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NEWS In Brief CONGRESS PAVES WAY FOR TRUMAN’S PROGRAM ^ WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 —(#)— The new Democratic - controlled Congress met Monday. Adminis tration men promptly rammed through the House a new rule aim ed to ease the way for President Truman’s legislative program. Although there were squawks from Republican leaders and some Democrats, the rule went through on voice approval after a 275 to 142 test roll call vote. Voting for the rule change were 225 Democrats, 49 Republicans and one American-Laborite. Against it were 111 Republicans and 31 Dem ocrats. The test was generally regarded among the legislators as a mea sure of Mr. Truman’s increased power on Capitol Hill since his election victory. What the rule does is this: It takes from the rules committee some of its power to keep legis lation from coming to a vote on the House floor. That committee has blocked some administration measures in the past because Republicans and Sou thern Democrats on the group have worked together to form a ma jority. 147,000 TEXANS UNDER GI BILL DALLAS, Jan. 4 —<A>)_ Texas war veterans received $247,000,000 under the GI Bill of Rights and other federal legislation during 1948, the Dallas Branch office of Veterans Administration reported today. Veterans attending college or in dustrial schools or enrolled in job training courses received the larg est amounts, $151,311,682, the agency said. As the year ended, approximate ly 147,000 Texas veterans of World War II were enrolled in school or training courses under the GI Bill, the report showed. Next largest disbursement was $75,988,010 for disability compensa tion and pensions. Veterans of all wars, however, were included in this group. A total of 121,000 vet erans were on VA’s disability com pensation rolls at year’s end. GREYHOUND AND UNION RESUME WAGE PARLEYS FORT WORTH, Jan. 4 —(TP)— Wage negotiations between South western Greyhound Lines and the Union representing 1,600 employes were resumed Monday here with federal conciliator C. T. Emery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the middle. The parleys started last fall be tween the firm and, Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric, Railway and Motor Coaches em ployes of America (AFL) and were recessed for Christmas holidays. Negotiations concern employes in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, 3 Louisiana, Colorado, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas. AMBASSADOR SMITH ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF POST WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 —l#)— Walter Bedell Smith, ambassador to Russia, said yesterday he im agines some Soviet leaders prefer a “conciliatory” attitude toward the United States rather than a “policy of harshness.” Smith made the statement after a call on President Truman during which he said he asked to be re lieved of his post as ambassador. Newsmen asked him whether he could identify “certain leaders” of the Soviet who, Mr. Truman said recently, are “exceedingly anxious” to reach an understanding with this country. Smith said he could not. He then added: “I imagine there are in the Soviet Union certain leaders who are more desirous of being con ciliatory than they are of pursuing the policy of harshness we have encountered. But it would be dif ficult to say who they are.” DANIEL SAYS TEXAS TO DEFEND TIDELANDS AUSTIN, Jan. 4 —(TP)— Texas will challenge the authority of the attorney general of the United States to file suit for title to its tidelands, Attorney General Price Daniel said today. “We will be ready with our mem orandum brief within the two weeks allowed for protest by the court,” Daniel said. He had been informed the Su preme Court has set that time limit for filing of any protest to the recent suit filed by U. S. At torney General Tom Clark claim ing title to Texas and Louisiana tidelands. Texas will join with Louisiana in contending that the Supreme Court has no right to consider Clark’s suit, Daniel said. WEATHER East Texas — Cloudy to partly cloudy; much colder in east and south portions this afternoon. Partly cloudy, much colder in south and ex treme east to night with lowest temperatures 18- 28 in north ex cept 8-16 in the upper Red River Valley and 28-32 in south portion, sxcept slightly above freezing in the Brownsville area. Wednesday partly cloudy and continued cold. Strong noi’therly winds on the coast diminishing Wednesday. The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1949 ‘ Number 100 Phi Eta Sigma To Have Initiation Initiation cremonies for the A&M Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, national honorary society for sophomores, will begin at 5 p. m. tomorrow in Sbisa Hall, according to L. V. Mas- sengale, Jr., chapter president. Dr. M. L. Warded, grand historian of Phi Eta Sigma of the University of Oklahoma, will-* conduct the initiation. In addition to the 3 honorary members and Elmo Livingston, senior adviser, 65 eligible sophomores will partici pate in the ceremonies. Aiding in the ceremonies will be Dean Arno Nowotny, faculty ad viser for Phi Eta Sigma at the University of Texas, and five char ter members of the chapter tnere. Wesley W. Smith, instructor in the A&M ME Department, who be came a chapter member at Mon tana State University in 1930, will also participate. Convene In Sbisa Prospective chapter members will convene in Sbisa Lounge at 5 p. m., Massengale said. While they are waiting, each student will fill out a membership blank which James Pianta, chapter secretary, will provide. Non-corps students have been asked to wear a business suit or a coat and tie; corps members have been requested by Massengale to wear Number 1 uniforms. Following the initiation ceremon ies at 7 p. m., the initiation banquet will be served in the large dining i-oom. Dr. Wardell will give a his tory of the national honorary so ciety after the banquet. 3 Honorary Members President F. C. Bolton, Dean M. T. Harrington, and Dr. J. P. Ab bott, dean at the Annex and facul ty adviser, will be initiated at the beginning of the ceremonies as honorary members of the local chapter. All eligible member's of the chapter have been asked by Mas sengale to see James Pianta, Rob ert Ransom, or James O’Brien sometime today and secure tickets. Each student will pay $1.25 for the banquet ticket. Chapter mem bers have been asked to pay an additional dollar which has been assessed all members to cover ad ditional chapter costs when they buy their banquet tickets. Records Burned As Raiders Force Security Office A large pile of burnt and sodden papers was all that remained this morning of many of the records belonging to the campus security office after the office was forcibly entered about 10:30 last night. Patrolman R. P. Batten discover ed the blazing records as they lay outside the north window of the office. With the help of several college employees he succeeded in putting out the flame, but not be fore many of the stolen records had been destroyed either by the fire or fluid from a fire extinguisher. Chief of Campus Security, Fred Hickman, would issue no state ment last night, and declined to comment on the damage. No persons were seen entering the office, but it was apparent from the damage that whoever the person or persons were who had done the job, had gathered the papers, thrown them through the window and then set fire to them. No further action by the campus security force was hinted at last night. Market Survey On Campus Will Start Jan. 10 A college market survey will be conducted during the week of January 10-14 by The Battalion staff in cooperation with the National Advertising Service Inc., Sid Wise, in charge of Battalion advertis ing, announced today. The survey forms, designed to discover the college buying trends will aid advertisers who use The Battalion. The questionnaires are printed by the NAS and distribut ed to colleges all over the country, where similar surveys are being held, Wise said. Conducted scientifically, the survey will consist of question ing a representative sample of corps and veteran freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors Wise said. The questionnaires will be tabulated locally and sent to the NAS in New York City. Wise asked all persons interest ed in helping with the survey to contact him in the Batt office dur ing this week. Student Activities Office Displays Club Pictures Club pictures that have been taken for the 1949 Longhorn are now on display in the Student Ac tivities office. Club members wishing reprints of these pictures may order them at Student Activities, Truman Mar tin, Longhorn co-editor, announc ed. Prints will cost 75 cents each. Club pictures now available are S.A.M. Wives Club, Geology Club, El Paso Club, Cass County Club, Austin Club, Del Rio Club, ASME, Bell County Club, F. F. A., Trans- Pecos Club, Beaumont Club, Econo mics Club, AIChE, Range and For estry Club, Panhandle Club, Kream and Kow Club, Waco-McLennan County Club. The IAS Club, Tau Beta Pi, Sul Ross Study Club, Wesley Founda tion, ASHVE, Aggie Christian Fel lowship, Petroleum Club, Phi Eta Sigma, Henderson County Club, Navarro County Club, Heart O’ Texas Club, Montague Club, and Falls County Club. TEXAS ARMY CAMPS TO BE EXPANDED SHERMAN, Texas, Jan. 4 —(TP) Army engineers hope to award contracts in two months for con struction of 132 permanent quart ers for military personnel costing $2,135,372 at Fort Worth Carswell Air Base and other Texas military posts, according to the Sherman Democrat’s Washington News Bu reau. • This information was released by engineers to Rep. Ken Regan, Mid land. M. M. KOTHMANN, left, of San Antonio, is the winner of the first annual Brewer Award presented to the outstanding student in animal husbandry. ROY A. BREWER of San Antonio, Class of ’19 and donor, is shown with Kothmann. 4 Aggies, 2 Advisors Attend Kansas Religious Conference Four A&M students and two advisors attended the first Ecumenical Student Conference held at Lawrence, Kansas, December 27 to January 1. Representing the YMCA were Bob Latson, Jarvis Miller, C. L. Ray, and J. Gordon Gay, assistant secretary. Cleve Walkup and Ferris Baker-* director, repi'esented the Wesley ^ _ Came Banquet Planned For Disabled Vets Foundation. Entitled “World Churchmanship —1948,” the conference was plan ned to introduce undergraduate leadership to the ecumenical re formation. The conference was sponsored of fifteen church student movements, the YMCA, and the YWCA. Over 1200 delegates from every part of the country were present, along with fraternal delegates from na tional movements all over the world. Under the direction of religious leaders, the conference included worship, discussion groups, Bible study, mixers, and platform ad dresses. Dr. D. Elton Trueblood, profes sor of philosophy at Earlham Col lege and editor and author of re ligious publications, delivered the principal address. Names for Annual Being Collected In ‘Longhorn’ Office Eight different names have been submitted to the Longhorn Editors as possible names for the A&M Annual, Earl Rose, co-editor, said yesterday. “We have had eight different names submitted with some dupli cations,” Rose said. Names submitted include Twelfth Man, The Final Review, Aggieland 1949, Aggieland, Aggie Spirit, Bonfire, Reveille, and Spirit of Aggieland. These names and all other names submitted up until 5 p. m. today will be included on the ballot which will be distributed Thursday. “Some of the names which have been submitted have been too long” Rose added. “If possible, the name should be one word with two words a maximum.” Interesting But Unprofitable. All Elements Rebel While Orchestra Tours Country By DAVE COSLETT Braving dust, snow, and cold, cold winds, the Aggieland Orches tra spent a mighty busy two week “holiday” scattering melody and merriment over every corner of the state. Their reward?—a lost suit of clothes, a chance to see a lot of Texas highway (2,955 miles to be exact), and interesting items, aplenty, for their scrap book. Starting early the morning of December 20 when most Aggies wei'e finding out what it feels like to sleep late for once, these am bitious tune-hustlers headed for their first stop, Haskell. To set things off with the proverbial bang, a dust storm greeted them upon their arrival in the West Texas city. Something a little more pow erful than any dust storm was also there to greet them, though for they found none other than ‘Jarrin’ Jawn’ Kimbrough among the customers at their first holi day dance. Kimbrough, they found out, had just finished a season with the Los Angeles Dons professional football team. Tuesday found the Aggielanders in San Angelo playing for a crowd including Aggies from every sec tion of the state. It was the following day in Odes sa, though, that marked the oc curence of the trip’s first mishap. After senerading members and guests of the Trans-Pecos Club, the group somehow managed to get off minus Bill Turner’s suitcase. This mistake was not rectified un til the following week. Thursday’s stop, Amarillo, prov ed to be, of all the cities, the most hospitable host to the musicians. Not only did the Amarillo papers print a front-page picture of the orchestra, but obliging Panhandle Aggies supplied free room and board for Turner’s Troops. High light of the Amarillo dance was a rendition of “I’d Rather Be a Texas Aggie” by Jack Littlejohn, writer of the song. A heavy fog and some cold breezes offered the only hardships . Wichita Falls was the base of operations Christmas Eve as the band played for the Wichita Falls A&M Club. The following day found the band members having their Christmas party— on a bus en route to Ft. Worth. Their Christmas dinner, eaten during a stop-over in “Cow town” consisted of ‘two Coney-Islands.’ By night the orchestra was in Brenham where they played for a dance in an “octagan-shaped bam with a heater in the middle of it.” With the thermometer showing 34 degrees outside and, according to one of the orchestra members, low er inside, the Aggielanders were forced to don overcoats while sup plying the night’s music. After a one day lay-off, the boys headed for Laredo where a few musicians from across the border joined the rythm section of the Aggieland for some Latin American renditions. The following day found Turner and his boys doing some mighty quick changing when they complet ed their 445 mile jaunt to Port Arthur, a bare fifteen minutes be fore dance-time. Although it took some real hustling, the boys suc ceeded in finding rooms, eating, and cleaning up in time to start the music only 15 minutes late. From Port Arthur the boys came back nearer “home” for a session in Waco. Since they were scheduled to play Marlin the next (See ORCHESTRA, Page 6) Four hundred disabled vet erans of the Houston Naval Hospital will be treated to a wild game banquet in Hous ton January 10, according to Sam Sausley of Bryan. The banquet is sponsored by the hunters of southeast Texas. Andy Anderson, sportswriter for Houston Press, has received the cooperation of sporting-goods deal ers who have placed quick-freeze boxes in their stores where hunters may preserve their game contribu tions until they can be collected. Sam Sausley and W. M. Wickes, class of ’06, have urged local hunt ers who bag more game than they can use, or anyone who would like to share his game with the dis abled veterans, to deposit game gifts in the pickup box in their store at 702 North College, Bryan. Venison, ducks, geese, squirrels quail, turkeys, or portions of these game animals will be ap preciated Sausley said. One hun ter has already donated an en tire deer carcass. Anderson will be in Bryan Thursday evening where he may be interviewed by anyone interested in contributing to the banquet, Sausley said. All ROTC Fields Open For Advanced Students Advanced ROTC contracts will be available for the spring semester in all depart ments of the Army branches and the U. S. Air Force, Colonel H. L. Boatner, PMS&T, an nounced today. In order to be eligible to accept an advanced ROTC contract, a student must be academically classified as a junior, be physically fit and either be a veteran with over one year’s active service or have completed basic ROTC. Engineer Features Latest in Science Fourteen Aggies Accepted by AAF For Pilot Training Fourteen Aggies have been con ditionally accepted by the air force for pilot training, Major Julian Dandy, Jr., interviewer and exami ner of the air force traveling col lege procurement team, announced today. January and June graduates pas sing the preliminary examinations were: Allan Ralph Smith, Kauf man; Joseph John Putegnat, Jr., Brownsville; Frank Louis West, Houston; Dan Worth Ragsdale, Ft. Worth; George Donald Pickets, San Antonio; Felix Brockman Pro- bandt, San Angelo; John Paul Robinson, Corsicana. Undergraduates passing the ex amination were: Walter Ray, Aus tin; James Burks, Baird; Robert Corbell, Bellaire; James Greeson, Hawkins; Joe Pate, Wharton; Leo nard Hillebrandt, Jr., Baytown; and Jimmie Lester, Dallas. Commissioning Of Reserves Slated Reserve commissions will be pre sented to students completing mili tary science this semester at 8 p. m. January 20 in Guion Hall, Col. H. L. Boatner, PMS&T, announced today. Major General K. L. Berry, Ad jutant General of the State of Texas, will present the commis sions, Boatner said. Over 100 students are scheduled to receive appointments as second lieutenants in the army and air force reserves. By BUDDY LUCE Any guys or gals with wheels in their heads and leanings toward the scientific need only to read the December issue of The Engineer to stock up on wagonloads of sim plified scientific summations. Among the gadgets so consum- ingly covered in this issue of the magazine are stratovision, gas cy cling, aircraft and their engines, ultrafax, and other new develop ments in the modern scientific field. R. B. Harwood, editor, has com piled lucid articles to tempt even the less mechanical minded. Ken neth Marak, are director, with the aid of his staff of artists, displays these ideas and developments ' in outstanding fashion with clearly illustrative photos and drawings. Stratovision, a method of trans mitting television over large areas by relay transmission from high-flying airplanes, was de veloped by C. E. Nobles, ’39, now engineering for Westinghouse. Stratovision’s employment gets full treatment in an article by William T. Miller. Recycling of natural gas, a re latively new development in the petroleum industry, attained front page publicity lately when the Texas Railroad Commission order ed the shutdown of 15 oil fields as a conservation measure until recycling operations were begun. C. L. Mills discusses the engineer ing and economic aspects of this method of producing butane, pro pane, and the other vital pertoleum hydrocarbons. “Ground Water” by D. N. Brown is a survey of the water resources of Texas and the problems involv ed in lowering of the water table. Water, long regarded as a free economic good, is just now gain ing attention from engineers and conservationists. Brown’s article is a valuable introduction to the sub- Senate to Meet At YMCA Wednesday The Student Senate will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the Assembly Room of the YMCA, Charles D. Kirkham, president of thte Student Senate, announced to day. Among the items on the agenda are the discussion of identification cards for students, the coming election to determine the name of the college annual, and the planned WSSF drive. Also there will be the standing committee reports. Kirkham asked all members of the Senate to be present at this regular January meeting. COURT UPHOLDS LAWS WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 —(£>)— The Supreme Court today upheld state laws banning closed shops. ject. Additional stories cover space aircraft, the new Continental lightweight engine, the Manage ment Engineering Department, and miscellaneous engineering topics. _ Scientific journalism is difficult for untrained college students, but the writers of the Engineer staff do well in dealing clearly with in tricate subjects. Layout and art work do justice to the written word. SA Symphony To Appear In Guion Monday Max Reiter will bring the San Antonio Symphony Or chestra to Guion Monday night for A&M’s first Town Hall presentation of 1949, Grady Elms, assistant direc tor of student activities, said today. No tickets will be sold at the Guion box office; admission will be by Town Hall season tickets only, Elms added. Orchestra conductor Reiter foun ded the San Antonio Symphony as a semi-professional group in 1939. He is now the musical director and conductor of a full time organiza tion with a budget of $300,000 this season and more than 60 scheduled events. Reiter has appeared as conduc tor of the American Broadcasting Company Symphony and conducted two concerts of the National Broad casting Company Symphony last September in New York. Included on the prospective pro gram released by Elms are selec tions from the operas “Der Frei- schuetz,” by Weger ,and “Der Rosenkavalier,” by Richard Straus, a Schumann symphony, and “A Symphonic Story of Jerome Kern” by Bennett. Members for Dairy Team Being Chosen Members are now being selected for the dairy judging team to rep resent A&M at the Ft. Worth Fat Stock Show January 28 through February 6. E. L. Darnell, professor of dairy husbandry, is working with the squad from which he will pick the three man team. They are W. F. Allen, J. P. Bennis, M. A. Cross, E. W. Edwards, Guss W. Lampee, G. H. McLary and C. E. Sewall. The dairy judging contest will be The current subsistence rate paid is ninety cents per day for a period not to exceed 570 days, Boatner said. Students must agree in writing to complete their advanced course of four semesters, and to attend a summer camp at such time and place as designated by proper au thority. In addition, all students taking advanced ROTC must agree to serve two years as an officer in the armed forces upon comple tion of their military science course and college education, if called by the Secretary of De fense. Students accepted for an advanced contract will be defer red from induction into the Armed Forces until the satis* factory completion of their con tract, Boatner said. All students desiring advanced ROTC contracts should report im mediately to Ross Hall for an in terview so that necessary action can be taken in securing contracts, Boatner stated. Applications should be filed prior to January 7, 1949 in order to permit sufficient time for processing. Physical examina tions will be given on registration day at the college hospital. Research Started To Control White Brush and Cedar A cooperative research program for the eradication and control of white brush and cedar was initiat ed in Llano County December 20-23 by Wayne G. McCully, Frank R. Anderwald, and Dr. Robert A. Dar- row of the Range and Forestry Department. Experimental areas have been selected on several cooperating ranches for brush control treat ments on cedar and white brush. The program is under the direc tion of C. V. Robinson, County Agent, and the Llano County Farm and Ranch Improvement Council. Power brush control machinery will be furnished by the Lower Colorado River Authority, working in cooperation with the Range and Forestry department, Darrow said. A&M Men Inspect Brush Experiments Brush control experiments at the Winter Haven substation of the Agriculture Exepriment Sta tion were inspected by members of the Range and Forestry depart ment on December 29 and 30. Drs. V. A. Young, Wayne G. McCully, and R. A. Darrow ex amined results of preliminary trials of chemical weed killers on mesquite, white brush, and black brush on an experiment conducted by McCully. The experiment indicates some possibility of success in the use of chemicals to control these brush species in the Rio Grande Plain area, Darrow said. THE LITTLE AGGIELAND ORCHESTRA furnished the music for the annual Christmas party held at Bryan Field Annex. Fifteen men compose the group which is led by PAUL H. MOTHERAL, civil engineering major from San Benito.