NEWS
In Brief
US SIEZES PLANES
BOUND FOR EGYPT
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 7 —(#)—
The U. S. government took posses
sion Thursday of five crated mili
tary planes which it described as
an unauthorized arms shipment be
lieved bound for Egypt.
Asst. U. S. Attorney Roger M.
Yancy obtained a federal court or
der granting the government cus
tody of the planes which were
seized at Port Newark as they
were being loaded on an Egyptian
freighter.
Yancy said the five planes, val
ued at a total of $250,000, were
marked for shipment to Djibuti,
Abyssinia, but that the U. S. gov
ernment had learned the cargo
would be diverted to Egypt with
out State Department authoria-
tion.
COMMISSION REJECTS
RUSSIAN PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 —(A>)_
The eleven-nation far eastern com
mission rejected yesterday a So
viet Russian proposal to condemn
Japan’s new no strike, no-bargain
ing law for government workers.
The action, taken at a closed-
door session, was disclosed by Rus
sian Ambassador Alexander S.
Panyushkin in a statement.
Panyushkin said it is “regret
table” that a majority of the policy
making body approved “these anti
democratic measures of General
MacArthur and the Japanese gov
ernment.”
The no-strike rule applies to sev
eral million employes of the Japa
nese government and the govern
ment enterprises. It was put into
effect last July at the behest of
General Douglas MacArthur as su
preme allied commander of occupa
tion forces in Japan.
The Japanese diet made it law
on November 30.
Panyushkin demanded last Sep
tember 16 that the EEC upset the
ban as violating the Potsdam a-
greemcnt and the commission’s own
policies.
ISRAEL RUMORED
NEAR CEASE FIRE
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 7 —<A>)
Israel has agreed to an immediate
cease fire in the Palestine war as
a prelude to armistice negotiations
with the Egyptians, an Israeli
army spokesman said last night.
The cease fire was to have been
effective at 6 p. m. Israel time (9
a. m., EST) but at 9 p. m. it still
was not in effect, the spokesman
said.
HOT SUSPECT
| IS COOKING <
DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 7 —(A 5 )—Ran
ger Capt. M. T. Gonzaullas an
nounced yesterday that a check at
Texarkana indicates a negro slay
er at Waco could not have been in
Texarkana during the Phanton
mui'ders of 1946.
The ranger captain said the ne
gro, admitted slayer of a man and
a woman at Waco, probably was
living in California at the time five
pei’sons were murdered in Texar
kana during 1946.
“Our check indicates that the
negro moved from Texarkana in
1944 and went to California,” said
Gonzaullas. “He returned to Texas
in 1947, moving to Waco. We have
been able to determine that he
visited Texarkana only one time
since 1944, and that was for three
days during the Christmas holi
days of 1947.”
Gonzaullas added:
“We intend to question this man
in connection with the Texarkana
cases however. We have delayed
our questioning pending the check
at Texarkana.”
STATE REFLECTS ITS
LONG DROUTH PERIOD
AUSTIN, Jan. 7 —<A>)— Texas’
rainfall during December was less
than half of normal.
The state board of water engi
neers reported today that the
greatest deficiency was in central
Texas and along the lower coast
line.
Readings taken by the water
board and the U. S. geological sur
vey showed stream flow was cor
respondingly lower.
The Guadalupe River at New
Braunfels was at its lowest aver
age flow since December, 1928.
The Neches at Evadale was at the
lowest since 1944. The North Con
cho at Carlsbad, Texas, approached
record lows.
There was a net storage loss of
31,000 acre feet of water on the
Coloi’ado reservoir. Storage con
tinued to drop at Possom Kingdom
on the Brazos and on the Trinity
reservoirs.
COMMITTEE URGES
CONSTITUTION CHANGE
AUSTIN, Jan. 7 —CP) A citizen’s
committee yesterday called on Gov.
Beauford H. Jester to urge the 51
Legislature to create a commis
sion to study the need for revision
of the 73-year old state constitu
tion and make recommendations.
WEATHER
f i i iP*MM East Texas —
C o n s i d e r a ble
cloudiness this
afternoon, to
night and Satur
day, with occa
sional light rain
in southwest and
extreme south
portions. Warmer
tonight. Gentle to
moderate variable
winds on the
cioy Texas _
Partly cloudy this afternoon, to
night and Saturday. No important
temperature changes^
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 7,1949
Number 103
Yearbook Change Voted by 2-1 Ratio
Eligible ROTC
Grads to Face
Active Duty
ROTC students who are
commissioned in January will
be called to active duty within
15 to 30 days, Col. H. L. Boat-
ner announced today. This ap
plies to all students except
those already exempted by
reason of prior military ser
vice.
This information was received
from Major General Frederick Ir
ving, Chief of the Career Manage
ment Group, Personnel and Ad
ministration Division, Department
of the Army in reply to a letter
from Boatner requesting data on
active duty for the January grad
uating class at A&M.
Those graduating cadets who
have completed active duty in
any grade in any of the armed
services will be subject to recall
only if they volunteer and if a
quota exists.
Deferment from active military
service on the basis of previous
service is given to those men who
have served 12 months or more
from September 16, 1940 to June
24, 1948, or who have served 3
months between December 7, 1941
and September 2, 1945.
The Competitive Tour Program
for senior division ROTC cadets
was also amplified in the letter.
Senior division cadets requesting
competitive tours can make appli
cation to the Adjutant General
through the PMS&T between the
fourth and the last month prior to
graduation.
Staffs, Councils
Picture Schedule
For ‘Longhorn’
The following schedule of club
pictures for the Longhorn has been
announced by Earl Rose, co-editor:
January 10—Battalion staff at
7:30, Longhorn staff at 7:45, Agri
culturist staff at 8, all in the
YMCA.
January 11—Commentator staff
in the YMCA at 7:30, Engineer
staff in the YMCA at 7:45, South
western Veterinarian staff in the
YMCA at 8, and Agriculture Coun
cil in the YMCA at 8:15.
January 12—Aggieland Orches
tra at 7:30, Singing Cadets at 7:45
YMCA Cabinet at 8, and Town
Hall staff at 8:15, all four will be
taken in the YMCA.
January 13—Arts and Sciences
Council at 7:30 and the Engineer
ing Council at 7:45, both in the
YMCA.
January 17—Livestock Judging
Team in the Agriculture Building
at 5, Dairy Products Judging team
in the Creamery at 5:15, and Dairy
Judging Team in the Agriculture
Building at 5:30. Also the crops
Judging Team in the Agriculture
Building at 5:45, Poultry Judging
Team in the A. H. Pavilion at 6,
and Meats Judging Team in the A.
I. Building at 6:15.
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iTixiA uuectur or me san Antonio Symphony, brings
the orchestra here Monday night.
The performance will be one of the regular Town Hall per
formances and only Town Hall tickets will be accepted for admittance.
Melody Makers Of
‘Sanlone’ Coming
By H. C. MICHALAK
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra will come to the
Campus Monday to stage the third Town Hall performance
of the season, Grady Elms, assistant director of Student
Activities, announced today.
Conductor of this prodigy among major US orchestras is
congenial, jovial, Max Reiter.
Some of Americas outstanding
music critics come to Texas every
year to hear performances of this
78 piece orchestra, made up of
Texans from the mesquite plains.
Last year, Reiter conducted two
concerts of the NBC Symphony
Orchestra in New York.
Schoch Will Speak
At AIChE Banquet
Dr. Eugene P. Schoch of the Uni
versity of Texas will be the prin
ciple speaker at the AIChE ban
quet January 11 in Sbisa Hall,
according to Dr. J. D. Lindsay,
head of the Chemical Engineering
Department.
Dr. Schoch was recently given
the first Southwest Regional award
by the American Chemical Society
for outstanding contributions to
the chemical profession in this
area. He founded and headed until
1946 the chemical engineering de
partment at Texas.
Schoch has been director of the
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
since its inception in 1914.
Tickets for the banquet are now
on sale in the Chemical Engineer-
ingoffice for $1.25 each.
Garden Specialist
To Attend Meeting
Sadie Hatfield, extension land
scape gardening specialist of A&M
will leave tomorrow for Washing
ton, D. C., where she will attend
a conference of garden leaders, ac
cording to Dr. Ide P. Trotter, di
rector of the Texas Extension Ser
vice.
The conference, held in the De
partment of Agriculture Auditor
ium, is sponsored by the USDA
Extension Service and Paul C.
Stark, director of the National
Garden Program.
While in Washington, Miss Hat
field will confer with USDA Ex
tension subject matter specialists.
Born In Trieste
Born in Trieste in 1905, Max
began his musical studies in his
native city. He completed his stu
dies in Munich in 1927. At 20, he
held the position of assistant con
ductor of the Berlin Opera house.
Before coming to the United Stat
es in 1938, he toured the European
continent giving concerts in most
of Europe’s capital cities.
Europe’s loss was Texas’ gain.
Reiter organized a symphony or
chestra in San Antonio in 1938.
The first year, four concerts were
performed. Since that time, the
orchestra has toured most of the
Southwest, giving more than 60
concerts in a year.
Featured on the program' in
Guion Hall at 8 p. m. Monday night
will be piano and violin solos.
Style Varies
Music of the San Antonio Or
chestra’s program varies from
tunes like “Dixie” to original
classical compositions by such mu
sic writers like Strauss and Tos
canini. In addition, Reiter has his
own version of popular waltzes.
A survey by the National Music
Council has ranked the San An
tonio orchestra second among ma
jor U S orchestras in the percent
age of American works perform
ed during a concert season.
First Industrial
Short Course Is
Scheduled Here
Executives, supervisors and fore
men from various Texas industries
will spend four weeks here in
January where they will receive
training in industrial motion and
time study. This is the first such
course to be conducted in the
Southwest, although similar work
has been given in the East and
Middle West.
Both classroom and shop instruc
tion will be given by consulting
engineers from the staff of the
Methods Engineering Council of
Kansas City, Mo. under sponsor
ship of the A&M Management En
gineering Department.
The course has been approved by
the Veterans Administration and
some of the students will be at
tending under the GI Bill.
Three Cadets To
Become Officers
In Regular Army
Sidney H. Cook, Jr., Clyde H.
Patterson Jr., and Ray M. Golden
have received regular Army com
missions, according to an announc-
ment by General Handy from the
Fourth Army Headquarters at Ft.
Sam Houston.
These are the only intra-year
distinguished military graduates
at A&M who have qualified to be
come regular army officers at this
time. These men have been order
ed to report to the Station Hospi
tal at Camp Hood before January
20, for a final physical examina
tion.
Other students at A&M who have
met all necessary qualifications ex
cepting age will receive their reg
ular army commissions upon 1’each-
ing the age of 21. Prospective of
ficers at A&M will be notified of
any further information from The
Adjutant General’s Office regard
ing intra-year distinguished mili
tary graduates who have applied
for regular Army commissions, a
letter from Fourth Army Head
quarters stated.
2,834 Students Favor Changing Name;
Aggieland 1949 is First Name Choice
By KENNETH BOND
The A&M Student Body voted 2834 to 1404 last night
in favor of changing the name of the A&M Yearbook. Only
Dormitory 6 had failed to send in its returns by 11 a..m. to
day.
Charles Deware Resigns From
Coaching Staff, February 1st
Charles DeWare, assistant
football coach at A&M, has
resigned. His resignation is
effective February 1.
“I am leaving the coaching
profession,” DeWare said. He
has not yet announced his
plans for the future.
Charley DeWare, former Texas
Aggie all-conference center, is the
George Barnes
Gives Painting
For AI Building
An oil portrait of George
W. Barnes, long-time worker
with the Texas Cattle indus
try, was hung in the Animal
Industries Building Wednes
day.
Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the
Animal Husbandry Department, ac
cepted the portrait on behalf of
the college.
The painting of Barnes shows
him standing beside a baby beef
of the type which he helped popu
larize through 4-H and FFA feed
ing demonstrations.
Barnes was born in Coleman and
attended school in Corpus Christi.
He is a graduate of A&M, Class
of ’ll.
He joined the Extension Service
as a beef cattle specialist in 1923
and has worked with county agents
ranchmen, and breed associations.
During 1930-32 he was connected
with the USDA Farm Board in
Washington.
In February of 1948 he was
named district agent for a 22-
county area in West Texas with
headquarters in Ft. Stockton.
Barnes is author and co-author
of a number of publications on
range management, feeding beef
calves, and judging cattle. He has
served at more than 300 livestock
shows.
Brenham C of C To
Hear Shepardson
Dean C. N. Shepardson of the
School of Agriculture will address
the annual banquet and member
ship meeting of the Brenham
Chamber of Commerce January 10
at the American Legion Home in
Brenham.
He will discuss agriculture and
dairying, stressing the dairy de
velopment program now in pro
gress in Washington County.
Beautiful, Talented Freshman
Will be Chosen by Movie Studio
By GEORGE CHARLTON
Do you know a beautiful and
talented college freshman woman?
She may be a possible candidate
for the “Mother Is a Freshman”
contest sponsored by Twentieth
Century Fox.
A telegram received yesterday
by editor of The Battalion read
“Twentieth Century Fox is look
ing for the country’s most beauti
ful and talented college freshman
woman. We do not propose to steal
her away from her books or to
feature her in a forthcoming pic
ture, although her reward for her
natural endowments will be an all
expense trip to Hollywood as our
guest.”
“Reason for all this is our new
technicolor comedy-drama “Mother
Is A Freshman,” co-starring Lo
retta Young and Van Johnson. We
plan to world premier ‘Mother Is
A Freshman’ simultaneously in
twelve college towns early in
March.”
“Now we turn to you, as an
expert of the college scene, and
ask you to wire us collect, no
later than January 15 a list of
the twelve colleges, either co-ed
or girls’ schools, in the order of
your choice, which is your opin
ion contain the most beautiful
and talented freshman woman.”
“For your information it is not
and we repeat not necessary that
they be mothers in order to com
pete in this ‘Mother Is a Fresh
man’ contest. We will then conduct
individual selection contests in each
of the twelve colleges which are
named by a majority of college
editors, one winner to be picked
from each college, on the basis of
her beauty, student body activities,
scholastic average, and talent of
the lively arts.”
“These contests will be con
ducted during our world premiere
festivities in the college towns
selected. The twelve winning
freshmen will all receive prizes
with the all-expense trip to
Hollywood going to the national
All-American girl.”
The telegram ends with the very
pertinent question “On which cam
puses do we find our girls?”
Not on this one, buddy.
only member of the 1947 coaching
staff who was retained when Har
ry Stiteler took over as head coach
this year.
DeWare, who was born at Bren
ham on September 2, 1913, lettered
at Brenham High and at Allen
Academy before coming to Texas
A&M to earn letters at center in
1934-35-36. He made all-conference
and was co-captain during his sen
ior year.
DeWare helped the Pan-Amer
ican Exposition All-Stars of Dal
las defeat the Chicago Bears in
September of 1937. He also play
ed center against the Bears in
two games at Houston.
Starting with 1937 season, De-
Ware became an assistant fresh
man football coach and has been
on the athletic staff since then ex
cept for the 1941-46 period when
he was in the service.
This season he had been moved
to the varsity from the post of
freshman football coach. He
worked chiefly with the centers
and did much of the scouting.
His father, Charles A. DeWare,
Sr., also was a captain of a Texas
Aggie football team, having the
honor during his senior year in
1908 when he was playing end.
DeWare Fieldhouse is named after
him.
“I shall miss my connections
with A&M and all athletic staffs
of the conference,” DeWare said.
He was given praise by the ath
letic staff. “In wishing DeWare
best of luck, we do so with grat
itude,” Bill Carmichael, athletic
director said. “He did a fine job
here; we shall miss him.”
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CHARLES A. DeWARE
Saddle, Sirloineds
Pick Location Of
New Rodeo Arena
A location was selected for the
new rodeo arena, and a date set
for the Cattleman’s Ball at a
meeting of the Saddle and SMoin
Club Tuesday night.
Members of the club also heard
nominations for a new club spon
sor, voted on the distribution of
finances, and appointed a nominat
ing committee for the election of
officers.
Professors Dahlberg, Warren,
Schrode, and Robinson were nomi
nated to replace Jim Gray as spon
sor of the Saddle and Sirloin Club.
Gray, who has sponsored the club
for the last few years, has left
the teaching staff of A&M to go to
the Extension Service.
A distribution of club finances
was made between the livestock
judging and rodeo team. Each team
will receive the same allowance
based on the length and duration
of the trips they make.
A location for the new rodeo
arena was decided upon. However,
the proposed location will be sub
ject to approval of the college ad
ministration before definite plans
can be made.
Saturday, March 19, was set as
the day for the Cattlemen’s Ball.
Jesse James and All The Boys will
furnish the music.
A committee was appointed for
the nomination of club officers.
The election will be held at the
next meeting.
Out of the 4,238 votes cast in the election, Aggieland
1949 was first choice with 923 votes; Spirit of Aggieland re
ceived 624 votes, and Final Review was third with 427 votes.
If the names Final Review and The Final Review with 270
votes were considered as one, this total would run 757 votes.
Milner Hall was the only dormi
tory which had the majority voting
against a change. Their vote was
63 for a change and 77 voting
against it. On the basis of the in
complete returns, Aggieland 1949,
Spirit of Aggieland, and Final Re
view will be in the run-off which
has been scheduled for the early
part of next week. The annual edi
tors expect to use the new name
on the 1948-49 yearbook.
The suggested names received
the following number of votes: Ag
gieland 1949, 923 votes; Bonfire,
50 votes; Final Review, 487 votes;
Reveille, 472 votes; Review, 88
votes; Spirit, 35 votes; Spirit of
Aggieland, 624 votes; The Final
Review, 270 votes; The Aggieland-
er, 129 votes; The Spirit, 148 votes;
Twelfth Man, 392 votes; and The
Aggieton, 11 votes.
Write-in votes included two
for Cadence, one for A-Ji, one
for Texas Aggie, and one for
Bryan Field Almanac.
In Dorm 1, 100 students voted
in favor of a name change, and
50 voted against the change. Of
the suggested names, Aggieland
1949 led with 42 votes followed by
Spirit of Aggieland with 29 and
Twelth Man and Reveille, both
with 16 votes.
Dorm 2 voted 101 to 56 in fa
vor of a change, casting 28 votes
for Final Review, 25 for Aggie
land ’49, and 24 for Reveille.
Dorm 3 favoi’ed a change by 81
to 56. Leading three choices were
Aggieland 1949 with 34 votes, and
Reveille and Spirit of Aggieland
both with 24 votes.
The vote was 72 to 65 in Dorm'
4 against the present name. Lead
ers here were Spirit of Aggieland
with 25 supporters, Aggieland 1949
with 24, and Final Review with 17.
A new yearbook name was ad
vocated in Dorm 5 by a count of
85 to 46. Leaders here were Spirit
of Aggieland with 24 votes, The
Aggielander with 13 votes and
Reveille with 12 votes.
Dorm 7 favored a change by a
tabulation of 132 to 54 and nam
ed Final Review with 45 votes,
Reveille, 36, and Aggieland 1949,
35 votes.
Dorm 8 cast a split with 90 for
and 90 against the name change.
Final Review led here with 39
followed by Agigeland 1949 with
30 votes and Reveille with 23.
A majority in Dorm 9 wanted a
change and voted 130 to 65 in that
direction. Leader's here were Ag
gieland 1949 with 54, Reveille, 29,
and Final Review, 23 votes.
A change wag voted in Dorm
10 by 102 to 48. Aggieland 1949
led here by 24 votes; Twelfth
Man had 19, and Final Review
had 14 votes.
Dorm 12 voted 96 to 19 for a
change and chose Aggieland 1949
by 38 votes, Final Review by 31,
and Reveille by 11.
In Dorm 14, 101 students voted
in favor of a change while 72 voted
against. Aggieland 1949 received
45 votes; Reveille received 20
votes, and Spirit of Aggieland rat
ed 17 votes.
There were 127 students in Dorm
15 for the change with 49 against.
Aggieland 1949 was tops with 65
votes, and Final Review, Spirit of
Aggieland, and Twelfth Man tied
with 17 votes each.
Dorm 16 had S3 students in
favor of change; 73 were against
the change. Aggieland 1949 re
ceived 32 votes; Spirit of Aggie
land received 21 votes, and Fi
nal Review had 18 votes.
One hundred and thirty favored
a change in Dorm 17, and 29 were
against. Aggieland 1949 received
46 votes; Twelfth Man received
26 votes, and Reveille rated 18
votes.
Hart Hall had 118 favoring a
name change, and 25 were against.
Aggieland 1949 received 33 votes,
Reveille, 25 votes, and Spirit of
Aggieland, 22 votes.
Law voted 119 votes for
change and 56 votes against.
Aggieland 1949 received 44 votes.
Twelfth Man, 30, and Spirit of
Aggieland, 26 votes.
(See YEARBOOK, Page 4)
Market Survey To Be Taken
From Sample Of Students
By GEORGE CHARLTON
“How often do you shave? Once a day? Twice a day?
Two or three times a week?”
These are examples of questions from the College Mar
ket Survey which will be conducted this week by the Batta
lion staff in cooperation with a national advertising service.
— f The survey forms, designed to
discover college buying trends, will
aid advertisers who use the Bat
talion. Identical questionnaires are
distributed all over the country
where similar surveys are being
held.
A proportionate sample of the
student body will be contacted in
cluding Annex freshmen in the
corps, membei's of the campus
military units, married vetex-ans at
the Annex, campus veterans, and
day students.
Such qixestions as “How many do
you own? How many do you buy
annually? Girdles? Bx’as? Slips?
Nighties?”, obviously cannot be
answered effectively by males with
out the assistance of their wives.
Other questions seek to secure
information ranging everywhere
from “About how many cigarettes
do you smoke daily?” to “What
genex’al magazines do you read?”
Questionnaires will be tabulated
locally and sent to New York.
Sid Wise, in charge of Battalion
advertising, asked today for all
persons interested in helping with
the survey to contact him in the
Battalion office.
Guion Hall to Be
Closed Saturday
Guion Hall will be closed Satur
day until 4 p. m., according to Tom
Puddy, manager of Guion Hall.
The Board of Dix*ectors who will
meet on the campus Saturday plan
to make an inspection of the new
construction in Guion. The theater
will be closed during their inspec
tion.
Student Magazine
Needs Staff Men
As a result of mid-term gradua
tions the Engineer will have ten
staff vacancies at the beginning
of next semester, Donald Brown,
Engineer editox 1 , announced today.
We are pax'ticularly interested
in securing staff members from
civil engineers, electrical engineers
petroleum engineers, agricultural
engineers, and industx’ial education
students, Bx-own said.
Brown pointed out that any en
gineering student who desires to
write is eligible to join the staff of
the Engineer.
Any student who is interested
should attend the Engineer staff
meeting Thursday at 7 p. m. in
Room 206 Goodwin Hall.
DUTCH OFFICIAL IN JAVA
BATAVIA, Java, Jan. 7 —(A 3 )—
Dutch Prime Minister William
Dx’ees arrived here by plane to
day from the Hague. He declined
to say what the nature of his dis
cussions will be.
Lot 6 Off-Limits’
For Student Cars
The vacant lot west of the New
Dox*m area is not an authorized
parking lot, Fred Hickman, chief
of Campus Security, emphasized
today.
Students were allowed to pax'k
there during the period px’eceeding
Thanksgiving and Christmas holi
days when so many extra cars
wex’e on the campus. The lot is
now closed for parking, Hickman
said.