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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1949)
Grandfather, as portrayed by Dr. E. P. Humbert of the Genetics department, recounts stories from the Bible to John, his grandson, played by Barry Belcher in the play “The Light Eternal”, given by the A&M Methodist Church last Thursday and Friday nights in the Stephen F. Austin Auditorium in Bryan. TRUMAN MARTIN, co-editor of the Aggieland 1949, presides during a luncheon for the Vanity Fair beauties and their escorts. The six beauties were selected by Vaughn Monroe and presented during his concert in Guion Hall. San Angelo Club THE BATTALION Page 4 THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949 Sports Day Plans Shape Up As Visiting Teams Lists Enlarged By BILL POTTS Saturday, March 12th, has been designated as Sports Day at A&M by the T Association. This day is observed an nually by the students of the college and is sponsored by the T Association, the organization of men on the campus who have earned varsity letters in some phase of Southwestern George Ratterman, flashy quar terback for the Buffalo Bills of the All-America football Conference, is an accomplished piano player and recently gave a concert with a 40-piece symphony orchestra. For Formal Wear It’s time to dress up for the Spring dances .... Stop in and see our fine stock of Tuxedos and correct Accessories. Conway & Co. ''Your Clothing Store” 103 N. Main Bryan MISS DOROTHY LOVELACE of Atlanta, Texas will represent B Veterans Company at the Sixth Regimental Ball to be held Saturday night in Sbisa Hall. Her escort will be Joe McConnell junior Ag. Eco. f major from At lanta. Committee Named To Sophomore Ball Murph Compton, senior animal husbandry major, was elected pres ident of the San Angelo Club at a recent meeting of the organiza tion. Other officers elected were Gene Shirley, from Sonora, vice-presi dent; Bill Ory from Brady, secre tary; Ben Simms from Paint Rock, treasurer; Jimmy Haralson from San Angelo, reporter; Max Word and Clovis Olsak, from Ozona and San Angelo respectively, as ser geants at arms. The club discussed plans for the spring barbecue to be held on March 26. The next meeting will be 7:30 p. m. Thursday, March 10, Room 203, Agriculture Building. Elects President The committees for the Sopho more Sweetheart Dance, to be held April 8 in Sbisa Rail, were an nounced by Grady Elms of the Student Activities Department. The chairman for the dance is A. D. Martin, president of the sophomore class. The chairman of the Sweetheart committee is Tie Da is and publicity chairman is Jack Raley, the refreshment com mittee is under Don Joseph. Jim Pianta was appointed chairman of the decoration committee, the pro gram committee is headed by Wil- man Barnes. John Gosset is chair man of the invitation committee and the chairman of the guest com mittee is J. D. Mclver. The deadline for entering pic tures for the Sweetheart is April 1, Davis said. Exes Enter Active Service With Army Five Aggie-exes have begun ac tive tours in the Army, according to Colonel Oscar B. Abbott, execu tive for the Texas Military Dis tinct. Edward D. Brandt, ’48, has be gun a three-year tour of extended active duty, and stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington. Colonel Emory C. Cushing, who entered the service from A&M, has re-entered the Army on a tour of extended active duty . First Lieutenant William H. Scheifelbein, ’47, of the Veterinary Corps has begun his tour of ex tended active duty at a medical laboratory at Ft. McPherson, Ga. Lt. Col. R. L. Powell, ’38, has volunteered to serve a 60-day tour of duty with the Dallas Organized Reserve office. First Lieutenant Jamie N. Chas tain, ’45, has begun his tour of extended duty with the Veterinary Corps at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Conference sports. Sports Day will really live up to its name that day. First on the agenda is the final game scrim mage of the varsity football squad. Baseball will also be in the air if tenative arrangements with the Houston Buffs come through. If they do, the Aggie baseball team will be playing them while the scrimmage game is going on. Another event of interest to many people will be the proposed swimming meet in Downs Nata- torium. Pensacola Pre-Flight is tenatively scheduled to bring its tank squad here for a meet with Art Adamson’s Aggie swimmers. To provide even more interest to Sports Day, and to make it the success it was meant for, outstanding high school athletes from over the state will be here to view the proceedings and to get an idea of Aggieland. These athletes will come here as Twenty-two Ag Ed Majors Teaching In High Schools Twenty-two agricultural educa tion majors are teaching subjects in vocational agriculture in Texas high schools. Each student has been assigned a subject which he will teach for one week. At Navasota this week are W. P. Henry of Pontotoc, Miss., B. W. Swain of Temple, and D. C. Survant of Thorndale. At Hearne are D. L. Styles of Th rndale, R. E. Bond of Bryan, and W. G. Higgins of Stevenville. Teaching at Franklin are G. R. McMillan of Franklin and L. G. Steward of Melvin. Teaching at Caldwell are L. M. Vaughn of Johntown and J. T. Roberts of Commanche. Teaching at H i 1 s b o r o are D. White of Dearsall and J. R. Sleeper of Elm Mott. At Grapevine are H. G. Law of. College Station, C. G. Moffett of Lancaster, and H. E. Turrentine of Dallas. B&A Men to See Demonstration Of Business Machines Representatives of the National Cash Register Company will lec ture on and demonstrate applica tions of machine methods to busi ness and accounting problems here March 14-24, T. W. Leland, head of the business and accounting de partment, said today. Seven lectures available will in clude accounts receivable, accounts payable and expense distribution, window posting applications, labor distribution and cost records, pay roll writing, central control and proof in banks, and bank deposi tors checking accounts. Each lec ture will run 25 to 30 minutes and will be followed with a demonstra tion. Not only will the lectures be profitable to accounting students, but also to students enrolled in business courses such as 206, 310, 316, 422, 425, and 433, Leland said. The lectures wall be given in the Assembly Room on the second floor of the YMCA, Leland con cluded. Anthony Joins Dairy Department W. B. Anthony of Waco, recent ly joined the staff of the Dairy Husbandry Department as instruc tor and part-time research worker for the Agricultural Experiment Station. A graduate of Waco High School Anthony attended Bdylor Univer sity for one semester. The war in terrupted his education and he served four years in the U. S. Navy. He graduated from the uni versity of Illinois in February, 1948, with a B. S. degree in Dairy Husbandry. Anthony has been at A&M as a graduate assistant working on his masters degree since February, 1948. Anthony is a member of Alpha Zeta, agricultural honorary fra ternity, and Gamma Sigma Delta, national agricultural honorary so ciety. SELIGMAN TO REPLACE FRITZ OF STUDENT SENATE David M. Seligman, architecture student from Edna, will replace Wilbur Fritz as student senator from College View. Seligman was un-opposed in the election. the guests of their various home town clubs on the campus. They will stay in the dorms on the cam pus and eat in the mess halls. E. G. Bilderback, president of the T Association, has announced that any clubs on the campus that wish to invite athletes from their home town are urged to do so. Moudy Will Speak At World Day Of Prayer Services World Day of Prayer services for the Bryan-College Station re gion will be held at the A&M Methodist Church at 3 p. m., Fri day. Rev. James Moudy pastor of •the A&M Christian Church, will be the principal speaker. Devotional music will be furn ished by the Women’s Chorus un der the direction of Mrs. Grace Krug, and accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Pounds. Mrs. William Schenk is general chairman for the local service. More than seventy different countries will observe Friday as World Day of Prayer, Rev. Moudy said. “The services are international and interdenominational. In a thousand different tongues pray ers will rise. Some will pray for bread, some will pray for clothing, but ail will pray for Peace.” i Irvin R. Lisbony Added to Staff Of Extension Service Irving R. Lisbony, retired naval officer, has joined the staff of Industrial Extension Service. He will conduct courses in supends- or training for the personnel of the Texas state hospitals. This is part of the hospital edu cation program and is conducted by the Industrial Extension Service in cooperation with the State Board of Control and the State Board for Vocational Education. The first classes started Feb. 28 at the Aus tin state hospital. Lisbony did his pre - medical work at Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, and comple ted navy service schools in phar macy, chemistry and administra tion. He has had 27 years as ad ministrator in the medical depart ment of the U. S. Navy. Job Calls Increase For Ag Journalists Job opportunities for students with a combined journalism and agricultural background are in creasing, requests received in the past few days by the Journalism Department indicate. A large city chamber of com merce is seeking a man with such a background to write publicity and help edit a magazine. One of the principal manufacturers of farm implements wants a man to write advertising copy, edit a house organ and write leaflets. Two radio stations are in the mar ket for farm editors’. All of these jobs will pay above average starting salaries and of fer opportunity for advancement, according to Donald D. Burchard, head of the Journalism Depart ment. Wildlife Seniors To Attend Conference Six seniors from the Wildlife Management Department will at tend the 14th Annual North Amer ican Wildlife Conference March 7 to 9 in Washington, D. C., Dr. W. B. Davis, head of the department announced. Those attending are Lytle B. Blankenship, Bob F. Conger, James R. Fielding, Ben D. Oliver, James D. Steiner, and David L. Taylor, reported Dr. Davis. Outstanding leaders in the wild life management will be present, he said. You Can Make A Better Buy In A Diamond FROM SANKEY PARK Your Jeweler 111 N. Main Bryan DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS meric cm The Reverend Norman Anderson (left), minister of the A&M Presbyterian Church, played th role of Aaron and Gene Cragg (right), the role of Joseph in, the A&M Methodist Chutvh presentatioi “The Light Eternal”. Purpose qf the play was to raise funds for the Methodist Building Fund. The New CHARLIE'S FOOD MARKET COLLEGE STATION Free Delivery —Delivery Hours— 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. ...... . -v: wamm'." NORTH GATE Phones 4-1164 — 4-1165 —Store Hours— 7:30 a.m. — 6:30 p.m. Specials for Friday & Saturday, March 4th & 5th Ham’s Armour’s Star 1st Half or Whole lb. 51c Missouri Cheese ..... lb. 39 c Grade A Baby Beef Short Ribs... lb. 39 c Square Cut Shoulder Roast...... lb. 49 c Meaty Chuck Roast.. lb. 49 c Pillsbury’s Best Flour . ... 10 lb. bag 81c Mrs. Tuckers 3 LB. CART. Shortening, • ... 63« Miracle Whip Salad Dressing . . qt. 57c Del-Dixi Hominy . . 3 No. 2 cans 26c Church’s Grape Juice .... pint 19c Star Kist Tuna . . 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