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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
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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
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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|
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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.
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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
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J. A. I/>MAX
Transfer of
si
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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
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clothing i
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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
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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!
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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 .• •. , % .%
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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
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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.
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Tpwn Hal|, Guion Hall,
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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 $15(000 will 1 a military or naval career after
go for the expenses of the associa-1 graduation,
tion, Hinman said- I , ! ! Each scholarship will be made
About 70 former students and available in annual payments
club officers, including {rippresen- over a period of ten years.
•Ill J"
as well as the eventjual hofe fojr
world peace depends ppon th# con
tinued ability of this jUtion tjo ^c-!
tect and enforce the .Mace. ; ; :
“I’m well aware tnlkt the * sffec
live use of such an ability dejpeiidis
to a great extent o# [the qua tty
and training of our military lepa
er f[ I ■ | • ' Y ] .[!.. i
“I recognize the fa):t that mi ny
of our potential great leaderi {nig
not be developed, simjply thfoii
“guiding principle will bq
to stress studies looking; to the im-i
provqment ajidjconservution of soil/'
and water], reHources.^Wle ex;pept to
do much Work on graskes hnn )e-'
gumejs, ineliiding-plant 1 breed|ing. ^,
“A priiTji|(i!y assignmeitit nt.Bluci
bonnet Wiljl he to increase ourfoun- '*
dation seed stocks. The present
value of! Bluebonnet mai* be multi
plied marly times over) in s|nglk
items ppeh as higher yield ip hy
brid com, disease resistant gmimi,
or improved variety cottons.”
Far|m, Units Planned
“A itui«il4r of complete : arnt
inits will b('set up to he opeiatod
hulet! supervised programs for soil v
imprownafnt with varying soui
%f (Ysh income,” Gilchplst cm
ued. \-|
"Today: ] we may he
tpe beginning of a pro
in the> future will meaiiji _ r
Tcxas thaii any one horp! cgn /dre*
see. We Will cooperate with all
agencies public or private, looking
unselfishly toward a sound Uusi*
ness like] permanent agricti]:urat
program which will develop atwl bo
a challenge to the kind ;of leadkr-
s h i p and rural life Y.T e x a s
and America, must hnvej,” he con-
cludcd.j , i (•
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Colonel Karl E. Wallace, recent
ly appointed administrator v>f 55one
5 for Texks, Oklahoma, Louisiana,
MissiB$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.
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Scholarships Honoring Military
Leaders Awarded A&M College
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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
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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.
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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
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Campus Salute
ToHonorA&M
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“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.
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Veteran Students
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™, 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.
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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
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