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Vets Taking a “Gallup Poll” On Length of Summer Session A special meeting of the Veter ans Club was held Monday night, IVJarch 18 at the Assembly Hall to discuss business matters left un finished at the last meeting. The Summer School Committee reported that their plea for a full semester was definitely refused by Dean F. C. Bolton during their scheduled conference earlier in the week. Several members of the club volunteered to poll the campus to secure the opinion of the majority of the students. It was decided that the aid of the Veterans Administra tion here or in Waco should be re quested in getting the full semester if the majority of the students were in favor of it. According to the committee the six weeks plan was adopted to en able the faculty to go to school if they so desire or to take a long- needed vacation. This comment According to Dean F. C. Bolton a schedule of courses to be offered this summer will be published in the Battalion in a few days and students are asked to check this schedule carefully. Those students who desire courses not offered on the schedule may report the courses they want to take to the heads of departments and if enough stu dents want a course it will be of fered if at all possible. brought forth a great deal of pro test from the veterans, many of whom had had no time off in sev eral years, a point that many of them were quick to bring up. Dean Bolton contends, however, that the six weeks plan was adopt ed as a means of helping the ma jority of the veterans to get ahead in their courses instead of hinder ing them. Polgar, the Mind- Reader to Appear At Town Hall Mon. Shell-Shock Gave Hungarian Uncanny Ability to Learn What Others Are Thinking What’s on your mind ? Polgar knows! • If you think there is a trick to it, that there is really no such thing as mind reading, the decep tion must be an exceptionally in genious one, for there is no record of anyone ever “showing up” Dr. Franz J. Polgar, who will appear on Monday March 25 as an extra added attraction to A. & M.’s Town Hall series. A native of Hungary, Polgar be lieves that he acquired the power of receiving thought-transference in compensation for temporary loss of the senses of speech and sight when he was buried alive by an Italian shell during World War I. Arriving in New York several years later, he took a job as waiter in a (See, POLGAR, Page 2) Guion to Show Free War Movies Tues. Afternoon Shores of Iwo Jima; Fleet that Came to Stay; Report from Tokyo, on Bill Three historical movies, two of them portraying the Navy and Marines in action at Okinawa and Iwo Jima respectively and the third showing eight of Japan’s lead ing industrialists, diplomats and militarists explaning why Japan lost the war, will be shown at Guion hall Tuesday, March 26'from 3:00 to 5:00 p. m. Each film last 20 minutes. No admission will be charged. One of the movies, “To The ^Shores of Iwo Jima” is a Warner Brothers film in technicolor, taken during actual combat operations of the Marine corps in action. “The Fleet that Came to Stay” was filmed by Navy combat cam eramen during the battle for Oki nawa and released by the Office of War Information. This picture is highlighted by the battles be tween the American Fleet and Jap anese Kamikaze pilots and many excellent sequences showing at tempts of Japanese pilots to gang up on the crippled carrier “Frank lin.” Filmed in Tokyo during January, “Report from Tokyo” shows Kazu 'Nakamura, head of the Japanese Naval Air Force, Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano, Ex-ambassador Nomura, of Pearl Harbor fame, and five other high-ranking Japanese civil and military officials explain why Japan lost the war. Hon. Degree Received by Gen. Clarkson Major General Percy William Clarkson, a 1915 graduate of A. & M. College, will receive the honor ary degree of LLD this afternoon at a special convocation. General Clarksor/, one of the 29 former Aggies who rose to gene ral rank, is shortly to leave for Japan and will not be in this country at the time of the Annual muster when the other 28 will re ceive their honorary degrees. NOTICE There will be an important meeting of the Saddle and Sir loin Club Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Animal Industries building All old members and other A. H. majors who are interested are urged to attend. Plans for the annual spring barbecue and Cattlemen’s Ball will be dis cussed. Texas A. & M. College BATTALION Volumbe 45 College Station, Texas, Friday Afternoon, March 22, 1946 Number 38 146 Distinguished Students AVMADancctoBe Held at Sbisa on Saturday Night The annual A. V. M. A. dance for Veterinary and Pre-veterinary students, featuring the Aggieland Orchestra, will be held Saturday evening, March 23 from 9:00 until 12:0 in Sbisa hall. The dance arrangement com mittee, headed by Frank Yturria and Tommy Murnane announces that the ranee will be informal. Faculty members of the Veteri nary school are cordially invited to attend. Dr. Potter Writes “We Biologists” A new pamphlet has been issued by Dr. George E. Potter, depart ment of Biology, titled “We Biol ogists.” It is a reprint from “Bios,” December, 1945. In his discussion, Dr. Potter sets forth the need of more biological research in the post war world. He also stressed the work of biologists, both here and abroad, during the last war. When the article was written, Dr. Potter was a visiting professor of zoology, College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, University of Puerto Rico. He served there fh 1944-1945. Johnny Camera, 36th Div. Mascot, Hopes to be Aggie It looks as though Johnny Cam era is going to be legally admitted to the United States. And if he is, you can put Johnny’s name down as a future Aggie. Johnny Camera is the 13-year old Italian boy who stowed away” with the Texas 36th Division when that famous fighting outfit came home. Of course, it wasn’t legal for Johnny to come in with his Texas friends, but Representative Luther Johnson of Corsicana intro duced a bill to make the entry le gal so that Johnny could become a real American. At present he is in the charge of Claren (Curly) Thompson of Waxahachie, his friend of overseas days. Among the bits of evidence in troduced before the congressional committee studying the bill was a letter from Johnny, saying that he wanted to finish high school, enter Texas A. & M. and become an en gineer. The committee unanimously approved the bill. LONGHORN, BATT STAFFS POSE FOR PIX TONIGHT. Staff members of The Long horn and the Battalion will meet in the editorial rooms in the Ad Building at 5:00 p. m. this evening to pose for Longhorn group pictures. Housemarms Aggieland Style CA EXES TO MEET, PLAN BARBECUE There will be a meeting of all ex-members of the A. & M. Coast Artillery Corps Tuesday night, March 26, at 6:45 in the Civil Engineering Building, for the purpose of planning a bar becue party. All ex-members are requested to be present. ■ Distinguished students at A. & M. during the fall semester num bered 146, according to the list an nounced this week. Students on the list had no grade below “C” and a grade-point average of not less than 2.25 per credit hour during the fall semester. Distinguished students receive ci tation and are given special privi leges, such as attending lectures only when quizzes are announced. (But most D.S.’s are there at lec tures anyway.) Aikin, James L, Jr.; Amyx, James W., Jr.; Anderson, Billy M.; Autry, Aaron E.; Auvermann, Harry J. Ballentine, John R. ; Barrett, Donald H.; Bate, Herman C.; Blakeney, Robert Q., Ill; Boren, Fred W. ; Bradley, Wil liam B. ; Bucy, Charlie B. Carruth, Wybert L.; Cecil, Owen C.; Clark, Joe R.; Cleland, Robert L».; Cole man, Leonard O.; Creider, Erwin J.; Crook, Troy N.; Grosser, Robert E.; Curry, Emory. Damrel, Robert; Darsey, Charley C. ; Denton, Dean M.; Dieb, John E.; Dunagan, Lillard C.; Dunsmoor, John A. Eppes, Harmen E. ; Everett, Claude H. Fairchild, Harold A.; Ferguson, James P. ; Findley, Marshall E.; Fleener, Tho mas W.; Fleming, Robert M.; Frazier, James B.; French, Burton W., Jr.; Fritts, John W. Goad, Richard C.; Golden, Ray; Gore, Jack; Grogan, Earl. Harris, Earl; Harris, John R.; Hart, James L.; Hearn, Charles L.; Hightower, Billie G. ; Hightower, Dan; Hilliard, Joe B.; Hink, Burton W., Jr.; Hodges, Ed ward G.; Holbrook, Allie A.; Holder, Leonard I.; Hopson, Ben W.; Horton, Mal colm A.; Hughes, Fred L.; Hughes, George 0. Jahn, Rudolph, Jr.; James, Ross D.; Jarvis, Donald E.; Jones, Jerry N.; Jun- german, Paul F. Key, Clifton W.; Kiel, William H., Jr.; Knoblock, James W.; Krauskopf, Victor G.; Krueger, Jack A. Larrey, Louis A.; Lawrence, Van L.; Lee, Emmett C., Jr.; Lide, Charles B.; Locke, Wallace L.; Lovette, Lum J.; Lowe, Max W.; Lowe, Robert W.; Luker, Nor man E. McCants, Erskine W. ; McClure, Wendell A.; McCord, William Charles; Mcllroy, James R.; McKay, Gill D.; McKenzie, Jack M.; McKinley, Thomas R. Magers, Robert A.; Mannas, William J.; Marsh, John E., Jr.; Martin, Wil liam E.; Massey, Robert W.; Mathis, James F.; Mears, Joe G. ; Messier, Ray mond E.; Mitchell, Jerrell L. ; Moncrief, Joseph B.; Moore, Bobby C.; Morgan, Lu cian L. Nelson, Eugene A.; Osborne, Homer C.; Ostermayer, P. A.; Otts, Louis, Jr. Parker, Roland G.; Pegues, Samuel S.; Philipson, Herman L., Jr.; Prejean, Wil bert P. Ramstein, Richard K.; Reed, James E., Jr.; Richardson, Lester S. ; Riedel, Wilfred T.; Rochelle, Jethro B. ; Rogers, Boyd A.; Rosamond, Paul H. ; Rougagnac, John F. Sanders, Robert H.; Scamardo, Anthony L. ; Self, Stanley A. ; Shelton, George C.; Shields, Billy J.; Simpson, James H., Jr.; Slack, Jack L. ; Smokier, David G.; Snave- ly, Earl S.; St. Clair, Eugene C.; Stein, Walter W. ; Stieg, Edwin L. ; Strick land, Douglas E. ; Stroop, Joseph E.; Swindle, Joe M.; Switzer, William P., Jr.; Syfan, Frank E. Tatum, Jimmie R.; Taylor, Clifford A., Thomas, William R.; Thompson, James C. ; Toxey, Walter W., Jr.; Trahan, Willie L. Underwood, Howard L.; Underwood, William J. Vaughn, Billy M. Wallace, John M. ; Weeren, Herman O. r Welch, Billy G.; Williams, James E.; Wilson, James H.; Wilson, Robert M.; Wirsching, Joseph E.; Wood, Herschel C. Yeoman, William F. ; Zak, William J. Housemasters for Veteran and Non-Military dormitories: Bottom row, left to right: W. H. Parker, W. F. Banks, D. R. Sutherland, T. C. Howard, T. C. Brennan. Top row, left to right: B. F. Bolton, O. J. Bolton, A. F. Kasch, G. R. Page, E. F. Howard. ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ When a veteran or non-military student has a big problem on his hands, the first person he tells about it is the Housemaster. Each dormitory containing ex-GI’s is as signed a housemaster, and in quiet unpublicized ways the “house- marm’s” go about ironing out the griefs that arise. To turn the light on these hard working, behind-the-sceners, the Battalion will run in this and suc ceeding issues thumb-nail biogra phies of each one. W. H. (WORTH) PARKER is 24 years old, class of ’43. An AgEco graduate now taking AH. From Roby, Texas. Entered mili tary service in January of ’43 as corporal. Served seven months in the ETO with 8th Air Force re ceiving the air medal with two clusters and unit citation. Sep arated on Nov. 1, ’45, with rank of 1st Lt., Air Corps. Housemas ter for Dorm 16 and lives in room 201. (Next issue: William F. Banks.) Singing Cadets To Give Concert In Fort Worth Aggieland’s Singing Cadets will be heard in Fort Worth this week end, in a concert Saturday night at 8:00 in the auditorium of the Paschal High School. The affair is being sponsored by the Fort Worth A. & M. Mothers Club. Among the many numbers on the program will be Sullivan’s “The Lost Chord,” three traditional Aggie songs, and a special arrange ment of “The Night Is Young and You’re So Beautiful,” a popular number which was originally writ ten for the Casa Manana revue in Fort Worth at the time of the Texas Centennial. Approximately forty cadets and their director, Bill Turner, will leave the A. & M. Campus Satur day at noon by bus and car. After the concert, the cadets will (See, CADETS, Page 2)