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Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Friday Afternoon, May 24, 1946
Number 64
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The Penberthy Intra-Mural Sports Bulletin Board, gift of the
class of ’47, will soon rise between the wings of Duncan Hall. This
final plan was drawn by Ted French of architectural department,
from the prize-winning design by J. D. Harrington.
Concerning Silver Taps . . .
To the Editor:
One of A. and M.’s most sacred traditions, Silver Taps,
was abused last night as no other tradition has been abused.
This abuse was caused by men who apparently care nothing
rur traditions and customs.
Talking and laughing loudly was a common occurrence
before and after Silver Taps. Lights were on throughout the
area. This was especially noticeable in Hart and Milner. If
the men now attending A. and M. College care nothing about
our old traditions, they can at least show the common
courtesy to turn out their lights during Silver Taps.
We would like to suggest to the Batt that a set of rules
concerning Silver Taps be published similiar to the one’s
concerning hitch-hiking.
Pete Stanley, ’46
B. M. Cooley, ’46
Allen Pike, ’47
Merle Borden, ’47
Jack Dougherty, ’47
^ We agree that there was a lot of things going on at
Silver Taps that were detrimental to the sincerity and sole
mnity of the ceremony. This is attributed to the new men
on the campus who knew nothing about Silver Taps.
+ Silver Taps is the last farewell to fellow Aggie who has
passed away. Six buglers from the band who are on top
of the Academic Building play Taps through three times,
while the student body stands at attention throughout in a
large semicircle in front of the Academic building.
About five minutes before time for Silver Taps, all
lights all turned off all over the campus, and every one goes
quietly with no talking over to the Academic building. As
the first notes are sounded, everyone snaps to attention and
stays at attention until the last note of the third playing
dies away. Then in strict silence, everyone goes back to his
room. If studying is absolutely necessary, lights may be
-turned on, otherwise, there are no lights shown.
Don’t let this happen again, Army and Veterans. Re
member, a lot of us knew and liked that man.
Summer Student Labor Needed for
Building New Veterans’ Apartments
A new thing in apartment houses
will be pioneered here this summer
by John D. Smith, ’37 and his
father, T. L. Smith, Jr., class of
’98, who head “Smith Builders”.
Planned to make room for more
- single men, by returning the dor
mitories to incoming freshmen, the
forty efficiency apartments with
central utility units will be con
structed by a new method entirely
* of concrete.
Mr. Smith's major purposes in
this project are to provide more
room for veterans and their wives
so as to make room for more mem
bers of the corps, and to provide
less expensive housing facilities for
married veterans.
Believing that the apartment
house should be a benefit to Aggies
both during building and after it
is finished, Mr. Smith wants to use
strictly student Tabor, at prevailing
wages.
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Any student who will be in sum
mer school, and would like to help
out, contact Jere Jean Lewis in
118, dorm 4. There will also be a
meeting with Mr. Smith to discuss
the plan in full this Sunday morn
ing at the YMCA at 8:30 a.m.
AVMA ELECTS STURKIE
PRES. FOR NEXT YEAR
The Junior American Veterinary
Medical Association held its last
meeting of the current semester
in the Veterinary Hosiptal amphi
theater on Wednesday, May 22,
with President Bob Ward presid
ing. A brief talk on metrazol was
made by Mr. H. Smiser Davis of
the Bilhuber-Knoll Corporation,
followed by a film on the subject.
A business meeting was held, and
after considerable discussion it was
decided to inactivate the club for
the summer session.
The following officers were elect
ed to pilot the club in September:
President: H. N. Sturkie, ’47,
College Station, Texas; Vice-Pres
ident, C. M. Patterson, ’47, Bryan,
Texas; Secretary-Treasurer, R. W.
Van Nice, ’47, College Station,
Texas.
The retiring slate of officers in
cluded President Bob Ward, '43,
Houston; Vice-President, D. High
tower, ’46; Secretary, R. C. Buie,
’46, College Station, Texas; Re
porter, E. W. Grogan, ’46.
Press Club Honors
Battalion and
Longhorn Staffs
Keys and Certificates
Presented; George
Fuermann Address Group
Pen-pushers of A. & M. College
were honored Wednesday night at
the annual banquet of the A. & M.
Club in Sbisa Hall, when awards
were made to members of the Bat
talion and Longhorn staffs.
George Fuermann, labor editor
for the Houston Post and former
managing editor of the Batt, was
the chief speaker and described the
functions of a college newspaper,
as distinct from those of a metro
politan daily. Allen Self, Batt man
aging editor, was toastmaster. J.
W. Rollins, dean of men, made the
presentations.
Sam A. Nixon, retiring editor of
the Battalion, received bronze and
silver keys and a special award of
a pen-and-pencil set. Bronze keys
and special awards went to John
F. Spraggins, Batt editor last
summer, and R. B. McCallum,
Longhorn editor. Don Hanks, as
sociate editor and business man
ager of the Longhorn, received a
bronze key and a watch.
Bronze keys also went to the
following members of last sum
mer’s Battalion: M. C. Kury, B.
W. Cantrell, R. G. Reese, H. A.
Pate, F. D. Baca, and to the fol
lowing members of the 1945-46
Longhorn: G. P. Shropulos, A. S.
Barada, H. T. John, R. E. Tipton,
T. G. Martin, and B. C. McRae.
Certificates were issued to mem
bers of the present Battalion staff
as follows: Vick Lindley, Allen
Self, Marion Pugh, Eddie Brandt,
Paul Martin, James Davis, John
R. Harris, J. A. Anderson, Wendell
McClure, James Holekamp, and
Ferd B. English.
Singing Cadets,
Aggielanders,
At Final Ball
The Singing Cadets and the Ag-
gieland Orchestra will pool their
talents to stage a floor show at
the Final Ball Thursday night. The
Singing Cadets will sing “The
Night is Young and You’re so
Beautiful” with Harry Doran do
ing the honors on the solo, “I’d
Rather Be A Texas Aggie”;
“Twelftth Man”, The Ken Darby
Arrangement of “Home Sweet
Home”, “Auld Lang Syne” and
their concert version of “The Spir
it of Aggieland”. The Aggieland
ers will give out with the current
hit “Heh Bob-a-Re-Bop” with
Brax Doak doing the solo part.
Veterinarians
May Vacation
For 3 Months
Veterinarian students, deferred
by their draft boards till comple
tion of their college courses, may
take a three month vacation in
any calendar year, it is announc
ed by Dean F. C. Bolton. They are
not required to take an accelerated
course of study, if their normal
course takes nine months of the
year. Details are given in official
notices, this issue.
AGGIE MARRIES GIRL
FROM PARIS, FRANCE
Miss Jocelyne Bigoureau, whose
arrival from Paris, France, was re
ported last week in the Batt, is
now Mrs. Thompson I. Welch, wife
of an Aggie student. The couple
were married at the First Metho
dist Church in Houston the day
after her arrival. They had become
engaged while Welch was sta
tioned in Europe.
Silver Taps Sound
For J. H. Babcock
Silver taps was sounded Wednes
day night for John H. Babcock,
class of ’47, of Beaumont, who
died Wednesday morning of leu
kemia in a Beaumont hospital fol
lowing a short illness. Babcock,
who was a liberal arts student had
reported to the hospital only a few
day prior to his death.
He was the son of Charles L.
Babcock, Sr., class of ’20, and the
brother of Charles L. Babcock, Jr.,
class of ’43, who was killed eight
months ago in a jeep accident near
Durant, Oklahoma
Babcock, who served for three
years in the Navy, was a radar
operator in the South Pacific and
had returned to A. & M. February
4.
25 Candidates
Vie for Various
Campus Ballots
A fast field of 25 hopeful can
didates was certified as eligible for
the general election next Tuesday
by the Student Elections Commit
tee and interest is mounting daily
in what promises to be the most
spirited campaign since the spring
of 1942. An added interest was
created with the announcement that
the Corps Council has requested
the calling of an election for Sen
ior Yell leaders as well as the
previously announced offices.
Senior yell leaders will be elect
ed by the Class of ’48 and the
qualifications required are: 1. Must
be a member of the class of ’48;
2. Must have at least 5 semesters
classification; 3. Must have a
grade point ratio of 1.25. Filings
will be accepted for this office un
til 8:30 Saturday morning in the
office of Student Activities.
Except for scholarship disqual
ifications, the only candidates dis
qualified were L. D. Hammett who
failed to have the necessary ex-
(See 25 CANDIDATES Page 4)
Flight Course
To Be Discussed
Tonight at 7:30
Reply of VA On Paying
For Flights Will Be
On Agenda of Meeting
Flying courses will be discussed
at a meeting in the Chemistry Lec
ture Room at 7:30 Friday night,
May 24.
The College has been endeavor
ing to arrange contracts with the
Veterans Administration whereby
veterans interested in taking fly
ing courses may have the cost of
these courses paid from funds a-
vailable for their education. The
purpose of this meeting is to pre
sent information on the progress
which has been made.
All men who have filled in ques
tionnaires for flight training are
requested to be present.
* ATTENTION: Veterans un- *
* der Part VIII not attending *
* summer school:
* All previous instructions *
* concerning interruption and re- *
* instatement are void. Vete- *
* rans under Part VIII must *
* report to the Veterans Admin- *
* istration Office, Ramp B, *
* Hart Hall, and sign the nec- *
* essary forms prior to leaving *
* the campus for the summer. *
* Veterans may report at any *
* time from this date. It is not *
* necessary for veterans to cor- *
* respond with the Veterans ^
* Administration in Waco. *
THREE EXTENTIONISTS
GO TO NEW MEXICO
District agents Mrs. Myrtle D.
Negy and W. I. Marshall and
Game Management Specialist R.
E. Callander, all of the A. &M.
College Extension Service, will
spend two days in Ruidoso, New
Mexico, May 28 and 29, in a girls
4-H Cluh leaderships training
camp, according to an anounce-
ment hy Director Ide P. Trotter.
Pup "Rusty” Offered To
College As New Mascot
The Battalion has received an
offer of a puppy, marked similar
ly to Reveille, which will be given
to A. & M. College if she is grant
ed the same privileges and respect
as shown to Reveille. The pup is
named Rusty, and is now the prop
erty of Tom Westbrook III, vet
eran student living at Bryan Field
Village.
Westbrook’s offer follows:
While reading the “Class of ’47”
article in a recent Batt which de
picted the death of the only fe
male Aggie, Reveille, on January
17, 1944, I began thinking and won
dering what A. & M. is going to do
for a mascot in the future. Of
course, I know that nothing can
ever take “Rev’s” place in every
Aggie’s heart, but would it not
be right and fitting to decide upon
a substitute, a reserve, so to
speak?
It so happens that I have a pup
that is four months old today, and
is marked almost identically like
Reveille, even to the white tip on
her tail, and it is a her. The one
exception is her extreme poster
ior, which is a small patch of rus
ty-brown *color, from which we
have derived her name, “Rusty”,
“Rus” for short. Out here at Bryan
Field Village, Rus has captured
everyone’s fancy with her playful
ness, and has made all my neigh
bors back doors a supplemental
source of food, which is typical of
old Rev’s meal hounding in the
mess halls.
I recently had Rusty vaccinated
Rusty—Candidate for New Ag-
?ie Mascot.
as a precaution around the child
ren out here, but on account of
my nine months old baby and cir
cumstances beyond my control, i.
e., the wife, I have decided to de
part with my hound.
Here is my proposition: since
the Corps has no official mascot,
and since Rusty resembles Reveille
so much, and since Rusty was born
two years and one day after Rev
passed away, and is the friend of
all the other Aggie-Vets out here,,
I will agree to donate her to the
Corps, to have the same privileges
and treated with the same respect
as reveille received.
How about it, Aggies, do you
want a mascot to help the twelfth
(See RUSTY, Page 2)