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k ■r*;- f . ; i i f -i rf ij Nation’s Top Collegiate Daily NAS 1949 ^Survey • •;* ..I i i- 1 . i : i • • V-' *.. t- i ' I I : ' 1 Volume 49 ——h :! 'I N I PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF a\ GREATER A&M COLLEGE j , COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1949 The Air Force,, Bund, and Conw poBjte Regiments will celehrdte at their annual hall tonight, froim 9 to 1 with Curley Broyles and his orchestra providing the music. Honoring the? Class of 'BO, the hall wHl be held in Hhisu Hall. Foaturo attraction erf the night fill be the presentation of the we.etheart of the ABC Hall, Joe Mullens of the Hall Commit. ice staled that in senior eommUjiee of Ken l.utulrum, Hon,Gordon and Skin lot win wilt seled five candl. dates from thffse whose pPtjtures have been sulnhllted. These five henuliful girls will be presented during the first In* Petroleum Club Hears Drilling Company Chief . j| “The United! $tates will not be able to produce oil in suf ficient quantities to meet its needs indefinitely,” s&id J. E. - Brantly, president of Drilling ‘ and Exploration Company, Inc., in a talk given before the Petroleum Club Wednesday night. 7* Brantly pointed out that the fu ture „ oil producing areas of the world lay in Canada, South Amer ica, and the Neail Eas^. Canada, yet undeveloped^ has recently dis covered fields of„ great potential wealth in the Rodky Mountain re gion. South America,; producing only in restricted areas such as Venezuela, has vast undeveloped regions which offer the possibility of petroleum development. By far the richest region of the world in oil production, however, lies in the Near East, in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraaq and other coun-. tries in that region. It is a simple 7 . matter, therefore, to understand why tjjie Near Eastern states are today/, hotbeds of diplomatic ag gression, Brantley said. Turning to his own activities in the oil industry, Brantley gave de tailed account of his company’s operations in the various South American countries and the poten tial oil resources in these coun tries. I It has been fouihd r he said, that about 60% of the! Americans who work overseas like their work and the working conditions. The other half return to the U. S. Brantley is the founder of the company ofiwhich he is now presi dent. In addition, he is author of many books ion the petroleum in dustry including his '‘Rotary Drill ing Handbook,” which is used by almost all drilling companies. Following his talk, Brantley an swered numerous questions put to him by the students. I talion GREATER A&M COU$GE , i j >AY, NOVEMBER 4,1949 . Ij ‘ J ^ 7. r • I f r y i . 7 If ii c » 't-1 ■ftr i-r- i. dumber Cadets and Dates to Dance Frankie Carle and Troupe , Ton ightat A nnual ABC Ball t wo Shows and Dance Over Weekend irt, will Col. add Mrs. J. E. Davis, Lt. jjv BILL THOMPSON ing” with Marjorie Hughes, Bob may attend that performance. But The piano master and his orches- At 13, he wrote his first song, *' * " " " »* - - “ ‘ ‘ " “ * andi made His first trip ti New Yotlt to see iHarry Von Tilser. Von Tiller laterj recommended him to tcrmission.. Curly Broyles, will pick the sweetheart present hef during the second) in terinission.; The theme of the decorations for the hull will be cartoons of all outljitH in the Airforce, jtand, and (‘omppsite Regiments, Jack Happy,: of the ball committee stat* Kd. today, j A-t midnight, yell practice will be held in front of HMsu Hall, i uppy said, for the convonlence of those Aggie* mid? their dates atle nling l he dimcc, | ; ■ Those eligible to attend tin ball are rudels :in the ABC group and nil corps stnlors with dates. Tick ets may bo purchased for two dol lars from f rst sergeants of'outfits in the ABl Group. Chanjcelkr and Mis. Gil»b (111^ christ, i President and Mrs. F. C. Bolton, Det n and Mrs. M. T.j Har- rington will be honored guest*. Honor guests representing the Norma Beth Cooke, from Waxa- haehie’s residential suburb Reagor Springs, is Ed Mile try for the title of ABC queen. ; { "i Col. add Mrs. J. H. Kelly, Lt. Col. aiul Mrs. F. R. Swoger, Lt. Frankie Carle, his piano and his Col. and Mrs. E. V. Adams, and orchestra, Will perform on the Town Lt. Coj. and Mrs. W. R. Scholl. Hall program tonight at 8. Major and Mrs. L. F. Walker, He will appear again Saturday Major and Mrs. A. 0. Wicken, Mu- night November 6, which is hot u jor' and Mrs. C. I.. Thomas, Capt, Town Halli program but a special and Mrs. W| R. Hlaktt, Capt., and concert. Carle will also play for Mis. Gay Cdmpbell, and Mr. utul the All College Dance from 9 till Mrs. Grady Elms, 12 Saturday night November (5. The ball will be formal, Jack The programs will feature the _ Happy, dance chairman, said lodiiy. lull-new revue "Carlei Comes Call-'son ticljiet holders of the Town-Hail - • ji I * r j . . I Corps-Non Corps Ratio Set For A&M-Texas Date Tickets LockenJ and The Sunrise Serenad ers. The program {has not been disclosed yet, but it Is known to be a review type program and will contain! many of the popular rec ording J numbers of i Carle and his orchestra. The program will also feature) comedy and several vocal ists. The iirogram Friday night is the Town llall program ami only sea- Buses of Houston To Roll Once More Houston, Tex.,, Nov. 3 A**—i-A cept u 13-cent hourly waft* hike proposal' by a vote of 72‘i to 47. The strike vote taken Igst Fri day' was 791 to 76. s first proposal for ending Houston major transportation tie up tory was accepted at 12:1( today by 1,100 striking GfO bus drivers and mechanics. There was? hope the busse menus of public transportat this City of oyer 600,000--would be back in operation by tabs after noon The drivers and mechhhi :s, who struck at 12:01 n. m., votei in his- p. m i—-only ion for touc- Thitt In the approved seat Ing arrangement for all home gatne* on Kyle! Field this year. All sections marked “Vet” are oped to all non-military students, wives, and guests on a first eonw*, first serve basis. The student senate set aside the “Vet” section In the end zone for those persons wishing to sit during the| game. These |>eople may also sit on the East side of the field jin any empty seats. , . I i The' section marked “Corps Seniors" Is open only to < ets in By CLAYTON SELI'H Three fourths of the 1500 student date tickets alloted for the A&M- Texas ga/ne will go to the Cadet Corps add the other fourth will gjo to the unmarried non-corps stu dents, the Student Senate decided their regular monthly meeting l^st. night. | | Fi+iaf motion dn the tickets issue, made by Walt Zimmerman after cjopsiderable discussion from the senate . floor, passed, and stated that the Cadet Corps student sen ators and the non-corps student Senators should decide separately how the tickets would be distribut ed within their own groups. : Date tickets for non-corps stu dents will be sold on a first come first serve basis, and corps stu dents may turn in a request to their respective company com- jnanders for tickets, the senators decided in separate Sessions, j Cadet Corps senators will meet jigain to make a new decision on (late ticket distribution if the num ber of requests are greater than the tickets alloted to the corps, Walt Zimmerman, senator-at-large, paid. Rice Date Tickets uDate tickets for the Rice game will be sold on a first come first jserve basis for all students, with a proportionate number of tickets being sent to the Annex, the senate also decided. "No announcement jhas been made as to when the tick et sales for the two games will be held. Some discussion on making an effort to get the price of date tick ets lowered was carried on, but no definite decision was reached by the senate. Magruder Named Escort Jimmy Magruder was named by acclamation as escort for A&M's representative to the Cotton Bowl Bull following a recommendation from the senate social committee. Herscjhel Maltz was named alter nate escort should Magruder bot Ik* able to attend. Jeunlne Holland, 1949-50 Aggie Sweetheart, is expected to repre sent A&M at the Ball. Allan Eu bank, chairman; of the social com mittee, said he had written'to Miss Holland asking if she would be able to represent the school, and that he expected an answer sooii. * SMU Welcoming Arrangements for an SMU pep rally to be held at the Southern Pacific station at 12:15 Saturday, were reported by Ken Landrum, chairman of the welcoming com mittee. SMU’s Band will be the guests of the A&M Band at lunch in Dun can Hall gs a further welcoming gesture, Landrum said. Arrangejnents for the president) of the SMU Student Association to have lunch and attend the football game with Keith Altstip, president of the Senate, were also reported. A decision by the Student Life Committee that all closed school dances h e Held on Friday nighW and that all all-college dances be held on Saturday nights was re ported by Hal Stringer, senate rep resentative to the life committee. Student Life Committee also passed on a recommendation to the College Traffic Committee that the bus stops in front of Campus Cor ner) be moved and that Trail street be^made one-way with traffic mov ing south, Stringer said. Hospital Policies 1. As a result of a misunderstand ing concerning the College Hospi tal’s policy toward administering first aid to non-students, the Sen ate Hospital Committee reported that they planned to obtain definite information concerning Hospital policies k n( l make it available to the students. After considerable discussion, the Hospital committee also decided to make an investigation concerning the possibility of having the Col lege ambulance available at such affairs as football games ami ro deos on the campus. A Campus Community Chest was voted iiji by the senate in order that all collections for charitable organisations could be collected at one time instead of holding the usual $ or 4 drives] The original senate WSSF com mittee was renamed as the Campus Commijjnity Chest Committee and was given the responsibility of collecting the chest fund. The fund will be administered by the Senate. there are itill a few aeaaon tickets available for Town Hall, accord ing to Spike White, director of stu dent uctivitlea. Curtain time will, he 8 p.m. and the doors will open an hour before time. A separate concert not connect ed with Town Hall wl)l be present ed in Guion Hair Saturday night, Novejmbbr B, from 7 till 8 o’clock. Reaerved section tickets for thli performance will I* $1,00 ami gen eral admission tickets will be 70 cents. There will be no reserved seats but inetead there will be re served section aet aside for the (ample who buy reserved section tickets, White said. Curie’s orchestra and troop have already wired ahead for tickets to the A&M-SMU football game Sat urday November 5. The Carle band will r eat supper in Duncan Hall Friday night as guests of <the Town Hall staff. tra have just finished an engage ment at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston. 1 - ) Few band leaders can claim schooling and background Cade has accumulated during hia 116 years in the music business. Carlo's parents wanted, him to become;a concert pftm)i!,.but Frankig want- Til*er later) recommended tHe Pat Roony, [who offered him a job ucle jaa a piano (ilayer tot a dunce team with a touring- revue. . | tin the fipst night on the stage, tul. lit" ment store' ed to be a boxer, so they compromle for a depart- was hia, fiiit and last Job outside! of the music .] r i wik school :ur<nob. It business, ‘ .in j Carle began his piano studies at the «ge of eight under the tutor ship of his uncle, Nicholas Colah- gelo. ft world renowned .teacher. Unde Nicholas went American in his tastes, ami operated the Co lumbus Ballroom on the side muqh to the shock of the I'longhairs” Of the music world. It was here' that Carle first worked at the age of nine. j j /] j ^-4 650-Page Directory Lists 38,000 Exes Two yeari later Carte camp back into the show business for keeps. This time he hud his own band, featuring up act with Mary Yohc. He stayed with that for three years, i<iid later smarted organising bandp Ton j other men, 4 In 1939 Horace Heldt discovered Cajrlle and blayed up "Bunrise Ser enade'’ wh|ch Carle had written] Eddie Luchin offered -Cade his ‘at d when; he went Into the! Navy, Carle 'declined in view of the cr offfir from Heidt to stay wit i his bind. Miss Patsy Barfield, a Baylor student from New Boston, is one of the many beauties to be judged Saturday night for queen of the ABC Ball. <W Xeros, 402 Smiths, 240 Jones, 190 Williams and 183 John sons — these are samples of the 38,000 names in the 650-page Di rectory of Former Student^ of Texas A&M. The newly published directory is dedicated to the A&M men who gave their lives in World War II. In the dedication is the quotation, “Their Spirit and Courage Remain Forever.” Financed through gifts of for mer students to the 1949 Develop ment Fund, and In cooperation with the College, the directory will be ready for distribution Nov. 8. One of the 20,000 copies, is avail able to all former students who con tribute to the 1949 Development Fund. Work Began in January ’49 Ij, I Preliminary work began on the dents by their geographical loca- ' //V ’ uniform and their guests. Juniors may sit In the section marked “Corps” which lies above the passageway. The lower boundry of thisj junior reserved sectlqh Is op a line with the lower boundry of tjhe “Corps Senior” section. Junior smay also sit in the "Corps” section. This section Is also for us© by sophomore and freshmen. All cadets sitting in any seetion reserved for the corps must be hi uniform. ili; Hif; - 1' ' >. .yjT-X* Wr-M CORPS — rr* . cow* ■ r t'~ fSCNIOR If % vm ”* rr ——* M : i J ; ; -, ,i CORPS j ' —- CORPS sewo* * ■ CORP> VET. I rfr, m I ifi! a Iff ' , j • i ‘ <l - «>• V •b - Li'. Jl3 Band Will Perform At Came Saturday Featufing preemion drill never displayed in public before, the Ag gie band will perform at the SMU- A&M football game Saturday,” Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, director, said today. "Unusually difficult marching will Cover the first purl of the drill und intflviduul salutes comprise the second, half", Colj Adams stated. The band will use u new type spregd entrance with each rank murqhing individually. Following the entrance, the band will march through itself diagonally af]ter whidh there will be precision drill and ithe salutes, j gigantic task in January, 1949. Four secretaries began working full-time on the directory in Feb ruary, and before it was complet ed, nine members of the regular staff were devoting all their extra time to the job. if 1 Questionaires were sent to more that 20,000 former students in or der to obtain up-to-date ihfonmt- tion. In addition questionaires were included in each issue of The Tex^ as Aggie, official publication of the Former Students Association^ throughout the preparation per iod. ' -ifi* 1| Data in the bpok, which is 1 3/8 inches thick, date back to 1876. The directory contains the names and home towns of students who enrolled in the past spring se- mesteC. "I believe this is the most com plete and factual data on former students ever gotton out by the association or thee college,” said ■ I \ • j' i ./J j jpj Memorial Center Construction May Be Complete Next April “Construction of the Student Memorial Center will be completed around March or April of next year if materials arrive on time,” K. R. Simmons, general superin tendent of construction for the building, said today. “Tile is being placed on the walla of the kitchen, and be fore Thanksgiving we hope to have the room finished except for the floor and the installation of kitchen jappljiances,” he added. The air conditioning ducts have been installed and the blowers are in place. Within the next few weejks, the refrigeration units should arrive. After they are set up, the only addition necessary for the completion of their condition ing units will be connecting the pip^s for the steam heat The cork covering has already been placed aropnd the air ducts. About 70 per cent of the outside windows have been put into place and; the door facings on the bottom floor of the hotel are being in stalled. ; ', I le for the bathrooms in the botjam floor of the hotel unit and for the bowling alley unit has beep put into place, and work is progressing rapidly on the second flopir of the hotpl. A vault has been placed in the office of the hotel. Plaster has al ready been placed on most of the finjt and second floors of the hotel unijt and men are plastering the ]r. Part of jilding has partially pUsterfd, and before week is over, all of it should i ready for the plaster, he said. Probably the. hotel unit will be j. .. : the first unit to be completed by the general contractors. "By Christmas, most of it will look nearly finished, except for furnish ings, if all goes well," Simmins concluded. H|e was quick to add that his company has until September 23, 195Q to finish without penalty. However, even after the general contractors have completed their work, several months will probably be necessary for moving furniture and draperies into the bulding. So don’t plan to use the build ing too soon. Dick Hervey, executive secretary of the association. Sections of Book The book is divided into three sections. In the front section are listed the college staff, faculty, association’s past presidents, pre sent association officials, and the casualty lists of World Weir I and II. The casualty lists gjve the names of the deceased, their class, and the dates and circumstanpes of their deaths. i i , } The second section is ah; alpha betical index of the; former stud ents. It has the nahie, class, de gree (if any), coursb taken, busi ness connection andi business ad dress as well as the employing firm, resident address, and war ser vice of each student.; The last section ilists the sta tion. Under the name* of the cities, the students are listed alphabeti cally with their class numbers. Every state in the union, Hawaii, Alaska, and 41 foreign countries are represented in the directory. The directory lists one student who lists his residence as Moscow, Ruft- sia. r I,.. 1 - . Carte was ! stricken with stage- fright, grabbed his oout and bat, am( run for tl He!went bulk home to Providence the railroad station, Idence, eventually the "girt . bahd w lint Qai bet er wit i hit 'After five years with Horace Hjejdt, Cu(-le decided to form his own qrchestra. Tin Pan AllUy con- sidi red this only “natural” and had been (exporting it for soipe time. His tjime with, Heidt, .his solo atf buns for ! Columbia, and his un-] pre-'edented success gavey Carle a ipaiy ma^e following. ^ j j^long writing is also on Carle’ft ': liUt of activities. He wrote his ! theme song “Sunrise Serenade” and : many other songs such as "Lovers ; LUllaby,” [ "Falling Leave*,V "Oh Wbptr it Seemed to Be,” and "Ru- ! niofsl Are! Flying.” Ryan to Be Guest Pastor at Chapel lx! i I ■ ' ■ i Hpchard Ryan, second-year stu- \ deni at the Austin Presbyterian ! '• Theological Seminary, here will ! setvp as guest pastor Sunday mom- j ing at the Annex chapel. a{ native; of Seguin, Ryan is a | graduate of the University of Tex- ; a*;jand a yeteran of three years j service 1h the Navy. nr. : te has done summer supply pas- ; 'stl work at the First Preiby-; *n Church of McAllen. ■ * T (yan is .currently working fori a Bachelor! of Divinity degree at . ' Auitin Seminary. P:' mmm ■ ■ V ' m : 1 : Franltfe Dark? Blood, Sweat and] tedrs Do Not the Building Make By JOHN WHITMORE Since the days ' when. Sully’s statue was an eight inch bronze statuette, A&M has been celebrated throughout the world for ita amaz ing array of rambshackle buildings which prevailed against gravity through the forces of fortune and tew grains of mortar. Pfeufter, Austin, Rosa, and Foster have gwayed precariously for yearz, Yesterday, a building fell. It ftraah’t one of our more celebrated stntlques. It w*> the newest build- Rig on the v campus, our beloved Biological Sciences building, that ftlghed and slumped to terra flrma with a splash of wet concrete and the accompanying blaahphemy He construction superintendent • !> of One of the dismal men bn tbe mi ny job said, “The shoring gave way bu l<ji from under the pans, and ten rows 7 of them teH down.”: At 4 p.m. yesterday, when I went over to inspect the ruins, one man was sitting on the top of the foun dation with a pick, dolefully knock ing off chunks Of the wet cement. Another man was hooking up the air hammer, to spe*d up the teftr- ing down. , ■ [\! .. ,, J , Twenty-eight mourners were Us ing everything from a pick to) a broom to rip the new cement off. There wasn't the uftuul amount ;of talk on the job. The only loud con versation I heard was one man ask the foreman, "Dims this have to go too?” \J From the student quarter I hear ’ *’ ■ I : 'S' .Ii : , 1 f \ speculations as to why th| bu Iding’s floor fell. One man wen intjo a great deal ..of. explanatioti f the sub strata of shale under in ground. It [was his contention iHfttJthe moisture caused the shale to swell and contract thus caus ing somethiijig like a small eurtlj- A • i j . f her souice a studeht s] accident to Some Teas Bin. rintendent of the job, O. night said that no estimatkn be mftde at this iime as o long this set back will delfty completion of the building. ‘ j As I left E saw one of the bioloi y teachers running around shouting, they weren’t going to gife ’ building.” Ml - I :\tz 4' :.|-i !.!•!]! i , , .. \l J! ..j. 1 ; , s! N