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VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1946
NUMBER 14
Aggies Will Migrate to
Forty Acres Turkey Day
Four-Day Vacation Gives Students
Rest For Dash to Semester’s End
Aggieland promises to be a deserted place, from the in
dications shown by all the Aggies, when the campus figur
atively picks itself up and moves to Austin for the Turkey
Day clash with the teasips from Texas University.
Tickets for coupon holders numbered up to 7000 went
on sale Monday morning at 9 o’clock and the longline string
itself out of the YMCA into the street all day long. Memor
ial Stadium is being readied to hold 48,000 spectators to this
annual grudge battle between Tex
Fourth Town Hall Program Friday Eve
as’ two top schools.
Classes wil be let out Thursday,
Friday, Saturday of next week
with most of the students taking
off after their last class on Wed
nesday; classes reconvene at 7
o’clock Monday morning, December
1st.
All Aggies will get to taste the
big Thanksgiving dinner that the
mess hall puts out each year be
fore the big game. Menus are be
ing made up now and will probably
include the old standbys of turkey,
dressing and cranberry sauce along
with fruits and nuts.
Beginning the holiday festivities
will be the big bonfire on the pa
rade grounds a week from tonight.
Already Freshmen are on the prowl
for combustable material and ac
tual construction will begin later
in the week.
As yet, no special trains have
been arranged for the trip to Aus
tin, but the Missouri Pacific Rail
road has indicated that it might
run one for the convenience of the
Aggies.
Midnight Yell Practice, as usual,
will be held in front of the Austin
Hotel, Tuesday night before the
game.
The Cadet Corps will parade
down Congress Avenue Thanks
giving morning, starting at 10
o’clock. Parade will start at the
bridge and end at the capital, with
a reviewing stand at the midway
point.
Game time is set at 2:30 in the
afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
All Aggies must present their cou
pon books as well as their tickets
to get into, the game.. Holiday fes
tivities are not only going to be
confined to Austin, as many of the
hometown clubs plan dances and
parties for all the Aggies at their
homes.
Anybody having material they
wish to contribute to the Aggie
Bonfire, such as scrap lumber, old
logs, and the like are asked to call
4-5014.
Silver Taps For
Cadet Bradt ’49
Silver Taps was played Sunday
night at 11 o’clock to honor Cadet
Everett Bradt of the Class of ’49.
A member of “F” Battery Field
Artillery, Bradt was from Ysleta
in El Paso County. He was in
the San Angelo Hospital last week
following an auto accident which
took place enroute between his
home and college.
Death came to this Aggie late in
the evening on November 16th
and a relay of the news put the
flag in front of the Academic
Building at half mast Sunday
morning.
Here's Schedule of
Longhorn Photos
Announcement of the first
part of the schedule for Long
horn pictures has been made by
the Annual staff. Organiza
tions will pose on the steps of
Guion Hall at 12:30 of the day
assigned. Listed below is the
schedule for the first week:
Monday, Nov. 18th:
San Antonio Club.
Houston Club.
Tuesday, Nov. 19th:
Greenville Club.
Lutheran Students Ass’n.
Wednesday, Nov. 20th:
Denton County Club.
Thursday, Nov. 21st:
F.F.A. Chapter.
Saddle and Sirloin.
Friday, Nov. 22nd:
Aggie Players.
Laredo Club.
Six Prizes To Be
Given in Choosing
Turkey Day Winner
Parking Situation
To Be Relieved By
Adding New Lots
Hickman Announces New
Weatherproof Spaces
To Ease Congestion
The various lots of piled gravel
seen around the campus are the
first signs of the four new all-
weather parking lots, now under
construction, which Mr. Fred Hick
man, chief of the campus security
police, today said will be ready
soon for use by students and em
ployees of the college.
“The new lots are being con
structed in an effort to meet the
challenge of the record number
of automobiles on the campus,”
said Mr. Hickman, “and to en
courage off-the-street parking by
all who operate automobiles here.”
The new lots are as follows: the
area east of the M. E. Shops to
serve the Academic building; a
new lot north and east of Law for
students in Law, Puryear, Mitchell
and Legett; lot behind dorm 3 for
cars from dorms 1, 3, 5; new lot
behind dorm 12 for all students in
the Corps; the lot behind dorm
11 for students in dorms 7, 9, 11;
students in the newest area will
use the AAA lot and the lot south
of it . All day students should
use the space behind the Petro
leum Building, rather than drive
to their respective buildings.
Military Walk, running in front
of Ross Hall, is to be used by the
personnel working in the offices
of Ross, Hart, and Goodwin halls,
and in the YMCA. Mr. Hickman
said that there is a lot of activity
in those buildings which requires
the use of automobiles and that it
is essential that Military Walk
be kept open for that reason.
“All of them are graveled and
can be used in any kind ow weath
er,” Mr. Hickman said of the
parking lots, “but it will be ne
cessary to keep cars off the four
^ new lots during,., wet weather un-
|til they become well packed. I
believe that with the addition of
these new areas and by coopera
tive action, everybody will be able
to find ample space for his car.”
Plans are set for a contest on/
ry v ',</ vV- 'Y' '*• 1, V ’ ***?&
guessing the outcome of the they become well packed.
Thanksgiving Day game between
A. and M. and Texas. A coupon
for the convenience of participants
can be found in this issue of'the
Battalion.
Prizes have been donated by lo
cal merchants for the winners. Six
prizes to cover the first six clos
est scores will be presented. Win
ners will be given their choice of
the gifts in the order of their rank
ing in the contest.
The six prizes and their donors
are: tennis racquet, Student Co-op;
golf bag, Jones’ Sporting Store;
hand-tooled belt, College Shoe Re
pair Shop; a spur tie clip, Cald
well Jewelers; three khaki shirts,
Smith’s; and a one-month pass to
Guion Hall movies given by Stu
dent Activities.
The contest closes Tuesday, No
vember 26th at five o’clock. The
box for the coupons will be placed
in the Student Activities Office in
the basement of the Administra
tion Building.
URGENT NOTICE
All veterans having a discrep
ancy in their subsistance checks
should report to Room 103, Good
win Hall, not later than Thurs-
day of this week.
This Week’s Poll . .
Aggies Recognize Need For
Better Campus Entertainment
More dances, more and better
motion picture theatres, better se
lection of programs offered by
these theatres—those were the sug
gestions tossed to the Battalion’s
Reporter asking this week’s ques
tion: “Do you think A. & M needs
more amusement facilities?”
Without exception, students
questioned, lamented the lack of
recreational facilities of all kinds
and varieties, covering such activ
ities as dancing, bowling, stage
presentations, and movies.
Jerry Lorenzen, Sophomore from
Edna, beefed about the “insuffi
cient number of dances. When you
do go to a dance,” Lorenzen said,
“there is no place to sit comfort
ably. Tables should be placed in
Sbisa. It would give it the night-
clubbish atmosphere it needs.”
Doyle Peters, Sophomore from
Beaumont, said the recreational ac
tivities around the college were
“mighty slack.” Peters agreed
with Lorenzen in stressing the
need for more and better dances.
Grant Whorton, another Sopho
more from Edna, said that the sit
uation regarding movies was un
satisfactory. “A greater selection
of pictures, especially of the new
er releases, is needed,” Whorton
said. “In addition, the facilities
for showing pictures is not ade
quate. We need another theatre
and more seats in the theatres we
do have.”
Peters, Whorton and Lorenzen all
agreed that a great need exists for
a recreational center, such as the
Y.M.C.A., but with increased facil
ities.
Burt French, Sophomore in.“B”
Battery, Field . Artillery, added
several more “bleeds” to the pile.
“We could use amateur variety
shows, featuring slapstick comedy.
This could be accomplished either
by forming a club for that purpose,
French said, “or by allowing var
ious outfits or dormitories to stage
the affairs.” I also think the in
tramural program can be enliven
ed by staging all-star games be
tween members of different leagues
or regiments,” French concluded.
Two Juniors in ‘C’ Battery Field
Artillery, A. L. Hardy and F. R.
Hardin, stressed the need for a
recreational center. “I have heard
that plans have been completed
and money raised for a new stu
dent union building, but since it
doesn’t look like one wil be built
within the immediate future, some
kind of makeshift plans should be
made by the proper authorities
for providing the student body with
a place to play cards and dominoes,
read, and buy soft drinks all under
the same roof.
Donald R. Monson
Ralston Purina Co.
Names Don Monson
Scholarship Winner
Donald R. Monson, a sophomore
in the Infantry Band, from Padu
cah, Texas has been selected as
winner o f The Ralston Purina
Scholarship Award. The scholar
ship is for the 1947-48 school year.
A special committee of A. & M.
faculty members made the final
selection.
Each year the award is made
by the Ralston Purina Company
to aid some outstanding student
in need of financial assistance.
The amount of the award is de
termined by the number of cases
of Ralston cereal used in the mess
halls during the previous year. For
each case used, 10c is added to the
fund.
Students to Hear
Louis Bromfield
Lecture Next Month
Louis Bromfield, eminent con
servationist and author, will speak
to both students and faculty of A.
& M. in an engagement beginning
December 4.
The general public wil be invited
to hear Bromfield on his first talk,
which wil be the night of Decem
ber 4. Bromfield, a Pulitzer prize
winner, is noted for his authorship
of such novels as “The Green Bay
Tree,” “Early Autumn”, “Mrs.
Parkington,” and “Pleasant Val
ley.”
While at A. & M., Bromfield, will
fill four separate speaking engage
ments. He will speak to the ag
ricultural students as well as to
members of the Extension Service,
Agricultural Experiment Station
and the college Teaching staff. He
will also attend the monthly meet
ing of the Extension Service, where
its members will have the oppor
tunity to speak with him. Brom
field will visit the Experiment Sta
tion on the afternoon of December
5 th.
Bromfield will speak to various
businessmen’s clubs and women’s
clubs in Houston during his Texas
tour.
Mona Paulee, Met Opera Star, Sings
In Top Entertainment Spot of Weekend
Town Hall is due only a short visit by its next perfor
mer, Mona Paulee when she makes her appearance on the
stage of Guion Hall next Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Her
visit wil be short, because Mona Paulee is flying to all of her
concert engagements this season . . . with her husband.
This is the first appearance of Mona Paulee at A. & M.’s
Town Hall. She first attracted attention in the music world
in 1941, when she won that year’s Metropolitian Opera Au
ditions of the air. Since then she
Mona Paulee
Watchdogs in the Night Keep
Campus Free of Owl Propaganda
Conservation and
Wildlife Confabs
Held on Campus
During this past week a series
of conferences was held on the
campus. Dr. Gustav A. Swanson,
Chief, Division of Wildlife Re
search, Fish and Wildlife Service,
U. S. Dept, of Interior; Dr. Lee E.
Yeager, In Charge, Cooperative
Wildlife Research Units, Fish and
Wildlife Service, U. S. Dept, of
Interior; Mr. C. R. Gutermuth,
Vice-President of The Wildlife
Management Institute, Washington
D. C..; discussed important mat
ters concerning wildlife conser
vation and management probems
in Texas with Dr. Walter P. Tay
lor, leader and assistant leader,
Dr. W. B. Davis, of the Texas Co
operative Wild Life Research Unit.
The purpose of the visit was to
lay plans for the Twelfth North
American Wildlife Conference
Conference which is to be held at
the Plaza Hotel in San Antonio,
Feb. 3-5, 1947.
The emphasis of the program
will be on proper land use as re
lated to wildlife. Many problems
of wildlife conservation and man
agement will be discussed.
According to Mr. Gutermuth,
the field of wildlife conservation
and management offers splendid
opportunities for young men well
trained in wildlife and journalism
as out-door writers. This is per
haps the biggest field open to in
dividuals interested in wildlife at
the present time. Also another
field of training is that of Wildlife
Administration.
Former Dean Kyle
TFill Pay Visit to
Campus This Month
On the 22nd of this month, the
former Dean and Mrs. Edwin J.
Kyle will return to the campus for
a visit after an extended absepce.
For the past two years, Dean Kyle
has been out of this country in
the service of the United States
Foreign Service in Guatemala. He
received his appointment as Amer
ican Ambassador from the Presi
dent in February of 1945.
He is a graduate of the Class of
’99, and was made Dean of the
School of Agriculture in 1911 when
that school was first established at
the college. In that capacity, he
served until he received the am
bassadorship in 1945.
Pre-Med Society
To Meet Tonight
The Pre-Medical — Pre-Dental
Society will hold its fourth reg
ularly scheduled meeting Tuesday
Evening, 19 November, 1946, in
the lecture room of Science Hall.
A talk on Aviation physiology has
been arranged for the program,
and plans for the season banquet
will be submitted for approval.
The purpose of the club is to
broaden those subjects of in
terest to students who will con
tinue medical and dental educa
tion, and to develop closer social
contact among students and be
tween the students and the Pre-
Medical Advisory Committee.
It is advantageous for each in
dividual student expecting to en
ter medical or dental school to be
an active member of this society.
Attention to These
Longhorn Deadlines
Military Comdrs. and Staffs,
Nov. 20.
Soph Class Pictures, Nov. 22.
$25 Club Fee, Nov. 27.
Company snapshots, Dec. 7.
Fish Class pictures, Dec. 15.
Veteran pictures, Dec. 15.
Vanity Fair, Dec. 15.
Senior Favorites, Jan. 15.
Club Reservations, Jan. 15.
Class o f’45 Plan
Dance for Dec. 6th
The class of ’45 decided to have
a party at the Bryan Country Club
Friday night December 6 to which
members of the class are welcome
to bring dates.
At the class meeting in the
Y Chapel Tuesday night, the mem
bers of the class also decided to
have a small cover charge to de
fray the expenses of the party and
that the members attending would
buy their own refreshments.
A special meeting of the class
is called for December 2 at 7 p. m.
in the Assembly hall to determine
the number of members of the
class that will be present for the
party.
After dark, strollers and wan
derers last week were continually
accosted at various entrances to
the campus much to their con
sternation and surprise. Never
theless this constant questioning of
migrants by the “border patrols”
paid off: Not a drop of “off-color
paint” or lettering appeared on
the campus.
All that remains of the vigil
kept by the underclassmen are
little piles of blackened wood chars
from their watch camps. These
dot the grounds near all of the
gates to the college and promi
nent landmarks in need of protec
tion. Groups of three to five hud
dled about their campfires through
all hours of the night presented
a picturesque sight bringing to
mind an old custom of the pre
war feuds waged with the paint
brush between A. & M. and Rice.
Other campuses, one in partic-
u 1 a r, which were not so well
guarded suffered a humiliating
fate. Several forays into “ene-
Rifle Team Draws
Arms for Practice
Plans to elect Captain and Co-
Captain of the A. & M. Rifle team
were discussed at the second meet
ing held November 5 by the 25
members present, announced Mas
ter Sergeant Truman Allen
New rifles were drawn Novem
ber 7, and will be clean and ready
for use when the team starts fir
ing Tuesday. Elimination and
practice firing will continue until
about February 1 when the first
competitive match wil be held. It
is not sure which team will be the
first opponent. Sergeant Allen ex
pects over half the team to be com
posed of members of last years
rifle team.
Safeway Reporter
Gathers Material
On Farm Gadgets
F. Hal Higgins, Safeway farm
reporter, visited A. & M. last week
to gather material for a feature
page on farm gadgets to be pub
lished in leading farm magazines
by Safeway stores.
Higgins conferred with Fred R.
Jones, head of the A.&M. Depart
ment of Agricultural Engineering,
and other members of the depart
ment, and R. B. Hickerson, assis
tant state supervisor for the Farm
Labor Program of the Extension
Service.
Some of the labor saving de
vices which attracted the Safeway
farm reporter’s attention were the
hay and grain drying equipment
developed by the Agricultural En
gineering staff of the College,
and the sweet potato digging and
harvesting equipment which is
being demonstrated in labor sav
ing field days over the sweet
potato growing areas.
Higgins took several pictures of
the different labor-saving devices
built by Texas farmers.
my” territory paid off when the
sparkling name of the college was
givpn free advertisement in prom
inent places. Unfortunate acci
dents befell a few of the advertis
ing managers but as a whole the
campaign was a success.
But this lookout has only been
a practice for training guard in
the remaining days preceding the
Turkey Day grid battle. Now not
only must they be on the lookout
for would-be authors but also ar
sonists as well These fire lovers will
no doubt follow precedent by try
ing to prematurely set off the an
nual bonfire which is in the pro
cess of being assembled on the
drill field.
Year after year the teasippers
have attempted to dispose of the
Aggie bonfire but no one can be
found who ever remembers them
succeeding. On the other hand
the forty-acre bonfire, if the small
mound of inflammables resem
bling a loaded fireplace can be
called a bonfire, has met with not
a few misfortunes.
This season will probably be
no exception meaning that a lot
of trys will be made by both
schools. As long as nothing per
manently detrimental is done on
either campus, this war will cause
interest and anxiety in the two
camps of opposing forces. S o
here’s to a good battle and may
the bonfires be bright.
has completed three very success
ful seasons at the Met. During
the semi-finals of the Met Audi-
t i o n s, she contacted bronchial
pneumonia, but went on to sing
and to win the contest, all against
her doctors orders.
During the Fall of 1944 and
Spring of 1945, Miss Paulee sang
the title in the Columbia Con
cert production of “Carmen” that
toured the country and was widely
acclaimed by critics from coast to
coast. Many of the music writers
of the country believe that she is
slated to take this role at the Met
soon.
Not only has Mona Paulee sung
in opera, but she has also appeared
with outstanding radio programs,
such as “The Pause that Refresh
es”, “Music America Loves” and
“World of Song.” She has also
filled a number of engagements
with such orchestras as the New
York Philharmonic, both under the
baton of Walter and Mitropoluos,
the Toronto Promenade, the Ta
coma and Waco Symphony, and
the National Sympathy at Wash
ington’s Water Gate.
Not only is Mona Paulee an
outstanding singer but she is an
attractive one as well. She is
small in statue and has smokey
grey eyes and black lustrous hair.
She fits well into the part of Car
men even though she is not of
Spanish descent, but she is able to
fill the definite physical, type and
vitality, as well as the excellent
voice, needed for this role.
Miss Paulee’s concert Friday
night will include many concert
and opera selections, a few of
which are listed here; “She Never
Told Her Love” by Haydn, “Una
voce poco fa”, from “The Barber
of Seville”, “May Night” by
Brahms, “Pleurez, mes yeux” by
Massenet, “Nicolette” by Ravel,
“The Wind” by Theodore Chanler,
and “This Day is Mine” by Har
riet Ware.
Reserve Officers
Plan for Airport
The Brazos County Reserve Of
ficers Association held its monthly
meeting last Tuesday night in the
Geology Lecture Room. There were
71 reserve officers present.
A committee headed by E. N.
Holmgreen, president of the asso
ciation, will leave Friday for San
Antonio where an attempt will be
made to get an air field estab
lished at Bryan field so that the
Air Force reserve officers will
have an opportunity to fly.
McNEW NOW HOME BUT
CAN’T HAVE VISITORS
J. T. L. McNew, vice-presi
dent for engineering was taken
home this week from St. Jo
seph’s Hospital in Bryan. He
is slowly recovering from a
cerebral hemmorhage suffered
last week, but is still under full
time medical care and will not
be able to receive visitors for
several weeks at the earliest.
Giesecke Speaks To
ASHVE Thursday
A special program has
been planned by the Student Chap
ter of the ASHVE on Thursday,
November 21 at 7:30 in the Petro
leum Lecture Room, Leroy Brown,
club reporter stated. Dr. F. E.
Giesecke will give an illustrated
lecture on “Radiant Heating and
Radiant Cooling”. The faculty
and engineering students are urged
to attend this interesting pro
gram.
Dr. Giesecke is an A. & M. grad
uate and Professor Emeritus at
A. & M. He has been director of
the Engineering Experiment Sta
tion and former national presi
dent of the American Society of
Heating and Ventilating Engin
eers
He is distinguished for his re
search in the fields of hot water
heating, heat transmission, and
air conditioning and is considered
one of the outstanding authorities
in this country on the subject of
radiant heating and radiant cool
ing.
Aggie Spirits Will Dance to
Conjure Magic to Kill Jinx
AIEE Meets Thursday
The A&M Branch of the AIEE
will hold its regular monthly
meeting on Thursday evening, No
vember 21, in the EE Lecture
room at 7:30.
The principal feature of the
meeting will be a talk on “Atomic
Power” by Dr. Potter, head of the
Physics Department. All EE ma
jors are urged to attend.
By Ferd English
On the night of November 26
there will be a red glow in the
sky. Men will be standing around
a huge bonfire and saying” This
takes me back to before the war”,
because it will be the first time
since many Aggies went away to
war that they have witnessed the
traditional pre-Turkey Day bon
fire.
For years Aggies have heralded
the approaching Tu game with a
bonfire composed of everything
that the citizens in this vicinity
cared to contribute (at times not
knowingly) that would burn.
Because of the scarcity of ma
terial at this time, the bonfire may
be smaller than usual this year,
however, being that there are more
students on the campus now, there
will probably be. more thorough
coverage of the area.
Throughout the bonfire the
echos of “Gig ’em Aggies”, “Farm
er’s Fight”, “Military”, “Old Ar
my”, “New Army”, “Aggie War
Hymn”, “Twelfth Man”, and “The
Spirit of Aggieland” will drift
across the campus and the whole
atmosphere will be saturated with
the feeling of brotherhood on the
A.&M. campus.
There will be speeches by the
coaches, trainers, players, and yell-
leaders that will burst the smol
dering Aggie spirit into flame. The
band will be there in all its glory
to play all of the songs so dear to
the hearts of all Aggies. The band
is the biggest since before the
war and is at the present time
one of the best college bands in
the nation, so the music that they
play will be out of the top draw
er.
This year the number of fe
males at the bonfire will be more
than usual, because of the in
crease in the number of students,
and because of the students wives.
Many of the Aggie sweethearts
consider the fire to be the begin
ning of the Thanksgiving festivi
ties.
When the flames have died down
and everyone has that sandpaper
in his throat and those butterflies
in his stomach the crowd will slow
ly disperse, whereabouts the men
will go to their holes and pack for
the trip over to Austin to watch
the Farmers play up the “Forty
Acres”.