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
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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.
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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 . . Grated hal ves 39c
Hunts—No. 1 can
Pears ....... 26c
Lush’us—Sliced
Beets. . . 3 No. 2 cans 26c
Libby’s Deep Brown
Beans 3 cans 31c
(With Pork Sauce)
Libby’s Cream Style—Golden Bantam
Corn . . . 2 No. 2 cans 39c
Pet or Carnation—Evaporated
Milk ... 2 tall cans 25c
Leadway Sliced
Peaches . . 2 No. 2 cans 53c
Oxydol .... large 29c
Dreft large 29c
PRODUCE
Five Flavors
Royal Jellatin . . pkg. 5c
FROZEN FOODS
Grapefruit. .8lb.bag 27c
216 Size
Florida Oranges. doz. 29c
Honor Brand—10 oz. Pkg.
Asparagus Cuts & Tips, 35c
Honor Brand—12 oz. Pkg.
Baby Limas 40c
16 oz. Package
Sliced Strawberries . 50c
432 Size
Lemons doz. 24c
California
Lettuce . . .perhead 10c
iCelery stalk 2c
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