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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1949)
'-Vv I ' ■ > .»'i^ ; Nation’s Top Collegiate NAS 1949 S 51*1 : i, , • I r IT ~ I ■' * 1 Ik f " i i ■ r ! ! ; ’ || . r"' ,' ' . ; ..-‘I' 1 {' ' •' • ‘I 'l | ' f ’•l‘ ' ■ ; ’ v; • 'ry'T' 1 /•/J ’ f! • ! i' ;[j ■ Mr. 'I M" 'W j | |l “J <• • f H f i' , • i .1 T =.! - ' ; n \ \ i PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE L_ j ^ i 1 i i 4— n j I talio GREATER A&M COLLEGE J vV 7 I ;• H, i i j . i !'■ •i M • Llii \S’ ' ; ! .»'' ' t- • * . ! ; v„ > ■ ■ i ■ 4 ] . '« 'i Volume 49 I COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1949 1 -A Number University Student’s Tower ^ay/oriVcs Collect Fukd §0|j a j0 ADDrOVeS Death Fail Tmne.l .Jantan r ‘ *** '“* * 11 n if? r -1 j' The death plunge from the Uni versity of Texas Tower Saturday by a 19 year old student was term ed “Voluntary” today by an Aus tin justice of the peace. The student, Graydon Grounds of Dallas, lept 19 stories from the ob servation deck of the famed 1 Uni versity landmark at 11:06 a. m. His was the third depth resulting from a fall or leap from the tower. Grounds, an art and sciences major and former sports writer for The Daily Texan, t was the first person to sign the visitor’s registration book in the Tower 10 a. m. 71 Mrs. Bess Froze; tower hostess, said Grounds left the deck short ly after he .entered it at 10 a. mi; and she dj;d. not remember him re* turning, "but that she had been busy with a group of Girl Scouts., ■ 'Students on Tower .i ijuries |fall’ wai !lee. susti ; is issi ined in I s ied Monday by Blakes- PC! No reason Grounds lei ported that sonal Worries ^ givin was p h7"hld th i T “ an ^ recently con- If ' ^ personal len Jack Holland said two confidebtini talks student, ji4na Colonel Hint of the Longhorn suited Severn^ faculty members re garding his personal affairs, j Dean: of Mfcn Jack H< he had had Iwith the George 1 E. voluntary Band ^aid that Grounds had con sulted with him three times. Col onel Hurt, the Texan said, re ported that Grounds had been ter ribly; worried lately. “The bpy had studied above his head in the field of psychology and had become terribly confused.” WACO, Tex., Oct. 19—WPI—Eddie Wayne Franks, j 15 months old, ominai cancer., •rayed for his will live, ersity. Fellow mrinal cancer. . , - j [ 'I parents Wayne and Anna Ruth Franks, t>i IL Colonel Hurt Said. Grounds whs a graduate Of North iDallas:: High School, and had forhitfrlyj Attended Baylor Uni versity.! | 1 ;7-: : ■. m ~s. Two other University students ■ j. told detectives investigating the death plunge that they had been on" the Tower the same time as; Grounds, but that"they did not re member seseihg him. They had both | been on thie north side of the deck. They first heard of the plunge when they were riding down in the elevator. ■ , Another student, Paul Langford from Dallas, reported seeing a per son get tip' on the parapet of the ‘ ! Tower, walk along it, and get down agout 10:50 Saturday morn ing*. He did not watch the Tower after that.. Boh Evans, a University student from Pharr, said he saw something fall from the Tower shortly after 11 a. m. He went to the Tower snd looked out a hall window from which he could see Ground’s body. He notified a girl elevator oper ator that someone had jumped from the ’ Tower. She called the University Health Service and they dispatched an ambulance. ' i Verdict Delayed i The verdict as to the cause of Ground's death was delayed by Justice of the Peace Travis Blakes- lee-THe said he was “positive” the student didn’t accidentally fall, ahd that there was a “mysteHous' aji- gle“ whiph had not been explained to his satisfaction. The verdict of death “due to in- iimm a ► ■< * m m j m. , •. ■ i: Ft V' These five TSCW seniors, all dating Aggies over the TCU corps trip weekend, held at short yell practice in the wee hours of Saturday morning, just to be sure the!I 4 voices were ready. In a hump, from left to right, are Tidge Rattan, G’ol- -44-—:— M- 1 ) -h Rifle Team To DjHCtlHH PlaiiH • The A&M Kifln team, will hol4 its rogulMf nleytitjg Wed- ilttmluy at 74)0 h, ; m> in Hoorn .’101 Goodwin IImiL. A, Tay lor, cMidaln, suid loilwy, Thf mjW sciu’ilulr for use of Urn firing ningr Will In 1 discuss- sd Taylor said, Tlio rs-actlvntlon of the pistol teurti has muds It necessttvy to nnvko spaclai ar- riuigctnents for use of the rouge by the pistol! team ahd I he-rifle b-am. i- Taylor asked nil men present at the first meeting of the team to attend this meeting as plans for the ainnual Turkey Shoot and firing for the WiUiam Randolph Hearst Trophy will be made. , The rifle team i is coached by First Sergeant William R. Reese of the Military Department Nutrition Meeting Deans Attend Set Here Thursday Top-flight apth<l>ritiefl in the various fields of nutrition will take leading parts in the TexRa Nutrition Conference to bo held on the ejampus 'Ifhumliiy and Friday, according to J. R, Couch, Poultry Husbandry Department. recovery today. Doctors say there is little chance he Both parents are GI students at Baylor Urtiv| students and Wacq organizations are collecting money to help pay Eddie’s bills. Thje baby had not been eating well for about three months, but his parents thought it was only because he was cutting teeth. Physicians operated and found a malignant cancer. Eddie is in the oxygen tent. Dr. 1C- G. Shellenberger says he is responding to X-ray treatments. j Baylor students suggested the fund they are collecting be used to send the baby to a nationally famous medical center. !. Franks, 25, Is a baseball letterman at Baylor. His home is at Bryan, TSkas. Mrs. Franks, 24, is a former woman marine, of Newcastle, Pa. |j : ' I. f : ‘ ‘ii • i • . ; • . ; • • ' • i ' ■.■■■., . r - ,.— 4. ■■ ■■■■ | Sophomores To Meet First Time Thursdajf The Class of ’52 will meet tomorrow evening from 5 to 6 in the assembly Hall, accord ing to Ralph Rowe, last year’s clafes president. The sophomore meeting will be held to acquaint class members with regulations and procedure for the ccjming election of new officers, Rowe said. This meeting was call ed by last year’s officers, who met with Grady Elms, assistant direc tor of activities, Monday at 5 p. m. The out-going officers set sev eral dates for the election and fil ing bf officers. Filing for the nine positions open tq classified sophomores will begin Friday, Oct ober 21, at 8 a.m. in the Student Activities office. Deadline for filing is Wednes day, October 26, at 5 p. m. The prtpiihinary election of officers will be ; held Thursday night, October 27. A ; Three men who receive the most votes! in the first ballot will be candidates on the seconjd and final vote, which will be held Monday night, October 31. Winners in this election will be determined by a plurality, although a majority in the first election will eleminate the necessity of a run-off for any posi tion. The nine positions open are: president, corps vice-president, non corps vice-president, secretary, treasurer, social secretary, parlia mentarian, sergeant-atfarms, and a combined reporter-historian. Other details will be ; announced at thj , i meeting, said Hdwe. ane Washington, Oet. 19 bD—The Senate today approved a reso lution endorsing research at TeX- as A&M College to develop an airplane suited especially for farm operations. Sponsored by Senator Elmer Thomas (D-Okla.) the resolution notes that crop dusting ind other such farm activities, are car-, ried on largely with old (bi planes and surplus military air- Rep. Teague (D-Tex), is pending in the House! nil I! .. u _ morning on the Battalion Assc da ted Press w|res. j i f The resolution passed a? a re sult of. the reconimendatiohs of the National Flying Farmfeiis As- sociat on formulated at the annual meeting at Fort Collins. The rec ommendations were made g brief survey of I the research iw- ject 'j j The research project, whacl i: is partment 0^ presently being jconducted with the the co 1« cooperation of tpe Flying L i . rnim and the A&M System, will {be rected toward development j of all arojihd airplane for agricpltur th planting and <i cessoriies being developed' college Agriculturists. eseiarch on the various tjlpes seeding land dusting equipment well ag distj-ibution of the result: spray is already Easterwbod Air ige Wind tunnel. A&M Selected sftis for selection as^ for the project wgi y availability of hd tunnel, and U close tie -in betw seed anil way dt mas ba: i 7: PI MsJr££/tX i li 5 '- mi ■MW. m T ■ lege .Station; Marilyn McCarty, Wichita Falls; Mary Ruth “Tay” Taylor, North Little Rock, Marie .Bradshaw, Houston; and Patsy Conn, also of Houston. —Photo courtesy The Forjt Worth Star Telegram. 1 Trie company fund of “A” Chemical Warfare Service will be In creased $5 as a result of their winning first prize in last weed’s Battalion sign contest. Signs are judged on the basis of hum artistry, imagination, and fitness for public display. rt 7-57 -Ti H—— Dr. CflMch lp| chairman of the|cpnfere(ice which Ik Hpon- Hpiod hy tthja HliicheihUii’y; ainll^ 1 ft I*)—* ■■t-4 w NuliHIon iDfimititiifht. || • J Outjjof stale imi'tldpants InClude W, WJ CilaVens, aSHoeiato prdfoH- sor of poiiltiy husbandry, Hnlvcrr slt^d|f Wlsdonsln, Dr. Crovehs i! . MubMcctlon Resaarch Council. ! hoteid ifor Ns research i-pro sity of Wisconsin,! Dr.,( chairman (if itho poultry of the iNaiidnal Researc He,.isi notpd jfor his rese in poultry nutrition and especially in relation; <tf diet ip hatchabllity. H. j. Kontn, nutritional dil-Octo/ of Upcle Jbhnny Mills, HouS|ton has spent considerable time jirt re- reh nutrition fhr aninmls. Date Moved For Frankie Carle KcIkmIiiM date of the nppenr- anco of I'rjinkle Carle on (lie Tiivvn Hull! Program has been ehanged, ai-ordliig to "Spike'' White, assistant to the dean of students for activities. Instead ojf appearing October 21 as previously schcdiib-d, carle will appear on the pro gram November 4. ; College’s Meet Two A&M men will take • i ; i r r 1 [mrt iri the program at the meeting of the Awociation of Land-Grant Collegea and Uni- verHltiejs to he held at Kannan Dlty, Moi. Or to lier 21.27, Hr, M T, llarilrigton, (ieiui of, (he eollejire and tltfun of the School Of Arts nod Helejices Is chairinan of a patiel heforo the Division Of Arts iiml Hcleuces on October 2il, lie will preside over n hieetlng of (hut ilivijsion on October 21!. ji Dean I", N. Mliepardson of the Kchool of Agriculture will give a report to the Committee on Or- gunizatiujn and policy to the . resi dent instruction section oh October 22. He \(ill give a committee re port to the section October 24 On [‘Problems of Transfer Credit Agriculture.” 7 I ij More than 300 of the nation’s top educators will attend the meeting. Deadline Set For Club Application^ Free Trip Planned To Shrine Circus A free alNay trip to the Hhrlnr Circus in Houston is plnhnnl for u group of local school children on Friday, November 4, accord ing lit Dr. 0. W, Hithlesselnian, chalrittun of the Crippled Children Conunlttee. The trip to the big ton will he made by bus. All school children not able to attend otherwise are eligi ble to go with this group, Hchles- selman said. The group will be chaperoned, and any one wishing to serve in that, capacity should contact the depart ment; head at his office or home. “Anyone knowing children who could go to the Shrine Circus with this group are requested to contact me promptly,”! the doctor said. Student organizations are re minded that the deadline for appli cations for financial aid to organ izations will be October 25, Funds available for financial aid to or- ganixations Will be October 25. Funds available for this year are $3,001) according to Grady Flips, assistant director of activities, Eligible projects are expenses of the convention delegates, judging tesms, speakers, and films. Appll- eatloiti form may he secured a< the Htudent Activities Office. Student orgstilzatlons are asked to bp certain that a list of their Aggieland 1950 ... —f -r— Picture I 1 ^ I ! Schedule ^ —J ' J ; L 1 ’ : The schedule for non-corps sen ior's picture taking is as follows: officers and addresses is oij The :aa the :th« re»t field, v 1 ies, and [standing! personnel in botli jgineer n i and agricultu Dean < f Engineering H. said, .iho a factor is ‘month flying weather in ;ity, Professor F. E. Weiitk, nauticul engineer in charge |pi|pjeci, added. Steering Conunlttee The research is being guided eompoiejd [of men from the various orgarti ,tions issociated with the project. Theieimen ate Weick,“ebairmu ; E. E. Bt-ush, Head of A&M Aepe nautical ' Engineering Departmen .j Burke, National Flyng Association, Oklaho nr Chamberlain, chief 811^- Von Fiosenbcrg, division, W. li. Be ry, ussistant to the admiiiisti {both from t^e fourth region; Ft. Worth; and Dr. H. G, :ston, mad- of the Departmi Entoir okigy at A&!m. A1s( K. E. Tullis, Bureau of PI ndustrg, Soils, and Agricuh Cngin .'ering USDA and Texgs riculturgl Experiment Stal Beaumont; J. D. Long, Bureai Plant Industry, Soils and Agii tural Engineering Washington, C!, ard! Frank Irons of the sa Bureai, Toledo, Ohio; DrJ Fre Birtio]),[and Dr. J. S. Yhill, ^ui Entonio|ogy and Plant Qiiarah' Wash ngton, D. C. E £ & - r - i me ict, a» uiza- if o with Student Activities OffL information pertinent to brga tlons will be sent out to these ressea. The Placement Office eniphasized that prospective ployars are interested in; extrai-'lir-j riculsr activities of igospijetive; graduates. Cards are the student activities ofjflcji which to record this list ql off time and place of meeting, am , 4 m er Information. Ranking Mervlep Elms alsm pointed outj that add-! haiv b e in: onj emi oth4 Htu- —- —jv-JJ general; or Fourth Army Ileidalii f* lent;Activities offer a bunkIhr and (era, l&pd Cot John T. MPrai' A, flnatirial record service for nt'idpnt eonintiindlng (Officer of (xrnna ly idunt orgahlxatlonH and that t'otlegill tief* ulatlpns redulre that nil o gnht ixatlUns doposlt their ftinda Vflitl this office, ' ;1[: Explanation* of detailsipf ling organizational funds’; thCongh Student Activities will be givpn to any organizational member tC off ficer. Club intrmaUral infarmatioiijufUi be disseminated through the October 19,20,21, & 22: Make-up I nel hr organizational officers’ icttires for A through Z. (See DEADLINE, Page !®) It’s Got a Sandwich Bar, Yet f .J( ^ .-a' (r New Kyle Field Press Box to Open For Aggie Fish-TCU ’Wog Grid Til 41! if RilfuB R. Peoples, clawi ’28 a,nd member of the bogrd of dlpectorg, will be the 1 pal kjg*aker at the ^adet c miHHloning exereiaeN ip G Hall Friday night, He will address 350 cm pa lore nfid the|r guests itseem for Dm annual ceremony. Mrfg, Gen, IMugh Huffman, commandlpif nere| of Fourt com Air sent i dt cornel lore them 1 Loi An pugh re of 1 , Nid mandlnf of Ifijri 4 # Hake . the comm! fflcer in Waeo, lesion's uffman will aWtkd ck<$t I0h* to ground fotfee min Rpragua will preMIlA force seniors, rtung, president of tjhi Former Student*, one of the honor gijekta By BILL THOMPSON 4. : * i # m 7 •4: 1 jy ft 1- wA 4 lit This Mock of Aggies And their dates at the night yell practice In Fort Worth Friday wildcat their approval of the last remark b, yell leader. As best we remember there was some montiii made of cleaning TCITs plow the next r: r . ! • •-.... . - - • i r ; i • - ••• j . . • 4- t ion m afterioQauf -f-Photo courtesy the Fort Worth Star Telegram ■ : . More space and a better view iWill be the keynote of the pew ;A&M press box which will have its baptism of the TCU and Tex as Aggie .freshman game, Thurs day night, October 20. The riew press box will offer Igreat improvements in working conditions for writers, scouts, pho tographers, and visiting radio pro grams. The new box has been built between the 45 and the 30 yard line* and Ihe old box has been remodeled and additional fa cilities provided. On the lower deck of the old press box. where writers form erly worked, there are now a her of booths. The lower has been divided Into four >n*—a radio booth at the far .right for visiting out-pfr te- radio broadcasters, two 4hs for the use of thf to keep In touch with their teams by use of telephones,4 and a booth for the use of scouts I'.uuju F! j\' | • [ ' !j j. The scouts were formerly on the Other side of the stadium. There state- MnaU were objections to the noise on the other side however, so they were moved into the booths. The Humble radio studio will re main in the same place, on the top right hand corner of the press box. as will the public address system next to’the Humble booth. In the new press box itself there will be accomodations for 34 writ ers, giving them a much better view of the playing field. The new, wider windows and higher eleva tion of the booth provide a clearer view of the game. Windows may be kept open or closed according to the weather and small ventilating portals will be provided in the rear of the box to relieve the box excess cigarette and cigar smoke on bad days when the front windows are not open. There will be a sandwich bar In the new box In which all the refreshments to be served before the game and at the half time, will be kept. The refreshments for the writers were formerly kept In the corner of the box, or outside, where ever there was room for than.' I ; The new higher- level box, which Is 10 feet taller than the lower deck of the old box, will provide a better view free from obstructing spectators who sometimes stood in front of the old writers booth. Photographers with long-range telephoto lenses, movie camera men, and television men will have a special place on top of the new addition to the box.; : j There will be a wind breaker four feet high around three sides Of tjhe platform and a one foot high guard around the front to keep coke bottles and equipment from falling down on the spectators. A guard will be on duty during all games to keep people off the un fenced part of the top. Another feature of the new box Is the protection, it will pro vide for the spectators I tinder It. There will be room for about 75 to 100 people ua- I der the box. p Back rests have been provided for ; the writers* There were no back rests in thd oldTwriters booth. With the improved conditions :• ? ! . "\ • r L' r ' i ; : *•• | ■ . * "V 1 , J \ 11 'X 1 j \ ! . j,, mW ' 1 \ f; \ ,, F]|i i { and larger amount of space,! Dub King, sports publicity mahager, has been able to provide spotje for Urn,! newspapers which regularly covered the A&M home games. King said that space would hie reserved for the following and bureaus: Houston Post, ton Chronicle, Houston Hre co News-Tribune, Dallas Dallas Times Herald, Ft. Star Telegram, San Antonio Austin American Statesman, pie Telegram, Associated United Press, Bryan NeWs, Eagle, Battalion, visitiiig —_ paper, and the visiting sports news director. The new Pm** box was built by the B&CU psp*l1ti|g|| hftf ; der the direction of the sdortaj department / ; , i Piles of lumber still cluttar the scene around the box but conie Thursday night {And time for the Fish game, the new box will break out in all its glory and ahovir the press writers of the state tl A&M Is not forgetting the coptf of those who transfer deeds to front page worts. ' -I. I I • 1 Jl.i • . ! I li r j > corps HW will begin at 9 p.m. the Gukm Hall ceretm will be fthmlshed hj and the Aggieland! their first appe iran< ir. The ball will lalst will Frid4y! night. u ji j A cpmmisslonlng bill to wtilch the entire cadet corps hM been invlti lowlij Muslt Turnk tra |r the y< |of r til hairman of the moral ig. Caidnt wmun.r 1.4*: Arlringements have been r by (he Military Department cadets! to have dinner at 5130 Fridiy so the commissioning ee: mony (may be started by 7 p.m. j seniors who will receive ■t commissions must ber one winter unlfi Mitchell, chairman of event, said this may wear either or uniforms TRe commissioning bill wf 1 be formal. Mitchell said, lut cideta may wear either summer or nu ber one winter uniform: i. I « Invitations for the com ing hall have been given | a sergeants. Freshmen a nex I pan get their Invi the ball from Mrs. Ann the fetjudent center. a invitations are needed ff^r the commissioning Mitchell said, as . school has been lnv***A' honor guests ill have dinner ith the corps. m\ Beta Pi G|r6! i/Meet To 1 1 it i. n. Texas Delta Chapti Pi will hold its the semester tor in the Chemist Don, Jarvis, nouiteed today, ij M