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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
Town Hall Books Rubinoff,
Speaks, Thibault, Bannerman,
Hughes for 1945-46 Season
The rafters of Ye Olde Town Hall during the 1945-46
season will ring with the merry notes of by far the most en
tertaining numbers yet booked by this popular campus or
ganization. This became apparent Thursday with the release
by the Student Activities office of its tentative 1945-46 of
ferings, featuring the most famous name in fiddledom,
Rubinoff and his Violin, and the popular radio singing stars,
Margaret Speaks and Conrad Thibault.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1945
NUMBER 94
Carrying out this general idea
of more entertainment and less of
the “long-haired” variety of of
ferings, the new season will find
the Town Hallers listening to and
looking at the varied abilities and
charms of Lois Bannerman, lovely
and talented harpist, who will ap
pear in joint recital with the Gor
don String Quartet; the music of
the Modern Choir from TSCW, re
peating their 1942 appearance; a
jam-up concert by the Singing Ca
dets and Aggieland orchestra,
marking the first time these two
Aggie groups have appeared joint
ly on Town Hall; popular piano
technics by America’s own pianist-
composer, Percy Grainger.
As extra numbers the A Cap-
pella Choir of Bryan, the outstand
ing high school singing group in
the state, will appear on Town
Hall for the first time, and, if ar
rangements can be made, the en
tire troupe of the operetta, “The
Bohemian Girl,” with an ex-Met
star as director, from the North
Texas State’s famous school of
music, will present this well known
attraction.
To round out a season of ten
numbers, John R. Hughes, interna
tionally famous radio commentator,
will present his “News and Views
by John B. Hughes”.
Season tickets for both students
and adults will go on sale late
this month, it was announced, at no
advance over last year’s prices.
Dates for attractions have not
been completed, although tempo
rary dates have been set for
Hughes on December 4th, Rubinoff
for October 24th, and December
19th for Grainger.
“Cost of Education Is Going Up”,-Adams
The importance of education in
our democratic system was em
phasized at a meeting of the A.
and M. Chapter of the American
Association of University Profes
sors held the night of August 30
at the YMCA Assembly Hall by
Representative George E. Adams
of Bryan, in an address on “Educa
tion in the Texas Legislature.”
Adams quoted from the letter ad
dressed to the Governor by the
Postwar Planning Commission of
31 members to the effect that there
can be no retrenchment in expend
itures for education. In the fu
ture education will cost more and
should cost more. Can Texas af
ford it? He explained that in 1944
Texans spent $65,000,000 for ciga
rettes, $75,000,000 for hard liquor,
and $95,000,000 for beer, a total
far and away greater than that
spent altogether for education.
In a candid comment on the gov
erning boards of A. and M. and the
University, Adams mentioned a
seeming confusion between the
policy making and administrative
functions, and emphasized there
should be a clear distinction be
tween the two functions.
Texas is below the average in
the country in educational ex
penditures and standards, said
Adams. Low salaries have resulted
in low teacher standards and scar
city of teachers.
Referring to higher education,
Adams mentioned a trend toward
industrial and commercial educa
tion, need for a more dependable
basis for plant maintenance, and
the need for a higher standard of
teachers in institutions of higher
education.
The Legislature’s assignment in
the educational field, as Adams
saw it, included adjustment of the
state administrative repsonsibili-
ties of the boards, increased ap
propriations for public schools, a
buiding program and provision of
adequate salaries for the higher
educational institutions, and the
provision of graduate work for
Negroes.
About 50 members of the Amer
ican Association of University
Professors and friends were pres
ent. The next meeting will be in
October, it was announced. The
possibility was suggested of a dis
trict American Association of Uni
versity Professors meeting at Bay
lor University, Waco, at the meet
ing of the Texas Academy of
Science, November 6-9-10.
Gen. Allen Returns College Board,
Former Students
To Meet Jointly
Major General Roderick Allen,
an Aggie of the class of 1915, has
arrived in the United States to
spend a thirty day leave.
The 51-year-old commander of
the First Armored Division in the
European Army of Occupation is
a native of Palestine, Texas and
majored in Animal Husbandry at
A. & M. Known as “Red”, General
Allen served as Battalion comman
der of the Third Battalion Cavalry
while a cadet at Texas A. & M. In
World War I, he served as captain
in the Third Cavalry in France;
and during World War II, he serv
ed as commander of the 12th Armo
red Division of the Third Army,
being shifted only recently to the
1st Armored Division.
What’s Cooking
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7
3:00 p.m.: A&M Garden Club at
YMCA parlor.
6:30 p.m.: Softball, Military vs.
Pirates at College Hills Diamond;
Tigers vs. Orioles at College dia
mond.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 8
9:00 a.m.: Rosh Hashanah serv
ices at YMCA chapel.
2:00 p.m.: Intramural track
meet, preliminaries.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 9
2:00 p.m.: Intramural track
meet, finals.
MONDAY, SEPT. 10
7:30 p.m.: YMCA cabinet meet
ings in “Y” chapel.
7:30 p.m.: YMCA council meet
ing in “Y” assembly room.
TUESDAY, SEPT 11
12:00 noon: Kiwanis Club at
Duncan Hall.
Two meetings important to the
college are being held this week
end. The routine meeting of the A.
& M. Board of Directors begins
Friday night and will last through
Saturday. Its purpose is to handle
routine business, put the finishing
touches on the Student Affairs set
up, and clear the agenda so that no
business will be carried over to the
next meeting. The Former Stud
ents Association will also meet Fri
day and Saturday morning with
the primary purpose of discussing
its gift fund.
There will be a joint meeting of
the two groups Saturday morning
to discuss further and more au
thoritatively how through the gift
fund an intensive drive may be
started to increase the donations
to the Student Activities building
and other approved college purpos
es, such as the research fund and
others.
According to E. E. McQuillen,
executive seci*etary of the Former
Students Association, Coach Homer
Norton has promised the directors
a preview of next season’s football
team at a scrimmage Saturday
afternoon.
The next meeting of the Board
will be a joint meeting with the
Texas University regents on Nov
ember 28, the day before the A. &
M.-Texas game as is customary.
In addition to the November meet-
itig, the A. & M. Board meets on
the second Saturday of January,
Aggie Heroes Freed From Japs
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Gen. George F. Moore
Following close upon the heels
of the liberation of Lieutenant
General Jonathan M. Wainwright
was the announcement last week
by the War Department that Major
General George Fleming Moore had
been freed and had arrived in
Chungking. General Moore was
with Wainwright in a party of
high ranking officers, all of which
were liberated from a Jap prison
camp.
General Moore, perhaps the most
illustrious Aggie to participate in
World War II, was in command of
the harbor defenses on Corregidor
when the island was captured by
the Japanese in May of 1942. Gen
eral Moore was taken prisoner at
that time and remained in a Jap
prison camp until his release last
week.
General Moore was a member of
the graduating class of 1908. He
returned to his old alma mater
and served as commandant in the
years of 1938, 1939, and 1940,
holding the rank of colonel during
those years. In 1940 he was ordered
to leave A. & M. and assume duty
in Hawaii.
During his years as a cadet at
Texas A. & M. General Moore was
one of the corps’ outstanding foot
ball players. It was during his
years of great football playing
that the name “Old Maud” became
affixed to him^ because his kicking
was so powerful.
Col. Tom Dooley
The War Department announced
last week that a Texan, Lieutenant
Colonel Tom Dooley of McKinney,
had been selected to witness the
surrender ceremonies of the Japa
nese aboard the U. S. S. Missouri.
The announcement was received
with great pride by the corps of
cadets at Texas A. & M., because
Colonel Dooley is a former cadet
of the institution.
The reason for Colonel Dooley’s
selection to be present at the cere
monies to end the war was that he
was adjutant to Lieutenant Jona
than Wainwright and was taken
prisoner along with the other offi
cers and men of Wainwright. The
War Department announced that
Dooley had returned to military
control in Chungking, and that he
would accompany Wainwright to
Tokyo, after which he would re
turn to the United States.
Dooley went to the Philippines
in May of 1941 and was captured
in 1942, when Wainwright sur
rendered to Japan.
Colonel Dooley was in the grad
uating class of 1935 at Texas A.
& M. While a cadet here, he was
voted one of the five most popular
cadets of 1935. He was captain of
the corps staff, a member of the
cadet colonel’s staff, and yell lead
er. He majored in mechanical en
gineering. At the time of his
liberation, Dooley held the rank
of Major; but upon his release, he
was promptly promoted to Lieu
tenant Colonel.
Student Affairs
Employs Adviser
For Servicemen
Lt. Colonel Bennie A. Zinn,
Class of ’26, has been added to the
staff of the Director of Student
Affairs as Veteran’s Adviser and
has established offices with the
college registrar, it has been an
nounced.
Now on terminal leave after a
distinguished military record,
Colonel Zinn will revert to an in
active status with the army. His
new position is in response to the
need for a full time veteran’s ad
viser and Colonel Zinn’s office will
render assistance to servicemen on
all types of problems including
housing, courses of study, personal
affairs, eligibility under the GI-
bill, pensions, books and any other
matter affecting the serviceman’s
welfare.
Colonel Zinn has been awarded
the Legion of Merit, the Bronze
Star, the Croix de Guerre with
palm, the Purple Heart, the Com
bat Infantryman’s Badge, the
American Defense Ribbon and the
ETO ribbon with 6 campaign stars.
The Legion of Merit was award
ed for the efficient planning of
the supply and evacuation of the
82nd. Division in the Normandy
Campaign; the Bronze Star was
awarded Colonel Zinn for the su
perior handling of some 169,000
German prisoners, their feeding,
evacuation and first aid.
The Purple Heart award to
Colonel Zinn was for wounds re
ceived in the Normandy battles,
and the Combat Infantryman’s
badge was awarded during the
Italian campaigns of Salerno and
Mt. Maori.
Colonel Zinn served from Aug
ust ’44 until his terminal leave
started in July of this year with
the 18th Airborne Corps.
The new veteran’s adviser will be
domiciled at 256 Clark Street on
the campus. He is married and has
one son.
City Asks Public
To Cooperate In
Preventing Polio
The spread of polio, dreaded
summer epidemic which has thus
far made little or no headway
in College Station, can be kept
under control only by vigorous
attention to sanitation, according
to City health officials, who this
week urged all residents of the
City to provide their homes with
garbage cans with covers.
“Flies are suspected of being
one of the sources of polio. When
garbage is left exposed it pro
vides food for the deadly carriers
of this dreaded disease. Thus far
College Station has been fortunate
in keeping polio down. The^ fight
should not be relaxed. Every
thoughtful citizen will cooperate
by getting a good tightly sealed
garbage container,” the officials
said.
Local hardware stores report
that metal containers are now
available without priorities, it was
stated.
Plans Begin for
1946 Longhorn
While the Corps anxiously a-
waits word on the delivery of the
1945 Longhorn, plans are being
made to publish a 1946 edition of
the Aggie annual with the first re
quirement being delivery on or be
fore May 15, 1946, acording to a
statement issued by the Student
Activities Committee.
War time shortages and labor
difficulties, responsible for the big
delay in the 1945 book, are expect
ed to be settled before the 1946
book goes into production.
The manager of Student Activ
ities was authorized by the Com
mittee to work with a committee
representing the present Junior
Class and ascertain the feasibility
of publishing in 1946. The present
Senior Class will be represented
(See LONGHORN, Page 4)
Corps Will Elect Four Yell Leaders
and Battalion Editor Sept. 14; Town
Hall and Longhorn Jobs Also Open
STUDENT ELECTION SUMMARY
DATE:
PLACE:
Rotunda of
Friday, September 14.
Rotunda of Academic Building.
PURPOSE: To name 2 Senior Yell Leaders, 2 Junior Yell Leaders and an
editor of The Battalion.
WHO CAN VOTE: Any Aggie registered for this semester.
ELIGIBILITY:
For Senior Yell Leade
1. Must
2. Must
last semester
now be in at least fifth semester at Texas A. &
have passed at least sixty percent of school work
emester registered in A. & M.
,de point
wise sati
egistered
Must have a grade point average of at least 1.5
Must have other’
M.
during
satisfactory record,
rtaining at leas
vities
For Junior Yell Lc;
st file petition containing at least 20 names with the Student
tivities Committee by 1:30 Monday, Sept. 10th.
Activitie
I Leader
1. Must now be in at least fourth semester and ready to enter fifth
reader
be in a
semester at Texas A. & M.
2. Must meet same requirements as listed under Senior requirements
2, 3, 4, and 5 above.
, an
For Battalion Editor
1. Must have grade point ratio of 1.5.
2. Must have passed at least sixty percent of school work last se
mester.
Must have otherwise satisfactory record,
file request to have name on tl
ptember 10th at 1:30 with
Must
Monday, September 10th at
office. (No petition required).
the ballot not later than
i'ith the Student Activities
For Longhorn
1.
nghorn r.ditor
Must be a member of the Second Class of ’47.
Must have a grade point ratio of 1.5 and must ha
ra
las
ave passed sixty
percent ot school work last semester.
Must have otherwise satisfactory record.
Must notify Student Activities office noi
day.
The names of
day, Septen
Second Class
meeting of the class.
For Town Hall Manager
Same as for Longhorn Editor.
For Representative Student Activities Committee
Senior—same as for Senior Yell Lead'
ijor—same as for Junior Yell
not later than 1:30 Mon
candidate,
certified to the
held at a called
Junior—same as for
eaders.
Leaders
Green and Boynton Take Top Honors
In Engineering Slide Rule Contest
J. E. Green of Brownsville, and
Gene Boynton of Hamilton today
were announced winners of first
and second place respectively in
the 1945 slide rule contest con
ducted each year among first se
mester engineering^ students at the
Texas A. & M. College.
Green and Boynton, rated as the
most proficient in a course in en
gineering problems in which the
slide rule is used, were each given
a new L. L. Decitrig slide rule by
the Keuffel and Esser Company,
which has donated these slide rules
each year since the contest was
started in 1928.
Winners of the large bronze and
aluminum plaques awarded by the
College for first and second places
respectively in each branch of en
gineering represented among the
contestants were: Electrical En
gineering: Green, and W. M. Men-
ger, Vicksburg, Miss; Chemical En
gineering: Boynton, and J. W.
Thompson, Shreveport, La; Me
chanical Engineering: L. R. Lane,
Glen Rose, and J. B. Snyder, Waco;
Petroleum Engineering: Pat Brown
New Gulf, and J. T. Berry, Sweet
water; Aeronautical Engineering:
T. A. Goodwyn, Dallas, and J. D.
Morgan, Tyler; Management En
gineering; T. W. Flenner, Dallas,
and P. M. Dodson, Dallas; Civil
Engineering: J. M. Swingle, Sher
man, and W. F. Bohlman, Schulen-
burg.
This slide rule contest is dis
tinctively a Texas A. & M. College
practice. So far as is known here
no ^other college or university has
a similar contest to spur interest
in proficiency in the use of the
slide rule.
To be eligible to enter the contest
a student at mid-semester must
be among the top 10 percent of all
students taking engineering prob
lems, which is known officially as
M. E. 101 and 102.
The course, says Chas. W. Craw
ford, head of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, simply is
mathematics and physics problems
applied to engineering in which
the slide rule is the working tool.
Much of the credit for success
of the slide rule contest belongs
to Mr. Crawford, who has headed
this department since 1929 and
was a member of the department
staff the preceding year when the
first contest was conducted.
Until three years ago awards
consisted of the two slide rules for
first and second place, and all
other contestants were given a
small bronze paper weight appro
priately inscribed. At that time,
D. W. Fleming, assistant professor
in the Mechanical Engineering De
partment, made plaque patterns
which are cast in the College
foundry by M. W. Watson, depart
ment instructor, and these are
mounted on mahogany backgrounds
made in the College wood shop.
Each plaque bears the emblem
of the society or institute for that
particular branch of engineering.
Now all other contestants re
ceive an aluminum paper wieg’ht
mounted on a small mahogany
shield.
Not only is there rivalry among
students in the whole course, but
also among students in the same
branch of engineering, and this ex
tends to the heads of the various
departments making up the School
of Engineering at the Texas A. &
M. College.
Marianne
Featured with the Sonr f ' Dun
ham Band is the sultry and tan
talizing Marianne, dynamic blonde
songstress of the Dunham aggre
gation which will bow in at Sbisa
Hall on Friday evening, Septem
ber 21, at the Final Corps Ball.
AVMA Elects
New Officers for
Fall Semester
Elmo Crenshaw was elected pres
ident of the A. & M. chapter of
the A. V. M. A. for the 1945 fall
semester at a meeting of the socie
ty held last nig-ht at the amphi
theatre of the Veterinary Hospital.
Other officers elected we^e: Bob
Ward, president-elect; Dan High
tower, vice-president; Robert C.
Buie, secretary-treasurer; Wayne
Grogan, reporter; David G. Smok
ier, sergeant-at-arms.
Dr. Turk and Dr. Milliff were
elected senior sponsors of the
society, and Dr. Dunn was named
honorary sponsor. Jim Carol, re
tiring president, expressed his ap
preciation to members of the club
for their cooperation during the
current semester. A membership
drive will be held during the month
of October, and plans are being
made to give a bonus or prize to
the first class turning in a 100 per
cent membership.
Students to Elect
Representatives to
Activities Council
The return of student acti
vities on the A. & M. campus
to a pre-war basis was given
impetus in the Monday meet
ing of the Student Activities
Committee when general elec
tions were ordered for Sep
tember 14 to fill several im
portant positions in the Corps,
including editor of the Bat
talion, editor of the 1946
Longhorn, Manager of Town
Hall, and the important posi
tions of Junior and Senior
Yeljt Leaders for the coming
school year.
Two other positions will be fill
ed by a general vote of the Corps.
Representatives to the Student
Activities Committee will be nam
ed from the Junior and Senior
Classes. These are important posi
tions in determining the policy of
activities on the campus, making
the social calendar and planning
the general welfare of the student
body.
The entire Corps will choose
Yell Leaders from candidates from
the present Junior and Sophomore
Classes. The Corps will also elect
the Editor of the Battalion. The
Town Hall manager and the Long
horn editor will be named by the
present Junior Class. Present Sen
iors, first class of ’47, have agreed
that major corps officers would
be filled from the present Junior
Class which constitutes the second
class of ’47.
Petitions for candidates wishing
to appear on the ballot to be
voted on September 14th must be
filed with the Student Activities
office by 1:30 P. M., Monday, Sep
tember 10th. Requirements for the
various offices to be filled are listed
in today’s Battalion.
Balloting will be in the rotunda
of the Academic Building and the
election will be under the super
vision of the Student Elections
Committee. Election judges will be
named by the Committee when it
meets at 2:30 Monday afternoon,
September 10th, to pass on the
petitions submitted. The final bal
lot will be carried in the September
13th edition of the Battalion which
will be distributed by carrier on
Thursday preceding the election
the following Friday.
Candidates approved by the
Elections Committee will be af
forded an opportunity to issue a
statement in the Battalion.
Present acting yell leaders will
serve this semester only and newly
elected yell leaders will be respon
sible for the yells at the first
football game with Ellington Field,
only one week following their elec
tion. That the entire Corps must
cooperate with the new yell leaders
is an obvious fact, one Aggie lead
er stated following the decision to
elect new men before the first
game.
“Here’s a chance for the
TWELFTH MAN to come to the
rescue,” said J. B. Kearby, Senior
prexy. “I urge the Corps to turn
out and vote for the men of their
choice.”
Experience Not Required
For the first time in many
(See CORPS, Page 4)
MAINTENANCE FEES
Fourth instalment of Main
tenance fees of $21.70 payable
September 1-7 inclusive can be
paid now. These fees include
board $15.00, Room $5.35, and
Laundry $1.35, to September 22,
1945. The Cashier of the Fiscal
Department will accept these
fees from 8:00 a. m. until 1:30
p. m.
In accordance with College
Regulations any student who has
not paid his fees by 5 p. m., Fri
day, September 7, will be drop
ped from the rolls of the College
and will be required to vacate
his dormitory room and cease
eating in the Dining Hall with
in 24 hours.