The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 05, 1949, Image 1

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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”!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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President Bolton
Attends Ceremony
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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 ;
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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.
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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'
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)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
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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-
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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.
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should be
siqce ad-
be made
sr on the
r of
Insti-
tion,
30 for
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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