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
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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
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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