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
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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.