A •
K
iVEIFS
IN BRIEF
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i WILL DISCI 88 KOREA
NEW YORK, S* P t 24—(AP)— ,
Runaia'a Andrei Y. Viahinaky late
yaaterday lost a vlgoroua battle to
bar diacuaaion of the Korean quea-
tion and the Italian peace treaty
in the United Nation* Aaaembly.
The Auembly alao approved in
cluaion of the Greck-Balkan ouae-
tion in the tfenda, with only Rua-
aia and fl?« Slav aatellitea voting
againat it. The vote waa 38 to 8,
with 9‘abaention*.
CHAMP RODEO OPENS
NEW YORK. Sept. I4-(AP)~
The world’* rhampionahip rod*o
• which annually glvea half a million
New Yorker* a. chance to gllmpae
what remain* of the once Wild
Weit, begin* Ita 22nd run at Mad-
g icon Hquare Oanlen tonight with
• the firet of &3 performance*.
( RACK DOWN ON OOUCEKH
hX)RT WORTH. 8#ot. 24-(AP)
' —A crackdown by Federal auth
uritiea in Fort Worth and Weat
Texa* point* aaJpereona chargini
veteran* price* above thoae liatei
in the aalee contract* on houaee
waa promised by U. 8. attorney
Frank R. Potter a* he announced a
Lubbock arreat.
STOCK MARKET SLIPS
NEW YORK, Sept. 24-(AP)
A selling flurry hit the New York
stock market in the middle of the
last hour of trading yesterday
bringing loaae* of 81 to around
82.40 a share to some leading ia>
• y aues.
% . Brokers said they had nothing
specific to account for the sudden
desire to sell auch stacks as United
? ' States Steel, Schenley, Anaconda.
* Texas Co., Standard Oil (NJ),
New York Central. American Tele
phone, American Woolen and Chry
sler—all down. -
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A AM COLLEGE
Volume 47
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OOLLEGE STATION (A^ eland), TEXAS, WEIWESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1947
Filings Open in New Student
Number 32
ment
Lipscomb’s, Madeley, Sbisa
Rate First on Annual Survey
12-Month Average* Show Black’*, Grill I*owe*t in Drug
Store* Gafe Gategorie*; Ba*ed on 100% High, 70% Low
RESTAURANl'S
Adriance Took
Flight Lessons
With Fiorello
Life and Athletic Council
WOODWARD SILENT
DALLAS. TEX., Sept. 24-<AP)
—Dudley K. Woodward, chairman
of the Board of Regents of the
University of Texas *afd he had
“No comment” on the University’*
dismissal from the school of pro
fessor J. Frank Dobie.
i , RICK SETS RECORD
HOUSTON, TEX.. Sept. 24-
(AP)—Rice Institute has its larg
eat enrollment In its S&-year Wa
tory and the present total of 1,881
students Is expected to climb be
fore late regiatratlon la concluded.
Iasi year's record enrollment was
MH,
BOOZE 111 RNH
ALPINE, TKX.. Sept. I4-(API
—A fire which started with an as-
plosion burned on* person severely
nnd destroyed a liquor *t ,,r e * ,M I
two warehouses here. A prellmiiu
wry estimate placed the damage at
1180,0411).
MRS. COATS AT BAKER
FORT WORTH, Sept 24—(AP)
—Mrr. Alma Coat*. 24-ye»r old
English war bride snd former WA
C corporal who was requested to
. leave Texas Weslyan College be
cause of being tin expectant moth
er, will entar Daniel Baker Col
lege’* pre-medical a c h o o l at
Brown wood within the next ww
days.
BAT FISH. SAYS KRUG
| | WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—(AP)
■ —With meat and egg'prices soar
ing, Secretary of Interior Krug
suggests eating more fi*h.
BRITISH MINERS STRIKE
LONDON. Sept. 24-(AP)-Six
thousand mine workers employed
in nine 8cotti*h collieries were
idle yestetday in an unofficial
atrike for higher wages.
Nam*
Kept,
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan
Feb
Mar,
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Ave.
\AM Grill
8ft
tt
W 1
II
44 1
12 |
62 |
7ft
75
8ft
84
82
71
Vg'land Inn
93
8ft
78
....
90
64
84
78
91
73
94
93
8ft
'ollegc Inn
81
88
14 1
M 1
98
88
77 1
74
69
.... j
76
Juncan Hall
91
94
' 79
*#••
19
98
03
100 |
89
79
88
90
89
finute Sand
1
1
wich Shop
97
90
1 72 ■
79
18
100
87
94
89
88
4,abets
78
81
84
74
47
82
79
77
78
84
89
7ft
lay's 8 Bar
«...
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|
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92
86
81
86
tblsa Hall
*1
94
86
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0ft
• 94 ;
94
1 72
.... 1
90
tVhlteway
79
93
69
81
M
84
75
70
86
90
77
77
\nnex Caf.
82
89
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77
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86
89
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....
86
Vnnex S Bar
86
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19
89
88
72
94
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83
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DRUG STORES
| Name
Sept.
Oct.
Nov
Dee.
Jan.
Feb
W-
Apr
May
June
July
Aug.
Ave.
Vg'land Phr
88
8ft
94
72
87
88
1 M
83
9ft
82
91
95
85
Hack's
78
88
' 64
70
76
80
I 77
84
63
89
94
92
79
^aoey's
' 91
89
67
V
91
87
89
83
91
87
82
72
83
'reanrtend
97
88
92
1 79
74
•T
93
80
»
76
71
9ft
84
Heorge's
94
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9ft
[
91
85
| 100
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1 91
88
8ft
96
91
Lipscomb's
87
90
| 97
TS
•4
i 04
97
97
93
100
88
96
92
Madeley
9ft
92 i
92
1 M
• «
00
89
j 100
1 “
92
100
97
92
(See ANNUAL HEALTH SURVEY. Page 4)
Other Improvements Planned
• • • t
Carpets,i New Lobby Fixtures
Transform GuionHaU Theatre
1 ♦ RP ' W' * »•»••• ■ • • *
H) Leuia Morgan
irty year
now head of the horticulture de
partment, watched a Maurice Far-
man airplane hurtle craaily acroaa
the air gtrip at Foggia In Italy
F. H. LaUuardia, later mayor of
New York, and hia Italian trainer
hopped from the craft acreaming
worda at each other In Italian,
presumably insults. Each thought
the other waa landing the plan*.
LaGuardia, who recently died in
New York, commanded the iquad-
ron in which Dr. Adriance receiv
ed hi* pilot's training. Italian pil
ot* were training the American*
and it wt* thought appropriate to
have an Italian-American in
charge of operation*. LaGuardia
i came to the outfit as a Ki-Wi, the
name applied to ground officer*
who, like the Australian bird of
that name, can’t fly. It was a de
sire on LaGuardia'* part to rem
edy this that led to the incident
of the berserk aircraft
Wrecks and accidents were
common occurrence in the Italian
bi-planes used in training, accord
ing to Dr. Adriance. One pilot fell
4,000 feet from hia open cockpit
After cracking up five aircrafts,
a pilot was dubbed an “Austilan
Ace.” Walter Wanger. movie pro
duoer who made “We’ve tyjver
Been Licked," missed the tide by
only a slight margin. Dr. Adri
ance’s experiences were not com
pletely free of mishape. The ab
sence of a parachute, however, was
likely to make the pilot cautious,
Dr. Adriance obeerved
Of hia two years service in Eur
ope during the last war, Dr. Ad
rlance spent almoet a year in It
aly. The remainder of the time
he spent In Tours, France, where
he served as pilot for noriol photo
grapher trainees.
Department Heads
Mast Approve
Changes in Courses
Student* desiring to add
another course to their curri
culum must present a written
nUtement from the heed of
the department concerned,
that there is room in the class
for another student, accord
ing to H. L. Heaton, Regis
trar.
"This statement must be
submitted to the Dean of the
appropriate school. With the
approval of the Dean, the re
gistrar will authorise the
change to be made.
Department heads will also
make all transfers from one
section to another in the same
subject.
Monday, September 29, will
be the last day that courses
can be dropped without a
grade. It will also be the last
day on which new courses
may be added.
(See Editorial "Nsv Student Government" on Page 2.>—
* 1 ' 0
Persons wishing to become members of the Student Uft
(’ommltUa, non-military members on the Athletic C/OuncH,
or Student Life representatives should file their application#
in the Student Activltlea Office in Room 209, Goodwin Had
before Tuesday. September 30.
There are 4 poaitions open on the Student Life Commit*
tee, 4 poaitions on the Athletic Council, and 34 poaitions aa
rttircsentatives. The latter group will have one member frC«
- T- »■ — i 1 'H^Muh of the dorms on th* catnpoo.
and »n* mrmtier from each of tty
following-. Vet Village No. X
Trailer Village, Project House*,
('dilate View Village, Village |t
the Annex day students in Bry
an, and day students from Coll
Station. The freshmen from',
Annex will have three repr
tlVo*.
1 The election for those offices
will be held on October I. Ballots
will be provided by th* StudeM
Activities Office end drill be dis
tributed to all dorm student* by
the respective house master*. Fn the
corps dorms the senior cadet of
ficer (highest rank) will be rea-
ponsible for distributing the bal
lots.
After the ballots have been
Quarterback Club
Meets Tomorrow:
To Hear Coaches
Tomorrow at 7:30, meeting in the
Aaaembly Hall, the Aggie Quarter-
hack Club will inaugurate a series
of meetings designed to bring AAM
fsna in doeer contact with play
ers, coaches and the athletic ait.
uation at AAM in genareL.
Sponsored by the Battalion, the
Quarterback Club la expected to
give interested football followers
as much “inside dope" on AAM
strategy, and team strengths and
weaknesses as the coaching staff
deems feasible. Thursday night, in
Humble Oil To
Air Six Tilts
This Week-End
Hy Mark T. Nolen -
AAM ha* » big timt cintma houM now.
Guion Hall Theater had its face ttftad in a
big way over the mid-semester holidays, and
now presents s more comfortable and plena-
ant atmosphere for movie fans~
Various other improvements are on the
schedule for completion in the neftr future,
among them, curved display boards to fit
the columns on the front of Quidn Hall.
These display cases will facilitate uaing the •
center doors as the main •ntrandR’.'i v
On entering Guion Hall jiowadays One
*ee8 the new ticket office with its gfnple
glass walls and shiny plastic. Then, he real
izes that he is standing on a fine, new carpet.
“That’s not just a carpet,” Miy» Tom
Buddy, manager of the theater, “that’s a
Mohawk Wilton carpet, the very beat.”
The lobby is practically unrecognizable
under its new paint and with ita naw fur
nishings. Specially made display boards and
in enlarged candy counter produce the
transformation. When the lobby furniture,
which is now on order, arrives, many people
will probably prefer sitting in the lobby to
attending the show.
In additibn to ail this redeceration, fluo-
Feed Experiment
On CitniH Mola*Me*
Being Conducted
By Arvel L. Baker
A feeding experiment to deter
mine the value of citrus molasses
in fattening steers ia being con
ducted at A A M. College under
the direction of J. K. Riggs, as
sociate professor of animal hus
bandry.
The molaases is made from the
juice of citrus peel and pulp, by
products of the citrus industry.
The Texaun Citrus Exchange of
Weslaco. Texas, has supplied A.
& M. with the citrus molasses for
the purpose of determining the
feeding value, conditioning quali
ties. and palatability of this pro
duct
According to Riggs, there are
four lots of steers in the experi-
See EXPERIMENT. Page 4
Aa the football season swing*
into high gaar, Humble Oil A Hr
fining Company broadcasting
crews will travel to both coasts
and points in natween to bring fana
the aia big interseetional games
in which Southwest Conference
teams feature this week and.
At 7:88 p. m. the Texas A. A
M. Texas Tech gam* goes aa th*
air from Alamo Stadium la San
Antonio. Jerry Duggett will be
at the play-by-play mike, while
Kddle Barker fills la on color.
The game will be heard over
stations KT8A. San Antonios
WFAA-WBAP (878 kc) Dallas-
Ft Wortk; KWFT, Wichita
Falls; WTAW. College Station;
KFDM. Beaumont; KFYO, Lub
bock; KATL, Houston; and KR-
IG, Odessa. ’
marked and signed by each voter,
they will be collected by the house
master* and senior cadet offioer*.
addition to a talk by head cbach l^y "U1 then be counUd and the
Homer Norton, and a discussion ** ,u ' 1 * . w,th . th ' hslIota wUl bl
of the Texas Tech football team ^ ,nt0 th « 8tud » nt Activities
by Botchy Koch. Aggie Coach who 0ff,c *
scouted the Red Raiders last Sat Students living in Bryan or
urday in their game with Texaa College Station, other than in cam-
Univeraity, a film will be shown pus dormitories, will vote on bal-
of the Southwestern game played lots printed in The Battalion. Th*
on Kyl« Field last week. Koch .ballots will then be brought or
will also explain methods he used mailed to the Student Activitie*
in scouting th* Aggies’ future op- Office on or before 8 a. m., Fri-
MIMMlIt * 4*y. October 8.
Th* meeting is open to all Aggie In th* Student Activities Office
fans, and (M, Battalion welcomes gU th* voted will be tabulated and
them to a better understaadiag of i the result* announced as soon a*
AAM footbal through thv Qear possible,
terbaek ( lab.
Hoiipiul, Exchange
Store Committee*
Are Announced
AppoDitmentn of faculty
member* to two committees
of the Student Life committee
was announced yeaterday by
Dean F. C. Bolton.
Named to serve on the Ex
change atore committee were
W. H. HoUman. F. W Henael.
Ernest Langford, J, C. Miller, W.
L. Penbefthy, and J. J. Woolkul.
TEAGUE IN ENGLAND
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND,
Sept. 24 (AP)—Another group of
■ member* of th*,U. 8. Congress
i bent on studying economic and
political conditions in Europe ar-
; rived here tonight on th* Queep
Elis* bath.
All member* of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, th* par-'
ty Included Donald L. Jackson
(RCalif), and Olin K. Teague (D-
r tfit). A , ,
"Barring * •|n»ci*I season of
Congress, w* will lie over hare un
til iHwando’Ct 14 •““l Jwkavn.
AVC NI’KAKN IT
WASHINGTON -Chat Patartan,
national chairman of th* AmarJ-
ran Veteran* Commute*, today ad
vocated the restoration of th* 8a*-
ond War Powers Art and a
oua campaign to expos# pro
ing aa th# two major stops naraa-
aary to halt ”th# kind of Irreapoo
. albt# and tllagitlmat* price rigting
which has bean taking place.
Paterson said that restoration
Of the -Second War Powers Act
would give the administration the
power to Increase aupplie* of
scare* resource*, to limit th* pro
duction of non essentiel*. and to
dfctrtbxt* scarce materials such
as steel and grain in such a way
to eas* the inflationary pressure.
Bridge Club Meets
The Veterans’ Wives Bridge
Club will meet Thursday night at
7:30 in the YMCA.
AU wives of ex-servicemen are
invited to attend.
$4300 has been apent to bring Guion Htll up ticket booth,
to par with the better theatera of the itate.
Improved projecting equipment and com- *
fortable seat* were introduced during the
past year. AAM now looks for a way to get Rai®*. JACH shannon, a Compooite, stand*
Up-to-date pictures to make everything com- b»^»»p la nig white buying a bar of randy from
fM* | | .<i ■—**>.
rescent lights have. been installed.
Above. ERIC N. CULVER. B Engineers. grU Ms
Some ttrket from MRS NELDA CRANE at tiukon's new
Serving on the Hospital Commit
The program leads off Friday tee will be G. RWilcox, E.
night with the game between Bay-, Narnh, T. W. Leland, G. S. Meloy,
lor and Miami University. Th# J r -** tn d W. L. Penbeithy.
broadcast, piped from the Orange Six student Life representatives
Bowl in Miami, starts at 7:08 p. will serve on each of the above
m., with Ves Box at the micro- committees.
phone, and will be heard over sta- The duties of the Exchange
See BROADCAST. Page 4 y . See COMMITTEE. Page 4
This new procedure will replace
the one formerly used In order to
obtain a greater number of vote*
and to repreaent a majority of tha
student body.
I Applications for th* six V8A
offices will he accepted In the Stu
dent Activities Office from now
until this coming Saturday. Th*
six offices to be filled are presi
dent. vice-president, secretary,
treasurer, sergeant-at-arms, ami
parliamentarian. OffJcere will be
elected for the fall seme*ter only,
according to the cdnetltution.
Tool Shed or Garage?
Whether Tools or Car Occupies
Garage Is Rev. Fowler’s Poser
Pre-Med Students
Must Take Test
A graduate record professional
aptitude test must be taken by
all premedical students who expect
to apply for admission to medical
college for the Fall of 1948. Appli
cation* will not be accepted until
this test has been taken.
The test will be given on th*
AAM campus on October 26. In
order to take the test, registra
tion cards must be filled our firet.
The cards may be obtained in the
office of Georg* E. Potter, pra-
medical advisor, room 13, Science
building. This must be completed
before noon on September 25.
*
By Kenneth Bond
"The first impression and a very
lasting one concerning the AAM
College la the general willingness
and the serious thinking of th*
students," says Rev. James F.
Fowler, minister of th* Church of
Chriet at College Station.
Rev. fowler, who resides In th*
parsonage adjacent to th* church,
located at tn* corner of Church
St. and North Main, has been a
resident of College Station for tho
past year Prior to hie cemlng hero,
he spent two and one-half yetra
ot the Control Church of (hriat
In Temple and two year* at th*
Nhomrnck Shores chureh of Chrlat
In Dallas.
Rev Fowler, on* of five «hll-
(Iren, waa bom In Thoru<> Springs,
Tomb, In 1911. Hi* father haa
n a Minister of the Chureh of
Chriot for the paet forty yeors,
but at oreoent la working on a
il-retired baala. Bov. Fowler
iduatod from Breckenridge High
tool In San Antonio, In 1987 and
attended Abilene Chriatlan Collage.
He majored In K bit- and education
and received hia Bachelor of
Selene* Degree in 1942. Transfer
ring to 8.11.U.. Rev. Fowler ma
jored In education and psychology
ond received hia master’s degree in
1948.
Upon graduation ha married th*
former Miss Lottie Netterrille of
Nashville, Term., who also received
a Bachelor of Science Degree at
Abilene Christian College that
year. She majored in home eco
nomics They have two children,
James Jr., four years old, and
Lois, two. Althoagh the children
do not know It yet, their parents
have high hope* of their follow
ing th* traditional line of church-
work.
hia favorite hobby by placing them
on rollera so that he can move them
abaut. As he is quit* interested in
woodwork, he has designed and
built all the furniture in his chil-
dren'a room, as well as some of I
th* furniture In th* rest of hia|
There U a continual strugglo to homo. Ho also built som* of th* |
seo whether Rev. FowUr’s car or j furniture used in the church U-
hia woodworking tqola occupy
garage. He haa aolvtd part of
houaing problem for tn* I
the
mfm
tools of
brary located upstair* in the rear!
of the ehunh
He (a fond of badminton and!
plays II often. Although he say*
that ha lan't a champion by any
mtana, ha apent considerable time
playing with the bodmlitton olub
on the atmpue I net year
Tha Chureh of Chriat will have 1
two visiting minister* •luting the
S ng «fMN year Dr. 0. C
rer frem Memphis, Tann.. will
ere during Religious Imphai
Week and Evangelist Trine Siam
from Kentuahy, will eonduct a I
Revival during th* early part of|
\ OVFItt
Regular Sunday and Wednaaday
night eervicea will be conducted
at th* Annex for tho boneflt
froth men.
by R.
In the
The servicee,
L Nolan, will bal
Chemistry Lecture
REV. JAMBS P. FOWLER
Charch of Chriat Paster
"AAM la a great Institution,’'
aaya Rev. Fowler, “with students
going about in many way* pre
paring to become th* men of to
morrow. We hare receivod good
cooperation from the facutly and
I aoyuciatty from W. L. Penberthy,
the new Doan of Men, and I am
ran it will continue.”
Gj
TUBERCULOSIS
ASSOCIATION*
Tulirreuloei*:
The oarHer found
the sooner rured
Tuberculosis roused the
death of 17 persons In
Braro» County botween
January 1, 1941 and
Daaembor 11 1948. Our
Hoalth Unit record*
show that in those
same year* 6 time* aa
many persona wore
sick with tuberculosis
as died from th* die-
mmt
»am *»m» testa!