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VOLUME 46
Texas A«M
The B
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1946
First Basketball
Game on Wednesday
Number 17
Louis Bromfield Will
Speak to Students
Louis Bromfield, noted farmer, lecturer and author of
many novels, including “The Green Bay Tree” and “Mrs.
Parkington”, will speak to the students of the school of Ag
riculture Wednesday at 11 a. m. in Guion Hall. All agri-
Board of Directors Acts on Negro College
Authorization Given for
Three Aggie Round-Bailers
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CAGE STARS oil the Aggie basketball Team are lert fb* right: Homer Adams of Dallas, Mike Garcia of
San Antonio, and Les Peden. Since this picture was taken, Les Peden has withdrawn from the team due
to a knee injury.
Law School in Houston
Mess Hall Prices Raised 20 Cents
Per Diem; NM’s Allowed Civvies
The A & M College Board of Directors met last Wednes
day and acted on three items that are of particular interest
to students. The mess hall subsistence rate was raised 20
cents per diem, a law school for Negroes was authorized to
be established in Houston, and the uniform regulations for
non-reg students were changed.
The question of the segregation of Negro students was
settled by the authorization of a school of higher learning
ffor Negroes to be located in Hous-
culture students are excused from
classes and required to attend, an-
n o u n c e d dean of Agriculture
Charles N. Shepardson.
Bromfield’s lecture to the pub
lic is scheduled at 7:30 p.,m., Wed
nesday, in the Chemistry lecture
room. He is also to speak at 9 a.
m. Thursday in the YMCA chapel
to the Extension Service staff, in
cluding members of the division of
farm labor now holding its state
meeting in College Station. At
1:30 p. m. he will address the
Texas Agriculture Experiment Sta
tion staff in the station confer
ence room, announced E. C. Martin,
assistant state Extension Service
agent.
Monday and Tuesday Bromfield
made appearances in Houston be
fore the Garden Club and the Hous
ton County Club, composed of bus
iness men of the vicinity.
Improvement Plans
For Engineering
School Discussed
Dean Barlow Presents
Ideas at Meeting of
A. & M. Chapter AAUP
Dean H. W. Barlow spoke before
the A. and M. College chapter of
American Association of Univer
sity Professors Thursday evening,
November 21. He discussed recent
accomplishments and plans of the
School of Engineering. Attention
of the group was brought to the
fact that new and valuable equip
ment has been added to the facil
ities of the School of Enineering.
This equipment includes a mass
spectrometer, an alternating cur
rent calculating board, an internal
combustion engine testing cell and
new testing apparatus at the wind
tunnel Plans for obtaining addi
tional laboratories and testing de
vices are under way.
Barlow stressed that more space
for research including laborator
ies with controlled temperature is
needed. Many new and valuable
men have been added to the staff,
the Dean said. He added that the
school had been unusually fortu
nate in this respect.
Dean Barlow stated that definite
plans are under way to improve
the scholastic standing of under
graduate students. These include
the obtaining of sponsored schol
arships and improved work in
freshman orientation. Every
course must be re-examined to
see that it contributes a maximum
to the students curriculum.
Concerning the faculty, Dean
Barlow stated that the most vital
thing is for the college to encour
age its staff members to grow
intellectually to become better men
and better teachers for as the men
grow so will the institution grow.
Such growth may come about by
participation in research, indus
trial experience, by constant im
proving of teaching methods and
proper orientation, especially of
the new faculty members.
Dr. W. M. Potts, President of
the local chapter, conducted a brief
business session following Dean
Barlow’s address. The members
of the chapter plan to meet with
members of other A.A.U.P. chap
ters of the state at the Texas
Academy of Sciences meeting in
Dallas, December 13 and 14.
Christmas Dates
For Aggieland Set
The Aggieland Orchestra still
has two open dates on their Christ
mas calender that they are playing
during the coming holidays and
anyone desiring one of these dates
should contact Bill Turner in the
Student Activities Office.
The Aggieland will play in La
redo on December 23 for the La
redo A&M Club, in Harlingen for
the A&M Club there on the 24th,
for the Lavaca County A&M Club
at Hallettsville Christmas night, at
Cuero on the 26th for the Cuero
A&M Club, on December 27 at San
Angelo A&M Club there, and for
the American Legion Post at Bra
dy on the 28th of the month.
PRE-MEDS, PRE-DENTS
TO DINE AND DANCE
The Pre-Medical — Pre-Dental
Society banquet will be held in
Sbisa Hall on December 7, and
will be followed by a dance. Dean
Elliot of the Texas Dental College,
Houston, wil be the speaker of the
evening.
Tickets are available from all
officers of the society and from a
large number of members. The
last date for reservations is Thurs
day. The society would like for
as many local physicians and den
tists as possible to attend the ban
quet.
Report Failure to
Receive Payment
Veterans attending A. & M.
college who have not received a
check prior to December 3,
should report to one of the
training officers at Ramp B,
Hart Hall sometime between
December 4 and 7, according to
W. H. Bailey, Veterans repre
sentative. He stated, that these
cases must be reported in order
to get payments renewed as
soon as possible.
Schwenke Calls
Game Closest to
Win Grid Contest
Winners for the contest to fore
tell the score of the Aggie-Long
horn battle can now be announced.
Surprising as it may be there were
not a few students who decided
that the Aggies were going to be
on the small end of the final tal
ly-
Six of the winners picked a
three-to-one touchdown ratio but
only one thought it would be worse
and called it 28-7. Part of the
contest was to put the right a-
mount of each side’s score in prop
er quarter, and this was where
a large number fell off the band
wagon.
For first place is James R.
Schwenke who figured the final
count at 21-7 with the Aggie
score in the second quarter and
the three Longhorn touchdowns in
the first, third and last quarters.
Second place went to Charlie
Murray with a 20-7 score and Tex
as’ touchdowns in the correct
quarters, but the Farmer score
in the first period. He like all
the rest didn’t take in to account
the possibility of a field goal.
Joe W. Jones and J. A. Whitacre
tied for the next position each with
20-7 tallies. Their mistake was in
putting the Aggies counter in the
first period and a touchdown for
the Steers in the first period.
Three ties were found for the
next position. These are the ones
who picked a close score for the
game but put two scores in some
quarters for the Longhorns. They
are G. E. Williams, 20-7; Clyde
B. Miller, 20-7; and the closest
score picker, Andy Matula, 28-7.
The winners are asked to be
present at the Student Activities
office at 5 p. m. Wednesday to
receive their prizes. Because of
the ties there are seven winners
instead of six as planned but pri
zes will be awarded to all.
Patterson Attends
Conferences on
Animal Production
Dr. R. E. Patterson, animal hus
bandman and professor of gene
tics in the Animal Husbandry de
partment, beef cattle section, at
tended the American Society of
Animal Production at its annual
meeting in Chicago, November 29-
30.
Dr. Patterson presented his pa
per on “The Comparative Effi
ciency of Single vs. Three Day
Weights of Steers,” at the meet
ing. He also appeared on the pro
gram of the American Scientific
Work Conference, held in Raleigh,
North Carolina, on November 18,
1946.
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A Joint Meeting of
Engineering Groups
To Be Held Tonight
A joint meeting of all Engineer
ing Societies will be held tonight,
December 3, at 7:15 p. m. in the
Chemistry Lecture Room to hear
Mr. W. W. Finlay speak on “Na
tional Preparedness.”
Mr. Finlay was born in England
and came to this country in 1920.
He was responsible for the organ
ization, construction and operation
of the Cincinnati, Ohio plant of the
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
which produced aircraft engines
during the recent war. He is
presently Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager of the Guiberson
Corporation of Dallas.
METHODIST LADIES TO
HOLD BAZAAR TODAY
A bazaar sponsored by the ladies
of the Methodist Church of Col
lege Station will be held tonight
in the Methodist Church at 5:30.
Many and various kinds of Christ
mas gifts will be on sale. Supper
will be served at 6:00. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
Ag Judging Team
Wins 12th Place
At Chicago Meet
A&M’s livestock team Saturday
placed twelfth Saturday in the In-
tercollegate contest at the Interna
tional Livestock Exposition at Chi
cago. F. I. Dahlberg, head of the
animal husbandry department and
acting team coach in the absence
of W. M. Warren, announced in a
telegram to the department Sun
day that the team placed second in
sheep, tenth in swine, twelfth in
horses and fourteenth in cattle
judging.
The team composed of H. G.
Law, M. G. Duncan, W. T. Sayles,
W. T. Magee, W. E. Berry, Jr. and
C. R. Landon with Dahlberg and
Charles Love, assistant coach, will
return Wednesday to the campus,
completing the fifteen day trip to
Chicago and to some of the major
agriculture colleges in the corn
belt.
The people of Texas are be
coming better acquainted with the
Singing Cadets of Aggieland as
each year passes. And after next
week, another section of the state
will become familiar with this
choral organization when they will
sing for the students of TSCW.
The present club was not formal
ly organized until 1938 when 18
Aggies banded together and de
cided to get official sanction for
themselves as a glee club. Pro
fessor J. J. Woolkett, head of the
Modern Languages department
was drafted as club director. Wool
kett was a former member of the
glee club at Oberlin College in
Ohio and had organized several
singing groups at that college.
With this, the A&M Glee Club got
underway.
Membership increased during the
first year as the group made var
ious appearances before clubs on
the campus and in other public
performances. Enough funds were
raised for them to make a trip to
San Antonio for their first off-the
campus program. It was a prede
cessor of the host of others to
follow.
Adding more members to the or
ganization in the school year of
1938-39, another trip was made to
Houston and Galveston. In this
tour, they appeared at radio sta
tions, schools, and clubs and stim
ulated enough interest to raise the
number of members to about 60 in
No Postponements;
Deadlines Must Be
Kept on Longhorn
Work on the 1947 Longhorn has
been slowed down considerably by
the Cadet Corps’ failure to coop
erate with the photographers, ac
cording to co-editors Harry Saun
ders and Jimmy Demopulos. Clubs
and organizations have not kept
their appointments to have their
pictures taken. Clubs are request
ing postponements due to the fail
ure of enough members to be pres
ent at the scheduled time to have
pictures made. These schedules
have already been made and must
be kept.
Juniors and seniors have until
Saturday, December 7, to select
their proofs. After that time
proofs will be picked for them by
members of the annual staff.
It was also announced that
freshmen are lagging in their pho
to schedule.
all. Even though school work and
other interests interferred with
many of the singers’ practice, the
club took another tour the next
year through South Texas where
the public began to take notice of
the Aggie singing organization as
it appeared for banquets, radio
programs, and theatres.
While enjoying all of this pub
licity, the club was not entirely
satisfied with the name of Texas
A&M Glee Club and so decided to
choose another one. A contest was
held to accept suggestions and af
ter long and deliberate considera
tion, it was finally agreed to take,
the name of Singing Cadets as the
official one, the name of the club
ever since.
The Singing Cadets popularity
has increased by leaps and bounds
since then. Richard Jenkins suc
ceeded Woolkett as director of the
club and started a campaign to
make the Singing Cadets known
throughout the South by making
tours of schools, colleges, clubs,
and various other groups. Beau
mont was included in the club’s
tour of 1941-42. Newer singing
arrangements were procured and
they included both popular and
classical selections. Special at
tention was paid to Aggie songs.
When Universal Pictures began
production of “We’ve Never Been
Licked” on the campus in the Fall
of 1942, the Singing Cadets were
selected to do all choral music for
Former Aggie Now
Serving in Vienna
Transport Command
First Lt. Edgar L. Kellam, son
of Mrs. Ina Mae Kellem, 310
Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, is
currently serving as navigation
and briefing officer at Tulin Ar
my Air Base, in Vienna, Austria,
it has been announced by that
headquarters.
Lt. Kellam attended high school
in Columbus, Georgia, graduating
from their in 1941. He then came
to A. & M., entering the service
in September, 1943. After re
ceiving navigation training as an
aviation cadet, he was commission
ed in October, 1944.
Tulin Air Base serves as the
Austrian Terminal of the Euro
pean Air Transport Service, pro
viding aerial transportation for
the US occupation forces in that
theater.
He hopes to return to the states
in the near future to enroll in
pilot training.
the picture. Under the direction
of Ken Darby, leader of radio’s
King’s Men, the group received
valuable experience and training
while contributing to the film it
self.
Early in 1943, the Houston Sym
phony included the Singing Cadets
on one of its concerts that year.
At the time the club was making
a trip to Camp Wallace and the
vicinity appearing at various clubs,
churches, schools, and also at the
A&M Exes club.
Not until the Spring of 1944,
did the Cadets swing on another
tour, this time to East Texas, and
Dallas, and Denton. Shortly af
terward, Jenkins resigned to be
come a music director at N.T.A.C.
and Euell Porter continued direc
tion of the club until the Fall of
that year, when Bill Turner, the
present director, took over the or
ganization.
Continuing its tours of the state,
the Singing Cadets sang in Beau
mont in the Spring of 1945, at
John Tarleton Agriculture College
at Stephenville in the Fall of 1945,
for Sam Houston State Teachers
College during January of 1946,
and at TSCW last Spring.
And don’t think that that’s the
end of it either. After this next
performance Saturday night, the
club plans about four other dates
to fill in the coming season. On
this December 19, they will sing
(See CADETS, Page 4)
Annex Theater to
Show Free Movies
Effective Monday, December
2, the Rivoli Theater, located at
the Bryan Air Field Annex, was
closed for A. & M. students, it
was announced by Bill Dominy
of the Student Concessions.
Instead of running movies
throughout the week, there will
be two free shows each week.
On Wednesday evening at 7:30
p. m. and Sunday afternoon at
2:30 p. m. movies will be shown
for the benefit of Aggies living
at the Annex.
Aggie Players
Make Debut on
December 11th
Plans have been completed by
the Aggie Players for their first
play of the season when they pre
sent “The Male Animal”, Decem
ber 11 through 14 on the stage of
the Assembly Hall.
The original production of “The
Male Animal” appeared on Broad
way in 1941 and it was written by
James Thurber and Elliot Nugent.
It was an instantanious success
and remained in the theatre for
several seasons.
Male leads in the Aggie Players’
performance include Bill Kruase
of Houston, John Steum and Fred
English of San Antonio. Mary
Frierson and Mamie Lee Jackson
will take the female leads. Sup
porting players include Frank
Camp of Blum, Texas and Jimmie
MacKenzie of San Diego, Calif
ornia.
Tickets to the showing will go
on sale the latter part of this week
on the campus and at several pla
ces in Bryan. Prices will be 60
cents for reserved seats and 40
cents for general admission tickets.
Arthur Angrist, director of the
Aggie Players announced that this
is only the first of several plays
planned to be put on during this
school year. He also stated that
anyone interested in taking part in
plays, contact him at the English
Department in the near future.
Hillel Sponsors
United Jewish
Appeal Program
The A. and M. Hillel Foundation
in cooperation with the Bryan
Jewish Community, is sponsoring
a United Jewish Appeal Program
on Friday evening, December 6, at
7:30 p. m., at the Y.M.C.A. Chapel
immediately following the regular
Friday evening religious services.
Leonard M. Cohen of New York
will be guest speaker and explain
the program of reconstruction and
rehabilitation which the United
Jewish Appeal is endeavoring to
carry out in this country and over
seas. The talk will be illustrated
by a film called “The Battle for
Survival” produced by R.K.O.-
Pathe.
Funds raised by the United Jew
ish Appeal are distributed through
three major American Jewish re
lief organizations. They are the
Joint Distribution Committee,
which provides for overseas relief
and rehabilitation in more than 50
countries; the United Palestine
Appeal, which supports the pro
gram for mass settlement and re
construction in Palestine; and the
National Refugee Service which
maintains a program for the ad
justment of refugees in the United
States. Cardinal Spellman and
John D. Rockefeller are among the
leading Americans supporting the
work of the United Jewish Appeal.
William Rosenwald, Rabbi Jonah
B. Wise, and Charles J. Rosen-
bloom are National Chairmen.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the College and Bryan commu
nities to attend the meeting.
ton. The school is to offer a first
year law course that wil be taught
by Negro attorneys, and will be
qnder the supervision of Prairie
View University, an A & M branch.
Governor Stevenson estimated that
the cost of beginning the school
would be $50,000 and has offered
to grant a deficiency appropria
tion to finance the school from the
funds at his command.
Effective December 18th the
prices of family style meals in the
mess halls will be raised from $1.00
to $1.20 per day. The prices of the
“pay as you go” meals will be rais
ed from 40 to 50 cents for the noon
and evening meal, but the morning
meal prices will remain the same.
The price raise was necessitated
by the increasing costs of foods.
An additional payment of $5.20
must be paid by all students who
have paid for their meals for the
whole semester in advance. Those
paying on the installment plan will
pay a total of $42.80 on their next
installment.
The Board approved a recom
mendation by Col. G. S. Melay that
non-reg students not be required
to wear uniform. This pertains to
the first and second year students
who have been required to wear
the uniform in the past even though
they are not in military organiza
tion. This is a temporary measure
enacted because there are so many
veterans who are not in uniform
at present, it was stated.
Officers Elected
To November 21st
Annex Vet Meeting
SHSTC All-Girl
Band to Play for
Dance December 14
On Thursday, November 21, the
A&M Annex Veterans Club elec
ted permanent officers to serve for
the duration of the school year.
Those elected were: president,
John W. Laufenberg of Port Ar
thur; first vice-president, Howard
Bumbaugh of San Antonio; second
vice-president, Gus W. Lampe; sec
retary, Dudley Smith of Houston;
treasurer, W. R. Brown; recording
secretary, Elroy Ottie; and par
liamentarian, John W. Hagen of
San Antonio.
Membership in the Club is open
to all men who served in any
branch of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, or Maritime Service. The
club boasts a membership of sev
enty percent of the veterans living
at the annex. Club objectives are
to encourage greater school spirit,
improve student life at the Annex,
promote social activities, and to
promote a better understanding be
tween the Cadet Corps and the
Veterans.
At a special called meeting, pres
ident John Laufenberg announced
that the All-Girl Orchestra of
Sam Houston State Teachers Col
lege has been engaged to play for
the club dance, to be held on De
cember 14 at the Student Center.
The dance will be open to both
members of the Club and the Cadet
Corps, and while stags will be ad
mitted, the president urged that
all members arrange to have dates.
Dates may stay in the dormitory
provided at the annex or in private
homes in Bryan.
Meats Course Now
Offered at A. & M.
Studies are under way at A&M
on the value of meats in the diet
for reproduction, particularly as a
supplement to rations made up
chiefly of cereal grains and their
by-products.
Research in this field has been
made possible through a grant-in-
aid of $3,000 by the National Live-
stack and Meat Board of Chicago,
which comprises all phases of meat
production, processing and mar
keting.
These studies will be conducted
by Dr. B. S. Schweigert, nutrition
ist for the Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station, in the Nutrition
Laboratory, which is operated
jointly by the Station and the
Department of Animal Husbandry.
Singing Cadets In Eight Years
Have Featured Varied Programs