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DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Texas /UM The B College alion WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER DEEP IN AGGIELAND TE£AS A. & M. VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 5, 1945 NO. 86 Ninety Aggies Are Named “Distinguished Students” for 1945 Spring Semester Ninety Aggies were named as distinguished students on the basis of grade points for the past spring semester, in a list released yesterday by the registrar’s office. Require ments for the classification include making no grade below “C” and having a grade-point per credit hour. Heading the list of distinguished students were two South American graduate students, M. Aviles-Cor- dero of San German, Puerto Rico, and Paul Campos-Lynch of Mexi co City, and two Texas men, Shan non Jones, Jr. of Kaufman, and Robert E. Lane, of San Antonio. average of not less than 2.25 Each of these four students had a grade-point ratio of 3.00, indicat ing a straight “A” record. Other distinguished students for the spring semester are as follows: Allison, Donald V., Abilene; Amis, Marshall W., Fort Worth; (See DISTINGUISHED, Page 3) Husband and Wife Employment Banned After August 31 Deans, department heads and directors of the extramural divi sions of the A. & M. College system today were notified by President Gibb Gilchrist of the provisions of the educational appropriation bill that husbands and wives no long er may be employed by the insti tution after August 31, 1945. President Gilchrist explained that the A. & M. College is inter preting Subsection 18 of the gen eral provisions of the educational bill to apply to all branches and divisions of the educational insti tutions, and added: “As a conse quence, we should make our plans so that the September payroll will not indicate both husband and wife actually employed in any of the branches or divisions of this insti tution.” * About 25 couples are affected by the restriction on employment of husband and wife, according to a preliminary estimate of Business Manager W. H. Holzmann. Wives of college employees in the past have been employed principally in the capacity of secretaries and clerks in departments or divisions other than those in which the hus bands were employed, Mr. Holz mann declared. Borden Company to Award Scholarship To recognize outstanding under graduate students of veterinary medicine, the Borden Company Foundation, Inc., has established a $300 scholarship at Texas A. & M. College for the senior student who has achieved the highest average grade in the veterinary curriculum preceding his senior year, it was announced today by Dr. H. P. Mar- steller, dean of the A. & M. Col lege school of veterinary medicine. Dr. Marsteller announced the principal sum of the Borden schol arship award is $1500, covering a five-year period. Similar grants have been offered other recognized schools of veterinary medicine, and the new scholarship plan supple ments the Borden Foundation’s program which was inaugurated in 1936 by grants recognizing meritor- ous achievement in advanced re search. In 1944 Borden advanced re search awards were administered by the American Chemical Society, American Dairy Science associa tion, American Home Economics association, American Institute of Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, Poultry Science Asso ciation and the American Veteri nary Medical Association. What’s Cooking FRIDAY, JULY 6 1:45 p.m.: Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. 4:15 p.m.: Intramural softball^ 1st Co. vs. L. Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural tennis, Dorm 6 vs. 5th Co. and B Co. vs. 7th Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural volleyball, 3rd Co. vs. A Co. 7:00 p.m.: City softball, Pirates vs. Tigers at College Park diamond. SATURDAY, JULY 7 11:00 a.m.: Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. 9:00 p.m.: Ex-Servicemen’s Juke Box Prom at The Grove, Cadet Corps and ASTP invited. SUNDAY, JULY 7:15 p.m.: Hillel Club at Y.M.C.A., Dr. Bass lecture on Peace Con ference, public invited. MONDAY. JULY 9 1:45 p.m.: Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. 4:15 p.m.: Intramural softball, 1st Co. vs. Dorm 6, and 4th Co. vs. 7th Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural tennis, A Co. vs. 3rd Co. __ Intramural volleyball, L Co. vs. 6th Co. 7:00 p.m.: Newman Club for Catholic Aggies in Reading Room of new YMCA. 7:00 p.m.: City softball, Indians vs. Orioles at College Park diamond. 7:00 p.m.: Organization meeting, Senior Council of YMCA at Y. 8:00 p.m.: Dr. S. R. Gammon lecture on San Francisco conference at First Baptist Church, public invited. TUESDAY, JULY 10 11:00 a.m.: Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. 4:15 p.m.: Intramural softball, 2nd Co. vs. 5th Co., and 3rd Co. vs. L Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural tennis, 2nd Co. vs. 7th Co., and 1st Co. vs. 4th Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural volleyball, 6th Co. vs. B Co. 7:00 p.m.: Organization meeting, Freshman Council of YMCA at Y. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 1:45 p.m.: Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural tennis, 1st Co. vs. 5th Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural volleyball, 4th Co. vs. 7th Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural softball, A Co. vs. L Co. 7:15 p.m.: Intramural volleyball, L Co. vs. B Co. and 2nd Co. vs. 6th Co. 7:15 p.m.: Intramural softball, 3rd Co. vs. Dorm 6. 7:15 p.m.: Latin-American Club in Lecture Room of CE Bldg. 7:15 p.m.: Bill Turner with Aggieland Orchestra and Singing Cadets in Summer Jamboree, at Guion Hall. THURSDAY, JULY 12 11:00 a.m.: Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. 4:15 p.m.: Intramural softball, B Co. vs. 2nd Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural tennis, 1st Co. vs. 6th Co. and A Co. vs. 2nd Co. 5:00 p.m.: Intramural volleyball, 4th Co. vs. Dorm 6 and L Co. vs. 5th Co. 7:00 p.m.: City softball, Pirates vs. Military Dept, at College Hills diamond. From Across the Sea to Reveille... 9 May 1945 Mr. Charlie West Cadet Colonel Texas A. & M. College Dear Charlie, , We read your article in the 2 March 1945 issue of the Battalion about REVEILLE and agree with you that a suitable monument should be left in her memory. Her presence—in front of the Band at football games— lying snugly in some one’s bunk—sitting on the top of a car that moved summer school students from hall to hall and barking at every breath—all these things bring back pleasant memories and that is the reason we are sending to you by PTA (an overseas expedient for Per sonal Transfer of Accounts) a small gift for the REV EILLE FUND. Your idea of furnishing a REVEILLE room is excellent. Your action in getting the ball rolling on this REVEILLE FUND is typical of the Aggie Spirit that extends around the world. If it is possible we would all like to purchase copies of the booklet on the life of REVEILLE. Please let me know how they can be obtained. The Fightin’ Aggies Sidney L. Loveless, ’38, A Cavalry Owen L. McGinnis, ’43, B Cavalry John H. Lindsey, ’44, G F. A. Ben C. McComas, Jr., ’45, E Inf. Eldred E. Jones, ’43, K Inf. Lincoln F. Roman, ’44, 3rd Hqd. F. A. Aggie Orchestra To Play NC0 Dance Substituting for Clyde Lucas and his band at the Bryan AAF’s NCO Club dance is the latest assign ment for Bill Turner’s Aggieland Orchestra. Contract for the Aggieland's ap- appearance Saturday night for a four-hour dance was signed Wed nesday between NCO officials and Turner, and represents a distinct compliment to the growing repu tation of Aggieland as one of the finest collegiate bands in the state. Latest addition to the band is W. R. Coffey, who will be a fea tured performer on the electric guitar. Coffey, formerly with Hal McIntyre’s band, is an ex-service man with wide experience in dance bands. Cotton Short Course To End Sat. After Eventful Session The 36th session of the Cotton Short Course will close on Satur day, July 7. 27 regular students took the test for the certificate, and a number visited. The students included 15 from Mexico, 1 from California, 1 from Missouri, 2 from Louisiana, 1 from Tennessee, and none from Texas. The highest grade in cotton classing was made by Mr. A. J. Langden Jr. from the Grande Prairie Gin and Mercantile Company, Hornersville, Missouri. According to Mr. Harold G. Con- nally, instructor of the United States Department of Agriculture, cotton Classing Division, Lubbock, Texas, the quality of work was unusually high. Other instructors were Mr. James McCall Ward of the Extension Service and mem bers of the teaching staff, Exten sion Service, and Experiment Sta tion. The Latin American Club enter tained the visitors Wednesday night at a barbecue picnic and they were entertained at the home of Professor L. J. Jones Thursday night. Many of the students have at tended the Short Course before and are receiving a permanent certifi cate. These are Jose de Luis la Mora of Mexico, A. J. Langdon, Jr. of Hornersville, Missouri, B. C. Burke of Vernon, Texas, and Miss Margaret M. Pargac of Da- Costa, Texas. CE Prof Accepts Beirut Directorship J. R. Osborn, assistant professor of civil engineering at Texas A. & M. College, has resigned his posi tion here to accept a position with the American University of Beirut at Beirut, Lebanon. Osborn will be employed as director of engineer ing at the Beirut university, effec tive October 1. He will leave the college July 1 to spend a month with his mother at Veedersburg, Indiana before sailing from New York on or about August 1. Service Men Invite Corps to Juke Prom Texas A. & M.’s Student Ex- Servicemen’s Club will be host to the entire Corps at a Juke Box Prom to be held in The Grove Sat urday night beginning at 9:00, it has been announced by Bob Cris well, president of the organization. Music will be by way of The Grove’s super record player with the latest records furnished by Haswell’s. Criswell urged all Ag gies to attend and if possible to bring dates. An invitation has also been extended the ASTP. Soft drinks will be sold by the newly organized ladies auxiliary of the organization. No admission will be charged for the dance, it being a complimentary affair to the Corps and ASTP. , ' \ The membership in the Student Ex-Servicemen’s organization now numbers more than a hundred. A series of entertainments has been planned for the summer months, Criswell reported. PAPER DRIVE The first Saturday of each month is paper collection day. Paper on the A. & M. College campus, South Oakwood, College Park, College Hills, West Park, North Oakwood, North Gate Area and Grant’s Filling Sta tion area will be collected be tween 8:30 A. M. and 11:00 A. M., Saturday morning, July 7. It is requested that paper be tied so as to facilitate the col lection by the Boy Scouts and Cubs' of Troops 102, and 411. 250 New A STEP Trainees Arrive Here to Bring Total to Over 500 Quiz Show Highlights Turner’s Jamboree; Grady Takes the Cake Quiz Kids of Aggieland featured Bill Turner’s Wednesday night Jamboree in Guion Hall Theater as Bob Grady grabbed first prize and Joe Putegnat second money in a fast moving contest written by Aggieland Orchestrites Pete Stan ley and Pete Mayes. Turner also came up with a new discovery, lovely Mary Mar garet Darnell, College Station, who sang amid audible “ahs” from the audience the popular numbers “There I’ve Said It Again”, and “I Walk Alone”. The program opened' with Ag gieland Orchestra rendering the toe teasing “Tuxedo Junction.” In addition to furnishing the musical background for the quiz show, the orchestra also played Harry James’ arrangement of “You Made Me Love You” with trumpet solo part by Pete Mayes and with the Aggieland’s singing star, Sybil Bannister, doing the vocals. The expanding range of Turner’s Singing Cadets was demonstrated in their rendition, to the accom paniment of the orchestra, of “Sky Anchors,” a number that set the tempo for the closing numbers, “Spirit of Aggieland” and “Aggie War Hymn.” Pre-program organ music was presented by Dr. G. T. Edds, member of the Vet School faculty. The program for next Wednes day will feature “out of town tal ent,” Turner reported, and the Batt’s snooping reporter has it from reliable sources that said tal ent will include some lovely cuties from Sam Houston singing and dancing. (Wolf, wolf, calling all wolf-wolfs.) New Army Men Will Be Housed in Dorm 5 Approximately 160 members of the Army Specialized Training Program had arived on the A. & M. campus at noon Wednesday to begin their training program here. Others are expected to arrive late yesterday and today to bring the total of new men on the campus up to about 250. These new arrivals will augment the A. S. T. P. men already at A. & M., making a total force here of over 500 men engaged in the Army specialized program. The new A. S. T. P. arrivals are under eighteen years of age, and are drawn from the five states which constitute the Eighth Service Command, which has headquarters at Dallas. They will be housed in Dormitory No. 5 in the new area on the south side of the campus. Aggies Suffer Eye Strain After Girls’ Visit . . . Frog Fights Off Wolves and Stags at Corps Dance By Mark Kury With the daily routine that is the lot of a Frog, all types of en tertainment at A. & M. are looked upon as a relief from the daily grind, and as a promise of a gay old time. And so it was with the Corps dance held last Saturday Night. The dance, being the first one presented here this semester, served in many ways to impress the Frogs with the novelty of good “home-made” entertainment. Contrary to the common belief that all upper-classmen seem to have, Frogs are not always sad and discontented, which was proven by the looks on the faces of the happy freshmen whose girl friends had managed to come to A. & M. for the dance. It seems that the fact has been established that four weeks away from “old faithful” is just four weeks too many, and enough to make any Frog mighty glad that the U. S. was far-sighted enough to install railroads way back in the sixties. But there was the poor Freshman whose girl told him to meet her at the depot, for she would arrive at 4:30, . . .A.M.! It was pretty hard for the boys who liked blue and yellow ties, and loud orange drapes in high school to get used to their uniform, but once their eyes got accustomed to it it didn’t seem to be so bad at all. Then came the afternoon of the dance, and what one time was con sidered a conservative looking campus became a June parade of bright reds, yellows and blues, which turned out to be the dates of those lucky boys who had them. Dark glasses are still being worn by a few cadets, who have not quite revived from the eye strain and nervous fatigue caused by the quick change. Take the case of the typical Frog, who shall be called Frog Jones. His girl friend arrived the day of the dance, and after a few hours of drooling on Frog Jones’s part, he was ready to escort her to the Grove with the intention of dancing. Upon arriving, he was bowled over by the fact that so many peo ple could crowd into such a small amount of place. Engineers later stated that it was due to the uni form breathing of the crowd. But the hero, not to be daunted, man fully plowed his way through the happy throng, and proceeded to dance with his true love. As though his troubles were not enough, he then had to put up with the wolfing upper-classmen, and his less fortunate brothers-in-fish- stripes, the stag Frogs. Deciding that two’s company and a few hundred is a crowd, Frog Jones took his date and left early. He claimed that he was going to show her the sights of the campus, pay ing no heed to the fact that it was pitch dark outside. Finally time caught up with Frog Jones, and he had to get his girl to her dorm. Taking the long way around, he reluctantly said good nights, accented with the tra ditional kiss or two, or three, or four or maybe more. In a daze the typical A. & M. Frog slowly wended his way “home”. Did he hear someone say that they were going to give another dance soon? Ag-g-ie of the Week . . . Robert C. Wilson, Treasurer of Senior Class By Clyde Crittenden Saluted in this week’s “Aggie of the Week” is none other than Robert Craig Wilson, treasurer of the Senior Class. Hailing from El Paso, the good-looking black-haired senior has spent most of his life in his hometown, leaving for the first time to enroll in A. & M. in 1943. Bob, who is nineteen years old, was born March 5, 1926. He attended Austin High School in El Paso where he lettered in basket ball and football. Indicative of his scholastic record was his member ship in the National Honor Society while in high school. Bob is residing in Dorm No. 2 with “M” Company, and is serving in the capacity of First Lieuten- Robert Craig Wilson ★ ★★★★★ ant on the Third Battalion Staff. He is majoring in Mechanical En gineering, and it seems that he is still able to maintain his high scho lastic record in college as he did in high school. Of current interest to Bob these days are the “forty acres” over Tealand way. Bob reluctantly ad mitted that behind it all is a cute little brunette who loves to dance (wih him). “Sentimental Journey” is his favorite piece of music at present, and it seems that every (with him). “Sentimental Journey” ney” to Austin for Bob. At present, Bob has no definite plans for his post-college days, al though he thinks that he will seek a position somewhere in Texas in the refrigei’ation field. Veterans Discuss Problems Before Kiwanis Meeting A first-hand presentation of the major problems of the ex-service man attending A. &M. under the “G. I. Bill of Rights” featured the weekly meeting of the College Station Kiwanis Club Tuesday. The lack of suitable housing for veterans and their families on the campus was emphasized by David Hogan, a former Aggie who has returned to the campus under the provisions of the Servicemen’s Re adjustment Act. The returning servicemen are determined to live with their families, declared Ho gan, and they are going to attend the school which provides suitable accomodations for them. He cited the housing project for veterans of the University of Oklahoma as an example of the steps close up betting taken b yother schools to attract veterans to their campuses. Ralph Ward, another former Ag gie who has returned to A. & M. after military service, called at tention to the necessity for sym pathetic understanding of the vet erans’ problems by the Cadet Corps and the faculty of the college. These ex-servicemen are more mature than the average high school graduate, stated Ward, and in many cases they have received physical disabilities or undergone periods of psychological stress which have transformed their in dividualities. These men like A. & M. or they would not be here, he said; but the Corps and the facul ty must be prepared to give sym pathetic understanding to their problems if their expectations are to be realized. Bruce R. Kennedy, training of ficer for the Veterans’ Adminis tration from Waco, was introduced by George B. Wilcox, director of student personnel, who presented the program* Wilcox called atten tion to the fact that the ex-service men are presenting their problems in a spirit of constructive helpful ness rather than for the purpose of criticism. FSA Personnel to Meet Here Monday About 50 supervisory field per sonnel of the Farm Security Ad ministration in 25 Southeast and Southcentral Texas counties will hold a meeting at the Texas A. & M. College July 9-11 to discuss their work progi'am with farm families for the coming government fiscal year, Ted Watson, FSA assistant regional director, announced. Attending the district meeting will be supervisory field personnel from FSA districts Nos 3 and 5. Business sessions of the three-day meeting will be held in the lecture room of the Petroleum-Geology building.