The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 12, 1945, Image 1

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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, JULY 12, 1945
NUMBER 87
Dean Barlow Elected
To Head Automotive
Engineers , Society
Dr. Howard W. Barlow, dean of
Engineering, recently was elected
chairman of the Texas Section of
the Society of Automotive Engi
neers.
The Texas Section of S. A. E.
was formed in 1942 as the result
of a discussion at the first Texas
Aviation Conference to be held at
the College. This section has ap
proximately 140 members and
holds nine meetings each year, al
ternating between Fort Worth and
Dallas.
Other officers of the Texas Sec
tion include: S. V. Jay, Humble
Oil & Refining Company, first
vice president; A. J. Dolan, Dolan
Aircraft Manufacturing Company,
second vice president; Harry Sher
idan, Guiberson Diesel Engine
Company, treasurer, and Ross
Peterson, North American Avia
tion, secretary.
Carolyn Roeber
Passes Away Friday
Carolyn Roeber ,three-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
A. Roeber, passed away Friday,
July 6, at 3:45 p. m., after a
lingering illness. Survivors include
the parents and one brother, Chas.
A. Roeber, Jr. (
Funeral services were held Sun
day, with Rev. R. C. Terry offi
ciating. Interment was made in
the Bryan City cemetery with ar
rangements by Hillier Funeral
Home.
Six Boy Scouts from Troop 411
acted as pallbearers. These were
Luther Jones, John Parnell, Gene
Potts, Dempsey Gerthridge, Wally
Anderson, and John Gay.
Annual Poultry
Short Course to
Open Here Monday
The annual Texas A. & M.
poultry short course will open on
Monday afternoon, July 16 in Room
317 of the Animal Industries
Building. The short course, which
will continue through August 3,
will have as instructors outstand
ing poultry experts, hatcherymen,
and research workers, and will be
jointly sponsored by the A. & M.
College, the agricultural experi
ment station, and the extension
service, according to Prof. D. H.
Reid, head of the A. & M. poultry
husbandry department.
The first two weeks of the short
course will be held on the subject
of chickens, while the third week
will be given over to the study of
turkeys, according to Reid. Field
demonstrations at the various col
lege poultry plants will be incor
porated in the program. College
credit will be given those who
take the course for that purpose,
and those who complete the course
satisfactorily will be eligible for
designation as State Flock Select
ing Agents.
July 24 has been designated as
visitor’s day at the poultry short
course, and will feature discus
sions by Baker Jones, of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture, on
“What Is Doing in the United
States”; R. B. Thompson, of the
Oklahoma A. & M. poultry depart
ment, on “What We’re Doing in
Oklahoma”; C. G. Shietenger, of
the Sanitary Hatcheries at Weim
ar, on “The Hatcheryman’s Duty
to His Community”; and H. H.
Drumm, of the Dixie Poultry Farm
at Brenham, on “Hatchery Sanita
tion”. The afternoon session will
be given over to an open forum
discussion of hatchery problems.
On Tuesday, July 31, Judge Wal
ter Burton of Arlington will dis
cuss “The Standard Feather Mark
ings of the Different Breeds of
Turkeys”. Other speakers sched
uled besides Prof. Reid, are Sam
Moore and E. D. Parnell of the Ex
tension Service; Dr. John P. Dela-
plane and Dr. W. A. oBney, Jr.
of the experiment station veterin
ary science division; and Ross M.
Sherwood, chief, and Dr. J. N.
Thompson, turkey nutritionist, of
the experiment station poultry
division; and Louis Jurcak, state
turkey inspector.
What’s Cooking
(Organizations and individuals of the college and the community are invited to
this column for announcements of group and organization meetings, etc.)
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FRIDAY, JULY 13
Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
Intramural softball, 1st Co. vs. A Co..
Intramural volleyball, 3rd Co. vs. 4th Co. N/
and 7th Co. vs. Dorm 6.
Intramural tennis, L Co. vs. B Co.
City softball league, Yankees vs. Indians at College Park
diamond.
SATURDAY, JULY 14
Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
Board of Directors of Former Students Association at
Sbisa Hall.
SUNDAY, JULY 15
Poultry short course registration at Aggieland Inn.
MONDAY, JULY 16
Poultry short course, opening meeting in Room 317 of
Animal Industries Building.
Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
Intramural softball, 6th Co. vs. Dorm 6.
Intramural tennis, 4th Co. vs. 5th Co., and A Co. vs. L Co.
Intramural volleyball, 3rd Co. vs. 7th Co.
City softball league, Tigers vs. Orioles at College Hills
diamond.
TUESDAY, JULY 17
Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
Kiwanis Club at Duncan Hall.
Army Air Force demonstration of educational aircraft
equipment.
Intramural softball, L Co. vs. Dorm 6.
Intramural volleyball, 1st Co. vs. 4th Co., and 5th Co.
vs. 6th Co.
Intramural tennis, B Co. vs. 2nd Co., and A Co. vs 7th Co.
Houston Aggies’ Club, Room 2 of the New “Y”.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18
Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
Intramural softball, B Co. vs. 4th Co. and A Co. vs. Dorm
6.
Intramural tennis, L Co. vs. 7th Co.
Aggieland Orchestra and Singing Cadets in Summer Jam
boree at Guion Hall.
THURSDAY, JULY 19
Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
Intramural softball, B Co. vs. 5th Co., and A Co. vs. 3rd
Co.
City softball league, Military Dept. vs. Indians at College
Park diamond.
Student Activities Installs
NewspaperEngravingPlant
What has been an ambition of long- standing is about
to be realized by the Student Activities office with the ad
dition recently of a complete newspaper engraving plant
to serve the needs of The Battalion newspaper, it has been
announced.
The new equipment has been in
stalled and has been placed under
the management of Tom Puddy,
an outstanding amateur photo
grapher. Puddy has had experience
in all types of art work, layouts,
photography and has recently
completed a course of study in
newspaper engraving work.
The first engraving from the
new plant appear in this issue of
The Battalion. As the need for
larger engraving increases, new
equipment will be added to pro
vide for fine screen engravings
and color plates. The present
equipment will permit the making
of line drawings for comic strips,
cartoons, and will enable the pub
lication staff to reproduce pic
tures in less than three hours time.
Not only will the plant permit
an increased service to the corps
and the College Station commun
ity but it will provide training
opportunity for students who de
sire to learn the photo-engraving
trade. All of the equipment is own
ed by Student Concessions and
will be operated on a concession.
Increased photographic service
will be provided by the same de
partment. The latest photographic
equipment has been ordered and
when received will increase the
coverage of student events, ath
letic contests and local happenings.
The School of Engineering has
recently established a Visual Aid
Department, offering blue-printing
services, photostats and other aids
of that kind to the college. This de
partment will be expanded to pro
vide a complete visual aid service
to the corps.
Appearing above is one of the first engravings to be produced on the new engraving equipment ac
quired by the Student Activities office. Photographs and engraving are by Tom Puddy. The pictures were
taken during the intramural softball competition Tuesday afternoon.
Top left: R. D. Morris connects for a base-hit. Top center: Bob King goes down to first on a
single. Top right: Leslie Schlautcr hits a long ball into left field. Bottom left: Glen Enmon rounds
first base on a two-bagger. Bottom center: J. D. Gee takes a hefty swing at the horsehide. Bottom
right: Pitcher Bostwick throws a strike against 5th Company.
Maestro Shows Pupils How to Play Stardust.
Bottled Corn and Six Pretty Girls
Feature Bill Turner’s Jamboree
Animal Husbandry
At A&M Attracts
Visiting Teachers
Among recent visitors to the
Texas A&M College were a dele
gation from Mississippi looking
over facilities and methods of
operation of the Animal Husband
ry Department, and a professor of
animal breeding of the Rural Uni
versity, Escola Nacional de Agron-
omia, Brazil, checking with var
ious livestock divisions.
In the group from Mississippi
were R. H. Means of the Animal
Husbandry Department of Mis
sissippi State College; Paul F.
Newell, Extension animal husband
man, and State Senator Frank
Barlow. They spent Thursday with
F. I. Dahlberg, acting head of the
department, Roy Snyder, in charge
of the meats laboratory, Dr. Paul
B. Pearson, professor of animal
husbandry, and other member’s of
the department.
The spokesman for the Missis
sippi delegation said Mississippi
State College planned an expan
sion program in animal husband
ry, and their interest at College
Station chiefly was in animal
nutrition and breeding. After leav
ing the College they planned to
visit some well-known Texas herds.
Dr. Octavio Domingues, profes
sor of animal breeding at Rural
University, Escola Nacional de
Agronomia, Rio de Janeiro, ar
rived Tuesday for a week’s stay
after spending some three months
at Iowa State College. Second week
of his Texas A&M visit will be
spent in the field with district
agents of the Extension Service,
and Dr. Domingues hopes to in
clude a visit to the King Ranch
with headquarters at Kingsville.
After leaving Texas, Dr. Dom
ingues will do some work in New
Mexico and Arizona, then wind
up his stay in the United States in
Maine, New Hampshire and Ver
mont.
While at Texas A&M headquar
ters, Dr. Domingues has conferred _ . .
with various representatives of the 61 C a exaS ^ gie '
By Mark Kury
In spite of the rain that damp
ened the body but not the spirit,
Guion Hall was again crowded
for the customary Wednesday even
ing frolic last night. The ever-faith-
ful Bill Turner was on hand
again to present another bang-up
jamboree to a drenched but en
thusiastic audience.
To set the pace for the even
ing, the band gave out with a lit
tle jive served Confederate style
called “Southern Fried”. To offer
a little contrast, the old maestro
himself gave out with a little toot
ing on the trumpet on “Stardust”.
After two such numbers, the aud
ience had completely forgotten jts
wet clothing and was in a mood
for anything. So, Bill decided to
give them all he could in the way
of corn a la cob. This was served
in the form of the band and their
musical bottles who proceeded to
butcher “Long Long Ago.” Con
sidering the quality of the song
and the texture of the bottles,
which were the finest available
around Whiteway, the piece bore
some resemblence to the original
song. At any rate, it left everyone
satisfied—the band with the fact
that no tomatoes Were hurled and
the audience with the fact that
the thing had ended.
Then to the delight of everyone,
the guest star of the evening, the
Daydreamers, made their appear
ance. Dressed in their very best
evening clothes, six lovely gh-ls
swooned the Aggies with “Dream.”
Never allowing anyone to regain
fully his consciousnes, they struck
another swooning blow by “I’m
Remembering You” which was
composed by an Aggie-ex. For en
cores, the ladies returned to present
their rendition of “Sentimental
Joui’ney” and “The Haunting Mel
ody” which, like all the others,
brought sighs of glee from the
male audience.
To’revive the cadets, Turner
took command of things and led
the band in “Lamental Tropical”.
Following him, the always wel
comed Singing Cadets filed on
stage amid a hearty wild-cat. Lead
ing off with “Just a Prayer Away,”
the Cadets then proceeded to the
all time Aggie favorite, “I’d Rath-
College Gives McNew
Additional Duties
J. T. L. McNew, in addition to
his duties as vice president for En
gineering of Texas A&M College,
will also serve as director of En
gineering Extension, President
Gibb Gilchrist said Wednesday.
These added duties will include
the proposed area schools insofar
as engineering is concerned, super
vision of any extension courses in
engineering, and industrial edu
cation extension or industrial ex
tension service courses, President
Gilchrist announced.
Mr. McNew also has been des
ignated as the representative of
the College for handling all mat
ters pertaining to surplus war
properties.
Departments of Genetics and Ani
mal Husbandry, livestock spec
ialists of the Extension Service, and
livestock divisions of the Agricul
tural Experiment StaHon.
Climaxing the jamboree was the
mass singing of “Spirit of Aggie
land” and “Aggie War Hymn” to
bring to a close one more fun
packed and enjoyable evening.
Aggie Orchestra to
Repeat at NCO Club
A repeat engagement has been
booked for Bill Turner and the
Aggieland Orchestra at the Non
commissioned Officers Club at
Bryan Field for Saturday night.
The Aggieland aggregation played
at the club on Saturday evening,
Army Air Force to
DemonstrateTeaching
Equipment Here
' A demonstration of aircraft
training equipment will be staged
by the Army Air Froces here at
1:00 p.m. on July 17. High-school
and college educators within a
radius of 150 miles are expected
to attend the show, which will fea
ture a demonstration of equip
ment now being donated to civilian
schools and utilization of mechan
ically operated training devices,
or mock-ups, used in connection
with the streamlined teaching tech
niques employed by the Army Air
Forces.
“This new program has two
major objectives,’ ’stated Lt. Col.
Carl F. Modglin, chief training
liaison officer for Area VIII of
the AAF,” (1) to convey infor
mation to civilian educators as to
how they may obtain airplanes,
engines, instruments, carburetors,
and other aircraft equipment for
instructional purposes, this equip
ment being donated to the schools
absolutely free, except for minor
packing and shipping costs, and
(2) to discuss AAF teaching tech
niques featuring the method of
‘learning by doing’ that has proved
so successful.”
The demonstration unit is car
ried within huge vans which con
tain a number of mock-ups pertain
ing to electrical systems, fuel sys
tems, engines, carburetion, and
others; also, training film, photo
graphs, technical manuals, charts,
and other training aids. The per
sonnel is composed of six technical
military specialists, selected from
the Army Air Forces Technical
Training Command.
July 7, and are returning this
week by popular demand of the
club personnel.
Aggie of the Week . . .
W.J.Poynor, West Texas Man
By Clyde Crittendon
This week W. J. Poynor, of Ma
son, Texas, “land of thousands of
white-faced cattle and white-tailed
deer”, is the aptly chosen Aggie
of the week. Until C and D com
panies consolidated, “Jay” was
commander of D company, while
last semester he was second in
command of C company. Since the
consolidation, he has been made
a captain on the battalion staff.
W. J. was born August 18, 1926,
in Brady, Texas, and lived there
until he moved to Mason, where he
attended public school. He partici
pated in football, basketball, and
track, and lettered in the last two
sports. Apparently, W. J. can be
trusted because he was treasurer
of the senior class at Mason.
W. J. enjoys nothing more than
taking part in a good rodeo, or
listening to some real hillbilly
music. However, he likes to dance
with a certain blonde (University
W. J. Poynor
★ ★★★★★★★
of Colorado) to “Stardust” or any
thing else that’s sweet.
W. J., an Agricultural Education
student, plans to settle down on a
ranch and raise cattle after grad
uation.
Ex-Student Board
To Meet Saturday
A called meeting of the board
of directors of the Texas A. & M.
Former Students Association will
be held at College Station Satur
day and Sunday, E. E. McQuillen,
executive secretary, announced
today.
It has been customary to hold
the annual meeting of the Associa
tion in conjunction with May com
mencement exercises but due to
ODT regulations on travel no an
nual meeting was held this year.
Important business to the or
ganization is expected to come up
for discussion which may include
election of a new president and
vice president as it has been cus
tomary to limit terms of these of
fices to one year. Rufus R. Peeples
of Tehuacana, also member of the
College board of directors, is pres
ident, and Dick Winters of Brady,
vice president.
Navy Opens Flight
Training Course for
Seventeen-Y ear-Olds
Seventeen-year-old boys who
want to learn to fly will be ex
tended the opportunity under the
Flight Training Program which
has been reopened by the United
States Navy.
Applicants for the new Navy
V-5 Class must be in their last
semester of high school or in at
tendance at an accredited college
or university. Educational require
ments include two years of high-
school mathematics, preferably ele
mentary algebra and plane geom
etry, and it is desirable to have had
one year of high school physics
and a course in high school trigo
nometry. A mental test will be giv
en to qualify applicants for the
class.
Physical requirements include
weight of maximum 200 pounds
and minimum 115 pounds, height
of maximum 76 inches and mini
mum 64 inches, 20/20 vision for
each eye with normal color percep
tion, and 18 sound, vital teeth.
Applicants must be unmanned
and must sign up for active duty
for four years from the date of
completing their training. A birth
certificate, educational transcripts,
and parents’ papers of consent
must be presented.
Successful applicants will enter
Naval Aviation Preparatory Train
ing at Navy V-12 units on or about
November 1, whete they will re
main for one to three college terms
of four months each. Upon com
pletion of preparatory training,
they will be transferred to the
status of Aviation Cadet, and will
pass through three stages of train
ing prior to commissioning: Pre
flight, 26 weeks; Primary flight,
16 weeks; and Intermediate flight,
about 20 weeks.
Interested applicants who meet
these requirements should assem
ble the required documents and
mail them to the Office of Naval
Procurement, 824 Niels-Esperson
Building, Houston 2, Texas.