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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
Texas A*M
The B
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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.
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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)