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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1949)
Collegiate h 1949 Surv( \ - ~ | ^ i , i ■ ! — ED IN THE E STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949 nr U M lli u ( •/: ■3 k ftf Any Wee Tlie “Aggies can bounce b ick any Saturday land cause lots trouble for every Southwest Con ference team they play if they have the.backing of the students, Clyde LaMotte, sports editor of The Houston Post, told members of the,Quarterback Club last night. Speaking before an estimated Jd people in the Assembly Hall, LaMotte said that as long as Coach Btlteler and live team have atddent support, and believa in ' themselves there is always th«! pos- . sibillty they can knock off anyjcon- . i ferenee team. . ‘ LaMetta, whft Is a,former)uports ; * editor of The Dailly Texanj, sfild, “You might even win that game ’ 'you Know when',? ' The Post Nlmrtrt editor talked Of Aggie chances after reviewing —- the strong polnls of Kice and the otlier conference leaders.^ “ToWn itote Ik a ton notch pask* er,". he said, “and if he can get passes off to Froggy Williams then'll be a hard combination to beat." N. He referred to the Rice team which last week Is-at LSMU as a good “all around'’ team With lid “great’' players. “As long as they ard eager to win as theyf wer* las^ week, they’ll be hard to beat.” Asked by the audience What he thought the outcome of the > Rice and Texas game would be, LaMotte forcast a Rice win, 20 to 14. ■ Texas is a "seasoned, well bal- , anced team”, he said. “Campbell is looking better every game and was respecially good against Oklahoma/’ 4 The Post sports editor said he ..r'looked /or a Kentucky Victoiijf over SMU. “But SMU has been r~ - the • champion fbr a long time,? he said, “and if] they can get up off the floor with some of that championship spirit they can beat Kentucky/’ One listener pinned LaMotte down with the question, HWhit will be the outcome of the Baylor- A&M game?” “Well,” he replied, “I always like to stick with a winner until he loses so I’ll have to go along with Baylor.” He pointed out, however, that a • f cold he was nursing was the re- - suit of losing his shirt last week on SMU-Rice game. ‘Tve been down to the field to- i day talking with Coach Stiteler.” bite s . I jfr- : .1 :i i . he haid. “I saw men working out on | their'own accord; until it was too dark to see t ie ball. With a pen).” spifit that anything can hap- Pictpres pf the 1948 A&M-Tex- ty 8“ rterback Club audiencq at illusion of -laMotte’s talk. II". ,| I,~-^ A FiMikl Handler) 11 kchool Will he held at! College .VUtlmi, OrUlher 24-28. | the sessloi n will j bd Bald In Mblkit hall at 2:,'ll I p. m. each day. The iHihoal will ^ conducted', by the State [Departhieht of Health anti the Brasoa County iieaith lUnjt, Ewry hatulliBr of food (k Mrgcd to at ehd the school. Pbiipofo of the ichool In to ac quaint lood handle) s with the whys and vyhbrefores In the sanitary handling! of food, E rnent Langford, mayor, Maid today. "Food handlers will bd bold how they can abide by the laW in all respects. ! ] ij 1 l J I ■ i <1 * There has not he m a Single cbm- plaint fi)ed against any food hand ler in College Station during the inspection now going ort, Mayor Langford said. “I wish to commend the food handlers. It is la distinct credit to bur dity and t am urging each food handler to dose his place of business from :!:30 to 3:30 p. m. each ! day of sci ool, so that the operators and the ?mployees may attend, jit;will be for yovir benefit as well as the general public— and! the [public is invited to attend eve|y session,” Larngford conclud ed. i .■ !I Ij il . 1 ' : ’ j. Livestock Tea Places) First ! A&M’s Livestock Judging Team ammassed 686 points to take top honors in the quarter horse event at the American Royal Intercollegiate Live stock Judging Contest in Kansas City, Dr. J. C, Millar, head]of the AMmnl Husbandry Department, waw notified today. The team, coached by AH Pro fessor W. M. Warren, consists of C. IT GreenL Kentucky; Id. R. Kemplin, Valley View; B. M. Mills, Fort Stockton;; J. R. Straukj, San ...Antonio; C. E. Turnbow, Bryan; and P. R. Weyerts, Alpine. Aggies placed third In sheep judging with 1,104 points, seventh in swine judging, and fourteenth in the -entire contest. Iowa Was first place wihner. 1 '■J- •- -1 New ID Cards Are Being Distributed ' • r" { I ■ i Jdentification cards are now ready for distribution, Assistant Dean of Students Bennie A. Zinn said today. All identification cards have been completed, except for a few pic ture retakes and a few new {signa tures. ., r ■ The ejards will be distributed to students in the Cadet Corps through the Commandant and the unit oommanders, and in non-mititary dormitories by the housemasters, Zinn said. >[ | . All College . View students and all day students will call for the cards at the office of Robert 0. Murray, Jr., Room 28, Milnef'. Prbject House, Veterans Village and Trailer Camp students will se cure cards at 102 Goodwin, said Zinn. f ( Sore Throat, Flue Head Sick List Septic ao^e throat, influenza and diarrhea headed the Bryan-College Station morbidity report for the week ending October IB. acaording to th« Brazos County Health Unit). There were twentv-two tore throat caaea, eighteen Influenza caaea and eleven caaea of diarrhea. ' ■ '* • I: ' ’> y TuTk r msors -roup A hew organization is springing up on the A&M campus. This new organiza tion is the Gallery Club, an art club, which is being spon sored by the Student Memorial Center.\ jjl The sichdol has allocated funds for the dub and has procured an instructorJMrs. Ralph Terry^ who will) give flree ins ructions t6 the club m^mliers. Mis. Terry will teach iii all medium* of art includ ing wajterdolora, pen and ink, oil palpting, art appreciation,! sketch ing^ puJUil* and] tempera. • The liuimbership to thU new) club (8pei ARTISTS, j Page 4j The Dairy Catlle Jmlging Team placed flral In iudglng Jerseya and Hnlatolna nmi aeHnid In Judg ing all dairy limnN at the NtRlmml Intensille- ftofst)) Puff, Too . 1m flate Dairy! I’allle Judging Conleat, Waterloo, owal on October ». (Ntory on page l.) 4- 4 *-t- 41 Ball Nicotine Marathon Awaits Only First Match By DAVE COSLETT Start puffing on that El Ropd, bud. You've got a date for thb Annual Battalion Pipe Smoking Contest. He-men of this area are going tp get their chance for smoking ffme in the newly inaugurated cigar-smoking division of the naj- tion's largest stoker derby. I This new phase of competition rounds out a contest that coverp almost every phase of nicotine practices. Plans were completed last night for the affair, which will be divided into two major _ one dealing with various kinds pipe smoking, cigar smoking, ci 0 , arette / rolling, and smoke ring blowing, the other with pipe col lections. Another Inovatlon of this year’s meet will be a section set aside entirely to A&M profs. The local educators will vie In pipe and cigar smpklng. A few have already indicated a desire to enter. R. L. (Batch)) Elkins, assistant to) the president of the College, leads the list otf challengers in the profs smoking go. j/ f “Rocky” Rothroc|c, of the Mod ern Language Department, is gc- ing to make a bid for fame in the corn-cob smokipg run-off open to all comers/ In the first major part of the Contest, two types of pipe cbjlcti- tlons will be judgeid. The S. IV. Trank Company is offering a prlzn for the best collection of Frun< Medico pipes anditne Student Mi - mortal Center coiritoctionarle* aHe rewarding the cdnieatnnt suhml - 6w i^ pDunje Coen By tin^ the best general assortment of pipes. The remaining part of the con test will concern itself with the aforementioned nicotine niceties plus several others. Paramount of these will be, of course, the various varieties of pipe competition. This will consist of a series of eight sub divisions. | j f A Calabash clash has been in stituted to please the fanciers of this monstrous hurley burner. Ne^ct ip line will come a large An ability to roH « we*d The jargCst competition is ex pected in the medium bowl pipe division. This will be followed by a session for devotees of the small bowl briar. A fifth duel will be arranged for miniature fanatics. And metal bowled pipes will have a section to thdmselves. The elite will be able to join Prof Rothrock in the race for honors in the corn-cob class. Fi nally, just as assurance that no one is overlooked, the Long sol emn church-warden has a niche In this year’s derby, jfrj all! of the pipe smoking class es; ! con)testants will be given a measured amount of tobacco and told to puff to thleir hearts con tent. The trick will be to beat all competitors at keeping the pipe lit. Every precaution will be taken to keep anyone front haying the Irtist bit of an advantage over anyone else, ; j , l In Hie prof division, Inciden- 1 ' 7 : — tally, all pipe smoking will be judged on a medium bowl basis. The profs may use any pipe they desire, but they will each re ceive an equal ration of tobac co—that prescribed for the me dium bowl division. Along other lines, there will be the wild and wooly race of the cigarette rollers. This will be sub divided into two classes. One will be for professionals, the other for amateur. The former contenders wiill be given a stringy type tobacco such as Bugler and be judged bn ex BallsTopMe The ABC Regime rtal Ball, with one hand will be an asset. Amateurs 'Will use either Duke’s Mixture or Bull Durham. Another new-comer to the con test will be the smoke ring blow ing clash. This will consist of two sub-classes. Prizes will be awarded for the biggest smoke ring and also for the greatest num ber of rings from a single drag,. The remaining competition wrill be for cigar puffers. Each en trant will be required to purchase a pre-designated contest cheroot. The contest will he judged In the same manner as the pipe smoking. Contestants will try (See NICOTINE, Page 4) Recent Veterans Adminis tration regulations expanded the a vocational and recrea tional ban to all veterans courses started after June 22, 1944 without regard to whether the course was offered by a pub lic tax supported school or a pri vate school. This regulation, In effect, classed a* avocBtional approximately 80 per cent of the vocational courses available to Taxaa veterans, Those counloa Included such fields as hnsinexs, trades and new couraea of. fared! by coll«|res. The new Veterans Admlnlutratlon regulation* prohibited certain schools from starting new courses and prevented public schools from using leased or rented buildings for new veterans courses. The Senate, approved a bill Oct. 12 In order to correct these arbi trary ,‘V. A. regulations, and com panion hill was introduced which was approved by the House Vete rans Affairs Committee on Oct. 14. The bill now awaits final ac tion by the House of Representa tives. • : |i ' * The Senate Bill and companion bill are designed to strengthen the Veterans’ training program, ac cording to Congressman 01 i n Teague. The bill will provide these two measures: new schools will be re quired to operate successfully fur one year before enrolling veterans; however, public tax supported schools will be exempt. The ban on certain courses class ed as Vocational will be continued,- however the arbitrary V. A/ rule classing all courses established af ter June 22, 1944 will be removed. Veterans may take any course in any general field but the veteran switching from one unrelated course tq another will be required to justify tout the new course or sec ond coiirse is in connection with his present or contemplated occu pation. 1 jjrhe new bill will provide funds to the State Approval Agen cies for closer inspection ahd sup ervision of "schools. “I believe the bill, if passed by the House of Representatives will resolve the wide spread dissatis faction among veterans and school administration caused by V, A. In struction 1-A." Congitessmaiv Teague Said. Student Activities. V* Aymati." And Recreation Rule Expanded i 4 Dr. J. J. Np^rry, Msochtto pro- fcMMtr.of biology, will present a paper pit the autoecpjhigy of nutrah plants on the program of th« Bi-annual Seminar aiml Field Study of Marine SclenpM to be held in Kockport, October 28- 20. See story on page l] HI ! f «r ; Ffgtitf Million Bucks Left Aggie Pockets Ld,si Year a / 000,000 he Na- Going to college s proposition. That'p the reports f; tional Advertising last year conducted a survey how mijkch money was spent) by lege stpdents last year abd how it was spent- The 200 million was the figure kpent for ti e regular 1948- 49 ichdol year.] i vast sum, $8,600,000 is,at- the nine thousand Ag- d last rear. Tnia exact amount, "aj good ) verage figure,” was established by The Battalion’s participation in [ the surVjey which it i won first place e NIAS market sur- in the petition ef scan amount toi ia «t year. of the breakdown shows that about money went to the col- om and board and, less fourth for tliition, text nd! other s milar items. A il i|2,725,0001 were spenl; on toilet articjesl dnd enter- ijA&M student mendous qm Hi itjhow do jthe of such a U rmendous quan etus’’? It might be in- examire a few figures the distribution of this reaped $20,000 in Aggie trade. For the convenience of pilfering roommates. Aggies poiight $42,0Ck) worth of ties. $97,000 went fqr socks and underwear. . While the average girl’s sch of the same size spent $103,000 Sweaters for the purpose of i proving figures, Aggies saw $34 000 consumed for bdying sweater Another survey, still in the bl print*, stage,, will bie conducted determine the motivation belli the heavy purchasing by Aggi bf this item of apparel. Any doubts as to the intensi of masculine vanity at Texas A& should be alleviated with the kno 1 ledge that Aggies bought $42,6' dorth of razor blades last yPa T . The outlay for shaving cream was $18,000, for shaving lotion and tal cum powder, $12,000. Hair ttmiic boat A&M men $12,826. But not all of the expednituije was for such tangible items. U 1 *" 000 went up , in tobacco smoke ing last year’s schc 000 blew out of >1 year; $1 lutomobile hausts. Movie theaters pock^teid $137,000 paid out [by Aggies eg | spent $6 3,000 SJpBg.OOO for ;•] 0 for shoei i while ■hop* it ?s in Brjf- i^aiu uuv uy a. search of entertainment in an-College Station airea. Thus it is seen that Aggies)arc meticulous in their dress, impres sive in their consumption of gasc and cigarette*, and well ed In their a] iy they are roommate; line liey spent $$,000 last ir And pearance. the sweet In college f<jr Mum i and other deodorants. The survey shows that almost 'l§Vc of A&M student use isome brand of deodorant, it seems that the fear of B. O. is far more in tense than that of (flunking out or getting nabbed by the KK’s. [Use of these “pbeventerk” by sbeh ja large percentage of i stud ents could be easily explained .if the college in question were co educational. But why do he-men Aggies show such concern over the quality of their own aroma? A number of explanations leap simultaneously to the agile and qliick-witted mind.; Perhaps the Aggie sits in the front row and is doing his utmost to keep from offending the prof/ This speculation .is further sub stantiated by the fact that Aggies spent $13,000 last year for tooth paste. .[ j: j | - 'i/j Or maybe he wants to mkke sure no trace of Monday, Tuesday, etlnesday, Thursday dr Friday’s hiff remains fop the weekend with e big love. Such precaution would involve considerably more liberal application of tbb; deodorant than Would otherwise^ be necessary. Maybe he just wants to; smell good. 1 / What ever the) cause of! this Overwhelm' the aroma jroundUig atmosphere. It’s a cinch that at least 99& of the deodorant- jualjmr Aggies I don’t apply It to lag defire; to sweeten of tlje Immediately sur- usiag Aggies don’t aj please their roommates. Friday Dance Will Honor New Officers The entire cadet corps has been invited to the commis- sioning ball at 9 p. m. BYiday night following the commin- Hioning exercises in Guion Hall, according to Bob Mitchell, chairman of the dance committee. !; !‘ Bill Turner’s Aggieland Orchestra will make its first appearance of the season with «♦- “— ~ •- now scloetion of songs and ryth- rp air yms. The dance will end ut 1 u.m. J CXRS UeRnS 111661 Friday at YMCA The annual meeting of the Texas Association of Deans and Advis ors of Men will be held October 21 and 22 in thg YMCA building. Registration will be from 8 to 9 a. m. with the opening session at 10 a. m. Willis Tate, dean, Southern Methodist University will preside and Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist will deliver the opening address. During the morning Doyle Avant, cadet colonel of the corps, and Charles Kirkham, non-military vice- president D of the senior class will addres^ the group on the sub ject, “If I Were Dean of Men.” There will be a general session in the afternoon and at 7 p. m. the annual badhuet will be held in Shift Hall. , Saturday morning ;at 9 a.m. there vViH be general session until 10:30 ai/m. From 10:30 until 11:30 there ubll be a discussion on several Cadets attending the bull can wear wither summer or winter uni* forms, but those wearing theli’ winter attire must appear in the number one uniform, according to the Military Department. Evening dresses will be wprh by dates. Ramps I, J, and K bf Walton Hall will be opened at 4 p. ml Fri day for visiting dates. Cadets may reserve rooms for their dates at Room 100, Goodwin Hall. In com pliance with college regulations, guests must 1>6 in by 2 a. m. fol lowing the compiissioning dance and by 1 a/m. following Saturday’s All College Dance. Invitations for the ball can be obtained from first sergeants. An nex freshmen imdy obtain invita tions from Mrs. Ann Hilliard at the stodent center. Port Arthur Cltib Will Meet Tonight The' Port Arthur Club will have an important meeting in the Assem bly Room of the YMCA Thursday at 7 p. m., according to Ralph Gorman, club president. Present plans are that the Ag gieland Orchestra, will play in Port Arthur during the Christmas holi days as has been done for the past three years. .' There is need for the members to discuss this matter briefly, and Gorman haa asked all members to be present. The meeting will be short in order that members at* tending will have time to arrive at the Fish football game for the kick-off, Gorman added. Short Course j Sponsored ] By EE Department Arrangements have jlieen conj* ublic ut lity short trical itoetermei* leld op the' A&M a. m., October 31 pleted for the public ut lity course for electrical inel which is to be held campus from 9 to to 5 d- m- November14, accord ing to Lucian M. Mqfg gw, assist ant director of the cou se. The Couibes is sponsored by the EE Department and fie South- Western Meterman’s Association. An estimated attendance of 80 160 perspfts is expected for the course, Morgan said. - Persons j attending tlie course jWill be housed jn Rampi j, J, and K of Walton Hall, and; in: Dost Grad uate Hall. Meals for persons atte iding may be obtained at the; 1 Agg eland Inn or in the cafeteria of i bisa Mess Hall. ■ ] |. | T A dinner for attend*! ts will be held at 7‘p. m. Thursday, Novem ber 3, in Sbisa Mess v Kail. Tick ets are $2 each and jut V be pul - 31. There will be *; rt glatralian in Bolton Hall, j 1 {] ’ Registration for the it ours* will lie held in Bolton Hall from 8:$0 jnc; a. m. tj) 11 a. m, Monday, October c 11 nfire Fall e Committee • assistant directo: ♦ Playing for the ABC b ovet/jber 4 is Curly Broyl h s orc^tra. Bill Turner’s land Onqhetatra will play Cadetj! Commissioning Ball hj;ld Friday night, October Jjl,, [| As .1$ cu Dance! j^il il , Sims dickering with orle of nhtion’w top name bands for thst student activities < 0ed their {half of a cont; I MM band asd a signed cop; ha* heon mailed to the otohfiM r d ite. The hi* sigpet with thp ha* Ibadei'i} i ) Two All College Two) (ill college dance* are 1 Med d) the| fli'Nt-aemeater 1 soelftl Ml< eidar,! Willi Frankie Carle playingl for onaiand tha Aggieland fiirglah-l lug niiflc for the other. Nob. 4l I* the ;iDite of (he Caiie dMilce[iiiid| (HoheifllB In Hie Agglelnnd R' i CarjeJ hi* hapd, and hH voo .1 ..I » r( thRl Marjorie II* ajpitear In eonrerl oafi dkughl'Pi Mho ajtox e(nl op (Oct..6 in Guion Hall, hour-todg concert will be a “ Mall/plrfiduction. A&MV weatern element tjiroukH for two weeketid oh the Wcial calendar on Oc 28 aiuj 29 for the Aggie Rodeo a again op December 2 and 6 for t tcmilleglate. vRodeo, sponshrRd the Aggie rodeo group and Opttt otheiTexas schools for ConjiMt- Finikdato on the Fall cal* the Neiyman Club dance on J 21. No /orchestra has been eleicti us yet, ,'Elms said, and it will jpn bably a juke; bog affair. lly ; (jn the Fall c 27 appearance Nov. 2 rge tes, not off calendar, “* T cially the’Oct, Ives anil the Novi 2 appea Yictoi' Borge, both in Guion and qhuer Town Hall auspices. Approval of the Spring rac calendar was delayed by th^ Stod ent Life Committee until a! l$tei dato. Ito next meeting will be I qv embqif i.J- j[ I ' v Somrf of the; events for discUsSio: Will be! the Freshman and Sof ho more Ralls, the Junior JProlm, Dm Architqicts Ball, Sixth Regimen Ball, thje Cotton Pageant and Rail and Sepior Ring dance. Othet events w|U be the St, V« entind’s All College Bull, Militn 1,] dimbined Ci Ball, dpmbined Cavnlry-Infantiy. Engineer-Artillery Regimental Ball tjhe Hijlel Club Dance, dance*. Thei Aggie Players age into a new fle‘ * 31. Thr— wlll W a p.tr.tlcn Itg’jfeiPjlg L th . {iM fee of $6 per person" ftfean stljl, tne radl ° ror lfte nm subjects At ll:30 new officers will be in- troduced and the meeting will be adjourned. : j - ir. 1 . •'ill’" 1 ' j , ; Campus Painters’ Meeting Tonight The Gallery Com mi - spo. nil ttee, an art club sponsofad by the Memorial Student Cenfar, haa its el«c offlcenl to; 20, «t 7 in BitMll Hall fht, Thursday, »m 156, Weft ' i. : 'J ■ • if 11 Engineer Airline Probi 1 r.T . t! Gene Clark, assistaht mainten ance engineer of Branlf ’ Alrlineji, spoke to Hie Institute pi AeronaU- 1 tical Science* Tuesday, evening in the Petroleum Lecture loom, Al ma Floyd; secretary of the I. A, S., said today. : !; | Clark spoke'on the ; general or ganization of the airljne and to: lated several of the oitstanding problems concerning air ine main tenance. He said most airlines are organized as a corporation for Hie purpose of serving its customers prompUy and efficlentlj and slsd assuring a reasonable profit far its stockholders. The ; oiitstanding problems named by Cl art are those concerned) with sen’ipa nHty and durability; of equipment. Clark said engineerlnj; does end with the delivery] of the plane to ;the customer, but mui continue in an effort :tt keep the airplane flying in ai| aihfprthy and economical condition. | j. Horticulture Club Plans! Barbell to The Horticulture Soiifty heU ita regularly scheduled iiieeting to Room 103 of the Agrieull Ore Build ing October 18. Final; i Ians were completed, for the 1949 Fall bar becue which will bp on the after noon of Saturday, October 29 at Henssl Park. Dr. C. C. Doak pt :He Biology «![ Department was guest ipeaker of .the meeting. He showed k film »nd ct gave an Interesting fall on “Tha Ing,]Growing and) Hybridisation of • Pinea.’’ ■if The i which will be 'broid- TAW w II be ehtltl )d, Uc iMir lit la a urder drama full of suspense and cast o “Two I honof., , , , The past, which is all male, till include Bill Krause, LI ndell Jamies, Frank wanitzaa, Levfii Crown, Jim \ McMahon and George Willman. The Aggie Player* will be Ion the rafUo every Sunday over WTAW. j On petober, 30, they will pre sent V uhe Eyre”. The show 'rill be thirty minutes long. The f rst l | few AHjows will be under the di* ; rectiojn of George DillavoU, >ut . later !' tudent directors will t iksd !■ p® J|, i. T lli Anyane interest«d In the; player^ to invi|ted ltd attend m«et| the ‘ exten of Uto Wednesda »y| October J The invltatio 2< it (sic Hal. The invitatioi to bofh men and woibet irea”. T-v- Floral Concession Open for Weekeri opetoil SCI sakes! Bayloj Tolls,] Arts Doi appoii itt: udda4 n for Weekend Mmm Student Floral ConcesiiiDn its sales activities far < ir by offerii md “football game and dances, "-eHideiit of The I ilety, said today.. itory salesmen hpve be* 11 for the convetoenft; of customers. Flower itles be made on the can pus Saturday prior to the gi me. feature of flc ^ will be dyad it possible to have ir at ahy seasoh, ta may order from leiman or they n house (4-1208)! If Iwm for the weaki