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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, JUNE 7, 1945 NUMBER 82 1.300 Aggies Register for Summer Semester Verne Scott Named Corps Colonel for Summer Semester; Murnane, Davenport, Jones, and Benson Lead Battalions Verne A. Scott was named Colonel and Corps Command er by the new promotion list published by the Commandant and effective June 3, 1945. Battalion Commanders include Tommy Murnane, First Battalion; A. R. Jones, Second Bat talion; W. E. Davenport, Third Battalion; W. R. Benson, Fourth Battalion. Some additional promotions may be expected when it can be determ ined how many upperclassmen have returned for the summer. Vacan cies, due to the fact that certain cadet officers named below failed to register for the summer, will be filled later, it was stated. The complete promotion list is as follows: Corps Staff Colonel Verne A. Scott, Corps Commander. First Battalion Staff Major T. G. Murnane, Battalion Commander. Company A—Captain W. C. Har per, Company Commander; First Lt. B. D. Harris, second-in-com mand; First Sergeant C. J. Reed, First Sergeant; Technical Sergeant Graham H. Cole, Technical Ser geant. Company B—Captain C. W. Yeargain, company commander; First Lt. S. J. Label, second-in- command; First Sergeant R. M. Vick, first sergeant; Technical Ser geant S. A. Nixon, technical ser geant. Second Battalion Staff Major A. R. Jones, battalion commander. Company C—Captain J. P. Ay- nor, company commander; First Lt. W. J. Garrett, second-in-com mand; First Sergeant A. L. Pres- nal, first sergeant; Technical Ser geant B. J. Holbert, technical ser geant. Company D—Captain W. J. Poy- ner, company commander; First Lt. J. T. M. Cox, second-in-com mand; First Sergeant J. L. Stone, first sergeant; Technical Sergeant O. M. White, technical sergeant. Third Battalion Staff \ Major W. E. Davenport, battal- (See PROMOTION LIST, Page 6) Guion Hall Will Operate Under New Summer Schedule Better shows, primarily first runs, will be possible at Guion Hall during the summer under the new policy of operating on Wednesday evenings and on Saturday and Sun day matinees and evenings, it was announced by Student Activities this week. Guion Hall Theater is owned and operated by the Cadet Corps and all profits realized are returned to the Aggies in the form of rec reational facilities, entertainment and welfare purposes, it was stat ed. Profit-making has been second ary, the primary purpose of the show being to provide entertain ment at reasonable prices, Tom Puddy, manager, stated. Guion Hall Theater shows the best films obtainable just as soon as they can be released and the program always includes short subjects and news reels. Guion Hall Theater originally was started by the YMCA and operated by the Y for more than 20 years. In 1942 the operation of the show was placed in the office of Student Activities and shortly thereafter Tom Puddy was named manager. NOTICE Monday, June 11, is the last day for adding new courses, and dropping subjects with out a grade this semester. Subjects dropped after Mon day, June 11, will carry a grade of “F”. F. C. BOLTON Dean Verne Scott Singing Cadets and Aggie Orchestra to Give Free Jamboree Introducing his new summer orchestra and singing group, Bill Turner, director of the Singing Ca dets and manager of the Aggieland Orchestra, will stage a “jambo ree” session in Gukm Hall, Wed nesday night, immediately after chow with an open invitation to the entire corps to attend as guests. The free session will be fol lowed by the regular Wednesday night picture show, for which reg ular admission is charged. Turner’s Aggieland Orchestra rapidly is gaining distinction as one of the outstanding collegiate orchestras in the state and despite the loss of some of his key mu sicians, plenty of replacement ma terial has reported and a good show Wednesday night is in prospect. The Singing Cadets of Aggieland, truly one of the distinctive male choral organizations, has appeared in many Texas cities and has re cently closed a regular season dur ing which acclaim was received from all parts of the state where the group appeared. Sybil Bannister, charming voca list of the orchestra, will appear on Wednesday’s show togethej^-^vith other solo artists and specialty numbers. Reveille Booklet Completed, Sales Campaign to Start A sixteen-page booklet com memorating in story, picture, and rhyme the life of Reveille, the only official mascot of A. & M.’s history, has been published by the First Class of 1947 and will be available through military companies begin ning next week, it has been an nounced. Edited by Dwight McAnally, the attractive booklet is part two of a campaign begun in the spring by the Corps designed to provide an adequate memorial for the famous and beloved Aggie heroine and mascot. Part One was a benefit show staged in Guion Hall that netted the fund more than six hundred dollars. This together with some $125.00 raised by the Frogs last Spring is expected to be sufficient, when added with revenues obtained from the sale of the booklet, to complete Rev’s memorial. Announcement of details of the sales campaign will be made by Cadet Colonel Verne Scott. Rupel of Wisconsin Heads Expanded Dairy Department Reorganization of the Depart ment of Dairy Husbandry to in crease the scope of student in struction and improve its service to the dairy and creamery inter ests of Texas have been announced by Chas. N. Shepardson, dean of Agriculture of Texas A. & M. Col lege. Dr. I. W. Rupel arrived on June 1 to become head of the depart ment, a post from which Dean Shepardson was promoted on Dec. 1, 1944 following the retiring of Dean E. J. Kyle. While Dr. Rupel will have charge of the entire de partment, he will give special at tention to dairy production, includ ing supervision of the dairy herd, Dean Shepardson said. Professor A. L. Darnell, who has been associated with the depart ment for several years, will assist Dr. Rupel with the herd manage ment and instruction in dairy hus bandry. Professor Darnell will con tinue to coach the dairy cattle judging team which gains valua ble experience in judging contests at major livestock and dairy ex positions. Dairy manufacturing work, in cluding operation of the College creamery, is to be handled as a separate division within the depart ment, Dean Shepardson said. A. V. Moore, professor of dairy manu factures, will have charge of this (See RUPEL, Page 6) A&M Profs Allowed In Downs Natatorium Swimming privileges in the P. L. Downs Natatorium, considered one of the finest swimming pools in the country, are now available to members of the A. & M. faculty and staff between the hours of 7:0Q to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Fri day, it has been announced by W. L. Penberthy, Physical Educa tion head. A small charge of for child ren under 12 and 6^ for all over 12 will be made to defray actual expenses of keeping the pool open, Penberthy stated. Guests of staff members can be admitted for twenty-five cents. 653 Freshmen Sign for 12th War Semester Enrollment of approximately 1300 for the summer appeared im minent today as figures in the reg istrar’s office stood at 1241 with possibly a score of late registrants in process with cards not yet com pleted and tabulated. Contrasting with the 1400 enrollment of last summer, this fourth wartime sum mer session actually proved heavier than anticipated, according to the registrar’s office. Late Wednesday 653 new Fish had registered, slightly fewer than registering last summer. Upper classmen returned in greater num bers than expected, and if more senior and junior subjects had been offered an attendance in ex cess of 1500 would have resulted, it was stated. A.&M.’s 142nd registration, the twelfth during wartime, had few distinctive angles, as one sopho more stated, “just the same old lines”. No noticeable differences could be observed as a result of victory in Europe this spring; in fact, some thinning of the ranks of upperclassmen, particularly jun iors and seniors, is due to the in sistence of draft broads that men reaching 18 years answer for in duction. Although army demands are ex pected to continue to be heavy, it is believed the low point has been reached at A. & M. and that be ginning next fall enrollments should begin an upward swing to the 10,000 students predicted for the first five years after the peace. With the war with Japan enter ing favorable stages, it is hoped the more than 600 Texas high school gradautes entering this week will be able to complete their work at A. & M. and graduate un der peacetime conditions. Directors Vote to Separate Student Discipline from Military Control President Gilchrist's Message BATTALION SUBSCRIBERS * If you have paid the Stu- * dent Activities Fee you are en- * titled to have the Batt mailed..* to you. * Notify the Student Activities..* Office, Room 3, Administration * Building, Phone 4-5324 of your * Post Office box number so that * your Batt can be mailed * promptly. * As Texas A. & M. enters upon its twelfth wartime se mester, I am afforded again the privilege of extending to newcomers to the campus and those who are returning to us for a continuation of their studies, a word of welcome from the faculty and staff of this great institution for men. The men of A. & M. have a tradition unexcelled, in peace and in war. This fine tradition is a challenge both to the Corps and the entire staff, and it is with the future enhance ment of this growing tradition in mind that I express the hope that this semester’s may be such as will continue to reflect the highest and finest qualities of this great Aggie worldwide fraternity. In these wartorn days, there seems to be no remedy for easy success, no escaping the great responsibilities of each individual. You who are preparing fo take your places as citizens in a democracy should place your reliance in hard work, and keep steadfast your faith that the Great Power of Eternal Justice will soon be balanced in favor of a peaceful and joyous world. Gibb Gilchrist, President, Texas A. & M. Presbyterians Sponsor Radio Program A series of recorded radio pro grams entitled “Messages of Com fort for Our Times” will be heard over Station WTAW beginning Friday and continuing for six con secutive weeks. The recordings, prepared by Henry Wade Dubose, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Montgomery, Alabama, will be sponsored by the A. & M. Presbyterian Church, and will be heard at 3:45 p.m. At the conclusion of the six- weeks series of broadcasts, Rev. Norman Anderson, of the A. & M. Presbyterian Church will begin a series of local broadcasts on the same radio time. "Hiya, fellows” Greeting to Sophs Lets Frog in for Lesson.... New Frogs Have Trouble Getting Into Swing of A. & A/I. Traditions The new frogs have come, and after being here for almost a week now, have many varied opinions concerning Aggieland and campus life. To most of the frogs, meeting and speaking to people seems to be the largest situation to cope with. Many have expressed their true feelings when they admitted that this above all else impressed them the most. Then, the size of the campus and the number of buildings on it seems to be the chief impression of quite a few. But in general, there is one thing that the frogs just can not under stand or get used to, and that is how to behave and act around up perclassmen. Many admit a true fear of them, while others say they “just can’t seem to do any-, thing right when an upperclass man is around.” Of course, you have seen some of the now famous freshman boners pulled lately. One that amused all concerned was an incident that happened early this week. It seems that four sophomores were am bling over toward Casey’s when they passed two freshmen engaged in what seemed to be a heated ar gument. As the sophomores got closer without being noticed, one of them growled out, “Well, hello there, Freshman!”, the last word being spit out and chopped off. The two frogs looked up in a sur prised manner, waved their hands at the sophomores, and sang out with, “Oh, hi there, fellows,” then resumed their argument as if noth ing had ever happened. (Yes, they were immediately set straight on how to speak on the campus!) Another amusing boner occurred right before Retreat the other day. Fifteen or twenty upperclassmen were sitting on the steps in front of Dorm. 8 when one lone, deject ed frog walked by. As he came abreast of the steps, he noticed a sophomore that he knew, and hol lered, “Say, Mr. Blank, is it all right if I come over and speak to you?” Mr. Blank said, “Sure, if you meet all of the men sitting here with me.” The frog hesitated, scratched his head, and very loudly said, “Ughhh, not again!! Nope, haven’t got the time for that right now. See you later, Mr. Blank,” and set out at a run for his dormi tory. Have you ever seen twenty lower jaws drop simultaneously and forty eyes bulge at once? It is, indeed, a lasting sight. Yes, this class of frogs is mak ing the same set of mistakes that every other set of freshmen has made, but they seem to be doing it in a very original way, to say the least. And what they lack in originality, they certainly are mak ing up in new ways to pull boners. But regardless of the mistakes they make, the frogs are earnestly trying to get on the line. They have the cooperative spirit that makes a freshman class a good one, and they have the desire to become Aggies at any cost, which is always swell to see around ole Aggieland. The frogs will make it! Kiwanis Club Hears Harris Tell of Uses For New Plastics Recent developments in the field of plastics were discussed by Dr. W. D. Harris, of the Chemical En gineering department, at the regu lar meeting»of the College Sta tion Kiwanis Club Tuesday. Plas tics are not in their present stage of development to be considered as a building substitute, Harris stat ed, but are used as supplementary material to lumber and other fa miliar building materials. Dr. Harris called attention to the wide variety of articles manu factured of plastics which are used in the ordinary household today, and estimated the retail value of plastic articles sold annually in this country at over a billion dol lars. Samples of various forms of plastics were displayed dui’ing the discussion. The meeting was opened by group singing led by W. M. Tur ner, and M. L. Cushion gave the invocation. Late news developments were read by Byron Winstead, of the College publicity department. As a surprise feature of the pro gram, Norman Anderson introduc ed club members who have joined the organization since the char ter meeting in February, in each case calling on another Kiwanian to give the club a thumb-nail sketch of the new member. A&M Profs Help to Plan Program for Academy of Science Several Texas A. & M. College staff members are participating in preparation of the program for the annual meeting of the Texas Academy of Science at Baylor Uni versity, Waco, November 8, 9, and 10 of this year. Among these are Dr. C. H. Winkler, vice-president for social sciences; Harold Vance, vice-president for geography and geology; Dr. Leo T. Murray, secre- (See A&M PROFS, Page 6) Separation of student discipline from his military training will be accomplished in the near future, in accordance with an order passed by the Board of Directors at its May 25-26 meeting. The order of the board author izing the change reads as follows: “Upon recommendation of the Director of Student Affairs and approval of the President of the College, the future policy of this institution shall be to separate the discipline and control of student activities from the School of Mili tary Science, the changeover to be made as expeditiously as possible. At the time of the submission of the annual budget the President of the College shall report such de tails as will be needed during the coming year to effectuate this change.” No definite announcements can be made at this time concerning the new plan except that all pos sible angles of the changeover are being studied carefully and action will be taken as soon as can be done conveniently, it was announced by college administrative officers. “Until definite plans have been completed and the change has been effected, things will operate just as they have,” said Dough Rollins, Director of Student Af fairs, who will head the new program. “All possible attention is being given to effecting such a program as will be conducive to a greater and a better A. & M. One difficulty necessitating time is the problem of personnel. It is my desire to get the best possible men for the new program,” Mr. Rollins concluded. Under the proposed program the Military Department will be res ponsible for military training just as other departments have respon sibility for training in certain fields. Military control, it is ex pected, will extend to military formations, drills, and military classes. Routine business matters in gen eral occupied the Board’s time dur ing the two day meeting. Standing committees were named by the Chairman G. R. White and a new five year contract with Head Coach Homer Norton at his present sala ry was signed to expire August 31, 1950. A four man committee repre senting the Corps of Cadets ap peared and presented a petition for the return of full military organi- (See DIRECTORS, Page 6) Turner Invites New Talent to Join Famed Aggie Singing Cadets A call for new Singing Cadets was issued yesterday by W. M. Turner, director. Rehearsals were started Wednesday, and a quanti ty of acceptable talent was un covered at that time, according to Turner; however, there is still a need for other voices, and all stu dents interested in singing or learning to sing are urged to call Turner at the Student Activities office or to report for rehearsals, which are held from 4:30 to 5:30 each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Assembly Hall. The Singing Cadets performs regularly on the campus and on tour. During the past year the organization traveled approximate ly 3,000 miles to appear in such cities as Denton, Dallas, McKin ney, Baytown, Houston, Austin, Huntsville, and other prominent towns thi’oughout the state. NOTICE * Positions are open on the * BATTALION staff for both * experienced and inexperienced * newspaper writers. Those stu- * dents interested are requested * to call at the Student Activities * office in Room 3, Administra- * tion Building.