The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 20, 1947, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 20, 1947, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextI fiilBfrT A (TORS PROTEST WASHINGTON, Oct 20 rr»! Wme CAP) PUBLISHED iN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A AM COLLEGE Volume 47 Attorney* for 19 Hollywood actors, writers and producers announced yesterday they will ask the House un-American activities committee to squish subpoenaes afainat their clients when the committee opens | its movie investiyation today. - DeGAUlLB LEADS -PARIS, Oct. 20 IAP)—Geaersl Charles De Gaulle's anti-Consmu- nirt. rally of the French people (R. P. F.) **>k an early lead Sunday nifht in returns from municipal elections held throughout France. • A PETRILLO SPEAKS CHICAGO, Oct 20 -(AP)- James C, Petrillo, president of the I AFL American Federation dL-Mu- A petroleum research program of major • t£k» r ‘.' Pf^ponloM. particukrly in the f.eld of mc- unanimously” to stop makin« U. ond »7 recovery, wa* proposed Saturday by eordinfs am) transcnptions • ..nci President Gibb Gilchrist. The proposal calls lot for immediate joint action by A&M College COLLEGE STATION (Agfieland),TEXAS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1947 Number 49 A-M-UT Petroleum Research Program Urged by Gilchrist » I * 4 * ^ P** 1 Proposal Suggests That State Grant Fifty Graduate ■Fellowships to 2 Schools; With Railroad Commission By PARRIS BLOCK COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS URiypn ATHENS, Oct *0 (AP)-Gmk police seised all Cummunist news papers and periodicals Saturday. Police occupied the offices of the Communist party newspaper Rim and Texas University, together with the Texas Railroad Commission to put the idea in motion. ’47 Longhorns Arrive; Line Forms At Goodwin Tomorrow Morning Fluorescence inraveU Role I Of Sunlight, Noyes States Cd Coalition Earn (National Liber ation Kront), v WAU.ACRTAliTS PKACR J(KW YOW Oet. 20 — (Af) Henry A, Wsltie# layi dun tf the iqweent "iNiienlial war" pallejee of the Dfmorretie and Republlcen re will •tend ring the Die of sun* (Id in C rttee are eonUnued "ther a third party that wi]f far iwate ta the Uti .1 party with Wh utmoet." leh PH HROP IN ItftKt) CARl PRM RP DETROIT, Oet. wfLuri-; Daaler rstwru and indepeMaBtl Hirveya of the used car market In dlrste i pHce ’•softening" whlc-h raeulu both iiAm # natural sea aanal decline and a rtee In buyer resistance. OILMEN OBJECT . SAN ANTONIO. Oet. 90 -<AP) Oilmen attending the Texas mid continent oil and gaa asscx istiwn • 2hth annual conventkm here ad'u ed a rewrtution denouncing the Su- ■ preme Court's decision on the Cali- femu tidelands eaee. , 1 i ;- K ■ • I t NO THOUGHT OF WAR \ WARSAW, Oet 2« -(API- Eight labor members of thy Brit inh Parliament say Prv Watin AoM tllig him in Rueaia recently that wished to resolve political and eco nomic Isaues with the United States and Britain and impressed them as having po thought of war.. . i* .. PRINCE DIES BANGKOK. SIAM. Oct tr(AP) —Prince Singha, 42nd ton of the late King Chulalongkorn mad unde of the present Siamese King PRumpiphon Aduiet, ..died here kUaraay. Chulalongkorn had 180 wives. 24 recognised families, and more than 800 children. „ - FRENCH STRIKE* CONTINUES I PARIS, Oct. tO —(AP) —fans’] subway and bus workers voted Sat unlay bn the eve of French muni cipal elections, to continue their | ■trike, which the government has charged was politically motivated With the strike In its sixth day a Communist union leader assailed] ■ the American government artionary" and charged that th« United States was attsmatlng to] dictate to Soclafat Premier Paul] Hamadlrr j KRUG TO Visir IN TRXAB WASHINGTON, Oet N —(AP) ••Vtiterlor Department "tup Urass will vruvttBle toward th«, MMh< west and west (or the reel nf thk * SMNmv Serretsty of the HtlirWf Krwr •aid, thDrufS nie press offteap, h ±OTUb»v0s r Myaturiua of photochemiBtpy, embitcln; light in promoting plant growth And providing food for man, are boinc unravtlad by tha atudy of fluoraacenot, Dr, W. Albert Noyux, Jr., prealdant of tha Amarican Chamleal So* ciaty, told a maatlng of tha A. A M. Ractlon Thumidy Night. Hunllght profMan tha anargy nacaaaary for planta to manufaeture •ugar frwm water and^ iSSfc-—I thf mahwule ta ehemteal ittaeh hy nihei moteeules, he saiil, For molecules containing several alums, preetue sc lent I De knowledge of this meehanism la In most rases aeanty. Dr, Navaa declared, "but the data available to Indicate the typee of molecules which may have long . lived activated statea. and those which may be expected to re- act In certain waya photochemical- toe A study of the effects of pres sure on the intensity of Duores- eaore stay reveal much about the phenomena of the disasaociation of atoms and the way In which mole cules containing many atoms dis tribute their internal energy, ac- cordirgto Dr. Noyes. Dr. William M. Potts, chairman el the A. A M. section, presided at the meeting. Ti the carbon dioxide In (he air hy the prueeee known as phntoeynthe •la, which la a typical photoehemi cal raartlaii The auger Is later converted to cMrvh, cellulose, and other maierlale which mnetHute plant tieaue. Keveral ether photochemical pro waosa have found industrial ap dtcations, notably In the preparp tlon of vital chemlcali from petro leum and chlorine gas. Fluorescence is the glow that I* given off hy some substances when they arc excited by energy In the form of heat, eiectririty, or vteible tr invisible light. Dr. Noyce ex plained, pointing cut that such uibetances am need to coat the aside surfaces af tha teng bulbs employed la asodem fhioiWacent ighting and %ro also eeaar.tiel to tha reproduction of Images on tale- fMm n a molecule, the back unit that is manifested as boat mergy, chemical anergy, or fluor wcencc, according to Dr. Noyes, jrho is chairman of the depurtmont rf chemistry ia the University of Rochester. This energy may weaken TH ronda uniting the atoms that con (tRutc the molecule, thus exposing Cooking? SCIENCES FAC- «., Tuesday, Phy- Such a program baa been urged in recent speeches before important oil groups by Chairman E. 0. Thompson and Commissioner William J. Murray, Jr„ of the Railroad Com mission. r j T . Last Thursday before the Texas Mid- Continent Oil and Gas Association, Thomp son proposed that the state undertake a re- -+search program and grant fif< graduate fellowships to A. < Ollege and Taxaa University. Earlier in the week, Murray had outlined a similar suggestion be fore the Gulf Coast Section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgieal Engineers. Murray C lnted out that as much oil Is ing left In the ground aa Is being taken out by present recovery method*, and that the stale should i appropriate the money to retry on research In secondary recovery, When President Gilchrist made I his proposal, he slatmli "Such a puasildluy has already been discussed Informally by our Hoard of Directors and with mein I here of the M«>ard of Regents of ] the University, meeting with hear- tv aupiwvsl In nil raaee," M Wo believe that ijtree great ] state agenrlee, the Commleelon, the University and A. A M. CoBBgt. working together on such a pro ject, could accomnllah much for the atate In this field," he adddi. Resources of the state's two largest schools could be pooled un der the direction of a committee composed of the heads of the pe troleum engineering departments of the University and A. A M. with one other man from the faculty of each of these deportments and with a member of the Railroad Commiasion, to be appointed by the Commiasion chairman, as the fifth member, Gilchrist suggested. a group,” he pointed out, tha research problems m wdR as the min power and equipment of the two schools, assigning to each school those studies for whkh it is best equip ped. Duplication and waste of fort could the benefit In order s maior undertaking if the next Legislature sees fit to finance the type of nrogrsm now being recom mended by Commission members, the committee could be set -up im mediately and the two schools ‘Best Book Since Forever Amber’ States Reviewer By MACK T. NOLEN No book in recent years, except perhaps “Forever Ant her", has caused as much comment as the 1947 Longhorn. That much sought after volume, km# delayed by the printers to sharpen the subscriber’s appetite, has arrived! Harry Saunders, last year’s Longhorn editor, fainted "■ 1 ! n T i " , ♦ daad. away when the bank mea- p . I , eUngcrs presented him with the Social Lhairmen I To Select Dates For 'IH Calendar Joins Information M 1 Department Staff MISS NANCY Dl'kir^ "taiy Acres, Waco, win repress Baylor at U* Aggie Rodeo October 94-U. MUM DLR1E, a junior at Bay tor, la a WiWsbsr of Delta Alpha PI aad the Waco 1 xagBatw (Saddle) Cob aad preoMeat af the Baytor-Waco Chib. me has participated ta Use Bear Chib, Port Worth Stock Show, and Waco Laaghom dub rodeo*, also having appeared la Stamford, OatmvUIr. Bishop CWmcats, Texas newspa perman, has joined the staff of the deportment of information and will have charge of the information of fice. Clements leaves the Beaumont L Journal, of whkh he has been exec- could allocate necessary funds for utive news editor. Previously he; the first two yean of work, he >ie, - Weary Aggie Fans Return From HwS,: ‘Lost Week-End’ in Cowtown 7:80 p-m. Academic. m., ititM (he metal mtnina tt wnl ton al 11 Pe*i, Tetaa. 0ft ami will Inspert tha HI Plan re r lama Use project T T a. m. i, Obadwtn I, 7i|0 a, m RXEMrr LA GRANGE (API Dr Row land. Ohio, one Wading experts * ntotimatic frv riRR Oft. N « Own of thf sounlry'' In thf field * ever and Its effects oi iraai that Dr. Lloyd Roes, charged wlti ■» roadside staying of foar pooplt was suffering with the disease th* day of the tragedy. ‘ RAYBURN NOT INTERESTED laUNGVIEW, TEX., Oct » -1 (AP>—Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-Tex)| told the Texas yoOng Democrat.' laturday that he was "in no re molest sense" a candidate for tiu nomination for vke-proeident*' on] the Democratic ticket ia 1948 BABY SITTING TECHNIQUE CRANGED » i NORMAN, OKLA., Oct » - (AP)—The University of 4)kUho ■ta, whkh pioneered a mesa hah- sitting experiment two changed its technique the r — its for the Kanfas-Oklahoma gasM. Tha original baby sittin| vontur was voted along with Id# axpena money by the student senate • student parents could toe km games. Saturday, with $100 mm% th school arranged for tndn idual bab titters to de the wort Student senator FerriJ who proposed the origi then pet stuck mai scheme, now hopes he ARTS AND 'LTY, T M p. tics Lec'.ure R AUSTIN CLUB, doadey, Room 108, | (Originally October 8S.) ASTRONOMY CLUB, 7 90 p VlonHay, Room 108, Phyeks. AGRONOMY SOCIETY, >I:ia t. m., Wednesday, AI Lecture Room. AIEE meets Tueedey, 7:10 p.m„ ?.E. Lecture Room. AGGIE RODEO, October 1441 AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER- NO SOCIETY, 7:80 p. n„ Tuee- ay. Agricultural Engineering Lee- *AMnrW1Y99 CIECLB. fil damiay. heme of Ufa, J M IngUa, •* ana Jackeen Street, Cetiege *lATTALION STAFF Vmlnexlay, Rmtm 801 Et'ONOMK'S p fueettay, Ream 807. AeadamW ENGI.TSH STAF^, Annex Eng lah Staff In entertain eatnpus Eng lah faculty, 7tl0 p. m„ Thursday, tnnex Student Cantor. ENGINEERS COUNCIL, 7:00 p w„ Menday, Petroleum Engineer ng Library. PISH AND GAME CLUB, 7:18 *. m„ Monday, Room 111, Al Bldg tarbeeue plan*. KREAM AND ROW KLUB,7:M t. m.. Tuesday, Cremery Lecture teem. Dr. J. H. Quleenherry to *HEART OF THE HILLS CLUB ':80 p. m„ Wednesday. Room 221, Vcademk. INTERNATIONAL RELA- ’IONS CLUB 7 p. m., Monday, loom 187, Academic. Subject: What Shall We Do About Patoa- *)ne?" ! - H PREMED-PREDENTAL SOCIE- *T, 7:80 p.m., Tuesday, Science ecture Room. Election of officers. RURAL SOCIOLOGY CLUB. *:80 p. m., Tueedey, Room 808, 'Jfkultural Building. SOCIAL CHAIRMAN, 7 p. m . tooday, Room 208, Goodwm. SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE NG1NEERS, 7:80 p. m.. Tueaday (E Lecture R'-om. Film "Som. King to Shoot For", on Cleveland Mr Raeto- =«- -r A850C, 8:00 p.m., Wednes V. Oct R, Lecture Room of C.E. Mit -mmm VETERAN WIVES CLUB. 7:80 •. m. Tuesday, TMCA. Salad de- wwtraUon by Mrs. J. S. Modford WACO-Mc LBNNAN COUNTY LUB, 8 p. to.. Monday, Room 801 I Joodwto Hall. had been state editor of the Fort Worth Press and telegraph editor of the Dallas Times-Herald His earliest newspaper experience was in the Rio Grande Valley. Mra. Clemenu will join him here leter. the couple heve no children. R. Henderson Shuffler ia men- eger of the department of informe- lion. Heiba Will Head International (Tub At a recent meeting ef the In* tomattenal (Tub of Foreign Stu dent*, A, I. Heiba was elected president, Other offteers ehoaen were Ramiro Domingues, vice* presidenti Julln Cawis, aecreteryi and Kudanmal Gurnani, Ireaeuror Hni.a la from Eiypt, whlW De mlngues and < asas hall from Van* Muelo. Gurnani rams te A4M from Hit | if proposed. This would esUblish ma chincry which would be ready to handle a program of any aiae Texas might undertake, and would enable the schools involved to build the nucleus for research and gradvate instructional staffs nec essary to effective operation on a larger scale. "As a combination of research in problems of the oil Industry and graduate training to furnish this important industry with a larger number of highly trained young men, this joint effort would be of tremendous value to Texas Pos sibilities of Incroeeed Income for Texas schools alone as the result of greater oil produrtion, paying more Uses, would make thla a sound investment. We hearlll; vur the roeent proposal* members ef the Railroad slen, ami are reedy te join In mediately Into (he naeeeaory ef* fori to actuate them," Pfeeldeat tiilehrtst concludM, By JIMMIE NELSON <1 A. A M. and TSCW students several thousand strong—ipvaded Port Worth last week-end for their ] joint annual corps trip. Literally “taking over" the town, they flood ed the Texas Hotel lobby, head quarters for both schools, and poured into the streets among the milling crowds. Early arrivals wandered over “Oowtown" Friday, some visiting an informal TSCW styla show at the ’'Fair” department show, a few making qokk trip* to Dallas for a glimpse of the state fail, and the majority just out seeiag the town. ActWHiea started Friday at mid night when the Aggie yell leaden (limbed on a trailer in front of the Texas, and as Uaffic was di verted through side streets, led Aggies, Teesma, ami nthar school supp triers In the customary yell pi set tee preceding conference mpu. One saturated, ami quite drunk "Dumyanhee' from Uhleago milled through the humpura, heartily cheering far TCU, Nat MtotoWt to he the tone Merited Krug support sr in the aeaemblage, the itpey A meeting ef all social chairmen of clubs, organisations, or rlaaaea which plan to have dances or other maior socle) events thla year will be held toaight at f p m, In Room MNI, Qeodwln Hall Grody Elms, a|ub advisor, stated Hatur4ay that all such urgenisa lions should he represented so that a date may he assigned for the eeelal ev*n«, Rlnee there la a limit ed number ef Week-ends available, social chairmen should heve In mind a primary and secondary choice of detoe, lima aald. U the club or group doee not hava a uoclal chairman, the prval- dent or e delegated retiresrniative should be proeent tonight. The following schedule of major events sponsored by the Rtudent Actlrttirs Office has already been set for the fall semester, Oct. 88, Western Style Dance, Sbisa Hall, and Little Aggktand Dunce in Student Center; October 24-26, I 1 ssikeail ig Colon Hall (7:80 p. m.) With NTSC Variety Troupe. Also luted ere: Nov. 10, Chris topher Lynch on Town Hall; Nov. 22. Stag* Show, Guton Hull; Nov. 26, Dunce in Sbiau Hull, and Pig- akin Parade in Gukm Hull. 6:30 p. m.; Dec. I, Girts Choir, UT.Qlee Club dt Little Aggklund, 7:80 p. m.; Dec. 6. Girls Choir, UT Glee reveler searched long and with negative results for “just one white man from Texas Christian.” When last seen, he was weaving toward the yell leaders to “exercise his privilege of free speech." Saturday morning the Cadet Corps paraded through downtown Fort Worth, as townspeople and visitors lined the streets. After a quick lunch, the rush started for Horned Frog Stadium During half-time activities —* the most enjoyable nart of the after noon for Aggie fans, Aggie Sweet heart Laura Sessions was preaeq- ted to the Cadet Corps by Coloupl Bill Brown. Post • game enjoyment was found by many at the dance in the Texas Hotel sponsored by Fort Worth ea-Agglea. Others, perhaps seeking to get away from it all, went to Dallas for the state fair. 8unday, weary Aggies and Tes slea trekked baek to College Nto lion and Denton after a gay, but disheartening, week-end, Club at C.uion Hall, 7:30 p. m; and Dec. 13, Stage Show, Guion Hall, 7:30 p. m. Non-Military Pica Must Be Taken For Annual by Dec. S All n.m-mlttUry students who hava nut had thulr pictures taken tot tha 1848 Umghom should go to tha A. A M. Photo Shop before November 8, Tommy John, vetoran editor, announced today. AceortTng to the schedule, non- military students whose surnames begin with W. X. Y. and Z should now have their pictures made at the Photo Shop, these four letters will complete veteran students, ex cept for the left-overs. Thiee veterans who have not had their pktures made should do so aa soon aa possible, John stated, to avoid the last-minute rush on November 6. After that date no non - military picturea will be CUJBRATtNG the thirty-sixth ef the lepwhBc ef Chtua are eevea graduate *tu- itauta me a wife ef a faculty member Left to right are: SHU AN UN, rivU eagto- eurtag student from Hhaagbal; HUA-RHENti 1U, imsatripeJ aad saaitary eagtouertag toadeat I) U CHEN, agricultural eagtaero I HUANG, rBimltory C.UAO.I VKECHANO TSOCN. Tha eevea etudsato or DouMe IrtHk, Wtth Bryaa. wtth MB. aad CHl- tt FAO*TtTNG W. B. ALLEN, v of the Extra ea that day to toll facturora' Agaoclntion baing held' then (KUiber 1I-16. Profeasor Par nell is a member of the Southwest College Feed Survey Commit toe, an< organisation Ml up for tha ihidy, survey, and analysis of poultry feed needs In the Kouthweal for the ranting guar. Th* Mid-Waal Feed Menufar torora' Aaaoalalion held* twu meetings annually whkh are at I ended by mpmhvi* of Culkge Feed Rurvey fiHiiliiiii from all nvar Ih* naiion to tompato ami emmdD nets e*umales of mmllry prndus- Gun and tmullry feeds needed tn tot eurh produrtion asllmatos, Dr J M, Quieenberrt, head of 9 poultry husbamlrv deparimenk ilntod out that Professor Parnell a JNNM special first copy. Tommy Mfh his Inst year's managing editor am I currant almighty adltor, poured half of a rancid, four-day old coke over Saunden to revive him, ‘ Togvther, like two children with • new plav pretty, Saunders and John thumbed happily through tha fresh, bright pages of the year* hook, smearing ink and-smiling i at the atrocious errors. Example) prominent commandeni appearing in Vanity Fair aection. Tuesday the haying meb af lm* patient egotists, eager to aee theif feces leering from the Uinghorn's pages, will be appeased Rlariiiig at N a m, the edlluro wll proudfi. distribute their handlwart, Till lines will form «n the second floor nf Goodwin, wind out the weet en> tranee, twist thrmixh the passage between Uw and Ptiryear, awing acme* the hospital area, and file Into the Campus Theatre where a motion'picture will hr shown to while away the lonely hours. Saunders and his staff effirtive- ly "dressed up" the '47 1/onghom and Hi It appear several aectiona of note. Vanity Fair with artistic background treatment and picture arrangement stands out pleasingly. The club section la not dull and deadly as In the usual ease. A fhw lines were added to animate tw pages. Tongues have wagged, and Randan has been censured fee the lateness #f the yearbook. "I feal that I have been censured," says Saunders. But Saunders feels that he has forced distasteful medicine down throats for the ulti mate good. By delaying delivery of the Longhorn, he was able to give coverage to the complete year. Saunden feels like e martyr For all the abuse he has received, but thinks that in yean to come, when Aggies show the Ixmghorn to their grandchildren, the Longhorn show ing the full year, that », he will v be exonerated. In the meantime that character you mey see stalking about the campus with the fiery red beard and the patch on his left eye ia Harry Saunden In disguise. He will remain thualy till the hostile feeling blows over. His wife insiils on R. - Parnell Attending Feed Manufacturer Meet in Chicago Speak Toniphl ,)ttlla * A1 ee Dr, A. A. Jakkula, executive di rector of t)w Texas AAM Research Foundation, and Professor L M. Kauai, aupervltor of tha A-T Net work Calculator laboratory, will mem MPA al a meeting of the North Taxes Rectton of AIEE at Dallas Du Ji PUt Jakkula will speak on lanital Ion and objectives of (be to- •earth fimndation Professor Haupt Will dlseues the Use and opsin I Ion «f the Nelwork Caleulator. pointori out that was sent to iht Chlraga maatlng | aa an eronomk speclalieli his work | imgltry bus- i llha with a] to maka every | department a spec ialist In hia Mrtkular field of pout aabandry wor RESERVATIONS DUE DEC. | Reservations for orgsmiational pictures will be taken in the Stu dent Activities Office until Decem ber 6. A list of club off teen to gether with mailing sddresses must be submitted when reeer tioas arc made. A full page in the '48 yearbook will coat 826, while one-third page will coat |8.50. All organisational picturea will be taken during tha spring sans tar. Any group which desires to have its picture made before the end of the fall semester may make ■pedal arrangements with the A. A M. Photo Shop In thla liandry plan no member try heabandfg wertH Poultry feed manufacturers are anxious to aarurately determine the annual poultry produc tion, Dr. Quiseiiberry pointed out, because at least 80 par cant of all manu factured feuds goes into poultry food production. om tha combined reports af the regional college feed aur committees, the Mid-West Feed Manufacturer!’ Association ia able to determino whether or not to aurttol or expand certain kinds poultry feeds. Cruz, Pela Added To Senior Court . Abo! Crux and Edward A. Pela, members of the Cadet Corps, have I been added to the Senior Court, according to an announeem from the commandant’s office. Pela was designated aa be! of the court, and Crux TUBERCULOSIS , ASSOCIATION* Tuberculosis: The earlier fount the sooner cured f Tuberculosis can be nnud. Cure la much castor in the eerty ■togus ef the disease. This fact suggested tha slogan above, adopted by the Bresoe County Tabcrculosi* .Associa tion. ,

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