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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1947)
re The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE tSTF.HF.ST OF A CHEATER ARM COLLEGE 'ffc ■ V Volume 47 COLLEGE STATION (Afffieland), TEXAS, rUESDAY, AUGUST 34, 1947 Number 23 380 Grads Receive Degrees Aug. 30; No Formal Exercises A. k M. will confer defreee upon 380 graduates at the end of the present semester, according to H. L. Heaton, Registrar. Heading the list of those receiving degrees is Clarence Walters Lokey, of New York, New York, who will receive his Doctor of Philosophy degree. Lokey will be the eleventh man to be awarded a I%.D. by A. A M. Eighteen men will graduate from the School of Vet erinary Medicine with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary ..Hedicme. Master of Science degrees will be conferred upon sixty-one men and the remaining two hundred and ninety Classroom, Office Buildings Ready To Be Occupied Erection of temporary classroom and office buildings to accommodate the influx of students and faculty additions at A. 4 M. has hasn eompUtad. Howard Badfttt, of ths eolloft constriction prof ram office, has announced. Construction of the ton build in rs was dons in eon )u notion with IhO Federal Work Afancios, tho latter havinf dissMUttlod thorn at Camp Wallace and reassembled them on the eaiupus, Occupying three of the huUdinss sad office apace in a fourth la the Department of Business and As counting, for tho laal asiwal ytavt located In the Agriculturs BuiM* tng. T. w. Leland, head of tho do- portment, hae mode the followinc office sesismuenta: Hi B^dhw A betides LalaMi, will ho F. L. Hays and E If. White; Building B will be occupied by N. D. Durst, Dr. J. D. Neel, and Dr. T. R. Hamilton; and Building C will contain the of. flees of Homer B. Adams, J. B. Ashby. E. C. Cass, J. B. Johnson. W. 8. Manning, and R. 0. Parker. Having office space in Building K will be R. L. Elkina, W. F. Far rar, P. B. Goode, S. C. Hoyle, Jr.. ' Bee CLASSROOMS, Page 4 tgraduates will receive Bachelor of Lrt* or Bachelor of Science de- Ten of thoee graduating in this, the largest summer graduating class in tho history of A AM, are from Collage Station. They are a D. Ledbetter, Master of Science in Accounting; Event W. McClendon, M. 8. in Asro. Eng.; Paul Wischkaemper, M. 8. hi Ag. Eco ; Carl W. Land las. Master of Education; James L. Owens, B. 8. In Ag.; John D. Christian. B. 8. in Francis N. Neville. B. 8. in Science; Mortimer D. Jones, B. 8. in CiVU Engineering; Donald D. Domlny, 871. la Industrial Ed.; Arthur E. Huae, B 8. in M. E.; and Jamas A. Kerr, B. B. in M. E. A. A M. la graduating eleven men from ouuldo of tho oonUnon tal limits sf the United Btntaa. Those men are Manuel R. Du porta Bafael Ptetri-Oms, Foes R. Arrie- ta-Pla, Ramon A. Rechan I. and Fu4re F, Tirado 8uUona Puerto Rieo: Jorge H Puccini from Venesuela; L BreentVM from Bom bay, India; Georgs W Humphries Epltarto R. Resendee, end Francis co J. Borns Baylor from Mexico| and Jack L. Peters from Glendale California Louisiana leads Hi the number of out-of-etata graduate* with five men. MtastMippi is second with three. Missouri, Arkansas, Ken tucky, New York, Tennessee, Okla homa, Alabama, and Massacho setts are also represented. There will be no formal grad as ties exercises and all grad nates, of both rammer terms, will receive their diplomas by Activities Office In Goodwin to Be Ready by Sept 15 Second Floor West Wing to Be Batt, Longhorn Offices lit T. D. Brooks, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Will Go on Modified Leave September 1 Thu Student Activities Of fice’s new quarters on the sec ond floor of Goodwin Hall will be ready for occupancy by September II, T. R. Spence, college construction director, announced Friday. All activities will have office# the former dormitory: student publications, concessions, intramu ral athletics, and recreation In the horeeehoe ahaped floor, from the southwest corner to tho southeast corner, offices are ar ranged as faltowt; 'Tho Battalion” will have Ha main office M tho large southwest er room. Noxt to ft will bo tho editorial and tMotype office of "The Battalion", plus a storeroom for that paper and "The Long- fa." The large northwest cor. r room will be need by The >nghom“ staff. The three north corner |tx>m* will be occupied by the "EigENM*, "Agriculturist", and "Comments tor 1 , respectively. All will be fur nished with dusks, typewriters, and seats. This Is the first time that the three publications have had their earn office*. The entire east wing of Good win Hall has boon reserved for Student Activities' other functions. A long counter will occupy a por tion of the large center office for the benefit of students with con cessions, as well as for enabling the staff to serve better all per sons seeking information. The entire second Great Day For A • M College, Says President Science Building Will Be First To Go Up Under Plan ‘Thin ih one of the greatest days in the history of this in stitution,” said President Gibb Gilchrist when interviewed concerning the passage of the College Building Amendment allowing A. AM. $5,000,000. The college can now pro ceed to carry out plana for the expansion of A. A M., now that it is known that the money is avail able. However, the exact plans for expenditure will not be known un til the Board of Directors meet in Septrmlx-r, continued Gilchrist The Scksnee Building will prob ably he the first building to be affected by the funds mads avail able by the pnaasge of the amend ment. Plans have baen already drawn up and the go-ahead signal only await* a decision of the hoard. Gilchrist warned that at the be ginning too naah expansion would not he feasible with the cost of building still out of reoeon. The ai-hool rann.it afford to build any- thing too subotantial at tho pres eat inflated prlcrg. In addlttort to the tft.000,000 for expansion of the physteal plant, a malatasaam fsad, hetweon 1186,- ooo and $27f>,ooo, will be aserued each year at present interest re toe. This latofaat will continue dorkif the life of the bonds for some 20 City Votes 590 to 13 For College Building Measure 4 Bryan Favors Amendment 591 to 48; 1344 Votes Cast in Brazos County M \ y ft t f r I* * x v ^ ' In a light election Saturday College Station resident* voted 590 to 13 in favor of the College Building Amendment. A total of 611 votes were cast at the Shiloh Hall and A.AM. Consolidated School predncU, with 590 for, 13 again*, and 8 improperly marked. A total of 1344 votes, rachuHng returns from MUlican and Smet ana, were cast in Braxo# County. Of that number 1238 voted In favor o fthe amendment, and 96 opporad G G. "SPIKE" WHITE Siudmt Activities Three Delegates To Represent A&M At NS0 Meeting Buntyn, Cullman, Leatherwood Leave August 28 by Auto Three students will repre sent A. A M. at the constitu- O *1 iv i #_ tst i tional convention of the Na- Spike wtatelNained thmal Students OrganUation I | when It convenes on September 1. To Replace Skiles from HI Texas re unties. 48 of which were complete, showed 86.988 for the .weed.set sad 7K949 sgainst. Thane figures In- dinted that $4.8% ef the 188.- 917 votes counted were hi fever ef the will years. The Student Union bulldt not be effected by this $6,060,000 because ftinds for tU construction have already been provided from other aources, concluded Gilchrist As Activities Head Carlton 0. "flplk*" WhIU and Bennie A. Zlnn have been eppotnted assistant* to the Dean of Men, W. L. Penber- thy, Dean of Men, announced Fri day. White wtll he Director of Stu. dent Activities, while Zlnn resumes hie post as Director of Student Affairs. White's office will continue to Sept. 15 Fall Semester At Aggieland stated. The project, including the flooring, will cost approximately 94,000, he concluded. 4-H Club Roundup, Experiment Staffs 'X ^ ".To Meet Sept 2-5 Joe Aggie will return to Aggie- land September 15, looking forward to another siratAA school year. Hie first wish on the campus will be ■pent Hi getting settled, looking up old friends and meeting new ones, i and getting ready for that first football game which will be played on Kyle Field with Seuthwestern, September 10. By the second week Jee Aggie will he heck In the swing of things. Hs may even ha Studying occasion ally. Everything will be routi elaraes five days a week, than ft feet hall earn* On October If Jee will get his first hetiday, the T G V Oevpe trip. NevsmUr 14 wtll see ft lot of sad fadba on tho tampus, ft few very happy sues. That Is the day ef mtd-famester grade reperta. The following day the Aggiee will move CU masse t<> Houaton .»r the Klee Corps trip. Jhe nest two weeks will he spent preparing for tho T. U tuoeio. "Mark tho Herald Aftfols Mug" will carry softly through the brisk nlgbt sir ef mid December as the .“Sophomores" serenade the upper- classmen during the week prior to the Christmas vacation, December 20, January I A AM. will roar bask to life pe Joe and hia ^eroU return from the Christmas For three weeks Joe Aggie wfll slave with his beoks. Final exams Will begin January IS and last un til January 19. The last two days of January will find Joe register ing for the spring term. Thus ends an exciting fall "football" semes ter, and Jos begins looking ahrad to a Joyous spring "sodaT semes By Louis Morgan a • * After fifteen years as Dean jf the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School. Dr. T. D. Brooks wfll go on modified leave September l Dean Brooks came to A. A M. in 1932 from Baylor University where he served as professor and chairman of the school of educa tion. Under the guidance of Dean Brooks enrollment in the School or Arts and Sciences has increased from 180 students in 1932 to 1,419 students a# of April 8. 1947. Born in Mississippi, Dean Brooks received s BA degree from Baylor in 1903. He obtained his MA de gree from the University of Chi- eago hi 1910 and a Fh. D. from the same institution the following year. He taught in the public schools of Texas for several years and served as president ef South eastern 8tale Normal Bbhool at Durant, Oklahoma. Doan Breehs held a professorship at Baylor for eleven years before ram lug to A A M. The organisation and adminletra lion ».f public ach.mi* Is Dean Breaks* •pedal field. He has had numeroes articles publishd in pro fessional ■afHw and l« a for- t ef the AseoetotUn ef Tease Colleges, and-the Texas Hoc lety of Collage Teachers of K<iu cation. He to s member ef the Tex SS Bute Teachers' Association, the Deportment of 8up«'nntemirnU. T. 8. T. A-. the Motional Education and the Deportment of N. E. A. Bryan Man Named Head of Research Foundation at A-M George G. Chance of Bryan was selected recently for a third term as president of the Texas AAM Research Foundation, following ac tion of the board of trustees kx a meeting Thursday afternoon on the Clayton of Dallas, vice- president of the General Electric company, was returned to the Foundation virr-presKieney, and G A. Roeber of this college was re elected secretary-treasurer. Named to the executive commit tee, of which Chance to an ax- officio member, were Gibb Gil christ, president; Dean H. W. Bar- low; D. B. Harris of Houston; and Clayton Hv laws were amended st the ■muting to permit increasing xsem- brrship in the Foundation from 80 to 100 councilors. New members are to be ■elected over • period of time from among Texana dtattnguUhed Hi Industrial, afrioaltarel, educational, Odd oth- fluids. Trustees approved a 890,000 bud get drawn op lor tho fleoal rear he. ginning September 1, and hoard numerous reports from Dr. A. A. Jakkula, executive director. A committee was xppointed to In vestigate praetbllitioe of obtaining endowment funds for the Founda tion, with J. 8 Thomas, Fort Worth, as chairman. Other mem bers are GikhrUt. Clayton, Har ris, John Newton, and R. r» The 1947 conference of the headquarters and field staff of the Experiment Station will be held here September 2-4, it was announced last week. In addition. Extension Service agents will meet September 2-3, and the annual 4-H Club Round-Up Sep tember 4-5. On the morning of Sep. tember 2, research and extension staffs will meet Jointly in Gukm Hall, with a visit to the Braxoe River field laboratory and planta tion •ch.-duled the following morn ing. James F. Lincoln, president of the Arc Welding Foundation, Clev eland, will be featured speaker at the opening session He will speak on the "Relationship on the Job." Speaking on the whole college pro gram will be President'Gibb Gil Christ; Vice president for Agricul ture D. W. Williams, Dean Charles N. Shepardaon. R D. Lewis, and Ide P. Trotter will discuss various other A brood cross oactira ef research planning sad operations will be presented by staff members dur September Delegates Claude Buntyn, Jee Call- man, and N. R. Leatherwood, ac companied by Grady Elms, aoetot- aat manager at Student Activities, as observer, wtl toare by ear Aug- Hit 88 for Msdloon, Wisconsin, it was reported. The (tologaUe wore appointed by the Student Ufe Committee. The NBO was started last Dec ember In Chisago after 88 Ameri can student delegates at tended the World Student Congress In Prague in the summer of 1948. It is proceeding under a national continuations committee heeded by Jim Smith, extpreeldent of tho Uni- handle student publications, music, I varsity of Texas atudant body, un- clubs and organisations, entertain- til a constitution can he drawn, ment, and concessions, Hi addition A regional convention was held to intramural athletics and recree- tost spring in Austin to consider tion. the possibilities of such a student Zinn’s office will supervise vet- I group and to interest the schools of •ran students for the moat part.! thie eection in affiliation. A. A M All housemasters and dormitory had seven representatives, includ assistants. Veteran’s Advisor Tay- ing the three national delegates lor Wilkins, and cnaiptm ascurity, just appointed, at that ragieuat headed by Fred L Hickman, have ■meting been placed within the Office of The avowed purposes of the NSO Student Affairs. George A. Long j are to foster and develop campus will be in charge of student labor activities that improve student wal- and dormitory property in the same 1 fare and to conduct activities which office. The Housing Office will re- j will bring American student# in main under Harry Boyer. closer contact wifh other students Major Joe Davis will reptseeland cultures represented in the Zinn as assistant commandant Hi | See THREE DELEGATES, Page 4 the Military Department. He has previously been dormitory chief. The two assistant directors of stu. dent affairs for dormitories will be Rob Murray and W. G. "Breaxy" Breaxeale. Under the new set-up, Zinn and White will work closely with one another, Penberthy declared. The former will handle student life, while the latter will be concerned with the welfare and extra-curri es lar activities l the amendment: 8 ballots were tm- property marked , In the five Brvan precincts, 591 favored passage of the College Building Amendment, as opposed by 46. Locatkm Far Against ifflftiftn __ Wellborn 18 0 (Com. School) 487 steelc’a Store 44 Rimy 7 Kuitw 6 Tnbor 10 Edge «•*#•*<>» ’••««*« 10 NmrUrm aa>><i»a4re ‘ * Bryan (Library) 60. i Courthouse i 134 Relianoa 1 Bryan 4 (Country Club) 94 Bryan (City Hall) —141 Bryan (If Main St) 23 College Hills (Shiloh Hall) 103 Bryan (Burnt* School) 57 Bryan (SFA School) - 83 12 98 1238 *8 Improperly Marked. When The Battalion went to pram, returns from Smetana and MUlican had not been received. ing the afternoon seeslone of Sep tember 1-8, and on the mcreing ef September 4. Demonstrations of I sai soil improvement light the inn of Bern the Bratos River latx plantation ■ high- Isetsmkee I I* laboratory sml Dean Harrington, Vet*’ Wives May Boitta to Move To I Buy Ticket Books Academic Buildi Students Change Keys, Move To New Rooms August 29-30 All students now enrolled in school who plan to return next month must move to their newly assigned rooms be tween 8 a. m., Friday, August 29, and 5 p. m., Saturday, August 30, W. B. Breaxeale, assistant dean of men, announc- ■ 1 •—“ ♦cd last week. Thie does not apply to students who are moving te Bi»- Ex-Dilbert, Spoiler Members Get Refunds Ex-mem here of the DUbert and hjh,tiers Club which has bran die- eotrad. may obtain refunds from dura until August $0. Mail will be given by W. M. Bender, who lives at Apartment O-10-B. College View. After August 80. the remaining funds wtU be donated to the A. A M. Development Fund With the beginning of the 1947-48 gthoof yoajr, Execu- Uve Vie* President of the Col lar* C. Bolton, and Daan of the lokeol ef Arte and Sciences M. T. Harrington will he housed is the Academic Building, Freeh dent Gibb Gilchrist announced yes* tordsy. "This to In line with the pel adopted sometime age, whereby the deans would have office* In or near tbnr .rh.M.ii," ho oteted. The deon of tho rnilego to moving hit office* to e more central location not only with roopoot to the desne of tho respective schools but also te tho Student body, Gilchrist pointed out The Executive Committee will bold its seeeira in tho Academic See HARRINGTON, Page 1 Veterans will he allowed te percha*« Ucket books fee their wivea, G D. Own by, beoAmeS manager for athletics, annoenrrd Bundoy. Veterans must prerant both their registration aUra and preef of their marriage, Ownby slab, ed. Either a marriage certificate er o receipt shewing peyxsent ef real for • college apartSMOi trW oottofy the Utter reuuireotent The a thistle ticket hooka will ceet 84.98. It will cover all ver> alts football heese famse, pirn ."Br* egaed heate gamea, aad all home hoahetholl gaawo. They Mg ho iHirehaeoa either ot a apodal booth which wtll be sreot 4 la hbiea Hall dnriai regtetra- tloa (taiur.uy, or at the olktotle ticket efftee In froat ef Kyto September Events mee of The The BattaUra" v tember 8- 8t campus Will receive their ftrat copy w Monday afternoon, Sep tember II. The AggieUnd Orchestra wfll play for the Initial dance ef the fall eeoeen M the night ef Sep tember 19, following the South- weetern-AAM football game. . College Night will bo hold «n Srptrmber 17, precedtag the Southweeteoh Game. Daily Coverage of Stale* National, and International News Battalion Joins Associated Press on September 15 With the starting of Associated ■vaa leased wire service on Sep tember 18, The Battaliom will be red bv the wraM'a largest nows staff and the moot extensive bow* wire, cable, radio aad nirslsae faci lities Hi existence. A 900,000-mile network of ex clusively leased news wires in the United States, pins a global net work of regularly used cable, wlre- lera aad landline channels, will bring The Battalion within almost inetaataaaora touch with London, MOSCOW, Bombay, Tokyo and other world capitals, as wall as Wash mgton and owl own state capital at Aantin. ' v The AP has the only full-time direct news cable between New York yyi 'Leaden; has leased tele printer circuits from London to several European capitals, and re gularly uses many thousands of miles of cable and wirsiera chan nels around the world. Its domestic now* wtrw cries- crora the United State* like rail road track*. Main trunk lines rad iate frees Now York, Dallas. At lanta, Kansas City aad San Plan eiaeo, touching all major cities aad feeding newspaper* la between. Other wires carry new* ef purely local interest to parti mder regions aad states. An hep orient rtory Duns Now York, Ban Francisco, Chicago London can reach The Battalion tat a matter of minutes. It to trane- raitted into our office over auto matic teleprinters—machines that tap out the new* at the rate of 80 »rda a minute. Approximately MOO.OOO words jual to as van or eight average length novels—are carried over all these circuits every 24 hours. Of pending there; similarly a h. this daily volume, a selection of staff, for tho house; a White H< ef words will he routed special Texas AP man there to get the story. The Washington bureau several speriaUaed sections—a senate staff, which cover* the sen ate aad keeps up with legtolettow house into dm Battalion office. Thus, we win rwaira all the big new* simultaneously with ovary other AP paper hi the State. Thar* is an AP office in every key city in the United State* and abroad and In many ef the smaller eitiea. Hundreds of trained report er*, editor* mad photographer- on the job around the dock. | When new* of special inter est to rraden of The Battalion breaks at Washington than to s ton as the greatest collective journalistic achievement \m history —The Associated Press speedily re- bureaus in staff; others for the state depart ment, war department and other departments and agencies. Alee there is a special staff at correspondent* who Maoentrate on news of specific regions or states. Their sole function to to report news of interest to readers in the arm they are serving. One of them men, Tex" Easley, is la effect. The Battalion'* opedal correspondent In Washington. Following up its superior eov- erage of the war—hailed by edi- opened all its forbigu enemy and enemv occupied coun tries and set op many now ones Today The AP has aa oversea personnel of more than 989 full time lemployes, headed by ove 100 Americans with The Associat ed Press trebling at home that is ns sms ary fee qualify them for important assignments, phis of part time dost* la smaller cities over the globe. ^ • Associated Prcse war correspon- deate were killed during World War II aad several were wounded while carrying out their assign ments on the far-flung frente. sell. Mitchell, Walton, Law, Pur- year, Milner (third floor), aad Dorms 14 through 17. Keys also may be exchanged on August 29-80. Students will bo unable to move into BisseU and Mitcbcll became renovation* will not bo completed by that time. The other dornm, 14 through 17, Walton, Low, puryear, and RBaor (third floor< will b. for short course ^jmsommI •vaUahto' uatV'itoptembsr \V Students who will b* n.ahie tft move te their new room* before leaving have thi«0/9pMMFjH|r their clothing and equipment In MM ydlEB 'fnEl* wm jfnt leave all persons 1 belongings with boom friend *4o will live in Dorm* 1,1,1,1, or t, or Milner or UfM f next fall; or take all proiw-rty Home or place It in commercial storage If the ftoat option to chraora all f be pnrk.d tn boxes and loft aoafl% RUf the room. Thee each *' submit hie name and |to hia isepseflue Students are requseted not la remove any furniture or dormitory equIyiMnt when moving to another hull According te Rrmtcalr thix especially applies te diraaer draw ore. In the past much time amd ef fort has boon wasted hi eorrectiag this one thing.” Further information may ho ob- ined from any boumaanater, nemieaie tn Room 128, Dorm 4, or the Ho isiato Office in (loodwin ■iiik/’T , Swimming Carnival To Be Held Friday ed by the College St uoa Council wfll end Friday, Aug ust 89, at 7:30 pja. wKh a water carnival tn the P. I* Dcorua Mftda- tonum. Afl of the children who hanre received Instruction during the second half of the summer win taka part. » ' No admission '111