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)