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The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1949 , Number 99 — ————— — * —— — Six students have been announced as winners of the Herman F. Keep scholarships by Dr. I. W. Rupel, head, Dairy Husbandry Department. Pictured, left to right, Dr. Rupel, Jas. E. Kennedy; Hilmer H. Schuelke; Rayford C. Kay; Percy C. Burk; Calvin Rinn; John P. Denies. Dogfood for a Year . . . A&M Student and Wife Win ‘Second Honeymoon’ Contest Clark Works On Arabian Ag Project By ROLLY C. KOLBYE Sam Jenkins, captain of the Aggie basketball team, in jected a bright note in the otherwise sombre journey of A&M cagers through the North and East. Jenkins, one of the two married squadmen, was selected to appear on the “Second Honeymoon” program in New York last Thursday and he walked offH^ with an estimated $500 to $1000 in' 1 prizes plus a one-week, all expense paid second honeymoon at the Edgewater Beach Hotel at Gulf port, Biloxi, Mississippi. A civil engineering major who will graduate in January, Jenkins gave the winning answer to the question “Why Should you have a second honeymoon?” and flowers for Mrs. Jen- purse, kins. A six-months-old cocker span iel and a year’s supply of dog food were included in the prizes. No basketballs will make the trip in the new luggage, Jenkins de clared. / Extension Service Jenkins replied that his marri age had been delayed by three years of army service, part of this time as a prisoner of war, and that he and Nancy (Mrs. Jenkins, a secretary in the VA here) were married in August 1947, when he was discharged. Since he wanted to continue his education, they moved immediately from El Paso to College Station. This left very little time for a honeymoon, he said. “Everytime school lets out for holidays, they put a basketball in my hands and send me someplace to play,” he continued, explaining why he and his wife had never been able to promote a honeymoon. Included in the prizes won by Jenkins is the expense paid trip, new luggage, a wrist watch for himself and one for his wife, a man’s suit and six white shirts and a ladies suit, two pairs of shoes, a Kyle Named To 1 State Prison Board E. J. Kyle, former Dean of Agri culture here, has been appointed to the State Prison Board for a six year term expiring February 2, 1955. Announcement of the appoint ment was made Friday by Gover nor Beauford Jester. Film Library Tops USDA Distributors The Texas Extension Service 16 mm. film library is the nation’s No. 1 distributor of U S Depart ment of Agriculture movies, ac cording to ratings received from Chester Lindstrom, chief of the USDA Motion Picture Service. In addition to USDA films, the library contains movies on loan from commercial concerns, a num ber pui’chased from other colleges and some made by the Extension Service. The library now contains 195 different movies with a total of 283 prints, with 42 new subjects added during the past year. The annual report of Jack T. Sloan, ex tension visual aids specialist, show that the films were shown 8,193 times in 1948 to a total audience of 360,547. This compared with 609 showings and an audience of 53,842 in 1945. While the library service is pri marily for the use of county agri- cultural and home demonstration agents, the films are also available for use of other components of the A&M College System. Texas University is also a de pository for USDA films. Mrs. Sallie Clark, former owner of the A&M Grill, has received a letter from her son, Joe Clark, class of ’46, who is working on an agriculture project for the King of Arabia. The royalty of Arabia made an extensive tour of the States last year, including the A&M campus, observing agricultural m e thods employed in this country. Numer ous American agriculturists have been employed by the Arabian gov ernment to supervise modern meth ods of farming and to carry on research. Clark’s letter reported that he is supervisor of 800 acres on the Byidijah farm in A1 Kharj, Saudi Arabia. Four hundred of these acr es are in alfalfa, he said. Clark is now leveling some land for cultivation using a diesel motor grader, and a D-8 Caterpillar. This land, Clark said, has never before been in cultivation, and 60 acres of melons have been planted. Houses on the farm are much like haciendos found in Mexico. Clark said that lots of wild game can be hunted in Arabia. He has killed 3 foxes, 14 mallard ducks and many sand grouse. The king’s brother-in-law invited a group of Americans to his house for dinner, where they were served a whole baked chicken each, and roast camel covered with rice. They ate with their hands, since the use of silverware is not the custom of that country, Clark’s letter stated. YA Pension Cases Increase Slightly Compensation and pension cases on Veterans Administration rolls increased from 2,878,000 on Octo ber 1, 1948, to 2,879,000 on Novem ber 1—the first increase in six months. The peak was reached August 1, 1947, when the Veterans Administration reported 2,894,000 cases. Use of Bryan Air Field For 1949-50 School Year Expected, Says Bolton Extension Service Makes Changes Appointment of a new specialist and three changes in assignments of Extension Service workers have been an nounced by Dr. Ide P. Trotter, director. Effective January 1: J. A. Gray, associate professor of animal husbandry, was Cudlipp Named To A&M Board ♦appointed extension animal hus bandman. He will specialize in sheep, goat, wool and mohair pro duction, with headquarters at San Angelo. J. W. Potts, 4-H club special ist, was named assistant exten sion editor. Of Directors A. E. Cudlipp of Lufkin has been named to the A&M Board of Directors by Gover nor Beauford Jester to suc ceed H. L. Kekernot of Alpine who is retiring. George R. White of Brady and -E. W. Harrison of South Bend were reappointed. All three were named for six- year terms ending January 10, 1955. Cudlipp is an East Texas indus trialist and civic leader. He is vice president of the Lufkin Foundry and a pioneer in manufacturing oil-well pumping and other field equipment. ★ A. F. Mitchell of Corsicana was also named a member of the State Highway Commission by Jester to succeed J. S. Redditt of Lufkin. Mitchell is a graduate of A&M and a former employee of the State Highway Department. He is a member of the A&M Develop ment Fund Board and has been active in former student work. R. G. Potts of Harlingen, an other A&M graduate, has been appointed to the Commission ef fective February 15 to succeed Fred Knetsch. These appointments will place two A&M men on the three-man board. Both must be approved by the State Senate, but no opposition is expected. TEXAS NEW YEAR’S ^ DEATHS HIT 38 MARK Texas’ violent death toll over the New Year’s holiday was at least 38. The number of violent deaths reported by state police from Dec. 23 to Jan. 1 was 144, with traffic taking 70 lives. Fifteen persons were killed in traffic acidents during the New Year’s holiday. Two died in a plane crash, the others by various forms of violence. Three persons died in traffic ac cidents during heavy rains in southeast Texas Sunday. Killed in three separate acci dents during heavy rains in the Beaumont area Sunday afternoon were Mrs. Lucy D. Morgan, age unknown, of Magnolia Springs in Jasper county; Mrs. Ida Bell Jones, 35, Jasper, and O. C. Long, a 67- year-old Negro woman. Fourteen other persons were injured in the accidents. Effective February 1: Floyd Lynch, district agent for the Corpus Christi-Valley-Laredo area, was named state 4-H club leader. Ted Martin, poultry husband man, will succeed Lynch as dis trict agent. Gray was born in Spokane, Washington and received BS and MS degrees from the University of Wyoming. He conducted wool research and supervised the Wy oming wool laboratory before coming to A&M in 1940 as in structor in animal husbandry. Graduated From Tech Potts was bom in Lubbock, is a graduate of Texas Tech and at tended the USDA Graduate School in Washington, D. C. He was < appointed assistant county agricultural agent for Harris coun ty in 1933 and subsequently served as assistant in agricultural con servation for Castro County and was county agent for Stonewall and Castro counties before his ap pointment as assistant state boys’ club agent in 1938. In 1944, he was named assistant state farm labor supervisor and in December, 1945, 4-H club specialist. Lynch was bom in Point, Rains County and is a graduate of East Texas State Teachers College. He was appointed assistant county ag ricultural agent for Nueces county in 1935 and later served Jones and Eastland counties as county agent. His appointment as district agent came in April, 1945. - 1939 A&M Graduate Martin was bom in Osage, Cor yell County and is a 1939 graduate of A&M. After two years of com mercial poultry and hatchery work in Houston and Normangee, he was appointed assistant county agri cultural agent of Hidalgo County. He served Zavala County as agent for two years before his appoint ment in January, 1944, as poultry husbandman, a position he has held continuously except for service with the Navy in 1945-46. WEATHER ....East Texas — Showers in east, partly cloudy in west, much cold er in the north and west portions this afternoon. Clearing and much colder to night with lowest temperatures 10- 20 in northwest and extreme north and 22-32 interior of south and east-central portions. Strong southerly winds on the coast shift ing to northerly late today. Facilities Needed for 1,200 Students Off Campus; Drop in Enrollment Not Predicted Bryan Field Annex will probably have to be used throughout the 1949-50 school year, according to President F. C. Bolton. “Unless we have an unexpected sharp drop in enrollment,” he pointed out, “we will again be faced with a shortage of dormitory rooms, classrooms and laboratories on the main campus, necessitating outside facilities to care for at least 1200 students.” Short Course On Uses of 2,4-D Scheduled Here January 20 - 21 Rice, cotton and manufacturing interests are getting together here January 20-21 for a short course on uses of 2,4-D. The meeting is primarily for custom airplane crop service operators and pilots. It will be the first thorough coverage on all phases of the new weed killer—which has caused+ much controversy in the past—in the nation. The meeting will be sponsored jointly by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and the Exten sion Service. Dr. A. A. Dunlap, head of A&M’s department of plant physiology and pathology, is gen eral chairman. Out of state speakers include L. S. Evans of the USDA bureau of plant industry, Beltsville, Mary land; Claude L. Welch, of the Na tional Cotton Council, Memphis, Tennessee; O. K. Hedden of the USDA agricultural engineering la- Medical Students, Fifth Year Men Draft Deferred New exemptions for graduates of advanced ROTC, subject to ser vice under the Selective Service Act, have been announced by Lt. Col. W. S. McElheney, Executive Officer of the Military Depart ment. The following persons are ex empt: Those pursuing courses of instruction which normally require five full academic years of college- level training for a baccalaureate degree will be called to active duty following completion of five aca demic years of college-level train ing (not to extend beyond five calendar years) or completion of the course, whichever occurs earl ier. Those who are accepted for, or scheduled to enter a recognized school of medicine, dentistry, vet erinary medicine, theology or di vinity, will not be ordered to duty so long as they are successfully pursuing fulltime courses in these fields, to include required intern ships. boratory of Toledo, Ohio; and L. S. Hitchner of the Agricultural In secticide and Fungicide Associa tion of' New York City. Representatives of the Ameri can Rice Growers Association and Civil Aeronautics Associa tion will also take part in the meeting. The CAA recently pro hibited applications of 2,4-D in dust form from airplanes. A demonstration of airplane spraying equipment is scheduled at .the college-owned Easterwood Air port under the direction of Guy Smith, airport manager. Cotton farmers—who have re ported heavy cotton damage when 2,4-D was dusted on nearby' rice fields to control weeds—will hear a progress report from D. R. Ergle A&M chemist, on the effects of small amounts of 2,4-D on the de velopment of cotton plants. Speakers from A&M include M. K. Thornton, agricultural chemist, who will report on damage from 2,4-D in Texas and other areas; Dr. R. D. Lewis, station director, who will discuss the outlook for research with weed killers; and J. D. Prewit, extension vice director, who will review the responsibilities of the Extension Service in the safe use of 2,4-D. D. D. Clinton, Harris County Agricultural Agent, will cover “The cotton farmer and 2,4-D,” while E, C. Tullis, plant path ologist of the Beaumont substa tion, will discuss meterological conditions governing safe appli cations of the weed killer. Dr. Dunlap, Station Vice Direc tor S. E. Jones, and Extension As sistant State Agent E. C. Martin will preside. Agronomy Society Schedules Picnic Cloyce M. Terrell Takes Army Tour Cloyce M. Terrell, a 1948 grad uate from Plainview and second lieutenant in the Infantry Section of the Organized Reserve Corps has reported to the Army for a three year tour of duty, Colonel Oscar B. Abbott, senior army in structor for the Organized Reser ves in Texas, announced today. He is stationed with the 2nd “Hell on Wheels” Armored Division et Camp Hood, Texas. The annual Agronomy Society picnic will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Bryan, Virgil C. Caraway announced this morning. Fried chicken and all the trimmings will be served. Dancing will follow the dinner. Tickets are one dollar each and must be purchased from Miss Tay lor in the agronomy office in the Agriculture Experiment Station Building by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Cara way said. Transportation will be available at 6 p.m. Thursday in front of the Agriculture Experiment Station. Classrooms, Labs Full “The room shortage is not, how ever, our most serious problem,” President Bolton added. “Today we have every classroom and labora tory filled all but a few hours a day. Bringing in another 1,000 to 1,200 students might be accom plished by crowding three students in most of our rooms, but could not be handled without starting classes at seven in the morning, running some through the noon hour, and possibly conducting some classes at night. This is impossible, if we are to continue to operate efficiently under a military system.” Marvin C. Nichols To Address TSCE Maiwin C. Nichols, consulting engineer of Ft. Worth, will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the J. T. L. McNew Student Chap ter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Civil Engineering Lec ture Room, a rejorter for the or ganization announced. Nichols, who has been practic ing civil engineering in Texas, will speak on “Water Supply and Treat ment for Texas Cities.” Conference Sportsmanship, Organization of A&M System Rank High . . . Student Center And Turkey Game Named Highlights Of Year By LARRY GOODWYN They stemmed from footballs in Memorial Stadium and state-wide political issues to closed rooms involving million dollar business deals but, in any event, A&M’s ten top stories of 1948 made news, not only at Aggieland, but across the state as well. The Battalion’s annual rankings of news stories throughout the year produced a selection of events that touched almost every major division of the college. Sports, administration, military happenings, student-prof relations, new buildings, and changes effecting the status of A&M years in the future, were included in the ten stories that finally survived an hour long session of The Battalion editorial boai’d. The opinion was not unanimous and there were some hot words when it was all over, but, for better or worse, here are the “Ten Top Stories of 1948 at A&M.” 1. STUDENT CENTER—The awarding of the contract to the McKee Construction Company to build A&M’s new million dollar plus Student Union won the nod as Aggieland’s top story of 1948. The significance of the event and its influence on the future at A&M added to the importance as a new story of the letting of the Student Center contract. Still more than a year away from completion, the Student Memorial Center promises to be big news throughout the coming year as well. 2. 14-14 TIE WITH TEXAS—The Thanksgiving “victory” in Memorial Stadium in Austin, undoubtedly the most “gladdening” of 1948’s news stories, was given the second spot. Ending a 24 year reign of successive Longhorn victories in Memorial Stadium, the Aggies 14-14 tie received many first place votes and finished a strong second. 3. SPORTSMANSHIP IN CONFERENCE—The wholeheartedness with which the entire Southwest Conference has taken part in good sportsmanship rated the third spot. Because of the interest shown in the annual sportsmanship award inaugurated by The Battalion last year, the awarding of the trophy this spring shapes up as a major event. 4. REORGANIZATION OF THE A&M SYSTEM—The Adminis trative shuffle which elevated Gibb Gilchrist to the Chancellory and Dr. F. C. Bolton to the Presidency ranked fourth among the stories of 1948. Probably the most far-reaching as far as its influence of the future of A&M is concerned, the reorganization story also included the elevation of Dean M. T. Harrington to the post of acting dean of the college and D. W. Williams to Vice-Chancellor of the A&M System. Under the new organization, presidents were installed for the first time at John Tarleton, NTAC, and Prairie View, and the administration of all measures effecting the members of the system was coordinated un der one man, the Chancellor. 5. PRESIDENT BOLTON’S INAUGURATION—The inauguration cerenfonies on November 18 for President Bolton gained the fifth rung of the 1948 news ladder at Aggieland. Featured by a Corps Review in honor of the new president, the ceremonies marked the fourteenth time a president has stepped into A&M’s presidency, in the college’s 60 year history. 6. MILITARY—Two notable changes occurred in the realm of the military department. First was the reactivation in the spring of the Ross Volunteers, an honorary company, which was inactive during the war. The unit composed of juniors and senior distinguished for military and academic achievement made its first public appearance during the Muster ceremonies last spring and appeared again as honor guard for Governor Beauford Jester at the Thanksgiving Day football game. The other important change brought Col. H. L. Boatner to the post of commandant of the College, replacing Col. Guy S. Meloy. 7. CONFERENCE TRACK STORY—The successful defense of their Southwest Conference Track Championship by Colonel Frank An derson’s track team earned the seventh spot on the title. Sparked by top heavy victories in the field events and the quarter mile events, the Aggies established themselves as a perennial power in the cinder sport and are favored to repeat again in ’49. 8. POLITICS—The successful campaigns of Peyton McKnight, James Presnal, and Andy Rogers for posts in the State Legislature placed politics on the list of A&M’s top stories. Another political item: The unsuccessful campaign for the United State Senate by F. B. Clark, former professor in the Economics Department. 9. BIZARRE OCCURRENCES—Unusual events rated front page mention several times during the course of 1948. The holdup in broad daylight of a janitress outside the Petroleum Engineering Building highlighted the spring semester which also included several raids, suc cessful and otherwise, on department offices prior to exam week. The appearance of an “unidentified” schmoo on the campus early in the fall created speculation for days on the campus before the mystery was finally solved. The election to discover A&M’s Ugly Man involved two weeks of campaigning on the part of 29 entrants and a runoff election between five contenders that resulted in the election of Charlie Munden. 10. RATING OF INSTRUCTORS—Winding up the Battalion’s list of top stories for 1948 was the ranking of profs by students. Filling out standardized forms which asked student opinion of instructors ac cording to “scholarships, fairness, and ability to present subject,” the ratings were held early in 1948 and were regarded as a definite step in the realm of progressive education. ★ There they are, A&M’s top stories of 1948 as seen by The Batta lion’s editorial staff. There undoubtedly is some question concerning the relative merit of each story. They wei’e judged both on the basis of current student interest and an overall importance and effect of the story to A&M as a whole. Thus, the' football game with Texas ranked high on student interest, but its overall importance could not match the building of the new student center. Honorable mention stories for 1948 included the ranking of College Station at the top of Texas’ health list—a real tribute to local mer chants—and the installation of lounges in each two dorms. The latter accomplishment, bringing immediate remedy to a need that the Student Center promises to satisfy to a greater degree when it is completed, probably ranks first on the student’s “appreciation” list for ’48. ★ The editorial board added the accomplishments of that Fighting Texas Aggie Band as a post script. According to the unanimous decision of the staff, the Band won every engagement in which it participated.