NEWS
In Brief
FOUR BRITISH PLANES
SHOT DOWN BY ISRAEL
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 10 —UP)
The Jewish Air Force and anti
aircraft shot down at least four
British planes over the still sput
tering Egyptian front, Israel an
nounced Sunday.
(The British said five planes
were missing from missions Fri
day, and accused the Jews of
shooting them down. A “strong
protest” is being lodged with Is
raeli representatives at the United
Nations, Jie foreign office said in
London, and the air ministry said
that as a result of the “Unprovok
ed attack” orders had been given
its pilots to regard all Israeli air
craft encountered over Egyptian
territory henceforth as hostile.)
SYMINGTON SAY US
READY FOR ATTACK
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 —(A 5 )—
The National Military establish
ment is ready with a plan if an
other “Pearl Harbor” is attempt
ed anywhere in the world.
This was disclosed today in the
annual report of air force secre
tary Symington.
“By agreement among the three
services, approved by the Secre
tary of Defense,” he said, “an op
erational plan has been formulated
for all present armed resources of
the country—land, sea and air—
for any near-term emergency use
that may be required.
“This is a ‘first’ in the peace
time history of the United States.”
FIGHTING REPORTED
WELL INTO TIENTSIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 —(A 1 )
A message from Associated Press
Correspondent Spencer Moosa in
Peiping said Sunday pro-govern
ment dispatches reported the Com
munists had “penetrated into sev
eral points well within the city
limits of Tientsin.”
The message came in the form
of a correction to a dispatch which
Moosa said had been censored. The
dispatch itself has not yet been
received by the A. P.’s San Fran
cisco cable-desk.
It was the first time that Moosa
dispatches showed interference by
Chinese government censors in
Peiping, although foreign corres
pondents were advised Dec. 31 that
iensorship was being imposed.
Earlier, Harold K. Milks in
Nanking had reported an abrupt
cessation of fighting around Tient
sin. He said this led to speculation
a deal had been worked out for
surrender of the city, the commer
cial hub of North China.
Moosa’s message said his prev
ious dispatch “should read: Pro
government reports said Reds pen
etrated into several points well
within city limits', of Tientsin re
peat Tientsin et cetera.
“Censor deleted opening sentence
mentioning Tientsin. This is to
avoid any confusion as to where
events described occurred.”
GUN FIGHT WOUNDS
FOUR NEAR DENTON
DENTON, Jan. 10 —(A 5 ) Charges
of assault with intent to murder
Sheriff Ones Hodges were filed
Saturday against Joe A. Goforth,
26, following a shooting that re
sulted in the wounding of four men
at Krum, Texas.
Sheriff Hodges was in a Denton
hospital and attendants said he
had lost the sight of his right eye
from a gunshot wound. The at
tendants said they probably can
save his left eye.
The other critically wounded
man, J. M. Chism, Krum painter,
showed improvement today. He
was shot in the back and head.
Others wounded were Deputy Sher
iff Joe Hutcheson and Goforth.
The shooting started without
warning on the main street of
Krum, a small town near here
which has 750 population. Chism
was shot with a shotgun. Goforth
then ran into a barbership.
As Sheriff Hodges and Deputy
Hutcheson approached to arrest
him, they both were shot, Hutche
son in the hand. Goforth ran from
the barbershop and a number of
citizens and officers gave chase
and a running gunfight developed.
Goforth was shot in the face.
He was captured by his brother,
Clarence, 23, who ran between of
ficers and the fugitive and threw
his arms around his brother and
held him until officers arrived.
County Atty. W. K. Baldridge
said Goforth had signed a state
ment saying he was mad at the
barber, D. P. Windle, “because he
(Windle) was a Democrat and I’m
a Republican.” Windle left through
a window of the shop when Goforth
pointed his gun at him.
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, JANUARY 10,1949
Number 104
Naval ROTC Unit at A&M Authorized
Yearbook/Runoff
Slated Tuesday
‘Aggieland 1949’ and ‘Final Review’
Top Aggies’ Choice for Annual Name
Tuesday night students will cast their ballots in the first
runoff election concerning the name of the A&M yearbook.
In Thursday’s election students cast 4,412 votes with 2,930
in favor of a change and 1,482 against the change.
Only three of the proposed names will appear on this
second ballot. These three names-f
are Aggieland 1949, Spirit of Ag
gieland, and Final Review. None
of the names besides Aggieland
1949, received more than 20 per
cent of the total vote, so only the
three names polling the highest
number of votes will be included.
All the vote totals are now com
plete since the Dorm 6 ballots were
turned in Friday afternoon after
the news story on the election had
already been released. Dorm 6 vot
ed for the change 96 to 78. Aggie
land 1949 topped the list of pro
posed names in the dorm with 29
votes; Spirit of Aggieland and
The Final Review each received 13
votes.
The only error in the Friday
story of the election returnsi was
the statement that “a change
was voted for in Dorm 10 by 102
to 48.” The sentence should have
read “was voted against” since
Dorm 10 was one of the two
dorms to favor retaining the
name of The Longhorn, Milner
being the other.
Aggieland 1949 topped the vote
getters with 952 tallies, 315 more
than the next highest name and
22 percent of the total vote. Sec
ond most popular name was Spirit
of Aggieland with 637 votes, 14
percent of the total number .cast.
Final Review edged Reveille for
the third spot on the run-off bal
lot with 495 votes to Reveille’s
481. Thus the No. 3 choice polled
11.2 percent of the total and the
No. 4 name received 10.9 percent.
Actually Final Review was prob
ably more popular than these fig
ures indicates since the slightly
different name of The Final Re
view received 283 votes. If only one
of the names had appeared on the
ballot, the total of the two (778)
might have been cast for that
name.
If any of the three names re
ceives a majority of the votes cast
in the run-off Tuesday, it will be
come the new name of the Aggie
annual. A third election will be
held the last of the week if the
(Tuesday voting does not produce a
winner. Only the top two names
would appear on this third ballot
if it is needed.
Based on figures released re
cently, which gave the college en
rollment as 8,179 students on Jan
uary 1, the 4,412 votes mean that
almost 54 percent of the students
cast ballots. The voting percent
age for students living in main
campus dorms was 75 percent,
much higher than the overall aver
age. Day students cast only 32
ballots.
A ballot for non-dorm students
appears on the last page of The
Battalion and must be mailed or
brought before 5 p. m,. Tuesday
to the Student Activities Office.
Ballots in the dorms will be dis
tributed Tuesday evening and will
be collected by 10 p. m., by the
student senator in each dorm.
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WEATHER
East Texas —
Freezing rain in
north and west-
central portions,
and rain else
where this after
noon, tonight and
Tuesday. Much
colder with low
est temperatures
15 to 24 in north
and west-central
portions, except
10 to 14 in upper
Red River Valley
11001
and 25 to 33 elsewhere. Much cold
er in south portion Tuesday. Strong
southerly winds on the coast, shift
ing to northerly tonight.
West Texas—Occasional snow in
Panhandle and South Plains, and
freezing rain or rain elsewhere
this afternoon, tonight and Tues
day. Much colder except little
change in Panhandle and South
Plains, with lowest temperatures
three to ten in Panhandle and
South Plains, and 12 to 24 else
where tonight.
No Draft Calls
For Two Months
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 —<£>)
The Army announced Saturday
that it will draft no men in Feb
ruary and March.
Army Secretary Royall said
that “voluntary enlistments and
reenlistments, averaging 35,000
a month for the past two months
have made selective service calls
unnecessary for the next two
months.”
Dean Pearson
Granted Leave
For Research
Dr. Paul B. Pearson, Dean
of the Graduate School and
Head of the Biochemistry
and Nutrition Department,
has been granted a leave of
absence by the Board of Di
rectors, to organize the re
search program in the field of
animal sciences for the Ato
mic Energy Commission.
In his new job at Washington,
D. C., Dr. Pearson will work in
the division of biology and medi
cine of the Atomic Energy Com
mission.
Specifically, his work will cen
ter around the use of isotopes in
biological studies and the effect of
radiation on animals. The labora
tories in which research will be
conducted include Brookhaven Na
tional Laboratory, Long Island;
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Argonne Na
tional Laboratory, Chicago; Han
ford Works, Richland, Wash., and
the Los Alamos Scientific Labora
tory, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A number of universities and
colleges will participate in work
under the sponsorship and support
of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Dr. Pearson was named head of
the biochemistry and nutrition de
partment and dean of the graduate
school in 1947.
Pearson is a native of Oakley,
Utah, and has been an instructor
in the animal husbandry depart
ment of Montana State College
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Oceanography Department
Will Be Established Here
By CHUCK MAISEL
The Board of Directors Saturday granted authority to the President and Chancellor
to negotiate with the proper authorities for establishment of a Naval ROTC unit at A&M.
The plan voted by the Board will offer all 3 branches of service in a coordinate program.
This action was recommended by President F. C. Bolton after correspondence with 15
other land grant colleges that now offer the three branches of service.
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And So There I Was
Who Is A&M’s
Champion Liar?
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JOSEPH F. HOLICK
creator of the Senior boot.
. . from bandmaster to boot-maker,
(See story below).
San Antonio Symphony Wili
Perform in Guion Tonight
The San Antonio Symphony Or
chestra under the direction of Max
Reiter will appear in Guion Hall
tonight at 8.
This musical group, which has
been ranked second among major
US orchestras in the percentage
of American works performed dur
ing a concert season, will be the
third Town Hall performance of
the season.
No tickets will be sold at the
Guion box office; admission will be
He joined the Animal Husbandry by Town Hall season tickets only,
staff of A&M in 1937 and was ap-according to Grady Elms, assist-
pointed distinguished professor in ant director of student activities.
1942. A prospective program for the
orchestra’s performance released
by Elms included the following
numbers: selections from the
operas “Der Freischuetx” by
Weber and “Der Rosenkavalier”
by Straus, a Schumann sym
phony and “A Symphonic Story
of Jerome Kern” by Bennett.
Reiter founded the San An
tonio Symphony as a semi-pro
fessional group in 1939. He is
now the musical director and
conductor of a full time organi
zation with a budget of $300,000
this season and more than 60
scheduled events.
By FRANK CUSHING
The long abused and often con
demned art of lying is about to
become a laudable feat at A&M
again. In line with its many ef
forts to increase the Aggies’ in
tellects through contests, sic “The
Ugly Man,” “Pipe Smoking,” The
Battalion is about to initiate an
other memorable one. Truth will
take a back seat as the “Battalion
Tall Tales Contest” enters the
scene.
Too long have skillful story
tellers been frustrated in their
search for an appreciative audi
ence. Deplorable is the number of
ingenious tales which have been
wasted on the deaf ears of profes
sors alone. As the revered and
touching proverb points out, “Ev
ery dog will have his day.” That
day has at last arrived.
Fond expectations are held that
the competition in this event will
Batt Members
To Expose Necks
A new column of editorial
comment and remarks begins
in today’s Battalion. Located on
the Editorial Page, it will go
under the standing head “Stick
ing My Neck Out.”
Six writers will bring their
views of local, state, and na
tional events. The articles will
be printed in the Monday, Wed
nesday, and Friday Battalions.
The first article, written by
Kenneth Bond, gives an inter
pretation of “Dead Week.”
Bandmaster to Boot Maker
Cadets For Three Generations Shod
By Creator Of Original Senior Boots
By DAVE COSLETT
Texas Aggies are the best dres
sed cadets in the world and that’s
not only their own opinion. That’s
the view of at least one Army of
ficer who, incidentally, was a West
Point man. The boys just seem to
have the knack of making a mighty
sharp uniform look even sharper
—especilly with the help of those
lucious hunks of leather known as
Senior boots.
In choosing those boots, just as
in choosing his other wearing ap
parel, an Aggie’s just as fussy as
his reputation for beng well-dres
sed warrants him to be—the op
erators of Holick’s Boot Shop, the
leading producer of Senior boots
can vouch for that fact. And the
Holick family should know, since
they’ve shod hard-walking Aggies
since 1891.
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What’s Cooking
AGGIE RUTH CIRCLE, A&M
METHODIST CHURCH, 7:30 p.
m., Tuesday, Mrs. Walter Dickens,
Golden Rule Poultry Farm.
AGRONOMY SOCIETY, 7:30 p.
m., Tuesday, A&I Lecture Room.
Election of King Cotton.
BUSINESS SOCIETY, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, Room 23, Building K.
CAMERA CLUB, 7:15 p. m.,
Monday, Physics Building.
GEOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p. m.,
Tuesday, Petroleum Engineering
Lecture Room.
JUNIOR AVMA, 7:30 p.m., Tues
day.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB
5 p. m., Friday, Administration
Building. Yearbook picture.
SAILING CLUB, 7:30 p. m.,
Monday, Room 203, Academic
Building.
TAU BETA PI, 5 p. m., Wednes
day, Steps of Chemistry Building.
Meeting afterwards.
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YOUNG HOLICK, together with his father, the creator of the Senior boot, operates Holick’s Boot
Shop at the North Gate. Since 1891, the Holicks have supplied Aggies with their favorite footwear.
The history of these College
Station leather workers even an-
tecedes the history of the fa
miliar foot-wear of A&M cadet
seniors. Back in ’91, when an
immigrant boot-maker and musi
cian named Joseph F. Holick set
up a one-man shop here on the
campus, the cadet corps was
wearing the now antiquated gray
uniform. Boots were non-existant
as an item of uniform wear and
the few leather articles worn by
cadets were black.
Holick’s shop was housed to
gether with a barber shop in a
wooden building between the Aca
demic Building and the space now-
occupied by the library. The only
other business on the campus at
the time was a combination gro
cery store and cold-drink stand.
Diversion seeking students, there
fore, sought out Bryan which
could be reached at the time only
by foot or horse-back. The result
was plenty of shoe repair work
for the young craftsman.
By 1893, A&M was laying plans
for a band and Holick’s ability as
a concert clarinet player won him
the job as bandmaster of the first
Aggie band. Although A&M soon
began hiring full-time musicians
for the bandmaster’s job, he still
pinch-hits at the job when any of
the leaders quit suddenly.
As far as boots were concerned,
Holick had little idea that he was
soon to make his fame in their
manufacture. The nearest he had
come to making such military foot
wear was when he filled the oc
casional order for some leather
puttees which were just coming
into cadet vogue.
When the khaki uniform was
initiated at A&M, the seniors
voted to make a brown riding
boot regulation wear for cadet
seniors. They turned for such a
boot to Holick who was fast de
veloping his four boys into musi-
(See HOLICK, Page 4)
be even more spirited than that
found in the contests of the past.
To insure a maximum amount of
entries, the rules are few. No cou
pons are necessary. You need not
even rip off the top of your room
mate to clip to your story. One lie,
be it long or short, is all you need
to bid for the title of “Biggest
Buller of the Brazos Bottoms.”
Surely every self-respecting
Aggie is well equipped for such
a verbal battle. Everyone should
be in perfect condition after the
strenuous training called for in
a nightly bull session.
The stories do not have to be
complicated or lengthy. For exam
ple, one might be told of the Aggie
who never cheated. Also suitable
would be a narrative concerning a
student motorist who never wit
nessed the writing of “He came to
see me . . .” upon his auto regis
tration form.
Originality should be sought for.
However, it is not an absolute re
striction of the contest. The tall
tale may deal with any imaginable
subject from fickle women to faith
ful dogs. Members of the Batt staff
cannot enter the contest. They will
be the impartial judges.
The top three entries will be
given prizes. The winner will re
ceive an impressive-appearing,
framed citation which will be a
permanent record of his achieve
ment. This certificate is guaran
teed to brighten the wall of any
room. Hung among the usual
collection of pinups, it certainly
will catch the eye of all.
Those winning second and third
place honors will be awarded L. H.
Stern Monogrammed pipes as
their proof to the world of artis
tic lying.
All entries should be mailed or
brought to the Battalion office, 201
Goodwin Hall. The creator’s name
should be on each story. Wednes
day, January 19, marks the closing
day of the contest. Students may
enter as many tall tales as they
desire. Selected ones will be print
ed daily until the completion of
the contest.
Here is your opportunity to
make your mark in the world;
don’t waste it. Dust off an oft’
used excuse or create a new
story for the occasion. Which
ever you do, enter “The Battalion
Tall Tales Contest” at once.
Consider the honor that will go
with winning this contest. Per
haps in a short time you may mod
estly inform the home folks that
they may now refer to you as the
“Biggest Buller in Brazos Bot
toms.” Ah, the glory of it all!
’49 Summer Camp
Students Must Be
Immunized Now
All contract R.O.T.C. students
who will complete 2 semesters of
their contract on or about June 1,
1949 and who are scheduled to at
tend ROTC summer camp in 194$
are required to be immunized
against small pox, Col. H. L.
Boatner, commandant, said today.
Arrangements have been made
with the college hospital to immu
nize students between the hours of
3 and 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wed
nesday of this week.
Failure of any student to secure
vaccination at the scheduled time
will of necessity result in the in
dividual’s having to be immunized
by a civilian physician at the ex
pense of the student, Boatner said.
AVMA Slates Talk
By Veterinarian
“Small Animal Practice” will be
the subject of a talk by Dr. R. E.
Starnes, Dallas veterinarian, at
the meeting of the Junior Chapter
of the AVMA, at 7:30 p. m. Tues
day.
Dr. Starnes is a 1931 graduate
of A&M and is now operating a
veterinary hospital in Dallas.
The freshman class of the
School of Veterinary Medicine will
sponsor the meeting.
was established by the Board for
training in the upper class and
graduate level. This new depart
ment will work closely with the
A&M Research Foundation in
training students for future work
along the Gulf Coast area.
Major fields to be studied are:
Physical Oceanography, which
deals with physical forms of
waves and currents; meteorology
which deals with weather; Chem
ical Oceanography, dealing with
the chemistry of water; Marine
biology and botany; and sub
marine geology.
Colonel of the Corps Bob Mc
Clure appeared before the group
to invite the directors to the Mili
tary Ball here on February 12.
McClure told the board that the
Corps is working very hard to
“repay you (the Board) as best
as we know how for the break you
gave the Cadet Corps two years
ago.” He said that the Corps was
very anxious to make up for the
many “headaches” they gave the
Board in the spring of 1947.
An appropriation of $25,000 was
voted from the Physical Plant
Extensions Fund to finance the
first part of the moving of the
agriculture department and divis
ions west of the railroad. This step
is made to centralize agriculture
activities and to bring together
the teaching and 1’esearch divisions
of the school. The first moves are
to be Entomology, Poultry Hus
bandry, Horticulture, and Dairy
Husbandry, in the order named.
An additional appropriation of
$4,000 was granted to pay for
the work yet to be done in the
remodeling of Guion Hall. T
was in addition to the original
$35,000 voted before for the pro
ject.
The Board voted acceptance of
an endowed fund of $25,000 which
will provide assistance^ outstand
ing young men in pursuing grad
uate work in the field of agricul
ture. The donor wished to remain
anonymous at present.
The Board adjourned to meet
again March 11 at John Tarleton
at Stephenville.
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A committee from the Board of
Directors met with Chancellor Gibb
Gilchrist Saturday morning in re
gard to selecting the next presi
dent of A&M. After the meeting,
Gilchrist announced that at his re
quest a similar committee was be
ing named from the faculty. No
indication was given as to who the
new president will be or when a
change might be expected.
Dallas Symphony
To Play in Bryan
Tuesday Evening
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra
comes to Bryan Tuesday. The or
chestra’s appearance in Bryan’s
Stephen F. Austin High School
auditorium is sponsored by the
Bryan Artist Series, and is sche
duled for 8 p. m.
Special interest in the concert
has resulted from reports that An
tal Dorati, the orchestra’s world
famous conductor, will leave Dal
las after this season to conduct the
Minneapolis Symphony. Dorati
will replace Dimitri Mitropoulos
who will become co-conductor of
the New York Philharmonic.
Dorati’s program, though not
too well known to symphony pa
trons in this part of the country,
promises to set a new vogue in
audience appreciation. The pro
gram in brief includes: “Toccata
in C Major” by Bach, transcribed
for orchestra by Leo Weiner, Bee
thoven’s Symphony No. 7, in A
Major, Op. 92”, “La Valse” by
Ravel, and Respighi’s “The Pines
of Rome.”
College Station
Directors to Meet
The Board of Directors of the
College Station Development As
sociation and all Committee Chair
men will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday
in the City office.
Program of work for the year
will be discussed, according to C.
N. Shepardson, president of the
association.
BRANIFF AIRLINES
EXPAND SOUTHWARD
DALLAS, Jan. 10 —tfl?)—Braniff
International Airways will extend
passenger, cargo and mail seiwice
to La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 31, presi
dent T. E. Braniff announced.