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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE
FRESHMAN
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Volume 47
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COLLEGE STATION (AnieUnd),
SUNDAY,
7, 1947
Number 24
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1200 New Students
Expected Today
Total Enrollment of 7300 Forecast
For 194748 Year; Vets Total 4300
An estimated 1,200 freshmen are expected to arrive at
the, A. & M. College Annex today, tL L. Heaton, Registrar <rf
that College, announced Friday afternoon.
Of that number, 200 are veterans and 1,000 are 1947 high
school graduates, Heaton stated.. One hundred and
■twslvb other freshmen who are athletes will be housed on
the main college campus.
In anticipated enrollment for the 1947-48 school year,
on forccaat 7.600 stodsnts» - ■
to class
its ars pre
dicted la the freshman class; l (KK)
In the sophomore class; 1,760 In
the Junior class; 1,650 In the senior
elate; 1'*> five-year students and
too vteduals stiidsslsi ,
, TTis differenee la the l.ilixi fresh-
the annea and antunpaled
i the freshman class lies la
fast thM fteffiaiHlM «■£
plaesd la lhe latter sate*
his |mup uf 1,100 frete'
old rsturninf studanls
tHtllese hackymiiei
»• adoiui^slly
Kmen, in »«l*ti»iitn Irn
a '
fit.
HTte
I sifned Up at
ier term on /
day
Full Schedule Slated at Annex
For Freshman Week, Sept 7-13
Betfinninj?' at 1 p. m. today
and continuing through Satur
day, September 13, an orien
tation program for freshmen
at the A. A M. College Annex
will get underway. Planned b;
Early predictions estimated that
A SM would have an enrollment of
8 400 this fall. This prediction of
July 1 has Si ace decreased to the
1,600 fifure
rrsshmsn students An-
asa will register Saturday mom-
Inf, heglaalnf at • am The en
tire INuoedure printed In brief oa
!*•«• 4 Of this Issue, will he cam
ducted la the gymnasium
MfMlrttlan of new and old rm
tUflAf atudenls an Hie mam eam>
|h»s stwi will he Held tel heniem
her II in IttUaa H»U TWsWm.
Mis all tlnse eludenla who were
Mt pNMl lB tehaw iurm* the
wiimTnwr mi
neafl-
six -man committee,
ed by Dr. John P. Abbott,
Assistant to the Dean of the
College, Freshman Week has
been arranged to acquaint new
students with college ways of
life,
During the seven-day period
freshmen will be familiarised with
the functions and activities of va
nous collsgs offices so that they
may more readily become a part of
campus Ilfs.
Saterteinawnt for Freshman
Week has been scheduled under the
auepleea of the Student Activities
OfflreTwIth C. 0. ••Spike" White,
dimeter, In ehsrge.
Frem 1 to It p m. today, studanls
should fir»i uliinin room ssaign-
msnte M the Office of Student
Affair*, Ineated In the Admintstrs
tiaa Builduir OeiHMiia nlan iwey
he msdc wiOi (he Fleenl l>«|Hiri
MUteinKIKT fHHM ttlU IINinT
are L%r>i eif
the ecM uf
August ao
•four hundred and fifty of
nber wore veteran students,
all-total veteran enrollment
of 4,600 is anticipated, with a Ca
det Corps of 8,600.
The number of new high school
graduates entering A. 4 M this
year Is approximately the same as
last Heaton said. About 1.113
students last out of high school
are expected this fall, a compari
son with 1,160 from test year.
Prexy’s Reception
To Be Friday Night
All freshmen students at the
A. 4 M. Annex will have an op
portunity to meet President and
Mrs. Qtbb Qtlchnst and the deans
of their respective schools at a re
ception to be held Friday evening
at 7:30 p.m.
The President's Reception will he
held in the Student Recreation
Center at the Annex, and all fresh
men are urged to attend.
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Religious Emphasis
Week Held Yearly
Through the cooperation of all
mllsioun groups, on the campus,
A. A M. students and faculty mem.
ben annually eponeor “Religiou*
Empheaia Week ,f during the early
part of the spring mmeteer.
An outstanding national speaker
Is secured to deliver the principal
address, and every religious group
is represented with a speaker for
the morning sessions
Meal Hours For
Freshman Week
Meal heura during Freshman
Week will be as Mow; break
fast. 4:45 to 7:46; dinner. 11 U
1; sad sapper, 6 to 7. Mssb will
be served cafeteria style, stare
facilities la the mess hall can
not accommodate sH fresh asm
• t on* time.
i President Gilchrist Welcomes You
m a
Welcome to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas We are happy you have selected
this institution as the one In which you expect to spend some of the most important years of your
life. We know you are here because of a very serious intention to apply yourself diligently to the
pursuit of an education for your lift's work.
To get full benefit from your years of study win mean diligence and sacrifice, and this means
nothing bos than to hasp your work up-to-date and put your studies above everything. You should
know that In the past not quits four of each ten entering freshmen have gone through to the com
pletion of their course. The serious purpose of many entering students during the past few years has
indicated a change for the better In this ratio. Each and everyone of you should determine right
now that you are going to graduate and that the accomphehment of your purpoee will be Ineurad
by day to day diligence and earaeot Intention.
On our part no effort will be spared to make your stay at A. A M. both pleasant and profitable.
Our facilities have been crowded and they will be no again this year. This makes it necessary for
cleeece to be hold at the AAM. Annex. Wo hope this will be the test year these facilities will be
needed, but by using them now ere make it possible for many other students, principally veterans, to
take advantage of their opportunity to complete their course at A.AM.
Wc hope you will acquaint yourselves with the College's regulations and particularly the Basic
Policy. This applies to the President of the Colbge and the rtaff Just the same as it applies to
you. Let's work together toward the greater objectives and the fine purposes of this Institution to
the honor and glory of the great State of Texas and of A. A M
Cordially youra,
GIBB GILCHRIST.
President.
merit at that time. At 6 p. m. sup
per will be served in the annex
mess hall. ] l
A general assembly will be held
at 7 tonight on the south side of
the chapel, with Dr. M. T. Barring,
ton, Dean of the School of Arts
mm Scisnees, prusldiaf •
Monday Activities /•
From 8 to 5 Monday, students
will be tested in the gymnasium
according to the following sched
ule: 8 to 10, 12:80 to 8:40—students
A-L indosive; 10 to 12, 2:40 to 6—
students M-J inclusive When ptu-
dents an- not being tested, they
nay obtain their uniforms and pay
fees at the Fiscal Office.
Tbs tests, seven In number, are
prepared by the American Council
o« Education. They are given to
every new student with the idea of
finding out if he is suited to hu
pgrtbular course of study.
Lunch wil) be served »t 11 s. m
t« Students whose surname# begin
kith A through L, and at II noon
14 M wteMPi 1 MimwIA ; -
At 8 p. m sujiper will he served
Frem 7 u. k, Dean YUrHhgten
will preside nl another genevnl m
•emhly on the •nuth (tele nf o>.
#h«pef The weltotnmg address will
he wnde by F, (', Rollon, H«v««
live Vice President nnd Dee
in of
TMiheoka should he put
•nly after a conference
advisor on Thursday or
the College. Principal speaker for
the evening will be Tyree L. Hal),
Class of 'li, member of the A. A M.
Beard of Direct on. His subject
will be "What it Means- To Ba An
Ante."
Entertainment by ths Offlc< of
Btddont Activities has been ached
uted for 8 p. m. at the Student
Recreation Center.
l ur-dsy Happenings
Placement and guidance testa
will continue from 8 to 8 In the
gym, with students A through L
slated from 8 to 10, and students
M through Z from 1 to 8. Students
not being teeted may obtain uni-
forms and pay fees.
StudenU M through Z will eat at
11 a. m., and A through L students
at 12 noon. Suppvr will be twred
in the mess hall from 6 to 7.
Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy,
talking on “Stedent Activities at
A. A M. « ollege," will be prmnpai
speaker at a general assembly from
7 to 8. Dr. Abbott will
Another evening of
meat will begin at 8 st the Student
Recreation Center.
Wednesday Detags
Students M to Z ifcttlualve will
be tested in the gym from 8 to 11
snd will eat lunch at 12 noon. Test,
mg of itodsnte A through L will /
take place from 1 to 4, after they
eat lunch at 11 a. m.
From 3 to 6 softball will W play
ed, snd all freshmen an urged to
participate.
The WedneoAsfy night general aa-
■*»My Will begin at 7:80 on the
south side of the chapel, wKh M. L.
Cushion, Secretary of the campus
YMCA. presiding. As a part of
Church Night, refreshments will
be served, and students will have
sn opportunity to meet the minis-
ten of their rvspectiv* denomina-
lional groups.
. JlNftiiUF Activities
Thursday morning will be de
voted to advisory artivitiev al
wMah Mm* new ahidsnta will meet
4t tha
fallowing Whedutei I teV-Dwte
fTw, mumwTiMmi«TRufftiteor.
iut, gymuiilimi I it lo- IWap c.
Ii. lk#HM»ok« Rakaol af Agnaul
ilt* roBmiiigfj i»:
hwd MMIm.
rmm 1 te fe hpw aludruu Will
I meet with advianM,
laifv at Ute thufiday nlkht Mte
Mil Msemhly, be|ltinlnc at 7, Me
will be followed bpjOaLv. f. Malay,
fk. Commandsnt dnd Frofeaaar m
MlHtery Brlence fcd TacUata m
will speak on "MlllUry Science at
A. A M. College.
A program to Milt all types of
audiences has haan booked by the
Office of Sludanl Actfritiee and
Will begin at 8 in the Student Cen-
Friday Funotions
From 6 to 11 and 1 to I, students
will again meet with advisors.
That evening at 7:80 President
and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist will be on
hand at the Recreation Center to
welcome all new students.
Saturday Registration
Rarjatration, baginning at 8 a.
m., will take place in tim gymna
sium. Direction* can be found else
where in this issue.
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Sunday Charrh
At 9:80
Sunday
See FRESHMAN WEE
ing
church
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Students Publish Daily Paper, Annual, Three Magazines
A daily paper
TALION, a
TUB LONQHOl
THE BAT-
coUege yearbook,
HORN, M ‘
and thm*
bimonthly maeaxlnes, THE
E N OI N E E R. THE AORI-
CULTURI8T, and THE COM
MENTATOR, art published
throughout the uchool yuar by
ttudenU of A.AM.
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THR BATTALION
One week from today, THE
BATTALION will become a five-
times.#, week newspaper With the
aid of lease-wire news coverage
from Associated Press, now bstag
Installed, THE BATTALION will
be able to do Its part to keep Ag
gies the best-lnformed college stu-
dents anywhere, so far as current
events are concerned.
Each day's issae will be avail
able, Monday through Friday, in
ths dormitories at the annex shout
7 p. m. Coat of subscriptions is In
cluded In ths student aetivitlee fee.
THE BATTALION—known sim
ply as “THE BATT" to generations
of Agfke—has come a long Way
since it was founded in 18 l .U It i*
now the official newspaper of the
TexaslL A M. College and the city
of College Station. Every student
is exported to read THE BATT
carefully, for important official
notices are freouenily printed in
its columns, and failure to m
notice is not an excuse for failure 1 and the annex will be
to take proper aetteu. . (of THE BATTALION.
Campus events, including activ
ities . at the annex, will b# fully
covered by THE BATTALION. Al
though world-wide nows coverage
is being added, the fundamental
business of the jmper will still be
to keep all Aggies Informed of
events whick concern students of
the college.
Editors of THE BATTALION |
feature stories, plus serious "think-articlos"
In the above-named fields. In order
Freshmen with come high'school 7 proper balance, many
experience desiring to Join THE will have rapraecnte-
BATTALION staff are asked to t,v 7 ° n COMMENTATOR
see Ann Hilliard, hostess st Bryan ctaff-
ness manager wiU be Howard W.' and
Spencer.
THE COMMENTATOR will have
Its office on the second floor of
Goodwin Hall, student publics!ion*
this year will be Chqrlle Murray
Field. She may be contacted at the
Student Center Experience ns an
nex reporters might lead to lm>
portent positions on THE BAT
TALION staff In later yean.
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THE COMMENTATOR
A. D. Bruce, Jr., business ad
ministration student, ha# been nam
ed editor of the new publication,
with J. T. Miller, economics ma
jor, as managing editor. The bust-
of Eagle Pass, a veteran student. . ^ tmk
and Jimmie Nelson of Stamford, a rnwSrvTATOR
r of the Cadet Corps. They ^ tb/i A^M c.mDu. hi.
■Hir* „ ku *i..t__i w_.j*vi on tile A. A H, campus tnts
were elected by the student body
last spring.
Managing editors of the paper,
each one of whom is responsible
for one Issue a week, will be David
Heligman of Edna, Farris Block
of Port Nechcn,T T. Miller of
Dallas, and Duke Hobbs of Pecos.
Business manager will be Maurice
Howell, and circulation will be
handled , by D. W. Springer of
Wsxshachie.
Feature editor will be Mack T.
Nolen (Ivan Yantia), assisted by
Louis Morgan; and Vick Lindley
of Bryan will be telegraph editor.
In charge of sports will bo Paul
Martin, a veteran student from
Fort Worth. He will be assisted
by Don Engelking, Arthur How
ard, and Larry Goodwyn.
Pictures of life at Aggieland
campus
1 fall. With an editorial content
ranging from light fiction to solid
articles on economics, the maga-
sine is intended to fill a gap be
tween two existing student maga*
sine., THE ENGINEER and THE
AGRICULTURIST, which are pub
lished by students In the Schools
of Engineering and Agriculture,
raaMravaly. THE COMMENT A-
TOR la Intended to have a broad
policy ao that it will be of interest
to all A.AM. students, ex-students,
and faculty member*.
As the name implies, THE COM
MENTATOR will not be limited to
campus horixons, but will comment
extensively on nations! and world
events, in the fields of business,
science, economics and literature.
It is expected that THE COM
MENTATOR will carry light
tides of general interest and fk
ar-
fiction
BRUCE, JR
headquarters
Subscription price for THE
COMMENTATOR will be 60 cents
for ths school year.
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THE ENGINEER
Of special Interest to frethtnsn
engineering students Is THR TKX.
AH AAM ENGINEER. Revived last
raring after a war-time absence,
THE 1947-48 ENGINEER will be
edited by Jack M. Huddleston, Jr*
architectural student from Shreve
port, Louisians, snd Henry Gil
christ, civil engineering student
from College Station.
Gene Doggett, senior veteran
from Hamilton, will serve as busi
ness manager until mid-terra, at
which time Jim Kelly, of Peeoa,
will take over.
This bi-monthly magastne, pub
lished by and for engineering stu
dents at A. A M., brings to the
reader artkclee of varied and In
teresting nature. In the first Issue,
which will be off the press early
in October, will be messages from
successful engineers, two pages of
slide rule short cuts for quick ref
erence, snd an article about the
$100,000 network calculator
centiy installed In the Electrical
Engineering Building
Most staff
lost
members are juniors
seniors representing aQ tea
engineering departments, but con.
tribution* are received from all stu
dents. Each article submitted re
ceives careful consideration af the
editors
StudenU interested in magasine
work on THE ENGINEER art ura.
ed to | Maks contributions Ip the
form of articles, suggestions for
future articles, and Utter* to ths
editor which may lead to a subee-
MMAt staff position, THE ENlil
NEER office Is located on the sec
ond floor of Goodwin Hall.
A subscription to THR ENGI
NEER coots 80 cents for the en
tire school year.
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THR AGRICULTURIST
THE TEXAS A. A M. AGRI
CULTURIST Is a student publics
lion published bi-monthly for stu
dente enrolled In the Bthool of
Agriculture.
The purpose of THE AGRICUL
TURIST la not only to provide
training facilities for students in
terested In agricultural Journalism,
but also to praeent a variety of
agricultural material to tit* student
for bis general information
Material used in THE AGRI
CULTURIST is collected, written,
and edited by agricultural students
Roger B. Let*, senior student in
Agricultural Education from Old
Glory, Texas, will be editor of the
magasine for the coming school
■Maa4Mh
student In Animal Husbandry from
Port Worth, will be business man
ager,
Active participation In the func
tions of THE AGRICULTURIST
is unlimited. Any agricultural stu
dent. regardlssi of academic das. ,
sification, la urged te write art tries
for the magasine.
Htere are positions open to am
bitious student# mIm wish to be
come members of the ’ editorial
are needad In the
rtpitp.
tural fiction, and
These positions
open to both veteran and non-
veteran stu dents. ]/
Subscriptions far the 1947-48
aohp*l year may bo purchased at
registration The ‘price will be 60
fear,
THE AGR1-
In Room 808,
ft
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THR LONUHOR
5 LONGHORN ts
beet record of hi
at A. iM. Edite
HORN
he stu-
hls by-gone
Edited entirely
ygj__
by studente, it presents a running
aoeodat of the school year, Includ
ing pictures of itudonte. athletic
is, campas activities, senior
of
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year, and Bob 8.
favorites, an
the college
THE 1947
is supposed
tee PUBI
LONGHORN, which
to arrive from the
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CHARLIE MUEBAY < »
Battalion Co-Editor
JIMMIE
Battaltao
TOMMY JOHN
lioaghoni Co-Editor
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LIB WILLIAMSON
I kern Ce-Editor
HENBY GILCHRIST
Engineer Co-Editor
JACK MUDDLEBTOH, JR.
Engineer Ce-Editor
Af
ROGER R. LET*
inmimriRi
Editor