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Texas A&M
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The B
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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
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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.