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PUBLISHED in THE INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE
Volume 47
COLLEGE STATION (AffMand), TEXAS, FRIDAY,
1947
Number 83
throwing tho ef[y
Beaumont, -
milaa due oeat
by a tornado, .
one, tail night,
i 110 COTTON FIRE
tUltOCK. Tn. ( Nov. 1 <*-.
Kundradi el Kale* of cotton bnmd
throughout laat night a*
on Anton, Tog., fatten yard wa>
ftOlMOtMl it iUW.tKHt f,„n, „
wlml>and-tlu*t «torm.fanned fire
FAGS FI.ARM GORDON
AI0BA, Cnllf., Nay. Y UF^St-
VloraUon of the unlyeret on an
"undreamed«or tcale la not for
off In the fbrth« tuning raohet age
predleta Dr. Frill IwTcky. Califor
nia Itootitute of Technology aclen*
Uat.
, Rocket-borne teleecopee photo
graphing the heaeena at helghU
bf 800 to 600 mile* will expand
tremendously preeent knowledge
of the uniyene, Dr. Zwicky, pro-
feaeor of aitrophyaic*, told army
and navy officiate yeaterday.
RUSSIA CLAIMS A-BOMB
MOSCOW, Not. 7 +JJH- For
eign MinieMt V. M. Molotov an
nounced to a cheering audience
yeaterday (hat the aecret of the
atom bomb no Ibnger exiota.
A battery of microphone* car
ried hla address to all comers of
the Soviet Union on this eve of
the SOth anniversary of Russia’s
revolution.
Molotov said Britain was col-
dsborating with the Americans In
the acquisition of bases which were
‘‘not designed for defense purposes
but as a preparation for aggres-
ft -
•lion.
___ ' \
WASHINGTON DOUBTFUL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -UK
| 1 Initial reaction here to Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov’s speech was
that It was designed mainly for
home consumption.
The construction attached by re
sponsible authorities here is that
the remark was intended to calm
any rising fears ia the Soviet Un
ion abodt Russia's awn know!,-.!*,
of and ifiwimahly Its ability to
manufalturf tpe bomb
AftuallF, the convteiion of
fieials here If |
not hayf any atomic
if Ml MMMf
Nl Sieeedlitlly
The Pictures Behind the News
# s s
Photographic and Visual Aids
Lab Hold&jjOpen House’Monday
If I AH'IS
The Phot ngrs
Aids Uboratoiy
phw
win
VlSUll
MM
staff,
inspection by the co||||i ■
Monday from » a. m until I p. m.
according t« Diiwctqi Howard Her
story
trlnt-
w
In Jamboree; Two Dances Slated
T“
naking
osalid
Russia
uf |irmiuring
1 It ft H IftM ft M lOIMM
. ttamr
fhaifte. W Fsrvlle,
HIM • tMM t Ilf 11 iiUp M
tSf lSr,Xa rleTT
PA. GA., Nov,
, Morrta. chi
R. E. Thomi
knocked down and
HOWARD BERRY, director, to csughl Ittr* to mm of
hto off moMfoto—working I
ry, Inrludfd
equipment le • new omIM prln 1
I Int machine that turns out n bint-
print In 10 seconds and • print
dryer that makes It possible to
i>rt**sa 860 print* in hour.
The leberntory Itself le Inrgt
•neugh to aecommudsu medium-
sited group* for photographs, or
for previewing films intended for
classroom use. Film strips for
departmental film litonnes can be
mode In the leborniMf.
The deportment le now maki
film stripe, slides, o4H
prints in Addition (o the rsgMer
photographic work, K. rry stated.
A graduate of Miaaiseippi State,
B.-rry came to College Station In
19:tl. With the exception of three
yean of a naval photographic sup-
ply officer during the war, ha haa
been with the college since that
tiiM. He is married and has a
fifteen-year-old son.
Roy F. Hager of Hickory, North
Carolina, Is the official photo
grapher but be also helps in the
dark room. A navy veteran, Hager
received his traimnf at the Naval
Photographic School el Pensacola,
Florida. With the photographic de
partment since September, he is
married and has one daughter.
Sound - tasting equipment for
movie pro>«tori is now on order
and Charles Gebaaer of Bryan will
make the projector repairs Form
erly employed by the Aixlio-Video
Corporation of Houston, he began
working for the college August I.
He ia married and the fattier of
two children.
All members of the Photographic
and Visual Alda staff will be ready
Monday to ohow visitors through
their Quarters and demonstrate to
them the UMs of the venous types
af equipment.
SMU Dance Team, Singing
Cadets, Quartet to Appear
Hy FARRIS HI.IN K
Tht fftWmtheart ftoxtot, tlx firla from TSCW who h«r«
tnonlsq in the ,, mod*rn M manner, will the Aggie
Jamboree Saturday night at 7 .30 p.m., Bill Tfmer. director .
of the Singing Cadeta and Aggi< land Orchentm. announced
yeaterday.
The sextet. Turner said, will replace the Mustang Men,
'• —O ♦all-male chorus from Southern
Methodist University, who <3an<-vU
led their engagement for this Sst-
urday. i
Adding a bit of local color to the
Aggieland Orchestra on the Jam-
iMrae will be Helen Buchanan of
Bryin, who wfll sing “One Kiss’*
and Cole Porter’s “Night and
Da/’. Mils Buchanan was featur-
I ed with the A Capella Choir at
the Lions- International Conven-
Aggies, Officials
Lay Groundwork
For Corps Trip
ftlnaUon* late I
months ifWr Far
ed publicity man
ROW iT
AUGUST
William 8,
Govarnor M
lion af the Democrs
Georgia, was hnockf
pummeled hy a supporter of Her
man Talntadge in the Richmond
County Suparior Court room to
day.
. RUSSIA STILL IN
1 LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 7
•S-Russia’s Andrei Y. Vishinsky de
clared in effect today that the So
viet Union would reeist any at
tempt to exclude it from member-
ship in the United Nations.
SHOOT AT PREMIER
* RANGOON, BURMA, Nov. 7-
oFv—A government communique
said Premier Thakin Nu narrowly
• escaped assassination today when
six shots were fired at him while«from Waco to the ui
TEXAN IN AKUVS CLOTHING—Enroute from Saudi
Arabia to Texas fog s short visit is K. J. EDWARDS, Bxteaaioa
District agent who left College Station several months ago on aa
sgrlcuharal mission. *.
Houston Chamber of Commerce
To Award Gtations to Corps
By JIMMIE NELSON
The Houston Chamber of Commerce Committee on Military Af
fair* has Just completed arrangements to award citation cords to the
winnera of varioaa military honors at A. A M . according to an an-
nouneogMnt by Colonel G. B. Meloy, PM BAT.
, Thoae swards will re present an Invsatment of some $100 and
are offarod as incentive toward the»- - - ■■ ■
(ievslopmest of military pruflden-1 gg 0 , .
c *^ Metcrments School
(urps memhers si AAM,
CnUmsI Msloy listed thst he ho-
iiovM the move SB the port of the
Mims ton iftnip wee Sid only in
rlty
CHARLES GEBAUER, technician for
the Photographic and Visual Aids labors
ton, repair* a 16mm. sound projector,
Roy HAGER, photographer, to shown
above with the device used to photograph
small objects an copy material for lantern
slides.
he was returning by automobile to
Rangoon.
BURMA FREED
LONDON,-Nov. 7 The-
House of Commons approved last
night on its decisive second reed
ing a government - snensoted bill
granting Burma full independence
on Jan. 6, 1848. The vote was 288
to 114.
21 Range Management Students
Study Range Problems in West
'' Twenty-one students in Range Management 804, under the su
pervision of Dr. Vernon A. Young, Instructor David G. Wilson, and
Assistant Range and Pasture Specialist Alfred H. Walker, xpent three
days studying various range problems on certain ranges and ranches
snd areas between Post and Lubbock.
College Station Saturday morning, November 1,
day night
The group It
and returned late ~
The first stop w<
bonnet Plant near
and vegetational
noticed. Near Bros
mday night
at the Blue-
sco where soil
ferences were
an over-
utilised livestock range, support
ing weeds and short gross vege-
klHta with considerable eivsion
evident, was compared with adja
cent small areas supporting prop
erty grated tall grass vegetation.
WILD CAMPAIGN In the vicinity of Coleatan, areas
MANILA, Nov T —UK— One were observed where meaquite had
Philippine Congressman was or-1 been killed by keyoeane
dered arrested for sedition another
wm repfrted shot and a third wm
sued toT HW M the Republic',
national shwliant fmw neiiat.
M l OUT COLD _
; fAu.Hf* i
DiHtinguiHhed
Student Cards
Distinguished Bladent Cords
ore available for the stadenU
who distiaguished laat epriag,
the Registrar'a Office sane*ne
ed today. StadenU ehoald call
hy Window 7 at the Registrar's
Office to get their cards.
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■A ** y
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h«lh •
fs«'l
XaMHUiiim
sm M qurwR
a
*mry«»nr rlw IM* wa« unean-
sriuui Fnllre said tafftmn monotlde
hod frllrd Ihem. on# after anolher
drwhyTroiih aid ^
NEW YORK, Nnv. 7 -tot-
Oovemor Thomas K. Dtwif ftknw
his full support behind an aid-to
F.urope program, urging prompt
and effretivt help for frUe nations
abroad but demanding that It be
admlnlaUrud on a bus mess-Him
basis under “genuinely bi-parti
•.an" direction
At Peat, one and a half days
wars spent on some of the out-
llMl4HjN«IIMk’tWWhaa In that
ruglon The tour was under the
•upwvtemn af ('ounty Agent David
f. Raftaa, A. A M. ifhAWi, amto-
ted hy Merle Rrtlton of the Anil
('nneervatnm Berviee, Uwls Nsnc«
ind Robert OlUsnn ttf the Vetemn*
SOatM I Utltu I HattoiMtl mstai llmasi sam
V***VIV tVvVUflf fw. rf4**lt | nVVIl sfWlltJP
i&A Socirtiw To
Hear Accountant
LAYS HALF EGG
OLEAN, N. Y- Nov. 7 ^
Mrs. Herman .Hoffman’s white
rock hen compromised on oh
voice of ufgtoss Thursday—she
laid Just hall aa ogg. That egg ap
peered m H had been eat in two
and sealed with a transparent film
bat had a compleU yotk. -
MARTIN RACKS TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -M
Speaker Martia lined up i
President Truman yesterday in op-
poeition to any tax reduction legis
lation at the special session
Congress starting Nov. 17.
"Constructive Management Str
ict Rendered hy Public Aesount-
ants" will be discUased at a Joint
meeting of the Business sad Ac
counting Bocietiee to be held in the
Agricultural Engineering Lecture
k»am at 7:80 p. m., November 11
Edwin Heinen will be the speaker
Heinen, a native Texan, la a
graduate of the School of Busi
ness of the Unhrendty of Texas.
He it a Certified Public Account
ant and Km been associated with
Ernst A Ernst for more than twen
ty years. At present he is South
weetern System Manager for that
firm, in charge of budgeting, cost
accounting, and related services in
Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Heinen is a member of the Amer-
ican Institute of Accountants, the
Texas .'vxnety of Certified Put,
Accountants, the Society for the
Advancement of Management, and
other accounting and prof t -Mionsl
Scotty Samson, one of the ranchers
of the general region.
The first range inspected was
owned by Bryan J. Williams, where
pure bred Hereford* have been
successfully menaced for a number
of yean on Buffalo Grass and
Blue Gama Grass Ranges. The
policy oa this range has been to
gras* on a sustained yield bail*
and when neceaeary to supplement
this with cultivated pastures and
concentrates. This year the ranch
obtained a 17 per rent calf erep.
The Slaughter Rauch wm gtven
particular • Mention where the
early pioneer livestaek grasing was
introduced on IM sections of land
Here a detailed study wm made of
the desirable range plants earn men
te Weet Te»o# The management
prineipale employed aa Ibis ranch
were reviewed later In the evening
hy moving piettires prepared hy
John l*tt, the preeeni ipperlnten
f N. Taylor, another A. A M,
graduate, explained a number ef
mrail (SMMmste wml tisos -.ai——«. feto*
** * i vra % Iteft |'»R4 t llv*P Ofl ili$*
0. B. Ranch.
One-half day woe spent en the
Double U Ranch, which mn*i«t. «.f
100 sections of grasing land on
which many water tank* and oihm
developments were oboefved. In the
•ante vicinity the etadenta studied
range and farming abuses that
caused the moveatent of sand apd
a distinct change of vegetation.
Large areas of Bhhtnery Oak that
are poisonous te cattle during the
Essay Contest On
Brahman Cattle
Begins This Year
early leaf bud period are ■
in this region and only by proper
management are cattle legate re
duced to e minimum.
The following students made
the trip: D. A. Anderson, C. C
Bolykin, T. T. Christian, R. G
Crawford, Mauriee S. Dew, W. E.
Dickens, J. T. Estes. J. L Gross,
C. A. Havard. G. D. Hoffman, Wm
T. Matlock, E. A. Manning, R.
McKinney, J. F. Morgen, J. L
Owens, W. B. Page. D. B Polk
D. R. Rhodes, C. E. Van Horne, and
•May <
come nationwide will get under
way shortly. The essays will deal
In the etudy of Brahman settle,
Dr, T. F. Mayo head of the English
department, h«p. A announced
The eontest. iponeured by the
American Brahman Breedere’ A»
kiM'ialiun and under (he supervision
•f (he Englleh depnrimeni uf the
mdlege, ends in May nf n*n yirnr
The winner will be •wnrded.b (aid
toNSUlhl (Aillift Wlm ssmsoas* uiiMii—Aii txlt
wmrri WVlf7 frf» irmiiiT FlipI'lixrtofl ftlfft
mMMm
•uhmlMad an nrilele an (I
af Brahman rattle In Yprm. .
article wra published In (he Brah
man Breeder Feeder Magesine and
resolved* such w«A iratotol Mill
(he national association contacted
the college. The result was the ar
ranging ef the contact.
If It gees ever ea it le ea-
Mted. other roiiegee will he
contacted aloag the same Unco.
The agricultural (irpsnment will
■elect three topics for essays and
submit them to the English de
partment, which will make the
final topic selection
relationship between
Hnueton and A AII
These fliatlea fords will he
glvea la recegaltlon ef Ike net-
suadlag ualt of the /Mr. the
wianer of the ('aldwsll Trophy,
snd the eutateadlag cadet of
each regtmeat every year.
The outstanding unit of the year
ia to be Judged amtrding to the
showing made et corps, regimen
tal, and march-by reviews and for
mal inspections. This unit will be
selected on a basis of military pro
ficiency alone and should not be
confused with the Moore Trophy
Winner, which is designated as the
best “all-around" unit,
A citation cord of maroon color
spCcklcd with white will be issued
to all individual cadeta who are
assigned os members oi such unit,
aa followe:
Individual cadeta who were os-1
signed to the unit (and not remov
ed from the unit for disciplinary
reasons) during the yrar for which
the citation was earned arc enti
tled to wear the unit citation cord
during the following school year
only.
Individual cadeta who are sub
sequently assigned to a unit which
earned the citation during the pre
vious school year, are entitled to
wear the unit citation cord during
the school year Immediately fol
lowing as long os they remain as
signed'to the uait.
A Citation cord of maroon and
white will be issued to the indi
vidual cadet chosen by the military
department as winner of the Cald
well Trophy and will become a per-
manent part of their eadet tmi-
“ Bjja
Ta Individual Cadeta
A citation cord of whlta color
speckled frith marten threads will
he leaned (a the individual cadeU
ehaenn hy the military department
INrars SR6 Stayt
iSHtogtoter
The twentytaeventh annual ntot-
trice I metermen’s sehonl neared
the "standing room only" stage
yeaterday aa registration rose to
a total of 188 In (he two eoureee
offered.
Martin C, Hughes, head of the
electrical etigiaeering department,
one of the school’s sponsors, wm
principal speaker at the banquet
last night. He waa lntroduced by
Floyd A. Salmon 6t Corpus Chriiti
president of thm- Southwestern
Electrical Metermen’s Association.
Classes end this evening, but
meter supervisors from over the
Southwest will ikmain on the cam
pus, and Saturday morning will
elect new officers of the Meter-
men’s association.
Professor N. F. Rode, director of
the course, has been in charge of
the advanced course, while Profes
sor L. M. Haupt ha» led the be
ginners’ section
A committee representing
Cadet Corps, the veteran student
body, and the school administra
tion met with representative of the
city of Houston and Rice Institute
yesterday to formulate plane for
the A. A M.-Rice game to be play
ed November 15.
The committee met first with
representatives of the Houston
Police Department, the Houston
Chamber of Commerce, and the
Houston A. A M. Ex-Students’ As
sociation to plan the route of
march for the corps parade and to
select a site for midnight yell prac
tice Friday before the game.
The parade will be held Satur
day morning at 10 a. m. and will
extend for seventeen blocks
through downtown Houston. The
B ill practice will be held at City
u*ir Hall which Is eituated in
front o^the Houston Coliseum.
Dean of Men W. L Penberthy
Colonel U, R Meloy, and Lt. OI
Jae B Davis aeeompanied the five
cadets and on# veteran student
who mm (he trto, Olwtel
(he Cuepe William L
tor riaee Fresldeni El-
iph I
Wefenm
I rip!!
reeeatallVM.
tion in San Franriecp during the
MlBMt-
“Those men from the West"—
the Aggie Ramblers—will make
their all-college debut Saturday
night eu the stage of Guinn Hall.
The Singing Cadets, «R-strong,*
will sing a brand new Fred War
ing arrangement of the spiritual
“Dry Bones” with sound effects by
Jimmy Jones. Also included will
be the fMt-moving Christmas jfar-
ol, "Carol of.the Bells", and the
rhythmic spiritual, “Set Down Ser
vant" by Shaw.
Aggirinmri “gift" to the song
world. The Barbershop Quartet
now- known as the “Aggie-nisers"
will kick the tunes sr.-uml “Caro
lina in the Morning" and "Pretty
Baby.” -
SMU Dance Team
Un-American donee team Pan I
turria sod T«»v Tuylur fret*
rn Methodist University will
he guest artists an the Jamboree
• ttabets may he purehaeed •(
the dour for 81 rents This admis
sion includes (he regular Union
Hal) movie, "I* R»n» Madeleine,*'
Frtdav Dance
I (a II tonight (he Aggie
Orchestra will (da/ fnr the
flral pre-tame danee of the .tea*
nlslon for this affair •III
pomthg Committee made the
(a tan With Wire Xtudmtt ReM*#, Admlslon for Ibis affair
, .It $1.M), with or without a dale.
At • dinner In the Houston Club Turner said that the danee would
Ihe Houston t’htmho» be ever In tttne for student* and 1 •
their dates to attend midnight yell ^
tmunerro’i, Military Affair*
Uttee, the A. A M. detaga-
waa Urid of • special award
given hy
of Com
Commi
tion wan
the Committee wraa planning to in
augurate at A. A M. the award
will consist of citation cords to be
worn on the left shoulder by mem*
ben of the outstanding military
unit of the Cadet Corps, the win
ner of the Caldwell Trophy, snd
tip outstanding cadets of the var-
ious regiments.
The group visited Rice Institute
later in the afternoon snd met
there with student representatives
including the head yell Wader,
President of the Student Body;
Senior, Junior, snd Sophomore
Class Presidents, and the news
editor of the school paper, The
Rice ThrMUp. ‘-j
Held
praetiev
r * Katurday Donee
A poet-game dance will he
in Rblsa Hall tomorrow night, with
the Aggieland Orchestra making
their third appearance in one week
end.
Ats£ scheduled from 9 to mid
night. this all-colWge dance will
cost $1.60, stag or drag.
E. J. Boland of Lynn, Mo^chu- ’
setts, instrument sales manager
for General Electric company and
one of the meter course lecturers,
spoke to the AAM student chapter
of the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers Wednesday night
describing wartime developments
in metering, i
Port Arthur Aggie
Receives Citation
Edward L. Sanders Jr., veteran
student from Port Arthur has
been swarded s gold star in lieu
of second and third air medals.
Eighth Naval District headquart
ers in New Orleans has announced.
Sanders, a veteran of aerial ac
tion over Okinawa and Islands in
Prints submitted in the Camera J *P* n 7«
Club contest for tfctober will be| for in
on display
R. Stone.
yesterday. fereon High School in Port Ar-
The meeting will be over in time thur snd Lamar College, Beau-
for students to attend Town Hall, merit ' ,
Camera Ctob to Dtaptay
test for TJrtober will be ^ , T"!!
iv Monday at 7 D m C. ** M P* 1 ®* ® f • f»*hter plane
l president, 1 ijmiuiced ®tJh^ to the U88 Randolph.
, r He is a graduate of Thomas Jef-
N. B. C. Star is Native of Auld Sod
Autatanding
«f the
etilriaiMllM In military piipBi
ry, discipline, leoderskip, scholar
ship, and campus srhierement
Methed ef Wsariag^M
the mi will
Christopher Lynch, Irish Tenor,
Appears Monday Night-Guum
The button holes of
to fMtaned ta the left shoulder
looptotb>». under the loon with
the large braided cord under the
left arm, the ferret hanging down
in front and the two single cord*
forming loops on the outside of the
left upper am.
It la open to all I rash area In
English 164 fnr the calendar
year 1847-48, Dr. Mayo aaya. The
•Mays shall cantata more than
LM6 words.
Judges will to one from the agri
cultural department one from the
English department and one from
the American Brahman Breodary’
Association, of which Gail Whit
comb la manager of the Houston
Baptists Sponsor
Hayride Saturday
An SMU
leave the <
Baptist Church
the Jamboree In
urday night, Ea/
city director of the
Union, stated today
StadenU, '
ried eoupta
invited to l
R> J, T, MIl l.RR
il fraiure iWimi Uhrie*
to Irish taiwr whu
Fawn Hall Monday
he Is eelualiy * nat
he flftad young lener
wae born in (to town m Rath-
heute, Cnunly Limerick, 14 yean
"^During hie early childhood.
Lyneh wm • choirboy in tto local
church. When hie votae "hrake",
little difference wae apparent Int
the som with which he could still
reach the alto parte of the church
While traiutag for hie mutleal
reer, the young toner wm for
tunate in having thrra Angola" to
guide him ovar the rough spots and
to smooth hie financial tend.
A bank maimesr’a wtto present
ed him a repertory of "Moore’s
Melodise" snd some af the totter
known operatic artol. After proc
uring several months on tto songs.
Lynch sought os audition at ths
Savoy Theatre ta Dublin, proving
ground for many Irtah stagers
,. After n tang wait fortune finoL
oeal reside nu, mar- |y smiled on Lynch. He replaced
and SMU guests are ooe of the ston of the Dublin .togs
end. - »to » cincort, and hla voko wna ne-
CHRIBTOPHER LYNCH
youag Irishman. H» pul a( Lynch's
dlspiwal many af Ihe tosi lutwra
nf ihe eunllnonl
A private ruelial a! .(to end nf
a sli mnnih iralnlng pertad launehv^
ed I yneh nn (to read to fame,
toveral notahlmi. amuno them Cat
dlnal McRury, Arehlindnip of, Ar
magh. trerv proseat fur hie dtonil
Tto prose carried the dliUnguishml
churchman's wards of ptftoM "Tto
purest, swootost voire that has
been heard in Ireland for a great
many years ”
From the Dublin state Lynch
went to London, then to New York.
He he* appeared over N. B. C. on
tto Firestone Hour, and has Just
recently completed a series of con
certo on the stage of Carnegie Hall,
New York City.
, Tto program for Monday night's
Town Hall performance includes
ition* familiar to
Perpetual Mo-
riaimod by tto critical audience as
prommiiig
Later Lynch took lessons from
Dr. O’Brimi, coach of the late great
Jobs McCormack world, - famed
Irtah tenor. Dr. O’Rnen, above all
hta teachers and coaches, has re
ceived tto asoat credit from tto
several compo*it i
Aggtaa: Weber’s
tion”. Ltaxt's “Hungarian Rhap
sody", and “Tarantella", by Gar-
giulo. among others.
i Tletoto will be on sole at the
Gutan Hall box office Monday
rttght. General admission tickets
are $1, and student tickets are
$*••. The program will begin at 8.