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Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Volume 48
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1949
Number 139
Roosevelt To Speak
tn Guion Tonight
KermiiJ Roosevelt, grandson of the late Theodore Roose
velt, will lecture on “The Near East” in Guion Hall at 8 this
evening. He is appearing under the auspices of the Great
Issues class.
Roosevelt is presently on a cross country tour. He at
tended school at Buckley, Groton-f
and Harvard and graduated from'
the latter with honors in a period
of three years.
For two years after graduation,
he taught in the history depart
ment at Harvard and then went to
the California Institute of Tech
nology to teach modern history.
He was writing a doctoral thesis
on propaganda in the English Civil
War when World War II inter
rupted his work.
Roosevelt worked in the office
of the Coordinator of Information,
and later served in the State De
partment as special assistant to
Dean Acheson, then under secre
tary of State. He served with the
Army in the Middle East and Italy
until he was invalided by an acci
dent.
During the war Roosevelt travel
ed extensively in Egypt, Saudi Ar
abia, Syria, Palestine, Iran, and
Ethopia. In the summer of 1947
he and Mrs. Roosevelt visited the
Middle East on an “interview
tour.” In December of 1947 he au
thored “Will The Arabs Fight?”
which appeared in the Saturday
Evening Post.
Recently he was appointed
Executive Director of the Com
mittee for Justice and Peace in
the Holy Land with headquarters
in Washington.
There will be no admission char
ges and all interested persons are
invited to attend, S. R. Gammon of
Ihe History Department announc
ed.
Open House, Dairy
Show Planned For
All College Day
“The Spring dairy show and
open house at the college cream
ery will be ouy contribution to All
jCollege Day,” announced Dr. I. W.
[Rupel head of the Dairy Husban
dry Department.
f The dairy show will be held in
the Animal Husbandry Pavilion on
May 7 between 1 and 3 p. m. Open
house will be in effect at the col
lege dairy, the Feeding & Breed
ing Experiment Station, and the
dairy calf barns from 8 a. m. to
5 p. m.
Dairy production and the dairy
manufacture majors will explain
the operation of the different
equipment used by the plant.
“Visitors to the open house will
see some acquisitions that have
been made in the past year,” Dr.
Rupel said.
Among the new animals in the
herd is Dreaming Moor Sweet Aim
a proved Jersey bull from Isern
and Knoop of Ellwood, Kansas.
In the field of new equipment
will be the continuous ice cream
freezing machine on exhibition in
the creamery.
ALASKA AND HAWAII
STATEHOOD APPROVED
WASHINGTON, March 9 —CP)
The House Public Lands Commit
tee yesterday approved statehood
for Hawaii and Alaska.
Board Meet At
JTAC to Study
Building Plans
A meeting of the A&M
Board of Directors will be
held Friday at John Tarleton
Agricultural College accord
ing to Henderson Shuffler,
director of Information and
Education.
Directors and officials of the
System will be guests of the
Stephenville Chamber of Commerce
at that organization’s annual ban
quet Friday night.
Dr. Ide P. Trotter, director, will
review of activities of the Texas
Agricultural Extension S e r vice
when the meeting opens at 9 a.m.
Friday, Shuffler said.
On the agenda are proposed im
provements at the four colleges of
the System. Authority will be ask
ed to advertise for bids on a new
science building at A&M. First on
the building program at College
Station, the new science building
will have an area of 53,330 square
feet. Bids will be reported to the
board at the May meeting.
Proposed improvements include
a new milking barn for the A&M
Dairy Husbandry Department, es
timated to cost $40,000; remodel
ing of girls’ dormitories at John
Tarleton Agricultural College and
an appropriation for changing the
site of the physical education and
athletic facilities at that school to
make room for academic facility
expansion; and an appropriation
for improvement of athletic facili
ties at Prairie View A&M College.
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Pistol Team Fires
In Inter-Collegiate
Match This Week
The A&M Pistol Team will fire
in the National Inter-Collegiate
Team Championship Match, this
week, Colonel F. R. Swoger, team
coach, announced today.
He reported the team is sche
duled to fire in a match with Vir
ginia Military Institute.
J. B. Alto, S. W. Smith, P. G.
Silber, and C. P. Suderman will
fire in the national individual in
ter-collegiate championship match.
They will fire on special targets
furnished by the National Rifle As
sociation, Swoger reported.
Final score of the match will
not be known for another month
because all scores must be sent to
the National Rifle Association in
Washington which must calculate
the scores, Swoger said.
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Baptists Complete Plan For
Studen tEduca tionBu ilding
BOB SMITH, King of Cotton, and DOROTHY MANGUM,
Queen of Cotton, are flanked by the other TSCW nominees for
the position of Queen.
Nine members of the Agronomy Society are sprinkled among
the beauties.
By BUDDY LUCE
Plans for a Baptist Student Cen
ter in College Station have been
completed by Norton & Mayfield,
Bryan architects.
The plans, which will further the
educational building aims of the
proposed Baptist Church plant,
were submitted today to the build
ing committee headed by Dr. Dan
Russell of College Station.
According to Norton & Mayfield,
the project will give the Baptist
students of A&M College the most
modern and complete student un
ion building that has been built to
date.
The building will include class
room space for the teaching of re
ligious education, a library, offices
for Rev. Prentis Chunn, director
of Student Work and for Rev. Ar
thur Smith, head of Baptist Re
ligious Teaching at A&M. Prayer
and conference rooms are included
along with accommodations for
the Baptist Student Union. A dark
room is also incorporated in the
plans. A recreation room complete
with kitchen facilities and a spac
ious lounge completes the project.
With a concrete slab foundation,
the building will have both maple
Snow Hits Upper
Portion of Texas;
Cold Moving South
by the Associated Press
,Snow swept the Texas Panhan
dle today as a moderate cold wave
moved southward through the
state.
Snow was reported at Amarillo,
where the temperature was 29 de
grees and at Clarendon where the
mercury stood at 33 degrees. Cold
er weather was predicted for both
east and west Texas tonight.
With the exception of parts of
West Texas and the Rio Grande
Valley, the weather in Texas to
day was generally cloudy. Texar
kana reported a heavy thunder
storm. There were light rains at
Austin and San Antonio. A fog
blanketed Galveston.
El Paso, Big Spring, Midland
and Brownsville reported clear
weather.
East Texas—Cloudy to partly;
cloudy, a few showers near upper
coast, colder north and west por
tion this afternoon. Partly cloudy,
colder tonight and in southeast
portion Thursday, lowest tempera
tures 28 to 32 extreme northwest
portion tonight. Fresh to strong
southerly winds on coast shifting
to northwest and north this after
noon and tonight.
Williams Elected
To Chemurgic Post
D. W. Williams, vice-chancellor
of agriculture, was elected to the
board of directors of the Texas
Chemurgic Council at the closing
session of that organization.
Victor H. Schoffelmayer of Dal
las, was re-elected president of
the Council for the fifth consecu
tive year.
Waco Club Meeting
Set for Thursday
The Waco-McLennan County
Club will meet at 7:30 Thursday
night in Room 301, Goodwin Hall,
Ross B. Fryer, club president, said
today.
Martin Ruby, former Aggie foot
ball star, will be guest speaker for
the evening, Fryer said.
In addition, the selection of a
duchess for the Cotton Ball will be
I discussed, Fryer added.
and asphalt tile floors. Exterior
and interior walls will be made of
pumice blocks with an exterior ve
neer of brick, Roman brick, precast
concrete panels, and cut limestone
trim.
The fireplace in the lounge will
be of Austin limestone. Windows
and exterior doors will be of steel.
The roof is to be of steel con
struction and ceilings will be made
of insulation board.
R. L. Brown, pastor, revealed
that the building will cost $80,000,
$50,000 of which the Baptist State
Convention has already appropria
ted. A program to raise the rer
Parker, McClure
Represent A&M
At TU Round-Up
Miss Pat Parker, Aggie Sweet
heart of 1948-49, and Marvin R.
McClure, cadet colonel of the corps
will represent A&M at the Annual
Round-Up of the University of
Texas, April 1 and 2.
According to a letter received
from Stewart P. Smith, chairman
of the Sweetheart Entertainment
Committee of the university, Miss
Parker will be the guest of the
University that weekend and will
be honored on various occasions,
such as riding in the Round-Up
Parade and being presented at the
Round-Up Revue and Ball.
He said that she would be a
member of the Queen’s Court at
the Texas Relays, as well as being
guest at numerous other social
functions given in honor of all the
visiting Sweethearts.
Miss Parker is a TSCW senior
of last semester who was chosen
to represent the A&M student
body at all of its official social
functions. She is from Fort Worth.
maining $30,000 was officially
launched Sunday by the College
Station Baptist Church.
Rev. Brown began his religious
work at A&M in 1920 among the
325 Baptist students em’olled in the
college at that time. First services
were held in Guion Hall. Total of
ferings for that year were $200.
The College Station Church was
organized in 1923 with 91 mem
bers.
The lot on which the present
building is located, corner of
Church St. and College Main, was
purchased the same year for $4,-
000. A temporary building was
erected in the fall of 1928.
The present church building was
completed jn early 1942. Dr. George
W. Truett, who was the principal
speaker for A&M’s first Religious
Emphasis Week, delivered the ser
mon on dedication day.
Drawings and specifications for
the addition to the church plant
will be released to the contractors
this Saturday and bids are to be
received March 31.
State, City Engineers
Here For Short Course
Thirty state and city highway engineers will address the annual highway engineering
short course which began here this morning.
Dr. S. R. Wright, head of the Civil Engineering Department, is acting as chairman of
the first session.
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist gave the address of welcome. D. C. Greer of Austin,
State Highway Engineer, respond-
Pianist Jean Casadesus Plays
For Artists Series Tonight
Jean Casadesus, pianist, will appear on the Bryan Ar
tists Series in Stephen F. Austin High School Auditorium
at 8 p. m. tonight.
Casadesus, who was born in Paris, began study of the
piano at the age of five. At the age of twelve he won his
first medal at the Paris Conserva- - *
tiore as a solfege student.
Jean is the son of Robert Casa
desus, who is also a concert pian
ist. His father and four of his
great uncles are listed in Grove’s
Musical Dictionary.
Since 1940 he has lived in the
United States where he has con
tinued his musical studies with his
father and mother. He is a grad
uate of Lawrenceville and has done
post graduate work at Princeton.
He won the Youth Contest
sponsored in 1946 by the Phila
delphia Orchestra and was also
a winner in the International
Musical Contest held in Geneva
Switzerland, in October, 1947.
Last year he started his career
in this country by giving recitals
in Toledo, Princeton, and Phila
delphia.
Jean made his European debut in
Amsterdam and the Hague last
April. The Deniewe, newspaper of
the Hague, wrote “The Mozart and
Beethoven were perfectly played.
Soul, color, perseverance, intelli
gence, the sense of greatness and
of color—th young man possesses
all these qualities together and the
magnificent gift to hold the per
fect balance everywhere.”
JOE E. BROWN ILL
PHILADELPHIA, March 9 —(TP)
Comedian Joe E. Brown is des
cribed as “quite ill” today as a
result of recurring malaria, con
tacted while entertaining Ameri
can troops in the South Pacific.
MISS PAT PARKER, Aggie
sweetheart of 1948-49; will be
escorted by Cadet Colonel Mar
vin R. McClure at the annual
Round-up of the University of
Texas.
Illinois’ Loss
Soph Sweetheart
Pictures Due 26th
Sophomores who wish to turn in
pictures as candidates for the
Sophomore Sweetheart should do
so before March 26, DeLoach Mar
tin, class president, has announced.
Pictures should be submitted to
the managing editor’s desk at The
Battalion office. Each picture
should be labeled as to the girl’s
name, home town, and the escort’s
name. There should be one por
trait, 5x7 minimum, and one full-
length snapshot of any size. All
pictures will be returned.
Martin said the Sophomore Ball
is scheduled for April 8.
‘Aggieland’ Wants
Grads’ Addresses
Graduating seniors should leave
their mailing addresses with Mrs.
Helen Roberts in the Student Ac
tivities Office if they wish to re
ceive their copy of the “Aggieland
1949”, according to Co-editor Tru
man Martin.
Martin said these copies would
probably not reach graduated sen
iors until the latter part of the
fall semester as all students on the
campus will receive their copies
before any issues are mailed.
History Is Never Du It Wh en
Taught By Dr. P. J. Woods
By FRANK CUSHING
Dr. Paul J. Woods throughout
his teaching career at A&M has
managed to maintain a position of
prominence is the history depart
ment as a character. That is no
small achievement when you con
sider the competition offered by
his fellow history professors.
Anyone who has come into con
tact with Dr. Woods must agree
that his reputation is not unearned
Students of this instructor usu
ally remember him best for his
snappy repartee and powerful vo
cabulary. If the spint moves him,
Dr. Woods can deliver impromptu
a fifty minute lecture and never
use a word of less than five syll
ables. Webster himself would have
difficulty taking notes in one the
Doctor’s courses.
Mainly because of this command
of words, “P. J.” has never been
known to be bested in a verbal
duel. His opponent is usually bat
tered beyond hope by the terrific
onslaught of lengthy words.
Last semester some of the fish
laboring under History 105 with
Dr. Woods laid a little bet as to
his age. The odds given were that
he was over 40. One frosh went so
far as to suggest that Woods was
a lot older than that.
In fact this student maintained
that Dr. Woods has personally put
the finger on John Wilkes Booth
when the Yankees were looking
for him. Naturally the student fail
ed the course.
To settle such disputes in the
future, the Doctor was born in
1916 in Champaign, Illinois. (Pro
nounce Illinois with a silent “s” if
you want to pass one of his cour
ses.) Champaign happens to be
the location of some minor school
named University of Illinois. It
was there that our hero received
his BA in ’38, Master’s degree in
’40 and Doctor’s degree in ’41.
While attending the University,
Dr. Woods earned three matrices
for working on the school paper.
He rapidly rose through the ranks
of the writers and finally was ap
pointed Junior Sports Editor. (Ed
itor’s Note: The Battalion equiva
lent for this position is assistant
sweeper.)
“P. J. worked earnestly for many
worthwhile causes during his ca
reer as a writer for “The Daily
Illini.” For instance he campaign
ed vigorously against the descrimi-
nation shown by the school in not
allowing a women on the gold
team. Junior Sports Editor Woods
wore out two typewriters attempt
ing to get the state woman’s cham
pion a position on the university’s
team.
It was a futile attempt though.
As he ruthfully remarks, “I was
thwarted by the sexless Director
of Athletics.”
Dr. Woods was a letterman from
the University of Illinois. Our
subject won his “I" for his valor
and prowess shown as a manager.
Besides his other college distinc
tions, the Doctor was made a mem
ber of Phi Kappa Phi. This honor
ary fraternity’s membership is re
stricted on a scholastic basis.
January 15, 1942, the ex-Illini
man was drafted as a private. He
completed O.C.S. in July of that
year and married on the same day.
His wife, Ruth, is the daughter of
(See HISTORY, Page 4)
StudentPanel
Give Views
On 16thPrexy
“What the Next A&M Pres
ident Should Be” was the sub
ject of a student panel before
the Kiwanis at their dinner
yesterday.
The student group discussed the
qualities they would like to see in
the sixteenth president of A&M
and then answered questions from
the Kiwanis.
The panel discussed the next A
&M president from the Student
Body’s viewpoint, the Faculty and
College’s viewpoint, and former
students and parents’ viewpoint.
Personality, education,, experience,
attitude, and ambitions were some
of the traits covered by the panel.
Charlie Kirkham from Cleburne
and president of the Student Sen
ate served as moderator for the
panel.
Members of the panel included
Clark Munroe, from Waco and
Feature Editor of The Battalion;
Tom Carter, from Beaumont and
Corps Editor of The Battalion;
Clayton Selph, from Houston and
copy reader of The Battalion; Bill
Billingsley, from Waxahachie and
Wire Editor of The Battalion; and
Kenneth Bond, from Pampa and
Veteran Editor of The Battalion.
The group was asked to pre
sent the discussion by Prof. Otis
Miller of the Journalism Depart
ment who is program chairman
for the Kiwanis. Four of the
panel are members of Miller’s ed
itorial writing class.
President Frank C. Bolton was
a special guest of the Kiwanis.
Approximately 70 men attended
the weekly dinner.
NTAC Club Meets
To Elect Officers
The members of the NTAC club
will meet tonight to elect officers
and to vote on the constitution,
Harold O. Spann said today.
The meeting will be held in the
Civil Engineering Lecture Room at
7:30 p. m.
ed.
J. F. Snyder, district engineer
for the state highway department
at Pharr, will preside over the
session this afternoon.
Thomas K. Wood, apprentice en
gineer at Austin; J. H. Davis, as
sistant district engineer, Dallas;
and W. J. Van London, engineer-
manager, Houston, will address
the group this afternoon.
Speaking This Afternoon
T. E. Willier, city of Houston
Traffic Engineer, will speak. Also
to be heard are Eugene Maier,
assistant traffic engineer, city of
Houston; W. C. Brandes, traffic
engineer, city of Dallas and O. H.
Koch, consulting engineer of Dal
las.
Ike S. Ashburn, executive vice-
president of the Texas Good Roads
Association, will be toastmaster at
the annual banquet in Sbisa Hall
tonight at 7 p. m.
F. M. Davis, district engineer
for the highway department at
Paris, will preside at tomorrow
morning’s sessions.
Heard then will be seven mem
bers of the highway department
staff: Burney F. Stinson, office
engineer; D. K. Shepard, traffic
manager; Reed Baker, assistant
traffic manager; George L. Carver,
inventor manager; Chester Mc
Dowell, senior soils engineer; M.
D. Shelby, senior designing engi
neer; all of Austin and F. A. Har
ris, soils engineer, Houston.
Tomorrow afternoon the presid
ing officer will be F. S. Maddox,
district engineer, San Antonio.
Policies Discussed
F. W. Heldenfels Jr. of Rockport
will discuss suggested improve
ment of highway construction poli
cies.
Nine members of the highway
department staff to be heard at
the final session Thursday include
Greer; Marshall Brown, supervis
ing laboratory engineer; G. B.
Finley, maintenance engineer, John
B. Nations, director equipment and
procurement; D. T. Harkrider, di
rector insurance, all of Austin;
Roger Q. Spencer, Jr., district
maintenance engineer, Fort Worth;
Rudolph Riefkogel, senior land
scape adviser; San Antonio; J. W.
Cravens, district maintenance en
gineer, Paris, and Milton Hayes,
district maintenance engineer, of
Beaumont.
Waltz King Ducats
On Sale Thursday
Tickets for the two concerts to
be given by Wayne King on March
19, will go on sale tomorrow at the
Student Activities Office, accord
ing to Grady Elms, assistant direc
tor of Student Activities.
Elms said that all tickets would
be general admission with student
tickets costing 70 cents and non
student tickets costing $1.50.
The first concert will be at 6:30
and the other will begin at 9 p. m.
MISS EMILY FOLDS, 19-year-old Delmer College senior
from Corpus Christ!, will be the Sixth Regiment’s Duchess at
the Cotton, Ball. Miss Folds is dancing with Kenneth Shobe of A
Athletic Company.