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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A AM COLLEGE
Volume 47
COLLEGE STATION {AaMmd), TEXAS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 1. 1947
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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
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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”
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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-
<urportf-d colleges in tbs nation
■«wi< will not inersnos tares Under
tbe program, AAM. would re
$6,000,000 for building pur-
Students are eligible for
advanced work if they have com
pleted basic training such aa given
in the freshman and sophomore
years, or have served in tks armed
forces for twelvy months or more
Four lugimonts on the main cam-
is at College Station and one re
giment at Hryan Air Field annex
will make up the Cadet Corps dur
ing tks 1047-48 school year, ac
cording to present plana.
G. T. Vets Protest
Hike in Room Rent
Veterans at AuaAn were signing
petitions ~ ‘
Shuffler Named To
Replace Winstead
As Publicity Head
Appointment of R. Hender
son Snuffler as director of in
formation and publications
for A. A M. was announced
Wednesday by President Gibb Gil
christ. Tbe appointment becomes
effective September 1.
IV new director will be respon
sible for the coordination and dir
ection of all Information serrice*
and publications of the college and
its divisions, including the Exten
sion Service, the Experiment Sta
tion, end the Forest Servics, as
well as those of tbs main college.
A 1926 graduate of A A M.
Shuffler spent sixteen years in
newspaper busioeea in West Texas.
He sold tbe Odessa American, of
which bo was publisher, in 1945
and came to College Station as
executive director of tho A A M.
Development Fund. He held this
position at the time of his new
appointment. .
Shuffler la replacing O. Byron
WtaBtowl^whoMrsalydjtojN
non Winstead has been amoctated
with the cottage since LM6
their education terminated at the end of mmmar school.
August 80. The subsistence pay will not start again until
the Veterans Administration receives notice from the oc
ee to which veterans have pt*Kiatemi for the fall
Wilkins pointed out Normally, this information oannot
be sent to Waco until after reKistration, August 80.
The Waco Regional Office haiAj* M., Texas Univer
sity, Baylor Untvereity, and aevord'MAaller < ollegea, 40,000
veterans in training, but only 800 student* ran be rt--cnrolled
between AAM. andthc Waco
-ffn «• will rnuhi# * veteran to sign
each day. An agn-ement
R. HENDERSON SHUFfUBL
executive director ef the A A M.
Develepmeut Fuad stem 1946.
director ef te-
Placteg
tire.
G. B. Winstead, who
U tutor private prac
Appreciation was sxpressed by
the dub for the donation of calves
by E. J. McBride and Jay G. Pen
teten and to the Aaserteaa Legion
for the um of its facilities for the
J. W. (Dough) Rolltes,
G. B. Winstead, sad Ford Manner
lyn who wiU move soon from the
community were tendered the beet
of the club. A committee to
fftcers for the coming
pear was appointed by Fred Hale,
non* Wednesday protesting
me of rant from IM a ooa
ter te 9*440 in throe University of
Texas-owned men's dormitories.
A spokesman for the group said
more than BOO of the 600 men
living in the three dorms bad sign
ed petitions riqnistteg a reboaring
by the board of regents.
The spokesmen contended that
since veterans have not received
increase te their
their checks have come to
little te the face of rising prices.
It was estimated that at least 96
% of the students te the dormitor
ies are veterans.
Tbe regents bad approved rent
mere as sa both for the men’s and
woman's university owned living
quarters this coming fall. Tbe pet
itions will probably bo preoentod
te tbe beard of regents Monday,
with a request for an explaaatftan
of why rent
Training at Bliss
Ends Tomorrow;
Graduation Today
The Mx-week summer
training period at Fort Bliss
for ROTC cadets of the
Fourth and Sixth Armies will
ead tomorrow, it was announead
Thureday.
Graduation txsreiaos, In which
numerous awards, both scholastic
and atklotic, wUl be pnsmted, will
t* held on Friday, August 1. High
peiate of the commencement pro
gram will be addresses by Ma;or
General J. L Homer, Commanding
General of Fort Bliss, and < olonel
E. W. Timberlaks, commander of
the cadets during their training at
the Pest
A certificate of completk-n along
Offers New Course I ■ddr.MM and picture ot
Date Changed For
Re-instatement Of
G.LInsurance .
Final date for the re-ln-
statement of GJ. Insurance
which has elapsed has been ex
tended from August 1, 1947
to January 1, 194*. This change
waa made by the Veterans Admin-
istratier te order to permit many
veterans who have not taken ad
vantage of past offers. In many
parts of the country fewer than
10% of the veteran* have re-in
stated their policies.
Every effort has l>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<iatior.s
caratl te Betpembar, thereby
teg no delay la pubcteUaoa e*
In addition b> 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 <ble students to draw their sub
sistence checks without Interrup
tion.
Tbe Veterans Adviser's
Room 194, Geedwta HsU, i
open st § a. sa. MeaAsy,
stated, et/MimMm
stedenta can report te <
tko necessary forms.
Tbnatea] Leave Date
William Bailey of the local Vet
erans Administration offich dis
cussed terminal leave to which vet
erans under the G! Bill are entitled
AJ1 GIs under Part VTI1 ere entit
led to 2V4 days leave each month
while in school, he stated. This
does not apply to Part VII vete
rans (disability of 10% or more),
•Mae they automsttsaHy sseetve M
days’ leave at the tnd of their
training.
Students should apply for term!-
nal leava at Isast SO days before
th# tad of the school year, he
pointed out Uave at-enjq^ «4Ri
enrolled at other settsgas Is non
IraMfsrahle. and If Wave is not f
apettsd for Mere graduation,.the
veteran will Iom this ^neflt,
laearsace Reinstatement
J. R. Vamell, contact rsprssenta-
Uvu te Bryan, rvmlndad veterans
ef tks new dufltn for reinstat
ing insurance policies without •
physical examination Formerly
August 1. the last day for rein-
•taring laennmci policies now
stands at January 1, 1946.
Vamell is on the campus every
Monday morning and Tbureday af-
Sue WILKINS, Page 4
group” i
Men to
Teague to Return
From Washington
Representative Ottu E. Teague of
the sixth congressional district will
open an office te the Federal build-
j big at College Station about Aug
ust II upon his return to Texas,
according te a bulletin from kis
Washington office. After
the office, Teegua, who I
plated his first term la (
i plans 9s travel threaghoat the
sixth distftet contacting individuals
with
Gty Purchases
Two Park Lots
Tks City of Collage Station has
centiy acquired two pieces of
property which will be need as
parks, Francis Vaughn, city mana
ger, announced Wednesday.
One of the plots is tks site of
the lake which was drained several
years ago, aad which played a
prominent part in tbe recent Inves
tigation of the College adminis
tration. That piece of property
for $2,000. No im-
i planned for it at
the present time, Vaughn stated.
Block B of College Park has
i purchased for $14*0; at pres
ent time the lot is used for soft
ball games. Aswl* from clearing the
block, no improvements will
made la the near future.
waa purchased
Poitition* O
New Mag
On
pen
ine
la Iks p^Msirise af • ttSSj
t-i «e»t»ft ( NI % MHaaBlM (RF#
to repart tata^lATTAl.lON
Officer*'
Rt Fort Bttaa, Texes ere pie*
» criptttrea ucnaM V4
ot ft reseat rhrit to White
New Mexico.
Left W right, front row, ere: Jseaph T. Maora, Guy A.
Baber, N. Robert "Jag” Leatherwood, Jimmy Beech, Edward
D. Bateama, WltMem IxHiqutat, Frans Bprtager, aad Arthur
N. Hartmaa; second raw, Major J. K. Walker ef
Stattea, Raymond A. Heualg, William Gilhcet, Kenneth
L W. Ttmheriake, ROTC eadel um—dir, John
F. Ketao, Jr* Chariea W. Mai lex, George A. Whitten. Major
L. W. Magruder. aad let Bgt. R. A. Bpeacsr, both ef College
BUtlen. (U. S. Army Signal Corpa Photograph)
Clothing Store To
Open at the Gate
Another addition te the growing
business district of College Sta
tion has been amde with the com
R letion of a clothing store at the
lorth Gate. The new concern will
■ named Corky and Hurd Clothe*
and will carry a complete Ime of
men’s clothing end it will hand).-
tailor-made suite.
The store is owned and operated
by A. L. Jackson of College Sta
tion -and Houston, and Norman
Hurd of Houston. Jackson pre
viously • worked w.th ftekowitz
Broths* and Norton Ditto Com
pany of Houston.
The store la located at $11 Main
Strutt and the opening Is planned
prior to the beginning of the fall
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A&M Represented
At Poultry Meet
Tsd Martin af tho Exteuttou ftsr-
wTa.
m of th# Kiportmont
Profsesor D. N. Raid M
try Wssksadry Daparttaswl rsaru. •hlsf of
•voted A. 4 M. at ths rusvut Na
tional Poultry Improvement Plan
ml Okie. a*.
•ording te GSUV
tlhMt f1#tMirt fft#flt
iha rJErsFi^i
um dlsaat
iJEW I
mtttev’ef the
CvnfsruMs. J
ruinmiilee uf
MAM
bey taeprovuiijVHt Ouvrgv
Ag Teachers Meet
Slated Aug. 5-8
Tbs program of the
Agriculture Tea
toaMItor 1 /
with su address by W
sxseutivs dimeter of
Board far Vosati
K. Lowry,
tbs State
wiO bs
• I organisational
t>»nal tftteulte-
ks baM Thursday.