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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947
Number 43
‘U.S. Should Mandate
Pacific Isles,’ Says
IRC by 3 to 1 Vote
New Intellectual Group to Discuss
Current Topics at Bi-Monthly Sessions
By Charlie Murray
To afford students the opportunities to think and ex
press themselves freely on current issues, Dr. S. R. Gam
mon, professor of history, and H. H. Caldwell, of the geog
raphy department, initiated the International Relations Club
Tuesday evening. Meeting informally in Room 207, Aca
demic Building, 45 students and faculty members discussed
both sides of the topic, “Should the United States assume
trusteeship of the Pacific Islands?—specifically, the former
Japanese mandated islands, Mariannas, Carolines, and Mar
shalls. In conclusion, an approximate 3 to 1 straw poll vote
favored United States’ trusteeship of the three island groups.
Mr. Caldwell, acting as insti--f
gator of discussion, presented a
brief resume of the situation,
enumerating points in favor and
in opposition to the “annexation”.
The isles, having a land area ap
proximately the size of Rhode Is
land and a population between
48,000 - 53,000, may appear to
many as an unimportant subject;
however, their strategic location
may later prove to be a deciding
factor for the United States in the
Pacific. Russia, first opposing the
idea, has recently endorsed the
plan, he pointed out.
Dr. G'ammon, taking the “pro”
angle, told how the United States
had “mussed up” twice with these
islands under the same circum
stances—after the Spanish-Ameri-
can War and again after World
War I. Actually, with these is
lands we would be no closer to
Russia, since the Aleutians are our
closest bases to her, he said. It
would be a defensive move—not
offensive—and if we did not as
sume trusteeship of the islands,
who would ? — Russia, China, or
Great Britain, or would they be
independent ?
The discussion commenced from
the floor, and both sides were
aired. Independence for the three
island groups would leave them rib
better off, it was decided. Then
the point was raised, “Instead of
the Pacific, why not concentrate
our foreign interest on South
America and the western hemis
phere ? ”, a question which like
wise was quickly outdone.
If we, the United States, did
control the islands, it would mean
that their present civilization
would have to be “renovated”;
teachers would be sent to instruct
the natives; and generally speak
ing, our ways of life would have
to be transplanted.
How would we use them?—Pos
sibly as radar stations, naval or
air bases, or just as stopping-over
places.
Another angle brought up was
that the idea may set a precedent
for the Russians to use to press
for the retention of the present
German-Polish boundary, and to
ask for trusteeship of the former
Italian holdings in Africa.
An hour and a half informal
session ended with the majority in
favor of the Caroline, Marshall,
and Marianna Islands’ coming un
der the trusteeship of the United
States.
Committee Formed
A four-man committee offered
to formulate temporary plans for
the next forum, which will be held
Tuesday, March 18, at 7 o’clock.
Subject of that get-together will
be “The Balkans—Battle Ground
of Foreign Policies.” Recent in
cidents in Greece and Turkey will
also be evaluated.
Since this was the first meeting
of the IRC, future sessions will
be held on the first and third
Tuesday of each month. Room
207, Academic Building, will be
used for the March 18 meeting un
til a larger and more suitable lo
cation can be found.
Mr. Caldwell emphasized that
the IRC is being organized as an
intellectual, non-classroom -like
group, and those attending should
feel free to express their views.
Informal meetings will be in order.
It is hoped, he said, to make the
atmosphere of the sessions more
agreeable, by serving coffee and
light refreshments.
At future get-togethers, s t u-
dents, faculty members, and city
residents are invited to bring their
wives and friends.
“YOU do the talking and think
ing,” is briefly the idea behnd
the IRC.
‘Yankee Kriegies’
Book Available
Copies of “The Yankee Krie
gies”, book about American pri
soners of war in Germany, are
available at the YMCA. This book
let was published by the Y for
distribution to ex-service men who
had been POW’S.
Last fall the campus Y distri
buted many copies, but found that
there were more ex-prisoners here
than they had books for. An addi
tion supply was ordered, and they
are now available. Copies may be
received by asking at the Y desk.
Brazos Kennel Club
Meets to Discuss
Plans for Dog Show
The Brazos County Kennel Club
will hold its monthly meeting in
the library of the Animal Hus
bandry building at A & M 7:30
Tuesday night to discuss plans
for the April 25 dog show. The
show will be one of 12 shows on
the Texas circuit to be held over
a period of 25 days, with the first
to be held in Tyler and the last in
Beaumont.
Judges will be Walter Reeves,
Ontario, Canada, all breeds; Cyrus
Rickel, Fort Worth, terrier breed;
Mrs. Ray Burgess, Dallas, toy
breed; and John Charles, Tulsa,
Okla., sporting breed.
Reeves is an international out
standing judge, having served at
Westminister, Madison Square Gar
dens, the Montreal Royal, and re
cently at the International Show
in Chicago.
For those who wish to train
dogs for obedience or for showing
in the coming dog show, the ken
nel club has obedience trials every
Thursday night and Sunday after
noon in front of the Administra
tion Building.
School Kids Show
Unique Affection
Towards Schooling
Schoolchildren went completely
berserk after a strike that threw
the Buffalo public school system
into chaos. Of Buffalo’s 98 schools,
77 of them did not open, leaving
62,000 pupils schoolless. The stu
dents thirst for knowledge would
be slaked, though, so they fought
their way through squads of police
men armed with night-sticks and
regained their classrooms. What
spirit! What stamina! What a lie!
In reality the students only went
to school for one reason that day,
and that was to dash through the
halls, screaming and singing in
wild abandon. It was a prankish
schoolboy’s dream come true; some
of the students even took placards
carried by the teachers, and start
ed a picket line of their own.
To show what a powerful hold
that the public schools have on the
American boy, the pupils, after
enjoying themselves tearing up the
schools for a while, went gaily out
into a blizzard and a fifty-mile-an-
hour wind.
Sicilian Markets
Too Much for Cops
There is a street market in Pal
ermo, Sicily where only American
and British Army equipment can
be bought, and thirty-three percent
of the citizens wear ‘ at least one
item of Allied uniform as part of
their regular clothing, according to
Palermo police.
Most of the Allied merchandise
has been bought on Palermo’s Via
Lattarini, near the center of the
city, where fifty street traders
opened shops as uniform outfitters
an hour after the last military po
liceman departed.
The origin of the trader’s ware
is a mystery, but it is a certainty
that none reached Via Lattarini
legally, or was officially disposed
of by army organizetions.
While the Americans were there,
they arrested anyone with Ameri
can equipment, but now the police
have neither time nor inclination to
interfere with the markets.
S. F. Shaw to Speak At
Petroleum Club Meeting
S. F. Shaw, consulting engineer
from San Antonio, will speak to
the Petroleum Engineering Club
at its next meeting, March 6.
Shaw is a gas-lift specialist, and
will speak on “Pipe Capacity Re
search at A & M”.
Vet’s Association Secures
Site for Student Commissary
A double garage has been se
cured at 214 Houston Avenue for
the student commissary, committee
head Carey Clark declared at the
Veterans’ Association meeting Mon
day night.
'The building will have to be
remodeled, however, before the
commissary can be opened. The
store will be run on a cash and
carry basis to cut down on over
head expenses. Also, by using stu
dent labor, no rent, and a mini
mum cost on utilities, the over
head would be low enough to af
ford the sale of commodities at
greatly reduced prices as compar
ed to other grocery stores. Orders
would be turned in one day and
picked up the next, Clark stated.
Clark further explained that due
to the lack of refrigeration faci
lities the commissary would not
handle meats, but only groceries
and vegetables. There is at the
present only one unit, but plans
are now in the making for another
to be installed at the College View
Apartments.
The Association, by a vote of
76 to 52, turned down a proposal
to contribute as a group to the
bonfire damages incurred last fall.
Bill Andrews, president of the
V. S. A., read the policies of the
installed officers -and urged mem
bers to cooperate with them to
their fullest ability.
Before the regular meeting of
the club, a council met and deeded
to formulate the following commit
tees : Mess Hall and Sanitation,
Campus (improvement), Library,
Constitution, membership, Ex
change Store, Hospital, Entertain
ment, Education, Athletic, Com-
misary, and Cotton Ball.
Stupid Statutes Featured In
’Looney Laws’ by Dick Hyman
by W. K. Colville
New Hampshire, with all the
shrewd and sagacious insight typi
cal of our northern states, has fin
ally solved the world’s traffic pro
blems. Entered in their statute
books is a law that states, “When
two motor vehicles meet at an in
tersection, each shall come to a
full stop, and neither shall pro
ceed until the other has gone.”
(Yankees and women drivers will
undoubtedly find this feat easy to
accomplish, but to the poor dumb
average American, it presents
quite a problem.)
This law is only one of the wealth
of laughable material about laws
now on the statute books of var
ious cities and states that have
been compiled by Dick Hyman in
a new book called, “Looney Laws”.
Theoretically at least, these laws
are still in effect, and Aggies with
the knack of getting into trouble
had better not get caught with
their statutes down. . . !
In Kentucky, no female may ap
pear in a bathing suit unless arm
ed with a club. (Webster says that
a club is: a heavy stick; one of
the suits of cards marked with
trefoils; persons associated for a
common pui*pose or mutual bene
fit. Take your pick.)
In Virginia, it’s legal for a hus
band to cuss his wife, if he does it
in a low voice.
In Monroe, Utah, it’s illegal to
dance with a girl unless daylight
can be seen between you. (Dancing
in the Dark, hmm, hmm hmm.)
In Riverside, California, couples
mustn’t kiss unless they first bathe
their lips with carbolized rose
water. (In Texas there is a firm
that advertises something else. I
think they call it the “kiss of the
hops.”)
In Pasadena, it’s a penal offense
to escape from jail. (Those native
sons have it over every other
state in their legal system.)
In Indiana, it’s forbidden to lead
young ladies astray while teaching
them to rollerskate. (Anyone
know where I can get a pair of
iceskates, cheap?)
In Kentucky, the law prohibits
the shooting of clay pigeons dur
ing breeding season. (And all this
time I thought that a clay pigeon
was a cross between a discus and
a mudhen!)
Meet Miss Smith
MISS BETTY SMITH of Col
lege Station will play the role
of Miss Groze in the Aggie
Players’ “A Murder Has Been
Arranged”, being staged in the
Assembly Hall, March 12-14.
Broome Elected Pres.
Saddle & Sirlion Club
Claud Broome ’45 was elected
president of the Saddle and Sir
loin Club at their meeting Tues
day .night. John C. “Corky” Eck
ert ’4 9, was elected secretary-
treasurer; and Garland A. Powers,
reporter.
These men will hold office until
January, 1948, according to a new
system of rotating officers.
Horticulture Society
Views Hawaiian Pictures
Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, head of
the Poultry Husbandry Depart
ment, showed members of the
Horticulture Society Tuesday night
slides of scenery in Hawaii which
he collected during his stay there.
John Terry, President of the
society, urges all members. to be
present at the next meeting, as a
Cotton Ball duchess will be chosen
at the time.
Standing (left to right): J. S.
Mogford, Mrs. Manning Smith, D.
B. McCombs, V. P. Bennett, and
Roy H. Anderson.
Seated (left to right): Mason
Briscoe II, G. W. Kunze, and E. J.
Vasek.
Directors to Meet
Friday Afternoon
According to an announce
ment by Secretary E. L. An-
gell, the A. & M. Board of Di
rectors will meet Friday af
ternoon for the primary pur
pose of reorganizing the Board
and electing new officers.
This reorganization was neces
sitated by the affirmed appoint
ments of Tyree L. Bell and C. C.
Krueger to the board by Governor
Jester.
The newly elected officers will
serve one two-year term, as elec
tions for board officers are held
every odd year.
Besides routine matters, the
Board will probably arrive at a
decision on the current athletic
situation, Secretary Angell added.
The Board will issue a statement
on business transactions Friday af
ternoon after the meeting.
Candidates for City
Council Announced
Candidates for the city election
to be held in College Station on
April 1, 1947 for councilman, one
from each of three wards, are:
Councilman, Ward I—W. Howard
Badgett; Councilman, Ward 2—
Lloyd G. Berryman, T. W. Leland,
and G. W. Black; Councilman,
Ward 3—F. B. Brown, Jr.
Councilmen whose terms expire
are: Ward 1—G. B. Wilcox, Ward
2—C. W. Crawford, and Ward 3—
R. L. Brown.
The polls will be open at the
Consolidated High School from
8 a. m. until 6 p. m. F. R. Brison
is the Presiding Judge.
Doi^t Hesitate—
Submit Your Wife’s
Picture for Duchess
Veterans shouldn’t be shy
about submitting pictures o f
their wives as candidates for
Veterans’ Duchess at the Cotton
Ball, according to R. P. Saun
ders, head of the veterans’ se
lection committee. There is no
stipulation as to whether the
duchess be a wife or a sweet
heart; selection will be done
purely on the basis of photo
genic appeal.
Pictures should be turned in
to the veterans’ assiciation office
in Goodwin Hall before March
20.
Houston Club Begins
Activities Thursday
Thursday night marks the open
ing date of a new series of meet
ings and activities of the Houston
Club.
At 7 p.m., Thursday, March 13,
the Houston Club will meet in
Room 129, Academic Building. Club
officers will be elected and plans
made for the club’s annual spring
holiday party. Also, the latest in
formation on the Club’s Longhorn
picture will be revealed.
’49-ers to Rock And Reel With
House And Aggieland Friday
by J. K. B. Nelson
Final plans for the Junior
Prom and Banquet have been
announced by N. R. Leather-
wood, class president. The
banquet starts Friday even
ing at 7:15 p. m. and the dance
will follow at 9.
The program for the banquet has
been announced as follows:
Invocation by Mr. M. L. Cash-
ion, secretary of the YMCA.
Dinner
Class History
Introduction of guests, offi
cers, and committees
Singing Cadets
Introduction of speaker by
President Gibb Gilchrist
Address by Boyce House
Benediction
Music for the dance will be fur
nished by the Aggieland Orches
tra.
Boyce House, who will speak at
the banquet, is well-known over
the Southwest for his tall tales
and his books of Texas-lore. His
radio program and newspaper col
umn bring him into many homes.
Dates will be accommodated in
Dormitory 9 both Friday and Sat
urday nights. Students having
guests in the Dormitory will be
assessed a charge of $.75 per
night, and will be required to be
in by 2 a.m. Friday night and 1
a.m. Saturday night.
Texas Observes
National 4-H Week
by W. K. Colville
Some 106,000 4-H boys and girls
in Texas are now under the spot
light as the state observes Na
tional 4-H Club Week, March 1-9.
From the, A. & M. Extension
Service, 4-H Club specialists report
that 1946 was a banner year as
far as club activity was concerned.
Increases in enrollment and ac
complishment were shown in near
ly every phase of the work.
Through the efforts of these
boys and girls—both Negro and
white—better farm and home man
agement practices are being adopt
ed throughout the state, not only
by youngsters, but by their par
ents, the Extension Club special
ists say.
Recognition during National 4-H
Week is also due county extension
agents and local adult club leaders
whose work in planning and in
structing, say the specialists,
played a great part in making
1946 one of the biggest years in
4-H history.
Armistead to Speak
To Medical Society
“Treatment of Contaminated
Wounds” is the subject of an ad
dress to be given by Dr. W. W.
Armistead, associate professor of
veterinary medicine and surgery
at A&M, when he appears before
the Dallas-Fort Worth Medical
Society Thursday, March 6, at 8
p. m. Dr. R. D. Turk, head of the
department of parasitology at A.
& M., will attend also for the pur
pose of conferring with members
of the society.
Dr. Armistead, recently elected
president of the Texas State Vet
erinary Medical Association, is a
one-time member of the Dallas-
Fort Worth group, having prac
ticed in Dallas from June, 1938 to
September, 1940.
MARCH 20
Clubs and organizations which
plan to have their pictures ap
pear in the ’47 LONGHORN
must have them made at the
Photo Shop before March 20,
Harry Saunders, co-editor,
warned Tuesday. For those
clubs whose picture dates have
not been scheduled, arrange
ments must be made with the
A. & M. Photo Shop.
This deadline is final, he
stated. No exceptions will be
made! ,
4
i Cowtown Columnist’
BOYCE HOUSE, daily col
umnist for Texas newspapers,
will speak tomorrow evening at
the Junior Prom.
Potter Elected To
AAUP Council
Dr. George E. Potter, professor
of zoology in the department of
biology, has been elected a mem
ber of the national council of the
American Association of Univer
sity Professors, J. J. Sperry, sec
retary of the local organization,
has announced. Dr. Potter repre
sents district IX, which includes
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colora
do, and New Mexico.
Twice since joining the associa
tion in 1933, Dr. Potter has served
as president of the chapters with
which he has been connected. He
served as president of the Baylor
and A. & M. chapters.
As a member of the council, Dr.
Potter will participate in the direc
tion of the national organization
for the next three years.
Tired of That Blue
Sapphire? Dye It!!
Something new has been added
—jewelers have been forewarned of
a new X-ra^ tube developed by the
Machlett Laboratories, Inc., of
Springdale, Conn., which produces
a temporary change of color in
precious stones increasing their
beauty and value. The tube was
demonstrated at the American
Museum of Natural History with
the warning that the “treated”
stones, unless exposed to ^strong
light, would retain their new col
oring for hours—some for months.
White and pale yellow sapphires
were changed to a rich golden hue
and the rare lavender stone kun-
zite to a brilliant blue green.
The experiments were originally
to aid in the scientific study of
coloration in th field of mineral
ogy. Although still in the research
stage one of its possibilities is
the usefullness in the preparation
of vaccines, since it destroys vir
uses without destroying useful
anti-bodies.
Amendment to Finance A&M
Construction by Bond Issue
S A constitutional amendment to
finance college construction by
bond issue, passed unanimously in
the House Monday. The proposed
amendment would grant the state
colleges, other than the University
of Texas and A&M, five cents
of the Confederate pension to fin
ance the bonds. The amendment
would continue a two cents Con
federate pension levy.
A&M and the University would
be permitted to issue $10,000,000
and $5,000,000 in bonds, respec
tively, to be paid from the Uni
versity permanent fund.
Singing Cadets to Appear On
Town Hall Program March 18
A & M’s Singing Cadets will
appear on Town Hall March 18 in
a program of classical, semi-clas
sical and popular choral music.
Under the guidance of Bill Tur
ner the Cadets have gained state
wide renown.
Previously this year, the organ
ization has sung at TSCW, and
Sam Houston State Teachers Col
lege in Huntsville. They plan to
give several more out-of-town con
certs this spring including one in
Beaumont to be sponsored by the
Beaumont A&M Mother’s Club.
Later in the season they will sing
for John Tarleton Agricultural
College in Stephenville.
Featured soloists in the 47 man
choir are Richard Alves, Tommy
Holcomb and Leonard Perkins.
Officers of the 1946-47 club are:
John Smith; president; Leonard
Perkins, vice-president; Robert
Leatherwood, Business manager;
and Thomas Smith, librarian.
Featured also will be the ace
piano team of Marvin Brown and
Leonard Perkins.
The Cadets will present the fol
lowing group of numbers on their
Town Hall appearance: The Crea
tion, Nobody Knows the Trouble
I’ve Seen, Welsh Choral, The Lost
Chord, Night and Day, The Night
is Young and You’re So Beautiful,
All Through the Night, Stout
hearted Men, Red River Valley,
De Animals Are A’Comin, Meadow-
land, I’d Rather Be A Texas Ag
gie. Twelfth Man, and Spirit of
Aggieland.