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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1946)
Texas A&M The B College alion Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, February 13, 1946. Number 22 JIMMIE THOMPSON, 17, outstanding third-year student at the A. & M. College of Texas, is congratulated by Dean T. D. Brooks on becoming the first winner of the Julia Ball Lee memorial award, which grants him a sum of $200 for the next semester. First Sergeant of Battery B, Field Artillery, in the cadet corps, Thompson has been a Distinguished Student every term he has attended Texas A. & M., and has been earning a portion of his college expenses as a waiter in the college mess halls and as an employee of the Texas Forest Service. Berryman and Orr Sustain Injuries In Collision With Deaton Yesterday Veterans In New Area to Occupy Dormitory Twelve By James A. Davis Veterans now being housed in various corps dorms over the cam pus, will soon be moved to dormi tory number twelve, it was an nounced Tuesday. Some of the ex- servicemen started moving today, and others will follow slowly, until the new location is filled. Approxi mately 225 men will be placed in Utay Hall, and the remainder, prob ably numbering about twenty-five, will be distributed between Moore and Moses Halls. The Military Organizations which leave Utay, a .cavalry dorm, will be housed in Dormitories Eight and Ten. The problem which had to be overcome was simply this: The four troops, comprising the smallest unit on the campus this semester, were too small to fill an entire dorm with two troops, but too large to be placed in a single hall. Thus, three troops will be placed in dorm ten, and one in dorm eight. This action was necessary to over come the ■'difficulties which con fused housing caused. This new system should work admirably, since there will be no over-crowded area to eliminate, and since a uniformity in person nel occupying each dorm, will be realized. Dr. Frap’s House Is Damaged By Fire The home of Dr. and Mrs. G’. S. Fraps, located at Walton Drive and Milner, in College Hills Estates, was damaged by a fire of unde termined origin Monday morning. The damage was limited largely to the roof of the home, where the fire broke through, and to a large amount of water, which will neces sitate refurnishing of the interior of the house. As volunteer help was on the scene without delay, little property loss was sustained. Furniture and personal possessions were moved out of the house and away from the fire. No estimate of loss or a statement as to insurance has been given. Joe Faulk Opens New Auto Store Joe Faulk, ’32, on terminal leave from the Army after more than five years service, has gone into the auto accessory business at Col lege Station. His store, connected with the Kenyon Auto Stores Association, is located at the South Gate next to Madeley’s Pharmacy. Before going to the European theater of war Major Faulk was with the Military Science Depart ment of the College as an instruc tor for about 18 months. Three men sustained light cuts and bruises and one man is still in the hospital with a fractured kneecap and several fractured ribs as a result of a wreck ocuring at 5:20 yesterday afternoon. A. R. Orr, M. E. professor, will be in the Kiwanians Witness Girl Scout Service College Station Kiwanians wit nessed the investiture service of the Girl Scouts Tuesday as Fran ces Sinek became a member of Troop 2 of the girls’ organization. Led by Mrs. Elizabeth Little, the troop is sponsored by the Ki.wanis Club. Patty Hensel is Mrs. Little’s assistant. A brief history of girl scouting was given by Barbara Birdwell, after which Ann Hickerson out lined the duties of a sponsor and Nancy Stevens gave an explana tion of the ranks of Girl Scouts. In the colorful investiture serv ice, members of the troop gave the Girl Scout . laws as they lit can dles. Songs used in the ceremony were “America, the Beautiful”, “White Sand”, and the Girl Scout campfire song and hiking song. Miss Sinek repeated the Girl Scout oath as she was inducted as a member. Members of the troop who took part in the program were Ann Hickerson, Shirley Long, Hilda Stoddard, Dorothy Spriggs, Bar bara Birdwell, Patricia Kelt, Fran ces Copeland, Sarah Hudson, Gem ma Dobrovolny, and Nancy Stevens. Bryan Clinic indefinitely with a shattered kneecap and some bro ken ribs. Lloyd G. Berryman, also of the M. E. department, suffered a severe cut on his forehead and several minor cuts and bruises. Guy Deaton, typewriter repair man and distributor of Bryan, and his unidentified companion, were taken to St. Joseph’s in Bryan, where their condition is unknown. Wit nesses to the accident, however, stated that both had quite a few small cuts and abrasions on their hands and faces. According to Charlie Crawford, head of the M. E. department, Berryman and Orr were g'oing home from work last evening at about 5:20. As they were turning into Gilchrist Drive, two blocks south of the campus entrance, they were struck by Deaton’s car, trav eling north from Navasota. Both cars were considerably damaged. • \ Drivers License Can Be Renewed At Security Office J. F. Hickman, Chief of Campus Security, has announced that he has on hand, for the benefit of vet erans, a supply of driver’s license renewal blanks. Veterans whose licenses expired while in the serv ice are permitted to renew them without taking an examination. Hickman stressed again the necessity for all students owning cars to register them at the Offic of Studnt Affairs. Campus police must be able to tell at a glance whether a car is “foreign” or not. Birdwell Proposes Exclusive Veterans’ Book Exchange A solution to the acute problem' encountered by the Exchange Store this semester in supplying regular and veteran students with essential King Cotton, 1946 To Be Elected by Aggies Tonight King Cotton, to preside over the Cotton Ball of 1946, will be elected tonight at 7:00 p. m. at a meeting of the Student Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy in the Agronomy Library, Agricultu ral Building. Plans concerning the Cotton Ball and election of the queen will also be discussed. All students majoring in Agri culture and all old members ai'e especially urged to attend, as this will be one of the most important meetings of the year. Coach Karow Calls For Golf Meeting Marty Karow, backfield coach in football and head coach in bas ketball, has taken on additional duties and this year will coach the Aggie golf team. Just back to the Aggie staff after three years in the Navy he is familiar \vith what he has for material this year so is issuing this call for all candidates for the 1946 golf team to report to him at the DeWare Gymnasium on Thursday evening, February 14, at 5 o’clock, when he will have a brief meeting and outline the plans for the coming season. Any golfer of more than dub ability should report to Coach Ka row and perhaps the Aggies might have a better chance for the con ference title this year. Ex-Aggie Debates Military Merger Brig.-General G. H. Beverly, ex-Aggie presently commanding Kelly Field, Texas, will be one of the affirmative speakers at the meeting of the Bryan News Com munity Forum scheduled for Fri day evening at 7:30 in the S. F. Austin High School Auditorium. General Baverly and Major Harry Logan, Executive Office at the Bryan Army Air Field, will up hold the affirmative of the' ques tion “Should the Army, Navy and Air Corps be Merged?” Allan Mudgett, Bryan Attorney and formerly a Lt.-Commander (See DEBATE, Page 2) NEW STUDENTS There will be an important meeting of all students who were not enrolled last semester in the Assembly Hall at 5:00, Thursday afternoon. books and supplies was proposed yesterday by Carl Birdwell, mana ger. “As the GI Bill will be in effect for at least the next ten years, a complete and separate book store, designed for handling requisitions of veterans only should be estab lished before next September, when veteran attendance is due for a tremendous rise,” stated Mr. Bird- well. “That arrangement would ena ble the present Exchange Store to care for the needs of the uniform cadets, and eliminate the necessity for lengthy and tiresome lines,” he added. The present confusion surround ing the book supply picture can be explained. First, the Registrar underestimated the enrollment for this semester last December by nearly 1100, whereupon the Ex change Store, basing its stock on a smaller figure, could not meet the demands of the swelled num ber. Also, the publishers have been unable to fill orders for badly need ed books. “I appreciate,” said Mr. Bird- well, “the patience and courtesy that veterans and Aggies have shown in waiting to be served. There has been criticism, but it has been constructive.” Hunter College Offers War Bonds For Best Essays In celebration of its seventy- fifth anniversary year, Hunter Col lege of the City of New York is offering a series of prizes totalling* $12,900 in Victory Bonds for the best essays on intercultural rela tions, it has just been announced by Professor Broderick Cohen, di rector of the evening and exten sion sessions of the College, and chairman of the essay committee. The prize money has been made available by Lane Bryant, Inc., of New York City. Awards will be made to win ners in three categories. College and university students are asked to write on the general topic, “How Can American Colleges or Other Social Institutions Promote the Ap preciation of the Culture of Other Peoples and Cooperation Among Them?” Contestants may concen trate on some portion of the gene ral topic. A first prize -of $1,000, a second prize of $500, and 18 prizes of $100 each, all in Victory Bonds at maturity value, will be awarded to winners in this group. Teachers in colleges, universi ties, high schools and elementary schools of the continental United States can compete for a similar group of awards, writing on the topic, “How Can the American (See HUNTER COLLEGE, P. 4)