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VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1947
Number 40
Sam Houston A Capelin Choir
To Perform at A &M March 4
Euell Porter, director of thcf
Bryan High School choir for 9
years and in 1943 director of the
Singing Cadets, will bring his Sam
Houston State 57-voice A Capella
Choir to sing for A&M’s Town Hall
in Guion Hall at 8 o’clock Tuesday
evening, March 4.
Organized by Porter last year,
the choral organization will sing
a program of sacred and secular
music ranging from the earliest
worshipful music of Palestrina to
the popular lyrics of Jerome Kern.
The choir’s appearance at A&M
will be on the eve of an exten
sive tour through West Texas,
which will take it to the Carlsbad
Caverns in New Mexico. Earlier
in the year, it has made appearan
ces in churches and schools in
many Central and South Texas
towns and cities, and recently sang
at the State school administrator’s
conference in Austin.
Four student soloists are fea
tured with the choir. Edward
Carson, of Bryan, sings the lyric
tenor solos in “Balm in G’ilead”
and “Resting in His Love.” The
entire ensemble makes its appear
ance in a close-phalanx formation,
and the singers wear wine-colored
cossack-style robes, covered with
white satin vestments for women
members.
Among the choir’s members are
Marvin L. Downey, Ralph Weedon,
Esther Montoyo, and Carson, all
of Bryan.
Veteran Students Authorized
Leaves of Absence in School
Leaves of absences for veterans+-
pursuing courses of education or
training under Public Law 346,
78th Congress, may be granted at
a rate of 2% days per month, a
directive concerning Part VIII re
veals. Leaves will be accrued dur
ing the entire time a veteran is
enrolled in and pursuing a course
of education or training, including
that time during which he is on
approved leave of absence; such
leaves will not accumulate to an
amount in excess of 30 days.
Advisors are authorized to ap
prove leaves which do not exceed
the amount of leave accumulated
Brazos Club ‘Elects’
Moore Chairman
For Aggie Muster
State Representative Bill
Moore was named Tuesday-
night to be chairman of the
traditional muster April 21
of the Brazos County A. & M.
Club. R. L. Elkins will be
chairman of arrangements and
was empowered to select his
helpers from among the for
mer A. & M. students residing
in Brazos county.
S. A. Lipscomb was reelected
representative of the club on the
council of the Former Students
Association. Fred Hale, club pres
ident announced the selection of
George Long, Jim Alexander,
George Blasig, Lucien Morgan, F.
W. Hensel, Jr., C. A. Lewis and
Chester Jackson as a committee to
assist the office of the Former
Students Association in the tabu
lating the votes made by members
over the State for other council
posts. C. W. Hielscher won the
attendance post.
Nancy Moses, senior student in
Stephen F. Austin high school of
Bryan, was selected duchess for
the club at the Cotton Ball to be
held at the College April 18.
Highlight of the club meeting,
which was held at the Bryan Coun
try Club, was the showing of miv-
ing pictures of the State champion
ship high school football game last
December between Odessa and
Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio.
First phase of the club meeting
was devoted to paying annual dues
which are now on a calendar year
basis. Secretary Oscar L. Crain
of 209 East 33rd Street, Bryan,
made a plea that other members of
the club who did not attend the
meeting contact him before the
March meeting.
or which will not exceed 30 days
in each 12 successive months of
enrolled status, provided that such
leave will not interfere with the
veteran’s progress in his course,
the directive stated.
Since the veteran’s entitlement
is charged for all the time during
which he is paid a subsistence al
lowance, it follows that leave
should never be granted automati
cally. Therefore, the enrollee should
be given an opportunity to choose
between requesting leave of ab
sence or interruption of training
for the period of absence.
Approved absences covering a
period less than the standard
school or work week of the train
ing institution will be charged at
the rate of one day for each
school or working day of absence
from the institution. Approved ab
sences covering a period of one
calendar week or more will be
charged at the rate of five days
for each seven consecutive days of
absence. No charge against leave
will be made for absences on those
days within a period of training
on which the school or training
establishment grants total exemp
tion from attendance to all students
similarly circumstanced.
For veterans enrolled in edu
cational institutions, this will in
clude school holidays and short
intermissions between successive
terms within the school year, pro
vided that the veteran was enroll
ed for two successive terms.
Enrollees should be instructed
that they will be expected to ap
ply for and obtain approval for
leave of absence in advance.
The Aggieland—Playing Friday and Saturday Nights
AGGIELANDERS ALL! Bill Turner makes own swingsters will play for both the Sophomore
with the baton; Nell Arhapoulas warbles the lyrics, d^le?for'sbTsa on FTid^y atd'saturday 0 ^^ 8 this
and the collegiate side-men go to town. A. & M.’s week.
Sophomore Sweetheart ‘Revue’
To Brighten Campus Week-end
Cotton*King Vasek
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Inf antry Regiment
Honors Ex-Sergeant
Cadets of the Infantry Regiment
of the A. & M. College Corps of
Cadets participated in a Retreat
Parade on the Infantry Drill Field,
Wednesday, February 26, at 5:30
p.ni. This parade was in honor
of the retirement of Staff Ser
geant Harvey R. Schwalm who on
December 31 completed twenty-
five years of faithful and honor
able service in the United States
Army.
New Seats For Guion Hall
Guion Hall has been improved
by the addition of 982 new cush
ioned seats on the bottom floor
for the comfort of the movie-goers.
All seats have been adjusted so as
to give the best possible view.
Other improvements are on the
way such as new carpets and the
remodeling of the balcony.
E. J. VASEK, senior agronomy
student from Wiemar, has been
elected King Cotton by the Ag
ronomy Society. Vasek will
reign over the annual Cotton
Ball this year.
Are The Rights of Our Canine
Vets Being Thrown to Dogs?
By Mack T. Nolen
A question of veteran’s rights has been raised in the
Bronx. At the present it concerns only the canine veterans
of the nation, but as a precedent it could lead to far bigger
things. A valiant pup, one which offered himself freely
when his country stood in dire peril from the menace of
dictatorship and has now been discharged magna cum laude,
stands condemned to die for doing a perfectly natural dog
gish trick—he bit someone.
Scout, the dog of Mr. and Mrs.-f
August Marrone, has had to go
underground to escape the guillo
tine threatening him. His owners
have been called to the bar on
charges of “aiding and abetting.”
One dog, in itself, counts for
little in our world of haste and
great decisions, but every court
ruling becomes a part of the com
mon law, the basis of future
judgements. When a human vet
eran similarly bites someone, will
he too get the ax?
Justice is blind. It disregards
personality and feeling, subordi
nating all to fairness. To insure
the sanctity of the person, the
sanctity of the dog must be con
firmed.
The judge in the case expressed
his opinion thusly:
“You can’t take a dog and
train him to kill people, then
try to de-train it, like turning
a faucet on and off. I believe
this vicious dog should be de
stroyed.”
Another judge retorted, “The
dog has been unnerved by his ex
periences. He shouldn’t be shot any
more than a human veteran should
be.”
Maybe the veterans are, as has
been suggested, a bunch of psy
chopathic madmen. Maybe their
trying experiences are telling on
them. At any rate the judicial
system of the nation is at the
crossroads. It must decide for once
and all whether veterans shall be
killed off en masse or allowed to
resume peaceful ways with sym
pathy and understanding. That also
goes for the dogs.
Krause In Leading
Role of New Play
Bill Krause, geology student
from Houston, has been chosen to
play the part of Maurice Mullins
in the forthcoming Aggie Players
production “A Murder Has Been
Arranged”.
Krause graduated from San Jac
into High School in 1941, and went
into the Army Air Forces in 1942.
He served for three years as a
navigator with the Air Transport
command, covering all theaters of
operations. In May of 1946 he was
discharged at Fort Sam Houston,
and entered A. & M. in the fall of
that year. He started his college
career off with a bang by be
coming a distinguished student his
first semester.
Krause has been in two previous
Aggie Players productions, “The
Male Animal”, in which he played
the lead, an8 in “Fumed Oaks”.
He plans to follow dramatics as
a hobby only, and devote his ser
ious efforts to the rocks and tun
dra associated with geology.
Battalion Has New
Circulation Mgr.
Martin E. Crossley has replaced
Gerald Monson as circulation man
ager for “The Battalion”, and has
assumed the responsibilities and
duties of the position with this
issue. Addressing and mailing pa
pers to out-of-town subscribers as
well as making up the bundles for
delivery to dormitories on the cam
pus and at the Bryan Field An
nex will be the new manager’s
duties.
The Sophomore Sweetheart Revue will be held in Sbisa
tomorrow night from 9 to 12 p. m. with the Aggieland Or
chestra scheduled to furnish the music. All sophomores,
either in the Corps or in the non-regs are invited to come,
and invitations are also extended to classified seniors. Dor
mitory 4 will be vacated to provide accomodations for the
visiting girls, and students will be assessed a charge of $.75
per guest per night.
George Edwards, president of
First Issues Of
Agriculturist And
Engineer Due Soon
Not Published Since
Pre-War Issue of ’43
The January issue of The En
gineer, the first since the spring
of 1943 when the war halted pro
duction, will be ready for distri
bution Friday night. Editor Bob
Davies said the tardiness and the
small size of this publication was
mainly due to the acute paper
shortage, and that the next issue
would bring it up to its previous
standard.
The Engineer, a bi-monthly pub
lication, is a medium for the en
gineering branches here at the
college and information is printed
for each department in the school
of engineering.
Top Sergeants and house moth
ers will be notified when to pick
up their issues. Receipt stubs will
be needed. These stubs are good
for two more issues—March and
May. Subscriptions can still be
bought from the Student Activities
Office or from presidents of any
engineering club.
The Agriculturist, publication
for the school of agriculture, will
make its first appearance since
1943 in the near future according
to Editor Charles E. Ball.
Graduate Club Organizes
The Texas A. & M. Graduate
Club has been reorganized this
semester and has elected the fol
lowing officers: President, New
ton F. Spraggins; vice-president,
Joseph W. Robertson; Secretary,
Mrs. H. F. Miller; and treasurer,
Marvin C. Wilkening.
the Sophomore Class, and four
committees appointed by him are
responsible for the arrangements
of the “Revue”. These commit
tees are:
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.
The Sophomore Sweetheart Re
vue is an annual affair, and is
sponsored by the Sophomer Class.
Rio Grande Valley Club To
Choose Cotton Ball Duchess
The Rio Grande Valley club is
to make plans for choosing a Cot
ton Ball Duchess, at its regular
meeting in the YMCA Assembly
room at 7 p.m. Thursday. Dis
cussion of a possible social event
for this semester will also be in
cluded.
All valley men are urged to
tend.
at-
Denton County To Elect
Officers This Evening at 7
Officers will be elected and plans
for the current semester will be
decided upon at the Denton County
Club this evening at 7 p. m. in
Room 325, Academic Building.
Members should note that the
meeting place has been changed
from Room 206.
American Born Ballet Theater
To Play Town Hall Program
by Jack Gray
Tickets were placed on sale this
morning for the Ballet Theatre
performance to be given in Guion
Hall, March 12. Reserved tickets
are priced at $2 and general ad
mission $1.50.
Ballet Theatre, the first Ameri
can-born of the big-time ballet
companies, recently played a six-
week New York engagement upon
return from an extended eight-
week summer season at London’s
Royal Open House. The engage
ment here will be one of the sche
duled 70 to be given by the com
pany on its’ transcontinental tour.
The performance will present
the new ballet, born in America
for the enjoyment of American
people. Said Walter Terry, ballet
critic of the New York Herald-
Tribune, “Ballet Theatre is pro
viding ballet with new substance,
with living art tissues rather than
with embalming beauty. ... is
opening the door to ballet art and
notmerely allowing us to look at
its decorative porticos.”
Comprising 60 dancers with corps
de ballet and symphony orchestra
and stare of the calibre of Igor
Youskevitch, Lucia Chase, Mich
ael Kidd and Dimitri Romanoff,
the company will offer master
pieces of yesteryear and the clas
sics of tomorrow.
Tickets are in sale at WSD and
Waldrop’s in Bryan and at the
college tudent Activities Office.
Bell, Krueger Appointments To
Board of Directors Announced
Tyree Bell of Dallas and C. C. Krueger of San Antonio
have been named as new members of the A. & M. board of
directors. The nominations were made by Governor Beau-
ford Jester Tuesday. It was believed that the state senate
would confirm the names quickly enough that a meeting of
the board with the new members could be held here Satur-
♦■day. The board recessed last week-
Senate Passes
Negro U. Bill
The Senate quickly passed Sena
tor Lacey Stewart’s Bill for a Ne
gro university by a 25-2 vote Mon
day morning. The bill was spon
sored by Senator George Moffett
of Chillicothe, chairman of the
state affairs committee, in the ab
sence of Senator Stewart who is
ill at his home in Houston.
The House state affairs com
mittee sent to a subcommittee both
Senator Stewart’s adopted bill and
a companion measure introduced
by Representative Charles A. Mur
phy Jr. of Houston for non-con-
troversial revisions. The main
task of the subcommittee will be
to iron out objections raised by
President Gibb Gilchrist of A & M.
There is little doubt but that the
bill will be recommended to the
House for passage when the sub
committee reports back to the
main committee at a regular meet
ing Tuesday night.
President Gilchrist made it clear
that he had no objections to the
aims and the principles of the
act but to the provisions of the
bill authorizing and requiring the
A&M board to establish interim
courses at Prairie View upon de
mand, while the main university
is being ogranized in Houston. He
deems it “impracticable and un
workable”. Main arguments voiced
by Gilchrist and others are the
crowded conditions now existing
at Prairie View, and the procure
ment of capable instructors.
The bill provides $2,000,000 for
establishing the university in Hous
ton, with an annual maintenance
and operation appropriation of
$500,000. It would set up $250,000
for interim courses at Prairie
View, and $100,000 for immediate
establishment of a law school in
Austin to be taught by the Uni
versity of Texas faculty.
State Pecan Growers’
Committee Outlines
Research Program
The Research Committee of Tex
as Pecan Growers’ Association
outlined Tuesday a program em
bracing insect and disease control,
orchard management problems,
and marketing, President J. C.
Patterson, stated. At the meet
ing a committee was appointed to
present the c needs for research
work in Texas to seek state appro
priations.
Members of the Pecan Growers’
Committee are A. Winkler, Moody;
W. D. Sims, State Department of
Agriculture, Austin; W. S. Price,
Kerens; Carroll Yezak, Bremond;
and President Patterson, Waco.
end without taking action on the
athletic coach controversy, prefer
ring to wait until the new appoint
ees could take part.
In making the appointments, in
a joint message which also named
three regents for Texas Univer
sity, Jester said he had been par
ticularly careful in selection of the
A. & M. directors. “I have a per
sonal interest ...” he stated.
“My father was a member of the
A. & M. board when David F.
Houston was the chief executive of
that institution.”
Bell is an ex-Aggie, Class of ’13.
While he was at A & M, he was
one of the few men to captain two
different Aggie football teams—
both the 1912 and 1914 elevens.
In addition he served as president
of the Junior Class, and as a cadet
major in his senior year. He was
graduated with a degree in Civil
Engineering and is now president
of the Austin Road Company of
Dallas. He was a major in the
Corps of Engineers during World
War I, and fought overseas in
France. He is a past president of
the Former Students’ Association
and of the Dallas A&M Club.
Krueger, also an Aggie-ex, grad
uated with a Civil Engineering de
gree in 1912 and is now president
of the San Antonio Machinery and
Supply Company. He bore a ma
jor’s commission in the 82nd Field
Artillery during World War I.
Krueger and his brother are don
ors of the Krueger Award, given
each year to an outstanding junior
who is working his way through
school. Dean Denton is present
holder of the award. Krueger’s son,
Carl C. Krueger Jr., is now en
rolled in A & M, after service in
the navy. Krueger is a past presi
dent of the Former Students’ As
sociation and is an active mem
ber of the San Antonio A&M
Club.
These two appointments were
the results of the rejection by the
Senate of former - Governor Coke
Stevenson’s nominations—-D. S.
Buchanan and Maj. Gen. H. J.
Brees.
Governor Jester also announced
the appointments of Mrs. Edgar
Tobin of San Antonio, W. E. Dar
den of Waco, and James W. Rock
well of Houston to the University
of Texas Board of Regents.
Married Vets Turn
In Mailing Address
Students living in Vet Village,
Project Houses, Trailer Camps,
or in the College View Apart
ments, should contact the Bat
talion office if they wish their
names placed on the Battalion
mailing list.
There has been so much dis
satisfaction with the present
delivery system to those areas
that this service will be dis
continued.
No More Flash Bulbs
T. G. GRIFFIN (left) and CLAUDE R. STONE of the A. & M.
Camera Club demonstrate the “strobelight,” electronic device which
goes away with flash bulbs. The apparatus, constructed by Griffin,
releases a high-voltage impulse through a special lamp. The light
produced is bright enough and fast enough to take clear photographs.