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A “Shipwreck Party” is ,
at the Grove this coming Sa
evening, Charles Kirkham,
man of this Saturday’s Gn
tivities, announced today. -■
The “Shipwreck Party” will fea
ture dance music provided by Bill
Turner’s summertipse Aggieland
Orchestra.
Kirkham defined a “Shipwreck
Party” as “a dance where anyone
comes dressed like they thought
they were when the ship went
down.” Efe said that prizes would
go to the couple dressed in the
fashion,
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Square dance instruction in the Grove this sum
mer is being handled by Professor and Mrs, C.
M. Lyman (left) and Professoii and Mrs. Robert
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R. Lyle. During working hours, Prcjfessor Lyman
is with the Biochemistry and Nuitiition Depart
ment and Profcssofr Lyle teaches
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Howard and Biking Fail To
Cli^b Fdtnous Matterk^
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-By ART HOWARD
Battaliqn European Correspondent
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Geneva, Aug. 1—About a year
ago a travelogue movie feature on
“Climbing the Matterhorn” came
to the Campus Theatre. When I
saw it, I never thought 11; would
have a chance to do the same. But
this morning came within ?30
of making a. good try at it.
The A&M Architecture tour is
firmly settled at a report tqwn,
\ Lugano, in a first^clM* hotel for
$ tyro day rent. They have a wond
erful view overlooking a deep blue
lake bordered by the Alps, with a
. nwinuning poul at their doorstep.
Switzerland Tour Trimmed
.1 Our -tour of Switzerland was
trimmed because! df the high coat
of living, and Hern and Geneva
1 Were scratched from the schedule,
k \ Bill Bilsing and L decided to
Visit the Matferhorri ajhvl t^e Chat-
' 1 eau of Chllldn - Insplmtlon for
Byrpn’s poem “Tho Prisoner' of
ChUlon," We left the group yes-
blow. It took two days to climb pie climb the Mjatterhorn every
day, so it is safe (enough. But the
jguides’ fee, plus the cost of hotels,
renting c|othes t i and the ride to
Paris would have been about $30
extra.. ' j'J j ‘
Bilsing went to bed last night
thinking we were going to do it,
but I had to back down because
my funds are running low.
Feels Miserly
As I write this article I feel like
Scrooge, the miser, Even a hundred
dollars would not : balance against
the thrill I would have had. Now I
wiih that I had gone ahead. ,
“I climbed the Matterhorn” is
mi^ch mdrb impressive than “.I al
most climbed the, Matterhorn."
it! Not two days of actual climb
ing, but it was necessary to spend
the night at a hotel on the foot
of the Matterhorn. The actual trip
up from there was only a matter
of three or four hours, but it was
almost impossible to make it from
Zemott. __j—!—
We were scheduled to rejoin our
group in Zurich in two days, and if
we. missed them there it would
mean a train fane to Paris, their
next stop. <' ' ; ‘ |
But thp attraction of climbihg
the famed, Matterhorn was itlU
pulling us qn. We told the guide to
drop arounjd in the morning for
our-answer. Twenty to thirty peo-
T
terday morning and arrived- at Gotton Hcl«<nUHts from n states
^ expected to attend gonc.-nl dis
cussions herd Thursday!* Friday
tip to this jpfiflt, cool, nnd high
village was well worth the trip.
'. Our r funicular,; 1 or cog, train
seemed to go up n 45 degree anglil
constantly curving around the odg^
es of the Alps. A latge river fed
n. by the melting glaciers provided
I." extra scenery. '
j, Get Climbing Itch
j' Bill and I located a hotel at Zer-
nott, tneh started walking through
ttfcvn toward the Matterhorn for a
bitter look. Actually climbing it
was far from our thoughts until
we stopped to admire a. statue
over a fountain. Then two guides
Started up^a casual, conversation.
It wasn’ti long before We had’
, the-^itch” to climb the mountain.
Their fee was $15 per person—npt
high for ; such 1ml icxperience. We
told them that we would talk to
them later after We had gotten a
better look at the famed peak. And
the more we looked, the greater
was our deklre.
y A Cruel BW
After supper we went to hire a
guide. Then we l receive\f a cruel
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Dallas Rotarians
To Hear Trottor
; Dr. Ide P. .Trbtter, deah Of the
grachiate school, A&M College, will
address the Dallas Rotary Club
Wednesday.^ , j
Dr.\Trotter will talk on “Ameri-
tth’s SfcakriTTthe Orient.” He tour
ed the Orient last year and made
a detailed study of the cotton sit-
qation.
Cotton Scientists From Nine
States to Meet Here Thursday
cotton genetics are to develop fun
damental lnform«illoti*oh the biol
ogy of cotton, particularly on the
most original shipwreck
I^i announcing the party, Kirk
ham told the crowd at the Grove
last Saturday evening, “Wear
whatever you think you had ou
when the ship got wrecked. If
you were formally dressed, wear
formal clothes; if you were sun
ning, wear sun clothes; if you
were taking a shower, wear a
towel! If you’ve always wanted
to come to a dance in a bathing
suit, come on. Let your inhibi
tions be your guide.”
The “Shipwreck Party” will be
the next-to-the-last Saturday eve
ning free dance at the Grove this
summer. These dances have been
part of the summer recreation
program planned by a joint Student
Senate and Student Activities com-
mittee. The program was financed
by summer recreation fees paid by
each student upon registration for
thle summer term.
Each Saturday evening’s dance
is given by a member of the sum
mer recreation committee. This
committeeman decides upon what
entertainment and prizes will
offered. j.
Dances prior to the “ShljfT
wreck Party” have been conven
tional dances with rhumba,
waits and square dance contests
and door prises given to lucky
persons holding tickets presented
as they entered the Grove.
Kirkham said that he plana to
give prises to the moat originally
dreasetf couple and several prises
to Individuals for answering ques
tion! he will aak.
Grove dance! begin at eight and
last until eleven.
a nidi Saturday oh basic problems
confronting the Cotton Belt.:
The cotton section of A&M's Ag
ronomy Department will be host
on these dates to the technical
committee of the regional cotton
genetics project \Vhich is operating
under the Federal Research and
Marketing Act. .
On-the-spot discussions in the
laboratories, greenhouses and field
plots will occupy the morning ses
sions. Afternoon programs will be
devoted to reports of research
progress, future plans and admin
istrative matters. s | K
These cotton scientists are enter
ing upoq their third year of opera
tion as a technical committee on a
regional basis. The broad objec
tives of the regional research in
Wesley and Walker
Added to EE Staff
E. R. Wesley and C. S. Walker
have been appointed instructors
in the Electrical Engineering De
partment, a C c o r d i n g to M. C.,
Hughes, head of the department.
E. R. Wesley received his BS
degree electrical engineering
from the University of. | Delaware
in 1949. He is a member of the
Pi and the American
Electrical Engineerings,
his class instructions } ™
and tenp of summer
This summertime Aggie coed waves frantically for help on tem
pestuous Btyan Country Chib Lake. This Is the way she was
1 when the ship went down, an appropriate costume for
iy evening’s Shipwreck Party at the Grove.
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ACS Announces
A&M Is Approved
Pres." F. C. Bolton has received a letter from E. M.
Billings, secretary of the Committee on Professional Train
ing of the American Chemical Society, informing him that
A&M is included in the list of schools approved by the Society
for undergraduate training in chemistry. .
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has not made an evaluation of
schools with reference to graduate
training. This officially recognizes
genetic, cytogene(|c and taxonomic
phases; and tp devise new meth
ods and techniques that may be
useful in cotton itnppovement.
Representatives] are expected to
be-present from Alabama, Arizona,
Georgia, Louisiana,: Mississippi,
New Mexico, North Carolina and
Tennessee, in addition to Texas.
Dr. T. R. Richmond, head of the
A&M cotton section, is chairman
Experiment Group
Given $300 Grant
A grant-fh-nid of $300 from the
Sharpies Chemicals, *Inc., Wyan
dotte, Wis*» has been made to the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, Dr. R. D.. Lewis, director,
has announced.
The fund will be used in, further
studies of cotton defoliation at the
Lower Rio Grande Valley Experi
ment Station at Weslaco.
? Mik Matthews
At A&M High
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Mrs. Velma Matthews of
College Station is the new
homemaking teacher at A&M
Consolidated High School,
SuptJ L. S. Richardson said
yesterday.
: She was home demonstration
agent with the Extension Service
in Gaines am! Young counties and
has had four years teaching ex
perience with the Aspcrmont nnd
Marfa public schools. ^
Her husband, Joe L. Matthews,
Is administrative assistant to G.
G. Gibson, director of the Texas
Extension Service. They have lived
in College Station for five years
while Matthews has been with the
Extension Service.
She begins her duties today,
Richardson said, attending the
State Conference for Homemaking
Teachers in Fort Worth.
uulyreoogmze:
A&M as fullj
sting the requirements as set
by the American Chemical So-
of the regional technical committee mT o • \t -n
and in general charge of the com- [NOW oWlDg lOUF FartHCr • . • •
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instruction a
meeting Hie
up ‘
ciety for the preparation of pro
fessional chemists.
One o( the often dijscussed sub
jects during the statje legislative
investigation of The; College in
1947 was the failure oif the Ameri
can Chemical Society to accredit
instruction In chemistry here. It
was one of the questions brought
up by veteran student*.
Student* who complete the re
quired curriculum and receive the
bachelor’s degree from instltUtlunM
on the American Chemical Soci
ety's -list of'approved school* for
the professional training of chem
ists are eligible for membership,
senior grade, In the Society, fol
lowing graduation and two years
of experience in the field of chem
istry or chemical engineering of
in' postgraduate study.
The American Chemical Society’s
complete list of approved schools
is published in the August 1, 1949
issue of the Chemical and Engine
ering News. , '!
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Institute of
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WEATHER
West Texas: Considerable cloud-
i / iness this afternoon, tonight and
Tuesday with scattered afternoon
j ■ and evening thundershowers; not
much change in temperature.
"ftast Tex. Con
siderable clou
diness with
a c 4Ui red
thunder show-
era this after
noon, tonight
and Tuesday;
not much
change in tem
perature. Mod
erate most
ly southeast
winds oh the
cost.
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semester.
C. S. Walker received his BS
degree from Texas Technological
Institute iii 1939 and received his
MS degree from Ohio State | Uni
versity in 1948. He has worked for
the Tennessee i Valley Authority,
Texas and! New 1‘
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Profs Help Square Dancers
Learn ‘Dosey Do’at Grove
E. v T* Guerrero has been award
ed a $1750 fellowship by the
Stsnohnd Oil and Gas Company
for graduate study in the pet
roleum field here this Fall.
Co.,, and liras assistant professor
at the University of Alabama 4
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Mexico Utilities
GROVE SCHEDCljE
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Not
Grad*
There
'rof
Monday, August d- Bingo.
Tuesday. -August f^-Free
Of Wrath,” with Henry
movie,
be a sufflcU
luates in agrioul-
' fill the vacancies
id of the sumi
August if
Friday,
Saturday, August 13—Dance
Aggld Combo.
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number of gri
turul education
existing j at the
Prof. E, y. Walton, Agriculti
Education Department, said
All Ag. Ed. majors who gradua
ted in jure an<ji July haye found
Under the Oilmer-Alken Law,
several new departments will be
opened In high schools. The
1 ‘ 1 * by these departnv
plenty of openings
tes, Walton said.
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Honor your partner podner!
Right’n left through as you usqd to
do—right’n left back in. the same
old track, there ain’t nothin’ square
about a square-dance, Jack!
Square dancing at A&M was
started just before the war, and
has been flourishing spasmodically
until this summer when it became
a regular Friday night attraction
at the Grove.
Perhaps it’s not quite fair to
say spasmodically, for there have
been regular groups of square
dancers on the campus for years,
such as the Promenaders, an all
faculty organization, and the Ag
gie Squares, made up of students’
wives and sweethearts.
The art of dosey dpi* taught
from 7:30 ’til 8:30 under the able
guidance of Dr. and Mrs. Carl
Lyman and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Lyls. Both Lyman and Lyle are
members of the A&M faculty.
Lyman does the calling,
while Mrs. Lyman and the Lyles
the newcomers. From 8:80
on 'they mix it up with such cavor-
tions as The Texas Star, Birdy in
the Cake, Swing ’01 Adam and
Swing ’Or Eve, and Sally Gooden.
The Texas Star seems to be num
ber one on thd\{olk-danee hit pa
rade. X
Credit should be given the Ly
mans and Lyles for thrir time and
patience in teaching tnfe\Aggies
hoW to square dance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle are the f!
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parents of the dance at A&M, and Thft’s getting a little up in the
are responsible for organizing the
Promenaders, while Dr. and Mrs.
Lyman have gratefully shared
their knowledge of! American and
European Folk dancing. Dr. Lyman
has been calling square dances for
about three years.
Mrs. Lyman says that there are
two principles envolved in learn
ing to square dance.
“First,” she said, “you have to
learn to listen to the caller, and
’second, you have to have a work
ing knowledge of which is your left
and which is your right” ! "
Perhaps a new course, Right
and Left 101, should be offered
at A&M, I wouldn’t know who
would be qualified to teach it.
“Students seem to learn much
faster than others,” paid Mrs. Ly
man. “My theory is that they can
listen to the caller better because
of note-taking practice in class.”
The Grove has had as many as
20 squares of dancers on some of
the better Friday nights, and the
Lymans wish that the Aggie turn
out would-be that good every Fri
day night.
Before the novices get the hang
of the thing, they resemble some
what a writhing page opt of “The
Snake Pit,” with everyone attempt
ing simultaneously to get behind
one another, but after they catch
on, the dance assumes a great deal
of grace and rhythm.
From a bird’s eye view the
dance might I
patch-work q
air’ though.
Sd if you have a hankerin’ ito
unhinge a rustied limb, or pat a
stiffened foot, swing that gal with
the red'dress on down to the Grove
this) Friday night.
for myself, I’m goin’ to tha
wagon boys, these shoeS are killin’
me?
ities, announced today,
the date of the concert.
)WN
Friday/ October
% T. Guerrero
Awarded $1750
Oil Fellowship
rasmO T. Guerrero, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Agustiri'
GuerrOro of Rosenberg, has
been awarded the Stanolind
Oil and C&s Company Grad-
date Fellowship of $1750 here.
He is a married veteran, Mrs.
Guerrero, being tHt/former Miss
Isabelle Arredondo,\laughter of
$Ir. and Mrs. Carlos Arredondo of
Rosenberg. X |
Guerrero, a graduate orUtosenj-"
berg high school, served 39 months
in the U. S. Air Corps as a imy-
igator with a rank of First Lt.
saw 17 months service in the Ptf
cific. I
He entered A&M in 1942, drop
ped out to enter the Air Corps
and returned in 1946. He was grad
uated in June, with a degree in
petroleum-mechanical engineering
and achieved a brilliant scholastic
record. :
His -graduate’ work will start
with the opening of School iq Sep
tember. In addition to graduate
studies, hej will pursue a research
Iproject in jthe field of oil andlgapj
engineering.
Johnson, Tatum
Receive Award
Nicholas Colar
trouper at the
nd wjll ap)-j<
all semester
dent Activ*
been set ar*v r
Carlb learned toj plaiy the piano
under the instruction of hi» unclf,
Colange
age
PHH isitift* actsa
theatre in hist hojteetojwri off
idence, Rhode! ijsland.j, 7
Three years'la£er Carle realii
that vaudeville Was dead, and
joined Ed McEpelly’s band, theft, .
one of the mq.'iti popular!bands
New England. 1 After that Ca ri
worked with M^l Hallett and plaf^i I!*
ed with such outstanding sld
as Gene Kriip«,
Jack Jenny an<j 1]CK>ts Mon
Formal
Carle’s decision to farm his bwni
band came as'no surprise to peo
ple in show business. His five yem-s
with Horace Heidt’s orchestra, and
icries of &fto albums made for
umbia had created a following f
for hi$ new venture, t'
jorie Hughes, Carle’s daugh
ter and star vocalist, is scheduled
to appear in the Town Hall con
cert with thd baftd. Marjorie has
recently recovered from a, serious
reed her to leavft y
! mol *
rflel.
l.\
recently recoiere
illness which j fo
‘ e band several .
orn in Springfield, Massachu
setts, Marjo -ie took musical in
structions frjom fter father before
she wa..
though Mujorie had a fine sing
ing voice, Edrle did ftot want he
to sing professionally, and refusi
to let her sirig\dth his band.
Made G^cret Recording
Marjoriei Kvithouk her fathers
knowledge, made a recording and
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it wqs played at an 1 , aiidkion held
by : Carle. Cirle ordered’His
agers to hjrft the singer ami
Allen F. Johnson, '49, and
F. A. Tatum,. ’48, have been
awarded Wetrt inghouse Fel
lowships, according to Dr. M*
& Hughes, head of the Elect
rical Engineering Depart
ment.
Johmon
tho Wait
Fellowship,
unto work
is tho first reclpiimt of
nghouso Power Sjfstcnn
He will do his yrsd-
In trsasiont analysis In
conjunction with the A-0 Network
Calculator
laboratory. A veteran
of Tim
i Honor
student, hie Is a member
Beta PI and the Scholarship
Society ami was winner of tfte
Freshman Slide Rule Contest.
Tatum’s
1. He will
spectrometry. Tatum, a veteran
student, is a member of the AIEE,
Tau Beta Pi and was a member
of the Scholarship Hohor Society
when he was an undergraduate.,
Arlington to Offer
Graduate Courses
Classes!for graduate engineering
students Will be available at Ar
lington state College this year.
^ Courses in aeronautical, mechanjj
ical, electjrical, and civil engineer:
Ing will be offered if there is suf
ficient deftiand, E. E. Brush, head
of the Aeronautical Engineering!
Department here, said today.
Requirements for Masters of En-i
gineeringl can be completed in two
and a half years or less by taking
one course each regular semester
at Arlington and attending twtt
summer Sessions at A&M, he said.
Engineers in Dallas and Fortj
Worth have shown considerable inj-j
tereat in the plan, he said.
s man-
Mar-
jorie joined the bind theNnext
night. ! \
After joining the bland, Marjorr
met an$i married Hughey Hughes,'
who .played the piano wh
lad the bqnli
ome of Marjories’ more pop-
r Columhfi records 1 include “Oh!
Ji
ulai
Whi
,., at It Sec ned To Be,” “Roses In
The Rain” aid ’/Rumors Are Fly-
ing,” , 1 I'
flarle’s new, show Is titled “Carle
Copies Calling.”
Alexander Back
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lexantlor, Hoad of
the Agrlcbltuml BducAtion
Department, ban JM :return
ed from this annual vocational
agricultur e teacherH Confer* ■
ence at Dallas. J | ^ (
Aicompaniring Alexander to the
conference Were Henry Rjss, E. V.
Walton* andjAY. W. Mcllroy of the
Agricultural Education Depart
ment. ; LF " "• •[li ; i
One result of the conference was
an unprecedented demand for in- •
service trair irig' courses far, voca
tional agrici Iturc teacher*, Walton
said.1
^Increased bipPhasis on adftlt and
part-time work for the agriculture; '
teachers was among the’foiftjnv
topics discussed;at the oonfere:
Area supc rvisors Tor vocatf
agriculture ( emanded better tr
ing for men in radio, newspape,,
and visual a ds. “The Agricultural
Education Department anticipated
this move several years agq and:
has been tri lifting prospective vo
cational agriculture teachers in
this directioiWaltoh coneluded.
If!
changing
eye vie
look like a living
t quilt, with ever
patterns and colors.
Guenther and Le:
On Oil Field Tri
R. S. Guer
ther and H. E.
are oni a field.’ ^rip to Throckmor
ton County to work on the oil leas-
Jac' i ~
es.of Jack B.[Robert Company, ac
cording to B. B. Trant, secretary of
the A&M Division Texas Petroleum
Research Committee. . . j &
tleap and (Guenther are Uklhg
electrical resi itivky readings to de
termine the v ater front in sejeond-
ary watef flo< d operations.
Results gal led from this project
will be used by Guenther In hi* the
sis which wil be submitted cu| part
Of his requirements for a Mas :eir of
Science degre *1 in Petroleuni En
gineering.
Guenther aid Leap will return
t. l. r F y : 4 «• LM
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standing cadet In
Preston 1; Moore,
American Legion,
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award for the out-
camp at Ft. S1U.
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during graduation exercises
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A&M Future Farmers
Postpone Meeting
The regOlai scheduled nuicUng
of the A&M < ollegiate Chapter of
Future Farmers of Amerifcft has
been postponed until Aug
at 7:30 p.m.. according
Wdlker, vice president of thejl
iWa. will
meeting of th
mer session a id all
urged to be pi esent, Wi
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