largely unsjaccess
the rebeli
els:
1. Greek' corm
ate from plane
combat-wise Ur
officers have;hel
h 2. The Greek
use a modified
employed by th« ;
selves /or the lajst
. r
STATON •Aggleland)
P!
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0^ A GREATER A&MCOLLEGE
MONDAY, APRIL 5,1948
W'}
Sportsmanship A
Iwnl
ber
:»!
.1 i:
UCLA PROF SA1
“REDS” PLACED
1 LOS Al^GEL^S r _
‘ ^itol Ae
Lps Jm-
r ei|re
well aware the Cbmtnurtjst palrty
has placed: studetat i at UCLA
is attempting to btutjent
- , , ;4*
organizations to ac ompli^h ins pur
poses/'
We 'have
whjat we
steps to deal'
wflF
believd ari.
with thejSituatup,^
ARKANSAS NiGROES
TO TAKE, OVER IF T. i | ! *
LITTLE ROCfKj Apri^S^,^—
;;
Given to
Presentation Set
••
l
Negroes Will be ready t
if Arkansas’ whiite DemO'
out of the national con
Philadelphia in fulyl ' ■ i i
.Such a wajk-out has beeh sug
gested as a possible step [ip
May 15 in Houston
Trophy Will Rotate From Year To
Year; Winner to Receive Plaque
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s’' •'
By J. K. B. NELSON
i h,
Dr. J. M. Robin ^onj president of
the Arkansas Negro Democratic
Association, said Saturday; that
group had named seven delegates
to attend the njatiopal Donttocriatic
conventioii.
ogpatch News Be
ns With This Issue
- ,puch a walk-out has been sug- -—l-f..-j— j-f
gested as a possible step [iP-M^j v- ^ S | ' j . i X. )
Battalion w Ftatu
.
FINLAND D1
[CONTINUE A1
CIDER TO i- j
iL ANCES i- "
■HELSINKI, Firhjmd. iprjl 5 <A*)
Finland’s leadeife decided Saturday,
after a week of delibijattopj.
theit* answer
requested by tjie
complete its chain of alliances from
the security Jrtict
Soviet Union to
the Black :Sea fo the Arctiq. ]
The cabinet nut with Priesident
tjal
by
sive
j-
..r
Juho Paasikivi all ,thf presid'
palace -in what i ras -descrifc
responsible sou rc js as a d 1
session. 1 I
An official s :at eiment, said Addi
tional instructions were aoprov^d
which will be pert to the Mpscrfw
delegation that h as received a So
viet draft of a proposed friendship
and military ai:r< eiuent. I I]
1
Beginning with this issue, Batt
readers will be able to keep up with
the happenings in Dogpajteti
through A1 Capp’s comic strip,
“Lil 'Abner.” The strip Will be pin
in the Batt every day, with two
sections on Friday, thus putting
Batt readers onp day ahead of the
regular- daily papers.
A comic strip that is both funny
and: appealing, ‘‘Li’l Abner,” Has,
sinob it was started in 1934, mbde
edmi: strip history: The daily strip
and Sunday color page now appear
in about 500 papers with a total
Arts in
a year
re ‘Li’l A bner’
{Philadelphia. He studied
there, and then went to
Boston to enter the Designers’ Art
SPhool, land later, the Museum
School of pine Arts.
At ?1 ]years of age, Capp went
to New York to make his fortune.
But his first opportunity to draw
a nationally syndicated cartoon
was a disnial failure. One newspa
per editor wrote that Capp’s crea
tion Was| '*1
circulation of over 27,OC
cord ng to polls taken
men, “Li’l Abner” has
years ranked among the
comic Strips in popularit
th
0. 1
,000. Ac-
|by news-
for many
top thr
uL
In fact, Sadie Hawkimj Day was
tiptt was '‘by far the worst cartoon
in the country.”
: Realizing that he needed move
background and training, he went
back to the Museum School of Fine
{Arts in {Boston. There he married
a fellow student, Miss Catherine
folk had made a vivid and lasting
impression on him. Diving intp an
old packing box, he pulled: out a
picture he had drawn of a hill-billy
boy. And that’s how “Li’l Abner”
was born. ;j.; i . |. j . i
Lately, in the “Li’l Abnfer” strip,:
Daisy Mae’s Granny Scraggs has
conceived a wild plan to secure a
home for herself by marriying’
Daisy Mae “off." But first, she!
must make Daisy Mae forget! Li7
Abner. So, she mixes up a Weird
potion to make her granddaughter
forget Li’l Abner, whom Granny
considers a “shiftless lout.”
Presentation of an annual sportsmanship award in the
Southwest Conference will be made by The Battalion during
the conference track meet in Houston May 15.
Recognition will be given to the conference school whose
\ student body and athletic teams display the best sportsman
ship in connection with, intercollegiate athletic contests and
their associated activities
Student editors and athletic di
rectors in each !of the conference
schools have hem consulted in
drawing up the award plan,- and
have contributed many of the indi
vidual ideas incOroorated in it.
The award will consist of a
trophy, to be rotated from year
to year amopg the winning
schools, and a plaque which will
become the permanent property
of the winning school.
Representatives from each of the
ing the Southwest Conference track 1
meet in Houston next! month. 1
It is hoped to present the.
trophy each spring, preferably
around the early part of May.
Most emphasis in judging schools
will be placed upon sportsmanship
exhibited during football season.
Basketball show will probably fate
second, and baseball third.
‘V* -i
-V '
seven conference schools, a repre-
iree
i
m
UP)—,
irpdict-
sijl will
lighly
Wirga*
T;
MARTIN SAYfe H6USE
WILL PASS OLEO BILL
WASHINGTON, April
Speaker Martin ((R-Maas)
ed Saturday that f the Ho
pees legislation revising .th
controversial trxbS on ol‘<
‘rine. : d I ■ • n-
But Re said hif expects (tougher
oppositioh in t ie! Senate wbe e the
farm and dairy t roups are {'strong
er than ih the House.
A. tax >epeal b^ Rep. Risers (D-
SC) is schedfllfld o reach the House
floor April 26. S mthern opponents
of the tape finally amassed ftHqlsigr
natures of 218; Louse members on
a petition yesterday and tHuS forc
ed the b 11 out cf: thO iA.gticiiltui'e
1 ] i
one jof A1 Capp’s ideas
.grown into a national
Other feature attraction^ of ;the
strip have been “Lena the Hyena,”
that has 1
tradition.
Wingate Cameron.
I Capp. went brok
and Wore His shoe soles paper-thin
?ent broke several times
befote finally coming out with a
{successful feature of his own.
Racking his brain fopf an original
jidea, hd Suddenly reihembered a
Comjmittde.
UNIDENTIFIED PLANES
SEEN OVER DENMARK
COPENHAGE % Den
5 'A**—The new spaperj Botlngskc
Tidende said ’in a-- disjpatphii from
Ghetjnland,: Si
Godthaab,
i|tuFday
night that “unjidtntifieij plfinjps had
I over the eastei W part
L )
in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1909
and grew up. there and ih hedrby
Bridgeport. Capp says j ms family Jr
was poor. Not-just the kind of fam- \\
ily that worries about its {bills, put
“really poor.”
ry of Georf
ne«see. Th
humor
ie, picturesdueness and
if the Southern mountain
Granny and Daisy Mae board a
freight, train, dn route to the; sea-j
coast to find the “ideal” husband
for the drugged Daisy Mae. Back
in Dogpqtch, Li’l Abner leariis of
Daisy Mac’s disappearance, i but
pretends to be unconcerned. Mean
while, Pappy Yokiim is showing a
great concern for the annual • visit
of “turnip termites” before he can
get his crop {harvested.
Now’ you can turn to the hack
page and take up the story from
there.
4?—{-
. At the age of 12, Capp lost a leg
in an ‘
accident, and has been w^lk
ing ion a wooden leg : ever- since,
Part of his war work was the pert
suading of amputees to take hope
for the future. In visiting army
and navy hospitals, he generally
ended his tour by comparing arti
ficial limbs with a group of one-
legged men.
After finishing high school at the
age of 18, Capp enrolled at the
Pennsylvania Academy , of Rine
Ag Engineering Students See
Rio Grande Irrigation System
sentative group of conference ath
letic officials selected by confer
ence, executive secretary, James H.
Stewart, and Stewart are now be
ing polled to determine the school
to receive the award.
One member from each of the
large state papers land the Asso
ciated Press arc)! among those who
will cast votes in making the selec
tion. Editors of conference school
newspapers, head yell leaders from
the sev«!n colleges, and athletic di
rectors are the other voting mem
bers.. -A ,
Included in consideration of Se
lecting the winning school will' be
the manner in. Which
treated on the feme campus bef
and after the athletic contests and
the manner in • which the guests
conduct themselves on the other
campuses.
Forms have already been sent to
New Christiai
Church Group
Organizes Here
^ j
The College Station Chris
tian Church held its first ser
vices in the YMCA Assembly
Room Sunday. Services will be
held in the .same place each
Sunday monjiing at 9:30 until
jval-
i .i
. i| ( i i ?
Irrigation and drainage systems in the Rio Grange
■ley were inspected by a group of 45 agricultural engiijieejnng
seniors March 21 through 24. j | i ;; ’ | j
each of the men who wRl make the
selections. They will' enter
Tlte inspection trip began Monday morning, Ma^h 21,
at McAllen where the group was given a detailed explanation
Of the prbposed gravity canal there♦ H ^—J ’ j '—
Entomology Club
Selects Duchess
H
been observed bvbr the fasfetoi part
of the island di ring' the la It few
, nights.”']-;-. : ■ j • J l 1
The American consi|l at: God
thaab was quoted is| saying the
plaices were not Am^Upan; j ;
CHIANG DECIDES lloT !
VO REMAIN AS PRESIDJENT
Nanking, Sunday] April 5 (/p>
A reliable source saiq Sunday
Chiang Kai-Shek had 1 detidfed not
to continue as hresidejnt bf China.
(The presidency is (only one of
many iraluential positirint Held by
the generalissimo. As! heidlof the
-I Kubmintang, tfe domlinaht [party,
Chiang still mi| ;ht > reiiaih Cihina’s (
mipst powerfuil ligure.l | 3
The infromiart saidj Clfiahg was |
urging_Jiis associates tto .accept in
hfestead Dr„ Hu Shih, {president
of Peking’ University.- Dr,. Hu for
merly Was ambassador |o iWash-
Ml
fit i
iss Martha Anh Little, a ^tu
dent at TSCW, has been chosen
ducjiess to represent) the Entomo
logy Club at the annual Cotton
Ball and Pageant. | r ‘
Miss Little is the daughter of
Processor V. A. Little of the A&M
entomology departmertt.
" it—Htf
by Johr( S. Thompson, project engi-
iieerJ i \ ..
Irrigation frtm a water cotisei’-
vatioh I [vWwpoirtt was discussed
with the 1 group at the Soil Coti-
servatioji Service in Harlihgen
Monday afternoon. \
I The lower Rio Grande Valley Ex-
pefmineht Station at Weslaco was
inspected t Tuesday, arid irrigated
orchards land farms, as well as
pumping Stations in the vicinity
TWted.j • ■ .•'j ,
dijinur for the group at Jde’s
li j
Mr.
. %■
'Mm!'
mimx
ipgton.
'si
EFREM KUR1
ORCHESTRA (
t live
usical
Hous-
HO
:ond
HOUSTON; Jipril
Kurtz, conductor ofl-tl
City philharmcinic the
{ years, Saturdjayi was n|a:
director andcoriductoitof ti
ton symphony brcheslm
The appointment v^s
by Miss Imi jHoggij p
tbei Houston jSympfeay rchesti-a
TEXAS TRUMANF
FUND-RAISING
FORT WOj
Texas
nounced Sai
fund-raising
nnounced
siident of
♦ nmF*
mm
the same daj
party,JioldB
e Tex is
.“Teianf
as" bafbecue here. ,
Woodpile J. Rog<>i s
tonio, state chairman
man Rrpup, said the
be free and contrib^ti
national party will
those attending. He iaii
iilPP
G El
H, Adril 6 (Ah—The
organizhtion an-
ay it; will (bold a
rbecub ott April 20,
{ li
\W v\ 1 _ /
Jocratic
Tex-
rntral ci^i
n An-
e Tru-
would
s for the j
asiked of c;
if (will be i
1
ffli
11 4
DRAFT LEW
ENDS [MIN
PITTSBU
resolution
floor was pa
wild cHeerin
ing sesjsions
wmm
RESOLLTION
H, ApPl-A
the
y amid
turdaylat eonclud
aconVenfcio:
ct No. 5, United life
The resolut
dept John L
)i^ti|m ur| ed
» W* j
of Dis-
orkers.
Presi-
ted—
United
MiSiMCRii^i
IF.
Place in Reynosa, Mexico, Tuesday
night wasi sponsored by the Oaks
Irrigation Equipment Compuhy.
Wednesday morning wds {spent
their
first three choices of the schools
which pppear to thbii^ to meet the
sportsmanship requirements.
At present Over half of the
questionaires have been return-
«1 to The Battalion.
1 \r. 6
As ' spon as fall! votes are re
ceived, they will be tabulated and
the winning school announced dlir-
inspjectingj irrigation and Tlltainage
projects and the operation Jof {earth
leveling equipment in the {lower
Valley. f ; j. L : 1 f i
The Central Power ami Light
Company served lunch to the group
Wednesday, and company engineers
discussed rural; electrRation" prob
lems with the group.
Inspection of the San Benito
generating plant of the Central
Power and Light Company {con-
ided
TSCW Girls Tell
Forum Desirable
Traits in Husband
eluded the tour; and the group
dispersed for ttye Easter holidays.
Roy C. Garrett and S. D. Martin
of the agricultural engineering de
partment were in charge
inspection trip.
of the
!
Senior Students
Tour A&M Qmpus
if
Senior students { from Spring
High School, near Conroe, 1 were
conducted on a tour of the Camptts
Friday by P. L. “Pinky” Downs, of
the athletic department.
The group was accomparued by
their teacher, Mrif,; G'. C. Holston.
While on the campus, the students
were conducted through the Admin
istration Building, the Battalion of
fice, the Longhorn office, and
the'A&M Print Shop. | jj
fr - ' {I j;i
|j f|;' ■' j j - : : ' ; ■ K
Four?: girls from TSCW appeary
ed on a Marriage Relations «Forum
with foul Aggies Friday night in
the Petroleum Lecture Room.
’ Spokesmen for the groups were
Ann Hortsham.and C. L. Jones in
a discussion of desirable traits in
a partner. j I, * A
Miss Hortsharn asked tolerance
for a young bride’s poor cooking
and said that girls don’t expect
wealth in a husband but do expect
him to desire success in his under
takings. Manners were another
strong point, according to Miss
Hortsharn.
Jones outlined 40-odd traits men
desire in wivef, such as loyalty,
integrity, homemaking ability, tol-
erance{ and common sense.
TSCW Dean of Women Mrs.
Mattie Lloyd Wooten concluded
the forum with a question to men
in general. How can men show
disrespect to all girls and still ex
pect their wives to be chaste at
The leadership of the congrega-
fcion is being furnished by an or
ganizing comn(iittee which was se
lected by a group of interested peo.
pie. The temporary committee is
made up of D ean C. N. Shepard-
soh, chairman; Mrs. F. W. Hensel,
secretary; Mrs. R. L. Patrick, trea
surer; Mrs. E. B,,Middleton; E. E.
Vezey; and John Davis.
- Rev, S. Allah Watson, minister
of the Bryan Christian Church, is
acting as temporary pastor for the
College Station group. The Bryan
church has offered Rev. Watson’s
services as n part of their effort to
help organize the college church.
The greater part of the program
is being underwritten financially by
the Texas Christian Missionary So
ciety, Crusade for a Christian
World, andj gifts from individuals
and churches over the state.
Plans cajll for the location of a
per lahent, full time nfinister-stu-
dem, worker to be assigned to the
College Station church in the near
future.
SO YOU WA
elty stunt, “So
. flu* onlfe
She didn’t
T TO
A BAND—SAMMY K.
wasn’t
the afl-college
iYE’s nov-
efey for
night.
hd in Ages,
Dates
“That’s the? est
be hard to beat
- ]■ *
“It will
MILLER.
[+..{ - ■ H
id I’Ve heard in years” alnd
i” were typical of the. jnany com
ments on the tei*i|jlschoT[lan activities of Saturday (night.
i Town Hall concert, Kaye’s aggrega-
jf sw;ing and sway With least possible
-♦ confusion. For the next three hours,
| with felw intermissions. SbUa
Hall’s main (lining room and un
ited with; some of the
Rushing fru
tion began its
f. C. Davis N,
Superinteli dent Of
Beaumont! Sta ’
marriage?
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J
Tyree Bell To
Speak to ASCE
“The Place of the Younr
Civil Engineer in Construction”
will be the subject of Tyree Bel’
when" he speaks to the local
chapter of the ASCE tonight.
Bell is President of Austin
Road Company and a member
of the College Board of Direc
tors. He graduated from A&M
in 1912 and has been engaged
in construction work ever since
except for a brief period,, that
he spMt| in Scotland after
World War I doing advanced
research in Civil Engineering.
The ASCE meeting will be
held in the C. E. Lecture Room
and is to begin at 7:30 p. m.
William CLI Davi$ has
nointed super!nten it ht of
no»t branch jof th 1 Texi
mltural Experiment Statioii
‘or R. D. Lewis ain louncejt
day. Mi J[
He succeeds R. H, Wyche, sup-
■ 1 ‘
: fceen
’ tfe Bea4-
Agrl-
Dirtec-
Satur-
erintendent ^ince 1:924, ho: will
conduct an expands I resea: •ch pro
gram in the Gulf (jo ist prairie:With
rice and other field'(cropsj
Before going to | the Beaumont
substation as; plant jphysiq
1947, Davis |iad bfen di
three yeans of the! (Joope
nex werie fill!
s of! music heard on
lince before' the war.
Highllight qf the evening was the
“So Yod Want to Lead a Bartd"
contest.: Initiated with the osten-
ricultural Stajtion itii Guab
served One; year If
South Amprifa
Town Hall Audience Enjoys
Kaye’s Swing, Sway Program
| By VICK LINDLEY,
TownM
his orche
and h
dance.
Numbei
Cotton Ball duch-
from
ives a bouquet
. night She wan
lit a beauty contest held
: • : x , !" ! 1
representing Company C,
the radio,
ing for more."!),
Tgaye’s orchestra
conoisseurs of jazz
ly conservative, sweet b:
bination. In tnis, their fi
pearance in the state of Te:
• ; T ' I 1 (ill I i li i. |:! 1 V MJ | ; (• ii'- 1
1 audiences heard “something different” Saturday night when Sammy Kaye
estra presented a full-hour concert of popular music prior to the all-college
ii i ' ii 1 j. j i-i | h j] ■ %
ranged from the sweet “swing and sway” for which Kaye is famous on the
almost-bawdy ballads. (The latter classification had part of the audience call-
4 ■ I « r— ——^ : —
is known to
as a musical-
band
but also “rou;
the numbers.
In the fam
“I’ll Dance
“Because,”
with vocalist
Your Pardoi
Bells,” and
accustomed style,
oused” on some of
' M .
Kaye style were
“Serenade
Love You* Yes
with Don Cornell
included were the
singing.
“Sai
Dance*!.and the “Warsaw Concer
to,” the lapt featuring pianist Jer-
; , i
of “I’m
fame sang
,w” and
Shouldlii
Tefefe
famouai.|;
itated the Ink
1 My Desire.”/ln
more raucous mood Chubby Silvers,
gigantic saxophonist, sang “Hey-
Bob-a-Re-fep” and “Too Fat Pol
ka” with assistance from the Kay-
edejfe “It’s a Lie,” recited by Kaye
himself, brought much laughter
with an interminable number of
verses that threatened to go on for
ever.
Kaye was scheduled to make his
Mrular “Sunday Serenade” radio
regular “Sunday
broadcast from Port Arthur yester-
of Foreign AgrR hral Ri
A nativ^ of lb'
his first rijvo deg]
versity of thjat s
atte st
post-gradua
versity of Haw:
sity of Nebraska
B<
between 1936
lected
was connected wi
reau of Plant In
Agricultural Eni
jointly employed
and the Texas S
tendent of the ]
Collegial
Meets T
Initiated with (ho ostei
sible ideja of providing the nation’s
nignt chibs With an unlimited num
ber of bimdloaders, the contest fea
tured two; Aggies and two-co-eds.
James H. Duke; sophomore busi
ness and accounting {student from
Hillsboro, won the] giabt jackpot
through; His ,sterling (polrforma
with the “One O’Cloelc Jump.” '
virtuosity was rewarded—an 1
trie toaster,;' a preslire cooke
toilet set, a radio-phonograph com
bination, and a crejlit slip foi ’ a
gist in pair [lof’’handmade cowboy, boots
tor for were presented by Raya in behalf
of the merchants pf Bryan and
College Station wlm hiid donated
fVin crifTc
1
I
iv« Ag-
alu. He
al and
Office*
tjong.
eceived
r ho Uni-
Iso had
{he Lllni-
Univer-
A special meeDig.of he.Colle
giate Futun 1 “ ~ ■ '
third floor
Building to
Wm. C. Yot
and organize
Workers J
Company of.Fo:
The compiiny
represents unde
er Chi )t*r will
be held Tpcs^ayjji pi. bn the
disc
icral Manage!
isC ssion byji
fal Managei
he Ag ricultura
>ile Jnstaraa*
VorthJ i
JlH., jVouni
ranc
ieuL
ture only. He
and was a teac
Agriculture for
fore entering
ness.
The mee:
students in
ture and
tural field
the gifts.
st was to Have
been recorded and later broadcast
over WTAW, technical diffichltites
so hampered the Staff that the pro
ject had to be ubaindojiied. ] -
I^Pt 11 "
Grandi, HopkiilS :
To Address AAtf
Professor L. L. i Grandi
electrical er
iind Dr. S.
mgineering
of the
department
pkins of the bi
department will address s'
rican Association
sity ^Professors
Professors Thursday
at 8 m the YMCA.;
Topic Tonight
UMT, pro a:
the subject of
and Debate
forum discussii
at 7:16 in the
R. L. Elkins
and accounting
Tom Halff, senii
^ major,
the
point will be
Mayo, h(iad of
partraent,