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The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 ~~ ^ COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1949 Number 136 Architectural Survey Planned By 25 Seniors Twenty-five senior design archi tectural students will make an in spection tour of the north central and northeastern parts of the Uni ted States Professor Bill Caudill said today. The group will leave College Station April 18 and re turn May 7. The 25 students and Harry S. Ransom, faculty member in charge have two objectives. They wish to experience first hand the architec ture of the area and to meet its architects and second, to record this acquaintance on film, sketch pad and notebook, Ransom said. Visits will be made to Little Rock, St. Louis, Chicago, Niagra Falls, Boston, New York, Philadel phia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Students making the trip include David M. Seligman, Edna; Charles R. Russell, Tyler; Sam M. Marshal Alexandria, La.; Harry J. Matu- sik, West; Tad Felger, New Or-' leans; Martin L. Andrews .William Enochs, Cecil M. Boatwright, Rob ert L. Palmer, all of Dallas, Kenneth J. Marak, Cameron; Clayton Shiver, Amarillo; George S. Halfin, Port Arthur; Jean E. Donaho, San Angelo; James D. Tittle, Abilene; Ray A. Morse, Jr., Paris; Edwin F. Redondo, San An tonio; Hubert T. Watson, Jr., Fer ris; John 0. Chenault, College Sta tion; Harry W. Gooding, El Paso; Gene R. Summers, Bryan; Pat Y. Spillman, Lancaster; Mr. and Mrs. Jack V. Smith, Houston and Mrs. Ransom, Pittsburgh, Pa. Two Ring Dances Planned; Choice Of Nights Allowed By TOM CARTER ‘College Speaks’ Offers Tips On Writing Technique Tips on writing will be offered A&M students and radio listeners in the Bryan-College area at 4:45 p. m. today when the Journalism Department takes the regular “Col lege Speaks” program over Sta tion WTAW, D. D. Burchard, jour nalism head, announced Thursday. Burchard and Prof. Otis Miller, also of the Journalism Department will give a dialogue on writing- techniques. We will discuss the value of writing knowledge to technical students, and will offer several suggestions for improving writing, Burchard said. The College Speaks series is presented each afternoon at 4:45 except Saturday and Sunday over WTAW. The following program schedule has been issued. March 7 “Biological Science and Human Life Span,” S. 0. Brown. March 8 “The Use of Infra Red in Chemical Work,” A. 0. Frenzel. March 9 “Man’s Number Work I”, R. V. McGee. March 10 “Some Historical High Lights in Spectroscopy,” R. J. Carls. March 11 “The Editor Speaks,” The Battalion Staff. Cattleman’s Ball Tickets on Sale Tickets for the annual Cattle man’s Ball are on sale in the Ani mal Husbandry Department office in the Animal Industries Building, according to Ralph Wheat, chair man of ticket sales. The ball will be held March 19 in Sbisa Hall. The price of admis sion is $2 with or without dates, Wheat said. Music will be furnished by “Jesse James and all the Boys.” All animal husbandry and dairy husbandry majors, including fresh men, are eligible to attend, Wheat announced. Animal husbandry and dairy husbandry minors who are paid members of the Kream and Kow Klub or the Saddle and Sir loin Club, may attend. 84 Cedric Copeland 73 Murray Holditch 61 Bob Davidson 53 Pat Diffie 64 W. T. Rush 74 Russ Hudeck 81 Jaro Netardus 11 Don Nicholas 24 John Christensen 31 Jim Dobbyn 42 Augie Saxe 82 Clinton Gwin 75 Dick Scott 65 Bill Davis 55 Hugh Meyer 63 Bill Hasson 85 J. Jones 12 Delmer Sikes 22 Frank Torno 33 Bill Tidwell 46 * Gary Anderson 35 Bernard Lemmons 88 Dick Callendar 86 Charlie Davidson Two Senior Ring Dances will be held this year according to fRoy Blanton, social secretary of the Senior Class. One dance will be held on Friday night and the other on Saturday night. Students grad uating anytime between now and next January will be able to at tend either dance. Sixteen hundred couples are ex pected for the dances and tickets will be divided between the two. Eight hundred will be placed on sale for the Friday dance and eight hundred for the Saturday dance. Students will be given the choice of attending either night, but as soon as the tickets for one of the nights is sold out, then only tickets for the other night will be sold. The committee members said this would be the fairest method of John Cole Speaks To Ag Ed Classes John B. Cole of the State Soil Conservation Board spoke to agri cultural education classes Wednes day on “The Operations of the Soil Conservation Districts in Tex as.” Cole, a former vocational agri culture teacher, now assistant planning engineer for Soil Con servation Board for State District 4, explained the operation of the soil conservation districts. 81 Carl Hill 73 Sam Moses 62 Elo Nohavitza 50 Jimmy Flowers 63 Mickey Spencer 70 Dwayne Tucker 85 Dan Spears 11 Dick Gardemal 20 Glenn Lippman 35 Bob Smith 44 Doyle Moore 36 George Roberts 82 Jerry Crossman 74 Percy Burk 65 Carl Molberg 54 Bob Bates 67 A. J. Dugas 75 Alex Strobel 80 Dorbant Barton 19 Jimmy Cashion 24 Charlie Royalty 39 Kenneth Shobe 42 Robert Shaeffer 46 Charlie McDonald handling the large number expect ed. This plan was presented to the Student Senate and apparently it had the approval of that body. The Friday dance will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and the Sat urday dance will be held from 8 to 12 p.m. because of a college regulation which states thdt no dance can be held on Sunday. Only one banquet will be held this year and it will be on Satur day night. Preparations are being made for 1400 people. This is the maximum number that can be handled in one night. After the 1400 tickets are sold, no more will be available. The banquet will start at 6 p.m. and no food will be serv ed after 6:15 p.m. This rule was made so as to have everyone through eating by the time the program starts.. The oi’der in which a student “Though our trains still arrive on time, we can complain about this and other things under our democratic government and know we will not have to go to prison,” Dr. Treves told the class. The Italian version of the U. S. State Department has exactly one piece of paper and a pencil to work with after 20 years under the fascist regime, he said. The partisans had to re-orient them selves to international affairs since they had spent the past 20 years in opposition to the government. Reconstruction Begins “Peace was the important con sideration. Under the occupation of the friendly troops, we were able to begin reconstruction work immediately.” “Though we signed the tx-eaty, we did so with mox-al reservations. We people who had been opposing the government for 20 yeax-s didn’t feel that Italy should have her colonies, Trieste, and her fleet taken from her. “The Communists in Italy took advantage of these three clauses to campaign actively last year. The Communists, being very pat riotic at this time, actually fought under the name of ‘Popular Front.’ They fooled no one, however, and they lost the election.” He gave the high birth rate as one reason why Italy needed hex- colonies. He pointed out that these colonies could aid Italy in dispos ing of her extra people and sur plus products. Beware of Communism He emphasized that Italy had a very important part in determin ing the destiny of Europe. “We have something to offer the world” he said. “Italy is the southwestern bulwark of Communism.” “Our country dates back far beyond the Roman Empire,” he concluded. “We are old in every thing except our government; it is new and democratic.” goes through the ring will be de termined when the tickets ax-e bought. The time of going through the Ring, within 15 or 20 min utes, also will be given. Nine committees are woi’king on the details of the dance and the time of ticket sales and the cost of tickets will be announced as soon as the final arrangements are made. As yet, no orchestra has been contracted for the two dances. Contrary to rumox-, Russ Morgan will not be hex*e for them. The committees each have co- chairmen, one Corps and one non- Corps man. These committees and their chairmen are banquet, Jerry Stewart and G. R. Sawyer; dec orations, Charlie Estes and D. D. Mathews; ticket sales, Truman Martin and Gerald York; program, John Dieb and Jack Graugnard; orchestra, Doug Pitcock and R. L. Schodde; refreshments, Herb Schwax-tz and Frank Rousseau; guest, Goerge Edwards and Paul Landx-y; publicity, Tom Carter and George Morgan; ring ceremony, J. B. Rochelle and Paul Davises. Blanton asked that all seniors cooperate on the Dance. He said that every effort is being made to make the dance satisfactory to all concerned. Any suggestions for improvements should be turned in to one of the committee chairmen, Blanton said. The next meeting of the com mittee chairmen will be held Thursday at 5 p.m. in the lobby of Student Activities Office. Ag Ed Seniors To Judge FFA Contest Four agricultural education sen iors will go to Waco Saturday, to judge the Ax-ea VIII FFA senior chapter conducting contest, accord ing to W. W. Mclllroy, professor of agricultui-al education. They are John Bradford, FFA Collegiate Chapter president; Paul F. Bx-eeden, chairman of the area judging contest committee; and Benjamin J. Suster and Lewis E. Vickery, members of the area lead- ex-ship contest committee. Mclllroy will go to Waco to assist in the judging. All members of the team have had experience in judging similar chapter conducting contests from m-evious semesters at A&M, Mc lllroy said. According to A. B. Childress, Area VIII supervisor, the contest will be between FFA Chapters from Area VIII and it will begin at 9 a. m. at the Waco State Home. The two chapters with the high est total score will be eligible to participate in the state chapter conducting contest. Juniors Asked For Duchess Pictures Membex-s of the Junior Class have been asked to submit pictures for Cotton Ball and Pageant duch ess by Doyle Avant, class presi dent. Avant asked that each picture be at least a 5x7 pox-trait. Color of hair and eyes, height and weight should be given. The pictures should be turned in by March 16, to D. R. McClure in Room 315, Dorm 10, Avant said. Roster for Saturday’s Scrimmage This roster is tentative and may be changed prior to game time. Time of the scrimmage game is 2:30 and it will prob ably be played on Kyle Field instead of the practice field. WHITE SQUAD MAROON SQUAD Italians On Time Without Mussolini “We have found in Italy that we don’t need a dictator to get our trains to leave and arrive on time.” This is what Paolo Treves, member of the Italian Cham ber of Deputies, told the Great Issues Class yesterday. Spon sored by the Institute of International Education, Dr. Treves -f spoke on “Italy’s Foreign Policy ' Since Liberation.” Regimental Ball, TSCW Choir, Football Planned for Weekend The Sixth Regimental Ball, two concerts by the TSCW Choir, and a football scrimmage are the activities of the weekend. The newly organized Sixth Regiment will hold its regi mental ball Saturday night in Sbisa Hall. Eight girls will be presented at the ball, one of whom will be chosen to represent the Sixth Regiment at the Cotton Ball in April. i -H The nominees to be presented are Dorothy Lovelace, Atlanta, Texas; Shirley Strickland, East Texas State College Austin Legislators Discuss Problems Of A Law Student By CHUCK CABANISS Contrary to usual reports, it seems that legislators do not like postmen’s holidays—at least those visiting the campus last night much preferred to discuss the Uni versity of Texas School of Law rather than current political ac tion in Austin. And this desire seemed quite in accord with a ma jority of the pre-law students pres ent who wanted details on the problems of the Texas law student. Ben Lampkin, Pre-Law Society president, opened the informal discussion which followed a fine steak dinner in Sbisa Hall by in troducing T. W. Leland, head of the Business and Accounting De partment; R. L. Elkins, executive assistant to the President; E. L. Angell, executive assistant to the Chancellor; and Representative An drew Rogers of the 121st Legisla tive District. Rogers then introduced the visi- MRS. MARTHA LOU JONES of Dallas is one of eight beau ties who will compete for the title of Sixth Regimental Sweet heart on Saturday night. She was chosen by the members of C Veteran Company, and will be escorted by her husband Roy C. Jones. Rescheduled LIFE Display of A&M Appears March 14 The pictorial story of the Mili tary Ball, which is to be run in Life, has definitely been sche duled for release in the March 14 issue, according to Henderson Shuffler, Director of Information & Publications. An announcement was run in yestex-days Battalion to the effect that the story would be run March 18. After the paper went to press the editors desk received notice of Shuffler’s latest telegram from Life’s Dallas representative, Miss Laverne Frey. Miss Frey has notified Shuffler that the original spread has been changed and will be two and one half pages in black and white. She also announced that the stu dent news stands will be supplied with 2500 extx-a copies. Extra cop ies will also be available to TSCW. The telegram read: “Another flash from New York on A&M story: story closed for two and half pages for release in March 14th issue, will be on newstands March 11th. This is absolutely pos itively definite.” Banker Will Speak At AH Seminar Sterling Evans, president of the Federal Land Bank of Houston, will speak to the animal husbandry seminar Monday night, J. C. Mil ler, head of the Animal Husban dry Department, said today. Evans has been called to Wash ington and in the event that he is unable to return before Monday night D. W. Williams, vice-chancel lor of Agricultui’e at A&M will speak, Miller said. GIFT TO SCHOOLBOY COMES FROM KING BIRCHAM, Eng., March 4 —UP) George Ward, 12-year-old school boy, kicked for goal in a school soccer football game. tors from Austin: Ray Horany, Bill Brown, James Presnal, and Peyton McKnight. All of the men, with the exception of Presnal, are now attending law school. Arthur Stewart, society co sponsor, presented State Senator W. T. Moore of the local 14th Senatorial District, who is an other former Aggie. After a few questions and statements had been made about the controver sial “basic science” bill, Rogers told of a couple of his bills which are now pending before the legislature. His bills are con cerned with the purchase of road equipment from the state by counties and a local bill appro priating $10,000 to aid a dam building program to improve the water control and supply in his district. Rogers explained that law class es at the University are quite large, numbering several hundred students. Individual recitation may be very infrequent, but will last for about an hour when a student is called upon to recite. He added that the quiz for a coui’se is given either at the end of the semester or, if the coui’se is a nine-months course, at the end of the second semester. When a mid-semester MISS PATSY WILLIAMS from New Orleans has been chosen as the sweetheart of A Composite Company and will represent them at the Sixth Regimental Ball on Saturday night. She will be escorted by Glenn Cummings of Bryan. DAHLBERG TO JUDGE TYLER BEEP SHOW F. I. Dahlberg, professor, Ani mal Husbandry Department, will be a judge at the Smith County Baby Beef Show at Tyler, March 17. quiz is given it will count only a small part of the final grade, he stated. Bi’own announced that the cur ricula at law school has been in creased from 80 hours to 92 hours for gx*aduation. This new plan will require six semesters and a sum mer session, and persons may en ter the school only in the fall, he said. Bi'own stated that he had re ceived a three year deferment from service in the army (the 21 months service now required of all ROTC graduates) in order to complete his law course. He received this deferment after he had enrolled, he added. Classes are held irt each course on three consecutive days, either Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes day, or Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and last two or three hours each day, McKnight said. Unless a course is one of those regarded as required, a person can flunk it and will take an elective course rather than re peating the flunked course, he said. McKnight added that in order to remain in law school a person must have an overall average of 65 in each of his se mester’s work, however. Phillip Goode, co-sponsor, stated that persons attending the next meeting of the society will be able to learn all of the information pre sented at the discussion during a forum with the society officers. The discussichi ended when several of the legislators remarked that they had a hai’d day ahead of them tomorrow, “even if the Senate has adjourned.” James G. Sears will escort MISS MARTHA ANN GILL of Houston to the Sixth Regimental Ball Saturday night. Miss Gill was chosen as company sweet heart by B Athletic Company. ■f-Martha Lou Jones, Dallas; Hope Kincannon, Baylor; Anne Martin, Dallas; Emilie Folds, Del Mar Col lege; and Patsy Williams, New Ox-leans. The duchess will be selected by Col. H. L. Boatner, Coach Harry Stitelex*, Lt. Col. William S. Mc- Elhenny, Lt. Col. Frank S. Vaden Jr., Lt. Col. M. T. Bowden, and Capt. Lester W. Stiles. Dean M. T. Harrington will pre sent commissions to cadets who have been commissioned in the new Sixth Regiment. TSCW’s Modern Choir has been invited to attend the daixce after their performance in Guion Hall. Seniors with dates are also invited. TSCW Choir The TSCW Modern Choir will present two concerts here Satux-- day, the first in the Annex Student Center at 5 P- m. and the second in Guion at 8, C. G. White, direc tor of Student Activities has an nounced. The concert will be presented at Guion between the regular shows, and no additional charge will be made. The Modern Choir is composed of 45 Tessies. It is noted for its informality and freedom of expx-es- sion. Music for the show is arranged to appeal to lovers of both classi cal and swing music. The opening selections will be “Hymn to the Night,” “Sea Moods,” and “The Old Boat Zion.” Closing numbers will be “Jealousy,” “Begin the * Beguine,” and the “Donkey Sere nade.” A string trio composed _ of a violin, cello, and piano, will ap pear with the Choir playing “Sere nade” and “Russian Dance.” The group has given opt-of-town concerts and makes a spring tour to music centers each year. Trw Choir recently made a three day tour to cities in Louisiana and Ar kansas. The choir is under the direction of Di\ William E. Jones. Football Scrimmage Tomorrow aftex-noon at 2:30 the Texas Aggies will conclude their third week of spring training with a practice game between the Ma roon and the White squads. This will be the second dress scrimmage for the A&M team. Thex-e was no game last Saturday due to the bad weather. The game will be held on the practice ground since Kyle Field is still covered with dirt, prior to being resodded. Coach Stiteler has completely reshuffled the teams for tomoi-- row’s contest. Houston A&M Club To Elect Duchess A Cotton Ball Duchess for the Houston Club will be elected at its meeting Monday evening at 7:15 Robert Drago, president, announ ced today. Plans for the Easter holiday dance will also be formulated, he said. So You Know A&M?