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Volume 49
Ags Get Invitation
For Starlight Ball
TSCW’b Senior Class has invited president of the TSCW senior clw«.
Aggie Seniors .to attend their The Stardust Ball is a TSCW
Stardust Ball this Saturday, I)e-
cember 3, Bob Byington, president
of the senior class said tolday.
The'invitation came as a letter to
Byington fron} Miss-Oa Lee Smart,
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Hatzenbuehler
Elected RV’s
Exec Officer
Jim Hatzenbuehler, senior
aeronautical engineering ma
jor from Dallas, was elected
executive officer of the Ross
Volunteers at the organiza
tion’s last meeting before the holi
days.
1 He filled the position formerly
.held by J. T. Dotson. Dotson a
regimental commander and presi
dent of the Senior.Court resigned
because of other activities.
Other Ross Volunteer officers
were elected last spring. They
were Don McClure, commander;
Herb Buetel, Ken Landrum, and
King Egger, platoon leaders; anw
John L. Taylor, first sergeant.
McClure is a senior business
major from Corpus Christi. Beutel,
a senior from Dallas, and Landrum,
a senior from Kingsville, are both
pre-med majors.
Egger is a petroleum-mechanical
engineering senior from Shreve
port, Louisiana. A business major,
Taylor is a senior from Big
Springs.
Applications- for membership in
the RV’s are now being accepted,
McClure told The Battalion today.
Bobh juniors and seniors may ap-
plV, he saiid. All men must have
a/1.5 grade point ratio, a B aver-
L age in military science, and exhi
bit a proficiency in drill.
Men wishing to apply for mem
bership were asked by McClure to
contact him. 1'
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The company has made arrange
ments to sell Christmas cards
prior to the December vacation.
Don Jarvis, who designed and sold
campus scene cards last year, has
designed the cards which the RV’s
will sell this year, McClure said.
- Representatives will call on both
military and non-military dormi
tories.
Ags Asked to
Consider Job
In Iran Army
Would you like a trip abroad?
Would you like .to teach English to
j Iranian Army officers? Well, if
■ your’re a reserve officer with an
“excellent scholastic standing" you
j may have the chance*
A letter sent to the college by
the Iranian Embassy in Washington
. states the proposition.
The Iranian Army needs men
with military training to teach
English in its army establishments.
Current legal, restrictions prohibit
retired army officers from being
hired by foreign governments, but
reserve officers can be hired.
Brig. Gen. M. Mazhari, military
and fiir attache of the Iranian Em
bassy, asked in the letter to the
college if there were any interested
men at A&M or among A&M grad
uates.
Mazharia wrote, “We wonder
whether among your alumni are
some reserve officers of previous
excellent scholastic standing who
would like to take on an assign
ment with the Iranian Army to
teuph the English language in army
ejitablilhmenta. v.
“The U. S. law prohibits the hir
ing of retired U. S. Army offl-
cers, but in peacetime it Is possible
to hire reserve personnel. If you
have anyone in mind that you could
recommend, we would appreciate it
if you would ask them.to write this
office. -A abort biography ,of the
iippliumt together with a photo
graph and request fot'compensation
should accompany the first tetter."
Men interested in applying for
the position may apply directly
to the Iranian Embassy, Washing
ton. D. C.
John Ben Templeton
.. Marries Dallas Girl
John Ben Templeton, Jr;, senior
civil engineering major, and Patsy
Jo Williams of Dallas weye mar
ried Friday evening in Dallas.
Best man was Doyle AvaWt of
Laredo, and groomsmen were Sam
Pate, Sweetwater; Don McClure,
Corpus Christi; Fred Lunho'w, Bill
Benfer, Franklin Simmons^and Ace
Jordan, Austin.
The newlyweds will live in Col
lege Station.
Senior Class function and amounts
to a senior ball. Girls attending
the dance are expected to be sen-
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lore.
Miss Smart’s letter of invitation
stated that a date bureau would be
set up for Aggies desiring dates
for the bill. Those Aggies wanting
dates arranged by the date bu
reau must submit their names and
heights by Tuesday, 9:30 p. m.,
November 29, Byington said. Corps
seniors desiring dates through the
date bureau are to contact Conrad
Ohlendorf, Room 118, Dormitory
12.
Non-military seniors wanting
dates are to contact Charles Kirk-
ham, 4-F Puryer. ! :
Byington reported that a few
stag tickets would be available
until time for the dance.
Overnight accommodations will
be available, as they are each
weekend, on Friday and Saturday
nights in one of the college guest
homes for the charge of 75 cents
per person each night, Miss Smart's}
letter said.
K TSGW’s Hostess Committee will
welcome the guests from A&M in
the living room of Stoddard Hajl
Saturday afternoon and evening,
December 3, the letter further stat
ed.
The Stardust Ball opens TSCW’s
holiday season. The dance will last
from 9 until 12; highlighting the
occasion will be the presentation
of class beauty nominees from each
of the four classes, ,Miss Smart’s
letter added.
Prior to the evening dance, the
A&M Singing Cadets will pre
sent a concert in the TSCW audi
torium.
Signing the invitation letter with
Miss Smart were Misses Anita
Carrway, vice president, Mary Eve
lyn Williams, secretary, and Emily
Wood, treasurer.
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How Much Wood Was There?
Slide Rule Boys Know All
Whether this year's bonfire was the biggest yet,
we don’t know. But we do know that the blaze
at the tlrpe this picture was made looked like
the biggest one yet. That ball bf “fire” at the
right did not blow off the bonfire. It is the
glow from the Kyle Field lights. |
Lay
men s
Investment Course^
Begins on Campus Tomorrow
i ' By .^EE LANDRUM
“The ABO’s of Investment” is
the theme of a course to be given
in the Chemistry Lecture Room be
ginning Wednesday, November 30.
The course will consist of a series
Of lectures, given in three sessions
at one week intervals; The lectures
will be cond acted by Merrill Lynch,
Jarvis Wins $200
Honor Scholarship
Putter Jarvis is off to a good
start in his college career at Texas
A&M. Jarvis, a freshman Ag Stu
dent, is the winner of a $200 col
lege scholarship offered on a na
tional basis by a national agricul
tural fraternity, Alpha Ganjma
Rho. |
R. A. Turner, Senior Agricul
turist with the United States Ex
tension Service in Washington D.
C. made the announcement naming
Jarvis as the winner of the schol
arship. /j'
The 18-year-old freshman is
the son. of Mrs. O. T. Jarvis of
Brownwood. He holds the dis
tinction of being the first Texan
to receive this scholarship. A
major point considered by the
national selection committee was
the candidate’s scholastic record
in high school, but more impor
tant was his 4-H record.
Jarvis says that his 4-H career
started when he made a critical
decision to spend his Christmas
money for cattle instead .of a bi
cycle. This was back in 1941.
He invested his money in a young
Jersey steer and ^started trading.
By the summer of that year the;
steer had turned into three calves,
one of which was a good Hereford.
FYom there on out it was a
series of swapping and mani
pulations, interspersed with en- :
tries in many livestock shows.
In; 1947 Putter showed the re
serve grapd champion of the
■ Brown wood Show.
Soon afterwards, his father’s
health became bad, and Jarvis,
along with his brothers, had to as
sume the running of 2,200 acres
of land. He adds that he feels that
his previois 4-H work made his
job much easier.
As a resjult of this extra work,
Putter was forced to continue his
4-H work on a reduced scale. He
substituted other activities for the
demonstratjions he was forced to
drop. He still took on active in
terest in Ipii work with registered
stock.
Jarvis has been president of his
local and county 4-H club three
times, twice president of the dis
trict organization, and has won
three tribs to state 4-H Round-
Up and ; many other judging
and showmanship awards. He was
also active in school and commun
ity affairs.
,When asked about the value of
4-H work; Putter said, “I think
4-H has helped me develop prop
er attitudes and personality. It
can do tlje same for every boy
and girl who is interessted in our
nation’s Welfare and in keeping
it democrajtic and the world’s leader
in agriculture.”
Fisherman’s Luck
Hamburjg—<JP)— "Fishing per
mitted onlv with rod and signature
erf the mayor,” says a sign on a
small laka near Hamburg. -
Pierce, Fenner & Beane, nationally-
known stock brokerage firm.
These lectures will afford an
opportunity for A&M students to
learn some of the principles of the
country’s stock exchanges and
some of the facts about their op
eration. No charge of any kind
will be connected with the course.
T. W. Leland, head of the Busi
ness and Accounting Department,
through which the course was ar
ranged said that everyone interest
ed is invited to attend the course.
Clear Understanding
The course is designed to give
a dear understanding of such
questions as: what investment^ afe;
how they help make America se
cure; how intelligent investing and
your standard of living are related;
how invested money can earn in
terest and dividends; various kinds
of investments; how to evaluate an
investment; the functions of stock
exchange and brokerage firms;
and corporation vs. government fi
nancing.
Personnel from the Merrill Lynch
will discuss these topics and ans
wer questions concerning these and
allied topics in the fields of invest
ment and banking.
This course is one of a number
of identical courses currently be
ing given by the company through
out the country. Several of the
courses have been given at dif
ferent cities in Texas and were
well attended by interested men
and women. The course was given in
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A cowpoke and a decidedly active
the National Intercollegiate Rodeo In Cm
year’s version of the college rodeo will be
2 and S. The Aggie Rodeo team wUI be host to all member schools
of the NIRA which send delegates to the event.
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In California
ill be held at
t their stuff at
last year. This
at A&M December
Hollis Presents
Third Talk In
Graduate Series
Dr. Ernest V. Hollis, chief
of college administration, Of
fice of Education for the Fed
eral Security Agency will
present the third in the 1949-
50 graduate lectyre series on the
campus. ,
The lecture has been scheduled
by the Graduate School in the
Physics Lecture Room at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. I. Dr. Hollis will
speak on the subject, “Potentialities
and Pitfalls of Graduate Pro
grams.”
As field coordinator on the staff
of the Commission of Teacher Ed
ucation, Dr. Hollis conducted an
exhaustive study of graduate pro
grams, which was published, in
1945 under the title "Toward Im
proving Ph. D Programs.” The
report describes and analyzes ac
tivities and problems and offers
suggestions designed to point the
way toward Improvement of doctor
ate programs, especially for teach-
•ra.
Dr. Hollis, who also serves as
principle specialist in higher edu
cation, is at the present time active
ly engaged in a study of education
for thb social sciences as director
of study of social work education.
“His lecture will bring to us
many Valuable suggestions to guide
us in j the further development of
our own Graduate School program,”
said Dr. Ide P. Trotter, dean of
the Graduate School. “These Will
be drawn from his long experience,
wide contacts and critical study of
the Graduate Educational Programs
throughout the United States/ 1 •
Dr. Hollis will be available at
the college from 11 a. m. Wednes
day Until noon Thursday for fac
ulty or staff appointments.
$
Houston this year during the month
of May, in Bay City during June,
and in Bryan during September.
Introduction Given
Jack Wiggin, Jr., resident part
ner of the Merrill Lynch firm, will
give an introduction to the course,
Wednesday, explaining its purpose
and outlining the different topics
of the subject to be covered.
Following Wiggin’s introduction,
Henry FI Weghorst, sales man
ager will speak on the topic “Why
Invest—Who Should Invest”. He
will discuss three objectives of in-
vesting. J ff
Wiggins received his Bi 8. A.
degree from Tulane University,
New Orleans. He became' branch
manager of Merrill Lynch on Jan
uary 1, 1933 and has been a part
ner) since January 1, 1949.
Weghorst attended Blinn Mem
orial College, Brenham, Texas. For
eight years he was in the banking
business in Taylor. He has been
with the Merrill Lynch firm since
1928. | .
First Speaker
Charles J. Ritchie, acount exe
cutive, will be first speaker at the
second session on December 7, at
7:30 p. m. His subject is “Types
of Securities” The second speaker
for the evening will be David Hull,
account executive. He will speak
on the topic, “How to Read a Fi
nancial Report".
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Ritchie was :in the banking busi
ness in Helena, Arkansas and
Houston from 1917 to 1930. Since
1930 he has been continuously
with the present firm in Houston.
Hull received his B. S. degree
(See INVESTMENT, Page 4)
fadets to answer the big question
last week—“How much wood is
in the bonfire?”
The cadets, all of whom are in
Major V. C. Williams military sci
ence class, went all out to calcu
late the volume of the wood used in
building the bonfire, its weight,
and the number of man hours re
quired to build the bonfire from
start to finish.
The class estimated the wood
weighed about 50 pounds per cubic
foot and that 30 per, cent of the
bonfire was void space. Using these
figures, each man arrived at an
answer for each of the three un
knowns. Averages were taken of
all answers.
The results showed that 34,350
man hours were required to stack
615 tons or 37,750 cubic feet of wood
into its final bonfire position.
One cadet carried his calcu
lations further. He estimated that
one man would have to labor by
himself for nine years and.ten
months to build a similar pile.
Any rainy days would have ex
tended the working time.
The engineering military science
class wasn't the only curious
group on the campus who did some
thing about determining the amount
Ijhiversity iln 1925 and took
his PH. D at Iowa State in 1939.
He has also done graduate World at
Tulane and the Univeiisity of Wis
consin. He has been a -member; of
the faculty at A&M since 1926.||
.. f!- ( Conirarts l.<*l
Contracts
Jnion Building in Waco, and in!
Iklahdma University student uni
Abbott Named Dean
Dr. John Paul Abbott, Serving
fs administrative head of the Bryan
Field Annex, was naiped dean of
the School of Arts Snd Sciences,
by the board. ;
»f wood in the bontin,. The board : Dr. Abb^t. e n.ti.e of WC
of directors were interested. Mem- K™duated frpm Vandelr-
bers were making guesses as to the
number of cords in the pile
they were'eating dinner in
Hall Wednesday noon; ■
Needing an answer, Doyle Avant,
cadet colonel, was called in to pro
vide the necessary information.
Avant turned to Herb Mills, corps
staff math specialist, for the ans
wer. After extejiaive calculations,
MiBa J
tained
wood.
With the East Texas price of
wood at $12 a cord, the invest
ment in wood alone (for the fire ;
exceeded $4,200. ) V
Members of the engineer milvi
tary science class which figured
the amount! of wood in the bon
fire iriclude<l Walter Bachus, Car*
ral Blair, Willie Bohlman, Roland
Russell, B. P. Chamlee, Bob Crosse,
Joe Durenhoeffer, Steve Dunklo-
berg, Allan Eubank, James Fennell,
Allen Landby, Joe Maddox, Bill
McMillin, Marvin Mueller, Bi|l
Munson. ! . !
Phil Parker, Alex Pegues, Ted
Pitzer, Tom Reynolds, Tilman
Riewi, Bob Schero, Leonard Schwab,
Bruce Thompson, Bob White, G.
'B. Whiaenhunt,;and Tim Word;
were let? with
Texas architeetuml firms to handjle
Quade of Dallas, Norljon and May
field of Bryan, 1 and Wyatt
Hedrick of Fort Worth were
firms approved. ;
A member of each firm will serve
on an architects’ council with the
arohitects of the college and the
system, and with the head of the
college Architecture Department,
Voelcker will plaii the new col
lege administration building. This
structure, which will occupy 6,000
square feet of floor space, will be
devoted entirely ,to college adpi n-
istratibn. The present administra
tion building will then serve as
the center of the A&M Systenf) n-
stead of serving in its present
dual status as a college and a)
(See MEETING, Page 4) !’
There was more than one A&M team on 1
field at last Thursday’s game. The 1909 Aggie
team lined up on the field at the half and pre
sented a plaque to the college in honor of the
Championship at Stake
late Charles B. Mo
I to 1914. The plaque
j uttered by | Moran wl
j campus, "I didn’t come
[ coach fron
the famous
first came to the
to lose.”
College Cowboys to Clash
At Inter-Collegiate Rodeo
BY DAVE COSLETT
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Range-wise lads and lassies
from throughout the nation de
scend on Aggieland this coming
Friday and Saturday for the Fijrst
Texas A&M Inter-Collegiate Rodeo.
The affair, the first inter-school
rodeo ever held here, will con
sist of three performances held
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2.
Top college cowbpys from 14
colleges and universities are ex
pected to be on hand. Scene of ac
tion will he the AH Pavilion.
Fifteen member teams of the Na
tional Intcr-Cpllogiate Rodeo As
sociation are already entered and
more teams are expected to take
part.
Signed up so far are teams from
Colorado A&M, University of New
Mexico, Sul Ross State College,
Texas Tech, Baylor, Texas, Texas
A&I, Oklahoma A&M, New Mexi
co A&M, Hardin Simmons, West
Texas State College, Stephen F.
Austin, Arlington State College,
and Weatherford College.
Girls Teams Entered
Accompanying some of the six
man teams will be female prac
titioners of cattle-country arts. Sul
Ross has already entered an eight-
member girls team-in the cowgirls
cow milking event
The rodeo, the final meet this
year for NIRA rodeo teams, should
offer plenty of action, since it
•could well decide the first na
tional champion of the recently
formed organization.
Present leader in the title race
is Sul Ross of Alpine who has n
amassed the greatest number of
points at NIRA rodeos held at the
various member colleges in the
past year. A&M is running a close
second.
Aggie NIRA President
Charlie Rankin, a member of the
six-man A&M tieum, is currently
president of the Rational organist-
lion. Other men on the Aggie .team
are Bubba Day, Bo Damutn, Charv.
lie Wampler, Wallle Cardwell, and
Bill Hogg.
More
meet
scramble
team from each of the corps regi
ments will vie for merchandise
prises. ' '
Teams from three of the regi
ments will chase a greased porker
Friday night, the remaining three
teams will compete Saturday after
noon, and the wjnning aggregation
from each of these clashes wilj have
a go for grand: prize atj the .final
performance Saturday night'
The NIRA saddle-busters will
match skills in a number of events
including saddle Ibronc riding, steer
ribbon roping, bull-dogging, celf
roping, bare-back riding, bull rid
ing, and girl's <|ow milking.
is Prize 1 j. : 1 ! ■
The college cowboys will have
n j r
lOgg.
re local competition at the
will be provided by a pig
ble in which a ten-member
plenty to shoot for In the way of
prizes. Best all-round cowboy; for
the affair will receive a $185 hand-
stamped saddle donated
The winninlg team at the meet
byj the
Kings Ranch.
tea
will receive a trophy in the form of
a wooden plaque, donated by the
H. H. Hogg Dairy Farm.
Among the lesser pries will be
eight $75 gold and silver trophy
belt buckles, five broad-brimmed
western hats, several cowboy shirts,
and several pkirs of boots and lev!
pants as well us a variety of leather
and riding accessorius. J \
Providing Humor at the two-day
asasion will be u professional rodeo
clown. Profpluioijal rodeo stock
Will also be uaed because, accord*;
ing to Rankin, other types of stock
are too tame for the rough-rji
college lads.
The Texas Aggie Rodeo Associa
tion, sponsors of the event, is one
of 29 teams representing 10 states
presently Indludeil on the NIRA
roater. The roll includes 350' stu
dent members.
• Only 200 n
telling at S1.80 will be available at
each of the three performances.
General admission price will be
$1.20 and children’s ducats will go
at $.60. j J !,■:
Tickets are now on sale at the
Campus Treater,; College Station
Shoe Repair, the Animal Husban
dry offices, and the Student! Ac-
in Goodwin
Talk on Tracer
Speaking on the. 8u
“Isotopic Tracers in
search," Dr. Robert J. S
principal chemist of the T
Research Foundation, will ad
dress the A&M Sectioni of the
“odety; td-
ect,
simcin'mi Chemical Sodjety ui-i
night, Novembar 29'f in the Chem-;
Speer work
chemist for
American C
night, Novem
istry Lecture Room r
Dr. Speer is a native Toxun, born
in Denton, and took his- under
graduate training at North Texas
State Teachers Collage. He obtained
hla graduate work leading to both
master’s and doctor's, degrees while;
attending Texas University In the
f prormaceutlcaf and modi-
tjimUtvy . | j j
W, as a [research
the General Aniline
ding and Film Corpsratloti of ^ew Jer-
J isey, then served ph Director of
-■ Research at Southland Paper Mills,
Inc.. He also did; work at the
Atomic Energy Commiaaion at Oak
Ridge during i and followitkg the
mi memoens. r . i Ip; his present capacity of Prin-
Only 206 reserved seat tiejeeta, clpaft;Chemist of the TRF, Speer’s
in * *i oa —in v ti-u- interests have been devoted to the
preparation of isotopically labelled
organic molecules and to the in
vestigation of the synthesis and
properties of organic compounds
of titanium. .. j ,
There will be an informal dinner
in honor of the speaker fbr sec
tibn members and their w -
6:30 p. m. at the Aggieland T