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Library 30.Battalions NEWS In Brief RAYBURN PREDICTS PRESIDENT PAY BOOST WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 —UP)— Speaker Rayburn predicted Tues day that congress will act before Jan. 20 to give President Truman more pay—or at least to increase “the emoluments of his office.” Rayburn said. Mr. Truman has only $4,200 left out of his $75,000 salary each year to clothe himself, his wife and daughter after taxes, food bills, and other expenses. JOE LOUIS SUES LOOK MAGAZINE CHICAGO, Jan. 5 —(£>)— Cham pion Joe Louis sued Look Maga zine for S500,000 yesterday alleg ing he was libeled in the current issue by statements about his fin ancial condition. His attorney, Truman K. Gibson, Jr., said Louis declared he was not interviewed by any representative of the magazine before the ai'ticle was published and that no inter views were given by his manager or the treasurer of Joe Louis En terprises, Inc. The superior suit claims the arti cle stated untruthfully that Louis is always broke, insolvent and owes $175,000 in back income tax es. . GAS COMPANY HAS WRANGLE WITH NAVY FORT WORTH, Jan. 5 —(A>>— Fort Worth’s $180,000 Naval Re serve Training Center, completed since Decemoer 1, remained unus ed today because the Navy and the Lone Star Gas Company had not completed a gas contract. , The holdup in the contract was ^ a clause prohibiting racial and col- I or discrimination among employes of the contracting company and any firms that supply it. Submitted by the Navy, the non discrimination clause was rejected by the Gas Company. Negotiations were conducted by the 8th Naval District in New Orleans, and the company last heard from the offi cers there Oct. 11. In the meantime the Navy Re serve is continuing its offices in temporary quarters at Municipal Airport. TWO MEN QUESIONED IN PHANTOM SLAYINGS DALLAS, Jan. 5 —(A*)— Police today questioned two men in con nection with the slaying of five persons at Texarkana in 1946. One was a Ne^ro held at Waco and the other wqs an 84-year old man under arrest in Dallas. Ranger Capt. M. T. Gonzaullas said the Negro ail Waco, held in a double slaying there, will be ques tioned in the Texarkana cases. The Negro formerly lived at Texar kana. Dallas officers arrested the aged white man when he called at a downtown post office to pick up a pension check. He told detective D .0. Climer he had just got out of a Texarkana hospital. The police arrest sheet said he was wanted for questioning in Ok lahoma but there were no further details. Madil, Oklahoma, officers sought his whereabouts. MATAMOROS CANDIDATE HELD IN LOCAL JAIL MATAMOROS, Mexico, Jan. 5— (A*)— Cruz Villarreal, Agrarian party candidate for mayor of Mat- amoros in the recent election, was held in jail today. Villarreal was held in connection with a probe of distribution of printed leaflets prior to the induc tion of Mayor Ernesto Elizondo. Officers charged the leaflets in cited violer e. One Matamoros policeman was killed by gunfire the day before the Elizondo inaugural. Several suspects were arrested in a Brown- ville, Texas hotel. QUEEN MARY DELAYS SAILING ONCE MORE SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Jan. 5 —(A*)—Sailing of the damaged lin er Queen Mary for New York was postponed yesterday for another 24 hours. A Cunard Line official said the decision not to sail was made be cause a 120-ton temporary concrete patch deep in the hull of the vessel had not hardened sufficiently. More than 200 workmen had labored all night to repair damage done when the giant ship ran aground at Cherbourg Saturday. BROWNSVILLE FRUIT SHED IS DESTROYED BROWNSVILLE, Jan. 5 —<A>)_ Fire damaged the tomato packing shed of the Valley Fruit Company north of Pharr $200,000 Tuesday. The blaze still was burning last night but was under control. It started late Monday and the ori gin is not known. Fire departments of Edinburg, Pharr, McAllen and San Juan bat tled the blaze for hours. WEATHER East Texas — Partly cloudy this afternoon and to- night; slightly colder in south and central por tions tonight; Thursday fair, not quite so cold in west portion in afternoon; fresh northerly winds on the coast be- any srsfay. vaiiablc West Texas—Fair and continued cold this afternoon and tonight. Thursday fair and not quite so cold. The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1949 Number 101 Winners of the annual slide rule contest were announced recently. They are left to right STEPHEN R. ROKKE of Sioux Falls, S. D., BOB CHAPMAN of Houston, DAVE FOLZENLOGEN from Dallas, CHARLES SCOETTLIN from Port Arthur, and KENNETH STOUT from Sherman. Spring Social Calendar For Remainder of School Year February 5 Newman Club February 11 Freshman Ball February 12 Military Ball February 19 Architect’s Ball March 5 Veteran Battalion Ball March 19 Cattleman’s Ball March 26 “T” Association Dance April 1 Junior Prom April 2 All College Dance April 8 ..Sophomore Sweetheart Ball April 9 All College Dance April 22 Senior Ring Dance April 23 All College Dance April 29 Cotton Pageant and Ball April 30 All College Dance May 7 All College Day; May 8 Mother’s Day Program May 14 .Hillel Club ***June 2 or 3 Final Ball ***—Final Ball will be the night preceeding the final review. (Note: the March 5 date noted for the Veteran Battalion Ball is tentative.) Wardell to Conduct Initiation Ceremonies for Phi Eta Sigma Dr. M. L. Wardell, grand historian of Phi Eta Sigma of ;he University of Oklahoma, will conduct initiation ceremon ies for the A&M Chapter today at 5 p. m. in Sbisa Hall. Sixty-five eligible sophomores, in addition to three hono rary members, will participate in the ceremonies. Elmo Livingston of Kilgore is senior ad- 1 viser. Honorary members— President F. C. Bolton, Dean of Arts and World Events Talk Slated In Assembly Hall Colonel E. L. Poland, assis tant chief of staff, Headquar ters Fourth Army, will give an illustrated lecture, “Whats Happening in the World To day,” in the Assembly Hall, January 11 at 7:30 p. m. The talk, the first of a series of lectures on international affairs and scientific developments sche duled by the Military Department for the winter months, will aim to assist students piece together world wide military and political condi tions. ( With, thirty years of army ser vice, Col. Poland has attended The Infantry School, Chemical War- fare School, and Command and General Staff School, and has ser ved a tour as instructor in the Coast Artillery School. His tours of duty include Panama, Hawaii, and Korea. During the war he was Chief of Staff of the 90th Division. The lecture will also serve as the regular meeting of the Bra zos County ROA, 479th Compo site Group, 305th Air Reserve Group and the Naval RONS Chapter. The Thursday meetings of these groups will not be held. Those attending the lecture will receive credit for inactive duty service points. The meeting will be open to members of the faculty and staff, reserve officers and other citizens of the community. Students Will Vote on Change Of Yearbook Name Tomorrow New College Station Bank Building Will Be Erected By GEORGE CHARLTON Prospective bank robbers may be forced to cross College Station off their lists because down here a bigger and strong er bank building is being planned. To be constructed of brick and concrete, the new College Station State Bank building will stand 40x60 feet on the old -f location with a exterior conserva tive and an inteiuor composed of one large room and a mezzanine with a ladies lounge and room for storage. Final plans for the construction are now being completed by Phil Norton, College Station architect, and bids will be opened about Jan uary 20. Within 10 days of ac ceptance, construction will begin and will be completed, possibly within ninety days. Definite plans have not yet been made for a location at which to transact business while construc tion is underway. The bank which was chartered in 1945, opened business trans actions on July 1, 1946, with slightly over 100 stockholders, $50,000 in capital stock and $15,- 000 paid-in surplus. At approximately the same time bids were opened for construction of the present building, the govern ment placed restrictions on all commercial buildings which had not been started and construction had to be halted. The three huts housing the bank at present were purchased soon afterwards as one of two alterna tives. The other alternative was to close down completely. 200 Expected For Ice Plant Short Course An engineers short course for ice manufacturing plant operators will be held on the campus January 23-29. More than 200 are expected to at tend. The short course, sponsored by the college and the Southwestern Ice Manufacturer’s Association, Inc., will have top flight men in Mie field as instructors, said Pres ton A. Weatherred, executive sec retary of the association. “The competent and experienced engineers who will conduct the course,” said Weatherred, “have spent a major share of their time year in preparation of texts, charts laboratory work and demonstra tions which they will utilize in presenting their various subjects.” Weatherred is a retired army gen eral and acts as a counseler for the association in addition to his duties as executive secretary. Instructors include Jim F. Moss, C. Earl Mays, O. K. Irvine and L. P. Reiss, all of Dallas; R. A. O’ Neill, Corpus Christi; Ralph H. Irvine, Palestine and W. C. Dur- rant of Kansas City, . . \ Extension Agents Will Meet Tonight Students who will graduate this semester and who have filed ap plication for employment in the Extension Service will meet with the Extension district agents to night at 7:30. The meeting will be held in the Ex-Students lounge at the YMCA. District agents representing all the extension districts in Texas will be present to discuss employ ment possibilities. Available jobs and probable appointments for jobs will also be discussed. All students graduating in Jan- uaiy who are interested in exten sion work, but who have not filed application with the Extension Ser vice may also attend. Kiwanis President Outlines Program For Coming Year An outline of the objectives for 1949 for the College Station Ki wanis club was given to the mem bers at their luncheon Tuesday by Ralph Steen, president of the or gan iation. Aggressive citizenship will be the theme of the club’s activities this year, Steen said. “I would like for you Kiwanians to report on any civic work you do, whether it be for the club or not,” he urged. He stressed the importance of attendance and ask ed that committees make their re ports on time in the coming year. Steen said that it would be an object of the club to do more work and spend less money this year. He pointed out several projects the club had just completed saying, “it fell to the lot of the club last year to make expenditures for those projects.” Sciences M. T. Harrington, and Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean at the Annex and faculty adviser—will be initiated at the beginning of the evening. Following the initiation at 7 p. m. the banquet will be served in the large dining room. Wardell will present a histoiy of the so ciety after the banquet. Dean Arno Nowotny, faculty adviser for Phi Eta Sigma at the University of Texas, and five charter members of the TU chap ter will assist Wardell with the ceremonies. Also Wesley W. Smith, instructor in the A&M ME Department, will participate in the ceremonies. Prospective chapter members will convene in Sbisa Lounge at 5 p. m. L. V. Massengale, chapter president, said. While waiting, each student will fill out a membership blank which will be provided by James Pianta, chapter secretary. A&M Pistol Team Ties Coast Guard Academy in Match The A&M pistol team tied the Coast Guard academy pistol team in the shooting matches ending December 18, Lt. Col. F. R. Swo- ger, team instructor, announced. Each team scored 1348 points, but the sixth man of Academy team beat the sixth man of the Aggies to give the Academy the edge. Members making up the Aggie team and their scores were John V. Alto, 285; P. O. Silben, 270, D. T. Gentry, 269; E. F. Smith, 264; Sam W. Smitah, 260, and T. D. Benefield, 259. Total scores made by other teams are Colorado A&M, 1318 points, and Princeton 1222 points. Ohio State University participated in the match too, but its score is not yet knownj Swoger said* Everything But Baby Kissing Yearbook Editor Figh ts Blood, Sweat, Tears, But Being A Politician Helps By EARL ROSE At the close of the spring se mester each year there are many who begin to pat people on the back, pass to the free gab, and begin what has been termed “poli ticking.” As the ballots are printed and the deadline ends for applicants, Joe Politico surveys his past friend and new rivals. Together these rivals aided in all that went into the Yearbook of this year. But did one aid the other now? In most cases the answer was “no” . . . each had his own ideas about next year’s annual, and if elected to the editorship he could be assured of seeing these ideas in the new year book. “Joe Politico Elected Editor of YEARBOOK.” These headlines her alded the Politico victory. This new school year beginning in Sep tember would find Joe Politico as the editor of “more than he asked for.” No longer resolved to linger until the very last minute to make plans for the yearbook, Joe begins in June to do what many Fish have done; he begins to cogitate. July and August find him still cogitating. “Now to put down on paper all these ideas,” beams Joe as he arrives on the campus two whole days before registration. The HEAD of student publica tions meets with Joe and the two go over the new editor’s ideas for the school publication. “Oh, you mean there is only so much money to spend for the book, Mr. HEAD, and I need to put my ideas in a more concrete form? Yes sir! Dummy?” And the HEAD explain ed to Joe that he wasn’t talking about the red-faced editor but about the rough outline of the complete book. “This will be needed so that the printer and engraver will have an idea on how to bid for the privi lege of working on his great ideas” said the HEAD. Amazed at how much this HEAD seemed to know, but determined that, HEAD or no HEAD, this was to be his yearbook and his ideas were to be incorporated with the 560 pages, Joe shuffled out of the office. Last year’s class pictures, clubs, and cussing occurred about this same time. Did Joe answer the same question 100 or 101 times to day? He really didn’t remember. He did remember that the HEAD had suggested that to avoid mis understandings he should arrange a definite schedule and follow it. Before he lost all patience, Joe printed a schedule. The HEAD had also mentioned a staff, but of course Joe knew he would need a staff because he was on last year’s staff. So a staff was born to help Politico follow the schedule and abide by the dummy the HEAD had talked about as being es sential to editing the Yearbook. Joe eliminated a lot of the cus sing because of his efficiency. “EF FICIENCY, ah. . . I must be doing a wonderful job because things are so efficient,” thought Joe to him self as he leaned back in the swivel chair and gazed into space. But from that space came this HEAD through the doorway. “Now to tell him of my effiicency . . . the staff has followed the schedule and we, we . . . uh, unhuh, untuh, well . . . yes, now BUT. . . ” 560 pages were too many, the size of the Senior’s Section would have to be reduced, need to get more to a page, the cost is much more than anticipated . . . cut it. These and a few other comments had left him once again ‘red faced’. But, Joe sorta followed the suggestions of the HEAD and discovered that the yearbook would look just as attractive, much to his surprise. Did someone say school? Yes, Joe was still in school but his grade point ratio was in direct pro portion to the time he spent in his office. If you remember seeing a glassy-eyed individual on the cam pus before the C quizzes, that was our boy Politico. The Christmas holidays meant much to him, main ly recuperation. New Year’s Resolutions? Sure, Joe made his share. At the very top of his resolutions was “To do my best to understand what goes on in HEAD’S head and give him less worry about my efficiency.” The yearbook was beginning to take definite shape when the Vanity Fair pictures were sent to the Groaner. The Groaner would select the six who would appear in the beauty section of the an nual. And of course Joe knew his favorite girl friend would be among the six, although the HEAD had insisted upon the final selection resting with Mr. G. Joe remembered New Year’s resolution number one. Pictures were all in, copy on the way to the printer and engraver, final cover arrived, and a letter from Mr. G. was on its way. Yes, Joe was sure efficient. “I guess I have my staff to thank for this splendid work,” mumbled Politico. Joe was wondering how he could show his appreciation to his staff for the yearbook work when HEAD stalked in unannounced. (Politico had left word with the boys near the door to whistle when HEAD stuck his head in ... Joe thought he always had it in). Banquet? Keys? Was this the same HEAD who was always giving him un wanted advice and was so caustic about the progress of the year book?” May the umpteenth was the day set by the two for the banquet, at which time the keys were to be awarded to the staff. Joe was learning something. He thought, “efficiency by the staff, a dummy and schedule might have helped; yes, I guess HEAD is giving the keys and banquet for a job well done on the yearbook . . . and you know, the HEAD has given me a lot of good ideas.” All hands enjoyed the banquet, the final material for Joe’s book had been sent to the printers. Jane wasn’t a beauty but he wasn’t going with her now any way, so all was serene. After the banquet, one of the junior editors patted Joe on the back, offered him a cigar and asked, “Politico” how about throwing your support towards my candidacy before you graduate?” This is where I came in . . .edit a yearbook? .,, Not mel Slips Will Contain Twelve Names; Possibility of Three Ballots Seen The election to determine whether a majority of the student body wish to change the name of the annual will be iield Thursday night. In addition to containing the question )f whether a name change will be made before the students, the ballot will have 12 proposed new names for the voters to consider. If a majority favor a Varncll Moves Office to New Bryan Building J. R. Varnell, contact man and an advisor for the Veter ans Administration has an nounced the change of loca tion of his office in Bryan to Room 305, Varisco Building. He was formally located in the Stacy Building. In an interview Varnell disclos ed that eighteen million veterans who are owners of National Ser vice Life insurance will receive special dividends on their present policies sometime this year. “Amount of the dividend to be received by the veteran will depend on three conditions,” Varnell said. “They are: on length of time held, 2) amount of policy; and 3) age of the veteran.” The veteran must have owned the policy at least three months to receive payments. In most cases the age of the veteran will bear directly on the amount paid. For example, 20-pay life insurance pays $20 a month. Varnell advised that his office will also be open in Room 260 of Bizzell Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays for information about any benefit provided by law to veterans and their dependents. ‘Great Issues’ To Be Offered Next Semester Administration 405, Great Issues, again will be offered to A&M students for the sec ond semester by the History Department. The course is slated for Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a. m. The Great Issues course was first offered at the request of the senior class of 1948. It is organiz ed as nearly as possible after the pattern of the course given by Dartmouth College as a six se mester hour course for the entire session of 1947-48. A&M’s Great Issues course, open to seniors who have a total of 90 credit hours, will be repeated on a larger scale during the approach ing semester. Nearly twice as much money will be spent in bring ing competent speakers to lecture to the class as was spent for the same purpose in 1948. “Those seniors who plan to take Great Issues next semester will need to keep an occasional Mon day or Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock free,” Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the department, warned, “as most of the eight visiting speakers are available at that time only.” Where that hour is used by a speaker it will replace one of the course’s morning hours, Gam mon added. Scout Leaders To Meet in Houston Several college faculty members, active in Boy Scout leadership, plan to attend the annual meeting and dinner of the Sam Houston area council in Houston Tuesday. Among those from the campus who will attend committee and council sessions and hear Notre Dame Coach Frank Leahy speak at the dinner are Howard W. Bar- low, dean of engineering; Daniel Russell, professor of sociology; Donald D. Burchard, professor of journalism; and Lee Paine, profes sor of agricultural economics. Others from the Bryan area who will attend are District Chairman E. R. Bryant, M. E. Adams, Jack Linn, D. C. Jones, Norman Hal- brook, Gordon Gay and Guy Dea ton. The session will get under way with committee meetings at 4:30, followed by the general council business meeting at 5:30. Register ed Scouters, Cubbers, their guests and families will attend the 6:30 dinner at the Rice Hotel. change, the votes cast for the pro posed names will decide what the new name will be. Election procedure was outlined in a Student Life Committee reso lution adopted on December 13. The first part of the ballot will offer the voter a choice of whether he desires a change or not. The sec ond part of the ballot will enable the student to express a prefer ence for one of the 12 proposed names if a change is desired by a majority of the voter’s. A new name would have to receive over 50 per cent of the votes cast before it would be adopted. If a new name is to be used and none of the 12 on the ballot receive the required ma jority, a run-off election will be held the first of next week. The ballot for such a run-off election would include the 3 names which poll the highest number of votes in the first election plus any other names which poll as much as 20 per cent of the votes. If a majority still has not been received by any name, a third elec tion will be held the last part of next week. The two names which receive the highest number of votes in the second election vmuld be placed on this third ballot and the winning name would become the new name for the annual. The 12 proposed names which appear on the ballot were sub mitted under the conditions set up by the Student Life Commit tee resolution. They are The Fi nal Review, Reveille, Final Re view, Review, Twelfth Man, Bon fire, Spirit, The Aggielander, Spirit of Aggieland, The Spirit, The Aggieton, and Aggieland 1949. In the case of Aggielan 1949 the year would change an nually and remain up to date. The election will be conducted under the supervision of the Stu dent Senate Election Committee with Student Senators cooperating with the dorm housemasters in pol ling the vote. Ballots will be dis tributed in the dorms Thursday evening and will be taken up the same night. Only day students and other stu dents not living in the dorms will use the ballot provided in today’s Battalion. The ballot appears on the last page and will appear to morrow. Students at the Annex will use The Battalion ballot only if they do not live in the Annex barracks. Unmarried Annex stu dents living in the barracks will be provided other ballots Thursday. Animal Husbandry Department Will Receive Painting A painting of George W. Barnes, noted animal husbandman in Tex as, will be presented to the Animal Husbandry Department this after noon at 4 p.m. in ceremonies in the Animal Industries Building. Mrs. Barnes will present the painting of her husband to Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the Animal Husbandry Department. Painted by Mrs. Barnes, the picture shows her husband with a baby beef steer*. Barnes is a 1911 graduate of A&M and is district agent for the Extension Service at Fort Stock- ton. He was an instructor at Okla homa A&M, livestock specialist at the University of Ar-izona, and manager of the Perrin Land-Cattle Company in Seligman, Arizona be fore joining the Extension Serv ice in 1923. From 1930-32 he was on leave of absence from the Extension Service to serve on the US Depart ment of Agriculture Farm Board in Washington D.C. TROOP WITHDRAWAL DENIED SHANGHAI, Jan. 5 —UP) Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger today denied American forces were being withdrawn from China. Vaughn Monroe To Name Vanity Fair Lassies for Annual Vaughn Monroe, the dance band leader, will select the six beautiful girls to be placed in the Vanity Fair section of the yearbook, Earl Rose, co-editor of the Longhorn, said today. Pictures of the candidates have been sent to Monroe and include formal and informal full-length and head and shoulders shots. Monroe will present his selec tions in connection with his show to be held February 12 in Guion Hall. Prior to the show there will be a supper for Monroe, the girls and their dates.