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3vn ■ ' ’ ■ j * •’ • > • j ■ 1 i ' v 1 1 f i ■ j I l r ' •s ' •■r FT • i fJV it leader of s renewed cratid factl ed auford He rs RIEt TEX BLA .^AUSTIiVjiiex., Apr Woodville Rofers of Siin A U lAN LEiiDER EfTER AGAIN 5x., April 26 1 His Beaufc Democi-atii Bo|rers the comm cent days the dem^ nominee a|r .* to disarm - / Truman.” t a : l) T' pro-Truman in Texas, Sat blasts at Govdnfuj ester and ttMstalj ecutive commit! need Jester’S | 'b statements t they will suppoj( c party presid< nti| last desperate <iffo subporters of Pres'idel • t M T j'M Cl!' Volume 47 IA NE 5DS I 1 i ND JSTRIE needs “is not eoi ive Ijut indiflstrtefi in.va ti%. 1 I! ■ r - •-* - ’ 'EHILAD PM—Geif.« i WP»r—Ge py Dem man, Saip matt “stioi animously. > T “Party ’• that the p ' nated imitm ly, I knbwl of no pro _ . didate who| would be agaimt hm!’' McGrath tjpld a reporter- ""j -The Deifiocratic ehairmjinn, i erei - ' to plan areanKements for the >ar- ty.’s convention in July, wjas i| tep- viewed by fa retorted day I )ull^tin. A liked Whither he thought Dwight Dl Eisenhower mh ht eamlidatp on tl ie NAM BOfeS SAYS WASHtNf TON, Aptil 26 J-qp* 'wmSu - w to Social ttoirig eondit ehaii man; of| the board of the tional nRtoelation of manufhcti <nrs, said jSapurday night;. The; Soviets have so little that the Rissiap go^ernm.fjnt is desperate] Ewnting sa d. i ; i'me Windnester, V i., mar turer was n|ule an honorary her of DelU Sigma Fi, a bi and . ccjmi tercel ( fr iternitjy Georgetown , Uhivers ty. ifis- mai'ks on B nssia wen* in ai prepared; ft r a tlinnep meet the" fratern ty.- ) i J j' ’» 1 - T 5 TRUMAN -I' J 'ffi rl U ILY—.McGR ATH 2LPHIA, April Howard >k-Grath i i 1 , V, It I •' i!-' FI IT i :. H l f ! ! r ‘ ^ J tfali OFJ GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS; MONDAY, APRIL 26,1948 iticl National iturday F reside t |d be renominated .1 C ■ ' A, ' : nterest \?oufd T‘ esideht should b; liately arid una iimius- spectiye \ iai president! ocraCic tilket, McGrath thq irenei that he is •n tak statement] McGrath .SANTA* PQLLU SWE The San Saturday ll’s original stjate tot a candidate;, f General ! Eisenjho' |as definite arji lid. n bAggietana;, miknuai, Ar rviL« zd, CoBege Building Pro Up In Air’ After Bri |ift|l|il|jTe€h Challenges Validitjj To Benefit 16 State-Sup' Hi! . , ., ..... 'MmWm THE WEBB FAMILY—The Town” starting Wednesday. They a as Emily. MILDRED WRIGHT as M ive are members of the Webb left to right, LEON GREENE the Webb family in Aggie Players’ “Our as Wally, BETTYE Webb, and ART STAUFFER as Editor ijt en NOWLES Opening Night Draws Near . . . \ / ASSUMES dFEF )N RESPONSI HI il Final Plans Made by Players " duction cre4 pn past presentations - :n ‘ orv ' T ‘^ t ' 117111 by |t»e Playeijs. Fort Worth is the hometown for the 23-year-old vet eran of 3 years in the Army Air 'Tiix lEY, Tex., Apri i Fe Railway anight released ment Sajing the sinnea dei aatrons Little m TScT Bi compiijny |j msaiilityf’ for h< of amer generalj at i Gal v ti a n .• •sening file Creel 11, vied-presic ent ana’ger fon-j:hd..r n, smd h cdSmni lent? i ofj. the |r atbly to iass Oti and 1 rw^^inablenessT of cltu' liriretoc ’ 1 {•"The and [road ie if w ami ] e'rits for id joy M Jiht latekl losses. S nta Fei wjill bej tHe fini ii gs of this conijiiittc, stands r puly . to make !imm| restitutio i fot losst j/^ BaJll 4 Barlow Menttone osptet F(|r Tech Presidehc| « Klfw rrr sipt > ' V 1 Dean W. Bat day as firesideu ;• DiredV meetinj; •tB app of the Chair did not tjf the were meetin, her spe low. ' : resign this sc been oil inatics was; n rwmfe : •! bear terday Mid possibi the Te By JAMES E. NELSON , Dress rehearsal call goes out to night as-the Aggie Players move into final preparations fop the presentation of “Our Town” Wed nesday through Friday in Assem bly Hal); The curtain will rise ati8 p. m. the three nights that the play is (to be presented. ■ j ^ Members of the cast, in addition to others released carlieri include LYNN SPARKS, Mrs. Soamcs in the play-, senior student in Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan. Miss SpUrks is a new member i of u ttoKAfrtfe Players but has: IW* previous experience in school plays. Stevens College in Missouri holds preference for the future for the 17-year-old brunette, who plans! to major in drama, i ; WAYNE ROBINSON, who Will playUSi Crdwell. is a member of thej class of ’46 and is majoring in ac counting. Having no past expert iimco in stage work as an actor, iHjobinson has worked with the pro- if Engineering w was nenti possible pros y of TlMlhs Tec,.... , rs of theFLubhRld? fehool |at Fort! worth, eohi|denei :ants foi J the ijresiocncji liege. ; J - ' j j; I an Charles C; Thclnpjsor( •eveal /the names any appliflar ts whi^e letter!) sidered. Followinf. Itha however, one board [mem-j e favorably of Dea ( Bari ■ L1.1 • [ , lent W.jh.. Whyburf; who effetcive at the c»se of ol year, August ffl., has ered the chair pf Tiathel t a major imivirsily. He at liberty to revenl the the schoi 1.' ■ i-ii I Barlow, when called yesf by a Battalion reporter; t he kne v nothing pf the ty of his beiim na|rted td s Tech J residency. | steal Attends i 11 T. WEATHERFORD^ form ed sergeant in the Field Medics, will portray the part of Simon Stimson. Weatherford is major- ing in floriculture and is a mem ber <of the Class of ’46. Sailing takes first place ip outside interest for tHe Houstonian. SARAH PUDDY, youngest ember of the Player cast, will piwy, the part of Rebecca Gibbs., lb-*, new member of Players and is an eig! |; student in A&M Consolida toil [High School. Outdoor sports take : up most, of the spare time of the 14-year-old dramatist. LEON GREENE will/play the ifarV of Wally Webb. Greene is a veteian pre-mod major. A new- wmfir to the Aggie Players, Greene ik fjiom Texgrkana, Texas, The role of Constable Warren ‘College Speaks’ Has Varied List of Subjects This Week By J. C. FAILS a: i ■ I * 1 K •M 'A. rinanan r . Armi ry met leet .. J ¥' \V. Armistead. pijofessoj- rinary medicine atgl suil- tppded a meeting lagt week •in Atlanta. Gebrgia of lanimall practit oners fn|m all idfcions of] the United Stab s. Advances ip i;he diagn treatn l*nt of di: eases df were c Iscusseil by veterinai teridin [ the convention! Ameri San Animal Hospi ciatioTtf ■; 7 ; • w Amfpg other jthings, jth nari hcaltl due td fcssipl twice were show both « I ailme to t studlei report iin post-war Britaii impoverished ditit, is having to j col |he yolun o of patii ited prt-war. t .. increase of 371. n gs and qats of ciixrd r during 1047 as - years p reviously. | I - I, Wives’ ]ileet Tui s am i •mestii: ns at- •f thi Asso • ' ' ' veteri f doj where, ie pro wit! ts tha record i it in ic skii !ihpare< ' ' mimm I ( ' i l j ;< J k i JU I II « - A • J . I i, r • ' Th|s! week’s schedule for The College Speaks, a daily radio pro gram featuring talks by A&M faculty members, has been released by C. 0. Spriggs, professor of English:,drid director of the program. ; !Tne complete schedule is as follows; MONDAY, April 26, J. T. Kent, Mathematics Department, .“Adventure with a Telescopbj’’ 1 liffl .| j j. ; j "• - TUESDAY, April 27, Ej G. Sbiiih; Physics Department, VCool- L ing a Hot Room with a Portable iFani” •« WEDNESDAY, 4iPril 28, W. ipFUill, Mathematics pepartment, “Gepmetric Solutions Derived frdln; Mechanics by Archimedes.” THURSDAY,/Apr(l 29, J. 1/Potter, Physics Department, “Physics and the Atomic Age.” ' ! FRIDAY, April 30, P. M. Ahi rews, Physical Education De- partment, “Characteristics Observed in Good Baseball Hitters.” This afteriioon at Er:15, Math ; Pyofessor Jack T. Kelt will touch uponj |the sights , that may - be sijen [ijmth a telescope, both in pur solar ■♦system and in the extra-solar and ne- mass in rion. Tuesday, Dr. Elmer G. Smith, professor of physics, will discuss hd' problems encountered in the ordinary unventilated bedroom and the \ way a portable fan may be used most effectively to alleviate the ijmpleasan|t summer heat. Dr. Smith first taught at A& ! M in 1924, leaving to take his Ph.D. frotn Texas ; University. He returned in 1942. He has his will he played by GEORGE WILL- MAN, economics major of the Class of ’46. Experience in high school presentations highlight the theatrical background for the 22- year-old veteran. WUlman hails from La Grange, Texas and has won many meets in declamation for that/region. HENRY HOLGUIN, 21-year-old liberal arts major from El Paso, will/play the part of Howie New- some, the milkman. Holguin ser ved,with the 9th Infantry Division In Gerpiany as an Anti-Tank Com- ■*- mander. Cffi-of ’46. •*>•*•**-**' Three members of the cast dou ble us dead menj baseball players, and other characters in the pre sentation. CHUCK BOGIN front Hartford, Connecticut, junior pe troleum engineering student, is one of these.; Chuck was in the Air Corps cadets and has had no prei viotts experience on the stage, i Julian sleeper plays joe is from Elm MotL •grij Serving as a corporal in the signal corps ip the Philippines took up two yen tip of Sleeper’s time before re-enter ing A&M. DICK ALTERMAN rounds oig the members of the cast that doi blfl up in the play. Altcrman from San Antonio and a junior E major. The 19-year-old aspirin! thespian has no previous stage e^-! periencc.. Playing the part/Hf Joe Stod dard, the undertaker,* will Ho EARL HORD sophomore ag Cd major from Winters, Texas. For merly a member of the Infantrj Hord returned to A&M t\vo semei ters ago. National FFA Vice-President Visits Campus Wilbur R. Dunk of function, Vice-president of the National Fu ture Farmers of AmerK’U, is visit ing on the campus/ with 0. ;M. Hplt, area supervisor of vorational agriculture. / Dunk will accompany Holt! on Visits to Future/Farmer Chapters ; this area and will address high bool students enrolled in vo (, a- ion-^l agriculture classes. He will all the students how they can best ut to work the kpowledge they have acquired in agricultural clas- ia«R. Dunk will also speak on j the JaUbjeUts of leadership, future far- mer/organization, and agriculture in 6ur economy. Holding his present title at every vel in the organization, Dunk 18 been vice-president of his high school FFA Chapter, of the dis- i.tjrict ox-ganization, and of the state ; organization. He was elected vice- president of the national oxgahiza- iion l^st October. He holds both the state and American farmer de- ;grees which signify success? in practical agricultural enterprises. Dunk wil} spend a week with each area supervisor in the State am) will begin attending state conventions in the southern Uni ted States in June. A&M”s $5,000,000 building program is still 41 Austin Friday. Judge Roy C. Archer of the 126th and exhibits from both sides in the controversy over was passed last summer in a state-wide vote but whi West Texans. Judge Archer stated: “Gentlemen, I will read • l Number 160 j t 7 •L' earing q th i trict be co has r Biiivr.1 kk pxays Crfwell. Slebper is from Elm Texas ami is majoring in cultural education. Serving Architects Will Make Picture Of School Design 1 r '“~T hl:M ! v mendment hools t 1 '— •> IS ■ l a brief hearii g in riefs FFA VISITOR—WILBUR R. DUNK, left, national \ VISITOR- dent of the FFA, has arrived on the campus to spend a OLT, area supervisor of vocational agriculture. NK is J. G. WALKER, president of the A&jU F* 0. M. ifOL with DUNK f :: ml 1 it * ti< : f. m a lf*dPWpJ k w tend* rl accepted printed building amendment, which n challenged by a group of r and; let you hear frolm me ]/ A Family Affair “Building for Learning,” ; a ] 16 mm. color and sound film on the desfen of functional schools, is being . y A&M’s architecture depnrtntbiiV and the Texas Engineering Eixperi meijt Station. The film, which will be shown to parent-teacher and civic groups, compares and contrasts schools in California and Texas, as well as models built by fifth-year archi tectural students. Mary Ann, a typical 8-ypariold .school girl, will be used to show that children arc individuals ami that\Hchool* should be tailojrcu to them. Students at A&M Consolida ted School are used ip many of the sequences. J “Building for Learning” khdws new developments in the ing, ventilation, heating,! serviceability of schrfol buildings. Dr. A. W. Melloh of the Nxperi- xmnit Station and William Caudill and J. T. Meador of the architec- tjUfe Department are preparing the Larry J. Fisher, whose film, “Which He Hath Plante^,’’ 1 was named one of the 10 best educa tional films in 1946, is photpgraph- ex* of the project. .1. [J The film will be ready for re lease July 1. — —» . --- - i — i . Band Concert Set For Tuesday Nijjlh Eleven selections, incl o solos, a me fantasy,' will be played by the Aggie Band at spring concert Tuesday at 7:30 pJm. in Guion The program will begin With “The Nationall followed by a march, “The Mad Mdjor.” Goldma ■♦ Raider and Country A-EDay Queen To Be Chosen A special feature has been ad ded to the traditional open-house Agriculture-Engineer Day. This year the exhibits are to be cul minated by a beftuty contest ;in which a Queen of A-E Day will be selected. " I 1 ! ! " The contestants will be young ladies chosen to represent the various departments, each de partment to have one represen tative. Although the judges for the contest have not yet been de- termined, Frank Mikell, chair man of the publicity commitllee, said the winxter would be an nounced the night of May 8 dur ing the dance at the Grove. P of [he AnOst inspired Cadet First LieulejMmt • « f I fiwyoipni ttnu in Mrs. WilcoxhWm^rao s S^5!S, s ?S L | , “ ; J j T Ij fulac and the irlert, black ma: Sweepstake AiVSrd At Flower Show ! | Mrs. G. B. Wilcox | won th< sweepstake award for the mes winning entries in the Tenth An nual Flower Show of the A&M Garden Club Thursday aftemooi Mn Sbisa Hall. / 'I j ' '] Mi’s. Robert V. Andrews receiv ed the highest score of the show for her arrangement featuring ac cessories, -j! / , First place winners in other fields are; invalid trays, Mrs. W, F. Farrar; wild flowers*, Mrs. R. L. Brown and Mrs. E. H. Brock; analogous, Mrs. P. W. Bu grasses and foliage, Mrs. Ral.. ( D. Lef[; iris, Mrs. 0. K. Smith; arid roses, Mrs. J. E. Roberts. Mrs). W.j A. Zant, Mrs. Alfred McKnight, [and Mrs. Julian Meek er, natiomjlly accredited flowpr judges, served as officials for the show.! Father-Son TeairiCompeting In Annual Dairy Show May 1 By OTTO KUNZE B. II si 1 ' Society) t ojf Management VMCA Lei ture Tuesday. ' l • Wives’ Tlub of et*at tie .'same of Mrs. George will hom Munseidyni for .thL i i > m ii:; Pre-Lawyers To Make Trip in /4; ‘ /' ti, „ All members of the Pre-Law Club interested in making the trip to the University of Texa« Law School this week should contact Philip Goode in K before 5 p.m. toi cording to an an Andy Rogers, president df a»b. v* 1/I.! • ! A. B. degree from Amherst Col lege and his M. S., B. S., and M. E. degrees from A&M. I , tVednesilay, Math Professor W. IF, Hill will discuss an old letter that Archimedes wrote to a friend. !Irt the letter, Archimedes tells of how he discovered the principle of buoyancy. It seems that the King thought he had .beep gypped by the goldsmith who made his crown, and ordered Archimedes to find out As Archimedes took a bath that night and water ovex-flowed the tub, he thought of the princi ple of buoyancy. Professor Hill received his B., S. and M. S. degrees from North Texas State College, and came to A&M in 1946. J For Thursday’s talk, Dr J. G. Potter, head of the physics de partment, will explain physics’ role in technological development today, including the part physcs played in the discovery of atomic power. Main subject of his discus sion will he the use of tracers, radioactive isotopes used to deter- ,, At the annual spring daily cat tle show on May 1 B. H. Murphy, senior dairy husbandry studejit, and his 9 year old son, Michael, will both exhibit animals. Murphy, a 36-year old native iof Brownwood, is married and has two children, Michael, 9, and Mavylin, 7. Presently his resi dence is on Milner Drive near the East Gate. “ Murphy started his A&M c|- reer in 1945. Through some in genious management he was able to attend college and still main tain a thriving dairy enterprise at the same time. He graduates in June and plans to start uri- other dairy in Mexia. Michael Mxxrphy,! an ambitioi 9 year old, seems to be quite fa miliar with his father’s business, j He has a hectic time getting his i calf in condition for the show, though the animal occasioi gets frisky and tries to esca; younger Murphy keeps; a firm on the rope. Observers fh difficult to distinguish whk having the happier time—Micj leading the calf, or the calf, pul Michael. The annual spring dairy cattle show originally started in l’'*’" The primary purpose of thii mine direction of reactions^ that pubJic^IT^TeMr and to enable industrialisto to ^ 0 pp 0r tunity to learn wl (See COLLEGE SPEAKS Page 4) | (See FATHER-SON, Page! I MURPHY and eatotes son MICHAEL are the annual dairy -r : E. Wheeler will be clarinet soloists on lion and Tarantella.!, This solo will bo foi Maori farewell nong. Hour,” by Kaihan. 1 1’aul A. Allen W BUb bass solo of Air Vane.” The overture, “Bi ville,” will be the selection. This overt onh of RossinPs oppins. As an added at band will preseat a cal L “spoofing” in tune, “Fantai|y—Jig Way.” ThisHround based on the jing mercials” that are all radio listener, itself, has been ihcl I programs or "the Orchestra. I Cole Porter select up the tenth sectiO gram. Included; in t , be “Love for Sale,” Thing Called Love Sbmething to Me,” A an n ,j Jnthi Cui ite” wB! the third numbed on t|ii( pi'll; Tschaikowsky’s If iij u le f Mj|) Symphony in F Mipoi No. 4 then be played by the vfegie The! symphony, compp the winter of 1876-77, i its III ; jejitun IntiK i wed ‘ 4ow I rend • leelzt it the earliest possible date— whijh Itvill not be long. If I need furrier assistance from you— 1 ! which I probably will—1> will l«*t ; you: know.” iDiilh $ small number of people were joh hand, despite an adver tisement in the Thursday! Dallas M or nine News which read: “Texas Tech exes are urgently requested to attend case on coI-y lego building amendment elections. in Il26th Judicial District Court, Austin.” A telephone number was given for those interested, The contested amendment. wouM permit the University of TiUan to issue $10,000,060 worth building bonds and A&M $5,- ,000 worth, to bp paid off Ith income earned by the Uni- Sty Permanent Fund, e measure would levy a 5-cout per $800 valuation ad valorem tqx to]; fmahee $45,000,000. Worth of buitdihgs for [the 14 other stato- i-ted colleges. . ' . >n the eletcion contest was bripught, Judge Archer granted a ponuyi injunction restraining Secretary of State from “tabu- Irtjting, estimating, or canvassing” ’H tttej returns of the election. ’ 1 1 j[rtlti brief showed nine law ^hus, withpR. Guy darter of ■alias as chief counsel, for the testants. > he state’s hx-ief, submitted by ttorney General Price Daniel and live Assistant Attorney Gcn- .1 Joe R. Gx'eenhill, presented ong its contentions the; argu- jnt that where the validity of a|| [constitutional amendment is Ri sked after it has been submit- to and adopted by the people, i-y reasonable piesUmption of llfv arid fact is to He indulged in filvor of its validity. u The state also alleged that a substantial compliance satisfies tpe constitutional requirement of publication. The brief said there was publication in 94.6’percent of the state’s’ counties to constitute 1 “Substantial compliance.” I : The static offered a stuck .if Ritters and telegrams do show of- fprte by the Secretary iof State to cure publjcution hfforc the elac- ,pn. Also nresented were nows- piiper ‘ dippings to show "actual notice” in Instances where formal advertisement was lacking. /1 pqpp s Hi ‘ 8 ed Garden,” “Anyth; “Night and “ ' ight and Day.” I Last number on tl be “The Spirit of Admissinp to thp cjsrt is free. ns wil of th ,modi i; What “Y Id F; Goc jlsasiri hri fspringi dp* 1 ’' Fish to Tj In Follies IB j Nine frafhihen in the “Aggieland at Guion Hall May A quartet consis Soutter, Bob utler, and Cox'd! e their f rst a; 11-collegu show, ish Ball Sat Charles olson, and Hen: lockrum will mim olson recon ing ol That Blighted M Claude will be gic act ePa 1 parjtl Allies i g of i gfor Kelk Hi Carter objected to the admis sion to the clippings, contending they werei immaterial and heur : m*- ju Irf - Judgment ill the cui|c. Judge Archer said hjo.would dis- of the objections with his One of Five Vets Study in Business Fields, VA Says ! L '1 ' One out; of. every five veterans of World'.War II training under v f iatorday Ensley i ‘ Th e S Life.”* Bill P A Heart of Ten at the Annex Ti 6:46 in the Biolc Students fro*! McCulloch, Comi Eastland, and San, are eligible to joix| riche,;: Saba the GI BUI is preparing for a ca- , Ireer in business administration and other general business fields. In a survey of veterans under the GI Bill and ori-the-job train ing, the Veterans Administration found that a similar number are training fbrYfenginfcering and me chanical occupation. Nearly one-tenth of all train ees are following agricultural pursuits. As of [November 30, 1947, 2,- 000,000 veterans wepe studying in schools apd college^, and 646,000 were treiining on-thp-Job. Business administration'coursan rate first among the vcterai|H at tending schools and colleges, with more; thaxx 311,000 studying in these fields. Engineering ranks second with 262,000 students. Ag riculture with 223,600 follows as third choice. The 85,000 preparing for teaching careers place educa- l i oicc. hingf tion fourth. Of the veteran-students en rolled in colleges and universi ties when the survey was made, 287,60# In liberal arts courses had not reported their major courses of study; Among the veterans taking Job training, almost 04,000 are train ing to be mechanics and repair men. About 77,060 are taking training in business courses, with another 69,000 enrolled for man- agerral training. About 44,000 are training as metal workers. Close to 41,000 arc in electrical courses. Typewriter Repairers Needed Job-seeking students who, have had experience Impairing adding machines and typewriters are ask ed to repox-t to Room 106, Good- Win Hull. ■ V, I ; K i 1 : ... j .