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King Cotton to Pick Queen Tomorrow Texas A. & M. College Battalion Volume 45“ College Station, Texas, Friday Afternoon, March 15, 1946 Number 35 Vick, 7 Others Will Select Her At Redbud Ball Eight Ladies-In-Waiting Also to Be Chosen At Tessieland Event Her Highness, Queen of the Texas A. & M. College Agronomy Society Cotton Ball and Pageant to be held at the college Friday, April 12, will be chosen Saturday night, at the Redbud Festival at Texas State College for Women at Denton. Martin Vick, of Conroe, has been chosen King Cotton by members of the Agronomy Society and will head the committee of seven Tex as A. & M. students who will go to Denton to make the selection of the queen. All girls in attendance at the Redbud Festival will be in the running for the high honors to be upon the queen here. Vick said that the finalists wil be simmered down to nine contestants and from those the winner will be selected. The other eight wil Iserve as her Lad- ies-in-Waiting at the Ball and Pageant here. Students comprising the selec tion committee will include: Vick, chairman; Forrest Carraway, Tol ar; LeRoy Hendricks, Waco; John Cox, Temple; Howard Anderson, Pecos; Leland Main, Palestine; and Joe Brannen, Crockett. Mrs. Manning Smith, director of the Cotton Pageant, and L. C. Chapman will accompany the group to Denton. In addition to the committee, many other Aggies are expected to attend the gala Tessieland event as dates of students there. There are no major social events at Col lege Station this week-end, in order to avoid any conflict. Betty Vezey to Be a Duchess Miss Betty Vezey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Vezey of Col lege Station, has been chosen as duchess to represent the A. & M. Mothers Club at the Cotton Ball and Pageant. Merry Jordahl is San ’Tone Choice Miss Merry Jordahl of San An tonio has been selected by the San Antonio Club at A. & M. to repre sent the club at the Cotton Ball and Pageant. Miss Jordahl was Miss Terra, Texas, of 1945. She plans to attend Coty College for Women this fall, and at present is modelling for Joske's in San An tonio. Her selection was announced by Bill Schiefelbein, president of the San Antonio Club. Hort Society Makes Duchess Choice The Horticulture Society select ed Miss Betty Lindsay of Junction, Texas to represent them as a duch ess at the Cotton Ball and Pageant at their meeting Wednesday, March 6. Miss Lindsay is a sophomore at Texas University and a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma soror ity. She will be escorted by Jay Poyner, senior Horticulture major who hails from Mason, Texas. Jay is second-in-command of H Co. In fantry and is well known on the campus. Agronomy Society Chooses Duchess ^ho Agronomy Society selected Miss Loufle^Jones as its duchess for the Cotton Ball at their regular meeting Wednesday night. Miss Jones is a senior at A. & M. Con solidated High School and is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. G'. Jones of College Station. Dr. Jones is acting head of the Department of Agronomy of A. & M. The Society also held the initia tion of members who have joined since the beginning of the spring semester. Refreshments were served in the Agronomy library. To Get a Queen Martin Vick, Cotton King, who will select a queen this week-end, with the assistance of seven oth er Aggies, at the Tessieland Red bud Festival. County Officials Short Course to Be Held Next Week When the County Officials Short Course is held on the campus next week, March 20-22, a high point will be a banquet in Sbisa Hall the evening of March 21. Registration will be held in the Y.M.C.A. from 10 to 12 a. m., Wed nesday, March 20. Rooms on the top floor of Dormi tory 5 will be available for those who have not made other arrange ments. The rooms will be ready for occupancy by 4 p. m., March 19. Group meetings will be held in the Chemical Engineering Lecture Hall. Ethyl Corp. Will Interview Seniors Here Next Friday On Friday, March 22, R. R. Faller, manager of employee rela tions at the Ethyl Corporation Re search Laboratories will visit Tex as A. & M. to explain the oppor tunities that can be gained through training in research on engines, fuels and lubricants, in the Labo ratories at Detroit, and San Ber- nadino, Calif. Graduating engineers, who are interested in positions as engineers in the Ethyl Corp. Research Labo ratories or as field engineers for the corporation can make interview appointments in the office of Prof. C. W. Crawford. Gabbard, Dealey Represent Area At Planning Meet Dr. L. P. Gabbard, chief of the division of Farm and Ranch Econ omics, is in Atlanta, Ga., where he and E. M. (Ted) Dealey are re presenting the Southwest at a meeting of the National Planning Association of Washington, D. C. Mr. Dealey is president of the Dallas News. The object of the meeting is to form policies and a program for expanding the economy of the South, in order to increase em ployment opportunities, maintain a high level of production, and raise living standards. Research Project Will Track Storms In Mexican Gulf Belying Mark Twain’s famous adage, Texas A. & M. College fi nally is going to do something about the weather. In the near future, a foundation research project for locating and tracking storms in the Gulf of Mexico, sponsored jointly by Dow Chemical Company and Humble Oil Company, will be instituted by the college’s Engineering Experi ment Station in conjunction with the electrical engineering depart ment. A weather station will be estab lished on the campus and at least one point on the gulf coast, and storms and disturbances bullying their way up from the tropics will be tracked and logged by radio di rection-finding equipment. When available, radar equipment will be installed for the same purpose. Eventually it is hoped that the station can go to work on inland storms, particularly the “blue northers” that plague Texas dur ing the cold months. To gain more accurate informa tion, it is planned to record weath er data simultaneously at stations established by the University of Florida at coast points in that state. Dr. A. A. Jakkula, chief of the Engineering Experiment Station, and M. C. Hughes, head of the electrical engineering department, have gone to Gainesville to make arrangements for joint study of weather with scientists at Florida University. R. G. Corley Named Manager of WTAW Robert Guy Corley, formerly of Monroe, Louisiana, has been op- pointed manager of Radio Station WTAW, owned and operated by the A. & M. College of Texas. Mr. Corley has been identified with the radio business since 1929 and has been employed by stations in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama. A native of Louisiana, Mr. Corley attended Louisiana Tech at Ruston and majored in music and voice. Prior to his pre sent assignment Mr. Corley was manager of Radio Station KNOE at Monroe. Mr. Corley will move his family to this area as soon as he is able to obtain a home here. Mayor Ernest Langford and the members of the College Station City Council have issued the fol lowing statement on current issues: TO THE CITIZENS OF COLLEGE STATION: Believing that the citizens of this com munity have a right to know how their City Council stands on all matters which in any way affect their welfare, the fol lowing statement is made without equivo cation or reservation: THE RECORD. The record of the pres ent Council is an open book. All of its actions have been above board and, what ever its future may be, it stands upon its record of past performance. SELF-DETERMINATION. One of the inalienable rights of the citizens of a community is that of self-determination, or the right of complete autonomy. The City Council stands committed to this principle, and within all the powers at its disposal will protect this time-honored prerogative. There has never been any dis position upon the part of the present Council, nor will there be, to surrender Get $1,000, If You Can Improve On Soft-Drink Making The Student Placement Office has been notified by letter that the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, national association of soft drink manufacturers, is offer ing a cash award of $1,000 to the individual developing the best method of improving or producing the beverages. The Chesterman Award will be open to technical men in the soft drink and related industries, col lege technical men, post-graduate students, and independent research workers. Copy of the rules governing the Chesterman Award, and replies to specific inquires concerning the award may be had by addressing the Committee of Awards, Amer ican Bottlers of Carbonated Bever ages, National Trade Association of the Soft Drink Industry, 1128 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washing ton 6, D. C.; or a copy of the rules can be obtained by calling by the Student Placement Office in Good win Hall. Well-Logging Conference Is Attended by 140 More than 140 representatives of the petroleum industry, from as far away as Pennsylvania and Wyo- mong, gathered on the Texas A. & M. College campus this week for a conference on well-logging meth ods, sponsored by the college’s pe troleum engineering department. The conference, purpose of which is to discuss and demonstrate latest methods of determining sub surface formations, opened Mon day and will close today. TED MARTIN REJOINS EXTENSION SERVICE Ted Martin, poultry husbandman for the A. & M. College Extension Service, will resume his work with the headquarters staff on March 16, Director Ide P. Trotter has an nounced. Mr. Martin has been on leave of absence for military serv ice since April, 1945. any of its rights and privileges, nor to surrender any of the rights and privileges of the citizens of this community. INTER-CITY RELATIONS. There are many problems which must be solved in terms of the interests of both communi ties. Among them may be mentioned those of public health, inter-city transportation, streets and highways, racial problems, po lice problems, and the like. These ques tions have been discussed briefly in joint meetings of the governing bodies of the two cities. They must be solved amicably and in the spirit of cooperation. To this end a committee has been appointed by the City Commission of Bryan and the City Council of College Station to make a serious study of the various problems which affect our general welfare. THE LOCAL SCHOOL. The City Coun cil has supported the local school with all of the means at its disposal and will con tinue to do so. The Council recognizes the local School Board as being the sole legal authority in all matters relating to the school and is aware of the fact that any effort to change or modify the local situa tion must originate with that body. It is our desire that the Consolidated School College Station Candidates Named For City Election Mass Meeting Scheduled for March 26 to Discuss Many Municipal Problems The municipal election campaign got into full swing this week, with candidates named to run in the College Station city election April 2. Nominations were closed Wed nesday. Several incumbents who are run ning for re-election have opposi tion. Candidates are: For Mayor: Ernest Langford, in cumbent, vs. R. W. Steen. Ward 1: J. A. Orr, incumbent. Ward 2: M. T. Harrington, in cumbent. Ward 3: E. E. Brown, incumbent, vs. E. E. Ames. City secretary: N. M. McGin nis. The incumbent. S. A. Lipscomb, declined to run again. Citizens of the city of College Station will gather at a town meet ing March 26 to discuss current problems, Mayor Ernest Langford has announced. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Con solidated high school gymnasium on the Texas A&M College cam pus. Among' the subjects to come be fore the meeting are a discussion of the municipal election, a state ment of the duties and responsibil ities of the newly-formed College Station welfare advisory commit tee, a resume of the garbage col lection situation, and a discussion of providing recreation facilities. Judge Davidson Addresses School Of Game Wardens Judge Lloyd Davidson of the Criminal Court of Appeals, Aus tin, Texas, visited the A. & M. College yesterday. He talked to the class in the Game Warden School on the subject “The warden and his work in relation to court- procedures.” Judge Davidson came at the invitation of E. T. Dawson,. Captain of Game Wardens, who is teaching the course in game war den work. Roger M. Busfield, Director of Publications, Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission, accompanied Judge Davidson from Austin and also spoke briefly to the class. shall continue to grow In usefulness and that it shall reflect the intelligent plan ning and desires of the citizens of this community. MERGER OF GVERNMENTS. So far as the merger of the local government with any other unit is concerned, the po sition that the Council is quite clear: it is not the intention of this Council to surrender any of its rights of self-deter mination, or the rights and privileges granted to it by the laws of the State of FUTURE PROGRAM. The City Council' has a rather comprehensive program de signed for future development. It is its. intention to continue to improve and final ly hardsurface every street within the city limits: to reduce its charges for utilities as opportunity permits; to erect a city building at the earliest possible moment; to make it possible for every residence- within the city limits to have sewer con nections ; to extend water mains and in stall fire hydrants to make it possible for every owner to have the advantage of re duced rates in fire insurance; to protect our citizens from unsightly and undesirable (Continued on Page 2) Mayor Langford and City Councilmen Announce Their Stand on Current Issues