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Volume 49: Number 91
STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1950
Major Course Setup
Outlined by Leland
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By JERRY Zl’BER
Students majoring in business
will have five new major fields
of study to choose from next fall,
according to T. W. Leland. head of
the department. Changed from the
Business Department to the De-
- puitment of Business Administra
tion, the department will offer a
degree of Bachelor of Business
Administration in place of the
Bachelor of Science degree offered
now.
The. date that the change will be
effective has npt been announced
as yet Leland said.
In addition to the general busi
ness and accounting majors offer-
. ed now, the department will offer
courses leading to degrees in Fi
nance, Insurance, Personel Admin
istration, Statistics, and -Market
ing. The course of study in mar
keting will be so arranged as to
allow students to slant their inter
ests to either advertising or'sales.
Advertising courses will be of
fered in cooperation with the jour
nalism department so that con
flicts can be avoided and that stu
dents cahf take courses, in either
department, he added.
■ Students now majoring in the
general business course may, if
' they can work the required cour
ses in their present curricula,
change to one of the more special
ized fields if they so desire, he
Said. Only change in the general
■business course is the name of the
degree to BBA instead of BS.
.-Graduate work in the depart
ment of BusinessAdministration
will lead to a Master of Business
\ Administration in; any of the above
named fields of major study.
Addition of these new major
fields of study will permit special
ization in businpss - that is now
available in other institutions, Le
land pointed out
The three story wing which
will be added to Francis Hall
whichi the department of Business
Administration is to occupy will
contain, three classrooms and three
laboratories. There will also "be a
business machines room which will
have jail the most modern business
machines, including tabulators,
calculators, adding machines, and
typewriters. v
Plans for the new wing ' are
complete dnd bids will be accepted
until March 9 when they will be
opened, and read, according to T.
R, Spence, head of the department
of physical plants.
Until the Department of Veter
inary Medicine can be housed else
where, the department of Busi-
: ness Administration will occupy
only the new wing of Francis
Hall, Leland said. For the. time be
ing the-department of Veterinary
Medicine will continue to occupy
the old portion of the building.
With the addition of the new
major fields! of study, it will be
necessary to offer several new
courses. Statistics, machine ac
counting, Insurance, auditing, per
sonnel techniques, advertising,
commercial banking management,
and salesmanship are a few of 20
that will be added. In addition to
adding new courses, one of two
new men will be added to the
teaching staff, Leland said.
The freshman year for all cour
ses will be the same Leland men
tioned, and none of the new cour
ses will be Offered in the" summer
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After Weekend
Austin, Tex., Feb. 17 (AP)
-^Prospects of a stiff fight in
the Senate next week faced
the administration-backed ci
garette tax plan for building
-new or enlarged state mental hos
pitals and Special schools.
Half a dozen senators were busy
yesterday liining up opposition
based on arguments that the pro
posal is an outright sales tax pac
ing the way for additional direct
levies on -commodities widely
bought by the public.
Arguments to this effect were
hurled against the cigarette ta|c
plan for buildings, and the omnibv
ppor
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were batted jdown by a big njiajo
ity which indicated it is re ~ '
to solve the hospital finance pi
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levy increase for hospital support,
in the House this week. .They
V a big major
ity which indicated it is yead;
to solve the hospital finance
Jem by these methods and go home
within the 30'day limit Tor spec
ial sessions. ill
The Senate met briel
day and adjourned for
end when it ran out
It had no legislation before ! iit
os a result iof Wednesday night’
State Affairs. Committee action i
sending the icigarette tax bill to
sub-committee, instead of repo
ifig it to the floor for immedia (
action. The: House quit Wednes
day until Monday when it alsjo
ran out of legislative raw mateil-
ial, or willingness to push somle
pending bills on the speaker’!*
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Plaques were awarded to the past presidents of
the Brazos County A&M l Club. W. L. “Flop”
Colson, president of the club (on the far left), is
presenting Jhe awards to (1. to r.) Oscar Crane,
resident engineer for the Brazos County State
Hiway Department, and president in ’49. P. I-
Downs, assistant director of information, who
was president of the club in ’42 and Fred Hale,
animal husbandry department, who was president
in ’45.
Bucks of Bygone Days . . .
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US Money History Shown
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In North Gate Bank Display
By DEAN REED
A&M’s cage contingent will
journey to Houston this afternoon
to meet an improved Rice squad
in public School Field House to
morrow night. Game time is 8 p.
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Recuperating from , a damaging
Ibfts to Arkansas M'onday night,
thje Cadets must defeat Rice toJ
insure any small portion of hard-j
Wood honors in the culminating
conference race.
“Rice, at the beginning of the
season, was capable of Winning)
thyir share of conference games,”)
said coach Marty |Ki»row. “They
hit a terrific slump, but may be:
buck on the way up, if Wednesday
night’s game is any indication.”
Baylor barely edged the Owls
in Houston Wednesday night, 60-
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69, in Rice’s closest bid Tor vlc-j
torv since an early-season win
over TCU,.
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Offensively Tops
Though they are nestling firmly
in the conference cellar/Rice still
will be shy-scrapini
dy” Davis, another
Walt "Bud-;
al-gatherine
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lad. Forwards for tlje decisive af-
Witt and Bill:
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dwfell and eith-:
) Wally Moon:
c^uit e i n t0 « P ea 0 «o f n2l 8i n?a^*r&M ^ start" a^ce^J/D. White andS
both offense and defense.
fata will be John
Turnbow, with M.cl
er Mike Garcia and
at the guard slots, j i r i
For the Owls, McDermott will;
By RAY WILLIAMS
I head cashier, said this was the
. .... - I only exhibit of its kind in the
An exhibit of paper currency | u S
dating from Colonial times Ijo the! ‘id the 16 frames are notes in
play thi* pounds, shillings, and pence which
Bank niart> wefp mediums of «»xchnncFi» in Pmit
College Station State
ing today, and continuing through
the 27th. \ :
This exhibit, exhibited in l|> dis
play frames, is comprised of paper
currency specimens representing
jevery type of note, bill and; cert
ificate which has been circulated
as money in the United States
from the beginning of our tiation j
until today. Mr. Thomas Wj Lee,
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OH Companies Merge
As Independent Giant
Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 17—<JP)—Sun-
ray Oil Corp. Completed its $44,-
800,000 merger with Barnsdall Oil
Co. yesterday td become one of
the biggest independents in the
petroleum industry.
A check for that amount was
handed Floyd Odium of the Atlas
Corp. at Los Angeles by Sunray’s
presiderit C. H. Wright. ! Barns
dall, also a Tulsa firm, had been an
Atlas subsidiary. The name will
be dropped.
Strike Break Hoped
After Night Confab
Washington, Feb. 17—(A*) — A
secret, late-itt-night conference of
John L. Lewis, coal operators and
government: men gave rise today
to new hope for an agreement end
ing the soft coal strike. V . .
From the sparse details obtain
able, it appeared that wages and
other termp were discussed more
realistically than at any previous
meeting in, the eight-month dis
pute.
The parties were brought togeth
er for the unsecheduled bargaining
by an urgent appeal from Cyrus
S. Ghing, federal mediation direc
tor and David L,’Cole, chairman
of President Truman’s coal board
of inquiry. , j
Both Colo and Chlhg sat In on
; the three-hour talk, Which was de-
Hcrlbed by one informant as a
“real dollarK and cents negotiation”
between the chief of the 870,000
striking mine workers and spokes
men for the major operators’
groups.
Truman Scoren GOP
With Inaction’ Dig
Washington, Feb. 17, VP) Presi
dent Truman Is taking for hia 1950
political line: The Republicans are
croaking about 'socialism to hide
their own “negative Inacton.” That
brought new OOP challenges to
day for a November vote test ef
the ssue. \
Mr. Truman told a : glittering
gathering of 5,300 Democrats to
propose something. i
'"Then they react with * n out
burst of scare words,” he said. To
- the chuckling appreciation of his
steam-fed listeners, he added:
“They are like a cuttlefish that
squirts out a cloud of black ink
whenever, its slumber is disturbed,”
The president called for fu .1
speed on “dur domestic program s
for health, education, social secur
ity and economic stability.” He
said Republican charges that these
involve socialism “is an insult to
the Intelligence of the American
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Peoples Court Set
To Try American
Budapest,; Hungary, Feb. 17, to
American businessman Robert
A. Vogeler. Jr,, went on trial to
day before. te Hungarian peoples
court on charges of espionage ard
sabotage. The spy case lit a
brought strained relations between
the United States and Hungary,
Vogeler, :38, European repre
sentative and an assistant Vice-
president of the International Tel
ephone and! Telegraph Company,
was arraigned with his British as
sistant, Edgar Sanders, and five
accused Hungarians, including) a
Roman Catholic priest and a bgf'
maid. -•
| Standing quietly in court, th4y
were charged with “subversive
machinations: spying and sabo
tage” on behalf of an Ameridt n
espionage organization. The Huh
garian government claimed befo
the trial started that all had cdh*
fessed the charges.
Red Strike Fizzles
On Frog Railways
Paris, Feb. 17—«*•»—A two-hou
railroad strike,' ordered by Freni
Communists In a campaign again
shipment of! American anus und
the Atlantic: Pact, appeared to ha
flEElnd today.
First reports from Northei
France Indicated a Red-called 2
hour .coal mine strike was mo
successful. At least 50 per cei
of the 110,000 miners there faib
to report-for work.
On France's railways there 1
some stoppage of trains. especU
ly on suburban tinea Into Parle.
But the etrike order from Uac
Communist-led General Federation
of Labor was obeyed by only a
part of thd nation's 400,000 & M
employees. There was no whole
sale tie-up of the nation’s rail nejt-
work.
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Ice Cream Judging
Course Scheduled
A dairy products short course
is scheduled to be held here on
1 March 29 and 30, said Dr. ^A. V.
Moore, professor of' dairy husban
dry.
The primary purpose of ■ this
short course is to instruct in the
judging of ice cream and cottage
cheese.
Invitations will be sent to the
various manufacturers of dairy
products throughout the ' stdte to
send samples of vanilla ice cream
and cottage cheese. These samples
will be judged by the members of
the short course.
Dr. P. H. Tracy of the Univer
sity of Illinois will be the official
judge of the ice cream. The ice
cream will be judged as to flavW,
body, color, and texture. Cottage
cheese will be officially judged
by Dr. W. H. Hoecker of the
A&M dairy department.
It will be classed as either good,
fair, or poor. These judges will
•give their reasons for their plac-
ings and discussions will follow.
were mediums of exchange in Paul
Rcvere’s and Benjamin Franklin’s
time. These famous men were the
engraver i)|nd printer, respective
ly, of matjy of these Colonial is
sues.
Obsolete bank notes of 100
years ago. treasury notes of the
Republic of Texas, state and na
tional issues of the Confeder
ate States, early “greenbacks"
and “shin plasters" of the Civil
War period, and notes on down
through the years, including
paper currency in circulation to
day, will Zlso be displayed.
No note above the $100 denom
ination are shown, although' they
have been and are issued in these
higher values: $600, $1,000, $5,000,
and $10,000. Insurance premiums
and transportation charges on the
exhibit would be too costly if these
larger denominations were includ
ed.
The 15 frames each contain a
certain type of currency, the main
on«t of which are as follows:
Colonial and Continental curren
cy'—Colonial notes that were is
sued as early as 1690 by the Mass
achusetts Bay Colony and Contin
ental money that was used in 1775
to finance the Revolutionary War.
Treasury notes of the Repub
lic of Texas—t|heae four speci
mens represent one note issued
[from Houston, when that city
was the seat of “The Govern
ment of Texas,” and three Trea
sury notes issued from Austin
during President
ministratiun.
Lamar's ad-
Harsch Slated
For Address At
Great Issues
“The Holes t Saw in the
Iron Curtain” will be the sub
ject of the Great Issue lec
ture to be given in Guion Hall
at 8 p. m. Monday, February
to./
Joseph C. Harsch, the second
guest speaker fot Great Issues
is a native of Toledo, Ohio. The
address is open to" anyone interest
ed in hearing the lecture.
In 1927 Harsch received his AL
B. from Williams College and waijs
given an honorary B. A. from Cor
pus Christi College of Cambridg^
University, England. j I
During the early years of the
war, he was foreign correspondent.
f<ir the Monitor in Ro
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Croneman Studies
Laredo JC Setup
Chris H. Groneman, head of the
Industrial Education Department,
wjll Serve as a consultant to the
administration of the Laredo Jun
ior College on February 16-18.
j Pres. J. Adkins of larredq Jun-
ior College requested Groneman
to assist them in making a study
of the vocational and terminal
program now in operation dnd to
make recommendations for possi
ble future growth in this area.
: Four graduates of indpstriul
education department are now
teaching In the Laredo system.
Junior AH Major
Shows Champion**
Jim Steen, Junior animal hus
bandry major from Oolthtvalte,
Texaa, won both champion and re
serve titles with his Southdawn
rams at the recent Houston Fat
Stock Show. / . s
The two prize animals word from
hia flock which, is located at Gold-
thwaite. Competing animals were
from top breeders in the United
States, British Columbia, and Cam
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Negro Folklorist
To Give Program
Professor J. Mason Brewer,
America’s most distinguished Neg
ro folklorist and nationally known
folk poet, will be presented by the
Lee Chapel Methodist Church at
the Kemp High School Auditorium
8:00 p. m. Friday Feb. 24.
Professor Brewer’s interpreta
tion of his poems, songs, sermons
and stories have been endorsed hy
religious and youth welfare work
ers throughout the State.
Tiekcts may he obtained from
M. L. Cashion at the YMCA.
States issued from Richmon
ginia.
' Texas Treasury warrants that
eompriae the State money issued
and circulated in Texas during
the Civil War period.'
Postage and fractional currency
that was issued by the Federal
Government during the Civil War
—these atfe sometimes called “shin
plasters.” '
United States and Treasury
notes—in this series appeared
the first $1 and $2 notes ever
to be issued by the United
States Treasury.
In the remaining frames the
growth of United States, Treasury,
and Federal Reserve notes is
shown. The trend toward uniform
ity is brought out, with the re
sult, our currency in use today.
The exhibit will be free and
open to the public every day dur
ing regular banking hours. It will
also be shown Feb. 24, from 4 to
8 p. in. to enable the school child
ren in the area to attend.
Tomorrow night’s, game will
find two of the top scorers of the
conference—Jewell McDowell of
the Aggies and Joe McDermott of
Rice—battling again for point
honors.
McDowell, apparently showing
no lasting effects of his trouble
some arm injury, tallied 17 points
in the Arkansas tilt.
In the last meeting of the two
teams, the Aggies soundly thrash}
ed the Feathered Flock, 56-37, on
the court of DeWare Field House}
Probable starters for the Hous-
-ton game will be the same crew
who have initiated most of the
Cadet frays this season..At center
jih and was present
dictated armistice t^r
in^uo
me and Ber^
when Hitlet
rms to Francfe
year,
Harbor during the Japanese at}
tsek. 4
When the Jap invasion of Java
began, Mr. Harsch escaped in time
to reach Australia when the first
Ij. S. troops arrived.
Between 1946 and the end of
the war, he broadcasted daily fot 1
the Columbia Broadcasting Sysj-
tem, his broadcast, was “'nife
Meaning of the New$”.
Around Washington he was gen
erally recognized as an authority
pn foreign affairs and his cover
age of the political home front was
excellent.
Since the end of the war, Harsch
has been to Europe twice, once
in 1947 and again in 1949.
Harsch has an exceptional abil
ity for getting to sources of news,
and was behind the “Iron Curtain"
on his two trips to Europe.
Everyone is invited and urged
to come out to hear Mr. Harsch
on Monday evening.
Waste Removal
Program Begun
A state-wide^ program has
been devised by the Industrial
Extension Service for the de
velopment and progress of in
dustrial Waste, H. P, Bearden,
Assistant to the Director, an
nounced yesterday.
Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have) been spent by indus
tries, es]}ecially along tJie Gulf
Coast, in | attempting to improve
waste-removing methods.
Always) of major concern where
large factories or sewage sys
tems are) located, the waste-re
inoval problem causes .much con
troversy between shallow-water
enterprises and those depending
■on waterways for waste outlets.
“Oyster companies ale
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Rodeo Club Head
Charlie Wampler, senior petrol
eum engineer from Longview, last
week was elected president of the
Rodeo Club for the coming semes
ter.
Other officers,elected were Wal-
ly Cardwell of Rockdale, vice-
president; Tommy Shelton of Til-
den, secretary-treasurer, and Clay-
hourne Smith of San Antonio, re
porter.
The Rodeo Club voted to send a
representative team to the Sul
Ross College Rodeo to he held at
Alpine, March 9-1T. Sul Ross holds
the National Intercollegiate Rodeo
championship.
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Gulf Coapt depend on fresh, un
polluted jwater for their HvclD
hood,” Bearden said. “Waste alsp
blocks thf routes of ships in some
places.”
The task of the it E. S. is to
“give instructions to! industry re
presentatives on how to analyse
waste problems,” Bearden con
tinued.
Because most of the difficulty
exists on the Gulf Coast, the first
class will be conducted in Texas
City Wednesday under (the super
vision of |A. J. Krell, who has held
several positions dealing with wat
er and waste products.
Twelve persons, designated to
represent their Coippanies will at
tend the first session, known as
the pilot course. “Following the
pilot course, a definite program
will be planned, based upon the
information derived,” |Bearden
concluded.
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Consolidated High
Holds RE Services
Religious Emphasis Week is be
ing observed at A&M Consolidated
in conjunction with the observance
on the campus.
Services were held at high
school and junior high Monday
through Friday at 2 p. m. and
at 9 a. m. on Tuesday and Thurs
day at the elementary school.
Rabbi Malev of Houston addressed
all students of the Consolidated
System during the week.
This has been the fifst Religious
Emphasis program attempted at
Consolidated. In the past, students
who have so desired attended the
A&M services.
tions, and , Warrei j Switzer ami)
Jim Gerharijt as fbrwards.
Hometown Hoping
Davis, a g
High School,
a
;nuluale of Nederlaml
, will! have hia firit;
opportunity to play in the coast
area a& an Aggie Starter. Never,
ones to miss such a! chance, many;
relatives and frrtnds . of the 6’;
8V4” center are expected to wit-I
ness the battle.
Currently, tied
SWC standings,
win all three
for any possiblj
crown—and this <
slip up. Should
or TCU finish t)
victories, the
out of the race. , , . ,
“Right now, We’re concentrating
on beating Ric^ and holding on:
to our present; position,” Karow;
said yesterday. I !
or fourth in:
Cadets must:
ining games;
share of the;
if the leaders:
MU, Arkansas,:
ilr seasons with;
s would be:
Other 'Gamed
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In other conference tilts this
weekend, Texas will play host to:
SMU at Austin, while TCU in-:
vades Fayetteville to encounter
Arkansas.
SMU is currently looming ns the;
title favorite, 'not only becausg
of their present position in thd
top spot, but also because of ,a rel
atively easy reipaining schedule, j
Arkansas, probably the worst
fiiF- Must 1
threat to
hopes, must
MuMang crown!
et SMU in Dallas!
The Texas tHtj this weekend is in
Austin, and Baylor must play host
to the Dallasites onc8 more.
The Aggitfs have probably thq
liest Mate, With urch-riv-j
next eas
ai Texas thi
game. TCU,
be the only
game for
Watchin,
outs hefon
Karow sai(J
cording to
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Fort Worth, will *■
out-of-town nffaiv..
r night’s Houston
CbdetsT ;
no of the final work!
m
nd
the
lyestei
their
)wl encounter}
rday, "Rice, ac;
coach,
around seven easy crip shot!
against Baylor—enough to have
won the game. Our game will hr
rough.” "
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Ray Discusses
Pre-Law Study
Pre-Law Society member^
and other interested person®
will have an opportunity
Tuesday in the Dorm 2 lounge
Judging ClasH Will
Visit Alamo Uitv
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Ann Malcom, Junior Clasa Sweetheart, receives
from Glenn McCarthy. Miss Malcom wan escorted by i
of C, Field Artillery. She is a student at Hoekaday
in Dallas.
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D. Hiaton
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Visit Alamo City
Advanced Livestock Judging
class plans to make a practice trip
to'San Antonio this Saturday.’ I
The class will observe fat steer
judging and will participate In
practice judging of fat barrows,
lambs, steers, and breeding cattle.
Jim Bob Steen. Cecil Levels,
Glen Dunkle, Pst Henccrling, Bert
Gibbs, Ed Latham, Hubefto Reyes,
Douglss Wyth, Maxie Overstragt,
Charles Smith, B. U. Terry, War
ner Lindig, and John Khemann ate
members of the group competing
for placet on the two teams that
will represent A&M (n the Inter-
collegiate contest at Oklahoma
City on March 18.
Child Htudy Club
Hears
study
Book
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What constitutes the mature
mind and its need for stability was
the theme of a review of “The
Mature Mind” presented to the
Child Study Club by Mrs. John
Sperry. .
to hear jProfegsor Roy R. Ray;
chairman of curriculum and su
pervisor of instruction at SMli,
discuss how an undergraduate stu
dent can best prepare himself for
law school, Philip Goode, organi
zation sponsor, has announced.
Ray’s talk will follow the even
ing meal in Duncan Mess Hall.
The distinguished Southejn Methi-
odlst professor and Whitney R.
Harris, a Dallas attorney who is
presently a visiting professor of
law at SMU. will be guests of honr
or at the dinner, Goode said.
Brian Moran, newly elected pres
ident of: the society, explained,thal
[all pre-law students and any Oth
er interested persons are invited to
eat witjh the group. Non-corps
students, and non-students will
have to pay the usual 50e for the
family-style Duncan meal, Morah
added. . j
Ray will discuss The Law of Ev
idence before the Brazos County
Bar Association at a iluncheoh
meeting Tuesday, Goode bald. Ar
thur SleWirt, a vice-president of
the association and co-sponsor with
Goode pfi the campus Pre-Law Sd-
cfety, Commented that the visit
ing spe|aket- ip an authority on hfis
subject} as he collaborated with
Charles T. McCormick In editing
“Texas; Law of Evidence”,-if book
consulted daily .by practicing law
yers and Judges,
Harris was fdrmerly a prpseci|-
tor In the waif crimes trials at
Nurenburg, Germany, and It is #K*
peeled that he will be callfd upon
at the meeting to discuss some of
his unique experiences, Moran cor -
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Bucek Elected To
Head Lavaca Club
J. F Bucek, buslnsss adntinl®*
tratlon major from HallcUvilti-.
president of the Lava.:
IM Club at the regu-
Thursday night,
bars elected were Jd
vice .president, Jimm
sec re try, W. A. Hindi
.... Daniel Beran, rep
tin Kasper, social chai
P for • "Pring party w«
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