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NEWS In Brief OWN DIFFERENCES AMUSE JUSTICES WASHINGTON, Jan 18—^).— Disagreement on the Supreme Court bench reached such an ex treme Monday that it brought chuckles from the justices and spectators. At one point Justice Felix Frank furter—who was scolding his col leagues in a dissenting opinion— stilled mild laughter from the other judges and spectators with the comment: “This is no matter for levity.” The incident came near the close of a 2-hour session in which dis agreement was so pronounced that six cases produced fourteen writ ten opinions setting out as many separate views. ISRAEL TO OPEN EL FALUJA TRAP RHODES, Jan. 18—Reliable in formants said Monday night that Israel and Egypt had reached an agreement under which 2,000 Egyp tian troops, trapped at El Faluja in Southern Palestine for nearly three months, would return to their lines with full military honors. Tel Aviv dispatches reported that, pending the expected evac uation of the Egyptians, Israel would permit a United Nations food convoy to go through to them. COMPROMISE SPURNED ON TIDAL LAND AUSTIN, Texas, Jan 18—Talk of a compromise in the state-fed eral fight over tidelands owner ship drew a cold reception Monday from Texas state officials. “There can be no compromise on the prinicple involved,” said Gov. Beauford H. Jester. “The tidelands are the property of the states.” “They’re trying to divide the states’ solid front,” said Sen. John Bell of Cuero. Twenty-seven of Texas’ thirty-one Senators are joining Bell as signers of a pro posal to amend the United States Constitution to guarantee statg control over tidelands in peace time. “There can be no compromise on this question. They’re trying to confiscate state property, and if they can take the tidelands they can take anything.” B-29’s CRASH KILLS 20 HOME-BOUND GTs GLASGOW, Scotland, Jan. 18.— Twenty homeward-bound Ameri can soldiers were killed Monday when the B-29 smashed into a fog- shrouded mountain in Western Scotland and burned. A United Staths Army spokes man in London said the plane car ried “maintenance men” and a reg ular crew. Names of the victims were withheld until the next of kin are notified. The Superfort was bound for Meeks Field, Iceland, en route to the United States when it ran into forg and mist over Argyllshire and crashed into a mountain peak 3,000 feet up near Loch Goilhead, thirty miles northwest of Glascow. DRYS, WCTU THREATENINIG TO PEN PROHIBITION DRIVE AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 18—OT)— A fight for state-wide prohibition was threatened Monday by the United Texas Drys and the Wo mens’ Christian Temperance Un ion. At the same time, Gov. Beauford H. Jester and Rep. J. Blake Tim mons of Amarillo announced they have asked the State Liquor Con trol Board to investigate com plaints about the way the control setup has been operating. Tim mons has threatened a legislative investigation. Dr. Walter H. McKenzie of Dal las, executive secretary of the Uni ted Texas Drys, and Mrs. Claude de van Watts, WCTU president, suggested in separate statements that a prohibition drive might be the best way to kill any proposed legislation libei'alizing liquor laws. The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1949 Number 111 Prominent Men Will Discuss Great Issues By ALLEN SELF Can modern man control the products of his inventive brain, or is he merely a slave of machine technology and his political systems ? Grappling with this fundamental question this spring, students enrolled in Administration 405, Great Issues, will ■♦■be aided by prominent speakers __ v from all over the world. ^ I I n id a t e 4 last year by enthusias AM ONE JAIL INMATE NETS PROFIT COLUMBIA, S. C. —<£>)— The city jail is rid of its most com placent prisoner. He was an aged brown mule that munched city hay for ten weeks. Police found the old fellow on a vacant lot and advertised him in a lost and found column but nobody claimed him. So finally on order of Police Chief L. J. Campbell an auction was held in front of the jail. Auctioneer E. M. Dupree pro claimed that the mule was “good and stx’ong and would cost $75 anywhere else.” The two bidders examined the animal’s teeth and agreed he was more than 14 years old. WEATHER East Texas >— Cloudy with oc casional rain to day, except some freezing rain in tihe northwest this morning. Oc casional rain in the northeast to night with slow ly rising tempera tures. Wednes day partly cloudy, warmer in the south and ex treme east. Moderate northeast erly winds on the coast. West Texas, cloudy to partly cloudy with slowly raising temper atures today and tonight. Occas ional freezing rain or snow in the south plains and from the Pecos Valley eastward this morning. Wednesday partly cloudy, turning colder in the Panhandle and south plains Wednesday afternoon. / oyees Attend Annual Ag Convention Maurine Hearn, vice direc tor of the Texas A&M Exten sion Service, presided at the 22nd annual convention of the Texas Agriculture Work ers Association which was held at Fort Worth over the last weekend. Advancing Agriculture was the theme of the two-day meeting. Others attending the convention from A&M were the following: E. R. Alexander, Department of Agri cultural Education; Dr. J. C. Mill er, Department of Animal Hus bandry; Dr. R. D. Lewis, Director of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Tyrus R. Timm, Exten sion Economist and Professor of Agricultural Economics. Representing other departments of the college and the A&M Sys tem were Louis Franke, P. T. Montfort, Dr. L. G. Jones, and Gladys Martin. Typical of the subejcts discuss ed at the meeting were Whdt’s New in Agricultural Research— Dr. R. D. Lewis, Population Shifts and Farm Mechanization, What They Mean to Texas Agriculture— Tyrus R. Timm, and Life at Its Best—Mrs. Alice McConnell, Uni versity of Texas. Equipment Valued At $13,165 Given A&M Ag Engineers Equipment valued at $13,165 has been loaned or given A&M’s Agri cultural Engineering Department recently. The board of directors at its January 9 meeting accepted the equipment. “We are happy to receive this equipment,” F. R. Jones, head of the department says. “We will use the equipment at the college fox- class insti'uction purposes. It is very valuable and we are grateful to the donors,” Jones said. The donors of the loaned equip ment include International Har vester Company, Houston, a Model C Farmall tractor and two-row cul tivator attachment, UD-6 Diesel power unit, freezer chest, horse- drawn mower, milking machine, cream separator, milk cooler. Stewart Equipment Company, Dallas, Fox-d Tractor, 2-bottom moldboard plow, 2-disk plow, 2- row middle buster and planter, tan dem disk hai-row, 2-row cultivator, rolling stalk cutter, mower attach ment. John Deere Plow Company, Dal las, a portable elevator, Hammex-- mill, Letz No. 140 feed mill, 2-row cotton harvester. Papec Corporation, Dallas, an ensilage cutter and one Hammer- mill. Servel Corporation, Evansville, Indiana, a kerosene refrigerator. American Crop Drying Equip ment Company, Crystal Lake, Illi nois, an all-crop hay dryer. Silbaugh Manufacturing Com pany, Humboldt, Iowa, a Hum boldt stalk cutter. Jerome Simer Company, Minne apolis, a Simer insecticide spray er. R. H. Bishop Company, Cham paign, Illinois, a Bishop freezer chest. General Electric Supply Com pany, Houston, an A. C. arc weld er. Allmand Brothers Manufacturing Company, Holdredge, Nebraska, an A.C. arc welder. Harnischfeger Cor-poration, Mil waukee, an A.C. arc welder. A gift, by the Lincoln Electric Company, an A.C. arc welder. tic students searching for answers to the disquieting problems which afflict humanity, Great Issues en ters its second year under direc tion of Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the History Department. With a budget of $3,000 allotted for pay ing visiting speakers expenses, the schedule for the two hour course this spring promises significant improvements. Kermit Roosevelt, Randolph Churchill, Milton Eisenhower, (Ike’s brother), and Congress man Ed Gossett are among the prominent speakers engaged to address the class. Though the schedule is necessar ily flexible due to the need of fit ting in with speaker's’ time, the thirty-two meetings slated during the semester will range from the progress of European recovery to problems and trends in the Ameri can family, according to a tenta tive schedule released by Dr. Gam mon. Textbook will be the Sunday edi tion of the New York Times, fam ed for its impartial coverage of national and international new events. Great Issues is open to all sen iors with 90 or more hours and carries two hours of elective credi+ Issues up for discussion ai’e di vided roughly into problems of in ternational and national import ance. World problems to be taken up include “What Ails China,” “The Near East,” “Italy’s Foreign Policy since Liberation,” and “Eco nomic Democi-acy or Autarchy.” Milton Eisenhower ,pi’esident of Kansas State College, will explain the woi’kings of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission (UNESCO), which has been accus ed of being a den of Commies, radi cals, and nutty profs. “Europe Today” will be the subject of Randolph Churchill’s talk. Churchill is the son of the leader of His Majesty’s loyal op position in Pax-ljament, cigar- chewing Winston. National issues for exploration include the problem of water sup ply in the Southwest, national man power problems, and state educa tion and federal aid. Ed Gossett, Congressman from Wichita Falls, will further his pet domestic reform, that of changing the method of electing the Presi dent. y Rodeo Association Plans Standards For Competition Collegiate bi’onco-busters will compete on an organized basis in the future, accoi'ding to plans now being completed by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Their goal is standardization of rodeo practices, in much the same manner as the Southwest Athletic Conference standardizes athletic contests, according to Chaidie Ran kin, A&M student who is publicity director for the organizing com mittee. Formal organization will be completed at Fort Worth January 28-29-30 during the Fat Stock Show there, according to Rankin. Hank Finger of Sul Ross College is chaii’man of the constitutional committee. Colleges from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado have in dicated their interest in such an association, according to Rankin. The group would set up uniform eligibility requirements and scho lastic standards for team member ship, and standardize the award ing of prizes. Saddle and Sirloin Okehs New Arena Plans for an 85 by 45 yax-d rodeo arena with 10 bucking chutes and a calf roping chute was approved by the Saddle and Sirloin Club at a special meeting Wednesday night. After approval by the club, the plans were fox-warded to college authorities for final approval. Working pens for the livestock will be located at each end of the arena. The Saddle and Sirloiners plan to use portable bleachers, seating about 3000 spectators, borrowed from Kyle field. MRS. LEON DOLLENS, saleslady at the Aggie Radio and Appliance Company, looks through one of the albums in the store’s stock of records ranging all the way from boogie-woogie arrange ments to children’s stories. Standard equipment for the record collector such as stands, needles, and leather bound albums are also among the supply sold at the bar-like booth. Truman Asks for Authority To Remodel Government Branches WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—President Truman asked Con gress Monday to give him permanent and continuing author ity to reorganize every branch of the federal government. The sweeping request was made in a special message. He said the purpose was two-fold: 1. To enable him to carry out his^~— “Fair Deal” domestic legislative program and far-reaching intex-- Team Pictures For Annual to Be Made The following teams will have their pictures made for the annual on Wednesday January 19, accord ing to Earl Rose, co-editor of the yearbook. A picture of the livestock judg-. ing team will be made at the Agri- cultux-e Building at 5 in the after noon, and at 5:30 the dairy judg ing team will pose for its picture in the Agriculture Building. At 5:46 the crops judging team will be photographed in the Agri culture Building, and at 6, the poultry team will have its picture made in the Animal Husbandi*y Pavilion. The meats judging team will meet for its picture in the Animal Ixxdustry Building at 6:15 p. m. national projects for which he has submitted to Congress a $41,900,- 000,000 budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 2. To make it possible to put into effect the vast recommenda tions of the commission on govern ment reorganization headed by for mer President Hoover “and to ac complish other improvements in the government’s complex opera tions.” Bill Introduced Immediately after the message was submitted to Congress, Sen ator McClellan of Arkansas intro duced in the Senate a bill to give the president the kind of law he asked. The reorganization proposal was discussed at the Monday morning meeting between the president and the “big four” Democratic con gressional leaders. Vice president elect Barkley said aftex-wai’d that the necessary legislation “will be given prompt consideration.” In stressing the need for haste, the president declared that “unless the necessary legislation is adopt ed in the eax-ly weeks of the ses sion, it obviously will be impossi ble to make effective use of the re organization procedure during the present session.” Want No Exemptions He insisted that no government agency should be exempt from the reorganization ax, as was the case under the old law which expired last Apx-il 1. Such exemptions, he said, block full realization of re organization benefits. The president asked that the old law be x’evived and made perma- nexxt. Under this machinery, re organization plans prepared by the president go into effect unless dis approved by both the House and Senate in 60 days. The operation of the old law px-oved that unpopular x-eorgoni- zation plans would be quickly re jected. Truman stressed the need for “teamwork” between the president and Congress and for continuing power to reshuffle the govern ment. He added: “Government is a dynamic in stitution. Its administrative struc ture can not be static. As new pro grams are established and old pro grams change in character and scope to meet the needs of the na tion, the ox-ganization of the ex ecutive branch must be adjusted to fit its changing tasks.” The president declared that with out “a single, workable method of making organizational adjustments . . .the efficiency of the govern ment is impaired and the president is handicapped in performing his functions as chief executive.” He continued: “In my judgment permanent leg islation to restore the x-eorgani- zation plan procedux-e is an essen tial step toward efficent and eco nomical conduct of the public’s bus iness.” Truman declared he intended to demand “the highest degree of at tention” to the “need for improved management” throughout the gov- ex-nment structure. He added: “I expect each department agen cy and head to consider this a mapor part of his responsibility . . further, I believe that every of ficial and employee of the gov- ex-nment should feel a pei-sonal responsibility for improving the way in which his work is per formed.” Rain Bars Parade At Jester’s Inauguration Graduates To Take Exams February 7 ■ 8 The Graduate Record Ex amination will be given here February 7 and 8 for students who plan to enter a graduate school this summer, Dr. W. A. Varvel, local examiner for the Educational Testing Ser vice, announced Monday. Applicants for the test must register for the test in Room 102 of the Academic Building before Thursday, January 20, Varvel said. The examination covers gen eral education in eight fields plus an advanced test in the candidate’s major subject. Many graduate schools require that the results of the examination be submitted as one of the creden tials for admission. A&M’s graduate school does not require this test as a condition of entrance. Administered in two half-day sessions, the examination requires appx-oximately six hours of actual working time. “Scores on the examination rep resent the candidate’s standing with respect to knowledge in the fields presented. They are the re sults of his ability to answer ques tions, to solve problems, pnd to ex ercise judgment based on knowl edge of the material,” Varvel said. NORWAYS BIG GAME ON INCREASE OSLO —GP)— There have been great changes in Nox-way’s fauna in recent years, according to one Norwegian expert, Dr. O. Olstad. While some wild animals have in creased x-apidly, others are becom ing rarer. A&M Debate Team Will Meet Baylor In Waco Tonight A four man debate team from the A&M Debate and Discussion club will pax-ticipate in the Baylor Tourney tonight, Larry Goodwyn, trip manager, announced today. “Should the Taft-Hartley Labor Act be Repealed?” will be one of the topics to be debated by Larry Goodwyn and Bill Stephenson. Jim my Stephens and Jack Shepherd will debate on “Should federal aid for education by means of annual grants be adopted?” O. F. Allen, member of the Eng lish Department, will accompany the team, Hairy Hierth, debate coach announced. Water, Sewage School Scheduled Four hundred and fifty are ex pected to register for the 31st annual Texas Water and Sewerage School to be held at Texas A&M College February 6-10. Sponsoring agencies are the Ci vil Engineering Department, State Health Department, Southw e s t Section of the American water works Association, and the State Board of Vocational Education. Ode to a Spy y Retired Professor Writes Satirical Poem of Pumpkin Dr. John Ashton, retired professor of journalism, might correctly be referred to as the un-official poet laureate of A&M. Although the writing of poems has been merely a hobby with Dr. Ashton, he has penned many successes. Perhaps the best known work of Dr. Ashton in the field of poetry is “The Hero’s Roll Call” which is traditionally read dur ing the Muster program on San Jacinto Day- Few throats among the listeners are free of lumps during the reading of this. Another poem famous to Aggies every where is his tribute to Reveille, the never forgotten mascot. Dr. Ashton’s most recent effort is cur rently to be found in Volume 95 of the Con gressional Record for the 81st Congress. Representative Olin E. Teague of College Station introduced it into the record on January 13. Obviously the recent twist in the Wash ington spy hunt deserved a bit of satirical rhyme in the estimation of Dr. Ashton. PUMPKIN PIE When nations speak of pumpkins, It makes one wonder why: There’s something in the woodpile— Dome traitor, foe or spy! Whoever heard of pumpkins All hollowed out to hold Microfilms and secret pacts?— Not half has yet been told! Don’t talk to me of pumpkin pie, Nor of Jack O’Lantern sing, For pumpkins now are used to hide Some grave top-secret thing. Our country looks to Truman To purge or not to purge: The guilt lies in the pumpkin; Just watch the truth emerge! Now when you buy a pumpkin, dear, Be sure that deep inside, No secret codes or microfilms Were put in there to hide. So long as spies steal vital facts, And pumpkins grow from seeds, So long, henceforth, will guilty men In pumpkins hide their deeds. Ceremonies Moved to House Chambers; Aggie Band and RV’s Will Not Attend AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 18—UP)—Beauford Jester will be sworn in for his second term as Governor today. But there won’t be any great crowds on hand to witness the ceremony. The weather has taken care of that. Because Austin is due to have freezing rain and drizzle, the inaugural cere- —♦monies for Jester and Lieutenant Yy • At Governor Allan Shivers have been Housing Asks Change Of Address Info Have you as a student of A&M College changed your address ox- place of residence recently? If so, have you taken time to notify the housing office of the change? Hax-ry Boyer, housing chief, em phasized the importance of the housing office having the correct address of each student regardless of his classification. “It is for the student’s benefit and not ours that we know where he is and that we be able to get in touch with him on short notice,” Boyer said. The housing office is on the first floor of Goodwin Hall. Ready Book Plate Now for Use In Cushing Library A book plate has been planted for memox-ial books in Cushing Li brary, Paul Ballance, libarian, an nounced today. As a border, the book plate has a replica of the grill work of the doorway into the conference room. The seal of the college is carried above the name of the donor and the name of the person in whose memory the book is presented. The book plate was designed by Ruth Mills, member of the library staff. The memox-ial book idea was started by the Fort Worth A&M Mothers Club about six months ago. Within the past few months several books have been placed in the library as permanent memor ials to friends, either faculty ox- students. “Donors may send books or let the library make the choice to avoid duplication. If the library makes the choice a check or money is sent to the Library in whatever amount desired, the selection will be made by the librarian, and the book will be purchased,” Ballance said. New Offering In Physics Listed Applications of Modern Physics, a new three-hour physics course, will be offered this spx-ing, accord ing to J. G. Potter, head of the Physics Department. The course, entitled Physics 310 is designed especially to meet the interests of students who do not anticipate a need for more extend ed mathematical and technical treatment afforded in the already established Physics 311, 312 se quence, Potter said. Px-erequisits for the new course are limited to Physics 202 and Chemistry 101. Such subjects as X-ray technology, radiation, mass spectra, atomic structure, radioac tivity, and atomic energy will be introduced with a minimum of mathematical background. Physics 311, Atomic Physics, will be offered as usual. It is intended for students interested in the theo retical foundations of the applica tions presented in Physics 310. Bryan C of C Sets Budget at $25,000 The Bryan Chamber of Com merce will operate on a budget of $25,000 in 1949. R. I. Bernath Jr. and W. X. Hall are co-chairmen of the drive to raise funds for the year. The fix-st contribution to be list ed by the campaign committee was $1000 received from Tx-avis B. Bry an, who acted for the First Nation al bank. USSR LAND RECLAMATION GOES FORWARD MOSCOW, Jan. 18—Russia’s gi gantic program for reclaiming mil lions of squax-e miles of land went forward in 1948 with the foresta tion of 266,760 acres, the constnxc- tion of hundreds of ponds and res ervoirs and the introduction of a new system for rotating crops. moved indoox-s, to the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives seats only 800 people, but the In augural Committee plans to usher another 300 people into standing room space. Chairs will be reser ved for distinguished guests. Allan Shivers wil Ibe sworn in at noon by Lloyd W. Davidson, commissioner of the Court of Crim inal Appeals. Jester will take the oath from J. E. Hickman, chief jus tice of the Supreme Court. The inaugux-al pax-ade has been cancelled, too, because of cold weather and icy streets. The Ross Volunteers, who were slated to escort Gov. Jester, and the Aggie Band, who were to lead the inaugural parade, will not go to Austin, Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy, said this morn ing. Inaugural committees held emex-- gency telephone meetings late Monday on changes in plans for the traditional function. The pa rade was not canceled until it was learned that army troops could not travel icy highways from Camp Hood. The receptions and night dances will go on as planned, James P. Nash, general chairman, said. From 4 to 6 p.m. citizens of Aus tin will honor the officials at a reception. A public reception will be held in the Capital Rotunda from 7:30 to 8 p.m. The grand march, led by the Gov ernor and Lieutenant Governor and their wives, will begin at 9:30 p.m. at Gx-egoi-y Gymnasium on the Uni versity of Texas campus. The officials party will then make a tour of other events, in cluding two dances in downtown hotels and one for Negros at an auditorium used by them. Meats Lab Adds Sausage Kitchen For New Courses The Meats Lab will soon include a sausage kitchen. It is being in stalled so that advanced Meats student may become experienced in the use of processing such products as weinex-s, bologna, and liver- wurst, Roy Snyder, head of the meats lab, announced. It will be installed in the base ment of the Meats Lab at an esti mated cost of $11,000. Included in the equipment will be a grinder, mixer, silent-cutter, stuffer, Jordan Cookei’, and an electric smokehouse. The kitchen will be completed about March 1, Snyder said, and the sausage-making will be incor porated into advanced meats and food courses. Later a special course in sausage-making may be inau gurated, Snyder* said. Coryell Club Will Meet Tonight The Coryell County Club will meet tonight at 7:30 in Room 307, Academic Building. The pux-pose of the meeting, ac cording to President Tommy Thompson, is to elect new offi- cex-s for the coming semester. 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