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.1 I s s. a y O >-> > v r 4 Texas A&M College The B alion Volume 45 College Station, Texas, Wednesday Afternoon, March 13, 1946 Number 34 Make Muster Visitors Feel Welcome; Council Delves Place ‘Welcome Aggie’ Signs in Yard Pressing rp T» TD -v« <-v ww /-n« w — w 4- w A T\ /T 1 _ _ "I_ J 1 1 ft* ^ r' ^ ^ Corps Problems The Brazos County A. & M. Club is urging every Aggie in the vi cinity of Bryan and College Sta tion to place a WELCOME AGGIE sign, together with your name and class numeral, in your front yard during the Muster on April 19, 20, and 21. The business houses in Bryan and College are placing these welcome signs in their win dows, and the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce has agreed to erect welcome signs on all highways leading into Bryan and College. WE WANT THESE BOYS COMING BACK IN APRIL TO FEEL WELCOME. They cer tainly are welcome, so let’s make them see it everywhere they turn. Signs can be obtained as fol lows : 1. Call or write—J. C. Stabler, P. O. Box 219, Telephone 2-7389, Bryan, Texas. He will supply your sign on masonite, semi-permanent, in two ways: (a)* Sign with Wel come Aggies only, $.80, (b) Sign with Welcome Aggies and your name and class numeral, $1.15. 2. Call or write—Wallace Print ing Company, 306 W. 26th, Tele phone 2-5225, Bryan, Texas. They will supply your sign on cardboard in two ways: (a) Sign with Wel come Aggies only, $.10. (If you desire you can obtain this sign and print or stencil your own name and numeral.) (b) Sign with Welcome Aggies and your name and class numeral, $1.10. Both of the above signs are 11” x 14” with maroon lettering on white background, that can be easily set up in your yard. You are requested to call or write either of the above places and place your order before April 1. This will give them time to finish the signs and enable you to jbtain them in order that they may be erected at least by 15th of April. Brazos County A&M Club Welcome Committee Oscar L. Crain, ’31 Geo. R. McCulloch, ’38 H. P. Dansby, Jr., ’32 1700-Acre Dairy Given to A&M by Anonymous Donor A 1700-acre dairy on the Brazos river in McLennan and Falls coun ties to be known as the Central Texas Memorial Farm will be operated by the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, it was announced today by Dean of Agricultural Charles N. Shepard- son. The dairy-farming demonstra tion project, an outright gift to the college from an anonymous donor, has no connection with the pro posed agricultural and livestock use by the A. & M. College of the Bluebonnet ordnance plant at Mc Gregor, Dean Shepardson pointed out. The Central Texas Memorial Farm will have as its purposes demonstrations of soil building and soil protection practices, modern agricultural methods and cultural practices, dairy herd improvement work, advanced agricultural man agement training and will be a lasting and beneficial tribute to the great contribution made by Texas farmers, both in uniform and on the land, to the winning of World Wars I and II, Dean Shepardson announced. The enterprise will be wholly self-supporting, Dean Shepardson declared, and improvements will be made just as rapidly as ad vanced practices and sagacious management justify. Training of the college’s students in agricul ture will be incorporated into the dairying, livestock and farm work of the enterprise. Farmers and dairymen in the area will be invited to observe the management practices, and bene fit therefrom, Dean Shepardson announced. SUMMER JOBS OPEN Students seeking summer em ployment are urged to go by the Student Placement Office in Goodwin Hall and leave their names, addresses, and the type of employment desired with L. R. Hickman. Arrangements are being made to place students in jobs which have a connection with their major studies. Heads of departments will also be able to furnish information regard ing available jobs. Kiwanians Meet Aggie Gagers, See Oil Bowl Movie Members of the 1945-46 Texas A&M basketball team were honor guests at yesterday’s luncheon meeting of the College Station Ki- wanis Club. The Aggie cagers, introduced by Coach Marty Karow, were: Jamie Dawson, “Goose” Hall, Peck Vass, Homer Adams, Morris Backer, Don Mace, “Yo-Yo” Yeoman, Dick Goad, Bill McCormick, Bill Underwood, Hugh Webber, Jim Kirkland, Lee Duggan, student manager; and Johnnie Franke, assistant coach. Conrad Cone, an ex-serviceman student, sang three baritone solos accompanied by Doug Michel at the piano. Kiwanians gathered with their wives and guests last night at the Chemistry lecture room to see moving pictures of the Oil Bowl football game and a technicolor movie on frozen foods. Pacific Security Is Lecture Theme Dr. W. Leon Godshall, traveler, educator and lecturer, will discuss international security in the Pa cific Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. be fore the general public in the audi torium of Stephen F. Austin High School. This lecture is the second of four forums on the general theme of “Steps Toward World Stability” which are arranged by the Rotary Institute of International Under standing” and sponsored locally by the Bryan Rotary Club. Tickets to the evening lectures may be se cured from any Boy or Girl Scout at 75 cents for the three remain ing Jectures, or door admission of 35 cents per lecture may be paid. Dr. Godshall is associate profes sor of diplomatic history and inter national relations at Lehigh Uni versity. He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, and for merly was professor of internation al relations at Pennsylvania State College. Dr. Godshall also served as visiting professor at St. John’s University, Shanghai, China, Lin- gan University, Canton, China, and at the University of the Philip pines. He has traveled extensively in both Russia and China, and is the author of three books: “Tsing- tau Under Three Flags,” “Interna tional Aspects of the Shantung Questions,” and “American For eign Policy.” The members of the Student Council met with staff members of the Office of Student Affairs and Student Activities Tuesday night for another discussion of problems facing the student body as a whole. The members of this body are chos en from among representative elec tive offices and from every class in the corps. Dean Rollins led off the discus sion with the reading of an invita tion from the president of the Uni versity of Tulsa student council to send representatives to a stu dent government conference to be held among the southwestern col leges at Tulsa April 26 and 27. Eli Barker, cadet colonel, and Bob King, senior class prexy, were elected by the council to represent the college, expenses paid. Joe Skiles, of the office of Stu dent Activities, stated that his of fice would be able to put up as much as $50.00 per outfit for the establishment of a discretionary organization fund. These organiza tion funds, to be managed by the CO, could be used to provide funds for flowers to be sent to funerals of relatives of unit members, for the purchase of supplies for foot ball signs in the fall, for organiza tion parties and dances, for sports equipment, and for any other spe cific useful and approved purposes. The amount put up by Student Ac tivities could be matched by the units themselves. The subject of class distinctions and uniform regulations was broached, with nothing definite ever being decided. The major problem before the council is to decide whether semesters of at tendance on the campus or aca demic classification will determine privileges. There is a particularly bad situation present now with the return of veterans to the corps, some of whom want to stay with their original class buddies, and others who want to drop back with their academic classification in or der to reap the benefits of cadet commissions and class offices. This situation is further complicated by the number of freshman and soph omore veterans who are taking ad vanced ROTC and are entitled to wear the junior type uniform, but not to junior privileges. A definite, clear-cut statement of policy regarding this matter is expected to be issued within the next few weeks. In attempting to solve the prob lem of who is eligible to attend dances tax-free, the freshman class will hand out bids to the particular seniors in their respective outfits, or in the non-regs, whom they wish to attend their class ball. Only seniors in possession of bids in their names will be admitted as guests. Beverly Otey Is . Big ‘D’ Duchess President Joe McGown of the Dallas A&M Club has announced that Miss Beverly Otey of Dallas has been selected by the A&M Club to represent her home town as duchess from Dallas at the an nual Cotton Ball and Pageant to be held April 12. Miss Otey was selected from the numerous pictures that were sub mitted by the cadets from Dallas and won unanimous approval of the entire club. She is a sophomore at the University of Texas major ing in Home Economics, and is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gam ma sorority. Miss Otey is a gradur, ate of Highland Park High School in Dallas and formerly modeled for Neiman-Marcus before entering the University. Aggie Freshman Chosen As Outstanding Future Farmer Danforth Fund Offers Trips for Fish and Juniors Danforth Fellowships will be available next summer for a junior and a freshman in the School of Agriculture, according to an an nouncement received by Dean C. N. Shepardson from the Danforth Foundation. The junior will spend two weeks studying the problems of manufac turing, commercial research, dis tribution, advertising and person nel at the Ralston Purina Mills in St. Louis and will then attend a two weeks Leadership Training Camp at Lake Michigan. The fresh man will attend the Leadership Conference only. The stipends will amount to approximately enough to cover actual expenses. The program for the junior will extend from July 28 to August 25 and for the freshman from August 12 to 25. A faculty committee to award the following has been appointed of which Professor J. Wheeler Barger, head of the Department of Agricultural Economics is chair man. Literature and application blanks may be obtained at his office. The selection will be made on April 9. Selection is made on the basis of scholarship, leadership, activi ties and general culture. Mat Finals Will Be Staged Thurs. The entire Aggie corps and fac ulty was invited this morning to attend the final wrestling bouts of the intramural program. The finals will be staged Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. Pairings are as follows: Class B: 119 lbs, Allen (A In fantry vs. Davis (C Infantry; 129 lbs., Futrell ("D Field Artillery) vs. Gonzales (C Cavalry); 139 lbs., Simpson (A Infantry) vs. Garner (H Infantry); 149 lbs., Bird (A Field Artillery) vs. Hodges (A Cav alry); 159 lbs., Irby (B Cav.) vs. Moran (D Cav.); 169 lbs., Ham- bright (F Inf.) vs. Breedlove (C Inf.); 179 lbs., Calhoun (B In fantry) vs. Davis (H Infantry); heavyweight, McManus (A Infan try) vs. Henry (B Field Artillery). Class A: 139 lbs., McKenzie (A Infantry) vs. Lohr (Dorm 15); 149 lbs., Hardin (C Field Artillery) vs. Golden (H Infantry); 159 lbs., Koenig (A Field Artillery) vs. Hines (D Field Artillery); 169 lbs., Stites (C Field Artillery) vs. Eckert (H Infantry); 179 lbs., Bowden (D Infantry) vs. Scheu- mack (Mitchell Hall); heavyweight, Rogers (Mitchell Hall) vs. Bozka (A Cavalry). ♦ Fay Lasley, Jr. of Conway, Ar kansas, has been recognized as one of Arkansas’ outstanding Future: Farmers by the Progressive Farm er Magazine. A full page article about him, including pictures, ap pears in the March issue of this magazine. Lasley, who is 18 years of age, is a freshman in H Co. Infantry, and is majoring in agriculture. The article appearing in the Progres sive Farmer traces young Lasley’s interest in livestock from the time of his second birthday until the time of entrance at Texas A&M. According to the article, Lasley purchased his first calf on credit in 1938 and paid for it by mowing lawns. To date his herd numbers 35 registered cattle and 55 grades, all polled Herefords, the breed in which he specializes. His land hold ings include 40 acres which he pur chased in 1940, and 341 acres which he inherited in 1944 from his grand father’s estate. In the fall of 1945, he purchased the remaining 682 acres of the estate, giving him a total of 1,063 acres of land. In addition to majoring in agri culture, Lasley plans to major in veterinary science before graduat ing from A&M. RUMOR CONCERNING RESERVISTS FALSE * The rumor that Air Corps Re servists are being called back into the army from A&M is false, au thoritative sources stated today. A few men who applied for com missions in the regular army and were accepted have left school. This has nothing to do with the recalling of reserves, however. ATTENTION All students interested in es corting a duchess to the Cotton Pageant and Ball April 12, 1946, please mail the following infor mation to Bill Sammis, Box 1935, College Station, Texas. In order to properly pair the es cort and the duchess we must know your age, weight, height, color of hair, classification (both campus and academic), campus address, and home town. If you are chosen you will be notified as soon as possible. Cotton Ball Queen To Be Selected By Vick From Tessies Martin Vick, King Cotton of 1946, and a retinue consisting of Leland Main, Joe Brannen, Karl Wallace, John Cox, Forrest Carra- way, Leroy Hendricks, and Howard Anderson will journey up to the Rosebud Festival at TSCW this weekend to select the Queen to reign with Vick at the Cotton Pageant April 12. Hidin’, Ropin’ Texas Aggies Enter Arizona U. Intercollegiate Rodeo Nine Texas A&M College stu dents will represent A&M at the Sixth Annual Intercollegiate Ro deo sponsored by the University of Arizona at Tucson, it was an nounced by the animal husbandry department. The A&M representa tives along with one faculty mem ber will arrive in Tucson March 15 for a four-day sta^* After a parade in downtown Tucson on Saturday, March 16, the contest will get, under way on Sun day, March 17, at the Tucson Ro deo grounds. Featured events will be steer riding, bronc riding, calf roping, mixed team tying, team ty ing, wild cow milking, wild mule race, and boys bareback wrestling.. The rodeo is a non-professional, all student cowboy contest. Schools entered in the rodeo are the University of Wyoming, Colo rado A&M, Arizona State at Tem ple, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M. Representing A&M will be Tom Roberts, Jimmy Henderson, Royce Riddle, Ben Hopson, Jr., Counts Cleveland, Jr., George McAllister, Jay Poyner, Lucien Kruse, and Hub Ellis.