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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1945)
First Corps Election Since '42 To Be Held Tomorrow SAM NIXON Candidate for Battalion Editor R. M. BOTARD Candidate for Senior Activities Representative L. B. WARDLAW Candidate for Senior Activities Representative R. M. VICK Candidate for Senior Yell Leader DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Texas A«M The B G. P. CAVITT Candidate for Junior Yell Leader m B. W. ROSSER Candidate for Junior Yell Leader College alion C. B. HARRISON Candidate for Junior Activities Representative WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER DEEP IN AGGIELAND TEXAS A. & M. VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945 NUMBER 95 Directors Announce New Student Life Policy Yell Leader Candidates To Address Rally Tonight Pre-election temperature is expected to take a sizzling upswing at tonight’s yell practice when all candidates for senior and junior yell leaders will be presented to the corps and given an oportunity to speak briefly on their respective candidacies for important positions in the,coming school year. Texas A. & M.’s Newest Dean Dean of Men John W. Rollins Rollins Made Dean of Men; Campus Chaplain Provided Major John W. “Dough” Rollins became Dean of Men at A. & M. as a result of the action of the College Board of Directors at their meeting Saturday. At the same time, the board authorized a program of student welfare as recom mended by President Gibb Gilchrist and Major Rollins, ap propriated funds for immediate recreational needs, and ap proved the appointment of a College Chaplain to assist in the guidance of the student body and to offer counsel at all times. Details of tomorrow’s election have been completed by the Stu- d’ent Election Committee and a record turnout is expected in this revival of an old Aggie 1 custom, the first general election held by the Corps in many months. Cadet Colonel Verne Scott will be election judge, assisted by Bill Harper, senior representative, and Bob King, junior representative. LIBRARY BOOKS All students having library books checked out must return them to the Library before leaving the campus at the end of the Summer Semester. This does not apply to faculty mem bers, townspeople, or A.S.T.P. personnel. The Library will continue to charge out books during the remainder of the semester. What’s Cooking Friday, Sept. 14 8:00 a.m.: Polls open at Acade mic Building for student election. 8:00 p.m.: Comunity dance at the Grove. Sunday, Sept. 16 7:30 p.m.: Bus leaves George’s Confectionery for Atonement Day Services in Bryan. Tuesday, Sept. 18 12:00 noon: Kiwanis Club at Duncan Hall. Wednesday, Sept. 19 2:30 p.m.: Newcomers Club at home of Mrs. Carl Birdwell. finish the semester from that date; (3) the August payment of $78.00 for the remainder of the summer; or (4) the final installment of $21.70. Following is the official ballot as certified to by the Elections Committee consisting of R. L. King, C. B. Jefferies, A. L. Pres- nal, V. R. Benson, V. A. Scott, W. N. Higgins, and J. B. Kearby. Seniors Announce Corps Ball Plans Final plans have been made by the Senior Class for the arrange ments concerning the Final Corps Ball featuring Sonny Dunham his orchestra, which is scheduled for the evening of September 21 in the Main Annex of Sbisa Mess Hall. At the last Senior meeting, the committee for decorations was named. Bill Harper and Johnny Spragins were designated chair men of the committee, with Fount Ray and Alex Mijalis named as assistants. Placards advertising the dance have ’ been distributed throughout the Bryan-College Sta tion area, and after a strenuous advertising campaign that has last ed for the past three months, the attendance is expected to be at capacity. The motif to be employed in decorations is to carry out a foot ball theme, in view of the fact that the first game of the forthcoming football season is to occur on the following day, September 22. Business League Urges Purchase of City Power Plant A resolution recommending the purchase of a municipal power plant was adopted Tuesday night by the Business Men’s League of College Station. In addition, the League propounded a program of projects to be undertaken, which includes the expansion of the city’s trade territory by means of high ways and personal contacts, im provement of the A. & M. Conso lidated Schools, a resettlement of the present city boundaries with Bryan, and the attraction of desir able new businesses to the city. The resolution recommending a city-owned power plant was adopt ed after reports had been made by Ray Oden, Joe Skiles, S. A. Lips comb, and City Manager Lloyd Smith on the topics of present commercial and residential rates in the city as compared to rates of other electrical producers, the feasibility of obtaining power from the Lower Colorado River Authori ty, and the relative costs and reve nues from a city-owned plant. A copy of the resolution will be pre sented to the City Council in the near future, it was stated. The group approved a proposed organizational set-up which would authorize the chairman of the League to appoint a bureau chief for each of the projects outlined above. Each chief will in turn select his committee from the membership of the League. City Saves Money On Street Work College Station residents and visitors are driving much easier Aese days as a result of extensive street improvements completed on some 31/2 miles of city streets. Completed at a record low cost of only $4582.00, a saving made possible by the city doing the work with its own crew and with rented equipment, the new improvements include a total of 17,264 linear feet divided as follows: North Gate 4570 feet; College Hills 5350 feet, and College Park, Oakwood, and West Park 7339 feet. The steps used by City Manager Lloyd Smith, who supervised the work, included reshaping the bed of the streets, watering and rolling to obtain smoothness, treatment with asphalt and number one ag gregate gravel applied in two courses. “Almost all city streets are now hard surfaced,” Manager Smith stated. “There are a few streets that lacked proper base and we were unable to finish them. Just as soon as material is available to rebase these streets we hope to complete every street in the city the same way as the work just completed,” Smith said. Equipment was rented from the Collin Construction Company One of the all-time Aggie “greats,” J. W. “Dough” Rollins, ’17, became Texas A. & M.’s sixth dean with his appointment last Saturday to the important and new ly created position of Dean of Men. From a Fish of 1913 to a Dean in 1945 is the record of this popu lar figure, who comes from what has been termed the “outstanding family in Aggie history.” Rollins has seven brothers who like him self have graduated from A. & M. Just to keep a. Rollins on the rolls at all times, 12 of Dean Rol lins’ nephews have also been in at tendance at Aggieland. An outstanding athlete in Col lege, Rollins lettered on the great teams of 1914-15-16, captaining the Aggie eleven his senior year. After service overseas with an in fantry company as captain and company commander in World War I, Rollins entered the coaching CORRECTION Last week, the Battalion er roneously described Col. Tom Dooley as an A. & M. graduate from the Mechanical Engineer ing Department. The records show that he transferred from M. E. to Agricultural Engineer ing and received his degree from that department. of Austin. City crewmen, under Smith’s direction, did the work with city purchased materials. By handling street improve ments on this basis the per foot cost was cut considerably below the best price quoted the city in recent years, it was pointed out. ★ ★ ★ ★ field at Wesley College, Greenville, leaving there to become a County Agent in the A. & M. systern. In 1928 Dean Rollins returned to Wesley and from that college in 1930 stepped into the coaching job at East Texas Teachers where he made an outstanding record. In 1935 Rollins came to Texas A. & M. as Head Track Coach and Business Manager of Athletics and was serving in that capacity when he entered the armed services in July of 1942. Dean Rollins served with the Tank Destroyer School at Camp Hood until his release was requested by A. & M. to return to the campus as Director of Stu dent Affairs in the fall of 1944. At the time he became inactive, Dean Rollins held the rank of Major. Offices of the new dean will be in Goodwin Hall. His staff will include the same personnel assist ing him as Director of Student Affairs. Aggie Orchestra is Booked for Weekend Three dates for this weekend have been booked by the Aggie land Orchestra, according to Bill Turner, director. The popular orchestra will play for a dance at the Non-Commission ed Officers Club at the Bryan Army Airfield on Friday night. On Saturday evening they wil play for a dance presented by the Bay- town Humble Club at the commun ity house in Baytown, stopping over 'for a benefit performance in Houston Sunday afternoon at the Houston Stage Door Canteen, a civic sponsored servicemen’s en tertainment center located in the Auditorium Hotel. The action followed presentation of a report by a special committee of the board appointed by Pres ident G. R. White of Brady to study the situation. The committee was headed by John W. Newton, Beau mont, and included Rufus Peeples, Tehuacana;'E. W. Harrison, South Bend; and Col. D. S. Buchanan, Corpus Christi. The College Chaplain will live on the campus in contact with the stu dent body. He will be available at all times for counsel, and will co operate with local ministers in ar ranging a full spiritual guidance program for students of the col lege. The board altered the regula tion requiring monthly meetings of the Extension Service staff in the interests of reducing the travel necessary in attending the confer ences. It further required the District Agents of the Extension Service to reside in their districts. The President was instructed to bring in a plan to carry out this improvement of service not later than March, 1946. Further authorizations were as follows: Use of the American Legion pro ject house on the campus by local Boy Scouts of America. (See DIRECTORS, Page 3) The following is the text of the basic policy governing stu dent life and staff-student relationship at the College adopted by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors last Saturday: “The College accepts responsibility for the curricular work of the student and for his conduct and development. The term ‘College’ as used here embraces the Board of Directors, the President, the faculty, all personnel of the A. & M. system, the student body, former*students, and all the worthy traditions of the institution* “Every student is expected at all times to recognize con stituted authority, to conform to the ordinary rules of good conduct, to be truthful, to respect the rights of others, to pro tect private and public property, and to make the best use of his time toward an education. “Every student has rights which are to be respected. They include the right of respect for personal feelings, the right of freedom from indignity of any type, the right of freedom from control by any person except as may be in accord with pub lished rules and regulations of the College, and the right to make the best use of his time and his talents toward the ob jective which brought him to this institution. No officer or stu dent, regardless of position or rank, shall violate those rights. No custom or regulation in conflict will be allowed to prevail. “It shall be the duty of every person employed by this institution to conform to this policy; to cooperate with all agencies of the College and with the student body, individually and collectively, in carrying out its provisions. Personal re sponsibility in this respect will be primary.” The following is the unanimous declaration passed by the Directors, implementing the above basic policy: “That the system of student control that has been practiced over a number of years has been investigated by the Board of Directors and has been found unsatisfactory and not in the best interests of the College. ‘That the position of Director of Student Affairs be raised to the rank of a deanship with the title ‘Dean of Men’ and the Dean of Men report directly to the President of the College. “The code adopted by the Board of Directors shall be known as the Basic Policy. “The President of the College and the Dean of Men are directed to put the basic policy into effect as soon as possible. “The cadet system has many desirable advantages. The deficiencies are such that it cannot be successful unless the re sponsibility is accepted by every person connected with the A. & M. College system and the entire student body. A statement shall be placed on record that the basic policy adopted is to be adhered to by all alike. Instructions shall be issued that cadet officers, both non-commissioned and commissioned, be carefully chosen on the basis of scholarship, ability, leadership, and be required to execute an oath of office pledging faithful perfor mance of duty.” first sergeants and other non-com missioned cadet officers, it was stated. Ralloting will get underway ear ly, the polls opening at 8:00 in the rotunda of the Academic Building. Voting will be permitted until 5:00 and the polls will open during the noon hour. Each cadet will be given a writ ten ballot bearing the number as signed him as he registers for voting privilege. This procedure, similar to that followed in state elections, will enable secrecy of the balloots, yet will provide safeguards and permit a counting of the votes in the event of contest. Voting privileges will be accorded all Aggies presently enrolled in school who can present any one of the following evidences of having paid their fees: (1) June install ment slip for $197.50 showing pay ment for the entire semester; (2) July installment slip showing pay ment for the $112.80 required to Senior Yell Leaders Orville Baker Hilton (Goose) Hall R. M. Vick Junior Yell Leaders G. P. Cavitt B. W. Rosser Senior Activities Representative R. M. Botard L. B. Wardlaw Junior Activities Representative C .B. Harrison Battalion Editor Sam Nixon Aggies can vote on two men for senior and junior yell leaders and one man for each of the other places on the ballot. Applications for two other can didates were denied by the Student Elections Committee because of the applicants’ failure to meet the required grade point. C. R. Heath was declared eligible for Junior Yell Leader but was forced to withdraw at the last minute be cause of illness.