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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
Texas A«M
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WEEKLY
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TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 45 '
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11, 1945
NUMBER 3
Student Activities Committee Meets,
Lets Contracts for New Longhorn
Social Calendar Set
For Fall and Spring
The Student Activities Commit
tee under the chairmanship of
Dean of Men J. W. Rollins, met
Tuesday afternoon to decide pol
icies for this semester. Present
were Dean Rollins, W. L. Pen-
berthy, head of the Physical Edu
cation department, Ernest Lang
ford, mayor of College Station,
Joe Skiles, Student Activities man
ager, Bob King, president of the
Senior class, L. B. Wardlavf, soc
ial secretary of the Senior class,
Sam Nixon, editor of the Battalion,
and Driscoll Henkhaus, Senior rep
resentative to the Committee.
The Committee authorized the
manager to renew printing and
engraving contracts for the new
Longhorn, and to contract the
Aggieland Studio as the official
photographer for the yearbook.
This school year’s social calendar
was set to include three dances
this fall, one after each of the
home games; and. the four class
and two regimental balls will come
next spring. The Committee also
rejected a request presented by
certain members of the class of
’46 for a Ring Dance this semester.
A three-man committee was ap
pointed to check the need and pos
sibilities of installing Coca-Cola
machines in the dormitories.
Other business attended to was
the rejection of the following
requests for concessions: to sell
advertising on book covers, to
sell cigars and cigarettes in the
dorms, to solicit cleaning and press
ing, and to sell “Application for
Date with Aggie” forms. Approved
was the sale of stationery carry
ing cartoons depicting Aggie life.
The rule that unless the conces
sion contributed some real service
to the Corps, it would not be per
mitted was adopted as a general
policy on acting on all requests for
concessions. The Committee also
prohibited soliciting in the dorms
after C. O., with the penalty being
the cancelling of the offending con
cessionaires card.
Seniors Meet, Elect
Presnal, Henkhaus
A brief business meeting was
held by the Senior class Tuesday
night immediately after the gath
ering of all the upper classmen in
the Assembly Hall, which had been
called by Dean Rollins for the
purpose of explaining the Board
of Directors’ newly framed Basic
Policy. The purpose of the meet
ing was to elect a Town Hall Man
ager and also to elect a Senior
Student Activities Representative
to fill the vacancy left by Richard
M. Botard when he recently left
for the armed services. A1 Presnal
was elected to the office of Town
Hall Manager, and Driscoll Henk
haus was elected by acclamation
to serve as the Senior Student Ac
tivities Representative. The meet
ing was rather short, lasting only
twenty minutes.
Chemical Society
Meets Friday Eve
The forty-second meeting of the
Texas A. & M. Section of the
American Chemical Society will be
held in the Lecture Room of the
Chemistry Building Friday even
ing, October 19th, at 8 p.m.
Dr. H. H. Willard of the Depart
ment of Chemistry of the Univer
sity of Michigan, Ann Harbor,
Michigan will address the Section
on the topic, “Improvements in
Separations by Precipitations”. Vis
itors are welcome to hear this
talk.
The usual dinner for Section
members in honor of the speaker
will be at the Aggieland Inn at
6:30 p.m. The ladies are invited.
Members who are planning to at
tend the dinner are requested to
inform the program committee.
Dairymen Meet Here
Pictured above is a section of the Dairy Short Course as they ap
peared in the last meeting of the day on last Wednesday.
Guion Hall Movies Will Be Resumed
Saturday With First - Run Features
Guion Hall theater, operated by
Student Activities for the enter
tainment of Texas Aggies and the
college community, will re-open on
a regular schedule this week end,
it was announced today by the
management. “Music for Millions,”
an outstanding musical featuring
the stars of Hollywood, will be the
opening feature scheduled for Sat
urday and Sunday, October 13-14.
“Major repairs are practically
complete now and can be continued
without disturbance to the theater
patrons. We have many outstand
ing films that have accumulated
to our credit and we are anxious
to resume playing so that the local
theater fans may have a variety
of shows to select from,” the man
ager of Guion Hall stated.
Schedule for the present will in
clude shows on Tuesday and Wed
nesday at 1:00 and 7:00, permit
ting one full program in the after
noon and one immediately after
chow. On Saturday and Sunday
the theater will show continuously
from 1:00 in the afternoon until
the last show that will begin about
9:00. Jamboree shows on Saturday
evenings will be arranged when
ever possible and no extra charge
will be made for the stage show
feature.
Guion Hall theater is the Aggies’
own movie-house. Started many
years ago by the YMCA, the policy
of the show has always been to
provide the best possible pictures
at reasonable prices. Any profits
are returned to the Corps in the
form of welfare and entei’tainment
programs.
“We will have a complete pro
gram—feature, shorts and news,
the management stated.
Shell Pipe Line Co.
Holds Short Course
A short course on “Practices
in Supervision” is being conducted
by Texas A&M College for divi
sion superintendents of the Shell
Pipe Line Corporation, October 10,
11, and 12 at the company’s Hous
ton offices by E. L. Williams, head
of the department of Industrial
Extension. The Company has called
in its division superintendents
from Oklahoma, Misouri, Kansas,
New Mexico, Colorado, and Tex
as to attend the sessions.
This course is the beginning of
a company-wide training program.
The week of September 3, James
R. D. Eddy of "the University of
Texas, and E. L. Williams conduct
ed a five-day training course in
Austin for twelve men of the
Safety and Training Department
of the Shell Pipe Line Corporation.
The Houston course will be follow
ed by confei’ences held in all dis
tricts in which the company opei’-
ates for all district and department
supervisors. These conferences are
to be conducted by the men who
attended the Austin class.
What’s Cooking
Friday, Oct. 12
7:15 p.m.: Hillel Club religious
services at YMCA Chapel.
Saturday, Oct. 13
8:00 p.m.: Football, Texas A. &
M. vs. L. S. U. at Baton Rouge.
Sunday, Oct. 14.
Church services at the church of
your choice.
7:00 p.m.: Hillel Club social at
Sbisa Hall lounge room.
Tuesday, Oct. 15
11:00 a.m.: Fi’eshman orienta
tion: Arts and Sciences at YMCA
Chapel; Agriculture at Chemistry
Lecture Room; Engineering at As
sembly Hall; Veterinary at Room
203, Ampitheatre, Mark Francis
Hall.
6:45 p.m.: A. & M. Flying Club
at YMCA.
Wednesday, Oct. 16
2:30 p. m.: Newcomers Club at led in Colorado and the
home of Mrs. Joe L. Matthews. New Mexico.
A&M Flying Club
Plans Meeting
Flight training is available to all
Texas A. & M. students at reduced
rates on a Club basis, and all stud
ents interested in participating are
invited to attend a meeting to be
held at the Y. M. C. A. at 6MS on
Tuesday, October 16, according to
an announcement by H. W. Barlow,
dean of engineering. Complete in
formation on the program will be
available at the Tuesday meeting.
For more than a year A. & M.
students have taken advantage of
the opportunity to fly from the ex
cellent College airport under care
fully supervised conditions. Flight
schedules are arranged so as not
to conflict with other activities and
transportation is furnished to and
fi'om the campus. All flight in
struction is under approved, li
censed instructors in Inter-state
airplanes.
It is possible for those who al
ready have some flying time to
continue on and receive advanced
instruction and those students who
have had no previous flying time
to start a regular scheduled pro
gram of instruction designed to
teach them the maximum amount
in a minimum of time, according
to Barlow.
College Nurse Dies
Coming as a severe blow to her
many friends in the A. & M. student
body and faculty was the death at
4:00 a.m. Monday, October 8, of
Mrs. Alice Shannon, woh has serv
ed as floor nurse at the College
Hospital for a total of approximate
ly 25 years. Mrs. Shannan suffered
a heart attack while on duty at
2:00 Monday morning, and passed
away two hours later.
Mrs. Shannon’s remains will lie at
the First Baptist Church from
11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in order
that her many friends may pay
their last tribute. Funeral services
will be conducted at the Church at
3:00 by Rev. R. L. Brown, and a
burial service will be held at the
Bryan City Cemetery. Texas A. &
M. students will act as pallbearers.
Mrs. Shannon is survived by a
brother, Grover Phelps, of Bryan,
and two sons, one of whom is locat-
other in
Senior Vets Are
Barbecue Hosts
As its first meeting of the se
mester, the Junior A.V.M.A. chap
ter had a barbecue with all the
accessories Wednesday afternoon
at the Veterinary Hospital. It was
well attended by the faculty, vet
erinary students, and pre-veteri-
nary students. The bai’becue was
prepared by men from the gradu
ating Senior class, J. C. Kelly be
ing chief of operations and cook
ing.
After the meal a short meeting
was held in which plans for this
semester were discussed and it
was announced that Dr. Williams,
a large animal practitioner from
West Texas, will be the principal
speaker at the meeting next Wed
nesday night. Also, faculty mem
bers and officers of the club were
presented to the new members. The
program for this term lists many
interesting speakers, and a most
profitable year is predicted.
Woody Varner Joins
Dean Rollins’ Staff
Major D. B. “Woody” Varner,
Cadet Colonel at Texas A&M Col
lege in 1940, has returned from
military service with the 13th
Army Corps in Europe, and is
now assistant to the dean of men,
it was announced by Dean J. W.
“Dough” Rollins.
Major Varner was captain of
the A&M basketball team, and
valedictorian of the Senior Class
of 1940. One of the most popular
students ever to attend the Col
lege, Varner held numerous of
fices and won scholarship distinc
tion throughout his four years
of attendance at Texas A. & M.
College.
Dean Rollins also announced ap
pointment of Captain J. Fred
Hickman, formerly assistant direc
tor of the State Department of
Public Safety, and a veteran of
the European theater of opera
tions, to the post of chief of cam
pus security.
A. & M. Almost Had Confederate Leader
As First President, Letters Reveal
If its first choice had accepted
the position, Texas A. & M. might
have had as its first president Jef
ferson D^ivis, president of the
Confederacy, according to an ex
change of letters which found its
way into the hands of Gibb Gil
christ during the past summer.
Membei’s of the Board who were
present at that historical first
meeting held on June 1, 1875 were
Richard Coke, governor of the
State of Texas; R. B. Hubbard,
state lieutenant-governor; Guy M.
Bryan, speaker of the House; B. H.
Davis, and C. S. West. Excerpts
from the minutes of the initial
session note that “The Board at
this meeting further authorized
the President (Coke) to correspond
with Ex-President Jefferson Davis,
and to tender him the presidency
of the College.” The Governor ac
cordingly wrote the following let
ter, which was reprinted in the
DALLAS DAILY HERALD of
Wednesday, July 21, 1875:
Executive Office,
State of Texas
Austin, June 14, 1875
Hon. Jefferson Davis
Memphis, Tennessee
My Dear Sir:
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas,
held June 1st, at Bryan, in Braz
os County, near which the col
lege is located, it was unani
mously resolved, that the Presi
dency of the College be tendered
to yourself, with a salary of four
thousand dollars per annum, with
residence properly furnished, and
as much land attached as might
be desired for yards, gardens,
etc. As President of the Board,
I was instructed to communicate
immediately with you, present
the offer, and urge its accept
ance. I now perform that most
pleasing duty, as the represent
ative, not only of the Board of
Directors of the Agricultural
(See, A. & M., Page 2)
Aggies and Tessies to Have Corps Trips
To Fort Worth; First Since ’41 Season
Saturday Will Be Official Holiday,
Rollins Arranging for Special Train
For the first time since 1941, the A&M cadets will
have their first official Corps trip. The highly anticipated
event will be held at Fort Worth for the A&M-TCU foot
ball game, October 20.
As of days of old, the Corps will turn all out for the
trip, the main attraction of which will be the some 1000
T.S.C.W. students who will be in Fort Worth for the game,
on a Corps Trip of their own, which they will hold in agree
ment with that of the Aggies.
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REFUNDS
Will the following boys call
at Student Activities office and
pick up refunds for pictures
made at Freshman Ball, August
3, 1945:
J. B. Adams.
John R. Bryant.
Robei't A. Canning.
Charles L. Eckert.
Wm. H. Garfield.
James J. James.
J. A. Knapp.
Dan R. McDaniel.
D. Minahan.
Robert B. ^aler.
Maury G. Rolnick.
J. D. Vaughn,
Donald R. Waldrip.
Aggieland to Play
Post-Game Dance
Following the A&M-TCU foot
ball game Saturday, October 20,
an informal Corps dance will be
held at the Texas Hotel Ballroom
in Fort Worth.
The dance will be open to all
Aggies and their dates, all ex-
Aggies, and friends of A. & M. and
T.S.C.W. Tickets will be $1.50,
couple or stag, and will only be on
sale at the entrance to the dance.
No advance sales will be held.
The Fort Worth Former Stu
dents Club of Texas A&M Col
lege are the sponsors of the ball
which will be informal this year,
due to the fact that it will be dif
ficult for many of the TSCW stu
dents who will attend it to be
in formals.
The Aggieland Orchestra di
rected by Bill Turner will supply
the music. The dance will be from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Practical Programs
Open for Veterans
Returned war veterans are be
ing offered one and two-year pro
grams of practical studies at the
Texas A. & M. College to prepare
them for opportunities in busi
nesses allied with agriculture,
Chas. N. Shepardson, dean of Ag
riculture, has announced.
A practical agricultural educa
tion is becoming more and more
essential to successful conduct of
crop and livestock production as
new developments appear upon the
vast agricultural scene, Dean Shep
ardson said. These basal courses,
therefore, are designed to give the
veteran a scientific background
for agricultural production that
will enable him to enter into the
business of farming, ranching, or
allied enterprises, with the educa
tion that modern agriculture de
mands.
Combine Theory and Practice
The curricula announced for
these courses, one to be complet
ed in nine school months and the
other in 18 school months, repre
sents intensive work by Dean
Shepardson and his department
heads during the past year. As ap
proved by the Veterans Adminis
tration, it consists of about half
class work and about half-time
spent in the laboratories and on
the farms and stock farms owned
and operated by the Texas A. & M.
College.
No Degrees Offered
These practical agricultural
courses do not lead to a college
degree. While records of high
school work are not required upon
entrance, Dean Shepardson pointed
out that it should be to the ad
vantage of the student to file any
high school credits with the Col
lege so that later, if he so desires,
he may transfer to the regular
four-year agricultural course and
work toward a degree.
The first class in practical agri
culture got under way Oct. 2 with
advanced registration of ten stu
dents. This number will be in
creased as redeployment mounts
and veterans learn of the progres
sive action the Texas A. & M. Col
lege has prepared in their behalf,
it is believed.
Texas Dairies Make
Reconversion Plans
Reconversion plans within the
Texas dairy industry which high
lighted quality and efficiency of
production and laid less emphasis
on volume of milk produced, re
ceived a thorough going over dur
ing the third dairy fieldmen’s
short course held Oct. 8 and 9 at
Texas A&M College.
Twenty specialists, representing
all agricultural divisions of the
Texas A&M College, were assist
ed by ten selected authorities from
the commercial field in staging
the two-day business program.
Speakers were selected for the
business program because of
their particular knowledge of
phases of the eight-point program
adopted by state and federal dairy
ing leaders, and which is being put
into operation all over the country
through agricultural education in
stitutions similar to the Texas
A&M College.
This program includes: Feed
every cow for economical produc
tion; save milk dollars by improv
ing grasslands; retain feeding
values by improved hay making
and silos; keep production records
for better herd management; breed
for improved herd replacements;
protect quality of milk and cream
by cleanliness and cooling; reduce
labor costs by improved layouts,
equipment and methods; and main
tain herd health for quality and
efficiency.
Boy Scouts Hold
Waste Paper Drive
The Boy Scouts troops of the
community, 411 and 102, directed
by Mr. Luther Jones, made their
October 6, scrap drive a succesful
one by collecting 6,000 pounds of
waste paper. However, the total
collected was considerably less than
expected. The last drive had netted
almost 13,000 pounds. Mr. Howard
Anderson, Sergeant Virgil Miller,
and Mr. S. Cherry drove the trucks
used in the pickup. Mr. Jones ex
pressed the opinion that at the
present time another seems unlike
ly, but would be held if necessary.
The paper collected in the drive
was shipped to Dallas, whei’e it
will be processed and placed in
readiness for national usage.
Recreation Hall Has
Formal Opening Mon.
Monday night marked the for
mal opening of the A. & M. Ex-
Service Men’s Recreation Hall.
Mrs. J. T. L. McNew, Vanita
Ward, Jerry Thompson and Gloria
Reese stood in the reception line
and pinned on name plates.
Mrs. Billie Blair and Estelle
Redd presided at the punch bowl
and punch and cookies were served
to about two hundred persons.
There will be a called meeting
this month, the date to be an
nounced later, and every veteran
and his wife are urged to attend
as this meeting will be to elect of
ficers for this semester.
CONCESSIONS
Soliciting in the dormitories
is restricted to authorized stu
dent concession holders. No so
liciting is authorized AFTER
call to quarters, and concession
aries violating this requirement
will forfeit their privilege card.
Ever since 1938, when the tradi
tion was first started, the Aggies
and Tessies have congregated at
the TCU tilt, to make a gay holi
day, in which the Aggies pick a
sweetheart for the game from a
group of beauties nominated by the
sophomores, juniors, and seniors at
TSCW. The sweetheart will be of
ficially announced by the Battal
ion.
Saturday has been declared a
holiday, and all classes will be can
celed, so that the corps will have
sufficient time to get to the game.
Arrangements for a special train
are trying to be made by Dough
Rollins, and if proved successful,
will be announced around the first
of next week.
Following the game, an informal
corps dance will be held at the
Texas Hotel in Fort Worth.
1250 special tickets have been
placed on sale at TSCW, which are
good for the end zone bleachers
or the Aggie section for Tessie
students.
The corps will not have to be
back till Sunday night at 8:30.
Rubinoff to Give
Children’s Matinee
A special matinee for school
children will be one of the features
of the appearance here of the out
standing entertainment star, David
Rubinoff, who will be in College
Station on October 26th for a
Town Hall performance. The mat
inee will be held in the S. F. Aus
tin . High School auditorium and
College Station children will be
transported via school bus for the
performance.
The special matinee is for the
benefit of musical organizations in
College Station and Bryan schools
and ticket sales are being handled
by PTA groups from each school.
The regular Town Hall perform
ance for the popular star of stage,
screen and radio will begin at 8:00
in Guion Hall.
Little Change In
Singers, Orchestra
Saturday, October 6, Bill Tur
ner’s famed Aggieland Orchestra
and Singing Cadets appeared for
the first time this semester at
Guion Hall in a jamboree present
ed to the student body.
The Aggieland Orchestra has
come back from last semester with
one replacement. Fish Salden has
taken Clyde Bone’s place as third
trombone. Also an old member
from two semesters back has re
turned to the organization. He is
Fred Forste, who plays the guitar.
The Orchestra has a full sched
ule this semester, with two dances
scheduled after football games.
They will play at the Texas Hotel
at Fort Worth after the. TCU
game, and at the Rice Hotel in
Houston after the Rice game.
The members of the Aggieland
Orchestra are Pete Mayes, Don
Simpson, F. D. Prater, trumpets;
Pete Stanley, Gilbert McKenzie,
John Golden, trombones; Joe
Dolan, Jim Wheeler, Jess Herrera,
Paul Wells, F. J. Montemayor,
saxaphones; Dahry Mishel, piano;
Fred Forste, guitar; Joe Pike,
drums; and Richard Parker, bass.
The vocalist is Boyd Rogers.
The Singing Cadets have started
out strong this semester with 30
old members and 28 new enrollees.
The Cadets have appeared in two
performances already and are
scheduled for another soon. Besides
(See AGGIELAND, Page 6)