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A V C Reports On Food Prices VOLUME 46 Tern AaM The B COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1946 Aggie “Brats” Parade Sunday Number 18 PHYSICALS FOR AIR CORPS RESERVE OFFICERS MON. A flight surgeon will visit the A. & M. campus on Monday, December 9, for the purpose of giving physical examinations to Air Corps Reserve Officers. These examinations will be ad ministered at the college hospi tal. Prior to taking the exam, each officer must make an ap pointment with W. R. Aven in room 29, Leggett Hall. Appli cations will be taken by Aven through Sunday, December 8. Gen. Wainwrighf and Inspecting Party to Visit Campus December 10, Unconfirmed Reports Disclose The eyes of the army seemed to be turning toward the ROTC Unit at A. & M. with ever-increasing intensity as five different inspections and visits were announced by the ROTC Headquarters. The second of four informal in-' spection tours by officers of the Fourth Army Headquarters in San Antonio tops the list. The in specting party, due to arrive on December 10 for a two-day stay, is expected to be headed by Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commander of the Fourth Army, but as yet no official confirmation has been received. This inspection party will fol low the tactics of the first, which was conducted in October under the leadership of Maj. Gen. Clark son, in reviewing the performance of cadets in the classroom, at drill, and on the campus. The report of the four informal inspections will be combined with that of the annual Federal inspec tion, slated for March, in determin ing the military rating of the RO TC at A.&M. Annual Audit On the campus for an extended stay, probably to exceed three months, is Mathias Crandall, civ ilian senior auditor from the Fin ance Office, Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio. Mr. Crandall is engaged in mak ing a complete audit of all govern ment equipment on the campus, counting every piece, and compar ing his records to those of the Headquarters. Ordnance Experts A class A Ordnance inspection team, composed of one officer, Lt. Robert Speek, two enlisted men, and five civilian experts are now inspecting the condition of all ord nance equipment. The Ordnance ROTC unit is also under surveillance by this group. R. M. Bush, representative of the Chief of Ordnance in Washing ton, will also be on the campus December 12 to inspect. More Visitors Col. N. F. Galbraith, of the RO TC G-3 section of the Fourth Ar my, inspected the cadets Thurs day and Friday. tL. Col. Jack Nendell, HQ 10th Air Force at Brooks Field, will arrive on December 9 to consult with Col. Meloy and Lt. Col. Dex ter Hodge, Professor of Air Sci ence and Tactics, concerning the Air ROTC unit at A. & M. Dorsey '45 Submits Best Campus-tivity Snap for November George Darsey, class of ’45, is the November winner in the Longhorn monthly photo contest, it was an nounced by the Longhorn staff. The winning shot depicts a droopy- eyed, over-weary Aggie in the wee hours of the morning before that major quiz. “It doesn’t take an expert photographer to win this monthly prize,” says Jimmie De- mopolus, co-editor, “and pictures of all forms of Aggie life are in demand for the Aggieland Section.” Another $5.00 prize will be award ed for the best picture for the month of December. Boxes for these pictures will be placed in both Sbisa and Duncan mess hall entrances, or pictures may be mail ed or turned in at the Student Act ivities Office. Demopolus also announced that negatives of good Aggieland shots may be left at the A. & M. Photo Shop for printing. These pictures will automatically be entered in the monthly photo Contest and negatives will be returned by call ing for them at the photo shop. Veterans and freshmen are re minded that December 15 is the last day class section pictures will be made at the A. & M. Photo Shop. Deadline for Senior Favor ite entries remains at January 15. A 5 x 7 glbssy bust picture is required with a $1.50 entry fee. Deadline for Vanity Fair pic tures has been extended to Jan uary 15 due to numerous requests from Seniors whose pictures will not arrive in time. Pictures turn ed in are to be 5x7 glossy prints of three different poses: one bust view, one full-length in street dress, and one full-length in even ing dress. The fee for entry is $1.50. MARKETING & FINANCE CLUB TO MEET TUESDAY Members of the Marketing and Finance Club will hold their mon thly meeting at 7:30 p. m., Tues day, December 10, 1946, in Room 312 of the Agriculture Building. All Aggies are urged to attend. Plans will be made for a party, and speaker will be on hand for the meeting. Guizar and His Guitar To Play On Town Hall Tito Guizar, Latin- American impresario of the guitar and sil ver-throated ambassador of Span ish song, has been engaged to appear with his famous Trouba dours on the stage of Guion Hall in late January. Included in his group of fifteen artists are Mexican Tipica Sinfoneta, a beau tiful dance team, a soloist, and a concert pianist. The Town Hall presentation will be of two and one-half hour duration. There will be two performances, an after noon and evening showing. Guizar has been very popular with past audiences who admire his jaunty presentation of Mexican songs and comical ad-lib. He has appeared in both Mexican and American movies, and is currently starred in the M-G-M musical pro duction, “Holiday in Mexico”. Cullman, Brandt, and Buntyn To Attend Chicago Conference Student Council representatives from the veterans and the Cadet Corps met Wednesday night in Sbisa Hall to com plete organization of the Council, and to consider and make recommendations concerning policy problems on the campus. Following election of Bill Mc Cormick as permanent chairman of the Council, and Louis L’Homme- dieu as secretary, discussion cen tered around the prospect of send ing delegates to the Chicago Stu dent Conference, December 28-30. Joseph Cullinan, Ed Brandt, and Claude Buntyn were nominated delegates with Jug Leatherwood recommended as observer, pending approval and appropriation of the To Denton Singing Cadets Will Go for First Trip of Year Aggieland’s Singing Cadets, numbering fifty-five strong, will make their first off-the-campus trip of the present school year to morrow night at TSCW. Rehearsals have been speeded up during this past week, in or der that the entire club will be ready to begin its ninth year at A. & M. Tomorrow night’s concert will be the second tour to Denton this year for the group, the first visit having l^pen made during the spring. Bill Turner, director of the Singing Cadets, announced that this tour will mark the official debut of the chorus this year. It has appeared once before this se mester at a Saturday night Jam boree. Included in the TSCW concert tomorrow night will be the follow ing selections: “The House I Live In,” then several Negro Spir ituals, two songs from Wales, “All Through the Night” and “Welch Choral”. They will also sing “Dark Eyes” and “Stouthearted Men”. Further plans for the Singing Cadets this year call for concerts at Beaumont, Sam Houston State Teachers College, and John Tarle- ton Agricultural College. necessary funds by the Student Life Committee. The problem of seating at bas ketball games in DeWare Field House was considered, and no so lution was offered which would provide seating for all holders of coupon books, numbering 8600, in bleachers accomodating only 3200 spectators. However, the recommendation was made to C. D. Ownby, busi ness manager of athletics, that ad mission to the games be by cou pon book only, and that coupon books numbering from 1 to 4300, and books from 4301 to 8600, be valid at alternate games. Such' an arrangement would preclude the necessity of long vig ils at the gate to insure gaining admission, and would prevent turn ing away students who want to see the game, but cannot be accom modated in an already jammed gymnasium. Also, the difference between the seating capacity and the number of coupon books de clared valid would doubtless be absorbed by those failing to at tend, the recommendation stated. Complaints about the sanitary conditions at eating places sur rounding campus brought forth a resolution requesting a strict in vestigation of all cafes and con fectioneries in the campus area. Present at the meeting were Cadet Col. Ed Brandt, Bill Mc Cormick, senior class president, Jug Leatherwood, junior prexy, and George Edwards, soph class president, as delegates from the Cadet Corps. From the non-military group were Claude Buntyn, Darrell Man- ley, John Poole, Gerald Nash, and Louis L’Hommedieu. Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of men, and Bob Murray, assistant director of student affairs, also attended the meeting in an advis ory capacity, and Allen Self sat in as student publications repre sentatives. Hear Ye, Housewives . . . A VC Conducts Food Price Survey In Bryan-College Station Vicinity The American Veterans Comm ittee has inaugurated a bi-monthly survey of foodstuff prices in the College Station-Bryan vicinity in an effort to provide the veterans of this area with an accurate shop ping guide. The survey is a com parative analysis of the prices of Bryan and College Station stores, and shows that by observant shop ping the veteran can cut his mon thly grocery bill by 15-20%. This survey, if used properly, COMMODITY will help a great deal in bringing food prices back down to the vet eran’s income level by forcing wholesale grocery prices down. It is the aim of the survey to guard against the inflation of foodstuff prices which would devaluate the dollar even worse than it is now. Only by careful shopping can the veteran stretch his subsistence check the required distance. Fol lowing is a list of commodoties and their prices at various stores: Sugar (5 Lbs.) White corn meal (% lb.) Shortening (Mrs. Tucker 1 Pork shoulders Pork chops Beef or Veal chop (grade A). Southside Lukes Kelley’s Fussell’s Safeway College College Bryan Bryan Bryan 51 45 47 47 42 51 49 48 47 44 46 47 48 s 47 43 ... .13 14 13 13 11 65 67 67 63 60 96 99 94 1.00 87 26 29 20 — 21 12 12 11 14 10 14 14 14 18 15 45 45 43 42 42 60 60 45 46 49 65 70 69 69 59 35 30 39 33-35 39 37 40 40 38 35 45 50 49 45 42-49 95 — 79 90 82 6 9 8 8 7 7 8 5 8 6 33 35 31 34 29 Louis Bromfield Farmer-lecturer-author Louis Bromfield, who has made four appearances on the campus with in the last two days. He is the author of “The Green Bay Tree” and “Mrs. Tarkington”. Smith Announces Results of Veteran Dormitory Election Results of the room-to-room election of dormitory representa tives for unmarried veterans have been announced this week by Sid ney V. Smith, president of the campus veterans group. These men will represent the veterans in all questions concerning student life. The following veterans were elected for their respective dormi tories: Dorm 14 George M. Williams Dorm 15 B. M. Anderson Dorm 16 V. C. Marshall Dorm 17 E. K. Fisher Bizzell Hall G. W. Guinn Law Hall R. G. Shearer Leggett Hall R. A. Poison Milner Hall Scott E. Hood Mitchell Hall M. G. Matis Puryear Hall J. G. Handcock Dorm 1 Rex Shanks Dorm 3 R. P. Saunders Dorm 5 John Ballentine Dorm 7 Edgar H. Peveto Dorm 9 Robt. E. Gostellou Longhorn Deadlines For Military Units / Clubs and Societies Clubs and Societies The following schedule will be followed for taking club pictures for the 1947 LONGHORN. Pic tures will be made at Guion Hall at 12:30 on the day indicated. Shirts, ties, and, .dark trousers should be worn. This schedule su percedes all preceding schedules. Additions will be made as required. Monday, December 9 FFA Chapter Victoria County Club Tuesday, December 10 San Angelo Club Business Society Wednesday, December 11 Lavaca County Club Latin-American Club Thursday, December 12 Lutheran Association Wichita Falls Club Friday, December 13 A. S. M. E. Bell County Club Monday, December 16 Dallas Club Oklahoma Club Tuesday, December 17 Southwest Texas Club Wichita County Club Wednesday, December 18 Brown County Club Landscape Art Club Monday, January 6 Newman Club Land of the Lakes Club Tuesday, January 7 Spanish Club El Paso Club Wednesday, January 8 Industrial Education Club East Texas Club Thursday, January 9 Kream and Kow Klub Kaufman County Club Friday, January 10 Baptist Student Council A. S. A. E. Monday, January 13 Shreveport Club Beaumont Club Tuesday, January 14 Port Arthur Club Panhandle Club Wednesday, January 15 Lamar County Club Navarro County Club Thursday, January 16 Abilene Club French Club Friday, January 17 Cooke County Club Entomology Club Monday, January 20 Fort Worth Club A. E. Ch. E. Tuesday, January 21 Corpus Christi Club A. S. C. E. Wednesday, January 22 Del Rio Club Wesley Foundation Club Wednesday, January 29 Grayson County Club Accounting Society Thursday, January 30 Brush Country Club Biology Club Friday, January 31 Architectural Society I. A. S. Student Branch Monday, February 3 Young Country Club American Chem. Society Tuesday, February 4 Tyler Club Agronomy Society See LONGHORN Page 4 WHO’S WHO SELECTION COMMITTEE APPOINTED Investigation of Unsanitary Conditions, Reseating Guion Hall Lower Floor Okeyed Joe Skiles, director of Student Activities, M. L. Cash- ion, YMCA secretary, Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of men, and Ray Perryman, assistant registrar, wet with nine stu dent members of the Student Life Committee yesterday af ternoon to discuss and make decisions on current school is sues. Dolls-Diapers Parade Before Judges Sunday A last chance Sunday for Aggie fathers ! to ^xhibit their young ’uns! Everyone is invited to the Doll and Diaper; Parade—a baby show—to be held Sunday after noon, December 8, between 3 and 5 o’clock at the Assembly Hall. The Brazos County A. & M. Mother’s Club and Ex-Servicemen’s Wives Club are co-sponsoring this child show. Final registration date was Wednesday, and any child up to and including five-years-old was eligible for entrance. His or her father must be currently enrolled in A. & M. There are six age groups in the contest, and the boy- and girl- winners of each group will compete for King and Queen of the Day. Engraved loving cups will be presented to the King and Queen, and runners-up will be a- warded consolation prizes. Mrs. W. M. Dowell of College Station, Mrs. Gordon Lloyd of Austin, and Mrs. Jud Collier of Mumford, have been selected to serve as judges of the 90-odd con testants. Mrs. R. Henry Harri son, president of the Brazos Coun ty Club, will present the awards. Rev. T. J. Valenta to Address Newmans Father Tim Valenta, having re cently returned from Temple, Tex as, will address the entire A. & M. Newman Club at a special meet ing to be held in St. Mary’s chapel on Friday, December 13, at 7:15 pm. According to Herman Neusch, president of the club, this meeting will be the most important of the season, as a complete set of plans has been formulated for obtaining the necessary funds for the new chapel. Neusch states that a new chapel for Catholic students and their families is an immediate necessity, and construction must be begun before the semester’s end. The general public is willing to help this worthy cause if the Catholic students themselves can prove they actually want and will work for a new chapel. Up to this time returns have been very slow and immediate action must be taken if the goal is to be realized. The assistance of every Newman Club member is urgently needed so all members are requested to be pre sent. College Employees To Honor 25-ers at Christmas Banquet The College Employees Dinner Club will have a Christmas party in Sbisa Hall, Thursday, Decem ber 19, at 7:00 p. m., announced Dr. G. W. Schlesselman, co-chair man of the club. There will be a banquet followed by a dance. Those colleg'e employees who have served for 25 years on the A.&M. staff will be honored. Tickets for the banquet and dance will cost $1.25 and may be obtained at. the Aggieland Inn any time before December 18, 1946. Combining pioneer spirit with business efficiency has enabled W. Wipprecht of Bryan, Texas, to prove that pine trees could be grown with desirable results in Brazos County. Mr. Wipprecht is a pioneer of Bryan and of A.&M. College, hav ing graduated in 1884. He was the first student of A.&M. to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. Also, Mr. Wipprecht was the first research chemist for the Experiment Station, working there for two years. Then in 1914, he returned to A.&M. as the first business manager, remaining with the college for 23 years and re tiring in 1927. Mr. Wipprecht is well known in Bryan as being in strumental in organizing the first local telephone company. It was while on a hunting trip in the Big Thicket area near Beau mont that he noticed the similarity between the soils there and the soil on his own farm and surmised that perhaps pines would grow on his land. Then, assuming that the trees would grow, Mr. Wipprecht considered the possibilities of a Christmas tree market and this furnished the final impetus to plant the trees. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK TO BAPTISTS SUNDAY The Rev. R. N. Clinkscales, a returned missionary from Bra zil, will bring a message to the First Baptist Church at morn ing services Sunday, it has been announced by R. L. Brown, pas tor. Schedule of services for this Sunday are as follows: 9:45 a. m.—Sunday School. 10:50 a. m.—Morning Wor- School. 2:30 p. m.—Youth Choir. 6:15 p. m.—Training Union. 7:15 p.m.—Evening Wor ship. Texas state Highway Engineer Addresses Student ASCE Group A summary of the functions of the Texas State Highway Depart ment was presented by Dewitt Greer, ’23, at the December 3 meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which was held in the CE lecture room. Mr. Greer, a Texas State Highway Engineer, presented his subject which stress ed “Service to Humanity” to a large number of prospective en gineers and then held an informal discussion with the group. At the end of his talk, Mr. Greer passed out speech maps and pam phlets to each member. The Civil Engineering Society has planned a banquet to be held in Sbisa Hall on December 17. Tickets are now on sale at the CE office or from Thomas Marshall. Brooks Will Attend MemphisConference T. D. Brooks, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and the Grad uate School of A. & M., will attend the 51st annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools from Dec ember 9-13 in Memphis, Tennessee. This association was organized to promote better relations be tween colleges and secondary schools, set standards for achieve ment, accredit and rate colleges, and give the necessary approval in transfer of credits between col leges. Dean Brooks will leave in time to arrive for a meeting with the deans of Southern Graduate Schools to be held on the 7th and 8th. In addition to these two meetings, the deans of the Schools of Arts and Sciences will hold sessions, as well as representatives, of all tax-sup ported institutions. In February, 1929, Mr. Wipp recht planted 500 shortleaf and 1000 loblolly pine seedlings on a plot of ground that had been sev ered from the rest of the farm and was subject to overflows from a nearby creek. When Mr. Wipp recht saw the excellent growth of the trees, he got the idea that he might have hit upon a method whereby other worn out and ero ded land might be benefited by the planting of pines. In the fact of this reasoning, he did not sell the pines for Christmas trees as he had planned. Mr. Wipprecht, in proudly show ing his polt of pines, points out that the land, with an initial cost of $18 per acre, has increased to three times that value due to fer tilization by the decay of pine needles and other humus material and land saved from erosion. According to Mr. W. E. White, director of the Texas Forest Ser vice at A.&M., “Mr. Wipprecht’s foresightness may well be the fore runner of a profitable cash crop for other farmers in this com munity who wish to rebuild their worn out farm lands and at the same time, grow a cash crop on the land.” Who’s Who First topic was the appointment of nine students to compose the Who’s Who selection committee. Cadet Colonel Ed Brandt, Bill Mc Cormick, senior class president, N. R. “Jug” Leatherwood, president of the junior class, and Corps Edi tor of the Battalion, Allen Self, were named Cadet Corps commit tee members; Ben T. Blankenship, A. D. Bruce, Jr., Joel Coolidge, Eugene F. Howard, and Louis P. L’Hommedieu are veteran mem bers of the committee. It was decided that twenty Corps men and ten veterans, or approx imately that proportion, will be chosen for the Who’s Who of A. & M. College for the 1946-47 school year. Basis of selection wil be as fol lows: leadership, activities, popu larity, and scholarship. Any man selected must have a 1.5 grade point average. Unsanitary Investigation A report was received from the Student Council regarding the un sanitary conditions of local eating establishments in the Bryan-Col lege Station area. The commit tee voted to request an investiga tion of the eating places by sani tary officials. Guion Hall Seats Joe Skiles was authorized to complete the reseating of Guion Hall’s lower floor with upholster ed seats, like those 300 seats al ready in the building. A seating plan has been submitted to the colelge architect, and seatts should be installed by the end of the se mester. Chicago Conferences Ed Brandt, Joseph Cullinan, and Claude Buntyn were appointed to represent A. & M. at the Chicago Student Conference to be held at the University of Chicago on De cember 28. Jug Leatherwood will attend as observer. A committee was also appointed to send four delegates to the Na tional Assembly of the Student Christian Association Movement at the University of Illinois. This session will be held December 27 to January 3. Testing Engineer Will Visit Campus Test Laboratories Various departments using test equipment will be visited Tuesday afternoon, December 10 by F. G. Tatnall, test engineer of the Bald- win-Southwark Locomotive Works. As a part of his one day visit to the campus, Tatnall will also speak to interested faculty mem bers and students in the Chem istry Lecture Room that night at 7 o’clock. Advice based on his experience and knowledge of new techniques will be given to the laboratories by Tatnall in an attempt to mod ernize test equipment of the school, it was stated by T. H. Terrell of the Civil Engineering Dept. Terrell also announced that the talk by Tatnall will be a required meeting for all students taking C. E. 315 Strength of Materials Lab replacing a regular class. An op portunity for questions to be asked will be given at the meeting for the benefit of those who would like to get information on testing technique, equipment, or new tests. Prison System of Texas Is Subject For RS Club Meet Guest speakers will discuss ju venile delinquency and the Texas Prison System at a special meet ing of the Rural Sociology Club Tuesday night, December 10, at 7:30 p. m. in Room 203, Agricul ture Building. The speakers will be W. E. Rob ertson, chief probation officer of Harris County, and Carl Basland, classification officer of the Texas Prison System. They will point out job opportunities for A. & M. students in their respective fields of work. This will be the last program of the semester, revealed Truman Turner, president of the Sociology Club. He also stated that the gen eral public is invited. Who Says It Don’t Pay? . . . Trail Blazer of 1884 Proves That Brazos Bottoms Can Be Profitable