v - L I,,. S City Of College Station OlficialNf iewspai)er . Volume 49 ■; ■■■■BP ■I ! . W T! ’ Battalio i laa, y 1 -;■■■'-'rs-v 4 Science Academy Elects Roberts and Doak Top Officials k-' Dr. C.jC. Doak, head of the Biology Department, was elected first executive vice-president of the-Texas Academy of Science at its meeting in Houston last week end, and Raymond H. Roberts, freshman EE major Dom Abilene, was elected vice-presjdent of the f collegiate division.. J Dr.] Charles La Motte of the Bio logy Department was re-elected 'counselor of the collegiate divi sion, The Texas Collegiate Aca demy of Science ia a society com posed of undergraduate students in the 'various sciences. It func tions as a part of the Texas Aca demy of. Science, and members of the senior divisioiv atit as counse- ors for the different undergrad- . , r ate sections, '-f ; The collegiate division has a ■"membership of 500 students from loi uii l P km DR. C. C. DOAK 19.colleges in Texas. F. C. Knapp of the Wildlife Management De partment is sponsor of the A&M chapter, which has a membership of 42. Two hundred and nineteen collegiate members registered for the Houston, meeting of the Tex as Academy of Science at Rice In stitute last weekend. A&M Members Attend t '~ Several A&M collegiate mem bers attended the meeting and four presented scientific papers in the collegiate sections. John V. Halick, senior biology major from Houston, presented a I I | - : V * . ; ... Sales Classes Hear Aggie Ex L ; * • ’ I / | The mark of a good sales man is the Ability to be a showman, George D. Smith, Jr., South Texas sales mana ger for the Dictaphone Cor poration, i told salesmanship stu dents yesterday. Smith, who was graduated from A&M in 1930, came up from Hous ton to speak before Professor E. (R. Bulow’s salesmanship classes. “It isn’t necessary to be a born showman.” Smith said. “Any sales man who is enthusiastic about his product and believes it is 1 the best of its kind on the market cannot help but be a showman when he gets a chance to demonstrate that product,” \ ] Smith demonstrated, one of the latest model Dictaphones, and pre sented a sales talk to Bulow’s classes to illustrate the points he said a salesman must cover in his demonstrations before a prospect. “Any machine you offer the public today,” Smith said, “must help the people- think for them selves. Machines are made to save time, and if a person has a spend more time worrying with a mach ine he has bought than that mach ine saves, then the 1 macine isn’t worth the money he has had to pay for it.” ' > i . At the conclusion of Smith’s talk before the 11 a. m. sales class, he had dinner with the corps in Dun- can iFtl Poultry Team Wins In Chicago Contest The A&M Poultry Judging team placed first in overall team stand ings in the National Poultry Judging contests at the Interna tional Livestock Exposition in Chicago last week. _ . Bobbie Mayfield of Dayton placed eighth in overall standings and Del- vin Barrett of Bellville placed fourth in exhibition classes. The team placed first in exhibi tion classes, second in the market classes, and ninth in the produc tion classes. The team was coached by E. D. Parnell, professor of poultry hus- paper at the meeting entitled “Ef fects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Protoza”.; In his report, Halick summarized some studies of the effects of untraviolet radiation on various protozoans and pointed out some of the morpological, cy- tolpgical, and physiological chan ges as a result of the rays. Donald I Odgen, senior science major, presented a paper on re search made on the effects Of in jection of the hormones, Testoster one and Gonadogen, on the repro ductive organs of immature female white rats. Don G. Simpson, senior wildlife major from Houston, presented u paper entitled “Natural History Museums of North America." The report emphasized, from a re search standpoint, the value of museums and their collections to the students of any biological sci ence. William R. Jackson, senior en tomology major from Burkeville, presented ajMMrjon the appear ance of DDT in milk after cows have been sprayed with the insect icide. Jackson's paper reported that the DDT is' stored up in the fat tissue and given off Slowly into the milk. Blankenship Presides Lylte Blankenship, senior wild life major from Campbellton, was presiding chairman of the collegiate division at the meeting. Blanken ship is retiring president of the academy. Dr. Sewell H. Hopkins, of the Biology Department and Dr. Omer E. Sperry of the Range and For estry Department were nominated Fellows at the Houston meeting. Fellow is an honorary title award ed to members for outstanding ser vice to the academy of science. A&M Employes Dinner Pknned The program for the An nual Christmas dinner of the A&M College employees, has been outlined by W. R. Hors ley, in charge of arrange ments. The dinner will be held December 21 at 7:15 p. m., in Sbisa Hall. Invocation, the Rev. Norman AiJ- derson of the First Presbyterian Church. Christmas music by the singing Cadets, Bill Turner in charge. Dean H. W. Barlow and his fac ulty orchestra will give a program. Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist will deliver the Christmas message. ' A. B. Jolley of the Extension Service at Dallas, will be master of ceremonies. Persons who have ' beep em ployed by the college for 25 years will be honor guests, and newcom ers, that is those who have joined the college since the first of the year, will also be honor guests. The dinner will also be a joint meeting with the College Em ployees Dinner Club. There will be a social gathering following the dinner and program. Five-0 Club Plans Christmas Dance Plans for the forthcoming Christmas-dance were announced at the Thursday evening meeting of the Five-0 Club held in the south solarium of the college YMCA. Social chairman Mrs. F. N. Ne ville' stated that the affair, honor ing senior veterinary medicine students, their wives and facility members, will take place Friday evening, December 16, at 7:30 o’clock at the Fin Feather Club. A charge of $1.75 per person will be made, she added, and dress will be optional. Mrs. Cliff Harrell, president of the local junior auxiliary to the AVMA, urged members to attend a meeting of that group to be held in the solarium on Wednesday, December 14, at which time dele gates would be named to attend the state auxiliary convention in Jan uary. Mrs. Allen Speaks To Extension Club Mrs. W. S. Allen was the mam speaker of the Agricultural Ex tension Service Club Thursday afternoon in the YMCA, Mrs. J. E. Poore, reporter, said today.! The topic of Mrs Allen’s report was “My Childhood in China.” She discussed the life and manners in the Orient '■ f A business discussion and a soc ial followed the talk. I - H .vi. ■y. \ noon. Lpproximately 120 Robertson and H Most of the men ' ' ' ' ' ' PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER ASM COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1949 1 j • ;.y JMp Stay Q«t Tl *• Number 55 Fire-Ousted OU Students Move to Women’s Dorms ! ' ' T Norman, Okla., (AP)—Some 300 University of Oklahoma men students, whose dorm tory-home was destroyed by the fire early today, moved into two women’s dormitories on the campus Saturday after girls who had been living in the brick dormitor- iester Halls, were moved earlier into the Univer sity’s new dormitory project for women just south of the campus. who came through the blaze this morning were ready to smile over their narrow escape—but they made no bones about being glad their new campus home is brick. The dorm! destroyed this morning was a frame building formerly used as a Navy barracks dur ing the war. i i Most of the students had little to move into their rooms at Robert- ii Simmons, sophomore journalism student from i hi son and Hester Halls Typical was Jos Boston, Mass. He had only the clothes ihe wore—fresh stiff khaki pants and shirt and GI shoes like, those issued! to many of the students following the fire. “Yeah,” Joe gr closed.” nned, “I .i- 1 ’ button my shirt and my suitcase is i rl Fourth Army Team ait A&M For Annual Cor .! I Eight officers, headed by Col onel Paul B. Malone, staff offi cer of the Texas Military District, began a two day informal inspec tion this morning of the Military Science Department and to coor dinating facilities on the campus. Col. Malone is accompanied on the inspection by Lt. Col. Ray L. Inzer and Lt. Col. Walter J. Brown of the Texas Military District and four officers from Fourth Army Headquarters. After their arrival 1 Wk. y 1$ • ’ ip This blaze-faced bay with the free wheeling back wheels was a little too much for Bill Thomas, who lost his seat and entrance fee in the bare TT. back bronc riding event of the weekend Inter collegiate rodeo. Room for Rent Corps Editor Blown to Bits; Police Suspect Battricide BY DAVID HAINES |; ;! 0 Clark C. Munroe, infamous co editor of The Battalipn, was found scattered about the walls and ceil ing of his swank apartment in Utay Arms last night after a bomb, apparently planted in his typewriter, exploded. The Campus Security! Office is <*onducting an investigation. Ocicupants of the adjoining rooms all stated that they did hear an “unusually loud noise’i last night about 11:30 but thought that it was only the upper floors of the hall caving in. Herman Dieterich, Corps opera tions officer and one of Munroe’s lesser enemies, found the body last night about 12:30 Dieterich said, “I: had gone to the water fountaini to get a drink and stopped by C. C.’a room to heckle him and complain about yesterday's edi torial. I hadn’t read it, of course, but I ji»t wanted to be controver sial. I opened the door and ...” Dieterich faltered at tihs point, but then he continued. “And; there he was—everywhere you looked, there was C. C. “Over in one corner of the room were hia hands, still clutching some typewriter keys. His shoes, still tied, were under the desk. “There were several broken bot tles of: Hadacol lying on, the floor. There was also a charred piece of paper addressed to ‘Had- acolics Annonymous.’ The room was in shambles, i “I guess Munroe just went to Pistol Team Slates Election Dec. 7 A&M Pistol Team will meet at the pistol range Wednesday night at 7:30 for the purpose of electing officers 1 for the coming year, ac cording to Col. Frank R. Swoger, senior ordnance instructor in the Military Science Department and team coach. - Aggie pistolmen defeated the Trinidad State Junior College, Trinidad, Colorado, 1322 to 1265, in a match fired Dio week ending November 12, Col. Swoger said. This is the second victory for the team which has 40 or 45 matches scheduled for the coming year, Col. Swqger added. we pieces when the bomb went off, called in some friends and scraped him down.” Officials of the Campus Secur ity said that office would conduct an investigation some time next month. Many persons were shocked over Munroe’s untimely demise. Said Rolang Bing, manager of Student Publications, “We’ll miss him.” !‘ Bill Billingsley, co-editor, said, "He wasn’t much, but he was some thing alive around the office." Sid Wise, Battalion advertis ing manager, said, “It couldn’t have happened to a better man.” High administration officials stated, “The culprit who perpetra ted this crime shall be punished severely- for this bit of miscon- Methodists Hold Christmas Bazaar A&M’s Methodist Church will hold its Christmas Bazaar today, beginning at 5 p. m. The bazaar is sponsored by the Women’s Society of Christian Service. A feature of the bazaar will be a collection of hand-made jewelry at the handicraft booth. Mrs. Chris Groheman, whose hobby is jewelry making, will have on display such items as a jade pendant in a gold frame, a pair of tiger eye cameo earrings, a pair of earrings made of anthracite coal, a man’s tiger eye ring and an unusual woman’s broach set in sterling. Supper will be served at 6 Tues day evening. Church Schedules Week of Prayer Five days of prayer are sched uled this week by the First Baptist Church of College Station. Begin ning yesterday, the program marks observance of the Lottie Moon Week of Prayer. General theme of the program is “Unto Us Is Given—Give Ye.” Meetings are scheduled each evening from 7:16 to 8:15, except for Friday, the last day'of the program. On Friday, services will be held at 10 a. m., 12 noon, and 1 p. m. duct. We shall see that he gets nothing less than conduct proba tion. "We usually dislike taking dras tic measures such as this, but even more so in this case. If these acts of violence go unpunished, more and more criminal actions may occur. "Not only was the assassin breaking the law when he dis patched Munroe, but in doing this he was also not making the best use of his leisure hours for study purposes. This is a definite violation of our policy.” A. M. Obea, biology professor, hud this to say about Munroe. “An thropology may have suffered a severe reversal. Munroe’s actions and writings of late have led me to believe that he was ‘the Missing Link.’ ”. Herman Dieterich was worried about how he was going to devise a new formation for the Corps Staff. Said Deiterich, “Munroe was never in step, but he did take up space.” A very close friend of Munroe in the Fiscal Office was obvious ly shaken by the incident. He said, “We will miss Munroe’s monthly installments. He was always so prompt.” It is known that Munroe had re cently received several notes threatening his life, but he never thought anything would come of it. A full story is expected some time next month after an examin ation by the Campus Security. Editor’s Note—Just as this story went to press, Co.Editor Munroe purported that he was still alive. His claim came in the form of a telegram from Snook, Texas, where he claims to have gone into a two-day exile to pre pare for a major quiz. He says that 'the only light he could shed on the matter was the fact thht he had loaned his room and typewriter to a student looking for a place in which to write a letter to the editor.) Chenault Speaks At Finance Meet W. L. Chenault, will address a meeting of the Marketing and Fi nance Club tonight at 7:30. His topic will be “The 1950 PMA Pro- griujn.” ! i ^ : on the campus, the party was joined by Capt. Albert W. Stock- well, Organized Reserve Corps, in structor for the Bryan area. From 9 to 12 this morping the team inspected military science class rooms. This afternoon, the team separated into two groups, one going to the Annex and one remaining on the campus. The An- enx group observed military sci ence class rooms, the freshman drill team in! action, and a retreat formation parade. In the meantime, the campus group inspected administrative functioning of the 4306th Detach ment, ASU, which includes all of ficers and enlisted men on duty in Inspec litary Science Department, arrow morning at 9, the team onduct an. informal inspec- all dorms, except those Air Force units. Air Force the Foi the To: will tion housi . . dorms will be inspected by offi cials of the Military Science^ De partment. Dorm inspections \ will not be standby. ; ; ] Clais room visits and inspection of the M. S. Department Headquar ters in Ross Hall will be Con ducted at 10 a. m. Follpwing noon formation, the inFpecting’team will eat in Duncan Hall. From one to three that afternoon the Military Property Custodian and irotor pool will be inspqc Annual Hort Sho Plans Announce ■ : 1 ■ -in Final preimratlon* are now bring iuIc for the annual Horticulture ' i mmlc Show to ho livid Dec. 12 and 13. The Ktudent-opvratvd show will! be held In the east wing of Hblsaj Hall, announced F. K. Brlson, head of the Horticulture Department; The exhibits are sponsored by tht4 Horticulture Club. , Five special exhibits indicating work being done In various fields of horticulture will be displayed and directed by student groups, Brison said. A. H. Krezdom, de- Pre-Laws Plan! UT Inspection An inspection trip to the University of Texas Law School will be conducted Sat urday, December 10, by the Pre-Law Society, Dave Krea- ger, president, has announced.. Kreager explained that all per sons who desire to make the trip should be present at a society meeting tonight. He added that both members and non-members of the organization are invited to make the trip, but that anyone planning to go should be in the Cabinet Room of the YMCA at 7:15 for this meeting. The plans for the tripj Kreager said, call for the visitore to ob serve classes from 8 until 11 Sat urday morning and to discuss pro blems relating to law school at+ tendance with student leaders and administrative officials from 11 un til noon. Saturday night an informal dance is planned by the Pre-Law group, he said. The society head added that except where a student finds it impossible to make ar rangements for housing for the weekend, the organization will not handle individual housing arrange ments. Turf Inquiry Fund Donated More Cash Additional contributions toward the Turf Research Fund sponsor ed by the Texas Turf Associa tion, have been received by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of the station announces. R. C. fotts of the Department of Agronomy is in charge of the Turf Research Fund. The additional contributions tot aling $325, have been received from the following: Graham Ross and the Realty Development Cor poration, Dallas; Guy Henry, En nis; Forest Park Cemetery, Inc. and K. F. 'Nun Sales, Houston; Roaelawn Cemetery Inc., Ceme tery Archdiosece and Mission Bur ial Park, San Antonio; Bronze In corporated, Chicago; Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene; Cedar- lawn Memorial Park, Inc., Denison; Waco Memorial Park, Waco. $2,000 Aid Grant Donated College The Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station has been granted a grant-in-aid of $2,000. The fund will be used by the Department of Biochemistry in “support of the project by ‘Biochemistry reactions leading to the synthesis of amino acids’,” Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of the TAES, announces. The renewel of the grant-in-aid is by the Nutrition Foundation of New York. It is for the years 1950 and 1951 at the annual rate of $2,000. Dr. C. M. Lyman is head of the Biochemistry and Nutrition De partment. |iartm|vht Inutrucior, U to hci an Nupvi-yivur for the show. I First Exhibit The] first exhibit will be an vilu« cntloojh) display showing methods used [in the processing of Vege tables and the now uses of freezer compartments. This exhibit vtill be directed by James K. Veftable, horticulture major from Briscoe, who |dll act as student chairman. Another educational display], that of deciduous fruits and nuts; will be put on exhibit by a group head ed by Edward Courtade, horticul ture major, from Waco. The display will attempt to show to the public evidence of deciduoun fruit development in this region. This class of fruits is that of trees which shed their leaves in the wipter, In addition to the regular dis play of decidious fruits, a large quantity of Texas grown nuts and pecanlj; will be offered for sale to the public. | .[ i ■ j. Three tons of citrus fruits;from the Rio Grande Valley comprise the exhibit of sub-tropical fruits. Undefi the direction of student chait will grade ser i4 from McAllen. tan Bill Hauser, the group (xplain factors effecting the of several varieties. ;Hau- Students Process Fruits; All the fruit in this exhibit was picked, processed, and packpd in cratetj by the horticulture students. Similar to the sub-tropical: fruit display will be the presentation of Rio Grande Valley vegetables showing numerous factors deter mining the qualities of vegetables and their grading. The student- chairpian in charge will be RUmalo Correja from Raymondville. > } The last exhibition in the field of horticulture will be an educational display concerning plant propaga tion. Methods of grafting, seeding, and other means of plant reproduc tion will he explained by ,Od«l! Chapman, student-chairman af the A separate presentation is of preserved specimens of plant 41* seusek will be shown. : ^ ; "Bring an all student show", commented Krezdorn, “its general purpose will be to teach those stu- . . dentaj to examples”. Student* will June be stationed about the building During the to apewer questions that; may arise!!from observation. Grounds, facilities and equipment will be observed. The Artillery { Regiment and White Band will j participate in a regimental parade at 4 p. m. which officers of: the team will at tend. Other 'members of the team will observe outfit drill. Purpose Inspections Purpose of the inspection, an an nual event, is to bring to the at tention of the PMS&T’s the, defi ciencies as found in the corps ih order that they may be corrected and a more efficient unit result, according to Lt. Col. John H. Kel ley, executive officer of the Mil itary Department.' According to Col, Kelley, Air Force Units will not receive a sim ilar inspection this year. Col. Malone,