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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1947)
Texas A«M FRIDAY NIGHT Senior Ring Dance The B College a l ion SATURDAY NIGHT All-College Dance PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE VOLUME 46 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1947 Number 71 We Dunnit . . . Batt Unable To Pass Buck; Started Riot By Charlie Murray The difference between 1 and 14 is always 13. This, we have found, untrue. The differences between 1 and 14 in this case are near-lynchings in the Hous ing Office and Batt Office. It was stated in the Tuesday Batt that “Puryear, Walton, and Milner, and Dormitories 1 thru 17 will be made available to those * attending conventions and short courses on the campus” during the summer. In the paragraph before that we find that “Dormitories 1 through 12 will be available for single students during the sum mer terms.” Now somebody’s a liar! Stu dents blamed it on the Housing Office; the Housing Office said “That darn Batt”; and the Batt said, “Such inefficiency at the print shop.” The Battalion is the culprit. We couldn’t pass the buck ex cept to poor proof-reading. As it was in the beginning, Dorms 1 through 12 will house single regular students. Since the number 13, is unlucky, Dorm 13 will remain non-existent. And Dormitories 14 through 17 will house persons - attending sum mer conferences. The above action is necessary because Sbisa Hall will undergo repairs during the summer. Also, a 1938 Board of Directors reso lution authorizing the issuance of bonds for construction of the 12 new dorms and Duncan Din ing Hall requires that the 12 new halls and the old dormitories be fully occupied before any other dormitories may be used. ‘T’ Winners To Be Announced At Barbecue Winners of the Texas Aggie “T” for the year 1946-47 will be an nounced Monday evening by the Brazos County A&M Club at a barbecue and party honoring the participants in winter and spring sports. The Brazos County A&M Club sponsors parties each year honor ing Aggie athletes. A banquet is given each year in the College din ing hall, in cooperation with the Athletic Council, at the close of football and cross-country season, and participants in these two sports are guests of the Club. The party held in May of each year honors all athletes with the exception of foot ball and cross-country. The party will be held at the Bryan Country Club on May 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets may be obtained in Bryan at Canadys, Romans, W.- S.-D., Waldrops and Hotard’s. In College Station they may be se- cured at Lipscombs, Aggieland Pharmacy, Caseys, W.-S.-D., Wal drops, and Loupots. Sullivan to Play Saturday Dance For the completion of their scheduled dances for this semester, the Veteran Students’ Association will have Johnny Sullivan and his orchestra playing for the All Col lege Dance this Saturday night. This band is well known through out the Southwest having just com pleted an engagement at the Plan tation in Houston. Dormitory 1 has been vacated to provide accommodations for visit ing guests. Room assignments will be made in the Placement Office, Room 126, Administration Build- inf. Johnny Sullivan and Brass Section PICTURED ABOVE IS THE BRASS SECTION of Tom Sul livan’s Orchestra, which plays for the All-College Dance to be held next Saturday night at Sbisa Hall to conclude the scheduled dances, with the exception of the Final Ball, for this semester. Sul livan is pictured in the middle of the ensemble. Kiel, Slayton Win Danforth Scholarships William H. Kiel, Jr., Junior stu dent from Brenham, Texas, and James C. Slayton, Jr., a Freshman from Henderson, Texas, are the winners of the annual Danforth Scholarships. They will spend two weeks study ing the problems of manufacturing, commercial research, distribution, and advertising and personnel at the Ralston Purina mills in St. Louis, and will then attend a two weeks Leadership Training Camp on Lake Michigan. The stipends will cover most of the expenses. A candidate eligible for this a- ward must be a major in the school of agriculture, not over 23 years old, and must be expecting to graduate in 1948. Professor J. W. Barger was chairman of the committee selecting the awardees, with L. G. Jones of the Agronomy Department, J. A. Gray of the A. H. Department, and F. R. Brison of the Horticulture Department composing the rest of the commit tee. The Scholarship is awarded joint ly by the Danforth Foundation, and the Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis. Whithill, Grote Win Livestock Judging Contest Saturday . W. A. Whithill and D. S. Grote won the freshman and sophomore livestock judging contests at the A. H. Pavilion Saturday. They made the highest scores out of a total of 66 contestants. William Magee, student instruc tor in charge of the contests, said that medals will be awarded at the beginning of the fall semester to the three highest scoring fresh men and sophomores in the con test. Thrge members of the 1946 se nior livestock judging team acted as the judges for the contest. They were W. E. Berry, Jr., sheep judge; W. A. McClure, cattle judge; and William Sales, swine judge. Corps Inspection Slated May 21-23 The cadet corps is heading for a three-day military in spection May 21-23 which will determine whether the cov eted blue star for ‘‘excellence” will be returned to the in stitution, according to announcement today by Col. Guy S. ” ♦Meloy, Jr., commandant. Navy Delegate To Interview Men Tomorrow Press Club Lampoons Solans; Awards Made at Annual Dinner John T. Wilson, Jr., naval lieutenant, will be on the cam pus tomorrow between 9 a.m. and 12 noon to discuss and answer all questions regarding commission in the Navy. The Navy is now initiating sev eral programs whereby college graduates holding certain degrees can apply for commissions in the United States Navy. One of the programs will give Navy veterans, who are now members of the Na val 'Reserve, the opportunity for appointment to commissioned rank in the volunteer reserve. Another program will give col lege graduates the opportunity to obtain a commission in the Supply Corps of the Navy, which will pro vide business training and exper ience in handling finances, mater ial records, and material procure ment. It is anticipated that it will take from 60 to 90 days to fully pro cess and make appointment on ap plications for either of the two programs. Lt. Wilson will be at the Place ment Office, Room 126, Adminis tration Building between the hours of 9 and 12 tomorrow. Students who will be graduating this month, and who might be interested in one of the programs, are espec ially urged to contact him. Radio Club Elects Summer, Fall Officers Tonight The A. & M. Radio Club will elect officers for the summer and fall semesters tonight at 7 in the Electrical Engineering Building. All members are urged to be pres ent, and adjournment will take place in time for the AIEE meeting at 7:30 p.m. With 2,000 Pages to Read Investigators Return to Austin By Vick Lindley No more witnesses are apt to be called before the House-Senate investigating committee until mem bers have had a chance to read and consider more than 2,000 pages of testimony already taken, according to Senator Fred Harris, chairman of the committee. The group spent Tuesday on the campus hearing faculty members, students, and Veterans Association officers. Heads of several departments were interviewed at the request of the veterans’ officers, according to Sen. Harris. All but two of those listed by the veterans were seen, and these two were out of town, he said. The parade of department heads, who were queried in executive ses sion so that they could talk freely, included Dr. G. B. Wilcox, psychol ogy and education; T. F. Mayo, English; Charles W. Crawford, me chanical engineering; Ernest Lang ford, architecture. M. L. Cushion, YMCA secretary, and W. W. Arm- istead, veterinary medicine profes sor were also heard. It was be lieved that they may have been asked if they knew of any intimida tion on the campus. Students heard were Bill An drews, president of the VS A, Sam Williams, treasurer; and Allen Self, acting cadet colonel. It is believed that the veterans officers were asked to elaborate on state ments made at a recent meeting about bias of the committee and harsh treatment of witnesses. Committee members ate in Dun can mess hall shortly after their arrival here Tuesday. Sen. Har ris, hearing a cadet say “They should eat some of this stuff,” sat down in a vacant place at that table, ate, and asked for a second helping. Some of the witnesses were lock ed up with the committee for as long as an hour and threee quar ters. A five-man inspection team rep resenting various branches of the service will put the ROTC units through their paces, and the in spections will be thorough, Col. Meloy stated. Col. Meloy has stated that the A. & M. College military honor rating depends on this three-day inspection. The “excellent” rating designation was withheld from the college last year’s inspection, and for a year the cadet corps has op erated under a “satisfactory” des ignation. Officers of the inspecting team are: Lieut. Col. Delbert L. Bjork (cq), Infantry; Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Scott, Jr., Ordnance Depart ment; Lieut. Col. Robert M. Wil liams, Infantry; Major Forrbst V. Diehl, Signal Corps; Major Wil liam T. Bartlett, Corps of Engi- eers. The officers will arrive May 20 and will remain on the campus in specting classes, drills and equip- m e n t through Friday, May 23. Wednesday will be devoted to room inspecting and practical work in the field. All academic classes for ROTC cadets will be dismissed for the day. A corps review and parade will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. This will include mounted and dis mounted elements of the corps. High School Swim Meet To Be Held Here Entries from aproximately 15 Texas high schools will vie with each other in the P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium at Texas A&M Col lege Saturday, May 17, in quest of the state high school swimming championships both for individ uals and teams. Coach Art Adamson, of the Tex as Aggie coaching staff, has an nounced that the preliminaries, or qualifying heats will be run off at 1:30 and then the final will be staged the same night starting at 7:00. A total of eight events com pose the card. Local defending champ is Van Adamson, son of the Aggie coach, and entry from A&M Consolidated high school. Young Adamson has won the 220-yard freestyle the past two years without too much trouble but this year faces stiff opopsition from Wynant Wilson, Dallas; and Harvey Bouden, Austin. Both have made times better than that made by Adamson when he won h i s crowns in the past. The present record for the event is 2:23.6 set by the Aggies’ Danny Green when he was swimming in high school circles, but if the competition is swift enough that mark could be endangered. Two other records are in danger with Eddie Gilbert, also of Aus tin, who has made better than rec ord time in both the 50 and 100- yard freestyle events. The current record for the 50-yard freestyel is 24.8 set by Merelle Club, Fort Worth Paschal, in 1938. That (See SWIM MEET on Page 4) Brazos Moms Won’t Donate ToRadioFund The Brazos County A.&M. Mothers Club will not con tribute toward purchase o f radio time for attacks on the college administration, according to an announcement by Mrs. T. W. Leland, president of the group. The executive board of the Bra zos group, in a statement issued this week, said that the Brazos chapter will have nothing to do with any political or controversial issues. The statement, signed by Mrs. Leland, reads as follows: “On April 25, 1946, at a general meeting of the Brazos County A. and M. Mother’s Club, the follow ing motion was presented: “ ‘The Brazos County A. & M. Mother’s Club has always had a re cord staying free of all political and controversial issues and therefore could not express an opinion.’ “Consequently we cannot sub scribe to the purchase of radio time for discussion of any controversial subject at any time. We expect to expend our finances toward the replacement of colors for the mili tary organizations according to the vote passed by both the Brazos county and also the state organiza tion. The action was taken fol lowing a personal request made by Col. Guy S. Meloy, Jr.” Reports were current on cam pus, however, that some mem bers of Brazos County club had privately expressed their sup port of Mrs. H. C. Huddleston’s plan to purchase radio time to broadcast the views of anti-ad ministration students. Mrs. C. A. Tate of San Antonio, asked to explain the resolution which she introduced at state Mother’s Clubs convention last Sat urday asking resignation of “per- so nor persons” in administration detrimental to welfare of school and student body, said that all delegates knew Gilchrist was the target and “only target” of the resolution. Why the resolution itself was phrased ambiguous was not explained. While members of the real House-Senate investigating committee looked on, students who staff various college pub lications staged their own version of the Texas A. & M state investigation Tuesday night in Sbisa Hall. The “gridiron” burlesque was the chief feature of the annual banquet of the A. & M. Press club, at which ♦ ' : — members of the staffs of the Bat- Battalion> Vick Lindley; veteran editor of the Battalion, Jimmy De- mopolus, corps editor of the Long horn, Harry Saunders, vet editor of the Longhorn, Bob Davis, edi tor of the Engineer, and Charlie Ball editor of the Agriculturist. Other awards were medals of gold, silver and bronze, presented to staff members according to ser vice records on some form of stu dent publication. Those receiving medals were as follows: Gold medals. Andy Matula and Harry Saunders. Silver medals. Vick Lindley, Al len Self, Charlie Murray, David Seligman, Paul Martin, Jimmy De- mopulos, Roy Tipton, Charles -E. Ball, C. G. Scruggs, Bill Schaefer, Robert W. Davies, and Chuck Thrash. Bronze medals. J. K. B. Nelson, Larry Goodwyn, Jack Goodloe, Earl Grant, Don Engelking, D. W. Springer, William Miller, Ben Sch- (See PRESS CLUB on Page 4) talion, Longhorn, Engineer and Agriculturist celebrated the com pletion of another year of publi cation. The skit lampooning the investi gation was prepared by students long before it was known that the investigating committee itself would be on the campus that even ing. President Gibb Gilchrist and Dean of Men, J. W. Rollins were also present to see themselves sa tirized. “Diplomas” were presented to two newspapermen who have spent many hours on the campus in re cent months: Charles Buiion of the Dallas Morning News and (in absentia) Charles Boatner of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Awards Awards were presented by Joe Skiles and the editors to all staff members of student publications. Gold pocket watches were presented to Allen Self, corps editor of the Senior Ring Dance Slated for Friday Tomorrow night the outstanding social event of the year at Aggie land is due to take place. Senior students will hold the annual Se nior Ring Dance. Marking the last major social on the Spring Calender, with the exception of the Final Ball, the Ring Dance and Banquet will climax a semester of Class and Organizational Dances. The Banquet will start promptly Baccalaureate, Commencement Exercises Set Baccalaureate services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, May 30, stated F. R. Jones, chairman of the Commence ment Committee. To be held in Guion Hall, the services will be conducted by Dr. W. H. Alexander, pastor of the First Christian Church in Oklahoma City. Prin cipal speaker for Religious Em phasis Week in February, Dr. Alex ander has been returned to the campus by popular request. That evening at 6 p.m. com mencement exercises will be held on Kyle Field, with Edward S. Boyles, Houston attorney, will be the principal speaker. No preliminary rehearsal will be necessary, Jones stated, but all candidates are required to be pres ent unless excused by proper au thority. Caps and gowns not re quired. COL. IKE ASHBURN, form er commandant of A. & M. and Aggie graduate, will be the prin cipal speaker at the Senior Ban quet tomorrow evening. at 7:30, with Newt Cole giving the invocation. Toastmaster for the occasion will be John Stiles. Welcome addresses will be given by Bill McCormack, President of the Senior Class, and Bill Andrews, President of the Veteran Students Association. Allen Self, Editor of the Bat talion and Corps Commander, will read the class history. Joe Skiles, Director of Student Activities, will present Who’s Who awards to stu dents selected to appear in this year’s volume of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universi ties. Ike Ashburn, former Command ant and executive vice-president of A&M, will be featured as the main speaker for the banquet. At 9:30, the Ring Dance will be gin with Johnny Sullivan and his Orchestra furnishing the music. The Ring- ceremony will be carried on throughout the dance due to the large number going through the ring. Committees responsible for stag ing the dance are listed below. The decoration committee is composed of Si Davidson, Jimmy Demopulos, J. B. Cooper, and George Cavitt. Members of the Banquet Pro gram and Arrangements Commit tee are Eddie Bateman, John Kelso, Burke Summers, and A. O. Hammon. The Dance Orchestra Commit tee members are Charlie Thoma, Kirby King, Bill Hancock, and Andy Moore. The Invitation and Dance Pro gram Committee is composed of Johnny Henry, George Knox, Naud Burnett, and Byron Broyles. trampling out the vintage .. . By Mack T. Nolen 38 Singing Cadets to Receive Awards at Banquet Saturday The Singing Cadets will present its annual award ban quet Saturday evening, May 17, Robert N. Leatherwood, chairman of the invitations committee, has announced. The banquet will be held in Sbisa Hall, beginning at 6:30 p.m. John A. Smith, president of the group, will act as master of ceremonies, and Joe Skiles, director of Student Activities, will be the principal speaker. Bill-f Turner, director, will present awards. Chairmen of the various com- tees are: Smith, in charge of banquet preparations; Marvin L. Brown, Jr., program; Bob Stinson, decorations; and Leath erwood, invitations. Awards will be presented to the following 38 members of the Ca dets: Elmer Beerwinkle, Thomas R. Gould, Thomas G. Griffin, John F. Helm, R. N. Leatherwood, Ray Smith, Whitney W. Wilson, John Raxson, William L. Alexander, Richard T. Alves, Tommy Holcomb, Sam Lanford, Lucian L. Morgan, Jules G. Sarran, Tom G. Smith, Ralph G. Wheat, Marvin L. Brown, Bill Evans, and Robert Latson. Also included on the award list are Leonard N. Pei'kins, A. D. Sal mon, Jr., John A .Smith, Bob Stin son, Jaime Torres, Boyce M. Ben nett, T. J. Byrd, Conrad B. Cone, Rowland K. Egger, Spencer Ellis, Keith Haines, Andy Matula, Hel mut G. Quiram, Earle Stanford, Lyle T. White, C. B. Whyte, J. R. Wilkinson, R. A. Yarnell, and Jas.. W. Woodley. Officers of the Singing Cadets for the 1946-47 school year are John A. Smith, prsidqpt; Leonard N. Perkins, vice-president; R. N. Leatherwood, business manager; Thomas G. Smith, librarian; and Marvin L. Brown, Jr., pianist. There are 55 members of the choral group. AMA Approves Residencies Residensies in physical medicine approved by the American Medical Association have been or are being established in Veterans Adminis tration hospitals. Somebody is always and foreve being chosen as the outstandinj this or that of the time. There ar outstanding students, outstandinj athletes, outstanding dogs, out standing young men, and outstand ing stand-outs. Every organiza tion picks its own just to show it independence, and who are we t( be different unless to be so is t< be outstanding? After wracking brains, wringini hands, pounding heads on walls and sweating a quantity of typ< “A” blood, we are ready to revea our own personal menagerie o: outstandings. The outstanding slave-driver am task-master of the Battalion news paper staff is James K. B. Nelsor whose cat o’ nine tails has beer an inspiration and a force to reck on with in the office. The atomic bonib is our outstand ing hoax of the period—we art still alive to talk about it, ain’1 we ? The outstanding temptation oi the year has been sin, whether from normal cause or because peo ple make such a fuss over it, we don’t really know. Webster’s International Diction ary is the outstanding book of the year. We admit the plot is paper thin, but what a vocabulary! The outstanding display of idiocy in 1947 has been the proposal to bring the Battleship Texas bach to Texas. A comic strip, outstanding for its inanity, deserves mention here. “Smilin’ Jack” gets our award for the comic we could best do with out. There are more of these things, but ’twould be a waste of time, as you will agree. The most mon umental bore of the semester has been this column. Nuff said.