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Burl Ives Sings
Tonight In Guion
- ’ BY JERRY ZUBER I
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Burl Ives, nationally known folk singer, will inaugurate
the 1949 Town Hall season tonight at eight in Guion Hall
Ives burst into the public spotlight four years ago when
a New York , producer worked him into spot appearances
two legitimate stage productions.
-> His slow, wel|-phrased style
niediately euugljit on, and motion:
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Ag Dean Speaks
On Grasses
At Conference
The increase in knowledge
of our grass crop is One of the
biggest developments of new
technologies on agricultural
economy in Texas said C. N.
Shepardson, Dean of Agriculture
of A&M while speaking at the ‘Nu-
tritional Conference held in the
ChapSj of the YMCA last Thurs
day afternoon.
The J change from imall dairy
hei^ds of several hundred cows
has caused a great nqed for im
proved pastures and a tietter know-
letige of grasses adapted to Texas
ranges. Thiik includes; removal of
brush ami reseeding of pastures
with perennials that grow from
year to year, Shepardson said.
Mechanization of agriculture, in
creased knowledge in new and old
crops, and scientific^development
in plant and' animal breeding are
technologies that have affected
the agricultural economy of Texas,
Shepardson declared.
Dr. Jack Miller, head of the AH
Department, 'made a tjalk on the
use of grain sorphums as feeds.
••Experiments made; at A&M
^wtith the support of the Corn pro
ducts Corporation of Corpus Chris-
ti showed that grain sorghum was
not satisfactory when used alone
but have good results when used
with‘~6ther feed*.
Dr/ Miller reporter that both
acreage and production of grain
sorghurts h'ave increased in the
last two years.
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^ E. L. Williams, director of the
Industrial Extension j Service, will
address the Vocational Education
section of the Indiana State Teach-
erk Association at Indianapolis on
Thursday, October 27. The sub
ject will be “The Challenge of Vo
cational Education.”
Friday afternoon, - October 28,
Williams will meet with the vo
cational teachers of the South Chi
cago area at Gary.
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lowed. Ives’ easy-jjfoing actions
iboks make hirh perfectly tjjped
for the balladeer roles he is
quCntly cast in.! f V ] i
Possessing a trfcmenillous rbpe-
tj>ire of folk songs and j,ballad i of
all typesrivcs has carried man / of
the songs to the top oi the r
ularity heap >viith him. His
kY. Foggy Dewf’,. “Streets of
redo", “Blue Tail Fly”, to
but a few, have risen from hiusii
cal nonentities jt< ihit par|a(|e! pos4
ifions purely oi* the force ejfTvesf
friendly, tonefUl voice.
Seventeen Songs
The 17 songs which Ives
feature' (in his i performance
night range froiji rolliking cm^boy
stmgs to sentiMehtal folk bjtl adsi
$ome of the better known nujtrbers
are, “Midnight Special”, j “The
Cowboy’s Lament”, “The BollMVleej
yil”, "Now Now Shepherd”!, ami
‘^When I Was Single". The si iger
Will furnish hijs own accompany
merit on the guitar. ,
Ives "ha's perhaps tpe most
tinctive style of folk singip
any other balladeer Jin the
try. He becomes a part o|f
songsT he sings and ea<'h of
characters he i» singing about. He
has many ideas of how folk s>ng9
should be sung and intrepets aatih
one in his own fashion. Oni bf
Ives favorite quotes is, “A ling
er of folk 1 songs can be authen4
tie only so long! as hei keeps it the
spirit of the song.”
Called “Greatest”
He has been called “the g lat
est folk-ballad singer of them 1 all.''
by Carl Sandburg.
Ives records for the three major
Companies of Columbia, Decea and
ASCH.
The balladeerj will arrive at
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lege Station at five this after
noon.
After his appearance here, Ives
continues a cross country sir ging
four with an (appearance in Hous
ton oh* Nov. 3.
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THUFySDAY, OCTOBER 27,1949
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Officers Tonight
Experiment Station
Receives $500 Grant
TJie Texas Agricultulal E) perif-
mebt Station, has i|eceived $500 for
renewal ot a grant-in-aid. j The
money is fiwm the Wildlife Man
agement Institute and throug i Dr.
W. B. Davis, head of the depart
ment of Wild Life Management.
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will cast theb - first ballot for the
new class iofficerf> tonight after
yell practice and before-8:30.
The first .sergeant of each corps
unit will appoint a sophomore to
pick up the ballots in the Guard-
room of Dorm 12 after yell prac
tice, take them hack to his unit
for the voting, and return them
to the Guardroom before 8:30,
according to; Ralph W. Rowe, Fresh
man president of the Class of '52.
Filing far the eight available
at 5 p. m,-Candidates must have
filed in the Office of Student Ac
tivities before that time.
The office of president, vice-
president, jsecretary-at-armS, and
reporter-historian are open for
any academically classified sopho
more, whether he he a corps mem
ber or veteran, the class decided
at a rtieeting Tuesday night.
Officially, filing for the posi
tions, began October 21, but many
otf the .candidates waited until
; yesterjday to file.
Here is the completed list of can
didates whose names will appear
on the ballots.
President: Richard A. Ingels,
Eric W. Carlson, and Ralph W.
Row*,
Vice-president: Dean Reed,
Dan Davis. Dobert .V Dobbins,
Hayden I. Jenkins, Dan Scott. and
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Horticulture
Show in Sbisa
Arrangements have been
made for the use of Sbisa Hall
for the Hotriculture show on
December 12 and 13, A. H.
Krezdorn. sponsor of the Hor
ticulture Club, said today.
Club members arq tying to make
the show .more educational this
! | year according to J. R. Reese, club
president. 1
The club will demonstrate impor
tant phases of horticulture. Most of
the exhibits will represent fruits
and vegetables grown in Texas,
Reese adde^.
Club members appointed as
chairmen of exhibit committees arc:
E. 0. Courtade, decidious fruits;
B. O. Hauser, sub-tropical fruits;
R. T. Correa, vegetables; W. H.
Culver, processing; O. Chapin, 1
propagation; and B. W. Wilson,
advertising, j j
, The show is sponsored by the
horticulture society. All agricul
ture students arc invited to attend
the club’s meetings which are held
on the firpt and third Tuesdays of
each month, Reese added.
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Secretary; Fred Bruce Mc
Daniel, Duane E. Vandenberg,
Grady I,J Smallwood. Bill (Dog
gy) Dalston, and Luis F. Dom
inguez.
Treasurer: Vic Russek, Her
bert Marion (ierrod, Sammy Joe
Cannon. Robert H. Jourdan.
Social [ Secretary: (’. d.uther
Leatherwood, and C. L. Ray, Jr.
Parliamentarian: A. C. Burk-
halter, Elmore R. Torn, R. 1).
Kirk, and H. Doak NeaL
Sergeant-at-arms: Arlen EL
Reese, and L. O. Tiedt.
Reportler-Historiah: John Tho
mas Tupley, 2nd, Guy C. Jack-
son,
The second and final election
will be held Monday night, Octo
ber 31, Riiwe said. In this election,
the men receiving the highest num
ber of votes in tonight’s balloting
will appear as candidates in their
respective offices.
Pluralities will be decided by the
final vote, Rowe concluded; how
ever, a majority on the first bal
lot will eliminate the necessity of
a lun-off| in any position.
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Houston Midnight
Yell Practice Out
There will be no midnight yell practice in Houston before
the Rice-A&M game next weekend. The cancellation was
made at the request of the Houston Chapter of the Former
Student’s Association,
A letter from George G. Smith, past president of the
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Bill Signed By
President
Washington, Oct. 26 (AP)
—President Truman today
signed legislation raising the
minimum wage from 40 to 75
cents an hour and called it
“A major victory” for his admin
istration.
In a statement, Mr. Truman ex
pressed “regret” that the legis
lation exempts some workers who
previously had been covered by
the fair I labor standards law.
He added:
“But the improvements made by
the new law will go far toward
achieveing our basic purpose of
assuring minimum labor standards
necessary for health, efficiency
and general well-being of workers.
“The enactment of the fair lab
or standards artiendments of 1949
is a major victory in our fight to
promote the general welfare of
the people of the United States.”
The President called labor lead
ers and others to the White House
for the ceremony signing the mea
sure.
The new pay, “floor” for work
ers in interstate commerce be
comes effective in 90 days. Con
gress piembers have estimated the
35-cent-an-hour increase in the
minimum rate will hike the pay
of up to 1,500,000 workers now
getting less than 75 cents an hour.
At present about 22,600,000
workers are protected by the stat
ute. The House voted to exclude
about 1,005,000 of those, and the
senate only about 200,000.
The compromise worked out puts
the total number excluded some-
Senate figures. Sponsors of the
bill have said it probably will take
years, including court actions, to
find just, how many workers have
been removed.
English Professor Powell Sets
New Record, Leaves Still Afire
BY J)AVE
Frank F. Johnson added
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seven more pipei to his collec
Battalion Stoker Derby which
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tion la^t night—seven certified Purex maUhin f pipes. John-
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mated crowd of 100 speictatorjs and contestant^?.
bellowed for
Barnes Named to Celebrations
Group; Non-Corps Veep Vetoed
Wilihan “Pusher” Barnes, president of the junior class,
was named class representative to the A&M Diamond Jubilee
Celebrations Committee last night at a junior class meeting.
The committee, of which Barnes is now a member, was
established by the Board of Directors at its last meeting. Its
—f r— — *—“♦purpose is to plau u year-long ser-
j-w ww ies of special events to mark A&M’s
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who’s picture was submitted to the ABC Ball Sweetheart selec
committee by Edwin Brewer of E Flight, Air Force.
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At Baptist Union
' C. O. Smith will give the de
votional at the meeting of the
Baptist Student Unior) Friday at
7:30 jin the YMCA Chapel, accord,
ing to Bobbie W. Davis, publicity
director.
The new dormitory chairmen will
be introduced and their duties will
be explained to the club. Informa
tion concerning the State Baptist
Student Union Convention in Dal
las November 4-6 will be brought
to the club’s attention, Davis add-
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Coffee and donuts will be served
after the meeting.
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Houston, Tex., Oct 26
(JP) —1“American Govern
ment,” | a textbook used for
senior high school civics class
es, has been banned from use
in the Houston Independent School
District.
Only One member Of the school
board la,kt night voted against the
ban after a paragraph in the book
was called to the board's atten
tion.
The book, written by Dr. Frank
Magruder, has been on the state
text booik commission’s approved
list since 1944.
Ewing Werelin, member of the
Houston board, told the board a
paragraph on page 37 had been
called tio his attention and he
thought the book should not be
used, | - ,
The paragraph was quoted as
reading: j
JjThe United States is called a
capitalistic country, but it does
not have pure capitalism. It has
capitalism subject to Increasing
governmental control as our
manned of living becomes more
complex. The country is capital
istic with strong socialistic and
even communistic trends. The
postal system, power projects,
and progressive taxes are bits
of socialism; and public free ed
ucation and old age assistance
are examples of communism ...
to each according to his need.”
Voting against the ban was Mrs.
Olon Rogers, h
7.4lh Anniversary
Barnes is a business major from
Abilene.
The juniors also voted down a
proposal to add a non-military vice
president to the list of class of
ficers.
This action was taken after sev
eral members present at the meet
ing objected that the non-military
students in the class took little
interest in class functions.
The six non-military students
at the class meeting said they
would try to arouse more inter
est among the non-military jun
iors in class affairs, and they
believed this would be possible if
they were given representation
in the class offices.
The class decided, however, not
to include a non-military vice pres
ident op the list of class offices.
Barnes pointed out that the non
military juniors arte represented
on the executive council of the
class.
A letter to the class from the
JunioPs at TSCW was read by
Barnes. It contained an invitation
to all juniors to attend a formal
dance Saturday night at Denton.
Barnes said that all men needing
dates or a place to stay at TSCW
should contact him before 8 p. m.
tonight so that he could make the
necessary arrangements.
PH Judging Team
Practices at Fair
The A&M Senior Poultry Judg
ing team will go to Beaumont Sat
urday to practice judge at the
mitttee pf the Hquston A&M Club
to Dean of Students W. L. Pen-
berthy contained the request.
A daytime yell practice at which
the band will be present will be
held Saturday iporning at some
central downtown location in Hous
ton.: The locatiori will he deter
mined by city officials and a corps
trip! arrangements committee from
A&M next week. - I
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Smith’s letter was read] to a
hastily-organized group of stud
ents yesterday in the dean of stu
dents office. Ppnberthy said he
had talked by phone with Smith
yesterday morning regarding the
request to cancel midnight yell
practice. j
“Mr. Smith indicated .to me,"
Penberthy said, j“that Houston of
ficials would refuse to grant any
perrhit for the corps to conduct a
midhight yell practice anywhere in
the city.”
Ttie reason for Smith’s request
wasi r stated in his letter. He said,
“It js believed that such a meet
ing Would only sefve to arouse pos
sibly* acts of violence by persons
not i connected with either insti
tution (Rice or A&M).”
Sihith said that the intent of his
requtest was to enable A&M stu
dents, both past and present, to
b u t j d better relations with
citizens of Houston.
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Ptenberthy explained that he had
called together what he hoped was
a representative group of students
and 4college officials to express
theid ideas for a| substitute time
and'place for yell practice.
Those present Were Doyle Avant,
colonel of the corps; the six regi
menal commanders, Sam Pate, J.
T. Dotson, Frank Cleland, Allen
Eubank, Jim Magruder, and Willy
Bohlinann. •
T^ senior yell leaders, Glenn
Kothman, “Red” Duke, and Bill
Thornton; keith Allsup, president
of tfte student senate; Charles
Kirkham, co-victe president of the
senior class; veteran senators Har
ry JRaney, Cecil Huey, and Joe
Fuller; M. L. Cashion of the Stu-
dent Life Committee; C. G. "Spike”
White, dean of students for activ
ities;; Barlow "Bones’’ Irvin, ath
letic &director; and The Battalion
co-editors Bill Billingsley and C. C.
Muntjoe.
Bob Byington, president of the
senior class, was unable to attend.
Location Discussed
The group discussed a proposal
by ^mith to hold the Saturday
yell practice at Sam Houston Park.
“Red” Duke suggested that It
might be possible to hold it in
front of the Rice Hotel or at
a similar downtown location.
Doyle Avant said this matter
could be settled with city officials
next week when a group of cadets
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♦ . Thq prize wjipning collection con-
ftirei(jn made!
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Aggie Attends
Agronomy Meet
In Milwaukee
Five faculty members and
one student are representing
A&M at the forty-first annual
meeting of the Agronomy
Society of American in Mil
waukee, Dr. J. E. Adapts, head oi
the Agronomy Department, said to •
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They are Dr; J. E. Adams; E
H. Templin, professor in charge
of soil survey; Dr. R. L. Donahue,
Agronomist; R. C. Pptts r associate
professor of agronomy; J. C.
Smith; assistantprofessor oJf ag
ronomy; and Jack R. Runkles,
student, majoring in agronomy.
They will participate on variou i
committees. Potts and Smith iwi(l
also! present papers entitled “The
Affects of Fertilizer Treatments
Upon Yields and Composition of.
Wheat- Forage" and; “Affect of
Fertilization on the Chenijeal Com
position of Pasture j Forage and
Available of Soil Nutritents.”
Runkles, who is president of the
national student organization, wi l
preside at^ the meetings of th£jchoijipers aite’r
minpte fiessnn.'
tualjy agreed uf
K. Hevenop,
before an estit
tainted 48 pipes 4f various, kinds
and iityles. Ipi'lmed were lieverkl
—i-l pjp B
) he awakened
wum, He Had fallen
i> ivejjlient chaiij 1 while
foldT ‘ ^
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asleep in u r<:
Awaiting the fold if the three-hoqr
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: Rupner-up k tlju collection divL
don jwas Glean gumming* whose
>4-piece collretioj fagged closely
lehjnd in the thee closely matched
•ace. [Third plAce'svinner Was J. D,
’iantn. All ti fee volleciiob leaders
were; student)i, ; ; ,
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Thte lone Pro(j entry in this ’’
phase of the |con est was voted a
(special prize jly t e contest jtalgesl
(He Was Frederic i D! Meyetrs of
.'the! E. D. De >urti lent His showed
a display of 12 I ulldog pipes dis
played on pu pie velvet and dtesig—
nated by car 'fpll ► lettered cards.
The judges | the jght he deserved
special considerai ion both because
of the impnfosivi ness of thle dis
play and bee-apse jthe pipes Were of
an qnusual quality. /
; Ccimpetitio x in some of the more
familiar fields ofpiicotine endeavor
produced s\mq nev records for this
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Ttye newly inaugurated cigar
divirion proved td be the marathon
event of the night. At 10:45 p. m.
C. M. Lestej- won a Coin toss to
beeofne crown praice of the cherbot
student section. He |s also presi
dent of the local group.
The group left list Saturday.
The convention began last Monday.
Friday will be the last day of thie
meeting, Adams added.
Agricultural workers from _ _
parts of the nation Will participate
in this meeting. Thpir purpose
to exchange , experimental info)
mation- and discuss methods qf
teaching and extension wofo,
Adams concluded, j
Beaumont Fair, E.
Tunneling Near
Hart Continues
Construction of the steam-
tunnel to the Memorial Stud
ent Center will be completed
in approximately 30 days
i f weather conditions r e-
main favorable, according to C. K]
Leighton, college construction.
Work was commenced, on the job
two weeks ago.
The tunnel will be 600 feet long,
five feet wide, and six feet and
fouri inches deep inside measure
ments. It will extend from the
sidewalk in front of Hart Hall to
the basemtent of the memorial cen
ter. In front of Hart, it connects
with a steam-tunnel which runs
under the sidewalk on the east
side of Military Walk to the pow
er plant. I I ■ - ! ' 1 1 *
The E. E. Farrow Construction
Co. of Dalla* is constructing the
tunnel. The cost of the project Will
be $18,000,' And this does not in
clude the pipes which will be in
stalled in it, Leighton said.
Leighton said that the contract
for installing the pipes will be
awarded sometime next spring or
summer, in order that the pipes
will be installed and connected
up before the memorial center is
Parnell, ready to open.
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New Orleans, Oct. 13 UP)—
ucational “peepshoWs” as a tea<jl
ing aid for colleges and schop
were suggested today by a tec!
niqal illustrator.
“The peephole is the greatplit
thing in the world for stimuta!-
ing people’s curiosity and helping
them remember what they sbe "
said W. Branks Stewart, cljhf
medical artist and photograph* r
on the staff of Louisiana Stat|e
University’s School of Medicinf
“People get fun out of looRInlB
through a peep-hole, no mutt* r
what tlheyfre lookipg at, ahd wht
they have 1 fun the things they st
are more apt to; stick in tjie
minds," declared Stewartt. •
had; thrown
but; only fi\
u hour and 45
he toss was mu
tt by he and R.
toj| whom fell the
seednd placb position.
The third placa man, T. Nanhey, , v
dowrt his quartter inch i
e minutes before the
closing contest yinner was decidHj
ed. jNanney,'wboIWon a cigar hold
er, moaned that* the prize would
do him no goof*—hia wife doesn’t
allow him jio smoke'the stinkin’
things. [
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Another qeWcmner to this year’*
derRy produced {a record-breaker.
F. W. Powtell of .the English De-;,
partment strode! from the YMCA
Chapel with hisl stoker still burn- ,
ing after bestini an hour And 17
minute go by |econd place win-i
ner F. D. Meyerl in the prof* hipd- -
iun) b°wl c hks./Third place win
ner, was Harry] Gooding With a
time of 43 (mimtttes.
the stiffest (fnbpetition by far
came in thte'mte|ium howl division
in which five Ivihners were, de
cided. More 1 tjb in 15 contendors
pitted lungs ini j this clash.
top puffer J. Burcham went I
better* than; an hour and five mii|-
uttej* to cinch tbeftitle. Second placer
R. V. Garcia bilrnod into the top
three with; a' igdid hour and one
and one jhalff minutes. Robert
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