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Texas A. & M. College Battalion Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, March 27, 1946 Number 40 Aggie Players Deserve Cheers For Last Night's Performance Bell to Escort Alliene Wiggins To Cotton Ball The Junior Class met Monday evening in the New “Y” to acccept nomination of Miss Alliene Wig gins, TSCW Junior as their duch ess for the Botton Ball. Glen Bell, class prexy, was elected to act as her escort. Several committees were appoint ed to attend to problems confront ing the class. Those appointed to serve on the Dance and Banquet committee were Eddie Daniels, Dale Wilkerson, and Jimmy Thomp son. A committee composed of Geo. Knox, Allen Self, Scoot Harrison, and Bill Rosser were named to arbitrate with the Senior Ring Committee in an attempt to secure rings for those classified seniors who will be attending both ses sions of summer school. DeWitt Bateman, Charley Heath, Ronny Reger, and Eddie Brandt were appointed to represent the class in matters pertaining to class offices and appointments this coming fall. IE Club Picks T. u. Senior as Duchess The Industrial Education Club has selected Miss Jo Duderstadt of Yorktown as Duchess to repre sent them at the Cotton Ball and Pageant, Apirl 12. Miss Duderstadt, an attractive brunette with brown eyes, is a senior at the. University of Texas. Her escort will be Taylor Riedel, '44, a former 1st Lt. in the Army Air Corps. t i .. Barton, E. D. Prof, Wins Two Firsts at Model Plane Meet Rogers L. Barton, instructor in the engineering drawing depart ment, won two first prizes in a statewide model airplane contest held recently at Brooks Field, San Antonio, it was learned today. The prizes, each consisting of $15 in cash and model airplane supplies, were awarded Barton in the free flight beauty event and in the control-line stunt contest. His two wins placed him second in the grand aggregate scoring among more than 100 contestants from all over Texas and parts of Oklahoma. The contest was staged by the Exchange club of San Antonio. Langford Denies Consolidate Rumor Approximately 60 persons at tended a “Town Meeting” called by Mayor Ernest Langford at the A. & M. Consolidated School Gym nasium last night. Langford presented a report on city finances based on compara tive figures of 1941 and 1946, and itemized income and expenses for the fiscal year of 1944-45. He stat ed that the Council feels that util ity rates are still too high and that it expected to make further reductions during 1946, based on a decrease in rates charged the City by A. & M. College. Negotia tions are under way with the City Council of Bryan for acquisition by the City of College Station of the R.E.A. electric lines in Col lege Hills, the mayor said. Langford denied the report that he or the City Council favored con solidation of the city with Bryan or the consolidation of the A. & M. Consolidated High School with the Bryan school system, and stated that a recently appointed commit tee composed of W. F. Munnerlyn, Ide P. Trotter, J. D. Prewit, and T. W. Leland had not been named for the purpose of studying con solidation or boundary lines. “Can’t Take It” On Again at 8:00 By Vick Lindley There were cheers in the As sembly Hall last night as the cur tains closed on “You Can’t Take It With You”, first major production of the new Aggie Players. Kauf man and Hart’s whacky farce was a tough test for the fledgling group, but under Forrest Hood’s smooth direction the players drew roars of appreciative laughter from the audience. Asecond performance will be Morgan Praises ET0 Universities Dr. S. S. Morgan, recently re turned to the A. & M. campus aft- ter teaching in the American Uni versity at Biarritz, France, told the College Station Kiwanis Club Tuesday of the reaction of Amer ican GI’s to courses offered in the Army-operated schools in Europe. “It was a magnificent experi ment,” said Dr. Morgan in describ ing the Army schools. He related that the American professors had been sent to Biarritz with instruc tions to set up a university and that they found themselves with out suitable buildings and text books when the registration date arrived. The teachers had been warned that the GI students would probably be unruly and apathetic, and that they would probably flock to the classes offering mechanical &nd industrial training. Dr, Mor gan stated that the soldiers were found, on the contrary, to be eager, conscientious, and tending toward liberal arts courses. “We couldn’t give them enough work to do. Such eagerness for ideas I have never seen in any group. It was the most civilized life I have ever known. In spite of absolute freedom from regulatory control, I saw no student who had the bad taste to violate the man ners of a gentleman” said Dr. Mor gan in praise for the reaction of the soldier students to the work offered. (Ed. Note: The following state ment was handed the Battalion Tuesday morning by Dr. Ralph W. Steen, candidate for Mayor of Col lege Station in the coming elec tion.) My decision to seek the office of mayor was made at the insist ence of a number of citizens who are interested in the welfare and progress of College Station. Among my backers are men of vision: men who do not expect College Station to remain a small town, but who expect it to develop into a city of which we can all be proud. My platform can be stated brief ly under the following headings: 1. The city administration should do everything in its power to build College Station. Its policy should aid the businesses already here and should encourage the estab lishment of new ones. The City should immediately acquire the utility lines in College Hills, and a study of utility rates should be made with a view to establishing here a schedule more in keeping with that in other cities ofj^his size. The rates should be low enough that residents of this com munity can afford to make use of given tonight at 8:00. Hit of the evening was Walter Norris as Grandpa Vanderhof, droll philosopher and head of the incredible Sycamore family. Jane Porter as mother of the family was delightfully zany, while Billy Zoller and Hazel McClendon made a charming pair of sweethearts. Gregory Salinas as a mad Rus sian dancer, Louise Lyman as a typsy actress, Sybil Bannister as a Grand Duchess and Robert Swin- ney as a baffled income tax col lector were outstanding in smaller parts. Others in the cast were Betty Smith, Anne Marie Elmquist, Roy Garner, John Helm, and Donald Waldrip, J. D. Strickel, Nancy Tucker, Hal Dungan, A. D. Carr, James Boone and Billy Yowell. The stage setting, which reflect ed the happy-go-lucky mood of the Sycamore, was designed by Wal ter Norris and executed under the direction of Grady Burns and Fred Kelly by the stage crew. Frank Pierce directed the painting. Tacy Wittenbach costumed the players, while Carl Stevens turned young Aggie faces into older men. A large staff helped with details. R. B. Barham Added To Exchange Store Robert B. Barham has been named assistant manager of the Exchange Store to assist Russell M. Birdwell, manager, and took over his duties this week. Mr. Bar- has will be in charge of sales and personnel, giving Mr. Birdwell more time for administrative du ties. Mr. Barham, who comes from Stephenville, attended John Tarle- ton College there, and later was associated with the College Store at that institution for twelve years before entering the armed forces. As a technical sergeant with the supply department of the Army Air Forces, he spent a year in In dia, handling supplies for the ATC’s famous “Hump Flyers” and for a Chinece group which was be ing trained in India. He was re leased from services early this month. the many electrical appliances which will soon be placed on the market. A College Station airport should be established, either inde pendently or in cooperation with the College, and commercial air lines should be invited to make use of its facilities. The city govern ment should be administered in an efficient and economical manner, and full publicity given all pro ceedings of the Council. Additional fire plugs should be installed immediately in order that all parts of the city might have adequate protection and a careful study should be made of the ad visability of constructing a sewage disposal plant. The City Admin istration should continue to give assistance and support to the Braz os County Health Unit. 2. College Station should be made a better place in which to live. In order to achieve this end it will be necessary to improve the public school system. The city administration should assist the school board in developing here a school system, including a high school, of the first class. It will also be necessary to develop narks in the residenfial areas an<Lto spon sor TTfT expanded urogram of racre- ati<5fi.~ During ‘tlreniex'f few years Gilchrist Named Chairman on Truman Committee Gibb Gilchrist, president of Texas A. & M. College, left Mon day to preside at a meeting in Washington of the engineering committee of President Truman’s highway safety conference. Chairman of a committee of 43 members, Mr. Gilchrist will work with his group to ready a report to the President’s highway safety committee on May 8-10. The high way safety conference was called earlier this month by President Truman in an effort to bring to the attention of the general public the alarming increase in traffic deaths and injuries sinve V-J day and to reduce deaths and accidents on the highways. Gilchrist is one of eight committee chairman who will make reports and recommen dations to the president. Student Placement, USDA Offer Jobs The United States Department of Agriculture has notified the Student Placement Office at Texas A. & M. that there is a need for students for white pine blister rust control work in the forests of Cali fornia during the summer vaca tion. Supervisory, technical, and laboring jobs are available and list ed in detail in leaflets available at the Placement Office. The agen cies involved in the control of white pine blister rust are the Bu reau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior. Students interested in summer employment are advised to de clare their availability early so that their applications can be acted up on and definite work assignments made. The employment policy will be to give preference to veterans. Application forms and informa tion regarding the nature of the work, conditions of camp life, re quirements of the applicants, and wage rates and deductions may be obtained by calling by or writing to the Office of Student Placement. it will be necessary for the city to work closely with the College in caring for the many veterans who live in the city. 3. It must be obvious to all that no community can be self-suffi cient. College Station should real ize that many of its interests are identical with those of Bryan, and a spirit of friendly cooperation should prevail between the two cities and the two governing boards. This relationship must be that of equals, and under no con dition should cooperation be inter preted to mean consolidation. Among the problems needing im mediate attention are the transfer of the utility lines in College Hills from Bryan to College Station, and the matter of boundary adjust ments. Finally, we believe in the recog nized Democratic principle of ro tation in office. A local govern ment can be kept aggressive and alert only by rather frequent shifts in personnel. It is at best a ques tionable practice to permit any man to serve more than two terms as mayor of a small community. Those of you who believe that College Station has a future are ihvited to join us in an effort to build College Station now. Steen Announces Platform for Mayor’s Race; Adopts Slogan, "Build College Station Now” Registrar Releases Class Schedule For Summer Term The following undergraduate courses are to be offered during the 1946 Summer Session. Any course may be withdrawn from the summer session offerings in case the number of registrations is too small to justify the offering of the course. Accounting and Statistics First Second Term Term 201 202 301 317 202 302 303 318 406 Aeronautical Engineering 302 201 303 301 304 403 402 Chemistry First Second Term Term 101 101 102 102 103 104 205 212 206 214 206a 216 207 302 218 324 301 332a 323 Civil Engineering Agricultural Economics 101 310 312 312 314 314 404S 41C 427 421 430 426 461 429 300S 201 306 202 311 305 344 311 345 336 346 346 347 407 465 414 466 467 Agricultural Education 426 430 Agricultural Engineering 201 201 321 322 418 424 424 428 426 440S 106 301 308 Agronomy 106 301 410 Dairy Husbandry 202 202 420 452 423S 461 Economics 203 204 204 316 311 317 316 318 316 403 403 409 412 414 413 424 416 413 Education 418 416 and 425 422 Psychology 436S Education Animal 121 821 Husbandry 321 - 822 107 107 424 426 202 203 427 428 303 409 431 307 410 406 411 407 412 Psychology 413 416 207 207 414 301 803 416 303 323 418 306 436S Electrical Architecture Engineering 102a 102b 201 208 124 201b 315 316 201a 224 820 318 223 301b 436 301a Biology Engineering 101 101 Drawing 102 107 111 111 105 102 112 112 107 106 124 124 111 112 206 217 206 218 English 103 103 Chemical 104 104 Engineering 203 212 207 210 303 426 328 232 409 438 401 301 429 454 340 441 401 (See REGISTRAR, Page 4) Caroline Adriance is Duchess for Latins Caroline Adriance, daughter of Dr. Guy Adriance of the horticul ture department of A. & M. Col lege was elected Duchess to repre sent the Latin American club at the Votton ball on April 12. Miss Adriance attends Hockaday College in Dallas and is majoring in Spanish. She will be escorted by Pancho Serna, a senior majoring in civil engineering from Mexico City. BEANELOSSOM ATTENDS POULTRY CONFERENCE Floyd Z. Beanblossom, poultry marketing specialist of the A. and M. College Extension Service, spent March 25 and 26 in St. Louis, Missouri, at a regional meeting of state chairmen of the Chicken of Tommorrow project, Director Ide P. Trotter announced. At that time the National Com mittee for Sponsoring Production of Superior Meat-Type Chickens presented information on a new type of chicken recently developed. FRESHMAN CLASS BALL FRIDAY, MARCH 29 CORPS BALL SATURDAY NIGHT AGGIELAND ORCHESTRA SBISA HALL 9 TO 1