' City Of College Station Official Newspaper If-- ) ■’ Hw %i'i—* ■' • i . i u Volume 49 5 V '''■ "iv ■ Battalion IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1950 S |i 11 ' | r Nation’s Top Co legiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey : Past FSA Head Will Address ASCE Chapter Andrew P; Rollins Sr., ’06, past president of the Former Students Association and pre* ' sent member of the State Board of Water KniKineers of 'JVxn*, Will bo th«> m«ln »|»*ukctr Tutimlny «t th<< rcirulftr mbtfinff of tho A me r leu ii Society of Civil Kn- trlnecrH. i . \j He will tslk on I’roh. - leme In TdxuM." * UolllnM hue Ions been active In the field- of engineering In Texaa and at one time aorvea an uni of ficial In the Construction Divi sion of the Veterans Administra- „ tion. He, received his bachelor of sci ence degree in civil engineering here, ano J is . one of 'Rollins brothers to graduate from A&M. As g' member of-the engineering firm of Rollins and Clinger, he supervised an extensive building program for Dallas County. Dur ing that time he was also Director of Public Wprks and City Engineer • for the city of Dallas. The Tuesday meeting will be , held at 7:30 p. m. in the Lecture . Room of the Civil Engineering Building. Dr. ; Ralph Steen, Student Senate President Keith Allsup, and student senators Hal Stringer and Floyd Henk (from left to right) proudly in spect the $100 Baylor stadium bond, purchased by the Student Life Committee with student activities funds, and recently received on the campus. These four men were prime movers in the good will gesture toward the Waco school. Junior Committees Pick Theme, Make Dinner-Prom Plans By DAV? COSLETT The Class of. ’51 has decided to go out of this: this world. Occasion foi the startling,, de cision is the edming Junior Prom and Banquet scheduled to be held ;in Sbisa Hall, Feb. 10.-Members of the committees planning the af fair have chosen “Out of This .•..World’.’ as the theme around which all tho day's activities iwill re volve. 1 A group of architects,, selected because or their acquaintance with "'abstract subjects, will handle all decoration* for the banquet and glance, _ The week-end on which the nf- fnlr falls will be one of the high spots of the spring social calen dar, the Saturday following the hunquut and dance being the date ofitne annual Valentine Bull.ifcn- . tuflnif'n blg-nnme band. • Th«t hand to play for the Jun ior dance has not yet been picked. The decision hinges on the next ' - meeting of the class in which the , members will vote on the two pos sibilities of getting either a name band or the Aggieland Orchestra. The Sweetheart of the Junior Prom, another of the “Out of This World” features of the dance, wijl be chosen frofti pictures submit ted by class members. A judging J committee, now being selected, will Ajiarrow the list of eligible beau ties down to six contestants and then, at the dance, pick the win ners from these six. Juniors have been asked to start ' lubmitting pictures of their can didates as soon as possible to the Student Activities Office in Good win Hall. Deadline for picture turn- -— in will be Friday* FebJ 3. Pic tures of the six fiijalists will be run in The Battalion during the week preceeding the Prom. Students submitting pictures “have been asked to add a slip to the pictures giving their names as well as the name and important ! information, on their candidate. 4 This information should include | *age, hometown, school, activities, i and any' previous honors. To avoid any prejudice in select- _ ing the? finalists, the pictures be ing judged will be identified by a number only. For this reason, it is important that all information concerning the picture be placed on a separate piece of paper and clipped securely to the picture. Pictures will receive their identify ing number as they are submitted. Highlightng thiF menu at the banquet will be filet mignon. Tick ets to (the banquet will cost $1.25 per person. Dance ducats will go at $2 stag or drag. Efforts are now being 4nade to secure a speak er ht th* banquet. Any suggestions concerning the banquet or the dance should be turned in to Class President Wil- man D. “Pusher” Barnes or to the chairman of the committees con- cerned. A Heading the decoration commit tee are co-chairmen J. D. Hilton and Frank Neill. Member? are Bill Boddeckefv Bob Jack, (ind Jack Stansbury. ■ j - • Program committee chairman are Bin Corhish and Henk-y | Phillips. Under them are Bob Haylnie, Tom Flukingep, and Charlie Easley. Working under’ chairrqan Mel Moncrief of the orchestra jeommit- tee will be Jack Jonesj and Don Nowling. , The menu committee is co-cnair- mnned by Ken Sehuake, ahd Cai[l Meyers. It will consist of Cai*l Wli-tx, Tom Bull, and Gall Bruml- rett. Tickets to tho dance Will be handled by Dick Graves, chairman, and Rip Stultz, Milton Patterson, and Boh Barman. , ■ Dare Keehtn and DB|Vld Hftlnwt will head the committee in charigc of programs assisted by Buddy Porter, Dave Robertson, and Cecil Lewis. i ;• Heading the publicity commit-* tee art* Ralph Gorman and Dave Coslett. Committee members 'are George Charlton, Jack Raley, and Tommy Butler. ■ Editorship Filing To End Tomorrow • ■«~ . • Tuesday is the last day that application will be accepted for the editorship of the Agriculturist, W. E. Jackson, chairmanUot^edi- tor selection committee or fHe Ag riculture Council, said today. Applications must be taken to Roland Bing, manager of Student iTublication, Goodwin Hall, before Tuesday January 10. Four men have already applied Jackson said. Chest Goal Topped In College Station College Station passed it $10,000 Community Chest goal last week, according to Chest President Joe Sorrels. , i Agencies which participated in chest' funds will receive “‘their checks by mail within a few days, said -Sorrels. “A - few more j checks may come in; but we hav^J slightly more than, our goal in hand already,” he said. Confusion Caravan Point, Academy Are Dead, That’s What the Red Said Moscow —(A0—West Point and Annapolis are mere high schools, qot to be compared with similar Soviet institutions, the army news paper Red Star said today. “In general, there are no higher military educational institutions in the United States which, in the scale of knowledge imparted, can be fully compared with our military academies,” the newspaper said. The Red Star article objected to the use of the term “academy” by Russian translators referring to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point and the U. S. Navij.1 Academy at Annapolis. It said the word should be translated only’’as “school.” "It is regrettable that certain of our translators, without sus pecting it, by incorrect interpretation of terms, greatly exaggerate the general education level of American officers,” Red Star added. Committeemen Named For 1950 Military Ball j ' J n I I t I* All members of eight committees which Tl C* | rangements for the Military Utility Course Conducted By Extentionists Training for motor vehicle superviHiors, fire department instructors, policemen, water plant and sewage disposal plants and other lines, were Conducted In 280 Texas towns and Cities the- 1048-4!) fiscal year, by the Industra! Extension Service. The report, issued by E. L. Wil liams director of the IES, at the annual staff conference, showed that 574 classes were held, with an enrollment of 9,959 persons representing 2,000 different firms and agencies. Activities of the IES are state wide. Twenty-six men staff the service. The fire department has six in structors and they held 223 class es for 4,111 ,men from 566 fire departments; 26 course$ for motor vehicle supervisors were conduct ed for 440 men from 65 companies; 480 policemen attended 36 classes conducted in 12 towns; five instruc tors in rural electric line construc tion and maintenance worked with 95 line crews made ,dp of 1,717 men at 87 different locations; 116 courses for supervisors in various industrial and business concerns were held and 16 instructed in 31 different establishments. Two teacher trainers worked with 82 vocational industrial teach ers in the public schools of Texas; three instructors held 57 classes in 39 towns for 1,098 employes of waiter plant and sewage disposal plants of different municipalities. San Antonio A&M Club Contest Prize Alamo Seige Theme To Net Writer $150 Cash By BOB PRICE There’s $150 in cold cash await ing the lucky Aggie that writes the beat theme on the “Military History Of the Siege of the Ala nia". The San Antonio A&M Club Is offpl'ing this money to the stu dent turning In the print* wlixilng treatise on this subject. / The dub has appropriated the sum of $1,000 to be used us prize money over a periodof five years. A second prize of Jf50 is also be ing offered. A jdw topic will be chosen; each year. , This is the first year of the contest and the student interest shown in this first venture will he a determining factor in de ciding the scheduling of addi tional* contests. / This: topic is one familiar to Texans and a wealth of information concerning the subject of the Ala mo battle can be found in the col lege library. Students may secure neeessairy data from any source. Major L. E. Garrett of the Mil itary Science Department requests that ainy students interested in entering the contest drop by the pick up a copy of the rules. Ho would appreciate the names of those^planning to enter as soon m) possible, even though the dead line for the finished theme Is not dintll April 1. To make the contest even more Interesting nnd easier for the students, a hoard of con sultants has been established to aid the entrants In composing the themes. Dr. T. F. Mayo nnd Luther Gray Chevrolet Out With Torque Transmission Detroit, Jan. 9— '—The first automatic transmission in low priced cars was introduced Satur day as Chevrolet displayed its 1950 models. The new device, a torque con verter with a $150 extra equip ment price tag, marks another first for Chevrolet. This biggest producer of the car companies has been in first place in production and sales. No price changes were* an nounced, excepting a $250 <&t on Operations Office in Ross Hall to the all steel station wagon. Spike Jones, Bells and All, January 19, in Guion Hall By JOHN WHITMORE Spike Jones and his jMhsical Depreciation Review will explode in Guion Hall Thursday, 'January 19, in two' big performances. Along with Spike will come ^uch madcaps as Doodles Weaver, George Rock, Helen Graeco, Sir Frederick Gas, Dr. Horatio -Q. Birdbuth, Dick and Freddfe Mor gan, Bill King, Eileen Gallagher and many others, not tjo mention the City Slickers. i Tom Buddy, manager of Guion Hall announced, there wilj* be no smoking allowed during the show because the celluloid collara worn by the members of the band, are highly inflamable. The only one who will be allowed to smoke is Nancy McDonald, harpist, who smokes a cigar while calmly knit ting. IT, The show Spike put on : at the Texas State Fair, and many Ag gies saw—well, that ain’t It. This musical Depreciation Revud is en tirely new. The only old part of the shpw is a repeat of some of uie old' favorites* such as the “William Tell Overture,.” “All I Want (For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth,” and’ a few other of his more familiar tunes. Almost iout of keeping with the madcap antics (and looks) of the band are the “Slickerettes of 1950.” :This is an arcobatic team of Evelyn and Betty, who do acro batics seldom seen out from under the “big top.” I Early in Spike's career he at tempted to construct a show that would have a laugh every four bars. If the critics in San Fran cisco are right, Spike has achieved his goal. “Cherub” Pearson, /one of the vocalists for the show, will also be on hand for the depreciation. Cherub’s real name is La Verne Pearson, a small girl with a great operatic voice. Cherub came to the show when Spike sent out a want ad for a gal with an operatic voice who could tip the scales over the two hundred mark. Frankie Little, the tiniest City Slicker in the world, will al?o be on hand to encourage the musical mayhem. Frankie was born in the city that made Schlitz famous-^ Milwaukee. He is the dwarf that crosses the stage on a regular sche dule during the “laugh every four bars” show. Tickets went on sale to the stu dents last week end starting to day sales will be open for the general public. Reserved seat tick ets for the center section of tha main floor will be $2.50. Side sec tion seat tickets will go for $1.80 and balcony seats for $1.25. Tick ets are available in the Student Activities Office in Goodwin Hall. These prices, a little higher than most charged around here, were set by Spike Jones by contract sev eral weeks ago, Spike White, as sistant director of Student Ac tivities; said. of the English Department, Drs. S. R. Gammon and R. W. Steen of the History Department and Major Garrets are available as consultants to the Aggies enter ing the contest. In order to be eligible for tho affair, the entrant must be a mem ber of the Sophomore, Junior, or Senior Class. He must be regu larly enrolled in Military Science, taking a minimum of 16 hours, in good academic standing and have a grade point ratio of at least 1.0. WTAW Schedules ‘College Speaks’ Jack T. Kent, of the Mathematics Department, will present the first in a series of College Speaks pro grams at 5:15 this afternoon over radio station WTAW. Kent’s talk on astronomy is en titled “Euclid Writer of The World’s Most Enduring Text Book.” The College Speaks broadcasts; under the direction of C. O. Spriggs, of the English depart ment, will be heard on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays for the remainder of the month. Accord ing to Spriggs they may go on a five days a week schedule in Feb ruary. Program schedule for the rest of the month is as follows: Tues., Jan. 10: “Photography As A Professional Tool”, Budlong—• Physics. Wed., Jan. 11: “Insurance for a Small Business”, Johnson— Business and Accounting. Mon., Jan. 16: “Premedical-Pre dental Education”, Potter—Biol ogy. Tues., Jan. 17: ! “Importance of Studying Languages and the Language of the Western World,” Mallison—Modem Lan guages. Wed., Jan. 18: Chalk—Economics. Mon., Jan. 23: "Marketing Home made Products", Hook—BAA. Tues., Jan., 24: "Marketing Home made Products”, Hooks—B&A. Wed., Jan. 25: Sumner—Economics. Mon., / Jan. 30: “Beenes from Shakespeare", Spriggs—English. Worries Pay Off Washington—'Ah— A postman noticed a car parked along hii route. Thinking it might contain a postal inspector, he kept a close eye on it. Later he heard of a robbery in the area. Remembering the car, and its license number, he told po lice about it. The clue resulted in 1 the arreat of the robber. Pomerat Slated For Talk Here Dr. Charles M. ^ n handle ar- Ball on March 18 were an- ter W. Zimmerman, corps exe- awneral chairman for the Military BaU, Meetings for the chairmen have been held, Zimmerm said, and duties of each committee were outlined. Pretimina work for some of the committees is already underway. The chairmen of the eight committees are M&cy) Orman, D Field Artillery, program; Bruce Thompson, White Band, decoration; Ivy Johansen, B Veterans, refreshment; Charlie -t- —fJackson, B Const Artillsry, dunes; John Taylor; C CaValry, guest; C. C. Munrov, Corps Stuff, publicity; Gene Chase, C Infantry ticket: and Ralph Hakinfeld, A Chemical Cofps, miscellaneous. j The committee* and the men who will serve oti them are as follows: Program:; Macyl Orman, chair man, Gil Chambers, Jack England, Bill IMrley^und Kenneth? Scnaake. Refreshment: Ivy Johapsen, chairman, Bill Parse, Ray Hepgst, and Jack Raley. Dance: Charlie Jackson, chair man, Tevho would be interest ed in working on any of the' com Pomerat, president of the Texas Aca demy of Science, will speak In the Physics Lecture Room Tuesday night ati8. Cytologist and director of the Tissue Culture Laboratory of the Department of Anatomy, Medical Branch of the University of Texas at Galveston, Dr. Pomerat has served in this position since 1943. The lecture is the fourth of the 1949-50 Graduate Lecture Series, sponsored by the Graduate School in cooperation With the Collegiate Division of the Texas Academy of Science. Author of many scientific, publi cations in the field of embryology, tissue culture, physiology and cyto logy, Dr. Pomerat is a recognized authority in these fields. His spec ial fields also include experimen tal morphology, physiology of Res piration and body temperature con trol, and metabolism of living cells in artificial culture and endocrin ology. Tuesday night’s lecture Will deal with his recent studies in the cul tivation of skin mucous mem branes, cellular healing processes and cells of the human brain in tissue using the phase contest technique will be shown. * Born in Massachusetjts in 1905, Dr. Pomerat received a B. A. from Clark University in 1932, In 1984, he received his M. A. degree from Harvard, where he also received his Ph. D. in 1937. Parade Schedules Set for Semester Parade schedule* for the second semester have been announced by the Military Department. The Infantry Regiment and the White Buml will parade on Feb, 8 nnd March 22, according to the schedule, which la subject to change. On Fob. 15 and Mareli 29, tho Artillery Regiment and tho Coast Artillery units will parade, with the Maroon Band. All Air Force units will parade with the White Band on Feb. 22 and April 6. The Cavalry-Engineer regiment will parade on March 1 and April 12 with the Maroon Band. . . ! . I Four Corps reviews are sched uled for the second semester. These will be held on March 18, the fed eral inspection parade in April, May 14, and June 3, according to the Military Department's sche dule. WMtar ... : . „ chairman of the Military Bull comm it teen, today announced /se lection of the . men who Will serve as members and chair men! of eight Military IlnH committees. ; ,(,..'-1-^.---. mittoes wore asked by Zimmeunain to contact the commitUie chairman. —*—-r— 1—i Creative Writers Planning New Club A now camjms club for met) In- torestad In creative writliig will hold Its first? mooting Tuesday evening at 7:16 In Room 327 of the Academic Building. All students Interested In writ ing short stories, mnguziiiu arti cles, novels or any otnor form of creative writing may join. Mem ber* will be given an opportunity to pre*ent their articlcR amp dis cussion* of them will be held at the meetings.' Regular meeting date* wpll .be scheduled at the first meeting. Persons wishing further informa tion on the club may contact: H> L. Kidd Jr. of thd English Depart ment. Audrey H with Just M antics of her boss, . _ will bo In Guion Hall, depreciation revue. Freeh man iman acatlmchi Bay Haas, hut obviously bowled over by the the M keys, Audrey nnd Spike with the rest of the imndcnl Recovery Plans Told by Italy’s YMCA Leader "There is plenty of now in Italy for the who can afford to huy it, Claude Nelson, secretary? for the YMCA in Italy, told jsev- Cral students assembled at ail in formal interview held in the YljMCA’ Thursday afternoon. Dr. Nelson, was visiting M. L. Cashidn, YMCA secretary for A&M. Commenting further on Ithq food situation in Italy, Dr. Nelsoni who left Italy Dec. 1, said that money was not too plentiful there? and, therefore, few people can eat in abundance. The standard of jiving is very low, compared to American 'standards.'^ ’ ; Most c|f tlte war damage has been repaired, he told the group: Highways, railroads, and build- ‘ ings in the cities were first ito be rebuilt. Nearly all of this recon struction was financed by Maii'shall ;i' Plan and UNRRA funds adminis tered by the Italian government. Politicidly, Italy is still t father had off, Dr. Nelson cbmmi-nted. During the reign of Mussolitji and his Fascist regime, the only ac tive opponents to Faaclsm jwore the Communist*. In the eyps of many Italians, Dr. Nelsan : said, tho Communists became “hei-qcs of resistance” and 1 since Fascism’s raiiltulntion, they regard tho ?Com- mutdsts as the only real opposK tloti to a return :to Faselsnt. '(’hough weakened consldtirahly , since tnelr deffnf at the polls In' 19(1$, the Communist* are; still potent politically In Ilaly. .{They ard pressing for many reform* in Italy Dint have Wide public; sup port. l-nnd reforms, especially, are being urged by the; Communists, 1 ;; t said Dr-, Nelson. . 1 Student* attending the intop-'! view were Jarvis Miller, King Eg- gep, Allen Eubank, [Hal 8tr nger, Keith Allsup, nnd Charles Kirk- Future Reserve Officers Meet JL '1 " ; Students completing their military science in, January or June can receive hjelp on filing their reserve officer question naire at a meeting!in the Phy sics Lecture Room J at 4 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 11.| ■ Lt. Col. Joseph V. Sheldon,’Tex as Military District ‘headquarters, will , be present at J the meeting to advise cadets in filling out the queetionaires, Chief IWarrant Of ficer Robert Mills ofj the Military Science Department, {said thik af ternoon. These blanks are the basiR far assignment of the Incjividufil to re serve organizations af soon asjthey are commissioned in! the risferve, Mills said. j . “Getting? your reserve unit as signment is to the individual’s ad vantage, as reserve officers Can’t be ordered 'to active duty Until they are assigned to an activf or ganization.” "By filling out. this questionOairo before you graduate you avoic' the delay that would ordinarily result if you waited until after gradu ation", Mills added. Stark to Address Local Caftieramejn New darkroom fft titles for ' Camera Club and thu role of club In the new,, Memorial dent Center will be dincusset k Wayne Stark, director of the Cen ter. at a meeting of the club night in room! 32 of Building. Members of the club were ui to be present and an. invite* visitors to hear the talk wi by Bill Hites, repo