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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 45 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 4, 1945 NUMBER 2 Oh! Those Registration Lines ★ ★★★ ★★★★★★★★ 2,572 Enroll For Largest Student Body Since ’43 New Area Full - -- Hart, Leggett, Bizzell Used Student enrollment at Texas A. & M. College through Wednesday for the first peacetime semester has totaled • 2,572, H. L. Heaton, registrar, announced today. This represents an increase of 90 per cent over total registration during the semester ended September 21, which was 1,353. Registration figures include a- hout 300 former service men at tending Texas A. & M. under the so'-called GI Bill of Rights. There are 1,441 students who have at tended the College in the past and 1,131 new students. Former students began register ing Monday while new students reported during the week begin ning September 23 and underwent a week’s orientation program. With the entrance of so many new men all the prepared dormitor ies and outfits were filled to ca pacity and then overflowed. Some of the old area dormitories were also used. Those used were Leg gett, Bizzell, Milner, and Hart Halls. What's Cooking FRIDAY, OCT. 5 3:00 p. m.: A. & M. Garden Club at home of Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist. 8:00 p. m.: Football, A. & M. Consolidated Tigers vs. Buffalo at Bryan High stadium. SATURDAY, OCT. 6 8:00 a. m.: Paper collection by Boy Scouts. 2:30 p. m.: Football, A. & M. Catfish vs. Allen Academy at Bryan High School stadium. 2:30 p. m.: Football, Texas A. & M. vs. Oklahoma Univer sity, at Owen Field, Norman, Oklahoma. 7:00 p. m.: Aggieland Jambo ree, with Aggieland Orchestra and Singing Cadets, at Guion Hall. SUNDAY, OCT. 7 Church services at the church of your choice. 4:00 p. m.: Meeting of stu dents interested in Senior Boy Scouting, at YMCA Assembly Room. MONDAY, OCT. 8 8:30 p. m.: Registration for Dairy Short Course, in foyer of Agricultural Engineering Building. TUESDAY, OCT. 9 12:00 noon: College Station Kiwanis Club, at Duncan Hall. 2:00 p. .m: Bridge tournament sponsored by A. & M. Consoli dated Athletic Committee, at Bryan Country Club. The Texas A. & M. College Post war Enrollment Committee has made a careful estimate on antici pated student enrollment for the next few years. This is expected to reach 5,000 by the fall semester of 1946, followed by increases of about 1,000 yearly until a peak of 9,000 students is expected in the fall of 1949. Then within one year enrollment is expected to decline to about 7,000 where it should re main for a number of years. War veterans are expected by this committee to constitute about Local High Tigers Will Meet Buffalo Tomorrow Night Local football fans will get a look at A. & M. Consolidated School’s Tigers tomorrow night as they tangle with Buffalo in a night game at the Bryan High School stadium. Scheduled to start for the Tigers are Potter, left ehd; Street, left tackle; Rusty Anderson, left guard; Wilson, center; Rogers, right guard; Hunt, right tackle; Jones, right end; Long, at quarterback; Wally Anderson, left halfback; Winder, right half; and Echols, at fullback. Buffalo lost to Madisonville last Friday night by a score of 2-0, while College Station’s Tigers were taking a 24-0 count over Center ville. The Tigers are coached by R. B. Riddle, who got his football train ing at Decatur Baptist, and are using an offensive formation known as the “C”; they are also reported to line up in the T formation oc casionally. Game time tomorrow nght is 7:30. Establishes Lost And Found Office A long felt need on the campus is being met by the recently es tablished Lost & Found Depart ment located in room 100 of Good win Hall and operated as a service to the corps by the office of Stu dent Affairs. All persons finding articles of any description are asked to bring them to this department where an attempt will be made to locate the owner. All persons losing articles are asked to check with the depart ment. Each year many valuable books, slide rules, raincoats, caps and oth er articles are lost through forget fulness of the owners. The lost and found department is expected to do a land office business. 40 per cent of total enrollment from 1946 through 1948, then drop to 22 per cent in 1949, and to about 12 per cent of total enrollment of 7,000 in 1950. Decline of enrollment at the main college of from 9,000 in 1949 to 7,000 in 1950, the committee says, will be the effect of carrying through their college years the young men who have been in the armed services and who have re turned to school in 1946, 1947, and 1948. Veteran’s Advisory Committee Formed President Gibb Gilchrist of Tex as A. & M. College today an nounced formation of a Veterans’ Advisory Committee to facilitate the entrance **of veterans into col lege, to assist them in making ad justment as rapidly as possible to college life and to serve in a liai son and advisory capacity for the veterans and for regularly estab lished college agencies. The_membership on the veterans committee is as follows: Chairman, J. W. Rollins, dean of men; Frank G. Anderson, athletic department; E. L. Angell, soon to return from military leave; H. H. Brayton, chemistry department; H. L. Hea ton, registrar; W. R. Horsley, placement service and vice director of student affairs; J. T. L. Mc- New, vice president for engineer ing; E. E. McQuillen, executive secretary Association of Former Students; Joe Skiles, director of student activities; A. B. Stevens, petroleum engineering department, and B. A. Zinn, veterans counsellor. In addition, one man from each school, preferably a returned vete ran, is to be selected by the deans of the various schools. The com mittee will work with and through the established college agencies in scholastic matters, President Gil christ announced. PAPER DRIVE We are still shipping essential supplies to the Armed Forces in Occupied Areas. Paper will be collected on Saturday, Octo ber 6th from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. by troops 102, 411 and the Cubs. Collectors will be Messrs. P. J. Alwin Zeller, A. C. Magee, Vir gil Miller, Coleman A. O’Brien, L. G. Jones and the Scouts and Cubs. Residents are requested to tie the paper in bundles to facilitate handling. Twelve Aggie Seniors Will Leave For TSCW To Pick Sweetheart Seniors, Juniors Elect Class Officers Bob King Will Lead New Class of 1947 The senior class met last Tues day night to select its leader's for the next year. Bob King was elected president, and promised to do everything that he could to help better the school working through the class. Melvin Pruitt was elected vice-president, and Hilton Hall was chosen as the secretary-treas urer. The social secretary of the class is to be L. B. Wardlaw. Other business transacted tvas the election of Eli Barker to the position of Longhorn editor. Juniors Name Bell, Heath, and Self In its first meeting of this se mester, the junior class selected its leaders for the coming school year last Wednesday night. After some discussion of the candidates, Glenn Bell was elected president by a narrow margin over Charlie Heath. Vice-president was named as Heath, who was elected almost unanimously. The secretary-treas urer of the class is to be Alan Self. The election was the only bus iness transacted at the meeting. Another Jamboree Saturday Night; Aggieland, Cadets, Rogers Star Again Bill Turner’s Aggieland Orches tra and Singing Cadets will stage another big jamboree this Satur day night at seven o’clock. This entertainment will be for the bene fit of those men who cannot make the trip to Oklahoma. Also, the new freshmen will have an op portunity to see both of these or ganizations at their best, as there has been little change in the roster of the Singing Cadets and only one change in the orchestra. Renowned Artist to Offer Course Here A meeting of all people of the community who may be interested in a special art course will be held in Room 33 of the A. & M. Civil Engineering Building at 1:30 p. m. Saturday, W. E. Street, head of the Engineering Drawing Department, has announced. George W. Kadel, nationally known artist with headquarters in Dallas, will be at the meeting to interview interested people. If as many as 15 individuals show a desire to take the course Mr. Kadel will teach it during the fall semes ter. It is contemplated that the course will include one and one-half hours of instruction weekly, Mr. Street said. It will be conducted on a nominal tuition basis. Anyone desiring more detailed information in advance of the meeting Saturday should call Mr. Street at the Engineering Drawing Department, Phone 4-7294. Library Adds Singleton Miss Dorothy Singleton of Den ton has been named assistant cata loguer for the Texas A. & M. Li brary, replacing Miss Lois J. Park er who resigned to become libra rian of the Victoria Junior College. For the past two years Miss Singleton has been in the cata loguing department of the TSCW Library. She graduated at the Den ton school in 1943 with a major in Library Science. Pied Piper Potter Conducts Zoo Class Beneath Pecan Tree “Beneath the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stood”. So said Longfellow. “Beneath the shedding pecan tree our Dr. Potter stood.” So said one of 70 enrollees in General Zoology. Unable to find classroom space for such a large assembly Dr. Potter, like the Pied Piper, lured his charges down the hall, out of the door, and into the great open spaces. Finally he came to a large pecan tree where he stopped and gathered his flock around him. And it was here in the shade of this tree beneath a sky of blue that the first General Zoology of the semester was held. And here it will be held next time, come rain or shine. But in case it does rain umbrellas will be required along with raincoats. The Cadets will sing “Sky An chors” and “Twelfth Man”. Fish Boyd Rogers, a singing sensation from Abilene, will send the aud ience out of this world with ‘Gotta Be This or That” and “A Friend of Yours.” Patti Grabowsky, from College Station, will sing “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” and “Always.” The Aggieland Orchestra will give special renditions of Les Brown’s “Leap Frog” and “No More To- jours L’Amour”. Accident Fatally Injures Babcock Charles L. Babcock, Jr., 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Babcock, Beaumont, Texas, was fatally in jured in a jeep accident and died in a Durant, Oklahoma hospital September 8, it was learned here. A member of Patton’s Third Army, Lt. Babcock had just re turned to duty following a 45 day leave during which he visited Texas A. & M. Lt. Babcock was graduated with the class of ’43, majoring in Liberal Arts. He was a member of A iFeld Artillery and served as junior edi tor and Backwash editor of the Battalion. Babcock was Junior Representative on the Activities Committee, a member of the Econ omics Club, Radio Club, YWCA Cabinet and Beaumont A. & M. Club. C. L. Babcock, Sr., is an out standing Former-Aggie and has been active in affairs of the Asso ciation of Former Students of A. & M. No details were available here ex cept that the accident was blamed on wet highways. In memory of Lt. Babcock, a beautiful bouquet of roses was placed in the Battalion office Tuesday by P. L. Downs, long-time friend of the family. Manning Smith Rejoins Aggies Coach Manning Smith returned to Aggieland this week to rejoin the coaching staff after several months in the merchant marine. He will assist the second string backfield and take over as coach of minor sports such as golf and tennis. This now boosts the Aggie coaching staff to eight. Moore to Complete Ph. D. Leave of absence has been given A. V. Moore, A. & M.’s professor of dairy manufactures, to attend Michigan State College for a year to complete work for a doctor of philosophy degree. Major subject which Moore will study will be dairy manufacturing and his principal minor subject will be bacteriology. He will leave College Station around Oct. 15. NOTICE There will be a meeting of those students interested in Sen ior Boy Scouting at 4 p. m., Sunday, Oct. 7 at the LMCA Assembly Room. M. C. Hughes Cadets Will Escort Nominees to Dance; Winner to Be Presented at TCU Game Reservations Are Being Taken For Town Hall Tickets Reserved seat season tickets for the 1945-46 Town Hall will go on sale October 8, according to an announcement from the office of Student Activities. There has been no increase in the price over last year. Beginning with the popular Rubinoff and his Violin on Octo ber 26th, the 1945-46 season will include 10 outstanding numbers. Margaret Speaks, Conrad Thibault, Percy Grainger, John B. Hughes, Lois Bannerman and the popular dance group headed by Teresita Ostas will be featured this season, it was stated. A full length operetta by the famous North Texas State Teach ers College School of Music, un der the direction of W. C. Bain, will also be included on the com ing season. Students who did not purchase Town Hall tickets during 1’egistra- tion may buy the 1945-46 season ticket for only $2.40 at the office of Student Activities, it has been •announced. Featuring 10 outstand ing numbers, including the famous David Rubinoff and his $100,000 violin, Margaret Speaks, Percy Grainger, Conrad Thibault and many others the 1945-46 program is to be one of the best in many years. Reservations Are Being Made for Bridge Tournament A large number of reservations have been made for the Bridge Tournament planned by the Ath letic Committee of the A. & M. Consolidated School for Tuesday, October 9, according to Mrs. Frank Anderson, chairman of the com mittee. The tournament will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Bryan Country Club, and all proceeds will go into the school athletic fund. Prizes for- high score and for door numbers will be awarded. Tables for “42” are also being ar ranged. Persons who have not completed their tables or who wish to attend individually will be pro vided for, Mrs. Anderson stated. Those who wish to make ad vance reservatiqns are requested to call Mrs. A. D. Adamson at 4-4244. Friday, October 5, twelve representatives of the senior class will leave for TSCW to pick the Aggie Sweetheart. Those to make the trip in clude Bob King, president; Melvin Pruitt, vice-president; Hilton Hall, secretary-treasur er; L. B. Wardlaw, social sec retary; Sam Nixon, editor of the Battalion; Eli Barker, editor of the Longhorn; Mar tin Vick, head yell leader; Orville Baker, ’ senior yell leader; R. M. Botard, senior representative to Student Activities; Jere Higgs, J. B. Kearby, and Bubba Jones. Two alternates to go in case one of the preceding twelve cannot make the trip are Willie Williams and A1 B. Presnal. The group is to meet the twelve nominees from TSCW at 10:00 A. M. Saturday morning. These twelve girls were selected by the Tessie student body and each class is represented by three girls. The Aggies will escort the nominees to a dance to be held in Denton Saturday night and then the Ag gie sweetheart will be announced at a later date. The sweetheart will be presented at the half of the Aggie-TCU game orr October 20 by the cadet colonel who will escort her onto the field and present her with a bouquet while the Aggie band plays “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” A. & M.’s representative to the Texas university roundup next spring will also be the girl selected this week. Campus Club Has Election and Tea At Gilchrist Home New officers were installed by the Campus Study Club on October 2 at a tea held at the home of Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist. Mrs. P. B. Pearson accepted the office of president of the club, while other officers installed were Mrs. H. L. Heaton, vice president; Mrs. J. L. Shawn, recording secre tary; Mrs. E. P. Humbert, corres ponding secretary; Mrs. C. W. Crawford, treasurer; Mrs. John Ashton, parliamentarian; Mrs. Roy Snyder, auditor; and Mrs. F. B. Clark, historian. A musical program was enjoyed by the members and their guests. Baptists Celebrate 25th Anniversary Rev. and Mrs. Brown ★ ★ ★ ★ The First Baptist Church will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniver sary of services here at A. & M. Sunday, October 7. The occasion will also mark the twenty-fifth an niversary of Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Brown at College Station. Speakers at the morning pro gram will include W. F. Brown, Mrs. R. L. Brown, D. B. Gofer, and Ralph Langly, president of the Baptist Student Union of Texas. ★ ★ ★ ★ The sermon will be by Dr. J. P. Boone of Waxahachie. The speakers for the evening program will be C. F. Craighead, J. D. Prewit, and Dr. John A. Held of Houston who will deliver the sermon. Open house will‘be held by the women of the church at 3:30 p.m. The evening service will begin at 6:35 in the auditorium, and every one is invited.