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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1949)
► ■,N! V !•! .i; grnuttn lr BUlteW MM il^nln J IU.L AM^inbly jif lltMPt, ihijr mfnt Cttmr Wx««W< Juno til fo 1 oni I Up nncn * toll onl n mnWh Sni Rov* Prenbjr«»i \I' Dotiton w n#*w» ytj 1 ndvnncc I Onion H» wo»t of Sonth I,! il ■■ | i >• ' ” ! • 'i- 1: !"• . / / V 1/ L'-i'- •f\- ‘A N A :! / Ait V ' i i l f./-. publisbed uvu Mie ermtiST or COLLEGE STATION: (Aggidand). ting Seniors Divided calaureate Sermons s %- bolng b^ld lies avoid said. ^ and sot th miaak ^ Quion ► a. Army; IWWi Mluiwil; Si sowlom \m, ho onjrt* W and alt 1(m In n fornirt In* and 0. th© vvi receptu Bolton* nates Sc n# to* FiWtL t ( m ih F ,oo e. i, Hour- tembly ' arts procf>.-> ^id^mic le Ross oiw arc fami> and Street modi', a west no com* . m. in Lewis . u. s. il Glenn ! general, Engineer And CWS Reporters Missing t'orrcupondgnii fat nil but two of tho ROTO nummor cnmpu hnvn bwn |«ni|med,.C. C, Munroo, fontuw editor of The Bftttnlion nnnouncod todny. The two cfttnpi not tyct repre^nted nro Fort Retvofr. Vo* nnd Edgpwood Arnerml* Md. The engineers nro plated , , , , . i, i„^ t0 their tralnln* at Belvolr and the cheraleal warfare service cndetR will go to EdK*wood. All summer corre-pondenta will meet in the lounge of dormitory week, Munron stated, to indentation of jtjpr the rel Will bo a m ■ F. C. 9;19 *rad yes and 1 mem- 0, first p best jh#i fitly KU The F. Ros turiat favora hut th< reflect llrbon Oth were: A. t. Michac Mahoi ley, s Bro 10 m h, at OtHO iln Prill v Irst I ... tho (or having tho College View ling to F. R. the ngricul* l Th. were t tion Judged fer f hortlcul- not been ,oj growing, Citable and I6n practice, Grove Program Win Be Active This Summer The Grove will be a busy place this summer, according to G. G. White, director of Student Activities. A commit tee of student senators has organized the following pro gram: j Monday—Skatin* and dancing from 7 to 10 p. m. Tuesday—Movie, starting at 7 p. m. Wednesday—‘•Bingo or special en tertainment Bingo will start at 7, and special events will begin at 8. Thursday—Movie, starting at 7 p. m. , Friday—Square dancing at 7 p. m. Saturday—A dance. Music will be by tho Aggielaml Combo for half the dances, and tho rest will be Juke Box Dances. Dances will begin at 8 and tost until 11 p. ni Sunday—Skating. The Grove will dose each night at 10, except on Saturday. Admission to all event* will be free for students find, student wives upon presentation of their yellow fee slips. Non»students will ba, admitted If they bring their own chairs. Skating will be free but skates will be rented, for ten cents an hour for those who have none, White itnld. Special entertainment scheduled &1m next discuss plans for providing cover age for each camp. Following the pattern set to previous years, am who will re port for each camp win gather any news of Aggie activities and forward the information to The Battalion office. This method of reporting wriU relieve the corres pondent from having to write any news articles, as that will be done by regular Battalion writers using the information maUed from the camps. All camps where A&M cadets will take summer training will be provided with free copies of The Battalion for the duration of the training. Present plans indicate that the paper will be publisbed three times a week. The men who ave volunteered to serve ns correspondents this sum mer are: J. W.- Canning, field artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.; G. P. Monks, coast artiUery, Fort Bliss; Frank Cush ing, infantry, Camp Hood; and C. C. Munroe, cavalry. Camp Hood. Bee Landrum, quartermaster. Camp Lee, Va.; Floyd Heak, air force. Brooks Field; Bert Hebner, air force, Chanote Field, QL; tion corps. Fort Eustto, Md. L. a HiUdbrandt, army security agency, Fort Meade, Mo.) and 0. E. Grunwald, signal corps, Fort Monmouth, & J. Information forms ore being pre pared for nil tho men who will serve as correspondents, Munroo stated. These enu bo used in con solidating the Information uoces- snry to write a news story and can bo aont to The Battalion when completed. Men who wish to volunteer ns cormpondont* for Fort Belvolr lapo for the summer srnelona will bo and Edgowood Arsenal may leave held on July 7, III, and 20. On their names at The Battalion of July 7, Bill Turner and George flee or contact any of Tho Bnttn- Dlllnvou will present “The Choco- II izc, $2; R. H. i, $1; J, H. Bent- 81; and 0. I* ' ! T ■ i ..ement Awards |the College Sta- ! Association. late Soldier.*' July 18, tho Zucker Sisters, duo pianists, will givo a concert of popular nnd classical music. July 27 Doraino and Ellis will again present Costumed Cameos of famous musicals. One' other enter tainment was originally planned for the summer sessions, but be cause of the small summer en rollment, the appropriations have been cut. Members of the senate commit tee that organized the program are Dick Denney, Dick Baugh, Marvin Rice, and Charles Kirkhara. [ ' i :T Instructor In tba ME l] FRIDAY, MAT 20, 1949 Early Finish Of-Center h Held Possible Th tor i Mil Hnt Iftbor, materials, and won will parmlt. That I* tho o; Ion of K. M. Blmmoni. in Inti'iutont (ii’conitruetion mode “a wild ff\ioia ,t yoat* day m to whon tho bulldto* will bo complotod. [ftnlt Two, second floor of ttia building, haa been rompilrtrd, nnd Unit ptir, the thlnl floor, WII poured jyeiiterday afternoon, the roof on the hotel portion of the building has been finished for aeV- eral days, and th* roof over the second floor In the front wilt be to a few days, i has been progressing \f on the complete structure, * soon a* the bricklayer'; strike is over, exterior finishing Will be started. Other ckaning-up and finishing operations ore ex- to begin as soon as the t of the third floor, the roof over tho second floor, and the roof over the third floor is complete. When tho structure is, finished, the roofs will be topped with ton ers of insulation, tar, and gravel All modern fixtures and equip ment will be used in the interior of the building. Some of the wir ing and gas lines for outlets throughout the structure have been set m the already-poured floors and walls, and the rest will be set as the concrete is poured. Work Begun ' On Installing J/ Water Coolers Work has started on the -eight In the s, T* ir I-. ■/ ‘Ghosts’ Provides G Audience With Dra r i O ■Pi ; i Number 188 THE FRESHMAN BAND, recently named Out standing Company of the Freshman Regiment, , j - r- ■ , prepares to turn before the rcvl ifurtngjoervmonlrs at the Annex. Summer Courses Of Ot Schools May mm Trans By B. LUCE , Look before you leap at some other school this summer to pasp that course that you’ve bu,«d three times here already. It may not set well with the registrar's office when you get back next fall. An official notice in Wednes day's Battalion, not always thor oughly read by Inmates of this institution, reads as follows: “Some of our students are making plana to attend tho 1949 twen of the fifty* water coolers in . four dormitories, R. Spence, managnr of the Physical Plant, said today. Tlio rough piping to Already be ing litoUlled In Law nnd Purycnr HaUilj Two pluribcr* nnd tnelr this project nnd if dellverie* are made on time the Installation will be complete by June If. In the donuatk Hon editor*, Munroe concluded. Special Sport Awards Given Letterman, coaches, and the pre sentation of the awards for tht most valuable players in basketbal track, and baseball held the spot light at the ammo! spring Sport Banquet, which is sponsored bj the Brazos County A&M Club, las night in the Bryan Country Club house. > • The special awards presenter last night were donated by Di Lipscomb and Flop Colson. Foun tain peps were presented to th* captains of the three spring sports Gene Schrickel and Sam Jenkim received the basketball captair awards; Cotton Lindloff and Bob by Fretz won similar awards ir baseball; and Ervin Bilderbac! took the award for captaining the track team. “Woody” Walker and Jimmy Kirkland won the award* for having the best free throw averages. „, Flop Colson and Dr. Lipscomb have made it a policy not to pre sent the most valuable player a- ward to the same person twice and that the captains of the team were not eligible for this award. Jblm DeWitt, Rusty Mayo, and J. D. Hampton won tne moat val uable player awards to ths sports of Imuketbsll, baseball, and track respectively. Bill Carmichael, athletic direc tor, presented the various eosehe* who in turn presented their letter- man for the year. After the mm'ii.'i. hud present- ad their Isttermen. Carmichael commended ths yell leaders for their tireless rforts lit ksepinf ths spirit slway* on the move. Tin' banquet was completed af ter an approval by all present to send a telegram to ths mile relay team In Los Angeles wishing them .uck. Prince Bond In Upped $27,500 DALLAS, May tO -~<*M)Uii Otto Prince of Oofftoaua. must uviv tin _ _ robbery and charges In the rob- 'bery of two other*. helper* nro working full time on Insl June dorms that will be used this sum mer, Hpence said. ! 20,000 dollars ha* been set a- side from! the Dormitory Reserve Account for this work. 10,000 dol lar* Of this amount will be used for the purchase of tho equipment nnd 0 like sum for tho Installation. The typo coolers being used are the ten and fifteen gallon variety. The distribution of the large or *malir machines will depend upon the traffic that goes by the units, Sponce said. There will be a cooler in every ther ramp of Law, Puryear, and Valton Halls and two in the other orms. The coolers will be put on he first and third floors. In Leg- -et, Milner, and Mitchell Halls He machines will be put on the ; irst, second and third floors. The ten gallon per hour ma- hines are Fedder Electric Water Coolers and the fifteen gallon ones ire Sunrock. Delivery is expected n the next ten days, Spence said. K alton Says Job ntuation Better The iob situation for agricul- ural education June graduates is eginning to open, according to E. A Walton, associate professor of igricultural education. With some 61 students graduat- ng n June in Ag Ed and a small lumber of openings now available •here will have to be some waiting, he added. |' . f Ai nong tho boys already placed are Harold Clark and Ed Langley folnjt into, the radio and extension servlco: M. C. Bozarth, L. O’. 8te. wort, Bob Lelng, and l. D. Love, fotof Into the teaching nrofisMyn *• llgh school vocational agricul ture teucheni and Jack Mathl* go- toy |to the field of teaching veter ans. With the MMlng of the Ollmcr- AIMn bill aiding education and v<>. ohM »n*l •duration, the number of W condl {tigs available to the student* be graotly stepped up, Walton Lavaca Club Elect Pi Hmts Idlff'all j ■■■■■■I U-M* County AAU (tab UW. Llitl. w.nt owr th* officora for the fall semeater. Anyone netifv Br'"” - — ■ JyL 4. : - . i ; \ ■A HI temporary secretary-treas- Drunk Monts, Cop Chants, Drippy Pants DALLAS, May 10 -VP>- An In- ebrlntod motorboat driver taunted patrolman J. N. Hansen. Tho man wn* running tlte boat up nnd down n flooded street. Once the wake of the speeding craft sloshed Into a grocery store and knocked some merchandise off the shelve*. Hansen yelled nt the driver to pull over to the bank. “Hal Ha! why don’t you come and get mo?” The man taunted. Then he churned his boat up tho street and back again. But just as ho came back opposite the policeman his motor conked out. Hansen waded out-to the man, “He didn’t come out of there high and dry, either,” said the policeman. “I made him get out of the boat and wade out just like I came in.” The motorboat speedster was jailed for disturbing the pence. McCuire to Be On Drawing Group J. G. McGuire of the Engineer ing Drawing Department has been appointed to represent the Ameri can Society for Engineering Edu cation on the American Standards Committee. This committee will at tempt to standardize drawing pro- cedures and drawing room prac tices. Other members of the commit tee are Professor I. L. Hill of the Illinois Institute of Technology at Chicago, and Professor R. T. Northrup qf Wayne University of McGuire wa* appointed by Pres ident FroUnd ef tne American So- olaty ^of Engineering Education. Fraund is Doan of Engineering at th* Univanity of Detroit. Has Anyone Seen Red’* Lizzie? 1 Lillie, white English Hotter with' brown speck* on her nose and foot, to tmw AWOL and Red Duke, jun ior yell leader, nnd owner <>f the dog would like to know Her who about*. Listlo went oyer the hlU on Red •• soon as . „ to stiU a rtoh and a four, hour tour on th Ring” this Saturday to make up for ner binge. III the favorite theori ip You didn’t want money any place Station this RummijA can easily do wlthqji' ty co-od3 you werfl j g tartain at some oouftbry It won’t hurt r the situation, h sure you arent’ w*|| torture thia samme^ or nearly nothing. Never let it bo old Sing Sing on any don Sing Sing on strings to it* me, mmatez). Summer Session in some other college or university. Such stu dents should check with tie Reg istrar’s Office to make c nre that work completed elsewhere is ac ceptable in transfer to A&M. Courses will not be accepted in transfer for degree credit un less they are (a) substantially equivalent in character and ex tent, (b) normally oftajed at the same level, nnd (c) with es sentially the same prerequisites as similar courses offered at this college. Students who fail n course in any subject nnd subsequently take such course or subsequent courzes In the sumo rubjocts nt another college may be required to pass validating examinations In sueli course er courses before; they will be accepted for trans fer toward degree requirements." The first question on that “valU dating exam," fellow grtule-pulnt- era, may be a request fur you to explain In 2R.OOO words or more Architect Checks, Approves Stands The baseball stands nt Kyle Field were thoroughly inspected nt the boginqing of the sonpOn by Arch Baker, tho college architect, and given one hundred percent ap proval. Athletic Director Bill Carmich ael made this statement yesterday to a Battalion reporter. The stands were also reinforced with wood last year, he added. The stands will bo inspected again next year and at the begin ning of the baseball season each year thereafter, Carmichael con-1 school winning eluded. • ;|| ;|.bjttes. Debaters At Waco A&M’s debating a threa-thm* roooi cm Rnecch'i A«so< meal In Waco las , ing to H. K. Ulcrll aor uf the team. { full Information oi i of Uobatn yestmla] t Eubank of thn UnL dn, who was toump Tho debating t<4| Larry Goodwyri, j John Shortal. and defeated Al&bnti Tennesson State, lost to tho Unlve Pacific Unlversi Grovo, Oregon) i 42 teams entered vision, fifteen had than the A&M others tied A& six debates three. The toumame Wake Forest a: State College i of RY’s Pick Me I jj i • As New Commi i tk'Sn 1 „ A» between ifrs. 'X Treat city Jo Gives 'oijtrayal Of Vjii IuI Witlov toll her ul Widow ^ FtlARI/rON ’; ' an matte n Jnltous^iitrAlien loki btooit asiting nf itmt- Ulon Hall audlsnrn rant not lhetr monft ubi Mritl AWing. » v mop ttejoctnl and i , PhhVnrdSon proved Is rOmptetcly^nt h« cult! role. Tim eh V ion oi torly dpm:lindIngn-iE®ji rt*cMloh: fund clarity of o get lovor the rwpr-pn "flhoslii" amt tn »MVe Her a rirnmatte money. Alvlqir. a widow tom nrw Ideato, *1 Again that, home tn Any obarnctrrlta- ■ Airing was.partleu- ding- It demanded *Xr iroir the evyr-prosent fi»r» stroted woman. Betty Jo Ison wan on hand to supply M Oswald, Mrs. who inevitably Karl impet fPc r- 1 Mine, wits convincing to L ^ and when Ids ttow the third act, be suit- and ropoai^ restraint 1 ho ive me-the sun, give roo tbo min.” 'Bucko” Wyler offered a it characterisation of the t role aa Mr. Mandera, the iinlster, George Willman ado hto role a clear cut charaq-, ‘rizatldn of E^igstrand, an un- rupiuous but not-to-olevcr old offered a few ironically remarks and geatmm In fill scheming. ' . | Jeaiiine Kernodle was in com plete cbbtcol of her rolo as Regina. In pretty young OcrVaht in the Al- * hg libUsjbhold. She seemed com- lately 1 kt J ease on) tho stage. Her lions,: gestures/and general al lude Were indicative of the girl o wanted to “get somewhere." -, iy wo*oppm: riatoly gloomy and Added to the cncrgl' hjleak atmosphere of the mmu. Gm'n and brown hues and dark furniture, needless la •ay, npbompushed th© job to par- fwtlorf. Joo T. Meador of tho Ar- chltechp Department designed iwnsjy itad acted in tho rv*- Ity ;!bt| technical director for ie produiction. { llfilyo eharaoters are utilised o .plot, hut the five Aggie •layerai rondltion* of their parts rovldnl highly nutfpenseful situ- t out of notions but prl- of startling diuloguo. was the last get swald tells bln moUttr “Doggy” McClure, addition to bqiii the Robs Volunt Donald P. first sergeant of A Company In fantry, was unanimously chosen commander of the Ross Volunteer Company for the 1949-50 school year at an RV election meeting head Tuesday in Goodwin Hall. McClure, who was chosen Out standing junior of the Infantry Regiment for the current year, was president of his wophomoro .class and vice-president of the YM^A cabinet in 1947-4H. He headed an entire new of officer* elected by the Volunteer* Tuesday. The included, boride* McClure, J. T, Dotson a* executive officer, John m rg««nt., and a* Ing Effgtr, Herb L Taylor a* first nergoant Platoon tender* King Egg Boutol and Ken Landrum. | Dotooa I* arlillary toi-m ser geant alt the corps staff. A former member of K Battery WeM Artillery, winners of the Georgs F. Moors t reply In I Ml- jl ^ »*st serges 47, Dotson Is a meehsnusl sogi* jwvs. A .pra* nesring mslor from dsn Antonio, ting* nspring major from Ran A UMMIBM . lylor i* a pro-tow Tho hew first sergeant of the RV**, John L.Ta uob. Herb Bcutal, ono of the three newly elected platoon leaders is a prt-med major from Dallas. Ini member of the Dent Society. H the Tri Beta f and a citation the ArtiUery staff of the fl ment, Beutel h: uishwl student c taring AAM. I R. Ring Egi l-ouiriana wa* leader elect*! tag. Be to a "H tho Becoml •he Air Foret leum mechanie & Z’.rj,: mnrHy out n feim, 'ft. Mi to! NilOC > w late apMMi l!'nsS| A3 __ that ltd ha* attack* of IniAnity. flte to shocked * rt oro nt) la MfiMr of ontf ot ths Ken Landruif Under chosen on but mudh it - ijl Ator os nhe nee* one of the attacks coming on. As Urn curtain ( IOhos sh© in on tho brink Of dPt-itoUm—Whether or not to urdarjhcr own son. Ibsen drop* the deiritolon tn ths audience'* lap. Tliia play Is well worth aeelr ly to View' a smoothly hs ge production of a-cloasle.'Dut rimar|[y it is enjoyable to *ce tty Jo Edwardson, a wonder- lly versatile octresa at her beat. “Ghent*" is the second Ibsen Bay that the Aggie Players liavc iircsentedj the first being “Hed- if,” last springy The fun- thesis of the drama to ppiness is the outward of! j goodness. .Be luippy, and wiU be good.” play WM limned for . many {{years by censors In most countries because of mention of subject* fore that time had been "telKio.” When first produced, critics of both art oad life prhtocd It, however. srn critics view it much as >h Wood Hrutch, nrofes- Icrn drama at Columbia who s#1K “Ghosts* to piece of hypnotic masterpiece of expos- keeps a mass of mo- •Sight nnd is notable lor iphere of gloom. <lork- ttoctoy.” troduction direeUU by illavou will to* presented ight in Oiiiion Hull be* Ingsvilto, Lai I her of an Air prossntod on a member of t lij McClure, '1 of tho Hoe* of a group selected tn 11 tour Under CA, McCli BwH tho t conditions i • : ; l ... x: .1: • M. \ ; rial ijta at mas, OiHirij again, gtnnl 1 Th* to » •ng m repitr 1* to to. I to k less Society - lave Barbecue IttolnM* HorlHy will Irald of the soctety, Ths affair hpld at HetiRcf Fork, whlrli Jm>( noiUi of Urn ttote. apartment*, tho lari function of Um / loom, wishing it to askod tn building A,