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I f i $ OKLAHOMA ASK CONTBjjl ' OKLAHOM4 fcr 2() (A>i_fhe imid Kents foil hiffhlrieicf estahlishcd a Nofe in Okiuhpma |;ijy iJingRtoij Nftg|oi U Me^ro lojuler sli^l in Ojere would f‘np a: Jim Crow h|w( sc Tho U S. Sipi't*ji|j€ ojpdored imnui|li|itc for Mrs. Lois j|Sj|)i|j 1 ^ admittotl! to al lawl to that jat Ollaih^ may. ho asked fto i}< citation ipain.4 th| iiitimatoj). . f | | E / MAI f TITION Okla. j' It h. c m i s^at|> i b- :j!ition Mm d iy ool a| l|w bratiffi j|)f t a Wt.! i cptanii' Itf if i .’ei sityj mediate I MEAT HATIONlN'j; 18 INTlTOIHiHiO 1 Wff8HINOT(Nji |.I)aii 20-1 Two Rejiublicwii('(ni dre^.me today irltrodpc|(f iSinK tho Truiwaii h<!ihi! set up meat |atipn»r i\ - includTnn: prinli^ ff ■ The bill, srjlonsiltet PUmders .'R-\p1) inin 1 C nirt, ar •ajritti* •' slhel- Ujnivi r il 1 con <ntS; \ '(IM- j|| I i On a istrji u: l m 1 l it ion .R^NY) provifejs !up| b> -$1,0 t^i allow the meat to make tions. jtrricijlt ire 14 ijl Ixfi-s^ary i (f| a 4- 8TASSEN ASMS! STl IJEN'If TO WATCH GOVERN ViEN LUBBOCKiTEX' jjm. 2qjj .PlayiiiK “ihaf InKidijot s tar 5 vrttV is inevitMl^, 1 ” and be the United S«ip:^ is ; key in worldwitle former Gov. Minnosofta, es I>:ublic-aii pref|t({eiilt al Udd J,000. TeM Tech 'day that the ii|i\j'e am of youth is n|(idf'd mcjre in affairs today jltjuiijiiuviir befi Saying ' thi|| jchiuntr-', obe-sixtjeenthicjf j fhe .vorldi fHisjh df ■ vavs Bijrpl(| K Stas ji]liilni(te "or tHi 110 mil $ stludey enth by S' Hep. J {tu- pie, produces! ilmejst 3ne-tV|il|il|ofl | t„ Childr ess. Rogers entered the. V t^e .world’s f<fo|l|5i ard Stassen urgld ! that “An yjduth should ■|)hcjqThe nfere., gjovernmentalf iifjfhirs; cvenr .ajttendihg collfc^e).'!’i |jj OK LAHOM A \ t.j irtE( F| VPj NEGRO AIMp<j'|A|TK^ : ‘NORMAN, OKL V.. jab. 2* Ada Ijidis Si#U(|;' Pis icf, • i old negro seelihe:! ndniisidon University of|(jltljahon.a, fil ap applicatiorf Hiiti'nl. iy in fort toIbreakjjdchyii tie sta stitutionar balriffif bar lumf rd TT?’ i i \ ! 1 A I I- 1 r ! !• pi nusiiEn nmv tv the inti COLLEGE STATION (Aj»ieland),T • j I /1 • i 1 i iTT■ IL • i he Bettall, 5DAY, JANUARY 20, 1948 Attempts Made ''nlTrsd!! J i i emors Legislative Election Representing 34th, 121st Districts, McKnight, Rogers Throw Hats in Ring Bising their actions bn thdioM adage. “There is just one thing worse than a failure and that!is soimeonje who doesn’t t)iy at all,” Peyton Mcknight and Andrew J. Rogers, vet eran race A&M seniors! have thrown their political halls into the ring for the coming legislature in Texas.’ j ■ , . ; ■; |j j ; MjcKnight, >vhose residence is Wopd County, will run for representative of the 34th district, a ppsitiort occupied t>y Miss Elizabeth Sailor. Rogers will he a candidate in the ijfv,! 121st district, a post vacated by Sherry Majhan, [who resigned whe| he moved to New nijof i .Mexico. jin- ‘ fiogt'i's.j business . senior from t-i'iin.J Chililress, Will be a candidate from s jio- • thg 121s*i distriel, vlhieh is ertfi- iajim ! po^ed of Childress, i Hall, Cottle, and Motley! Counties.; He was born in Fort Worth on !i 1 s Sutl December 24, 1924. When he wjiH li four yejius old, his family moved FOR FREEIflMi fRAIN ^ ? AUSTIN. TM, Jan. 20 ij-.lj'- -Au.jtin dvie le|d|L'i;s ji isterd H* [in dorjookj a cai|it|iijg; i .to raise reibiestied byjtlre \.nH rican ’ ago.Fotindatf|in U) help pay" I'd] Vjes pf [the •Fyesfe.'n H npn. ; Martin'Snide r of Ni \y Yo|- la 'director fofr- the FoTl Vjatiiii >i meeting h*|rc th;U 1exp itinerary of jltle-trail Vd ::'oJih cirfeased( expeifsi s jthat.l ‘ajclers| lirojeeti rlochM „ti) ;i; k for ijs.sistanee. f if . ] [44- iRARUCH GfvjKB A1)I\TCK TO (ONGlGiSS WASHINGTON Jai . 20 Rernarjl M. ptf un-i. nuniy t "tiresidebtial |id"ijs<'r, y 'Siteiul fjered C°ngi'(|s$ his ov n idc Helping Eui'lrit.! and teppini .OO^jitry on ap e\ien keel.! This .in Vi-ilpfl’lis wliift h| . tjhis cojuntryl'sbdiiid di jit i 1. Boost c|i*B(jriition -.’:;taxj (lon’t cjut in|iy (jlual ii cpmej fjor at !leasT*|\f(i) years <4 Roll baik) fi, WASHINt The; Ucpnoer.-ft (efijkrh asked Mrs. j 1 fatkflin . tfo eampaigii jfi plan’s j'leet,i(|i| i Ijms iraceiveil a witliughess .ti|) ic'( ' C.ojiifirm ini Howmjl Mcifra .he ajlsb cxptkis from going t<| bihijol 't .Mrs: iFishel, iljtiK'pCd States Supre«fn|R|'i urt dering the stijUf to gi atid t imbiedia|ei|lrf'r elucati portunipes, ;|riiv|e 1 j w it|i a of negifo lea^ej'k ; lii immei 4'ont into a t|nrted i<4iij fe|ren(j<| Dr. J. E. FofflfjA'S, |ei ni of sjion. | | ii'.; f AUSTIN jTOt Bj AlkE ”MONki\1 fheeiKoMi'raIin tjhe'cOsjt of fifoAl hr d th ‘nj nskf t}o b<‘ sfitisficil tiit i pn sifnt f a^'es. J. Kyep rijfnt eentro i f-H— -4 DE.VIS ASK ifRI P WO C F arley, it)! ii Eli- (jT|c(^|Maii *20 ennima D. H.-H frir i Prejiident ; lit NoveipH sjiraiU' Bs ofter^itc. tfiik cl airm h: toldj a n Jhmcsl A. Childress public sehobls in 'the fall . oUlOTl and graduatjed from high school ir.; 1942. Wljiile attending Childress-High Sehouil, Rogers let-i teted in f<K>tball ahd track, was ani honor r Undent, anal worked on tht 1 school paper am| yearbook. Entered A AM in ’42 In khe ifjalil of 1942, he entered A. V pi!, (o jpepare for law school. After jec>mpl<?ting omf semester and beginning another, ihe joined thp AhuylAAr Corps ini Mulch, 1944. ^ While sin fhe Air Corps, Rogers re- ce,iv(‘d; ndrial training, which epd- ei) in His irceeiving both navigator's arid boiuijiadier's viings. Altef preliminary training, he edmp|et(‘d'ihis service time ofit-huf yr.us ;(' an\>verseaH training offi- f(fr iinjrl; ins'ti'uetFir.' He reentenxl , 1 ' AA.M in' Februajy.,' 1940' to coni ' ,‘T. : plcte prij-iaw sehiXM training. Will GraduatCj\Jn June ; Since foturning td AA’M, In* h)is been a d ititinguisheji stlulenf moM of the 1 time. He will graduate Ip Jb'w. j.-'. ; : Rogyip is secretary of the Bbdi- fije!- s Society ami-tlje jPre-Laiw Sp\j 4;p00 L'cjiot'y anid a membijr df The Coiji fept- i rjiciftator staff- | ui- ‘ He wjll enter th4 University jof I Texas ljaw School tjhis fall. M ar - I ' i—,—;—L .4—• El Guernsey Breeders h tho Hold Annual Meet If 1 >up liAis- fii m ;«T |ly Bi Ifif! • i ■ Secure Bandit Accosts J Keys to Petroleum fyC.C. TRAIlf • • j ! | . i i i! I ' ' ] I , Three attempts: to secure examihations from locked to The Battalion by Harold Vance, head of the petroleum cn C. W. Randle, head of the economics department. An armed, masked bandit wearing a Cadet Corps ip i Wednesday afternoon to obtain the kqys to the Petkoleumr Jackson, colored janitoress. Johnnie M,ae was leaving the Petroleum Buildjiig abrju she was accosted by someojie wearing a corps unif handkerchief, had apparently hidden in the bushes 1 that she would pass by on her way horpe. ■r ran. ( fiir M AJOR GENERAL A. I). BRUCE j Gen. \. t). Bruce Presents Reserve \ Ms V y';-' i !> x.-<w; - ' Hi ANDREW J ROGERS !’! ; , J, m | ripos | jvho bijoke \fkh: tfie lal e pn f Roof)evjclt inj 1! in over the U'l'in i.jsue, Hi); b *<■ wne ; olive puriPgj the (I'ljnipjfign. • 4 i—{- |TND R. E. Lfcl!’ i Ki 11 < $ ORDERS RMY he, TO COMMAND,, MOBILE; jALju Jun. ; 20 Rummaging :{thn m gh William (’. 4'ro«ni across an (irigiih terduy by whic: i Robert E. Ltei an (iriigiiul (Imjnmei t (’room tod apt jis Mob other cities ; jn the A hujinesS. meeting of thy T^as Guernsijy Breeders''Association tjn- j. del thei direction of Don Djiimelrs, y pn siiie|it, was hob) Here at ; 10! a. , m. this morning. !A Kmeheon iat | : Fbipi Hail sponsored, by tlie Ki-;. ( kail is (j'lub followed the meeting { Detin ('1 N. Shepirdson• gave the ,, ., ( i,veleorntag address! in the paikloi ' ''f boom ot! the YM(-'A after the iuni'h- .i, j eon. A! panel discujssion conducted yU by specialist of Ihcj dairy mdustiA , [coneltidid the meeting. y IllPljU - £ % ■ IfM •' pi “I thin|k I am well qualified as a veteran and Wood County citizen to serve the people,” McKnight said. “Since I plan to become a lawyer, 1 think this first term would pvpvide valuable experience i 1 to be used later.” ! ,y McKnight became interested in running for the Texas legislature! • *1.1 »w *.r,hr«,t* UTtiTi Gommissions Here to run. Wood- County, making up Major General A, D. Bruce, ilep- the 44th district, contains a cross- ; U ( V commanding general of Fourth section of industry, labor and agi i- Army, Fort Sanj Houston, pi*esent- culture. Seven new oil fields have , e ,| Officers Reserve Corps commis- been lopened in pie county since 1 sion* to 29 cadets this morning in , 1940. There were 4,600 people in i Guion Hall j the district who pa d their poll tax j of th( . :ca ^ ts> E(1 nran(lt , j and whq.weiv dig.ble to vote m i Bob Martin ; a|i)1 HarreU I). Foi- 19-10 from a total population of; tik> .lesignatell as "disting- 1 ~ \ i rk . * ., i ; : iiished military' graduates." They f t <1U \i k t-1 hV \ ( a " In ^, j! x " 1 fihsl for direct commissions ip the ! . footer McKnight was bpm m Alba, | ,, , , m I exas, in December,. i‘.»24. He, the] f ‘ -i ■ . . j 'l. I oftly child of an oil broker, attend- : General fnioe. who returned m ed ^rade’ school in Alba and j*ia<i- JnpDrt* last December, if* an i uated from Quitman High School A* & M - P«'aduate of 1916. He or-! I in 1941. After spending a summer i kxnized and commanded the lank I semester at East State Teacher’s Destroyer center at Gamp Hood, College, he transferred to A&M in ; M<'»' ^'i ving as commanding gen tile f ill of 1011 oral of the 77th Infantry Division. Sk'kfc lir.Ws. ! s /' , U; o NDojr?,fA Kl v' !n ''i' . 1 I | adjutant of. IlOTC lit A. & M,, ad- ; In December, 1942. he entered | ^jnisteml tV bath pf office. | the Aii - ; Corps aipl received his, i Registration Slated Friday and Satur ! i Students presently erp-plUsl in A. & M, will register jat Sbisi Hall Friday and Saturday, Jafiuury 20-.11, jacdording to the jqiowin Schedule: 1 . . | i ! j I i ; Friday, January .10 j ,. ■ > H to 9-—All whose surnames begin with L, Mci 9 to lOr-AH whose sprnajmes begin with M, N, O. 10 to 11—All whose surnames begin, with P, Q, R. 1 to 2--4-A11 whose surnames begin \yitH S. 2 1 to J—All Whose Surnames begin kith F, G. 3 to 4-fAll whose Surnames begin With H, 1. Saturday,’ January [31 8 to 9--A11 whose suraames begin with J, K. 9 to 10—All whose surnames begih with D, E. 10 to, 11—;All whose surnames begijn With Br, C\ 1 to 2—All Whose sur-naimes begin jwith A, Bq. 2 to 3—All whose surnanes begin With T, U, y 11 to 4—-All whose surm.Mbs begin! with \V, Xj Y, Fee waiver slips for veteriih students may be. picked i|| .i the Veteians Advisor’s Office in Goodwin Hall. (1 * -‘HH-—f- A&M Consolidated Will Organize Band at Mid-Term ..,. rvvi¥CM , . The A&M ;Consolid«te<i School Wining at Sheppard Field", j j. R , es f , T e wnnpnBgqn 8 werejprc- w jH organize a school band at mid After takinfe a courke in '■ i n ;< ^• tfin<!er term,, according-to A. M. Whitjs basic t Terns, airplane engineering j at Amarillo D'mDermaster tern, according'to A. M. Whitis. school superiiitendent. The initial Field and a course in sent to Tampa, Florida where he rc'ceived his operational crew train- | I mg. '• 1 but xes R -4- s, he s lid jsWtWal Was’' issigiiifi*! to command thpjCiijimfedcrjte UiHpi nie discHi’cfrT Was icporlifd by bile joini dj W ith ; in ipe scufh irej ob serving the anHin>i;Wirji ofl !Lee’s t ' birth. 1,000 MARINES BOA MEDITER iNEiA VALLETTA, ’li.ALT.4, Ja|t ue. i '.ir , peravuiv i.ii»ii^rq> . j da si on ally fije: h northpi on jtho const.; j | old obilr -kii’'- junk iii me jVc.S; PEYTON McKNIGHT If-1 ; Jin 1 t First Annual. Olid, in 189.7 . . . ! I . |-J ; T V 1 ,j • |j "* * ]|| j ' English wrqfessor-Jotirnalist Guided Early A&M Publication . ,v». ....II. .. v.... aerial gun- 1 *’ 0, 'P 8 * f^J* 1 ArtBlery. Iiifajitry, mC etibg to organize the band wuk nery at Las Vegas, Nevada, he wis Gt'val. y,;;. an.l Ordnance . heW , ast nitfht j n the Consolidate. J ' ..I..»i -■ Music Room with a number of palrj! cuts in attendance. j j Colonel R. J. Dunn, who is coit-j | ducting two school orchestras, had 1 been named band, director. "The 1 school is fortunate to have such expert skill and services of this 1 outstanding orchestra and hftyid 1 leader,” states Whitis. i ' i I "T wish to express my apprecia tion to the civic organizations (if turret gunner hailed out. Aeronl- 1 waterfowl popup at km on the Texas,. <t,mimm ' > ^ho ha.vi donated ing to Mc Knight, i one knows Gogst l.etwmi I’bl't Lavaca' and 1 th ' >,r l 'n>e ami financial support in ! why he bailed out or what happen- ! Corpus Christ) a tit! redheads and eil to him. | pintails, according ; to Dr, W, B. V Upon his release from service in j Davis, head otj the wildlife iman- Sbotortibj-r, 1945. JVb'Knight return-] agement deparitmciiit. ed rq A&M. He is scheduled to , Dr. Davis has jure returned from graduate next ^ June when h^ will ] the third AVuterfbw'l Population 1 irr ' ’ " ‘ ^ I: As an engineer and upper tur- 1 ret gun mil on a B-17 with the 15th i Air Force in llaly,; hk Participated ! in 35 jsoijtiies, equal to 55 missions,! over thei German-coh.trolled Bajl- [ kans and the PloeStii Oil Fields. , During Njis missions, the hotribadigr I on his plane was killed, the tail ! gunner Was wounded; and the ball B aterfow l op Gulf Mostly Pintails. Redheads - Davis ; . i. About four-fliftHs of . the |total Registration Notice , , j, 1 All Students, except ihbse no\ living in Ramps I, Jj. land K Walton Hall, should jlijy thei fees and sign up for tlij« |i' room before -5 p. m., Januai]y ;27, A^ sistant Dean of Men Pen nie A Zinn unpounced yesteidiy. Students who wish 1,4 chftng rooms' may do so begin; jng,at a. m., Monday, Januajtk '2(ii, h said. j f ' Students now in scljiijo 1 nujiS be registered for ii rb<|»iii befori 5 p. ^pjiJ Saturday,- J angary 3 after which tiime new! dnrolkH will bp 'assigned to th# trenuiH ing rooms. D-H Team to Ente Fort Worth Meet! j an effort to build up this school,” ji. says Whitis, ’‘and l am especially ,^ e A. 'lairy ivdging te j >»rat^fu 1 to the Kiwaiiis Cluh, ^'^htpete 111 the Sejiiiiif Stud College Station Development Ak, >any X-latUe itontesV | sot iation, (ho Chamber of ('om- i r or ^ Worth I*ebiliary 2 + ]^. L. P|i me roe, and thi Mothers and Dads dairy husbandry pr«jlessor, enroll ifr tb.' Ui.ivvrsity of Texas ; (>nsus comlucted: ion the Texas iSee MCKNIGHT on Page Ii ; Gulf Coast Jlaiitiary 5-10. The ,. P ..i .! . 'waterfowl investigations in T { * xas are. a [Fart x>f ihenPittman-Rbbert- held in fionnecti Club lot purchasing the more ex pensive musical instruments and providing the salary for Dunn.” j witn tf)c| soutirwostern.lti n . , i • * . arwl Fatj Stock Show, wa Persons who have used instrlu i ... 100< Q; J, , announced. The cpntest, With thej Southwestern jExposigi 1 Fatj Stock Show. • in 1924 by Darnell. Sincjdthnt t n & .4taf Game, Fish, and Ovster Commisr - | oar, ' n b. or j ^ *!'18 contents. This year’s .jAntest sion and the UititettiStatcs Fish and . i^ff 1 l " sUulT,(vnts ’ he the. first since 194G j - * If the necessary instruments cdn r . Memb l rs of the teaJ Uo w: j not be secured, the parents of th<*» ! “ "" r ■ ,r Wildlife Service, :Davis said. HU- ,rS2i “/ h ,4| “ft ta « , «'»«>•.:*■ iSk£St5uS4! K.’B“ the li xus iianfc, isp and m .t* them through a mmsu- com- ; h , Kerry L. Betti [Mark M «, pany Dunn can furmsh complete (;wsljn j y Janda, M E. Vri h4; (0 I s " j ;i i j er. and ]Donald R Sbel(W if tuiil jj her . Part II L (In 1948 The Battalion is 55 lifter years old under that name, 70 ’ ' years counting predecessors un der Other titles. This i< the i seconjl in a scries of four histdr- ical sketches telling the devel opment of student publications ! at A.! A M. College.) > iicyj e.nt tird rain l l "If 4.1 N CA , vi (.'Pi—Tile Uniteil States Navy' gest peace-tiijiej Medfte ramor. signment was cafified oi t [hcni|yes. jterday ih Mtirfitu fjcii open !|Bay Where the altciaf. carr ei Miijjway took aboard! l,0l>> Am ivici n||Ma rines who drriti jd aboard tip U -S. Auxiliary' :r i ripolrts Be^ a jfi and Montagi WEATHER S| East! Texas: Mostly :louly;Uhis Jternoon. Paitlj clouiy tonight nd Wednesday, b o impb: rature chingtej. Mod ■- d : oc- inds ■''jl rtB , By VICK MNDI.KV i . Always involved in the publb a- tion-of the Journal and the'jearly Battalion was William Bledsoe ! Philpott, Mephistobheles - bearded professor of English and an early Aggie graduate He was inevita bly on the mastheads of The '.Jour nal or Thi 1 Battalion as superrvis- ; ing- editor, alumnij editor, or in some Other editorial capacit Bonn in BrenhajrH, Te.x;|s,j in. 1865, Philpott received Ids j early ^ education at JameU Academy in L Bryan and in Austin, and entered referred to in those days as aluni- Oyster Commissibitl are in chtcrge of the project, j!' . Dr. Davik coiinted about one cpnirter of a million waterfowl in th;is\^ixta. Thii iWjan increase in the n tun her ofj biixls present! over the earlier suryeyii,'suggesting that ducks, arXjfStijll L fjumly ‘ r lrtl ■f I: ft T 1 '; ficei woite reported yesterday Sneering departmf ijt, and ‘Dr. Arm; atteimptied unmcejojtsfully Building from JohjnnjLe f):40 with tWo friends when T1 e assailant, .masked with a white ind trie Chemistry iBujlding knowing i [.ft • .. . |„ ■ 1 L-'! , j According to Johnqie Mae, he |li‘Vejled a jiiistql al) her jaiul demand- jc il, !1Stick ’em! upj!”- !! (“iyhut jthc idewii mi I going io btick Vtni'up iforj?’' she asked. ] “Stick Jem bp and give me thmto ilieys to tbe PHroleu n Engineering [Building; ’ j “t ain’t gejing] to stick ’em dp ]: ndl I ainft going tp give you these • jkeyjc,” she repliejd. j “You give me tho te keys or I’m [■oiijig to: shoot you, ’ he threaten- • |cd. : “Well,! go ahead and shoot,” ’. bhpnje Mac* said, j' Meanwhile rhe two friends wh° Were witjh. Johnnie Mae ran and ~ : Hcreamedj fo)', two colored janitjors j wni thj street frolm j THe pien cane running jto scUe artd apparently ftighi- Ibarjc it, beci use he turned, lis mai k, anjd fleditp- j demie Buildihg. : ic said shg did, not; jy/ho y*e ijhem. - tlhe re [lined t natch 4a ltd Johani off Ac: M t a jlodk' at the he; he Hewed that si ize his yoiccj, since ruiff tnd extireihcdy Mae !i njian’S face, hut e could recog- it wgs a very - low. However, one 6f his voice pressed the oqinioii that the did not seem [ atpntl. “He may Have just made (is vricej low! so I wouldn’t know im a jam,” Johnnie Ma«j saulj ' Fred lllickiiuuii, e!)ief of cainpjus i liecurity.i said yesto "diay that offi TeHs vyere working < h the cage 1 , but lothinjg incriitBinittii g has ncenj un- overc'd. ii j d 1 i* .■ iy ji Two uiisuccfesSful attempts to ob tain copes qf finol exaigimiticjns from the pejtrojleuin eagim^eniiig jind ecoiliomils [ del nrtmcjrits were- inade !Fr|iday night. !| ; Burglars smashed the glasses in Tip d(logs of lithe < mil [ W h ijt in g rbleupi \ •Eh|rin|c Viiiicej repcjrtjod that the unknown M^rghjl’Kl ipipededed seMen ; s<|ts ejf iqui week,: four isejs graded. ! in stealing ’.zcs take.n last of which WpHe !Dr. ili'iiti way fiegs Siijicg I he s MM. i] 1 tajke plgce tjonighlt hood President .1 nbuncled! yeHtiorifaj l^j | Iteyerienct [R.! I jw|ill ijpgak cin rn moving into the nil used part of The Batt space to t'g^xas Coastal Waters from inland keep old grads in touch with one a , va s. another, until the Alumni Quar- ‘ , , terly .was founded in 1915. The ' This appears tq.be n poor area Quarterly became The Texas Ag- |T or nia lanls, shovellers and widge- gie in 1921. ; ons, which are puddle ducks, be- Instead of a college annual, old- . c 'n lls< ‘ there is .probably a shortage time Aggies received June com- ' ' 0 “'* concluded, mencement issues of, The Battal ion. which contained many pic tures and articles of the sort us ually found in annuals. In fact. .the first pictures printed by the Battalion were ip the June '93 commencement issue. The June '96 issue contained 74 pages, many of them full-page pictures. The First Long Horn But The Batt editorially called rec in; thjcj Aca all qipzjjes afe, mjthjng fflees of Vimce in the; Bei ng Ruild i n g. Randle (reported Ihul uit- ‘iojl binglais foilced their into the tpi'c*:* economics of- letnic 1 Buil ding. c| fin was taken, he aptist Brotherh Meeting: Set Toni[ IT• T | ' , 1 ■ | qrl-l Ii J !The! iTgular mo ithly nieetipg of tH<l Britheihopd Svtaticjn First Baptist Church will of the cqilegi' at 7, Brother- D. Rrewit an (jiiod jf'?iin .Copti’ihute to, the (Ihwrch R'agijnjtn.’^ j. T A.&M ’84 w in 18811 He graduated jin William b. philpott ... , .. ... ; Guided Early Balt th a-degree ; in mecharnctal 1 | ; |* + + engineering, but after a period hs j i principal of Bctiiel; Academy; he t *! a d t ‘ < ^ man .V ahjmnji as well as .turhec to journalispi as Cditof [of Hl’Pdgnts to pay their Sl-a-year thp Brazos Blade.! Philpott re- 1 ^'bsgnption lees. j. .; turned to A .AM. ini 1887 as asso- |! Rhilpott died in 1908. short ly bc- ciate j professor of! English, re ceived; an M.S. degree,'and subse- | for a real annual apd in 1895 the ! Olio wgs printed. This first annual was pushed; through by F. M. Law, Jr., an ed itor of the Batt In ’95 and presi dent of the Olio committee. Mr. Law, ngw* chairman of the board [ of the First National Bank in j Houston, later served on the col lege bojard of directors for twen- | ty-odd years, much of that time j as chairman of the board. nj* he wjiis to have been called us . Then! was never a second edi- , tl%|8 P»t th f Mvpstigajtion of j t io n of the -Olip. but in 1903 the quentiy was made full prqfessor P 'evident Harringthn, He had left i senior class published the first and head of the English depart- the college sevenjl!(ybars before. Long Horn (two Words) and there mejitj Later he became business || 1 Batt Was All Things - has been no break in the contin- manaier and associate editor of ;! In the 1890‘s j (Batt was the uity since, except when the 1945 The Southern Hortjfculturali; Jour- eduivalent of moqtjj qf today’s stu-! annual came out late as Volume nal of Dallas. -j dent publications! roliled into one. As (Philpott was both a teach- I The[ Battalion lieWSpaper. The gr and A practicing journalist he j Longhorn, The ilfexas Aggie, and to guide i The Bat was onto hctivi •Jl ible to guide sound basis, in alumni a The Battalion it i Philixftt was O fifairs, mul per- i 1 ■ ie Comnientatqr-4 11 claim d Bhtt »a pred Alumni editors .j the sdessor. (yes, exes Were ! I. 1946. The Long Horns were small and unpretentious from 1903 through 1906i but in 1907 an elaborate is sue of 200 pages qet the general style that is still followed. j.;! ■,» « Ii 6 Graduate Ag Eco Courses Scheduled : i : [ f! , , I Graduate courses in agricultural economics for itiib [spring semester of the 1947-48 school year have beeii announced bj’ J. Wheeler Bar ger, head of thei agriculturaU eco nomics and rural [sociology depart ment. ';*!■ [ | [I i Any of the; following graduate courses will be [offered provided there is a Sufficient demand, Bar ger said. Farmers; Movement 601, Land Problems 603. and Agricul tural Policy 614 (are four credit hour courses Which w41 be in structed by R. L. Hunt, L. S. Paine, and J. W. Barger, respectively. Seminar in Agricultural Market ing 623 and Seminar in Farm Man agement 624 are two credit hour courses which; will be instructed by \V. E. Paulson apd C. A. Bonnen, respectively, ij Research , Methods and Problems 671-672 are. courses that will yield from one to eight credit hours, according to Barger. Classes for ‘ tjhese courses will meet at period#. agreeable to the sludenis enrolled,! • ! ' ! ji 4 \^onld You Like to Take Great Issue ■ """if" ~ 4 '*" U t' —tri'—^ji— —7 j|T 26% of Students To Take Administratio ! : i : i iMU :•? P || i ■ '' ■ i!!.: Dy J AMES E, NELSON | could lj>i‘ worked into'(he ] hc curricula.” ■ jj j | Approximately 26'^ of students; Another favorable tifttitudi encountered in a random poll tak- ward the course was oje trbssci Bab (Qualls, a senior df Com A, who saitl, “I have ip roo [I ! l en over the week-end said that they would like to take the “Great Is sues” course. [ i ; The “Great Issues" course, Ad ministration 405, will be present ed by the history department this spring. The 2-hour course, limited to seniors, is being offered to create in (he student ah awareness of his present and primary dtaty as an educated man to hglp his world survive.: ! [ , Lack of time and:crowded sche dules dominate the reasons for students’ not being; ’able, to take the course. Howevei*,; the opinions 1 expressed by some students aid en couraging. i Typical of the opinions express ed by students in favor of the course came from Roy Tipton, a senior of Company B, Seniors. Tip- ton said, “I think it. would be a very interesting course, but at present my schedule is too crowded and I have no room for elective courses of this type. I think it would be a good idea if other cours es like the ‘Great Issues’ course ngi r mi (f< ' I L h Brown, pastor,' ow the Hrother- rt; Id Like i | ffoml .Ijulius; W| : , vi teijaif student \ from I |kc the c a I oiju !„'! electives along the Ijiihp of i|(hi course; But I do think that coi such as the ‘Great Ism es* c and more courses in np ilic s ing should be worked ibto the* riculu for engineers.” 5 The opinions of those! not i ested inHhe course cgh be st j in Stnjtepients from tj^) stuc w*ho Ijappcn to be fratq the town. Clyde H. Pattersor. Jr., t j Memphisj, Tennessee, a senioi i the corpis staff, suid^T*! am ] interested in the eouriO. I do ; have time, I have my iehedulq' ranged for next jseimpmer, afij hope to have enough i ihour$| graduate then.” Pete Clayton, sophqi an sjudent from M “I am not interested in khe coitNti' I have all I can possibly do ^ti;n the required j courses.” Interest seems to beihigh ijjttj? freshman and sophomore cla i Typical of the stateme»tR from studefits of these two classes ciwh ; ! It [ ■ '!' j I' 1 I; S;i;ll ! ]V, ■ ■ l[ t is •quif Itigal H)i> said, “I curse wheh possible. e j whetre y talk bacji sir e sum an Bleker, ft who ' tfi ansfeiTed orpujs Christi Junior Col- viould like to take l am a senior if t sounds like a tlho student coubi to the teacher." tea< Clpu^e H. Brqwn, siiphomore vetj eran stjudent from Baytown, ugiteod With the idqas q: [pressed by Bleck* e»*. De said, “It lounds as if it ,wiU bit* a [very ; 4nti treating course.' I Woul(l )ike to take the course when Ijget t(0 Ihj ii senior.' If^” 1 “Elxdelignt idea.; Will take it |if , ppssilblk*. A concentrated presenta tion of current I world affairs and ah oopjortupity to relay ones ideas tp othejrs should ibe very valuable to nhen prepuijing to enter the bus)* > njess worid”| said Bill Pfoclor, jun ior veteran: stu Agreeing wit opiniortis eptpreshed by other stur* Ibii dents, Harry Henkhaus. sophomore vOterap student said, “1 would like to take the course if I can manj- aige to; get lit into my schedule in It is a uch as hiy senior year to have courses issues’ [ course. 1 ent. the favorable ood idea good auch as the 'Great We need more like ■ h! I