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Eyes on Kyle Field
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 12, 1946
NUMBER 12
CORPS, ALL-COLLEGE DANCES, AND
JAMBOREE SET FOR RICE WEEK-END
Floyd Graham Will
Play for Friday
Night Corps Dance
Big- plans are being made
for a big weekend when the
Rice Owls turn out in full for
the first game at College Sta*
tion since 1942. Since this is
one of the most important
games of the year for both teams
as well as the whole conference,
a big turnout with a capacity
crowd on Kyle Field is expected.
Entertainment for the weekend
includes a military ball for the
Corps Friday in Sbisa Hall 9 to
12 p.m. with the Aces of College-
land headed by Floyd Graham of
N.T.S.C. in Denton. The dance will
be a formal affair, it was an
nounced.
Preceding the dance Friday night
the orchestra will put on a Variety
Show on the Stage of Guion Hall
at 7 o’clock. Coming down with
the' band for the show is a group
of entertainers which includes a
chorus line, dancers and vocalists.
From all reports this show will
be one of the best to perform
on the campus this year.
Saturday an All-College dance
will be held from 9 to 12 p.m. in
Sbisa. The Aggieland Orchestra
will play for this affair which is
semi-formal. The Aggieland has
been gaining popularity through
out the state and has been play
ing for numerous dances in differ
ent areas. Friday night they
furnish music for the Federated
Women’s Club in Austin and they
are signed for the coming In
augural Ball after the induction
of Beauford Jester in January.
Dates will be housed in Dormi
tory No. 8 and P. G. Hall it was
announced. Rooms may be reserv
ed at the Placement Office on the
main floor of the Administration
Building.
Social Calendar for 1947Spring Semester
Schedules Events from February to May
Al'Lena’ Capp
To Pick Vanity
Fair Beauties
Perhaps this year the selection
of Vanity Fair beauties will work
in reverse. Heretofore, it has al
ways been the policy to select the
most beautiful eight pictures for
the Vanity Fair section.
But anything can happen now—
A1 Capp, of Lil Abner and Lena
the Hyena fame, will select the
pictures of girls entered by the
senior class for the Vanity Fair
section of the Longhorn, Hary
Saunders and Jimmie Demopulos,
co-editors, have announced. Capp’s
acceptance of the invitation was
received last week by the editors
of the annual.
Of the pictures which will be
sent to A1 Capp, eight will be
selected to be placed in Vanity
Fair, and the remainder will be
placed in the Senior Favorites
section.
Seniors are reminded that the
deadline, for this section is Decem
ber 15. No pictures submitted after
that date will be accepted. Three
6x7 glossy pictures are required:
one bust picture, one formal, full
length, and one sports, full-length
picture. Charge for Vanity Fair
is $1.50, payable when pictures
are turned in to the Student Ac
tivities office.
Museum Curator
Addresses Fish
And Game Majors
At a regular meeting of the
Fish and Game Club Tuesday
evening, students majoring in that
department were startled to hear
that they were witnessing the re
placement of hardwoods in the
great post-oak and blackjack belt
around College Station by pines and
cedars. This statement was made
by the guest speaker, Mr. H. B.
Parks, curator of the College mus
eum, in a talk on plant seed dis
tribution by migratory birds.
According to Mr. Parks, nature
operates in cycles in establishing
the dominant plant life of an area,
and we are now approaching the
end of the hardwood cycle in
South-central Texas. In his talk,
Mr. Parks also called the atten
tion of his audience to the many
unusual combinations of plants
brought about through random
distribution of seed by migrating
birds.
At the conclusion of this talk,
members were shown the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife film “Beavers
at Home”. This film presented the
life story, natural history, and
something of the ecology of beav
ers in America, along with some
shots of beavers at work on their
dams and houses.
Chem. Engineering
Dept. Accredited
By NatT Council
A&M Joins Texas and
Rice With Accredited
Chem. Engineer Dept.
One of the newer branches of
engineering at A. & M. reacher
maturity and nationwide recog
nition recently as the Engineering
Council for Profesisonal Develop
ment, a national committee, an
nounced accrediting of the A. &
M. chemical engineering depart
ment.
The announcement, which places
A. &. M. alongside Rice Institute
and Texas University as the only
schools in Texas having accredited
chemical engineering curricula,
climaxed a five-year wait by Dr.
J. D. Lindsay, head of the depart
ment, and his staff. Original steps
were taken by President Gilchrist
while he was serving as Dean of
Engineering.
The chemical engineering de
partment was divorced from the
A. &. M. chemistry department in
June, 1940, and inspected by a
committee from the American In
stitute of Chemical Engineers
later that year. The committee
reported favorably, but urged that
accrediting be held in abeyance
until the infant department be
came, a bit older.
Just before Pearl Harbor, anoth
er committee inspected the depart
ment and approved—but war came
along and all accrediting was
frozen. Last April another in
spection was held, with the com
mittee approving. This approval
came through channels and last
week the final approval was bes
towed.
Heads of Veieran Organization
Two Civil Service
Booklets Explain
Exam Procedures
Pamphlets and Forms
May Be Obtained from
Local Secretary in PO
The Civil Service Commission
has just issued two examination
announcements in booklet form,
each covering a number of differ
ent types of positions located in
Washington, D. C., and throughout
the Unite States.
One examination is for Junior
Professional Assistant. Persons
applying for this examination may
choose one or more options from
among the following wields: Ar
chives, Chemistry, Economics,
Geography, Mathematics, Metal
lurgy, Physics, Statistics, and
Textile Technology.
The second examination is for
positions in the US Forest Ser
vice of the Department of Agri
culture, and some positions in the
Department of Interior, as follows:
Forest Ecologist, Range Ecologist,
Forest Pathologist, Silviculturist,
Forest Products Technologist, For
est Soils Technologist, and Forest
Management. The age limits, 18
to 62, are waived for persons en
titled to veteran preference, and
no written test is required.
Applications for the JPA exam
will be accepted through Decem
ber 3, 1946, and forestry and
range exam applications are ac
ceptable through December 10.
Announcements and application
forms may be obtained from the
Commission’s local secretary, Mr.
Homer N. Yardley, located in the
College Station Post Office, or
from the US Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, 25, D. C.
YET OFFICERS, John Lindsey, vice-president, Sid Smith, pres
ident, and Sam S. Williams, treasurer.
Veterans Administration Clarifies
Ex-Servicemen’s Hospital Benefits
The Veterans Administration has released the follow
ing information concerning benefits to which ex-servicemen
and women are entitled in cases of hospitalization and out
patient treatment. By following this procedure, undue delay
may be prevented in filing claims and obtaining payment.
When in need of hospitalization or out-patient treat
ment veterans should communicate with the nearest Con
tact Representative or Training Officer of the Veterans
Administration.
Hospitalization
1. Non-service connected cases.
Within the limits of Veterans Ad
ministration facilities, hospital
treatment may be authorized by
the Chief, Out-Patient Service,
Waco, Texas, for veterans who
served during a period of war, who
were discharged under other than
dishonorable conditions, who are
unable to defray the expense of
hospitalization, including the ex
pense of transportation from their
place of residence to a Veterans
Administration Hospital and re
turn, who are suffering from a
disability being susceptible of
cure or decided improvement,
which indicates need for hospital
care. Those eligible for hospital
treatment include all persons who
were enrolled in the Federal serv
ice during a period of war, regard
less of length of service, when
there is a bed available in a
Government hospital.
2. Service connected cases. Per
sons eligible for hospitalization
who are suffering from a disease
or injury incurred or aggravated
in line of duty in active service,
and for which they are medically
determined to be in need of hos
pital treatment, may be hospital
ized in a contract or private hos
pital at Government expense, pro
vided there is not Veterans Ad
ministration facility available, in
the event of an emergency. Ordi
narily, service connected cases
will be treated in Veterans Ad
ministration Hospitals.
3. Trainees under Public Law
16. Part VII trainees receiving vo
cational rehabilitation under Public
Law 16 are entitled to such treat
ment as is medically determined
necessary to prevent interruption
of their training. Treatment under
this principle may be given not
only for the disease or injury for
which the training was authorized,
but for any intercurrent condi
tion, regardless of its relation to
former military . service. Such
treatment as is medically determ
ined necessary to prevent inter
ruption of training may be auth
orized in a hospital or on an out
patient basis. Contact or private
(See VETERANS, Page 4)
K. J. Ewards Heads
Mission to Arabia
K. J. Edwards, district agent of
the Extension Service, has made
request for a leave of one year to
become the head of an Agricultural
Mission to Saudi Arabia. The pur
pose of the program is to set up
and guide the early activities of a
department of agriculture for
Saudi Arabia.
The king and the government of
Saudi Arabia requested that such
a program be inaugurated and it
has been approved by the State
Department and the United States
Department of Agriculture in
Washington. It is part of an over
all program to build up American
friendship and prestige with the
peoples of the middle east.
Mr. Edwards, who is an Aggie
-ex states that his staff of nine
men will include as many Texas
Aggies as possible.
College Employees
To Dine Thursday
The first regular meeting of the
newly formed College Employees
Club wil be held Thursday night in
Sbisa Hall. Tickets for the dinner
went on sale yesterday at the
Aggieland Inn, and are available
to members for $1.25 each. This
sum pays for a meal served by
the Subsistence Director at cost
and includes a dance following.
It is suggested that the attire
be formal, however it was steted
that this was not compulsory. A
card showing the owner’s depart
ment would be worn to facilitate
identification.
This club was formed to enable
the various employees of the col
lege to become better acquainted
and to provide the group with
food, fellowship, and entertain
ment. A committee headed by Dr.
G. W. Schlesselman and Mrs. W.
M. Turner was appointed by the
President to start such an organ-
iation and the College Employees
Dinner Club had its enception.
Engineering Mag.
Staff Elected at
Council Meeting
Davies Named Editor
Of Monthly Mag-azine;
Other Workers Needed
Robert W. Davies, a veteran me
chanical engineering student of
Forth Worth, was elected Editor
of the “Texas A. & M. Engineer”,
monthly publication of the Student
Engineering Council. The election
was held at the council meeting
on Monday evening, November 4.
Robert K. Williams of Midland and
Gene Field of Calvert, both of
whom are mechanical engineering
veterans, were named assistant
editor and business manager, re
spectively. These men have all
been named to serve for the 1946-
47 school year. J. L. Latimer from
Fort Worth was previously named
managing editor for the fall term.
It was decided that Terry A.
Clark, an aeronautical engineering
student, would serve as chairman
for the Engineers’ Day activities
to be held next spring. George R.
Hughes, also majoring in aeronau
tical engineering, was named as
his assistant.
Bob Latimer, managing editor
of the “Engineer”, outlined the
staff to the members of the coun
cil, and at the same time he is
sued a call for all engineering stu
dents to assist in the publication
of this magazine. Plans call for a
50-page magazine, to commence
publication in January. Help is
needed from all departments; par
ticularly are sophomores and jun
iors requested to assist in the pub
lication in order to continue the
work during the ensuing years.
Staff photographers are urged to
join the Engineering staff.
A meeting of the staff will be
held Wednesday evening, Novem
ber 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 102,
ME Building. All men who are in
terested in joining the staff, and
all present members, are requested
to be present at this time, since
further plans will be made.
12 Science Clubs
In Texas Academy
A&M’s United Science Clubs
gained a new lease on life Mon
day night when the Steering Com
mittee, composed of twelve of the
fifteen former member clubs on
the campus, met in the biology
building with Dr. C. C. Doak, head
of the biology department and for
mer councilor of the U.S.C.
The leadership of the U.S.C.
falls, according to the by-laws of
rotation, from one club to another
annually, this time on the Kream
and Kow Klub, of which Kenneth
D. Garvin is president; Robert E.
Hall, vice-president; Vurell A.
Yentzen, secretary-treasurer; and
Professor A. V. Moore of the Dairy
Husbandry department, faculty
advisor.
In 1940 the A&M Chapter re
ceived its charter from the col
legiate division of the Texas Acad
emy of Science. The fifteen mem
ber clubs united under the direc
tion of Dr. Doak for the purpose
of fostering the scientific attitude,
promoting interest in science, and
furnishing the basis of selection
for speakers and delegates to
represent A&M at the Academy
.meetings.
The next meeting of the Texas
Academy of Science will be held
in Dallas, December 12. The* second
of the two annual meetings each
school year will be held during the
spring semester.
This organization, composed of
the Junior, Collegiate, and Senior
divisions is now headed by Dr.
Fred A. Barkley, a botanist of the
University of Texas.
“As Many Name Bands as Possible”,
Says Elms Regarding Social Season
The Social Calendar for the spring semester of the
1946-47 school year has been announced this week by the
Student Activities office. Commencing on February 8 and
continuing through May 30, a dance will be held on the
campus every week-end.
Efforts to get name bands will be made by the Student
Activities office, and this list will be sent to the booking
agents soon.
The Social Calendar reads as
Three-Per-Room Refund
Ready at Fiscal Office
Refunds of room rent for
students who paid for the full
semester and who were living
three to a room at the end of
pctober are ready and may be
(called for at the Fiscal Depart
ment between the hours of 8 a.
m. and 12 noon and from 1 p. m.
to 2 p. m. each day.
Hillel Foundation
Holds Interfaith
Relation Contest
Aggies are invited to participate
in an Essay Writing Contest spon
sored by the A. & M. Hillel Foun
dation in cooperation with the
Henry Cohen Interfaith Fellow
ship. The subject is Interfaith Re
lationship.
The purpose of the contest is to
stimulate an intellectual and
friendly understanding among var
ious denominational groups and
develop an awareness among stu
dents of the contributions which
various religious creeds and denom
inations have made to the advance
ment of American civilization. No
limitation is placed on the student’s
own choice and presentation of the
subject.
The winning essays as determin
ed by the judges will receive s
first prize of $25.00; second prize,
$15.00; and third prize, $10.00. The
winners of the contest will be ex
pected to read their essays before
an interfaith group meeting. Clos
ing date of the contest is Decem
ber 18.
Each manuscript must be accom
panied by a sealed envelope con
taining the name and post office
address o%the sender. All essays
must be the writer’s original con
tribution, and average approxi
mately 1000 to 1500 words. If pos
sible, manuscripts should be type
written, double-spaced.
The members of the Committee
shall have sole and final authority
in choosing the winners. If no
manuscript in the opinion of the
judges is of sufficient merit, the
(See HILLEL, Page 4)
Work Underway on
Two New Projects
The office of the College Arch
itect has made two new announce
ments concerning projects now un
der way on the campus.
. First and perhaps most interest
ing to students relates to the
Grove. All excavation has been
completed, and the concrete for the
floor will be laid as soon as
weather conditions permit. The
Grove will also have a new fence.
A contract is to be awerded soon
for the same type special fence
that was recently placed around the
athletic field.
The new veteran’s housing pro
ject, as yet unnamed, is the topic
of the second item. Materials have
been obtained and work will start
sometime this week on the laying
of water and gas lines. A short
age of materials has delayed this
project.
"Your 1150 Listening Habit’’...
Radio Activity on Campus Begun Thirty-Four Years Ago
Has Now Produced Present-Day Affiliated Station
Did you know that the first ath
letic event ever sent over the ether
waves was an Aggie contest, and
that the broadcatsing was done
by our own WTAW? A football
game was reported in the dot-dash
of the Morse system some years
before the first radio-telephone
broadcast, which was of the Demp-
sey-Carpentier boxing match in
New Jersey.
Radio activities at the A. & M.
College of Texas began in 1912
when a station was set up for ex
perimental purposes. It was in
1919 that the football game report
was sent out in Morse code and
picked up in Waco.
In 1923 radiophoning was begun
at this institution with a power of
250 watts. In 1925 the power was
increased to 500 watts. With this
doubling of power, WTAW went
on the air twice a week, and the
Association of Former Students
took charge of the programs.
Athletic events and chapel ser
vices were broadcast. In the spring
of 1926 the Extension Service as
sumed responsibility for the pro
grams and inaugurated the Texas
Farm and Home Hour, which is
now one of the most widely lis
tened to programs in the state.
WTAW was a pioneering broad
casting station, and was built en
tirely through the efforts of the
faculty and students at very little
expense. It is now partially operat
ed by students under the direction
of Frank J. Sosolik, chief engineer.
In 1942 the station was moved
from its second floor location in
the YMCA to its present location
on the third floor of the Adminis
tration building. There are three
studios at the present location.
Studio A is a large studio where
all the programs originating at
WTAW are “aired”. Studio B is
the announcing room, and Studio
G houses the control room. From
this new location, WTAW conducts
daily broadcasts from 6:01 a.m.
until local sunset, which for the
month of November will be 5:30
p. m.
WTAW has its own Associated
Press teletype machine that brings
in the latest news, weather, market
reports, and a complete coverage
of world events. It is also an af
filiated station of the American
Broadcasting Co. network. This
affiliation brings many national
programs to Brazos county lis
teners, including “Ladies Be Seat-
te”, “Bride and Groom,” “The Col
umbia Workshop”, “The Breakfast
Club,” “Terry and the Pirates”,
and “Jack Armstrong”. News ana
lysts featured are Martin Agron-
sky and Baukhage. “The Texas
School of the Air”, and “Jobs
Ahead” are feature programs pro-
uced here on the A. & M. c ampus.
Among the men and women res
ponsible for the job done by
WTAW are G. Byron Winstead,
director; H. C. Dillingham, techni
cal director; Mrs. M. E. Collins,
sales staff; Mrs. E. C. Montel,
secretary; Frank J. Sosolik, Chief
engineer; Bob Scudder, assistant
program director; Mark Halleck,
sports editor and commercial an
nouncer; Dick Erwin, spot news
programs; Homer R. Vaughn,
transmitter operator; D. E. Cold-
iron, Floyd E. Page, Jr., and W.
Robert Adams, student assistant
operators.
Many of the students who work
ed at WTAW in the past have
continued in radio after their
graduation, and now hold respons
ible posts wRh broadcasting sta
tions all over' the country.
follows:
February 8, 1947
Reserve Officers’ Dinner Dance.
February 14, 1947
Architect’s Ball.
February 15, 1947
All-College Dance.
February 21, 1947
Freshman Ball.
February 22, 1947
All-College Dance.
February 27, 1947
Sophomore Ball.
March 1, 1947
All-College Dance.
March 7, 1947
Junior Prom. v
March 8, 1947
All-College Dance.
March 14, 1947
Cattlemen’s Ball.
March 15, 1947
Veterans Association Dance.
March 21, 1947
Infantry Ball.
March 22, 1947
All-College Dance.
March 28, 1947
Cotton Ball.
March 29, 1947
All-College Dance.
April 11, 1947
Artillery Ball.
April 12, 1947
All-College Dance.
April 18, 1947
Composite Regiment Ball.
April 19, 1947
All-College Dance.
April 25, 1947
Veterans Association Dance.
April 26, 1947
Barnyard Frolic.
May 16, 1947
Senior Ring Dance.
May 17, 1947
All-College Dance.
May 30, 1947
Final Ball.
'The Hilberts And
Spoilers Club 9 is
Newest A &M Group
Dilberts and Spoilers came into
their own last week, as they or
ganized their own club on the A.
& M. campus.
In case you haven’t the faintest
idea what Dilberts and Spoilers
are don’t feel dismayed. Only those
serving during the war in naval
or marine aviation understand the
significance of the terms, which
come from cartoon caricatures of
an aviator (Dilbert) and his me
chanic (Spoiler).
The new club, meeting at the
YMCA last week, adopted a con
stitution and set 7:00 p.m. on the
first Thursday of each month as
a regular meeting time.
The purpose of the club is to
bring together ex-navy and ma
rine aviation personnel on the
campus for social activities and to
convey new ideas, information,
policies and development in naval
and marine aviation to them, ac
cording to C. C. Nathan, acting
president of the club.
A major objective of the club is
to obtain recognition from the
naval air reserve unit in Dallas so
that billets may be secured for
men on the campus, who are in
terested in continuing flying. Re
cently, Naval Air Station, Dallas
has been sending a plane here
every other week-end for several
reserve pilots who have been as
signed a billet in the reserve unit,
and want to get in their flying
time.
There will be a special meeting
Nov. 18, to plan a stag party which
will be held sometime in Decem
ber.
All men who have served in navy
and marine aviation and would like
to keep up with present activities,
as well get togther for an
occasional “bull session” are invit
ed to attend future meetings. -
Oldest Grad is Still
Aggie Booster After
Seventy Long Years
Do you want a recipe for a long
happy life? Just graduate from
A&M, and perhaps you can equal
the record of Rev. Malcom Black,
a member of the first class that
ever left College Station. Rev.
Black, who will’ be 92 next month,
is the oldest living graduate. Still
spry and hearty, he was a guest
at the recent State Fair in Dallas
and gave a newspaper interview,
despite a broken hearing aid.