THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Thursday, May 8, 1947:
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Annual Award Winners
Announced for Parents Day
The presentation of seven awards-* 1
for outstanding individual merit
and one award for the best all
round Company, Battery, or Troop
will highlight the ceremonies of
Parent’s Day Review to be held
Sunday morning. These awards are
among the most highly prized hon
ors given to members of the cadet
corps of Texas A&M, and competi
tion has been intense up to the
last.
Topping the list, both in general
interest and in importance is the
General George F. Moore Trophy,
presented annually to the best all
round outfit according to standing
in scholarship, military proficiency,
intramural proficiency, and extra
curricula activities, listed in order
of importance.
In addition to the trophy the
winning organization will be award
ed a special flag to carry in all
parades and reviews, and indivi
dual cadets of the organization
will wear distinctive shoulder
patches, while Senior members of
the organization will be awarded
gold medals. At the same timd the
winning organization is presented
the flag and trophy, the organi
zation previously holding the award
is given a plaque or scroll signify
ing that it has been a George F.
Moore Trophy winner.
Winner of the award last year
was Company F Infantry who am
assed a total of 1490 points to
take the award.
The number one individual award
is the Caldwell Trophy, a watch
presented by the Caldwell Jewelry
Store of Bryan to the cadet select
ed as the outstanding cadet of
the Corps, based on academic stan
dards, military proficiency, leader
ship, and student activities. The
winner for this year can not yet
be announced as complete tabula
tion of information has not yet
been made.
The Daughter’s of the American
Revolution Trophy is a cash award
presented to the highest ranking
Junior in academic standards,
character, leadership, and military
proficiency. Winner for this year
is Cadet First Sergeant Joe R.
Clark, Troop “C” Cavalry.
The Albert Sidney Johnson Sab
er is awarded annually by the Tex
as Chapter of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy to the
outstanding cadet showing profi
ciency in application of the prin
ciples of military science and lead
ership, and having an outstanding
student record. Winner for this
year is Cadet Captain Robert F.
Huston, Company “A”, Chemical
Corps.
The Sons of the American Revo
lution is a medal awarded annually
for a student exemplifying military
proficiency, leadership, and apti
tude for military service, and hav
ing high academic standards. Win
ner for this year is Cadet Major
Charles W. Mattox, Commanding
Composite Regiment.
The Field Artillery Medal is
presented by the Field Artillery
Association to a cadet in the Field
Artillery Unit selected by the
board of officers for outstanding
military proficiency. Winner for
this year is Cadet Lieutenant Colo
nel Joe W. Coddou, Corps Adju
tant. This award is to be presented
by Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence
E. Sommers.
The Coast Artillery Medal is
presented by the United States
Coast Artillery Association to a
cadet in the Coast Artillery Unit
selected by a board of officers
for outstanding military profici
ency. Winner for this year is Cadet
3 Students Picked
For Cotton Tour
Three agronomy students will
fly to Mexico, Central America,
Ecuador and Peru this summer on
their annual summer cotton tour.
Selected for the trip after com
petitive examinations are: George
Kunze, Giddings; V. P. Bennett,
Henderson; and John P. Stanford,
Linden. The students took nine ex
aminations in different phases of
cotton, general crops, soils and soil
concervation.
While on the tour, the group will
inspect cotton industries, and study
production, improvement and mar
keting of cotton. Professor J. S.
Mogford of the A&M agronomy
department will accompany the
group on the trip.
Proceeds from the annual cotton
ball and pageant held earlier this
month will defray the expenses
of the tour.
Aims of College
Told Kiwanians
By Pres. Gilchrist
Speaking at Tuesday’s meeting
of the Kiwanis Club, President
Gibb Gilchrist spoke on the aims
and objectives of A. & M. for the
next few years. He told of the
building program to be instituted
if the $5,000,000 is obtained via
constitutional amendment.
A new Science Hall and a new
Ag Building will be among the new
buildings constructed, while some
of the older halls will be renovated.
He also told of some of the out
standing men who have been
brought to A. & M. from other
schools. Among those mentioned
were J. C. Miller, head of the Ani
mal Husbandry Department; R. D.
Lewis, Agriculture Experiment
Station; John Quisenberry, head
of the Poultry Husbandry Depart
ment; J. G. Potter, head of the
Physics Department; and I. W.
Rupel, head of the Dairy Husban
dry Department.
The President also discussed the
reorganization and cd|-ordination
of the various branches and de
partments of the school. He told
how the Extension Service, Experi
ment Service, and teaching divis
ion of the main college had been
co-ordinated. He also told how
the different branches of the Ag
Department had been brought to
gether under one head for better
co-ordination of teaching and re
search.
Generous General
Originated Field
Artillery Medal
This year as in years previous,
the Field Artillery Association
Medal will be presented to the
senior who has been outstanding in
military proficiency. But few, if
any, know that this medal origin
ated out of a request of a 13 year
old boy for some old artillery
horses.
Back in March, 1935 Leroy John
son, 13 year old son of a South
Dakota farmer, sent a letter to
Major General Upton Birnie, then
Chief of Field Artillery. Leroy and
his 11 year old brother wanted
“to help our Dad do some farm
work” but as the family was poor,
another team of horses could not
be afforded. What Leroy wanted
was an old team of artillery hors
es that the army was through
with.
General Birnie wrote Leroy and
told him that as much as he would
like to give the horses away, it
would be impossible as regulations
provided that old horses must be
sold. However with funds advanced
by the Field Artillery Association,
a pair of horses whose duty days
were over were purchased and sent
to Leroy. Needless to say, great
astonishment and joy reigned in Le-
foy’s house when they arrived.
To pay for the horses, the sec
retary of the association, Colonel
Dean Hudnutt, wrote to all ar
tillery commanders in the Regular
Army. He asked that three cents
per man be donated for the pur
chase. The response was so great
that after the team and a set of
harnesses was paid for, $200 re
mained.
As it was obviously impracti
cable to return the money, the Ex
ecutive Council determined that it
should be used to strike the asso
ciation medal and to institute the
award.
And so it is each year, that the
outstanding field artillery senior
in each Senior ROTC Unit receives
the Field Artillery Association Me
dal because of a young boy’s de
sire, and a general’s generosity.
AE Day to Include Football, Baseball
Game, Department Exhibits, Follies
Houston Attorney to Deliver
Graduate Address May 30
Edward S. Boyles, Houston attorney, has been named commence
ment speaker for graduation exercises to be held Friday, May 30,Fred
R. Jones, head of the department of agricultural engineering and
chairman of the commencement program committee, has announced.
The second largest graduation class in the school’s history, with 724
candidates, 'is scheduled to receive degrees.
Dr. W. H. Alexander, pastor of the First Christian Church of
Oklahoma City, will deliver the baccalaureate services at 10 a. m.
Commencement will begin at 6 p. m.
The departments of the college will be open for inspection by
visitors from 1 to 4, with the final review being staged at the latter
hour.
President and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist will hold open house following
commencement for the graduates, former students, members of the
faculty, and guests.
Captain Edward D. Bateman, Bat
tery “A”,, Coast Artillery. This
award is to be presented by Major
John K. Walker, Jr.
The ordnance Medal is presented
by the United States Ordnance As
sociation to a cadet in the Ord
nance Unit selected by a board of
officers for outstanding military
proficiency. Winner for this year
is Cadet Captain Jack Slack, Com
pany “A”, Ordnance. This award
is to be presented by Lieutenant
Colonel Frank R. Swoger.
Representatives of the Daugh
ter's of the American Revolution,
the Sons of the American Revolu
tion, and the United Daughter’s
of the Confederacy will be on hand
to present the awards given by
their respective organizations.
‘Let Lawn Go Dry’
Or Thirst Later,
Holmgxeen Warns
“Let your lawn go dry, un
less you want to go dry your
self later on,” is the advice from
the City of Bryan, which sup
plies water to A.&M. and Col
lege Station as well. Insuffi
cient rainfall is causing a criti
cal water shortage, according to
municipal authorities there.
E. N. Holmgreen, business
manager of the college, there
fore asks all residents of the
community to discontinue water
ing of lawns for at least 30 days.
At the end of that time the new
well of the City of Bryan should
be operating.
Special Meeting Of
City Council May 12
The College Station City Council
will hold a special meeting Monday,
May 12, to open bids on the 16,000
feet of weatherpipe which were an
nounced last Saturday, said City
Manager Francis Vaughn yester
day.
The regular meeting of the coun
cil will be held on May 15, at which
time the plans and rules for the
new College Station cemetery will
be submitted for approval, Vaughn
added.
ROA Meeting To
Be Held Monday
Evening in Sbisa
The Brazos County Reserve Of
ficers Association will hold their
May meeting on Monday, May 12,
in the main dining room of Sbisa
Hall. This will be the annual
“smoker”; refreshments will be
served.
Junior and senior students tak
ing advanced ROTC are cordially
invited and urged to attend. Sid
Loveless, association president, an
nounced that junior and senior stu
dents holding advanced contracts
are eligible to membership in the
Reserve Officers Association for
a fee of $1 per year. Loveless
also stated that any Reserve Offi
cer attending school under the GI
Bill is eligible to membership in
the Association for $1.50 per year.
This includes a subscription to the
association magazine.
The association will have a broad
and aggressive program for the
year, according to Loveless. He
said that with the support of the
Reserve Officer’s in this area the
local chapter would have the out
standing program in the state.
Architests Sponsor
Water Color Show
An art exhibit of 35 water colors
by outstanding American water
colorists is currently being spon
sored by the Architectural Society,
and will be on display for about 10
days from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
in the library of the Architectural
Department.
This is a loan exhibition being
circulated for one year among the
larger colleges and universities
of America. The work shown in
cludes a complete range of the wa
ter color technique. Some work,
as that by Millard Sheets illus
trates the nearly perfect wash tech
nique, while in contrast to his work
that of R. Gillett illustrates a well
defined gouche medium.
In the show will be found sev
eral water colors that are the orig
inals for illustrations used in con
temporary magazines atid books.
Many of the artists were in the
“War Artists” groups who were
working for the War Department
in various parts of the world.
Ring Dance
Ducats Go On
Sale Friday
Tickets for the Senior Ring
Dance and Banquet go on sale Fri
day morning, May 9, at $6.00 for
the complete ticket, including two
banquet tickets and admission to
the dance.
Separate ducats are priced at
$2.00 each for banquet and $2.50
for the dance.
Tickets may be secured from
the following in the cadet area:
Johnny Henry 418 - 9
Naud Burnett 317 - 2
Byron Broyles 117 - 10
In the non-military area, tickets
may be secured from:
Louis L’Hommedieu 206 Bizzell
Quentin Harvey 214 - 16
Those desiring to attend the ban
quet must purchase tickets by Wed
nesday noon, May 14.
Proctor & Gamble
Representative To
Interview Monday
Proctor and Gamble Manu
facturing Company of Dallas
will have a representative on
the campus Monday, May 12 to
interview all junior mechanical,
chemical, electrical, and manage
ment engineers and industrial
education students interested in
summer work with this organi
zation. All interested students
should contact the Placement
Office at once to arrange for an
interview.
Military Photos to Be
Paid By Military Units
In answer to queries from Ca
det Officers, Staffs, and First Ser
geants concerning the receipt of
bills from the A. & M. Photo Shop
for pictures taken for the Long
horn, Co-editor Harry Saunders
has made this statement: “Due to a
misinterpretation of contract, the
A. & M. Photo Shop was under
the impression that photos for the
military section were to be paid
for by Student Activities, which
it has never done, and could not
do under provsions of the existing
contract for this year. Therefore,
bills received by the Cadets are
valid and if not paid will mean
loss for the Photo Shop.”
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May 10, the Schools of Agriculture and Engineering will
go all out to show the parents of Aggies just what is happen
ing at A. & M. in the way of new methods and devices in the
field of education.
The exhibits in each of the schools will open at 9 a. m.
and will stay open for inspection until 5 p. m. The school of
agriculture is featuring the Eleventh A. & M. Dairy Show,
whereas the school of engineering is featuring several ex
hibits in the different departments.
—•*• The A&M Dairy Show will con
sist mainly of three parts. The
first part will be made up of an
inspection tour of the creamery;
the second part will be made up of
Artificial Insemination exhibit; and
the third portion of the show will
be the Dairy Show. Several class
es of Jerseys and Holsteins will
be shown by students in the D. H.
department. There will also be
sponsored a Freshman Judging
Contest by the Animal Husbandry
Department.
The School of Engineering will
also sponsor an array of exhibits.
The Electrical Engineering Depart
ment will have the new $100,000
calculator, a photoelectric speed
indicator, and a Telsa coil demon
strator on display along with many
other things of interest to the
general public. Chemical Engineers
will have exhibits consisting of
plastics, moldings, incend i a r y
bombs, synthetic rubber, and many
other exhibits. The Aero Depart
ment will have two exhibits on
that day. They are aircraft en
gine designs and a wind tunnel
demonstration. The Petroleum De
partment will exhibit oil field eq
uipment. Besides these there will
be many more exhibits on display
that day.
The sports items on the calen
dar for the day are a dual track
meet with Texas University on
Kyle Field, a baseball game with
Brooks Army Air Field on Kyle
Field, and an Intra-squad football
game on Kyle Field.
Entertainment for the day will
continue with the “Pitchfork-Slip-
stick Follies” at 7 p. m. in Guion
Hall. A free dance on the Slab
will follow the Follies.
Dr. Alexander
Makes Return Visit
To Aggie Campus
Monday at 11:00 Dr. W. H. Alex
ander spoke in Guion Hall to an
assemblage of over a thousand
students, professors, and college
employees, which he termed a
“return engagement”. Dr. Alex
ander was the featured speaker on
the campus during the Religious
Emphasis week held here at A&M
last February, and made such a
favorable impression that YMCA
Secretary, M. L. Cashion, stated
he was swamped with requests for
the return of “that red-headed
preacher from Oklahoifia”.
Prior to Dr. Alexander’s talk
the Singing Cadets presented a
brief program after which director
Bill Turner was summoned by Dr.
Alexander to lead the Aggies pres
ent in “The Spirit of Aggieland”.
In his address, Dr. Alexander
emphasized that a change in heart
of the people of the world would
be necessary if extinction of the
human race were to be prevented,
and that this change would have
to be initiated by young people
the world over. Although of ser
ious content, his talk was filled
with jokes, and light humor from
beginning to end.
Dr. Alexander held personal con
ferences from 2 until 4 p. m. yes
terday, and a forum at 5 o’clock,
but he was unable to speak at
night as was originally planned.
NOTICE!
Private homes are available
for parents this weekend. Ar
rangements can be made at
Goodwin Hall.
‘Young Tom Edison ,
On May 10 Is First
Of Guion Classics
Three more screen classics
have been scheduled by Guion
Hall during the month of May,
according to Tom Puddy, man
ager. To be shown on Satur
day morning, May 10, is
“Young Tom Edison”, starring
Mickey Rooney.
“Huckleberry Finn” is slated
for the next Saturday morn
ing, May 17, and Butch Jen
kins can be seen on May 24 in
“The Human Comedy.”
The movies will begin at 10
a.m. on the days indicated, and
there will be no admission
charge.
AE Day Dance to Be
Held on the Slab
A dance on the Slab will end
the festivities of Agriculture-En
gineers Day Saturday, May 10. The
dance will follow the Pitchfork-
Slipstick Follies which is being
presented in Guion Hall.
The music for the occasion will
be furnished by the boys from the
Bryan Field Annex, “The Lower
Slobbovians,” from 9 until 12.
The dance will be free to any
and all who wish to join in the
festivities of the evening.
Employees Picnic
Slated for May 15
A picnic supper will be the ele
ment of the next College Employ
ees get-together on May 15. The
picnic will be held on the Slab, and
all members will come dressed in
the usual picnic garb.
Tickets for the affair, at 75 cents
a plate, must be bought at the
Aggieland Inn before Wednesday
noon. The picnic starts at 7 p. m.
Mother’s Day
FLOWERS
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THE LOVELIEST MOTHER’S DAY
GIFT is a bouquet of our exquisite flow
ers. Phone your order in or come in
and make your selection.
AGGIELAND FLOWER SHOP
College—Phone 4-1212
“Our Flowers Say It For You”