Yets and Cadets to Share Student Offices
Five Yell Leaders;
Four From Corps,
One From Veterans
When the fall football season
2'olls around there will be five yell
leaders. In addition to the two
senior ye!hleaders and two junior
yell leaders from the corps a rep
resentative of the large non-mili
tary faction will be up there lead
ing the yells.
It is hoped that by this action,
the entire student body will parti
cipate in the spirit program of the
college. Like the co-editor arrange
ment of the student publications,
this is to be merely a temporary
solution, with the non-military yell
leader to be elected for only a one
year term. This position is to be
dropped as soon as the preponder
ance of veterans leave the cam
pus, and the cadet corps is once
more in large majority.
The Student (yF-i&ncil wished to
make it quiter clear to all that it
is not creating tradition by this,
but merely trying to do what it
thinks best for the student body
as a whole. As enrollment next
fall will probably reach the 8,000
mark, five yell leaders should not
be an excessive number, they hold.
Final Review to
Follow Final Ball
At Semester End
Another old time tradition is
be revived at the end of this
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to
se-
. plans for a full scale
mg semo. w and Final Ball are
'ration by the Senior
r a. ‘
Hi 1 I $ roposals are that the
LF be on Thursday,
Tl/f ^ was d ec id e d that no
MflVnl receive their uniform
privileges before the completion
of the Final Review Friday after
noon, May 31, as such was never
done during prewar days. Spon
sors of the Final Ball will be the
Junior Class and the Ex-Service
men’s Club, and arrangements are
being made by them to make the
affair one of lasting significance.
No cadet will receive permission
to leave the campus prior to the
Final Review.
The Senior Class has invited all
non-military graduating seniors as
they go into a single rank when
the corps passes in review the
second time around.
ATTENTION, CLASS OF ’45
There Will be a class meeting
this Friday 'rii e .ht at 7:30 p.m. in
the Y chapel. All class members are
urged to be present.
Texas A. & M. College
BATTALION
Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, May 15, 1946
Number 60
Brazos A&M Club
Will Honor 1946
Aggie Athletes
in
be
Aggie Players Stage Second Hit
With Bobby Sox "Junior Miss"
a cloudburst could
good spirits m the
Not ovon
dampen the
Assembly Hall last night, as the
Aggie Players presented their sec
ond comedy hit, “Junior Miss.” A
torrential downpour drowned out
the firsr ten minutes of the play,
but the rest of the evening was
filled with laughter, as the players
told the story of a bobby-soxer and
her family troubles.
‘Junior Miss” will be repeated
tonight at 8:00, and the players are
hoping that nature will skip the
unwanted sound effects that belong
more properly in “Rain.”
Heading the cast as two t^en-
ge mischief makers are Gail
rawford and Nell Arhopulos; with
hilip McIntyre and Will Beth
^Stephens as harrassed parents;
Judy McQuillen and Robert Swin-
ney as a romantic duo.
In every production some bit-
players stop the show, and that
feat was performed last night by
Billy Yowell as a too, too precise
Aggies Wonder Why, Why, Why, as . . .
Studerv Council Rises To Meet
A&M Faculty, Student Problem
The community of distrust that has been fostered on
the Campus since 1942 is in for critical examination in the
movement set in motion by the Student Council which seeks
an open, honest appraisal of present day Texas A&M and
the direction in which it is going. The discussions -and under
standing that follow should end the senseless “rumors”,
‘“scuttlebutts” and “latrinograms” that currently make the
rounds. A greater A&M should be the logical result.
You see, we are vitally concerned with the way this
school is run. Not only do we want the best in education, but
we want to return here as former students in days to come.
We don’t want to revolutionize the A&M system; we think
it’s the greatest in the world. All we want to do is seek out
an explanation for some of the incidents we witness that
bring disapproval from the students, bring these griev
ances out into the open, and settle them.
Many things provoke students and faculty members to
wonder. For instance, why is there such a wide gap between
the administration, faculty, and the students? This gap has
widened tt-emendously in the past four years, so much so
that a person returning to the campus immediately senses
the tautness in the very atmosphere. Many who were here
for the Homecoming felt it and commented on it. So have
others. It’s common knowledge that the cadets oppose any
administration policy simply because it’s a product of the
present administration. In fact, every new student enter
ing the corps has had a resentment complex returned in
him. We want to bring such views out in the open, examine
them for logical basis, and either support or discard them
as the case may warrant.
Here are a few of the grievances that the Council has
encountered. One is that the professors hired by the college
fail to show a personal interest and responsibility toward
their students. Notice; they fail to show it. How? By poor
ly planned and delivered lectures, and by confining attention
to their teaching profession to the classroom only, failing
to encourage independent discussions outside the classroom.
Only a very few professors ever invite groups of Aggies to
their homes for discussions which may sometimes mean
more than classroom lectures toward educating a citizen.
That brings up another question. How are we to obtain
first-class educators here at A&M when our salary scale is
so low? It seems that offers to.come to A&M are laughed at
by top ranking men. We believe that our instructors deserve
more pay. The Student-Council is now investigating both
sides to the question of pay increases.
Another sample of student grievances is the inacces
sibility of the higher officials of the college for conferences,
for statements of policy, and for publication to the student
body of concrete results of their work. We want to know
what, if anything, they are doing for us.
We hope that, by this editorial, faculty, staff, and stu
dents on this campus will begin thinking about and criticizing
constructively our educational and administrative system.
Working together we can raise our educational benefits far
above their present low level.
Texas Aggie participants
winter and spring sports will
honored at a “stag” barbecue and
party May 20 at the Bryan Coun
try Club by the Brazos County
A&M Club.
This tribute by local former stu
dents of the Texas A&M College to
this year’s crop of wearers of the
Maroon and White in intercolleg
iate competition is a sequel to the
annual January party at which
the football and cross country
squads are special guests.
To be honored at the party next
Monday night are the members of
the basketball, baseball, track,
swimming, tennis and golf teams.
The coaching staff also will be
present.
J. E. Roberts is chairman of
the arrangements committee for
the party. Other members are
Mike Barron, W. G. Breazeale and
Holloway Hughes.
Friday has been set as the dead
line on ticket sales, Roberts said.
Tickets may be purchased from
sellers in Bryan and College Sta
tion at $1.00. Each former stu
dent and sports enthusiast plan
ning to attend is urged to buy two
tickets—one for himself, and the
other to cover a portion of the
club’s expense incident to feeding
one of the 150 athletes who will be
present.
“All you old boys get up in the
collar on this spring party”, W. R.
Carmichael, club president urged.
“Our winter program went off in
fine shape, and we want to make
che spring program just as im
portant in the calendar of worth-
hile annual Aggie functions,”
Carmichael added.
young man; John Hammond as a
bowler, and John Helm as a singing
messenger.
Other players were Ruth Dan
iels, Walter Norris, Betty Smith,
Fred Collins, Donald Waldrip,
Poole Robertson, Lindell James,
Roy Garner, Mermod Jaccard and
Stanley Keese.
Forrest Hood staged the pro
duction for the Aggie Players, and
was assisted by Walter Norris.
Stage manager John Helm’s as
sistants included Mermod Jaccard,
Stanley Keese, R. E. Tipton, Ha
zel McClendon, Tacy Wittenbach,
J. D. Strickel and Roy Garner.
Gregory Salinas was business man
ager; Carl Stevens make-up direc
tor; Ruth Daniels and Nancy Tuck
er supplied the costumes and prop
erties.
“Junior Miss” closes the first
season of the Aggie Players, but
next year their plans include such
plays as “The Tavern”, “My Sis
ter Eileen”, “Double Door” and
“The Man Who Came to Dinner.”
Today
All Day: Petroleum Conference.
5:30 p. m.: ASAE picnic, assemble
for transportation back of Ag.
Eng. Building.
7:00 p. m.: A. & M. Radio Club in
E. E. Building.
7:30 p. m.: Lecture by Dr. Phil
lips Thomas, at E. E. Building.
8:00 p. m.: Aggie Players in “Jun
ior Miss” at Assembly Half.
Tomorrow
All Day: Petroleum Conference.
7:00 p. m.: Class of ’46, at YMCA
chapel, to elect Class Represen
tative.
CLASS OF ’46 TO ELECT
CLASS REPRESENTATIVE
A meeting of the Class of ’46 of
Texas A. & M. College will be held
at 7:00 p. m. Thursday night at
the YMCA chapel for the purpose
of electing a Class Representative
to serve on the Ex-Student Council,
it was announced this morning.
WEATHER FORECAST
Ev’ery one is wondering whether
weTl have more weather like last
night. Stay prepared—it’s the mon
soon season here at Aggieland.
These involuntary drown-outs at
two in the coining soon get stale.
As to the forecast—only fools
and strangers attempt to ascertain
Texas weather, so don’t try to un
less you want to be labeled.
Batt, Longhorn to
Have Co-Editors
From Corps, Vets
By Allen Self
The Student Council decided last
night to have co-editors of the Bat
talion and the Longhorn for next
year, one to be elected from among
the non-military students and the
other from the corps. These two
will work together in order to ac
complish complete coverage of all
news on the campus, and to repre
sent the two most important groups
of the student body equally.
The recommendations for the
election of these joint posts was
made to the Student Life Commit
tee, who will prescribe the qualifi
cations and prerequisites for the
jobs. The elections will be held at
an early date under the auspices
of the Student Election Committee.
The unprecedented situation
arising from the large veteran
group on the campus makes such
a move not only desirable, but
necessary as well. It is, of course,
only a temporary sitation, pending
the return to a student body pre
dominantly military.
When the elections are held,
there will be separate voting by
the non-military and the cadets,
each choosing their editor from
among an approved list of candi
dates. The candidates must be sen
iors.
Town Hall manager will continue
to be elected from among the ca
det corps.
Election of class officers has
been postponed until early next
fall, it was decided.
Non-military students will parti
cipate in class elections if they
wish.
Further action of the Studt«<*
Council included the appointment
of a committee of eighteen mem
bers to serve as planners for the
proposed student union building.
These men are to meet with Mr.
E. L. Angell this week to get
started on the promotion work. The
six members representing the vet
erans are James Forrest, Bob
Kachtick, Pat Spillman, S. B.
Darst, Vernon Smith, and Otto
Ransleben. The other twelve from
the cadet corps are Bill Rilat, A1
Presnal, Bob MacCallum, Jimmy
Demopolous, Clyde Cecil, Herschel
Wood, E. A. Hinkle, Jack James,
J. D. Strickel, Dave Babbitt, V. T.
Irby, and C. M. Bell.
An arbitration committee to
meet witth Dean Bolton and to
clarify and adjust the policy of
granting excused absences to those
representing the college at various
activities was appointed, to con
sist of Pete Utesch, Hubie Brau-
nig, John Rougenac, Bob King,
Gien Bell, and Allen Self.
Next meeting for the Student -
Council was set for May 24.
Aggie Prof Will
Get Fourth A &p
Degree on May 31
When Samuel R. Wright, profes
sor of municipal and sanitary en
gineering at A&M and acting
head of his department, steps up
to the platform May 31 to receive
his doctor of philosophy certifi
cate, he will become the first man
ever to receive four degrees from
this institution.
Wright was awarded his bache
lor of science degree with the class
of 1922, gained a Master of
Science in 1928 and a professional
degree of Civil Engineer in 1931.
Now he is to become a Ph. D in
engineering, scoring another first,
since previous PhDs from Texas
A&M have been conferred in other
fields.
It is also believed that Wright
holds the record for attendance at
A&M, since he has registered for
20 regular sessions and eight sum
mer terms, according to the regis
trar’s office. During most of these
terms, however, he was a full- '
time teacher in the college and
permitted to enroll for only a
limited number of academic hours.
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