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4 . I • ' ; ' r y ' v 7: I T 1 | T 7' The Batta fr: !: City Ot College Station Official Newspaper Volume 49 PUBLISHED /V THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION ( , TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1950 A bramDueTon igh i For Piano Concert On Guiori’s Stti^e nY EMIL BUNJES, JR. Basking in the kind words of the nation’s-music critics, Jacques Abram,, pianist of growing sta- tiire,-will entertain [the Town Hall audience tonight it 8 p. m. in Guion Hall. if ' •* i Abram is to arrive in College Station this afternoon at 5 p. m. and will stay-in the Aggieland Inn over-night. The “rising star” among - the worlds great pianists comes to this area having found unusual success on his extensive tours of the western hemisphere. He has play ed concerts with the New York Philharmonic, the NBC Symphony, CBS Symphony, and the St. Louis, Chicago, and Houston Symphony Orchestras.' J Abram began frodding the road . toward becoming" a concert pianist when he was five years old. He became acquainted with the piano when he visited the home of his gramlmather at Lufkin, Texas. > The. piano- and Abram have been steady companions , ever since. Since the (lay* extension pedals had to be 1 put on the piano to meet his still short legs r Abram has been the recipient of numer- oys awards and fellowshins. At ten, ' he was awarded a scholarship to the Curtis ‘ Institute and three years later received a fellowship fromrthe Julliard Graduate school. In ! 1938 he won first prize of the annual Federation of Music Clubs contest and the Schubert _ Memorial Award. Following these testimonials, Abram made his for s ed to the entire concert only fair -that Butchers* to him play. Hutcherson was so amused by this display of logic he„marched - the boy right on the stage. When the pianist .announced thejre ■Would be a second recital, the disbursed number of pc sumed their seats. Houston papers the next day- had the following headline’: ; “Ernest Hutcherson and Eight- Year-Old Jacques Abram Give Ret cital.” Short Course ! I For Dairymen Here Jan. 16 Dairyman’s Course, sponsored by the Dairy Husbandry D ment, will be held on the A&M Campus on January 16 ! and 17, according to A. L Darnell, general chairman. All sessions of the cnirse will be held in the YMCA Assembly Room. The 'Dairyman’s Short Course is! designed to serve the dairymen! and plant fieldmen who. do notj have the time for 1 more extensive' training in dairying or refresher Short epart- | : W; Ifl : 'll Ifjg : f: Nation’ll ! Collegiate Dally JfAS 1949 Survey r : m—-t— / - , ■ : . . r Number 08 presenting appi eight man team ojf student presidents huddle In the University of Texas student Union Satur day (Dec. 10) during the Executive CouncU meet-. Ing of TI8A. Quarterback Dick Barnebey, prcs- .. • i - ■*-—*■ - - North Texas State, (himself president) called signals for hlcnt of TISA from not a student body Ing, Texas Wesleyan; Jack Worsham, West Texas State; Keith Allsup A&M; C. J. Sterlln, Texas Tech; Karl Lord, Stephen F. Austin; and Ellis Brown, University of Texas. First Of Its Kind . mal debut as soloist with the Phil- ft 1 , this field, Darrell (mid. nrlolnViio OvuVwaafviJ nnrlor . Rcglstl atlOH for the <fT3111*60 Will adelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ofmandy in Philadelphia’s Aca demy of Music and then in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Abram’s brilliant career was 1 in- - terrupted in 1942 with the advent of the war when he. was called into service in the army,-where he served for three and one-half years. One of the most* exciting re- *( citals of the 1^46 season occurred with the return of Abram to Car- ‘ p. negie Hall. The pianist’s initial debut at the age of eight has been called the most unique in the history of American music. Some twenty years ago ip Houston, the distin guished pianist, Ernest Hutcher son, had just finished his con cert. Among the first of the swarm of people that went backstage was young Jacques who said calmly to the artist that since he had listen- Staff School Open For Artillerymen A quota exists for twenty-five Texas Organized Reserve Corps officers to accept a 90-day tour of duty with the Staff and Feculty of 'the Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Colonel Oscar B. f. Abbott, Chief of the Texas Military District, announced recently. The tours are available from now until June 30, 1950. The quota is broken down in the following needs; six Lieutenant Colonels, four Majors and two Captains of the Field Artillery Branch; two Chaplains, Captains; two Military Police, three Adju- J : tant Generals, three Signal Corps and two Judgg. Advocate Generals, all LicufceTfifms or Captains. , , All Organized Reservists desijj- ing to accent a 90-duy tour for this duty should have their applica tion In the Texas Military District Headquarters 36 days in advance ^ V of the desired starting date. Ap- be held in the YMCA lubby from 8:30 a. m. to 2 p. m. cn January 16. There will be a registration fee of $2.50 per person. G. G. Gibson, director of the Extension Ser\upe, will preside at a dinner to be held at ” p. m. in Sbisa Hall, January 16. Guest speaker will be A. B. Jclleyj Coun ty Agricultural Agei it, Dallas -County. . n e ■ i - State and National Officials Praise Batt Safety Edition 7 A Iwrrage of letters—oddly enough complimentary—has flood ed The Battalion offices. They refer to the recently print ed Christmas Safely Section which appeared in tie Dec. 16 is sue, urging attention to safely throughout the holidjay season, es pecially by A&M students. F. C. Bolton, President of the College, says, in a letter to The Battalion, “With ^he appalling The «* event o, .,). prc B t.n, try to impress all (jf us with the necessity not only pf being care- will be an address of welcpme by • G. N. Shepardson, Dean of the School of Agriculture. R. E. Leighton, associate pro fessor of the D. H. Department, will speak on “Our r;sults with wheat germ oil feed ng : as re lated to sterility”, “A balanced ■feeding program for the dairy herd”, and “Our milkirt? methods”. Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of the D. H. Department, will tdlk on “Pre sent status and future] outlook for dairying” and “Possible causes of difficult breeding in dairy cattle.” Other speakers Will be A. M. Meekipa, Dr. R. R. Snrode, Mark Buckingham, W. B.'Aijthoby, R. E. Burleson, A. W. Crain, S. B. voji Rosenberg, Dr. P. W. Burns, Dr. R. E. Redman, and Dr. : jL/Vl Moore. TISA Panel Topic On Senate Agenda Only scheduled agejnda litem for tonight’s student seqate , meeting is the selection of panel topics for the TISA convention to be held at Baylor, April 21 anil 22, Senpte President Keith Alliup said tp- day. T ■ Each school’s studijnt governing body will take part in the topic selection, Alsup adde i. After disposition of the panel topic selection, AI hi p ship,’the remainder of the sc iatc ! s dijseus- sions will eminate fiom the floor. The meeting is to be held at 7:30 in the assemh y roprti of the YMCA. letter to President Bolton, “In my | Safety Engineering to the curri- opinion the editors of The Battaln | culum for engineering students.” ion are to be highly complimented far their alertness in realizing the need, to stress the necessity of caution at this time. I feel sure that their efforts will result in thq saving of many lives and injuries which would hiave resulted had not the importance of safety been stressed in The Battalion.'' McFadden continues in his let ter to say, “I: would like to com-? pliment the cpllege on its progres- siveness in adding a course in In See-Saw O Before Pac es Ags 53-48 BY F. & SIMMEN, JR. I _ [ Failing to get a fair pejrcent- age of their offensive rebounds, the Aggies hung another loss on their already marred record last “night when the SMU Mustangs slipped a 53-48 win over the Far mer cagers before a capacity crowd in De Ware Field? House. | , Leading at the half, by a small margin, the Aggies still hampered by their inability to start fast, lost the four point lead quickly, but ful and not taking I chances some of the time, but ojf the need to realize that a single jdeviation from safe practices may lj>e the one .that results in serious injuries to our selves and to othefjs.” Another comment, this one from the National! Safety Coun cil reads, “The Safety Section of The Battalion is really grand, and please accepjt the sincere congratulations aikd thanks of the National Safety Council for this outstanding contribution to accident prevention.” Homer Garrison, j Jr., Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety says concerning the spec ial edition, “We wish to express to you our appreciation for the cooperation that you have given us in our endeavor t° jnake the streets and highways of! Texas safer.” | ' Texas Highway Department Chairman Fred A.] Wemple writes, “You are to be i commended for the timely warn^f which your Christmas; ! issue |carried and it will unquestionable prove of great benefit through it|! impression up on your student nody.” The AUtomotivje Safety Foun dation in Washington. I). C., complimenting thp Battalion “on a splendid humanitarian pro ject,” says, “So far as our peo ple here know, this is the first section publisher by a college newspaper.” An Aggie Ex, E. C. McFadden, President of the American Society of . Safety Engineers, write)* In « Spike Jones proves to three members of this musical depreciation marching society that re- connalsance pays off. This military looking the rest of Ion Hall on Jan, 1» with their 1950 Stage C. B. (Jotlbey wa» named as “Man of the Year” In College Station for 1949 by the Cham ber of Commerce. God bey was head of the school board of the A&M Consolidated High School during the school’s period of de velopment, - Rayburn Tells Of Budget Cut Washington, Jan. 5 (AP)— Speaker Rayburn said yester day President Truman’s bud get for the fiscal year 1951 will call for a cut of $1,800,- 000,000 from this year’s spending. Rayburn told a news conference Harold P. Jackson, Chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety^ comments, “I congratulate you upon this ex cellent production and your alertness respecting the hazard of traffic accidents particularly among students. Your, issue is being filed with our national headquarters as an. outstanding example of constructive coopera tion in this great humanitarian cause.” In a letted from Dallas, Chair man C. J. Rutland of tjhe Citizens’ Traffic Commission writes, “I am sure it will have great value to its readers. From Hartford, Connecticut, the Aetna Life Affiliated Companies says, in a letter to The Battalion, “We have read with interest the special Christmas section of your college newspaper and wish to com mend you and the student editors for this worthwhile effort toward greater highway safety.” . And from New York, the Asso ciation qf Cacualty and Surety Companfes writes, “We most heart ily applaud you for noteworthy efforts in the Traffic Safety field.” Started this year, the section was edited by Dave Coslett, Bat talion feature editor. Stories for the section were written by mem bers of the feature and news staffs. Present plans call for making the safety section a yearly feature- new blidget. presented next Monday, will reflect cuts of around $3,000,000,006 in foreign aid and defense spending and an increase of about $1,200,000,000 in domestic; spending. The budget will be Mr. Tru man’s spending proposals for the 12 months I beginning next July 1. Spending for the current 12 mohths is running at the rate of about $43,500,000,000 a year. Since Congress members got back to toUrn for the new session/ there has been an increasing cla mor for a; cut in spending. / In advance of Rayburn’s state ment, Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the HoUse Appropriations Com mittee told reporters his group was going to slash spending no matter what recommendations the president made. Cannon said he is aiming at a balanced budget for the new fiscal year. Sinde revenue is now run ning about $38,00,000,000 a year, that would require heavier cutting Capitol Faces Bust Location Washington MP>—Congress has its work cut! out for it since it Is now in session: it has to find some place for the busts of Henry A. Wallace artd Harry S. Truman. While the congressmen are at it, they also can find spots for John Paul Jones and Brigham Young. Capitol architect David Lynn ad- mitUs<t,tqdny that congress is fall ing behind at its bust-placing. But there’s a reason for this. Statu ary Hall is being redecorated, and it was thought besf to wait until this job was completed.. But now congress can dally no longer. fMaybe you wonder, how does a njan become a bust? Well, the ways are various. One of the simplest ways is to get yourself a job as vice-president of the U. S. Then the bust goes into the capitol automatically. Or you can be a big shot in your home state. Every state is en titled to two busts. That’s how Brigham Young got in. Utah want ed to honor the man who had led the Mormon exodus into the wild erness. Or you can be a miscellaneous hero, which seems like a tougher wiy. After all these years, the Navy is sponsoring John Paul Jones. As'for the Messrs. Wallace and Truman, their busts are ready and waiting. Charles Keck did one ol Mr. Truman, in 1947. Wallace’s bust, by Jo Davidson, was com pleted last year. In case your history is hasy; Mr. Truman hasn’t been a vice-presi dent since April, 1945. Wallace gave Top PetE Grad Offered Grant By Venezuelans The government of Vene zuela has invited A&M to send one or more of its out? standing students to spend three or four months in that country. The student or students must be taking post graduate work and majoring in petroleum, iron of radioactive minerals. It is stipulated by the Venezue lan government that the Students must agree to choose as their theme for their graduating thesis, the Venezuelan situation } in con nection with the three major sub jects, petroleum, iron op radio active minerals. Pres. F. C. Bolton received the invitation from Manuel R. Egans, minister of forento, public rela tions, who said, “the Venezuelan government realizing that the growing influence exerted by the cultural function of education cen ters upon the scientific and social activities of the nation is very important and knowing the con venience of establishing stronger bonds of friendship between the Venezuelan technical men and thoSe of other American countries, part- icultrly along the lines of mining and pertoleum, has decided to in vite to this country one or two of the outstanding students in each one of the schools of engineering, geology, business administration and law, who are taking post-grad uate work and majoring in petrol eum, iron or radioactive minerals. “Our government will finance all the traveling and living expenses of the selected students, for a per iod of from three to four months. The students selected, however, must agree to choose as their theme for the graduating thesis, the Venezuelan situation in con nection with the three major sub jects, petroleum, iron" and radio active minerals. “During their stay in Venezuela, the visiting students will be as sisted in every way by the minis try of fomento, so that; they will be brought into close association with the Venezuelan students; moreover, the visitors will be giv en every opportunity to have ac- ceess notl only to the library nnd office of the ministry, but also to all the Scientific centers such as lyceums, universities and public li braries sponsored or owned by the government.” President Bolton expressed the desire of the college to accept the Invitation. tied it up again with eighft minutes to play and then failed In a final effort to grab a win. J ] ,! The lead changed Imnds seven times in the hard fougRt contest before the Mustangs staged a final drive, wiOl the help of j the new “last two minutes” rule to gp home with a five point victory under their belts. Waco ace John DeWitt shared scoring honors with Mu&tang for ward Fred Freeman. Both cagers meshed u total of 15 points; De- Witt making his on seven Field goals and one free' throw while Freeman slipped in six field goals and three charities. A] j ’ Junior Methodist eager Jack Brown, last year’s leading Mus tang scorer with 11.3 average and 136 points in the conference play, was helR to only nine points, five! free pitches and two field goals. The 20-year-old, 6” 1” long shot specialist; couldn’t make his long ones click lust night as he mAde only two; of 16 attempted shots. V This is one loss that ban’t, fib blamed oh a failure to muke n fair percentage of free throws, for the Fanners, in sinking it) of 11 char ities, compiled their best percent age of the season. The Dallas lads slipped in 11 free throws of an attempted 19. hut fared jus) a bit better than the Ags on [the field goal averages. Making; 21 opt of 68, the Mus tangs finished wjth a 80.8 percent age with the Aggies compiling a 31.6 percentage, sinking 19 of an attempted; 60. Buddy Davip tipped off to Bill Turnbow in the opening jutnp but the Cadets lost the ball on a walk ing penalty. Paul Mitchell, bald headed Mdstang center made a tip in after, Brown shot a long one to start off the scoring for the night. - Quickly ;;the Ag cagers came back to grab a 5-4 lead on fie'‘ ener House 7' 1 :j goals by Davis and De Witt and S charity by Turnbow. This slim’ lead lasted only 32 seconds as the Mustangs on a jump shot by Free man took over the lead again. With only 37 seconds remaining in the first ha|f the Aggies were ahead by a 27 to 22 count which turned out td the their Turkey Study Grant Renewed The Lederle Laboratories of Pearl River, N. x.L is re newing and increasing its grant-in-aid to the Texas Ag ricultural Experiment Sta tion, Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of the station^ said this afternoon. The grant is $2,000 ! £or 1950 and is for the! purpose of [support ing research on the role of folic acid in the, nutrition of turkeys. “Our agreement 'vith the L, e d- erle Laboratories Division j (of the American Cyanamid Company), has been amended to inclqde re search jon vitamin B-12 and, or the animal; protein factor corrtplex in the nutrition of growing and ma ture chickens and turkeys," Dr. Lewis ways. “This grant Is being made for research under the direction of Dr. Jj R. Couch of the Depart ment of Poultry Husbandry and Biochemistry and Nutrition. The annual amount has been increased by $700 in view of the wprk that is being done by Dr. Couch and co-workers,” the director pointed out. time score at 27-24. I i • : 4 " In the second hajf the hall changed hands eleven; times’before Freeman stole the ball and drib bled in for a crib shot to bring the Mustangs within one point of) thejslim Aggie lead. The play zjg-‘bagged Rack and forth for the next fourtjeen min-! utes with [ neither teanj ahead bji more than three points. Slick and tricky ball handling by! Brown lea to passes to his teammates four consecutive times -for scores. Wally Moon,- racked ,up ten points in the game to rank srei- omi among Aggie scorers. Davis slipped through nine while McDow ell made eight and Turnbow nnd Sutton three points apiece to rtink down the lin^, Behind sophomore Fled Freeipni from Monona-,Iowa, came Mitchell Luiz and Brpwn in the scor|t)s coltimn. Mitchell meshod 12 nolhti while Lutz (Scored 11 and Brrtwr nine. | . SMU is nojk involved In a. three way tie with, Arkansas nnd Ricjr with the Aggies in a three way tie for the cellhc. If TCU outpoints the Farmers? ih “tonikhts contest the Aggies will be undisputed hold ers of the cellar. Rice defeated TCU and Arkansas slipped by TU in other gamps playedJast night in the Southwest Conference, j BOX SCORE Aggies (48) !i Plnver FG FT PF tl* DeWitt, F than Rayburn mentioned—or else up vice-presidenting higher taxes. 1945. Assistantships Open at U of W AssiBtantships are open at the University of Wisconsin, financed by the Alumni Re search Foundation, Dean I. P. Trotter of the Graduate School, announced today. Candidates for the assistant- ships are selected from amongortu- dents in the natural; ^sciences, in cluding engineering, j “We are interested in students who show exceptional talent and originality,”' the Foundation said. Dean Trotter is asked to nomin ate such students. Applications must be received by the University of Wisconsin by February 16, Dean Trotter has the application blanks. Awards carry AI stipend of of $1150 for the calendar year with one month vacation and ex empt the holder from fees ex cept the general incidental fee of $75 a semester. In special cases, awards will be made for the aca demic year; with compensastion of $950 for this shorter period. If the graduate work is satisfactory the assistantships are renewable for a second year.-!! Turnbow, G- 1 Sutton, C Tfi....’. T Dgvis, C .1 3 MpDowell, 0 [ ........ 4 Mbonv G $ Garcia, G [ 0 Total* j.., 19 SMU (53) f - r Player .... j; Brown, F y. Holm, F 2 Mitchell, C? 6 Freeman, FJ ............ 6 Lutz, G i5 Gwen, G 0 Totals ;..2p 1 1 1 3 0 4' n 1 2 2 5 2 3 1 3 19 8 10 0 FG TT PF TI’ 2 5 1 9 1 2 3 1 1 to 2 j.5 3 12 3 65 1 ill 0 j 1 - - 10 : 53 1 — r-i I Hotard Drops Plan For New Cafeteria Hotard’s [Cafeteria of Bryan'has dropped plans for the opening of a new cafeteria to be locatetl' in College Stailon. The tentative plans called for the new cafeteria U> bo located in -the old Cadet Cafeteria .across from the Aggie Cleanjers. The plans were dropped, accord ing to J. jC. Hotard, after itj was (jecided that the new location was too small. The new cafeteria Was to have opened early |n January. 1 V -4-7 M—1 ips wkmf if w api^aram-e at' on a concert to tour of the entlra Mttlon. ’ : Tr 1 1 r icert pianist, will make Guion Hall. Abram is ** * * • r ' ' -