Texas A. & M. College
ATTALION
Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Friday Afternoon, April 5, 1946
Number 44
TERESITA one of the musical
Osta family, who will dance at the
Town Hall program Thursday
evening. Her pianist brother,
Emilio, will play Latin-American
music.
Singing Cadets Go
To Tessieland for
Concert Tomorrow
The Singing Cadets of Aggie-
land will be presented in concert
in Denton Saturday night, ap
pearing in the auditorium of the
Texas State College for Women
there at 7:30. The group will leave
here Saturday at noon by bus for
Tessieland, and will return Sunday
afternoon. Thirty-six members will
make the trip.
The concert is being sponsored
by the freshmen class at T.S.C.W.
EX-SERVICEMEJN’S
CLUB MEETING
The Ex-Servicemen’s Club will
meet Monday night, April 8 in the
Assembly Hall. The guest speaker
will be Colonel Chevalier. All vet
erans are urged to attend as he
will speak on a timely subject.
Plans for entertainment will al
so be discussed at the meeting.
Musical Ostas
To Be Finale of
Town Hall Season
Teresita and Emilio to
Dance and Sing at Guion
Next Thursday Evening
Teresita and Emilio Osta, and
brother-and-sister team from
Spain, will bring the color of Old
Castile to Guion Hall this Thurs
day night, April 11, as the last
in the current Town Hall series of
musical entertainments.
Teresita is a dancer, Emilio a
virtuoso pianist who also acts as
his sister’s accompanist.
Born in California, descendants
of the proud, unconquered Basques
of Navarre, the Ostas, brother and
sister, have been acclaimed on
three continents.
Osta plays with the passionate
love of a Latin. The pulsating
rhythms of the Spanish speaking
countries as well as their tender
folk tunes are presented with “The
thin white flame of genius” by this
master of the keys who is credited
with having the largest repertoire
of authentic Spanish music of any
young pianist now before the pub
lic.
This vast store of musical lore
was acquired by visiting the coun
tries, living with the people, eating
their food, and studying their mu
sic first hand.
When Teresita became interested
in Mexican dances . . . she used the
same method of study . . . she lived
with the Indians, went to their
festivals and learned the old, old
dances that date back to the Aztec
rule, before the coming of the
Spaniards. It was in the state of
Michoacan that she learned the
“Sanduga” and during the same,
visit, her famous masked number,
“La Viejita” (The Old One.)
Exotic and strange with the sub
tleties of an ancient people, Tere
sita shows us the beautiful ritual
dances of the Inca Indians of Peru.
She also dances the “Jorono” of
Venezuela, the “Cueca” from Chile
and “El Gato” native of Argentina.
AGGIES IN HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS TO MUSTER
Byron Maxwell, U.S.M.C.R., an
nounces that a muster of all Ag
gies in and around the Hawaiian
Islands will be held at Pearl Har
bor April 21.
Homecoming Plans Near Finish as Exes
Prepare to Swarm Down Upon Campus
There will be no change in the
scheduled spring holiday, April 19,
20, 21, but any students wishing
to remain on the campus for the
huge Victory Homecoming that
week-end are cordially invited to
do so, said J. T. L. McNew, general
chairman of the central home
coming committee and W. R. Hors
ley, executive secretary of the
event. The Homecoming has been
eagerly awaited by thousands of
Former Students and an attend
ance of thousands is expected. It
will be the first opportunity for
many of those Aggies to return
to the campus since the outbreak
of war.
Chief of Staff General Dwight
D. Eisenhower will be the honor
guest of the Homecoming. He will
speak at the climax event of the
program, a. huge Memorial serv
ice at Kyle Field on Easter Morn
ing, April 21. That service will
be the keystone of hundreds of
similar services throughout the
world as A. & M. men observe
their annual April 21 Muster tra
dition.
Another feature will be the pre
sentation of honorary degrees to
General Eisenhower and to the
A. & M. men who have achieved
the general’s rank in the army.
Twenty-nine former students will
be so honored although General
George F. Moore has previously re
ceived his degree and two will be
awarded posthumously.
A. & M. Parties at Sbisa
The social events of the week
end will center around A. & M.
Parties to be held Friday and Sat
urday nights at Sbisa Hall. The
Aggieland Orchestra will play for
dancing and provisions will be
made for informal class reunions,
and for visiting with faculty and
local friends. On Friday and Sat
urday afternoons the Aggies will
meet Rice in baseball.
A reunion by departments will
be held Saturday morning, with
all departments of the College
holding open house and all visitors
going back to their old depart
ments for gatherings and short
programs at 10:00 a. m.
Students To Participate
Many members of the present
student body will participate in
both the pleasures, the programs
and the work of the homecoming.
Members of recent classes who are
back in school will be asked to as
sist in the registration and wel
coming of their classmates at the
Y.M.C.A. headquarters, and in see
ing that those classmates enjoy
every minute of their campus stay.
Several men now in school will par
ticipate in the formal programs of
the Saturday night convocation and
the Easter morning meorial serv-
(See HOMECOMING, Page 4)
Aggie Swingsters
To Beat Drums at
Yoakum Tom-Tom
The Aggieland Orchestra has
been chosen to furnish the music
for the Yoakum Tom-Tom Corona
tion and Ball to be held at Yoakum
in June.
The Aggie swingsters will play
for the Queen’s Coronation and the
Queen’s Ball June 13.
College Club
Puts OR Dance
Postponement of the College
Club Dance in Fort Worth to April
27 was announced in a telegram
to the Student Activities Office to
day.
The dance, to which all Texas
A. & M. seniors had been invited,
was originally scheduled for Sat
urday, April 6.
Heaton Elected
President of
Texas Registrars
H. L. Heaton, registrar at Tex
as A. & M. College, was elected
president of the Texas Association
of Collegiate Registrars at the
society’s annual meeting in Dallas
on April 1-2.
Heaton was accompanied to the
registrars’ meeting by J. L. Shawn,
assistant registrar at A. & M. He
also attended the annual meeting
of the Association of Texas Col
leges held in Dallas on April 3-4.
Others present at the latter meet
ing were Veterans’ Advisor Ben
nie Zinn and Dean T. D. Brooks.
Heaton’s election to the presi
dency of the Registrar’s associa
tion was for a term of one year.
Cannery Will Be
Open for Public
Use This Summer
The Horticulture department of
Texas A. & M. College again will
open the cannery in the Agricul
ture Engineering building this sum
mer to serve residents of the Bry
an and College Station area, it
was announced by Dr. Guy W.
Adriance, head of the department.
Garden vegetables and fruits
may be processed and canned.
These products may be either
home raised or purchased when
fresh.
Tomatoes, peaches, corn and
green beans were the principal
products handled last summer.
PLAN REA COURSES
FOR DALLAS, TYLER
REA line crew foremen in north
central Texas will be students at
a short course in management and
methods of their craft, to be held
at Dallas Vocational School April
15-17 by the Texas A. & M. Col
lege Industrial Extension Service,
it was announced today.
The course, fifth in e series de
signed to aid REA crew chiefs,
will be presented by A. V. Hoefflin
and E. F. Nauert of the Industrial
Extension Service.
The sixth short course in the
series will be held at Tyler April
24-26, it was announced by E. L.
Williams, head of the Industrial
Extension Service,
SCHOOL ELECTIONS
HELD TOMORROW
College Station citizens will
vote tomorrow for two school
trustees. Candidates are Major
J. E. Breeland vs. Chauncey
B. Godbey for trustee-at-large;
H. E. Hampton vs. Ray Hick
man for trustee from College
Hills.
Col. Chevalier
To Address All
Vets, Kiwanis
Publisher to Give Second
In Series of Lectures At
Assembly Hall Monday
Col. Willard Chevalier, vice-
president of McGraw-Hill publica
tions and publisher of Business
Week, will address the Ex-Service
men’s Club and all other veterans
at the Assembly Hall at 7:00
Monday night.
This will be Col. Chevalier’s sec
ond major address to be given on
the A. & M. campus during his vis
it this year. He comes to the col
lege annually to give a series of
lectures. The first one this year
was a talk to cadet officers given
last evening in the YMCA chapel
on the subject of “Leadership.”
Col. Chevalier is scheduled to
talk to the Kiwanis Club at its
noon luncheon program next Tues
day, April 9 in Sbisa Hall, 12 a.m.
This meeting will be open to the
public. The mess hall must know
by noon Monday, April 8 the num
ber of “non-Kiwanians” who plan
to be at the luncheon. Tickets will
be available at the Y.M.C.A. desk,
at Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, Subsis
tence Dept.’s office, Basement of
Sbisa Hall, next to Cafeteria and
at A. M. Waldrop & Co.’s Store in
Bryan.
Kiwanis Club members will be
handled in the regular manner—
tickets at the door.
Five Ag Lectures
To Be Given By
Dr. H. J. Eustace
Dr. Harry J. Eustace, Director
of Farm Market Relations, San
Francisco, engaged as a Visiting
Lecturer for the School of Agri
culture, has announced the sub
jects to be covered in his lectures.
Following is the schedule of lec
tures to be given by Dr. Eustace:
Monday; April 8: 9:00 a. m.,
Tranportation of Farm Products,
in Y. M. C. A. Chapel.
Tuesday; April 9: 11:00 a. m.,
Opportunities Ahead for Trained
Men in Marketing, Room 203 Agri
culture Building for freshman and
orientation courses.
Wednesday; April 10: 11:00 a.
m., Organization and Functions of
Marketing, in Guion Hall for all
students of Agriculture. At 1:30
p. m., in room 400, Agriculture
Building he will address the Agri
cultural Economics Seminar on
Marketing Research.
Friday; April 12: 8:00 a. m., Pro
cessing of Farm Commodities, in
Agricultural Engineering lecture
room.
WITH AMERICAN LEGATION
AT PEIPING, CHINA
Richard Callender, Jr., who at
tended A. & M. in 1944, is attached
to the American Legation at Pei
ping, China on temporary assign
ment, and is expected to be home
soon.
COL. WILLARD CHEVALIER,
considered to be one of the best-
informed men on public affairs
in the United States, is now vis
iting A. & M. College and giving
a series of lectures. He is vice-
president of McGraw-Hill and
publisher of Business Week.
Danforth Fellows
To Be Selected
Next Tuesday
Danforth Fellowships will be
available next summer for a junior
and a freshman in the School of
Agriculture, according to an an
nouncement received by Dean C.
N. Shepardson from the Danforth
Foundation.
The junior will spend two weeks
studying the problems of manu
facturing, commercial research,
distribution, advertising and per
sonnel at the Ralston Purina Mills
in St. Louis and will then attend
a two weeks Leadership Training
Camp on Lake Michigan. The
freshman will attend the Leader
ship Conference only. The stipends
will amount to approximately
enough to cover actual expenses.
The program for the junior will
extend from July 28 to August 25
and for the freshman from Aug.
12 to 25.
A faculty commitee to award
the fellowship has been appointed
of which Professor J. Wheeler
Barger, head of the Department of
Agricultural Economics is chair
man. The faculty committee is
composed of F. I. Dalhberg, acting
head of the Animal Husbandry De
partment, I. W. Rupel, head of the
Dairy Husbandry Department, D.
H. Reid, head of the Poultry Hus
bandry Department and L. G.
Jones, acting head of the Agrono
my Department. Literature and ap
plication blanks may be obtained
at Professor J. Wheeler Barger’s
office. The selection will be made
on Tuesday, April 9, at 3 o’clock
room 400 Agriculture Building.
Selection is made on the basis
of scholarship, leadership, activi
ties and general culture.
SOUTH TEXANS TO MEET
PLAN EASTER PARTY
There will be a meeting of all
boys from Nueces, San Patricio,
Bee, Live Oak, Refugio, Duval, and
Jim Hogg counties on April 10, in
the new area YMCA to complete
plans for an Easter party.
All ex-service men are invited
to come and participate in club ac
tivities.
Arrival of 900 hp Wind Tunnel Blower
Motor Will Start Aero Experiments
Delivery of a OOO-hqrsepower
blower motor, expected next fall,
will bring to completion the South
west’s largest wind tunnel and
aerodynamics research laboratory,
located at Texas A. & M. College’s
Easterwood airport.
The wind tunnel is 90 feet long,
with an intake bell diameter of
22 feet, and the test chamber,
flanked by an ample observation
window, measures seven feet high
and ten wide.
Graduate and research work will
be done at the laboratory and its
“built-in” wind tunnel, according
to Robert M. Pinkerton, acting
head of the aeronauticagl engineer
ing department at Texas A. & M.
College and prime mover in the
construction of the $100,000—so
far—plant.
“But we also hope that South
western aircraft manufacturers
will feel free to use our testing
facilities at any time,” he added.
“We want to be of service to Tex
as’ growing aviation industry.”
Speeds up to 160 mph are ex
pected of the wind tunnel when
put into operation, and eventually
it is planned to install a toroidal
steel shell froml blower to intake
ends and circulate the same air
time and again, building up to
300 mph velocities.