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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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ion for
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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
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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
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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. . |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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Carte was ! stricken with stage-
fright, grabbed his oout and bat,
am( run for tl
He!went bulk home to Providence
the railroad station,
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'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
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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.
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a Bachelor! of Divinity degree at . '
Auitin Seminary.
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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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.”
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