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/. y Texas A«M The B College QiliOYl VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1944 NUMBER 32 Total Enrollment Expected At Two Thousand Today Complete Military Organizations Return Corps Completes Move From Duncan to Military Walk and North Gate Area The Aggies, nearly 2000 strong, will live in the North Gate and Military Walk Areas this fall in complete military organizations irfcluding freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors it has been announced by the Commandant’s Office. Divided into two regiments, of- three battalions each the corps will live in fully staffed military outfits for the first time in sev eral semesters. This was made possible by a decision of President Gibb Gilchrist Thursday morning twu weeks ago. Dormitories occupied by the Ag gies will be Law, Puryear, Mit chell, Walton, Milner, 14, 15, 16, and 17. The band will continue to be quartered in Bizzell with an additional company of freshmen living in Hart. The non-reg stu dents will also live in Hart Hall. Another step toward a com plete military organization was the destination of various units as different branches of training. The first regiment will be composed entirely of infantry. The second regiment will have two battalions of field artillery and one battal ion of cavalry. The band will be considered a corps band and attached to the second regiment for administra tion and discipline. The corps will again be headed by a cadet colonel and his staff. Loupot Will Award Prize to Best Sign J. E. Loupot has announced a weekly prize for the best football banner displayed before each game and a grand prize at the end of the season for the best banner all fall. Each week a committee of judges, as yet not decided upon, will select the outstanding sign and Loupot will award that or ganization a prize of $2.50. The grand prize for the semester will be $25.00. Loupot began this practice in the fall of 1942 when the grand prize was won by the band on a banner before the Texas univer sity game. No contest was held last year because of the discon tinuance of banner displays. Gasoline Rations Form R535 Application for Supplemental and Occupational Mileage Ration is the only sup plemental gasoline form now in use. Also, all gas applications, whether supplementary or spe cial, have to be accompanied by the A-application stub. All tire inspection records are now obso lete and should not be attached to application. Wendell R. Horsley, Director, Placement Office Seniors to Select Aggie Sweetheart FromTwelve Co-Eds Girls Will Be Chosen From TSCW Beauties Sun. Morning October 8 Twelve senior Aggies will go to Denton Friday to select the Aggie Sweetheart for the fall semester. Arrangements have been made with TSCW to make the selection from a bevy of 12 beauties which are selected from each class at TSCW.' The senior class has not decided what men will make ’the trip but in the past it has been customary for the corps commander to go as well as the regimental command ers, and editor of the Battalion and Longhorn. Selections will be made at the first senior class meet ing this week. Arrangements have meen made with TSCW for those making the trip to stay in Virginia Carrol Lodge, guest house, and also the Aggies will be furnished meals by the girls. According to latest word from Denton the Aggies will meet the girls Friday night and decide what to do the rest of the evening. Saturday the girls have planned (See SENIORS, Page 2) Town Hall Program Has Big Variety Footlight Favorites Open Season; Denton Choir 2nd Feature The Student Activities has com pleted their arrangements for the 1944-45 Town Hall season and will open the sale for season tickets on October 4. Eight programs have been listed for the year’s schedule. Two numbers will be presented in November. The Footlight Favor ites, a quartette composed of Met ropolitan Opera Stars, will open the season on November 7, singing offerings of light opera and musi cal comedy. On November 23, the A Cappella Choir from Denton Teachers College will perform for the Town Hall patrons. This group, under the direction of Dr. Wilfred C. Bain, has been a favorite on the campus in the past, and will again delight the audience with varied program of songs. The one entertainment for the month of December comes on the 12th, presenting Robert Casadesus, famed pianist, who has played on programs in both Europe anu America. On January 11, H. R. Knicker- bocher, news commentator and analyst, will provide the entertain ment. Having been on battle fronts in all sections of conflict, he 'is well able to give firsthand infor mation on things many people are interested in hearing. In the same month and on the 26th, Leonard Warren, young baritone, who has sung in five of the world’s fore most operas, will be the artist. The month of February also holds two numbers on the season’s sched ule. On the 12th, Paul Draper, world’s supreme tap dancer and Larry Adler, top-notcher in the field of harmonica artists, will give (See TOWN HALL, Page 2) Location Of A & A/l. Really Not Penal Colony But Gift Of Brazos By Dick Osterholm Before the war started, A. & M. could boast of being the largest man’s school in the world. In com parison as a military institution, more officers were graduated from this college than from the Military Academy at West Point. This was before the war, but the quality of men still at A. & M. has not changed. It is true, they are re duced in number but not in spirit. To the new men on the campus, let them be impressed with some of the history behind this great college. Go back to the days when this institution was first thought of by men who desired to build for the state of Texas a school of higher learning. During the governorship of E. J. Davis, in 1871, it was desired by the men of Texas to establish in this state a school for people who wanted a higher education. Davis, at the recommendation of his advisers pressed action of the Land Grant Bill created for es tablishing colleges in the United States. Legislature responded by granting the authorities an act, I creating the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. This school was created out of the ^University land grant, and became the oldest institution of higher ilearning in the state of Texas. When the construction of college was first to begin, location could not be decided up on. Finally when Brazos County offered 2416 acres of land and a bid of $22,000 was offered to the college committee, they accepted and thus “Sing-Song-on-the- Brazos”, was born. Construction on the first build ings began in 1871, with a work ing capital of $75,000 obtained from the state legislature. After the foundation of several of the buildings had been laid and nearly $38,000 had been spent, the state inspectors came down and con demned everything and the entire work had to be started over. Finally, the work was completed and the college decided to open September 17, 1876. The big day arrived and what happened was quite an ordeal to the college au thorities. Six men reported for en rollment. The faculty decided to postpone the opening date until October 4 of the same year, and everyone went out to recruit new students for enrollment. This time about forty students enrolled for the first semester and the college got under way. In 1875, before the co lege had opened, the board of directors had met and decided to elect the Honor able Jefferson Davis of Mississippi for the college’s first president. Due to ill health and other means, he declined regrettfully and in his place recommended T. S. Cath- right. Gathright was elected and with a faculty of nine professors, opened the college term in 1876. This was the beginning of Tex as A. & M., destined to become the greatest man’s school in the world. The students enrolled in the school each semester was small, but increased every year. During 1891, 391 students were enrolled and in 1909, the school had reached its housing capacity and had to make accommodations for 486 men who lived in tents on the campus until proper housing could be built for them. Whenever one hears of A. & M., he immediately thinks of the “Aggie Spirit”. It has been said that the starting of this spirit began when the college opened in 1876, under its first commandant, Major R. P. W. Morris. Major Mor ris was over the college’s first mil itary office and had charge of the infantry organization which at this time was the only organization on the campus. But, since way back there, the. Aggie spirit has flowed and is still flowing today, greater than ever, here on the campus and all over the world wherever Aggies are together. During the life of A. & M. many men have held the office of pres ident of the college. Probably most colorful of these was Lawrence Sul livan Ross, whose statue now stands in front of the Academic Building. Ross was president in (See A. & M., Page 4) President Gibb Gilchrist *K To the Freshmen: Since December 7, 1941 hundreds of A. & M. students and graduates have put aside their studies, in most cases temporarily, in order to participate in either military or in- dustral activities contributing to our national war effort. Other hundreds have entered and are now entering in order to devote themselves to college training that will equip them for their own contributions, and also for their future ca reers after the war. If you devote yourself to the course of study on which you have embarked and do well in that course, by that accomplishment you will further your country’s cause in the present emergency. This is the task of you who are entering A. & M. at this time. If our men who are now on the battlefields could speak to you they would advise you to enter upon your studies wholeheartedly, devoting your self to them from the very beginning, and taking full ad vantage of every opportunity afforded you at A. & M. This is your job. Ours is to help you in every possible manner. Our staff is genuinely interested in your welfare and is de dicated to helping you gain the most from your stay at A.&M. We welcome you to A. & M., and wish you success in all your activities. Gibb Gilchrist, President Athletic Department Equipped For Intercollegiate, Intramural Sports Boasting one of the finest ath letic departments in the nation, A. & M. begins its fiftieth year of intercollegiate competition this fall. The athletic set up is divided into two separate departments; Homer H. Norton being head of intercollegiate activities and W. L. Penberthy being head of intramural sports and the physical education department. Texas A. & M. is a charter mem ber of the Southwest Conference Athletic Association, participating in all major sports. The facilities here on the campus include Kyle Field, the famous stadium, known around the world as the home of the Texas Aggies; a baseball grandstand, and DeWare Field House, where the Aggie basketeers perform. Homer Norton is head of this department, but he has a capable group of assistants with which to work including Bill James, Man ning Smith, Lil Dimmitt, and Pete Jones. The intramural and physical education departments, with of fices in DeWare Field House, is headed by W. L. Penberthy. With six assistants to help in the phy sical education program, Penberthy is trying to get the students into the best possible physical condi tion for either military or future college training. Facilities for this program in clude 27 basketball courts, 10 soft- ball diamonds, five football fields, 15 volleyball courts, 10 tennis courts, five handball courts, a swimming pool, and a tumbling room. Intramurals will again be stress ed this fall, with competition be tween different organizations in basketball, touch football, speed- bal, volleyball, and cross country. Medals are given to the winners in the different events, and the in tramural flag will be presented to the organization with the best record for the semester. A Company won the flag for the semester just ended, and will be entitled to carry it in all re views. Penberthy urges all incoming freshmen to enter into the intra- (See ATHLETIC DEPT., Page 2) Tenth War Time Enrollment Sees A. & A. College Grow New Students Register Monday Morning And New Students Register After Noon An estimated total portals of A. & M. for mate of 1200 returning ure to nearly 2000, for of 700 will pass through the the first time today. An esti- students will up the total fig- the tenth war-time registration of the college, and the second semester with President Gibb christ at the helm. Savings on Longhorn Plans are complete for the resumption of publication of the A. & M. Yearbook, the Longhorn. This book will be on sale during registration for $4.00. Any pur chases made after that date will cost $5.00. To obtain the bene fit of this saving Marc Smith, editor of the Longhorn, urges every student to make his pur chase on the date of registra tion. Sidewalks In New Area Take Priority In New Program Plans Call for 1 x /i Miles Concrete Walks Costing Over $25,000 Investigation of a request made by student representative Sergeant Major Charles Trickey has led to the authorization of the permit for the building of sidewalks in the new area. The project had long been under consideration by the president, but student request brought about im mediate action. The investigation found that this project was urgent, and the president took special ac tion in this project. President Gil christ is still engaged in working out his recommendation of the project for the Board of Directors, but the go ahead has been given. T. R. Spence announced last Thursday that bids for the pro ject would be received on October 12. The plans have been drawn for the construction of 11,000 square yards of concrete sidewalks, cost ing in the vicinity of $25,000. The plans include a pavement in front of Duncan dining hall, and one half mile of 16 foot walks, and a mile of 8 foot walks. The plans have been so made to take care of the main walks in the entire new area. It is hoped that within a year additional walks beyond this pro gram will be authorized, Spence stated. Gilchrist Addressed Annual Vet Meeting While the organized veterinari ans of Texas have held their an nual business meetings at the Tex as A. & M. College several times in the past, College officials would like to be hosts at all meetings, President Gibb Gilchrist said in welcoming the two-day 34th an nual meeting of the Texas Veteri nary Medical Association which opened Monday. He said that while the A&M School of Veteri nary Medicine was outstanding among tho institutions of the coun try, it should be more so, and he called for suggestions, criticisms and advice that would bring about this condition. Around 135 veterinarians had registered at headquarters in the Veterinary Hospital by noon Mon day. Quite a number of the vis itors came down Saturday and at tended the Aggie-Bryan Field foot ball game. Others came Sunday and many informal conferences on mutual problems-were held at Ag- gieland Inn. Response to the address of wel come was made by Dr. E. A. Grist, chief veterinarian for the Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission with headquarters in Fort Worth. Dr. Grist advised that about 80 (See GILCHRIST, "age 3) ■ The estimate was made by H. L. Heaton, registrar of the College, on a basis of expected enrollment and the enrollment for the past semester. Of the probable 2000, the frogs will number 700, the fish will number upwards of 800, andU over 500 old returning Aggies are expected. These figures top all the enrollment totals for the past three semesters. For the second time, both old and new students will be registered in the same day. This registration also marks the return of the orientation week used in 1942. New students will register in the morn ing, and old students will wrestle with their fall schedules in the af ternoon. Registration cards will be re leased to new students in a ac cordance with the following schedule: All students with surnames be ginning with A, B, C, D, will re ceive their cards between 8 and 8:30 today. Aggies with E, F, G, H, I, J, or K as the starting letter in their surnames will get their cards be tween 8:30 and 9. Those with L, M, N, O, P, Q, or| R surname beginnings will receive v their assignment cards from 9 to 9:30. Frogs with S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z as the first letter in their surname will have their cards re leased between 9:30 and 10. From 10 to 10:30 all frogs who were unable to register at their regular scheduled time will receive assignment cards. Old Aggies will receive assign ment cards from bewteen 1 and 5 this afternoon. They will follow this prescribed schedule: Students with surnames begin ning with the letters A, D will get their cards at 1. E-K surnames get cards at 1:30. At 2 cards will be issued for stu dents with surnames L-R. ^ At 2:30 the rest of the alphat will register. Aggies who were unable to reg ister at their scheduled time may do so between 3 and 3:30. The Registrar’s Office will close at 5 p.m. Monday, and old stu dents who have not registered by that time must pay an additional matriculation fee of $2.00 for late registration.' Animal Nutrition Meet Scheduled for College October 1 Feed Manufacturers Requested Conference; D. H. Reid Is Chairman Beginning October 11, Texas A. & M. College will sponsor a nutf' tion conference at the request the Texas Feed Manufacturers sociation. D. H. Reid, head of department of Poultry Husbandly; who will be general chairman, an nounced that experts on all lines of livestock and poultry will dis cuss the latest facts in nutrition. O. C. Copland, head of the dairy division here at college, will be chairman of the morning session October 11, and the subject of the session will be fats. Dr. G. O. Bur, head of the division of phy siological chemistry of the Uni versity of Minnesota will discuss the role of fats in animal nutrition; J. H. Jones of the Experiment Sta tion animal husbandry division will discuss fat requirements for beef cattle and sheep; Dr. J. H. Thompson, Experiment Station turkey nutritionist will discuss fats (See NUTRITION, Page 3) 129157