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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
Texas A&M
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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.
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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.
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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.