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DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Texas A&M The B College alion SEMI-WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. DEEP IN AGGIELAND VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 7, 1944 NUMBER 42 Wool Uniforms Will Be Reg Friday At Retreat Khaki Uniform Turned In Thursday; Wool Issued Fri. Seniors Elect Stripling Head Yell Leader Jones and Sibley Resign Because Of Increasing Heavy Academic Schedules Hayes Stripling- was elected head yell leader last night by the senior class and John Wade was elected senior yell leader upon the resignation of Andy Jones and Hobart Sib ley. Jones, and Sibley gave their rea--f sons for resigning from the posi tions of head yell leader and sen ior yell leader respectively as a desire for the class of 1946 to have all the privileges normally accuring to a senior class and in addition both boys asked to be re lieved of their duties because of the increasing weight of academic schedules. Stripling was a yell leader in the football season of 1943 and comes from Big Springs, Texas. Wade is a major in agriculture from Laredo. Jones is a major in animal husbandry and comes from Miami, Florida, and Sibley is tak ing veterinary medicine and is from Jasper, Texas. RIDE THE MUSTANGS Memorial Service In Local Churches Sun. Local churches will conduct as a part of their regular services a memorial service for current war casualties whose families live in this area Sunday morning in com pliance with an Eighth Service Command wide observance which will be held on November 12. Silver Taps will be announced as a part of this memorial service a bulletin from the Commandant’s Office pointed out. The command ing general of the Eighth Service Command has requested that these services be of a general nature for all families. In a bulletin from Eighth Service Command head quarters it was stated that memor ial services might “• . . . include the presentation of the colors (national and church), appropriate music, vocal and instrumental, a message of sympathy to the near est relatives of the deceased ex pressed by the commanding offi cer, a message by the chaplain to the friends and citizens challenging all to the ‘dedication of our lives’ that the sacrifice of our American youth shall not have been in vain.” The statement issued by the Commandant’s Office said, “Inas much as there is no chaplain at this post, the local pastors have been contacted and will have mem orial services as requested, above, during their regular hour of serv ice, Sunday, 12 November 1944.” East Texas Ags Meet J. T. Rawlings president of the East Texas A. & M. Club announced that the club will hold a meeting Wednesday night, November 8, in the Ex-Students Lounge of the Y. M. C. A., at 7:15. All East Texas Aggies are wel come to this meeting to help form ulate plans for a real get-to-gether during the coming holidays, Raw lings said. Texas Jr. College Execs. Meet Ends Legislators Come to Thorough Decisions Texas junior college executives, participating in a symposium of education in the postwar period here Thursday, Friday and Sat urday, agreed that “the discussions in this meeting have resulted in a more thorough understanding and perhaps a wiser solution of these problems.” Co-hosts were Deans T. D. Brooks and H. W. Barlow. Chief topics under discussion were, the expansion and develop ment of junior /colleges; reogan- ization of the schools, their courses and requirements; means for meet ing the needs of war veterans, youths, who either do not desire or who have not been sufficiently grounded in entrance requirements for a four-year college course, and the needs of adults denied more education in their youth; and last ly the benefits to the general level of Texas educational possibilities of closer cooperation by the Texas A. & M. College and the University of Texas with the junior colleges. While a general agenda of edu cational discussion was followed, (See COLLEGE, Page 2) RIDE THE MUSTANGS Gilchrist To Be Guest Of Honor At Dallas Aggies Club Meeting President Gibb Gilchrist will be honored at a dinner meeting of the Dallas A. & M. Club at 7 p.m. Fri day in the Lone Star Gas Audi torium in Dallas. Aggies from many parts of the state will begin gathering in Dal las Friday preparing for the A. & M.-S. M. U. football game which is to be held Saturday. Rufus Pee bles, president of the Ex-Students Association, will head the move ment toward Dallas, and also bring greetings to Gilchrist. Tom Alley, president of the A. & M. Senior Class, will speak on behalf of the student body. Captain H. E. Cunningham, former student now stationed at McClosky Gen eral Hospital in Temple, will bring greetings from former students now serving in the armed forces. J. L. Pratt, president of the Dal las A. & M. Club, will preside at the dinner, where President Gil christ will address the meeting. Preceding the dinner, Gilchrist and other A. & M. leaders will be guests of the Bonehead Club at a luncheon that will be held at the Hotel Adolphus. “Footlight Favorites” On Guion Stage Four Vocalists To Be On Initial Town Hall Tonight at 8:00 o’clock Town Hall, which is sponsored by the Committee of Student Activities, will open the current season with Footlight Favorites at Guion Hall. Among the entertainers will be Marjorie Hess, soprano; Adelaide Abbot, soprano; John Dudley, ten or, and John Brownlee, baritone. The music will be under the direc tion of Marcel Frank. According to advance informa tion, the show is sure to be a huge success. A colorature-lyric soprano, Adelaide Abbot is well known to the recital stages and music fes tivals of the country and will be in good form this evening. Having been heard in opera frequently, she also recently appeared in “Lady in the Dark.” Besides singing in several duets and trios, she will also do a solo, Adele’s Laughing Song from “Rosalinda” (The Bat), by Johann Strauss. Another soprano, Marjorie Hess, will also be on the program for the evening. After receiving her vocal training in Italy, she re- (See PROGRAM, Page 2) RIDE THE MUSTANGS Petroleum Engineers, Geologists, To Meet Thursday night immediately af ter Yell Practice a meeting of all Petroleum Enginers, Petroleum Geologists and Petroleum Mechan ical majors will b£ held in Room 113 of the Petroleum Building. The first meeting of the semes ter of the club was held last Wed nesday night and officers for the 1944-45 session were elected. Carl Grubeman, senior Petroleum major from Beaumont was named Presi dent, Todd Scharnberg was elected Vice-President, “Spick” Leventhal, Secretary, George Nathan, Treas urer, and Dick Goad, Program Chairman. In previous years a prize was given annually to the outstanding club on the campus for intellectual, entertaining meetings, and the Petroleum Engineering Club, un der the sponsorship of Professor Harold Vance, head of the de partment won the award consis tently for several years. On num- ei’ous occasions the club has had outstanding men as speakers at their meetings and the club officers say that this high standing will be maintained during this term also. Grubeman urged that all fresh men, sophomores, juniors and sen iors taking Petroleum Enginering or the previously named majors attend the meeting. Passes for late C. Q. will be given to all who attend. Professor Vance will serve as sponsor of the club this semester also. To Be Crowned Saturday Issue Cards Given Out at Exchange Store When Khaki Clothes Are Turned In * * Vicki Moran To Be Crowned Aggie Sweetheart At Dallas Game Saturday Between the halves at the S.M.U.' game this coming Saturday, Vicki Moran, “the girl with the valentine shaped face and her heart in her eyes,” will be presented as the Aggie Sweetheart. She will be es corted by George Strickhausen, corps cadet colonel, while Tom Al ley, president of the senior class, will present her with the bouquet. As they walk on to the field, the Aggie band will play “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” and then T. S. C. W.’s song. To complete it, the “Spirit of Aggieland” will close the ceremonies. Vicki was chosen on October 7th in the Virginia Carroll Lodge on the T.S.C.W. campus by an Aggie senior committee. This committee was composed of Harold Daily, Walter Fhurmann, W. L. Huddle ston, Tom Alley, Marc Smith, Wat son Keeney, Jack Palmer, Charles Atlas, Barney Myatt, Frank Wright, Homer Moore, and Calvin Brumley. These men then had to choose from four representatives of each of the top three classes at (See VICKI, Page 3) Student Opinion On Campus Favors Roosevelt For Fourth Term as Election Campaigns Brought to End By Robert S. Gold Today was election day, and 50,- 000,000 Americans went to the polls to choose a president to serve for the next four years. Your re porter started out yesterday to get the opinions of some of the men on the campus as to whom they wanted for president, and why. Having gotten out my trusty pencil and notebook, I asked sev eral students I came across who they wanted for president and why. Here are some of the men, all Aggies, I talked to and their opinion. Lerner, L, sophomore: Dewey, I believe, is wholly uncapable of holding the presidency. Roosevelt, on the other hand is experienced and will be indispensable at the peace table. Stravolemos, Manuel, junior: Roosevelt and the new deal have run over the south long enough. They must be shown the south is not to be trifled with. Morvant, John, senior: I like Roosevelt because he is strong, domineering, and a statesman of the first quarter. Stookey, D. G., freshman: If I had to vote I would vote for Dewey, but I am of the opinion that there are men in the nation who are better qualified for the office than either of the two. Vickers, R. L., junior: I want Roosevelt because he will serve the interests of the people, and not the money backers of the Republi can party. Smith, Weldon, junior: I don’t like Roosevelt and I don’t like Dewey, but I don’t believe Dewey has enough diplomacy to insure the United States its rightful posi tion in peace and post war discus sion. I don’t like Roosevelt’s do mestic policy. Cashen, James, senior: I am for Roosevelt only because of his ex perience in international affairs. Nunn, Gordon, freshman: He has led the people of the United States to victory so far and changing horses in the middle of the stream is not good. The majority of the above are for Roosevelt, but here is, what C. D. Stroud, a junior from San Antonio, told your reporter: “I believe Dewey should be our next president because he has faith in the people of the United States and can work together for a united people.” But Neil McGuyre, a Soph omore from Richland, is of the opposite opinion. He commented that, “Roosevelt, although he has been in three terms, still presents the best foreign policy, and he will have more pressure in Europe aft er the war. Two other men have opinions almost exactly alike. They are Bob (See STUDENT. Page 2) Marine Aviation Detachment Leaves Final Class of 26 Men Graduated With Honors Final class of radio operators was graduated from the Marine Aviation Detachment, Naval Train ing School here, yesterday, and the entire detachment will be trans ferred to east and west coast posts and assigned to combat units, it was announced today by Commis sioned Warrant Officer Joseph W. Peden, commanding officer. Organized April 26, 1942, the school for Marine radio operators has enrolled 2,380 young Leather necks for training and has grad uated as full-fledged operators a total of 2,108 men, a percentage of 8814, which is considered as probably one of the highest marks shown by any radio school in the nation. Twenty-eight companies of men have been passed through the Tex as A. & M. Marine Aviation De tachment school, ranging from classes of twenty men to 90 men in a section. The highest number of Leathernecks in school here at one time was approximately 975 students in radio, between April and September, 1943, when the school enrollment reached it’s all- time peak. The class which is to graduate November 6, is composed of 26 men, all of whom will graduate with honors. The class records show that evey member who entered the radio course here for nineteen weeks’ intensive study, has come through with flying colors. Eleven of the class are assigned to Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C., and are listed as John Walter Dabrowski, Adams, Mass.; Rob ert Frank Feldman, Woodside, N. Y.; Charles Lewis Eoff, Knox (See MARINE, Page 2) Saturday Classes Moved Up This Week Students are reminded that for the weeks of November 6 and November 13 classes which nor mally meet at 8:00 a. m. Satur day are scheduled to meet at 5:00 p. m., Monday; the 9:00 a. m. Saturday classes meet at 5:00 p. m., Tuesday; the 10:00 a. m. Saturday classes meet at 5:00 p. m., Wednesday; and the 11:00 a. m. Saturday classes meet at 5:00 p. m., Thursday. The Saturday classes take pre cedence over any Physical Edu cation classes scheduled for 5:00 p. m. F. C. Bolton, Dean. Passes Not Required For Weekend Holiday Passes will not be required this weekend of cadets in good standing wishing to attend the football game in Dallas between A. & M. and S. M. U. or go home, it was announced by the Commandant’s Office today, and the order added that it applied to students who wished to go home. Students will De required to sign out in their respective organ ization pass books and the order further stated that students could leave after their last class Fri day, November 10. They must re turn and sign in not later than 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 12. This holiday is available to only those students who are in good standing the order emphasized. Cadets who are restricted to the campus will remain on the campus and report to the tactical officer in Ross Hall at 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. It was understood that those that have excessive demerits because of or dinary reasons would not be re quired to remain on the campus but that the restriction applied only to those that were campused by action of the Disciplinary Com mittee. • RIDE THE MUSTANGS College Community Chest Campaign Drive Begins Here Chest Contributions Aid Home, War Front The College Community Chest campaign is being conducted this week, and the committee urges all members of the staff to give gen erously to this most worthy cause. The Community Chest contribution aids both the home front and the war fronts. The committee is asking each in dividual to contribute one and three-fourths days pay. If all mem bers of the staff join heartily in this campaign the budget can be raised on the basis of these small individual contributions. It will be necessary, however, for all mem bers of the staff to contribute. Dr. Ide P. Trotter, speaking for the committee of which he is chair man, said: “We urge your cordial cooperation and prompt response to this request for the good of our community, the nation, and our fighting forces abroad.” RIDE THE MUSTANGS Sbisa Prepares Diet For Hospital Patients Patients at the College Hospital are now given a diet prepared by the kitchens of Sbisa Mess Hall. This was adopted as a temporary measure because of the shortage of kitchen manpower in the em ploy of the hospital. A. & M. cadets will begin wear ing woolen OD uniforms at Re treat Friday, November 10, it was announced by the Office of the Commandant today. Wool cloth ing will be issued to all basic ROTC students Thursday and Fri day and the corps will wear the woolen uniform until further or ders. Thursday, November the 9 the Exchange Store will take up the government issue cotton uniforms and also on that date issue the woolen clothing to the members of the Band. Other basic ROTC students will be issued their OD clothing by the Exchange Store Friday. The issue department of the Exchange Store will begin operat ing at 9:00 a.m. Thursday morn ing and at 8:00 a.m. Friday but will close both days at 6:00 p.m. The woolen uniform will consist of cap, shirt, khaki, tie, and trousers. Field jackets will be reg ulation and will not be worn off this station but the field jacket may be worn with only the woolen OD shirt the order read. Cards entitling the cadet to receive the woolen government uni form will be issued at the Ex change Store at the, time that khaki uniforms are turned in. Stu dents who ard unable to obtain their cards Thursday may do so Friday by applying at the Sgt. Major’s Office, Room 17, Ross Hall during office hours. Cards will be given only to those students Who are entitled to draw govern ment uniform articles. Cards will be given only to those basic ROTC students who turn in their khaki uniform. The order stated that each student must turn in his own articles of uniform as no agents would be allowed to act. The first formation requiring wool uniforms will be Retreat Fri day night, November 10. Accord ing to the uniform order the cap may be either service or garrison, for enlisted men and cadets the wearing of the woolen shirt with out the coat is optional but .the wearing of cotton shirts without the woolen coat is not authorized. Neither may the cotton shirt be worn with the field jacket. Cam paign hats will be worn only when prescribed and during inclement weather. Classified seniors and senior cadet officers may wear boots and breeches. The order stated that persons engaged in mounted in struction could wear boots but it added that boots and breeches would not be worn during hours of military instruction except in the hours actually devoted to mounted instruction. Woolen uniforms will be regula tion wear for the trip by the corps to Dallas this Saturday for the football game between A. & M. and S. M. U. -RIDE THE MUSTANGS- Traffic Officers’ Training School Opens at College Among early registrants for the second annual Traffic Officers’ Training School, which opened yesterday at the Texas A# & M. College and will continue for two weeks, are several members of the departments at Houston, Dal las, San Antonio, Sherman, Brown- wood and College Station. This training school is being directed by Vernon L. Engberg, head police instructor for the A. & M. Indus trial Extension Service. Coop erating agencies are the State Board for Vocational Education, State Department of Public Safe ty, and various organizations of police forces and municipalities. Instructors and speakers which will appear on the programs to be (See OFFICERS, Page 2)