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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1949)
- ™ . -pi v j r I IL ,k \ H Tjl I i COLLEGE STATION Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE (Aggieland)r TE3CA3. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 ,1949 1 : | ^ )t TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13,1949 Students, Faculty Shell Research Man Dr. M. Ki Shell Oil Comp ul|y members light at 8 in Hubbert’s |tal mfent of resources by thfie last ffew , tronerati igers and potentia infe from this dpvolj) Irpportanco to ou ry from tho su out by Hubbert iiji m* jllubbert, a Toxjin by his undorgrjulusUn aid »rk nt the Unlvsrsltyjiw! •nWortiyc In geol^gy r i , associa te di rector of research for to graduate students and fac- 1 Resources and Human Affairs” s Lecture Room. be concerned, with the develop- (ithin *♦ r - pfyulcs, UJ , iught geology, Inhering geology at (pi f*rslty ami Colubiblnj jjl j 'During several orked as nMNodat he United Htiitei purvey and as !gec, 7 he Illinola Geohiglcil In 1942-43 he< (veinrli iard of Kconomic ashington, studyin r' nl resources arid e planning and rbij(|0!i|c^B divi on. Re joined the 3hdU Oil Com far in Octobm*] 19^. | \\' Among HubbeH’s siestearjch pro- cts are the develop 1‘eory of scale‘model plications to the! stud; Sal structures, the the | sult- The t>f en- rcught h. i, took nluate ticngo, matlcs otnly ind on: , J Uni- Ivfrslty. eN he 1st of rey. t|h* the arfare. in •rid min utes for fent of the a and,: its ap- „y of geologi- tlpd of un- tbe point tnics and lihffis also ieologic structures, | peal theory of the ^motiori of un lerground waters ffqnn t If view of hydn iermodynamic$. orked on the theo: tion of gravity leasurements', | jwor] f mineral resejun exploitation i and | . ilications r of th4 mdterjal ;and ’ SnsjitfMrjed. In addition tp beiag r a imember 1 numerous techniicajr otganiza- ions and societies^ !|ll|u ust finished a te - ^ the journal, GJeo ipterpre- MfiiJ magnetic dfatpimtion their rates koicial im- en- ■gy transformations " MISS BETTY HIPP of Waxa- hachie will represent the student affiliates of the American Chemi cal Society at the annual Cotton Pageant and Ball. Society of ExplOra Senior EE T© Inspect Uh ' About 95 senior fcL peering studejins wi t spection frip ; to the Worth area frd 21, Norman I\ electrical englrjeerii today. ; | The group jvfrill sv|i Handley Plant; Of tb trie Service C4mp^ new television! ^tatloh, Telephone Exchange, Power & Light;Cod 1 tlon Rt^vlce, ahd thf Company. "H ^ Several memher cal Engineerinjr 0<l eluding M. C. make the ionpejc Fire in ME Shop Sunday Causes $2,500 Damage Twenty five hundred dollars dam age to equipment in the air condi tioning laboratory was caused by the fire at 6:30 Sunday morning in the Mechanical Engineering ert has Shop Building, according to C„ W« itor of Crawford, head of the ME Depart ment. . j j j The damaged equipment includ ed a motor and compressor, two electric motor driven pumps, an air washer, duct work, and a wall of an insulated room in the build- ing. The damage th the building was not included ip the estimates as this will be paid by the school, not . by the ME 'Department, Crawford .kb: an ?n- Injury tp the building was alias-Fort extensive as the steel supports for the concrete roof were twisted by thej/heat. • / ! t ) Civil Engineers To Visit Houston Firm Eighty - six senior students in civil engineering will be in Hous-; ton April 13 and 14, on an In spection trip. 1 ■ ' The students will visit tho new telephone building under construc tion, the Lone Star Cement plant, the Sims Bayou sewage disposal plant, the Expressway, including the tunnel under the Houston ship channel. They will also visit tho Brown Ship Yards and the harbor facilities of Houston from two large boats. Faculty members of the Civil Engineering Department in charge of the' trip are R. L. Peurifoy and Henry J. Miles. ! Plans for the visit have been ar ranged by E. B. Cape, president of the Gulf Bitulithic Company, Geo. Powell of the Moser Steel Company E. N. Gustafson, president, Bayou Concrete Products Company and George Smith of the Texas Con struction Material Company, all of Houston. Spence Opens Beef Center Building Bids Bids for the Beef Cattle Center building west of the railroad tracks and south of Farm Highway 60 were open ed yesterday by T. R. Spence, manager of the physical plant in the presence of Carlton W. Adams, A&M System Archi tect, J. H. Getz, office man ager and the bidders. Low bid on general construction was R. B. Butler, Highway 6, Bry an. For $50,432 he guaranteed the construction within 100 working days. His was the lowest of 7 bid ders; the highest was $64,287. J. W. Hoyak, 304 South Randall, Bryan was the lowest bidder for the plumbing contract. His $4,853.- 50 bid was the lowest of the 6 sub mitted; the highest was $9,885. W. E. Kutzschbach, 1410 Cavitt Drive, Bryan bidded' lowest for the electrical contract. He bids $2576; the highest of the 7 bidders was $3739.50. The beef cattle center will be framed in steel, and the partitions will be concrete tile. Corrugated asbestos roofing will be used, and the floor area will be 11,000 square feet. ! / F I - ■ - A April ^9 tp April essor of Enounced he new X»s Elec* WBAP's 4 Haskell hb Dallas djstrlbu-: Elevator !lh<| itelectrl- iptiUcnt, in- hbftd. will vj»ith tho Miss Norms Cooke will rep The Rosa Volunteers os a to the Cotton Ball and Pageant. East Texans Plan Easter Festivities The East Texas dlub will hold its Easter party at Mattie’s Palm Isle Club between Tyler and Kil gore Saturday night beginning at i:80. Jim Overly, president, said today. The Kilgore Junior College or- chestra will furnish music for the dance, Overly said. ‘College Speaks’ To Be Suspended Through Holidays “The College Speaks” program, broadcast each weekday at 6:15 p.m. over WTAW, will not be pre sented during the Easter holidays, according 'to C. O. Spriggs, member of the English Department and co ordinator of The College Speaks program. The last program before the holi days -will be presented Thursday, April 14, with the broadcasts be ing resumed April 19, he said. This week’s College Speaks pro gram will include a discussion of the “Hoover Commission’s Report” by J. M. Nance, member of the History Department. Nance will speak on Monday afternoon, and will emphasize the composition and work of the Commission and its findings. He will also discuss the Com mission’s recommendations and the factors affecting the proposed re organization. The Commission, headed by Ex-President Hoover, was appointed last year to study methods of streaijiUning the Ex ecutive branch of the Government. M. Allen of the English Depart ment will discuss “Emerson’s Op timism” on Tuesday, and Dr. J. H. Bass of the History Department will talk on “Texas Eleemosynary Institutions" on'Wednesday. This talk will include a discus sion of the proposal by Represen tative Peyton McKnight, former Aggie, to set up a separate board of control for the institutions, Bass said. The week’s broadcasts will be concluded on Thursday with a telk by D. E. Wretlind of the English Department on “Henry James: Why & How to Read Him.” Aggies Place 7th In National Rodeo SAN FRANCISCO April 13—<**>) Led by all-around grand champion Harley May, Sul Ross State Col lege of Alpine, Texas, won the championship at the First Nation al' Intercollegiate Rodeo Tuesday night ' / Sul Ross accumulated 345 points to nose out California Polytechnic College, w>th 300 points. The difference was the placing of Harley May and Sotton Rosser of Cal Poly, the rodeo’s top out standing performers, in the Brah ma bull riding. May placed first in the event, scoring altogether 225 points of his team’s total. Rosser was fourth in the event and fin ished with an individual score of 195. !• Sul Ross 345, Cal Poly 300, Uni versity of Wyoming 235; New Mexico A&M 216, University of New Mexico 190. Texas A&M finished seventh. Methodists to Hold Communion Services The A&M- Methodist Church will hold communion service every night this week in the Prayer Room of the church from 7 to 8:30, James F.. Jackson, pastor of the church, said today. 7 ; BOB HOPE adjusts his four-in-hand and leers quietly at Doris Day (not shown). The Hope Show, with Miss. Day, will appear on Kyle Field April 20. k Easter Message The period April 15-18 is listed in the College Calen dar as the “Spring Recess.”! It is intended to serve two purposes. It is set to include Easter Sunday so that you may be at home with loved ones at the time which Chris tian people and the Christian Churches have dedicated to an arisen Savior. It is a season for joy and for renew ing our hope and faith in the future. Young men seldom realize the extent to which they are the embodiment of the future hopes and plans of their parents. Let me urge each of you to make this a glad Easter for your parents by showing them that you appreciate the sacrifices they have made for you and that their confidence in you is worthily placed. The second purpose of the recess is to give you a brief period Of relaxation and recreation; an opportunity to re-create .)n yourself a determination and an enthu siasm which may . be lagging. Midsemester grades are encouraging. The percent age of deficient students is less than it has been at this time in any recent year. Most of you have applied your self seriously to your studies and have experienced the satisfaction ihat comes with a consciousness of a job well done. You don’t need renewed determination for you have shown that you already have it, but I hope you will return next week refreshed and enthusiastic to make every day count. To those who cannot look on the work of the past weeks with pride, the recess affords an opportunity to orient yourselves, find the weak spots in your work, and determine that by the end of the semester you will bring every subject up to where you can be proud of it. F. C. Bolton . ! • President Thirty-Five Cadets Given Commissions TU’enty-two Distinguished Mil itary Students have been selected for appointment as 2nd Lieuten ants in the Regular Army effec tive June 15. 1040. or if. student will graduate later in the summer, at such time as they receive a Baccalaureate Degree, subject to confirmation by State, physical qualifications, .and designated as a Distinguished Military Graduate. Named were: tr Harold H. Brunkhorst, Grady A. Uole, Charles D. Coppinger, Rob ert L. Damrel, William P. Dick son, James H. Edgar, Jr., Robert F. Fly| Oscar M. Garcia, Robert B. Hurley, Francis R. Lengefeld, Marvin R. McClure, Jr., and h a r 1 e s I. McGinnis, Robert B. cJilton, Jr., James T. Moore, Dwayne A. Pkozer, Edward W. Pence, Chesley D. Prichard, Jack A. Quirey, Ralph L. Shannon, John A. Shortal, Robert W- Spoede, and Charles W. Tate, Jr., were also named for appointment. Each of the above named stu dents have been directed to under go a final type physical examina tion and U notify the Commanding General, Fourth Army, as to any change in status or permanent mailing address. Jack F. Andrews ancj George R. Edwards had been se- ‘Who’s Who’ Pics May Be Ordered 7' I 1 Pictures of this year’s winners of the “Who’s Who” awards are now in the Office of Student Activities, according to firady Elms, assist ant director of Student Activities. The pictures will remain'm the office this week, Elms said, ,mI men wishing to order prints may do so by contacting Helen Roberta, office receptionist. lected for appointment in the Reg ular Army upon reaching the age of 21. These officers may apply for active duty under their re serve commissions pending attain ment of their twenty-first birthday and appointment in the Regular Army. Six students have been selected for appointment in the Regular U. S. Air Force and subject to confirmation of the Senate, phy sical qualifications, and designa- tiori as Distinguished Military Graduates will be tendered a Reg ular Air Force commission when they receive their ; Baccalaureate Degree. They are Milton I. Aalen, Tom my F. Blackstone, David L. Fort, Darwin R. Hamilton, Virgil R. Huddleston and George A. Lowes. Seven men have been selected for appointment in the Regular U. S. Air Force upon reaching the age of 2i: This list includes Randolph W. Barker, Charles E. Phillips, Billy J. Shields, Troy VST. Crook, Hiram C. Sloan, Jr., James A- McCiilley and Robert C. Storrie. Briggs to Speak On Ag Journalism 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. tonight. The meeting will be open to all interested students and faculty members, according to Donald D. Burchard, head of the Journalism Department Briggs has wide experience In the field of agriculture, Burchard said. Bland, Tiedt, Win Danfort — J New Rent Law Allows' Some ■ ■ \ , * j Rent Increases . The new federal rent law enacted by Congress last week has at least eight changes, Gordon L. Benningfleld> area rent director, said today. The naw law la designed to help landlords whose income is not suf- fietent to cover the operating ex penses. Under the new law these people may raise the rent, but this is not a general rent increase, Ben- ninffield said. 1710 new law makes wider pro visions for the de-controling ac tion of the city and state (with the governor’s approval). The local boards, Benningfield said, have al ways had the power to decide whether or not federal rent control is necessary. The changes cover evictions, re bates on over-payment of rent, re- control of areas that have been de controlled, rent control on trailer space, restrictions on leases, and empower the local housing expedi ter to check on violations. Any landlord or tenant who thinks that present rents are out of line should see the local rent office, Benningfield concluded. Flight 10 Places First in Review; Band Takes Second By JOHN TAPLEY In the first regimental review held this year on the Annex, Flight 10 took first place with a grade of 90.73. Close on their heels was the Band, second place with 90.69, while Company 7 placed third with 89.63 points. • 'p. \ 1 j 1 The review, said Sgt J. C. Thom as of the Annex Military Science Department, was the first of its type all year, the others all being parades. The review was held On the air strip, with! Major W. B. Green, PMS&T, fop the Annex, the acting inspecting officer. ■ First and last companies were separated by only 4.16 points, ac cording to the bulletin posted by Bgt. Thomas early Tuesday. He also announced that there will be two more rated reviews prior to the Federal Inspection, one next week and another on April 25. Company 1, the freshman band, tightened their grip on regimental first place by notching tho second- place win. The band now has a total of 40 points in the regimen tal standings. Flight 11 is! second with 37 points, while Flight 10 made the largest advance, scoring eight points with their Monday win, moving them up to sixth po sition. '• - \* 7 p! “There is still time for the last place company in the regiment to move up to first place in the con test for outstanding company,’!’ said Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher. commandant at the Annex, just be- “Th« ship for juniors is major from Merkel lected as alternate. @ Two Annex f~ low- ariimal husbandry Orange Grove, was se- Miss Dorothy Hearenl. duchess of Stephen F High School of Brjhjikh Cotton Ball and PagiM Senior Petit) Students Injs, . Oil Installations Senior petroleum . i'en students iare making qplodi' p: ious localities of espefeial intjhifes according to Albert B. Stevelu the Petroleum Engineering Dipl^i ment. The inspection; trip logi yesterday morning and will: ttod tinue through Thursday. ; j Yesterday the students weije th|< guests of the Humble’Oil an fining Company at the Kat; cycling Plant. The .'Vistl labout two and one-hajjrhffl Texas Company offices in t vel Field were also v felted r This morning the ijOnio a two hou,r tour of the Tool Company in HpustonJ afternoon tjhe group has ||ar visit to tho Stanolind^Oi Company field office jin Field and a tour of the Bayou Field. m Thursday the students offshore operations or t! lind Company and tl Company. • j| fore Monday’s review. “The out- standing company will not neces sarily be at the top of the regi mental standings, but many other factors will help determine this company. Among these are scho lastic averages, number of ‘rams’ and panel-court cases in the units, military science grades, and intra mural standings," he said. 1 Kream - Kow Klub Will Have Picnic The Kream and Kow Kiub will hold its annual picnic for the stu dents and faculty of the Dairy Husbandry Department April. 23 in Hensel Park, R. G. Baumhardt, president, said today. A calf will be barbecued. .Fal lowing last year’s precedent, mar ried members will bring salads and cakes, and single members will bring cold drinks, Baumhardt said. A baseball game between < mar ried and single students will be played at the picnic, Baumhardt said. Barbara Patterson Is Batt Duchess Misa Barbara Patterson was se lected as duchess to represent the Battalion at the annual Cotton Pa geant and Ball to be held here April 27. Miaa Patterson, a freshman at 8MU, is from Dallas and majoring in liberal arts. She is in the Tri Delta Sorority at SMU. Miss Patterson will be escorted by Paul Berry. Ramps I and J of • will bo used to provti dations for girls a|l Senior Ring Dancfls^Fr, Saturday nights, AMI 21 Bennie A. Zinn, assistant men, announced todajj.' Students having gbes charged $1.25 per nipt to cover cost of mnti ops incidental expenses. G^e admitted to their .rootyjs Friday April 22 and; rooma ; be vacated by 11:30 ^? ( in||Sbm Room assignments t taay b J ' in Room 100 Goodwin* Hill ning at 9 a. m. Tuesday, At,, Zi„„ s<i d. A , . ilil Miss Jave Delany :$ Duchess of the A3 Cotton Ball and Psj Bob Hoj On Sale at Ai Tickets for the scheduled to appea at 8 p. m. Wedne are on sale in Mrs. Student Center nex. .. -••i General admission t sale for $1.20, and ‘ are $2.40 and ' for the schol- .wawls. jL. O. Tiedt from La was chosen, frclm the School Ilficulture, Wh|l( Donald L. !p$n of Orangcfield was se- rom the $choj)l o'f Vetori- ediclno. .j j; "onflrmtd. Ycs'ierduy Dnnforth Award select ions nfirmed yettenluy b;r Char- HhopnrrtHon, ; i ean of agrl- unlor fellowship Includes a k course qt tho Balston- 1s. umL -Ixperim t. Louis, .Mb sourl k stay at tie A Foundation^ (amp, net, Lake Michigan, will beiflnjjuly !l ental and a nerlean Camp The 31 and itllf August 2f reshmen scho arshlp Indu- © week stay it tho Amerl- .th FoUndatloi Camp, Camp inca; Lake Midiigan, begin- ugust 15 and lastihg until «* 7 Outstanding) Speakers e at the cami), both junior cshmqn delegites will hear Xes by outstanding men in fields, will participate In ipnel activities, and will as- wijth other select students, !other colleges 'over the na- Danforth Awjard began in knd Since that time A&M has i representative every year. Ireshman schplalrship was ad- six years ago for freshmen in School of Agriculture and the .jrd to ; Freshman Veterinary (dents was added' this year.' tlifications for ! receiving the l state that the; student must liftj one of! the two Schools named, idver twenty-oaej have a certi- its of g^od healt|, and be will- o miss the second term of the ier . school seiposter.^ Expense)) paid expenses ate; paid for the ! winners, But freshman wift-1 ust finance thpir own travel- penses to the camp. cholo Matf Class ospital e psychology! Persolnalityi Adjustments' ill visit the Sthte Hospital in i April 21, according to M. S. laugh of the Education and liology Department. differefnt types qf mental lalitics are jitudfed In tho j*o4m prior to (ho trip, Knva- j) said. At hospital stu- Will have tho]opportunity to croons who;'*r<j afflicted with different tyiies of mental imctloris. Throj trip is mudo fa .(jC'ii.. i. I ** w