of new officers for the coming year was held. Last night a joint banquet was held for the conference, which was attended by the two groups. During the conference various panels on vocational education and guidance were featured. Postwar planning and the effect of the war program on education were dis cussed and problems which the school systems will face in the post war period were taken up. A timely discussion on what our schools can contribute to post war planning was brought up in the course of the meeting. The confer ence was completed to the satisfac tion and enjoyment -xif everyone attending and plans for the next conference are already looked for ward to.