1 'V- ! ■( ^ /, '/] 4 .)' L. Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A AM COLLEGE Volume 47 COLLEGE STATION {AaMmd), TEXAS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 1. 1947 ie A&M ROTC Strengthened By New Equipment, Courses * Military fall win at AAM next the faaad tka eollafa prewar program n» Tariaty of eoa •qu.pnaat aaad, aeeordinf to CoL Gay A Meloy, Jr., e—awlant lion alar tanks, such as Iks now M-14 and th« M-M, a 45-ton giant a. kigk sal b city fan, win bs asod by thr Armored OaT- alry, In plans of tks horasa of pn- World War II days, CoL Msloy stated, Tks Astflary unit at tks col legs win also bo BiOtonird, with full track pritt* BBOTors towing tko 106mm. and Ifiaiai bowitaors and tks 155mm “long tom," gans which wars tko backbons of Amsrlcaa ar- Munnerlyn Promoted to Vice Presidency of Insurance Co. Ford Munnerlyn, a native Texan and A. A M waa chosen vic«M>resuient and afency director of lean General Ltfe Inaoranoe Company by director* company in the Houaton home office norlyn sasooodo Darla Faalknsr, 4 .Srbo now hocoaioa sanlor rtea-prsai- dont In ckargo of inouraneo opora* “T. IMt Munnerlyn resigned a full profeseorehip on tks A A M. faculty to become district mana ger of tko American General’s Cen tral Texas Agency. During tBo post eight years be built the insurance tillery corerage during the moot war. Tbe Signal Corps will operate radar aa wen as radio equipment, and the newly-eeUblmhed Trans portation t’orp. unit win bars am- phibious “ducks" which will bo driesa by stadonts la actual o alien on land and waterways Tbe rahm ef ty aa the frem tZSO.Sae befere Ike war te it kage ralae ef HAM,* Wilkins Presents Plan for Fall At Wednesday Meeting of VS A Failure to Report to V A Aug. 4-9 Will Cause Delay Amer- of the y morning. Mun- The program has beta as el ided as to rsqutrs tks addition firs now military officers, In it lion to all these who hare of addition ■praised duty at A A M. during •47 a* school by Got EL who for *d Sullivan Orchestra Still Uncertain for VSA Dance j jjr' Every veteran attending echool under Part VH or Part Vm of the Bill of Rights must report to the Veterans Ad visor's office during the u d Wednesday ■of August 4-9, Taylor WU- Idns announced Wednssdsy evening, peeking before morn- ben of the Veteran Students Association at the Grove, Wil kins warned that failure to report will result in a minimum in fores in his agency from $2,000,- 000 to $10.000000 and the annual production of now business from tots than a half-million dollars a year to mors than $2,000,000 in 1044. Of the $10,000,000 in force, approximately -$2,000,000 is from Munncrlyn’s personal production as an agent of tbe company. During his serrice in this capacity, he won the Outstanding Agent’s Cup, has been the company’s lending producer on several occasions, and had an unbroken record of weekly production and membership on the President’s Cabinet “Munnerlyn’s agency has the lowest lapse rate and the highest average premium of any of' tbe company’s agencies. All of hit agents are well trained, suecees- fal, prosperous Life Underwrit ers,” according to Burke Baker, president of the company. “He has done such sn out«tand ug job as district manager that am are con fident be will do the same sort of job as hand of our Agency De partment” 'sni if r FORD MUNNERLYN, A A M. graduate, was chaste vice- president and agency director ef tbe Americas General Life In- aaraace Company by directors e# tbe company Tuesday their work In reestablishing vs need program. Taro new military units to be active tad In the fall arc the Trans portation Corps and tks Army Se curity Agency. Major Harry E. Mclsell and Captain Gay Campbell of the Transportation Corps have already reported for duty, and Ma jor Laurence Jones is expected to arrive on the campus shortly to activate the Army Security Agen cy The ROTC b rant bee already In existence on the campus, all of which will readme activity in the fall, are the Army Ar Corps, In fantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Corps of Engineers, Ordnance, Quartermas ter Corps, Signal Corps and Chemi cal Corps. Grmiuates from these older units wrte responsible for A A M.’s remarkable record of more than 13,000 officers in World War II. The federal government has allocated to A A M. College enough advanced contracts that all qaalified students who wish to take advanced adHtory conrs- es will he able to 4a ao, accord ing to CoL Moioy. of a 50-day delay la reeetvtng a cheek during the fall ter. According to a recent ruling of the Veterans Adminis tration, Washington, D. (X, all veteran students will have president of tko aos County Chamber of Com metes. He has bees president of tko Life Underwriters Aaooeta Aon. la active la his church, am la a loader la aaay activltieo It Hrysn end College Station. Two New Courses In Ed Are Offered Two now elective courses are to be offered by tbe Engineering Drawing Department this fall, ac- oordlng to Dr. W. E. Street, bead of the department Engineering Drawing 12S, Let tering sad Sketching, la a one-hour course, emphasising basic freehand lettering and sketching. The course includes the use of mechanical aids to lettering and tbs use of modem drafting equipment Engineering Drawing 226, Etee- trteal Drafting, consists of one hour theory and three hours lab. It includes shop and factory elect rical drawings, control diagrams, electrical power and wiring lay outs, and radio diagrams. Students interested in either of tbm two new courses should coo tod members of tko Engineering Draw tng staff in Room 3R Chrf ••ring Building, for further Gilchrist Explains School Amendment Before Ex-Aggies. President Gibb Gilchrist ex- the college building amendment to be voted upon by the people of Tens Aug ust 22 before MO former studenu and friends of A A M. attending the annual “Anything Goes” party Tuesday of tko Brasoo County A. A M. Club. Gilchrist pointed out that the opossd amendment will give Tex as the finest system of stete- een made by the National Y. A office to de crease the amount of red-tape nec- eaaery.to re-instate the G. L poli cies. Various kinds of policies are now available other then straight life. Upon re-lnstatement veterans may convert to any of these dif ferent policies. However, this must be done within 6 years. Forms for re-instatement may be secured from H. E. Rot.srtis of the American Veterans Committee, m fftt, P-fMaep >- ► • ■ppMeatJon of ■<*1 in Be to office, will be Notice For Englinil Major* ah the Eagttab majors are ra te leave their names la effiee aa eeea as Dr. Thames F. Mays, ef tbe departsseat, baa $3,700 Allocated For Dorm Sports Geology Dept A new four-year course te geo logical engineering will be oner- geology fall, geology nday. In ed to geology students this S. A Lynch, heed of the department, announced Monday, addition, n course with a major in geology and an option will be of fered. Tbe geology department waa re cently transferred from tbe School of Arts and Sciences to the School of Engineering by action of the Board of Directors. a nam all i deta attending the camp, and a thumb-nail sketch of the training period, supported by pictures of the high points both in train! and recreation will be to each cadet. For the final week of training the ROTC battalion is commanded by Cadet Jaaee V. Traughber of Los Angeles, California, who has also been named the outstanding cadet of the ROTC camp. Selection waa bused on scholastic record, de monstrated leadership ability and all-around performance of duty. Cadet Traughber is a student at the University of California at Los Angeles and a veteran of six months’ overseas service te the European Theater Approval has been granted W. L renberthy, head of the Depart ment of Pkywtal location to spend approximately 13,700 on athletic equipment for dormitortes and oth er unite on the campus. President Gibb Gilchrist announced poster day. Among the Items to be pur chased immediately are MflbsHs and bate, footballs, and hnnwthoe* The amount will be made avail able from the approximate $6,000 allocated from Exchange Store pro fits for recreation and student wel fare. Tks immediate purchase of dor mitory athletic equipment, accord ing to Penberthy, “seemed te meet with the unanimous approval of the appointed by the Dean of make recommen tht* [sne-eufWtra- Uon Information, another form mute be completed a monthly an- tlrtgatad earnings blank for the 1947-4i school year Rati mated earnings do not Inriud.- allowances raoetvuA by advance contract Stu dents Wilkins ernphaaired Upon reporting to the Veterans Advisor's office next week, the vet eran will be Issued a fee < slip, and he may pay sign for hit room, with a request for leave between August 30 and September IS will ■ i »nal tftteulte- ks baM Thursday.