Volume 45
College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, February 6, 1946
Number 19
Enrollment Is Highest Since Spring of ’43
Four Thousand and Nineteen Had
Doubleheader in Entertainment Registered Up to Ten This Morning
Time Schedule Permits
Aggies to See T. u.
Game Before Town Hall
A neat job of time juggling’ was accomplished
yesterday by the Athletic Department and the Town
Hall management in order to provide a doubleheader
in entertainment on the campus for this evening.
Starting time for the basketball
game between the Aggies and their
traditional arch foes, the Texas uni
versity Longhorns, has moved up
to 7:00, while curtain time for
the appearance of harpist Lois
Bannerman and the Gordon String
Quartet was set back to 8:30 p.
m.
Still in her early twenties, Miss
Bannerman has been heard in re
cital throughout the country and
in her short and distinguished
career, has had an extraordinary
number of glowing tributes paid j
to her. Typical of press comment^
are the following excerpts:
“Miss Bannerman's playing was
the outstanding event of the eve
ning, and if anyone went to the
concert with doubt as to the harp's
solo qualities, he came away con
vinced that, in the hands of a truly
fine artist, its music is incompara
ble."
“There can be little doubt that
Lois Bannerman will be hailed
within very few years as a virtuo
so of the harp unsurpassed in this
or any other country".
No less eminent in its field is
the Gordon String Quartet, a fortu
nate combination of well-known
artists headed by Jacques Gordon,
who founded the organization and
has been conducting it for 21
years. Formerly concert master
of the Chicago Symphony Orches
tra, Gordon will play a Stradivari-
us instrument, the De Roughemont,
which is one of the finest in the
world.
LOVELY LOIS BAN
NERMAN is as easy
on the eyes as her
harp is heavenly to
the ears, according
to advance informa
tion received here.
Miss Bannerman will
appear in joint con
cert with the Gordon
String Quartet at A.
& M.’s Town Hall
this evening.
BAAF “Bryan Village” Releases 32
Apartments for Veterans Families
A small dent in the big housing
problem bulge at Texas A. & M.
was effected yesterday afternoon
as college officials were notified
that 32 apartments of the Bryan
Village section at Bryan Army Air
Field would be released to the fam
ilies of veterans enrolled here.
The badly needed living units
were obtained through the efforts
of the college administration which
has been working on the possibil
ity for some time of obtaining the
facilities of the recently de-acti-
vated flying field. The apartments
are controlled by the U. S. Army
and the Federal Public Housing
Authority of Fort Worth.
It was emphasized that the
newly acquired apartments would
be available only to hardship cases
and that many more such cases
exist than there are apartments
to accomodate them. However, it is
hoped that other units at the field
may be acquired in the near fu
ture.
INFANT SON OF VETERAN
STUDENT IS SUFFOCATED
David Hogan III, the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. David Hogan, Jr.,
passed away last night. The baby's
father is a veteran student at A.
& M.
It was believed that the baby
became entangled in the bedclothes
in his crib and was suffocated.
Registration at Texas A. & M.
has hit the highest point since the
spring of 1943, H. L. Heaton, regis
trar, announced today. The latest
figures, up to ten a. m. this morn
ing, show that approximately four
Veterans Plan
“Evening of Fun”
Veteran students and their wives
who are newcomers to the Aggie
campus will be honored tomorrow
evening at an “Evening of Fun”
arranged by the A. & M. Ex-
Servicemen’s Club. The welcoming
party is scheduled for 7:00 p. m.
at Guion Hall.
The Aggieland Orchestra, con
ducted by Bill “Pop" Turner, will
present a thirty-minute program
of stage show music featuring
vocals by Patty Grabowski, while
another feature will be the appear
ance of C. E. Van Horne’s “Bar
bershop Quartet", which is making
its debut on the Gion stage.
P. L. Downs will open the pro
gram with a short welcoming
speech, and after the stage show,
the Athletic Department will show
a movie of the A. & M.-Arkansas
game played at Fayetteville dur
ing the past football season.
The program is expected to be
over at about 8:30.
ATTENTION WIVES OF
STUDENTS LIVING IN DOR
MITORIES 14 and 17: If you
are interested in working in
College Cafeteria, secure infor
mation in office of the dining
hall.
Kiwanis Hears'' Facts About City"
Students and their wives who
were not on the A. & M. campus
last semester may buy season tick
ets at the Guion Hall door tonight
for $1.25. These tickets will be
good for the Margaret Speaks-
Conrad Thibault joint recital on
March 20, the Ostas Spanish dan
cers in April, and all other Town
Hall attractions scheduled for the
semester. Single admission for to
night’s concert will be sold at the
door.
EAGLE SCOUTS
A meeting of all Aggies who
hold the rank of Eagle Scout
will be held in Room 313 of the
Agricultural Building at 7:00
p. m. Thursday, February 7.
All Eagle Scouts are urged
to attend.
THE EAGLE SCOUT CLUB
Facts about the city government
of College Station were presented
by City Manager Lloyd Smith at
yesterday’s luncheon meeting of
the College Station Kiwanis Club.
Smith was introduced by Mayor
Ernest Langford, who emphasized
that the present city administra
tion welcomes inquiries from the
public regarding civic affairs at
all times.
City Manager Smith compared
College Station with other Texas
cities of the same size group on
the basis of garbage collection,
tax assessments and rates, and ex
penditures for salaries and wages.
Referring to the collection of gar
bage as the number one problem
of city government at the present
time, he cited the cities of Belton,
Dalhart, Dumas, Gatesville, and
others which have no city collection
system or which assess monthly
charges for the service. The City
of College Station, Smith stated,
collects garbage daily in the busi
ness districts and twice weekly in
the residential areas without
charge.
Discussing the local tax rates,
Smith quoted an assessment value
of 60<' per $1.00 and a tax rate of
$1.40 as the average of 191 Texas
cities in the College Station size
group, and cited examples of Gid-
dings, Lockhart, Calvert, and oth
ers with valuation assessments of
50 to 65% and rates of from $1.20
to $1.90. Property in College Sta
tion is assessed at 65% and the
tax rate is 65tf per $100.
Using the same size group as a
comparison, Smith stated that the
average number of city employees
is 14 as compared to eight in Col
lege Station, attributing the fav
orable comparison to the fact that
the local city manager is a licensed
electrician and waterworks opera
tor and performs many tasks or
dinarily assigned to a city engi
neer. He also cited the improve
ment in the city’s financial condi
tion and the reduction in residen
tial power rates from 2<f: to Itf
per K. W. hour as achievements of
the present City Council and ad
ministration, and appealed for co
operation of College Station citi
zens in making further strides in
civic progress.
Upon motion by Ford Munner-
lyn, a vote of confidence in the
present city government was passed
by the club, and President George
Wilcox announced that a committee
would be appointed to draw a reso
lution to that effect.
Dr. R. E. Patterson, of the Ani
mal Husbandry division of the
Agricultural Experiment tSation,
was introduced as a new member of
the club, and C. H. Connell, of the
Municipal and Sanitary Engineer
ing Department, was introduced as
a returning member.
thousand and nineteen men had
registered thus far.
There has been no accurate
breakdown of the figures as yet,
due to the rush of both old and
new students, but about sixty five
percent of those registered are as
sumed to be veterans. A large part
of those are married and most of
them have their families with them.
The Committee for Postwar En
rollment had estimated to within
several hundred the number of re
gistrations. Their figures for this
fall state that approximately sev
en thousand, perhaps more, will
enroll. The report also says that
a peak will not be reached for sev
eral semesters.
TSCW Modern Choir
Will Be Presented
This Friday Night
Resuming its> concert tour activi
ties for the first time since the
war began, the Modern Choir at
Texas State College for Women
will be presented at Texas A. & M.
College on Friday, February 8,' un
der the sponsorship of the Town
Hall Series.
Unique in the Southwest, the
Modern Choir differs from the tra
ditional choir in that stress is
placed upon the development of the
individual rather than the subor
dination of individuality to the
group.
The repertory of the group
ranges from the classic to modern
music, as well as including ar
rangements from musical comedies
and light operas. Further diversity
is given to the program through
the interspersion of vocal and in
strumental solos, trios and duets.
The TSCW choir has been a
favorite with Texas audiences
since its organization. It has ap
peared at joint sessions of the
House and Senate of the Texas
Legislature, and has given many
“command performances" at Army
camps and hospitals over the state.
Streamlined from every angle,
the organization employs tech
niques of the movies, radio and
speech arts, for the presentation
of a diverting program.
HILLEL CLUB
The Hillel Club is calling for
an organization meeting of all
Jewish men on the campus on
Friday evening', February 8th,
at 7:00 p. m. at the Y. M. C. A.
Cabinet room.
Friday evening Services will
be held at the same place fol
lowing the meeting. Everyone
is urged to attend.
Mark Halleck
Hillel Club President