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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1945)
r t < u~ \ a ^ ♦ DIAL 4-5444 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, MAY 24, 1945 NUMBER 81 SENIOR RING DANCE, ’47 STYLE Promotion List For Summer Session Announced By Commandant’s Office Center of attention recently was the Senior Ring Dance held by the First Class of ’47. Outstanding feature of the affair were the decorations, supervised by Johnny Spragins. In the above picture are shown some of the couples in the midst of the Ring ceremony and also a dance scene. Shown with their dates are: upper left, Stanley Leventhal; lower left, Charlie Caraway; bottom left, J. B. Kearby; bottom right, Johnny Veine; upper right, Jay Poynor. MORRIS ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT The only member of his class to do so. Bob Morris announced his engagement as he entered the ring. Bob and his date are shown above as they reclined near the fountain. Also shown above are: Charlie Cara way, lower left; Stanley Wyble, upper right; and Charlie West and Dan McGurk, lower center, shown holding the plaques presented them at the dance. Cadet Corps Divided Into 4 Battalions Effective Jun<? 3, the Comman dant’s office issued the new pro motion list to be in effect during the summer semester, yesterday. There is to be but one regiment with Verne Scott, regimental com mander this semester, to be acting corps commander. The corps will be comprised of four battalions, including thirteen companies. Tommy Murnane, Bub- ha Jones, W. E. Davenport, and Russell Benson are to serve as bat talion commanders with Jay Poy nor, C. T. Caraway, Bill Harper, Dick Goad, J. B. Kearby, Scooter Yeargain, J. P. Aycock, W. L. Roots, Morris Boone, Scott Hag gard, R. N. Gray, Dusty Howland and Coy daggers named company commanders, Poynor, Harper, Ay- cock, and Yeargain will govern sophomore organizations, Kearby and Goad will have the Frogs, and the remainder will have the in coming freshmen. Mayo Talks at AAUP Monthly Meeting Aims and objectives of the Eng lish Department of Texas A. & M. College were discussed by Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the depart ment, at the regular monthly meet ing of the American Association of University Professors held Thurs day evening, May 17. Mayo reviewed the past and present curriculum of the depart ment, and presented a plan of pro posed changes and enlargement of the field of English at the school. His discussion was followed by a period of questions and discussion in which all members of the asso ciation participated. At a business meeting held at the conclusion of the program, Dr. W. P. Taylor, of the Fish and Game Department, was elected president of the Texas A. & M. chapter of the association for the year of 1945-46. Other officers named were J. J. Woolket, of the Modern Language Department, vice president; and G. S. Stiles, of the Engineering Drawing. Department, secretary-treasurer. SLIDE RULE CONTEST WINNERS *1|§ |3S ■H Mpti . ; ■: ' i : Shown above are the winners of the Slide Rule Contest held recently. W. L. Evans of Fort Worth, won first place in the meet. From left to right, first row, they are: Muller, George O., Fort Worth; Mears, J. G., Levelland; Johns, Ray W., Houston; Evans, W. L., Fort Worth; Heffron, N. C., Houston; Parker, C. J., Dallas; Marble, George E., Dallas; Holleman, A., Dallas; Marks, Patrick W., Caldwell. Sec ond row—Marcoulides, F. C., Galveston; Baron, A. E., Dallas; Luedtke, Charles, Jr., Fort Worth; Clayton, H. M., Memphis; Johns, Roy A., Houston; Madkins, Wm. A., Dallas; Lipps, J. E., Aransas Pass; Moore, Stephen E., Dallas. Third row—Jones, James F., Dallas; Zelsman, W. C., Amarillo; Kemp, C. D., Houston; Batmanis, S., Houston; Reed, Ray P., San Antonio. Morley And McNew To Give Principal Addresses At Commencement Ceremony Gilchrist To Receive Graduates, Guests At Home After Ceremony William Morley, recently elected valedictorian of the senior class, and J. T. L. McNew, vice president of Engineering, will be the prin cipal speakers at the commence ment exercises to be held for the Spring graduating class in Guion Hall tomorrow night. Majority Of Graduates To Enter Private Practice; Others Ondecided Due To War Severity, Uncertainty J. T. L. McNew By Sam Nixon Friday night sixty-five men will receive their degrees from A. & M. College. The degrees will vary, Petroleum Engineering, Aeronau tical Engineering, Agriculture, Vet erinary Medicine being just a few. Ast the the United States is still in the midst of a critical war many of the graduates are still undecided as to their future plans. Many can not decide whether to make the most of their sheepskin and go into business while others are con sidering the armed forces. Of that group which had decided its im mediate future the BATTALION quizzed a few as to their plans after graduation. Bill B. Shuffler, ’46, from Odes sa will receive his degree in Elec trical Engineering. He is planning to work for the General Electric Company at the Schenectady, New York, plant. Burl H. Ervin, ’46, is going to put his Aeronautical Engineering knowledge to work in an airplane plant in Southern California. Burl hails from Healdton, Oklahoma. Hank Avery, ’44, who is grad uating in Architectural Engineer ing, will leave his native Texas City and travel to Harvard Uni versity to take courses in En gineering Administration under the G. I. Bill of Rights. He will also do part time work as a consulting engineer. Pat Stanford, ’44, from Laredo, has plenty of offers for the use of his talent in Civil Engineering, but he is still undecided as to which company will be the lucky one. Bruno Castiglioni, ’45, is in the same situation as Stanford, with his degree in Chemical Engineering. He is from Galveston. Carl Grubenman, ’46, from Beau mont, is leaving Texas to work for the Advisory Board, Mississippi Oil Research Council, at Jackson, Mississippi. Carl’s degree is in Pet roleum Engineering. A. H. Palms, ’44, has his D. V. M. all ready to hang up in an office in his home town of Dallas, where he will practice. Another veterinarian who plans to practice in Dalles is E. Francis Rodriguez, ’44, from Alexandria, Louisiana. Buzz Moran, ’43, graduating in Veterinary Medicine, will start his practice in Belton He is from Saledo, Texas. Leonard Smith, ’45, from Plain, Texas, is going to begin his prac tice of Veterinary Medicine in San Antonio. Otto C. Granzin, ’45, from Miles, Texas, is trying to decide whether to go into private practice, or to join the Army Veterinay Corps. In the same predicament are Jack M. Sanders, ’45, from Marshall, Tex as, and Joe W. Green, ’45, from Santa Anna, Texas. All three of these men will receive their de grees in Veterinary Medicine. Aggie of the Week . . . Dan McGurk, President of Senior Class An Aggie through and through is Dan McGurk, one of the out standing, capable leaders of the senior class who hails from Fort Worth, Texas. This six-foot, two, blue-eyed, handsome Aggie com mands the Corp’s first regiment, besides being head yell leader and president of the senior class. Dan has lived in Texas but four and one-half years—the rest of the time he has spent traveling and piecing his education together in countries the world over. He was born in Eufala, Ala., lived there three months, and then moved to England Where he lived for seven and one-half years. His parents then moved to South America, where, in Argentina, Dan picked up two more years of his education. Back to America and to Connecti- cutt for a couple of years and Dan nie got through junior high school. He then dropped out a year, of which time he spent traveling in Spain and Portugal; then the war A Dan McGurk ★ ★★★★★★★ broke out and back to Connecticutt for Dan. McGurk added his fresh man and half his sophomore years of high school in Connecticut and then came to Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated from Arling ton Heights High School in June, 1943. Dan was president of his sophomore and senior classes while there. In answer to the question, “Aft er having traveled the world over, what made you decide to come to Texas A. & M.?” Dan stated, “I saw the Aggies play Alabama in the cotton bowl in 1941. After see ing the corp spirit and team sup port that the Aggies showed, there was no other school for me.” Really, Dan isn’t at all the stud ious, conceited person that all his achievements might suggest. He has a grand personality that has won him an innumerable host of friends. He likes slow, dreamy, sentimental music by any orches tra and his favorite song is “As Time Goes By”. Steaks (any kind) are his favorite food, and his hob- (See AGGIE, Page 4) Kiwanians’ Clinic For Crippled Youth Held At Hospital Fifty-nine children, 15 adults, and about 20 college students were examined and interviewed at the Crippled Children’s Clinic conduct ed yesterday at the College Hos pital under the sponsorship of the College Station Kiwanis Club. Eight counties were represented on the registration list as children were brought in from Brazos, Mi lam, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Grimes, Bell, and Madison coun ties. Included on the patients’ ros ter were 45 white children, 12 col ored children, and two Mexican children. Sponsored and conducted by the local Kiwanis Club, the clinic had the cooperation of the Bryan Lions Club, the Bryan Rotary Olub, Col lege Station Council of Church Women, Bi-county Medical Society, Brazos County Health Unit, and Brazos County Crippled Children’s Society. Hospitalization for needy cases will be furnished through the Crippled Children’s Division of the State Health Department, which was also represented at the clinic. Examination and consultation were furnished by Dr. J. L. Otto, Dr. G. W. Eggers, Dr. R. B. White, Dr. J. C. Neel, and Dr. W. H Saunders, all of the School of Medicine of tTexas university at Galveston. Several new cases of malformi- ties were contacted at the clinic, according to Dan Russell of the Kiwanis Club, as well as many cases already under treatment. In Commencement exercises for the sixty-five graduating seniors will begin at 6:45 p.m. and will be fol lowed immediately by an informal reception at the home of President and Mrs. Gilchrist for the graduat ing class and their guests. No special baccalaureate service has been planned. The commencement program will be as follows: 1. Processional Dr. G. T. Edds, Organist 2. Invocation Rev. Norman Anderson A&M Presbyterian Church 3. Announcements President Gibb Gilchrist 4. Commencement Address Mr. J. T. L. McNew, Vice-Pres ident in Engineering, A. & M. College of Texas 5. Valedictory Address William J. Morley, University City, Mo. 6. Music “Ave Maria” Violin solo, Mrs. Robert Oliver 7. Conferring of Degrees President Gibb Gilchrist 8. Presentation of Diplomas President of the Board of Di rectors 9. Benediction Rev. Norman Anderson 10. Recessional Dr. G. T. Edds * William J. Morley both types of cases, the patients were examined and observed, X- rayed in some instances, and offer ed medical advice as to diet, hos pitalization, and treatment. Parents of the children were given special instructions in each case as to the proper home treatment of their children. Among the malformities treated were clubfeet, infantile paralysis, curvature of the spine, hairlip and cleft palate. The cases contacted at the clinic will be followed up by home visits by local Public Health nurses, ac cording to Russell, and in needy cases requiring hospitalization, the Kiwanis Club will make sure that transportation to the hospital is made available. Price Speaks At Press Club Banquet The 1945 A. & M. Press Club banquet was held last night 'at the Aggieland Inn with approximately forty guests attending. The affair began with the invocation, given by G. B. Wilcox, which was fol lowed immediately by dinner. Marc Smith, editor of the Long horn, delivered the speech of wel come to the guests after the meal. Ed Wendt, master of ceremonies and president of the Press Club, then introduced the guests. For en tertainment, Noble Atkins gave two readings. C. A. Pi’ice, associate extension editor, gave the main address on the rise of the Associated Press and the advancement in news pap er reporting. A silver key for four semesters work was received by Dick Goad. L. H. Calahan, R. L. Bynes, Marc Smith, Jere Higgs, Dwight Mc- Anally, and Melvin Maltz; re ceived bronze keys, J. L. Everet.t Sam Nixon, Ed Wendt and Floyd De Lafosse received certificates. Special awards were received by Dick Goad, Marc Smith, L. H. Cala han and Dwight McAnally. In addition to the Pi’ess Club members, those attending were: President Gilchrist, Dean and Mrs. F. C. Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rollins, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hors ley, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Pen- berthy, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Skiles, Mr. and Mrs. La mar Fly, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. Tad Moses, Mr. Paul Ballance, Mr. W. M. Tur ner and Byron Winstead. \