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AUGUST 23
Vote On College
Building Amendment
Volume 47
LSU’s ROTC First
Among Schools In
Fourth Army Area
Followed by OU, Oklahoma A. & ItL;
Texas A. & M. Places Fifth With 92.6 .
feouTbo^:
Paper Possibility
Of Alaska Forests
To Be Considered
AUsken forests ss a source
of woodpulp for newsprint for
American papers are to be in
vestigated by a special com-
mitUo of the United States Sen-
ate somotime In August
Tha ahortage of nomprint is a
worry to every editor. No deeraaao
* eonaamption is exported in the
foreoooable future, and foreign na-
ttons will neod more when they
•Memo normal functions.
It oownds like a long haul to get
newsprint from Alaska, hot the
•riadplel f<>reote of this territory
are located on the seaboard in the
narrow section west of British Col-
tmhia and the southern part of
the main body of Alaska. Much
•f the forest ares is included in two
Sotlonal forests under the super-
fc'on of the U.S. Foreot Service.
Tongaos National Foreot, con
taining over 16,000,000 seres, to
laffvly along the narrow coastal
area between the Pacific Ocean and
British Columbia. Chagach Na
tional Forest, of 4 HOO.OOO acres, is
along the shores of Prince William
Sound, about half-way between
and Mechanical Arta. Tl_
TA. a M. rated fifth; and Texas
Tech sad the University of Arkan-
-xU
Ratisg* of oxoollont wort award
ed these seven schools. Members
of the corps «p the colleges and
anivarsitias will he permitted to
wear the "blue ■Ur'' to indicate
exeeUency rating of the unit
L8U • ROTC unit ti a to
tal of 06^7 points in the Annual
Federal Inspection, conducted on
their campus May 6-7. Oklahoma
received 96.7; Oklaho-
. 94.1; New Mexico Col-
A.AM. Arte, 94J; Texas
T#x “ **•*>■ * nd
the University of Arkansas 86.6.
The rating of “excellent” is the
highest possible award by the War
D< p.rtamxti and ia baaed on: the
oretical knowledge of military sci
ence and tactics; performance of
the corps during the Federal In-
■pirtiaa review; and results of
inspections.- The inspection by
■Makers of Fearth Army was held
on the A.AM. campus May 21-28. _
In a letter to President Gibb Oil-
wist, Maj. Gen. John B. Coulter,
deputy army commander, wrote:
" X «y congratulations for
the high standards in your ROTC
which resulted in this honor for
be rated among the top institutions
In this nation brings credit to you
and to this army.”
c oi G. S. Mmoy, Jr n who is now
//N THE INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE
»E STATION (AfgteMad), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1947
Number 18
trials in Who’s Who 9
mil
jm
Vi
Gilchrist
Prasidont Cibb Gilchrist, Deanf
Chariot Sheperdson of the School
of AgrisalMntj »nd Duncan H.
Raid of the Department of Poul
try Husbandry have been included
tw the latest edition of the “In
ternational World Who's Who”.
The book, published by the Ameri-
Medical Research
Publications, Iml, New York, was
recently received by the coilege
library.
Other names listed were those of
President Harry 8. Truman, Sec
retary of Stole George C. Marshall,
General H. H. Arnold, General
Douglas MaeArthur, and Arturo
Toscanini
Char lea
—
Tentative Plans. For
_____ /
Reorganization Of
Cadet Corps Released
By J. T. Miller
Tentative plans for the organ!- «« uimi*
ration of the Corps of Cadets dur- m *‘n campus and AAM. Annex
Mg .the coming fall semester were were covered by the announcement.
announced he the Militant Two rewinumta aaak
Bound, about half-way between o* Imt, from th* ’JiUaTt
Anchorage and the Caaadtea line *** * rn m tee ooilsfa to
In addition to these, there are some cadets ^ m nrof.*.. C .l"?T nd
IO,060,(K>0 scree of forays well ^ "
southern irwM
80,000,000
scatterod In
The two national forests togeth
ar eontaln an estimated 86,000,000,-
Umb ». n%
which la within three miles of tide
water. Nearly three-fourths of
the timber is Western hemlock,
chiefly valuable for the manufac-
tare of pulp and paper. Approxt
■atelv fc>% la Buka spruce, now
»a#d in airplane const ruction and
but valuable
remainder la
sirpla
other applications.
■ Iso ne pulp. The
largely eedar.
The Tongaas National Forvet
alaak aeioatlfleally handled, could
aupplv 8,600 tens ef nawaprint a
day forever, Frank Hetntelainan,
U. i. Ragional Forester ef Alaska,
^ ? Congressional
hearing. Alaeka has water power
svsilable for davolopment which
eaa supply all the power needs of
pulp nsiUB to process the timber.
Ocean shipping to West Coast
ports Is open the year around. The
center of the Tongaas Forest is
only about 1,000 miles torn Seat
tle.
Local Men Attend
Cotton Congress
Attending the annua] Cotton
Congress to Dallas from College
Station last woek wore J. R. Ad-
a. Agronomy Department; D. T.
Illough. Experiment Station;
Ita Uchte, Extension Service;
Agronomy De-
KI
MbHI
and J. S. Megford
nartment
ComaMreial cotton handlers from
all over the United States gather
ed in Dallas last Wednesday and
Thwodsy to study the future pros
pects of cotton.
To Explore Range
From Pole-to-Pole
WOODS ROLE,
-T b a
warMr» longest mountain raaga,
that extends ahaost from pole to
pole, la- about to be
explored far the f
by boat. Thus far. men
a 1. -a-^ m aL_ ^a A
ftiiuwiwgf of iii ntaui
one baa aetaaty aaaa
ivM nifnoil peaka
the Atlantie ridge. Top
auch Islands aa tha Aioraa and
Tha exploration will bo conduct-
od by aa expedition in the raasarch
ship Atlantis, owned by the Oeeaa-
ographlch Institution of Woods
Hols. Friass objective U to learn
whether there are deep, eroded
canyons in the flanks of the ridge.
mantle of silt and obtain
ef this batten
•Mata and professor
science and Uctic.
of
military
Texas Outlook’ 1
Publishes Article
By A&M Instructor
J “Vetanma Doing Highly
Satisfactory Work «t Tsxm
A _4 M. College", an article
written by R. C. Child* of
A.AM. a EngHah Department,
waa puWished in the July i»-
aue of "The Texaa Outlook”.
-Child', article deals with
the veteran student problem,
"^ AAM’s solution of R. H. gave
w I d ?]*i Ud d ^ CT tP tlon the Bryan
Field Annex and its faculties, com
mending the veterans on the pro
gress made ia adjusting thenmehaa
to college life and oa their excel-
"Jgnor education. In a careful aa-
s ysie of this study, he guve in tab-
uUr form, by schools, the various
gradaa. and pereentegos of grades,
made by the veteran students dur
ing the fall semester of 1946-47.
Chids, who formerly was an in
structor at the University of Mis-
•‘“IPp*. has been associated with
A-AM. since September, 1946. This
k hie first article published by
Texas Outlook”, which is the
official publication of the Texas
State Teachers Association. Lead
ing educators of the state of Texaa
and'Of the Southwest contribute to
the publication.
2 Calves Donated
‘Anything Goes 5
Party for July 29
have been donated
E t* A A M- dub
to he barbecued for He “Anything
Da..by,
the >xk! procurement
■■■■■ tSSmatLSi^t
tUs Mrs* I* almoM «Mh ia.
s 2 ta ^ ^
Southncwt Rodeo,
Show Set Feb. 24
The IMS Southwestern Livestock
Show and Championship Rodeo
havu bean rat for February 14-29
In El Faso, W. W. Wfleon, show
se«»otary, annoanoed last week.
B. Wieen baker has been
chairman with M^„
•, Jndgo Victor GObart,
r®M, George Wood, and
ManigoM
8. Foster
Skiles Accepts Position With
North Texas State College
anmantaed by the Military Science Two regiments, each containing
department this woek. Organise two battalions, will be set up st
— the Annex, according to present
plane. Each battalion will be com
posed of throe or more companies,
depending on the number of fresh
men enrolled at the time of acti
vation. Between 76 and 100 men
are to be placed in every company.
ilea, diroetor of otudont activities at A*AM. will
F College ef-
forth Texas in 1988;
Joe
become business manager at North Tens State _ „
rective September 1. In accepting the position he onceVgain
associate* himself with Denton CotmtF.
, ""Hr* 1 » B * A. degree from N<
la 1040 that brhool awarded him a
Master of AMa dsgreo. Mr. Skitee
was admitted to the bar In 1086
after attending the Vntueraity of
Texas Uw f(hoel. He represented
Denton Coudty in the state tegis-
lature from llM7 to 1941
Appointed; Director of Student
tetivitiee in 1941, ho loft that poa.
riy P _
After k
A
1948 fur the armed
b* mg released from
Forces with th«
he was appointed
In the Attor-
4
I lion
foreea.
the Army
rank of
executive
■ay-Gaaeml't office In January of
this year. Li May, 1947, he was
rvsppiriuled ko his present office.
No one ha# as vet been named to
raplaoe Mr. skiles. It is Kkely
that the A. 4 M. Board of Dirvc-
ton will wtasider applicants for
the position at its next meeting oa
August 9.
VSA To Sponsor
All-College Dance
Aa |
•d by the
aodatien
Grove A
E. 0. .
VSA. J
ton’s PL
the 1947
contacted
Admissktu,
bo $1 for
61 60 for nSa ■ambers. The first
win ho at • O’clock
"ig** rt" win fads into
the night a i twelve.
wiU be opened to
Contadei bated, the number of
vbkh will ba anaoaacad at •
_ Danes sponsor-
eteran Student’s As-
11 be held at The
28. According to
. treasurer of the
Sullivan of Hous-
«, who played for
or Rinr Doner has
furaieh the music,
drug, will
_ Bells
Clinging Less
Statistic# of the Metropolitan
thaa did )u Ite .
of rat year. It ^
tz the gn it post-war boom la
»^riage 11 dropping off
The on! ^ other coon tries for
M svailahle for
1M7 also show a marked down-
jwd tren. I These art Canada,
France, aid Belgium.
The Da Ited Mates marriage
rate last year was an all-thae
h%k It went ap to 16.4
high was tU per 1.000 reached
ta oar fir t year ef World War
. J*. ^ •■PkoMite that
^‘■‘■{•roMtioa Is teateUve. par
ticularly the table of orgeniu-
'! J** 1 Ms <wl below. However, this
JOB SKILES, director of Stu
dmt Activities, resigned effec
tive September 1 to become hast-
asas me auger at North Texes
State Teachers College.
Students Serve As
Cadet Officers
Raymond A. Hennig, Richard K.
Fppe, Arthur N. Hartman, and
William C. Lonqalat, Jr- A. 4 M.
students, were appointed to serve
as cadet offieere in the K.O.T.C.
battalion at Fort Bliss, Texas for
the fourth woek oftae summer
training sasaion now in progress.
>>aalg, naval veteran from Ty
ing, Texas was appelated cadet
major to serve as battel ir* # xecu-
ttve officer i Eppa, from Lufkin,
Texas, was appelated cadet 1st
■Xtemmat to serve as Battery B
executive officer; Hartman, from
Victoria, Texas, was appointed ca
det let lieutenant to serve as a
Battery B platoon leader, and Lon
qulel, naval veteran frem DaQaa.
Texas, was appointed eadet 2nd
lleatenant to eerve as platoon exe-
eatlva officer of Battery B
These men are aU taking train-
teg hi the Coast Artillery hrsnch
^TAW Auditions
To Be Thursday
Afata telle
eiiege*.
WTAW to
ef A. A M. aa
ited
win be haM
tion of military unite on both the
_ effleere wiU he select-
' |^^Rakmaa^ftLe^**T!? r *CdL
adjataat,
•teted Wedaeedey. Preference
win he given ex service me ■ end
•chaal BOTC, he added
t Alwoet s*vry facility available
to the Military Science department
•a the main campus will be dupli
cated at the Aanax. A branch
wlt *' ,to own custodian
w ke established, and gun rooms
J* 11 ba • P»rt of evory barracks.
The rifle range used by aviation
trainees during the war will be
utilised in the new set up.
Although students will he al-
towed to select their own branches
on the completion of
tholr freshman year, cadets living
at the Annex will live with unite
designated as training ragimente,
training battalions, and training
companies. No names have aa yet
teeu applied to those orgaatoa
ttona, but tentative plans call for
■air dsMgaation by number, as op-
Iri^ring ^ PPM * nt ,r * U " of
_ P— *® »«> «*toting shortage of
fwraomml for certain branches of
the service, cadets on U* main
campus will witness one innova
tion: certain companies win consist
of two Platoons, each representing
a different branch of service. For
^“Pto- Company A, First Bat.
talten. Third Regiment, will be
■•do ap of one platoon of Signal
F° ,p> ^to ** cond Pto-
The following is a complete list
of Ote contemplated organisation
of the corps this fall:
First Krrimrnt
Flint Battalion. Infantry.
Second Bsttsiion. Artillery.
Ifc*
Squadron, Cavalry
d Squadron, Air Coi
Corps.
Thataday. Jaly 14. *t 8^9 p.m.
to the teadtoa ea the third n< wr
•f the Admlatotratlea Ruildm.
Third Boglmeat
Fhat Battalion.
Company At One Signal Corps
platoon; one A r m y
Bocarity Agency pla-
toon.
Company B: One platoon of Ord-
MMi; cue Chemical
r n ^ 0rp- .^ kUoi ‘-
Company C: One ptotoon of tka
Qoortermaeter Corps;
one Transportation
( <>rpfli platoon
_ _
Second Bstulion
Two Corps of Engineer compan
ies.
Fourth Regiment
First Battalion-Three Veteran
Companies
Second Bsttaliort — Two Senior
Measure Links Military
Power, Foreign Affairs
' / \ n // F? ../• V t rf • f /£ ^ t * ill ^
■F-iUTy unification bill, dtaigned to strengthen
position in foreign
DMeed bv the House late Saturday by voice aSI
■ill hu tlnad, U« puM bTd.. S«»tS,^d
Senate Okays
Terminal Leave
Bond Gashing
. Suh*ifltence For
Veteran* Raised
To 175 and $105
A " » nn J r -navy unification bill, designed to strenrthpn
the military power of the nation aid^^Stion
affairs, was pee—d k» n . 11 “v
A similar bi
*• »W9 measures wiU now go to
aa sdjustmtrt ronferance ronimit-
tee.
Sjmneiirs of tho legi.Ut.oe ba-
Heved that there would be little
difficulty in lassklag ‘grrimrat,
and that the Ml would b* «ppr 0 v..,i
Wore adjourn** kj+mtn of
the prqpoeal stroeeod that toe mil-
itery departments will he under
•MM atodb ml scoffed at Idea#
that It.would mcouraga a military
Actual merger of the army and
yavy originally was urged, but the
mcacurn now approved * “
the ariHtery braaskua,
under a Secretary of
tones who must be a civilian.
Boute ammhere of Coagreea op
posed tte bill as neither a mergir
nor a unification, claiming that it
■imply builds a superstructure ov
er the army and navy and adda a
now milttaiy department, the De
partment of Air, resulting in more
expense. '
Proponents assured < ongress
that the Mar ne ( „rps is amply
Protected and provision waa made
for the Naval Air ( on - to remain
under the Navy Department. The
new department of air will take
over the army air force as now
constituted, and the secretaries of
army, navy, and air will not have
Cabinet status. / j
The unification Man links toe
for *ifp|x»Hcy, Rep.
John W. Wadsworth of New oYrk
SMtetoad. The system will assist
the President In the conduct of
foreign relatione and Ms duties as
Commander in Chief of the armed
Voting 86 to 0, the Senate
Saturday passed and dispatch
ed to President Truman legis
lation authorizing 9,000,000
veterans to cash terminal leave
bonds amounting to 11,800*00,000.
Earlier the Senate passed by voice
vote upping living allowance for
veterans attending school under
the GI Bill of Righta.
The bill for GI education provid
ed for toe increase of subsistence
grants for single veteran students
from $66 a month to 876, and for
pesrried vutosa— to receive 8106
instead of $90. For marn<<i vet
eran students with childien. the
legislation provided for 8120. This
bill now goes to the House. Ac-
cording to Sen. Robert A. Taft of
Ohio these 16 per cent increases
are dea gnod to compensate for
higher living coots.
The terminal lest* bond measure r> mn,K ? d *» ^ Ch * f *
aving received unanimous House ion *> WhB» w "rth claimed.
having received unanimous House
Approval two weeks ago, would
mit, bat not require, tor
id men to rash bonds issued to
After September 1, the bonds
eouW be turned in for cash at W*\
tonka. Under swIsMag Uglslstleii.
the maturity date laflv, years af-
ter the date of issue.
The bill elec extamled for one
Srpirmber 1 toe
MMm far aMfimlloa for ter-
mlaal bonds by veterans.
In urging toe adoption of toe
terminal leave «*sking bill. Son
JbII stMsd lltat It would glTe
World War II veterans an average
of •pproxlm.tely 2180 each. Sm
Raymond E, Baldwin of ronnecti
cut estimated the average a« about
D A uiD I jr po n b * H " n -
*• MoOarthy of Wisconsin to pur
Dean of Men Aid
Wilson of Taxes
miss committee oi
——— — toe Executive De
PWtoWBt, which group handlod to
b i l * '^torto ttot the plan wool,
wfocl a huge financial savmg ii
Ik* r v n nt of Advocates a
WBjKpgraad tout toe saving
wou '] ^ considerable over a per
Tm** »nd that improvemrn
wm “ “
«n thr irrounds that It mlghl lata
tea superg'-stapo Supporters o
Urn propoeed now agency r on tend
•d It was highly essential to hov<
iSformetlon on toe mtiltan
oSKtuISi pd>tk * 1
. . „ -I W ■■•tairro House* lor
totally, psammmMly disabled ret-
•ran* who must remain in wheel
• -,d ter the Senate
by Sen. < ~
k to tho
SX te Auditor Appointe
jtoirs was rejected
Instead, a motion bj
toe measure bode to tho basking
committee for farther etudy
Study by Mail Now
Authorized by V A
The Veterans Administration has
negotiated sea tracts with about 130
correspondence schools in the Uni
ted States to furnish veterans in-
* tn *ction under the GI Bill. Vet-
•«**» are 4>gible for these “mail
onder^ courses if they meet the
qualifications for OI Bill education
or training.
«r A «ZS* r *IL , ^ y -/ H “P * * total
of 8500 worth of corrvrpondenc* 1
rrrarsoa; no subsistence sllomanro
1* P»id fee the courses.
V^TIAC;
George Long, for twenty - o \
T ^^‘ nt W* branch rollege auditor of
-AM, has boon named edmiaieti
Uve Meistant bi the office ef t
Dean of Men, ia charge of nrt-Mu <
win w
andwfll admi
bor offiodl |
H** bean with A. A M.
thirty years. He began as aeej
ant eountv agent for Hunt Coae
■nd wna for a time on the staff
the Texas Extension Seme* as <
•cter of exhibits and demonat
tiona. /! /, 7 / Ay
Mobuuies Added To
Diet of A & M Cows
Cttnu |
} oallage
is now.)
fad
to roiMce cattle ia a MoUnViiiZ
ing fumUh^l by the T.x-Sun Com
p,tn »* fvoweis at Weslaco,
Both toe coUagw and the Ttx-
Om’mljfitMu nlM •< 'tkh
proMct Tim Ttai-Aah citrus grew-
■Mt year.
Scout* Meet Thursday
Pack 108 of the Cah Scouts will
hold their regular pack meetine
Thursday st 7pm. b 11^0.^
Room of the Coneolidated School
Hanging Rises In
Suicide Fashions
j . ] 11/ T*r7T7~
7 j Bjf i i
NEW YOl
•Me are
' Boison
tnmtioa Is not _ _
»• oMP
aoariy a*
af sahN
fmir methods of satoMi
for practically 80% 0 f
soa are to* other
methods
■Jw WwiwVSASIw IS
the lateet statia
tMW'fM l* droppi. c off, 1 /
In epite af the sc neat tonal
«unto Of. people jumping eat