Texas A«M
Registration Dates
January 23-24
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ASABAB—What Is It?
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VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1947
Number 27
Southwest’s First Turf
Conference, Jan. 20-22
Texas Golf President Will Be Guest
Speaker at Banquet Tuesday Evening
Persons interested in improving the turf on golf greens,
athletic fields, parks, roadsides and cemeteries, are invited
to attend the First Southwest Turf Conference to be held
on the campus January 20-22.. This conference is being
sponsored by the School of Ag
riculture, Texas Agricultural Ex-
Transient Housing
To Provide Extra
Classroom Space
All plans and specifications for
the ten temporary classroom build
ings to be added to the campus,
have been submitted to the Federal
Works Agency at Fort Worth, and
contracts for their removal to Col
lege Station are expected to be let
in a few days.
The project will include ten stan
dard two-story, barrack-type build
ings for general classrooms which
will provide 44 classrooms and 32
offices. There will also be two
laboratory buildings containing six
laboratories and four offices. Some
modifications in the number of
classrooms, laboratories, and of
fices may be made during the re
moval period.
The project also includes a ma
chinery shed for the college plan
tation and a one-story classroom
building to serve the horticulture
and poultry farms. A hangar for
the airport will also be provided.
These buildings are to be moved
from Camp Wallace, and will be
placed in the area between the
Aeronautical Engineering Building
and the boulevard north of the
campus. x
The building program will be
financed by the Federal govern
ment on a basis similiar to the
Veterans’ Housing Project. The
college will pay for architectural
and engineering services and pro
vide for walks, drives, and all
utility connections.
The project is solely for the
purpose of providing temporary
classrooms and will not remove the
necessity at the college for a ma
terial increase in structures to
permanently house the expanding
departments.
Lab Work, Prior
To Short Course,
Set Jan. 27-Feb. 1
A laboratory course, preliminary
to the 29th annual Texas Water
works and Sewerage Short School
here February 10-13, has been
scheduled for January 27 - Feb
ruary 1, Prof. R. M. Dixon, in
charge, announced.
The laboratory workers, lim
ited by available space to 15, will
be delegates from the various dis
trict waterworks associations of
Texas, Dixon said, and will under
go intensive training in tests of
water and sewerage.
About 400 operators, engin
eers and health experts are ex
pected for the short school, spon
sored jointly by A. & M. and the
state departments of health and
vocational education, Dixon in
dicated. The course is directed
by a permanent short school or
ganization headed by Joe B.
Winston, Weslaco engineer.
A feature of the short school
will be the annual examinations
of waterworks and sewerage oper
ations, with state department of
health licenses going to those with
passing marks.
English Courses To
Include Stage Craft,
Play Production
Two new English courses will
be offered next semester in stage
craft and play production, Art
Angrist, English instructor, has
announced. Both courses will be
for students who have a pre-requi
site in English 203 and would like
experience in the theatrical field.
English 381 and 382 will be three-
hour courses.
A stagecraft coAirse, English
381, will acquaint- those interested
in the theater with working and
making sets. It will be more or
less a history of theater construc
tion through the present time.
George Dillavou will be the in
structor.
Art Angrist will teach a course
of play production, English 382.
All plays will be studied from the
viewpoint of production and will
cover various periods in the history
of play production. It will train
students for participation in the
atrical productions and radio.
Both courses will be of special
value to the Aggie Players; all
others who will have time are re
quested to register for one of the
two courses.
periment Station and Extension
Service.
D. W. Williams, vice-president
for agriculture, will deliver the
welcoming address to those at
tending the conference. Graham
Ross, president of the Texas Sec
tion of Professional Golfers of
America, will be the guest speak
er at the banquet to be held Tues
day night at 7 p. m. in Sbisa Hall
on the campus.
Topics of Discussion
Some of the topics to be dis
cussed at the three-day conference
are as follows: Need for a Turf
Program in the Southwest Soils
in Turf Management, Turf Grasses
Byron Nelson, golfing cham
pion, will be guest speaker at
the meeting on January 21.
for the Southwest, Control of
Weeds in Turf, Future Turf Re
search in Texas, and Roadside De
velopment.
Speakers
Among the speakers for the
conference are: Dr. R. D. Lew
is, Director, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, A. & M. Col
lege; Jac. L. Gubbels, Texas State
Highway Department; Dr. W. P.
Taylor, Chief Division of Wildlife,
Research, A. & M. College; Dr.
Fred Grau, U. S. Golf Association
in charge of research in cooper
ation with the U.S.D.A. of Bureau
of Plant Indsutry, Washington,
D. C.; O. J. Noor, Agronomist,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Major
Sidney H. Watson, Southwest Di
vision of Air Forces, Dallas.
Meals are available at the Ag-
ieland Inn, the two college cafe
terias, restaurants just off the
campus, or in Bryan. The Regis
tration fee will be $5, which will
include the banquet ticket and
other incidental expenses.
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Dean’s Team Men
Need Grade Slips
Students on the probation
list will not be able to secure
their dean’s approval for com
plete registration until they
have presented a list of their
posted grades for the fall se
mester of 1946. The blank slip
o n which to record posted
grades may be obtained in the
Registrar’s office on Monday,
January 20.
Students who have their
dean’s approval may register
for classes on schedule.
Campus Calm Despite Tension;
Queers Ruled 4-F in Exemption
By Wick van Kouenhoven
Bait's War Correspondent
Nine thousand Texas Aggies, their brav
ery proved in war and peace, are putting up
a stiff battle in the face of final examina
tions this week. Reports from all parts of
the campus tell of sharp skirmishes; and
major engagements are said to be taking
place in the vicinity of Guion Hall and the
old Assembly Building.
Because this fight is in the nature of a
guerilla war, the appearance of the campus
is deceptively quiet. Fish, who have yet to
earn their first battle-stars, scurry rapidly
across the campus in full view of their in
structors. Upper classmen, more wary in
the ways of war, skulk under the low-hang
ing oak branches. Occasionally some of the
warriors slip out of their fox holes to get
a cup of brew at Casey’s or George’s, which
serve on occasion as division headquarters.
Wandering around in the midst of the
carnage are students who appear to have
charmed lives. Actually, they are the lads
who queered out in their A, B, C and D quiz
zes and have been declared 4-F in this bat-
tle.
Instructors are barricaded in their cubi
cles, plotting new strategy. From their
ranks comes the historic cry, “They shall
Not Pass!”
The strategy of the campaign is quite
evident. The instructors are trying to catch
groups of students by surprise. Although
some Aggies escape from every surrounded
classroom, the number left behind in the
hands of the enemy is ghastly.
Your correspondent witnessed some of
the viscious forays of the recent World War
—the battles of San Diego, Corpus Christi,
Times Square and Quonset Point, and never
has he seen anything to equal the battle of
the Brazos Bottoms.
Under a flag of truce, your correspondent
was permitted to go behind the lines of the
instructors’ forces. When my blindfold was
removed, I discovered that I was standing
on the roof of the Agricultural Building,
which gave a clear view of the entire battle
field. A long line of prisoners-of-war pass
ed by, bound from the Academic Building
to the dean’s office. They had been caught
by instructors who waited in ambush, and
seemed most downhearted.
It is too early yet to predict how the tide
Lof battle will go. Both sides are claiming
ivictory, but to your correspondent it looks
(like a draw.
Registration Date
Changed to Jan. 23
To Ease Book Lines
The main purpose for changing
the registration date from Jan
uary 27, as previously announced
in the General Information Bulle
tin, to January 23 - 24 was for
veterans to have a longer period
of time in which to secure books
before starting to classes on Tues
day, January 28. Registrar H. L.
Heaton announced.
An additional reason for this
change was the fact that such a
large enrollment is expected that
it would be impossible to complete
registration in one day.
Students who have been enrolled
in A. & M. during the last few
semesters will remember the long
time spent standing in line to get
books. It is hoped that earlier
registration will eliminate this
bad feature of registration.
Extension Service Adds
Two Members to Staff
Two new Extension staff ap
pointments, both effective Jan
uary 1, have been announced by
Director Ide P. Trotter. Walter
W. Garth has returned to College
Station as marketing specialist in
wool and mohair, and Brown O.
Spivey has been made assistant
county agricultural agent for the
state.
EXAM CHANGES
Final examination for Busi
ness & Accounting 305, Tues
day afternoon, January 21, will
be held in Sbisa Hall, instead of
the Assembly Hall as previous
ly announced.
Poultry Husbandry 201 final
examination will be held in the
Lecture room and Room 10,
Science Building, on Tuesday
afternoon, January 21, instead
of the Assembly Hall as pre
viously announced.
NEJV JERSEYS GIFT
Patricia Travers, Aged 19, Is
Town Hall’s Youngest Artist
Patricia Travers, 19-year-old American violinist, who
has a record of close to one hundred performances with ma
jor orchestras in this country and Canada, will play in Ag-
gieland on Town Hall, Tuesday, January 28, at 8 p. m.
Arthur Rodzinski, conductor of
the New York Philharmonic-Sym
phony said of Miss Travers, fol
lowing her appearance last winter
as soloist with that orchestra in
the initial performance of Pro-
kofieff’s Second Violin Concerto,
“She is one of the finest violinists
ever presented by me with the
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra.” The fact that music
critics can sometimes be capable
of caustic, stinging reviews is a
fact entirely unknown to Miss
Travers, who has received cheer
ing acclaim from critics the coun
try over.
Reviewing her debut with the
Cincinnati** Symphony Orchestra,
the Cincinnati Times-Star called
her “a very, very great artist no
matter what standard of perfection
is set up for judging.” When she
appeared with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, one critic praised her
as the “master of her instrument
and of the orchestra.” Another
noted critic has stated his belief
that she is the “significant genius
of the decade”.
A toy violin, given to Patricia
at the age of three, was her in
spiration. It led to a wonderful
career and to the addition of a
brilliant violinist to the roster
of great American musicians.
Born on December 5, 1927, in
Clifton, New Jersey, Miss Travers
was giving public concerts far
from her home town at an early
age. Her first appearance was at
the age of six at Music Mountain,
Connecticut. She had made her
professional debut at nine with
the Detroit Symphony on the Ford
Sunday Evening Hour, and at ten
she was soloist with the New York
Philharmonic Symphony. When
she was twelve, the late Dr. Fred
erick Stock chose her to premiere
the Prokofieff Second Concerto
with the Chicago Symphony Or
chestra. Engagements with prac
tically every leading symphony
orchestra, and solo recitals
throughout the country, soon fol-
(See TRAVERS on Page 4)
Agronomists Honor
Graduating Seniors
Graduating agronomy students
and wives were honored, and new
officers were elected at a meet
ing of the Agronomy Society Tues
day evening, January 14.
The following officers were
elected: John Stanford, president;
Le Roy Hendricks, vice-president;
Verlin P. Bennett, secretary-treas
urer; Roy H. Anderson, reporter;
George K u n z e, parliamentarian;
and Albert W. Crane, faculty ad
viser.
Richard C. Potts, agronomy pro
fessor, was the main speaker of
the evening, and scored a great
hit with the wives of the students
when he brought out in his speech
that the married veterans were
doing better and neater work than
any other members of his classes.
His conclusions were “that their
wives were doing their work for
them.” To prove his point Potts
asked the wives several questions
that his students had been missing
consistently, and the wives missed
not a one!
Pott’s speech was followed by a
movie; hot barbecue plate lunches
were then served, closing the pro
gram.
Two Professors of Civil
Engineering- Appointed
Appointment of two new full
professors in the civil engineering
department was announced Jan
uary 14.
They are Henry J. Miles, new
professor of hydraulics, who comes
to A. & M. from the University
of Southern California, and Rob
ert H. Holcomb, professor of struc
tural design work for cyclotron
and radiation-laboratory installa
tions in California. They report
February 1.
Foreign Colleges
Open to Veterans
Veterans planning to attend for
eign colleges or universities under
the GI Bill of Rights will find
the procedure for enrollment com
plicated, the Veterans Administra
tion has revealed.
To enter a foreign school- the
first step is to have the applica
tion approved by the Veterans
Administration, Central Office,
Washington, D. C. If he is at
tending a college under the GI
Bill at the time he decides to enter
a foreign school, the veteran must
obtain the approval of the Region
al Office over the school in which
he is enrolled.
For a student at A. & M., the
Veterans Advisor could process
an application through the Waco
Office.
Before getting the approval of
the Veterans Administration, the
veteran should make all arrange
ments with the desired university
for entrance. He must get a let
ter from the foreign school’s reg
istrar stating that he will be ac
cepted as a student under the Ser
viceman’s Readjustment Act of
1944.
This letter is then sent with
his application for a passport
and visas necessary to proceed
to the foreign country. The
countries for which passports
are not necessary are: Canada,
Newfoundland, Mexico, Cuba,
and Guatemala. On the other
hand passports will not be is
sued to students for Germany,
Austria, Japan, and Korea.
Veterans are also advised that
the first subsistence allowance will
not be received until three or four
months after enrollment. This
will make it necessary for the stu
dent to pay his own fees for that
period.
MEXICO’S GIFI
Veterans Pick Up Fee
Waiver Slips by Wed.
Less than one-half of the
veteran students now enrolled
have picked up their fee exemp
tion slips for next semester. It
is of utmost importance that
they do so on or before Jan
uary 22.
These slips may be obtained
in Room 104, Goodwin Hall.
Tito Guizar and Troupe Will
Bring Down the House Jan. 30
By Andy Matula
Bringing a colorful company of fourteen troubadours
with him, Tito Guizar comes to Guion Hall on January 30
for a special Town Hall performance and evening appearance.
“Town Hall will be sold out for the evening show, so we
have scheduled this special mat-
"finee,” Joe
r Fumed Oak 9 On
Study Club Agenda
“Fumed Oak”, Noel Coward’s
most successful one-act play, will
be presented to the Campus Study
Club by members of the Aggie
Players.
The curtain will rise at 4 p. m.
on’ January 21 in the Assembly
Hall. Mrs. E. B. Reynolds and
Mrs. F. B. Clark, co-sponsors of
the program, have announced that
the general public and all Aggies
are invted.
“Fumed Oak” is being directed
by Pat Kirkpatrick, assistant dir
ector or of “The Male Animal”.
The Aggie Players appearing in
“Fumed Oak” are William Krause,
Betty Smith, Bernice Jensen, and
Jean Kernodle.
Admission is free.
Extension Servicers
Attending Southern
Ag Workers Meeting
Seven staff members of the A.
& M. Extension Service are in
Biloxi. Miss., January 15-17, at
the annual meeting of the Asso
ciation of Southern Agricultural
Workers. The group includes: F.
S. Elliott, cotton work specialist;
F. Z. Beanblossom, poultry mar
keting specialist; Louis Franke,
Extension editor; Laura Lane, Ex
tension editor; J. F. Rosborough,
horticulturist; Mrs. Bernice Clay-
tor, specialist in home manage
ment; and Mrs. Grace Martin, dis
trict aent.
Four of the Texas roup are tak
ing part on the program. Mr.
Beanblossom will present a paper
on “Recent Developments in Poul
try and Egg Marketing in the
South” as well as participating in
a panel discussion on “Making Ex-
Putegnat, Town Hall
manager announced earlier this
week. Tickets for the matinee,
which will start at 3:30 p. m.. will
be fifty cents for high school and
college students. General admis
sion tickets will cost $1.
Tito Guizar, known as “the
singing idol of all the Ameri
cas”, is now on a singing tour of
American cities; his tour start
ed at Carnegie Hall in New York
City. Guizar is well-known to
movie audiences for his parts
in such motion pictures as “Bra
zil” and “Tropic Holiday”.
Mexico acclaims him as its most
famous and popular movie star,
since he has won their Academy
Award four times. Guizar has
had more of his records sold south
of the Rio Grande than any other
artist. Some of his better known
and recent recordings include “Alla
en El Rancho Grande”, “Yours”,
and “San Antonio Rose.” In ad
dition to all of these activities,
Tito sings for the Mexican con
cert stage and opera.
The distinguished troupe of ar
tists which Guizar will bring with
him to Town Hall, have been gath
ered from several South American
countries, including Brazil, Mexi
co, and the Argentine. As mem
bers of his Troubadours, Guizar
will have Carlos Acevedo, one of
Cuba’s leading pianists, and Chito
Montoya, cello soloist from the
Mexican Tipica Sinfoneta.
Tickets for the special mati
nee show will go on sale at Ste
phan F. Austin High School in
Bryan, A. & M. Consolidated
School, WSD. and Waldrop
stores in Bryan. They will also
be sold at Sbisa Hall on regis
tration day.
tension Work More Effective.”
Elliott will talk on the progress
and future of the one-variety cot
ton program, while Franke and
Miss Lane will discuss “Hitting the
National Magazines.”