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Battalion
TQN to Give Largest
in Ma '' Li - O i 1 f M • i - m
Action of n Volunteer
Navel ReMoarch Unit will be
the purpose of a meeting In
Bolton Hall, Roonji :iOl\ jat
Ceremony Statewide
DOR LANK
than 30,000 Agtflea will
7:30 p. m. Thursday, April gather In 40 Staten and numerous
14. Norman F. Rode, electri- c0 . un ^ r,e " April 21 for
• *” ■ ■ - the annual Muster Day ceremon
pa
cull of the absent, a portion of
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cal engineering department,
said that orders for affiliation
will be delivered for 24 Naval
Reserve Officers who have al
ready requested service with
the Research Unit, f
Membership 1 in the unit
open to officers and enlisted per
sonnel, including Waves, of the re
serves interested in research.
Research units are being estab
lished throughout the United
States, according to Rode, and more
than 5,000 persons will participate
in the program.
Peacetime training will include
seminars, special courses, exchange
of scientific information, and re
search and development problems.
Application forms and additional
information may be obtained by
writing to the Office of Naval Re
search, Branch Office, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago^ Illinois, or
in the office of Lt. Cmdr. Norman
P. Rode, USNR, Electrical Engi
neering Department.
mony.
They will pay tribute to all A&M
nave passed away. The
thta year, and for a few brief mo
ments, AAM men will rmit-mber
those who have died during; the
past year,
Marvin O. Rice, veteran student
from San Antonio, la in charge of
arrangements for the cererhonyon
the campus. n
Arrangements have been com-
record
egpecte I
the programs, and
•or of; AAM men n«e
take part In this yemt's Muster
cording to Jafnes B Hervcy, *A
executive secretary of fortner eb
debts, li a ■ ■■! :■; .■ -
The Texas Quality! Network
carry the 1840 Musttr cercmohl
The program will he broaqi
the sipiple rites will be, made again I pleted with all local chairmen of from the campus, and It will
practically every area iriithe
Many chairmen have unnpunci
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Hot Picture Pulls
Big Guion Crowd
area iitithe a
w ava unnpuncei ,
body with their local program.
By C. C. MUNROE
Sirens whined, motors roared,
and thousands of students made
mad dashes for Guion Hall last
night at 9:45, but it wasn’t to see
the feature attraction, but rather
to look upon a fire in the theater’s
projection booth.
A hot carbon from a projection
light which had dropped into a film
cannister started the blaze. Tom
Puddy, manager of Guion Hall,
estimated that some $200 damage
Hope’s Show Bills
Raft of Newcomers
brown bar. The cover above the bar is smooth;
that below the bar Is coarse.
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Cover Develops
mbryo To Layout
Htjre it 1st
After many months' o.
ideal, layouts, .and teCtml
the Man for th^ cbvdr cjf
’49 & now finished
yoiwi-eyes.
cover
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The eyecatching 1 point bfi the
the g^ld ahd p!
is
which
bei emt
ssp5i;ttr(d
raised. The rinlg is magnified^rtiarly
tim|H its regular siie an '
ted Has fading around a
on which hi Inscribed •(•Texas
A*M."
The upper third of the
is occupied by a large "Aggie
land 1 ' in a unique type of script.
The script vyas devised last
March bv Bob Cullen, Bryan ar<
list, and is completely original.
The general make-up of the cov
er was first on embryo in the
mind of Kenneth Marak, staff ar
tist for Student Publications. He
uncovered his idea of the
book staff last October^
year-
rami
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‘^Ridicule is I the big jstU!kJ!o||||tl^
' meiitally inferior, the. social V iv
" coij ipetent, and morjally degonfera
wh^ch they use to beat dbwjmtho
whom they khow are [thjeijrji slipejr
ioi|. They seek to
do|vn to theiit own misera
so I that they!(the
soften thtf p
feliority,” s'
T J P t
unorary Afililan*
lety Install^
t I nn. »f fa^s
ote-|-Tlie following
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article is re]
Sunday In the
Texas newspaper
fexan/'
ents initial
ve been or
"Largest
ibburd anti
ofory militar
t#d States
mpus
onal
"More thail sixty
s ilpmen officers jh ,
Navy, and Air ROWi wek;
»r the honorary s<icifl!tj|. (C
(f, Regiment 8, officic
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fhth compiny
m
the University grqupj
irty-eigl ‘
c ety, which how has
qjf the forty-eight st^t'
"Tt’s almost, as hi
{cabbard and BladejCpi
t le campus as it i| to ea
i lisaion/ Captain Hinl7
<own, profei
i nd tactics,
i er-dance t
tely after
“‘Texas
us for its ab lity IU
ilitary leaders/ aai(
1 E. Moore, assiis
military sbience
low University (of
Is A&M in eve
them in that
graduate as teaters
ers unified in fel owship
>ard and Blade/
[ental Inferiors’
[inker Tells T
lip, College Minister of Prairie
View A&M College, before the
| YMCA Cabinet last evening.
I Dr. Lee, accompanied by several
students from Prairie View, were
guests of the Cabinet and present
ed a program of several religious
songs and Dr. Lee’s talk.
Speaking on the "Antidotes for
Ridicule" Dr. Lee listed four ef
fective "reagents for ridicule.”
He chose a “sense of committ
ment as the first." “Committing
oneself to a cause and knowing
that cause is right by earnest
conviction is necessary in any
serious undertaking," Dr. Lee
reauifkad. ■ I L
"We must consider the source
from which the ridicule.,comes, and
judge both the ridicule and the
source accordingly. Ij remember
When visiting an insane asylum a
naked man laughed at us for wear
ing clothes, and we considered (he
source."
“Have a sense of values of
your own that have proven them
selves socially sound," continued
Dr. Lee.
Concluding he said, "You must
always realize that the crowd is a
coward and the people ih tho crowd
who jeer will throw stones and
hide their hands.";
Dr. Lee emphasized the import-
once of firm convictions when un
dertaking any of life’s enterprises
"for always along the way there
Will be those who Will ridicule," hp
said. - 1 V
The YMCA Cabinet and their
guests ate supper in the YMCA
Cabinet Room prior to the even
ing’s program. J J
staff
sent
the
Later the yearbook
off their combined Ideas to
American Beauty Cover Company
where their staffs designed var
ious layouts and color schemes for
the cover. During the Dallas Corps
trip Earl Rose, Truman Martin and
Marak met in the offices of the
cjiver Company and selected thb
type of grain and color, of leather
for the cover. The group then de
cided on the final layout. /
Weeks afterward the company
sent down the completed layout
with "Longhorn" lettered in
large block print. When the
change of the yearbook’s name,
the staff 8?nt back to the com
pany the new name and a request
for a new type lettering for it.
The company returned its let
terhead plan for “Aggieland" in
large block print which did not
achieve what the staff wanted.
They took "Aggieland" to Cullen
ih Bryan and he then proceeded to
devise the present script.
The upper portion of the cover
is smooth gray leather. The script
is brown with a black outline. The
bottom of the cover is brown lea
ther and of a coarser grain than
the top portion.
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Most of the members of the
Bob Hope show, whitih will be given
here April 20 in the horseshoe of
Kyle Field, are with him for the
first season. Les Brown and hi* or
chestra are the only "old hand*"
oj the show, beside* Hope.
The new members qf the show
are Doris Day, Billy Farrell, Hy
Avcrback, Irene Ryan, uud'jBjw
Titans. r
Doris Day, who was once a vocal
ist With (he Brown orchestra, has
risen to hri* present featured po
sition in two vearit. [She has boon
n member of the Bob Crosby band,
a featured performer!In New Yorks
Little Club, and female singer on
the Hit Parade. She also has a
movie contract, blond hair, blue
eyes, freckles, and ft pug nose. Miss
Day is a very good singer, and is
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Final Fee Payment
| Due for April 20
' The fourth installment of fees
jn is now payable at the Fiscal Office.
The fees of $73.85 for corps mem
bers or $19.85 for non-corps stu
dents must be paid by April 20,
it W. H. Holzmann, comptroller, has
p announced.
The fees for delayed payment
are $1 per day with the student
being dropped from the rolls after
a five day delinquency, Holzmann
added. J
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I Ramps
will be used to provide accommo
dations for girls attending the
(Sehior Ring dances April 22 and 23
Recording to Bennie A. Zinn, as
sistant dean of men.
Students having guests will be
assessed a charge of $1.25 per
night per guest to cover cost of
matrons mid other incidental ex-
nses, Zinn said. Refunds cannot
made. Room assignments will
be made in Room 100 Goodwin Hall
(beginning at D a. m.^ Tuesday,
(April 12.
Guests will be admitted to their
(room* at 4 P> Friday, April 22,
and rooms must be vacated by
11:30 a. m. Sunday/Luggage will
be removed from the rooms and
the dormitory locked promptly at
that time. The college cannot be
responsible for the personal prop
erty of any guest or any student,
Zinn announced. ■ '
In compliance with college reg
ulations, guests staying in the
dormitory must be in not later
than 2 a. m. Friday night and 1
a. m. Saturday night. Guests must
check in with the matron upon
their return to the dormitory after
the dance.
When reservations have been
made for the guests, they will not
be permitted to checkout until de
parture for their homes. This will
be done with the matron. Escorts
will be held strictly responsible for
compliance with these instructions.
Editor to Speak
To Journalists
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; Frank A. Briggs, editor of Farm
and Ranch, will speak on “Agri
cultural Journalism” to a journa
lism assembly in the Y Chapel at
7 p. m., Wednesday.
The talk will center around op
portunities in agricultural jour
nalism for men in other profes
sions, as well as careers in the
field. The meeting will be open to
all interested students and faculty
members, according to Donald D.
Burchard, head of the Journalism
Department. Thei;e will be a ques
tion and answer period following
the formal talk.
Briggs, for many years Farm
and Ranch editor, has wide ex
perience in the field of agricul
ture, Burchard said. His talk? is ex
pected to be particularly helpful
to students who expect to enter
extension or teaching fieldfy Bur
chard said.
Room Reservation
Being Accepted
For Donee Guests CaBp^ChSrtm
Ramps I and J of Walton Hall I
Program; During
Weekend Holidays
Various campm clubs are plan
ning recreation! activities during
the Raster Holidays.
Bell County A&M Club
G«no Mewhlnoy’s Farm, north of
Spark*, Texas, will be the scene
for a club barbecue Friday April
15, at 8:30 p. m. Members and
their guests are invited, accordin
to Ben D.
well
on her way to stardom.
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Billy Farrell, a 19-year-old
sensation, was singing in s Buf
falo night club when Hope dis
covered him and put him in the
show. He made his professional
dehut only a year and a half
ago, and his radio debut was
mode with the Hope ahow this
season.
Hy Avcrback, who was known ax
"Tokyo Mosc" in the last war,
studied Shskespeuroan drama. Hu
k now announcer and chief foil for
Hop#. Formerly ha parried gap a
with Jock Carson, Jack Pssr, Bob
Burns, and Sweeney and March.
Irene Ryan plays the vocal
coach of Doris Day on the
show. She is a veteran of 20
years in show business, beginning
at 13 as a chorus girl, ingenue, and
singing comedienne with a travel
ing show. She later formed her
own vaudeville show, appearing in
New York. In 1934 she went on the
air on the Goodrich show and made
famous the phrase, "Cigars, cigar
ettes, NUTS!” Hope signed her up
after she had made one guest ap
pearance on his show.
Les Brown, who wrote “Senti
mental Journey" and sold over a
million copies of it, is one of the
consistent holders of the number
one spot in the hearts of polls
among band fans. He first studied
the piano, but later switched over
to the saxaphone. The nucleus of
his present band was formed after
his college days at the Conserva
tory of Music in Ithaca, N. Y. and
Duke University. A juke box fav
orite, Brown records for Columbia.
George and AI Titan, the tumb
lers, are on their second tour
with Hope. On the first several
months ago, they met with great
reception for their feats. Both
are mostly muscle, and provide
a very good act.
And then there’s Bob Hope him
self. He has been tops on the air,
screen, and stage for years. Born
m England, Hope has adopted
Cleveland as his home town, and
owns one-sixth of the Indians. He
has received the Legion of Merit
for his entertainment of troops in
the war, when he traveled one mil
lion miles. Hope is the only living
•entertainer in the Smithsonian In
stitute’s Hall of Fame.
was done, but.it was all covered
by insurance.
The operator of the projector,
Mack Weaver, senior ME major
from Walton Hall, attempted to
extinguish the blaze, but was un
successful. In spite of the intense
heat and dense smoke caused by the
burning film, he fought the flames
until the fire department arrived.
An overflow crowd of 25 stu
dents had jammed into Guion to
witness the final showing of the
technicolor masterpiece became a-
ware of the miniature holocast
when the actors on the screen be
came entangled in the shadows of
smoke /projected from the booth.
Several patrons who had seen
the movie volunteered tb; tell
Puddy, who was in the rqar of
the theater. When he was noti
fied, Puddy dashed to the booth
and there saw the fire which
Weaver was trying to bring un
der control.
A hurried call to the fire de
partment brought three trucks am
a wildly cheating audience ffom
Here are the TQN radio ata
frequencies,, and timb of broadtii.
Station, WOAI, San Anton O,-
1200 kc., 8:30 to 9 p, nv ■ t
Station, WFFA, ffella*,’ 820
570 kc., 9 to 9;30 p. m. , L
Station KPRC,; Houston, 95(
8:30 to 9 p. m. K Y 'U.i
Station KRIS, Corpus Chri^!
1360 kc., 10:80 to 11 p/m,
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Twelve hundred senid
year, according to Truma,.
sales committee. FLv% hundred
dance and TOO for the Saturday tJjiMe.l
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nearby dormitories.
Accompanied by tho w!
yells of the milling, pajama clojd
crowd, the firemen hurried to
hUUes am
the
lerl,
Profs to Givi
Information Qn:
Student Friz
n Li ' • "tYj - I fit]
ftecommendatlona by
ty membera about ptudfitw
mm, ruddy said, ana mi . whom they believe deRcrUilig;
insured. The paint 4n the of dcholarshipa, ure bdipjr
the booth was birred [Kouiht by R. at Perryma
Mem«ry, Faculty Comnw
on ScHolu
booth with fire extinguishen
but the fire already was out I
Damage wax confined, to never
rolls of film, Puddy said, and
this was inxu;
Inside of tho booth
from the heat, but this top was
Insured. L | , Tt
The films dsmacod Included *
newsreel, s comedy, and several
hundred feet of the feature. Sev
eral of the patrons, when it was
announced that the comedy was
destroyed, demanded their Ag
gie Appreciation tickets andtheir
five cent tax back. ‘I ■’
Battalion photographer Richard
H. (Still-life) Sandidgewas prompt
on the scene, but in his hurry to
view the fire forgot to bring his
camera.
Battalion feature writer Frank
Cushing and president of the stu
dent senate Charlie Kirkham were
also early visitors to the scene,
but their efforts to remain in the
theater for the rest of the feature
were thwarted by alert patrolmen.
Puddy announced that no dam
age was done to the projectors,
and the movie would be open to
day.
Officers May Ask
For Summer Duty
Forms for Army Reserve Offic
ers to use in making application
for short tours of active duty train
ing for the summer months of 1949
are available, Colonel H. LJ Boat-
ner, PMS&T, has announced.
Interested qualified personnel
may obtain further information by
applying to Room 31, Ross Hall.
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IVAt, Browijavllla, 1400
a II p. m.
I pftM, therft. Will b«* ho
u* to the Han Jacinto
iy. The standard pri»-
Incjude a . tirlef word;
Ipril 21 tradition, a mas-
i Asxociatlot i, president!
Smith, ’30, Of Houston;
fall for the Absent, ana
ceremony* Ne\
lie for sadness j
ster has instead 1
Jwlodgeihent of
:jnen with common
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every local program is
• the local chairman;
[been, a marked tendency
indardizationjof the regr
5 of the ceremony. This
| majority of i the groups
kring the same messages
jng out the same simple
over, the world.
fed! To
Dance
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the Ring Dances this
irman of the ticket
ed for the Friday
ceremony, commit
the times for seniors
the ring.
» sicEedule is as follows:
1 1 j Friday Night ■(
jit 15-9:45 1-60
15-10:15' . 01-120 ’
(:t6h0:45 121-180
(:45rll:l5 181-240
:15f11:45 241-800
aturday Night
•holundiip* at tho
traFa Office. <; n j, sa
Names of candidaUli'ahou d : ba sic
submitted to Perryman.' Pectin wit:
submitting names of itudenw^to* thh
be Considered for ScholarijKlPS den
i for-; tnc
should ; include any written ipforiM rtc of 3tot pilrUtitlhir I
(nation which they’deeni necof)|mry; gro
■ h'DliS
e intertst-: sch
case mt
m
Information letters!
brief or as lengthy as
ed persons think the
Perryman announced. Li;
The $200 "Lulie Hugjiey
Award" is for a sophothbre, njp,
ing in Liberal Arts andBtakWvg
tary Science.
Junior scholarships fibcludi t
$50,0 Krueger Award, the $30l)
bert D. Banta award,and
$338.B3 Jesse A. Jones iReward.^f)
Achievement. jLjj
A requisite for Jupior stinfeni
awards is that a student must mi'
worked to earn $150 per
year. George Long, director <# ;thp
Student Labor Office,; invite^! jun
iors to check with his office: hr 1
April 23, to bring their Work
ings records up to date.
B r
Wednesday Paper
Until After Holiday^ j?
The Wednesday paper w ' *
the final issue before! the Sj
Holidays] •' j/l!| j|
The next Battalion tviB ibefj
published Tuesday. L J, |__ |
5-1:45
5-f:tB ;
gl&-Mb
£45-10:15
:ld-10:45
iclli* said Dial; fuel/ ring
ip Smirked with u letter de-
tpe ring through which
to-go- ■ i i
il I HopliO'ttddud that; each grdiip,
“ 1)00 ot' 01-12i>, will ,be cmi-
fr;;.
ji
1-00
61-120
121-180
181-240
241-300
301.360
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ok u unit and Uist psople
hesh groups niay go
|th tjho ring in any order they
is ImtgPns they stay wijthin
limits of that partitiUl
in
5^
«jilli be necessary that -ithis
lie (be followed, he said, in
hat everyone get through
ligiin time. "If a person is
Id floes hot get through the
i jng the time alloted for
hisiykiupl he -will have to wait un-
f tiljHp ierjd to go through.” (
heditle only allows sec-
r each couple, so it will be
ry fotf' thkm to be prompt
g through,‘the ring.
iergeants of; the various
pn, thepcampus will himdle
1g jproc’edure and will he on
irect and avoid confusion.
adden Funeral
tjdlucted Sunday
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rad service* were held in
Tide Fuheral Home, Bryan,
r for Janies R. McFadden,
i of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Mc-
i, College Station.
Ivors are his three
ary Haberman., San j
r aijol King, Hart
d MjcFadden, San (
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Oliver, club president,
charge of $3.00 t per couple covers
cost of food and j refreshments,
Oliver said.
Heart O’Texas Club
An Easter Dance in the Wilkins
Bokt Dock Pavilljon, Lake Brown-
wood, will be hekLat 8 p. m. Friday
April 16. The Heart O’ Texas Clu
of TSCW has been Invited.
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Port Arthur Club ; I
Tke club will have an; Easter
celebration consisting of a dance
and a picnic, J. C, Fennell, secre
tary, has announced. The dance
will be held at the American Le
gion Hall on Lakeshore Drive in
Port i Arthur, Friday night at 8j
at Ttrrell Park in Beaumont Sat-
urda ’ April 16.
Price of admission to both events
per couple, payable
Friday night.
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April 14 Last Day
To Register For
Graduate Exam
The last day for registering for
the spring Graduate Record Ex
amination is April 14, according
to Dr. W. A. Vsrvel of ths Educa
tion and Psychology Department.
The examination will be given
on the afternoons of May 2 and 3.
Students planning to take the tests
should register in Room 102 of
the Academic Building before noon
April 14, Varvel said.
A number of the largest gradu
ate schools in the nation require
applicants for admission to sub
mit scores on this test as a sup
plement to their undergraduate
transcripts. However, A&M does
not require the Graduate Record
Examination asw basis for admis
sion to graduate work.
The examination measures know
ledge in the principal subjects of
a general education as well as in
the student’s major field of special
ization, Varvel added.
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A Gold Rush quartet composed of (L to r.) Don ! Son
Nowlin, Frank Albrecht. Tommy Butler and All
Gordon Keller sang “Clementine" as part of the
intermission program presented at Friday nifht’a
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wliich
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as theihe for
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