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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951
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Price Five Cents
Perry’s Past Works
writ-
mu me suory »■ «cau» a ficmi-novel,
semi-historical hook op ARRieland in its first 75
George Sessions Perry (inset) is currently
in'- the “Story of Texas A&M,” a semi-
ycars. The Texas author has written several
es t sellers and contributed to leadiiu
ig magazines.
\8tory of Pexas A&lVr
Reknoivned Texas Author
Writing Book on Aggieland
Hershey Bemoans Problems
How to Get Without Offense
Washington, Feb. 20—CP)—If you think you’ve got
problems, consider the sad case of Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her
shey, the draft director.
“What I have to do,” Hershey said today, “is to figure
out how to raise an armed force of 3,500,000 without taking
anybody.”
Hershey told Washington’s Touchdown Club it seems
to him this country is divided into two classes:
“In the first are the professional people, the farmers,
the skilled workers, and so on. They’re the ones who have
jobs so important they can’t be taken into the armed forces.
“In the other class are those people who are in such
sad shape nobody wants ’em.”
Aggieland in Music
Presented in Guion
Aggieland will he reversing the
procedure on its seventy-fifth year
when it gives the people of Texas
and of the nation a present. That
present will be the first full-length
bock on Texas’ oldest state col
lege—the “Story of Texas A&M.”
And setting the unique story to
paper will be one of our state’s
best known authors, George Ses
sions Perry.
Perry, native of Rockdale, Texas,
and author of several books, has
been on the campus for the past
several months compiling and writ
ing the book, scheduled for re
lease sometime next fall.
Fairly regular contributor to
such well-known publications as
“The Saturday Evening Post”
and “The Country Gentlemen,”
Perry was hired for the job last
October.
His book will be published by
the McGraw-Hill Publishing Com
pany and will be for sale at a
price to be determined later. Ulus-
gotiations
Ne
between
Heads Continue
City
The Bryan City Commis-
Mon and the College Station
City Council came nearer to
completing final plans for the
purchase of power lines and
electric facilities in College Hills
from Bryan in a meeting last week
end.
!' In the first of -several joint
meetings which will be necessary
to complete negotiations between
the two groups, the local council
agreed to construct an auxiliary
high line around the city to re
place the one now running through
town.
‘•iThe new high line would furnish
power for REA lines outside the
city limits.
I. Mayor Ernest Langford said
this morning a crew of engineers
is staking out the new line and
when they finish Thursday or Fri
day, the cost of the new line can
be estimated.
^Mayor Langford saiid further
meetings with the Bryan Commis
sion will be held to complete con
tract terms for power facilities now
owned and operated by the City
of Bryan and REA jointly.
- ; !vThe Bryan Commission submit
ted a contract to 1 the College Sta
tion Council at its last meeting but
all the terms did not meet appro
val from the local group,
f Receiving the most criticism
from councilmen was a clause in
the contract which would require
the City of College Station to
charge the same rates for electric
power as set by the Bryan Com
mission for their consumers.
This and one or two other small
items should get top attention in
the contract negotiations to con
tinue periodically as more informa
tion is available to the two groups,
Mayor Langford added.
trations may accompany the writ
ten matter.
The idea of writing the “Story
of Texas A&M” was first conceived
by the Former Student’s Associa
tion. The governing counsel of that
group appointed a committee to lay
plans for the book.
Members of the committee are
Roy J. Chappell, ’41, Tyler; C. C.
Krueger, ’12, San Antonio; Clarence
M. Elwell, ’23, Austin; Frank A.
Driskill, ’37, Austin, E. H. Astin,
’99, Bryan; and R. Henderson Shuf
fler, ’29, College Station.
The “A&M Story Committee”
had $50,000 to use in finding a
writer and publisher for the
book. They contacted Perry, who
accepted the job.
Perry has spent the greater part
of his life in Rockdale, a small
town about 75 miles from College
Station. He received bis schooling
in Allen Academy, Southwestern
University at Georgetown and Pur
due University. Describing his ed
ucation as that of a “playboy in
college,” he admits that he re
ceived a degree from none of the
colleges.
His first serious attempts at
writing came in his teens when he
penned eight successive novels.
All were turned down by publish
ers.
Before long, though, he landed
a story in The Saturday Evening
Post.” That launched him on a
successful writing career.
Books written by him include
“Texas, A World in Itself,” “Where
Away,” “Hold Autumn in Your
Hand,” “Hackberry Cavalier,” “My
Granny Van,” “Round-up Time,”
“30 Days Hath September,” and
“Families of America,” and “Cities
of America.” The latter collection
of stories originally appeared ser
ially in The Saturday Evening-
Post.
The “Story of Texas A&M” will
be, according to Perry, more of a
narrative than a history of the
college. Roughly, it wilF consist of
' (See “BOOK”, Page 4)
Traditions of Aggieland set to
music held the spotlight last night
in Guion Hall at the world pre
miere of “Songs of Texas A&M,”
record album containing “The Ag
gie War Hymn,” “Twelfth Man,”
“The Spirit of Aggieland” and “Sil
ver Taps.”
Composers of the school songs
related how the songs were “born,”
and complimentary albums were
presented to the composers, to
President Harrington and to radio
station WTAW.
After President Harrington re
ceived the first album, he imme
diately claimed the honor of buy
ing the second one at the regular
price, $3.
First for President
President Harrington presented
the complimentary albums to Mrs.
Ford Munnerlyn, who wrote “The
Twelfth Man,” to Pinky Wilson,
who composed the “Aggie War
Hymn,” and to Col. R. J. Dunn,
who composed the music for “The
Spirit of Aggieland.”
Songs in the album were record
ed on the afternoon of Dec. 18,
1950, announced Alan Waldie, co
master of ceremonies for the pro
gram with David Haines.
The program in Guion Hall open
ed with an explanation by Waldie
of the technicalities of making the
recordings. The Aggie Band, un
der the direction of Lt. Col. E. V.
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Student Life
Votes $2,400
Bleachers for the South side of
the new Aggie rodeo arena were
pushed a big step nearer reality
yesterday afternoon when the Stu
dent Life Committee allotted $2,000
to the Saddle and Sirloin Rode
Club to purchase materials for
their construction.
The committee voted in addition
to provide $250 for the purchase
of a new bass violin for use of the
Music Activities Department under
the direction of Bill Turner. The
instrument is to be used by stu
dent musical entertainment groups
and for practice, Turner stated in
a letter to the Life Committee.
Send Out Aggielands
Receiving approval also was a
request by The Aggieland 1951 for
$160 to cover labor and postage
for mailing old copies of the A&M
yearbook to 400 Texas high schools.
The request was presented by
Aggieland Editor Roy Nance, who
explained that the move would
Postman’s Motto
Weatherman Can’t Stop
WeekendFreshmanBall
This time not rain, sleet or hail Thomas “Happy” Clemens,
will stop the Freshman Ball to be freshman class president, will pre
held Saturday night in Sbisa Hall, sent each of the sweetheart final-
Originally scheduled for Feb. 3, ists with a gift after the winner
an ice storm, snarled up transpor- is announced. This is in addition to
tation throughout the state and the traditional class kiss to the
most of the gizds were unable to sweetheart.
j f For the weekend, date accommo-
dations will be available for the
girls in A ramp of Walton Hall.
This housing is expected to take
care of the overflow from the MSC,
the Aggieland Inn, and local room
ing houses.
Room Reservations
Freshman desiring to get rooms
in Walton for their girls may make
a t reservations in Goodwin Hall at
rr the Housing Office, Bennie Zinn,
assistant dean of men, announced
this morning.
Heading the various committees
evening by the Aggieland Orches
tra under Bill Turner’s baton. The
dance is scheduled to last from
8:30 p. m. to midnight.
Reception
Preceding the dance a recep
tion will be held for the honor
guests of the freshman class.
Members of the Sweetheart-
Selection-Committee
three freshman, one staff member,
and a counselor,—will make their
decisions during the first inter
mission. . , -
Assisting the selection committee will be Robert Schwarz, programs;
in making their decisions a small Charles Andres, sweetheart corn-
group of fish cowboys will play a rnittee; Ray Downey, entertain-
few “hits from the'hills”. Danny ment; David Allen, tickets; Ray-
Chitwood, one of the three fresh- mond McBride, decorations and
man representatives to the Student Jouett Parsons, refreshments.
Senate, will be master of ceremon- Freshmen are still needed to help
ies between numbers and at the in transforming Sbisa Mess Hall
intermissions. i n t 0 a Ballroom, Parsons says.
provide boys in the state some in
sight into A&M activities and
give them information upon which
to base their selection of a college
to attend.
In other business during the
lively two-hour session, the Com
mittee postponed selection of Who’s
Who at A&M because complete
lists of activities and grade point
ratios had not been obtained on all
the candidates.
The group will meet in special
session Thursday night to select
one percent of the junior-senior en
rollment for the honor. This year’s
Who’s Who will number 24. Thirty-
one were named last year.
No Pass
Failing by two to carry the ne
cessary two-thirds vote of the Com
mittee, an amendment to the Stu
dent Life Constitution providing
non-voting membership for the
Freshman and Sophomore classes
was tabled until next month after
lengthy debate.
Dissenting Life Committee mem
bers favored giving the two presi
dents voting power since it was
stated in the amendment that they
should have the accompanying “re
sponsibilities” of membership.
Invited Guest
The presidents were invited to
attend the Life Committee meet
ings as guests last November. Un
der the proposed amendment, the
two could discuss legislation, bring
up new business and express opin
ion, but would have no vote.
Roy Nance, a member of the
group favoring the “no-vote”
amendment, expressed the view
that neither a sophomore or
freshman would be thoroughly
enough acquainted with activities
on the campus to cast an intelligent
vote on most legislation.
Free Labor
Members of the Saddle and Sir
loin and Rodeo Clubs volunteered
“free” student labor for construc
tion on the new bleachers needed
to complete the recently construct
ed rodeo arena. The structure is
located across the railroad tracks
West of the College.
Money previously alloted the two
clubs by Student Life for the ini
tial construction of the arena was
used almost entirely to buy building
materials. Students in the two
clubs volunteered their services
last Fall and completed the arena
in time for a previously planned
rodeo.
Adams, played the songs just as
they were recorded on December
18. Col. Adams remarked that it
took three hours to record the
“War Hymn,” the “Spirit,” and
“Silver Taps.”
Tessie
Mrs. Munnerlyn, who went to
school at Tessieland, recalled that
the idea of writing the “Twelfth
Man” came to her one Sunday aft
ernoon while she was i’ea;ding
Lloyd Gregory’s sports column in
the Houston Post.
Gregory mentioned A&M’s
twelfth man tradition, and Mrs.
Munnerlyn wondered why no one
had ever written a song about it.
She had a skeleton copy of the
“Twelfth Man” written in about
two hours—writing the last lines
first. And in two days, she had
the finished product.
Other Songs
Mrs. Munnerlyn has written sev
eral other songs, and last night,
she accompanied herself on the
piano while she sang some of
them. She began with the
“Twelfth Man” and ended with
“Swing Along,” a song she wrote
for her brother while he was serv
ing in Italy during World War II.
Col. Dunn said that Marvin Mims
wrote the words to the “Spirit of
Aggieland” during the summer of
1925. It took Col. Dunn less than
a week to write the music, and
the song was first used at yell
practice on college night, 1925.
Marching Song
The “Spirit” was written in 6-8
time, said Col. Dunn, and it was
originally used as a marching song.
The time was later slowed down,
and then the yells were added.
Col. Dunn reported that “Silver
Taps” were first played at 11 p.m.
on the night of the Final Ball, 1929.
Pinky Wilson said the idea of the
“Aggie War Hymn” was first con
ceived during the early part of
World War I. Wilson went to
Germany with the occupation
forces at the end of the war, and
it was there that the song finally
took shape. The second verse of
the “War Hymn” was composed
(See- SONGS, Page 4)
Management Meet
Slated Next Month
Management problems in indus
try will be discussed by leading in
dustrial executives in the fourth
annual Management Engineering
Conference March 1 and 2.
Included will be sucb topics as
a program for training executives
and the need of the executive for
relaxation.
Sponsored by the Management
Engineering Department, the con
ference will feature such speakers
as L. C. Morrow, consulting edi
tor, factory management and main
tenance New York, and Dr. Wil
liam Ford, consulting psychologist,
Houston.
ROTC Increase, GJ Bill
Probable Says O’Brien
By CLAYTON SELPH
Plans of the universal military
training and service bill now being
considered by Congress and an in
dication that ROTC strength will
likely be raised to 90,000 were
given to a group of students and
faculty and staff members who
heard James C. O’Brien, second
Great Issues speaker of the 1951
series, in the MSC Assembly Room
last night.
O’Brien is associate director of
the manpower of the National Se
curity Resources Board. The NSRB
is the top level, long-range planning-
board charged with the responsibil
ity of determining manpower and
materials available and how they
may be best put to use.
75,000 For College
Explaining the UMT&S bill now
before Congress, he said that it
calls for drafting all qualified 18-
year-olds, and increases length of
service from 21 to 24 months.
Through examinations the bill pro
poses to provide colleges with 75,-
000 freshman students each year
after they have completed four
months basic training.
Details as to whether these stu
dents will go to school under mili
tary jurisdiction or whether they
will be sent on government funds
has not been determined, O’Brien
said. The graying, but young and
energetic appearing official said
he thought some sort of scholar
ship program would have to be
worked out.
There is strong feeling on both
sides on whether this group should
be under (military jurisdiction while
in school! he said.
Present Problem
A problem also arises, he said,
in the co-existence of students un
der ROTC training and the draft
student attending the same classes,
but having unequal military oppor
tunities.
The ROTC student is virtually
(assured of a commission, but the
UMT student would compete for
commissions by examination at the
ehd of his college training, the
manpower authority told his lis
teners.
Even though plans are being dis
cussed to increase ROTC enroll
ment, most college students out of
ROTC will be allowed to finish
their courses if they meet academic
standards, he said.
New G I Bill
O’Brien mentioned that there de
finitely would be some sort of GI
Bill passed before long. Questioned
after the discussion, he said that
he could see no difference in the
present situation and the one in
WW II. He said he thought there
should be a new GI Bill, and that
he expects it to be considerably im
proved over the previous one.
Explaining the structure of the
present mobilization organization,
he told the group that Charles E.
Wilson, director of the newly creat
ed mobilization agency, is concern
ed with day-to-day problems of
mobilization, while the Security Re-
Dairymen to Hear
A&M Professors
Two A&M staff members will
deliver addresses at the 43rd an
nuel convention of the Dairy Pro
ducts Institute in San Antonio, Feb.
25-27.
Dr. A. V. Moore, professor of
the Dairy Husbandry will talk on
“Statistical Quality Control of
Dairy Products 1 .
J. P. CoVan, associate professor
of Management Engineering, will
speak on “A new approach for
Management.
Still Need Match
sources Boaixl concerns itself with
long range plans.
O’Brien has also been named
head of the National Scientific
Register, an agency created to
gather anjfl classify information on
scientists, and engineers in this
country*
“We could go to the Department
of Agriculture and find out how
many pigs there are in this coun
try, but we had no means of
knowing how many chemists we
ha<L‘” he said.
Manpower Planning
Manpower plans call for careful
planning to influence people to
v/ork where the government needs
them most, the audience was told.
Plans must be developed to in
duce workers to move to defense
jobs and yet they must be able to
exercise some degree of choice, he
said. Such a plan preserves “in
dividual initiative” which is what
wins wars for America, O’Brien ex
plained.
O’Brien emphasized to the group
his belief that any plan for man
power mobilization must be fully
understood by the larger groups
such as agriculture and organized
labor. Their cooperation is depend
ent upon their understanding and
willingness to make a plan work,
he told his audience.
Induction Plan
Mentioning recent Congressional
charges that the Air Force had
“hogged” most of the better qual
ified youth of the nation, he said
that he could not personally lay
too much blame on the Air Force.
His solution to the problem is a
unified induction plan designed to
allocate manpower in whatever
(Quantity and quality is needed by
the three services.
F. W. Powell, instructor in the English Department, will be the
defending champion in the Profs division of The Battalion Pipe
Smoking Contest. Last year he kept his briar going for two hours
without missing a puff. When the awards were over, he walked out
of the contest still puffing.
Tobaccoless Pipe in Contest Loot
By ROGER COSLETT
A pipe that uses no tobacco—
in addition to being easy on the
pocketbook, could almost be class
ed as a world oddity.
This “Wonder Pipe” will be one
of the prizes at the annual Battal
ion Pipe Smoking Contest, to be
held in the MSC Feb. 28.
According to the manufacturers,
Buescher’s Industries Inc. of Wash
ington, Mo. this “wonder” hickory
pipe needs no tobacco—all that is
necessary is to light up. Buescher’s
is donating one of these pipes and
several other standard pipes to
the contest.
These pipes are but a few prizes
in a list that includes $19.50 worth
of tobacco and pipes from John
Middleton Inc. of Philadelphia, Pa.,
—from the L&H Stern Company, son who smokes his pipe the long- In the last contest F. W. Powell,
two five dollar pipes from Marx- est will be declared the winner. an English instructor won the
man pipes of New York, two beau- Included in the pipe smoking Professor’s Pipe Smoking Contest,
tiful Roger’s air-tite tobacco pouch- division will be sections for Gala- He left the contest with an armful
es—value six dollars—from Rogers bash and Churchwarden pipe smok- of prizes and his pipe still burning
h
Imports Inc. of New York and ers.
$14.70 worth of tobacco from the
Christian Pepers Tobacco Com
pany of St. Louis.
The Ely Company of Dallas
has sent a fifteen dollar Ka-
woodie Calabash Pipe to be used
as a prize while Autrey Freder
ick, A&M Chesterfield represen
tative, has given seven cartons
of Chesterfields, and the Dia
mond Match Company has pro
vided three huge cartons of
matches in order to get things
off to a flaming start.
General pipe smoking will be
broken down into large, medium,
small, miniature and metal bowl,
sections.
There will also be a special
section for corn cob smokers. If
plans go as scheduled corn cob
pipes will be made available to
contestants in this contest.
The Memorial Student Center,
after almost two hours of puffing.
All persons connected with the
college are eligible to enter the
contest—women included. To en
ter fill in an entry blank, ap
pearing daily in The Battalion,
and return it to the contest man
ager. Special entry boxes have
been placed in the lobby of the
MSC for your convenience.
Judges for the contest will be
co-sponsor of the contest, is mak- named later in the week,
ing arrangements to secure a stock The MSC has stocked a complete
of corn cob pipes that the contest- new line of pipe and tobacco needs
ants may keep after they have for the convenience of those who
smoked them. want to practice up. H n Uy dead-
All these prizes, and more are Staff and faculty members of the line is midnight Feb. 26 so get that
arriving every day, will be given to college will get a chance to display pipe out and practice up.
and, $17.00 worth of pipes from the the winners of the various divisions their skills in the professors pipe Non-pipe smokers need not fear.
of the contest. and cigar smoking sections of the The contest includes a division on
In the pipe smoking division a contest. If enough entries in this cigar smoking, cigarette rolling,
measured amount of tobacco will be division are received additional sec- smoke ring blowing and pipe col-
Rothenberg & Schloss Cigar Com
pany of Kansas City, Mo.
Also on hand are a set of seven
certified Purex pipes—value $24.50 given each contestant and the per- tions may be opened to them.
lecting.