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VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1947
Number 63
Texas City Relief Fund Tops
$4,496 in Community Drive
Contributions totaling $4,496 have been
sent to Mayor Curtis Trahan, the city coun
cil and churches of Texas City as College
Station’s official relief fund, W. W. Watts,
student chairman of the community’s aid
fund group, announced yesterday afternoon.
In a student-conceived drive commenc
ing last Thursday, donations were solicited
at Guion Hall, the Campus Theater, College
Station churches, and other public places.
Equity Suit Needed To Clear
Up Condition, Clark Declares
♦
By Allen Self
An injunction should be filed with
the Brazos county equity court to
stop the present Board of Directors
from functioning 1 , Dr. F. B. Clark,
head of the economics department
stated yesterday in an interview.
This action, he claimed, would
enable an impartial group of local
men to ascertain that no irregu
larities of administration exist in
the present set-up. Such a group
would be better able to discern
maladministration than a legisla
tive committee, Dr. Clark asser
ted.
He did not say who should file
the suit.
Dr. Clark, still a little resentful
over his treatment before the leg
islative committee, said he had ap
peared more to make charges than
to furnish evidence to support them.
“It is their job to do the investi
gating,” he said.
Grand Jury?
When queried as to whether he
still thought there was evidence
sufficent to warrant a grand jury
investigation Dr. Clark replied,
“Yes, I do.” He declined to make
any disposition of evidence other
than that which appeared in The
Battalion of April 22, concerning
the breach of a dam in College
Park property by order of admin
istration officials.
Some kind of an ouster agency
should be established, perhaps by
constitutional amendment, to initi
ate "impeachment proceedings
against a college administration ad
judged incompetent, Clark propos
ed. As it stands now, only the
Legislature can institute impeach
ment proceedings - against board
members.
Dr. Clark also proposed that
some group, such as the Texas
State Teachers Association, should
submit nominations for board
members from which the governor
would be required to choose.
“It isn’t a very good condition
for higher education when not one
of the governing body of a college
is an educator,” he claimed.
No Dislike
“I hold no dislike for Mr. Gil
christ personally. I do feel that
some of his dealings with men have
been unfortunate. But it is a mat
ter of principle with me. We want
to turn that lake in College Park
to some public use—as a park, per
haps.
“It’s true that mosquitos were
breeding there when it was drained.
We had made provision for cutting
the weeds in the lake so that breed
ing could be eliminated. Many
people living adjacent to the lake
area have said they want it back,
so that should prove it is not a
nuisance. I hope' some agency,
such as that appointed by a court
of equity, will allow us to make
some disposition of the lake.”
Forgiveness
Dr. Clark expressed his willing
ness to forgive the present admin
istration for their bungling if they
would change their ways.
“I believe everyone would coop
erate with President Gilchrist if
he changed his methods, and that
includes the students,” Dr. Clark
asserted.
Vet Appraisal
Service Newest
Student Aid
•Glass jars were placed at vantage
points throughout the city and
over the campus, and all students,
faculty members, and residents
were solicited.
Watts, general chairman, laun
ched an all-out drive for A. & M.
College and College Station at
movies and dances. W. L. Pen-
berthy of the Physical Education
Department was in charge of fac
ulty and staff members’ contribu
tions; Senior Class President Bill
McCormick handled Cadet Corps
solicitations through company com
manders; VS A President W. B.
“Bill” Andrews took charge of col
lections from the respective dormi
tories and housing argas through
committeemen and representatives;
and the Rev. Ray Terry and J. B'.
Lauterstein contacted business men
and chui’ch groups for contribu
tions.
Church donations from last Sun
day’s services totaled $803; this
amount has been forwarded to the
respective churches in Texas City
earlier this week by the Rev. Ter
ry. The Presbyterian Church will
receive donations tomorrow at the
morning service.
The fund was swelled by a
$1,000 contribution from the Col
lege Station Community Chest
last week. This donation was
turned over to the Texas City
Relief Fund committee by Dr.
Ralph Steen, Community Chest
chairman.
Funds sent to Mayor Trahan and
the City Council will be used in the
areas of greatest need at the scene
of the major catastrophe last week,
it was stated.
The Texas City Relief Fund
drive, which officially closed Tues
day at 5 p.m., has continued to re
ceive late contributions. Persons
desiring to make further donations
to the Texas City Relief Fund Of-
do so at the Student Activities Of
fice. Checks should be made out
to the
and Bing, Student Activties Of
fice.
Texas City Relief Fund,
City’ and forwarded to RSt-
Two Danforth
Fellowships
Now Available
Danforth Fellowships will
be available this summer for
a junior and a freshman in
the School of Agriculture, ac
cording to an announcement re
ceived by Dean C. N. Shepardson
from the Danforth Foundation.
The junior will spend two weeks
studying the problems of manu
facturing, commercial research,
distribution, advertising, and per
sonnel at the Ralston Purina Mills
in St. Louis and will then attend a
two weeks Leadership Training
Camp on Lake Michigan. The
freshman will attend the Leader
ship Conference only.
The stipends will approximately
cover actual expenses except trans
portation. The program for the
junior will extend from July 27
to August 24 and for the freshman
from August 11-24.
A faculty committee to award
the fellowship has been appointed
of which J. Wheeler Barger, Pro
fessor of Agricultural Economics,
is chairman. Literature and appli
cation blanks may be obtained at
his office. The selections will be
made on April 29.
Selections will be based on schol
arship, leadership, activities, and
general culture.
‘No Star Chamber
A new activity on the A&M
campus is the Veterans Ap
praisal Service under the Ed
ucation and Psychology De
partment.
This guidance program is ac
complished through the adminis
tration and interpretation of psy
chological tests. Upon the com
pletion of such tests, individual
counseling and guidance is offered
each student. These tests are ad
ministered and scored by Mrs. L.
J. Payne, Mrs. Leonard Dicky, and
Mrs. Joe Reed Street, and inter
pretation and counseling is done
by Robert H. Hughes.
Although this is a new service
to A. & M. veterans, it is well-
established in many universities
and colleges throughout the na
tion. This activity is recognized
as a valuable aid in helping a stu
dent to choose the right course of
study and the right vocation after
graduation.
All students desiring guidance in
the educational and vocational
fields, are invited to contact this
office in C Ramp of Hart Hall,
or to call 4-1208 for an appoint
ment.
Groneman Retires as Prexy
Of Vocational Association
Chris Groneman, acting head of
the industrial education depart
ment, will become vice president-
at-large of the Texas Vocational
Association September 1, when
he retires as president of that
organization, it was revealed to
day. Wade Banowsky of Fort
Worth will succeed Groneman as
president.
Regular Army
Applicants To
Be Screened
_ A roving screen team con
sisting of 7 officers and nec
essary assistants will arrive
at A. & M. on April 29 for a
four-day stay to interview and ex
amine qualified applicants for in
tegration into the Regular Army.
Lt. Colonel John G. Johnson and
Lt. Colonel Van H. Slayden out
lined to all interested in Guion Hall
the new Army integration program.
The main source of augmenting
the officer strength in the Regular
Army will be honor graduates of
outstanding colleges and univer
sities and former commissioned of
ficers who left the Army in order
to complete their educatibn and
who are graduating by July 15.
This interview team will make its
Headquarters at Ross Hall.
All interested students are urg
ed to report to Ross Hall as soon
as possible to arrange for an ap
pointment to meet this team. Ap
plication blanks and full informa
tion will be available from the
team. Colonel G. S. Meloy, Jr.,
commandant, announced that this
team was qualified and charged
with the processing of all appli
cants and that the complete papers
after review by the team will be
forwarded directly to the Adjutant
General for necessary action.
Interested parties may arrange
for appointment through the Adju
tant of ROTC at Ross Hall.
Meloy, Anderson,
Rollins Subpoenaed
For Monday Night
Monday evening the state inves
tigating committee will hear Col.
Guy S. Meloy, Jr., commandant;
REVEILLE, ERECTED APR. 21, 1947—The red granite me
morial “T” was dedicated Monday afternoon as part of the San
Jacinto Day muster. Here the color guard “presents arms” as
trumpeters sound “Silver Taps” in honor of the never-to-be-for
gotten dog mascot.
Selection of General Moore
Trophy, Unit Again in Order
Dean of Men J. W. Rollins, and
Col. Frank Anderson, now track
coach but former commandant. The
session will be held in the Senate
Chamber at Austin beginning at
8 p. m.
Cadet Corps
Plans Review
M&tkmZst Day -
In observance of Mother’s
Day, May 11, the Cadet Corps
will hold a review on the main
drill field at 10 a.m., Col. G.
S. Meloy, Jr., commandant, has an
nounced. This review will consist
of both foot troops and mounted
elements. Mounted elements will
include heavy and light Field Ar
tillery weapons, tanks of the Ar
mored Cavalry, and 4.2 mortars
of the Chemical Corps.
Highlighting this review will
be the awarding of various medals
and tropies to members of the Ca
det Corps. Awards to be made
will be the Field Artillery, Coast
Artillery, and Ordnance Associa
tion Medals. These medals are
awarded to outstanding cadets of
the respective branches who are
chosen by grades in academic sub
jects exclusive of military subjects,
grades in military subjects, char
acter, initiative, leadership, loy
alty, cooperation, industry, mili
tary bearing, and neatness.
Also included in the awards will
be the Sons of American Revolu
tion Medal, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution Trophy, which con
sists of a two-hundred dollar cash
award, Daughters of the Confed
eracy Award, which is the Albert
Sidney Johnson Saber, and the
Caldwell Trophy. Basis for award
ing the above medals and trophies
are academic standards, proficiency
in Military Science, leadership, and
student’s records.
Plans are again in order for the second presentation of the Gen
eral George F. Moore Trophy to the best-all-round organization of
the Cadet Corps at the Mother’s Day parade this year on Sunday,
May 11.
Based 50% on scholarship, 25% on military proficiency, 15% on
intramural proficiency, and 10% on extracurricular participation, se-
flection is made annually ori Moth-
' er’s Day. “F” Company Infantry,
present holder of the General
George F. Moore Trophy, was the
first unit to receive the honor on
Mother’s Day 1946.
Each Mother’s Day a plaque is
given the previous holder to signi
fy that it has been a General Moore
Trophy winner, and the name of
the organization is engraved on
the trophy itself. In addition, a
flag is carried by the best all
round unit at all parades and re
views during the ensuing year.
With the honor of being the
General Moore company, the in
dividuals of the unit are entitled
to wear the distinctive “GM”
shoulder patch.
Standards for scholarship are
provided by the Registrar’s Office;
the Military Department rates the
units for military proficiency, the
Physical Education Department for
intramural proficiency, while a
committee composed of the As
sistant Dean of Men, Manager of
Student Activities, the Corps Exe
cutive, and the vice-president of
each of the four classes work out
the details of extracurricular par
ticipation.
Credit for extracurricular activ
ity is awarded only to those stu
dents in school and holding the
position on April 15 of that year.
A committee last year pre
pared the rules governing the
selection of the General Moore
Trophy and Flag winner.
The presentation on Mother’s
Day is made personally by Gener
al Moore when he is available or,
in his absence, by the President of
the College.
Ring Dance
Program Set
Banquet Tickets Set At
$2 Each; Dance, $2.50
' Johnny Sullivan and his orches
tra will provide dance music for
the Senior Ring Dance and Ban
quet scheduled for May 16 at 7:30
p.m., according to Eddie Daniels,
senior class social secretary.
Ike Ashburn, former assistant
to the president at A. & M., will
be the principal speaker at the
banquet.
Scrip for the banquet will be two
dollars per person, with dance
tickets selling for $2.50. Cost for
tw o banquet tickets and dance ad
mission, bought at the same time,
will be an even six dollars.
Parents will be admitted to the
dance free, but must pay if they
desire to attend the banquet.
Bill McCormick, president of the
Senior Class, has announced the
Ring Dance committees as follows:
Dance and Orchestra: Charles
Thoma, Kirby King, Bill Hancock,
and Andy Moore.
Invitations: Johnny Henry,
George Knox, Naud Burnett, and
Byron Broyles.
Decorations: Si Davidson, Jim
mie Demopulos, J. B. Cooper, and
George Cavitt.
Banquet Program: Eddie Bate
man, John Kelso, Burke Summers,
and A. O. Hamon.
Non-military advisors: Lewis
L’Hommodieu and Marvin Brown.
900 Veterans Still Must Complete Form
Over 900 veteran students un- to one of the training Officers
Included in the activities for this
week-end are Agriculture-Engineer
Day, open house in the dormitory
area, and the pinning of flowers on
the individual cadets by the Cadet
Commander’s mother or sweet
heart. Parents of all Aggies are
cordially invited to attend the var
ious entertainments planned and
see A. & M. at its best.
der the G. I. Bill of Rights face
loss of subsistence payments be
cause they failed to fill out YA
Form 1908 in Sbisa Hall from
April 21 to 25.
The deadline has been extend
ed to Tuesday, April 29, and
those who failed to fill out these
forms may do so by reporting
in the Guidance Center, Ramp
“B”, Hart Hall.
The Guidance Center, which is
normally closed on Saturdays,,
will be open Saturday, April 26,
to assist those who failed to re
port. This form does not apply
to disabled veterans under Part
VII.
Engineering Departments Prepare for AE Day May 10
Member’—Gilbert
William A. “Boots” Gilbert, re
ferred to by Delbert Shultz as a
member of the “Oust Gilchrist”
star chamber today denied having
any part in their activities.
“Shultz often came by my room
to talk to me, wanting me to help,
but I never participated in either
their meetings or their activities.
I did say I was in favor of Mr.
Gilchrist’s removal, but that’s all,”
Gilbert stated.
“I don’t know about any secret
meetings with Shultz,” Gilbert
said. “When he came to talk to
me, we closed the door. Is that
secret?”
Warren Gilbert, the older of the
Gilbert brothers, attests that he
was in the South Pacific in 1945,
when Shultz’s alleged star cham
ber activities were going on. War
ren Gilbert did not return to the
campus until September, 1946.
(The following is a partial list of
things to look for in the School
of Engineering on Agriculture-
Engineer Day, May 10.)
Since the Management Depart
ment was inaugurated during the
war, this will be the first time they
have participated in the exhibit
ion. Their exhibit will consist of
several parts, they being person
nel and labor relations, time and
motion study, production control,
tool design and factory tooling,
qu a 1 i t y control, industrial psy
chology and personal testing de
vices. Photographs of labor strife,
production layouts, tooling meth
ods, and other intresting manage
ment functions will be shown. This
exhibit will show the public that
scientific management has come
to Texas and that A. & M. is way
out in front of the other schools
and colleges in this section.
Each class in the Architecture
Department will have a problem
on display. Samples of designs and
works of various Texas architects,
and various media of rendition
such as water color, tempera, and
charcoal will also be shown. On
the humorous side will be a car
toon display depicting the trials
and tribulations in the life of an
architect.
Comprising the Civil Engineer-
Show will be demonstrations in
the highway, the hydraulics, the
soils, and the strength laborator
ies. Also included will be a sur
veying display, a structure dis
play, and a study of stresses by
the use of plastic models.
Included in the Electrical En
gineering exhibit will be the
photo-electric speed indicator,
voice-on-wire recorder, Tesla Coil
demonstration, Sonovax demon
stration, levitator or “floating
disc”, speech scrambler, and mic
ro-wave transmitting and receiv
ing sets. There will be a high volt
age exhibit using a surge gene
rator, a high voltage show using
a swing pendulum, a polarized
light exhibit, the Stroboscopic ef
fect, and an oscillograph exhibit
showing “shape” of voice.
The Petroleum Engineering De
partment will have equipment dis
plays such as sub-surface pump
equipment, well surveying instru
ments and gas-lift equipment. The
field display will include a port
able drilling rig, cable tool rig,
motor driven pumping units and
pumping jacks driven from central
power units.
The largest exhibit will be that
of the Mechanical Engineering
Department. All shops will be
open and machines will be in oper
ation. In the foundry, iron will
be poured and in the welding shop
automatic torches will be working.
In the mechanical and steam lab
oratory, cutaway engine mount
ings, including that of an Oldsmo-
bile, the chasis of Ford, Dodge, and
Plymouth will be on display. Com
plete Ford, Chevrolet, and Ply
mouth engines and a mounted
Studebaker engine running on
the test block will be shown.
Also for inspection will be a
Worthington Diesel engine and
generator, a turbo-generator unit,
a Corliss valve steam engine, a
hot air engine, and various other
types of steam, oil and gas engin
es. Of interest to the popsicle
lover will be an exhibit showing
the manufacture of popsicles.
There will also be exhibits in the
metallurgy and air-conditioning
laboratories. A kinematics exhib
it including novel cams and gears
will be found in the M. E. Shop
Building.
The Aeronautical Engineering
exhibit will include design prob
lems by students, aircraft engines,
wind tunnel, construction of wings,
tail and control surfaces, various
instruments used in controlling the
plane’s flight and the constant
speed propellor, completed and
dissassembled.
The Chemical Engineering ex
hibit will include plastics and plas
tic molding, a model still, Cottrill
precipitator, incendiary bombs, syn
thetic rubber, cosmetics, a magne
sium plant, wetting agents, chem
icals in airplanes, cotton seed oil,
military explosives and fireproof
ing. Also included will be displays
on photography, a model sulfur
mine, soap manufacture, dyes and
a. liquid air show.
The Municipal and Sanitary En
gineering Department also plans
an exhibit.
Wind Tunnel
Motor, Fan
Delivered
Contractor Bids
Called For Soon
R. M. Pinkerton, head of
the aeronautical engineering
department has announced
the delivery here last week of
the 1,000 horsepower motor need
ed for the Southwest’s largest wind-
tunnel and aerodynamics labora
tory at nearby Easterwood Airport.
This leaves only the mounting of
the motor and construction of a
special 2,300-volt power transmis
sion line to be completed before
the $100,000 plant is ready for op
eration.
Engineering specifications now
are being drawn up for the motor
mounting and power line construc
tion, and bids from contractors
will be called for soon.
Pinkerton said a B-32 four blad-
ed propeller, 13 feet in diameter
had been obtained from war sur
plus for the fan unit.
The wind tunnel, 90 feet long
with a test chamber 7 feet high
and 10 feet wide, will be able to
handle the wing performance and
engine-cooling tests, while the
building of which the tunnel is a
part will house the structural and
engine testing laboratories.
Testing facilities will be made
available to aircraft manufacturers
in the southwest, a number of
whom have expressed eagerness
to use the plant, Pinkerton said.
The building was completed in
June, 1945, but it was impossible
to obtain the proper motor until
recently, when it was purchased for
$75,000.
Bucek Leaves
Annex Post
Dean of Bryan Field Quits
For Schulenburg Business
Roy Bucek, Class of ’42, Dean
of Men at the Bryan Field Annex
since September, 1946 and Assist
ant Director of Student Affairs
since his return from the service
in September, 1945, has resigned
effective May 1.
He will take over and manage
a frozen foods locker at Schulen
burg, which is his home town.
When Bucek was a student here,
he lettered in football for three
consecutive years, 1939-41, and in
basketball 1940 - 42, respectively.
During his last year he was cap
tain of the Aggie track team.
Russia Is IRC
TuesdayTopic
The IRC will meet Tuesday night
at 7 p.m. in Room 205, Academic
Building to discuss the topic “Will
We Fight Russia?” This will be
the preliminary topic and after
some discussion is to be broadened
to “What Should be the American
Attitude Towards Russia?”
This meeting of the IRC should
be particularly interesting, as two
of the speakers scheduled to ap
pear are Milton R. Beychok and
Richard E. Scruggs. These names
should be familiar to readers of
the “Letters to the Editors” col
umn.
H. A. Caldwell, sponsor of the
club, expects an attendance of at
least 40 to 50 students. He ex
pressed the hope that faculty mem
bers and students’ wives interested
in this topic would attend.
The club, serving as a medium
of exchanging ideas, will try to
evaluate and compare the Truman
and Wallace attitudes toward Rus
sia, with the hope of developing an
informed student body.
Doane Foundation
Sponsors Farm
Management Contest
A prize of $25 will be awarded
by the Doane Foundation to the
student writing the best essay on
Farm Management, according to
J. Wheeler Barger, of the Agri
cultural Economics Department.
The contest is open to students
who have completed or who are
now taking the course in Farm
Management. The essay should
not be over 600 words in length
and should deal with the applica
tion of practical ideas and prin
cipals in the management of a
farm.
To be judged by a committee of
college instructors, essays- must
be submitted on or before July 1.
Further information may be ob
tained from Barger, whose office
is in Room 400, Agriculture Build
ing.