Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1949
Number 133
Committee Makes
$12,000 Allotments
Over $12,000 for special projects was approved yester
day afternoon by the Student Life Committee. Allocation
of the fund was originally made by a Student Life subcom
mittee.
Subject to approval of the Board of Directors, the fund
allots $1800 for basketball goals+
for the grove and $2700 for rodeo
and horse show arena construe
tion.
Other items included are $500
for Guion Hall stage orchestra
risers, $1500 for Guion Hall pic
ture show sound system, $225 for
Guion Hall carbon arc spotlight,
and $950 for pianos at the YMCA
and the Annex Chapel.
$1500 for dormitory athletic
equipment, $1270 for stage equip
ment for Aggie Players, $500 for
Ring for Senior Ring Dance, $800
for park benches for Grove, and
$400 for repairs fqr the portable
Hammond Org^n.
The Committee approved the
subcommittee’s motion that stated
“increases or decreases not to ex
ceed $50 could be made to each of
the items as it became necessary
with changing prices or other con
tingency.”
The engraving contract for the
Aggieland 1949 was also an
nounced at the meeting.
Harper Standard Company’s bid
of $5,500 was accepted over an
equal bid of the Southwestern En
graving Company of Port Worth
on the basis of samples of work of
both companies inspected by the
iommittee.
A report from the subcommittee
on Student Concessions stated that
the request for the selling of pivot
type fluorescent lamps was denied
a student for three reasons: That
they were not of sufficient service,
that selling them in the dormitory
Would require too much of the pro
spective buyer’s time and that if
there were enough demand for
them they would be carried in the
Exchange Store.,
Work-was started by the Com
mittee on the selection of Who’s
Who but the choice will not be
made until this afternoon.
Fire Prevention
Drive Opened By
Forest Service
The Texas Forest Service open
ed Texas’ drive today in the Seven-'
th Annual nation-wide Cooperative
Forest Fire Prevention Campaign
to reduce the country’s annual 30,-
000,000 acre forest fire loss. This
area, nearly as large as the State
of Mississippi, will burn this year
if the annual average prevails
again, the Forest Service said.
The CFFP Campaign is a public
service project of the National Ad
vertising Council, conducted by the
Texas Forest Service and U. S.
Forest Service, with the coopera
tion of other public and private
agencies throughout the nation.
Conducted annually since 1942,
the campaign’s slogans and sym
bols are already familiar to many.
The fire-preventing “Smokey Bear’”
is back again on posters and other
material to sound this year’s war
ning that “Another ' 30,000,000
acres will burn this year—unless
you are careful.”
Wayne King To
Play in Guion
flail March 19
Wayne King, the famous
Waltz King, will appear with
his orchestra and a troupe of
32 performers at two concerts
in Guion Hall on the night of
March 19.
Tentatively scheduled for the
concert is a variety of tunes rang
ing from the works of Franz Schu
bert through modern hits and nov
elty tunes including “A Little Bird
Done Told Me.”. Waltzes will not
dominate the musical selections of
the night.
One of the few band-leaders of
today to enjoy a long-lived popu
larity, King was featured on the
CBS “Lady Esther Serenade” for
eight years. He has appeared on
other nation-wide programs and
has made recordings for RCA-Vic-
tor for several years.
His troupe of 32 performers is
head-lined by Nancy Evans, a
performer since she was five
years old and a former star of
the “Breakfast Club” and other
nation-wide programs.
Male soloist for the group will
be Fred Kendall, a graduate of
North Texas State Teachers’ Col
lege, who has appeared on occas
ions with both the Houston and
the Dallas symphony orchestras.
Other performers at the concert
will be the Meadowlarks, a girls
trio; the Double-Daters, a mixed
quartet; the Grenadiers, a male
chorus; and the Don Large Chorus
a mixed choral group.
To accomodate the anticipated
turn-out, King will give two con
certs, one at 6:30 p.m. and the
other at 9 p. m. Tickets for both
concerts will go on sale Thursday,
March 10 in the Student Activities
Office.
Prices will be $.70 for students
and $1.50 for non-students.
Floriculture Group
Elects Wolfe Head
Tom J.Wolfe of Waco was elec
ted president of the Texas Flori
culture Research Association at
closing session Tuesday of the
shoi’t course held at A&M.
Wise Adkisson of Greenville was
elected vice-president. A. F. De-
Werth, in charge of floriculture in
the Landscape Art Department at
A&M, was reappointed secretary.
Directors elected at the closing
session include Wm. J. Bailey, Ft.
Worth; Hand Schroeder, Brown-
wood; John Hatteberg, Houston;
John Klinger, Houston; Ray Mc
Cullough, Fort Worth; Bert Reed,
Waco, and Harold Kaytop of San
Antonio.
MISS SHIRLEY STRICKLAND, sophomore at East Texas State
Teachers College, will represent ‘A’ Veterans Company at the Sixth
Regimental Ball Saturday night. Miss Strickland, who is from
Naples, will be escorted by Bill R. White, junior Animal Hus
bandry major from Athens.
Third Gilmer-Aiken Measure
At Top of Senate Calendar
AUSTIN, Texas, March 1—(/P)—The third ,of the Gil
mer-Aiken bills reorganizing the public school system topped
the senate’s calendar today.
This bill sets up a special fund from which the state
would pay money to insure a minimum education program
in districts n°t wealthy enough to-f-
pay the cost themselves.
Measures calling for administra
tive reorganization at the state
level and a now financing plan al
ready have passed the senate iij the
face of tough opposition. They
await house committee action.
State aid from the minimum
foundation school fund would be.
paid only if a district raised the
maximum amount possible accord
ing to its ability to pay and this
were still not enough to meet ex
penses. (State per capita—a fixed
amount for each school child—will
continue to be paid as in the past.)
State employees were keeping
their fingers crossed today, won
dering if the legislature would
whip pay raise bills into shape be
fore midnight in order for workers
to enjoy estra pay benefits in
March. The governor’s signature
must also be on the bills to make
them effective.
The Senate and House are in
disagreement over the amount sal
aries should be hiked, and a com
promise was expected in confer
ence committee. State departmen
tal, eleemosynary and judiciary
employees would get the March
pay increase-
The prison money bills were
second on the Governor’s list of
emergency legislation. ^
Troop Leadership
Stressed During
Scouting Course
More than 100 men and women
interested in the Boy Scout and
Cub Scout program are attending
the “Scouterversity” which opened
its week-long term on the A&M
campus Monday night.
Prof. Daniel Russel, who as
chairman of advancement for the
Brazos district has operated these
schools for more than 15 years,
has divided the 1949 term into
three divisions. They are:
“Fundamentals in Scout Lead
ership,” under Norman “Shorty”
Halbrooks as dean. This' division is
open to all interested in any phase
of Scout leadership, committee
work, unit leadership, or general
activity.
Senior Scouting, under Frank
Rogers. This division is designed
primarily for A&M students, or
others in the Bryan-College Sta
tion community, interested in
continuing their Scouting as part
of a senior unit.
Cubbing, under leadership of R.
M. Connor. This division is for
Den Mothers, Cubmasters, Den
iChiefs, and committeemen active
|in or interested in Cub Scout work.
The divisions meet for an open-
ling session in the Animal Hus
bandry arena at 7:15 every night
this week. After the opening por-
|tion of the program the divisions
adjom’n to class rooms for inde-
Ipendent discussion.
Marshall Plan, Atlantic Pact
Paths To True Peace-Churchill
Strong Western Powers Can Promote Hundred
Years of Peace, Guion Hall Audience Told
Stewart, f
FG FT PF TP
.... 2 3 5 7
Alebis, f
.... 2
1
1
5
Paredes, f
.... 7
3
3
17
Bortoni, f
.... 3
0
0
6
Frank, c
.... 2
1
1
5
Richter, c
.... 0
0
0
0
Gissing, c
.... 1
0
0
2
Herrington, g
.... 2
1
1
5
Leyendecker, g .
0
0
1
0
Salinas, g
.... 0
1
1
1
Totals
....19
10
13
48
LON MORRIS
FG FT
Lieneres, f 5 0
PF TP
0 10
Deliz, g
.... 3
1
1
7
Burroughs, f
.... 2
0
2
4
Green, f
.... 0
0
1
0
Henderson, f
.... 4
1
1
9
Soler, a
.... 5
5
1
15
Crews, c
.... 2
0
0
4
Oden, c
.... 0
0
1
0
Renta, g
.... 4
1
2
9
Wilson, g
.... 0
1
0
1
Stewart, g
.... 0
0
5
0
Harris, g
.... 0
0
1
0
Totals
....25
9
15
59
Cattle Barn Bids
Will Be Let Soon
Bids for the construction of the
I new cattle barn are to be let about
J March 1, according to J. K. Riggs,
(professor of Animal Husbandry in
(charge of beef cattle.
I T. R. Spence, Head of Office of
Physical Plants, and C. K. Leigh
ton, College Engineer, have al
ready checked on the site of the
new barn for the purpose of hav
ing the ground graded up.
1 The plans for the new barn are
about completed. Some of the gates
and some sections of the all metal
[fence have been constructed.
The all metal fence is being
(built in 24 foot sections and hauled
(to the College on tracks. Several
sections have already arrived.
Mexia Metal Works, is building the
gates and fences.
INTAC Ex-Students
Plan Organization
An organizational meeting for
the NTAC Club will be held Wed
nesday night at 7:30 in the CE
j Lecture Room, according to Dick
| Scott, organizer of the club.
The group, consisting of ex-
Istudents of North Texas Agricul-
(tural College, will elect officers
land draft a constitution.
Lon Morris
Defeats Laredo
In J.C. Meet
Lon Morris Junior College of
Jacksonville defeated Laredo J.C.,
59-48, in the first game of the An
nual Junior College Invitation
Tournament held in DeWare Field
House this morning.
Lon Morris jumped into the
lead with the game only two
minutes old and never lost this
lead as they slowly increased
their margin to 13-1 after five
minutes of the first half.
Field goals by Solar and Renta
built up a 37-17 half time score
for the Lon Morris team.
Second half play opened with
Lon Morris increasing their lead
with the score at five minutes
standing 47-22.
Laredo came back in the second
half to pull within 11 points of
Lon Morris at the final gun. This
rally was sparked by Paredes who
scored a total of 13 points the last
half to lead his team in individual
scoring.
Soler was high point man for
Lon Morris with a total of 15
points, with Linares close behind
with 10 points.
LAREDO
Annual Census Due
For Consolidated
School Children
The 1949 School Census will be
gin Match 1, A. M. Whitis, super
intendent of A&M Consolidated
School, announced today.
Only children of the same fami
ly shall be listed on one census
blank, and if one person has under
his control children of a different
family name, he shall use a separ
ate form for each family name,
Whitis said.
“Parents who have children who
are not in school and who will be
six years of age on or before Sep
tember 1, 1949, and children who
will not be over 18 by September
1, 1949, should report to the school
office or telephone 4-7624,” Whitis
said. Each scholastic enumerated
will bring $55 to the school district.
Parents living in College View
may enumerate their children by
reporting to the school office.
According to the 1948 census
there are 922 scholastics on the
A&M Consolidated School roll com
pared with 881 in 1947. It is be
lieved that the 1949 census will
increase proportionately, Whitis
said.
Agronomists Hear
Range Specialist
Everett F. Evans, traveling
range specialist for the Texas For
est Service, addressed the Agro
nomy Society at a meeting Tues
day night.
Evans said that Texas, with 55,-
000,000 acres of forest area, has
more trees than any other state.
Evans showed color slides illus
trating reforestation work, cut ov
er lands, lookout towers and fire
fighting equipment .
J. S. Mogford outlined tentative
plans for the Cotton Ball and Pag
eant. Mogford said that a man is
now being sought to crown King
Cotton at the show. Plans are also
being made to have floats entered
in the pageant, he said.
A motion was made and approv
ed to give any member of the
Agronomy Society selling ten sub
scriptions of “Crops and Soils,” a
free subscription to the magazine.
The Marshall Plan and the North Atlantic Charter are the true paths for the coun
tries of the world to follow toward a continuing peace, Randolph Churchill, son of Win
ston Churchill, said last night.
Speaking to the Great Issues Class and a large outside audience, Churchill said there
could very easily be another 100 years of peace if the Western Powers continued
to be stronger than the Communist
dominated countries.
Churchill began with the immed
iate post-war period and discus
sed Europe through the time of
the proposed North Atlantic Pact.
Since Russia had approximately
150 divisions at the end of the
war, all the weak countries in
Europe were hesitant about bring
ing wrath upon themselves by ex
ertions against the Communists,
Churchill said. “The feeling was
one of hopelessness. We did not
know what day that the Commun
ists might assume control in the
weakened countries.
Hopelessness Leaves
“When George Marshall told the
world to put their houses in order
and the United States would come
to their aid, the hopelessness was
replaced by hope for the future of
the countries.
“The Marshall Plan has given all
the countries a chance to get on
their feet. The countries have had
a chance to nurse wounds and be
gin the climb toward recovery.
In speaking about the North At
lantic Pact, he said that there are
many shiver sisters and nervous
Nellies. He said Walter Lippman
not only confuses readers but he
confuses himself more with his
comments on the proposed pact. He
is like a glass of water without
the glass; he runs through your
fingers.
No Senate nor generation can
determine what future generations
or senators will do, he said. But
the pact would mean just as much
without the amendment of the con
stitution as it would with it.
No Amendment Needed
Look at the Monroe Doctrine, he
pointed out. “No amendment of
the constitution was needed for the
world to stay out of the Americas
so why should the North Atlantic
Pact require an amendment of the
U. S. Constitution for acceptance
by the world.”
No country in Europe today is
strong enough to lead the resist
ance against a Communist move-
(See CHURCHILL, Page 4)
Aeronautics Official Traces
Growth of Supersonic Speeds
By C. C. TRAIL
“The most important tool of all in aeronautical research
is the brain of man,” Dr. Hugh L. Dryden told an impressive
group of graduate students and faculty members last night.
In his address, sponsored jointly by the Graduate School
and the Sigma Xi.Club, the director of Aeronautical Research
of the National Advisory Commit-f
tee for Aeronautics emphasized'
the need for personal ingenuity.
Narrowing the field of aeronau
tical research to problems in build
ing wind tunnels which will sim
ulate supersonic conditions, Dr.
Dryden traced the development of
the wind tunnel from the primitive
model used by the Wright brothers
to the present-day model which
can pass air up to twice the speed
)f sound.
“By using the principle that air
flows faster over the wing of a
plane than the wing is actually
moving, tfirst supersonic condi
tions were obtained,” Dr. Dryden
said.” Models were mounted on
the trailing edge of P-51’s, and
while the airplane was only going
70 per cent the speed of sound, the
model was subjected to air speeds
of ten per cent greater than the
speed of sound.
Dr. Dryden then pointed out how
this principle was projected into
the laboratory wind tunnel by
building a bump in the air stream.
Dr. Dryden used slides and col
orful moving pictures to supple
ment his lecture and to illustrate
special points of interest.
In passing, the holder of the
presidential certificate of merit for
his work in guided missies listed
other important advances in aero
nautical research. Of special im
portance was a 40 x 50 foot wind
tunnel which will permit tests on
the working models rather than
on a scale model, and an ultra
high-speed camera, capable of tak
ing some 400,000 pictures per sec
ond.
Dr. Dryden concluded his lecture
with the same theme in which he
had begun: “Regardless of the
cost of the equipment and the time
spent in research, the data are no
better than the minds of the ones
who interpret them. The thing
most needed in aeronautical re
search is personal ingenuity.”
Student Senate
To Hear Ring
Dance Problem
The Student Senate will
have a chance to offer its
proposals on the advisability
of having two Senior Ring
Dances as a result of action
taken last evening by the com
mittee set up to decide that
question,
Roy Blanton, chairman of the
committee for planning Senior
Ring Dances, met with the chair
men of nine other committees to
discuss the recent ^balloting on the
question of having two dances.
The chairmen decided that bal
loting was not conclusive since
less than one-third of approxi
mately 2,200 eligible seniors cast
ballots.
A representative of the planning
committee will attend the next
Student Senate meeting in the
YMCA Wednesday night at 7:30.
He will listen to any proposals that
the Student Senate might wish to
make.
Following the Student Senate
meeting, Blanton’s committee will
meet again to discuss any senate
proposals. That meeting is sche
duled for Thursday at 5 p. m. in
the lobby of the Student Activities
office, according to Grady Elms,
assistant director of Student Ac
tivities, who met with the com
mittee.
Singing Cadets To
Have Busy Spring
By FRANK CUSHING
Aggieland’s publicity depart
ment in the form of the Singing
Cadets initiated their Spring sche
dule last night. Four numbers were
rendered by the Aggie group at
the Federated Woman’s Club meet
ing. The program consisted of
“Deep River,” “Battle of Jericho,”
“You’ll Never Walk Alone,” and
“Whoopee, Ti Yi Yo.”
A busy season awaits this musi
cal group. Trips around the state
in rapid succession have been ar-
ranged. Text . books will un
doubtedly be in style on the char
tered buses carrying these Aggies
to and from their concerts.
Wichita Falls will be the first
journey for the Cadets. There, on
the 12th of March, a full con
cert will be presented. The Ex-
Students’ Association has invited
the group arid will sponsor them
in a program open to the public.
The following weekend will be
hurriedly spent by these vocalizers
in making two musical appearan
ces. Saturday, March 19th, they
will appear during a stage show at
North Texas State College in Den
ton and sing several numbers.
Featured song for the evening
will be “The Battle Hymn of the
Republic.” The Cadets will be ac
companied in this number by the
orchestra.
The next day the tuneful aggre
gation will make a quick jump to
Fort Worth. At 3 p. m. they will
offer a complete concert at Pas
chal High School. The Singing Ca
dets will be the guests of the Fort
Worth Mother’s Club of that city.
The final weekend of March of
fers no respite for the traveling
troubadors. Corpus Christi will be
the objective of their migration on
the 26th of that month. An even
ing concert will be conducted un
der the sponsorship of the Corpus
Christi Ex-Student’s Association.
The distant future has not been
ignored in scheduling the Sing
ing Cadets either. In April the
Aggies will leave for that
bleak no man’s land existing in
the famous forty acres. Swords
will be issued for this journey.
The rosy spot in the singers’
plans is to be found on the 14th of
May. Upon that date the Cadets
will be featured on a program at
Hockaday School for girls.
The Singing Cadets’ Spring tra
veling group will consist of about
50 students. Two quartets—one of
the barbershop variety and the
other of the popular style—will
provide intermission entertainment
during most of the concerts.
Aggieland will indeed have been
well represented throughout Tex
as after the spring schedule of the
Singing Cadets has been complet
ed.
Two Civil Service
Exams Scheduled
Examinations for filling vacan
cies in the positions of Economist
and Biological Aid have been an
nounced by the Civil Service Com
mission.
Entrance salaries ranging to
$5232 per year for the Economist
positions and from $2152 to $3727.-
20 per year for the Biological Aid
positions. Employment will be
with various federal agencies in
the state of Texas.
A senior from Baylor Univer
sity, MISS HOPE KINCANNON
has been chosen sweetheart of
D Veterans Company. Miss Kin-
cannon will represent the com
pany at the Sixth Regimental
Ball on Saturday night. Her es
cort will be Fred Walters, senior
ME major from Waco.
Work in Progress
On New Band Shell
Work on the bandshell is under
way. G. T. Hill, engineer in charge
of construction, stated today that
work has been in progress for two
weeks now. Already, the shell is
taking shape.
Outside walls are being made of
concrete building blocks. Enclosed
in the structure will be storage
rooms, concession booths, rest
rooms, and dressing rooms.
The stage proper will be 34 feet
across the front. Footlights will be
built in at front floor level.
A sloping roof will cover the
whole structure and will extend
over the existing slab about nine
feet.
Hill expects to have the shell
completed within the 75 working
days allowed. Barring some unfor-
seen conditions, it should be fin
ished in about 45 days.
The new shell will seat almost
any size orchestra for social func
tions held on the slab.
The old platform, located on the
east side of the slab, was a small
wooden affair. The new one will
be about three times as large.