The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 10, 1950, Image 1
i f r <aty Of i College Station Official Newspaper i. ; j .'i : <5 ■! > Volume 49 . bt ; J .V I’ ' s- i ,L I I ‘ lane Univeraity in New Orleans, “—’ey becomes the chainnan) o t IV o<| the nationwide Jor- Tr Homer E. Rea, Sr., associate pro fessor of agronomy, has been cited personally by Sen. Tom Connally for his reseatch in ag riculture. Graduating here in 1922, he has been a member of the faculty since 1924. ians Home Denounced By Hospital Board Austin, , T&x., -Jan. 10— (AP)—Conditions at the Tex as Blind, Deaf! and Orphan School for Negroes were de nounced in scathing terms at the State Hospital Board meeting today. A survey report by J. C. Lysen, superintendent of the Minnesota School for the Blind, charged that Negro children are housed in *‘sub- . standard living quarters" while the per capita cost of operating the Austin school is greater than that o : fthe white achool. Lysen found “that a missing door knob and panel, can’t be fixed for/lack of funds, but that the . school could afford a new Pontiac automobile^ 'Ipat some children had only crude beaches to nit on Instead of chairs, That one dormitory had one chair for four children. , Moyne Ketty, executive director of the hoslptat board, called one of the school's dormitories, hous ing 75 Negro bqys, “a disgrace to the country, outmoded and ill- equipped." George E. Quick, St. Louis hos pital consultant, advised the board: ■“This school is in the worst con dition we have seen." I l PUBLISHED -jr- ' / kiT' •" : ' ■ ! a' ;P ' ; i. | ' ik, j V ‘ R- / COLLEGE STATION Aggleltnd), TEXAS, TUESDAY. JANUARY ID, 1980 Hervey Will Head Alumni District TV I James B. “pick" Hervsiy, e cutive secretary of the Asnoclalon of Former Students, iya* elected president of the American Alumni Council affairs in Texan, Arkansas and Isiuljdana at u conference of alumni organisation representa tives meeting January 5-7 at Tti- ' ~ ' itU. es the chairman of tionwide Jor- ;ind univer- f j . JM election ‘Of Hervey to this ;ant post in alum! li work fol- losely the announ lament that Hervi District ganization of college ^nd univer sity former student association for a two year term, succeeding George Bushong of Dallas, Southern Meth- odist University exeev tive secre tary. The important posi lows closely the E. E. McQuiflen dire<tpr of (the Texas A&M College I levelopmjent Fund, has been named natiolnal director of funds for tie American Alumni Council. McC, uillen was honored at the 1949 n itional con ference in Williamsburg, Va. A member of the Class of ll)42 at A&M.. College, the riew District IV chairman Was i presi deitt of sehior class and company mander of K company infantry in the corps of cadets. He is a nu.jor in; the United States Air Force reserve and compiled a brilli record during World War II administration of military Adams, Bagle In Car Wrec L Carleton Adams J A & System architect, and J. Bagley, retired cqllege em ployee, were m an automobile accident North of the Agricul ture Building at the [intersec ;ion of Spence and Roberts Streets yes terday morning. Neither man was buk, but loth ears were damaged am Had to be towed from the spot i y wreckers, Campus Security officers Gleniji E. BoIt«>n and Morris Maddox vestignt log the accident said. According to officers. Ad this said he was traveling tyest on Hoberts Street at about 15 m. h, and was croaalng thejlntomc when his car war struck on left side \>y the car dHven Bagley. Bagley estimated speed to be 20 m. p. hj; nr I Adams car was thrown into light post On the northeast ct her of the ; intersecticjn, breaking the the post apd globe on top. knocking off Harrington Gives fWhat We Expect’ transportation in the United States and the Ghina-Indin-Bupma thea ter of operations. He lx 29 years old. He is n native of Jreenvllle, Texas, and is married und has a «ne year-old-son. He re tides with lis family in College Pajrk, a resi dential area adjacent to the cam pus. He has been execu ive secre tary of the A&M former student association since 1947, a.nd during his tenure; in office, membership and individual participation in the A&M former student gioup activ ities have climbed to aln all-time high.. 4 r~T "nri'i i Blank to Move To New Mexico After 13 Years Lester H. Blank of the Uni ted States Department of Ag riculture,! will move bis head quarters on January 10 to the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Las Cruces. Dr. Blaqk is senior plant patho logist, division of cottonj and other fiber cropfe and diseases, USDA. He has bjeen stationed here for 13 years [where he productively cooperated! with the Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station. In his new location 'Dr. Blank will devotk most of hjs time to the problem of verticillium wilt of cotton, a disease Which has caused much concern ip the Up per Rio Qrande and P^cos River valleys, and in Arizona. He will bring a pathological approach to this problem which hits already received 'considerable ; attention through selection and breeding by workers ait the Ysleta I station of the TAESi Dr. Blank has taken! an active part In the work in plant patho logy In Texan, specialising in cot ton dtaonwea. He has completed out standing Xtudles on the phymnt- p'iclmm root-rot diseasu. ills most recent contribution Involves the davelnpmeht of several rommercial lines of (lotion In which he has incor|>ofated - resistance j to bacter ial blight, also knoWn lu< angular leaf apot. [He. has also, investigated the problem of resistance to fus- .ariuni wilt in cotton and the re lation of nematodes to s wilt infec tion. ' * M. T. Harrington. Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, de livered an address on the topic “What do we expect of an A&M graduate?” at a regular meeting »f the/YMCA Gabipet last night. He first explained! to the cabinet members the responsibilities which A&M, as a college, has to its stu dents. A broad or general educa tion is becoming more and more desirable for a' college student, Dean Harrington stated. Most college students, however, do not desire a general educa tion, but instead they wish to re ceive a specialized education in as short a time as possible. To sup port these facts Dean .Harrington cited some polls which were recent ly conducted among college stu dents. These polls indicated that cours es in literature, arts and music aite the least desirable in a ^college curriculum. On the other hand, ' the training for particular occupa- i Jion was considered by the stu- ; dents as the moat important ob- 1 ject of a college careeh .. .. , j J Dean Harrington continued by emphasizing the power of know ledge. He stated that the atomic bomtL .was not the greatest power In the'world, but ushered the great est power In the worlj today Is vested in the minds of those who created thl* bomb, The object of i» well rounded education Is to enable a student to make an Intelligent, social and moral appearance in a world com- Ag Council Meets for Annual Pics Membqrs of The Agricultural Council will meet on the west side of the agriculture jbuildlng Tuesday, January H>, 5:30 p. m., to have a group picture made for, the Aggieland, W. E. Jcmpaon, chairman of Editor Selection C^m-.. mittee, said today. The Council will hold its regu lar meeting Wednesday, January 11, at 7:30 p. m. At this time, a new editor for the Agriculturist will be elected. ^ facts that a was another munity, he further stated. The college graduate must! be capable of carrying responsibility, w Inch is an art that canndt be taught but is normally developed as a by product of daily collage life. The 1 importitnee of certain lasic student j must l >arn point ! Mphich was stressed. Although Common be lief is that a | student forgets .most of what he ijeams, Certain basic: facts are anj essential ingredient for good sound judgement, Dean Harring emphasized, j In conclusion, he stated that in order for a student to have a gen eral education, he must have deve loped the art of thinking, he must be capable of communicating ideas in both writing and ! speech, and he must have mastere4 the sciences in his field. Other necessary qual ifications are that the stujaertt must have learned to know and ap preciate the grts and fm must have developed a Christian philosophy of life. / Following' the speech, numerous questions were asked concerning the possibilities of getting various courses In different j college cur- riculums. Thj> prospects of a year curriculum in » numb* fields were also discussed. Jarvis Miller, president of YMCA Cabinet, presided ovof the meeting. 1 cur- five r of Russell Addresses Accounting Society H. M. Russell, bean accountant for Lone Star Steel jCompany, at Datngerfield, will speak tof the Accounting Society Tuesday, Jan uary 10, at 7:30 p. li. ^ meeting place has nged from the Sbisa the Chemistry Lecture T. i D. Letbetter of the Accoui ing Department, said today. Russell wjll .talk bn ations accounting sh steel operations. .. Following the talk, society will be taken, gieland. been Lounge ( Room. Steel pper- ow fllmb 1 on ; " pictures of fop the Ag- ■ R. J. “Dick* Price to Address Cheni Engineers Dr. R. J. Price, director of re search oil the Pan American Re fining Corporation wjill be the principle ! speaker at ! a banquet of i the, Student Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Tuesday night-in Sbisa Hall, according to W.j D. Harris, of the Chemical Engineering De partment] faculty, sponsor: Dr. Pr|cc is 'noted in his field and has (been quite active in the Institute,! Harris, said.! He is also a past president of the $outh Texas Section of the AICHB. According to Hjarria, Dr. Price will speak on "What Industry Expects of the Graduating Chemical Engineer," The banquet, which will honor midterm ;graduatea, is being held the evening of Tuesday, January 10. Tickets are available at the Chemical! Engineering pffice, Har- Vets in Seven States Get Halt NSLI Cash s Washington, Jan. 9—UPt—Al most half the forthcoming $2,800,• 000,000 0 I life insurance dividend is likely to go to war'veterans in seven states. Veterahs ords she 000 vei HlpL alf the forthcomi 0 I life insurapi y [ to go to war' ( states. runs Administration rec- lowed today that of 15,283,- etfrans of World War II Texas and Michigan. t f l- ., : ; . 11 ji ..d !F NT NAS Consarn Contraption Ups Cocoa Concocting at Cave By BOB PRICE Chalk up another score for sci ence. This latest accomplishment comes in the form of an automatic hot chocolate maker now in use at the Give. T. This massive monster of steel and glass is billed as the latest boon to the inveterate chocolate drinker. Manufactured by the Am- coin Coffee system the gadget is very similar in appearance to the familiar steel coffee urn used by restaurants. «, This glass lined container 1# made to hold two gallons of the finish ed product, One part of chocolate to five parts of milk is the propor tion used by the urn which dis- pauses some 40 cups of the "bovine beverage", This mixture is added to the big container and tha real 4s done automatically, Hut water, kept at the constant temperature of 280 degrees, flows around inside the inner partition of the chocolate maker assuring the even heat of the liquid and keeps it ever rSady to be served. When the user starts to draw a cup of chocolate an automatic agi tator starts to move as the spigot is turned. This agitator serves to keep a curd from forming on the cup of chocolate^. The management at the Cave says that the new maker has the old method of chocolate making beat from the word go.” The pre viously used way of making the drink by the individual cup didn’t produce the beverage at the uni form consistency and quality as does the new machine, the Cave announces, , With the addition of this auto matic chocolate maker, science moves another step toward the oft discussed "push button" world. ' , Number 71 Spike Unknown Til ‘Fuehrer’s Face’ Spike Jones, that foremost maes tro at murdering music and, at the same time, providing a laugh every four bars, will appear with his Musical Depreciation Review on the Guion Hall stage Thurs day night, January 19, for two performances, one at 6:45 and an other at 9. Acknowledged today as being one of the most colorful entertainers in America, before September 17, 1942, Jones was comparatively obesure. On that date, he intro duced the I novelty song “Der Fuehrer’s Face” on the air. Jones started out as a drum mer. He first learned to play on a bread-board in Calexico in Im perial Valley, when he was 11. A Negro cook at the railroad sta tion whittled sticks from chair rungs, and, the youthful Jones rolled. 1 them to the tune of “Caro lina in the Morning,” sung in duet. After receiving a set of drums for Christmas, Jones played in the grammar school orchestra and later joined a local dance orches tra. Life became a succession of band engagement^—and soon he had or ganized his own orchestra. Main purpose of his group was to play novelty music. Harry Meyerson, west coast recording director for RCA Victor, heard some of their records and sent them East. First to be released was “Red Wing” and “Behind Those Swinging Doors.” A contract came by re turn mail. In rapid succession the City Drilling Due Soon For College Wells Layne-Texas Company of Hous ton,: contractor for drilling four production iwolts fori A&M’i now water system, repoVts that work on the wellk will begin soo^i. Locations of the new wells are north and northwest of Bryan Field Anndx, said T. R. [ Spence, supervisor of physical plants at the college. The separate system, he added, will be completed as quickly as possible. The job, now far behind schedule because of ex tended test drillings in search of ipineral-free water, has no definite completion date. Both the college and the city of CoBege Station are now being sup-; plied by the Bryafi City System. Slickers, as they soon came to be called turned out “BarStool Cow boy,” "Clink, Clink, Another Drink,” "Pass the Biscuits, ML randy,” “Siam,” and then “Der Fuehrer’s Face.” Within 48 hours Jones was signed for his first pic ture—“Thank Your Lucky Stars” at Warner Brothers. “Meet the People” at MGM came next, fol lowed by the Technicolor film mus ical “Bring on the Girls” at Para mount. "Musical Depreciation Review” has toured the United Ctates and Canada, breaking many exist ing records for box office and at tendance. Student Union Officials Will Meet Here Friday The first regional conference of the National Association of Col lege Unions will be held at A&M Friday and Saturday, WaVne Stark, director of the Memorial Student Center,! said today. V Stark, who ip advisor for Re- gion 14 which Includes Texan and Louisiana, said invitations to the Lewis E. Young, AIME Prexy, To Speak Here Lewis E. Young, national president of the AIME, will meeting of the pe- irs Wednesday w in the petrol- t3 Lindsay Completes Committee Service Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head of the Chemical Engineering Department, has just returned from Pittsburg, where he attended the annual meet ing of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. While at the meeting, Dr. Lind say served on a committee which selected the Celanese Corporation as the company which has done the most outstanding job in the field of chemical engineering during 1949. Presentation of the award was held in New York at the Chemical Industries Exposition, which was attended by about 900 industrialists from 250 companies, according to Dr. Lindsay.' The Exposition was held in the Grand Central Palace in New York and consisted of exhibits of manu facturing equipment, scientific and laboratory apparatus, and du- scription* of processes. Hagetneir Named County Manager Marvin W. Hagetneir, senior bus iness major from Bryan, has been named manager of the Delta Coun ty Chamber of Commerce to sue- seed Nick P. Craij{, President J. C. grm phen F. Austin High School and ralg Melton announced Hagemeir is a graduate of Ste- will receive his B. S. degree in business this month from AAM. During World War II he was a sergeant in the Army corps of en gineers and served overseas In the Philippine Islands. Hagemeir will assume his duties with the Delta County chamber about Feb. 1, Melton said. address a troleum engineers Wedm morning at 10 in the petrol eum engineering lecture room. Subject matter to be ..discuiwed by Young was not announced. The talk is open to all Pet. E. stu dents with junior or senior class ification, Harold Vance, head of the department, said. Dr. Young has received degrees from three colleges and univer sities and received the degree of Doctor of Engineering in 1947 from the University of Missouri. Beginning an active career in the educational field as instructor at Iowa State College, Dr. YoUng later became professor of mining at the Colorado School of Mines. The next several years found him serving at the University of Miss ouri and University of Illinois: It was during this time that Young wrote exhaustive treatises op mine subsistance and mine tax ation. Dr. Young went into produc tion work at the outset of World War I and became manager of the steam heating department of the Union Electric Company! of St. Louis. Later he was named vice-president of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. which later combined with Consolidated Coal," forming the Pittsburgh consolidation Coal Company. This new organisation became the largest producer of bituminous coal In the world.! Dr. Young opened his own office In conference had been sent to of ficials of 123 schools above high school level. Purpose of the conference, Stark said, is to enable all school offi cials concerned with student un ions to “learn more about thf prob lems common to all who experiment with this process of informal edu cation.” A tour of the partially completed Memorial Student Center [is the first item on the agenda of the conference after registration. Fol lowing the tour, the visiting unipn officials will visit the Student Cen ter at the Annex. > The Annex tour, Stark explained in his invitatiion to the other schools, is to show an example! of IE Department ponsors Short Course on Ice The Industrial Extension Service Department is spon soring a short course in Ice Merchandising and Servicing whichgot under way yester day morning in Sbisa Hall, The short course will deal'mainly with the problems of merchandising and servicing in the ice industry, according to General Preston A. Weatherred (Ret.). General Pres ton is generaj council and execu tive secretary of the South West ern Ice Manufacturing Associa tion. Seventy-eight students from var> ious parts of Yexas and Oklahoma are registered! for the short course which will end Saturday boon. These students Oonsiat of mana gers and supervisors of joe pro- 35r , 'T" During the week tbaiw will be conferences oh Selling Processed Ice, Building Sales, HeTIlnf lee for Retail Vegetable Display and many other topics of major Interest to operators of |c0 houses, said Gen eral Weatherred. ee Industry will nqiiet Thur Leaders of, [tin) I r r&iivT. i'-Tiis done considerable traveling over be at talk made by an official of the world doing work In coal! and Swift Packing Company, " ferrous minerals. 1 Weatherred added. YMCA the conversion of a temparory low- cost buildlibr Into a scrvlefcl |c Stu dent Center Dinner Planned The group attending the [confer ence will hsve dinner in Agrieland Inh Friday night, FoRowinr that, Stark continued, a panel discua- sidn, “The Nature and Purposes of a Union" will be held jp Chapel. Stark will eerve as chairinan of the first pi neh Other school offi cials who will participate include Frank Marine, director <>f the Southern HethoWst Stude it Un ion; Mrs. Eugenia V. Howard, di rector of the Texas Un versity Union and iarold Fanner, director of the North Texas State College Union, A second panel, “The Planning of a Union Building” will Re con ducted in lhe Y Chapel Saturday morning. Tie'SMU director, Frink Malone, will serve as cl airman with Stark, Farmer and Mri. How ard as panel members. Tw<T other panels are sc leduled for the tw 3-day confereno i. They are “Gene -al Organization of a Union and its Activities” and a general dis suasion panel. The sc! edule is sub] ect to changei Sti rk said, if the persons attending wish to discus: i other topics than those listed. World Wide Syate;n The Ni tional Associi tion of College U lions . is a 26- ^ear-old organization with member i in the United Stites, Canada, A istraiia, and Egypt. Each year the Nation al Association has a meeti ig. Pur- "le regional nreetings, sd out, is to nake jit union directo** from ges to benefit from the 6f the memb$n of the :e of rk poin possible fc smaller coll experience National Association! curring th|e attending The Stu its related a relative education. Mon attorn all union Ikarnod by dividual liK'ludixl National non General lege Onion i, and other 1 , prim churok am articles. The traveling' photbgra|! hiblt will be used In con, Krell, Fogaley And Smith Join IE Staff Three new instructors were nam ed to the Industrial Extension Service, here, effective Jan. 1.. A. J. Krell will conduct courses in the treatment of water for in dustrial uess and control of indus trial wastes, while A. J. Fogaley will start a new program under the Fire Training Service for fire marshals in Texas. H. D. Smith will work with the Volunteer Fire Departments of Texas. Krell, who has attended Colum bia and Ohio State University, has a bachelor’s degree with a major in chemistry and biology from the City of New York College. From 1934-36 he was research assistant at the New York University Medi cal School, conducting demonstra- New Tau Beta Pi Certificates Arrive Membership certificates for all newly initiated members of Tau Beta Pi have arrived, according to Donald Jarvis, president of the Texas Delta Chapter. The certificatea are available at the office of the Dean of Engin eering in Room 210 of the Petrol eum Engineering Building. J| arv l* requested that all new Tau! Beta Pi members call for their certifi cates as soon as possible, The certificates are not being sent out because they may become damaged while going through the mail, Jarvis; concluded. -f Mad Dog Rumor lo Be False Said The mid dog scare been circulating around Station is false, i Dr, Lumb, resident veterii the Veterinarian Hospital, yesterday afternoon. “This scare started, from what I’ve heard, when so] picked up a dog. I have the City Manager's of: they have not heard of ii er," Dr; Lumb said. ft •i | tions in physical and biochemistry. Krell served as captain in the Army Sanitary Corps from 1941- 45. Working with various firms op erating in the fields of water and sewage treatment, Krell has had experience as sanitary engineer, consultant apd research specialist. He is_ a member of the American Chemical Society, American Water Works Association, Federation of Sewage and Industrial Waste As sociation, American Public Health Association and National; Asspcia- tion of Corfosion Engineers. { \ • ! . A long-time resident of Drum- wri ght; Okla., Fogaley has been business manager of an indepen dent school district and secretary of the Gladewatet Chamber of Commerce. He has been fire marshall for the city of Corpus Christ! and has won state and national recognition in the field of .fire prevention. Smith has been with the Harlin gen Fire Department since 1941, earning promotions through all of fice* from fire fighter^ captain, assistant chief, and chief. During the war he served us captain of the fire department at the Harlingen Air Field. Five Reps Attend Waco Seed Meeting Five representatives of A&M will attend the thirtieth annual mooting of. the Toxao Cortlfled Seed Breeder* Association In WaCo Jan. 20, according to Dr. E. P. Humbert* h*ad of the Genetic* De partment ahd secretary-treasurer of the association,! Men who will he on tha program and participate in aseociutional business are Dr. Humbert, Dr. Lewis of the experiment station, D. T. Killough, experiment station agronomist- Fred Elliot, extension service cotton work specialist and j. a 'Jik handbook expense wit! out in- invdlved in intional meeting i. lent center idei, with activities program, la y new development .in The National Assoela- |)ts to make available to directors the | )«** a composite of! th|» Irt- dnlnn*. in the nro; Association ngrnm are eonvantlon (, a quniloriy bu traveling photogiaphlc ex on the subject regional conference [at ! ncludca with the A&M-, Stark said. It mounted portraits of studlnt un ions from colleges throughout the world which are members] of the National Association. These portardit* will be [exhibit ed in the library. Nine Texas schools ha,ve already accepted ! Stark's invitation to at tend the regional conference. They of the annual let In, a Mbit, a of col ed bro- hie ex- unction include T (xas Wesleyan the Univi rsity of Texas, A&I, Norl h Texas IRate Southwest Texas State 11 College, Southern Methodiit Uni versity, East Texas State Teachers College, t!e University of Houston, and the Medical Branch of the University of Texas at Galveston. 1 College, Texas College, ( .: eachers V,, Jack Curtice To Address Banquet Jack Cu rtice,’head football coach at Texas Western College,; will be the main speaker at the Brazos County AkM Club’s annual winter sports balnquet here on Jan. 21. Curtice’ i Miners defeated Georgetov n University, 33-20, for the 1960 Sun <Bowl championship on Jan. 2 . ^ The ba tquet is held each Jan uary fo£_MieriHirpose of honoring Texas AdfM’s athletes who parti cipate in football and cross couii- ry. Bask rtball and spring sports athlctee-ifre J ' affairjr In MfcJ tidif to Curtlce'd talk, iwln be several'musicisl num bers, iirireductjon of! special guests and aidioiincements of “beat block er", ’/mo it valuable playtr" and other: aw, irds. Athletic Director. Barlpw ( lone*)/ Irvin I* program chairman, / Howf|l Jones of | San [Antonio Chamber, of / Commerce Will be mssteKyl ^ceremonies. r 1 Prairie View f|ian8 Cancer Education A cancer educatl •Prairie Mew has by Dr. fc). B. Eva: prouram at i announced “The American Cancer* Society, Texas Division,” Dr. Evade says, “haa mac e available to thd Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College the sum of $900 Which 1s one-half >f a grant to Prai 1e View State College for the pu -pose of sponsoring a cancer educa ion pro- inaw “ T ‘ " ii i! :\ : gram at this groes of Texas." ■itution ' V ' No- I ,L