The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 21, 1949, Image 1

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First ID Card
Pictures to Be
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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.
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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-
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The Aggieland 1949, successor
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tfe entertained last j ^ erine Wells, alto; Helen Saunders, soprano; Adair
McGowan, baritone; Walter Jenkins, soloist and
leader; and Thelma Slpcdm Lindsay, pianist.
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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
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'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
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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.
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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.
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this afternoon, tonight and
day. ShoWeins near the coas
afternoon
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eaat por
tion Thuisday.
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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
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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
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Meet Tomorrow
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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
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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!
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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.
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on the left, and Chuck Cabaniss, senior prelaw major from Garland
will be co-editors for The Battalion sports during the coming year.
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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,
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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
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COOLER
Partly ckturiy ’
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west Tex
thin afternoon,
A few
tonight and Thursday,
showers an$ cooler it
this afternon and in Panhain
South Plains tonight arid Thura-
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ator Bill Moore.
The meeting wi
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will )ie
Bryan.
in at 7:30
Refreshments
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New Jobs Open In
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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 ' '
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sued in the form of a
which will i be availabl
Placement I Office. Nd if
should be filed at any tri;
office)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ! ( /
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To Visual Aids
By Humble Co.
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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
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What’t Cooking
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS,
Thursday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.,
St. Mary’s Chapel basement; )
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jtertber 22,
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Paige;
ollowing the installation ser-
i a social will be held in the
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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.
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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;) ) „/
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,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.
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| 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
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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
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the,' Cotton
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