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Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949 Number 141 Sports Day Displays Fall Athletic Hopes ★ * ★ ★ * * * Ross Volunteers And Freshman Class Plan Weekend Dances Football, Baseball Teams Have Games On Kyle Field Freshmen To Name Class Sweetheart By GEORGE CARTER The Ross Volunteers and the Freshman Class will share the social spotlight this weekend when they hold their an nual dances Friday and Saturday nights in Sbisa Hall. The RV’s, departing from the old style “RV Hops” which were held for three days during the Easter Holidays, are planning a formal banquet and-f dance Friday night in Sbisa Hall and a -western style dance Satur day night at the Bryan Country Club. The banquet is scheduled to start at 7 p. m., but serving will continue until dates arriving on the Sunbeam are able to get there. The formal dance will begin at 9:30. A receiving line composed bf officers of the Company and honor guests will welcome the members and their dates. A grand march led by J. B. Ro chelle, commanding officer of the company, will begin the dance. The Aggieland Orchestra is play ing for the affair which will last until 1. As part of the halftime ac tivities of the football game to morrow afternoon, the company will give their first drill per formance of the year. Several intricate maneuvers have been planned. The western dance will begin at 8. Music is to be furnished by juke box, and the dance will be infor mal. The annual Freshman Ball will begin at 8:30 : tomorrow night in Sbisa Hall to the strains of music provided by the Aggieland Orches tra. Climax of the dance will be the presentation of nine nominees from which one girl will be chosen as Freshman Sweetheart. The nine finalists are Verda Mae Clark, Patsy Cater, Alice Mayfield, Mari lyn Houg, Sarah Frances Calhoun, Jo Anne Emerson, Anita McDon ald, Jo Ann Swindale, and Caro lyn Dickerson. Those chosen as judges to se lect the Freshman Sweetheart are Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher, Major W. B. Wood, Dr. J. P. Abbott, Dr. W. J. Dobson, and T. E. McAfee. The program for the dance will begin with the introduction of visi ting dignitaries, followed by the presentation of Freshman class presidents and vice presidents of visiting schools. Skits and other entertainment have been planned, C. L. Ray, head of the program committee, said. As customary in college regu lations, the dance will be ended at midnight. All freshman are required to be in their barracks by 1:00 a. m., Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher announced. Invitations have been extended to special guests including Gover nor and Mrs. Beauford Jester, Lt. Gov. and Mrs. Allen Shivers, the presidents and vice presidents of all Southwest Conference schools and of TSCW, the A&M board of directors and board of control, the school officials, the president and vice president of the Former Stu dents Association, the Corps Staff, officers of the Senior Class, offi cers of the Junior class, command ing officers of each unit on the campus, and the entire faculty anji staff of the Annex. Lyman Appointed Biochemistry Head . Dr. Carl M. Lyman has been ap pointed acting head of the Depart ment of Biochemistry and Nutri tion, C. N. Shepardson, dean of the School of Agriculture, announced today. He succeeds Dr. P. B. Pear son, who has ben granted leave of absence for special work with the Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. Lyman came to A&M in 1940 as biochemist with the Swine Di vision of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. With the es tablishment of the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, under the program of coordination of teaching, research, and extension activities in agriculture in 1946, Lyman was appointed professor in that department. In his capacity as head of the department, he will have supervi sion of both the teaching and re search activities in this field. He will continue his own research in the field of proteins, Shepardson said. Dr. Lord, TCU Graduate Dean, Is Found Dead BURLESON, March 11 —(A>)_ Dr. John W. Lord, 70, chairman of the department of social science at Texas Christian University and dean of the graduate school, was found beaten to death just after noon yesterday in his recently pur chased home, five miles southeast of here. The body was discovered by two TCU students, Bill Marshall and John Decker, who drove here to investigate why he had not been at his classes since Tuesday. They found his house locked, but peering in saw blood, and entered by breaking a window. They found his body on a rear room bed, with signs of a struggle throughout the 5-room dwelling. There was a watch on his wrist, but his wallet was empty and his car was missing from the garage. The youths called Johnson Coun ty Sheriff Houston Walling from Burleson .Walling and several dep uties and a justice of the peace inspected the premises. Walling said it appeared to be a definite case of murder. Lord was born in New Bruns wick, Canada, Jan. 27, 1880, and was educated at colleges in Ken tucky and New York. He has been connected with TCU since 1920. His wife died in 1939 after a long illness. They were married in 1907 in the Phillippines, where Lord was an educator, and she was a missionary. At TCU, Lord’s secretary said he was at his office on the campus for the last time at 11 a. m. Tues day. The all-male GRENADIERS chorus will sing in the style developed by Wayne King, the Waltz King, at two concerts slated for March 19 in Guion Hall. This chorus sings such popular numbers as “Dry Bones,” “Cool Water,” “Lavender Blue,” and “A Little Bird.” Human Relations Knowledge Important Says Contractor By CARLEY PUCKITT “It is my greatest regret that I was not taught anything about human relations in school,” said F. W. Heldenfels, a contractor of Rockport and speaker on the sub ject of Improvement of Highway Construction Policies. Heldenfels was speaking at the twenty-third annual short course 40 JTAC Students Plan to Visit A&M Agricultural students graduating from John Tarleton Junior College this spring will be visitors on the campus and guests of the Agriculture Council on March 25 and 26. Approximately 40 prospective agriculture students are planning to make the trip, Dean C. N. Shepardson stated at a council meeting Wednesday. The visitors will be given a chance to check with and explore the de partments in which they wish to major. Other students who have not decided upon a major will have the opportunity of shopping around to see which field interests them most. Dean Shepardson said the men will receive free lodging in the dormitories but will have to pay for their own meals. The council decided to be host to the visitors for the evening meal on Friday. A committee consisting of Char les Modisett, A. P. Andrews, and B. M. Mayfield was appointed by K. A. Manning, president of the council, to make arrangemetns for the meal, select a meeting place for after the meal, and provide some form of entei’tainment for the evening. The council decided that the president of each club should be prepared to address the “Plow- boys” on the activities, plans and prospects of his respective club. A 30 minute news film concern ing A&M is being planned by the Visual Aids Department, Andrews told the council. He suggested that the council men from each depart ment consider what they would like to have displayed in the film. A portion of the reel will probably be made on the A&M Open House Day, Andrews said. Bob Weynand, head of publicity for the council, reported that in formation forms had been filled out by most of the students who will participate in the open house activities. News stories for the home town papers are now being written, Weynand said. husbandry staff is challenging all other college departments to a hog roping contest on Open House Day. So far no one has accepted the challenge, Weynand added. Dean Shepardson broke the routine aspects of the business meeting by telling the animal husbandry representatives, “If you will get some hogs that a man can rope, I will challenge the other deans to a hog roping contest.” Jim Probant informed the com mittee on the prospects of getting the accumulated Coca Cola fund for the student clubs. Probant report ed for Lytle H. Blankenship, who is presently attending a conven tion. Blankenship is the council’s representative on the three man committee who is working with President F. C. Bolton in trying to make the fund available. President Bolton pointed out to the three-man committee at a re cent meeting that he was in favor of making the money available, but that he could only recommend that the funds be released. P r o - bant informed the council that only $3,000 were available in the coke fund instead of the $6,000 which was previously been quoted as being available. He continued that the animal Safety. TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRESS REPORTED HOUSTON, March 11 —UP)— Texas made more progress toward traffic safety last year than ever before, members of the Texas saf ety conference were told today by Homer Garrison, Jr., Director of the Texas Department of Public in highway engineering which en ded a two-day session here yester day. “I had to learn the hard way that the only way to win argu ments is to avoid them,” Helden fels said. Heldenfels was not alone in em phasizing the importance of hu man relations among engineers, contractor's, and highway mainten ance personnel. Speaking on public relations from the viewpoint of the main tenance engineer, G. B. Finley, maintenance engineer of Austin, said that there is a serious prob lem in the recruiting of highway maintenance personnel. “One answer to this problem is higher pay,” Finley said, “but higher pay alone will not solve the problem.” “The foreman of the mainten ance crew should know more about human relations and have the a- bility to get along with his men,” Finley said. “The resident engi neer should also have an oppor tunity to become acquainted with the local people.” “The highway department has pursued the policy of advancing its employees as fast as possible, Finley said. “The only way to hold men is to pay them a decent wage and treat them like you would like to be treated.” Continuing the discussion on maintenance personnel, Roger Q. Spencer, district maintenance en gineer of Fort Worth and grad uate of A&M, pointed out that thei'e was a noticeable loss of skil led workers in the highway depart ment during the war. He empha sized that due to the expanded maintenance responsibility of state highways, it is essential that the department obtain capable super visory personnel. Young men are refusing to enter Programs Outlined For WTAW Series The following program is an out line of “The College Speaks Se ries” which is presented on Radio Station WTAW each afternoon at 4:45 except Saturday and Sunday. March 14 “On Killing Schmoos” —C. C. Doak. March 15 “History of the Tele scope”—E. E. Vezey. March 16 “Man’s Number Work II”—R. V. McGee. March 17 “Molecular Structure” —J. B. Coon. March 18 “Aggieland ’49”—An nual Editors. the employment of the Texas High way Department because the de partment has in many cases not taken the trouble to point out all the opportunities and benefits that it has to offer, Spencer said. Spencer suggested that the highway department do some ad vertising in order to get young men acquainted with the oppor tunities that it has to offer and used for comparative analysis the present campaign now being conducted by the US Army and Air Force. D. T. Harkrider, insurance direc tor of the Texas Highway Depart ment, pointed out by means of a chart that accidents in the high way department had been high during the war. Harkrider attribu ted this to the fact that labor was hard to obtain at the time and that many inexperienced men were used. It was also pointed out that, con trary to expectations, the accident rate was higher in the summer than in the winter of any year. This was attributed to the heat and the increased traffic of the summer months. A short history of the depart ment was given by G. B. Finley who disclosed that the Texas Highway Department was or ganized in June 1917 and at that time consisted of six divisions. “Even then some counties were left with the responsibility of maintainance under the direction of the state,” Finley said. “Texas has the best administer ed highway department in the world,” stated Heldenfels. “If its relationship can be one of cooper ation and mutual understanding, it will continue to be so.” WSSF Fund Drive Results Revealed Incomplete returns on the World Student Service Fund drive on the campus were released yesterday by Aubrey Sprawls, WSSF commit tee chairman. Only twelve dormi tories have turned their money in to the Student Activities Office. “It is too early to tell how suc cessful we’ve been,” said Sprawls, pointing to the short list of dorm itories who have reported. Puryear Hall was first among those report ing, having a total of $52 for all but two ramps. Conti’ibutions from other dorms and areas are: Vet Village, $32.50 Dorm 10, $43.45; Dorm 6, $42.31 Dorm 9, $37.75 ;Dorm 11, $40.65 Dorm 7, $22.57; Dorm 2, $36; Mil ner Hall, $24.61; Dorm 14, $51.83 and Leggett, $17.85. By CHUCK CABANISS Sports Day—brain child of the “T” Association—grabs the center of the campus stage Saturday as Aggie athletes open a double-barreled offensive aimed at furthering A&M in the sports world. Coach Harry Stiteler’s gridiron charges divide forces for the annual Maroon and White scrimmage to climax their spring training period. Immediately afterwards the var sity baseball nine will take to the diamond to open their ’49 season against the University of ■Houston Cougars. The Aggie gridmen have been separated into a 23-man Maroon squad and a 45-man White squad, and the two teams will square off for their final tussle at 2 p. m. on Kyle Field. At 4 p. m. the hard- ballers claim the spotlight with a combination of hustling sophomore and experienced veterans which will be beginning its bid for the conference recognition. Admission for the double attraction is $1 and tickets can be purchased from the “T” Association members. Youth will be the key word of the Farmer squad—just as youth, speed, hustle, and mobility are the adjectives which visiting sports writers have applied to the Cadets during the past 30 days of rough work. Only one of the 23 players in the Maroon group will end his eligibility next fall. Dick Scott, defensive standout, being the sole athlete without two or three years of play remaining. Dr. Trotter Named Dean Of Graduates Dr. Ide P. Trotter, director of the Texas Agricultural) Extension Service since 1944, was today named Dean of the Graduate School of A&M and Extension Consultant on per sonnel and professional improvement. No successor to Dr. Trotter was named and Vice Director J. D. Prewit will be come acting director immediately. The action was taken by the Board of Directors at their meet ing in Stephenville, Texas today upon the recommendation of Presi dent F. C. Bolton with the approv al of Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist. Dr. Charles Kirkham, representing The Battalion at the meeting, re ported the following items which were approved by the board this morning: $20,000 for fountains in the dor mitories with two in each four- floor dorm and 1 in every other ramp in the ramp dorms. $26,000 for new electric trans mission lines to the ME Shops. This line will replace overhead lines in center of campus. $10,800 for College View street improvements. Asphalt topping will be laid. $12,000 for re-roofing 15 Project Houses. $40,000 for new milking barn for Dairy Husbandry Department. The Board of Directors also gave authority to advertise for bids on the new Science Building. Bids will be submitted at next board meeting. Trotter succeeds Dean Paul B. Pearson who was given leave of obsence from the College to serve in a top position with the Atomic Energy Commission. The new Dean of the Grad uate School came to A&M in 1936 as head of the Agronomy Department. He became direc tor of the state-wide Agricultur al Extension Service in 1944 and has served in that position un til the present. A native of Tennessee, he grad uated from Mississippi A&M Col lege with a BA degree in Liberal Arts and BS in Agriculture, later toop his MA degree in Agronomy at the same school and his Ph.D in Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin. He taught school in Mississippi until the outbreak of World War I when he entered the war as a Private, rising to the rank of second lieutenant. 2 Scholarships Being Offered By Humble Oil Graduate fellowships, one in mechanical engineering and one in civil engineering, will be available under a plan es tablished by the Humble and Oil Refining Company, How ard W. Barlow, Dean of the Engineering School, has an nounced. Each of the fellowships carry a stipend of $1,250 for the school year and need not be in fields re lated to petroleum although the company hopes that the work of the candidates will be related to petroleum fields, Dean Barlow said. “There is no obligation of the part of the student to accept em ployment nor is there an obliga tion on the part of the Humble Company to offer employment in the holder of the fellowship,” Bar- low added. The company has offered to as sist in providing information which might be needed in preparation of the thesis. The candidate may work toward the master of science de gree or a doctor’s degree. Applicants for mechanical engi neering should contact C. W. Crawford, head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, and ap plicants for civil engineering should contact Dr. S. R. Wright, head of the Civil Engineering De partment, at once, Barlow con cluded. Roster for Tomorrow’s Scrimmage Tomorrow afternoon on Kyle Field it will be the maroon team against the world. Below are listed the tentative rosters for the two squads. > These rosters are open to change at any time. WHITE SQUAD 76. Denny Hutson 11. Edsel Jones 80. Dick Callender 12. James Cashion 81. Jaro Netardus 15. John Centilli 82. Clinton Gwin 16. John Hill 83. Charles Hodge 17. James Couch 84. Cedric Copeland 20. Charlie Royalty 86. Jack Jones 22. Karl Hollier 86. John Walker 24. June Clark 88. Jack Breid 26. Rodney East 89. Don Nicholas 30. Bill Tidwell 31. Jim Dobbyn MAROON SQU 33. George Roberts 11. Dick Gardemal 35. Jim Voss 19. Delmer Sikes 36. Mack Stoeltje 20. Glenn Lippman 37. Paul Yates 24. John Christensen 42. Augie Saxe 33. Bob Smith 44. Don Pfefferkom 39. Kenneth Shobe 46. Gary Anderson 42. Buddy Shaeffer 48. Lucky Parks 44. Doyle Moore 53. Pat Diffie 46. Frank Tomo 55. Hugh Meyer 50. Jim Flowers 57. Van Hetherly 57. Bob Bates 58. Jim Fowler 62. Elo Nohavitza 60. Edward Holley 63. Mickey Spencer 61. Bob Davidson 65. Carl Molberg 63. John Hasson 67. A. J. Dugas 64. William Rush 70. Dwayne Tucker 65. John Davis 71. Dick Scott 68. James Little 73. Sam Moses 69. Herb Sauer 74. Alex Strobel 70. Percy Burk 80. Dorbandt Barton 72. Bill Pratt 81. Carl Hill 73. Murray Holditch 82. Jerry Crossman 74. Russ Hudeck 85. Dan Spears Plenty of Eligibility Thirteen of the maroon-shirted gridsters have three years of play at A&M to look forward to while most of the remaining 10 men were capable reserves on the ’48 varsity 1 . Tackle Dwayne Tucker, guard Carl Molberg, and centers Jim Flowers and Bob Bates are the only letter- men from last fall’s squad who will be wearing the dark jerseys. The ace quartet of Quarterback Dick Gardemal, Fullback Bob Smith and halves Glenn Lippman and Doyle Moore appears to be the starting backfield for the Maroons. Five of the 45 members of the Whites are ’48 lettermen, but only two of these lettermen, Quarter back Jimmy Cashion and end-de fensive back, Dick Callender, will finish their grid careers next fall. The remaining three, End Cedric Copeland, Halfback Charley Royal ty, and Fullback Kenneth Voss, have two more seasons to play. Two Lettermen Injured Voss fias been out with an in jury, and Copeland has been se- verly handicapped during spring training with torn-cartilage in his left wrist, but the experience of the five lettermen will help the play of the White eleven. Among the other 40 White play ers only squadman tackle Percy Berk and Murry Holditch with two years to play and squadman Don Nicholas who has been converted from quarterback to end and vet eran fullback Paul Yates with only one year left do not have three year’s of eligibility remaining. The complete rosters giving both names and jersey numbers for both the squads can be found on the front page of this edition. Little is known of the visiting baseball team from the University of Houston except that the squad is liberally sprinkled with fresh men and sophomore players. A starting line-up has not been an nounced for the Lone Star Con ference nine. Five Sophomores The Aggies will have five soph omores in the starting line-up as they face the Cougars with the other positions being held down by returning veterans. Topping the list of talent is All-Conference sec ond baseman Cotton Lindloff who has had to beat out the sparkling Keystoner up from last spring’s Fish mine, Joe Saverino, in order to keep his job. Letterman Russell Mays returns to the hot comer and squadman Herschal Maltz has taken over first base. Rookies appearing for the first time as members of the var sity nine are Guy Wallace, short stop; Shug McPherson, left field; Wally Moon, center field; Bill War- riner, right field and Bob Graham catcher. Veteran Bob Fretz, who doubled in brass last year when he lettered at first while pitching well enough to compile a 3-1 record, will prob ably be the first Aggie pitcher. Rookie Pat Hubert, who had a 5-1 record as the top ’48 Fish pitcher, and Bruce Morisse, returning squad man, are slated to pitch the second and third three-inning stints.