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.
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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. Un
der the articles of the club con
stitution, club officers may serve
only one semester.
All members are requested to be
present.
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