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Ik from High. ay- the i their world ;ies to i— ries •iven. Po A 3 3 3 3 2 1 5 6 0 27 9 8 2 11 1 5* * C: • * & ica B Texas A*M The B ahon Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Monday Afternoon, April 22, 1946 Number 50 Eisenhower Honors Heroes of Texas A&M Opersteny and Patton Win Top Honors in Slide-Rule Contest Edward J. Opersteny of Texas City, a regular student, and Leon Luis Patton of Amarillo, war vet eran, emerged last week as top winners in the annual freshman slide-rule contest staged by the Texas A. & M. College mechanical engineering department. Each was awarded a log-log de- citrig slide-rule, a gift from the Keuffel and Esser company, by Charles W. Crawford, head of the mechanical engineering depart ment, in ceremonies at Guion Hall. The two were high scorers among 55 contestants, representing the top 10 percent of the student tak ing Mechanical Engineering 101 and 102, required of all engineer students and known as “the slide- rule problems courses.” Handsome bronze and aluminum plaques, mounted on mahogany bases, were presented the two high scorers from each engineering school department, and each con testant received a small plaque. The contest has been held each year since 1928, when it was orig inated by Crawford, but this year, due to the large number of vete rans taking engineering, the rules were changed in order to award slide-rules to the top regular stu dent and the high-point veteran. In addition, the next three high est veterans received large alumi num plaques, while Patton, the top man, was awarded a large bronze plaque in addition to a slide-rule. Other veteran plaque-winners were Charles D. Coppinger, Dal las, second; Norwood K. Talbert, Port Arthur, third; and Nixon B. Sharader Jr., Houston, fourth. Highest scorers from each en- Kiwanis Presents Weekly Program At Huntsville The College Station Kiwanis Club sponsored a program for the Huntsville Kiwanis Club last Tues day, with Tyrus R. Timm of the Agricultural Extension Service speaking on “The Business Man’s Stake in Farm Prosperity”. Timm pointed out that, in order to control inflation, production must be brought up to demand or demand must be arrested to meet present production. He stated that the gap between supply and de mand cannot be briged by in creasing taxes or by savings, and advocated the continuance of gov ernment price control for at least another 18 months. Bill Turner, a member of the College Station Club, rendered two cornet solos. The exchange of programs with neighboring club is arranged by the Inter-Club Commitee of the Kiwanis organization. Heaton Attending Registrar’s Caucus In Atlanta, Georgia H. L. Heaton, registrar of Texas A. & M. College, left yesterday for Atlanta, Georgia where he will attend the 32nd convention of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars. Heaton was recently elected pres ident of the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars, which is af filiated with the national organi zation. gineering department won bronze and aluminum plaques bearing the emblem of the engineering society to which someday they will belong. The winners were: Management engineering—Oper steny (only entrant); aeronautical engineering—Edwin O. Cartwright, Jr., Dallas and Hugh L. Ottley, Seneca Castle, N. Y.; electrical en gineering—Gillig L. Fromme, San Antonio and Chester Havard, Hous ton; petroleum engineering*—Don ald H. Arenburg, Kilgore and Earl Wayne Rogers, Raton, N. M.; chem ical engineering—William C. Ab bey, Houston (only entrant); civil engineering—Robert L. Street, Wa co and Oliver A. Toombs, George town; mechanical engineering — William H. Drake, Odessa and Walter D. Barry Jr., Dallas. Among the veterans, of which there were 26 in the contest, Pat ton and Coppinger are mechanical engineers, Talbert a chemical en gineer and Shrader a petroleum engineer. Designs on the plaques received by the vets are seals of the college. The plaques all were designed and manufactured in the college mechanical engineering shops by D. W. Fleming, pattern shop chief Dean Howard W. Barlow of the School of engineering presented the individual plaques to all con testants, while proud heads of the various departments presented the large plaques to their respective students. The contest consisted of simple engineering and physics problems which were to be worked using only the slide rule.. Aggies Answer Muster for Men Who Gave Lives in Two World Conflicts World War II came to an official end at Texas A. & M. College Sunday, as Aggies answered “here” in a roll call representing over 700 men who died in two global wars. General Dwight Eisenhower LOUIS BROMFIELD, author of “Mrs. Parkington” and “The Green Bay Tree”, will speak on “Our Land and Our Living” at Guion Hall at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening, April 25. Grads May Order Invitations Now Senior graduation invitations may be ordered in the Student Ac tivities office starting today, it has been announced. The invita tions, embossed and engraved by the Southern Engraving Company of Houston, may be purchased at 25c with cardboard cover or 50c each with leather cover. Deadline for ordering invitations is May 1. Mid-Term Seniors May Wear Rings to Senior Ring Dance The Senior Ring committee met on Monday April 15th and passed the following resolutions: That students who are not classified as seniors at the present time, but whose mid-term grades will class ify them as seniors and who will get their degree in January 1946 or before and who first enrolled at A. and M. prior to June 1944, be eligible to get their class ring to wear to the Senior Ring Dance. Al so that any student registered as a classified senior in a regular summer session be eligible for ring delivery after attendance in that session of at least two weeks. Announcement of the resolution was made by Registrar H. L. Hea ton. ExService Wives to Learn Corsage Technique “How to Maxe Corsages” will be demonstrated to the Foods Group of the Ex-Servicemen’s Wives Club Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at Sbisa Hall Lounge. Mes- dames Joe Mogford and George Wilcox will show members the art of making corsages for party fav ors. Veterans and Cadets Represented . Stude Council Created for Unity As a result of a series of meet ings with representatives from the Cadet Corps and the A. & M. Ex- servicemen’s Club, a joint Student Council has been created. This Council has as its objective to unite the entire student body in one group and to create a sounder basis for student government. The following plan for this joint stu dent government body was approv ed at a meeting held on the even ing of April 10. 1. The present Student Council shall be known hereafter as the Corps Council. 2. The Corps Council shall meet and discuss matters pertaining directly to the Cadet Corps, while the Board of Represen tatives of the Ex-servicemen’s Club will meet to discuss mat ters pertaining directly to Ex- servicemen. There will be a representation from the other group at each group’s meeting in order that a mutual under standing of these problems discussed may be accomplish ed. 3. Any problem which is of mu tual concern to the two groups will be forwarded to the new ly created Student Council which will consist of nine members from the Ex-service men’s Club Board of Repre sentatives and nine members from the Corps Council. This Student Council shall meet on call of the Dean of Men when requested by either the Corps Council President or by the President of the Ex-Service men’s Club. The chairmanship of this Student Council shall alternate between the Presi dent of the Ex-Servicemen’s Club and the President of the Corps Council. An elected Sec retary-reporter shall keep minutes of the meetings which he will make available to the public at all times. Decisions reached at these Student Coun cil meetings shall be widely publicized so tl\at the entire student body may be aware of the action taken. 4. There shall be a regular meet ing of the Student Council at 6:30 p. m. on the first Tues day in each month and at any 'other time when called. 5. Three members from the Dean of Men’s Office, to include one Assistant Director of Student Affairs from the Cadet Corps and one Assistant Director of Student Affairs from the Vet erans’ area, shall be included in this Student Council in a non-voting capacity. At a subsequent meeting of the Student Council held on Tuesday, April 16, the following decisions were reached: 1. J. R. Persons was elected per manent Secretary-Reporter of i the Council. 2. It had been proposed that the Veterans create a Student Court similar to the one now in operation in the Cadent Corps. The President of the Ex-Servicemen’s Club report ed that it had been recom mended by the members of his club that the Dean of Men’s Office should handle the discipline of the Veteran’s rather than a student court. . A. & M. College of Texas will be represented at a Student Government Conference at the University of Tulsa on April 25-26 by Joe McGowan, Com mander of B Battery Field Artillery, and John Rouge- nac, past Treasurer of the Ex-Servicemen’s Club. 4. It was recommended to the Dean of Men that as a means of clarifying present regula tions concerning the wearing of the uniform by Veterans, the following plan be adopt ed: . That all veterans, while on the campus, be permitted to wear any part or all of the Army uniform, provided all insignia including shoulder and collar insignia be remov ed. . That while traveling off the campus, veterans be permit ted to wear the AMC on the right collar with the NM on the left collar, with an offi cial Army discharge patch sewed on the shirt, jacket or blouse. . That veterans^not be permit ted to wear cadet boots un less they are seniors in the Cadet Corps. . It was decided that all stu- (See STUDENTS, Page 4) spoke words of rich praise for the nation’s largest military college and for the ROTC system everywhere as he delivered the main address of the San Jacinto Day muster program at Kyle Field before an attentive audience estimated at 10,000 persons. Eisenhower noted that A. & M. furnished more offi cers through its ROTC than any other college, and termed its con tribution to the Allied victory as magnificent. “No more convincing testimony could be given”, he said, “to the manner in which the men of Texas A. & M. lived up to the ideals and principles inculcated in them dur ing their days on this campus than the statement that the Congres sional Medal of Honor has been awarded to six former students, that forty-six took part in the her oic defense of Bataan and Corregi- dor, and that nearly 700 are on the list of our battle dead”. The Chief of Staff praised the ROTC system, stating that the de mand for officers could not be met, if there is another war, without the ROTC. He pointed to the lead ership training embodied in the program as the hope for a civilized world, suggesting that the same qualities of leadership be employed in the pursuit of a just peace as in the prosecution of armed con flict. Aggies who distinguished them selves on far-flung fields of battle were, principals in the muster cere mony. Lt. Col. William A. Becker of Kaufman, commanding officer of a Field Artillery Battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division, was chairman. Lt. Col. Dooley of Mc Kinney, aide to General Jonathan Wainwright during the siege of Bataan and the subsequent im prisonment, told of the tradition of the muster, while Col. Olin E. (Tiger) Teague of Temple, three times winner of the Silver Star and three times wounded, introduc ed Eisenhower. Rev. Raymond C. Terry, Class of ’27 and now pastor of the A. & M. Methodist Church, delivered the muster prayer, and Dr. John Ashton, poet laureate of A. & M., read his poem “Roll Call for the Absent”. Director John W. Newton of Beaumont dismissed the muster. One of the six Medal of Honor winners was on the platform as a distinguished guest, Cjapt. Eli Whiteley of Georgetown. Among the others present were Gov. Coke Stevenson, Speaker Sam Rayburn of Bonham, and other Texas Con gressmen who flew from Wash ington with General Eisenhower. The Chief of Staff left shortly after the ceremony for Washing ton. Game Warden Class Presents Program On Wildlife Topics Members of the Game Warden Class, composed of war veterans selected from widely scattered sec tions of Texas to prepare for im mediate service with the State Game, Fish, and Oyster Commis sion, presented the program at the April 15 meeting of the Texas A. & M. Fish and Game Club. The class is under the direction of Capt. E. T. Dawson, game super visor for the commission.