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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1948)
_SE|t" £ ... I y i •••(• .'1 i. IN BRIEF IVfcKin Rapid After Tornado McKINNE were floored lent tornado ;juml 53 damage. , ' 1'he sforrr ey iwakes Recovery f, Tox.J 3 iay 4 McKinney a id nearb; Priliceta i began to sni p back 11 tifo to<kw after-the twp north! ' exas j towns yesterday by la vl<- that killel thm», iij- an 1 causdd widespre^ I W-- Volume 47 V *. darkened hail-swop Storms hi; Missouri, K West Virgin The dead II. Mnynor. farm near msflS, Kijntuckiy aij}l a. , were identified as wn Lowry, 78. Jk'Kinnqy, were not imihcdiatdly Two field hero to liel sCross mobilf City. 0 Mayor R. ilic .Works lasldny iwept) <1 outi of iky, jeiigtl - lenecl the list, of iornpd) casualitii * in six states wfthinja 48-hour p- •riod to 23 do id and pore thpn 1 injured. Texas, i. i 35, ’rincetdn Holmes, wh >so ag^ uul addrel Oklahor lived oh (i M rsj. Yof and Arth«|r ! r ■! r j ••• . j- ! ' ?•'•* n 1 / il •! i ’ : : 1 1 • I j i ^ i ' i : " ' i v I • , ! ; i r : : 1 i i ! . i ; : • , •, ! . , ' i ; i . i • 1 ■ H • v - * 11 • f ' I ^ i. i-1. f? ■' | i •. i . '• ’• , . ; .1 i .... Battalion t . i / 1 . 1 ? ! !• . • I • ft I s’ 1 ! l . PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST Ot A GREATER A & M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggielarid), TEXAS, TUESDAY. MAY 4, 1948 M ’i 1 ■ ■ r. k ■ Qualifications Set Fo r| ” . V »■ • 1 ; iv Number 16C i 1 4, • fji!" ’ i . Candidates 1 Spring 11 1 •«' <itcheni u feed tear acre Z nmihvds t and the ether, I a R £ plant’s vau homelessi Orje was fe^i heije fr Fort Worth unit, iVoin Oklaho ?. Xewrojne and P Dirogtor |I. R. Brv estimated that ddmnes in MeK ney alone e iccewfcdj ! 500,0^0. They . sail that a iproxjmatijjy 100 homes vere (iamiged or A- stroyed. Roger Duke, line si periniendijpt of the Te; as Howe; 1 and) Lieiit Company hijre, iaiil at miklniiAt that i"75 p<r cehtjaf the - ! povlr has been re itored.” Marines . last nijg.lt were in guard in he devai luted arels. They were tLnder tike command §>f CoL William C. Cap •hart, Nnj il Am Station, Dallas. No looting was ic| lorUill f The business jditti ict 'fc.scag ?<1 -erjous damage. ‘ Thp . rosSdeni al areas were jardesti hit. Nobody c< hid ijigpii j tHit hows sol many escap.'d death or ipiury in a storm tha caused so: mu<th di n-t ago*.'It cut a 600-yurd wide, i >’0 mile long pi th thrujui h McjKim y. It smashed hin^diii**ls of hon ‘s, 1 , businesses', nod Imilc invs in b th ‘towns. It bidly ilujin iged the ig Texas Textile outlo i nvlB \vl Id 500 to 600 corkers crawled un er machinery nr took, Irfugei in : nj Qualifications were fixed yesterday by the Student Life talion and Lony:holrh id itops amd four magazine editors must! Committee for candidates applying for the positions of publi- have satisfied all enrjid Imint! requirements. He must be tak- : cations editors, yell leaders, athletic representatives, and ing at least twelve h|i rsj Wk rjk, having passed three-fifths Town Hall manager. 'of his* normal settiestft] *s kviji d during tvich of the last twq Election of these officers will be conducted before the semesters before application.: end of this semester, and applications will be taken within Editorial canjdidm »s alse nmsjl have at least one year’s the next few days. [experience on thej reit sctlvej pjublifcatioh staff an|d must rej Candidates for the jjosition of veteran and corps Rat- ceive the approval ol he rhonager of student publications, ■ • ♦A gga'lc point pvor.igc of 1.25 is t. PANHANDl.E r-ETij MONEY V( R D IMS WASHIN:JTON. N ay 1 A Houho asncuitiiipc <ubropimi| upujrovcd- ViStiMilhy 11 “bill \ ;iut ftWg a SI.IM.ihIo ;ip'm*ojpii ' for two - (la us ip khlf Texp handle.. The bill, by Rc.p. 1 Wmiov Tex.l woiill nroyitile ^7501000 the recountructiop if the Ccoek Dam near perry top wtjjjc^ wai <tes* ro\'‘d by flo <1 a Hear an(| $400,000 to ijtiair the £! laupaged R:ta BlAukit Dami at hart. . 1 I L — • % REFI RE I REEiTMIE TO •IKK" BACKEt AUSTIN Tex., Way 4j Uarl B. Moris. elU|t*L live sec re) of the Dnft-Ikc (. omm|ttcej| tor Texas, saic today tic Lone Jiat; Chain has •ejected! h is roquestf Ipc frvib broaihasf (iliu to tulvul ate tlu) candicacy of Oen. Dv< ght Ki^enhowei for President.; ? , J. j • Un bury impstiowN’il of S()l TTH wi ST ( ONfKRENt FORT WORTH., l)h\y 4 —t La it rites were hold; yesUrdaj! for Dr4 Gayle, Scott,, piTsiderit ofjljthe C , ortfej•on(jt• t ho- Texas L’hristialn il'nivorsit uhigy department- j A & M’s First Accounting Conference Begins Toda lection; FT H mn■ : ir GLYNN NEFF, sophoirtore EE student fr Du Dallas, sits among tlu- oscillators and oscUloscoycs in 9 radio workshop. Private Enterprise in Dorms; Radio Shop By LOUIS MORG \N If your Philco has hudln twitch Idtely, Glyn Neff is the fallow you Want to see. He tpaintaiils a com- \ pete, set-up in; Dorm !l for cheek- : ing and repairing radio sets and ' r ulio-phonographs. In fact, his j epiipment has overflowed one pHim and forced him toi move to] mother to make room for all the, gauges, meters), ami tubas. s A P.l-year-old electrical engi-j Hcering sbphoniore froip Dgllas, I Neff completed a eourstj in radio 1 ak Tylet Convlnercral College bi*- k'f fbre enrolling at A&M.; He is a i lI ' gh i includes a signal generator, met- Thinks he i»ill be able to repair ers, radix tubes and an osciloscope. all radios brought in. With thi; equipment he can repair Njeff has no definite plans for radio -eis (either AM or KM),, the T’uthre, hut said he might go radio-ph* nographs, and align Ham to work for General Electric Com- transmit ers. Neff lives ip Kisim 201 of Dorm ! . but dives his radio re pairs <n the first floor.’With the buddies to help him. he \ i A&M’s first annual Accounting J Conference got underway this ' morning with some 350 account- j ants, credit grantors, management ] representatives, and educators in attendance. 1 LIndei: the s|»oiisoiMhi|) of the business and accounting depart ment, the conference has schedul- exl sjH'akers from about 24 state and national organizations. R. G. Dunlop, president of the Sun Oil Company of Philadelphia, wjll be principal speaker at a ban quet tonight in Sbisa Hall. Sub ject of : his address will lie "The Place of the Accountant in a Business Economy.” T. W. Mohle of Houston, mem ber of the education committee of the Texas Society of Certified Pub lic Accountants, will preside at tomorrow morning’s sessions which will begin at 5k. Speakers in this group include 1 SV? 1 ‘iS;:: sSM & Houston, Raymond G. Ankers of hows Up in Nine i lei* of the Humble Oil and Refin-1 partment. Leland will ing Company of Hoiuston, will be summarized review of X principal speaker. ence at this last session. The fifth session of the confi 1 !*- j ence will get underway tomorrow at 2 p. m. • E. II. Gregory, president of the Texas Society of Accountants, will , preside. Included on this list of speak ers will be Herbert F. Taggart of Ann Arbor, Michigan, J. R. Jordan of Houston, H. T. McAnly of Chi cago, Ralph W. Rager of Dallas, and T. L. Leland, head of the A business and accounting do- )*sent conty I? < | required. . ('indidates must a|so Ik* willing to sf-i-i'e two seihestets as editor if ! elected. :• Applicants must file in wTilinik to the Student Life Committee at •least two woeki prior to the date fof election, . . Tneir qunlifieatioqs will lq* i vheeiked befoiv they 1 are declared fullifledged enndidatris. A)1 puhlieations editors will be res|tonsible to a eoinmittee coi^ sistmg of the head uf the student publications, director |of stmlent ac- Tv *r a yqar after finisliing A&M. At the saute time he is keeping his eye on ]i Westlnghouse scholarship in mate spectrometer study. V''- New York City, Mason Smith of i Chicago, and W. Fred Farrar of i ('ollegb .Station. iC an instructor in advanced ma- nhine shop. Neff became interest ed in electronics from listening to talcs of Jiis father, a Naval elec trician during the war, U Id of elec- tk'onie miraclest Neff first ^planned to locate his radio shop on the first floor of Dorm 9, hilt a large: shrbh so completely cdvereij the window that no one could see His adver- jlising sign. Campus beautifica tion authorities expressed such horror when Neff approached them on the subject of pruning the hush back to a nub that he decided on a room moire ndtur- 1 ' v, re a ally suited to his advertising engine | campaign. He! lives on tlhe second 1 Cia floor now. Freshmen Awarded Prizes In Ens'ineering Drawing Contest S ° C" lj T velve Bryan Field Ireshmlen' wete presented prizes this afternoon by Dean Howard Itarlow for their participa tion ii an engineering drawing contest which was held last Satun ay. \ ; T to contest was divided irttp four classes, with three prizes being awarded for eaeh4 I class. Tomorrow at the luncheon, C. L. West, president of the Texas As sociation of Public Accountants, will preside. Gjiy Carroll, control- \ tivities, and <lyan of men Vet Yell Leader Ai candidate for ! veteran yell loader must be a classified jutupi* with n graxle point, averngo of 1.25 He Kvill W I'esponsibje to the Stu 3 (Sexi QUALIFICATIONS, Page 4| \ 223 FFA Teams Visit A&M For Judging Bouts ‘vL i r il lull' IE ST, I-OI’I* PAM«1R W INS PULITZER PRIZE NEW YORK. Mlav 4 -4/P'-|^he St. Louis Podt-Dispiitch yestaday won the 19(17 PulStU’er Pri^e fnjl the most (lisinjterestbil : nil nleritjjtius public service rend M ed hyb an American newspaper dir ini jthe last year. I .* j (! j| L The awtijrd was for the '.cow ifige | of the Centralia. lijl;j miritf ills fcter and‘"the follow-u]p whicq res died in impressive refptTirjs in njiinc |»fe- ty laws and. regnlhsions. j "A Streetcar Nanjed Desiri f by Tennessee Williams; Won th an nual prize for a hi! Original Aiiejn- can play, i i ? Since 'opening the shop Kebru- iry 17, bis' business hid grown to mch an extent} that he has induced | tion i couple of inidilies to give him a “ ' land. Tom Kij-lly, eleetifieal engi-i leering major] from Pail Arthur. Helps with radio, repairs, while (Paul Williams of Cleveland, Tjexas (works on record playerk. The capital investment. Which .Neff estimates to be about L , 1 1 L - - Winners in class A for the best ilurking drawings were J. Sti ndard, first prize; D. F. Arvin second; and L. T. Mc- Beth. third prize. A Djetzgen "Commander” draw- was the first prize in class thx second and third prizes flexible curve rule and an Its scale. is B winners were (\ 1. McGipnis. first ; A. F. I eckert. ^ and T. K. Flakingcr. ~\ri folding drafting table; K. S. 11 art nun, second place winner of a combination triangle and pnutractor; and E. B. Scroggins, third place winner of an engi- > ’M 4 \. v . ■; mg set A and secon l third w ere plan noe r’li .scaV on leather tape. !R. 1). Forrest was first place winner in the class 1) section of thg contest which covered free hand working drawings. Second pqize was won by M. NV. Parse third hv E. 1). Snead, frizes fm class I) were a small Didtzgcn drafting machine for first dlai ACCOUNTANT — WRIGHT MATTHEWS, attorney-at-law of Dallas, will speak at the Wed nesday morning session of the Accounting Conference now in operation here. He will speak on the subject “Impact of Taxation on Business." SPEAKER— R. G. J president of .‘the Sun panyi Philadelphia the principal uddr coqoftpg 11 I mac I Clash B was for a classical solu- ‘"T huX 1 of ‘‘V")* 1 ^, n -' nls( sgcond, and un \automatic LthSlssweJe 1 ; WeS : of HnU by Dean bSw^.’e. GAY CARROLL Wednesday Speaker Plizes !ift/ P hh to Arlrlrecc ond p Ize; and a draftsmrfti’s pen- St.yeL of the engiMenng drawing H CDD 10 I\{\{\\ 1 ' 1 department spoke on the buck- ‘ttl '"'T Fish-Game Club lk. M. Sherman of the CentrnVj in Waco dis- cil sh ijrpener, third prize. Class C winners for lettering A. F. Clevenger, first/ j <o1 ' and winner of a Dietzgen' , lexas Iron Works -•I cudsed "Diaw'ing"As Used ia- In- ( \ William L. Webb assistant pro- duitry ” fossor of the Wildlife management All the first prizes for the con-j‘ k *V r M ,K,nt -^ l l l s ‘ K ‘ ak ‘° tkc Other piitpp ihffrae jiv|(i c let’s. werer| : ; i v Distinguished |>qo|c of fci^tc |i* of the Unite« StateH +-r Bernaif !r '" Vdto for ("Acrods the Wide souri.” . j c ■{ .. j .. Distingilished American bji phy : — lifjirgaret Clapp for gotten Fijst Cititcjrr: Jdhn loyv.” Distingiiished vbljiaie qf vi W; H. Auden fql* "Thei A|i i test were donated bv the Dietzgen i aM( ' Gart,c club knight at 7:.30, | Cofqiny. Second wm do- BUI WUson. club president has an- 1 najed by the Student Co-Op, and i noilnc ®v j third prizes by the College Vets to Argue Bonus Tonight A meeting of the Veteran Students Association has Ireen called for 7:30 this evening in the Assembly Hall to discuss the question of a state bonus. Bob Poison, who attended the recent meeting in Austin of Veterans seeking plans to pre sent to the state legislature, will speak to the association. Pro and con discussions will al so be featured. lfct-i De Mis- i rra- fpr- fige- Stikre Book The riveeting will be held on the ! third floiVr of the Ag Engineering [''Building. \ L' , l_1 1)1 . WeW>’s talk will be on ecological r lUg X,I1IU I KlIlS i research of yrame species in the i ** * 1 «• ww r Huntington \Yildlife Forest Sta- .Tl(NPllUg HaV d tion. This research station is a ~ J ; fifteen-thousand acre tract local- 1 A meeting of all students inter- ,,ettr Lake Placid, New \ork. 1 esjjed in forming a Flying Club at The station was demited to the A AM will lie held Wednesday at 5 New York State Collage of Fores- E p. bi. in the Aeronautical Building. | try by the late Archar Hunting Anxiety.” 11 -1 . ' 11 \ % VNTI-NEfJRO LEASES, HELD ILLEGAL WASHINGTON! May i4 -f fr- f A 6-0 Supreme Co art ruling Jyesj t tepduy ba/nned coqpt enforcl fienl of restrictive rijal estate tjive-l ments which bar jdrsons fro^ if allj white neighborhoods becaui | oi “ibico or Color.” jT t ’ ;j 1 ACTIQ? 0N jYpiCH BILL Any student having license is eligible to join. il • "f .. As in Sixteenth Century pilot’s I ton for the purpose of Wildlife re- ' search. \ , Bolton Gets Lit With GIN Large capital letters, made of glowing electric light globes, blossomed over Boltoh Hall last night spelling out the word GIN. Late strollers about the campus stopped to look, speculate, grin ar.il walk on. Many and fanciful were the speculations, but the most per sistent rumor was that the word would be converted to enGINeers before the week is out. AAUP Bail Dr. W. R. White, president of Baylor Util be the principal speaL_ annual banquet of the] jj ter of the American jjflfcsoc of University Pnofesjuf held tomorrow at 7 p. ill Hall.. Dr. White’s subject Teacher In tho New ( Professor J. J. Spell of the local chapter < nation, will make a t chapter’s activities f year. Professor R. R. Lyle of the arrangumelits 1 quet and has made t able in all ilepartmcu wishing to attend. The luinqUet will IMUopeU all members of the iM’ulty their relatives are in\ »d. n .e top five dairy t products is were Hcdlcy, Moody, Rich- A ; *• • • Two hundred jindj twenty-thm* /Fuiun* Farmem of America teamjs froin 171 Texas higi« schools imjf onltho campus!Satumay in a stall wide, five-point, .Smith - Hughes judging oontesj. . j’Fhe teams were Hcdlcy. ^lolldy, h«nd Springs, Estelline, and filth place tie between Muleshoej and Tyler. High man in the con- t^st was Wcnllell IVnick of Hed- ky. tdvpstock ji|dgingj resiiUs wen.* Gigdtjiwnite, Crmvijll, Mesquite, Klpi-csville, alul Commerce an I Edla tied for fifth place. The thrijo j hiih |men lin tliis* wide C. Wislion, ! CtiowirHj K.* Kiesliijg, lola; an I i Cltarics Robeiison, Frisco. Moat judging lyimjcvs in the five top places Tiere liutto, DnnisoiL ] Richlimd Bpriugs, Nacogdoches un i ! Ia» Glrunge. High men were Shctj- • 51 roll Christian, Richland Springy, find;,' Cl id top McCutcheon, Iluttij, second; and Milly Williams, Deni- •A sun, thinl. I il t Dairy cattle plhcings were Abilene, Cnpyon, Sweetwater,! Plains eind Garland. Top men in cluded Don Perry. Georgetown;! * Weldon Peeples, Sweetwater; and si Arthur Gohlke. Littlefield. j ' AYtnhcirs of the pqultry and egg 4 hk ddntt^ts werq Crowell, Alphine, ; Aijilene, Pilot! Point, and Breok- l chridge. [Hij?li men in the contest f Inciuticd MarVin It>i, Fredcricks- ;i ! bfrg): Gdrdine Barrow. Alpine aiid Jieil Rogers, Abilene. | M’inners of livestock and meat judging will compete at national lontesls al Kansas 'City, October 14 and 15. H'gh point then of] the other divisions will attend a national contest at Waterloo, Inw/a, October 3 to 7. Henry Ross, professor of agil- rnlUitul education, was chairman of the judging coiUost. \J 'll ' T • -1 ; I I \ /Pl-i. ittet til Rridd 1 • an> i in. 11 DEFER ANTI-L ^ „ WASHINGTON, jMay 4 -[[ The Senate Judicjary Com yesterday put ofS viitd Rridi action op thc^ AhUi-h-ynchling WEATHER !|‘l " East Texas: HMi •, not so : farn south and central . .portion^ ; thi: afternoon and tor ight; north portion Wecnesday. mhandle and ftemoeit and t th Plaii Ikht. ! I "•A t.*;. fit - L j '. ' Madrigal Pleases Town Hall , j, . [ , \ 11 By VICK LINDLEA' yvere “Summer Is Icumen In,’’; soprano, and Ira Shanz, tenor, jAq informal program of music— “Sing We and Chant It,” “My Bon- showed himself very' much at essential and pleasant evening nie Lassie She Smileth,” • “The home in Italian opera, arpund the fireside but with an t Silver Swan,” and “Shoot False Othe* members .of the singtra audience—was givqn in Guion Hall j Love, I Care Not,” all from six- are Margene Clark and Ruth Sch- ■t<! • 1 H SL' ■ layt might as next-to-the-last event of Town Hall for the year. 'Less than half the regular Town H^ll audience showed up, hut that was something of a blessing in disguise. The North Texas State College Madrigal Singers have an intimate program which is best w}ien heard by a small audience, j Much of the pleasure would have j Wen lost from a rear row in iqm. Instead, everyone was seat- well up front For the first half of the per- h I florlnance the singers, dressed in teenth century' England. Changing into modem dress, the group continued with a varied pro gram, including three Gypsy songs by Brahms, “Poor Wayfaring Stranger" mot as effective ks in sr ■i MISS A&M CANDIDATE—Rep^esenUng architecture at AU-( ollege Day will of Paris, Texas. A University of Texai j a candidate for the title of MISS A&M All-College Dane* Saturday night af/er tho Follies. department of MISS PRISCILLA SCOTT junior, MISS SCOTT will be who will be presented at the Elizabethan ruffs and farthing- ilea, aat around a table and sang by candlelight, the old Engliah songs known M madrigals. These songs are more elaborate than folk songs, but have much the saima appeal. Included in this group ocnfield, contraltos, Charles Nel son, bass, E. C. Richards, tenor, and Marvin Solley, baritone. Two instrumental soloists were also heal'd. Rosemary Bruce, viol- inist, gave a respectable perform- the Tom Scott arrangement used ance of Kreisler’n “Schon Rosma- by the Singing Cadets) "Flow rine” and Wicnoaski’s Romania. Gently Sweet Afton,” in both tra-; In the latter, she suffered in ad ditional and modem musical set- ] \ ance from the fact that Isaac ting; “Mayday Carol,” the Rigo- 1 Stern has scheduled that number letto quartet (in English) and fin- for Town Hall Thursday, and she ally the impressive “Panis Ange- is of course no Sitem. licus.*’ j- Anita Harvey, harpist, receiv Each member of the group had several solo chances. Richest voice of the evening was posses sed by Louise McLane, soprano, who might well eventually come back to Town Hall as a star in her own right Vivacious Ann Shands exhibited a sprightly ed a warm reception for her numbers. "Le Beau Petit Roi d’- Yvetal," “Et Ron Ron Petit Patagon,” and “Chanson dans la Nuit” Dr. W. H. Hodgson, dean of the school of music at North Texas conducted the singers. i t y i I MISS K8THEI title of "MISS A& night She will student, will vie for the lies and Dance Saturday . fepartment.