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By BILL BILLINGS
B >b Nolan and his electro:
equipped Sons of the Pion
(•d to a full house in G
'qay night, apd it’s di: ;
which of the groups 5
tter time. L.
Although the Plonkers';fct
ijmd’, equipment sm
round stage, their huisif
And the audience ate it*
i ailed for more. Thie m
1 he gamut from
i dy Heart M and
i ^ame” on the one sljia td:
XovI Call' and «Whr
im the otheg. . !.|i!ii im
The mainl body of ^e M
inenlt force was Nplhn'w
movie and recording bn ‘ ‘
listing them were two^l
(alii ts, the Oklahoma Hw ,
m »cSm
** wmItI
h of .JaryngUleivienfitt
d sjyl#, the show, startid; witj
Ic hy the group* bk$HM
nth solo spots, an||i
II Joined in again j
off with a chorus, i
The individual wortc P ,
hiri f. Nolan has some :exi
jololsta making up ‘
ji,s one Aggie renii
ain't a clinker amohg
Outstanding in the
the two Farr broth
=> of Which played both the
and Ithe “fiddle,” and the
playied a terrific guitar. |
threi' encores and, playing
(rn jazz on an amplified Is'
miitir, was easily
«hoW. His older bro
original composition!
whose melody'had
Xmtiten all through
Throughout the s
(ians kept up a run
the audience. Nolan sought the ad
• of the balconies befo M
er, and the basic fi“
«a lap through the
odically. • ■
T1 te base man,
group joker
fery clever routines with ;Ken
iss, who .sang tendr in 1 the
(leers, playing straight num.
iss, who is being groomed i^l
|yw< od as a hew singing'c
efi iitely is cinematic ; cawL
tirial. He ;is personable; has -
ize and looks, and sings with moj
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tiful wavering tenor With good
pitch control, and Hugh Parr has
about the bassiest bass we have
hoard in years. The sound equip
ment had good reproduction, and
when Parr went down into his low
notes, several people wondered if
the reworked Guion walls could
take |t. >•
The entire show was keynoted
by its informal air and it all added
up td a pleasant two and a half
houm
More than half of the audience
was students although the local
populace was holding it’s own.
The house appeared to be a com
plete sellout, ii
When the show began, we sus
pect some of the audience had their
tongues partially in their cheeks
and weren’t sure Western music
would hold up with other'Guioh
shows of the season. But when
Nolan and his very-professional
group took their last bow, every
one seemed convinced. The quality
of the music was just as good as
the concert variety, and it was a
heck of a lot more fun.
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Farr brothers^lhe bide
1 played both the "violii
“fiddle,” and
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Proposed Change
Heprciicntativo Ed Oosiiet, nwmbor of the Judiciary
Committee of the national House otRepreaentatlvcn, will ex
plain his proposal to change tne methods of electing the presi
dent to the Great Issues class tonight nt 8 in Guion Hall.
All history classes have been released to attend the
talk, said Dr, S, R. Gammon, head4- — —* 1
of the History Department, and all
and range
ill ithe
desert Sinatra’s putj together/
ias our vote as the coming W
em star.
Nolan’s band, inciden
a reputation for gradual
inf cowboys from it’s
haying moved Roy! RotJfi(
int > the Western big tipi*.
B ilk of the band’^
ihel’ past reebrde , ,
lading “The Timber T&il,
'eat-
to You,"
ftf conn, i
lirkt-crenting trademark,
’leir, Water”
T int particular Adi
io fino voice rang* *
M»b, th# high in
nJlh m^
'oultry
cams to
T' s, “ ,r<la l i „
V watloiml A*rldulhi» t
fhr »e will hold its bniiuhl | but
knifing contest here Attril >,>1
sntwst will be held at tiw iwillt
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others are welcome to-the meeting
which will be freji.
Cosset's proposed amendment to
the national constitution would ap
portion each state’s electoral votes
according to the number of popu
lar votes each candidate received,
Dr. Gammon said. Thus if a state
had ; ja million votes of which the
Democrats polled three-quarters of
a 'million, then the Democrats
would have only three quarters of
the state’s electoral votes in the
Electoral College.
Under the present system the
party receiving the majority of the
popular votes controls all the states
electoral votes.
,Cosset is the representative of
the. thirteenth Congressional Dis
trict of Texas, which includes Ver
non and \Wichita Falls. He gradu
ated from the University of Texas
Law School in 1927, practiced law
for 11 years, and served as district
attorney of the forty-seventh ju
dicial district from 1933 to 1937.
He has been a member of congress
for $ix terms.
The speech explaining the pro
posed change jyill take up the first
hour of the program, Dr. Gammon
said. Following the speech^ Gosset
will conduct a question-and-answer
forum during which the audience
may ask clarification of points it
doesn't understand.
Cosset’s proposal would have an
important effefct on the nation’s
politics if passed, Dr. Gammon said.
For that reason everyone should
learn all he cah about the idea.
Cakes Purchased
By AH Department
Eight stocker calves were pur-
chased from the Bmnham Auction
Co. Inst Monday by 0. D. Butler
Jr. pf the Animal Husbandry De-
format Expert
Slates Speech
To Journalists
Wesley E. Carter, director
of public relations for the
Mergenthaler Linotype Com
pany and editor of The Lino
type News, will speak on
typography to the staff of
The Battalion and members
of the Journalism Department
Tuesday night at 7:15 in the
Batt office.
Carter graduated in journalism
from the University of Kentucky
and laier attended Columbia Uni
versity in New York. He has had
many years of experience in typo
graphy and printing.
Carter has worked for weeklies,
dailies and wire services as re
porter, feature writer, and editor.
His paper, the Elizabethtown
(Ky.) Enterprise, won first
place awards for typographic ex
cellence and also for outstand
ing community newspaper of the
state.
Carter has long been interested
in a program for the improvement
of the appearance of, newspapers
and has given lectures on typo
graphy and make-up to various
states and national press associa
tions, as well ns to New York Uni
versity, Washington and Lee, and
Columbia. |f
He has advised publishers and
redesigned formats for papers in
this country as well as in Canada,
Mexico, and other foreign nations.
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Number 157
MINERVA COLLINS will rep-
resent the Field Artillery Regi
ment at the Cotton Hall and
I'sgeant.
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LOU PROTHO will be the
duchess of the A&M Mothers
Club of Dallas at the Cotton Bsll
and Pageant.
(An Editorial)
A&M Student Body, n shako of the hand, a stogie in
the mouth, and ji cold drink to each of you!
* As you know, A&M College, and more specifically
you, the Student Body, has won tho Southwest Confer
ence Sportsmanahlp Trophy in stiff competition with
six other conference schools.
It is something of a record that A&M should win
the trophy in thb second year of its existence. This has
not been through the efforts of a select few of the Stu
dent Body but rather as a result of a mass change of
psychology.
Whereas three years ago, city fathers hated to see
Aggies migrate to their town in force, they now welcome
them with the proverbial open arms. Another thing, not
a single A&M student has painted the campus of a com
petitor in two years.
We have quit yelling while the opposing team is in
huddle or while signals are being called. Instead of look
ing on visiting teams and Student Bodies as enemies,
information booths have been set up on our campus, and
delegations have gone to the opposing schools to invite
them here.
We are not saying that we are perfect sports, not
that at all. We are saying that, by comparison with prev
ious years, we are doing darned good.
We did not get the trophy lying down. TCU, SMU,
and the others gave us some stiff competition. Because
they didn’t win the award doesn’t mean that they were
not good sports themselves. It merely means that, in the
eyes of our sister schools, we showed a better over-all
attitude. J i j 1 •
But our job is not finished. Neither the Student
Body nor its leaders can sit down and say, “We have
won the trophy; let’s stop and rest.’’ Sportsmanship
cannot wait until tomorrow or next game. It must be
practiced every time A&M comes in contact with another
college.
We’ve won the trophy; let’s begin now, say in the
next baseball game, to get it again next year.
last Monday by 0. D. Bi
tho Animal Huabandry
nartment; Thn calvoa, Hold at auc
tion, woro (might in competition
with packer buyora ami other live-
stock
Fivt
traljk
irfe;
ilture Htude:. ^ ¥
alttend the contest, t !•
The vocational Ogrlc
Jcnts will partidpate] 1
men, >
FN of the calves will he used to
eutting horses nt the horse
The remainder will N Used
slaughter calveii In the meats
| | cImim, Butler aaid.
The livestock marketing classes
Judged the calves this past week
Mini compared the prices paid in
the livestock auctions with those
the large central marketa.
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mts will partidpate i
wl|ng entries: Ju^gir
tird», Doth dressed and (
eggs, and Judging
lieaiy breeds, of clack
jro<3 uctkm.
Til* contest will ir
E. Ii .Parnell of thfe Po*lt
bone ry 401 Class *
4 ers of the Coll
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STM toHai
At Countr
T1 e Society for
jltent; of Manager
barbecue Tuesday
the ] Iryan Country
ton, president, annouDC<
Birton said that
'^hle in Austin Hall!
$2.26 with a 4a
T il
Ag Ed Majors Will
Visit Murray Cox
At WFAA Station
About forty agriculture educa
tion seniors plan to visit Murray
Cox, radio farm director for WF
AA, Friday. Anrll 29, according to
John Bradford, president of the
Collegiate Future Farmer Chapter.
Tho majority of the group will,
lenve by bus at 2 n. m. Friday.
They expect to be in Dallas for
the “Early Bird Program.” Others
will go by private cars, leaving at
a later hour.
Several months ago Cox invited
the group to visit his program and
to be his guest for a day before
the close of the spring semester.
* Murray will explain the tech
niques of farm broadcasts in its
application to farmers and farm
problems, Bradford said he con
tinued that many agricultural tea
chers already have a daily pro
gram and the teachers of the fu
ture may be expected to carry-on
such programs. | .< ]
HILL will represent
iting and Finance Club
Cotton Ball and Pageant
EVEN POLICE MUST
PAY PHONE BILL
TOKYO, —UP>— When Tokyo’s
73 police stations failed to pay
their telephone bill the government
cut off service to them.
Telephone service was finally
restored on a police promise to
pay up. Slow payment of taxes
was blamed by police for the telef
phone bill being in arrears.
GLORIA FKITLEK lx the
duchcHN to the Cotton Hall and
I'ageant for the AD Force
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MARY ESTHER HASKELL
will represent the Composite
Regiment at the Cotton Hall and
Pageant. 4
MISS DOTTIE CAMP will be
the FFA duchess to the Cotton
Ball and Pageant
LAURIE SIMPSON wjll be the
Baylor duchess to the Cotton
Ball and Pageant.
TCU And SMU A
And Third With R
A&M was presented with the Southwest .Conference
Texas Relays in Austin Saturday afternoon. The Awprd;
mmm
in the Southwest Conference which exhibits t he hit.
ter-conference contact, athletic and socially, throughout t
Southern Methodist University won the award last
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ihship a war
et pn year to] the school
spprtsmanshii> in all in-
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Juniors and Dat<
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Celebrate at Pro,
By C. C. MUNROE
The old familiar phrase, “It was
the best dance of the year.” echo
ed across the campus Saturday
morning as weary juniors and their
equally weary, dates talked over
the annual junior banquet and
prom held the previous night.
A crowd of more than 400 atp-
nts and guests attended the ban
quet in HIiTnu Hall, while over 600
were at the prom.
Doyle Avant, president of the
Junior class and sergeant major
of the corps, was toastmaster for
the banquet.
After the invocation by Ken
Landrum, and the dinner, Avant
introduced the guests present and
read letters from several
who were invited but were
to attend. ! j]/
John Taylor, sergeant male
the cavalry squadron,
history of the class froi
first days a* aam.i
U. S. Air Force
Allows Use Of
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Bryan Field
The U. S. Air Force does
not contemplate reactivation
of Bryan Air Force Base in
the foreseeable future and
has no objection to the con
tinued use of the field by
A&M during the 1949,-6Q
school year, Chancellor Gibb
Gilchrist was officially in
formed yesterday. - ;
The information was received in
a letter from Maj. Gen. .William
F. McKee, assistant vice-chief of
staff, to Gilchrist. ,
The letter stated*: “I refer to
your letter of March 15, 1949, con
cerning the continued use of Bryan
Air Force Base, Texas, by the Tex
as Agricultural and Mechanical
College.” ■ r h
“In accordance with! present
plans, the Air Force does not con
template the reactivation of Bryan
Air Force Base in the forseeable
future. Accordingly, there is !no
objection to the Texas Agricultural
and Mechanical College continued
use of facilities at this installation
during the school term 1949-50j.’’;
1 “In the event the Texas National
Guard has a requirement for the
establishment of a unit at Bryan
Air Force Base, it may be neces
sary to also accommodate them
at this installation.”
“I appreciate your interest in
Air Force matters.”
In connection with proposed Na
tional Guard Use of the part of
Bryan Army Air Field not being
used by the College, Gilchrist mud:
“We have been In touch with
General H. K. Berry, Adjutant
General of the State of Texan, and
hie plana, aa outlined to Ua, do not
in any way Interfere with our
work, In fact, we would like very
much to have them aa co-pavlllol-
pants in the uae of the field,”
Senior’s Rings
Ready Tomorrow
x The March order of A&M rings
will be ready for delivery tomor
row, %H. L. Heaton, registrar, am
nounced today.
For the convenience of the stu
dents these rings will be given out
in room 16, Administration Build
ing, from 8 a .m. until 5 p. m. ex
cept during the noon hour, Tqe
day, Wednesday, and Thurada
April 6, 6, and 7.
After these dates they will be
delivered from the ring window in
the registrar’s office from 8 a. m.
to noon each day. \
Kream, Kow Club
To Hear Ag. Dean
Dean Charles N. Shepardson will
be the guest speaker at the next
regular meeting of the Kream
Kow Klub, April 6. He will si
on a subject of his choice, accord
Ralph ~
yn at A&M.i ? i i « ji
Colonel H. L. Boatner, PMF&T
and cbmmamlant, wat .the! t»|lnj
•P«lMl|, j'
Musical entertainment fori
banquet was provided by a <|U$
from the Singing Cadet*. Art
panlcdfby Leonard I'frklnM^;
slstant director of the Cadet* !
roup sang “F,aster Pamlc.;' s
ing a Little. Tenor,” lnd:"|Cbf
Wand Baby” 1 ; TI
Hblsa Hall was decorated jq
many commented, was lb# f
set of decorations so fair thU
Maroon and white Rtronmern
strung throughout the room, shd Oij
large trellis; enclosed the haiid
stand.
The Aggletand Orchestra a
outdid themselves iri furnis
.•the music, : " ; ri ■: (Fj.- ij,
Under the direction of Billi’^Urtj
ner, the Aggielanders gaVe[ Sthf
dancers, as one junior put ii,!‘fth(
music we wanted, the way we <
ted to hear it”
•Guests for the banquet and
included, in addition to the
of several schools of the c :
Chancellor and Mrs..Gibb Gi j
President and Mrs. F. C._ Ijoljkmjfi
and Colonel and Mrs. M.
([President of the student
MU presented the .trophy
kjC. Munroe, representative
6 . Munroe is chairman of
utjhwestj Conference Sports-
committee. I
•eceiyed a total of 184
vfliile second-ppace TCU re-
125 points. SMU placed
wi h 112 pointjs. The other
i i ordqr were Rice, fourth;
e rally of Arkansas, fifth, UipJ-
1 r of Texas, sixtji, and Baylor
wnner Is dei Ided on the
of ballots cast by members
h school and tty. officials of
ouihwmiit off Minis Afsoda-
Ih h year, eacli school was
il jmven votes} ons/from the
uff, one; from tjha/schqol pa-
inmi uiP/iWfHtvft
wo from the student govern-
frrtw the KIT
the desk
thefoijm
•mstfn (at
i ithletlc dlrec-
n of students
mer students
of 'Iclnis voted. !
tffophy and the
i ioriginated in
. B. Nelson of
Hospital Progn
Open to Employees
Throu g h A Mi
' StaAf members may join the col
lege hospitalization and surgical
reimbursement group betvteejj
April 1 and 15 without evide
good health, according to J. 1
er Barger, secretary-treasuj^f
the.group, - jf 111
Two representatives of t|i
surance company that undery
the group will spend this pCrip
the campus explaining the]
and assisting employees wijd
not * already members; in raf
application. They are .0., M
division manager, and J. F, 1
assistant manager, of the H
group office of the Occidenta
Insurance Company. ;; / I
The college gijoup was orga
in January 1941, and now ha^i
ly five hundred members. All
ular full-time college emplo,
are elegible. Coverage is aval
to dependent*. Children bflf'
the ages of ten days
year* are covered,
During the period of (
the group
hijdren b<dwe«»
and pijiw
_ . has paid 'gDUaff
•loyccH nearly fifty thousa
ark in claims, which I* over
’Ive percent of the nffmlq
ected. this is considefed
claim ratio hy inNuranee com!
The aemi-annual prcmlunti
able April 1 ami. October
J7.(m for an indlvidiial mi
17.29 for a member tmd hit
membar, iil((
chlljfin.
mid $26.24'for « me
and one or more
Amt
contained a first
Ird chjidcc. A first
worlji R points, a
vote* 3, points, ami
points
the ext’dutive seer*,
uthweit Conference
e officials Voted, j
fdjf the
was
les K.
.. to-editot of The Bat-
The Battalion paid for the
nd has donated it to the '
reuse schools in the interest
ter spartsmandlup.
poftsmabship committee com-
o4 students from each of the
•enpe schools has been or-
*d. Members ol the comrait-
irisjjst of a representative pf
Lud mt newspaper, the student
rimjent and the yell staff. At
•st 'meeting here in the fall of
a Sportsmanshjip Code was
i and presented to the
renjje. |
•stCrday, prior tp the award-
jf the trophy tie committee
for a businessj session and
led means of fi|rthering the
tsidanshlp idea* ’ ‘
i tojphy cireulajes among the
rente schools, each winner
ig it tor one yejar. Then- each
ir, < when he sprrendera the
following year's Win-
a bronse plaque en-
the details of the a-
nding the cere itonies at Me-
1 Stadium for the presenta- *
!rom A&M were Charles Kirk-
ireavdertt of ihd Student Sen-. •
erineth Bond rnd Tom Car-
co-editors of*The Battalion,’
y ; Splittgerber yell leader,
Munroe, chairman of the
ilttee, and J. K. B. Nelson, or-
of the awaid.
ler Pessimistic
. V .
lit Foot Mouth
e in Mexico
Imlitlc poht of view
taken toward eradication
and Mouti Disease in
0, MIUcj , head of the
al f Hqibkmiry Department,
j j- . i
liot allying itHat it can't he
Wo will im extremely
f'.we eeai Icate the dls-
ller aaid. Finding that the
!• good iejr only four
tnHtliMd of i the figured
months Is one of the causes
i nesslmlsticj altitude, Miller
. He contlmjed that tack Of
edntrot of wildlife arid mis-
!tltiding on the part Of the
can farmer are other causes,
e area of ipfedlon U; large
mntains over 1 million head
veitock; The o ttput of vac-
covters only a Ittle over one
)n head per month,
ople understand little about
disease, Miller | pointed out
that once an
disease it is
e wrong con-
Miller said. Even animals
A|e had tho'd sease are im-
rlly, he con
ing to
president
Baumhardt, club
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