Board Sticks With ‘No Hazing' Policy; Postpones Coaching Decision
Seven Seniors Get
Little Response
The Board of Directors re
affirmed its intention of ban
ishing hazing—both physical
and mental—from the cam
pus, and voted confidence in Presi
dent Gibb Gilchrist’s administra
tion in the face of student demands
for his ousting. It sidestepped im
mediate action on Coach Homer
Norton until the other two mem
bers of the Board are appointed
and affirmed by the Senate; the
earliest possible time for the dir
ectors to meet in full session again
will be the latter part of this
week.
Meeting in executive session
Friday afternoon after hearing
cadet seniors charge lack
of cooperation between the admin
istration and student body, the
board issued a statement that “the
recent disturbance at the A & M
College, involving 179 members of
the senior class, was caused by
the administration’s enforcement
of regulations adopted by the
board governing life.” This “dis
turbance” involved a midnight
march on the home of President
Gilchrist when the cadet officers
resigned their commissions and de
mands his ouster.
Vote of Confidence
The board gave President Gil
christ, Dean of Men J. W. Rollins,
and Colonel Guy S. Meloy Jr.,
commandant, a vote of confidence
in handling the recent disturbance.
The statement by Board Presi
dent G. R. White that any prac
tice which prohibits a student from
making the best use of his time
toward securing educational bene
fits offered by the college would
be eliminated. It also stated that
“the board of directors is whole
heartedly and unanimously in ac
cord wth any action which the ad
ministration takes to reach this
goal.”
President Gilchrist, in a state
ment after the midnight march,
said that unfavorable conditions,
particularly hazing in the Cadet
Corps, had caused 48 percent of
the freshmen to drop out of school
during the first semester.
The board endorsed this state
ment and “recognizes that hazing
is the principal trouble.”
Exchange Store Rebates
Other business discussed Friday
was the distribution of $3800 in
profits of the Exchange Store on
a pro rata basis to students who
had made purchases and deposited
sales slips requesting the rebates.
College authorities were given
permission to comply with terms
of Senate Bill Number 7 of the
50th Legislature increasing cer
tain salaried employees whose in
comes had not been adjusted since
September 1, 1945.
The Board approved the accept
ance of $10,000 endowment for
scholarships at North Texas Agri
cultural College from North Am
erican Aviation Foundation.
Plantation Profits
Dean Charles N. Shepardson re
ported to the board that the Col
lege Plantation showed a net pro
fit of some $6300.
NTAC was granted $13,000 to
purchase three dormitories and
an apartment which they now lease
Texas A*M
The B
College
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VOLUME 46
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1947
Number 391
BUI Proposed for VA to ‘Foot
Vets' Student Activities Fees
Includes Publications Subscriptions,
Athletic Events, Town Hall Features
A bill enabling the governing boards of all state col
leges and universities to authorize a fee of not more than
$20 per semester to cover hospital and health service, ath
letic events, student activities, student publications, lecture
and artists series, recreational programs and facilities, and
book rentals, has been introduced"'
by Senator R. L. Proffer and state
Representative Robert H. Jackson.
The proposal has been endorsed
by student government groups in
almost all state colleges, and it is
expected that its passage will meet
with general approval of all ex-
servicemen now attending school
under the GI Bill of Rights. Such
a bill would enable the Veterans’
Administration to pay these fees,
which, in many instances, are too
high for veterans to pay.
Up to this time the Veterans’
Administration has refused to pay
for student activities and publica
tions, such as those stated above,
but with this bill enacted into law,
the Veteran s’ Administration
would be forced to pay these fees.
In some state schools where the
student activities fees are compul
sory, the Veterans’ Administration
has undertaken the payment of
them. In other cases, including A.
Dr. J. C. Miller
Directors Name Dr.
J. C. Miller Head
Of AH Department
Taught Here 1940-45;
Left to Become Head
Of Tennessee U. Dept.
Dr. J. C. Miller, now at the
University of Tennessee, was ap
pointed head of the Animal Hus
bandry Department by the Board
of Directors February 21.
A native of Jackson, Missouri,
Dr. Miller has taught at the Uni
versity of Tennessee since 1945.
In the animal husbandry depart
ment at A & M for five years, he
left to become head of the depart
ment at the University of Tennes-
WANTED!
18 Stage Hands
Eighteen stage hands are need
ed to work before, during, and
after the performance of the
Ballet Theatre, which will take
place Wednesday, March 12, in
Guion Hall.
Applicants will be expected to
assist carpenters in preparing
the scenery and stage for the
performance. Students interes
ted should have no class after
2 p.m., Wednesday, and some
will be expected to help pack
scenery on trucks after the show.
All work will be completed by
10:30 p. m. Wednesday night,
and student labor rates will be
in effect.
Interested applicants should
contact the Student Activities
Office, Room 3, Administration
Building.
Await Naming of Bell, Krueger
To A & M Board of Directors
Tyree L. Bell of Dallas and Carl C. Krueger of San An
tonio were still waiting nomination to the A. & M. Board of
Directors by Governor Beauford Jester yesterday.
-+ Names of Bell and Krueger had
been cleared by state senators
from their respective districts, but
Governor Jester was apparently
waiting until all nominations were
cleared before naming any. Then
directors for A. & M., regents for
T. U., and directors for several
other state colleges would be
named in a single message.
/ & M., the payment of these fees see -
Tc* /-vvv4-TV"!o 1 o-n/4 -f-ViA A I I
is optional, and the Veterans’ Ad
ministration has refused to pay.
This deprives the ex-serviceman
student in a school where the pay
ment is optional of the same or
equal benefits with the student at
tending a school where the fee is
required.
College authorities estimated
that with such a law, it would not
be necessary to increase present
fees.
Working on the basis of 5,000
veteran students enrolled in A.
& M., the passage of the bill would
save ex-servicemen, as a whole,
$100,000 a year. It would include
activities such as athletic events
and Town Hall features, and sub
scriptions to The Battalion, either
The Engineer or Agriculturist, and
The Longhorn.
Dr. Miller is one of the leading
authorities in the United States
on the physiology of reproduction
and animal breeding. He is a lead
er of young men and an inspiring
teacher.
Likes Americans,
WantsPen Friend
City to Elect Three
Conncilmen April 1
A general municipal election will
be held in the City of College
Station on April 1 to elect three
councilmen. The councilmen whose
terms expire are: G. B. Wilcox,
Ward 1; C. W. Crawford, Ward 2;
and Rev. R. L. Brown, Ward 3.
The election will be held at the
Consolidated High School and the
polls will be open from 8 a. m. until
6 p. m.
Blank applications for candi
dates may be obtained at the City
Office. These should be filed with
the City Secretary before March
1.
Cops Nab Peter Rabbit On
Lettuce Hunt in St. Louis
Peter Rabbit has been caught
—hunting lettuce!
Saturday in St. Louis a night
watchman heard the shatter of
window glass. Then a dark fig
ure fled past him. The watch
man lunged and missed.
Then a nearby patrolman,
quick like the rabbit, gave chase
and caught the quarry.
The would-be-burglar was
identified at police headquarters
as Peter J. Rabbit, 21, St. Louis.
He apparently was looking for
some long green lettuce.
Class of ’45 Picks Cotton
Ball Duchess Wednesday
The Class of ’45 will meet in
the Assembly Hall Wednesday
night, February 26 at 7, p. m.
for the purpose of arranging the
selection of a Cotton Ball duchess.
Entries will be made by pictures,
and a committee will be appointed
to judge the pictures at this meet
ing. Further spring social activi
ties--will also be discussed along
with several „other important busi
ness matters^. Class members are
urged to help make this the largest
meeting of the year.
From London to “His Worship,
the Mayor of Bryan” came a let
ter the other day wanting a pen
pal in the wild and wooly sections
of Texas.
So “His Worship” forwarded
the manuscript to The Battalion.
In brief, here is the general idea:
“I wondered whether you could
connect me with pen-friends from
your community”, wrote the 20-
year-old English lass. “I worked
as a hostess at an American Red
Cross club for a short time, and
met several very nice American
men and women. The GI’s I knew
and brought home were all decent,
straight, lovable young men, and
both my mother and father liked
them very much”, she continued.
Then she went on to thank all
“those generous, courageous, fight
ing men from America who played
such a big part in the ultimate
victory”, and hoped that England
and the United tates could build
a lasting peace and a happier new
world for all.
Pen pals interested in corres
ponding with this young English
girl, write to Miss Elizabeth G.
Robinson, 16 Angel Walk, Ham
mersmith W 6, London, England.
New head of the Animal Hus
bandry Department is Dr. J. C.
Miller, who comes from the Uni
versity of Tennessee.
Agronomy Society
Sends Invitations;
Appoint Committee
Sponsoring the 13th Annual
Cotton Style Show and Pag
eant, the A & M Agronomy
Society has sent out 175 invi
tations to Aggie mothers’ clubs and
ex-student groups throughout the
state and campus clubs, so that
each will be represented with a
duchess for the occasion, Presi
dent John P. Stanford has an
nounced. These invitations should
be returned as soon as possible
and not later than April 1.
Tuesday Stanford appointed a
steering committee to make ar
rangements for the annual cotton
ball and pageant, which will be
held. April 18. Comprising the
group are J. S. Mogford, V. P.
Bennett, Roy H. Anderson, G. W.
Kunze, E. J. Vacek, R. L. Moore,
Mason Briscoe II, and D. B. Mc
Combs.
Episcopals Plan
Lenten Services
Keeping in step with the Len
ten season, St. Thomas’ Episcopal
Church is offering a “Lenten
Challenge” every Wednesday, the
Rev. O. G. Helvey, vicar, has stat
ed. Each Wednesday at 10 a.m.,
a short Holy Communion service
will be held at the church, which
is located across from the new
area drill field. In this respect,
the Rev. Helvey said that the
service would be over in ample
time to meet an 11 o’clock class.
Also every Wednesday evening
at 7:30 p.m., an evening service
and Bible discussion will take
place.
Last Sunday the Rt. Rev. John
E. Hines, Bishop Coadjutor of the
Diocese of Texas, was at the morn
ing service for Confirmation and
sermon.
3,000 Pack Sbisa
Hall for Saturday
Night Masters Ball
More than 3,000 Aggies, their
dates, and wives—danced to the
music of Frankie Masters’ Orches
tra at the George Washington Ball
on Saturday night. According to
Grady Elms, acting manager of
Student Activities, this was the
largest number to attend a col
lege dance during the current so
cial season.
The George Washington Birth
day Ball was sponsored by the
Veteran Students’ Association, and
Vice-President Bob Poison of the
Association stated that he was
well pleased with the large at
tendance figure. Even though
there had been an advance ticket
sale, many people stood in line
to buy tickets as late as 11 p. m.
At intermission the sixteen beau
ties from TSCW were presented by
Gloria Echols, editor of the Daed
alian, TSCW yearbook. Masters
picked four class beauties from the
sixteen nominees. Names of the
four class beauties will not be
released until the TSCW Senior
Formal on May 3.
Frankie Masters and his orches
tra have just completed a six
weeks’ engagement with the In
terstate Theaters, having appeared
on the Sunday afternoon “Show
time”, all over the state.
Bill Proposes Wider Area And
Occupa tion of Board Members
A wider spread, geographically-^
and occupationally, of members of
the governing boards of the state
colleges and universities was pro
posed Friday by Rep. Grady Moore
of Clarksville. The proposal would
mean that directors would be chos
en from different portions of the
state, a policy which Governor
Jester has already adopted.
Moore’s proposal would prohi
bit more than two of the nine mem
bers of the governing boards from
representing the same occupational
Insurance Policy Reinstatement Bill
Expected to Extend Deadline to Aug. 1
About 900,000 World War 114-
veterans in Texas, Louisiana, and
Mississippi will soon receive let
ters from the Veterans’ Admin
istration acquainting them with
their rights to reinstate lapsed GI
insurance, according to the Dallas
Branch Office, 1114 Commerce St.
About 95 per cent of the 1,300,-
000 World War II veterans in the
Dallas Branch Area had GI policies
Spring Has Sprung, and Multi-
Colored Helmets Dot Campus
By Allen Self
No, it isn’t the army of occu
pation which has invaded the cam
pus of late. It’s only the cadet
corps blossoming out in their new
helmet liners.
The markings contrived for the
drafty fabric helmets are novel
to the extreme, resembling the de
signs that were on the helmet of
the young sergeant recently pic
tured on the cover of Life maga
zine.
Though complicated as the wear
er ascends in rank, the lowly pri
vate merely has the brass branch
designation and unit markings (A,
B, C, etc.). On the sides of the
helmet are two A & M decals re-
Petroleum Club Picture
Because of rain last week,
the Petroleum Club will have
its picture taken in front of
Guion Hall at 12:30 p. m.,
tomorrow, February 26. Mem
bers should wear coats and
ties.
sembling those used by the Afrika
Korps.
Cadet commissioned officers
really have a chance to shine. Cir
cling the helmet is a wide gold
stripe, shouting “OFFICER” to all
who see it. They also are adorned
with the Aggie eagle emblem which
regularly goes on the visor cap.
Staff officers are flashier yet.
Corps staff members have an ad
ditional gold stripe, while regi
mental staff officers wear their
regimental colors in a stripe above
the gold one.
Helmet liners are destined to
eventually replace the traditional
campaign hats, which the army
has now largely discorded.
The old Aggies had to provide
decorations from their own initia
tive, rolling brims on the campaign
hats and indenting the top to
give the “jock”, “topkick”, or the
“Beau Brummel” effect.
But now the decorations are al
ready made, painted and varnish
ed. But the rain still drips down
your collar, boys.
during military service. The min
ority who had no government in
surance are also eligible to re
ceive it on application along with
medical evidence satisfactory to
VA.
Bill Awaits Signature
Both the Senate and the House
approved a bill authorizing exten
sion of the deadline for reinstate
ment of GI term insurance without
a physical examination upon pay
ment of two monthly premiums;
this bill is now awaiting the Presi
dent’s signature.
The Veterans’ Administration
anticipated that a new deadline of
August 1, 1947, would be set. Until
that date, veterans will have only
to sign a statement that their
health is as good now as it was
at the time the premium lapsed.
Most lapses came immediately
after demobilization before records
were decentralized to branch of
fices. The trend has now reversed.
Nearly 24,000 veterans reinstated
during January alone in the Dallas
Branch Area.
VA is now paying out about
$700,000 a month to 18,689 bene
ficiaries of veterans in Texas,
Louisiana and Mississippi, on in
surance claims. About 10,000 vet
erans in the area have received
waiver of premiums because of
total disability.
Social Club to Meet Friday
The Social Club of A. & M. Col
lege will meet at the YMCA on
Friday, February 28, at 3 p.m.
Mr. Harris, well known interior
decorator from Houston, will be
guest speaker, discussing “Modern
Trends in Interior Decorating.”
group. It would prevent future
conditions in which lawyers have
constituted a large percentage of
the membership of some of the
state boards.
A further restriction that Moore
proposes would be a provision that
at least a majority have children
attending public or private schools,
or institutions of higher learning.
Minimum age of a member would
be 30 years.
The bill on file would change
the requirements on governing
boards operating under a 1913 act.
That, apparently, would include all
state colleges and universities ex
cept Texas Tech, Lubbock, and the
College of Arts and Industries,
Kingsville.
Rep. Moore’s views were incor
porated in a bill filed with the
chief clerk, and the complete bill
was supposed to have been read
yesterday when the Hquse resum
ed sessions.
Ballet Tickets
On Sale Feb. 27
Tickets for the Ballet The
atre will go on sale Thursday,
February 27 at WSD and Wal
drop’s in Bryan and the Student
Activities Office at college,
Grady Elms, acting Student Ac
tivities director, announced.
Slated for March 12 in Guion
Hall, this performance will not
be a Town Hall, but an added
attraction on the entertainment
schedule. Reserve seat tickets
will cost $2, whereas general
admission tickets will sell for
$1.50.
4% Gratuity Payments To
Vets Income-Tax-Free
The four percent gratuity pay
ments made by the Veterans’ Ad
ministration to the credit of vet
eran-borrowers under the GI Bill
loan provisions are exempt from
federal income tax, the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue has
ruled.
In addition, it was stated, all
interest paid on loans guaranteed
or insured under the amended law
may be listed as a deduction by
the veteran regardless of whether
or not part of. the interest actually
was paid with the gratuity.
‘Sophomore Revue'
Next on Calendar
“The Sophomore Sweetheart Re
vue” will be held Friday night in
Sbisa Hall with The Aggieland Or
chestra furnishing the music
President George R. Edwards of
the Sophomore Class has an
nounced appointment of the fol
lowing committees to perfect ar
rangements for the “Revue”:
Invitations
Chester M. Bell, chairman; Tru
man G. Martin; Lee Holder; Don
ald H. Barrett; and James D.
Bell.
Decorations
Art Jacobson, chairman; Fred
Hambright; Dan Kasper; and I.
I. Bradshaw.
Refreshments
John Orr, chairman; William
Hawes; Charles Glass; and Larry
C. Kinnard.
Programs
Hiram Smith, chairman; James
H. Simpson and Bernard Kitchens.
Other Sophomore Class officers
include Gerald Stewart, vice pres
ident, and Ralph Daniel, secretary.
Seniors Must Get
Soph Ball Ducats
Prior to Dance
Seniors in the Cadet Corps and
seniors with rings living in the
non-reg dorms are invited to at
tend the Sophomore Ball as paying
guests next Friday night, February
28, according to George Edwards,
soph class prexy.
There will be advance sale of in
vitations, which must be secured
prior to 3 p.m. Friday afternoon,
in Dorm 11, Room 401; Dorm 9,
Room 324; DormiS, Room 225; and
Dorm 10, Room 223.
Invitations will also be on sale
Friday morning in the lobby of
the YMCA from 8 to 12.
No tickets will be on sale at the
door.
New Air Mail Schedule
Outgoing
North 8:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.
South 3:30 p.m. — 7:50 p.m.
Incoming
North l:55p.fti. — 9:10 p.m.
South 9:50 a.m. — 4:20 p.m.
WHEEL-CHAIR BUS
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— VtUrmn* Adminittralion Phoi
Walter Ellsworth, patient at McGuire
Veterans Administration Hospital, Rich
mond, Va., adjusts a safety bar holding
his wheel chair in place preparatory to
a ride in the new, specially equipped bur
recently obtained for transporting wheel*
chair patients.
A & M Officials Get
Vote of Confidence
two blocks from the Arlington
school’s campus.
A gift from Hobart Taylor of
$500 for improvements of campus
life at Prairie View University
was accepted by the board.
Sbisa Kitchen Gets New Roof
The board authorized several
construction items, including a new
roof for the kitchen of Sbisa Din
ing Hall, renovation of the Board
of Directors rooms at college, and
painting and repairs at the Aggie
land Inn.
Gifts and grants acknowledged
by the board Friday were as fol
lows: an engine from Humble Oil
Company to test octane rating of
airplane fuels; $2,000 grant in aid
from the Nutrition Foundation for
research; $1,500 grant from Nat
ional Livestock Meat Board for re
search; Loan of a Todd Fog In
secticidal applicator; $1,000 grant
in aid from General Foods Corpor
ation for research; and approxi
mately $1,000 worth of green
house plants from Louis Hahn and
Son of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Prairie View
Law Course
Lacks Takers
Established After
Sweatt Case at UT
The law course at Prairie
View University, established
as the state’s answer to court
rulings that Texas must pro
vide such a course or admit
Negroes to the law school at
the University of Texas, has
no takers, Gibb Gilchrist,
president of A. & M., an
nounced Saturday.
Prairie View, the only state-
supported college for Negroes, is
a branch of A. & M., and'the court
decision to establish a law course
there arose from the suit filed by
Heman Marion Sweatt for the
University of Texas to admit him
as a law student.
Registration at Prairie View
ended February 10, but the final
date of entrance was purposely ex
tended four days, E. L. Angell, as
sistant to President Gilchrist, stat
ed. The law course was established
under the personal supervision of
Angell. Since there were no ap
plicants for the law course, it was
planned to give up the Houston
offices and release William G.
Dickson, Negro lawyer, as in
structor on March 1. The site of
Houston was chosen for the law
training because of its nearness to
Prairie View, and Angell termed
Dickson as “a fine man and em
inently suitable for the position”.
It was stated that the course
would be re-established next Sep
tember if there was a demand for
it.
Angell said that 400 volumes of
law works were available in the
Prairie View Library, and ar
rangements had been made with
the University of Texas Law
School to deliver on twenty-four
hours’ notice a list of first-year
books recommended by that school.
Since the books would cost be
tween $4,000 and $5,000, he did
not buy the books from Prairie
View’s limited funds after it be
came apparent that the school
would not have any legal trainees
this semester.
Officer Observes
Corps Informally
Lt. Col. N. L. Soderholm, a
member of the Texas Military Dis
trict staff with headquarters in
Austin, visited the campus Mon
day and Tuesday, February 17-18,
for the third informal visit of ob
servation of the Cadet Corps, Col
onel G. S. Meloy Jr., commandant,
stated. During those two days Col.
Soderholm observed drill and class
es.
Information has been received
by Colonel Meloy that the annual
formal inspection of the ROTC will
take place between April 15 and
May 25. A definite date for this
inspection will be announced later.
Registrar Says
Students planning to graduate
at the end of the current semes
ter, May 31, 1947, must submit
formal application to the Reg
istrar on forms provided for
that purpose not later than
March 1, 1947.
H. L. Heaton,
Registrar.
After Marrying, See VA
“If you’re a veteran and get
married, see us—the sooner the
better”, says Taylor Wilkins, vet
erans’ advisor on the campus.
A single veteran in school or
training may draw as much as
$65 subsistence monthly; a married
veteran as much as $90. But a
single veteran who gets married
will draw the larger amount ONLY
from the date he applies for it.
So the best policy is to see the
VA as soon as possible after get
ting married.