Texas A&M
The B
College
alion
Volume 45
College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, March 6, 1946
Number 31
Dr. Eddy Discusses
World Situation
“Unless the United States can
eliminate graft and racial intole
rance and provide full employment,
the American system of free en
terprise is doomed.” So said Dr.
Sherwood Eddy Tuesday in a dis
cussion of “The World Situation”
before the weekly luncheon meet
ing of the College Station Ki-
wanis Club.
“The United States is behind in
nothing,” Dr. Eddy stated vigor
ously, “not even in our grafting-
politics.” Graft has been stopped
in Russia, the speaker stated, by
the simple expedient of quick and
drastic justice to offenders. “If
President Grant or Warren G.
Harding had lived in Russia^’ said
Dr. Eddy, “they would have- been
stood up against a wall and shot.”
The speaker also scored public
apathy toward the plight of one-
third of the population of the
United States, who are, he said,
unemployed, ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-
housed, and lacking in proper med
ical care. These conditions he laid
at the door of the capitalistic sys
tem of “free enterprise”, which Dr.
Eddy stated “is not free for any
body except the wealthy class of
the nation.”
Dr. Eddy said that the United
States was once looked upon with
hope by the lesser nations of the
world as a daring, leftist people,
but that today we are committed
to a policy of individual profit.
Russia he credited with “stand
ing passionately for untempered
justice and racial brotherhood”,
but stated that the U.S.S.R. had
“failed utterly in two disastrous
points: liberty and religion. “Com
paring the Soviet Republic to the
United States, he reminded his aud
ience that Russia is the largest
country in the world in size and
white population and stands sec
ond in industrial production, stat
ing that “they have come along
very fast” and advising his list
eners to look to that country for
further economic development.
Discussing Great Britain, Dr.
Eddy said that although it is the
poorest country in the family of
nations, it is in many respects the
most advanced, calling attention
to the growing dominance of the
Labor Party in British politics. He
described India as like “a huge
pile of loose bricks”, with its many
differences in religion, social
castes, and languages, and stated
that it needed the “steel frame”
of British dominance to hold to
gether. It would be better for both
parties, Dr. Eddy said, for India
to achieve dominion home-rule
status as soon as possible, al
though he minimized the likeli
hood of agreement on such a
basis.
China he described as being con
fronted with the issue of whether
See EDDY, Page 4
Family Style Meals,
Cafeteria at Duncan
A cafeteria, based on the prin
ciples of the one now operating in
Sbisa Hall, will open March 7,
1946, at the breakfast meal. A pay-
as-you-go plan will be used in
obtaining meals, and coupon books
in $10.00 denominations may be
purchased at the Duncan Hall of
fice.
Students who do not have an
eleven o’clock class, are asked to
take their meals before 11:40, in
order to prevent long waiting
lines.
Those desiring to continue fam
ily style eating, may do' so upon
payment in advance, of $27.00, on
or before March 6. This amount
covers board through April 5, 1946.
The meal hours for family style
eating will be the same as these
applied to the corps, while cafeteria
hours vary slightly according to
official notices.
Draft May Catch
Many Before June
Students who are nearing their
18th birthday are reminded that
one postponement of induction is
all they are eligible for, and satis
factory grades are necessary for
this. However, in case of a post
poned pre-induction physical, ano
ther postponement is possible. Only
those students who entered vet
medicine proper (not the prepara
tory studies) before March 15,
1945 are deferred. Those having
advanced R.O.T.C. contracts with
the government are of course ex
empt.
The draft law expires May 15,
and unless extended will leave those
who remain throughout the semes
ter intact.
Veterans Vote for
Full Summer Study
A special meeting of the Ex-
Servicemen’s Club was held Mon
day night, March 4, 1946 at 7:00
p.m. Business matters were dis
cussed and committees appointed.
Attending members voted for
a full summer semester instead of
the two six-weeks plan, and the
mess hall report was approved. A
message of congratulations to the
Veterans Club from J. W. Rol
lins, Dean of Men, was read by
President Gene Howard.
A Committee was appointed to
pick a representative to the Cotton
Ball and to organize a Board of
Directors to act as a governing
body for the Club.
Members on the Committee to
set up a Board of Directors are:
D. S. Leventhal, R. R. Bliles, H. L.
Garret, C. P. Sheldon, Earl Har
ris, Q. C. Harney, Jack G. Mor
gan, H. M. Anderson, Bill Sammis,
W. A. McClure, B. D. Sarles, R.
A. Palson, John Barnes, Les Rich
ardson, Harold Low, J. R. Persons,
C. S. Nesom, J. R. Harris.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, World Day of Prayer has come to be a
totally international, totally interdenominational, total
ly interracial, and totally necesary occasion, and
WHEREAS, the Council of Church Women of College
Station will observe World Day of Prayer appropriate
ly in this city,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest Langford, Mayor of
the City of College Station, do hereby proclaim March
8, 1946 as World Day of Prayer in this community,
and urge our citizens to atend an inspirational pro
gram at 3:00 p.m. in the Y. M. C. A. Chapel on that
date.
Given under my hand and the seal of the City of Col
lege Station, Texas, this the sixth day of March, 1946.
Ernest Langford,
Mayor
Calder Tells Engineers About Texas, Infantry Stomp Set
Her Transformation and Opportunities For Sbisa Friday
Curtis E. Calder, chairman of
the Board of Electric Bond and
Share Company was a guest of
Vice-President F. C. Bolton of
Texas A. & M. College Tuesday
and spoke to engineering students
in Guion hall on opportunities in
the field of engineering.
Mr. Calder formerly lived in Tex
as and managed electric proper
ties for Electric Bond and Share,
and expressed his pleasure at re
turning home to Texas.
“I love Texas,” Mr. Calder said.
“We in the East always associate
Texas with bigness. Everything is
drawn on the same magnificent
scale in Texas—its people, its
ranches, its farms; its great edu
cational institutions, among which
Texas A. & M. is outstanding; its
resources, and its opportunities.
Here in Texas it is very easy to
visualize opportunities — whether
in the field of engineering, of ag
riculture, or any of a dozen pro
fessions or occupations.
“The war years have completed
the transformation of Texas from
a raw material economy, dependent
upon the industrial East for the
greater part of its requirements of
finished goods, machinery and cap
ital, and as a market for the prod
ucts of its farms and its extractive
industries, to a great industrial
empire, which processes and elab
orates the products of its soil in a
thousand ways to meet the needs
of men everywhere.
“Texas has always had an abund
ance of natural resources—in its
EX-SERVICEMEN’S WIVES
SCHEDULE MEETINGS
Australia, the land of the boom
erang and the kangaroo, is also
the land of many men; and “a
girl just doesn’t have time to keep
herself looking beautiful between
dates/’ says Joy Chapman Henry,
Australian wife of Perrin Henry,
veteran now attending school at
Texas A. & M.
Mrs. Henry was guest speaker
at the regular monthly meeting of
the Ex-Servicemen’s Wives Club
Tuesday night.
Using a small boomerang as a
pointer, Mrs. Henry showed on a
map various piaces of interest in
the country “down under”. And of
the girls there, she said, “They are
considered very good-looking.”
“People in Australia don’t live
to work...dancing is the main rec
reation...the girls do not marry
young by your standards...and there
are more holidays in Australia
than work days.”
Before Mrs. Henry’s talk, Wilma
Parker, club president, announced
the following group meetings:
Wednesday, March 6, Art Group,
2:30 p. m., at Sbisa Hall Lounge.
Mrs. E. R. Alexander, leader.
Wednesday, March 6, Child Stu
dy Group, 7:30 p. m., at Sbisa Hall
Lounge. Dr. Holt talks on “Con
tagious Diseases.”
Thursday, March 7, Handicraft
Group, 3:00 p. m., at Sbisa Hall
Lounge. Mrs. George Warner, lead
er.
Thursday, March 7, Style Group,
7:00 p.m. at Sbisa Hall.
Thursday, March 7, Bridge and
Social Group, 7:30 p. m., at Sbisa
Hall Lounore.
LIBRARY JOBS OPEN
Professional civilian librarians
are needed for service with the
occupation forces in Japan, Korea,
and the Philippines, it was an
nounced by the Special -Service
Division of the Army Service
Forces.
' The requirements are that the
applicant be a citizen of the United
States, a graduate of an accepted
college with one year’s experience
in library work or an accredited
library school, and between the
ages of twenty-one and forty.
millions of acres of fertile farm
lands—in petroleum, sulphur, nat
ural gas, and limestone; but now
its engineers, its scientists, and its
business men are employing these
resources to create a new and rich
er economy, where industry and
agriculture work shoulder to shoul
der to forge a new future for its
people.
“Opportunities in the field of en
gineering? You have only to look
about you at the new opportuni
ties exemplified by the airplane
plants in Dallas and Fort Worth,
the steel mills of East Texas, the
kraft and paper mills, the potash
plants in West Texas, the tremen
dous new chemical plants based on
oil and related resources all over
the state, and the great port facil
ities of your Gulf cities, and these
cities are the windows through
which you can look out at an end
less chain of opportunities evolving
in the industrial awakening of Lat
in America.
“I want to congratulate you upon
your choice of a profession. This
nation needs engineers—GOOD en
gineers—more now than ever be
fore. I am not going to attempt a
^detailed listing of engineering op
portunities. Industry is continually
surging forward toward new goals,
providing new machines and imple
ments to lighten the burdens *^)f
men, providing a succession of new
opportunities for alLwho have the
independence and the energy to
seek them out.”
CAREER DIPLOMATS NEEDED
Would you IkLe to be a career
diplomat ? Foreign Service of the
United States needs a great many
capable young men to be the eyes,
ears and voice of America all
over the world, and first chances
are being given to veterans of the
recent war, both those already
out of service and those still in
uniform.
Income Tax Worriers . . .
A representative of the Internal
Revenue office will be in the
YMCA Cabinet Room all day
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
March 7, 8, and 9 to assist anyone
who so desires with their income
tax statements.
The Infantry Regimental Ball,
featuring the Aggieland Orchestra,
is scheduled for Friday, March 8
from 9:00 to 1:00 a.m. at Sbisa
hall. Invitations have been printed
and will be included with each
ticket. Programs will be handed
out at the door.
A record attendance is expected
from the eight companies which
compose the regiment and any non-
reg. senior who has a ring and is
an ex-infantryman is cordially in
vited.
The Decorations Committee, with
Eddie Brandt as chairman, has al
ready begun work and claims the
decorations to be completely orig
inal. This committee is also in
charge of refreshments which will
consist of cookies and punch.
Dick Reed is in charge of the
committee responsible for ticket
sales, and the invitation and pub
licity committee is headed by Ed
die Bateman. Eddie Daniels is gen
eral chairman for the event and
A1 Presnal is regimental com
mander.
The Corps Ball is to be held Sat
urday evening, March 9, from 9:00
to 12:00, at Sbisa. The Corps Ball
is informal and the Infantry Ball
is semi-formal.
Yets, Wives Enjoy
R.S., Landscape Art
Veterans wives enrolled in the
extension courses currently being
offered this semester, are showing
remarkable ability and interest in
their work. Dr. Nestor McGinnis,
of the Landscape Art Department,
is instructing fifteen pupils, while
a like number are studying Rural
Sociology with Mr. M. S. Brooks
as the instructor.
Several of the members of each
class are graduates of various
colleges, while others are interest
ed in obtaining degrees. The courses
that they are now taking will give
credit toward a degree in any ac
credited college.
The courses are open to the
wives of veterans now at A&M
and will run until the end of the
semester.
Curtain R ises on Aggie Players ?
First Effort on March 26-27
The month-old Aggie players,
A. and M.’s new dramatic club,
“started from scratch” when it be
gan production on Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman’s three-act
comedy, “You Can’t Take It
With You.” The show is to be
presented in the Assembly Hall on
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26
and 27, at 8 p.m.
The club, sponsored by F. L.
Hood of the English Department,
faced the bleak prospect of a
theatre almost barren of equip
ment and badly in need of repair.
Officers were promptly elected,
and work on the play began. New
officers are Bill Zoller, president;
Hal Dungan, vice-president; and
Nancy Tucker, secretary.
Even before the constitution of
the club was adopted at its last
meeting on February 26th, new
lighting equipment had arrived,
stage repairs had been promised,
scenery was being constructed, and
the first show was under way,
with Hood as director.
Among those serving on the pro
duction staff are Carl Stevens,
make-up artist, who has studied
photogenic make-up in Hollywood;
Anatasia Wittenback, scenic art
ist, costume and poster designer;
Grady Burns and Fred Kelly, in
charge of set construction.
Complete cast for the play has
been announced as follows: Pene
lope Sycamore will be played by
Jane Porter; Essie by Betty Smith;
Rheba, Hazel McClendon; Paul
Sycamore, Roy Garner: Mr. De
Pinna, John Helm; Ed, Donald
Waldrip; Donald, J. D. Strickel;
Martin Vanderhof, Walter Norris;
Alice, Anna Marie Elmquist; Hen
derson, Scotty Sweeney; Tony
Kirby, Bill Zoller; Boris Kolen-
khov, Gregory Salinas; Gay Wel
lington, Louise Lyman; Mr. Kirby,
Hal Dungan; Mrs. Kirby, Nancy
Tucker; three men, Billy Yowell,
A. D. Carr, and Boone; and
Olga, Sybil Bannister.
Tickets will be sold for those
seats in the Assembly Hall that are
well within sight-lines only, so
that all members of the audience
may have a comfortable, unob
structed view of the stage.
Tickets will be on sale in the
Rotunda of the Academic Build
ing on the A. and M. campus,
March 21, 22, and 25 from 1 to 5-
p.m. They will also be sold at mess,
halls on the campus, and in the
English Department office.
General admission will be 35tf,
while reserved seats will be sold
at 50<£ each.