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■ ‘JiSgs f'" |,i ''mmi W' ''Iv ■ :< • 'T . GULP MOVES OUT MIAMI, Fli The honeymo sort of Beflrmut ris today in t! hurricane that ttinds of 123 m SEA Set and cleared wake 01 a ished the’area _ ah|W»t. The hurricanfe had wiads of miles per hou|: in a small near the centeii and heaw'-w ilea fi'orn the Chief, gtormjl Norton said al var< center. Forecastfer G Miami Mie hu: cane apparentH would piss out eea without anj^ effects *ipeing fflt along the U. Si Coast. V I REPUBLICANS SWEEP MAINE ELECTIONS A Republican sweep isi Mai i ^ general, flection—the fiiit in nation—rbrought predictions U of a GC^ victory in the Nover fi- presideilUal voffing. J Rep. Margam Chase Smith, publican member of the ilouse^llpr, I ’ eight years, wqjn a senati? seat |y I -i a 92,85P:Vote margin—thfe biggefet ever rolled up in the state. She and oth|r GOP leaders in the state promptly tabbed the vid*- tually complete’ results a$ a “foi)e- nmner” pf a pationwidd triumph for the Republicans. - UN TO DISCUSS * HYBERDAD ISSUE PARISvSeptJ 15 —(^ r ted Nations alnnounced The UiL •f ted N^ti^hs dinnouneed Monday ■ *i the- security Council vHll meet Thursday on tpei invasion of Hiy* ' peraid pv Indii. ■ ?.]' i ^ The security Icouncil w is calleii, »! at the request of Hyberdad, by Britain’s/ (Sir Alexander Cndoicm, pi'es’dent of the council for Sejp- tembeiy | | i... V *s . *■' Jr* ;■.•;(■ • l!’ . V ' . 1 J, i . ' ! ■ r / -1 . UI q.; J'' ■ A. . a -T :t:’ _ “V : "S \m '■ ■ 'f P f -rj; ; ;r 1 - Ml !• if :--r ;■ 1 . I 1 > • , i - 7\ \ ■ M f' . - \ m, ^ - i ftalion „ . j L > \[ Volume 48 PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF 4 GREATER 4 & M COLLEGE — Vet Students Who Drop Course Must Have Book Credit Memo Students who drop and add subjects during the first 12 days of the semester are reminded that a certain proce dure must be followed in returning the books, Taylor Wilkins veterans adviser, has advised. p “Before books and equipment for new courses can be i ssued, the books on the subjects i which have been dropped must be returned and a credit memorandum received,” Wilkins said. ' Students are requested to re frain from asking at the Veter- STATION (Aggieland), )NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1948 Robert Schwab Found in Bryan After Absence i f ' Robert E. Schwab, a soph omore student fron) Milwau kee, was located Sunday night in the Bryan hospital after i disposition of books. ans Advisor’s office for books for the added subjects before the books and equipment for the courses dropped are turned in. | After the twelfth day of the se- niflster has passed, students who drop subjects or resign from school should report to the Veterans Ad ministration, Room 261, west wing Bizzell Hall, for instructions on his disappearance week. late last 1 RIO GRANDE REACHES PROBABLE PEAK V BROWNSViJlE, Sent. 15 —<JlP> jThe flood crest on the ,R:o Grande railed on toward Browm ville apd the river here already.,wai} ninning bank to bank.] \ No serious trouble, was antii i- pated here. Tlije crest is due in • this area. Thursday. The waters f’ere fallirjg on. tihe upper reaches M the rivtr in the valley today, f • ■ .1 Approximately 50 persons have been rescued f|pm lowland, waters over the a ya|lley| . r ■ HVBFRIMb' Of,AIMS .MIUTARY VICTORY KARACHI^, Pakistan, Jept. 154— (A*)—A Communique from the Hy- ■; berdad defense jrainistrj' iaid Mon day Indian- troops suffejyd 1,000 .'~caspidtie| on [the. first day pf their invasion ojjf the^ppin^ely sta hef i" * On th<? nor munique said, Mozhmi Nizam 4age within en tlian troops toe rn froht, the' comt the forces of the recapture i one ytl- •ht hours (after '1 k it. ' i He was stricken with an attack of (asthma while enroute from his home to enroll here for the -current semester and entered the ; hospital in Bryan upon his arrival here, Yonng Schwab phoned his par ents In Wisconsin to tell them of his location after they and his fellow students at A&M had been searching for him for 'three days. A aft • • • A business student last year at the Annex, Schwab left St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday night for Bry an but became ill during the trip. When he arrived in Bryan, he went first to a hotel, but entered the hospital when his condition became wopse. > v’.vp - .>■ l , t . V- He has shiice been moved to the College 5 hospital where he is undergoing treatment.. - -Y *—, ! . ' . Schwab blamed the difference in climates for his attacks since he pa? never, suffered from the ail ment in his home state. After ah interview Schwab de clared he could not attend A&M until he is rid of the disease. His father was an engineering grad uate here in the Class of 1911. —.TV, ■ , ~ Veterans administration in structions provide that the VA will'pay only for hooka, equip ment, and supplies which are' required of other students pur suing the same or comparable courses; such items in no in stance to be greater in variety and quality or amount than as are required of other students. Articles which are stolen, brok en, or misplaced will not be re placed at government expense. In no instance will the Veterans Ad ministration pay for duplicate equipment, said Wilkins. Ball Addresses Needed At Once AH students living outside the dormitories who are not re ceiving the Battalion should leave their name and address in Room 209, Goodwin Hall, Rcland Bing, manager of stu dent publications, has announ ced. ‘ . ' * ' “The sooner you give us your name and address, the sooner you will receive your copy of the Battalion,” Bing said. inst the fraphical p 4. TRUMAN TAI^ES ‘ SLAM AT TAFT WASHtNGTfN, Sept.'15 —<#> President Ttmipan j has | accused Senator- Taft (iR-O.,) off an “eh-1 "tirely impropej” attempi to “put! the neat bn” tl|e national! labor he4 la^ons t^ard io. act aj AFL intjernatipnal typ< Union. > ,;} I 3 , •H 4— ■ ] NA7IM UDDINs SUrrEEDS JINVAH IN HaKISTA^T KARACHI, Pakistan. S^Pt- L tT’J—Kwaja Nazimuddin, fori premier pf Bepgal, has been, pointed anting gov^nior-deneral ,pf Pakistan, an Official caiinet rth- nouhiement said Monday.! _ He will fill the vacancy caused by the death' Saturday of (Mahomed Ali Jinnah. foihider and first eq - ernor-gepaeral ct(f the New Moah Dominion^ IJ 7 VIOLENCE Fli ARES . SAN FRANCISCO/STRIKE -i SAN ERANUISCO. Sc* it. 15 — . —Hundreds !iof CIO oi refinery strikers fought a rock and toiar gas battle.wi>h ipopce for wo hmirs./ Monday .ii an iiunsuccessful effort to keep-^jnonjslrikmsr AFL main tenance men, oft of a p|ant. Two policeman, a state' highway patrolman and|| nine pickets were hosnftaPzed. • I ■ . j s Cameras of ‘three news photjo- ~>gr»phers were Seized and the fiSim exposed. Seveiral ‘photferaphers w^re roughed qjp .Ah Oakland TTi- : bune reporter Was hit by a tear gas bomb. V 1 f :• 1 . It was the flfst mass violence |bf Californios H-iflav-old stpike over wages, a strike; which hafe curtail ed gasoliH“ supplies up ind down, the West CoasL - - ! 1 Richmond po|f : ce and the Contra 'Cos+a—Gbunty sheriff’s office said Conrad HOWARD BADGETT places the new sign above Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist’s door. Gilchrist assumed the new post on Septem ber i. V ■ i / ■ j ■ i t Surveyor of 68-Room Center Lives in Mere Tourist Court By DAVE-COSLETT, Ever try to get a room in Ag gieland Inn? The only requirements are that you know two senators, a member they were considering asking Gi Earl Warren- tjp send in] the tional Guard to forestall iiore rioit- •ing tomoiTow. WALT ACE Alf ON TEXAS IL sive Party to Texas ballot by Secretary I D TAYL r „ Ir ILLOT " AUSTIN. Sek. 15 fication of Henry Wallace) and Glfn Taylor as president and vice-prefi- dgntial nominees of the' Pro? be placed bn Tau Meet receive^ Mon<] State Pnjil Bro\ of the Gf>llege board of directors, Conrad tfegigeins, and the mayor of College Station. iggins, and the mayor t .However, this ^ room shortage may soop pass into the land of unhappy! memories with the com-- Pi III There j will but short, s; Tau Beta Pi, tic Fraternityi] for e _ the Petroleum Lectu promptly it t p.m. according to lowr detn of e an iraportan ial meeting oi ationaT gcholas era, Rooi iursday v: , deth “TT .• j i i ■ irsday, oward Jf. Bar- Methodist Church To Rave Sing-Song Open house will be held from 7 to 9:30 tonight at tne A&M Meth odist Church, Rev. James F. Jackson, pastor, Has announced. “All A&M students, their girl friends and wives, are invited to this r get-acquainted party,” Jack- son said. i - • . .j A movie of last year’s Aggie- Baylor football game will be shown and there will be a sing-song ses sion followed by refreshments and food. v. ’ . ;K' ii ■ V 1 ’ A short worship service will fin ish the evening’s activities, Jack-, he can find a place where son concluded, f j j! pletion of the| Memorial Student Center. The surveyorstakes 1 are already in the ground for this building which will contain, among other things, 68 modern hotel rooms. '- k j ; ' r i Strangely enough, H. P. Cameyj the surveyor who is starting work on the building can’t find anything better than a tourist court Where he livies with his wife and (two year old daughter. • A Native of Denton, Carney (en tered A&M twelve years ago. Af ter two years of struggling with a civil engineering course, he had to quit college to earn a little money. In 1942 he quit his job, joined the army, and went over seas as an assistant operations pf r ficer with the 1133rd Engineers." • It was while he was in the. army (that he married an ex-' Tessie of the class of ’40. Fol lowing the war, he re-entered .A&M and got hts degree in '’4(7. •* ' A registered professional engi neer, Carney plans to be working on the Memorial Center for about a year and » half. He is spending his spare time right, now nui for some place to live. Concerning Ms-plans for the fu ture, he says that He hopes to n Better Spirit Is Shown, Be The One To Show It—Coa .... ,-lu ^ * President At College tj 1 A it'. I J Number^ \ ! “When better spi^; Hnrry Stiteler told tw as College Night got i To a record-size ( on three sides, Presid vin, Bill jBuBose,, Bill noted the fall yell priw Stephens, head 8.175 Studen Enrolled at For Fall Te Eight thousand one hu|n seVenty-five students are ed) at A&M ‘for the fall college officials announdec after a final count. Th s more students than were edja year ago. For the first time heavy enrollment of Seated Left to Right: W. B. Clayton, Secretary & Treasurer; Geo. Chance, Retirin Walter Cardwell, J B. Thomas, Howard W. kula, director of foundation. id'nt; John XV. Newton, Vice President; C. A. Roeber, Pre !t\ent. Back Row, Left to Right: Carroll Gaines, rib v. All trustees of foundation and Dr. A. A. Jak- w, (»un- tpe Out of Sight, Out of Mint t A&M Studen itiidenls Not Irresis table: “ Jilted!” Since Return hehvj. 1946, veterans and norj are approximately equal ih be|r. The number of cadets corps will probably be thq j i since pre-war days, accqr I niilitary authorities at tlhb cjo|legfe. Among those registering prist week-end were many fei* students from junior c cjllNtes, wjio entered A&M with advanced standing. '"H— 1 ' ‘ • • 1W1I rjablster- nit ICC Many “ Jilted By. HARVEY CHELF J. j i »• Only few days have passed since Aggies throughout the South And our Rogjcr was swept out with the trasH 7 ll . amvc -mi uu^ituui. me ouum i jThe postman’s load grew lighter west smugly kissed their local las- the letters stopped with a i start, ses farewell and returned to school confident that the legend of Aggie But that o|ie final thistle, invincibility in affairs of heart Was a genuine work of fine art. would keep the hometown misses! [ j. pining oh the shelf. | “Dear Johiy' was thej letter’s be- But alas ami alack! Already sad 1 als0 COIVC i uded th e but wiser A&M students are dis- prose ■ their t 0 ' ^ Two words! were all she had liefs. “Dftor John” letters are be- written 1 p ginning fo come even at this early And shc m felled both of those! date and*are completely shattering T. the myth of Aggie irresistibility. ] While the Bntt can o^fer no pre- While absence may make the heart** ventive to thfc deplorable blight, grow fonder, apparently this.Ngrow-1 it does the ne^t best thing by sup- ing fondness is reserved for.' those plying a subtle answer to all present tb pursue—not our absent such cases. To! w Aggies. * 2 ■ 1 1 / * Rudyard Couplet, poet lariat of Club Leggett, hris ielequently put into woijjds the sad and soulful woes of hll Aggies who have been Dear Johped: 1 such cases. To) wit: Sing-sing, on * Box | No. Dear Miss... the Brazos .... A thorough ! search ther correspondence is immediate ly forthcoming, you will be drop ped from my mailing list and your j place let to that cute blond/red-1 head (mark one) , from TSCW/my home town (mark one). Your an swer ia requested on or before..—;— ........(driy)... (month) year. If the pbove deadline is not met, your •silence will be construed as a termination of any previous in terest jon your part. Naturally, your silence will be reciproeatjed by the sender If this lovely/horrid (mark one) affair id to continue or die, under stand that the burden now rests squarely upon your dainty/ragged shoulders. As ev^r, Sincerely, Your Aggie, Love, It makes no difference, (un derline pne) Fish, Soph, Junior, Senior,....yr, man (check one). I: 1 i! i w Christian Church Meets Tonight ■ip produced your last I ] : dnaence. ^his letter, The A&M Christian Church will new ilover, must inform • y m tha epter engineering for himselfr-if e there is no housing shortage. 4 Mrtr ■ I M . mm " Ifii I mm n . 7 «1 iv>/:'-4- mS ■ T ,•*'•• . • . • * . ... 'i [j ./ r. .■ 1 : ! . ^ ' : 1 ' , i —- - i , ■ » - DR. WALTER H. DELAP formerly with St La Uhiversity, is the.neV Head of th<> Economics ment at A&M. By ROLLY KOLB A coordination of econo ses with those of agricultp ness, and engineering is range plan of Dr. Walter H plane, newly appointed ac ;ii li of the Economics Departmqii Dr. Delaplane ; Comes from St Lawerenee U where he was head of tie mics and Business Adniinii itjy, TH al . (date) .-...i/My dirling (nu|rk one) ji in my desk! They njet one iight in the moon- ! drawer, among my collection of * light,* k ' ! I Fearless Fosd ck clippings, old 1 At art extremely formal dance, pawn tickets, otters ffom my pa-j And When his heart plaved ; role board, filthy Francjh postcards “Spring Song”, ,* (and other debr' He knew |it was love (at first glance.; hit d: correspi I .j ; written on i-.; and mailed obsei-ve its part of Church Night Departments for two yea The letters they ekchapged werej^rdm .j—7./Jt am/pm with a session of fellowship at. As a visiting Economics \ torrihd, . ; / ( (mark one) is] the last? you have 7:30 tonight in the' Chapel of the gor under the auspices of Vyith quotations from Byron and ip en t to the abjove addressee. IYMCA. ; ■ Department, he^spent a , . , , My files rejveal thrit you are Regulgr members and student a half in Paraguay. Also, With teams of passionate verb- vor y, probably'; in rec< ipt of my members of the Official Board aplane worked two years . age ’i h., . ! I . 7 (post card/frieijdly note/pot sugar will be hosts, and refreshments Foreign Economics Admihiilriiti^n That WA wntten I on asbestos rC p 0r ^. ( mnr i? mailed on will be served by the ladies of in Washington, D. C, sheets. ^ *| L-...at ..gm/pm j(niark one), the church. 'At Duke Universi * Then die day there came a re- T his , is pbvioiisly sul sequent to fhe new minister, Rev. James spent nine years as Assis versal, i your last letteii and^ very!definitely Moudy, will be introduced. All stu- fessor. in Economics anjd When Amsworth arrived with establishes the fact that you owe dents who * are members of the same time as Assistant great dash, jr®* 1 letters.' < Christian Church have been asked Graduate Dean. Euphelia was charmed by her| ! It is with deepest pegret that I W attend. Families of students y< i r II 'i. (uhless fuv- have also been invited. Cadet if * r p. ooi and < Air Group ■A 4? A BOV BLANTON Social Secretary of the Senior “ f JOHN E. ORB Corps Executive Officer Dr. Delaplane gradua Oberlin College in 1929? !'■ I'* )M CARTER, i ^ l * tM will show it,? Coach yriling Aggies last night j i > /(trflow^d into the streets )lton, Stjtrier, “Bones” Ir- aricl Charlie DeWare(key- 1948-49 football seasrit r, (introduced Coach Stite- wlijo said, “One year ago I tic home. We had the finest (It last Jfqar Of any school. We 9 have the same this year.” (low ypu are starving for n : club/’ |[Stiteler continued, e’re definitely going to give a (winning,ball club. We may come out on the long end, of sedre, always, hut we afe go ing to! gain yoUr respect and the ' '; respect.” - , (dent Boltoh said, “In a few ! am going to toll you, we’re the team win br lose, trbo* lifl antlOp 1 co qheri, they’re good.” ^ . It tftiis point the crowd yelled, “I *moye that tie.” ’Sure, rill remove it.” And he. tab it[off. j' |j|j■' :■ • ' Bolton s said further, “We re- J- ice in vjetory, but if we don’t wfin, ivc want to know .they’ve djfne (their best. I knew they I |{rij • ' • • ' 4 Bolton’s talk, Stiteler in* members of the coachinp r he first of these was Bill D«Bose who said that he hadn’t be |n sin Aggie ; but a few weeks an I that the spirit was the grent- **8 that'he had ever sedn. ipealk'ing ribout Villanova, Do- riid. ‘(They have 11. W|r 11." He (was reminded at this w tbe jytlling students that live twelve men up our team.” (Freshman;Coach ‘’pones” Ir- qliotcd a poem to the stu- >ts at the close of JMs talk: I’heh your heart cribs out to , f teiam you love, aiM your soul dies out to! Win, be faithful to the team ypu love, and victory /_ 1 imtne in Ute end.” -- ior to Stiteler’s talk, Camlch- alluding to a certain uiwuceess- fu imoye on Gettysburg yeaVs ago sad, ‘A&M bn*n’t ever heard of G<4ysbtjirg because we’re going to co w on through.” A— .... L Lftel* the ] introductory talks, Stflteler introduced the members oif 'he [foot bull fr< m (football tenth to the group, football team will leave ryan Field early Thursday riiin|g for Vilhuiova by charteii- plahe. Coordinate Hher Fields ilurses of study wrie Spanish ind' Business Adminis- sit if hi received his Ph.D. ^ n)- ti[n * A sti 'A iih the w i|h i the time being, the tcntplates no changes in tmint. He is concerned’ raining familiarity with the te rob! is i- m ire JOSH. Cadet Oalooel wd Headquarters Cavalr ’ Engineer Regiment .'ii System and the courses of in the various Schools. In that is a fair sized Job. la plane finds that this campus y *ry friendly plririe with stu- , l greeting everyone they meet | cheerful “howdy.” “J ha\ a t bthe fiittt town wmch ie7co|«g« le to. lot cij era Ec moniics, and Business Adminis trstion, In 1931 he received hi« “tei’s Degree in Economics at liiuj In 1934 at Duke Univcr- r?r. ; other colleges before, commented, “but, this is the that I have ever been in totally comprised of the and its components.”. Drilaplane has two childret] Crihrlek, 9, and Hal, 5. The family ret settled because the fui las not arrived. 'v i Id ■,i i • RALPH DANIEL tative on the Connell r ■■■■:] it
