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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1947
Number,49
Five Students to Attend
Austin Regional NS A Meet
Cullinan, Buntyn, Edwards, Poole,
Leatherwood Are A. & M. Delegates
A committee consisting of 5 students has been selected to
represent A. & M. at the Texas-Oklahoma Regional Student
Conference, to be held in Austin, Texas, March 21 and 22.
Students selected were: N. R. Leatherwood, delegate; Claude
Buntyn, delegate; Joe Cullinan, delegate; John T. Poole,
observer; and George Edwards, observer.
The Regional Conference is therf
outgrowth of a national student
conference which was held at Chi
cago, Illinois, last year to discuss
the possibility of the formation of
a National Students’ Association.
At that conference the delegates
down the general principles
laid
upon which the proposed organ
ization should be formed, and its
function. To continue the task of
forming the organization, the con
ference set up the National Con
tinuations Committee for the Chi
cago Student Conference with
headquarters in Chicago.
The conference also set up thirty
regional committees, among them
the Texas-Oklahoma regional com
mittee, which were to carry on the
work of informing student bodies
in their regions of the proposed
National Students’ Association.
The regional conference will
open with reports of the Chicago
Student Conference of last De
cember and the national executive
committee meeting in March, fol
lowing which the conference will
consider the draft constitution and
tentative 1947-48 program of the
National Students Association, and
will also consider the regional as
pects of the organization in regard
to both organization and general
policy.
The regional convention will be
divided into different panels to
discuss and make recommendations
on the various problems confront
ing the National Students’ Asso
ciation.
The various panels and dele
gates from A. & M. who will serve
on them are as follows: Regional
Panel, Joe Cullinan; National Pan
el, N. R. Leatherwood; Publicity,
Promotion, and Finance Panel,
Claude Buntyn.
It is hoped that through these
regional meetings, similar to the
one in Austin, the National Stu
dents’ Association will be able to
follow an active program by fall.
Through this organization, clos
er relations may be drawn between
students the world over. Aims for
better overall education, settle
ment of racial problems, and ex
change of students are also includ
ed in the program.
trampling out
the vintage .. .
By Mack T. Nolen
Probably the most maltreated,
misused, and abused group on the
American scene is the artist and
painter aggregation. Nobody ever
seems to fathom their tempera
ment and talent.
An artist from the Bronx (if
roses can grow on thistles) last
week hailed representatives of the
Rutgers Presbyterian Church into
court for having defaced his death
less mural. Three coats of flat
white paint were spread over the
artistic endeavor in question.
Is a painting an extension of
the personality? That is the
dilemna which is tossing the
learned judges around. I have
some comment to make in con
nection with the problem. They
will probably not decide the case
on my contentions, but if I were
being paid, this is what I would
be getting paid for.
Most of the church murals that
have come to my attention leave
much to be desired from both the
artistic and the inspirational view
points. One in particular was the
continuous kind, running from the
pulpit clockwise around the entire
church. No one knows if the pas
tor had anything worth saying be
cause no one ever heard him—ev
eryone in the church kept busy
trying to decipher the murals, cran
ing necks and pivoting heads.
Another was the “you-figure-it-
out” kind, full of vague symbolism
that even the artist didn’t under
stand when he painted it in, but he
figured that if enough people
couldn’t interpret it, no one could
declaim against it. And that’s how
it worked out.
Post offices have murals be
cause only small town post of
fices don’t have murals.
Murals detract from a minister’s
purpose in church and in post of
fices are merely anothr way to get
rid of the tax money. The whole
set-up seems pretty ridiculous,
doesn’t it?
Wilcox to Serve On
Criteria Committee
George B. Wilcox, head of the
department of education-psycho
logy, has been invited to serve
on a committee sturying the Eva
luation Criteria of the Nacog-
Reserve Corps
Officers May
Assist ROTC
Qualified members of the
Officers’ Reserve Corps are
now permitted to assist in
ROTC activities, according to
Col. G. S. Meloy, Jr., PMS&T
and Commandant. Students or fac
ulty members who volunteer their
services as assistant instructors
in either practical or classroom
work on the campus will receive
recognition by credit hours on a
non-paying status.
Colonel Meloy stated that infor
mation as to the amount of credit
to be awarded these officers has
not been announced.
Qualified reserve officers in the
Infantry, Field Artillery, Armored
Cavalry, Signal Corps, Coast Ar
tillery, Engineers, Chemical Corps,
Ordnance, Air Forces, and Quar
termaster branches are especially
needed by Colonel Meloy. Inter
ested officers should report to the
Adjutant, Ross Hall to fill out
necessary forms. They should have
a copy of their Form 66-1 or 66-2,
Officer’s Qualification Card, made
for file purposes.
Officers qualifying for this duty
will be utilized on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons from 3 to
5 for practical work in the field,
and for classroom work at hours
in accordance with vacancies oc
curring on their schedules.
Coast Guard Exams
To Be Given Soon
The United States Coast
Guard Academy at New Lon
don, Conn., is accepting ap
plicants for the 1947 en
trance examination, Admiral Jos
eph F. Farlie, Coast Guard com
mandant announced today.
Applicants must be between the
ages of 17 and 22. Physical re
quirements include 20/20 vision
and a minimum height of five feet
six inches. High school scholastic
requirements include two years of
algebra, one year of physics, one
year of plane geometry, and three
years of English. For the first
time, trigonometry will not be re
quired.
Physical and educational require
ments for entrance to the Coast
Guard Academy are identical with
those of West Point and Annapo
lis. However, appointment is by
competitive examination and not
by congressional appointment.
Applicants for the examinations
will be accepted until March 31.
The tests will be held May 7 and
8 in key cities throughout the U.
S., to be announced later.
After four years of intensive
training, cadets are graduated with
a bachelor of Science degree in
engineering and commissioned as
United States Coast Guard en
signs.
( Cotton Queen’ Pickers
FIRST ROW: John P. Stanford, Andrew F. Moore, Jr., Bob Moore,
B. L. Richey, and E. J. Vacek.
BACK ROW: O. E. Anderson, D. S. Kuehn, H. ‘Ellis, and Roy
H. Anderson.
These nine members of the Agronomy Society journeyed to TSCW
recently to select the Cotton Queen and eight Ladies-in-Waiting.
Three Candidates File For
Vet Athletic ‘Councilman’
Veterans will be able to select their Athletic Councilman tomorrow
from among three candidates, it was revealed when filings were closed
at noon yesterday. The three candidates are:
Claude Buntyn
Dan Kuykendall
Joe T. Sample
Buntyn, Class of ’45, is a veteran senior from Temple. A member
of the Student Council and a representative to the National Student
Association in Austin this week-end, Buntyn is studying agricultural
economics.
Sample, a science major, is a veteran senior student.
Kuykendall, from Cherokee, is a member of the Class of ’45. He
is an industrial education veteran student.
The poll in the Academic Building will be open from 8 till 5 to
morrow, and the booths in front of Duncan and Sbisa Halls will be
open only during the noon and evening meals. Yellow receipts must
be presented.
E. O. Courtade, J. B. Harwich, Jesse Welch, and E. D. Hord com
prise the election committee.
Singing Cadets Set High Mark
For Choral Groups at Guion
By Vick Bindley
Town Hall subscribers, after a
season full of distinguished vis
iting musicians, on Tuesday night
had a chance to hear what fine
music Aggies can make. The Sing
ing Cadets of Aggieland, in their
annual appearance, topped their
previous programs and proved that
A. & M. has a right to be proud of
its choral group.
Between the two halves of the
formal program, the audience was
entertained by a two-piano duo and
a rollicking barber-shop quartet.
Most impressive of the choral
numbers was the massive, slowly-
building song from the Bible, “Gen
esis,” telling the story of the Cre
ation. Other selections that pre
sented Aggie voices impressively
were “All Through the Night”,
“Welsh Choral,” and “Meadowland
(Song of the Red Army.”
The Singing Cadets completed
their program with three tradition
al Aggie songs, “I’d Rather Be a
Texas Aggie,” “Twelfth Man”, and
‘The Spirit of Aggieland.” No one
sings these songs so well as the
Singing Cadets—unless it be the
entire twelfth man at Kyle Field
on Thanksgiving.
Solo parts were sung by Richard
Alves of San Antonio, Tommy Hol
comb of Bryan, Leonard Perkins
Kappa Alpha Mu Sponsors
College Pictorial Contest
The second annual 50-print Collegiate Photography Ex
hibition, sponsored by Kappa Alpha Mu, national pictorial
journalism honor fraternity, will be held at the University
of Missouri during “Journalism Week” W. J. Bell, secretary,
announced today. Deadline for entries is April 30.
Prints will be judged by three
outstanding judges, who will also
select those for representation in
the fourth annual “Fifty Print”
professional show.
The winner of the show will re
ceive a new Eastman twin-lens
reflex camera, donated by “Popu
lar Photography” magazine.
Floyd Bright, University of Ok
lahoma, was last year’s winner, re
ceiving a week’s all-expense paid
trip to Chicago. Fifty-eight photo
graphers, representing 16 colleges
and universities, submitted 185
prints last year.
Any college or university stu
dent is eligible to enter from one
to eight prints, using news, fea
tures or pictorial subject matter.
There is no entry fee, but pictures
must be sent prepaid. Prints may
be any size but must be mounted
on standard 16” x 20” boards.
All entries should be forwarded
to National Headquarters, 12 Wal
ter Williams Hall, University of
Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Civic Orchestra
To Present Concert
March 27 was selected as the
date for the second Bryan-College
Station Civic Orchestra concert
by the board of directors Friday
night. Ticket sales will begin im
mediately, with Mrs. P. G. Norton
handling sales in Bryan and Mrs.
Manning Smith in College Station.
Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist and Mrs.
Norton were elected to membership
on the board of directors, and
Mrs. W. R. Allen was appointed
publicity chairman.
doches Independent School Dis
trict. Dr. J. G. Umstattd, pro
fessor of education at the Univer
sity of Texas, is chairman of the
group of educators making the
study which will cover the period
April 9-11,
The Committee on School Phil
osophy and Pupil Population will
be headed by Wilcox.
of Fort Worth and Jason Moore
of College Station. Bill Turner,
director of the Cadets, conducted
the program.
A.&M.s two-piano team of Per
kins and Brown made its first for
mal appearance, and was recalled
for several encores. “The Har
monica Player” was followed by
special arrangements of “Stormy
Weather” and “Deep Purple.” This
reviewer hopes to hear the team
again. Leonard Perkins and Mar
vin Brown are both active in the
Singing Cadets.
A knockabout barber-shop quar
tette, complete with Gay Nineties
mustaches and white aprons, drew
many laughs with their “perpetra
tions” of old tunes. The members,
all from the Singing Cadets, are
Helmut Quiram, bass; John Smith,
baritone; Whitney Wilson, second
tenor, Grady Griffin, tenor. Quir-
am’s rendition of “I Know a Wom
an Who” was the high point of the
comedy.
The performance was broadcast
by KAMT, the college FM station.
Rain and mud limited the aud
ience to a smaller number than
might have been expected.
Deadline Extended
For RA Applicants
Former commissioned of
ficer veterans, who left the
service in order to complete
their education at A & M, and
who could not participate in the
current officer integration pro
gram due to the press of school
work, may now apply for com
missions in the Regular Army and
will be screened at or near A&M,
providing they write letters or file
applications with the War Depart
ment on or before April 15, the
Fourth Army Public Relations Of
fice reported today.
Letters should be addressed to
the Adjutant General, Attention:
AGSO-R, Washington, 25, D. C.
for application forms and should
contain the following information:
college or university of enroll
ment, scheduled date of gradua
tion, degree to be conferred, date
of birth, date entered active com
missioned service, choice of arm or
service, names of all previous com
manding or supervisory officers,
and address anticipated for 45
days after graduation.
Former commissioned officers
who will receive a college degree
or complete graduate work before
July 15, 1947 may apply for Air
Corps, Judge Advocate General’s
Department, Medical Corps, Den
tal Corps, Veterinary Corps, and
Chaplain Corps. Those who will be
less than 28 years old and who will
(See DEADLINE on Page 4)
Engineer Co-
Editors Named
For Next Term
Infantry Regimental Ball
Furnishes Week-End ‘Spark’
All-College Dance Follows Saturday
Night; Dorm 10 to Be Open for Dates
The Annual Infantry Regimental Ball will be held Friday
evening from 9 till 1 in Sbisa Hall, with Bill Turner and
the Aggieland Orchestra furnishing the music.
—f Committees appointed to direct
preparations for the dance are:
Ticket Committee
Thomas E. Eubank
Oliver Potter
Norton Higgins
Program Committee
Bill Rippetoe
Norman Luker
Orchestra Committee
Joe Doak
Fred Greer
Decorations Committee
John Tillery
Billy Strange
Bobby Swann
Frank Wiegand
Dates will be accomodated in
Dormitory 10 both Friday and Sat
urday nights, and Kiest Lounge is
due to be open Friday and Satur
day afternoons.
Saturday night there will be an
all-college dance from 8 till 12.
J. M. Huddleston of Shreve
port and Henry J. Gilchrist
of College Station have been
elected co-editors of the TEX
AS A. & M. ENGINEER and
Gene Doggett of Hamilton has
been elected business manager for
the year 1947-48. Gilchrist and
Doggett will be seniors in civil
engineering and Huddleston will
be a senior in architecture. This
announcement was made jointly by
Q. C. Harvey, president of the Stu
dent Engineers Council and R. W.
Davies, editor of this year’s EN
GINEER.
At the present time Huddleston
and Gilchrist are serving as Junior
Editors for the ENGINEER and
Doggett is serving as Circulation
Manager. The Student Engineers
Council decided to elect their of
ficers early so that the men would
have an opportunity to become in
doctrinated with the administra
tion of the magazine prior to the
retirement of the officers now
serving.
The TEXAS A. & M. ENGIN
EER is published by students in
engineering under the sponsorship
of the Student Engineers Council
and under the auspices of the Stu
dent Activities Office.
All new officers will assume
their duties at the beginning of
the fall semester.
3-Day Baptist
Retreat Begins
Friday at 6:15
Over 150 Baptist students
and guests from schools with
in the area will attend the
Baptist Student Retreat on
the campus this week-end.
The three-day program, opening
with a barbecue Friday evening at
6:15 p. m. in Cashion’s Cabin, will
feature a sing-song and religious
movie, after which several infor
mal welcoming addresses will be
given.
Saturday afternoon Daniel R.
Russell will present an address
on “Building Christian Homes”,
followed by a forum on “soul-win
ning”. The remainder of the after
noon will be spent touring the
campus.
That evening a banquet at Mag
gie Parker Dining Room in Bryan
will feature an address by W. F.
Howard, Baptist State Student
Secretary of Dallas. David Fort
will be toastmaster.
Sunday morning at 6:30 a sun
rise service will be , held on Kyle
Field. After breakfast, a united
Sunday School class and morning
services will close the three-day
retreat.
US Aid to Greece, Turkey
Highly Favored by IRClub
by Mack T. Nolen +
A&M’s new International Rela
tions Club, in its second meeting
of the year held Monday night,
endorsed by a 5 to 1 vote the ex
tension of American aid to Greece
and Turkey. H. Harrison Caldwell
of the geography department con
ducted the meeting which analyzed
our foreign policy and where it
is leading us in the Balkans.
The geographical, industrial, and
commercial features . of Greece
were explained by Jack Williams,
and Dr. Sam R. Gammon of the
history department related the re
cent historical and political deve
lopments of the eastern Mediter
ranean.
A firm, positive American for
eign policy was observed by some
of those present to be in the pro
cess of emerging after so many
years of aimless drifting. Presi
dent Truman’s recent pronounce
ments, might be the first steps
toward an active participation in
world affairs.
When the role of the UN was
raised in the discussion, the ma
jority of the people present held
the opinion that the UN, like
the Articles of Confederation in
early American history, at present
has neither the entire faith of the
people behind it not the power with
which to act.
Dr. Gammon further pointed out
that the proposed American aid
would probably not become a per
manent thing. Once Greece and
Turkey are set on an even finan
cial and economic keel, they will
cease to be prey for communistic
ideologies.
Restrictive protective tariffs
it was mentioned, are some of the
sorest spots in relations today.
Conflict Cancels
Newman Dance
Griff Greenwell, Newman Club
president, announced that the pro
posed dance with the TSCW New
man Club has been cancelled be
cause of conflicts in the social
calendar.
At the club meeting, Joe Culli
nan, Newman Club member who
was a representative at the Na
tional Students Conference, gave
a detailed report of the Chicago
meeting held in December, 1946.
He outlined the plan of organiza
tion adopted by the group, pre
sented by the delegates from the
University of Texas.
A committee of five men was
chosen to go to Denton to select
a Cotton Ball Duchess from the
TSCW Newman Club.
Lausen Will Speak To
Geology Club Thursday
Professor Carl S. Lausen will
be guest speaker of the Geology
Club at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March
20, in the Petroleum Building.
Dr. Lausen, who recently came
to the Department of Geology from
Arizona, will speak on his exper
iences at Great Slave Lake in Can
ada. The public is invited.
The best way to stem the commun
ist tide and demonstrate real na
tional friendship would be to re
move or reduce these barriers
which keep many countries in eco
nomic poverty.
Other issues arousing comment
were: why did Greece not apply
to the world bank for money rath
er than the U. S.; are we support
ing a totalitarian government by
supporting George II; should any
of the loan be spent for arms or
should it be devoted entirely to
relief and rehabilitation; is the
U. S. destroying the UN by this
action; and will the situation be
come another Munich if the U. S.
fails to render aid?
In answer to the question,
“Should the U. S. lend 400 million
dollars to Greece and Turkey for
food, rehabilitation, and arms with
observers to see how it is admin
istered?” only 7 of those present
opposed the loan, and these on
special issues. Thirty-five votes
were counted in favor of the loan.
The next meeting of the IRC is
,set for March 31, when the prob
lem of a federalized or unified
Germany, and the Ruhr will be
discussed.
Five Basketball
Guessing-Contest
Winners Named
by Larry Goodwyn
Winners in the basketball
contest were announced today
by Sports Editor Paul Martin.
They are James R. Schwenke,
first; Joe T. Sample, second; Clyde
B. Miller, third; Larry Vinson,
fourth; and H. Sylvester Boone,
fifth.
Martin spent over two weeks
picking the lucky guessers. As he
came in with the final winners, he
heaved a sigh of relief and mut
tered, “That’s the last time.”
Contest entries were unusually
heavy, and the many upsets during
the season served to make the job
more difficult.
Prizes for the contest were sup
plied through the cooperation of
Bryan and College Station mer
chants. The first prize will be a
new suit of clothes from Bullock-
Sims Clothiers in Bryan. Second
prize will be an electric juicer
from Clayton Furniture Company
in Bryan. Third prize will be a
tennis racquet with press from
Lack’s Auto Store in Bryan. Has-
well’s Book Store in Bryan will
present a record album to the
fourth place winner while the
Humble Service Station on College
Avenue at Duncan will give the
fifth place winner a tank of gaso
line and a change of oil for his
automobile.
All entries were judged 50%
on their ability to pick winners of
the conference games in which
the Aggies participated and 50%
on their ability to pick the final
standing of all schools in the con
ference basketball race.
-Martin has requested that all
contest winners meet him in the
Battalion Office Monday at 5 p. m.
Who Will Get a Steak?
Unit With Highest Per Capita
IFSS Fund Gets Steak Supper
The Cadet Corps Organization making the highest per
capita gift to the World Student Service Fund will be treat
ed to a broiled steak supper, Y. M. C. A. Secretary M. L.
Cashion, announced today.
Cashion stated that the drive for funds was being made
in both the Corps Units and in the-f
Veterans Dormitories. Total amount
of money contributed thus far
amounts to $181.63 with a number
of organizations and dormitories
still to report their contributions.
Gifts may be made for the re
mainder of this week, Cashion
stated. He also pointed out that
each organization commander and
Veteran solicitor who turned in
money to the fund would automat
ically become a guest at the steak
dinner.
The World Student Service Fund
idea originated with United States
students. The fund was created in
1937 to alleviate the suffering and
privation of students in China.
Throughout the war, material and
friendly services went to students
in devasted areas, relief centers,
prison camps and temporary uni
versities.
Cashion pointed out that in Chi
na alone there were 90,000 stu
dents existing on a diet of bread
and cheap vegetables with no meat.
He also mentioned that they had
few clothes, few books and that
disease was rampant not only in
China but in Greece, Hungary,
Finland, Poland, Japan and in
many other European and Asiatic
countries.
On the basis of reports from
student relief committees and its
staff representatives, WSSF makes
surveys of need and assigns funds
to student projects in Europe and
Asia.
Russell to Lead
Pre-Marital Forum
D. R. Russell will conduct
the pre-marital relation discussion
to be held at the YMCA next
Thursday evening at 7. R u s-
sell stated that the discussion
would be a forum in every sense
of the word, with the students
bringing up and discussing what
ever topics are of individual inter
est. Russell, besides adding to
the student discussion, will state
various statistics and surveys help
ful in predicting the success or
failure in marriage.
All students are invited to at
tend the forum and thrash out
their own and others’ questions
and problems covering this topic