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)