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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieknd), TEXAS, MONDAY, AUG. 15,1949 j
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' Volume49 '* “ “1 ~ | COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland),TEXAS, MONDAY, AUG. 15,1949 1 \ NUMBERS
Doyle Avant Named Cadet Colonel of Corps
A. C. and Ann English, one of the six couples receiving prizes for
most original costumes at Saturday evening’s Shipwreck Patty*
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The extent of her injulries has
Author of‘Gone
With the W ind’
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Atlanta, Aug. 15 —UP)—
Margaret Mitchell, author of
“Gone With The Wind,” par
tially regained consciousness
today and recognized friends.
She was struck down Thursday
nighlf by a speeding car driven
by an off-duty taxi driver.'
Miss Mitchell, in private life
Mrs.! John Marsh, aroused from a
coma today and got mad over
being fed intravenously. She asked
a relative to remove a tube from
her arm through which a saline
solution wrs being administered.
“\fhen Pegg^ gets mad it’s a
good! sign,” said a physician and
family friend. “The chances for
her i recovery look better today
than! We thought they would when
she j was brought in here.”
Oiice when being given a drink
of vpater, Miss Mitchell said she
“hurt all over.”
Though she/Was reported earlier
'^to bje rallying, a hospital spokes
man 1 said- the creator of Scarlett
O’Hara is “not out of the woods
yet by any means.”
Throughout the day the hospital
was flooded with telegrams and
telephone calls from well wishers.
President Truman wired: '“Hope
Six Couples Sweep
‘Shipwreck’ Prizes
' Six married'couples made a clean sweep of the. twelve
prizes awarded Saturday night at the Grove’s Shipwreck
Party. They were chosen for the mo3t original costumes at
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Joe and Beth Denman (she in a large towel, he.in the
* flipper portions of his naval uni
form), James and Virgipia Lem
y^t to be determined. Physicians
have said she is too critically ijl
to be moved even for x-rays.
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the University of Oklahoma, has
been awarded a Tennessee Gas
.Transmission Fellowship, to A&M,
« for the school year 1949-50.
Olsen; a native of Quay, Okla-
|. ho)na, saw service in the last wab
, and is married.
Candidates for the Fellowship
♦ may be graduates of any accredit
ed college or university who wish
to pursue work on either master
/ >)r doctorate degrees in petroleum
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i ? ft 10-month period and an addition 1
nl/$500 is made available, to expe-
, dite the purchase of necessary re-
' search equipment.
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Monday, August 15—Bingo.
Tuesday, August 16—Free movie,
’“Thunder in the Valley,”'Tech-
nicolor. . ]1’
Wednesday, August 17—Juke box
’ dahce.j 1 A
rjtini
and i codli
Ann Ehf
coiiiit-in-
Kny!
unlforiin | without
:lish
mon (grass skirt,
pajamas), Ace and
(upper Navy .unil
pants, sweater and shorts)^ Jini
and Marie Farrell (one pair of
pajamas—she in thp uppers, he in
the bottoms), Jim and Pa|t Greg
ory (dressed like the Farrqllfs, but
Jim half shaved), and Mr. arid Mrs
J. H. Eaton (he n shirt, tieJ shoes
and garters, she in a sheet)-j-these
were the winner; f. Each couple re
ceived two prizps in addition to
candy slickers
i All 12 were qaizzed by Charles
Klrkham, chairman of the [dance,
on questions about the sea, the
Navy, and boats. One question ask
ed why sailors’
One qupsti
pants aji
aie “bell
bottomed.” The answer (was be
cause bell botto ned pants do not
bind around | the ankles When the
sailor .if i in wa ;er.
Present at ti e dance j were an
estimated two lun’dred. Of these,
less than half came dressed as
shipwrecked su vivors who were
fought in unusuil costupie.
Music was pli yed by Bill Turn
er’s summer Ag fie Combo.
The dance thu coming Saturday,
August 21, at the Grove will be
the last one giv >n by the Summer
Recreation Comjmittee ttyis year.
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ing course as seen by a Batt reporter.
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Visit Mexico City Newspaper
Quisenberry Is
Back from Trip
Dr. John H. Quisenberry,
head of the Poultry Husband-,
ry Department, returned to
the campus Thursday after
an extensive business and
pleasure trip.
Dr.j Qqisenberry left College
Station with his family on July 16
and drove to Chicago; then he re
turned to St. Louis to attend the
International Baby Chick Associa
tion convention from July 19
through July 22. ’
He said that to his knowledge
the banquet given at the close of
this convention was the largest of
its kind ever given in the United
States—4.(j)00 were in attendance.
After his return.to Chicago, Dr.
Quisenberry began what he de
scribed as a very successful fish
ing trip. He and his father-in-law
caught seventy game fish. while
roughing it in the Iron Mountain
area! of—Michigan.
Dr. Quisenberry joined other
members of the . A&M Poultry
Husbandry Department at Guelph,
Ontario, to attend the Poultry
Science Association’s convention.
He| praised the friendliness and
hospitality of their Canadian hosts..
After leaving Guelph, Dr. Quis
enberry rejoined his family in
Chicago, and they motored to Dal-
las where he attended ttte Texas
Poultry Improvement Association
convention.
J. J. Woolket, head of the Mod
ern Languages Department; C. E.
Tishler, head of, the Physical Ed
ucation Department; their witfes,
and Ward Tishler, son of the Tish-
lers, visited the Excelsior newspa
per office in Mexico (jhtyi A u *
gust 7. , • g, >•
The tw/o faimilies are oh vaca
tion in Mexico City. Mr. and Mrs.
Wooklet have been visiting Mex
ico regularly for the past 25 years.
The morning after the five vis
ited the newspaper office, the fol
lowing story,, as translated by Al
len Moore of the Modern Lang
uages Department, appeared in the
newspaper:
. “Professor J. J. Woolket of
A&M .^vho at the present time is
in this Capital, is surely one of
the most sincere friends which
Mexico has in Texas. He visited
Excelsior last night'with his wife
ami other persons. Mr. Thomas
Marentes of the National Lottery
accompanied them.
“The affection which professor
Woolket feels for our country is
not recent but dates back many
years during which he has vigor
ously defended our countrymen as
often as it has been in his power
to do so.
“At A&M,” Mr. Woolket' told
us, “The word discrimination is
not known. All students are treat
ed with equal consideration. If any
favoritism exists, it would surely
be toward the Mexicans.”
“Professor Woolket has in his
office the most recent records of
Mexican music which he frequent
ly offers to Mexican students. He
is an admirer of President Aleman
and an old personal friend of his.
Our 1 President offered him his
yacht when he goes to the port
of Acapulco next Monday. !
“Accompanying the professor
are Mrs. Woolket, Professor ;C.
E. Tishler* head of, the Physical
Education Department, and his
wife and son, as well as young
Tomas Martenes who is studyirig
at A&M."
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Paper at Meet
Dr. J, G. Potter, head of
the Physics Department, has
attended two society meet
ings in the East during the.
summer.
Thp first of the meetings was
with the American Physical Soci
ety in Cambridge, Mats. At the
meeting he delivered a ! paper en
titled “X-Ray Analysis of Clays
for 'Quality of Montmorillonite,"
which was written by L. H. Sim
ons, D. F. Weekes, and Dr. Pot
ter. ' 'j ; J . . j 7,
The paper reported work done
by the authors which should be of
value experimentally in better pre
dicting the problems to be en
countered in laying of foundations
on; local clays. i .
The second meeting was the
national annual meeting of the
American Society of Engineering
Education in Troy, N. Y., in con
junction with the American Soci
ety of Physics Teachers. At/; the
meeting i: Dr. Potter served for the
second year on the National Coun
cil of ASEE, the governing body
of that organization, as well as on
the executive nominating commit
tee for 'the nomination of national
officers of the ASEE for the com
ing year. . v
Mrs. Potter accompanied Dr^;
Potter on the trip. They stopped
in Indiana and Chicago for a brief
vacation on their way back to
College Station.
Martin Leaves To
Attend Program
E. C. Martin, assistant state
agent, and four extension service
specialists from A&M left Wed
nesday for Lake Texoma, Okla
homa, to attend a two-*tate meet
ing there dealing with the Rural
Neighborhood Progress Program.
This is a joint meeting with the
group fjrom Oklahoma that has
charge of the Rural Neighbor
hood Progress Program in that
state.
The four extension specialists
from Texas are Miss Gena
Thames, Mrs. Florence Low, Roy
L. Donahoe and C. H. Bates.
Ag Ed Department
Checked By State
The staff and equipment of the
Agricultural Education Depart
ment, as well as the instructional
facilities of other agricultural de
partments, were inspected last
week by a committee of the State
Board of Education, C. N. Shep-
ardson, idean of the School of Ag
riculture, announced.
The purpose of the investiga
tion, requested by a number of
educational institutions in Texas,
waa to establish a standard for
vocational agriculture 1 1 e a c h e r
training programs.
The committee was composed of
W. E. Lowry, executive director
of vocational education in agri
culture; George Hurt, assistant
state supervisor of agricultural
education and Drj| G. A. Swanson,
supervisor of teacher training in
vocational agriculture for the U
S. Office of Education.
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Laredo, has been named Cadet Colonel of the Corps, laecbrdf
ing to Colonel H. L. Boatner, commandant and PM!
‘ Second m command will be Walter W. Zimwerm*
petroleum engineering major from McAllen. Zimmerm
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Sam G. Pate, J. T. Dotson, Lqu
A. Eubank, Franklin A. Clelani)
and W. F. Behlmann Jr. ( ]Will heail
the five Army ROTC rieginw
The Air ROTC Group wip be com
manded by Jimmy G, MtGruder;
Corpa Staff
Assignments on the corps staff
announced by Boatner were Lt.
Colonels, Robert Mitchell, S-l; Her
bert W. Beutel Jr.* S-2; Herm|
Dietrich Jr.Js-3; William Thor
son, commander consolidated band.s|
Clark, Munroe, public information
Rowland tigger .corps chaplain;
officer; Curtis Schroeder, commun
ications; John Templeton, I&E of
ficer. Major Martell Moore, drum £
major consolidated band.
Master Sergeants, David Haines, I
I&E; Wayne BaU, communications ,
Richard Goodwin, band liaison; La-
Von Massengale Jr/ infantry lift-
sion; A. p. Martin/artillery Jiasion ,
Gossett, M
Doyle R. Avant, petroleum en
gineering major from Laredo,
has been named Cadet Colonel of
the Corps for 1949-50.
Gayton Named
Research Head
W. B. Qlayton, vice-presi
dent of the General Electric
Company, Dallas, was re
elected president of the A&M
Research Foundation at the
quarterly meeting of the
Foundation on the Campus
Friday.
Other officers elected for the
coming year include J. B. Thomas,
president of the Texas Electric
Company, Fort Worth, vice-presi
dent, and C. A. Roeber, auditor,
A&M System re-elected secretary
and treasurer.
The budget for 1949-1950 was
approved and an executive com
mittee iwhich fundtions between
board meetings was elected.
The executive committee in ad
dition to the president who is an
ex-officio member, consists of
Gibb Gilchrist, Chancellor, A&M
System; . H. W. Barlow, dean of
engineering; D. : B. Hprrig, vice-
president and treasurer, Humble
Oil and Refining Company, Hous
ton, and J. B. Thomas.
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Half a league, half a league, half
league onward, into Die valley
of Death strode S-300. Flashed all
their transits bare,' flashed all
their range poles there, surveying
with alidades, charging tick arm
ies, while Aggieland wondered.
dismayed ?
Damn right! .... roughly 45 sun-
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baked 300-S students who for the
past four weeks have bush-knifed
their prostrate bodies through ter
ritory that would make Big Bend
lodk like a pool table, i
So to those unfortunates, who
have tracked their way through
trekless wastes and treked their
way through trackless wastes,
consuming much to their distaste
infinite amounts of water, this
article is dedicated.
Like Stanley after Livingston,
Ali after Rita, and Lemon after
Tequila, my trusted photograph
er and I went to seek out the
lost sufferers of diabolical 300-S.
These are our memories, jotted
hastily on birch-bark and poison
sumac leaves. Pass the Cala
mine, pal o’ mini.:;
Entry: At Uncle Ed's jumping
off ; place, gathering safari and
necessary provisions. After 4 quick
provisions photographer would
have willingly jumped off water-
tower. A healthy brorao quieted
him and we started! bravely into
the land of “whatthehellwasthat-
lastreading." i
Entry: First day on safari. He
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. No sign of life, except in
g
while
photographer, who still insisted on
jumping off water-tower. Subdued
him with a quick shot of Aqua
Velva and flash-bulb frappe.
During late afternoon came
across traces of 300-S group.
Three skeletons bleached white,
clinging grotesquely to rotten
range pole. One cro-magnon, one
neanderthal, one homo sapien. All
obviously A&M 300-S students.
Photographer taught me basic
Sat around all night eating neg- T*"? w * n k ly ^ lrou ?fc * rounded.fis^
atives and singing in loud nasal
voices, “Oh Dem Bones.” Rest
of safari went back to : Uncle,
Ed’s—touchy beggers, their.
Entry: Second day out. En
countered Brazos native who gave
us first real clue as to where
abouts of patrol S-300. Reported
that three days before he’d seen
a bedraggled bunch of men in (
varying stages of 1st, ~ 2nd, and
3rd degree bums struggling down
the road with bent/and blistered
transits.
They scratched themselves inter-
mittantly and mouthed dry phras
es like “Get the one out of my ear,
Joe, before he goes in for the
kill!”
“Yes, Bwana,” said my photo
grapher wisely, “We on right
Entry: And we were! Three
flalks of Aqua Velva later we
stumbled upon the pitiful rem
nants of the S-troopa. 6h, path-
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M
etic sight! Oh, pathos! Oh, dis
taste.! Oh, where’s my diction
ary? ,
One of the canteen-laden dere
licts was muttering, “The square
of the watchacalit is equivalent to
the heat of the youknowwhn “
while a comrade took his temper
ature with a stadia board, ’y
Another was hurredly working
calculus on his outstretched tongue
with a chunk of pumice, his eyes
revolving like demented compass
and screaming, “Over dammit, I
said over,” to a distant figure do
ing a head^stand on a triangle
tower. X J
I wept. My photographer wept.
The human suffering of it all! Be
sides, we were out of Aqua Velva.
“W® must go back and tell the
)rid of this ... the people must
now!” I said to my photograpl
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* Entry: Caught a taxi back to
the campus. Wrote “The Walk-
lug Heels,” which '
sifted into a movie, and thus
later
« siuea into ■ none, ana thus
^ immortalized the intrepid 300-S
/ students.
When can their glory fade?
0 the wild surveys made!
■ Aggieland wondered.
Honor iwa maps they scratched,
Honor the ticks they hatched,
tree hundred!
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Paper Publication
The Wesleyan Window, student
Methodist publication of the
leyan foundation here, will re
publication as soon as a staf;
organized, according to plans made, .
at a meeting of sorile of the staff : toon leader; First Sergei
members last week. neth Schaake; Tech Sergei
John
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liason
igmeer liaison
: Hdrbakt
iaison; R.
Brown Jrvcomposite liaison.
CotoRdated Band ty.
Captains, Ted Lokey, S-2; Ben
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Bickham, S-3; Grayson Wyly, S-4*-
Master sergeants, Robert Jack, ii
sergeant major; Charles Neeley,
supply. 1 ■
! Maroon Band .
Captain Willie Hollar, Ururii nmi- "
jor; First Lieutenants, John; Mor-
tenson, platoon leader^ Jamea j
Slayton, athletic officer; First Ser- fj
gcant Joe Rutherford; .Tech Ser- j
geants, Charles Wyatt,j Be^iram 1
Beecrdft, platoon sergeants./ . |
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Captains, Charles Lundelius, n
commander; Alan Waldle, drum ^
major; First Lieutenants, Jr ‘
Gimarc, executive; “
Frank Davidson Jr.,
ers; Henry Bass, scholi
Tech Sergeants, Stanley Thompson
Edward Rodriquez Jr„ Mike Ad-
kisson, platoon sergeants.
. Infantry Regiment Hq.
Colonel Sam Pate, commander;
Lt. Col. Glenn, Kothmann, execu
tive; Majors, Robert Gregg/S-l;
William Mackey. S-2; Arthur ^
Hengst, S-3; Jimmy Hiester, S-4;; ■
Master Sergeant Jack Holloway,^
sergeant major.
First Battalion Hq,
Lt. Col. Arthur Gorman, com- |
mander, Major Bo^by Skidmore,
executive; Captain#; Rosa Curtis,
S-l; Charles Hamilton, S^ZJ WH*
liam Beatty, S-3) Tech Sergeants,
Paul Coffin, sergeant majc)r; Mac-
key TrJckey/supply,
;. A Infantry
Captajri Donald McClurje, comJ
mander; | First Lieutenants, John
Turc otte, executive; Patrick .Ram
sey/ platoon leader;; Grant Judge
Jr7 scholastic Officer; Fli
eant Arthur Noll. . • •■||
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Captain Henry O’Neal, Oomman-
der; First Lieutenants, Robert Pat
rick, executive; Charles
The paper will bo published
twice monthly. Mrs. Curtis Hol
land is editor of the publication.
Other’ staff members include Mr.
and Mrs. David Mock, circulation;
Davis Kemodle, artist, Mrs*, Rob
ert Schlieder, book review editor
and Cleve Walcup and Jarvis Mil
ler, reporters.
All jhembers of the staff) are
or Aggie wives, except |Mrs.
Occupations to Be
Theme of Films
Aptitudes and occupations will
be the theme , of the educational
film showing in the Petroleum en
gineering auditorium at 3:30i Wed
nesday afternoon.
Names of the films sche4uled
for showing are “Aptitudes and
Occupations,” “Finding Your Life
Work” and “I Want a Job,” ac
cording to Howard Berry, director
of the visual aids lab.
All persons interested are invit
ed to attend the showing, Berry
said. Arrangements for Showing
the films to classes may be made
by calling the Photographic and
Visual Aid Laboratory.
aid Pittman, platoon ser
C Infantry
Captain Lance Chase,
First Lieutenants,
jgs, 1 executive; Jamt
Robert McGlasson, plate
ers; Riley Epps, athletic
First Sergeant Robert Na
Sergeants, Jim Steen, Al\
platoon sergeants.
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Merton
r.Rackel,
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office*;
Tech
Deck,
command-
execu-
ey, S-l;
Simp-
Billy,
Eggs Rout
Little Rock,
Amos Ryan cou dn’t find a handy
Assailant
Ark.—(A’l—-Grocer
weapon when a would-be assailan
made a lOnge at him with a knife.
Ryan, howeve*, picked up a sack
of fresh eggs and tossed them ini
‘ face. The trick
the intruder’s
worked.
Police picked
son, a negro
few blocks,
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Lt. Col. Bryan Mills,,
er; Major John Hi
live; Captains, T. F.
Robert LatSon, S-2; Ed
son, S-4; Tech Sergeu..^,,
Brabham, sergeant major,j toward
Karren, supply.
D Infantry
Captain Jimmy Woodall, coolr
mander; First Lieutenant William
Menger, executive; First Sergeant
Henry Atchison; Tech Sergeant,
Thomas Collins, platoon sergeant.
E Infantry
Captain Charles Bailey com
manddr; First Lieutenant Hug a
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Partly cloudy
this afternoon,
tonight ana
Tuesday; a few
thundershowers
in extreme east
portion Tuesday
afternoon; not
much change in
temperatures.
Moderate south-
...... wly winds on
SHOWERS the coast.
Went Texas: Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight and Tuesday;
not much change in temperatures.
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