NEWS
In Brief
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
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A llRecords Broken
As A -M Goes A retie
HOUSE ORGANIZATION
COMPLETED TUESDAY
AUSTIN, Feb. 2 —CP)_ Organi
zation of the House of Represen
tatives was completed Tuesday, 22
days after the start of the 51st
general session.
Ray Kirkpatrick of ‘Trenton was
named chairman of the key appro
priations committee. Pearce John
son of Austin was appointed by
Speaker Durwood Manford to head
the State Affairs Committee.
Named head of the important
revenue and taxation committee
was Joe Fleming of Henderson.
William S. Fly of Victoria heads
the judiciary committee. The labor
committee chief is Wayne Wagon-
seller of Fruitland.
Appointment of House commit
tees opened the door for introduc
tion of House bills and their as
signment to committees for con
sideration. The Senate completed
its organization the first day of
the session.
SEARCH IS CONTINUED
FOR MISSING BOMBER
LONDON, Feb. 2 —(A*) Planes
and ships, of four nations resumed
their search today for an Ameri
can superfortress missing since
Thursday with 15 aboard. U. S.
Third Air Division headquarters
expressed doubt that wreckage
discovered off the Canary Islands
came from the B29.
The Spanish Admiralty reported
a radio message from a Belgian
steamship that it sighted floating
debris which appeared to be that
of an airplane. The ship reported
it saw life preservers but no sign
of victims or survivors.
“We are carrying on with our
search as planned for today,” _ a
third air division spokesman said.
“We do not think that the wreck
age has anything to do with the
missing B29.”
The superfort took off Thursday
from Dakar*, French West Africa,
on a training mission, bound for
its base at Marham, Eng.
ADMINISTRATION OBJECTS
TO ALL-VETERAN PENSION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 —t®—
The Truman administration today
threw its influence against moves
in congress for pensions for all
veterans.
Veterans Administrator Carl R.
Gray, Jr., told the House Veterans
Committee that the proposal “could
not be considered in accord with
the program of the President.”
The committee is studying legis
lation, backed by several veterans
organizations, which would give all
veterans of world wars one and
•two a pension of $60 a month at
age 60 and of $90 at age 65. There
would be additional payments in
event the veteran had any dis
ability, whether or not the dis
ability was due to service with the
armed forces.
Gray said the plan would cost
nearly $2,000,000,000 its first year
and that the cost would rise an
nually thereafter.
TEXAS CITY PLANT
REMAINS STRIKEBOUND
TEXAS CITY, Feb. 2 —<£>_)_
The big plant here of the Carbide
and Carbon Corp. remained closed
Tuesday as the strike of 1,400
maintenance and operational em
ployes entered its ninth day.
Officials of the AFL Union seek
a 27-cent an hour increase for the
workers. They turned down an 18
cent an hour offer from the com
pany. The present scale for op
erators is $1.82 and for mainten
ance men $1.95.
Negotiations tvere at a stand
still.
George Pyle, Jr., head of the op
erating engineers union, said the
workers were standing by their
original demands.
R. H. Mariani, industrial relation
chief, said the company’s position
also was unchanged.
By LOUIS MORGAN
Everybody talks about it, but the
New Year, barely a month old, did
something about it here this week.
The weather, that is.
Marveling temperature readers
at the Main Station farm recorded
an all time low of -3 degrees at 5
a. m. Monday. At 8 Monday morn
ing, with the mercury still hesitat
ing around 0 degrees, hopeful ra-
Variety Show
To Be Staged
Here Saturday
A variety show, under the
direction of Bill Turner, will
be presented on the stage of
Guion Hall Saturday at 7:30
p- m. No extra charge will be
made for the show which will
be presented after the movie.
The organ prelude will feature
Leonard Perkins at the console of
the new Wurlitzer electronic or
gan. The Aggieland Orchestra will
give a swing arrangement of “Gyp
sy Mood” by Mark Winsten and
will feature soloists Braxton Doak
and Glenn Torrence.
Tommy Butler, vocalist with the
Aggielanders, will sing “Pm in the
Mood for Love,” and “Buttons and
Bows.”
Highlight of the evening will be
songs by Billie June Holick of
Bryan. This will be her first ap
pearance on the Guion Hall stage.
The Musical Maniacs from Dor
mitory 16 will do a few songs, in
the Spike Jones manner. »\.
A-M Judging Team
Wins First Place
In Ft. Worth Show
The A&M team won first place
in the student dairy cattle judging
contest of senior colleges of the
Southwest at the Southwestern Ex
position and Fat Stock Show at
Fort Worth. It was the fifteenth
win for an A&M team. The con
test has been held for the last
25 years.
Earl Edwards of Floydada was
overall high point man and high
point in the Jersey cattle judging
division. Other members of the
winning team are W. F. Allen,
Aransas Pass, John T. Benes,
Pearland, G. H. McLarry, Sulphur
Springs and C. E. Sewell of Abi
lene.
The first five teams were, A&M
first; Louisiana State University
and Texas Tech, tied second place;
Southwestern Louisiana Institute,
fourth; and the University of Ar
kansas, fifth.
A. L. Darnell of the Dairy Hus
bandry department is coach.
ARGENTINA HALTS
FOREIGN COMMERCE
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 2 —(A>)
Argentina halted transfer of money
abroad and the importation of for
eign goods today in order to per
mit a study of her financial polic-
I ies.
dio announcers in the area were
reporting that the lowest tempera
ture in the state had probably been
recorded here overnight. However,
publicity seekers in Waco and
Llano later reported temperatures
of -4 and -6, and Brazos County
was forced to third place in the
weather race.
When the snow stopped falling
late Sunday afternoon, a record
six-inch snow adorned the Brazos
Bottoms. Trains continued to
come through College Station,
but no buses came in between 9
p. m. Sunday and noon Monday.
The lowest temperature previ
ously recorded here was plus 2 de
grees in 1918 accoi’ding to J. E.
Roberts, superintendant of the
Main Station Farm. Farm records
date back to 1888. The coldest wea
ther recorded last year occurred in
March when the mercury dropped
to 18 degrees. The eight degree
temperature recorded in 1940 was
the lowest in the recent history of
this area, Roberts said.
One barber appeared at the YM-
CA Barber Shop Monday morning,
and he had to heat his water over
a gas heater. Shivering, he told
each customer about a man who
had asked for a shampoo eq^ly in
the morning.
Stifdents started drifting back
Sunday night. Registration was
slow Monday merging. The Reg
istrar’s Office relented and an
nounced that the usual tariff
would not be levied for students
registering Wednesday.
After the sun had come out
Monday, snow men started popping
up around College Station. A re
spectable snowwoman appeared in
the “Sunken Gardens” between
Law and Puryear Halls. A huge,
if not so respectable, snowwoman
appeared on South College Road.
The sculptor remains anonymous.
A snow horse and snow dog rose
up in front of the Veterinary Hos
pital.
The Bryan Daily Eagle summed
up eighteen column inches of wea
ther news Monday with this: “Most
ironical note of the current freeze
appeared on the A&M Canipus near
the iced-over fountain. A sign,
placed there several days ago, pro
claimed: Tee Manufacturers’ Short
Course—Register Now!’ ”
Show Tickets For
Vaughn Monroe
Go On Sale Today
Tickets for the Vaughn Monroe
concert February 12 in Guion
Hall, went on sale yesterday for
non-military students.
Today will be the last day that
non-military students . may pur
chase the tickets before they go
on sale to the general-public Thurs
day. Reserved seats are $1.50 and
general admission $1.
Thirty minutes of the concert
will be broadcast over the CBS net
work and will be Monroe’s regular
weekly program, the Camel Cara
van. Because of the broadcast the
doors will be closed and locked at
6:15, and no one will be admitted
from then until the broadcast is
completed at 7.
Ticket-holders will be admitted
any time before 6:15, and from 7
until the concert is over at 8.
STUDENTS AND MANY profs can’t remember when snowball fights were held in front of the
Sul Ross Statue.
Official measurements indicate that six inches of snow fell at College Station. For those who were
trying to get back for registration, the measurement was nearer 18 inches.
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1949
Number 115
CLOTHES-PINS, BOOTS, and SHOVELS were needed by the three Judges for the Tall Tales Contest.
Judges James Ashby, left, and Harry Kidd, right, are pleased at the prospect of the judging. Judge
Paul Woods, center, does, not share their anticipatory looks. \
And The Wind Has Blown
'a
Ralph McKenzie’s VeTeran
Tale Rated Tops In Contest
By FRANK CUSHING
After many wearing hours of
concentration and contemplation,
the learned gentlemen appointed as
judges in the Battalion’s Tall Tale
Contest have selected the three top
stories. Profs James Ashby, Harry
Kidd and Paul J. Woods consider
ed several factors in arriving at
their decisions.
Naturally mayhem committed up
on truth was the basis for their
choice. Originality of thought and
content ranked high, too, in claim
ing the judges’ attentions. Contin
uity of thought helped also.
Third place honor's and a L. H.
Stem Monogrammed pipe were won
by Buford Manning, Dorm 16, for
his masterpiece concerning the
Chinese situation. Manning, you
may recall, told about his infla
tion troubles when he bought an
article in Southern China.
Kerry D. Savage, Walton Hall,
earned second place and a similar
pipe by his tale of the barrel tied
upon the bear’s tail and the subse
quent cubs with nail-kegs upon
theirs.
First place was awarded to
Hubert Ralph McKenzie, day
student, for his somewhat dif-
Baptist Church
Schedules Show
The First Baptist Church of
College Station will show pictures
of the synagogue in the time of
Christ tonight at 7:25, Rev. R. L.
Brown, pastor, announced today. A
choir rehearsal is scheduled for 8
p. m.
Other meetings planned for week
days are as follows:
Monday: 10 a. m., WMU sewing
for Buckner Orphans’ Home; 12
noon, covered dish luncheon.
Friday: 10 a. m. to 9 p. m., an
nual meeting of the District 15
convention, First Baptist Church,
Taylor. 12 noon lunch; 4:35 p. m.,
convention sermon by Rev. Lester
Probst; 6 p. m., supper 7:15 p. m.,
WMU address by Mrs. Earl B.
Smyth; 8:10 p. m., Brotherhood ad
dress by L. H. Tapscott; 8:30 p. m.,
address by Dr. L. Carlyle Marney;
9 p. m. adjourn.
Last Date to Drop
Courses Is Feb. 8
Students who expect to carry a
normal load of work this semester
must have registration completed
in the Registrar’s office by 5 p. m.,
February 8, M. T. Harrington, act
ing dean of the college, has an
nounced.
Students who desire to register
for less than the normal load of
work must have registration com
pleted in the Registrar’s office by
5 p. m. February 15, Dean Harring
ton said.
Tuesday, February 8, is the dead
line for making changes in regis
tration. No new courses may be
added to a student’s schedule after
February 8. Courses dropped after
this date will be with grades of
“F”, Dean Harrington said.
ferent fable about Mr. and Mrs.
G. I. VeTeran. The judging profs
believed that anyone who could
work that many fantasies into
one story certainly deserved the
title of Champion Liar of A&M.
McKenzie will be awarded his
citation in the near future.
The prize-provoking story goes
this way:
Mr. and Mrs. G. I. VeTeran step
ped from their shiny, new Cadillac
super-sedan and entered their
glamorous, swank apartment in
College View, that new restricted
residential section of College Sta
tion.
Mr. VeTeran kissed his 5 little
children and excused himself in
order that he might study a mo
ment for an EE quiz in the morn
ing.
After a brief respite in the den,
the master of the VeTeran house
hold appeared for dinner in his tux.
While the maid served the six
course meal, Mr. VeTeran reveled
in the glorious memories of the
past four years in college.
Dame fortune had served his
family well lately—there was his
lovely wife and darling children,
little Voltmeter, 6 years old, the
twins X and X*, 4 years old,
French Curve, she was 3 years
old, and the baby, Short Circuit,
age 2 years.
Other families have complained
of high prices, but with the gov
ernment allotment of $1200 per
month the VeTeran family had few
financial worries. The Mrs., like
all college wives, knew how to
economize by purchasing the bar
gains and the cheaper cuts of meats f
such as sirloins, T-Bones, etc.
The VeTerans often rejoiced in
his choice of studies— Electrical
Engineering. He usually studies
during the lunch hour or to-and-
from school with only occasional
sessions with his fellow travelers.
Thus, it was possible for Daddy to
spend most of his time with his
lovely family.
After dinner the children
“humped” to give “15 for Team”;
then shouted. “Gig ’em Aggies”
and scrambled off to their bunk
beds.
Picking up the latest book of the
month selection our EE hero was
amazed to discover that it con
tained no Sin 2 , etc. etc.
Mi’. VeTeran, being a sincere
student and a devout engineer was
amazed and shocked by this know
ledge. To think that the outside
world contained other things than
formula amazed him.
While he mused over this re
velation his wife saw a strange
expression cross his face. She
then watched him jump from his
lounge chair and rush from the
room exclaiming, “This EE does
n’t affect me, affect me, affect
me, affect me, Daa. . ”
In its entitity that typical day
of an Aggie student is the cham
pion lie of A&M. We regret that
not all the entries of the contest
could be re-printed, Because of
limited space many excellent and
deserving stories could not be re
told.
Senior Ring Dance
Will Be Discussed
By Class Thursday
Organization plans for the Ring
Dance will be discussed tomorrow
night at a meeting of the Senior
Class at 7:15 in the YMCA Chapel,
according to Don Kaspar, presi
dent of the class.
A report from the committee on
“Aggie Social Customs and Cour
tesies” will also be heard, Kaspar
stated.
He said the group would discuss
a gift to leave the College and
would talk about the time of grad
uation exercises.
Kaspar asks that all seniors be
present at this meeting since it
will be one of the most important
of the year.
Rankin Elected By
Rodeo Association
Charlie D. Rankin, animal husbandry major from Cor
sicana, was elected president pro tern of the newly formed
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association in Dallas, Mon
day. !
Rankin, secretary of tjie local Saddle and Sirloin Club,
■fwas one of five representatives
from A&M who attended the meet-
Gilchrist Will
Head Engineers
For Third Year
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist
has been invited to serve for
the third consecutive year as
chairman of the engineering
committee of the President’s
Highway Safety Conference.
The invitation came from Maj.
Gen. Phillip B. Fleming, general
chairman of the group of national
leaders appointed by President
Truman to seek means of combating
the terrific loss of American lives
and property through traffic acci
dents.
In asking Gilchrist to again head
the important committee on engi
neering, General Fleming wrote:
“Your committee has already con
tributed substantially to the re-
uetion of the traffic fatality rate
to about half what it was when we
held our first conference in 1946.”
Gilchrist served 10 years as
state highway engineer fdr Texas,
1928-37. He served as president of
the American Association of High
way Officials in 1935 and is still
a member of the special Highway
Design Committee of the Associa
tion.
Poultry Science
Club Arranges
State-wide Show
The Poultry Science club is of
fering the hatcherymen of Texas
an opportunity to compete in a
■statewide baby chick, poult and
egg show here May 7, said Club
President B. M. Mayfield.
H. E. Phillips, show superintend
ent, will have charge of all ar
rangements. He said the purpose of
the show is to promote local and
statewide interest in the production
of better poultry in Texas.
Phillips said that the entry fee
will be the entry itself. The top 10
to 15 groups will probably be sold
at auction with the balance of the
entries offered at private sale.
Proceeds from the sales will go in
to the club's treasury and will be
used to finance activities of the
club, especially of the judging
teams. An outstanding judge will
be secured for the show.
May 7 was selected for the show
because it is also the date for the
All-College Day program. The
Poultry Science Club’s baby chick,
poult and egg show will be one of
many exhibits on the campus spon
sored by the various clubs to pub
licize and create interest in their
departments.
Details on the show will be re
leased to the hatcherymen around
March 1. “We are expecting many
outstanding exhibits in each divi
sion of the show and competition
should be very keen,” Phillips said.
ing. Delegates from 13 colleges in
Wyoming, Texas, Colorado, Ari
zona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma
attended the convention.
During the convention the dele
gates drafted a constitution and
list of by-laws subject to the ap
proval of each rodeo club and col
lege. Rankin is preparing copies
of the constitution and sending
them to other colleges. All colleges
who accept will be named charter
member’s, at a time of ratification
of the constitution, Rankin said.
Plan Regular Election
Rankin said that the constitu
tion will be ratified about March 1.
The association plans to hold a
regular convention to elect nation
al officers before the end of the
present semester.
Main purposes of the new asso
ciation is to standardize all colle
giate rodeos and to promote col
lege rodeos on a national basis,
Rankin added. Rules similar to
those required for the judging
teams have been established for
rodeo entries.
Offer Made
During the meeting, the asso
ciation had a tentative offer from
the Cow Palace Coliseum in San
Francisco to hold a rodeo in con
nection with the Grand National
Junior Livestock Exposition there
April 9-14.
Rankin succeeds Hank Finger of
Sul Ross College as chairman of
the newly formed association. Fin
ger had served as chairman since
November.
Attending the convention from
A&M were Rankin, Jack Kings-
berry, Bubba Day, Prince Wood,
and Jim Gray. Gray who was for
merly sponsor of the Saddle and
Sirloin Club is now a member of
the Extension Service.
Colleges Represented
Colleges sending delegates to the
convention were A&M, Sull Ross,
University of Wyoming, TCU,
Baylor, Texas A&I, Oklahoma A
&M, Texas Tech, Hardin Simmons,
New Mexico A&M, Abilene Chris
tian, Colorado A&M, and the Uni
versity of Arizona.
Fish Photos For
Annual Scheduled
Photographers will be at the
Annex Wednesday to continue tak
ing freshman pictures for the an
nual, Truman Martin, co-editor, an
nounced today.
The following schedule will be
followed, Martin said.
February 2-3 Sixth Company
February 4-7 Tenth Company
February 8-9 Eleventh Company
February 10-11 Seventh Company
February 14-15 Twelfth Company
February 16-17 Eighth Company
The pictures will be made in the
Student Lounge at the Annex.
Photographers will be available
from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. of the
above listed days.
Any student who had his picture
made before the semester’s end
and has not checked his proofs
should do so immediately. The
proofs will be available at the
Student Lounge where the pictures
were made.
Lutheran Students
To Hear Bierstedt
Dr. Paul Bierstedt of the Na
tional Lutheran Council in Chica
go will speak to the Lutheran Stu
dent Association at 7:30 p. m. Fri
day in the Lutheran Students
Lounge.
Bierstedt is central regional di
rector of the Student Service Com
mission of national headquarters.
He will address the Annex LSA
at 6:45 Friday in Building T-347.
THREE GUESSES ARE not required to recognize this orderly scene,
did Hot make registration any simpler.
Vacation, snow, and cold