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ION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1949
' Ll " ** *>AVE COSLETT
itave you eVeif wanted to be on a radio quiz show? Well,
here’/your chance if you act quickly. Three Battalion read-
will appear on the quiz portion of The Battalion’s “April
I’d Edition of the Ail*/’ Friday, afternoon at 5 o’clock.
Broadcast over v /TAW, the program will be a parody on
va •ious parts of thff pfipr Bat-*;
tallon presented in ^
ially suited
he jquiz portion iof th
“ ‘ inucf
mn-lir:
be { conducted in pnu
the
participation ^iiiilzes of
■ - win-
main
o three
’y an-
ier es-
i Fool’s
will
same
pular
inner as
audience
radio :ven to thf lex
nefs i dll receive priiji
difference will be th
contestants will h|»ve
sw^ered their question!
appear on the aif. j
There will be three it
one fdp each con
twodueitions
t&M students, all
r * is eligible
, The
toward maL..._
their wives, In tni
conte it sponsors ho
r<jpre tentative trio 6
Thi i- questions are
1. What would
ndw uate remedy
woman shortage |»i.
How would' y
ainlng one jof i
ire slitM to youii
Should a vetei 4 !
wife ^help him wijh
hough the phogr
m., winners Of
ave to be at th
by 4:46 Friday
es will be aVi
lion office for
jto attend the b:
..dline for the
morrow. All entries ‘must be in The
ittalion offices by 6 ip. in- Wed-
s<}ay and must include the con
mts name and
tions—
ie first
ly for
y Bait
pit! an an-
ii direc-
dits and
Her, the
have a
I ler an
nntant
•bout
pink
ehta?
tiident's
11 home-
starts at
|e! contest
W stu-
oon. A
in The
wish-
*.
tMt is to-
reSidence and
$t office address. jEntriee may be
ronght in persoii or mailed to the
fadjo editor of The Battalion.
e questions will have to be
answered in 100 words or i less. AU
answers will be judged . On origi-
naijty-and humor ana Winners will
notified prompt y So that they
make arrangemenjtsi. ito be at
broadcast.
in
dualities
In Next Pi
high profeks
scholarly attain
liiit of qualities! wf
chapter of the An
-tiin of University
the next president
possess.
[In a special
adopted at a
the AAUP we
the statement
ujice of schola
oyer-emphaaizei
s|i«uld have an
gbe, or its equ
! Further emp
the professors
president shou
i jian” who u:
lewpolnt.
“He should
iis ability as
■uder of men \
resident who Wlllj
man and not!
I he report con:
Some specifii
or the future
hat he be urn
a mai
putation
head the
ih! the A&M
,ii Associa-
ofessors says
of AAM should
report
ast week,
rd with
import-
, ^ ctor’s de-
Im
this point,
A ; the next
|l “faculty
i he faculty
Reorganization
Planned Soon
Austin, Mar. 30 — Orders
have just been received by
Department of the Army to
reorganize both the 90th In
fantry Division and the 22nd
Armored Division, Ool. Oscar
B. Abbott, Executive for the
Texas Military District, an
nounced here today*
The divisions will be reorganised
on a basis of added firepower and
increased strength. Both the new
divisions, as they will b« organised,
were developed as result of recom
mendations of theater, army and
divisional commanders of World
War H who saw defects and defi-
clencea in the divisions with which
they worked during the war. As
now Constituted, they contain the
best thoughts . evolved from the
experiences^ i •
The ratio of combat troops (in
cluding engineers) to service troops
is about 80% combat to 20% ser
vice. Increased firepower has been
attained without decreasing mo
bility. The new divisions, athough
not combat tested, are believed ca
pable of performing any, mission
which may reasonably be assigned.
The new 90th Infantry Division:
Will, nave a total strength of 17,-
700 officers and men. The import
ant changes in the new infantry
division are the addition of a tank
battalion which will be under the
divisional commander’s control and
the addition of a tank company to
each infantry regiment which will
be under the regimental command
er’s control. This addition of armor
now allows an infantry division to
be self sustained in anti-tank de
fense and to have armored troops
on hand to assist in any counter
attack.
laakhi
M
monatrkted
rj and as a
must be a
ognised as
f|fed shirt,”
mentioned
prexy were
its of age
Air Force Summer
Announced Here
Schedules for ROTC summer
camp for Air Force cadets have
been released by Lt. Col. John
H. Kelly, PMS&T for Air.
Students of administration and
military management will attend
camp at Brooks Air Force Base
n San Antonio beginning June 1$.
Air Force maintenance students
will report to a summer training
camp at Chanute Air Force Base
at Ranfoul, Illinois, June 27 for
their six week training period.
H. L.
was elei
the A
at a confe
week.
Dr. Walter
Abilene .iphrisi
newly elected
ganization. F.
Paris, Junior
second vice-presi
McDaniel 'of ‘
Abilene was
treasurer.
registrar,
esident of
Colleges
group last
of
dean of
is the
the or-
ore of
elected
M W. B.
College at
secretary
NTSTC NAM1
SEEMS WELL Ot
Austin,
A bill changi
Texas State T7
Denton was a( itproved bj
yesterday.
The collegejwoi
North Texas $ta
would have its i
gents. At prefent
control of the‘boa;
ers collages.
House approval v
Robert Hal Jackson
author of the MU
A companion
sent to the Hone!
Senate Education
recommendatlbnn
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i.29 —
of North
College at
the house
known as
,It also
_ of! re-
under the
all tejach
4. Rep.
nton waa
House,
has been
by the
ttee with
/
pi
sweethearts of six other Southwest Conference schools will take part in the University of
Texas Round-Up celebration Friday and Saturday, which will include presentation of a new TU
Sweetheart. .) f
j j They are, top row from the left, Elsie Ann Gayer of San Angelo, Baylor University; Joy Free
man of Hot Springs, Ark., University of Arkansas; Mary Jo Goodearle of Dallas, SMU.*
Bottom row, Nancy Tally of Juktin, Texas Christian University; Martha Ann Moore of Houston,
Rice Institute; and Patricia Ann Parker of Corpus Christ!, representing A&M.
Just Like the Movies. ,L
y ast Era In Journalism
By DAVE COSLETT*
If it’s interesting yarns you’re
interested in, see a seasoned jour
nalist. A talk with' Russell! F.itz-
Patrick, instructor in the Indus
trial Extension Service, will quick
ly verify this statement.
FitzPatrick an ex-newshawk of
some 20 years experience, tells
some good stories of the often-
heard of romantic side of journal
ism. Born in San Francisco, he re
ceived his first newspaper train
ing at the Pulitzer School of Jour
nalism of Columbia University
back in the days when the Columbia
school and the University of Mis
souri journalism department were
the only two recognized formal
training centers for reporters.
His course at Columbia would
have let) FitzPatrick into a job
with the New. York Record, but a
friend, persuaded him to quit
school and go to work for' the
New York Evening World in 1922.
His job consisted of covering the
morgue and emergency cases in
local hospitals.
In the years that followed, the
young Californian worked for
newspapers all over the country
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Pat Freberg of Dallas was
selected the Business Society’s
Cotton Duchess at its/meeting
last Tuesday. She will he es
corted by James Overly of White
Oqk.
in the fly-by-nlght manner that
was stylish at the time. The
only requirements for employ
ment in those days, says Fitz
Patrick, were that you be will
ing to work and able to rewrite/
copy.
He finally settled down in his
hometown working for the San
Francisco Chronicle. During the
30’s he spent his time reporting
strikes such as the shipping strike
of 1936 as well as the routine work
of fire-engine chasing and general
beat work. 2
After 1936, he specialized in la
bor, rdief land politics. Work in
these fields led to an interest in
industrial relations and, eventual
ly, his present occupation.
Speaking of the intense rivalry
between papers in large metropoli
tan districts, FitzPatrick cites the
conditions in San Francisco where
foujr dailies vie for the public eye.
Many of the anecdotes he tells
concerning the latge cities where
“exclusive’’ is the key word of
newsmen’s language sound like in
cidents from the life of some mo
tion picture of the “cub reportei
(See NEWSMAN, Page 6)
Lonely Hearts Predominate...
omm
uestei
By C. C. MUNROE
TIME—Any hot day
PLACE—South Station Post Office
ACTION-r- Hundreds of Aggies
stream in one door of the post of
fice, peer intently into their mail
boxes, mutter under their breaths,
and stream but the other door with
their hands empt>. I
But, wait, one lone character
with the three buttons of a cadet
captain pauses at hia- box, turns
the knob, reaches in and pulls out
36 letters plus a slip from the
postmaster informing him that he
“will please call at the window for
mail that could not be put in his
box because it was tod full.’’
It doesn’t happen often, but it
did, and still is happening to Cap
tain Pete Jones, B Veteran com
pany commander. In thej past sev
eral weeks Jones has received no
less than two hundred and fifty
letters in addition to countless
packages, post cards, and other
forms of communication.
It all started when somebody,
Jones would like to know joat j
who, pat hia name on some-
body’a mailing list. From the
basketful of mail he hgs received
It Is apperent that Jones’ name
has been put on every coupon,
questionnaire, and blank spare
printed in every magasine in
Brazos County. /
From muscle, buildiqg courses to
full! seta of/encyclopedias, Jones
has been the subject for salesman
ship by Mail. He has gotten ad
vertisements of cures for every
ailment known to man or beast.
Funk and Wagnalls wants him
/to buy a dictionary, Moosehead
Sales Company wants him to pur
chase their “Whitely Power Pac
ket,’’ fof after all, Moosehead says
“mighty muscles make better men.’’
The Ball Clinic of Excelsior
Springs, Mo., is ready and will
ing to treat his rheumatism, al
though Jones insists he doesn’t
have it. The Newell Company of
Clayton Station, Missouri, is ready
to help him cut out tobacco.
If he ever decides to take the
cures and treatmenta recommen
ded to him, he can count on no
less than 85 years under medi
cal supervision, for over one
hundred of his letters are from
clinics, health resorts, and snna-
toriums of one sort or another.
A character in Mansfield, Ohio,
started his letter off “Are you
lonely? Would you like to meet
new friends through correspond-
enco? The object of my club is to
introduce and place in correspond
ence, ladies and gentlemen desir
ing friendship or marriage.’’ Jones
reports that he isn’t ready to re
sort to this method of getting a
! I I M • ' i
The B Vet C. O. is a civil engi
neering major by choice, but just
in j case he gets tired of transits
anil associated gear, the “College
of . Swedish Massage” is ready and
willing to enroll him as one of
thbir students.
Or, the Warner Electric Com
pany of Chicago jU aching to teach
hijn how to electroplate baby’s
shbes. From shoes, Jones might
turn to meat cutting under a plan
offered by the National School of
Meat Cutting, j:
The Northwestern School of
Taxidermy is ready to help him
“sjave your hunting trophies.” A-
lopg the animal line, the Gulf
Hamstery is waiting to send him
information on how to raise the
“Wonder animal, profitable, enter*
taining, valuable,” /the “Syrian
Golden Hamster;’’ A hamster, jud
ging from the picture on the folder
Jonejl'received, looks like a cross
between a rat and a gopher. /
The National flaking School sees
in! Jones a prime candidate for
thjeir student body.
. back to more personal
one letter begins, "Now
manic—Seeker, you need
«ger remain unhappy, un
loved, and unappreciated, because
(Jettii
ml
your princess charming is some
where’ yearning for you just as
much as you are longing for
her.”
“The Blue Book of Crime" and
an application for membership in
the International Dectective Train
ing School are guaranteed to keep
the C.O. up on the latest in law
breaking practices.
A Boston firm says, “We thank
you very much for your request
for our catalog featuring cloth
ing and haberdashery in sized'
48 to 60.” Jones reports he wears
a 38.
The list goes on and on, exten
sion schools, cancer cures, body
builders, personality multipliers,
horoscopes, and detective courses.
But, the most embarrassing ele
ment of the whole camptu
gainst the by now weary
was when a knock at his door last
week confirmed the worst of Jones
fears, agents were beginning to
call on him. This one was from
Houston, ready to sign him up in
a school of electrical engineering.
If the worst comes to worst,
Jones friends report, they are go
ing to advise him to followjbai ad
vice on one advertisement dnd
“seek out a soul mate with whom
vou can peacefully spend your life,
loved and loving, at rest with the
world.” /
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Federal Inspection will be held here this year on
29, Col. H. L. Boatner, PMS&T and Commandant, anno
The inspecting team, which {s composed of S|af
the Fourteenth Air Force, representing the Department
arrive here on Wednesday afternoon. •.
That afternoon they will inspect records in Ross
Null iber 153
101
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By BOB LANE
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Guion’s repertoire of echoes will be complete*,
night when the Sons of the Pioneers unbend and
with such renditions of cowboy classics as “Tumbling
bleweed,” “The Timber Train” and “Cool Water”‘bn
first show at A&M. 1 :
+ The troupe should pnp
trekt! to the many udhadfht*
“authentic Western folk |unb$.'
addition to the Six soniq
Crawford Greets
Air Conditioning
Registrants Here
C. W. Crawford, head of thi
Mechanical Engineering Depart
ment welcomed the 66 registrants
to the fifth annual Air Condition
Conference which opened herq
Monday morning.
Outstanding men in the industry
have been brought to the confer
ence to lead in the study and dis
cuss the problems, new develop
ments, and new ideas in the fields
of heating, ventilating and air cotjr
ditioning.
Dean M. Miller, Houston, wajs
chairman of the morning/confei}-:
ence, held in the YMCA. Talks
were made by F. E. Giesecke of
New Braunfels; Robert U. Berry
of the General Electric Compan;
The conference is under the
rection of the Mechanical E
neering Department in cooperatii
with the three chapters and thej
Shreveport chapter of the Ameri
can Society -of Heating and Venti-
lating Engineers and the air con- * 1
ditioning and related industries of
Texas.
Leland Represents
A&M At Cowtown
Meeting Tonight
Dr. T. W. Leland, head of the
business department, will repre
sent A&M tonight at the Fort
\yorth Export-Import Club meet
ing in Fort Worth at 7 p. m.
He will join a group of business
school deans and department heads
from schools throughout the South
west who will attend the confer
Mice, •.
The program planned will stress
the need of college courses in for
eign trade.
The presiding officer of the
meeting, Bryant Nowlin, said that
invitations were extended to the
deans of schools of business “in
recognition of a growing need in
the Southwest for personnel train
ed in foreign trade.’’ He pointed
out that more and more business
men of this section are turning
toward Latin America for new
markets for their goods. I I
Professors who will attend the
meeting include, besides Dr. Le*
land, Dr. George E. Huntbt
head of the Economics Depart
at the University of Arkansas.
A. S. Long, dean of the School
of Business at Baylor; Dr. M. E.
Sadler, president of Texas Chris
tian University; Dr. Ellis M. Sow
ell, dean of the School of Business,
Dr. C. K. Holsapple, dean of the
Evening College, and Dr. H. R.
Mundhenke, head of the Economics
Department at TCU.
wilt include Carol 1 <3u
first “daughter" to!;V
i the show.. Known
ielln’ Blonde Bomhsl^ll
Uni has appeared in nuhterius
tlpn
*s for Republic,: Wi
isl and Colufrb a.
r members m thd
>lete the Cast; l]h4y
ff
i r
non pictures for Republio,
ersi Unlversi ‘
Two other
er pex complete
ttie “Oklahoma Nweel
will harmonise on hlllbtll:
and hymns. . }1
• “Only strings and *1
authentic mediums of express!
for Western folk mus|£"
Bob Nolan, one of the tfir;ee
originally formed the itVoup.
la the writer of “Tumbling Ti
bieweeds,” land “Cool Watelr.^
He furtheR; comments;? that; _
thil boogie-woogie enthusiast ivfri
S to blend Western nni$ic in j
^ir own rather than. vi<je vi
'it that’s understan^bde iti
musicians recognizq tpe
nent value of folk mdsi
& ” says Nolan. is j
addith
Friday,
PY’
the Fob
and
Ion to
Nolaii.'
D and
young ladies already i^njnii
the program wiH present Karl
his Gallopin’ GuitaifJw
e off,” along with ;
igh on such fcompositieni
jdn Stomp” and “Far A\va
Both of these entertainers a
sidered tops in the WeSt<
world. I '
| The Sons were original
ed by Bob Nolan, Roy R
18*1 Spencer. Roy haq
the group to become “Ki
Cowboys.” Spencer is th
spark plug of the trOupi;av
thor of “The Timber- Trail
“That Pioneer Mother “*
among others.
The Guion Hall presfchi.
begin at 8:00 p.m. Frida;
will costjf 1126 for non-MudeW
t0 cents for itudent^'; f
House Paitel
loti
I
spe
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p il 28 and
th iirmy and
ir Force, will
[he Anna.
ive plan! call lor, the dis-
f ciassejs for i the Cadet
huredajf and t i>r the i An-
2* ,n *
.the two camp ises
oit those da; a.
8 to 10 a. ni. Thursday
11 be q Standb ■ inspection
I. Cadets and iheir rooms
nspected during this time;
tner stated. 5!
a. m. sophompre students
uizzed during heir classes 1 !
ct matter the;! have com-
thus far. -j
jical Work petfi tds for jun-
senior student will be neld
to 3 p. m. Them men, too,
quizzed! on muerial cover-
year. ■ ! ;•;
orpn parade to scheduled
^fternoun at 8, The Annex
ban will! not participate in
loweveft ■Iik* : they irlll
the same pnttcedure on
xt day.
oatner stresitoa that cadets
ear the unlfdijm properly
low military irt brtesy regu-
to the federal
inspection w
ay, April 21.
before the -
d Col. Boatr
similar to thejl Federal
nspectlon a
be held
is will bens
pectors get
said that It
nl In-
n.
rps.parade
r
jesday as a
brps parade
wju
also be held
diminary to
ing the in-
pRRY GREEN [jof Hout
chosen as dUftiess to
Ball and Pageant to rep-
t the Range tyd Forestry
English Teachers
The Joint Committee of the
Texas State Teachers Association
and the Texas Conference of Col
lege Teachers of English adopted;
a program for the October work-’
shops and elected a new chairman;
at the closing session of the con--
ference held here Saturday.
More and better reading will
the topic for study by the ana
English workshops to be held hi
October in each of the 11 dis
of Texas, the program points
The workshops to be attend:
English teachers from both
schools and colleges will s
methods of increasing the quanti
and improving the quality of r
ing done by high school and cc
students;
Miss Mattie Brewer of
Thomas Jefferson high school
San Antonio was elected chairma
She succeeds Dr. T. F. Mayo, hei
of the A&M English Departmen
Twenty-six educators from
the state attended the conf
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^ AUSTIN, Tex. ifei
bre in desperate fi
resources were giv
House Committee; f -
I! The house panel
passage of one bilk ( u
spokesmen for the :citl
another to subcommittee
Week of further study,
the attorney general Yo
Ion of constitutionality of
Recommended outfigh:
sage was a measure ' <
gasoline used by fire thu
care and other munffipi
ment j from payment;Jof
cent a gallon state 6al*4i
gasollnd.
Sent to subcontmlffee
another requiring U|t
taxes be paid on aufbmcibli
fore their owners
plates. Sent to the
eral was the bill p
mission to the cititsp
fourths of the gasoline
by bus and taxicab'
operating under
mita issued by municl;
The remission
get
(YENS
idil
IU<
A&M Men
VMCA Confei
Gashion,
members of
m
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■ 4 it
several me
twelve students,
South Texas Trainii
of the YMCA and
Camp Idlewild, neSr
the past weeke
ents were from
conference is
by the “Y”i groups t
off cars and to famlli
with the ‘Y‘ program.
Collages all over Sod..
Texas were represented
several Negro collei
attended Cashion
wild to owned
[fit
ill
exuH cities
because °
i.ea|ui|e of hope la^ji
d taxation i
k
one estlnuitod io bo worth
i In dollars (fi jetty trews-
y Attorney
ton said it w< a
11000 annually'
sr cities would?
riitely. .. :/ ; f|
lexaa cities
dy pressed f
Ices and the
i,” Sears sal
desperate i
nal revenue
or present
ng in the;
. Steve*!
and Clt
Wford At
9ears told the
paid out |40,(
line taxes fof
r moved out
Jing they
ited
ead inf
mitdd tax
night by a
commended
81
Dick
n^ithing
Allen,
Park,
,685 and
83,000.
Manager,
~ last
e City
paying out
a month.
•nl|
princ
any so!
and
ley of DaUl
s bill
tlon of
obilMK
..j owners f
ble property;
Is and (Iteiif
public schools
for the:^i
iclty
11 Hears of
d bring about
are and that
It propor-
being con-
extensions of
ley just isn’t
ie cities are
H and ad-
irces must be
/ices Curtail-
were City.
t thews of
loner
! of Pam pa.
ilttee Hous-
last year in
luipment that
the city Ilm-j
engineer . of
it paid out
versity Park
jpln, jPampa
J that city paid
King, Pal-
! said Palestine
1160 and
it was not
the state to
Kucera, City
urged passage
to step up
y taxes on
many auto
ed no, other
ey used city
Mdren went to
but they paid
i Prices. ’
Li
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