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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1949)
m K M Pollard to Give Graduate IL.. mm ight at 8:15 Identity onu 11 m I p I s._ : ,1 • >\ ... ■ ■ ffl MP- : IBPS i* The Al&M Board of DlreCtora jfroups around (’hancellor Gibb Cijohriftt as he explains tV ).A&M System exhibit Wing shown at the Stajte Fair of Texas in Dallas. The exhibit contains I ; an ait rood j system ai|e I from the the exhibit !j State Fair Featun System Model ani BY “FIG” NEWTON tinned theatre where films of the houn, in addition tb other produets rious schools arranged throughout. lications of t^ie A'&M Co|iegc m , Item, will be iin ichajrge’i>f tie Texans ; will have their frst op-1 f orma tio n booth! juSt to the portuni.ty to see the operatic n of of the main ientrance. : | the A&M System’s fom- colleges; ! i , 5 j imd fiyO statewide servnces in one, -^M Exhibit piece at the System Exhibit at the a&M Collie will have i State Fair now in progress in Dal-ihjbit, pictures of student lif two I, i^ as - -• J 1 . , 1 . ';Itures printed hi LIFE jmarfaziiie, A&M College System day at the veterans andhheir wives, intramur- Fhir is October 16. Hermar S?- al ' g ' an(j other f am ni ar steiie?, arid !Wrest of the Physical Education c h a rts used by the Landscape jjlrt [Oepartmemt is^general chairman 1 and David Haines of the student body will be master of ceremonies for the_events planned in conjunc tion with" the observance. High-light of the day will be the A&M System «how to be staged on the Square in front of The Hall of State, The show will last from 2 p. m. until 4^p. m. It will include Sys- of the Engineering Extension Ser-| n-jvice. ’ ’ f v a ri|ht Arlington State College will show pictures of activities in home I economics, agriculture, Ehglish,! fine arts, business administration, basic sciences, military training, boys’ Sports, gifls’ sports, and cam pus life. Objects made in college shojj$\and laboratories will also be on djlplay. _ i i i , T^meton State College will exhi- Department, together with s< f me l 0 . bit/phQtographs showing student and a color movie depicting life at Tarletop. ! J; . a concert by the A&M Band, Sing ing Cadets, the Wainwright ftifles Ifrom Tarleton, the band and :hoir from Arli,ngtpn State College and a chorus and soloist from Prairie View*. ' M ■ . s Broadcasts Planned Numerous broadcasts will be imade over TQN with Murraj Cox iof WFAA as Master of Ceremonies. JThe Dallas. A&M Club is inviting jformer students from all ovejr the jeountry in for the day. Purpose of the display is to show the operations of &,000 l each- jers, researchers, and ext< nsion |workers in the System’s nine div- isions, and to describe the adult 'education courses conductec an nually for 25,000 Texans. Hov the System qperates on an annua bud get of $25,000,000, controls 15,060 acres of land and enrolls more than l!l,000 students in its four colleges annually, will be "explained. Photographs, models, iandl&lito-j ,matic slide projectors will show the Sysiem .and its growth, and its Qrnamenial flowers on (j sides of the theatre. \ jj i ,■ On a paneS. the five schools-,, 48 departments of the college a id the degree colors will be shown. Af er this" section, |there will bo pic tures showing the life of a cai let and non-cadet from registrgt on until graduation at A&M. The < ilq ferent undeygradi|ate and grad uate decrees: are listedi ' In front o ‘ the panel;a stund will be a mtdel of the A&J(I (|ol lege campus. ' Otlier Exhibits The Extenjsion Service wi| have ill be thea- liculture and engineering w Miown in an air-conditioned tre. ( \ ; P. L. Downs Jr., assistant | director, of information arulLpub- / v-- V f a 20-foot exhibit whichj.wnl :t*ke one minute jto see in its entirety, located next!to the Forest Servce. Pictures and drawings iwill si ow the number of home; demons :rat on and county, fgents employee. ? On one aide of its booth, jth Texas Forest Service will styow pictures symbolizing the m^jor work phases;of the Service, tmdjon the other si|ie will be a series! of pictures on ' panels depicting, pie stage of tree growth, and two tolr or ! transparencies dealing wi;h wilil fires. 'J: jlf. ’ !j [ ' A table \Vith miniaturq object depicting typical college 1 wo:-k a series-of pictures anidj - chi xtsj to show the work of the depar ;m< and campus life will comprise jtjhe ictiyities. Educational films (fn agu Prairie •Vieir exhibit. Photographs showing fireman training, Riiral Electric lin-j Con struction, pdlice training, apd qut- o-thei lineX-and manuals will tOid] exhibit of Die Industrial r The Engineering Experiment) Station will display a series of pan-) els covering chemical engineering efforts in development of agri) culture, conditions involved in shipping goods to market, experi mentation to improve homes am schools, and stjudies of petrbleun production, commercial air con ditioning, process industries, com mercial; ventilation, and technical information services. The Agricultural Experimen i Station will demonstrate thn operations of its Main Station, 2:! substations, 1(| fiehj laboratorief, and II : other stations. 4- >r. William G. Pollard,; sxecu- tne director of the Oak Ridge In stitute of Nuclear Studies, will give a lecture in the Physics Lec ture Room at 8:15 tonight. Dr. Ide P. Trotter, dean of the Qr iduate School, announced. “Origin of the! Chemical Ele ments” will be the subject if Dr. Pc Hard’s talk, which is the first IP the 1949-50 series of scientific and technical lectures spoisored by the Graduate School, Dr. Trot- te • said. The faculty, graduate sti dents, »rd all other interested persons are invited. The Voluntee • Re serve Research Unit N6. 3 of the 8t i Naval District and; th« 4004 R( search and Development Train- inf Sub-Group of the Army Re serve Program. will both be on hand to hear the lecture. Dr. Pollard, a .theoretical phy sicist did his undergraduate! work at the University of Tennessee and earned both his masters and doctor’s degrees at Rice. , He took leave of absence i i 1944 from the University of Tennessee, w lie re he was professor of piysics, i to joiii the SAM Laboratories at Cclumbia University where pe- I search on the gas diffuslo i me thod of separating uranitin iso topes wajS carried out. In 1145 he returned to Tennessee whe-e his time was divided,between tie Uh- iv ;rsity ' of Tennessee an- i the atomic energy i plants) bf Oak R dge. Shortly thereafter he Was giv en a leave of ajbsence fro n the J University to deVote full t me to | the promotion of the Oak Ridge ilrstitute of Nuclear Studies. In -15 47, he resigned from th - Uni- vt rsity to accept! his presen; posi- tiw with the Institute. I | > Dr. Pollard has conducted re- I st arch in the fields of cosmic nys, radioactivity, gas abserption, gas diffusion and separatkn, and neutron diffraction. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi!! Kappa Plii fra- ttrnities, the Sobfety of Sigma Xi, the Mathematical Association of America, and a Fellpw )f the American Physical Society Mrs, Mel loii Heads Si Campus Study Clul Mrs. Arthur W. Melloh was in stalled as president of the Campuk 1 Study Club at) a meeting in th: St. Thomas Episcopal Paris! i House ilast Tuesday, MrS. H. ll. Heaton, retired president, said tol day. Mrs. !R. D. L^wis was installed aifi vice-president; Mrs. R. M. Curran), tecording secretary; Mrs. C. A 1 , Orr, corresponding secretary; Mrs. W. D. Scoates Jr., treasurer; Mrs. James E. Poore, reporter; Mrs. S. W.i Crawford, auditor; and Mrs[ F. D. Clark, historian. The general chairman fpr th(j committee was Mrs. Normpn P Rode. ’ 8 Outfit Funds To Cain in Contest A $5 addition to the con pany fuild of the company wit i the best football sign will lie a ,vard- ed by The Battalion beigi ming this week and jejetending fh ough football season, Bill $il ings- lejy and C. C. Munroe, Sam td- iay. All signs will be judgtkl by the co-editors of The Battiliob, iind the winner will be annbuif- :ed in each Friday’s pajie • A picture of the “Sign < f the Week” Will be published in The Battalion, but any sign which, for obvious reasohs, capnpt be Printed will he eliminated from the contest for that Wgek }■ I I ecret The 1949 Aggie jSweetR heart was chosen over the weekend by a selection com mittee of fifteen Aggies, and her name will be announced in the Battalion and Lass-0 Tues day and in the state papers on Wednesday morning. A&M’s number one girl friend for this scholastic year was se lected! by the student judges after a weekend of dances and enter tainment. Members of the Aggie selection committee were Cadet Colonel of the Corps Doyle Av int; Co-editor of The Battalion Bi 1 Billingsley; Bobby iByington, prtsident of the senior^ Class; Student Life com- mitteeinan Bob Page; Student Sen ator L. E. Carroll; Carroll Cogan, captain) on the first latallion staff; Bill Couch, captain on the coast til Tuesd ?-l ilif artilltry battallion staff; and : J T. Dotson, artillery regimenta fan m ,nder. Other Judges jj Also in the group were Allan ?u hanks, commander of the! engineer Cavalry regiment; Joe Fuller, pries jdent of the Discussion arid Debah society; Ken Landrum, commander of “E” flight air force; Doggy Me Clure, company commander of A. ’■ f I <' • 1 i : ,c\ ! . f, !■ Here are the fifteen Aggie Sweetheart nominees and members of the fift«*en-man Aggie selection Committee as they looked just before; being in troduced to the TSCW student body in Denton Saturday night.- ’ r ! I ! j I ' j The nominees are (front row, left to right) Thelma Balear, "Missy” Brunson, Jane Qulnby, Jesinine Holland, Helen Beys, Evelyn Balear, and lajlaor Hoopman. 1 7 -j ' i - ; - - j ±1 1 ■ 1 : IJ Retailing Reviewed • F:--! T_ 7T” US} ■ !-' M ■'0 By Foley Executive On the second row, (left to right) are Gretchen Clitsch, Charlotte Williams, Alice Dye, Mlml Hicks, Norma Beth Cooke, Bess Averyt, Jo Ann Ruth, and Marianne Suuders. The Aggie judges are (left to right) Doggy McClure, Tim Word, Chester Stroud, Bill Billingsley, L. E, Carroll, Carrol Cogan, Joe Fuller, Bill Couch, Allan Eu-: bank, Bob Page, Bobby Bylngton, Ken Landltnn,'j J. T. Dotson, Tljm McPherson, and Doyle Avint. ' ' ' 1 - - i ■ ' _ jr “To make looney in the re tailing business you have got to have highly paid salespeople. The old idea of getting your clerks for the lowest jiossible kyage has gone out the window.” Those were the words of Charles Luft, vice, president of! Foley’s Department Store in Houston. Luft spoke to Professor Ralph C. Hook’s senior retailing classes, Wednesday morning and to an open meeting in the YMCA Chapel in the afternoon. -j Luft, who advanced jn four yeacs from department manager to vice president of Foley’s, dis cussed careers in retailing for col lege graduates. Top Men in Journalism World Gather for Newspaper Clinic ?aper the Bryan News; Frahz Zeiske of SjU'Uhc Bcllville Tim.es; John Manthey Top men in the Texas newspaj \4orld will gather at College S tipn on Saturday, October 20, when 1 0 f the Cleveland. Advocate; Ed the journalism departtncjhtl spon-1 Lukev of the GrapelariA Messenger; v ... sbrs its first annuhl Newspaper \ Robert Whitten of the Navasota\of \H cents tb deliver a package.”') world will gather at College Sta- Examiner; Roy Craig of the Stam-| If that purchase is charged, he ^ ford American; William Berger of said,)an additional 1 h cents charge the Hondo | Anvil Herald, and Joe ! • I | In) recounting the problemH which face every department - manager, Luft emjphasized the need fpr well trained, well paid, stlnd: well informed employees. “After all,” he said, "the success of your department depend* on the : happiness and productive ability of your clerks.” “Your sales peop e- must know as niuch as possib e about your business because it is from them that the customer foims Kis opinion of your store. “You should get heir reactions and ideas on all mtrehandise you plan to buy for they are ones who will have to seL it.” Luft told the students some of the iriany duties that a department mftngger must perform! “Actually, every department is a store in itself. It has sep- ) urate expenses arid problems, and the manager must meet these problems just as th)e owner of a store must meqt his problems. “This is especially true in fig uring the expenses, Luft said. 1 . He pointed out, a? an example, the "expenses entailed in delivery pf) merchandise. “W)e Have calcu lated) that it costs Senior Picture Schedule diilt Down A Week iii A new schedule becomes ;cffec- tive tdday for non-corps senior^' pictures that will appear in Aggie- land IPSO. Failure of persons tb have their pictures made at! the times assigned; is delaying the whole schedule' for the yearbook schedule began. ! M J LI1.J . , antry ;|Tim McPhersqn: studept ator Chester Stroud; and Tim .rd, social'secretary of the sen ior class.; | ji The fifteen girls, one of which is the Aggie sweetheart, were cho sen, frorii each of the three top daises by their fellow students. - From the senior class came Joy Ressj Averyt, i a costumb design irijor from Jacksonville: Evelyn alcar, a| speech major frbm Beau- lontl; Norma Beth Cook, a costume esign major from W Alice Dyje, also , a costu major Dallas; and Mi; journalism major frOria Fort Worth, i ]• ! ' ' ' I; - ■ Junior Nominees he jfiriior class nominated Hel- a business major from El & iiousi .. W® ,p Tuso; Gretchen Glitsch, a socto- or from Dallas; Jeariine a speech major from Jane Quinby, a general sc|erice Iphjor front Chillicothe; and Marianne Sbudbrs, and art major from Fpft Worth. ’ V (NqmiriOes : from tqe Suphomqre Olass were Thelma Balear, a jour nalism; ! major from Boaumont; Mary Lee Brunson, a pre^nurae hiajdO from Hobbs, New Mexico; Elinor Hoopman, an ait major froni Hijnpas City, Misiiouri; Jo Ami Ruth, an advertising major from Garland; and Charotte Wil liams, a Voice majhr from Munday The fifteen Aggies of the sele tion committee arrived on - t TSCW campus Friday afternoon in lime to be introduced to and have pinner with the nomine ?s in the (lining room of Brackenr; dge' Hall. Aftcti dinner the «group moved across to the recreation room of Stoddard Hall and had an informal, rd iua get-acquaintcd record dance. ■ Early Breakfast ll) 1 ! ! j,.' : :-v i- i ; Saturday mornirig thje Aggies who gqt up early had breakfast with! thq nominees who wer s also early Hfers, and several of the A&M delegation attended virious classes.) | • . ; f ^ At ijolon the entire grou]) was hack ip! Brackenridge for lunchi After (he upon meak .they moved, into Virginia Carrol; lo<|ge for a> Variety- jof entertainment. In one corner of the. large? main i radio parried the TOxas-OU ga; in another corner the record pi er furriiphed dance music, and a third corner tne group’is hot duo- piano ■tejam of Page and McPher son he d forth.j -l j The sf-oup mixed football, danc- frig janij discussion until. 4;.‘)0 in the aft ;riioon arid then broke up to rest am dregs before the night room a picture making, according to nqu- Corps editor Chuck Cabanias. Formerly three weeks had been aUoted for those persons - whbse nanjes started with I through ? to have their pictures made, but this t|me has been phottOned tc two weeks Cabaniss said. -He ex plained that the facilities! of th( Aggie|and Studio are not bclrig utilized to their capaqity and fo|* this "reason the decision has been made to shorten the overall rtch- edule Itimei j ! I 1 ; L I " ‘I il i ' b “Pictures will be rondo of a l non-corps students before this corps members have their picture» made,’| Cabaniss stated, ‘‘but whe i the last day scheduled jfqr : non- corps pictures ends, ho; mprt tRriN s an average. | U P P ic V ,r ®“ will be aedepted." fh ^ n \ editor saul that this )s necessur t T'm vsSaasia. i-'/ f Wi ‘ m ilpM & • - t 4 a i ^ Buddy Shaeffer (45), Cadet on his own 28-yard line after log kickoff In the LSU tilt Saturday J gal defensive half Jim Roshto (45) feris Jersey aa teammate Billy We ' in to (25) c story found cure ! the ■iHHi If: • ..i • 1 . t. 1 ; ■ i - • r ■ i * j :; • • . . ■ !.> •, r ; tipn on Saturday, October) 29, when the journalism departhipntl spon sors its first, annual rievispaper Cjinic. ■ Endorsed by t|ie Gulf Coast Press Association, the clinic is designed tq help non-metropolitah newspap er men of the state through an exchange of ideas and Experiences. First half of the one-day meet ing will be devoted to advertising apd business office problems. In tlje afternoon publishers an i their back shop men will attend a mech anical conference, with dhm mstra- tibns scheduled for the A& H Ool- lejge press. ■Speakers highlighting the pro gram will be: Jqe Cook) b: Mis sion, president of the! Nitidnal Editorial Association; Vah j W. Siewart of Perryton, president of the Texas Press Association; jAr- thur Kowert of the Fredericksburg Standerd; Jake Smyth the Lib erty Vindicator; Walter Dopey of N ewcomers Planning Future Entertain Newcomers club of AAV le ;e met Wednesday afterm the YMCA lan ente abetings. Mrs. Marvin Butler, Mra K sys, Mrs. William Lumh, E: meat Bulow, and Mrs. Rodgers were hostesses Wednesday, auer L to pl^ bridge ertainrtffnt for Otoupalik of the Bryan Daily Eagle. At the noon luncheon, the Rev. Verrie Swartsfager, pastor of St. Andrews Episcopal church in Bry an, will tell about his nationally famous “Kid’s World.” The afternoon mtichanical con ferences will be led by L. F. Bjros of the Morgenthaler Linotype Cor poration; Charles Stappenbeck of Western Newspaper Upion, and Mark Norton, of the! Bryan Ea^le. Following a questiop apd answer period the discussion leaders will demonstrate answers to machines and press room problems, using equipment in the A&M Press.; «- “The program follows sugges tions made by publishers: and is de signed to help them in their every day operations,” said Donal<| D. Burchard, journalism department head. “The speakers afe all suc cessful Texas newspapermen who have specialized in some phase of their work and whose papers are recognized as nationally outstand ing- 1 ' 1 Topics scheduled for the adver tising-business part of the program are; “Does Your Job Department Cost You Money?”; Agricultural Promotion That Pays”, “How to Promote a Worthwhile Special Event”; and “Sellirlf Advertising That Sells.” ( must be figured because every credit items passes through more thaii- 6 hands before - payment is collated, -j He listed as some of the con trollable expenses of every de partment as' receiv: ng, marking, advertising and war Housing. Rent, which each department must) pay to the pa-ent store, de pends on the type of merchandise, he said, 1 And this, dong with all the other expenses must be con- sidered when a manager is buying ooi tb selK "Another secret of successful de- jttnent operation" Luft said “waX establishing pioper relation! salesman. You are never too to )talk with a salesman, ever you don’t want to buy anything They can make or they want.” break you. i f ci, v ■ Dayton Thief Money, Leaves Note iN. O.-(iP) - m there is knew junt how m money be needed ai|d took it. lift When Julian to his home - £«■ small metal ps valuables, bc|x read: ?! as soon as - - If ter to insure that next fa l the books will be ready for ;distr ition on time, i r jj. ll . 1 || Complete Senios Schedule The complete schedule fori not - corps seniors is a follows: * |i October 10 & 11:1, J, K, L, M.'fji, and O 1 I* (Octobeir' 12 & 18: 1% ! Q, R.,$,.^j and Uj : I 1 |1 J'; ™ October 14 & 15: Make-up da > 1| seniors, A through U Ocl«l>,r IT: V, Wfit I, ■nd ! " liffl I Odfhtr 18. .1* 20 up day-for all senior! Z. All i non-corps j seniors names begin with F are to havja their pictures made fropt Oc 10 through 13 since their alpha Rsting was j overlooked week, Cabaniss added. He said lieved all non-corps pi< schedtjiles would be completed t either! November 5 off jl2l;>|j ; j At tujven they were back ini ] Stoddrih where they danced until the A(?gie-LSU game .began.) At ten tlujy crossed the street to the., iTessie; student union building where U.ey were introduced tb- tne iTessieq and their dates dancing Srinda^ morning the group at tended) the various churches of theit cbpice and the official week- 1 end ■ was ended. , Part 1 bf the selection committee left jmhjediately to return to Aj&M and i the! rest stayed over in Den- iton bnti later in the afternoon. iF'^s mm 'WW', If V-- mm mm . Kuiken of the Bio- ,ry and Nutrition Depart ment! Will assist Dr. RayWond studies with radio- ) actlv isotopes being^ conducted non-corps editor said st for having pictures li las' 1 ■ Thi the is $2.00, the same las everyone has to ooat. He empl Studio can handle; eve; to the studio on it if too many persons wai their I day, | cient to handle merit Will ai Reiser on stm actlv isotopes under a» AEC Students Interested ih the Ag gie Pistol Team should report ; to the Pistol Range Monday! evening. October 10, at t:30, according to Frank B. Swoger, instructor |n the ace Department.il tion and planning for pistol team will be the of the meeting. Col; Swo- 1 II !-1 '\i I