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« f 1 l ♦> I #: ? > DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Texas A«M 7/ie B College alion WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER DEEP IN AGGIELAND TEXAS A. & M. VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 1945 NUMBER 75 Corps Review Is Scheduled For Medal Presentation *** ^ *** *** ^ *** AnnualJunior Prom ToBeHeldlnSbisaFridayNight Frank Wiegand To Receive Bronze Star In Ceremony Aggieland Orchestra Plays for Dance; Dough Rollins to Speak At Banquet Banquet To Begin At 7:30 In Banquet Room; Seniors To Be Charged One Dollar Admission Tax All plans have been completed and final arrangements made for the Junior Prom, which promises to be one of the most outstanding and successful social events of this season. Eli Barker, president of the Junior class stated that the banquet would begin promptly at 7:30 p.m., and that the dance would follow, commencing at 9:00. The banquet will be ♦•held in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall, and the ball will take place in the annex of the same building. The Prom will last until 12:00 mid night, Barker said, adding that the final preparations had been finish ed and everything in order. Uniform for the occasion will be serge blouse with serge trousers and tie, with khaki shirts. If. how ever, some cadets find it absolute ly impossible to procure a blouse, an optional uniform consisting of serge shirt and pants, with khaki wool tie and white web belt has been authorized. The various commitees have all been appointed, and all chairmen agreed that their work of their respective committees was either finished or progressing according to schedule. Those on the commit tees include Alfred Jefferson, Dec Ater, and Melvin Pruitt on the Planning Committee; Dick Prater, and Jimy Clay on the Program Committee; Harry Smith, Ted Copeland, and Arvel Bridges on the Decorations Committee; and Ecfdie Wendt, Fred Poe, Shelby King, L. B. Wardlow, and Glenn Quick on the Finance Committee. The chairmen are Jefferson, Pra ter, Smith, and Wendt, in the or der of the committees named. Jefferson, chairman of the planning committee, stated that the after dinner speakers will be Dough Rollins, head of the Stu dent Activities office. Melvin Pruitt will give the welcoming speech to the visitors. There are about sixty-five or seventy couples expected, stated Eddie Wendt, head of the ticket sellers, adding that the price of tickets is $5.00, and that, since the 20% tax imposed by the Federal Government added up to $1.00 of this amount, the seniors and all other cadets besides the Juniors who are eligible to come to the ball will be charged $1.00, in ac cordance with the previous cus tom of charging those men tax only. The Aggieland Orchestra will furnish the syncopation for the occasion under the direction of W. M. Turner. To Play For Junior Prom Tomorrow Night Misses Cavitt Are Winners in Garden Club Flower Show Mrs. C. B. Campbell Runnerup In Annual Flower Demonstration The Misses Cavitt were named the winners in Wednesday’s Gar den Club Flower Show, held each year, with Mrs. C. B. Campbell taking runnerup honors. The divi sions and the respective winners are named in order: Class One—Exhibits of Special Flowers: A. Roses—Mrs. C. B. Campbell, Mrs. J. A. Scofield, Mrs. H. W. Barlow. B. Iris—Mrs. A. M. Waldrop, Mrs. C. B. Campbell, Mrs. O. C. Copeland. C. Poppies—Mrs. C. B. Campbell, Mrs v R. K. Fletcher, Mrs. C. B. Campbell. Class Two—Flower Arrange ments : A. Garden Flowers—large ar rangements—Misses Cavitt, Misses Cavitt, Mrs. J. E. Roberts. Honor able mention: Misses Cavitt. Medium arrangements—Mrs. J. E. Roberts, Mrs. R. R. Lyle, Mrs. Parker Hanna. Honorable men tion: Mrs. Fred Hale. Small arrangements—Mrs. Al bert Stevens, Mrs. J. E. Loupot, Mrs. H. W. Barlow. Honorable mention: Mrs. Albert Stevens. Miniature—Mrs. Fred Hale, Mrs. C. B. Campbell, Mrs. F. A. Lewis. B. Wild Flowers—Mrs. R. R. Lyle, Mrs. R. J. von Roeder, Mrs. J. S. Hopper. C. Grasses and/or vines—Mrs. J. E. Gaines, Mrs. R. E. Snuggs, Mrs. J. E. Gaines. D. Foliage—Mrs. Fred Hale, Mrs. Fred Hale, Mrs. J. E. Roberts. E. Monochromatic arrangements —Mrs. Albert Stevens, Mrs. J. E. Roberts, Mrs. F. A. Lewis. Honor able mention: Mrs. J. E. Mogford. Class Three—Specials’ (See FLOWER SHOW, Pg. 4) Aggie of the Week Pictured above is A. & M.’s own Aggieland Orchestra and the Corps Ball this weekend. They are shown as they man Ball. Bill Turner is the director. which will play for both the Junior Prom furnished the music for the recent Fresh- War Correspondent Knickerbocker To Speak On Town Hall Finale Tuesday Nite Famed Journalist Attended School Here H. R. Knickerbocker, World-fam ous foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner, who has been in the thick of the fighting of every important war front, and returned early in January 1945 from Germany, will give a first hand report when he appears on Town Hall next Tuesday, April 17. With the appearance of Mr. Knick erbocker Town Hall closes its 1944- 45 season. The outbreak of the war in 1939 found H. R. Knickerbocker in Paris and ever since he has been following its latest developments around the globe—in Australia, New Guinea, Java, Italy, France, and Germany. On December 7 he was asleep in his Cleveland hotel room when the phone rang and he was given in structions to fly to Honolulu. From there he went to Sydney and then to Java. After getting as VerneScott, Commander 2nd Regiment BY BILL WITHERS From Stephenville, Texas, hails Verne Scott, the red-headed com mander of the second regiment. The son of Dr. and Mrs. Verne A. Scott of that city, it was there that he was born and reared. Dr. Scott is an Aggie-ex of the class of 1915, and Mrs. Scott is a former resident of Bryan. Verne attended elementary and high school at his home town, and he must be well remembered, hav ing lettered in football for two years and also being selected pres ident of his sophomore, junior, and senior classes while he was in at tendance there. Scott came to A. & M. in June 1943, but he enlisted in the A. S. T. P. unit here as a student of veterinary medicine. In June 1944, however, all of the A. S. T. P. Vet students were discharged, thus he entered A. & M. He was assigned to “C” Battery, and served on the second regimental staff as a mas ter sergeant. He now holds one of the highest commissions on the campus, as mentioned above, com mander of the second regiment. m m Verne Scott As to the lighter side of Verne’s life, he declares there is just sim ply no food that will compare with rare steak served with scalloped potatoes. His favorite type of mu sic is Boogie Woogie, and he makes something of a hobby of collecting records of that type, especially those by Freddie Slack and Pete Johnson. His favorite pastime, he says, is dancing, but he likes best of all to dance to soft, dreamy mu sic. Scott lists as his favorite sports football and swimming. As to wom en, his only comment was that he liked girls who had personality and who were also truthful (Are there any left?) Verne states that he believes that we should exhibit our corps spirit more, “especially the little things, like speaking and keeping a smile on your face all the time.” He said, when asked about what the deciding factor was that made him decide to come to A. & M., that he had had the Aggie spirit preached to him as far back as he could remember, and that as far as he was concerned, there “was no other school.” He values above all else the importance of the many friendships that he has made here, and states that he believes that the friends that he has made here will be of incalculable value to (See AGGIE, Page 4) H. R. Knickerbocker ***** many facts as he could he then flew back to General MacArthur’s Headquarters somewhere in Aus tralia. Knickerbocker was the first reporter to get MacArthur’s detailed story of his flight from the Philippines. He then covered stor ies in Java, New Guinea, and other occupied spots in the far East. In 1943 he was in the invasion of Sicily and at the invitation of General Alexander he landed at Salerno with the British in the opening phase of the Italian cam paign. After a whole winter of war in Italy he returned to Eng land to watch preparations for the invasion of France. He landed in Normandy on D-Day plus 7, and followed the war on the Western Front across France and into Ger many before he returned to the United States in January. Knickerbocker began his roving career as the son of a Methodist preacher in Texas. He was born in Yoakum, Texas and attended S. M. U. and Texas A. & M. and then transferred to Columbia Univer sity to take Journalism so that he could get a newspaper job and pay for his medical studies. His ambi tion was to become a psychiatrist. Three times he has tried to quit the newspaper business and take up psychiatry. The first was when he left Texas and went to New York, but journalism won out so he decided to go to Europe and en roll in a medical school. The Uni versity of Munich is where he de- His Desire Was To Become Psychiatrist cided to get his education in medi cine, but he soon went back to writing for the newspapers. He (See TOWN HALL, Page 4) Girl Scout Banquet To Be Held Friday A theme international and patriotic woven into the annual Juliette Low ceremony will mark the entertainment following the Girl Scout banquet to be held Fri day night at Duncan Hall on A. & M. College Campus. ' The turkey dinner will be served promptly at 7 o’clock so that the entertainment can get underway early in order that the smallest Brownie may participate in the an nual birthday dinner of the organ ization. The entertainment will be provided by the Brownies and the Girl Scout and will show some of the activities that make Girl Scout ing so interesting that over 400 girls have affiliated with the or ganization in Bryan and College Station. Ira N. Kelley, commissioner of the Girl Scout Council, will act as toastmaster and Mrs. W. E. Mor gan, vice-commissioner will intro duce special guests present at the gathering. Mrs. E. D. Parnell, Mrs. Wayne Long and Luke Patronella com posed the committee in charge of the Fund celebration. The Girl Scouts of America will be portrayed by members of Troops 4, 6, 13, and 20, under the direc tion of Mrs. H. N. Young. They will present a patriotic scene that will tie in with the work that the Girl Scouts have done over the nation. These troops are the ad vanced, intermediate and senior Girl Scouts. Mrs. Lester Blank, chairman, Mrs. M. P. Holleman, Mrs. John Kloote, Mrs. O. C. Copeland, Mrs. A. E. Salis and Mrs. Payne Long and all the Girl Scout troop Lead ers are members of the banquet committee. All Students Expected to Remain On Campus; Faculty Members Also Urged to Be Present Col. M. W. Welty announced this morning- that a Corps review will be held on April 21, Aggie Muster Day, at which time cadet A. F. Wiegand will be presented the Bronze Star for “conspicious bravery in action”. The Bronze Star was awarded to Wiegand by the commanding general of the 91st. Division of which Wiegand was a member during the first stages of the Italian cam-t~ paign. Colonel Welty has been de signated by the Commanding Gen eral of the 8th Service Command to present the award. The review is scheduled to be gin at 1:30 and all visitors, faculty members and residents in and around College Station are urged to be present as this is the first time that such an award has ever been presented to a student on the campus of the College. Deans and heads of the various departments are usually present at all reviews held by the Corps, but the number of faculty members that attend has been very small, and it is the hope that more faculty members will turn out for the affair. Colonel Welty also announced that the cadet officers will be in charge of their various organiza tions for the review. All students are expected to remain on the campus for the re view and roll will be checked. Ag gie Muster ceremonies will be held that night. This will oe the second time that any award of this type has ever been presented on the campus of A. & M. The first being when Lt. Gen. C. H. Hodges presented the Distinguished Service Medal to Col. M. D. Welty in May of 1942. General Hodges is now in charge of the 1st Army which is now seeing action inside of Germany. Hi-way Conference Session Here Ends Texas highway engineers brought one of their best attended short courses to an end at noon today. This was the 19th such short course held at the Texas A. & M. Col lege under the direction of the Civil Engineering Department, in cooperation with the State High way Department of Texas. All three members of the High way Department, John Redditt of Lufkin, chairman, and Reuben Wil liams of Fort Worth and Fred E. Knetsch of Seguin, were present and took part in the deliberations, which began Tuesday morning. George M. Garrett, district high way engineer stationed in Bryan, Was toastmaster at the banquet held Tuesday night in Duncan Hall, and the principal address was made by J. T. L. McNew, now vice pres ident of Texas A. & M. College for Engineering, who directed the short course for a number of years as head of the Civil Engineering De partment. Two of the highlights of the short course were the explanation of the postwar highway act, the Federal Highway Act of 1944, by Hal Hale, executive secretary of the American Association of State Highway Officials, and the discus sion of this act as it relates to Texas highway construction and maintenance by John Redditt, newly appointed chairman of the Texas Highway Commission [ The act pro vides the largest appropriation ever granted for highway work by the federal government, half a billion dollars per year for each of the first three postwar years, and makes the state highway depart ments the fiscal agents for the fed eral government in disbursing the allocation for each of the states. Dr. I. Rupel Named New Head of Dairy Husbandry Dept. Dr. I. Walker Rupel, associate professor of dairy husbandry of the University of Wisconsin, has been selected to head the Texas A. & M. College Department of Dairy Husbandry, effective June 1. He succeeds Chas. N. Shepard- son, department director since 1928, who was chosen dean of the Dr. I. Walter Rupel ***** School of Agriculture at the Nov. 30 meeting of A. & M.’s board of directors. The new Texas Aggie faculty member has been connected with dairy husbandry education and re search at the University of Wiscon sin since 1924. The first five of these years he was classified as an instructor, from 1929 to 1941 as an assistant professor, and as an as sociate professor the past four years. In announcing Dr. Rupel’s em ployment, Dean Shepardson said, (See Dr. RUPEL, Page 4) College Social Club Ladies Serve Tea At Garden Club Show During the exhibition of the A. & M. Garden Club Flower Show on Wednesday afternoon, April 11, the College Social Club ladies served tea in the reception rooms of the Y.M.C.A. The lace-laid tea table was ar tistically arranged by Mrs. L. L. Fouraker, featuring a centerpiece of multi-hued garden flowers with tones of pink and orchid predomi nating. Satin ribbon streamers in pink and orchid and pink tapers in tall crystal candleholders complet ed the table decoration. During the afternoon the follow ing ladies served lime sherbet punch from either end of the re freshment board: Mrs. Gibb Gil christ, Mrs. J. E. Roberts, Mrs. A. M. Waldrop, Miss Ethel Cavitt, Mrs. T. O. Walton, Sr., Mrs. F. C. Bolton, Mrs. S. H. Yarnell and Mrs. R. P. Marstellar Arrangements for the tea were made by Mrs. J. H. Milliff, general chairman, assisted by Mrs. H. H. Bass, Mrs. Marty Karow, Mrs. R. J. von Roeder, Mrs. Guy Smith and Mrs. Knox Walker.