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i than a million and: a \ Figures released A defense department >/f tal strength of the . . , Air Force and Marines i on- pclt 1 was 1,531 ««t 1! I ll i This r« the 11 to* rmy,j}avy, about 37,1 ure. 3resented ari b a over the; «ept. ! ncre^of Oct. 1 in parenthesis! 444 ( 635,000); Kavy 476); Air Force, J2,or and Marine Corps, 3,i on (413,- ,000); 105). I 4 LOUIS TO DEFEND f TITLE AGAIN NSW YORK^ Oct.! 20 -IpP)— Heavyweight Champion J^ejtouis said Tuesday Ho "definitely-7will defend his title in an 6uit/Utor thoiv next Juriot; ! |! The chalnp, who amtou(iced his "'retirement niter knocking but Jer sey Joe Walcott in Yankee {Jthdium last Juno 23, told,nevirsmen olf his TTcw decision after meeting Tues day night with ‘Mike Jateotg, j resi dent of the 20th Century Spoiling Club. il; I' ‘f Louis said lie intended; id give the “Joe Baksi-EzzOrd'«CtijaTles ; fight December 10 the: onceVovor” , and if it looks good he will take oh , the winner. “If nothing comes out a . of that show 1, might takp cm Lee Savold who's putting h good Come back,*' ho saidi !. I 7 ; — ] ! I : LHOUN BERVED’WllH veil iiiO; — A 1 )— John C. Calhqun, chalrhiah b ‘ the State Democratic Executive' Com mittee, was served Monday night with a copy of the petition, and restraining order seckltl^ to pre vent the purge of precinct chair men who do not sign lajTruman- Barkley loyalty pledge; ! Tiie order was granted ik Fort Worth yesterday to Tahrafiit county Democrats and named Calhoun one of the defendants. ‘ i j | , CALHOUN SERVED WI1 RESTRAINING ORDER CORSICANA* Oct, 20 \ V Calhoun disclosed today thnit Joe Allen. Corsicana cOpsthhle. jsbrvcd the chairman at 7 p. mi Monday. The restraining order geeks to set' aside, action of the : state Dem ocratic Convention atj Fort,(Worth i . <-• resolution ordering ((he (cjyalty ' ^ : | ijl i ' 7 'W 7 !' ■ i PICCARD EXPEDITION DELAYED BY ILLNESS t, French 1 \|frica, x - Pic- dition onight DAKAR, French Mt Oct. 20 --(/Pi—Prof. :Augus card’a 1 deep-sea diving expo* is scheduled to leavd Daktii' (o . „ for the Cape Verde Islands, where diving oapWiments ai'e ta bf made in the Bathyscaphe. iOo^ftrture of the expedition. Wl jbbeii delayed owing to the illness of. prof. Max Cosyrrs, Piccard's-nHfll'tant. ■ 'COr 1 '' VOLCANO ERUPTS IN SANTIAGO J , SANTIAGO,: Chile! Oci, 20 (/P> , Fortv powonii aro iwdrted dead ' and 200 mlnglhg in alvjlbMtaight- hour eruption.of the !\’illavr|ca vol cano of Ucautiti Drovhil'e, iniloB .'routh of here. Proviftcjiar governor \ Auvuslin Paiikda saai jtlie yplcano. which lias been spouting stnbke since April, oruptedi .yesterday morning and poured but lava for eight hours. j : | hi Junior-Senior RV Members'' Ratio Altered An aniendment to thff constitu- T tion allowing?!a flcjxjblb ijatio of seniors to juniors wai passed last \ nierht at a meeting joT? the Koss \Volunteer Company] | a j Previously, the ratio had been set at two Juiiiors for; every senior but the hew amendhien^ allows a variable ratio with maximum of two junim*8 for every Senior and u minimum of one jijniiior fpr every The amendment, submitted by C9I. H. L. Boatnoai PMS&T and * Commandant, for approval of the company, was passeu unanimously. The’new ratio will allow more junior membefs to; become senior members. Under thfe ioltl rjulir “ would bayo been necossarj’ some ofithe juniors tb drop 01 m «! L !! PEGGY KAY, pi another 1 one ibf the twelve candidates for Sweetheart of the Corps. She is a sophomore. i; ;■ 1 ■ .P Ingineering Revolutionizes t Agriculture - Turner 'i - , |“We are engineers bjf food s ’ LSS riculltural iulture, said in art address to the - * - A&M branch of the jhnericaiit So- :iety of Agricultural Engineers ast bight I !• ill j t Stressing the need -for agtjicul oral i engineering in this country, )r. Turner said. that! miglnchring las revolutionized 'other Indua- ries and that it can, and isU rev- dutionizing agricuitufo. 1 I sincerely hopfjj said Dr. Turner, that the agricultural «P- gincering students In this col lege do not have attitude gineer can done. We avtf a long way tojgo and (a lot 7 members. Undw thfe jold ruling it lit' the end ;of one year .bjociuiab of the for out at • f\ ership was given by Col. Bill BeCkPr. He) said that letters of eligibility l|turbeen sent to moat of the nusjii’ed stu dents. However, it is possible that somq have been missed, ho con ^Becker asked that who feola that he is aon 'led and ik 1 ]: ■■■ ■ fow sanlor vucmiclelni'e 'still open. Jack Andrews* pifoiont rommnndor, appoint**' 1 **’ the uomiiiatlon and mittees. Serving on 1 mittee are Jot Certer. MembeM 01 commander, appointed nwiibers to mpnny ■ra to com- At the dose of drewi annouhcod offlcerg would be ,nd tT„ 'S 4 I. that everything an inoHsibly do has lx have a long way to)go .. of work to do bofuie the Inef- ficitincies In food pfoductioo in this| country are eliminated he said* ■ I | To omphasixe. (ho great aa.nouht >f work to ho ilbno in agrlciji Utral »ngincering and i^search,! Dr, Turner cited precision plaiting, improved harvesting methods,; crop tomlltioning npd prdceHHing, and weed control ns important ■prob lems facing the U. Si Agricultural Research Department today !■ Concerning the opportunit qs for agricultural engineering students ntor [graduation, Dr.|rurncr j^oint- »d out that they might develop ca reers in the field as advisors to induati-yi, eoitsultiilg engtig'crs, teachers in agricultufo Rchoolfe, or as research engineers in the.ipub- lic service with thel U.S'.DA. or ' the state agricultural dcpai’tjnjient.s. Dr. Turner concluded his (talk with ^discussion and filni Con cerning some of the receiit re search activities of his dejiart- mciijt. Dr. Tumor’s tajk \ before I, the A&M Society followed: a dinner at the & ggieland Inn at which be was guest of hopor. Also: present: Ht the dinner as guests ; .pt‘ the Society were Dean of Agriculture (J. N. Shepiirdson and the faculty qf the agricultural engineering depart ment! Representing; the Society at the dinner were club officers Pat Henr|y, Marc Davenport, Charlie Modi sett, and C; F. Love. Other highlights of the ARAE meeting included the olcctj^n of Leon Music'k as vice-presiddpt of the Southwestern) Associatipn - of Agricultural: Engiticerp. |» , r‘.i!: I f | :.ijlj ,v 3 Students Given Landscape Awards dents in landscape alrt, are! win-! ners of , the Dallas Garden hClub- Belsterling Scholarships. The a- wards are named An honor of Mrs. Edward A. Belstcriing, DallnU. who has been outstanding in th<f Club’s activities. I I:||- ]£' ] Selection of tho award winners was made (by F. W. HenscL head of the A4M LandBcapo A?t Do- pavtment, and tho achofarahlp com- mitteo of tho Garden Club.; | S ho„ D MA Sitvio, rhOerma ’J f -(An 1 production in a world that Dr. Arthur W. Turner, soils and ag- S.P. Engineer Cites Railroads ME Problems • 111 1 ' fi 1 jf'Mechanical Engineering in its various phases plays an ipiporUynt part in the design of the steam locomotive, its appurtenance, and its auxil iaries,:’ J. 'p. Nethenyopd, su- ptirintemlent of motive po\ and equipment for the Sou su- wer duth- erh Pacific Railroad, said yes- tejrday. | 1 r 'Speaking before mechanical on- giheorlng students on the Campus, Neitherwood; outline<l the need for “qotwtvuctive thought” in comfec- ti|h with the entire meehnnibal di vision of the railroads. Centering most of bis attention ort i,ihe development of the (various types of locomotives, Nethcrwoo concluded by saying, “j. . . No matter what type of prime move is Used by the railroads, there will Still be many mechanical engineer ing problems associated; \Vith its development, improvement and its maintenance.” , Nethenvood, an ex-Aggie in the Class of ’ll, has been (with the Southern Pacific for 37 years. He has been active with the;American Society of Mechanical Engineers in New Orleans and Houston; and has held several committee chairman ships in these sections. , His speech, entitled “Mechanical Engineering and the Railroads,” was the first in a proposed series of seven panel discussions on var- ious railroading problems schedul ed for presentation On the campus within the next six weeks. Matthews Attends Army School Meet; ■Joe Matthews, administrative as sistant in. the Extension Service, met in Chicago last week with the committee representing ;the U. S. Apmed Forces Institute. The committee, composed of four civilians and four armed forces personnel, met to examine records oft 2,000,000 armed forces personnel who have participated ip (the U.S. A F.I. Training Program and to lay plans for future work. Matthews represented the Exten- _ >U Service on the committee, r city, San •jlned personnel on the comnklt- gah .\ntoi ( included ohe army officer, al officers, and one air f< cor. The other three civil IVMViVII « of the Univeral r. 0. O. Houle, ritaraod o .wring tj> rXxtension / T / and), TEXAS, WEE NESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1948’ aK 7 w I’l : -'9 f m i J 1 'r 1 1 ' •* V L i? I ■■ 7,. i p: I f* i 1 7 f fll Ninth AnmjilJpet Variety g An i|i al | eluding a cUrbstope 1 . t i ■ jii » md several other types of canines in- tetter or two who wandered pn without a formal invitation demons •■fstrated their finer poinjts ami tHeir lung capacities much tq the delight of their owners, all of [whom Were j .students ip Consolidated gihdo school. | i j ; " ! Dogs, however, were'not the 1 only participants in the show. I Cnts, horses; turtles, 1 fish^ birds, rac» coons, ami rat# added (thoitj bi|; to the show. About the oijly common ly domesticated; animals not repi resented wore rabbits; which,. in] cidentally, were scheduled, to be shown in h clais by (theiuselves. j; Somoorie, of course, could have made a mint of money by throw ing in a lien circus as a sideline. They would hiive had plenty’ bf material. j ; | I 1 |’ ]i Proceedt? fropi' the show, spon sored by the Mother’s and Dad’s Club of A&M Consolidated School, will go for the support ot; the school. Winner^ of the various classes (were: Class I — Largc> long-haired, pure bred! dogs over 20 pound*— (tie), Nickodeinus, owned by Anp Schlessclmdn; Abner, owned bp Sue Bernard. } Class II .— Large, pure .bred dogs ovei’., Bianka, owned by Marilyn Peai'son. Class III — Small, long-haired j pyre bred dogs undeij 20 pounds ! Pinkie, oWned by Ann ElWas. ('lass IV — Small; short-haired pure bred dogs under 2tr ppuni 1 JIrs., owned by Condy Thigh. A’lass V — Largqj long-haired,, Heinz Variety dogs oyer 20 pounds —fSeottie, owned by Martha VletcTj- cl tr Class V r I —Large; short-haired, Heinz Variety/dogs oyer 2Q pounds Pancho, owned l»y Ben Tlrotter. 'Class Vll—Small, shorf-haii'ed, Heinz Yiiriety do^s under, 2X> ]v>unds-Apetti*r, owned by| (Frcjd Bensonf. | ij ! j, ' ' i ; • SW Conference Sportsmans! (jSejq Editorial on Page 2) ■j I > : j| •' J the Sportsmanship Ctodd is tivfu good relations between Soutjhwest Conference schdols. T best o|f his relbeci and al’s decision nnei\ ther i: . cf Team A. Each meriiber of the team shall: il. Participate mjjthe contest to the ability, abiding by fair and propier nieabs of conduct determined by the rules of] the coptest 2. Treat contest officials with due courtesy and shall accept the offic j in good Spirit. 3. Accept victory or defeat in a gracious nria II. Student Bjpdf.; . h j| ; j j A. Pre-Game Courtesy ; ) I 1. The Hpt School shall: a. Write a letter to the visiting school and team prior to the game. This letter should be pub licised dufing the week prior to) game n the Visiting school’s paper. Letter should lid; the activities of weekend, i. e. banquets, dances; and receptions. b. Provide receptions and directidnfj for ing istudentS and team. I | ]•] c. Provide a means of informatiop-f-b(((oi ush<*rs to provide information about tijekets sections, seating, etc. B. ! Game Courtesy: j •! j , Iji [; • j \ 1. There shall be: cooperation hetweeii ^ell leaders band, other student organizations, ajnd student bodie^, i.e. yell leaders cheers will not coincide, and student bodies will not yell While teams are in a huddle or calling signals. 2. The student bodies shall avoid miscc nduct such as fighting and overt demonstrations, use of intoxicating drinks, disrespect and (disco .irtesy toward teams and officials, and general disr courtesies during the half-time period C. Post-Game Courtesy 1. Each student body shall demonstraltei: |- a. Respect to both teams after game. bi~ c. Respect to each other and to spe Mutual respect for school song: the| are pmyed. Wins Belt Buckle T5ubba Day Is Named All-Rom Cowboy in 27th Aggie Rod e< tators. s whenever t By BUDDY LUCE ♦ Tho cottqn-headod cowboy who •ami out firstost with tho mostost n the 27tH nlnhynf Aggie Rodeo his week-ehd was James R. (Blib- m) Day of Lomfl Vistii Texas. Bubba won the: all-roiiind cowboy mizo by averaging out 210 points n the two nights of the rodeo in he AH Pavilion. He flogged, dog ged, and spurred his way through ill the -events and even kept his lat on most of the timje. His total 'oints mounted to give; him second dace in bull riding, second place 'n bareback bronc riding, second in 'mil-dogging, and he and Gus Wheeler teamed (up to Rapture the first place in steer ribbon roping. The all-round cowboy prize won by Bubba was a $108 silver and gold belt buckle with a matching $15 belt. The various other cash (prizes from the events in which he placed (netted him de Oi $150 in cash. Ma was runner-up t<j 170 points. )verstreet Bubba with Uf j Day, official chute | boss at the Aggie Rodeo, has been on the •odeo road sinco he wa$ old enough to climb up on a chute and tote his own riggin’. He ha# participat ed ’ in rodeos in Texas and sur rounding territory'. jL j Bubba was born in iLoma Vista, Texas, and went to high school at Crystal City, Texas. Hi* is 19 years ild and an animal husbandry' stu dent in the Class of ’fl9. He went harefooted until he w4« the proud iwner of his first pair of cowboy hoots and has never worn shoes. He is a familiar sight pn the A&M "ampus in his colorful shirts, 17 gallon hat, and color-blind boots. .kMilLii'T Bubba baa bartic deos in CotulU, Bracjy. Johnson San Marcos, ikin Antonio’s Teen Rodeo.’ Corsicana, Harper, and has ' •;! ■ fl •; .1 • :i. y also had He was in fc » «. AUA I. *"**-Mk •(tor h. ribs broken in the;r<|deo njt Com fort, Bublm won a silver buckle as champion bull rider in mother rodeo at Harper, Tbxas. ^hort-haifedj/ (20' poundsyf- f ,i ( m PH -fl ■- TThI t m '■4/ ^ -Mmm 'til® ''f S Ife Ti f -' v i |1 h ii'- v i m i Nimvbc ■m ■ I ''4: i m^s P -: CLAIRE WILLIAMS] j* TSt’W candidates for Sweetheart nf the ( ofps. pinner will bje announced October 22. ■v: | ft- ■ 1 - -—«—r,——j ■ 4 ■ ’ "S-f j 1 wjj 1 ’ |" * - ( Cadet Corps Scene to P *' LI hi ' . - 1 - liyi 11. k ROL AND senior* ■ !'''( -j j of! the tiwet ' j»-.j - —♦« v Permission- has granted Paul ShlnT, Hollywood producer, to„ use ti .shot of thd A&M (Goii] the closing sceeh of J^iidieMiirphy’g fori ^$ad Boy’’, it was annpitnccjd today hy this Gilchrist, chaucellorJ if r II Baptist Group; Bans to Build- Student Centef ' : f -f : '’Ji Advance [plans (for the con* struction of a Baptist tijradeni Center for A&M Were made PmoT",»i SIKJSffiSS^ # th « (:iu»» XIM - - lvl« K.-inlilne ovfli- ^ de "! •Class VIII Small, short-hair ed, Heinz Variety dogs under 20 pbtinds—Wiggle, owned by Karl Waidhofqr. I Class IX — Dog tricks demojj- stoited—(Flora, owned by Tommy Terrell. [Class ,X -&• C a t»—Snookum#, owned by Earnest Tqiizer. . j [Class XI —< Rabhitis—No entriejt. (Tuhs XII — Other pet*f—Sally Class XIII - - I'ets weighing ov«r 2(l() boirndn—Dickie ((horse); owmW by Dan Dav^ (only entry) Bubba was a Aggie Rodeo Team mdjmlter v width went to Tucson, Arizona Idstji year jivheye Prince Woo<l won the title of All- in tler-colle- he TCU he next day won second placf in bareback bronc riding at the Aggio-TU riding contest m Austin. round cowboy in, giate rodeo. He: wkslj at t Rodeo last spring] 4nd( t Yeah, Bubba’s been oyt everirthing that bu*’ 3 time you; see him Say “howdy, podii know you’re a “hair Schedule for Vet | Pics Announced Veteran juniors whose surnames I bpgin with the letters U-ii should f .. i have their picture# made today, on tno Qctober 20, Truman Maiiin,; co- etlitor of the Longhorn announced today. Veteran sophomores and veter an freshman on the campu?, whose 'sjurnanris begin with thei letters A-M, will have their pictures made October 21. The remainder of the tkvo classes will have: pictures made October 23. No pictures are scheduled for Saturday, thus enabling any vet eran who has not yet had-his pic ture made to do at that timje, Martin said. >ii about so (the next campus, nd he’ll Union. _ . Tho lrttildlilg will la? at tkr coti; her of Main and Cluircjt StiuHa iii : College Station on |ini(H'rt,Vfhwnudl: by tho Bnplikt General Convention of Texas. \ .. f (it- 1 -ji The ((enter will be thii.heud- [ quarters for Baptist sludeifis and * will provide facilities for. hotO : the Baptist Student Union anil the Baptist Bihle. Chair, Daniel Russell, BSU faculty advisor and (chairman of the buildliig cdmniit- tec, announced, ! j ; V . ■ 1 7 ' r Russell introilucefl Heiirj, May* field and Philiji; Norton,'aychitecte' The seijnp !■*> A&M jif 1 Bjeen Licl ell ybars ago by iVfiltpri Wang* s of Ca(i€tft[ in (icoming movie, /offiqe pjf GSAb • Wi il MlMw i)|tovjj|?., 1 “)Vo’vo ‘uc« * 11 rOddeed OrV rard youn^teji (Murphy] Based on Sbluu will' plMi of la f A’oi* Nh’ef devvral K way- dnimed Hirnigh the; Boyd Ranch iponnored hr tnl*.Variety Club rexus, the iRtUro will end wl Murph) pre i>armg. to enter W: his edit'ittion. This is thy’s firs( starring rale. Acn.rdlrig to- ie Fanpri’di'iH li rcume title ftioatolecbratml toldien o AVurM \S rtf| II, ! ciiincrlVlpsp to bo feitturol. < f uj SI* ■ * •imi ucnditcd slory, »||, Ttixua, la 1 who' Uyinu a phift- Af Lhp stpri.wlth which tlut' fl ill .18, (HrnaXeil. Wheq T mphy fit t raturmuEfroin the viiiv K pijori uetjl Texan qffioxjd to «'ilil hlni to A&i1(l to iirejm'ri' for a j ilf \vitn. Ids;.finn. cd. Will h insuffljch'liii The hrii» idodSnod* triU’-jiMMli Ijhcauaoi Ids: pdl-wnr i i (luc itioiml of With A&M Mur- Jnyd auvantages tveiWi insufflfclcjnt to prOphvo him ftir College*. At tjie t )ite 1)0 was Miifl to lmv<. d fdtired htt if ho could.go tojcoUuge A&M v[uhld be HU (chjtiice. | * > ortly after ( this! happened in. Dal Ins, James uptl william Cagney (spotted MuiifphjJ's pfetuh? on a magazine novtr; and, offerid him ““ '4<l. Af-, Andie! actfepted, t , Afttr a flurity of jpubliiciky, he retired from (he limelight aad for the proposed butldipg, Who dis played floor ipliins hi ml ehlyations, of the building. ] ||].(|( The majori portion of tl)'f r mon«|f ey construction is jndng fifrnish- I spent Aycair.ahd a Half In train ed by Texas Baptists, Russell ' ing. 4Pw‘r whkh nojcontraet.of- said. The BSU dismissed'plans |fers-wci;e forthcoming, and he for raising the tori&inder by contributions of mAterial anil] . w ero It or was dropped jby tjie (’agneys. Audio did’a fe(v hit (parts, which save him Sonjie publicity, hut llttle]cash. Uis|(leanl days set in. A ardent :Alji story from llolly- vtood snys bwl ot ralon, it Aft story _ Audio, slept in a 7 on? • lIunt’H bjpdy-huililing p etting by «n Practically nothing il day. He Beht|hJs penaipti money T oinb to Teiim I to support h i* or* p Imned yomigoi* brother^ nM sist ^'.r- a i| A® (Dclega AmnlLonfl Sarcty Congress A&M ds rcpfilsented' at t ie, Na- 5, i « P(P lj ‘ | L. ;i diiWdorjlionjUte I^idustHnl t ipudl) Safely Congress^ jhow in tes ,11 d -• tf' Aiding Guthrie In \ i: 3 - - i» ttfing to get cloae enough to leap on bulldofiring U DW C.HT GRAHAM, heieir. 1 li X: -■I ill, during the Ai 1,1 i ' ‘ fl Rodeo, M rod in ChicfagoJby E. IjOrtts, direct tenmon $i Is, director loin (Uf (tl ri" ■, * Tin*'cdni|rie#Sl which is ialjri attracts J loncforN ini if in[((uBtHtH iiid trtiffii (state#, Cut i Wil- ponsatlim olf! tlh^: A&M Col ( ice, and John W. Work me nIs Com- ’ fro *yn- old on- . be field safely la and V \ '■ u i ■ ■.,.a
