Still 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
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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)