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    DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
VOLUME 44
Texas A«M
The B
College
alion
BI-WEEKLY
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
DEEP IN AGGIELAND
TEXAS A. & M.
' COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 9, 1945
NUMBER 63
Over Two-Hundred Freshmen Register For Spring Term
Paul Draper And Larry Adler, Musical Team, On Town Hall Monday
Famed Harmonica-Dancing Team Now
Making Third Trans-Continental Tour
School Officials Welcome New Students
VICE-PRES. FOR ENGINEERING PRESIDENT OF A. & M. DEAN OF COLLEGE
World famous Paul Draper, tap
dancer, and his madcap partner
in rhythm, Larry Adler, will be
the bill of fare Monday evening
at 8:00 p.m. when Town Hall pre
sents a regularly scheduled pro
gram from the stage of Guion
Hall.
Both top-notchers in their field,
Draper and Adler have been ac
claimed by audiences throughout
the world. The fame of this out
standing team has been publicized
in special features carried in the
nationally distributed magazines
Time, Life, Newsweek, Look, Col
liers, and others.
Speaking of Draper, the Wash-
HE PLAYS—WHILE . . . .
Larry Adler
ington Post critic has said, “he is
a star apart among the dancing
men of his era.” Of the combina
tion of this talented tap dancer
with the world’s great harmonica
player, Edward Barry of the Chi
cago Daily Tribune has said, “the
two aristocrats of the entertain
ment world are guaranteed to
please old and young alike.”
Now in their third transconti-
W. N. Joiner Named
Pres, of Sewerage
Short School Here
W. N. Joiner, water superin
tendent at San Marcos, was elected
president of the Texas Waterworks
and Sewerage Short School Wed
nesday at the closing business
meeting of the 1945 session. He
succeeds W. H. Hicks, city engi
neer of Paris, who served last
year.
The Texas Waterworks and Sew
erage Short School is conducted
annually by the Department of
Municipal and Sanitary Engineer
ing of the Texas A&M College in
cooperation with the State Board
of Health and the State Board for
Vocational Education. The three-
day meeting just closed was the
27th held by this organization.
Other officers elected were: Joe
B. Winston, Texas School of Med
icine, Galveston, first vice presi
dent; S. L. Allison, sewer superin
tendent, Corpus Christi, second vice
president; N. E. Trostle, water
superintendent, Temple, third vice
president, and Elwood J. Umben-
hauer, water and sewer superin
tendent, El Paso, fourth vice pres
ident. Reelected were V. M. Ehlers
and Mrs. Earl H. Goodwin of the
State Board of Health, Austin,
secretary and assistant secretary-
treasurer, respectively.
Speakers before group sessions
included representatives of the
Texas A&M College School of En
gineering, State Board of Health,
U. S. Public Health Service, U.
S. Corps of Engineers, other Army
personnel, water and sewerage
works officials of Texas cities, and
(See JOINER, Page 3)
nental tour, Draper and Adler have
proved popular before servicemen.
Draper sets the racing rhythm of
his flying feet to the music of
Gershwin and the other Masters,
while Adler converts the lowly
mouth organ to what would pass
for a combination of Paul White-
man versus any of the swing
kings.
Typical American in its approach
and appeal, the combination of a
tap dancer swinging the classics
and a virtuoso of the instrument
everybody has hoped to play at
one time in life has been hailed
by Life Magazine as one of the
truly new additions to the world of
entertainment.
Dan Hightower, Town Hall man-
HE DANCES...
Paul Draper
J. T. L. McNew
DEAN OF LIBERAL ARTS
Gibb Gilchrist
DEAN OF VETERINARY
MEDICINE
R. P. Marsteller
DEAN OF AGRICULTURE
F. C. Bolton
DEAN OF ENGINEERING
H. W. Barlow
REGISTRAR
ager, announced that reserve seats
may be purchased at the Student
Activities Office, and will be on
sale at the box office Monday
evening beginning at 7:00. Ac
cording to Hightower there is no
increase in prices to Aggies and
other men in uniform—fifty cents
being the charge.
New registrants who have not
purchased a season’s ticket to
Town Hall may buy a ticket good
for admission to remaining num
bers at the Student Activities Of
fice, according to Manager High-
Genetics Professor
Resigns To Accept
Hawaii U. Position
“Red” Skiles Returns to Campus to
Take Up Student Activities Duties
Dr. Quisenberry To
Be Head of Poultry
Husbandry Department
Dr. John H. Quisenberry, asso
ciate professor of genetics at Tex
as A&M College since 1936, has
resigned to become head of the
Department of Poultry Husbandry
at the University of Hawaii. He
will leave College Station to as
sume his new duties as soon as
sea transportation has been ar
ranged by the Navy.
Raised at Quanah, Dr. Quisenber
ry graduated at Texas A&M in
1931. He went to the University of
Illinois as half-time research as
sistant in animal genetics immed
iately after receiving his degree.
While in Illinois, Dr. Quisenberry
completed requirements for his
master’s degree in 1933 and his
Ph. D. in 1936.
At the University of Hawaii,
Dr. Quisenberry will teach one
course in poultry husbandry or
genetics and devote the remainder
of his time to research problems
at its Agricultural Experiment
Station, concentrating on disease
resistance, longevity, and better
meat type.
Mrs. Quisenberry, the former
Miss Pearl Bucy of Chicago, and
their son, Alex, will join Dr. Quisen
berry in Honolulu later.
After serving with the Army Air
Forces for approximately thirty-
three months. Captain Joe Skiles
has been released from active du
ty and has resumed his duties as
manager of Student Activities.
Skiles was inducted into the
armed forces in the spring of 1942
and was sent to Kessler Field in
Mississippi where he received Of
ficers Training and was later com
missioned in the Army. After re
ceiving his commission he was
then transferred along with the
original group of officers and men
to activating Basic Training Cen
ter Six for the AAF at Saint Pe
tersburg, Florida. After serving
as Intelligence Officer for the Ba
sic Training Center for approx
imately two years, he was trans
ferred to Lincoln, Nebraska, and
then to the Air Inspector’s Staff
of the Air Forces Material Com
mand at Wright Field. While sta
tioned at Wright Field he was un
der the command of Brigadier Gen
eral G. H. Beverley, an Ex-Aggie
who was a member of the class of
1915. Skiles served with the Air
Joe Skiles
^ %
Forces until he was placed on in
active duty.
Taking over tne job as manager
of the Student Activities in 1941,
he remained in that capacity until
his induction into the armed for-
(See SKILES, Page 4)
New Orientation
Course This Term
George B. Wilcox, director of
Student Personnel, has announced
the beginning of a new course this
semester to replace the old Fresh
man Orientation course and the
Agriculture 1 and Engineering 1
courses. The title of the course is
Freshman Orientation 101 and one
hour of credit will be given for the
course. This course is for first se
mester students only and meets at
11 o’clock on Tuesday mornings.
Following is a brief schedule of
this semester’s program:
Feb. 6, Organization and explan
ation.
Feb. 13, Dean’s meeting.
Feb. 20, Library.
Feb. 27, Library.
Mar. 6, Library.
Mar. 13, Student Personnel.
Mar. 20, Deans.
Mar. 27, Student Personnel.
Apr. 3, Deans.
Apr. 10, Student Personnel.
Apr. 17, Deans.
Apr. 24, Student Personnel.
May 1, Deans.
May 8, Student Personnel.
May 15, Deans.
May 22, Open for Examinations.
(See COURSES, Page 4)
Approximately 1350 Are
Enrolled Up To Thursday
Old Returning Students Living In New
Area; Non-Regs Housed In Hart Dorm.
As the week progressed the number of students regis
tering for the current semester began to grow, and by Thurs
day afternoon the count was approximately 1350. Of the
total, 239 were new freshmen who are now living together
in Dormitory 2. Included also in the total are 70 veterans
of World War II who are in attendance with the GI Bill of
Rights.
The Registrar’s office announced that Monday would be
Dean and Mrs. Kyle
To Be Honored At
Farewell Banquet
Famed A. & M. Educator
To Take Up Embassy
Post In Guatemala
A farewell banquet honoring
Dean and Mrs. E. J. Kyle of Texas
A&M College will be held at Sbisa
hall on the evening of February
22, and it is expected that hundreds
of their friends will be on hand to
wish them happiness in their new
surroundings of the U. S. Embassy
in Guatemala. Dean Kyle will be
come ambassador to the Central
American republic sometime in the
Spring, and it will be a new life
for the man who has spent nearly
a half-century as student and edu
cator on the A. & M. campus.
All agricultural agencies with
which Dean Kyle has worked dur
ing his career will be represented
at the banquet. Felix McKnight, a
former student, and now one of
Texas’ leading newspaper corres
pondents, of Dallas, will be toast
master. Morris Frank of Houston,
another popular news writer, will
introduce the distinguished visitors
present at the dinner.
Dean Charles N. Shepardson,
who succeeded Dean Kyle in the
School of Agriculture, is general
chairman of the entertainment,
and Prof. D. H. Reid is chairman
of the sub-committee on arrange
ments for the event.
Hundreds of Dean Kyle’s former
students, teaching colleagues,
friends in all phases of agriculture,
diplomatic and political luminaries
from Washington, and a host of
just plain friends are expected to
attend the banquet.
Other members of the arrange
ments committee include Prof. E.
R. Alexander, Dr. Daniel Russell,
Walter Cardwell of Luling and
Jack Shelton of Houston.
While hundreds of Dean Kyle’s
friends have been notified of plans
for the banquet, the event will be
informal in every respect, and
all friends of the beloved dean are
invited to attend.
Tickets may be obtained through
the office of Dean Shepardson,
and all must be obtained by Feb
ruary 20, so that arrangements
can be made by the college dining
hall to seat all who attend.
Rev. Quin to Confer
Apostolic Rite Sun.
The Rt. Rev. C. S. Quin, bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of Tex
as, will preach and confer the Apos
tolic Rite of Confirmation at the
11:00 a. m. service in St. Thomas’
Chapel on Sunday, Feb. 11th.
Bishop Quin has spent twenty-
eight years in Texas, twenty-six
of them as bishop, and is well
known in civil, as well as clerical,
circles. He is one of the founders
of the Bryan Rotary and is well
thought of in International Rotary.
All of the members of St. Tho
mas’ Chapel cordially invite the
public to attend the service on
Sunday, and, especially, request the
attendance of the newly enrolled
Freshman.
Newman Members
Hosts at Dance Sat.
Members of the Catholic New
man Club of A. & M. will honor
the Catholic girls of Bryan with
a semi-formal dance at the Mag-
"the last day to add or drop a
course without receiving a fail
ing grade and also the last day
for registration.
Old returning students are liv
ing in the new area in dorms 4, 5,
7, 9 and 11 while the non-regs
are still living In Hart Hall. A.
B, and C Battery are staying in
Dorm 4 along with D Company,
while Dorm 5 now houses D and
E Troop and F and G Battery. Lo
cated in Dorm 7 are E, F, and H
companies, A, B, and G Companies
in Dorm 9 and the Band and C
Company are living in Dorm 11.
“Ike” Dahlberg
Named Acting Head
Of Ag. Department
Was Associate Professor
Of Animal Husbandry
At College Since 1936
F. I. Dahlberg, associate profes
sor of animal' husbandry since
1936, has been named acting head
of the department by Agricultural
Dean Chas. N. Shepardson. He
succeeds Dr. J. C. Miller who re
signed to head a similar depart
ment of the University of Tennes
see.
“Ike” Dahlberg was raised at
Taylor. He received his B. S. de-
F. I. Dahlberg
gree at Texas A&M College in
1925 and went to Texas Tech as
superintendent of farms where he
remained two years, then spent
a year in study at the University
of Wisconsin. In the fall of 1928
Dahlberg became science teacher
at Taylor high school where he
remained until coming to the Ani
mal Husbandry Department in
Feb. 1936. In the summer of 1930
he completed requirements for his
master’s degree at Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. Dahlberg, the
former Miss Jewell Thomas of
Brownwood, live in Beverley Es
tates with their three sons, War
ren, Frank I. Jr., and Walter.
Dr. J. C. Miller had been named
acting head of the Animal Hus
bandry Department in December,
1943 when leave of absence was
given D. W. Williams to accept a
commission as major in the Army’s
Specialists Reserve Corps to as
sist in livestock and agricultural
rehabilitation in the devastated
countries of Europe.
gie Parker dining room in Bryan,
Saturday, February 10, from 8:30
to 12:00 p. m.
All old members have been urged
Go be present by J. S. Palms.