Texas A*M
The B
College
alion
Volume 45
College Station, Texas, Monday Afternoon, April 1, 1946
Battalion Refuses Yearly Subsidy Offer
College Station Votes Tomorrow
Tea-Tycoon Offers Batt $1,000
To Quit “Tea-Sippers” Campaign
i
Sir Thomas Lipton, noted tea merchant, this week of
fered the Battalion a subsidy of $1,000 a year, provided
that the Batt cease its policy of referring to Texas u. under
graduates as‘“tea-sippers.”
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Langford vs. Steen
For Mayor’s Office
Arouses Interest
City election judges are prepar
ing to receive and tabulate votes
tomorrow which are expected to
reach the highest number ever
cast in a College Station election.
Interest in the mayor’s race has
built up steadily since the an
nouncement by Ralph W. Steen,
professor of history at Texas A.
& M. College, that he would op
pose the re-election of the incum
bent, Ernest Langford.
Of the three incumbent council-
men, only one has an opponent in
tomorrow’s election. E. E. Brown,
who has served as council member
from Ward three since 1943, will
be opposed by E. E. Ames. Un
opposed candidates for councilmen
are J. A. Orr from Ward 1 and
M. T. Harrington from Ward 2.
N. M. McGinnis is unopposed on
the ballot for city secretary to suc
ceed S. A. Lipscomb, who has re
fused to run for re-election.
Qualified voters residing within
the city limits are eligible to vote,
and will cast their ballots at the
following designated places:
Ward 1, Southside Food Market.
Includes area south of campus, be
tween S. P. Railroad and Highway
6, more particularly Holick, Oak-
wood, College Park and West Park
Additions.
Ward 2, Luke’s Grocery. Includes
area east of Highway 6 and south
of an extension of Highway 60
(Sulphur Springs Road), more par
ticularly College Hills Addition.
Ward 3, A. M. Waldrop & Co. In
cludes generally the rest of the
City and residents of the College
campus.
Returned servicemen who are
“bona fide residents” of the city
may vote without payment of poll
tax upon presentation of an honor
able discharge or any other docu
ment which identifies them to the
satisfaction of the election judges.
The polls will be open from 8:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Chad Captures Campus;
Choice College Quips
Chalked in Classrooms
Chad is here! Yes, the little man
with enormous quips is evident in
many places around the classrooms
and in the dormitories. Chad, or
Luke, as he is sometimes known,
has been around the world and
back. As a distinguished traveler,
he has been publicized in LIFE
and other magazines.
Perhaps two of the best of the
Chad drawings are in an English
room and in dorm nine. The Eng
lish blackboard has his well-known
picture with a “Wot, No Geni
uses?” attached thereto; while on
a bulletin board in the dormitory,
he pointedly proclaims “Wot, No
Weekend Passes?”
While on the subject of world
travelers that no one ever sees,
Kilroy is enrolled at T. u. And his
name is appearing in all of the
out-of-the-way places on the camp
us, such as a chemistry lab where
the students were experimenting
with invisible inks. Sure enough,
when the mysterious potions were
applied, and heat added, what ap
peared but “Kilroy was here first!”
To which the Batt office Chad
replies, “Wot, no Kilroy here, and
no Chad there?”
Seniors Invited to
Fort Worth Dance
All members of the Senior Class
of Texas A. & M. College are in
vited to a formal dance given by
the College Club in the Longhorn
Room of the Texas Hotel in Fort
Worth. The dance will be Saturday,
April 6, from eight to twelve-thirty
p. m.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Rogers of the
Texas Phenothiazine Company in
Fort Worth will be the sponsors
for the evening.
The College Club has been re
cently organized with headquarters
in Fort Worth by girls from a num
ber of different colleges.
Tickets may be obtained from
the officers of the Senior Class.
Women’s Social Club
Elect Officers
Mrs. G. W. Schlesselman was
chosen president of the College
Women's Social Club at their Fri
day meeting at the YMCA.
Other officers unanimously
elected include Mrs. C. C. Doak,
vice president; Mrs. G. B. Win
stead, secretary; Mrs. Ide Trotter,
treasurer; Mrs. John Ashton, par
liamentarian; Mrs. G. E. Potter,
general chairman, and Mrs. R. H.
Shuffler, reporter. Mrs. Gibb Gil
christ is honorary president.
The Stephen P. Austin a capella
choir under the direction of Claude
Guthrie presented a musical pro
gram for the meeting. A social
hour followed with Mesdames T.
R. Spence and Ide Trotter presid
ing at the refreshment table.
Fort Worth Mothers
Name Cotton Duchess
Miss Bernez Patterson will be
the duchess representing the Fort
Worth A&M Mothers Club at the
Cotton Pageant and Style Show
on April 12. Miss Patterson is a
junior at T.S.C.W. where she is
taking occupational therapy. She
is the daughter of Lt. Col. and
Mrs. Patterson of Fort Worth and
Handley.
Her escort will be Sam A. Nixon,
Jr.
CUB LEADERS WILL MEET
TUESDAY EVENING
There will be a training course
for Cub leaders and friends of Cub
bing, at the home of F. I. Dahl-
berg on Tuesday evening, April 2,
at 7:30.
All who are interested are in
vited to attend the meeting.
The Texas Aggie diamond ma
chine made it seven straight over
the weekend as they defeated
Southwestern University 13-0 and
19-2 Friday and Saturday.
Earl Beesley and Walt Bardwell
held the Pirates to one ninth in
ning hit in the first game. Beesley
worked seven innings allowing no
hits or runs, while Bardwell finish
ed and had two gone in the ninth
before Jim Frances nicked him for
a clean single. The Aggies got
to John Ulrey for 12 tallies in the
FLASH! FLASH!
The Texas Aggie Baseball
team will play the Houston Buffs
at three o’clock tomorrow aft
ernoon, Tuesday, April 2.
The game will be on Kyle
Field.
A. I. Ch. E.’s Hold
Regional Meet Today
Members of the Texas A. & M.
College department of chemical en
gineering were special guests at
at Houston A. & M. Club meeting
today at the Rice Hotel.
The American Institute of Chem
ical Engineers is holding a region
al meeting today and all A. & M.
men with that group have been in
vited to the luncheon. Dr. J. D.
Lindsey and other faculty mem
bers, as well as a number of chem
ical engineering students, were pre
sent. A navy picture, “Report from
Tokyo—1946”, was shown.
The students are also making a
conducted tour of several Houston
industrial plants.
KING APPOINTED
ACTING ENTOMOLOGIST
Charles A. King, Jr., has been
appointed acting entomologist of
the A. & M. College Extension
Service, effective April 1, accord
ing to announcement by Director
Ide P. Trotter.
Born in El Paso, King graduated
from Ysleta High School. He at
tended the Texas College of Mines
and Texas A. & M. College, re
ceiving a B.S. degree in agricul
ture from the latter in 1932.
As a 4-H Club member in El
Paso County in 1924, King won
the state and national champion
ship in cotton production.
He served four years as county
AAA secretary and in 1937 became
county agricultural agent for Starr
County. He served in the Army
Air Forces from 1941-1945 in
which time he reached the rank
of major.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB
The Saddle and Sirloin Club will
have a barbecue at 5:30 p. m.
Wednesday afternoon in Hensel
Park.
MRS. JOHNSON WILL SPEAK
ON FAMILY RELATIONS WED.
Mrs. Eloise Johnson, speaker, of
the Extension Service will speak
on family relations Wednesday at
7:30 in Sbisa Lounge. All interest
ed in this subject are invited.
first five innings, when the second
string took over, scoring one run
in the eighth.
The Aggie batting power broke
loose in the second inning of Sat
urday’s game, running 15 scores
over with the aid of two passed
balls, two wild throws, a balk, and
several errors. Twenty men went
to bat for the Aggies in that stan
za, garnering four singles, one
double, a triple, and seven bases
on balls. Newman was the winning
Sbisa Ballroom
Is ‘Beachhead'
For Spring Styles
“Spring Fashions on $90 a
Month” will be the theme of a
style show at the regular meeting
Of the Ex-Servicemen’s Wives Club
Tuesday at 7:30 p.« m. at Sbisa
Ballroom. Husbands will be guests
at the show.
Lester’s Smart Shop, The Colle
giate Shop, and Montgomery Ward
& Co., are cooperating with the
Style and Fashion Group of the
club to furnish the clothes to be
modeled. Styles will include beach
wear, cotton frocks, play clothes,
formals, dress clothes, and acces
sories.
Veterans wives who will model
include Mesdames Pat Braunig,
Jeanne Kernodle, Marie Pickens,
Virginia Hoppe, Elizabeth King,
Shirley Fairchild, Lib Little, Mau-
die Johnson, Margaret Raper (cq),
Callie Hogan, Marjorie Manning,
Kahki (cq), Fauqua (cq), Jay Ba
ker, Faula Kisinger, Nan Ball, Nell
Oliver, Onita Gunter, Marjorie
Meyers, Netta Lamberth, Jeanne
Clendinning, Lois Gunter, Ann
Brennan, Ludy Sullivan and son
and Marilyn Fritts and son.
Fashion commentator will be Jo-
delle McCall, and Jan Riley will
direct the models.
Kream and Kow Club
Elects Officers and
Names CottonDuchess
Lyle Morgan was elected presi
dent and R. E. Hale, vice presi
dent of the Kream and Kow Club
at its first meeting of the semes
ter Friday evening at the Cream
ery. K. D. Garwin was named sec
retary-treasurer.
Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of the
Dairying Department, was select
ed as a faculty advisor.
Mess Billie Jean Beel of Bryan
was selected duchess at the Cotton
Ball and Pageant April 12. Miss
Beel is a graduate of Bryan High
School and is now employed as
secretary of the Dairy Husbandry
Department. Her escort is Walter
B. Little, class of ’47 and member
of the Kream and Kow Club.
All students who are majoring
or expect to major in D. H. are in
vited to attend the next meeting
of the club on Tuesday evening,
April 9, at 7 p.m. in the Creamery.
pitcher, while Purtle worked the
last three innings.
Julian Pressly was the leading
Aggie slugger in Friday’s game
with two singles and a double
out of four trips, driving in four
runs. Bob Little and Peck Vass
also doubled for Aggie extra base
hits.
The Aggies will open the South
west Conference on April 4 when
they meet the T. C. U. Horned
Frogs in the first of a two-game
series at College Station.
“This coupling of our product
with the Austin institution has
made it impossible for us to do a
reasonable business in Texas, ex
cept in the capital city,” stated
Lipton by phone from Hoboken,
N. J.
“We have reason to believe that
there are many people in your
great state who would drink our
beverage if it were not for your
constantly connecting tea with the
university.
“We’ll even meet you half-way
by renaming one of our blends
maroon pekoe instead of orange
pekoe.”
The offer was referred to a
special meeting of the Battalion
staff. Although admittedly temp
ted by the subsidy, they refused to
compromise their editorial free
dom, and voted to continue their
campaign. “Only an offer from
the university to swear off tea
could change our attitude,” they
stated.
Lipton also asserted that tea is
now being secretly drunk in many
parts of Texas, but that it is be
ing sold “from under the counter,”
the way nylons and bacon were dur
ing the war. Stung by this asser
tion, Battalion reporters visited va
rious grocery stores in College
Station.
Existence of a small number of
secret tea-hound cases in College
Station was confirmed by their
findings. Juke Tarrantella, propri
etor of Juke’s Grocery at the East
Gate, stated that he keeps pack
ages of tea wrapped in plain white
paper, so that they can be sold
Continued on West Gate
Fort Worth Exes
Select Duchess
Representing the Fort Worth
A. & M. Former Students at the
Cotton Pageant and Style Show
April 12 will be Miss Allene Spreen*
Miss Spreen is a sophomore at
T.S.C.W. She is the daughter of
Mr. Herbert F. Spreen, Jr. of
Fort Worth,
Her escort will be Bruce Ken
nedy.
Guion Hall to Be
Used for Dance!
(From the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram of March 31).
“The Aggieland Band will play
for the ball, which will be in Guion
Hall immediately after the pageant
and a style show.”
Be quite a change won’t it? Won
der what they’re going to do with
the seats?
HELP NEEDED DURING
VICTORY HOMECOMING
The Victory Homecoming
Committee will need help in
handling the large number of
visitors expected here during
the Homecoming and Muster
Program scheduled for April 19,
20, and 21. Students and student
wives who would be interested
in helping with registration,
traffic control, soft drinks sales,
etc., are asked to apply at the
Placement Office for these jobs
before April 15th.
Wendell R. Horsley
Vice-Director
Student Affairs
AgNine Takes Pirates 13-0,19-2