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City Of ^College Station Official Newspaper Volume 49 mm il w ws i^p ^PllKf f ^wmmm • 'f S& ■ % ^vy’gaSW^WMi w. *tI 11^;. ffi R » ',:t ; ilfit s I * *; r’ , / Willie, the metal robot, waa forced to retire to the sheet metal shop for repair of a bursted seam soon after this picture was take e JTa jr TTTh % yn \ "W A i*g ^ on 80Un< l recommendations. The K UK Keady A tier mss ’ %/ af natural resources for expanded Touch-Up Tonight ROGER COSLETT Final dress rehearsal of the Ag gie Player’s “R. U. R.” production^ i on the Gulon Hall stage this even ing will still find “Willie” pro claiming the superiority of metal robots. -- Willie, the robot who has been seen roaming the campus the past few weeks, has announced far ' . »nd wide that the human type ro- 1, bots that are to appear in the “R. U. R.” sketch will never be o as popular as the metal type. He may, or may not have a basis for his claim. After all he, as a * metal robtft, isn’t bothered by troubles that make the human heart heavy, or problems that weigh up on the human brain. "T c , But then again, he can not ex perience feelings as ido human ro bots. And a human robot needs not fear that his joints will rust if he is <paught out lln the rain. Which is more superior, “Wil lie or the “R. U. R.” type ro bot, is a question that can only be answered if you see the play this Thursday or Friday evening at 8 p. m. on the Guion Hail stage. “R. U. R.” is George Dillavou’#\ ( , ninth production since he took r over the director's reigns along with his teaching duties back in 1946. This past summer Dillavou teamed with Bill Turner, the Singing Cadet director, to present ' ‘ “The Chocolate Soldier’’ in the •newly erected band shell. Karl “Bucko” Wyler will share starring honors with Jeanne Ost- . 'her. Wyler will play the part of Doman;' Miss Ostner will appear - as Helena Glory. - . Supporting this capable duo will be George Williams as Alquist; Chuck Benshelter as Dr. Gall; Ver non Berry as Fabry; Gordon Milne as Hollemeir; Elmore Tom as Busman, and Countess Jones as NSna. ^ Robots are played by Cay Sul livan, Martin Schrank, David No AEG Head Until January The White House said yes terday that President Truman will delay appointing a suc cessor to David E. Lilienthal until after congress, recon venes in January. Lilienthal Has promisfed to stay on the job, briefly as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission if any “pending work requires it” after his resignation becomes ef fective at tHe end of year. The name of A&M-System chan cellor Gibb GHchrist had been men tioned among the list of possible successors after a Dallasite, Har ry Hines> had urged President Truman by fetter Saturday to ap point Gilchrist to the post. In the letter, Hines described Gilchrist as the “one man who can straighten out your (Truman’s) atomic troubles, Pnd coipe very near to keeping them that way”. Gilchrist, however told a Battal ion reporter Monday, that “I don’t know a thing about it. Further more I like it here (at A$M)”. . The chancellor continued that he didn’t know what prompted Hines to; write the letter and that he hadmt been in conjtact with him for the past ten ye irs. Leavitt, Ray Hengst, John Lau- fenberg, Wanda Naylor, and Lin- deli James. . Laufenberg is the robot lead er, Radius, Miss Naylor and James play Helena and Primus, the first robots to discover real life values. Many f in the cast are veterans of sevqtal plays with the Aggie Players.” A few are getting their first taste of the footlights, but all are hard working performers, Dillavou said. The scene of Karel Capeck’s “R. U. R.” is a far away island sometime in the future, ’yhe plot, covering a period of eleven years, deals with the manufacture of Rosum’s Universal Robots and an attempt to make robots more hu man. In the process of being hu manized, the robots revolt against the human race and threaten to destroy it. Playing time is about t\Vp hours, and will involve for the first time in the Aggie Player’s history, the use of more than one set For the three acts and the epilogue of the play, thd players (See R. U. R., Page 4) COLLEGE STATION ( Patterson Ofl j | I [, ; | T ' . ' 1 To Nicaragua Itor UN Work R. E. Patterson, assist int rector of the Texas Ajjri- iltural Experiment Station, left here Monday for Nics ra- a where for the next i wo nths he will be livestock atvis- r to the United Nations food and priculture organization mil sion udying the agriculture of that untry. Two other members of the mis- on arrived in College Station nday for conferences with Dr. tterson and members of the A&M System’s agronomy and ani mal husbandryjstaffs. These were Dr. H* C Trumble, head of the mission, on loan from the Univer sity of Adelaide, Australia, and R. D. Carver, on loan from the U. S. Forest Service. H. Recart, FAO forest and forest products division, who will be secretary and interpre ter, will join the mission at Mana gua, Nicaragua. Objectives of the mission are fairly general, but there are some of particular importance, Dr. Trumble said. The mission will learn the Nicaraguan agricultural economy with a view of recom mending steps that will improve the efficiency of production. Nicara gua is at a stage where she badly needs technical assistance based ER 7, 1949 ; l | MpStwpOstTI 1 lit LL Number Juniors Set February 10 as Glass Prom Date , IT'. { I I . , , ■ . , - The Junior Class approved Feb- , men and members of various com- ruary 10 as the date this | mittees in charge of the arrange- year’s Junior Prom and Banquet ments for the dance-banquet; Discussion arose on contracting a last night in a class meeting held | Discussic in the Chemistry lecture room. j name-band or signing the Ajggie- Wilman “Pusher” Barnes, presi- land orchestra for the prom. It was dent of the class, named the chair-1 decided that the Orchestra coriuhit- No Holiday Change Decision Stands No sir, 1 haven’t been home yet I’m from Texas A&M. There has been no reconsidera tion of the Academic Council’s re fusal to extend the Christmas holi days and the holiday period stands at the Dec. 22 to Jan ’^rpateji originally listed in the semester calendar, Dean M. T. Harrington said yesterday afternoon at 5. After hearing considerable spec ulation across the campus as to the likelihood of the Academical Coun cil’s increasing the number of hol- livestock production. Experienced Carver, director of national sur vey of forest resources of the U. S. Forest Service, has had exper ience in Panama. Dr. Trumble is dean of the faculty of agricultural science and head of the depart ment of agronomy, Waite Agricul tural Institute of the University of Adelaide, Australia. These two will integrate the problems of for age production, including the main tenance of quality • and provision for conservation and supplemen tary feeding. Dr, Patterson, a former profes sor of animal husbandry at A&M, will specialize in problems of ani- mal‘health, breed improvement, control of animal diseases and parasites and the processing of live stock products. Conferences will be held enroute at Chapihgo, Mexico and Guate mala City to learn of the work car ried on by the Rockefeller Founda tion on in-service training within a Latin American country and tech nical problems already studied in a country adjacent to Nicaragua. The mission expects to visit oth- (sr Central American countries, probably splitting up to cover the most ground possible, Dr. Trumble laid, j Texas Mining Engineers Meet Here For Two Day Convention The annual joint meeting of the Texas Sections of the American Institute of Mining and Metallur gical Engineers will be held here tomorrow and Friday. Speakers have been named and committees appointed, Harold Vance, head of the Petroleum En gineering Department, which is sponsoring the conference, said this morning. Registration is scheduled tomor row morning in the YMCA lobby from 8 to 12. More than 100 oil men from Texas and Oklahoma are expected to attend. A&M students have also been invited, Vance said. First Session First session of the meeting wi be held at 10 a. .m, Thursday, with Vance and Warren Jackson of Lane-Wells Co., Dallas, as pre siding officers. Other men who will preside over various sessions of the meet are H. H. Power, chairman of the Petroleum Engineering De partment, University of Texas; Jack Sheperd, Humble Oil Refin ing Co., Tyler; A. B. Stevens, A&M; Owen F. Thornton, Texas Com pany, Houston; C. H. Francher, University of Texas; and R. J. Bethancourt, Sun Oil Company, Freer. Speakers scheduled for the ses sions include H. T. Kenedy, A&M; Thomas S. West, and A. A. Buch anan, Blanco Oil' Co., San An tonio; E. H. Lancaster Jr., Magnet Cove Barium Corp., Houston; R. L. Whiting, A&M; and R. H. Mc- Lemore, Welex Jet Services, Fort Worth. Other Speakers Other speakers are R. E. Bush, Lane-Wells Co., Odessa; B. R. Weaver, Tide Water Associated Oil Co., Midland; Robert Todd, Core Laboratories Inc., Dallas; Bruce Barkis, M. and W. Inc., Houston; George Howard and C. R. East, Stanolind Oil and Gas Cjom- pany, Tulsa; and W. D. Owsley, iltfTIaliburton Oil Well Cementing Co., Duncan, Okla. Chairmen and members of the prdgram, entertainment and ar rangements committee were also announced by Vance. Engineering Department. Committee members are E. L. Petree, Gulf Oil Com pany, Houston; W. E. Stiles, Core Laboratories Inc., Dallas; W, N. Little, Tidewater Associated j Oil Co., Midland; Roland K. Thies, Shlumbcrger Well Surveying Co., Kilgore; and John Cruchfield, consulting engineer, Corpus Clyisti. Entertainment Chairman H. B. Smith will be chairman of With Men Galore and An Order for Mo re Subsidized Ag ’50 Team Wins CHUCK CABANISS Battalion Co-Sports Editor A powerful Aggieland ’50 foot ball team struck swiftly in the early minutes of the 1949 Press Bowl contest Friday to take a 7-0 lead and then fought off the desperate attak of The Battalion squad to win the Kyle Field (Annex) clash by that seven point margin. The Batt-men won the toss and chose to receive the kickoff. “Bul let Bob” Price, burly 125-pound blocking back, took a handoff from Batt guard Jerry “Botchey” Zub- er on the kick but was stopped or) his own 25 by end Chuck “Leon” Cabaniss of the Aggielanders. “Leon” again shqwed undaunted courage by casting his 190-pounds in the path of the powerful Price and snagging “Bullet Bob’s” flag two yards behind the line of scrim mage. On second down quarterback "Ragin’ Rog” Coslett attempted an aerial to “Dazzlin’ Dave", the oth er half of the famous Coslett broth er combination from Miles, but the Aggieland defense broke up the play. - I I - ' Double Reverse Fails Third down found the frustrated Batt-men engineering a double re verse with “Ragin’ Rog" giving the pigskin to Price, who in turn Handed off to wingback “Dazzlin’ Dave”. A possible gain on thh. in tricately performed play waa for- stalled when the churning runne ■t hi* footing on the 28. handballs Barney “Second The Battalion fourth down punt Welch, head greenskeepe tempt failed when the anap- “Digger” White, and “I _jck from center Henry “Kl” La- diatinguith cour touched the ground on the 20 and under intramural flhg football rulea, the ball went to the Aggie landers at that spot. W. E. “Bruiser” Jones of the icked u; potent Aggieland team picked up to gain at end, and his ] two yards over the middle before second down- waa incompl > Lacour, rampaging Batt line-Jthe rugged yearbook conbo wan backer, snared his flag. Jones car ried again on second down, bulling, twisting his way to the one before fullback Weldon “Juanie” Aldridge wrested “Bruiser’s” flag free to halt his progress. i • ' j ‘BTuiser’ Jones Scores Jones thrust himself o^er the middle for the third time on the next dowq and scored standing up. Quarterback “Accurate Al" Dennis planted h‘ 3 trained toe in the spheroid and sent it straight be tween the uprights to raise the Ag gieland point total to sevm. The remainder of the first half saw the air filled with passes as “Ragin’ Rog” and “Accurate Al” attempted a total of eight more tosses before the intermission. Only two were completed, one by Cos lett to Price, for no gain and the •other by Dennis to “Jam-ip Jim” Woodall, spirited Aggieland tack le! yos» everybody gets in the act in this game!), for two j ards t6 the Batt 28. “Ragin’ Rog” turned in the only other offensive maneuver! of the first half when he faked a handoff, spun,, and went up the middle for 11 yards to the Batt 39. . j Halftime Presents ti >n Distinguished visitors w »o view ed the classic from the sidelines were introduced to the crowd at the intermission. Dignitaries in- eluded head yell , leader Roland “Rah-Rah” Bing, junior yell lead er Sid “Sic ’em” Wiae, lathletic* director-in-charge-of - discharged- «c^ n n,i Bounce” r C. G>. Digger’s” son, ; r fullback Lex “Lum- rett took the se< ond half kickpffi booted by Frank “Per” Simmen, Batt guard, and returned the kick to the 60. Dentjis failed pass on te after penalized five yards for too much time in the huddle. Following a second incomplete toss by “Accurate Al", Jones punt ed to the Batt safety, Charles “Killer” Kirkham, who promptly fell on the 28. S- Battalion Threatens The Battalion “beaucoup pla toon” system under the direction of playing coach Bill “Barlow Bones” Billingsley began, to pay off at this point. "Ragin’ Rog” Coslett lofted a short pass to broth er Dave for no gain, but the over eager Batt-men drew a 15-yard penalty for illegal use of hands. “Dazzlin’ Dave” tried the tough Aggieland line, but was stacked up for no gain by tackles “Big Shot” Cannon and “Ruff-Stuff” Hall. R. Coslett again went to the air lanes, despite the hard rushing of ends Mike “The Mighty” Lindner and Dave “Lobo” Wolf, completing a pass to Sim men on the 25. Another Coslett toss was taken by Aldridge on the 43 for a first down, but “Ragin’ Rog” lost three on the ground as linebacker-cen ter Ted “Terrific" Whitlow piled up the interference and tackle Henry “Hulk” O’Neil and end Bob "Battler" Gregg crashed through to stop the runner.! Batt Attack Stalls I* Coslett let fly another areial but Bubba “Block-House” Scrim- geour, Aggieland defensive stand out who was hampered by an an kle injury, batted the ball off the field. Referee Lew Jobe stepped of five Varda against the Batt-men for delaying the gaime to further handicap the papemen. John “Tuffle” Trpley took the ball from center, lateraled to “Ragin’ Rog”, who attempted a long pass that fo 1 incomplete. Still another Coslett bullet ball was knocked away from the intend ed receiver on the Battalion’s fburth down effort. An Aggieland five-yard penalty for delaying the game set the pic ture-pasters back to the Patt 40 as they took over the ball. Jones hit center on first down, but Speck “Swordsman” Fails, Batt end, knifed in to stop him for no gain. A long Dennis pass was ruled complete at the 15 by umpire Bob Smith when Batt halftmck Frank “Climber” Manitzas inter fered with the intended receiver. Darkness Interferes Jones bucked up the middle again, but defensive end Lewis “Dry Bones” Burton and mauling back "Geno” Goltob spared his flag to hold him to no giin. The other Batt terminal star, Dean “Ripper” Reed, charged in to stop Jones for a four-yard loss on the next down. Two unsuccessful runs by “Bat tler” Gregg failed to gain and the ball went over to the desperate Batt-men. Quarterback Coslett tried his special sneak play oyer center but the Aggieland defense was ready and he gained only three yards. With only one play left, “Ragin’ Rog” attempted a long pass as a covey of receivers sped downfield undet the protecting cover of semi- darkness—L. O. “Choo Choo” Tiedt, “Dazzlin, Dave*” and “Killer” were all under the descending spheroid, but hard-charging de fensive safety Scrinigeour crunch ed his way into their midst and the ball fell awey-r-incomplete. As the two teams gathered at opposite ends of the field to rent the air with a few yells for their opponents, score keeper Clayton “Calculatin”’ Selph announced the final score, 7-0, and the frenzied crowd—unseen by anyone except your wild-eyed reporter— rushed onto the field and carried off the players to cries of Gig 'em, Publi cations!” the entertainment committee, bers include Bob Fibson, flames Mathis, J. H. Coronado, A. R- Gib son, John Monaghan ahcl Walt Zimmerman. All these men are senior petroleum engineering ma jors. ; J. A. Laird will head the ar rangements committee. Members, all senior petroleum majors, in clude Joe Kemp, Charles Morgen- thaler, Homer Osborne, Earle Mc Mahan, Percy O’Quinn and John Sheldon. M kA. Caudill Article Introduces New School Designs Considerable material of W. W/Caudill, research engineer of the Texas Engineering Ex- periment Station, appeared in ^ ..... the October 1949 issue of the give students one more day to make idays, The Battalion phoned -Har rington to determine if the .exe cutive committee of the Academic Council had changed its decision in any wayi Expressing mild surprise j that there was any doubt as tor the Council’s decision, Harrington;reit-' erated their, statement of last Friday when the council said the old schedule still stood because of the interruption of nqrm^l school routine which any changes would cause. « “The executive committee of the Academic Council” Harrington said, “at its session Friday after noon, Dec. 2, after very careful consideration of' the requests as presented by the committee from the Student Senate, felt that there is no possible way in which the school calendar foj- this Academic year of 1949-50 can be altered at this date in order to satisfy the requirement of 18 weeks per se mester of school.’* Harrington’s reference was to the 18 weeks of school recommended by the Southern Regional Crediting Association and the Texas Associa tion of Colleges fpr their accredited colleges. Denial Friday The Academic Council executive committee’s formal denial of a holiday extension was given: last Friday to a committee of the; Stu- dent Senate. The committeei had requested an extension to Doc. 17 for the beginning of Christmas holidays, and later to Dec. 20 al ter the first request was refused. In their original statementj the Council had indicated their -will-, ingness to consider any plan by the Senate committee which \fould meet the 18 week requirement. There had been some discussion among Senate members in favor of shifting a day from the end of the holiday period to the first, mak ing the holidays extend from-Dec. 1, This woulti Architectural Forum. The entire issue of the mftgazine was centered on schools with the them^ that "Children—hol anks, planes or bombs—were the great est output of the United States during World War II. These war babies, seven million of them, be gan hitting the first grade last year. j Caudill’s article introduced the section of the magazine demoted to the five basic requirements; of ob taining an up-to-date school. Of these requirements, he covered the subject of long-range planning covering education, architecture, and finance. The article stressed that surveys must be conducted for effective long-range programming. Long-term plans would include three programs determined by sur veys: educational (what is to be taught?^—kinds of teaching that best serve the community, the com munity’s educational philosophy, and needed curricular changes: ar chitecture (what sort of school plant?)—number of children to be served, facilities needed, site loca tion of new schools, and extent of old buildings utilization; finance (what sources?)—limits of assess ed valuation, bonds that can be voted, and availability of state or federal aid. The article described how the surveys coula be conducted to ob tain the necessary statistics upon which to base the programming of the school plan. « j In the review section of the same issue of the magazine Cau dill's early research with schools was quoted In a discussion of the book “Schools” by Lawrence Per kins and Walter Cocking . The re view commended Caudill’s high es timate of 35 feet per student of work area needed for effective teaching. Money Grant Given By Potash Concern A grant of $1,500 has been made to the Agricultural Experiment Station by the American Potaah Institute, Atlanta, Gm. The funds will be made avail- able to a research assistant in the Agronomy Department. The re search assistant will assist In the conducting of fertiliser Investiga tions along with his graduate study prdgraih. The institute increased! the amount: of the fund from $1,320. The grant has been made annually. the trip home and do their Christj- mas shopping but would necessitate their returning to school a day earlier! f There had been no formal ;8en- ate action on this shifting proposal by press time, however. f; > Tessies Available For ‘Heart’ Club’s Party; Members of the Heart OV Texas Club wanting “Tessie” dates for tlje club party December 30 are asked to attend a meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in room 305 of the Academic Building, Dick Enghahl, club president announced today. Engdahl said the party, tb be held in Brownwobd, will be spon sored in conjunction with the TSCW Heart O’ Texas Club. Names and addresses of the;girls will be available; at the Thursday meeting. r i ; j . j .tee should investigate the matt* r N and present a report of costs and advantages pf various availab:< orchestras toi the class at its ne^t meeting. Cost Discussed The arguments, pro and coil centered around the cost of ti e dance and, banquet and whether the class wanted to have an ex ceptional Junior Prom or try x - make a little money this year and have a big name Orchestra for .tpe Senior Ring dance next year. The decorations committee cojn- sists of J. D. Hinton and Fra ik. Neill, co-chairmab, with Bill Bcd- decker, Bob Jack and Jack Stars- bury as.committee members. Bill Cornish and Henry Phillips will head the program Committee aided by Rob Haynie, Tom Fluk n- ger and Charlie Easley. Committee Named The orchestra committee w ill be headed by Mel Moncrief w th the assistance of Jack Jones, and Don Nowling. , The menu committee, co-chair- maned by Ken Schaake and C irl Meyers, will consist of Curt Wirtz, Tom Ball and Gail Brundrett. Tickets to the dance will be ha id led by Difk Graves, chairman, i nd Rip Stultz, Milton Patterson, Ra ph Gorman, and Bob Barman. Dare Keelan and David Hai les will head the committee in chatge of programs assisted by Buddy Porter, Dave Robertson, and Cpcil Lewis. , ' Artillery Che Begins Today Yesterday morning 1 he two-day informal inspect on by the Fourth Army inspjec- tion team began, with an i id- ministrative check of the Mil itary Science Department off ces in Ross Hall, a spot check of military science classes, and an inspection of the Mitiary Prop ;rty Custodian. Though the inspection was well underway by noon yesterday, the team had released no official si ate- ment as to the progress of the in spection, Lt. Col. Joe Davis, as sistant commandant, said. In the afternoon, the group in spected barracks, at the Annex and witnessed a parade and fit drill by the freshman. Ground force dormitories inspected at 9 this morning, add at 10, (he team visited Duncan Mess Hall. From 10 until 11 another tioniof the team conducted a sei spot check or Military Science classes, j t At nodn, the inspector8,ob8ejrved the corps march in to its meal. The group then ate its. meal with the corps. In the afternoon, members ojf team witnessed the Artillery ment’s parade at 4. Mason Transportatic Schedule Announced AH Master Masons who plan to go on the Sul Ross Research C lub’s trip tp ! Waco, Thursday, D< cem- ber 8, will meet .at the Y^ICA for transportation, E. R. kittle, president of the chapter, nounced yesterday. Cars win -leave at 12:30 (sharp and should! return about night Thursday, Little conclijd College Station Housetvi Makes Dough from Cookies BY BOB PRICE Yes sir, there’s gold in thenuthar cookies. At least that’s what Mrs. Eddie R. Wagoner of 2303' Churchill Drive thinks. And why shoqldn’t she thinks so? After all, she has just won $200 and a chance to win $50,000 more in Pillsbury Mills nation-wide recipe 'contest. Mrs. Wagoner won the $200 and a trip to New York with her en try of her recipe for “sea foam cookies". She will leave on| her all-expense paid trip Friday to compete with 100 other prize win ners from all oyer the country 1 . The final phase of the contest will be held in the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria bn December 12. The 100 contestants will take part in a grand finale bake-off to de termine the best of the ladies’ respective wares. The baking ^iam- pions will be divided into special- ized groups with each group: ing one certain type of food. The finished product proclaimed the beat by the judges will win for 1U creator the grand prize of $60,000 cash. Prizes of $10,000 and $4,000 will go to the respec tive second and third place: win ners. Winners in each of the dif ferent divlsiona will get $1,000 each. Mri. Eleanor Roosevelt wi 1 pre- ; i-.- j v j j : I ■ sent a total of $150,000 in prizes to the winners of this gipantic baking contest. fa addition to the prizes i he is eligible to wih, Mrs. Wagoner ought to have quite an ex nting time in New York City by just at tending the various function!; that the Pillsbury people have lined up for the contestants. They will attend the Fred W aring television show, sec the Radii City Rockettes at the Radio City Thea ter, be present at a Life maga zine supper party in the Jade • Room of the Waldorf, and see the Arthur Godfrey . Radio Show. When we asked hubby Wagon er, a member of the Tfexas Forestry Service, to describe the cookies, all he would say was* “There’a nothi ing else in the world like them”. He explained that the ontest stated that the reclpbs of thi win- rters became the prbperty it the Pillsbury Mills. He couldn't elabor ate on how they were made but he agreed th*t they cotiidn’t be beat. g Wl Who said cooking Mr*. Wagoner doesn’t agre«j. She vas drud rery? also say* there’s do-re-ml li) that her case It a $200 and $50,000 cookie couldn't comb'un dough, In is right. Making mi in vimi* i^eenis she perh tps a category of drudgery— It’a more like magic.