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7 - •.V- n ' ,71 u ■ ‘ ■ Volume 49 Nation’s Top Collegiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey 1 1 i. • ■ ft Oklahoma City i.J r 4ff.N If m' I'if — I All students planning to at tend the A&M - Oklahoma game have been invited to a - pre-game coffee sponsored by the Oklahoma ’City A&M Club, Dick Hervey, secretary of the Former Students Association said today. . k The invitation to all Aggiea was received by Hervey from the Okla homa City club’s president, Clyde T. Normal. Scene of the coffee, which will last from 9 a.m. until noon, will be the-Civic Room of the Biitmotv , Hotef in Oklahoma City. _> The ■gathering is held by the club to enable all Aggies and Aggie ;exee in the vicinity for the annual football game between Oklahoma and A&M to get together. ~~ _ The affair was first sponsored by the club three years ago and met with such success that it was established as an annual function of the organization. Members of the neighboring A&M dubs in Tulsa, Amarillo, Ardmore, and Wichita Falls usually attend in large numbers, Hervey reported. • l The Oklahoma Club holds regu lar meetings on the first Monday of every month. Sessions, which include luncheons, are held In a private dining room In Bishop’s restaurant. - r \ b y •Url' JE STATION Wf i> ft ■ t ill i 1 I]!' f f ■ • I' h r iitW m 7 ■ : r v L ( mm i ), 4 ; 'ft ‘3WT; [A GREATER A&M COLLEGE MiDa£ SEPTEMBER 30,1949 on r Official Ni — Work on the forward outside finish work is almost the Interior work starts soon. lent Center is gc present time, and t completed. W »a* It will go n slower, construction superintendents say. But is expected that completion will meet the deadline of September, 1950. ^"--'1 Kn", .111 i\. L ■ : ,77.,;" ,"7 ' I: 1 '. ! .'l. Horsley Reviews placement nent Utlice regJstroiifl ilanks were distributed at ons in how to best ut' o Wee tings held y«u Wecjnesday aftc'rnoons JA lecture room. Night Police Authorized For College Patrol \ r -J. - • * W ‘ | 1 f Would-be prowlers plan ning activities in the College Station area were put on no tice Wednesday night when City Manager-Raymond Rog ers was authorized to employ one man to.: patrol the business and residential areas from 10 p. m. until 6 a.m. > *> This action, which College Station constabulary ' one man ttrtWtf, Is beloved tb have been hastened by the recent safe . . - . . . robbery at Black’s Pharmacy at the *' u,T *n1fly toying to place. Office A wayi Placement record bl instruct! - ize A&M’s placement service! Wej given at two meetings held terday ami in the YMCA The meetings were conducted by Wehdall R. Horailey, director of the placement servieg, who outlined his office’s services to the student* who expected to graduate before next August. Both meetings were attended by capacity crowds of, soon-to-be-graduated seniors. | | ; Horsley first outlined the range and purposes of his organization which attempts to find, and recom mend, jobs for sjll A&M graduates. The service employs an informa tion file for every Aggie who reg isters with it until he specifies that Bast Gate. The pharmacy rifling was the third such act at the es tablishment within a year. The, new patrolman to be em- fice A ways Ready use the pi r ‘‘No matter vihen you are out rii Becriting Sub-Station today to en- a job” Horsley said, “if it fadls out list men and women for the In lice prowl car rounds^ and it for nmlrimr M« Kr “ u ” l ‘ uo, i or ^ y 0 ^ need a JOO believed^ that years ,ater ' on * placement office puach clock*-will be installed to in- H ^ ®|y?JTtmng in it’s power to -..w, V.tII fmd sure full protection for the people of the city. Lee Norwood, present chief of police, will continue to patrol in the daytime. Both the patrolmen will wear the recently authorized uniform consisting of Army offi cers’ tropical worsteds for summer, and oi ficers pinks for winter. A three-way radio is expected to. be added to the city's prowl car within three weeks. It will be tuned to operate oh the fre quencies of the Bryan police rad io and the state highway patrol .Beta. 7 ' ; J ■ . •/' At the Wednesday night meeting the commissioners also approved the annexation of two new districts into the city. About 50 per ceint of the. Southeast College Park Addition' and practically all of Breezy Heights were annexed. The next regular meeting of the College Station city council is scheduled for October 10. For Graduates us rfvt . s „ , ,, , ,,, 1M fl . itfies while in college, high school are registered with the placement - - 1 :lr — ,J n ^ ! data such Fall Calendar Announced For Tan Beta Pi The Tau Beta Pi calendar for the Fall semester was an nounced today by Donald Jarvis, president of the chap ter. The dates for the events were decided upon last Monday evening in an executive committee meeting which w&s held iii Dean Howard Ba now’s conference room. The pre-election meeting for new members wiU be held on October 19 and Uie election meeting wUl be on October 28, Jarvi ssaid. A|1 Tau Beta Pi members are uested to attend these meeting, a chapter requires that all mem- rs who wish to attend the inita- ion banquet be present at both i the pre-election and the election meetings. Members who fail to at tend these meetings must have a legitimate excuse or they wiU not be allowed to attend the banquet, said Jarvis. The initiation and the Initiation banquet will be held on Novera- ber . 9. - All Tau Beta Pi members are requested to clip this article from The Battalion so that it may be jused by them for future refe Jarvis concluded. and activities, personal as hobbies and i special aid past business exper- >« talents,! ience. ! The leal let continues with World War II njeord for veterans and a list of' references. It is none in three colors of maroon,and white, for the borders and seal, and black type for • he printed information. 1 till Many Jobs Horsley emphasized tbit even though! jobs were growing more difficult to find, the A&lji place ment offlie still has as nijany job calls as it does graduates each 000 orgaiiizations year. Of ccepted nj job. uta down the the 4, office, Horsley said. One point particularly stressed by the placement ! service director was the damage one student may do his feUow student^ job chan ces by accepting interviews after they have already ao< This practice only cu chances for the next ! man tp get a job, he said. As soon ns you have accepted o, job, Horsley said, notify thd oth er firm you have made, appM«|tions to at once. This will aid them and if your first job should tall through, will increase your chan ces I»f nuUrin* a snec^safui appli- that reguljarly employ college grad- cation for employment uales every year, 1^00 of them Navy to Expand Its Inactive Reserve ' J [ ' j*’ , An expanded enlistment program was announced by the Bryan Navy immediate! lately need : you employment” Mbst effective of the servi weapons, Horsley said, is the . sonal leaflet These Syixll i sheets contain the students turp, information as to hi* demic and extra-curricular j f SA Site of ’50 Tech Came; Dallas in ’51 The A&M Athletic IVpartment has announciHt that the Aggies would play tho Texas Tech Red Raiders in San Antonio again next year and that the series would be moved to the Cotton Bowl in Dal las the next year. At the same time Athletic Di rector Barlow Irvin announced that a two-year contract had been signed with Nevada University, with the first game, to be at Sac ramento, Calif., Sept. 29, 1950, and the second at Shn Antonio Oct 13, Trip Committee Leaves Monday ! • j v'Ui 7 Till An eight-nian committee; ot students and college offi will go Ao Fori WortI to complete arrange: the TCU corps trip and ade, Dean of Students W. L. !)P|eft- berthy said thi* morning. Committee members are Penberthy, Co! H. L. Boatner, Joe Davis, Cadet Colonel of Corps ©pyle Avant, Corps Oi tjiona Officer ! Harmon Diet Public Relations Officer C. C. roe. President pf the Stud nt Sep ate Charlie Kirkham, ami Head Yell Leader Olenn Kothmtn. This group |s not a welcoming committee, Dfan Penberthy em phasized, hut Will only make tlraf- fic n,nd zoning arrangement* Vrlth In conclusion Horsley gave on dress, mannerisms, and versational approaches! ;to use tips con- while being interviewed by prospective employers. . ; \ j ^ At the end of his, speech, meeting was thrown open to lions. After a few general tions from the floor, the meeting was dismissed. \ k the ques- ques- Fort Worth qffidala. I They will hive ho contact! irith TCU students berthy added. rr or officials, j Pen Debating Societ fleets Presiden 'f° rbm active (Cjass V-6) Naval Resen’e. Men: bejtween 17 and 41 and wo- j. men 18 and 40 years of age are j being procured to supplement the! 240,000 njew members required to bring the Naval Reserve units all over the jeountry to full strength. J. H. Haward, TM<?-USN, re- cruiter-ini-chargc, advised that the Inactive [Naval Reserve does not take anyone away from their civil ian occupation unless a national emergency is declared. No physi cal examinations, drills, meetings; or cruises are required upless tho individual requests them. The enlistment prograta is de signed to meet requiren ents for, all trades- Additional information may be had from the Nary re- cru ting Bub-Station, Court House Buildihg,) Bryan. — Identification Card Issue As soon as all identification cards are processed and ready for distribution they will be giv en to cadets by the unit Com manders and to non-military students by the housemasters, Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean of students for student affairs, said today, j ' 'vi 11 be Published in The Battalion as to when and where all non-dormitory $tud- ents may pick up the cards. It is estimated that all cards will be reariv j fori delivery in about two weeks, Zinn said. 11 -r 4——+ Marksmanshi •!; j‘| • ! J j f- . j 'j f. •* Plaque Given A&M Cadets A plaque awarded fort out standing marksmanship was presented to A Company Ord inance last night by Colonel Frank Swoger, Senior Ord inance instructor of the mili tary department. Cadet Caplin George 8. Kent, petroleum and mechanical engin eering major from Fort Worth, received the plaque for the com pany. It is, awarded annually to the college whose ROTC Cadets at Aberdeen Proving Grounds sum mer camp make the highest total marksmanship score. The A&M cadets led the camp which had students from 34 dif ferent colleges in attendance. Kent, who is the quartermaster- ordinance battalion S-2, was given the honor of receiving the plaque : because he was individual high j point man attending the camp. firing the Ml Carbine, Kent scored 191 points out of a possible 200. Swoger, in making the presen tation, commended the ordinance cadets for maintaining the excel* lent reputation which A&M enjoys as the various summer camps. ‘"This plaque is awarded each year,” he explained, “to the out standing school at ordinance sum mer camp. You brought credit to yourselves and to A&M by winning it.” The Aggie Band paraded for the first time at a retreat formation this j-ear in honor of the occasion. t-,!‘ '<] f rr F i i'll’ . in’- i > Faci Ready For OU W Up-Hill Bait -*-4rh -r—— —r*t—t It: - W* Bin ‘.Hi- mm i; 'll'7 | ||j |,d BY BILL POTTS | k'ihlBk the Aggies wiU ria« to ■|1 n ' ■ It !i ar fill/ ! ‘ r. % V £ Ml*. ’fiii ^"1 ;njeeting jin the, n i night. IfOng, .who end coach, as he dos- !|j|, ITj-JT hi. i tod the OkJahomn b| Vim i'jpt Mi -t/yv**. . mmiJgiM icM Jr,:' m 1 mmmrnm 17 This sign of A Ordnance company in indicative of the general rise In campus spirit alter the Aggie* win In Ran Antonio last weekend. Despite th<> powerful ^“arn fielded by Oklahoma, most students feel that OU plus heat could.{ Indeed, make PU. ,—r., the Oklakomr Bootversdast wedtj l«i Button when j tljey defeated Boston.College by an . ; overwhelming score, gave the pco- i present, at la?t night’s meeting good insight on what the Ag-1 ■ giea will be up against when they ;meet the Sooner* •tomorrow after- T WST-dPim round overly pessimistic whan he spoke of tomorrow’s [\gfttnq with the Sooner*, but he by no mean* sound ed unduly optimistic. ; King acted a* it he had ‘‘lived breathed” the Oklahomans for past week. -He named the Ing lineup for the .soonefs, goVe each man’s weight and height, Wi hometown, puipber. Mgh sehopl and previous experience. • Splif T : f^j j; Speaking of the split-T which h Bud Wilkihson la ualng 1 at King said, “lomo • why It IV : Had the No-queues blues . 1 j" | 1 ,i'jr — r ~1—'1 |j : j-. y ■ j Summer Sadness Traced To Lack Of Invigorating Lines BY W. K. COtVII.LE During the summer Of at A&Mj there was And when you reach the jn line, the ecstacy o!f beinj semester j i s i,| m ost overwhelmihg. Met of. But to go on, ‘‘Turtle” waa first: watching hi* men mill around one havelduy, waiting to get their noon ra- lack of ienthusiasm , . j a dull, blankj likUess look iu thy eyes of the students. Why was this? Wan it bacauae of unpaltable food, j tho insufferable heat, the Irritatlnj; intecta, the troublesome ants, the irksome dust, or the in fliction of an unbelievable amount of home’rork?* No, it was none of these trivial things. The truth is, there was no system ... no rhyme or m- •on to tlie everyday chores. Every- a noticeable j K1( .|, kno^m to stand in linq three | tions of Serf Souffle when he no* or four timea over and over 19 Th„ the Aegiea wiU epen the ttSMS&K thin* to. dnmn * 1950. and 1951 ,e„on. in Cali- ‘["d' forma.^Previously it was an- b 3^^ in its organizational them, ahd walked out. nounced that ( Cadets would y w 3nesdsy evening. ' , *^**' James R, Farmer, secretary!, said today. 7j I • p|.{| Fulier, who recently reti from a tour of Europe, has been ;an active member of the ao^iaty since Its post war reorgan:' play UCLA in Los Angeles in the 1950 opener. !' \4 ivr Eihperor GpLw ?nn- Copies of His Book Tokyo—(A 1 )— Emperor Rirohito’a latest uteiary eftort hit the book stands today. But he’ll get nooks back instead of a royalty. Ft did nbt make the best seller list as do most of the emperor’s poems. It* title is *Sea Cows of Sagami B&yX The book is baaed on a 20 year study of marine life by the emperor. J 1 The official bookseller reported only a "fair sale", and added that he was. tending the jfmperor 8001 attend the copies instead of a royalty check, ization, Far John Taylor, last year’s dent, waa elected vice-p: A pre-law senior from Big he ia executive officer of alry-Engineer Regiment Fanner is akj accounting His classification is sol and he is from College Stati All persona interested i bete or dieeqaaion are Invil of the dec ,; r ; j ‘ or four timea Just to experience the simple compan ionship, and the final split-sec- on^l n joy that comes from) being number one in rank. Once on reglatmtion day I stood In line for thirty-six hours. After I’d poHsed the same fam iliar iland-mark for the third consecutive time I realized that the line was going hi a circle With the added confusion of for getting what I was waiting for, I finally gave up in disgust and ay. You lows, saw Went to uncle Jim’s.! Unknc You ^valked directly Into yoor dean's Office, cursed him, walked out Ybu walked directly into Franklm’sj You walked directly into the . . 7 well anyway, life was Wo simple. The sheer hu man Jojy of anticipation was not present Why? Because there were np lines. Not the kind that you shbot but the kind that you stand in and wait *1 wtiiwiMnlngly the rest of the line; followed me and Signed up for h Schlitz 104, a prerequisite for PE majors. Bui tiow the campus is again ' ployed In 657 A. D. by a di: picturesquely patterned by a Jute army officer affed writhing mass of line* and the students are again happy and con- SB lind?: I j;!,: “t you *ver considered the has a personal ty all its With his helmet 1 off he looked Ihm is an organized mob like a turtle with the shell off. (In Li i i semester of * X Before we get out of line, per haps a short history and [ a few past highlights of lines wbuld be in order. '! , ii'] According to the emineht his torian, Byvalve Noramag, the art of standing in line [was first em- mtive ny omcer affectionately tagged “Turtle” Tugstone, be cause with his helmet on he look ed like a turtle stepping briskly about Wit in tiqgls file, each member with those days, officer’s" helmets* were i Room 301 of the Academic Build- evenii "the Same objective—to get to the .made to fit the head, not the head j ing. Refreshments will be waited to all head oft. | <!. - j to fit the helmet) (for. i j r [ ^ • • -I v r ” 7 ■ 1 -.• 7 • ' -j •/ • ticed there was no unity or system. The men merely walked up, got their food, walked away. This would never do. He formed them into the world’s first known “line”, and the “line” has now be come one of our groat institutions. Consider the different lines. Thdre’s the Chorus Line, The Foot ball Line, the Chow Line, the Bread Line, the Aggie Lino, the dead-line, the By-line and the County Dry-Line. A recent nows item told of a stalwart Rumdan peasant woman, waiting in line for SOON the Communistic component of LIFE magazine, who gave birth to twins and never lost her place in the queue. Last week in New York City, the record for standing in line waa broken by Bunion J. Clubfoot while waiting for a phone booth. The man in the booth had died from acute claustrophobia, and only after Reverend Fling Preaches Sunday smell .did Clubfoot allow himself Three Men Work Towards Doctor’s Degree ■ If ' The public, both sporting and non-sporting,. wiD benefit in the future by the knowl edge gained by three new members of the graduate school. These three meh wh<r an* working on their doctorate de grees in A&M graduate school are Paul W. ParmaJee.i John E. Wood, and Thomas M. Lothian. They aro working in research afkl theory work. ! j' Paul ParmaJee of Cleveland, Ohio, received his bachelor de gree in Zoology-from the Univer sity of Ohio in the field of Zoology, he received hls ; masters degree in zoology from the University of lUlnoia. 7 j With ; a research j fellowship award by the Wildlife Research Unit, he will do further research at A&M concerning the cover re quirements of the Bob-White quad. A member of the graduate school in 1947, John Wood has re turned to work toward a doctor ate degree. He la a graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute in the field of Zoology, With a mas ters degree in Fish and Game from A&M. He ; will do research prob lems with some species of fur- bearer. He is at A&M on a Fel lowship award. One of the Research Fellowships awarded by the Agricultural Ex periment Station went to Thomas Lothian. A graduate in biology from the Queens University, King ston, Ontario, Canada;; and with a master* degree In forest entomo logy from the Unlversity of New Brunswick. Canada, ha will Work on the biological control of mos quitoes. He was selected by the Wildlife Department to work with them even though sponsored in hla re search by the Agricultural Ex periment Station. He i« also work ing on his doctorate. 7 Scarce Males, Fewer Sales, Photog Wails “Ain’t-nobody here but us pho tographers!” is the wail heard from Joe SosoUk*3 Aggieland Stud io where non-corps seniors ard supposed to be having' their land’50 picture* made. With thia' year’s ajimval ***** de claring that nothtag'ghort of fiend or iOia-ne can keep them from mak ing deadlines (quote from the edi- mm/ e.erey Stuue.it to have his picture made according to schedule or risk the fate of fail ing to appear in the class,section! Non-corps seniors whose names begin with A, B, or C still have two days left during which they are scheduled to make a personal appearance before the lens oi' Sosk ollk’s camera, according to Chuck Cabahiss, veteran co-editor., Hf added that the cooperation (Vf all the students is necessary if the Aggieland 1950 is to; bevcompleted on time. Beginning Monday .hon-cofpp seniors whose names begin with D or E con have their pictures Studio. ahoma, have inked m leed more by other teams, and the friswer is that it IJust doesn’t pro- Ide the protection necessary to kjgood Wring attack. The linemen are , Just i^avod tpo far (frjart to protect ' the passer well ( igb—except in the case of Ok- mn!’’ j . King went on to say that ho didn’t think Darrel Royal, the wm mat aeaeon, but -that he' waa a much better passer, •“Don't bi'disheartened if’'the Oklahoman’* just keep punching d4Wn the field wRh short, sit, five, of; four yard' gains consistently,” *aid King. "With the enormous that they have, they’re able .to t against any opposition. 1 t they have the best line, man man, ia the $oath,” |j!*YoB can depend on one thing though, tho will be fight- tog from thej staft to finlso.” T I Frizri Awarded Other feature of the Quarter- k Club mating lost night waaj ie awarding of prizes to last Week's winners in the guessing con- | -in r if Those who! recoK-od prizes last lx made at the North Gate Non-corps seniors whose names start with G orl H will have throe a I 1 , 8 I |- y No Posting In Wrong Places Student Senate and Life can didates are asked to refrain from placing posters and placard* in unauthorized places, announced Bennie A Zinn, uh.-iutant dean of -8tudri*i’i J Throe places dwig-mted unauthorized arc on trees, the outside of buildings, and on bulletin! boards. j Candidates may post their pla cards inside of buildings if they do not disfigure the walls with nails. Stakes such as those al ready being used by some can didate; are good, Zinn said. H7.0. ^ I, , 11 . j winder was awarded f —. by one of the folio - ** sponsors of the Club: JJ C. H Of Hotnrd’s Cafeteria, H. J. ire uiroe l r * s Mu8lc - Charlie Ferrorl of day. next week. Wedne^e, toea* ot. ^oe Faulk of tack’s Auto Su 3. D. Clothiers, Trails R of The hirst National e ! Parker-Astin Hardware dexander-Beal Insurance |Co., Jharlie Cade of The Bryan Motor Co., and The Battalion. Eleven more prizes are to be given this Week in the contest. Ij 1 Week in Entering Rules Friday, to have their pictures „ en. Both of these schedule releat- es came from the non-corps edi tor of the yearbook. Cabaniss cautioned that the re cent Associated Press story that photographers are saying “whit- key” instead of '‘cheese" or “look at the birdie” does not extend to Sosolik's studio because it is fear ed that rumors might spread that tho yearbook was enticing stud ents to meet schedules by offering them bolstering beverages. Aircraft for As to Sought by Teague I j. - 4 1 i ill T Legislation formally authorizing agricultural aircraft experiment! work hM been hitrodiiear ip the Srte* S' scnUtiw Olln “Tiger” Teague , of ^ p ‘ ,mjri on M Collega | Station. 1 1 ; ; Resolution* offered in Conuren point out that present aircraft used in dusting, spraying, seeding, *nd L'ltilizing farm lands are mostly converted military or obsolete airplanes, not ertaken by ,1 AdnUntovato yd( Vernoit Martin. R. V. Gar- ia, R. A. Hooker, Ralph Terry, E- Duckett, Grady Elnfs, nnd , J. Desha KiBSajeh ;i-| t. •pk. v- , 0»| IJ! To enter, persons must guess tho scores of games In which South- tu ^ n ^^ nco teams!!participate y b p. c* mailed should ^morrow) and tur sir guesses’ td'- : **“ :n " tfrts desk ‘by 6 tb® .Battalion . m. today- Kn- , I bo postmark- Ml by that jtime. ■ j 4 ; Eiither tho entry blank on yvutc day’# Quarterback Cl«b page i Tho Battalion or a plain sheet 1 toWni r- •factory to turn guezn- ntrtoa should have address plainly ! on Ihem. mi which the cou« condacted this week I paper u w +$ In on. i. .1: ,: ■ : .1 .1 , iii to be taken to the Podiatricts Cli- The Reverend Robert Fling will deliver services Sunday dT The d like to tell you more, but First Baptist Church, the Rev. R. are 14 people lined up for L. Brown, pastor of the church, tbi* typewriter. said today, last quick reminder, the Club will meet at ? p. m In Academic Build- evening. An all w ho a Rev. *'■ be at 16^0 7tl5 that is extended the dosing ser- special aircraft for agricul purposes be undertaken Clvfl Aeronautics Teague said. 1 n J-\ , The measure states that the CAA and the Agricultural and Mod ical College of Texas shall take the development of titojal craft. I • . • I Jessie Hudgins’ Home li-l Welcomes New Arrival °.C7« 1 Tuesday baby boy was Jessie T. A 7 lb. 4 to Mr. and gins Jr, on ^ w 4;S8 p. m. in 8t Joseph^ Hudgins is a senior ag education student from villa. Ur. and Mr*. Hudgins C-8-W College View, Ti J : / Hi- 1 ,*i-, 1 ut A&M vs OKLAHOMA TCU vs ARKANSAS BAYLORj v* MISSISSIPPI STATE . RICE v* LSU: • 8MU vs MISSOURI TEXAS vs IDAHO ii m *• 17! Wyler Chosen Tb Head Spanish CM 1 O. “Bucko” Wyler, a sen-’ from EL Paso, was elocte<l pros- Spanish Club at d Sept. 27.. to’Wyler, Charles W., I from Laredo wa* gusto M. erty, ^ r -» at-Arm»; . more from ! H second iiW f each month. ■ I ) ! * rl 7 A L .'•j. l >-7- IM- rth Tues- -<7 4