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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
Texas A«M
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WEEKLY
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DEEP IN AGGIELAND
TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 44
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 26, 1945
NUMBER 89
Freshman Ball and Corps Dance Slated for August 34
Aggieland Orchestra Will
Play Both Dances at Grove
COLLEGE STATION LETS DOWN ITS HAIR
The College Station community picnic held Friday evening at The
Grove was probably the best attended to date. E. H. TEMPLIN, at up
per right, and his son, JIMMIE, at upper left demonstrate the accepted
picnic method of eating watermelon, while at top center, watermelon
bartenders J. T. L. McNEW and LUKE PATRANELLA carve slices
for L. S. PAINE and VIRGINIA PREWIT.
Softball and skating are shown at lower left and lower right re
spectively, while at bottom center, MARGARET, GRAHAM and WEN
DELL HORSLEY join with JACK BURNS, MRS JIM PREWIT, BILL
KIVLEHEN, and MRS. NED DWELLE in inviting the BATTALION
cameraman over for a sandwich and plate of potato salad.
Dunham Date
Confirmed
A telegram confirming
the appearance on the cam
pus of Sonny Dunham and
his band on the night of
September 21st has been re
ceived by Student Activi
ties. Plans for the ‘Bre
men jous” Corps ball on that
date, preceding the first
football game of the season,
will now get underway.
Get that date, Aggie!
CE Department Will
Offer Repair Service
For the Accomodation of stu
dents needing ruling pens sharpen
ed and other minor repairs on
drawing instruments, William E.
Redd, an engineering student at
A. & M., will be available on Tues
days and Thursday from 4:00 to
5:00 p.m. in Room 38 of the Civil
Engineering Building to receive
and repair drawing instruments.
Mr. Redd has worked for several
industrial organizations and more
recently with North Amei'ican
Aviation Corp. and is expexienced
in drawing instrument repair
wox-k. This service will be effec
tive July 24, 1945.
Whatfs Cooking
FRIDAY, JULY 27
1:45 p.m.: Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
4:15 p.m.: Intramural softball, B Co. vs. 7th Co., and 3rd Co. vs.
florm 6.
7:00 p.m.: City softball, Yankees vs. Pirates at College Hills dia
mond.
SATURDAY, JULY 28
Board of directors in annual budget meeting at Directors
Hall.
11:00 a.m.: Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
7:30 p.m.: Latin-American Club party at Dr. Guy Adriance resi
dence.
MONDAY, JULY 30 ‘
8:00 a.m.: Beginning of 3rd week of Poultry Short Course.
1:45 p.m.: Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
4:15 p.m.: Intramui’al softball, A Co. vs. 3rd Co.
5:00 p.m.: Intramui'al volleyball, B Co. vs. L Co.
7:00 p.m.: City softball, Military Department vs. Tigers at College
Park diamond.
TUESDAY, JULY 31
11:00 a.m.: Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
12:00 noon: Kiwanis Club luncheon at Duncan Hall.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
1:45 p.m.: Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
7:30 p.m.: Amei'ican Vetei’inax-y Medical Assn, in Surgery Amphi
theatre of Veterinary Hospital.
7:30 p.m.: Latin American Club in Lecture Room of Civil Engi
neering Building.
7:30 p.m.: Aggieland Orchestra and Singing Cadets in Summer
Jamboree at Guion Hall.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2
11:00 a.m.: Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium.
7:00 p.m.: City softball, Yankees vs. Orioles at College Hills dia
mond.
Annual A&M-Texas U. Game Will Not Be
Played On Thanksgiving Day This Year
Of doubtless interest to the Ag
gies is the announcement of Gov
ernor Coke Stevenson that the
state of Texas will observe Thurs
day, November 22, as the 1945
Thanksgiving date. The governor’s
announcement of the twenty-sec
ond as the date for the festivities
waylays the plans of the Aggie
corps and the students of the Uni
versity of Texas, for their annual
football classic, since the tradi
tional Turkey Day game for 1945
is scheduled to fall on November
29.
Accoi'ding to the “Summer Tex
an” at Texas U., the holiday will
fall on the fourth Thursday instead
of the last Thursday. Inquiries as
to a possible switch in dates with
the athletic office at the University
received the answer of “no chance”,
and similar inquiries at the Texas
A. & M. athletic office met with
the same answer. It was pointed
out by A. & M. Athletic officials
since contracts for the game are
football season, re-arrangement of
the schedule is impossible.
The University publication ex
pressed the feeling that the spirits
for the game will be gi'eatly damp
ened by this latest proclamation,
and it is expected that the same
will hold true for the cadets of
A. & M. In i-egard to the holidays
for the Aggies, Dean F. C. Bolton
stated to the Battalion Wednes
day that the cox-ps will observe
the original dates of November 29
through December 1 as the official
Thanksgiving holidays. This means
that the corps will be out of class
and free to attend the game, but
the game will not be held on
Thanksgiving Day as has been the
tradition.
The conflict between the annual
Aggie-TU game and the nationally
observed holiday is not without
precedent, however. The policy of
A. & M. has been to observe its
holidays on the week-end of the
traditional game. T. U. will likely
ai'i'anged far in advance of the I follow the same policy this year.
Wilcox to Preside
At Constitutional
Election Aug. 25
County Judge A. S. Ware of
Brazos County announced the ap
pointment on July 18 of George
B. Wilcox, director of the office of
student personnel, as presiding
judge of Precinct 3 of Brazos
County for the Constitutional
amendment election which is to be
held on Saturday, August 25, 1945.
At the February meeting of the
Commissioners’ Court, V. J. Boris-
ski, C. W. Crawford, F. R. Brison,
and W. E. Gandy were named as
assistants to Wilcox.
Wilcox announced on July 23 that
the election is to be held at the
A. & M. Consolidated School build
ing on August 25 with the polls
opening at eight a.m. and closing
at seven p.m.
The purpose of the election is
to determine the adoption or re
jection of four proposed amend
ments to the Constitution of Texas.
The amendments under considera
tion ^concern the waiving of poll
tax for servicemen; the payment
of continuous salaries for members
of the Legislature; the provision
for a Supreme Court of nine mem
bers; and the payment of an old
(See ELECTION, Page 4)
P. G. Murdoch Joins
Chem. Eng. Staff
Dr. P. G. Murdoch, formerly of
the research staff of the Shell Oil
Company in California and New
York, has joined the staff of the
A. & M. College department of
chemical engineering as Research
Professor of Chemical Engineering,
it was anounced by Dr. J. D. Lind
say, head of the department.
Dr. Mui'doch, his wife and four-
year-old son, have obtained a resi
dence at College Station, and have
taken their places in the commun
ity.
Research work on aviation gaso
line will be Dr. Mui'doch’s first pi-o-
ject with the chemical engineering
department, Dr. Lindsay declar
ed. The Humble Oil and Refining
Company has financed a three-year
project, and supervision of this
will be one of Dr. Murdoch’s duties.
A graduate of the Califoi'nia In
stitute of Technology, Dr. Mur
doch’s wox-k for the past several
years has been in petroleum pro
ducts. He was with Shell interests
on the West coast prior to his
transfer to the New York laboi'a-
tories of the company.
Di\ Murdoch also will be avail
able for work on projects instituted
by the A&M Research Foundation,
Dr. Lindsay announced.
Directors to Meet
In Budget Session
Here on July 28
The Boai'd of Directors of the
A. fc M. College are to assemble
here on Saturday, July 28, for their
annual budget meeting. The budget
will cover the year beginning Sep
tember 1, and will provide funds
for all college expenses at that
time.
In preparation for the meeting,
each director has been mailed the
president’s estimate of anticipated
expenses, which was compiled from
the deans’ estimates, which were
in turn made up from the requests
from the department heads. Last
year, according to the most com
plete statement now available, the
cash expenditures of the college
amounted to $11,198,000. This
figure includes expenses of both
the A. & M. college and its branch
schools for educational and non-
educational purposes, the plant
fund, and the revolving fund. This
amount will probably make a fair
comparison with the funds to be
budgeted for the coming year.
The financial committee of the
board,' composed of John Newton
as chairman, and Rufus Peeples
and E. W. Harrison, members, will
meet Fi’iday night. The purpose
of this meeting will be to prepare
a preliminary report for the use
of the board.
The money to be available to
the college is made up of federal
and local funds and the Texas legis
lature’s appropriation. Figures on
the two former are not now avail
able, but $3,558,877 was appropri-
(See DIRECTORS, Page 4)
The Freshman Class has been authorized a formal ball
for the evening of August 3 and plans are now underway
for one of the outstanding week-ends of the summer, the
office of Student Activities announced today. Bill Turner’s
Aggieland Orchestra has been booked to play for both this
event and for an all-corps ball on the following Saturday
night, August 4th.
Katie Myate Sparks
Another Successful
Wednesday Jamboree
Katie Myate, popular vocalist
from North Texas State Teachers
College, headlined Bill Turner’s
Wednesday night Jamboree in
Guion Hall before an enthusiastic
audience of localites.
Miss Myate, who hails from
Abilene, Texas, swooned the au
dience with “There I’ve Said it
Again,” and “Cuddle Up a Little
Closer)” For an encore she sang
the popular “Roseroom.”
The Aggieland Orchestra, strict
ly on the groovey side, started
their program with “Cherokee’ a
little ditty that had the audience
convinced that we might not do
so bad to give the country back
to the Indians after all. Maestro
Turner next presented his versa
tile musical madcaps in “Three
Blind Mice,” a novelty arrange
ment of the nursery rhyme where
in the wandering rodents roamed
from tap dancing to ballet to cir
cus roxxtine to Cossack fling and
(See JAMBOREE, Page 4)
Reorganization of A&M Flying
Club Offers Opportunity For
Low-Cost Pilot Instruction
A reorganization meeting of the
Texas A. & M. Flying Club is
scheduled for this evening at 6:45
in the New Y.M.C.A. It is ex
pected that officers will be elect
ed and plans will be formulated
for the club’s activities during the
current semester.
The Flying Club has been in
existence on the A. & M. campus
since the fall of 1944, and is operat
ed as a student activity affox'ding
students an unusual opportunity
for low-cost instruction in College-
owned airplanes. Any student en
rolled in the College, including the
ASTP and ASTRP, te eligible fox-
membership. The plan of instruc
tion is designed to qualify students
for application for a private li
cense, from which point they may
go on with further training for
more advanced licenses if desii'ed.
Rates for instruction and use
of airplanes are considerably be
low normal, stated H. W. Barlow,
dean of the School of Engineering,
since club members fly as a
group and agree to fly for a speci
fied number of hours per week.
Transportation to and from the
flying field is furnished. The Texas
A. & M. airport is considered one
of the finest and best equipped
college airfields in the country, and
the College-owned planes are in
spected and certificated by govern
ment officials.
Any students who are interested
in learning to fly or in finding
out whether they are adapted for
flying are invited to go by the
Aeronautical Engineering depart-
meixt, where they may secure the
names of the officers of the club
who should be contacted.
Ag-g-ie of the Week . . .
Scott Haggard, Senior Scribe
By Clyde Crittenden
From Plano, Texas comes Scott
Haggax’d for this week’s choice of
“Aggie of the Week”. Way back
in the year 1925 on July 17 Scott
received his first glimpse of day
light in the fair limits of Plano.
And it seems that until Scott
journeyed to Aggieland, he did not
hang his hat elsewhere.
Last semester, Scott served ably
as Commander of the First Bat
talion of the Second Regiment.
This, semester, he is sex-ving as
Captain of Fourth Company. Much
of his time these days is also de
voted to his position as Secretary
of the Senior Class.
Waco, Texas serves as Scott’s
center of attraction these days. A
certain brunette in that said city
is the recipient of all his atten
tions when it comes to his love life.
“Tippin In” we’re told is Scott’s
favorite dance piece, but he quick
ly acknowledges that the soft and
sweet pieces of Sammy Kaye, his
favorite band, make a hit with him.
Along scholastic lines, Scott is
Scott Haggard
★ ★★★★★★★
a student of the school of Veteri-
nax-y Medicine, i When quizzed on
his post graduate plans, he tells
us that his plans include his en
trance into practice somewhex'e in
North Texas.
\
Traditional guests of the Fresh
man Class will be all Seniors. The
admission to the dance will be the
usual price of $1.25 plus a federal
tax of 25$ and tickets are now in
the hands of a committee and will
be offered for sale in each com
pany.
The dance, weather pex’mitting,
will be held in The Grove. Dormi
tory space will be made available
for girls invited from out-of-
town.
“All Freshman are urged to buy
tickets early and begin now mak
ing arrangements for the week
end. This is one dance every mem
ber of the class should attend with
a date,” said Fish Bryant, class
president.
The Corps Dance on August 4th
will be informal and also will be
held in The Grove. The standard
admission will be charged for this
event, it was announced.
State Ag Agencies
Hold Meeting Here
Leadixxg field crop, soil conserva
tion and farm engineering experts,
representing the outstanding agri
cultural agencies in the state, were
in attendance at a conference held
this past week-end on the A. & M.
campus, the purpose of which was
to recommend fundamental soil
px-actices to the farmers in the
blackland and grand prairie area's
of Texas.
E. A. Miller, agronomist for the
Extension Service, acted as chair
man of the meeting. Agencies rep
resented included Texas Extension
Service, Agricultural Experiment
Station, Department of Agronomy
and Agricultural Engineering, De
partment of Vocational Education
in Agricultural, Federal Soil Con
servation Service, Farm Security
Administration and the A.A.A.
A similar meeting was held in
1940 and, according to Chairman
Miller, resulted in so much help
to field workers that the meeting
this year was planned to afford
an opportunity to bring material
up to date for more effective use.
Since the 1940 meeting many not
able accomplishments have been
X'ealized, including improvements in
Hybrid corn and its gradual sub
stitution by farmers in this state;
pasture and soil improvements
have been widespi'ead; flax has be
come generally grown as a com
mercial crop; sevex'al varieties of
small grains have been added and
improved generally; and, soil con
servation practices have kept a
pace with modern trends in agri
cultural thinking and planning.
Director Ide P. Trotter of the
A. & M. Extension Service, speak
ing before the group in its first
morning assembly, expressed the
hope that a simple outline of
fundanmental soil practices could
be agreed upon. Director Trotter
expressed the opinion that a sim
plified program would meet with a
more immediate adoption and hence
would be of more immediate bene
fit in the badly needed production
of food and feed for the war ef
fort.
MAINTENANCE FEES
Third installment of Mainten
ance Fees of $46.30 payable
August 1-6 inclusive can be
paid now. These fees include
board $32.00, room $11.45, and
laundry $2.85 to September 7,
1945.
The Cashier of the Fiscal De
partment will accept these fees
from 8:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.