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Gen. pavtd Bair y esterdaw annou i-
ced assignment of an Americi n
advisory team to the newjimationlil
training center ait Canf 1
three Chinese divisions
trained' sin|iultai!ie msly.
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PUBLISHED IN THSmiTEREST Ob A GREATER A & M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION!Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 2,1948
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John Diwks Nap-Rap To Keep For Fun, Frolic
Hart Hail Residents In Line
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ISTINl Tex.J July I,If —<A>) -
jGuaird offi4e|s frt in
said ' ’hursday guan 5-
;tnen ; will i tie in the par^yf fighti; fg
if there tel anothiir war. 1
Toiurihg'ithe So ithwei)t|to deb^-
niinei whaf shapfe^ the ^Sta^e h
tional Guard ai^ginizatiloiis jaref
the. three officers! encoijragfd cch-
tinned enjistmenjt in thi
outfit.-The Tekijs Guarf
beloW its ajllotted strengt|
year, state adjutant Geh«
fi^ said*! X ^ J I
CAR PRODUCTION |
HITS 107^32 MARK
i DETROIT, July .2
I vehicle prbductio ii j in
States thij^week was eft
Texas
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for tljjis
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yesterday at 107
The week’s cjutput
with 87,0J1 velicljes
last week.: It is
post war high Mtk
■ more than 116,0(0
l ing the- week endejc
compares
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TEXANS NON-COMMITTAL
ABOUT EISENHOWERiBOOMR’
AUSTIN, Tex July —(All—
Many members qf |,he T^xas dele-
.gatibn to ^he Dapiccraitid: National
^Convention^l’huridiy tioujk a “wjiiit
and see”.httit!udi i toward reser;Ai-
ent Eiesnhower- orv-Pres dent t ilk
. from the §outh. j
'I There Is no offlici il httjtude.’he
bjg Texas deleg itim iw th its .50
votfcs. has not hala^ihieqting siplce
■ ft frasi,named at
will caucps jn
j lay before the < on
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h. alternate!! tin tf|e Parafic
Admiral William R Hals^’s
7thl Fleets retir<|d ! Thut^day
surprise honors frim calnmancibK
fn^tior
| officers of nava
■ ships in the are i.
■ After the cereniciny hf left \[
Mr A Spruance firjMqn^rey, Gal.,
i whqxe tj> r^s|le.
; A&M - Tt FUNiD
REACHES NEW frlGI
\ AUSTIN, JuU ;2 XP'-
I University of fTexas! ijlnd TUj(as
| A&M permanent fdndjtbfiay clipib-
j cd to a 'new all-lime high of 1^2,-
0871496. 1
Commissioner of th« Genfeial
Land Office Bafcom Gaes.saic a
total of 186 teas es'foyeifing'41,1 09
acres in the Juns lip mineral I sase
auction sale^ arf bfeirgfplacet in
Teprjs^nt 'a i 5,-
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'$100,000,000 by 1950
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At this rate, (|iles sii4. the hikh-
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jof $7, Ik
»*thej mail. They
900^800 boost itoyrarsl | establish
ment of the ne vmigd |evel.
Qiiles said royalties qlone i{i1om
oil: and gas on univeriity krds,
mostly in West Textjis,] are flaw
ing: into the fu id at
approximately i640,0
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. r . By BILL ROSE k }'
i The Quiz Kids, have nothing on
seven year old John Herrington
who Stumps all with his quick
come backs and intelligence be-
yond-his-years. i , '
I didn’t quite know how to ap
proach him. One certainly couldn’t
use the “what’s your name, little
boy?” routine with him. I soon
found myself conversing yrith him
as I would my roommate and hop
ing that he wouldn’t make a fpol
out of me by contradicting my!in
terpretation of the theory of the
atomic bomb, the jet-propelled
plane, and the latest developments
in Washington. < ‘1 [
John is a husky lad ^ith' an
enviable tan, sandy-erew-cuit hair,
and solemn grey eyes. Seldom
does he ‘change his serious mfein,
and after a few minutes with him
you forget he is just a child of
seven.
He is the son of Captain and
Mrs* John A. Herrington who ,
live in Hart Hall. His father, a
regular Army officer, is doing
graduate work during this sukn-.
tner. '• ■’ '■ I • '
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John has a three year old broth
er who hasn’t gained John’s | re
spect so fat because he takes paps
in the afternoon. If there is one
thing John -fiisl'kes, it is taking
naps, especially during the after
noons when so much is going on.
Last week John made'use of a
sheet to escape from pid second
story window when he was Sup
posed to be taking a nap.
Like all little boys, John hks his
pets—two white rats arid a white
kitten. \^hen asked if h g mother
liked them, he replied, “£ he thinks
the rats are cute, but she. doesn’t
like their tails. They are long like
a snake and don’t have any h&h -
on them.”
“Aren't you afraid of them?”
I queried. ‘He gave me a look
and blinked his. eyes. “I’m not
the type thaC is afraid of
things.” ' ■'!,. •■ | -j
After having been put in my
place, I changed the subject to
somethirig which I hoped would,
regain his esteem—I offered to
buy him a coke. “No, thank you,
I don’t care for one,” he said shak
ing his head. I was bewildered.
Children are supposed ?to like
cokes. It wasn’t as if I htfd offer
ed to buy him a beer. 1
“Don’t you like cokes?”
“Certainly, I like cokes, but one
can’t always have everything he|
wants. Besides, I simply donft care
for one.
That sounded like sound philo
sophy to me, so I changed the
subject again. (He condescended
to have a coke with me if 1; wasn’t
to be satisfied in- any other way,
but he insisted the nickel was a
loan only* and he wopld certkinly
pay me back just as. soon as he|
paid back the two dollars borrow
ed from his dad.) s i ■■
His favorite foods are bacon
and eggs and fried ichickeri. He ;
JOHN HERRINGTON, son of Captain John A. Herrington and
Mrs. Herrington, is checking over an alidade in the C E Instrument
Room. John is well-known around Hart Hall for his ability to come
back with the right answer. /
told me he can eat a whole fried
chicken in an hour and fifteen
minutes. ' R
“I don’t believe I could eat a
whole one," I told him.
He looked slightly disgusted,
blinked his eyes and stared in the
other direction. “You must have
an awfully smpll strimach,” he said.
I looked down at it, and it didn’t
look so small to me, but I stilj
can’t eat a whole fried chicken
in an hour and fifteen minutes.
Terminating our conversation)
John started for the CE Instni^
During Fourth
By BUDDY LUCE '
Aggies are home-loving
people capable of fun, frolic
apd watermelons. All
thoughts of quizzes, classes
and homework take a back
sOat as another Fourth of
jply holiday gives brain-
weary Aggies a midsummer
rest.
5|Results of a poll showed’ that
Aggies are definitely home-loving
people. Ninety percent of the stu
dents plan to spend the Fourth of
Jply at home.
Five percent have fishing trips
planned, two percent plan to take
Iqrig trips to visit girl friends and
relatives, and an amazing three
ppretent had the veracity to an
nounce that they would stay in
College Station and mix studying
With an occasional local water
melon party.
Although the ninety percent that
plan to journey home for the week
erid vacation sound rather domes-
tic on the surface, ther,e are var
ious and sundry underlying mo
tives for their trips home.
Rj. E. Petkovsek plans to “horse-
Sround” down in good old Beau-
riiont during a week-end which is
to be highlighted by a picnic at
the beach.
I One of the Johnson boys, found
lounging around in the shade on
the south side of Foster Hall,
reckoned as how he would go
home and get the old man’s car
and take a trip to see the little
woman, whose whereabouts he
would not reveal. :l .
One Cooper, who was found in
the same shady area of Foster
Hall with that Johnson boy, grinn
ed broadly when he said that he
was going home to visit the folks
but that his big moment would be
ft “girl friend party.”
•j A young fellow named Crooks
told this reporter that he was go-
ment Room. "They need me there j ing to have a quiet week-end with
td help them,” he explained over j the folks, a couple of dafts with
his shoulder. jj ii (See FOURTH Page 6)
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All have A&M World Famous 1
Appear at Grov
By FRANK AYRES |loist dn NRC. He lat?
Dorain Renard and Ellis Lucas,
famous for their presentation of
“Costumed Cameos of Famous
Musicals”, will appear at • the
Grove July 14.
These two young singers have
won the acclaim of audiences and
critics wherever they have appear
ed for their duo presentation of
the light opera classics, and their
travels have taken them through
23'countries. 1
There will be no admission
charge for this colorful perform
ance which is to begin promptly
at 8 p. m. '
Lucas and Miss Renard met dur
ing the summer of their graduation
from college, and after a bWef
courtship, they were married. Rea
lizing that success in the modem
world of music demanded new
thought, they devised their unique
presentation ojt ^Costumed'Cameos
of Famous Musicals.” l
The high praise of Edward John
son, general manager of the Metro
politan Opera Association, brought
an offer for the duo to appear in
concert at the Cleveland Public
Auditorium where they sang for
an audience of 10,000.
Among the shows in which this
“Student Prince”, “Naughty Mari
etta”, “Sweethearts”, “Showboat",
“Vagabond King”, and “Rio Rita.”
While they were playing a Chicago
theatre, the internationally famous
producer Merriel 'Abbot heard Do-
raine and Ellis and engaged them
for the production “Spnngtime Re
vue” at the Palmer Hou&e.
Doraine Renard and Ellis Lucas
were the first classical artists to
be sent overseas to entertain the
Armed Forces. They sang for the
Allied Armies all the way from
Dutch Guiana to Iceland, and they
were in England prior to and dur
ing the invasion of the European
continent. The enthusiastic recepi
tion afforded their “Costumed
CameoV’ led to the sending of oth
er classical units overseas.
Ellis: received his musical educa
tion at the Cleveland Institute of
Music and hi? first important mu
sical work w^as as a featured so
on the CBS and Muti
His early dramatic
brought to excellent
present vo<*al work.
Doraine Renard at raided Q
~ erd Ishd rii
in edufia
in
State Univjersity wb
>leted a fide year;cou: si
ion with a music maRr by jiiihi
time she had reached tie agt^o!
seventeen. iWhen (she itis. fiftyib;
she sang for the fu nidus tern
Giovanni Martinelli ml he j e
dieted a brilliant futt rt : for hi \
Later she was in. .thucted !
Mariq Rubini and also Worked Mi
the fimous. New York aiiist teaii
er Louis Bachner. SI e! is one
the Tew Americans t>
chosen forj the roster c,
burg Operi company.
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oraine creates the light opera
eos and effch one teljs' a eom-
pl^te lyrical story of the particul-
show from which the mpsic is
m. Her working knowledge' of
orchestral instruments is veri
fied by the fact that she plays one
of! every type of instrument. Dur
ing her ; college days she played
fi -st; violin in the Ohio State or^
cljntrn. i
Ddraine and Ellis are one qf the
fdw concert attractions ever to
b< successfully presented in ii se-
riiB of performances in hotels'and
Deaths throughout the North
American continent Their artistic
presentation combined with beau
tiful 'costuming has never failed
td bring forth the compliments of
the audience. 1
Faculty au4 Students on Intimate Terfns
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TOURISTS PERM
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$T. PAUL,- July
weft airlines reported
the first time sSncq tjhef war
North-
: Thursday
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effective July Ip.
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No classes^
A&M on Mo iday
iberthjr, Dean
-yesterday,
i Since the
falls on Su
will be observed J Jj
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General Staff
Training Today |
Major Lester Hanks, class of 30,
will graduate from the Regular
Course of the Command and Gem
eral Staff College at Fort Leaven
worth,. Kansas, July ,2, 1948, the
Information Section <Jf Fort Leavi
enworth announced today.
The Command and Gjeneral Staff
College is the highest level educa
tional institution operated entirely
by the Army. The -regular course
is designed to qualify ; officers for
duty as commander? | or general
staff officers in divieibhs or larg
er organizations. Officers selected
to attend the coursje must havp
completed the basic |and advanced
courses in the schools of their arm
or branch, and usually have com r
pleted more than seven year! of
active service. ■'■■]• *
Major Hanksserved in the
European Theater driring 1944 and
1945, and participated in the cam
paigns of Northern France, Cen
tral Europe, and i.the Rhineland.
His duties were in 'connection with
procurement plannihft
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By F. D. WELCH
“Let’s go out to BohOe Hall,
Prof!”
This was the cry that bachelor
professors used to hear under
their windows on Saturday nights
30‘ years ago.
Mrs. C. B. Campbell, wife of Dr.
Campbell, retired professor of
modern languages, recalls that the
faculty-student relations Were very
intimate in those days. It wasn’t
at all unusual to see cadets and
professors enjoying an evening to
gether oul at Bohee (short for
Bohemian) which was a dknce-hall
of the magnitude of Shiloh or
Scratching Cat. Though the profs
could dance with the hostejsses, the
Bohemian farmers didn’t' like the
idea of the cadets consortjing with
their) daughters.
In | those days, she recalls, Ag
gies were virtually marooned since
there, were no cars for globe-trot
ting over the weekend.
Girls Imported
Due to the scarcity of transpor
tation, girls from out of town
rarely made an appearance, and
there were only two dances during
the year, one on Thanksgiving and
the Final Ball. Students 1 could
have a date with pne of the Bryan
belles, however, if the roads were
n’t too muddy and a horse and
buggy were available.
Despite this, entertainment and
recreation were furnished by an
active Little Theater, a Religious
Forum, and a multitude of dubs
and discussion groups which were
a natural outgrowth of the isola
tion.
“Intellectual Bull-sessions”
Mrs. Campbell had personal con
tact with one of ,the discussion
clubs, for an organization under
the title of Junto Club used to meet
at Dr. Campbell’s house every Sun
day night. They conducted what
amounted to “intellectual bull-ses
sions.” Mrs. Campbell was the
only woman present.
She recalls that although any
and every topic was debated in
the course of the eveping, the
groujUpever adjourned bntil every
one had aired his views on sek,
religion, aiX education. Though
sex and edutation Continued tp
hold interest as topic for conversac
tion, religion f was eventually re
placed by ecPnomics. 1 l
A bone of contention among the
student body in those days was the
Compulsory Chapel Services. Every
student was required, to attend
these services up until the I time
denominational churches made
their appearance. Ministers of ev
ery faith and from every part, of
the country were brought to the
Campus to speak, and the presence
of a poor speaker was readily evi
dent in the conduct of the cadets.
A visiting minister who left the
chapel unharrassed knew he had
passed the most critical test pos
sible.
Corps Strike
That the corps was easily irri
tated is evidenced by the fact that
there were two strikes against the
President in 1908 and 1913. In
1908 the campus was vacated when
every student went home. At this
MRS. C. B. CAMPBELL, wife of DR. CAMPBELL, retired pro
fessor of modern languages at A&M, recalls the A&M of 30 years
ago. She knows the reasons, and the theories, for choosing Brazos
Count? as the ideal location for a school.
time Mrs. Campbell was stiH living
with her faiqily in. Palestine, Tex
as, and so recalls when one of the
rebelling Seniors came home. He
was confused about what to do and
sought her father’s advice. Afteft
a man-to-man talk, the boy was
on the train the next morning
heading, back to College Station.
He later graduated with honors
and is: now ope of the highest rank
ing generals in the army.
Another mass exodus occurred
in 1917 but not for similar rea
sons. When the United States en
tered the war in April of that year
the entire Senior Class resigned as
a body and joined the Army. They
later received their degree?.
Housed in Tents
Mrs. Campbell recalls that then
as in 1946, ?he veterans peturned
in droves after World War I. This
naturally created a critical hous
ing shortage that was eventually
solved by the use of tent-houses.
Areas of tents were dubbed Holly
wood and Sheik City. There was
obviously no lack of imagination
in those days!
The school year was highlighted
by the hectic and bizarre events
that took place on April 1. The
students declared this a “holiday”
and things usually got underway
with the seniors and juniors run
ning the gauntlet while their un
derclassmen flogged them with
canes.
During the day the corps con
ducted a very orderly and formal
parade in nightshirts. Still in their
sleeping garments, they would line
up across the railroad tracks, board
all northbound trains and take a
free ride to Bryan. The freshmen
swept out the cars and offered
services to the startled passeng
ers. i '/
Faculty Cooperated
The faculty cooperated with all
these shenanigans until some stu
dents caVried it to excess by paint
ing up the train and herding cattle
into the classrooms. April 1 ac-
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Wednesday eveniifdfto li
sembly Hall with
than has been hes
Playing befor e
iences, Grandpa ml ;<
cujltuie With a ciltifiei
ism that fulfilled
dreams ojf coondawg
The Aggie Rumbli r
program,with two nj
later pnSVed to be 11
the evening-—“Deep
‘’Steel Guitar Rag."
Grandpa then miadj
and after a few op< n!
that \Vere a forecas
5LI.IS LUCAS will appear at THE
fhe |)li#r are Well-known throughout 23 na-
of “CkslunUs Cameos of Famous Musicals.”
a
use Greets Grandp
st Unusual Show
mm<
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sijc ft ; ers.
openea tie
bet s U ii :h
quietd.f; |of
ater’] (and
nr
his :ent? i ,nce
ig remi irks
Wf think i
Hart Hall
Includes
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UN ROE
people quieteld down long enough
m to Grandpa Jones fill the As-
h|illbilly ballads and less humor
ijn many years. ■ m
rhfalt ii*i;ha|)S’ was one of his largest aud-
moijt:
ivej;
Single Sti went?
By D. R. Bl
Those students w
hjas nothing femir j:
may find their op n
fled aftqr a quick
Hart Hall roster. 11
ftemorie? of Walton
Ramps G, I, and . njr
t(y manfied students
wives. Most of thesa
doing graduate woik
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ns un ‘sti
ck of I ho
ft ck
946.
Ili ed
heir
me'
rings
all ini
e inh|a
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tudenit
The fin
cted ftt
nd wlhi
of ft
fjloot of J ramp is i ft W 0 !™! 6
til last week-end inbjlt of
ijamps wiere full, but t|h|e ehdk
3 week courses thniMd the!
Considerably. ; U' i
! In an interview coin
tjhose foftnd at home
not run at the menjtii
talion reporter, it
that they all seem Id fienjoyi
in a dorm full of i glt«r|iji
honors of past ath Ii
Henington of Wax
4 ‘We enjoy the camp
in the dormitory.”
! The majority of
Jiving in Hart Hall, s:
as rft idled
vingl
imd
achic
fe of j
sort of post-graduqtj
the summer. None
interviewed are ehi o 1|
at the present tim»,
of the Isingle Har
are attending class raj
e huis
doin
wo
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al f
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In search of answer
TO THIS QUESTION. WE SENT
OUR ROVING X-RAY PHOTO
GRAPHER OUT TO BRING
BACK THE PROOF. THE FOLLOW
ING PLATCS PROVE THAT
WOMEN HAVE SOMETHING
TO HIDE; THEREFORE. THE
longer dresses/ I
Madame muscles Larue
SAYS THE 'NEW LOOK' HIDES
HER BARBELL LEGS
(Miss. Bel'
HAD NO CQHl
FIDO WAS S Hi
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■CHLgl
tiong
did
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Mrs.
slid,
vfing
dsj
sdme
for,
idves
Moo.
elates
1
■om(f, tearfully rendered “Mbun-
ain Dew/’ and “Eight More Miles
To Louisville,” The reception giv-
:in| these two ballad? must have /
rftddened the heart I of ‘the Ten-
pessee troubadour.,
jA spiritual, “I Like The bid
Time Worship Of The Lord" lff '
reeled a new conception iift gos-.,
I>ejl singing and served as an in-
:roduction to Graritlpa’s grand-
child, Bamona.
Ramona ,who definitely was older
thian the popular conception of a
rraridchild, brought down the house
with a fiddle, hoedown calculated
to 1 end all hoedowns.
Tnen, Grandpa, deftly placing
s guitar on the. floor, iftunched
into the first of a series rif witty
sayirigs and outhouse odes that
wer? received with mixed enthus->
iasm and disgust. In our opinion,
Grandpa, should stick to his gui
tar, at which he excells, since he ,
lacks one of the pftme requisites
of a comedian—the joke. / ! , , M 1
The audience was spared as
Grandpa cut shorti his “humor”
I (See GRANDPA Page 6) • X
Aggie-Ex Takes a
Fort Worth Bride
When Helen McLean of Fort ‘
Worth, becomes the brtde of Will-
iam Menefee between appearances*
on ABC’s “Bride and GToom rt pro- ’
gram July 5, it will" be the climax
to a romance that began with a
date to an Aggie football game-
; While attending A&M last falli -
BUI vtas assigned to arrange a
date between Helep, then an air
line hpstess, and aXfriend of .his:
for thte TCU-A&M fbotball game;
He immediately decided that hin
'riend could have the dftte for the
tame but Bill wanted Helen fo
{ThJejr, will fly to Spread Eagl*
tRanch, Colorado, for their hqney
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