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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.