Texas A&M
FINALS
Started by Monks
Page 2
The B
College
alion
ELECTIONS
Veterans Vote
Friday
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1947
Number 74
Final Exams to Run
From May 24-30
Final examinations for the*
current semester as announc
ed by the registrar at the be
ginning of the term will fol
low the schedule given below.
Tests will begin Saturday
morning May 24 and are sche
duled through Thursday, May
29.
A schedule of examinations for
conflicting courses is posted on the
bulletin board in the Academic
Building. These will be given on
Friday, May 30. No regular finals
were scheduled for this day, as it
is reserved for exams to be given
students with unavoidable conflicts.
Period Date Hours
K May 24, Sat. 8-11 am
L May 24, Sat. 1- 4 pm
M May 26, Mon. 8-11 am
N May 26, Mon. 1- 4 pm
P May 27, Tues. 8-11 am
R May 27, Tues. 1- 4 pm
S May 28, Wed. 8-11 am
T May 28, Wed 1- 4 pm
V May 29, Thurs. 8-11 am
W May 29, Thurs. 1- 4 pm _
The letter which designates the
day and time for the examination
in a particular course is that letter
found at the end of the section
number of the course. The letter
“X” after a section number indi
cates that the course is strictly
a lab and no exam will be given.
Announcements as to the place
the respective examinations are to
be given will be made by the indi
vidual instructors, H. L. Heaton,
registrar, said. The room assign
ments for large groups in various
courses is expected to be released
by the Registrar in the middle of
next week, it was stated.
Potts Resigns Post
As President A&M
A. A. U. P. Chapter
Dr. W. M. Potts, professor in
the chemistry department recent
ly . resigned as president of the
Texas A.&M. chapter of the Amer-
i c a n Association of University
Professors, according to Dr. J. J.
Sperry, secretary of the local or
ganization. Dr. Potts, a former
vice-president and chairman of the
program committee, has served as
president since January, 1946, but
resigned so that he might devote
more time to research and his
teaching duties.
Dr. E. G. Smith, professor of
physics, has been named acting
president until January, 1948, when
new officers will be installed. He
is a former vice-president of the
local chapter.
Dr. J. G. Potter, head of the de
partment of physics, was elected
vice-president until next January
when the new officers will assume
office.
Course in Food
Technology To
Be Started
The school of agriculture at
A&M is inaugurating a five-
year course in food technology
beginning in September, Dean
C. N. Shepardson of the School
of Agriculture, recently announced.
The new course will be launched
and administered by a committee
from the food production depart
ments of the School of Agricul
ture headed by Prof. A. V. Moore
of the dairy husbandry depart
ment.
Large food concerns are branch
ing off into different fields and
are requiring qualified men to
manage their plants. In order to
manage one of these plants, a per
son would need a general know
ledge of the food field instead of
being specialized in one field.
However, this general knowledge
must be supplemented by basic,
fundamental chemistry, physics,
bacteriology and mathematics.
Students with a mathematical
or science interest would have a
good opportunity in this field, Mr.
Moore said. A student would get
his basic foundation in two years
and then branch off into different
fields of study.
If a student ” is interested in
meat industries, he would study
courses in slaughtering, process
ing and curing meats. The same
specialization would apply to any
one primarily interested in friuts,
vegetables, dairy products, fishery
products, cereals or edible oil pro
ducts.
Horticulture Class
Inspects Orchards
Members of the Horticulture 416
class (Commercial Propagation),
accompanied by their instructor,
F. R. Brison, made a pecan orchard
and grove inspection trip Friday.
The class' visited three orchards
north of Taylor and an orchard
and a grove in the Little River
bottom area between Rogers and
Holland, about fifteen miles south
of Temple.
Observations by the class in
cluded the effect of spacing on
orchard tree growth, the dwarf
ing effects of pecan rosette, and
“gall damage” to trees by the
pecan phylloxera, a diminutive in
sect. Members of the class also
saw results of top-working native
pecan groves to improved varieties
by dehorning and budding.
Vet Elections
Held Tomorrow
In Rotunda
Election for the veteran posi
tions of yell leader, and co-edi
tors of the Battalion and Long
horn respectively, will be held to
morrow from 8 to 5 in the ro
tunda of the Academic Building.
Veterans filing for yell leader
include Jack Willoughby, ’45, of
Liberty; George S. Marlette, ’48
of Houston; and Cecil Harrison,
’45, of Harlingen.
The sole candidate for Battal-
lion co-editor is Charles E. Mur
ray, ’46, of Eagle Pass, while
Tommy John, ’48, of San Antonio
faces no competition for the post
of Longhorn co-editor.
Voters will be required to show
their yellow slips.
Sperry To Talk On
‘College Speaks 9
Program, WTAW
“Plants That are Poisonous to
Children” will be presented by Dr.
J. J. Sperry, professor of biology,
Thursday, May 22, on the “College
Speaks” series. The series, broad
cast each weekday afternoon at
5:15 over WTAW, will run through
this semester with the last pro
gram on Friday, May 30.
Dr. Sperry will list more than 40
kinds of poisonous plants grow
ing in south central Texas and will
discuss those which cause irrita
tions of the skin when touched
and those that are poisonous when
taken internally. Some of these
plants, when eaten, will cause ser
ious sickness and sometimes death,
Dr. Sperry said. He emphasized
that his object in giving this in
formation is to “prevent some of
the sickness and unpleasantness
that poisonous plants have caused
children in the past”.
The remaining schedule of the
series includes: a book review by
Miss Wilnora Barton, reader’s ad
visor at the college library, on Fri
day, May 23; Modern European
Literature II by a member of the
English department on May 26;
News of Latin America by J. J.
Woolket, head of the modern lan
guages department, May 27;
Unique Answers in Chemistry by
a member of the chemistry depart
ment on May 28; Human Heredity
by a biology faculty member on
May 29; and a second book review
by Miss Barton on May 30.
Waco-McLennan Club
To Elect Tonight
The Waco-McLennon County
Club will elect summer-session of
ficers tonight at 7:15 in room 125
of the Academic Building. At the
meeting plans will be announced
for the free picnic supper to be
given by the Waco A.&M. Moth
er’s Club, June 5 during the school
holiday. That event will take
place at the Fish Pond in Waco.
Drafting Board Stars Get Recognition
Aggie Catholics
Launch Drive For
Chapel Building
A $200,000 drive has been launch
ed to provide a new chapel and
recreation center for Catholic stu
dents at A. & M. The drive is
headed by the Rev. Tim Valenta
with the approval and cooperation
of Msgr. J. B. Gleissner.
There are now more than 900
Catholic Aggies being served by
St. Mary’s chapel, built to accom
modate only 300 persons.
The Most Rev. C. E. Byrne, bish
op of Galveston and the state
council of the Knights of Columbus
have given their support to the
drive.
Plans for the new chapel build
ing include a residence for the stu
dent chaplain, and a recreational
center composed of an auditorium,
class rooms, library, student’s
lounge and game room.
Husky Aggie Chorus Shows Hollywood How
WINNERS AND SPONSORS +
of the Engineering Drawing Con
test are as follows: left to right,
J. G. McGuire, Engineering
Drawing Department; W. E.
Street, Engineering Drawing De
partment; A. J. Marek; V. G.
Rollins; E. J. Stanton; E. C.
Michels; A. J. Otte; H. W. Bar-
low, Dean of Engineering.
CO-EDS, MAYBE, HUH?—Chorus “girls” shake a leg in
the circus scene of the Pitchfork-Slipstick Follies, presented at
Guion Hall on Ag-Engineering Day. Left to right, they are—
sorry, we can’t recognize any of the fellows in those Little
Egypt costumes! We don’t believe even their mothers would know
them in wigs and straw skirts.
Y.M.C.A. Receives
Movie Projector
From Hillel Estate
The Y.M.C.A. has acquired a 16
MM Bell and Howell movie pro
jector to be used by campus or
ganizations, according to an an
nouncement by M. C. Cushion. The
purchase of this machine was made
possible by a gift of $584.70 from
the estate of the late Hillel Hal-
perin, professor in the department
of mathematics for twenty - five
years.
The projector will be placed on
the balcony at the level of the
second floor. A screen will be
permanently fixed at the top of
the columns on the platform. With
the “throw” distance about fifty
feet, the image will be seven feet
by nine feet. Shades have been
ordered for the windows and will
be used to darken the room for pic
tures during the day.
Films to be used will come from
the Y.M.C.A. association headquar
ters, the Visual Bureau of Instruc
tion and other centers, as well as
from the college library.
A schedule for the year will be
made in the early fall with films
being secured and booked until
all space is taken. A plaque stat
ing that this equipment is a gift
of Professor Halperin is now on
order.
Oyster Survey by Foundation
Needs Students for Summer
The A. & M., Research Founds-4
tion is conducting a survey to de
termine if silt is the cause of oy
ster mortality on the Gulf Coast.
At present t under sponsorship
of the Texas Company, the Re
search Foundation is working at
Grand Isle, Louisiana, but will set
up a station at Pensacola in the
near future.
Dr. Arne A. Jakkula, director of
the foundation, explained the pro
ject at a meeting of the executive
board here Tuesday.
Fifteen scientists, five consult-
Army Commissions
Now Being Offered
Doctors, Dentists
The War Department has auth
orized acceptance of applications
from physicians, dentists, and med
ical specialists for regular army
commissions in the medical corps,
dental corps, and medical admin
istrative corps or sanitary corps,
according to an announcement
made by Colonel Guy S. Meloy,
professor of military science and
tactics.
Deadline for applying is July
31, 1947.
Former officers who performed
the functions and held the MOS or
SSN of the following may make
application for a commission in the
regular army: Bacteriologist 3307)
Biochemist (3309), Parasitologist
(3310); Serologist (3311), Clini
cal Laboratory Officer (3314), En
tomologist (3315), Nutrition Offi
cer (3316), Toxicologist (7316),
Industrial Hygienist (7430), San
itary Engineer (7960), Clinical
Psychologist (2252), and Psychia
tric Social Worker (3605).
Applications submitted by per
sonnel meeting these requirements
should be completed in triplicate
and mailed to Fourth Army' Head
quarters, Fort Sam Houston, by
midnight of July 31. Blank forms
may be obtained from the military
department at A.&M.
F.F.A. Elects New
Officers For Next
Summer and Fall
At their final meeting for the
semester Monday night members of
the Collegiate Future Farmer
Chapter heard H. D. Maxwell of
Rockdale, President of the Texas
Vocational Agriculture Teacher As
sociation, summarize the principles
and purposes of his organization.
Maxwell outlined the manner in
which the T.V.A.T.A. is governed
and briefly discussed recent amend
ments to the by-laws concerning
membership qualifications.
After the talk chapter officers
for the summer and fall semesters
were elected. J. D. Barrett of
Whitesboro, Grayson County, was
chosen as President. Other offi
cers elected were M. K. Baker,
Vice-President; F. D. Connell, Sec-
i*etary; V. T. Jones, Treasurer; R.
A. Sims, Reporter; D. L. Betts,
Advisor; J. K. Justice, Parliamen
tarian; and N. B. Eaves, Sentinel.
Re-elected as sponsors' and senior
advisors were E. R. Alexander,
Henry Ross, and E. V. Walton, all
members of the Agricultural Edu
cation department teaching staff.
Halbouty to Speak
At Geology Meeting
Michael T. Halbouty, petroleum
and geology consultant from Hou-
ton, will speak to the geology club
on Thursday, May 22, in the petro
leum engineering lecture room, Dr.
J. J. Graham, professor of geology,
has announced. The meeting will
begin at 7:30.
Halbouty is a graduate of A.&
M., having received his bachelor of
science degree in geology in 1931
and his master’s degree soon after.
ing hydrologists and biologists are
at work on the project. These in
clude: 4 biologists, 2 chemists, 2
men from the Engineering Experi
ment Station, and one geologist,
from A&M; 3 men from L.S.U.;
1 from TCU; 1 from the Oklahoma
Biology Survey; and one from the
University of Michigan.
In addition to these men, the Re
search Foundation needs 30 more
students and graduate students
who have or will major in Physics
or Electrical Engineering for work
in connection with the survey. They
are interested in men for summer
and full time employment. The
quota from A&M is eight men,
with pay scale as follows:
Graduates with B. S. degrees,
full time work, $300 per month.
Graduates for summer work
only, $250 per month.
Junior students for full time
work, $250 per month.
Junior students for summer
work only, $225 per month.
Sophomore students for full
time work, $250 per month.
Sophomore students for sum
mer work only, $200 per month.
Single men are preferred, be
cause of the living conditions in
the area in which this work will
be conducted. These men will live
in one of the Texas Company
camps and the cost of living will
probably be about $1.00 per day.
Those students who are interest
ed are requested to contact Dr. C.
C. Doak, Head, Biology Depart
ment in the Science Building, at
Land of the Lakes Club
To Elect New Officers
Plans for the Summer Barbe
cue will be discussed at a meeting
of the Land of the Lakes Club, to
be held Thursday at 7:30 in room
324 of the Academic Building. Of
ficers for next year will be elected
at this meeting so all members are
urged to attend.
Registration Date
Announced For
June Short Courses
Registration for the Dairy Herd
Improvement Association and Of
ficial Supervisors’ Training Course,
and for the Poultry Breeders
School will be held June 2 in the
Placement Office for the Dairy
men and June 23 in the Y.M.C.A.
lobby from 8-10:00 a.m. for the
Poultrymen.
Room assignments will be made
at the time of registration, for the
training course. Rooms No. 1, 2, 3.
and 4, Ramp J, Walton Hall. These
rooms will be ready for occupancy
by 11 a.m., June 2 and must be va
cated by 5 p.m., June 11. For the
Breeders School, rooms in Ramp
1, Puryear Hall will be ready by
12 a.m., June 23, and must be va
cated by 5 p.m. June 25.
The meeting place for the Asso
ciation and Supervisors’ Training
Course from June 2 to June 11
will be arranged by the enrollees.
The meeting place for the Poultry
Breeders School, June 23-25, will
be room 317, Animal Industries
Building and Poultry Farms.
There will be a registration fee
of $1.00 per attendant for the
Poultry Breeders School.
These courses are being spon
sored by the Dairy Husbandry De
partment and the Poultry Hus
bandry Department.