The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1949 , Number 99
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.