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Texas A&M The B College alion VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1944 NUMBER 33 Fall Schedule Is Made By The Dance Committee All Classes Will Have Balls; Schedule Includes Dances on Dates of Home Games Announcements have been made"* by the Student Activities Office concerning the schedule for this semester’s social events. Ten dances are planned for the week ends. Five Corps Balls, four class halls, and one All-service dance are on the schedule. These dances will be held on weekends when the team plays a game on Kyle Field. First on the list is the Junior Prom, which will be on October 20, a Friday night. Plans are being made now for the decorations and refreshments at this prom. The following day, after the TCU foot ball game there will be a Corps Ball from nine till twelve. On the following Friday night, October 27, the Sophomore Ball is to be held. It is expected that the committees for this dance will be formed soon. The Saturday night afterward will be filled by another Corps Ball. The Fish Ball will be held next, coming on the weekend of the Arkansas game, November 3. This dance will also be followed by a Corps Ball. The usual before-Christmas Corps Ball will be held on Decem ber 15, and the following night there will be an all-service dance. Seniors are looking forward to their Ring Dance, which will be held on January 12, 1945. This dance has just been brought back to the campus, after a wartime ab sence. It will be followed by a Corps Ball also. BEAT OKLAHOMA Ex-Aggie Receives Oak-Leaf Cluster An Oak Leaf Cluster has been awarded to Second Lieutenant Charles H. Purtell, 22, for “cour age, coolness and skill” while par ticipating in several bombing at tacks upon German war plants, mil itary defense points, and army communication lines. He is the navigator of an Eighth Air Force B-17 flying fortress in the heavy bombardment group com mand by Lt. Col. George Y. Jum- yer, Natoma, Calif. Lt. Purtell is the son of G. P. Purtell, 986 North Western street, Lake Forest, 111. He is a graduate of Sunset high school, Dallas, Texas, in 1940, and a former student of Electrical En gineering at Texas A. & M. Col lege, College Station, Texas. In March, 1944, he received his wings at Ellington Field, Texas. Enrollment Climbs To 2073:779 New Exceeding late estimates by more than 100 students the latest check in the Registrar’s Office reveals that there are 2073 students en rolled in A. & M. for the fall se mester. Of this number there are 779 new students including approx imately a dozen graduate students. Courses offered this semester were complete for first and second semester curricula for freshman and sophomore years and complete for the first semester junior and senior years. The executive com mittee has adopted no policy as to the number of students required for the teaching of a course. They during the last ttvo days have dis continued some courses, but each course is kept or dropped accord ing to the circumstances rather than the number of students en rolled. July 18 estimates by the Regis trar’s Office placed the fall, en rollment at 185 and various esti mates since that time have upped the figure. Indications of the present trend are that the enroll ment will continue to increase un til a maximum is reached after the war. BEAT OKLAHOMA Presbyterian Girls To Present Operetta The Girls’ Choir of the A. and M. Presbyterian Church will pre sent an operetta in three pets, “Heartless House” at the A. and M. Methodist Church at 8 p. m., Saturday, October 7. The presenta tion will be under the direction of Miss Caroline Mitchell. It promises to be a lively comedy, with ‘catchy” tunes. All Aggies, servicemen and local residents are cordially invited. An admission charge of $.15 per person will be charged. BEAT OKLAHOMA WTAW Sun. Program Features Casadesus On the regular Sunday morning “Music by Master Composers” pro gram over WTAW from 10 a.m. till 11 a.m. a number of records fea turing Robert Casadesus at the piano "will be played. These may be of interest to music lovers especially because he is to be a performer on Town Hall next December 12. The program will include Mo zart’s Concerto in C Minor, and Franck’s Symphonic Variations. Seniors Leave For TSC W ;Pick Sweetheart TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL TEAM FOR 1944 Sailors Entertain Group of Aggies A navy group of six men en tertained a group of six Aggies with a steak dinner last night. This dinner was the third in a series of meetings between the Aggies and sailors to better rela tions between the two. The first efforts of joint com mittee was to abolish the dividing line between the Aggie and navy sections in the Duncan Hall area before the Aggeis moved. The next thing- done was to distribute copies of the Aggie yells to the sailors so that they would know them at football games. A sailor section was designated on Kyle Field south of the Aggie section and the fifty-yard line and called the Navy-Aggie rooting section. Biggest arid most beneficial re sult of the joint committee’s work was the establishment of a hitch hiking system. From now on two lines will be formed at the various corners leaving Bryan and College Station. One line will be for sail ors and the other for Aggies with each line taking the rides alter nately. This solution was worked out by the committee as the best possible solution to the upstream ing problem. Present plans call for a dance given by the Aggies honoring the sailors at a future date. BEAT OKLAHOMA Episcopal Children Begin Radio Series Children of the St. Thomas Epis copal Chapel Church School are to begin a radio series this Satur day over WTAW at 6:30 p.m. call ed The Children’s Vespers. The program will be directed by the Vicar, Reverend J. H. R. Far rell and Mrs. F. L. Thomas, Sup erintendent of the church school. Reveille, Former Corps Mascot, Once a Friend of Every Aggie By Eli Barker One, of the greatest symbols of Aggieland, Reveille, is a story in itself. The things she did and the things she stood for are history now, but the Corps must not and will not forget her. Being nothing but a foundling with no pedigree did not keep Reveille from becom ing dear to every Aggie. There is some disagreement as to the exact date of her entrance to A. & M., but it is generally con ceded to be in 1931. She was found by some Aggies one night with a pain in her leg and was brought to one of the dormitories for treat ment and care. This strange dog slept very peacefully during the night but barked and showed her anger when awakened by reveille the following morning. This is how she got her name. Now began a period of acquaint ing herself with the school. She knocked around the campus quite a bit until she became better known. Marching with Corps was one of her favorite pastimes, and she decided to lead the Aggies in to the mess hall one day. At that time dogs were not allowed in the dining hall and she was immediate ly thrown out. Rev’s admirers did not like this a bit. After some arrangements were made that very day, she was given the free run of every build ing on the campus. Any freshman’s bed she choose was hers with no strings attached. Instead of the boy who brought her to Aggieland adopting her, she had adopted the entire Corps. At every football game she marched with the band. When there were Corps trips, she was assigned to the care of a freshman to be taken to the out of town games and safely returned. This was the time^ when there was a cadet corps of 7000 and Aggieland was at its height. Then came the war. Reveille’s friends began to leave, and she was offered for enlistment in the Dogs for War Defense. The gov ernment did not pay for the train ing of these dogs, so it was nec essary to have donations. Ranks were given on the basis of amount of money contributed and one hun dred dollars was necessary to be commissioned a four star general. This amount was immediaely rais ed, and enlistment followed. Being too old for active duty, she was made a 4-F member, but she re tained her rank of a general. Last fall she had grown too old and weak to march with the Corps any longer. She didn’t get around the campus much any more, but her love for Aggies was not dimin ished. Knowing that there were big things in the wind, she man aged to get out and watch the freshmen building the bonfire last fall, prior to the game with Texas university. Then on Thanksgiving Day of 1943 she made her last ap pearance before an Aggie football game. She was carried onto the field and put down to walk around. It was plainly visible that she was in her height of glory. The end came soon after that on January 18, 1944. The entire Corps fell out for her funeral which was held on Kyle Field. She was then laid to rest just north of the stadium. Before her death a portrait had been made. The por trait was hung in the Cushing Li brary, along with her certificate showing her to be a general, was put in the trophy case in the Rotunda of the Academic Building. Longhorn Sales Lag; Only 990 Sold Up to Now Editor Asks For More Workers; Experience Is Not Necessary Longhorn sales are lagging be hind expectations it was announced by Marc Smith, editor of the year book. Only 990 have been sold to date and as this is less than the number required for profitable pro duction of the book it is important that as many Aggies as possible buy subscriptions for this year book. The price on the day of registra tion was only $4.00 but now it has gone up to $5.00,. The yearbook this fall and spring will not be as large as that of previous years but it will include many things which are of interest and will make a valuable addition to a collection of memories. Smith also requested that all men with high school experience report to the Longhoi'n Office in Room 5 of the Administration Building to work on the Longhorn. Others that have not have experi ence are also asked to work if they so desire. BEAT OKLAHOMA Ag Writers Meet Here Tomorrow A large attendance is indicated by advance reservations" received for the Twenty-first Annual Meet ing of the Texas Agricultural Writers Conference, it wag an nounced today by A. D. Jackson, chairman. The meeting has not been held at the college for two years due to wartime conditions, but all the editors are happy that the meetings are to be resumed and many new faces will be seen on the A. & M. campus Wednes day and Thursday, it indicated. Residents of Bryan and College Station who desire to attend the two-day meeting are cordially in vited, Mr. Jackson said. The program will begin with an address of welcome by Gibb Gil christ. He will be followed by im mediately by Ralph S. Cooper, president of the association. There will then be a number of speeches on topics of interest to members made by various prominent agri culture authorities, and discussions by members on these and other problems. The meeting will end Friday morning at noon. BEAT OKLAHOMA Singing Cadets Meet Monday Afternoon W. M. Turner, sponsor of the Singing Cadets, Aggie choral group, has announced that the first meeting of the Singing Ca dets will be held Monday at 4 p.m. in the band room of dormitory 16. He urges that all old members and any new men interested come to this meeting. Before this semester, the Sing ing Cadets have made a practice of appearing on Town Hall and at a number of schools and churches throughout the state. Turner says that he expects to continue this policy, and plans are being made fqr trips as soon as the group gets into shape. Carnegie Project Head To Speak “Measurement and Guidance in Engineering Education” will be the subject of Dr. Kenneth W. Vaughn in addressing the faculty, and other interested people of Bry an and College, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 10, in the Physics lecture room at College. Dr. Vaughn is in charge of a joint project, sponsored by the Engineers’ Council for Pro fessional Development (E.C.P.D.), The Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (S.P.E.D.), and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in “Measurement and Guidance in En gineering Education.” The objective and general aim of the prqject is to discover and apply to the first year of the en gineering curriculum those tech niques in and applications of edu cational measurements most ap propriate for the selection and guidance of beginning students of engineering. Dr. Vaughn’s talk will be devoted largely to guidance ex aminations and these examinations are not particularly confined to en gineering. Students, faculty and other in terested people wishing to hold con ferences with Dr. Vaughn on Oc tober 11th may make arrange ments for such conferences by call ing the Engineering Drawing De partment, Phone 4-7294. BEAT OKLAHOMA Short Course In Management Begun The minimum registration for the eight-day short course, QUALITY CONTROL BY STATISTICAL METHODS, has already been at tained. This course begins October 25th and runs through November 2nd. The outside speakers engaged for teaching this course are: Mr. Paul Peach, Industrial Con sultant, War Production Board (On leave from the United States Rub ber Company). Mr. S. E. Sites ( Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com pany, Mansfield, Ohio. Captain A. R. Burgess, St. Louis Ordnance Office, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Edwin C. Olds, Chief Statis tical Consultant, Office of Produc tion Research & Development, War Production Board, Washington, D. C. (on leave from Carnegie Insti tute of Technology.) Mr. E. M. Schrock, Quality Con trol Engineer, Office of the Direc tor, Ordnance Research & Develop ment Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Mr. L. S. Kauff man, Chief Inspector, American Stove Company, St. Louis, Mo. Since the control chart method has applications other than in pro duction, such as to research data, it is probable that a number of the College staff will wish to register for this course. All those desiring to do so, please inform the Man agement Engineering Department, 4-1152. BEAT OKLAHOMA According to our latest figures, there are 600,000 volunteers in our Army. Girl Selected Will Be Presented At SMU Game Aggieland Orchestra Will Hold Auditions According to W. M. Turner, sponsor of the Aggieland Orches tra, auditions for new members will be given at a rehearsal to be held Saturday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in the Assembly Hall. He urges all members and applicants to be present. Turner also told of the need for a girl vocalist. Any girls in this vicinity are who would like to try out for the position are invited to come to this rehearsal. Cancer Problem To Be Discussed At Chem Meeting Dr. R. J. Williams, T. u. Professor, to Speak to Chem Society Biological aspects of the cancer problem will be discussed by Dr. R. J. Williams, Texas university department of chemistry, at the thirty seventh meeting of the Tex as A. & M. section of the American Chemical Society in the A. & M. Chemistry building lecture room at 8 p. m., Monday, October 9. Visitors are welcome to hear the address, it was announced by Dr. Fred W. Jensen, and Dr. Carl W. Lymon is chairman of the meeting. The usual dinner for A. C. S. Section members will be held in honor of the guest speaker at the Aggieland Inn at 6:30 p. m. Dr. Williams will be accompanied by Mrs. Williams and members of the society are urged to bring their wives to the dinner. The program committee in charge is composed of Dr. W. M. Potts, Dr. P. B. Pear son and Dr. J. D. Lindsay. Reser vations may be made by calling any member of the program committee. BEAT OKLAHOMA BIRDS PUT IN PAPER BAGS Homing pigeons are sometimes released from planes going 375 miles per hour. In order to prevent the sudden blast of wind from ripping the birds’ wings off, the birds are tucked into paper bags. These flutter open after saving the pigeons the initial shock. • Twelve seniors left this morning for TSCW to select the Aggie Sweetheart from 12 nominees from the student body at TSCW. The final selection will be made Sunday after the committee spends Fri day evening, Saturday, and Sunday with the 12 nominees. The executive committee ap proved authorized absences for the twelve men going. The action begins in time for the cadets going to catch the train for Dallas that leaves just before 10:00 Seniors chosen to go were the cadet colonel, the two regimental comamndes, editor of the Battal ion, editor of the Longhorn, pres ident of the senior class, and six battalion commanders. Some of these men were unable to make the trip and appointed men to take their place. The girl chosen will be presented at the Aggie-SMU game between halves in Dallas on November 11. Last year the girl chosen was Cissie Adams from Bryan. The twelve girls nominated by their classmates at TSCW are: Barbara Cook, Bonnie Joe Crum- packer, Marjorie Ann Nonaghan, Elecia Murnane, Bobbie Joe George, Ann Mupharason, Vickie Moran, Elaine O’Leary, Virginia Carroll, Ruth Dinwiddie, Peggy Hendricks, and Jolene Proctor. Jo- lene Proctor was the Aggie repre sentative at the Texas university Roundup last year. BEAT OKLAHOMA Press Club Meeting* To Be Held Tuesday First meeting of the Press Club this semester will be held in the Cabinet Room of the YMCA at 7:00 immediately after mess next Tuesday night. This meeting will be for the purpose of organizing the staff of the Battalion for this semester and making as many additions to the reportorial staff as possible. Dick Goad, president/of the Press Club, and Calvin Brumley, editor of the Battalion, have requested that all freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors interested in writing for the Battalion be present at this meeting for tryouts and assign ments. Goad will continue as president of the Press Club this semester and Alfred Jefferson will continue as secretary-treasurer. Student Personnel Office Helps Freshmen Solve Hard Problems Editor’s note—The following is an arti cle by Shannon Jones written as a result of his personal contact with the Student Personnel Office which is directed by G. B. Wilcox. It is printed as a feature describing the benefits that a new student can derive from the Student Personnel Office. By Shannon Jones, Jr. Texas A. & M. has sped up with the needs of war and was speed ing up at a greatly accelerated pace even before the war. Under ordi nary circumstances life lived in so swift a fashion would be hard indeed for the Aggie freshman. Yet, his life rails smoothly forward here. There is a shock absorber, a friendly hand, a smiling encourage ment when needed most. This friend is the Student Personnel Of fice. The Student Personnel Office was created in 1943, after the great need for trained advisors for fresh men had become increasingly ap parent. Its duties were fourfold: First, Student Personnel establish es and maintains close and friend ly contacts with the students. As an outgrowth of this policy, the weekly meetings of the freshman class, Freshman Orientation, have grown up. Here, the “freshmen con tact department heads, learn what to expect in their courses and what is expected of them. These meetings help to fit—or orient—the fresh men into the academic part of Aggie life. Second, this office di rects the student to the proper sources for help in his work, ex plains to him the procedures in requesting courses and in drop ping them, and recommends visits with deans or heads of depart ments as the need arises. As a third function, this office sets up and maintains a highly accurate record of a student’s career here, listing his high school grades, his grades made here, his disciplinary record and outside activities, and includes comments on conferences held in the Student Personnel of fice. Last of all. Student Personnel establishes and maintains close contact with the student’s parents. The parents of each freshman are told that here is an office to whom they can write to inquire about their son’s progress or to ask for help in advising him on any> move that he may desire to make. This office was founded June 1st, 1943 with George B. Wilcox as its Director. Wilcox was a professor in the Education Department before being given this new post. He and his staff, throughout the time that the office has been in existence, have attempted to make clean, right-thinking men of the boys who enter here. Freshmen and upper classmen alike have found in this office a group of carefully-pick ed friendly, well-trained advisors to whom they can turn with prob lems ranging from poor grades to | an unfavorable letter from one’s best girl. Wilcox, Ray Perryman, (See STUDENT. Page 4)