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Pay Raise For Faculty To Be Effective Sept. 1 New Scale Made Public at Faculty Meeting; Higher Standards Cited A revised salary budget representing an average in crease of 16 percent over present salaries was announced today to the faculty of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The new salary brackets established for the teaching division, for the first time, put Texas A. & M. College salary levels nearer the average of all similar educational institu tions, according to Dean of the College Frank C. Bolton, who has made an exhaustive study of the subject. The . increases become effective September 1, coincident with be ginning of the 1946-47 fiscal year, and are in line with a recent statement issued by the Board of Directors and administrative of ficers “in recognition of their re sponsibility for maintenance of adequate facilities and a well qualified staff,” President Gibb Gilchrist said in making public the statement, which follows: “It shall be the policy of the Board of Directors and the ad ministrative officers of Texas A. & M. College to strive continuous ly for adequate compensation for its staff; “To achieve higher academic standards by selecting only those well qualified to its staff and by expanding our facilities for test ing, counseling, student place ment and orientation to the end that those admitted to classes may have reasonable certainty, with proper application, to profit by college work; “To maintain the physical facili ties of the college so that they are always adequate to the current need; “To study continuously the needs of the college so that plans for its development may be pro jected as far into the future as sound judgment dictates is pos sible; “And to determine all things feasible to bring to full realiza tion the stated objectives of the A. & M. College of Texas to the end that the product of the Col lege—its graduates—is second to none in abilities and training.” “The Board of Directors and administrative officers are deter mined to keep this institution in the forefront by making it at tractive to good men whom we need on our staff, and to retain men sought by other colleges and industry,” Dean Bolton said. Housing Committee Plans for A. & M.’s Largest Enrollment; Dorms Assigned Three-in-a-Room Should Ease by Xmas According to Records A housing plan to accomodate A&M’s largest enrollment has been approved according to E. L. Angell, the president’s admins- trative assistant. The plan is the one revealed to the Ex-Service men’s Club last Friday night. Three-in-a-room To answer the very popular cry of no three-in-a-room, it is shown that of the 2360 rooms on the campus, not including rooms in Hart and Walton Halls, only 520 will be used initially to house three students. These rooms are located in dormitories 14, 15, 17, Bizzell, Leggett, Milner, Mitchell, Law and Puryear Halls. Angell pointed out that between the beginning of the Fall semes ter and Christmas that approxi mately this number of students will resign from college. This es timate is based on records of the Registration Office. Corps Halls The corps will be assigned ac- Texas A*M The B Coitege alion VOLUME 45 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3, 1946 NUMBER 71 comodations for approximately 1728 persons, utilizing dormitories 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. This assignment is based on the plan ned acceptance of approximately 1000 high school graduates who will be assigned to the corps. - Community It is estimated that some 1500 students will live in the surround ing communities, Bryan, College Station, and possibly Navasota and Hearne. Vets’ Apartments Walton and Hart Halls will re main veterans’ apartment halls. The pre-fab village and the co op apartments will also house vet eran students and families as will the newly planned village to be constructed on the old cavalry and mounted field artillery drill field. This new project is to contain 500 units. Students assigned to these un finished units will be required to live at Bryan Army Air Field, which the planning committee recommended be requested from the government, until their as signed apartments become avail- (See HOUSING, page 4) Discussion Group Will Be Formed On Monday Night Meetings Open to All; Plan Weekly Schedule For Fall Semester The A. & M. campus discussion group, founded to keep students abreast of developments in the world, will hold its first forum Monday night at 7:30 at the Y. M. C. A. The topic, “Are We Get ting a True Education?” will be threshed over by four separate groups, each led by three instruct ors and three students. Those at tending will be divided into the smaller groups so that everyone will have a chance to contribute to the discussion. The discussion group has been founded by a committee from the Ex-servicemens’ Club, but it is planned to organize it as a sep arate campus activity in the near future, as there is no intention to limit participation to veterans. All students and faculty mem bers are welcome to all meetings, including the first one Monday night. It is planned that the discussion group will meet in seminars simi lar to the first one on Monday night each week for three weeks, and then invite some nationally- known speaker to appear for a lecture. However, the group may not get into full operation until the fall semester. New Post Where Is Aggie Spirit? . . . The following guest editorial was submitted by eight students, and expresses what the Battalion feels about present conditions on the campus. In the last issue of the Battalion there was voiced, and rightfully, opinions of three groups of people here on the campus. A returning single student, a returning married student, and a wife of a married student. This does not, however, represent all the groups present. At one time this campus was noted for “the Aggie spirit.” It is true that we had a 2% who came here to school for their own selfish reasons, but the bulk of the exes of Aggieland did leave their bit but to be added to the heritage of Texas A. & M. Today we are divided. That 2% has grown with the abolition of certain customs that were just as much part of this school as the water tower mentioned last week. I need not mention any of these customs, but they started off by meeting strangers until there were no strangers left. Then, the college was run by the student body, and those students learned more than a professor or a textbook can impart. The stabilizing influence of the senior class saw to it that the school was being run along traditional lines and kept so, for the future Aggies. Now the classes are just being shoved along haphazard ly like boy scouts with their advisor. It is true that students need advice in some matters by older people, but very few are experiencing the effect of learning to make their own dcisions as far as their campus activities are concerned. Other colleges and universities are composed of a self governing student body at the present time, and there is no reason that the Aggies are not mature enough to start making their own way here and now. There was no dean of men, but there were plenty of men on the campus. There was a blue book. It did not intimidate the stu dents, but it did outline a few good moral points that Ag gies were expected to live up to. There was no signing of the Basic Policy. The basic policy was expressed in the spirit of the school, something stronger than a “bunch of jumbo” that is about as clear as the Brazos river, and is a threat and a millstone around the students’ necks. I do not suggest that the governor be taken off the engine and let run wild, but that the students be their own governors once more. The Corps has been split into the military and the non military. Later the non-military has been split into the veterans and non-veterans. The veterans have been split into the married and single groups. The married veterans have been split into those fortunate enough to have student hous ing and those that do not have an apartment furnished by the school. The strength that was once Aggieland’s has now waned. There is evidence that opinions differ on the rights of different classes, groups, and sub-groups, so the students are not able to handle their affairs personally because they have been split up into powerless little protective unions fighting each other, while new bureaus are being set up to run things that are rightfully their own right to do. If nothing is done to remedy such a situation, the fame that was once Aggieland’s will be tarnished beyond recogni tion. Architecture Society Attends Conference At Texas University Last week the Architectural So ciety invaded the campus of Uni versity of Texas to attend the School Plant Conference held there Thursday, June 27. Present at the conference were some of the nations outstanding school ar chitects and other members of the building profession. The students attended only the second day of the conference which was set aside for the archiect’s views on the school problem. Classroom environment, includ ing natural lighting, artificial lighting, acoustics and sanitation were discussed Thursday morn ing; the Architect’s Contribution to the School Building program was the theme of the afternoons discussion. Highlight of the day was the informal “bull session” with Ar chitect E. J. Kump of San Fran cisco and L. P. Perkins of Chica go enjoyed by all members of the Society who attended the confer ence. Dr. S. R. Wright S. R. Wright Now Permanent Head Of C. E. Department Only Holder of Four Degrees from A. & M. Receives Appointment Dr. S. R. Wxdght has been ap pointed head of the Civil Engin eer’s Department, according to Dean H. W. Barlow of the School of Engineering. Dr. Wright will succeed J. T. L. McNew, who up on his return from the service was made vice-president in charge of engineering. Dr. Wright, who has been act ing head of the Civil Engineering and Municipal Sanitary Engin eering Departments for the past four years, is believed to hold the record for attendence at A. & M. He has registered for 20 regular sessions and eight summer terms. During most of these terms he was a full time teacher in the college and was enrolled for a limited number of academic hours. He is the first and only man to receive four degrees from this col lege, having been awarded his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1922, Master of Science in 1928, Professional Degree in Civil En gineering in 1931, and in June of this year became / one of the few to receive a doctor of Philosophy Degree. The new head of the C. E. De partment, who now makes his home in Bryan, is well known throughout the state for work in municipal engineering and utility rate problems and was located for a number of years in the cities of Fort Worth and Waco. Expect Big Crowd At Dobie Lecture Friday Night J. Frank Dobie, “cowboy his torian,” is expected to draw a large audience to Guion Hall when he lectures Friday night at 7:30. The talk, sponsored by the Ex-Service men’s Club as part of a program for bringing noted speakers to the A. & M. Campus, is open to everyone. Professor Dobie recently returned from England, where he was guest lecturer at Cambridge University during the war years. For many years pre viously he was a professor at Tex as University and known as an exponent of the Southwest way of life. His books about old Texas were coast-to-coast best-sellers, and he was awarded to the Pulit zer Prize for one of them, “Coro nado’s Children.” More recently books about his experiences as a Texan in England have had wide popularity. READY FOR PICNIC ON JULY FOURTH? Time of departure of buses leaving College Station for the Fourth of July celebration has been changed. The first bus will leave from behind Sbisa at 4:45 P. M., the second at 5:00 Court House 4:45. The picnic and barbecue are to be held at the American Le gion Post Hall and Park located on the Madisonville highway. Everything is free, but is re stricted to active members of the veterans’ club, their wives, children and dates. Member ship cards will be on sale at the entrance. Register Saturday For Second Term Of Summer School Registration for the second j summer semester by those now in school will be carried out this Saturday afternoon at Sbisa Hall. The same procedure will be used as was in effect at the beginning of the first summer session, ex cept that the order of names will be rotated slightly. Those whose surnames begin with A, B, C, D, will register from 1:00 to 2:00, those beginning with S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, will en roll from 2:00 to 3:00. From 3:00 to 4:00 all whose surnames begin with L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and from 4:00 to 5:00, E, F, G, H, I, J, K. Classes will begin Tuesday, Ju ly 16 as scheduled and all veter ans are asked to be sure that they turn in their book requisitions to the Exchange Store. It is expected that by the end of the summer term arrangements will be made for fall registration before students leave on vacation. Signed: R. L. Manly, ’42 Elvin V. Svoboda, ’45 James C. Rowland, ’45 Nathan I. Mitchell Albert F. Burnett, ’45 John Lewy, Jr., ’43 W. F. Huddleston, ’46 Milburn M. Kothmann, ’46 H. A. THOMAS GOES TO ELECTRON CONFERENCE H. A. Thomas, associate profes sor of electrical engineering, will represent Texas A. & M. College at an electronics conference to be held at the AAF Air Material Command at Wright field, Dayton, Ohio, July 8-12. Guion Hall Will Get New Seats It has been announced by Tom Puddy, manager of Guion Hall, that customed designed, tilt back, leather and velour upholstered seats have been ordered for the center section of the theater and are expected to be delivered the latter part of July. New Physics Class Will Help Vets Short On Credits Six-Hour Transfers Can Meet A. & M.’s Ten-Hour Requirements In Session Because physics requirements for A. & M. students in engineer ing and the physical sciences are heavier than those in many col leges, and because many veteran students h^ve passed physics courses with only six semester hours of credit, the Physics De partment is offering a new special make-up course during the sec ond summer session. Applications for this special class will be made during the registration pei’iod this Saturday. Physics 223 is a four-hour course consisting entirely of classroom work, with some demonstrations. The entire field of general phy sics will be covered in an intensive review with emphasis on those more advanced phases of the sub ject not usually presented in the shorter college courses. This course makes it possible for former AST students and oth ers who have had physics courses carrying six or more credits in some other college to satisfy the ten semester-hour requirement of A. & M. with only one semester’s additional work. Math 104 (Analytics), or its equivalent, and at least six semester hours for college physics are prerequisite for the course. Single Vets Drop Plea to Remove Married Couples Report of Committee Eases Tension Over Three-in-a-Room At the third of a series of spe cial meetings held by the Ex- Servicemen’s Club a resolution calling for removal of married stu dents from all campus dormitories was withdrawn. During debate on the resolution a report from the college housing committee was presented by the veterans com mittee on the matter, stating that only 500 rooms would be affected by the three-in-a-room policy next fall. Several pre-war Aggies, now back on the campus, told of living four-to-a-room in Hearne or Navasota and commuting to classes here before the war. About 1,000 veterans and their wives were present at the two- hour session, constituting the largest attendance at any meet ing to date. The cafeteria committee re ported that they are still in con sultation with college officials concerning prices charged at the college cafeterias. Officials from the college are reported-to be in vestigating operation of the meal departments in othelr state col leges. Bennie A. Zinn, college veterans’ advisor, addressed the meeting and discussed the policies of the office he directs. Many Ags Among Those Named for Regular Ranks Forty-five Aggies were named by the War Department on July 1 to receive permanent commis sions in the regular army. Most of the officers named are now in the service, but hold higher tem porary commissions than the regu lar commissions that they re ceived. The list included: Capt. Joe F. Lichnovsky, V. C., Cuero, ’42; 2nd Lt. Edwin C. Adams, CAC, Corpus Christi, ’44; 1st Lt. Walter S. Rector, A. C., Houston, ’39; 1st Lt. Stockton D. Brns, CAC, Louise, ’35; 1st (See MANY AGS, page 4) Rusty Now In Training For Appearance as Aggie Mascot I'll n ip Place Winners in Architect Summer Project Named This week the third year stu dents in the Department of Ar chitecture have completed their first big project of the summer. The problem included presenta tion drawings for one of the lead ing national architecture maga zines, Progressive Architecture, (Pencil Points). The building presented was the Brazos Coun ty Health Unit designed recently by Senior Students in the Depart ment under the direction of Pro fessor Ernest Langford. The editor of the magazine had ex pressed the desire for suitable drawings to be included in a fu ture issue of the magazine. A presentation by Bob Simpson was awarded first place, second prize going to Irvin Gewertz and third to Collier Campbell. mere were no newsmen or cameras. There wasn’t even a papa to walk the floor when this gal was born in January 1946. She didn’t even know she was supposed to have a papa to walk the floor. Probably papa didn’t even know he had children, be cause papa was a dog, and dogs don’t worry about how many chil dren they have. But this puppy didn’t need a papa, she made her own way in the world, meal- hounding from door to door out at Bryan Field village, wagging her white-tipped tail at everyone who passed and winning approval by chasing sticks for anyone. When this little dog faces the other way it looks as though someone had dipped a paint brush in a bucket of brown paint and slapped her as she passed by. As a result, people started calling her “Rusty.” Little did she know that some day she would become the mascot of the Texas A. & M. Cadet Corps. But when she found out that she had the chance to receive more prestige than any dog in the United States, she came out to the campus and campaigned for herself. She walked with the freshmen in the streets, met the upperclassmen on the sidewalks and completely familiarized her self with the campus that was to be her permanent home. And in the student elections, Rusty re ceived 487 votes in her favor to only 32 against her. Rusty is now living on the campus, orienting herself with the duties that will become hers this fall. At meal-time in the morning, Rusty can usually be found around Duncan Hall learning the finer points of meal-hounding and wag- ses. But when the sun starts sending her hottest rays down, she looks for a cooler spot in one of the dormitories. Come fall, and Rusty will real ly discover what being mascot to the Texas Aggies will mean. With the beginning of the fall semester, she will be taken in charge by the members of the Aggie band—she will learn to prance in true ma jorette fashion, and will be fitted to a wardrobe of the sportiest thing in maroon and white blan kets. Seeing that she is proper ly groomed and attired when she ventures forth in state is a prime function of the head yell leader at Texas A. & M. Most students have heard or will legends, about Rusty’s famous predecessor, “Reveille.” How she had the run of the campus, the mess-halls and dormitories, how she traveled all over the south west and appeared in the motion picture, “We’ve Never Been Licked.” Many will remember her heading the 220 piece Aggie band on parade, and her pet aver sion for T-model Fords. People who remember Reville and have seen Rusty will recog nize the similarity between them, even to the white tip on Rusty’s tail. It seems that the days of the T-model Ford are almost past, and Rusty may never learn to recognize one when it passes, but she will no doubt follow Reville’s ging her tail at everyone who pas- remember the stories, now almost 1 footsteps ( in' other ways. Rearrange Offices In Ad. Building Offices of Business Manager E. N. Holmgreen have been moved from the first floor of the college administration building to suite 217 on the second floor, quarters formerly occupied by Dean of Ag riculture E. J. Kyle. On Mr. Holmgreen’s staff are C. D. Own- by, assistant business manager, and Miss Hazel Hearn, secretary. Offices of the A. & M. Devel opment Fund occupy the adjoin ing quarters, with W. Henderson Shuffler in charge. Offices of Architect Carlton Adams also ad join the business manager’s new location. W. N. Holzmann, comptroller, who acted as business manager during Mr. Holmgreen’s military service, has returned to his form er offices adjoining the Fiscal de partment. Offices formerly occupied by the Business Manager are now those of Benny A. Zinn, Veterans’ Ad visor of the College. Steen Announces $7300 Expenditure By Com. Chest Expenditures from the College Station Community Chest have amounted to over $7,300 this year. Dr. Ralph W. Steen, committee chairman, reported last week. The statement of expenditures was approved by the Community Chest committee at a meeting called by Steen to consider gener al measures for next fall’s cam paign. Steen said that contributions in 1945 and 1946 from the A. & M. College staff, College Station business firms, residents and oth ers had totaled $8,897.06. Cost of conducting the fund-raising campaign was $45.60, Steen said. Total expenditures to date have amounted to $7,336.60. The un expended balance, including the balance on hand from the 1944 campaign, amounts to $2,439.33, he stated. The complete report of expen ditures from the College Station community chest this year are as follows: County hospitalization, $50; American Red Cross, $2,700; Local Hi-Y fund, $30; Brazos County Girl Scouts, $800; National War Fund, $1,000; Brazos County Boy Scouts, $1,100; Tubercular fund, $100; Flower fund, $11; World student service fund, $250; Moth er’s Club, A&M Consolidated School, $200; Bryan & Brazos County Chamber of Commerce, $900; March of Dimes,-$50; Crip pled Children’s fund, $100; Print ing and general Clerical expenses, $45.60. At the meeting, the committee discussed ways and means of lim iting next fall’s budget require ments. Because of the balance on hand and the fact that several items probably will not appear in next fall’s budget, requests for individual contributions probably will be considerably decreased, Steen said. “The College Station Communi ty Chest is anxious to assume its share in the county relief pro gram and yet make the budget re quests as light as possible on in dividual contributors,” Steen said. “The committee sincerely ap preciates the support of Texas A. & M. College staff members and College Station people on last year’s campaign,” he stated. Members appointed on the committee include; C. W. Crawford, J. H. Milliff, S. L. Frost, H. E. Burgess, Fred Hale, J. G. Gay, J. W. Rollins, J. D. Prewit, F. I. Dahlberg, W. W. Wallace and Dr. Steen. H. K. BUECHNER NOW STUDIES IN MOUNTAINS A detailed study of one of the most elusive of Texas’ wild game, the pronghorned antelope, is be ing undertaken in the Davis Moun tains by Helmut K. Buechner, M. S. graduate in Fish and Game from Texas A. & M. He was re cently awarded a fellowship under the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Re search Unit and his headquarters have been established at Alpine. In addition to this work, he has been admitted to candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philoso phy in the graduate school of A. & M. Aberdeen - Angus Assn. Field Day Here Draws 125 More than 125 persons attended the Aberdeen- Angus Association Field Day held here Friday, June 28, under supervision of the ani mal husbandry department. The college Aberdeen-Angus herd was inspected and the de partment, headed by F. I. Dahl berg, exhibited three superior herd sires, five fat steers, four two- year old heifers, and thirty cows with calves by their sides. Accompanying the members of the association and their guests were many of their families and in addition to witnessing a very successful field day, there was social gathering after adjournment.