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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1949)
Nl Inr: i IT Nation's Collegiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey ' 1 P - fl" if i , ir l • ^ :• v-rf^ If: i I J - V ■ k y i ; ■ ' ; i ■' nil i 1 . i /? rff 1 1!r iW 1. I. . . .•> tj i ■ 'V ■ ! ■' V 'l ' ■1 :> PUBLISHED m THE COLLEGE STATION ( 1 ■' ■: :■ : ' iij'T If: V . :i T fir ! | 1 f jl Rnttali uauai i m THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE • -i t il 1 1- 1 t *j 1 • h ' rf \ ! : ! / / ‘I INTEREST OF < nd), TEpCASji'V^D: OF A GREATER ASM COLLEGE .1 J 'T 'IH- 1 . ||i kil’llif: ■ J;' •frj. • jj'k I | m Kl'! ■ ' 4 ! 'Hk - Volume 49 ■4 H Aggieland First ID Card Pictures to Be Made Monday • •] 1 i |! J, j:i ■ ,|^ ii j First pictures of members of the cadet corps for use on the new ID cards to be issued to all students this year will be made Monday afternoon from 3 to 7. j|f. ' i Students ' living in Dormitories 1 through 4 will have their pic tures made in the lounge of Dormi tory 2. The lounge of Dormitory 6 will be used for cadets in Dormi tories 6 to 8.* Dormitories 9 to 12 wiljli be served by! photographers in the lounge of Dormitory 9. Athletes living in Hart Hall wUl have their pictures made at 11:30 Thursday morning and stragglers, wijl have their pictures made a. week from Monday. Freshmen at the Annex will have] their pictures made in Building T4. Veterans may have their pictures made at the Photographic and Vis ual Aids Laboratory any afternoon at 3. Cadets will fill out information 1 cards with complete legal names on reporting to the lounges to have their pictures made. Cards will be prepared Us soon as possible and distributed by house masters and company command ers, Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of Students, said today. Agtencies who will require the cards as identification will be the Athletic Department in allowing admission to all athletic events; the Memorial Student Center for cashing checks; and the College; Library for issuing books. Other definite uses for the card will be announced later, Zinn said. The cards will be protected by a laminated covering and a $1 fee will be charged for replacing lost cards. 4-4—'i iNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1949 HIT “4— Number - 1 r - —■T’l if ■ • j : ;J ' a ••■Ji i ■ "I ml l -t :>• f 'I ■ i' I •r> m It Freshmen at the Annex w Tuesday by singing and pia io playing furnished by this group'from the Firit Methodist Church of Houston. In the usual'order they are Cath- AtLast! T \k '"1 : } r |UCK CABAN 1SS The Aggieland 1949, successor ghorn as the A tfe entertained last j ^ erine Wells, alto; Helen Saunders, soprano; Adair McGowan, baritone; Walter Jenkins, soloist and leader; and Thelma Slpcdm Lindsay, pianist. ■ i 1,949 H i// Be On October Tenth &M i f- I'.r (: 1 tlo The yearbook will probably be issued cm October 10] The extensive use of coloif in the book—almost every page (util izes maroon! as well as black,land the division pages are resplend ent in four Colors — has * ed the time' previously alloted! for printing the Aggieland. Notices will be carried in !The Battalion as. soon as the distri-i bution date definitely set. [Pre viously, October 1 was the pected datp for issuing the page volunjie.lEven if the prir schedule could have been main tained, the personnel necessarj for handling the paper work of distri bution would not be available un til after the initial rush of regis tration is. ovet. The facilities of! the E. J. S Printing Company in Dallas ed 16] hours ■A. i being used a day Aggieland work, but naturallj: the firmfs other contract work mu it be 4 ; . 4 : : 'kept moving also. Approxim itely two 16 page sections of the [book >re completed every day. Since two complete .forms bust be prepared for each eight pages— 1 a total of four forms for both the front and back to produce the fin ished 16 page .section—one can see that printing such a large book is no matter of days, but rnthen ween T - » . ir. l ■ V- . i •y a I 1 Vf . Agriculturist Has Openings There hre several opening: i the staff of The Agriculturist for students interested in work ing on niagiizine during du: i the coming yejar, according Jim Park, edltbr. Some, df the positions that open include editorial, advei ing, m»ke-up, j and circula duties. Park also expressed the nedd for stories - from students ^vety department in the Sc |of Agriculture. I • > Students interested in rabe riting jpbi'o a part-time staff-job are baked to con a member ofi the staff. located ii The office; 207, Goodwin H|all, will be (fpen on Thursday pfj this week, ' Tuesday of next] week froih 1 fo 4 p. m. for this i purpose. WEATE n rmnv ▲ ol R 1 V E! ■ ' EAST TEXAS —ParUy this afternoon, tonight and day. ShoWeins near the coas afternoon t—arid in eaat por tion Thuisday. A little in extjr northwest tion j i law nig h t T h u r a ex- 492 ting The co-iedifors of the Aggieland 49, Truman Martin) and Elarl Rose, felt : that the use of folur-color kodachrome pictures of A&hf ac tivities would make ideal divtiio nre" the color I photographs seem Mo bear oiit the editor’s feelL igs. The new of previous ideas, and mariy of the ite- A'l , I ph A&M (ripens the year boolk and is followed by the old stan 1-by, the Class section 1 sheets. | The preliminary proofs o: le book will contain certain features, some eomjbtnations perennial favorites. A glimpse of f w tivity at book a few of the phases of in room Battalion Men j: j. . . M-’T I. ' ; j Meet Tomorrow • Tr, ■ ii r r -l 'ill.' Battalion activities for 1949-50 will get underway officially tomorroiw even ing at 7:15 with the first staff meeting for this year, co-editors'C. C. Munroe and Bill Billingsley, said today. Staff organization’ and pol icies for this year are on the agenda for the meeting, which will be held in The Bal talion of fice at 201 Goodwin Hali.i Students interested in writ ing for the Battalion ure urged to attend the meeting, the co- editois said, so that they can get an early start. Members of last year’s Frpsh- man staff now have one year’s seniority with The Bat Alien and should start early .this year if they plan to continue work on The Battalion, the co-editors em phasized: ] / Ii’'' 'J i. Refreshments wilt be) served at at the meeting. - ! I T.SJP.E. tOfMeJet Friday iii| Bryan The Texas Society of I rofession- al Engineers, Brazos Chapter, will meet Friday, Septembef 23, an nounced J. G. McGuire, secretary. The meeting will be ht Id in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms in the Vi ‘ Othet Sections cover sports, soc ieties and clubs, military organiza tions, informal pictures of life at Aggieland, and the beauties and senior favorites. The beauties sec tion, Vanity Fair, has been highly praised as one of the most eye catching : layout designs for such a division that observers hav« seen. A survey of the student bbdy to determine/the individual tikes and dislikes of each Aggie with re gard to ; contents, layout, etc., Is planned iby the editors. The in formation derived from such a survey will help to improve the ’50 annual, the editors stated. x James Woodall, corps co-editor of' the Aggieland 1950, reports that the next yearbook will be pat terned after previous A&M an nuals, blit will include such im provements as the staff with the aid of the student body can initiate and incorporate into the book, i U of H Expects [ Large Enrollment! [• j_ \ HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 21 <*» —University of Houston officials expect a student enrollment exceed ing 13,0p0 by October 1. Ttegistration yesterday totaled 9,599, a} record early enrollment that exceeds last year’s compara tive figure by 273. Late registra tions continue through October 1. Rice Institute also was nearing a record enrollment. A total of 1564 students had enrolled last night, compared to last year’s record 1552. Registration continues through; Saturqay. A&MB In San t ■ l I ■is 'L T- i’r f ".•! ■ •■■ ■■' -r M, • 11 f 4 Week eet I • • i 4_ u . -II; : j! Bill Potts, senior business administration major from Gatesville, on the left, and Chuck Cabaniss, senior prelaw major from Garland will be co-editors for The Battalion sports during the coming year. 1 Candidates Begin Filing for Senate Four candidates had filed for positions on the Student Senate When the Student Activities Office closed yesterday afternoon at 5. The men who had filed were Keith Allsiip, running for student senator of Puryear; William Bar ber, Jr., filing for student sena tor of Dormitory 9; Ray Robert son, running for the Dormitory 5 Booklets Covering Activities, -Ml rl ... . Four booklets, aimed at clarify ing the various phases of student and, Corps activities and regula tions, are being distributed to stud ents and faculty of The College. These booklets have been pre pared by a regulations committee composed of Dean M. T, Harring ton, Dean W. L. Penberthy, and Registrar H. L. Heaton in answer to last years pleas for a, single book containing information and guidance to members of the stud ent body. < .. The first of these, the YMCA Handbook, has already been sent to all accepted new students of the college. Aimed primarily at An nex Aggies, the publication gives a complete description of student life at the Annex as well as infor mation on the history, customs and important events which take place during the school year. Also iri- cluded are college yells and songs. Student Handbook The Student Handbook, formerly known as the Student Life Hand book, is the second of the booklets. This conUins information concern ing the Student Activities program and Student Government on the Main Campus. The College Regulations or “Blue Book” is a revised edition of last year’s issue and contains academic and student-life regula- tions. Roth the College Regulations and the Student Handbook will be made available to all students. The fourth booklet, the Articles <jf the Cadet Corps, will be dis tributed to cadets only. It is in tended as a supplement to the Col lege Regulations for members of the corps. Distribution The Handbook, the Blue Book and the Articles of the Cadet Corps Will be stapled together in that order and left in, each room in the cadet dormitories. Distribution will be handled through military chan nels from the office of the Com mandant Non-c6rps students will receive only the Student Handbook and the College Regulations stapled together in that order. These will be distributed by counselors and the non-reg dorms. Students living in apartments or housing areas can obtain these two booklets if they so desire from the house masters or apart ment managers. All four of the new booklets are the same size so that they may be kept together for quick and easy reference. My Friend /arisen Building Th4 program for thfe evening will include a brief Report on en forcement of Professional Engin- Licensing Law by Oscar and a report, (n '“recent eers Crane, and proposed legislation!" by Sen- Bill Moore.) -; rifli riifi. Rd COOLER Partly ckturiy ’ - ithej west Tex thin afternoon, A few tonight and Thursday, showers an$ cooler it this afternon and in Panhain South Plains tonight arid Thura- 1 J ■ j- ator Bill Moore. The meeting wi ip. m.; said McGui: will )ie Bryan. in at 7:30 Refreshments 'MB New Jobs Open In W T I /•I /-I • US Civil Sen ce Examinations for junior pirifi sional assistants, junior manage ment assist itantzj cultural i assistants wil next ! and! junior agri- SiiBJfceld withiti the (next few weeks, [the U S. -Cjiyil| Service has innounced Positions in Washington, D. C., and throughout the United States will be filled from thlese appli cants. The positions will pay $2,974’ a year. - 1 ' ' The amvounceirienta mil sued in the form of a which will i be availabl Placement I Office. Nd if should be filed at any tri; office) been ■ ■:.. i! ir the announCdment has le h : Jm at the '.n: ft ; Aggie Finger Crushing Hits New Record Opening Day BY C. C. MUNROE A record 274,948 handshakes were completed on (the A&M cam pus Monday according to figures released today by The Battalion Bureau of Vital Statistics. The bureau arrived at that fig ure after processing reports > of its representatives in each dor mitory. The major portion of hand- shakes occurred In classrooms. 1 Of approximately 8000 students en rolled, the burean calculated that each student attended an aver age of three and a half classes. He shook hands at least four time in each; class, once with the man in front of him once with thq man in back of him and once each with the men on either side. |> • This resulted in 112,000 shakes. 'Seftnuj instances of shake dup lication were reported, but the riumber admitted by the confus ed shakers was so small that final figures were not adversely affect ed. j f i ^ . Additional handshakes were re corded in the two mess halls. At tending 1 ah average of two and one half meals apiece, the normal stud ent shook hands with four differ ent people during each meal, a total" of 20,000 shakes. Several of the handshakes re ported to the bureau were, class ified as “bolos”. These wejre de fined as those shakes |; during which one, or in rare cases both of the participarits failed to get a good grip. These were not in cluded in the survey. Each student 1 shook hands an average of three times in his dor mitory. This gave the bureau 24,- 000 more shakes to add to its tot- George’s and The Cave were the scene of feverish finger crusliing activity. The bureau estimated that 2,579 students entered The Cave, each shaking hands an average of 2.7 times for a total of 6,963.3 times. George’s, which has a post office to attract additional travel ers, recorded 8,725.7 shakes. The most revealing item con cerning the Monday handshaking activity was the speech that ac companied each shake. This was especially true iWhfn the speech was between two men who, when shaking hands could not quite recdl on. another 1 , n.,n«r What ds ya man?” wM those close the most common parry far with hazy memories. A second wikj*l|igod, when did- ya get back?” Both these greet ings were secompanied by pats on the back while each .Mm , I i strained his brain trying to re call the other’s name. 1 Many upperclassmen exhibited a practiced mumble tacked onto a cheery “Howdy” when they met to shake the hand. of a buddy whose name escaped them. Several bureau statisticians re ported that sprained hands were quite common in their areas.' The bureau found it necessary to estimate the number of shakes which took place outside the ob servation area of its representa tives. Such places included the sidewalks, North Gate area, local refreshment stands—much activ ity reported there—and in the li brary. However, on the basis of sample polls taken at represent ative gpotp on the campus, the bureau calculated that 103,259 shakes were completed between 7:30 a. m. and 11 pi m. Monday. There was one instance recorded where a student shook hands with his professor but this was such an unusual deviation from the nor mal trend that it was eliminated from the report The student con cerned, when told that he had shaken hands with the prof im mediately changed sections and applied for a transfer to day stud ent status. . strident) senator position; and Al- vile Paiji Willjams, filing for studf- ei}t sehator lit large Friday Deadline Candidates ; may file Student Senate race unti 5 p. m. Friday, September 30 h in the Stud ent Activities office,, room 209 Goodwin Hall. There are 37 elective positions now open on the Senate, with each of the 23 college dormitories chos- ing one senator, and a senator representing each of the housing areas: College View, Vet Village, ler| Village arid Project , and Bryan Annex mar ried students. Six students are elected! at large on the main cam pus. In addition, three senators, one from each battalion, will be elected by the Freshmen at the Annex. Day students from Bryart and College [Station will elect two Senators. , ! ^ Candidates Allsup is a fifth year Architec ture major from Bryan’s Mill, Texas. He is 22 and a member of; the class of 60. ., / Barber, a senior journalism maj or, is from Linden, Texas, and is in the class qf ’50. He is 20 yedrp: Robertson is a senior EE major from Baytown. A member of the class of ‘50, he is 20. Williams is from Cleveland^ Texas, 19, a member of the class of ’50, and a senior EE mrijor. Qualifications for the student senate! positions are: a grade! point of one] and good standing vTith the cpljege. The elections will be held in the dormitories and housing areas on the evening of Monday, Oct ober 3. Housemasters will distri bute ballots in the non-military dormitories and the ranking officer will distribute the ballots in the military dormitories. Orientation Meeting r * An orientation meeting for'tW newly elected "senators has been planned within 48 hours after the tlie rding to retiring sen! ate presidenjt Charles Kirkham election, accc 3 In the meeting the new senate will be in introduced to each othi er and will be informed by thie old] retiring senate of the state of the senates affairs. During regular semesters the senate meeti once a month for meetings of the whole and has specially ca led committee meeti irigs. j Lutheran Students Will Meet Tonight The Texas A&M, Lutheran Stud! nt Association will hold the of- icial installation service for its 949-50 officers tonight at 7:30, n the chapel of the Lutheran Stud ent Center it the. North Gate, ijj The following officers will be in stalled with the Reverend Mgebroff, National Lutheran cil campus pastor officiating:))!: ident, Ken Bernhardt, fourth yi accounting 'Meeting in San Ant weekend Directors will decide which proposed buildings get < struction priority on the efimbits and the three branch leges of the A&M System, according tjo Henderso^i Sh fler, director of information. ,1! ^ b Juniors Elect ] Yell Leaders Tonight at7:30 i. two vacant positions V^nk!? the^buK of' yell leader by 5 p. m. yesterday. Grady Elms, assistant directot of student activities, said. ! ; j, | David G. Haines, a member of the Corps Staff; James E. Pian of A Infantry: Johri R. McFajl,;« A Cavalry; William Earl Riche; of D Veteran Air Force have fil for the positions, according to Elms. Deadline for filing was at noon today, he said. i ; i Election of the two yell leaders will be held tonight at 7:30 in trip Chemistry lecture room, said Wi man BrirneS, junior class presiden This election will be held withoult' a runoff, Barnes said so that.the newly elected juniors may join the i M night will replace two junior yell leaders chosen last spring by the Class of ’51. The two winners of that contest failed to qualify!far the position, aiaid BarnMj ! ( / 0ilFilMG[ven To Visual Aids By Humble Co. I ; tm li/ A&M received eight films from the Humble Oil and Refining Company Employee Relation Department in Hous ton they were presented to Howard Berry, Head of the Photographic and Visual Aids Labpratory of Visual Educa-j tion’at Humble in Houston. They were given to the school free of charge ana they will remain here as long;as we wish to keep them, said Berry. Any group/dub or class that wishes to use these films may do so free of charge, Berry also said. Seven of the eight films are in color and all have $ound.) TIM films last from sixteen to thirty- eight minutes with the average time being about twenty minutes. Oil, Hazardous Forces, More Highway for Helper,. Thermal pictures use i arii- the steps oflvar- used in the devel-, films. Many of the mations to show ious procedures 1 used in opment and procuring of oil: Most of the films will prove fa be interesting to the layman espec ially Highway for Oil, More Than Magic, Plpeland for Prograess, and Trouble Lurks Below. , ) The majority of the pictures are suitable for | several departments such as the Petroleum Engineer ing department, Mechanic^; En gineering and Management En : ineering department and poss- ly the Chemistry and Chemistry i-L-l; ffi Engineering' departments. wL What’t Cooking KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, Thursday, September 22, 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Chapel basement; ) IE | TOWN jtertber 22, , Irthur, iding secre- faurth- Paige; ollowing the installation ser- i a social will be held in the L!' ; SAM WIVES CLUB, Thursday, September 22, 7:30 p.m., South So larium, YMCA, open house for management engineering Itudenti and wives. HOUSTON HOME CLUB, Thursday, ,Sep 7:15 p.m., Room 104, Academic Building, organisational meeting. GALVESTON CLUB, Thursday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.. Room Academic Building, election of of ficers. Dance plans will be dis cussed. I GEOLOGY CLUB, Thursday, September 22,.'7:30 p.m., Room 104, Geology Building. El ‘ AMATUER RADIO CLU (lay, 7:80 p. m„ Club " Building. T DEL RIO Aftli CLUB, Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Reading Room, YMCA Officers will be elected. : MARSHALL A&M CLUB, Thurs day after Yell Practice, Room 103, Academic BuihMng. 1 - SAN ANTONIO CLUB, Thursday 7:80 p. m., Room 208, Academic Building. H; 1 j ji ilfttfc i a Board « ‘ SOI n. I Up for cot awarding of ree colle ate, Prairli gton Sfate T „,000,0d0 in bonds. | Members Of the build ng cop Mittee, includirij: Tyree L. Be! Lit meet Friday morning and win present a report on the constitu tion prograih ;e]t the rh,wsd&7 ^oard meeting;) ) „/ !j * eted t> confjim ,e A&M System for the comirig. jriear, Shuffler skid. At the last meeting the director! authorized school officials to pre pare budgets ifar 1949-60 within the limits of the last fiscal year. Wptj^| Wells •]’.| !./» tion are the ntracts far tout venter wells for the campus, a science building at Arlington Stale College, and at. girls’ dormitory at ' Prairie View. [ It is also expected that directors will grant, authority to award & contract for a scionce biilding nl Tarleton State, Bids will be received for the awarding of contracts on water supply pipelines, air conditioning, refrigeration, and a heat tunnel in the Memorial Student Center, and also on a cooling tower for ths power plant qn the campus, i ] Thursday Meeting Thursday evaning the hoard will meet in executive session. The Fri day morning meeting will be open and begins at 9.1 Hesdqulirters for the Board of Directors Will be ths Plaza Hotel, San Antonio. Saturday evening directors will be- guests of C. C, Krueg« r and the [Sian Antonio Chamber of Oommeras f at trie A&Mi-T^xas Tech football grime in Stadium. Cofeditors Bill Billlnirsley and C. C. Munroe Will cover :he meet ing far The Battalion. . L4U Editors Ask For WI embers mdre m and ’59 Sis! . lUfi, | Men and mbre men, that is what the Aggieland £60 needs, co-editor Jim Woodwall. stated Tuesday.. The non-corps !j co-edito r, Chuck Cabaniss, added that, regardless Of the degree !of experience a mhn has, the Aggieland would welcom! him as an addition to itn staff. Members pf the corps who rire interested in: working on the school yearbook should come by room 428, Dorm 9 to fill out a schedule card, Wowiali said. The co-ec itor men tfoned that those cadets Who fails tin his. rpom coul to Catch fill out cards at the offic Of the managej^of studept public t publica- Goodwin tion, Roland: Bing, in M "■ ■! [i |; Non-corps students Wtwould like to work on the annual ban obtain cards for turning in thieir sched ules from Roland Bing pr by ask ing far Cabaniss in either the Aggieland or The Battalion office, the veterari student [explained. Everyone should try (o have their schedule in by! Saturday, the non- corps co-editor said, because the editors want to check them) all be fore organizing the staff Cotton Ution Nearing Complet on ! DALLAS, Sept. 2 $470,000 addition to Bowl,.!enlarging the cai 76,347 Seats, neared com day. j >1 ■4f ii J UP> — A the,' Cotton pacity to pletion to- < s Hugh M. Wallace, itr niediciaai student fat ma City; to the editor of the ' VI.' J