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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1949)
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They (the lobby ists) are just honefit t citizens a-lookin’ out for our rights, and the people’s too.” Thunderous applause followed Dr. Plasma’s scathing denunciation Mtatli hi* htinoi*. ion E. tout t> the AH 1 affectionate |y fondles the rare and oostly roiv which he In pre- it pot hopes that some new foot and mouth disease will he named In It ' / 1 ^ T It'! ^ By WILLIAM ALLEN WfllTfe j I f I. 1 ; . !|| V jn 13. Loupot, lo<ml buteincs|.s in of mtny years' stjinding, yOfi- lonated to .the Anima| Hu^- ttndry |De]«rtment a genuine* putd- bred BOvinus Brazoriusi l The onl;» college in , the pation to own orb of these rare species of cowl AifcM graciously ackho edged receipt of the gift! iii adel received h r Loupot late Thgrs afternoon. 1 The letter, from Deajn 4Sh Agn ture, said in part, “Oh belfelf !<if onates Prize Cow J . ! . ; ' • .' , m ' " . ve Livestock Breed 11 / ardsonjof the School of Agricul- ful gift. (This latest | gestdrjs f |f °b the Collegi! I accept thi ful gift. (This latest ! yours morj than Sterj WffOKpdi; plays youjr undying interest I }n| your a|id my A&M.” j j ! When j i^ked where he hafl tained the tare Bov;inus ©ius, Loupot made the follow- ’Ig reply “My friend, you knOwj [ Army Lou is always put jto ! ip evefyone. Well Old Ldu, ! ess his generous soul, heard that a man in El Paso had onti of these walking beef-steaks. “What <iid I do? Why I^fjhiji out who Wanted a ride to Ef/Paiso. filled the rback of my tru3«-With home-lovin’ Aggies and todk ! off. I Well; wheji I got out to that lahd "I of sunshine and big hjlls, I ; and hunted up this jranchefr .. • ff . bwned the Bovinus Brazorius and made him a proposition, i “But he was one of these im practical people who vfant to Mfibble about price all of ijhe time. Says Old Lou, alt the time flash ing my glow-in-the dark Aggie tie, np cost is too high When the fcWnor of dear old Aggielahd is at 'Make. j ’ |i “Finally, L arranged a swap With the gent He gave me the cow and I gave him four dozen ~utmf-date textbooks plus 20 of he finest gobblers from ray little Urkey farpi. i . • “I figured that the books would Over the cost of the animal and barged the rest of it to good will, i-rgood Old Lou’s good will. Count- ng the resale value of the books, lus the price of the turkeys, Which is what they will sell for after they have had about nine months to grow, I figure the price Was about 178,320.15—a mere frac-, tion of what I pay for advertising each year,” he concluded. The Bovinus Brazorius will be on display in the Exchange Store window starting next Mon day. Regarding plans for the lat est addition to their livestock, AH Department officials said that they are hoping to use it to develop new low-cost, fatless 'i beef-steaks by breeding it to several more familiar members of the bovine family. Rumors have circulated to the effect that “Old Army Lou” may be immortalized with a bronze statue which would occupy a posi tion of prominence in the Horse Barns. Preposition Group Sets Conference The Preposition Committee of the Texas English Teachers Asso ciation will meet in the South Sol arium of the Y sometime next week according to Louis < Hauer, head of the preposition division of the -A&M English Department. s - “We’uns suspicion they’ll be a whole gob of perfessers come to chat with us,” Hauer said in his soft, cultured voice. “This here preposition bizniss gits more vital ever day. We’uns in Texas use ’em all the time. I can’t speak fer no one else, but I sure do aim to use prepositions till I’m a old man.” The public is welcome to the meeting, Hauer said? He stated that he is baking a cake for the occasion. Activities Director Jailed After Bjrawling in Cafeteria imm By ERNEST HEMII * ’ I I I Carlton b. "Spike’! tor ofiHttidont Activit th« MM j»il lust nit twfjul itudfni oVer n sll mtdo by Ijhe studen nigh M dlsgruoefullk jfvMjfj'i Hil on ha and thjo pic papbably be used da' c court. |lt dhows the brutal White’s ja{w, the wlckedj g|‘ his eyes, the poised ihahd u When tr picture he! shut ttgllon photogpph^ri ^as s < bir :k« hat fob th* The fight took place i j'Haiil he was foiling better. “I guess I’m just n victim of environment. If I ) hud staved out of the environment of Hoturd's Cufeteria, I wouldn't be flut on my back now.". (irmly Kims, usslstont director of Htudent Activities, did not up- ia.h ouV wi th '(treat (oM cringing posture of theipbor fenseless victim. \ % f e fight »itia in Bryan \nouge suits and ties, in the phato)t\v Cafeteria suits and the two W ere ' eatirtg. White alleges that heard the; student (w is being withheld pel fication of relatives) l (Whitt) didn’t have MJJpoti- ing blood and wad in [rad' of culturej. White claii goes stark-raving mad it anyone says that about When a Batt reporter the jail! to (speak tofWr 5 **" plaintive music cell-block urea, uoo Whind bars, . White 1 ' fine Irish tenor Jail.’' His voii of sunshii he collapsed on bun' ‘I’m a much he moaned with wife sweetest I not! at hi I it omir i r ids In to care for give them a father’s love sent up? The : halve att t#ted in tee Colie; liL- Oh, nr fled studer I hud just received a transfusion and the news. pear perturbed ut having, to as sume the responsibilities or White’s job. He had moved. Into White's office immediately after he heard He moved White’s photographs and knick-knacks out and pro ceeded to hang his own captive Nazi flags and iron crosses in their stead. No date for the trial has been set. Judge Edward Jeffrlea, of the “Bloody Assizes," will probably hear the case. Hanging is his fa vorite sentence. Elms,is thinking of having his new office done over Im lavender and orange. 1 • ~ Hb*' m ■4' m I ! 4 Hi yM m m ■ i ■/* ■ Ml ; Carlton 0. “Spike” White, well-known college bully and ruffian, holds his re«ly to lash out at a defenseless student. White was snapped during a brawl after which he was escorted to jail. of the chiropractic profession. Later the society jh&rd Dr. Leonard R. Fishbine, practicing chiropractor from Snook, Texas, reply to Dr. Plasmas remarks. Fishbine countered with' charges that the Basic Science Bill was “merely a dead fish shoved on the plates of the people’s legislature.” He atated he had every confidence that the State Senate would de feat the Basic Science Bill as pass ed by the House. “The House has did wrong,” remarked iFishbine. This statement brought forth both exclamations of approval and many cat calls. “You're drunk," yeljed Dr. Plasma as he rushed to the speaker’s stand. IMtAtna chal lenged Fishbine to count the empty bottles on the tables sur rounding the speaker^ platform. These empty bottles of medicinal alcohol hud been brought from the college hospital to give the meeting "professional ; atmos phere,'’ a member said. The meeting dosed wevornl hours later, and walking out pf the Grand Lounge urm-in-arm, Dbctors Plas ma ilpd Fishbine waved goodbye to the Society and departed together in a waiting Greyhound bus. Aggie Weight Team Makes Seventh At Minneapolis Meet W. Hoyt “Rough House Rocky” Rothrock, captain of the A&M Weight Lifting Team, set two new AAU weight records at the na tional meet in Minneapolis yester day. Competing in the 180-pound class, Rothrock curled 216 pounds and pressed 248 to far exceed the previously standing records set by Jardo Nagorski in 1939. Rothrock’s spectacular lifts gave the Aggie team enough points to place seventh in the national standings. Other members of the four-man Aggie team were: J. Allen Moore, instructor with Rothrock in the Modem Language Department; J. B. Ashby of the Business and Ac counting Department; and Howard W. Barlow, dean of engineering. Commenting on his record-shat tering feat, Rothrock said modest ly, “It wuzn’t nuthin’ much, really.” The team will return te College Station Monday. \ • r/ ■ ' f. gieland Orchestr Old-Time Hill-Bill cm f the ARgleland Orcheatn as one of the sweetest poll on a new light tonight at leader, announced at the si morning. “I’m fed up with thlk m Turner cried, jabbing a pltehforlj into the ground as he ranted,”, ajnt) I'm determined that from here bi out the Aggielanders will be knowil as the Kings Of Mountain MbsiM Thousands of animal huibait-i; dry students, present at the ii)-i terview 'with Turtiier, qheered v wildly when the aging jnusic 1 *) 1 ' made his declaration. “People .have been compIamW for years that we play too we. play too fast, we’re too^ pro ressive or too backward in oi music. I’m tired of it; th® .band is tired of it, In the future top won’t play anything but hiUbilly music, and that's final. - • 1 “I didn’t plan to tell' anyone until tohight at the prom,, but it’k too good tsf keep. The boys and l have heed practicing down at thj Clay Pit i every night,, ? gettin; ready for the occasion.” As he talked, the members the orchestra who were prese took the opportunity to stroll through Ifh® ®«ttle pens gatherinji up atmosphere for theiij new,role{ Campus reaction was violent! as the inews traveled upwind^ from the cattle barns. Avid fans! of the recently deceased Aggi*5! Ramblers proclaimed a holiday! from classea.! Irate junioro, whti were planning to attend, the! prom tonight, lynching. ! I T r Leonard Perkins, nsslstm^'illred* tor of the Hinging Cadefa, isuftl that ho thought It was one of tljo widest moves Turner h»a ever, ]n« i\n »I, ». im i a«i111<i—jortiijij**-'i‘»||* w | BUI Turner, famous musician and orchestra leader, reverts to his true nature. Announcing that henceforth the Aggleland Orchestra will be a hill-billy organization, Turner chortled, “Wal, doggone if’n 1 don’t cai’ate we’uns’JI fetch in mo’ money this hyar way. Ilyuk, hytik!” Military Department Approves Atlantic Defense Pact Today Aggie Rodeo Club Sets Date For Its Spring Tea-Dance The Aggie Rodeo Club announc ed today that it will hold its an nual tea-dance and reception to night at which the Shakespearian film “Hamlet" will be! shown. Charlie Rankin, social secretory, said that tuxedoes will not bo re quired, but they will be preferred pecausu of the “esthetic : climate” that they create. Huhlm Day, prograip ohotrifinn, announced that he inUwdi to wear his summer tux “lrreg*rd|ess." The Aggie Chamber Music So ciety and String Uuartgt, under the direction of Vibtiplst Jack Kingsbery, will render selections from Hundel and Beethoven to which the club will dance. Tea will be poured by Prince Wood and Charlie Wampler will preside at the Guest Book. Russell Quits Boy Scouting; Plans Girl Scout Troop “Boy Scouts, bah! Pm tired of wasting my time with the little swine,” said Dan Russell yesterday as he -announced that he was form ing a girl scout troop here. Russell, an instructor in the So ciology Department, has been ac tive in Boy Scout work -in College Station for many years. “But what have you got when you’re through?” he asked. “Boys” he said disgustedly. Eagle Scout Bob McClure was in agreement. “Girl Scout work will prove more interesting, I’m sure,” McClure purred. ] </ Russell said that aipy girls in terested in joining his troop should contact him at hU office. Only girls between the ages of 18 and 26 will be accepted for member ship, he concluded. By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS \ The A&M Military Department this morning announced its appro val and acceptance of the North Atlantic Pact to which the nations of/ Western Europe and the United States have agreed. Col. Hayden L. Boatner, head of the powerful and influential de partment, made the announcement in his usual colorful prose at his regular Friday morning press con ference. - The local war-department’s ac ceptance of the pact virtually as sures the success of the under taking. Official Washington breath ed a sigh of relief when the infor mation reached there. For several days speculation had been rife in the American capital with many pessimists predicting that the A& M Department would revert to its old isolation thinking. Lt. Col. McElhenny, vice-chan cellor of the department, appear ed at the press conference in his new full dress uniform— white blouse with medals, buff doeskin breeches, jack boots. He was also wearing a new perfume, odeur de cheval. While Colonel Boatner was mak ing his historic pronouncement, Colonel McElhenny was shooting spit-balls at Colonel John Kelley, an employee of the department < In Moscow, the news had a shatterinj? effect on tho politburo’s egul * . ! * (Friday here, Wednesday there, wo regular Wednesday night meeting can’t explain it, but. the Russians claim to have invented the calen dar so they can do what they want with it). The politburo was so dis concerted that the members were addressing each other with yes terday’* lltles, President Truman, of the United .State*, wired hi* ((oiigrutulntlon* Hnd fervent thank* to Colonel Boat- tier when he heard that A&M had endoiMod the plan. Truman ha* of ten privately admitted that tho North Atlantic Pact would. be meaningless If there were no pal pable strength hi the organization, “You (Colonel Boatner) , have given palpable strength to our organization. We arc grateful. It would all be futile without your support,” Truman wired. The College Station populace ex pected to see the school called to an immediate alert. A source near the A&M . War Depa^ment sa ^ that orders were now being run off to suspend all classes in favor of mobilization of veteran students. The veterans would be absorbed in to the corps organizations in the grade of freshmen because they Shepardson Named Norway Minister have forgotten all their past mili tary experience. ‘ Martial law will be invoked, the source sdid. This will at last put a gag in The Battalion’s mouth. All thej higher officers have^ a- greed that this is the first tyove ( to be taken. They say it is eSsen- Temporary plans now call f* tial to the smooth working of the Austin Hall to be repainted ( North Atlantic Pact. serve, as a student center,: 111 ————uJ <* B j verts ! l| j M : ^ . ■ l| ;-f! ies t the state utn, will take I Bill Turner, tle| barn this Capitalistic trash,” im likelthe. t brent onjl'd aj Student Memorial Disappears Into Mud; Three Dead The 'floating foundation! of the new Student Memorial Center this morning. Wayne Stark, manager works, was in tears as he report ed the incident. ‘ J Two workmen were drowned fr the slimy morass while frying Jc launch a raft as the top of Djk partially completed building dis appeared from -sight. ; jT The contractor, like a true-hliie old-school builder, also went doufn jwith his building. ■Sr Gilchrist Resigns ; Returns To Forei, By KATHLEEN WINDSOR' Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of the A&M System, resigned his position today and will leave at once for Fez, Morocco, where he will join the French Foreign Legion, the College Publicity Office announced- today. Gilchrist granted an interview to Battalion cub reporter Kathleen Windsor and explained to her that this is no spur-of-the-moment de cision. He stated that he had for merly been in the Legion he learned road construction w! working in the Taj Mahal Mqufi tain$. He continued by sayihg tHl ever since Joe Palooka started telling his North African advtjj tures ior the newspaper#, the has been a burning desire in hipj to return also: / i. His determination became con'r crete only yesterday qflien m | met a man named Smokey whi>t- consented to accompany him o^ \ ' t'rlrll the.idea of I tjiuulinitte: Hi! trumpet for i He did tefl you about ee, Bib’s (been having vith his; lipj ever since to hit tliat high note in le,” He wooded about it 1 then to'heb he; decided bv«);! to striqtly mountain le natural teing was to ie hbrn for the banjo, already gotten a new for the occasion." k il’s opb of the nicest at «ould hale been /lone my joihingi the foreign Gitib Gilchrist, former . 4 01 the A&M System, iiu kpow, he even offered ., as first ukeleleist with t, arid I th ught a long tyre giing on > ith my plana oreign legion ” • 'll I ’{be ; ah; ii irtirte ter ' t'l unior Class, ” pt pf the ant laughec aloud when.,,, the new#, thinking it was / I Fo ol’s joke. However, o ^ruthi was revealed k<il into tears,. > . ,1 i_ ’’'I tef* e KSrkham, ^residenl of entjaenate, was rontart- ^ Norlh Galclmerchant’s, HU|is on th» bark. Informed Af tho news, ertmromitod that every pcedH a hillh|Iy band Just dogent Soitnorn polltl- he voters, or, stu- * vor <)f tho switch ' Of tourso, thero imoj who (IbiKt toko to Iho n ,.J I ain’t snyf blame thorn /, JP|- • nf ■ * '7 Tdtn Butler, vocalist with tho A|:gif?lhhd QrOhMtm was!. Inter- tee. pool | hull nt. tho »te where hf was listen- nkj Thompson records on bjnxl: • j T; I think, our show will big. Just liiaen to Honk p’a rrom my j hoirie town, It teu te tew Melik 'uldtiOh ii/ ,tt I know -4 he makes the mdney Turner why (should we stick trip# we play now? 4 ’ tifpical reaction oh the sit- vas expressed by Bucko 1r»' sergeartt of C Cav- pfergea disfe/jockey for any radio ’•- 1 is harp up! enough hiri. “Since; Kenton dis- |#oin ‘body, had to take the ke»ping thi best music ie people. If Turner thinks , do it with hillbilly, then it. ffr ere, 1 0 /■ jl f A WM A \ T ; K- / Dean Charles N. Shepardson! of the School of Agriculture has been named United States Minister to Norway, it was announced today. Following the tradition of send ing ex-deans as representatives to foreign countries, the State De partment chose Shepardson for this post after he informed them that he was available. “I am available,” he said; * Norway is one of the world’s greatest producers of butter. He will re-enllgt in the French*Foreign Ldflem u 1 j, ...Ab-j m Vc i !/; / * jl; • ;> / I; ■ i;. i\ i: V 4 If' X\ m esj’ Gilcbris| philosophiz- J e'f not much anyone can they say ihat A&M. is Texas • UniVerpity only * jnqneyl is,given out, but jpi As far. a^ I’m concern- Whole system can|/go r !to tu. ,[ f ( trow that btekf the cam- /IlGIlchript sjaid;, “was the aot yesterday teat a TU < rd was .s!i«n |wearing sen* . kfin Dertoi| When that I kneiv ft»r i sure that was a wut t<) drop out, d to leaver rijd said that he under-, hjit the KorVign Legion ej-run by (termans and vas itnkinm* to get in format on'nf ! the Nasi Me said that tt has al- ij»dn a aeefet icmbcr qf a gr(»u» where uild go from in Inter to wjUmut a co lege cdu- 'After kH,'1| He cohUti- tad te havf iae to be- ianfellor,” IreSscd ifs idcislra to go ftbe rugged; I life. "Ever lit working jfor the Atlas Divlslmfv (|f 'th# North Highway Dlphrtment I fr felt *3ittct(y In Dvb peak Ijlon, but |I hpvi> felt more fi the round. } jnom years. I mi|B!.the yearly absence that' the legion iously itivei,"l he said. r ... nothing like Jiving with ' Of fine respectable, up- j)-and-cp|ming, intelligent, ien and t ringing schnapps m at the village bistro y night. „ too, there is always a portunitj therA for tnem- my prefent’staff. I am [y thinking of taking Mr. along to be piy viee-pri- fter all (one in my posl- ’t be fxpectcd to get , any organhuttion with- .ted that he halted to leave friends here, but that >f th em •1 ly of liaitre ihortly , be oi mclusio; ming < tion of Ids aur i to Jet if me.” , ■h would they prob- »id teat he ng a 30-vol-t tfmoirs, “I’m Kinston get