Veterans Must Toe the Line Or the
Line Will Become Narrower . . .
(An Editorial)
It’s time to put our house in order.
Because if we don’t, somebody else will, and we won’t
like that.
Since the end of the war, A. & M. discipline has been on
a catch-as-catch-can basis. With conditions changing from
week to week, many traditions have been suspended and the
general attitude has been “anything goes.” But it has be
come evident in recent weeks that it is time to call for a
screeching halt.
Low point to date was the disgraceful conduct at the
midnight yell practice last Friday night. Many students
were stinko. They heckled at the yell-leaders (who were
themselves not above suspicion), used foul language in the
presence of girl visitors, and seriously damaged a valuable
automobile.
What excuse is there for such conduct? Aggies—and
that term covers all students at this school—are supposed
to be gentlemen, who know when they go across the river
that enough is enough; who behave in the presence of
women; in short, who do not act like occupation troops in
a conquered nation.
It was said after last Friday’s riot that veterans were
mostly to blame—not veterans new to the Aggie campus,
either, but those who were cadets before the war. Whether
or not that is true we veterans may be made to pay for
such excesses. Up to now the Dean of Men has been most
liberal in dealing with veterans, and has not cracked a dis
ciplinary whip. But it can be done, and may very well be
done, if we don’t get on the line.
Never before has the 2% put the 98% in so bad a spot.
The feelings of 44 students are expressed in a guest editorial
on page 2, and on that same page is a warning that strict
regulations on veterans clothing may be adopted if veterans
do not distinguish themselves from cadets.
The Batt does not want to wait until some veterans
are thrown out of school, losing all their educational rights,
before calling attention to this bad situation.
We can—we must—discipline ourselves!
Photos for Vanity
Fair Acceptable in
Student Activities
Three Pictures Must
Be Submitted; Filing
Fee Slated at $1.50
Vanity Fair pictures for the
1947 Longhorn are now acceptable
in the Student Activities office,
Jimmy Demopulos, co-editor, has
announced. Price for submitting
pictures for this section of the
yearbook is $1.50.
As it will be remembered, only
a few of the photographs of sen
ior favorites can be published in
the Vanity Fair. There must be
three photographs of each favorite
turned in to the Student Activi
ties office in order to be eligible
for selection. The pictures must
be 5” x 7” in dimension with a
glossy finish. One photograph
will be a bust pose; the second
picture will show the girl in in
formal, or sports attire; and the
third should be a formal, full-
length portrait.
Seniors are reminded that they
have until Saturday of this week
to have pictures taken for the
Longhorn at the A. & M. Photo
Shop. Juniors must report to the
photo shop between the dates of
October 23 and November 7. Vet
erans are, permitted to have their
pictures taken at any time until
December 15.
Swift to Sponsor
Essay Contest for
Ag Student’s Trip
Announcement of the Swift Col
lege Essay Contest for the pur
pose of selecting some agricultur
al student of the college to attend
the International Livestock Ex
position in Chicago was made by
Mr. J .A. Gray of the Animal
Husbandry Department this week.
The,winner of the contest will re
ceive as an award an amount of
money to be used for his travel
ing and other expense in making
the trip to Chicago to attend the
exposition and to participate in a
market study program which will
be outlined by Swift and Com
pany.
No definite subject will be as
signed for the essay. Each con
testant may choose his own sub
ject; however, it is suggested by
the sponsors that the essay dis
cuss the methods employed by the
meat packing business in market
ing meats, poultry, eggs, butter,
and cheese, and that the essay
cover the distribution of all of
these products as a whole rather
than writing about the handling
of any one of them. Literature and
references to enable the contest-
tants to become familiar with the
general subject of marketing meat
packer products are obtainable in
Mr. Gray’s office on the second
floor of the Animal Industries
building.
Besides having an opportunity
to attend the world famous In
ternational Livestock Exposition
and the market study, the win
ners from each of the 48 states
will tour the “Windy City” on an
escorted sightseeing trip which
will include he Chicago Natural
History Museum, Acquarium,
Planetarium, Museum of Science
and Industry, and the Chicago
Board of Trade. The lucky winners
also will have an opportunity to
see and hear a nation-wide radio
broadcast over one of the major
networks.
Mr. Gray recommends that the
essay contain not more than 1,500
words, and that it be typed. He
stated that the four judges of the
contest will be F. I. Dahlberg,
J. K. Riggs, Roy W. Snyder, and
G. L. Robertson, faculty members
of the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment.
The contest will close on No
vember 15.
Vet Association
To Meet Monday
Veterans’ Student Association
will meet at 7:30 Monday night,
October 28, in the Assembly
Hall.
Social plans for the coming
year will be discussed. Prasi-
dent Sid Smith urges all veter
ans to attend the meeting.
Ball Awarded Nagle
Fellowship Funds
John R. Ball, Jr., of Dallas, vet
eran student in Civil Engineering
at A. & M. has been selected as
winner of the J. C. Nagle Me
morial Fellowship in Civil En
gineering. An honor graduate of
Sunset High School in Dallas, Ball
entered A. & M. in 1940 and at
tended until 1943 when he was
called to active duty with the
★ ★ ★
John R. Ball, Jr.
Army. During this period at A. &
M., he had been a distinguished
student in Civil Engineering.
He was in the service until
April, 1946, both in the states and
in the European theater and was
released with the rank of Cap
tain. Ball is married and has one
child. He will receive his Bach
elor’s degree in Civil Engineer
ing in January, 1947, and will con
tinue as a graduate student work
ing for his Master’s degree under
this fellowship grant.
The J. C. Nagle Memorial Fel
lowship was established by the
widow of the late J. C. Nagle,
first Dean of Engineering at A.
& M.
Community Chest
Campaign Planned
For November 1-9
At a meeting on Monday after
noon the College Community Chest
Committee adopted a budget of
$8,321 and made plans for the
campaign which will be conducted
during the first week in Novem
ber. The items which make up this
budget are: Red Cross $2700; Boy
Scouts $1331; Girl Scouts $900;
USO $400; Chinese Relief $400;
ewish Relief $100; Woidd Student
Service Fund $500; YMCA $400;
Salvation Army $240; Tuberculosis
Association $300; March of Dimes
$50; Mothers Club, A&M Consoli
dated School, $400; County Hospi
talization $300; Local Charity
$100; and Contingent Fund $200.
The budget for this year is $809
less than the amount asked for
last year.
Members of the Community
Chest Committee are Major Lester
Hanks, J. W. Rollins, Fred Hale,
J. D. Prewit, F. I. Dahlberg, Gor
don Gay, C. W. Crawford, H. E.
Burgess, J. H. Milliff, S. L. Frost,
W. W. Wallace, and R. W. Steen.
Texas foM Gofep
The BWEtalion
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1946
NUMBER 8
Cadets To Receive Commissions Tonight
SIX BRAHMAN HEIFERS PRESENTED TO COLLEGE.—Edgar
Hudgins, pictured here together with the foundation Brahman herd
recently accepted as a gift from the J. D. Hudgins ranch of Hunger-
ford, topped his herd for the first time to add to the teaching and
research facilities of the AH department.
In addition to the heifers, Mr. Hudgins also is furnishing the best
of his bulls to build up the Brahman herd foundation, as well as for
: crossbreeding experiments now being conducted by the College in
: crossing Brahmans with grade Herefords and other breeds.
Contrary to the popular conception of Brahman cattle, the Hud
gins herd is neither wild nor hard to manage. The Hudgins have fol
lowed a consistent training program designed to quiet the tempera
ment of their animals, including halter breaking of weaned calves
and a consistent program of leading, which results in making pets
of almost every animal on the ranch.
Gen. Clarkson, T5, Will Present 120
Commissions in Guion Hall Ceremony
Major General Percy W. Clarkson, assistant commander
of the Fourth Army and a 1915 graduate of A. & M., will
present cadet commissians to cadet officers of the Cadet
Corps tonight at 8 o’clock in Guion Hall.
Headed by Cadet Colonel Edward Brandt, of Houston,
approximately 120 cadet officers will receive their com-
Saturday Declared
Official Holiday,
But No Corps Trip
Saturday, October 26, will be an
official holiday here at A&M for
the Baylor game, but it will not
be a corps trip. According to the
latest word from the Office of
the Dean of Men, a delegation of
four, Bill McCormick, Bill Rosser,
Fred Hickman and Bennie Zinn,
made a trip to Baylor University
Wednesday to find out exactly
ivhat they could on details of the
game and of the homecoming. They
met with the president, dean, ath
letic manager and six students at
11 o’clock Wednesday morning,
had dinner and discussed pertinent
business of the day.
Arrangements have been made
with the Waco police to hold mid
night yell practice at 11:45 Friday
night.
Saturday morning there will be
a homecoming parade through
downtown Waco, beginning at 10
a. m.
Game time has been set for 2
p. m. 6000 additional bleacher
seats have been built in the end
zones to up the capacity of the
Municipal Stadium to 20,000. The
Aggie section will be in the north
half of the east stand, and all
students are advised to use the
north entrance.
Those who do not have tickets
are waimed that there will be no
tickets sold at the gate before the
game.
The Aggie Band will make the
trip and has been granted time to
perform at the half. However,
since it will be the homecoming
game, the Baylor Band is staging
a special performance both before
the game and during half-time. A
memorial service for Baylor World
War II dead has been scheduled
before the game, and an elaborate
half-time performance in honor of
the homecoming queen and her
court, who will not be revealed
until the half.
Two public dances will be held
Friday and Saturday nights at the
Shrine Temple on Washington
about two blocks from the Court
House.
By Bill Murphy
’Way back in 1924 B. K. (Be
fore Kimbrough), there appeared
on this campus an orchestra. At
that time “Le Jazz Hot” at A&M
was restricted, and an orchestra
composed of Aggies was unheard
of. It all came about when a jun
ior, whose love of “the finer art”,
organized, with the help of other
musically minded students, the
first edition of the Aggieland Or
chestra. That same enterprising
junior is now recognized as one of
the finest band leaders in the na
tion—Jimmy Joy.
It’s interesting to note that down
through the years, until recently,
the Aggieland Orchestra has been
built upon and followed the same
democratic principles upon which
the famed “Aggie Spirit” is based.
Each year the members of the
band assembled and voted upon a
member to represent them as lead
er of the aggregation for the en
suing year. Few orchestras are so
organized.
Engagements for the orchestra
were often and usually consisted
of corps dances and organizational
Thursday's Ceremony
To Herald Gift of
Message Center
The new Intramural Athletic
Message Center, gift of the class
of ’47, will be presented to the
intramural department Thursday
afternoon, October 31, in a special
ceremony in front of Duncan Mess
Hall honoring W. L. “Mr. Penny”
Penberthy and six of Aggieland’s
Gold Star intramural managers.
Melvin Pruitt, vice president of
the class of ’47, will tender the
gift, and President Gibb Gilchrist
will accept it for the College.
W. L. Penberthy, head of the
department of physical education,
will express the intramural de
partment’s thanks for the gift.
MS&T Dept. States
Schedule of Corps
Reviews for Year
The Department of Military
Science and Tactics of A. & M.
College has announced its sched
ule of military reviews for the
year. On November 6 between the
hours of 5 and 6 p.m. the Corps
will parade.
The following reviews are reg
ularly scheduled training reviews
for the remainder of the year:
November 20, Infantry Regiment;
December 4, Field Artillery Regi
ment; December 11, Composite
Regiment; and December 18, a
Cadet Corps Review.
Cotton Classing
Courses Offered
Four courses in cotton that are
regularly taught only during the
summer months will be offered
next semester, it was announced
by L. G. Jones, Head of the Agron
omy Dept. Those to be offered are
Agronomy 205, Elementary Cot
ton Classing; and Ag Economics
205, Cotton Trade Procedure.
Due to the demand for these
courses this opportunity to take
them is being given, Mr. Jones
said. They are required for receiv
ing a certificate in Cotton Class
ing and anyone interested may
get further information from the
Departments of Agronomy or Agri
cultural Economics.
dances, but as the quality of the
music increased so did engage
ments, until finally “one-nighters”
were played throughout the state
for A&M Club dances. These tours
were usually made during the
Christmas holidays, and included
such towns as Orange, Beaumont,
Port Arthur, San Angelo, Ft.
Worth, Dallas, Houston, Mineral
Wells, Wichita Falls, Sherman, and
Paris. Consequently, as the fame
and publicity of the orchestra in
creased, each fall semester would
find a better quality of musicians
present than the previous year.
EVEN THOUGH TEXAS A&M
DOES NOT HAVE A SCHOOL OF
MUSIC!
In looking over the records we
find a few editions of the Aggie
land that have proven to be excep
tional. For instance, the 1938 ag
gregation directed by Jack and
Tommy Littlejohn. These brothers
will be remembered as having
written a song entitled “I’d Rather
Be A Texas Aggie.” Also, the 1942
Aggieland stands out, perhaps
even more than the others. You
tSee ORCHESTRA, Page 4)
Health Service to
Continue Research
Fellowship Awards
The United States Public Health
Service announces the continuation
of the National Institute of Health
Research Fellowships will be avail
able during 1946 and 1947.
The National Institute of Health
Research Fellowships are awarded
to individuals who have had post
graduate work in institutions of
recognized standing in the vari
ous fields of science allied to pub
lic health, as biology, chemistry,
physics, entomology, medicine,
dentistry, veterinary medicine, etc.
Applications for these fellow
ships may be made at any time
during the year, are acted upon
promptly, and are effective for
one year from the time of award
with a possibility of renewal for
a second year.
Junior research fellowships are
available to individuals holding
master’s degrees or to those who
have completed an equivalent num
ber of hours of postgraduate study.
The stipend is $2500 per annum.
Senior research fellowships are
available to individuals holding
doctorate degrees. The stipend is
$3000 per annum.
These fellowships will offer an
opportunity for study and research
in association with highly trained
specialists in the candidate’s chos
en field at the Institute or some
other institution of higher learn
ing. Letters of inquiry should be
addressed to The Director, Nation
al Institute of Health, Bethesda
14, Maryland.
Gals: Here’s A
Theater Offer!
Something different has happen
ed on the A&M campus—there
is a need for women! Yes, Ole
Army, the Aggie Players are in
dire need of some theatrically-
minded young women. The play,
“The Male Animal”, is to be pre
sented during the first part of
December and several good female
parts are open. Those interested
in trying out are urged to get in
contact with Art Angrist, room 33,
Foster hall for an appointment.
If you have ever had a desire
to be in a theatrical production,
come on and try out. Maybe some
hidden talent will be discovered.
Make-up, stage, and directing per
sonnel are also needed. The next
meeting of the Players will be
Tuesday, October 29, in the Ca
binet Room of the YMCA.
Last Date for Vet
Committees Oct. 31
Filing date for veterans on the
Student Life Committee, Exchange
Store Committee, Hospital Com
mittees and the Student Council
has been extended to Thursday,
October 31.
Members for the Veterans Ad
visory Committee will be picked
from the Board of Representa
tives who represent each dorm or
area composed of veterans. Veter
ans wishing to file fqr these dif
ferent committees can file with
Joe Skiles in the Students Activ-
ties Office before 5 p.m. October
31.
Election of members to these
committees will be held Thursday,
November 7 in the rotunda of the
Academic Building.
Town Hall Seating
Lay-Out Clarified
Who sits where at Guion Hall
during Town Hall perform
ances?
Students who hold general
admission tickets sit downstairs
in the three rows nearest the
wall and in the last nine rows
in the back. The entire balcony
is open to general admission al
so. All persons holding reserved
seats sit in the center sectiqn
and four rows nearest the aisles
downstairs. Reserved seats cost
their owners over twice as much
as general admission tickets.
All reserved seats for this year
have been sold, but general ad
mission tickets are still avail
able.
Billards Champion
Awes Crowd as Towel
Clad Aggie Goes By
Before an open-mouthed collec
tion of cadets, veterans, and cam
pus wives, Willie Mosconi, World’s
Pocket Billiard Champion, from
New Jersey, gave an exhibition
of seerhingly inhuman skill and
dexterity with the ivory balls Wed
nesday evening in the College
gymnasium. In the opinion of many
local poolhall addicts, his perfor
mance was little short of the im
possible.
Except for a brief interruption
which occurred when a member of
the football squad unknowingly
strolled across the gym floor in
formally attired only in a w’et
towel, Mr. Mosconi had the un
divided attention of all spectators
and overcame the poor acoustics of
the gym to a great extent in his
explanations of the proceedings.
The first event on his program
was a high-run exhibition game in
which he made 84 straight pock
ets. This was followed by a dem
onstration of some of the more
difficult trick shots. When he had
finished his repertoire, he invited
students to gather around the
table in an informal discussion of
problems of the game.
Mr. Mosconi is holder of a high-
run exhibition score on a 5 by 10
table of 284 straight—and is co
holder of the World’s high-run
record of 309 balls, made by him
i nNew eJrsey in 1945.
Coupon Books Must
Be Presented
All students attending the
Baylor game Saturday must
present their student coupon
book at the gate as a means of
identification.
This action was found neces
sary because of a current wave
of ticket scalping.
Gas Facilities to
Trailers Improved
A larger gas supply line is be
ing laid along Lubbock street in
order to increase the pressure in
the Trailer Park and surrounding
area, it was announced by Howard
Badgett, assistant manager of the
college construction program.
The old system was to supply
Anchor Hall, the project houses,
and a few homes, but with the
addition of 96 trailers, 128 apart
ments in Veterans Village, 14
student-owned homes, and the 60
project house apartments this re
duced the original pressure to a
mere 4 or 5 ounces Badgett said.
It was added that the new in
stallation would increase the pres
sure to 15 pounds, which would
be ample for cooking and heating
purposes throughout the winter.
The entire pi’oject which includes
the installation of a regular sta
tion is expected to be completed
within a few days.
Atom Bomb Observer
Will Speak Tonight
Prof. C. G. Kirkbride will ad
dress members of Sigma Xi in
the Chemistry lecture room at
7:30 p. m. Thursday on his ob
servations of the atomic bomb
tests at Bikini. He has a sound
film^ and slides to illustrate the
lecture, and the public is invited.
Prof. Kirkbride was honored by
selection to witness the atomic
bomb tests in the Pacific, and has
made several interesting lectures
on his observations since his re
turn to the A.&M. College campus.
missions from the hand of General
Clarkson, who was himself a cadet
officer at A. & M. in 1915.
The ceremony, which will be
open to the public, will open with
ruffles and flourishes and the
General’s March by the Texas A.
& M. Band, in honor of General
Clarkson. Upon completion of the
march, the Cadet Corps will be
seated by Cadet Colonel Brandt,
after which Colonel Guy Meloy,
Jr., professor of military science
and tactics, will introduce Chap
lain W. H. Andrew who will de
liver the invocation.
Following the invocation, Pres
ident Gibb Gilchrist will make a
short talk, after which Colonel
Meloy will introduce General
Clarkson. At the close of General
Clarkson’s talk, Colonel Meloy will
announce the mass oath of office,
which will then be administered by
Lieutenant Colonel W. S. Mc-
Elhenny, adjutant. General Clark
son will then present the commis
sions.
Upon completion of the presenta
tion ,the Reverend Grin G. Helvey,
rector of Saint Thomas Episcopal
Chapel, will deliver the benedic
tion. The A&M Band will close the
ceremony with the national an
them.
“The public, especially the rela
tives of the cadets, should be in
terested in the ceremony,” Col.
Meloy concluded.
Duo-Pianists
Next Feature
On Town Hall
Town Hall patrons are looking
forward to the next feature of
this season when Whittemore and
Lowe, duo-pianists make their ap
pearance on November 6.
Arthur Whittemore and Jack
Lowe have been released from the
Navy less than a year but in this
short time they have completed a
successful concert tour in the eas
tern part of the country and re
corded a complete album of duo-
piano tunes suitable for dancing.
During their stay in the Navy, they
performed for more than 500 au
diences in ^various hospitals in the
Pacific.
Both Whittemore and Lowe at
tended the Eastman School of Mu
sic. They have in their repratroir
nearly 175 numbers, that range
from the highest classic to the
latest dance tune. Town Hall
audiences will re-hear a sampling
of their selections on November
6.
Seventh Annual Dog
And Pet Show Set
The A. & M. Consolidated School
will present the Seventh Annual
Dog and Pet Show in the Animal
Husbandry pavilion this evening,
beginning promptly at 6 p.m. Ad
mission will be 10<) for children and
25<£ for adults, the proceeds of
which will go to the Mothers
Club of the A. & M. Consolidated
School. Commencing at 6 p.m., a
food sale will be held and continue
throughout the evening.
A parade of all entries will be
gin at 7 p.m., and judging will
start immediately afterward. Dogs
must be on leash, and other pets
in cages or otherwise under con
trol. In order to be entered, the
animals must be brought to the
best entrance of the pavilion not
later than 6:30 p.m. today.
Horticulture Dept.
Will Sponsor Show
For the first time since 1942
the A. & M. college horticulture
show will again be a highlight of
the 1946 social calendar of Texas,
according to G. C. Wilson, the
student president of the junior
branch of the American Society
of Horticultural Science.
“The society plans to have the
biggest and most elaborate dis
play ever exhibited at A. & M.
college,” Wilson said. Valley pro
ducers are expected to show qual
ity products which will include
citrus fruits, vegetables and sub
tropical displays.
The show will be held the early
part of December.
TEA AND BOOK REVIEW
AT STUDY CLUB FRIDAY
A tea will be given for all mem
bers of the Campus Study Club at
its first meeting in Sbisa Hall on
Friday afternoon, October 25, at
3 p. m., Mrs. G. W. Schlesselman
has announced; At this time Lo
well Parrish of Bryan will present
a book review on E. A. Robinson’s
“Tristram and Isolde”.
'The Aggieland' Boasts Colorful
Record During Last 21 Seasons