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The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1949 Number 131 ‘Men Of Year’ Selected For Batt Awards Churchill’s Son Speaks Monday To Issues Class Randolph Churchill, Eng lish journalist and son of the wartime prime minister, will discuss “Europe Today” in Guion Hall Monday evening at 8, S. R. Gammon, head of the History Department, said Thursday. The lecture, which is the sec ond in the Great Issues Class se ries, will be open to all students without admission charge, Gam mon said. Churchill’s syndicated column, “Europe Today,” is published in the U. S., Great Britain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Swed e n, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Austra lia, Palestine, Iraq, and in several of the Latin American countries. Advance notes on Churchill’s lecture indicate that he will sum up the record of the Labor gov ernment, discuss its present trends and probable future role. He will describe the reaction of the Brit ish citizen to its policies, the ex tent industry is being nationalized, and the progress of socialized med icine. He is expected to discuss the scope of endeavor remaining to private enterprise and the ex tent to which British liberties have been affected. Churchill has traveled extensive ly in Europe and his background includes personal interviews with Tito, Molotov, Franco, and DeVal- «ra. Queen Cotton Finalists Are Picked at TSCW Nominees for Queen Cotton of the 15th annual Cotton Pa geant and Ball to be held here April 29 have been selected at TSCW. From the 32 girls chosen as nominees nine A&M agronomy ma jors will choose the Queen. The judges will include Robert Smith, who is King Cotton; Don D. Deck er, W. L. Townsend, Arch K. Ja cobson, J. E. Troublefield, Conrad Ohlendorf, Roy C. Cook, and Ray mond Kunze. They will leave March 4 for Denton to make their choice. Nominees for the senior class at TSCW are Barbara Crippen, Pa tricia Dillman, Diana Hofmeister, Rosemarie Kleypas, Margaret Lu cas, Patricia Pettus, Beth Street- man, and Ann Walberg. Junior class candidates include Joy Bess Averyt, Nancy Butler, Mary Lou Ficke, Antoinette Gratz, Dorothy Hester, Marilyn McCarty Dale Randals, and Da Lee Smart. The sophomore class elected as nominees Joan Billingsley, Bever ly Elliott, Carrie Fenichis, Bar bara Griffith, Gretchen Glitsch, Jea nKyle, Dorothy Mangum, and Maudine Huckaby. Freshman class selections are Barbara Bogy, Sue Carleton, Caro lyn Jung, Ann Kelley, Jo Ann King, Linda Landress, Marline Mc Queen, and Charlotte Williams. DR. GEORGE SUMMEY PRESIDENT F. C. BOLTON FRITZ HENSEL Student Senate Sponsors Campus WSSF Fund Drive The World Student Service Fund campaign on the local campus was outlined at a meeting of the Stu dent Senate last night. The Sen ate is sponsoring the local cam paign with a committee headed by Aubrey Sprawls who is handling the detailed planning of the drive. Sprawls announced that next week, February 28 to March 4, the student senators and their volun teer helpers will conduct area and dormitory drives to raise $3,000 for the fund. He added that this goal can be reached if Aggies will contribute 50^ each when the soli citors canvass the students’ living areas. Some background material on the organization and purpose of WSSF was given by the committee chairman. He stated that such widely recognized groups as the Association of American Colleges, the Association of American Jun ior Colleges, the Newman Clubs, the Hillel Foundation, and numer ous other religious and service or- Aggie Debaters Enter Tournament In Nacogdoches Four debaters left A&M this morning for Nachogdoches to par ticipate in the Piney Woods Foren sic Tournament there this after noon. Jimmy Stephens, A. J. Shep herd, John Shortal, and James Farmer will enter the senior mens division of the tournament. Topic of the debate is Resolved: That the Federal Government Should Adopt a Policy of Equaliz ing Educational Opportunity in Tax Supported Schools by Means of Annual Grants. Tournament de bating requires that the partici pants debate both sides of the question. The men are paired in two teams for the debate. Farmer and Steph ens form one team, and Shepherd and Shortal the other. They will be guests of Stephen F. Austin State Teacher’s College, sponsors of the tournament, at a dance tonight. First debate for the Aggies was held at 1 p. m. today. The finals will be held Saturday night at 7. Faculty sponsor for the trip is Lee J. Martin of the English de partment. ganizations have endorsed the | the Student Memorial Center Corn- fund. mittee, were instructed to confer with President Frank C. Bolton Funds For Food on the progress of considerations of their respective committee re ports. During the talk it was explained that funds from the drive will be used to purchase food, clothing, medical aid, books, and other school equipment. These supplies will be sent to students who need them because of the war-ravaged conditions in their homelands, Sprawls said. The committee report revealed that the destination and point of purchase of the supplies can be designated by the contributing agency or, if it is desired, a re gional office of the organization will aid the recipient in converting the funds into needed supplies. The Senate Committee will submit their proposals about the matter to the Senate for consideration and action. Don McClure was introduced to the group to tell of the conditions he had observed in Europe on a WSSF-sponsored trip last summer. McClure stated that in his visits to France, Switzerland, and Eng land he learned a great deal about the poor conditions in most sec tions of the continent. School Supplies Needed The speaker said that school supplies were the most urgent need since the students themselves were working on the rebuilding of par tially or wholly destroyed school buildings. Rest centers and TB sanitariums are badly needed be cause poor health standards which are the aftermath of the war are affecting many students, McClure added. “I felt that one of the most re markable things I observed at the student conference held in the French Alps was the desire to aid Germany’s students by those who had so recently suffered at the hands of the Germans,” McClure said. Austria, next to Gei’many, was reported to be in the worst condition so far as educational fa cilities were concerned, he observ ed. A letter from a student at a German teachers college in Bre men to Charles Kirkham was read to the assemblage. Kirkham read what the German youth felt was most needed at the educational in stitutions as typified by the Bre men conditions. The president of the Senate added his own plea for the fund on the basis of his ob servations while traveling on a student tour of Europe last sum mer. George Edwards, chairman of the Campus Security Committee, and Fred Hambright, chairman of Engraver HARDY ROSS uses a magnifying glass to check the relief on a cartoon he is engraving for the Commentator. Behind his are two negatives on the drying disk. Grad Students To Hear Aero Research Head Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, director of aeronautical research of the National Advisory Committee fop Aeronautics, will lecture to grad uate students at 8 p. m. Monday in the Physics Lecture Room, P. B. Pearson, dean of the Graduate School, has announced. An international authority in the field of aeronautics, Dryden,, will speak on “Research Methods in Aeronautics.” The lecture is sponsored jointly by the Graduate School and Sigma Xi Club. Dr. Dryden received his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in physics and mathematics from the Johns Hopkins University. He has been with the National Bureau of Stan dards, serving as chief of the aero dynamics section, chief of the me chanics and sound division, and as sistant director and associate di rector of the Bureau. Dr. Dryden gave the first Wright Brothers Lecture of the Institute of Aeronautical Scien ces and in 1940 received the Reed Award of the Institute. During the war he guided de velopment of the radar homing missle, “Batt,” used by the Navy against the Japanese. He is now chairman of the Guided Missile and Pilotless Aircraft Panel of the Scientific Advisory Board to the Commanding General, U. S. Air Force. The lecture is of special interest to men studying engineering and physical sciences, but is also of interest to those in other fields, Pearson said. Rodeo Society Selects Teams The Texas Aggie Rodeo Asso ciation met Monday night for the discussion of plans for selecting the rodeo team. The group decided a roping team would be made up of the winners of an elimination contest. Each contestant will rope five calves. The Aggie teams for bare back bronc, saddle bronc, and bull rid ing events will be selected by an appointed committee subject to the approval of the rodeo club. The next meeting will be' Mon day night in the library of the Animal Industries Building at 8 p. m., club president, Carl Guthrie announced. LOUISIANA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS VETERAN BONUS NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25 —(A>) The Louisiana Supreme Court Thursday upheld the “full faith and credit of the state” to finance the payment of a veterans’ bonus. Times Listed For ‘College Speaks’ The following program is an outline for the next week of “The College Speaks” series which is presented on Radio Station WTAW each afternoon except Saturday and Sunday at 4:45 p. m. Feb. 25 — The Editor Speaks, D. D. Burchard. Feb. 28 — Thermometry, E. G. Smith. March 1—“The Romance of Sul fur”, A. D. Frenzel. March 2— “Geometry”, J. R. Hillman. March 3 — “What Is Spectro scopy” R. W- Mitchell. March 4 — “The Editor Speaks” D. D. Burchard. FFA Chapter Will Have Meet Monday The Collegiate Chapter of the FFA will meet in the lecture room of the Agricultural Engineering Building, Monday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m., John Bradford, presi dent, announced today. Committee assignments will be made to all Agricultural Educa tion majors. Business will include, program of work for this semester, and se lection of a Duchess to represent the club at the annual Cotton Pa geant and Ball. W. C. CAUDILL Third Annual Presentation Made By Publication Staff By ROLLY KOLBYE Eight faculty and staff members were presented with the Battalion Honor Awards for 1948-49 last night. Dr. George Summey, Jr., Dean M. T. Harrington, William C. Caudill, President Frank C. Bolton, Art Adamson, Dean J. P. Abbott, Fritz Hensel, and Dr. Ralph W. Steen were honored at a banquet in Sbisa Hall. This is the third year that The Bat talion has recognized outstanding members of the college administration and faculty. “The Battalion Award is presented an nually on behalf of the students of A&M Col lege to those persons who have performed continuous outstanding services to the bet terment of a greater A&M College,” said Tom Carter, co-editor of the Battalion. Carter, who gave the history of the award, said the idea originated three years ago when a group of The Battalion staff members were discussing the merits of var ious college officials and teachers. It was decided that some token of appreciation and recognition was needed — a professors “Who’s Who.” Thus evolved the annual Bat talion Award. The presentation of this years awards — 4-were as follows: Bus Drivers Beware . . . Air Force Will Be Black And Bine After September, ’50 By DAVID HAINES Bus drivers will be getting more salutes in the future than they have in the past. The Air Force has adopted a bus driver’s uniform which will be the despair of the Greyhound Company. The new fly-boy outfit will be a natty slate color called “Shade 84 Blue.” The bus drivers use shade 78, but the difference is not at once apparent to anyone but a prism. All the leather accessories are scheduled to be black. No specific shade number has been released. Shoes, cap visors and belts fall into this pitchy category. The Air Force displayed unex pected imagination in designing its buttons. Many people have as serted that everyone in the Air Force has lost his buttons, but the Corps Snapshots To Attend Unit Pictures Are Due All snapshots to be printed on the page with the company pic ture must be turned in by March 15, according to Truman Martin, co-editor of Aggieland 1949. These pictures should be turned in to the “Aggieland 1949” office in an envelope with the name of the outfit and the names of indi viduals submitting the pictures on the back of the envelope. This will make it possible for the un used pictures to be returned, Mar tin said. Martin also said that he would like to have the location of the place where the pictures were tak en, name of persons appearing in the picture and any anecdote that might be associated with the in dividuals or snapshot written on the back of the picture. “If snapshots are not submitted in sufficient numbers to fill the space allocated to each outfit, snapshots from other outfits will be used to fill in that space” Mar tin warned. Senior Favors Deadline Near Deadline for obtaining senior 'avors in time for the Ring Dance is Tuesday, March 1, ac- :ording to Helen Roberts, sec- •etary of Student Activities. The pin costs $2.50. It is $3.50 yith the guard and chain added. Favors may be ordered any ;ime this semester but Tues- lay will be the last date to get ;hem in time for the Dance, VIrs. Roberts concluded. new issues will be distinctive, and it is expected that the buttons will be firmly sewed on to keep so many of the men from losing them. The buttons are to be oxidiz ed rather than gilded and will consist of a shield with an eagle perching on it and thirteen twinkling stars on the peri phery. The stars wil not be neon. A light blue shirt will cover the upper portions of the Air Force and a midnight blue tie will chafe the Air Force neck. Shirt buttons will be white. Gone will be the wing and pro peller insignia of song and story. Lapels and shoulders will hence forth be insignia-less and patch less. The officers will sport only a “US” on the lapels and bars, leaves or stars on the shoulders. Local Air Force representa tives have had no word concern ing change in the ROTC Air Force uniform. They doubt, how ever, that any but regular troops will be equipped by 1950. Local bus drivers will be wise to keep their extra outfits under lock and key during the coming days. Some ROTC men might de sire immediate haberdashing in the slate blues. Camera Club Will Organize Monday The reorganization meeting of the Camera Club, previously sche duled for February 14, will be held Monday, February 28, Roy Mayes, president of the club, has announ ced. A salon will be held concurrent ly with the coming reorganization meeting and it has been announ ced that the entry fee will be 50 cents for from 1 to 3 entries. All members ai‘e requested to be present as well as all men inter ested in photography Mayes said. He reminded members they must attend at least one meeting each month in order to continue in the club. The meeting, which had been scheduled for February 14, was postponed because of Religious Emphasis Week, Mayes said. WTAW Schedules Round Table Talk J. D. Hampton, Harold Garrett, and Jack Donaldson will conduct a round table discussion on orch ard management, range manage ment and farm expenses over WT AW at 4:30 this afternoon. This is another series of weekly farm programs presented by agri cultural education majors of the FFA chapter here. DR. J. P. ABBOTT >• ■ v . . V/r A&M Anniversary Stamp Introduced In Congress Today A joint resolution was offered in the House of Congress today authorizing a special issue stamp on Sept. 17, 1951, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the es tablishment of Texas A.&M. Col lege, according to a telegram re ceived from Congressman Olin Teague. Jack Happy, business major from Dallas, initiated the move to get the stamp, and it was actively supported by Former Stu dents and the College Administra tion. The text of the telegram read: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF STAMP COMMEMORATIVE OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF A&M COLLEGE OF TEXAS ON SEPT. 17, 1951, TO BE INTRO DUCED IN CONGRESS TODAY. .... OLIN E. TEAGUE, CON GRESSMAN, 6TH TEXAS DIS TRICT. Bridge Tourney Scheduled Tonight Edgar McMurry took first place in the elimination bridge contest last Tuesday night, and will be one of the eight players to repre sent A&M in the Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament tonight. This tournament will be staged at 7:30 in the YMCA. Eighteen sets of pre-delt dupli cate hands will comprise the con test. Each hand will have a cer tain correct bid, and a failure to make the contract will count against the bidders and for their opponents. Other members of the team are as follows: Frank Simpson, J. H. Bothwell, Tommy Split- gerber, C. K. McGown, Guy Nor fleet, R. C. Lyon, and Royce Brimberry. President Bolton TO PRESIDENT F. C. BOLTON “for 40 years of devoted service to A&M, during which time he served in all capacities from in structor to president of the Col lege.” President Bolton first came to A&M as a young professor. After 13 years he had become Dean of Engineering and in 1932 assumed the top academic post of Dean of the college. In November of last year he was inaugurated as the fifteenth president of the college. Dean Harrington To DEAN MARION T. HAR RINGTON “for his progressive work in improving the quality and standards of the School of Arts and Sciences and for his sympa thetic and cooperative attitude to ward each student.” A native Texan, Dean Harring ton entered A&M in 1918. By the time he had graduated his activi ties included captain in the In fantry Shock Troops, president of the Collins County Club, and membership in the Y Cabinet, the Chemistry Club, the Dramatic club and Tau Beta Pi. He began as an instructor in 1924 and during the next few years he taught and did graduate work taking his M-S. in Chemistry here in 1927. In the next 14 years he advan ced to associate professor, and in 1941 received his Doctor of Philo sophy Degree at Iowa State. Up on his return to A&M in 1942 he was appointed professor of chem istry. In 1946 he was appointed assistant to the dean of the college in charge of the Annex, and in 1947 he was apointed dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Last November he was appointed dean of the college. Dr. Abbott To DR. JOHN P. ABBOTT “for his capable administration of the A&M College Annex and for his untiring work with the Freshman students.” Dr. Abbott has been acting' dean at the annex for the past two years. He came to the English De partment in 1926. In 1939 he re ceived his Doctor of Philosophy Degree from the University of Iowa. Dr. Abbott and Dr. Summey Were co-authors of the “Manual for College English.” Dr. Abbott is adviser of the Phi Eta Sigma. Dr. Steen To DR. RALPH STEEN “for being an outstanding author and teacher of Texas history, and for being an active leader in civil af fairs.” Dr. Steen is one of the most prolific and highly regarded au thors on Texas history, having written numerous books on that subject. He is active in civic af fairs as president of the local Ki- wanis Club, and as a member of the Student Life Committee. Dr. Summey To DR. SUMMEY “for his explorations and developments in the field of written and spoken English and for his long service to the English Department.” Dr. Summey came to A&M in 1922 as head of the English De partment and remained in that po sition until 1944 when he retired to half-time teaching services. Known as the Shakespearean scholar and teacher, Dr. Summey, in conjunction with Dr. Abbott, au thored the “Manual of College En glish,” which is used by the col lege. He has since authored two other texts on the English lan guage. Dr. Summey is a native of Ken tucky and has traveled through-out Europe. He received his B.A. de gree from Southwestern Pi'esby- terian University and Doctor of Philosophy Degree from Columbia University. I aj.l Mr. Adamson To MR. ARTHUR D. ADAMSON “for his promotion of aquatic sports and for his interest in the physical instruction and welfare of the children of College Statiom” Adamson has been at A&M since 1934, the year he turned profes sional swimmer. He started his job as swimming coach at the same time he started to college, grad- (See MEN OF YEAR, Page 4).