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The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE tSTF.HF.ST OF A CHEATER ARM COLLEGE
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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
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