Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1949
Number 122
Military Ball, Monroe Concert Are Weekend Attractions
Vaughn Monroe to Present ‘Camel Caravan;’
6 Vanity Fair Winners Saturday in Guion
By CARLEY PUCKITT
Six lovely girls, selected by Vaughn Monroe, will be presented as Vanity Fair win
ners, Saturday evening in Guion Hall.
The group will be composed of Lou Prothro and Margaret Malitz of Dallas, Alma
Jean Vance of Bryan, Bobbye Ruth Smith of New Gulf. Martha Keller of Dublin, and
Martha Devenport of Greenville.
After the 30-minute broadcast,-
which begins at 6:15, Monroe and
his band will present a concert
before going to Sbisa Hall for
the Military Ball.
Admittance will begin at 5:30
p. m„ according to Grady Elms,
assistant director of Student Ac
tivities. The doors will be locked
for the broadcast at 6:15.
Leading personalities featured
at the concert will be Ziggy Talent,
vocalist; Jay Lawrence, comedian;
Johnny Mack, dancer; Cece Blake,
vocalist; and the Moon Maids, a
girl quartette.
The Moon Maids are four girls
from Texas who were hired by
Monroe from a snapshot and a
home recording. Monroe was im
pressed by their looks in the snap
shot, their voices on the record,
and their background as music
majors at the North Texas State
Teachers College and hired them
across the miles while the band
was in New York.
They are featured on almost
all of Monroe’s new recordings
and are heard regularly on his
CBS radio series.
“When Vaughn chiustened his
new group the Moon Maids,” says
Maree Lee, spokesman for the
quartette, “he had a definite rea
son. Before the Moon Maids there
were the Lee Sisters and the Nor
ton Sisters. You can’t replace a
girl in a “sisters” group without
changing the name. Now if any
body leaves, Vaughn can get a re
placement and still retain the
name.”
Dick Hayman, harmonica virtu-
so for Monroe, has appeared in
several pictures for 20th Century
Fox, MGM, and Warner Bros., and
has recorded for Victor, Decca,
and Stellar Records. Among the
motion pictures he has appeared
-in are “Coney Island,” “Sweet
Rosie O’Grady,” “As Thousands
Cheer” and “Always in My Heart.”
Vaughn Monroe has gained a
reputation for having the most
traveled band in the business,
covering some 52,000 miles a
year. This mileage includes over
200 one-nighters, mostly con
certs and ballroom dates, approx
imately 15 weeks of theater
dates a year, a smattering of
one-week engagements at night
clubs, and country clubs.
All tickets to the broadcast and
concert have been sold, Elms said.
Architecture Prof
Has Two Magazine
Articles Printed
Articles written by Professor
William Caudill of the Architec
ture Department have appeared in
two national magazines this month.
“Structural Design and Mater
ials,” was published in “The School
Executive.” “Building for Learn
ing,” appeared in the January is
sue of “School Management.”
In both articles, Caudill urged
that schools should be scientifical
ly designed for light, air, and
sound. He advocated that they
should be tailor-made for the com
munity and for the educational
program.
Caudill’s research work in school
planning through the Architecture
Department and the Engineering
Experiment Station has gained him
national recognition in the field of
school planning. He recently be
came a member of the national
council on schoolhouse construc
tion.
COLONEL J. C. WINDSOR
LEWIS, Military Attache of the
British Embassy, will also be
present for the Military Ball.
Committee Outlines
Who’s Who Plans
Plans for the selection of Who’s Who at A&M were made
yesterday at a meeting of the Student Life Committee. It
was decided that last year’s rules of eligibility would be used
again this year. They require that a student have a 1.5 grade
point ratio, be a leader, have extracurricular activities and
be popular. +
A motion to disregard the pro
portion of Corps and non-corps
men selected was made by Charlie
Howard. In the discussion that fol
lowed it was explained that since
there was a maximum number of
30 men who may be selected, it
would not be necessary to propor
tion the two groups because the
number selected never gets that
large. This motion passed.
Check National Chapter
Kenneth Bond moved that a
check be made on the requirements
of the national Who’s Who so that
the Student Life Committee might
look into the possibilities of A&M’s
rejoining the organization. The
group also passed this motion.
Money for the Band was the
next topic of discussion. Bob Mc
Clure suggested that the College
pay the matriculation fees of Band
members. Don Kasper said that
rather than give them a direct
grant, they should be compensated
by receiving good trips. A discus
sion followed but no action was
taken.
Charlie Howard next raised a
question of why it was not possible
to get a Cadence. He said that he
had tried to get one for a fresh
man buddy of his but found it al
most impossible since they were
out of print. Dean W. L. Penber-
thy answered this by saying that
the College had planned to combine
the Cadence, The Articles of the
Cadet Corps, and the YMCA Hand
book, but that “they” had “hit a
snag.” It was not brought out at
the meeting just what the “snag”
was.
Concession Request Made
Jack Quirey read a request from
a student concerning a concession
which he had been refused. Dean
Penberthy asked that the letter
be referred to the subcommittee on
concessions. The letter did not
state what the difficulty was, but
the student indicated that he had
not received a satisfactory expla
nation from Joe Fagan, manager
of concessions about not being
granted the concession.
Ag Students To
Judge Cattle At
Fat Stock Show
Ten students from A&M will
assist in the FFA and 4-H dairy
cattle judging contest at the Hou
ston Fat Stock Show Saturday,
February 12.
The students, majoring in Agri
cultural Education and Dairy Hus
bandry include: H. E. Clark, J. W.
Donaldson, J. E. Cummins, C. N.
Wade, and J. F. Mathis, Agricul
tural Education Majors; and R. E.
Walker, Wayne Thompson, Wilber
King, C. E. Sewell, and B. J. John
son, Dairy Husbandry Majors.
To date 48 FFA teams and 18
4-H teams have expressed plans
to enter.
The group will leave Saturday
morning by college owned bus un
der the direction of Professor
Leighton of the Dairy Husbandry
Department.
ROA Reception To
Be Held Saturday
A reception sponsored by the
Brazos County chapter of the Re
serve Officer’s Association in hon
or of the distinguished military
and civilian guests of the college
will be held Saturday, February 12
from 5:15 to 6:30 p. m. in the
YMCA Chapel, Fred Benson, asso
ciation president announced today.
Benson invited all reserve offi
cers in this area to attend. Civi
lian clothes will be worn, he said.
The time for the reception will
be moved up to 4:30 p. m. if incle
ment weather prevents the cadet
corps review from being held, he
added.
Pilot Plant Gift
Shop Features
Valentine Best
By DAVID HAINES
No—That big red heart
above the new counter in
George’s (excuse me, Campus
Corner) doesn’t advertise a
certain dog food; it’s the site
of the Pilot Plant Gift Shop.
The heart is just a reminder
that Valentine’s day will soon
be here.
If you are wondering just what
to get that certain girl or girls the
Pilot Plant features all sorts of
excellent gift items for the fairer
and the weaker sex.
Among the more outstanding
items are women’s billfolds, cigar
ette lighters and a large assort
ment of candy. • Aside from the
more well known varieties of can
dy such as Kings, Whitman, John
ston and Bunte are DeMet’s Turt
les. Don’t get the wrong impres
sion—these are not the kind you
make soup out of but novel choco
late candy in the shape of turtles.
The pretty, blue-eyed, auburn
haired girl waiting to serve you,
Joydelle Garrett, is the owner-
manager of the Pilot Plant. She
opened her business last November
13 as a forerunner of a larger
store to be opened in the Memorial
Center—hence the name.
For the Aggies are silver identi
fication bracelets and L. H. Stern
and Kaywoodie pipes ranging in
price from $1.50 to $25.00. Miss
Garrett also has in stock the nec
essities of life such as Aggie sta
tionery, cigarettes and playing
cards.
If it’s gifts for Valentine’s Day
or anytime, the Pilot Plant has it
—if they don’t then its not worth
having in a Pilot Plant.
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CAVE WILL BE OPEN
AFTER MILITARY BALL
The “Campus Cave” will
open until 12:30 p. m. Saturday
night in order to serve a midnight
snack to those attending the Mili
tary Ball, J. Wayrie Stark, Direc
tor of the Memorial Student Cen
ter, announced today.
AUDIE MURPHY, the most decorated soldier in World War II,
will be one of the guests during the Military Ball.
Murphy is tentatively scheduled to appear in Guion during the
Vaughn Monroe Concert.
Batt of Ten Years
Ago Reveals Era
By GEORGE CHARLTON
A February 14 issue of the Bat
talion of ten years ago being on
hand and within reaching distance,
this reporter dug into its molded
pages to come up with some con
trasts and similarities between it
and the present Battalion.
On the front page is a fea
ture story titled in the form of
a well-known question, “Where
Do A&M Students Spend Their
Money?” Even in those days
students and parents were won
dering “where does it all go?”
Included among the top expen
ditures were cigarettes, soft
drinks, picture show tickets,
stationery, and, of all things,
flowers.
On the second page appeared a
column similar to our current “Let
ter to the Editors” column. Ten
years ago today six irate seniors
wrote to the editor: “We suggest
a little solution for the editorials
and sports page. It is as follows:
Spend more time trying to please
Aggies that read your paper and
spend less time trying to think
up sarcastic remarks to make to
the personnel of The Daily Tex-
Those were the days when the
editor and sports editor of The
Daily Texan were served tea dur
ing halftime of the A&M-TU bas
ketball game with the compli
ments ot certain A&M students.
Also “Tea for Two” was played
for the “gentlemen” while they
were sipping. Cliff Hotard pro
vided the tea.
An advertisement for the As
sembly Hall, motion picture house
at the time, read, pertaining to the
price of admission: students 25-
cents, adults 40 cents. Today at
Guion students are considered
adults—30 cents foy everybody.
Moving pictures advertised for
the coming week at the Hall were
“Brother Rat,” “Spawn of the
North,” and “Garden of the Moon.”
This was a “year of great motion
pictures.”
A column entitled “New Rec
ords” described the musical ar
rangements of “Blue Lou” and
“The Blues” by the All Star Band
and “To You, Sweetheart, Aloha”
and “Sitting in the Sand A-Sun-
nin’,” by Guy Lombardo and his
Royal Canadians.
Such was the Battalion of ten
years ago.
Murphy, Governor Jester, General Quesada,
And Olin Teague Guests for Military Ball
By PAUL BERRY
Audie Murphy, Governor Beauford Jester, Congressman Olin E. Teague, and Lt.
General Elwood R. Quesada will be among the guests present for the Military Ball tomor
row night at 9.
Events will begin Saturday at 12:10 p.m. when Murphy, outstanding Texas hero of World
War II, arrives on the Sunbeam from Dallas. He will be met by the_Aggie Band and
' “.escorted to Duncan Mess Hall
-m ^ ^ Twhere he will have lunch with the
Emphasis Services
Will Begin Monday
Beginning Monday, the communities of Bryan and Col
lege Station will observe Religious Emphasis Week. An an
nual event, Religious Emphasis Week has drawn large aud
iences to Guion Hall and local churches to hear the messages
of the visiting speakers.
* Dr. Barbour, who is pastor of
the Second Presbyterian Church at
Key Design Is
Approved For
Judging Team
By OTTO KUNZE
The design of the proposed
keys for the varsity judging
teams has been completed, J.
E. Endrizzi reported at the
Agricultural Council meeting
Wednesday evening. The com
mittee in charge was instruc
ted to obtain quotations of
prices for the keys.
Charles Rankin moved that the
Landscape Art Department or the
Architecture Department be al
lowed to design keys for the Ag
ricultural Council members. The
motion received the approval of
the council.
For the benefit of new members
of the council, a brief review of
the organization’s activities was
given by Pat Henry.
Committee reports were heard
on the progress of All-College Day
plans. Dean of Agriculture Char
les N. Shepardson stated that All-
College Day is to be a big day for
the institution as a whole, design
ed to let the public see all func
tions of the college.
Dean Shepardson Continued:
“Almost fifty schools in Texas
offer collegiate work in agricul
ture, but through our All-College
Day we hope to show why A&M
is a leader in the agricultural
field.”
The possibility of adopting a
more suitable name for the day
was discussed but no definite sug
gestions were made.
An invitation from the Agrono
my Society to send a duchess to
the Cotton Pageant was discussed.
No definite action was taken; dis
cussions of this topic will be re
sumed at the next meeting, it was
decided.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 11 —(£>)—
Both Senate and House yesterday
adjourned until 10:30 a. m. Mon
day.
What I Mean Is
in
Hidden Meaning of Aggie Slanguage
Liable to Confuse Week-end Visitors
By DAVE COSLETT
Visitors from far points of the
nation will be streaming into Ag
gieland to take part in the numer
ous activities which may rank the
coming week-end as one of the
most eventful few days in recent
college history.
Representing almost every
section of the country, this cos
mopolitan group of visitors will
naturally find A&M different in
many ways. Cadet customs, the
mixture of civilian and military
clothing, and the friendly atmos
phere will represent a rather
strange picture to persons not
familiar with this type of atmos
phere.
What might prove to be the
most bewildering point to the
strangers, though, is the Aggie
language, a tongue in itself. The
local accents should not prove of
too much trouble to the guests,
most of whom are widely traveled
people.
But the meanings of a few phra
ses which students consider com
mon-place will be elusive to the
uninitiated. This following glos
sary is therefore written for them
that they may understand the terjection used by college pro-
sparkling bits of conversation
which they may overhear during
their stay.
What is commonly known as
“Aggie slanguage” will not. be
considered in this piece, since
numerous works already printed
provide an adequate definition of
the printable examples of this
typle of parlance.
Herein will be considered those
phrases which form the basis of
language for both cadets and vet
erans.
“A good prof”—A term denot
ing that species of the class of
educators who possess certain dis-
tinquishing features. In order to
be classified thusly, a professor
must have a strict code of morals
which prohibits ppp quizes, grades
below “C”, daily roll calls, and
similar atrocities. Professors of
this type are noted for their abili
ty at irrelevant but interesting
conversation.
“I don’t like to bring this up,
but” —A round about method
of saying “Nothing gives me
greater pleasure.”
“And in conclusion”—An in*
fessors to mean that they intend
to stop lecturing some time
within the next hour.
“Incidentally, I though that I’d
mention”—A phrase which warns
the listener to brace himself for
the crux of what his speaker has
to say. Literally translated it
would be, “My whole point in talk
ing to you is ... ”
“I had a date at the dance—”
When made in reference to a dance
on this campus, this simply serves
as a one sentence summary of a
standard A&M procedure. In it’s
full form it reads much like a
short story. The basic plot tells
how he paid the girl’s way down
here, bought her a corsage and a
ticket, borrowed a car to take her
to the dance, spent all night trying
to dance two steps without being
tagged, and finally went on a
binge upon finding she had been
late-dated by his room-mate.
“A blind date”—Though gener
ally used to signify a member of
the opposite sex who agrees to
accompany a party whom she has
never seen or met and who has
never seen or met her. The Aggie
Nashville, Tenn., and dean of the
School of Religion at the Univer
sity of Tennessee, will speak Mon
day through Friday in Guion Hall.
The Reverend Grady Hardin, as
sociate pastor of the First Metho
dist Church of Houston, will be the
Religious Emphasis Week speaker
at the Annex. Reverand Hardin
will live in the barracks at the
Annex for the five days.
Evening services will be con
ducted by College Station chur
ches with guest preachers. All
services will begin at 7:15 p. m.,
Monday through Friday.
The First Baptist Church of Col
lege Station will present Dr. L.
B. Reavis, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, Paris.
The A&M Methodist Church will
hear Rev. Charles A. Jackson, Jr.,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Stateboro, Ga., and bro
ther of the present pastor of the
A&M Methodist Church.
Jewish services will be conducted
in the YMCA Cabinet Room by
Rabbi David Lefkowitz Jr., of the
B’Nai Zion Congregation, Shreve
port, La.
At St. Thomas Episcopal
Chapel, Bishop John E. Hines of
Austin will preach. Bishop Hines
is bishop coadjutor of the dio
cese of Texas.
The Church of Christ will pre
sent Willard Collins, vice presi
dent of David Lipscomb College
and minister of the Charlotte Ave
nue Church of Christ, Nashville,
Tenn.
A&M Presbyterians will hear
Rev. Warren R. Hall, Jr., pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
Navasota.
At the Lutheran Center will be
Rev. Eric N. Hawkins, pastor of
Ascension Lutheran Church, San
Antonio.
Christian Church services, in
the YMCA Chapel, will be conduc
ted by Dr. Carter Boren of the
Philosophy Department, Univer
sity of Houston.
Catholic services will be con
ducted by Mnsgr. J. B. Gleissner
pastor of the St. Joseph’s Church
Bryan.
The First Baptist Church of Bry
an will also hold special services,
with Dr. Boyd Hunt, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Houston,
as guest speaker.
Students will be dismissed from
classes for the services from 10 to
11 a. m. Monday and Tuesday;
from 11 to 12 a. m. Wednesday and
Thursday; and from 9 to 10 a. m.
Friday.
Pre-Law Sponsors
Typing Instruction
Night typing classes will be
sponsored by the Pre-Law Society
this semester, Ben Lampkin, so
ciety president, announced today.
Rosters are now being made up
and instructors have been secured
in order that classes may start
next week, Lampkin continued. A
few positions in the classes are
still open.
Students interested in the clash
es may contact Lampkin in 5-B
Puryear.
Class times are tentatively sche
duled for three or four nights a
week, Lampkin said.
translation tends more to the lit
eral side in that most species of
this class are afflicted with poor
eye-sight. To correct this defici
ency they often wear horn-rimmed
spectacles, while they seldom are
able to correct their, dry-scalps,
acne, bow-legs, broken noses, of
fensive breath, and other maladies
chinmon to their breed.
“Military proficiency” — Ex
tensive investigation to find the
meaning of this term disclosed
only the words “snafu” and “fu-
bar.” The latter two words are
believed to be remnants of some
yet undiscovered dead language.
“Here’s some unimportant side
light material”— A statement from
an instructor meaning that stu
dents may be sure of finding the
subsequent material included in
their final exam.
“Well, hello there. How ya doin’’
—A saluation used by one student
to greet another student whose
name he cannot think of at the
time.
“Though I know very little about
this subject”—An expression pre- dier of World War II, and Miss
facing a discourse by a self-ac- Margaret Malitz, honorary Cadet
knowledged expert on any subject. Colonel of the Corps at SMU.
McClure to Attend
SMU Military Ball
Bob McClure, Cadet Colonel of
the Corps, left this morning for
Dallas where he will attend the
Military Ball of the Southern
Methodist University.
He will return Saturday with
Audie Murphy, most decorated sol-
Corp of Cadets.
An honor guard of Ross Volun
teers will receive General Quesada
at Easterwood Air Field at 2:30
and escort him to his quarters here
on the campus.
Governor Jester and party will
also arrive at Easterwood at 3:30
and will be met by an honor guard
of the Ross Volunteers and Chan
cellor Gibb Gilchrist.
The Corps of Cadets, 3,800
strong, will parade at 4:30 on the
Main Drill Field honoring the dis
tinguished guests of the Military
Ball. At this time Murphy will he
presented an Honorary Cadet Col
onel’s commission, the first given
in the history of the college. Fol
lowing the presentation he will
join the corps staff and march
with them in the pass-by review.
The Reserve Officers Associa
tion will have a reception in the
YMCA from 5:15 to 6:20. Cadet
officers and their dates will at
tend this reception where they
will have an opportunity to meet
the guests.
The Corps will hold a retreat
formation at 6:20 in front of Dun
can Mess Hall prior to the even
ing meal. The British and the
American national anthems will be
played at this formation. Disting
uished guests will be present and
will eat their evening meal with
the cadets.
Doors to Guion Hall will be
closed at 6:15 prior to the Camel
Caravan Broadcast and Vaughn
Monroe Concert. The Vanity Fair
winners will be presented at this
show.
Culminating the events of the
day, the ball will begin at 9 p. m.
with music by Vaughn Monroe and
his orchestra.
Decorations for Sbisa Hall will
be in the military theme with
flags and banners hung around
the Avails.
Out of state honor guests here
for the Military Ball include, Tea
gue, General Quesada, Major Gen
eral J. A. Gascoigne, deputy com
mander of the British Army Staff
Mission; Major General Harry H.
Vaughn, aide to the President of
the United States; Major General
Charles W. Ryder, assistant to
Army Chief of Staff, Civilian
Components; Brigadier General
Edward A. Evans, executive direc
tor, ROA; Brigadier General Wen-
dall Westover, executive for Re
serve Affairs, Department of the
Army; Colonel and Mrs. J. C.
Windsor Lewis, military attache,
Embassy of Great Britain; and
Colonel Guy S. Meloy, former A&
M Commandant.
The State guests to be present
are Governor and Mrs. Jester,
Murphy .Major-General and Mrs.
K. L. Berry, Major General and
Mrs. H. Miller Ainsworth, Colo
nel and Mrs. John W. Mayo,
President Louis H. Hubbard, Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Bellows, Colonel
and Mrs. George Smith, and Lt.
Colonel and Mrs. George A. Hill.
Top officials of the college and
other local invited guests will also
be present.
Major General O. P. Weyland,
commandant of the War College,
has accepted an invitation to at
tend the Military Ball Saturday.
He will accompany Col. Guy S.
Meloy, former Commandant of
Cadets and PMS&T.
Colonel Jerry Lee of the Air
Force will also attend with Wey
land and Meloy.
Lee and Weyland are both form
er students of A&M.
MAJOR GENERAL J. A.
GASCOIGNE, Chief of the Brit
ish Military Mission, will be
among the notables attending the
Military Ball this weekend.