TONIGHT IN GUION
Aggie Band Presents
Spring Concert
Texas A«M
The B
College
alion
THURSDAY NIGHT
Donald Dame on Last
Town Hall Show
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1947
Number 58
Walton Calls Administration ‘ Authoritarian’
‘Jest Like Dog patch'’
WM&WM 1 -
Hilda Harkness
Marilyn Lasley
Mary Lou Jordahl
Shirley Freeman
Says Hazing Smoke Screen;
Bolton, Holzmann Testify Too
HoustonNA CA
Head Speaks
At Banquet
John W. Old, of the Humble
Oil and Refining Company
and president of the Houston
chapter of the National As-
sociation of Cost Accountants
presided at the program of the
Accounting Society’s annual ban
quet held here recently.
Justin Kimball of the Quintana
Petroleum Corporation, W. J.
Crawford of the Humble Oil and
Refining Company, and H. J. Hagn
of the Well Equipment Manufac
turing Company, joined Old in dis
cussing the methods of material
most accounting, labor cost ac
counting, and overhead cost ac
counting in their respective organ
izations. Brief discussion periods
followed the speeches, at which
time the students had the oppor
tunity to ask questions.
The non-political NACA, o f
which these men are affiliated,
was founded in 1919 for the purpose
of cooperating for the advancement
of the science of industrial ac
counting and for the mutual self
betterment of its members. Since
its origin, 86 cities in the United
States have established chapters.
Hawaii and Cuba each have an or
ganized group also. < Over 21,000
members, making it the largest as
sociation of its kind in the world,
are devoted to improving the stan
dards of industrial accounting
through education, research, and
discussion.
The activities of the association
consist of local chapter meetings,
study groups, national and regional
conferences, publications, techni
cal, research, and employment ser
vices.
Approximately 100 attended the
banquet, according to T. W. Le-
land, head of the department of
business and accounting.
By The Battalion
Staff Correspondents
Dr. T. O. Walton, former
president of A. & M., in the
early hours this morning told
the house-senate investiga
ting committee that the pres
ent administration of the col
lege is “authoritarian/’ that
college officials are drunk on
power, and that the very
words “Constituted Author
ities” are worshipped in capi
tal letters.
Dr. Walton’s bitter attack on the
administration was made in a pre-
ROA Elects
Officers; Sets
Aims for Year
Newly elected officers of
the Brazos County Chapter
of the Reserve Officer’s As-
sociation are; Sidney L.
Loveless, president; Fred J. Ben
son, 1st vice-president; William R.
Aven, 2nd vice-president; Henry
pared statement as he testified^be- F - Murray, secretary; T. S. Maf-
Patsy Wolfe
Joann Dobbs.”
Tough Goin’ For Daisie Mae!
Capp Announces Six Vanity
Fair Beauties for Longhorn
“After gazing at length at the views of your pretties and
their superstructures, I find that I must give the nod to the
glamourous and definitely lovely Misses . . .
U. of H. Spanish
Club Praises A&M
Group and Paper
The A. & M. Spanish Club
has been praised in a letter
received Thursday from Lupe
Sanchez, editor of “El Faro
Espanol”, publication of the Uni
versity of Houston Spanish Club.
Miss Sanchez, speaking on behalf
of the Houston club, stated: “We
want to thank you for the wonder
ful copies of your Spanish paper,
‘El Glarin’ . . . and wish to tell
you also that your paper served, in
a way, as an example for us to fol
low in the planning of our publi
cation.”
She also expressed their desire
to exchange articles with the A. &
M. club, especially those appro
priate for Pan-American Day on
April 14.
A. & M.’s Spanish Club has been
honored with invitations from
Mary Hardin Baylor College and
TSCW to attend Latin-American
festivities; however, both invita
tions have been declined due to
conflicts with social activities.
The next meeting of the Spanish
Club will be held Monday evening,
April 21, at 7 p.m. in Room 123,
Academic Building. All students
interested in Spanish are invited
te attend.
Hilda Harkness
Marilyn Lasley
Mary Lou Jordahl
Shirley Freeman
Patsy Wolfe
Joann Dobbs”
So wrote A1 Capp, creator of
Li’l Abner, to Harry Saunders and
Jimmie Demopulos, co-editors of
the 1947 LONGHORN.
Capp, who was chosen to select
six Vanity Fair beauties, was sent
three photographs of each candi
date for the senior beauty section
of the yearbook. He “cast a jaded
eye” at the Texas beauties, and at
last reached a decision.
In his correspondence with the
LONGHORN editors, Capp wrote:
“The beauty and fame of the Texas
beauties is world-wide, but I had
never realized that the selection of
the outstanding examples would be
such a tremendous task. They’re
all beautiful!”
Seniors who submitted the six
winners are: Jimmie Demopulos;
C. W. Tate, Jr.; Tommy John; Mal
colm A. Horton; Dale M. Wilker-
son; and Teddy Holekamp.
Seniors who submitted the re
maining thirty-eight pictures may
pick up two of the three photos at
the Student Activities Office. The
third picture will be used in the
Senior Favorite section of the
LONGHORN.
Houston Mothers
Vote to Support
Aggie Students
The Houston A. & M. Mothers’
Club will send a committee to
Austin in support of the students
“because of the present adminis
tration’s inability to restore a nor
mal state of affairs at the college,”
it was learned Friday.
Mrs. John T. Cox, president of
the club, said the action was voted
at a meeting of the club Thursday
night.
The committee of Houston moth
ers making the trip to Austin for
the hearings include Mrs. C. C.
Hall, Mrs. T. A. Thornhill, Mrs.
Owen Cecil, and Mrs. J. Robin-
awitz. Mrs. Cox stated that the
mothers voted to support the stu
dents after letters from the senior
class and VSA were read.
The committee will seek to ap
pear before the joint legislative
committee’s hearing to appeal that
“every effort be made to bring
about a state of normalcy and
thereby preserve the spirit and
traditions that have made A. & M.
College one of the outstanding in
stitutions in the nation,” Mrs. Cox
said.
She said there was little dis
cussion and no one voiced opposi
tion to the stand taken.
Naval Test Easy
For Paul Wells
If he never passes another quiz,
Paul B. Wells, third-year petro
leum engineering student at Texas
A&M College, will still have some
thing to brag about.
He holds the distinction, perhaps
unique, of passing the naval apti
tude test with a perfect score. Of
the eighty questions, he answered
all of them correctly in less than
*half of the allotted forty-five min
utes.
Naval officials at Houston, which
is the eighteen year-old’s home
town, were amazed when he raced
through the test last week, and
came up with all the right ans
wers.
’47 License Plates
Available in Bryan
1947 license plates are now
available and may be picked
up at the tax collector’s office
in. Bryan. Registration re
ceipts must be presented at
that time.
fore the investigating committee in
Austin, in another of the late-
night and early-morning hearings
that are becoming the earmark of
the committee.
“The board of directors, once
they are appointed, are content as
long as they please those who im
mediately appointed them. They
do not realize that the citizen is
sovereign.”
When asked to elaborate on a
statement that members of the
faculty had been dismissed with
out a hearing, and requested to
name an example, Dr. Walton said,
“Me!”
He also named a number of for
mer Extension Service employees
as having been dismissed without
hearing.
Dr. Walton expressed an opin
ion that the hazing issue was
only a smoke-screen. “You’ll
never completely stamp out haz
ing unless you completely change
the nature of the school,” he
said.
Asked what legislation he would
recommend to help clear up the
troubled situation at the college,
Dr. Walton suggested that the
board of directors be increased
from nine to 15; that qualifications
be fixed, including a 65-year-old
top limit; that a clause be inserted
in the status giving an aggrieved
employe recourse to the courts
without special permission of the
legislature; and that every board
member and ever college president
in the state be put under bond.
Dr. Walton also suggested that
“local funds” be eliminated, and
that all college .funds, including
the athletic, go through the legis
lature.
Dr. Walton swore that he had
seen only about a dozen students
in recent years, and that only
since the present storm broke.
However, he sees some of the
faculty every day, he reported.
Sen. Dorsey Hardeman read out
loud a letter sent around by Del
bert V. Schultz, former student, at
the time of the first cadet troub
les this year. As he read, Harde-
m a n emphasized similarities of
phraseology and information to
that of Dr. Walton’s prepared
statement.
* Schultze Letter
Some of the questioning follows:
Q. Did you ever see this letter?
A. I have seen it.
Q. Did you see it before it was
printed?
A. I did not.
Q. Do you know Delbert
Schultze?
A. I knew him as a student.
Q. Did you consult with him on
the phraseology?
A. No.
Q. Did Travis Bryan pay for
printing this letter?
A. I don’t know.
Asked if he believed that any
money has actually found its way
into the wrong pockets, Dr. Wal
ton said, “That I do not believe.”
Science Hall
Dr. Walton challenged state
ments that a new Science Hall was
not built because the war inter
fered. The site was selected, plans
drawn, and the college was ready
to advertise for bids, when a mem
ber of the board of directors tabled
the project in 1941.
“Wasn’t building material froz
en in 1940?” asked Sen. Hardeman.
“I don’t think so, not in the sum
mer of 1940”, Walton answered.
Walton stated that he did not
know about prices of land directly
adjacent to the disputed Brazos
Bottoms farm but similar land is
now selling for $50-60 an acre.
Wind Tunnel
Dean A. A. Potter of Purdue
was recommended by Gibb Gil
christ, then dean of engineering
here, to make a survey of what
the college needed to improve its
work in the engineering field, ac
cording to Walton.
After visiting the campus Dean
Potter made a number of recom
mendations, one of them about a
wind-tunnel. Reading from his so-
(See WALTON on Page 4)
fitt, assistant secretary; William
H. Andrew, chaplain; and R. Hen
ry Harrison, surgeon.
Meeting at the home of Sid Love
less, the association set down the
aims of the group for 1947-48: 1.
to carry out desires of the National
Association and State Department;
2. encourage recreation, entertain
ment, and good fellowship; 3.
conduct a program that will plant
in each reserve officer, veteran,
and ROTC student the desire to
keep his commission active and
maintain an interest in the ROA;
4. provide interesting and infor
mative monthly programs; 5. aid
in recruiting program and 6.
build up membership.
Two new reserve units have been
activated in Brazos County; the
479th Composite Group, command
ed by Col. R. A. Eads, CWS Res.,
and the 420th Malarial Survey De
tachment commanded by Captain
Dial F. Martin, EnC, Res.
The State Department Conven
tion will be held in San Antonio
May 2-4. Anyone desiring to at
tend can get additional information
from Loveless.
AE Day ‘Follies’
Needs Musicians
Yes, you can prepare for a
good time on Agriculture and
Engineers’ Day May 10 and look
forward to an evening of enter
tainment at the “Slipstick and
Pitchfork Follies of 1947”!
Preparations for the “Follies”,
which is an all-student produc
tion, have been under way for
the phst seven weeks, but there
is only one flaw—an Orchestra!
Anyone with musical ability
to unleash May 10 is urged to
contact Jack Huddleston, 4-5014,
any day after 5 p. m.
Donald Dame, Baritone,
To Appear Thursday On
Last Town Hall Program
Town Hall’s last performance for the current season will
be the presentation of Donald Dame, noted American bari
tone, on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. The show will be held
in Guion Hall.
Beginning the program for the evening will be two French folk
songs, the first entitled “Briolage”. This is a teamster’s song from
the French district of Berri, in which the wagoner urges his oxen on
with endearing terms. The second French folktune is “L’Angelus”,
■♦■an evening prayer to the Virgin
with a Breton setting.
“Ohie Meneche”, also known as
“At the Fair of Master Andrea”,
the next song on the program,
narrates the singer’s adventures at
the fair in purchasing of various
instruments.
Franz Schubert’s “Wohin” is a
sentimental ditty, in which a young
apprentice expresses his hopeless
love for the miller’s daughter to
the rippling brook. The babbling
water is suggested in the accom
paniment.
His fifth song for the evening
will be “Provencalisches Lied”, by
Robert Schumann, taken from the
times of chivalrous love. This will
be followed by Johannes Brahms’
“Schwesterlein”.
Richard Strauss’ “Hemliche Auf-
ferderung”, and Charles Gounod’s
“Salut! demeure,,’ both songs from
“Faust” follow in that order.
A little on the lighter side are
Dame’s next numbers, “J’ai dit aux
etoiles”, by Emile Paladilhe, and
“Phildyle” by Henry Duparc. His
final selection is also a Duparc
composition, “Le Manoir de Rose-
monde”, in which love has bitten
the unhappy lover.
Donald Dame is currently ap
pearing on the Sunday night
“American Album of Familiar
Music”.
General admission tickets will be
on sale at the door one hour before
curtain time. They will sell for
$1 and 60 cents, adults and stu
dents, respectively.
Leland Named
To Accounting
Journal Staff
T. W. Leland, head of the
department of business and
accounting, has been appoin
ted to the staff of The Jour
nal of Accountancy, according to
the March issue of the publica
tion. He will edit the Students’
Department succeeding H. P. Bau
man, editor for the past 20 years.
With Leland as the new head,
the Students’ Department plans
an expansion program which will
include not only the solution to
problems and questions as pertains
to the uniform certified public ac
countant examinations, but also
material of interest to accounting
students. It will include develop
ments in university circles, im
provements in methods of teaching
accounting, auditing, staff train
ing, and similar subjects.
An indication of student inter
est in the publication is the fact
that the present student subscrip
tion is 5,000, three times the pre
war high.
John L. Carey, managing editor,
says, “Professor Leland is unusu
ally well qualified for this task.
Not only is he a certified public
accountant, a member of the Amer
ican Institute of Accountants, and
head of the accounting department
at his own college, but he has been
a vice-president and an active com
mittee worker of the American Ac
counting Association, as well as
education director of the Insti
tute.”
Leland was editor of “Contemp
orary Accounting”, a refresher
course for public accountants, pub
lished by the Institute in 1945 for
the benefit of war veterans and
for general staff training purposes.
The new Students’ Department,
according to Carey, should be help
ful to the practicing accountants
as a means of keeping them in
formed as to what is going on in
the field of accounting education.
U SMC Officer
Named Volunteer
Area Recruiter
Robert P. Gottlieb, 2nd Lt.,
USMCR (inactive), and a vet
eran student at A. & M., has
been appointed volunteer Ma
rine Corps Reserve Recruiting Of
ficer for the College Station dis
trict, it was announced last week
by recruiting authorities in this
area.
The Marine Corps Reserve post
war goal is to acquire a “ready”
force of civilian marines; in keep
ing with this program, the Marine
Corps has extended all the educa
tional facilities of the Regular
Corps to the Volunteer Reserves.
Marine Corps schools and the Ma
rine Corps Institute are both avail
able to the reservist.
Under the new regulations gov
erning membership in the volun
teer reserve, many former Marines
who were either unable or ineli
gible, may now join and again be
come a member of the “Corps”. «
Marriage restrictions have been
abolished, and physical require
ments no longer apply to appli
cants.
Fuller details may be received
from Gottlich, who lives in Room
124, Dormitory 14, or from S/Sgt.
Doyle Berry, USMC, whose office
is in the Bryan Post Office.
Naval Reserves Not
Eligible for ROTC
Members of the Navy or
Marine Corps Reserve are not
eligible for membership in the
ROTC, according to informa
tion received from Headquar
ters, Army Ground Forces. Ad
vance course ROTC students
« may not enlist in the inactive
Naval Reserve V-6, nor can
they be discharged from the
ROTC for the purpose of en
listing in the Naval Reserve,
it was stated.
Dinner Club Meets
Thursday in Sbisa
College employees will dine
and dance Thursday evening at
7 p. m. in Sbisa Hall, according
to an announcement made by the
Dinner Club committee.
Tickets, selling at $1.25 per
plate, are now on sale at the
Aggieland Inn and must be pur
chased before Wednesday noon.
Dominoes, bridge, and danc
ing will take place following the
dinner.
SociologyDept.
Sponsors3-Day
Scouting Meet
A Scout leaders’ training
course for students was held
on the campus April 10-12 un
der the auspices of the Rural
Sociology department. Its pri
mary purpose was to emphasize the
opportunity for college trained men
in professional scouting.
Holding the first session Thurs
day evening in the Animal Hus
bandry Pavilion, the group heard
Grisham Painter, local director of
scouting, discuss Boy Scout organ
ization and problems confronting
the Scouters of today. Patrols
were organized similar to regular
Boy Scout troops, with each per
son having duties to perform.
At the Friday night meeting
scoutcraft demonstrations, were
presented, and lectures on nature
study, camp cookery, star gazing,
woodcraft, and first aid followed.
Saturday evening at Hensel Park
Harold Lewman, regional scout ex
ecutive of Dallas, discussed the pos
sibilities for students in the pro
fessional field of scouting.
Students finishing the course
were presented with certificates
qualifying them as scoutmasters.
Aero Staff Adds Member
The Aeronautical engineering
faculty was increased to six today
with appointment of L. E. Flana
gan as instructor in aerodynamics.
Flanagan, a 1943 Georgia Tech
graduate, served with the navy
aerodynamics design group in
Washington, D. C. during the war.
Library Features Exhibit
An exhibit of paintings by re
presentative Texas artists has been
opened to the public in the foyer
of Cushing Library. The exhibit
is being sponsored by the local
chapter of the Texas Fine Arts
Association, under the chairman
ship of Mrs. I. W. Kemodle.
Free Concert of Aggie Band
To Be Given Tonight at 7:30
Appearing for the first time this year in concert, the Aggie
Band, under the direction of E. Y. Adams, will present its annual
spring appearance on the stage of Guion Hall this evening at
7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Featuring everything from marches to symphony, the band will
present different sections in solo. TRIPLETS OF THE FINEST”
will highlight a trumpet trio, composed of Phil Kosub, drum
major, T. D. Prater, and W. L. Carruth. “THREE TROMBON
ISTS” will feature E. S. Anderson, D. R. Howell, and John R.
Lauderdale of that section. The percussion section of the band
will present a number entitled “Percussion Antics”.
Other numbers to be heard on tonight’s performance will in
clude “Castanets”, a Spanish march, “Martha”, and “The World
Is Waiting for the Sunrise”.
Schubert’s unfinished “Symphony No. 8 in B Minor” will
climax the performance. This last number will feature the band
in orchestra form.
All students and residents of the area are invited to attend
this varied program of the Aggie Band in concert.