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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949
Cloak of Secrecy Removed
From ‘Infamous 201 ? File
By DEAN REED
Disregard all opinions and tales
of the mysterious “201” file, for
we now have the straight poop,
straight from the bull’s mouth.
. After a session a few weeks ago
with the colonel, and after cogi
tatin’ slightly on the matter, we
have decided to write this epistle
informing the public of their dan
gers and benefits to be derived
from these files.
When Col. Melcher requests Mrs.
Jones, the secretary in the com
mandant’s office, to bring him a
“201” file, she doesn’t have to
strain to pick up her huge key
to unlock the cabinet. Nor does
she have to wander down a long
and dark corridor leading to the
“room of ruin” to search out the
reports.
She-simply rolls her chair around
and hands them to the colonel.
They are kept in a neat file cabi
net in the outer office and require
no great effort to obtain. They
are not marked “top secret” or
“hands off,” as stories circulated
around the Annex would lead one
to believe. Not that they aren’t
secret, but, nevertheless, exagger
ated tales tell of the great care
taken to protect these files from
revelation.
The files HAVE been seen.
Prospective employers use them
very often ini investigating a
prospective Aggie employee. In
fact, nearly anyone can see them
except the cadet, but he, too, may
read his record of classy con
duct or of pitiful, progress at the
end of his freshman year.
It is simply amazing that this
file can be kept so authentic and
complete. The reports contain
small items which the average ca
det would forget soon, but the
“201” would not. For example, take
the case of Fish—uh, we’ll call him
Fish “X”.
Freshman Veteran
Re-enters Army As
First Lieutenant
Now our brother “X” is only
human and the gym floor became
quite irritating to the rear portion
of the body, as he sat listening to
some speeches last fall. Not one to
accept this form of slow torture
without a fight, Fish “X” proceed
ed to assume the prone position.
In this undignified and equally im
proper state, old “X” again placed
his attention on the speaker, but
now employing a slightly more
comfortable position.
Immediately a local tactical of
ficer pounced upon this oppor
tunity to set an example. Re
sult: a head-start on his buddies
with the “201” file. We have
related the above tale, not that
we do not adhere with the of
ficer’s policy, but more to warn
you, our freshmen readers, of
this everimpending disaster. '
There are always two sides,
however, and this particular file
in question is not the exception.
If you have shown above-normal
initiative on some matter, if you
have performed some duty espe
cially well—these factors also en
ter into the general picture. The
file reminds one of the scales of
justice, being completely balanced
(we hope.)
Many other facts than those
mentioned above are recorded
also. Among these is a person
ality report, completed on each
cadet twice annually, wherein
Gen. Berry
To Review
Annexites
Vernon Hall, freshman veteran
Student at the Annex, has rejoined
the United States Army, being
commissioned as a first lieutenant.
He was majoring in civil engineer
ing while attending A&M.
Hall graduated from Aldington
Heights High School in Fort W T orth
after which he first joined the
army in 1936.
After serving six years as an
enlisted man, Hall was discharged
as a Master Sergeant, in order to
accept a commission in the reser
ves. During 1942 and 1943, he ser
ved as battalion civil engineer and
as master-gunner for an anti-air
craft gun battalion. After serving
five and one-half years as an of
ficer, he was discharged at the age
of 32, with the rank of first lieu
tenant, in June, 1948.
His army certificate of service
states his military occupational
specialty as being in the anti-air
craft automatic weapons unit in
the C.A.C. His records show a list
of citations and decorations, in
cluding the occupational medal,
American defense service medal,
American campaign medal, the
World War II Victory Medal, and
the European-African middle east
ern campaign medal.
Hall was married and had lived
in T-249, R-3.
Major General K. L. Berry,
adjutant general of the state
of Texas, will review the
Freshman Regiment Thursday
afternoon, January 20, at the
Annext. After the review, the
Freshman Drill Team will put
on an exhibition.
General Berry, also adjutant
general of the Texas National
Guard, and his staff will present
reserve commissions to the grad
uating seniors Thursday night.
Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher, An
nex commandant, announced Gen
eral Berry’s visit late last week,
and said that the parade will get
under way shortly after 5.
Senate Will Meet
Here Next Month
The Freshman Annex will be the
site of the first meeting of the
Student Senate in the spring se
mester, the Annex student senators
have announced. The date has been
set for the night of February 2.
It is planned that the meeting be
held in a suitable place for those
who wish to attend the meeting.
Singing Cadets
The Freshman Singing Ca
dets elected officers for the
remainder of the year at a
meeting Thursday night, Jan
uary 13. Harold Hughes of
Abilene was elected president,
and T. E. Gathier of Waco was
chosen as vice-president.
Hughes, a business major, was
president of the Abilene Chorus,
while Gathier, majoring in engi
neering, was a former chorus and
quartette member.
Elected librarian was Dale Wals
ton, an electrical engineering ma
jor from Woodsboro, who was a
member of the Agua Dulce Mixed
Chorus. Accompanist for the group
is James Rollins of McKinney, a
mathematics major. Rollins direc
ted a choir at the First Methodist
Church at McKinney.
The Freshman Singing Cadets
meet every Thursday at 6:45 p.m.
in the chapel with Bill Turner, di
rector of the Singing Cadets on
the campus, and Leonard Perkins,
his student assistant. Anyone in
terested in singing will be wel
comed into the membership.
Freshman Student Senators will
meet early in the next semester to
make plans for the completion of
the nominations and election of
class officers. In a previous meet
ing, candidates were nominated for
the offices of president, three vice-
presidents, secretary, and then
were halted by the lack of a quo
rum. Procedure for the election and
for the other nominations will be
decided at this meeting.
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Fees Can Be Paid
Now for Semester
Fees for the spring semester
at the Annex are now payable,
B. F. Trealek, fiscal office man
ager here, announced. Total
payments for resident students
will sum up as $230.41, while
those wishing to use the in
stallments will first pay $73.25.
Fees will be due on entrance
February 1.
First old student to pay his
fees for the second semester
was Max Schneider, Trealek
said.
Fred Schmidt And
Peggy Tudor Wed
Miss Peggy Tudor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Tudor of Slater,
Texas, and Fred H. Schmidt, An
nex student from Slater, were mar
ried Saturday night at the First
Presbyterian Church of Bryan.
Mrs. Horace Wiley of Bryan was
Matron of Honor and Cadet John
Schmidt, of the Annex, was best
man. The couple plan to live in
Bryan while Fred attends A&M.
Schmidt is majoring in animal
husbandry.
Jockey Logan Batcheller, riding
sensation of the Florida winter
season, had never seen a race horse
—much less a race track— until
he went to work two and a half
years ago at Hialeah for Trainer
Paul Kelly.
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HASWELL’S
he is rated by the officers on
everything from shewing gum in
ranks at reveille to firing on
the so-called “1000” yard An
nex range. (Pardon us, but we
just couldn’t help it. The range
isn’t really that long.)
When these reports are complet
ed, indorsed by your tactical offi
cer and by one of your instructors,
each of the latter two rates you
among ten classmates. A small
portion of the veil of secrecy was
lifted from the “201” last week
when these leadership and person
ality reports were distributed to
permit the fish to see exactly on
what they are graded.
Being practically sworn to se
crecy concerning contents of the
files, this department cannot ade
quately express the remarkable
coverage of the cadet by these
reports. In the last geenral order,
the following excerpt appeared:
“It (the file) is continually being
added to ... by information re
ceived from a variety of sources.”
And how, brother, and how!
Hugh es Elected
President Of
GETTING AN EARFUL FROM THE BOSS—Zlggy Talent is the uncomfortable
recipient of an earful from hit boss, Vaughn Monroe, during a rehearsal session.
Under less trying conditions, Ziggy gives out with the comedy tunes for the band.
Around the Annex
Lady Luck Shuns Worcester;
Beware The Ides of March
By DEAN REED
Hard luck department: Not to
try to steal any thunder from
Frank Manitza’s sports column
(heaven knows, he needs it), but
Ronald Worcester, one of the
squadron’s representatives in the
shuttle preliminaries last week,
receives our nomination for the
“cuss-my-luck” award. In his heat,
Worcester and his three opponents
were called back once for a false
start.
On the second try, Worcester
apparently thought another false
start was being called and hesitat
ed for a moment. That moment
was Ion enouh to allow his oppo
nents ample time to ain a twenty-
yard lead. He caught them on the
third postturn after exerting great
speed, but this exertion claimed its
man at the finish. He did come
in third, however.
a wee bit shorter.
The grapevine says That all
sorts of top brass will appear at
the Military Ball on February
12, so if the girl friend wants
to see a real, live! general, bring
her. They’ll be there in squads.
We have just received our
withholding statement for 1948
from our old employer. Take
heed, men, for by the Ides of
March, you may become another
Caesar and get cut by a sharp
knife—one wielded by the De
partment of Internal Revenue.
An effort will be made by the
Freshman Batt to ascertain the
problem of locating the income
forms, but, on our initial guess,
we would say that they could
be obtained from one of the lo
cal post offices.
Joke of the week: On the front
page of last Thursday’s Batt, a
picture was captioned “Annex
freshmen on the 1000 yard range.”
Numerous comments have been
heard about the remarkable marks
manship of the freshmen here on
such a range. Well, fellows, it is
We now leave you, until the sec
ond semester, with this thought:
A mother takes 20 years to make
a man of her boy and another wo
man makes a fool of him in 20
minutes. Take it for what it is
worth, and “a-reservoir.”
Chewing College Rags
SMU Student Prexy Sued
By Scolded Cheer Leader
By CHUCK MAISEL
If you think The Battalion and
its readers have had their differ
ences, check up on the feud going
on between the Rice Thresher and
the Student Body of that Houston
Institution. Brady Tyson, editor of
The Thresher, has printed several
editorials to the effect that he
favors doing away with the Texas’
Jim Crow laws. He even advocates
accepting Negro students at Rice.
The students responded at once
with a drove of letters that would
make our Letters to the Editor
Department hide its head in shame.
Over one-half of the January 12
issue was devoted to these letters,
and other editions have carried
nearly as many.
One student asked Tyson if he
would room with a Negro and if
he would allow his sister to date
one. Tyson replied that he would
not feel hurt if he were assigned
a colored roommate. He also
would approve of his sister’s
dating a Negro if both she and
the man realized the consequen
ces likely to arise from a non
understanding society.
Another student told of a visit
to the office' of a man who was
president of a large Houston firm.
The student was accompanied by
Tyson on the trip. The business
man was 1/32 negro and told the
student that he felt all segregation
laws should be abolished, and the
whites and negroes allowed to in
termarry. Tyson, reportedly, con
curred. The student said that this
3 Freshmen Take
Civil Service Test
Three Annex students appeared
before the local civil service bureau
Tuesday, taking the competitive
examinations for entrance to the
Naval and Military Academys.
The freshmen were Victor B.
Russek, a pre-med major from East
Bernard, Jerry G. Walker, a liber
al arts student from Cleburne, and
Harold B. Mellina, a Galveston
student of English.
Mellina took the test for the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, while
Russek and Walker took the Mili
tary Academy’s test.
was violating the sacredness of
both races and was “disrespectful
to our Maker.”
All in all, it’s quite a battle, and
the Rice Owlets are way up in the
air over it.
The Hilltop school of SMU is
also having its troubles. Joe Pat
terson, president of the Student
Body, wrote an official reprimand
to Head Cheer-leader Sellars ac
cusing him of discrimination in the
wood-gathering contest for the an
nual bonfire. Patterson said Sell
ars limited the competition to
Greek letter groups.
Sellars retaliated by suing Pat
terson in the Student Court. If
courtroom demonstrations are any
indication, public opinion seems to
favors Sellars. There was much
booing when the court announced
decision in favor of Patterson
and upheld the reprimand.
Sellars said that he would try
to get a retrial. One of his law
yers is Shannon Jones, big gun
of the A&M student revolt of
1947. Jones is now a law student
at SMU.
The SMU paper, The Campus,
seems to think the whole affair
is a personal feud between the two
men and is a cover-up for a mutual
attempt to discredit each other.
Area Rent Director Suggests
Policy for Tenants, Landlords
New Year resolutions for both
tenants and landlords of rent-con
trolled property were suggested
this week by Gordon L. Benning-
field, Area Rent Director, if they
care, during the first three months
of 1949, to understand better the
federal rent law and to live in com
pliance with it.
The current law, he explained,
expires March 31, 1949.
The resolutions offered are as
follows:
For tenants
1. Pay no more than legal rent.
2. If there is question about
the legal maximum rent check
through the tenant’s copy of the
landlord’s registration statement
mailed to the tenant when the place
was registered with the rent of
fice; or check the landlord’s copy
if the other is unavailable; or
check through the rent office.
3. Consult the rent office con
cerning your right in case of ques
tion about your tenancy, rent or
any requirements of your landlord.
4. Live up to your rental obli
gations as a tenant.
For landlords
1. Charge no more than legal
rent, avoiding side payments, fur
niture tie-ins, bonuses or security
deposits.
2. Continue to provide all serv-
istration statement.
3. Increase no rents without ap
proval of the rent office, even
though you increase services.
4. Evict only in accordance
with eviction provisions of the rent
law.
Amendments to the rent regula
tions have been issued by the Of-'
fice of the Housing Expediter ap
plicable to cases in which a land
lord finds himself operating un
der hardship or at a loss, evpn
though he was granted an adjust
ment less than a year ago on a
structure which contained both
leased and unleased units, accord
ing to Gordon L. Benningfield,
Area Rent Director for Bryan and
College Station.
Uhder the amendments, such a
landlord may now file a new pe
tition, either under section 5 (a),
(12) or 5 (a) (16), without wait
ing for a new current year on
which to base his present operat
ing expenses and income. He may
overlap on the current year used-
in his previous petition.
If any hardship or operating at
a loss adjustment is properly
chargeable to a unit now under
lease, the amount will be deter
mined and, in effect, held in abey
ance until the lease expires. When
the lease expires, the landlord may
file a supplemental petition for
ices listed on the rent office reg- the amount previously determined.
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Added to Animal
Husbandry Stables
Two quarter horse fillies have
been added to the stable of 12 oth
er quarter rorses at A&M, Dr. J.
C. Miller, head, animal husbandry
department, announced recently.
A yearling quarter horse filly
has been given the college by Tom
Elrod of Odessa and a sorrel quar
ter horse filly has been given the
college by Roy Parks and Sons
of Midland.
“The quarter horses are used in
teaching and research work,” Dr.
Miller says. “They are popular
with ranchmen, and they have been
and are being entered in racing
and roping contests. They are a
very fine breed of animals,” Mil
ler points out. “We are happy to
get these animals and are grate
ful to the donors. They were ac
cepted at the erecent meeting of
the board of directors.
The college now has the largest
number of quarter horses for
teaching and research work it has
ever had.
The phrase, “according to Hoyle”
was first used to mean Edmond
Hoyle, an Englishman of the 18th
century who was the fir’st to sys
tematize the rules of whist.
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