VOLUME 44
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1944
NUMBER 27
Freshman Week Begins September 2
Lasts Through 7 Days of Orientation
650 New Students
Take Physicals Sun.
More than 650 new freshmen will
arrive at A. & M. September 24
for the comprehensive freshman
week program which is a required
activity for every new freshman.
Dormitories will open at noon Sun
day and the hospital will be open
Sunday afternoon from 1 to 5 for
the purpose of giving physical ex
aminations.
The freshman week program in
cludes adresses by. various mem
bers of the faculty and extensive
personal and general conferences
for the freshmen.
President Gibb Gilchrist will
welcome the new students Mon
day Morning, September 25. Mon
day the new students will also take
an interest locator test and a math
ematics and science survey test.
Tuesday the freshmen take a
psychological test before being
addressed by Col. M. D. Welty,
Commandant of A. & M. In the
afternoon H. L. Penberthy, director
of physical education will have
charge of a freshman program.
The fullest day will be Wednes
day when the freshmen meet and
hear F. C. Bolton, Dean of the
College, and also hear an address
by Lt. Col. A. J. Bennett, execu
tive officer. Students will also
meet with their respective deans
and have conferences with special
advisers.
Thursday’s program will feature
E, E. McQuillen, Secretary of the
Association of Former Students, in
his address on the “Traditions and
Customs of A. & M. College. Fri
day will be taken up by assigned
conferences. C. W. Crawford, head
of the department of mechanical
engineering will address the fresh
men Saturday.
Work Supervisors
“Supervisors of student em
ployment are urgently request
ed to turn in assignment cards
for students now employed with
your department. The cards may
be turned in at anytime between
now and September 15th. Please
be sure to give a rating of the
student’s performance.”
Dean Kyle Leaves
For Washington
E. J. Kyle, dean-of Agriculture,
Texas A. & M. College, left today
for Washington where Friday and
Saturday he will lead a formal
discussion on postwar problems
relating to agriculture before the
joint committee of the Associated
Research Councils.
The Associated Research Council
represents the National Research
Council of Learned Societies, and
the Social Science Research Coun
cil, Dean Kyle said. He has been
appointed a member of the joint
council on account of his know
ledge of Latin American affairs,
and his discussion before the meet
ing this week will be from the
standpoint of inter-American re
lations.
Forming the joint council with
Dean Kyle are Lewis Hanke, Li
brary of Congress, chairman; J. C.
Beebe-Center, Tufts College; Earl
J. Hamilton, Duke University; Rene
d’Harnoncourt, Indian Arts and
Crafts Board of the U. S. Depart
ment of the Interior; R. A. Lam
bert, Rockefeller Foundation; Ir
ving A. Leonard, University of
Michigan;- Carl 0. Sauer, Univer
sity of California, and T. Lynn
Smith, University of Louisiana.
Ross Hall Former Home of Ross
Volunteers TVas Once Bat Roost
By Billy Blankenship
Erected in 1891, Ross Hall still is
in use after fifty three long years
of wear. The building was erected
in honor of Laurence Sullivan
Ross, A. & M’s first president.
Ross Hall was originally used as
dormitory for members of the Ross
Volunteers.
The building was condemned
some years back and was used as
a store house only. It remained a
store house until it was recondi-
State Adjutant Gen.
To Visit College
Arriving today about noon, will
be the Adjutant-General of Texas,
A. B. Knickerbocker. He will meet
with President Gilchrist during the
afternoon for a private meeting.
Details of the meeting are not
known.
Knickerbocker is formerly of A.
& M., being of the class of 1921.
He has recently been appointed
chairman of the State Military Af
fairs Committee of Texas. Also, he
has been appointed to the Ex-Stu
dents Military Affairs Committee,
whose interest is directed toward
the national post war policy and
program.
It is not known how long Knick
erbocker will stay on the campus
as this will be terminated by his
business with the president. How
ever, his stay is sure to be a pleas
ant one while here.
A&M Finance Com.
Directors To Meet
A meeting of the Finance Com
mittee of the Board of Directors
of Texas A. & M. has been called
for Wednesday evening at six. The
committee will meet on the campus
to dispose of a few financial mat
ters left over from the last Board
meeting in the latter part of last
May.
The finance committee is made
up of F. M. Law, president of the
Board from Houston, Major Gen
eral H.'J. Brees, from San Antonio,
and John C. Burns, from Ft.
Worth. Law will not likely attend
the meeting because he is out of the
state. G. R. White, vice-president
from Brady, will attend the meeting
in Law’s place.
Senate Group to Tour
Colleges This Fall
Junior and Senior Courses Will Be
Available In Fall Semester Schedule
Student Employment
“All students who wish part-
time employment during the
coming term are urged to file
either an application renewal or
an application with the Place
ment Office between now and
the end of the term. Renewals
will be accepted beginning, Mon
day, September 4th.”
Penberthy to Speak
At Press Club Banquet
Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock
the Press Club will be honored
by the Student Activities office
with a banquet to be held in the
Dining Room of the Aggieland
Inn. Guests will include the Bat
talion Staff and those who have
contributed to student publications
and Student Activities during the
semester.
Opening the festivities, Geo. B.
Wilcox, Director of Student Per
sonnel, will give the invocation, to
be followed by Dick Osterholm with
a speech of welcome. Master of
ceremonies will be Dick Goad,
president of the Press Club, who
will introduce the guests and the
speaker of the evening, W. W.
(Se6 BANQUET, Page 7)
+ Estimated 1700 Will
Register October 2
H. L. Heaton, Registrar, an
nounced this morning that the of
fering of courses for the fall se
mester would be as complete as
possible for junior and senior
courses.
A complete schedule of pre
scribed courses for 1 and 2 semes
ter freshman and sophomore work
will be offered and all prescribed
1 semester junior and senior
courses will be available in the
Schools of Agriculture, Engineer
ing, and Arts and Sciences.
In the School of Veterinary Med
icine students will be able to reg
ister for all courses prescribed for
the first two years and 1 and 2
semester courses in the 3 and 4
years. Only 2nd semester courses
will be offered for the 5 year vet
erinary work.
Six hundred and fifty new stu
dents are expected to enroll for the
fall semester, it was also revealed
by H. L. Heaton, registrar, this
morning. This boosts the total esti
mated enrollment for this fall, at
1650.
All old students will register
Monday afternoon from 1 to 5,
October 2 and new freshmen will
register Monday morning. Regu
larly scheduled classes will begin
Tuesday morning.
Silver Taps Is Highest Tribute Paid
Deceased Student By Fellow Aggies
Highest tribute that can be paid
any Aggie by his fellow men here
at Aggieland, is the playing of
Silver Taps in his honor. Tradi
tion at A. & M. is strong and this
one tradition has meant more to
many men at Aggieland for its
simplicity and stirring emotion
than any other tradition on the
Tax supported state institutions
of higher learning will be toured I campus.
this fall by a Senate Committee it I For the men on the campus who
was announced Saturday by Sena- have never heard the playing of
tor Penrose Metcalfe of San Angelo I Silver Taps, there is a hollow
in anticipation of the adjustments i spot int heir lives here at Aggie-
tioned and made safe to live in I that will probably follow the post j land. Not that Silver Taps should
once more. war period. • ! be played continually for its sig-
Moving out of the Academic This committee of five senators; nificance alone does not warrant
building the Military Department! is the same one that conducted an! that, but the emotion and beauty
ed for the Aggie who has gone to
the land beyond. It is one of those
traditions that brings the tears to
your eyes and the butterflies to
your stomach. While you stand at
attention, listening to the notes
from the trumpets, a thousand
and one thoughts race through
your mind. The richness of the
tones dig deep into your thoughts,
and you closely renew your faith
in the traditions of Aggieland.
Silver Taps is not too old a
tradition here on the campus. It
was started about the year 1928,
with its style still intact. The
music which is kown to all, that of
taps, is arranged in a three tone
decided to make their new offices investigation of A. & M. earlier this of its silver notes as they drift harmony effect. It is played by
in Ross Hall. Here the Comman- year. The final committee report over the campus mean more to anjtix trumpeteers, two playing the
dant Department has remained ^ on all state colleges will include Aggie than the mere playing of first harmony, two playing the sec-
for the last three years. Here on I the report on the earlier investiga-
the first floor of the building is tion at A. &M. The minutes of
found the Commandant’s office, i this earlier investigation have not
(See ROSS HALL, Page 2) 1 (See SENATE, Page 7)
a few notes at midnight. | ond harmony, and two playing the
One does not fully fully realize j third harmony. It is played in a
the close union between Aggies j slow tempo, decreasing during the
until he hears Silver Taps play-1 (See SILVER TAPS, Page 2)