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TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 44
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1945
NUMBER 62
Leper Mission
Secretary Will
Speak Here Mon.
Mrs. Julia Lake Kellersberger,
promotional secretary of the Amer
ican Mission to Lepers, will speak
at the Y. M. C. A. Chapel, Monday
evening, February 5, at 7:30. This
meeting is sponsored by the Col
lege Station Council of Church
Women, and students and residents
of College Station and Bryan are
cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Kellersberger, who has
written several books on leprosy,
is the wife of Eugene R. Kellers
berger, M. D. Dr. Kellersberger,
who is an ordained minister of the
Presbyterian Church, South, was
a medical missionary in the Bel
gian Congo for twenty-four years.
He is an expert not only in the
field of leprosy but of other tropi
cal diseases. The Kellersbergers
planted the first chaulmoogra trees
ever to be cultivated in Africa. The
oil of the chaulmoogra fruit has
been the best treatment known
through the years for leprosy.
With the American troops now
overseas in countries where there
is widespread leprosy, the healing
and preventive health program of
the American Mission to Lepers in
Africa and the Orient takes on
new interest to American fathers,
mothers, wives and sweethearts.
Don’t miss hearing this dynamic
speaker contrast the cruel and
superstitious methods with the
Christian and scientific treatment
of the leprosy patient today in an
up-to-date missionary colony and
hospital.
Scouts Gather
Paper Tomorrow
The Boy Scout Troops Number
102 and 411 and the Cub Scouts
of College Station will collect pa
per from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.
m., on Saturday, February 3. This
paper will be used as directed by
the War Production Board.
Bob Wright in the Civil En
gineering truck will cover the
campus with Sgt. Virgil Miller and
Troop 102. H. E. Hampton in the
city of College Station truck will
cover West Park and College Park
with Troop 411. L. G. Jones will
cover South Oakwood, North Oak-
wood, Sandy Hill, Perritt Addition
and the North Gate area in the
Agronomy truck. Mr. P. J. Alwin
Zeller in the Ag. Engineering
truck will take care of College Hills
with the Cubs.
It is requested by Dr. L. G.
Jones, Chairman of the paper com
mittee, that the paper be tied in
two directions and placed on the
curb before 8:00 Saturday morning.
Anyone who wishes to get rid of
paper before that time can assist
the movement by bringing their
paper to the Northeast room of
the Animal Husbandry stock
judging pavilion and placing it
just inside the door.
Ex-Aggie Private
Gets Bronze Star
Private First Class Cecil Martin
Holekamp of Junction, a member
of Major General J. L. Bradley’s
96th “Deadeye” Division, has been
awarded a Bronze Star Medal for
heroism during the Leyte cam
paign.
Pfc. Holekamp, an infantryman,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Holekamp of Junction.
His citation reads as follows:
“Private First Class Holekamp,
a member of a volunteer flank
patrol, was entering a village un
der heavy enemy fird when his
patrol was pinned down with the
men no longer able to support tile
advance of his company. Private
First Class Holekamp voluntarily
and at the risk of his life, exposed
himself to enemy fire and moved
his men and weapons to position
from which they successfully sup
ported by fire the advance of his
company. Private First Class Hole-
kamp’s actions were instrumental
in the success of the action.”
Pfc. Holekamp went to high
school in Junction and attended
Texas A. & M. for two years, af
ter which he entered the ERG.
Texas A.&M. College Is Divided Into
Four Separate But Dependent Schools
There are four schools of high
er- education at Texas A. & M.
and the incoming freshman or
transfer student is at liberty to
enroll in the one which will best
fit his particular situation. The
School of Agriculture with C. N.
Shepardson as dean is fitted for
those who wish to follow agricul
ture as a vocation in future years.
H. W. Barlow, dean of the
School of Engineering, the school
has sent many Aggies out into
the world to be successful engi
neers. Dean T. D. Brooks heads
the School of Arts and Sciences
for students who desire to major
in language or similar subjects.
For those who are medical mind
ed, there is the School of Veter
inary Medicine with Dean R. P.
Marsteller as head. It is in this
course of study that students go
into their future as veterinary doc
tors or meat and food inspectors
with other similar fields open to
them. Other information about
these four schools follows:
The School of Agriculture
The School of Agriculture of
fers a wide course of instruction
in a variety of fields, closely con
nected to agricultural interests.
In the curricula offered are courses
in Agriculture, Agricultural En
gineering, Agricultural Adminis
tration, Agricultural Education,
and Landscape Art. In addition to
these four-year courses, a two-
year course in Cotton Marketing
and Classing is offered, intended
for those who expect to enter the
cotton business either as a buy
er or office man.
Students in the school of Agri
culture are proper for the pur
suit of scientific investigation in
the field of agriculture as well as
for the more practical aspects,
such as county demonstration
agent, farm manager, and teaching
in high schools and agricultural
colleges.
The curriculum in agricultural
engineering is planned to give the
student an engineering training
with an agricultural viewpoint
while the purpose of the program
in landscape arts is to ti’ain stu
dents in the development of out
doors areas such as flower gardens,
estates, parks, playgrounds, cem
eteries, and landscaping of the
surroundings of buildings.
The School of Arts and Sciences
In the School of Arts and
Sciences there are offered curricula
in Liberal Arts, Science, Education,
and Physical Education.
The course in Liberal Arts in
cludes the study of Economics, Eng
lish, History, Mathematics, and
Modern Languages. These studies
are intended for students who are
interested in general rather than
technological and scientific stud
ies.
The curricula in Sciences and
Educatioii are planned to prepare
students for practical work and
advanced study in the fields of
Biology, Chemistry, geology, and
Physics, especially as they relate
to agriculture, engineering and
allied industries, and to train other
institutions of learning.
The School of Engineering
The School of Engineering of
fers a highly specialized training
in a wide choice of fields. In
cluded in the four year curricula
(See A. & M., Page 3)
PRESS CLUB—Pictured above
is this year’s A. & M. Press
Club. This photo is to appear in
the Longhorn. From left to
right, those pictured are: First
row: Ernest Berry, James Dil-
worth, Calvin Brumley, Bob
English, Dick Goad, president;
Louie Clark, Marc Smith, Slim
Inzer. Second row: Dwight Mc-
Anally, Melvin Maltz, Jere Higgs,
Teddy Bernstein. Third row:
Olin Hoskins, Eli Barker, Alfred
Jefferson, secretary; S. K. Ad
ler, Jimmy Long. Four row: Bill
Blankenship, R. L. Bynes, L. H.
Calahan, Doyle Webb, and D. L.
Mitchell.
Short Course For
Motor Vehicle:
Trainers Planned
Labor-saving and time-saving
short cuts in training motor
transportation personnel designed
to secure the greatest possible
service from the limited man
power and equipment available
will be stressed in a short course
for motor vehicle supervisors to
be held at the Texas A & M. Col
lege February 19-23.
This short course is being given
by the Texas A. & M. College at
the request of national automotive
and safety organizations. Methods
of selecting, training and main
taining motor fleet personnel to be
discussed will be as practical in
peacetime as in wartime, said W.
R. Horsley, chairman of the short
course committee of Texas A. & M.
College.
Enrollment will be limited to 32
individuals selected by cooperating
Texas automotive and safety
groups from owners, superinten
dents and assistant superintendents
of motor fleets, chief mechanics,
dispatchers, driver instructors,
transportation officials, and others
directly connected with the safety
and conservation program in the
motor transportation industry.
State cooperating agencies are
the Texas Safety Association, Tex
as Department of Public Safety and
the Texas Motor Transportation
Association.
National agencies sponsoring the
short course are American Auto
mobile Association, American Pe
troleum Institute, American Tran
sit Association, American Truck
ing Associations, Automotive Safe
ty Foundation, Automobile Manu
facturers Association, Center for
Safety Education of New York
University, Instiute of Public Safe
ty of Penn State College, National
Association of Motor Bus Opera
tors, National Conservation Bu
reau, National Council of Motor
Truck Operators and National Safe
ty Council.
Timber is a national necessity;
the supply of it is being rapidly
depleted. By growing more timber
the farmer increases his own in
come and benefits the public.
Abilene Aggie-Ex
Gets Bronze Star
WITH THE 103rd DIVISION
OF THE ARMY IN FRANCE.
—Sgt. William T. McGregor, hus
band of Freda M. McGregor of
2412 Simmons, Abilene, Texas, the
son of Mrs. H. H. McGregor of
the same address, has been award
ed the Bronze Star Medal for hero
ism in action with the 410th In
fantry.
During the daylight hours of 12
November 1944, in the vicinity of
St. Die, France, Sgt. McGregor
(then a Pfc), advancing with his
squad was subjected to intense and
accurate machine gun fire. Observ
ing his squad leader hit by enemy
bullets, he quickly took command
of the squad and maneuvered them
out of enemy range. Reaching a
protected area he immediately re
organized the squad and led them
skillfully forward to an advanta
geous position of observation.
When he was assured all guns were
in their proper places he gave the
order to open fire, resulting in the
complete destruction of the hos
tile machine gun nest. As a result
of Sgt. McGregor’s rapidity of
judgement and brilliant operative
ability under fire the company was
able to push forward, reaching its
objective successfully.
McGregor graduated from high
school in Abilene in 1940 and at
tended Texas A. & M. for two
years. He entered the service 15
December, 1942, and took his basic
training at Camp Maxey, Texas.
He left for overseas 6 October.
1944. He has also been awarded
the Combat Infantry Badge.
Forest products rank tenth in
value of the big ten in farm crops
throughout the Nation. Farm
woodlands pay their owners near
ly $63,000,000 annually.
Dick Goad Made
Editor of Batt
Announcement has been made by
the Student Activities Committee
that Dick Goad has been selected
for the position of editor of the
Battalion for next semester. Other
staff assignments have not yet
been made.
Dick Goad
Goad will be a senior on the
campus during the coming term.
His home is Muskogee, Oklahoma.
He is living with B Battery, and is
a member of this outfit’s basketball
and volleyball intramural teams.
Goad has worked as Managing
Editor on the Battalion for the last
two semesters, and was a reporter
the semester before that.
Other appointments on the staff
will be made early next semester.
Frozen Foods
Will Be Popular
When War Is Over
A bright future is ahead for froz
en foods, and in the post-war pe
riod consumers likely will become
accustomed to frozen pre-cooked
foods, ready-to-cook frozen poul
try, and frozen eggs which come
in small individually wrapped
blocks.
These predictions come from
Mrs. Winifred* J. Leverenz, spe
cialist in food preservation for the
A. and M. College Extension Serv
ice who points to findings of the
Agricultural Research Administra
tion. She says housewives can ex
pect not only better quality in froz
en foods but cheaper prices as
well.
Chopped frozen butts of aspara
gus and broccoli which so often
are discarded offer promise. Froz
en sweet potatoes, winter squash
for pie and tomato and orange
juice are on the way. Vegetables
suitable for infants may be avail
able in frozen form as well as
canned. One other product which
is finding enthusiastic acceptance
is Velva Fruit, a dessert which
tastes like fresh, fully ripened
fruit and has the texture of rich,
smooth ice cream. In addition to
fruit puree, Velva Fruit contains
sugar, a small amount of gelatin,
and sometimes added lemon juice
or citric acid.
Mrs. Leverenz predicts that
many rural homes will have farm
freezing units and homemakers can
process these various foods with
as much skill as they have shown
in home canning. Preparing foods
for freezing is even easier than
canning and the frozen products
have a better flavor and more food
value than foods preserved in any
other way. Likely some homemak
ers will want to prepare for sale
ready-to-cook frozen poultry, froz
en fish from ponds on the farm,
and frozen boned meats which have
proved popular with cooks in the
armed services.
Much research remains to be
done on cooling of the pre-cooked
foods, defrosting and heating them
for table use, and on packaging
and storing them, the specialist
says, but scientists now are busy
with these problems.
There is plenty of land on farms
for growing timber as a crop after
all the better lands are used for
other farm crops and for pasture.
Navy Tests Given Here Are Valid
The Navy is using revised tests to examine and qualify for
its radar/radio technician training course applicants who prev
iously took the examination and did not pass. The new examina
tions replace the tests which were given by the Navy to Texas
A. & M. students here on January 17th.
Revision of the radar/radio technician test does not in any
way effect the letters of authorization for radar/radio tech
nician training to the Texas A. & M. students who took the test
and passed. The specialized training is still open to these men.
Applicants who took the examination may request permis
sion to take the examination again. Requests should be addressed
by the applicant to Captain W. C. Eddy, USN, (Ret), Command
ing Officer, Naval Training Schools, Radio Chicago, 190 North
State Street, Chicago 1, Illinois. The student should outline in
his letter what further study he has made to prepare himself
to successfully pass the second examination.
Singing Cadets Have Bright Plans for
Next Semester; Members Are Needed
Dallas Aggie-Ex
Attends Ellington
Navigation School
A veteran of 35 bombing mis
sions over German-occupied Eur
ope, Lt. Warren N. Tomlinson, is
now attending the Army Air Force
navigation instructor’s school at
Ellington Field.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Tomlinson, 6210 Palo Pinto, Dal
las, Lt. Tomlinson wears the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, the Air
Medal with four Oak Leaf Clust
ers, the European Theater of Oper
ations campaign ribbon with two
bronze stars, and a distinguished
unit badge. After graduating from
the advanced navigation school at
Ellington Field in February, 1944,
he was assigned to the Eighth Air
Force in England, where he served
as navigator on a B-17 heavy bomb
er.
Among the targets his group
bombed were Leipzig, Paris, Han
nover, Stuttgart, Keil, and Mun
ich. The presidential citation which
he wears on his left breast was
awarded following the Munich raid,
a 10-hour mission which he remem
bers as the toughest of all the
trips in which he participated.
Lt. Tomlinson attended Texas A.
& M. College for two years before
enlisting in the Army Air Forces.
His wife, the former Pauline Mc
Gee, and one-year-old son, War
ren, Jr., reside at 6210 Palo Pinto
in Dallas.
Cast Iron Ware
Seasoning Simple
Cast iron cooking ware is on the
market in large quantities now,
but most of it is unseasoned and
this job must be done in the kitch
en.
This task is simple, even if it is
new to most homemakers, says
Bernice Claytor, specialist in home
management for the A. and M.
College Extension Service. Before
the war, manufactui'ers seasoned
practically all iron cooking ware
at the factory, and it was ready for
use as soon as it was washed. Fail
ure to season iron utensils causes
foods to stick to the metal.
Mrs. Claytor recommends this
procedure for seasoning iron uten
sils. First, rub the inside with
some unsalted fat such as vegeta
ble oil, suet, or lard. Then heat it
for several hours—either over low
heat on top of the stove or in the
o - . en. Rub off the fat with absorb
ent paper or a clean, dry cloth, and
let the utensil cool. Do not wash
it..
Next day, the specialist advises,
repeat the same treatment. The
first few times you use your iron
utensil, cook only fresh meat or
bread in it. Clean it by rubbing it
with paper or cloth, but not with
soap and water. Finally, when the
fat has been worked in thoroughly,
the metal is seasoned and can be
washed or not. When it is stored,
however, it should be coated with
unsalted fat and left uncovered to
prevent rusting.
Next semester for the Singing
Cadets looks very bright. With
trips planned in different parts of
the state, the organization should
be kept quite busy rehearsing.
Trips to Huntsville and many army
camps have been scheduled. The
trip most of the members look for
ward to is the one to TSCW. Here
the boys warble and after the per
formance they are shown what
appreciation the feminine sex really
has for music ....
The Cadets are losing quite a
few members this semester. The
membership roll is due to drop
around twenty percent. All that
In the summer—or at any other
time, for that matter—a young
man’s fancy turns to . . . Dallas,
Houston, to Ft. Worth or Austin.
But changing too are travel condi
tions, especially for those of us
with light purses who rely upon
the old weekend thumb to get us
there. Upstreaming, disorganized
corners, and car-rushing are mak
ing an already discouraging situa
tion worse, thus forcing many an
Aggie to miss his date in “Big
D”, and more than a few sailors
and soldiers to lose precious fur
lough time. More careful obedience
to the simple rules of the Aggie
Hitch-hikers Code will do much to
remedy the situation. This logical,
courtesy-based system has been
getting Aggies there “fustest with
the mostest” since the earliest
Model T bumped northward past
A. & M. In 1941 it took Keyes
Carson of New York, across to
the Pacific, and back to A. & M.
over the week-end. In ’42 it moved
our 6,000-man Cadet Corps en
masse to Dallas for the last S.
M. U. Corps trip. It works because
it’s common sense.
This common sense tells us that
we’re better off if we cooperate.
That’s why certain corners are
designated highwaying corners
for each road out; that’s why we
put upstreaming first on our list
of “don’ts.” Anyone who has stood
on a corner two hours, just to see
are interested in singing and would
like to join the organization are
hrged to do so at the beginning of
this next semester.
The meeting place of next semes
ter will be in the assembly hall.
The time of rehearsing is as fol
lows: Monday’s and Wednesday’s
at 4:00, Tuesday’s and Thursday’s
at 5:00.
It don’t exactly take great
singing ability to be in the Singing
Cadets. If you can keep in tune
with the rest of the fellows “Pop”
Turner, the director, will make a
singer out of you in a short time.
someone who has just put his bag
down up the road from the corner
take the next ride, realizes the un
fairness of upstreaming. The
upstreamer may be chuckling at
his “luck”—but he’d see it in a
different light if you had taken
that ride by walking past him.
That sort of tactics would soon
result in a free-foi’-all race to see
who could get the fai’thest up the
highway. Downstreaming, though,
which is thumbing for rides down
past the corner in the direction of
your destination, has always been
anybody’s privilege.
It doesn’t taKe a physicist to
realize that thirty fellows hold
ing their thumbs out on the same
comer is wasting energy and it
doesn’t take a psychologist to
know that a driver with one empty
seat is going to hestitate to stop
in front of a mob like that. The
simple solution is to put your bag
in line in the order of your arrival
and get back from the highway
so that one fellow can stop the
car. Your getting there as fast as
you would standing there thumbing
and smiling, and it’s taking lots
less energy. When the man who is
first in line does have luck, he
alone talks to the driver to find out
how many rides he has and the
line moves up.
Once you have your ride high
waying is not over. The impression
(See HITCHHIKING, Page 4)
Aggie Hitch-Hiking Is An Art Which
Must Be Learned By New Freshmen