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‘ i ( Texas A«M College alion VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 10, 1944 NUMBER 34 Junior Class Prom, Banquet, Oct. 20, To Usher in Aggieland Social Season * . A f President Gilchrist To Speak at Banquet With the acquisition of place cards for the banquet arrangements have been virtually completed for the Junior Banquet and Dance to be held on Friday, October 20. The Aggieland Orchestra has been obtained for the dance to be held from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the wing of Sbisa Hall. This dance will be preceded by the banquet which is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in Sbisa also. Several committees, appointed by the Junior Class President, Earnest Batetz, have been func tioning for several weeks and ar rangements for the festivities are nearing an end. These committees are the Decoration Committee, with Delbert Runyon serving as chairman, assisted by Joe Hans, John Dibrell and Ben Cordell; the Program committee with chairman J. B. Kearby being aided by Bob Zivney, and Carroll Neaves; and the Finance committee with Winn Murchison acting as chairman and Russell Benson and Frank Looney assisting him. Honor guest at the banquet will be the President of the college, Gib Gilchrist, who will give the principal address of the evening. Batez will act as master of cere monies; John Huebner, Vice Presi dent of the class is scheduled to give the welcoming address, and the Secretary-Treasurer of the class, Jere Higgs, is named to give the invocation. Entertainment at the Banquet will be composed of musical numbers, which will be announced later. Admission to the Banquet will be $1.50 per couple with $2.40 to be the entrance- fee to the dance following. Following these festiv ities will be the T.C.U.-A. & M. football game on Saturday after noon. As an aftermath to the game a corps ball will be held Saturday night. Carnegie Foundation Member to Speak to Engr. Dept. Heads Administrative responsibility in Measurement and Guidance will be discussed before the Engineering Department Heads of A. and M. College Wednesday, October 11 at 3 p.m. in the Civil Engineering lecture room by Dr. Kenneth W. Vaughn of the Carnegie Founda tion for the advancement of Teach ing. A dinner meeting will be held in the Aggieland Inn at 7 p.m. to night for Dr. Vaughn by the En gineering Drawing Staff. Follow ing the dinner Dr. Vaughn will lead a round table discussion on Drawing Examinations and how to build and validate them. Everyone interested is invited. He spoke to the faculty of the College at 4 p.m. today in the Phy sics lecture room on Measurement and Guidance in Engineering Edu cation. Dr. Vaughn is in charge of a Measurement and Guidance Project sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (S.P.E.E.) Engineers Council for Professional Develop ment (E.C.P.D.) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Aggie Ex Receives Promotion At San Angelo Air Field Charles M. Luce of 1009 S. 18th Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas has been promoted from the rank of second to first lieutenant, Col. G. M. Palmer, Commanding Officer of the San Angelo Army Air Field, Texas, has announced. Prior to enlisting in the Army, Lt. Luce, who attended Texas A. and M. College, was a civil engineer with the Corps of Engineers con structing air fields. Having had two years of R. O. T. C. training at Texas A. & M. Col lege, Lt. Luce was accepted for OCS at Miami Beach in April 1943, just six months after he had en listed, during which time he was advanced to S/Sgt. On June 26, 1943 he graduated from OCS and was commissioned a second lieut enant in the Air Corps. Efforts to Prevent Loss of Pecan Crop Dr. S. W. Bilsing, head of the Entomology Department of A. & M. College, warns tht the next •season pecan crop in Texas may be a very low one due to the in festations of the Pecan Nut Case Bearer. This insect is one of the most deadly threats to the pecan raisers of the state. Its spread is controlled by a spray of arsenate of lead. Dr. Bilsing is experimehting with a new type spray whereby these in sects may be controlled with more definite results. It is his theory that an oil spray may be used with more ease and assurance than the old type of arsenate of led spray. He states that an oil spray may be used during the winter at the leisure of the owner of the oschard, and the results more sat isfactory. Cause of the pecan ruin, is the larvae of the moth. The moth ap proximately a quarter of an inch long, lays its eggs on the leaf of the bud, where the larvae hlatches from five to nine days depending upon the weather. It is at this time that these larvae feed on the out side of the buds for a few days be fore penetrating the bud proper. In Dr. Bilsing’s experiment, it is the purpose to check this larvae at this stage, before they can harm the bud proper. His new type spray will suficate the larvae after they have spun their cacoon for the winter, giving satisfactory results. Gilchrist Will Present Plans To Board October 14 First Meeting Of Board of Directors Since Early Summer The first meeting of the Board of Directors since the appointment of Gibb Gilchrist as president of A. & M. will be held this weekend in the regular meeting rooms of the board located just to the north of Sbisa Mess Hall. At the meeting Gilchrist will present to the Board a set of plans for the improvement ,organization, and construction of A. & M. Gil christ stated that he did not call this group of plans a postwar plan ning project but rather plans for the expansion of A. & M. Gilchrist made a quick trip to Fort Worth yesterday to consult with John Burns, member of the Board, about the business to be taken up in Saturday’s meeting because Burns will be unable to attend. All other members of the Board of Directors except Lt. Colonel D. S. Buchanan who is on active duty with the marines will be, present at the meeting. A.I.E.E. Chapter On Campus Meets Thurs. A meeting of the local chapter of the A. I. E. E. will be held in Bolton Hall at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 12. At this meeting Pro fessor M. C. Hughes will discuss the organization of the A. I. E. E. Recently H. C. Dillingham was appointed a member of the Na tional Membership Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education and he is also the Secretary of the South west Section. Officers in the A. & M. Student Chapter of the American Insti tute of Electrical Engineers are Paul Q. Olschner, chairman; Phil lip B. Kosub, Secretary-Treasurer; Francis A. Wagner and Richard W. Smith are the By-Laws Com mittee; and Milton F. Pravda and W. Barrett Miller, are on the Program Committee. Both Wagner and Pravda are in the ASTP Unit. LS.U. To Hold Open House for Aggies ASTRP Unit and Coeds From Texas Are Hosts Word has been received from the Director of Social Recreation and Assistant to the Dean of Men* at Louisiana State University, Gene Quaw, that open house will be held on Saturday, October 14, for all Aggies making the trip to Baton Rouge. The open house will be held from two to four p. np in the Field House Lounge. The affair is being spon sored by Company “A” of the ASTRP unit on the campus. The majority of the boys in this mili tary unit are from Texas. Sched uled on the program are songs and cheers of both schools, a campus vaudeville program, dancing and refreshments. Assisting the ASTRP boys will be comely L. S. U. coeds whose homes are in Texas. Calling attention to the terrific spirit shown by the Aggies at the game last year, Quaw is planning to have the A. & M. cheer leaders on hand for the festivities Satur day also to lead the Aggies in their own school yells and songs. Quaw also included that any talented performers from Aggieland would be welcome to the show. It is planned to make the “Open House” a memorable event as it is the meeting of the two great military units of the South, said Quaw. Aggie Sweetheart Is Selected In Denton Vanity Fair, Senior Favorite Picture Requirements Set Up Marc Smith, editor of the Long horn, has announced the require ments for entries in the Vanity Fair and Senior Favorite sections of the Longhorn. Two pictures for Vanity Fair must be turned in. One should be a bust picture 3 by 5 and one should be full length and 6 by 8 in size. Senior Favorite pictures must be 3 by 5 in size and a face view. Club officers may arrange dates for having club pictures, taken by contacting Smith in the Longhorn Office. A full page club section will cost $25 and % page will cost $15. Prices on Senior Favorites and Vanity Fair are $1.50 and $3.00 respectively. Graduate Fellowships To Be Given Latin- American Students Final Selection To BeAnnounced Later An Aggie Sweetheart was chosen In order to encourage students | late Saturday night in the rooms City to Level Dirt Heaps As Soon As Labor Means Permit In commenting on the recent street improvement work, Lloyd D. Smith, city manager, said that it had been necessary to back slope ditches for drainage and as phalt purposes. In many cases the dirt has been rolled up in front of homes but the majority of this dirt is on city property, said Smith. As the City Office has had a number of calls wanting to know when this dirt will be levelled, Smith said that many property owners have already raked this dirt down and that the remainder will be levelled as quickly as pos sible. He expressed his thanks to those who had already raked the dirt down. As the City has a very critical shortage of labor, it would be greatly appreciated if the property owners could follow the example Extensive Trip Made By Geology Professor Professor A. A. L. Mathews, professor of Geology, and his wife have returned from a 45.00 mile trip. Professor Mathews toured the states of New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and Colo rado. The primary purpose of the trip was to visit their son, W. O. Mathews, who is an Ensign in the U. S. Navy. Ensign Mathews is sta tioned at Oakland, California. He is the aeronautical engineer of a bombing squadron on an Essex- type carrier. Pertaining to geology, the geol ogical structure of the Rockies and Great Basin was the most inter esting. Among other interesting sights was the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge. Of interest to engineers should be the fact that the Bay Bridge is a multiple sus pension type, and the Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge with a single span. This single span is the longest of, any bridge in the world. As far as Professor Mat hews could determine, war activity on the west coast is abating. Trans portation service was rather good. Professor Mathews said the other states were rather dry. His final Bronze Statue Of Rev Will Cost $800 F. W. Hensel, Head of the Land scape Art Department, at the sug gestion of some students, has made an investigation as to the cost of a bronze statue on a marble pedestal to be placed at the head of reveille’s grave. The sculptor, who is the same one that made the bust of Dr. Mark Francis, lo cated in the Animal Husbandry Reading Room, said that the statue would cost between seven hundred and fifty and eight hundred and fifty dollars. Mr. Hensel suggests “that a hedge and some shrubbery be put around the grave for the time be ing.” He also suggested “that a marble gravestone be placed at the head of the grave until some thing else is put at the head such as the statute of Reveille.” College Faculty Flying Club Meets Faculty Members and Residents to Form Club The College Station Faculty Fly ing club will hold a meeting at 7:00 p. m., Wednesday, in Room 107, Academic Building, Dr. How ard W. Barlow, acting Dean of Engineering, has announced. Anyone eligible of taking flying instruction is invited to attend the meeting, Dean Barlow said. Regu lar students of Texas A- & M. Col lege are requested not to partici pate inasmuch as they are eligible to apply for membership in the A. & M. Flying club of which Barney A. Myatt, Room 214 Donnitory 17, is president. The A. & M. Airport, Easter- wood Field, is the finest college field in the country. It has three concrete-paved runways 150 feet wide and 5,150 feet long. Planes and instructors are available for those desiring to rent planes to take instruction. Formation of a flying club among the faculty and residents of this area will permit a large reduction in flying rates, Dean Barlow said. Latin-American Aggies to Meet Wed. A meeting of the Latin-Ameri can students on the campus will be held in room 124 of the Academic Bldg. Wednesday evening at 7:00 o’clock. Dr. Trotter Attends Range Operator’s Day Dr. Jde P. Trotter, head of the Agronomy Department, left at 5:00 a.m. Thursday for the Range Operator’s Field Day at Woodward, Oklahoma. He expects to return Wednesday. AggieMarine Hero Spoke to AgEd Class Sgt. W. T. Winn, class of ’40 spoke to an agricultural education class this morning about his ex periences in the Pacific war thea tre. Winn was in the first group to land on the beaches of Guadal canal and spent six months on the dark jungle island. He wears a string of decorations and service ribbons above his left pocket which includes the purple heart. Winn has been in sei'vice since 1942. At one time Winn’s outfit held the record for being on the com bat line for a longer time than any other outfit in the history of Amer ican military engagements. He was on the firing line for over two months. Winn, who has been a sergeant for nine months, is from Marque, Texas. Soils Expert Says Land Rebuilding Is Texas No. 1 Problem Soils can be studied in terms of animal life, Dr. William A. Al brecht of the University of Mis souri told a large group from sev eral divisions of Texas A- & M. College, farmers and representa tives of state and federal agencies at Guion Hall recently. Speaking on ‘The Soil in Rela tion to Human and Animal Health,” Dr. Aibrecht illustrated his talk with a series of lantern slides show ing the effects of foods and feed grown upon various soils on the health and growth of human be ings and animals. The speaker was introduced by Dr. Ide P. Trotter, head of the College agronomy department who once was an associate of Dr. Al brecht at Columbia, Mo., after Acting Director James D. Prewit of the Texas Extension Service had stated that 11,000,000 acres of Texas soils had been aban doned because of depletion and ero sion, and 53,000,000 additional acres had been similarly damaged. “If given an opportunity, I be lieve that most Texas counties would consider soil rebuilding the No. 1 problem,” Prewit said. Erosion has made people soil conscious, Dr. Albrecht said. He analyzed soil construction—how the elements break down rock into the soil and how the ingredients of the soil are conveyed to humans and animals through the plants. Beef cattle don’t go to Kansas City merely because it is Kansas City, but because Kansas City is in the general region where the soils make cattle. Emphasizing this point he cited the north and south move ments of the buffalo herds be cause the animals knew instinctive ly where to find the grazing which maintained their bodies and health. Concluding, he urged prevention of soil depletion rather than resort to antidote. “Let’s keep the soil in condition so it will go to our child ren at full productivity. Let’s keep th'e soil healthy. Our nation will stand or fall; our civilization will prevail or crumble on the use of our heritage—the soil.” The appearance of Dr. Albrecht was arranged by the Extension Service, the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station and the Agricul tural Adjustment Agency. He is a native of Illinois where he owns ex tensive farming properties. In ad dition to being a world traveler, Dr. Albrecht is the author of a number of technical bulletins. This was his first visit to Texas. from among the Spanish-speaking peoples of continental United States and of Puerto Rico to carry on advanced study in institutions of higher learning and to prepare themselves for work among their people, the Coordinator of Inter- American Affairs is offering a lim ited number of graduate fellow ships foF study during 1945, to be administered by the Institute of International Education. These fellowships are for ad vanced study in such fields as lan guages and civilization of the Western Hemisphere, sociology and social work, home economics, rural education and agriculture; pre school, primary, intermediate and secondary education, and person nel administration, with emphasis on fields of practical value to the Spaqish-speaking population. The grants are available for young men and women of Spanish-speaking groups, in order to increase par ticipation of these groups in the community life of the United States. The fellowships are open to graduates of an acci'edited Ameri can college or university and are for study at an accredited univer sity or professional school in con- tinential United States. Applicants may indicate their preference as to the university or school, but the final choice of institution will be subject to the approval of the In stitute of International Education. In making the awards, preference will be given to unmarried candi dates, but married candidates will be considered. The amount of the stipened offered will be sufficient to cover board, room, tuition and books for the academic year. It is expected that the recipients of these fellowships will devote themselves to serious study or research and that they will return to their own communities to work for at least a year after completion of their studies. They will be expected to keep in touch with the Institute of International Education and to submit four reports to the Insti tute during the course of their stud ies. Appointments will be made for one academic year within the per iod January 1, 1945 to June 30, 1946. Fellowships may commence at any time from January 1945 to the opening of the fall term in 1945. General Requirements For Eligibility In order to qualify, a candidate must— 1. be a citizen of the United States of Spanish-speaking origin 2. be not more than 35 years of age 3. be a graduate of an accredited (See GRADUATES, Page 3) of Virginia Carroll Lodge on the TSCW campus by the Aggie sen ior committee. Members of the committee decided with the ap proval of the girls from TSCW not to announce the winner until a later date. Selection was made from a group of 12 nominees from the sophomore, junior and senior class es from TSCW. The group includ ed blondes, brunettes, and one red head. They varied in heighth from almost shortie| to tall lithsome las sies. They were all gracious and charming in the opinion of the committee and as Tom Alley, pres ident of the senior class and head of the committee expressed it, “We’ve never seen so many beauti ful women in one place before. I can see right now that we are going to have trouble making the selection.” The senior class selected the president of the senior class, the cadet colonel, regimental com manders, editor of the Battalion, editor of the Longhorn, and the six battalion commanders to make the trip as judges. Several of those selected were unable to make the trip and in order that the group might be complete they designated alternates to take their places. The men making the trip were: Har old Daily, Walter Fhurmann, W. L. Huddleston, Tom Alley, Marc Smith, Watson Keeney, Jack Pal mer, Charles Atlas, Barney Myatt, Frank Wright, Homer Moore, and Calvin Brumley. Four girls represented each of the top three classes at TSCW. Seniors are: Barbara Cook, a brunette with blue eyes; Bonnie Crumpacker, a red head; Marjorie Monaghan, a brunette class beauty last year; Ellecia Murnane, a bru nette who is the sister of Tommy Murnane, manager of the Aggie football team. Juniors are: Bobby Jo George, Anne McPherson, Vicki Moran, Elaine O'Leary. All four girls are brunettes. Sophomores are: blonde Virginia Caroll, brunette Ruth Dinwiddle, blonde Peggy Hendricks and blonde Jolene Proctor who was Aggie representative at the Texas university Roundup last year. Dallas A. & M. Club Meets Wed. at 7 P. M. The Dallas A. & M. Club will hold an important meeting Wed nesday night at 7:00 p.m. in the E. E. lecture room for the purpose of discussing the coming activities for this semester. All old students and new freshmen are urged to at tend as this semester contains many social events and all men from Dallas are needed to contri bute their ideas. Bob English, pres ident, requests that everyone make a special effort to attend the meet ing. Silver Taps Is Highest Tribute Paid Deceased Student By Fellow Aggies of many others and clear up the situation directly in front of their | comment was “that Texas looked own homes, said Smith. mighty good.” Will Journey To Fair Professor A. L. Darnell, of the Dairy Husbandry Department, is journeying to Cleburne, Texas this week. He is going to judge dairy cattle at the Johnson County Fair on October 13 and 14. History Department Resumes Latin History History 313, a course in the history of Latin America is being offered by the History Department for the first time in two years This course deals with the history of the Latin American countries from the early colonial period up to 1920. The section meets on Monday and Wednesday from 1:15 till 2:30. If schedule hours can be ar ranged History 423, United States Foreign Relations, will be offered also. ^ress Club to Meet Ved. Night in YMCA Because of the yell practice heh •might the scheduled meeting o he Press Club has been called off t was announced by Dick Goad lub president, today. The meeting of the club has beer •eset for Wednesday, October 11 n the Cabinet room of the Y. M 1. A. at 7:15 p.m. Goad and Calvir Irumley, Editor of the Battalion irge that all old members am tudents interested in working or he school paper this semester at end this meeting. The members o J he Longhorn Staff are also urged to attend, said Goad. 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 campus. For the men on the campus who rave never heard the playing of silver Taps, there is a hollow pot in their lives here at Aggie- and. Not that Silver Taps should se played continually for its sig- uficance alone does not warrant hat, but the emotion and beauty if its silver notes as they drift wer the campus mean more to an Vggie than the mere playing of \ few notes at midnight. One does not fully r ealize ;he close union between Aggies mtil he hears Silver Taps play- id for the Aggie who has gone to he land beyond. It is one of those traditions that brings the tears to your eyes and the butterflies to your stomach. While you stand attraditions. 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 known to all, that of taps, is arranged in a three tone harmony effect. It is played by six trumpeteers, two playing the first harmony, two playing the sec ond harmony, and two playing the third harmeny. It is played in a slow tempo, decreasing during the three times it is played. The six trumpeteers play taps from the balcony of the Academic Building. Tradition has it that it is played at midnight, everyone standing at attention, while the music is being played. All the lights on the cam pus are turned off, and the effect lends itself to the emotional play of the trumpets. In this way tri bute is paid in this highest of