Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1947)
/ \ / /■C' AUGUST 23 VSA All-College Dance At the Grove IN THE AUGUST 23 Vote On College Building Amendment OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE VohnxM 47 STATION I. TEXAS. FRIDAY. JULY 18.1847 Number 18 2nd Summer Session Registration To Be Held Monday in Sbisa Hall Students studying In the Texas Cooper ative Wildlife Collection are John E. Wood, graduate student, left, and Matt H. Whisen- hunt, right right are barn skunk, hog-nose shown from left to owl. tsirred owl, spotted skunk, and striped skunk. 42,000 Specimens Provide Important Wildlife Data By M. H. Whisenkunt r f | -y— More than 42,000 specimens of mammals, birds, reptiles, 1 k• t*abTe**sd»ct'*U^betnr amphibians, and fish can be found in the Wildlife collection utilised. The cramp* .! of the roor* is is learned that there art over 4,000 marasvala, 4,600 birds, S^00 reptiles and smphibiaaa, and over 80,000 fish. Take another look at the room end oae wonders how such S small room booses over 41,000 ipecimsns Uaviag room to on the campus The Texas Cooperative Woldlife Research aggregate is under the direction of the Fish and Game Department, which is headed by Dr. W. B. Davis. The assemblage was started in 1938 along with the for mation of the Fish and Game Department This collection is ths rasult of cooperation bstwaaa* -■ — ■ Mm fish and Gmni Dopartmant, and Orstar »h and WUd- Tsxas Gama. Fish, » V. 8. Fish students, and k. Commission, U. 8. Ufa Sorrica, os-si tcr.'strd in.liv uiuu in- Winners in Essay Contest Released; Judged by Aggies Prisa-wlnnera in the eaaay contest sponsored by the KT- RH Farm and Ranch Depart ment were presented on the Gelf Coast Farmer program broad cast ovsr KTRH st noon Saturday July lit Esaays wars judged by A. A M. agricultural students. The assays, on the subject “How Radio Can Bast Serve the Farm and the Farm Home”. The winners wars: Patricia Gholson, Houston, first prise, $100 Savings Bond; Gilbert Stech of Weimer, second prise, $60 Savings Bond: Howard Hicks of Velasco, third prise, $26 Savings Bond; An nette Han us of Bryan, fourth prise $26 bond; Lao Ernstes of Ksty fifth, $26 band; and Dennis Bren ek of Sweet Home and Wayne Cook of Silsbee, who were awarded $26 Savings Bonds each in a tie for sixth prise. In addition to the bonds, KTRH awarded 100 con solation prises of one dollar each. Prises were presented to the seven winners by George Roenner, dirrctor of the Farm and Ranch Department of KTRH, who con ducted the con teat. The prise-win ners ware entertained at a lun cheon »t the Texas State Hotel — \g»ieland Leader Attends Waring’s Summer W orkshop Bill Turner, director of the AggieUnd Orchestra and the Harper’s Publish Story by Watson Of English Staff The July issue of Harper's Magatinc carries a short story by John C. Watson of the English department who la now on a year's leave to writ* a novel through a Eugene F. Sax ton Scholarship. The story, ^Tba Gua ea the Tahl«, M deals with ntr al people of West Texas. Elmei Doolittle, “long on judgment but short on Jesus,” find* himself on an unofficial jury to pass judgment upon a preacher who has carried his religion too far. The verdict passed by Elmer, two deacons, and a Justice of the Peace is satisfae tory to all concerned—except the preacher. An earlier story of Watson’s ap peared in the December, 1946 is sue of Harper’s, and some of his work has also been published in the Atlantic Monthly. Classes Begin Monday at 1 / » ■ I | 1 iMr / / I / /' / v 1/ j 'l llt *f*l*tmi0M for tht second Up* of tho summer session 1 ^.^d MoBtUy. July 21. from 8 a. m. to 12 noon la" Sbisa Hall. H. L. Heaton, n *i*tr»r, announced Tuesday. Both old and naw students will register at this time. As signment cards will bo released Monday at the east entrance to Sbiaa Hail according to the ♦ ■osMay followii Camp Hood Aggies Finish First Six Weeks of Trainin«: VSA Sponsors Key Design Contest; Deadline August 9 The €4M|0ft# i Madr < public, but It may be seen by < tacUng a member of the Fiah Game staff, who will ehow the! visitor through the collection. As one enters the room hooting the collection in the Agriculture EngineeringHHuildmg, he to coo fronted with steel eases on one side, shelve* full of jars on the | expansion, the Ftoh other, end tkuito of animals bang- Each week the Flab and Game Department receive* letter* from many part* of tht United Btatei and foreign countries, requeettn) information that can com# only from this eeUaetion. The group not oaly pro video valuable eeienti- fto data In the United States, hut alee promote* good will between MMlW. e> The eellection include* aevecal •pectmena of vampire hnto, whkh nr* rarprieingly aroall. Among the thicken* like bird* quail, collected In 1SS7 by Meame himself. Other item* to be seen, . .. . ... are perrota, lovebird*, tropical Ticket* for the "Anything brightly colored bird*, ©wto,h*wka,'Goe*" party of the Brasoe dock*, | squirrel Board of D*ree ls their Juae meeting ap proved i>»n»tou of the Ftoh and Gam* Departawat on the third floor of the Agriculture Bagla- eeriag huiMm* the board approved UmImIW a practical and Game ng schedule: • to $—All •tudeata whoa* »»». bntn W.U, A Amth S to 1<) All studeata who** mimamea begin with 8 through It tm 11—All students whoa* r-i W L ~ 11 to 12—All students whoa* samemea begin with E through X- i| term enrollment, leea than the first, ted at 8,600. Al- number will be day for Shnwnee-on-the-Deln- waiu, Pennsylvania, where he wil attend Fred Waring’* Summer Mu sic Work»hop Within the period of one week student* of the workshop will re ceive a practical dcmonatiuilon of Gam* De- Waring'* technique as apnied to Ing and the Animal Industries frtm all over the United pert men t bps mad* plans to move choral singing end arramm their offices from the third Door of radio work. College ehornT li „ . nil over their new quarters in the Agrieul-1 SUtes will hove an A contest to design a dis tinctive key for members of the Veteran Students Asso ciation has been announced by Arch D. Barnes, member of the Board of Representatives. A first prise of 10, second prise of $6, and three third prise* of tickets to the VSA dance on Anguat 2$ will he awarded to the doaignere of 1 beet key insignias. Tto* ia% la he Wor-I on the kev chain or watch fob, win be present- Tiber* of the VSA upon of the membership fee, stated. It will accompany the regular membership card. Ac cording to Bamst, the hoys will be given beginning with the fill aemeeter for the year 1947-4t. All entries in the key-design con- test must be submitted to the Vet Five hundred and thirty-six members of the first post-war college ROTC advanced class, including cadets from A. & M. last weekend finished the first half Tn,. , of their summer training program , at Camp Hood, Texas, where they k*. r ‘ i studying tactics, weapoua, nrnli-! ZV |t ° th<T v rt*rans, altheurii a few recent Last wee*?* trafnimr included the h ‘ fh **** nisde •turfy .urf ( :S, P ' i y' , ° n '° r try weapon*. TOe week the cadets t fj . will study tactics, making two > r 0,4 » t 'j <knt » mu » t register by night tacOEul marches. Over 90 per 5 ^ JV of regtotmtion day or pay cent of the students participating “ * 44 J** # **1 k»*triculation fee <rf in the advanced training program 9* tota regfatiratton; July 25 to are veteran*. lb **. date that anyone may Students at Camp Hood are training in three branch** of ser- Juaiors and seniors in the vice. Infantry, Cavalry, and En- Schools of Arts and Sciences and gineers. Following tin- summer Agriculture must have their as- camp the students will take S see- signment card* initialed by the ond year of advanced training in keada of their major departments their respe ctive colleges and upon befor)|'the card* are presented to successful completion they will be their deans for approval. /: *d to payment Rsmea si In the Army reserve. Represented in the ttnMlg bat talion at Camp Hood, beside* A A are Texas TMl Prairie View University, Louisiana State SStitSuSfew Me^CoJK^S A. A M.. Oklahoma A A M.. Ok- lahom* Military Academy, Uhlvtr- aity of Arkansas, Ouachitn College, and Herwierson ’ “ Collegu. turnl Engkieerlng Building. The! move wtl mk* place upon eompla- eran Student* Association, Bo* 22, opportunity College Station, Tetas. or to any jmed * bora I officer of the duh August 9. Each the Pennsylvanians, a* they design »hould be accompanied with complete address of t* Mieirve Waring'* Bylvt Tickets on Sale _ _ j wove wni mas piace upon com pm-1 group, tko Pennaylvaniana, as they s oeatgn sn< Rraw/MS f Jinntv ^ ^ ^ kreadeaet their program*. After! the name r Ol DlaZOS V/jUIliy mov* la completed the Ftoh and each broadcast the teacher* them- **nder. , * i r.sma offtaaa. Ilbrerv isbnratnrv I _!H ka J ‘ i.t- I *- — a A&M Club Party ItontenanU The normal amount of work a student may carry In a six-week* tom to six semester hour* (or seven if part to praettoe). Ctaaaruom assignments fog all ••w 1 *^*** JnPI floor at the Aru.i,m*to Building Soparato diparf el mdcmUE - atoo will be posted in the respective offices. Claw will ivm at 1 •’aJcK.k Monday nft.rnoop. State Tear her*' Fish-Game Majors natory, and eollertten will he together. This ■imiiar to the Pennaylvanlane, and will fenlitaM etoser eaerdlnetiim that gioup will resolve initruetien between offices, library, and eollee- and methods of techniou* from the famed maestro himself. •elves will he formed Into group* I similar to the Pennaylvaniana, and Duplicate prise* wtll be awarded In ease of a tie. Sees*, pelicans, svrana, bat*. lb, mountain lions, ocelots, and otter. The collection to not open to the V- Health Director Classes In each pf the steel vault-like,| Turner pointed out that Fred eases are from nine to twelve Waring to tho only professional drawers, each packed with aped- m isician In the country who offers mens of ht«da or mammals. In or- thia type of aen let to roll*** musk der to appreciate these specimens educator*. Warmg’s work along This party will bt heVd'july 21 at *• look at the essentials for pro- thia line will increase the quality the American Legion Hall with the P«ing <>"•„ of them. Any on* of , of college choral groups as a whole, ' ~ these specimens represents hours and wiu enable musk instructors of tedious labor. First the sped- to keep abreast of the latest trends County A. A M. Club *r« now on sale at 11 places in Bryan and 14 places in College Station •erring at barbecue and refresh ments scheduled to begin at 7:80 r Dr. A L. Waller, director of the County Health Unit, ad i a group of daasee in rural jy, psychology, and health education recently on venereal die. ease. Figures were presented from the Weekly MerWdity Report for the Btate of Texas, which show that Braios County ranked seventh in the number of eases reported throughout the state for the week ending July 6. The two dinks in Braxoa County treat approximately one hundred eases of venernl disease each week, according to Dr. Waller. Dr. Walar spent four and a half yearn in the army and served with the First Army in Africa, Italy. England. Frame, and Germany. Ha suffered a brockcn neck in an ambulance accident overseas and had to be flown back to tha States with hie neck In a caat. p. m. The ticket commit tee, headed by B. H. Dewey, Jr. in Bryan and Wm. O. Brea scale in College Sta tion, is making every effort to interest aQ former etadenU in this section in the fun and fellowship so much • part of this anaual gath ering. In Bryan, tickets may ha secured at Canady’s Pharmacy and W-$-D, and from Jack Vick. John M. Law rence, Jt~ Linton Jones, Louis Ned- balek, Mike Barron, Chte Sale, Martels Danaby, sad B. H. Dew •F. Jr. At Cottage Station, tickets are being handled by George’s Lips comb’*, P. L. Downs, Jr., Lucian Morgan, A L. Elkins, Roy Garrett, Dr. W. Arm is tend, Al Eres- dom, Joe Waidhoffer, Wayne Long, Dr. S. A Wright, J. D, PmmA, Fred Hale, and Wf *1*. A&M Policeman Dies Wedne*da\ rilliam G. B Tea men is collected, weighed, measure- in musical and choral technique to tak*n, and skfaiaod. Tha •kins of larger animals are tan- ■I skull and bones of the .feet afu labeled to go with the ftetohed specimen. With smal ler animals the skin to fUled with cotton and put into natural shape. Wire, wrapped with cotton, to plac ed in the legs end tail to retain sad put w the shape of the body. After the animal is “stuffed ”. It must be tagged. Tlie tag to approximately two inches by one-half inch, with a string ia one end for attaching to the specimen. The data that goes on the tag to the collectors name, his somber, date and exact location of collection, measure ments, stoe of toetoe or ovaries, and weight The scientific name and group numoer to added later. Hie tag to ^Harhwi to the specimen and the *p«rin»en to placed hi a fumigated cnee. —‘My, IrtZZm n .I, Bible Chair Adds 3 Summer Courses Three new courses in NGate Redecorated -m b, Variety Store At six weeks by the Baptist Chair of Bible, according to Reverend Ar thur M. Smith, who recently took over the Chair. ('nurses offered are Religious Education 812, A Gospel of John; Religious Education 818, Survey of New Testament; and Raligious Old Teat- 218, Survey of Religious Education 812, which to not in the catalogue, will be offered on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 9 o’clock aad on Mondays, Wedaaadaya, aad Fri days at 11 o’clock. Notice to Veterans Veterans Interested la re-la- •toting their G. I. Insurance may do eo by ronturting H. E. Robarda, Room 806. in Dormi tory 8. This must be done before August 1 if the veteran does not wiah to take another physi cal examination. The A A M Chapter of the American Vete rans Committee, of whkh Ro barda la chairman, ia conducting this service. The Aggie Variety Store, located next to Lipscomb’s Pharmacy at the North Gate, has just been com pletely redecorated. The ceiling of the interior painted dusty white, while the walls and wall cases are painted light aqua. Movable floor fixtures are painted blue jade, and the in terior of the display windows are sunlight yellff*. The front exterior of the Variety Store to pail japalec white with nch blue trim. Ne Gradeetioa Fssrttoea Graduation exercises for men v* wn mad m _ ) *»»PWting required work toward Return From Field T&SL'Si Tnp in Colorado jrVUtl 1 r 1 ifer graduates during the regular Nln. FUh «nd Gun* ntu- ^ dtnta and department head Tb# second \ixwrak term |WH Dr. W. B. DavU returned Frl- *nd August 8v with rvgisiration day from a atx-wvek eourne In jlbrjUtdoato enrolled at that lime field work near Colorado Springs, i *«•’ the follow Colorado. They brought $80 aped- “our and old returning mona bock with them, some of]^* 11 register whkh ore now to Mm Tmm Coop orative wildlife Collation, “r—r . u T r’Cirt^r ManE Staff Adds was Interesting, the food was good. _ Z 'SLfZuZ.« VPI Instructor dents taking advantage qf the were William B. Wilton, Th* Manae.m*nt T. WIIIU, WDHam H. KM. 7/ will register September 18 for classoe boginning September II. Langdon P. Kindler, Gua A. En- ng, Robert L. SchuHx, Ernest Simmons, William Ross Mrs cham, and Frederick A. Buxton They received four hours credit for their work Among the 660 specimens new to the college collection are the pinion jay, rocky mountain jay, nutcracker, rosy finch, pine gros beak, and seven ptarmigans. New mammals iaelude the white-tailed prairie dog, white-tailed jack rab bit, water shrew, and a new sub species of chipmunk. They atoo made a man genu nt« with the Colorado gamo officials dition of S. A. Wykee to the teach ing staff of the department. Wykee M at present teaching Industrial engineering at the Virginia Polyw- technic Institute aad will arrive at A. A M. in September, i Among the courses Wykee will tesidi are tool design, time and motion study, and the survey course in management engineering. Wykes has had many years of practical experience in metal-man ufacturing industries, as well as five years of teaching experience, Virgi) M. Faires, head oTQm de department, seated. HU practical Dreams Come |Tme-Plans Okayed For Union Building to get an Elk from that locality* |f ck8r , r ® und e ? > !£ Ud i 10 this fall. Thee* specimen* will add “* n . ^ w " rk * f <W» rtment. to the somplftoneas of the eolkc- ; bachl ' or °. f <U ' tion of animals in the wildlife col ,n ••“‘“trial engineering from toetkm 9 rhnneylvanto Btate and a master * ■ — ■ - ■ — at science in the same field from Virginia Polytech. By A A Hinkle Approximately u year ago Presi dent Gtkkrtot appointed a Union Horae* Holden, eempuspolk* of- j Betiding. Committee to draw up Wednseday aad make pleas sad recommenda tions for u Union Building to he constructed on the AAM campus, •toes then the committee. In- fleer, died suddenly Wednesday monihtg at his home on South Col lrg« Road He was 74 yeure old. He had been employed by the •ampua security offtoe for f teen year*. Oa September l, 1 Mr, Halden was placed en m fled service because of 111 health. Up until that time he had served as ntghtwatohman, policeman, and aided the nolle* fora* In handling erowde attracted by •porting •vento. Me U survived by hi* widew, Mr*. Margaret Holden, five daugh ter*, and iwo Mas. Ills sister and Union. In eluding student representatives has come a long way with plans and recommendations. To begin with, a series at tkrae confer seem I American weie held with Porter Butts, Dir Quillen, of the Wisconsin Union, on In tlMss not to copy the plan of tha Wisconsin Union, but to benefit by the expert knowledge of Uniooa that he poeoeaeod. fJto lag the suggestions aad oplutoa* that hs hatfaequlrad by experience, the committee had something to start on to planning tho AAM nnd tight also eurrim ffaadOtildren July K $8, ML 1144. In MMpi< Wisconsin Union in fOg*r.| la haw It was financed, haw It was organ '■ 1 t> > it ««« controlled, and how It served tho student body nnd tommonMp. la the** confer- ence* with Motu the eommitte* nnd E. L. srith the con studied the A ssorlatisn of Atoo K. E. Me- of the committee. Mototant to the _ Mm Unton thto at tor* wl or failure of a union, 4 /' to plan a Union whkh wouW con tain m few defects as possible whkh other Unions had found to impair ths efficiency of a Union. After Mm eeafeeuaeM aad atadtoa in July of 1846, the committee held regular meeting* starting In Oct ober of the same year and tack led their Imrdeet Job in Thto job wm oa* of f of tho tho Union the omnisstion. control and tho method of financing the Union. In Its report to the President en June It, IH7, whkh wm ratoalltod to the, Board of Director., the pietion by September 1, 194$. The committee expressed tie belief that the minimum facilities needed in n Union Building for our College could not be pro\ idrd for lees than $1,400,000 to $1,500,000 of whkh approximately |!*00,000 ( a now available. As to facilities, the corn ea rnest. iwlttee approved the general out- tning. In, Ha* of fadlitie* planned for the of recommendations, ths site building m tad us ted to the latest i budding, the faetihtoe that arckltoetural design by nloa would offer Mm students, ArthKeet, Carlton Adai ■the CeUege Adams. Further, Museum Adds 1200 Mounted Plant* Twelve hundred mounted speci- •f plants native to Texas ■ M. V llTU.nam, wrortlin, H. skeptktom is comp etoly with- l‘|^kji, eurt’or of the museum b«s.. Until rveentiy, building botanist la charge UnlonJ Director, t 1, JM». At tta msetlng June t$-t6, 1947, Hoard of iMriN'tfirii Miithoriie^i i’nten Building Commltto* raeom- Hm Kpietotoaeat at a Union Dir- mended that eeaetrueMaa an the .efftetira, Bfptemhar 1, 1$47 Probably quite a few people hav» become skeptical about a Union: Building at AAM. To tho#* who _ have been In eleee contact with the 1 have been s.idrd to the 8 M program of the ** 1 “ - - —- thto out materials were not obtaiaabl* for ium. each a project as this and even If The plants represent five coilec- they had been available, their prtoo mlTof the Uwmtnoie genera delay on the instruction. 1 Tl ^A Rm hmm In progress f»V the paet two weeks fa an effort to Union eommenee not later May 1, 194$, with a view to X" X* «Uk wkUk to n Activttke. Thto Unlaa Building wbtoh to ■vuMaed ftp oar College to going to he more than just a WOdlug—It will he a standing m- mo rial to W MM Aggtoe wbo gave toetr all In the service of ib*lr MURtry •end tome exrher mater- nge ftoM tol to other edueatlone) metltottoM m T. xss, Oiveon, and Washington. In thto way Parks hopse that Mm harbarlum will ha further mtorgid,