. *-\ ’ it :r ' % ■ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1949 •; ■* * ^* f . * , j • j : 1 .■ I ! ^ | The Midnight Yell Practice Controversy 1 •* w T j !.!['* - • f The circumstances surrounding! the cancellation of the midnight yell prac tice in Houston next,Friday night have been questioned by many people. Rumors that the letter was a “plant" have cropped Friday night, up, and„ several people we know of have publicly condemned the meeting held Wed nesday afternoon in the Dean of Stu dents office. 'I { L The Battalion was represented at that meeting, and wo feel that we are in pos- session of enough facts to explain the background of the yell practice contro versy, '• • First, the midnight yell practice was cancelled at the request of Goorgc Bmlth, past president of the Former 1 Students Association and •, presently serving as chairman of the Houston A»M Club's iccfljpB trip committee. Smith made the re- • f ij l j ' * • resentative grpup of students and college officials to decide whether or not the stu dents wished to have a yell practice Sat urday morning since one could not be held The group consu ted by Penberthy in cluded the colonel of the corps, the regi mental commanders, members of both the student senate and the Student Life Com mitteejs, the athletic director, the senior yell leaders, and several other representa tive students and officials. Thfs groujii discussed the advantages and disadvantages of midnight yell prac tice, and Instances where fights had oc curred at the Fort Worth midnight yell practice were talked over. It was brought out that several cadets had to be taken to medical aid after being attacked by street gangs. These attacks occurred In spite of quest in a letter to Dean Penberthy which police protection. | we read and which wqs exhibited to the A vote was taken at this meeting and, students called together in the dean's of- with Only one disentlng voice, the men pre- fice Wednesday. sent expressed the opinion that the stu- I In addition to the letter, Smith phoned dent body would prefer a Saturday morn- Dean Penberthy and indicated that Hous- ing yell practice rather than no yell prac- ton city officials would not grant a per- tice at all. | ij j mit to hold any night-tinje yell practices. This expression of opinion does^not The letter, reinforced by the phone mean that there will be no more midnight call, left no alternative. Midnight yell yell practices*. It means only that there no practice was out of 'the question. The reason behind this cancellation was stated by Smith. “It is believed that such a meeting would only serve to arouse possi ble acts of violence by persons not con nected with either institution (Rice or A&M).” Dean Penberthy stated that he had called together what he hoped was a rep-' will be a yell practice in Houston Saturday morning immediately after the parade. We believe that the'expression of opin ion given by the, men present at Wednes day’s meeting reflected the opinion which would have been given by the student body had they been faced with the same question—“Dio you want yell practice Sat urday morning or not at all?" What, No Fire, Book-Banners? Houston, the largest city in the larg est state,- is confronted with a problem. Or at least Houston’s school board, school teachers, and school Students are. Ruling against teaching from a civics text in Houston's high schools, the school board now must either continue using the book for the remaindeir of the year, or not use any. State textbook laws require a book which is choHtuv by the school dis trict-to be used unti) the text goes out of adoption. “American Ciovorjnmonl," by Frank Abbot Magrudor, is the text in question. In the 1945 edition, Magruder has a foot note calling certain practices in the United States Socialistic and Communistic. He docs not capitalize the terms, however, in- ferring that he is speaking of the econom ise school board - based its decision to ban the book on one paragraph. Civics classes had already passed the paragraph and the chapter in question. | We have not seen a huge red flag waving from the top of the Gulf Building yet. The member of the board who first brought up the proposal of banning the text consistently refers to the Houston schools’ boys and girls as “children," Now, Mr, Werlein. most of your civics students are high school |Henif|r», with some juniors and sophomore^, They are preparing to enter college next f(dl. or to go out into the world, competing with society. Cer tainly when they eniter 1 colleges they will find many more suggestlye books than the one 4unt outlawed. Some of the most Communistic and Socialistic books, printed are being read in the higher educational institutions. Yet There are many things in the United they are being studied to enlighten the States which are not absolutely what we student on the various types of govern- • define as democratic, Perhaps they re- mental control, and hot to recruit him into flect'-Sociabsm, Communism, or even Fas- the ranks of radical systems. cism. They have been operating under Things such as this schoolbook inci- the present conditions for years, and have dent happen daily over the world; the peo- yet to be removed from our scehe. There pie whom we give credit for'having the • is very little in the world today which most intelligence often perform the most ic theories, not the corrupt practices. can be defined as pure democracy. r ■ * ' j i • * : 1 PAUL ELLIS’ United Press story came out this way in the Columbus (O.) asinine acts. showed today that perhaps two out of three births in the United States result Citizen: “A Study by three physicians from pregnancies." The Battalion • • . j i ' L r jij , i | J "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" , ■ I j . | ; m i ! „ , Lawrence Suilivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions I ^ -I— , i—| " ■ ; " 1 - " . } J-f- "t" 1 11 i 1 .' | ' The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College^ of Texas and the City of College Station, Texas, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday afternoon, eicepjt during holidays and examination periods. Durings the summer The Bat talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate $4.30 per school year. Advertising rtitei furnished <)n request. . !■ ! 1 . J i-— H " : i, : ' —' "f The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish ed herein. Rights of republication of all other ;matter herein are also reserved. T b Entered m second-clew metier at Poet Office at College Station. Texaa. under the Act of CoUgreae of March S, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Bepreeented nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., nt New York City, « : h jH i ' ,' i Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. News contributions! may be made by telephone (4-15444) dr at the editorial office, Room 20l, Goodwin Rail. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Studdent Activities ‘ ~ ” idWi Office, Room 209. Goodwin Hall. BILL BILLINGSLEY, i * C. C. MUNROE Clacton Selph, Lewi* Burton. ;10tto Kunse j Dave Cosiett. Chuck Cabaniaa. Bill Pqtta Herman Ooilob • ••••••••••>•• ea ••■■••••••••••■I I •••«•#>•»#4 •••■#,»< 1. Co-Editors Managing Edltora .Feature Editor . .Sporta ’ Co-editoM .AjBbaaaaaau Hum* [Kenneth Marak, Emmett Trtant, Jack Brandt .. CartoonUta Martin Howard / . . . j. . - • . Photographer Brad Holinos, Bill Hites. Hardy Rosa, Joe Trevino Photo Engraver* BW Brlttainr..i....4..Advertising Manager K. W. Fredrick. ! ... .Advertising Representative j Lorry OliverCirculation Manager i— Cbarles Klrkham......... ..li... Editorial Board Chairman George rtiarllon. Dean Reed. Clayton SelphU Editorial Board W. K. Colville. Roger Cosiett, G. F. Newton. John Tapley, Bill Thompson, 'John Whitmore . . , Feature Writers Weldon Aldridge^. Lawrence Ashburn. Jr., Emil Buhjes Jr.. John Drisdale, Curtis Edwards. J. C. 'Fails. David Folienlogen, Bob Lane, Bee Land rum. Bob Lindbeim. Brute Newton. Jack Raley. Dean Reed, L. O. Tiedt .New* Writers Bob Allen, Harold Gann. Ralph Gorman, frank Manituu, Frank Simmcu Spo I I ■' f": ‘lu Mi: v. u 0 in |r-.r ,p f'\ Veterinarian | Soon Released i Letters (All lellsra in ihe riliior which am Hlemxl by n itudettl or cmiiloycc of th* ciiilcgc ami which do not coolaln oliaiwnc or libelous mnierial will be |uiblt*he divulged to any peritons other than the editors.) Editor, The Hattulioft: Please refer this to the com mittee that is in charge of the seating at Kyle Field. Thanks a million^ for the good seats you gave the juniors at the Baylor game last Saturday. Since when do sophomores get to sit from the 20 to 40 yard line and the juniors get the choice seats between the 20 to (he rear of the cm! zone? Sincerely hoping it is better in the future. A. J. Dennis, ’51 Sid Goodloe ’51 j r \ Dub Anderson ’51 F. E. Neill ’51 J Kenneth Sehaake ’51 I W. D. Barnes ’51 R. C. Miller ’49 Hugh Morris ’51 J. H. Edwards ’51 Tom Ball ’50 Bob Naylor '49 Jim Connevey ’51 Dick Graves '51 Rip Stults '51 Patt Patterson '51 Riiss Hagens ’51 Ralph Gorman '51 j Jerry Lambert ’51 | Bo Da ninth '51 Don Pittman '50 David Britt '51 Donald Lee '51 Charleti Pence ’51 Howard Shelton ’51 ** Bill Noll '51 Jack Sanders ’19 Tom Turned '50 Bill Neal '5L Jim S. W illiams ’51 Boy Iteed '51 Richard Van t'mjrt '51 John L. Fuller '51 \ Bttoule Banl'lehl '5| Jake Leltianer '50 Dago Duvla '51 v B. W. Hudde '50 D, J. Wlchmann '51 SAM Told Value Of Purchasing ' A “A wide-aWakie purchasing de partment can be of invaluable aid to the engineering department as well as to the sales, accounting, and manufacturing departments,” Ivan Nevill, purchasing agent for Cameron Iren Works, told the Stu dent Chapter of the [Society for Tuesday night. Nevill briefly outlined the dut ies of a good purchasing depart ment, and then | cited several ex amples of how money ctjuld be saved through etpeient use of the department, in cooperation with others. . j j ; Nevill was introduced by Charles J. Goodwjn Jr., president of the Chapter. A short business session con cluded the meeting. Official Notice Those students wtib want their ring for Christmas must get ithelr order in to the Registrar's Office before November first. Any student who lacks not ifiore than eight hours of having completed the num ber of hours required through the Junior year of his curriculum and who lias earned an equal number of grade points may i purchase the A. and M. ring. All ring* must be paid for In full wken j placing thio order. | ■ The ring window is open only from 8 a.m. to 1J|:00 noon, daily except on Sun days. H. L. Heaton. Raglst^ar, c - Any Dairy Husbandry major student In tiie Senioi-, Junior or Sophomore classes who has a grade point ratio qf 2.6 Or better shuld report to me' at the Dairy Husbandry office not later than October 28. in order o be considered for scholarship uwkrds this year. ; -A. J,. Darnell ; Professor, Dairy Husbandry Department ‘ Any agricultural student who completed two or niore course^ In Dairy Husbandry prior to September jl. 1949. and who f'** classified a* a senior on that,date, and has a grade point fatlo of 2.7S or better shoul/ report to me [at the Dairy Husband ry office not later than October 28 tn- order to be 00081061*60 for any scholarship awards we offe thrls year. .'"I \ A. L; Darnell M Professor. Dairy Husbandry SKnmr LAST DAY Jujdy Garland Van Johnston “In the Good Ole Summertime” SATURDAY ONLY : “Merton of the Movies” 1 “Allegheny Uprising” r P' f ■■ r . * ; i M ■ " •!} . , ■ , From WherelSit . . . ,1 Ives Wins Audience Wi His Skill And Showmans TT. , ’l l ?•*(>' 1 ■v •; i i . • ' . * ; . .1 f •' : • ' jl' * i: 1 I C .tfi •'.ij The Southwestern Veterin arian, sponsored by the A&M Junior Chapter of the Amer ican Veterinary Medical As sociation, will be published Nov. 1, according to editor Hugh Wallace. The feature articles in the maga zines will the "Veterinary Juris prudence’’ by Arthur Stewart, as sociate professor in the Business Department, and "Hospital Man agement” by Dr : N. B. Tennille, Head of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at Oklahoma A&M. Both pf these articles were talks deliv ered at the Veterinary Conference in June, 1949. Other articles that will appear in the magazine are “Rabies Control in Corpus Christi” by Paul Brandes, Senior veterinary student here. “New treatment of Bloat in Rum inants,” reprint from the Journal pf Veterinary Medicine, and "Sep arative Inflamation or Phligmon” by Dr. E. R. Frank of Kansas State College. By HERMAN C. GOLLOB A capacity Town Hall audience had the time of their lives last night at Guion Hall as Burl Ives unraveled a program of folk songs and ballads with his inimitably warm and vigorous style which has made balladeering a true art. Attired in a neat brown sport jacket and contrasting! tan slacks, his hair sparse on top but curled up in thick waves on the back of his neck, Ives looked like a soph isticated fur-trapper, We caught ourselves from time to time envis aging him clad In a buckskin Jack et and coonakin cap, flintlock rifle cradled in his arms, and a soggy lump of "chawin" tobacco cached in one side of his mouth. The yery moment he strolled on stage, the Inca mall on of sec. date and plump Jollity with his twinkling hliie eyes, Menhlsto- clran heard, slyly bashful grin, and impressive paunch, the Way* •orouvaM^ OI* mrstCKutro i vrt*er.: MUWJV kfcrtr;,iKirwWm rtnrmmvn Vets Pay Same Premium Rate Washington, Oct. 28 — (JP) —War veterans holding Na tional Service Life Insurance Policies may expect to go right on paying premiums at the same old rate, big dividends or no dividend. In answer to query, Harold W. Briening, VA administrator for in surance, said there !is "no likeli hood at all” of a change in pre mium rate. Many veterans have suggested that since the forthcoming $2,800,- 000,000 IB) dividend on GI poli cies is the result of a. surplus in the insurance fund, a reduction fn premium might be expected. faring Stranger made hlmeeH— and his audience—fright at home. For he Is a master showman. The prim atmosphere that hs a rule hangs heavy over the ordi nary concert gave way to a genial informality when the affable, easy going Burl took command.; In quiet and measured tones, ope or both hands thrust into his i coat pockets, Burl gave each of his song£ an unpretentious introduc tion and talked to hts audience as if he were chatting with a friend over a cup of coffee, Nothing flustered the joviql bnl- ladeer. A momentary loss of .mem ory, sporadic popping of flash bulb cameras, an out-of-tune String stentorian requests for practically hts entire repotolre none fobbed Ives of his gracious presence of manner. t T T ~ The easy notiehulance Which marked his grtt-hoK Ntninimlng and (he delivery of his sitfl, high, mellnw voice ladled the keen sense of drama anil Intricate mastery of technique which are so ahutnlnntly his. To overplay the drnmatkj effect and technical adroitness j would h|tve been-to forsake the'people Whose soriga he sung and whom ho , s genuinely epitomises the niM- tic, with simple passions anil Child* like naivete. Ho casually, with an [occas sional soft chuckle and wistful gleam or Impish roll of the eye, he wrong the humor and pathos, the sadness and the Joy front each of his tunes, achieving earthy warmth through a com-. “Cowl ity, H beat in; "The Boll-Weevil,” “When I Was Single.” "Midplkht Special, boy’s Lament,”' '{Golden Van- “Mr, Froggie,’ jand "Riddle Song-'l Especially d a he do proud by "The Cowboy’s Lament," which he presented with uhusual poig nancy,'and feel for dramatic high pointw ; T j ' r In response to the u abounded en thusiasm wfiich greeted him at the conclusion of his biogram, Ives returned tp the fobtlights and obliged hla enthusiaittc audience with i’The Blue-Ta I Fly," ‘"The / j' Ml I ! V 'I Foggy Foggy Dew.f "Big Rock Candy Mountain," and "Frankie and Johnny;" Kvenji ton the omni vorous beast that s an audlenoa.if ill ‘ - was (lot sftbd,'and departed only reluctantly iso, * | A happy and smittssriil uccas slon It was, this Inaugural per- ■ of this * ’ " - ll fnrmaiMw : Mali stHisop. Vet c’\ A A&M Student Is Air Performer An A&M student was one of the featured performers at!the air sltow Sunday afternoon at Tipibcr- lake Airport. j • • '.I Bill Bowen, senior mechanical -Notvember[4 at th|*:American L< I? o 1 I ’ T nlotwl 1 Iff /tluK k«*t “Any change in premium would engineering major law,” [ gave an exhibition frond Paris, have to bo established by law,” j gave an exhibition of Aerobatics Breining told a reporter. which included .loops, slow rolls, “Furthermore, each insurance ! sr >ap rolls! spins, and clpver-leaf, contract could bo changed only by [ a series of loops , which form a del mutual’ agreement. “There change.” is no likelihood of Billiard King Demonstrates Trick Shots A nine cushion shot, a ball in every pocket, jumping a dime into a shot glass, jump ing a cue ball into a hat held by a spectator—and many other I rick shots wort! in the bil liard exhibition staged In the YMCA chapel Monday night hy Chat He Peterson, world's cham pion fancy shot anlst, Approximately 200 amateur cue ists saw the performance, Peter- \son hits been touring the various colleges and universities since 1931 iiv an attempt to stimulate In- tciX’st in billiards, which he calls the \“greatest game of all,” At \70, Peterson does not ac knowledge old age; he Continues to speak of such dates as 1894, when he played Cutler for the world's baikline championship, or he may mention he knew Hoppe as a boy. Peterson first explained the fun damentals of billiards and the three basic shots. After finishing his presentation he remained for ; over an hour giving instructions and answering questions about the game. Jimmy Flowers, president of the newly formed club, has a^ked that all students interested in parti cipating in tournament play*, enter the elimination tournament to be started soon. • • By intracollegiute play of this type, the club will choose the eight men who will compose the team to enter the intercollegiate tournament next spring. All those who enter the elimination matches will automatically become members of the club, Flowers added. At the last meeting of the club, J.. C, Girouard was elected secre tary and Ralph Gorman was named vice-president to assist Flowers. Unde Sam to Dig In Vets Insurance sign resembling a four-lcpf clover, a j Bill is a former Air Force pilot and has remained active in flying j since returning to A&M. He has ' taken part in several local air shows, and is a licensed .flight in structor. He works as a fcrop dust- "ing pilot during the summer. ! Other attractions of the ihoW Ini eluded a crop dusting demonstra- : tion and aerobatics by, Ed Bowles, Veterans Administration said to-[ an( | MacBride salting a Washington, Oct, 28 bP' linistration saiu iw- ano juck Macjiride stut day it may dip into the forth- t()nventiona ] i i>rht planc , (Spy Davip coming ex-GI. life insurance div- ' thrilled the spectators during his idend to collect up to $30,000,000 }|^p|,|. a Q aa ^i 0 |) () f a i a ther thickf- thnt veterans owe the government, skulled student on his first solo "Somewhere between $20,000,000 ' flight. A bomb dropping contest mid $30,000,000 of sileb debets may wus held with local ami visiting be collected from National Ser-j pinmm competing, in which small vice Life Imammce dividends," it sacks of flour were u*ud|.a« Uombi. said in a news release, Near misses on both the largel aiWl "All of the Individuals eoncorn- ((y t speelators were rerorded, * 4 ^ --kjr- ed are aware of theli' Indebtedness to the government and know that It. Is deductible from other VA pay ments to which they may he en titled," I The ugejney said around (1110,000 veterans owe II about $70,000,000, The individual dividend payments will he sufficient it) wipe but less than hah' of the total. - PALACE Bryan LAST DAY ‘‘Comedy Carnival” First Run ; j SATURDAY ONLY Jeanhe CRAIN • Dan DAiLEY , YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME ' % 2o c— PREVUE SATURDAY 1 Sunday & Monday . ji ij; TODAY Si SATURDAY jonuiiii'iiimiMaua .In «iiiiiiiikinut rut PREVIEW TONIGHT 1 Jnn ILVTH George UFF« RENT with EDGAR BUCHANAN JANE darweu •If SATURDAY FlREVIEW bar’s Town oinlnitMil iiiinit kitvo Its fly, Mtjd every con cert Inis Bis stragiHtfrs who filter In dfier: !U*e entewalnntenl la. Hikjer mty. j fhelr parade tloda Hie aisle ali|iQ| wlllt lltelr terjtioiis Journey arfiiss Hie rows In Httdr (teials ereafe^a inlaor fur or illsteHeilon lit Utjtse who Mod It not Impossible to Ini. In their I] seats hy eortuln tl|rte, and ills- \;> lorn Hi the artist ‘on stage its . , | M TitlM department j ^teia, that the Town Halt Hlaff liltould adopt a policy : whereby tjl» doors will henpefqrth be rioaetj jat eight sharp, making It impossible for latecom ers! to mar future | Ittractions, i j || 4—~~^rr—f. J 1 • Range, Forfesters To Have Barbecue fhe Range and! forestry Glut wilj have • a party •r and barbequ| 'idn Rail,! Leland f poiter, said todayj The ! party had planned for Octc sabjl, out it! was nec thfei date sp. that m beFs couldj- attend. charge of $1 be assessed, Kiker party, | which will be open tlptir wivep, and gn dulled, j iker, club Ire •iginally beeij -_?r 28, Kiker ;ISary to ehanga lojre of the memj r person wilj ontinued. Thd tigin at 5:30 pj te all members, ts, Kiker con- I . : ' K ! • : r i 1 TODAY & 8 Ifeuturok Start 1:00 • 3j(K) ■ 0: TUKDAY 7:00 f- ItlCE - tKXAS FootbalUGame News &| Bugs $tinny Ctartoon PREVUE TONI 1 Feature Sts SUNDAY thf IHT 11 P. M. ts 11:25 TUESDAY i-f i - .k . Plus PREVUE i 'v’.vl it. 11 P. M