_ , r - . tTT-' f ■j rr-t !• I i' •fi r i- City Of College station Official Newspaper r! 1 / I! 1 1: Volume 49 j. ^ I' i ■' j' • : ] j • i I] j '-■■■■J ittalion I j f i i ■ I' ;r iv ii, N.tton 1 . CollegiaMs „ NAS 1940 Survej "i-i'-f i r i • PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST j> : OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1950 4 Number 09 > J Cadete Gain First Lo <>P Bisplay of Talent r e* mptl; A Sy GEORGK CHARLTON L- 4 ■ J W§§§§§ - '-i .iii Need an umbrella to avoid the BraZos dew? Perhaps these slick “Slickerettes,” who will appear in Guion Hall at the Spikej Jones fracas, could be persuaded to offer their 'protection. The Slieker- eites represent only a portion of luscious feminity which Jones’ ad vance publicity claims for the January in program. 4- Senate Recommends TISA Discussions By DEAN REED « The Student Senate, with, only a bare quorum present, met last night and chose six suggested pan el topics for the spring convention of the Texas Intercollegiate Stu dents Association. . Included in the suggestions for discussion at the Baylor Univer sity jrieeting in April -were: better ment of faculty-studerit relations (which received'a unanimous vote); interest in school elections and ac tivities; and disciplinary problems. Campus ,Chest, honor system in colleges, arid faculty evaluation by students were Me other three sub jects > voted on 'for discussion in Waco 1 by the senators. Traffic Investigation Reports from various committees took ip most of the evening’s agenda. A five-man committee was named by Senate president Keith Allsup to investigate the traffic renditions on the campus and to make suggestions to the proper /.uthorities. Named to the committee were Bruce Thompson, Dorm 10; Bob S. Sykes, s^nutor-at-largei Tom Cal houn, Legett; W. E. Forsythe, day- student senator; and Joe Fuller, senator from Law. Calhoun brought the traffic sub ject to the floor, after H. E. Stringer, Dom 17, told of sugges- ' tions made by the Student Life Committee for. parking meters for - certain traffic-congested areas. Committee Reports I Stringer reviewed results of the pre-Christmas meeting of the Stu dent Life Committee, Which was followed by discussion on barring of midnight yell practice, a pro posed job clinic, and a dance pro posal which wouldj repjace mid- ly at 8 p.m. with as lit- | fanfare as possible, Jacques talked across the lighted fe of Guion toward the piano promptly proceeded to give his Hall audience a program In its entirety, was more of a display of the rising artist’s tal- ents rather than sheer musical en joyment. [ighllgni of the two-hour per formance was included, not in the regular program, but rather In the latter of two selections for encores. This was ‘"The Ritual Fire Dance,” and true to Abram’s book of press releases, gave evidence of "a per formance with fire and freedom.” The resounding of Abram's pounding style at the keys of this, hid best selection of the evening, left dome members of the audience happily enthused and ready for nujre of the like. Unfortunately, Abram was hot disposed to do soj - jrhe rising star initiated his pro gram, devoted almost entirely to 17^.h and 18th Century music, with two i sonatas by Scarlatti. The latter of the two was rousing erjough to provoke long and loud applause, but two later selections, "Sonata in A Minor, K. 310” and ''Carnival, Opus 9,” more or less left those same clapping' Town Hlallers cold. Most likely, this sit uation was due to the complete unfamiliarity of the music. {During itttermission time, mem bers of the audience seeped out irjto the halls for rendezvous with cjgarette packages. Approximate ly 1,000 Town Hallers were in attendance. j “La Petit Berger” by Debussy opened the second half of the pro gram. Abram also prepared two other Debussy classics, "Clair de Lune” and “Poissons D’or,” for acoustical consumption. This time his nimble and moodful tal- ejnts, combined with these two, njiore widely known selections, were not lost in the appreciation of his audience.' j A Chopin selection, "Sonata in B Mindr, Opus 58,” ending the scheduled program also received Ipud ovations. Abram made his bows and responded with anoth er typically unknown selection, but more enjoyable on the take-in after a first hearing than some of jis a porps trip pusai wjuuii wuuiUj night yell practice pi event. Bruce Thompson reported on the Exchange Store cpmmijttee’s ac tions at its Jast meeting. Recom mendations " J were j msjde, said Thompson, that "big. Aame” or chestra be secured, iff possible, to play for ’ the opening of the Memorial Student Centeijnere next fall. The money wobld h(> allocated from Exchange Stop* profits which fall to Student Activities, Jcannine Holland] current Aggie Sweetheart from TSCVf; will be invited here for the annual sport banquet of the Brazoi County A&M Club, announced Louis Eu bank, chairman of the i pcial com mittee of the senate. | A motion was pajmed inaniinous- ly by the senate, ree that menus.be platjcd.o Duncan and Sbisp it Three serving lines in were also requested. Clinic W, E. Forsythe, I hospital committee (See SENA’T • mimending itside both ess halls. Sbisu Hall Outstanding Events From Battalion Files it man of the re | or ted that Pt ge 2) its first half of the program pre decessors. Considered by many of the lion's critics • to be one of world's greatest pianists, _ has played concerts with the York Philharmonic, the NBC phony, the CBS Symphony, the St. Louis, Chicago, and local Houston Symphony Orel tras. - In fact, Abram is practically lo cal talent himself. By local, we mean that he is a Texan. He became acquainted with the p at the home of his grandmol in Lufkin and had to have e: sion pedals put on the piano to meet his short legs. His some what spectacular career marked him as a child musical prodigy at the ripe old age of ten. In 1930, he won first prize of the Annual Federation of Mjusic Clubs contest and the Schubert Memorial Award. Following tfiese advances, Abram made his formal debut as soloist with the Phila delphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia’s Acad emy of Music, and made a later debut In New York’s Carnegie H®H- Oyr last cortiment on seeing the talented pianist is that whep he reaches the heights of mujsical greatness he is predicted to reach, we can look back to January B, 1950, and sav we saw him. j Last night, however, he already' looked not too far a distance away from those greats. ■m f .1. 'r” i i.- Charles N. Shepardson, dean of Agriculture, has been appointed a director of the Houston Branch of the Eleventh Federal Reserve District, by the Board of Gov ernors of the Federal Reserve System, according to an an nouncement by J. R. Parten. chairman of the Board. Rifle Matches Set for Aggies The A&M Rifle Team will start firing in the Fourth Army Intercollegiate and Air Force Intercollegiate Rifle Matches on Monday after noon, Sgt. W. R. Reese, coach of the team, said this moming.j The firing will be in competition with teams from all college ROTC units in the, Fourth Army [Area, Reese said. The A&M team has already fired in five matches this semester and has won all five. Included Jn the competition were Cornell anr from! Seguin, was chosen co ir of the Commentator yester- by the Art* and Sciences Coun in ita monthly meeting, olville takes the post vacated Mack T. Nolen, current co-edi- who graduates at the end of semester. Colville has been mmentator staff member for : years, and doubles na a Bat- n feature Writer. He now joins Frank Welch at the bond of the Arts and Sciences ^magazine. second De’ DeWitt fine, assortmei shot-m ale. By “Long John deadly set-: coming from the ring. TCU was absence of Ted on the Jury recelv the Frogs dt could consf Most of the during the /] -around hua- off his guard, able to hit h)n oat of them ght feet frotn pped by the Ids. With ursing an ih- Rice game, ,’t havle a guard who ntly stick DeWitt. ggie fprward’s eight field goals dame on shots which found him free with plenty of time to aim. Blaying U! McCleod, of the 1 fans with Ith plenty seasoned tore and tMMJ thrilled dazzling arra; il shot fh the expert, "“"ts: of wheel-and-d tng, along w of guard Harvey Fromme, kept TCU ahead throughout most: of HU shoot- Up set-shots lor scorelei sophomore, Schmidt, th| to four poll Karow k< of replace! test as the ly, outli that pi the first hal^ } 5 Boa,d-play Sharp McLeod wjs able to register on ly seven during the , last chapter beoru’se of lihe close guarding oif DeWitt. buk continued to do a fine job of k rebounding off both boards. j j '• . i McDowell %gsln sparkled on[de fense, holding guard Tommy while guarding d pernilttlng G sole starting senior, i. In the second half, it up a constant flow nta during the :con- gies, slowly but sure- the Purple on a court ' eg 1 -'! n J received) more .than Its share of (fast-breaks and other strenuous n|aneuvers. ; - , TW*UsTam^ . Before entering the game, A&M had been ptggued with an Inabil ity to wag* an effective "battle during the gifinal moments Of Its games , F ' But last: night the table; was completely ! reversed, as every member exhibited glue fingered ball-control" most imi calmness. A&M’s n« against Ar vorlte, In January 12| expert precision,! and, tant of all, steady will be VC fa- >use on appearance saa, the SW< ■Ware Field Houi A&M (49 DeWitt, F TurnboW, F M. Martin. Sutton, C | Davis, C .. Garcia, G McDowell, Moon, O .. Houser, Gj Miller, G »Xj Score: PP TP 2 17 0 3 | Ot 3 'll Total TOT (45) Fromme. Knox, F Campbell, ^ .... McLeod, CSt Brookshire*nC . Schmidt, q! j..;... Taylor, O ||...... Totauf.' .... Half-soogf! Free Thvows Misfed: Houser 2, bfoon, Martin Fromme 2! Taylor 2, McLeod 4. Refereesi ' Mike Williamson and Abe Dietaf” \i TCU 23. A&M 22. ' A&M Houston Yell Practice, Harrington Promotion ■"'•f \ By C. C. MUNROE <4 The Houston midnight yell practice- controversy pked! out a nar row victory over. M. T. Harrington’s selection as A&M s next president, for the title of Tf>e Battalion’s outstanding story of 1949.! Eight other news events completed a fist of the ten-top stories for the year. Selection was made, by ballot, by members (if The Bat- ytalion, staff. When the voting was^ completed and the smoke of discussion hadi cleared away, the list of the ten outstanding stories! included these i h Houston Midnight Yell Practice Coat rovers) —Starting inno cently ^nought with a small two column report, this story eventually enoug sev’em rated seV^n “lead” stories, six editorials, and innumerable letters to the editor.XThe Houston “MYP” as it was so often abbreviated during those hectic\iays, also took more time to cover than any other story in 1949. And,\o.judge from the reaction of the readers—exhibited in various and auhdryi form*—this was probably the host read story in this paper since tl>e running account of the student r?volt of 1946-47. 2. Selection of Dr. M. T. Harrington as Prealden -Elect—This was one of The Battalion’s/‘scoops” for 1949. The newi of Harrington's forthcoming promotfon/was released at 10 a. m., Se; t. 23. By 2 p. m. the same (lay, the |>ap«»\wtf» being distributed with thy announcement of the new presldeht-elecixcarrled as lead story,with an eight column headline, The-,news had htom phoned from ^lan Antonio Just as the paper was going to press for thr day. A fast switch m the front! page enabled The Battalion to hnv*\the story “on the sj-rect” before any other paper. 3. "Huperrharged Ags Spur Mustangs, 27-2’ headllna stretched across the front page of November 7 issue of The Battalion. The upset of the highly rated Southern Methodist team by an uhderdog A&M eleven confounded the sports “experts” and provided Aggies the world over with a wonderful topic of conservation for many a day. 4. From “Longhorn” to “Aggieland”—Climaxing with a campus wide election on January 11, the selection of a new name 'for ! A&M’s yearbook took fourth place in the list of The Battalion's top: tert stories for 1949. More than one half of the student body took part in the voting which authorized the change and selected the new name. -i 1 ’ M '. j . ' . ■ i'--I 5. Death of Governor Beauford Jester—Here was the second Bat talion “scoop” of the year. When! Texas’ governor passed away on a) train bound for Houston, the news of his death was going to press when the flash came and readers of the summer Battalion weifjs'among the first to know of the tragedy. That same day, Herman Gollob, now amusement editor for The; Battalion, had an exclusive interview with the porter who had discov ered Jester’s body. Gollob was in Houston at the time and. when he heard the news, rushed to the porter’s home from which he sentjUiaj Battalion a first hand account of the porter’s discovery. 6. “A&M Wins Third Southwest Track Title"—This headline billed eight columns on the front page of the May 16 Battalion. The story told of the Aggie track team smashing five conference records. Bob Hall lowered the record In the 220 yard low hurdles to 22.8 sec onds, 3. D. Hampton reduced Jerry Thompson's record on the mile run three full seconds to 4:17.2, Ruy Holbrook eet a new record for the 440 yard dash with a 47.8 second run, Hampton also cut the old eon- forence record for the two mile run by two eeconde, and J. CJ)Hairing, then an A&M sophomore, docked below the record time on the mile run Which was won by Hamilton. Herring was second. The mile-relay team of Bilderback, Mitchell, Ludwick, and Holbrook whipped in first in that event. ' " i I j . 7. Award to A&M of the Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Trophy—The huge gold sportsmanship trophy which had been donated by A&M to the Southwest Conference came home to roost for at least a year on April 4. With all the conference schools voting, A&M 1 placed first in sportsmanship. The trophy was awarded at the Texas Relays by Southern Methodist, the school which had previously Won the honor. ! 8. Military Ball—Highlighted by two plane loads of visiting dig nitaries, the band of Vaughn Monroe, and one of the most colorful weekends since the war, the Military Ball rated eighth place on the -list of The Battalion’s ten top. news stories. Probably no other event has focused as much favorable state and national attention on A&M since 1939 when we won the national football championship. 9. “$2 Million Dollar Building Program Underway”—This head line in the August 3 edition of The Battalion brought the attention ot the readers to the vast improvement program being carried out at AAM. Results of this program are already apparent in the new lights on Kyle Field, the Student Memorial Center, and the new Science Building now under construction. 10. Loyalty Oath—Evoking a storm of comment, mostly unfavor able, the announcement in the Aug. 10 edition that all student* and profs must sign a non-communist or “loyalty” oath got the last place ■lot on the list of top ton stories for 1949. Despite the proteets! how ever, all etudents and prof* did sign ths oath. • • • . These are the top ten etorlec of 1949. There Were many more which might have been and maybe ehould have beep Included—the Cotton \ \ ‘ f * : i I lA > I p ’49 S —(4) TCU (8) an II, the Cjhristmas holiday petitions, Who’s rs Gun Collection, and innumerable others. None of the stories included in the list of for one reason alone. Taken into considei cent, general newsworthyne**, and possible lege. Several items and featu res published in 1' thtf list of outstanding stones, but mem ttee though they deserved special recognli 1. Best Read Department—The Letters imous vote. 2. Best. Human Interest Story—The pi Mrs. Louise Miller. Reader response was so to be made for donors to stop sending in off 3. Best Cartoon—Jack Stanbury's “The pictured sjn Aggie, knee deep in snow, tall caption read, “No sir, I,haven’t been home . 4. Story Costing Staff Members Mast -/-Again ^he vote went to the Hou*ton mid T> give the day-to-day (or-night-to-night) several staff members went as many as fi sleep and spent up to ten hours a day was decided at the Noy. 9 senior elass meet! 5. Moat Unusual Header Offering—! Uto Week Before Christmas". He’s wasting e iginttr, he should hays run for Battalion 6. Most Pitting Comment to Appoar flighting"! Texas Aggie Band , . . won Pfrtlctpatad." (From ths Jan. 8 fastis.) ho awards, th