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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1949)
x ■irf 1 •>.1. ; m > , ■ A A V ,K f m f: I th! tl m the niK»t 111 be given fa s*law irajori-fr The spring social graved on it the evi va|nt, junior class for the anual J , I Decorations for as]little light as; posl&ibl i'lagj bedecked walls. M funjished by Bill Turn Aggieland Orchestra. receedlng the! dan A [class banquet begl 7:3tt jMn. Colonel H. V- - PMS&T, Will be the main er.l A history of the? U! downs of the class* its! firet meeting with? tl of j’49 until the banquet will Taylor, pre' tap. niors with dat^l and a officers have beet^ fnvited tend the dance, Ajtanti sal they may purchase tpefr from the Student Actiiiti!!: or j from ticket splesiiicn dogima. ; | • - Ton dormitories nrv lAlfHinfn, Tim Woyd, <)ba! thq ticket committee,' am today.' Individual eanvrlnei; mndo of the other doindMii 1 Those mem living offuiv or I who are not contuplci March 30 deadllne-t f may obtain tickets 1 del Activities office, r; All juniors who ipttftod quht, Word said, dahee tickets too, proceed directly to {the prom. The ticket sal for the domitori dbrm 2 Tim <Wo jarber, dorm S;'| n, dorm 6; Sam 11 Ken Landruid, d( ambers, dorm 9i an, dorm 10; Bob L 1; and Bill Turney, 'he dance tickets w e combined banique Ian Prom icr April 1 idar will have another big event of April 1, according to Doyle it* when the Class of 1950 gath- lass prom in Sbisa Hall. b call for candles on the tables, 4 m at fam lap jne Jin to- Iasi iicc [thin men 1 Johjr wll tb tickets will be $3J Sf tk]\ rip injd Ihnqe Open Council ues. ip a m The Joint Committee on In tegration of English Teaching in Texas High Schools and Colleges is holding its third annual meeting here today and Saturday. All meetinga of the committee are being held In the South Solar ium of tne YMCA. Dr. T. P. Mayo, head of the English Department, is chairman of the meeting committee. The first meeting of the group began at 1 p. m. this afternoon and will last antll 4:45 with an intermission from 3 until 3:30. Plans for the October workshops program will be discussed in the meeting. - Members of the committee reg istered for the meeting this morn ing in the English Department. At 6 this evening the committee will have dinner as guests of Dr. Mayo. Following the dinner, a second meeting will be held from 7:30 to 10 p. m. Comprehensive tests to discover deficiencies in English of high school juniors, and senior year remedial work will be discussed at the evening meeting. Tomorrow morning from 8:30 to 11 the committee will elect a new chairman and discuss plans for making the committee a perman ent organization. - \ 7t. f s ISUKD IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COJ IK STATION (j id), FRIDAY, 26,1949 n, v " wfw Yf: Wm Cast members of “The Play’s the Thing,” showing tonight of Robert Blakeney with mixed degrees of contempt. Left C. Q. Milne, Bill Krause; Jeanne Ostner, and Allen Sliger. tain in Guion Hall, regard the antics \ '• ' v '- ' f Ea The play was truly the ed a select theater-going cr way smash, the easy-moving and all evening and promised to fill By MACK T. NOliEN last night in Gi d with Ferenc Mol breezy production e house to nigh t : ^ W CvAAvA A AAAAa#^^ A. mmwm . wi— • a • xs vw^ . Bill Krause, a Player landmark by now, having s * ii- r s tt again in union Han, rega to right are Jerry McFarland, Blakeney, Shepardson Says Poage Bill His, Not College’s BaNnced Agriculture Dean C. N. Shepardson said yes terday that he spoke on the Pougo Oleomargarine Tax Repeal: Bill be fore the House Ways and Means Committee purely as im ipuividual, and his opinions in no way reflec ted those of the college. Hie stated further that his chief interest in the bill was to prevent the sale of yellow colored margarine at the factory because of the opportuni ties for fraudulent sale pf mar garine it offered. In an interview, Dean Shepard son said, “I appeared before the Man erit ilTT n ifn I -S § cm t tic ivea The two-day Management? sring Conference djay afternoon with cpssion groups aski lestions and discjissi re subjects brough onference. Job evil nerit rating of e i’age administration pro! ihe subjects disc ference. Over 100 represe industry, largely mabai gineers, attended: the. Which increased koriMdi size over the firfat fast year. “We w with the numbe conference and tlie have shown in tH|e PL, presented.” said (juv (Jo Terence director Management En iment, Merit rating merit rating pr types: of pen tlv# to merit rat the subjects pr* tiny's meetings, ing Procedures ngi- Iter- M, MMNMUimm tfl gel, professor of Management at Texas University, opened the morning session with a talk on { the formal procedures for rat ing employees and ways to put them in line for promotions bas ed upon their ability and per formance. He hailed.merit rating as “an aid to settlirfg grievances and union disputes.” William Busby, superintendent of Industrial Engineering for the Texas Foundries at Lufkin, recom mended to the conference that each plant should develop, install, and operate its own plan for rating employee performance. “There is not one hard and fast way to rate empUyee performance that ap plies to all plants,” he said. An explanation of Sheldon’s the ory of type determination and tempermental characteristics as re lated to personnel promotions was S lven by J. W, Chapman. Industrial Ingineer of Han Antonio, Sheldon conceived the theory that all men betray their tempermental char- acterlatlca in their work and can therefore he classified to act a now A&M? 5 A given way to a given Stimulus. Chapman cited the case example of a man recommended for promotion to foreman. If th& promotion were granted, then Chapman said he could expect the man’s work and behavior to be such and such. Therefore, in/this particular case the, promotion was refused because the man was irritable on occasion, he had an inferiority complex, and Chapman felt these undesirable characteristics would be reflected in the morale and production of the workers under this foreman. Dallas L. Belcher, Extension Instructor of the Industrial Ex tension Service of A&M, spoke upon training supervisors to i heir responsibilities concerning oh evaluation nod merit rating, le also stressed the importance n achieving a successfully oper ating system. "Supervisors must be educated to the whoty picture of job evaluation and merit rat ing systems,” he suld. They nm either make or br^ak a good pro gram lit these fields, “Make them want these plans*” he said. W er outlined the wdvantages evaluation ha Iheite: Mliml nates wage IneuuaUtles/ betters understanding of jobs Ih meats, acquaints supet'vljmrs tlidlr departments, Mps In proper aelectfbn amt placement df person nel* Indicates an einployee/s need for training* standardises Job titles and defines lines of authority, A view of the follow-up and diligent administration required fof success year in and year out for the ayatems of Job evalua tion and merit rating Was des cribed by R. E. Kilpatrick, head of the job evaluation add salary administration for 8 6 e o n y • Vacuum Oil Company of New York. A I V. M. Faires, chairman of the conference, summed up? the con ference, its subjects, and its pur poses. As many of the speakers had done, Faires stressed the im portance of making these systems simple—“So simple that every worker in the plant can understand them and have confidence in them” Several men attending the con ference said they were ; impressed by A&M’s progressive ^strides in training men for management po sitions in industry. i Advisory Board Meeting Reset The meeting of the Store Advisory Boat today, has been posi til 4 pan. Thursday, W. H. Holzmann, troller, has ann« committee and read a prepared statement, which was distributed ;o the committee member*, in which I stated definitely that I |was presenting my personal opin- ons as a representative of the National Milk Producers Cooper ative Association, and not ns a spokesman for A&M College.’’ Shepardson said the confusion as to who he represented probably arose in the method of his intro duction to the committee. He was introduced by an old college class mate, who was serving on the Ways and Means Committee, and whom he had not seen in some time. When Shepardson appeared, the committeeman requested to in troduce him as a personal favor. In the introduction, he was men tioned as the Dean of Agriculture at Texas A&M, and several papers reported him as representing the College. Fraud Possible “I object t« the unrestricted sale of facory colored, yellow oleo margarine because of the fraud ulent sales possibilities it offers” Shepardson said. As long as a large price gap exists between butter and margarine, Shepardson continued, “unscrupulous retailers will attempt to sell colored mar garine as butter and pocket the difference. If a person wants njar- garine he should most certainly be allowed to purchase )t, but he should not be sold matgarine in the belief he is buying a higher priced butter product” As an example, Shepardson cited the recent horse meat controversy. "If a person likes and knows he is getting horse meat, he should be allowed to buy it, but not Under a label of beef,” he said. "The prin ciple is the same for the sate of cotton for iilk or ahy other cheap er product; no sale should be re stricted, but no salo should he mis- repreiented,” v Gilchrist Queried The entire controversy bad a- rteon after Dean Shepardson tes tified before the Ways and Means Committee and several papers and news agencies reported him ns rep resenting A&M College, Repre sentative W, K, Poage of Waco, lender In the congressional move to wipe out the Federal Oleomar- (trine tax ami permit the sale of _actory-colore<l oleomargarine, wlr- ml Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist ask ing what Hhepurdson’s position wan In the matter, Gilchrist wired hack that HheparUsoo’s opinions were his own and did not neces sarily represent those of the col lege. Poage later acknowledged re ceipt of tne telegram, but expres sed doubt that Shepardson should have come to Washington as a special representative. Shepardson said he was not op posing removal of the margarine tax and that he had supported the Granger Bill for many years. The Granger Bill agrees with the poage legislation in that it opposes the tax. The Poage Bill, however, per mits factory coloring of margarine. Methodist Plan Freshman Night Freshman Night, will be held in the A&M Methodist Church Sunday night, Asbury Lenox, min ister, said yesterday. \ r Many of the freshmen from the Annex will take part in the service which will feature music by the Freshman Choir and a solo by Thomas Savage, C. L. Ray; John Hall, Lawrence Ashbum, and Har old Hughes, also freshmen, will take part in the service, Lenox said, y ? ! ' ; l j Refreshments wM be served in the Student Lounge, Lennox said. Jobs ii “I object to any pitting of one type of agriculture against an other" Shepardson continued. “I be lieve we are all interested in n more balanced Agriculture, and I think dairy and cotton farming complement each other. The Texas cetton farmer receives more in come from his seed and hulls sold to dairymen than he does from the production of oleomargarine” he added. Pointing out that Arkansas had a similar Bill, Shepardson said he doubted that the margarine identi fication portions of the Poage Bill could be effectively enforced. *‘We have indentification laws now,' but few public eating places post signs saying they are serving Margar ine” Shepardson continued, “and there, as in sale across the coun ters, is a tempting opportunity to substitute colored margarine for butter.” Repeats Belief Shepardson concluded by repeat ing that he was opposed to any restriction of fair agricultural competition, but that he was equal ly opposed to fraud and deception in sales of these products. “These opinions are all my own” he said “and I hope they will be recognized as such. I gave them because I believe that factory col ored margarine offers an opening for fraudulent sales and will in no way help Texas attain a better balanced agriculture.” • Never Wore One*,. ‘Hatless ’ Sells Hat Coslett By BUDDY LUCR A “hat” story written by Dav* CoiiteU, a Taxan of four yoara atanding who navar war* a hat, is foaturv material plastered on a two-paga spreml In the March Is sue of Hat Life, The Battalion's Yankee-horn feature writer Is a sophomore Journalism student from Miles, A cadet in A Flight, Air Force* Cos- lett joined the Battalion staff In Goodwin Hall when he came to the main campus last fall ftom the Annex. \ - The , page of the Bat- that time has car- front talion aince ried Coslett'a by-line many times on all kinds of subjects from Prunella Gilderclutch to Presi dent Bolton's workshop. Dave wandered around \|Room 202 many days muttering some thing about sugar-cured hate be fore someone finally beat the gist of the idea out of him and set him into action. With Battalion “foto- grafer” Sandidge in tow, Coslett scoured the campus and snapped many pics of cowpokes and their personalized hat creases before he settled down to write his version of the Texas A&M hat situation. The magazine editors bought the article from Coslett complete with pictures and printed it in the March issue. The story is built around the prevalence of western hats on the A&M campus, stem ming from the western “raisin’” of many Aggies who brought their hat customs to college with them. One of the main points of the article is the description of the “sugar cure” method of shaping a hat to fit the personality of the cowboy. The “sugar cure” as described ‘‘sugar __ by Willie Gresham, a “permanent" concluded. i ' ! ■ ■ ,. is tv -ifl Sr Foreign Serviced wcamimitioiw wijl , Dallas September iWW according to WpUw tha Plo ’oWd i . fjli . El i» i • ; MM loi ' ' ’ - ■ ' J / | j ' ".I I .' M IBM • M The ice cream and cheese makers production cpnfere ended this morning with an address by Neil G. Angevipejon cottage cheese manufacture. j | ' Earl Weed of Jackson, Michigan, was another, s. of the closing session. “When God made a lemon* .he good job. He put all the flavor* In the rind,” Weed stated. He showed by diagrams the percent age combination of the esters, oils, and acids that, make up a lemon. “Ice cream is as good as its flavor and never sny better,” he conclud ed. f' ' . The conference opened Thursday morning with an address of wel come by Dean Shepardson of the School of Agriculture. 0. A. Edge of the Lilly Ice Cream Company of Bryan was chairman of the conference Thurs day morning, and W. E. Thomas- son of the Sun-Up Ice Cream Com pany of Houston served os chair man in the afternoon. Other subjects discussed were control of mix composition, by 0. R. Scharnberg; stabilizers and emulsifiers, by Clyde Gonyo; free zing problems, by H .M. Walling; and shrinkage in ice cream by J. G. Featro. An outline of the frozen fruit industry was given by R. F. Cain of the Horticulture Department. Cain showed how the frozen fruit industry had progressed from the early use of the barrel as a shipping container to the modem use of the 10 to 30-pound package. The changes which fruit goes through in the process of handling were pointed out as being classed as physical, microbiological, and chemical, the last two being of outstanding importance. Problems of loss of flavor, aro ma, and color in fruit because of oxidation were discussed. Other speakers included A. Y. Moore, who spoke on plant sani tation, and Neil C. Angevine, Who, spoke on cottage cheese manufacture. The Legal Aspects of Food pro duction was the subject covered by Jack-Johannes, attorney and coun selor of DaUas. The address was given at a dinner which was held by the conference at 7 p, m. Thurs day. 1 P*?, ^ n till hf limber 151 A % ey, head of Office. According to a IfjttWt fK.* mam Department of Sidteft «1 pW must bo between 2lj of age, American icitijtend for Jwt least ten years, and must n<$t jlMJ. married to aliens. ' j jflijt Candidates must ap&ly , July 1 to the Board o* Ej ar for the Foreign Service, JJ ment of State, Washinktoft, C! for permission to animations. jM i • Successful applicant* a iR Wlte li S ritten examinations'In m atics, vocabulary, rompri sion, written expression, r; f of factual Informatih?'- *‘*k 1 tary economics, modern la ages, history and goterwmei si: If? r: Additional details :j If they receive ; :i of 70 Or above cr , they will take nn nation testing their [Wfrwff manner, adaptability Jto tnb? eigh Service, and iiimilar Early in 1950 a HfryMcai jjM moral examination will be giy^]!ti 1 those applicants who have ? fully passed the others. G tion of these will qbalijfy ■aRplU 1 cant fpr appointment; in the. elgn Service. |>! ij! . * j Appointments ire htaue Foreign Service at salaries ing from $3300 to $4400 * >> according to age, experience qualifications. The president? the approval of the !Mjfi makes the appointment:^^ Animal Husbandry student* ia an follows: “You stir a rup of sugar Into about a gallon of water. Put the | hat in thlM ami keep it there un til it's thoroughly soaked, You ‘ can then roll and set it any way J ou please. Bet it on a table or esk to dry, If you want the brim to droop bark or front, Just let those jportiona^ King down over the edge. Book eada* * Or blocks of wood, against tha brim, and a large spoon or oth er object rested In thh desired] dents, preserve the shape you want while It dries and sets,” ; This cure aasures the cowboy that his hat won't rip, snag or ravel even in a high wind or otr a bareback bronc. 'U.. the application forMs, tions, and examinati^j obtained at the Flacor ? orsley stated. Tho ; >m must bo State Dl orm DHP-5M, nttd :mu iv> delved by the Board of Exit not later than July h<i «d< 'it /!> Snapshots of company activities ahd pictures taken in summer camp are still needed, said Truman Mar tin, co-editor of the “Aggieland i949 ” ■ ! j 1 These pictures should he turned into the Aggieland 1949 office in an envelope with the name of the outfit and the names of the indi vidual submitting the pictures. The S ocation, names, and any anece- lote that is associated with the picture should be written on th© back, Martin said. “If snapshots are*wot submitted in sufficient numbers to fill the space allocated to each dutfit, snap shots from other outfits will be used to fill that space,” Martin «Ij m 1- j. r gieP s Thin; titteriri Pis 3 nind delight- A Broad er howling tiiaHyeveflr t times, wa jhij ds SandotfTu ;r, JeaU illman the in mi not tion hi ine, Je: r, Sai were e cast ind pi was rheard JL 0Ve '. Turai © back o: stance Of the wall th words were; ‘ ugh thin loilless. It p hf roman >lt| imogina orfulimitN, fjthe ck, 0m uuth arp Hui onO. Pa btijTr JP> G. rop ltlte to: production is usual ca- rai. Robert Ostner, and artied their to leave ? the .hat a better n selected McFarland, Puddy, jand other metn- they, too, rmances. , ly a atory versation, the clever ill Krause). . even ks«L e plot was a? gh which the* Yen-dropped, he pint was uh clever s intrigue out as has been \\V |ght luugl: fdlnloKUr, failing* rsNingH, the I’' harp, and audience chi wo and a hi nhance. n fthe actor ilf tickled Cmiftant thif Humor f<j lilies are dif l^rnuso’s a|nd nssm nek’s char nervous\ /, deserves ti] He had peo J after thd ie (play surp [past ex:p ’ thert listicatcd Me on Guion’s o) descril Je 6£ ‘[The steange st th© prjoductll ludence ‘did eorl;© Dillard to , merit* bohk. His hi! selection coi umendablf n, New-Tori: Dillavou ! he wi g St Cold »'t "The aria fo^ its armance in pejTplei whol thi y; don't ifty cents ini Umess can be Ferenc Mol* rlan if tlwire is due to the bdehouaa, who series which ri to millions. I of sly r sophist I-! wied amooth- s‘ mouths, niflck. R hsii M(ng for the lourl of the wy that they tlie lines they Vt tion usunlly the actor, bat ’ z AL J rmance waa / but Robert 1 j rization of. of a sec- fnls of oh- j = .laughing/out Had left Guion ;(*1 the audi- fence had not Expert such ere-like com- age. ; I the tangled 'rs the Thipg.” jg techniques bovelty w j foresee. ;the Playcirs' V. ./ f ANO Marc) Unmu h|| ',000 feet Itearherou out ol the prs Hu ih raise s Sets, a play were ly the same y gets some covered” the ' ere last year ia. y|’s the Thing” - end and final an Hall at 3. ent, last night all ever spend- wlser manner. ■ >5 —(Art—Fiery ijved smoke and Into th* air to- < I central Hpitahu I lie two largNit Al I ' r u % AUen Sliger play as he declaim* h W’The 1 Play’s the Th ng, / I ' I*’ t f zwm dr*tea in th rlish /i; p ay-within-the- iJeanne Ostner