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COLLK(.K STATION (AffrieUmj), TEXAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1S47
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Cadet Officers
And Non-Coms
Report Early
Cedtt officers and non-com-
missioned officers recently ap
pointed by the Military Depart
ment will be required to report
to school on Thursday, Septem
ber 11, Colonel G. 8. Meloy, Com
mandant and PMS4T, announ
ced Friday.
During Thursday and Friday
cadets will receive instructions
in leadership, supply problems,
and duties of commissioned and
non-commissioneii officers.
The college will furnish neces
sary rations and quarters for
these cadets during the orienta
tion period
Lounges Under
Construction In
Dormitories 9 & 10
ounges to \
" commodate students’ visitors start-
* ed Wednesday moraine in dot
itories 9 and 10. According to T.
R. Spence, manafer of the e
straction program, the Board of
• Director* has directed that plans
and estimates be prepared for stu
dent lounges in all dormitories and
v has empowered the Building Com
mittee of the Board to order con
■traction to proceed after estimates
and plans are submitted. The
construction of the tn
Dorms 9 and 10 will furnish the
- t>««it for plans and estimates for
the other lounges,
Kach lounge will he made from
all dormitory rooms and the hall
way hoi ween them. There will he
fartlittes for reading and writing
M well as vomfuruble seats and
table* for games, One of the rooms
Will be made into s ladies root
roam, while poralMB will ho ra*
moved from the ethers te pro
vide o«m large raam These Imiag
ee will he rempleted by the mid
dle of tteptemhir, Spence said.
■Mi-
CORKY AND
dothtera at North Gate.
Bryan School May
Lose Affiliation
/
Corky & Hurd,
New Men’s Store,
Will Open Today
Corky and Hurd, College
Station's newest men’a store,
will hold its formal opening
today at 311 North Main
Street It will remain open
until t:S0 tonight in order that all
persons in this vicinity may hove
an opportunity to get acquainted
with the management and the
■tore’s stock
Specialising in tailor-made cloth
ing, the store will feature such
diverse materials a s gabardine,
sharkskin, and dear-cut worsted
for fall wear. Men’s furnishings
and ready-to-wear are carried in
addition to the tailoring service.
Corky Jackson, Aggie-ex, is
store manager.
VfW Chief and Tech Exes
Fight Building Amendment
HHB| Jester, Shivers, and Daniel Will
Speak for $60 Million Program
AVC Backs Passage of College
Building Amendment Aug. 23
The College Station Chapter of
the A me risen Veterans Committee
will solidly support the proposed
College Budding Amendment to he
tmtetf Upon August UK by the peo
ple *f tomo, H. B, Igfardi, Jr,
«BlPMBS|aM|M mot week In •
letter te The Sottellon odliot
Sohfdi. jmgskMg ■ whaif of
the toes I AVC chapter, stated i
: "For many years now (hi* state
Has lagged behind much of (he rest
of the nation la the field of educa
tion. Ihu amendment is Iona
overdue The people-of Teles must
realise that students In state sup
pqrted colleges cannot receive ade
quate educe! tone unless these
schools can offer adequate facili
ties In the form of building* end
equipment.
“The people of this nation hove
seen fit to spend billions of dol-
taro in educational benefit# for
veterans of World War 11. How
ever, much of this money will be
wasted if veteran and eon-veteran
students of this state must attend
badly overcrowded classes in poor-
\y
equipped fa
hero at V A M.
Twenty Tens srhoql districts,
including Bryan, a total enroll
ment of 1MJNM students, mat
Wx>»e their accredited standings
unless they revibe their teacher
■alary schedules to comply with
the new minimum wage law. Most
of the fffbp ore attempting to
pay Negro teachers lees than
whites, according to State Super
intendent L. A. Woods.
Attorney General Price Daniel
ruled that the salary basis pro
vided under the new legislature
applies to all instructors regard
less of race. The law sets a min
imum of $2,000 annually for teach
ers holding a bachelor degree.
The twenty distriete, which in
clude one-tenth of the students
in the state, are Amarillo, Big
Spring, Bryan, Eagle Pass, Ely-
sian Fields, Gainsvillc, Goose
Creek, Jacksonvdle. Lufkin. Mar
shall. McKinney, Mexia. Midland.
Mt. Pleasant, Orertoti.Palestiv.
Pa nape, Taft, and Waskom. Affil
iation was alio withheld from
r^t^^n^JSK Dr. H E. .Q^^or of
wages, it was announced XlKLa; dJ^T M. **hke in
Graduate, of unaccredited high dtergT^ rSitritkmLl tevStigi
5 schools must take entrance examin-1 t , on . nbin Agricultural FvtJri
•lions before goia, to college. Un- g^Uon W Ha^rt
jeeradited •choob wiU draw the director «rf^teWoiml raJra^h S
9? * Ut * ^ partment of the Archer-Daniels-
wiU not receive one-ninth of their k.dland Company. Mhmeopolis,
lualisation (reral^ld f u n d b. Minnesota; and Dr. T. H. Jukes.
... * ckoo t * P‘ ,d fr >n> ^ of the department of nutrition
fun ii i r, onl5r w e ‘f ht mo r th *'T h , il * ond physiology, Ledsriy Labora-
accradited schools receive aid for tort,,, p„ r , RiYer Mew York,
nine months each year.
building*. '’Everyone
must realise that
the future of this Mate will de-
peiwt on whether or not today'*
•indent* besom* the intelligent,
well iitfoimed ntiien* of tomor’
ftw, The Col leg* Building Amend*
men! will help te *ee thot they
^
There wlN bo loo pelUn (Moeee
in College Hi*1 too i FTOMtet I
ftt tho A* # M« CWtetlBoted
Hskoal figlMtoa. *«d Prcvlnet
11 •( Shiloh Moll.
Ctmpus residents ond oil Col
lege Station residing west of High
way 6 wilt vote at (’on solids ted
School. All others, Including moot
of the resident* of Collage Hills
ond those living east of Highway
A, will vote ot Shiloh Hall
H. E. Burgess will be presiding
judge of election Ot Percinct a,
ond V. J. Boriskie will be in charge
of the Shileh Hall poll.
This will be the first time thot
■ box has been placed ot Shiloh
Hall.
Texas Ag Writers
Conference to Be
Held Here Sept 2
The twenty-second Texas
Agricultural Writers Confer
ence will be held at A. A M.
September 2-S, according to
an announcement by Tad Moses,
chairman of the arrangements com
mittee. The meeting will be hold
In conjunction with the Extension
Service and Agricultural Expert
ment Station staffs annual meet
ing.
Those attending the two-day
moating will visit Urn A. k M
<'tilings Hresoe Elver plantation to
eae domenetratlons of latest f*rm
equipment, Including flame eulti
vatar, mechanical sotlaw
mechanical cam harvcctcr,
Hccme plow, one-man
hay dryer, and Itveeteeh
Honduran Makes
Insect, Livestock
Study on Campus
Pomptlio Ortega, director gen
eral of agriculture of Honduras,
visited recently on the AAM Col
lege campus. Ho is studying now
developments in research and oth
er activities concerning insects and
diaeaaaa affecting livestock, other
phases of insect control, and cot
ton production. While In Texas
he wlH also visit the citrus re
search center of the College at
Weslaco
Ortega arrived on the campus
at Wednesday. H i s schedule
calls for conferences with officials
of the 17. 8. Department of Agri
culture and visits to educational
center* and agricultural tnotltu-
Uons throughout the country.
For a number of yesua Ortega
owned and directed a email agri
cultural school for boys, the Eocu
ela Agricola da Coyocutena, La
Ubertad. Oomayagua. Ho is the
author of several books and pam
phi eta on agricultural topics and
Honduran folklore This is Ms
first visit to the U. 8 since he
studied at Notre Dame some 23
yean ago.
Two opponent* of the
ment have struck at Dudley &
University of Tex**
in * pamphlet entitled
i dryer, end lives toe* fog m
kw. Tie meeting wilt snohto eg
■issssla as seas I MtaiAMM* 4*0 msM* fiRflA
rwmnufm wriwm *■*» i ifpi vHinn
•pylteatbm si new ogrteullMral d*
velnp moots
mooting *iid slootiori
I ness mo*
mu for tfa
ft «t • lu
the noil year
nrhoofl in he
MMmiIUE ■
A btsl
nt nffirom
mke plofe ...
rT#pi*ninRr N, m nniPR
AgrirtiHural writer* plMindig U
attend the confer*nee ere request
ad te son tact Tad Mosao, Agricul
tural Experiment Station, College
Station for reserve Ions.
Student Ordained
Baptist Minister
Newton V. Cole, senior student
from t'OCMf Ohrioti, was ordained
into the MInleti y last Wednesday
night pt the first Baptist Churen
of ( allege htelien by Reverend R
I. ttrewn, ehairmen of the ordain
IM MOM,
T’olc'ii father, Reverend M. L
Cole, preached the nrdlnatinn cere
mony,
After receiving hla RJ, In A|-
rlcntture in Weplember, Cole MAM
te enter the Southwestern Bap
tist Theetegieal Seminary at Fori
was o Major In tile cadet corpo,
president of the Y.M.C.A ( ob-
Inet, and President of the Baptist
Student Union Council.
Disabled Veterans
To Receive Higher
Subsistance Pay
Automatic increases will be paid
effective Sept. 1 in the minimus)
allowances received by the morv
seriously dissbU-d v. t. rsns enrolli-d
in educational and training cour
■cs under Government sponsorship.
Veterans Administration announced
today.
The increased jirptea, which will
be reflected in September chocks
received on or after Oct. 1, were
voted by the last session of Con
frees and signed into law by the
President
VA said the law requires no ac
tion by disabled trainees entitled
to the higher rates because of the
automatic nature of the increase*.
The new law provides that a vet
eran enrolled in a course under the
Vocational Rehabilitation jhat
(Public Law 1A), whose disability
Is rated at SO percent or hfajilff,
will raeaivs till a month If he
has no dependents, and |1U If he
has one dependent.
The old law allowed 91M and
lllfe for the same two rategari**,
but, while these rote# *re super
seded by the new schedule, for Itu
more seriously dtegkled, they trill
continue te apply to veterans with
dfambilitte* iated at lels than No
PfNMH,
The new law elan laises jtRe
meonu authUtra fur amMkntal
ndents «f veterans wHh ills
tie* nf M percent or mere
additional gtyewance far
chairman of the
Woodward, writing
Beat School* For the Bwt
State*’, urged adoption of thr
umen.ltn.-nt
Roger Q. Evans of Daulson. state
romman.ier of the Veterans of
Foreign Warm, declared that Wood
wand had not «g|ia|MB^i^ jfp
der the amendment, the Ualverstty
of Texas and A. 4 M. Colive* wiU
get their money now, white the
other 14 school« will not gvt theirs
for SO years."
In Comparing funds to be allocs
ted NTSC and A. k/ML.WfSgm
pointed out that Woodward baa not
shown in his pamphlet that, a!
though NTSC wiMrocotve over
MOO thousand more than A. A M-,
North Texas will have Ha funds
spread out over V yanimVRMp
A. A M. wiU get its 96 millioa now.
In Dallas Woodward r- pl.ed that
“I am not interested In rarsteiM
nny cammumcation from a man
who is trying M hard te deprive
thouaaaAi of Texas veterans of
the immediate eduentionaj benefits
to be derived from the adoption of
the college building constitutions!
amendment.”
Evans’ statements have been
criticised by other member* of the
VFW, who as a whole appear te
be in faoag/iof the ■msndmsnt.
In fort Worth, the executive
committee of the Texas Tech Ex-
Students Association of that city
adopted a restitution opposing the
amendment The basis far the na
tion was that the proposed mess
urn would not provide nquitabi)
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ora would not provide equitably or
MB'
. W. A Bratton, vtea president nf
tbt 1^ wrtrkRpRMBIMk/ile
"l*'*d heturday that "pmgannnls
M nf ui bercent Of
Mklitlonal gllnwancc I
k incranaad from 91 »i
L and the Previaos all
, I* month for each ad
child la ralaad te 111. Nf I
Is made in the $14 monthly
ance for a dependent parent.
get
August 15 Memorable Day For Four Aggies .,.
Nutrition Parley
Slated Oct 23-24
; i
The Tessa Nutrition Conference
will hold its third meeting at A.
A M. October 23-24, according to
an announcement by the nutrition
conference committee.
Some of the outstanding men in
the nutrition field will speak dur
ing the meeting. They are: Dr. C.
F. Huffman, research professor of
dairying, Michigan State College;
equalii
These
Poultry man to Co
To Clemson Meet
F. Z. Beanbloesom, extension
poultry marketing specialist, will
attend the annual meeting of the
Poultry Science Association at
Clemson Collect, Otemson, South
Carolina, August 23-31.
At this meeting he will present
a paper on South and Southwest
marketing problems and marketing
trends in poultry and poultry pro
ducts. In addition to that, Bean-
blossom will present an article on
the marketing of turkeys through
the making of turkey boneless
■teaks, a project which originated
in Texas with this specialist as
one of its leaders.
Members of the Poultry Science
Association will mket to shady
information material from
ment Stations and field
tudiee.
Indians Celebrate Independence
By Louis Morgan
Four Indian students oa the A.
A M. Campus celebs ted the inde
pendence of their nation from | upon his return home.
Great Britain on August 16. Three
are attending on government schol
arships granted for outstanding
service*. AU four are studying
American agricultural .nethods, |
some of which they hope to apply |
to their own country when they
return tp.lqdltL
K. L Gurnani of Sukkur, Sind.
Pakistan is majoring in agronomy
and making a special study of the
extension service. Formerly em
ployed by the Sind agricultural de
partment. he is married and has
!’our children. Gurnani received a
degree in agriculture from Bom
bay University and did further
work at the Indian Agricultural ] State, is majoring in agronomy and
Research Institution of New Delhi, making a special study of toil Con-
He expects to work in agricultural nervation. He acquired a B. Sc
research, rice crops in particular, | degree In agriculture from Lyall
Campus Wimmin Say They're Agfa It . . /
GI Wives Blast Longer Skirts
By Vleh Lfthlley
Wives of QI student* at A.AM.
this week attacked recent fashion
•dicta which call for aklrta aa low
aa 10 Inches from the ground. In
pmtort the enmpue wives founded
a "Utile Below the Kaeee" club,
~ fledging themselves te lower their
■Ms no mars than Just below
flBfjBHt, - .j .
The movement swept over the
earnpqe Monday after several of
the wives heard sl-mit such a club
being farmed la Dallas. .
“Women whose husbands are in
•< bool under the GI bill can’t af-
iaal to throw away their ward
robes at the whim of ao-callod
fs-hton-dictators,” said Mrs. Jack
Tippit. temporal* president of the
. A. A M. LBK club. “We want our
BruaMi to be comfortable, practi-
11 cal, and cuod-tooklng, none of
which ran
4WR*» - -
“ Furthermore, these
* ora are defiaitely not good for a
tell girl," concluded Mrs. Tippit,
who » six-foot-on*.
Mr*. Vick UaAey, temporary
lad: "lUa an
good-looking, i
bo claimed by the
hese long
not good
led Mrs. 1
aaeratary stated
outrage
to fore* such unbecoming dresses
on American women. I for *n* do
not Intend to wear the extremely
long style.’’
Petite Mrs. W. N. KNm*. said.
"Long dresses are terribly unbe-
coming, especially te a short per
son Use myself. I certainly wont
wear that awful length now being
proposed " Blonde Mrs. CaH Barn-
art reported: "t dent intend to
wear my skirts lower than a little
hawur .UM kaae. .« . I’m definitely
agalnct long skirts."
' Mrs. C. E. Ow*n staked; "If some
designer would send every Amer
Iran woman a new wardroio, fret,
containing the longer skirt*, wr
would be glad te wear team
up our ctethra and
i war-stricken arras. The
■klrt la of no advantage te
average A meric*, working wo-
tnan. It’s Just a money pro
tion for the designers."
Mrs. D. B. Fincher also bU
clothes designers: "I am deflt
not for longer skirts bsrau
think they arc Just far the design
v benefits. It Is not helping the
working people, to gat S wanirob.-
with longer skirt*. It means cash
ing the bonds that many people
are trying to rave. AU through
history it has been considered sin
ful for poop)* te throw away good
useful garmente.”
Mrs. BMr mgtlhco* reported
Ilk* mine Just a tittle beiew
knee" Mrs. WttMam B. Lewi*
challenged i "They con have what
cy style they want In Paris or
Doltast I won’t wear i
that
Married
once protecting on ■
Speaking far girts of
leg*." Miss
“I wog*|
were not the only
I sn the campus
girts of the office
forma, petite Mtaa Phyllis Sch
warts uaMt "Lang skirts make ua
like we’re all dress andBj
mast Is Hall stated
any si those 10 inch
from the floor tklnga," and bride
to-b* Mias Bath IfeCallaugh an
neonrad. "B won’t wear them be
cause I haven’t money enough
pay for a whol«- now wardrobe."
Mias Mary Leiaud. summer <
ed. said. "Let’s bold the length
little below the knee. 1 think
dresses ware * little to short
lag the war, bat the new style
makes them too long."
plant physiology fn
cultural College of
Sucha Singh, who is privileged |
to carry a sword during his stay i
at A. and M., is from the Lahore
District of India. He obtained an
M. S. degre in agriculture and
from the Agri- 1
Lyallpur and
worked with cotton for twelve
years before coming to the U. S.
Singh is working for a doctor’s de
gree in plant physiology, empha
sising cotton. He will spend two
year* in America before rtuming
to his wife and two children in
India.
T. C. Kala, formerly Deputy Di
rector of Agriculture for Jaipur
havtne tTSlTi
—MS——SEMWEMM ww* JR EEW
IIMMmHt 7
Bratton further rialmcd that
Wttlihl the nest Ml years, If the
aMaudsMUt l« paumM, the Univer-
sity of Texqc and A. A M. win ra-
cvlv* approximately ftt iMHlaa.
while the iqwlwlut 14 ctelf col*
\kkm wW raalise only Mfi millioii
The hitter Statement did art
mention the fncti Mlik only the nnL
veraHy and A. A M. have access
to the income from the university
permanent fund, tkqa iifliHii* Ik*
$15 million to kc given to thost-
two schools under the pmpo*.-d
amendment.
Although Texas Tech ex-student*
attacked the program, officials of
that school have previously urged
adoption of the measuM.
Attormy General Price Daniel
aad State Senator Keith Kelly
agricul
pur. Kala will study in the States
for two years before rejoining his
wife and four children in Jaipup.
P. T. Bsu is a private student
from Calcutta. Bengal, who tiiae _
to A. A M. last January. A gvn spoke last night avar a state net
etics major, he is interested in ani
mal improvement, particularly in
cattle. He did postgraduate work
af the
. been
hi dairy husbandry and traveled by both House aad Senate
work in behalf of the amendment.
Kelly was co-author of the
ure which has already
through out India before coming to
the United State*. Indian cattk
are bred for milk production and
draft purposes rather than for
braf. Basu stated. Basu, who is
unmarried, will return to ladia
upon completion of his training at
A A M
JaWoary.
Acting Governor Allan Shivers
will speak Ntsmm^f l sight for
the building program, while Gover
nor Beauford Jefter, who la va
cationing in GuaUlkflk, provided
• transcript speed) te be used for
broadcast in the event that he was
not home by Fricfcy night.
AisCE Barbecue
Will Be Friday
The American Society of Civ
il Engineers will hold a barbe
cue Friday night. August 22. bo-
ginning at • o clock, at the Bry
an City Park. The charge will
be $.75 per person, but all chikl-
i accompanying their parents
will be admitted fr«>«-
Dr f. It Wright, aaeratary of
the ABCE. urguf ill persona
planning to attend the barbe
cue to make reservations earlv,
at nr* Thursday noon la the dead
line
Dallas Firm Gets
1 ’48 Engraving Bid
The engraving eon tract for gra-
The engraving contract for gra-
nation invltetlona. dane# programs.
Slid <lanr«- favor* for the 1947-49
Nchoot TPRT IiBhfi hv#f1 to
a Southwestern
1. local
*r
Dr. Milliff to Meet
With Vet Anatomists
Dr. John H. Milliff. head of the
Department of Veterinary Ana
tomy, will attend • meeting of
teachers of veterinary anatom
Cinncmatti, Ohio, August
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itomy at
18-22
flAYING AK.I st SB — At Mm
Gtwww flktariajr cwmRm from 8 Mi nU-
tii^ht wiO be JOHNNY SULLIVAN a*d hAi
Hotmtoa Pbuit*Moa Orcbrntra. Hie AB
CoBARe Dm
the Veienu
cost B1 for hoftfera of
Cwrda, a*d $1.50 for
mmarSn*.
Abovq 1* Mm BEAM SECTION of Mm
m Miry pU>«i mt Mm
hi M*y of thi. year.