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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, AUGUST 2, 1945 NUMBER 90 Freshmen Plan Final Details For Formal Ball; Seniors Are Guests To the swingy sweet tunes of the increasingly popular^ Bill Turner and his Aggieland Orchestra, members of the Class of 1949 and their Senior guests will swing out tomor row night in The Grove beginning at 9:00 sharp. The second big dance of the summer, the first all-formal affair, is ex pected to attract a record-breaking crowd. Reports coming in from ticket-f salesmen indicate heavy attend ance. As last minute plans neared completion, the four freshmen com mittees were busy with the details ‘of decorations, ticket sales, re freshments and general details. Cold drinks will be sold at stand ard five-cent prices and plenty of ice water will be on hand. A score of freshmen planned to apply plenty of wax-polish to the slab late Friday night and top this with an ample treatment of a new kind of powder that is reported to make the concrete surface “smooth and fancy free.” An invitation has been extended the Senior class by Fish Bryant, ’49 class president. The seniors will be admitted on payment of 25^ federal tax. Only the Seniors of the First Class of 1947 and men who entered A. & M. prior to that class will be eligible to attend, ac cording to J. B. Kearby, Senior Class president. The decorations committee for the dance includes Fish Schalghter, Frog Wren, Fi’og Morgan, Frog Smith, Frog Morris, Fish Omo and Fish Marble. The refreshments will include Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper and other bottled drinks. Dates for the week-end may be housed in Dorm 10 and rooms may be reserved at the Commandant’s office beginning Thursday after noon. Rooms will cost $1.00 for the two nights with cadets furnishing the linens. An extra highlight of the week end will be an all-corps ball on Saturday night. The Grove will be the scene of this dance also, and music will be furnished by Bill Turner and the Aggieland Orches tra. The price of this dance will be the usual $1.50. Major Woody Varner, Class of ^0, Visits Here After ETO Tour Major Durward B. “Woody” Varner, ’40, just returned from the European theater, was a campus visitor Wednesday enroute to Houston where he will spend part of a 30-day leave prior to reporting for re-assignment in the Pacific. Varner, one of the outstanding graduates of the college, was ca det colonel of the corps in 1940 and held numerous campus honors, in cluding president of his soph and junior classes, captain of the 1940 basketball team, editor of The Scientific Review, member Scholar ship Honor Society and Who’s Who in American Colleges and Univer sities. A graduate in AA, Varner is on leave from the Federal Land Bank of Houston. Major Varner was called to ac tive duty in August of 1941. He went overseas with the 13th Army Corps, a part of the 9th Army, in January of 1944. Major Varner participated in the campaigns of Normandy, North France, the Rhineland and Central Germany. Varner’s wife, the former Paula Trice, and his 2 1-2 year old son, Tom, accompanied the Major on his visit to Aggieland. NOTICE to STUDENTS Monday, Aug. 6, is the last day on which the third install ment of maintenance fees may be paid without penalty. This installment, totalling $46.30, covers the period August 7, to September 7, and includes board $32.00, room rent $11.45 and laundry $2.85. The Fiscal De partment will accept the pay ment daily from 8 a. m. to 1:30 p. m.; Saturdays 8 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. In accordance with College Reg ulations any student who has not paid his fees by 5 p. m., Monday, August 6, will be drop ped from the rolls of the Col lege and will be required to vacate his dormitory room and cease eating in the Dining Hall within 24 hours. PAPER DRIVE Saturday, August 4, being the first Saturday of the month, is paper collection day for the College area. Paper on the A. & M. College campus, South Oakwood, College Park, College Hills, West Park, North Oak- wood, North Gate Area and Grant’s Filling Station area will be collected between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday, Au gust 4. It is requested that pa per be tied in two directions, so as to facilitate the collection. . L. G. JONES, Chairman, Paper Collection Drive India Will Become Free State, Says Kiwanis Speaker “The rise of a free, self-govern ing India is in the cards,” stated Colonel W. E. Morgan, who has recfently returned from a 22-month duty tour in India and Bui'ma,-be fore the Tuesday luncheon meeting of the College Station Ki wanis Club. * Col. Morgan called attention to the reasons for our interest in the problem of India, enumerating our need for a strong political friend in Asia, the influence of economic conditions in any sizeable territory of the world upon the rest of the globe, and the huge potential mar ket which India could offer for American products. He also cited a number of problems which will have to be solved before India can rise to the rank of a world power as an independent nation, some of which were as follows: (1) The incredibly low degree of efficiency of the Indian people in developing their own resources, which is large ly due to an appalling lack of cap ital goods; (2) the collective un productivity of the Indian people caused by the economic barriers of the “caste system”; (3) the lack of political unity in India; and (4) religious differences in the country and their deterioating effects up on economic development. Col. Morgan startled his audience with the statement that the average family income in India amounts* to about $25.00 per year, and stated that livestock and agricultural methods, as well as industrial prac tices, are still in the primitive stage. ; He expressed the belief that the recent turn in the British polit ical administration will mean a more liberal treatment of India’s problems, and suggested that through the youth of India is the only means of breaking down the economic barriers set up by relig ious or superstitious beliefs and the (See KIWANIS, Page 4) Ag Teachers Meet Here for Barbecue And Conference Vocational agriculture teachers from twenty surrounding counties held an all-day conference at Tex as A&M College Monday, and closed the day’s program with a barbecue at the Jones ranch. E. R. Alexander, head of the Agricultural Education depart ment, was chairman for the day, and Henry Ross and Lloyd Hal- brooks of his department, assisted with the program. ' Monday afternoon’s session was highlighted by a round table dis cussion of pastures, feeding and management. Mr. Alexander acted as moderator and those appearing on the panel were Fred Hale, chief of the swine division, Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station; O. C. Copeland, chief of the dairy di vision, Experiment Station; Ike Dahlberg", acting head of the Ani mal Husbandry Department of A. & M. College, E. D. Parnell, pro fessor of Poultry Husbandry, serv ing this summer with the Exten sion Service; and R. C. Potts, Ex periment Station grass investiga tions. A tour of the Jones ranch pre ceded the barbecue supper. Langford Awarded Bronze Star Medal Major Ernest K. Langford, son of Mayor and Mrs. Ernest Lang ford of College Station, has been awarded the Bronze Star for meri torious service in connection with military operations in France and Germany during the period Febru ary 10 to April 30, 1945, according to word received here. The citation, issued by General F. W. Milburn, Corps Commander of the XXI Army Corps, stated in part, “Major Langford displayed exceptional ability in coordinating friendly artillery observation, ef fecting a system of locating ene my batteries, and in spite of ad verse conditions was habitually successful in obtaining vital enemy information which resulted in ef fective fire on enemy installations, because of his enterprising alert ness and perisistence.” A member of the class of ’39, Major Langford was graduated by Texas A. & M. with a degree in Civil Engineering. He entered the service in June of 1941, going over seas for the first time in November of that year. Returning to the states in January of 1944, after 2 years in the Alaskan theater, Ma jor Langford sailed for Europe in November of 1944 and participated in the final onslaught that resulted in the defeat of the German army. Major Langford’s wife, the for mer Annie Laura Beckman, and his 3 year old son, David Keith, are residing in San Antonio with her parents. A native of Brazos Coun ty, Major Langford was graduated by Consolidated High School of College Station. Whatfs Cooking 1:45 5:00 7:00 p.m.: p.m.: p.m,: 9:00 p.m.: 8:00- 11:00 9:00 1:45 4:15 8:00 11:00 12:00 1:45 7:15 7:30 11:00 11:30 a.m.: p.m.: p.m.: p.m.: p.m.: a.m.: noon: p.m.: p.m.: p.m.: a.m.: FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. League B volleyball playoff, Dorm 6 vs. 3rd Co. City softball, Indians vs. Pirates at College Park dia mond. FRESHMAN BALL at The Grove. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 a.m.: Paper drive by Boy Scouts. Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. CORPS DANCE with Aggieland Orchestra at The Grove. MONDAY, AUGUST 6 Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. Intramural openers, basketball and touch football. Evening circle, Presbyterian Women’s Auxiliary, at home of Mrs. R. R. Lyle in Park Place. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. Kiwanis Club luncheon at Duncan Hall. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 Beginners’ swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. Aggie Jamboree, with Aggieland Orchestra and Sing ing Cadets, at Guion Hall. Latin-American Club, Lecture Room of CE Building. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 Advanced swimming instruction at Downs Natatorium. The Board of Directors, A. & M. College of Texas Directors Commend Gilchrist, Increase Student Entertainment Fund, Announce Staff Promotions A budget totaling nearly twelve and a half million dollars was ap proved here Saturday by the A. & M. College board of directors for the fiscal year beginning Sep tember 1, and a resolution com mending President Gibb Gilchrist was passed. This resolution reads: “Upon motion by Mr. Harrison and seconded by Mr. Newton, the following resolution was unani mously adopted: “WHEREAS, President Gibb Gilchrist has completed one year of service as President of the Col lege; and “WHEREAS, his plans for the futui'e of the College show vision and practical forward thinking; therefore be it “RESOLVED, That the Board of Directors convey to President Gibb Gilchrist its pleasure at the eminently satisfactory manner in which he has performed the duties of President, and it further as sures him that the Board is be hind him in his far-sighted and constructive plans for the future.” Included in the budget was an item increasing the amount to be furnished for student entertain ment from $1000 to $4500. $2500 was granted to the Singing Cadets and the Aggieland Orchestra, and this item will provide the Aggies with more free entertainment, dances, concerts, and other wel come diversions, besides allowing more travel for the well-known Cadets and the popular orchestra. Further, it provides for a Hobby Shop and Garage, in which Aggies can make book-shelves, dance dec orations, football signs, and other items for their own use. Four New Department Heads Under the college’s modified service plan, four departments will have new heads next year. George B. Wilcox will head the consolidat ed education and psychology de partments, succeeding C. H. Wink ler, psychology, and W. L. Hughes, education; J. J. Woolket will suc ceed C. B. Campbell, modern lan guages; and G. W. Schlesselman will head the new Geography De partment. O. W. Silvey’s successor in physics has not yet been an nounced. Other Promotions Other promotions are as fol lows: To Assistant Professor, W. S. Manning, Accounting and Sta tistics; Roy C. Garrett, Agricul tural Engineering; B. L. Price and H. L. Kidd, Jr., English; G. T. Hill, C. E.; S. A. Cleland, E. D.; C. N. Heilscher, Industrial Ed.; C. A. Robison and W. S. Guthrie, M. E.; S. S. Kreuz, Vet. Anatomy; and E. D. Dwelle, Vet. Med. and Surgery. To Associate Professor, J. A. Gray, A. H.; T. W. Bretz, Biology; J. H. Bass, History; L. L. Grandi and H. A. Thomas, E. E.; and W. D. Fleming, M. E. To Pro fessor, J. Q. Hays, English; E. C. Klipple, Math; C. E. Tishler, P. E.; D. F. Weekes, Physics; W. A. Var- vel, Psychology; J. G. McGuire, E. D.; and G. T. Edds, Vet. Physiol ogy and Pharmacology. Accommodations for Veterans The Board, recognizing that spe cial accommodations will be nec essary for the convenience and comfort of returning veterans and their families, approved a plan to convert the elaborate Walton Hall into eighty-eight two-room fur nished housekeeping apartments. In addition, sixty homes will be supplied by the conversion of fif teen project houses into four apart ments each. This work will have priority over all other parts of the construction program, which will include additional sidewalks, storm sewers, curbs and gutters on the campus, reroofing of the Agricul tural Experiment Station adminis tration building, repairs to several campus residences at College Sta tion and at Stephenville, and the completion of the library steps, sidewalks, curbs and grading at Prairie View College. Gilchrist announced that Col. E. J. Howell will take over his duties as dean of John Tarleton Agricul tural College on Sept. 1, following (See DIRECTORS, Page 3) The Board of Directors of the A. & M. College of Texas is shown above as they convened here for the annual budget session. The entire Board is shown at top, as follows: back row, left to right: President Gibb Gilchrist, Henry Reese, D. S. Buchanan, H. J. Brees, E. W. Harri son, and John Newton; front row, left to right: Roy Potts, Rufus Peeples, H. L. Kokernot, and G. R. White, chairman. At lower left is the Finance Committee, which made recommenda tions to the Board with regard to the annual budget: left to right, Rufus Peeples, of Tehuacana; E. W. Harrison, of South Bend; and John Newton, of Beaumont. At lower right are the five members of the Board of Directors who have been appointed during the past twelve months. They are, from left to right: Reese, Peeples, Harrison, Potts, and Newton. Photo and engraving are by Tom Puddy, of Student Activities. Turner Goes In With Four Ladies and Draws Full House at Aggie Jamboree Ole’ Guion Hall witnessed her record performance of the summer last night as The Swingtette, a gM quartette from Denton, was encored five times by a delighted audience of Aggies and civilians. Once the girls got on the stage, it appeared that they would not be permitted to leave, until they fin ally outsang the Aggieland Or chestra’s repertoire of their songs; in fact, they ended their appear ance with a superbly arranged and executed version of “Sentimental Journey” without the band’s ac companiment. The Swingtette hails from Den ton, where the girls are students at North Texas State Teachers College, and has appeared on the popular radio “showtime” and on several Army camp programs. The orchestra opened the Jam boree with a fanfare and got off to a flying start with “Kansas City Moods”. After a couple of poems a la Iskabibble by the members of the band, Bill Turner introduced Aggie of the Week Alex Mijalis, Staff Captain This week we journey over to the “home of the web-feet” to pick our Aggie of the week, Alex S. Mijalis. Alex was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on June 16, 1926 and has lived there all his life. During his years in high school this twenty-year-old Senior con quered several foreign languages besides being elected to the Na tional Honor Society. Alex then came to Texas A. & M. to become an engineer and dis tinguished scholar. In his Junior year he was a sergeant on the staff; now, in his Senior year, he is a staff captain. ' When asked about music, Alex says that he adheres very strictly to the tempo of Harry James, es pecially the James type that “real ly jumps;” however, when the sit uation is just right (?), he likes the soft, quiet arrangements by any one of several good bands. Since enrolling at A. & M., Alex Alexis S. Mijalis ★ ★★★★★★★ has been a student of mechanical engineering. Upon graduation he plans to enter the automotive en gineering field somewhere in Lou isiana. Kermit Finley, a ten-year-old boy singer from Bryan, who pleased his audience with a soprano rendi tion of “Bless Them All” and “This Is Worth Fighting For”. The band turned up with another of its surprise features, but in this case it was the band who was sur prised as Maestro Turner put them through the hoops with an unre hearsed “Beat the Band” quiz show. The musicians, were stump ed a couple of times as they were called on to identify and then play a number of tunes whose titles were given with the key words missing. They managed to “jive the joint” with jam-session ver sions of “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans”, “Sidewalks of New York”, and “I Got a Girl in Kala mazoo”; but Turner was forced to pass out the dunce caps when they missed “On a Little Street in Sing apore” and another tune which the teacher identified as “When Kan sas City Kitty Smiled at Me” with the statement that it was popular “back in his time”. The band’s comeback was that no tune was that old, and that Kitty was prob ably still wearing diapers. The memory tune of the even ing was an old-timer from the Hit Parade of several years back, “Moonlight Cocktail”. This was followed by a good performance of “Tico Tico” with Pete Mayes giving out in a piano solo. The Singing Cadets filed on stage to repeat their first song of the summer “The Twelfth Man”, and the Jamboree was concluded with the defiant “Aggie War Hymn.” Senate Confirms Walton Nomination As U. S. Postmaster Dr. T. O. Walton was confirmed as U. S. postmaster at College Station Monday. The appointment was approved by the United States Senate upon the recommendation of Rep. Luther A. Johnson. Dr. Walton has been acting post master of the College Station post- office since last fall.