RELIGION
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Texas A&M
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
ELECTION
Vote for Your Man
In Vet’s Race
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1947
Number 34
ASABAB
Swings Into
ActionFriday
Alden Emery to Address Local
Chemical Society Wednesday
Alden H. Emery of Washington, D. C., national secre
tary and business manager of the American Chemical So
ciety, will address the A.&M. society’s section Wednesday,
February 12, at 8 p. m. in the Petroleum Engineering lec
ture room. Dr. William Potts, chairman of the section, will
preside at the meeting at which Emery will discuss the aim
All-College Dance
Slated Next Night
In Sbisa Hall
The campus was ASABAB-
conscious this week as prep
arations went on for the Ar
chitect Society’s Annual Be
aux Arts Ball. The cabalistic
word was everywhere, even dang
ling from the pediment of the Ac
ademic Building, as a chain of
huge red letters.
Although the Architects Ball
Friday, with its theme of “Go As
Your Suppressed Desire,” is open
only to architectural students and
faculty, the weird decorations
dreamed up |or it will be visible
to the student body as a whole
Saturday night, when an all-col
lege dance will be held in Sbisa
Hall.
Judging from some of the ad
vertising signs posted around var
ious buildings, the dreams that
will come to life Friday night will
include everyone from Lena the
Human Hyena to Richard, opening
that door.
Rumors that Life Magazine has
planned to photograph the event
for its “Life Goes to a Party” fea
ture have been frequently heard in
recent weeks, but were based sole
ly on the statement that one of
Life’s accredited local photograph
ers might be present. There seem
ed to be little doubt that any
photographer might have a field
day at the event.
Times for the two dances are:
ASABAB, 8:30 to 1 Friday. All-
College dance, 9 to 12, Saturday.
ASABAB tickets are $3 a couple.
The Aggieland Orchestra will play
for both dances.
Gen. Moore Given
Permanent Rank oj
Brigadier General
Major General George F.
Moore, former commandant of A.
& M. and hero of Corregidor, has
been nominated by President Tru
man for the permanent rank of
brigadier general in the regular
army. His permanent rank is col
onel in the Coast Artillery Corps.
General Moore, now in command
of United States forces in the
Phillipines, having been transfer
red there from Honolulu several
months ago, was in command of
the Manila Bay defenses at the
outbreak of the war with Japan.
He was taken prisoner at Correg
idor and was held by the Japs un
til after their defeat.
Following his return to the Unit
ed States and his recuperation
from imprisonment, General Moore
visited A. & M., where he was
awarded the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws.
Reserve Officers
May Apply For
’/ Weather Taining
New Orleans Trade
School Teaches
Foreign Relations
An innovation in veterans’ train
ing—a foreign trade school—w a s
recently established in New Or
leans with an enrollment of 112
veterans from a half-dozen states.
It is the Import-Export Insti
tute of the Maybin School, spon
sored by the Orleans Parish School
Board. New Orleans foreign trade
executives are helping train the
veterans.
Purpose of the two-year course
is to train veterans to take posi
tions in New Orleans’ booming for
eign trade business, especially with
South America.
The curriculum stresses foreign
trade, Latin American culture,
Spanish language, and general
business subjects. Ages of vet
erans attending range from 18 to
43 years.
Fish & Game Prof
Named to Illinois
Staff of Zoology
Hobart M. Smith, formerly as
sociate professor in the Depart
ment of Fish and Game, has been
appointed an assistant professor
of zoology in the University of Il
linois, according to an announce
ment by George D. Stoddard, pres
ident of the university.
Professor Smith, one of Ameri
ca’s leading authorities on reptiles,
has written more than 10 articles,
of which his recent book, “The Liz
ards of the United States”, has
been acclaimed “a masterpiece of
its kind”.
Since last February, Professor
Smith was assistant professor here
at A. & M., and was very popular
with the students and co-workers.
and activities of the American-f
Chemical Society.
To Be Honored
An informal dinner will be giv
en in honor of Emery at the Ag
gieland Inn at 6 p.m. for members
of the society and their wives. Af
ter the meeting, a reception will
be held at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Potts, 210 Lee Street, South
Oak Grove.
Emery, a native of New Hamp
shire, was graduated from Ober-
lin College in 1922, and in 1923
received his Master of Arts de
gree from Ohio State University.
Shortly after graduation he joined
the staff of the Bureau of Mines
as a chemist at the Pittsburg Ex
periment Station. Later he be
came assistant chief engineer of
the Bureau’s Experiment Stations
Division.
In 1936 he resigned to become
assistant manager of the American
Chemical Society and last year
was apointed secretary and bus
iness manager, following the res
ignation of Dr. Charles L. Par
sons.
During his years with the Ex
periment Division and the Society,
Emery also served as abstractor
for “Chemical Abstracts” and edi
tor of several sections of “Metal
lurgical Abstracts”, two widely-
known chemical publications.
As a member of the American
Institute of Mining and Metallur
gical Engineers, he helped to es
tablish the organization’s Indus
trial Minerals Division. Emery
is a fellow of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science, and is the author of sev
eral Bureau of Mines publications.
Headquarters, Army Air For
ces has announced a training pro
gram for reserve officers at civ
ilian universities in the field of
meteorology. Physically qualified
reserve officers in the grade of
major and below who have com
pleted at least three years of col
lege work, including mathematics
through integral calculus, and one
year of physics are eligible for re
call to active duty to attend weath
er officer training courses. For
mer officers who are not members
of the Reserve Officers Corps and
who are qualified for weather of
ficer training must first apply for
and receive a reserve officer’s com
mission before requesting recall to
active duty for the training. Re
serve officers of the other arms
and services will be transferred
to the air reserve upon acceptance
of weather officer training.
The training will be offered at
the University of Chicago, Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology,
and the University of California at
Los Angeles.
Upon ' completion of the course
the officers will serve on active
duty as weather officers with the
Air Weather Service of the AAF.
Qualified individuals who desire
this training should forward ap
plications and transcripts of col
lege credits direct to Chief, Air
Weather Service, Washington, D.C.
Department Heads Check
Property Lists Weekly
Continuing the effort to pur
chase surplus government proper
ty useful to the college, E. N.
Holmgreen, business manager, has
available the latest catalogs of
equipment. All heads of depart
ments are urged to examine these
listings weekly in the business
manager’s office at their conven
ience, he stated.
The policy heretofore was to
send the catalogs to various de
partments in order to select par
ticular items needed and offered
by the government. Time will not
permit circulation of these cata
logs, so Holmgreen will have avail
able the newest editions for exam
ination by departmental heads.
Former Extension Service
Agent Returns to Campus
Mrs. Ruby Worthen, former dist
rict agent of the A&M Extension
Service, has returned to the Ex
tension headquarters staff as asso
ciate district agent for the period
February 3 through June 30.
She first entered extension work
in 1929, and joined the headquar
ters staff at A & M in 1933. She
resigned in January, 1946, to join
her husband, Captain Donald W.
Worthen, of the U. S. Army Flying
Training Command.
Alden H. Emery
National secretary and busi
ness manager of the American
Chemical Society, ALDEN H.
EMERY will speak Wednesday
evening, February 12, in the Pe
troleum Engineering lecture
room to the College chapter.
Directors to Hear
Seniors’ Protests
Board Chairman Says
Gilchrist Endorsed
Even though the Board of Direc
tors will be willing to hear senior
class piembers who are seeking
the removal of President Gibb Gil
christ, the board is for the Aggie
president “100% and believe he is
making a dandy president,” Board
Chairman G. R. White of Brady,
stated Saturday.
Mr. White made this comment
after being informed that senior
class representatives desire to ap
pear before the board and had is
sued a public statement charging
that President Gilchrist was “a-
voiding the issues.”
“I believe I can speak for every
member of the board,” Mr. White
stated. “We’ve discussed the mat
ter several times and Mr. Gilchrist
has our full endorsement. Of
course, we’ll hear the seniors if
they want to come before us. I
don’t know any reason why we
shouldn’t. But we are 100% for
President Gilchrist.”
The statement calling for the
removal of President Gilchrist and
listing the issues which the seniors
say support their demand for a
new president was addressed to
“Dear Mr. Public,’ and was signed
by Delbert V. Shultz, ’46. Shultz
said the statement had been “veri
fied and supported by the senior
class unanimously at a meeting
Thursday night of the class mem
bers of the Cadet Corps.”
Gun Silenced By
Theft of Block
Apparently some Aggies didn’t
appreciate being awakened by the
boom of the 75mm. cannon in the
New Area. When the crew went
to fire the gun Monday morning,
the breech block was missing.
Who did it? No one could guess.
Maybe some tired veteran, who
hated to be reminded of his mili
tary experiences. Maybe some
STOLEN
The breech block of the salu
ting gun in the dormitory area
has disappeared. Breech blocks
do not disappear by themselves—
somebody took it. This gun is
Government property, and it is
requested that the breech block
be returned.
G. S. MELOY, JR.,
Colonel, Infantry
Commandant.
sullen senior, still smarting over
being campused for three week
ends.
Loss of the breech block was
not taken lightly by the military
department. The cannon is gov
ernment property, and it was
pointed out that tampering with
such property is a federal offense,
and no joke. The military depart
ment hopes that the block will be
returned as quietly as it was tak
en. No replacements are avail
able.
Flight Training Vacancies
A few vacancies are open for
students interested in flight
training this semester. Stu
dents should contact Mr. Smith
at Easterwood field immediately.
Longhorn Pictures
Are Scheduled For
AH Campus Groups
The following schedule will
be followed for taking club
pictures for the 1947 LONG-
H O R N. Pictures will be
made at Guion Hall at 12:30
on the day indicated. Shirts,
ties, and dark trousers should
be worn. Changes in sched
ule because of inclement
weather should be made with
A. & M. Photo Shop.
Wednesday, February 12
Petroleum Engineering
Brush County Club
Thursday, February 13
A. I. Ch. E.
Nevarro County Club
Friday, February 14
Architectural Society
Lamar County Club
Monday, February 17
Newman Club
F.F.A. Chapter
Tuesday, February 18
Land of the Lakes
Spanish Club
Wednesday, February 19
Abilene Club
El Paso Club
Thursday, February 20
Industrial Education Club
East Texas Club
Friday, February 21
Kream and Kow Club
Baptist Student Council
Monday, February 24
A.S.A.E.
Fort Worth Club
Tuesday, February 25
Corpus Christi Club
Wesley Foundation
Wednesday, February 26
Rio Grande Valley Club
A.S.C.E.
Thursday, February 27
Del Rio Club
French Club
Friday, February 28
> Cook County Club
Grayson County Club
Monday, March 3
Entomology Club
Lutheran Walther League
Tuesday, March 4
Southwest, Texas Club
Wichita County Club
Wednesday, March 5
San Angelo Club
A.I.E.E.
Thursday, March 6
Beaumont Club
Port Arthur Club
Friday, March 7
Panhandle Club
Lamar County Club
Street Is Honored
With Doctorate At
Harding College
Dr. William E. Street, head
of the Engineering Drawing
Department, awarded the hon
orary degree of Doctor of
Laws by Geox-ge Benson, president
of Hax-ding College, Searcy, Ar
kansas, at a school assembly on
February 7. President Benson ci
ted Street for his efforts and ach
ievements in the field of engineer
ing drawing and for his interest
in the promotion of engineering
education. At the assembly Dr.
Street spoke on “The Value of En-
Dr. W. E. Street
gineering for the Advancement of
Social Welfare.”
He began his career as an edu
cator in the public schools of Tex
as ih 1921, and in 1930 he received
the Bachelor of Science Degree in
Electrical Engineering at Texas
Technological College. In 1930
the Master of Science Degree wfes
confei’red upon him. Dr. Street re
mained as instructor and professor
at Texas Tech until he accepted
his present position at A. & M. in
1941.
Dr. Street is a licensed profes
sional engineer, nationally known
for his textbooks and articles on
engineering drawing and related
subjects. He served as editor of
the Journal of Engineering Draw
ing 1944-46.
Religious Emphasis Continues
Tomorrow Morning Guion Hall
The Fifth Annual Religious Emphasis Week will begin
its third day on the campus tomorrow at 10 a.m., when Dr.
William H. Alexander will address the public in Guion Hall.
Mid-morning addresses will also be given by Dr. Alexander
Thursday at 10 a.m. and Friday at 9 a.m.
Guest speaker for the five-day program, Dr. Alexander
-♦-is minister of Oklahoma City’s
First Christian Church. He was
brought to the campus under the
auspices of the Inter-Church Coun
cil, the YMCA, and A. & M. Col
lege Administration, all of whom
are sponsoring the entire pro
gram.
Each church on the campus is
having a visiting leader to hold
services daily at 7:15 p. m. in the
respective church. Students a t -
tending night services will be of
ficially excused from Call to Quar
ters. A note on each visiting lead
er is given below.
Interviews with any of the re
ligious leaders may be arranged
by calling at the Interview Desk
in the YMCA or by seeing the
individual leader, all of whom will
be housed in the Board of Direc
tors’ Rooms.
A question box is located at the
entrance of Guion Hall. Questions
placed in the box will bfe discussed
by Dr. Alexander the following
morning.
Catholics
Sunday through Friday, the
Rev. Don Jacobs is conducting a
Retreat for Catholic Aggies in
St. Mary’s Chapel.
Father Jacobs was ordained in
1942 and at present is carrying
on missionary work among Brazos
County colored people.
Methodists
Who is conducting a Retreat
Sunday through Thursday even
ing in St. Mary’s Chapel. The
REV. JACOBS of Bryan was
ordained in 1942 and is now
working with the colored people
of Brazos County.
ASHVE to Receive
Charter on Feb. 20
To Become Only Active
U. S. Student Branch
On February 20, the A. & M.
Student Chapter of the American
Society of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers will be presented with
its charter, thus becoming the on
ly active student branch in the
United States today. The pre
sentation will be made in the Me
chanical Engineering lecture room,
and Wendell Horsley, director of
the college placement office, will
be guest speaker.
The A. & M. chapter, now 60
members strong, was organized
last October by a group of me
chanical engineering seniors who
were enrolled in an air condition
ing course taught by Professor
Wayne E. Long. Over eighty man
ufacturers, distributors, and in
stallers of air conditioning and
heating equipment have been con
tacted in connection with the pro
gram of obtaining jobs during the
summer monthts for society mem
bers.
Officers of the ASHVE for this
semester are Herbert Kay, presi
dent; George H. Jackson, secre
tary-treasurer; and A. E. Baron
reporter.
The Rev. Joe Z. Tower, pastor
of the First Methodist Church,
Wichita Falls, will be the visiting
religious leader for the local Meth
odist Church. He, too, is speaking
to the Methodist Aggies and resi
dents each day, Monday through
Friday, at 7:15 p. m. in the church.
Lutherans
The Rev. Fred Mgebroff, of
Brenham’s Lutheran Church, is
addressing the Lutheran congre
gation each day, Monday through
Friday, in the Cabinet Room of
the YMCA. The services are be
ing held at 7:15 p. m.
Episcopalians
St. Thomas Episcopal Church,
located across from the main in
fantry drill field, is featuring the
Rev. Tom Bagby each evening of
this week.
Rector of Houston St. James
Episcopal Church, the Rev. Bagby
has been active in the leadership of
young people in the Diocese of
West Texas and the Houston area.
He is now directing an inter-de
nominational youth center in the
Riverside addition of Houston.
Church of Christ
James F. Fowler, minister of the
Church of Christ will deliver a
series of sermons from February
9 through 14 at 7:15 p.m. He will
preach on the theme “And he
preached unto him Jesus . . . ”
for the services during the week
and at the Sunday morning service
at 10:45 a.m.
(See RELIGION on Page 4)
Who Won the War?
Rank' Gathers to Answer
Question for History Books
By S. Sack
Saturday night 410 reserve officers, wives, and dates
played soldier again for five hours and refought more bat
tles than present-day historians will allow.
Order of the Day
Uniforms were unearthed
from the depths of the closet
ed moth-proof bags, rows of
decorations were unhooked
from the pages of combat di
aries; and the Variety Store’s
blitz cloths called for several
minutes of “elbow grease” on
dirty brass. These three is
sues comprised the Order of
the Day for the Brazos Coun
ty Reserve Officers, as Presi
dent-Colonel E. N. Holmgreen
assumed command of his CP
at the head of the dinner table.
Between hurried bites of Sbisa
Hall victuals, the former officers
reiterated breath-taking, hair-
raising experiences—ranging from
the Battle of Fort Sam Houston
to the Defeat of Japan. Each
claimed to have “won the war—
singlehanded!”
No flags of truce appeared; no
battles were won; no treaties were
signed; and the courts-martial pro
ceedings were unable to anwer the
question: WHO WON THE WAR?
General Order Arrives
In the midst of heated debates,
a messenger arrived from the en
listed men’s foxholes with a gen
eral order which declared: WE
WON THE WAR!
With the question-at-stake ans
wered, the officers’ mess was clear
ed, and renewed combat tales com
menced on the dance floor. A
USO band, called the Aggieland
Orchestra, led by Pfc. Bill Turner,
kept the tempo jumping, rather
than be hit by the missies flying
from dancing couples.
Here and There
Veterans’ Advisor-Lt. Col. Tay
lor Wilkins tripped the light fan
tastic among the pairs; 1st Lt.
Curly Bryant was literally ready
to jump at a moment’s notice, with
trousers tucked neatly in para-
troop boots. Captain Dave Bruce
spent most of his evening politick
ing in the current veterans' presi
dency race; a by-stander would
have mistaken him for a newsreel
photographer, snapping action pic
tures here and there. Student Ac
tivities Director-Captain and Mrs.
Grady Elms were not to be out
done on the dance floor. Lloyd
G. Berryman, of the Mechanical
Engineering department, was a
traitor to the cause, appearing
in a CIVILIAN garb.
Disband!
Commencing at 11:30 the ranks
began to thin; commanding offi
cers were giving the order to “fall
out.” By the time midnight rolled
around, columns of two had entire
ly cleared the parade ground.
So back to the billets trod the
tired worriers in order to add this
episode to “combat diary”!
Dangerous Fish
A charge of assault with a dan
gerous weapon was placed against
a twenty-eight-year-old man, af
ter his wife complained that he
tried to submerge her in a bath
tub containing two live catfish.
Vet Political
Race Closes
Tomorrow
Six Candidates For
President Sponsor
Placard Campaigns
Tomorrow is the final day
at the polls for veterans to
cast their ballots for officers
of the Veterans’ Students As
sociation. Voting took place today
in the rotunda of the Academic
Building and will continue tomor
row from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All
veterans are eligible to vote for
the vacancies now existing in the
present organization.
Candidates for president are:
William S. (Bill) Andrews ’44;
T. C. (Buddy) Brennan ’46;
A. D. (Dave) Bruce ’44;
David N. (Ish) Elliott ’48;
James E. Kelly *46;
Wm. T. (Bill) Murphy ’45.
Two veterans are running in the
vice-president and social director
race:
Robert A. (Bob) Poison ’46;
W. R. (Jelly) Steymann ’45.
Sam S. Williams, Jr., ’45 is the
only candidate for treasurer.
For secretary:
Edward K. (Ed) Fisher ’45;
William D. Taylor ’45.
Candidates for parliamentarian
are:
Joe E. Sonley ’44;
Karl E. Wallace, Jr. ’44.
No one filed for the position of
sergeant-at-arms.
One Student -Life Committee
member will be elected from the
following four candidates:
Arthur R. Buckner ’46;
Marvin L. Brown ’45;
John P. Garrity ’45;
Charlie Murray ’46.
The only candidate to file for
the newly formed Mess Committee
was Charlie D. Kirkbride, Jr. ’50.
Amplified platform statements
from presidential candidates re
ceived by the Battalion this week
follow:
Buddy Brennan:
“Buddy Brennan, Bob Poison,
Bill Taylor, Sam Williams, and
Karl Wallace, in announcing their
candidacies would like to state
that they have united together
with the mutual intent and purpose
of striving for a unified organiza
tion that will represent all veter
ans, both married and single.
“Should we be elected we will
direct our best efforts in pursuit
of the following program:
1. 100% representation for ev
ery student group of students.
2. Initiate a vigorous support
and membership campaign in
order to form a unified or
ganization.
3. Support and present policies
that will insure the continua
tion of a strong veteran’s or
ganization as long as there
shall be a Veteran student en
rolled at Texas A&M.
4. Continued social activity with
closer relations between sin
gle and married students.
5. To study conditions and make
recommendations to the Ad
ministration for any changes
that will help raise the stan
dard of education at Texas A
& M.
6. To take a firm stand, with
non- influenced convictions
based upon the facts of the
individual situationj on all
matters relating to the Cadet
Corps and corp activities that
will directly or indirectly ef
fect the entire student body.
Dave Bruce:
“In this issue of the Batt I
would like to enlarge on some of
the statements that I made in the
last issue.
“(1) In case a means of return
ing the dividends made by the Ex
change Store to the students in the
form of reduced prices can not
be found, that the excess dividends
be placed in a Student Recreation
Fund by which entertainment of
the best type can be imported, with
free admission to students. With
a fund of $35,000 such as is avail
able at present, the better orches
tras, singers, dancers, lecturers,
etc. could be presented.
“(2) Two student representa
tives on the Athletic Council, one
of which to be a veteran.
“(3) Educational films should
be secured so that instruction can
be supplemented by movies that
are interesting, entertaining, and
instructional. Also, an attempt
should be made to secure first run
movies for Guion Hall instead of
three and four year old “has-
beens”.
“(4) Eating may or may not be
called recreation, but at any rate
everyone would be more content if
they were satisfied with the qual
ity and proper variety of food
served in the mess halls. A thor
ough investigation of the sanitary
conditions of the eating establish
ments sui*rounding the college.
“(5) Barbecue parties that would
(See ELECTION on Page 4)