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J \';'S % *•..1 l/» j I “COM MI : NEGRO 7 !■■ HOUS1 ' t S HAHN INIVERS ' i' Jv d •iv 1 t new state nniverg has *beenj labeled: t target ofj Texas Ci State : : Repreaeni Murphy Houstei on the school yesi Gov. Beapford Jes for a pefspnal invi Mui'phtr," in a tl to Jester said a specjat stssfo ■the legis store shop id be 'icai ■necessary.,He ten j the Housjtjon camp 1 lory.” : /* He told report I ^ -erij the; C<i nists he {referred tS- are whitl pons am not^studentj^ o;: piemhers of the^Uijii^rsity. ; J. W. FIDINGS OF T.C.U DIES S UDDENL1 i / t ING , s nr 4.. 9 (AMT for |N( ( numbej rhntuniists ve C ung th Jay aiid r to Qdm Itigatipn page Ihti T •: 'TJrX. ' hr- Condiiti “not isaii^f rr«r., |M; ip Riding tiart Uni FORT WORTH,'! ITi </P)—Prcf. J. Willi of .the Texas Chr; journaliim depart died sud lenly here! day fror i- cierebralji was 53. Nationally knoWiti , as man” fqr the TCtf Ifootball Ridings was stricli night alter attend concert wiith his. within twoi hours! FINNS READY RUSSIAN! PACT! HELSINKI, Mi .... la tyi 1 4 tist-titlg 'j? -j-Hin land pitked a leKtist-tirige 1 dlle- P|ation Today for tlHe|Moicofv;t#ks op a •Rqssian-Fmmsh tr|ajty[; of ftiendsliip and mwtupi &sp|sta|co, a government menjlper saidj ' s ; called iby but .Would WAfjUrNGTONLMar I MACARTHUR, TRUMAN ‘'HATS IN THE IRING’ TOK^oi March li) <^1—G<jn] 0pi>- glas Mac Arthur said Tuei day; he would jaceept thepiles de iqy | “if the Akerican' iso ‘ not adfively seajc i |D man announced Monday Demoptatic | $lgti|>rial J. Howkd McGr ith Ihat 1 ’ ’ “ j ' op- ident throug Chairni^r if non^iHalted by; the naitio lajl, ventioii h^ will accept ap(h ipi RUSS SHOOT AMERICAS' SOLDIER IN BACK^ VIENNA, Austria?; Maif-h (iT*)—L. S. Army authori|ief an Arpisrican soldier wjasjs the bajck Sunday 'night* af fusing toi obey g)Kusfeian joild get of “ the sidewglk japd i gutteri in j front jof ^ fippsiprj quarters Ihotel ihi the Int al distS'icjt of Viepna. j The-provost marshal’s o the scjldjm' probably 'wtill kreh RiiSsi: yest ?ri BIG RIVE TQ ABOUT PAL : NEW YdRKjii The' Uni^ Sta and Chlpa decjtj invite the hiky The fobr powdilp also af ref?r| that Trygve Lie, sec!fetary-g neiilj of the Ifpi^ed Nations. Shoilldi ils' in vited jtoj attend ifotlayfs AS M OMER aJBpitish lipreBdnt .ti^tf ipto [f powb' tyjkb op tile Wales- i s s - [ i»I • 1iI t\ MAR ASTRO AUSTIN, M; Donald ; obsei , v v have klisjcovered the plarit-Uranui At jthp same til it; gjreen areas Of M^s| order, or litfheps. BLAMES HATTjON SUMNI FORI TIDED AN pS CAS WASHINGTON. Mar.lO 1- Harold L. Ickes,i fornierlst • of tie Interior/said ylstt . form jr, Texas «ongtes4n:jn|! ;sugg ist ?d the goverpmrnl land? suit against Cpliflrr Holding from his df tpld i SenaterHOuse jud! Vomt lit ee that Hattop S Dallpuf expressefl his opiini 1938; that, the .federal howl , had title to off-ahon' 1 eo|stn| ^ SumpePs then wjas chaiiins(ii| House iudiciaryJGomTfniftee. | —C< 1. Alva L. Harve assn niejd. commaindnof Air. Forces Stariton T. in Rrooke Genegafmps <«P. ch ye| Bas|e,isucc|e(ji Itk khi aPHos|iL|il operation an<l cj leckpp.l i | |, iterday ndolph Col. been fop an THE! Mostly | elk Texas afternoon, tonight ailid Rain ih southejfkt pflrt ernlion a^d in fouth nespny. Coolerdextrpm tiort this aftepnoon ! \ Littlp change ill temjpe whpr«< Moderaiei nc rtl east winds on) the pot st. W(«ft TexasH-Pa " day, tpnight a teitd showers cha ngje in tern esd; edpe day! V this esday. is aft r We<l- th por- ionight. s.; else- norch- ■i' ( ' pianist rfcelled for which will titick-Barnyj 1 ineer-A' dlloward i ictp-ing, sai those fa< nlpnteer be Ifequi jdsay stated Mfo iThe saxo] ini g ^!!i nd a \ iol i; the" fa :u d Foil es llture Baj|i hw, jdefcn y mi m the! p|si to pn ct e ng fi oh i pfc are band . Slip- pn | Ep- ‘lay 8, hngi- s who is will every to G, . : (ior sax „ a f*. : rers for don’t , I Volume 47 wrt Aggie Debaters To Meet TCU On Thursday ■ - • s L’ •». I *>l !!- I/. PUBLISHED COLLEKE i' ,ri. L • i I':.;.. V.1 ^. I A ! m ■ •; /r i- . •! ,Ts. f ml I! 4. DAILY IN THE INTEREST Oh A GREATER A&M COLLEGE IB STATION (Aggieland), TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1948 r Two debete teams from Texas Christian University will meet three A&M teams on Thursday, according to Emil Hubka'pf the committee bn debate and discussion. ! ; One of the TCU teams will de bate Paul B. Wells and John L. Taylor in Room 326, Acad^r Building, whil4 the other will pv U |i" ^William Downard and John Regan * le |in Room 304, | Academic Building. Both of these idebates are schedul ed for Up. m., Hubka said. Charles Kiijkham and Johp A. fShoptall will rji ee t one of the jTCU ^ teams at 3:30; in a WTAW broad cast. The pair will wind up the day’s debating Thursday nigjit at 7:30, when they meet the other TCU team in Room 324, Academic Building, in ijhe only formal en counter of the day. The public is invited to attend all debates, Hubka added. The TCU coach and tearmjwill be honored at a dinner to be held that nigbt at: 6 in the Aggieland Inn. , ; • ; Spring "tpyoiuts for the intercol legiate debate -squad will be. held from 7 to 10, Wednesday night, 324 of the Ac pi mittee on discussion and debate an nounced today. Successful candidates will be given places on teams which w t ill take part in intercollegiate debates during March, April, and May, ac cording to Karl E. Elmquist, de bate coach. Debate squads will visit various Southwestern colleges and play host to othersi Elmquist add- cd. \ v T All students interested ih debat ing are invited to come to the try outs, Elmquist said. Candidates should be prepared on both the af firmative and the'i negative of the question ‘^Resolved, That a Federal World Government Should Be Es tablished,” and should be ready to givie^a four minute presentation speech putting forth two or more strong arguments for the side to which they are assigned. j .. A three-minute rebuttal speech in which they will analyze and criticize their opponents’ arguments will also be required. Materials for the study of th(“ question are available on the “De bate Reserve” shelf, 3rd floor, Cushing Memorial Library. 4 '. Russia Won’t Fit in (M , Great Issues Class Con Duranty Knickerbocker an great world diffieultv -... I ' . _ .-*! ... ;• i ■! m Number 129 -7 l;<v r j W’i kerbocker wp •JK March 10, in Room 24 of the . demic Building, the faculty |com- A J BILL KRAUSE, above, will play Ihe part of George Tesman in . tne [Aggie Players’ presentation of “Hedda Gabler,” March 11-12 in the Assembly Hall. (Photo, by Van Dyke) —J i J ‘ ' '] ; Radio Announcer Chosen • . . Bill Krause Portrays tesman in Ibsen Play 7 %/ By JAMES E. NELSON Rice President To Lecture On Crystal Motion Dr. William V. Houston, president of Rice Institute, will deliver a lecture on the vibration of crystals in the Physics Lecture Room at 8| tonight, Dr. P. B. Pearson, dean of the graduate school, has announced. - Will Leave March 21 Houston will address gradujatij students, -‘faculty members ijimj members of the Society of Sigma Xi at A&M. A prominent physicist), Houstjop served as a professor of physics a,t the California Institute of Teehnoi- logy prior to assuming the presi dency of Rice Institute. i He also served asi' chairman jof the division of physics, mathemat ics and electrical engineering while in California. Already a member of the Na tional Academy of Science and the American Physical Society, Hous ton was appointed a member of tl|e basic physical sciences of the Re search and Development Board in 1947. During the war Houston w|as as sociated with the Office df Scien tific Research and Deveiopmeht. A 23-year-old geology major from Houston has been ejast as George Tesman in Henrik Ibsen’s drama, “Hedda Gabler,” to be given by the Aggie Players on March 11-12. Bill Krause, talented young theatrical enthusiast; has been selected to fill the part of Tesman. Krause is a native of tejeas, spending most of his life in- ■ Houston. Nineteen of his 23 years Were spent in the “Big City of iTexas,” to be exact. j Proficient in boWling, Bill speeds most of his spare time on week ends in Houston at the alleys. But hot all of hii) tirtie in Houston is [devoted to bowling. Bill finds it jeonvenient to devote some of week end to the fairer, sex. “This”, says he, “is the most enjoyable paht of life.” He has been interested in the theatre as long as he can remem ber. He was formerly vice-president df the Aggie Players and has par ticipated in three of > the group’s productions. Krause will be rem embered by studbht^ as the villain in | the recent production of “Pure as) The Driven Show.' J 1 l !L i'- M L The great world difficulty today, according to Walter Duranty, is that the United States knows little about Rus sia, and Russia knows even less about the United States. “We must find a working agreement with Russia, even against their will,” he stated. The defeat of Germany created a vacuum in Central Europe, he pointed out. Meanwhile, we had no peace plan. The djeath of Roosevelt, ithe loss of election by Churchill, re moved the leaders whoj had prose cuted the war, and who might have had plahs in their heads. “The Marshall Plan, Coming two years after the end of the. war, is not too late, but it is very, very late,” Duranty said-. , As evidence of grounds for Rus-j/" sian suspicions of Britain and the U. S., Duranty quoted an account of Cordell Hull of a deal between Stalin and Churchill by which Rus- sui was ceded 75 r /e control in those countries now behind tHe “irorr cur tain.” Russia has never known the benefits of capitalism ras we know it, Duranty pointed outj. Even Eng land has not been able to extend the benefits of capitalism as far down the social scale jas we have. So it is not surprising that Russia is anititcapitalist. “We must convince Russia that we are not out to smash socialism at all costs, but to preserve peace,” he concluded in his main presenta tion. /: In the rebuttal, Duranty charged Knickerbocker with using as cur rent evidence quotations from Com munist leaders made years ago when Allied armies were invading Russia after WW 1. He accused Knickerbocker of “Walter Winchell and Drew Pearson jingoistic tac tics,” calculated to cerate war feel- Hitler grew strong between World Wars because of suspicion between ex-allies Britain and France, Duranty pointed out, and said that Germany and Japan -are j hoping that similar suspicion be- j tween Russia and the United States ! will enable them to grow strong' 1 enough for a third war. Duranty In Debat woHc to last night agai of one world, By C. C. TRAIL . Students of the Great Issues course voted! 40-3 linst the idea that Russia could become part) after hearing Walter Duranty and Knickerbocker debate the pojnt. The discussion, in Guion Hall, was the first open meeting of the; Grea Issues class, and was attended by about a thousand ] pie in addition to the class, j ' ; J j The two men, both reporters who have colver world news for many years and were at one time stationed in Moscow for their respective newspaper? took radically different attitudes toward the presen world crisis. 1.1; : j . .. 'j Ai This debate has been going on sipce 1925, accordinj to red-headed Knickerbocker, Aggie-ex and on$-tim editor of the Longhorn. He met Duranty in Moscjow in; x that year. They have been arguing ever since, in prirli^ and on the platform. , <] r 1 - ™ Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the history depantmer and instructor of the Great!Issues class, presided f the meeting * ■Ik iccofding ;ker. Russia’s goal absolute power, and |te power corrupts ab- timo apologists for Rus hed. thfit “the end justifies [is," but novl' the end has as evil as the jneans, he 45 Ag Engineers Plan 5-Day Trip to Rio Grande Valley 1 ■ I $ i . ; Approximately 45 ngricultni'al engineering students will leave by automobile March 21 for a five-day field trip to the Rio Grande Valley region. Roy 0. Garrett, assistant professor, and S. D. Martin, instructor, both of the agricultural engineering department, will be in charge of thp trip. L Visits will be made to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at McAllen, the Valley Agricultural Expepj- tou ft.. • . ] meat Static ji at Weslaco, Ahe Soil Conservation office in Harlingen. entering A & M/two years ago, were spent as a navigator in the Air Force. 2 All of Bill’s spare time at A&M 13 not spent working with the Ag gie Players. He is chief announcer for radio stations WTAW and KAMT-FM. When the cause arises he doubles as engineer for {the Stations. Krause plays the part of Hedda’s husband in the play. Tesman, Krause says, is dominated by bis wife and seems to find pleasfure in'uncovering old facts and anti ques; His time is devoted to the study of things of the past. The play will tfc presented in the Assembly Hall March 11-12. Editor- for A Day • i 1 ; " ji >1. til ' • • , Use This Two-Week Contest to Let Qff| Steairi, antji Win a Cash Prize were editors? editor of The Battalion ? i bicttiresf Would you fire the What would you do if Would you leave out irs? Or would you just disband publication? These are questions the $att editors want answer? an “Editor for a Day Contest ’ being sponsored for thej two weeks. - j J / , The six persons who submit the best letters, in words or less on “How 1 Would Run The Battalion If I Were Editor” will receive prizes totaling $20. For the week ending Sunday, March 14. the first three lucky persons will win prizes of $5, $3, and $2. Entries re ceived after that date will automatically be entered in next week’s contest which ends Sunday, March 21. i There are no rules to the “Editor for a Day Contest. Just watch your language, because some of the letters will be reprinted. I ' .[ Address your letters to “Editor fqr a Day,” c/o The Battaliofa and drop them in the Faculty Exchange, Aca- demic Building. , This week’s three!w$nper&iwill be announced early next the Central Power ami Light Com pany district office in Wespaco and the private water companies and irrigation district at Mercedes. ^ Also, the student groupwill at tend n field day on irrigation methods in [San Benito, j j The group will make hepdquar- te/s at Weslaco. Agricultural engineering stu dents who will graduate jin June, July or August, 1918, and Janu ary. 1949, are eligible for the trip , since all will have had oij will take courses in irrigation and drainage engineering. The following students have reg istered for the trip,. according to Garrett: Earl A. Ballman, Waco; Janies E. Bennett. Sun Saba;,E; L. Booe, Kenedy; Sam Bvindley. Waxahg- chie; Joe B. damp, Junction; M. E. Canady, Weaver; Nolen Chafin, College Station; P. K. (Jook, Col lege Station; Marc G. Davenport, Tulsa, Oklahoma! Rue V. [Derrick, Llano; J. t). Dunn, Granger;, Oscar; J. Elbel, Spring Branch; T, E. Eubank, Teip- ple; James E. Ferguson, College Station; C. I. Fpsmire, Edinburg; John E. Gregg, Walter N. Higgins, Galvepton; Charlie M. Hohn, Independence; 0. H. How ard, Grapelpnd; Don M. Howeth, Dixon, Gainesville; DavuJ J. Inglish Rrvan. i i if iH 'I ill r ' j - : J ■V | '' ■ ":} j : L Scarcity of Uniforms Here I Greatest Change, Says Debater siajcliiii the! me, bet|»m tfo Hltktratfl why he thinks Riis- ntiiot bo part,jof bne world t is Russia’s [world,” Knick- ernpeker related thiit three years ago, ait the end of the war, Russia’s enfcmips were all defeated, and all tbfel;wpr;ld wis frienjlly toward the Smipil I Esipecially! the United .Saute?! But mow? • i “(RiipHa’s Politburonu' only join ed Ithti United Nations |n order to puijatyzd it,”!! Knickerbocker charg- eq. Thiit Politbureau set out U} con- thp world as j ear|y as- 1939, it gobbled up the Baltic coun- f He said. j , 7 ' ‘ Rijisdjiahsl! don’t fear war—they < efeak” Knickerbocker jre- niairked.: They p)uh i to use all “froub ejk shprt of war,? until such tim e &i the U. S. l^as U depression a ul Rijislsia has an-atomic bomb. the fSjr»t titne in history, the U.jS,] S; following ja policy of ^ay-. ii)g ?Look, World,! how strong we irt'Cl’T Knickerbocker remarked. We N H 1 ’ I I ! r f: t 1 By! LOUIS MORGAN ‘Scarcity qf uniforms on the campus is tht gret change thkt has taken,place at A&M since 1 wash in isc here in 1917\” H. R. Knickerbocker, i^ewspaper jconreispon and debater,Viid, in ap, interview yesterday. j The debate with l)uranty in Guion last night m -I li) 1 Knickerbocker’s third appearance^ here since he was a, student. Twice he has lectured herp, once on a Abileneans Plan Easter Banquet Tentative plans have been made by the Abilene Club for an Eastei banquet to be held in conjunction with the local Ex-Aggie Club, Boyd Rogers, reporter for the campus organization, said today. ? J. C. Womble, president of the Abilene exes, is handling plans for the banouet. Rogers reported. Approximately 150 couples are expected for the affair, which will be held in the Windsor Hotel. Fur ther details will be discussed to night at a meeting of the campus club at 7:15 in the YMCA. Town Hall presentation. Knickerbocker served on the battle fronts six years\ reporting the vyar in aill parts of rhe; world. He knew and worked with Ernie Pyle in Europe. Knickerbocker attended .A&M op a scholarship from Southwestern tb prepare himself ,„for the aymy ser vice during World War I. He a member ojf Company K, Sign Corps. He enlisted in the army to' the tune of Ihe “Stars and IStripes Forever” played by the Cadet Corps Band. Too skinny to pass the army physical, he was forced to eat bananas and drink water tb! bring his weight ! up to arnty require ments. While at A&M he was associate editor of The Longhorn and a contributor to The Battalion. He said The Battalion of that time was very much like the present day publication. . I ! ' ' After release from the army where he served two years as tele graph operator along the IVfexicap Border, he studied journalism pt Columbia University. He was a newspaper correspond ent in France when war broke out in 1039. He escaped to England and sweated out the air blitz there. Re turning to the States, he was sent to A us U'i>lia after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After seeing service in New Gui nea, he was transferred ito the First Division as official ’corres pondent, and went' ashore with American troops in North Africa. He had served in the same outfit with the commanding officer df the; First Division on the Mexican Border in 1918. After going to Sicily and Italy, Knickerbocker returned to England an^ followed American troops ip their drive across France into Ger many jn 1944-45. He said corrcS- (See CHANGES on Page 4) ! mt Bars leligion Stu !n Grade School i p 1 f . TON-. March Slfprcme GmH pM W’ iool systems majl, hot b< uj)- 4 to assist rfeligiouiH groups in ' - TiZ -T.^1 X 1 il WASHING —C-T0—The led yesterday ?d •religious jn^tructi| The \jecision was 8| to I. Justice Reed, dissenjtipg, sp|l decision raises a bar kgainst tically till forms of |peligioi^ j ptructiop connected |in «nv With school systems. He said ptates including New Yo__ systems which the piling questionable. Justice Jackson; although ling in the majority! f{ind.ingp 'particular case before the said he believes it gi)es tjoo He contended that jit would make difficult the teaching liberal iarts. Specifiojally he Honed church architecture L (classes, references td religh* formation in history] coups* f sacred piusic in mirsi: classed Justice Black delivered th jority opinion. • ! . In its ruling tlie j court protests by Mrs. Yai hti Mc( who says she is an ai heist, t system employed Ip Chai 111., breaks down the consti; wall between church] and s Unddf (he Champaign pi school board permifai; a local cil on [religious education duct classes m the spool tp once a, week, on school tin (See RELIGION|dn Pag : m Used ' d say “Look ho^ weak we K uire—si a arnjy, no pavy, no marines. ■! Thlat j jjutovep Aye’re l peaceful.” Fvp ij MrS. Roosevelt was unable ■ ge; alopg with the Russians lei jshe Served jon a committee •'ip them, Knickl'rhogker pointed ^ !’Thej Russians ! put; out statc- <n*nts calling Truman ‘Blood-thirs- ;) ty H^ifry’ and injmed|ately aftpr- ircl fbrmckl the new Cominform,” ' ilkojibocker said. Zjilanov, hum- Ittvio man in Russia, has spon- fal'ly avoW(>d thjat the first aim fiittR is !to keep the Mar- Iwom working. He fol- Bl Comimunlst doctoriPe, Ilfogfljct is inevitable,” Knicker- »l'! concluded.] the rejoinder, Knickerbocker ?dd Ihfranty .wjth being a [manId Henry Wallaeo.” ew Schedule Announced For horn Pics 'l ' j i 4 ' • - - , aites for taking 1948 Ixmg- horn clulv picture^ "’have been aimjounml b/j photographer « Kle^L AH the pictures f e taken on West steps of 1 griculturp Building. • ' KiRSDAY; MARCH 9 5rl5 p. riv—Brazoria County .Club 5:30 p. pi*—DaUad Club 5:45 p. ijfi.—Fort Worth Club WEDNESDAy..;MARCH 10 :3I0 p. ; fo.—-Houston Club t4to 'p. pi.—Lcpnl County Club THUUSDAY; MARCH 11 | hi4 J •\i I’ » 1 f \ -rm FRIDAY, MAftCH 12 5:10 p. m.—SAFE 1:20 p. m.—Polk County Club 5:50 p. m.-B.A.Y. Club •?:40 p. Pn.—Latin American Club r 'h|e clubs listed ijjove have not pietjures nladej Klein said. Clubs which have already had .their pi<ttures made without checking wj hi the iiOnghorn Office last week will! notS have their picture^ re- madf. Inmnse ofjbacj weather,'pic tures Will fro re^heduled. (dubs having 1/2 page reser- “ L ^ krei reminded that only 10 bel included in the irite : A Bryan. M. W. Keel, Abilene; F. N. Loa- therwood, Terrell; J. J. Li e, Green ville; Joe AL Magee, Crowell; Lar ry R. Mangold, San Antonio; V. S. Marctt, Gonzales; T. B. Meeker, Britton, Oklahoma; Martin J. Migl, San Antonio; Al F. Moeller, San Antoxlion; Mosei'J, Morgan, Bf G.‘ S. Nelson, Hereford; H. P. Parker, Indian Creek;. Clifford E. Parsons, Bryan; James W. Perry, Hooks; Beverly G, Reeves, Abi lene; Fred M. Sager, Cuero; Billie E. Seay, College Station.' . ! William C. Simpson,] Liverpool; W. C; Thomson, Austin^ C. E 1 Tur- ner, Corpus Ch toe, La Villa; College-Station, ai C«u«»« »>•«»* rt- 2-. Bred above are the officers of the abinet. Loft to . L. CASHION, Miens, irogra* right are EARL general secretary; chairman. I w xwcptcu UIILit I Bobby Williamson, |e requests that qs i I- 'if reitiin<Jed that glossy ' prints for the senior :tion iof}the Longhorp uccepted; until March 12, co-editor, many sen* issible submit pictures. 10 is also the deadline Jon snapshots, 2 '/< x trger, Williamson added, beep set as the dead* , turcs for the Aggieland tese print* must be larg- ,1x3 1/4 apd should have of the' people in the, pic- ^n on the back in pencil. 4-m ib To Cl u, mov 3 Realm‘of the Wild,” a movie about our natural ‘S will be phesented by the |C ub at its regular meeti [Biology Lecture Room at ay night, puddy Reif- resident, announced to-. ; j * eting will be open to the 1 everyone interested is comet Be*fk hlager aaidt 4 l
