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.
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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)
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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)
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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. •
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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.”
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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.
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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)