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training Ipfrlceflj a
to fdrce |i |ou.sei v
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ne%v, loo K 1 —^ '
the wonfjni from
more thdn: their
surpnierj officials
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CANADIAN PR
PLANS fRETIi l
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Minister!.; Willift n
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1948
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Cadet Colonel, Head Yell
Senior Class President 0
VICK LIN DUE Y
Former Battalion Editor
HENRY GILCHRIST
Engineer Co-Editor
Fifteen Cadet Corps members and six veteran students
were selected for Who’s Who at A. & M. by the Student Life
Committee yesterday afternoon.
Named from the Cadet Corps were P*illy M. Vaughn,
Elmo C. Livingston,, J. K. B. Nelson* J. T. Miller, Asa Holle-
man, James D. Tittle, Jack F. Andrews, David Howell, Mar
vin L. Jones,! Gene E. Lewis, Gene R. Summers, John P. Mc
Connell, Louie M. Hardy, Bill Brown, and Jack Jackson.
Selected from the veteran students were J. R. Ballantine,
Archie Broodo, Will H. Thanheuser, Henry Gilchrist, Rich
ard Gottlieb, and Vick Lindley.
VAUCHX, a distinguished student, is corps executive
officer and was winner of the Albert Bantu Scholarship
award last year.
LIVINGSTON, is captain of Company A, Signal Corps
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: ' • | ; PUBLISHED DAILY IN WE INTEREST 01 A GREATER A&M COLLEGE * / jj , t
Volume 47 ' |P |il COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22,1948
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15 Cadets, 6 Vets Named Who’s Who A
igm 'Cadet Colonel, Head Yell I
r' l Senior Class President on I
and president of fife Sefi
dent, he is a memibirof
of Dormitory 9. j
Battalion Co-Editor,
officer, secretary i^f J ’
BSU Council. Ea» ier
manager and a mumberi
has been a distinct lislfe!
MILLER, rmfragin
The Commentator^, is k
coming Committeki He I
th I
Biit Don’t Call It Moderni
-Pi iilne
JcKenzie
let ire jus
sit ink'i-
e Mjn-
names
c ffice for
e; rsi hinco
■>y April
jurecSnl
uisterial
i Ipole of
7|19 dhys
as head
sbuifees pre
"iaui'cnt, 6ti--
ttfimal Af-
succeed
Uddership I
post.
BEAfMONT
JESTF.i CENSUpED B\
BEAUSfOjNT VEf’
Pas Eiii \|l
i;
IK I’EA
V,[’Jan(.
j] assijs
' 'j i ! ] | j | •-
Architects Design Model Home;
p 'TTm. pirT. . i ; ; : i; :.uT/i
Compete For $100 Prize Money
, 1 1 I I j . \ 1; ' \ p: I : !
By C. ('. MUNROE ! 1 Wuple, presenting to thein rHs own . Men in the class who are eom-
Descending on Lafayette; Louisl- Particular idea and plan. 'After j peting for the honors are: John
ana last November 22, tlje fiftHi- jitsflkipg with the ilesigners.^Ahe ’ DeHaas, Fort Worth; Jimmie De
year architecture design ijlaSs ibore satisfactory methods for
vhen he and his wlif? 1 teaching the problems faced by an
build a new home'rtn mbchitect than any* that could be
tig* outskirts! of that city. Through developed on hypothetical basis,
the effort;} of Professors E. Lang- i Again today. Bostic and his w
ed to the iar
of A. & M.
decided toi
kin.N Hearne; Joe Bill Pierce; Den- j
tom; Andrew Sakellariou. San Ah- •
gelo\ and Harry B. Smith, New/|
Orlean.s!\,Louisiana; ' / |
WhehytHe. winning model has,
been seliy.‘ted the wojk will have '
fil!
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Number 103
n
Basis. Also a distinguished stu-
Court and is student senator
H 4dV serves as corps publicity
Class, and member of the
. i i| semester h« was an intramural
•' the Singing Cadets. Nelson also
isfilejnt. f \\ ’. 1 ! I-. i I', ' ; L
•alitor of! boith The Battalion and
i i ent senjator, serving ion the Wel-
^ lj\iiT Force Squadron Commander
and president of j both | Economics Club and the Debate
and Discussiop Cl. b. j
HOLLEMAN is hei
A, Cavalry. He served 4
in 1945-46.
Corps Adjutajnt TljltTf E, | kc [lefl
being a distingpishejl jstjii left , vas
sergeant major of tpe cgnps! Jli ring
194(5-47. He is vice-pfesidentjlpT the
Texas Badminton Asp jciajtiqj
ANDREWS, a faMh foij|
ness and accounting! maj|)r||i>
ecutive officer of th|(? FourtMl
mont. n | | J j
HOWELL, who Ija cos ,(Hi iMeal
engineering, is comni.'indihg
of the combined haihlj
JONES, captain ipf But
i Artillery, is winngr! of, U
I cord presented for outs
military proficiency] He sej'ciK as
secretary of the Juritpr Cli
year and h:is_bocm-hjc -ivef ii)
Class activities thi«!|js;mflst{
LEWIS, president * ~
yoll leader and captain of Troop,
jliresident of the Sophomore Class
.of !$l
Court, serves as a ri];im ' s ’ as w '" pktn the
2^72
tunity to L the nlAns for the prb- t>fhic||. will best .suit their needs th « house - Vh ^ ***"'«** Wl11 ^
posed house. ?i {wid desires. They %5U be aided in , , .. v . /^ •- * • .
1 journeyed to Uuisintia ! tke final selection by Professor i
Bostics to insiject atiri | Hal Moseley, chairman of the judg- that «ome>embex of the
The
and met the
survey the site of the proposed
house and photograph tfie sur
rounding hrea. With the risjuired
data and tjeconimendatioris putlinetl
by the Bostics, each of the eleven
members of the class. \y:is asked
to develop This own • ideii for the
house.
•Op January 8, the BoSties eaihe
A&M to Receive Bluebonnet
* Si! f I' j t ; ' ,! t
Ordnance Plant January 30
mander. Head waittji
hull, he is a distinp
| artel member of theh
SUMMERS, an
! student, is a captn'u
ry Scjiiadron Staff,
it| swimming two
president of the Enj
led and captain of the Vf r a|^r
, Team. In addition
ip the A&M archij
j njent, he \yon a na
1 lure cbntest last !t|\|i
Mcconnell. a
Ik eoSS CaH^on AdS W‘ na ^
A. & M. systein architect. Both 1-^.^ m
jAo College Station to Udk Yyitl|i
"the class | members. Each of the
Lpngford and Caudill will be pre-
4>nt to aid in assiisting the judges. The arcHite/tim* department hs nl ‘ ,
i Three i’rizes Offered making inclosed use of Hus prac-, V. . '
V
Formal presentation of the deed to 17,483.37 acres of
the wartime Bluebonnet Ordnance Plant in McLennan and
r * Coryell counties to the A&M College of Texas will be made
January 30, in a ceremony in the Ritz Theatre, McGregor at
ibr Court, is Inffl l try] IJat
Commander. Hr is |;Lt‘*iic*i
Marketing and Finjjlrce Chi I.)
member of the Agneulturii!
•jil- ' ] • |
HARDY, Battery j) epufft
tical form of instruction
. 'i Uftl. Karl; E. Wallace, regional!
jn—r—- | - , : . A ,Re l V director fob th(* War Assets Ad-1
J cnt to the nkh, three cash prizes serves to/jicquaint s .udentk with ^Lj strati() J will hand the'deed to
the problems that will be eucVunt- (; R ‘ president of the
fjBpstic is offering, as an induce-
V
t]or the winning designs. A first . ,
prize of fifty dolllai-s has been of- "'hen they enter husiness\for
fie red, together with second and themsylve*. This training also gi%s
third prizes
Board of Uirgcjtors.
Col. WaU:u e. representing the
.Ts-The
Beaumcjint! AnjJrfetfi lUaoti Post | /-pk i r» » «iy>, i ji ,♦ I « '
has un; nimouMc p|opt|‘l t resolu-1 lYOcHI t>flCK ' K'CiJiill 111 H)
tidih “ec sisiiving" jnll “c‘ I
Gov. BeMujfoi'd H. jjfcste
cejnt st rti'nuMijtj Mt
Texan” foir WftrU; War
to wanlj bionusb i.
The lesblutib i Ivjas ip
meeting ifight. It iiiiskp
nor if !jhu tlnniijihi it
for Wofldj War I|k|
lectod bojniseh
- r, second and themsyl v ui n. llIV
eWven ,4 W ^ j
fcfotlass of 192(1. He has! *>>' JAMhS F- .NELMLN
Three Bait Staff Member! Wo rjt
On Last Issue of Paper T idav
in | tlf
jijislnjd ft t ji
ingipg: CtK
archyiett
yi th« (
;ea}s
i icerin * f au
hi? rtfti
ctuyej di
na !| rc
nmer.! I
r c-mlW to!
la\t
'Inior
bh
emning”
f(>r his re-
, - as "un-
Veterans
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iterii i!| who col-
36 Years As Weekly Batt Ended
In ’39; Began Tri-Weekly Paper
hint of A&i,.., .. r — |
tVro sons, Bruce ami Karl Jr., now three members of I he battalion staff wc
j attending (jhbl 9pllegk . I last issue of the paper today. Farris Block, ma
i i iVogranC forvthd presentation ! n. W. Springer, circulating manager,‘antl'Wils^i
was Yompleted at a conference oi ] ev religious (editor, tire leaving’at the end of
I college otneials, WAA represen- - t>i i ao • i ii * *1.
I tativeAmdl hluls Of the McGregor Block and Springer will graduate with the
ChamheiVoI Cinmnerce, in McGreg- and Beardsley has applied for entrance into aif
br, yosterd|iy.j I . Block, a veteran student from.
lalKS
—'/Ti
nt to U .
isioMufChandler j
1 S-MblilCAN
LEAtTUEjS SliEl
MExlqo cr
Walter|\Y. Mulfj
S; Bfis(|u«li Coinjnipfl?
siid ’ytlstjerday [tlMt "8 >ij etinie in
the futW it liight 1101. j e iimpos
sible 1 gave j» ftie Jipiiit of co-
operb’itijim; betwWhlorgja
ball ip|tfte Unit|ii(fc St;
Mex ioajji. ibascbiil 1 jteag
even IcIvlifL STa I'Hts
cold meath rjr
LOb|a|nGELI ^ Jail
Temperatures sftgk e d
dangerl fjoint in
ilia’s
fruit
for thtf
f
itjrus !B( ll
mrsl b 1
condl i
e.|
TWO teX;GOVU]
LEADflN LOU
NEW 0RLE.4
Two if
—Earl^K. Loftg
went ahead yefet
elans £j ' l :
polls^
rmed hase-
ef and the
—
low the
iifhcrj Califor-
yeRi ejday. and
jied smiidge pots
iceRfjif'el morning.
JORk;
i
HlAN!4 1
N^, Jbjh.|2—!A>i-
.uporsi <(if ((Louisiana
a|jd 4i«n|'H. Jones
rdabl with their
or si itk iijh maftljpg.at the
h bruaBy E4 tvjtlij' another
term iiFlhe statommsyi|atj!stake.
But Ipijore than jhalfl||)f|the votes
m ybsjieli'day’l.'j Dtmoiifa^c guber-
natoriifl |^imar • llectijdmljstill were
crtraJar d tlerF•
cmaticfil| t. pojjjs b|ity
could iefelimihi to
ft j
GOI* SI LANS rttlpE
ItlDGilET (I T fl”
Republ
i<|an leg
bill.!
Eas|
the000,00'
;
i w p
ilexaS:
math-
Sut Jones
Jiilf
ion
(JPi—
slash
WApiNGlttl)
A GOp detenniikti
President Trujn aji’s HtijdJet by "at
least l|31,000,0(j)( ,0B0” v al reported
by Reji.; Knuticmti(R-Mi|«.) today
to havb Iformiid tpb baba of House
iBli
er in 'jiObthen
portion (this'
northwest pobjl
(north fpjortion
modcilitie south
on thl Ooast
III
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1
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a|proval of
: r reduction
.:lyjcloiidy warm-
lid | it xtreme east
loon, j Colder in
to* ight and in
‘ y. Gentle to
uthwest winds
N ’
Tart IV
(In 1918 The Battalion is }3
years oljl under that naute, 70
years cotinting predecessors un
der other titles. This is the last
in a series of four historjcul
sketehesj telling the ileveopnieht
of student piihUcatums at A, \
M!) ! i.
1 Bv! VICK. LINDLEY ' |!
I I 1 ; j : : j
Opbratipns of the jstuijlent Activ* :A
ities Conjmittee becjainft so brftad : >
that a . f.’
formed iij 1931, wi^h jpie pvtoiied
intentionj of putting ajn [end; to v
^•slipshod, haphazard” ways I of t ,
publication. The boaf^l included ,
manajgfrlpf Stu-jiH. Murray!, and the managing ed-
r uL
60 1
well recleived.i although it had been
used ^successfully in summer edi
tions. After a summer of weekly
publication: the Batt continued
weekly in the fall, but made plans
that seemed daring for a daily
paper. Joe Skiles, then manager
of Student Activities, laid the
groirhd work for such a publication
before his resignation in 1947.
The student-administration frac-
PrmcipajMfleakers for the occa-' Port Nci hes, plans to cun'y on with i j
•lion will ll-.'ieprt'seiitatiye'tW. R. journalism. Present plans call for
(Bob) Poigre.'of W;k*p; Col. \Val- him to go to work for the Port;
nice, and prejsident Gibb Gilchrist Neches Chronicle about) the middle ,
of A&M. Poage was active in the of February. This summer Block
negotiations ;• which! secured the) plans to attend the University of
huge properties for (the College. Zurich in Switzerland where he j
R. V. ThpijiAson, president of the i wijl contimie his ('ducation with 1
McGregor Chamber of Commerte, advanced work,
will preside a( the cpreinony. Block, 23-year-old veteran ol the ■
Director^ the McGregor European Theatre, was in tlje army !
Chamber of CpnimeiTe, the organ!
zation which ; initiated the move
ment for securing of the property
by A&M, Will be introduced, along
with the members of the board of
as (in the Spriifg of 1917 produced 1 directors of the collelge.
“Tumlinson Boy’
Went to War
★
J. -Elmo A n & e lb
ident Publications, thej editors! of,!idem George Fuermann.
so much news that The (patt was
swamped. The staff tried to cov
er "the A.&M. story" irj greater
vietail than the state newspapers,
which were printing, several col
umns of type a day on develop
ments. The -ojnly known "extra”
edition of Tl)e Battalion was' run
off, on a mimeograph one Satur-
O. T. McGiriley of McGregor will
introduce (Poage, who will make
the principal iaddresfe of the occa-
the variojus student publications, 1 A rad ip program over WTAW
and several faculty, mpnibfers. was begub by Knermann.
When J. |E. Angell was killecf in !i ! But Pearl Harbor was not far
day afternoon in order to 1 caver
if , ,.1" U . T events happening since the< print
ed regtilar paper was put to press [i'-ties, under the direction of
a few hours before, bortunately, ,, Manpkd uf McGregor.
.TT-- p; r~- 'j;• ”ri t va ”'.:i ,, . ,. . . / , r The Batt had gotten back to its
an accident h.s plac^fvaii taken J off. and this peak of activity was schedu]e of t^o-a-week and later \ * f—
by h*s brother R, L. Apgell aow-,!short-lived In 1943 almost all jumped to " thre( . p api . rs R week. '!
assistant 1 to the president of ;the (seniors and juniors had leit the ' , f" ,
college. ' j I ; jcampUs for wthp service. Editors The summer of 1941 was one of
The Publications Bohi-d and*the a,ul managers of student publica- preparation tor eventual daily
c,, ^ v., ( ^tions came and went at a dizzv Pnbhcation.. At one time pros-
Sludent Activities Committee were : M'm- s ta me apu v\uti at .. dizzy . ect . , , k f 0r eoninment
merged ir) 1941 to form the jpace. Solders >n ASTP, am corps- petts seemed dark, Jor equipment,
dent Life Committee, a composite prc-ilight, sailors in pre-;
group of students and faculty, (itodur training, soon outnumbered
which todky acts in close coopera-1 H ,c j Aggies who were left in school.
tion with j the office ol the Dean • Much of The Battalion space was
of Men. ISevtyzil executive fpnc- f L'rhcd over to 4hese armed-serv-
tions,, incKiding supervision of 6ub-'.j * ce (froups, who conducted their
lications, are assigned to the jStu-j 0U T columns. ...
dent Activities office, which isi ., Under the accelerated scholas-
hoaded by an assistant dean ofT tlc program, The Batt became a
E. M. White, Jr., kml Frank L.
and .tprinters were still
scarce. Suddenly the dambroke. . f{ a y Si instl'Uctors in the department
A fast automatic Goss duplex 1
press was bought and set up by
men, C. G. "Spike"! White
Three Times A Week
After thirty-six years as a week-*
ly, The Bktt received a boost to
three-times-a-week) during ; the
school year 1939:40. . A weekly’ 4
Summer Battalion had been stertt
j yejEtr-round papeir, with no distinc
tion between regular and summer
i'fssUes. . ;• i '
By 1945, when V-E and V*-J
Days came *rhe Batt had been
forced to return to once-a-week
printing. What with paper short
age, printer shortage. and even dormitory; halls
the A.&M. Press in the basement
of Goodwin Hall. Supplies of roll
paper were obtained and stored.
Arrangements were made by Ro
land Bing, manager of Student
publicatiohs. for an Associated
Press Wire-service teletype, which
was installed in the new offices of
The Batt in Goodwin. When Ag
gies returned from their summer
vacations, a daily Battalion was
waiting for them in Batt boxes in
ed in 1939. The new publicationf student-shortage it might well The Commentator, an arts and
schedule Was successful, and (The | have been Suspended. But it sciences magazine, began publi
Battalion's rating among college
publications was gijoatiy enhanced.
>ris
At this time the H< was mjm l edi 1893.
official publication! fdr the collegef;
Suspended.
wasn’t, and The Batt has a record datum in the fall of 1947. A new
of unbroken publication
1
The Rood Back
and for the city 4^ track tedm. He was unable to
informed yesterday that they had | , cUer hot . auH( . ho e hipp 0 d a bone
successfully passed their tests for j n ^jj, a j 1 g) c j n a meet at Austin.
Bob Kennellgy, senior animal
husbandry spident from Chicago,
has been napied to filljhe job left
4gn|)g|H
Hts ^e!i l<
hniiaii )•
ithoif,
American
Engineer*
The eetombny'Vil! be followed
by an inspection tour of the |)ro|)-
H.
A&M Instructors
Pass CPA Exams
a Certified Public Accountant’s
certificate, . y
p The State Board of Public Ac
countancy, which administered the ! open ly Springer
tests last November, informed
White anil(H&ys that their certi
ficates would be mailed to them
in the near' future:
Last Batt Today
■ I • i •' J j' * !•
With this'issue, The Battalion
will suspend publication until
next semeiter, Roland Bfng,
mana,ger of student publications
has announced. The next issue
of The Battalion will appear
Tuesday, February 3.
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Beardsley, who jaas origji ally in
the class of ’47, plans to attend the
Southwestern Baptist! Theological
Seminary in Foil Worth. After
completing approximately 5 years
work there, he hopes to into
foreign missionary work in South
America. ] ’■• 1 '
Beardsley has served as student
senator for the Trailer Area, Re
ligious editor for The Battalion and
has been active on the YMC& Cab
inet He has also written religious
scripts for WTAW and
a program on Sunday momi
Veteran of nin* months ia the
conducted
orning. '
’ p’ V . | I j I ill II ’ J 9
is a mejpber of Simior Court. Also -
a distinguished studpnt, ‘he is as 1
sistaint circulation manager of Th
Battalion,
BllOWN, outstanding cadet p:
tnk corps during 194(1-47,'• serve
as daclot Colonel of Jhe-Corps (hit*
yenri Last lyanr he was Town Hall
manager aad ndvertijsipg manager
of The Battalion. j | ' j f
JACKSON, . veteran student ii*
the corps, is h regiipeiiltajl eomirialif
der and a (listinguisled stuf|ent.. {
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Five of t|ie 'six vole ran students |
cposeifi are mid-term! graduates. ;
BALLANTINE. who pafi been a
menjiher of the “T" AsHOciadin fol'
tl)reje years, is a rrientiher of the
d l' J Stlir :j k'njfineeriiig
t-! achievement award winlver'this
fitcic- Veai', is now serving, as sttidept
instlruCtos in chenijikti'y. |He w|is. J
|Se!n- nrelident of the, Hillel Fouiidatipn
. iU)i) last year ami is now regional presi-;
tie den:. Formerly a IBattatibii stajff
jjhd a menber, he belongs to the Cuniclra
ou|n - j Club, :American Chemical Society, |
land A)m*ricaiiInstitiite'of.Chenii(jivl '
id(*r,! Engineers.. Broodo is also a mid
term graduate. x.[ . ' ■ ; 1
TH ANH EUSKR. chYjrmiin of the
! Pr* ;I|*w Society Ailivities Com- '
i mitjtec, is president,of thoBusiness
. Sodietv. A member of the Aijs
and Sciences Council, he is a for-
j me*' derm representative •jf. thi
| Vetjeran StuiRnt Association. Than-
| hcoispj - will graduate this month.
Relit i m of The Eng ip ce rJ GIL-
CHIrIST Was another ivcipjent of
f J an ;cngineering-achievement aivard
(jr* s* : (hiS year. He In-longs to the ScHol-
(ti47, Is |jprose illy
ivi^e editor of The Battalion. Al
fm The Commentator staff, ho was
m the Astronomy Society last year.
A Junior veteran | student, Lindley
is) majqring in English. -
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New names for college confer
tiopories were not! chosen as sched
uled, dpe to length of I the Jssio 1.
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at the nexU meeting, according o
J. Wak’ne Stark, student uni
hoar Harry Stitoler, head football
coach,' discuss the athletic future
of A. it M.
lAlspi included an Saturday's pro-
gijam will be a icport on the Stu-