■MB
rs
IN BRIEF
BBT RANH MAR WRBT
UJNDGN, Sept ft (AP)-Mm
JS*, 1 ■ *»'' fr ®» th*
JniUh Alrw»v M but only
““ «!» .hrup.
An offlrUI of th» HrUUh Rroo.l
WMinir Urp,, H |4 m, Aww-knn
B(4ro*a WM IfeldNI ttff • MiMtoH
{JifjmNHUNi iHi« RrtiUh Uom.
H4 IimM (Hal NBC
■Ban (MQMMnU tn tlullum,
iAVA VOiTAMO KBItITH
iAW ,A ' 4AVA * ••P*- *•-
. 0w,#h ' Wm ‘ j * v * <i
nlfhlM volrano, oniptori with a
r «f Saturday. A fAitch .tffirui
nald aaalton lava waa pour Inf down
tHa eraary aldaa of tht »,7()o
U'
young dkmm to hear
! nm
AUSTIN, TEX., 8«pt. 2#-(AP)
—wr. Baauford H. Jeatar plana to
addrvaa the youna Democrat* in
otate Convention at Lonaview he
hai announced.
YUCOS RELEASE YANKS
BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA,
Sept, ft—(AP)—Three U. S. acid-
*ni a ire* ted at the Trieete fron-
Monday were releaaed laat
rjHmy according to information
fonaidered reliable.
T8UN GETS LAW CO-ED
AUSTIN, TEX.. Sept ft^(AP)
—The Law School of Texa* Sute
Univeraity for Negroea now haa
!** f* r *t co-ed atudent. She waa
Mra. Fannie Uaaery Brown, S4.
Th# achool now haa three student*
and five profeaaora.
J- L
Volume 47
PUBUSBED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER AJtM COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (AftlsUnd), TEXA*, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1947
Number 35
Five cadet aeniora pledge fall cooperation.
around*table* Hea^TStii,*1^7^11! ’G^bM iTcbJur'l^"t' io L * rr m r# * Mi U r, * M
Bra,. I'realdent of the Hoard; '*• <>lie f e; G. H. White.
'■ ^ ■ <Tk~ »•
TV A # ri ’ —-T.tRtpr,,,).' C^STSSSX,.rTTVSTSSIr^lL.TJSIa :
Five Aggie Seniors Pledge Full Cooperation
wincjell T() TOl R BU88IA
NfWYORE, Sept, ft—(AP)—
Walter Winchell, atUcked by Sov.
^ M ip inter An-
ar#^ Vlahinaky aa a “jaunty chat-
w ho la famoua for hia
utterly abaurd liea. b declared he
would be glad to accept Viahinaky’a
invitation to tour Ruaaia.
TArPTOPUSHCONGEMM *
PORTUND. ORE,, Sjpt ft-
|AP)—A powerful campaign to
force early action by Congreaa on
ao-called "aoclar' Itgialatlon la
mnpM by Senator Taft (R-Ohio)
aa an apparently InUfral part 0 f
hia expected bid for the 194H Re
publican prraidential nomination.
SKEPTICS ABOUtTaLEBTINK
LONDON, 8 *p t 2i>- (AP)w
Aruba, Jew* a»d aome Briton*
greeted with akaptlciam Colonial
Bamtary Arthur Creech Jones'
■totaMt hederr <he UniUad Na-
tfcma yesterday that Britain waa
willing to furrander her Pale*tina
mandate and ready to withdraw
her troop* from the Holy Land.
GOSPEL TO THEATRES?
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Sept, ft
-MAP)—A Texas Methodist. Rev.
Paul Quillian of Houaton, advo
cate* use of newspapers, radio,
theater and movies to bring the
Christian gospel to those who do
not go to church.
“The masse* of the unchurched
are not going to be reached by
service* conducted in church build-
iutu*" Dr. Quillian told fellow de-
w*****", to the lint postwar world
Methodist Conference.
I
HUKHALHAP8 SEIZE MAYOR
MANILA, Sept. 29 (AP)-The
Philippine Military Police Com-
mand reported today that Huk-
balahap raider* seised the mayor
and vice mayor of Majayjay 'in
laguna Province after a fight in
which the dissident peasant leader
was slain.
?T, W n “ * h " l»(„, tw Hoard of IN*,.
- “ -* apJSLTrStSr ?: SoS
WTAU Workshop
Offers Thesp ians
Experience on Air
WTAW Worshop—a radio dra
matic group composed of students
and other local people—will pre-
*ent a series of classical dramas
over the college radio atation this
Fall.
"ally Pierre, assistant manager
of WTAW, and Richard Gottlieb,
chief announcer, are holding the
first meeting of the group Th
Proceed on Plans to Erect
One Building at Each School
Bond Covering US Property in Use at A & M Increased
1 o $1 Milliom Junction CitizenH Say ‘All In Ready’
By Charlie Murray
Five A4M seniors appearing be-
fore the collt^e Board of Direct
ors Friday afternoon in San An-
tonio pledged the wholehearted
dav : I *‘iPP ort of the Senior Claaa to the
I* o/a? Jl? 0, O** 0 ** 1, *• udmlniatration for 1947-4H
’ mSL t]00r 0t the Ad ' C * d0i C *P u » n Flmo C. Llying-
nmistration Building. , .ton, president of the Senior Clas*
h very one is eligiklr for try-outs ,lctwl »pokesman for the group
in this dub. Since the programs, »trodo«in| each of the other four
sponsored under the a us
WT‘
I TAW, will be presented in the
interest of public service, anyone
from the rollege, College SUtion,
Bryan, or vicinity ia eligible for
auditions. Through try-outs, the
applicants will be narrowed down
Antenlo.
Applications Still Accepted For
PositionsInStudenl Government
g i
■tudent* Livingston told the dir
ector* that the Senior Haas had
voted unanimously to send ihem
U> appear for the betterment of A.
* M. He declared that thla year’s
Senior Class is “more together,
more settled, and more determined
H tW *". ty . or tw * nt y-f«v* mem- to AAM the school It ought
hSlity.
basis of their
Deadline Set for 5 p.nu Tuesday;
13 Now Fileti in Student Life Ran-
Turkey School
Planned By
om m ^i!i ngS 4 for the va ,7 w U8 in the new student
a 8t,ll ^ e,n K accepted, according to the Stu- n i ^ ^
dent Activities office. Deadline for filing is 5 u m Tuesdav ■ flllltrv
Studem Activities Of^'in R^IS: ^P L
* ,,r8 ^ thf ‘“*i n M sss
gcoi. numuer or CiMUesunts. FYling for this iwsltion are 1 to attend a two-day turkey grad
-T
CRASHES
* Sept, ft
BERGSTROM PI.ANC
CHESAPFAXE. (T
I AP)—Fourteen peitsons aboard
ag Army C-41 froai Bergstrom
Field escaped injury yesterday in
an emorgency landing at the Hunt-
uiftoii Airport when the craft
plowed into five private planes
parked on the field.
LETS TAKE TURKEY
pittsbvrqh. sept. »-
Tarkey, regal adornmeat of
• holiday tabls, waa advert
one downtown market hers
cents a pound .
Lowly “hot dogs" in the saiM
store cost 62 cents a pound.
POLIO HITS GERMANS
BERLIN, Sept, ft—(APt-Thc
toll of a prolonged infantile pan-
lyala epidemic haa mounted in Ber
lin to U67 cases and 109 deaths
NTSC ADDS TEACHERS
DENTON, TKX., Sept. »-(AP)
—Aa effort to meet the needs of
its largest enrollment in history,
4484 students, North Texas State
Collage has added 60 new teach
eta to the faculty for the fall.
President W. J. McConnell h« an
nounced.
t •'-?
' NEW JET BOMBER—YIMS
LOS ANGELES, Sept, ft (AP)
Northrop Aircraft’s jet bomber,
i the Tailless YB—49, comes out of
its hangar today with all eight
engines roaring. The big flying
wing will not fly today, hut will
l be exhibited.
NEW DaTlmAIRMAN
WASHINGTON, Sept 2»-(AP)
—Robert E. Raanigan will resign
Oct. ft as chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee and be
i sucaaedad by Senator James How
ard McGrath of Rhode Island.
Hannegan announced today ha
is reaigpmg because of health and
that PriaUsnt Truman “Indicated
hia aegreval” of MeOreth
Traffic Accident
Claims Life Of
Houston Aggie
bent, selected on
rmdio-dramatica!
The club will present only bet
ter scripts available. Included in
the present list are such dramas
as: "Tartuffe" by Moliere, “Pil
lars of Society” by Ibsen, "She
Stoop* to Conquer” by Goldsmith
and “The Alchemist" by Jonson.
People who do not desire to act
may serve as producers and direc
tors, or may select music to be
used.
There will he no dues or fees.
All the facilities of the station
*ill he at the disposal of the club
for rehearsal and “On the Air"
time. Tentative time for present
ing the plays on the radio has been
set at Friday afternoons from
4:.10 to 6 p.m. Until the club is
Jerry Murphy, 19, Sophonwrc
student from Houaton, dit-d at one
o’clock Friday afternoon m the col
lege hospital. Hi* death resulted
frum injuries re<-*ived when the
motorcycle on which he wa* rid
ing crashed into the concrete rurb-
♦ Farris Block, Arthur E. Brunson ! * n 8 school September .’lO-October 1 . ...
William F Bumps-. Walton Hard- L on the college eampu* Pi^^H
V**' J I ^’ , w ^ Uixxl. The school, sponsored by the GoSLh wiil and
John Huddleston. Jack W. MoOre. allege ,>oultry department in Z W,n * Ct ,,,reftor -
John J. Parmelee, John T. Poole, operation with the U. S. Depart
Jerry Sutherland, Will H. Than- ™»’ n ‘ of Agriculture, will be held Four H ill
primarily to train official turkey CHUUCIHB Y\ III
w.. V '*'' Rotary (,o<kI
Neighbor Program
school, said the first half day of I ^
the short course would be of par- Four Latin-Amcricaii students
ticular interest to Brazos county have been invited to b* guest* of
breeder* and producers The first th e Liberty Rotary Club at a Ro-
illary) n
going to do Usually they tell us ! search was amended to include
wba* to do." “inatruction*
I i me,a ber* of the board each Grant*-in-aid 4rk■><><*
18 P r *l , * n lt the fiv* aenior . ... . . *
studenta for their plodgs of work- , } 1 * ,,dlllon ,“*• board acknow-
ing together for a greater ARM ,, * T * i nU *i n *«W from Proctor
Degn pf Men W. L. IVnherthy! L»n»ble Company for 9L0U0
who was preaent at the open meet- u . V nit * d Hutrt R«bH<
ing. said. “I believe wM’ve got H, ‘* llh H V Vk * for • l *6SR for ex-
better days ahead.” , P^nmental research to be carried
Bhlldhlg Anendmmt Ouestion ° U ! Vrv ‘
Since tho College ^ Building f‘ fU . *** wcepted, in-
Amendment of August 2.7 ia now elu ‘ ,in * th * following:
in question Presiilent’ Gibb Gil- l 1 - 000 ^ r om E. M. “Ted” Donley
chrbd niggestid that “we proceed for th c Dallas New* Opportunity
to prepare ope building at each of Award. The winner of this awkn)
the four colleges.” '■ Billy O’Nolll Hoskins of Irving,
Ip thla raapect he proposed that Toxaa, 1947 honor graduate of
P{M* b* drawn up for a Sciem*-1 No,tl, Dallas High School. He la
Building at ARM and at North •* ro l | * d buainesa and account-
to thc^^'Build&tf JoSlt^fc-«* <• Vmt B’rrth Hillei'
Tarleton Agricultural Callage, Foundation s Scholarships. These
Whifch Would also house the depart- * w *rd* ,hy the Refugee Student
ment of agriculture; and the Art*, i ^,the Chicago Hjllel Foun-
jndustrias Building at Prairie ‘‘•tlons were given to George Ken-
V'cW ARM. lifter plana for the ,,dl Budapest, Hungary and
new AdtninUtration Building there Sabat of Sofia, Bulgaria,
arc alrradg'diMkrway., 110,000 ( 2K0'per ywr) on the
^ ^ ^ Garlttton Adam*. A AM system F’ornelia Cooke Smith bequest, ea-
prove the conduct of the students ’’ that under preaent ^blishing a Memorial Award En-
He in turn thanked the Athletic *n d high prices AAM d owi»*nt.
Department for the cooperation I WO * , ' 1 i . • nl >' tJ.000,000 from John C. Van Valken-
worth frqin the 15,000,000 in the! o1 Dallaa, for pr«e* in com
Building .Amendment. i •««*»♦ u. 1 —-*— L * '
Adams advocated a “feel-out
program",' whereby ope building
could be built at each of the four
school*. He suggested that “we
should be conscious of the mon
ey we spend. We should not be
to J?.- • houW b* the beat!”
Bill Brawn, eotonri of the corps,
who spoke after Livingston, stated
that the corps behind the com
mandant. “\¥e have settled down
and started to study, and we real-
i*e that the Corpa is on trial.”
Third student representative to
speak before the directors was Asa
Holleman. head yell leader, who
said that “we are trying to •**
heiser, and Sam S Williams. F\»ur
members for the committee will be
elected from this group.
Ri R*f f* the single poeition on
the Athletic Council are Clifton
Ackerman. Leslie L. Palmer. Ru
'iolph Schodde, and Tommy Tighe.
j The 34 poaitiona as Student Life
representative are as yet not all
filed for. Contestants thus far are
'5{ ert * ^ Butler and Virgil Shaw,
ing of the traffic rirrie on SuFp'hur fT m Li ^it^r. dorm 6;
Spring* Road John T. Miller, dorm 6; Nat R.
Murphy, the son of P W. Mur , r *?^' <,orni *; William
phey, 1124 Aicrifgg St.. Houston. i" W ®l_ Henr y A. Pate,
a * ‘lorm 10; Dav- Bruce, dorm 14;
Silver Tape for Murphy •ill Marvin Kiser*. Walton Hall;
hr held t4>night. ' Laron, Law Hall;
Chariot E. Kirkham, and Arthur
session will be held in the campus tar y Ann (ladies auxiliary) meet
" * '* ~ ‘ Luia
waa a Prs-vet student and a mem- * Matuks. Pu
her of “B” Troop Cavalry. He and Westbrook
soother member of "B” Troop, J.
F. Kasper, were riding the motor
cycle to Bryan and failed to make
th* turn at th* traffie cirri*. Th*
accident occurred at 9:S0 Thurs
day night Thr two yougg men
w*r* rushed to the colleg* hospi
tal shortly after
H.
■Tw Hall: Tom
" r i r#n
Wilson H. Beardtely, Trailer Vil-
ftorwa In which no on* has filed
xrf t 6. 6. 7, 11, 12, II, 16, 17,
H ® rt . »od Biz-
■ell. Also V*t Village No 1. Proj
ect House*. College Vl*w Village,
and day students of Bryan and
YMCA chapel. The remainder of
the school i* scheduled in th* Ani
mal Industries Building.
Inatrurtors and speakers on the
short course program include J. A.
Bybee, C. M. Evans and John A.
Hamman, all of the U. 8. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Firm* whoa*
turkey grader* qualify at the
school are entitled to buy and sell
bird* on USDA grade
mg next Tueaday Pedfo Luia Mu
n°6 of Mexico City; Alberto Van
Arken, Buenos Aires; Michael Wi|.
Iiama from Monterrey; and En
rique Holgin, Ciudad Juarez were
chosen to make the trjp.
Arrangements for the visit were
made by J. J. Woolket. head of
the department of modern Ian-
In
— cooperation
extended everyone on the campus
Cadet Captain Louie M. Hardy
Stamford, spoke next on behalf of >
individual units. Commander of
Battery D, Artillery, he stated
that students are running the out-!
fit* to bring order to the sduad
and working for another blue star. I
Hardy declared that Aggie* were ^ a * D** whole prob-
trying to better the corps and in- e,, '
sure the degree of continuance of
the corps.
F ifth student representative was
Jimmie Nelson. Battalion co-editor.
Nelson said be preferred to look on
the brighter side of life, trying to
work with the school ami officials
When each of the five student
delegates had spoken. John New
ton, Beaumont member of the
Board of Directors stated. 'This
Obtaining AAA Building
Presiilent Gilchnut also propos
ed AAM take over the former
l R'RMmib The large, white L
building on the northwest corner
of the campus was built by the
Department of Agriculture in 1942, UB «.
agreeing to pay the college 125,000 ing from $.582
■ year for five years, and 118,600 dollars,
a year for twenty year*.
He stated that the contract be
tween the college and the Depart-
• „ . „ 7. . * •••" t vwicgr mom me i>epari
is an excellent omen. He also ex- Went of Agriculture could be ter
Dr. J. H.
the college
;unges. In cooperation with the
„ . . , | -lotory Club’s Good Neighbor pro-
Quisenberry, hi»d of gram. The Rotarians will furnlah
K
ed but will remain in the Infirmary
several days longer for observa
tion.
Vegetable (harden
Space Available
Space for vegetable gardens will
again be made available to veteran
sttnlents this fall, according to F.
R. Bnaon. professor in the Horti
culture department
Plots for students living near
the College View apartments will
be located in that area. Another
will be near the Agricultural!
headquarter* for those not
the College View area
Plots assigned for the fall and
wiatar gardens may be retained
for garden* next spring.
Further information may be ob
tained by calling at the Horticul-
*?» toV'rtnxm, room 907. Agri-
bhUding boforo IMakse 4.
be loc
•lot w
rz
«i by any applicants
The election will take place Oc
tober 2. BalloU will be provided
by the Student Activities Office
and will be distributed to all dorm
studanto by thrir respective house-
masters. In the corps dorm* the
«<Mt officer (highest rank)
will be responsible for distributing
the balloU.
Students living in Bryan or Col
lege Station, will vote on balloU
printed in The Battalion Ballou
will be brought or mailed to the
Student Activities Office on or be
fore 8 a-m., Friday. October 3.
Accounting Meet
The Accounting Society will
m< * t Tuesday night immediately
following yfl practice in build
mgK, room 23.
TK* society plans to reorganise
•ad elect new officer*. Member
ship is open to all accounting ma-
jorswith at least sophomore
.,11 b, .i«,-uJ7 k t. Ub.rtt hTZ
Will be smong the short course in. men and hrtn> tk.» l V. . T ■PP«»»wrt
poul
(•^ TuIkNY on
pressed his appreciation to the five
studenU who voluntarily appeared
Friday.
“I am particularly impressed
with your seriousness and deter
mination to do something fer the
college,” Tyree L Bell of Dallas
stated.
G. R White, Brady, chairman of
tbe boatd, said, “I was appointed
to the board before you fellows
were born. This Is quite a differ-
*nt spirit from that shown by
ta! ^ sj !i?£r "*"■ “ Co1 -
. >f* the next day. ^ that ever told us what they are
Aggie-Tech Game Quite Colorful, ■
Even to Most Saturated Watchers
The new Aggie uniforms and the
flashy gridiron work of some half-
dosen Farmer players weren’t the
only examples of color at the Tech
game in San Antonio Saturday
night. The crowd of over 20,000
provided its share of interesting
sidelighU, some colorful, some "off
colloF’ but all typical of what hap-
pens—people, alcohol and football of
form a happy union. rasaed
One thoroughly saturated citi-
»en of uaknowa origin (Tech root
ers certified he was obviously of
Wert Texas extraction), created
quite a disturbance through meet
of the opening quarter when he
proclaimed to one and all that right confuting
,n nJ! h i?f coa ‘ dn ’ t * womew
the Aggie* ” Fro been following
AAM football teams since Urn days
of Joel Hunt and I’ve never seen
’em ia white. Obvioasly." ha ee*
tinned, I'm in the wrong place.”
Say buddy, can you tall horn to
get to th* Stadium where the Ag-
gies are playing?”
No amount of pogsuasion. vocal
or aftoralas, could convince the
“spirited” faa, that h* WAS seeing
> he Aggies. Hr finally wandered
off, muttering to hiasaelf, in quest
already well-
rs fuel to hia already
J anatomy. 1 •
The reaction* of Various fans to
the plane which flew low over the
rtadium and had the huge letters
Texas’’ written aero*# the bot-
tda* surface of it* wings, won
in some cases, down-
m" meant Texas AAM and that
sht thought it was quite unfriend
ly to send planet around over
football teams advertising state-
supported eollagw. The Aggie fan
wjs convinced the “Texas* meant
Texaa Tech”, and ahe likewise ex
pressed her indignation an the sub-
jort. The argument was hrouirht to
a sudden end when a third party
intervened and explained that the
•Texas” meant not AAM or Tech,
but, quite simply, “Texas”. The
tw« women returned their friend
•hip at that point, said fri
prevailing undtr a slightly
Utestsphu i for the
of the game.
Tho Aggie student
caught the implications of the aer-
ial “flort-our right away
ial “float
promptly
(Bee
_g*v* “h
COLOR on
rtinaerd at any lime.
Kyle Field Beatiag
The oo*rd unanimously approv
ed the appropriation of $133,000
tor improvements on Kyle Field.
These improvements would includ
additional offices, dressing roomi
anil training rooma under the
ilium, a new electric sCnrcboa.^,
and the addition of 6,000 tempof-
*jy for the Thankagivii
sy game.
I The electric scoreboard has
■0ta|)#4 ind Bhould U*
ha* beqn
in opef.
ation for the Baylor game on Ot-
tober 25.
The Former StudenU Assort*,
tion plans to undertake a program
to increase the Mating capacity
for Kyle Field. Under the proposed
•ft-up, each subscriber will pay
050 a seat, which will entitle him
to that Seat for a certain number
wf yaaraJ’
J.^*** 1 *" * minimum
of 3,000 seats on the Foraior Stu
denU in order, to get a reasonable
cost.
New (4art Okayed
organisational chart of
* w ®^ c * 1 P rov ides for executive
officers in charge of each branch
college waa unanimously passed.
The following appropriation*
w«» approved for AAM branch
colleges:
■ W.Ooo for Prairie View for addi-
tMH jBMUalqr .daaks and pur-
due* of aurplua equipment;
JUNK) for NT AC for additional
classrooms to accomodate the in-
creased enrollment;
116,966 for NT AC to convert
temporary building into aemi-per-
maaent building.
The chief executive's title at
FriRHa Ylmr was changed from
principal to -dean".^T
An cafiter appropriation of »45.-
“"O u •net greenheusee fer re-
i • .i. , I i L
petition on landscape design prob
lems among senior students in the
Mjartmafli |
$24,000 from Clarence L Korth
bequest, known as “Ruby Korth
Trust.” This money will be invert
ed in governnjent bonds a* a per
manent memoriul endowment, ami
the income will be used to help
Texas h(»ys attend, college.
ROTC Road --ri |<
Th< board au(>oitized President
Gilchrist to inc
the college co
property in use
ft
This increase
cause the govern
plying AAM wit
military equipm.
Meloy Jr., comm
mates the value
bond of
Army 'j
train- |
million
•v
nr
now au
its la.
Colonel G.
. now Mt
lipment
in use at AAM at more than two
million dollars, over •ninety percent
of which haa been furnished since
(Ree BOARD on Page 4)
TUBERCULOSIS
ASSOCIATION*
Tubrrcultm*:
The earlier found
the eoouer cured
Tuberculosis is caused
by an organism (germ)
which when seen un-
dor th# microscope
looks lik* a tiny rod.
The shape of toe tu
berculosis org a n i s m
was used by G. H.
Brock whan he mad*
the design of the bor
der and headini of this
•pace. This design has
been officially appro?-
•d by the National Tu
berculosis Association.