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Texas A. & M. College
BATTALION
Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Monday Afternoon, March 25, 1946 Number 39
Boxing Champs
Slug It Out at
Free “Fite Nite”
Intramural Winners Will
Be Picked in Fourteen
Matches at DeWare Tonite
Fourteen championship boxing
matches will be run off this eve
ning at DeWare Fieldhouse as In
tramural Director Carlton “Spike”
White presents an “Aggie Fite
Nite” as the finale to this semes
ter’s ring competition. Starting
time is 7:30, admission is free, and
the public is invited.
A feature of the evening will be
the presentation of championship
medals to athletic officers and
members of the winning team in
each intramural sport conducted
last semester. The awards will be
made by W. L. Penberthy, head of
the Physical Education Depart
ment, between the Class A and
Class B bouts.
Seven matches are scheduled for
the Class A upperclassman finals
and the same number for the Class
B freshman bouts. Judges will be
Carl Tishler, Herman Segrest, and
Roy Bucek, while “Waltzing” Wal
ly” Beck will act as “Chief Glove
Putter On and Expediter,” accord
ing to White.
Entrants in the boxing finals
with their pairings and weight
classes are as follows:
Class A
129 lbs.: Riddle (A Cav.) vs.
Lomax (B Cav.); 139 lbs.: Adair
(B Cav.) vs. Herrera (G Inf.); 149
lbs.: Morris (B Cav.) vs. Golden
(A Inf.); 159 lbs.: Dixon (Band)
vs. Gilbert (C Inf.); 169 lbs.: Elrod
(A F.A.) vs. Zeitman (C F.A.);
179 lbs.: Mueller (C F.A.) vs.
Branson (B F.A.); heavyweight:
Smith (D Inf.) vs. White (C. F.A.).
Class B
129 lbs.: Maloney (B Inf.) vs.
Gonzales (C Cav.); 139 lbs.: Low
ry (B Cav.) vs. Overbeck (B F.A.);
149 lbs.: Fowler (D Inf.) vs. Lib
by (B Cav.); 159 lbs.: Shelton (C
Inf.) vs. Barker (C F.A.); 169
lbs.: Lawson (D F.A.) vs. Miller
(F Inf.); 179 lbs.: Scott (C Cav.)
vs. Calhoun (B Inf.); heavyweight:
Bell (A Inf.) vs. Holmes (H Inf.).
Last of Rotary
Forums Will Be
Held Wednesday
The last of four forums spon
sored by the Bryan Rotary Club
as a public service will be held at
8:00 p.m. March 27 in the audito
rium of the Stephen F. Austin
high school. Tickets may be pur
chased at the door or from any
local Boy or Girl Scout.
Geoffrey F. Morgan, writer, ed
ucator and lecturer of Santa Mon
ica, Calif., will be the principal
speaker. His subject will be “The
Constructive Use of Air Trans
port.” Mr. Morgan will also talk
on the same subject that after
noon to a joint meeting of high
school students of College Station
and Bryan in the Stephen F. Aus
tin auditorium.
The first forum was presented
Feb. 27, the second March 13, and
the third March 20. “Steps Toward
World Stability” is the general
theme for the 1946 forums.
These forums are being present
ed for the fourth straight year by
the Bryan Rotary Club. The club
. is paying all expenses incident to
these lectures, but is allowing the
Scout organizations to handle tick
et sales and keep equally all funds
derived from ticket and door ad-
mission sales.
No More Pictures
For ’46 Longhorn
The LONGHORN will not accept
any more pictures for this year’s
book. All material for the current
copy of the LONGHORN has been
sent to the printer.
However, all students are re
minded that they should continue
.to turn in snapshots to the LONG
HORN for next year’s edition. If
the students will cooperate with
next year’s staff mow by turning
in their pictures, the next yearbook
^ can be started very soon. Pictures
of baseball, swimming, golf, and
student life are most desired.
“Cush” Is Scarcer
At Mess Halls As
Sugar Ration Cut
Aggies will have to put a dull
edge on their sweet tooth from
now on as the result of a cut in
sugar rations allowed the College
Subsistence Department.
The mess hall’s sugar quota has
been cut from military rations to
civilian rations for the ration pe
riod beginning March 1, it was an
nounced by J. G. Peniston, head of
the Subsistence Department, with
a consequent decrease of almost
three-fourths of the supply al
lowed in the past. To quote the
statistics, the Department was al
lowed 25,322 pounds of sugar for
the two-months period of January
and February, while in March and
April it will be permitted to buy
only 7,220 pounds. The allowance
per meal under military quota is
.066 pounds per man, while the ci
vilian quota is .022 pounds.
The drastic cut has resulted in
the rationing of cereal sugar to
the Aggies in cellophane bags and
pre-sweetening of coffee, tea, and
other beverages. Peniston stated
that it will also be necessary to
cut down on dessert servings. Sir
ups and jellies will be substituted
for sugar whenever possible.
County Officials
Complete Course
Texas county officials turned
homeward Friday upon completion
of a short but successful second
annual conference at Texas A. &
M. College.
During their three-day sojourn
on the campus, members of the
County Judges and Commissioners
Association of Texas heard dis
cussions of soils, road-building, tax
problems public lands, witnessed
a demonstration of low-cost paving,
and inspected college facilities.
Staff members of the college
civil engineering department and
Agricultural Extension Service and
the state highway department con
ducted the lectures.
EXT. SERVICE TO GIVE
WATER-SEWAGE COURSES
IN SIX TEXAS CITIES
A series of courses for water and
sewage plant operators in north
west Texas has been scheduled by
the A. & M. College Industrial
Extension Service, it was an
nounced by E. L. Williams, direc
tor.
Itinerate instructor W. E. Cu-
zick will be in Odessa from March
25 to April 12; Muleshoe April 22
to May 10; Pampa, May 20 to
June 7; Big Springs, June 17 to
July 5; Brownwood, July 15 to
August 2; and Amarillo, Septem
ber 2 to 20.
Evening classes for operators
will be held in the cities named,
and during the day Cuzick plans
for on-the-job conferences with
workers about industrial and tech
nical problems.
Track Coach Frank Anderson’s
prophecy came true here Saturday
as his Texas Aggies won the tri
angular meet over Rice and Bay
lor with ease, scoring 105^ points
to 42 ^ for Rice and 22 for Baylor.
The Aggies swept both the shot
put and two-mile events for 11
points each and counted 10 in the
broad jump and nine in the 440-
yard dash, although three of their
best quarter-milers were out from
illness.
Johnny Ziegler, Texas A. & M.,
and Augie Erfurth, Rice, tied for
top scoring honors with 10 points
each. Ziegler took the mile and
two-mile events while Erfurth won
both hurdles.
Surprise winner was Haws of
Fleet Admiral Osani Nagano,
mastermind of the Pearl Harbor
attack, and seven other Japanese
wartime leaders tell why Japan
lost the war in “Report from
Tokyo—1946.” This film and
featured combat films will be
shown Tuesday, at Guion Hall,
by the Navy Travelling Motion
Picture Exhibit.
Pre-Med Training
At A&M Superior
Proof that Texas A. & M. Col
lege offers a substantial pre-medi
cal training curriculum was shown
in the last graduation exercises
from the university of Texas Medi
cal School at Galveston. Seven Ag
gies, all in the upper fifty percent
of the class were given their M.D.
degrees. They were Dr. Ray Couch,
Dr. Sol Forman, Dr. Fred Kolle,
Dr. Lloyd Darwin, Dr. Hugo El-
mendorf, Jr., Dr. John R. Rainey,
Jr., and Dr. George Williford, Jr.
Dr. Darwin was also made a
member of Alpha Kappa Kappa,
honorary scholastic medical frater
nity in which the grades for all
four years are taken into consid
eration.
Dr. George E. Potter, pre-med
advisor here stated “This proves
that this college has a better than
average pre-med curriculum in
competition. Not one man that the
pre-med committee has recommend
ed has failed to uphold the high
scholastic standards that a medical
school demands.”
Community Spanish Class
Changes Class rooms
A change of classrooms has been
announced for the Community
Spanish Class conducted by J. J.
W oolket.
Effective Thursday, March 28
the classes will be held in the aud
itorium of the Agricultural Engi
neering building instead of the
Chemistry Lecture room. Meeting
time is 7:30 p.m.
Texas A. & M., who beat Coffman,
Rice, in the high jump with a leap
of 6 feet, 4 3-4 inches. Coffman
was a high jump champion of pre
war years.
440-YARD DASH—Won by Hamden,
Texas A. & M. Time 50.9.
100-YARD DASH—Won by Bodiford,
Rice; second, Cotton, Baylor. Time, 9.9.
MILE RUN—Won by Ziegler, Texas A.
& M.; second, Stone, Texas A. & M. Time,
4:35.5.
SHOT PUT—Won by Young, Texas A.
& M., 48 feet, 9 3-4 inches; second, Staut-
zenberger, Texas A. & M., 42 feet, 8 1-4
inches.
220-YARD DASH—Won by Cotton, Bay
lor ; second, Bodiford, Rice. Time, 22.4..
POLE VAULT—Won by Southworth,
Baylor, 13 feet; second, Bodiford and
Quiery, Texas A. & M., tied, 11 feet, 6
inches.
120-YARD HIGH HURDLES—Won by
Erfurth, Rice; second, Mortensen, Texas
A. & M. Time, 14.9.
880-YARD RUN—Won by Smith, Rice;
Holleman Elected
Sophomore Prexy
Asa Holleman, chemical engi
neering major from Dallas, was
elected president of the Sophomore
Class at Texas A. & M. at a class
meeting held last week. Other of
ficers named were Elmo Living
ston, electrical engineering major
from Kilgore, as vice president and
J. Leatherwood, chemical engineer
ing major from Beaumont, as sec
retary-treasurer.
It was stated that plans have
been completed for the Sophomore
Ball which has been scheduled for
April 26.
A&M Consolidated
To Elect Trustees
Two trustees for A. & M. Con
solidated School will be elected on
&pril 6 to replace Dr. Luther G.
Jones, who will not run for re-
election as trustee-at-large, and
Maj. J. E. Breland, trustee for Col
lege Hills who is now ineligible
due to a change of residence from
College Hills to South Park.
Candidates must have petitions
signed by five qualified voters to
get a place on the ballot. These
must be in the office of Supt. W.
D. Bunting by March 29.
Several petitions are now circu
lating in College Station, but so
far none has been turned in.
Fellowships for
Research Awarded
By Westinghouse
Announcement of the re-estab-
lishment of research fellowships in
nuclear physics, chemical physics
applied mechanics; and like fields
has been announced by the West-
inghouse Electric Corporation.
Aim of the fellowship, according
to Westinghouse, is “to make a
worth-while contribution to the
development of fundamental science
on which industry is based, and to
enable more able scientists to be
come acquainted with the electri
cal industry”.
Winners of the fellowships will
be selected in May on the basis of
pure research in projects of the
candidates’ own choosing. Ameri
can citizens under 35 years of
age, with scientific training equi
valent to that of a Doctor’s degree,
are eligible. Appointments will be
made for one year at a salary of
$3,300, and Fellows will be eligible
for reappointment.
Those chosen will devote their
entire time and energies to re
search projects at the Westing-
house laboratories' while liberal
time will be allowed for attendance
at scientific meetings and visiting
other laboratories.
Those persons who desire further
information will find additional
literature on the Fellowships at
The Battalion office.
JAVELIN—Won by Feagan, Texas A.
& M., 169 feet, 6 inches; second, Goode,
Texas A. & M., 168 feet, 11 inches.
HIGH JUMP—Haws, Texas A. & M.,
6 feet, 4 3-4 inches; second, Coffman, Rice,
6 feet, 3 3-4 inches.
440-YARD RELAY—Won by Texas A.
& M. (Goode, Cole, Wuthrich, Jay). Time:
43.5.
TWO-MILE RUN—Won by Zeigler, Tex
as A. & M.; second, Jones, Texas A. & M.
Time: 10 :33.0.
1220-YARD LOW HURDLES—Won by
Erfurth, Rice; second. Haws, Texas A. &
M. Time: 24.2.
DISCUS THROW—Won by Dickey, Tex
as A. & M., 127 feet, 1 3-4 inches; sec
ond, Cochran, Rice, 114 feet, 6 inches.
MILE RELAY—Won by Texas A. & M.
(Andrew, Fischer, Williamson, Napier) ;
second, Baylor. Time: 3:32.2.
BROAD JUMP—Won by Hill, Texas A.
& M., 22 feet, 6 inches; second. Jay, Tex
as A. & M., 22 feet, 3-4 inch.
Final score: Texas A. & M. 105 1-2;
Rice 42 1-2; Baylor 22.
Polgar to Attempt
Conversion of
.Town Hail Skeptics
Hungarian Hynotic Says
He Will Put Audience to
Sleep—-On Purpose
75,000 persons hynotized in one
lifetime is quite a record for any
man. But Polgar, internationally
known psychic who will appear on
Texas A. & M.’s Town Hall to
night at 8:00, is still looking them
in the eye and going strong.
Polgar has put his powers to the
test before some aggressively un
believing skeptics, and sent them
away converts. In one city they
hid an object under the upper plate
in a man’s mouth. In Chicago he
found an obect concealed mile&
away, proceeding to the spot in af
cab and giving the driver directions
although no one ever told Polgar
orally where to go.
A group of editors and reporters
in New York got together in a
newspaper library, locked Polgar
outside, looked over the shelves
of hundreds of volumes and decided
they would have the “radio mind”
come in and take a copy of Who’s
Who from its resting place and
open it to a biography of Alfred E.
Smith. He did it.
Polgar has a lot of fun on his
travels, meets and becomes friend
ly with a lot of people. Friendship
is a hobby of his. “I’m just a normal
human being,” he says. “I forget
my wife’s birthday and our wed
ding anniversary. Just like you.”
Town Hall season tickets will be
honored at tonight’s performance,
while reserved seats and general
admission ducats will be on sale at
the bookoffice.
YMCA Will Solicit
Funds to Rebuild in
War-Stricken Areas
A campaign to raise $8,657,932
toward financing a world-girdling
program to rebuild and re-equip
Y. M. C. A.’s in war ravaged
countries will be launched this
year by the Y. M. C. A.’s of the
United States, M. L. Cashion, gen
eral secretary of the “Y” said
today.
The Texas A. & M. College
Y. M. C. A., he stated, would par
ticipate in the drive, which will
affect Y. M. C. A.’s in Europe and
virtually all sections of the Far
East.
The “go ahead” signal for the
drive was given by the National
Council of the Y. M. C. A., the or
ganization’s legislative body, at its
20th annual meeting at Atlantic
City, Mr. Cashion said. The cam
paign will be known as the Y. M.
C. A.’s World Youth Fund.
Mr. Cashion pointed out that ma
ny ‘Y’ secretaries in war countries
endured imprisonment in concen
tration camps, suffered confisca
tion of property, and in most cases
a complete loss of personal belong
ings and sources of income.
The funds applied to this phase
of the restoration program will
also be used in part to bring to
gether the widely scattered fami
lies of the secretaries and to sup
ply them with the necessities of
life. Among the countries in which
this aid will be carried on are Hol
land, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Ger
many, France, Greece, the Philip
pines, Korea, China, Japan and
Siam.
BARGER LECTURES TO
USDA EMPLOYEES
J. Wheeler Barger, head of the
Department of Agricultural Econo
mics at the A. & M. College of
Texas is giving a lecture course
at Dallas this semester for a group
of employees of the United States
Department of Agriculture in that
area.
The class is composed of 25 mem
bers, most of whom are employed
by the Farm Security Adminis
tration. Several have recently re
turned from military service and
desire information concerning war
time changes affecting agriculture.
Meetings are held every other Sat
urday morning. The series of lec
tures will cover the major current
policies and problems affecting
agriculture.
This is the third course that the
Department of Agricultural Econo
mics has offered for similar groups
at Dallas. Prior to the war courses
were given in marketing and in
land economics.
Aggies Romp in With Wins in Track Meet
and Baseball; Swim Team Loses SWC Crown
second, Hargis, Texas A. & M. Time:
2:05.9. •*