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Promotions Out; Ed Brandt
Cadet Colonel; Self Exec.
Corps commander for 1946-47 is Cadet Colonel Edward
L. Brandt, Jr., Houston. Second in command and Corps
Executive Officer is Cadet Lt. Col. Allen Self, San Antonio.
These two promotions, with that of Joe Coddou to
Corps Adjutant and Phil Kosub to Commander of the Com
bined Band, were announced last week by Col. Guy S. Meloy,
PMS&T, with the approval of the President of the College
and the Dean of Men.
Lieutenant Colonel of the Infan
try Regiment is Joe Putegnat. Ar
tillery Regimental Staff is com
manded by Lt. Col. Charles R.
Heath. Donald Nelson will head
the Composite Regiment with the
cadet rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Other appointments announced
and approved were the battalion
organization commanders together
with the first sergeants. A com
plete promotion list is expected to
be announced by Friday of this
week.
Corps Staff
Colonel Edward L. Brandt, J.,
Corps Commander.
Lieutenant Colonel, Allen Self,
Corps Executive Officer.
Major, Joseph W. Coddou, Ad
jutant. %
Major, Phillip B. Kosub, Com
mander, Combined Band.
Infantry Band
Captain, Larry R. Mangold.
First Sergeant, Robert W. Bar-
Field Artillery Band
Captain, William S. Dixon.
First Sergeant, William E. La-
Roche.
Inf. Reg. Headquarters Staff
Lieutenant Colonel, Joseph J. Pute
gnat, Jr., Regimental Commander.
1st Bn. Inf. Headquarters Staff
Major, Howard C. Hoseh, Jr.,
Battalion Commander.
“A” Company Infantry
Captain, Richard F. Reed.
First Sergeant Sam C. McKenzie.
“B” Company Infantry
Captain, Sam B. Kelsey.
First Sergeant, Henry A. Pate.
“C” Company Infantry
Captain, Oliver W. Potter.
First Sergeant, John C. Eckert.
“D” Company Infantry
Captain, Herschel C. Wood. »
2nd Bn. Inf. Headquarters Staff
Major, Edwin R. Daniels, Bat
talion Commander.
“E” Company Infantry
Captain, Walter N. Higgins.
First Sergeant, Edward A. Hin
kle.
“F” Company Infantry
Captain, Henry T. John.
First Sergeant, Gus G. Vletas.
“G” Company Infantry
Captain, Donald B. Hudman.
First Sergeant, Joe G. Mears.
Artillery Regimental Staff
Lieutenant Colonel, Charles R.
Heath, Regimental Commander.
Major, Donald V. Shuhart, Ex
ecutive Officer.
(See PROMOTIONS, Page 6)
What’s Cooking
Any organization wishing to
have its meeting date, hour, and
location published in What’s Cook
ing should send or phone in notice
to the editor. However, if any kind
of write-up is desired, the organ
ization reporter should compile the
information.—Ed.
Thursday, Sept. 12
7:00 p.m. First meeting Lavaca
County A. & M. Club, room 206
Academic Building.
Friday, Sept. 13
3:00 p.m. Garden Club meeting,
YMCA.
7:00 p.m. College Night.
Tuesday, Sept. 17
7:30 p.m. A. S. C. E. meeting.
Uniform Standards
Set for ROTC Cadets
Regulations governing the wear
ing of the uniform have been an
nounced in brief for the benefit
of the ROTC cadets. More com
plete uniform schedules will be
published in the next issue of The
Battalion.
1. The designated uniform will
be worn at all times by all mem
bers of the Cadet Corps living with
the Corps.
2. Veterans taking Military Sci
ence, not living with the Cadet
Corps but living in quarters on the
campus, will wear the designated
uniform at all times on the corn-
pus between Reveille and Retreat.
3. Veterans taking Military sci
ence and living off the campus pro
per will wear the designated uni
form at all time between Reveille
and Retreat while they are on the
campus.
4. All personnel taking Military
Science, veterans or non-veterans,
will wear the designated uniform
to official, sport, and social func
tions on the campus.
Nine New Officers
Added to Military
Staff of PMS&T
Veterans of Overseas
Service to Instruct
Advanced Military
Nine new officers have been
stationed here at A. & M. College
as assistants to the P. M. S. & T.
The increase in the number of
cadets and number of Veteran stu
dents taking advanced Military
Science warranted these transfers
The new assistants range in rank
from Captain to Colonel.
Lt. Col. Suoger is from Pennsyl
vania and was O. R. C. commis
sioned 2nd Lt. in 1929. He rose to
captain in the Reserve and ordered
to active duty in 1940. In 1941 was
promoted to major and in 1942 to
lieutenant colonel. He spent 38
months overseas and in 1945 re
turned to the states.
Lt. Col. McElhenny entered the
service in 1940. He was overseas
from 1940 until 1943 in Ireland,
England and Africa. He returned
to the states in 1943. In 1944 he
went back overseas and stayed
until 1946. He holds nine medals
and ribbons including the Silver
Star and the Bronze Star with an
Oak Leaf Cluster.
Major Weken, Wisconsin raised,
was commissioned in 1932 as a Re
serve 2nd Lt., Infantry. He was
ordered to active duty in 1941.
From November of 1945, to April,
1946 he was with the 8th Army.
Capt. Datres who is from Penn
sylvania was commissioned in 1941.
He was overseas from 1942 to 1943,
and was released from active ser
vice December, 1945. He was re
called to duty July, 1946.
Capt. Simon entered active duty
as 2nd Lt. F. A. in March, 1941
and was commissioned 2nd Lt. R.
A. July, 1945. He was overseas
from May, 1942 to November, 1944,
and holds the Silver Star for ser
vice in Africa.
The other new officers are vet
erans of many years service. They
are Col.' Adcock, Maj. McGrueder,
Maj. Parsons and Capt. Smith.
Dunn Made Acting
Dean of Vet Med
Appointment of Dr. R. C. Dunn,
head of the department of veter
inary pathology, as acting dean
of the school veterinary medicine
was announced today by F. C. Bol
ton, dean of the college.
Dr. Dunn has been head of the
department of veterinary pathology
since 1937 and was employed by
the college in 1911 following his
graduation from Ohio State Uni
versity. His special field is that of
veterinary pathology and bacter
iology.
Dr. R. P. Marsteller was recently
retired at his own request as head
of the school of veterinary medi
cine and will continue as dean em
eritus and will teach a few cours
es.
Additions to staff in the school
include Dr. Geo. Burch, a 1938
graduate of A. & M. who has been
practicing in Wichita Falls, and Dr.
Horace Barron of Bryan, a 1941
graduate, as associate professors in
the department of veterinary med
icine and surgery; and Dr. Roy
B. England, a 1946 graduate of
Kansas State, as instructor in vet
erinary physiology and pharam-
cology.
Two Aggie Grouos
Plan Auditions for
Singers, Musicians
Bill Turner, director of the Sing
ing Cadets, has announced that the
Singing Cadets will hold auditions
in the assembly hall on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, September 16, 17, 18 and 19,
beginning at 5:00 P.M.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
meet in the Assembly hall at 7:00
P. M. on Wednesday, September
18. The purpose is to begin prac
ticing and also to hold auditions
for anyone who wishes to join.
All interested in a tryout are re
quested to see Bill Turner in his
office, room 5, Administration
building.
President's Message to All Aggies
A sincere welcome to all Aggies who have returned to school and to those who have
entered for the first time!
Our student body, unprecedented in size, starting this term with a new purpose,
includes returning cadets, new cadets, former-student veterans, and veterans entering
college for the first time. May all of you have a pleasant and profitable year, and in
so far as it is within our power, it will be the purpose of all of us to see that you do.
Since the cessation of hostilities, the College has been compelled to make many de
cisions. We have created housing; we have and are moving other housing facilities to
the campus; and still there is not enough. We have secured the use of Bryan Field, and
at this writing it looks as though A. and M. will have at least 2000 more students than
ever before in its history.
Early in the year we anticipated this enrollment which necessitated decisions to
keep it within bounds. First, we suspended the acceptance of out-of-state applications
for new students; next, we suspended acceptance of transfer students from other col
leges. As a consequence, it is a matter of pride to us that while many colleges are turn
ing down applications we have been able thus far to take care of all applications from
new students just graduating from accredited Texas high schools, all students who have
attended A. and M. previously, and all Texas veterans, other than transfers, who desire
to come here. We may have to call a halt, but not yet, and we hope never!
With the new housing now under contract, by February we should be able to return
Hart and Walton to the use of single students. This move, with the continued use of
Bryan Field for housing and instructing the overflow freshmen students and the housing
of some families, should alleviate the crowded living conditions to some extent.
We are crowded, not only in living accommodations but in classrooms as well, but
every person on the College staff is dedicated to do a better job even under these adverse
conditions. If everyone will retain his good sense of humor and remember that the other
fellow has rights, this semester bids fair to be one of the best.
The veteran students who have attended A. and M. previously have set a scholastic
pace that will be continued. We are proud of the work they have done and are sure that
not only will they maintain their scholastic achievement for this semester but that the
record of the whole student body will set a new high.
So, again, a hearty welcome, and let’s get on to a great year!
GIBB GILCHRIST
Andersons Are Busy
at College Station;
Beat the Joneses
During a Social Secruity Admin
istration Record keeping, it was
stated that there was not a single
Anderson, to speak of, on the So
cial Security files for free housing
and free food. However, in the
Army the Anderson anked seventh.
This seems to indicate, according
to one of the Andersons at College
Station, R. H. Anderson of Brook-
ston, that the Andersons were not
doing too much work before the
last Word’s War.
Along that line it might be stat
ed that R. H. Anderson is major
in Agronmy, Olin E. Andesson,
secretary of the Agronomy Soci
ety, Jack Anderson holds a grad
uate assistantship in Agronomy,
Then Frank Anderson is the track
coach and Norman Anderson is a
preacher in a church here and Andy
Anderson, III, is Research Specia
list in the Forest Service, which
indicates that the Andersons are
doing their “stuff”.
G. I. Insurance Policies Are
Now Handled by Dallas Office
. A three billion dollar insurance
business, which "covers practically
all ex-servicemen at Texas A. &
M., was moved from New York to
Dallas at the beginning of this
month. From now on, at the first
of each month, the ex-G.I.’s will
mail their National Service Life
Insurance premiums to Veterans
Administration, Dallas 10, instead
of to 9, New York.
Transfer of the records means
that 1,200,000 veterans living in
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi
will not be given insurance service
by the Dallas VA office instead of
New York.
A few days were required to
organize the mass of files into
operating sections following which
the Dallas insurance service acti
vated, D. C. Pray, insurance dir
ector, said.
Effective immediately ah cor
respondence from Texas, Louis
iana and Mississippi veterans con
cerning GI insurance world be
sent to Dallas instead of New
York or Washington, Pray said.
VA’s new address for insurance
business in the tri-state area is:
Insurance Service; Veterans Ad
ministration; Branch Office No. 10;
1114 Commerce Street; Dallas,
Texas.
“This decentralization of insur
ance is part of General Bradley’s
order to break VA’s activity down
to thirteen Branch Offices in the
United States and speed service to
veterans,” Pray said.
The VA insurance director stat
ed that a large volume of unan
swered mail and unposted premium
payments are being “inherited” by
the Dallas office from New York.
“This back-log will have to be
processed by the Dallas office along
with current business”, Pray said.
“But we knew it was coming and
have been preparing for it.”
Pray and the Assistant Insur
ance Director L. H. Graves,
have assembled and trained a s
of more than 700 insurance work
ers in the Dallas VA office.
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Unofficial Results Show
Student Body of 9200
Veterans Outnumber Cadet Corps
Three to One in Fall Semester
Unofficial tabulation of the registration of students
for this semester shows that the total number of men en
rolled is about 9,200. This number far outstrips any prev
ious registration.
The previous all-time high was set in the fall semester
of 1942 when a total of 7,000 students registered for courses
at A. & M. There was a difference, however, between that
student body and the present one. At that time practically
all of the members of the student body were in the Cadet
Corps.
This term it has been estimated that the Cadet Corps
has been outnumbered more than three to one. The unof
ficial count of the enrollees is divided between some 2,200
Cadets and about 7,000 veterans.
As may be seen anywhere, this large enrollment has
crowded the campus considerably. Three persons are being
placed in each room in all dormitories and doubling up in
mail boxes has resulted at the College Post Office. These
inconveniences are taken in a friendly manner, however.
The end of the war and return to school of so many
former students has brought together numerous old friends.
“Haven’t seen you since Anzio!” was the cry of the week.
Summer Survey Site Options Held By
Junction Citizens for Donation to A&M
Pity the poor civil engineering
students who each summer sweat
through required survey courses
in the Brazos bottoms. Perhaps by
next heat season steam will no
longer rise from the CE’s back as
he toils over chain and transit.
If plans now in formulation are
pushed through, a cool 400-acre
tract in the hills near Junction,
bordering on the South Llano
River,, will be used for a summer
camp for surveyors.
Possession of the tract has not
yet been assured the college, as
options on the land are held by
Junction citizens. The preliminary
plans now in preparation by the
college architect will have to be
submitted, to these citizens for their
approval. If accepted, the£ will
turn over the deeds to the land,
valued at $55,000, to A. & M. free.
As the site is only 1 mile from
Junction, it would undoubtedly add
to revenues of the Junction mer
chants.
Carlton Adams, college architect,
is now preparing plans for mini
mum units to be constructed on the
tract. Bunkhouses, built from na
tive cedar, housing 24 men, are
planned as permanent construc
tion. Tents on concrete bases will
be the first buildings erected, how
ever.
In addition to being fertile field
for ^surveying, the tract has flow
ing through it, at the rate of
40 cubic feet per second (you en
gineers can understand how much
that is) is the South Llano River.
It is likely that this stream will be
ASSISTANTS NEEDED
IN PHYSICS LABS
Upper class laboratory assist
ants are needed by the Physics
repartment to assist faculty
members in setting up equip
ment for laboratory experi
ments. Applicants must have
completed Physics 203-4 with a
good grade. On a basis of 10
hours a week the position pays
$25 a month. Proportional ad
justments are made on a basis
of time available.
Students interested in such
work should contact the office of
Dr. J. G. Potter in the Physics
building.
Tables May Lack
Glasses, Spoons If
“Lifting” Goes On
Unless students refrain from
taking dining hall equipment from
Duncan Hall, it may be necessary
to set tables lacking the proper
table service, warned Jay Peniston,
supervisor of subsistence.
“Shortages of all kinds still
plague us, despite the fact that the
war is long over,” Peniston stated.
“Knives, forks, spoons, and glass
es are especially difficult to ob
tain. Right now we are serving the
most number of students family
style since before the war, and our
depleted supplies are barely enough
to go around.”
Peniston explained that he was
appealing to'the cadet officers in
the corps to attempt to correct this
loss of equipment, but that all he
can do is personally i-eqtiest that
veterans living on the east side
of the new area refrain from “lift
ing” table equipment.
- dammed, and it could then be used
very handily for hydraulic experi
mentation and laboratory work.
A valuable pecan orchard is lo
cated on the tract, and will prob
ably be used for horticulture ex-
perimenation. Seventy-five acres
of good farm land should be able
to provide essential vegetables for
the dining hall.
Long range plans include the use
of the tract for preparatory cour
ses for academically substandard
freshmen who plan to enter the
college in the fall. There they could
take refreshers in math, English
or any other courses in which high
school grades show them deficient.
“The greatest advantage of such
a preparatory system,” stated
President Gilchrist, “is that the de
ficient freshmen may realize and
correct his shortcomings without
bearing the stigma of failing at
A. & M.”
Four Instructors
Added to Staff
Of Physics Dept.
Assistant Professor
J. M. Chilton Transferred
From E. E. Department
Addition of four instructors and
an assistant professor to the
Physics department staff was anr
nounced recently by Dr. J. G. Pot
ter, head of the department. John
Chilton, assistant professor in the
electrical engineering department,
has been transferred to the Phy
sics department; the new staff
members are: F. L. Brooks, Roy
E. Troell, Keith R. Russell, and
David F. Cope.
Brooks, formerly a major in the
Air Forces meteorology branch, is
a graduate of the California In
stitute of Technology and Trinity
University. His home is in Waxah-
achie, Texas.
Cope, a native of West Virginia,
holds degrees from the University
of West Virginia, and has almost
completed work for his Ph.D. He
taught mathematics here in 1937-
38, and formerly taught mathe
matics and was a military instruc
tor at the University of West Vir
ginia. He was a Lient. Col. in the
Army during the war.
Russell had the unique experi
ence of serving as an officer both
in the Army and in the Navy dur
ing the war. Graduate of Nebraska
State Teachers College, he served
as an Air Forces radio officer un
til 1943, at which time he was dis
charged from the Army to accept
a commission in the Navy, where
he did anti-submarine work using
Sonar the Navy’s underwater
radar.
Troell, graduate of Texas Uni
versity and formerly a research
engineer for General Electric, will
be full-time research physicist,
working on radar projects for the
Army Air Technical Service Com
mand. During the war he did sec
ret underwater sound research at
the Naval Ordnance Research lab
oratory at Fort Laudal, Florida.
Anyway, the bachelor has one
advantage. He gets to use his own
telephone once in a while . . . . .
providing he can get a telephone.