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“Meller Drammer” To Be Feature Of Band Concert Nell the Farmers Daughter And Gremlin Ball Will Be Played Tuesday Texas A. & M. College BATTALION Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Friday Afternoon,'April 26, 1946 Number 52 Aggie Jamboree Slated for Guion On Sat. Afternoon Orchestra, Singing Cadets To Be Featured; Seniors Are Sponsors Parrish, Hardesty Elected President, V-President Ex-Servicemen's Club “Nell the Farmers Daughter, or Jack Dalton Rides Again”, a “Musical Meller Drammer” with John Stiles as narrator, will be an unusual feature of the A. & M. Band concert next Tuesday. In this number the band furnishes both desired and undesired sound ef fects as well as symphonic musical interludes to help the narrator. Nell, the farmer’s daughter is the lass in need. Jack Dalton, our hero, comes to the aid of Nell to the dimay of the Villain. The Hero gets the applause and the Girl; the Villain gets the customary hisses and boos. Like all “Meller Dram- mers”, everyone is happy at the end. Another novelty number will be the “Gremlin Ball”—an usual work for the Aggie Band to present in that it is of a “Swingy” nature. This number depicts the trouble given the RAF in the early stages of the war by these mischievious trouble makers, the Gremlins. The concert opens with a Span ish march, El Caballero, and a new march, Salute to the Chief of Staff, will also be presented. Too, there will be entertaining over tures and a Fantasie ‘“Over There” arranged by Ferde Grofe from melodies that were popular during the First World War. Band directors from neighboring cities have been invited and several plan to bring their bands. There is no admission charge for the con cert. Chapter of AVC Being Formed By Local Vets E. V. Walton Temporary Chairman of Branch; Will Meet Wednesday The local chapter of the Ameri can Veterans Committee will meet in the Cabinet Room, YMCA, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 1, E. V. Walton, temporary chairman, has announced. Walton has invited veterans on the campus interested in the AVC, which is being organized on a na tional scale by veterans of World War I, to sit in on the meeting and find out what the AVC is. The first local meeting of AVC was held April 14, on short notice, when it was learned that April 16 was the closing date for founding chapters if they were to be repre sented by delegates at the national convention in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. For all practical purposes, the May 1 meeting will constitute the first organizational meeting, Walton said, since the previous meeting consisted merely of sign ing up the 10 men required for a charter. Fred Schmidt, of Austin, state secretary of AVC, has been ex tended an invitation to speak at the meeting and to explain the basis of AVC. The American Veterans Commit tee is an incorporated organiza tion of World War II veterans and was founded by five servicemen in 1943. It has received national attention of late for its stand on veterans’ housing and other na tional issues. Tiger Supper-Dance Will Be Tomorrow A community supper, for the purpose of raising funds for light ing the Consolidated school foot ball field, will be given Saturday, April 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the grove of trees near the school gym. Dr. R. L. Hunt is in charge of ar rangements. A 75 cent charge will be made for each plate. A dance will be held immediately after the crowning of the Sports Queen, who will be chosen by Con solidated students. Admission will be 254 for couples and 354 for stags. Raymond Parrish, a senior from Lufkin, has been elected president of the Ex-Servicemen’s Club of A. & M. The club, which is the campus-wide organization of vete ran students, recently chose a complete new set of officials. Parrish, ’41, is majoring in architecture and working as a student instructor. He served as a first lieutenant in the artillery. Pete Hardesty, vice-president, is an accounting major from Tyler. Originally in the class of ’44, he served in the Navy. Bob Kachtick, secretary, is from Houston and a geophysics major. West Pointers Will Come to A&M This June Fifteen Regular Officers To Take Special Training In Engineering Six regular army officers of the Corps of Engineers already have been assigned to Texas A. & M. College for a year’s specialized training in advanced engineering, starting in June, and nine more will be ordered here shortly, it has been announced by Dr. Howard W. Barlow, dean of the school of engineering. The officers, most of them West Pointers, come to Texas A. & M. as part of the resumption of the war department’s civilian school postgraduate training program for engineer officers, interrupted by national emergency in 1940. How ever, Dr. Barlow said, this is the first time the officer students have been sent to colleges outside the East. The following officers, all hold ing the rank of lieutenant-colonel, have been assigned to Texas A. & M.: Lawrence E. Laurion, Edmund Kirby-Smith, Guy . Goddard, Rich ard D. Wolfe, William A. Orr and Samuel R. Peterson. A special curriculum in advanced civil engineering has been set up for the officers and approved by the plans and training officer Chief Engineers’ Office. Courses in electrical and mechanical engineer ing also will be made available for specially-qualified officers in the group by the college. DRILLING CONFERENCE TO BE MAY 13-15 A conference on drilling fluids for representatives of the petro leum industry will be held at Tex as A. & M. College May 13-15 under sponsorship of the Petro leum engineering department. Cowbell Summons Tea-Sippers from Austin Pasture Texas u. is the scene of a strange story told in the current Readers Digest. D. L. Halpenny of San Antonio describes how, when driving near Austin one night, he heard the urgent clang of a bell coming from a seemingly empty pasture. Soon he heard motors starting up: many headlights appeared from nowhere, and a long line of cars slid out of the pasture and headed for Aus tin. Later Mr. Halpenny got the story from an Austinite: “The kids of the university had no place to park where they wouldn’t be molested by police or robbers, so old Dilling ham opened his pasture to them. Every night he patrols it to see that things are as they should be. “The girls have to be in at 11, so at 10:45 he rings his cowbell to let them know its time to leave.” Originally ’43, he spent three years as a navigator in the Air Forces. Claude Buntyn, treasurer, is from Temple. Originally ’45, he returned to Aggieland last year after a tour of duty with the Navy. Louis Buck, parliamentarian, served in Patton’s Third Army. A veterinary medicine student from George West, he was ’45. LeRoy Hendricks, sergeant-at- arms, is an Ag. Ed. major from McKinney, formerly ’44. He served in the Air Corps. ATTENTION MASONS All Masons interested in or ganizing a local lodge are asked to meet in the Cabinet room of the Y. M. C. A., second floor, Monday evening April 29 at 7:30. All Master Masons inter ested in organizing a Masonic Lodge at College Station, are asked to contact Sgt. Jas. D. Coody at Dormitory 5, phone 4-1173. Pamphlets Will Replace Huge A&M Catalogue Did you ever wonder what had become of the large general cata logues that were formerly issued by A. & M. ? The bulky catalogues are being replaced by a series of ten pam phlets which will be issued later this year. No. 1, General Informa tion, has been available for almost a year, but the other booklets are now in the process of competition. No. 8, concerning the Agricultural Experiment Station, is now being finished. The departmental pam phlets will not be distributed un til the series is complete. The ten booklets will cover, in order: General Information; Agri culture, Arts and Sciences; En gineering; Military Science; Vete rinary Medicine; Graduate School; Agricultural Experiment Station; Agricultural Extension Service; Register of Faculty and Stu dents. CHEMISTS TO HOLD INSTRUMENT MEETING Plans are being made to hold a conference on instrumentation for the process industries here next September, it is revealed by Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head of the Texas A. & M. College chemical engineer ing department. Representatives of instrument manufacturers and the industries using instruments would be brought in the conference, Dr. Lindsay said. AGGIE ENGINEERS GO WESTWARD—HO The terrain between College Sta tion and Llano underwent a thorough inspection this week (April 25-28) as 32 Texas A. & M. College civil engineering stu dents made a special trip west ward. CITY TAXES DUE BEFORE MAY 11 All property owners in College Station who have not rendered their 1946 taxes are requested to come to the City office and do so before May 11, 1946. Un less property is assessed, own ers surrender right to partici pate in fixing values. You’ll Never Guess Where Jones Found His Missing Jeep Jerry Jones, a veteran now en rolled in A. & M. College walked out of the Cotton Ball on April 12 to find that his jeep, which he had bought three days earlier, had been stolen. Jerry reported this to the Col lege Station City Marshall who in turn alerted all local police to be on the lookout for the jeep. The search was carried on all night and continued until 3:00 o’clock Sat urday afternoon. About 2:30, while at work, Jones received a phone call telling him that his jeep had been located. He rushed back to the campus, contacted the police, and proceeded to the place de signated by the informant. There, as directed, Jones found his jeep—sitting in Colonel Maurice Welty’s back yard. (Note: The colonel was unaware of the jeep’s presence.) Free Cigars Are A Soft Touch At Student Affairs Open season on free cigars was declared this week at the office of the Dean of Men. Judy Varner, a baby girl tipping the scales at one-half ounce over eight pounds, was born at 5:30 a.m. on April 24 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. Both Judy and her mother, Mrs. D. B. Varner, are in tip-top condi tion. “Woody” is walking the clouds. Aggie in Tokyo Receives Medal In a Tokyo ceremony recently, Aggie T-3 Lloyd T. Phillips re ceived the Bronze Star from Maj. Gen. Hugh C. Casey, chief engineer for the U. S. Army Forces, Pa cific. Phillips, who comes from Clarks ville, plans to return to College Station and continue his engineer ing studies after he is discharged. At present he is chief clerk of the technical intelligence branch of the office of the chief engineer. LONE STAR FLAG FLIES IN PARISIAN STREET The Texas flag flew over the streets of Paris on San Jacinto day. Maj. Homer Fry of Dallas and five other Aggies held a muster at the Lotti Hotel, billet for of ficers of the American graves reg istration office, and from that building they hung the Lone Star banner. The flag has been carried by Maj. Fry ever since he went overseas 18 months ago. Old Army, Move Over; The Navy Wants In! Plan Campus Club A Texas A. & M. Navy Club is now being formed on the campus by veterans who served in the Navy or Marine Corps. Former aviators from the two services have held several meetings during the last week,and the response has justified their going ahead with plans for a Navy Club and possi bly for a branch of the Naval Re serve (Ready) now being estab lished throughout the country. Plans for the club are still in the tentative stage, but it is ex pected that the base may be broad ened by including non-flyers, both former officers and former en listed men. Future meetings and definite plans will be announced in the Battalion. Good news—another Aggie Jam boree will be held Saturday after noon at 1:30 in Guion Hall. The Jamboree is being spon sored by the Senior Class and ad mission price will be 25 cents. Half jam-session, half stage- show, these Jamborees put on by the Aggieland Orchestra have long been an Aggie tradition. Highlights of the program will be Brax (Four Gun) Doak sing ing “Sioux City Sue” with the aid of the Westerners. The new tune, “Cement Mixer” will be sung by the entire orchestra. The Singing Cadets of Aggieland will be on hand with “The Song of the Jolly Roger” and “The Night Is Young and You’re So Beautiful,” featuring the voice of Harry Doran. Boyd Rogers will sing the cur rent hit “Laughing on the Out side, Crying on the Inside,” and the all-time Hit Parader, “Night and Day.” Bill Turner will direct both the orchestra and the Singing Cadets. Questionnaires On City Cemetery to Be Mailed April 30 Questionnaires prepared for the purpose of ascertaining the reac tion of College Station citizens to the question of a municipal cemetery will be mailed with util ity bills to all residents of the city on April 30, it was stated to day by the City Office. The questionnaire will give the brief details of the cemetery pro posal and request citizens to indi cate whether or not they wish to buy lots. If enough afirmative answers are received, the City Council will act to purchase the surrounding the burial grounds 30- acre tract known as the old Shiloh cemetery, it was stated. A 60-day option on the property has already been acquired at a price of $6,000. The ground is located on High way 6 about miles south of College Station. If the cemetery is established, the city plans to sell plots to in dividuals, with perpetual mainten ance guaranteed, for the following prices: One-grave lot (five by ten feet) $50. Six-grave plot (12 by 20 feet) $144. Eight-grave plot (16 by 20 feet) $160. R. V. Johnson Gets Merit Medal From Czechoslovakia The government of Czechoslo vakia has sent the Medal of Merit to R. Verle Johnson of the Texas Forestry Service, A. & M., for his work in directing the photography of “The Beaches of Dunkirk.” Johnson was director of photo graphy for the motion picture “The Beaches of Dunkirk,” which show ed the Czechoslovakian brigade in action in France. The picture has been shown in England and Czech oslovakia. Johnson also directed “The French Return”, was sound engineer for “The Battle of Rus sia,” released in theatres in the United States. CHINESE PROFESSOR WILL STUDY HERE Hsia "Sheng Ku, engineering in structor at Utopia University, Shanghai, China, will come to Tex as A. & M. College next Septem ber to work toward a master’s degree in sanitary engineering, it was announced by S. R. Wright, head of the municipal and sanitary engineering department. Ku will serve as a graduate re search assistant during his year’s residence at the college.