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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The
Texas A«M
College
alion
WEEKLY
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
DEEP IN AGGIELAND
TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 45
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 24, 1946
NUMBER 16
Melody Maids Slated
For All-Girl Show
at Guion Hall Friday
The Melody Maids, a group of 50 personable girl sing
ers from Beaumont, will be presented here on Friday, Jan
uary 25, under the auspices of the Senior Class.
One of Beaumont’s youngest and
most popular choral groups, the
Melody Maids were organized in
1942 by Mrs. Eloise Milam, the
present director. Several soloists
are featured in the all-girl show,
and accompanist is Miss Lera Mae
Gosch. The girls are not connected
with any particular school, but are
made up of high school and Lamar
Junior College students in com
bination with local Beaumont busi
ness girls.
Eco Club Invites “
Public to Hear
E. 0. Cartwright
E. O. Cartwright, manager of
the Dallas office of Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner and Beane, will
speak at an open meeting of the
Economics Club here at 7:30 o’clock
tonight in the Chemistry lecture
room. Subject for Mr. Cartwright’s
discussion will be “Investments and
the Stock Exchange.”
Cartwright is noted as an au
thority on stock exchange opera
tions and investments. He has ap
peared on the A. & M. Campus
several times during the past few
years, and has the reputation of
being an interesting and informa
tive speaker.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic, and all faculty members, stu
dents, and other residents are in
vited to attend.
Cooperation Is
Requested in
Scheduling Dates
Individuals and organizations on
the Texas A. & M. campus and in
College Station are urged to use
the facilities of The Battalion and
the Student Activities office to
schedule meetings and social af
fairs.
“Your cooperation in this respect
will accomplish a two-fold pur
pose,” stated the manager of Stu
dent Activities today. “All too
often three or four affairs have
been scheduled for the same time
on the same day, so that persons
are often prevented from attending
meetings at which they would like
to be present.
“Secondly, reporting your meet
ing dates in advance to the office
will permit inclusion in ‘What’s
Cooking’, the calendar of events
printed weekly in The Battalion.
This should help to avoid misun
derstanding as to the time and
place of meetings and make for
better attendance.”
The information should be tele
phoned to The Battalion office at
4-5444 or 4-5324, or addressed to
Student Activities through the Fac
ulty Exchange.
What’s Cooking
Thursday, Jan. 24
7:30 p.m.: Economics Club at
Chemistry lecture room, open to
public.
7:30 p.m.: Ex-Servicemen’s wives
at clubhouse.
Friday, Jan. 25
2:30 p.m.: College Women’s So
cial Club at Sbisa Hall.
6:15 p.m.: Singing Cadets ban
quet at Sbisa Hall.
8:00 p.m.: Melody Maids All-
Girl stage show at Guion Hall.
Monday, Jan. 26
9:00 a.m.: Registration for Soft
Drink Bottlers short course at Y.
M. C. A.
Tuesday, Jan. 27
12:00 noon: Kiwanis Club at
Sbisa Hall.
Wednesday, Jan. 28
7:30 p.m.: Aggieland Orchestra
and Singing Cadets in Final Jam
boree at Guion Hall.
Thursday, Jan. 29
6:30 p.m.: Annual Aggie football
banquet at Sbisa Hall.
During the war the Melody
Maids presented their show “Sere
nade in Blue” at many army
camps, naval bases, hospitals, and
War Bond rallies throughout Tex
as and Louisiana, and were cited
by the Texas Federation of Music
Clubs “for exceptional services in
promotion of the war effort”. Press
clippings from Fort Crockett and
Camp Polk indicate that they were
enormously popular with the GI’s
and were called back for repeat
performances time after time.
From the Beaumont Rotary Club
comes the observation that “Every
body knows they are the Rotary
Club’s favorite entertainers. An
informal vote by the program
committee chairmen chose their
last program as the best enter
tainment program for the first six
months . . The girls are beauti
ful, vivacious, charming, gracious
—and they can sing! . . . Their
director embodies in one small
package enough personality, enough
magnetism, enough musical genius
... for a whole room full of
women.”
Expected to be heard on Friday’s
show are such Aggie favorites as
“Stardust”, “Rhapsody in Blue”,
“Ave Maria”, “Sweet and Love
ly”, “Tea for Two”, and many
other popular numbers. The group
also features several numbers such
as Miss Nell Ray’s whistling rendi
tion of “Indian Love Call” and a
military skit which includes a
muted trumpet solo by Margaret
Jones.
The Melody Maids’ show is
Scheduled to get under way at 8:00
p. jn. at Guion Hall. Admission
price is 25tf. The show is not" a
Town Hall performance.
Kiwanis Observes
Anniversary With
Record Attendance
The College Station Kiwanis
Club observed the 31st Anniversary
of Kiwanis International Tuesday
as a record attendance of 116
members was recorded at the regu
lar weekly luncheon meeting.
Program for the day was in
charge of John J. Sperry, chair
man of the Kiwanis Education
Committee. George Wilcox, pres
ident of the College Station club,
read an Anniversary Message from
Hamilton Halt, president of Kiwa
nis International, and C. B. Camp
bell outlined and explained the
functions of the committee on Ki
wanis Education. The meeting was
concluded by the unison reading
of a pledge of rededication to Ki
wanis principles by members of
the club, led by A1 B. Nelson.
Visitors included several enrollees
at the R. E. A. Co-op managers’
short course, and Mrs. Ara Has-
well who made an appeal in behalf
of the March of Dimes drive for
the Infantile Paralysis Fund.
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THE MELODY MAIDS will appear at Guion Hall tomorrow night at 8:00 under the sponsorship of
the Senior Class of Texas A. & M. In accepting the invitation to perform on the Aggie campus, Mrs.
Eloise Milam, director of the group, made this comment: “I believe you will like the girls. They are
attractive, entertaining and well behaved.”
Off to a Flying Start
Try oh ts Bpgin For Aggie Play
Final Jamboree
Will Be Next Wed.
A farewell Jamboree will be held
next Wednesday night that prom
ises to be one of the best of the
series. The Aggieland Orchestra
and the Singing Cadets, both under
the direction of Bill Turner, are
scheduled to be the feature attrac
tions.
The boys in the band have some
new arrangements of both old and
new Aggie favorites, some of which
are Woody Herman’s “Apple
Honey,” and “Carioca.” Boyd Rog-
ex-s, talented fish from Abilene,
will render “Love Letters,” and a
new style “I Don’t Know Why I
Love You Like I Do.”
The ever popular Singing Cadets
will sing “Begin the Beguine,”
and “The Lost Choi'd,” With a spe
cial solo part by Watson Keeny.
The Jamboree will start prompt
ly at 7:30 next Wednesday night.
Short Course for Soft Drink Bottlers
Attracts 32 Out-of-State Enrollees
Approximately 50 pei’sons, in
cluding 32 out-of-state enrollees,
are expected to attend A. & M.’s
second short course for the bott
ling industry here from January
28 through February 16.
Insti’uction for the short course,
designed to provide training for
representatives of soft drink bott
lers in all phases of the industry,
will be furnished by Texas A. &
M. staff members and by tech
nicians from many firms who sup
ply materials to the industry. Mem
bers of the A. & M. faculty who will
assist in the short course are Dr.
W. M. Potts and Dr. M. T. Harring
ton of the Chemistry Department,
Professor E. H. Gibbons of the
Biology Department, Dr. James
G. Potter of the Physics Depart
ment, Hall Logan and V. M. Faires
of Management Engineering, Joe
H. Sorrels and P. J. Alwin Zeller
of the Municipal Sanitary Engineer
ing Department, J. S. Hopper of
the School of Engineering, E. Sim-
mang of the Mechanical Engineer
ing Department, E. L. Williams
of Industrial Education, and Ernest
Langford of the Ai'chitecture De
partment.
Registrations have been received
from enrollees from California,
North Carolina, and many other
states, according to L. R. Hick
man, who is in charge of arrange
ments for the coux*se. Those attend
ing will be housed on the top floor
of Dormitory 11, and meals will be
taken in Duncan Hall. Registration
will be held in the Y. M. C. A. Mon
day morning, January 28, and ses
sions will be conducted in the
Petroleum Engineering, lecture
room.
• Over 45 persons attended the't'
first meeting of the Texas A. & M.
Dramatic Club held in the Assem
bly Hall Tuesday evening, January
22.
Mr. Harry Kida spoke to the
group on “The Barter Theater” of
Bristol, Tennessee, explaining that
The Barter Theater, as the naihe
implies, bartered acting for com
modities of any nature useful to
the actors. At one time, Kidd re
lated, a patron of the theater led
a cow into the theater, milked it
in front of the audience, and pre
sented the pail of milk for admis
sion. The Barter Theater became
famous as a testing ground for
new plays and new talent for
Broadway.
Tryouts were held for the first
major play of the spring semester,
“You Can’t Take It With You,” to
be presented dui’ing March, 1946.
Tryouts will be continued at the
next meeting on February 5.
Following an introductory talk
by F. L. Hood, faculty advisor, out
lining tentative plans for the or
ganization, Bill Zoller took charge
of a business meeting as tempo
rary chaii*man. A committee was
elected to prepare a slate of offi
cers for election at the Febnxary 5
meeting.
E. W. Glenn Resigns
Position at A. & M.
Edgar W. Glenn, on militay leave
fi’om the A. & M. College depart
ment of industrial education has
x-esigned to accept appointment as
deputy director, Construction and
Supply Seiwice, Veterans Admins-
tration, Dallas, it was announced
today.
Mr. Glenn was associated with
A. & M. College from 1928 until
he left for military duty in 1941.
He taught in both the departments
of engineering drawing and indus
trial education, and directed the
Singing Cadets from 1932 until
1937. He also served as executive
secretary of the Texas State Plan
ning Committee for Industrial Arts
Ex-Servicemen’s
Wives Meet Tonite
Four committee chairmen and
other committeemen were appoint
ed Thursday night at an executive
meeting of the Ex-Servicemen’s
Wives Club.
Doris Ford will serve as chair
man of the social committee with
Marion Cittadino, Ossie McKenna,
and Lucy Westbrook assisting.
Ludy Sullivan was named head of
the publicity committee with Hilda
Steig and Mary Higbee as com
mittee members. Betty Webb,
chairman, and Claire Evans are
serving as the membership com
mittee.
Elizabeth Gibbs was named as
chairman of the program commit
tee. Walt Wester and vice president
Mozelle Sturkie will also serve
with her.
President Wilma Parker an
nounced that officers and commit
teemen will meet again at the Ex-
Servicemen’s Clubhouse tonight at
7:30 o’clock to complete plans for
the spring semester.
Social Calendar Has 16
Dances Already Set For
Spring Semester Nights
Four Class Balls, Two Regimental
Formals, Veteran’s Dance, Cotton
Pageant, Eight Corps Balls — Wheee
Longhorn Wants
More Snapshots of
Outfit Activities
The LONGHORN is again asking
all company commanders to have
the men in their companies make
snapshots of company and dormi
tory life in their respective com
panies. They are also requested to
have these men take snaps of any
activities from bull sessions to
formal dances. This will have to be
done in order to have all compa
nies and individuals properly re
presented in the yearbook.
The presidents of the campus
clubs are reminded that there is
very little room left in the annual
for Home Town Clubs and the vari
ous other clubs on the campus. Re
servations for the space for these
in the yearbook must be made by
the end of this week. After the
resei'vation has been made, the edi
tor will notify the club as to the
time and place the picture will be
made.
H. P. Smith Named
Chairman of Texas
Resources Library
H. P. Smith, chief of the Divi
sion of Agricultural Engineering,
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, was named chairman of
the boai'd of the Library of the
Texas Natux*al Resources Founda
tion at the recent meeting of that
organization in San Antonio. Mi*.
Smith had been vice chairman of
the board and chairman of the
budget committee.
Harold Vance, head of the Petro
leum Engineering Department, was
renamed chairman of the Library’s
book committee.
The Library of the Texas Natural
Resources Foundation, which main
tains headquarters • in the Aztec
building at San Antonio, provides
means through which knowledge of
Texas’ natural resources and their
development and conservation may
be readily available to the citizens
of the State.
♦ A full social calendar for the
spring semester has been scheduled
by the Office of Student Activities,
with the close cooperation of the
various heads of the planning com
mittees of the affairs. There are
sixteen dances on the roster at
present, and another will be added,
that of the Final Ball, as soon as
plans for the old-time Final Review
are completed. There are dates al
ready set for four class balls, two
regimental formals, an ex-service
men’s dance and the Cotton Pa
geant. A Corps Ball will be held
on the night after each of these;
eight are scheduled.
The planning committees are be
ing organized at the present and
will start work as soon as possible
on their respective dances.
The spring semester social cal
endar follows:
Feb. 22-23, Composite Regimen
tal Formal and Corps Ball.
March 8-9, Ex-Servicemen’s
Dance and Corps Dance.
March 15-16, Infantry Regimen
tal Foi’mal and Corps Ball.
March 29-30, Freshman Ball and
Corps Dance;
April 12-13, Cotton Pageant and
Corps Ball.
Api'il 26-27, Sophomore Dance
and Corps Dance.
May 3-4, Junior Prom and Corps
Dance.
May 10-11, Senior Ring Dance
and Corps Ball;
and the Final Ball.
“This is to be the biggest and
best social season since the begin
ning of the war, and the ensuing
slump in enrallment here,” was the
opinion of Joe Skiles, manager of
Student Activities.
NOTICE
All students who wish part-
time employment during the
Spring term (February 4 to
May 25) are urged to file an
application I’enewal with the
Placement Office immediately.
Those students who have not
filed applications but desire em
ployment should file with us an
application at this time. Re
newals and applications will be
accepted beginning Friday, Jan.
18, 1946.
The Placement Office.
Julia Ball Lee Endowment Fund Open to
Biology Scholars Who Need Assistance
A scholarship fund for needy
Aggies who do outstanding work
in the Biological Sciences has been
announced to be the Julia Lee Ball
Endowment Fund, which was set
up by the late Dr. and Mrs. O. M.
Ball, consisting of thirty-two thou
sand dollars in bonds. The income
from these bonds is to be used
for the rewarding and assistance
of outstanding men who have
shown special aptitudes in one or
more of the Biological Sciences,
and who have a definite need for
finances. Dr. Ball is the late head
of the Biology Department.
These awards are made through
a committee composed of the Dean
of the School of Arts and Sciences,
the head of the Biology Depart-
Education.
ment, and one other Biology pro
fessor. The present committee is
headed by Dean T. D. Bx-ooks, and
includes Dr. C. C. Doak and Dr.
G. E. Potter.
The first award from the fund
is to be made on February 1 for
the next semester. Applications are
now being received by this com
mittee by letter. They are filed in
the Registx-ar’s office until the
committee meets.
The maximum sum for next
semester will be two hundred dol
lars. The award will be continued
with a maximum amount of two
hundred and twenty-five dollars
for the long terms. v
The award will be made on out
standing work in the Biologic Sci
ences, with other courses and the
grade point ratio in correlation.
NOTICE
Students in the following
groups may register for the
Spring semester during their
vacant periods on Wednesday
and Thursday, January 30 and
31.
A. Those who have no failing
grades on their permanent rec
ords in past semesters and none
on their preliminary grade re
ports in residence.
B. Those who were distin
guished during their last prev
ious semester in residence.
Students qualifying under
either of these conditions must
make application for this priv
ilege on forms to be obtained
in the Registrar’s office.
Thursday, January 24 is the
last date on which a student
may apply for early registra
tion.
H. L. HEATON,
Registrar.
NOTICE OF AWARD FROM
JULIA BALL LEE
ENDOWMENT
A selection will be made
February 1st of the recipient
of an undergraduate fellowship
award in Biology which will pay
a maximum of $200 for the en
suing semester. Applications
will be made in form of a letter
addressed to the Julia Ball Lee
Endowment Committee and filed
at the office of the Registrar.
The Committee will select for
this fellowship, the student with
the best record in the Biologic
Sciences with consideration also
of other grades. Stipend will be
adjusted to needs of the student
within the announced maximum.
Applicants should include in let
ters of application their classi
fication, the amount of work
taken in Biologic Sciences and a
statement of the extent to which
they have been dependent on
their own earnings.
Dean T. D. Brooks, Chairman
Julia Ball Lee Endowment Com
mittee.
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