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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.
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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;