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rw:; ilf > ; r u City Of 1 College Station Official Newspaper . Volume 49 "•! m : r "^Ti \ • j . J J • .1 * * I “ /It'... <1 - .L,. % |,. 4 Battalion ' r T •H PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1950 : r I*S Top ite Daily 1W9 Survey 'i iber 82 y m' H •1 Th« lloiiNton Symphony Orchontra under the hutun of JCfrem Kurtz, will up|»ear on Oulon Hall -> /. i i ■ ’ e"' r . Days Scheduled For Inspection, Summer Camps The formal federal inspec tion of the cadet corps and the Military Department has been tentatively scheduled be tween April 15 and May 25, the Military Department has an nounced. yy j If the plan followed during the past two years is utilized, the an nouncement said, the inspection will fall during the last week around April 26, £7, and 28. The summer camps for all Army units will begin June 18, the de partment said, and will -extend through July 29. Air Force units in administration and logistics wilt -camp at Kelly Air Force Base from June 13 until July 24. Air installations cadets will traif| ^at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, from June 25 until August 5. ’ > . : Anr cadets taking maintenance engineering will take their train ings at Chanute Air Force Base, Itantoul, 111. frpm June 25 until Aug. 5. j - Infantry and cavalry cadets will again train at Camp Hood, the department said. Students taking field artillery training will go to Ft. SiU, Okla.; coast artillery at Ft. Bliss; engineers, Ft. Belvoir, Va.; and signal corps at Ft. Mon mouth, N. J. ; The chemical corps cadets will take their summer camp training at Kdgewood' Arsenal, Md., ord nance at Aberdeen Proving Orotind, Md; transportation (forps, FI. Jflustla, Va.; quartermaster Camp Lee Vu,; and the Army Se curity Agency cadets will go to Carlisle liarrucks, l»u. 1 as a part < f Town Hall tonlgfcl. performance will start »t 8 p.m. 1 lie evening Houston Symph ony In Concert Today Strings,” “Saint-Siaens’ “Danse Macabre,” Von Weber's ‘‘Invitation ,1 -t-, By HERMAN C. GOLLOB Guion Hall today awaits the Houston Symphony Orchestra; and its tour-de-force of two concerts— a matinee at 4 p. ms and Town Hall at 8 p. n]. For the matinee, which has no connection with Town Hall, Con ductor Efrem Kurtz has chosen a program highlighted by Tschai- kowsky’s “Swan Lake” Ballet Suite, Chopin’s “Waltz in C Sharp Minor” from “Les Sylphides” Bal- 1 let, and a Symphonic Suite from Richard Rodgers’ “South Pacific”. Matinee tickets ape priced !50C for all students in the Bryan-Col- lege Station area, $1.25 for lion- students. ’ Of a more profound vein is the music which hds been selected ; for the Town Hall concert. Beetho ven’s “Symphojiy No. 7 in A Ma- jor. Op. 92” “Barber’s “Adagio for Livestock Judges Place in Cowtown The A&M livestock judging team ranked fourth in the recent Fort Worth Collegiate contest ini a field of 15 competing teams. The team ranked second in quarter horse judging, being nosed out by seven points. It ranked sixth in cattle judging and second in sheep judging. ; Members of the team are Doug las Wythe, Grandbury; Glen Dunkle, Graham; Werner Lipdig, Hye; Bert Gibbs, Justin; Humjber- to Reyes, Beeville; Maxie Ojver- street, (alternate) Haslet. Wythe and Reyes woT individual honors in sheep by placing second and tenth respectively In ! the group of 75 competing boys. Lln- dlg, Reyes, and Wythe In quarter horse tied for third high Individual liosltlon, In quarter horse Judging. ■y{ . Tlie gay, 'uninhibited tempo of the rattling ’tO’s, was brought to j life by Both ami Joe Denman at ABABAB (Saturday night. Hie theme for this yeura’ architectural frolic wae Life'* Mld-Gentury Issue. J ■-1 ' ft. - I its to the Waltz,” and excerpts from Berlioz’ “The Damnation of Faust.’* ' | Conductor Kurtz, an outstanding figure in the musical world, com menced a -program of reorganiza tion when he first took over the reigns of the Houston Symphony in the spring of 1^49. The result is an orchestra composed of lead ing virtuoso musicians and young er instrumentalists highly recom mended by their respective conser vatories. t As to Kurtz himself, not only has incurred fame as conductor of the symphony orchestras of De troit, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Kansas City, but he has made a prodigious . mark in the field of classical recordings. He records exclusively for) Col umbia LP. It was Kurtz who discovered Khatchaturian’s “Sabre Dance”. The contemporary Russian com poser sent his Cayenne Suite, from which the “Sabre Dance” came, to America in hopes of its becoming successful here. Kurtz read through the score, and his uncanny musical intuition picked out the Sabre Dance as music which held appeal for- Americans. Among Kurtz’ best selling re cordings are the Mle. Angot Suite by Le Cqq; Greig’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Kabalevsky’s “Com edians” suite, and the recently waxed ‘‘South Pacific" suite. • Bus Stop Out By Action Of Traffic Group The Traffic Committee Wednesday ordered elimina tion of the bus stop in front of Aggieland Inn. The action came as a result of a recom mendation made to the committee by the Student Life Committee. The bus stop went opt of exis- tance on Sunday. A recommendation for establish ing short duration parking areas at Goodwin Hall, the Academic Building, and the Administration building was turned down by the committee. Since traffic conditions on the campus are worse now than when present traffic rules were institut ed, the committee felt that it was still necessary to discourage cam pus use of student cars. All parking on the short street connecting Coke and Throckmor ton Streets will be discontinued February 12, W. L. Penberthy, dean of students, reported for the traffic committee. The street is west of Dormitory 12. Additional parking space will be provided for visitors on Coke Street, Penberthy said. The Student Life recommenda tion for short duration parking areas was offered as a possible solution to the problem of cam pus parking for people having business to conduct at any of the three areas mentioned in the Stu dent Life report. Installation of 15 minute parking meters at the three locations was included in the committee recommendation. The bus stop in front of Aggie land Inn has been the cause of un desirable congestion the Student Life report said. It had suggested that the stop be moved north one half block. However, the Traffic Committee believed that elimina tion of the stop w.ould be a better solution. Steps have been taken, Pen berthy said, to inform all those, who use the Inn bus stop of the 1 change. Elimination of parking on the{ connecting street between Coke and Throckmorton was considered by the Traffic Committee at thej same time the two Student Lifej recommendations were received. Aggies Eubank Elected Council Prexy Allan Kubank, acnior geolo gical engineering atudent from Dalian, haw been named president of the Inter-church Council. Eubank la cadet col onel of the Cavalry-Engineer Reg iment, Harry Doran, vet medicine stu dent from College Station was named vice president and Lloyd Manjeot of Hereford was named secretary, Eubank is a member of the stu dent senate. Doran serves on the Student Life Committee and last year was a member of the stu dent senate. Mahjeqt is secretary of the stu dent senate,, a member of the YMCA Council, and first se geant of A Vet Company. The council is made up of two students from each denomination. The students are chosen by their respective ministers at College Station. ; iJ Junior Sweetheart Pic Deadline Set Deadline for turning in pictures of nominees for junior sweet heart is 15 p. m. today, according to Dave! Coslett, co-chairman of the junior prom publicity commit- tee. /' Pictures should be turned in at the Student Activities office in Goodwin Hall accompanied by an information sheet containing the girl’s name, home town, school, name of her escort, and any other i identifying information. The names of six beauty final ists chosen from the nominees will be released in Wednesday’s Batt. Tickets for the prom and banquet are now on sale from represen tatives from each military outfit and in. each non-corps dorm. The banquet :will be held at 7:15 Fri day night. The prom will follow from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Staff Chiefs Tour Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 6 (A*»— The U. S. Joint Chiefs of staff today left for Okinawa on a tour that may result in a stronger American military attitude to wards Communist Aaia. 1 Correction: We Offer Apologies If you received one of the first 4000 copies of the Batt Friday afternoon, you were probably amazed to find that Jonnie Frankie, former member j of the A&M coaching staff, had changed his name and become a Jewish Rabbi. We were surprised ourselves, in fact so surprised that we red- facedly yelled to “stop the pres ses” so that we could check in to the matter. ■ We found that someone In the shop had mistakenly puot the photo-engraving of Jonnie Fran kie into the forms instead of the one of Rabbi William Malev. The error was corrected and the final 6,000 copies ran off the presses with the proper faces adorning its front page. We offer our sincere apologies to Rabbi William Malev, who ii to speak beta during reltgioui emphasis week, and Coach Jon nie Frankie, who Is now with Wharton Junior College. Conference Le r- ■ With s m „4 Attack on Be . , , The Aggies gained the lead terms. Walter Davis,and Wally _ Wally Moo By HAROLD GANN A&M’s power-packed basketball squad moved into an uncontested first place spot in the wild and wooly Southwest Conference bas- ketball race this weekend. A 66-45 win over the Baylor Bears and a smashing Bear vic tory over an invading Arkansas team combined to sweep all but A&M from what had been a four way tie for top place in confer ence standings. It was , A&M’s first Victory over Baylor in four seasons. Alert, ag gressive ball was needed by every Cadet performer to turn the tab les in a game that was reminis cent of the hectic encounter with Arkansas earlier in the 1949-50 campaign. A&M at its Best Coach Marty Karow’s super charged Farmers were masters of the entire game, except for the first five minutes of play when the Bruins grabbed a quick 4-0 ie Aggies gained the lead after five minutejs and 20 seconds hajl elapsed and i never relinquish ed it. Baylor knotted the issue three times—at 121 all midway in the first half, at 30-30 six n>in- utes after the final chapter had begun, and at 32-32 a few seconds Coach Bill Henderson’s aggre gation was able to: keep the mar- gib small until I the final seven minutes of play. At this point A&M reached its season-long apex allowing a minimum of points, of point-making proficiency while Baylor Tires The Bears, who had been torn to shreds by strenuous Ag man euvers, threw their hopes of win ning to the winds, and A&M was able to slide through their defense like a hot knif* through butter, winning the game going away. The Aggies dhjoyed a narrow 26-24 lead at halftime after fight- ■ V-. , ■ ||j as : '***'', a £ L-?i 8 < Columnist Sets Talk Tomorrow Andy Anderson, widely known Houston Press and Scripps - Howard columnist^ will speak at a journalism as sembly in the Cabinet room at the YMCA at 7:30 p, m. to. morrow. His address will be oh "The Human Side of N^wspapet Work." Author of two Houston columns!, “Klshln’ With Andy" and “Ramh. ler," Anderson Is currently on h roving assignment with Scrlppsi- tioward papers and the Houstob Press. The wrlUfr of frequent maga zine articles, he also has a regular radio program over station KTHt. He has been in newspaper work for 30 years, 22 of which werV spent as sports editor of the Press. He now devotes most of hiji newspaper work to helping char ity and welfare drives. Among his titles are chairman of the Outdoor Writers of America and chairmaji of the Employ the Handicapped Committee. Anderson plans to gather mater ial for an article on A&M while he is here tomorrow. His talk tomor row night, the first of several talks scheduled for the Journal ism Department for this year, ■Will be open to all who care to attend Andy Anderson, widely read Houston columnist, will address a journalism assetnbly here tomorrow' night. The sports-man-writer Ik the author of “Flailin’ With Andy” and “Rambler,” two col umns appearing In the Houston Press. ASABAB Scores With ‘Life’ Theme By GEORGE CHARLTON .. Sblso Hall shook Saturday night aa one of the hottest bends to nit A&M In quite a time played Dlxte- iend jive for ASABAB. Providing costumed dancers with bop and romantic popular bal lads alike, the Prairie View Col legiate stressed rhythm on the Basin Street downbeat for the four and a half! hour long dance. Architectural jitterbugs went wild. The old mess hall hadn’t seen itself so gaudily dressed up since last year's ASABAB when the theme was song titles. Theme for Saturday night’s affair was based on the recent mid century issue of Life magazine on January 2. The issue featured personalities, clothes, social enjoyments, art achievements, inventions, scienti fic advances, and transportation during the period, 1900-50. Strange and even weird look ing costumes could be found on the dance floor. Einsteins, Lind- bergs, Roosevelts, Dempseys, and Clara Bows rubbed shoulders with bootleggers, strongmen, flappers, Gibson girls, and mou stached bar keepers. J. D. Boggs, junior architect major, and his date won first and second prizes respectively for the most original male and female cos- t u m e s. Both were dressed as orange and black abstract figures with cardboard heads. Beth Den man, dressed as a vivacious flap per in swimming attire and equip ped with a parasol, won first place in the female apparel division. As dancers entered Sbisa’s main doors, they were confronted by 15 ft- high tree limbs with pages of the January second Life issue hanging on smaller branches. Cord spider Webs and limbs formed a maze-like alley way extending for nearly 30 feet. To the right of the main door were more limbs serving as back drops for examples of modem art in the last half centufy. ‘‘Dancers eluded In thla group. OppoNlte the entrance adorning the wall were, caricature* of "Ted dy" RooMvalG Jaek Dampsay, Al bert Einstein, Will Rogers, F, D. K., and Mrs. Roosevelt. Above the heads of whirling ASABAB’s hung thousands of cardboard flying sau cers in orange, yellow, and black colors. In the middle of the dance floor arose an eight foot high paper nwche representation of “The Kiss,” a status of two cab- ically contorted lovers embrac ing. Located down at the West end of the hall was the bandstand, above which was hung a 14 ft. high backdrop interpretation of the special issue’s cover. Repre sented in the mural-like picture was the beautiful Gibson girl, but this time, winking. Pleasant surprises came during intermissions. On one such occa sion four of the Texas Aggiettes from Temple sang their special version of ‘‘I’d Rather Be A Texas Aggie.” During another rift a spontaneous twosome, Ed King and Felix Goodman, provided more of the downbeat same on the piano and drums. ; ing the Bears on almost _even terms. Walter Davis . and Wally Moon fouled opt late in the game. Jewell McDowell, who has vir tually cinched an all-conference berth, again paced the scorers with 14 points. Getting 1 off to his usual slow start, McDowell col lected only four points during the first stanza. ! “Mighty Mac” also added an other brilliant; floor game to his amazing total.' He held Bill Brack, who scored 14 against the Razor- backs Saturday, to seven mark ers while spearheading Cadet fast braaKp. f : .. Long John DeWitt, klayilg be fore hometown fans, engineered the high-geared Aggie machine in its convincing victory over a team that looms high in SWC Stand ings. DeWitt and Bill Turn bow grabbed 12 points each. Many times,; DeWitt would 'Steal the ball from unsuspecting Bears, sink nifty shots, and take the sphere off the backboaixls^ much to the approval of his pioth<)r who was in the stands and much to the dismay of his brother Bill ! Who was on the court. ' < | Davis Sparkles on Defensive Walter “Buddy” Davis, A&M’s sky-scraping center played h; 1 s best defensive game of the season while controlling most of the re bounds. f ] Davis draped his 6’ 8” frame over Odell Preston, 6’ 3” Bear center who meshed 16 against Ar kansas, making it impossible for Preston to penetrate the blanket of resistance. Preston, didn’t make a single field;goal. Ralph Johnson, 6’3” substitute forward, kept the Bruins lip the contest ith his hard - to r guard left-handed shots coming; from around the ftee-throw line. Turn bow at his Best Johnson garnered 13 to crowd McDowell for high-point honors. Mentionable ^contributions to the Baylor cause; were Bill DeWitt’s all-around court game; Odell Pres ton and Don Heathington’s re bound work; and Bill Hickman’s crafty ball handling. Bill Turnbow was; at his best Friday night. Catching hisi guard out of position, he would dart sud denly for the; basket, sinking crisp short shots. Turnbow collected six of eight charity shots to keep his remar- able free-shot record intact. Two minutes beifore halftime, ; he thrilled the fans with a one-man exihibition of basketball. One ! Man Team?; He took pne of Bill DeWitt’s shots off the backboard, wheeled, and roared down court ht full speed. Don j Heathington, crafty veteran, raced in front o< Tqm- bow in an attempt to stop the Ag gie’s progress toward the basket. Turnbow paused momentarily at the free-throw line stilt malntttln- eding n dribble. HeathlngtoiH lurch ed, falling off-balance, Turnbow quickly dribbled around Rim and netted a shoe one to complete bnr of the most qmiMituI page perform* at the Spring," ‘ Luxury, Calm, and Voluptuousness,” and "Nude ~ feending A Staircase” were : V.b layed the play that has in many games made another us-like lay J up ances this season. Wally Moon d’* do-or-die style characterized hi: this campaign one of these ci] shots. Mike Garcia, with a tricky ft was the outstanr the evening. Gal field goals on t sank two of two ?gift-tosses, of his two-pointeba were 37-fi era. The Cadets isncorked an ef fective scoring play Friday night after it had bcen|un<}er wraps'* most of the season. Ag Scoring ll’lay Potehtj sy going gi h-pjeasing si jig marksma Tia meshed attempts tyie, 6 of two land t off by laujich- the; air basket. The [bult hoop by at lya McDowell sets ing the ball hifth into toward the A&M falls short of the! five feet. 0 Then Davis .leaps to grab ball before it descends lower than the height of the* rim. The Neder land center returas to his feet and either shoots a 1 hook, or lay-up shot, depending on clrcumstaiices. This play was employed throe times, paying o^f : with vltlnlly needed points twiibe,; the other iime setting up a neagly executed /lay up shot for Moon. SMU {Next' A surprising a&iount of Fa *mcr followers were strung high in the north stands, giving an im »res- sion of a bordef on wall piper. To give fans Of the Bryan lege Station area some ide i Baylor’s sbrongtjh, John De commented, “Baylor was toughest team we’ve faced year.” j ! A&M’s next game will be dg SMU in Dallas Tuesday night, Baylor invades DeWarc House, Friday night! to seel; venge from an Aggie /earn is improving with every gamb. | Box iScore Baylor ,FG FT PF TP Hickman, F ......I.... 3 0 Heathington, F j-.. 1 3 Preston, C .. ” Srack, G DeWitt, G . Johnson, F • Houde, G .... Fleetwood, G Mullin, F ... Cobb, F •Col- of Witt* the this ■ linst and Field Totals A&M DeWitt, F Turnbow, f Davis, C McDowell, Moon, G Martin, F Garcia, G , Houser, C .14 17 26 4 FG FT PK TP Totals ...I.....20 ,10 23 Free throws njissed: Baylor klS Heathington’ 2, Preston 4, De W! 3, Srack, Johnson.'Cobb. A&M (H) McDowell 3, Davis .’!, Turnbow 2. | Officials: Butfrus and Albrecht. Vet Wives Course 1 Plan Announced By Mayo A program of extension! courses The subject fadh be tnus uyeou for wives of; veteran studiints has been announced by Dr. T. R. Mayo, head of the; English Department. The coursejs are transferable for credit to apy: other college. A charge of $5; for each credit hour Annual Notices A11 organizations desiring to reserve space in the Aggieland 1950 can do so until noon, Sat urday, Feb. 11. This time exten- tion is being made to aid sev eral groups which misunder stood the former deadline. All space reserved in the Ag gieland must be paid for by noon, Saturday, Fob. 11, or the space reservation will’be for tified. Further details can be obtained at the Student Activ ities Officst. Noon, Saturday, Feb. 11, is the deadline for turning in Sen ior Favorite and Vanity Fair pictures. All seniors who havo left their names on the lists for making entries In these sec tions must hare their pictures submitted by tbe deadUne. is made, Dr. Mayo said. Wives of yetbrans who are in terested in enrolling in apy of the courses offered may contact the departments | concerned. A course in guidance j will be offered by the Education and Psy- "lour every evening from 7 to 8:36 on the first floor of the Academic Building. Those perosns wKSi wish to inquire about this course; should be at the de partment office Thursday evening. The first class will be held then, Dr. Mayo said. !|j; A ..psychology ..course,.. ‘‘Ad- canced Educational Psychology” will meet every Monday, Wednes^ day and Friday from 9 until 10 a. m. This three hour course .will also be taught on the first floor of the Academic Building. Second semester Russian, Lan guage 110,; will also be offered under the extension course. Dr. Mayo said.; Arrangements may be made with - Dr. Stadelman in the Department of Modern Languages; Sociology 416, “The Family”, will be taught tvery Monday, Wed nesday and Friday On the second floor of the Agriculture Building. A three hour*eourse, it will meet from 10 until 11 a. m,'j| jjH;. ■ The course analyses family re lationships and problems. A course In meteorology which carries throe hours credit will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11 a. m‘, It will includf a study of woather and climats and ‘ problems which they create, iject Will be tmight on the first floor?of the. Chein r*—' Building. Elementary journalism. Avhlfc a three hour <t>urse, will t fered if there i« Persons who sufficient demand. enroll asked by Dr. Mayo to contact D. D. Burchard, head|of the Journalism Department, ipiRodm 106 of Biz- zell Hall. were ■ SPRING Social Calendar Feiruary 10 Junior Prom Al All College Dance * 13-18 Religious Emphasis Week 25 TSCW Chibrus 25 Fish BaW! 27 Maddox Brothers and Rpse ) 4 Sophomor 16 Joseph Sz 18 Military ‘ Hngton’s Ball (geti -y tall with Duke irchestra 81 Cavalry, Infantry, Engineer Artillery pall 3 Baylor St 28 Cotton 29 All Ccrilej nphony 1 Dance f ■ f 12 /ill College Follies IS-'Open Hou ie 19-20 Ring Dance . tine V • I 3 Final Rs^sw V ip / ./ 1 / u k ii .