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OU, TCU, and A & M Cafeteria Food Prices Compared by A VC In an attempt to show food prices at various college cafeterias, the American Veterans Committee at Texas A. & M. mailed questionnaires to six other schools. To date only two schools have replied and their figures as compared to A. & M. prices at Sbisa and Duncan cafeterias are tabu lated below. This survey cannot show the size of serving, quality of food or efficiency in operation of the cafeteria. It assumes that despite the size of the serving, only one serving will be purchased; therefore the cost per serving is the basis of comparison. When and if replies are received from Texas U., S.M.U., or Rice, another tabulation will be printed in the Battalion. Meats— RoaJt beef OU 21 TCU 30 A&M 26 Roast pork 31 Ham 35 30 33 Bacon (2 slices) 12 10 12 Stew 21 25 22 Fried chicken 35 30 37 Chili 21 20 20 Fish 26 25 25 Shrimp 31 Oysters 31 Vegetables— Potatoes, fried 8 10 Potatoes, whipped 7 8 7 Carrots 8 8 7 String beans 11 8 7 Spinach 11 8 7 Beets 11 8 7 Lima beans 7 8 7 Pinto beans 7 8 7 Salads— Combination 10 10 7 Potato 10 10 10 Egg 15 10 10 Slaw 10 10 7 Cottage cheese 10 10 10 Lettuce - 10 7 Miscellaneous— Pie . 10-15 10 10 Cake 10 10 8 Ice cream 5-10 6 7 Jello 15 10 8 Milk (half pint) __ 7 7 7 Coffee 5 5 4 Bread (2 slices 2 0 2 Rolls (2) 4 2 Butter (1) 2 0 2 Eggs 20 15 15 6 A Kiss Goodnight, Is All Right, But Just Remember This,’ Say Specialists by Mack T. Nolen -f- Kissing is here to stay, pre dicted Dr. Henry A. Bowman in a speech to LSU students last week. And I think he is right! “Kissing used to be the line crossed near the finish line of marriage, but today it is the sym bol of the beginning of a ro mance,” he continued. Though the meaning has changed, the purpose is still the same. Taken objectively, the kiss is perhaps the silliest of all man’s inventions. Besides revealing some lazy hygiene habits and offending queasy nostrils, it serves for noth ing but a step in the right dir ection. The phychological value of the kiss is immense. World crises fade, time stops, flowers bloom in snow- ' drifts, and life takes on new savor when two lips lock with two lips . in the stillness of the night. Kisses ; have inspired more good and evil than any nationalistic harangue ever thought about. After completing a kiss, what have you got? An insecure hold : on your senses, maybe, and any number and variety of strange bacteriae. A queer bubbly feeling < in the pit of the stomach, and an overall lightness that would seem < to defy gravity. And if you are true with yourself, a silly feeling, i Many men can trace all their troubles back to a mere kiss. One is sufficient, and the ramifica tions are evident, but the kiss is here to stay. Who really wants to get rid of it anyhow? Loveless Elected Reserve Officer Association Prexy The following officers were elec ted at the regular meeting of the Reserve Officer’s Association in the Petroleum Lecture Room Wed nesday, March 12: Lt. S. L. Love less, Cavalry Reserve, president; Lt. Fred Benson, Naval Reserve, vice-president; Lt. W- A. Aven, Air Corps Reserve, second vice- president; Lt. Col. H. F. Murray, Air Corps Reserve, secretary; and Capt. Theodore Moffett, National Guard, assistant secretary. E. N. Holmgreen, outgoing pres ident, was presented with the ex president’s key of the association. Regular meeting night of the club is the second Wednesday of the month. Committees for the coming year will be appointed at the next meeting. Reserve offi cers from all branches are urged to attend. Texas A*M The B PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A & M COLLEGE VOLUME 46 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1947 Number 47 State Foundry Establishes 2 Scholarships f Veterans to Elect Athletic Representative March 21 AVMA Dance Set Tonight In Sbisa Hall Testing out a plan for pre training of future employees, the Texas Foundries, Inc., of Lufkin has established two scholarships for engineering un dergraduates at A & M, Dr. How ard W. Barlow, dean of engineer ing announced Thursday. Recipients of the scholarships, which will pay $40 monthly, will be chosen from among a group of junior engineering students, es pecially interested in foundry pro cesses, who will go to Lufkin at the end of this month for an in spection trip and a conference with Col. C. C. Chambers, head of Texas Foundries. From this group four will be chosen to spend their summer va cation as Texas Foundries employ ees, and at the summer’s end two of them will be awarded scholar ships for their final college year. The scholarships will be award ed with the understanding that the • recipients will enter the em ploy of Texas Foundries upon gra duation if it is possible for them to do so, the corporation guaran teeing employment for at least one year. During this time the scholarship men will be tested in various capacities to determine their best abilities. During his senior year, each scholarship holder will prepare a paper dealing with his previous summer’s work and outlining con structive suggestions. Col. Chambers is also inter ested in offering summer em ployment to other undergrad uates, Barlow indicated. In commenting on the plan, Bar- low stated. “Through this proce dure the donor will have an oppor tunity of securing top-knotch per sonnel, and the young men chosen will have an unexcelled opportu nity for an early start in their profession.” Only Classified Seniors Are Eligible; Must File Names Before Next Wednesday With less than ten days before the next meeting of the Athletic Council, the Veteran Students’ Association Board of Representatives has set up the machinery for the election of a veteran member to the council. At a meeting Wednes day night in Goodwin Hall the group laid plans for an elec tion March 21. Nominees must be classified seniors to be eligible for office as Athletic Council repre-4 sentative and must not be attend-' ing school on an athletic scholar ship. Voting unanimously, the board decided that candidates must file before Wednesday noon, March 19, in the Student Activities Office. The election will be held on Friday, March 21 in the rotunda of the Academic Building and at both mess halls. The polls in the Aca demic Building will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and the polling booths at Duncan and Sbisa Halls will be open during the noon and evening meals. E. 0. Court- ade, J. B. Harwich, Jesse Welch, and E. D. Hord were appointed by vice-president Bob Poison to serve as the election committee. Yellow slips will be required. Duchess Picture Entries Veterans are urged to submit pictures of their wives or sweet hearts as candidates for duchess at the Cotton Ball. R. P. Sanders, heading the selection committee, stated that there is no stipulation as to whether the duchess be a wife or a sweetheart, and final selec tion will be based solely on photo genic appeal. Pictures of duchess candidates may be turned in to Room 207, Goodwin Hall or to Scott Hood, 47, Milner Hall, and the deadline for entries is Thursday, March 20. Chairmen were appointed to var ious standing committees, with committee membership open to any veteran. Chairman of the Cam- (See VSA, Page 4) Hillel Dance Slated May 3 by David M. Seligman The Hillel Foundation has an nounced the date of its annual dance as May 3. A highlight of the club’s social program for the semester, the affair will be held in the Veterans’ Lounge of Sbisa Hall to the music of the Aggie land Orchestra. Committees for making arrange ments have been named by Archie Broodo, president of the club. The social will last from 8:30 p. m. until midnight, and refreshments will be served, he announced. Social chairman of the club is Dick Gottlieb, who is in charge of the week-end program. Members of the attendance committee have been contacting members to dis cover the number who plan to attend. Reports state that past Hillel dances have been popular and well attended. In view of the number of dates anticipated to visit the campus for the early May social, Mrs. Taubenhaus has reserved rooms in the Aggieland Inn. Any member wishing to obtain a room in the Inn should contact her in the YMCA. Tickets for the dance will go on sale in the near future at $3 stag or with a date. Small, Rain-Swept Audience Appreciates ‘Cramped’ Ballet by Vick Lindley Undaunted by a cloudburst, a miniature stage, and a miniscule audience, the Ballet Theatre gave College Station balletomanes their quota of thrills Wednesday night. By rapturous applause of Igor Youskevitch and Nora Kaye in the Pas de Deux from the Black Swan, the audience indicated its prefer ence for the classical Russian bal let. Youskevitch and Kaye demon strated the perfection that comes from long years of training, and can be acquired no other way. That the audience was well ac customed to ballet was shown by prolonged applause when either of these two executed difficult man euvers. By comparison, the audience was indifferent to the “American style” ballet which has been the distin guishing mark of the Ballet Thea tre. This reviewer, who preferred the delicate clowning of “On Stage” with Michael Kidd as a stage- struck janitor, found himself back ed into a corner of Guion Hall lob by during intermissions, defending his preference. The other two numbers were “Tallyho” staged by Agnes De- Mille in the musical comedy vein which she created on Broadway, and “Interplay” staged by Jerome Robbins, an intricate counterpoint between the classic ballet steps and the eurythmics of Wigman, Graham, and other modernists. If Aggies had realized how many good-looking girls would be whirling around the stage in en trancing costumes, Guion Hall pro bably would have been packed, even at the $1.50—$2 tax. Stage Cramps Company More disappointing than the small audience was the way in which the movement of the dancers was cramped by Guion Hall’s orange-box stage. Accustomed to the freedom of a normal-sized platform, the dancers frequently found themselves having to put on “bi'akes” to avoid crashing into the side walls. The company of 80 persons ar rived here in a special train, in cluding four box cars of costumes, musical instruments, and scenic ef fects. Most of the scenery, lighting equipment, and such paraphernalia was left sitting in the box cars on the siding. The spectacular backdrops were twice too long for Guion Hall, and there was no place to connect or hang the many spotlights, floods and special ef fects. Even the orchestra found itself cramped, though Guion does have a large pit. The music would have made a concert by itself. General opinion after the per formance was that though College Station enjoys ballet on a con cert scale, we have no place ade quate for ballet on the grand scale. 4 IRC to Meet Monday at 7 US, Russian Aims In Greece Topic “U. S. and Russia Aims in Greece” will be the topic of discussion by the Internation Relations Club Monday even ing at 7 o’clock, H. H. Caldwell, faculty leader, has announced. The informal session will be held in Room 207, Academic Building. An attempt will be made to eval uate the conflicting policies of these two powers and the effect upon the Greeks, the Balkan na tions, and the stability of the world, Mr. Caldwell stated. The IRC was the first of the discussion groups to be organized two weeks ago, and meetings are scheduled on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Due to a conflicting meeting of Arts and Science faculty members, the date of this IRC session was changed to Monday. Another problem which prom ises to encourage rabid discussion can be titled, “Should the United States help Turkey out of the Red fire,”, Mr. Caldwell said, and perhaps this subject will be selec ted for the next meeting. Price, Waterhouse Officials Address Accounting Society Houston representatives of the world’s largest accounting firm, Price, Waterhouse Com pany, whose main headquar ters are located in New York City, addressed the Accounting Society Tuesday evening. L. A. Linoff and Ray Jordon, of Houston’s Price- Waterhouse Company, discussed the policies of the firm and an swered questions from all prospec tive accountants. Dr. Dunham, former professor at Yale and Harvard Universities and now personnel director of the New York office, discussed the firm’s training program for keep ing employees informed on latest accounting methods. The company ’s methods are based on previous experiences with different clients. After hearing the accounting authorities, the society held a busi ness session to make tentative plans for a forthcoming banquet to be held April 8. A duchess to represent the Accounting Society at the Cotton Pageant and Ball was also selected during the course of the evening. Petroleum Engineer Picture The Petroleum Engineering Club picture will be taken for the LONGHORN in front of the Petroleum Building at 12 noon, Thursday, March 20. Members should wear coats and ties. The Junior chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association of A. & M. will hold its annual semi-formal dance this evening at 9 o’clock in Sbisa Hall, with Bill Turner and the Aggieland Orchestra furnish ing the music. The committee in charge has ar ranged an added attraction in the selection of the chapter’s Cotton Ball duchess. This selection will be made by members and their guests during the dancing inter mission. The chapter held its March meet ing last Tuesday evening in the vet hospital amphitheater and heard Dr. H. T. Cartrite of Can yon. Dr. Cartrite was introduced by Dr. W. W. Armistead, presi dent of the Texas Veterinary Med ical Association, and a former in structor of Dr. Cartrite’s. The speaker’s subject was “Do’s and Don’ts of Veterinary Practice”, and recounted his experiences in practice at Dallas and Oklahoma City. He stressed the importance of maintaining a professional at titude at all times. More than one hundred attended the meeting, and a short business session was con ducted by president H. N. Sturck- ie. McGuire Chosen To Serve on ASEE Visual Aid Staff J. G. McGuire of the Engi neering Drawing department has been named to represent the Southwest on the Visual Aid Committee of the American Society of Engineering Education at the coming meeting in Minnea polis. The announcement came from Professor John T. Rale of the Mas sachusetts Institute of Techno logy, Chairman of the Drawing Division of the A. S. E. E. It was stated that the committee has been organized to determine if more suitable visual aids in the form of slides or film strips on shop processes and their relation to drafting room dimensioning can be made. As an integral part of their in struction program the Engineer ing Drawing department has used visual education for the past sev eral years. The choice of McGuire to serve on the visual aid com mittee was thought to be a result of his report on this subject in the- last convention of the society held-in St. Louis. Newcomers’ Club to Meet Wednesday in Sbisa Hall A dessert-bridge meeting of the Newcomers’ Club will be held Wed nesday afternoon, March 19, at 2 o’clock, Mrs. J. G. Potter has an nounced. The get-together will be held in Sbisa Hall, and ladies planning to attend are requested to call one of the following hostes ses by Monday evening: Mrs. S. A. Lynch, 4-8599; Mrs. John Weber, 4-7909; Mrs. L. E. Kapp, 2-5319; or Mrs. Kenneth Kinken, 4-8899. Scenes from “A Murder Has Been Arranged”, which the Ag gie Players presented at the Assembly Hall Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. LEFT. PICTURE 1 are Rob ert Q. Blakeney, Art Stauffer, Nancy Tucker, and Mary O. Johnson. Blakeney played the role of Jimmy North (or Rich ard Simonson or Simon Richard son). Stauffer was the victim, Sir Charles Jasper, who was al most ready to celebrate his for tieth birthday. Nancy Tucker, or Mrs. Arthur, was the mother qf Mary O. Johnson, Lady Beat rice Jasper, seated next to her. PICTURE 2. Orchestra leader Cavendish, Frank Camp, admires the body (Stauffer), along with Bill Krause, who was responsi ble for “arranging tne murder”. PICTURE 3. The woman of mystery, Patty Kirkpatrick, is trying her best to speak. PICTURE 4. Mary Johnson and Bob Blakeney have lots to talk about.