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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1948)
f i^y : ' •' 't rjy b !■ 1. ,i js!' I ii : “NO-CEIL V PROPOS \ WASHlNGtONi Mb. A proposal: td pe: sky's-the-limit{ n l ' iv ped uj> in (£01 sion was near jr^ajnwHi e ot anoth- . er cost of ‘livjin'jr issilt —n eat ta w iioninK. [ i , ; The supErestioii; f:r n i-c«iline rent boosts4-ih exichn :e; or Io^ik term Je»se#—Was oulfti ed fl/y-.S^n- /*, atot Cain {R-|Washt i - TO BEG I - HOUS1 Construction hiculair tun Bel jbeneatlfj ship channel iat Pas pected to hefrih sHortlyi .. j j The project! was a; jsijjrei ffafcar- dny when a spticihl ehetjon approv- , ed a $3,000,0(j0 bipnt! |ssi e ‘by! a _ narrow margiif County Auditor said an l-afficial Volume 47 1 W: iiamwi '. > ^ l| ]00 ie Hojustjon eof ii 5 ox-- . 1 !i I - ■W * > > it nwnwmmiwm sr COLLEGE "l*; Washburn shbwinK passage„oP thje bpnltis |wi 1 make awards oif-!th^ • ccnti icit lot cpn- gtruction of tfte mai] 1 phi; oil low bidder,’ Merritt, < ihpnipa 1 Schott ot |New York pity, matic. i 1 texas Prim 100 YEARS BjEHlJllStlBjlliS F\W0 FORT 1 Former Alto Sttorhi „ McGraw ofllDojlas sa taBprd R|TH, Tefc.jF^ a VP' because ppiblic jopinio fession is iinfmenicedi b| It %:. STATION <A : A GREATER A & 1H CO 1 I. i '—''i ' ii 1" r i.i ^ I), TEXAS, 3DAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1948 McGre ^ r; lU-i’U * *%. lif IJluebonnet Ordnancp I’lant was received on behalf of A. & M. by p..<|, |kRUEGER. rightl, member of iey Gedeifal IWillifm ay Cdde. of crinrfnaf; prpcetlurej i.^ 110 years behind the i times, i ! : J - Speaking to the Foj t Mi rth Bar Association \jes|t0rd<iyj |M:-Griw said recodiflieatjios) of i h| p •o'Cfhjre should be close t? dlFY ‘ttoiney »f (the pro- jcittminal proceeding ■ | • j-^j campbel! n|ameii| iIr sbis T CLASSIFICATION (bbflCER' HUNTSVILLE. TeM.. |F< bi | W Frank B. iLanlpbell, po| i sjistant manager of thii !?| ber of Corimei'ce, wfll rection of clasg fiqatio as prison system lFel>. Apjiointrjient of Ci, announced pesbirdny general maiafcor of th tern. J J , j [■ Campbel* re|l)14<t StaU* Department of ty official (who last cepted the |»ppcint|me . Wade hctifie l jthe ager he we uld pe un^bl the positicn iit view business Opportunity live to nverlooli.’j ‘ 17,000 ACRES—Deed to thi pd on behalf of A. & M. by C the Board of Directors. COL. KARL lE. WALLACE, jWlar Assets Administration administrator, makes Ihje presentation. H I Blaqkland Staticif Supervisor Takes Over Experimental Farm Henry 0. Hill, supermtendeLt! of the Blackland Experi ment Station at Temple ^tnd project supervisor! for the re search branch, Soil Conservation pervice since 1940 has been named superintendent of the TfeximA. & M. Bluebonnet Farm aCMcGregor. "I; ' {Jf ! !] j ; Announcement of his appointment was made at the Possibilities, Pres. 11 : m.IFtnl iflf Ar IP - : 'm T arm Holds Ui ■ • v Ip ■ \ ■ [ ' A i vA .ft 11 ! ii'' • l | K ! I umber 104- Shepardson Elected President Of City Chamber of Commerce Charles N. Shepardson, dean of agriculture, was elected president of the College Station. Development Association and Chamber of Commerce at a recent meeting of the new board of!directors.!;, .jf ;’j j jj' • l i4 j.|: $ § ’ ■ J j '■] Shepardson, who served as Vice-president of the organ ization during 1947, succeeds W. 1 * - Lamar Fly,; first head of the de- 54 . , ,, - 1 was O.lBL Ellis, ii sys* T^oy Wade, Safe- Pi b% we< Mir pitisdn k jhpd Ellis. Carl Baa and! re fieatipn divectoj / JltNIQR . I STARTS jfARfcrt CORSICAN Ai The Texas Junto sigh^d| af jcla.«*i- Janj ^ Cotrfi‘tence|will!o ball spasorit MaHh'2L Announc merit lof was made 1 y RayAVa ibr • of Navarre[ Jurilic|t• ICp county. jun pr "cj61|ege, man- tp jStcfjpt inoither iittrgc- kfot nr Teams.'|ftjbm N^vdh 4. f|l< >11 nfierson if oin, A] len Acadefiy an^, rusidHy Lrii Morris wil]| confptite. AID TO GjlRERt E SCHEDULE, SA 1 ! ATHENS, Feb. J 1 LLfeGElUsEi^ 1 ^- ^ J , j j. , M b r s f- i c^erluie. p -(.sklent t. Ii velopment association. Other officers elected were G. E. Madeley, vice-president; R. W. Steen, secretary; and E. E. Ames, treasurer. Ames, H E. Burgess, and Mrs. | D, W. Fleming were elected new | director to fill the vacancies caus- j ed by the expiration of the terms I of Mrs. Normart Anderson, Mrs. Frank Anderson, and J. R. Oden, Hold-over directors include Shep- ardson, Madeley, Steen, Fly, E. O. Sieck<t, and Manning Smith. Adopted at the meeting was an amendment to the by-laws pro viding for ex-officio membership on the board of directors of the !q|prjcsent&tion ceremony in Mc- legor, January 30.: Hjll received his B. S. degree in CitfiNengineering from the Univer- jcity manager, superintendent of A. 91 y ipf North Carolinsi in 1930, (lo in r,;|gnjtduate work r n agronbmy- ta|«iliomv at Mary Hard in Baylor ‘ "10. Ini# & M. Consolidated, and the presi dent Of A. & M. Aided College Amendment id ;! | ! ’ | ■ fj ■ : • Fats Research 1 h; . 1 .11 |l ?: | Program Given Official Okay -A proposal for research on fats by A&M i has been ap proved by the tyfedicOl Science Diyisibn of the Naval Re search,- Washington, D. C., it was announced today. iUnder this gnlnt investigations will be made on the metabolism of fats and. fatty splids. i Work on this; project will be carried on undetj the direction of Dr. R. T. Holmgn and Dr. P. B. Pearson of the department of bio chemistry and nutritioni rr aBtiife lit is expected that this work will result in a better understanding of the role of fatk in nutrition ami the possible intyirrelatipnship be- Cdllgge in 1940. In lll-lf* he took a coi rgspondcnce couhg* *l> statistical i Thrice major projects were cited methods in biology aUd agriculture j as accomplishments for 1947. 'First frprt the US Departnjient of Agri-i|of these was the assistance given culttrfe Graduate School. . by the organization to the bond !H$I served as a ktiujilynt civil en- amendment fund campaign hi Aug- ; .giinigr ‘with .the Sdtftihejrn Railway i ust, 1947. The association raised 1 f i liCdmpany, Danville, Virginia from $1,000 to support passage of the I U c , en aUy ac $j a 1 , * ! !»:«>. ¥ junior jc'Jn ,.n e i„«.,' ('„il w BuiMiie Amendment. jg* “ V? 1 '" 1 ? H v.toonn., lloiht-tV UBDA froiti )9:»-33, a,,<l| S«on<l ao-ompliataont of 19(7 LtWlorMion oi-spoilL of food of both animal and Vegietablc ori- giq is frequently dub tio chemjcal changes in the fat,I Dr. Pearson that more the chem- Iftl r •• m , m m J. A. I/>MAX Transfer of si i; r r “The future 6: ty, limited only b; port which the pehWle of T< it,'-[President Gibltjj IGilciHri ceremony of the MdGregtjr , “No-one can but; we can state tlhfe b, iff J. A. Lomax, Late Ballad Hunter, Once Taught Here -? j| As]ciie^ agricultural! engineer with ■ was tjhe preparation and distribu- ’? Jhj-!^..S Department bt Interior and tion of the piimphlet "Welcome to thj? ipSDA from l§d3 ’35. ; College 4 following twojy jars.Jliil was i used t« ii ican .missiin Itb $60,000,000]'worth arid above djUrrcbt U had been idistrib ‘ several nio|ths.i E. N. Holfd^lfeen, Tex., A&M| Bubii ess leave and mrecior of tion sectioif sai{i (the g|)o|ls uted jinclucfed ^511)00,0jp0 construction mucmihesl ? 10 worth of (|loth|njg anlji $1 of spare p S HDlSfllREEN 3 m- r 'hi Amer- aidjO etce saijri.' of ipjipl cp bvcir j E a|d iihportjs:! HENRY O. HILIi JL. .—•——Mi V clothing i i V y,_. UN IIRGEE AflflON AVOID PALESTINE (fOi LAKE SUCCESS. . The UnitedlNatibits Pa mission ygaerdiy; urge I m UN action |o parent lh ^collapse b| aecju i t , bity a n< tratigg aeiyicesf’j lin Pi|l4st The urgeiocy of jthe siti formally i , <j|port|ei4 to |jh> ' jjcouncil f«r'| the ifjirst five-natiob ;rcommlspior The initial report saj “AH informatjipp thi|: able to the jt-ominibsion . conclusion Ithat the A Palestine a| refiux and civif.-Mitho • tw to worsen tinan' ;<>]iinpr “Tljie coiftmiSfijbn possibility a .-jIIi and admini|tratiye terminatior| of; I i ie adequate, mjgant? ^fe to the coniwliasi fai' of-its authority. LAPSE. (JP)-l e ti|cj Com- in ediate .aliened t dininis- he.’ inn was ie(curit.y td thb iftjuation in icjcurity r|?; likely Feb d lose I legislation l(to s<pJ up niq t ing on a said “it is Donald JVfontg Representative cf Workers-CIO, w for J6he pdirent a Senate iBanki that both price cj( l ing "are neefled WEA^HEF East Tfe( this afterni nesdqy. Slijghtly ‘get beady ot good enbi^ inei-y, the Ifrj o jiai 1 |hjj ,: rgani told] itg Stjbloln puttee ernoan anf toti|jght. ; northwest t and j i' tions ; .fresh; the dlnst. , ! Wait Teias in Panhandle "from the Pe Wedbesdag. Mb< least |<to s^wtheas; this afternoon ai warmer-tfhjis afi El Paso area a htrols tjhb lust f i J Biyati, iter oh itribuj-1 listribj- v opth (100,000 500,00) 7 vji ia (c f icjcurity -on thej nless en i|ps<( i ser r H tnau4|t( maid - Ambassadors of Song Cancel Town Hall Show r : " ■ A 1 u Thj- Ambassadors of Song, . widely known ochtetti* sche duled] to appear op To win Hall jin February, haVe caji- celied their engagement here, C. G "Spike” White, direts tor of student activities, ijtU'- nounqed today. A lame band will be hbbk- ed in ftheir placp, he said, i ; D H Professor Quite A^|j "T I || h Dr.^D! J. Hankinson, profl^BSifii of dairy [husbandry, resigned at the end of Lie fall semester to accent a position as head of the dairy in dustries department at the Uni- py th* vei’sity of Massachusetts at Am- ! J heist, Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of 1 the A. & M. department, announc- Ifalr availt | edj | , ; Dr. Hankinson, a graduate of Michigan State, was awarded his B. S. degree in 1937,. receiving his M. S. degree in 103*9 fronri\[t|h^ Uni versity of Connecticut. He*;, receiv ed his doctorate from Penn\ State College in 1942 and joined tne A. , ,; & M. staff in October, 1946. K ' Dr. Hankinson and family left ! Sunday. January 26. - ■ \ tb; --Jlcrcisei / TES | ^stjerday! iHtion-i s—he] FORE(, IS (ploudy j dkh ' tihnight i n d (warmer thii aft- (eld T in tWest-c|eii ;ital /por- ra4 to > intis oh stly ^1 outh I l east of River. toni, mob: sjighltl: t* 'T an elsewhere 4 toni; mostly cloudy .and c< or snow in Panjhandle Plainjs and'rain colder Bill Lewis Nailed Biology President Bill Lewis, a botany rrwyor, was elected president of the Biology Club for this semester, at the last meeting ] of the club last Semester meeting of the club last semester. , j Jamesj Liverman was named vice sP^ii president, Harris G. Moore, secre tary, John J. Anthony treasurer, and Nathan Byrd reporter,' “Mexico,” a movie filmed by the] Gulf Oil Corporation, will belshown at the first meeting of the club! this semester, the program chair man announced. The* film is in color and shows some , ojf the natural wonders ; in Mexico’s terrain. - uhington; f d Auto] oil Conseryatioir Service un- the campus. Ii j-> ii l hi . ’. ■ I • \ 1 -ii ..i AMO. ]! --'If i«f ilhcq then Hill has bjeen serving jomtjy as Blacldand isui erintendent artill/USDA project! supervisor at *“ lq. ( is 'p member .-o f ; the ASCE, |E, American Geographical Un- ,jknd iKe, American Association lithe Advancebieii’ of Science. lj«il$o is vice-pl'eSi'lent of the jihple Chamber of iCammerce and pait; governor of Kiwapis Intbrna- iqhal. He is .39 ye^ik |ojld,. Station” which (is being ;] as i they occur mjiiy lead i to the de- fonsoHdaied Band Formed ] velopment of methods of Preventing The last major project cited was • »#» deterioratioij during storage " the establishment of a band at A. . i.r 1 '' ,^° T 1 * 0 , j]]f K ,/ UR | rocen f y i jinked the faculty after one ^nd a halif years of work and study at the <S- M. Consolidated School. Working: with the ;yity Riwanis Club and the Mothers'; and Dads’ Club, the association lias isben the program] initiated with the employment of . , . Colonel R. J.'Dun as band directorJ ° u f fatR .) vl l bt “ ha, ^ lcd 'J 0 '" tly by msoli^atna bijn.) ovnonJ; the] A&M Research Foundation and ted tb be ance (luring Nplbel Institute Id Stockholm and at the .University] of Uppsala. The project oh.; the investigation - Hjigh School Leaders To Make Tour of Campus on Sports Day cM , B> M ACK T. NOLEN j ’ ; . '! ‘ | • > ' Vj' hi (Outstanding isjtiKlent leaders trom high schools over the stiiitje will visit A. ; ^ M. on Sports Dayun March Under a plan sctUup bV officers the hometown clubs, (Assistant Director i; 9 r*tion- rain Wed- yL ?ain and ecos Valley Itlsis ward Sightly jldier in winner jjdnpsday ith rain $outh ecos : -rh! 11 I The Consolidated bjjndjis Mtpec-jjjj^ Ex^rilnent ? ! att - e> : I responsible for tHe conirgqtual and 7 ^financial phases:,While the Experi ment. Station will bq responsible for the technical and scientific |wQrk. ' : j| ; j ’/ This project is; the only oho the office of Naval Research hjis at the college and is onb of thi^e grants i awarded this yegr by Da? Medical I Sciences Division] / | j: H —1 /" y Development Fund Goal Is Aggie Exes Told t goal of $77j500 has I been set p/year for the]A. & M.jDevelop- luebori iet farm is one of vast oppoi uni=_ ij '4 j .• •. , % .% ■ \ tr: ion and capacity ahd the pup- find that it deserves and give id Friday at the presentation nance plant. tjhel possibilities that may develop p i])olicies that (will be followed dur ing the initiation |^id eaifly development of this project.^ An — u —; ^-44-i—Dragriculture which provides an op* portunity to earn the esse of life and a better standa living for- the-American peo; .the foundation of our securityj.’* j] br. kiting on : City Elections Five The annualXityj College, Station April 6, City Man Vaughn has unnoticed.,I Voters will cast thfif hull !l candidates to fill th4 jposii ::essa tion jfig mayor, city .secretarj'] and' coupCilmen to serve j two]; years j H is no longer liae candidates to file a peti by five percent of tliid nu votes cast in the lastjgcnffr tion, Vaughn said. Iijisltead, didate may have his; liame'blake> on the official ballotihy fi.liljg L ’ sworn application witfjllVlay est I/angford at least :3p day: to April 6,1 ill j . J J Absentee ballots wi p(be a<|(M(i & from Wednesday. Mu ith 171 John A. Lomax, 80, foremost American ballad hpnter and one time member of the A. & M. Eng lish department, died Monday, Jan uary 26 ip preenville, Mississippi. Lomax became ill Friday, Jan uary 23, in Greenville, where he had gone to make a personal ap pearance with his son, Alan. In 1910 he published “Cowboy Songs,” the first book of American folk songs ever copyrighted. ; On j April £'Vkuitfjn' sal foot, by horseback, b\/buggy, auto,, potion day the poll^ and train, he traveled half a mil- ; from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m lion miles into every state but; Voters must be 21 North Dakota in /earch of ballads, j and I must have lived Perhaps the hiofit famous |kong one : year and within! Lomax uncovered was “Homp on the Range,”/ which ho heard a drunken Negro saloonkeeper sing in San Antonio in itfOS. In addition to teaching English here Di/ Lomax guided publication | qualified voters, havikik; resiled of Tin/ Battalion. lh speaking Bluebonrtdt that a the future ojf the farm, Giltbriqt ] sai<] if h.iW FHi- piioj- 6 months preceding; Thcfy must have paid in 1, razos County hefk c Fetyru jr; cfe should -btk in 8 - - i Cgliididates for ofb unt| ,9 P vill' bfe o ie 1 R ! years |ff .|1gj| ‘P Te?f(i he cf the efflet 6ri|. icir pl*l-|lja| he 7 Battalion. : j j College Stjation for :ithe pafit In/1932 Lomax began collecting mojiths. for/the Library of Congress. Prior to bis death he lived in pallas, / ! j : ; ‘ r ; Persons applying fdjr councilmen must live! ' frop ! which they maf 444- positi ms ?of n j the wp' 1 bd elttHtd 4 Elms announced today.; id newspapers] presidents of stu- -dent governments and others show ing unusual qualities of initiative I and Ica'divship are included in the ' ,,lan - i i L : i ( ' [ The idea behind the proposed visit, Elms skid, is to acquaint the i ^his, high-galiber {high school students m( mt Fund, offafers of eX-student with A. * M]. so they might come bOmetown dubs; were tbld here here to collegie and provide superior/‘ a st Sunday. A. E. Hinman of Corpus Christi, I® M ■ > *i V. here to college and provide superior leadership in; publication and stu/ dent gbvernnient posts. ‘ / Athletes Oo not enter into the program unless they are also qualified ip dne of the /other fields. Elms added. / / The plan us formulated by the hometown cliibs is briefly thi§;. Members tlw (dubs will go I; i home and consult high school prin cipals concejning logical choices on the basis of leadership, activity and inteiligi nek. They will ask formejr ' stiidt nt clubs in the town to cooperate m providing transpor tation and assistance. The college will lend any advice and aid it can. to make the project a success, Elms said. 1 \ART HOWARD Slew Sportsi Editor —I—N——.. 1.1— V Vo# Wives to - Choose Courses In Y’ Tonight j $1 wives of veteran students whP'i are interested : in taking any academic course during the spring selftMor should meet in the YMCA Ch dpd Tuesday evepinp/at 7:30 p. m.( pr, Thomas F. jl ndul - The Dallas Former Students Club has a ready voiced its en- iglish depart) l head of i an- Preview of Coding Events FEBRUARY 3—Great Virgil, (Suio .FEBRUARY 6—TSCW Modern ( 8 p. m. 8 p. m. . , FEBRUARY 7—Architectural Socie y,/ FEBRUARY 10—BaUadeeri Toin Scjbtt J • ' 1 8 jp. b. j • *! . IF FEBRUARY 13-^tanist Sidney F 8 p. m. Sophcipior FEBRUARY 14-All-Col egle Dance, TTTT^i V: Hall, 8 p. m. 14 > i. i Tpwn Hal|, Guion Hall, i : I; I Annual Beadx Arts Ball. Town Halfc {Guion Hall, Town Bal, Sbisa H; ’arlrien Cavall f 7|. II, [Guion Hall, 6 Orchestra. a/, thusiasm, Rims added, and has pledged to furnish seven cars for the visit in March. Not all hometown clubs are ac quainted. with the visitor plan, Elms stated. He urges those who have not heaid of it but are inter ested to contact him to learn how the other organizatibnk are con ducting their prQgrams. Another meeting of the home town club officers will be held sometime during; the first two weeks of this semester, Elms con tinued. Notice will be sent to the clubs on file as interested in the plan, j Others should contact him in Goodwin Dali if they wish to be included at tne meeting. The March, trip is being planned to coincide w|ith Sports Day on the campfis, an treated to a game, a baseball game, and maybe a stage show in Guion Hall. The tour 1v|ll be under the sponsorship and guidancejof the hometown clubs involved. \Club members will en tertain the vjsitors and show them the spots of (interest V ' ! president of the] Former (Students Asociatiom told the group at its sedond annual meeting that $60,000 of this sum woidd go toward en dowment scholarships. $2|500 will be used to replace Cadet Corps j nounce their intention of ’pursuing flags and colors] and $15(000 will 1 a military or naval career after go for the expenses of the associa-1 graduation, tion, Hinman said- I , ! ! Each scholarship will be made About 70 former students and available in annual payments club officers, including {rippresen- over a period of ten years. •Ill J" as well as the eventjual hofe fojr world peace depends ppon th# con tinued ability of this jUtion tjo ^c-! tect and enforce the .Mace. ; ; : “I’m well aware tnlkt the * sffec live use of such an ability dejpeiidis to a great extent o# [the qua tty and training of our military lepa er f[ I ■ | • ' Y ] .[!.. i “I recognize the fa):t that mi ny of our potential great leaderi {nig not be developed, simjply thfoii “guiding principle will bq to stress studies looking; to the im-i provqment ajidjconservution of soil/' and water], reHources.^Wle ex;pept to do much Work on graskes hnn )e-' gumejs, ineliiding-plant 1 breed|ing. ^, “A priiTji|(i!y assignmeitit nt.Bluci bonnet Wiljl he to increase ourfoun- '* dation seed stocks. The present value of! Bluebonnet mai* be multi plied marly times over) in s|nglk items ppeh as higher yield ip hy brid com, disease resistant gmimi, or improved variety cottons.” Far|m, Units Planned “A itui«il4r of complete : arnt inits will b('set up to he opeiatod hulet! supervised programs for soil v imprownafnt with varying soui %f (Ysh income,” Gilchplst cm ued. \-| "Today: ] we may he tpe beginning of a pro in the> future will meaiiji _ r Tcxas thaii any one horp! cgn /dre* see. We Will cooperate with all agencies public or private, looking unselfishly toward a sound Uusi* ness like] permanent agricti]:urat program which will develop atwl bo a challenge to the kind ;of leadkr- s h i p and rural life Y.T e x a s and America, must hnvej,” he con- cludcd.j , i (• ★ ;•!' Colonel Karl E. Wallace, recent ly appointed administrator v>f 55one 5 for Texks, Oklahoma, Louisiana, MissiB$ippii. and Arkansas, prenent- ed the deejd of the 17,483 acre pro ject to hoard member/C. C. Krueger of SaW Antonio. . / ^ ] G. {R. White, president of the (A. ■«, . Scholarships Honoring Military Leaders Awarded A&M College ! .* i J I 1 • J • • I 1 11 i * Ii I il i\" ] li Two $10,000 military schplardships honor|ag; T| litleci States military leaders have beerj established at jft.. & 3!. by Houston Endowment. Inc., a philanthropic corporation eitiib- li.shed by Mr .and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones. A. & Mfis otie of four southwestern ischodls to re-' ceive such scholarships. 1 A. & M.’s scholarships are in honor of General Dwight Eisen hower and the late General George S. Patton; Rice Institute, Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. and General Alexander Archer Vandegrift; Uni versity of Texas, Admirals Chester W* Nimitz aipl Ernest JJ Kijig; and New Mexico Military Instijtute, General Douglas McArthur. The men honored by these schol arships will be selected for the state-supported schools, A. M. and TU, through a statewide com petition from entering freshhien. Recipients will be expected to an il M. Board,.wttfi tumble to be pre- tpe ]/ the deed. I sent at tne, ceremony to receive lack of opportunity • j secure presen- tatlives from Albuquerque,j N. M., Shreveport, La. and Oklahoma City attended the meeting Saturday {night and Sunday morning at which 35 dubs participated. Harry Stiteler? new football coach, Athletic Director BjUl Car michael, and Assistant Coaflh John nie Franke spoke] briefly on A&M’s future in athletiqs. Dean of Men ]W. L. Periberthy, Cadet Colonel of the Coins 'Bill Brown, and J. T.-; Miller, managing editor of The Battalion, addressed irp: the group Saturday night pn stu dent affairs. ; | Sunday momiijg the former stu dent officers b(ad breakiast in Sbisa Hall, adjourning at poon. J. Wayne Stayk, director of the Student Memorial Center, spoke Saturday night ] on the proposed new building, illustrating his talk with drawings and lay-outs {of the 5-unit affair. Louis Hartun^ of San A n ( on >° presided at the itwo-session meet ing. J ^ jj i- I the ^visTtors J will "be Newcomers Set Bridge intra-squad football j] , The Newcomers Club will hold a bridge party ^Wednesday iafter- noon at 2 in the YMCA. For reservations persons are re quested to call Mrs. R. E. Leighton, 4-4824, or Mrs. ij, B. Johnson, 4- 5309, before Tuesday night. i {k j] ■' Ilf! The endowments foq the scholar ships were presented to represent atives of! the fpuir sehpols in Hous ton, January 23, by Mr, and Mrs, Jones ! in! a ceremppy held in the office of: Jones, who wau the for mer secretary and head of the Re- constiuction Finance Corporation. Jones outlined the objectives of the scholarships as follows: “I’m firm in thehbelief that the future safety and peace of America ■ if ;'j i, ]‘h Campus Salute ToHonorA&M ■ : : “Campus Salute," a weekly program originating from Wash ington, D. C., will, spotlight Tex as A, & M. College within the next month, probably on] Feb ruary 20. R.* Henderson Shuffler, direc tor of publicity at A. & M., will furnish, the necessary | informa tion for the program as request ed by Captain Gerald 3. Tdte, director of the Army Depart ment's Public Information Di vision. ! -Such items as local color,, a brief history of A.&M., ad outstanding graduates will be included on the program. | YjY'.jUj Both Wallace and Krueger ire fOrmer stiiidbnts of A. & M. In jtnakipeCthe prekentation, Vnl-. lace told of A. 4UM.'s accom|i|lteh' mentf both in World War l anH IL He emphasized the strides made in the science of agriculture at A.! & ML . ' {! j j: I, , ' j 1 ' c J iXoiigressman W. R. Poage of ' Waco; master of ceremonies, cal Ini attention to the part', which j t he people of McGregor and vicinity {had i i bringing about the 1 ' transfer of the Rliiehopnet farm. Friilay’s training necessary to| fit th<j n (for such leadership. - j! •Tt is the purpose «jjfj these i; id Ol arships to offer such |(jtentiaj leld erk an opportunity Ifl secuj» training vjhich will fit theh gqr military careers" j { i The representative t;: at tl ;■ ddwmcnt ceremony icludec C onje) Guy p. Meloy, Jr], pro es| of military science aid tactw 4 in( l commandant of the Cadet A. & 1VL; General Huijn N pijejiidlent of New Mexico Institute; Captain Jiil E. USN, professor of nival s^enbe, R|ck Institute; "and O Young McCown, U? of naval science and mand of the ROTC, jljniverf^ty Texisl ASAE President presentation ceromoliy vended more than two years of pqt gotiafions; for the $2,000,000. Hold ings vith the War Assets Admin istration. | |./' i ' 'U .j' ! The properties, as government siirplus, Were sold to A. & M/at 100 percent cash discount, paymbn|t to be made in public services oVer a 25-year period.'The tratt is lo cated in (McLennan and Coryell Counties, i 1 ’ ' : ’ ! !' !\ Hehry O. Hill, present superior tendeit of the Blackland Experi ment Station at Temple, will'take charge of;the property. To Speak ij George A. Rietz, pile ddent American Society of' Engineers,, will meeiti Student branch here Tuesday * of the vision in the Agricultural! Lecture Room. ' Rietz, who is head; cultural industries di^is G eiieral Electric Cormiai York, will confer F. R. (Jones, head tural engineering d; pis staff. He WflUbeii a tour of the researd : cilities. of the college, meeting with the stiwents. •T-T r ! 71 1 "i: Engiq > si-jni Veteran Students ■ r !' 9 ™, Must Get Approval To Change (Curses ,] Veleran students desiring to drop la course for which they have already obtained books and sup plies, or who wistr to change cour ses, rtiust get approval to make lthe change from the dean of their par ticular school, 6. A. Zinn, assist ant dean of men, announced today. Uppb receiving permit to change i, or to Hiiimt C ■ Agrici with lucid teachiht prior couraps, dr to drop ohe or morO the student! will turn In and supplies already drawn h the Veterans’ Adminis- idm to the book store from ich they were drawn. When the change permit and re ceipt from the book store are pre/ senteR to the Veterans’ Adminis tration in Goodwin Hall, requis ition# for new books and supplies will fie issued for the new courses, Zln* said. / oward Nanted Ball Sports Chief 1 j j ' 4 ' Y' *' . !f: 1 <r rt Howard i named to as sports < sJfe rd of San Antonio has succeed Paul Mar- editor of] The Bat- tor Jimmie Nelson /v •« ■