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Texas A&M
The B
College
alion
Volume 45
College Station, Texas, Friday Afternoon, February 15, 1946
Number 23
Plan Two Six-Weeks Terms for Summer
' . _ , . w / | _ n ^Veterans May Qualify for Continued
ReligiOUS tmphosis Week lO Be Subsistence Payments Under Plan
Featured by Special Services
Classes Suspended
One Hour Each Day
During Next Week
Religious Emphasis Week will be
observed on the campus of A. &
M. College by special services both
morning and evening.
Morning services will be held in
Guion Hall at various hours with
Dr. Frank B. Hall, pastor .of the
Central Presbyterian Church in St.
Louis, as speaker.
Services will be held and classes
suspended in accordance with the
following schedule:
Monday, 9:00 to 10:00 a. m.
Tuesday, 10:00 to 11:00 a. m.
Wednesday, 10:00 to 11:00 a. m.
Thursday, 11:00 to 12:00 a. m.
Friday, 11:00 to 12:00 a. m.
Evening services will be con
ducted by the several denomination
al groups.
At the First Baptist Church of
College Station, there will be Rev.
Joe Boyd, a former outstanding A.
& M. athlete and All-American
tackle. He will be assisted by Joe
Trussell, one of the outstanding
gospel song leaders and choir di
rectors in the South. Both will be
here Sunday to conduct the regu
lar church worship, and will con
tinue each evening until Sunday
morning February 24.
The Church of Christ will have
as guest speaker Dr. M. Norval
Young, minister of the Broadway
Church in Lubbock. He will speak
each night in the church building
at North Gate, Monday through
Friday at 7:15.
The A. & M. Presbyterian Church
and the A. & M. Hillel Foundation
will hold joint services Sunday,
Feb. 17, at 7:00 p. m. in the Y. M;
C. A. chapel. The services will be
conducted by Rev. Norman Ander
son, pastor of the A. & M. Pres
byterian Church, and Rabbi Alan
S. Green of Temple Emanuel in
Houston. Rev. Anderson will pre
side, while Rabbi Green will con
duct regular Jewish services in
both Hebrew and English.
Dr. B. Frank Hall of St. Louis
will be the speaker for the Pres
byterian Church at 7:15 each eve
ning in the Y. chapel. His topics
for Monday, “The Inner Conflict”,
for Tuesday, “He, She, and I”. The
public is welcome.
Catholic Students Invited
To K.C. Dance in Bryan
All Catholic students at A. &
M. are invited to a dance which will
be held at the K. of C. Hall in
Bryan this Saturday night, Febru
ary 16, at 8:00 p. m.
Will Sing At Two Dances
Dance in the Morgan manner! Russ Morgan and his
orchestra will play for the Ex-Servicemen’s Ball to be held
Friday night, Feb. 22, 9:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Sbisa Hall. The
following night Feb. 23, the Morgan orchestra will play
again for the Corps dance.
Tickets for the Ex-Servicemen’s Ball are on sale at
Guion Hall, Student Activities Office, Lipscomb Pharmacy,
Sbisa and Duncan mess halls, and from all committee mem
bers.
The veterans dance will be semi-formal, and admission
is $1.50 couple or single.
Marjorie Lee, lovely vocalist with the Russ Morgan orchestra,
who will sing at the Ex-Servicemen’s Ball and the Corps Dance next
week.
A program of summer study at
Texas A. & M. College that will
meet the requirements of returned
service men and allow wives to
take college level courses has been
worked out by the Executive Com
mittee, it was announced today by
Dean F. C. Bolton, executive vice-
president.
The Summer Session will be
divided into two six-week terms,
and the two weeks intervening be
tween the end of the summer school
and the beginning of the regular
Fall semester will give veterans a
needed vacation, Dean Bolton point
ed out. Under the G. I. Bill, studies
may be interrupted up to 30 days
without disturbing the regular sub
sistence allotment of veterans.
By taking a full schedule both
terms of the session, the student
can make 14 hours toward a degree
provided one course each term car
ries laboratory practice* in addition
to theory. If the student’s schedule
calls for theory courses only, a to
tal of six hours can be made each
of the two terms.
For students who make high
scholastic records during the cur
rent regular semester—those mak
ing 28 grade points—there is the
opportunity to take eight hours
per summer term, a total of 16
possible for two terms of summer
school. The permission to take 8
hours per term will be granted by
the deans to proficient students in
their respective schools, Dean Bol
ton pointed out.
A study is being made at the
present time to ascertain what of
ferings will best suit the veteran-
student during the summer terms,
Dean Bolton said, and this will be
especially true of offerings for the
second summer term. This survey
of the needs of the students for
summer courses will be completed
as soon as possible, and announce
ment of the offerings will be made
at the earliest possible time, Dean
Bolton said.
Since the college has returned to
its pre-war basis of two regular
semesters and two summer terms
of six weeks each per year, it again
will be possible to accommodate
Martin Vick is King- Cotton of 1946
By Sam Nixon
One of the big buzzes on the
campus this past week was “Who
is going to be King Cotton?” This
was an important question because
whoever is the Cotton King will
represent this college to leading
stylists all over the Southwest.
Well, at last the question is ans
wered. In the Agronomy Society’s
last meeting, the election was held.
The King Cotton for the 1946
Cotton Ball and Pageant is a tall,
dark, and handsome lad from Con
roe. He’s a senior, taking Agrono
my, and is the head yell leader, the
Lt.-Col. of the Composite Regi
ment. Besides all of that, he^s also
president of the Agronomy Society.
If you haven’t already guessed his
name, it’s Martin “T-Model” Vick,
who dislikes being called by his
first name, Bobby.
Working with Vick on the Pag
eant are three committees. These
are: Decorations, Karl Williams and
John Cox; Publicity, Leland Main
and Joe Brannon; and Arrange
ments, LeRoy Hendricks, R. L.
Moore, and B. J. Suster.
The Cotton Style Show Pageant is
under the sponsorship of Sanger
Brothers, of Dallas, who will furn
ish an undetermined number of
models for the event. Mrs. Man
ning Smith is the director of the
show, which is to be held April 12,
with the Cotton Ball on the follow-
ing^night.
women students during both terms
of the summer school, Dean Bolton
explained. During the war, due to
the speed-up program of three se
mesters per year, each of 16 weeks
duration, it was impossible to give
women permission to attend and
take courses which they could
transfer to some other institution
toward a degree.
Some questions had been asked
as to the advisability of attempting
to change the college schedule in
order to get in a full semester dur
ing the summer, Dean Bolton said,
but all inquiries seemed based on
the assumption that the veterans?
schooling would be interrupted, and
that payments under the G. I. bill
would be lost. Such is NOT the'
case, Dean Bolton emphasized. The
veteran students will be able to
take six hours of theory and one
hour of practice each term of the
summer session, a total of 14 hours,;-
and those with 28 grade points dur
ing the present semester will be
allowed to take two extra hours,
or a total of 16 hours for their
summers’ work. Under the present
plans the wives of the veterans
and other women will be allowed to
take courses during the summer
which they may apply toward a de
gree at some other school, the dean
concluded.
Veterans to Meet
Monday Night,
See A. & M. Movie
By S. J. McConnell
The A. & M. Ex-Servicemen’s
Club wil hold another open meet
ing for all veterans and wives or
dates on Monday night, Feb. 18,
7:30 at Guion Hall.
After the business meeting is
concluded, the Student Activities
Office will show “We’ve Never
Been Licked”, for the benefit of
all ex-Aggies and veterans who^
were unable to see the picture
overseas.
“We’ve Never Been Licked”,
which was billed as “the story of
the fighting sons of Texas A. &
M,”, is a Universal production
-filmed on the A. & M. campus in
1942. The cast includes Noah
Beery, Jr., Martha O’Driscoll, An
ne Gwynne and Robert Mitchum.
Overseas, the picture was titled
“Texas to Tokio.”
Who’s who on the committees
for the Ex-Servicemen’s Ball:
Decorations, Pat Y. Spillman-
Taylor Siedel, Pete Utesch, Ben
Hopson, Melvin Johnson, Mrs;
Wilma Parker, Mrs. Thomas Ford!
Ticket sales: John Rouganac,
Bob Chaffin, Odell Hall, Bill Tayt
lor, John Tobin, Bill Hammersely,
X. o. Dutton, Lester Richardson.