NEWS
In Brief
RULES COMMITTEE GETS
INVESTIGATION REQUEST
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 6 —UP)—
A request for a senate investiga
tion of the senatorial Democratic
primary run-off in Texas last Aug
ust was referred to the Senate
Rules Committee today.
Lyndon B. Johnson, former house
member who was sworn in Mon
day as a senator, narrowly defeat
ed former Governor Coke Steven
son in the primary election.
A petition signed by hundreds of
Texans asked an investigation of
the primary. They said the consti
tutional guarantee of a free elec
tion was “abridged and nullified.”
MOLLY O’DANIEL
HAVING TROUBLES
FORT WORTH, Jan. 6 -(/Pi-
Notice of appeal has been given on
the divorce decree granted in No
vember to Mrs. Molly O’Daniel
White, who married her third hus
band in California Tuesday, and
the case is still subject to rever
sal, District Judge A. R. Stout of
Waxahachie said yesterday.
The daughter of the former Tex
as senator married Harold J. Mof-
fatt, a stock broker, at the home
of her brother, Mike O’Daniel, in
West Los Angeles.
Judge Stout said the bride’s
second husband, Henry Ford White
rancher and oilman, filed on Dec.
20 a notice that he will appeal the
divorce decree to the 10th court
of civil appeals in Waco. Stout
said nothing has been done to per
fect the appeal, but that the law
gives White GO days to get the
transcript to Waco.
LIE PROMISES UN
STATEMENT ON CHINA
LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 6 —
Ti’ygve Lie said Wednesday he
would consider whether it is feas
ible for the United Nations to of
fer its assistance in ending the
Civil War in China.
The U. N. secretary-general told
a news conference he hoped to
make a definite statement by next
week as to whether there is any
thing the U. N. can do to restore
peace in China.
Lie also announced the Security
Council will meet Friday at 2 p. m.
CST, to consider the Indonesian
question and said the council’s
seven-nation Palestine committee
would meet Friday morning.
LONG PONDERS NEW
TAX REDUCTIONS
BATON ROUGE, La., June G—
(iT)—Gov. Earl K. Long said yes
terday he was “seriously consider
ing” recommending that the legis
lature clip two cents off the Louis
iana cigarette tax.
The tjix was raised from five to
eight cehts a package at the reg
ular session last year.
The act increasing the tax ear
marked $3,000,000 of the proceeds
for distribution among cities on a
population scale.
The governor issued his state
ment in answer to questions about
a story by a Dallas News staff
correspondent who interviewed him
yesterday.
In the interview, the governor
said the cigarette tax was the only
one of six new or increased taxes
in which he would recommend a
cut.
rwo NAVY FIGHTERS
COLLIDE AND CRASH
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 —(#>
Two Navy fighter planes fell into
the sea yesterday and air-sea res-
:ue units reported nearly two
bours later they had not been able
to locate either pilot.
The planes collided while making
a simultaneous run on a target
towed by another plane. Both
planes sank. The pilots were regu
lar Navy officers belonging to a
group engaged in air gunnery prac
tice.
The Navy described the planes
as single seater Grumman Bear
cats.
NEW INFORMATION
ON SLAYING SUSPECT
WACO, Tex., Jan. 6 —GT) Chief
of Police Marvin Bui’ton announc
ed here Wednesday that a negro
held for a double slaying in Waco
formerly was employed by a man
shot to death during the Texar
kana Phantom slayings of 1946.
Burton said the tall, 26-year-old
light-skinned negro, admitted slay
er of a couple at Waco, worked
for Virgil Starks, one of five mur
der victims of Texarkana’s Phan
tom Killer.
“This Negro, said Burton, “work
ed for Starks and lived on the
Starks fann.”
Starks was shot to death May
3, 1916, and his wife was critically
wounded.
Freshman Election
Date Postponed
Election of freshman class offi
cers has been postponed until the
beginning of the spring semester,
Luke Harrison, dean of men at
the Annex announced today.
This measure was taken in view
of the fact that officers elected
now may not be eligible the second
semester, Harrison said.
WEATHER
East Texas —
Fair this after
noon, tonight and
Friday. Lowest
temperatures 26
to 32 in north
and west central
portions tonight;
warmer Friday;
moderate north
erly winds on the
coast becoming
variable Friday.
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949
Number 102
Pictured above are three junior architecture students who received the three first places in a recent
problem lor the design of a Youth Center for College Station. Gazing at one of the prizewinning
models are, left to right, W. R. Mathews, first place; Jack Crook, third place; and Buster Cannata,
second place. An exhibit of the three best designs along with Cannata’s model can now be seen in
the foyer of the library.
Course In Manners To Be
Taught By Cadet Seniors
By TOM CARTER
A course in manners will be
integrated into the Military
Science curriculum this spring
J. Fred Davis, head of the eti
quette committee of the Corps
said last night.
The project, a function of*
the cadet officers of the
Corps, will be taught to junior,
sophomore, and freshmen
military science classes by the ca
det officers. It will begin some
time this month.
The course is designed to meet
the need for some additional train
ing in character, personality and
etiquette and to prepare each ca
det better to meet the competition
of the industrial world.
Original ideas for the course
were presented at an earlier meet
ing of the cadet seniors. At this
meeting a steering committee con
sisting of J. Fred Davis, Burt
French, and Don Kaspar, was se
lected with the understanding that
this group would make the nec
essary arrangement for instigat
ing the teaching of such a course.
Divided into two parts, the plan
first calls for the orientation of
selected cadet officers to teach the
underclassmen. This part is to be
called “phase one” and will con
sist of a series of lectures given
by prominent people who are au
thorities on the various phases of
etiquette.
Approximately 50 seniors will
attend this first series of lectures
and will be the instructors in
“phase two,” the teaching of the
juniors, sophomores, and fresh
men.
Speakers in-Tirst part will be
Mrs. Fred Smith, The Decency of
Behavior; Mrs. F. M. Sherwood,
Phillips, London
Elected Engineer’s
Council Officers
Carter H. Phillips, mechanical
engineering junior, was elected as
president of the Engineer’s Council
Table Manners and Courtesies of
the Home; Mrs. H. H. Harrington,
Introductions and Courtesies of So
cial Gatherings; E. D. Hedgecock,
Private Correspondence and Busi
ness Letters; Dr. Dan Russell, Cus
toms and Courtesies of Texas; and
W. H. Horsley, Interviews and Per
sonal Relations with Business.
The first talks will be designed
to give the officers a background
for the preparation of their lec
tures, which will be short talks at
the beginning of the regular class
periods.
Other persons woi’king on the in
itial planning are Hiram Smith,
Charles Phillips, J. A. Davis, Lon
nie Cole, Charles Estes and Betty
Jo Edwardson of Radio Station
WTAW.
The talks in “phase two” will be
designed to depict the student in
various situations that he will en
counter while in school and after
Trade Class Plans
To Inspect Port
The Foreign Trade Class will
visit Houston on January 11, Wal
ter H. Delaplane head of the Eco
nomics Department, announced to
day.
The class will inspect the ship
ping facilities of the Port of Hous
ton and see the operations of the
Gulf Atlantic Warehouse along
with other foreign trade activities,
Delaplane said.
The program was an’anged by
John C. Mayfield, Aggie-ex and
vice president of the Gulf Atlantic
Warehouse.
he graduates.
Davis said that he hopes the Sen
ior Class will adopt a code of Ag
gie Conduct growing out of this
course and publish it as a part of
the customs of the student body.
This publication could either be a
part of the Blue Book or incorpor
ated in the Articles of the Cadet
Corps. ;
Singing Cadets To
Give Concert At
Wharton Sunday
The Singing Cadets will leave
College Station Sunday noon for
Wharton, where they will appear
in a concert at 4 p. m., Bill Turner
Cadets’ director, said today.
The concert is to be held in the
high school auditorium and will
be sponsored by the Wharton Civic
Music Association.
Fifty cadets will make the trip
and will travel by chartered bus,
returning immediately after the
concert.
The singers will introduce three
new arrangements in this concert.
They are “Cherubim Song” by Bor-
tiosnky; “It’s Me O Lord,” a spirit
ual with Ralph Wheat singing the
tenor solo; and “The Whiffenpoof
Song.”
Other soloists to be featured with
the group on this trip are Harry
Doran, Buddy Boyd, Leonard Per
kins, and Helmut Quh*am, Turner
said.
Campus Security Question To
Be Investigated By Senator s
Yearbook Name ®* stri b u t'on of Percentage #f Cotton Bowl
To Be Decided ^ uca ^ s uHiierence Schools Proposed
Upon Tonight
The student body will vote to
night to determine whether the
A&M annual will be published un
der a new name or under the pres
ent title of The Longhorn.
Ballots will be available for dis
tribution by Student Senators about
5 p. m. The senators will issue the
ballots in their dorms after this
time and will pick up the completed
forms by 10 p. m. tonight.
Students who do not live in
dormitories must mail their ballots
to the Student Activities Office or
bring them to the ballot box in
that office before 5 p. m. today.
The ballot for the non-dorm stu
dents appears on the last page of
this paper.
Twelve proposed names are in
cluded on the ballot. If a change is
voted for by a majority of the
voters, one of these 12 names will
replace the present title. Proposed
names submitted are The Final
Review, Reveille, Final Review,
Review, Twelfth Man, Bonfire,
Spirit, The Aggielander, Spirit of
Aggieland, The Spirit, The Aggie-
ton, and Aggieland 1949. For the
title Aggieland 1949 the year
would be changed annually and
kept up to date.
This election is being held under
the provisions of a resolution adop
ted by the Student Life Committee.
The Student Senate had earlier
asked for the holding of such an
election.
If a majority of the voters ex
press a desire for a change on the
first section of the ballot, and none
of the 12 proposed names receives
a majority of the student vote, a
second election will be held. In
this run-off, only the three names
receiving the most votes plus any
additional name receiving at least
20 per cent of the total vote will
appear.
This second election will be held
early next week if it is required.
A third election consisting of only
the top two names would be held
if no name receives the required
majority in the second election.
In case a change is desired, the
new name would have to receive
a majority of the votes cast before
it would become effective.
By CHUCK MAISEL
A Senate Investigating Committee was appointed at the Student Senate meeting last
night to investigate the causes for the many recent complaints against the Campus Se
curity Office.
The Senate voted to empower Charles Kirkham, Senate president, to name such a com
mittee. Kirkham named George Edwards, band senior, chairman and placed the names of
James Whatley, Weldon Wjlliams,
Tan Beta Photo
To Be Retaken
The Tau Beta Pi Longhorn
picture will be retaken at 5:30
this afternoon in the Chemistry
Lecture Room.
The first picture of the or
ganization is unsuitable for
publication, Earl Rose, Long
horn co-editor said.
Freshman Society
Holds Initiation
Dr. Wardell Conducts Ceremonies
For 57 Members of Phi Eta Sigma
Fifty-three honor students, one senior adviser, and three
honorary members were initiated into the A&M Chapter of
Phi Eta Sigma, national honorary society for freshman
students last night.
Dr. M. L. Wardell, grand historian of the national Phi
♦Eta Sigma, from the University of
Oklahoma conducted the initiation
ceremonies. He was aided by Dean
’43 Graduate Joins
Aero Engineering
Department Here
H. Heston Cherry has been ap
pointed assistant professor and re
search assistant in the Depart
ment of Aeronautical Engineering
at A&M, E. E. Brush, head of the
department, announced today.
Cherry comes to the college
from the Douglas Aircraft Com
pany in Santa Monica, California,
where he was employed for the
last three years as preliminary de
sign engineer. Cherry’s work at
Douglas included preliminary de
sign of a navy fighter, an army
trainer and several medium bom
ber and transport projects.
Prior to his association with
Douglas, Cherry was a captain in
the Army Air Forces assigned to
engineering liaison with the Brit
ish and later to flight test and
development work on the B-29
bomber. He was also the Army Air
Forces representative at Kinner
Motors in California.
Cherry, originally from Dallas,
was graduated in aeronautical en
gineering from A&M in January,
1943, and is the first graduate of
the department to rejoin it as a
staff member.
Cherry will divide his time be
tween teaching senior design cour
ses and research work in the Per
sonal Aircraft Research Center op
erated by the Aeronautical Engi
neering Department and the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station,
Brush said.
Rating Sheets Returned
Batt To Continue Publication In
Spite Of Suggestion To Contrary
meeting of the Council Tuesday
evening.
Phillips replaces Norwood K.
Talbert who graduates this month.
Jack London, civil engineering
senior, was elected vice-president,
a position held by Phillips last se
mester’.
By C. C. MUNROE
“You are biased, prejudiced,
for the spring term at a _regular | short-sighted, dishonest, lazy and
stupid. I recommend that you stop
publication immediately.”
All the comments were not that
harsh, but the ears of The Batta
lion editors are still ringing from
the frank suggestions offered on
the Battalion rating sheets which
have been returned to Goodwin
Hall.
Some comments were encourag
ing, others were not. But they were
all in earnest. Some of them read
like this:
“I believe the Batt could stand
more campus news, in other words,
more about the corps, what goes on
in the corps, and the boys who
make it up.”
Another writer said, “As a
letter to the editor so ably point
ed out a short while back, you
print too much history—not
enough news. It would be nice
for a change to know what is
going to happen rather than
what has happened.”
Favorable comment came in too.
One student wrote “I enjoy the
campus news items and especially
the column ‘Aggieland Then and
Now.’ The editorials and comments
are usually good and written up
well.” The same winter also com
mented, “I don’t like the ‘Fighting
Journalism to Add
Two New Courses
The Journalism Department is
planning to add two new courses
to its curriculum, D. D. Burchard,
department head, has announced.
One of the new courses offered
is Journalism 202, which is the
second semester course in begin
ning news writing. The other
course is Journalism 401, an ad
vanced course in editorial writing.
BRITISH AIRLINER
CRASHES NEAR RIO
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 6—(A>)
A British South American Airways
plane made a forced landing on
the Atlantic coast of Brazil Wed
nesday and reports from the area
said three persons were killed,
Texas Aggie Band’ to be referred
to as the ‘Varsity Band’.”
Suggestions for improving the
paper were numerous, but the one
which received the most comment
was advocating a “What’s Cookin’’
for sports. As a day student wrote,
“Such things as swimming meets
and track meets are not usually
mentioned until they are over.”
Criticisms of the mess hall were
numerous. Comments varied from
short questions such as “What hap
pened to the mess hall investiga
tion?” to those reading “Hell, the
freshman editorial page complains
about the food, why shouldn’t we?”
The mess hall subject was well
covered.
Prof rating was encouraged
from all comers.
The Woman’s Page received a
good share of comment and criti
cism, most of it unfavorable.
The “Letters to the Editor” is
probably the most widely read sec
tion of the paper, judging from the
rating sheets. However, there were
many complaints about the two
letters from TSCW which were
printed although they were un
signed.
“Putting those two unsigned let
ters from TSCW in The Batt,” one
student worte, “was very childish
and showed clearly your incompe
tence in editing The Batt.” An
other said, “Stick to your rules
about publishing unsigned letters.”
The sports page and sports cov
erage received comment rivaling
that concerning letters to the edi
tor. A dorm nine cadet wrote,
“There are two things I want to
say:' 1) Why do you use so many
articles, especially on the sports
page, that are word for word from
other papers such as The Dallas
News and The Houston Post? 2)
Why do these and other papers
carry some A&M sports events
four or five days before The Batt
our own paper?”
Accusations on many subjects
were interspersed among the
rating sheets. One dorm three
student, after suggesting more
editorials about the needs of
A&M, commented, “That you
(the editors) may be afraid to
write about some issues.”
The same writer said, “Too
much good space has been taken
up by writing about Shmoos, etc.
This space could have undoubtedly
been used to publish an article
about some campus organization.”
A remedy for this was suggest
ed by another writer who said to
“ask for and print more articles
written by students. Remember,,”
he continued, “they can write just
as good and better articles than
members of the Batt clique can.”
One man endeared himself to the
staff with the following comment:
"On the whole I believe the Bat
talion’s machinery does a fair job,
considering that the work requires
a lot of extra time on the part of
the students involved. I know I
would not spend my extra time in
an office after being in class all
day.”
The freshman page was consid
ered by some writers good, by
others bad. No real comments oth
er than “take it out” or “it’s a
good idea” were offered, however.
The sportsmanship campaign
was commented on by several of
the people writing criticisms on
the rating sheets. One student sug
gested that even more work be
done to keep up good sportsman
ship.
The feature department was
praised and damned in the same
breath. Receiving comments that
features were “the backbone of
the paper” to an accusation that
the whole feature staff was “ju
venile,” that department was
lined up and read off.
Spelling, grammar and sentence
structure were put in their right
place and the Battalion proof read
ers have not yet recovered. Some
have threatened to transfer.
Circulation will never regain its
(See BATT, Page 6
Arno Nowotny, faculty adviser for
the University of Texas Chapter,
and Wesley W. Smith of the A&M
ME Department.
Also aiding in the ceremonies
from the University of Texas
Chapter were Louis Tarver, chap
ter president; Herbert Gaskin, vice
president; Gene Burk, secretary,
and Ballai’d George, treasurer.
The A&M Chapter was the six
ty-seventh chapter to be initiated
in the Phi Eta Sigma. Initiation
ceremonies for qualified freshmen
from the Annex will be held in the
spring.
3 Honorary Members
President F. C. Bolton, Dean M.
T. Harrington, and Dr. J. P. Ab
bott, faculty adviser, were initiat
ed first into the local chapter along
with Elmo Livingston, senior advi
ser. They aided in the initiation cer
emonies for the rest of the group.
President Bolton told the group,
speaking as an honorary member:
“I hope I may contribute to your
organization as I am sure you will
contribute to ours.”
“Some didn’t see the wisdom in
establishing honorary societies at
A&M, so you and I have added re
sponsibility of '"proving the bene
fits of such organizations,” he ad
ded.
Democratic School
“We have the reputation of be
ing one of the most democratic
institutions in the nation. This is
no place for snobs because of
money, ancestors, or brains.”
He pointed out that four quali
fications were necessary in good
students—high mentality, unim
peachable character, being a good
citizen, and a good neighbor.
L. V. Massengale Jr., chapter
president, in replying for the
chapter, told President Bolton that
Phi Eta Sigma would contribute to
a greater A&M College.
“Quality education is not pur
chased at cut-rate prices,” Dean
Nowotny told the group. “You, of
this new organization, have been
screened for leadership; you must
always maintain your intellectual
integrity. One student with intel
lectual integrity is a majority in
his dormitory.”
Academic Rivalry
Dr. Wardell asked the new group
to carry on an academic rivalry
with the University of Texas and
Texas Tech in the same manner as
the respective athletic teams. These
two schools have Phi Eta Sigma
chapters.
He pointed out that of the 1,150
Phi Eta Sigma members at the
University of Oklahoma, only one
was a discredit to the organization.
He congratulated the students in
being the upper five percent of
the Class of ’52.
Baumhardt Elected
Kream, Kow Head
Ralph Baumhardt, dairy husban
dry senior from Burkburnett, was
elected president of the Kream and
Kow Klub at the club meeting in
the Creamery lecture room Tues
day night.
Other officers elected were Ed
win Prather of Waxahachie, vice-
president, and Ross Walker of
Crowley, secretary-treasurer.
QUEEN MARY
FINALLY SAILS
SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 6 —(A>)
The Cunard Liner Queen Mary
sailed for New York yesterday
with a 125-ton concrete patch over
leaks in her hold.
George Marble, Marvin Stone, Paul
Landry, and C. E. Christie on the
committee.
The committee is to meet with
all students or college employees
who wish to present statements
and with the members of the Cam
pus Security Office. They will give
their report and recommendation
to the Senate at the next regular
meeting.
The proposition was made and
carried that the Senate send a
letter to the Southwest Conference
officials and all member schools
recommending that a certain per
centage of Cotton Bowl tickets be
allocated to all member schools
according to their enrollment.
This action was taken because
the Southwest Conference is
sponsor of the New Year’s Con
test, and the Senate felt that
this sponsorship should be more
real.
Kieth Allsup, Doug Benefield,
and Ted Copeland were appointed
to investigate the possibility of
putting a second bulletin board
in the Academic Building for club
announcements.
Kirkham made the suggestion
that the next meeting be held
at the Annex in order to give
the students there a chance to
see the workings of A&M’s stu
dent government. The proposi
tion carried, and the Senators
agreed to eat supper at the An
nex that night. A bus will-leaver-
at 5:15 on the afternoon of the
meeting to take the Senators to
the Annex.
The Election Committee explain
ed to the senators the way in
which the annual election will be
carried out. The Senators are to
pick up the ballots between 5 and
6 this evening from their house-
masters or first sergeants. It will
be the responsibility of the Sen
ators to distribute and take up the
ballots. All ballots are to be col
lected by 10 tonight.
Bob Smith, chairman of the So
cial Committee, reported on the
Cotton Bowl Dance and A&M’s
part in it. He and member’s of his
committee met with representa
tives of the other conference
schools and planned the program
for the dance. Ted Copeland es
corted the Aggie Sweetheart, Pat
Parker, at the coronation of the
Cotton Bowl Queen.
Absent senators were John
Orr and Monty Moncrief, sena
tors at large, and Dick Baugh,
representative from Dorm 9.
Board of Directors
Will Meet Here
Saturday Morning
The January meeting of A&M’s
board of directors will open in the
board rooms at 9 a. m. Saturday.
Appropriations for moving agri
cultural departments and divisions
to locations west of the railroads,
a supplemental appropriation for
Guion Hall improvements and a
supplemental appropriation for the
entomology field laboratory are
among agenda items concerning
A&M.
Awarding of a contract for a
new dormitory at North Texas Ag
ricultural College is to be consid
ered. Bids have been received on
the basis of completion by Septem
ber 1, 1949.
Other business includes appoint
ment of a councilor to the A&M
Research Foundation, representing
the staff, acceptance of gifts and
grants, confirmation of appoint
ments, and promotions and author
ity for miscellaneous minor actions.
Pemberthy Accepts
Hall of Fame Post
Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy
has accepted membership on the
national committee of the recently
founded “National Football Hall
of Fame Association.”
The purpose of the organization
is to promote the foundation of a
Football Hall of Fame similar to
the Baseball Hall of Fame.
MILK TRIALS SET
AUSTIN, Jan. 6 —GP)— March
7 has been set as the date for trial
of a second case charging milk
price fixing.