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WEEK-END CALENDAR Composite Reg. Ball All-College Dance Texas A«M The B College alion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE VETERANS MEETING Tonight; at 7:15 In Assembly Hall VOLUME 46 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1947 Number 52 San Antonio Mothers’ Club Gives $1,000 SAN ANTONIO A. & M. MOTHERS’ CLUB OFFICERS PRE SENT President Gibb Gilchrist with a $1,000 check to be used in the state-wide Opportunity Awards Program. The award will go to a freshman entering A. & M. from San Antonio for the 1947-48 school year. Pictured left to right: Mrs. Albert M. McNeel, Mrs. A. N. Tschirhart, President Gilchrist, Mrs. Roy M. Kothmann, club pres ident, and Mrs. J. Barto Arnold. A new Opportunity Award from the San Antonio A.&M. Mothers’ Club has been added to the growing list of scholar ships available for 1947 at A.&M., R. Henderson Shuffler, director of the Texas A. & M. College Devel opment Fund, has announced. To be known as the “San Antonio A. & M. Mothers’ Club Opportunity Award”, the $1,000 will go to an entering freshman from San An tonio this year under the state wide Opportunity Awards Pro gram sponsored by the Develop ment Fund. One of the most active A. & M. Mothers’ Clubs in Texas, the San Antonio Club is the first to spon sor a scholarship und^r this new program. Mrs. Roy M. Kothmann, shown making the presentation, is president of the group of mothers. The four officers of the club pic tured above now have sons in A. & M. They are Albert M. McNeel, Jr., ’48, pre-law; Harold D. Tschir hart, ’47, veterinary medicine; Ri ley R. Kothmann, ’45, agriculture; and J. Barto Arnold, Jr., ’48, elec trical engineering. trampling out the vintage .. . By Mack T. Nolen (A Fable) Once upon a time a naive young book salesman journeyed through the hinterland trying to make enough money to put himself through school. In the course of his wanderings he became most weary and footsore. As cold de spair crept over him and he wres tled with his conscience over fund ing the national debt, a losing bat- He, he espied a serene cottage on a river bank. Roses climbed the trellises at the front door, and thrushes warbled sweetly in the almond tree. A wave of nostalgia swept over the young man. His own home swam before his eyes. Six long years had passed since that fate ful day he had set out with the twenty-four volumes of the En cyclopedia Brittanica in his knap sack to make his mark in the world. In answer to his knock on the door, a shy but comely maid ap peared. She had lived all her life in this unfrequented forest with only a deaf-mute aunt for compan ionship. Of course, her thirst for knowledge prompted her to buy the encyclopedia at once. Being unable to read, she also made an agreement with the young man to read the books to her. When six more years had come and gone the two students had read through “jaghirdar,” a type of sin ecure in the Maratha states in In dia. Their conversational plane would have been rather high for the layman. “I would like a glass of water,” said the young man. “No water,” said the young lady. “Man in his extravagance has wasted all the water.” Vultures circled above, dropping lower and lower. They never got past “jaghirdar,” and the next subject, “jagua palm,” was so interesting, too. (Ed. Note: This column is un doubtedly a josh at the “fable” editorial in Tuesday’s Batt, but we don’t get the point. Do you ? ) Meloy Meets W ith J uniors To ‘Hash Out’ Corps Problems by J. K. B. Nelson Last Monday evening Col. G. S. Meloy and members of his staff met with the first sergeants, master sergeants and technical sergeants of the Cadet Corps in an effort to help clarify many of the problems now hindering the proper functioning of the Cadet Corps. Opening the meeting, Col. Meloy discussed the present difficulties which are keeping the Military Department and corps from working together in'* — 1 — complete harmony. Lack of coop eration, dogmatic resistance to change, and dearth of individual thinking on the part of the stu dents were listed by the Colonel as the major obstacles in raising the corps to its pre-war level. After emphasizing the point that the Board of Directors did not in tend to “pull their punches” in their fight to eradicate hazing from the campus of A & M, Meloy opened the meeting to discussion so as to get things “out in the open and squared away”. The first question raised con cerned organization and uniforms for the corps* next year. Meloy stated that while the basic organ ization of military units would remain the same as this year, the Air Corps is expected to triple or quadruple in size; there is also the, possibility of activating sev eral new branches such as a Vet erinary Corps, Transportation Corps, and an Army Security Corps. Uniform issue for next year, Col. Meloy stated, would consist of dark green (serge) blouse and trous ers for sophomores and freshmen, and dark green blouse and “pink” trousers for seniors and juniors, and the officer’s shortcoat would be standard issue for the entire corps. Meloy further declared that if students objected to this type issue, arrangements could be made to the effect that some classes would wear only certain portions of the issued uniform, or that : commutation uniform could be sub stituted for the present issue. This would mean that advanced stu dents instead of receiving a uni form issue directly from the gov ernment would be paid around $8' in cash to procure their own out fit. As the present uniform cost in the neighborhood of $300, Melo; pointed out that substitution of th< commutation policy would hardl; be worthy of consideration. Next question to be raised wa the Bryan Field issue, to whicl Meloy replied that he had recom mended there be no corps unit stationed off the campus next se mester. The remainder of the discussio: was limited to hazing, and wh; or why not it should be discon tinued, from the cadets’ viewpoint In this discussion, Col. Meloy re emphasized the fact that th Board of Directors was firm ii their conviction that hazing at J & M was detrimental to the goo< of the school, that they honestl; believed A & M could retain it high-ranking military reputatio: and “esprit de corps” without th use of hazing, and that they woul “fight to the finish” to eradicat hazing in all form and fashion a A & M. Kenton, Playing Here April 12, Moves Up to Number 1 Spot by W. K. Colville Stan Kenton and his orchestra, rated as the number one band in America, will play for the All- College Dance to be held in Sbisa Hall Saturday night, April 12, from 9 till 1. The admission will be $2.00 for the dance, and 60 cents for the one-hour concert that will be held in Guion Hall from 7:15 to 8:15 p. m. Stan Kenton’s band, currently playing in the Havana Ball Room at Oakland, California, has sky rocketed to the number one band spot of the nation since Woody Herman has disbanded. Consistent ly grossing the highest figures in ballrooms, hotels, and nightclubs, the 1946 Kenton orchestra hit the jackpot after a five-year climb. With the release of Stan Kenton’s “Artistry in Rythm” album by Capitol, LOOK magazine’s unqual ified prediction that Kenton’s or chestra would prove to be “the band of the year” is assured. Twenty performers occupy the bandstand when Kenton and com pany set up for action. Starred along with vocalists Shirley Lus ter and Gene Howard are the most talented instrumentalists to be heard, among them Eddie Safran- ski, Bass; Shelly Manne, Drums; Kai Winding, Trombone; Red Dor ris and Bob Cooper, Tenor Saxo phones; Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez and Buddy Childers, Trumpets; and “Boots” Mussulli, “Hot” Alto Sax ophone, some of whom even have fan clubs of their own throughout the United States. “Artistry in Rythm”, the slogan of the band, was coined because Stan wanted to elevate the presen tation of swing music. Stan be lieves seriously in swing music and its future. “The world is under going tremendous changes,” says the tall maestro, “The youth of America wants to dance with no holds barred, and the hotter the music the better. This will become more and more apparent as the privations and tragedies of war are forgotten. Everyone wants to be happy in the world of tomorrow,” he concludes. Kenton was born on a farm just outside of Wichita, Kansas, and was 14 before he started music lessons. Then, within a two-year period, he mastered the piano, sax ophone and trumpet. He was fea tured pianist and arranger with Gus Amheim, Manny Strand and other west coast bands until he organized his own “Artistry in Rhythm” orchestra in 1941. Mar- See KENTON, Page 4 Veterans Meet Tonight at 7:15 All veterans attending A.&M. are eligible to attend the special meeting of the Veteran Students Association in the Assembly Hall at 7:15 this evening, ac cording to officers of the group. The meeting will discuss pres ent major problems of the college from the veterans’ point of view, and will not deal with “hazing” or corps matters at all, according to W. S. Andrews, president. Board To Meet Here Friday The college board of directors will meet on the campus Friday in a special session, presumably to consider nominations for the new post of athletic director, However, the board will also be in a position to discuss the dis ciplinary difficulties of the week. Cotton Contest Exam for Tour Given Monday Monday, March 31 is the date of the first cotton con test examination for 1947 to select three students to go on the cotton tour this summer. This announcement was made by J. S, Mogford, sponsor of the Cotton Ball. Any student in the School of Agriculture is eligible to compete in the examination, pi’ovided he take an active part in prepara tions for the Cotton Ball and Pag eant, April 18. Schedule of the examinations is: Marrfl 31—C o 11 o n Diseases and Insects. April 10 — Cotton Production and Marketing. April 24 — Cotton Machinery and Cotton Marketing. April 25—Grading and Stap ling. May 1—Soil, Soil Conserva tion, and Soil Fertility. May 8—General Field Crops. The Monday examination will be given in Room 304, Agriculture Building at 7 p.m. Points of interest that will be visited this summer are Houston; New Orleans; Stoneville and Scott, Mississippi; West Point, Georgia; Hartsville, South Carolina; Ral eigh, North Carolina; Charlotte, Virginia; Washington, D. C.; Can ada; and the midwest. The group will leave College Station June 1 and will return to Texas the early part of July. All expenses other than person al expense will be paid from the Agronomy Society Cotton Ball fund. This will include food, lodg ing, and train fare. Agricultural students interested in the contest and tour are urged to contact Mogford to obtain ma terial for study. At that time he will then work on the Cotton Ball so that they may qualify on this point. Fly Addresses Kiwanians On Bank Relations Lamar Fly, College Station bank executive, Tuesday told the Kiwanis Club the relation ship between bank deposits, the public debt, and prices of com modities. Fly said bank deposits soared during the war, as the national debt was increased, and at the same time interest rates were re duced. Banks today are going in more than ever for the types of loans formerly handled almost exclusive ly by finance companies. Banks today are lending money on auto mobiles, refrigerators, doctor and dentist bills, and a variety of other things that were not considered business for banks prior to* the war. The College Station bank’s vol ume of deposits and loans drew favorable comment from bank ex aminers this week. Fly said. The rapidity with which the volume of - the new College Station Bank grew has far exceeded expecta tions, he said. The peak has been reached in bank deposits, Fly said, and now the number of individual accounts and the balances in the individaul accounts is shrinking, national sur vey figures show. Merit Council Head Addresses RS Club “Job opportunities in state ser vice under the Texas Merit Coun cil” will be the subject of Dr. Charles S. Gardner, director of the council, this evening at 7:15 p.m. He will speak at the Rural Sociol ogy Club meeting to be held in Room 203, Agricultural Building. Composite Regimental Ball To Liven Coming Week-End Regional NSA Organized At Austin Meet By Claude Buntyn Texas and Oklahoma stu dent representatives from 18 colleges met at Austin Friday and Saturday, March 21-22, to discuss the formation of a re gional group of the National Stu dents Association. The meeting at the University of Texas was merely an organiza tional one, and delegates were not committed to support reso- lutions drawn up at that time. Del egates from each college would go back to their respective cam puses and begin to point out the need for an organization in the schools of the United States. If these delegates can prove to their schools that this organization is needed and the charter drawn up at TU is approved, then a re gional district including Texas and Oklahoma will be formed and del egates sent to the national con vention at the University of Wis consin September 1 to 15. Officers elected at the regional conference were John Wilson, pres ident, TU; Joe Cullinan, vice-pres ident, A.&M.; Mary Burkhalter, secretary, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio; Bill Wood, treasur er, SMU. The group was unable to agree on a constitution that would be approved by all the student bodies at each college and decided to ap point a committee to draft a con stitution. Those elected to this committee were Jack Skagg, TU; Fred Craw ford, Trinity College; George Washington, Sam Houston Col lege, Austin; and Christine Lucas, Oklahoma College for Women. The NS A, a recently-formed or ganization of university students in the United States, has set as its objectives the promotion and aid of all phases of student education in this country. These phases would include sports, cultural en tertainment, student government, living conditions, and internation al student activities. This organization is the result of a feeling among American del egates to the World Student Con gress held in Prague last year that the United States needs an organi zation corresponding to the Euro pean student unions. These un ions play an important part in the educational system of those coun tries in which they function. The delegates returning to this coun try found that Americans did not have a counterpart of the student union. Committees Appointed; Preparations Begun for Friday Night’s Dance Second in the line of traditional festivities, the Com posite Regiment will hold its annual military ball Friday, March 28. With music furnished by the Aggieland Orches tra, the dance will begin at 9 p.m. in Sbisa Hall. The following committees have been announced: Corps Parade, Display Set For Army Day The A. & M. Cadet Corps will celebrate Army Week with a parade and an Army exhibit on A. & M. Army Day, April 9, Col. G. S. Meloy, com mandant, has announced. All the latest, types of Army equipment, including tanks, armored cars, as sault guns, 105 howitzers, 155 how itzers and 155 guns, radios, ba zookas, machine guns, and auto matic rifles will be displayed and demonstrated by members of the Cadet Corps, it was stated. The exhibit open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, will be held on the small parade ground in front of Good win Hall. It is expected that light aircraft will also be on display. Guides will be available to show all interested members of the com munity, faculty members, and stu dents through this display. At 5:30 p.m. the Cadet Corps will conduct a parade on the main parade ground, weather permitting. Colonel Meloy stated that this will be the first time that residents of this community will have the op portunity to see at first hand the modern Army equipment which has been recently received at A. & M., for use in instructing ROTC students. President Truman proclaimed April 7 as Army Day, and the War Department will celebrate Army Week, April 6-12, inclusive. The theme of this year’s program will be “A Strong America Is a Peace ful America”. The purpose of Army Day and Army Week is to honor American soldiers, living and dead, who did so much to make peace possible, to call attention to the new peace time pattern of national defense which is being developed and to make the public aware of the Ar my’s assignment both at home and abroad. The War Department will conduct many activities nationally to suport Army Week. Ticket Committee Bill McCormick Walter Norris Dick Jones Program Committee Clyde A. Patterson Albert D. Salmon James O’Connell Orchestra Committee Robert F. Houston George P. Knox Decoration Committee Charles W. Thoma Kirby K. King The affair is sponsored by both Composite Regiments and will be followed by an all-college dance Saturday night. The Composite Regiments are composed of all organizations with the exception of the Infantry, Ar tillery, Signal Corps, and Quarter master Corps. The Engineers, Cav alry, Chemical Warfare, Ordnance, Veteran Companies, and Air Corps comprise these regiments. Accommodations for the dance will be possible by reserving rooms in P. G. Hall through the Place ment Office, Administration Build ing. Tickets may be purchased through any member of the Ticket Committee or at the door. Easter Style Show To Be Held Friday The latest in Easter fashions will be modeled at a Social Club meet ing tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. The “Parade of Fashions” will be held in the YMCA. Spring clothes to be modeled are being furnished by Lester’s Smart Shop of Bryan. Juniors Resubmit Duchess Pictures Miss Caroline Taylor, who was chosen by the Junior Class as Cotton Ball duchess, will be un able to attend, N. R. “Jug” Leatherwood, class president, stated. Therefore, a neAV duch ess must be selected. Members of the Junior Class should again submit pictures of candidates for Cotton Ball duch ess not later than Monday night, March 31. Leatherwood will accept pictures in his room, 409, Dormitory 2. Seniors Delay Action on Plan To Conciliate A plan of conciliation between the Senior Class and the Military Department, at outs since the sen iors met March 19 and expressed “no confidence” in Cadet Colonel Ed Brandt and Cadet Lt. Col. Jack Nelson, failed to provoke action by the class Tuesday night. The conciliation plan, drawn up by Major H. P. Rigsby, tactical officer of Dorm 11, and the cadet officers under his charge, was pre sented to the class for their ap proval in their meeting Tuesday night. Col. Meloy had attached his approval to the plan early that day. Dropping of all charges against seniors arising out of the March 19 meeting was promised, in return for a pledge to actively support the Articles of the Cadet Corps for the next thirty days, and to abide by Col. Meloy’s decision in regard to Brandt and Nelson, A commit tee of three seniors and two jun iors, elected by their classes, would meet with Col. Meloy to consider changes in the Articles of the Ca det Corps after the thirty day waiting period was over, according to the plan. Bill McCormick, class p r e x y, stated that no decision would be made until Friday night in order to give the members of the class “a chance to think it over.” QUEEN COTTON AND HER COURT—Back row, left to right: Teresa Hiller, Victoria; Lucy Davis, El Dorado, Arkansas; Billie Walker, Midland; Betty Jane Ellis, Dallas; Roberta Hampton, Fort Worth; and Patsy Jo Jones, Dallas. Seated, left to right: Margaret Ann Browning, Sherman; Cotton Queen Joann Dobbs, Menard; and Alleen Williams, Temple. Joann Dobbs will reign as queen of the Cotton Ball and Pageant on April 18, and the eight other TSCW beauties will be her ladies-in-waiting.