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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, JANUARY 10, 1946 NUMBER 14 THIRTY-TWO AGGIES make up the personnel of the popular Singing Cadets who will appear here on a Town Hall program Monday evening. The group is under the direction of W. M. “Bill” Turner and features the solo voices of Frank Haines and Charles Thoma, baritones, and Watson Keeney, tenor. ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Singing Cadets Prepare Varied Program For Town Hal| Concert Monday Evening Aggieland's famous Singing Ca dets are scheduled to carry on the high traditions of Town Hall Mon day night, January 14, as they ap pear in their first full-length conceit on the A. & M. campus since April, 1945. A well-rounded program which runs the gamut of sacred, secular, patriotic and popular music has been planned for the appearance. Opening the concert will he a group of choral arrangements including Smith’s arrangements of “The Star Spangled Banner”; a new song, “One World” by O’Hara-Bratton, which will feature the baritone voice of Frank Haines; Waugh’s arrangement of the spiritual “Go Down Moses”, with baritone solo by Charles Thoma; the rousing “Stouthearted Men” by Sigmund Romberg; and Jerome Kern’s im mortal “Ole’ Man River”. The second group of songs will open with the Cadets’ amusing in terpretation of Bartholmew’s “De Animals Are Cornin’ ”, and swing into a medley from the Hammer- stein-Rogers musical show “Okla homa”.. Fred Waring’s “This Is Bill Turner My Country’ ’and Will James’ sa cred “Blow, Trumpets, Blow” will conclude this group. Planned for the third group are the sacred “Grace Be Unto You” by Tow- bridge, and another spiritual, “Ole Ark’s A-Moverin!” The concert will be concluded with a group of Aggie songs: “I’d Rather Be a Texas Aggie”, by Littlejohn; Lil- Munnerlyn’s “Twelfth Man”; and the famous “Spirit of Aggieland” by Mims-Dunn. The Cadets are also scheduled to sing Ringwald’s haunting arrange ment of “The Lost Chord”, with Watson Keeney furnishing the te nor solo; and David Mitchell, ac companist for the group, will be heard in two piano solo numbers. Under the direction of Bill Tur ner, the Singing Cadets have al ready appeared in two full con certs this fall, one for the Humble Club at Baytown on November 17 and one at John Tarleton College at Stephenville on December 8. The popularity of the group has in creased steadily as it has furnish ed entertainment on a number of programs on the A. & M. campus, and a large attendance of local music lovers is expected for Mon day’s concert. The program, is scheduled to get under way at 8:00 p. m. at Guion Hall. Student season tickets and Town Hall reservations will be hon ored, while single admission tickets will be sold for 25(* to students and 60<J to others. College Bank Buys Building Site, Elects Management Permanent organization of the recently chartered College Station State Bank was effected on Fri day, January 4, as stockholders met to elect the Board of Directors and to adopt by-laws. Ralph W. Steen, professor of history at- the Texas A. & M. College, was added to the direc torate in the only change to be made in the personnel of the Board, which had been named in the charter application of the group. Steen replaces Durwood Manford of Smiley, Texas who had requested that his name be withdrawn from the ballot for per manent directors. Other members of the board are L. G. Jones; S. A. Lipscomb; R. B. Butler; Herschel Burgess; Joe Skiles, and W. Lamar Fly. Purchase of a lot on the corner of Sulphur Springs Road and Tau ber Street as a location for the in stitution was announced yesterday. It was stated that plans will be drawn and a contract let for the building as sopn as possible. Luther G. Jones was named pres ident and W. Lamar Fly cashier in a meeting of the Board of Directors held on Januaiy 8. Col. R. J. Dunn, Author of "Spirit of Aggieland", Retires February 1 Col R. J. Dunn Captain E. Vergne Adams is Appointed To Succeed Veteran Aggie Bandmaster Col. Richard J. Dunn, director of the Aggie Band for the past twenty-two years, will retire on February 1, according to an an nouncement released this week. Col. Dunn will be remembered best here for his famous “Spirit of Agg'ieland”, which was written soon after the beginning of his service with the college on Sep tember 1, 1924. He has arranged all the music for the Band for many years, and under his tutelage the aggregation has developed in to one of the largest and most colorful military bands in the Southwest. He is a member of the National Bandmasters’ Association, and is widely regarded in Texas as an outstanding band master. New Student Life Committee Takes Over Activities, Student Aid, & YMCA Board Aggies Invited to Take Parts in Radio Series Planned by Forestry Service Texas A. & M. students will have the opportunity to develop radio dramatic technique in actual prac tice under a plan proposed by the Texas Forestry Service. Programs designed to further the program of the Forestry Service are being written and will be directed by R. Verle Johnson, who has recently returned to the department after U. S. Army service with a special motion picture unit attached to Su preme Headquarters in the Euro pean Theater of Operations. The Forestry Service transcribed programs will be presented over stations providing a state-wide cov erage, including members of the Texas Quality Network and seve ral additional broadcasters. Aggies who wish to participate in pre paring the transcriptions will have the opportunity of .working as a radio workshop, and according to Johnson, may develop the project into a campus dramatic organiza tion if they desire. The first trial transcription will be made tomorrow evening at 7:00 at the WTAW radio studio. Those interested are invited to-be present at that time, regardless of previous training or experience, and will be permitted to take parts in the first transcription of the series. College Accepts Cohen Fellowship Texas A. & M. College has ac cepted the offer of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation of an an nual grant to be known as the Rab bi Henry Cohen Fellowship, honor ing the Galveston churchman be cause of his distinguished service through a long lifetime to people of all faiths and creeds throughout Texas. The fellowship of $300 is to be awarded annually by a faculty committee, preferably to a junior student who has done most in the judgment of the committee to pro mote interfaith amity and better group relations on the A. & M. College campus. F. C. Bolton, executive vice pres ident of the college, and A. L. Sachar, national director of Hillel Foundation, handled the negotia tions. Formal acknowledgement of the Rabbi Henry Cohen Fellowship is on the agenda of the A. & M. Board of Directors meeting for January. “Rusty” Heitkamp Is Appointed to Activities Staff Appointment of R. L. “Rusty” Heitkamp to the staff of Student Activities was announced here re cently. Heitkamp is an Accounting and Statistics graduate of Texas A. & M. in the Class of 1942, and edited the Longhorn of that year. He was also elected to Who’s Who in Amer ican Colleges and Universities in Regimental's^aff Captain on the Married Veterans Get Temporary Housing Entering the U. S. Army with the Class of 1942, Heitkamp ad-1 vanced to the rank of Captain and spent 21 months overseas as a J member of the Fourth Armored Ar tillery Division of Patton's famed Third Army. Seeing action in Eng- | land, France, Germany, Austria, and Czecho-Slovakia, he held the Bronze Star and the Silver Star with five battle stars at the time of his discharge. Heitkamp replaces Mrs. Sally Dansby in the Student Activities office, and will act as bookkeeper and accountant, while also serving as adviser on the new Longhorn yearbook. Wilcox Installed As New Riwanis Club President Approximately 300 persons at tended the first birthday celebra tion of the College Station Kiwan- is Club Tuesday evening at Sbisa Hall. Group singing conducted by Bill Tui’ner and the invocation by Rev. R. L. Brown preceded the banquet, and dinner music was provided by the A. & M. Consolidated School orchestra under the direction of Col. R. J. Dunn. Introduction of guests was made by Jim Breland, after which an honorary member ship in the club was presented to Col. Dunn by Ernest Langford. An Aggie quartet sang “You Tell Me Your Dream and I’ll Tell You Mine” and “She’s More to be Pitied than Censured”; and Dis trict Judge W. S. Barron, in a short address, emphasized the im portance of service clubs in fur thering acquaintance and making for a solidified community. Ward Farrington of Houston, lieutenant-governor of District III of the Texas-Oklahoma District of Kiwanis International, presided at the installation of new officers. George Wilcox was installed as president for 1946, while other new officers are: Joe Sorrels and Ray Oden, vice presidents; Sam Cleland, secretary; and N. D. Durst, treas urer. New directors are J. S. Hop per, R. L. Hunt, and S. A. Lip scomb. Formation of a Student Life Committee with a membership com posed of faculty and student rep resentatives was announced here this week. The same directive which authorized the new Commit tee provided for the discontinuance of the committees for Student Ac tivities, Student Aid, Student Wel fare, and the Y.M.C.A. Board. Plans for the operation of the new committee provide that the functions of the discontinued com mittees shall be undertaken by the Student Life Committee with the exception of Student Welfare, which is to be absorbed by the re cently formed Student Council. Faculty appointments to the group for the current year are: J. W. Rollins, dean of men and director of student affairs; Joe Skiles, head of Student Activities; Daniel Russell, head of the Rural Sociology Department of the Col lege; W. L. Penberthy, head of the Physical Education Department; M. L. Cushion, secretary of the Y.M.C.A.; Ernest Langford, head of the department of Architecture; G. B. Wilcox, head of the Educa tion and Psychology Department; R. G. Perryman, of the Registrar’s Office; and E. L. Angell, assistant to the President of the Capt, E. Vergne Adams was named director of the A. & M. band on January 7 as Col. Dunn’s suc cessor. Captain Adams, an outstanding member of the Aggie Band during his student days, still is in the army and is stationed in Mary land, but it is hoped he will be able to assume his new duties next month. In 1942 Adams had been named assistant to Col. Dunn, but he was called into military service with a Chemical Warfare unit. He saw service in the Pacific. Adams received his bachelor of science degree from Texas A. & M. in 1929 and his master’s degree in 1932. He studied music and band work at Northwestern University, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and at the Vandercook school of music. He led the high school bands at Bryan, Texas, and at Palestine, Texas. Local Students Assist In Drive For Clothing Mayor Ernest Langford issued a proclamation Saturday requesting the cooperation of all groups and individuals in the city in connec- College. | tion with the Victory Clothing Col- Ex-officio student representatives are the Cadet Colonel, President of the Senior Class, Head Yell Leader, and President of the Jun ior Class. The organization meeting of the new Committee was held on Dec. 18. A&M Directors to Meet With T. u. Regents Jan. 13 A joint meeting of the boards of regents of Texas A. & M. Col lege and the University of Texas will be held at Fort Worth on Jan uary 13. The program for the joint meet ing was not announced, but it was indicated that mutual problems of the two institutions would be dis cussed. The joint meeting follows a regular session of the A. & M. directors scheduled for January 12 at John Tarleton College at Ste phenville. Adriance and Reynolds To Preside in Dallas G. W. Adriance of the A. & M. College Horticulture Department and E. B. Reynolds of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station will preside over the horticulture and plant industry sections re spectively of the Texas Agricultur al Workers Association convention in Dallas January 11 and 12. Students ASCE’s to Meet Next Thurs. The Texas A. & M. student chap ter of the ASCE will meet next Thursday, January 18 in the CE lecture room at 7:30. Mr. Porter of the Gifford-Hill Concrete Pipe Company will speak to the society, and will narrate the film to be shown on the manufacture and use of concrete pipe. In the business session of the meeting, Student Chapter ASCE shields will be distributed to those \Vho have ordered them, and addi- 1 tional orders will be taken. Funeral Services Are Held for Kimbrough Baby Funeral services for little Mary Frances Kimbrough, three-months- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Kimbrough, were held on Mon day morning at 10:30 o’clock at the home of the maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. James, Sr., 501 East 29th Street. The service was conducted by Rev. Walter R. Willis, pastor of the First Methodist church and the hymn “Jesus Loves Me” was sung by Nancy Rush Hoppess, Camille Lucas, Dorcas Morgan, Adrianne Jones and Sidney Howell. Four uncles of the baby acted as pallbearers, Dr. Ernest Kimbrough, James W. James Jr., John Kim brough and Jack Kimbroug-h. Kirkbride Named AICE Director C. G. Kirkbride, head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A. & M. College, ha§ been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chem ical Engineers. The election was made at the last convention of the society at Chicago. Kirkbride’s election to the twelve- man board marks the first time that the Institue has gone west of the Mississippi River for its directorate. lection drive. W. D. Bunting, chairman of the drive at College Station, announced that the collecting center will be established at the A. & M. Con solidated School. Students at the Consolidated School will assist in the drive, with James Prewit, chairman of the Courtesy Committee at Con solidated High School, acting as chairman of the student drive. All contributors are requested to con tact some Consolidated School stu dent or their Church pastors for further information. Clothing collected during the dr!ve will be sent to peoples in the war-devastated lands of Europe, China and the Philippines. Cloth ing, shoes, and bedding are solic ited, and donors are urged to at tach good-will messages to their contributions. Mrs. Parker Heads Yet Wives’ Club Mrs. Wilma Parker was chosen president of the Ex-Servicemen’s Wives Club, and other officers for the new semester were named Mon day night at a business meeting of the organization. Along with Mrs. Parker, officers who will direct club activities for the next semester include Mrs. Moselle Sturkie, vice-president; Mrs. Jerry Thompson, secretary; Mrs. Lib Little, treasurer; and Mrs. Jodelle McCall, reporter. Club sponsor is Mrs. J. T. L. McNew. Officers will hold a special meet ing tonight (Jan. 10) at 7:30 p. m. at the Ex-Servicemen’s Club house to name committees and to plan the semester’s program. All club members and ex-servicemen’s wives who wish to join the group are invited. Three Dorms Assigned to Couples Plight of married war veterans seeking to complete their educa tion resulted in assignment of three more Texas A. & M. College dormitories for temporary occu pancy by couples, it has been an nounced by E. L. Angell, assistant to the president. This additional space will not provide rooms for all those who have applied for quarters. The dormitories will be opened to couples February 1, to be occupied only until the student body again reaches the point where the build ings are needed for male students. Mr. Angell stressed the fact that Texas A. & M. College essentially is a men’s school, and that there is no possibility of providing per manent quarters on the campus for the wives of married students. It also was announced that a cafeteria will be operated in Sbisa dining hall for the convenience of veterans and their wives, starting February 1. Walton hall on the campus first was converted temporarily into ef ficiency apartments and equipped for light housekeeping. The eighty- eight apartments in this building can be re-converted into living quarters, for male students when the need arises, Mr. Angell pointed out. After the Walton hall apart ments were occupied by married veterans and their famiies, the A. & M. Board of Directors authorized conversion of fifteen two-story frame project houses at the south end of the campus into four-apart ment dwelling for veterans. This work is well under way, but the waiting list to date for the Febru ary semester far exceeds the sixty additional family units this work will provide. College authorities still are seek ing emergency housing units wherever they may become avail able for removal to the campus area" to house married veterans. In the three dormitories assigned married veterans, 240 couples can be accommodated. To date there are more than 800 applications from married veterans who want to en ter fexas A. & M. College when the new semester begins February 1. Chem Society Will Hear Dr. Altschul The fourty-fourth meeting of the Texas A. & M. Section of the American Chemical Society will be held in the lecture room of the Chemistry building, ~uesday even ing, January 15, at 8:00 p.m. Dr. A. M. Altschul of the South ern Regional Research Laborator ies of New Orleans, La., will ad dress the Section, on the topic, “Biochemical Processes in Seeds.” Visitors are invited to hear this talk. The usual dinner, for Section members in honor of the speaker will be at the Aggieland Inn at (See CHEMICAL, Page 3)