North Texas Was
First On the List
VOLUME 46
Texas /UM
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alion
Now to San Antone
for Texas Tech
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1946
NUMBER 4
‘Jug’ Leatherwood Elected
President of Junior Class
Adams Chosen J 49 Vice-President;
Secretary-Treasurer Will Be Jones
At a meeting of the Junior Clas held on Septem
ber 18 in the gymnasium, Nathaniel Leatherwood was
elected president for the current year. Leatherwood,
age 18, hails from Beaumont, Texas, and is a mem
ber of “A” Battery Coast Ar
tillery. He is a Chemical engineer
ing student. Vice-president of the
Class of ’49 is Jack Adams, 18,
from West, Texas. A member of
“A” Troop Cavalry, Adams is maj
oring in civil engineering. Marvin
Jones will fill the position of ‘re
cording secretary and treasurer
for the next two semesters. Jones,
18 years of age, is from Denver
City, Texas and is in “B” Battery
Field Artillery, He is taking me
chanical engineering.
Presiding at the meeting until
the president could be elected was
Asa Holleman, junior yell leader.
Veterans’ Club to Elect on October 7
A-Bomb Observer
To Lecture During
Following Months
Professor of Chemical
Engineering Views
Bikini Bomb Tests
A busy lecture season recounting
his experiences as one of 21 U. S.
scientist-observers at the Bikini
atomic bomb tests is ahead for
Chalmer G. Kirkbride, recently-re
turned distinguished professor of
chemical engineering at A. and M.
College.
Having spoken to the Reserve
Officers’ Club on September 17,
the Bryan Rotary Club September
18, and the First Methodist Church
at Waco on September 24, Kirk
bride will talk at the University
of Texas on October 2, Houston
Engineers Club October 7, the
Baton Rouge, La., section of
the American Institute of Chemi
cal Engineers October 11, and the
Texas Society of Automotive En
gineers on January 17.
Also planned are an appearance
before the A. & M. faculty and a
talk over local radio station
WTAW, at 7:80 AM, October 10.
Kirkbride plans to divide his sub
ject matter into four main parts:
the atom-bomb tests, his personal
observations of 21 United Nations
representatives who were his fel
low-passengers on the USS Pana-
mint, a talk on the Hawaiian Is
lands, and a description of his is
land tour with Task Force One,
which took him through the Mar
shall, Carolinas, and Marianas.
Registration Deal
Outlined for Men
On 18th Birthday
Dean F. C. Bolton has received
clarification from the Brazos
County Local Board No. 1, regard
ing the registration of men on their
eighteenth birthday. “Many stu
dents at A. & M. College seem to
be under the wrong impression in
regard to the above subject,” wrote
Travis B. Bryan, Chairman of the
Board. .
Instructions have been misin
terpreted to mean that persons will
not register until their nineteenth
birthday, which is entirely incor
rect. Selective Service Regulations
reads in part, as follows: “Persons
who reached their eighteenth
birthday on or after January 1,
1943, were required to be regis
tered on the day they reached their
eighteenth birthday”. Only in cases
when their eighteenth birthday
falls on a Sunday on holiday will
they register on the following day.
The Bryan Office is open from
8 a.m!. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday of each week ,and will be
glad to help any students in this
respect.
New Mail Set-up
For Cadet Corps
A new method of handling mail
for members of the Cadet Corps
has been announced by Dean of
Men, J. W. Rollins, and N. L. Mc
Cullough, assistant postmaster
that should cut down the long lines
at the general delivery window.
A mail orderly is to be appointed
in each company and will be his
duty to pick up mail at the post of
fice each day at 9:30 and 2:30 and
distribute the mail to his outfit.
Each cadet will show his mailing
address by the organization that he
is in.
Plans are under way to create a
new post office annex at Bryan
Field to facilitate mail service for
George Edwards
New Soph President
Edwards Elected
President of the
Sophomore Class
Stewart and Daniel
Chosen to Assist in
Class Supervision
On September 19 the Sophomore
Class held its first meeting of the
semester in the Assembly Hall for
the purpose of electing officers for
the school year of 1946-47. George
Edwards, 18, of Dallas will serve
as president of the Class of ’49.
A Pre-Law student, the new presi
dent is a member of the Field Ar
tillery Band.
Vice-president of the sophomore
class is Gerald Stewart, 18, of
Melvin. Stewart, a member of “E”
Company Infantry, is taking ani
mal husbandry, and will assist Ed
wards in leading the class. For the
next two semesters Ralph Daniel,
18 years old, was elected to the
position of recording secretary and
treasurer. Majoring in petroleum
engineering, Daniel’s hometown is
Jefferson, Texas. He is a member
of “F” Battery Field Artillery.
San Antonio Dance
Slated for Gunter
Hotel On Saturday
Bobby Geisler and
Aggieland Orchestra
Combine for Occasion
The Rose Room of the Gunter
Hotel in San Antonio will be the
scene of the dance following the
I A&Ml^Texas Tech game on Satur
day evening, September 28. Danc
ing will be froml 11 p.m. to 2:30
a.m. to the music of Bobby Geis-
| ler’s 16-piece orchestra and the
Aggieland Orchestra. Tickets will
cost $1.50 with or without dates.
Two dances had been scheduled
for this occasion, one at the Gun
ter Hotel with Bobby Giesler and
his orchestra, and the other at the
Municipal Auditorium with the
Aggieland Orchestra. In order to
avoid this conflict, it was agreed
that the two dances combine for
the evening activities. This was
made possible through the coopera
tion of the San Antonio A. and M.
Club and the San Antonio Ex-Ag
gie Club, both of which had ar
ranged dances.
According to Tommy John, vice-
president of the San Antonio Club,
tickets may be purchased from any
San Antonio Aggie, in addition to
being available at the dance.
Aggie Stars Ask
Quiet Twelfth Man
While Foes Huddle
Monte Moncrief and Willie
Zapalac, two of A. & M.’s foot
ball stars, at yell practice this
week requested that a mom
ent’s silence be observed during
the huddles of opponents in
football games. Other teams,
not used to the sound of the
“Twelfth Man,” are sometimes
upset by it.
Moncrief said, “The team and
coaches appreciate everything
the Twelfth Man is doing for
them. We request that the
Twelfth Man help us at the
football games by remaining
quiet while the opposing team
is in a huddle.”
Zapalac explained, “The foot
ball team is certainly glad that
we are getting big enough
again to make some noise over.
But out of fairness to opposing
teams we ask that you remain
silent while they are in the
huddle.”
Cush Ingredients
Stand on the Shelf,
But Still NO Sugar
“What, no pie?”
“Waiter, where is the cush?”
Sugar at the present time is as
scarce as hen’s teeth, and there
is no future relief in sight, accord
ing to J. G. Peniston, supervisor
of subsistence of A. & M. College
mess halls. At the present time
the OPA has allotted to each stu
dent the total of 0.2207 ounces per
meal.
With the present enrollment of
A. & M. College at 9200 students,
Mr. Peniston has estimated that
the mess halls will feed, in the
months of September and October,
approximately 1,458,000 meals for
which OPA has allotted about
22,346 pounds of sugar. “This
amount of sugar is enough to
sweeten coffee for one meal a day,
leaving other sweets out of the
picture”, quoted Mr. Peniston.
“For the Cadet Corps we will try
to have in the future four' ice
creams a week, and some pie made
out of pudding powder which has
the sugar added, “Mr. Peniston
stated.
Town Hall Ushers
Named by Putegnat
Town Hall Manager Joe Pute-
gnat announced today his staff of
assistants for the 1946-47 Town
Hall season.
Senior assistants are Douglas
Loffer, E. C. Kobs, Leslie Layne,
Jack Nelson, Dick Reed, and
George Cavitt.
Junior assistants include Wil
liam Evans, Grady Griffin, Jim
Tittle, Sam McKenzie, Fred Green,
and Ray Golden.
These men will be in charge of
program distribution and seating
in Guion Hall, Putegnat stated.
Get your head out of a book
and consider what you have learn
ed in terms of your experience.—
A. & M. Hondbooks.
Twelve Overseas Combat Vets
Added to Military Dept Staff
Colonel G. S. Meloy, Infantry,
Commandant at A. & M. College,
has announced assignment of
twelve new officers to the present
military staff, as assistant profes
sors of military science and tac
tics. They are all veterans of over
seas service.
They are: Colonel T. A. Adcock,
Corps of Engineers; Lt. Col. D. L.
Hodge, air corps; Lt. Col. G. B.
Owen, infantry; Lt. Col. W. S. Mc-
Elhenny, cavalry; Lt. Col. F. R.
Swoger, ordnance; Major J. M.
Cook, infantry; Major L. »W. Ma-
gruder, Jr., infantry; Major A. D.
Wiken, chemical warfare service;
Major N. W. Parsons, cavalry;
Captain E. B. Datres, signal corps;
Captain R. E. Simons, field artil
lery; and Captain R. E. Smith,
field artillery.
Colonel Adcock graduated from
West Point in 1929. He received hig
master's degree at the University
of Iowa in 1934. Colonel Adcock,
students located there. McCullough | stationed at A. & M. College be-
stated that the college has request- fore the war, took over command
ed this of the Post Office Depart- of the 355th Engineer Regiment
ment and he hopes that the find- and lead them through France, Bel-
ings of the inspectors will be fav- gium, Holland and Germany,
orable. I Lt. Col. Hodge, Pledger, Texas,
received his B. S. degree from A.
and M. in 1940. He did patrol duty
in the Caribbean Sea and served
with the air force in England,
North Africa and the Middle East.
He has been awarded the Distin
guished Service Cross and the
Silver Star.
Lt. Col. McElhenny, cavalry,
graduated from Norwich Universi
ty in 1928. He served in North
Africa and Europe during the
war with several armored divisions
and wears the Silver Star and
Bronze Star.
Lt. Col. Swoger, Pittsburg, is a
graduate of Pennsylvania State
College. He served as a staff
member of the 9th Army and the
16th Corps in the European
Theater of Operations.
Lt. Col. Owen is a graduate of
the University of Idaho, where he
received his reserve commission in
1936. He served two years in the
Pacific theater and wears the
Bronze star medal and the com
mendation ribbon.
Major Cook, ’39, was called to
active duty in 1940 and took para-
troop training at Fort Banning,
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Officers elected by the Senior Class are, from left to right. Art
Haws, social secretary; Hob Huston, treasurer; Clyde Cecil, vice-pres
ident; Bill McCormick, president; and A. O. Hamon, social secretary.
Faculty Town Hall
Tickets Sold Out
It has been announced
through the Student Activities
Office that there has been a
complete sell-out of Town Hall
tickets for faculty members.
This shortage in available
Town Hall tickets is due to the
increase in faculty members in
proportion to the record increase
in student enrollment.
Change in Course
Can Cost Veteran
All GI Benefits
Prior Approval of
VA Advisor Needed,
L. A. Howsley, Says
“Course-changing veterans may
lose subsistence, books, supplies
an dequipment unless they meet
requirements of the Veterans Ad
ministration for a change of
course,” says L. A. Howsley, chief
of the guidance center, Ramp B,
Hart Hall.
Veterans taking training under
Public Law 346, or the G. I. Bill
as it is commonly called, must re
ceive approval of the Veterans Ad
ministration for any change of
course, regardless of the reason
for the change, before he can
continue to draw his subsistence
allowance and his book, supplies,
and equipment allowance.
Mr. Howsley outlines the proper
procedure under new regulations
for changing of courses of major
study (not just adding or dropping
a subject) as follows: “In order to
avoid the complications mentioned
above, the veteran in changing a
course, must first get the proper
card of approval from the dean of
each of the schools concerned. He
should then immediately present
these cards with a letter requesting
the change in course and stating
the reasons for the change to the
Veterans Administration Office in
Ramp B, Hart Hall where approval
for the request may be granted.”
Seventeen Profs
Added to Dept, of
Engineering Staff
A preponderance of engineering
students among the record enroll
ment of 9,000 students at A. & M.
has brought a corresponding sharp
increase in the School of Engineer
ing faculty, it was shown recent-
Jy-
The mechanical engineering de
partment, hit hardest by war, re
gained a number of teachers. They
are Professor W. I. Truettner, re
turned from leave at the Univer
sity of Puerto Rico; Assistant
Professor Ed S. Holdredge, back
from two years work in uranium
reduction at the Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
atomic research plant; Associate
Professor J. G. H. Thompson, who
had been on leave with Westing-
house corporation; and Assistant
Professor Ray B. Jarvi, back from
military service. Department ad
ditions are Instructors Robert
Shannon and Burl Ervin, both A.
& M. graduates returned from mil
itary service.
Three instructors have been add
ed in the electrical engineering de
partment. They are A. J. Druce,
Deiro M. Desmond and Charles In
gram, Jr., all recently separated
from service.
Penn E. Mullowney, veteran
aerodynamicist, comes to the aero
nautical engineering staff as as
sociate professor, and B. B. Ham-
ner of Fort Worth, recently struc
tures engineer at Globe Aircraft,
has been appointed assistant pro
fessor.
Malcolm D. Darrow has been
named associate professor of in
dustrial educational and will carry
on extension teacher training. He
cmoes to A. & M. from Catholic
Tech High School, St. Louis, after
a decade of industrial and teach
ing experience.
Saddle & Sirloin
Rodeo Is Set for
Oct. 18 and 19
Event Scheduled to Take
Place at Roping Club
Grounds in Bryan
The Saddle and Sirloin club has
set October 18 and 19 as the date
for the Aggie Rodeo which will
be held in Bryan at the Bryan
Rodeo Association grounds. Prince
Woods, who is in charge of events,
states that there will be five
events—bare back bronco riding,
calf roping, saddle bronco riding,
bull riding, and wild mule race.
Jack Grafa, ticket agent, says that
tickets will go on sale October 2
at $1.20 each, tickets to be sold
from room to room.
The club will hold its regular
meeting on Tuesday, October 1,
at 7:30. The president invites all
Animal Husbandry majors, regard
less of classification, to attend
each meeting. The club has agreed
that there will not be any further
initiation of new members until
the board line is returned.
Busses Take A&M
Band to SA Game
The Texas Aggie band will be
represented in full strength when
A. & M. clashes with Texas
Tech Saturday night at San An
tonio. Most of the members are
planning to leave Saturday at
12:30 in chartered buses. Others
will make the trip by private con
veyance. Friday night the band
instruments are to be loaded. They
will be transported from Dorm 11
directly to Alamo stadium.
Saturday at 5:30 there is to be
a banquet given in the honor of
the band at the Gunter Hotel by
members of the ex-students asso
ciation. Band members will be
driven from the banquet to the
game which is to be played in
Alamo Stadium. Kickoff time is
at 8:00 P. M.
Lt. Col. Vergne Adams, the
band director, plans to put the
band through many intricate ma
neuvers between halves. There
is to be a salute given the two
colleges when the band forms a
giant T in the center of the field.
On either side the letters A. M.
C. (T) and (T) E C H will be
formed. In addition to this the
band will also “saw varsities horns
off” in the center of the gridiron
as the Aggie War Hymn is play
ed.
Candidates Must File Applications
Next Week Before 1:30 Monday
A Campus’ wide election will be held Monday, October 7,
in the rotunda of the Academic Building- from 8:00 a.m. un
til 5:00 p.m., for the offices of the Ex-Servicemen’s Club.
A polling place for the College Annex will be announced
later. A new constitution will be voted on also.
Candidates are asked to file with Joe Skiles in the Stu
dent Activities Office or with Roy Bucek at the College An-
The deadline for filing is September 30 at 1:30 p.m.
the
the
the
nex.
Offices to be filled are as fol
lows:
President.
Vice-President.
Secretary.
Treasurer.
Ser geant-at- Arm s.
Parliamentarian.
The veterans co-editor of
Battalion and a co-editor of
Longhorn will be elected at
same time.
The qualifications for co-editor
of the Battalion are: 1.25 grade
point average. 1 year experience
on the Battalion.
Qualifications for co-editor of
the Longhorn are: 1.25 grade point
average. 1 year’s experience on
Longhorn or related experience.
Retiring officers of the club will
officiate at the polls.
Voting will be done by secret
ballot.
All veterans are eligible to vote
upon presentation of the yellow
fiscal slip.
A rally will be held Wednesday
night, October 2, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Assembly Hall. Candidates for
the different offices will give their
platform speeches at this time. The
Aggieland Orchestra, under the
leadership of Bill Turner, will furn
ish the entertainment during the
evening.
Pete Hardesty, vice-president of
the Ex-Servicemen’s Club, urges all
veterans to be present and hear
the candidates for office.
Disabled Vets to
Receive Advice on
New Procedures
Students Under Part
VII Report to Hart
Hall, Bailey Says
New regulations and procedure
pertaining to severely handicapped
veterans and the procedure for the
purchase of automobiles by am
putees will be explained by C. C.
Williams, training officer for se
verely handicapped veterans of this
area, in the Veterans Administra
tion Office in Ramp B, Hart Hall
on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of Oct.
W. H. Bailey, head of the train
ing section in Hart Hall, urges all
veterans with 50% or higher dis
ability rating to contact Mr. Wil
liams on one of these days.
Press Staff Meets
Wednesday Night at
Battalion Office
Aggies desiring to help put out
the Battalion are urged to attend
the first Batt staff meeting next
Wed., 7 p.m. in the editorial offices,
ground floor of the Administration
building.
At present there are openings
for reporters, proofreaders, copy-
readers, and feature writers. No
experience is necessary. Both ca
dets and veterans of all classifi
cations are needed.
Relaxation and Entertainment
Features of Veteran’s Lounge
Located in the northwest corner
of Sbisa Hall, the Ex-Servicemen’s
Lounge furnishes entertainment
facilities for the many returning
veterans on the campus. Open daily
from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., the lounge
is operated by the Student Ac
tivities Office, and under the di
rection of the Office of the Dean
of Men.
The Ex-Servicemen’s Lounge was
first opened in February, 1946 due
to the efforts and under the
supervision of W. R. Horsley. Orig
inally consisting of one room, it
was later expanded to its present
size by purchases from Camp
Fannin, Texas. Taylor Wilkins was
directly in charge of the lounge
from March of this year until re
cently, when he was appointed
Veterans Advisor. At the present
time Robert O. Murray is general
supervisor, and Dewey G. Ray is
responsible for the arrangement,
convenience and cleanliness of the
lounge at all times.
Veterans find a quiet and rest
ful atmosphere in the front room,
which is equipped with current
periodicals, daily newspapers, and
a radio-phonograph combination.
Two pianos are available in the
back room of the lounge for exper
ienced players. Comfortable lounge
chairs, fifteen hardwood card
tables, and a pool table are also
among the conveniences. In addi
tion there are nine sewing ma
chines for the benefit of veterans’
wives.
Dewey Ray solicits all sugges
tions for' new recordings and other
improvements which may be desir
ed by the veterans or their wives.
A suggestion box at the entrance
is available.
During the past eight months
many bridge parties have been held
in the lounge. All of the facilities
are available to ex-servicemen and
their, wives. At any time reserva
tions may be made in advance by
contacting Robert Murray, phone
4-6034.
S. M. U. - BOUND D. S.’S
ASKED TO CONTACT
BOB MURRAY NOW
AH day students—including
those who live in Veterans Vil
lage, Trailer Camp, as well as
those in Bryan—who are plan
ning to go to Dallas by train
for the S. M .U. game, are re
quested to contact Bob Murray
of the Office of Student Affairs,
in Room 28, Milner.
Air ROIC Classes
Will Be Offered
Beginning Nov. 4
An Air ROTC unit is being or
ganized by the Texas A. & M.
College School of Military Science,
and will be in operation by the
beginning of the spring semester,
according to Colonel . SG. Meloy,
Jr., Professor of military science
and tactics. Some Air ROTC
classes will begin November 4.
The Air ROTC program, at
present being instituted in 76 col
lege and universities throughout
the United States, will offer a
four year program for Air ROTC
students with orientation flight
training during the senior year,
and an opportunity to enter Army
Air Force flying schools at the
end of the training. The A. & M.
unit will be under the direction
of Colonel Meloy and Lt. Col. Dex
ter L. Hodge, assisted by three
enlisted instructors, Master Ser
geants Raleigh E. Sherman, Ker-
mit R. Schlameus, and Truman
Allen.
Colonel Meloy said the program
is open to all students taking the
first semester of freshman, soph
omore, or junior year military
science. The enrollment, however,
will be limited by the number of
instructors available.
Advanced students wjll be
taught the background, history,
and various administrative, tacti
cal and technical aspects of the
Army Air Force during the third
year of the course. Fourth-year
students will receive specialized
instruction to qualify them for
definite duty.
Prior to graduation, those stu
dents who are selected to take Air
ROTC will be allowed to sign a
new contract which will change
their status from their present
ROTC branch of service to the
Air Force. Information as to the
method of selection of students
for the Air ROTC is not avail
able just now. Colonel Meloy said,
but will be published prior to the
beginning of Air ROTC classes
November 4.
Filing of Dates
For Socials Begin
Commencing Monday, Sep
tember 30, dates may be re
quested for the Social Calendar
of the 1946 fall semester, it has
been announced by the Student
Activities Office.
All clubs and organizations
desiring dates will submit writ
ten applications to the above
office.
Regional VA Will
Give Information
At Assembly Hall
A program for veterans who
would like to gain information on
benefits to which they are entitled
will be held in the Assembly Hall
at 7:30 p.m., Friday, September 27.
Talks and question bees are to
be carried on by representatives of
the Veteran’s Administration in
order to getter inform ex-service
men of rights to which they are
entitled. Included on the program
are such figures as Dr. William
Dickens, Chief of Out-Patient Serv
ice; Grady M. Sharp, Insurance
Officer; Scott Reed, Loan Guar
anty Officer; Gene McGlasson, of
the Adjudication section; and Wal
ter Glenney, Head of the Trades
and Industries Division.
Topics to be discussed will re
late to hospitalization, insurance,
disability claims, loans, and edu
cation and on-the-job training. This
will be an opportunity for all of
the veterans in this area to find out
any information they desire along
these lines. Those men present on
the program represent the Veter
an’s Administration Regional Of
fice of Waco.
Make study your most important
business during your school career.
—A. & M. Handbook.
Many a girl suffers from her
belief that she can wear a number
five shoe on a number eight foot.