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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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Texas A*M
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WEEKLY
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
DEEP IN AGGIELAND
TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 45
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 25, 1945
NUMBER 5
Students Council to Be Formed Here;
Will Cooperate With Corps and Rollins
Establishment of a Student Coun
cil to create a closer relationship
between the student body and the
office of the Dean of Men was
announced yesterday by J. W.
Rollins, director of student affairs
and dean of men.
According to present plans, a
student council will be formed at
the beginning of each regular
” school term, and will be com
posed of the following members:
The president of the Senior Class,
„ who will act as Council President;
the Cadet Colonel; one organiza
tion commander from each regi
ment, to be chosen by the organ!
zation commanders within the regi
ment; and the Presidents of the
Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman
Classes.
Purpose of the Student Council,
as announced by Dean Rollins,
will be “to work with and make
recommendations to the Dean of
Men in matters concerning stu
dent life, student government and
the cadet system, and to make rec
ommendations to the Dean of Men
in such disciplinary cases as may
be brought before the Council”.
The Student Council will meet
upon call of the Dean of Men,
and the Dean or his representa
tives will meet with the Council
in an advisory capacity at each
meeting.
First meeting of the Council
has been set for Monday, October
29, in the form of a dinner at
Sbisa Hall.
Community Chest
Campaign Slated
The annual College Community
Chest campaign is slated to get
underway November 5 and although
the budget has not been definitely
set, it will be lower than last
year’s budget of $14,250, Ralph W.
Steen, chairman of the community
chest committee announced.
The committee which met Fri
day, included: C. W. Crawford, J.
H. Milliff, H. C. Burgess, Fred
Hale, J. G. Gay, J. W. Rollins, J.
D. Prewit, F. I. Dahlberg, W. W.
Wallace, J!. E. Breland, S. L.
Frost and Steen. Representation
on the committee includes members
of the A. & M. College staff and
of the city of College Station.
Last year’s community chest bud
get was set at $14,250 of which
87 percent, was raised. Total ex
penditures through September
amounted to $11,473.63. An unex
pended balance of $928.87 will be
applied to this year’s budget, Dr.
Steen explained.
Officers of the College Commu
nity Chest committee appointed
Friday were: Dr. Steen, chairman;
Gordon Gay, secretary; J. D.
Prewit, treasurer; and S. L. Frost,
publicity.
What’s Cooking
Thursday, October 25
7:00 p.m.i Cub Scout Troop 102
on top floor of American Legion
house.
7:30 p.m.: Texas Society of Pro
fessional Engineers organization
meeting, in Chemistry Lecture
room.
Friday, October 26
Texas Food Manufacturers As
sociation meeting at Y.M.C.A.
Assembly Room.
6:15 p.m.: Annual Nutrition Con
ference banquet at Aggieland Inn.
7:00 p.m.: Sophomore Class
Meeting at Assembly Hall.
7:00 p.m.: Eagle Scouts organi
zation meeting, Room 313 of Agri
culture building.
8:00 p.m.: Rubinoff and his
Violin, in Town Hall program at
Guion Hall.
Saturday, October 27
2:30 p.m.: Football, Texas A. &
M. vs. Baylor, at Kyle Field.
9:00 p.m.: Corps dance with Ag
gieland Orchestra, at Sbisa Hall.
Sunday, October 28
10:50 a.m.: Church services at
the church of your choice.
7:15 p.m.: Hillel Club meeting in
Sbisa Lounge.
Monday, October 29
3:30 p.m.: College Station Coun
cil of Church Women, tea at Y.
M. C. A.
7:00 p.m.: “Pot Luck Supper”
for friends of Boy Scouting at
Bryan Country Club.
Tuesday, October 30
All Day: Longhorn Snapshot
Day.
11:00 a.m.: Freshman orienta
tion, general assembly at Assem
bly Hall.
12:00 noon: College Station Ki-
wanis Club at Duncan Hall.
7:30 p.m.: Institute of Aeronau
tical Science, Student Branch, in
Lecture Room of Petroleum build
ing.
7:30 p.m.: Brazos County A. &
M. Club at Bryan Country Club.
Thursday, November 1
8:00 p.m.: A. A. U. P. at Y. M.
C. A. Assembly Room.
Longhorn Is Delayed
Again! Marc Smith
Washes Mouth Out
The good news eagerly expected
by the corps, especially by the
editorial and managerial staffs of
the last Longhorn, has turned out
to be an atomic disaster, it was
learned this week. Printing diffi
culties, occasioned by labor short
ages, have brought an announce
ment from the Houston printing
firm publishing the book that the
Longhorns could not be expected
“before Xmas”.
Marc Smith, Jr., editor of the
book, could not be reached for a
statement but it is understood he
is not in hiding and that any
statement he would care to make
would be unprintable, it was stat
ed.
“Nobody’s fault—just another
reconversion, wartime handicap”,
said one business office represen
tative. “If our engraver had de
livered the plates to the printer
last spring as he should have, the
books would have been out in May
or June at the latest. Since he
didn’t come through the printer
started his fall production and
we’re caught between a tremen
dous book job that has tied up his
entire plant,” it was stated.
College Directory
Will Be Published
Publication of the first complete
and official faculty-staff-student
directory since 1943 is now in pro
cess, it was announced this week
by the office of Student Activities.
Data to be included in the di
rectory is now being edited and
the book should be in production by
the first of next week, it was
stated.
The directory will list all faculty
and staff members, their depart
ment, office location, home ad
dress and office phone. The Aggie
section will list all students, give
their military organization, course,
hometown, Dorm number, dorm
itory phone and post office ad
dress.
Sponsors hope to include com
plete information about the col
lege, a map of the campus, a
classified index of the advertisers
and many other novel features.
Publication of the work will be
rushed, it was stated.
Singing Cadets
Elect Ray as Prexy
Charles Fount Ray, senior eco
nomics student from Brownsville,
was elected president of the Sing
ing Cadets for the fall semester
Tuesday. Other officers named in
a vote by the organization were
Charles Crabtree, vice president;
Charles Thoma, secretary and
treasurer; and Frank Haines, pub
licity manager.
Ray succeeds W. C. “Bill” Har
per as president of the Cadets.
He is captain, S-2, in the Composite
Regimental Headquarters Staff,
and plans to study medicine after
graduating from A&M.
The Singing Cadets will appear
in a performance tonight at the
banquet of the Texas Frozen Food
Locker Association in Sbisa Hall.
Town Hall, Football Game, Corps Ball Add Up To
Make This A Big Weekend For The Texas Aggies
Rubinoff Plays Famed Violin Friday;
Town Hall’s Greatest Opener-Presnal
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Rubinoff, maestro of the violin
and human heartstrings, will open
the 1945-46 Town Hall series Fri
day evening at Guion Hall when
he appears with his famous $100,-
000 Stradivarius violin and a
program hailed all over the coun
try as the outstanding single at
traction now touring the concert
stages of the nation.
Program time is 8:00 and ticket
sales indicate a sell-out. Cadets
are urged to buy'Season tickets at
$2.40 good for the Rubinoff show
and nine other great Town Hall
numbers. Season tickets for stu
dents, including wives of service
men, can be purchased at the door.
As America’s most popular
violinist, Rubinoff has a program
spiced with variety, a magic blend
ing of light classics and a consid
erable number of current popular
hit tunes. His progi’am will in
clude “Intermezzo” from the mo
tion picture, Victor Herbert’s
“Sweet Mystery of Life” and a
brilliant novelty “Pistol Packin’
Mama” in a variety of styles.
“Rhapsody in Blue” will also be
played by the genial maestro of
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the strings.
Rubinoff has scored great suc
cesses wherever he has appeared.
He holds the all-time record for
having played before the largest
audience of listeners in musical
history, performing before 225,000
in Chicago.
As a star on the Eddie Cantor
show Rubinoff thrilled millions.
This success he carried on to Hol
lywood where he appeared success
fully in several movies. Since the
outbreak of the war he has played
before hundreds of servicemen
and has sold millions in bonds at
rallies.
Co-billed with his famous violin,
Rubinoff performs on an instru
ment made in 1731 by the finest
instrument maker of all time. The
Stradavarius is insured for $100,-
000 and is guarded carefully
against heat, humidity and over
handling.
A1 Presnal, Town Hall manager,
stated Thursday that Rubinoff’s
appearance was the greatest open
ing number in the history of the
series. “I urge every Aggie to
hear this great entertainer.”
Tickets to Dance Saturday Will Be
$1.50, Stag or Drag; Will Last 9-12
The pleasing and increasingly popular melodies of Bill
Turner and his Aggieland Orchestra will set the tempo of
the first corps ball of the semester Saturday night from
nine to twelve in Sbisa main dining hall, it has been an
nounced. The regular price of $1.50 Stag or drag will prevail.
Dates for Saturday night can be
Next Tuesday Will
Be Snap Shot Day
Tuesday, October 30th, has been
designated Longhorn “Snapshot
Day,” and on that date a well-
known photographer from the fa
mous studio of TSCW will be on
the campus taking formal and in
formal shots of the Aggies and
their activities.
“All Seniors are urged to wear
boots beginning at noon,” it was
stated by the Longhorn staff. The
photographer will be roaming the
campus seeking shots representa
tive of Aggie life. The mess hall,
the dormitory, the playing field
all will be pictured for the new
Longhorn.
Work on the Longhorn is expect
ed to really swing into action fol
lowing this event as the pictures
taken will be used as the basis for
the general theme of the book.
Women’s Club
Plans Tea for New
Arrivals On Campus
Ladies who are new arrivals on
the Texas A. & M. campus will be
honored at a tea planned by the
College Women’s Social Club on
Friday, November 2. The affair
will be held at 3:00 p.m. at Sbisa
Hall.
Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, president of
the social club, has appointed the
following committee chairmen in
charge of arrangements: Mrs. F.
J. Jaggi, general chairman; Mrs.
A. B. Stevens, decorations; and
Mrs. Marty Karow, refreshments.
All women whose husbands are
connected with the College are in
vited to attend.
housed in Dormitory 17 by ar
rangement with the office of Stu
dent employment in Goodwin Hall
provided as many as 50 reserva
tions are signed for. All cadets
having dates should contact the
room reservation office if housing
is desired on the campus.
Indications are that the dance
will be well attended as many dates
are expected for the week-end
which will feature an outstanding
Town Hall attraction, Rubinoff and
his Violin, a conference football
clash on Kyle Field and the dance.
Profits from the dance will go for
general student entertainment.
The Aggieland Orchestra with
Maestro Turner on the baton will
be playing in their own backyard
for the first time this semester
Last week’s dance in Fort Worth
proved the boys can swing out in
real style. Turner announced that
•he is receiving additional arrange
ments of favorite Aggie tunes by
a well known arranger who for
merly did all Jan Garber’s work.
Some of these tunes wil be ready
for Saturday night’s dance.
Directors and Ex-Students Work
Together To Evolve Gifts Program
An ambitious program to encourage special gifts both
large and small for the benefit of the A. & M. College and
its student body, was developed and approved at a joint
meeting of the Boards of Directors of the Association of
Former Students and of the College on September 8. The
two groups met together for the first time in several years
and lunched together following their hour-long session.
The special gift program has been in the making for a
period of ten years and was perfected during the past year
by a joint committee of the Former Student Association,
the College Board and the Faculty. It has been separately
approved by both the College and the Former Student
Boards and will be a joint undertaking between them and
also the faculty in partnership.
have served in the armed forces
Development Fund Expanded
The new program will be part
of an enlarged program of the
pi'esent Texas A&M College De
velopment Fund, organized by the
Former Students. It is now in its
fourth year of operation. The De
velopment Fund will continue to
seek an annual gift from each
Former Student. In addition the
expanded Fund wil seek to inter
est other Texas citizens, industries
and associations in special gifts
for definite purposes. It will pre
sent to prospective donors the
needs of the College and endeavor
to fill those needs by gifts or be
quests.
In its three years operation the
Development Fund, through an
nual gifts made by A&M ex-stu
dents, has contributed $186,000 in
War Bonds to be used in the con
struction of a Memorial Student
Center or Union Building. That
project will be carried through to
completion and will fill the pre
sent most pressing need of the
College and its student body. It
will be built as a great and useful
memorial to all A&M men who
and more particularly to those who
have given their lives in the de
fense of their country.
In addition, the Fund has set
up a special “Gold Star Fund” of
$50,000 to assist the children of
A&M men killed in the war in se
curing a college education. Other
special restricted gifts have
been made to various college de
partments, to the loan funds and
to the libraries. Over eight thous
and A&M ex-students contributed
to the Fund last year.
When the Student Center be
comes a reality the Fund will point
at other objectives badly needed
by the college or its student body.
Among suggested projects have
SOPHOMORES
There will be a meeting of
the Sophomores Class Friday
night immediately after mess
for the purpose of organizing.
The meeting will be held in
Assembly Hall and wil be over
in time' to attend the RUBI
NOFF TOWN HALL SHOW.
been a campus golf course, addi
tional play and athletic facilities
for the entire student body, schol
arships and awards, a campus
Chapel, additional funds for the
college libraries, scientific and
teaching equipment for college de
partments and many other similar
items. Objectives of the annual
giving feature of the Development
Fund will be determined by the
Directors of the Former Student
Association.
The College, represented by the
College Board and the Faculty has
entered into a joint partnership
with the Former Student Associa
tion enlarged features of the De
velopment Fund. The expanded
Fund program will be supervised
by a board composed of three fac
ulty members, three College Di
rectors, six Former Student As
sociation and three “Friends of
the College” to be elected by the
above group.
An initial organization meeting
of the Fund Board will be held this
fall at an early date. The new
program should be well under way
by January first.
A Real Partnership
Both Former Student Associa
tion Directors and College Board
members were jubilant over the
partnership or joint effort feature
of the new program. Association
President Dick Winters summed it
up when he said, “Our two groups
have often talked about coopera
tion. Here is a joint task, with
great possibilities for Texas A&M,
in which we can both roll up our
sleeves and go to work. That is
real cooperation”.
McNew Nominated
By Civil Engineers
J. T. L. McNew, vice president
for engineering of Texas A. & M.
College, has been elected official
nominee for vice president of Zone
4 of the American Society of Civil
Engineers. Nomination is tanta
mount to election. The zone in
cludes southern Mississippi, Lou
isiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizo
na, California, Nevada, Utah, Ida
ho, Oregon, Washington, and west
ern Montana. The vice presidency
is for a period of two years begin
ning January 1, 1946.
McNew graduated from Texas
A. & M. College with bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in civil engineer
ing. In 1925 he received the degree
of Civil Engineer from Iowa State.
He was connected with the A. & M.
department of Civil Engineering
as an instructor from 1920 to 1940
when he became head of the de
partment. Since February 1, 1945
he has been vice president for eng
ineering.
Election to the vice presidency of
the American Society of Civil Eng
ineers is the third office McNew
has held in that group. He was
secretary-treasurer of the Texas
section in 1927-28 and a member
of the board of directors from
1941-44, the first engineering teach
er in Texas to be so honored.
This is the first time a civil eng
ineering employee of Texas A. &
M. has been nominated for vice
president. McNew served in both
world wars in the corps of engin
eers. He was released recently with
the rank of lieutenant colonel after
service in the China, Burma, India
theater of operations.
BSU Convention to
Be Here Next Week
The Texas Baptist Student Con
vention, to be held at College Sta
tion, November 2, 3, and 4, seems
due to be a very successful one.
The twenty-sixth annual meeting,
by a singular coincidence, also
marks the start of Rev. R. L.
Brown’s twenty-sixth year at Col
lege Station.
Students will attend from prac
tically every college in the state.
Hardin-Simmons University alone
will send one hundred-fifty of its
students to the convention. Enroll
ment outside A&M has already
gone above the eleven hundred
mark and was discontinued Satur
day, October 20, to allow sufficient
space for the anticipated number
(See CONFERENCE, Page 6)
MacCallum Elected
As Longhorn Chief
Last week the senior class elect
ed the editor for their 1946 Long
horn, Robert MacCallum. “Mac”
is from Galveston majoring in
Chemical Engineering.
The Longhorn is to contain the
regular contents: pictures of the
campus, the administration, senior
Robert MacCallum
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favorites, military organizations,
pictures of the varsity teams in
action, class pictures, pictures of
students in their every day activi
ties, and others. The military sec
tion will include the organizations
of last spring and the ones of this
fall as two separate sections.
The editor has requested that
anyone who has a camera take
pictures of his organization and
friends in their regular activities
and turn them in at the Longhorn
office in the administration build
ing for publication in the annual.
These pictures will be greatly ap
preciated.
He also stated that it is impera
tive that men of the different
classes have their pictures taken
on the designated days if the an
nual is to meet its schedule. There
will not be two separate sections
for the class pictures of the two
classes of ’47. It will be all one
section as the class of ’47.
E E. Shops Get
War Machine Tools
Machine tools that ground out
the war weapons that aided in de
feat of axis nations today are be
ing placed in the big Mechanical
Engineering shops of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of
Texas through cooperation of the
Chemical Warfare Procurement
District office in Dallas and the
Dallas, Houston, and Tulsa sub
offices of the St. Louis Ordnance
District.
Approximately $75,000 worth of
machine tools of the latest design
already have arrived here, and ad
ditional equipment which will mod
ernize the mechanical engineering
shops completely is on the way,
it was announced by J. T. L.
McNew, A. & M. vice president for
engineering.
“These; two government agencies
have allocated cex'tain kinds of ma
chine tools for pre-induction train
ing to schools which pay the cost of
crating and transportation.”
McNew declared. “Such equipment
being- allocated to the college was
paid for by the taxpayers, and as
war plants close this equipment
is being placed where it will con
tinue to be of benefit to the tax
payers who purchased it for the
government.
“Modernization of the mechani
cal engineering shops as well as
other departments at Texas A. &
M. College as a result of this for
ward looking policy by the govern
mental agencies will mean much
in training to the youth of Texas.”
Machinery received by Texas A.
& M. College, McNew said, never
would have been available to the
institution due to the extremely
high cost of such tools, and stu
dents of the college henceforth
will have the opportunity of using
and studying the machinery on the
campus whereas heretofore it was
necessary to take them on long
trips to manufacturing plants
where such machines were in use.