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il ,i : .' I 1 f 1 0- \v, % - ■'f Nation’* Collegiate lS 1949 i! NAS Si -i! Volume 49 4- Sales, Purch Cooperation V N BY C. C. MUNROE Industrial purchasing and in* dustrial sales go “hand in hand" in the modem business world,. Ivan B. Nevill, purchasing agent . for Cameron Iron Works, Hous ton, told salesmanship and sales management students yesterday. J Businessmen engaged in either purchasing or sales must learn to work together, Nevill said, be cause over a long period of time they must depend on one another for business success. Nevill was invited to speak to the business classes so that the students might h<Sar a reportl on actual sales and purchasing pro cedures as carried out in industry. Ernest R. Bulow of the B&A De partment arranged for Nevill to come to A&M for the series of talks. . Nevill, who has been a purchas ing agent for more than 26 years, extended an invitation to all the salesmanship students to visit him in Houston if they were interested in his type of work. He pointed out that men with some engineering background make excel ent^ salesmen and purchas ing j gents. • Mutual Respect The need for mutual respect between salesmen and purchasing agents was discussed by the Cam- eitm Iron Works official. He il lustrated for the students some of the undesirable traits which many salesipen have but do not realize. One of the most common mistakes of salesmen, especially older sales men, Nevill said, is the tendency for them to bypass company's pur chasing department. “If a company thinks enough of a purchasing department-i'to in vest considerable money in one, then it is only natural that the company should want salesmen to make full use of this department,” Nevill commented. Best Characteristics The .most desirable characteris tics for salesmen were briefly listed by Nevill. Included were knowledge,' of product, ability to show a purchasing agent where he and his company can gain by us ing a, particular product, a refusal to compare one maker's product with a similar product in the sales man's own line, and a willingness Baerrie, Hunt, Pugh Elected R. L. Hunt, Marion Pugh, and John L. r Baerrie led a field of;aix nominees for va cancies oh the directory of College Station’s Develop ment Fund Association and Cham bet of Commerce in Tuesday’s elec tionp, C. N. Shepardson, associa tion president, said today. 1 Huijt, a member of the Agri cultural Economics Department, and Pugh, freshman football coaoh, College Station lumber yard owner, had 63 votes each. Bearrie, who was the third director elected, » an appliance dealer and receivea 4H votes. They were elected for three yea; terms and wM attend their firs meeting in December. They will replace Shepardson, Harold 'livan, and E. 0. Sieke. .t: ■; r. f 1 M if ■ I; li r" to help a purchasing agent solve buying problems which may devel- vP* ' h T The dangers of reciprocity were Outlined by Nevill. He said it dis courages competition and tends to reduce the number of services which H salesman can offer a company. Another danger of reciprocity, Nevill said, is the tendency for a pany to depend on one supplier or all its materials. This “put 11 your egg* in one basket" idea j:an backfire, Nevill pointed out, if that one supplier has his pro duction curtailed or halted by jitrlkes. “It always pays,” he con- iinued, “to develop at least two imd preferably three or more sour ces of supply.” | A considerate purchasing agent or salesman will remember an^- other thing, Nevill said, and that Is to value th« r other man’s time its well as his tiwn. It is almost ias bad to take too little time to jtxplain your product as to take |too much, he said. “Remember,’’ Nevill concluded, “a good salesman is always well groomed, well mannered, friendly, (sincere, well informed, and proud of his product. His business is ser vice, and he should strive at all times to render that service to his customers.” Nationalists Can Hold Down Red UN Threat S I . I , t Lake Success (AP) — Na tionalist China appeared to day to have mustered enough support to beat down any pre sent efforts by the Chinese Reds to unseat or silence the Na tionalist delegation in the Uni ted Nations. A bitter fight was shaping up, nevertheless. Western delegates resigned themselves to a long wranglw and possibly a showdown in the 59-nation political committee of the General Assembly on-who should speak for China. They had Moped to avoid any test during this assembly, but they are prepared to support the Na tionalist delegation at least in the immediate future. The contest is expected to come when the political committee takes up Nationalist China’s complaint the Chinese Communists in their sweep over the receding national ists. The Chinese Communists regime lafyi the foundation for the con test by sending a message yeater- day from Peiping to Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo and U. N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie challenging the right of Die Na tionalist delegation to speak for China. The United -States imnied lately lined up behind the Nationalist delegation headed by T. F. Tsiang, a former ambassador to Moscow. A British spokesman said his country also would support the Nationalist delegation as long as Sul- the Chungking government i a j recognized. PUBLISHED THE J. ” : ” " 1WWF’ 7 i'i 'll ‘ ■ ' i • 1 ; I,' |* M I : ' Ir : t '■ < - : I g J 1 € ttah Wfn wi' ' t, |i" . f * GREATER ARM k'.H ill mm ii':' - . ■ ii'J fu- i,— - ...... Old Sole S sad eye as jiay by day. ice Hall at the left looks on with she watches her new r sister grow' Work on the new Science Building has been progressing rapidly. The concrete for the floor of the lecture room has been poured and the main pouring will be completed soon. i \ Rifle Team Pr Intercollegiate First Corps T' ■A ggieland to Washington Grad of ’02 Commutes Daily m Capital Desk to Farm BY TEX EASLEY fipd with one tes more tli [Washington, Nov. 17——A mic 68-yei.r-old Texan in the riculture Dejpartment, not satis- full-time job, com an 100 miles daily he can manage his 360-acre farjn n^ar Harpers Ferry, Va. He is Dr. fijr 42 years a tii Ronney Youngblood leader in ral research and expei ental work. Bom July :l, 1881 on a stock arm near Milano, Milam County, nd a gradua ;e of A&M in 1902, e fits the sa fink “you can take e boy out >f the country but ou can’t tale the country out f the boy.” He welcome i all Texans into his flee in the luge Agriculture De- rtment Administration Building, nd before yo i know ft he is reel ing off one iiiteresting experience fter another that he has had in exas. Shortly afti r he- was graduated rom A&M, lie became manager (f the 6,000-acre Smith farm and anch near Sherman. He worked I here for a > reek as an ordinary arm hand be; ore the owner learn- d of his qialifications and put rim in charge He was principal of public iichools in Henderson and Mineola >etween 1903 and 1906. He mar ried Lotus Shamburger of Mineola 1907 and Cow-gals Coming, T usters to de Aggieland Saddle b For A&M Inter- Collegiate Rodeo BY DAVE COS LETT also be on the list of entries. Ross in Alpine is number one con- bull-dogging, calf r then came here to oin the Agriaulture Department. His first najor assignment was three-year study of the geo- ogy, soils and climate of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Ariz ona. Dr. Youngblood became direct or of the Agricultural Experi ment Station system Aug. 14, 1911 and continued in that post until 1928. During that period he acquired a master’s and a doctor’s degree. S Chandler New Soph Delegate Harold T. Chandler, sopho more petroleum engineering major from Dallas, was elect ed by his class early this week to be the sophomoreTepresen- tative to the Diamond Jubilee cele bration committee. Chandler defeated Ralph Rowe and Rip Tom in a run-off election Tuesday night. He had lead a large field in the first election Monday night, according to Guy Jackson, class reporter. As representative to the Jubilee committee, Chandler will work throughout this year hand-in-hand with J. J. Woolket, chairman of the committee, and the other members, comprised of members of the board of directors, ex-students, faculty and staff members, and student representatives from the other classes, said Richard A. Ingels, sophomore class president. Chandler, who was vice-prelsi- dent of the Class of '52 in his freshman year, is a member of C Flight Air Fotce. Dig out your Stetson and oil up your spurs. The first annual A&M National Interoollegiatf Ro deo is coming’ to town. v With the dust from the Annual Aggie Rodeo just barely sett! the AH Pavilion will once play host to a fiery bat man versus rip-snortin’ beast three performances scheduled for Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 8. Seven member teams of the N< .tionul Intercollegiate Rodeo Hociation have already accepted vttaUona to the meet, ana othe college teams show strong ini ‘cations of coming. Signed up so far are teams tn Colorado A&M, University of N< Mexico, Sul Boas State Colie Texae Tech, Baylor, Texas, Texas A&I. On the probable list are Arling ton State College, Oklahoma AA“ New Mexico A&M and Kardii Simmons University. Each is limited to a membership of si But the affair will f more than snortin' brones lanky eow-boya. FeauUa h „ r M T I jj.. . Sol Ross has already entered a 10 member girls team m the - cowgirl’s cow milking (event. More of these little ladies, all full-fledged members of the NIRA, are expected from such campuses at Texas Tech, Hardin-Simmons, Texas A&I, and TU. !_ Competition at the rodeo should be unusually keen-. It will be the last show of the calendar year for the national association and could well decide the organization’s first championship team. The NIRA, organized last Feb ruary, keeps a tabulation of points garnered by each member school in the various shows held|lhrough- out the year. The team ammassing the greatest number of points from all of its participations will hq designated National Intercollegiate Champion. { Points are tabulated and stand ings .posted in the association's national office, located tfcla year here at A&M. Charlie Rankin, Aggie Rodeo Teem member, la now eerving aa first president of the NIRA, Hie offices are in, Bissell Hstl. As of the last tabulation, Suj tender for the championship spot closely follow ed by A&M. Either of these teams >r one presently rank ing lower on the list could cop initial honois by virtue of the coming rode >. Contestants will have more than the national championship to shoot for, however. Prizes, picked to please. A hi nd-stamped 8185 sad dle donated by the Kings Ranch. This western work-seat will have ingraved on it “Beat All-Around Cowboy, 19 9 Texas A&M Inter collegiate Redco.” It’s now on dis play in the A&M Waldrop and Co. window at I Forth Gate. Among tie lesser prizes will be eight $7 i gold and silver tro phy belt buckles and two broad- brimmed weitern hats. More prizes are being s< ught* Providing humor at the two- rodeo clow wUI also Im i tesslog will be professional is. Professional Mock used because, accord ing. to Rankin, other types of stock are t k> tame for the rough- riding oolloge lads. n the contests for the three performances are saddle bronc ridinj;, steer ribbon roping, roping, bare- back riding, bull riding, and girl’s cow milking. The rodeo will be the. clithax event in the first year of the NIRAs’ existence- The association is open for meinbership to all schftols who enter teams in events which it sponsors. Initiop fee for college rodeo clubs is |2. Individuals become members by entering one of the associations rqdeos and paying a $5 fee. Three hundred and 50 members and 29 teams representing 10 states are on the roll at the present time. The latest NIRA meet was held a few weeks ago in Kingsville at the ^ South Texas* State Fair. The show represented the first time that an intercollegiate rodeo had been held at such an event. The Sul Ross them, which will be in the coming Aggie Rodeo, won the meet. A&M placed fourth. Members of thee Texas Aggie Rodeo Association, sponsors of the affair, are Bubba Dav, Charlie i| Rankin, Bo Damuth, Charlie Wamp ler, Wallie Cardwell and Bill I 'I d ' .1 j I In 1914 he joined the ranks of those listed in “Who’s Who,” and since 1921 has been recognized in “American Men of Science.”! In 1925 he established at Spur the first state soil and water con servation experiment station. His work in Texas also included estab lishment of the ranch experiment station near Sonora, the lower Rio Grande Valley Citrus Experiment Station at Weslaco, and the irri gation station at Wichita Falls. During the last 26 years he has inspected the work and expendi tures of state agricultural experi ment stations throughout the na tion and in Puerto Rico. The strapping 6 foot and 2 inch Texan qpeaks at a rapid clip and with gestures. “Three years ago I found this dairy farm I’ve got up there at Harper’s Ferry,” he said. “It’s got some real limestone land like that down In Texas where I grew up. There’s none finer any where. They first told me I wouldn’t find any located anywhere in this area, but I kept on the lookout until I did.” He spends an hour each way on the train every day, and makes a 10-minute taxicab ride between the depot and agriculture department. “But it’s sure worth it,” he added. “In fact, that’s two hours I get in some real rest and relaxa tion. And it’s mighty fine to get home to a real country place like that where my wife is waiting for me. Surplus Tickets For TU Contest On Sale Today Approximately 200 date tickets were left for the Thanksgiving game this morning, according to How ard Nelson of the athletic of- fice. ■ • I i /f | There was an error In report ing the original number of tickets for sale, Nelson said. Instead of 1500 date tickets being abailable for the A&M student body there were 2000, Nelson pointed out. The tickets sold today were not appropriated to non corps and corps were sold to all students who desired date tickets and had not purchased them. The sale of tic kets is still limited to lone per student. Bleacher tickets for the Turkey day gime went on salq at the ath letic office at 1 p. m. today, Nel son added. Tickets are! limited to two per person and cost $3.60 each. Identification cards must be presented to purchase tickets, Nel son pointed out. General admission tickets to the Fish-Shorthorn game were on sale all day today. Ticket sales will continue through Friday at the athletic office. These tickets are selling for $1 each. Reserved seat tickets are being sold for $1.50 by local Shriners and other chants in the area. ■ Members of the 1948-1949 A ored yesterday afternoon at the • 1 jl ■ i jhj]T ' • i At a special ceremony, five of the ten members of the i were presented bronze medals symbolizing the third mer- Safety Training :u.v. - J O Interview Here The Thrird Annual Job and Safety Training (REA) Con ference will be held on the campus from 4 p. m. today un til noon, November 19. Ar rangements for the confererce have been announced by E. L\ WilHama, chairman. Sponsor of the conference is the Industrial Extension Service and Advisory committee. Registration will be held in Sbisa Lounge from 8 to 10 a. m. November 18. A fee of $2.00 will be charged for registration. All conference meetings will be held in Sbisa Hall. ,J . .>4 Rooms may be secured in college accomodations at the time of regis tration. Attendants will be housed in Ramps I, J, and K, Walton Hall. A charge of $1 per night per per son will be made, with the college furnishing the linens. A&M Rifle Team were hon- first corps review of the place the team Won in the annual National Intercollegiate and Interscholasitic Rifle Team Match. Five other members of the team, >yho are not now in school, will receive their medals ijt a laUr date. Col. H. L. Bojatner, PMS&T and commandant, pinned the ♦ Dfpai tmcnt of tile Army madals on U. S. Delivers Notice Russian |i il't Action Invalid ‘ I 'j 11 ,j | j;! Washington, Nov. — The United States served notice on Russia and five Sov iet bloc states yesterday that it considers invalid their new commission to control shipping: on the Danube River. The commission Was set up Nov. 11 at Galatz, Romania. It replaced a control commission dating back to 1921 on which five western na tions were represented. An American note said that the new arrangement,' coupled Mth the device of Soviet-controlled Joint shipping companies on the river, is “clearly designed to enabli to Soviet Union to maintain a mono poly of Danubian commerce.”! The Soviet bloc commisslqii, | itj was charged, violates the j peace! treaties signed with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania and ''vio lates the concept of International Waterways which has been recog nized in Eprouq for more than 130 years.” were Clifford Al| Taylor, ilbuzll mechanical engineering major from Fort Worth; Joe B. Bravenlc engineering major from Shreve- •ort; Philo H. DuVal, senior mo- hinical engineering major froi Ihhsveport, and ;Wayne M. AJlei senior business j major from Foi Worth. The A&M team was outpointed at the national meet by the University of; Kentucky team which placed firpt, and by the Michigan State University ;teamj which took second place honoris. 1 he meets are sponsored by the tiofnal Board (for Promotion of e Practice. The Department of Army; furnishes the medals which are (giveh to the individual members of each of the three top teams. Pjcking Winners j Journalists Attend National Convention in Dallas Today Five journalism students left to day at noon to attend the thir tieth annual national convention of Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalism fraternity, being held in Dallas this week. The students are Bill Billings ley and C. C. Munroe, co-editors of The Battalion; Dave Coslett, feature editor; Clayton Selph, man aging editor; and George Charlton of the editorial board. D. D. Burchard, head of the Journalism Department and Dur- ward E. Newsom, journalism pro fessor, will leave tomorrow morn ing to attend the conference. Discuss College Chapters Friday morning the group will attend a session devoted to dis- Hogg. i ■! Fish-Yearling Tilt Ducats Co on Sale General admission (student) tickets for the Fish-Shorthorn game in Austin Saturday went on •ale this morning at the college athletic office, an Athletic De partment spokesman reported. f Tickets can be bought today and tomorrow, according to the spokes man, and are priced at $1.00 each. The spokesman concluded by say- ng that reserved seats priced at 11.60 are being sold by local this cussion of college level student chapters of Sigma Delta Chi. R. L. Norton, president of the Mercantile Bank in Dallas will address the group of journalists at a luncheon Friday. During the afternoon session the group will hear Oscar Stauffer, edi tor of the Topeka Kan. Journal; Joe T. Cook, publisher of the Mis sion Times; A. Gayle Waldrop, di rector of the University of Colo- rado college of journalism; and Merrill Mueller, manager of the London office of the National Broadcasting Company. . Other Speakers They- will also hear Charles Campbell, director of the British Information Servijce in the United States;! 1 Miquel Lanz Duret, pub lisher pf El Universal of Mexico City; and Frank Bartholomew of the United Pre|s in San Fraricisco. Saturday morning the conference will dqse with a business session and ah Address by Grove Patterson, editor bf the Toledo Ohio Blade. Presintation of Awards will be made at the closing session Satur day miprning. Theiipe of the conference this year is “Appraisal of ‘ Free and Responsible Press.” ri $1.60 are being sold by Shriners and merchants in H i '' Best: of AH Worlds CHICAGO—I*—A travel egen- cy on La Salle Street has ajum* sign painted on one of its windows. It reads: “See you leave It.” the; winners, i Thmr wew wt!worth;business major! George Winning irough a teams are picked process of elimination. Inch year, (every ROTC unit in qach army area! fires for record in an area, contest. The winning tejSm pf; the areja then fires in the na tional meet. The competition for which the A&M lean was honored yesterday ast year. Results were need during the sum* ; ver, presentatioh of the the team members waa v|ntU i yesterday’^ com was held first annou mfcr, Howe awards to delayed review. Member* team who ceremony James Me Carl Duyf year’s winning For the benefit of men be married, Petruchlo, one characters In Shakes) "The Taming of the 8! demonstrates the correct 1 pro*! cedure for greeting your bride at the wedding party. The Shakespeare play will be pre-ji seated In Gulon Hall in Decem- ber. j \ ; j l} Crop Team Off For Contests The Crops Team of the A&M Student Chapter of; the American Agronomy Society mil compete in the intejrna* tional intercollegiate grain judging contest In Chicago Nov, 26, said F. G. Collard Jr., instruc tor of agronomy today. They leave for Fort Worth on Nov. 18 where they will work out in the USDA grading laboratory! there. The team will get anoither; workout Nov. 19 at Oklahoma A&M, at Stillwater, Oklahoma. From there th« team will pro-! ceed to Kansas City, where it will enter the national collegiate crops judging contest Nov.. 22. That night the team will attend a ban-: quet where the teams winners am) high point individuals will be : an nounced and medals and tropbie* awarded. were not present at the were Floyd Buchanan, Culley, Hershel Shelfcy, and Henry Hilton. Sponsors Turkey Shoot It*he 1949-1950 Rifle Team la (sponsoring a turkey shoot Sunday afternoon to wise funds to send it on road trips meet teams from other schools Sixteen! College Station mer chants h4vc donated turkeys for 4® affair^ ! Rifle team numbers will be bar- rid from the contest, which will be hfeld on K yle Field >t 2 p. m. The bird* wll be placed in armored boxes wth only their head* and neck* vis ble to marksmen' placed 65 yards away. , The riflemen, who can fire from two positions, kneeling, <or stand ing—will ; receive a bird if they manage to kill'or wound it, charge of 25 cents per shot r $1 fgij five will be made. Each of the turkeys to be us< t the Sunday meqt}wiigh f; 6 to 30 pounds. ; 1^ The present list of donors in- ludes policies Boot Shop. ZubiV ailors, Mend! and Hornaii, Col lege Station Shoe Shop, Charlie’! Rood Market, Loupot’s Tradinj Post, Sriiith Cleaners, H. A.' Mil ler Appliances, A&M Grill, Shael ifer’s Book Store, Varner’s Jewel ers, Aggie Cleaners, Aggielah Studio’s J A&M Photo Shop, Cam pi Cleaners, and Smitty’s Grill. ;J. Today is the last day for entries to be submitted by those who wll compete in the intra-collegiate B 1- Hards Tournament that is to >e staged in December, said James |L Flowers, Billiards Club president The five top men in the tournA- ment will compose the membership of the A&M Billiards team and the three successive contestants w|ll remain! as alternates, soon After leaving Kansas City tM to Chicago team will continue on where it will compete in the‘inter national intercollegiate grain judg ing contest on Nov. 26. ; , ; ; ™ The tesm will attend the dent section of the American iety of Agronomy meeting and M4 itocK expo*)- on and hay and grain show ■Thi . , As spon ae the team is selected ■t they will compete with j teams of neighboring colleges and univer sities, including TSCW,] Flowers added. ; r Bveq though the losers in die tournament Will not be regular members of the team, each edrr- testant will be recognized as a mber of the club arid may, at ahy , challenge a 1 member of t le m for his position, Flowe s the international livestoc ticii will return e group of St. Louis where it the Cornell Seed Co., wot,d b,,M * *3? <!omp,n, ' i ln