The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 15, 1946, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 15, 1946, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextStill a Fish “PISH” BLOTTO By Pete Tumllnson Fish Blotto Returns! Fish Blotto, the eternal freshman, is back in the pages of the Battalion. Back in ’41 and ’42, the escapades of the chubby little hard-luck guy earned his creator, Pete Tumlin- son, high acclaim on the campus. Blotto’s trials and tribu lations exemplified those of a typical freshmen and became as familiar to Aggies as rain at a football game. Some of the strips became classics, and were printed over and over again. Tumlinson, talented originator of the rotund fresh man, is also remembered for the Tumlinson boy, Aggie counterpart of the Petty and Varga girls. Member of the class of ’42, Tumlinson was editor of the old Batt magazine, which achieved national recognition under his editorship. Pete left A. & M. in 1942 for the Air Corps, with which he served for four years. He was dis charged from the service in the Spring of this year, and now resides in Bryan, where he draws a comic strip, “Cher ry Sundae,” which is being given national distribution by the A, & M, Advertising Co. of Dallas. Pete will be unable to submit regular Fish Blotto comic strips, as he will be kept rather busy with his na tional advertising venture. However, Fish Blotto will pa rade across the Batt’s pages whenever available. The Battalion thanks Tumlinson in behalf of the en tire student body for future escapades of Fish Blotto. Texas /UM ——t'SJcvc ,1 The B College alion VOLUME 46 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1946 NUMBER 13 Week-End Menu: Rice. Owl, Two Dances, and Show Lawrence Tibbett to Appear As Third Town Hall Feature One of the outstanding programs to be presented by Town Hall this season will be Lawrence Tibbett, appearing on the stage of Guion Hall Monday, November 18, at 8:15 p.m. Mr. Tibbett has long been a favorite of audiences here and more recently abroad during his tours entertaining servicemen overseas. His son, Larry Jr., is in the Air Force and Tibbett himself once served in the Navy. When appearing on the Hit Parade, Tibbett won new laurels singing popular songs. Bakersfield, California, claims4- to be the birthplace of America’s favorite baritone. It was his sis ter who first discovered his music- cal talent while Tibbett was only a boy, but it wasn’t nutil an in cident in a music store in Naga saki that Larry decided to make music his career. The incident oc curred while Tibbett was in the Navy. He was involved in a fight and fled into a music store to es cape from the Japanese police. Hiding in a record booth, he listen ed to operatic selections; then and there he decided to make music his livelyhood. After he left the Navy, Tibbett’s sister taught him all she knew about music. She made contacts with various music teachers for Larry's further educaton. While taking music essons, he sang at local events to help swell the fam ily income. When his musical edu cation was complete, Tibbett was employed by the Metropoltan Opera Association to sing minor roles in “Faust”, “Othello”, and “Falstaff”. Realizing Tibbett’s talent, the Met soon featured in “The Emporer Jones” and Peter Ibbetson”; which now are synom- onous with the name Lawrence Tibbett. Tibfiett’s appearance at Guion Hall next Monday will be of in terest to all as his repertoire in cludes operatic favorites and American folk music. On the program will be featured such songs as: “I Am A Roamer Bold” by Mendelssohn; Brahms' “LoVe Song”; Tschaikowsky’s “None But The Lonely Heart”; “Agatha Morley” and Schubert’s “The Wanderer”. Faculty Exchange Postmaster Dies K. J. Aldrich, for seven years Postmaster of the Faculty Ex change, passed away in a Bryan hospital at 2:33 a. m. Sunday. After a two week illness start ing with a slight case of pneji- monia, death overtook Mr. Aldrich in the form of a blood clot. Fun eral services were held for him at 3:00 Monday afternoon, and he was later interred at the College Cemetery. Mr. Aldrich was 49 years old at the time of his death and is sur vived by his wife and one son. ‘MALE ANIMAL’ TO BE GIVEN BY THESPIANS The Aggie Players have things under way for their first big production of the year. Re hearsals have begun for “The Male Animal”, a comedy by Thurber and Nudget, which will appear on the stage of the As sembly Hall promptly at 8 p. m. on the nights of December 11-14. According to director Art Angrist, rehearsals arc coming along fine, so from this corner it looks like good enter tainment for Aggieland during the week before Christmas hol idays. Vet Association to Elect Dorm Board Of Representatives Room-to-Room Election To Take Place Nov. 21 A Board of Representatives will be elected Thursday, November 21 for the Veteran Students Associ ation. These members will be elect ed from unmarried veteran dor- itories. Any student who served in either the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or the Coast Guard is eli gible for that office. Each member must live in the area he represents, and remain therein for his term of office. Sid Smith, president of the Vet eran Students Association, urges all who are interested to file with their respective housemasters be fore 5:00 p. m. Wednesday Nov ember 20. The housemasters will issue one ballot to each veteran residing in his dorm before noon Thursday, November 21, and in turn these ballots must be return ed to the housemaster before 6:00 p. m. on that day. A minimum of four names will appear on each ballot. In the event less than four persons file for the office, the housemaster will make additional nominations. Reservations for Club Pictures in Annual Clarified Cost of $25 Per Page Set by Staff; Dates For Poses to Follow Due to recent conflicting in structions concerning the proce dure for clubs and societies to make page reservations, the Long horn staff has announced the cor rected procedure. The club section of the Long horn this year will feature the re gular club picture and also a smaller informal shot of either the club officers or one of the club’s activities. Objection from various clubs and societies has re sulted in the abandonment of the Sweetheart picture on the club page. Reservations must be made at the Student Activities Office by one of the club officers before Nov. 27. If no reservation is made a page will not be saved. Charge for each page will be $25 payable at the time the reservation is made and limited to one page for each club. No half-pages will be ac cepted. Mothers’ clubs may be considered a separate club. A schedule will be announced in the Battalion stating the date each club picture is to be made. Pic tures will be made in front of Guion Hall at 12:30 on the days scheduled. An informal shot of the officers will be made at the same time. Additional informa tion may be obtained from the Club Editor, R. P. Boubel, in Room 326, Dorm 10. Pictures of the activities of the societies and clubs are needed for the Aggieland section of the Long horn. For special functions a photographer can be arranged for by contacting the Student Activ ities Office at least two days in advance. VA Rehabilitation Rep. Here Nov. 19 J. K. Kerr of the Vocational Rehabilitation office in Austin will be in Room 205, Agricul ture Building on Tuesday, Nov- eber 19, from 9 a. m . to 6 p. m. for the purpose of interviewing rehabilitation students now in school. Anyone else who would like to make application for this help is repuested to contact Mr. Kerr on this date. Any student who is receiving assistance from the Veterans Administration is not eligible for this type of help. Turkey Day Tickets Go on Sale Monday Books Numbered to 7200 Will Be Sold Through Wednesday Student tickets for the Thanks giving game go on sale Monday, November 18, 1946, in the lobby of the old YMCA. Jwery student must present hi: own coupon book and be able t< identify himself. Yellow registra tion slip that purchased the coupoi book is a good means of identifi cation. All students who have lost their coupon books or had their book stolen must report it to the Sec urity Office before this Saturday noon, November 16. Students holding coupon books numbering 7200 and less will be given first opportunity to buy tickets and must purchase their ticket Monday, Tuesday or Wed nesday, November 18, 19 and 20. Thursday, November 21, all re maining tickets will be sold to coupon bookholders owning books with a greater number than 7200. Five hundred and twenty-eight coupon books were sold without reservations for Texas game tick ets. It is believed that by proper cooperation of the student body, such as everyone purchasing his own ticket, that these people will be able to buy a Texas game ticket. Three desks for selling tickets will be used. A student buying a ticket must present his coupon book, with proper means of identi fication, and should have a dollar and twenty cents in change to facilitate the rapid selling of tickets. The schedule for purchasing (See TICKETS, Page 4) Here Are the 'Engineer' Editors IN JANUARY the “Engineer” will begin monthly publication. Left to right: Robert W. Davies, Editor; Robert K. Williams, Assistant Editor; Bob Latimer, Managing Editor; and Gene Field, Business Manager. New Editor for The Agriculturist Named By Council Charles E. Ball, senior agricul tural engineering major, from Pat- tonville, Texas, was elected editor of the Agriculturist at the meet ing of the student agricultural council Wednesday night, Novem ber 13. Ball, class of ’45, served on the Agriculturist Magazine staff as a writer and proof reader in 1942 and 1943. V. A. Yentzen was elected chair man of the council. Other officers elected were LeRoy Hendricks, se cretary, and Billy G. Welch, re porter. B. W. Frierson, Larry L. Bar ton, and George W. Rivers were appointed by Yentzen to submit the council rules and by-laws at the next meeting. Dean Charles N. Shepardson ad dressed the agricultural council and stated that standards were being raised at A. & M. to give students a better education. Dean Shepardson emphasized that grade requirements were going to be higher for upperclassmen than for freshmen. Invitations Needed To Attend Group Or Society Dances Groups or organizations may in vite anyone they wish, or no one at all, to dances put on under their own sponsorship, according to the latest statement of policy by the Student Life Committee, which met Tuesday afternoon in Dean Rollins’ office. It. was also recommended that Student Activities sponsor an All- College dance, to which all stu dents are invited, on Saturday nights following these group ac tivities. The ruling governing invitations was adopted to clear up the prev alent misunderstanding that all classified seniors are automatically invited to all dances on the cam pus. From now on, only those who have specific invitations to attend group functions, such as regimen tal balls, corps balls, veterans’ dances, and club dances, may at tend. Assistant Added to A&M Library Staff Paul W. Beck, of New York City, has been recenty added to the staff of the College Library to fil the position of Assistant to the Chief Librarian. A graduate of Both Marshall College and the University of Illinois, he has held positions as Reference Librarian for the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, and Assistant of Stacks in the Reference Depart ment of the New York Public Li brary. Mr. Beck has been employed to fill a pressing administrative need on the Library Staff. His duties in addition to serving as Assistant to the Head Librarian will consist of the direction and coordination of all the Public Service Depart ments of the Library. MC NEW SUFFERS FROM CEREBRAL SPASM MON. J. T. L. McNew, vice-president of the School of Engineering, is thought to be suffering from a cerebral spasm caused by a clot on the brain. While he was dictating to his secretary at approximately 11:45 a. m. Monday, he complain ed of a severe headache, and in a short time he slumped forward. He was rushed to the Saint Jo seph Hospital in Bryan; his con dition is improving but he is still in a critical stage. This was his first attack of this kind. Graham Aces, Aggielanders Swing Out This Week-End North Texas Group Stages Celebration With Guion Hall Variety Show Tonight 4- What Next? Now It’s A Baby Show For Junior Aggies and TSCW-ites! What is A. & M. coming to? The Brazos county A. & M. Mother’s Club and the Ex-Service men’s Wives Club will sponsor a baby show to be held December 8, at the Assembly Hall. Any child under five years of age, whose father is currently en rolled at A. & M. College, is eli gible to enter the show. Registration begins Friday af ternoon, Nov. 15, and will continue each Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri day afternoon between 2:30 and 4:30 p. m. up to and including Dec. 4. The children will be registered in the Veteran’s Lounge in Sbisa Hall and an entrance fee of 50c will be charged. The contesting children, present ed by their Aggie fathers, will be classified in six age groups. The winners of each age group will compete for the titles of King and Queen. Engraved loving cups will be presented to the King and Queen of the show and the runners-up will receive consolation prizes. Dallas Banker Will Address Economics Club November 19th Col. T. J. Moroney of the Repub lic National Bank of Dallas will speak at the Economics Club’s first regular meeting Tuesday evening, November 19, in the Ge ology lec'ture room, it was an nounced today by the club’s pres ident, Bill Murphy. The program will begin at 7:30 p. m. Col. Mor oney, long recognized as one of the Southwest’s leading authorities in the field of banking, will speak on “Banking in the Southwest.” Murphy pointed out that Money and Banking students will find Col. Moroney especially helpful in answering any questions they might have regarding this field, and that all students are invited to attend. “We are hoping that a large representative group from the Corps will attend this meeting, for I think all who attend will (See BANKER, Page 4) A week of top-flight entertain ment is scheduled for College Sta tion this Friday and Saturday with Floyd Graham’s Band and the Ag gieland Orchestra supplying the necessary music and trimmings. To start things rolling, there will be a Variety Show on the stage of Guion Hall at 7 o’clock Friday night by Floyd Graham’s music makers. This show includes entertainers who have made many appearances during the past two or three seasons at Army hospitals and Red Cross benefits. The troupe hails from North Texas State Col lege and has a reputation of being the best for its size in the South west. In addition to the Variety Show chorus and dancers, Floyd Graham boasts of his Aces of Collegeland Band, which will furn- Kiest Lounge Open YMCA Secretary M. L. Cash- ion has announced that Kiest Lounge will be opened for the week-end of the Rice-Aggie football game. From 2 p. m. Friday until 8 p. m. Sunday, Aggies and their dates will find accommodations in this Dormi tory 2 lounge. nish the down beat for the formal Corps dance Friday night. It will be held in Sbisa Hall from 9 to 12, and ducats cost $1.50 with or without a date. After the Rice-A&M tilt Sat urday, our own Aggieland Orches tra will be on hand for the All- College dance—same place, same time as Friday’s affair. This dance will be semi-formal. The merits of the Aggieland Band speak |or themselves, and those who have heard, seen or danced to this pop ular ensemble know they are tops in smooth dancing renditions. Dormitory 8 and PG Hall are accomodating dates. A charge of 75c for Dorm and $1 for PG Hall has been assesed per guest per day to cover cost of matron, maid ser vice and other incidental expenses. Guests staying in the dormitory must be in not later than 1 a. m. Saturday and 1 a. m. Sunday. Both dormitories will be vacated by 11:30 a. m. Sunday. Orders for corsages are being taken by representatives of the Student Floral Concession under the auspices of the Landscape De partment. There are student rep resentatives in each dormitory. ESCAPES THE JAPS, SO . . . Ex-School Alarm and Singapore Editor Returns to Books at A&M A Chinese editor and educator who spent three years wandering through the mountains of the Phil- lipines to avoid execution by the Japanese arrived in the United States a few weeks ago and is now doing graduate work at A. & M. He is Schubert Shui-Chien Liao, 37, editor of the Great China Press in Manila, and formerly superintendent of Chinese schools in Singapore. Liao, although born and raised in Kiangsi prtfrince in central China, was educated in this coun try, having received a B. S. in Agricultural Education from Mad ison College, Nashville, in 1937, and an M. S. in Horticulture from A. & M. in 1939. He has also at tended the College of Shanghai in China prior to his coming to this country in 1933. Following his early training at Shanghai College, Lioa went to Singapore, Malay, where he re mained for five years, as super intendent of Chinese schools and as a writer and Chinese editor of a daily paper. In 1933 he went to Europe, staying briefly in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Hol land. It was in Germany that Liao acquired the name “Schubert”. The Germans thought Shui-Chien was too difficult to remember, so he was dubbed Schubert and has never dropped it. Coming to this country later the same year, he enrolled at Madison College, com ing to A. & M. upon receiving his B. S. While at A. & M. prior to the war, he was active in Chinese re lief efforts, and once staged a benifit movie here with the assis tance of the local church pastors. “Speaking of that benefit,” said Liao in his crisp English, “ I would like to take this opportunity to thank the local pastors for their cooperation at that time. A con- (See CHINESE, Page 4)

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 15, 1946, Image 1

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