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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-
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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
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He has shiice been moved to
the College 5 hospital where he
is undergoing treatment..
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. 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.
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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 ,
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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^
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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
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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
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! “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.
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rjablster-
nit ICC
Many “ Jilted
By. HARVEY CHELF
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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
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p. ooi
and <
Air Group
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BOV BLANTON
Social Secretary of the
Senior “
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JOHN E. ORB
Corps Executive Officer
Dr. Delaplane gradua
Oberlin College in 1929?
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)M CARTER, i ^ l *
tM will show it,? Coach
yriling Aggies last night
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/(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.
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