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OQUUDOB BTATIOW Untotod), TECm MONDAY, MAY 9, 1M9
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Hubbard ar
of that 3ch
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foj- October
be a one-da
planned thei
night ; anpAi
ft.?!.* 114
J Said tl
I game ever
dance onij]
|\inviting
Xyell pract
lowlngf. thjl
daNt will
Byl th| Col .
urday night
“In Fort
provide a ur|
in the Texpe!
may pieet th|
'' leave tl
nleo m>
can 4V
To Try New
Trip Plan
f
tfll’
Fiii
Or returnlni
tered buNei
wSjVb'rf’
after the i
are over. 0
- "Althougjh
rompelled :o
niihtl tto 0.
t'dapohalbilljty
weekend trip,
which wa*
Trip was i
has the a<
.expensive,
and better
standards at:
The edlto:
issue of the
is not Intend!
the student) i.;
compulsory.! |
the benefit bl
a whole, and
students in
was planned,
. ... rr n
th^
ier a new
adent L. H.
at Council
The
school
scheduled
'orth, will
activities
|Wjifor Friday
Uses run-
Worth for
main pre*
all-college
especially
midnight
)mpua
student'a
%*■»•
and Sat*
Ire.”
lege will
rs room
students
nd dates
e schoo
here the
IK dresses,
th the char-
, ng Hat-
$|hss
Pitoa there
1Kl|l not ^
Saturday
sumo no
. .onlng a
nj^jday plan
e Corps
e war,
jing leas
student*
ng the
/ • i j
same
e plan
tnction on
|eydn made
out for.
ntybody as
out by the
f||Which it
|Prip will
Battalion
ents are still
of the R
Tom .Carter,
The Battalli
day.! :
Only six |
volunteered
said. TIicm
duen. Mdi
Field; £e
Field, 111];
Fort Kaal
at Fort Slii
roe at Car
Mon wid
correapont ei
Instead, the
urination s
iropefly jfl
o The Hat
atury will! hi
I aiaff meijili
from the n
the sheet,:
•I battalions
Aggies at a
Men who
Battalion rei
Carter stat
their names;
at The BatUI
Ond floor of
Concluded, thi
ittallon sta:
have
Carter
Aber-
Brooks
hanutc
f»dt at
nning
Mun-
become a credit to the school more
than a possible blot on its name.”
“The Corps Trip is a tradition
which is one of our strongest ties
with our brother school, AAM. The
TSCW students welcomed the re
sumption of this special trip after
the war and the old one-day pro
gram was abandoned. Then the
program began to get out of hand.
After this year*s trip to Dallas,
parents and students complained
about many of the things which
went on in the hotels in Dallas.
And the College realized that it
could no longer take the responsi
bility for a weekend of entertain
ment when it waa clearly impos
sible to provide adequate chaper-
Irrigation Men
Attend Short
Course at Tech
A special irrigation school spon
sored by the Bxtenalon Service and
igtneerlng
at AAM will be held
round
fMf
. The Col
|: Church held
monies for
Juilding, Si
for.
c _ of
cjhurcb
the! Baptist
m
repre-
t« of the
ground-
tor broke
the Agricultural Bn
partment at AAM v
Texas Tech next week.
R, F. Vance, chairman of the
State PMA Committee; J. L. Mat
thews, administrative assistant of
ths Extension Service and Roy C.’
Garrett, assistant professor of the
AAM 1 Agricultural Engineering
Department will take part in the
short course which began today
and will last through May 21.
County agents Will attend the,
school and will then pass the in
formation on to the farmers and
other people that are interested.
Texas Tech is furnishing the class
rooms, laboratory facilities and
several of the instructors for the
course.
Geology of the high plains will
be the subject under discussion the
first day. Dr. Raymond Sidwell,
head of the Geology Department
at Texas Tech and P. E. Dennis
of the same department will lead
the discussion.
Geological formations in the
Palo Duro Canyon Area will be
studied the second day. Approxi
mately 30 county agents have en
rolled in the school and many
problems in irrigation will be dis
cussed.
Several field trips have been
planned for the purpose of observ
ing demonstrations on the various
subjects to be studied. Each stu
dent will prepare a county irriga
tion program for the bounty or
area which he serves.
The school la a result of re-
quests from county agents for in
formation on irrigation. Fred R.
Jones, head of the Agricultural
Engineering Department at AAM
and J. L. Matthew!, administrative
•aaiatant of thr extension Service
helped design the coune.
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Marketing Society
Planti Last Meeting
V ■;
The Marketing and Finance club
will hold lie Iasi meeting of the
current school year Tueedav night,
May 10, In Room 410, Agriculture
Building,
Purpose of the meeting will be
to elect new officers for the com
ing year. All members and pro-
Beetles members are urged to at
tend according to Willis L. Button,
preaidant,
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A Ahny Security Agency was n a pi e d
winner of the Moore Trophy yesterday at the
annual Mother’s Day Parade on the main
drill field. The unit is commanded by John-
M. Wallace, senior agricultural engineering
Aggies Take First Plac<
Baylor Intercollegiate
Thm Juniors acted
also took part In the
Lelsaner, Ace Jordon. ...
art Danny James, Jeff Jeffries,
Parents Invade College Ta
View Offsprings ’ Offerings
By C. C. MUNROE
V
A proud parade of parents that
began Friday afternoon and fin
ally wound its way out of Aggie-
land Sunday evening highlighted
the greatest Open House and Par
ents’ Day celebration in A&M’s
history. '
An estimated 6,000 parents,
friends and relatives of Aggies
attended the annual ceremonies.
The Aggie Follies night start
ed the strenuous lineup of events.
The colorful and amusing show,
which was sponsored ' by the
Aggie Players, was well attend
ed by the advance guard of
parents.
Saturday morning the main body
of relatives streamed into Col
lege Station from all directions.
Cars, buses, and trains brought
family after family, all bent on
getting the most out of the week
end that was dedicated to them.
The Freshman and Sophomore
judging contest in the Animal
Husbandry Pavilion drew the
first parental invasion as it began
at B a. m.
Soon the exhibits of every de
partment were crowded. Interested
families well in the tow of their
eons trouped from one building to
another as the Open House Day
wore on. Agriculture exhibits at
tracted those whose interests were
in the farming line, The parenta of
engineers, phyatca majorc, geolo
gists, business. English and every
other conceivable major had their
chance to see the type of work
their sons were doing,
‘ Perhaps the best attended ex- 1
Mbit of the host of offerings
waa the ■Hilary department
show. The younger members of
IIIm were especially
f wea-
equip-
rati
fascinated by the line up of wea-
military
meat.
Mg
small-fry.
No vehicle presented too
an obstacle to the curious
it
The evening; meal in Duncan and
Sbisa Halls was well attended by
the visitors.
The after-kundown
w»or»e r\t elict :T Q
entertain-
v..» Southwestern
Livestock Shoyir and the second per
formance of the Aggie Follies were
both crowded. Several hundred peo
ple were turned away from Guion
Hall when the! standing room was
filled. T
The climax to one of the fullest
days at A&M came when more
than a thousand people assembled
at ‘ the Grove to witness the new
band shell receive its baptisim of
fire. The Aggieland orchestra pro
vided the musac, and little sisters,
dates, and patients took advantage
of the opportunity to dance.
A stag lin^ that at times was
almost out ojf control made the
dance intereathq^' for the people
not used to! the oversupply of
meni.
An exhibition of square dancing
provided entertainment for those
content to st^nd around the slab
as onlookers. I
The weary put enthusiastic visi
tors began tjhuir second day at
Agglelapd early Sunday morning
with many <i>r them partaking
breakfast in the two mess halls.
The largest Sunday morning crowd
of the year wps reported for Dun-
can. j . -I IK
The Flowo ' Pinning ceremony
following hrenkfast was witnessed
by all the vieltors. Immediately
afterward, as the cadet corps for
med for para< e, the visitors treked
to the main drill field for the big
gest show of i the weekend.
Crlowds gathered all around the
huge field well Ip advance of tha
bandfs appearance. Tho. reviewing
stand was overloaded, with Moth-
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Livestock Shmjp Declared
Complete Success By All
By JAMES DAY
As the dust settled in the Ag
pavilion after the final events in
the 1949 little Southwestern Live
stock Show the jgenerml opinion of
both spectators and those partici
pating waa that it had been a
smooth-running, highly-competitive
and completely intereating show.
From the jadging of the animals
to the awarding of the prizes,
everything went off I like clock
work with something to hold the
audience’s attention throughout.
Undoubtedly the most publicised
event, although not the most in
teresting, was the Dean's pig rop
ing event. Tha semi-seasoned bat-
tiara for the silver buckle set and
belt donated by the Saddle and
Sirloin Gub were Dean C. N. Shep-
ardaon of the Agricultural Collage
and Dean of Man W. L Penberthy.
The techniques employed by the
two individuals differed consider
ably. Dean Shepardson preferred
the flashy, long-disance type cast
ing to snare his target. Diean Pen
berthy, on the other hand, was
slightly more cautious and waited
until he was practically upon the
pig’s back before dropping his
rope around his neck.:
The latter system proved more
effective as Penberthy roped,
speaking broadly, his pig first.
► Due to an excess of thumbs, how
ever, 1w barely beat out Shepard- -
son who stalked until his feet
were blistered, throwing periodi
cally and missing his mark con
sistently. In desperation, the
Dean of Agriculture, forgot
about his rope, grabbed a kick-
by his kind legs and
tha unfortunate “critter”
S'.'.A
on Maw
squealing
His last, minute spurt proved to
be futile, thpugh, and Dean Pen
berthy was declared champ. He
victory with George
vho was acclaimed win-
professor’s Pig R<
was
shared his
Robertson wl
ner in the
Contest heli
In the Sai
showing e'
cisions were
In the Cham;
fords, Jim
waite was
ford
of Sian An 1
pion
those
H. . Hudde stone
Friday night
y evening aniraal-
the following de-
by the judges:
p Gass of Here-
Steen of Goldth-
Champion Here
with J. R. Straus
declared Reserve
brd Showman,
laying the swine;
ie Jr., of Ft Worth
ip honors and C. !
Antonio was singled
5”
xi6wttt, | ban•
out as Reserve Champion
Bight horses were entered by
et’s taking the honor place on
their day.
Thousands of people who had
never witnessed sn A&M review
had their best opportunity as
the entire corps paraded by at
the conclusion of the impressive
award ceremonies. The sun,
which had ; been besting down
constantly throughout the morn
ing, relented for, a short while to
allow a shade .to ease the heat
From the review, \the visitors in
vaded Guion Hall to fill it to over
flowing for the second time in 24
hours. With Leonard Perkins at
the organ, the special services hon
oring A&M Mothers were a tribute
from A&M to the Mother’s of its
students.
President F. C. Bolton extended
greetings to the crowd. He was
followed by Cadet Colonel of the
Corps Bob McClure who welcomed
the Mothers for the corps.
Roy Blanton, social secretary of
the senior class who served aa
master of ceremonies, introduced
Mrs. Randolph Lee Clark, the Ag
gie Mother of the Year.
Speaking to tha other Mothers
of students whom she represen
ted, Mrs. Clark quoted from a
song, “I Love Ufa." “I Want
You To Know,” Mrs. Clark con
cluded aa aha apoke of A&M,
“This is Llfi M
The Hinging Cadets, directed b
Bill Turner, than
Never Walk Alone” to the Mothera
of A&M. A Second selection was
“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."
Earl Rose, hpssklng for tha non
The Texas Aggie Rodeo Team
led bv Loyd Griffith, Dallas; Char-
lie Wampler, Gladewater; and Bub-
ba Day, Crystal City, mowed un
der a field of siven other colle
giate teams Friday and Saturday
by amassing a total of 605 points
to their nearest .competitors 180
in the First Annual Baylor Uni-
varsity Intercollegiate Rodeo,
Performing in, the Bear Club
amena, Griffith collected u total of
146 polnta In tha saddle brouc,
bareback and bulldogginf events
to lead his taam in scoring. He was
named all-round Champion Cowboy
of the show and received a hand
tooled saddle for winning the title.
Wampler roped in u 140 poln
Pn the calf roping and team roplm
Day! pulled down a total
points in the bareback, hullrldlng
and bullilogglng, while Wally Can£
well of Rockdale and Msxle Over-
street of Ft. Worth, were roping
and riding their way to-OK points
each. Pat Mitchell of Aspermon{,
the other member of tho six map
team, had hard, luck in his events,
calf roping and team rbpingj]
Standings of the other teams
Competing were Stephen F. Austin
second with 180 points, Baylor
third with a 100; Hardin-Simmons
fourth with 80 and Texas Univer-
eity fifth with 10.
These points won by the team
Rotarians Hear
E.E.McQuillen
ents* Day visitors
short sermon of the
Tha ItindA:
lege mesa
parenta an
E. E. McQuillan, director of
the A&M Development Fund,
was the principal speaker at
the regular Thursday meet
ing of the Houston Rotary
Club.
Speaking to more than 500 Ro
tarians gathered in Houston’s Rice
Hotel, McQuillan, explained the
scholarship activities of the De
velopment Fund. He outlined the
manner by which men given fi
nancial aid under the scholarships
are chosen, and gave several ex
amples of the positive results of
the program.
A brief histoiy ol the scholar
ship activities of former students
and friends of the college was also
included in McQuillan's talk.
Tha address by McQuillan was
r ttrAT .err .ft
Alon#”.to tha Mothera city’s Rotarians.
C. C. Munroe, feature editor ?if
The Battalion, briefly outlined the
close relationship existing between
AAM and the city of Houston, and
extended an Invitation to the ilttuN-
tonlana to attend the annual Open
House and Parent's Day program!.
President of the Formers Wtu-
denta Association, Colonel George
Smith of Houaton, Introduced the
two makers and the saoretar;
the Former Students Anode
Dick Hervcy, who was also
ent at the dinner.
, a
corps studentaj welcomed the Par-
and gava
td g
■ ■ IMffMg. i
day dinner In the col-
haua was crowded, with
id jmaMa, Immediately
afterward, many of them took ad
vantage of the opportunity to vlalt
In the dormitories
A special drill by tha Roia
Volunteer Company on the main
drill Held was witnessed by more
than a thousand visitors.
The weekend of activities was
concluded with an Open House at
the home of President Bolton. The
Aggie Band, in a concert which
drew thousands' of listeners, put
a fitting finish on the celebration.
Range Class Men
Finish/ Day Tour
Th. advanced range management
class, Range & Forestry 409, visi
ted ten locations on an all-day field
tf$p between College Station and
Bastrop last Wednoday. The pur
pose of the trip was to study range
conditions and brush eradication.
Dr. V. A. Young and Robert R.
Rhodes were in charge of the trip,
and the class included 88 students.,
The class visited seven areas to
study bnish conditions. They found
much improvement in range con
ditions and much progress in brush
the areas visited. An
in excellent condition
and individuals go
tional IntercollegioJ
ciation’s standings]
Champion School a
Rodeo Team at the
Two men fro:
municutiona fit*
to A&M Htudehtj
under nusploes t
nnlliim Dop&rtmp
for the (It)uston Clirc
oh how to got ami:
He will use his Nto
Volunteers, whothil]
cation In the Mriv
to demonstrate his
Rogers has keen
for Texas newNpnpe
Formerly a free laiv
The Chronicle stSf
ago. His talk is schc
p. m. Tuenday In the
net Room.
On Wednesday at 7
Ragsdale, managing
Petroleum Refiner,
opportunities in indu
lism. He will speak i|
Assembly Room. Ragi
years an executive
Galveston News and
as one of Texas’»leai
ists, D. D. Burchard, j<
partment head, said.
Both meetings are
public, Burchard saidi
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■unit
commanded by
tiiof Roby was
drilled, outfit in
ac-
made
3rps ;! in
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jstor
teach member re
citation cord from
mber of Commerce
s Committee. Thi#
each year to the
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The Bryan office!of
Administration wijl
about 30 days, accot
Associated Press. J.
who has charge of; thi
heard nothing about
closing when the ^brdl!
After contacting the]
fice in Waco Varnell
flice will cloae as of Juj
that data, the nearest
this ares will be Ifunt!
ham, Houston, and Wa<j
;The closing of ‘the:
part of a Veterans Adf
order to 8,000 of fts ]
The agency said it u
offices, in 23 eta tea to
meet budget llniltoiio|
fiscal year starting
Veterans AilmlnUtrul
Gray Jr>) Maid the i
not ttflVri hoNpliatN i
Hands, [ i 1J
Thu branches to be
known as "contact off
are 4UH8 such office*
one or two persona
claalhg will account f<
of the tlismls
ng put, of
ta.
that Obtain! the most points
rps, rigjmerttal, and pass-by
'is. K I . - [:[• . ' i 1 ■ '
McC ure,' Cadet Colonel of
ps, V a# winner of the Texas
tment Reserve Officers As
ton A> mrd. This saber pi pre-
]l annual y t! the'outstanding
;offk(r.|lt was awarded by
[dl Jp) n W. Mayo, president
Tex is Department of tha
lie'Officjurs Association. -
vapt, JiVifrocelved
jialdvfefl Tr^nhy, IS watcly
is i wSrilesl each' year to
tstan ling Junior of tha <’«-
>rps (Tidwell's Jewelry
In I ryan, :The award war
Itad iylJ, B. Caldwell.-
vidua ritatlon cords were
ted ti the mitHtamllng Junior
Cadi* Corps and to the out.
hg Mtlhr .lit uarh regiment,
Tlpwtwn Chamber rtf Com-
Mllitarv Affairs Committee,
awards want to Doyle It.
Cadit CoiitS; iUT. Dotson,
TrbipS; Don McCluru, In*
Kegrmtmt; Herb Beutel, Ar*
Hdginjcotj Kenneth Land-
Jr Gnoup; L. A. Kubnnk,
-Enklhcor; Regiment; W.
vcp,l Com ionite Reglmentj
ohlmunn, .Sixth Kegi*
were awarded
s of the Ameri-
volutipn. llhese are present-
ua ly by tins Texas Chapter
ojitstanding senior in the
ir FoCce uiid each branch of
S.j Arbiy. !,: •
receiving these awards
L. Copdand, Air Force;
orrisi Armored Cavalry; J.
b
..iMnpiey,i Chemical corps;
cGinnirt, Corps of Engi-
idr Osborne, Field Ar-
styl'c JbhniDieb, Infantry; A. M.
ceiftt, Ordnance; B. W. Hink,
luprtermaster Corps;' Dick Baugh,
i ignai Corps and; Truman Martin,
I n nsbora(tion .Corn. These medals
Mre {irese tied by Charles H. Land,
’on Re; nolds,; junior engineer-
Btiidert;, was;awarded $200 in
“ y 1 h< Daughters of .the
n ’ tcvolution. This award
ea;h year to an outstand-
lor; :»det.
Alb< rt| Sidney Johnson Saif
prisented to J. Fred Davis
y st nior from Fort Worthy
Uiptifd Daughters of ths
It ^s presented each
ptatanaing senior ca-
Air
tev.c
Bill
J
tjfflM was presented a
zos County Re
el Association. It was
jpiv Captain Grady Elms,
...At Of he association.
Uowing this presantation ulna
cpiuWiMs Were announced,
Mring those awards were
iitmW nun, U, B. Air Furoo
lion Medal) R; II, )lalm«
urn l- itl (turps.Association
4. I,! Harnes, Const Artil-
siitjlullon Medal) Charles
f.nginuer Assurlatlnn
arvls, Field Arlllletty
edal) B. J. Htofff
ml Medal) u, J, Ntorrte
lmni|e Asioelatltm Medal)
llin t, Quartermaster AssU-
lH(j<ial] tv R. Lciipfelrt,
Association
S. Tri'.tw
tlto Awar
„ ah
C. 0.
Corps
eradication in
area of range
found near Bastrop.
Shoppe.
Is escorted
at the Onion Festival held recently in Raymondville. Boh!
and Riley Bpps ride on each side of her while Jeff Jefli
around sdndringly. - j J f, ; 1
isportatlon
rds.
Drum and Bugle Gorpi
ra next announced/ The,
iven each year toymen
the drum and bugle
Al M. Waldrop. They
tb R. W. Lawler, D. B.
Horrell, W; 8. Price, F.
IE.' Wyatt, C. H. Nee-
tt, E. C. Rodrigues,
dip, M. M. Bauman, B.
Coker, E. D. Stiles,
E; Elmore, W. A.
A. Curtino, and W. F.
of Military Science
Air Award, which
given to John E.
nted by Lt- Colo-
.r-Kelly, PMS&T for
i
receive
is
ingfeadet st
the tac
the College,
len preset ‘
a gold
to the
it bffi-
ical de
bt Col.
the a-
William Randolph
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