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Texas A«M CoQege alion Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Monday Afternoon, May 13, 1946 NUMBER 59 F Company Is First Winner of Moore Flag »■' i 219 Aggies To Receive Degrees At Commencement Exercises May 31 McCallum’s Outfit Amasses 1490 Points To Take Coveted Award B Troop Captain Gets Johnson Saber % Honoring the outstanding cadet of the year, the Albert Sidney Johnson Saber was presented by the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to Cadet Chester J. Reed, command ing B troop davalry. The award was made at the Mother’s Day Review Sunday. Standards set up for the award are that the recipient must be a senior, taking advanced military science, outstanding scholastically, and proficient in military science. The sterling silver saber was accompanied by a hand-lettered parchment scroll, the text of which follows: Honoring Albert Sidney Johnson Brevet Brigadier General and Col onel, United States Army, Senior Brigadier G'eneral and Secretary of War, Republic of Texas, General of Confederate States Army, one of the most brilliant officers in American history. Born and train ed in the United States of Amer ica, he gave his life for the Con federacy at the battle of Shiloh and lies entombed in the National Cemetery of the Republic of Tex as.^ Having served all three govern ment? w\th equal skill and devo tion this saber is presented to Cadet Captain Chester J. Reed, Commander of B Troop Cavalry, Texas Agricultural and Mechani cal College by the Texas Division, United Daughters of the Confed eracy, loyal citizens of the United States of America, in recognition of the recipients record as the out standing cadet, and in the belief that he will conduct himself under all circumstances in a manner worthy of him in whose name this award is made this twelfth day of May, l£)46. Reed is a senior in Veterinary Medicine, from Fort Worth, Tex as. Aggie Players’ New Show “Junior Miss” To Open Tuesday • The Aggie Players’ last major production of the season, Junior Miss, by Chodorov and Fields, will open for a two-night run, Tues day, May 14. Members of the cast are Harry Graves, Philip McIntyre; Hilda, Ruth Daniels; Joe, Walter Norris; Grace Graves, Will Beth Stephens Lois Graves, Betty Smith; Judy Graves, Gail Crawford; Fluffy Adams, Nell Arhopulas; Ellen Cur tis, Judy McQuillen; J. D. Curtis Fred Collins; Willis Reynolds, Rob ert Swinney; Barlow Adams, Poole Robertson; ..Haskell ..Cummings, Lindell James; Western Union Boy, John Helm; Merrill Feurback, Don ald Waldrip; Sterling Brown, Roy Gamer; Albert Kunody, Billy Yow- ell; Tommy Arbuckle, John Ham mond; Charles, Mermod Jaccard; Henry, Stanley Keese. The direc tor is Forrest Hood. A large staff is assisting with the technical production of the play. Junior Miss is adapted from the book by Sally Benson and has only recently been released for ama teur production. The setting of the play is in the Graves’ New York apartment. A total of 219 students at Texas A. & M. College are candidates for degrees at the Commencement Ex ercises to be held in Guion Hall at the college on Friday night May 31, according to the list just re leased by H. L. Heaton, registrar. Of the degrees to be conferred, one is for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in municipal and sanitary engineering for Samuel R. Wright, acting head of the department of municipal and sanitary engineering at the college. Other advanced degrees include James F. Buffington, Brenham, Master of Education in Education; Rodney F. Chambless, Madison- ville, Oris M. Holt, Caldwell, and R. W. Justus Smith, Lufkin, all Master of Education in Agricul tural Education; Herman L. Thompson, Taylor, Master of Edu cation in Industrial Education; Ed ward J. Burda, College Station, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Professional De gree in Electrical Engineering; Thomas M. Ferguson, College Sta tion, Master of Science in Biology; Bob M. Gallaway, College Station, Master of Science in Chemical En gineering; Robert B. Glasgow, Lit tle Rock, Ark., Master of Science in Economics; Bryan P. Glass, Ft. Worth, Master of Science in Fish and Game; Jimmye S. Hillman, McLain, Miss., Master of Science Mexicans, Egyptians, Indian Register for Cotton School Here The 37th annual Summer Cotton School at Texas A. & M. College will start May 27 and continue for six weeks. Advance registration indicates 50 men and two women will attend. Of this number, 11 will be from Mexico, two from Egypt and one from India. The Summer Cotton School is conducted to prepare men and wom en to enter the business of cotton, to train cotton growers to market their cotton intelligently and prof itably, to assist cotton buyers to become more familiar with low- grade and off-colored cotton, and to judge staple, according to Dr. Luther G. Jones, acting head of the Agronomy Department. The price of reserved seats at Southwest Conference football games was raised from $2.50 to $3.00 at a meeting of the governing faculty committee of the Confer ence held here Saturday. The com mittee also voted to allow mem bers to schedule B team football games with other members, junior colleges or service teams, and de cided that in cases of a tie for the Conference basketball champion ship a playoff would be held. The raise in the price of grid ducats was the result of a decision to pass on to football spectators the 20 per cent tax on tickets which has been absorbed by the member schools in the past. The same eligibility rules that apply to varsity teams will be in force for the B football teams, with the further provision that no in Agricultural Economics. Loyle G. Lapham, Huntsville, Master of Science in Physics; Rich ard C. Potts, College Station, Mas ter of Science in Agronomy; Nic olas Quinto, Caracas, Yen., Master of Science in Municipal and Sani tary Engineering; Woodley W. Reed, Stephenville, Master of Sci ence in Agricultural Education; William H. Taylor, Groveton, Mas ter of Science in Agronomy; Wil liam M. Warren, Bryan, Master of Science in Animal Husbandry; and Joseph B. Winston, Galveston, Pro fessional Degree in Sanitary En gineering. Baccalaureate degrees to be con ferred include: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Administration, 24; Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education, 14; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, 32; Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, 2; Bachelor of Science in Economics, 9; Bach elor of Science in Science, 8; Bach elor of Science in Aeronautical En gineering, 12; Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 5; Bach elor of Science in Civil Engineering, 9; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 11; Bachelor of Sci ence in Industrial Education, 1; Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering, 2; Bachelor of Sci ence in Mechanical Engineering, 29; Bachelor of Science in Petrol eum Engineering, 16; and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 25. Aggieland Journeys To Austin Saturday, Plays for S A M Frat Declaring a truce last Saturday night, the Sigma Alpha Mu fra ternity heard the Aggieland Dance Band play sweet and hot for their annual spring formal. The dance was held at the Austin Country Club. The band played the Aggie War Hymn by request of several ex- Aggies who attended the formal. Bill Turner, leader of the popu lar troupe, said that all of the comments were very favorable, and that the view that the Aggieland- ers were the best band that has been in that territory was expres sed several times. The orchestra left Saturday and returned to College Sunday. player can participate in more than ten games in a season or more than two games during a week. Playing time on the B team will count on a player’s period of-eligibility just as if he had played on the varsity team. A proposal had been made to in basketball schedule to 18 games, with each team playing every other school three times instead of twice, in order to avoid the possibility of ties for the title. The faculty com mittee ruled that the increasie “would not be justified at the pre sent time” and substituted the playoff provision instead. The one-year residence rule, un der which first-year men are not eligible for varsity competition, was reinstated effective as of the fall of 1947 and the rule covering transfer of students from junior Seniors To Elect Valedictorian At Meeting Tonight Graduating Seniors will meet at 7:00 p.m. tonight at the YMCA chapel to elect a valedictorian for the Commencement Exercises on May 31. The following men, representing the top eleven in scholastic rating, are eligible, and in keeping with the custom at A. & M., the grad uates will elect one from the group to deliver the valedictory address. William Frank Banks, Science, 2.9133 grade points; Miles Pierce, Agriculture, 2.8032; Ray Edwards Couch, Science, 2.5593; David Gage Smokier, Veterinary Medicine, 2.4890; Paul Andrew Ostermayer, Don Dale Little, Petroleum-Me chanical Engineering, 2.4175; Ray c mond Roy Hawthorne, Chemical Mitchell, Aeronautical Engineer ing, 2.3312; George Dorwin Boesch, Management Engineering, 2.3257; Earl Wayne Grogan, Veterinary Medicine, 2.3072; Dan Hightower, Veterinary Medicine, 2.2849. Banks is a veteran student from Cleburne, Texas; Pierce, another GI student, is from Ozona; and Couch, who is a pre-med from Grandview, takes his degree in absentia. Ostermayer is the top- ranking student from the jCadet Corps with his 2.4565 points. PLACEMENT OFFICE REPORTS FOR 1945-46 Reporting on its activities for the period from Dec. 1, 1945 to April 1, 1946, the Placement Off ice states: “During this period there were 235 registrants, 124 of whom ans wered our survey. Of those reply ing 57 engineers, 42 agriculture majors, and 2 Liberal Arts majors were employed. Twenty-three have not as yet made desirable contacts. “For this same four-month per iod, we have had 175 companies ask for engineers, 25 for agricul ture men, 12 for salesmen, and 19 for liberal arts majors. The major ity of these calls were in response . to 953 contact letters written since ' December 1.” colleges will be restored at the same time. Playing time at ano ther college will not be counted against a player’s term of eligi bility where he has participated at another school during wartime and decides to return to his original college. However, if he elects to remain at the school where he par ticipated during the war, the past playing time will count against him. Roy Gibbens, a baseball player who is a freshman at Texas A. & M., was restored to amateur stand ing in the Conference under spec ial dispensation of the Conference committee. Gibbens had signed a pro contract while still in high school, at the age of 16. He had failed to make good with the pro team, joined the marines, and was wounded in action. He is an ambi dextrous speedball pitcher. Coming in on top of the keen competition for the General George F. Moore Trophy and Flag was R. B. McCallum’s F Company^ In fantry with an accumulation of 1490 points. The first three places were taken by F Company with 790 points in scholarship, 400 in military proficiency, 180 in tn- tramural proficiency, and 120 in extra-curricular participation; D Infantry placed second with their points being 770, 350, 210, 70 for a total of 1440 points; while the Infantry Band was in third place with 1350 points—600, 450, 75, and 180. The flag was presented at the Mother’s Day Review yesterday morning to McCallum. It has the maroon letters “George F. Moore Award Winner” on a white back ground. The insigne of the award is in the middle of the flag. The distinctive shoulder patches that the F Company men will wear next year will follow the same pattern, as will the gold medals to be given to the seniors in the outfit who will not be back next year. Major General v ty[oore, for whom the award is named, was comman dant of cadets here from 1937 to 1940, and shortly thereafter be came one of the heroes of Corre- gidor. He was voted an honorary doctor of laws degree by the col lege in 1944, while still a prisoner of the Japs, and the degree was conferred on him at a special con vocation October 15, 1945. The flag was presented in his absence by E. L. Angell, acting in the president’s absence. Recreation Council Sets Up Program For Summer Play Two Softball Leagues, Variety of Other Activities Are Planned Two softball leagues, a series of community suppers, skating, swim ming, tennis, volleyball, crafts, and golf will have places in the summer program of the College Station Recreational Council, it was re vealed Thursday. The well rounded program was outlined at the Council’s first meet ing of the year, and is the result of an enthusiastic reception by Col lege Station citizens of last year’s sports program and community gatherings. The program is spon sored by the city and administered by the Recreation Council. Officers of the Council for the coming year are: J. Gordon Gay, chairman; Frank Anderson, vice chairman; Howard W. Barlow, sec retary; Dr. L. G. Jones, treasurer; and Mrs. G. B. Winstead, publicity. New members of the Council are Mrs. R. B. Hickerson, Joe Skiles, Manning Smith and Barlow. Plans for softball, which proved very popular last year, provide for 4 two leagues, one organized along ■- the lines of last year’s and a junior league for younger players, it was announced. Each phase of the pro gram will be supervised by some resident who is skilled in that par ticular sport or recreation, Gay said. SWC Committee Ups Grid Ticket Prices