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Volume 49
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(Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER T, 1949
Prof Papers Due
At Science Meet
Fifteen member* of the AAM
faculty will take active part in
i—/1* 1 ® Texas Academy of Science
meeting in Houston this weekend
‘December 1, 2nd, and 3rd. Thirteen
M them will present papers at the
meeting,, which will be held at
Rice, fnaltitute.
Dr. A[ D. Folweiler, director of
assistant professor of
“Life Form Spectrum
Central Texas”; Lawrence S. Dill-
lion, instructor of biology, “A Re
view of Spermiogenesis in Insects*;
Thomas M. Ferguspn, assistant
professor of biology, “Mamalian
Spermiogenesis” Ammon B, Med-
len, instructor of biology,
the Texas Forest Seiyice, will pre- Environment Factors Affecting the
sent a pbper entitled “What Should
Texas Expect from Forest Con
servation”. He will 1 give the dif
ferent problems encountered ' in
forest conservation in the eastern
and western sections of the state.
Dr. Ifolweiler will discuss'the
potentialities of forestry in the
mountaijn, high plains, and cedar
breaks areas of the western sec
tion. He will point out the diffi
culty that 68,000 individual land
owners in the pine belt of the
eastern section present to forest
conservation. According to Dr. Fol
weiler, forest conservation at the
present la a matter of selling the
public on forest fire prevention and
the application of forestry tech
niques. I' <•
Dr. Omer E. Sperry, Associate
professor of range and forestry,
will present a paper entitled “The
Distribution and Control of Ray
less Gdldenrod on Texas lUnges”.
Rayless goTdenrod is a poison weed
which has spread recently in the
Pecos region of. Texas. Dr- Sperry
will discuss losses of cattle and
horses due to the weed, distribu
tion of the plant in Texas, and
methods of controlling the plant.
Dr. Sperry said that this plant,
which causes the loss of hund
reds of cattle along the Pecos Riv
er every year, can be controlled by
gruppipg, fencing, or spraying with
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Dr. V. A. Young, head of the De
partment, of Range and Forestry,
will present a paper on “The Nox
ious Rush Problem of Texas Ma
res and Ranges”. “Hy-
.brld Pines for Texas" la the title
of the paper to be presented by
Dr. C| C. Doak, head of the Bio
logy department. Dr. Doak will
discuss the potentialities of the hy
brid fine as avfaet growing tree
to be rueed in reforesting and the
promotion of faster production of
timber in Texas.
Other members of the Biology
Department presenting papers at
the meeting are Dr. John tyferkle,
Foreigners Feted
kt {Womens Dinner
The Bryan, and College Station
Professional Women’s Club Tues
day night held a special banquet
honoriing foreign guests who are
either residents in Bryan and Col
lege Station or who are studying
at Teixas A&M.
The members of the Texas A&M
Latin American Club were intro
duced as guests or honor at the
banquet.
Inc uded in the program was a
talk on Guatemala by Dean KyW,
former ambassador te that coun
try. Deajr Kyle’s talk was sup
plemented by color movies' of
Guatemala. The Banquet also fea
tured songs arranged by Mrs.
Aline Carrier and some impromptu
Mexican ballads sung by A1 Trevino
who accompanied himself on the
guitak ,
Miss Myrtle Murray, chairman
of the International Relations
Committee of the club, had charge
of the program.
COLLEGE
Supervisor Training Specialist, the
announcement stated. Slated for
discussion will be personnel and
training problems, organization
for effective management and the
development of a continuing man
agement institute program.
William* announced th^t the
overall IES Training Program for
REA \:ooperative8 includes line
crew training conducted by five
itinerant instructors and a proi-
gram of foreman training, conduc
ted by a specialist in that field.
The project is financed in part
by contributions from the coopera
tives and is offered as one of the
phases of the training sponsored
by the State Board for Vocational
Education. The first installment of
$10,000 was paid to the IES durihg
a recent meeting of the Job Train
ing and Safety Committee repre
senting the various REA areas of
Texas, Williams announced,
Williams explained that the com
mittee acts in an advisory capacity
and aids in the development of the
type of training program needed
by the various cooperatives.
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This was the scene in Saint Joseph's Church in
Bryan Tuesday morning as The Right Reverend
Monsignor John Gleissner was honored by his
Reproductive Cycle in Sperm For
mation in Gambusia Affinis”. ,
Dr. G. P. Parker, professor of
education, will present a paper on
“The Science Curriculum and
Teacher".
From the Department of
cultural Economics and Rurpl Soc
iology, Dr. Robert Skrabanek and
Proffessor Robert G. Cherry will
also present papers. The title pf
Dr. Shraganeks paper is “What
Texas Should Expect from Rural
Sociology”. “Taxation of Manufac
turing in Texas” is the title of Pro
fessor Cherry’s paper.'
Aureluis Morgner, associate pro
fessor of economics, will present a
report on “The Economic Signi
ficance of National Debt.”
Roy L. Donahue, exteipion
agronomist will present a paper
entitled “Texas Should Expect In
tegrated Conservation.
L. S. Paine, associate professor
of agricultural economics will of-
ficate as chairman of the section,
“The Social Sciences”. S. A. Lnch,
head of the Geology Department,
will act as chairman of the auc
tion, “Earth Science”. ^ /
REA Course Up
For December
Launching its 1950 prog
ram of training for employees
of Texas’ Rural Electric Co
operatives, the Industrial Ex
tension Service of A&M will
conduct two institutes for REA
managers during December.
This was announced today by E,
L. Williams, IES Director, who sta
ted that the inatitutea will be held
at Lubbock, December 15-17 and
at College Station December 10-21.
Leading the management group
discusaiona in addition to Williams
will be R. A. Downward, IES Man-
agement Engineer and W. W. Mills, Combined working capital of {more
Investing is hot an activity lim
ited to the high income group and
can be successfully practiced on
a modest inebme group of 200
A&M students and Bryan-College
Station residents were told at the
first meeting of the “Merrill Lynch
Investment Course" held last night.
Meeting in the Chemistry Lecture
Room, the grioUp was first ad
dressed by Jatk Wiggin Jr. resi
dent partner from the Houston
Branch of Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner and Beane.
Wiggin briefly outlined the
course and turned the program over
church for sixty years of service in the priest
hood. Presiding at the solemn mass was' The
Most Reverend Louis Reicher, Bishop of Austin.
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Line Forms to the Rear
Aggie Mid-Month Poverty;
Makes Bucks Turn Rapidly
j BY DAVE COSLETT
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Poverty and prosperity come in
Wavds around Aggieland. That’s
tjie observation made by George
A. Long, the man in charge of the
student labor office.
Long should know, % too—one of
his main duties is lending money
tjb Aggies. Through his doors
what f could well be the
nslstantly broke bunch
ege men in the nation.
Housed in the student labor of'
^ices are three loan funds with a
ban $3,000. Many times that
mount of money finds its way to
nd from students’ pockets each
ear in the i form of short term
loans. j
. Last year, for instance, Long
began lending from a capital of
“fjj 12,797.10. In the 12-month per
iod between Sept. 1, 1948 and
Aug. 31, 1949 he forwarded or
made 2,430 loans amounting to
$36,437.37 or almost 12 times
the figure he started with.
The three loan funds from which
the needed cash is doled out were
all started by donations. The most
well-known 6f these, and the old-
jest, is the! Davis “Buck” IFund
started April 1, 1943 by W. K.
{Davis of the. class of ’16. Davis
originally donated $5. The fund
nowf contains $621.61.
The Ernestine Gaber, Loan Fund
was begun July 1, 1944 with a
balance of $401.47. It now has a
balance of $3,326.56. The fund
was turned over to A&M by the
B’Nai B’Rith Hillel -Foundation
through Mrs. Esther Taubenhaus.
Since that time it has been spon
sored mainly by Mr. Leo Gaber of
Houston.
The most recently instituted of
the funds is named in honor of
Liicy Jane Breuzeale of Crockett,
Texas, who was the mother of two
Aggies and u Tessie. She was born
two days before A&M was found
ed. Her son, "Brezzy" Breazeale
is now Assistant to the Dean of
Men ut the Annex.
When her death was evident In
April of 1948, he requested that
College not send flowers when she
passed away, but take the contribu
tion intended for flowers and ini
tiate a student loan fund in her
Oitla Chute Number Nine, on ‘Turpentine’
Eight Cowgirls to Compete
In Two-Day, College Rodeo
JOHN WHITMORE
’Hold ’el* Newt, there ain’t no
thing as women in a rodeo.”
believe it or not, there are
going to be girls in the first an-
Intercollegiate rodeo, to be
tomorrow and Saturday in
AH Pavillion.
Yejp, eights-giria-from Sul Ross,
threq-from Oklahoma A&M, and
one from Texas A&I will compete
in the wild cow milking.
Vaqueros and vaqueroesses from
16 colleges will try to out-ride, and
out-rope all competition to win the
hand| tooled saddle, which is to be
given to the best all-round cowboy.
Thisj saddle was donated to the
by the King Ranch’s Bob
Kleb{erg.
saddle isn’t the only prize
a few broken bones. Eight
gold and silver buckles; five
hand tooled belts; a bridle and
hinge; three Western shirts; one
Martingale; several pairs of
‘Levi’s’ and >$25 in greenbacks will
the bruises. 1 •<
Stock used in this rodeo isn’t
going to be the regular barn-yard
‘ either. The 60 bucking
horses, 25| Brahma calves, and 2G
Brahma bulls will be supplied by
the Double-S Rodeo Ranch at Ei
leen. j..
The brief relie'fs from the muscle
straining and ligament-pulling will
be provided by a professional rod<
clown, according to Charlie Rankin
president of the National Inter-col
legia
Schools already signed up for th«
occasion are Colorado A&M, Nevi
Mexico A&H, Oklahoma, Univer
sity of New Mexico, Texas Tech
Sul Ross, TU, Hardin-Simmons
Texas A&I, Stephen F. Austi
Arlington State College, B a y! o
Weatherford College, West Texai
State Teachers College and A&M.
The Winners of this, the Iasi
NIRA rodeo of the calendar yea:
could decide the winner of tb
first national championship.
The NIRA, which was organ
last February, keeps a
all of the points won by the
her teams throughout the year,
r. -At the last count Sul Ross ~
College in Alpine is the n
one contender for the champi
ship slot A&M is a close
and a win by either of
schools cmild well determine the
outcome of this year’s competition.
The mairt events of the contest
will be saddle bronc riding, steer
ribbon roping, bull-dogging bare-
back riding, and the girl’s wild cow
milking.
The judges for the affair will be
men who a{re well known in rodeo
circles for. their feats in Madison
Square Garden rodeos. They are
Manuel Enos of. Ft Worth and
Jack Favor from Arlington.
Enos was the Garden’s champ,
ion bronc rider and Favor is an ex
championship bull-dogger.
There ate 350 members in the
NIRA representing 29 colleges in
10 states, Ion the roll at the pre
sent time.
A parade to usher in the event
will start Friday at 2 p. m. in
Bryan.
The tickets for the fray will be
$1.80 for reserved seats, $1.20 for
general admission, and $.60 for
children.
Tickets are now on sale at the
Campus Treater, College Station
Shoe Repair, The AH Department,
Student Activities ] Office, and
Court’s Shoe repair in Bryan.
Houston Aggies
Planning Ball
The Houston A&M Club is
planning to hold its annual
Christmas Coronation Ball in
the Emerald Room of the
Shamrock Hotel on Thurs
day night, December 29.
All members of the Houston
Club are requested by G. P. Monks,
president, to turn in pictures of
their girls to the presidents of
their chapters. A committee from
each chapter will decide the prin
cess for that chapter, Monks said.
On Tuesday night December 27,
an old ifashion barn dance will be
held at; the Blossom Heath night
club lofcated on Bellaire Boule
vard. AH Aggies will be admitted
free upon showing their Hous
ton A&M membership card. Tick
ets for outside guests will be $1
per couple.
Invitations for the Shamrock
dance and membership cards for
all Houston Aggies are available
from any Houston <sjub or chapter
officer. Invitations and member
ship caijdsi may also be procured
from Johnip Lee in Dorm. 2, Breece
Baker or John Whitmore in Dorm.
3,, Bruce Semoneaux in Dorm. 4,
Dick Marks-in Dorm. 5, Jack Cock-
ran in Dorm. 8, G. P. Monks in
Dorm 9,. Dick Graves in Dorm. 10
and John Gossett in Dorm. 12.
memory.
On this foundation was built
the Breazeale Loan Fund which
now has a working capital of
more than $600. It is kept at the
Annex for the benefit of the
students there.
The loans to students arc made
with no interest asked. The funds
are increased by voluntary con
tributions, from the borrowers and
by appropriations voted by other
college sources.
Last year 465 thankful recipi
ents kicked in with a total of $337.
Donations from other sources
amounted to $198.80.
Advances are handed out on a
first come, first serve basis. The
average loan, incidentally, is $13.50.
All three sources of the filthy
lucre usually go broke before the
month is half gone. Most repay
ments are made around the first
of each month, i
And when Aggies go broke, they
seem to do it all together. An oc
curence before the Thanksgiving
holidays illustrates this. .
Long was being faced with a
big demand for, and a small sup
ply of, ready cash. A few days
previously the Student Life Com
mittee had allocated slightly more
than $300 to be divided between
the three funds.
With all three Puck funds flat
busted, Long decided that he need
ed the extra cash immediately. A
quick trip to the Student Activ
ities produced the needed money.
The whole sum, a total of $304.21,
lasted exactly 35 minutes.
Who says that A&M is no longer
a poor boy’s school?
Final Rehersal
Of Robot Play
Set Wednesday-
Final rehearsal for the
forthcoming Aggie Players’
production of Karel Capek’s
“R. U. R.” will be held next
Wednesday night, according
to C. T. Stevens, publicity direc
tor. The play will be given in.
Guion Hall Thursday and Friday,
December 8 and 9, at 8 p. m.
Scene of the play is a far away
island sometime in the future. The
story, which covers a period of
eleven years, deals with the man
ufacture of Rosum’s Universal Ro
bots and an attempt to make ro
bots more human. In the process of
being humanized, the robots re
volt against the human race and
threatens to destroy it.
The cast,- which is one of the
largest yet ..used in an Aggie Play
er’s production, includes Karl Wy
ler us Doihan; Jeanne Oster as
Helena. Glory; George Willman as
Alquist; Chuch Benshelter us Dr.
Gall; Vernon Berry as Fabry; Gor
don Milne as Hollemeir; Elpiore
Tow Busman and Countess
Jones as Nana. Robots are played
by Kay Sullivan^ David Leavitt,
John ILaufenfcerg, Ray Hangst,
Wanda Naylor and Lindell James.
Miss Naylor and James play He
lena and Primus, the first robots
to discover that there are other
things besides work.
For the first time in any of their
productions, the Players will use
more than one set, Stevens said.
For the three acts and the epilo
gue of the play, they will use two
curtain sets and one flat set.
New lighting effects will also be
in use. The money to, buy needed
equipment for the players was
granted the Players by the Student
Life Committee from Exchange
Store profits.
Playing time is about two hours,
Stevens said. Admission to each
presentation is twenty-five cents
per person.
David Hiill, accouijt executive
the Hous
who gave
a detailed outline pf the purposes
of the course. Our course, said
Hull, is an attempt to enlighten
the public on the importance and
value of inve^tm'entk.
Idle Money Cajn’t Produce
People leave their money idle
when it could be producing for thpm
because they are uninformed on
how to invest, he said. Primary
failure of the average stockholder
and investor is the lack of atten
tion given to his holdings.
An investor must keep acquaint
ed with the effect current business
is having or^ his stock and be pre
pared to sell when the time comes.
Investments seldom pay off un
less they are kept active, Hull said:
Speed Essential
Speed is the essecnce of buying
and selling stocks successfully,;
Hull said. Using his <jwn company,
as,; an example, he explained ther
methods used to increase the speed
of icustomerls transactions.
Houstonians wanting to buy or;
sell stock notify us and we wire
this information direct; to the floor
of 1 the exchange involved. ’
Dec. 10 Deadline
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graduation invitations has been
set back to Dec. 10, according
to Grady Elms, assistant- di
rector of Student Activities,.
Orders are now being taken in
the Student Activities office^
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State College’s representatives
at the Inter-collegiate Rodeo to
be held on the cam|His Dec. 2
and 3.
saying of time may mean the
ferense in making moiney or lofting
it,;Hull explained. ] '
“Why Invest-Who Should ' In
vest” was discussed by Henry F.
Weghorst, sales tnarager at the
Houston Branch of the Morrill
Lynch firm.
Comparison MadP
Comparing the investments of'
stockholders f with the time spent
by primitive man
arrow ready for fis
fashion an
liing, he said
that invested capital make* mon
ey by increasing productivity, just
as ,th£ cave man increased his pro
ductivity by catching more fish',
with his arrow head! ^
getting down to the actual busi
ness of considering an investment,
.ly^ghorst outlined four questions
that the. layman should ask himself
in order to determine whether he
should invest his mon
First question is
adequate insurance ?
aider whether you
for future' needs
ey.
‘do you have .
Second^ con-
iave provided
of your fam-
Advanced Contract
Applications Taken
Today is the opening date for
submission of applications for Ad
vanced ROTO Contracts in thd
second semester of 1949-50, accord
ing to Lt. Col. John J. Kelly of the
School of Military Science.
Application forms may be ob
tained from the Senior Branch In
structor concerned and when com
pleted should be returned to the
same individual, Kelly added. Ap
plications are required of all stu
dents desiring a contract effective
for the second semester of this
school year, including elective stu
dents, non-corps students and corps
students.
To be elgible for an advanced
contract, a student must be a clas
sified junior, have a grade point
ratio of one or better, have com
pleted th* basic senior division
ROTC course (or have credit foy it,
in the case of veterans) and must
be physically qualified.
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Be Remodeled
Washington (AP)— Pres
ident and Mrs. Truman are
going to [have room for extra
guests when they move back
into a safe and modern White
House in late 1951.
They’ll have space, too, to store,
all those things that people don’t
like to throw away.
They will find it expanded into
a 77-rooni mansion with a two-
story basement when the repair
job about to get underway is fin
ally completed. 1 j i
The present 150-year old struc
ture, to be{ completely renovated ip-
ftide, has |69 rooms and no base-;
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eight additional rooms will be built;
on the top—or fourth—floor, pps-:
sibly for use by guests.
Actual jwork on repairing the
home of presidents will get under
way in about a week. An under
pinning subcontract was iet yes
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discuss R. U. R^ the
nights of December 7
man on the cam-
the School of Engin-
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Aggie player’s production scheduled for the
and 8.
Bait Begins
Gift Guidi
\ Tomorrow
BY DAVE COSLETT
What you getting that little gal
for Chrittmas? And how about
Mom and Dad, and the rest of the
family? You’d better start think
ing about it, fellow—the bewhis-
kered chap with the king-sized mid
dle aged spread comes <t’ callin’ in
just 25 days.
And ip case you haven’t heard,
you don’t ge your Yule-tide re
prieve from this fair campus until
Thursdayj, Dec. 22. Doesn’t leave
much tiipe for Christma* shopping,
does it?j
Realizing this fact, The Battalion
is instituting a new reader ser
vice beginning in tomorrow’s edi
tion. A shopping guide, designed
to familiarize Batt readers with the
facts on who sells what for how
much in this area will be run to
morrow and each succeeding Friday
until Christmas.
A short consultation of these
pages should save lots of shoe
leather for the seekers of the tid
ings of good will.
r as education. Third, “do
you own.your own home?” Last, “is
your income stable enough to stand
the changes" that may occur In the
value of your investmeint?”
Invest only after you are sure
you have taken care'-ot- your
responsibilities and are sure that
you have a surplus, Weghorst said.
Three Objectives
Safety, amount of return on your
investment, and the growth of your
investment are the three objectives
to be considered. when yau have
decided that you w/ant to inveal,-
Weghorst explained.
Following any ope, dr all of
fthefte depends a great deal on
your financial status and your per
sonality. Decide whether you are
fundamentally conservative or fun-
darrientaihfcdurinv before settling
on your as an investor,
he said. i
Young men can easier consider
I rpord risky Inventrticnt with chan
ce* for a higher payoff than cun the
mat) with prominent future re
sponsibilities. As tljic income you
try to make on an Investment in
creases, so increase* your ri*k,
Weghorst pointed out.
_ Questions Answered v> ° >
'"Question* from the audience fol
lowed the close. of Weghorst’* dis
cussion. During thi| question ses
sion, it was pointed out that in
dividuals could get lnforihatldn on
Investing just for tpe asking.
Merriir Lynch will provide Infor
mation to anyone rdquestlns
give them the benefit of
entire research repartment, Wig
gins said in answe| to a question
from the laudiehce. , j
“Types, of Securities” and “How
to Read a Financial Report” are
the topics' dcheduwd for discus
sion at the second‘fleeting of the
group next Wednesday evening at
7:30 in the Chepiistry Lecture
Room.
The course is being sponsored
jointly by the Merrill Lynch firm,
the Business Department and thp
Business Society op the campus. I-
MeatsMenWin
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Albert S. Agrior,. senior AH
major from Marshall, was
high man in judging beef car
casses, and Horace E. Riley,
senior AM majjor from Can
ton, was high man in grading
beef carcasses, ip the National
Meats Judging contest which was
held at the International Live
stock Exposition in Chicago.
Members of the meats judging
tegm are Albert a. Agnor, Horace
E. Riley, W. G. Dunkum, senior
AH {major from Mjarlin Falls; B. J.
Bland, senior AH major from Mer
kel; and O. D. Butler, coach. Butler
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of beef, three classes of pork, two
’lasses of lamb, ;gnd graded and
tidgbd 25 beef carcasses.
» placed
Nation;
idgad 26 beef cai
The A&M team) plac.
Overall team sta
place team honor* going
12th in
with first
>rs going to Okla
homa A&M. Twenty one teams were
jn the contest from colleges and
universities all over the country.
Corpus Club Will
Meet Tonight, 7:15
Corpus Christ!| A&M Club will
tneet at 7:15 tonight in the Aca
demic Building to discuss plans for
the Christmas dance to be held
Dec. 29, at the Officer’s Club of the
Navaj Air Basel Clark Edwards,
club reporter,,»a|d today.
{ Those wishing to attend should
make reservations at the home
town meeting oif see Donald Mc-
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Clure, Dorm. 12, he addi
; All persons in the Cor
ti area are invited,
eluded.
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