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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1949)
TiW r ■fr> . ■1:1 i Nation’s Top Collegiate Dail; NAS mrStirvey ■ ^ ^ Volume 49 . 1 •> I j,--; jv- i I: •'V .Ai ^ ’ * • r w:m i ■ 1 1 i r j - ; (i i ■ \ : i- '•! f- T‘ ! rim II: h i 1 1-1 1 f! .•■: ■! '■ Mi , i I i 1 PUBLISHED COLLEGE STATION (Afegidtond) TEXAS WTOWfasDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. iW 1 I ' llif coisao. iWi : ' I 1 ■ H Number i|5( ; ' j; If' f . amp To Be Built West Of Junction A 411 acre tract located it Junction, Texas has defin t been confirmed for use as a center for A&M summer Co and for use as a pre-freshmen training center for s planning to enter A&M. .J j Primary purpose of the Junction ■ 3 ,tiiat will pive high school ts' with inadequate training v!or' project is to T M "j ■ . v .V r 1 courses student^ enough wjork to put thein on a col lege level 1 . \ j. I\] The citizens'of. Kimble County through J. S. jFafmer, j rancher in this area, offered,the land and deed to the property, j | Specifically the site will be used as a summer center for the .testing and tiaii\ing of hoys planning to eater college in the Fall; to stfengtheA. .preparation of enter- : ing fresh then and cut losses from failures; 1 oi unprepared students. ^ ; Field Courses The camp will also be used for agricultural research, studies ahd summer I Camps for' geology and civil jengipeering. The Board of Directors appro priated $200,000 Ifor permanent improvements of the site to be made later and set aside $2,500 im mediately for surveys, investiga tions. preparing plans and layouts which will be presented to the board at its next meeting in No vember. "• i ri' 11 The site is expected to be open ed next summer, j, _ Li Invitations “Invitations to the summer.camp will be extended to all students who plan! tb [enter the college as freshmen theIfollbWing Tall. Ac ceptance to the program will not be required,” said Henderson Shuf fler, director of information. Teats much like those taken by ehtering freshmen during their first j.week at the Annex will be given. From the results of these tests advisors will ascertain wheth er or not each hi^h school student is prepared for college work. . if students are advised that they do not have adequate high school preparation, they may take/re fresher courses-during the six week summer camp,. Shuffler said. Rustic i Style Rock and mortar buildings will be rustic styW and will house fac ulty members^studente. and serve as classroom's. Recreational facil- * ities will also be furnished. The project was authorized by H. B. No. 64, passed by the last legislature. The junction annex bill had {been predented to .the leg islature two years ago but was not passed, being caught- ini a last min- \ J ute rush. . :' ; Top Fowl Judges Vlsit^College Farm The members of the state cham pion poultry judging team from Richland Springs, were visitors at the College Poultry Farm yester day. • / , The R&hland Springs team, un der Coach R. J. Powell, vocation al agriculture teacher^ was doing ; practice work , inLpreparation for a national contest that is to be held at Waterloo, Iowa, early next month. '•! v j ‘ I The team members worked in . close (Cooperation with the, senior Collegiate team which is in train ing for a national contest that is i to be neld at Chicago late in Ndv- emberi ' ' ; . 1 Both teams worked under the di rection of E. D. Parnell, professor of pouitky husbandry, at the Col lege Poultry Farm, and the Gold en Rule Poultry Farm, south of College Station. t 14 i Ira )-.r : J n MS 1.1 ■ 1. | . g ; (I • Several errors related to the forthcoming Student Senate election Were ; cleared up 1 to day. , ’ f |, Bubba Scrimgeour, for Senator-at-large, was, ed as unlisted in a, college dpripi- hydraulics' tory. It was learned today that he lives in Milner. I I t I In Monday’s Battalion, Wfayne M. Alien was listed as. a candidate for student senator o!f dormitory four. He asked'today that he be redesignated as a candidate] for student senator-at-large. Chuck Cabaniss, who originally filed for Student Senator of Dorm itory 15, has withdrawn «nd lie- filed gs< a! candidate for $tud6ht Life Committee. Deadline for all applicant^ for student senate positions and ptufd- ent life committeemen has changed to 15 p. hi. today. f so time for Countihg fore the meeting of the Student Senate scheduled for Wednesday, OciobeFI 5, according to Charles Kirkhum, president of the Senate. The'Wednesday meeting of the Senate will be for orientation of t«a new senators. Thursday evening, October 6, the new Senate will meet for the first time as an Individual group, ,Kirkham said, i | -f ]| - I U , uigcu vu u 1’. >•>. lA/uojr. : rhe change wps made yesterday that there would be sufficient He for Counting the ballots'Bie* m wm Burl Ives, famous ballad singer, will star in a Town Hall concert on October 27. The towering minstrel, who stands 6 feet 2 inches and weighs - a 240 pounds, enjoys sailing in his sloop on the California coast When he is not working. Library Facilities Will Be Surveyed who have had their pic^ui e today is disappointing [in view of the number that Could, h; been handled, according to Joe splik of the Aggicland Studi Only; a few have come studio, i Sofeolik reported, althou^ the studio is equipped to handle jas many as 125 between 8 a.ni, and 5 p.m. The present plans for tak ing individual pictures for the; class section of the Aggieland 195j0 are figured on, a basis of 60 students per.day, he added, with A, Bj and C’a scheduled for picture] {taking to day through Saturday. “I can personally v<iuch for the improvements that have been: made in the facilities of the Aggieland Studio,” co-editor Chuck Cabaniss said. “A new lighting systenji that removes all the heat usually caused by the high-wattage bulbs neces sary in .photography pjus an! air conditioning system have brought about the added comfort in the stu dio.” A complete schedule will be |n- nounced next week for all njon-niil- itary students, but no delay willjbe caused siiice non-military seniors whose names begin with A, B, or C are having their pictures made tight now the co-editor explained. He added necessary - I. that coats and tlep ar for the pictures, j;,I m- n : . I I > •1 i'T .t. Dr, a M. Lyman, professor of i 11 teacher for square jAMMlnc .. . v . , w p.m. at the Grove. Mrs. Lyman and Mr. and Mm. R. B.' Lyie also assist with the teaching and calling, lyle is In the Mathematics Departmeat. ‘ • , - ■ JV. ' ml\ nutrition, is the Friday ’ at tOO Lyie also The A&M library is to have a complete survey taken of its fac ilities the first of (the month, Paul S. Bpllance, librarian, said today. Ri W. Orr, libf-ftrian of Iowa State University, and W. H. Carl son, librarian of Oiegon State Uni versity, will make up the survey team. Orr was op the team that complied ^ survey of the library of Alabama Polytechnic. Carlson has had 26-30 yc^rs experience as a,, librariap, Ballarjce said. This survey is to be similar to that done j at many land grant col lege all over the United States. The; purpose of the survey is to ine^what changes should be in the library, of the points which is to! be covered iri the Purvey is whether The College Library should be de centralized 6r the facilities should be expanded. Decentralization This decentralization would mean that the ! various departments of The College would have a techni cal library in their department. The eight specific points to be covered are what are the resources for instruction, research, and ex tension wjork. Whether or not the library has a competent staff. How is the material organized? I Other Pointy j j • Does the library have enough space and equipment? How is the Yeggs Ransack Two Businesses Two past date businesses were entered by burglars this weekend, according to reports from the Brazos County Sheriff’s office. Black’s Pharmacy, for the third tinje in the past 13 months, had their safe rifled Saturday night, A large ainount of narcotics and a small sum of money were taken, said Walter Mead, clerk at Black’s. The safe was hauled from the pharmacy and was found off High way 6 near the Wellborn cut-off road with the knob forced off. FuMell'a Food! Store No. 3 was the other victim of burglars the same night, the Sheriff's office said. The thieve* were apparently frightened »w»y, for there waa nothing missing from the safe, ■aid the office. Fuaaetr* Food Store and Black'* pharmacy arc within the same Bast Gate business district. Two men from the Bureau of Identification and Records at Aus tin were in College Station Sunday morning to make {fingerprints at Black’s, reported the Sheriffs Of fice. j ■ T organization of the Administration in regard to the educational poli cies ? How are th'e different lib raries iof the System organlized in regard to the A&M College Lib rary? Is the library government policy workable? j Offices Set Up The library staff set up offices, for the use of the survey tdam for their interviews! with the students and the staff. Also the staff'has done much work in cross checking the bibliographies on hand. The report will be printed in the form of a ten chapter book which will be outj within |a few months after the survey is taken, Ballance •dfeMaA f- |.p' Seniors, Grads To Meet Twice ’ * I ’ ‘ Two meetings of all seniors and graduate students will be held in the “Y” Chapel, said W. R. Hors ley, director of the placement of fice. j | The initial meeting will be Wed nesday at 4 p. m.; Horsley said, but all cadets who drill at that hour are invited to attend ja spec ial meeting for them at the same time Thursday. ' L The purpose of the meeting, said Horsley, wjll be to help those stud ents interested In getting jobs through tile placement office leasn the procedures necessary for fil- inj?. jj! All students who will graduate in January, June, or in the Summer are invited, Horsley concluded.' Check Received By TAES for Research A checty for $200 has been re ceived by; the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, from the firm of Elmore and Stahl of Pharr. The money' is to be used “to support corn earworm research at Substation No. 15, Weslatd,” Dr. R, D. Lewis, director of thy TARS,; announced today. "This !re«earch is conducted under the. leadership of Dr. Georg# P, Wene, entom ologist,” Lewi* says. Officers Elected By Newman tllub „ The Newman Club held its first meeting last Wednesday and elect ed officers for the present school year, Thomaa Stack, the new re porter, said today. Charles Drapela of San Antonio was elected president; David Sech- elski of Anderson, vice-president; M. E. Kuta of Mom tary; Raf/Mmitl tonio, Social secret ornery, secre- of San An- Jack Tur- cotte of Kingsville, treasurer; John Zeller ore historian. Stack is from Sydney, Australia. After the election, committees ere appointed for various pro grams and other work was planned for the future. 1 1 ■! j; ! : » .i : ^ ■ 1 I (i 3 i • ■; • «t I ! - Fish Prospect lits A&M For lylor Career A&M has lost One of the former high school stars who was expect* ed to be an outstanding member of the Fish football team. Richard Parma, after attending classes here at College for two weeks, made a last] minute decision Monday to go to Baylor. Parma, all-state back for the state championship Waco Tigers, entered Baylor Tuesday morning but Bear Athletic Director Ralph Wolf said his enrollment would not bo ac cepted until the A&M Athle tic ; Department had granted ap- proval. S : The reason for Wolf’s statement is that three Southwest Conference schools, Baylor, A&M, and Texas, made an agreement whereby each school iwould not bother another’s hthletes after one had signed up at either of the, other schools. • The freshman athlete will offi cially become a Bear when he re ceives the necessary papers from Bones Irvin. Meanwhile, Parma can go ahead with his studies at Baylor but he will be ineligible for freshman foot ball until he receives the proper papers from A&M’s Athletic De partment. ; > Rumors that Parma left College because of hazing were proven baseless when Parma denied this and said that he “just didn’t like the schobl.” Parma arrived home Monday night along with former Tiger men tor Bill Dubose. He returned to A&M Tuesday where he received his release. :| | 1. i Parma played under Dubose in 1946 and 1947. He had planned to take engineering at A&M. At Baylor he joined former team mates Claud Kincannon, Bill Athey, and Bobo Patton, all members of the ’48 Waco squad. 1 A&M Gets $12,80 Atomic Experim m 1' I —A put of $12,800 hu m the United States Atomic Energy Com wives of Vets urses or Fall Term A group 4>f veterans’ and ’acuity members’ wives re- uested last night that at 15 courses be offered to em by extension, A second organizational meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday Sn the YMCAJ ] Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the Eng lish Department and chairman of the extension course program, had s studies with radioactive various chemical changes fats undere by animals until they are used for h of u- R. five instructors present represent ing departments who are offering extension courses. The faculty Coke Jr. Is Liquor Boss Austin, Tex., Sept. 27—Coke Stevenson Jr., took the oath of of fice today as State Liquor, Admin istrator. Stevenson succeeds John Lawhon who resigned recently to return to private law practice at Tyler, Aggie Events Hoid Reader Appeal) in Far-flung Areas By ‘"FIG” NEWTON In etch of the forty-eight states, neighboring foreign countries, Army hospitals, Army camps, col leges, and high schools, people ar* interested in happerttags at A&M. From Cornwall on the Hudson to Rnncaqua, Chile, they jmbscrib* to The Battalion to learn ;if Junior is hitting the headlines with his daring exploits, or if this college has gone to the dogs since they were here. N i Within Texas, Dallas and Houston seem to be having a bat tle for subscription leadership each yew. This year Dallas has the edge so far, but last year found Houston with the larger Batt readership of the two. Out side of Texas, Louisiana leads with number of subscribers. Approximately fifteen of twen ty Texas high schools are mailed the Bdtt and more are expected to take it later. Eight thousand Batts are pub lished each day, five days weekly. As for the number of these re ceived in each dorm, its rather hard to tell The boy* ill the cir- ;.J culation department merely get a mysterious look on their face and say nine and a half pounda. Fellows with a good acala and a slip-stick may care to find out what that amounta to in round figures as far ia individual papera are concerned. Of the remaining papers, approx imately thirteen hundred copies go to the Annex, and two thousand ara mailed singly and in large bundles to other points throughout the national world. Who is responsible for the mailing of the Batt? A staff of six comprises the circulation de partment Official whip-cracker of this crew is Larry Oliver who seems to have little troable in keeping his staff at work. Two men roll papers, one rolls large bundles and one runs the stenciling machine on which the papers are addressed. In case you are in doubt about the other man, he is a silent part ner who has an occasional day off. The men of the staff, other than Oliver, are Jerry Bett, Harold Dungan, Bob Laswell, Harold Pietsch and Alfred Tyler. members explained the courses be ing offered and gave the basic courses which were needed.. Later the women filled out sheets expressing their choices of courses. The group attending the meeting ranged from women who had no college work to women who had t\yo or three years of college to their credit. Though the''courSes are called "extension courses,” they are ac tually duplicates of those offered to regular students. • Classes are offered either in the morning, aft ernoon, or evening, depending upon the arrangements made between the women students and their in structor. At least 10 women must enroll before a course can be of fered. The, women who attended the meeting last night requested the following courses; Beginning Span ish and Russian, Geography of South America, Landscape Art. Principles of Sociology, Personality Adjustments, Furniture Buying and Judging, Psychology of Adol escence, Modern Literature, Prin ciples of Geology, and Geomor phology. Some of the women ask ed for other courses in English and psychology, j Dr. Mayo asked that all student veterans’ wives and wives of fac ulty members who have taken courses by extension or plan to take courses to attend the Thurs day meeting. Other courses listed in the col lege catalogue will be offered if as many as 10 women request them, Dr. Mayo added. I —K Alexander Speaks At FFA Meeting The A&M Collegiate FFA Chap ter held its first regular meeting of the fall semester last Monday night at the Agricultural Engi neering lecture room. E. R. Alexander, head of the Department of Agricultural En gineering Education was guest speaker for the evening. He em phasized to possibility of more boys going into the field of radio and journalism. Chester Gieske, chapter advisor, gave a brief talk on the A&M Collegiate FRA Scholarship fund. Each year $125, dollars is; given some qualifying high school FFA boy in order that he may start a college education. President J, D. Hampton stated that chapter officers have a pro gram planned for this-semester. The chapter voted to have its social function at ’ a student-fac ulty banqutt Saturday, Dtcernber 10. Each sudent will bring his favorite professor as gueat, / Following the evening addreaa, new and old huslhaai waa discuas* ad with the adjournment motion given by H. B. Stone, the chapter parllamenMnan.j ; / ;i Reverend Durwood Fleming, pastor of St. Luke’s Methodist Church of Hoaston, is guest preacher at thq A&M Metho dist Church thl* week, He will deliver a. message each .night this week ’ through,; Friday, September 30.{ I'ij Town Hi Sbisa Baiii An orientation banquet of the Town Hall Staff waa heW yesterday at 5 p.m. in the small banquet room of Sbisa jsST rP ; T11 HI Town Hall mapager Jarvis Miller gave a short progress sum mary to his staff in which he re ported that all studept reserved tickets had been sold for this sea son's Town Hall performances and that only 350 general admission tickets remained for sale. Sale* will begin Monday, Oct. 3. Miller outlined the $8,600 sea son program, which is to inclmte Burl Ives, Frankie: Carle, Joseph Szigeti, the Houston 'Symphony ’and the Robert Shaw Chorale. Plans for handling the crowds and usher assignments were made at the meeting. The faculty selec tion committee members .W*ge ask,nowledged by Miller. They hire P. W. Barker of the Physics de partment. Dr. J. P. : Abbot of the English department, Aggieland Orchestra director Bill Turner, and L. F. Hauer of the English Depart ment. T Spike White,, assistant'dean of students for acticities and chalj*- Agricult id today % ade to for „ Jp Tom their eat and ener wisi director of the A| xperiment Station, said I The studies will be carried A&M’s Department of Bioc! try and Nlitrition under the dilr*<s tibn df Dr. Raymond Reiser.’T ; ]. i He will ;be assisted by Df.! Ken neth Kuiken, who recently complet ed a ‘course on radiosotope .tech niques at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Advisors b* Dr. Ralph T. Holman, Dr, vin Bisner and Howard Leap. , |j. „ [ Carbon 14 . The radioactive isotope Reisne ahd associates will use 14. This unusual form Is produced i in the nuclear reactor ait Oak Ridge, Tenn., and is Ja fail- u * At * mic Commission. . _ T _ containing, carbon 14 have the same properties as those con- taining natural harbon. But car bon 14 gives off radiation by which it can be followed step by step from the Time itija eaten until it is exhaled as carbon dioxide, ReiMr ;#•! .■ : T? Obstacles H;/ y The first major obstacle |* Vo determini. with small laboratory animals th* fundamental changes undergo af, they, move from intestines through the blood earn into storage, then, needed, back* through the stream into muscle and other ac tissue as a source of energy] L Both agriculture and business Stand to benefit ( enormously through the successful completion' Of these studies. Reiser ssid. ■ Control Fata t {Once it is kniown how one ' Of fat is produced under-one :onditlons and another kind conditions, Reiser b^j fl will be able to ront amount of fat desire ies could ii meats. *■; Thesel factors i flavjor, keeping {quality! texture of all meat product j. j It is thought .these Studies C even furnish the means for con trolling obesity, or excessive fat Id h humans. J A-M Mothers Club Board Holds Meet j State Federation A&M College Mothers Clubs of Texas Board Membi for thi J7 in State Federation A&M others Clubs of Texas embers! held their first meetii this year Saturday, Sept In the Mother’a lounge in yw YMCA, | The, purpose of the Mother’s a closer filiation lege, to coi and Welfai Club is tO'bring about a clbspr af- between the home and cc ‘iute to the comfo: T , F _ jjt the students 1 man of the Town Hall procurement cooperate withfthe faculty committee, (told of the additional trustees |n upholding the ets over last season’s nuirjbor. ! ’ ^"ady to help in thVprogress i The addition, White said, Was the institution,: and to stimula made because of the increased early Other’s interest in behaf* sale of student tickets. college, according 'Andrew, president. behalf c to nfai.’ ,1 Port) Arthur Club To Meet The Port Arthur A&M Club will hold it’s first mooting of the year Thursday after yell practices :ac- cording to club president, Ralph Gormg&r - 1 • .;■!>! t of the, tri-annual e held Saturday aft Opening of the Spring Semest ji Officers of the Federatic inr addition to iMrs. Andrew; lives in Ran Antonio, Mrs. Gilbert of Dallaa, first vitv ent; M 1 ’*- R - Sparkta* nr i Gorman invites students from Port Arthur, Port Neches, Port Acres, Nederland and Grove*; to take part in the. dub’s meetings :ORRECTION ibowing time of the five journalism movies mentioned In yesterday’s Battalion has changed to 9 a.m., Thu morning. The films wil. ^ shown to all interested students in the Idctiire room of Goodwin Hall. 1 ! 'N Student Masons Meet Tonight The Sul Ross will hold Its Drat new school year night at 7:30 in the ture room, El R. Little, chairman said today. CE i ec : i meeting is 1 of electing < ng the activi ; ,r ■ fi i i ia for the pur- "““"B ties for pose planning coming; year. j , All student Masons, E. A., F. C., and M. M. are urged to attend, Uttle said. and activities. “It is the express the clpb members the. more active club than In previous g n m mi , I ■ !■; saed desire of :hat wtf have a tan In previous year* and that a campaign b* made to athnulat* participation ,:in all olub {unction*," aaid Gorman. Officers elected for tH* jehad ar beaidea president are Jamea Fennell, |Vi«* president j Ted Hatch- kiss, secretary; arid Byron Dooley,; treasurer. ]/; j . J'.*: A complete program for tha com*: , ing year will be dlacuaaed at thl* )• meetihg. ' j , : U '.j {| j| Aggie Squares To Dance at Grove ;| Squares will apbnior ice Friday night at 7:30 in the Grove, according to Bill Haskell, senior geolagRuT^ gineering student and acting Chi man of the club. Aa has been customary in past square dance lessons Will ftvw' for a half-hour by Dr.jC. Lyman, Biochemistry r. L. S. Dillon, Dr. ent, and Tom Colli Stetion business nu call for the square dancers. Students, wives, dates, ulty members are invited, said. R. M. SherWood of parliamentarian; C. BtfJtoh of Cbllege Station] mgUWM Stuart ojf Bryan, Treasurer|i W. B. Fawler at Temple, hist Mn, K. M. She Station, C. Bdltoi orary president; and Mrs. Tate of Ban lAntoAlo, president.' i| Extension work begun laati year to be continued currently, Mi’s. Andrews said. , Weather LOUISIANA - Clear cloudy this afternoon, tonig A little cooler and Thuf Moderate nor erly winds tab the coast! M- coming fresh by Thursday. * ■ EAST+] AS- Fjair, er north por and in horth and central’ tonight. r FAIR or northwest ] north and no; coast becoming fresh by Thursday. day fair, warm- crate t 'portion. Model ortheaat winds on {the I "V, U.t