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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1949)
Til* BATTALION i V'" .1 >AY, SEPTEMBER 11,1949 PagteS iChnrch for Fall Rev. 0. G. Helvey, vicar of St. Th has announced the schedule of le coming fall semester. Episcopal Chap- fori! is church for Sunday services wUl begin with ' r followed by breakfast Church i 0:80 und th» rffu 8 a»m. to be )mmunio: >a: rish house, conducted at Organization #1 >f Community Chest Planned Directors of the College Station Community Chest Aave set the period from Oc tober 20 to November 15 as le time for the annual fund >e. f .p- The members of the chest de- The members of the chest de cided at a recent meeting in the College Station Bank to try. and naVe their drive, concurrent with the drt 1 the regular morning pray er and aermon will! follow kt 11. BveMhf 11 services will bs con ducted at fl:80, and will be followed by Younit I’eopie’isService League and th# Young People'll Fellowship. Rev, Helvey was born In Wynne-; wood, jCfkia., and uttehded Castle Heights! Military Academy and Tech High School in Atlanta, Geor gia, before entering Central High drive of the Bryan Chest, i Immediately after being called to order by Chest President J. H. Borrels, the group unanimously elected Df. R. D. Turk as their secretary treasurer. The chest committee will meet September 21 in the YMCA for a budget discussion. All organize? tiona desiring to request funds from the cheat are asked by the committee to be present at that meeting. ,i ■■ 1 Letters announcing the meeting : will be mailed to organizations which have participated in the drive at previous times. Ttm i Chest members unani mously approved a letter pre- ' pared by Sorrels to be seat to the vice-president, Area Man ager of the American Bed ; ^ Cross, inviting the Red Cross to participate in tbe drive. •j Also, the Chest members adop ted, effective immediately a trust agreement between members of •tfe—College Station Community j I f Chest and a Trust Committee to be Appointed by the Chest. The trust Committee will be In Athuiisj He attended the CnlversI the South at Hmvanee, where he played tackle and full back on the football team for four years, being all-conference fullback one yeaf. | " ; •U He mso played basketball and lettered four yeaijs iin j track. He graduated in 1927 with k Bachelor of Science Degree in biology, Rev. Helvey entered the Episco palian Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va., after leaving Se- wanee land received a 1 Bachelor of Pivinitjy Degree in 1931. | ! Upon leaving the! seminary he was appointed rector of St. An drews Episcopal Church in Hous ton. After two and one half years! he was transferred to Nacogdoches where he years. rector for mine Rey. Helvey entered the Naval 'with the rank of Chaplain Corps lieutenant in 1942j He served with thje navy in -Al geria for nine months and later served m the Leytaj and Okinawa campaigns. . [• | In 1933 he married the former Miss B&rtoie -Gunn of Houston. The Hielvey’s now have three sons, Grin, Jr., Clifton, and Stuart. Rev.j Helvey has been with St. Thomas Chapel since 1945. Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist of the A&M System begins his full year in that position with the opening of school this fall, cell -r llor Gilchrist was foi merly President of A&M. Corps Dormitory Assignments Made; Includes Entire Area ; given disbursing powers over a trust fund set up with $1,500 dollars from the chest. Of the $1,500 dollars, white v you^h work at College Station will be allocated $1,000 dollars and the remaining $500 dollars will go .to i Negro youth work in the com munity. J . i ■ are like mt * ft 'p-1 ! INewspapers They are healthier and •stronger; than they used to be. They are worth looking Back Numbers aren't in demand. . . _ . They aren’t afraid to v f speak their rttinds. They can make or break a man. They have much influ ence. ‘ They carry news where- ever they go. Jf they know anything, they tell it. every guy should have one and leave HIS NEIGHBOR'S ! ALONE MORAL. The Maick T. Nolen, senior history major!from Wichita Falls, is co editor, with Frank Welch on the imei rumu ; Willi Aiu lift TV rim Ull UIW 1949-19. r )0 Commentator. Nolen was feature editor of The/llat- taiion in 1947. mnt of corps units to th«!ir respective dormitories have been made for the Fall semester, according: to Lt. Gol.i'F. S. Vaden of the Science Depart ment. : 1 This year’s enrollment in the Cadet ‘Corps- is expected to be gfeater-thaiv that of last year as is 1 evidenced by the incorporation of Dormitories 1 and 3 into the c<j>rps area. These dortnitories were used for Veteran stu- The assignments sire: Dorm 1, fjlfst floor, “B” Transportation rps; second floor,; “A” Trans- rmy Reserves Rate Releases . Austin, Tex., Sept, 11—Details cqncerning the release prior to April l, 1950 of 3,387 Army Reserve Officers now on active duty were annouucad recently by the Depart- menli of the Army after Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson put into < ffect an economy program for all three services designed to reduce expenditures for national defense. ^ Under the Army’s plan, 1,250 of the 3,387 officers will be released by December 31, 1949, and the re mainder will revert to inactive sta tus by April 1; 1950. STUDENTS! iAll officers will be given at least three months’ notice prior to their Jelease. Those officers serving in fne United States who are chosen or release will he frozen in cur- nt assignments and those serv- ng in overseas areas will be ret urned to this Country prior to heir release date, J Selections for release will be piade jfrom yll rton-Regular offi- ejers now on duty with the Army. portation Corps; third and fourth floors, Senior Company. Dorm 2, first floor, (held in re serve) ; second floor, “A” Cavalry; third floor, “C" Cavalry; fourth floor, “B” Cavalry. ] , Dorm 3, first floor, '‘B” Quar termaster; second floor,! “A” Quartermaster; third floor, "A” Chemical Corps; fourth floor, “A” Ordinance. Dorm 4, ' first floor, “I” Air Force; second floor, “H” Air Force; third floor, “B” Engineers; fourth floor, “A” Engineers. 1 Dorm 5, first and second floors, “A” Army Security Agency, Third fl<j>or, “E” Field Artillery; fourth floor, “A" Supply Corps. Dorm (5, first floor, “G” Air Force; j second flooi*, “E”i Air Force; third floor, “D” Air Force; fourth floor, “F” Air Force. Dorm 7, first floor, “A” Artillery; second floor, “D” F Artillery; third floor, “C” Field Artillery; fourth floor, ‘‘B’’ Field Artillery, Dorm 8, first, floor, “C"i Air Force; second floor,, "A" Air Field ield Force; ijiird floor, '‘B” Air Fibrce; rtlh floor, "E" Veterans, lorm 9, fOUrVw. AIVUl , .U TW Dorm 9, first floor, “B” Coast Artillery Corps; second floor,! “A" Coast Artillery Corps; third floor, "E" Infantry; fourth floor,,] CD” Infantry, , 1 Dorm 10, first floor, (held in reserve);,second floor, “A" Infan try; third floor, Infatitry; fourth floor, “C” Infanti 47.JM Dorm 11, fits! and second floors, Maroon Band; third and fOurth floors, White] Band. Dorm 12, | first floor, (Sorps Staff; second floor, ‘‘B’’ Veterans; third floor, “A” Veterans; fourth floor, “D” Veterans. Birthda this mon System ago President of th« ibb Gilchrist, acting on the Board of Directors, turned over his titla fice to Dean F. C. Bolton and as sumed a new post as Chancellor of the A&M System. Now at the end of the System'll first year, Chancellor Gilchrist preached throughout In speedier in all lines nity of pur embers have plans and prob the year hi nd more | Military Science Department Makes Eight Personnel Changes Sir] toft. McElhenny to Ft. Kaox Col. William 8. McElhetmy, came to Jf&M In August, 1 Eight Changes and replacements in the military personnel here were made during the summer, accord ing to Colonel H. L, Boatner, PMSAT. ! , . Lt. Col. John J. Kelly( lately re turned from service in Germany, replaces Major Norman W. Par sons os senior cavalry instructor. Lt. Col. John V. Roddy replaces Lt. Col William A. Becker, senior field artillery instructor, who has been ordered to Venezuela. Roddy recently: returned from service with the U. S. Army Group in Greece. Capt. Roy E. Smith, assistant professor of field artillery, has been assigned to the Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma^ Major Chester C. Shaefer from the James E. Park will edit The Agriculturist magazine for the current school year, Park Is e senior agriculture major from College Station, Lt. who 1946, received orders to report to Ft. Knox School. Ordered to the Officer’s Advance I Ft. Leavenworth Command Staff College is Lt. jCol. Glen B. Owen, infantry, who came here, in 1946. WaVrant Officer James R. Nor man, USA, who (began his dijties here In September, 1947, has been reassigned to the Far Eastern Command with headquarters at Yokohama, Japan. corps and traQfportation corps, respectively, h&g* been reassigned to other posted? New Senior Instructors Lt. Col. Charlies P. Motto has been appointed the new senior transportation instructor. Motto s formerly at Ftf Eustia, Vir- Reporting from the Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Major Leonard Walker will ''take up duties senior signal cqrps instructor. Lt. Col. Shelly P. Myers Jr. ^returned from the Philippine C6m senior coast F. M mand to becomj tillery instructoi Senior Infantry Instructor The new senior instructor of in fantry will be LtJ Col. William! F. Lewis. Lewis was formerly at the Air Command and Staff School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Captain William J. Hyde, from the Ft. Knox Armored School, Kentucky, has been assigned!as cavalry instructor. i'V Mbvr T .Zt A ¥ lcu i: kton j past would hav ficult of , ’’There is much progress yet to be made," he concluded, ’’before conch ■■■■■! new organisation can be said are achieved maturity., Soma iflcation will be nedoaaai maiie jlHL r — ..„ T1 many improvements wll) be "“ jth# basis of experience. The first year has proven, how* Jpr, that this is a most effective plan for aocompHshlug our object tlves, a sound basis oil which t<) billiil■ Mm IMi were were of N01 , « « J ° hn AgrlcuL* nkl College, sm! President E. B. »ns of Prairie View A&M. for System'e Creation jThij new plan w«| dfsigned to Iperete] from the norn»ei dutlee of the presidency -of A&M, the hMvr im ' ' ‘ iteWlde ! :| Id for the fut ure, j j Organisation of the System The sweeping ret m 4 of | administering] system which inclii tl|* threii other-cdlle$e# and a muk,, titudt of servlceil and egendesj ■ p It was the result of many monthsi * planning and Htl»dy, an * first time made fach coll a* ■t: icping reorganization of thd units that i awee; iow make up the one-year-old A&M System was widely publicized throughout thje nation when it was announced. The system an autanomoiis unit .y- spoinfible to itsjpr#sidsnt who is iiV turn responsible (0 the Board ( rough the Chancallor. i trough the Chancellor. m action of the. Board of Di rectors, in addition to naming Gil christ as chancellor of the new , In addition to: the four college With un enrollment of more thu,, , 14,000 students, ithe A&M Systeml' ' ' dudes the Texas Agricultural '.a lor of tin system, ahd Dean F. C.^Bidton a,s sMbsitations and ies; the Texas president/elevated Dr. M. T. Har rington to the position of Acting Dean of the College. He still holds, in conjunction with that office, his title as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. D. W. Williams, who had been former vice-president of agricul ture for the college, was given the new position of vice-chancellor for agriculture. The creation of the System ele vated the deans of thje several cql- on Service w /id home den & *3 county agent home demonstration agents ‘ IT; sion/' Service; Firemen’^ Training School; Rodent] Contrcfl Service; unty; tbs Jph scnooi; Kodenti control Service; anj many othpr] agenews and ser-j yjees w|iich may be authorized. 4 ' Each of the agencies |nd servlcee u } headed by a director and oper- s as h unit olth#, system in the fiolleges. ame manner as !! I. i Welcome to Martin’s Place ^ >■:. . Our Specialty Bar-B-Q 50c & 75c a Plate COLD DRINKS & SANDWI J > .j I- - ' ]. m-i|| ; i,i! J- 25 Years Service to Aggi (Newly Remodeled) ^ •; MARTI Male Rhea Assumes Hatching Duties Detroit—W—Mr. Rhea, a male bird who lives at the Detroit] Zoo, is a badly henpecked husband these days. 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