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VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1947
Number 73
Aggies Bring Home SWC Track Championship
Climax Season-Long Drive
With Narrow 4-Point Win
LEROY BODEMAN, Cadet
pole vaulter, tied with Tate and
Quirey for first place in the SWC
meet Saturday, reaching a height
of 12 feet 6 inches. Bodeman
has reached a height of 13 feet
this year and has shown consid
erable improvement since the be
ginning of the season.
300 Blushing
Couples Pass
Through Ring
By Allen Self
Embarrassed smiles, cool
kisses, passionate kisses, en
gagement and anniversary an
nouncements were all part of
the Ring Ceremony Friday night
in Sbisa Hall as nearly 300 couples
queued through a huge gold re
plica of the Aggie Senior Ring.
Earlier in the evening, at the
Senior Banquet, a rain-soaked
crowd of seniors and honor guests
filled half of Sbisa, dining on fillet
mignon steaks. Toastmaster John
Stiles presided, steering the pro
gram through the presentation of
Who’s Who awards and organiza
tion commander keys, and several
brief speeches.
Newton Cole gave the invocation,
and Bill McCormick, prexy of the
Senior Class, welcomed the guests
for the corps, while Bill Andrews,
px^esident of the Veterans Associa
tion, welcomed all on behalf of
the veterans.
Allen Self read the history of
the Class of 1948.
Col. Ike Ashburn, former assis
tant to the president under T. O.
Walton, mingled advice to grad
uating seniors with several after
dinner jokes.
Johnny Sullivan’s dance band,
imported for the occasion, played
scintillating swing, sweet and
danceable. Intermissions were few
and far between as dancing con
tinued until 1:30 in the morning.
GEORGE KADERA, Houston freshman, has been carrying
the load in the weight divisions and tied with Texas’ Jerry Thomp
son for high point man in the SWC meet Saturday, taking firsts
in the discus, shot put, and javelin. His distance in the javelin
was 188 feet 1 inch, which is the best he has done all year in con
ference competition.
Expect Hammers and Sickles;
Find ‘No Reds, No Stalin’!
By Mack T. Nolen
Texas’ biggest news over the week-end was Henry Wallace. On his
nation-wide speaking tour he stopped over in Austin on the invitation
of the University chapter of the American Veterans Committee.
Speaking in an over-flowing Gregory Gymnasium, Wallace repeated
his views and proposals on international affairs.
Several Aggies made the trip to Austin to hear what Wallace had
to say. They expected to see hammers and sickles somewhere in evi
dence. They expected to see small groups off in corners singing the
“Internationale.” They thought
the rostrum would be decorated
with quantities of red bunting and
a picture of Stalin.
The newspapers of the nation
would convey the impression that
communism is the underlying cause
of all the talk. Communism is less
the issue in the Wallace case than
hazing is the issue in the A&M
case. Newspapers are perfectly
qualmless about distorting the
truth to fit their own ends, and
they can out-lie Hitler when they
feel like it. There was no red
bunting and no Stalin, just a dem
ocratically simple stage.
In his speech Wallace showed
himself no fire-breathing radical.
He didn’t say the U. S. should be
come a Russian colony. He said
he wanted a world peace based on
world friendship and no third world
(See WALLACE on Page 2)
School Officials to Meet
In Waco June 7 to Begin
Planning Building Program
Governing boards and administrators of state-supported colleges
and universities will meet in Waco June 7 to discuss further planning
for the $60,000,000 building and equipment program authorized by a
proposed amendment to the Constitution.
The Legislature has submitted the amendment to a vote of the
people in a special election on August 23 of this year.
The proposed amendment was conceived last year by the colleges
in order more speedily to meet the needs of greatly increased enroll-
+ments, and Governor Beauford H.
Jester has given it full endorse
ment and commended it to favora
ble public consideration.
If approved by the people Aug
ust 23, it will enable the sixteen
state-support institutions to begin
major enlargement programs. A. &
M. would be permitted to issue
$5,000,000 in bonds and the Univer
sity of Texas $10,000,000 in bonds
payable out of income from the in
vested portion of the permanent
university fund which income both
of these two schools share.
The other fourteen institutions,
equally pressed for new buildings
and equipment, would share in rev
enue from the special 54 tax which
would be used to amortize a series
of three 10-year bond issues by
each institution. The revenue
would be distributed among the
fourteen colleges proportionately
on the basis of enrollment, with re
adjustment every ten years.
It is estimated that a minimum
of $45,000,000 would thus become
available to these schools in thir
ty years. Each institution would
issue bonds in the amount that
each could be expected to amortize
from its share of revenue.
Extension Service
Editor on Washington
Advisory Committee
Louis Franke, Extension Service
editor, left Saturday for Washing
ton, D. C. where he will serve as
a member of an editorial advisory
committe, which will be in session
to May 23.
A similar group is called to
Washington each year by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture to re
view and formulate recommenda
tions for informations policies, pro
grams and relationships on a state
and national level.
At the close of the committee
meeting Franke will go to Cornell
University to observe editorial
practices and information media in
use there.
By Larry Goodwyn
Waco, Tex., May 20 (Spl).—The South
west Conference Track Championship is back
at Aggieland today for the first time in four
years.
The long-sought crown came home Satur
day on the heels of a hard-working band of
Aggie cindermen who climaxed a long-uphill
drive by nosing out defending champion Tex-
ART HARNDEN, ace Aggie
sprinter, rounded out the current
track season undefeated in both
the 440-yard dash and as an
chor man on the mile relay squad
in conference competition. In
Saturday’s SWC meet in Waco,
Harnden made up a two-yard de
ficit on the stretch to beat out
Texas’ Northcutt and sew up the
title.
Graduation
Invitations Here
Graduation invitations and in
dividual engraved cards have
been received and may be picked
up at the Student Activities Of
fice.
Wilson Named
Singing Cadets
New President
Whitney W. Wilson will be
president of Aggieland’s
S i n g i n g- Cadets, John A.
Smith, present president, an
nounced at the annual banquet of
the choral group Saturday even
ing. Bill Evans will be vice-pres
ident for the 1947-48 school year,
and Helmut G. Quiram will serve
as business manager. Jimmy
Jones and T. J. Byrd were named
historian and librarian, respective
ly*
Smith, who acted as master of
ceremonies, introduced Joe Skiles,
director of Student Activities,
principal speaker for the evening.
In charge of the banquet prepar
ations were: Smith, banquet; Mar
vin L. Brown, Jr., program; Bob
Stinson, decorations; and N. R.
“Jug” Leatherwood, invitations.
Of the 55 members of the Sing
ing Cadets, 38 were awarded keys
for length of service with the
group. Present officers of the
choral club are: Smith, president;
Leonard N. Perkins, vice-president;
Leatherwood, business manager;
manager; Thomas G. Smith, librar
ian; and Brown, pianist.
Campus Elections
Set For This Week
Filings for the 1947-48 school year for the positions of VETERAN
YELL LEADER and VETERAN EDITORS of the BATTALION and
LONGHORN will be taken in the Student Activities Office until noon,
tomorrow, May 21, the election committee announced Saturday af
ternoon.
Election of these three veteran positions will take place Friday
from 8 to 5 in the rotunda of the Academic Building. Yellow receipts
must be presented at the polls.
To be eligible, candidates must be able to serve for both semesters
of the 1947-48 school year, and must have had one year’s past exper
ience on the publication filed for or a comparable publication.
★
Members of the present JUNIOR CLASS will meet tonight in the
Assembly Hall at 7 p.m. to narrow down to three the number of recom
mendations to be submitted for the position of CADET COLONEL for
next year. The final three nominees will be submitted to Colonel G. S.
Meloy, Jr., commandant, for his consideration.
Election of next year’s CORPS EDITOR of the LONGHORN will
also take place at tonight’s meeting.
★
A general Cadet Corps election will be held in the rotunda of the
Academic Building Friday from 8 to 5 for the position of CORPS
EDITOR of the BATTALION. Only present members of the Cadet
Corps will be permitted to vote.
To be eligible for the corps editorship of the BATTALION, can
didates must have junior classification and a 1.25 grade point average
and must have had suitable experience to hold the position.
★
Next year’s Junior Class, the present SOPHOMORE CLASS, will
elect two JUNIOR YELL LEADERS tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in the
Assembly Hall.
Candidates for this position can file in the Student Activities Of
fice until noon, tomorrow. Requirements call for a 1.25 grade point
average.
Ten candidates for JUNIOR YELL LEADER have already filed.
They are: Robert Q. Blakeney, James A. Davis, George R. Edwards,
Larry Goodwyn, Rupert Hall, Fred Hambright, Jim Kirkland, Edward
F. Kruse, Tom Splitgarber, and Jim Stevens.
Special Meeting Of
Ag Council Tomorrow
A special meeting of all mem
bers of the Agricultural Council
will be held at 5 p.m., Wednes
day, LeRoy Hendrick, chairman,
has announced. The meeting will
be held in the Dairy Husbandry
Library, and all members are
urged to be present.
Final Ball May 29
Will Be FREE
Final Ball will be held
May 29, sponsored jointly
by the Aggieland Orches
tra and Student Activities
Office. Music will be fur
nished by the Aggieland
Orchestra, and admission
is free.
Cadet Corps Inspection
Scheduled May 21, 22, 23
The annual Federal Inspection to determine the Military rating
of the Cadet Corps will be held May 21, 22, and 23.
The Corps will be graded on military courtesy and appearance,
written tests, a military review, a formal room inspection, and rifle in
spection.
Every effort is being made by the Cadet Corps and the Military
Staff alike to furnish a performance worthy of receiving the Blue
Star rating lost last year.
s A team of officers from the
Fourth Army will be on the campus
all three days to conduct the in
spection.
Written tests will be over every
subject covered in the Military
Science Department since last fall.
In addition, some oral and practi
cal work tests are scheduled.
The Corps review to be held May
2l4_,will count heavily on the fi
nal grade, according to Colonel
G. S. Meloy, P. M. S. & T. Indi
vidual appearance, and bearing,
condition of rifles, execution and
of marching movements, manual of
arms, and eyes right are some
items that will be graded.
As in several previous reviews,
both foot and mounted troops will
take part, the marching troops be
ing followed by an Armored Cav
alry Section.
Batt Ends Semester
Publication With
Saturday Edition
The Battalion will end the cur
rent semester with the May 24
issue. During the summer there
will be two editions each week,
with the first issue beginning in
the week of June 9. Paying jobs
are open for students who desire
to work on the Batt.
Interested students should con
tact the Batt office in the Admin
istration Building before this se
mester ends. Next fall there will
be a daily publication, and those
who gain experience this summer
will find it profitable when they
seek part-time student labor, next
fall.
Fort Worth Club To
Hold TSCW Dance
Plans for a dance to be held
jointly with the Fort Worth Club
at TSCW will be completed Thurs
day night at 7:15 by members of
the Ft. Worth A.&M. Club in the
Science Hall.
President Clyde Huddleston re
quests that all members desiring
to attend the dance be present at
this meeting.
New Courses Leading To Ph. B. Degree Offered
By David M. Seligman
Something of note in education
al advances was started here at
A.&M. during the current semes
ter.
Under auspices of the Graduate
School, headed by T. D. Brooks,
a new curriculum called Post Grad
uation Studies has been inaugura
ted.
The basis for establishment of
the course was that a broader ed
ucation is needed by professional
and technical men than that which
they get in their prescribed study.
Many reasons for the “narrow
ing” of college courses have been
given. As each new advancement
in science and technology emerges,
it demands a place in the under
graduate study of its particular
field. At the same time the “old”
ideas and more basic conceptions
must remain to provide an entrance
into the new.
High schools, realizing that the
college curricula are not providing
a general education, are beginning
to concentrate on this aspect and
consequently drop the pre-technical
and pre-professional training they
once gave. This puts a heavier
burden on the higher institutions by
forcing them to present this por
tion of the study to the student.
A.&M, is attempting to solve this
problem through general reading.
To offer direction and stimulus to
such reading, the college is intro
ducing Post Graduation Studies.
The courses are planned to be of
fered by correspondence and where
possible by group extension teach
ing.
The curriculum will include only
those courses for which there is
challenging reading material of a
non-textbook nature. The teacher
conducting the course will seek to
establish an informal, spontaneous
exchange of thinking with the stu
dent.
Books prescribed for the courses
will be available at bookstores for
purchase by the student if he would
like to keep his material or may
be contracted for from the college
library on the package loan plan.
The registrar will maintain a re
cord of each student’s credits.
Examinations will be handled to
present little burden to the stu
dent and will operate in an infor
mal manner. A degree has been
authorized for presentation at the
completion of the prescribed course.
The degree of “Bachelor of Phil
osophy will be awarded to those
who meet requirements of the Aca
demic Council. This degree was
formally in general use by Ameri
can colleges to recognize graduates
of curricula not containing enough
Latin or Greek for a Bachelor of
Arts or as much natural science as
was required for a Bachelor of
Science.
The prescribed course contains
30 credit hours and is available to
any graduate of A.&M. except
those from the School of Liberal
Arts. The first offering of this
new field is a concentrated study
of “This America of Ours”. Other
courses are to be planned and an
nounced at a later date.
Full particulars can be obtained
from the office of T. D. Brooks,
dean of the graduate school.
as in a rousing climax to a season-long duel
between the two ancient rivals.
Nothing but water-filled spike holes on
Baylor’s rain-swept cinder track remained
today to testify to the brilliant battle staged
Saturday between the two traditional foes
for one of the Southwest’s most coveted
titles.
It was a neck and neck duel all
the way with never more than a
few points separating the two
teams. Dark-horse Arkansas, ex
pected by some to be a real con
tender, faded rapidly under the
heavy pace set by the two Texas
schools and was never in the title
picture.
It took a brilliant anchor leg
on the mile relay, final event on the
program, by blonde Art Harnden
to bring the Maroon and White
home in front by four points—
59. 1/3 to 55 1/3—Arkansas was
third with 35, followed by Rice
with 18 and Baylor with eight. S.
M. U. and T. C. U. failed to score,
Harnden, who earlier in the af
ternoon had whistled around Bay
lor’s 440 strip in 48.1 to win the
440 dash, .ran the race of his ca
reer on the final lap of the mile
grind to overcome a two-yard Tex
as lead and insure the title for
the Aggies. The Aggies’ crack
mile relay quartet, unbeaten in
conference competition this season,
trailed by two yards as Harnden
got the baton for the final, decis
ive circle around the Waco oval,
but once the blonde speedster set
sail, the ’Sips chances for a tie
were gone for good. Harnden pass
ed Northcutt, running anchor for
Texas and came winging home two
yards in front in one of the wild
est finishes to a conference track
meet ever seen in the Southwest.
But Harnden, flashy as he was,
was far from the only star wear
ing the Maroon and White that
shined Saturday. Honors were
spread around all over tjhe place—
is was truly a team victory—but
if one man had to be singled out,
our vote would go to strong-man
George Kadera. The 210 pound
tosser from Houston matched Tex
as’ great point-maker, Jerry
Thompson, point for point, win
ning the shot put, discus and jave
lin to score 15 points and tie the
little Longhorn distance specialist
for individual high point honors.
Kadera collared the shot with a
46 feet one inch heave, the discus
with a toss of 148 feet and tbe jave
lin with a 188 foot one inch chunk
that was just good enough to nose
out Arkansas’s great all-around
athlete, Clyde Scott, by seven in
ches.
James Hill accounted for anoth
er of the Aggies’ seven first places
by uncorking a 22 foot 11 inch
jump to cop the broad jump over
teammate Webb Jay, who placed
seconds
Plenty of credit for a valuable
assist in winning the title must
go to A&M’s quartet of pole vaul-
ters. Three of the four—Leland.
Tate, Leroy Bodeman and Jack
Quirey tied for first, secondhand
third at 12 feet and the fourth,
Johnny Davis, tied for fourth at
11 feet 6 inches. The 10 1-3 points
the Aggies picked up in the vault
went a long way in overcoming
the tremendous advantage Texas
piled up in the distance races.
Sparked by the tireless Thomp
son, the Longhorns scored heavily
in the 880, mile and two'mile, rack
ing up a total of 25 points in the
three events with three firsts, two
seconds, and two thirds. Thompson
took the 880 over the Aggies’ Ger
ald Hahn in 1:55.9; the mile 4n the
record-breaking time of 4:20.4 and
the two mile in 9:53.
But while Thompson was re
ceiving the plaudits of the 3,000
fans for his display of brillance
in the distances, the performance
of one Aggie who didn’t know
when to quit, will live a long time
in the memories of real track fans.
Little Jerry Bonnen, the Farmer’s
only hope for points in the gruell
ing two-mile run, ran his heart
out to gain a valuable fourth place
in an event otherwise dominated by
Texas. After running seven laps
at Thompson’s killing pace, Bon
nen for all practical purposes was
through for the day, but the little
College Station plugger kept run
ning anyway, and finished the
last 100 yards on guts alone. He
collapsed at the finish and virtu
ally crawled in to win his one
point.
Scott, the ex-Navy flash, turned
in a classy performance in leading
Arkansas to third place. Scott
beat Rice’s hearalded August Er-
furth in both the high and low hur
dles and placed a close second to
Kadera in the Javelin to cop 13
points. Jim Mortensen’s personal
duel in the hurdles with Texas’
Ken Boren ended in a draw with
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