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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1948)
Page 6 PAUCSi t ’ I • i'! !•! ■ r 1 • 1 jfliWWHIWw W »y . • v “•’ * PiUDAY, JCWE11,19B r J ; JPIa. ■ Ml <'‘*w •‘- »i'lV m mm f W fj I ! j I " /: , w, I® •■‘ v’ \r ■ y - \\ j llii agU- 111 il fa A1 Williams, fivllf Oil ManaKcmejit Cdtifeience here left: George tlurges i, deputy ai treme ri^ht: Col G ly S. Vljelii ••I | |. • ’ | 'i * i I tprexecutiVe and pioneer tnjlitary flier, is welcomed to the Airport iy Dean of! Engineering Howard |W. Barlow, (left center). Extreme ^miuistrator, Civil Aeronautics Admipistitajion; Washington, D. C. Ex- Jr., commandant. ! \I Draft Bi|l Passed; 1 President ' !l I , I I l. t i Ifc ! J . - ^ ; 1 -v.. to Defer Students ■ ! Famous Texas Trees to Be Film Subject j A 16 millimeter color s o ti n d movie featuring historical and usual trees! of Texas has Started by C. L. Rich, visual specialist for the Texas Forest Service. , j Rich, vvhoi is working alone the project, estimates that it take more than a year to finis! the work. Be has completed 200 fen of film, and expects to travel to all parts of the state to check on trees reported to be unusual. Rich has records of 8.1 unusual treeso Most of them he obtajined from; Texas Chambers of ( merce. He says about 60 trees be included In the 12 to 45 minute filni. The movie is planned Texas school children. A bo< and slide sets will also he pared on the- samel tsubjject. Two trees already photogr ed are a 00-foot mesquite : Gntesville, and a 0-1-foot hackbjerry In Nacogdoches. The hackbvnjy is .0 inch greater in circumference than the largest now on record at Pomberville. Ohio. | Mrs. Billie Drake, Rich’s secre tary, says h at least two Tex ans are planning books on Texas trees. They are Dr. Robert Vines, head of the Museum of Natural History in Houston, and Sjybil- Glenn of Scaly. | Rich sny3 he would like to hear from anyone who knows of an out standing tree in the state. Hei can be contacted through the Forest Service at A&M. His office ijs oh the third floor of the Administra tion Building. • | ^ I — '■ 1 W^SHlNqTON,. A peacetime ] draft |>f nen a^e^i through 26 for the d yesteitday b: the S The iaetioiv came a'te a’°\v( el: t| heated ilebat? and sentjs the mjed! uve on !to th? hbiise GOP leaders have Hit the down as a 4 ‘mist5! fer home ISon before corgreis. adjour tentativjeliy set 'or Ju ic 19 influentjiai! member; of the rules cdmmilltee' ho we er. are to the whole idea o; 1 a draft.. 1 opposition mpy delay 1 ou^e r.c id The draft j is part qf the program President ed to Congress as aj plim 'for TAKE A, <? . MUNICIPAL ; - I [I ' '■ i ! s OPEN BAIL Final Count On summer Students taining world peace. The Senate bill | would keep the j draft for two yeprs. Its major | provisions include r 1 •• . % ■ 1.- Registration pf all ; men from I __ 18 ’through 25 with a special regis-; vived oh a smaller scale with local trajtion of doctors,’ dentists; and medical {experts through 44 yeai'is. 2. Induction of men from 19 serves—the same as draftees are required to do after completion cf twh years duty. 4. The wartime selective service or draft organization would Lie re- througH 25 years for two years service I with the j regular armed services. Married |men, most ve(- eijans pml certain others would bif exempt or deferred. 4. Up to J61.006 18-year olds ctjuld volunteer fpr one year of training during jthe next year. They then must serve in the rer | ig | . ,• I .{.CLEAR, -tad 2 - 9 Pi:nic a COOL ie i onl) Continjiioiis BHEAK AT THE S O T A JMMING •OOL P.H — CLOSED TUESDAYS '* / r idjoinmg pool ER AT ALL TIMES ( in ^ed. ant. Fri. morpings | ' ms|c — lots-of room Free bjafcjy pool — lold drin <s and carjdy Operated bl a registered S anitlarSL Engine cT 'i In answer to a telegram sent to Representative Olin E. Teague by The Battalion requesting clarification of, the draft bill now- in Congress as it affects students at A&M, Representative Teague sqnt life following reply. The Battalion A&M College of Texas Senate draft bill provides that third and fourth year advanced ROTC 1 students will be exempt but liable for two years active duty as commissioned officers in such numbers as determined by ■'the Secretary of Defense. Other ROTC students can be deferred if, they sign to enter active duty upon completion of ROTC course. College students called by the*, draft may be deferred until end of academic year. This measure passed the senate today by 78 ti» 10 vote at 3 p. m. Similar house draft bill still in Rules Committee awaiting the signal from Republican leadership be fore House can vote on it. Re publican' leaders say it will be brought up before adjournment. (Min E. Teague Congressman 6th. Texas District boards and state directors under a national” headquarters.' 5. The entire court martial sys tem of the army and air forces would be revised and a separate The summer enrollment {for the first six weeks of the term at A&M totals 3,414, H. L. Hea ton, registrar, has announced. There are 49 women enrojlled for the term. The first term ends July 19. A graduation class, of 400 is scheduled for the August grad uation. ’ I JAMES R. MARSHALL, engineering major, has invented a scoop for attachment to a tractor, which, at the push of a button, picks up and deposits loose dirt. The device, will replace the out moded "slip” which has been used for this purpose. Marshall has recently completed transactions with a firm for the production of thf implement. , ’ ' Rogers Named City Manager Major Raymond L. Rogerg has | been named- to succeed Francjis A. | Vaughn as city manager. Vaughn, whose resignation be- I comes effective July 1, will Jeave about June 25 for San Benito where he has .accepted a‘position asj city manager. Rogers graduated from A&jM in I 1936 with a! B. S. degree ii|i in- i dustrial education, and for sekeral I years he has been associated with j the buildinjgs and college utilities department here. He is now in the army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, but immediately following his discharge on July 16, he will return to College Station to assume his new position, 'j Malcom Black, 79, Succumbs May 30 !’ ; v. . I | ' *: I t • 1 j ’I.- Rev. Malcom Black, 93, a member of A&M’s first grad-? uating class, died Sunday, May! 30, in Sterling City, Texas. A retired Presbyterian minister, Rev. Black was A&M’s joldest living graduate. He was the father of Z. E. Black, manager of the Dallas : Chamber of Commerce convention*^— t department. A member of the »» i Mrs. Otho Williams Succumbs June 9 A member of the graduating class of 1879, Rev. Black was the third native-born Texan to enter the Presbyterian ministry. At the time of his death he was secretary of the Sterling County School Board, a post he had heild for many years. Born in Shelby, Austin County, December 10, 1854, of Highland Scotch descent, Black was "tutored at home until he was 11 years old. He was able to tend Latin and Greek fluently before entering pld Baylor University at Independence in 1870. His next college term was at Southwestern University, then located at Chapel Hill, Texas. After five years in business, he entered A&M in 1877. Two years later he was one of four graduated as civil engineers, passing his final examinations with a grade of 90. Two years later he entered Union Seminary in Richmond, Vir ginia, and then went to work at judge advocate general corpst set Columbia Seminary, South Caro- v 'em AMUJi :hesterfie tbs Carttin" ■ wpiionce called "This H ick Finn cf Rp lio/'by Fred Allen, 'oy'll f tj< he! always in- prejdictable, clv.ay^ lighty ent< r- Gc dfreyTim* ." ‘ail CB I STATIC f — |a;?ATS A WEEK L '• uD fyd&ifr Always Buy Chesterfield" SAW MYE While Perry Como and JoStdfford are vacationing,The Chesterfield Supper Club is prbud fa present Sammy Kaye, one of America’s % greatest dance band favorites. Alt NBC STATIONS-5 NIGHTS A WEEK ' linn. He was ordained October 21, 1)884, at Georgetown, Texas, and beggn his ministry at Marlin. While filling his Marlin pastor ate, he also organized a church at Marty, McLennan County. Later i he held pastorates at Hamilton and Graham, then at Lynville, Tennessee, and at Sylvania and {Des Arc, Arkansas. Rev. Black founded the YMCA up to administer military justice. World War II veterans exempt from the draft are those With more than 18 months service since 1940, or those with rtiore than 90 days active duty during i the “shooting war." This is. de- ; fined as the time between Pearl j Harbor, December 7, 1941, and ! the Japanese surrender, Septem- i ber 2, 1945. ! Also exempt from the draft are j at College Station, which was the | members of active reserve units,; second “Y” in the state, the first S state and national officials, for- ! having been established at Trinity eign diplomats, men with die pen- j College. “Y” activity w r as slow ait I dertts, including wives and children, j first, and not until the 1900’8 did ordained ministers and ministry j the group hit its full stride here. ' Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 p. m. for Mrs. Otho Williams who passed jiway at the family resioence on Route 3. at 3 a. m. Wednesday. The services were held at the ruce Funeral Home under the irection of Rev. Milton Maloney, sind burial was in the old Bethel ejemetery. ! She is survived by her husband, Otho Williams of Route 3, one (laughter, Mrs. Wilson Viator of New Iberia, Louisiana, arid two sons, Thelston Williams of Col- Ulj of Welbom. Other survivors include one sis ter, Mrs. Elmo Weedon of Harvey s|nd one brother, Lester Goon of Ij.ake Charles, Louisiana. « ! Thelston Williams, press opera tion of the Battalion, has been with t|ie paper for many years. liege Station and Curtis Williams students. The president is granted au thority to defer “individuals” such as science students, stu dents for the ministry, or those specially needed in industry; ag riculture or other fields. Doctors or dentists could not be drafted without approval of their local boards. This is to (avoid Bla»‘k wrote regularly for The Collegian, first student publica tion at A&M and direct ancestor of today’s Battahon. The Col legian was published monthly by the Austin Literary Society, of which Black was a member. No regular degrees were given by A&M in 1879. Instead, each de partment offered a certificate in Mrs. John P. Mayo Passes in Bryan Mrs. John P. Mayo passed away Thursday in St. Joseph Hospital 4t Bryan. j She was the widow of Col. John p. Mayo and is survived by her (wo sons, Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of (he English department, and Capt. C. B. Mayo of Encenitas, Calif, j Burial will be in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia beside the grave of her husband. ! Dr. Mayo, holder of the Rhodes Scholarship, has been at A&M for (he past 30 years. stripping cities or areas of mjedieal | particular fields and the grad- | services and protection. ; ! bate gathered a sheaf of certifi- Gibson to Attend Dairy Meet cates. ^ | Funeral services for Rev. Black vyere held June 1 in Sterling City. G. G. Gibson will leave tomor row for Athens, Georgia, wife re hp will attend the annual injecting oT the American Dairy Science As- Uncle Sam has Spent about $626 sociation. J. D. Prewit, acting di- million on flood control in the low- rector of (he Extension Service, j er Mississippi RivCr Valley in the has announced. ! ' last 20 years. NOW OPEN . i • i FROZEN CUSTARD ' S[rANiH.; In Brvan ul Aggie Comer ;■!! .. Uj ,; ! jj; Also Frozen Maks Correction The summer hours for Cush ing Memorial Library are 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Monday through Friday; 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday and 6 p. m. to 10 p. m. Sunday. Texas Engineers Library summer hours are 8 a. m. fo 5 p. m. through Friday and 8 «. m. to 12 noon on Saturday. It will not open Sunday. This correction replaces the schedule released by the Batt Wednesday, DR. N. R MnNUTT DENTIST Office in Parker Building Over Canady'a Pharmacy Phone 2-1457 Bryan. Texas JfdtaAiSti i * » t f r » i a For Food of International I* [ FAME > j ( 311N. Milo Classified A 1 1 !• SgLL WITH A BATTALION TIED AD. R«U* . . ' - n wfth n 25<| i CjUmiinrd ‘ inch. Rmh occ to the 8l All ad* should 10:00 A.ra: ait the day MIHM D{ j} jj 0MM! iim ,, <mur mwim. 131® . »? a minimi fr>(. the Student Act «t m be hur h before M1E-BALDW1N )R offer* refreahep . hookkeeplnr je«U. Dial 2-66S5, BUSLN’f courier aid acroe B(y»n, CHILDREN eared for by day Student Owned Hou*4 No. Z Court*. FOR SALE -CUT ROi day and Sunday at 1903 South Col lee* NlURSERY SCHOOL for Special rate* by day Rate*. 220 Milner, Cillrfm 4-1479. children r hour. ] Hi I WANTED—Married at truck. Stephan Ice l FOR SALE-i-Orie boy'a [nickel. Apt. A-8-X, DAY NURSERY near campus. J| wood, 801 (Park Place nt to Itryaif. bicycle. Colleep \ hourj T" •I FOR 8ALBM941 4-doqr PI: ' condition. [ See nt 21A South (Irlve. FOR SALK—On* deck On* 8*« at 21*v Munnerlyi Drive. -rf- 1(1 lo Mi j. FOR SALE — Apartmei and oven. 7&-H>. Odell. D-4-Z. College FOR SALK 4-room nail bark purrh. , .‘Ark Place, Collcfe ul dove Oookiratoi ,• View. 4 bui kwv Oitr lc*-'38,1|fi ■Ualkm. i< rt un«i (t 0, 10.1 ,-4 Follow the and F.njoy the Roller S at Plnylu: Crowd Fuin , kit tit i r NOTICE. F/ CULTY WANTED i A rorrwpondence coume POST GRADUATION RT« I WT ■ lice [ospital Chafes Sick Call Hoinrs Sick call will be held {from 8 i.m. until 3 p.m. through Friday fbr the fmesters. 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