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IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1950
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Nation’s Top
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NAS 1949 Survey
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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.
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Editorship Filing
To End Tomorrow
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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
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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—<A > '—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.
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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, Te<j .I?St*er, J. A. Bargfrede,
Skip Lewie, David Sanders, and
Jack Hollojway. !j! ; I j i
Guest: John Taylor, chairman,
Bobby Byington, Don McClure,
Billy Stoffregen, Ed Miles, Bill
Pumphrey, Sam Barnes, and * Karl
Wyler.
Publicity : C. C,. Munroe, chair
man, James “Red” Duke, JoO Mul
lins, Jack Norman, Bob Garcia,
Dave Coslett, George Cftartton^
and Claytdn Selph.
Tickets: Gene Chase; chairman,
Phil Parker, Bruce Simoiieaux, An
drew Cotton, Otto Yelton, Joe Cor
onado, and Dare Keelan.
Decorations: Bruce Thompson,
chairman, Sam Clark, Chuck Gob-
bels, Bill Couch, John .Zerri Jim
Flowers, Bill Richard, Frank Thur
man, Tom Turner, .Frank Nelli, R.
R. Waterhouse, Ray j -Patterson,
Jack Stanbury, and Wilman “Push
er” Barnes,
Miscellaneous: Ralph Hahnfeld,
chairman, IBUl Mehaley, Lamar
Walker, Charlie Modesett, and Earl
Grant.
Zimmerman said that no band
has been contacted as yet. How
ever, as soon as the. bpnds plan
ning spring tours anndiutce/'their
major engagements it will be pos
sible to Sign up a suitable orches
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\ Any men >vho 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.
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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.
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mittoes wore asked by Zimmeunain
to contact the commitUie chairman.
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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
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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