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• r? v . ■ i-. •1 ' r ^ i Ml rs Sin brief \\li I'M SMdk^R’S HACK ffl new?.high last l. WASHINGTON, Augi T Americans smoked 345jD0O,000,i cigarettes' during the year eindi June; 30—Another new record. r : This was the equivalent of aboi 121 packs for eyery mjanryomail and child. ir • [M Consumption in the previoui , year—which smashed a record se 6 the year before—totaled 327,000 . 000,000 cigarettes, ‘ V. 8. MERCHANT MARINE . TO GET 2 HUGE LINERS WASHINGTON, Aud.' 13 —(& The government will chip in ove $20,000,000 toward building tW' large passenger ships; under th largest contract ever signed the Meritime Commission. . . . . The vessels: costing $25 000,00 each, will/he constructed for Amer ican Export’Xines, Inc., by th ■ v • ’ V. • if ' ! f fit P—: f Bethlehem Sjhipya Mass;, as* payt of a buikl' up American, .shipping whil strengthening the ^nation’s defer Quincj rogram ■i\ BIG CORPS TRIP COS MAHARAJAH 10 MU LONDON, Aug. 13 rich Maharajah of Bai /V 'S: ■ ION -4#)— Th f •da yestei • m Englatii day .todh hife ease seemingly in no rush to get' bac : to India to answer critlcr whb want him to abdicate.' L. . | The potentate arrived' on th f Queen Elizabeth Wednesday nigl|| from New York and Iducked porters who wanted to ask hi , about accusations majde by tl a Baroda State Legislattre that\ 1 dipped into the State Treasury f $10,000,000 in! a six-wepk spend! spree. ■ r . -I ■v • T r I TRUMAN ORDERS STUDY OF AIR FREIGHT UNES WASHINGTON, Aufe. 13 —t President Truman yesterday orde ed a government financial stut of the entire dir transport industr The White House s«id Mr. Tr man is ^‘extremely interested” |b. finding nuepns by which the i i- dustry capXest finance its-nmme I- iate requirements and lohg-ter jn develppin^nts. • rf • >, ' Hpr asked the RFC i to make jia study with a view of .making rec ommendations to him t‘a$ an ear hr date. 1 * The CAB and; the budget bureau were directed ljo assist tlje RFC. . I j ' ./^ ' ^ * U. S. OFFERS PLAN! IN DANUBE CONTROVERSY ' BELGRADE, Yugo., Aug. 13 f- <^>(_^The United Staltes offer Thursday to ti-ade away its'sc on a new Danubian control co mission in return for representfe- tion for. Austria and Germany. u “The United States ’does not i ri- aist .upon becoming a'permanefeit member,” said U. S. [Ambpssadpr Cavendish Cannon. [‘When G« Mi •many and Austria become xnembc|bs of the commission, and ^adequate provision is made for non-ripariin ; representation, the United. Std1|»s is prepared to give up its positioi||.” — ‘ • .r PVBUS : ; ■ COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13,1948 : . . Famous Piano Humorist Says Humor An Art Henry L. Scott has long felt that the projection of hu- jnor is^an art, and that humor should be an important fea ture in the American concert scene. Always a man to fol low his feelings, Scott has worked hard at perfecting a style of playing a Steinway (“I use the Steiriway exclus ively”) that certainly inject ed humor into classic ; and semi-classic compositions. His career represents a long and impressive array of theater ap pearances, radio engagements, a season at New York’s famous Rainbow Room, and a debut ftt Town, Hall as ' “America’s First Concert HumorUt.” In the last few years he has been topring the United States, giving-epncerts ! at various colleges. ^ . “Henry Scott’s popularity and success with his style Is due large ly to his personality, Tor he is one of the nicest living Americans^” says Kyle Crichton .foremost cele^ brity critic. “When he plays a piece, lovers of the arts, from se date dowagers in their box seats to bobby-soxed balcony patrons, be come reduced to hysteria. His boo gie-woogie, his concert pieces, his take-offs on various other,pianists, and all his playing have one thing in common — an appeal to all listeners.’, " , Company Lowest Bidder ■ : — t -r-—r« •- c cv__j .. K > He has been called a combina tion bf Victor Borge, Garry Moore, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, -Oscar Levant, and Will Rogers. It has also been sajd of him that he doesn't even need a piano to make the audience glad they came to see him. His caricatures iple’s mannerisms away from the key- of several - well-known people’s Symphony On W; Offers Peer C Suite & Concert t j. Concerto in A Minor and Peer Gjnt Sujite by Edvard Gri the Norwegian composer, will -■ the selectionsiplayed bn the"‘ l Sy(n phony on Wax” progtam for S\ ^ j day, evaping on t.he lawn north .the Assembly Hall, j • , • • The Piano Concerto; was comp ed- in the siummer of 1868 wl Grieg was only twerrcy-five ye T ^old^ This was his firs) compost '• utilizing the; orchestra. After opening theme, the rojusic is co ed by folklike melodic? that stroi ly suggest the compioser’s na •r ,, Norway. v a The Peer Gynt Suite is the mtfeie that Grieg .composed' for a production of Ibsen’.« play of same name. It tells (the life st of “Peer Gynt”, a legendary yre from Norwegian folklore, is at the bottom, of consider* mischief. He lives, to an old * however, and his siiis are fin; atoned for through the devo «and love of a pure woman. . Sponsored by < (Student A c ties, “Symphony 40a Wax’ f is sented each Tuesday, [Thursday Sunday evenings at six with ^ Vjn Rice as, commentator and ord spinnep. , Community Chest Names fST !. Recently named ch| gpolle^e Staltiort Comanunity committee is Jde H. porrels of Civil (Engineering Department The * chairman and commi members were named by Presii Gilchrist and Mayor'Ernest ' fqrd. , . • | ' The appointment! are 1 made early in order jihat the niittee will have'an opportuni organize and plan, its work be the fall drive. [' Members \of the committee J. E. Roberts, W. N.; Colson, * Anderson, Sid Loveless, G Black, Tyrus.R. Timm, R. L. f i ins, M. L. Cashion, Taylor Wi; r Lt. Col. Joe E. Davii ., R. D, T ]' : Raymond Rogers, apid Dr. J 'Miller. r . r —-—-j—- /• REDS JAMMING ‘VOICE OF AMERICA* BROADCASTS * WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 4-WP) Evidence of deliberate Soviet , km- ming of “Voice df America” broad casts to Russia Ayai reported I V day by State 1 De_ They said that -—i Washington from ' Europe; 1 indicate the origina’ :• il . r 7: ! board are worth the price of ad mission eten without his excel- . lenL tickling of the keyboard. ■* 1 ’i**[ ' — | j ’ ' * iJ Scott is scheduled to appear at The Grove next Wednesday even ing. He will be presented as a feature of the Summer Student Activities program. Admission will be by presentation of the second session’s yellow fee slip at the en trance. . .. COMPETING IN THE TEXAS AAU SWIMMING MEET to be held here this weekend are Elizabeth Blank (sitting), Frances Cope land (right, sending), and Betty Copeland (left, standing). They . placed second in the TAAF meet held in Tyler recently, and will ypter in the Women’s Medley Relay Saturday night. iXf. ]/ \ 1 r _ In v Amateur Samplers Test Milk At A&M Creamery Open House Juke Box Dance Heads Weekend The regularly scheduled juke box dance will be held tomor- rqw night at, the Grove. . However, w\eek-er.der? on the campus will I be deprived of their sw : imming privileges due to the fact that the Texas AAU Swimming Meet is being held at the pool. To round out the week-end activities, a championship soft- ball game will be played to night between Law Hall arid Bizzell Halt who are currently tied for first place. <s 1 ' , jl ' , By PHIL KOONCE j ' Robert McKee Company of Dallas, bidding $1,027,018 with Completion of construction in 510 working days, was the lowest bidder yesterday afternoon for general construc tion of all units of the proposed Memorial Student Center. 7 Companies Submit Bids for Student Cen Board of Directors Will Meet August 21 tc w I'-'T JL Number 26 Seven companies tu units of the center.» Wljl bidder, the A. J. Rife Cojjig bidder with a figure of $|l; The opening of all Dixiecrats Launch Campai For States’ Rights In Houst i'i H Vt; ' I ,3( litted By ROLLY C. KOLBYE The A&M Creamery held open house Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 6 p. m. for .the purpose of se curing stat^ttA^grJsi^'^vhich to determme wnfeQier oKrnot‘there is a difference mr the taste* of raw and pasteurized milk. -A. V. Moore, professor of Dairy Husbandry and conductor of the “Milk Tasting” test, said that the purpose of the test was to obtain observed opinions on the quality of raw and pasteurized milk. In or der to accomplish this, people of all ages, male and female were in vited to participate in the samp ling. It was also pointed out by Moore that if any of the testers proved to be well gifted in samp ling milk, they : might be called upon to make other tests. Some future'test might be on flavor or degree^of unproper pasteuriz ation of milk, Moore pointed out. - Upon entering the creamery each person was handed a tally card with which to mark; their tastes. In the first group there were three samples. Space on the card allow- --j.— ■' 1 t.'jl, ed one of three answers for each sample; raw, pasteurized, or can’t tell. In the second group only two samples were offered. From these the sampler was to state his pre ference. Each participant was ask ed with what frequency they drank milk: regularly, seldom dr never. At 5 o’clock the response of the public was very promising, Moore said. At that time over 144 per sons had visited the creamery and sampled the milk. Many samplers enjoyed comparing their answers. It was noted that one lady, unde cided as to a samples status, pro ceeded to mark her card “skimmed milk.” This reporter tried his taster and could hot taste any difference in the two grades of milk. If a person drank raw milk for a week and then changed over to pasteurized milk a marked difference can be noticed, it was pointed out by one of the em ployees of the creamery. In the process of pasteurizing, the milk is held at 143 degrees (See SAMPLERS Page 4) By W. K. HENDERSON (Bgttalion Staff Reporter W. K. Henderson was in Houston two days this week to observe the iinunching of the Southern Democratic Revolt in Texas. His report follows). [The: followers of the States’ Rights presidential and vice-presi dential nominees were much in evidence in Houston Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday with train and airplane loads of determined Southern Democrats arriving for the campaign launching held in Houston’s oven-like Coliseum Wed nesday night. Houston’s Rice Hotel, center of activity for this very active move ment' was completely dominated by the prespiring delegates from all over the Southland. Mississippi was out in front in attendance with well over 200 representatives, most of whom had arrived by special train at 6:1S Wednesday morning with : their Governor, Fielding Wright, the States’ Rights vice-presiden tial nominee. The presidential nominee, Gov-t ernqr J. Strom Thurmond, and his wife Arrived by plane Tuesday af ternoon from South Carolina af ter voting in the primaries of that state. . I • . . | Thurmond and his [ party were greeted at the airport by a com mitted of Texans including H. R. Cullen, Houston oil millionaire, who later held a reception in hon> tor of the candidate. Many South Carolinians, most of whom had been up all night Tuesday night watching the re sults of their state primary,), ar rived Wednesday by plane in timte to get acquainted with other Thurmond—Wright Democrats in a reception held in the ornate South American room of the.'Rice Hotel, At the reception Governor Thur mond’s beautiful young wife, Jean, far outshined the diamond stick pins that were so much in evid ence. [•. South Carolina’s first lady, mar- few Undergrade All new undergraduate stu dents who entered A&M Col lege for the first time this summer and who expect to continue in school here this fall- should call by the Regis trar’s Office immediately and have their credentials approved for the 1948-49 Session. H. L. HEATON, Registrar • i B ■ ■ I ried only 10 months ago, went the rounds with her handshaking hus band and seemed to be enjoying everything. Every Texan contacted at the reception expressed confidence in a States’ Rights victory in the September Democratic Con vention to be held in Fort Worth. At 7r30 Wednesday evening, Governpr Thurmond, accompanied by his wife, walked briskly out of the Rice Hotel and climbed into a black Cadillac sedan flanked by Houston policeman. The car, which took the candi date to the rapidly filling Coli seum, was followed by automobiles and taxis loaded with delegates and committee members, At the Coliseum, * Progressive party pickets carrying signs walk ed slowly up and down through the crowds going in at the wide doors. “We should thank them,” said one Southerner, “they’re helping us and don’t know it. As 8 o’clock, time announced for the speakers’ arrival, drew near the band swung into several of the South’s favorite spngk. “Old Kentucky Home” was followed by cheering from both the gallery and tne-delegates’ sections as the speakers took their places on the flag-decked platform and the band broke into a spirited version of “Dixie.” The rally was called to order , and .about 10,000 delegates aad spectators stood at ' attention While the “Star Spangled Ban ner” was played. Mayor Roscoe Holcombe of Hous ton welcomed the candidates and delegates, in behalf of Houston and Texas. In the following oratory Tru- njan, Dewey, and Wallace Were all blasted as advocates of social c6n- Lniy iple til s ruction; r Bids •H-:i ugh mU<|h to Kiwanis Luncheon Honors Rideout dent Angle Will Be Given First T A musical treat by Bill Turner and Leonard Perkins, featured the meeting of the Kiwanis club at its noon luncheon Tuesday. Perkins was Jt'.the piano and Turner on t|ie trumpet. Ralph Steen urged Kiwanians to attend the Texas AAU swimming and diving championships meet this week-end. “It is sponsored by the College Recreation Council, and is an important event,” Steen said. Blaine Rideout, new athletic tjrainer at *A&M, was introduced. Re was the only guest. Sid Loveless, president, presid- ejd. Welcome, E. Wright, official welcomer ‘of guests, introduced Rideout. trols and centralized govei “Truman’s proposed F.E. said Thurmond, “is pa after the Russian ‘All Law’ which was inven 1939 by Joseph Stalin.” Each of the principal s Thurmond, Wright, and Governor Frank Dixon of A used a different apfiroa each pointed out that the Rights Democrats are th< party that can and will do thing about all the “isms are endangering ! “our Ar ie: way of life.”' j Thurmond, leaning out ' battery of microphones and ing his finger, exclaimed, party that repudiates the should be repudiated by tl pie.” At the end of Thurmonjl’i ceptance speach, the last the evening, the band broke Jinto “Dixie” and a band of marctiers, led by American, Texas, and; Sjhuth Carolina flags and a Confederate banner, got under way and demon strated. for nearly 15 minui es| ■ A meeting of! the Texisjori- ganization of the party wds held in the Music Hall Thursday morning to map plans for twing ing Texas’ 23 electoral vo es| in to the attempt to throw th i Elec tion into the House of Repre sentatives. .* Thurmond, a tireless caiipitign- er who averaged only tw > lours of sleep a night during 1 is II race for Governor two years ag|p, is planning a swing through ' hef bor der states of Missouri ai d |Kejn-- tucky. , - ' The object of the camp ti to capture enough elector il es to keep either Trun a Dewey from getting a mu w This would throw the decii io: to the House where the S Rights leaders believe the stands a good chance of gel her way. With Alabama, Mississi )pi| and South Carolina already 1 neil up and the States Right’s m )vement gaining momentum in all t ie other Southern -states the chance* rire that Thurmond and Wri|ht|may get their hundred-odd eleftoral votes. •.!' for all of the first thr6e the lifiKee Company was lowest n (Corporation was high ' ’ 1 t :'; 1 ids was held before rep- tatives of construction and rialu companies and represent es ojf the college in the retrol- Lecture Room. T. R. Spence, ger of the Construction Prog- Office, . iopened the bids, this doesn’t ■meaBr* # too , you,” Spence told tne rep- ntatives, “it is a /big day fur students and for A&M.” Il -bips were divided into four nit one, Units one and Units one and three, and £ onje, two and three. Unit pne he mair(! part or hfeart of the ent Center; Uhite one and two the!main part and the west Units one and three are the i pak and the.recreation room; Units one, two and three make the entire building. , caurie of the flexibility of the bid| it is possible for an accept- abl| biq to be made on a part of 1 ItJ par s—1 tw e m wh Cards Now Ready For Graduate! Summer graduation jin- nouncements can be | licked up now at Student Act vitieE- Office, second floor, Geodwin Hall, Grady Elms, assistant director of Student Acti|vit|e8; announced today. A IIP! . . . , j jh j I ’ ' |j-. ^ : ]_, / ' Kinsey Report Will Be Model For Making Cheating Studies ■ By HARRY GOODING Following the lead'of Dr. Kinsey we have (delved deep into the study of human nature and have come up with some conclusions that: have amazed even us, hardened as we are. ,r. Our research was done entirely among college students- and 'the case histories cited are taken ver batim from pur hidden wire re- : wuz fra'mEd/ ent offk als. orts reac ling o monitoi a in terfereme is i!fc v r. corders and from notes transcribed by our secretary. We made no at tempt to conceal the purpose of our search, but asked that each student interviewed present us witlv i <V Ml ■ - with a paper answering the ques tion (‘Why do you cheat?” in a thousand jfords or' less. Becauw^of the great number of students interviewed and because there are sd few of us, we have felt it prudent to alter names and specific plaCes\ However, THE FACTS ARE TRUE! (See editor ial column on page\2.) The first case, that^pf a Lester W. Inkle, which we wish to pre sent is rather interesting for it shows—but to let Inkle speak for himself. “I wuz framed!” Thank you, Inkle. We have inserted the above to show the seriousness of the sit uation. Like a cry in the wilder ness, Inkle’s statement touches our heart. But he is not alone in his sorrow and degradation. Let us look at the case history bf John Leflot. Leflot says: “I hate college. All my life that’s all I heard—college, college, college. My old man almost grad~ ted from one once and since then has been pushing me to follow his footsteps, only graduate, ell, at first it sounded pretty for he talked about nothing t going around with girls, and being a football hero, and getting to go on trips with the team and stuff like that. He never said nothing about having to learn any thing. Because he had been so close to finishing college, the town people made him the head of the school board, and with him behind me I didn’t have any trou ble getting through high school. But then he pulls a boner and sends me to a college that is out of town. It doesn’t even do any good that he gives me a letter saying he is a pretty big guy at home, “They treated me wrong here from the first, and I tell you, I don’t! intend to put up with it much longer. When I went up to the table at the door, the first thing they did was ask me what courses I wanted to take. Not a word about the baseball and football teams. I up and told them right ut that I didn’t care if I didn’t any courses, but they just led at me to get out of that line ^pd go over to a table by the doom “After that it was just a round of going from one table to another and finally Vended up outside with my hands full of cards and books and one .thing And another. I was just a little puzzled about it all for I hadn’t seen none of the girls that the old man had told me about, and nobody yet had men tioned football. “I looked at all the stuff I was holding and found out where going to stay and went on there. It was a big building II all the others on the campus ai P- ■j; ; j it locked prttty good on the out side, but inside where we had to Stay it wasn’t so good. I found the room that was marked on the card and it didn’t look so good either. There was a bunch of old bottles all ove? the floor and un der the mattrtess and I had to clean those out before I even had room to get my trunk in. Once it was open and I had my stuff out : and in the closet things looked a little better, and I sat down to ■Write the old man a letter, “I hadn’t written much, though when another fellow came in and said he was going to room with me. That was alright with me so he unloaded his stuff, and then we got to talking. “I was down right shocked when I found out all that went on in a place like this. My old man sure had things fouled up. He had sent me to this place where they don’t even allow girls, on the campus'; I don’t see how he could have made a mistake like that but he did, I was counting a lot on having some girl! around to cheer for me and everything when I was on the team. “It also seems that you can’t, comb and get on the team jpst like that, but you have to work up to' it gradual. Well, that wasn’t too bad news, either, but then he told me that I would have to have a pretty good bunch of grades before I could even try out for the That didn’t sound so good. I hp<L any trouble with grades fore because the old man took care of it for me, but I didn’t know for sure just what I was go ing to do now. . “We talked for quite a while be fore some soldier boy broke into the room and started raising cain about something. It turned oyt to be about us. He talked to us right long and then I knew that my old man had really fouled up when he sent me here. I was in a military college and the soldier told me I had signed up and couldn’t get away. Well that really made me unhappy. I thought back at all the things pa had said about the girls and the tea parties, and I began to be pretty sure that maybe I had come to the wrong place. I tried for three weeks to tell somebody that I was in the wrong place and find out how I could get out of it, but every time that I opened my mouth to complain one of the soldiers would tell me to quit griping. “I didn’t see my room much during those three weeks because I was always going somewhere. In the morning we would fall out into a formation and go to classes where I would sleep until; we fell out | into another formation am<L marched/back. Once we got back we had to do all kinds of things and they even tried to make us study in the evening. I didn’t mind so much, though, because I was getting plenty of sleep during the cl*****, “And now I come to what I think you all want to know, about cheat ing when we get tests. Well, you .■'1 all know how it is. If I wAnt! to get on the team next ; eal r I’m going to have to have sor ie pretty good grades. This sleepinj ii class which I can’t help, make; it kind of hard for me to get t ie right answers to the questions unices I know what the questions arc go ing to be. I found that < utj when we had the first quiz. ' 'hi only thing I put on the paper r igst that time was my name. . am "1 “Of course, ritf^ ^ what things wa* /°' n ? er *° 11 m ereas: the entire building) might,(not be acceptable All bids wiiD be studied., by P esiddnt-Elect F. C, Bolton and C ancrilor-Elect Gibb Gilchrist. Tjfey will then forward reco*-*- ndations to the Roffrd of P‘- tors which will hold a spec ' ting here on August 21, aider the bids. P i . , venj firms submitted gentn Istmetion. bids. Bids and rim its Tor construction of the en building were as follows: Rob, Me tee Company of Dallas: 7,018—610 working days; J. J tch Company of Dallas, $1,166, —600 working clays; R. P sworth arid Gompany o; uston, $1,224.l74-|-425 workim r s; W. S. Bellowsj Constructiai . omtion of Houston, $1,147.3*1' 20 v orking days; Nathan W^hJ Company of Dallas, $l,149j71l 20 working day*j« J. W. Bate/ pany of Dallas, $1,182,99 working days; and A, ~ striuetion Corporation $11232,301—600 vterkutg Eacjh of these submitted bHs’ d t|me limits on parts of the ildijig. The McKee Companv’s ds of $577,938 for Unit one, l|52 for Units one and twn. >1686,204 for Units one a»»d liree were again the lowest Ird. lanV bids and. combinations of bifs were received for. gating’and tilajtion, refrigeration and a|r ditipning, and plumbing and s fijting. C. Wallace Plumbers Hops ton placed a bid of $216,- .jloJ and Firwell Company of ii Antonio submitted one . of )3,3|$2.50 for the heating, ventfl- qi\, jrefrigeration, and air c^n- lOnilng of all parts of the build- inik'. This also included kitchen frigeration. Levy Plumbing Company of alias entered a bid of $196,9^3 r heating, ventilating, plumb- g and gas. fitting for ail j the Center.- part'!: Sebsjstjlan Fulcher Air Conditio Company of Austin was for the. heating and ,ve of the parts of the builj|- of the entire building. It’s bps A/ere $50,546, for Unit one, $|T,00|) for Upits one and two, 1,368 for Units one and three, d $$7,225 for all. of the units. Otjier- bid* were sent in by B. . Howell and Son of Auatin and e Air Conditioning arid Refrig- ratipn Company of Austin. Thrfee companies bid on elevator d dumbwaiter installations. Ele- tor j Service Company of Dalles s Ipw bidder at $26,261 for {ui elevatjors in Unit one and the ele- tor and dumbwaiter in Unit two. iter-Hays Company, also of lus, bid lowest, $3,276, for ;fhe mbw&iter installation in Unit lids wertralso received from tis Elevator Company of oustjon. 1 Eight coni|panieB presented bids the electrical work and conduit stems. Ling Electric Company ‘ bidder for all thi i^ld see » like off to 4) low bidder for all work for the complete Di.llas was ectncal HHH ildihg at $82,865. Other bH* ig from $105,638 to $13%,534 , ere tent in by Kj E. Kutzschbaph, art; Grimes Electric Company, ustii; Howard E. Foley Com-, my, Houston; Southwest Elec- ic Company, Dallas; W. K. Jen- [ings Electric Company, Austin; Eugene Ashe Electric Com-’ my, Fort Worth. Many of the bids received car- led “riders” or stipulation* Um ii ied the bids in the event fl ee changes, labov trouble, oic4 of materials. /! i: !l Conrad Addec 0 Library Staff) Mrk, Carolyn Conrad, wife o< Ifred H. Cottrad, has returned t< e staff of the Cushing Memoria ibrary as senior loan desk assist t while her husband complete? 1 graduate work. Mr i. Conrad is a 1942 graduate S mmons Library School ajhd at 'the library tor tWo years prior to Jute year, • - ; ! . . vorked l one-half thjis yean