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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1949)
n ->?■ I Volume 48 P+ f I. If ■ ’ i ■ a :! I ' ■ -[• * 1 ' h ' / Honsd \*A • V 1 / K' 1 X A /< m ' ■ / PUBLISHED COLLEGE STA 1 :A I!' ‘ J !lTT ouse, .rfi .IU Parents to be the It crammed eyehia get etartA-brea 1 /7 s 80. FollOWl Cor|M of dormitory aira« flower* oy |o^gi dem, mothu the veat itlon piece for tli int ganisatli the tradltloji 9 for >tt 0:20 jwliil* fflonde ard tkl the drill fl4l<. i wiy be fornflni The review I will adjutant’* 1 XJurlng theirtwlt will recelvjj In /or thieir oulai Review Activities | which i* >ned, iB with early Hall at 4. I \ BOcitttion Year, officialb a(t> the A4M Mo|hor out TextiH and tl dial* of the Daul olution and the Confederacy,11 staff* of the A&M’CollW The unit; vidual jSnit best drillej] fit. ^ Beginniijig program Perkihi. rotary tot mSterfof i tram. 1 . The InVocaJtioi by Donald Ei J tant. Preslden give and lege ph<m 1 ; invoi m .Rob" dreHs th< preaent tl rtt. the in the pning of comman- learta. At iophomore ” [ and or- receive lied time- |kj In «uid- nt* and jiteatB at Of cadet* e reVlcw. 0:20 with M Band, ling cadet* d award* Iwork and p i: , the re- Sunday repreeen- dents As* Her of the bers from (»! through- kweat, offi- f the Rev-- ers of the er* of the Sjystem and Ili'l t>f the indi- lals to the each out iml there will '' Hall hon- fathers of ude to the f Leonard | social sec- , will be the pro- low given orps Adju- ^Bolton will io jthc parents If (of the col- ill then ad- lanton will gje Mother of ation. With he Singing gregation a 1 Rose; co- d ’49, will Following Chaplain Jarvis will give the benediction. After lunch in Duncan Hall at 12:80 at which time the parent* and friend* will eat with the ca det*, the cadet dormitoriee will have open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Other event* scheduled for the afternoon are: an exhibition of special drill by the Roe* Volun teer Company on the main drill field at 2 p. m.; open' house in President Bolton's Home from 2 to 4 p. m.; and the A4M Band will alve a concert on the lawn of the President'* . home from 3 to 4:80 p. in. -r Staff Named For Annual Child s Clinic Advanced registration for the fourth annual Crippled Children’s Clinic to be held at College Station, Mhy 9, points to the largest and most suc cessful clinic yet held, Dr. G. W. Schlessleman, clinic chair man said today. “One of the best staffs of ortho pedic and plastic surgeons in the state has been obtained for this free clinic, Dr. Schlessleman ad ded. A staff of voluntary workers has been assembled to help with the clinic. 1 . j ^ [ Lilly Ice Cream Company^will furnish free ice cream; Sanitary Dairies will furnish free milk; and the Cock Cola Bottling Company and Dr. Pappee Bottling Company will furnish free soft drinks for the children and the parents at the clinic. Other business men and business houses have volunteered, other services. Where transportation in not available for these children, the committee will endeavor to pro vide tranapor^ation if they are in formed in time, Dr. Schlessleman raid. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and all children should be register ed before noon of May 9. Further information is obtainable from Dr. Schlessleman or Dan Russell, A4M College. |r KHII Recomr 12th Mij by the si.., enthuallaltic Senate last sent back t development posals in Before I JwX to make -were dia I I the vote wi Opponents L favored a tHre cause they felt to giVe : ti Considers : / ,t 1 rship Plans if best to gi some stud' A&M bu out of B<ihi financial li ent, hi schola: establish a sponsored ere received the Student jt the plan was .tep for further ^ financing pro- t'ecommenda- - headed by te voted to ^ four year i>8al and one r scholarship naively before i ,f<jur year plan War award be- iat lit would be financial aid to yds already in 1 iave to drop ii l not receive uVther atten- a group tilH make At i*t ill. The chief f SB camp the hoI I CJulon •very remint cl tf dour m, A •NM*m! fer to In the ftootbal have when the _ I -• rly j I ^nator* prea- ja four r year sler the same ! the preeent One of the ould be that representing body would Jon of the |o|n the award [ J >rn|K)HHl was held on the pt* to go to mother idea $: weekly •how! in Ltoneslvew ?k Baugh ny J- . ■ atW* isS by tha he Rlc« of- A4M dance wi* "expressed 1 i y .,i' /•. ' fi - { . i 1 that this dance would offer an excellent opportunity to improve relations between the two schools. The Senate voted to sponsor the sale of used books on the campus May 31 at the Exchange Stores A representative from a used book agency will purchase any books the students wish! to sell at that time. The percentage which the \ (See SENATE, Page 6) / INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE N (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 6,1949 nts Day To .-i t:--■ j : . -v xk ■ X ' . x' x,: - I,;. x ' '■ / ■ ■ attalion TEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE / leland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 6,1949 / ;X;| " / , / •X 'TX \ hour generation* In the family of the Aggie Mother are repreHented in thl* picture. Mr*. Randolph Lee Clark, Hr., the Aggie Mother, la on the right. Her grandfton, Paul J. Pond, Jr. I* holding Michael Pond,-the fourth generation. member. Mr*. Paul J. Pond, Hr. I* on the left. Mr*. Clark will be presented to the student body and It* gue*t* Hunday morning at special Par ent’* Day services In Oulon Hall. : r Activities Bej WiU Extend Tl 'ive and seven thousand par- r a/ Between five and seven thousand par ents, high school seniors, and friends of the, college are expected on the A&M Campus t's Day /:■/ m. college are expected on ipe for combined Open House and Parent’s I activities Saturday and Sunday. Open Housd Day will begin ati 9 a. Thornton Wins Race; Elston Vi Annual (Follies To Feature Bands, Beauties. Big Acts “Aggie Follies of 1929 Run Twenty Years Too Late" is .the title of this year’s Aggie Follies which will lie presented Friday and Saturday nights in Guion Hall at 8 p. m. Produced by the Aggie Players, the show will include variety acts, local, talent, and a girl’s chorus from the Bryun-College Station area. j ' Two bands will furnish music for the occa*ion. One of them will be Uncle Ed'* Cowboy Band and Florists to Hpld Weekend Exhibits The Floriculture Department will put on a Mother’s Day display of flower arrangements and designs in the greenhouse across from the Exchange Store. In addition to this display the department will have all of the greenhouses open for inspection, C. C. Smith, publicity manager for the Student Floral Concessions, said today. - In conjunction with the display the Floral Concession will open a flower bar serving corsages, Smith added. The bartenders for the corsage bar will be W. C. Zelsman, E. D. Berry, Joe Kelly, R. B. Greene, and Tom Price. . skLi the other will be Bud Barlow’* Band which will play the ’’Beer Barrel Polka,” “Moonlight and Roses," “Big Brass Band from Brazil,” and “Buttons and Bows.” The 90 minute variety show will feature Bill Kraune as master of ceremonie*. The parudfc of beauties will high light ten local girls including Mil dred Phillips, Jeanne Kernkdle, Clara Howard, Jeanne Ostner, Countess Jones, Jerry Bell, Sissy Malian), Nan Chism, and Beverly Flenkej. After the parade they will Charleston with their es- do the corts. | • A tap dance number will be done by Mis* Wanda MAylor and Kindey Jones, and Alice Butler will sing a romantic duet. Geolrge Dillavou of the English Department, director of the Ag gie Players, is in charge of the show. He returned to A&M re cently after a leave of absence Technician Quits; Position Is Open Mrs. Mary Hanna, Brazos Coun ty Health Unit laboratory techni cian for the past year, is resigning effective June 1, 1949, A. C. Allen, head of the Unit, announced today. The position will then be open and applications will be received by Allen jat that time, he said. tjli., „ >v . for graduate study at Colnmbia University in New York. Follies tickets may be purchased in College Station and Bryan for 80 cents each. They may be ob tained at .the A&M Grill and Lip scomb’s, Madley’s, or Black Phar macy. The tickets will also be on sale at the Student Activities Office. Jn Bryan they are being sold at the Caldwell Jewelery Store, Cana dy’s Pharmacy, and the Deluxe Cafo. / •/; Standard Oil Man On ‘Great Issues’ John R. Suman, vice-president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, will speak to > the Great Issues Class on “The World Over- AU Oil Problems’’ Monday at 8 p. m. I in the Chemistry Lecture Room, S. R. Gammon, chairman of the Committee on Great Issues, said today. \ X 1 Suman will conduct an informal question period at the regular class meeting Tuesday morning at 11. The meeting will be held in Room 301 of the EE Building. Suman is accompanied by D. B. Harris of the Humble Oil and Re fining Company. One of A & M'A most spirited campus campaigns ended Wednes day night with “Wild Bill” Thorn ton holding a 7 to 0 edge oyer Bob Page to emerge ajs winner In the race for Non-Corps Yell Lead- •r. j-"' The blond PB majffr from Pales tine tallied 716 votes while, carry ing 7 voting areas. Page, who bill ed himself a* the “Rage of the Age” in pre-election campaigning, hogged honors in 6 ureas and ac cumulated 627 votes. Even while .Page and Thorntbn battled toe to toe for theVyikU leader spot, Arlan McSwain, the third entry, managed to gather 840 votes and dominated the balloting in Dorm 3. Elston Win* In the race for Non-Corps Rep resentative to the Athletic Council David Elston piled up a majority of the ballots as he defeated Mar ion Hensley 929 toj 623 votes. Els ton won the victory by leading in 10 of the 13 areas where polling took place. Election committee head Keith Allsup mused that the races for Non-Corps Co-Editor of The Bat talion and Non-Corps Co-Editor of the Aggieland 1960 reminded him of the races within the past year when the fine race horses Citation and Coaltown won victories by be ing the only entries their respec tive contest*. 'Course the resemb lance ends there, he added, those horses were real thoroughbreds. Editor* Win Unopposed Bill Billingsley, journalism stu dent from Wax&hachie, polled 1614 votes in his unopposed race for the editorship of the Aggie daily paper. Chuck Cabaniss, pre law student from Garland, Was right behind as he tallied 1607 votes in sweeping to ah unopposed victory for the yearbook position. No balloting wa* conducted in the corps for the office of Co-Edi tor of The Battalion since there was only one qualified applicant, Clark C. Munroe. This is the only position which the entire corps votes on in a general spring elec tion. Munroe is a business major from San Antonio. The votes by areas in the non corps balloting was as follows: Representative to Athletic Council Dorm 1: Elston, $7; Hensley, 42; Dorm 3: Elston, 84; Hensley, 64; Dorm 14: Elston, 73; Hensley, 51; Dorm 15: Elston, 72; Hensley, 71; Dorm 16: Elston, 34; Hensley, 58; and Dorm 17: Elston, 52; Hensley, 56. Mitchell: Elston, 84; Hensley, 54; Puryear: Elston; 8 Law: Elston, 78j] 1 Walton: Elaton, 201 Milner: Elston, 61; Leggett; El*ton, 67; and Non-Dorm Stu 10; Hrn*l*y, 10. j Dorm 1: McSWa^n; Thornton, 38; Do 01; Pfte, 21; Tho 14: McS;wain, 15; ton, 6(0; Dorm 15: Page, 83; ThorntonJ McSwain, 49; Page, 60; and Dorm 17: 1 Page, 66; Thomtorij Mitchell: McSwal Thornton, 72; Pu 7; Patfe, 29; Thorpl McSwain, 42; Pag^j 83; Walton: McSi 163; Thornton, 4 Swain; 8; Page, 3 Leggett: McSwaiii Thornton, 47; and , dents:! McSwain, [ Thornton, 18. I: ! t r A Day 1 i n Special P By Spanis A&M’s Spanish « hearty "Balul week-end visitors tomorrow morninggj Martell Moore an d&l program is sc 123 of the Academ A slide talk on| Hope, A&M iitudei of Lima, will heal which iwill also incmidA ihg tunes from sough a idembrr* of the arid Wyler, A. P. Trevino; Staford. I-. •!ili 3 6N // A&M’s A Give Dinni The Junior Chattel MA will hold a steal dance in SbtSA 'H(§1 The dinner will Jart B. B. Hancock, i$p^)| chapter, said toda#, / Dr. R. E. Jacks] principle address Dr. Jackson is note a Hancock ppinted o&t. The Aggieland ^Oi play for the senSi after dinner. The| duled to start at | "A 10. Jn ent » i ? Mi h ; ■ " f, I umber 178 ’T' . iV r- ilnglJri looks of K neerijn top tho -T^vlsi attend Sa ujHual. h- Sc l be used tltm* ford* ifor He wl 1 j tho** ini iluat# I lent* hi their fer' [jiiaoiii j?. UK. fir Pat of Opii M stutei 1 night wiiji late AftlMlj k’showlI elf and* $jflo| :30 both ts. Tht tlj i^w will f ial rofessotjs’ ilty rpejml r r 1,1 b partmental ilture, 4 del Krictilture, Arts and Veterinary ident F. C. Bol- e will be open will be allowed lay morning das- will be held lament; an; es, call horse c of radd w. ’. .'B' atuf( a! Tc™-’ , under q)mer, wi 1 Parcfn alctivitM I Onting r Wh- > Imders, students from all will stay In dor> and Saturday 1, and K jof Waf- si Graduata Hall provide accommo- « visiting the cam- o day*. QuesU In iy. c 11.25 per night, ie* who stay In Post will pay on# dollar, g men guests may arrangements by vacancies In the fles. ;ie Follies nt Friday and ,SaU it i-v be the Aggie “The Roaring iry, general chair-, ouse Day, has aek- . to attend the Fri- rformnnee so that available to aocom- Jsitors on Saturday. Southwestern Live- n Sored by the Sad- Club, will be held riday and Saturday o and one-half hour re livestock judging, roping contest by rs of the AH De- exhibition of saddle ing,/hiding and cut- iz tests, and presenta- i to winners in the night at 9 an ill- nee will be held at Aggieland Orches- direction of Bill rhish the music. Day Program ill begin Sunday organization com- rs, and sweethearts the cadets in the Area. Later iqers, mo d flowdrt liJet Dorhiitt)ry Area. Later a- aids, and gifls wiU be made to in- iduals !and*''«»“" u “‘ 1 ''"- i l! Assortment of Departmental ExhibSfts Pl^hlll 31 ■ (i '' ! .■']!■ '■ ; 1 '.'Jf-j ^ ;! / x. Vn L'N’imx 1 / ! ! Ili A wide assortment of depart- from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., in. the near Agricultural Engineering gineering Building. paleogeographic maps of Texas circulation, respinfiioi, and Hi sari mental exhibits and displays is Academic Buildine. Room 209. Buildiner. Exhibits of refriereration Wildlife Management: Live and and fossils, in the Petroleum Engi- action. ."'ll iJ nil I'll rm01 < Once i:h!. A wide assortment of depart mental exhibits and displays is planned by the departments of each of the five schools during Open Rouse Day. The departments will be open from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. Saturday. Each of the departments and a brief description of its exhibits are given below: Schpol of Arts and Sciences Biology Department: Exhibit wild and cultivated flowers, living micro-organisms, mammalian skel etons and other'exhibits in tho Science Hall. Business Administration: Prob- lams and reports prepared by stu dents and open house in Building A-24. Chemistry: Organic and Physical chemistry exhlblta, electroplating, colloids and ion exchanga exhlblta In Chemiatry Building. Economics: Office open for visi tors all day In Academic Building, Room 809, Education and Psychology: Of fice open for vlelton all day In the Academic Budding, first floor, Kngllih: Coffee In English De partment office, ipecial exhibit of student papen in Academic Build ing, third floor. Geography: Maps, how to make mapa, planetarium shewing move ment of earth, moon, stars in the Chemistry Building. History: Office open for visitors from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., in. the Academic Building, Room 209. Journalism: Standing exhibit for open house in Rooms 106-107, Biz-i sell Hall. Mathematics: Office on second floor of Academic Building, open for visitors all day. Modern Languages: Offices on fi,rst floor of Academic Building, open for visitors. Physical Education: Offices and sports arena open for inspection by visitors. Physics: Thunder, squeaks, mu sic, black, white and invisible light, boiling ice, radioactivity and elec trical wonders, in Physics Build ing. School of Agriculture , Agronomy: Exhibits emphasis ing the value and proper manage ment of cotton, forage crops, small grains, and aolls. Agriculture Bldg. Animal Husbandry: Displays of trophies and laboratorioa, In Ani mal Indu*trie* Building. Agricultural Education: Collegi ate KFA exhlblta. Agriculture En gineering Building. Agricultural Economical Pictor ial exhibit of markoting and fin ance In Agriculturo Building. Ex hibit depicting a sociological stud of Texas, first floor Cuahl brary. Agricultural Engineering: Dis plays of farm machinery and aprin- kl., lrri,,tta0{jyit«m--on pound. ft near; Agricultural Engineering Building. Exhibits of refrigeration equipment, rural electrification, and model farm layouts. Agricul tural Engineering Building. Entomology: Insects and their control; laboratory equipment, in Science Hall. Genetics: Microscopic exhibit of chromosomes and grass crosses in Animal Industries Building. Hortlcqlture: Greenhouses at the rear of Ag. Experiment Station open for inspection. Food proces sing and canning in Agricultural Engineering Building, icape Art: Flo ments and. landscape design Landsc oral arrange- , e design in greenhousev rt4ar Fire Station. PUnt Physiology and Pathology: Effect of 2-4-D weed killer on cot ton: effect of mineral defldence*, of light and of plant disease path ogen* on plaint! growth. Selene* Hall rooms 21 anq 22. Poultry HuNbandry: Chicks, poults r and egg* and other exhibits. Agriculture Building. Nutrition and Biochemistry: Nu tritional dtonciMiai in animals, Animal house in rear of Ag. Ex parlmcnt Station. Dairy Husbandry: Artificial/in semination equipment In Agricul ture Building. Creamery, dairy, and calf barna open for ln*pectimi. Range Management: Grias and Timber Texas Greatest/Assets— exhibit of range plants jh Ag. En gineering Building. Wildlife Management: Live and preserved mammals, reptiles, fish, arid birds in Agricultural Engineer ing Building. School of Engineering Displays of airplane parts, meth ods of construction and design of parts will be shown by the Aero nautical Department in the Aero nautical Engineering Building. Architecture: Exhibits of build ing designs, scale models of archi tecture problems, fourth floor of the Academic Building. Chemical Engineering: Exhibits of dyes, plastics, oil and gas lab oratory displays in the Petroleum Building. , Civil Enfineering: Exhlblta of model* apa pictures in ths fields of structures, highways, construc- ion«i hydraulics, loll, materials and surveying in the Civil Engineering WU E|ectrical Engineeringr Exhibi tion* of voice picture*, radar, dis appearing skull, Tesla Colt, etac- il Rngii »ie« Diet uvauiiK Skull. 1 vain wvu, i cal brain and high voltage play in the Eectrioal Engineering Bunding, iglneei mader equipment, and drawings foreign c Building Engineering Drawing! Display medern industrial drafting student demonstration* from Industry and In the Academic Geology: lysis of o \ A ! 4 ■ • }/■ plays Of specimen*, i, rocks and minerals paleogeographic maps of Texas and fossils, in the Petroleum Engi neering Building. Industrial Education: Student projects and exhibits in the Indus trial Education Shops in the Me chanical Engineering Shops Build- ing. Management Engineering: Dis play of time and motion study methods, tool designs, quality. Con trol, production planning, psycho logical testing in the M. E. Build ing. 1 Mechanical Engineering: Exhi bits of wood shop, gage shop, steam lab, air conditioning, machine shop and welding displays in M. E. Shops. Metallurgy demonstrations and treatment of metals, basement of the ME Building. Petroleum Engineering: Display* of petroleum equipment and meth od* of production in the Petroleum Engineering Building. Hchool of Vetarliiary Medicine i y Veterinary Medicine and Sur gery! Exhibit of fracture reduc tion method! end a display of In struments end equipment, includ ing a tour through pharmacy and stable*. Veterinary and! Bacteriology: Display of a model poultry farin, demonstration of poultry disease problems, a tour through the Mu seum, and X-ray demonstrations. Lounge Veterinary Phyalology and Phar- inciuM oil pain macology: Demonstration of blood pencil sketches. w li x circulation, respir action. 1 Veterinary Par bit of animal para Texas and those importance, aids ii •economic losses. * Veterinaiy Anat the beginning of the skeletal struct] animals, i ! Ii Veterinary hygil tion of the scope J public health; dia Infectious diseases There will be book* and equip veterinary student uation, School of Ml Departmental e)j display at Rose ~ until 4 p.m. 1 gram will be ref ente Day ceremc Other i t A beby chick,!] ehow, sponsored Science Club, will 200, 207, and in Agriculture Bulldl| plon awards trill; oaby chicks, poult be auctioned The Memorial 1 Gallery Commllt Art Exhibit In Lounge of the YJ if e* Held dolph Lc ted a* II year. ■monleiJ w ollowl Cadet ee In i the; f bn if7 rganisations. program honoring mothers and dada Guion Hall. Mrs. Clark will be pre- or A&M Mother of Blanton, master of 11 make the presen- m inch'in Duncan Hell rps will hold open dormitoriee. At 2 Volunteers,will put ibition on the Main President and Mrs. Id Open House be-j 30 p. m. From 3 uh- es withhold a con- sident’s lawn, s general chairman Jand James T. What- ej Student Senate is in thl Parents Day Pro- el sfrering committee is nposed. ef nree students from : Arts and i Iclences Council, En- rteering Coil icil, and Agriculture lliiicil and ‘C >e student from the urinary! M dicine School. Dean T. HafriiSfton, Howard Bar-' ■ and C. il. Shepardson have r|ed w|th i lie Open House Day r 1111 "- , . i • iptists Break •ouitd Sunday round!]'Hit be broken at noon lay foi tile new $90,000 Edu- *nal BU ld( ig of the First Bap- ,Church iiu CollegS Station, the R. b. Br wn, pastor, said to- is unit w il include education- faciiitiua tor 1 the Adult and png PeoPl* departments of the hday Sc iod, a reception room, :ben, re it looms, and 23 class ims, Bitwn. said. ther passage to the lich will seire ae an i rostrum, will also g is also on tho (but wil) not be built ime, Brown eaid. will house the de- th#: youngdr studsnts e Dance will In |l«m (•lanhir Orehee- n will i I ,9, . ae- Ae* belting Invitad. H- • ,1 ! M