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    Texas A«M
FRIDAY NIGHT
Senior Ring Dance
The B
College
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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.