NEWS
In Brief
army reaches peak,
SHUTS OFF DRAFTING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 —(#>—
The Army, already at its author
ized strength, has slowed its re
cruiting program and stopped tak
ing draftees to keep from going
over the legal limit.
An official said that as of Sat
urday no two year enlistments will
be accepted. While 18-year-olds
may continue to enlist for one year
as provided by the draft law, all
other volunteers must sign up for
three years’ service.
While the Army had been au
thorized to build its strength to
937,000 men, President Truman’s
budget message set a new ceiling
of 677,000. Officials said that fig
ure would be passed if enlistments
were allowed to continue at the
present 35,000 a month rate.
As for the draft, Maj. General
Lewis B. Hershey, selective service
director, ordered local boards to
stop, until further notice, just
about all activities except defer
ring registrants and registering 18
year olds.
LEGISLATOR’S PAY
BILL DUE AGAIN
AUSTIN, Jan. 17 —UP)— An
other effort to raise the pay for
state legislators is due in the house
of Representatives today.
Vernon McDaniel of Wichita
Falls said he would offer a reso
lution to provide a year-round pay
ment not to exceed $7.50 per day
for both senators and representa
tives during their term of office.
The year round payment would
be in addition' to present payments
of $10 per day for the first 120
days of a legislative session and
$5 a day for the remainder of the
session.
Similar efforts to raise legisla
tors’ pay have been coming up in
recent sessions. McDaniel said that
practically the same bill as his
lost by one vote in the last senate.
NEW DALLAS MED
SCHOOL PLANNED
DALLAS, Jan. 17 —(£>)— A
movement to bring a state-support
ed medical school to Dallas was
begun at a meeting in Longview
Saturday the Dallas Morning News
reported.
The News said that a group of
University of Texas alumni, to
gether with a few doctors, met to
work out a plan for such a college.
Present plans call for such a col
lege to absorb Southwestern Medi
cal Foundation in Dallas, which
now is graduating about 50 stu
dents each year. Under the propo
sal, the combined school would
graduate about 100.
The project, according to the
proposal, would, not disturb the
present University Medical School
at Galveston, which accepts about
100 students each year.
MISSING PLANE FOUND
WITH PILOT KILLED
ALBANY, Tex., Jan. 17 —(£>)—
The body of J. W. Thomas, Jr., of
San Angelo, Texas was found Sat
urday under his crashed plane on
a ranch near Albany, Texas.
Thomas, 35-year-old chief ob-
Berver for a Stanolind Oil and
Gas Co., field exploration crew
had taken off from San Angelo
last Sunday about the time a
blinding ice and snow storm hit
West Texas. He had taken off for
Tulsa.
1175,000 IN BILLS
STILL IS MISSING
WAUKESHA, Wise., Jan. 17 —
VP)—Postal inspectors have found
n stolen mail bag, but the $75,000
?n good and mutilated bills it con-
lained Thursday still is missing.
Two Milwaukee hunters walking
*n a rural road Saturday morning
found the bag, its straps slit, and
an empty pouch within, postmaster
Jay Laing declared.
The sack disappeared Thursday
night while being taken from the
postoffice to a line train.
BLACK DAHLIA MYSTERY
REMAINS UNSOLVED
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 —(A’)—
On the second anniversary of the
brutal “Black Dahlia” slaying, ha
rassed police investigators today
were no closer to cracking the
mystery than ever.
The latest of a long string of
suspects, Jeff Conners, 40, a self-
styled writer, was released Satur
day night after 24-hour question
ing. . .
And the quest for the sadistic
butcher-murderer of dark haired
Elizabeth Short—the “Black Dah
lia” to her friends—turned cold
again.
GREEK NATIONALS SCORE
ATHENS, Jan. 17 —(A>)— A
general staff spokesman announc
ed Sunday Greek National troops
have dislodged guerrillas from Na-
oussa and are pursuing them.
Guerrillas captured the biggest
part of Naoussa, an industrial town
90 miles west of Salonika, from a
400-man garrison Saturday. A
general staff communique earlier
today said fighting continued in
the area.
Invitations Available
At Student Activities
Graduation Invitations may
be picked up at the Student Ac
tivities Office according to Gra
dy Elms, assistant director of
Student Activities.
Elms urged all seniors that
have placed orders for invita
tions to pick up their orders as
soon as possible.
Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1949
Number 110
BOB SMITH, senior agronomy student from Rule, Texas, was
selected King of Cotton by the Agronomy Society last week. He
will reign over the Fifteenth Annual Cotton Style Show Pageant
and Ball.
Goff and Griener Receive Top Awards
At Brazos A&M Club Banquet Friday
Aggie Spirit in 1948 Commended by Dallas
Club; Harnden Wins Lifetime Athletic Pass
By SACK SPOEDE
Bobby Goff and Max Greiner were the men of the hour at the Brazos County A&M
Club Banquet honoring the members of the football squad and Cross Country team in
Sbisa Hall Friday night.
Goff, a junior fullback from Kenedy, won the Lipscomb-Colson award as the most val
uable player on the team. The 190 pounder, whose legs look like they have gone loco when
he drives through the line, was second in conference ground gaining until injuries kept him
Annual Title
Final Election
Slated Tuesday
The final election on the
title of the student yearbook
will be held tomorrow even
ing, according to Keith All
sup, election chairman.
The two remaining names to be
voted on are Aggieland 1949 and
Final Review.
Ballots for the military dox-mi-
tories will be distributed through
the Student Activities Office. Oth
er dormitories will receive distri
bution through the two offices of
William G. Breazeale and Robert
O. Murray, Jr.
Housemastei’s will have the bal
lots distributed by 5 p. m. and will
collect them at 10 p. m. Tuesday.
Ballots must be in the Student
Activities Office by 8 p. m. Wed
nesday.
Registration Schedule For
Spring Semester Released
Registi’ation for presently en
rolled students for the spring se
mester of 1949 will be held in
Sbisa Hall Monday and Tuesday,
January 31 and February 1.
Students now enrolled and in
good academic standing will re
ceive their assignment cards at
the east entrance to Sbisa Hall
Monday and Tuesday according to
H. L. Heaton, registrar.
The complete schedule for reg
istration is as follows:
The complete schedule is as
follows with all whose surnames
begin with the letter indicated
registering at the time given:
Monday, January 31, 1949
8 to 9—G, HI.
9 to 10—Ho, I, J, K.
10 to 11—A, Be.
1 to 2—Bi, By.
2 to 3—T, U, V.
3 to 4—W, X, Y, Z.
Tuesday, February 1, 1949
8 to 9—L, Ma.
9 to 10—Me, N, O.
10 to 11—P, Q, R.
1 to 2—S.
2 to 3—C
3 to 4—D, E, F.
Any student who has not com
pleted his registration and return
ed his assignment card to the Reg
istrar’s Office by 5 p. m. of regis
tration day will pay an additional
matriculation fee of $2.00 for late
registration.
As in the past, students will be
required to follow a definate se
quence in registering. After secur
ing assignment cards, they will
pay all fees at the Cashier’s Desk
and then report to the Chief of
Housing. The next step, Heaton
said, will be to secure approval of
the proposed courses from the head
of the departments or their rep
resentatives.
After registering in all of
their courses, registrants will
then report to the dean of their
respective school for approval of
the schedule. The deans will be
located in the Sbisa Annex.
Veterans will then secure ap
proval of book requisitions. The
final step in registration will be
turning in the assignment card at
the Registrar’s Desk.
Old returning students who have
been authorized to return will fol
low this same procedure, Heaton
said.
In order to avoid conflict in
final examinations, students have
been asked to take courses which
have different letter designations
appearing at the end of the sec
tion number. Heaton also suggest
ed that students will simplify reg
istration by planning their sche
dules so that all of their classes
will have the same section number.
Juniors and seniors in the
Schools of Arts and Sciences and
Agriculture will be required to
have their assignment cards ini
tialed by the heads of their major
departments before presenting the
cards to their deans for approval.
All students in the Schools of
Agriculture and Engineering who
have attained junior standing or
above must have their approved
degree plans when presenting their
assignment cards to their deans
for approval.
Heaton stated that any course
may be withdrawn from the spring
semester offerings in case the
number of registrations is too
small to justify the offering of the
course.
tout of several games.
Greiner, a two year letterman
in his sophomore year, won the
Bert Pfaff Award as the outstand
ing blocker on the team. After fin
ishing Beaumont High, he enroll
ed in A&M in the spx-ing of 1947
and was therefore eligible for vai*-
sity sports immediately. Also a
190 pounder like Goff, Greiner suf
fered an attack of pneumonia af
ter the Thanksgiving Day game
and missed sevex*al weeks of school.
Plaque Presented
As an added atti’action J. W.
(Skinny) Williams presented the
varsity football squad with a pla
que that read: “Dedicated to the
unconquei’able spii'it of the Texas
Aggies of 1948. Presented by the
Aggies of Dallas” the plaque was
given by the Dallas A&M Club.
One thing that the coaches at
A&M probably appreciated more
than the plaque, however, was the
lai’ge number of stars from the
Dallas high school ranks that were
present at the banquet.
A1 Saender, toastmaster of the
evening kept the laughs rolling,
with his frequent cracks at the
speakers and the members of the
Aggie coaching staff. Bill “Dog”
Dawson, assistant to Athletic Di
rector Bill Carmichael, was refer
red to • as “Old Legs and Lungs”
Dawson, while basketball coach
Marty Karow, who helped with the
scouting for the footballers, was
said not to be able “to track an
elephant in a snowstorm” in ref
erence to his abilities as a scout.
Skinny Williams, the Dallas rep
resentative, got off the joke of
the night, however, with his tale of
the di’ought in West Texas this
yeai\ Things got so dxy, he said,
that there were two ti’ees chasing
every dog.
Freeman Sends Regards
Dick Freeman, sports editor of
the Houston Chronicle, sent a wire
regretting his inability to be pres
ent at the banuet, referring to the
Aggies as the “Co-champions of
the Southeastern C o nference.”
(Compare the results of the
Thanksgiving game at Austin with
that of the Orange Bowl.)
Two members of the A&M squad
were not able to be at the ban
quet. They were Bob Goode and
Herb Turley. All the others were
present to receive their awards,
(Bee BANQUET on Page 3)
Preliminary
Fee Paying Will
Begin Tuesday
P r e liminary registration
for the spring semester will
start tomorrow when students
will be allowed to pay their
fees and reserve rooms.
The Fiscal Office has an
nounced that their represen
tatives will be in Room 100,
Goodwin Hall tomorrow and
Wednesday to accept payment
of fees.
Students who do not pay them
at Goodwin at that time may pay
them at the Fiscal Office in the
Administration Building before
registration.
Veteran students should secure
a fee exemption slip from the
Veteran’s Adviser’s Office be
fore paying their fees. Total fees
for the veterans are 55.50, and
if paid by installments, the first
installment is $9.70.
Corps members will pay $240.90
If paid in installments, $75.10 will
be paid at the time of registration.
Registration for rooms- will be
gin at 8 a. m. tomorrow and con
tinue until noon Saturday for men
who wish to reserve the rooms they
now occupy, Harry Boyer, chief of
housing, announced.
Students who wish to reserve
rooms other than those they now
occupy may do so between 8 a.. m.
January 24 and 5 p. m. January
26. Written permission from the
student’s housemaster or organi
zation commander must be presen
ted in order to change rooms.
Beginning Thursday, January
27, all remaining rooms will be
available on a first come, first
serve basis, Boyer said.
Representatives of the Athletic
Department will be in Room 100
of Goodwin Hall from January 18-
26 to issue coupon books to stu
dents who have paid their fees.
^Requests’ Keep Him Going . . .
Originator of ‘On the Beam 9 Program
Has Been Radio Announcer 4 Years
Confectioneries
Plan Late Hours
For Exam Week
The Memorial Student Center’s
two confectioneries, The Cave and I
The Campus Corner, will stay open
until midnight during the periods
January 17-21, inclusive, accord
ing to J. Wayne Stark, Director of
the Memorial Student Center.
The two confectionei’ies will also
be open January 23-27 inclusive.
These extra hours are for the con
venience of those men who will be |
studying for examinations who
may like a late snack.
The stores will close eaxdier any
of these nights if business does
not warrant their remaining open,
Stark said.
BILL THOMAS, KORA “On the Beam” announcer, has spun many a disc on his all-request program. (See ANNO
By C. C. MUNROE
With the exception of the War
Hymn, the Spirit of Aggieland,
and the Twelfth Man, probably the
most familiar and most popular
song along the banks of the Brazos
River is Tommy Dorsey’s Opus
Number One. The man responsible
for this unusual hit parade leader
is Bill Thomas, known to local ra
dio listeners as “Slim” Thomas,
private eye.
Bill, or Slim as you will have it,
is the hard working disc jockey
who keeps the 1240 kilocycle slot
on Aggie radios hot with his night
ly edition of “On The Beam.” A
senior chemical engineering ma
jor from Bryan, Bill has been
reading commercials, spinning rec
ords, and reading fan mail telling
him to “drop dead” since he was
16, some four years ago.
Bill started in radio at the
college station, WTAW. Then,
when KORA went on the air he
transferred down there as an
announcer.
“On The Beam” fell into his
hands in the summer of 1948 when
Paul Denwitt, originator of the re
quest show, left the Bryan radio
station. Since that -'time Bill has
learned that patience, and ability
to take the worst with the best,
and lots of black coffee are prime
requisites for feeding music to stu
dents during the nighttime hours.
Five night a week, at or about
10:15, Bill sits down at the control
board and begins his onesided con
versation with his listeners. Re
quests, which number about 25 a
day, make up a major portion of
the program. Ninty-five percent of
these come from Aggies, but there
“UNCEF
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HARRY STITELER presents co
captain JIM WINKLER with his bar and letter for the football cam
paign of 1948. Winkler terminated his career at A&M this fall after
playing four years of outstanding ball at, guard and tackle. Winkler
has signed a professional football contract.
Band, R Vs toMarch
In Austin Parade
A&M Drill Team Will Escort Jester
In Procession Down Congress Avenue
The Aggie Band and the Ross Volunteers will represent
A&M at the Governor’s Inauguration Tuesday.
The inaugural parade will begin its march down Con-'
gress Avenue at 10:30 a. m. The Band will lead the way
with Governor Jester and his party following. Jester will
♦be escorted by the Ross Volunteei’S
who will march in double columns
on each side of the Governor's
party.
Six Cadets Qualify
For Regular Air
Force Commissions
Six January gx-aduates have been
selected for appointment in the
Regular Air Force, according to an
announcement by Lt. Col. John H.
Kelly, PMS&T for Air.
The cadets are Ferd B. English,
Ji\, Edwai’d A. Hinkle, John I.
Hammonds, Jr., Gilford W. Koop-
man, Joseph N. Miller, Jr., and
Arnold M. Walkow.
These are the only ixxti’a-year
Distinguished Military Gx-aduates
at A&M who have qualified to be
come Regular Air Force offieex-s
at this time, Kelly said.
Upon certification of academic
graduation by the Registx-ar and
fulfillment of the academic requir-
ments the students will be nomi
nated for this appointment.
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Dr. Hiram Coulter,
A&M Graduate Of
’95, Dies in Temple
Dr. Hiram Thomas Coulter of
Rockdale, Texas suffered a severe
stroke Thursday mox-ning, Janu-
axy 6, while at his office and pass
ed away one week later, at Temple
Texas.
Burial services were held at the
home in Rockdale Fx-iday after
noon followed by interment at the
Bryan City Cemetery.
He was a 1895 graduate of A&M
and distinguished himself as Ca
det Colonel, Captain of the Ross
Volunteei’S, one of the founders of
A&M’s first football team and a
player of its first eleven.
Following his gi’aduation fi’om
A&M he entei’ed Bellevue Hospital
in New Yoi’k City as a medical
student and x’eceived his degree
there in medicine.
Coulter pi’acticed 48 years at
Rockdale interrupted only by his
service during the first world war,
in which he served as a captain in
the Medical Corps. -
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Edna Bi’aneh Coulter; one
daughter, Mi-s. Ted B. Ryan of
Rockdale; one sister, Mrs. Dona
Coulter Carnes; one brother, Wal
ter J. Coulter and one nephew,
Coulter Hoppess, all of Bryan.
Ag Ed Seniors
Cancel Meetiing
The meeting of Agricultural Ed
ucation seniors scheduled for Thur
sday night has been cancelled, ac
cording to E. V. Walton of the
Agricultural Education Depai’t-
ment.
The inaugui-al is at noon on the
steps of the Capitol. Lloyd W.
Davidson, commissioner of the
Court of Criminal Appeals, will
swear in Lieutenant Governor Al
lan Shivers. After Shivers’ address
Chief Justice John E. Hickman of
the State Supreme Court will
swear in Governor Jester for his
second term. Then Jester will make
his inaugural address.
Plans are for both houses of the
Legislature to be seated on the
hoax’d terrace in fi’ont of the Capi
tol.
The Hai’din-Simmons University
Cowboy Band from Abilene will
play before the ceremony. Thous
ands of spectators will stand on
the spacious Capitol lawns.
Austin’s Inauguration Commit
tee and traffic officials are
planning for a crowd of around
60,000 for the parade and inau
guration.
Following Governor Jester in the
parade will be Shivers escorted by
the Texas Ranger Company, a
Texas University ROTC unit. Vet-
ei’ans of Jester’s Woi’ld War I out
fit—Company D, 357th Infantry,
of the 90th Division—will march
near the head of the parade.
Other parade units include the
90th Infanti’y Division Band from
Coi’pus Christi, troops from the
2nd Armored Division at Camp
Hood, the 36th Division Band from
New Braunfels, Texas National
Guai’d troops fi-om San Antonio,
Lockhart, Gonzales and Luling and
high school and college bands.
Tuesday afternoon Jester and
Shivers will formally meet State
Legislators and guests at an in
vitation reception at the Austin
Country Club.
From 7:30 until 8:30 p. m. Jester
and Shivers will meet the public
in a reception in the Rotunda of
the Capitol. Aftex’wards the Gover
nor and Mrs. Jester will lead the
Gi’and March in an inaugui’al ball
at Gregory Gymnasium at the Uni
versity of Texas.
Later the gubernatoi’ial couple
will visit other inaugui-al balls be
ing held in the Union Building at
the Univei’sity of Texas, the Ste
phen F. Austin and Driskill Hotels
and the Dorrie Miller Auditorium.
In case of bad weather the
oath-taking ceremonies will be
held in the House of Represen
tatives, which seats 3,000 per
sons.
Present weather indications show
a ti’end toward fair and colder
weather Tuesday. So fax-, weather
men have been unable to issue a
definite forecast.
HOUSTON, Jan. 17 —(A>) Ernie
Taylor, executive secretary of the
Texas Retail Beverage Association
announced yesterday that 18,000
persons have signed petitions ask
ing legalization of liquor-by-the-
drink sales in Texas and extension
of the present curfew on the sale
of alcoholic beverages.