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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1947)
\ * '# It r 1 ; * I 1 T-**r ■ [ K u~ I i. f-j f r. 7 ;• • A 7a r/ T/t A/m//f r\ I'.’/miV I /{ 7/ % Wfy' PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A AM COLLEGE Volume 47 COLLEGE STATION (AfgleUnd), TEXAS, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER Ifl. 1947 Numbe r 26 Sophomores to Be Selected for New I Intramural Jobs v Tactical Officers, Dormitory Assignments Are Announced 4 1^91 A meeting of all sopho mores interested in becoming ice ] ^ Lead Regiments , Grady Elam Jot ( ullinan ( Undr Hunt) n Three-fold Charter Fdr College Group Set Up in Wisconsin SerioiiN Altitude of Convention Kelated IIv Three Aggie l)elegat<‘« A conutitution to brn^don edu-1 win. The (lolrgatrn, N. R leather- rational opp*»rtunHi«‘ii for Antrri- I wood, Joe ( oliinan. and Hauda tyn, arroiApaniati by Grady can atttdrnt*. climinatr economic, •» , rcligioua, and racial farrier* to ‘ education, and impCo^r the tyjK* of education now available waa adopted by the National Student* Awwociation in Madi»dn, Wiwcon- *in during the fir*t week in Sep tember. : , > Three delegate* fmoi AAM at ■ tended the constitutional panted by Grady Elm* of the Student Activities Of ficc, reported a *#riou« and deter mined approach to the problem of raising *rihola«tic wtandanls and l»ettenng condition*. Approximately 800 delegate*, representing an eat'rpaicd 800.048) *tu<ient* from 43 state*, worked F I jd ‘ mores imerestea in oecommg « • ■ intramural managers will be, LeWIS aVUl ^hanilOn held at the intramural office in DeWare Field House Wednes day afternoon at 5 p.m., accordi to an announcement by C. i w mr • '" r ” lor In New Promotions “An unlimited number of aopho- more* will be accepted for try- ’* outs which will laat until December 20. At that time 20 of the top men ’• will I*) selected to serve the rest of the semester,” White stated. Sophomore intramural manager* will a**i*t junior managers in scheduling eeents, filling out league sheets, and making score cards. In addition, they will ref eree. keep time or help score on the contests in the sport to which they are assigned. At the end of two seme*ter*’ service, each sophomore manager will be awarded an intramural sweater. From them- $0 sophomore man agers, nine junior manager* will J£j be selected, four of whom will serve the following year in the capacity of senior intramural man ager.*' "We think the program can of fer much to hby* who enjoy ath letic* and feed the need of an ex tra-curricula activity to balance their college aativities," Spike con cluded. | eonven tion. Which was held en the cam- ’ night and day on the constitution pun of. the University of Wiscon- The week waK tightly-packed with j panel*, discussions, and confer- ehces. The idea for the NSA originated News in Brief REt ES8ION COMING? WASHINGTON. Sept 1« (AIM Senator Pepper ID-Kks) said to day there i* no hope for any effort to check rising living cost* and with the American delegates to the World Student Congress held in Prague in 1946. Jim Smith, ex- president of the Universitir of Texas student body, directed the N. R. 1-eathrrwood Iowa State Prof To Teach Genetics Rotiert R. Shrode, who recently Tcasippers" Riot 4t Registration AUSTIN, Tex.. Sept. Ifl.—<AP) —A “registration riot” tempor arily disrupted student registra tion at the University of Texas yesterday afternoon. Shirts and dresses were report- G«ne E. Lewis and Ralph L. Shannon will lead the Third and Fourth Regimental Head- qaurters, reflectively, accord ing to Cot. G. S. Meloy Jr., com mandant. They will hold the ranks of lieutenant colonel in their new po sitions. Serving as executive officer of the Third Regiment will be Major Jack F. Andrews, with Captain Gordon W. Lawson as adjutant. On the Fourth Regimental Head quarters staff will be Major Rich ard C. PratVr, eX4?cutive, and Cap tain William I. Compton, adjui tant. leading the Engineer Battalion Headquarters staff will be Major Edward A. Pela, commander, who replaced Prater, transferred to the Fourth Regiment. Captain William P. Dickson of Waco wa* appointed commanding officer of Battery A, Field Artil lery, taking the place of James C. Winkler. Other promotion* included on the latest list of appointments are as followt 1st Sgt. John K. Orr and 8 Sgt. Charles W, Measley, Flight A, Air Force; 1st 8gt. Arch K. Jaeob»on and 8/Sgt. Troy N. Crook, Flight B, Air Force; and 1st Sgt. Randolph W r . Barker and 8 Sgt. John W\ Lincoln, of Flight C, Air Force. ♦ (Information for th* following article waa received front the Office of the Commandant. Since thia writing, dormi tory aaHignments have been reviaed, but no word waa re ceived by The Battalion on changes. A revised atory will be published tomorrow if by that time permanent dormitories have been assigned to unit*.) Tactical officers and dormitory assignments for eddet organizations have been announced by Col G. S. Meloy, Jr., commandant and professor of military science and tactics. _ Dormitory 12 will house the corps staff and the senior organizations, with Captain l^ester W..Stiles assigned as tac tical officer. Hid office W *N ^ * n Ropra 128, Ihirm 12. The first floor will be used by the corps Former AAA Man completed work for a Ph. D. de- ed torn when an estimated 1,000 w fXCC 9 grcc from Iowa State College in studonts stormed into the fqyer IVnfMIS I 'A\\ fltllCP animal breeding, ha* been appoint- of the main buQding to receive pre- , w ed to teach genetics and do re- Hminary registration carda and * search work in animal breeding, time tickets determining order of Eugene Rush, a former employee according to C. B. Godbey, head registration for today. | of the Agricultural Adjustment of the genetic* department. Howard Calkins, registration *u- Administration at College Station. Shrode was horn in Oolorado pervisor. said the students entered has opened a law office in the National Continuation* Committee an d received a B. S. degree in a mob instead of forming or- Casey and Spark* Building above until a constitution could be drawn ! iin j rna i husbandry from Colorado A. j d«rly line*. , | the Aggiciand Pharmacy at the up IA M. in 1943. He minored in stat- | North Gate. physiology lt a The office opened for business on September 1. staff; Company A. senior unit, will live on the second floor and half of the third floor; and Company B will be housufi on the other half of the third floor and the fourth floor. In Dorm 10, Company C, Infan try will live on the first floor, Com- e my B on the second floor, and ompany A on the third floor. Battery A. Field Artillery will »t«y on the fourth floor. CgptaJn Stiles also will be in charge of Dotm 10. Batteries E. D, C, and B, Field Artillery will live on the first, sec ond, third, and fourth floors of Dorm 8, respectively. Tactical of. ficer will Iw Lt, Col, Fninl den, Jr, whose office wi Room I IT. - Tioop A, Cavalry wllf live on the first floor of Dorm fl, with C, B, and A, Air Force on the sec ond, third, and fourth floors, re- Mmtiv.ely, Lt. Col. Vaden will be is charge of Dorm 6. also. Tn»<*p* B and A, Cavalry will live on the first and second floor* of Dorm 4, renpectively. The Signal Corps and Army Security units. Company A, Composite, will be on the third floor, with Company B. / Lcland Appointed President of l S Aceounting Group T. W. Leland head of the Department of Busim'ss and Accounting, wan Harm'd presi dent of the American Ac counting Associa'iim during their annual convention held in New York Decently. I-eland has been a mcmlier of this organization spice 1922, serv ing as vicc-preaidept in 1944 and director of research In 1946. The association |s composed of 3,000 accounting teachers, putylta and private ar< oustants, and hr* countants in government service. Since 1938, Lcland has Iwcn «4di- tor of the “Texas Accountant,’* official publication the Tcfa# Society of Certified Public ke- countanta. He also i*di|a -the Stu dents’ Department of The Journal of Accountancy, and “ContemBMW ______ | _ ary Accounting’’, a refresher Composite, Quartermaster and nk 8 V»- Hlt 'be in Finishing touches are now be- istic* and veterinary __ __ _ “the American people might ju*t applied to the constitution ami at Iowa State and n-ceive<t an M. I f|\4 fl I IQ 11 I W*L as well g«*t ready for another re- wi |j b,. distribute*! within the S. degrm- in animal bree*iing from ■'Jvvil liail 1 It l\t l.w cession. ’ j next two weeks for approval by! that institution in 1946. His mas- ' ■ rail ■ The Florida lawmaker told re- t he :tfi4) colleges ami universities ter's thesis work on correction far- I In Volz* I I* i ■ *1 \ porG-r* the Repuhliran-eontrolb-*! „f SSA. A six-months' periml tors for age and daily milking fro- maj Cqngres* U to blame. of consideration has been altovi** d ! quency in dairy cattle , will soon But Senator Brewvter (R-M«-) f or the student bodies to doliber- ; be inibiished. said that so far as food prices a t t . the financial commitments and Shrode prepared a review of members of the college may reserve partment, he vwa* assigned to head are concerned, they 4re high be- benefit* involved. cattle genetics for the first vol- Town Hall tickets l»eginning Thurs course for public accountant* Among the offices Lcland has hekl are; president of the Texas Association of Instructor* jn Ac counting, 1926-27; president of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1933-86; ami *ocre- tary-treasurer of that group since 1938. He fs a graduate of the Uni versity of Wtneonrai, where he re ceived his Bachelor and Master of Arts Degrees. Ho worked on his Doctor’s Degree at the ViWversity of Pennsylvania and in 1928 re ceived his Certified Public Ac countant certificate. Rush obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933 from the Uni versity of Texas, ami the follow ing year, he began work with the Department of Agriculture. Dur- . P a t Teaching ami non-teaching Staff ing hi* employment with the de- " e ** . *? r 7 W ^S**"*' * n 1 1946 he organix#d the Busmens In 1922, Inland joined the De partment of Accounting and Stat istics at A. & M. and became Head of that Departirjcnt in 1926, Transportation on the fourth floor. Major John H. Willard, whose of fice is in Room 128, Dorm 4, will b c tact ion! officer. Companies A and B, Engineers will live on the first and second floors of Dorm 2, with Company C, Composite on floors three and four. This composite company will be • composed ot Ordnance and Chemical Corpa ROTC students. Major Willard will De in charge of Dorm 2. Dorm 11 will house Company A, Veterans, on the first floor and the band on the top three floor*. Captain Stiles, in Dorm 12, will ■ be in charge of the first floor, with Bill Welsh of Berea ColleiU'. umo ^ n, ‘ w P u Wlieatio«l Ad- day, September 18 at 8. These res- cause the Truman administration is shipping too fnuch food to Eu- Kentucky! was elected pre*idsint"of ****** »" Genetic*, which appear-! ervations mav be made by photiir.g rope Und other arras, Formerly a regional ^ varly in 1947. On the basis of 4-5324, or becoming by the Stu- Pepper seoffnl at Ibis, saying: ; Welsh h-ut l M w. n active hi* research work, he wa* made dent Aetivitias Office in ‘We’ve got to he1|> those |H*<»pie un th( . ,.’ xtH . uUva committee work I » member of Sigma Xi. honorary 209, Goodwin Hall. IliHim more, not le»*. If we want to stop j j (r Communism, we’ve got to make the pa*t year. capitalism of Europe work." , j Shrode will teach genetics 306, Stod -nt ArtiviUM Uflka wiU hold to Cuba a* a member of the Board I Ufe will begin at 6:45 a m. and end at 10:30 p m. five days a week — 4 nild <1 OlAld p I fl,.* it 1 u 1 a .a a _ _ f ^ ' ti\r r%t t hi* rVaMBM t tnfrarunMt r^rAtirarf scientific remareh society at Iowa Choice seatf will »*• given on a State College. 1 first come - first served basis. The quarter* in College Station from •"‘j Accounting Departm cut, 1935-38 which he now head*. In June, 1938 he was transferred j to Washington, D. (., when* he re- | mained until 1943. While in Wash ington, he received his LL B de gree from George Washington University. In 1943 he was sent & Lt. Col. Vergnc Adams, band di rector, in charge of hi* unit, office will remain in Room Dorm 11. The second floor of Dorm 9 will house Company B. Veteran*, and Lt. Col. Vaden, in Room 117, Dorm 8, will be tactical officer. Schedule of Calls TRACTOR KILLS MAN HRY \N, Tex.. Kept U <\H> John Coleman Helm, 12 died in a ho*|dUl toda) of tn|urir» suf fered Saturday nltfht »hrn a (rartor overturne«l while hr was Irylnx to null a ear from a ditch. He was a native of Hill count)'. dent* As«<« iation, it was ilevided at the cOhVention, and hendquart 1 r* will be at the University of Wia- cooem at Madison. IrOfi^honiM Slid I hrf‘l* NN erkn ()ff 616, and 618 the aeats teserveil for three days Senior Glass To Meet Wednesday _JR/AfNM RIGHT BAY RUN The 1947 Luighorn will noi Iw fXlKRICANA, TeX , Hept Ifl available for delivery for thn-e (AP) -lien. Jonathan M Main- mor* Weeks. It wa* learned ye*, weight has said he will roofer t«rday from the Gulf Publishing with <Jov. Branford H. Jester here , U«m|u»ny in Houston, and will mail the tieketa upon ic- ceipt of a > hack or money order. Reserved seat season ti'keta will rust $1150 each. If the n mittanc; is not rreeivuri within thrm- day* after the reswrvation is made, the tirket will go on sale to aomeoi)* The first meet ing of the senior else, class la scheduled for rt pm, Wed The first arttat «*n the 1947 48 ne*day evening, areording to an Town Hall Calendar will lie Tom •tnnoutM• ment by Senior Ula*" Heott, folk singer, who will aptiear i’resitlent Klmo Livingston. on the singe of Gulon Hall Oeto- Th< Mieetlng. to be held in the | a ,r )|e will lie followeil by surh Assembly Hall, is piimardy for the notable* as ChrUtophrr Lynch, purpo*e of ela** organisation ao France* GreTf, 8i<lney Foster, ha today before milking any Mate- The publishers, who were phon-’la* to get ao early atari toward Ritchell. Isaac Rtem. and Harry ment «n hi* po*«jhh> < andidney f«it ih! yesterday regarding t-he not-yct-j the handling <*f many early senior Noble. This year’s program will the United States Senate. received annual*. atatiMl that mi* activities, Livingston added. he rounded out by five well-known Waipwright and Jester were to baps in printing The Ixmghom Livingston urgwl all member* of rhoral group*: the Amhasaadnrs participate in rerrmnnie* opr-ning were resfainsihle for the tlelay, the senior class to attend so cor- of Song, Madrigal Singer* of the annual Corsicana Live*lock Upon arrival of The Ixmghorti. reel class opinion* might be reach- North Texas State College, T8CW and*Agriculture Sh<mr today. student* will -be notified in The ed on many of the important issues Modem Choir, Singing Cadets, and ■ The retired commdnder of U. S. | Battalion. that face this year’s aenior*. • 1 Westminster Choir, force* on Corrvgidor ami Bataan early in World War II has said he will run .“if the people of Texas i desire it.” of Economic Warfare, returning to for members of the Cadet Corp*. according to information received the United State* in 1944. Since that time he ha* practicing law in Dallaa. been from O. 8 Meloyj Jr., commandant. On Saturday, first call will be at 7.43. with tap* a$ 11 p.p). The complete schedule of ralla la as follows; High School and College English Coordinated in Proposed Plan High school student* will re-1 fields. I term in reading analysis based on reive adequate preparation for col-i To teach the student to write Hrt >cle« from reputable maga.mes. . lege English under a program well, it ts recommended that a . , . . . , , submittefl to Texas English teach- minimum of eight themes be writ aimwi at rompre- ers for their adoption this year, | ten each of the last four school hcn * ,on * n d vocabulary should he This program has been proposed year*. A total of 1.000 words should * ,ven ^f for * *“2, c *** a* a meant of iategratMC the, be written each of the first two on "“ding aaaignment* is held, in the wake of i typho«»n. left teaching of English in high school* years, and a total of 2,000 words nearly 1.700 Japanese dead or and college*, according to Dr. T. F., each of the last two years. COl- miaaing and damaged some 100.- Mayo, head of the AAM English lege freshmen should be required 000 house*. j department and chairman of the to write 20 themes totaling not less — ten-member committee which has than 8,000 words. HURRICANE NEAR FLORIDA studied the problem. Realizing Themes should be fairly simple, °f College Teacher* of MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 1« <AP)— that a minority of high achool on subjects within the student’s English was announced in April High seaa and increasing winds graduates aktend college, the com own experience, observation, and 2j000 J A 1*8 DROWN TOKYO. SeptJ 16 (Al»)— Thousand* of JapancHr worked tonight erecting temporary dikes in an effort to stem floods aters 20 mile* north of Tokyo as un official estimates placed the number of dead and missing at 2.266. Earlier iaeomplete American military government reports said the flood waters, rising on the broad plain nerth of Tokyo ‘Rahy Room' Added Fo Campus Theatre The Campus Theatre has Juat completed a two-week wleeora- tion, kneltuling a new color motif, conee**ion tiooth, and "hahy n»om. The ao called baby room, for crying youngster*, enable* moth ers to view the screen ami hear the actors without disturbing the audience. This newest addition to the Campus Theatre is the first such innovation in any theater in this area. Movement of the concession booth into a rounder! portion near the ticket window provides more space in the lobby. The other round ed booth at the entrance is for the storage of metal letter* for the marque. The interior of the theater has been repainted a deep turquoise, with decoration* in gray and Chi nese red. Monday through Friday Malurday Monday First Call .jl]8i43 fl 43 . 7:45 Reveille jf! 6 45 • 46 7:45 Assembly M< »a Call 6.37 • .57 7 32 . J | 718) 7 00 7.33 Mess Call . t .j 12 1)3 12 Oft 12 26 Assembly Firs! Call ., 11 08 12 08* 12 13 i 6 20 5 23 3 15 Assembly * fl 22 3 27 517 Kelreat . J fl 23 3 30 5 30 Mess Call , fl 28 3:33 3 33 Call to Quarters . : 7 no 12:00> a so Assembly 4 7 0ft / ' / a 33 j Tattoo 10 83 /_/- 11:00 j Tsps ... .Lidbo 12 30 11 00 The English section of the Texas State Teacher* Association ap proved this program in its entire ty at their annual meeting last November. Approval by the Texas along the Atlantic seaboard from mittee included in their proposal reading. Each theme, after being West Palm Beach. Fla., to Cape only such procedure* that would criticized and marked, should be Hatteras, N. were predicted benefit the terminal students as revised by the student for regrad- today as % violent tropical hurri- well as thosu- planning on taking ing. It is also suggested that the cane remained nearly stationary advanced work. j aid of other departments be en- about 260 miles cai* of West Palm It is the aim of thia program to listed in an effort to Impress upon Beach in the Atlantic. stress dear, conciae, and correct the students the importance of cor- Residents along the 860-mile writing ba»ed upon a functional atrotch of coast line were advised knowledge of the fundamentals of to stand by for a possible hurri- Erfglish, and to stress effective, cane at the storm, slowing . comprehenaive and enjoyable read- its forward pace bat unchanged’ in ing ao the student may know the intunslty, crept on its west north main points, of what he should read west course, ' 'within his owa age and interest rectly written and spoken English. Realising that mental develop ment depends greatly on a person’s ability to read, the committee rec- Members of the committee, in addition to Ufo. are: Dr. C. L. Cline. University of Texas; W. A. Ransom, North Texas Agricultural College; Miaa Mattie Swayne, West Texas State Teachers Coltogc; William H. Vann, Mary Hardin Baylor College; Miss Tommie Clack, Abilene high schools; Miss Adele Epperson, Dallaa high schools; Mrs. Alice McDaeid, Ama rillo high schools; Miss Ollie Strat- ommends that all high school Ju- ton, San Antonio high schools; and ntor and aenior classes and college Mias Irene Walker, Texarkana l fresh men do four aeeigfimenu each high schools. Ag Staff Meeting Set for Thurndav AH agricultural students who are on the editorial staff of The Agri eulturist and all who wish to play an active part in edit’ng the bi monthly magazine will meet in Room 207, Goodwin Hall Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. Roger B. Letz, Agriculturist edi tor, urges all student* who worked with the magazine during the spring semester to attend. For Current, Light Reading, Try 1947-48 Laundry'Schedule By Arthar C. Mann J Yet Village turn in laundry in the Hot off the pfeese* is the best shed behind Project House ipO, of the current season’s light read- hut on this schedule: A through L ing: the new laundry *ch»Bale! I on Friday and M through * on For sheer readability nothing Tuesday; then .call for laundry at quite compares With its force and Station 2. Use white tickets printed vigor. Many’s th# night I’ve curled In red. up before a cheery fir* with my Day Students take tbeir dirty pipe and slipper* and read the | thing* to the west end of PG Hall, laundry schedule till dawn. Man.: A through L on Friday and M Sick Call From 8 to 5 Sick call at the college hospital will be from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m except on Saturday and Sunday Dr. John F. Marsh, physician, has announced. Sick call on Saturday will be from 8 to 12, and on Sunday by appointment. Emergency ei will be handled at any time. it’s fascinating! The new 1947-48 edition hoils down to this: A. B. C, D, turn in laundry Friday. R. P, G. H. I, turn in laundry Monday { J. K. L. M. N. tarn hi laundry Tuesday; O, P. Q. R. S. tarn in lanndry Wednesday; T, U. V. W, X. Y, Z. turn in laundry Thursday, through Z on Wednesday. Day Htuderits Use pink tickets. (Now What Can that color mean 7) laundry from College View goes In at the Quonset Hut, A through L on Friday, and M through Z on Tnesdhy; white tickets printed in black will be used. Our capitalistic system demands 15c for any bundle submitted aft- **r 8 a m on the day due. Other interesting tidbits from the schedule: one bundle a Dorms 1 through 12 turn in at per person, 23 pieces par bundle, Sution 2. the last house on the 5c charge if one loses one’s ticket south Dorm colorful Hart. Mitchell leggett, Bixzell turn in laundry at Hall; use green tickets. Donna 14, IkJ 16. 17, and .Wal n 2. the Inst house on the 5e charge If one loses one’s ticket end of th# row across from «tuh, claims must be made within 8; use Mue tickets. (See how 24 hours, don’t take late laundry il it can be?) .to the Main Laundry, but leave it Milner. Foster ton turn in the Hall; use >< there be any a] to that choke People in the Jirty socks at PG •lips. (Could 1 holism attached color?) ujcct Ho 11 and mM / . ’ ■' (/ Cflk 'jBBH , • ■ Cl t my t 7' *« at the proper station where it will eventually be picked up. Reviews such aa this can never do justice to a polished work like the Laundry Schedule for 1947- 48. |n fact, the only way to under stand a laundry schedule is to road R Ih the unexpurgstctl version, and than it’s hot eaay.