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state
death
were" excluded today when a habes
^corpus hearing was dismissed.
Shires already was under a
charge of murder and justice of
the peace W. L, Sterrett said there
was no need for a!
Shires, whose t
gue career made
the late twenties
dined to diScuSl
However, cit* ^
Pope and H. C. Hel
nesses told them
into Erwin’s cleanf
shop while the lai
over the tejepht
The witi
saying Shires
Erwin and sai<
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hires walked
and preying
was talking
hh mother.
quoted as
playfully at
thing to him.
the wltnewMfdid not
Shires slapped Him. Erwin then
struck Shines ocrpsi th<) face with
the telephone receiver oind a fight
followea. I |
The witnesses said Shires re
turned to the simp Jut(«ri chased
the witnesses out, Of the shop and
when they returned they found
Erwin, who hild ^beun lying on a
bod. on the floor..
Erwin, jfdrrlicr ; minior h-ngue
player an(F (irapifol died Saturday
In u hospItAl here. Offhers quoted
Hhlres'us saying 1 the fight occur-
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JORDAN INVASION
PARIS, Dec. V —W») A British
spokesman sail!, jreeterd iv he had
information that Jewim armed
forces had crossed the frontier
into Trana-Jordnt).
The British statemen; to a se
curity council committee called the
incident an "incursion,’ and con
ceded it mlfcht have beet Connected
With routine troop movements.
Harold Beely, British United Na
tions delegate^ tmd thie security
council’s Palestine compiittee if
the information proved true, it
would “oblige Britain t> take ac
tion envisagedjvih its t reaty with
that Arab country.”
Beely did not specify the site of
the forces reported to be involved.
He said a second Jewish force was
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reported to iiave advanced south
ward half wdy between the Dead jfe
Sea and Sqaba,. a Redj 5ea port
near Trans-Jordan territory. The
southern ,tip of Trons-Jardan
touches the Red-Sea and the gulf
of Aqaba. '
* Acting Palestine Medii .tor Ralph
Bunche said he had no report on
ahy Jewish advance. Bunche said
U. N. observers were at nqabai and
that six mobile teams tjf observ
ers aw in the Negev Desert) in
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What’a Cooking
■'EN CLUA 7:30 p.
'CA Chajel.
A&M GA
m. , Friday,
AMARILLO CLUB, TJso p. m.,
Thursday, Room 123, Academic
Building. Longhorn picture.
“B” COMPANY INFANTRY,
CLASS OF ’48, 7 p. m., 'Phursday,
Leggett Hall Lounge. Plans for
a reunion.
BEAUMONT !A&M ClUB, 7:30
n. m., Thursday, Room 08, Aca
demic Building. 1:
BRAZOS BAYLOR CLUB, 7:30
p. m., Thursday, Girl Scouts Home
north of country dub.
BRYAN-COLLEGE A&M CLUB
7:30 p. m. Thursday, Rjom 305,
Academic Buildirig. Christlmas par
ty plans.
COLLINS COUNTY CLUB, 7:30
p. m., Thursday, Jiqonv 524, Aca
demic Building.) ;
COOKE COUNTY CLUB, 7:15
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1911 -12
SP Strike Can!
Be Prevented
V Mediator
Washington, Dec. 9 r-W
Chairman Frank Douglass of
the National Mediation Board
said today he believes a strike
of Southern Pacific Eajlroud
workers called for next Wed
nesday can be averted.
Douglass talked to newsmen af
ter conferring with President Tru
man at the White House.
Asked about the likelihood of a
strike in seven western states, he
said:
“The situation is under fontrol.
I think we can got It settled up.”
The strike notice has been serv
ed by the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen and Enginemen em
ployed by the Southern Pacific.
The dispute is over numerous grie
vances under interpretation, of the
present contract. Wages are not
involved. * f
A strike would tie up Southern
Pacific operations in Oregon,
California, Texas, Nevada, Ari
zona, Utah and New Mexico.
> Douglas told reporters he has
sent a mediator to the West Coast
to try for a settlement
He added that if necessary he
will ask Mr. Truman to appoint an
emergency board, which automa
tically would postpone a strike for
60 days.
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Academy in San Antdnio today
Several membersi'bf the .
:tive part in the fe.sgjons, ChatU
Department is a .vice-president on4-
the executive council. Jiaties’ L.
Liverman is vice-president of the
executive <|)mmittee^ 0r, G. E.
Poster of the Biology Department
is chairman of the’membership
committee, S. W. Bllslng of the
Entomology Department (h chair-
map of the library coimmiitjee, and
Dr. LaMotte is chairman of the
collegiate division, k; ?X
Nerving as chairmen on (he
committee* of economic influen-
Academy <if j
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res and range and; foreat she
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L. 8. Paine and V;
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meeting
of the
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Department of Agritulturil, Eco
nortiies and Sociology ~wllj speak
atfve' E;
the Thuraday seitildn
ng, |), G. Steinicke
T ... pnaala
upon Natural and Soeial Science.”
W.; L. Hughes, of thff Department
of Education and Psycholpgy, will
A&M Foundryman
Society Obtains
OShjal Charter
be local chapter of the Ameri-
Foundrymep Society met Tues-
Old Main Building, Mess Hall And j
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7:30 p.
Lecture
p. m., Thursday, third
Academic Building.
COMPOSITE GROUP,
m., Thursday, Petroleum
Room, j .; Xj- | ; (j
CORYELL .iCOUNTY CLUB,
7:30 p. m., Thursday, Room $0|7,
Academic Building. ‘ i ; 1
EAST TEXAS CLUB, 7:30 p.
liAbl TflAAO UL
Thursday, VMCA.
SL PASO CLUB,
EL PASO CLUB, 7:1!) P-j
Thursday, Room 326, Academic
Building. XTTj l •
GALVESTON (CLUB, 7:j30 p. m.
Thursday, Room 129, Academic
Building. ;
HEART O’ THE HILLfl CLUB,
7:16 p. m„ Thursday in th ; YMCA
Club picture. ;
NAVARRO COUNTY CLUB,
7:30 p. m., Thursday, Rcom 228,
Academic Building. Plans for
Christmas partjyv T
PANHANDLE A&M CLUB 7:16
p. m., Thursday, Room 1^5, Aca
demic Building; <
plana,
SAN ANGELO
Thuraday, .Room
Building.
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'LUB, 7:8D p.
m., Thursday, Rooni 227, Academic
Building. Plans for Christrjjaa par-
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' By CHUCK MAISEL
As far is the face of the college
is concert ed, Aggieland underwent
perhaps iis greatest change in the
years 1911-12. Two of the oldest
landmark! disappeared in drama
tic exits jml two of today’s most
bploved landmarks took their place.
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The oil mess hall which stood
■ near the present hospital caught
fire at » a. m„ November 11,
1911. That morning, Bernard
Sbisa surved the only ineal he
served h te in the entire 37 year
jperiod hi > was director of subsis*;
tance. Nevertheless, 1,100 cadeti
got theii morning chow by 9 the
same morning.
; A temp >r*ry mess hall was erefc-
ted soon after but it too burned
only three days after completion.
Work began on Sbisa Hall in 1912.
The Oli Main Building also was
jvictim to jflames the following May.
Eire stan ted on, the fourth floor
at 3 a. ii. and despite efforts of
the stude its to check it, complete
ly demolished the building leaving
only the • vails standing. The struc
ture had been so well built that
the collece was at lofts to find a
means tc tear these walls down.
They tried dynamite, steel bullets,
and concussion from cannon all to
a© avail
“Lind; ” Millender, the head
yell leicer, Organized the corpsi
‘ it i 5
tmap party
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Academic
W E A TjH lB
lifeMit T »xM —:
Fair ant colder
ih I n a ternoon
timlght. Low-
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Pifiday.
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slopally
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Senit r livestock
Teair Places 11th
The kmior Livestock Judging
Team frc|m A&M, which compeU'd
recently n the International Con
test held at Chicago, placed eleven
th in a f old of thirty-one teams.
The, ooitest Wa« won by Oklr
homu ACM with Purdue Univc
sity placi ig secernd.
: The -Ai M judging team conalat-
ed of Lkiclcn Kruae, Cameron;
Ralph wheat, Eastland; Ralph
Merlwothjr, Alpine; Ed Steele, q<
Graham: Fred Wllklnsrtn, Menards
and Jam is Strnope, WaxaHachlc,
as aUergi te. i , , i’tl
Hteclc was the high point miui
on the A kM team with a score Qf
20 out < f a - possible 1000. Steele!
and threw ropes around the
walls. The cadets pulled on the
ropes setting the walls in vibra
tion by their repeated tugs. The
old building resisted for some
time, but finally toppled. Work
started soon afterward on to
day's Academic Building.
Other new’ structures making
their appearance on the campus in
this period were Milner and Legett
Halls, in ’ll, and Mitchell Hall and
the Electrical Engineering Build
ing in ’12. The cornerstone of the
YMCA was laid in ’12 also.
A&M changed in other ways too.
The Schools of Agriculture and
Engineering as such were’ organi
zed in this period. The Agricultur
al Extension Service was put on
its present basis-'
The Cadet Corps was' still pri
marily infantry except for one bat-
tery of field artillery. An unhappy
habit of firing field pieces on
other outfits and college buildings
coupled with other prihks c\m-
mitted by the field battery caust '
the artillery to disappear in 191
The talk of the campus centered'
around the unpopular quarantine
Newmanites Plan
Group Communion
The Newman Club will receive
group communion at the 10 a. m.
Mass Sunday, Pat Ramsey,,, presi
dent of the club, has announced.
Following the services, coffee
and donuts will be served in the
basement of the Chapel and a re
ligious discussion will be htdd.
Beginning Wednesday and con
tinuing until December 18, the
Rosary will be said every evening
Jkiu- at H0Ven o’clock in St. Mary’s Cha-
lvi>r. the success of the Chapel
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Before
ted the l
ilaced /H|th in sheep judging.
the co
niverai
due Univeriltyj
and Edelyn
Judging.
t the team vi>(
of Illinois, Pur-
ynnwood Farms
und Drive now in progress, Ram
sey said.
Trans-PecoH Club
Will Hold Dance
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The Trans-Pecos Club has en
gaged the Aggieland Orchestra to
play for its dance at the ’’Ace of
Clubs” In Odessa on Wednesday
December 22.
Tonight the club wilt hold its
last regular mooting before the
holidays at 7:30 in the YMCA
imposed in the winter of ’12. No
student could leave the college be
cause of a mcnjngitis epidemic at
College Station. Picture the whole
A&M campused for more than a
month and it is pasy to understand
that many of the tales told of the
crimes of those restless students
have dome basisi in truth.
The Horse-Laugh was ushered
in as a new college yell, just be
fore the highljr | favored Aggies'
journeyed t« Houston to play
Varsity in ’ll. To the suprise of
the whole state in general and
the cadpts in particular, TU end
ed up on the upper half of the
articipation
In Tourney Invited
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The Intercollegiate Bridge Tour
nament Committee has invited A
&M to participaite in the 1949 Na
tional Intercollegiate Bridge Tour
nament.
' A team of eight players will be
hosen to play a set of prepared
tands | which will be scored and
sent to the tournament committee.
The committee will then choose
finalists to play in a face-to-face
roupd in Chicago.
I The contest is; open to all under
graduate, students who are eligible
for intercollegiate activities. They
must be ^rolled at the time of
both the Regional Tournament in
February anil the final round in
April, according to the news re-
ItaM. s XJ • - ■
No entry fee iV required, and all
expenses to the fihal round of play
in Chicago will bk paid by the
Tournament Commiftec.
All interested persotas may con
tact Grady Elma, assistant direc-
tor of; Student Activities, for fur
ther details. The deadline^ for ap
plications i> December 20.
East Texans Clul
Meets in YMCA
scoreboard which read 6-0. That
night the corps took over the
city of Houston in a wild spree
that has known no equal in the
history of the school. They even
threw some of the Houston police
officers in their own jail.
Through newspaper articles, TU
fevered relations with A&M
charging the corps with “rowdy
ism” and the team with “pro
fessionalism.”
Under the captaincy of Tyree
Bell, the ’12 team came close to a
perfect season. They were only
scored upon once when the season
drew to a close and were named
Champions of the South. A game
was arranged with the champions
of the Middle-West, the Kansas
Aggies, which A&M lost 10-13.
A contemperary account of the
game with Ole Miss which A&M
won 17-0 mentions the game
only slightly but uses much
space in telling of the unusual
fact that twelve autos came to
the game from Brenham.
Heating Engineers
Hear Jamea Speat
The student chapter of the
American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers held a ban
quet meeting Tuesday night at
tl|e Fin Feather Club in Bryan.
John James, of the McDonald &
Miller Company, Chicago* spoke
.oh the use of relief valves in steam
and hot water heating systems.
The
can,
day night "for the insinuation of
student officers and for the pre
sentation of the official charter.
The A&M chapter is the seventh
to be chartered in the United
States. In honor of the occasion
the chapter was presented with a
baby rattle signifying a baby chap
ter and the latest to. bq install
William W. Maloney, National
T-
presentation for the society.
Student officers installed were:
John A. Whitacrej president; Bob-
m
peak on f‘Developm#rit of Selen
itic Attitudes in Public Sjchoola.’*
A talk cm "Soil anfl Water, Con
servation-An Economic, ilnd So
cial Necessity,” willjba delivered
by Roy L. Donahue, Extebkjion Ag
ronomist. Liverman Will apeak on
“The Part Played by Undergrad
uates in jthe Activities Of State
Academies of -Sciencf.";! ,
The only member Of. tile facul
ty scheduled to speak oh Friday
is William C. RasmUssen. Asso
ciate Professor of His
topic will be “Sands iof th* Texas
Gulf Coast-r-A Review."; . ,
C. C. Doak, head ai the Biology
Department, and Vernon A. Young
head of the ; Range and vForestry
Department will speak Saturday.
Doak’s topic will b* ‘Reciprocal
Crosses in Cupressusl” , and Young
will speak on “Certain* Consem-
tion Phases of Our Range and
Forest Resources.” St , *
Officers for the iw
be elected ]at the
meeting on S*
turdayarx
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by D. Stone, vice-president; Clyde
tor C. Henkell, secretary,
C. Spraggins, treasurer; and
As a token of appreciation, Ma
loney was presented with a set
of Texas A&M bookends cast and
polished in the A&M foundry.
Dean H. W. Barlow, and C. W.
Crawford^ V. M. Faires, D. W.
Fleming, L. G. Berryman, R. V,
Jarvi, and M. W. Watson were
present at the meeting.
A special meeting will be held
' the East Toxne Club Thursday
At 7:30 p. in.. In the YMCA, Bin
Hillard, president of the club, laid
yesterday.
All East Texas students are ask
ed to be present to help plan the
tmas and New Year’s Day
HiiiaM said, *
Agriculturist
11 On Sale Today
The November lasue of The
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Non-Nuhscrlbera can purchase
PglM
Annex. Copies can also be pur*
ihaned at the Agriculturist of-
Jjljil T: . ql/! / rj
subscribers who have not re-
felted their copy, may pick It
ctipt win ba necessary.
I. W.Rupel Speaks
To Dairyman .
The most needed minerals in a
dairy ration are calcium and phos
phorus, Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of
the Dairy Husbandry Department
told a group of dairymen and dairy
plant fieldmen yesterday.
The 70 dairymen from over the
state and members of the College
staff and Dairy Department heard
Dr. Rupel speak on the concentrat
ed situation. He told the group
that first, the dairy farmer should
figure out his roughage picture,
then feed enough protein to make
up what is lacking.
Good, green hay offers the high
est vitamin content, said Dr. Rupel,
and if the hay is cut,; dried and
stored correctly, the hay will have
a fairly high amount of vitamins.
Among, other'talks made at this
two-day meeting included those of
Dr. W. C. Banks, extenxion veteri
narian, on brucellosis; Dr. A. B.
Rich, San Antonio veterinarian, on
mastitis; G. G. Gibson, extension
dairyman, on feed supply for the
dairy herd; and Robert R. Lan
caster, extension pasture special
ist, on pasture management.
At a banquet last night in Sbisa
Hall the group heard Dean Charles
N. Shcpurdson, of the; school of
agriculture, tell of agriculture in
Central America. < c j
RENT REFUNDS Ul»
DALLAB, Dec, 9 -^Tenant*
in aight states. Including Texas,
received more than $81,000 In rent
refunds during November, an area
rent official reported. Ijf
Luther M. Milam, regional com
pliance .officer for the national
housing expediter, said that 1,233
tenants had received the refmdaj
He said the average refund per
person was $32.50.
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tods
la A|gravujtt«d
in most
by continued he!
The Mr,, cil
growth if smitl
winter weeds,
ail part* of
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Agriculture
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areks, brought on
>f rain,
weather held
pastures,
and rescue
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grass to A star|dati|l nearly every-
whe fP
Eastern and coai tal bend coun
ties;'had | fair moiiture supplies,
mostly suitable for growing crops
as vrclj hj for n feet iary field work.
Scattered soutl ern counties and
northern (count id ! of the high
plains we|e als > In fair shape, but
all roraaiping areas continues very
dry^ Some losses'Of small grain re
sulted from windstorms and freez
es and (frowth wai generally re-
retarded Jby low. te itipefutures and
lack of. moisture. *
, e wheat crop was holding up
well in norther i hi|;h plains count
ies, but all >ther areas, growth
waflat tu slant still
The c(?|l wealther of .the previoux
week-enjLthat destiloyed vegetable!
,in the Ekgle Pass winter garden-
Larpdo ^stricts r« ached Into the
low*r ‘Hip Grind* Valley on the
morning ^f tiid 30th.
■ Damage to tender crop* was
It the valley
treat-ead fraaa ‘
arOund 9Missijon ]» Roma. De-
spite th* low temperatures in all
^Teas of South T^xas, winter or
hardy ‘^type vegetables canie
through! in fa t;ly g(H»d condition.
Crops |n Uni coastal bend were.
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Cox
For
in especially good
by the
er' , sections were
progress. Harvest
coll, cab|agc, pa
was un ‘
Eagle .PAsrt,
Grande Valley diapricts.
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ter pjaht ^f the week oth-
showing good
of beets, broo
ts, and spinach
my n the winter garden
, Lpredp and lower Rio
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A. O. PAYTON, senior student
in agricultural education, has
been awarded a $300 Borden
Milk Company award. The an
nual award goes (dhtlw senior
student who has the; highest
grade point average >:jlripr to his
<if>ninr vear. ! : iS
of fire
cera ev<
conduct!
Firemen)
exasTFiremen
rst ftatewide conference
leparfment training offi-
nl 1-
World
. Texas,
a five-
senior year. , ; -
Payton, a velerAii of
War II, is from NOvadi
He is married and hap
year old daughter.!,;'^
Radi. Interview
Discussed by FFA
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helit in! Texas is being
in AUstib this week. The
Training School is be-
ing: cSnkuctef by the Industrial
Service of A&M.
., r ogra n is designed to
gather 5 And e: :change ideas .from
both volunteer and paid depart-
mefits/H.-R. Eriayiion, of t^he Indus
trial Extension Sepvice, director of
the school, say*; All efforts will
be ? dimted. jowalrd coordinating
methodsfbf coi nbating the hazards”
? |$j 11
Future Farmers of Ameri
chapter members dlkeualsed me
ods of using the int*rviaw-typg of
radio program at thMili; last meet
ing, according ‘ ( to D. ! A./Adam,
Radio Extension Dihector/for the
lf(
Texas Farm and Hfnie Program,
who is conducting th* radio school
Braytonjsaid.
B.acHi|ies and uxihixj
city of JAusti: i i arte being used at
the;; dtiif tower and for inside as
sembly, j
Fire .losses ovei the nation for
th* 12 month! endinr November 1,
taij»l«Vyl2 mililion dollars in pro-
pecty,;Nearly 05 million dollars of
/ the loses was n T 5xas.
The i?fforts of A&M in an at-
tempt tp brir g a >out a. reduction
Mpff (mms ' h,ve
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Proper technique
of program • was/ demonstrai
Student prepared Iradlo scripts,
then recorded them qn A wire re
corder. During/the latter part of
their meeting/ the recordings were
Pl Adwn udd the gMuft discussed
and critipnied them. Ha.'hlso stated
j
' Chari
Bubb*’?
that this type of cr
benefigial and conatr
ing Students eorr
tjeclmique., ,
Panel*type radio
be emphasized at
ing Thursda
Agricultu
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>r March
Rogers, Gus Wheeler and
y w|ere pppeinted to con-
trWrt thte ban l folf the Cattlemen’*
Ball which will no held sometime
h. The;ac|twal date will be
n b; r ftha Saddle and Sir-
fa mlemberii at the next
January 4.
Ir Tuesday meeting, the
used the Cattlemen's Ball,
tlon of dew officers, and
|g Its constitution. /
Kn hi. was elected chair*
he cdniunlttiie in charge of
j tho constitution. Billy
ami 0 D Rankin are also
»nim Uoe. *!
ion waa reached to nomi*
1. J
, the
ajnd tp Vote upon them
ng after tho
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before the atm*
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