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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.
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Kiwanis Presii
In Hiis Area While On Tour
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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
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. 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
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,, 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.
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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.
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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
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Mnesdajy. AH w
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.”
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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
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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
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Relocating
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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
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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
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out
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inipifovilng
time and,
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thire
ny
malter
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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
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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.
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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
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STUDENT MEMORIAL CENTER MODEL T1» three unit, (or which bide have been
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tho hotel,
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made up of elfht howling alleys and 12
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tables.
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