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Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1949 Number 142 Senior Dance To Have Two Rings Another step has been taken to facilitate handling of this year’s record graduating class at the Senior Ring Dance by the addition of another ring replica to be used in tradi tional Ring Dance Ceremony. Roy Blanton, social secretary of the senior class, announ ced yesterday that construction off- a second ring- replica has begun. This latest action came as pro cedures for the ceremony were be ing completed by the Ring Dance Committee Friday. The class has previously decided to give two ring dances this year. With the addition of this sec ond paper mache ring, the com mittee hopes to cut in half the time normally required for stu dents to pass through the rings. Blanton stated that cards will be given to each student who purchases a ticket, telling him the ring through which he goes and the approximate time he is scheduled for the ceremony. The cards will be of different colors and ring designation will be placed in the upper left hand corner as a double method of iden tification. Students will be given the choice of attending either dance, as long as ticekts are available for both dances. One will be given Friday, April 22, and the other will be Saturday, April 23. The time and place of ticket sales will be announced later, Blan ton said. No orchestra has been contracted yet and the price of the tickets cannot be determined until arrangements for the orches tra are complete. Every effort is being made to get a name band for both dances said Blanton, but there is a big demand for the best orchestras at that particular time of the year and it will be difficult to secure one for both nights. Blanton added that the commit tee is trying to make all the ar rangements as convenient as pos sible for the largest number of students. He asked the cooperation of the seniors, especially in the ring ceremony. Journalism Course In Public Relations Slated for Summer Journalism 406, a new course in publicity and public relations will be offered by the Journalism De partment the second term of sum mer school, according to Donald D. Burchard, head of the Journal ism Department. “The three hour course embodies theory and practice in the various aspects of functioning publicity, including newswriting, advertising and radio,” Burchard said. He added that the Journalism Department would schedule a total of 45 hours of courses next fall, as well as two sections of Agricul tural Journalism 415 for the first semester of summer school. Strain to Speak At A&M ACS Section Dr. Harold H. Strain of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, will address the A&M Section of the American Chemical Society to night at 8 in the Chemistry Lecture Room. His talk will be on “The Chromatography of Chloroplast Pigments.” Dr. Strain has been associated with the Carnegie Institute since 1927 and has written two books. One is on the leaf xanthophylls and a summary of chromatogra phic absorption methods. A dinner in honor of the speak er will be held in the Aggieland Inn at 6:30. Section members and their wives may attend the dinner. A.A.U.P. Meeting Schedule Changed The regular meeting of the American Association of Univer sity Professors scheduled for Thursday afternoon has been post poned until March 24, according to N. F. Rhodes of the Electrical Engineering Department. The postponement, Rhodes said, was necessary because of the con flict between the regularly sche duled meeting date and the college employees dinner which is to be held Thursday night. The AAUP meeting on the 24th will be held at 7 p. m. in the Physics Lecture Room, he said. Collegiate FFA To Meet Monday Final plans for the selection of a duchess to represent the Colle giate FFA Chapter will be made tonight in the lecture room of the Agricultural Engineering Building John Bradford, president, announ ced today. Bradford requested that all mem bers be present as a number of committee reports will be read. Prizes Offered For Ideas On Electricity Use The Extension Service of conducting the Texas 4-H Club boys’ and girls’ electric contest, Fred Lynch, state 4- H Club leader of A&M, an nounced today. Sponsored by twelve Texas elec tric service companies, the contest purpose is to find better ways of doing things on the farm and in the farm home through the use of electricity, Lynch said. Contestants are to pick out some job that requires much time and work which can be done quicker and easier the electrical way, then make a study of this job and re port the improvements that could be made. Records will be submit ted to the county agent or the county home demonstration agent. The standard report form or the Westinghouse Educational Founda tion General 4-H Club Record or Report Form will be used in re porting these records, Lynch said. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners in each of the 14 Ex tension Service districts. All en tries will be judged by the Texas Extension Service, Lynch said. County winners will receive a gold-filled medal of honor. The state winner will receive an all expense trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Six college scholarships will be pre sented to a group selected from the state winners, said Lynch. It is not necessary for the con testant to live on an electrified farm or on one served by any of the electric service companies spon soring the contest, Lynch added. MISS JANE MILLIKAN of Avalos, Mexico, junior at Trini ty University in San Antonio, has been selected to represent the Sociology Club as duchess at the Cotton Ball, April 29. SMU Professor To Speak At Faculty Meet Professor W. B. Mahan of Sou thern Methodist University will be the special speaker at the regular spring meeting of the faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences, according to Dr. M. T. Harrington, dean of the college. The meeting will be held Tues day at 8 p. m. in the lecture room of the Physics Building. Professor Mahan will discuss the value of courses in philosophy in the liberal arts and sciences pro gram of study. Because of numerous requests from students and faculty members for courses in philosophy and logic, the meeting will be an open one, and all interested students are in vited to attend, Harrington said. North Texas Club Will Meet Tonight A duchess for the Cotton Ball and Pageant will be selected to night at a meeting of the North Texas A&M Club at 7:15 in Room .301 Goodwin Hall, according to Archie Andrews, vice-president of the organization. Andrews asked that all mem bers of the club be present in order that a representative vote may be taken. So You Know A&M? ROTC Grads Not Needed By Army “It will no longer be necessary to call newly commis sioned ROTC graduates to extended active duty as second lieutenants following graduation,” Colonel H. L. Boatner, PMS&T and Commandant, announced this morning. The announcement from the Department of the Army ■fsaid the requirements for officers on extended active duty have been greatly reduced because of the re duction of the planned strength of the Armed Forces. Colonel Boatner stated that the provisions of the Selective Service Act which permitted calling offi cers to extended active duty with out their permission following graduation has been temporarily suspended, and that according to current policies students complet ing their ROTC course and receiv ing commissions will not be or dered to active duty unless they so request. He said that students grad uating in June who desire to ap ply for a competitive tour, ex tended active duty, or flight training may obtain more infor mation at Ross Hall. The Department of the Air Force previously announced they would continue their policy of not call ing newly commissioned United States Air Force Reserve ROTC oficers to extended active duty. Still No Place Like Home Fun Seeking Aggies Fussy In Choosing Favorite City By DAVE COSLETT Anyone who would hitchhike 300 miles for a four hour date could be classified in only one of two ways—he’s either a screwball or an Aggie. For some reason or another, wanderlust seems to reach epidemic stages around A&M as each week draws to a close. Even a heavy so cial slate doesn’t prove a strong enough drawing card to outweigh the lure of far-distant lands for all of the inmates of Sing-Sing on the Brazos. Someone always has that itch to read a few more Burma- Shave signs. But just where do most of the Aggies drown the sorrows of slip- sticks, quizzes, and slave-driving profs ? A survey to determine this Mecca failed to disclose any one place rated by Aggies as ideal. It did disclose, however, the list of qualifications considered by the modern Marco Polos when they chart their weekend course. The first point considered is dis tance. Students plagued by noncut Saturday classes usually confine their wanderings to an area with in a 200 mile radius of College Station. Included in this scope are Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Gal veston, Austin, San Antonio, Waco and of course, Denton. English Group Has Discussion of Plato Dr. S. S. Morgan, of the English Department, will discuss the works of Plato tonight at the first meet ing of a newly formed discussion group composed of English majors, according to Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the English Department. The club, which is formed to give English majors a background in philosophy, will hear speakers on subjects ranging from Plato to modern American philosophy, Dr. Mayo said. Speakers scheduled to lead the discussion at future meetings in clude Dr. J. P. Abbott and M. A. Huggett of the English Depart ment, Dr. J. H. Hill of the History Department, and Dr. Joseph Stadel- man of the Modern Language De partment. The meetings, which will be held every other Monday evening, will be open to anyone interested, Dr. Mayo said. Some few hardy individuals, not hindered by Saturday classes or the necessity of hitch-hiking, ex tend their field of operations to a few of the not to readily accessible metropolises such as Wichita Falls Corpus Christi, and San Angelo. The next limiting factor is the availability of females. Thus, the out-of-the-way location and none too lively aspect of Denton is off set by the presence of TSCW. Dallas with it’s Hockaday girls and SMU coeds ranks high in this category as does Austin with its TU coeds. Another thing to be considered is the liveliness of the possible week end encampment: Galveston ranks high on the Aggie list in the early fall and late spring, but is usually forgotten during the winter when the beaches, stellar attraction of the island city, and the accompany ing variety of outdoor water sports become anything but inviting. Dallas seems to lead the fields of lively towns although many students are loud in their praise of Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio. Still another element in rating the favorite weekend cities is the social angle. Cities boasting large co-education or all-girl colleges are usually characterized by a steady stream of social events and soro rity functions. This accounts in part for the popularity of Houston, Austin, and Dallas. But even these many factors don’t absolutely determine just where the book-weary Aggie is going to forget it all for those precious Saturdays and Sundays. Two more items enter the ques tion. First is the romantic status of the student. None of the forego ing points matter to the fellow who’s found the woman, be she a Tessie or a senior in high-school McKnight to Speak In YMCA Tuesday Felix McKnight, managing edi tor of the Dallas Morning News, will discuss opportunities in the newspaper field with journalism students at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the YMCA Assembly Room, according to D. D. Burchard, head of the Journalism Department. McKnight will address the Ki- wanis at their Tuesday luncheon in Bryan. His address is open to the public, Burchard stated. back home. True; to the tradition, of love, few obstacles prove too much for these/ardent suitors. The remaining question to be considered is' the condition of the Aggies’ bank-rolls. A thin bill-fold renders its owner absolutely im mune to the lure of Dallas and San Antonio nite-spots. From this point of view, Denton scores an other victory, for few places can be found where a dollar stretches farther. One place, however, did rank as a sure-fire favorite with everyone. Whether it be in the heart of a city, large, on the outskirts of some wide spot in the road, or in the desolate plains of West Texas, home continues to hold priority in the heart of every Aggie. to outstanding freshmen. One of the freshman must be taking the pre-veterinary medicine course. The other may be enrolled in any curriculum in the school of Agri culture. The junior winner will join a group of 34 representatives of oth er land-grant colleges at St. Louis August 1, for two weeks. As guest of the Ralston Purina Mills, they will study the problems of manu facturing, commercial research, distribution, advertising, and per sonnel. They will then attend a two weeks’ Leadership Training Camp on Lake Michigan. The freshmen will be members of a group of 47 representatives of other, colleges in attending the leadership Training Conference in Michigan the last two weeks in August. A faculty committee to award the fellowships has been appoint ed, with J. Wheeler Barger, pro fessor of agricultural economics as chairman. Other members of the committee are Professors G. L. Robertson, Price Hobgood, H. E. Hampton, A. V. Moore, O. E. Sperry, and T. E. McAfee. The selections will be made on April 6. Consideration will be giv en to scholarship, leadership, ac tivities and general culture, Dean $20,000 Approved F or Dorm Water Fountains By CHARLES KIRKHAM Meeting in Stephenville, on the campus of John Tarleton Agricultural College, the | Board of Directors of the A&M College System approved Friday appropriations of $20,- 000 for drinking fountains in the A&M College dormitories, $26,000 for installation of new underground electrical transmission lines to the Mechanical Engineering shops. $10,- 800 for street improvements in College View, $12,000 for reroofing the Project House Apartments and $40,000 for a milk ing barn for the Dairy Husbandry Department. According to the plan presented by T. R. Spence, manager of the System’s buildings and construc tion, and approved by the Board, two drinking fountains will be placed in each of the four-story dormitories and a drinking foun tain will be installed in every oth er ramp of the four ramp-type dormitories. In College View the streets will receive asphalt top pings. Shingle roofs will replace the present galvanized roofs on the Project Houses. The underground electrical tran smission lines to the Mechanical Engineering shops will handle pre sent increased electrical demands by the ME shops and will also be heavy enough to handle any con templated increase in electrical consumption in the central area of the campus, Spence told the board. This underground project will eli minate the last of overhead elec trical feeder lines in the central area. Dr. Ide P. Trotter was named Dean of the Graduate School for A&M College. He succeeds Dr. Paul B. Pearson who was given leave of absence from the College to serve with the Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. J. D. Prewitt, vice director of the Extension Service will temporarily act as director. Authority was granted the Col lege to advertise for bids for con struction of the new Science Build ing. This will be a three-story stru cture costing an estimated $640,000 and will be located on the east half of the block now occupied by the old science building built in 1905. This is the first step in the major expansion program planned under the $5,000,000 funds made available through the College Building A- mendment to the Texas Constitu tion. The Board also approved the fol lowing distribution of the 1947-48 Exchange Store profits of $64,- 681.54: $3,000 to the Student Life Committee for awards and trips for the A&M Band; $2,000 to the College Library for the purchase of additional books for supplemen tary reading; $11,420.36 to the Stu dent Life Committee to be used for student welfare and recreation, $16,420.36 to the Memorial Stu dent Center Building Operating Fund: and the remaining 50% of the profits to be held for opera tion and improvement of the Ex change Store. An appropriation of $15,000 was made to move the Wool Scouring Plant now located on the main campus of A&M to the Bluebonnet Farm, McGregor. The move will place the scouring plant nearer main centers of wool and mohair production and at the Bluebonnet Farm where major sheep and goat breeding research programs are now be ing centered by the System. Authority was given the Direc tor of the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station to sign leases for the rental of land to be used for carrying on outlying research in vestigations being conducted by the various substations of the Tex as Agricultural Experiment Sta tion. This is part of a new trend for doing experimental work on privately owned land in various sections of Texas in order to use the greatest variety of soils, etc., possible at the least cost. John Tarleton Agricultural Col lege, host to the Board meeting, was granted $91,000 to remodel two old dormitories—Lewis and Cham berlain Halls—and to construct a large room to serve as a parlor to connect Gough and Lewis Halls. Approval was given John Tarleton College to move the Physical Edu cation and athletic facilities onto the newly acquired 8-acre tract west of the present campus. The move will make available space now occupied on the main campus by these facilities for expansion of adequate facilities when constitu tional amendment money becomes available. Board member John W. Newton told guests at the Steph enville Chamber of Commerce ban quet that JTAC will launch a $1,- 000,000 expansion program over the next few years. Completion of the cinder track at Prairie View A&M College Livestock at Show tional $2,500 appropriation. The Saber Award Will Be Made by Past ROA Presidents The outstanding non-commissio ned officer of the cadet corps this year will be presented an officer’s saber by the past presidents of the Brazos County Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association, ac cording to Grady Elms, chapter president. Heretofore, Elms said, the chap ter has presented the saber, but as a result of a suggestion by Lt. Col. Sid Loveless and Lt. Fred Benson, members of the chapter, the past president will make the presentation in the future. The change was approved at the monthly meeting of the ROA held Thursday evening in the Petroleum Lecture Room. Loveless discussed the newest phases of National Service Life In surance at the meeting. He advised all men who had allowed their N.S. L. I. to lapse to reinstate it before considering any other form of life insurance. Also under discussion was the Hook Bill, presently in Congress. The bill, Loveless stated, would eliminate G. I. insurance as it is now known for new members of the armed services. In its place, he said, a free in surance plan would be instituted for a man while he is in the service but it would end automatically when he was discharged. VA Requests New Eligibility Papers Any veteran who receives a sup plemental certificate of eligibility from the Veterans Administration should submit this certificate of elgibility to the Veterans Advisors Office, Room 105 of Goodwin Hall, Taylor Wilkins, veterans advisor, announced yesterday. These certificates should be sub mitted immediately, Wilkins said, regardless of the number of papers that have been filled out through the Veterans Advisor previously. Danforth Foundation Offering Three Agriculture Scholarships Three 1949 summer study fellowships have been made available for agricultural students by the Danforth Founda tion, according to an announcement received by Charles N. Shepardson, dean of the School of Agriculture. One of these fellowships will be awarded to an out standing junior and the two others-f Shepardson said. Barger said that anyone inter ested should come by his office for information and see Truman Martin, Room 409, Dorm 7, last year’s junior winner, or John M. Oglesby, Room 419, Dorm 9, last year’s freshman winner. The students who definitely de sire to be considered should do the following Barger added. Turn in name, campus address and the hour he desires to appear before the committee on Wednes day afternoon, April 6 for an in terview. Prepare a 200 word theme on the subject of “The Importance of Well Balanced Development— Physical, Mental, Social, and Re ligious—in Attaining Leader ship.” Report to Sociology Department office Wednesday, April 6, at the hour scheduled for his interview. Barger cautioned each prospec tive candidates to be sure he ful filled all qualifications of being a major in the school of agriculture, single, not over 23 if a junior, and not over 21 if a freshman. If se lected, the candidates must furnish a certificate of good health, miss the second semester of summer school, and afford his own tran sportation. Livestock Team To Participate In Oklahoma Contest The A&M Livestock Judging Team will leave for Oklahoma City tomorrow, to participate in the annual judging contest to be held there Monday, W. M. Warren, team coach, has announced. The Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the con test in connection with their Jun ior Livestock Show. Approximate ly 12 teams will be entered. The team will leave Saturday after lunch and return Tuesday. Enroute they will stop at the R. L. Underwood ranch at Wichita Falls to judge several classes of quarter horses, Warren said. Men expected to take the ti’ip are Charles R. Green, J. Sears Sentell, Bryan M. Mills, Bobby Joe Bland, Tom P. McNeill, Jr., and Warren. The classes to be judged in the contest are four classes of cattle, both fat and breeding; three clas ses of fat barrows; three classes of sheep both fat and breeding; and two classes of quarter horses. Eight of the 12 classes are reasons classes and the remaining four are placing classes, Warren said. Who’s Who at A&M DOYLE AVANT A&M Men to Judgi Two A&M men will serve as judges at the annual Wiliiamson County Livestock Show, to be held at Georgetown, March 14 through 16, S. L. Neal, district agent of the Extension Service, said today. These men are George Robert son, animal husbandry instructor, and Richard Burleson, dairy spec ialist of the Extension Service. Robertson will judge the swine show, and Burleson will judge the dairy show, Neal said. track is used for the Texas In terscholastic League Track Meet and the Intercollegiate Track Meet for Texas, Louisiana, Ar kansas, and Oklahoma for Neg roes. The Board accepted gifts and grants offered since its last meet ing—$21,300 in cash, $9,000 in equipment, and an unspecified sum in loans. In addition to fiscal considera tions, the Boai'd heard a report on (See FOUNTAINS, Page 4)