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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1949)
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST r • • ^ i . 1 , T": I Li- . J | ' F ■ ' / \ - / N f v ■ ■ Li':':. . I \attalion INTEREST W A GREATER ADH COLLEGE/ |' Aggiclandl^TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1949 ji ! J ^fi IM COLLEGE STATION ( limit oa^xavai ThJCAfl, TUE8DAY > APRIL 5,1949 x r | Issues Class Hears Gossett El Scheme; New Atlantic Pact E THEhSINGINC day ut Gulon Hal!., ■Mduflli Ball Theme of Gold (iKOKGE The Sojdiomor^ w^ll ket undei et’* settint of Bill Turner, gave their spring concert Mun- t UUlOll Hall., j jjh; I : Turner haw fajnlgn|d|j fftiiti jKinge of ftounfa ln ||Bu»lc to continue directing the Cadets. Pill Have {Rush Days ited f ikml Id dust pjina” golujiCjeji’ jmp WMifd saloon props. i[ f / ji [Entering thru saloiflri-lik^ doprs aphomoreB and theiid gu^taj wil find a : rejuvenated Shi^a limited b; cajndlea and decorated Witfe i Ward covered wagoils aro&n dt nce floor. Painted || in the sides lol each ^prairie schdinbr SwillJ he “('alifornia or bust”! . £ 11 •(i l Manpower To Make V'h Wednes# James C. O’BrienI dirlctori of the manpower division of Jthe Na tional Securities BodijdJ Washing ton, D. C-, wiU speak to Ufe tnpm- „. os Wednesday at 8 p. in., S|dR herd of the Great Issued M - - ' J ^•^ihmon, head of tHi history : d' dartment announced ‘today* | j ?i[ [O’Brien’s speech, [One ith id toda^ i, [ one fit Great; Issues series,! wilL^ “Manpower problems^ pnvo%e iiaitional security pjrOffra tafk is scheduled InL i'pon the Electrical Engiif|e;in T ‘ - ’ L ti’Hrlcn I ms had j piun of experience in exkeuU . i» the government, [Dr, (hi mm on said. He wax executive off icer: i)f the National Roateif of tHi' 8. I<nbor Department, tind -wim * of the U. 8. Employ (The National R^jjurU wiis defeated by th» cujrlty Act of 1047 i President concerning th<£ codhll also [the program will follow the gold mining theme. Taking place in a typical saloor of 1849, the srf, nil Over the hand stand will be hung a huge mural depicting scenes of 1849 and 1949. In the foreground a member of the Class of 'Rl will be pictured with a diploma in one hand and a senior ring in the other. A pic ture of gold miner of 1849 with a' pick in one hand and a gold nugget in the o^Her Will be de picted in the background. Tables will bo uranged at each lend of the dance floor, and each table: will be equipped with % candle jplacejd in a “gold dust pant” Noit only the decorations but nujtlort of Mllitajrtr. IInduiftrir. 'gnl Ciyuihn MoblllxijnoHr 1 1 flM b’Hrian (int«recl varsity in Wafth{ngt<t|i ih on, graduation from kwi stfhool an 1 adinlsslon to the b|ik h(^ owtirirc I th^ Government Be Vide ^Ith; thje ; . G.iyil Service Comm :| After soveral ycaiw e|pt'Vi|encje ^prith the various^ pnaspsj of pei*| Honncl work, he beedine I^omotiop Gfjficer for that br; was appointed along ard Carmichael, at Gf! World War II, _|ency to channel qualified scientists gical experts into thj ‘ But 60 seats w for interested persortt not; of the Great Issues C ass,' mc|n added. (program will begin 7 with a skit •jconceming a group of miners who come to town af^er weeks of hard work! and with touch gold dust to spend: The miners wonder what to spend their dust on. The first three things that come into their minds are wine, women, and poker. The rest of the program deals with what these three means of recrea tion were like in those gold min ing Hays. j A pantomine will be enacted of the poem, “Behind Those Swing ing Doors,” a tale ofj woe and sorrow about a drunkard, his daughter, and his sick wife. Eith er a trio or quartette will sing “Clementine,” and a solo rendi tion will be given of “Dark Town Poker Club” in the style that made Phil Harris famous. Then, out on the bandstand will file a chorus line of “imported beau ties from all over the world" to combine talents fur u “can-can" routine. The climax of tho program wil bo the presentation of tho six girl selected us finulijitH for ftophomqr Swejothcnrt. Tho nominees ami thbi escoirts will bo Esther Wiggins with Jack Wood* Dorothy Wilson, with Hubert C/Wortz, Jerry Green with Curtis Edwards, Pudily Har well, with Robert,Giles, Patsy Mil ler with Don Stigall, and Bettie Bledsoe ^with Frank Thurmond. loiter when the judges' selection is announced, the Sophomore Sweetheart will be escorted to the band stand by four “miners" and presented a gift from the sopho more class of ’61. The other five nominees will also receive gifts. The Aggieland Band will play “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” Uniform for the dance is still tenative, but either khaki shirt and serge pants or serge blouse and serge pants will be worn. An announcement will be made later in the week announcing dress for thej dance. Tickets cost $2.60 and may be obtained from any one of the tic ket sellers in each outfit. Tickets will not be seld at the door. All seniors have been invited. Refreshments for the dance will be cokes and cookies. ★ / \ ' All sophomores on the " dance program will rehearse tomorrow' night and Thursday night at 8:30 in Sbisa Hall. Wilman Barnes, chairman of the program commit tee, announced that all participants should attend these two meetings. % i MISS MARTHA McklNNY from San Antonio, will be escort ed by Dani£l J. Longsewe at the Cotton Ball and Pageant. She is representing the Ameri can Society of Agricultural En gineers. uuauKfli MISS t*BGGY Corpus Chrlatf w eiw for the Indus C ub at tile Cottoi gennt. She will ( That! 1 Johnson. BR President Bolton Attends Ceremony •■'li 1 J 1 '■ -' | . Dr. E. Ci Bolton, president of A4iM, was one of many college and university presidents who took part Saturday in the inauguration of Erneat H. Poteet as president of Texaq A&I College in Kings- vH]j0. - T. Henry T. Heald, president ;he Illinois i Institute of T Tech ;y, Chicago, delivered the prin address on "Toward a New Tbjfriorrow." < President' Poteet succeeds Dr. E. N. Jones who resigned last Sep tember to become vice president of Texas Tech at Lubbock. ' The newly signed Atlantic Pact last night was given a* f full endorsement by Congressman Ed Gossett of Texas in a talk before the Great Issues class in Guion Hall. Gossett, who came to A&M to explain his proposed con stitutional amendment which would change thej method of electing the president of the United^ States, said at the opening of his lecture that he thought it only proper to consider the new “de fensive alliance of the western na tions. ‘This is a red-letter day in our history." he stated. “We have learned our lesson' in two world wars that unpreparedness is not ! the way to mainUin peace. The new alliance proves that “We are determined that we must henceforth and forever be the strongest military (power on the earth.. “We will not rely on the United Nations alone for the prevention of war. From now on we must take no chances." | This new pact is not aggressive, he commented, but has been drawn up “in the hope that it will pro mote peace." We have Ukon our chances be fore nml lost, Gossett stated, and now "Wo must rely on American dominance and American justice." Gossett supported his views on the Atlantic Pact with examples of the failure in the past of nations to work together to main tain peace. Adequate and well supplied arrtied forces are now necessary to back up the Ameri can desire to maintain peace. tie pointed out that military might is one factor that aggressor nations respect. The respect they hold for world government through the United Nations, he stated, is not sufficient to give the United States and other peace loving na tions. a feeling of security from attack. / ! I ; Wk™ Mmmt MISS MARY ANN RICHARD SON from Amarillo, Texas, will represent the Ex-Aggies from Amarillo at the Cotton Ball and Pageant. She wiU be escorted by Jim Farrell, Fish yell leader. MISS ALICE OSBORNE from Abilene will represent the Abi lene Club at the Cotton Ball. Miss Osborne will be escorted by Billy L. Shaw of Abilene. Saddle, Sirloiners To Hear Addresses G. L. Childress and W. W.-But- ler of tho Houston Packing Com- nnny, will address the Saddle and Sirloin Club Tuesday night, Cnrl Kemplln, club president, announ ced today, i. Childress Is president and man ager of the company. These men will discuss livestock marketing and meat packing. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p. m. arid a snort business session will be held after the speakers give their talks. Aggie Rodeoers Rope First In TU Rouiid-Up A&M’s hard-riding cham pionship rodeo team journey ed to Austin last Saturday to participate in the annual Uni versity of Texas Round-Up Rodeo and returned with first place in their hip pockets as they amassed a total of 145 points. Baylor placed second with 70 points and Texas A&I third with 60 points. Tho University’s rodeo mem failed to. win any points. Bubba Day of A&M roped and rode his way to first place in individual honors, running up a total of S5 points. He received a beautiful hand-tooled saddle for firet prize. James Poyner and Wallace Cardwell of A&M tied for second place. Bubba Day, Maxie Overstreet, Lucian Kruse, Charlie Wampler, Lloyd Griffith, and Wallace Card- well composed the Round-Up win ning rodeo team. A&M placed first in every event except bare-back riding. The stock and all prizes were donated by Buck and Tommy Stein er of Austin. The stock was the roughest encountered by the team so far this year. Silver belt buckles, hand-made boots, and spurs were given to the men who placed first, second, and third in each event. ALVIN C. HOPE, formerly of Lima, Peru, will give an illustra ted lecture in connection with Open House Day, Mgy 7 and.8. : / . / A j Special Lecture On Peru With Pictures Slated for May 8-9 The Spanish Club is sponsoring n special lecture with slides on Peru as a part of its contribution to the A&M Open House, Mgy 7 and 8, according to Martell Moore;, president of the Spanish Club. Faculty members, students am} their guests are invited. Alvin C. Hope Jr., formerly of Lima, Peru, will give the illustra ted lecture at 10 a. m., May 7, in Room 123, in the Academic Bundl ing. Hope is a senior, majoring in geology. He hopes to return to Peru after graduating from A&M. He is vice president and pro gram chairman of the Spanish Club and secretary-treasurer of the Geology Club. During the war he served in the Ordnance Depart ment of the Army. A proposal to abolish 41 electing presidents of the Up the class in Great Issues tej sett, author of the proposal Speaking in Guion Ha Bill, Mama, Please the Linotype News* ^ill cuss typography and n< paper makeup at a meeting journalism students and me bers of The Battalion staffs night in The Battalion of at 7:15, Roland Bing, dift tor of Student Publicatfqt announced today. > . •[: A journalism grnduata of A University of Kentucky: and 0 umbla University, Carter i»riL director of public relations fofjtL Mergcntbajer Linotype Company, He has given' talks on typni- graphy and newspaper make-kb before state and national nation*. • ' 4 ! Carter was employed, befot Joining the Linotype Compan a reported feature writer, and tor on weeklies, dailies^ and the wire services. During his ohm* ership of,the Elizabethtown, |ty.* Enterprise, he won first plact wards for typographic excels and also for the outstanding c| munity newspaper in the state^ f | He has spent a number of S^ars in specialized government sexv and has engaged; in publicity j public relations work in Wash’* ton, Baltimore, and New Yofji He has redesigned the fori " weekly land dai}y papers in different states in this country, ih Canada, Mexico and overseas; jf' ! 1 " ■ -£ )llege system for discussed before 3ma| Ed Gos- .n fron l the 13th Iphil district, first explaln- iien; answered < e, audience in rejga c snstitatidnal amendment rpaent system for electing is art open i ivitation to issdtt warned!. “It would ip a closel flection for tbi disqualify of technical- Thwarted Radiomen Suffek \ | I J J ’ tj j j ’ j®, ‘ During Battalion Progra By DAVE COSLETT i\ One weary and nervous engineer a cast of thankful performers, and two disappointed contestants — those were the left overs \>( The Battalion’s “April Fool’s Edition of the Air," broadcast over WTAW last Friday afternoon. Working under the strain of n galloping clock dial and a number of engineering gremlins, the show participants squeezed every word and bitr of music possible into the nllottul time and came out with an extra two and u half minutes for which they could find no outlet. Winning answer to tho first contest question for the “Campus Views" portion of the program was read by veteran’s wife Mrs. Vir ginia Baker. She giave her opinion as to whether or not a veteran student’s wife should help him with his home-work. Time wouldn’t allow the read ing of the answers! to the remain ing two questions although the winning contestants did receive their prizes. The answer to the question of how to solve the woman shortage at A&M ran thusly: “I didn’t know there was a woman shortage at A&M. I.see plenty of women around here. All four floors of the Academic Building are full of them. When 1 get a book out of the main library it is checked out by .a woman, when I get checks at George's or the Cave I pay a woman, a woman gets my record out of the files when I report to the Campus Security Office, I had to see n woman when I got my senior ring, and when I claim my laundry, a woman gives it to me. “I just , can't understand why anybody should ask « question about a woman shorlajre. "However, if there is such .a shortage, I have done hiy best to case it—in the first place 1 mar ried a girl and brought her here, and in the second place we now have a daughter. What more can a man do?" [J .' AM' Vice President Or Nothing . Job Interviews Make Graduating Seniors Sweat, Listen And Wait By BUDDY LUCE Hair combed, suit pressed, slick shave, shoes shined—all these make up only a part of the person al check list of a graduating senior preparing for a placement office job interview. After weeks of watching the de partment bulletin board for inter view notices, Joe Whatchacallit saw a notice one morning concern ing one of the companies he was interested 1 in. He joined the foot race to the administration build ing and got on the interview list by a nose, v Joe had a few days to wait be fore the ijrterview, so he decided to read up on the company and be for anything the jo|ter ik him. This was Job’s rview and anything could hen the day came for the In- iew, Joe attended the general meeting in the YMCA chapel and tried his pest tp ask at least one intelligent question. He got a laugh out of the rest of the boys any how. /: I ; \ l|| The interview was at 2:30. Joe ate an early lunch at Club Sbisa and immediately developed a case of inuigeslicn. He went to his hole, gulped four Alka Seltzer tablets and tried to drown himself in the shower. By 1:80 f Joe was in a lather and taking chunks out of his chin with the four-bit razor somebody named Gillette had sold him; He finally got his wounds bandaged up and got into his mail order suit. When the dock arrived at the conclusion that the time was fin ally 2 p. m., Joe was ready. He picked his way across the campus and, for fear of working up a sweat, walked slowly app cautious ly toward the administration build- The second floor of the admin istration building looked like the waiting room in a maternity hos pital. The granite floors were slow ly being worn away as the pros pective job applicants paced up and down the hall like caged lions, some muttering to themselves and some just sweating profusely. Joe joined the floor-walking squad and took up a position in the third rink where he could watch the door to the interview room. Every time the door opened the whole congregation of freshly groomed applicants snapped to at tention. When a man came out of the interview room he was swamp ed with questions from Joe and the rest of the cijewV When the interviewer stepped out into the hall and asked for Joe Whatchacallit, Joe breezed by him annon Ball and, once inside i the poor, wrung poor man’s hand like a long lost brothi Mr. Joker asked Joe to sit down and asked the only miestion that Joe didn’t know—who won the basketball game last night? While Joe sweated the glue out of the chair he was sitting in, Mr. Joker tried to put him at ease and Joe answered tjie questions wilth his much-practiced sales talk. The fifteen minutes seemed like fifteen class periods to Joe atul the chair got harder and harderr When the interview time was up, Mr. Joker handed Joe an applica tion blank with instructions to fill it out and send it to the company with 49 pages of personal informa tion and 64 personal references. Joe nodded his head and ran into the door on the way out. Two years later Joe Whatcha callit, vice president of Diapers, Unlimited, received a letter from Mr. Joker. “Thank you for d wr like the Wabash Cannon Ball and, Mr. Joker. “Thank you for your door, wrung the .application and Interest, Mr, What- — ’— loetlcnacalltt. but your qualifications do not fit our company." The winner on this question Harry Gooding, a married A' tecture student from El Paso: test judges admitted that his ing question posed wore at problem than the one used iii contest. <]> The final question concemet best way to explain u pink fa 1 slip to one's parents. The had it been broadcast, wqul sounded like this; m /<] 9: “I would say, ’Mama’—'matha |il* ways gets my grades—I would, 'Mama, Tvo got somo bad -m for you, but^I’vo donor Someth that wiU make you proud of nf then I would hand hor the pat that I picked for her from in # of Guion Hall. f i’lj “ ’Mama,' I’d say, 1 fltit a course but TVe got a real that prof is an un-American wants \ explained that hia t would not do away the electoral vote, but lange- the method in i a vote was cast, rb lent Jystem is set up so tjw electoral (votes of a to either onb, candidate thdr. Under tijio proposed tne electoral vcfte would be toiled among thf candidates Imi is of“ho number of pop* they receivfjd. new system,' he said, ‘ d to reduce! the power-., ve pivotal states—New msylyunla, Ohio, Illinois irm. I on* Was apijnt In these platforms—^nd I mean c Us well ns Republican ten to shtldfy minority groups in thjse 6 states. , ue of the If.E.P.G., tho hch law, the ainti-poll tax *1, and others like them, thb power of these ptvitol cotald be reduced we would dple coming down here ► win friend* and influ-f pie tho. utvival of bur country i lay depend on our having gniips within the gov- h« commenced, and with ps las those in the pivotal hajvlnr a hand in govern- unielfish groups may be of our election sys- s long overdue," he conclu- ‘Therd are some people who th^t the proposed system weaken the two major par- -- n M • ■«• / j mu • I-■ thib I can only say that any that cannot survive under <iicsi system doesn’t deserve (M. The presenjt system has ?d dn hypocrisy In e v e r y butt tinder the nenfi system WUItod be placed above 'Icket Sale jfiiors’ Danci libs fed* the Senior El IF - by Monday communist change the A&M traditions. wants to make It n co-ed schpoi. and Mama, he wants hoys and girls to matriculate togeUjfOr! And both use the same currlcgl “'He’s prejudiced against i too, because I see through hip 1 cal ideas. Mama, lie Says A George Washington wore , Weth—the Red. , !! i | 1" ‘But you’ll be proUd of thfl I told him off. Mama. I called . a nasty old slob and a two old foot and just ( because of il. Mama, he wouldn’t give me tltefc' points 4hat I need to*.get imy average up 'to 70.' ” |j fjj|j J Writer of this “valid” excine was, incidentally, J. B. Ashbyi a I professor in the Business partment, A. Mrs. Baker received a gold past for her answer. Ashb; Gooding received a “tawn” kit and a | “Norris Casual" ! shirt, respectively. All prize; donated by the Exchange S Dairy Seniors Pis Annual Field T erwl 860 by Mb; >y Blanton, social Senior Class, annqun- r. I ,. j • . ■» i, Nijtuifdtty night dance was it idlfer with BOO tickets ut affaliv The other |1B0 i. w II be on sole for tho df j the week in Room (IWin Hall, Blanton said. Wednesday and Thur- (lt) Mir ’ G' Kxlwl HMtMf sal is will be made from 1 6:3 I J) rh. They will, be .sold y Friday and from 8 a. m. |12 Veto <m Saturday, rfcdn or buff ring stubs ith the tickets shot Blanton the number Ion the T$e time schedule for this published at a' ikets said, ring will The Battalion. )ance tickets >r double, The banquet tickets erviews Slated Research Seniors in Dairy Hush; leave on their annual .insjx trip April 12,13, and 14. Thej visit plants at Taylor, Round! Austin, La Grange, Houston Schulenborg. i -J’ 1 The party will be compr BoachboaiS oj the Daisy Hi dry Department. ■ should be siqce ad- be made sr on the r of Insti- tion, 30 for ' [L ■: I Pierson, dim t program of the % international! Edt <jjn campus Apr according to R. L. El- tb President Botton. explain the relent- • IfuJbrigb; Act, which te stuc ents and pro research or teach in nte rview, kins bond