Investigation keport Biased, VS A States
St
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ttalion
PUBLISHED IN THE
OF A GREATER A AM COLLEGE
Vohxxna 47
COLLEGE STATION (AfvMaad), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1947
Number 7
Corps Regains Excellent Rating, Blue Star
Veterans Council Frowns On 0,1 m °y Notifi * s ^ At
Battalion Editorial Policy
Charlie Murray Appears Before
Croup And Defends Paper’s View
By F. F. Block
lurrajr f«r* hi* •iplana-
t of th*. mcmbrrt of Um
tho yropo—d chang* In
Um ea<Wt aysMin. Mump, who
npomry
Objection to the editorial
policy of the Battalion was
voiced by the council of the
campus Veteran Association
at their meeting last Friday
night
ChartU Murray, rotoran odltor
of Um papw, who apsoarod
Um freep hy InrltaUoe ispiaian
Um polity to thorn. Murray mado
H oloar that tho papor wolaomci
wittoisM, but rooonrod tho rifht to
■or what it wiahotf on tho odltor*
iaf par
AfUr M
Uoa, moot
counn! pneantrd thoir objocUoeo.
View airod in particular wao that
oodeomtnc tho proj
OTflme.
a Met
from a military cadot ayotom to
that of o emhan oyotom, wao
quootionod at Ungth on Udo oub-
Somo of tho nMmbon nloo dU-
npprortd of Um Battalion's cov
er* go of Bop. W. T. Moore's action
on a recent bill before the State
legislature. Moore of Bryan bad
voted against an appropriation for
State taotitatione of Ugh* learn
ing, Including AAM. However
some of tho mem ben seid that
the paper had acted in tho stu
dent's behalf la ita attack on
Moore.
Other boslnees taken up was
Um completion of plans for n bar
becue and dance to bo given at the
American Legion hall in Bryan.
Admission wB bo BOO for mem
bers, $1 for non —mbeas, and
604 for girl friends end wives.
Plan* for an aU college dance ha-
fore the end of the semester wore
Before the council wont into a
doted eeoolon. "Buddy" Hrrnnan
president of the orgenieetioa, ex
pressed his spprroiation to Murrey
for his pom lag before the group.
D. W. WILLIAMS, shove, vi
president for agrtcnltaro, e
named chairman ef Um Athletic
Gannett by Um eeilego Beard ef
Director* at their maatMag I
week.
Andy Adam Named
ladio Editor;
Icplairs Jackson
On July 16 A. D. “Andy”
Adam will change from bin
present position M aaaistant
migratory sppervinor of tho
AAM ('ollef«> K* ten* i on Servirr'.
farm labor ;prohv«n to that of Cx
•wnmifin iwKiio rtmor
Ho lupiacss jC. W. Jackson who
rv*igne<i June U to take over se
radio farm director far a Kansas
City otation.
As Kxten»lod radio editor, Adam,
together with Clotrr HRm.ter, will
head the agricultural and home
demonstration radio activities of
the college. Those include the daily
Tanas Farm and Home Program,
the Saturday morning A. A M.
Farm Review, and won with coon-
tr •«*»<■« X-l
Camps Of Inspection Results
The War Department announced yesterday that the rat
ing of “Excellent” was swarded Texas A. A M. as a result
of the Federal Inspection conducted May 21-23 by officers
of the Fourth Army. This rating will give cadets the priv
liege of wearing Um coveted “Hue* ——
Star” on thoir sleeves the coming
school ^aar.
‘Political Expediency
Prevalent Before And
During Investigation*
Only 8 of 60 Suggested Witnesses
< .ailed; Too Little Time on Campus
In a reply to the joint House-Senate legislative investi
gation committee report, the Veteran Students Association
stated that "politu-ul expedwtuV existed before and
the hearing in Austin. The report, signed by the five offi
cers of Um VBA. stated that the “biased action, of the several eom-
mittcemm cmpoRing the Btejoiity group were not only a disappoint
ment to the mature-minded veterans of this college, but to the many
people closely associated with Um college a* well.” The statement eras
med June ».
The account further declared
University Adds
Army ROTC Units
For Fall Semester
Col C. S. Meloy, Jr M command
ant and PM SAT, Immediately no
tified officers is charge of the A.
A M. detachments at the various
summer eampe that Um "BHm
Star'' had bum rugatnud hy the
Cadot Corpo. Tho text ef hia mes
sage la as follows:
M WAR DRPARTM R NT RB-
LBASID FINAL RATING FID-
KRAL INSPECTION. A. A M. RR-
CBIVBD HATING ’EXCELLENT.
AUTHORIZED BLUB STAR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
COLONRL G. B. MELOY. JR.”
Tho rating of ’ Excellent" la th*
Enrollment Tope
4001; 59 Co-eds
4001 for the fk
^T’a^rdtef"UH*^ hST
ea, registrar. Of tkia namher,
Slid are veteran* attend lag Ba
der the G. L BiU.
ed^coaapared TTTStyHUx* far the
mme term of 1PM. RnreUmeat
for Um college last summer at
this Um* wao I1S4. aa increase
of 117.
Um first term will etas* July
19; Um aecsad six weeks will
hogla July tl sad sad ua Aagust
flPMMk'
Adam was horn
laadad high
graduated f
Served as 1
•te Texas
Association
pmn,
County 11
2935 44.
details
grants ii
barvest*
In Marlin, at-
there and was
AAM in 1926. Ho
representative of
t Bureau Cotton
tiv* for two
ity agent for Lamb
and Young County
ho joined the bead-
to work ea various
aloksu f—aai
central
highest possible awarded hy the
War Department. It ia not known
at Um present time th# ratings as
signed John Tarieton Agricultural
Cottage or North *T«aas Agricul
tural College. Both are hranchoa a
A. A M.
Tho grad* placed ou the school’s
Cadot Corps was baaed on thro*
IMaga: theoretical knowledge of
military ociene* and tactics (|>artt
cularly branch subject*)! perform
anco of Um corps during th* re
view staged Um final day of th*
inspection| and results of Inspoc-
tlons which wor* held throughout
Um throe-day period
An Army R»*serv# Officer’*
Training Corpa will be inatall-
ed at the Univeraity of Texas,
beginning with the Fall ae-
ftetor, the Army announced to-
oonUy. Fiv* bnmehoo havo hi
authoHsod by th* War Dopart-
■MOt: Air Corpa, Trsnaportation
Corpa, Corpo of Military Police.
ter Corps, and Corpa of
that th*
i 12 hours spent on
hy Um investigating
th*
them.
in the
states winding up
of Texas mi
lt and sugar beet
Quartermar
According te the "Summer Tex
i", little opposition 1* being mot
r proponsnte of tho War Dopart-
ent plan for laaugurating train-
g in a aohool which produced
many naval offlnn through ita
Naval R. O. T. C. program. This
l« In contrast to th* flore* eon
troversy stirred up In 1997 ov. r
a similar proposal offered in that
yaw. Opponents pointed out that
-Um unit would split the campus
into yet aasUMh group, that it
would interfere wHh their freedom,
girls didn’t like to go with
moa In uniform." Headline of the
DAILY TEXAN editorial on Much
L 1987, waa "ROTC Promote*
d
mitt** could not have been ample
• to analyse th* disturbance at
A. A M. Of Um 60 names submitt
ed to the committee as possible
witnesses, only 8 were called to
testify, it was asserted '
The rvply, in Ha entirety, ia m
followa:
"Wa, the Veteran Students As-
"odation of Tom A. A M. College,
hi view of the nature of Um ma-
port submitted hy seven
ef th* joint House-Senate
inn ting committee, which in*
i throe (l)-yoar dla-
Um A. A M student
body and thoir pruoidept, set forth
the following ■latoment after lead
ing and analysing the finds and re
commendations of Um aforesaid
eommltteo: ; •.I ,
( hurch leaders On
(ampusat Annual
!nd Conference
to suit aH taste will he
at The Grave te>
- ,#fe>rogr«Mi ■■ m mm
aigiht at 8:90 p.s*. by Robert Spreeher, right, and WMom Wright.
The pragram will he
in Gi
Hall ia
Speeches by aome of tha
outsUnding l«gdera In runtl
thurch worh in Amartea are
Grill Loses Health Permit;
June Survey Results Revealed “ ,h?
w J which ► nd will
Tha Haalth Parmlt of tha A. A M. Grill, North Gate
oaf a, waa temporarily rtvokad laat weak following an Inapae-
Uon by a team composed of a County Haalth Offiear, a ra-
Bryan Jayce*>s Plan
Big Fourth of July
pnaantatlve of tha Collage, and k member of tha Veteran*
A****la>lm Mom Committee.
A ■Maorioe) grading system recommended by Um United Statue
PahIM Health Service was used in Um survey of tiollogu Station cafes
and drug stores. In this area a
CAFES
FraakBa’s SB
grads of T9 has booa set a*
0 surge's
Casey's
WhHeway Cafe
J7
AggistendB
AAM Grill
DRUG STORES
Lipscomb's Pharmacy
Madslsy'a Pharm
Black’s Phare***
Aggie lead Pharmacy
(Nets: Drugstores are
daaoad wttk cafes la amri*
Th# future policy of the
mitts will be to inspect both cafes
and drugstores at any time, rath
er than have certain days for th*
Results at in*i
ho published monthly.
OMicerg of Texas
Administrators
Conference Named
Officer* named at th* Texas
School Administration Conference
bald on the campus recently are:
Terrell Ogg, superintendent of the
Freeport school*, chairman; V. M.
Miller, Pasadena superintendent,
vtoe chatnaaa; and Georg* B. WU-
eox, hce.i of the department of
gduoaUon-poyohoiogy at A A M,
eaacutiv* soorotayy-tau—mr.
Heading th* county
dents and sui.rrvi.rr. for Um com.
ing year a**i K. K. Harris, Cold-
arii < ouaRr ochooi •uporlatatoimi
i»t| Mta. Iron* Hardla, Nav
arro County
dontt Miu J*wal Bchioy,
The Long Lane’
Novel by Kidd,
Sears Completion
Harry L. Kidd. Jr., aasistei
professorf) of English, is Bearing
Com plrtion of his novel, Th# Long
Lane." Set in the ott fields of Um
Southwest, it portrays the struggle
cf a middle-class American te find
working philosophy of living
which can give him spiritual sat-
Taction in today’* materialistic
d confused age.
During th* nine months of th*
regular school year, Kidd writes
Um radio script for the Texas
School of th* Air program, which
is carried over the Taxes Quality
Network. He hao had several short
■teriaa published hi suck magm-
sines as "Argosy," Th* now Ho- I n R
public," "Field and Stream," and 111 ^
“Southwest Review."
mas Y. Crowufl and Com
pany, New York City, will publish
of
1948.
Which fa
continue
This t leolgnod
9» giv* prehen
tiv# rot il prac-
Mr.-, hi u thorn
•n Inaig of their
anngrogi the eg-
ticuhuri Utauegm
tihtah | i Infor
mation h
pam. D m rural
•ociolog
Some hat will
u . ^
m Ska r.of the
fhdh mHl ss; Ven
erable ] on, head
Sf th* for the
Epiwop United
State*; er, rural
lethodist
Ids P
AM Ser
rice; 0 on, dean
(ft the xre; and
Dr. Jo) the ani
mal hu it.
Tc
122 Angies Among
780 Appointmenln
Army
Awm v>*hj # Wiu pwtl
Um book soon afteri«ompotion
tha manuscript in January, 19
Bryan Receiving
New Dairy Plant
A modsem dairy plant te h
fab* Braaoo Creamery R under
striMiioa at the tnlomriion of
Ughway I aad Howsni street hi
B r y • n
tho weamory, which will
operation ahoot September 1 will
SSj MIU. buttermilk, roffr#
One
mt-Aggioo
gular Army,
Texas
41n, Nav- and rujqM mam, and Ini ov*m^
_ fcrttsar
Itaia' Amty ■upvHntcadont, see- iwr-menai
ssb aSSSwKsiSrt-ir
. wtO aao milk are.
Graham's Joroey herd
rmds A daaiora.
twenty-two
among Um 790 ag-
nt Harry
in th* Re-
check of th*
Mot published hy
Action and Blind Obedience"
Th# state legislature finally pat
ted a hill ia 1941 authorising the
President of the University to ro-
3®tet the Armor to install aa
ROTC uait. Because of th* war,
however, Um Army refused; R has
‘ ou th* request.
Officers named ss breach in
structors include: U. Col. L. B.
Matthews, PM8AT for Air; Major
William H. J. Chsmhers, Assist
ant PM SAT for Air ; Lt Col. John
R. Dale, Tran*portauion Corps;
Lt CoL Frank E. Hartman, Quar
tenaaster Corps; Major Jack 8.
Thbti. Transportation Corps; First
Lt William E. Watte. Corpa of
Military Potto*.
"It is th* belief of this aaso-
elation, now composed of oem* A
3,900 veterans attending summor
school, thst politlcsl expediency
was prevalent Uith before th* com
mittee began actual hearings In
Austin and during th* entire Inves
tigation. The biased actions of Um
several committeemen composing
th* majority group were not only
a disappointment to Um maters-
minded veterans of thia cologv,
but to th* many people closely as
sociated with Ute college as well.
Tn addition, wo believe the time
spent (11 hours) by the joint te--
vestigation committee (of which
only six member* were present) on
Um A. A M. campus, could not poo-
sihly have boon ample time for
thorn to analyse at first-hand the
diriurhing conditions so long pro-
valent on thia campus. It Is well to
mention that of the sixty (60)
living in various part*
of th* state which th* veteran ste-
deaRr wanted subpoenaed be for.-
the inwetigatioa committee that of
that awn her only • were called to
Local Girls to Be Presented In
Beauty Contest; 15 Now Entered
Dr. Randle Named
Acting Head Of
Deo Department
Blf plana art undarwi
ay l
Uon achodulad by th« Junior
for th# Fourth of July cultbrn-
y um junior Chamber of Commarot at tha
Bryan Country Club. Und«r tha direction of DavUi Grant,
the affair promiaea to be on« of tha largeat calebrattona
staged as Fourth of July
lag military
iatM parte of
fate six wool
tary ostsnse
with War Doi
Extension Service
bourses Added to
Ag Ed Curriculum
Recognizing for aome time
the need for training in Ag
ricultural Extension Service
organization and methods.
Dean C. N. Shepardson has an
nounced the establiehaaent of two
arses in this field.
Both courses will be offered by
the Agricultural Education Depart
ment and will be designated as
Agricultural Education 440
441.
Agricultural Education 440 will
aseat an overall picture of Um
Agricultural Extension Service as
well aa its place among educational
agwnrtso. its economic swd
sign tfl can ea, and it* general oper
ation It will be offered in the
fall semester and will ha two cre
dit hour*.
Agricultural Education 441 deals
with the development, evaluation,
and means of carrying out Agri
cultural Extension programs. It
will also cover methods of selseting
training leaden ia farm work.
It will ha offered hi Um spring
master sad wfil ho a three hour
uroo.
Assistant Professor John
road ha* been selected hy th* Ex-
toaoioa imrviss aad Um Agricul
tural Edueatkm Department
teach b*4h ef than bow egta
Hv la aow hi Um field rolU-ctmj
material for wa hi
A natraoto ra>
AD studon
AgrisuMnal
entertainment In this area.
Th* highlight of the entire day
will feature ladle* form both Rry
Col log* Station. To dab
there an fifteen entrants ia Um
contest, and mors are expected to
register before the deadline. To
the winner will go a year's pass
to the Campus Theatre and an en
tire wardrobe donated by city mer
chants.
Girls registered for Um contest
date and their sponsors are
Esther Jan* Turck, K. Wolens
Stole; Bonnie Morris, Campus
Theatre; Inox FToeck, Corbusier
Cheverolet Co; Dorothy Clary, Var-
■ Jewelry; Lynn Sparks, Sever
Braley; Louie* Herring Mauro,
abrie Shop; Aan Miller, Lester’s
Smart Shop; Nall Arhopoles, A. A
Waldrop A Co.; Jeannie Brown,
Collegiatc Shop; Cecil Kelley, W
SD; Margaret Phelps, Canady's
Drug; Rosanne Poster, 9
Sewing Machine Co.; Robbie
Coca Cola; Louis* Luxe, Cald
well Jewelry; Peggy Bokowaki,
Turek Jewelry; and Virginia Wal
Iryaa News.
ttorueys
any of the
before Um cam-
:ui,
has
lace, Bryan
Other activities to round out
full Fourth will he hinge, motor
bout rides, pony rides, swimming,
golf tournament, goes* roping,
model airplane contest, a wish
ing well, end a cake walk. AU aorta
sf food, ranging from cold water-
to hot barbecue will ho
"What
Dr. C. Wilaon Handle,
Professor of Economic*,
»*en anpolntad acting head Of
th# Economica Department,
D*en F. C. Bolton announoad Mon-
^rofteter Raotilt rveoivsd his
undergraduate training at Duke
University. After graduatiag from
Delta, Iw did tiork on his Master *
dagrse at that odbaal aad th* Um
vcraltir of Colorado, ho receive*
hi# Master of Art* degree from
Nba. The Univeraity of Krn
tucky awarded Randle hie Doctor’s
degree ia 1946. 1
During the war Professor Ran
dle waa Dirsctor ef Labor Statis
tic*. Region VIII; Wag* Stabilisa
tion Director. National War Labor
Board, Region VII; Vice-Chairman,
National Wage Stabilisation Board.
Ririon VII.
The new acting head of the De
partment of Economic* is the ae
ther of numerous articles dealing
with transient worker*, wage
alyais in the petroleum indui
and Latin-American trade. He
completed work on an arbitration
amanal, and kia^rcecarch has
tended throughout the field of i
rent wage demand*, analysis of
union contract provisions, union de
mands ia negotiation, and the War
I^ibor Board itOiE^
Dr. Randle la a member of the
National Arbitration Aaaoriatiori.
Arbitration Staff of Um U. S. Cow-
illthitloa Service, Um Americas
Association of Univeraity Profos
sor*. American Economic* A*»ocia
tion. Beta Gamma Sigma, schoU-
tic honor society, and Who’s Who
ia Arbntation in the United States.
"Tailhsimmi, we
state that at no time
iavestigatioa were ear at
allowed te asset)*a
wif sasss called heft
atitte*.
"W* wish te make it dear again
that outside influences, hexing and
collage traditions were not among
Um factor* causing the unroot
among th* veteran students Th#
■into law forbidding hating I* res
pected In ita onwofay by Um vote-
ran* of this college.
^ ’The vetatiM of this oollog*
flUy rooognise Um anousetinnahU
ahillty of Prssldont Gibb Gilchrist
m an smpmm 1 wd a# a poi»ticlaR,1
■ggWi. WO d* pot accept hi*
ability aa on educator nor as a
mim who oat taapir* and guide
a group of youM men toward •
flMT and more whelooenw Ma. *
jCTfCrfharUm on-
hoaMhy oaadiUoro wB/fiwii
tMo Mat state investigation are
•till in existence an this campus
today. Bat, dostpu th* disadvan-
Wgat andar wWWMtts college is
fhaMfiiiiB today, Uw momhora of
th* Veterans IfaMnlo Atatadatlon
ifTT fc ^ , 2f r ^ ^twe of A. A M.
OMWg*. W# are ronfidont that
somewhere in th* future titer* lies
a bettor A. A M* and it Is our
dtefca to help this school seek that
m-w goal In s* doing, wv shall
•weaver to oafaahUeh a haraioniou*
rslatonship between Um rattag* of-
fletak, the faculty, and the stu
dent body—a relationship that ia
a vital necessity before A. A M.
College can live on in the adtafc*
ng oyte of the people of a groat
institution of loanfng."
The shows report was signed hy
T. C. “Buddy" Brenn—, president,
of Houston; Jerry Sutherland, vice-
president, of Winnuboro; Sam 8.
Williams, secretary, of Marshall;
E. O. ( curtede. treasurer, of Waco;
and Frank F. Yates, parlismcnur
Ian, of Dallas.
thoy can do anywh*
•is* in Texas, wo can do la Bry
an", declared Chairman Grant
"And," Grant added, "that natur
ally applUa fan Um teat of th* US
The entire day will be topped off
)>>[.* dance ta Um Country Club
hall room. Thooe events are do
it rigaod te hoop residents of this
•too aanwed aad off Um crowded,
•I'ctdcnt ftliod highway* during the
Vet Wives to Meet
Tonight in jV Chapel
TVs July business meeting
the Veteran’* Wives Qub wlU
bald Teooday night, July 1. fa) Um
fbapcl of tho YMCA at 7:90 p. m.
Gordon Gay will »how two films,
m on 9lMoal Fitness gnd the
iher on iiRWMioh. The films wttt
i«t aUmt 90 minutes after whlsh
te business seaslon will talta plti*.
dl member* MU Urged te com* Bad
hose i* ho would Ilk* fa* become
Dansby in Charge
Of Brazos County ^
Party for Jnly
Martel* Danshy will head Um
titteo to decide Um date and
te procure food for Um aa-
-I u.'-sis m
Dub
Chick Sale is dmirman of Um
mmitte* to procure drinks, and
Brownrtgg Dewey will handle tick-
et sales In Hryap. fag; 0.
will handU tickets at
tion.
at tho club meeting T^tmlTij^Mi*
committee rhainuan ia Qh lSS,
for till A t 14* t wl f iric* tirittei