The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 22, 1946, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 22, 1946, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextAggie B-Shorthorns Tangle Saturday VOLUME 46 Texas A*U The B COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1946 Kyle Field ‘Bonfire’ Page 2 Editorial NUMBER 15 Mona Paulee To Appear on Town Hall Tonight Wednesday Fire Destroys Kyle Field’s Scoreboard Unidentified Vandals Believed To Be Aggies on Rampage; Damage Over $2500 Vandals, presumably from A. & M. itself, struck with swift suddeness about two Wednesday morning, pouring gasoline on the wooden portion of the Kyle Field scoreboard and sending all inflammable parts up in bright flames. Included in the damage was thet timeclock, which is rented from Western Union, valued at approx imately $2,500. The extent of the damage has not yet been deter mined, but it is probable that no repair can be made. Campus security officers dis covered the blaze at 2:10 Wednes day morning, immediately noti fying the volunteer fire depart ment. Efforts to quench the blaze proved unsuccessful. All that re mained at dawn Wednesday morn ing was the metal framework. Only evidence found at the scene of the crime were two large cans, ostensibly used to carry the gas oline used to start the blaze. Fred Hickman, chief of campus security, stated that he had no evidence in addition to the cans, but expressed the opinion that, the arsonists were A & M students. The Athletic Department an nounced that it had on hand an electric scoreboard, but that it was not put up this year because of failure to secure the necessary ca ble to connect the board with the controls in the press box. Taminent Institute Sponsors Contest, ‘Industrial Peace’ $3,000 in Prizes for Students; To Promote Constructive Thought “Roads to Industrial Peace” will be the theme of the annual Tami- ment Social and Economic Insti tute essay contest, which offers $3,000 in cash prizes. Their will be a first prize of $1,500; a second prize of $750; and three third pri zes of $250 each. “The purpose of this award is to stimulate col lege students to constructive thought on matters of social and economic importance ...” said Louis Waldman, chairman of the essay committee. The rules of the contest are as follows: 1. All undergraduate college students are eligible. A contestant may submit but one essay. 2. The length of the essay should be between 5,000-8,000 words. 3. No manuscript will be ac cepted unless typed, double-spaced, on one side of the sheet. 4. The contest closes April 25, 1947. 5. Send manuscript immediately upon completion to Tamiment In stitute Contest, 7 East 15th St., New York 3, N. Y. In submitting manuscript, the author should type full name, college and home address, telephofte number and name of college on a separate sheet of paper clipped to the es say. The manuscript will be co ded by the Institute to insure anonymity. Manuscripts must be original, unpublished works. 6. Prize winning essays will be announced and the prizes award ed at the 1947 June Conference of the Tamiment Institute at Camp Tamiment, Tamiment, Penna. The contest will be judged by Henry Hazlitt, Editor Newsweek Magazine; Algernon Lee, Presi dent, the Rand School of Social science; Selig Perlman, Professor of Economics, University of Wis consin; Sumner H. Slichter, Pro fessor of Economics, Harvard Uni versity; Ordway Tead, Editor, Harpers & Brothers, publishers. Agronomy Society Sends Delegates to Nat’l Omaha Meet George Rivers and Bob Moore, senior and junior representatives respectively, represented the Tex as A. & M. Agronomy Society at the National Convention of Agron omy Societies held at Omaha, Ne braska, November 19-21. The pair was accompanied by Professor Richard C. Potts, Dr. Carl E. Furgeson, and Dr. Roy L. Donahue of the A. & M. Agron omy faculty. Enroute they stop ped at agricultural colleges to get new ideas for better methods of improving land. The committee is leaving Oma ha today and plans to visit Lin coln, the capital of Nebraska, on the return trip. They will return to College Station Monday night, November 25. Turkey, Dressing, and Trimmings on Menu for Tuesday Evening Meal “Turkey, dressing and all the trimmings are on the menu of the A&M College mess halls for the evening meal, Tuesday No vember 25,” announced J. G. Pen- iston, supervisor of subsistence. Menu for the Thanksgiving din ner is the same for cafeteria and cadet corps methods of feeding. A cafeteria-style meal will cost about seventy-five cents. The official menu being served is as follows: Fresh Fruit Bowl Celery Hearts Lettuce & Tomato Salad Roast Young Turkey Giblet Gravy Corn Bread Dressing Cranberry Sauce Candied Yams Birdseye Green Peas Hot Rolls & Butter Hot Mince Pie Coffee — Milk Four Bees Play Final Saturday A.J.Ate <§V. Stare ken. WjdnctrM* Six Departments to Offer Extension Courses Next Term Extension courses for student’s wives and anyone else interested will be taught on the A. & M. cam pus during the spring semester by the following departments: Edu cation and Psychology, English, Geography, Landscape Art, Mo dern Languages, and Rural Sociol ogy. In general, the plan of each de partment is to offer any course for which their is sufficient de mand. The following courses (and perhaps others) will be offered if enough students show interest in them: Rural Sociology—201 and 315. Modern Languages—Beginning French, German, and Spanish. Landscape Art—102 and 415. Geography—201 and 303. English 212. Education and Psychology— whatever is requested. The registration fee is $5 per semester hour, or $15 for a three- hour course. These are not cor respondence courses. Classes will meet on the campus and will dif fer very little from those of reg ular students. Announcement will be made about January 15 concerning time and place of meeting for the classes. You are invited to tele phone or call at the office of the department in whose courses you are interested. SCOOTER YEARGAIN STUDENTS TO PRESENT TUESDAY NIGHT PLAY English faculty members and students will present Sophocles’ play, “Oedipus Rex”, on Tues day evening, November 26, at the Bryan Air Field annex audi torium. Admission will be free. Directors for the program are H. Altschuler. L. J. Martin, and Harrison Hlerth. Students and residents of College Station are invited to attend the play. Meloy to Address Brazos A. & M. Club The program of military instruc tion at A. & M. will be discussed Monday at 7:30 p. m. before the Brazos County A&M Club by Col onel Guy S. Meloy, Jr., comman dant and professor of military science and tactics. The meeting will be held at the Bryan Country Club. Fred Hale, club president, sta ted that other business will be discussed, and has requested a good turn-out of former students of A&M residing in Brazos Coun ty. A preliminary Report from the committee arranging the an nual banquet given jointly by the club and the Athletic Council, hon oring the participants in football and cross country at A&M. Pre-Meds and Dentists To Hold Banquet Dec. 7 A banquet will be held by the Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental So ciety on December 7, 1946 at 7:15 p. m. in Sbisa Hall. Dean Elliott of the University of Texas Dental School will be guest speaker. Dan cing will follow the banquet. THIS SCREWY SWC . Armchair Quarterback Can't Predict Score on Past Games By Bill Strait For the grandstand and arm chair quarterbacks who might like to give the A. & M.-T.u. game a bit of serious contemplation based on comparative scores, here is something to think about. Both of these teams have play ed all the conference teams and one mutual non-conference oppo nent, and the scores appear even ly matched overall. Here is the way the two teams came out: Texas 20-13 20-0 13-18 19-3 22-7 0-14 & M. 7-10 0-7 10-27 14-0 17-0 14-0 Oklahoma U. Arkansas Rice SMU Baylor TCU Texas completely swamped Ar kansas at the beginning of the season, but went on to lose to Rice, whereas Arkansas won over Rice on a wet field to cinch the title. The rest of the games stacked up comparatively well, es pecially after the Aggies settled down to a tight defense and the right combination. The Farmers were looking up against Rice last Saturday until the last quarter when Rice sud- 1 denly seemed to gang up and take advantage of the breaks to bat ter their way to a convincing vic tory. The Aggies’ one consolation was the fact that the Horned Frogs hit their stride at last to roll back the undaunted Bobby Layne and company to a sound 14-0 trouncing. That sort of turnabout did not add to the vis ions which Coach Bible had ear lier this fall. The odds between A. & M. and T.u., which were about five to one a few weeks ago, are just about even now. While the Longhorns have steadily fallen off, that Ag gie eleven has been improving as a result of long hours of drill and plenty of well-known perseverance. It is not unlikely that Texas U. will be favored slightly by the big-time dopesters, but they are certainly not infallible, as weekly reports state. Win, lost, or draw, you can bet there will be a tre mendous crowd of Aggie support ers—and win, lose, or draw, we are behind you, old Army—1Q0%. For the benefit of those arm chair spectators and judges, the Batt is sponsoring a contest in picking the outcome of the Tur key Day game, instructions can Four members of the Aggie Bees will play their last games at Alamo Stadium against the Texas Shorthorns Saturday. They are: A. J. Mercer, center, (top left.) Ed Sturcken, end (top center). Sturken, from Kenedy, lettered as a tackle in 1942. Bill Andrews, tackle, (top right) An Amarillo lad, Andrews was on the squad in 1941-42. He served forty-two months in the Air Corps. Charles (Scooter) Yeargain, hails from Dallas, lettered in 1944 and 45. c. d. ovmby Named Metropolitan Opera Star S Manager Performance Begins at ;8 C. D. Ownby, assistant business manager of A. & M., has been ap pointed business manager of ath letics, it has been announced by the college athletic council this week. P. L. Downs, who now holds this position, has been named sec retary of the athletic council. Ownby has been assisting Downs during the football season, while Downs- has been holding down both jobs. Since the athletic depart ment has several improvements of athletic facilities under way, the job of secretary now requires a full-time man. Downs, a former member of the Board of Directors, was on that body at the time Kyle Field was built. Ownby, formerly business manager at John Tarleton College, was with the soil conservation ser vice from 1935-43 before coming to A. & M. as assistant to the busi ness manager. Aggie, Texas Groups Confer on Vandalism Seeking to control the expected cases of sabotage between rival groups of A. & M. and Texas stu dents, a committee of representa tives from both schools conferred in Austin Monday. Members of the group included Ed Brandt, cadet colonel; John Heemen, lieutenant colonel of the artillery regiment; Joe Putegnat, lieutenant colonel of the infantry regiment; Joe Mueller, major of an artillery battalion; and W. G. Breazeale of the dean of men’s of fice. .From the university were Jim Smith, student president; Bill No ble, Texan editor; George Hopkins, chief justice; H. D. McElroy, stu dent vice-president; Red May; Fred Ossana; Colonel G. E. Hurt, band director; and four deans, Charles Durham, Edward Martin, Charles Clark, and Jack Holland. In the meeting all were agreed that destruction of property was uncalled for in rival visits of a sub versive nature that take place be fore each Turkey Day game. It was said that the rivalry between ASCE Hears Report On National Meet The Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engi neers met recently in the CE lec ture room, at which time Bill Hammersly presented a summary of the National Convention held in Kansas City. Dr. S. R. Wright, civil engineering head, who also attended the convention, reported that A. & M. was the only student chapter from Texas with repre sentatives at the Kansas City meeting. In the business session which followed, W. W. “Doc” Greif and Henry Gilchrist were elected sen ior and junior associate editors to “The Engineer” staff. These men will represent the ASCE on the magazine staff. It was decided that a banquet will be held on December 17 in Sbisa Hall, to which outstanding engineers from all points of Texas will be invited. Student chapters from neighboring colleges have been invited, and a large turn-out is expected. Tickets can be ob tained at the CE office. Plans were also made for par ticipation in Engineer’s Day, with Marshall Amis and David W. Ho gan to head the Civil Engineering portion of the show. where in this issue. Accidental? A Good Question Was it accidental or intention al?—that is the question. Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in front of the gym at Bryan Field Annex, there was an automobile accident. It was not just an ordinary smash- up due to the positions of the per sons concerned. The two unfortunates were Theodore Kudenka, who cooks in the mess hall at Bryan Field, and August Koenning, a student who eats at the mess hall. When the cars hit, Mr. Kudenka’s vehicle was turned over and he was thrown through the window, while Koen- ning’s auto was badly dented. Nei ther of the men were hurt, so there were no hard feelings. But it does seem strange. Could A coupon and I the “accident” have been a subtle be found else- means of revenge for past mal treatment in the messhall ? the schools was only a very short distance from “trash”, and a short step away from the line would put these activities in a bad light. Ways and means to bring ac tions such as this to a halt were discussed. It was unanimously decided that all offenders caught on either campus would be held in the respective dean’s office pend ing disciplinary action. Cadet Colonel Brandt stated that the Corps would handle the cases which involved its own members. University members were asked to merely turn ever “raiders” that they caught to proper authorities and not to continue their practice of beating them with various im plements. This sort of play re sulted in the hospitalization of an Aggie in 1944. Members from the University in turn requested the same treatment for offenders from that school. Yell practices were to go undis turbed in both schools it was agreed, and each group of repre sentatives promised to do all they could to effect this decision. Pre game activities planned at the conference put all on good terms in the beginning and helped to smooth out succeeding discussions. The half-time ceremony will con sist of a dedication to the ex-stu- dents of the two schools who lost their lives in the war. The group had hopes that un fortunate litigation could be avoid ed this year. This was the second such conference, the first being held last year at the request of Aggie leaders who wanted to see vandalistic activities brought to a halt. Warren Undergoes Lung Operation William W. Warren, instructor in the animal husbandry depart ment, left college Wednesday, No vember 13, to undergo a lung oper ation at the McKinney hospital in Dallas. Mr. Warren, who was to be head of the livestock judging team, will be replaced in that office, during his absence by F. I. Dahlberg, act ing head of the animal husbandry department. After being examined at the Mc Kinney hospital last week, Mr. Warren was informed by the lung specialist that a lobe of one of his lungs was infected and that it should be removed. The lung specialist further stated that the infection was probably caused by tropical fungus growth. Mr. Warren expects to return to college in approximately three weeks. Camera Club Offers Two Photo Prizes A three-dimension camera, val ued at approximately fifty dollars, donated by the A. & M. Photo Shop, is being offered as first prize for the best photograph of the month in the Camera Club’s photo contest slated for Monday at 7 p. m. in the basement of Guion Hall. Second prize will be a cigarette lighter, donned by Dobyne’s Jew elers. Everyone interested in photog raphy can enter the contests upon payment of dues to the Camera Club and attendance at one meet ing monthly. Bait’s ‘Pony Express’ Breaks Down While On Semi-Weekly Jaunt Songs America Loves Will Highlight “Carmen’s” Guion Hall Entertainment Coming- to the stage of Guion Hall tonight on Town Hall’s fourth program is Mona Paulee, Metropolitan opera star. The performance will begin this evening at 8 o’clock. This is Mona Paulee’s first visit to A. & M. Mona Paulee first attracted attention in 1941, when she won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air. That ♦-was her first appearance in the music world,* and since that time she has completed three seasons at the Met. She won the auditions honor despite the fact that she contracted bronchial pneumonia during the semi-finals. During the fall of 1944 and spring of 1945, Mona Paulee sang the title role in the Columbia Con cert production of “Carmen”. The show toured the country, winning for her wide acclaim from opera critics. It is believed by many music writers that Mona Paulee will soon take this role at the Met. Mona Paulee has often appear ed on such radio programs as “Mu sic America Loves”, “World of Song”, and “Pause That Refresh es”. She has also sung with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tacoma and Waco Symphony, and the Toronto Promenade. On tonight’s program Mona Paulee will sing, among others: “She Never Told Her Love”, by Haydn; “Nicolette” by Ravel; “The Wind” by Theodore Chanler; “May Night” by Brahms; and “This Day Is Mine” by Harriet Ware. This season Mona Paulee is making only short concert engage ments at various cities throughout the country. She is flying with her husband. Mona Paulee is quite attractive. She is small in stature, and has grey eyes and black lustrous hair. The Battalion’s Pony Express broke down this week while de livering copies of the Batt to the Bryan Air Field Annex. Paul Martin, who doubles as assistant sports editor and a circulation man, and U. V. Johnston, sports editor, were on their semi-weekly way to the Annex with Tuesday’s papers when Martin’s so-called “blue bolt” ran out of gasoline. The two sports writers got in a little cross-country practice hiking back to Bryan for some of this precious fluid. Like the postal service, the boys delivered, despite the odds. The bundle of Battalions reached the Annex an hour late, but in plenty of time for distribution according to schedule. Vacancies in Civil Service Now Open The U. S. Civil Service Commis sion has announced that there will sitions of Purchasing Officer and Junior Professional Assistant in the near future. Positions of Junior Professional Assistant are open all over the United States at the grade of P-1, $2,644 per year. Persons taking this written examination may choose one or more options from among the following fields: Ar chives, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Mathematics, Metal lurgy, Physics, Statistics, and Tex tile Technology. Sample examina tions may be obtained from the local postoffice. Purchasing Officer positions will be filled in various Federal agen cies in the State of Texas, and the salaries range from $3397.20 to $4902.00 per year. There will be no written examination for ap pointment to this position, but ap plicants will be chosen on a basis of their training and experience. Applications for this position must be on file with the Fourteenth Re gional Office of the U. S. Civil Service Commission, 210 South Harwood Street, Dallas 1, Texas not later than December 16, 1946. Williamson Fans, Here’s An Offer! Feeling psychic ? Well, here’s your chance to join the ranks of Williamson and other sports writers. All you have to do is guess the results of the A. & M.-Tu Turkey Day game ... by quarters. And the only prerequis ite is that you must be enrolled at A. & M. There are six prizes waiting for the closest guessers. These prizes have been donated by local mer chants, and winners will be given their choice of the prizes in the order of their ranking in the con test. The Student Co-op has donated a tennis racket; Jones’ Sporting Store, a golf bag; The College Shoe Repair Shop is giving a hand-tooled belt; Caldwell Jewel er’s, a spur tie clasp; three khaki shirts is a gift of Smith’s; and the Student Activities Office is sacri ficing a one-month pass to Guion Hall. Deadline for submitting your completed blank is Tuesday, No vember 26, at 5 p. m. Contest blanks may be found in this issue of The Battalion, and they should be placed in the ballot box in the Student Activities Office. Only one blank is allowed each student. In the event any student submits two or more forms, he will be eliminated from the competition. HORTICULTURE SHOW A. & M.’s Horticulture Society will hold its annual horticulture show on December 10 and 11, 1946, Joe Skiles, manager of Student Activities, has announced. It will be held in the annex of Sbisa Hall from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. on both of those dates. of Carmen. Fifteen Schools to Be Represented at Presbyterian Meet Guion Hall Service on Sunday Will Conclude Three-Day Convention Over 100, young Presbyterians from 15 Texas and Oklahoma col leges will attend the Presbyterian Student Association Convention to be held on the A. & M. College campus November 22,23, and 24. Speakers for the meet include Reverend Blake Smith, guest speaker from the University Bap tist Church in Austin; Reverend Raymond Partlow, Lubbock; Chap lain Frank Neff Jr., San Antonio; Reverend Harry M Moffett, Aus tin; Reverend J. J. Copeland, Den ton; and Miss Carolyn Stowell, who is touring American Presby terian college groups prior to lea ving as a missionary to Brazil. Opening of the meeting will take place this evening with a banquet in Sbisa all. After the banquet, the Reverend Copeland will speak on “Implementing the Social Gos pel with Individual Standards”. Tomorrow morning the Reverend Moffett will discuss “Implement ing the Gospel in Domestic Rela tions”; Reverend Partlow will talk on “Implementing the Gospel in International Relations”. At 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, Rev erend Blake Smith will speak on “Porch Swing Worship”. Sunday morning, prior to the main worship hour, Miss Stowell will address •the students. Chaplain Neff will preach on “The Kingdom of Hea ven” at the regular Sunday ser vice, to be held this Sunday in Guion Hall. Colleges to be represented will be: Rice, TCU, SMU, TU, Uni versity of Houston, San Marcos Academy, Austin College, SHSTC, Texas Tech, West Texas STC, Am arillo College, Oklahoma Presby terian College, and Trinity Col lege. KIDD ADDRESSES JOINT B&A MEETING TUESDAY The Business and Accounting Societies met in a joint session in the YMCA chapel Tuesday even ing. Speaker for the evening was H. L. Kidd of the English depart ment, who gave a discussion on parliamentary practices and pro cedure, designed to help both clubs carry out future meetings in an orderly fashion. Immediately following Mr. Kidd’s talk, the two societies met separately and held short business meetings to discuss plans for hav ing the clubs’ pictures put in the Longhorn.

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