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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1948)
M >.r It tit L ill ■vj r URGEBt ! CfllNA HI y NANKING. Nov. greatest battle in Ch i — involving More w , men by goverhmen 1 ; | raged north of;the Yi I with Communist ■ slight numerical advai i , Government spokes Teng Wen-Yi said tl joined along the Sud * line which guards the| yopd tj^ national capitol. • „ V—r Teng said govemmi fought the reds duri ing phases of the giai that they had mad' withdrawals to “■ j - lines.” ! , He said Reds undet Chen Yi, Liu Po-Ch' Keng already were available manpower on which hinges the fcite of central China.; The government too, ing up reinforcemen with some trobj)s fi Peiping.Hankbw ral ready moved into ba ‘ Teng said the R 21 armies numbering tl V !l into the battle^ i JLl ! i ume 48 ■i— at. Beckn / ■ .1' CLAYTON TO RETURN TO HOUSTON FIRM* WASHINGTON, NOV. 12- William L. Clayton plans to to active direction of , his brokerage firm in Houston, after eight yearn as all top 1 istrativo official in Yfalsnin Clayton’s resighatioj mic assistant to the. State was announced- Since joining the § racnt ns assistant secfcijtiiry lie has been ivsponsiWo fo or nomic oKp U and of U. S. Foreig»» Ec6 . * l - -Clayton helm'd orgi ^ Marshall Plan k.. . the administration buttjlo l ktohs la^t summer for V<m the rofllprociil trade union. Clayton stepped wit ns H j secretary In NoVombdr,; 19' cause ho wan concei-pt'd w wile's health and wniitt'd \.-V\ j !; Hot In u long vncAt this, he accepted a .1 ment ns a special .assistant | "i vise secretary iMarshall bn t ±\ nomic matters. I j j. , AIR CELEBRATION PtA? 1 IF FLIERS BREAK RECO! i \ KILGORE, Nov. i endurance fliers Prod [VinmOf * Bert Simons are I still ialofitj l 27, nearby Gregg County | > is going to bo a busy pllace On that date-af 4] ( will have broken i durance record of a thousand planes V parts of Texas ar j j) swoop down on the liil - By LOpip MORGAN Tickets are now on sale for the Xavier Cugat show whicl, will appear! in Guion Hall at 7:16 p. m. Siturday and for the dance which follows in Sbisa at 9 p. ah., Grady Elms assistant director of Student Activities announced yester day. Tickets lire being sold in Room 2091 Goodwin Hall Dance tickcjtg are $2, with without d cert tie non-studen are $1. The concert,: first to be stag' in Guiion sinpo {its renovation, will feature sumbaft. congas, rhumbas, and popular spnpi. With Cu)gatfs orchestra will be Jose Luis Monoro, Norma, and Albddin. Follow ing the concert, Cugat will move wwii his troupe to Bhiwa Hall to entertain for the All-College Dance. The Rajnih Uhunibn and his com pany will arrivt' ®y <d r on » char- tered piano Batunlay afternoon and will leaitnjby plane ofter the dance. i' I - ; student con- are 70 cents ami concert t i c k e ts J Spitalny’s AlljCirl Orchestra To Be First town Hall Show movie star, radio star, comedian, composer anil last but not least, a showman. I { |; / The- first musical film ever made in Hqlljjwood featured Xa- bration of the fea. The mass flight idea is sponsored by the fyjhiji fliers associatior The Dallas fjiera-, . „ 1 weeks in the air y^fltqrda;. hope to stay aloft uWpd| Chiji CALIFORNIA ^IrI UNDER CONTROL SANTA ANA, Ca (/P)—Weary crews, febdirtg -a long battle, Thursdi der control a bioish blhz^ burned over 47,000 ' acres -Santa Ana mountains oast Supervisor Hamilton I the Cleveland National: for however, largc crews Wool J qufreci for several day 8 stall any possible revival. A dew blaze in Woods behind the artists Oolony guna Beach, also was repor trolled by E. F. Au date -state ranger. Ihe burn at appro* 1 acres. vier Cugai “Charros, and prow in Spanish the United 1 Curat wai by Enrico opera star oi heard Cuga brought hi States for a; j, jt wan entitled hos. and Monolaa” nancial success ters throughout iVered in Europe Metropolitan ydars ago. Caruso the violin and to the United es of concerts, 4-HC14 Winners Will Attend dob Meet |n| Chicago & Resident^ return(4! me|ji| to Silverado dnd MotUeSka >0 miles southeast of to from which the/- were Monday during the height io: live- n'-i Howe Complefes J-Week Co irs ther phase ip the 'rogiAmi of Instruction for w iter upd shw- age disposal plant ftitpcrvii omploted NovembV 5 b; Iew«, of the A&M Indus tension Service, j 1 [ ,; Howe conducted cobracs view for 25 supomiidM cipal water plants nind 16 disposal plant supervisors the thrcc-wcok coin se, tod as a consultoht iin individual supervisors in tion of problems peculiar particular areas. 1 Communities represjnte class enrollment 1 were P Olton, Littlefield, DlnhmiU. Silverton, Quitaque, Lockm dada, Crosbyton, Petersb Abernathy. ; y Awards Which ranged all the way | from ajll-fexpense trips to the national 4-H Club Congress to $25 savings bonds were received by the winners in 47 h-H Club contests in £.1 Texas, J. W. Bolts, 4-H Club spe cialist of thi extension service, pas announced. Contests fob boys ranged from soil conservitipn to sheep and wool production. For girls the contests included canning achievement and clothing designing. LeDrew Aifot iof Coke County, winner of t ie plate sheep-shearing ^ 1 contest, wil gb to Chicago to com- lg ‘ pete in the national sheep-shearing contests. The trip is being financ ed by the ITctcos Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, Potts said. Twenty-n hd of the wjnners wi 1 go to the 4-H Club Congress id Chicago wliiclh will bo hold vomher 28 to December 2. Twp group* wil Ifavc, Texas for cagd November 2C, one from Ain* ■iOll 1 By H. C. MICHALAK Differing «t reatly from our own Aggie Ramblers and music about Ole Rattler, the colorful All-Girl orchestra of Phil Spitalny will launch the first Town Hall performance of the season in Guion Hall Momlay night at 8. The all-girl orchestra was assembled about ten years ago when tbo fiery Russian macHitrof j Spitalny got the idea thatowomon make music as good as any bunch of men. j Time has proved him to be right 4nd now those Who said he was los ing his mind when he first atinoim- ced his scheme concede that it is an excellent orchestra. Radio’s first lady of the violin Evelyn Kaye, is the orchestra’s featured violinist Evelyn prac tices 4 to 6 hours daily on her J ' W E A T il Ml. . tet 1 C’Ojnjsid cloudim V* M West Texas: P; afternoon, tonight A little colder in the South Plains this rillo and th: cither from Ft. Wort! Radio Efficiency Stress J : to “Radio is j the most efficior t method foi a vocational agricu 9 tural or a county agent top!#!* agricultura information to tlie farmer,” Mjuitay Cox, Radio Fanp ■ pidio station WFAA •s at the FFA Wednei- Director for told membc|r8!iat the FFA We | day night! ] 1 Cox described how radio is beinig used today to keep the farmer'it- fonnod on| the rapid changes! jin agriculture] v i A few of! the experiences he has had in the past eighteen mor as Radio Farm Director were lated by Qox. He has found ,t the average firm radio listener rather hear a program from small town! oir from a farm thajn front the Stole Fair Grounds the (Ft Worth Stock Slow. riment l$tati<t r Receives Two Giltls Two gins j to the Agriculh Experiment Station have been nmmced^bJ pr.^D. Lewia, One is fora is her job to keep tab on the girls’ dating. ’ v , Spitalny, an outstanding pianist pnd clarinetist, came to this coun try in his early twenties. He first dayed with the Cleveland Sym- >hony Orchestra, but after a tame ie became so enthralled with j the 'oik songs of his adopted country that he began an exhaustive study qf them. T ill •' I J j j -j t The result is that Spitalny has taken many forgotten American folk songs, rearranged them and j raised them to the level of great {music] ;i ! | 1? Native Texans in the group in clude Jan McLean of Caldwell,! Ro ma Ball of Dallas, and Jeanne Phil lips who has BS and AB degrees in music from the University of Tex as. J ' r ■' j [[ J j ji Each Sunday afternoon, 'the Electric Hour sponsors the all-girl brehestra on; the Hour of CHnrm over the Columbia Broadcasting System. ^ j j! j j H. | ■ Southern Pacific Officials Present Operation Panels Two panelk on railroad opera- flons and problems will be pre- tented to A&M students and xac- pity Tuesday by top pfficiaih of the Southern Pacific railroad. At 3 p. m. J. F. Sullivan, pas senger traffic manager, will speak On “The Part Played by the Pas- nger Traffic Department]” This eetiiig inj^luilding J1I6, is pri- arily for the junior military ranspoitation class, i At 7:30 p. m. F. L. Gordon, freight traffic manager, will speak On “Railroads from the Traffic Side.” The civil engineers will be host group for this session, w^ich will be in the YMCA Chapel. All students and faculty mem bers interested in either program arc welcome to attend] according to Professor C. M. Simmang of the mechanical engineering department who is in charge of arrangements. Debaters Gain Draw |Froin jUT The Aggie debate team |b«Uje4 the University of Texas debate team to a draw’ on Tuesday night, in classrooms debates, H. E. Hierth, sponsor announced today. r On the basis-of change of opin ion ballot*, TU won the first de bate, A&M won the | second, and debate number three was a draw. The Aggie debate team is e< posed of Pat Hipp, Milton Abel .Tohr Shortal, Jim Stephens, Jar famur, and George drupe. T j ar and Grupe are freshmen. Senate Decides Seating Plan For Rice Game ; drangement ic&ing ol game ^ v leetincr of ^ , will vted above The seating for the A&M-Ri decided at the last the Student Sen^ utilized Saturday. Veterans will be Sea the Corps from midfield north around tRcV horfiesho];. The band will occupy its usual | position, in the first 16 rows of j Section 132. Corps Seniors with dates will sit in the next 12 rowjs above the band, and seats above that group will be reserved for. veterans. Corps seniors will also sit next to the band and forjthe next 12 rows up, as far over as the first entrance ■ ramp to ihe north of Section 132. From that ramp north the first 16 rows will be reserved for the Cadet Corps,; and the top 24 rows will be for Veterans. The walkway j into which the ramps enter will be the dividing line be tween Corps and nondnilitary. Rice students will!sit south of the 50-yard line. Corps members will not meet their dates in the section above the band, as a special! place will be designated for all classes to meet their dates. Last time the Corps met dates in Section 132, but many of the cadets did not! move out to make room for the i Seniors. The senate decided to designate separ ate meeting places for this game. . ; ..I'- | l ...^.l],l IVs Wfll Represent Rochelle Says at Ceremonies \ f By TOM CARTER' i ^•-l|l I [. j Jf ■ 1 . j ••{$ -j £ "A Ross Volunteer is expected to conduct hitrihOH ill Mie spirit of a member of the only special military and Hqeih} irganlzatbn of the campus, always ntriving to Wvo ilp 'he code of a soldier, statesman and knightly, gentleman . B. Rochelle, captain of the company, told the membetp a 4-tlic initiation ceremonies last high 1 / Kochcllci cimlinuod by ] that the Volnntoem, as « toll organitatlon,; would represent the. College to tlie people of ( thi|;*tnto As a social organization* ho sal' It alma cool leather J Activities will fie th thefABG ft viti 8 i 'coritinu ight 1 yel| Bcclrldr; itta playid Houston 4 Lcathhead to Talk To Forestry Club * ' U .* I Hank tcutlihuud, soil conserva tionist, will address the Range and ‘Forestry.jClub Mondfey night at 7 In tho Ag Engineering Lecture Room, j Leathhcad is from tho Marfa district of the Soil j Conservation Service.! He has worked with the Highland Hereford Ranch, p well as on many outstanding / range problems throughout west Texas. He U one of the leading authori ties in the field of range manage ment, W, E. Dickens], president of the club, said yesterday. Before coming to Texas, Leah- head did work on range problems throughout the West As a reminder to ; the members of | the club, Dickens states that a group photograph will be taken for submission to the Longhorn, and that the fees for the picture will be due Monday! at noon. North Gate Bank Plans New Home Plans for the erection of a new building for the College Station State Bank have been announced by Harold Sullivan, executive vice president and (enaral manager. The new building will be in the location as the present bank, t plans have-not been com- by Architect P. G. Norton submitted to the building committee. w MISS DARLENE MISS M These nine ARO ““L ABC lavard Elected *rexy of A&M Science Group ! Chester Havard was elec- eti president ot the Texas Collegiate Academy of Science at a re-organization meeting of the group Wed- tesday night W. D. Lewis was elected vice; president and Sam Coleman is the new treasurer, J. R. Fielding and W. D. Lipscomb were selected as co-chairmen of the publicity com mittee, and Walter Dickens and James Liverman will servo on the refreshment committee. F. T. Knapp will lx? the club sponsor for the coming year. { The purpose of the club, accord ing to Secretary Sam Coleman, is to romotc unity among the various iological, physical, and social science clubs on the campus* A)1 members of any of the science clubs are eligible for membership in the club, and there are no grade point requirements. Havard stated that in the future special speakers will be present to give talks on various scientific subjects of interest to the mem bers. The next meeting of the club will be held the third Thursday of this month. • j v s Ons 4n Housljo] Sponsored bj *nd Composite 1 rap resented to th AB<< 141 idldji ifs YE store With e with cinlonight h Will 11 and ti tihe for H tu 'o the mupic aid Ms band, at th| PlantaV- id Dallas. 0 Air Fo ment: 1 and tty mient and the t marts to I U : > one] will 'bo cothtart Col. rVson)t k wplst heart, and all will rocoivc ii ir to add to the eiflbytoc ot their student life, particular nnuol Apri ipe<l will cc \x to the i The ceremoni^ consist^ in the giving of an annp4il i festival, whiflh it is hoped w stituto a fitting climax to th rial year at! A&M. ‘ ^ Singing Cadets To Perform at A&M Methodist Church rogram of spirituals Sunday A pi at the A&M Methodist Church will mark! the first-local appearance of the. S|higlng Cadets for the 1048* 4f -yakr.' . j '!;■■ F On November 20, the Singing Cadet*, accompanied by the Aggie Ramblers, will appear in Son An tonio as guests of the A&M Moth ers' Club Ben Scholl, Singing Ca det reporter said. The Cadets will sing at the Brooks General Hos pital in San Antonio Sunday. The Cadets will appear at Den ton December 4. A January cojh- cert “somewhere in Texas" is also planned. ,; Most of the activities of the Singing Cadets occur during the spring season, when their annual dance and award banquet is held, Scholl said. F ! | 74**.- I the roll call of the new raemb followed by the reading 0/ constitution. George Edwards aCo ted as reader while uejw members stood at the front represented the group. * ■-Jf: ? Following Diis, Dave Gentry the history iqf the organizatii which in the! past has gone; Under such names]as Scott Volunteers, Foster Guards, and Houstorr.Riflcs. The ceromonios were preceded by a banquet. . Xfj r,; Honor guests attending the meeting weiie Spike A mold 27, former RV; Colonel II. L. Bbatpqj 1 * P. L. Downs, Dick Hervey, E. Angell, Lt. Col. Joo E. Dnvifl, Col. Bill Beckfer, Lt Col. Jod Oiten and Lt. CoK. Dexter L; Hodge. Fj In talking to the unit/Col, Boat- ner re-emphasized that thijf memb ers would put more into thd orga* • - ■' yi iB» charge ; or jtlie hlill. From thcRo tlgoil the 1. L. Boatncr atch to tho nnt»vupf^ni KiP! R. Hwdi^rju f doc art* a t i 0 p I : bhnhy Hhorta IjiMi !>nxjured two pH, otm f»7m n ytico llotii rifl*v a d #1. tookhini |h|h uid vhomliml ' . give ? the half ‘t>ls,| SCR radio will hoi dp lot each end the dance floor jot guest to wj Operation of ithb .ruilio# will handletUliy the Sign 1) C«rp. 1 •“^ '•epi^ with dates ah' the Ball may commanders Invited. 1%keti bo rittnipw fror i,- Pre-La m Wi) to nizntion than they woiald get t of it. He tolcithem that ho would be willing to give them any aasistahee they needed after they hhd ex hausted all their own resources. He said this after telling the group that they were to organize plan, and run the company thiemselvcs. Angell told the member* that their organization was one]bf the best to survive through th* He said that many of the rngUftl- zations whiah were preset* hqre before the War and were discoh; tiiiued during It, have hbt Iman brought back merely liecaujio they wore not gobd enough. I ■. ^ 1 Ti——|t|f 2 FFA; Members | it! sipn wilt bip ro.'umojl aftenvards, he Isaid] The trlp to Dtillps to inspect!tno SMU Low Schtop fwip] be made on ii Awarded Prizes, College BSpians Rice-A&MHayride A hayride has been planned' by the Baptist Student Union for the Baptist students of Rice and A&M. The Rice students have already ac cepted the invitation, according to L. H. Blankenship, vice-president in charge of socials. ; The hayride will begin at 5:80, and the last group will leave at 6. Students planning to attend should cu; be it the First Baptist Church of fo: College Station Immediate the game Saturd* said. ' M James A.'Cato nmL Bagley. members of twMMfW FFA chaptid 1 , were pfaWrijjiH $00 stamiSTcfilte inter-woven -in them was tne ward for selliiig the la her of subscriptions to Agriculturist magazine Inra test hold by the FFA chafctei This money is to be trip to Kahsqs City tional FFA Convention, given to them! ‘ culturist from sold. Hart said. Cato and Bagley will le las for Kansas City St will return November 2" Sc A feWfed w Law School discussed Society M Room 27, e SMU Law Scb<#d>1 Doeiiibdr IjO will be tbe|A&M; Pre-Law mday Wgllt ajt 7:15| in . Build b» Ii, Cbuck |Ca- icec|.| U the I mftiibl r* ic;t baniks, presidehtj pt has. anndu At .7:46 ciety wi have th the* ; l member* aho^d *•”<1 slacks, not fjuj ded.. ; 1 '• J If discussion o|] is not complete' tore jis: taken, tt the society, J Ii l I the sri- ounge tb akon fo .i«- SMU ,U fbrO the pic- bus ness 3cs- Decetnbcir 10 i ah during the trip 1. Activities il include at tendance at law :laa*B* and inspee- 1 tiorf of law faijll t^s pt " at the univer sity on the mo i^in^ o| the 10th w : her* bf thd lav]’ Acuity thu and a rduiid tetldl discubsion with {tM , ' . same iftornobn . ; Fiirth]:r inspec tions will' be he Id t) e morning ..of tW lith, acccrijinr to Phillip flobde,:ovganita idn sq-e ponsor. committee mtuposed of Diavid Krjiage)’, chaiimah, Buldy Boyd, and Ton Crujz, Ik handling the di tqlls foi 1 tho trip. In order for tliu gropn tjo compute be ne airing Kent _ , >tb ilnoniberH after the hualmms me ?t)ngj 1* ronclui f Jodrins fiu, W t Le«Ve Wlin 11 :V I k ■ ii \- 'Ir 1 lil ti w th !)oan 8ter« .14' ‘ raon* dc- tol|l to bo pre- djiy 1 dlscuMion, udry said. Siewart! will !/i: ■ Eliminationis for ijenlc r livcijtoek n, < of iiy 15; .six wilP be le e<}ted to represent Urn ini ernatioo il Jivi report of gram. 3 Hart said itt of the natio to acqua ties in 0 FFA .t the nm FFA cor with- F, Kd and judg; livte: r 2 I 'will be gairms, C|a: uo- ord ng tol Bill I , Je tram. fti|de iU competing, eeijtol to represent )1 ernallloti il JivoiitocV Chfcigo, Nojerntxir 27.1 AM Noyoml er 20j tho Rtori *t Ithe [University ] 'll t at mi- ron horses). No rn will visit ;Pur- 4 next twqidays Odell yr - judging 5Sm^. at the stesrs, * ot; cat.': •j ‘Hfl " li*