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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1947)
/ ,1 AUGUST 23 *. V8A All-College Dance At the Grove AUGUST 23 Vote On CoOege Building Amendment IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A AM COLLEGE 47 IESTATIOM (Afstotond), TEXAS, TODAY, JULY IS, 1M7 Firemen’s Training School Ends Today 500 Texas Fire Fighters Attend 5-Day Session; Drayton Directs M ith and protection waa the theme of the eighteenth annual Texas Firemen’s Training School which ended a 6-day session on the campus today. Nearly 600 fire men, representing over three hundred Texas cities, attended. An innovation at this year's school was the Building Inspector's Coons, the first of Its kind in tbs country, according to H R. Brayton, director of the school Emphasis was placed on the need for well-eon- ■trueted buildings, making them potentially fire-proof. General chair- the man of the course was Johaf — regional building code sp« , Office of Housing, Dallas. i said, is to make fir of the po»*ibility of happening in their Flee, iaUst, Demonstrations of nine general basic drills wen given on the technique and proper use of lad ders, hose maintenance and loads, forcible entry, salvage, knots and extinguishera, fire fighting prac tices, disaster coordination, hooe evolutions, and pump theory. One of the most important of modern drills, in light of recent events such M. the Texas City catastrophe, is 'disaster coordination. The idea be hind this demonstration, Brayton ie to make firemen conscious of the same thing own cities and to prepare them to moot sw ccntigency. with the Winocoff Hotel disaster ' as a background for hit discus- lion on "Fire Safety la Buildings", A. C. Hutson. • j ant chief engineer ea the National Beard of Fire Underwriters, New York, pointed out ways of prevent- * t m§ TmrfHiM of such events or •UeviatlMi to • great estent the lees of life sad preps off totally inspected the W . rf CMBNF aad Miailar eveats ■ mi nvHi#rwni9fi m •oath, Arenrdtas la dlaMtova Nhe the Isl fire raa he W(l the meaey lhal II iar»ef strecterse preperlr or re- mnm mm ■» WMlMl the NS flreama that It W evea atere laipertaal la gel rid ef fire heaarde by laepertten, thea^te flrw afSee they This waa the fleet visit ta A. A in many years by Hutson, who grew up en the campus, where his father was a professor on the IbiHi's. Hutson himself graduated from A. A M. in 1M0, and two as later attended school hue. Primarily las ports fuel is butane gas. mind, a special dealt “Correct Handling of Fires" waa directed of tho United nt today aa With this in tiorl __ Butane Tank ted by G. M. Kinta, States Bureau of ed: “Pictares sad Dewoaatration of the Tesas City Disaster” by Hugh V. Krpera of the Fire Pro ven tit of Te rod Sheoi _ and cnglaeer-nwna of the International Assorts tioa of Fire Chiefa, New York; "Rsaardo Peand ie BelMing la ■poetloa" by FT W Clooney, fire marshal af the Hoealaa Fire De partment i sad “BWtrieel Btatp- • With Bpeeial Refer m Harrington, Abbott to Diroct Bryan Field Annex in Fall M. T. itrplngtt.n, Profaaaor of ChNnlairy, will raauma HU poaition M MtliUnt to th« daan of tha oolUga at Bryan Field Annat thl* fall, Daan t. C. Holton announc'd Wad- naaday. John P. Al.bott, Profaaaor of En«1Uh, will aaaiat Dr. HarHnfton In tha administration of tha Annas. Nalthar tha Daan of Man’a Office nor tha MUlUry Sclanea Department hat named their respective representa tive* for the Annex aa yet Ann Hilliard, of the Office off Student Activities, will he la charge of the Recreation Hall at the Aaaex, according to Joe Skilee, director. Many facilities now available to adoato on the main campus will be inaugurated at the Annex. Ac cording to pteOMt plans. Student PubUcadlons drill be represented as waU as the .Student Activities Of fice. Either aa Annex branch of the Singing Cadets will be acti vated, or oljt arrangements will be made far those freshmen inter- estod In amfong to rehearse with that group on the main cam Students dto<rbig dramatic e win be furnished transportation from Bryan Field Several dances, a Christmas par ty, and some free entertainment features have been scheduled for Annex students. Movies will be shown in the poet theatre aa they were last year, and the Annei Grill will be proportionally enlarg ed to care for the increase in en rollment The YMCA is planning to estab- ESS Uwy Oriffta, NaSlh rciraipra?: 'i Murray Cox, W F A A Program Director, To {Appear July 28 Murray Cox, well-known throughout tha South wait for hla agricultural program "Murray Cox HFD h ,Tltrd over WFAA, DaUaa, at 12:15 p. m., Monday through Fri- wlll campus A native at 1 Kingsbery Named To Replace Vance Kingsbery, a member of Maneting and Howard the State tion Administration Committee, will succeed B. F. Vance aa state director of the MPA, with offices at College Station. Vance has been granted a one- year leava of absence from the college to join the United States mission to Greece, in charge of agricultural production. E. N Holmgreen, formerly AAA state director and business manager of A. A M., is in charge of the agri cultural section ef .the mission. Mr. and' Mrs. Vance and their three children will sail from New York on August 16 for hia new position. They will leave Bryan around August 8. Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbery are for- of Bryan, tel fw Graduate Notice Anv student who was net to wheel the f(ret term of summer wheel and normally asneeto to eemplele at the rsfMremente far • degree by the end of the summer •hmi fteoM aaataH Ilia iftotrirVT Office sew sad make formal eppiteallea far a uSStoMB eat ha aea* ■Mated If fwelted taler than A a veal 1, . Hah an office at the Annex this fall. It* representative will week with college officials to seeing that practically every service offered by the YMCA on the main campus will be duplicated at Bryan Field. Entry in VSA Key Design Contest Open Till Aug. 9 Students have until August 9 to submit entries in the key design contest sponsored by the Veteran Students Associa tion. Prises of $10, $6, and three tacketo to the VSA all-college dance at The Grove on August 23 will go to the fhra lucky winners. The winning key design will be incorporated into a distinctive key for officers of the VSA, to be worn on the key chain or watch fob. It also will be practical for wear on a tie clasp. PTevioualy it waa stated that the key would be riven to all paid members of the VBA i hswever, plana now call for the iaesanee of the key only to officers of the group.. Bn trite In the con teal should ha forwarded to the Veteran to Angus Oat* V tubs held Cog la tho bob of .T 5 * MUBRAY COX. heard aa hla Program, "Mangy Cox Breeders Aasoeiatlea asset- * f /' b Aberdeen Angus Association Meets on Campus Monday and MR IbIuiuU eHi club before August •topletoaddj^H A aeries la headed far • kil Men deitar a year fire leas, an- teas the present "Age of Reek fid Bna It, Collate to any affteev August $, Name 11 aimm ,. f mmltiimF 'Vfwtow WU totovvWdrV mjaj||| m mri t f $r PHHi ■■P ■ ■ les From ‘The Mikado residents lived Jryan, their ■ at- Vanu>r, who la International toes-, surer of letory and pant presMent of the Nauonalflrt Protection Association, pointed to the recent stories of disasters—Texas City, Winecoff and LaSalle Hotel fires, the HartfoiO circus fire, and the Boston Coeoanut Grove disasters— as proof that dving World War II the American people became care less about firs protection. Already the aneual fire loss amounts to $4.60 for every man, woman, and child in the country, Varner said. Faulty phyt'cal con ditions and faulty human behavior are the cause of dtoasters, he said. Progress has been made in solving scientific and engineering prob lems in connection with fires, but the human element shows for sighs of improvement. * * The Firemen's Training School is held annually uader the auspices of the Suit Firemen's and Fire Marshal’s Association of Taxas and ia conducted by the A. A M. de partment of chemistry. 1 A meeting of the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Breeder* A»- •oclatlon will Uke place on tha campua Monday, July 28, J. K. Rigr», of tha Animal Huabundry Department, ha* an* ). Tha ene*day program, of which Hlgga la in over-all , whM-w** ■y"'« 1 —i if ifyiT'-c- ■ Hufus nouncad. ■■■ shara*, will b*gin al 10 a, gawatolnf Mtorseses by Neplte, pres Wen» af (h* i Baa and member of mV Bward af Btrtetor*. snd |>r, j, u, wlWr, bead of ihe Departmeat «f Animal HusiHiti.in k Wto MBfipi mmdim will be btodiB toe Ajpal fadBatotoalgto hire Ba*m, fUggs stotod. S* J 0 ' 10 wilt be Rev W, Bayder. *rof»s*er I# ek#^^L^ yito ww • Bayder win be followed at 11 *. rn. by John H. Jones, Agrirul- turs! Kxperiment SUtlon snimsl Husbandryman. Ha will apeak at, I "Progeny Testing Beef Bells." "Central ef Internal Parasitea la Cattle" will be the subject of Dr. R. D. Turk, head of the Depart ment of Veterinary Parasitology. Hia address will be given at 11:80 a. aa I Afternoon Session The afternoon session will con sist of demonstration speeches, Riggs stotod, and will be held m the Animal Husbandry pavilion and beef cattle bams. G. W. Barnes, Extension Service animal husbandryman, will lead the first discussion on "Cattle Grad- lag" at 1:80 p. m. He will be foUowed by Paul Gregg, assistant Extension ento mologist, on "Spraying for Con trol of Hors flies and Lice.” THE MIKADO HIMSELF-Right, T. D. Carroll of Beaumont, as hs appeared in the Hth fols ef the operetta recently produced by the Sinpmg Cadets and Aggie Players. 1 CURTAIN CALL-Jlehw, cast ef •The Mikado 1 photo, graphed ae the curtain cloud on production of the operetta at the Assembly Hall recently. Front row, left te right; D. I, "Buddy" Boyd, Merry Doran, Burt Brain, Catherine ds- Montel, Billie Jean Barron, Vanda Kdoin, Pat Kirkpatrick, and r, D. CorroW. . j FFA Meets Monday The Collegiate Chapter of the Future Farmers of America will meet Monday evening, July 28, at {7:46. E. C. McLeod and A. D. Pettit, teacher* of vocational ag riculture will be the principal speakers. The meeting will be held in the Agricultural Engineering Lecture Room. Lauiicn Delegated Aa Diatinauulied Geology Professor be. Cart Lauaen, a member of hh? A M. aeanrding to B AT tamrh. hood of tho department Sr. LauMA, a native of Oaivee- ten. baa done research over the en tire North American continent, having prospected from the Orest Slave Lake region In tha A ret If Circle to the innermost porta of Mexico. He received hia Doctor al Phil osophy Degree In Itm from the University of Anxona. and until he came to A. A M. he served as consultant geologist. Dr. Lauaen has been s member of the A. A M. faculty since last spring. Hale to Attend National Meetings Fred Hole, of the Department of Animal Husbandry, has been in vited by the United Duroe Record Association to attend the Du roc Congress at Columbia, Ohio on August 1-2. Three days later, on August 5-6. he will attend the Hampshire Swine Record Associa tion Congress at Cedar Rapids lo Oklahoma ^UfWwBSmi is thoroughly wheeled in agr tural methods a As farm agent of Oklahoma, Co* was rated by Still water Oklahoma^ Hgtena,on Divi- otoa os one of the top notch agent* in the state. ^ L**- mons of WKY, Oklahoma CUy, with on-th<“-*pot broad easts at Duncan, his former residence, Cox had had no previous radio exp«r lenci- when ho accepted the of wfaa iniaEiM ector in J that time. Cox has bulH up a following for hia sodio broadcasts, on wldsfc bs foatarea the "plain dbt fanner" who to nsakto of some kind or doing <lM*ie*l in- agriculture, tien to the studio broadcasts, make* many field ' farmers throughout He covers special events through out a wide area, using a WFAA- mobile unit and wire-recording sys tem for on-thr-spot brosdeaalB. Plana ate being made for a booth to be used by Cox at the annual Bute Fair of Broadcasts by directly from tha Grounds. The bo« as Headquarters far 4-H Patote Farmers of America. In tb* tolars, Oas plans to visit msny out-af slate even to to jjfjk r. i.as eshtiutojtti featured. r ^ Mlehsiv* Stody •wr*. visUma ihe »h* keil far flrtl ‘ 800 A* Teiihera, hi Got at tha annual Texas in Oatober. Cox will originate as booth at tho Fair booth will also serve l^lubsi aad fa t 2L? \ A M. Hurr At Aa r. The IN conference These two events, of luitionnl im portance in the study of swine type and corenes quality, will b* at tended by representotivea from leading packers, twine breeders and agricultural colleges through out the nation tog the Will compete ta the State Judging contest in poultry and egfs, livestock, meat, dairy, and milk. Winners of tho contest will go j to the National J»dirin K contests held in various states throughout the nation <'ommeretai4aUhliRhmenU have been invited to display their pro duct* relating to the needs of the vocational sgriaaftoaR. teacher in the main dining room of Sbtoa HaH| during the conference. , This will bo the first conference held at A. A M. since 1»40./ T Positions Open Ia/atariaat* publK ation tor the School Of Liberal Art*, similar to The Engineer and The Agricultur ist. to being planned AJf students interested In working on this pub lication are r. qm-nted to meet to The Battalion office a| 4 p.m . Tusadoy. July $*. This will be the initial organisation meeting and liito sm mmAetnmmmmim/ getting top position jobs Thor* Will be places to fill in UlO following folds advrrtialng. phsfogvsphy, aifcjBriiuiation. wnt tog and editing of srtictea. and of fice work I Something New In 1948 m Citizens Radio Service Planned Your own povaonat [kind you saa talk into Itotoa la—4a ta tha atak Mm# in 1848 you will IS fadarit Oaaima a sompori tranomiltor«va* If you raatly radio service" kind of h not Jus ■ting. Borne you win bo aMt I* lie, hy nermission of BMaunleailons Cato* the famous t fusee, will be 1 of aomo of tho wartime the eltetraats Bam* af lube* will replace three *r iiikmm es§ swumummIlasatml eaatoh.MamF iwvnTwmiunni |»»p whi Fifty manufacturer* and aapaft ■Mtetoea an actually talking on tha aUotod 4rt0 470 meg*cy< 1. hand g axperlmental licenses. About 100 small portable* aia already In by police, firemen, foresters, sgiato, amt motion picture pro- rs. Rxportenoo to the opera tion ef Widespread personal USe of tWO- way radio without HllIHlMa with other radio service* la being obtained. Radio engtoocring advances mode during the war ora helping to spaed the day when such per sonal radio-telephone seta can bo bought and when the FCC will al low thorn to bo used. Printed wire circuits, to which metallic point on plastic or ceramic plates replaces conventional soldered wires, will contract and lighten the new seta. Miniature tubes, such as usod in Just aa these radio advanae# art ihaul ta appear to more amaari ■iAi tenrautliaal FM I Jtt raeelwrs, ae they wilt bo Imata to the ritlaan’e radio fly A.R The war aurplua "watbia-tolki**" dramatised In the war tost wont work tn the now aorviae. The#* seta wore mad* to operate on radio queocles that oould be ueed In war theaters oveneas but can’t d here at home becauee they fere with marine, peaks, 1 1 other radio sorviooo. To ami so would Si would coet build new advantage of making and their k k and bettor sets of the improved rad lot. Manufacturer* ora not yet ready to gooes at what these citizens ra dio service sets will coat Probably they will be in the price does with the bettor kind of living room ra dio. but they will be rugged and finished for wear rathar than pri marily for looks. They wili^e parfc- Or as he may be a* early • Aad a'labbanat wish to Install a ey*. m to keep to eoatoct the wood* t officials working en the new system expect dttaens ra dio service to Wom« >na of the largest braAABl'of radio in many ways. It will bo neighborhood and short-range service a* the di*tam-e that tt will operate over wiE not be large. Fventualiy there may be ways to call a special station within range that win relay the voice over regular telephone lines, thus ex tending the range of those/|ittk radio stations so that they eon reach all parts of the world wher ever telephone service extend*.