The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 22, 1949, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 22, 1949, Image 1

Newspaper Page Text»•* r ' ‘f r i - ,’MY *1 1 /•• i ' !, ff -11 l I — . if 'ri i- : r V ; j yi: yoi -W i?.; 1 1 a 12 P : ' T‘ - • •: i: I M A i - fi i • M > •• {'.jg : •« - ['IF'' \r '74 i A i T-' V or a grea ’. 22,1949 Farm Instil itute . , W'h 0!|T : .. .Mary Howe (tenter), international farm youth exchange (delegate: from' Cambridge, Engli is being interviewed by Louise Jones (left),'for the Battalion. Miss: Howe visited the campus this i— ‘Englarid Is Prettier’ Ah. - she was ;uest of the Texas Ext Cox , (right), of the Ext lies Howe around the here. ion Service, msion Ser- pus while 1 [/■- English Exchange Studpn Gives Reaction^ To Texas ik JONES ir - “ * * ' - .... ««T \J By LOUIS • I i I was prepared for Texas—in I IJ yfest Virginia,” Ijlary Howe, nat ional youth exchaiige delegate from England said when asked about her reactions to the biggest state in the uniomj “They told me that Texas would have ^at least one of the biggest , of i everything, and it- seems to,” she added. Miss Howe vislited the campus Tuesday and Wednesday. She spoke at the ejxtension service staff conference I Wednesday and ^Visited the departmental planta- -• ■•'/TIL r , Mary h a s perh|ips see‘n rtiore of the United States since her ship ! docked in Boston in June' than many Americans |see in yeafs. Her United States' trjavels have taken her through most of the mid coastal states , as well as showing her brief glimpses of outstanding las |bei ^cities. She hr een dosed r with everything from high prices to \\: - cowboys., And .she has probably j -answered; mor^ Questions than a , #ix-year old could ask. f\rt£i. rvP 1 9 T^rkluorii ri' ■n d r as cnosen; oy me Clubs in Englanc legates from the visit the 1 United rper. She Was per- jd and chosen be- 1 stand ihg qualities, her leadership. Clubs are) equiv- clubs. f ! d ask. p2| Delegate : r- Blonde Maryj vras chosem by the * Young Farmer]* i ns one of 12 (' —British Isles States this su sonally intervi cause of her oi her ability, Young Farmers alent to cjur-4-P f'lt’s hard tp say what I think about the United States,” she said “There’s so much to do; its so big; it (seems too projsperous cdmparec tq) life in England.” The^e were the impressions j t|iat Mary hat gained’of this Country. Sjhe said that “of course” she was .impressed wit)i the Statesi particularly the SWth.r ,u But don’t ask-me if I’d like.tb live herdj’lshe added. Her preconceivW notions !of what American people j would be like turned out to be entirely different, she said. The Americans represent ed by the moving pictures and the GI’s during the war fwerc not typical of tne. people she has met bo far, Mary explained, i I- England Different From U.S. She also comthcnted on thq dif- ^Fference in British and American “E: K visit, the Texas Panhandlei before she returns to Boston. Ij w “I can well understand wjiy Tet- ans boast,” she said. However she added that she hasn't run into any especially .tall tales. When [asked if New York City wasn’t fpst approaching Hie pop ulation of London, sne said, “Why, you could never get London’s 12 million people into New York. There wouldn’t be gny place for them. It’s just too small.” / Reared On 500 f \cre' Farm The youngest of four sisters, Miss Howe was reared oni a 500 Houston becair after acre farm near Cambridge, about 50 miles from Londjm. Her family home was built in the 14th cen tury. She has the equivalent of a junior college education and has specialized in painting. She, ame interested in agriculture the war. During her stay at College Sta tion she contrasted agriculture in Texas and England when she spoke at the Extension Service program. She also attended the Home D onstration SchooV Miss Howe will return to Eng land August 26. Jem- Symphony Orchestra Slated for Town Hall Progrp The Houston Symphony 1 Orch estra has signed a (jontract for an appealance on the 1949-50 Town Hal] program, according to C. G. White, director of Student Activi ties. j r i; The Symphony’s concert will be presented eithejr in| February or March of 1950, [[White said. Efrem Kurtx is conductor and musical director of the Houston Symphony. Kurtz has an inter national reputation in the field of classical' music; White said. Kurtz was appointed conductor of the Stuttgart (Germany) Phil-, hafrnboic Orchestra in 1924 - a he hqld for 9 years, conducted ‘ symphony orchestras in South! America, Hol land position whifh He has' :! I U, V -• countrysides, “England in so pret ty,” she said. Mfss |How< iton’l iftain, that Americans r jton’t have as many flowers as Brit 1 soil cultivation.^ “ ( I was surprised to see here,” in England, they noticed intense so man she nany said. frahte building^ Shu noted that are rarities. Mary vjas surprised by Ameri can prices. She said that while America seems! to have d variety of everything, Britain hasn’t; food prices seem very (High. She also found that clothes prices are much more expensive] than in England. *, Belgium, Polahd, Italy, Aus tralia and the United States. In 1932 he was appointed musical director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo! During • his tejiure wifh\ this group hje toured both Europe and the United States. He has conducted guest perform ances with the New York Philhar monic in 1939 and 1940. His re cording's with the Now York Philharmonic rank among the best selling Classical records. Andor Toth is the newly ap pointed assistant conductor of the Houston Symphony. He was for merly conductor of the Cleveland Little Symphony and assistant eonccrtmaster of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. Toth has served as a member of the NBC am) NeW York Philharmonic Orch estras under Toscanini, Stokowski, Mitropoulos and others. j \ ) Recently Conductor Kurtz has been touring the country'audition ing talent for the Houston Sym phony; Several new players will occupy jy^positions next year. Included is a new tuba player, William Rose, who formerly played with i the NBC Symphony under Toscanini. Armando Ghitallit, a member of the Bell Telephone Hpur Orchestra, and other NBC. Symphony ensem bles, has signed as first trumpet. Max Winder, member of the first violin section of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, ]ias been en gaged as principal of: the second violin section for the coming year. | The itinerary for the Houston Symphony in 1949-50 includes'vis its to Chicagot Little Rock, St. Louis, Tulsa, Memphis and other points, j i j ifessi The first annual sessioh of the Texas Farm Bureau In stitute will open at 2 p. m. Sunday, July 24, with regis tration in the YMCA lobby, according to M. C. Jaynes, chairman for the committee on arrangements. Training is to be presided over by Marvin Carter; state organiza tion director, and will offer courses in philosophy and policies of the Farm Bureau, salesmanship, public speaking, and membership acquisi tion and maintenance. There will be two general assembly sessions each morning and one each after- :n°SrNd ' , [ Hy! Evening sessions will also be held, Jaynes said. The Sunday ai(d Monday evening meetings will be informal “get-to-gethers.” Tuesday evening a tour of the College will be conducted, &pd Wednesdty eve ning a square dance wil be held at The Grove. The course was set up for the instruction of farm bureau leaders. The delegates are erected from mong the residents in each county nd all expenses are paid by the county. ■ • 1 \ 350 to Attend , This is the first meeting to be held in Texas and about 350 men and women are expected to attend, said Jaynes,. In the morning sessions the same courses will be taught throughout the week with a rotation of classes, said Jaynes, Some of the important highlights include morning address es to be given by Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist and Dean C. N. Shepard- soni i ! ' .1 Classes to morning wil be given on Monday take up such topics as “Farm Bureau Policies and Philosophy” which will be under the direction of J. Walter Ham mond, president, Texas Farm Fed eration, Tye, Texas. Public speaking is also going to be taught, he said, in order that those attending the course will be in a better position to pass on their information when they re turn to their respective counties. ' 1 Address By Roger Fleming On Thursday morning there is to be an address by Roger Fleming, director, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D. C. Friday being the last day of the course; there' w]ll be a panel discussion on what has been cov ered and how the Farm Bureau can best be put to use. Participating in the discussion will be. members of the A&M faculty and agricultural director^ from various organizations over the state. ff * j 1 Completing the program Friday evening there is to be a banquet at which certificates of completion will be issued to those completing the course. J. Walter Hammond is to be toastmaster at the banquet and an address will be given by Allan Kline, president of the Amer- icah Farm Bureau Federation. ffl 1 E £.1 i ■ ■ \ y -; S ion m M I 4 .•T Major John T. S3 at ROTC s bolts on the Of A&M, currently serv|ing as regimental camp at Camp flood, pins the winners rib- ny G guidon during u ceremony at the camp. VIXI• ***0 J •nx viau ndo* » Iftll/O] |vv l/IH. V.MHVviniVjr V*, Twenty-six of the eighty-throe members of Company G are from t Missouri and Kansas} State College A&M is entering A Department of the?Fall semester, of tW College. • E T b t K.t Depart^* of Oceanography Added; Kind On (ddf Caws! field pf teaching anjd research, phy will be organi ted during to jDr. F t C. Boltoij, president The new departmeht will be tljie first project of its Kind , 1 ' H : ! .' '—i —♦'in : the Gulf Coast a«|a. Mit Har- e to Attend The National Dur (I -J i-i. A M l‘. i Iff. , Fred Hale; professor of animal husbandry, wil] leave Tuesday for Lincoln, Nebras ka, where he wiH attend the National Duroc Congress to be held Friday, July 2 Hale will serve oh \ the Type Standardization Commuted/ for •1049. This committee is (Umposed of threeXhr ‘eders, three college specialists,\ rid one packerXrepre- sentative. Fie will help the\c6m- nfiittee select ^ix or seven classes of swine t«i judged! by the crowd and^ftientha official placmg with reasons that \will be give by the committee. } A 8 a result of a conference, of the Board of Directors of ;the Executive Committee of the United Duroc Record Association, H^le was selected to serve on the com mittee as a college swine special- in. ! j '1 j After the Dui’oc Conference, Hale cxiiects tq go to the Hampshire Conference at Omaha. From there he will visit [outstanding hog farms ih Nebraska, Missouri, and Kan sas. Visits to the University of A&M. hre also planned. New liftotm^tteetstiouring Rad,. Active MarseUle “Experiments with radio active phosphorous as fertil izer will begin this fill at the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station,” said Dr. J. E. Adams, head of the Agrono my Departmeht. The experiments will be con ducted by the Agrbnonly Depart ment and the Agricultural Engin eering Department cooperating with the Bureau o:’ Plant Indus try. A new machine is being de signed to protect thi workers from radio activity. '• ; [ It is being developed by H. E. Ray of the Agronorjiy Department and G. A. Comings of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Dr. Adams sta ted. ^ Experiments with radio active materials as fertilizer were first conducted in 1947. | The chief ma terial that has beeiji used is phos phorous. [ j a ,* d By ART HOWARD Battalion European Gorrcsimndent 'NICE, July D-(Spl.)—After four long days of bus-touring in Southern France, the A&M Arch itectural students arrived in Nice and tne Riviera last nigfht. v It was just dusk as we^hit the Riyiera, and we had an excellent view pf the famous beaches, ho tels,! casinos, and women for which this area is famous. Today, ! 14, is- Bastile Day—France's 4t of Ju|y—and there was plenty of life everywhere, it IJ.jf . • i . Without doubt no other Amer icans in Franco looked an much like Okies as we did last night We left Paris last Sunday and have not had a bath since. Moat of the hotels were lacking hot water and many of the boys had a two-day growth of beard. Army’s Union Week . . j. Garand Firing From Several Positions; AH Uncomfortable I l BY FRANK CUSHING JR. Camp Hood Battajfon Correspondent : ions which the army utilizes. For ome unmentioned reason the • Y I _ “Of course,fyoUr cost much higher than ours. * Miss Howe said that heir bigge&t trouble seemed] to be with Ameri can slang. Although England has many equivalent slang Words for our expressions it is often sur- • L Uprising how contrasting they are 1 • She laughingly said that when she heard someone being referred to as “smarty-pahts,” she noted that in England he would be called “clever-britches.” Toured CoasUl BUtes Arriving at . owned Blue the coastal s time in Wash: leans, and New York City. ~ ' off ■_r staying attended- a Austin and ^ ( r '. r &M via the college- bus, Mary toured is and spent some gton DGrNew Gr id New York City- While in Wharton Cobnty, she Lustin and San ■ V V. eo, and has vjsited Antonio WEAT EAST TEXAS thlis’afternoon, ton: day; a few scattered thundershow- rHER -fflArtiy ght and d thu ft She will chi tonight and Satui Hiered thundersho | die and Pecos Valle; afternoon and in tempera: Lr iange I near the up- coast this roon and In lortheast and <*ittr«J portions Saturday; not mich change in m p e r a - moderate toj locally fresh dnd th winds on .he coast. TEX- afternoon, a few scat- In Panhan- twafd this much WEST this aft ilii After three weeks of the infan try summer training at Camp Hood, Texas, the doggiesr have found that their cup continually runneth ovet. Runneth, however, not with blessings but with the two-famllar substance termed per- spriation. Between the heat and the fast moving (in everything but opera tion) program set up at M headquarters, the Aggies come to the woeful conclusion that Camp Hood\nakes no pretense of being a regular army re Days fof the gravel! pushers have been entirely too long. Be cause the J local tinny union is rather weak, the eight-hour day is something to wishfully t hi n k about as feet hit the floor and sleep-robed eyes are blinded by the rising moon. The barbaric hour of 0500 has attained the perspective of being downright civilized when compared tp the 0410 reveille that seems habiti As the tridnlag wheels for) the infantry units started grind ing, weapon' familiarization be came the main theme. The sec ond week here was devoted to practice and record firing on the army’s basic rifle, the M-l. For two long days the schedule consisted of an aptly-termed pro- ated in the different firing posi- tk SOI army, after years of study, has reached the conclusion that the more uncomfortable you are when aiming thj rifle—the more capable you are of hitting the target. The general opinion among the ROTC boykvlk that the service powers-that-be called In an aged Indian fakir vyho had achieved a bitter outlook on people in general while lying on his bed of nails, and asked him to advise a few posi tions guaranteed to shut off, the entire body’s circulation when as- summed, The gent apparently did a superb job. No wonder all the movies show the doughboys anxious to arise and charge the enemy; the her oic-looking lads are just glad to get up and stretch their jKisition-weariod muscles. After the dragging hours of sighting, aiming, and squeezing them off the foot umts progressed to the live ammunition stage. Each company supplied its own target pullers from among its group. Cqnsquently the buddy system be came rather effective as the re cord-firing period came. To qualify on the M-l, which-all infantry and cavalry units must do. an individual must shodt at least 140 out of a possible 210. Those whose scores range between 140 and 165 are classed as “marks- er’s badge; those With 180 or more are classed as experts. AH the Ag gies qualified. Felix Dailey whb, because of a rather rough ride motorcycle, was late, was high point man among the A company score of 182. Joe Frank Bell of the so qualified as same company a an expert. CharleN Aiken on and Off his forced to fire Aggies With a Bill Barber, Chester Bell, Bobby / Carbon, Bob Cecil, Frank “Bop” David son, Wally Dixon, and Martin Dtingaa of company A, qualified as sharpshooters. Despite some football-like pads to protect his shoulders, and a gen erous chew to absorb his Mrl’s possible lip punch] Leonard “Bull dog” Coleman failed to attain/ his expert, - qualifying total points; Aggies, Br; as sharpshooter’s badge. / Joe Mf Cullough ended j up high point man of the Aggie in fantrymen at Hood by totaling u; He also tied fo up or high $ company with Oklahoma Aggie. Thadeous cedure called dry firing. At this | man.” A person scoring between ‘ e sharpshoot time the students were ctrin- J165 and 180 earns the V 189 points, point man in hi: Goodwyn, Floyd Keen, and Lel&nd Hiker, were the other B company Aggies qualifying as experts. Arthur Gorman, Bob Gircvcs,^ Rudy Gulllaad, Don Hickman, Jimmy Hinder, James Holland, Art Hengst, Luther Jones, Grant Judge, Robert Latson, Don Mc Clure, and Bill Mackey each shot well enough to receive the sharpshooter’s medal. High point Aggie of C company was Bill Nichols who ran up an of <H82 ggies, Bryan Mills, Brian Moran, Sam Pate- and Jack Prince Ml made themselves eligible for sharpshooter's badges. D Infantry’s rifle scores—just like there sport's lineup—are not yet available but of, the 18 men In the company, 14 qualified as sharpshooters. Despite the fact that all of them qualified, luck was against any of them making ex- p ert - . v J ■,■■• Uppn completion t»f the M-l firing, the infantry outfits do- ’Votcd a day to the standard weapons of the army: the water cooled or “heavy” 30 caliber machine gun, -'the -BrowUtpfv automatic rifle, the carbine, and 45 caliber pistol. Because of the limited time available, qualifica tion on all these weapons was not required. In addition to t|ie regular in fantry training given to the i RO TC cadets at Hood, the permanent units of the camp have put on demonstrations of varying com batant and .noncombatant duties of army personnel. The engineers and the armored cavalry have put on the shows most popular with the students. | > ■. r . | Aggies are all the oi ROTC conv have held the permanent signed on H o w e v e r, (See G their owm in sports of the Softball teams t so far. Few have been as- squads. iy> team, ipany’s Page Obr clothes were v^-inkled mpst of us were wearing berets. Our trip .was enjoyable/ but rather tiring. The tires on our chartered bus are not very good and the motor overheats, so our driver pokes along abput 30 miles per hour pijj lass. Everyone is running low on < asli so wei brought along chreoe, • canned fish and ham, bread, and wine. Most of the’ hotels gave us breakfast, so we would- eat one or tWo of our remaining \meals In the bus. ! Monday we left Poitiers at 2 p.hk, after Some,motor trouble and arrived* in ; Gahots trie next morn ing at'2 a.m. It id nice to have a short stop-over hebe. We have seen mqi-e cathedrals on, acting dean o' the College, Scripps Institution on the rnia, coast and Woodshole on tlantic coast aire the only oceanography v nit* now op- tion le F.! Leipper ,wil head; of trie pe leptertiber 1, and y ot the fiejd beconie act- department ■ill make a during the semester, Harrinfton said, present Leippir is oceano grapher with of Oceanoi the ScHpps 1 nognjp!^, La Gali forma. Work Begun in ’47 -, Two years ago tie A&M Re search Foundation began the study of marine life in the Gulf Coast area. Tne inertiasin; losses of oysters slet the, proje it in motion. The research work, s< :eking causes for the losses qf oys tdfs, has de» ’ veloped into one of tli e major mar ine j investigations ir the nation. Biologists, chemists ^nd others of the college staff did research work. “In th<f course tif'the work al ready accomplished/’] President | Bolton said, “jit has become ap- nrent that the Gulf Coast repre- nts one of our grcaiest natural nisourees. and that conservation measures are urgently heeded. Any program of conservation or de velopment should be msed on fun- <lamental research. Vhile under taking this fundamei tal research, we must, at the saw e time, train J scientific oceanographic investlga- Institu- Jolla, tors, Itoud very few //Oast region ■ fThei atiyely we should cOntMbut blent in this way.” Major Ficfld trained- men is rel and we feel that contribute to iti develop- The delwirtment/\ hich will be organized; by Profeisor Leipper, will be developed m the major fields of joceanograp ty, including studies of| ocean cherlurtry, meter- ology, marine biolog r and botany and submarine geology and studies Of .the physical forjris of waves and currents. Lei Specific | problems under study will be corrosion and fobling/con tamination control, ledimentation, beach erosijon, restora tion and pres ervation of sea life for the sea food industries and designs id off-shore structures. •'. |\ v In addition to Lei] >per, it is :ex- pected that there- will be four other members on tlie department ] Harrington sa d. olrk will be done in fcooj t existed. Most of 11th or 12th additions of than I thou, them dated from the* century, with later Gothic details in\thOj 13th or 14Uii century. i v • \ /' The farther we got into South ern France, the more! Byzantine Ini flucnce we saw, for; tne Saracens had built structures" in ftaly' and in Spain [which wfre copied id ^outhem Erance’s architecture. Perhai* the iiiobt inipretHtlye structure we have seen this week Is tin; Pont do Gard near Nltnes. It b over 900 feet long, 180 feet high, and bus three tiers of' arohete—one Is a bridge and the top one an aqueduct, i The fortified castle of Avignon was the biggest disappointment, for it was in this castlo that the dual: pope lived back : in the 14th or 15th century during [the big schism of the Catholic Church. It was big and medieval, not much morf. But there were small windows all around the building from which boiling] oil could be poured in case of atfack. .j! Scenery along the| way was very nice, with enough ruins of Roman aqueducts, lookout ( towers, and castles to make the/trip enjoyable. The Western portion of Sonthi em France lookcjl much like the hill country iiroiind Kcrr- ville, but the mountains really started near Marseilles, and neaJT Gannett became large and steeps After three weeka in Europe we t pt the sidewalk staff, Wo !■■■■■ with the Research F mndation, the epartments of Geqlogy, ipe ration lion, the Geogra phy, ! Physics, Biqlojlry, Chemistry and Chemical, Pdfrol sum, Civil and Mechanical Engineering and the (Agricultural and Engineering .Ex periment stations o: tlfc College. MS Degree ( ffered The department villi be under (He School of Art* and Science*, Harrington said, and will offer a (Sec OCEANOGRAPHY,. Page 4|> . IS Here thought that most cafes were the sa we stopped at in unique. ,No.less tl came by,, trying to to the “rich Am roommate, Jim Houston, made the ing the price of i From then on, an answer, and | away the rag but the one [ar.seilles was in ten vendor* ,8011 something icanc fro* istake of ask- Ol” was not we was I us. we are _ In the Mediterranean Russ Low n walked ie beach last niriht and rej rls change so we afternoon, ve for ed back that girl* clothes in the probably be gone Tomorrow w< wiR apen fore hitting ,! .! • i- • i m ii ]j, ^ , V* Dorairie Renard and Ellis Lucas will present their “Cos tumed Cameos p f Famous Musicals’N in th^ Grove on Wednesday, July £7. This will be the Sinifinif SweetheartB* second ajrpearance at A&M., They gave u Grove concert Inst summer when they sang group* from “The Studiifl IVinra. H /»M “Annie, Get Your Gun.” Called by critics as “without peers in the field of duo-presenta- tion of light opera eluss,”i 3$* young couplo began their eatfeer the summer they graduated from college. In a few years they amass ed a repertoire of colorfully cOs- tumed duets based on their realba- tion that success in the modern world of musid ' demanded neW , thought; f i,' The travels of Doraine a|id Ellis have takfn them through 23 coon- tries. Dtiring the war they were the first classical artist^ to be sent overseas to entertain the (Armed Forces. They sang for Allied Arm ies all the Way from Dutch Guiana to Iceland and were in England during the Invasion. Since then th* singer* have steadily advanced In! their field: They appeared at Town Hall in New York last r GROVE SCHEDULE Friday,-.July 22—Square Danfi- ing. | ' i Saturday, July 23—Dance with Aggie Combo, m. J t \ Sunday, July 24—Skatlhg. Monday, July 26—Bi Tuesday, July 1 26—J "T

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