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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1947)
( ■*% M I » ENGLISH TOBIES WIN LONDON, Not. S t^V-A hifh offictr of th* British Uborito r^- xr nU wwnont, which hai tufftml it* Volume IS} m ^ or dffwt since , I ,0 l rn • tS» Ww of « fonortl «*l*ctH»iu despiu the victorious Con- Mr ^* W* clamor for an im- Mllato toat at the polls. Tha Uhor defeat rams In ths •lecUon u< city «ounclimen Batur- mf. Latest reUirna showed that MBiJlMto one-third of the Uhor I"" 1 '>’■ rand Ida tea w«m eWt- toaBait^ a a PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF 4 GREATER ARM COLLEGE COLLBGE STATION (AffleUnd), TEXAS, MONDAY. NOVEMBKR 3. 1M7 N Number 50 College Takes Over Confectioneries Dec. 21 * 1 i i ■ W \ i L \ m (indidale for Governor in 1938 , . , •wept Into office, HimHBsTuNI FLIWt M LONG BEACH, Nov, I UW- Hevrard Huahea Sunday fWw hit Wl^OO^OO rlylne boat alwut one mile at an altitude of TO feet dur- faf taiilnc runs In the Loa An- feJee-Long Beech Barber, The unexpected takeoff was made at a speed of "about 100 miles an hour," Hughes said. MABGABET IN TT. WORTH FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. S Margaret Truman, who likes her akiifa a IHUt- below the knee and who doesn't allow secret service men along on dates, planned a program of 12 numbers for her concert here tonight During her visit to Fort Worth Miss Truman will take part in the unveiling of a statute of the late Will Rogers MAN O’WAR DEAD LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. —Man O'War, America’s best known thoroughbred, died at the Faraway' farm at Samuel D. Rid dle Saturday afternoon. VOTE AUSTRIA IN • NEW YORK. Nov. |_(At_Tbe , United Nations Assembly has ap proved over Russian objections Austria’s application for member • ship in the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The. vote was 39 to 6 (the Russian group). Old Goat-Skin Manuscript Prize Pictures Due i I i . • i i mm ■ i • - ■ Possession o Non-Miliury Director of Memorial Center To Manage Casey’s, George’s w o I it DRUNK SNAKE HITfW MAN HOUSTON, TEX.. Nov. 3 -t** —Robert A Vinos, director of the museum of natural history in Houston, says he believes he nar rowly escaped from a drunken snake The "dead" Coral Rnake, enclos ed in a liquor bottle, had been do nated to the museum. There was • small amount of liquor left la the bottle. RATTLE IN* GREECE ATHENE, Nov. 3 'At. Press dis patches said Greek troops used planes, artillery and frontal bay onet charges agalt}«t Guerrilla forces entrenched In (iermsn-bullt ■nwiee In the Metaovo area if Epirus, and that a swirling nine * day battle apparently was draw '' lng to a close. T^Vakerb gEt"nobkl prize PHILADELPHIA. Nov. I -t*» —The American Friends Service Committee, selected to share the 1 1247 Nobel peace prise with the Friends Service Council of London. - has pledged “further prayerful ef forts toward peace and under standing.’’ RTANBKLL T. HROGDON. rlass ef ’M. with kia 4M-year old Hebrew manuscript written on goat-ekto. ' By LOUIS MORGAN Like a doting parent, Btoneell T. Brogdon, Class of ’9S, display ed his 12-pound goatskin manu script bafore a pastor, a couple of doana, and other college officials in tha library Saturday morning. October 18. A year’s work and 12,900 in cash it ooet the old man, blind since 1948, to procure the ecroll which contains the Qld Tes tament’s first five books of law, or Torah. The manuscript, about thirty foot long and two feet wide, is written in eight-inch columns from right to left in Hebrew characters Brogdon received the scroll through Eli Eaar Sukenik, profes sor in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Blind, therefore unable to read the work, Brogdon feels certain that the contents diffet from the Masoretic, or accepted translations of the Book of Law. A single strip of goatskin at tached at the beginning is anlike the remainder of the scroll in both color and handwriting Brogdon says this pioee carries the story of creation and did not a the original text from manuscript was copied. In moving the scroll from one synafogue to another the story was added, ac cording to Brogdon’s Information The original text of the menu script is more than 18,000 years old, states Brogdon, who hae trav- eled eitensively throughout the Near East. Written and used In tha Yemen Province of Arable on the Bed Bog, the rvmerkebly well- preserved manuscript is three to four hundred yearn old, Brogdon estime tea Hunting aid manuscripts la a with him. H# became la tbs work while Data!- In 1911, and has baen Non-lllliUry students hive until hfovembar 5 to have their picture* made for the 1948 Longhorn, Tommy John, veteran editor, apaMMod thU morning. After thet time veterans who hhvt failed to have their pic tures made are "out of luck," he warned. 125 Metermen Attending 27th Utility Course appear in which hie Beginning today, military stu dents can go to the A. A M. Photo Shop to have pictures made, both for the U*** section and military section. 4=- Senior military students whose sememes begin with A, B. or C, may begin having their pictures msds today. The complete schedule of pic tures for military students is as follows: Seniors Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Juniors Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 | Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Sophomores Nov. 18 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Regimental, bat (ommantlsrt wer^ Surname A-B-C D-E-F-G-H-I J-K-L-M-N-0 P-Q-R-S-T U-V-W-X-Y-Z A-B-C D-E-F-G-H-I J-K-L-M-N-0 P-Q-R-S-T I'-V-W-X-’ -Y-Z ProHu Will He IMuct'd in Student l nion Funds No* lacking #600,000 By J. T. MILLER f A-B-C D-E-F-G-H-l J-K-L-M-N-0 P-Q-R-S-T U-V-W-XY-I •lion, and unit originally sche duled to have full-length pictures made October 27-11, Hlace no ram- era suitable to taking these pic turn was available at that tints, commanders shoulii have their In dividual pictures made during the week ef Nnvtmbor l-l. I • ' NORWEGIANS DISAPPROVE OLSO, NORWAY, Nov. 3 -<A** —Two Norwegian Newspapers, has expressed disappointment with the Nobs! peace prise award of 1947— one because an individual was sing led out and another because the honor did not go to Mme. Alexan dra Kollontay, the former Soviet anvoy to Norway and Sweden. DISTILLERIES CLOSE LOUISVILLE, KY., Nov. 3-<A» —The last of Kentucky's S3 dis tilleries dosed down Saturday in compliance with the request of the National Citixena Food Committee. URGE SUCCESSION AUSTIN, Nov. 3 —iAn_Adop- tion of tha proposed constitutional amendment to be voted on In 1948 fixing the line of succession to the Texas Governorship is urg- ed by Sen. George Moffett of Chil- lieotbs. Campus Nov. 12-14 to Aid Vets M. B. Pruitt, special representative of the Vetarana Admtgls tration Waco office, will be on the campus November II, 18, g»d 14 to make nun- that veterans receive their Drat subsistence checks with out delay, J. K. Vemcll, contact representative of Bryan, anneunead Friday. Under the Veterans Administration’s plan for initial paymeht “ ♦to students, the first check wqa Members of Rifle Team lo Reeeive Awards at Review In IV#It inn n#B t>v#n j WSft # 1 V«kMB Graup Id of politics He was da- p ■ a •. » by "Km" O’Daniel In: $£11(1$ InVlt&tlOn the gubernatorial race of 198* The C7V,,U J single plank In his platform was m plff T \ f» a ItoT-tton^raTJTTixth t ‘ 0 VISltOFS the Tt 0 ° n rt •* " BRITONS GIVE UP GAS LONDON. Nov. I -Britons grudgingly has given up another , of their pleasure* .foregoing pri vate motoring teCjave dollars by saving gasoline under the British Government’s latest austerity or- | der ;/ , • / , POPE MAKES SUGGESTION VATICAN CITY. Nov. 3 -<**- Pope Pius XII has suggested to visiting United States ' Aanators that they consider revtlion of American Immigration laws to ad mit war sufferers. APPROVE AIR SEAL WASHINGTON. Nov. 3 -iAn_ President Truman has approved a design for the official seal of the newly created department of the Air Force.. • The seal shows an aagle and ’ shield oa an ultramarine blue back ground encircled sqjth IS white stars The eagle, er natural color, is in front of a white cloud. Below 4, |i a twisted wreath of white and blue and a shield of the same color on which are Imposed thunderbolts to gold with Dames in natural hue Beginning Wedneadiy Wear Wool Uniforms The woolen uniform will be regnlation uniform beghmhg at reveille. Wednesday. Col. G. 8. Me toy Jr. cammaadaat, am cod Friday. Neckties will bt warn with the ■alferm at all times. The five Aggie riflemen who placed first in the National Fresh men Intercollegiate RiDe Matches last year will receive medals in recognition of the feat Wednes day afternoon at the First Regi ment retreat parade, Major John | M. Cook, officer' in charge of the team, announced Friday. . Those to be presented a'&ards in- clude Wayne M. Allen, Fort Worth; George S. Kent, Fort Worth; Ray E. McClendon, Saagoville; Clovd Buchanan. Dallas; and Thomas H. Rose, Del Rio. Kent was high man on the team and second high in the nation in scoring. McClendon, Kent, and Rose lettered in rtDe marksmanship. The five tinarksmeh will be pre sent in the reviewing stands at the parade, along with Master Ser- sent about November 1, or shortly thereafter. While ha is on tha cam pus, Pruitt will compile a Hit of veterans who failed to receive their ’ payments. The Veterans Administration j said the representative will cea- tact, by telephone, the regional manager responsible before the cleae ef bnsiness on the sasse day that the complaint to registered. In this manner recerds may be pat in order and checks forwar ded promptly. earning from the El Paso area . The Torah Manuscript Brogdon considers his mast important find Ip data. He hopes to have it re- prodeoed so that he can sell copies to libraries and universities of the nation. W. E. Street of the civil engineering department assured Hrug.Ion that he would test the poesibiHtiea of reproducing the work by microDIming or pbotostat- Bmgdon expects to make Bryan his permanent home and plans to astablish an interdenominational Bible Chair here at the college The The entire student body, faculty, and friends of Southern Methodist University have received an invi tation from the Aggie Welcome Committee to visit the campus next week-end, Ralph Rothman, chair man of the group, announced Sat urday. In a letter addressed to the SMU Dean of Students, members of the Welcome Committef declared that they "will endeavor to make your visit as pleassnt and as convenient as we poesiby can. The facilities of A. A M. College are at your dis posal. Feel free to call upon this By FRED WH18RNHUNT The twenty-aeventh annual Public Utility Short Courae for Electrical Matermen be gan today and will continue through Friday with more than 128 metermen in attendance. Many outstanding supervisors of the state and representatives of the three major meter-manufacturing companies, Sangamo, General Elec tric, and Westinghouae, will take part in the five-day program. The company repraaentetives will discuss meter operation and chang es being made in meters and asso ciated equipment Supervisors from various utility companies will give laboratory instruction on subjects related to meter operation. Two courses on meters will be offered by members of the electri cal engineering department: a ba r’s course on single phase watt-hour meters, taught by Prof essor L. M. Haupt, and an advanc ed course on polyphase watt-hour peters, taught by Professor Nor- >ian F. Rode, both members of the A. A M. teaching staff. Floyd Balaman, mater supervis or of CP4L and prastdant of the Southwestern Metermen’* Associa tion, haa planned tha courae con struction. Friday, W. B Gaaaall of Ohla- hums (ias and Itoctrie Company will addraas the group on Eloctri* aal Ratal. At thf banquet Friday night, M, C. Mttfhaa, hsad of the saffttf irtnetrbi* flo — ^8 - W • Ig^s se^n^r s 84 s —sw AB Representatives of the Bangamn Company Will be W C. Fowler and C. W. Ingraham; from Genoral Electric will be E. J. Boland. O R. Sturdivant. R H, Mghsll, and A. L Carvlll, and from Weatinghouse will be H. L Buechner, R. D/Hurst J. H. Chiles, and T. D Barnet. Caaey s and George's, the two campus confectloncrina, will be operated by the college under the management of Wayne Stark, director of the Student Union Building. K. L. AngelLaiudnUnt to the president, announced Friday. Plana call for occupancy of the tWo sites by December 21, at the rjfl ! 'i' 1 "- 1—♦ beginning of the Christmas holl- days. .. . / ents To Interv iew Campus Seniors At prvacat the two confection- erica arc stale-owacd. bat arc. i>pcratcd by conceoaloaaircs Geo. McCullough, of George’s sad Rill Sparks of Caaoy’s. AH equipment Is owned by the oerupouts of tho two baildings. . _ „ „ Various reasons were given foe- R * pr T?. U ? <VW fr ? m L our Com ' the move, but the principle <vW f ^ be , at r* Placement (to tie in with future plans Office this week to interview proa- ior tf* operation of the proposed. ln vmnott5 MA% : Memorial Center. Because the un- vjLR. Horsley, director, announced w iu contain a snack bar simi ; ' ¥r ™y- i . lar to the two confectioneries, col- On November 3-4, an agent from • 0 fDcials have long felt that the Texas Electric Servwe Com- th(( Union Building director should pany will mtotvtew mechanical. Have practical experience in run- electrical, and chemical engineers. [ B ing a buaineas of that type. Thuraday ind Friday, November 8-7, an Humble Oil and Refining Company representative will be at the Placetneat Office. He will in- tervlew onl> January graduates, who aiv majqnng ia |ny engineer ing field, geology, architecture, physics, or math. Also on November 8-7, a repre sentative from Cities Service Re fining Company will Interview s^n- tors wh'wr major is one of the sO- ginooring branches, geology, or ab- j ■ • ' The Taxaa Company will hava an agent <>n (hr campus November 8 to Interview mechan4e*l' engi- naers far rvtaareh. All eompany representatives nan be contacted at the Placement Of fice, Room 114, Adihiatftration BulUlng. Freshmen to Name Candidates Nov. 4 Dade' Ctab of A. A M. Consall- dsted School is to study, promote snd improve school conditions, art. to cooperate \ in any movement i which affeciti 2he welfare of our children, Mrs. Pete Smith, club l president, told the College Com- Freshmen at Little Aggieland rrtunity Chest committee Thursday will nominate candidates for das*; The committee hs* approved an officers at a mass meeting Tuta- ,tem of *«00 for the club in this day night after yell practice in the year’s budget annex gym, Johnny Richardson, The purpose of the organization Coleman, council chairman, announ- ! i| educational. It does not seek to The contracts held by Mc Cullough and Saarks were placed on a month-to-month basis at the r expiration of their one-year leans* last August 31. Prior to that mow* in June, 1948, the proprietors wtof notified that such a stop would be token. ' .. "Profits from the operation al the two confectioneries will ph plscad in tha Student Union Rullde mg Fund," Angell declared Friday. According to recent figure* tha fund falls short of the drilred goal by appiosimstely MOo.oOn Thus a K rtlnn of the deficit can be ralatd concession prufito. *> Since the equipment to private ly uwned. either the college wlU purchase the equipment already inslslled, er It will buy new fetin- talas sad raMnets, Stark stated | Friday toaht... „ No agreement has yet been reached regarding the sale of the existing facilities, Stork added novations on the two pin— begin December 21. Although establishment will be com- refurnlqtoMi or redecorated •onto Imporvementfe will be made. The object of the Mothers' and 1 Plans for improvements are being prepared by T, R. Spence of the college construction office. * fl !lV OlfSt Hears Report By , Parents (’lub Head jsly'; Torah will serve as the nucteu* for| co,nm ‘ tt * e f .? r ^ V™ the organisation’s library. ced Saturday. mav desire " I ,| Men nominated to the position* Included in the letter were .pe- wil1 ^ b * the Kiwanians to Hear Visiting Minister Trine Stame*. Kentucky ever lv tat* Church of li*t who i* *pcaking nightly. UEa Moralttg Watch geant Truman Allen, Air Force, j will occur. White the Veterans Adminiataa- tion expects Utils difficulty this year in getting checks to veterans on time, Pruitt will speed action in the casee where an error la made either by the veteran or school submitting wrong information or in the VA’» own iwcord. Vamell stated that the Veter ans Administration is dealing with more than 234,000 veterans in training status in the tri-state arsa of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississ ippi, and that sine# each la an in dividual caas, some errors can and team coach. Sgt. Allen received a medal for his work as team coach. To win top honor, the Aggie fish defeated over forty collage rifle teams. Second to A. A M. was the United States Naval Academy team, and tha Io4rs State Univer sity team was third. All five of the men are now members of the Aggie Rifle Team, which is A. A M.’s varsity team. Guests to Stay In PC Hall Nov. 26 In addition, initial enrolltnsnte jn schools have bean the haaviaat this fall silica the GI program was inaugurated. Red tape In the subsistence pay ment plan has baen slashed to a minimum, the Veterans Adminla- tistion said, and information now ' requested of veterans and schools is the minimum essential to cover legal responsibility in administer ing public funds. When inaccurate information con ceming individual veterans reaches the regional office, the agency haa no other recourse but to bold up subsistence chacks uatil the records are corrected. Step Aside For Fifteen Minutes By W. H. BEARDSLEY. JR. Walking past Kiest Lounge one morning on the way to class, an Aggie was surprised to hear the sound of hymns. Inside about twenty cadets and veterans were singing hymns and rhorumi. After the tinging a veteran stu- dant presented tne morning de votional, just a few words on ■sriatnrs he had choaea. The previous morning a visitor on the campus, J. How*nd Wil liams, the Baptist state exacu- tlvs secretary, had presented the devotional, and other students, and ministers had (Ivan the five- minute devotionals earlier in the weak. Following the brief devo tional everyone bowed their heads in prayer, with one boy closing in prayer, or eech of the boy* praying In turn. • These informal non-denomina tional devotionals are held every day between 7:30 a.m. and 7:48 a.m. in Kiest Lounge. Cliff Har ris, Corps chaplain, ia in charge of the services. cific details regarding information booths, one of which will be set up temporarily at the Southern Paci fic station Saturday morning to direct passenger* from the special train, and the other which will be erected on the *teps of the YMCA. In addition to Rothman the com mittee include* J. H. Richardson, John T. Miller, N. G. Galloway, and J. T. Poole. following Tuesday, November 11. According to the election commit tee and government committee which made rules for nomination and voting, ballots will be dis tributed throughout the dormitor ies by cadet officers. Between November 4 and Novem ber 11, candidates will be given the opportunity to campaign at the annex. With Yantis in Houston Battalion Reporter Gnroute ! jlo Royal Wedding in London S 1. J ' O | gram rtnp i , The (Ed. note: To bring event* of intematiomU import ance to ite reudert, The Battalion Kan tent one of tt« moit trusted correspondents to London to cover the forthcoming royal wedding.) Post Graduate Hall will be used to accommodate date* for Wednes day night, November 26, Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean of men, an nounced Friday. Students planning to have guests for the bonfire and dance can reg ister now in the housing office, Room 100, Goodwin Hall. A charge of SI will be aaesaad Veterans should not report non- students with guests to cover cost receipt of checks by letter er other of mstron, maid service, linen, tow- rneans until they have talked to els. lights, and other incidental ax-1 j>*tL fftaviO be la Ramp "C Zinn stated Girls staying Hart Hall. This will laaaen the cor- respondence toad and enable em ployees to get their checks out The Vs tors as Admiatotratioa believes that the special repre sentatives will hasten cerrectieM 1a these individatl eases so that stedent-veteraas will euffer a* aadae hardship beesate af sab- sieteace check delays. MBaat ■ . I in PG Hall must he in by 1 a. as., Thursday. Guests will be admitted to their rooms at 4 p. m n Wednesday, and must be vacated by 8 p. m. the next day. Luggage will be removed from the room* by 8 p. m, Thurs day. faster. The monthly visits by VA repre sentatives during tha second week of each month will as therv ia say nscaaalty for then^ Vamell said. ■ Pre-Law ‘Smoker Set for Tuesday Tha Pre-Law Society will open Ita membership drive with a smok er Tueeday night after yall prac tice in the YMCA. According to C. P. McKmght, president, the dub plane to bring prominent tampers to speak bafore the group on subjects of interest to any studant who plana to enter tha field of tow. A booth will he placed in the lutnada of tho Academic Building this week to boost dub member ship,* • (SPECIAL) HOUSTON. Nov. 8-When The Battalion approached me to go to London to witness and report the' wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten, I was at first incredulous. It wan my fondest dream come tme, and I didn’t waste much time packing my toothbrush. On the way to Houston on tne Sunbeam Saturday I mentioned my mission to the man sitting next to me. He was a seedy looking individual and betrayed about as much in terest as if I were going to Navasota to the wedding of Cous in Matilda to Pfc. Smith of the Regular Army. , I was crushed. "Regardez-moi, ancient one," I said coldly. "November direct technical activities n| st htvd nor to control thSir pol she said. In addition to the annual con tribution from the Commuhlty Chest and the dues of SO-vents a member, the club derives its money by sponsoring the sale of Christ mas cards, magazine kubscriptiuns, an annual pet show arid other com munity affair* such as suppers, Mrs. Smith stated. I The proposed budget of the A. A M. Consolidated Club, based on the request of the teachers for 1947-48 school year, call* for ,m expenditure of $2,280. which Mps. Smith said, would be allotted as follows: $15 for reception for teacheri; $80 for health committee (for first aid equipment); $400 for such things a* library aids, books, art ment, special events for tiu< ren, aid for free lunch pro- gram, ate. $800 for visual m«- ' cation equipment by the supen* tendent and his staff; $4(M> f ( * playgrouigi equipment; $800 for improvement of gymnasium drive; and $286 lo be used to supplement any of the above allotments that might prove, to be inadequate. !; week at the A. A M Christ, will address the Efcwanis Club Tuesday on the subject of “Man's Great Store House of Power." The weekly Kiwanians luncheon will he held at 12 noon in Rbiaa Hail, Gene Brock, program chair- ma*-of the club, stated. Starnes, minister of the Broad way Church of Christ in Paducah, Kentucky t ‘is speaking every night this week at .7:30 at the A. A M. Church af Christ. It wasMtis oration, "A Plea for Righteousness," which gained na tional publication during 1936-84. Also, in 1938 the speaker’s tost year at Abilene Christian College, Starnes wqn the National UDC essay contest with bis essay, "Rob ert E. Lee”. Bait Broadcasts Campur News j “Battalion on the Air," & sew broadcast of campua news, began this morning on WTAW, and me every morning e: ly at 7:80. Cadet Lt. C*l. _i«i w ., _ . . . , - „ , -iller and Farris Block, both 20 will be the moat auspicious duy in marital affairs since sging editors of the Battalion, will your parents were wed, or were th«y? All the world watches present campua news daring the bated breath each minute oreoaration for this ireat l» r «» < ica*t, with bated breath each minute preparation for this great day. Everyone’s heart beats faster at this spectacle of yoyng "Don’t prove nuthin,” said Seedy. "What do you think of cotton prices 7" Not having given much thought to cotton price*. I in vited Seedy to accompany me to the observation platform and iiapoeed of him aa best I knew how. Tomorrow I will make final arrangements for my pas sage on the most luxurious cattleboat headed in the direction of Southampton and by Wednesday should be on my merry way to Merry England. So, until the next diapatch, au reservoir I which will be sporwom! by tbs Exchange Steve. Larry Goo^yryn, Battalion is instant sports editor, will the sports news snd The time his been set to r4ach s* many Aggies is possible, be tween breakfast and the begin sing of •toasa*. Eventually It to hoped to inter- rpersonalities on the Open teeme Hymn. Opening and cloeing m will be the Aggie JraGT TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION^ Tuberculosis: The earlier found the sooner cuiM T uberculosis germs may enter tlw body with food and drinks. Therefore, it to highly important to take care that tuberculosis germs do not get into foooe and drink*. Tuberculo sis germs may also get into the body through the note. Hence a per son may contract the disease by breathing air into which a tuber cular person has cough- ed. ’ usuweteae sm s» «» e»4» 1