Texas A&M
EDITORIALS, PAGE 2
“Seven Days a Week”
The B
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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.
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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.