NEWS
In Brief
SECOND BLAST ROCKS
NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY
KEARNEY, N. J. Feb. 16 —UP)
A noon hour explosion in the
sprawling Koppers coke plant yes
terday rocked nearby communit
ies and was felt in New York City
across the Hudson river.
The blast, which occurred in a
one-story chemical experimental
building, injured two workmen. One
Was injured critically.
The impact of the explosion
brought crowds from buildings into
the street in Jersey City, a mile
away. In Manhattan windows were
shaken in office buildings.
Company officials said two part
ly-filled 2,000 gallon vats of liquid
hydrogen cyanide exploded.
The two men injured were the
only persons in the building at
the time.
Damage was estimated by the
company at $5,000 to $10,000.
Ten persons were killed at the
plant last May in an explosion.
The Koppers explosion was the
second blast in New Jersey today.
Earlier, a large oil storage tank
at the American Oil Co., at Car
teret, was burned after gasoline
in a tank truck exploded. No one
• was injured.
The Koppers Company manufac
tures coke and illuminating gas.
LOCAL ENTERTAINERS TO BE
BARRED ON DALLAS STAGE
DALLAS, Feb. 16 —(#)— Local
entertainers have been banned from I
the Majestic Theater stage here
tonight while motion picture ac-1
tors from Hollywood perform for
the world premiere of “Bad Boy.”
The ban was imposed by the
American Guild of Variety Artists.
This notification was sent to
Carl “Pappy” Dolsen, owner of
Pappy’s Showland, who is staging
the presentation of personalities
at the premiere.
The ban will be lifted immediat-
»ly if the Hollywood actors, all
members of the Screen Actors
Guild, will join the AGVA.
Interstate Theater officials said
the demand has been appealed to
the national office of the AGVA.
The Hollywood stars, including
Lloyd Nolan, Jane Wyatt, Stanley
Clements, Martha Vickers and
Jimmy Lyndon who appear in the
film, were scheduled to arrive in
Dallas this morning.
The night club entertainers be
longing to AGVA were to be paid
regular fees for their services.
Premier of “Bad Boy” is to bene
fit Variety Clubs International and
particularly the Dallas tent which
supports boys ranch at Copperas
Cove, Tex., locale of the picture.
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggielaud), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1949
Number 125
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HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVE
VETERAN PENSION MEASURE
■ WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —Cf>)—
The House Veterans Committee
yesterday approved a bill provid
ing $90 a month pensions for vet
erans of world wars 1 and 2 at
the age of 65.
The committee’s measure was a
compromise of a proposal by chair
man Rankin (D-Miss) to start $60
a month pensions at the age of 60.
The bill also sets up pensions
for non-service connected disabil
ities ranging from $20 a month to
$90 for total disability, and $120
when an attendant is required.
The Truman Administration pre
viously had indicated it opposed
the pension moves. Veterans Ad
ministrator Carl R. Gray, Jr., esti
mated that the cost would be
around $2,000,000,000 the first
year and said costs would go up
annually thereafter.
TEXAS CITY EXPLOSION
BLAMED ON GAS LEAK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —(A>)_
The Bureau of Mines today blam
ed a break in a high pressure pipe
line for a Texas disaster last Oct.
18 that killed seven and injured 14.
It said a break in a three-inch
line at Texas City probably loosed
a cloud of gas which was ignited,
causing the explosions and fh-e.
(The accident occurred almost a
year and a half after a waterfront
explosion killed at least 500 per
sons at Texas City in April 1947.)
The Eyes Have It
Observant Aggies Provide
Opportunity To Win Prizes
By FRANK CUSHING
Hey, Aggie, are you pretty fa
miliar with the campus you live
on? Do you feel that you’ve spent
enough time around this place to
know every brick? You might be
justified in your confidence, and
then again you might be surprised
at some of the architectural tidbits
around (A&M which you’ve never
noticed.
Just to see how observant ’ you
are of your surroundings, the Bat
talion today is instituting a “So
You Know A&M?” Contest. The
rules are easy. All you have to
furnish is some information and a
small amount of your time to fill
oyt the entrance form. The prizes
involved should give you plenty of
incentive.
The “So You Know A&M” se
ries will consist of some twenty-
odd pictures, odd in view as well
as numbers. The photos will be
similar to the one of the weather
vane in this issue. The subject
may be a roof of a building, a
lawn ornament, or a segment of
a building’s decorations. You
will swear that some of the
items were snapped at the fa
mous forty acres, but all things
pictured are in, or on, Aggie-
land.
A blank like the one on page
four will be printed at the first of
each week for your convenience.
Just tear the form out and save
it. As the pictui’es are carried
throughout the week, write down
in the designated space what you
believe the subject is, and where
it is located.
When you have completed your
weekly blank, turn it in to the
Battalion office at 201 Goodwin.
The finished form must be in by
noon Sunday of each week in or
der to make you eligible.
If you misplace your blank, you
can make your own. However be
certain that you have given the
printing day of each picture you
have named. Be sure that you sub
mit your entry prior to the Sunday
deadline.
The week’s pictures will be cor
rectly tagged on the following
Monday. The process will be con
tinued until the closing of the con-
“FRIENDLY CITY” HAS
NEW TAXICAB STRIKE
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16 —4A>)
A taxicab strike on top of a five
day walkout of subway, bus and
trolley workers left Philadelphia’s
millions virtually without public
transportation yesterday.
Scattered fist fights marked the
start of the unexpected cab tie-up.
Taxi union leaders had postponed
a strike 54 hours until today. But
rank and file drivers of Yellow
Cab Company quit work anyway at
midnight.
Complete paralysis of the city’s
transportation system was averted
by the Pennsylvania and Reading
Railroads which operated record
numbers of shuttle trains from
suburban areas.
WEATHER
East Texas —
Partly cloudy
north to cloudy
south portion
this afternoon,
tonight and
Thursday. Not
much change in
t e m p e r a t u re.
Moderate mostly
northerly winds
on coast.
Louis i a n a —
Mostly cloudy,
c o o 1 er extreme
southeast portion this afternoon
and tonight. Thursday partly
cloudy. Moderate temperatures.
Gentle to moderate northerly winds
on the coast.
test. Although, there will be week
ly winners announced, there will
be no prizes awarded to them. The
final winners will be determined
according to the highest total of
correct captions for the entire
contest.
Prizes that have been donated
by “The Cave” and “The Cam
pus Corner” will be awarded to
those individuals who can prove
that they really do know A&M.
The first prize, given to the most
observant Aggie, will be an
Evans “Boot Lighter.” This
boon to smokers consists of a
standard Evans lighter skillfully
worked into a silver-plated cow
boy boot. The decorative boot is
five inches tall and is affixed to
a colorful, plastic platform.
A “Panda” camera, the latest
product of the Ansco Company
will be given to the student who
places second in the pictorial quiz.
This nationally advertised 620mm
camera is the conveniently small
size of 2 1 / i inches square.
The third place winner will re
ceive an Evans pocket lighter. The
small edition of a flame thrower
has a handsome seal of A&M at
tached.
To begin your bid for either
the camera, “Boot” or pocket
lighter take a long look at the
photo of the weather vane. No
doubt the cow poke attempting
to stay with his activated horse
looks familiar to you, but just
exactly where is that wind indi
cator located? When you are
sure you know, write it in Wed
nesday’s space. Provided you’ve
named the correct locale, you’ve
gotten a good start toward a
prize.
Some of the views taken by the
cooperative cameramen will prob
ably look like modern art to you,
but don’t be discouraged. With a
slight strain upon your eye or
memory you should be able to
carry off first place honors.
College Station Churches Plan
Prayer Services, Singing, Talks
Services have been scheduled for 7:15 tonight in the | Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, and Episcopalian
Churches of College Station as the third day of Religious churches. Services have also been scheduled by the Church
Emphasis ends. Speakers from all parts of nation are serv- of Christ and the Hillel Foundation,
ing as guest speakers at the various services. G. Willard Collins of Nashville, Tennessee, will speak
Services have been scheduled for the Lutheran, Christian, I at the Church of Christ oi> “The Power of Singing.” Mr.
Collins will point out that there
Senior Committee Sets New
Regulations For Aggie Ring
By CHARLES KIRKHAM
“Any student who lacks not more
than eight hours of having com
pleted the number of hours re
quired through the junior year of
his curriculum and who has earn
ed an equal number of grade points
may purchase the A&M ring as
soon as the Registrar’s Office has
officially posted all grades.” This
was the unanimous decision of the
Senior Ring Committee yesterday.
All grades for the recently com
pleted fall-semester will be posted
shortly after March 1, Registrar
H. L. Heaton told the Committee.
He also said that official postings
of grades for the present semester
would be made in mid-August.
After March 1, second semester
juniors may order their Senior
Rings but delivery will not be made
until they have satisfied the re
quirements in the newly adopted
rule.
The new rule means that a
man whose major subject requir
ed 108 hours for senior classifi-
BURMA FIGHTING CONTINUES
RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 16 —
CP)—Fighting continued Tuesday
in the town of Insein, despite offi
cial reports of a retreat by Karen
Rebels.
Corps Donates
$1,924.05 To
March of Dimes
The A&M Cadet Corp pre
sented $1,924.05 to the March
of Dimes today. The money
was contributed by corps
members Saturday night at
the Military Ball.
The money was contributed in
conformance with a resolution ini
tiated by George Edwards and
passed by the Senior Class that the
money which would have been
spent on corsages for dates be
contributed to the March of Dimes.
A check for the amount was pre
sented to Mrs. R. W. Stanford,
chairman of the Brazos County
March of Dimes, at the First Na
tional Bank today on behalf of the
class by Edwards, Murry Cox, and
Charles Glass.
The amount to be contributed by
each student was $2 Edwards said.
When asked how the five cents got
in the pot, Edwards said that they
were trying to figure that one out
themselves.
Masons of College,
Bryan Plan Dinner
Sul Ross Masonic Lodge, No.
1300, and Brazos Union Masonic
Lodge, No 129, of Bryan will hold
a joint banquet to honor George
Washington’s birthday Wednesday
February 23, in Sbisa Hall.
Principal speaker at the banquet
will be James W. McClendon, past
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of Texas.
Masonic delegations from neigh
boring lodges will also attend the
banquet, according to C. K. Leigh
ton, Deputy Grand Master of the
29th Masonic District of Texas.
cation could order his Senior
Ring upon completion of 100
hours and 100 grade points. De
livery of his ring would be made
upon its arrival at the Regis
trar’s Office.
The schedule showing required
number of hours and grade points
to order and receive Senior Rings
will appear in tomorrow’s Batta
lion.
Students who have ordered rings
and can qualify under the new
system may receive their rings
from the Registrar’s Office im
mediately. All students qualifying
under the new system but who
have not ordered may order im
mediately. Men in the second se
mester of their junior year whose
qualification for receiving their
ring depends on the official post
ing of grades March 1 may order
immediately and then receive their
ring in time for the Senior Ring
Dance to be held April 22.
The Registrar’s Office announ
ced that Senior Ring orders were
mailed to the company manufac
turing the ring only on the first
day of each month. One month is
generally required for the ring to
be made and sent to the Regis
trar’s Office.
“If there is sufficient demand
on the part of the estimated 700
students graduating next Jan
uary to hold a Senior Ring Dance
during the fall semester, (the
office of) Student Activities will
do its best to give them a dance”
stated- W. L. Penberthy, Dean of
Aggie Players
Begin Casting
Modern Drama
For the first time in sever
al seasons the Aggie Players
will produce a modern, sophi
sticated comedy, George Dill-
avou, director of the Players,
said today.
Period costume plays have pre
dominated the Players’ productions
in the past.
The play is “The Play’s The
Thing.” Dillavou saw it on broad-
way while attending Columbia Uni
versity last summer. This play is
one which I think will appeal to
every Aggie on the campus, he
said.
The play has just recently been
released for amateur production
and the Players will be one of the
first college groups to produce it,
Dillavou added.
Try-outs for parts in the play
will be held in the Assembly Hall
Thursday and Friday from 4:30 to
6 and from 7 to 8 each evening.
Dillavou said that those who
thought they lacked talent should
not hesitate from trying out for
a part. “I will try to teach you,”
he said. Student’s wives and the
townspeople as well as veterans
and Corps members are eligible to
try for parts.
Information concerning the play
may be obtained from J. Howard
Davis in Hart Hall or John W.
Laufenberg in Dorm 12.
Alec Templeton to Present
Early Show Here Monday
MISS LOU PROTHRO, of Dallas, is one of this year’s Vanity
Fair selections.
By BUDDY LUCE
Town Hall brings new hope to
ticket seekers with the addition of
a matinee performance for the
Alec Templeton show February 21.
Before the addition of the mati
nee performance, Town Hall had
been completely sold out for the
season. Spike White, director of
Student Activities, announced that
1724 tickets to the Alec Templeton
show had been made available by
the added matinee.
The matinee performance will be
held at 3:30 Monday afternoon and
will be a lighter type of program
than the regular evening show.
The tickets are available at the
Student Activities Office now.
Templeton’s pranks on the piano
have been praised far and wide.
The ease with which he jestfully
plays classical music is justified
by his genuine mastery of the
classics. The matinee performance
Monday will be of the hum
orous and modern variety, whereas
the evening performance for hold
ers of regular Town Hall tickets
will take on a slightly heavier air.
After a performance in Minnea
polis, Templeton was lauded by
the Minneapolis Tribune which
said, “When Alec Templeton
plays, the highbrow and the low
brow listen side by side, and,
what is more, they love it.
Though comedy is present, so
also is true musicianship. In
short, Alec Templeton, pianist,
composer, and one-man opera
company, completely won his au
dience.”
This is the first time that Spike
White has been able to talk a
Town Hall performer into holding
a matinee performance.
Classed by many as the “incom
parable musical genius,” Alec
Templeton is a star of concert, ra
dio, motion pictures, theatre, and
recordings.
Templeton has proved his ver
satility on many occasions. He
recently played with Spike Jones
and the City Slickers in an At
lanta, Georgia show. He did a
parody on Spike Jones doing a
parody. That’s something to stop
and think about, maybe similar
to amending an amendment to
something.
The matinee tickets on sale in
the Student Activities Office now
are $1.20 for non-students and 50
cents for students.
Men. This statement was based
upon an estimate by John Zinn
of the Registrar’s Office made
yesterday. Zinn estimated 1000
men would graduate in June, 500
in August, and 700 next January.
“This decision of the Ring com
mittee does not in any way affect
the College’s classification of a
Senior. Our decision applies only to
the ring,” said E. E. McQuil'len,
committee chairman. The College
classification system was used by
the ring committee as a basis for
issuing the Senior Ring before the
new system was adopted yester
day. Completion of three reason
ably successful scholastic years at
Texas A&M adequately qualified
a man to receive his Senior Ring,
the committee felt.
In effect, the Committee tossed
out the deficiency requirements
and the method of figuring the
grade-point ratio on the total num
ber of hours the student has sign
ed up for during his enrollment at
A&M. Under the former system
there were several men on the
campus who have over 130 hom*s
but cannot receive their rings. Now
under the liberalized system^ these
men will be able to receive their
ring upon request at the Regis
trar’s Office.
The Ring Committee voted to
require full payment for the ring
when it is ordered. This regula
tion will not effect many students.
Other business included the
Committee’s re-statement of its
policy regarding lost rings. Men
who lose their senior ring and
I desire to order alnother must
present a signed affidavit to the
ring committee. This affidavit
must testify that his ring has
been lost.
Members of the Committee pre
sent were A. D. Martin, president
of the Sophomore Class, Doyle
Avant, president of the Junior
Class, Don Kasper, president of
the Senior Class, Roy Blanton, so
cial secretary of the Senior Class,
and Charles Kirkham, President of
the Student Senate. Other mem
bers present were E. E. McQuillen
Chairman, Dick Hervey, W. L.
Penberthy, R. G. Perryman, and
H. L. Heaton.
is power in singing because this
is God’s .way of praise; singing is
one means of teaching; Christians
teach sinners of the Bible through
singing; and singing is a way of
expressing thanks to God.
The College Station Christian
Church will have as speakers Dr.
Carter Boren and Dr. Woodrow
Wassam from the University of
Houston. Dr. Wassam will preach
tonight at the YMCA, and Tom
my Butler will lead the singing.
The Hillel Foundation will have
as principal speaker Rabbi David
Leskowitz Jr., of Shreveport, La.
He is slated to talk at the Annex
tonight on “Jewish Legacy in Re
ligion, Culture, and Contribution
to Civilization.”
Dr. Reavis of the Baptist Church
will speak at one cadet company
prayer meeting in Dormitory 7,
Room 415 after regular services
tonight. His regular sermon is en
titled, “Why I am a Christian.”
Dr. Trussed will lead the singing.
Rev. S. T. Eggkie will preach on
“Sacrifice of the Mass” at St.
Mary’s Chapel tonight.
The Episcopal church has Bis
hop Quinn as guest speaker. He
will hold Confirmation Services
Thursday night in the local
church.
Rev. C. A. Jackson is the prin
cipal speaker for the Methodist
Church. His topic is “The Song of
Love.” An all church banquet is
slated for 6:15 p. m. All Aggies
are invited as guests of the church.
Donald Jarvis is leading the sing
ing for the week.
Saddle-Sirloiners
Set Date for Ball
The Cattleman’s Ball will be
held in Sbisa Hall on Saturday,
March 19 from 8 p. m. until mid
night, Carl Griffing, dance com
mittee chairman, announced Tues
day.
Jesse James and All the Boys
will furnish music for the ball,
which is sponsored annually by
the Saddle and Sirloin Club. The
old west bar, one of the feature
attractions of the dance, will be
stocked with soft drinks.
Men are invited to wear western
style clothes, while the ladies may
wear anything from full-length old
fashioned dresses to fancy rodeo
clothes, Griffing said.
MISS MARGARET MALITZ, a sophomore from SMU, is one of
the Vanity Fair favorites.