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Texas /UM 'THi n The B alion VOLUME 46 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1946 Number 19 Regional Hillel Conference Meets December 13 to 15 King Bill and Queen Nell Reign Sundays A juvenile king and queen reigned in Aggieland Sun day. It couldn’t have happened in the “old days” at militar istic A. & M., but yesterday William Terry Marx, age 28 months, and Nell Kathleen Martin, 39 months, were acknowl edged rulers of the children of Aggie students, after winning •■first places in the first annual Doll and Diaper Parade, held Sunday afternoon at the Assembly hall. Handsome little William, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Marx, from Houston, and Nell Kathleen, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Martin of Edinburg, was chosen as the most perfect children among the 901 odd entered after the three women judges had hesitated long over their decisions in a field of 12 finalists. The two champions were award ed loving cups, while all the final ists received toys as consolation prizes. finalists in the six age groups represented were: Birth to six months—William Michael Lindsay, 3 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lindsay of Bryan, and Sonya Kay Gray, 4 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Gray of Floydada. Six months to one year—Steph en W. James, 6 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. James of Albuquer que, and Janet Lynn Whitehead, 7 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Whitehead, of Edinburg and Fort Worth. One to two years—Mikey Car- son, 18 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Carson of Brady, and Donna Dearing, 20 months, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Dearing of Bonham. Two to three years—William Terry Marx, the winner, and Mary Beth Castleberry, 24 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Castleberry of Longview. Three to four years—Frederick W- Fritts, 42 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fritts of Beau mont, and Nell Kathleen Martin, the winner. Four to five years—Tommy Os born, 4 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Osborn of Claude, and Judy McEnroe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. McEnroe of Raccoon Bend and Bellville. While anxious mothers watched, fathers led their children across the stage in front of the judges, who were Mesdames Bud Collier of Mumford, Gordon Lloyd of Austin and R. R. Lyle of College Station. Between showing of age groups, the sizable audience was enter tained by the boys’ choir from La mar Junior High school, the Steph en F. Austin High school A Cap- pella Choir directed by Claud Guth rie, songs by a girl trio composed of Misses Shirley Bolmanskre, Bet ty and Audrey Halbrooks, recita tions by Misses Marjory Locke and Carolyn Gibbs, and a piano solo by Miss Goodman. Joint sponsors of the first baby show ever held for children of A.&M. students were the A&M Ex-Servicemen’s Wives club, Mrs. Nell Creel, president, and the Brazos County A&M Mothers club, Mrs. R. Henry Harrison, president. Mrs. Harrison presented prizes at the end of the show. A State Intercollegiate Hillel Conference, sponsored by the A. & M. Hillel Foundation is scheduled at College Station for the week end of December 13-15 inclusive. The Conference will open with traditional Jewish Religious Ser vices Friday evening, December 13 at 7:30 p. m., conducted by Can tor Philip Gordodetzer of the Uni versity of Houston, and will close Sunday afternoon with an open Interfaith meeting addressed by Colonel Ora J. Cohee, formerly Chief Chaplain of the Pacific Ar ea, and now Associate Southwest Regional Director of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Speakers for the Conference will feature Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld of New York, Associate National Di rector of the Hillel Foundations in this country who will speak at the Friday evening Religious Services; Dr. Thomts F. Mayo, Head of the English Department, who will speak at the Banquet to be held at Sbisa Hall Saturday evening, on the subject of Freedom and Equal ity; Mr. M. Harry Caldwell, of the Department of Geography, who will lead the discussion Sunday morning on the subject of the re sponsibility of Jewish college youth. Mrs. Jack Forman will render Jewish vocal music at the Banqutt Saturday evening. The Sunday afternoon Interfaith Meeting, addressed by Col. Cohee is sponsored in cooperation with the Y.M.C.A. Mr. M. L. Cashion will introduce Col. Cohee. The Conference will close with an ad dress by Rabbi Joseph Rudavsky, Director of the University of Texas Hillel Foundation, and Professor of Hebrew and Jewish History of the University. Every session of the Conference is intended to acquaint Hillel mem bership and faculty and students at large with the cultural objec tives of the Hillel program. All sessions are open to the public and a cordial invitation is extended to students, faculty and members of the College-Bryan Community to participate in any or all of the sessions. College Plans To Erect $500,000 Chapel On Campus Walton, Hart Cleared For Single Students Next Semester The college building program for Texas A&M intends to include a $500,000 chapel on the campus, according to Gibb Gilchrist, pres ident of the college, in a report to the American Association of Uni versity Professors last Thursday in the Petroleum Building. Speaking before 115 members of the college teaching staff, Gil christ said that actual building won’t commence until the present high prices come down. Money for the building must be author ized by an amendment submitted to the people. However, money for the student union building is already at hand and work on it is scheduled to begin first. The president also spoke on stu dent discipline, housing and the school’s basic policy. He stated that the school will request addi tional funds from the legislature for the next year and that in creases in salaries for staff mem bers will come out of it. He also stated that Hart and Walton Halls are being reconver ted for use by single students by the first of the next semester. Apartments for married students are now in the process of being erected on the polo grounds and they will be ready for occupency by February. Gilchrist informed the members present that the Bluebonnet Ordi nance Plant, awarded to the col lege by the War Assets Adminis tration will be used for agricultur al experimentation, since is is lo cated in one of the best farming regions of the state. R0TC Inspection By 4th Army Team ommences Today Brig. Gen. K. L. Berry And Party To Conduct Two-Day Inspection Brigadier General K. L. Berry, chief of the Texas Military Dis trict, and a party of three other officers from Fourth Army Head quarters, is inspecting the A.&M. ROTC unit today and tomorrow, according to Colonel Guy S. Meloy, Jr., PMS&T. General Berry is chief of all civilian components of the Army in Texas, including the ROTC and the National Guard. This is the second of four in formal inspection tours by the Fourth Army and other Army de partments, the reports of which will be coordinated with the an nual federal inspection report to determine the military rating giv en the school, Colonel Meloy stat ed. An unconfirmed report that General Jonathan Wainwright, Commander of Fourth Army, would conduct this inspection was discounted by the announcement of General Berry’s coming. General Berry is accompanied by Major J. L. Lain, Major C. B. Lyle, and Mrs. P. J. Imig, all of Fourth Army Headquarters. It will be remembered that as a result of last year’s inspection by military officials, A.&M. suf fered the loss of the blue star, which is the highest rating for ROTC schools. Things Are Getting Wetter all the Time Typographical errors in a news paper are not always detected. In f act the difference or the ab sence of one letter may cause a minor catastrophe. Such is the case in the last is sue of The Batt, when the word “wet” appeared in a sentence in place of “met”. The opening par agraph of Friday’s “banner story” read as follows: “Joe Skiles, director of Student Activities, M. L. Cashion, YMCA secretary, Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of men, and Ray Perryman, assistant registrar, wet with nine students of the Student Life Com mittee yesterday afternoon to dis cuss and make decisions on current school issues.” In the next column was a story on the Doll and Diaper Parade! Our humble apologies to the members of the Student Life Com mittee mentioned above. Just one of those things. SPANISH CLUB PLANS WEINER ROAST PARTY At its last meeting, the Spanish Club voted to have a wiener roast in place of its last scheduled meet ing before the Christmas holidays. A site has not yet been selected, but all members who are planning to attend are advised to meet on the steps of the old Y.M.C.A. building, December 17, at six p. m. Transportation to the wiener roast will be furnished from this point. EX-STUDENTS CONFER WITH ATHLETIC COUNCIL SUNDAY Time for Action!. .. No doubt the report of the meeting of the Athletic Coun cil and the Former Students Association that was released for publication has been read in another part of this issue. It is not often has so little been said in a news release—it might have even gone unmentioned insofar as the public is concerned. The Athletic Council should make some definite state ment of their views and recommendations on their athletic policy for the coming year. Members of the council must be aware that the students, the faculty, and the alumni, who make up the largest group of athletic patrons, are anxiously awaiting a decision. The 8632 coupon book holders who each paid $7.00 to the Athletic Dept, are not even being consulted in this affair. No formal request of their attitude in this situation has been made. Formerly the students were represented by several of their number on the Athletic Council. This year there are none. They should be placed on the council with out delay so that we can help to straighten out this mess. It is hard for us to understand why a definite announce ment has not been forthcoming. Such indecisive action can only result in more confusion and hard feeling. Unsettled conditions, like old wounds, get worse with age. Not only is this whole matter seriously lowering the “spirit de corps” in the school, but also is hampering any prospects A.&M. might have in attracting high school ath letes to the school in the coming year. The advantage of waiting until all the evidence is surveyed is realized, but there have been times when waiting was disastrous. This is not a call for blood—but here is a problem en tirely in the hands of the Athletic Council. By investigations of their own they must have gained knowledge of the sit uation. In the recent meeting with representatives of the Former Students Association they were given recommenda tion and ideas expressing the attitude c of the alumni. The matter of policy rests with the council and they are obligated to the athletic patrons for a statement now. Expansion of A&M’s Already-Large Flight Training Program Is Planned A. & M. will expand its already-large flight training pro gram during the approaching spring semester, it was an nounced today by Dr. Howard W. Barlow, dean of engineer ing. A In additioA to tbe private pilot’s course, which was offered last summer and during; the present semester, and which drew a capac ity enrollment, it is planned to of fer a course leading to a CAA commercial pilot rating* and pos sibly a flight instructor course, if the demand is great enough to justify it. Applications to take the courses ROOM RENT INCREASE EFFECTIVE NEXT TER1N A.&M. students living in the dormitories on the campus will pay $7.50 per month for room rent beginning next semester, while those living in barracks at the Bryan Field Annex will pay $6, it was officially announced December 5. During the current semester where three men shared a room, the rate was $5 per month. Curtain Rises on "Male Animal" TomorrowNight in Assembly Hall PICK UP ADVANCED MILITARY CHECKS Students enrolled in advanced ROTC courses are requested to pick up their checks covering the month of November. The request was made by CoL G. S. Meloy, P.M.S.&T. “The Male Animal”, James Thurber’s and Elliot Nugent’s comic hit, will be presented by the Aggie Players beginning tomor row night in the Assembly Hall. The show will commence at 8:15 p. m. on the nights of December 11-14. This smash hit received a warm welcome on Broadway, where it ran for thirty-five consecutive weeks. Such critical reviews as “. . . ‘The Male Animal’ is the best comedy since ‘Life With Fath er’ . . .”, by the New York Daily News; “The play is literate and almost continuously amusing”, by the New York Post; “An hilar ious farce destined to great and well-deserved success”, by The Na tion, were among the many praises showered on this comedy hit. The story involves Professor Thomas Turner, an instructor at Midwestern University, who said that he would read a letter written by a man considered an anarchist by the school’s Board of Trustees. Michael Barnes, student editor of the school magazine, wrote an ar ticle about it stating that Prof. Turner was a brave man to stand up to the Board of Trustees. The ensuing predicaments cause Tur ner almost to lose his wife and his job at the University. The order of events that finally lead to the solution of the problem pro vide the audience with continuous amusement throughout the play. Bill Krause is cast in the role of Thomas Turner. His wife, Ellen, a sweet and understanding woman in her early thirties, who is slight ly confused by the whole contro versy, is portrayed by Mary Frier son. Joe Ferguson, Midwestern foot ball star of the late twenties and all-time All-American who was Tommy’s rival for Ellen’s affec tions when they were in college, is played by John Stevens. Ed Kel- 1 e r, bombastic member of the Board of Trustees and the man who sent Joe through school, is enacted by Frank A. Camp. Sybil Claire Banister, of WTAW’s Texas Farm and Home Hour, portrays Cleota, the Turner’s scat ter-brained maid who has a re markable ability to butcher the King’s English. Patricia Stanley, Ellen’s young er sister, a young college girl of rare charm faced with the prob lem of chosing between brain and brawn is enacted by Mamie Lee Jackson. ..Wally Myers, Midwes tern’s star halfback and candidate for All-American who possesses considerable brawn and an indi rectly proportional brain, is por trayed by Ferd English. Michael Barnes, brilliant young editor of The Lit and the person responsible for the rabbgle-rousing editorial, is played by Milt Frenkel, disc- jockey and student, announcer of WTAW. Dr. Damon, 65-year-old head of Midwestern’s English department and possessor of subtle and dry wit, is enacted by James F. Mc Kenzie III. Mrs. Damon, the dean’s slightly old-fashioned wife who makes a noble attempt at be ing modernistic is played by Jean ne Kernodle. Mrs. Keller, a typical big shot’s wife who is sweet to counteract her husband’s acidity, is enacted by Will Beth Stephens. Mark Hal- leck, news and sportscaster over WTAW, is the unseen voice of the radio announcer. “Nutsy” Miller, leader of Midwestern’s band, is played by “Porky” Taylor. In charge of direction is Arthur Angrist, who did ris undergrad uate and graduate work at the University of Michigan. Mr. An grist is now an instructor in the English department. He is assist ed by Mrs. Pat Kirkpatrick, who graduated from the University of Rochester and received her Mas ter of Arts degree in Dramatic Arts at Columbia University. Mrs. Kirkpatrick has worked with the Columbia Little Theater and the Radio Workshop of NBC. Tech nical director and stage manager is George Dillavou, University of Illinois graduate, and presently an instructor in the English depart ment. The production of this play will be a result of the extracurricular activity both on the part of the instructors and students, as the rehearsals and stage construction were done during the participants’ spare time. Tickets, 60c for reserved seats and 4 Oc for general admission seats, are on sale at the YMCA on the campus. In Bryan tickets may be purchased at Canady’s Drug Store, Creamland, and the LaSalle Hotel Coffee Shop. Persons will also find tickets on sale 4it the door. are available now in the office of the dean of engineering, and should be filled out and returned at once, regardless of whether previous ap plications have been submitted, Dr. Barlow said. The private pilot course, offic ially known as Aero 221, carries three scholastic credit hours and tuition has been set at $490.80. Veterans who are attending school may have the cost of the course deducted from their entitlement, Barlow pointed out. Veterans who are not attending A&M College may enroll for flight training if qualified. Cost of the commercial pilot course, open to those who have completed Aero 221 or who hold a valid CAA private license has not yet been computed, inasmuch as the course covers three semes ters of college work or, specifical ly, 160-185 hours of flight train ing and about 105 hours of ground school. The flight instructor course, or Aero 229, would carry three credit hours and cost $492,25, Barlow said. If offered, 25-30 hours of flight instruction and 40 hours of ground school will be given. A meeting will be held early in January to brief those who apply for training, Barlow said. Notices will be mailed applicants in ample time. All flight training will be held at Easterwood field, the college- owned airport where hundreds of A&M men have learned to fly, and where there never has been a serious accident involving a stu dent. Special Athletic Committee Aids, Recommends to Council on “Situation’’ At a joint meeting of the Athletic Council of the college and a special Athletic Committee of the Former Students Association here Sunday athletic conditions of the school were discussed. C. W. Crawford, chairman of the Athletic Council, said that the Association’s recommendations were heard and they were to be taken* under advisement. The association committee was a group of five chosen by the For mer Students at a meeting last month to convene with the Council to make recommendations in an attempt to aid them in settling various problems. Heading the committee was J. P. Hamblen of Houston. Members of the Ath letic Council are C. W. Crawford, C. N. Shepardson, C. D. Ownby, S. A. Lipscomb, S. J. Baker, and J. W. Rollins. According to reports no decis ions were reached, nor was any ac tion taken as a result of the meet ing. It was said that the discus sion was carried on in an informal tone and dealt with “several pha ses of athletics at the college.” Thar's Gold in Them Thar Oaks — Quote A. H. Department Texas university has its oil lands, and the University of Hous ton has H. R. Cullen, but A.&M. has another source of untold wealth—the trees in the AH pas tures. After the bonfire, the Animal Husbandry department, like every one in Brazos County, began count ing its losses. They came upon a startling fact. A three-acre plot of ground, the “Rifle Butts” pas ture, had been decimated of its timber to supply the bonfire. A bill, signed by J. K. Riggs, of the AH department, and sent to the Dean of Men’s office for pay ment, was itemized thus: 30 large trees, @ $100, $3000 105 small trees (a) $ 25, 2625 Total .... $5625 This, of course, just goes to show what the Forestry Service has been trying to tell us all year; timber is very valuable indeed. It’s a good investment to plant your land in timber, they say. Following the AH department line of reasoning in evaluating their trees, we slipped out our slide rule, and came to these con clusions: The trees alone on a three-acre plot of ground( like the Rifle Butts pasture say, are worth at least $5500. That’s about $1835 per acre off trees alone. According to the college cata logue, we own about 8000 acres of land in Brazos County. If each acre of land had a nice stand of stately oaks on it, and if they were cut, not for bonfirewood, but for sale, the college would make a fortune—$14,680,000. Understand that all this is ac cording to the AH department’s thinking. Start plantin’ them trees, fel lers. There’s gold in them thar oaks! Interfaith Group To Hear Cohee on Sunday Program A cultural interfaith meeting sponsored jointly by the Y.M.C.A. and the A.&M. Hillel Foundation will be held Sunday afternoon, December 15 at 3:30 o’clock, with Colonel Orason Cohee as guest speaker. Colonel Cohee was a Chief Chap lain in the Pacific Area during World War II, and served in a similar capacity during World War I. For eight years following the first World War, Colonel Co hee was instructor in Psychology and Sociology in the Army Chap lain School; he later served in China, the Philippines and Hawaii. He was born in Indiana, attended Wabash College, the University of Chicago, and Columbnia Univer sity, and also graduated from the Union Theological Seminary in New York. At present he is As sociate Southwestern Director and Coordinator of the Intercultural Education Program. The National Conference of Christians and Jews is dedicated to the promotion of the ideals of justice, amity, understanding and civic cooperation among Protes tants, Catholic and Jews. The Conference was founded in 1928 by a group of American leaders headed by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the Supreme Court, Doctor S. Parks Cadman and Newton D. Baker. What Does A.&M. Have That Baylor Doesn’t? Students of Baptist church pref erence led all other denominational preferences among students who entered A.&M. at the beginning of the current semester, according to information gathered by the Col lege Y.M.C.A. Of the 9,374 students who en rolled this semester, 2,391 gave their church preference as Bap tist. The Methodists placed sec ond with 2,338. Catholics were third with 870, and the Presby terians fourth with 732. Four hundred and six gave the Episcopal church as their pref erence; 378, Christian church; and 354, the Church of Christ. Jewish received 131; Christian, 72; Evan gelical, 25; Greek Orthodox, 18. Three hundred and three left the space blank or wrote “none”. Two hundred and sixty-three wrote “Protestant.” There were 8,629 cards received, and 743 cards were not returned to the Y.M.C.A. Figures from similar surveys show that the first four denomi nations have retained their stand ings during the last four semes ters. "Green Pastures" Free in Giiion Hall Saturday Morning As the first in a series of free movies featured in Guion Hall, “Green Pastures” will be shown Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. One of several “classical” shows that have come out of Hollywood is planned each month, it was stated by Tom Putty, manager of Guion Hall. Two others to be brought to the campus are “Mid-summer Night’s D r e a m” based on a story by Shakespeare and the film version of Twain’s “Prince and the Pau per”. “Green Pastures” will be remembered as a satire on re ligion by Marc Connelly. These films were chosen from a group of all the productions of movie companies in the last ten years as the best shows. New prints were made of the 28 pic tures selected and are now being distributed to be shown free to movie goers throughout the coun try. This Week’s Poll Gilchrist’s Proposed Chapel Rates Low in Students’ Books Student approval of President Gibb Gilchrist’s proposal for a $500,000 chapel is definitely in the minority, if the results of the week’s Battalion Poll are any in dication of the reactions of the student body. President Gilchrist made the proposal for the chapel, which would be non-denominational, at a meeting of the local chapter of the American Association of Univer sity Professors last Thursday night. The Battalion, in an attempt to find the opinions of the students on the matter, this week put the following question to a group of men picked at random: “Do you favor the proposal made by Pres. Gilchrist, to raise $500,000 to build a new chapel on the campus.” Almost without exception, the students questioned named other purposes on which the money should be spent rather than on a chapel. Glen Torrence, sophomore in the Band said, “If the proposal by Gilchrist is made in the interest of the welfare of the students, as may be assumed, I think that these interests may be better served by spending some money on increasing the recreational facilities on the campus. The shortage of thea tres, showing up-to-date films, is, I think, particularly acute.” Robert O. Nelson, sophomore from Honey Grove, said that “be fore anything else is built on this campus, I want to see completed that Union Building for which we’ve been raising money for lo these many years. Ground for the long-needed building was supposed to be broken last April,” Neilson pointed out, “and I think we should get this job done before accepting any added responsibilities.” Mac Weaver, sophomore from Brownwood, was the lone person questioned twho favored the pro posed plan in even some of its as pects, and his approval was quali fied. Said Weaver: “I would fa vor building a structure housing a new chapel if such a building was equipped with a stage so that plays and movies could be shown. An all-purpose auditorium would fill the bill,” Weaver concluded. Teddy Clegg, junior from Port Arthur, was another of the many questioned who saw no need for a new chapel. “The individual churches can handle their own needs,” Clegg said. “What this school needs are some more roads cut through the campus and addi tional sidewalks”. Ed Hodges, sophomore from Giddings, proposed, in place of a chapel, that the $500,000 be spent on a new gymnasium. “The pres ent gym,” said Hodges, “doesn’t even begin to have the necessary seating capacity to seat the stu dent body, much less fans from Bryan, College Station and from visiting schools. Besides, Hodges added, “the gym is outmoded and can’t handle the intramural needs of the athletic department.