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0, 1946 * will hold 7:30 p. iolidated-* to dis- it prob- Mayor angford plan to age dis- Station. y’s pro- 7- Texas A&M The B alion NG LS Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, May 22, 1946 Number 63 Paul Ostermayer Elected Valedictorian of thcr ment at*> :o for a criptive mencla- the So- neering en one m from io have st two is and ometry n’s hat we’ve ;ions. V* I ived mrs,. ►o !5 tor ste rie - id 3 - Candidates Named By Veterans for Student Elections Johnson, Cowan for Batt Longhorn Co-Editors; Three File for Yell Leader H. O. “Hub” Johnson and Jay Cowan were nominated by the Ex- Servicemen’s Club for the student offices of Co-Editor of the Bat- talion and Co-Editor of the Long- horn last Monday night at the club’s regular meeting. ^ Hub Johnson has several years experience on the Battalion before the war as a part of the sports staff. Jay Cowan, candidate for ^Co-Editor of the Longhorn, is now doing commercial art work and did the drawings for the second volume of the 1946 Longhorn. Bill Beck, junior yell leader be- fore entering the service, Bill Mc- Kenzie, and Dan Kuykendall were nominated as candidates for yell leader to represent the non-military group of the student body. After the business was finish- ed the meeting was turned over to Fred Schmidt, field secretary for the Texas chapter of the newly- organized American Veterans Committee. Mr. Schmidt gave a short talk on the AVC aims and intentions. Following this he ans- wered questions from the floor. The critical housing question was discussed with Mr. Schmidt stating what the AVC is doing to ^help solve the problem. Geo. Fuermann to Address Press Club At Annual Banquet George Fuermann of the Hous- ton Post, several years a member of the Battalion newspaper and ^ magazine staffs, and originator of the new defunct Backwash, will be the principal speaker at the Texas A. & M. Press Club annual banquet tonight in Sbisa Hall. ^ The presentation of service awards, in the form of keys, will be made by J. W. Rollins, dean of men, to members of the staffs. Allen Self, Managing Editor of the Battalion, will be toastmaster. George B. Wilcox, head of the edu- cation and psychology department, will deliver the invocation. What’s Cooking Wednesday 7:00 p. m.—Yell practice and tryouts for junior yell leader. * 7:30 p. m.—Press Club Banquet, Sbisa Hall. 7:30 p. m.—Meeting of Brazos County Chapter, Reserve Officers Association, Geology Lecture Rm. Thursday 7:00 p. m.—Landscape Arts Club meeting, Greenhouse. 7:00 p. m.—Yell practice and tryouts for junior yell leader. 7:15 p. m.—Newman Club meet- ing, New “Y”. sic*********** -* SCHEDULE OF CLASSES * * The official Schedule of * * Classes for the Summer Ses- * * sion will be ready for distribu- * * tion at the Registrar’s Office * ** on Friday, May 24. Student Office Candidate Filings At Ten O’Clock Filings for Student Offices up to 10:00 today. Junior Yell Leader Arnold E. Brown, Dutch Hart- man, Charles Mattel, Don Waldrip, J. D. Stickel, Raymon Horany, Rob- ert M. Kennelley, Thomas A. Ban- ta, Paul Wells, Bill Evans, Phil Moses, Jasper Jones, Stephen E. More, Jimmie O’Connell, Bill Swan- go, Bill Morrow, Doug Michel, El- mo Livingston, Beau Wilson, Buddy Hyde, Jimmy Tittle. Town Hall Manager Joe J. Putegnat, L. D. Hammett. Battalion Co-Editor Corps Allen Self. Veterans Vick Lindley, H. O. Johnson. Longhorn Co-Editor Corps Earl Snavely, Henry T. John, Jimmie Demopulos. Veterans Jay Cowan. Veterans Yell Leader Dan H. Kuykendall, Bill Beck, Bill McKenzie. Atomic Physics Course Announced The Physics Department is intro- ducing in the first term of sum- mer school a new course in Atomic Physics. The course is intended to enable the student, who has com- pleted Physics 204, to extend his familiarity with physics to the recently developed fields of modern physics for which, unfortunately, room cannot be made in the pre- sent 203-204 course. Without re- quiring mathematics or physics background beyond that possessed by anyone who has completed Phy- sics -204, the course will develop in an elementary manner some of the basic physics concerning the ele- mentary particles of physics, atom- ic structure, spectra, relativity, quantum theory, photoelectricity, thermionic emission, x-rays, natur- al and artificial radioactivity, nu- clear fission and atomic power. During the first summer term the course will meet daily from 7 to 8 A. M. and an additional hour from. 8 to 9 A. M. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The course carries a credit of three semester hours and is designated Physics 311. Although established primarily to afford a survey of atomic phy- sics for students not expecting to specialize further in physics, the course is part of the departmental program for the increasing num- ber of A. & M. students majoring in the field of physics. As a result of their contribution in the war, there is a greatly increased de- mand for trained physicists. NOTICE TO MAN. E. MAJORS Those students who are major- ing in Management Engineering and who plan on graduating in June, 1947 ,should take Account- ing and Statistics 201 (for A. & S. 409) during the first summer term, unless this course has al- ready been taken, so that A. & S. 430 may be taken during the second summer term, or in the fall semes- ter. A. & S. 430 is a prerequisite for Man. E. 402. A.&M. Salary Level Subject for Next Student Council The Student Council will meet at 6:30 p. m. Thursday night at the Board of Directors Dining Room in Sbisa Hall. Primary purpose of this meeting is to have an open discussion con- cerning the salary level of in- structors at A. & M. Dr. Varvel of the psychology de- partment, who has made an exten- sive study of comparative salaries among the various colleges for the AAUP will be present. Dr. F. C. Bolton, dean of the college, who has been in intimate contact with the problem for the last twenty years, will also at- tend. Town Hall Plans Ten Engagements For 1946-47 Season The 1946-47 Town Hall program is now being planned, it has been announced by the Student Activi- ties office, and six engagements have already been contracted for. These include Mona Paulee, fa- mous mezzo-soprano of the Metro- politan Opera; Donald Dickson, popular baritone; Patricia Trav- ers, young genius of the violin; the American Troubadors, singers of both folk and popular song; Whittenmore and Lowe, duo piano artists just released from the navy; and, a return engagement of Pol- gar, who in a surprise perform- ance this past season, proved to be one of the outstanding finds of the year for local audiences. Town Hall will follow its custom- ary plan of presenting the Singing Cadets in spring concert and the management hopes to continue its policy of bringing a number of outstanding Texas artists to the series as special guests. The full program for 1946-47 will include at least 10 numbers, it has been announced. Ticket sales will begin in September and it is expected there will be no increase in the price of season tickets which have been $6.00 for adults and $2.40 for students. Brazos Reserve Officers Meet Tonight at 7:30 Attention of reserve officers in Brazos County is called to the meeting of the Brazos County Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association scheduled for tonight at 7:30 in the Geology lecture room here on the campus. Major William Shirley, Air Corps Reserve from Houston, will talk to the members and explain the plans for the contemplated Air Corps Reserve Officers Association. This meeting should prove ex- tremely helpful in many ways, not only to officers of the ground and service forces, but to reserve of- ficers of the Air Force as well. * FEES FOR VETERANS * * All ex-service men currently * * enrolled may pay their Sum- * * mer Session fees at the Fiscal * * Department. * ************ LaMarque Senior Has 2.4565 Grade Point Ratio in Mech. Engineering Consolidated High Will Graduate 37 Friday Evening Jo Anna Wilcox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox, is the class valedictorian for the spring graduating class at Con- solidated and will deliver the val- edictory address at the commence- ment exercises Friday evening at 8:00 in the First Baptist Church, College Station. Second high honors go to Gladys Cooner, salutatorian. Third rank- ing student is Mary Munnerlyn. Dr. T. D. Brooks will deliver the commencement address. Special music will be furnished by the Senior Quartet composed* of Louise Jones, Mary Munnerlyn, Henry Vincent, Robert L. Hunt, accom- panied by Miss Wilcox. The list of graduates includes: Girls Dormalee Bernard, Doris Bukow- ski, Mary Jane Carroll, Gladys Cooner, Jane Hughes, Louise Jones, Mildred Jones, Edelweiss Kehlen- brink, Lillian Klipple, Martha Lit- tle, Mary Munnerlyn, LaVera Par- sons, Sue Scofield, Annie Vaidak, Frances Visoski, Jo Anna Wilcox, Marion Worsham, Mildred Wor- sham. Boys Frank Anderson, Bill Eckles, Henry Engelbrecht, David Haines, Graham Horseley, Robert Lee Hunt, Dan Jackson, Edsel Jones, Thomas Wayne Long, Bill Mog- ford, Charles Neelley, Bob Pot- ter, George Rodgers, Henry Vin- cent, Charles Wilson, Holland Win- der. Ordnance Emblem Given Two Profs For Research Work Two Texas A&M College faculty members have been awarded the Naval Ordnance Development Award lapel emblem for their work in a guided-missiles research pro- ject at Johns Hopkips University, it was announced today. They are Robert M. Pinkerton, acting head of the aeronautical en- gineerign department, who served as an aerodynamic consultant, and Dr. Nat Edmondson, of the college mathematics department. Dr. Ed- monson still is working in the Johns Hopkins applied physics lab- oratory at Silver Springs, Md., but is expected to return here in Sep- tember. The awards were authorized by the Chief of the Bureau of Ord- nance. U. S. Navy. Ware Advocates County Unit Plan Before Kfwanis Club County Judge A. S. Ware was the principal speaker at the Tues- day meeting of the College Sta- tion Kiwanis Club, speaking on the subject of “County Government.” Highlights of the speech includ- ed an appraisal of the plan to place all county government on a single unit basis. The advantages and objections to this plan were touch- ed briefly. Paul Ostermayer, ’47, was elect- ed from among the ten highest graduating seniors as valedictorian Monday night at a meeting in the YMCA presided over by Bob King, senior class president. Ostermayer, who will receive his degree in Mechanical Engineering, has a grade point average to date ofv2.4565, ranking fifth in his class. Upon completing his work next week, Ostermayer will have accu- mulated 154 hours and approxi- mately 380 grade points. Arriving at A. & M. in June of 1943, fresh from graduating at the head of his class, he began his study of engineering. When out- fits were formed in the fall of 1943, he became a member of D Company Infantry. In the fall of 1944 he was chosen sergeant-ma- jor of the Infantry Battalion, then housed in Law and Puryear. Upon becoming a senior in February of 1945, Ostermayer commanded the Infantry Battalion at the rank of cadet major. He is now serving as cadet first lieutenant, second in command of D Battery Field Ar- tillery. Ostermayer has been a distin- guished student seven semesters, failing only once (by one point) to achieve the honor. Last summer he worked as an inspector and mechanical engineer for an oil refinery in Texas City, making enough to finance his en- tire senior year. With an impressive scholastic and activity record, Ostermayer has received several tempting of- fers from various Texas corpora- tions. He has not decided which one to take yet. The other nine men with the highest grade point rations are: William Frank Banks of Cleburn, a Science major with a 2.9133 grade point average; Miles Pierce from Ozona, a major in Agriculture with an average of 2.8032 grade points; Ray Edwards Crouch from Grand- view, a Science major with 2.5593 grade points; David Gage Smok- ier from Dallas with a 2.4890 grade point average; Don Dale Little from Homer, La., a major in Pe- troleum - Mechanical Engineering witht a 2.4175 grade point aver- age; Raymond Hawthorne from Seagoville, majoring in Chemical Engineering with an average of 2.3823 grade points; Nathan I. Mitchell from New Castle, an Aero- nautical Engineering major with an average of 2.3312 grade points; George Darwin Boesch from Ft. Worth, a major in Management Engineering with 2.3257 grade points; and Earl Wayne Grogan from Deport with an average of 2.3072 grade points. Secret Research Job Given to Texas A&M Two research projects, nature of which cannot be revealed, have been awarded the Texas A. & M. College Research Foundation by the Watson laboratories of the AAF Air Materiel Command at Red Bank, N. J., it was revealed to- day. The projects, for which an allo- cation of $41,450 has been made, will be administered by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and conducted by Drs. J. G. Potter and D. F. Weeks of the college physics department. Effective July 1, the contracts will be in force for one year. - ) d y i- d “S > it n A .11 er Dr 1- ie iy rs e e- as es le ss d- h- c- o- g, y- he >t- ad ps i.” m se i
