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. V Mf-f I v-,'y/r -•> a i |[! • • f. : I i | f \ FT Th .j. '•r \ ; A - ^ i 3 ' ' •’ / _ ( . I ■■ J ' I • ' • : .A.. II Volume 49 b\ ' J Z] |“. J. Wretched Looking, ..i 1 ! ! KT' IJ f ' /* $SAw SuMivors Gather at Gro^e By T. L GAUNT . _. 4v . . , fm Several hundred survivors olan unidentified ship that sank last night in the treacherous waters known locally as Proxy’s Triangle have been reported drifting toward the Grove. : i.rF^A, . i : ;i Paint Morse Code signals Were picked up last night! by radio operators ia the Electrical-f—— ; 1 '''■■■—|—\-f Engineering building. There seem; * ’ ~ and everyone excellent spirits. In Sact, they sig naled that they intended to hold a party in the Grove) when they land Saturday around 8. This will be a strange y Bjight, hundreds, of-shipwrecked, wretch- ed-tobking { persons qulting their I* H. Getz Is $1000 Forgery ♦ i y.v i 1 \ b ^ * 1 lifeboats and immediately holding- party. . !”• The radio operators Who picked up the shipwrecked party’s mes- —-sages said that the party wante< . Bill Turner’s summer Aggie lane • —Orchestra on hand at the Grove When the party begins. The oper- [j-ator of the lifegoats’ single radio .j^i gave hts name as Charles Kirkham and he said that all plans had been made for the party, “Something about a gay time for all. His messages were, weak and many words were misspelled. Local, radio operators who heard his mes sages agree that he said prizes would be given to the couple dress ed in the most original shipwreck costumes. He said also something about other prizes to be given. There has been no) word from families of the shipwrecked sur vivors whose uncanny thrist for a party will be satisfied Saturday evening. On hand at the party will be photographers from this paper r to film survivors as they have their party. j Anthropologists will be present to observe and note the behavior of such unusual shipwrecked persons. On the campus there is consid erable speculation on what the sur- . vivors will be wearing.- The ship seems to have gone down in the dead of night and many students are anxious to see tlje condition Hr -!Th p«f the haggered but happy sjurvi- vors. An extra platoon of campus police have: been recruited from v the Bravos bottoms to maintain . order among the curiosity seekers and the poor shipwrecked people landing at the Grove. A College ambulance will be at the Grove in case any of the survivors are injured. . -— •AS" McHroy Receives FFA Appointment W. W. MeUrpy, professor of Agricultural Education, was ap pointed chairriian of a committee to work up an exhibition theiacti- vities of the Future Farmers of America for the,-State Fair this ".■ll ■ • i • / • • / i i : ; i :*-• . f z' ! • " i' I i| : ’ ■ ! : }; ’ '/ Battalion IN WE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&U COLLEGE TATION (Aggieland), TEaaS, FRIDAY, AUG. 12,1949 | [ ‘ n j l~ A' ■ 11 T i.' E r •/ ‘i > ■ ■ ill. I PUBLISHED IN WE INTEREST OF A GREATER AW COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAft ■ FRIDAY, AUG. 12,1949 : I j. I ■I IV '4-1 / f rr- NUMBER 26 Xr'fl v.: mm N> ^ 'Vf< : Vajli mm Ma<w «Kt Cow to »n Opinions Of loyalty Oath Given by Student —— i I -Ia E i.'lv * By BARRY SMITH !• -4- eht fMiiftnt4 Comments ion the future requirements of signing & Ibj J th or lea< ‘' t’s ab ,,,11 . seemed to be t)hat the whole ty oath before registerin; school ran from “Ridi when students and facul The general concens brj m to 1 membe: ca ching in a state stjtp at time” rs were ng in It’s abqut time” yestei uestioned. AiV' A&M’s new water system :ame one step closer to reality yesterday when the Texas- iyne Company began drill ing in the James Siegbit pro- r .i. m perty north of the Bryan Air Field for the first of the four n j John H. Getz, formerly ployed, in the office of AJ&M System architect, has been ac cused by J. W. Hoyak, Bryan plumbing contractor, with forging a $1000 check. iriie check was written on, the Bryan First National Bank and was deposited by a man believed to : be Getz around noon Wednes- dav at the City Natiohal Bank. It was made out to Getz on a type writer and bore Hoyak’s name. Wednesday afternoon the A&M auditor’s office called the City Na tional Bank to find out if it would give a cashier’s or certified check the “survivors” of the “shipwreck” is re- : artificial respiration and first aid from hw companions. These three are part of hip of “survivors” attending the “Ship wreck Pfu-ty” at the Gi In the usual order are sup, and Harry Raney. : D|ve tomorrow night at 8. I’Nell Fowler, Keith AU- Yankees Glad Too ... wells to be This first well will be number 3 in a line of/four when the con tract is completed. According to T. R. Spence, sup ervisor of the physical plants, test wells were drilled a few weeks ago that proved the presence of water in/the Sparta sands. Next in the prog; struction will be the letting of contracts on the 18-inch pipeline to carry the water to the campus.. Smith to Attend Colo. Square Dance School ♦was a was but here am Hi fall. for $jl000 on Getz. When, Bank of ficials began checking with Hbyak and the First National Bank, they found that the deposited check had not been signed by Hoyak. {The.signature on the check was uneven, indicating that might have been traced, according to Mj L 4 Jones, cashier at the First Na tional. The Getz check wais also oh a {plain blank: Hoyak; generally uses a printed check with his name When Hoyak was contacted by the bank, he said that Getz had called him earlier and asked where he did his banking. Hoyak didn’t question the matter because he thought that it was nacesssr# siniceihe was doing work for’the College. j [2 Getz has been dismissed by the College and his records in the Col lege Architects Department are being checked, according to Coll ege officials. Veed Reservation For BSD Picnic ( Persons planning to attend the ;3apt st Union picnic scheduled for tomorrow afternoon must first make reservations, according to the, Rev. Prentis Chunn of the iwr j ? , .pi Reservations may be made by calling Rev. Chunn at 4-8220 be fore Jo tomorrow morning. JVo Aggies Sad About End Distinguished Of Chanute Summer Camp Student Cards ? Being Mailed f; ..r A The appointment was made dt the recent State Staff Conference of Teacher Trainers and Super visors ofl Vocational Education In Agriculture held in Dallas, - Other members of the committee appointed by R. A. Maniro, state director qf vocational education in agriculture, are L. M. Hargraves 1 from Texas Tech in Lubbock, F. B. Wines from A&I College In Kings ville, S. M, Robinson from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville and L. I. Samuel is the supervisor from Arlington State College in Arlington, j .j Samuel is the supervisor of area five. 'U nt mam west- Wise Returns From Northwestern U Sidney L. Wise, assistant ager of student publication just returned to the campjis spending six weeks at North ern University. While at tforthwesterii, Wis^ studied graduate courses ih jour nalism which will be applied to- word a doctor’s degree.! j H Before returning to spent several days a conomowack, Wisconsin* Mil Wise ’ ' Oc- By BERT HUEBNER Chanute Field Batt Correspondent 1 , At long last this dreary ordeal at Chpnute has drawn to a close. We read where J. T. Dodson, Doyle Red” Duke were out standing Cadets at other camps. Well, they didn’t exactly choose an outstanding cadet here, but the Aggies did all right for them selves in dbtaiping permanent pos itions and walking off extra “gigs.” The pepmancrit positions award ed Aggie? are as follows: Walt Zimmerman, Group Commander; Randy Barker, Group S-l; J. C. Fails, Group i S-3; John Kibble, Squadron Commander, while John nie .Hughs, Bob Lawler, Walter Caldwell, Dave Collier, Jack Eng land, Dqn Flanagan, Fred Hall, Ray Kinsey, Fred Walters, H. D. Witaer/ahd Jack Miller each pull ed down the job of permanent flight commanders. Between us “Fightin” Texas Aggies, and that crew from Georgia Tech, iqost of the Damn Yankees were quite happy to see this summer! camp draw to a close—now they can catch up on their sleep. Then too, .between these two schools, John Laufenberg, the Ag gie member | ojf the Camp Student Board which Is a disciplinary or- ■i' ■■: J-JT ■ — — ; E. Hord Recovers July Polio Attack Earl Hord of Winters, Texas, a senior Agricultural Education stu dent at A&M, has been released from the Hendricks Hospital in Abilene where he had undergone treatment for polio. He was stricken with polio on July £2, while working on his fath er’s farm, i j ' i Hord reported that he was able to- walk out of the hospital under his own pow)er. \Hc claims to be one of the luckiest victims because he suffered no after effects. At present he is vacationing in Colorado and) the Middle West. T ganization, was kept pretty busy. The only Aggie casualty of the camp was, Dick Harris, who suf fered a broken ankle—get him to tell you his “war story" sometime when you have nothing, better to do, and four hours off*’ I / Of course there were 91 other Aggjes< who constantly complain ed of having blistered feet, no money and complained of other noted Aggie disabilities. As to the social activities u; here, “Youse guys” don’t exactly have Vqry much to look forward to. Just be sure to get Tom Moip gan’s Chicago address book an^ drop by Danville and Calumet City —the mecca of all Aggies; howev bear in mind that you are ih Yani ee territory, and you are a repre sentative of the South so at all times uphold the honor of Texal and of Texas A&M. Manning Smith, local square dance authority, will leave from Galveston Sunday morning for Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he will I at- the program of con-1 tend Dr. Lloyd Shaw’s scljool ‘of square dancing and folk dancing. . ji i Dr. Shaw's school is considered one of the best in the country; and students may enter by invitation only. Dr v Shaw accepts 90 pro fessional callers once each Iroar. This year’s school will be held from August 14 through August 20., Smith, who calls the dances at Stewart Beach in Galveston on Saturday nights, will .fly to and from Colorado. Mrs. Smith will drive up with friends and re Commemorative Dinner Plates •. < | . .| f i r Ready for Distribution Here Commemorative dinner plates, made of Wedgwood china and picturing well known scenes about the A&M campus, are now available to Aggies.' ‘ ’ f ■ As a matter of history, the original idea of having the plates made came from P. L. Downs Jr., in 1936. Thereafter the idea was approved by the As sociation of Former Students, an|d utiiwe ~ tT 'Vtl -F* It’ll be a fHlt of prizes are students u. Bting survey made here last spring. *rl id typewriter In the center Mad a kid v A: the Battalion for Gloa in* over the prized, order, are BEU Potts, sports editor; writer; Otto Kuni*. man se, assistant manager of i .end Clayton Selph, co-editor. ii ji.' iJ 1 • Pre-Dental And ■ i . : v Pre-Med List ; :T l-r, . Compiled Here A list of graduating A&M pre-dental i and pre-medical students who have been ac cepted to attend professional schools this fall has been com piled, according to Dr. George E. Potter, professor of zoo logy and advisor to the pre dental and pre-medical stu dents. Those accepted by the Baylor University Medical College at Houston are Charles P. Davis,.J. A. Knapp, J # H. Mann, C. T. Stephen son, and Tommy R. Walker. Students accepted by the Uni versity of Texas Medical College, Galveston are P. R. Ellis, Jr., N. E. Hulbrooks, R. H. Heard, B. W. Hinks Jr., J. H. Knowles, R. E. Loenig, C. B. Lambeth, L, A. Pinkston Jr. J. R. Purgason, J. B; Rochelle III, E. C. Sacher, R. E. Short, M. D. Stein, T. S., Taylor, J^R. Penable, J. E {Wheeler, and A. G. Wright Jr. R. G. Cox and J. B. Hillard have been accepted by the Southwest ern Medical College at Dallas, James Morse will enroll at the Oklahoma University Medical Col lege this fall. JJ t . R. C. Robbins, Rodney Sellars, and J. B. Smith are pre-dental students who have been accepted by the Baylor University Dental College at Dallas, while Don Lind say and L. C. Wait will enter the Texas University Dental College at Houston, Distinguished students for the Spring semester of 1949 will be receiving their cards through the mails within the next few days, the Registrar’s office announced today. Seven hundred and sixty-two students completed not less than 16 semester hours during the sem ester with no grade less than C and with a grade point average of not less than 2.25. Of the 762 distinguished students 84 students had grade point aver ages of 3.00, indicating no grade less than A. By schools, the School of Engi neering led with 340, the School of Agriculture had 203, the School of Arts and Sciences had 165, and the School of Veterinary Medicine had 54 distinguished students. Mrs. Penberthy To Be Seal Chairman Mrs. W. Lv Penberthy wHl be chairman of the 1949 Christmas Seal Sale campaign for the Bra zos County Tuberculosis Associa tion, Dr. E. E. Holt, president, an nounced. Mrs. Penberthy wiU re place Mrs. R. C. Fussell, who re cently resigned. Mrs. Penberthy will begin soon to organize her committees, and the campaign will open November 21, i y-T Dr. E. E. Holt was in charge of the Monday meeting which was held in the Masonic building. Mat erials for the Christmaa Seal Sale campaign have already aifrived. a contest was sponsored Architectural Department for thje best design depicting the traditions of the school. 1 Designed by Doyle The winner, as judged by men! hers of ah appointed committee, was J. F. Doyle, who was pre seated a cash award of $25. In his -Winning design. Doyle iii- cluded traditions of the state as well as those of the school. Ac cording to Doyle, “When a school has been a part of the state and has contributed to the growth of that state for almost 73 years, it seems to me that its commemora tive plate should characterize, not dfely the school itself, but also the traditions of the state.” • Border Design Thus, the design for the border of the plates contains the six shields df the countries having ruled Texas. Between each shield is ft design including • “mossy- horn Texas steer” which certainly holds a most important place among Texas traditions, also a prickley pear and a bluebonnet. To represent all of the various j educational phases of the school i in sq small a space seemed an inji- possible task, so Doyle depf the idea which is immediately, sociated with A&M, that is, one the country’s outstanding milita institutions. Therefore, the bord' J also includes the insignia of the various branches of R.O.T.C. found at A&M. Pl»te\ Center Pieces In the center of each plate of the series of 12 is a picture , of a building on the campus. The build ings pictured are as follows: Gath- right Hall, Civil Engineering Building, Sbisa Mess Hall, Aca- demic Building, Guion Hall, Agri cultural Building, Klye Field Sta dium, Cushing Memorial library, T. O. Walton Hall, Administration Building, Veterinary Hospital, and the Chemistry Building. When the designs were made up, the drawings were sent to Josiah Wedgwood & Sons of Etur- ift, i England to be reproduced on China. During the wax, the Wedg wood plant converted to producing war materials. The plant is now back in the production of china. A Set of Hie plates , is on display in the window of the Exchange store, and orders may be placed through' “Pinky” Downs. GROVE SCHEDULE Friday, August 12—Square danc ing. : l Saturday, August 13—Dance with Aggie Combo. ', Sunday, August 14—Skatiug. Monday, August 15—Bingo. rata* ’•li the same way. I Smith has trained a group {of Galveston teen-agers to square dance oh roller skates. Saturday night ,the group will make a pub lic appearance for the first time in an exhibition to be held in Gal veston. Smith persuaded the youngsters, who belong to a Gal veston skating club, to let hitn ex periment with the idea. Some of the most. figures were adapted ing motion of roller skates, and the idea has resulted in an extremely fast set of patterns, Smith said. It was necessary to make a few changes in the figurep but not many: • j : • I ' /! " j I Nearly 1500 people attend the dances every Saturday night, and it is believed that nearly 5000 will attend this Saturday nighi. Smith added; ' \ ■ 1 . Norwegian Veterinarian Visits A&M On United States Tour j ■ r ■ , , ■. ■ ■ j ,, Dr. Jon Teige, associate professor at the Norwegian Vet erinary College, Oslo, Norway, arrived oh the campus yester day and was welcomed by Dr. L^V. Boughton, dean of the school of veterinary medicine. Dr. Teige is in the United States under the Economic Co- our country f .time ahd money, here it was evident' at many [thought that a start' had been mvde in the right direc- ! tlon in weeding put the undesirable ) elements of our country. ,f j j Throughout the entire history of 1 the general policy to- 1 ward interral, and for that mat ter external {.threats to the na(l safety has been to turn the other I cheek, wallj softly and curry a I big stick or pacify the agressor. ^oday, even though the overall | policy is srill*the same, the dividual is becoming less obi it and is detm nding that more tic measures be taken. Peace-At*Any-Priee h;i . J !jl F. L. HBlvey, business major. < from HoustJn, says “The attif of .the American people tows Communism or any other dam to the country is a pcacc-ut‘*niyt mm ' liM used a country’s downfall, I H _ “I think that this is a slander • gave two or rce years | of his life and some times much more to the country’a !tp the veteran who gave tWO ‘ffe and the cou ^ —ve to sign ah obviously feeblA,/effort at ridding jh* times much more to defense and] then/bave to sil the colleges antf universities of un desirable elements just for the Communistr WiU Sign W ^ E. BF Morrishn, Management Engineering student from Houstbp aid, “If a person attending the E saio, "ll a perspn attending t school is a communist he will sigh the oath anyway. I believe that subversive elements .are > here to stay and therej is nothing that can be done about'it. There is no act ual way of knowing who is and who is not a Communist so the whole thing seems to be useless to me. ,i . , 1 m -€. L. ’Brown, graduating education major, attacks the moi etary;los8 incurred by such a pr ,gram. “The money , spent on this action could be better spent on more effective ways to rid the country of bad elements,” Brown said. .. j , i: . /;■ / ■ “Wednesday’ls Batt editorial ex presses my views exactlyj” said G; Guevarra, architecture I student from Alice. Drastic Measures Bring i Conflict By way of contrast there aro jstill many Who believe that any drastic, measures, would oiUl pre cipitate the eveij impending cort- I k Picnic To Be Held at New School Aug. 25 The College Station com munity picnic wM b® hdd Thursday, August 25, in con- tion with the informal opening of the new Consoli dated school. The picnic is sponsored by the College Recreational Council and the i Chamber , of CommercS. It will be the third of its kind. The picnic will begin at 5:30 p.m, when the doors of : Yhe new school wil be thrown open and all whoj wish will be welcome to in spect the building and equipment. A square dance, with Manning Smith as master of ceremonies, will! be held on the Luke Patranella Memorial Slab. Raymond Rogers, College.Station city manager, said that all local callers Will be 1 in vited and that the square dance js expected to be one of the larg est jyet. j Rogers plans to frail 900 letters within the next few days inviting residents of College Station and the {nearby independent school dwt- to the picnic. . : ,L ire will be skating on the slab for Children under 12 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. At the same time the two leading teama', of the Col lege Station Softball League will play the final game of the season ♦operation Administration’s techni cal assistance program. He is mak ing a study of American research on sterility of cattle and horses. He has been studying at the Bureau of Animal Industry,: Belts- ville, Maryland, befpre coming here. The study project was re quested by the Norweigan Govern-: ment as a means of aiding In the « m the nuwle for ff AM 1 ® increased production iof livestock lc j k® ^ el 4 Cow Bayou, in Norway. T On his tour of the United States, Dr. Teige visited the University of Minnesota, St. Paul; the meet ing of American Dairy {Science Association, St. Paul; Iowa State College, Ames; Kansas State Col-: lege, Manhattan; Colorado;, A&M, Fort Collins; the University of California, Davis; and will go to Lex- Roger is New Son Of Robert Pierces A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. August 8 In the ifcdi i ■ill? t I k Mix new son weighed 8 Robert Pierce on Saint Joseph Hospital. The parents named their new Roger Wilson. He * * ' pounds. j • the University of Kentuckj ington after leaving A&M. A'trip to the King Ranch fqr a few days will be made during his visit, Dr. Teige said. He plans to be here until August 19. Dr. Teige is in charge of the Ambulatory Clinic at the Norweg ian Veterinary College and his study here closely parallels his work at home, s i. ■ In addition to the colleges listed above, Dr. Teige has visited the University of Pennsylvania, Rut gers University^ Cornell, and the Unrv Jnivcrsity of Wiscon He is scheduled to rfeturn way on August 31 On tn Stavangerfjord. ■ I* n to Nor- e S. S. At times , in the jmst thifrfeel* i (See OPINIONS,/PagR 4) I Feast Planned I itio t miles east of Port Arthur a recent meeting of the Arthur Ex-student’s, according to Ralph Goi club member. ' I j, in i, The stag barbecue is to be held Saturday, September 10, at 1 p.m. Signs will! be posted aropnd site to guide those who may be familiar with the area.; The barbecue is sponKOrcd the Port Arthur Former Studert Club and will be for the pui of enlarging the club scholar p fund. ! AH Aggies of the Hablhe ana, whether they be exes, present stp- am dents or future freshmen are urged ' * to attend as the social Should Stimulate club relatk>ns[[ Aggie* are also friends. relations!! asked to. bring- Quisenberry Heads Poultry Meeting Dr. John H. Quisenberry, head of the Poultry Husbandry Depart ment, will preside at the twenty sixth convention of the' Texas Poultry Improvemaii!.Association, according to J. W. MoOre, exten sion poultry husbandman. t The convention will be held in the Baker Hotel at Dallaa this week. Other members of the A&M poultry husbandry staff on the are George H. Draper, program !■■■■■■ • $1 PpuJtry supervisor, n F. Z. Bean- son blc ' toaaom, poultry marketing spe cialist, and William J. Moore, ex tension poultry; husbandman. .. Tickots for the Aggie get-togeth er will be one dollar and may bei obtained from moat any member of either the Student's or the Exes’ Club, Gorman concluded. ■ WEATHERjJl IbAjW/TEXAS: Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Satur day. “A few widely scattered after- noon thundershowers, mostly In the north portifh, and near upper coast; not much change in tem peratures. Mod erate southeast and south winds , on the coast. i' xWijft TW«* consider able cloudiness this afternoon, and SHOWERS 'SKwES; and evening thundershowers; not much change in temperatures.