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■it NEWS IN BRIEF STRIKER KILLED AT PACKING PLANT WATERLOO, la., May 20 CP)— National Guardsmen, who moved into the area with fixed bayonets shortly before dawn, patrolled the Rath Packing Company plant to day after CIO packinghouse work ers rioted when one of their pick ets was shot to death last evening. ARABS READY TO SEIZE JERUSALEM IN THE OLD CITY OF JERU SALEM, May 20 —UP)— King Ab dullah’s desert legion appeared set yesterday to wrest Jerlusalem from its Jewish defenders. The strategic outlook for the Jews seemed hopeless as Arab Le gion artillery and infantry formed a ring of steel around the city. The Arabs had artillery in position to shell all the Jewish approaches. WILL NOMINATE IKE BEFORE TRUMAN WASHINGTON, May 20 —CP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s name may be the first placed in nomina tion for the presidency at the Democratic National Convention. When nominating time comes, the roll of states is called alpha betically. If present plans pan out, the Alabama delegation may use its top listing to try to start an Eisenhower boom before Presi dent Truman’s name is put up. WALLACE GROUP ON “RED-REGISTER” BILL WASHINGTON, May 20 —CP) The House refused yesterday to strike from its anti-communist bill a provision which some members said might require Henry Wallaces third party to register as a Com munist-front organization. TEXAS SPECTATOR TO CALL QUITS AUSTIN, Tex., May 20 —CP)— This week’s issue of the Texas Spectator, outspoken liberal review of Texas affairs, will be its last. Harold Young, editor, and C. Badger Reed, publisher, announced the imminent death of the weekly after 187 Issues starting October 12, 1945. WEATHER East Texas: Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperatures. Moderate northeast to east winds on coast. West Texas: Partly cloudy this Afternoon, tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperatures. 11 Members Of Aggieland Ork Given Awards Eleven members of the 1947-48 Aggieland Orchestra received awards at rehearsal Tuesday iri the Music Hall. Members who received silver keys for two semesters’ work in the orchestra were Tom Bullock, Harry Vaughn, Frank Incaprera, Joe Pike, and Bruce Murray. Those receiving gold keys for four semes ters’ service with the orchestra were Robert Lauderdale, Bill Langley, Boyd Rogers, Fred Forste Richard Parker, and Fred Nelson. Four musicians will perform for the last time at the Final Ball. They are: Parker, bassm'an, from Houston; Forste, guitarist, from Galveston; Nelson, pianist, from McKinney; and Murray, trumpet- man, from Los Angeles, California. Parker joined the Aggieland Or chestra in the fall of 1944. After an extended tour in the Marine Corps, he came back to finish his Master’s degree in physics and math. Upon graduation next month Parker plans to teach at Alvin, Texas. Forste has also been a mem ber of the group since the fall of 1944, Nelson became a member of the orchestra in 1939. He finished his schooling here and has since been working for the military depart ment. Nelson will leave A&M at the end of this semester. Murray, trumpeter, will gradu ate this semester with a degree in municipal and sanitary engineer ing. Membership in the Aggieland Orchestra is determined by audi tions on a competitive basis dur ing the fall semester of each school year. THJL JO 4-4- ^ 11 ^ Ihe Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OI A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 47 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948 Number 1.78 DR. C. D. CAMPBELL, left, is shown receiving a pen and pencil set from J. J. WOOLKET, head of the modem language department. The gift is from the members of the department to DR. CAMP BELL on the eve of his retirement after 41 years of teaching at A&M. First Track Coach . . . C. D. Campbell, Language Prof, To Retire After 41 Years Here By OTTO KUNZE Dr. C. B. Campbell, a native of Illinois, will end his 41 year as a modern language professor at A &M this semester. Dr. Campbell was born on a farm in Areola, Illinois, on Jan uary 8, 1878. After receiving his education at the local high school, he entered De Pauw University in Green Castle, Illinois, and gradua ted with honors in 1900. Due tojiis scholastic record he was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. He had a double major of German and chemistry and was preparing himself for a medical career. After suffering mishaps with his eyes, he decided to discontinue his studies of medicine. Instead he became the principal of the high school in Girard, Illinois, and served in that capacity for two years. Following his first job he enter ed the University of Chicago and completed 5 quarters of work. His main interests by then had turned to German and French. In 1903 Dr. Campbell came to A&M as a modern language in structor. In October of 1905, he took over as acting bead of thd modern language department and served in this capacity until 1910 when he resigned to return to the University of Chicago and finish his studies. Dr. Campbell received his Ph.D. degree in 1912. Missionary Speaks Friday Evening At Church of Christ Departments Get New Loans, Gifts A grant and a loan of machin ery to the Agricultural Experi ment Station and a gift of a ma chine to the electrical engineering department have been officially accepted. The Sherwin-Williams Company of Cleveland, Ohio, through its Corpus Christi representative, has proposed to “make available to the Agricultural Experiment Sta tion a grant of $800 for research studies on the eradication and con trol of bitterweed. The studies will be conducted by the Department of Range and Forestry. The loan of a Simer Sorayer Unit from the Texas Pump and Supply Company, of Dallas, to the Agricultural Experiment Station, i has been approved. A gift of a portable potential transformer PV-130 from the Westinghouse Corporation h a s j been accepted. Three A&S Seniors Win Honor Awards Three graduating seniors of the school of arts and sciences will reecive Distinguished Honor Awards at com mencement exercises June 4. They are William Downard of Bryan, Reece W. White of Nemo, and Nelson M. Duller Jr. of Houston. DOWNARD will receive his de-4 — gree in accounting. He has a grade point ration of 2.47, and has par ticipated in intercollegiate and in tramural debate as a member of the Debate and Discussion Society. He is a member of the Pre-Law Club, the Brazos County Club, and the Scholarship Honor Society. He is a veteran and served in the navy nineteen months as a hospital apprentice first class. DULLER is majoring in physics and has a grade point ratio of 3.0 having made no grade below A. He is a member of the Scholarship Honor Society and the Amateur Radio Club. He has served as a teaching and laboratory assistant in the physics department. Duller is a veteran having 31 months with the 413th Infantry of the 104th Division, having served in the European Theater ten months. WHITE is majoring in English and has a grade point ration of 2.67. He has been a member of the Student Arts and Sciences Council and the Scholarship Honor Society. He served as president of the English Majors Club, reporter for the Spanish Club, and secre- tary-treasurer of the Badminton Club. He has been a distinguishd stu dent for the last three semesters. Twiggins Flies “Red” Banner “Foul Ball” Twiggins has done it again. His banaer, com plete with hammer and sickle, has been placed at the top of the main flag pole. Not to be outdone by any of the other candidates for veter an edito*- of the Batt, he or one of his cohorts, jammed the ropes so that the banner could not be removed, at least not without some difficulty. Another sign appeared in the Academic Building and it is rumored it was placed there by members of the unit that Twig gins is advocating for exclusive membership to the Scholarship Honor Society. Evangelist Cline Paden will he the guest speaker at the A&M Church of Christ Friday night at 7:15. Paden will also show a film which he made recently in Italy, where he, his wife, and other work ers will go in the near future as Church of Christ missionaries. He was sent on a “fact-finding” trip to Italy by the Church of Christ in Brownfield, Texas, wheve he was serving as local miniver. As results of this survey, the Brownfield congregation is sending the Padens into Italy to establish a home for war-orphaned children and to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of as many as possible. Paden is presently making a tour of churches of Christ which are interested in this endeavor. At the A&M Church of Christ to morrow night he will report on the purchase of a large building in Rome and how the workers plan to set up their program. Paden will picture, with both words and films, the great oppor tunities and urgent needs in the way of physical and spiritual re- constiviction in Italy. James F. Fowler, minister of the A&M Church of Chi’ist, urges all members of the Churches of Christ and others who are interested to attend this meeting. Godwin Wins Aero Modelers Contest Jack Godwin of Bryan won first place in the Aggie Modelers fly ing contest Sunday afternoon. Taking second and third places respectively were E. O. Cartwright junior aeronautical engineering student, and E. H. Lowes, agri cultural engineering major. The contest was based on com bat flying. After receiving his degree, Dr. Campbell took a summer of study in Mexico City, and then proceeded to go abroad to study in Germany. In 1913 he entered the University of Berlin and completed his study of German. Following his return to the US, he became associate professor of German at the University of Pitts burg. In the fall of 1914, Dr. Camp bell returned to A&M as head of the modern language department and continued as departmental head until 1945 when he was suc ceeded by J. J. Woolket. Since that time he has been on modified service. During Dr. Campbell’s early years at A&M, his main outside interests were centered in sports. He served on the Athletic Council from 1905 to 1910 and from 1915 to 1919. Thinking of the good old days, he recalls that he was treas urer of the Athletic Council when everyone was singing the tune “Its hard times at A&MC.” The athletic association was heavily in debt and the faculty members on the council were on notes ranging from $3000 to $5000. There were no athletic fields, and games were played where Law and Puryear Halls now stand. Dr. Campbell re calls with a smile that those were the days when the hat was passed at football games and collections were taken among the local resi dents and Bryan merchants. The college was short of all types of coaches, and members of the athletic committee had to manage teams. Due to lack of interest, A&M did not have a track team for a number of years. It was Dr. Campbell’s duty to manage and coach the first track team at A&M. The team originally consisted of 6 men. With a chuckle Dr. Campbell re calls that of those 6 men, 1 got canned and 2 more flunked out, leaving the squad of 3 eligible men. Since all of these occurrences were previous to the organization of the Southwest Conference, all collegiate competition centered in a state meet. “Coach” Campbell left for the meet with his mighty 3 and, believe it or not, A&M emerged in second place. An item of interest in Dr. Campbell’s memory is that two days before the meet, the regu lar weight man was dropped be cause of deficiency in grades. Jim Ross, a big fair-haired quar ter Indian, was recruited to throw the hammer and shot. Without any preparation Ross entered the meet. He threw the hammer and then fell like a sack cf wheat. This did not happen only once, but re-occurred with every throw. Ross won the meet with the first throw. Later when asked why he fell after every throw, he merrily replied that he figured it was the only way he could stay in that required circle. Dr. Campbell was an instructor of French at Camp Stanley, in Leqn Springs during World War I. He was slated to go abroad in the fall of 1917; but due to the turning of the tide, he remained in the States. On August 1, 1918, he married Margaret Boulware, who hailed from Palestine, Texas. They have two children, a boy and a girl. P e f?gy. who is married, received her degree in English from the University of Texas and is now married to Lieutenant Commander John B. Owens, stationed in Istan bul, Turkey, on special service with the American Aid Commission to that country. C. B. Campbell, Jr., graduated (See CAMPBELL, Page 1) Miller Will Edit Commentator; Sophs Elect Two Yell Leaders Larry Goodwyn Is Associate Editor of A&S Magazine; Kothmann, Duke Are Yell Leaders Sybil Banister Resigns Radio Editor Position Sybil C. Banister, assistant radio editor for the Extension Service, has resigned effective May 22 to become women’s director of Rural Radio, Inc., a chain of six FM ra dio stations in New York State, Miss Banister—the “Claire” of the Texas Farm & Home Program -—will make her new headquarters at Ithaca, N. Y. The Rural Radio network is owned by a group of farm organizations and Miss Ban ister will work closely with agri cultural and home economics pei- sonnel of Cornell University. The announcement of her new connection was made Monday morning by Andy Adam, A&M’e radio farm director, in the course of the regular Farm & Homo broadcast. D. W. Williams, vice-president for agriculture; Maurine Hearn, extension vice-director for women and state home demonstration agent; R. R. Lancaster, extension pasture specialist; Mrs. Grace Mar tin, district agent; Charley Stone of the Saddle and Sii’loin Club and Louis Franke, extension editor, of fered goodbyes and congratulations in the course of the broadcast Bill Shomette, radio farm direc tor for WOAI, San Antonio, pre sented a 10-gallon hat to Miss Banister on behalf of Texas RFDs. Wally Pierre, WTAW manager, presented a transcription of the broadcast. Frances Arnold, assistant exten sion editor—who won the annual award of the American Association of Agricultural College Editors in 1946 for the outstanding county SYBIL BANISTER home demonstration agent’s radio program while stationed in Lamar county—will handle women’s news on both the daily Texas Farm & Home Program and the Saturday morning A&M Farm Review, Mr. Adam announced. J. T. Miller of Dallas was chosen 1948-49 editor of the Commentator yesterday after noon by the Arts and Sciences Council. Larry Goodwyn, a corps junior from San Antonio, will be associate editor for next year. f| Miller, an economics major, has been managing editor of the magazine for the past year. A student senator, lie served on the Senate Welcoming Commit tee. He has been president of the Economics Club and Debate and Discussion Society and a managing editor of the Battalion this year. He is a cadet colonel in the corps. The 22-year-old navy veteran will succeed Paul Cretien, present editor of the Commentator. Goodwyn is a 19-year-old corps member majoring in English. For the past two years he has been on the Battalion staff. Goodwyn has also been a member of the Debate and Discussion Society this yeai\ He is a member of “B” Battery Artillery. ★ JAMES H. DUKE and GLENN KOTHMANN were elected junior yell leaders for next fall at a meeting of the Sophomore Class held last night in the Assembly Hall. Duke is a 19-year-old business major from Hillsboro. He is a member of “C” Troop Cavalry. Kothmann, a member of “C” Company Infantry, is 19 years old and is from San Antonio. His ma jor is animal husbandry. Sixteen men tried for the posi tion hut after the first ballot, the field was narrowed to four men. These were James H. Duke, Glenn Kothmann, Jack B. Miller, and Carl O. Wyler. Each man was given the oppor tunity to talk to the class as if he -were conducting a yell prac tice. The traditional jokes and “Aggie” talks were presented and much spirit was' shown by the Class. The sixteen men who filed for the position were William D. Beat ty, Sam S. Clark. Luther Ray Doi- ron, James H. Duke, Thomas O. Galbreath, Judson P. Germany, Earl Lee Grant, Arthur Ray Hengst, and Arthur C. Jordan.. Others filing were Raymond A. Kinsey, Glenn Kothmann, Jack B. Miller, John B. Templeton, Tim D. Word, Carl O. Wyler, and Otto A. Yelton, Jr. ★ Other campus elections are be ing conducted today throughout veterans’ dormitories and in a Junior Class meeting tonight. All veterans’ ballots are due in the Student Activities Office by 7:30 this evening. The Student Senate election committee will han dle the vote count, and results will be announced in tomorrow’s Bat talion. Constitution Passed By Senate Last Night By KENNETH BOND The Student Senate ratified its constitution in a final meeting of the year last night. It was passed unaminously by the 22 members present. Beginning with a short but effective preamble, the con stitution covers everything from individual’s duties to re moval from office. Sprinkled in- between are specific rules gover ning the qualifications for candi dates, Senate powers and functions and the use of the initiative and referendum. The purposes of the Senate were outlined as follows: 1. To act in a executive capa city for the student body. 2. To represent the student body on and off the campus of the college. 3. To serve as a liaison or ganization between faculty, the student body and other colleges when relating to student activi ties. According to the constitution, two-thirds of the students of an area or dormitory may sign a pe tition and remove their student senator. The removal will be effec tive upon presentation of the sign ed petition to the Student Senate. A referendum may be demand ed on any measure passed by the Student Senate by a petition sign ed by 300 students. Such petition will be presented to the Student Senate in its regular session and will be submitted to general stu dent vote not more than 15 days after presentation. The entire constitution, as ratified by the Student Senate, will be carried in The Battalion before the end of the semester. The Academic Council and the Student Life Committee will be required to vote favorably on the constitution before it will hi' considered official. The Student Senate will con tinue to function during the sum mer session. N. R. Leatherwood, present president, will serve as president. The group will carry on whatever business that is neces sary during the interim. The next meeting of the entire Student Senate has been called for the second Wednesday after the be ginning of the fall semester. The meeting last night was held after a completion of a dinner at tended by several faculty members. Transportation Short Course Will Be Held Here, May 24-26 A Transportation Losses of Fruits and Vegetables short course will be held here May 24-26. Advance registration at 10 a. m., May 24, will be held in the lobby of the Agricultural Engineering Building. Registration will also be held from 1 to 1:30 p. m. May 24 in the AE Building. J. F. Rosborough, extension horticulturist, is chairman of the first afternoon session. Purpose of the course will he given by Guy W. Adriance of the horticulture department. On the program for the after noon will be a series of talks in cluding “Destination Findings” by N. J. Miller, Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau; “Murder In Transit” by Ray Pillar, National League of Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Distributors; “Volume of Movement of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables from Texas” by V. C. Childs, state agricultural statisti cian, Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics; and “Illustrations of Plant Diseases” by A. A. Dunlap, A&M Agricultural Experiment Station. ★ Chairman of the Tuesday morn ing session will be E. C. Whipple. A clinic on transportation damages to fruits and vegetables will be conducted with the examination of fresh material and undamaged specimens. On this program will be A. A. Dunlap, L. M. Blank, G. H. Godfrey, and E. M. Hildebrand. L. P. Gabbard will have charge of the Tuesday afternoon meeting. On the program will be talks in cluding “Growing, Handling, Ship ping Strawberries” by W. F. Wil son, Fruit and Truck Station, Ham mond, Louisiana; “Tomatoes, Pro duction, Grading, Packing, Load ing” by M. B. Houghton, freight loading and container section, American Association of Rail roads; “Fi’ozen Foods, Storage and Shipment” by V. C. Stephens, vice president, Alford Refrigerated Warehouses, Dallas, and “Shelled Pecans, Storage Shipment” by F. R. Brison. A banquet will be held Tues day night at 7 in Sbisa Hall for those attending the short course. ★ Wednesday morning Felix Da- badie will be in charge of the pro gram. The group will inspect the horticulture farm and a fan car. A moving picture, “Fresh as the Day it was Picked,” will be shown. For the afternoon session Guy W. Adriance will be in charge. Talks will be given on “Water melons, Picking, Loading and Shipping” by V. W. Bernard, wat ermelon shipper, Texas and Okla homa; “Grading, Packing and ^hipping Citrus” by G. H. Godfrey plant pathologist, Weslaco substa tion; “Grading, Packing, and Ship ping Peaches” by E. M. Hilde brand. In closing the course members will discuss the plans for the 1949 short course. COAL NEGOTIATIONS WASHINGTON, May 20 —UP) Negotiations on a new soft coal wage conti'act collapsed today and southern mine owners promptly charged John L. Lewis with un fair labor practices. COMMENTATOR EDITOR— J. T. MILLER of Dallas will be editor of the Commentator next year. He was elected yesterday bv the Arts and Sciences Coun cil. Donald Jarvis Is Winner Of Hillel Award The National Hillel Foundation award of $300 in honor of Rabbi Henry Cohen of Galveston has been awarded Donald R. Jarvis, A&M junior architecture student. The annual awai’d is given for Inter-Faith and Better Group Re lations work on the campus. The winner is selected by a com mittee consisting of Dr. T. F. Mayo head of the English Department; Mrs. J. J. Taubenhaus, director of the A&M Foundation; D. W. Wil liams, vice-president for agricul ture, and Gordon Gay, secretary of the YMCA. Jarvis, from Fort Worth, is a cadet technical sergeant. He re cently was awarded a $200 cash award by the Daughters of the American Revolution for outstand ing work. A distinguished student, Jarvis has a perfect 3.0 grade point ra tio. He is vice-president of the Architectural Society, a member of the Scholarship Honor Society, and a member of the Tumbling Club. He is a member of “E” Bat tery Artillery. Longhorn Needs Mailing Addresses of Graduates All seniors graduating this spring and summer are asked to leave their names and ad dresses and 25 cents in the Student Activities Office so their Longhorn may be mailed to them. Tommy John, Co-editor, ask ed that all graduates do this as soon as possible in order to avoid any difficulty in getting the Longhorn when it comes out. University Women To Meet Saturday The newly organized Bryan- College Station branch of the American Association of Univer sity Women will meet at 3 p.m. Saturday in the YMCA. Officers will be elected and a new constitution will be adopted at this meeting. Mrs. J. G. Pot ter, who is helping to organize the group, urges all university women who are interested to at tend. Schwan Addresses Members of ManE Conference Here “The establishment of standards of performance is basically a func tion of management,” Harry T. Schwan, manager of the Midwest ern Division, Methods Engineer ing Council, Kansas City, told the Management Engineering Confer ence here yesterday. More than one hundred business leaders registered for the confer ence, which opened Wednesday and will last through Thursday. “It seems rather obvious, hut a good plan must offer a real incen tive,” Schwan pointed out. “If a man doubles his output and is able to make a bonus of only 8 or 10 percent he begins to lose interest quickly. “This is a practical possibility, because experience has shown many cases of productivity at and below the 50 percent mark. To overcome this problem, some com panies are offering a five, ten, or sometimes a fifteen percent bonus when standard is' reached, in addi tion to 100 percent of the direct labor savings for productivity over standard. “It is believed that the fairest procedure to all concerned calls for no extra pay at standard or below standard. After all, stand ard represents a fair day’s work which the company, by reason of its union agreement, is usually re quired to pay. For performance above standard, fair play says that the employee should receive one percent increase in pay for one percent increase in production. “Under this procedure, and when standards are set accurately, a skilled employee sticking on the job can earn consistently from 20 to 30 percent above his base rate.” Rosborough Returns From Poultry Meet in Louisiana J. F. Rosborough, extension hor ticulturist, returned yesterday from Lafayette, Louisiana, where he at tended the annual meeting of the Louisiana Nursery Association;