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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1950
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 an<J Tex
as Tech.
Firing in the Fourth Army and
Air Force Competition will be done
in four stages. The first [stage,
prone and sitting, must be com
pleted by Jan. 14, Reese saiii. The
second stage, prone and knjeeling,
is scheduled for completion by Jan.
Prone and standing, i
stage, must be finished by Jan.
28, and the final stage, kneeling
and standing, musi be cohjipleted
by Feb. 4.
All members of the A&hf Rifle
Team were asked by Reese to
complete their firing foil the
Hearst Trophy by Feb. 7.
A triangular match, pitting the
Angies against Arlington ! State
College and Texas University, will
fire the morning of Feb. 18( Reese
said. Both Army and Air' Force
personnel will be used for this
match.
Dick Price On
Profit-Sharing
R. J. “Dick” Price of the
Dick Price Motor Company of
Dallas, will address the mem
bers of the Student Chapter
of the Society for Advance
ment j of Management, Tuesday
January 10, according to Charles
J. Gdodwin, Jr., president of the
chapter.
Price has appeared on the cam
pus is speaker for several organ
izations and clubs, Goodwin said,
and is one of the finest speaker^
to come here.
Prjice is a native of Chickasha,
Oklahoma and attended A&M as
well; as Oklahoma A&M and the
University of Oklahoma, from
which he received a BS degree in
busipess administration in 1936.
Ahiong many other civic activ
ities, Price serves as a board mem
ber of the Dallas County Commun
ity Chest, membeir of Dallas Cham
ber of Commerce, Oak Cliff Cham
ber of Commerce, Texas Junior
Chpmber pf Commerce, National
Automobile Dealers Association,
I^rice entered the Army Air
Corps In May 1942 and served
there as secretary of officers mess,
mesis officer, base budget and fis
cal J officer and civilian personnel
officer. Transferred later to Head
quarters Western Flying Training
Command, Santa Ana. California,
he served as civilian personnel oft
ficer headquarters unit.
During the organization of the
Dick Price Motor Company in No
vember, 1940, Price instituted a
profit-sharing plan in the com
pany to split with employees. Al
though the business was closed
from Dec. 31, 1941 until Price
returned from the Army in July,
1946 the profit-sharing plan was
instituted when the business re
opened.
At the SAM meeting, Price will
speak on profit-sharing plans for
a small business, as well as other
items pertaining to the manage
ment of small businesses.
Election ot officers will also be
Held, Goodwin said. The meeting
ife planned for 7:30
301, Goodwin Hall.
Win, 49-45, Over F
p. m.,
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Eels Get Tanked
Toton, England—OT)—Tho water
tank at the railway depot here
went dl-y. Engineers and ifiretnen
fished in the supply line am! pulled
out thirteen eels. They atp them
for supper.
J. W. Coffin, Mooclate research
engineer, Texas Engineering
Experiment Station, was recent
ly appointed as A&M’s represen
tative to Governor Allan Shiv
er’s Industrialisation Committee.
He is in charge of the program
of Industrial surveys being con
ducted by the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station *
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By HAROLD GANN
A&M’s basketball assemblage
pounded TCU's sophomoriah team
into the Southwest Conference cel
lar Thursday night by downing the
Frogs, 49-45, before a packed De-
Ware Field House throng.
After losing a season-opener to
SMU the night before, the Aggies
gained a tie for ! third place with
Rice in SWC standings. SMU,
which is now tied with Arkansas
for first position^ edged the Owls,
53-51, at Houston last night.
Johnny DeWitt, who racked up
15 the night before, again re
ceived Ag high-point honors with
17 counters. George McLeod, 6' 5”
hook-shot specialist, amasMd a to
tal of 19 to retain hia position as
king of SWC scorers after two
league games.
McDowell Ices Game
A&M was able to aeW up the
tussle in the final minutes of play,
with guard Jewell 11/lcDowell
threading the needle by hitting
two long pressure buckets. The
Aptitude Tests
For Advertisers
Set in February
The annual advertising ex
aminations conducted by the
American Association of Ad
vertising Agencies will be held
Feb. 18 in six southwestern
cities, it has been announced by
Thomas F. Conroy of Sart Antonio,
area chairman.
The examinations are held for the
purpose of attracting young people
of high calibre to advertising and
to test them for capabilities in
the many aspects of work in the
industry. . ! M .
The 1960 tests will be held in
Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, El
Paso, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City
under the superviisoii of AAAA
member agencies.
The tests will be given on apti
tude, temperament and vocational
interests, and on Peb. 26, seven
option tests will be conducted on
practical knowledge, covering dif
ferent fields of advertising.
College seniors, graduate stu
dents and any other persons not
employed by an advertiisng agency
may take the tests. i| :
Pee Required
recentlj
rule
up thelj
innovated two-minute off the TCU
helped the Farmers pick
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fifth victory of the cam
paign; [this total equals the num
ber thiy took during the entire
'48-49 season. i~
W h £ n Walter Davis, Cadet
starting center, was forced to leave
the lineup early in the second half,
the situation looked drastic for
A&M. f Then Coach Marty Karow
hastily summoned Martin, a play
er who had seen little action this
season! Into the picture.
receded to give the Ags
the necessary amount of rebound
grabs While collecting nine mark
ers- . I, ] -J'- ' . Iff ; .
Successfully pinning his assign
ed opponent away from the bas-
controlled eight rebounds
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Candidates will be required to 1
pay a fee of $15 to cover ipart of
the cost of preparing and admin
istering the examinations. Applica
tion blanks and booklets explain
ing the tests and the advertising
business may be secured from the
following agencies in the cities
where the tests are to be Conduct
ed:
Thomas P. Conroy, line., 1101
Majestic Bldg., San Antonio; Mon
ty Mann, 4637 Lorraine AVe., Dal
las; Wilkinson-Schiewetz & Tips,
Inc., 466 Caroline St., Houston:
and Dan White & Associates, El
Paso National Bank Building, El
Paso.
Any student wishing additional
details on the tests may see J. B.
Ashby, Business and Accounting
Department. He also has applica
tion blanks.
Daniel Russell
Russell Praises.
CROP Donators
Daniel Russell, professor of rur
al sociology and chairman of the
Texas Christian Raral Overseas
Program (CROP) Committee has
expressed thanks for the commod
ities! being given for overseas re
lief io be distributed by established
churjch agencies.
■ Appreciation was bestowed oh
dondrs of commodities as well as
all workers on “Operation Mercy.”
Food and fiber commodities are
comjng from the rural/people of
Texas and their friends in -town.
Through th|eir efforts hope will be
brought to, thousands.)
munodities began: moving to
before Thanksgiving for over
seas! shipment. As part of Texas’s
CROP Friendship Food and Fiber
Train, they coht|nue to do so.
w| K. Colville New
Commentator Head
K. Colville, a senior English
>r 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
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-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
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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”
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' A&M
Houston Yell Practice, Harrington Promotion
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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
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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.
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These are the top ten etorlec of 1949. There Were many more which
might have been and maybe ehould have beep Included—the Cotton
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TCU (8)
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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<i Metz-
le top ten were
ition were readet
’Slue of
(9 could
of the
a st
not be li
select-
in ter-
to the
eluded
selection com-
Among them
the Editor got tie un-
for blood donors for
st that a request had
ristir as”. It
Clati
were:
s. ’Hie
Texas A&M.”
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affair.
hntil It
Of Grade
ht yell practice
ige the Htory required,
nights apiece without
on the Issue
Sheffield's poem,
talents as a mechanical
tor.
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