Texas A«M
BARNYARD FROLIC
At the Grove
Friday at 9 p. m.
The B
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alion
VETERAN’S BALL
Sbisa Hall
Friday at 9 p. m.
PUBLISHED IS THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947
Number 62
W alton, Bryan Helped ‘Star Chamber’--Shultz
Col. Chevalier Delivers
Aggie Muster Address
By Claude Buntyn 1
“The way of honoring those that have passed on is to
build character and culture at this great institution”, said
Col. Willard Chevalier in his address at the annual San Ja
cinto Day Muster held on the lawn of the Administration
^Building 1 . Former students all ov-
Veterans’ Ball er the wor ‘ d held similar services
Tomorrow In
‘Club Sbisa’
A ball in true night club style,
complete with tables and chairs,
will be sponsored by the Veteran
Students’ Association in Sbisa
Hall, Friday April 25 at 9:00 p.m.
Admission will be free to mem
bers upon presentation of their
membership cards at the door.
No tickets will be on sale, but
membership cards will be made
available to veteran students
still wanting to join the associa
tion.
Music will be furnished by the
Prairie View Swingsters from
Prairie View University until
1:00 a.m.
Exhibitions Set
For A-E Day
By Walter B. Little
Agriculture - Engineering Day
will be held at Texas A. & M. Col
lege on May 10, 1947. On this day
the doors of the college will be op
ened to all visitors so that the pub
lic may see what the college is
offering to its students.
Parents are especially invited to
be present. Visitors will be shown
through all the buildings and class
rooms; will see the campus, and
will get an idea of just what the
boys are doing at A. & M. Students
are urged to write home to their
relatives inviting them to attend.
The School of Agriculture is
planning an extensive program,
and each major department will
offer an exhibit of its various ac
tivities.
Some of the events to be fea
tured are a§ follows:
Dairy Husbandry — Spring
Dairy Show; open house at the
Creamery; and an exhibition on
artificial insemination.
Agricultural Education—mov
ies of F. F. A. activities.
Agricultural Engineering —
Display of farm and home imple
ments.
Animal Husbandry — Fresh
man and Sophomore livestock
show; judging contest.
Range Management — Exhibit
range equipment and photo-
graphs of different range plants.
Fish and Game—Two movies;
exhibit of birds and mammals.
Horticulture—Propagation ex-,
hibit at the Horticulture farm;
open house at the Canning Plant.
Landscape Art—Green House
exhibits and landscape design
equipment.
Exhibits will be on display, be
ginning at 8:00 a.m.
The School of Engineering will
present a similar program of its
activities on the same day.
Entertainment for the evening
will include the “Pitchfork Slip-
stick Follies” to be held in Guion
Hall at 7:30 p.m., and a free dance
in Sbisa Hall for all who care to
attend.
in honor of those who have died on
battlefields.
The Aggie Band preceeded the
program by playing a short con
cert. Fred Hale, president of the
Brazos A. & M. Club introduced
W. T. (Bill) Moore who is state
representative and general chair
man of the local muster. Dr. T.
D. Brooks, dean of the school of
arts and sciences, delivered the in
vocation.
Col. R. L. Elkins, delivered the
welcoming address in the absence
of President Gibb Gilchrist. Col.
Elkins then introduced Col. Willard
Chevalier, vice-president of the
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., who
was principal speaker at the mus
ter.
Richard Gottlieb called the roll
for those who had died since the
last muster. Melvin Pruitt, presi
dent of the class of ’47, briefly
sketched the life of Reveille, Aggie
mascot for 13 years, and announced
the dedication of a monument in
her memory.
The Singing Cadets presented
traditional Aggie songs, and W. T.
Moore brought the program to a
close.
Proceeding the Muster program,
the corps held a review in honor of
11 Brazos County Aggies, who
once wore the Aggie uniform 48 to
62 years ago.
Army Officers Give
Regular Army Sales
Talk to Students
Beginning April 30, a regular ar
my screening board or three Air
Corps and three Ground Force Of
ficers will examine students inter
ested in considering the Regular
Army as a career. In a visit to
the A. & M. campus last Tuesday
two U. S. Army officers, repre
senting the Director of Personnel
at the War Department, presented
to the student body both the stat
us of the present post-war Army
and its features in regard to ac
cepting a regular commission.
Since the United States Military
Academy will b e unable to
supply all the regular army
officers required in the post
war period, the main source of of
ficer strength will have to come
from the honor graduates of out
standing colleges and universities.
Barnyard Ball
To Initiate
Enlarged Slab
“The Slab,” that quaint concrete
floor that is not a roller-rink, but
of all things, a dance hall in the
great outdoors, gets its initiation
Saturday night at 9 when the
“Barnyard Frolics” start frolic-
ing. The Ag engineer’s annual
“back to the farm” movement,
complete with overalls and yaller
shoes, is the occasion.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
supply the music as Roy Acuff has
a previous engagement. During
the intermission there .will be
square dancing, and an exhibition
square dance will be staged. Cash
prizes will be presented for the
best costumed couple, so wash
and iron the blue jeans and the
gingham dresses.
Tickets, $1.50 stag or drag, are
on sale at the Agricultural Engi
neering Building, the North Gate,
and by members of the Ag Engi
neering Society.
No dorms are to be vacated for
the event, but the Housing Office
has made some arrangements for
rooms.
10 Cadets Planned All-Breed Dog Show
‘Get Gilchrist’Drive
TOM MARTIN SAYS “RESIGN”
Tom Martin, Aggie-ex and state representative from Fredericks
burg, yesterday called for President Gibb Gilchrist’s resignation in a
speech in the house. Speaking on a basis of personal privilege, Mar
tin asked “Won’t you please resign?”
Stating that Gilchrist was losing the fight, Martin asked that Gil
christ resign and “stop all this tom-foolery and let the boys get their
education. ”If Gilchrist should resign now, said Martin, he would
become one of the biggest men in Texas. Martin claimed that Gil
christ “just happens to be one of these men who can’t get along with
anybody.”
cident and the present unrest at
the college. Clark replied that
this was only another example of
intimidation by Gilchrist.
Asked if this intimidation did
not occur before Gilchrist was
made president, Clark answered
that it did. Upon request, Clark
could not furnish any examples of
intimidation, from his personal
knowledge, that had occurred while
Gilchrist was in the President’s of
fice.
Questioned by Senator Mof-
fet, Clark explained the func
tioning of the Academic Council
to the committee, and compared
its activities under the three col
lege presidents he had known,
Bizell, Walton, and Gilchrist. He
complained that whereas Bizell
and Walton had met with the
council in the capacity of chair
man, Gilchrist hardly ever at
tended the meetings, and when
he did it was only for the pur
pose of bringing orders from the
directors, or else to dictate their
actions on certain questions.
He cited an example of this as
Gilchrist’s appearing before the
council after the “m i d - n i g h t
march” of early February and tell
ing them not to let the boys “cry
down their necks”. Clark also re
sented the directive from the Board
of Directors to the Academic Coun
cil involving the separation of the
(See HEARING on Page 2)
Batt Staffers
Attend Congress
Of Journalists
Student journalists of the South
west met in Fort Worth this week
in the first Southwestern Journa
lism Congress since before WW
II. Present at the meeting were
journalism students and campus
editors from thirteen major col
leges in Texas and surrounding
states. Texas A. & M, .was rep
resented by Otis Miller, journalism
teacher in the Rural Sociology De
partment; Vick Lindley, co-editor
and Paul Martin, sports editor of
the Battalion. (A. & M.’s sister
school, TSCW, had about thirty
students present.)
Frank King, Texas state bureau
manager for the Associated Press
at Dallas, told the conference that
journalism training applied to the
right students can be helpful to
the newspaper world—but that if
such is not the case, a lot of time
is being wasted. Other chief speak
ers included Noland Norgaard of
the AP in Oklahoma City, who told
about the Nurenberg trials; Dwight
Bentel, education editor of Editor
& Publisher, and Herbert W.
Smith, promotion director of the
Dallas Morning News.
Heard at the panel “If I were
campus editor again” were Amos
Melton, sports editor of the Fort
Worth Star Telegram, who once
edited the TCU Skiff, and David
j Hall, city editor of the Fort Worth
Press, once an editor of the Daily
I Texan.
By the Battalion Staff Correspondents
Plans to “Get Rid of Gibb Gilchrist” were first drawn
up in the fall of 1945 by a “star chamber” consisting of ten
students, who were later assisted by T. O. Walton and Travis
B. Bryan, according to testimony given to the state investi
gating committee Tuesday by Del--*
bert V. Shultz of Big Spring, for
mer student.
Members of the “star-chamber”
(so named by Sen. Fred Harris)
were the two Gilbert brothers,
George Strickhausen, boys named
Huddleston and Stucky, and others.
The group planned a march on
Austin in 1945, intending that the
entire cadet corps should appeal
to the governor for Gilchrist’s re
moval, but Adj. Gen. Arthur Knick
erbocker, an Aggie-ex, convinced
them that such a move would harm
the school, Shultz testified. Travis
Bryaji, president of the First Na
tional Bank in Bryan, paid Shultz’s
expenses to Austin to see Knicker
bocker, and when the march was
called off, Shultz phoned Bryan to
that effect, but did not call anyone
at A. & M.
Shultz acknowledged that T. O.
Walton, former president of A. &
M., gave him information used in
the letter signed by Shultz and cir
culated early this year. Reminded
that his testimony conflicted with
that given under oath by Dr. Wal
ton, Shultz protested that all he
did was get information and did
not help in drafting the letter.
The committee was flabbergas
ted when Shultz stated that he did
not call on the governor in 1945
because “Mr. O’Daniel was. not an
Aggie and wouldn’t understand.”
Coke Stevenson had been governor
for some years at that time.
The committee will meet again
in Austin next Monday at 8 p.m.
Dr. Clark
Appearing Tuesday morning be
fore the senate-house committee
investigating conditions at A. & M.,
Dr. F. B. Clark testified that in the
best interests of A. & M. he be
lieved an injunction should be ob
tained from a court of equity a-
gainst the present administration
of the college, and that the admin
istration of the college be as
sumed by the court until the pres
ent crisis has eased.
When asked by Senator Mof-
fet, “Should anyone be indict
ed?”, Dr. Clark could think of no
one. M o f f e t further asked,
“What do you know personally,
that would substantiate such ac
tion?” Dr. Clark replied that he
had been informed by S. D.
Shaw, executive office of the na
val detachment at A. & M. dur
ing the war, that the sole cause
for the withdrawal of the naval
force was “lack of cooperation
from the administration”. Clark
also stated that he did not be
lieve “Gilchrist was handling the
boys right”.
Hearing this statement, Senator
Storey queried, “Dr. Clark, don’t
you know that the entire cause of
this uprising is hazing?” “I most
certainly do not!” replied Clark
emphatically. Clark further ad
ded that besides causing the with
drawal of the naval unit, and mis
handling “the boys”, the adminis
tration had intimidated the facul
ty. Clark named I. G. Adams, C.
W. Randall, and A. F. Chalk, mem
bers of his department, as some
faculty members who had been
wronged by the present adminis
tration.
When asked about his personal
feeling for Gilchrist, Clark stated
that he had no ill-will whatsoever
for the man, that he himself was
one of the few faculty members
who had not been intimidated by
the president, and that Gilchrist
had raised Clark’s salary each year
since taking over the presidency.
College Park Lake
Representative Bracewell took
up the questioning at this point.
He said, “Dr. Clark, we went in
to executive session last night
because you had certain facts you
wanted to tell this committee.
Now, just what were those
facts?” Clark answered that
there were many of a general na
ture, he knew of, but none from
his personal experiences with the
exception of the College Park
episode.
Senator Harris asked what was
the connection between the lake in-
The Third All-Breed Dog Show
of the Brazos Valley Kennel Club
will be held Friday on the Animal
Husbandry grounds on the campus,
Mrs. D. E. Van Buskirk, superin
tendent of the show, announced.
More than four hundred dogs have
been entered.
Forty breeds of dogs will be rep
resented in the show. These in
clude cocker spaniels, dachshunds,
collies, chowchow, miniature pood
les, bulldogs, Boston terriers, min
iature pinschers, Pekingese, chi
huahuas, English setters, German
shepherd and wire hair terriers.
The rest of the entries are made
up of most of the dogs listed in
the American Kennel Club files.
Several rare breeds for this sec
tion of the country will be shown.
Five Besenji, -or the barkless
dog, are entered of which two were
recently featured on a national ra
dio audience participation program.
These two dogs are owned by the
Hallwyne Kennels of Dallas and
were flown to Hollywood to take
part in the program in which the
participants were to get a prize
for making the dogs bark. This
same breed of dog recently crea
ted a sensation at the English dog
show when one of them did bark—
a susposedly impossible feat.
Twenty professional handlers will
be at the affair. The show is
held under the rules of AKC and
is unbenched. Special prizes and
all classifications are approved.
The show is sponsored by the
College Station Recreation Coun
cil, and proceeds will be used to
further recreational facilities in
this area.
JUDGING PROGRAM
9:00 a.m. Obedience Classes.
9:00 a. m. All Breed in Group 6.
10:45 a. m. All Breeds in Group 4,
and Aferhan Hounds ,
10:45 a.m. All Breeds in Group 3.
1:00 p. m. All Breeds in Group 5.
2:45 p. m. All Breeds in Group 1.
3:15 p. m. All Breeds in Group 2,
except Afghan Hounds.
5:30 p.m. Children’s Classes.
8:00 p.m. All Variety Groups,
Best Dog in Show, Best
American Bred Dog in
Show.
City Development Association
Board Members Are Named
The College Station Development Association and
Chamber of Commerce got under way Monday night in or
ganizing and electing a board of directors. The eight chosen
as directors are: R. W. Steen, G. E. Madeley, E. O. Sieke,
J. R. Oden, Mrs. Norman Ander--*
son, Manning Smith, Charles N.
Shepardson, Mrs. Frank Anderson,
and W. Lamar Fly.
Monday’s meeting in the Con
solidated High School gymnasium
was the first for the new organ
ization whose aims are to promote
and develop College Station “in
every way possible.”
The Business and Civic Develop
ment Committee of the College
Station Kiwanis Club has been
sponsoring the new group. G. E.
Madeley, chairman of the Kiwanis’
committee, served as chairman of
the Development Association in the
first meeting.
By-laws for the group were pre
sented by Dr. R. W. Steen, whose
committee had drawn them up, and
after some consideration, they were
accepted with minor revisions.
The board of directors will elect
from its number a president, vice-
president, treasurer, and secretary
as officers for the Association.
This election of officers will take
place at the first meeting of the
board which will be within the next
week so they can “get started on
some projects,” declared W. L.
Fly, one of the directors.
The College Station Development
Association and Chamber of Com
merce accepts as members resi-
Newman Club Dance
Planned Sat. at 8
The Newman Club will hold its
second meeting for the month of
April in the form of a dance. The
two Catholic girls’ clubs in Bryan
will serve as hostesses and fur
nish the refreshments.
Beverly Goebels and Jim Demp
sey are jointly in charge of the
affair which will be held in the
K of C Hall in Bryan Saturday,
April 26, at 8 p.m.
The following Sunday, April 27,
the Newman Club will receive Holy
Communion in a body at the 8:30
Mass at St. Mary’s Chapel. All
club members are urged to parti
cipate in both these events.
dents of College Station and non
residents whose principal source
of income is derived here. Stu
dents of the college who are in
terested in the project will also be
accepted. The annual dues are
five dollars per person or six dol
lars for man and wife.
About four hundred people have
signified their intention to join
the Association, but director J. R.
Oden hopes to have seven hundred
eventually.
VA Figuring
Dividends For
Policy Holders
A vast majority of the 15,000,-
000 servicemen and women who
took out National Service Life In
surance during World War II will
eventually receive dividends oin
their policies, the Veterans Ad
ministration reports.
The Veterans Administration is
now calculating dividends on the
millions of policies issued. This
is a tremendous task and it is
impossible at this time to estimate
how long it will take to accomplish
it.
The payments to individual vet
erans will vary, as they are based
on the amount of insurance car
ried, the length of time held, and
the veteran’s age at the time he
took it out.
The chief reason that these divi
dends are not being paid no wis
that the highest obligation of the
pVeferans Administration is to give
service to veterans who are keep-
1 ing their insurance in force. When
j the workload permits, every effort
| will be made to pay the dividends.
NSLI is mutual insurance, it was
J explained, and when the insurance
fund shows a surplus from gains
1 and saving, that surplus belongs to
1 the policyholders.
Shown during the Cotton Ball pageant Friday night are (1) King Eugene Yacek and Queen Joann Dobbs with their pages (2) Vacek
crowning his queen (3) S.M.U.’s duchess (4) Miss Joan Jester, Agronomy Society duchess (5) Governor Beauford Jester.