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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1949)
/- 4 ^ . i, i ' i H wm lift- li mm y'i •‘I- •l<vp •' V I-'-;/ /- !/ I ■ Xr,j .V;L -i>. ■ 1 i-r ■ f t u.. PUBLISHED IN ''TBK INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE rCQLLBQE STATION (AlgltUnd), TEXAA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9,194~9~ 'v vv I !'■ ‘ J . I a m V y*-! iil ‘ :r ‘ ] 'I7R.. 'j ? A' -T? 1 1 ii m t - 111 i Hi I a *1 B . >/ / ifz- tz »" 1 ■ P i i s ■ l Asrgle Rod* eollfRlate Rodeo. li t to right, and J. t Day. Rock ; III ■, •*> i u ^W r M S!«i' m % Ifc iii <• 'A m M *■ Y m m. 'j i ■ m .ft© h A i p F ' M ■ x , "ili ■/- F Boyce House ChosenT tomic Porker etired 'Po ; , m zw At Senior Ring Dance Washington, a^i b -<av- ^ WBt Li ■ f ' I Id be •150 A. I- •. x: ' : 1® : ‘ > • y r San Francisco this morning to compete in the I National Inter* Rankin, Grover Qamuth, Earl Guthrie, Prince Wood, J. ite, is not shown. Sauls, iris Groups Converge ” "o Swim And Sing Girls, M<nc from al ing he: teous me; Cl legeja / Returhin with a las) 45 increasi uatics Clul perf )rmani gearft, "A: Natatortium and mdro thtut one hu id He over Texas ’ rill; rday night, vy will be tnode| of the TSdl the Hdckada r series .of swimt rgesting “after da will be set to musicj such 3,s “Moonlight ths Still of the thd Light of the Silver “Stardust,” “Moondust A ty Arias “Full Mi I. day and niiimbers will ghtj Boogie,”|i ^Moonlighl Roses;” “Spellbburid,V "Bide “Manhattan Sere* First they lock you | in a wash- roclm. Then they throw an atom bomb at you. Then the ship sinks. And now they're going to put you in the zoo. It shouldn’t happen to a pig. But it did. The Navy announced today that “Pig No. 311”—survivor of atomic bl^st, radiation and residual radio activity at the Bikini A-bomb ex periments—is being turned over to the National Zoological Park here. Drj. William M. Mann, zoo direc tor. asked for Miss 311 when he learned she no longer was wanted j byjthe Navy’s medical department. The Navy made only one request When 311 dies they want her back for an autopsy. No. 311 never will be able to t^ll her grandchildren about the 'time she survived an atomic at tack and the sinking of a cruiser. Shje won’t have any grandchildren. For this porker, the only perman ent result of the A-bomb blast was sterility. According to slide-rule calcula tion, No. 311, never should have lived beyond the motning of July 1, 1946. 1 j J (With other pigs, goats and other assorted livestock this RO-pound gilt was aboard the former Japa nese Cruiser Sakawe. She was locked in a washroom on the main dejek. ;The A-bomb went off, the crui- sejr went down, atvd No. 811 went swimming in the Iggoon. They never did find how she got out of th|p washroom. Atomic no longer; she will be transferred to the xoo Monday. i I ■p ZL ’■m i H : if m lub.j' will presfent; of its ndw Wr Dark, ||.ihj at 7:1$, 3a Junior College Glee Club will ((present two performances, one at Gulon Hall and the other at the Annex. Thej programs will consist of mi-olsesical and popular nunib- mong which will be five gniih. songs, “Into (the Night,” 'awn,” “Night and Day,” “April $bow«M,” “Italian Street Song,” and “YouTl Never Walk Alone.” Featured soloist with the group is Mary Lou Dollinger, sophomore) music student and soprano who re cently won4he Young Artists con test sponsored by the Civic Federa tion of Dallas. Gaynelie Little of Galveston and Mildred Coffman of Gorcg will make up the two halves of w piano team. Composed of 32- members, the Glee Club is directed by Richard Moorehcad and accompanied by Betty Boroughs. President of the club is Rose Marie Bentsen of McAllen, Texa& l 1 I ' ' 1 'i 1 , Ducats for Bob Hoipe Show Now on Sale at Guion Hall |! '■ ' I ; I Bob Hope’s spring tour will appear at A&M April 20, according to Grady Efims, assistant director of Student Ac tivities. The show will be held in Kyle Field’s horse-shoe, if the weather permits. Otherwise, there will be two per fornpances in DeWare Field House, j Tickets for the show, which in-4 •— elude! Les Brown and his Orchestra, jjjjjjT STILL CONTINUES SS'NlS" “The ugh ;,” land II To; '•jaad' j ’[' Spec:alty numbers ivi 1 T , rT .. . by a quartette to the . “Dancing in the Daik,’! ai comedy routine to “Yellow ’Bills, and a /, duet to “Blue Moon.’ | i J 11 i ! r ^ J-MiltU Safety ty, Tej y* ht the Athlet Synchionited Swimr tee of fctlca - ' ooyle, is (also Red C’foai ];Water Chairman of 'Defntdr as Chairman p£ Cht National, Sectioi ca, and a the National | Jnidn. Saturday night Agj;ie Rod) Leaves for Contest in The Aggie Rodec} cur tills morning fi cisco to compete in Itl N«tioi,al Intercollei be hell under NIRA Ag| ie squadmen trik> a *e Charles D. | C. Dimuth, Ernest i) James P. Wood, J.| Tt; Jabesl'R. Day. smooth’ arrangements of the lat- si songs, as well as some old fa- FOR HOUSTON BANDIT i HOUSTON, April 6 -<^P) Search for a gunman who robbed the suburbaiji Almeda State Bank of $4500 spread today to a half dozen southerri states. The Federal Bureau of Investi gation, State Police, Texas Rangers Deputy Sheriffs and Police are in volved-in the manhunt. The gunman robbed the bank shortly before noon yesterday. Wo$d ahd Soulis (will ping and wild ;i , Damuth, ahd ! ca f r >pin] Rankin, D baTebuck bucking m Damuth, Gutherie, ride >rild bulls. “ alienate for bull bajek horse riding. Mfchy president 6f Rode( Associatio;. fr>m the rodeo to jtl ventic n in Denv»h‘|-, R. R. Schorde of pirtn ent, J. S. Lanje 1 K amer will be at thi ventun. I!" Team colstir g throuph SiS" dng; Dori4 Day, Billy Farrell, Irene Ryan, Hy Averbaek, and the Ti tans,, are on sale now in Guion Hall. Reserved seats are $3.60 and $2.40, and general admission is $1.20. Hope’s tour is a series of one- day stands in which his troupe will give 25 performances in 21 cities in 15 days, covering 15 states. They travel in a DC-6 nam ed the “Mainliner Bob Hope.” The troupe is the largest ever tp be flown from show to show. Some times two shows in different towns are given on the same day, accord ing to Hope’s business manager, Dick Gibson. Les Brown’s entire recording orchestra is traveling with the group. Brown is ndtable for his Til est songs, voritas. • [ j ,|; Doris Day, featured vocalist of the show, was once a singer with Brown, and rose to her present A&M is getting mighty .crowd- pot. She is! onp of the, most pop- ed when n few hundred fish are lar of the younger singers, and housed in an 8’xl2’ shed. But the has been featured in several musi- fish dpn’t seem to mind, since cal moviot. | f; . Ii they’re bona fide members of the • ii. u • 1 J T 1 P^oes and very elegant mem- Othjers in the show include Irene t £ 0 , accord i n|C to Roy W. Sny- Ryan, 1 who acts as ‘vocal coach’ der theil . ownor for Doris Day; Hy Averbaek, who T ’ h * H [ tle creatU res are inhabi- announccs the show and is a foil ^3 of Snyder’s aquarium located for Hope s wit; Billy Farrell, 19- j n a shed j n j,; g g ara g e . This pro- ;! year-old singer who was discovered fe8s0r of animal hu8bandry haa by Hope in a night club in Buf- wba t i s probably the largest tropi- falo last summer; and George and ca , fish J ollection in this area. Al Titan, tumblers, who have tour- Snyder has played nursemaid to ed with Hope before. ,, , aquatic wild-life for 25 years. The hobby started When his mother MISS BETTIE BLEDSOE from Austin, Texas will be escorted by Frank Thurmond to ^h« Sopho more Sweetheart Ball. She has been chosen as one of six final ists for Sophomore Sweetheart. m MISS JERRY GREEN of Hou ston has been chosen as one of the six nominees for Sophomore Sweetheart. She will be escorted by Curtis Edwards of “A” Flight Air Force. h Oil Recovery Meet Begins Work Today toustonians Plan iunny Brawl For faster Holidays Tickets for the Houston Club’s Biinny Brawl to be held April 161 are now on sale Bob Drago, club sidOnt, announced today. The holiday dance will be held at ttye Blossom Heath Club in Hous- ^tqn. Tickets are selling for $1, g or drag, and may be purchas- from Drago in Room 113, Dorm , or from other representatives the club, All club members, students and ex-students from Houston are in- v ted to attend, Drago added. The ress for the occasion will be in formal. Final plans for the dance are to made at the next meeting of e club which will be held on Monday at 7:15 p. m, in the YMCA. Hans for a future dance to be held in the Emerald Room of the Shamrock Hotel will also be dis- -cjussed, Drago stated. Films of the 1948 A&M-Texas tt fbotball game will be shown after the meeting. PLANES TO IRAN TEHRAN, Iran, April 6 —<;P)— even U. S. Air Force C-47 trans- ort planes will be turned over to ran today in the first delivery of viation material uikler the Amer ican $10,000,000 .Arms Loan to ran. AH Prof Plays Nursemaid To Rare Fish in Off Hours By DAVE COSLETT Candidates Apply for Degrees i witn disdain b|; with lowly as a go! His present collection of seven liforms 1 J00, haie en H. Fei! heater upon anything _ Id-fish, resen species of tropical fish includes , . Twelve hundred and forty-four Befta, red sword-tails, green students have applied for degrees sword-tails, Platy Varisters, Sca- ctl y at the June Commencement. laria, red moons, and black-tails. Sixty-six .r, candidate, for ad- tl,^Tu‘ L T Tanced dcgreca In tlw.School ot b/ iticK they ": dates, 220 in the School o(^ and Sciences and 558 candidates for ^ ^ r , ^ >orn . ? ^ °Diers >" Schoo, of Engineer- mother’s body). lira “ Ing. Seiventy-two stude are candi- The egg layers are divided into dates for doctor of veterinary med- three groups— the bubble-nest icine degrees. builders, those whose eggs are ad- csive to plant growth, and those hose eggs are deposited on the ccan or aquarium bottom. Snyder prefers observing the ntics of the Betta, a bubble-nest ■milder. The Betta^ commonly cull ed the Siamese fighting fish, rung' cs in color from light blue to ’‘the most beautiful lavender an artist could make.” The male of the species is from two and a half to three inches! long' and the female is slightly smaller. The male is perfectly content to swim around looking rather drab until a female il placed in the tank with )iim. Then he immediately puts on a bewildering display of color in his tail, fins, and gils that cor respond to every shade in the rainbow. After parading vainly before the female for several minutes he proceeds to make the nest. The nest consists of a series of air bubbles which he blows on the top of the water. After the nest has been prepared, the male Betta wraps himself around the female and squeezes the eggs from her. Quick as a flash, he darts down, grabs the eggs in his mouth, and deposits them one by one in sep arate bubbles. The eggs hatch in about 48 hours. ; ' The Betta is not the loving fath er he seems, however, for he is just as liable as not in a week or Southwestern Petroleum engineers were welcomed in it speech by President F. C. Bolton at 10 this morning in the yMCA Chapel as tpey began their petroleum recovery con ference. The coiiferenctj, which will last through Friday, is apon^ j by the Texas Petroleum Re search Committee. Registration began at 8:30 thin morning in the YMCA lobby, and approximately 250 arc expected to register by noon today. , ( ; Chairman for the local arfangct ments 'is Albert B. Stevens, pro fessor of petroleum engineering. Primary and secondary methods of petroleum recovery in Texas are the topics for discussion. Pro gram chairman is Paul D. Torrey, president of Lynes, Inc., Houston,. At the morning session Torrey re- e viewed secondary recovery of pe j troleum in the United States, and j explained what increased oil re** coveryi might mean to Texas. Dr. Harry H. Power, chair man of the Petroleum Engineer ing Department at the Univer sity of Texas and member of the research committee, spoke at the morning session, discussing sig nificant projects in the petro leum recovery field. I / Harold G'. Vanhorn and Richard S. Guenther, research assistants here, will explain their research on a method of determination of water flood by electrical resistivity methods at 9 a.m. Thursday. R. C. Earlougher, consultant from Tulsa, will discuss prediction of secondary recovery from core analysis at 11 Thursday morning. Dr. George H. Fancher, professor of petroleum engineering at Tex as University, will discuss theoret ical consideration ih secondary re covery at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Other speakers to be heard aro: Henry Holland of Magnolia Petro leum Co., Dr. John C. Calhoun 0|f the University of Oklahoma, W. W. Morris of the East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co., Dr, A. W. Gauger, Director of Mineral Indus tries Experiment Station, Pennsyl vania State College, and W. J. Murray, Jr. member of the Rail road Commission of Texas and chairman of the Texas Petroleum Research Com in it too. Results obtained in several secondary recovery projects will be told by Paul and David Dean, (■tent Expectations Oil Co., Fort Worth. A banquet will be held for the conference members in Sbisa Haill . j i • ■ i: I Boyce House, noted speaker at the Senior! Clnl appeared here previously quet in 1947. j • | r ' I The banquet starts at O’Brien Speai To Issues Me In Bolton H 1 !' : f; II if James C. O’Brien, director of tHe Manpower Division of the Naty)pikl Security Resources Board, '^fll speak on “Manpower Problema^i- volved in a National Security ’Pro gram” Wednesday evening! 28 in Room .301 Electrical, Engipqer- ing Building, Dr. S. R. Gammopj head of the History pepnrtn^i, announced today. /■ ; j!| Obrien’s talk will Ue one of- the Great Issues series, but - uppre mfttely fit) seats in the rfcar of: room will be available jto otnels interested In 7 the leeturo, Gunimfn said. • I'j If :|/|j jll | O’Brien served as executive Of ficer of * the national; roster h(id chief of the labor transfer diyljl^n of the U. S. Employment Soryli'fl prior tq World War II.' ’ At tho outbreak of thy iyijr, O'Brien, with Drl Lednirtt UMml- chacl, Ostahllshed an agency; [to channel tho nattoiii scientists iitul .... ' ' ' '“r f- )*» ,1 \\ n‘K » M j will bo the mair irdAy, Ap^il 23- He at the Juhior Ban- Dijmcah Hall and. firsi: will act as official ush- Blanton, socia,! 8ecretar; r i<jni'>r ejass said that those fi-st will get the bea ; Stephens has jeen select* ister of Ceremo lien for thi; 1 anl Bob Blakniy has. been J to read the cl »ss history. I plWho medals and company, htjerrs awards a|lso will be at tho banquet ceremo- induet will be semi-formal nnjodate seniors who go friday night dlance, Blan- effort. Ho served as executivei fleer of the National Roster; Scientific and Specialiisbti per/ nol. tochnologleul experts into the . He served % Lat^r In the war, O’BMein jai t lered the Navy and served officer in charge of the Na: system of classifying the ifications of its officer ■pL '[• '/ l-i.T At present, O’Brien's duties sist of the development of for the most effective us,e of manpower in case of war. J MISS PUDDY HARWELL has been selected as one of the six finalists for Sophomore Sweet heart. She will be escorted by Robert .Giles. Students to Make ' - * Inspection Trips « Senior agricultural administra tion students are to make inspec tion trips to Houston and Dallas, April 12-14, J. W. Barger, depart ment head, said today. Twenty-seven students have been authorized to go to Dallas and 26 to Houston, he said. ten days to unceremoniously eat the young fish. When he isn’t both ered by these cannibalistic tenden cies, the Betta, like most of Sny der’s charges, is content to subsist on Infusoria, a microscopic form of animal life used for feeding fish. According to Snyder, this par ticular hobby is not too expensive. About the only cost is for the Martin Annoum Uniform Rules F„ Sophomore Daitt i If J11| Permission has been obtain from the PMS&T for either kle shirts and serge pants or blouse! and serge pants to be worn toith Sophomore Sweetheart' Bau/i { ac cording to A. D. Martin, Sopho Class president. J ’ l “Whatever is decided §11 sohljq- mores must wear the same uniipfm and if worn, serge uniform)? must; be turned in as soon as pos|i$le after the dance,” Martin > said; [j 1 An announcement will be liagie Friday noon concerning which form will be worn, he said Ticket Baled tor the banquet nn(l e vill be yn ,sale the resjt 'Vc 'k in t^e Agriculturist e second floor of iGooq- hey will bi sold from M30| p.m. Wednesday un(l y tjiui nil day Friday. Snlj- wlll be orj solo from ,'i l 1 tieket'sales are com* Hntimlay, a time schedule ng through the iring will Im md in the (Battialion, Kai)i iein(ony stub hdldcr should ho (tint* u(,Tor(|lng to that **' j ’ . I ' j I pg4Fnk«(ldra - M the h in) Um proper] order, rings will be jjn the on*t jbiisu Hall and Hal Mein- nl his orchestri'wlll be jn ler end. .As each couple on- if ring,;; the da^e turns the Dug around on his finger fo hh dasa number is facin f rom Kim. |Thojy kiss and avo thoir ptctujre made in Blanton afked cooperation :lass 01) thtp matter to f delay iii the! ring procp 5 ■ (( 'v k t ■■ 1 ;\ tanks and the original fish. His Thursday, at 7 p.m. Paul Weaver, aquarium consists of seven five- chief geophyscist of the Gulf Oil gallon tanks, five fifteen-gallon Corporation, Houston, will be the tanks, one fifty-gallon tank and principal speaker at the banquet, several Smaller ones. j“A New Field of Public Service The fish require very little at- for the Petroleum Engineer,” wa) 1 tention except in the matter of be the subject of his address, water temperature The best heat , A11 me etings will be held in the . for the water is 68“ and none of Y MCA. Students may attend the 1 - Boyce House louse, speaker for the t ill a notW Texas writer, written a-pews column en- “I (jiive'.You Tfxas.” ha^ written four boo. Yt U in. Rpmgeir,” “I iGiVe jeas;,” “Texlas Rhythm,”-apd o)on 1,” Also! he served as a 11 dvisor for MGM’s mov|e, n a newspaper in Ar- edited dailies in Texas k is [ where he exposed radk- Ond unfaithful 1 public offi- as alsol a roving. corrCs- r the Fort Worth Star iahj! and wi.s publicity man lIlly jRosefs Port Worth Casa •J , •) ] j. ’if and nFpvspaper colunin- ifter dinner speaker, House Tall Talk from Texas” njnd Proud -and Loud.” 1 ! 4S /• : a m j \ r !; y V m *-4i r.*' [:r [I the fish can live than 65“ Snyder never has to change the water in the tanks since plant life in the tanks supply the neces sary elements for the fish and consume the carbon-dioxide giv en off by them. Incidentally, some fish collectors are as prond of their underwater landscaping as they are of their fish. Snyder has been with the ex tension service as a meat specialist since 1930. An instructor of the slaughtering class in the meat latf Snyder likes the extreme contrast of quitting a hard days work with a warm carcass and a sharp clea ver to return home to coddle his tropical fish collection. in water colder notings and w i]] no t be required to pay the registration fee, Stev-i j ens said. Methodists Plan Dish Supper Toda; The Adult Sunday School Cl; of the A&M Methodist Church \ have a “Covered Dish Supper” this evening at 6:30, Mrs. J. S. Mog-|l] ford, class chairman, said today. She requested that everyone at tending bring a covered dish. Fred Brison and Frank Dahlberg will direct the recreation and en tertainment « I . I rr 3' ■ Extension meat of'some of his tropi beautiful fish for 25^ hr/ M- Ui ' 1/ UUanMMMIIIIM :/ 7 • . 1. I nJ 1 y ■/ vs ’ , At mi 4 r ■■■ 11! 1 k U\ h t 7 .s /. / " the antics e rare and dm ,