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Bob Hope Tells Program PI
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Pat Parker, A^gi* Sfie
Nwj 11 represent A&.M'at it)i<
Rjmdclet of Hicoi Itjstit
wfll be escorted byiCHucV |Ca
at|ident senator from! Do I n
The Rondelet jj» Hhe; li
rinir social event at It
stfonsored by the ^Vcancn^ii
that school. AcWvdles Iflili
“ J rt of the weekend faffBlfl-V
Id on both Muj
ajhmial Rondelet
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Escorts Pat Parker
let Coronation-Ball
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el 'cayomjlil'
all scheduled forKhj) l«t|f
fJottn Hcnumacher; It ip
jjtH chosen to rvlaiv ns ' j*
tile Rondelet In 0^1 nil s<
hold on March U at
• tfn school. P»»g5 |llbi)
Allene Ray will bo Jn'lm
t|c coronation.
Rice Co-eds porm
| The Senior Class at R
r presented by Miarthan
dpchess, Yvonne pr^nbe||y^
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ifargan, Ava Jean McDatlfc
Louiso Kllcpora, ;Betly
yrosse, Roberta Mitrfee,i
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the l Jun
ill be Eugenia ilurrie
icelber, and Naitcy iHetyi
i maids. • | 4
Duchess for
dll be Gerry Srottn, ^
i, Gay Schneideri Soil
rine Martin, I Be Ah a G
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aids will
hannon,
ay, Anne
lice Flack, and jColIeen
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Carolyn Doiigl
reshman Class duchess
oone, Vicky ;Sehvrarti|
ielstrom, Aim | doe
arts, Margardt |Bla
all, and Paula Meredi
Miss Parker Repres
Miss Parker, A&M g M uii
coronation, has repteaented
of similar
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ggieland at a dumber
mnts since her sejecti
ie Sweetheart ast fall
ese events were [tlw
Connected with the C(
I ante on January 1| in
Jniversity of Texas R<)
. Austin, the TCU Rdnch
1 he half time Shojw
&M-SMU corpjj trip
A dietetics majo)* t
hristi, the Aggie Swebth^art |je-
Heived her B.SiJdegree At; TSCW
January;
graduate work
rrep in the
nisa Parker iwifs Ob
Iweetheart by a giour
ionior cadets. She v{,
twelve nominees fo< tlfi
wine: fiecymRl!|'
Address
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This
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Boyco House, noted
hor and lecturer, Will
Brynn^ Rotary Cljub,
Ight, Tuesday, wt 1
eeting will take the
gulnr Wednesday t
House is autho# of <i|he hooks
r uch ns, "I Giye |YoU TeVas.” He
sra's-technical advisor, pf t*he movie
"Boom Town.” I
He will also Be the
ir at the Senior Ring
[uet, Saturday, ni^ht at fi.
House lives ib Pt. Wdk th arid has
given over 600 spee<|hei irt
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MISS PAT PARKER
General Electric
To Give Measuring
Show Here Friday
The General Electric Company
will put on! a “Carnival of Meas
urements” show in the Assembly
Room ,of Bolton Hall at 8 a. m.
Friday!
Visitors to the exhibit will see
more than 150 devices and com
ponents for the measurement of
»^ electrical and non-electHcal quan-
mo.ng titles.
vitips One such device is a: new, fast-
response photoelectric Recorder so
sensitive that it will measure the
temperature difference between
two parts of the human body. It
is. being used in the field of medi
cine to determine temperature dif
ferences between two sections of
the brain and between two verte
brae in the spine.
To facilitate close examination
of the instruments, many have
boon mounted on panels and iden
tified by captions as to their us.
ago.
0. H. Halttnuncn and K. T. Mo-
Entire of tho GE Meter and In
struments Divisions, will give ill
ustrated talks on tho oneration ami
application of various instruments.
Experiment Group
Gets Donation
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., of Kings
ville, has made available $200 to
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station. The money will be used in
conjunction with the project, “The
Food Consumption and Population
of White Tailed Deer on the Live;
Oak-Mesquite Ranges of the King
Ranch<” R- D. Lewis, director of
the station, announced.
“This research will be conducted
by the Department of Wildlife
Management in cooperation with
the King Ranch,” Lewis said.
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FusseJI Is one of seven local girls Who
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had been elected by popular ballot
of their classmates at TSCW.
Sweetheart Qualified Easily
She easily met the requirements
for sweetheart nominee which
specifies that the candidate must
have a C avenge with no failing
grades as she had a B average in
her undergraduate courses. Evi
dently aha met equally aa well the
requirements for attractiveness
and personality that complete the
yardstick by which nominees are
judged.
The iAggle cadets who selected
Miss Parker announced their
choice on October 22 with the
statement that hy a unanimous
decision it had been decided she
best met the qualifications for
beauty, personality, general ap
pearance, and photogenlty.
The Corpus miss is a blue-eyed
blonde, 6’ 6”. and weighs 111
pounds. Prior to her selection as
sweetheart she had gained other
honors at TSCW, among them,
Redbud Prihcess and social chair
man of her dormitory.
Cabaniss Named
Choice of Chuck Cabaniss as
Miss Parker’s escort and represen
tative’from A&M at the Rice coro
nation-ball was made by the social
committee of the Student Senate.
Julius Blum, chairman of the com
mittee! announced the selection at
the last meeting of the group.
Cabaniss is a veteran junior from
Garland and is taking a prelaw
course. He is a member of the
Senate and the Student Life Com-
mitttep, works on the staff of The
Battalion, and is sports editor of
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Ring Ceremony
Plans Ready
For 2 Dances
The schedule for going through
the ring at the Senior Ring Dance*
has been announced by J. B. Ro
chelle, chairman of the ring cere
mony committee, j
■ Rochelle asked that all senior*
attending the King Dance comply
with the following schedule in
order that everyone get through
the ring on time:
1 Friday Night
9:15-9:45 1-60
9:45-10:15 ! I 01-120
10:15-10:45 • ■ 121-180
10:45-11:15 I f 181-240
11:16-11:45 I 1 241-300
Saturday Night
8:15- 8:46 1- 60
8:45- 9:16 61-120
9:15- 9:45 | \ 121-180
9:45-10:16 181-240
10:15-10:46 241-300
10:45-11:15 301-360
This schedule allows each couple
30 seconds to go through the ring,
Rochelle said. First sergeants/of
the different outfits will be on
hand to carry out the ceremony on
time. /
Governor Approves
Adjunct For A&M
House Bill 64, authorizing establishment of an adjunct
of A&M at Junction, Texas, was signed Thursday by Govern
or Beauford Jester. / I /
This adjunct consist* of 411 acres of land located less
the court hpiise at Junction, Texas. It
^borders on the South Llano Riv-
rs. The land!was donated t° the
ollefa
County.
Bob Hope, ski-nosed ^ji
closed by telephone Inst iuffent
scheduled to start at 8 p.
Speaking from Phoen
on a whirlwind schedule
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Ag Committee
Sends Papers
To Filipino 4
By K. W. ROBHINR
Work of an Agricultural Educa
tion Committee to gather teaching
material for a Fillpipo ended Tues
day gfternoon with a report by
Bob Laing, chairman, and a stack
of technical bulletins, charts, and
illustrative material eighteen inch
es high. Laing reported for the
committee of five men at the meet
ing of the Ag Ed 425 class.
Work started early in March
soon after Dean C. N. Shepardson
received a letted addressed to “The
Texas Agricultural College, College
Station, Texas.” The letter was
written by Filamino Hojilla, from
Oton, on the Island of Hlolo, in
the Philippine*.
Hojilla said in his letter that he
would teach poultry and swine in
the public schools. He added that
the subjects would be taught for
the first time, and he would ap
preciate any bulletins, charts, or
illustrative material the college
might furnish him.
Dean Shepardson, seeing the let
ter was connected with teaching
Vocational Agriculture, refered it
to the Ag Ed Department; W. W.
Mcllroy, associate professor in the
department, handed the task on
down to the group headed by
Laing,
Laing said his committee had en
joyed compiling the material. He
said he wrote Hojilla, offering him
further help, should he need it.
Agronomists Will
Toiir Puerto Rico
Dr. T, R. ; Richmond, professor
of Agronomy and head of tho Ex
periment Station cotton group, and
C. E. Lewi*, associate professor of
agronomy will sail to Puerto Rico
late this month to choose different
types of cotton to Improve our own
varieties here in the U. 8.
The trip which Richmond and
Lewis are making i* a continuation
of work which has been under way
for three year*. j \
The two wilt do their work in
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture tropical garden. The cotton
they pick will be from plant* which
have been growing in the
for two or three year*.
garden
They hope to breed some of the
good characteristic* of wild cotton
into the American cotton so as to
make it free from insects and dis-
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college by the people of Kimble
^Henderson Shuffler, director of
Information, said that the adjunct
would probably be used for sum
mer classes in pro-college train
ing for those high lehool students
deficient In certain background
courses which are advisable for
them to take heforo their entrance
Into AAM. Those students will
take aptitude test* to determine
their college (tbllttio*.
It will alsb probably be used
for the Geology summer field
trips. Summer hydraulics cour
ses will also be offered and re
search work will be done there In
horticulture by the Agricultural
Experiment Station, particularly
in pecans.
Shuffler said Uiat no definite
plans have ben completed for the
adjunct yet.
The bill provides that the land
be used by the; college for educa
tional purposes with but few ex
ceptions. One of these is that a
student may hot take more than
half of his fidl curriculum there.
Also not more than $200,000 may
be spent on |he adjunct without
specific authorization from the
legislature.
Newman Delegates
Attend Convention
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Five delegates from the A & M
Newman Club attended the thir
teenth annual South Central Provi
dence Convention held at Norman,
Oklahoma last week. The men who
went were W. L. Schumann, Char
les Drapela, Paul Wearden, apd
Stanley Kuchorka. i!
The object of the convention was
to improve th# work of all New
man clubs. In the Province, ac
cording to W. L. Schumann, one of
the delegates. Such subject* as re-
ligioua aapect* of the dub. itream-
lining the dub, and the club mag-
asine were di«tu***d. Suggestion*
were made to Improve the club ac-
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A full report of the convention
will be given ,ii$ tho next meeting
TueikUy night. A religious discus
sion also will held By the mem
ber* of the club. Tills will he the
first In a series of discussions on
the history of jheiehurch
Cotton jPugeant
TicketN on Sale
Tickets for the Cotton Pa
geant and Style Show went on
sale today alt the Agronomy
Department, Lipscomb* Phar
macy, and W. S, D. Clothiers
in Bryaq. / [I s ! i
Reserved tickets are $1.50 and
|eneral admission tickets are
MRS. TRAVIS BRYAN, JR. of Bryan will model an ensemble
made from fabrics at The Fabric Shoppe of Bryan on the Bob
Hope Show Wednesday night on Kyle Field. Models from four
local women's apparel shops will appear on the show.
Mysteries Run Third
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Students Prefer
Historical Fiction
To many Aggies the term “li
brary” Is Mynonomous with loath-
sdnu* thoughts such ns “formal re
ports" or "required reading.”
Some students, however, arc
fairly regular visitors to the local
storehouse of the written' word.
Some few might even deserve the
classification “book-worm” accord
ing to reading advisor Mrs. Ruth
Mills. \ /
Self-impelled Aggie readers
seem to prefer historical fiction
and books with a psychological
twist. Their next choice, says Mrs.
Mills, is the ever-popular mystery
story. • . I \
By method of illustrating the
popularity of the latter types of
books, she remarked that although
the library has several shelves full
of mystery stories, only a small
space is needed on which to place
them. It seems that a great ma
jority of the “who-dunnits” are
checked out all of the time. Erie
Stanley Gardner has the greatest
following in this line.
The library has no records by
which it can ascertain the book or
books most read by relaxation
seeking Aggies, Mrs. Mills judges
from personal experience with the
readers, ^though, that the current
favorite seems to be the best sell
er, “The Naked and the Dead,” by
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Reserve Unit Of
Navy Activated
The firat Volunteer Naval Re-
»erve Research Unit in Texas wa#
recently activated at College Sta
tion. Orders wen presented to Lt.
Cdr, Norman F. Rode, commanding
.officer of the new unit, by Com-
msnder K, W. Mnyhew of the Of
fice of Naval Rwcprch in Chicago.
Twenty-two naval wwrvai offl-
car* received order* for affiliation
with the new unit and other ap
plication* are still being processed.
This Is the third such unit In the
Eighth Naval District. Two hsve
been organised at Tulsne Univer
sity and Louisiana State Univer
sity, and a fourth will be started
sometime this month at Texas
University.
Members of the new unit will
meet regularly to discuss possible
fields of basic scientific research.
Suggestions will be forwarded to
the parent organization, the Office
of Naval Research, which will
OMCf j through the work bn a
promising ideas. /
CIO Speaker
For Addres^Al
Accounting Com
A reprcsehtotlve of tho CIO' ,
address the Accounting Conjfens
to be held altl Texas A&M GoB<
April 26-27. f
Stanley H. Ruttenbcrg, direfljor
Department of Education andi,Rc
search, CIO,! will discuss “A Laho
Representative Views Accouittlh
Reports.” . '''ill!
The second annual
Conference will be chaired
Harwell, controller, Magm
troleum Company, Dallas.'
Farrar ii in charge of Ideal] 1
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Authorities in the field' qfj 1
counting will take leading
in the conference, including!
sir
Norman Mailer.
To Hell And Ilsrk
Also well-circulated at the pres
ent time is “To Hell and Back”,
Audie Murphy’s novel of his war
time experiences.
Constant favorites with local
readers are Max Shulman’s “Fea
ther Merchant,” and “Zebra Der
by” sand H. Allen Smith’s “Lpw
Man On the Totem Pole.”
Another interesting fact about
ocal students, said Mrs. Mills, is
their choice in biographies. “They
don’t seem particularly interested
in whom they read about just so
ong as he has led an interesting
ife.” To back up this statement
She mentioned the recent biogra
phy of Henry Ford.
New-Comers
New-comers to the college and
i;o the library prefer western stor
ies, while, in violent contrast, thejre
is a small segment of high-brows
who regularly peruse the works of
Tolstoi and Proust without urging.
Aggies also like to read factual
)ooks about current controversial
questions, said Mrs. Mills, addihg
hat some even prefer them to
: Iction.
Veteran’s wives are pretty con
stant customers at the library apd
quite often detail hubby , to pick
up books for them. Interesting
tastes isinong vet’s wives are tho ie
of the few British spouses who
seem intent to learn all they a n
about' the American!, Way of li '•
through reading American fiction.
Mrs. Mills most startling reva-
ation about reading preferences,
however, concerned the prof*.
“They prefer mysteries for their
free-time reading,” she *aW. Pe *•
haps that’s where they get Inspir
ations for quicses.
History Students
Take Mexico Toil
Five history studont* and Dr,
B. Nelson, of the History
ment, have completed '* recent toi
of Mexico. They observed Uvlm
social, and working condition III
the various towns in that count™
Dr. Nelson said thsy visited Lg
Rosita, Musquig, Sabinas, Monelova
and Saltillo, all in the state ot
Coahulla. On their return! they viH
ited Monterrey. The class also sa
a silver plant, and rug factory li
Saltillo and observed opersth
and working conditions there.
The tour covered about 1400
miles and lasted for seven days.
School of Business, North TfeijaM
State College and president of tjhq
Texas Association of U^iivi ^
Instructors in Accounting:
McFarland, head, Research
National Association of Costj
countants. i
T. W. Leland, head, BusInesiUnd
Accounting Department, AjjfcMj
says that at least 275 mbh inlhe
various fields of accounting^ hr<j
expected to be in attendance.; j
Harry Pierson
Be Here April !$)
Iljtrry H.j^lprson, director i> ih<i
student program of tha JnHi tild
of Internatljqnai KducafloiL vfl 1 jm
on the campus April 30 forjl ilew
views, according to R,;u Rich*
nssUtant to President Bpltog. i [
Pierson will explain thii rfUr jtiy
enaoted Fuilbright Act,, ^hiO}' tip
nblck graduate student'*,'and I riril em
feasors to do research[gf teBtiliiijii L.j
foreign universities, Ht.yF 1LU '
duct personal interviews':-wlj
tore ited applicants.
E kins asked that hit
son^ contact him in '
Academic Building. /V
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scrooh, nnd radio dia-
r his two-hour fun-fo»t
w nijrHt Ih/Kyle Field,
where ho wan stnrtlnir
ill for 25 performanceH
ip-tles in 16 days, ,Hops Haul
M was looking .forwjurd to
li first trip to A&M.
the extreme shortage of
ii around here dldn' ; seem
tttpi'b the English-born comic.
A -nil, a fellow ha* to go on
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reporter’s questions con
»cal condition*,
vay, I'm bringing *omo
lit women of my own,” con “
Hdpe. He wad referring to
Inging star Dori* Day and
!nne Irepe Ryan, both mem-
his ton ring troupe.
j isn’t Miss Day it little
|f coming to the home of
],000 woman-starved stu-
I asked him.
en she lesves your cara
ts the studentsithat will he
id th
she’s
en he
a bun-
of the
as not
he replied
ignificantly,
, dynsrtltel”; ,
jtireleSs king-clown
'or over a decade
appointed at learnilng that
furphy had been Awarded
di ary position [in the cadet
(n his recent trip to] A&M.
'ced him, “Don’t yjou feel
at ndt beinfe offered a
position?”
’s all right,” rteturnjed Hope
s senior officcfr from away
lyhow.” j
also admitted [that nis fam-
de-kick, Bing ! Cros by, had
to accompany bi n when
d that the sepedub includ-
dl-boys college. Sa d Hope,
pretty sick ! of boys—he
o have enoughj of hi* own.”
ad lib champion promised,
tat there would
a few
ic«t» to A&M bn his Swsn
ht «t S pi m, on
Ihcw tonl
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on his
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wl 1 be Unpo’ji sec md trip
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.’tntly complctot n trip slml-
bb present 'xpei Ii Ion In
mrfbrmed i i 3>'l cities In
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HOpE,, | Pjage
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kuiiorreiw aboard the fhart-
i j-fl Malnllnor
tjjl because'
qrtotlon. for his
come ftfom W
dflernoqn shoiy
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