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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
Texas A«M
The B
College
alion
WEEKLY
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
DEEP IN AGGIELAND
TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 44
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1945
NUMBER 77
Approximately Sixty-Five Are Candidates For Degrees
Sophomore Ball, Corps Ball, To Be
Held In Sbisa Hall May Fourth, Fifth
College Citizens
OR City Financing
Of Recreation Plan
Citizens of the City of College
Station voted, 95 to 51, in favor
of financial support by the city of
the proposed year-round recrea
tional program which has been
mapped by the Recreation Coun
cil of the community. The city
council approved the election and
will follow the desires of the citi
zens, reserving the right to decide
just how the financing may be ac
complished.
The ballot not only provided for
a “yes” or “no” vote but also for
the expression by the voters of
the amount of financing that
might be sought from the city. The
check showed that 13 thought
$1,000 was enough; 25 gave their
estimate as $2,000; 37 voted for
$3,000, and a few suggested $4,000.
Three possible methods of fi
nancing this program have been
suggested. One is to readjust the
city tax rate; another is to charge
a fee for garbage collection, and
the third is for utility users to
forego the present discount given
for prompt payment of utility bills.
The city council is expected to
take this financing under consid
eration at an early date.
The Boys and Girls committee
of the Kiwanis Club will be the
host of the children of College
Station who are in the seventh
grade through high school at a
skating party Friday night, it has
been announced by J. Gordon Gay,
chairman of the Recreation com
mittee.
The Kiwanis Club will entertain
the children at the concrete slab
on the A. & M. Campus, as part
of the recreation program spon
sored by College Station. Hours
for the party will be from 8 until
10:30 p.m.
Critical Shortage
Of Engineers Says
Dean A. A. Potter
There is a critical shortage of
graduate engineers in industry,
and the end of the war will find
many companies far short of their
need for adequate engineering and
scientific staffs, according to A.
A. Potter, ^iean of engineering,
Purdue University, who has just
written President Gibb Gilchrist
of Texas A. & M. College on the
subject.
Dean Potter recently sent out
questionnaires to one-third of the
companies who employ Purdue en
gineering graduates. Only 7.6 per
cent indicate no need for additional
engineering talent; but 92.4 per
cent reported a total need of 4590
engineers at the present time. Thei
average shortage of engineers per
company is 47, according to Dean
Potter.
Engineering colleges of the Unit
ed States this year will turn out
only 2,000 graduate engineers,
made up largely of individuals who
are physically handicapped, Dean
Potter pointed out. In the postwar
world, taking into consideration
the return of engineers now on
military leave, Dean Potter’s sur
vey indicates that 36 additional
engineers per company questioned
will be needed.
“The end of the war will find
this nation with many of its nat
ural resources greatly depleted,”
Dean Potter said. “Facing us from
other lands will be the keenest
competition industry ever con
ceived. To keep full employment
in industry adequate engineering
and scientific staffs must be made
available to develop new materials
and better articles of commerce
and to manufacture them in large
quantities at low cost to meet
world competition.”
K Guests To Be Housed'
In Dormitory Ten
By L. H. Calahan
Ed Brandt, chairman of the
Dance Committee for the Sopho
more Ball, announced today that
his class, with the aid of the Stu
dent Activities Office, was plan
ning to make the festivities that
are to be held on the week-end of
their ball the finest that have been
held at A. & M. for many years.
Brandt said that the ball will be
held on May 4th in the Sbisa Hall
Annex and dancing will be from 9
until 1 with music being furnished
by the Aggieland Orchestra under
the directing of Bill Turner.
A group of professional enter
tainers have been engaged for the
ball and will put on a short pro
gram that is expected to be one
that will leave a lasting impres
sion in the minds of the guests on
the campus for the week-end. The
type of program that is to be
staged has not been announced and
will not be announced, said Brandt.
It is a surprise stage show, he
said.
Naval Recruiting
Representatives On
Campus Next Tuesday
Representatives of the U. S.
Navy Recruiting Station of Hous
ton, Texas, will be on the campus
Tuesday May 1st for the purpose
of discussing current Navy enlist
ment procedures with those who
are interested in Naval Service
and more particularly to give the
Eddy Test to applicants interested
in Radar/Radio Technician train
ing. The Navy is especially inter
ested in those who prefer Naval
Service and are about to be called
for Military service. Naturally col
lege students are most likely to
pass the examination and qualify
for this program.
Time—Tuesday, May 1st at 9
a.m. and throughout the day.
Place—Y. M. C. A.; Inquire at
the desk in the lobby.
Sigma Xi Members In
Joint Meeting With
Chemical Society
Through special arrangements
with the Dining Hall and with the
cooperation of the College Station
Garden Club, those cadets having
guests in the meess hall for supper
on Friday and Satui’day, and din
ner on Saturday and Sunday will
eat in a special section which will
be decorated by the College Sta
tion Garden Club. Each table will
be covered with a tablecloth and
flowers will make up the center-
piece.
A number of special events will
be staged over the week-end of
the ball, the most important of
which is the intramural swimming
meet which will be held Saturday
afternoon. Also between 4 and 8
on the afternoon of May 5th all
sophomores and their dates will be
the guests of Guion Hall and will
be admitted to the show free of
charge.
Bound programs of the week-end
events may be secured from Quin
Baker commencing on Friday, April
27. These attractive booklets may
be purchased for only 25^ and are
suitable favors for dates.
After making arrangements with
the mess hall, it has been decided
that refreshments will be available
for the dance Friday night, but it
is not expected that they will be
sei’ved Saturday.
Brandt stated that it has been
definitely decided that Dormitory
No. 10 will be used to house guests
for the week-end and the same
rules that were published before
will be expected to be obeyed.
Room reservations can be made
Friday morning, May 4th, and ca
dets will be admitted to the dormi
tory between the hours of 1:00
and 3:30 that afternoon so that
they may get the rooms in order.
Linens, light bulbs, soap, and tow
els will have to be furnished by
the individual students. Again, as
has been the custom in the past,
the girls will be expected to vacate
the dorm by 11:30 Sunday morn
ing.
As yet no definite committees
have been decided on; only the
chairman of each has been chosen.
Cleon Bellomy is chairman of the
Decorating Committee; Quin Bak
er is chairman of the Ticket Com
mittee; Ed Brandt of the Dance
Committee, and Fritz Seyfarth
heads the Entertainment and Re
freshment Committee.
Two dances, a ball and a corps
dance, a swimming meet, and many
other small forms of entertain
ment have been planned for the
week-end of May 4th and it is ex
pected that this will be a gay
week-end.
Tickets will sell at one dollar
and fifty cents for both dances and
a booth will be opened in front of
Duncan Mess Hall so that corsages
may be ordered.
The forty-first meeting of the
Texas A. & M. Section of the
American. Chemical Society will be
held as a joint meeting with the
local Sigma Xi Club. Dr. George
Gloekler of the Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineer
ing of the University of Iowa of
Iowa City, Iowa will address the
joint meeting at 8:00 p.m. on
Thursday, May 3 in the lecture
room of the Chemistry Building.
The subject of his address will be
“Modern Concepts of the Molecule”,
The topic is one of general and
timely interest. Anyone who is
interested is invited to attend the
meeting.
The usual dinner in honor of the
speaker will be at 6:30 p.m., at
the Aggieland Inn. Members and
their wives are invited to attend
the dinner. Members of the Amer
ican Chemical Society are request
ed to notify Dr. W. M. Potts of
the Chemistry Department and
members of the Sigma Xi Club are
requested to notify Dr. J. D. Lind
say of the Chemical Engineering
Department. Reservations should
be made by May 1. Individuals who
are members of both groups are re
quested to make their reservations
with only one of the groups.
Dr. J. F. Fudge, Chairman.
Dr. Fred W. Jensen, Sec.-Treas.
Road Performance of
Singing Cadets On
Schedule for Weekend
A special road performance of
the Singing Cadets has been
scheduled for Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday evenings, Bill Turner,
director of the Singing Cadets an
nounced today. Thursday night the
Cadets are due to present a pro
gram for the officers and men
stationed at Bryan Army Air
Field. Saturday afternoon they will
journey to Huntsville where they
will sing for the students of
Sam Houston State Teachers Col
lege. The group will remain over
night on the campus of SHSTC as
guests of the college. It was an
nounced that their program Satur
day night is scheduled to begin
at 8:00 p.m.
Leaving Huntsville. Sunday the
Cadets will travel to Houston where
they will be featured at the Hous
ton Stage Door Canteen which is
known as the finest service men’s
center in Houston. It is expected
that the program Sunday will com
mence around 5:30 p.m. The Ca
dets will dine at Bill Williams
Cafe on South Main that evening,
and those students who have been
members of the Singing Cadets
for two semesters or more will be
presented keys.
The program that is to be pre
sented is to be the same one that
was presented on Town Hall on
April 17.
A Dance at Aggieland
Miss Ruth Thompson, Houston lass, is shown as she enjoyed the
Junior Prom held recently.
Cotton Course To
Be Held Here Soon
The 36th annual Summer Cotton
School will be conducted at the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas May 28-July 7, Dr. L.
G. Jones, acting head of the De
partment of Agronomy, has an
nounced.
These summer cotton schools are
conducted with a view of preparing
men and women to enter the busi
ness of cotton; to train cotton
growers to market their cotton in
telligently and profitably; to as
sist cotton buyers to become more
familiar with low grade and off-
colored cotton, and to judge staple,
Dr. Jones said.
The course of instruction to be
offered in the 1945 summer cotton
school is designed for employees of
gins, warehouses and cotton buy
ers, for seed breeders and one-
variety cotton producers, for
county agents and vocational agri
culture teachers. Experienced per
sons can brush up on the latest
knowledge in the field of cotton,
Dr. Jones asserted, and those with
out experience can learn the prin
ciples of cotton.
Cost for attending the summer
cotton school are $17.50 for matri
culation fee, $2.00 for medical fee,
and board and room can be secured
in College facilities for about
$37.00 per month.
Outstanding authorities on var
ious phases of cotton production
and research will be brought in to
give lectures on their special sub
jects.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the week of April 28 to May 5, 1945 has been
selected as Boys and Girls Week throughout the United States
in order to focus public attention upon boys and girls, their
potentialities, and their problems; and
WHEREAS, this observance is the 25th annual celebration
of Boys and Girls Week; and
WHEREAS, it is apparent, in view of the increasing needs
of boys and girls during wartime, that more widespread and ef
fective measures must be taken to safeguard the welfare of
youth; and
WHEREAS, since victory in war and leadership in peace
depend to a large extent upon the education and competency
of our youth, we believe it is necessary to assist boys and girls
in preparing themselves to help their country to the fullest ex
tent, both during the war and in the postwar years to come:
THEREFORE, we, Ivan Langford, Mayor of the City of
Bryan and Ernest Langford, Mayor of the City of College Sta
tion, do hereby proclaim the week begining April 28 and end
ing May 5, 1945, as Boys and Girls Week in these cities, and
do hereby call upon the businessmen, civic organizations, church
es, schools, and citizens generally to co-operate with the Boys
and Girls Week Committee in carrying on its worthy program.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands
and caused the seals of the cities of Bryan and College Station
to be affixed hereto this 26th day of April, 1945.
Ivan Langford, Mayor, City of Bryan.
Ernest Langford, Mayor, City of College Station.
Holding Of Commencement
Exercises Is Doubtful
Approximately sixty-five students will
receive their
degrees at the end of this semester, it was announced to
day by the Registrar office. As yet, it is not known whether
or not commencement exercises will be held as an ODT rul
ing prevents the holding of gath
erings where more than fifty peo
ple will be present. A final state
ment is expected to be made on
this subject soon, that the graduat
ing seniors will have an opportun
ity to order their programs, etc.
Those students announced as
candidates for degrees and their
respective majors are listed be
low:
, CANDIDATES FOR AD
VANCED DEGREES TO BE
CONFERRED MAY 25, 1945:
Master of Science—Vance Oscar
Bonnichsen, Chemical Engineering,
College Station; Marciano Aviles
Cordero, Agricultural Economics,
San German, P. R.; Gildo Insfran
Guerrero, Agricultural Economics,
Asuncion, Paraguay; Thomas Clin
ton Letts, Agricultural Economics,
Huntsville; Coleman A. O’Brien,
Animal Husbandry, College Sta
tion; Jimmy G. Souris, Economics,
Vernon; Alfonso Varela Velasco,
Entomology, N. Laredo, Mexico;
Joi’ge Garron Orozco, Civil En
gineering, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Professional Degree of Chemical
Engineer—Robert E. Fix, Jackson,
Miss.
CANDIDATES FOR BACCA
LAUREATE DEGREES TO BE
CONFERRED MAY 25, 1945:
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Bachelor of Science
In Agricultural Administration—
Giro Pacheco, Brownsville; John
In Agriculture—Joseph Maurice
Brown, Leland, Miss.; Thelston B.
Carroll, Bryan; Theodore Thomas
Lewis Robinson, Jayton.
Carter, Irvington, Ala.; James Col
well Dilworth, III, Tilden; Cordell
Clark Edwards, Troup; Robert Wil
liam Ivey, Dallas; Tip Phillip Pat
terson, Bloomington; James A.
Winne, Jr., Houston.
SCHOOL of ARTS and SCIENCES
Bachelor of Arts'
In Liberal Arts—Charles Ray
mond West, Jr., Marianna, Ark.
Bachelor of Science
In Economics—E. Lewis Huber,
Dallas; Mayo
Houston.
Joseph Thompson,
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Science
In Aeronautical Engineering—
Burl Herman Ervin, Healdton, Okla.
In Architectural Engineering—
Henry Clifton Avery, Jr., Texas
City.
In Chemical Engineering—Bruno
Peter Anthony Castiglioni, Galves
ton.
In Civil Engineering—Joseph
Anderson Orr, Jr., College Station;
Pat Harris Stanford, Laredo.
In Electrical Engineering—Billy
Buford Shuffler, Odessa.
In Mechanical Engineering—Tho
mas Robert Arney, Greggton; Al
varo Tinajero Mejia, Quito, Ecua
dor; Keith Franklin Pumphrey,
Jr., Fort Worth; Baker Lee Shan
non, Pierce; Gerald Albert Stone,
Dallas.
In Petroleum Engineering—Carl
Grubenman, Jr., Houston; Henry
K. Holland, Jr., Wichita Falls.
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY
MEDICINE
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Arthur Arrick Anderson, Monti-
cello, Ind.; Jim H. Cass, Ji\, Mar
fa; Jack Leroy Clayton, Marshall;
Robert Marion Crockett, Tyler;
Lavell T. Davis, Sherman; James
P. Derryberry, College Station; Ot
to C. Granzin, Miles; Joe Wright
Green, Santa Anna; Gail Garnett
Grove, Jr., College Station; Sam
uel Keith Kirk, Harrold; Delvin R.
Knight, Trenton, Mo.; Richard
Garland Knight, Wichita Falls.
Leonard Levin, Edmonton, Can
ada; Otto Edward Lutteman, Port
Arthur; Thomas O. McMillan, Dal
las; Will R. Matthews, Dawson;
Guy Garland Moren, Belton; Wil
liam Jarman Morley, University
City, Mo.; Ange Howard Palms,
Dallas; Norman Clark Ralston,
Clarksville; E. Francis Rodriguez,
Jr., Alexandria, La.; Jack Monroe
Sanders, Marshall; Louis O. Schap-
er, Galveston; Marion Woodrow
Sharp, San Antonio; Leonard Del-
ton Smith, Plains; Russell S.
Stanger, Jr., Brazoria; Henry
Tischler, Austin; James Thomas
Williams, Frisco; John Cornelius
Willis, Jr., Eagle Lake; James A.
Winne, Jr., Houston.
Corps Rifle Team
Fires Post-Season
Match With Tessies
By J. L. Everett
The Aggie Rifle Team will leave
at noon Friday for Denton to fire
a post-season match with the girls
of T.S.C.W. The match will be
fired by ten members of each team
in the prone position only. This is
the first time the Aggie team has
made the trip to Tessieland since
the spring of 1943.
Miss Jean Singletary, president
of the T.S.C.W. club, and Mrs. Mat-
tie Lloyd Wooten, dean, have made
plans to house the Aggies during
the week-end and have the Aggies
take their meals in the dormitory
dining halls.
This week marks the season’s
end for the Cadet Rifle Team, and
a review of the season shows that,
although prewar standards were
not obtained, the relative ranking
was very high. The Aggies paced
third and fourth in the Hearst
Trophy Match and fifth in the
Intercollegiate Match.
Those who are making the trip
to Denton are Harold Borofsky, Ed
die Daniels, Alfred Jefferson, Jack
Hunt, R. D. Brannen, James Purdy,
Bobby Legier, Thomas Halft,
Charlie Tate, and Bob Saunders.
Captain Wolf is team advisor and
coach, and Sgt. Cody is range
sergeant.
C. E.-Geology Field
Trip This Weekend
The regular annual Geological
and Engineering field trip will be
held this week-end. The pui’pose of
the trip is to study the geology of
the Central Texas area in its ap
plication to engineering phases,
such as Civil, Construction, Me
chanical and Electrical.
During the trip much time will
be given to the study of the dif
ferent unit's of the Lower Colorado
River -Authority, and the arrange
ment of the different units to ob
tain the maximum benefit of flood
control as well as the development
of hydro-electricity. The dams that
will be visited will be the Austin,
Mansfield (Marshall Ford), Bu
chanan, and the Roy Inks.
In addition to the dams the
party will visit the Elgan Stand
ard Brick Manufacturing Co. at
Butler; the Victoria Gravel Co.
near Sudouth, the largest quarry
in Texas; the Southwestern Graph
ite Co., near Burnet, the only graph
ite company in the United States
operating on a commercial basis
at present; and many other geologic
and engineering features.
The party will leave College
Station at 7 a.m. Friday morning,
stop at the Llano Hotel, and return
to the campus Sunday night. Ac
companied by Professors C. E.
Sandstedt and A. A. L. Mathews,
the following students will make
the trip: J. W. Haygood, J. W.
Higgs, C. V. Howland, D. E. Hurst,
H. G. Johnson, V. D. Lane, S. M.
Levanthal, A. L. Lyth, R. A. Mora-
gon, J. F. Park, R. B. Roddle, J.
T. Scharnberg, M. Urbino, H. E.
Wendt, J. M. Wingate, and W. C.
Witt.