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Texas A&M EDITORIALS, PAGE 2 “Seven Days a Week” The B College alion EDITORIALS, PAGE 2 “Narrowing the Gap” PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE VOLUME 46 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1947 Number 70 Dean Denton Joe W. Coddou Robert F. Huston ‘A’ Signal Corps Presented Moore Award at Annual Parade One of the best kept secrets of the years revealed itself to a crowd of parents, sweet hearts, and friends extending the length of Main Drill Field Sunday as Company A Sig nal Corps, commanded by Cadet Captain Dean Denton, won the George F. Moore Seven Individual Decorations Awarded Outstanding Cadets Cadet decorations will once more bloom on the chests of Aggies, since the presentation of special awards and branch medals was resumed Sunday as a part of the Parents’ day review ceremonies. William L. Broivn, junior pre-med from Cleburne, was presented the Caldwell Trophy, a Hamilton wrist watch do nated by Caldwell Jewelers in Bry an, as the outstanding cadet. Brown, first sergeant of Battery “D” Field Artillery,was a master sergeant on the corps staff last fall. Joe R. Clark, first sergeant of Troop “C” Calvary, received the $200 cash award given by the Daughters of the American Revo lution. The Albert Sidney Johnston sa ber, a gift of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was presented to Cadet Captain Robert F. Hus ton, commander of Company “A” Chemical Corps, in recognition of his high scholastic record combined with qualities of military leader ship. Huston, a chemical engineer- Trophy for the best all-around organization of the 1946-47 school year. The George F. Moore Flag was presented to Denton at the Parents’ Day review by Cadet Tom Eubank, commander of F Com pany Infantry, whose outfit was winner of ' the award last year. Competition between the organi zations was based on scholarship, military proficiency, intramural proficiency, intramural athletics, and extracurricular activities. The coveted award, which en titles the winning outfit to carry the Moore Flag at all reviews and to wear the distinctive GM shoul der patch, was instituted last year by Dean of Men in honor of Gen eral Geoi’ge F. Moore, ’07, com mandant of cadets at A.&M. from 1937 to 1939 and hero of the last ing major, plans to graduate in August of this year. Cadet Lt. Col. Joe Coddou, coi’ps adjutant, was winner of the Field Artillery Medal, which was pre sented to him by Lt. Col. Law rence E. Sommers, head of the field artillery staff. Cadet Major Charles W. Mattax, commander of the Composite Regi ment, copped the N Sons of the Amer ican Revolution Medal, presented yearly to the cadet showing the highest degree of military apti tude. Mattox, a “civilian Marine”, is a pre-law major from Bay City. The Coast Guard Medal went to Cadet Captain Eddie Bateman, See AWARDS, Page 4 As originally planned, outgoing seniors would be presented gold medals in recognition of their serv ices, since they would not be with the outfit during the ensuing year. A silver trophy was also to be pre sented, along with the Moore Flag. Respective standings of the or ganizations were tabulated by W. G. Breazeale, assistant director of student affairs. Secrecy was main tained until the review, said Breaz eale, by “not even leaving the tab ulations around the office at night. I took them home with me after work.” Denton, two-year letterman tack le on the Aggie football team, won the Krueger $500 scholarship a- See SIGNAL CORPS, Page 4 Purdue Professor to Address Chemical Society Thursday Dr. H. B. Hass, head of the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University, Lafay ette, Indiana, will address the-A.&M. Sec tion o f t h e American Chemical Society Thursday evening at 8, according to Dr. F. W. Jensen, secretary of the local chapter. Payment of Fees, Room Registration Begin May 19 Students now in A.&M. planning to register for sum mer school may begin paying their fees and signing for their rooms at 8 a.m., May 19, Taylor Wilkins, veterans advisor, announced yesterday. Cadets and non-veteran dormitory students must first report to the Fiscal Offices to pay fees. Then they should report to Room 100, Goodwki Hall-^ for room assignment. Those stu dents who are living in the area which will remain open this sum mer and who wish to keep the same rooms, may pay fees and sign for their rooms not later than 5 p.m., May 22. After that time room as signments will be made on a “first- come-first-served” basis. Veteran dormitory students must report to Room 104, Goodwin Hall for fee exemption slips, after which they will pay their room rent and pick up yellow receipts at the Fis cal Office. They will follow the same procedure outlined above. Non-veteran day students must report to the Fiscal Office bo pay their fees. Veteran day students must first report to Room 104, Goodwin Hall for their fee exemption slips and then to the Fiscal Office for their fee receipts. Annex Procedure Students attending school at Bryan Field Annex may begin pay ing their fees at 8 a.m.. May 23. Non-veterans will report to the Fis cal Office and pay their fees and then report to the Housing Office for room assignment. Veterans will report to the Dean of Men’s Office and secure a fee exemption slip and then to the Fiscal Office to pay room rent; then they should re- See PAYMENT, Page 4 Conflict Exam Schedule Posted The conflict exam schedule is posted on the bulletin board in the Academic Building, ac cording to Registrar H. L. Heat on. For students at Bryan Field annex, the conflict schedule can be found in the Administration Building. Intramural Barbecue To Be Held Thursday The annual Intramural Appre ciation Barbecue will be held Thursday night at Hensel Park. The barbecue is in appreciation for the work done by the Ath letic Officers and the Intramur al managers for the valuable as sistance rendered by these men in putting on an Intramural pro gram. Athletic Officers of each vet eran organization, the Athletic Officers, the assistant Athletic Officers, and the Freshman Ath letic Officers of each military unit will meet at the Intramural office at 6:30 p.m. and proceed to Hensel Park. His subject will be “Recent Developments in Chlorination,” to be presented in the Chemis try Lecture Room. A native of Ohio, Dr. Hass was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1921 and received his M.A. degree in 1923 and his Ph.D. degree ►in 1925 from Ohio State Universi ty. In addition, he holds honorary degrees of D.Sc. and Ll.D. from Ohio Wesleyan and the University of Chattanooga. After serving as Director of Re search for the Baltimore Gas En gineering Corporation of Charles ton, West Virgina, he became as sistant professor of chemistry at Purdue in 1928. In 1933, he was promoted to associate professor; in 1935, to full professor; in 1936, to research director of chemistry; and in 1937, head of the chemistry department. Dr. H a s s’ principal researches have been in the fields of activated carbon, aliphatic nitrations, and chlorinations and the synthesis of substances of pharmacological in terest. Over seven hundred com pounds have been rendered avail able by vapor phase nitration pro cesses developed by Dr. Hass. From 1942-46 he was connected with the Manhattan Project in the de velopment of fluorocarbons. During the present war the chlorine-producing capacity of the United States was approximately doubled, but instead of an expected surplus, a shortage exists. This has been caused not by a single striking development, but by a considerable number of separate ones, many of which will be pre sented by Dr. Hass. Various tech niques for chlorination and chlor- inolysis and the chemical proper ties of some of the resulting ma terials will be described briefly, Dr. Jensen stated. Summer School Housing Areas Announced Dormitories 1 through 12 will be ’ available for single students during the summer terms, the Housing Commit tee decided at their last meet ing held Friday afternoon. This step is necessary, in part, because Sbisa Hall will under go repairs this summer. The resolution adopted by the Board of Directors in 1938 au thorizing the issuance of the bonds for the construction of the 12 new dormitories and Dun can Hall requires that the 12 new halls and the old dormitories be fully occupied before any other dormitories may be used. Puryear, Walton, and Milner, and Dormitories 1 through 17 will be made available to those attend ing convention sand short courses on the campus. Married students, other than reg ular students, will live in Hart Hall. Rent will be $15 per room, as agreed in the meetingof Febru ary 28. Mitchell, Bizzell, Legett, and Law Halls will be left vacant during the summer terms so they can be renovated, it was announced. It was reported that students who have to vacate their dormitor ies for the summer will have the opportunit yto re-register for the same rooms before the end of this semester. In this way they will be assured of receiving the same room assignment next fall. Banquet Ducats On Sale Until Noon Wednesday Seniors who plan to attend the Senior Ring Banquet must obtain tickets not later than Wednesday noon, May 14, ac cording to Eddie Daniels, .social secretary of the Senior Class. Dance tickets may be obtained un til Friday, May 16. Dance and Banquet tickets may be secured from the following stu dents in the cadet area: Johnny Henry 418 No. 9 Naud Burnett 317 No. 2 Byron Broyles 117 No. 10 In the non-military area tickets may be secured from: Louis L’Hommedieu 206 Bizzel Quinton Harvey 214 No. 16 $6 is the price for the complete program; this includes two banquet tickets and admission to the dance. Separately the tickets are $2.00 per person for the banquet $2.50 for the dance. In honor of Dr. Hass, a dinner for section members and their wives will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Aggieland Inn. After the pro gram there will be an informal re ception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jensen, 204 Suffolk in South Oakwood. Sul Ross Masons To Organize Wednesday The Sul Ross Masonic Lodge of College Station will organize and elect officers at 7:30 Wednesday night at the American Legion Pro ject House. Grand Secretary George Belew of the Grand Lodge of Texas with other Grand officers will set the lodge to work. Offices presently held are Wor shipful Master, Gibb Gilchrist; Se nior Warden, Joe Woolket; Junior Warden, Harry Boyer; and Secre tary, W. H. Badgett. Aggies Wind Up Baseball Season With ’Sips Wednesday, Thursday By Andy Matula Winding up their 1947 baseball season, the Texas Aggies take on the conference champion Texas Longhorns on Kyle Field for two games Wednesday and Thursday. With the Aggies in second place in the Mothers Club Dodges Issue In ‘Resignation’ Motion By Vick Bindley Question as to whether or not the State Federation of A. & M. Mothers Clubs had voted to request the resignation of President Gibb Gilchrist was hardly solved by release of the text of a resolution adopted by the body this week-end. The resolution, presented by Mrs. Charles Tate of San An tonio, reads: “The State Federation of A. & M. College Mothers Clubs of Texas request"* the resignation of any person or X X • A Investigators Hold Hearing Here Today The House-Senate inves tigating committee was ex pected to hold hearings on the campus today. Neither place nor time had been an nounced as the Battalion went to press. persons whose holding of office in the administration of A. & M. Col lege is detrimental to the college and the welfare of the student body of that college.” Critics of the resolution pointed out that it might be just as easily construed to point to Dr. F. B. Clark, head of the department of economics, as to President Gil christ, Why Gilchrist was not men tioned if he was the target was not cleared up by delegates to the convention. The Brazos County delegation to the convention, held here over the week-end, in connection with Moth er’s Day, refrained from voting on the resolution. All other dele gates voted for it. Mrs. H. C. Huddleston of Fort Worth was elected new president of the Mothers’ groups. Mrs. C. A. Medbery of College Station, re tiring president, became vice-presi dent at large. Other vice-presi dents elected are Mrs. Charles Tate of San Antonio; Mrs. Ed Brewster of Temple; Mrs. E. R. Buelow, San Angelo; Mrs. M. L. Cashion, Col lege Station; Mrs. E. C. Olsen, Houston. The new recording sec retary is Mrs. Warren A. Gilbert of Dallas; corresponding secretary is Mrs. Edgar Shurley of Sonora. Mrs. T. J. Brooks was named treasurer. Parliamentarian is Mrs. A. M. Mc- Neel of San Antonio and historian is Mrs. W. C. Bledsoe of Waco. Mrs. Huddleston, in a re port issued from Fort Worth, stated that the Federation definitely was demanding Gil christ’s ouster and would seek radio time to state their case against him. The meeting was closed to the press, Mrs. Hud dleston stated, in order to prevent mishandling by col lege publicity staff. Her son, Clyde Huddleston, was among those placed on probation by the military panel recently. A broadcast from WFAA, Fort Worth started the rumor Monday morning that the convention had specifically asked for Gilchrist’s ouster. Investigation shows that the resolution was correctly repor ted by WFAA, but that it was rap idly changed in person-to-person retelling. San Antone Mothers Donate Gift For Recording Machine A cash gift of $225 from the San Antonio A&M Mother’s Club with which to buy a recording machine was presented to the Eng lish Department Saturday, Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the department, has announced. Mr. R. N. Koth- mann, president, and Mrs. A. N. Tschirhart, secretary, made the presentation. The recording machine will be used to make soundtracks of all members of the speech classes in the English department, followed by a playback. In this way the student and instructor will be able to discover mistakes in delivery and pronunciation made at the time of presentation. This is the second cash gift made by the San Antonio Club, the first having been $1,000 given to the A&M Development Fund in the form of an Opportunity Award. conference race, ahead of the Baylor Bears by one game, these two tilts can determine their final standing in the conference. TU copped the league last week by defeating TCU. The Longhorns have lost only one game this spring, that one to Baylor. In their ■flast encounter with the Aggies, they came through in the last frame to edge the Aggies in a 9 to 8 win; that indicated both teams are just about evenly matched. The Long horns rely on good pitching backed by able hitting to win their con tests, while the Aggies, at pres ent weak in the pitching depart ment, depend on a good defense system, both infield and outfield, plus the better-than-average hit ting of four of the conference lead ing hitters. Slated to start on the mound Wednesday for TU is Bobby Layne, at present the leading pitcher in the SWC. Layne has seven wins and no defeats to his credit now, even though the Aggies blasted him off the mound in their last en counter and the Rice Owls tapped him for six runs in, their second game with TU. Two other top pitchers for Texas are Murray Wall and Charlie Tankersley. Also on the Longhorn roster are Ransom Jackson, Rex Traves, Billy Cox, and Chick Zomlefer, all heavy hit ters. Jackson leads the conference in batting, and Travis is in the ten top batters of the conference. As yet, Aggie coach Lil Dimmitt, hasn’t stated who will start for the team Wednesday. Dewey Jacobs, who has won four and lost none in conference play this season, stands a good chance to go first against the Sips. But both Earl Beasley and Roy Gibbons appeared to be back in shape in their appearances in the Brooke Medic game Satur day and one of them will start in one game of the series. The Ag gie infield will probably consist of Hollmig, Thornton, Fretz, and Wasson. Hollmig is leading in homeruns and Fretz is included in the ten top hitters of the SWC. Tex Thornton will see service again, having been out for several weeks With an infected foot. Peck Vass, Walter Willingham and Hub Moon are the likely outfieul in Wednes day’s game. All three are batting over .300. The Aggies are looking for re venge in this two game series. The yfailed to win over the Long horns last year and they still have score to settle over their last meet ing in Austin last month. Fans who turn out for these games are assured of plenty of baseball ac tion. Game time is 3 p.m. and both will be broadcast over WTAW. Industrial Extension Service Commended Methods employed by the Indus trial Extension Service in training REA line crew formen have been recognized as tops by the Rural Electrification Administration. A request from Washington yes terday for copies of notes on a series of training schools held over the state last year, for distribu tion among similar agencies in other states, stated that the Texas program was “wider in scope’ ’than any other. &?■'w' ■' SpliliS 1 POTENTIAL ROBIN HOODS— (Or maybe they are Cupids) Three of the 18 members of the Archery Club, one of A&M’s new est organizations, are pictured near the target on the drill field. Left to right are WILLIAM GRADY, DAN TREW, ZANE H. FEHR- MANN. Methodist Church Elects Officers At Quarterly Meeting Officers of the A&M Methodist Church were elected last week at the fourth quarterly conference, which was conducted by Rev. Stew art Clendenin, district superinten dent. Stewards elected were: T. M. Andrews, Carl Birdwell, F. R. Bris- on, R. C. Burkhalter, R. L. Elkins, Lamar Fly, C. B. Godbey, L. R. Hickman, W. R. Horsley, R. L. Lindsay, W. G. Breazeale, G. E. Madeley, A. C. Magee, H. L. Math ews, A. C. Moore, Ray Oden, E* D. Parnell, J. W. Rollins, I. W. Rupel, Joe Skiles, H. Terrell, and J. S. Mogford. Trustees are F. I. Dahlberg, J. G. Gay, Gibb Gilchrist, M. C. Hughes, and R. M. Pinkerton. Dahlberg was also elected district steward, and Gordon Gay, delegate to the annual conference. Carl Birdwell was elected church treasurer. Immediately following the con ference, the Methodist Men’s Bro therhood of the church was or ganized and the following officers were elected: President, F. R. Bri- son, vice-president, C. G. White; and secretary-reporter, R. L. El kins. Gronemans Entertain With Hamburger Fry Forty-eight students, their fam ilies, and special guests of the In dustrial Education Department were entertained Monday with a barbecue hamburger fry by Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Groneman. The outdoor affair was held on the lawn of the Groneman home. In addition to the seniors and their families, special guests in cluded: Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wil liams, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Dar- row, and D. L. Belcher of the Industrial Extension Service, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Hardeman, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Barton, and Mr. and Mrs. Les Richardson of the residence teaching staff.