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Battalion
m THE INTEREST OF A GREATER ARM COLLEGE
(AggUuid), TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 16,1949
bird Southwest Tra
■i- ' !; > : rrri - a
Lottin A.I!
Antonio
the Formtu* Ht
in a meeting
For
hlght: ■■■
group selected
of Dallas. J
Three memenrtU:
tlve Board Seldht!
terms'were R^r .
Tyler, tV. f ^ T .
Houston, and Nbnmh
’22 qt U r,lTrr
Eleven
were also
W. G. McMilUui 6l
Rillin of Fort 8 o<
Metcalfe, of Sart i
Elliston of Fort W
ker of Tyler, xlti
lin, George B. Mo
mont, N. B. Killni
nlo, R. N. Conolly (ii
ti, A. H. WeyllmJ
and Col. TM|: iart
do, Arkansas. T r
A, F. Mitche 1
C. Evans of Holm
Hartung Selected As
k • ] y • ! ■ . ■' J i . ■} ‘ |
r Student’s President
29, of San
president of
Association
Saturday
Hiildeht, the
J i faraway, *$4
I ' 1
c f! the Execu-
two year
- ppell, *41
MiH^rty, ’22 of
Buescher r
yl^-presidents
ey include
ubbock, T. W.
Kto; 1, Penrose B.
^hglelo, Fred A.
ittij J. U. Par-
lesta of Mar-
uh of Beau-
cfj San Anto-
CJorpua Chris-
Shreveport
>f El Dora-
Murphy 0]
named the
tees.
Two repres
velopment
('orslcana, S.
ihd Clyde L.
Falls were
t loan trus-
The Range a
class made * f|
ton last W*< nekd*
made of vt»g{t(iat i
normal hydfasa g a
vegatallorij!! rjon
ttrpiK
body of waMr,
il rose re was
•ne of the few!
I. Felt bogs hr
iayera of deoai
marlly mosaesi
are almoat 01
RXSk
wet, When drie|,i
tan and UMii]
dery, ■ ] T
' The bog vial
out and the id.
Ing sacked ahd
and used fdr
Ww,si.
trip. R, R
the Range
ment, superviSi
Cotton
Be H
The 40th
and stapling.
6, according-
coordinator li
mer course.||
Approximli.
expected to
Mexico andj
ready made
rollment. Me
South Amezik
pected, Dr.
Among pi
stry Ecology
Eflpj to Lexlng-
study was
bund In a
at bog,
slsted of
water, on
Mjlround the
••“Hlcular hy*
at hog and
the atata.
elected f6r three year terma were
George Smith of Houaton and
Herman F. Keep of Auatln.
T. 7. Smith was elected repre
sentative on the Athletic Council
for a two-year term. C. L. Bab
cock Is the other member of thii
board.
Retiring President
George Smith, retiring president
of the organization, said in hia ad
dress that "During the past year,
it has been my pleasure to be as
sociated with the College, its staff
and faculty and its student body.
I firmly believe that thia great In
stitution continues to make strides
in'the fields of education, science
and in the art of turning out young
men equipped tol face the realities
and overcome the hardships of a
competitive world. The Cadet
Corps continues to make a favor
able impression on all/occasions.;
The fact that A&M won the South
west Conference Sportsmanship
Trophy is proof enough of 'that
statement. On Corps trips, at
athletic events, social activities, in
the class rooms, and on the drill
field, the student body has stood
the test of a first class college. . 1
In a report of the student loan
fund trustees, Ai F. Mitchell,
chairman, said that during the
paat Eleven months 1,350 loans
have been made' 1 for a total of
$50,290, The average amount of
each loan was slightly over |37.
Donations and Gifts
E. E. McQuillen reported that
during the last twelve months
1253,072 has been given to the
college, Since 1942 nearly two
million dollars has been given
AAM by former students and
friends, Refering to the oppor
tunity awards, he aald that 89
winners are nqw In school and he
believed 70 new winners would
enter In September.
Trotter !to Confer
With Cotton Men
IM
iNtiMU* }>r
•'i'g contents
Ubi iM percent
1 ind are very
prance when
I Cut il • light
Ik it and now-
ting worked
iertal ie be-
kreenhoueee
horticultural
Forestry as
on made the
rofessor In
i^ry Depart-
roup.
Tol To
ne 6
ton classing
ijl begin June
i G. Jones,
Weeks sum-
scheduled
Fred C. Elljj
Tough. Ellio
ton Improv^m#
Killoughwi
Cotton in
C. Lichte
ton Ginning
After co:
passing a c
tlon, membe
ceiva a eotl
Jones said.
5 tudents are
Several from
ja a have al-
;i )hs for en-
tap dications from
if pi 1 |nt ties are ex-
11 m< d.
*•■1 1 ipeakers
course are
ir D. T. Kil
ls k on "Cot-
’exas,” and
Varieties of
addition, F.
dpon ‘^Cob-
idthwest.”
ourse and
examina-
is will re-
rtificate,
professor
will be
R- M. Boiait
dent of the
meeting of
that orgtnli
was named
Other off
incoming se
Neville, sect-
Herb King,
From the
Gordon Year
and Wade ^m
the positions h
porter and pat
tively.
After
G. R.
duties as
with. Pit
He also
contrasted
eearch wit
methods.
ebUd presl-
t a recent
ihapter of
tv Reeves
d<ft>
rom the
Frank
r; and
larms.
lor class
Swatxel,
for
snt, re-
respec-
is sion Dr.
k oh his
tCrinarian
oratories.
Vie which
ds of re-
cientific
Dick Harvey, tMoutive secre
tary of tha Former Students Asso
ciation, reported that aa of Sat
urday 7,340 gifts wars mads to
ths De ' “ “
velopment Fund by former
> '
He said that this Is ths best yi
students with a total of $53,008.42.
that thia la the beat year
the Fund haa had since its begin
ning. Last year's number of gifts
were 7,510 a,id Hervey said that
the Fund Is twice as far along this
year aa it was the same time last
year. V ! • L
Tommy Splittgerber, yell lead
er, explained to the group the
meaning of the Southwest Sports
manship Award, in order to give
the former students some idea of
what the student body is doing
along those lines.
Draw Up Resolution
The Former Students decided at
their meeting to draw up a reso
lution congratulating the student
body on winning the trophy this
year and they also voted to draw
up another resolution commend
ing the track team for winning
their third Southwest Conference
track title in a row,
Don Kasper, president of the
Senior Class, thanked the group
for donating the dress rifles to
the Cadet Corps. A
Sunday morning the executive
council had breakfast with the
'Board of Directors, the deahs, and
the directors of the services. J.
W. Newton vice-president of the
Board talked to the group in con
nection with the present and pro
jected pW>i
tem.
Sgram of the A&M Sys-
t *
s
iMik
mm
Bill Turner, (left) director of the Singing Cadets, and George
Dlllavou, director of the Aggie Players, survey the new bandshell
at the Grove In preparation for
Soldier’’ to i»e produced In July.
operetta, "The Chocolate
Texas Places S
Third As 5 Rec
By BACK NPOKDK
Tan Aggie seniors finished their
college track careers at Fayette
ville, Arkansas, Haturtify after
noon as the track squad of coach
Frank Anderson whipped the Uni
versity of Texas ana tm| rest <rf
the field. A&M earned a total of
55U points, Texas 49\4, Rice SS»
SMU 13, Arkansas 11%, Baylor
9%, and TCU 1. Not Until the
last -two events, though^ did the
Farmers take the lead to hold Iti
Five records fell before the on
slaught of the Maroon and WMU
thinly clads. Never beforS have so
many records fallen in any modern
conference track meet, and es
pecially not to one team. The Ca
dets practically rewrote the record
book as they tucked away their
third successive championship.
These were not flimsy records
only recently set by second rate
performers. Some stood for 25
years, and others were set by na
tional champs and Olympic per
formers .Before the team left, this
paper said that five records might
fall to the Aggies. But one pos
sibility was certainly overlooked.
When Bob Hall, Junior from
Dallas, hurtled out of the straight
away in the preliminaries of the
220-yard low hurdles, it seemed
seconds before the rest of the pack
came into sight from tha- partly
hidden runway. It turned out that
Hall had lowered the record in
that event to 22.8 seconds. Clyde
Scott of Arkansas and Fred Wol
cott of Rice had held the previous
Dr. Ida P, Trlotter will confer
with officials of the United Mates
Department of Agriculture, May
18-20, on problems of International
trade in cotton. Hpedal emphasis
will be placed on problems which
effect cotton producers in Texas.
During the svlmmer of 1948
Trotter, then director of the Ex
tension Service, conducted a study
of the cotton situation in the
Orient. He was loaned to the Office
of Foreign Agricultural RelStiona
of the 1JSDA. He visited Japan,
China, India, Pakistan, and Greece.
Trotter is now dean of the Grad
uate School and extension consul
tant on personnel and professional
improvement. He goes to Wash
ington in the latter capacity.
It is als
Trotter is ii
participate in a conference on agri
cultural extension and agricultural
educational activities throughout
the world which are being under
taken largely with the assistance
and advice of various groups of
agricultural specialists in the Uni-
ted States.
Trotter has been asked to bring
to this conference his extensive
observations and conclusions re
garding . these activities obtained,:
on his round the world tour last;
summer. Some of these observa
tions have been presented to ex
tension and other groups in Texas
since his return.
Board Clears Separate Water
System; Streets To Be Fixed
Stroet* of th* college will be gettliw a $8:1,000 dollar A $000,000 dollar program to develop a aeparate college
face lifting thia aummer aa a reault of action by the board of water aupnly ayatem waa given the go-ahead signal by the
diroctora it a meet hue on the campua ShI iirelay morning. board of directora at a meeting on the camnua Saturday.
The board authorixed the expenditure of that, amount The dedaion to provide the campua with a complete
for new guttera, cur bn and black topping for all the atreeta water aupply ayatem independent of the Bryan water
sff proposed that while
irf Washington - that he
Burchard Placed
On Plans Board
Professor D. D. Burchard, head
of ths Journalism Department, hai
been asked td serve on the com
mittee on arrangements and pro
grams at the 80th annual meeting
of Sigma Delta Chi, the profes
sional Journalistic fraternity. The
meeting, which will be held tar Dal-1
las, will celebrate the 40th year
of the fraternity.
Other members of the commit
tee are Ted Burret, of the Dallas
Morning News, and B. C. Jeffer
son, of the Dallae Times-Herald.
Whaley to Address
Genetics Class j
Dr. W. Gordon Whaley of the
Botanical Laboratpries at the Uni
versity of Texas will visit the
campus Tuesday aa the guest of
the graduate, daps in 'Advanced
Plant Genetics. In the regular
seminar that afternoon he will
lead a discussion of the subject
“Heterosis:” J
Dr. Whaley is author of a com
prehensive paper on heterosis that
appeared in the 1944 volume of
tha Botanical Review. ;
in need of such repair,
Repairs and improvements In
the amount of $12,000 dollars are
also In the offing for DeWare
Field House. On the recommenda
tion of T. R. Spence, manager of
the physical plants of the college,
the board set aside the sum to
improve exercise rooms and to con
struct additional shower rooms on
the north side of the field house.
Prairie View Dormitory
Prairie View A&M College was
given permission to request bids
for construction of a new girl’s
dormitory. Dr.; E. B. Evans, presi
dent of Prairie View, spoke to the
board on the need for the new
dormitory.
Plans call for construction of a
71 room building. Three girls will
be housed in each room. The col
lege now has capacity for 1,562
students on a three person to a
room basis. However, due to in
creased enrollment, it has been
necessary to exceed thtsJ limit.
The board heard plans for is
suing revenue bonds for a 30 year
period to pay for the construction.
NTAC Appropriation
North Texas Agricultural Col
lege was given appropriations a-
mounting to a total of $66,700
dollars. A major portion of this,
$46,000 dollars, will be to furnish
a new boy’s dormitory which is
expected to be completed in time
for the coming fall semester.
The remainder of the NTAC ap
propriation will be to provide farm
improvements including an imple
ment shed, warehouse, sheep shed,
wash snd disinfecting shed, gar-
broiler house, snt
fencing.
tesvisvi Misiseei/t •seal aviivsii^*
The hoard authorised transfer
of $4,000 dollars from the Cream
ery Improvements Account of A&
M for the purchase of a bottle
washing machine for the cream-
try.
Vet School Requirements '
Action wkis taken to approve a
recommendation .by the dean of
the School of Veterinary Medicine,
Dr. I. B. Boughton. Dr. Boughton
requested that the school be grant-
fed permission to accept a limited
number of out of sta£e students.
Prior to this time, Dr. Boughton
stated, only qualified Texas boys
have been enrolled. But now, with
a smaller number of jveterans re
turning to school and a gradual
lessening of the number of appli
cations, it will be possible to ad
mit a limited number of out-of-
state students.
Entrance . requirements to the
•id 'p»ua*i
Boughton
with an
(See
uaaq »asi) (ooqos
and only men
desire to enter the
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Robert Shaw Chorale Has Been
Booked for 49 - 50 Town Hall
The Robert Shaw Chorale has been booked for the 1949-
'60 Town Hall Program, C. G. White, director of Student Ac
tivities, a[nnouneed today. V
Sha\y will bring an orchestra of 20 pieces and a mixed
chorus of 80* people. Tentative arrangements call for the
Shaw group to appear here on November 9.
Shaw and his work with choral
groups was featured in the Decern- ‘
ber 25 issue of the Saturday Even
ing Post. jHe haa conducted Glee
Clubs for Fred Waring and haa
also done work for Bill Rose’s Ac-
quacade.
Shaw is jrecognized as the great
est choral conductor in the country
at present] White stated.
Bom in Red Bluff, California, the
son of a minister, Shaw attended
Pomona College, where he sang
in the ‘ glee club. The instructor
in charge of the glee club had to
give up the job because of illness,
and Shaw, although still a student
was placed in charge of the organi
zation anq granted a yearly salary
of $500. j
It was during his tenure as
head of the Potnoha College Glee
Club that Shaw met Fred War
ing. Waring jeame to Pomona
with a movie company, dropped
In on ohe glee club, and heard
it rehearse. Before leaving ne
took Shaw aside and told him
that if he ever needed a job to ^
let him know.
In 1938 Shaw wired Waring and
told him that he needed work.
Waring promptly wired $160, with
instructions to come to New York,
where Shaw immediately organized
a choral group.
He was awarded a Guggeheim
fellowship for his work with choral
groups and started to study music
under Julius Herford at Juillard
School of Music in New York.
In his spare time, Shaw organi
zed the Collegiate Chorale in New
York, which has gained nationwide
fame for its singing. This g&up
replaced the Edgar Bergen show
last summer. 1 «
tsyitom wn mada after lengthy
discussion between the board and
a committee of Bryan officials
headed by Mayor R. C. Danaby.
The newly authorized college
water system will stem from a
series of six wells to be drilled
north of Bryan Field. Four of the
wells will be on the original pl^n
of construction; the remaining two
will be for later use as the college
expands.
Bryan Plan Rejected
Thus, the board turned down an
offer presented by Mayor Dansby
to join with the city of Bryan in
setting up a water district, opera-
w Treasury CMMhs’s Bead CertHkate
ted jointly by the college, the city
of College Station, and the city
of Bryan.
This water district, Mayor Dans
by suggested, would permit eco
nomies . of water production not
obtainable under a system involv
ing duplicate wells, pumping, and
distribution systems.
However, in answer to a ques
tion from the board, “What as
surance does the college have that
the city will live up to any water
district contract?” Mayor Dansby
answered, “That is the $64 dollar
question.” V1‘
The purpose of the separate col
lege water supply system, T. R.
Spence, manager of the physical
plants of the college said, would
be to assure for the college a con
stant and adequate supply of<w*ter
In the future. |\
Spence pointed out that several
times in the past, during a p
longed drought, there were oc
cations when there wm not enough
watar available to the college in
the event of a major fire. “Many
times,” he continued, “we were
without sufficient water for six
hour perloda. and we’ were coasting
along on thin ice as long as our
tank was empty.” j .
No Water “Raee” 1 i
The suggestion that construction
of sepsrate wells hy the college on
the Sparta sands, where the pres
ent Bryan water aupply stems
from, would result; In a “race”
for water was den
Engineering resea
source of the water in the Sparta
sands, Spence outlined, shows that
the proposed system of separate
college and Bryan wells will ac
tually prolong
ta sands as a t
College
uit in a "race-
tied hy Spence.
»searen Into the
er In the Sparta
lined, si
•tem of
Bryan wells
ig the ase of the Spar
es a water producing area.
College Plan
The proposed college system will
eventually reault in 1 six wells.
:ollege syater
\i lihfe wHh
I wells own*
ing and planned wells owned by
Bryan so that there will be 20
'l[, fl
record of 23 eecon
J. D. Hampton
fade of records t
the flnalfl a> he sty
in the mite run, Hd
from Brady, lowerUd
Jarry Thompson
onds to 4:17;2i I
Clo»
waa Ju
officially Herring
ed below the old liklc
ring is a nophomoj^
Four of the! she
in the 440-yard doi
the Aggie colors. |i1)|
Holbrook, Connie
Bilderback, and Do
mond Kidd of TexiU
of Rice, being the
brook would have '
if he had not turnet
formance, but! he
hinder him. Holbntp
outside lane Where
to see what the njM
was doing and thtjl
When it was all ove
had cut an evfen ha
old record of 47.8
Square dancing # ty K
night will be the r"
during the summe
Dr. Carl Lyman 0
try. department gi
for thosp who d
techniques of ”D
C. 0. White. •
director, stated
entitled to take pa!
mer entertainment
Grove,
The eohedule fi
a* fnllowtt ■
Monday Hkatl
Tuesday and T!
Wetlneetlay—Bl
special eventa,
Friday-Square
HMurday—Di
land Combo makl
the time and iukf[
other half of the
Sunday “ "
Robert
partmeht,
the square dat
stated that si cov
is scheduled for ,
wanting to attend
the square dance]
not be members of
ticipate in its acti<
“The Chocolate
duced jointly by Ad
tra Director Bill TO)
Dillavou of the
ment, will be om
entertainment fea
the summer schedU
13 ,the Zucker Sisti
will be staged in
just recently com
July 27, Doraine
turned Camels, wi
performance,
Plans
Short uou]
The poultry dep^
nounced completion 01
Turkey Short Couhse
on the campus duriii g
June 6 through Jun
mately 30 represenUjth
breeders and turk
throughout the ata^
to attend.
Mr, E. D. Parhe
thfe Turkey Short
Rice since 1941,
ill tho way and prac-
into the ground.
Inner finished a fad*
1 *'
jela joined into the
arti in the 100-yard
already held by
(as, Woli ott of Rice,
in of Baylor. Samuels
.unbelievable start aa
ield by three yards
sy from the blocks,
[jpton sprinted the
he two mile run to
Mt record in the con-
two seconds. Hamp-
llenged by Brooks of
the first half of this
put the pres-
ie last mile to pull
a new record in the
bed slim as the last
m day-approached. All
mbejrs of the team
e open quarter mile,
vtfere even doubting if
trace the Rice team.
ifoacH Ray i Puti\am
rder of the team as --
for this race. In-
11 Don Mitchell, Er- .
opened the relay.
leorge ^trovich
sted poir to for the.
m by
positio 1
jit even!
out tc
.belt 'e
c. Geofk'
his ev
[xa« loktj
Ih* jav ,l),
of Rh
Fol
ils and
L D. Hoi
and Bl|
gained unex-
Unlverslty of
ing. in the number
in; the shot put, the
inished in the 1949
nference Track And
etrovich shoved the
distance of 47’ 6%’’.
rt that he has ever
Kadera was second
of the!? points
taped up Tobin
some
aa taped up
Won with a 195 foot.
Ing Rote were Frank
ay Marek of Texas.
, Warren Wilson, Bob
Napier surprlaed tha
the 440-yard sprint
8)° * n
H Wyler To
‘Ghoste*
; .'Tn, , 1 m
(art Wylfer will appear as Mr.
deni ii the Aggie Players
notion nf Ibsen’s ^Ghosts. It
be Jgtojen on Thursday and
y evening at 8 in Uulon Hall,
yler, M^wn ae “ihu-ko'’ to
ftU *
•nasdi is A Junior modern
e» major and is a member
'lends
Jagn'i jl|
Cavalry. He ho
» to make •
er of radio work and one of
hmbiti
Poultry
continp
The; turk
the first of
under the
Plan to be
ond one .Which
20th of Junje and
that week
chlckaM
provement.
ex, will
bleeding
The
elected
major
the cl
{Fear.
ng and
McConnt
Atlanta,
for the
■
other
id at the
of the club du
ater, according
Sutton, president *
S ; 1 !i; •'
/airy. He hopei
f radio work
main ambitions in to be pro-
director for a large radio
on.
yler stirted work in radio
e at home in El Paso by an
ting several programs for the
station there and substituting
‘disk-jockey” and engineer. He
announced for several months
A!W. ' I •' ,] ' ■■ ■
ie theatre is not entirely new
|im either. While attending the
Ines in El Paso he
Oeyoral plays. One.
he will never forget
had in “My Sister
‘ fJ
jay I was the man who
is face every-time he
ie stage. Fortunately
remaining bruises on
abopt his role in
Isaid:
Us si! ipy first “heavy’’ role,
past experience on the
has been in comedies. I
enjoy playing the part of
srs, the pastor. He ia a
Stupid individual who is
on 1 by almost everyone,
jr makes j him a martyr in his
eyes upd he enjoys this very
Hotfejrer, when na sees that
chance that he might
all of hit life
illy confused.”
irs of the cast are 1
Jeanne/ Ker-
Janies, an4 George
’■ ' • ' i '’ I It '
IlsVou of the English
In charge of thfe
■vK r Ti
■ Ml IIM-lWO—WOIH
ilates Final
Tuesday |
L. McNew Student
ASGE will Hold Its
_ of the school
:80 p. m.dn the .
Lecture Room, W
ipter president,
iy. v ' ; .
ISnith, vice-president of
Construction Mat
Houston, will
ing. Officers
will be e!