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f. L T ' J ' •• I- * . • ■ •' • ' : <; - T . : ; '• i. ’ . 1 •— ; • >• I •* V \ ■ ■ J t. — ’j i r $ ! . y " ' r ' 1 ' ■BP f v' r"'' • y i. » ■ % 1 r I rj'J 'i;r V JL mm ■m / c r 1 !• published is the OF^CRBATtHAtMCOUECB COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 16,1948 L* , * -r talion HEATER A A ii ttoLLEtiK ■ »•« ■ 1. •! ' ! I Volume 48 t- r M- »uj4 ,.U K Number 27 I AMATEURS TEST 1 MILK,;^AMPLES at College Creamery open house. Nearly 150 people tested the millc samples Wednesday afiejrnoon. Pictured above (right to left) are: C. J. WOODWARD; FRANK CUSHING, H. C. MICHALAK, FpiL KOONCE, C. C. MUNROE, BARNEY WELCH and son RUSSEL. I Kiwanis Presii In Hiis Area While On Tour I Officers of t^ei Kiwanis club of College Station have announced that J.;Belmont^]|oss^r, ‘Pennsylvania industrial* •_i. -j—^ J j Internationa^ probably .will I . ist and president’, qf Kiwan: speak in this sectioifisometi tration. ' | I * Sid Loveless, president| tion.at Los Angeles the new K|- wanis chief executive had rndicap ed he would launch hiis speaki itinerary in late summer. Thj schedule undoubtedly will ca: him into a majority of the 29 K|-i; wanis districts, throughout tl United States and Cahada, Low less sAid. ‘ ; ! Delegates to the convention |jf Kiwanis International named Mo«j ser to succeed Dr. Charles Armstrong, Salisbury, N. C., w|(| ^ served as president of the coi| ‘y mutTity service organisation dts ing/the past year. j- .. In a press conference a ft? , days ago, Mosser said that duriij ' Kis administration he would advo cate a program of adult educatifiii ; based primarily on the principb i, that freedom is “everybody’s jbu|i ness.” He declared the public unfit t during his one-year adminis? said that .following his elefa- Ilolmgreen Take! European Plo^tioii .i- ; | \ 1 | • • • ■■ |lrr 1 E. N. Holmgreen, former bui ,, ness manager of A&M has i -j nounced that he. has?-received ^ necond European assignment aj tvill leave., BVyan for Ertgland ini proximately one month. During his current assignUiej Mr. Holn'igreen will make Lond] ► his headquarters. He will be 1 ' | companied there by Mrs. Holj green and their daughter,- MjjSs Shirley Holmgreen? On his + fijrst assignment, If Holmgreen left Bryan on July j *, 1947, for Athens, Greece, where jl i directed the:’ transportation s11 distribution division of the Am* rb- can Mission for Aid to Greece the past yeair. I r • i X s? a f,|| J a, ffil x> % ' become aware of the dangers that threaten liberty. ./ [ “The apathetic and indifferent attitude today that has resulted ip mounting government debt, i in broken homes, and empty churches is not the spirit that forded - the rivers and scaled the Rocky Moun- tains.” . . \ Mosser said that it , is essential that “we realise that the ballot is sacred, that 'y° u th must have pro per leadership, and that govern ment is the servant of the people.” As president of Kiwanis Inter national, he will represent more than 2,800 clubs throughout the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii, embracing a! membership of 190,000 business and profession al leaders. 13-YEAR-OLD OHIO BOY WINS DERBY SCHOLORSHIP AKRON, O., Aug. 16.—UP)—A Warren, Ohio, youngster who near ly failed to qualify for local com petition Sunday was the 1948 win ner of the All-America Soap Box Derby. i! ; Thirteen-year-old Donald Strub modestly admitted “I didn’t pven think I would win,” but today he could relax and start thinking pbout where to obtain Jus college education. . ' The 103-pound ‘derby winner re ceives a four-year scholarship to any college of his choice. ; • Leahy Attending Oil Short Course John Leahy, administrative di rector of the Cotton Research Committee, is attending a vege table oil short course sponsored by the AmeriCah Oil and,Chemical Society at the University of Illi nois which started today. ; The short course will run all week and will bl attended by mem bers of the vegetable oil industry and selected persons from educa tional institutions. Leahy will speak before the group on “Hydraulic and Screw Presses” tomorrow. Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head of the NEWS IN BRIEF WORMS ATTACKING NEW MEXICO COTTON FIELDS EL PASO, Tex., Aug. IG.-UPI- Millions of pinkish yellow worms are descending upon valley cot ton fields seven miles east of here. Jim O’Neal,^entomologist for the Neiv Mexico | Extension Service, identified the [worms as larvae of white line sphinx moths. ^ County Agent W. S. Foster ad vised farmers to be on the alert. He said the pests usually feed on native vegetation, but will attack cotton and, alfalfa. The worms, $bout three inches in length, hitj a 100-acre cotton farm of Bill Means and ate one- third of the way into his field within an hour. Products Research Lab, will at tend the short course with Leahy. — , 'i ter, Chemical Engineering Department announced in June, shortly after and Howell Rea of the Cottonseed the company settled a 17-day - * - ■ - * — strike with the CIO United Auto Workers with a flat 13-cent an hour wage increase. Today’s announcement was the third of its kind frojn a “big three” manufacturer within the last month. General ^ Motors Corp. boosted^ prices an average of eight per cent July 23 and Ford Motor Co. raised its prices only last week. NAVAL AIR TRAINING MOVED TO CORPUS CHRISTI s •• • •• 11 HENRY L. SCOTT, con Mnesdajy. AH w >w their yellow fl i X il tl humorist, wiU appear at The Grove attend the performance will be re* slip or bring their own chairs. CHRYSLER CORP. HIKES PRICES ON ALL MODELS DETROIT, Aug. 16.—(iP)—For the itecond time in three months, Chrysle^ Corp.-. Saturday boosted prices on its four lines of cars. The new increases, effective Monday, Ainge from $58 on its lowest priced Plymouth cars to $98 on its most expensive Chryslers. Chrysler’s last price hike was CORPUS CHRISTI, Aug. 16 — <A*)— r The ! Navy said Friday night that after Nov. 1 advanced Naval L Air Training would be centered at Corpus Christi instead of JacksOn- viHe, Fla. Rep. Lyndon Johnson, a candi date for the Democratic senatorial notnination in Texas, said transfer of all units, at' Jacksonville to Cor pus Christi would begin Nov. 1 His campaign headquarters said Johnson’s Washington office had informed him the transfer was ap proved yesterday. It was estimated here that about 8,000 personnel would move in to join some 3,000 already at the Corpus Christi station. • A DANUBE TALKS REJECT AMERICAN PROPOSAL BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 16 —UP)— The international con ference on future control of the Danube River Saturday rejected by i vote of 6 to 3 a proposed United States amendment specific ally guaranteeing equality on the river. The vote again waf along East- West lines. U. S. Ambassador Cavendish Cannon had charged that the pact would permit Russia to dominate Europe’s moat important inland waterway! *L? 1 I ' X Draft [Registration Will Re Held Here R0TC Students Not Subject to Draft This School Term, Dean Bolton Says 1 Students entering A&M or in school at present need not go home to register for the draft but may register here, F. C. Bolton, executive vice-president and dean of the col lege, said today. I \ College students in the ROTC, whether they be TT—.' ■ ,'.—'—H r tsenior, junior, sophomore or fresh- . \ -ji — SS man, are not subject to the draft 1 V-*™ ■»' ■ ■ * ■ f or ,th e 1948-49 school term, pro vided they, meet certain qualifi cations, Dean Bolton added. “After the 1948-49 session, how ever, the secretary of defense is very properly providing a contin ued supply of qualified reserve of fices by setting up a plan of de ferment for ROTC students which wilLpermit them to complete their college courses and have their re serve commissions before being called to perform their tours of military service,” Bolton said. A statement from Fourth Army headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, points out, “To be eligible for de ferment until the completion of their academic training, students enrolled in ROTC units must re main in good standing in both their academic and military cour ses; must demonstrate proper and sufficient aptitude and leadership characteristics ultimately to quali fy them for a commissioned ap pointment and must attend a sum mer i gaining camp. “In addition, they are required to sign an agreement to accept m commission in a component of the army or air force, if and when tendered, and to serve not less than two years on active duty as an officer, subject to call by the secretary of service in which they receive their com- miaslon.” The Fourth Army statement con tinues, “In order to keep the num ber of individuals certified for de- fermentj within the allotted quotas and to assure selection for de- ferment of the best qualified offi cer material, the progress of in dividuals will be closely observed by members of the military de partment and Hie civilian faculty of the college. Failure to pass qualifying examinations, traits or unauthorized absences from par ticipation in the ROTC program will be reasons for cancellation of deferment certification.” fj i ★ ! All persons who are 18 to 26 years of age must register, even, though they are in the ROTC. Eighteen-year olds will not be in ducted into the armed services. The first registration date is August 30. All persons born in 1922 after August 30, 1922, will register on th»Jiate. < Persons born in 1923 will reg ister Tuesday, August 31, or Wednesday, September 1. Persons born in 1924 will reg ister Thursday, September 2, or Friday, September 3. Persons bom in 1925 will reg-! ister Saturday, September 4 or Tuesday, September 7. Persons born ih 1926 will reg ister Wednesday, September 8, or Thursday, September 9. Persons born in U27 will reg ister Friday, September 10, or Saturday, September 11. Persons born in 1928 will reg ister Monday, September 13, or Tuesday, September 14'. Persons born in 1929 will reg ister Wednesday, September 15, or Thursday September 16. Persons born in 1930, before September 19, 1930, will regis ter Friday, September 17 or Saturday, September 18. Persons born on Or after Sep tember 19, 1930 will register the day they are 18 years of age or five days after. Hours for registration will be from '8 a. m. to 5 p. m. A&M Will Get Honor Society For Engineers /I ; A chapter of Tau Beta Pi, scholastic honor society for engineers, will be installed here October 11. Howard Bar- low, dean of engineering has been notified of approval of the application for the chap ter, by Robert H. Nagel, sec retary-treasurer of the asso ciation.. The action, culminates a 25-year effort oq the part of students and staff of the school of engineering to establish a'chapter of the asso ciation on the campus. The chapter will be known as Texas Delta chapter, j 1 l Tau Beta Pi has been long rec ognized by leading engineering colleges and professional engi neers. It is 'one of the; oldest so cieties in " the country devoted wholly to the recognition of sup erior scholastic work, , character, and leadership. At least one ; yfcar of waiting normally is required from the time of petition to the granting of the chapter.) However, special dispen sation has been granted to the forming of a chapter here. The original petition . wak submitted this spring after the board of di rectors of the college had approv ed the i establishment of National Honor Societies on the campus. The chapter membership will be open to those senior students in engineering who are presently members of the Scholarship Honor Society. Those men eligible will be notified immediateljf after the opening of the fall semester. New Eco Course, Textbooks Will Be Adopted This Fall BY R. E. JACKSON ■ j A new professor, la >new course, several new textbooks and a new department 1 head will mark the beginning of the. fajl semester in the Economics Department. Marvin Butler, who will serve the Economics Departpient in the capacity of assistant professor, comes to A&M from the Univer sity of Illinois. The new course is Economics 319, Economic Development of the United States. It will be a survey of the economic development of the United States from colonial times to the present. The course will describe the or igin and development of our eco nomic and social institutions and provide a basis for an understand ing of our present economic prob lems. j' | ! q ■ Prerequisites will be Economics^ 203 and 204, or 205, or 403. It will be offered as an alternative for History 322 in some! curricula. Dr. C Wilson Randle, head of the department announced that “Almost all" of the textbooks will be changed. Randle has resigned his posi- qon here effective August 31. BIDS WERE OPENED for construction of the MEMORL lL|sT Lecture Room Thursday afternoon. Pictured above (left to rigflt; college president; T. R. SPENCE, manager of the construction A&M system architect; E. E. McQUILLEN, director of the defeli secretary. ROBERT McKEE COMPANY, of Dallas, bidding $1,027,Olfe wi king days, was the lowest bidder. The board of directors fil Cook, Edwardson Plan to Marry Miss. Betty Jo Cook, program director for Radio Station WTAW, will be married to John R. Ed wardson, Class of ’44, at the First Christian Church of Bryan Friday evening, September 3. " Miss Cook is the’ daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson Cook of Bryan. She graduated from TSCW with B.S. and B.A. degrees in speech in 1946. | I, Edwardson graduated frolm A. & M. in June 1948, wth a B.S. de gree in agronomy. A veteran of Wbrld War II, he served in the European Theater of operations during the waf. Hei is at present employed by the Agricultural Ex periment Station, Amarillo. Ed wardson will resume work here on hijs M.S. degree in September. AMERICAN AIRLI 5 MILLION DOl TAKE LOSS NEW YORK, Aug. 16 —<*>— American Airlines Inc., Saturday reported a loss of i$5,067,679 for six months ended June 30, com pared with a loss of $3,982378, be fore tax credits, in the comparable period last year. What’s Cooking? NEWCOMERS CLUB Wednesday, ^MCA, tyL , *. p. m., (bridge par- • 1v I or Moves Many Mansions Relocating Stuff to Mover Sa «/«/ By PHIL KOONCE “I’ve spent so many summers at A&M moving buildings that the people back hoiqe think Tin .teach ing a short-course in house mov ing,” says Sam Rutherford, owner of Sqm Rutherford Construction Company of Mesquite, Texas. “I figure that I’ve moved approxi mately 150 buildings—houses, ga rages; servants quarters, and oth ers—6ff or to different parts of the campus.” Rutherford and his crew are now bn the campus moving three bid-bought houses from the site of the proposed Memorial Student Center. “All my business dealings with A&M people have been very pleas ant,” continues Rutherford. “In fact they’ve been so pleasant that if A&M didn’t have anything but a chifken-coop to move, all they’d have to do is buzz me aqd Td come do it" % Rutherford first came ta A&M in 1940 to clear the area where the AAA Building and Dormi tories 14-17 are now. This makes his fourth visit since then. “Wje used steel-wheeled . “dol lies" and wooden beams on pur first job here,” he recalls, “and had to move the houses over ^plaqks to keep the wheels from .chewing up the highway. There have been a lot of changes in house-moving equipment since that time. Every thing is now moved on rubber tires and we carl take a 250,000 pound load down the streets at speeds of 5 to 25 miles an hour.” “My company builds house-mov ing equipment, all of which is thor oughly tested before going on the market. At the present time we’ve developed a telescoping steel sill that will extend to a length of 70 feet.” During the war Rutherford Com pany concentrated solely on War Projects. Some of its activities in clude the clearing of areas for Bry an Air Field, Love Field in Dallas, and other air fields in Waco, Green ville, and Gainesville. Also it cleared the land at Texarkana for one of the first Federal Housing Projects. • “Texas is big enough to Utake IT CENTER In the'Petroleum L. ANGELI,, assistant to the nice; CABLETON ADAMS, ind; and VIVIAN .LESWICH, eomidetim of construction in &10 gust 21 to consider the bids. uses Old thetford - I SAM RUTHERFORD . h. ' ] . ‘ ' a tiring in.” says Ruth That’s why we don’t foo out-of-state jobs. We’’ $100,000 Worth of const) u under way now and mon ing up. And we’ve got war-surplus material on build 40 houses when time.” Since 1939 Rutherford hi s na ic it possible for 87 people to home-owners in Mesquite ing houses in, remodelin, and then arranging finanqin them. All in all about 1 have been moved to through the efforts of Rujhejrfojrd and his cjtnpany, “I got into the contract: ng| bus iness back in ’23 by borr w; hg wheelbarrow from my neij hi or do some concrete work,” “He never wc uld sell ford says. the thing to me, and madk enough money to bu my own. In ’27 I brancjie into the house-mOvins I’ve been adding to and nty equipment ail the now, I would say that I ha $50,000 invested in it. Rutherford is proud th Ri thcr- f na ly I - L cne jof out m^s/ inipifovilng time and, ibqut thire ny malter f ~ rli nevfer bben a serious accident, of his jk)bB. “This is not i of luck,” he 'says, “it it reslult of ! stressing safety a' iimes. Also the fact that many of jny men have been with me for time, some as* long as 15 las hajd :much to do with ident rate being so low.” roughest job,” recalls • thetford, “was the moving of ’ houses that we bought from : Texas Pbwer and Light Com- ly. We hnoved them to var-, -S-, places' in: Texas, some of- pni us’ far aa 115 miles away.” 1 th* past few years Rutherford p&ijiy has’constructed $175,000 if factory buildings, ware» • s, amL cither business placets Mesquite. T This includes if the finest theaters for a i a size in Texas. X herford attended qchoo) ift lit** and Bijtrleson Junior Cot n Gainsvllle, and for the past ears has served Os mayor 'of rite. !: •>Itr * |*fv imal Husbandry lass WiU Visit ouston Aug. 18 ’he Animal Husbandry 307 class 11 make a field trip to Houston . neisday, according. to O. D. lerj in.itruictor. Members of the is will visit the Houston Meat king Company, the only Fed- ,1 inspected plant in Houston, 'he, trip ! is made possible ugh the fcooperation of W. W. ileyl superintendent of opera- ns at the plant. Bailey, a jcjrm- Aggie, realizes the necessity of !se Students tp v >sit a large pack- L plant in order to Observe the ictical methods jised' in prepar- leat products bn a large J e * j ' : f i' 1 i!’ .I r . The; students and their instruc- ill reach;! Houston before 8 of lock in order to observe all op tions from killing to prepaying fipal meat products. K h . X hi-' > UNIT 1 will contain four l«od room, workshop, and main desk for thh UNIT 2 will Include 64 hotel room, four large rooms, loug distance Chsmber, and offices. UNIT 8 will be PjHipppgH^^|H||iRppH STUDENT MEMORIAL CENTER MODEL T1» three unit, (or which bide have been i • i : -i • services, dining room, coffee shop, fountain, barber shop, tho hotel, i, four L made up of elfht howling alleys and 12 Center, tables. I ■ - iiiX : : ■! ms ce up the ,1 ;> office, tnphy X ’. It r ' M' J. s ,. Senate • ? tl • ’ Iv