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Committee Reconversion . . .
Is now the time to reconvert our committees and coun
cils?
In the seventy years gone by there have been some
strange organizations and committees formed. Some func
tioned as originally planned. Others played out. Take a sur
vey of the various committees and councils we have now.
Many could be worked over a bit. A few could be reorganized
and become valuable assets to the school and the student
body.
Here are the standing councils and committees the
Battalion recommends be formed.
Student Life Committee
Student Council
Cadet Council
Veteran Council
Disiplinary Courts
Cadet
Veteran
Exchange Council
This recommendation is based on opinions of cadets,
veterans and faculty members, all realizing that student
government and representation are essential to train men
to be leaders. Many suggestions were made by veterans
polled in the Battalion Poll a fortnight ago.
The functions of the various recommended councils and
committees should be as follows:
Student Life Committee—to hear recommendations
from all clubs, organizations and classes of the college and
to make recommendations to the president and board of
directors. This committee should be composed of two stu
dents from each class and the veterans group, one represen
tative from all organized clubs and organizations recognized
by the Student Activities Office, and a small, well qualified,
number of faculty members.
The Student Council—to hear and act on suggestions
and complaints of the Cadet Council and the Veterans Coun
cil when such recommendations and complaints affect the
entire school. The council should be composed of nine mem
bers, five from the Cadet Council and four from the Vete
ran Council.
The Cadet Council and the Veteran Council—to hear
and act if possible on suggestions and complaints from stu
dents of their respective group when such recommendations
and complaints affect only that group. All other matters
would be referred to the Student Council. Five members of
the Cadet Council and four members of the Veteran Coun
cil would compose the Student Council. Each of the group
councils, that is, the Cadet Council and the Veteran Coun
cil, would be of Strength in number essential to satisfactory
meet the requirements of the council. Members should be
appointed by virtue of their position in the corps of veterans
organization and others elected by vote of the organizations
represented.
The Cadet Court and the Veteran Court—to hear dis
ciplinary cases of the group represented. These courts would
serve as the senior courts formerly functioned. Each court
should be composed of at least five members with three
constituting a quorom. All disciplinary cases are reviewed
by the Dean of Men.
The Exchange Council—to take recommendations re
garding the betterment and operating policy of the Ex
change Store. This council should be composed of four fac
ulty members and five students, one representing each class
and the veterans group. This council was originally request
ed by the manager of the Exchange Store.
The above student groups should satisfy the require
ments and demand for student representation and govern
ment. Special committees would be appointed from time to
time to act on certain definite moves such as the student
union, welfare programs.
Parrish to Rainey’s Staff . . .
The news of Raymond Parrish’s resignation from col
lege to join Dr. Homer P. Rainey’s staff in Austin came
early this week. The decision of Parrish to take such action
was certainly a great one to make on his part for after
completing half of a summer term, it would be difficult to
throw away seven or eight hours of work required towards
a degree.
On the other hand, as far as we are concerned, speak
ing of and to vets, it was an important decision. Many stu
dents have felt that the Ex-servicemen’s Club has become
too much a political organization. Many have sensed this
and few can deny that, quite often, issues closely approach
ed the political class. Parrish realized this himself and sur
rendered the lead of the Rainey for Governor Club in an
effort to keep the organizations separated. His withdrawal
from school until September, at which time he plans to
return and resume his duties as president of the campus’
largest organized club, certainly further separates the vet
eran activities from those of the political fields.
Hurry back Parrish!
You’re Through, You’re Out!...
To those graduating seniors who are presently living in
college operated apartments and one room married accom
odations and who have no doubt received the same letter
received by those seniors who completed their work at mid
summer term, we can say you’re going to really have to
have some pep the last day, Saturday, August 24.
These students have been instructed to move from their
accomodations before August 25 in order to make room for
those who will commence classes on or after September 9.
That’s really a close call! Just two weeks of grace!
After having paid a month’s rent a reimbursement is
in order and will be paid if the student will first contact the
housing office for a “slip” and then the Fiscal Office, or
if the student leaving will ask that the reimbursement be
forwarded to his home. Of course if the senior leaving has
a final that morning, it will only mean a good three hours
of cogitating, a quick race to the two offices before the
cashier closes the window and then load the trailer or old
Office, Room 5, Administration Building, Telephone 4-5444, Texas A. & M. College.
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Oneida Community Story
Told In Unusual Novel
by Wilnora Barton
Readers Advisor, College Library
Little is known, actually, about
the life and customs of the sev
eral religious communes which
were established in America
in the middle 1800’s. Documentary
material has been available, but
historians, economists, and, for
some reason, even the novelists
have neglected to make known
to the average reading public the
results of these experiments in
communism.
The novel, “The Wives Of High
Pasture” by Worth Tuttle Hedden
is based on the development of
one of the branches of the Oneida
Commune in New York where
work, profit, and spouses were
shared by all. Aside from its
points as an extremely interest
ing story, the book has value as
a social document.
The story of Pilgrim, a young
girl of nineteen, and her first love
is woven against a background of
communal life. Pilgrim had been
reared in the community from
the age of ten. Under a carefully
charted scheme for the perform
ance of duties she had never had
time to doubt the doctrines and
the practices of Christian com-
unism.
In spite of the fact that she had
no access to romantic novels, her
dreams were much like those of
any young girl’s. With no idea
what was happening to her, she
fell in love with a young English
gentleman who had been driven
by a snow storm to the House of
High Pasture. At first the young
man was merely curious about the
life of the community. His stay
lengthened out into months un
der the pretense that he wished
to remain in the commune to meet
its founder who was away on
tour. He admitted to himself,
however, that he was really inter
ested in the unusual girl, Pilgrim.
Pilgrim’s love for this man of
the world resulted in pain and
confusion as her young heart re
belled against the Perfection pre
cepts under which she lived. Hav
ing fallen in love, once, she knew
that she could never consent to
become a wife of the community
with nothing to look forward to
but a succession of middle aged
husbands. Defying authority, she
fled on the night she was to be
initiated into full status as a
“wife.”
Further complicating the scene
is the arrival of the young heir
apparent to the community with
his startling philosophy through
which Pilgrim found new freedom
and a new life.
The author has only slight suc
cess in making the personalities
of his characters convincing, but
this defect is off-set by the suc
cessful portrayal of the spirit and
pervaded the community. An un
selfconscious style and realistic
dialogue combine to make the book
unusually interesting reading.
Letters
FOUR VETERANS GET
BITTER RECEPTION HERE
Monday morning four former stu
dent veterans were here to visit
their beloved alma mater. They
had all recently returned from the
Pacific and two of them had not
even been home before their visit
here. They all had their A. & M.
rings, which they were wearing
very proudly when they first ar
rived on the campus. One of the
rings had the numeral ’44 and the
other three had the numerals ’45.
These veterans were all very
happy to see all their old buddies
and the campus that had meant so
much to them when they took off
the AMC and donned the US. But
the main reason for the visit here
was not to see their old buddies
again, nor was it to see the cam
pus, their object was to register
so that they may again pick up
the books that they had dropped
when our country called.
But Monday afternoon found
them with downcast looks and a
grievience against the A. & M.
they had bragged about so often
to their buddies in the Army.
“I can’t understand it,” said the
one in the class of ’44, “we all
wrote to the registrar of the col
lege this summer while we were
overseas. We asked to have rooms
reserved for when we returned for
this fall semester, and we all re
ceived a very nice reply saying
that we could not register while
overseas but that we would have
no trouble when we returned be
cause, after all, we are Former
Students. And now that we have
returned and tried to register the
answer is ‘NO ROOM’.”
Welcome back veteran!
Name withheld at writer’s re
quest.
“FEMALE TIGERS” SHOT AT
BY DEPARTING AGGIE
Editor, The Battalion:
This letter is being written aft
er the writer has spent the last
two months on the campus of
what was once known, as “dear-
old-Aggieland.” It has been a
pleasant period here for an ex
student, and generally speaking,
the college has gone all the way to
do everything possible in making
my stay profitable from an aca
demic standpoint and enjoyable in
the manner in which people should
deal with all of us who have re
turned. It is about time that I
finish up, however, and as I go, I
feel that I should voice an opinion
and get it printed in time to give
those who will probably be offend
ed an opportunity to “strike back.”
Why does the College adminis
tration allow a small percentage of
their female employees who serve
as secretaries, clerks, reception
girls, and other odd jobs about the
campus to give all the rest of the
fine young women working here a
bad name by being so unmannerly
and downright discourteous to the
various students and visitors that
must through absolute necessity
call upon them for permission to
see their bosses or to transact
business ?
In my job in one of the college
departments, it has been my good
fortune to run into some really
swell girls working for the college
—girls like Mary Anne Cure and
Catherine Foster, for example—
but every once in awhile, the male
members of our office and some of
my student friends are subjected
to the most insulting actions by
some of these “so-called ladies”
when we attempt to get informa
tion or must see them in order to
see their bosses. This makes us
Fish Questions
Are Revised
Henry (Mac) McElroy ’38, of
the Department of Information
has answered the Battalion’s re
quest for comment on the “Ques
tion List for New Fish” which
was prepared by the class of “48,
and published in last week’s issue.
Several questions were challenged
and after they were checked Mac
was found to be correct. The
questions with their corrected an
swers are as follows.
14. What college has the larg
est natatorium in the Southwest?
Baylor has the largest.
17. How many Aggies served in
World War II? 20,000 including
14,000 officers, more than any
other school including West
Point.
18. What is the only State
owned and operated hotel ?
(L. S. U. and the University of
North Carolina also own and op
erate hotels, similar to Aggieland
Inn.)
19. What are the main branches
of A. & M. College? Besides the
school itself, there are: the Ex
tension Service, The Agricultural
Experiment Station, John Tarle-
ton Agricultural College, Prairie
View University, the Texas For
est Service and North Texas Ag
ricultural.
22. What class designed the
Senior Ring? The class of 1894.
Latest changes were made by the
class of 1940.
30. What is the size of A. & M.
campus proper? 8,391 acres.
31. How many generals did A.
& M. have in World War II? 29.
36. What is the seating capa
city of Kyle Field, and when was
it built? It was built in 1927.
It has a seating capacity of 32,-
306, but with the addition of tem
porary seats it will seat 42,000.
39. What Aggies were named
all-American two years in succes
sion? Joe Routt, John Kim
brough, and Pete Watkins.
Couple’s Bridge Party
All ex-servicemen and their
wives who play bridge are invited
to participate in the Bridge Club
for Couples that will hold its first
meeting on Saturday night, August
10 at 8:00 in the Ex-Service
men’s Lounge at Sbisa hall.
Admission will be 50d per couple.
In order to ascertain the exact
number to be present at the first
meeting so as to plan refresh
ments accordingly, all those who
plan to be present are requested
to contact Nell Creel by phoning
4-4504 before Friday night.
long for the good old days when
the only people that insulted the
students around here was the O.
D. or Ed Hrdlicka when he closed
his doors for the night.
Incidentally, there are some of
the gals who think they are being
“made a pass at” everytime a
man enters—Well, I’ll have to ad
mit to a few passes, just as most
of the other fellows will, but they
should remember that no man
makes a pass at a girl unless she
has shown him that it has reason
able chances for at least mild suc
cess.
If the girls who read this feel
ofended—then they definitely know
that they are the guilty ones.
There should be a sign just out
side of the registrar’s office for
all visiting students, fireman, and
other delegations to toss in their
hat first and if a “female tiger”
doesn’t chew it up, to come on in
and wait six or seven hours to see
the man you want to see.
Loving yours,
Jack C. Hollimon.
jalopy.
The quick move is required to allow those students who
have just returned from overseas and have yet not estab
lished a home to do so here as soon as possible, according to
the housing office. Of course, if you’ve been studying hard
as all students have from the appearance of the grades re
corded, you probably don’t have a place to go to when you
leave.
Consideration will be given to those students requesting
an extension of time in order to complete moving arrange
ments ; however, they should call by the housing office now
in order to satisfy the requirements.
Are Aggies Longhairs?
Record Room Statistics
Seem To Prove So
Classical music seems to top the
list of favorite music at the Music
Room of the Cushing Memorial
Library where more than a dozen
students a day find some time to
relax. Chopin’s “Nocturne in E-
Flat,” Beethoven’s “Moonlight
Sonata,” Tchaikowsky’s “Nutcrack
er Suite,” Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in
“Blue” and Gershwin’s “Porgy and
Bess are the favorites.
When the Classical Music collec
tion began in 1936, the $25 worth
of foreign recordings were worn
out so fast by enthusiastic listen
ers that Dr. T. F. Mayo, the li
brarian at that time, requested a
music grant from the Carnegie
corporation. The 1,200 individual
records and 300 books on music
subjects along with the record
player and amplifier were moved
from Asbury Browsing Room to
their own space. The books can be
checked out for two-week periods
and are accessible to students,
their wives, members and families
of the faculty at any time.
Trip to the Moon
Given by Dr. Vezey
And His Telescope
Would you like to go within
2000 miles of the moon? It is
possible, and there are only five
flights of stairs to get there.
Prof. E. E. Vezey, professor of
Physics, mounted his 12-inch re
flecting telescope Tuesday night
and surrounded by five star-gaz
ing Aggies, combed the skies
from dark until about 10:30. Dr.
Vezey’s telescope is a huge, black
cylinder over six feet long and
one foot in diameter. Dr. Vezey
ground the 12-inch mirror him
self, doing the exacting grinding
and polishing in around 125 hours.
Formerly used in an accredited
Physics course. Prof. Vezey now
mounts the mirror only when re
quested by his students.
Classified
THE SCRIBE SHOP. Typing,
graphing, drawing. Phone 2-6705,
23rd, Bryan.
mimeo-
1007 E.
ENGINEERS get your math chart at
the Exchange Store. Notebook size 36tf.
Concession owned by W. O. Reese. '46.
FOR SALE—Paramount air conditioner.
Factory made, $59.95. Contact Angus
Dickson, Box 4882, House 7, student owned
houses.
;e,
$450.00. Keen, Dorm 12, Room 304.
WANTED—Riders to and from St.
Louis, Mo. between terms. See Finck, Wal
ton B-6 or write Box 2366.
Driving to Washington, D. C. August
24. Return for fall semester. Take one
passenger who will share expense and
driving. Must be good driver with li
cense. Richard Sparkman, Project House
13D.
Last cha
Reader’s
for Ex-Servicemen to get
hangi
Digest for % price,' get your new
or renewal before September 1st. Johnson’s
phone 4-881
.gen
Thorough courses in shorthand, book
keeping, typewriting and all commercial
subjects available for fall term beginning
Sept. 16. Enrollment will be limited.
Phone 2-6655 or call at McKinsey-Baldwin
Business College, 702 S. Washington,
Bryan.
USED CARS
WANTED
Cash or trade on
New Ford Cars,
Pick-ups and Trucks
Bryan Motor Co.
N. Main - Phone 2-1333
Student Union Plans Are
Now Taking Definite Form
In future years, when you re
turn to A. & M., you will find ac
commodations for visitors quite
different to those at present.^ You
will find that student life will be
what was just a dream to you.
Following the visit of Dr. Porter
Butts, director of the Student Un
ion at the University of Wisconsin,
study of the Union Building for
A. & M. received renewed interest
throughout the campus, according
to Carleton W. Adams, college sys
tem architect.
While Dr. Butts was on the
campus, he outlined his conception
of what the A. & M. Student Un
ion should be, in light of .his many
years of experience in this field.
The censensus following the sev
eral conferences in which Dr. Butts
participated may be summarized,
according to Mr. Adams, as fol
lows:
The Union should not be consid
ered as a single building, but rath
er should be visualized as a stu
dent and college center. It should
encompass all of the usual activ
ities that are not directly connected
with academic work or student
housing. This would mean that the
site should be sufficiently large to
include Union facilities for the
students, hotel-life facilities for
former students and visiting guests,
a picture show, music hall, possibly
a chapel, and other facilities that
may be desired as time goes on.
In this project it is wise to be
forward looking and to lay the
foundation for a center that even
tually will include opportunities for
all of the recreational and extra
curricular activities that may grow
out of an active Student Union
Program.
The basic facilities that appear
to come within the need of A. &
M. may be grouped roughly as
follows: A Memorial Hall to serve
as a fitting monument to those who
gave their lives in the service of
their country, lounges to serve as
meeting points for students, fac
ulty and visitors, dining and foun
tain rooms with specific accent on
the informal grill and snack bar,
an dstores and sales areas that are
to include a book shop, gift shop,
etc. Ballroom and other dancing
and music facilities, guest rooms,
game and recreation rooms, includ
ing a bowling alley and billiard
tables, craftwork rooms and a craft
shop.
This is not a complete outline,
but gives one an idea of the scope
of the proposed project and active
program that can be developed
when such facilities are available.
Water Plant Collection Is
Shown By College Museum
H. B. Parks, Curator of the Col
lege Museum, announces the prep
aration of eight cases of water
plants which have been placed on
exhibit to illustrate some of the
plants important to waterfowl and
muskrats on the southeastern
Gulf Coast of Texas.
This exhibit has been made pos
sible by John Robert Singleton of
Beaumont, Texas, a graduate in
the Department of Fish and Game
who is working in cooperation
with the Texas Cooperative Wild
life Research Unit on an investi
gation of the quantitative produc
tion of wildlife food in the coastal
marshes of the southeastern part
of the State.
Mr. Parks, who is the dean of
naturalists in the State of Texas,
points out that conspicuous among
the many opportunities for in
creased income in Texas is the
use of the low wet soils along the
Texas Gulf Coast and sometimes
for long distances inland border
ing the larger rivers. For gener
ations these regions have been
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noted as both the summer and
winter homes of thousands of
birds. Particularly during the
winter season they became the
heaven for hundreds of thousands
of water-fowl—ducks, geese, and
swans. Intermingled with the
bird colonies are to be found musk
rat marshes. Then, too, there are
colonies of other water loving
species of wildlife, such as fur
animals, bull frogs, and turtles.
Under man’s intelligent super
vision, Mr. Parks points out, the.
production of food and money in
come of Texas may be substan
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