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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1946
NUMBER 77
Final Ball Friday Night Features Teddy Phillips’ Orchestra
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Annex at Bryan Army Air Field To
House Some Fish and Vets This Fall
Dr. M. T. Harrington Will Head
Staff of 30 Instructors There
Sbisa Dance Sponsored by Vets;
Open to Everyone on the Campus
Athletic, Student
Activities Offices
Give New Policies
Student Athletic Coupon
Books and Publication Cards
To Be Issued Sept. 7 and 9
The Athletic Department and
Student Activities Office an
nounced late yesterday the fol
lowing polipy on purchase of Stu
dent Activities Fees:
The Student Activity Fee for
the school year 1946-47 will cost
$16.00. This includes admission
to all home athletic contests of
Texas A. & M. teams, and sub
scriptions to the Battalion and the
Longhorn.
Athletic Coupon' Books and
publication cards will be issued
pn September 7 and 9 to those
who pay the student activity fee.
Those students who register and
pay the student activity fee on
August 21 will be issued coupon
books and cards on September 7
and 9.
Any available coupon books af
ter September 9 will be placed on
sale to students at the Athletic
Office upon presentation of prop
er registration receipt.
VA Action Uncertain
Due to the fact that the appeal
to the headquarters of the Vet
eran Administration for the pur
chase of student activities fees
for students attending college un
der the G. I. Bill of Rights is still
uncertain, veterans would be wise
to purchase activities fees at reg
istration on August 21, and Sep
tember 7 and 9.
Aggie Stables To •
Open October 1
Twt» veterans of World Wor II,
T. C. Phillips, ex-Aggie and T. K.
Fargo, a Colonel in the Army Air
Forces, are planning to open their
Aggie Boarding and Riding Sta
bles on Oct. 1. These stables are
located four miles south of East
Gate on Highway 6.
There are 432 acres on the
premises which will be broken into
bridle paths, jump courses, school
ing polo field, quarter track and
roping arenas. Plans are being
made for a roping pen 400’ by 150’
which will be available to stu
dents by the payment of monthly
dues. The dues will purchase the
necessary livestock requested by
the members. Later on there will
be a membership fee for the en
tire area, as it will reduce the
fee of rental horses and other en
tertainment. Competition with
other polo and roping teams is
highly recommended.
The date of the opening has
been set at Oct. 1, but due to the
construction material shortage, it
may not be met. Even so, they
feel sure that the 39 stalls, of
which 19 are ready now, and the
roping arena, polo field, and quar
ter track will be available.
Chief horse wrangler will be
Joe Lawson, discharged veteran,
who was formerly in the Cavalry
unit of the Military Department
of Texas A. & M.
J. Matt Carr Joins
Sanitary Eng. Dept.
J. Matt Carr of Waco has been
appointed associate professor of
municipal and sanitary engineer
ing at Texas A. & M. College and
will begin his duties September
1, it was announced today by Dr.
S. R. Wright, head of the civil
engineering department.
Three men with drum-major ex
perience will lead the two hundred
and twenty piece Texas Aggie
Band in September. The head drum-
major will be Phillip B. Kosub of
San Antonio, Texas, who is a sen
ior, majoring in Electrical Engin
eering. He is twenty years of age
and an ex-serviceman. He is a
graduate of Brackenridge High
School and while there was a drum-
major in the band and a member
of the orchestra. Kosub is an ex
cellent cornet player and is a first
division winner in comet solos.
During the spring term of ’46, he
was the captain of the Aggie Field
Artillery Band.
The drum-major of the one hun
dred and ten piece Infantry Band
will be Paul Allen Jr., of Luling,
Texas, who is a senior, majoring in
Pet. - M. E. He is nineteen years
of age and also an ex-serviceman.
Allen graduated from Luling High
School in 1943 as the valedictorian
of his class and the drum-major of
the high school band. During the
spring term of ’46, he was second
in command of the A. & M. Field
Artillery Band. v
Pinch-hitter
Vick Lindley, appointed Co-edi
tor of the Battalion until next
student elections. Lindley, a Phy
sics major, has been managing
editor of the Battalion for the
Spring and Summer sessions.
Veterans Club
Hears Report On
Mess Hall Plans
A permanent mess-hall commit
tee, which will meet every month
to hear suggestions about eating
facilities at A. & M., was set up
by the Ex-Servicemen’s Club at its
special meeting Monday night.
Chairman Shaw of the previous
mess hall investigating committee,
which made its final report, made
two recommendations to college
authorities: first, that a dietician
be employed by the college; second,
that the supervisor of subsistance,
J. C. Peniston, be sent on a trip
to various colleges in Texas serv
ing “family style” meals to check
on the practicability of serving
family-style meals to veterans
eventually. (During the fall se
mester, family-style meals will be
for cadets only.)
Shaw stated that the committee
believes the staffs of the two col
lege mess halls ai’e making the
best of a difficult situation, ad
mittedly not satisfactory to any
one. He reported a request from
Peniston that such expensive meats
as bacon and ham not be requested
by veterans at the cafeteria until
the wholesale prices of these meats
come down. *
Hubert O. “Hub” Johnson, Jr.,
co-editor of the Battalion elected
by the veterans, presented his res
ignation effective with the last is
sue this summer, as he is among
those graduating this summer.
Vick Lindley, managing editor
for the past two terms, was named
to serve as co-editor until the next
Club elections.
The club heard reports from
Bennie A. Zinn, veterans advisor,
soon to become assistant dean of
men, and from H. L. Heaton, re
gistrar, on plans for next week’s
registration. A vote of thanks \\*s
given Mr. Heaton for the improv
ed plan of registration in use this
summer.
A suggestion that the club spon
sor au American Legion post was
tabled, with the remark that any
such post should be organized out
side the Ex-Servicemen’s Club.
Darrell Manly reported that a
new constitution, being drawn up
by a special committee, would be
ready for presentation to the
club in the Fall. The present con
stitution was adopted when there
were only about fifty veterans.
J. B. Cooper of Houston, a for
mer drum-major of the John Rea
gan High School Band, will be the
drum-major of the Field Artillery
Band. Graduating from high school
in the class of ’44, he immedately
entered A. & M. He is a senior,
eightppn vears of age, majoring in
Architecture. Last year, Cooper
was the Sgt. Major of the A. & M.
Band.
With the famous Texas Aggie
Band reaching a strength of two
hundred and twenty in September,
the experience of these fortifier
drum-majors will add greatly to
the marching, maneuvering, and
control of the band.
ATTENTION GRADUATES
Graduating Seniors who have
not yet paid for their gradu
ation announcements are asked
to stop at the Student Activities
office in the Administration
Building and see Grady Elms,
assistant manager.
184 Summer Grads
To Get Degrees;
Many Are Masters
No Ceremony Scheduled for
Group; Largest to Complete
Work In Summer
One hundred eighty-four Texas
A. & M. College students will be
candidates for degrees at the end
of the current summer term Aug
ust 24, the largest number of stu
dents ever to complete require
ments for graduation during a reg
ular summer session, according to
college officials.
Of the degrees to be conferred,
14 are Master of Education and
nine Master of Science.
Among the baccalaureate degree
candidates are 21 for Bachelor of
Science in Agricultural Adminis
tration; 13 Bachelor of Science
in Agricultural Education; four
Bachelor of Science in Agricul
tural Engineering; two Bachelor
of Science in Landscape Art; and
24 for Bachelor of Science in Ag
riculture.
In the School of Arts and
Sciences there are eight candi
dates for Bachelor of Arts de
grees in Liberal Arts; six candi
dates for Bachelor of Science in
Economics; and nine candidates
for Bachelor of Science in Science.
In the School of Engineering,
LaVere Brooks of Dallas is the
only candidate for the Bachelor
of Architecture degree; six are
candidates in Aeronautical Engin
eering; two in Architectural En
gineering; eleven in Chemical En
gineering; seven in Civil Engineer
ing; ten in Industrial Education;
fourteen in Mechanical Engineer
ing; five in Petroleum Engineer
ing; and one in Engineering Ad
ministration.
There are ten candidates for the
Degree of Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine.
Candidates - seeking Master’s De
grees in Education are Jess Dee
Bellamy, Lampasas; William Al
len Bloodworth, Lexington; Hal
bert Chester Boyd, Lewisville;
Clyde U. Butler, Fort Worth; Ev
erett Douglas Clement, Granger;
James D. Cody, Fort Worth; Ray
mond Nash Cowart, Wesson, Miss.;
George Raymond Freeman, Cor
pus Christi; Everett Ruthven Glaz-
ener, Poplarville, Miss.; Julian
Clarence Green, Lufkin; Luther
Peayson, Bryan; Edwin Euell Por
ter, Huntsville; Norman Kerri
gan Quarles, Nacogdoches; and
Elbert D. Steele, Sidney, Texas.
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
in Science are Robert B. Glas
gow, Baton Rouge, La.; Bryan
P. Glass, Fort Worth; Gregory A.
Hill, Gonzales; Nathan I. Mitch
ell, Newcastle; Louis E. Otts, Jr.,
Cuero; Edward Bruce Parmelee,
Helena, Arkansas; Michael R.
Throckmorton, Twin Falls, Idaho;
Raymond Alden Underhill, Col
lege Place, Wash.; and Luther Joe
Westbrook, Kerens, Texas.
There will be no formal gradu
ation ceremony for the granting
of the degrees.
Military Dept.
Announces Plans
Latest information from the Ar
my Ground Forces indicate that
the proposed pay and uniform al
lowance for cadets with advanced
contracts will not go into effect
prior to July, 1947 as the legis
lation has not yet been acted up
on, according to a statement by
Col. G. S. Melloy Jr., P.M.S. and
T. at A. & M.
The policy for the semesters of
1946-47 stipulates that all stu
dents taking Military Science,
either as an elective or with a
contract must wear the prescribed
uniform between Reveille and Re
treat. Living with the corps is
optional for veterans and in the
case of non-veterans, decision will
be rendered in each individual
case.
Tentative plans for corps organ
ization are as follows: First Reg
iment, Infantry, Second Regiment,
Artillery, Third Regiment, Com
posite.
Civ. Engineers Gather
For Bar-B-Q Friday
Closing a restful summer in the
way of outside activities civil en
gineering students and members
of the Student Chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engin
eers will gather at Bryan City
Park tomorrow nite for a real old
fashioned barbecue and picnic sup
per.
The affair will be attended by
more than 80 persons who had
made reservations yesterday morn
ing.
M. D. Jones, president of the
student chapter, has planned an
active and educational program
for the coming year.
Texas A&M College has acquired
the vacant facilities at Bryan Ar
my Air Field for use in housing
and teaching overflow freshmen
at the beginning of the fall se
mester in September. These
freshmen will include both veter
ans and high-school graduates
and they will live barracks style.
There will be both double-deckei;
and single beds, with plenty of
room for each man.
However, College Officials have
stated this does not mean that an
unlimited enrollment for the fall
semester can be accepted. Re
strictions on enrollment of out-
of-state and college transfer stu
dents will still be enforced. Num
ber of teachers is the limiting
factor.
The college plans to run all
utilities and the mess hall. The
mess hall will require at least
ninety employees.
There are plenty of recreation
al facilities available, including a
picture show, snack bar, confec
tionery, two athletic fields and
a swimming pool. Also a chapel
for non-denominational services.
Dr. M. T. Harrington of the
Chemistry Department has been
named assistant to the dean of the
college and will be the chief ad
ministrative officer of the Bry
an Field campus. Dr. Harring
ton will have a staff of more than
30 instructors, and each adminis
trative department including the
Dean of Men and the Commandant
Baptists Lead In
Summer Numbers
Baptists lead in enrollment here
during this summer session. The
total number of Baptists going to
school at A. & M. this summer
is 954 or 27.6 per cent of the to
tal enrollment of 3,449 students
as recorded by the Young Men’s
Christian Association serving the
college.
The Methodists are in second
place with 25.3 per cent; Catho
lics third with 9.2 per cent; Pres
byterians fourth with 8.5 per
cent; and all other denominations
make up the remaining 29.4 per
cent. Records show that since
the past spring term, the placings
have not changed and the per
centages vary but slightly.
These records are compiled and
kept by the Y.M.C.A. from print
ed forms filled in by the students
during registration. It should
be noted that included in the 29.4
per cent listed above as other de
nominations, 6.0 per cent are
shown only as Protestants with
4.7 per cent recorded under no
preference.
of Cadets will have representa
tives quartered at the field. Fresh
men will receive identical course
work at the main campus and in
the classes at the Annex, includ
ing Chemistry, Physics, Biology
and Military Science and Tactics.
Dr. Harrington stated that the
word Annex was used to empha
size the fact that the new addi
tion of facilities was A. & M. Col
lege just as truly as if it were
located on the main campus.
Texas A. & M. College students
already are occupying apartments
in Bryan Field Village, built out
side the main enclosure during
the war to house civilian employ
es of the air field. Fifty heads
of families have been commuting
each day from Bryan Field to the
campus for classes for several
months.
Opportunity rapped loudly last
week for sixteen outstanding
Texas high school graduates when
each was awarded a four-year
scholarship to Texas A. & M. Col
lege at » luncheon here in their
honor.
Naming of the scholarship win
ners, who only knew until the
last moment that they were fin
alists in a group of more than 500
graduates, marked the first step
in the ambitious program of the
Texas A. & M. College Develop
ment Fund. The organization
aims eventually to establish 100
annual scholarships, each paying
from $200 to $300 per school year.
Awarded for the first time Sat
urday were Ten Texas A. & M.
Opportunity Awards sponsored
jointly by the College and Form
er Students association; the A. F.
Mitchell Opportunity Award cre
ated by Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mitch
ell of Corsicana; and five Jesse
H. Jones scholarships set up spe
cifically for agriculture students
by the internationally known
Houston financier and philanthro
pist, and his wife.
Agronomy Society
Eats Watermelon
The Agronomy Society, spon
sored this six weeks by Dr. Fer
guson and Mr. Thompson, held its
first August meeting last Wed
nesday evening, August 7, in the
form of a watermelon feed. About
thirty five club members and
guests were present at the coun
try club park where the feast was
held.
“We’re not a ‘jump band, and
we’re not a ‘Mickey Mouse’ out
fit,” stated Teddy Phillips, baton
weaver who brings his ci*ew of
seventeen musicians and enter
tainers to Sbisa Hall this Friday
night for the summer terms Fin
al Ball.
The ball is being sponsored by
the ex-serviceman’s club, but an
invitation is extended to every
one on the campus. The time of
the dance is 8:30 till—General ad-
Registration For
Fall Semester To
Be Held Wednesday
Registration for students cur
rently enrolled in A.&M. will be
held in Sbisa Hall on Wednesday,
August 21 from 1:00 P. M. till
5:00 P. M., according to the Reg
istrar’s office. Registration will
begin at the East entrance of
Blue slips for re-registration
are available at the Veterans’ Ad
visory office now, according to
Bennie Zinn. These must be
turned in at the fiscal office for
yellow slips prior to registration.
Sbisa and enrollees will register in
alphabetical order as in the two
preceding terms. This method en
ables those who registered other
than first to get first choice at
their schedules.
Registration will be held in the
following order:-
All those whose surnames be
gin with S, T, U, V, W, , Y, or Z
will register from 1:00 to 2:00
P. M.
All those whose surnames be
gin with L, M, N, O, P, Q, or R
will register from 2:00 to 3:00 P.
M.
All those whose surnames be
gin with E, F, G, H, I, J, K, will
register from 3:00 to 4:00 P. M.
All those whose surnames begin
with A, B, C, or D will register
from 4:00 to 5:00 P. M.
Schedules of classes and a
photostatic copy of each student’s
permanent record may be ob
tained at the Registrar’s office
in the Administration building on
Monday, August 19. These photo
static copies of students perma
nent records are a new service
offered to help the students de
termine their deficiencies.
Students in summer school must
register on August 21 in order to
be assured of a dormitory room
for the fall semester. Students
will be able to keep the room that
they are now occupying if they
so desire. First payment of fall
semester fees must be made be
fore leaving.
H. L. Heaton, registrar, has re
quested that whenever possible,
each student make an effort to
have all his classes in one sec
tion.
Classes will be held from 7:00
a. m. to 5:00 p.m. this Fall.
Half of the scholarships will
pay the winner $300 each school
year, the remainder paying $200.
Winners today hail chiefly from
small towns and rural areas, only
five of them having attended big-
city high schools. The winners
are:
Texas A. & M. Opportunity
Awards—Jimmy H. Morrow, Gra-
ford, Palo Pinto county; John L.
Hunt, 2211 Primrose, Fort Worth;
Franklin A. Cleland, Genoa, Har
ris county; Royce L. McClure, 211
South Clinton, Dallas; Carl G.
King, Jr., 2522 Catherine, Dallas;
Marvin H. Mueller, Brenham; Joe
H. Mullins, Carizo Springs; Lan-
non F. Stafford, 517 West Hard
ing, San Antonio; John L. Tay
lor, Rotan; and Joe P. Zumwalt,
Hallettsville.
A. F. Mitchell Opportunity
Award—Vernon R. Porter, Italy,
Texas.
Jesse H. Jones Scholarships—
James F. Robertson, Plainview;
Robert H. Williams, Route 4, Wa
co; Bobby J. Bland, Route 3,
Merkel; Humberto V. Reyes,
Berclair, Gojjad county; and Hen
ry A. Simpson, 514 Marshalldell,
Dallas.
The awards were made for the
scholarship committee and the
donors by Gibb Gilchrist, presi
dent of Texas A. & M. College,
who welcomed the winners as fu
ture Aggies and urged them to
take advantage of the college edu
cation offered them.
In conjunction with the cere
monies, the Albert Banta Fresh
man Scholarship, which carries a
stipend of $300 for the fresh
man year only, was awarded
Schley G. Barrett, Kaufman.
mission $1.50.
Phillips’ music is as fresh, and
as modern as tomorrow’s head
lines. He combines good musician-
ship with good showmanship, pre
senting a combination of solid mu
sic and entertainment that is sel
dom found in bands of the newer
school.
He carries two top flight vocal
ists, lovely Trudy Marsh, and
youthful Bill Howard^ who share
the vocal honors with Phillips
himself. The “Four Mountain
eers” add variety by handling the
comedy assignments in a sell-out
manner.
Phillips’ organization is com
posed of five saxaphones, four
trumpets, three trombones and
three rhythm. Teddy has been
striving constantly to give the
country’s dance lovers something
new in the way of beautiful, full
and solid music. His “Music for
Moderns” is a result of years of
writing—over 90% of the ar
rangements used by the band are
written by Teddy himself.
Phillips’ musical career dates
back to the days when he was
Ben Bernie’s protege. Later when
Bernie passed away, Teddy was
given the entire musical library
of the “Old Maestro.” He used
this as the backbone for forming
his own orchestra and Phillips has
often stated that he wished Ber
nie were alive today to see if he
would approve Phillips new idea.
Seniors Petition
For Exemption
From Final Exams
Members of the graduating sen
ior class met with the executive
committee Monday morning to dis
cuss the matter of exempting sen
iors who are graduating this
summer semester, from final ex
aminations.
A petition that was favored by
the members of the senior class
covered the following points:
(1) The time element involved
in moving away from college the
same day the last - final exam is
taken. (2) The fact that graduat
ing seniors are not required to
take final exams in either of the
semesters during the regular term.
(3) The fact that there is a body
of 184 who are candidates for de
grees and that a body of this
size warrants the privileges grant
ed to graduating classes during
the regular term.
The executive committee gave
neither encouragement or dis
couragement, but made the state
ment that the matter would be
thoroughly investigated and that
possibly a meeting of the academ
ic council would be called.
Barlow Issues
Request for Ground
School Instructors
Ground-school instructors for
the expanding pilot-training pro
gram of Texas A. & M. College are
needed in time to start a new
flight course in September, Dr.
H. W. Barlow, dean of engineer
ing, announced this week.
Applications from any quali
fied persons will be welcomed at
the office of the dean of engineer
ing. Qualifications^ include the
holding or ability to secure a CAA
ground-school instructor’s certifi
cate and experience in teaching
CAA regulations, meterology,
theory of flight, aircraft engines
and general service of aircraft.
Another private pilot’s course
will begin in September, Dr. Bar-
low said. Also, advanced train
ing courses will be started during
the coming spring semester. The
first sixty trainees under the
flight program are now finish
ing their course and will soon
receive their licenses.
Persons wishing to register for
private pilot courses may now do
so at the office of the dean of
engineering in the Petroleum En
gineering Building.
What’s Cooking
Thursday, August 15
8:00 p. m. Intramural swimming
meet.
Friday, August 16
8:30 p. m. Final ball, Sbisa hall,
Teddy Phillips orchestra.
Mondav. Aueust 19
7:30 Fish & Game majors meet
in room 314 of the AI Building.
7:35 Wives Style and Fashion
at Sbisa
Wednesday, August 21
1:00-5:00 p. m. Registration for
fall semester.
Three Well Experienced Drum Majors
To Head Large 220 Piece Aggie Band
Scholarships Awarded High
School Graduates at Banquet