City Of
College Station
Official Newspaper
Audience, Cadets
Join Singing Carols
BY ROGER COSLETT
The blended voices of the Sing
ing Cadets ushered the Christinas
Spirit onto the campus yesterday
afternoon.
_A&M’s “Ambassadors of Song”,
under the direction of Bill Turner,
pleased a Guton Hall audience of
more than 900 persons with their
annual program of Christmas
music. i
Leonard Perkins, student direc
tor for the ^Cadets, opened the
afternoon performance playing a
medley of. Christmas songs on the
organ. * .
Buddy Boyd, Senior Singing
Cadet from Fort Worth, led the
Harvard Plans
Scholarships
For Business
The second. annual offer
ing of scholarships under the
nation-wide regional scholar
ship program of the Harvard
Oraduate School of Business
Administration has been announc
ed by Dual) Donald K, David.
-Providing |fi0,00() in awards to a
maximum of B5 men entering the
school In September, the regional
scholarship Program is designed to
Insure “that well-qualified stu
dents without sufficient financial
resources will lie able to continue
their education In the graduate
field of business administration,"
KncIi region of the country: la al
lotted Its own scholarships under
thei plan and redlplenta are aataot-
ed bv competition on a regional
hnsls. The five regional scholar*
ah I ns will be given-students from
j Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
- Oklahoma and Texas,
Under the Regional scholarship
program, the actual amount of
the award to each scholarship will
depend directly on Individual fl*
imneial, need. Selection of mart to
—receive the ' scholarship will be
made on a basts of aptitude for
business training without regard
>o financial need. In extreme cases,
(ho scholarship may cover the en
tire cost of a man’s training for
business administration.
Applicants should :writ£ to the
Committee on Scholarships, Har
vard Graduate School of Business
AdminiHtration, Soldiers Field,
Boston, 63, Massachusetts for ap
plication forms, and detailed infor
mation. The deadline for applica
tions Will be April 1, 1950.
Christmas Dinner
Tickets Available
Tickets for the annual Christ
mas dinner for college employees
may bp received at the Aggieland
Inn hTtd at the Bryan Field An
nex, according to W. R. Horsley,
director of the Placement Of
fice. r 1 ■ •
The dinner will be held Wednes
day, December 21, at"7:15 p. m. in
Sbisa Hall.
Twenty-three employees who
have ;bcen with the college for
25 yours will be honor guests at
the dinner, Horsley said. New
comers will also be guests of the
college.
Pickets may be obtained until
noon Tuesday, December 20, Hors
ley said.
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audience in singing “O Come All
Ye Faithful” to begin the main
part of the afternoon program.
The remainder of the more than
one hour show was devoted! to both
Singing Cadet numbers and se
lections of Christnas miisic in
which the .audience joined^ in the
singing. In all, 20 numbejrs were
presented. I * i
“A Mighty Fortress Is Our Godf*
was next on the program, followed
by “The First Noel” in the audj-
enice joined with the Cadpts.
Beginning with a Cadet rendi
tion of “God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen” followed by “Hark
the Herald Angels Sing,” the
musical program was broadcast
by WTAW, the collegia radio
station.
Other numbers on the first por
tion of the program included the
"Alleluia Chorus" from Handel’s
“Messiah,” “Jesus Had a! Mother
Like Mine,” “Now Let; Every
Tongue Adore You,” and the per
ennial Singing Cadet favorite,, “Sit
Down Servant.’*
A special treat for the audience
•was their introduction to^the-
'person and voice of Mrs. Gloria
Martin, enhanced the program
by singing the beautiful “Ave
Maria.”
Buddy Bovd was featured by the
Singing Cadets us soloist ip a
special arrangement of f “Jingle
Bells". ;
Howard Hughes, Abilen* sopho
more, sung the lead in the Cadet'
urrangerftent at the popular
"Chrlatmaa Bong" by Me( Torme,
At the request at the audience,
Bill Turner led the Singing Cadets
In their vbralon of “Thi< Battle
Hymn of the Republic". They were
nmunpunled by a duel piano team
of Miss Lavern Hunt, j regular
Cadet accompanist, ami I’erklns.
"Joy to the World" “Hllent
Night” “White Christmas," and
"Jingle Hells” were the remain-
Cagers Split Double
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On Alamo City I Trip
BY GLENN WILLIAMS
San Antonio— Texas A&M’s
off-and-on basketball ; team failed
to gkin a clean sweep .of Jits two-
gam^ stand this weekend in San
Antonio’s beautiful mew Alamo
Stadium gymnasium, but they did
provide some impetus W future
spectator interest on the part of
Alamo City cage fans.
The Cadets played in the most
thrilling and crowd-pleasing game
of both the Friday and Saturday
night doubleheaders which
part of the program launched this
season to bring big-f
A Job well done paid off for this smiling group
of freshmen. They are the winners of the' an
nual slide rule contest and the wood and metal
in their hands testifies to their ability with the
engineers ever-useftil sUpstick. Winners are G.
W. Berner, J. S. Bryant, R. T. Brown, T. L.
Colley, F. A. Cox, W. A. Crabtree, S. M. Dl-
mond, R. E. Galvin, D. D. Howell, C. C. Johnson,
C. D. Lang, A. E. Masslngale, Jr., C. A. Mast,
J. D. Merryman, F. G. Nedbalek, I. R. Newkirk,
J. H. Reeves, E. F. Schwart*, W. T. Simmons', L.
A. Wolfskill.
Auto Industry Hit
Record Peak in ’49
Ing audience participation num
hers. .•»: 1 f
“The Spirit of Aggieladd," with
the verse by the Cadets and the
chorus by the Cadets and the au
dience, closed the Chrlstljinn pro-
Prewit Attends
Group Meetings
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J. D. Prewit, vice director
and state agent of the Exten
sion Service, left last week for
Birmingham, Ala., for confer
ences and cornu ittee meet
ings; according to ~{. G; Gibson,
extejnsion director.
Prewit will attend a conference
on insect control and a commit
tee meeting on the Seiren-Step Cot
ton Program. This, according to
Gibson, is the three-man! commit
tee appointed to study and make
recommendations for a 1950 gen
eral educational program in con
nection with the cotton program.
Chairman of Hie Texas Cotton
Production Committee, Prewit is
in charge of the entire Texas pro
gram, Gibson said.
Prewit will returp td College
Station on December j-24, Gibson
said.
’49 Grad Attending
Harvard University
James W. Knox, Al&M graduate
of 1949, is attending] thg; Harvard
Eusiness School at
iachuHctta, according
van! University Grolduatft School.
Detroit, •Ah' The automotive In
dustry had its best year In 1049
lit production, m'llert und profits,
' Thai Industry's! pravtuus nlltlme
record output jif 6,358,420 cars
and trucks, set in 1020, went by
the board. By Just how much will
not he known until official 1040
figures arc released- In mid-Jan
uary, j but the final total is ex-
piwtetl to be over (1,000,000.
The 1050 outlook is for nearly
as many new cars and trucks as
in 1040, barring juisnefl hpalMM
slump or other unforeseen develop-
mentai.
In fact, many industry experts
are forecasting production of close
to 3,000,000 new passenger cars
alone in the first half of 1950—
or about 100,000 more than in
the first half of 1949.
These expectations are based
on production curtailments in
late 19,49—due to the steel strike
and changeovers (o 1950 models
—and a continued, heavy demand
by the public for new cars.
These same factors j dimmed
prospects for any early substan
tial price cuts, which had been
forecast for the latter] part of
1949 but failed to develojp.
There were some small reduc
tions by major manufacturers, in
cluding Ford and General Motors,
early in 1949, but not on j the scale
that had been predicted. |
General Motors also ‘cut the
prices on its automatic trans
missions by $25 to $40, Jand simi
lar reductions were madje by two
companies using its Jlyjdra-Matic
equipment.
But expected steel brice in
creases to meet the cost of new
pension plans will be reflected
ia the production cost of auto
mobiles, further dimming pros
pects of lower car price;).
The direct effect of
automobile production
fttill is a-matter of co
debate. ,
lisiderable
More than half the Imluatry's
rapacity wani shut down from 10
days to tivo weeks, starting
Thanksgiving day, with the steel
shortage hei|ig given us the rea
son be most manufacturers,
However, the shutdown came
at a time; when many auto mak
ers were clbaiiig out production
of 1049 models and switching
over to lOSi’S. Home In the in
dustry say that If there had been
no steel shortage, model change-
«vara would have beMi aiaen as.
the reason for the shutdowns.
The shutdowns also came at a
time when sales normally drop off,
although thi8 time demand actually
was stimulated—possibly by fears
that deliveribs might be delayed.
Most companies had record net
profits as a’ result of the peak
production and sales. Earnings fer
the first nine months of 1949 com
pared with the like 1948 period, in
cluded: Genejral Motors, $502,414,-
029 compared with $327,115,222
last year; Chrysler, $97-,651,*153
against $59,887,601, and Stude-
baker, $17,242,245 against $13,-
392,72A The famiiy-controllerf
Ford company does not issue in
terim earnings reports.
However, Kaiser-Frazier and
Crosley had production declines.
Kaiser-Frazer’s output dropped
from 181,317 in 1948 to less than
60,000 m 1949. Crosley’s produc
tion was nearly 30,000 in 1948
but less than 10,000 in 1949.
There were relatively few de-
sigp changes in 1949, although’
there were hiore automatic trans
missions an dhigh compression en
gines. Automate transmissions in
the low pri$ field will be a devel
opment of M1950, with Chevrolet
offering a torque converter with
its 1950 models in early January
and Ford planning a torque con
verter transmission for introduc
tion late nejxt summer.
Retailing Movies
Set for Tuesday
A aerita of four films on depart
ment store operation will be shown
Tuesday cvbning for all students
taking retailing, Ralph C. Hook,
retailing professor, said this morn
ing.
The movies will be shown In the
YMCA Chapel beginning at 7:10 p.
m. The hour was set so th|t all
member* of the cadet corps would
hove ample time to enjoy their an
nual Christinas dinner In Duncan
Hall, Hook bald. 1
The four films are "Helping
People to Buy,” "The Store’jyStock
In Trade," "The Store’* Peraonnel,"
and 'The $tore’* Customers.”
"These movies should give all
business students a greater in
sight into department store opera
tion,” Hook. said.
Any student not enrolled in a
regular retailing class but wishing
to see the movies is invited to at
tend, Hook concluded.
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Brush Countrymen
Set Dinner-Dance
Brush Country clubmen will hold
their Yuletide banquet and dance
in Alice on December 27, it was
announced today.
The banquet, starting at 7 p. m.,
will be held at the Palace Grill,
followed at 9 p. m. with a dance
in the VFW Hall. Club members
should purchase tickets from Ben
Bickman, Room 128, Dorm 11, be-
for the holidays.
Boltons to Hold
Jan. 1 Reception
President and Mr*. F. C. Bol-
ton will hold openAifiuse at the
president’* home from 2:30 until
5 p, in, on Sunday, Janua y 1.
All member* of the ro lege
stuff and of other part* of the
A&M System located at the
college are invited to attend.'
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College View
‘Sprucing’ Up
For St. Nick \
The Christmas spirit has come
to College View—especially to the
residents of apartment C-21.
That particular apartment now
has in its front-yard a 16-foot
cedar Christmas tree, completely
bedecked with appropriate colored
lights. At the tree’s base is a sign
reading “Merry Christmas.
The tree, which came from a
farm near Welborn, wu]i bought
jointly by the apartment dwellers,
And it was no eu*y thing getting
it from the farm. Muddy rokd*,
preventing] car travel, caused Oer-
man Stoner and Newton Gunn to
carry the cedar tree on thiolr buck*,
Getting the Ire* came us a' re
sult of idaiis for an all-apartment
Christmas Party held last Satur
day night, 1 < j r
Heat and Ventilation is what this group came to discuss, but the
nearest thing to the subject, when this shot was made, was their
conversation and Fin Feather’s air conditioning unit. Hugh V.
Keepers, assistant manager of the Texas Fire Prevention and
Engineering Bureau, spoke to the ASHVE group, and music was
furnished by a quartet from the Singing Cadets.
giate basketball to this city.
Friday night, Coach Marty Ka-
row’s hoopsfers rolled over Trin
ity University 67-49 after the act
ing host team: had been in the lead
through the majority'of the first
half.
Then Saturday night, the Ag
gies staged * desperate rally in
the final fwo minutes of play
against the strong University of
Arizona quintet, but the: splurge
fell short and A&M lost 56-50.
The University of Texds Long
horns were the fourth team en
gaging in the two-night twin bills.
The Steers upset travel-weary
Arizona 58-50 in the opening tilt
Friday nigati and trompled Tielp-
less Trinity 84-37 in Saturday’s
nightcap. ;? J,
Best Record
San Antonio’s engagements Still
did not prevent the Cadets from
marking up one of the best records
for k single week of play that
they have enjoyed in years, They
had trimmed Abilene Christian Col
lege 66-45 and 73-38 oh Monday
and Tuesday nights ini College
Station to give them a record of
ee wins and one loss for the
'e week
Odly one battle is booked for
th^ Aggie* ;thi« ' week »inc* the
Col Lindbergh
Bemoans Aero
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WgHhinRton, Dec, 10,4-</P)
--Churleu A. Lindberg wild
Saturday night "we muwt not
let aclence hypnoti/r um Into
believing: that almply by Kit
ting In (rent of desks *ml draw
ing bbai'ds: ami Instnqmmts all
day, we arc contributing to the
character of man.”
LindltergH attended a: dinner, of
th« Aero Olub of Washlngten te
receive the .Wright brother* Mem
orial Trophy for high public ser
vice to aviiftlon.
To him, Lindbergh Bald, tlte Kit
ty Hawk plane In which the Wright
Brother* flew oik Dec. .17, 1903, i*
a symbol of pioneering and ‘hu-
jman qualities of life :“Wc have
left behind and which, to be suc
cessful in a deeper sense, we must
retrieve.”
“As we have progressed in the
science of; aviation,” the ‘famed
“Lone Eagle" said in a jirepared
speech, “we have separated our
selves from the balanced quality
of life;
“Personallv. I am convinced that
man cannOt thrivb independently
in the hot-hriuse atmosphere we are
creating. I believe that for per
manent survival, he must balance
science with other qualities of life;
qualities of body and spirit; as well
as t hose of mind—qualities he can
not develop when he lets ipechanics
and luxury insulate him too greatly
from the earth to which he was
bom.” I
Christmas holiday* are abbreviat
ing the schedule. The game will bs
Tuesday night in DeWare Fielfl
House against the North Texag
State Eagles of Denton.
The Yuletide vacation will be a
short one for the A&M cage squai
holvever. Coach Karow has slate i
practice,, sessions for both Friday
and Saturday of | this week and
again next Monday morning.
Follbwing the Monday mornin
session, the Maroon and Whi
bapketballers will journey by bijs
to San Antonio where they
entrain for a .western ro
Included in ithe jaunt iw an oppo v
tunity for revenge against Ariz
ona at Tucson, DSc. 27 and a twn-
night series in San Francisco's
famed Cow Palace against ch? Um-
vetsity of California and Stanford
Dec. 29 and Sfl.
Davit, McDowell Star
. Towering Walter “Buddy” Dav s
and his small-fry! teammate,'Jew
ell McDowell, were the individual
A&M stars in the San , Anton o
clashes.
Davis, with hls| fl’ 8? frame rill
ing far above the speedy Trinity
players, poured ip 31 points du*-
injg Friday's victory to pace' tie
Aggies. The young Sohjiomore cen
ter sank 12 field goals, thre>-
fourths of which; came on tip-lus
after missed attempts either froln
the floor or the free throw llnje,
and seven of 12 charity flip*.
McDowell, who dropped in only
two field goals against Trinity,
experienced one or his hottest
shooting nights ill the Wildcat sit-
bick. The (lever Amarillo guard
Imckoted 1(1 tWHlMilnters, four #f
those coming ill final-half n I-
ly, for 20 pointij nml high pohi
Inui’sIn, i ,
One pf the most unusual fen-
tore* of the game was the fact
that McDowell did not receive a
single free throve l|t the cleatiljy-
plityed till. ArlKonn, which hid
seen Jewell sink! nine of K) one-
point tries the night previous, i n-
tlcaubly hud.no Iptentlon* of foil
ing the sharpshooter when he
was maneuvering for shhotlng ftp-
imrtiinllles from the floor,
j '! Blow Htart •
The Aggte* !. itarted sloily
against Tfiolty hut jpoured on in
heat in the last |2() minutes. They
led only once, and th'* 1 n ' ,, y brief
ly, In the first 12 minute* of the
game. Trinity was out in frtat
9-4 with four minutes gone ind
15-10 five minutes later.
A bucket by Davis and hi* *ub-
sequent successful free th ow
knotted the courit at 17-17 eight
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Benefield Elected
Pistol Team Head
A. W. Benefield of Jefferson vas
elected captain of the 1949-60 \g-
gie Pistol Team at a meeting lipid
Wednesday night at the pi itel
range, according to Major Leonard
F. Walker, lienior ASA military
instructor add assistant coach
the team, p
Approach Deadline
For NSLI Benefits
Veterans of World War II, who
may be disqualified for life insur
ance because of disabilities, have
but two week* left ip which to
take advantage of a special pro
vision of the National .Servipe Life
Insurance law* enacted foil their
benefit, Veterans Administration
warned today.
Affected are veteran* with dis
abilities incurred In Hcrviijo be
tween 8, 1940, and Septemper 2,
1945, who have less thah the
$10,000 maximum of N8L1, and
whose disabilities are lead than
total li| degree.
Such disabilities are disregarded
in determining eligibility under the
health requrements for N$I.I if
application Is made before Jun-
uury l, 1950.
Inti! that date, these
■ahled
jew or
aapitlonal Insurance, or reinstate
lapsed policies, up to $10,000 worth
of;total coverage, and receive the
benefit of this special provision,
ImpaiTnents
to] health, including those which
mdy be due to service, m
considered in determining
Lppiication may be madelat any
office. A physical examination
which will be made by VA with-
cost to the veteran, is required.
i*riins may apply
shown to all sales students this
evening in the YMCA, E. R. Bu-
lo|v of the Business Department
id today. T T f-
The series of pictures will be
own beginning at 7:30 p. m.
^Salute to Aggieland’
Combo Song-Date Program
Broadcast Daily by Tesisie
\ BY DAVE COHLETT
Serenaded your Te*ate lately?
Old fashioned you say. Not the
way it's handled these days. You've
got the air-waves at your dispos
al.
Up around the fair efiy of Den
ton, where the Tossies absorb
their higher education, [they :have
radio station WC8T, comparable
In a way to our own WTAW.;And
on WC8T they have a little lady
who makes it her business to see
that you have that chance to “sey
it with music” to thf : Te*»ios.
Zell* Maxwell by name, she
conducts a daily program which
■be call* “Salute to Aggieland.''
Th* object oMh* radio show,
aired from 7:30 to 7:55 p. m.
Monday through KridaiU'j le to
allow Aggies to send In musical
dedication* to their Teasle fsv-
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ZeOa Maxwell aits
paraphanalia at etation WCST ia
caate ’Salute to Aggieland’, the
both And dates and send musical
program
:il sei vleo
wiles
Started last year; the
has taken on an additional
aspect this yeaf. /tella has decid
ed that the show Is ideal for a date
bureau.
AAM students, particularly
those who aren't acquainted with
any of the (t-ala at; our atNteri col
lege, are lUMpg [ Inylted to reined
that sltuatten by. sending /ell
a letter. Hhkj in turn, promlste
supply the miter with u date.
Hither mf^Mral requests or date
MUCMte shdUld be Sent to Tefale.
ix 2775 t TBCW. Dfntoii, Tejtli*.
t.
reqo
Box mn, rot
Date applicants might do we I
enclose"' e pretty accurate
script ion of themselre*.
m A* for Zella^Sherself, ahe> „
T8(.W junior who has lots in
terest in Agglelnnd, The pu'pose
Of her show, says she, le "strict-
Wor the service 0 Texas A4 M."
A Ft. Worth oitiuen, ehe'e]maj
oring in radio speech and lopes
someday to get U master’s degree
in radio and work her way up to
television. " ; \ \
Hers is not the only show ojn the
Tessie station, A part-time/ stu
dent-operated affair, WCST fea
tures other pisc-jjx-keji show*, quiz
shows, Hollywood gossip, review
skits, news,; and general d scus-
rion programs.
The Teasies, incidentally, to
go home this Wednesday, Iso it
might be a littlel '
mignt oe a uiue late to get any
serenading or datefinding dope be
fore Christmas. But that a< dress
might be worth keeping around for
future reference.