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DEEP IN AGGIELAND
TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 45
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1945
NUMBER 7
“Bohemian Girl” Plays Here Tomorrow
Charter Is Granted for College Station
State Bank; Location Is Undetermined
The State Banking Commission
of Texas Monday approved the
granting of a charter to the Col
lege Station State Bank of Col
lege Station, Texas.
Granting of the charter came as
the result of an application submitt
ed several weeks ago by a group
of 105 organizers. The new bank
is to have a capital structure of
$65,000.00 made up of $50,000.00
capital stock, $10,000.00 surplus,
and $5,000.00 paid-in operating
account. The entire $65,000.00 has
been subscribed by means of 2,500
shares of common stock with a par
value of $20.00 per share subscribed
at $26.00 per share. Application for
membership in the Federal Reserve
System and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation will be made
shortly, it was announced.
Named in the application as the
proposed Board of Directors of the
institution were Luther G. Jones, S.
A. Lipscomb, Joe Skiles, Herschel
E. Burgess, R. B. Butler, Durwood
Manford, and W. Lamar Fly. Sub
scribers to the stock will meet,
probably within the next two
weeks, to elect directors, and it
is expected that the men listed
above will probably be confirmed
at that time. Officers of the new
bank will then be named by the
Board, it was stated.
“Our next big hurdle is to find
a location for the bank,” said a
spokesman for the group this morn
ing. “Until the charter was grant
ed, we were not in position to exe
cute a binding contract, and al
though several possibilities have
been investigated, we are still un
able to say where the bank will
be located.”
DRAMATIC MOMENTS from the opera “The Bohemian Girl” are shown above, picturing Arline
and Thaddeus being joined in marriage according to Gypsy custom by the Queen of the Gypsies. “The
Bohemian Girl” will be presented at Guion Hall tomorrow evening as the second attraction of the big
Town Hall program. Players are members of the school of music of North Texas State Teachers College
at Denton, and Dr. Wilfred C. Bain and Miss Mary McCormic are conductor and producer respectively of
the opera.
Cadet Corps
Will Judge
Sat. Jamboree
Features Girl Trio
Plenty of solid music will fill
Guion Hall Saturday night as the
Aggieland Orchestra, Singing Ca
dets, and a new girl trio get to
gether for the second jamboree of
the semester.
Three Goose Creek girls—Velma
Rae Numan, Lois Ruth Tharp, and
Patsy Pagan—will blend their
voices on several songs, taking
turij-about with our own Boyd
Rogers. Betty Gassoway, from
Denton, will be another vocal at
traction.
The Orchestra will give out with
its “special arrangements” of
“Somebody Loves Me”, “Little
Girl”, “Stardust”, and “I’d Rather
be a Texas Aggie”. A few new
members were added to the or
chestra recently so here is the
line-up. Pete Mayes, Glen Tor
rence, F. D. Prater, trumpets; Pete
Stanley, Gilbert McKenzie, Ed
Golden, trombones; Braxton Doak,
Jim Wheeler, Jess Gurrera, C. L.
James, “Cisco” Montemaydr, sax-
aphones; Freddy Nelson, piano;
Richard Parker, bass; Joe Pike,
drums; Fred Forste, guitar, Boyd
Rogers does the vocals.
Those ever-popular singing ca
dets will conclude the program,
singing “Stout Hearted Men”.
The curtain goes up at 7:15, so
come on down for thirty minutes
of swell entertainment.
What’s Cooking
FRIDAY, NOV. 9
All Day: American Foundry-
men’s Association convention.
8:00 p.m.: “The Bohemian Girl”,
by N.T.S.T.C. school of music,
Town Hall feature at Guion Hall.
10:30 p.m.: Free corps dance at
Sbisa Hall, music by Aggieland Or
chestra.
SATURDAY, NOV. 10
2:30 p.m.: Football, Texas A. &
M. vs. S.M.U. at Kyle Field.
7:15 p.m.: Jamboree at .Guion
Hall, with Aggieland Orchestra
and Singing Cadets.
9:00 p.m.: Corps dance at Sbisa
Hall, music by Aggieland Orches
tra.
SUNDAY, NOV. 11
Armistice Day
7:00 p.m.: Hillel Club at Sbisa
Hall.
TUESDAY, NOV. 12
11:00 a.m.: Freshman orientation,
general assembly at Assembly Hall.
12:00 noon: Kiwanis Club at
Sbisa Hall.
WAR VETERANS
All men interested in mem
bership in the Veterans of
Foreign Wars are requested to
call 4-5347 after 5:30 p.m.
A&M Represented
On Wildlife Program
Members of the Texas A. & M.
College staff in the Department of
Fish and Game, the Extension
Service, and the Division of Wild
life Research of the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station will
be represented on the wildlife pro
gram which will be given in Waco
November 9 and 10 as a part of
the general meeting of the Texas
Academy of Science. In addition
to staff members of A. & M. Col
lege, several graduates of the in
stitution working for the Texas
Game, Fish and Oyster Commis
sion or other enterprises will be
present and take part in the pro
gram.
A business meeting of Region 5
of the Wildlife Society, a national
organization devoted to the in
terests of the professional wildlife
managers, will be held in co-
operation with the Conservation
Section of the Texas Academy of
Science on November 9 and 10.
Chris H. Groneman
Has Book Published
A recently announced publication
by Chris H. Groneman, professor
of Industrial Education of Texas A.
& M. College, and Miss Susan E.
Boehmer, special handcraft super
visor in Cleveland, Ohio, is Making
Things Is Fun. This is the first of
a series devoted to development of
creative handcraft in elementary
schools from the third through the
eighth grades. The first book con
tains 96 pages of instructional ma
terial, designs, patterns, and pho
tographs of interesting projects in
cardboard, wood papier mache,
metal foil, clay, and potato and
stick printing.
Otto Ransleben, a student at A.
& M. College, illustrated the text
and J. B. Clark of the A. & M.
staff made the photographs. The
response to the first book has been
so great from many states that
the authors are attempting to com
plete the entire series within a
year. The book is printed by Steck
Company, Austin.
Street and McGuire
Write Descrip Book
W. E. Street and J. G. McGuire
of the Engineering Drawing De
partment of Texas A. & M. Col
lege are co-authors of a new
descriptive geometry problem book.
The problems have been selected
to emphasize descriptive geometry
fundamentals applicable to all
branches of engineering. Methods
of solution have been correlated
with industrial methods. The book
incorporates all latest methods dev
eloped during the industrial ex
pansion accompanying the war.
SS TSCW « irls
Approximately $25,000 worth of
building, shoes, uniforms, clothes
and machinery went up in smoke
4:30 Monday afternoon as Holick’s
boot shop blazed away. The fire is
said to have started by an ex
plosion in the cleaning shop at the
rear of the building. From there
it quickly spread throughout the
shop. Practically all goods were
destroyed. Although few pants and
shoes were recovered, most of the
clothing and all of the boots re
mained a charred mass.
Mr. Holick established his bus
iness 55 years ago, and until now,
had no trouble with fire. If the
valuable machinery can be replaced
soon, he hopes to re-open before
Christmas.
Plenty of Aggies lost their en
tire wardrobe in the fire. Among
the many losers is Chester Reed,
a senior from Fort Worth, who
bought a pair of boots at 3:00, took
them to Holick’s at 3:30, only to
have them burn up at 4:30. L. B.
Wardlaw didn’t quite lose the shirt
off his back but he did lose four
shirts and a blouse. And some
where in the remains lie the black
ened ruins of a shirt, some ties,
and some “pinks” belonging to
Cadet Colonel Eli Barker.
As soon as the building can be
cleaned, Mr. Holick intends to set
up a salvage station in order to
return all goods that were not de
stroyed.
Kiwanis President
To Speak On Radio
Major J. E. Breland, president of
the Kiwanis Club of College Sta
tion, announced today that Hamil
ton Holt, president of Kiwanis In
ternational, wil participate in
“America’s Town Meeting” Thurs
day evening, Nov. 15.
The program will be carried over
the nationwide facilities of The
American Broadcasting Company
at 7:30 p.m.
Holt will be one of four speakers
who will discuss the question,
“Should We Have a Single De
partment for Our Armed Forces?”
Breland said that The Town Hall
Inc., and Kiwanis International
were jointly presenting the broad
cast in the hope that it would en
courage the formation of public
forums and roundtables in all
cities and towns throughout the
United States.
Many Kiwanis clubs, it was learn
ed, will hold meetings at the time
of the broadcast and then carry
on the discussion at the conclusion
of the radio program.
Late afternoon of Friday, Nov.
7, will find the A. & M. campus in
vaded by a score of beauties from
Tessieland; the purpose of such
being the contest to choose the
most beautiful girl from T. S. C.
W. for their yearbook. “The Daede-
lian”. Sixteen contestants, four
from each class at TSCW previous
ly chosen by the Tessie student
body, will be on hand with their
beauty to contest for the selection
by the entire Aggie cadet corps of
the most beautiful; and four addi
tional assistants from the student
body will accompany the con
testants to handle the business af
fairs, photography, publicity, and
contest details.
The Aggie cadet corps will re
ceive its first glimpse of the con
testants when they are introduced
formally for the first time at the
Town Hall Program scheduled for
Friday night in Guion Hall. Every
one will have the additional oppor
tunity of meeting, conversing with,
and judging the nominees at the
free corps dances to be held in
Sbisa Hall immediately following
the program. After the corps has
had its opportunities to meet and
judge the contestants, it will be
called on to participate in a gene
ral election of the most beautiful
girl; the winner of such election
receiving the title of the 1946
“Daedalian Beauty” at T. S. C. W.
Leavey, 15, Sends
Surrender Papers
A copy of the document which
! terinated the war in the Philip
pines has been received for the
archives of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas by
President Gibb Gilchrist from Ma
jor Edmond H. Leavey, deputy
commander and chief of staff of
the United States Army Forces
Western Pacific headquarters.
The instrument of surrender is
signed by General Leavey, former
ly of the A. & M. Class of 1915,
and by Tomoyuki Yamashita who
was commander of the Japanese
army in the Philippines; and by
Denhici Okochi, who was vice ad
miral and commander of the Japa
nese navy in the area.
The surrender of the Japanese
was consummated at Baguio, Lu
zon, P. I. on September 3, 1945.
In presenting the document to
his Alma Mater, General Levey
wrote: “Since Texas A. & M. is so
well reperesented in this area by
its graduates and ex-students, who
contributed so materially to the
defeat of the Japanese, it occured
to me that you might wish to have
for the records of the college a copy
of the document which terminated
the war in the Philippines area.
MacCallum States
Favorites and Fair
Pictures Deadline
The deadline on the pictures
which must be turned in for the
Senior favorites and Vanity Fair
section of the Longhorn has been
set at Dec. 15 by Robert MacCal
lum, editor of the forthcoming
yearbook. He also stated that the
pictures to be turned in for the
Senior Favorites must be 3x5 inch
with glossy finish, while those for
the Vanity Fair must be 8x10 inch
also with glossy finish. The Fav
orites should be bust pictures,
while the others must be full length
with formal attire. MacCallum de
clared that there would be a
charge of $1.50 by the Student
Activities Office for the Favorite
Pictures, but there wil be no fee
conection with the Vanity Fair
contestants pictures.
Mac also added the following as
an afterthought. “The pictures and
snapshots of Aggie Activities must
be in by December 15 if they are
to be printed in the Annual. Snap
shots of this nature are the back
bone of any annual, and their im
portance cannot be overemphasiz
ed”.
Professors Will
Speak to Scientists
A number of A. & M. men will
have a leading part in the forth
coming meeting of the Texas Aca
demy of Science, which will con
vene at Baylor University, Waco,
Texas, November 8, 9, and 10. This
will be one of the most notable
scientific meetings to be held in
Texas since the outbreak of the
war in 1941 and a large attendance
is expected.
Among those who will participate
are Dr. Leo T. Murray of the Biolo
gy Department, who is Secretary
and Acting Treasurer of the Aca
demy; Professor Harold Vance,
Head of the Department of Petro
leum Engineering, who is Vice-
President of the Academy for Sec
tion IV, Geography and Geology;
Dean C. H. Winkler, Head of the
former Department of Psychology,
who is Vice-President of the Aca
demy for Section III, Socal Sci
ences; and Dr. Walter P. Taylor,
Chief of the Division of Wildlife
Research, Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station, who is President
of the Academy.
Among the Texas A. & M. men
who will give papers at the various
sections of the meeting are the
following: H. E. Hampton, Depart
ment of Agronomy, Dr. Roy L.
Donahue of the Extension Service,
Luther J. Starr of the Department
of Agronomy, Professor L. S.
Paine, Dr. George E. Potter, Dr.
Sam Goldich of the Department of
Geology, Dr. Luther G. Jones, Act
ing Head of the Department of
Agronomy, who is serving on the
Academy’s Committee on Research
grants; Professor A. A. L. Matt
hews, Geology Department, Dr. W.
B. Davis, Acting Head of the De
partment of Fish and Game, and
(See CONFERENCE, Page 2)
“Who’s Who” at Aggieland
Selected to represent the Class of 1947 at Texas A. & M. in “Who’s
Who in American Colleges and Universities” were the above men. Left
to right, standing: R. B. McCallum, Charles Heath, Jr., A. L. Presnal,
Sam Nixon; seated: Driscoll Henkhaus, Eli Barker, Bob King, L. B.
Wardlaw, and R. M. Vick. Not present when the picture was snapped
was Hilton Hall.
Twenty names from A&M will be included in “Who’s
Who in American Universities and Colleges” from the first
and second classes of ’47. The first class of ’47 has already
been sent in and those from the second class of ’47 will in
clude: Cadet Colonel Eli Barker from Wichita Falls taking
Chemical Engineering; Cadet Captain Hilton Hall from
Hughes Springs taking Agricultural Administration, who
is the Senior Class Treasurer; Cadet Major L. B. Wardlaw
from Del Rio taking Veterinary Medicine, who is the Sen
ior Class Social Secretary; Cadet Captain Bob King from
Eastland taking Agriculture Administration, who is the
Senior Class President; Captain
Sam Nixon from Abilene taking
Pre-Med, who is Editor of the
Battalion; Cadet Lt. Colonel A. L.
Presnal from Tabor taking Aero
nautical Engineering, who is a
Regimental Commander and Town
Hall Manager; Cadet Lt. Colonel
R. M. Vick from Conroe taking
Agriculture, who is a Regimental
Commander and Head Yell Leader;
Cadet Lt. Colonel D. A. Henkhaus
from Woodsboro taking Electrical
Engineering, who is the Corps
Executive Officer; Cadet Captain
taking Chemical Engineering, who
is the “Longhorn” Editor; and Ca
det Sergeant Major Charles Heath
from Winona, Mississippi taking
Veterinary Medicine.
They were selected by a Com
mittee from their class and were
approved by the Student Activities
Committee. The basis of the selec
tions are leadership, popularity,
scholarship, and activities. The
grade point ratio is set at 1.25,
unless the student is very out
standing in the other three fields.
Charles Heath was the only
R. B. MacCallum from Galveston
Junior selected this year.
A.S.A.E. Hears Meyer
Mr. Meyer, Professor of Agri
cultural Engineering at Purdue
University and now on leave to the
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, and
Mr. H. P. Smith, Agricultural En
gineer with the Texas Experiment
Station, were the guest speakers
at the November 1st meeting of
the American Society of Ag. En
gineers here at A. & M.
Mr. Meyer, who was a visitor on
our campus, gave a very timely
and interesting talk on the broad
field of expansion and the oppor
tunities that present themselves to
graduate Ag. Engineers. Mr. Smith
gave the Society a graphic picture
of the recent implement show put
EX-SERVICEMEN’S CLUB
SPECIAL MEETING, NOV. 13,
7:15 p. m.
Mr. James A. Debqnham, Civil
Service Representative of the
Tenth U. S. Civil Service Region,
will speak before a special meet
ing of the Texas A. & M. Ex-
Servicemen’s Club. The topic
will be on “Job Opportunities
for Veterans in Civil Service
Work.” All veterans are urged
to attend.
on by the International Harvester
Co., at Chicago.
All Ag. Eng. majors are ureged
to support the Society and attend
the next meeting, which will be a
social, on November 15.
Kiwanis Club Elects Wilcox President
For 1946; Sorrels and Oden to Serve
George B. Wilcox was elected
president of the College Station
Kiwanis Club Tuesday, to serve
during the year of 1946. Other
officers named in the ballot were
Joe H. Sorrels, first vice-president,
and Ray Oden, second vice-pres
ident.
Wilcox, head of the education
and psychology department at Tex
as A. & M., had served during the
past year as vice president of the
club. He succeeds Jim Breland,
who was the first president and
has served since January, 1945.
Sorrels, who is a professor of
Municipal & Sanitary Engineering
at the college, has served since the
club’s inception as its secretary-
treasurer. His primary duty in
his new position will be to serve
as presiding officer over meetings
of the board of directors.
Oden, owner and operator of the
Southside Food Market, has served
during the year of 1945 as co-
chairman of the College Station
Business Men’s League, which
functions as a committee of the
Kiwanis Club. As second vice presi
dent, he will be charged with the
responsibility of correlating the
work of the various committees of
the club.
Re-elected as directors for the
new year were M. L. Cashion, H.
L. Heaton, Lloyd Smith, and Ralph
Steen, while S. W. Hopper, R. L.
Hunt, and S. A. Lipscomb are new
electees to the board. A secretary-
treasurer will be named by the
new board of directors at a later
date.
The new officers and directors
will assume their offices on Jan
uary 1, 1946, and will serve for one
year.