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1' •f ■r 'l *- ,1 ;i . City Of College Station Official Newspaper 1 . ■' I :J ■ • i: i ; -"T; T I! ■ ; Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieiand) . TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1950 I.. V :-t 1 f i.l ■.r ffV f ‘ ii. 1 i.* 4/ '11 * '■juiM ■ : 11 ill I :M| Nation I j Collegial V • i.vir v r-T ,1 MwM ation'a Top _ . legiate DaUy NAS 1949 Survey ■ J !| - . fl • Volume 49 i ^ Number 74 Oceanography Head To Discuss Spring, Fall Course Plans A&M’s new prog.i.am in’ ocean ography and opportunities in’ this field will be discussed by Dale F. Leipper, acting head of the Ocean ography Department, at an open meeting to be held at 5:15 p. m. Monday, in room 108 of the Aca demic Building, Though tlie full curriculum will not begin until September, 1950, two hew coprses for graduate and advanced undergraduate credit are :;,to hie offered during the coming : semester^ V The first course to be offered nrtcV semester is- Introduction to Oceanography 401, which will car ry three credit units. This,is to be a Jecture course for stude.nts hav ing senior standing in erigineering, a biological or physical science, or haying the pcrmissiifti of the in structor. The purpose of the course is to provide a-survey of oceanography which students' may use to aug ment their liberal education or to provide a basis fo,r planing fur ther work in this field. The second course to be offered In the spring semester is Geologi cal Oceanography 431 Which will be limited to senior and graduate students in geology. Work Conducted -5 ' Work in the full curriculum Of oceanography is to be conducted at senior and graduate levels only. Courses will be offered to provide a survey of the field of oceano graphy; to furnish a minor for graduate students working toward a degree in such fields as biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and engineering; and to lead to the Master of Science Degree in ocean- New Arms to China ^ ; i Authorities Reveal f — * ■ •Washington —O'Pi—More train loads n of American-made tanks imd other arms probably will soon be on the way to the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa. • Diplomatic authorities said to day 300 tanks-"*a1i{f armored cars being put aboard Turkish freight er at Philadephiaj represented only a part of the beliited deliveries or prders the Nationalist^ placed in this country last year. They were paid for from the $1^5 million Congress voted in 1949 for mili tary aid to China.,. Although President Truman has ruled" out any further American military aid to keep Formosa from capture by the Communists, the government has been helping speed the completion of orders’ already placed, The shipment at Philadel phia came from an army ordnance depot at Lima, Chip. Some earlier shipments went via U. S. naval vessels. * , Officials say there is no con flict between this action and Mr. Truman’s thumbs down declara- ticyi of last week. The National- istjs already: have title to the mun itions now being shipped, having checked out the last of the $125, million fund from the treasury _months ago. Most of jt went to the defense department which either sold arms to the Chinese as surplus or ad vanced equipment which is to be replaced as new models are man ufactured. Mo: MWB ography. Also included in the meeting will be a period when Lei per will answer questions concern ing the present status of the de velopment of the program lin oceanography and plans for the gradual extension of work in the marine sciences at A&M. 1 During the day, Leipper will be available in-■room 357, Bizzell Hall for visits from) students iqtereijit- ed in oceanography and belated subjects. First of Kind This new department Is the first project of its kind on the Clijdf Coast area. Scripps Institution In California and Woodsholu on the Atlantic const are the ortly major oceanography units now operating. Specific problems to he studied by the infant department will be rorroaion and fouling, oontununu- tiion control, sedimentation, beach erosion, restoration and preserva tion of sea life for the sea food industries and designs for off shore structures. It is these industries; and es pecially the oil interests, which are expected to help the department in their research studies. In addition to Leipper, it' is ex pected that there will be fqur other members on the department staff, Dean Harrington has said. m i Fire Eating Farmers 43-35 in Year’s Wil By HAROLD GANN A&M’s explosive cage machine applied a 43-35 brake to the hard- charging Arkansas Razorbacks be fore an excess of 3,500 screaming onlookers in DeWare Field House last night. YVith every Aggie eager playing spirited, heads-up ball, Coach Mar ty Karow’s assemblage was able to come tlyough with a stunning upset-victory over the quintet that was previously picked to “walk away’’ with the Southwest Con* ference title. Little Jewell McDowell regained the terrific ’form he showed-, in A&M’s pre-conference games by pumping in 17 markers and grab bing rebounds as only McDoxVell can j^rab 'em. Hudspeth Bottled - But that was only half the story. The watch-charm a^nard from: Amarillo allowed Gerald Hudspeth only two field goals (jur- the low-scoring fracas. Hudspeth is the leading Porker-point maker; he had 126 tallies prior to last night’s hectic battle. The high-geared Hogs were aheaiji four brief times during! the action-packed contest—1-2, 20-18, 27-2fij,i 30-28. The crowd could sense Seek Opportunity, Civic Leader Says Lt. Col earliest of the earliest pistols. This weapon is merely a pi|>e strapped to a wooden Frank Swoger, Ordnance Department, looks over the ami most recent pistols. The* weapon on the left Is line handle. It was detonated by lighting a match to the* fire hole. The pistol on the right Is the Army .45. Juniors Choose Aggieiand, Make Final Flans for Prom By DAVE COSLETT The Class of ’51 voted Wednes day to have the Aggieiand Orches tra provide music for jthe forth coming Junior -Prom. The action was taken at a rather poorly at tended class meeting in Duncan Mess Hall. After hearing a report from Class president Wilman D. “Pusher” Barnes in which he gave compara tive expenses of the Aggieiand versus a big-name band, the group voted almost unanimously fop the local group. According to Baines’ report, the Aggieiand Was avail able for $250 whereas a name band would cost in excess of $1,00). Following the orchestra discus sion came several attempts t4 set tle the matter of corsages. Num erous motions were put forth on the subject. These included, aijnong others, asking all mjembers t<f> ab stain from purchasing, corsages, or making the question| of buying corsages arbitary with each jun ior. Also suggested was the cor sages and, instead (donating a specified amount to a specific charity, the community chest, or some other kind. Foil Scheduled The question was finally decided by authorizing first, sergeants of each outfit to take a poll o ’ the men in their organization concern ing the corsage matter, and then to settle the matter at a first sergeants meeting. Further discussion was shelved pending the outcome of these out fit polls. The discussion to engage the Ag gieiand Orchestra rounded out the rest of the plans for the Junior Prbm and Banquet, scheduled to be held in Sbisa Hall, Feb. irice jof $2.50 was es-1 class sweetheart for the pi-rim, for prom tickets. That | Barnes disclosed that this n^atter applicable stag or drag,' <fr cost of the checking as Well as soft drinks definite tablished amount, will cov eoncessioi to be seryed at the dance. Will Cost S5 Banque. tickets will go at $1.25 apiece, bringing the total cost of the me.al dates, course at fiiet migion. Proni go on sal» at the beginning of the next sem ?ster. Dance tickets will be sold at the dance, but banquet tickets wall go off sale Thursday. Feb. 9. ”his latter provision will , , __ ^ _ T allow mess hall officials to make! ponding number as they are turn iccurate estimate of how j ed in at the Student Activities a fairly many pi the meal Doors opened a gin at doors wi(l and 7:45 not interf for the after the allowed i tickets. L0. A ; ' 'll -;4 speech. Barnes, simplv Kiipp.” : 'f4 ■ Jk By JERRY XLHER Young men just out of college should he looking for opportunity, not for security, u group of jour nalism students were told lust night by Hubert M. Harrison, vice- president and general manager of the East Texas Chamber of Com merce. 1 Harrison, who has done chamber of commerce work for the past 30 years, spoke to the group in “The Newspaperman and Commutiity Development.” Erring somewhat from his cho sen topic, but hitting on a sub ject of interest to almost everyone, present, Harrison said that he be lieved too many people are trying | to get. something from the gov- | ernment rather than give some- i thing to it. Trend is Bad and dance fr men with exactly $5.00. Main the banquet will include would be handled much as it has : Such a trend is bad, he explain- been in the past. He urged mem- | e< L and believes it can elad in hers of the-class to begin now sub- | on *y one direction in the future— milling pictures of their eandi- Communism. What we need is a dates for the position to the Stu-1 ,etuln to the spirit of eafch indi- dent Activities Office in Gpod-1 vldual ''wanting to stand on win Hall. These pictures, preferably i own two feet,” he emphasized. nd banquet tickets will no smaller than 5x7, may picture the girls in any pose. Sweetheart Rules Given Persons submitting pictures have been as.ked to clip with their photo graphs a sheet of paper containing their name and the name of and information about their candidate. These sheets of paper and the picture will be given a corres- ates to arrange for at I desk. ho the banquet will 7 p.rn. 15 and the banquet hall lie closed between 7:30 so that late comers will upt the program planned affair. Persons arriving doors are closed will be refund for their banquet A committee of “young non-stu- Dance Begins at 9 The da and last ment of class’s t\j' been plai ned for this year’s event. A spe aker has been selected -for the banquet, but his name will be kept secret until he delivers his Jntil that time, said he will be referred to “the mysterious Dr. Serving will £ | ilS'S.m'ihv'pE5t» Z»iuS £ finalists to compete at the prom for the honor. The girls jehosen wil! be introduced at the first intermission of the dance. The same committee will then make its final choice and announce the sweetheart at the final intermis sion. At this time she will lie giv en a gift from the class. Dcadlims Is Feb. 3 nee will begin at 9 p. m. until 1 a. m. Entertain- , Deadline for entering candi- the type presented at the i c ] a ( es f or |, ono| . h as bden set o preceding balls has not at Friday F( . b Thi! . will aHow juniors a chance to secure the pic- tures while they are at home be tween semesters. Disclosing that the theme j of the dance would be “Out ofj This World,” Barnes asked . an^- stu dents wanting to help in dance preparations to offer their services to the chairmen of the committee in which they are interested. Concer ling the selection of a The fact that people rely too much on the government for sup port in old age is an indication that the country is leaning too much in the direction of a welfare state Harrison mentioned. Government Support Bad With the number of older peo- ple.a>n the increase, it is possible that this non tax paying group might become a majority of the voting population, he said. Fpr such a group, old age or other interest, to be able to “vote” the govern ment into supporting them is not healthy. No one should take the attitude that the government owes them support, he said. The people should support the government, not the ‘ government support the people. This country was not built by a secure feeling people. Our fore fathers built their heritage with axe and gun he pointed out. “This bred a self confidence which we are losing today by leaning too strongly in the direction of a wel fare state.” There must be a spirit of self sacrifice if chaos is to be prevent ed; People do not seem toj know how to get the most out of life nowadays. Often our greatest op- portunit-- lies in our own back yard and we do not see it, he said. C of C Opportunities When asked about opportunities in chamber of commerce : work, Harrison said that the field!is not overcrowded, due to a fust turn over of personnel. This turnover is a result of business and industry hiring men who prove efficient in chamber of commerce work. The basic qualifications of a good chamber of commerce man are enthusiasm, imagination,' and leadership. A chamber of commerce man is essentially a salesman of ideas, Harrisoh concluded. Seedlings For Reforestation Now for Sale Tree seedlings for refor estation and windbreak pur poses are available to Texas landowners, Don Young, head of the Texas Forest Service management department said to day. The latest inventory of: tree seedlings in the Texas Forest Ser vice tree nursery shows that four and one-half million tree 'seed lings have not been sold. '• I The deadline for ordering seed lings is January 31. The planting season extends into March. Orders submitted in January may specify a February or March delivery date.. Slash pine accounts for thi ma jority of the unsold seedlings. Slash pine I is well adapted to re forestation planting in East Texas. A quantity of loblolly and fehort- leaf pine is still available.: Bois d’are, catalpa, and red cedar are also available. The* latter species produce excellent. fence posts be cause their heartwood is resistant to decay. Approximately seven teen million seedlings were grown by the Texas forest Service at the Indian Mouqd Nursery this year. Seedlings are sold to landowners at cost, $3 for pine and $5 for the other species. Trees grown by the Texas Forest Service can not be sold for ornamental purposes. The seedlings will be shipped F. O. B. Rusk or arrangements cap he; made to pick them up at the Indian Mound Nursery near Alto. | Land reforested qualifies for; Production and Marketing Administration pay ments provided application has been approved in advance. Young stated that approximately 800,000 acres of idle East Texas! land should be reforested. ' ’ ' i J Metzger Collection Pieces Guard Room Pistol Display Shows Evolu tion ofFirearms r A new smoke tunnel has Just arrived which will be mted In the Aeronautical Engineering Depart ment. It 1* to he used for classroom demonstra tions ami preliminary experimental work. Lin E. Klnnagan Jr„ Aero Instructor, la operating the tunnel wpile Sherman Ej. Critea, research engin eer and Aero air curreint* ran be distinguished by passing around tl te airfoil. *-a ? \ j .. professo ut hr dls looks on. The path of the smoke .. i.'v • . I By JOHN TAPLEY More of the famed Metzger Gun Colleption is now- on display in the Gadet Guard Room in Dorm 12. The theme of the exhibit is the j evolution of the rifle and the pis tol. The pieces have been organized by Col. Swoger, Ordnance Corps, / and some of the senior ordnance I cadets. In regard to the entire collec tion, there are guns whose values irangte from $5.00 to $600. The $600 piece is a five shot Cblt-jPatter- son pistol on display in the Li brary. . . Some of the oddifies in the col lection include a toy pistol that opens out to become a hoot-jack. Hand cannons and elephant guns make up some of the other odd ities. . One of the strangest looking pistols in the. collection is a 46- shot revolver with a cylinder about 5 inches in diameter. On the decorative aide there are highly ornamental Persian Frigate * pistols and Turkish pistols. Inci dentally, the value of the pieces does not depend upon its looks, but rather the scarcity. Other pistols In the collection in clude breech loaders and a four barreled pistol which was the great grandfather of , the revolver. This early revolver 1 loaded from the front.» One of the more valuable wea pons in the collection is the breech loading Klein’s. This is a .36 caliber percussion pistol, which was used In 1855. Also in the collection is a pearl handled .44 caliber 20 shot: revol ver, an old fifty pound elephant rifle, and a five foot Kentucky rifle which shot, a Yfc inch shot. Several very rare guns are a. Japanese Matchlock, highly de corated, a double barrelea Moorish Smophaunie pistol worth $75, and a cirrcassion Magulet Flint lock, .60 caliber all metal, cn^ed and chisled, worth $165. With the new pistols on exhibit 1-1, is a three shot rimfire Morston- 1875; a four shot revolver with a revolving barrels, a Nurenburg $225 Persian single-shot wheel Jock with ivory inlaid in a; hard wood presumed to be ebony, and an Arabian breast pistol and dag ger. In the collection are ihany weapons varying in value and numerous rare and fantastic in struments of death. Along with these are Standard weapons like a German Luger with a seven inch barrel, an Army .45 nickle- p la ted, model IBll along With other modern rifles'and pistols. The pieces of the collection are exhibited in the library and the cadet reception center in dorm 12. The collection is so large that it cannot be exhibited together at one! time. ; Plans are being made to exhibit the collection complete in the new Student Memorial, center njgt year. The center, which is durto open next year, will accomodate the collection in one room. ■rs Halt Hog ildest Came n the making whan Davis take high point laurels. 1 he ball in before the his baskets came on tap-ir ;he starting whistle could his team-members had mi si f an upset in the making dunked the ball in sound of the starting whistle cpi fade into silence. | j It was A&M'* first victory in seven starts over Arkansas, stretching over a span of three years. The Kentucky Wildcats, ranked second in the nation today, downed the Porkers by four points earlier this year: A&M was able to take the victory by eight coun ters. Team Victory ; The Cadets’ conquest was truly a team victory. Their rebounding work was the best exhibited by a Maroon and White Uftiri (n many a year. They seemed to have that extra snap that gave them the edge, by inches, in wild scrambles for the sphere, John DeWltt tdrned in; his us ual fine performance In backboard play and all-around hustle. Mike Garcia, who started for the first time in SWC play this season, alio controlled malty rebounds for A&M, and his slow, unperturbed play often was ucccntuatel by sud den, lightning-like dart* for the ball while in Porker-paws, and this crowd-pleasing action paid divid ends to the Aggies best defensive gome. . j i McDowell, Walt Duvisi anil Bill Tumbow sunk crucial goals in the last six minutes of plaY Hitting on crisp one-handers from eight feet out, Davis collected two buck ets ' after the Porkers I had cut the lead to: 37-35 With four min utes and If seconds to go. Farmers Ice Game Ahead, 4f)-35, w^ile going into the final two minutes of play, the Farmers maintained a : successful freezing of the ,ba|l with Garcia. McDowell, Tumbow, DeWltt, and Wally Moon engineering the stall. At times, Arkansas I did show somp of the form that enabled it to take victories oyer Tulane and Texas, two respectable teams, earlier this season. With sik foot, seven-inch Bob Ambler stationed at pdst position, the Hogs flashed some effective ball control—just enough to show the DeWare aggregation that A&M was up against a smqoth-cunning ball club. 1 J : ' Ambler poured in: 20 points to IES Instructors Blanket Texas With Courses The training courses of the Industrial Extension Service, blanket the state. Beginning yesterday the 26 instructors will continue classes begun earlier this year and open new classes, in practi cally every section of the state. The courses are under the direc tion of E. L. Williams, director of the service. . , The program, includes the con tinuing of classes In fireman’s training at Luling, Lockhart, Gon zales and Stockdalp.' L. 0. Bynum will organize fire men’s training classes at Ysleta, Fabens and Clint. The organization of a cirfcuit by E. lY. Parker, will include Rankin, Big Lake," Ozoija, Sonora and Rock Springs. J. R. Dobson and H i D. Smi th will hold classes for firemen at West Columbia, Alvin, Angleton, Grapeland and Lake Johnson. Fire men training classes are organized in circuits with a class held one night each week fqr five weeks in each town. W. D. Beasley, police instructor, will continue classes for policemen at Baytown. ' , The instructors of . the rural electric line crews each operate on a monthly circuit. G. E. Baker will begin at Dilly, Q. L. Bridges at McGregor; M. D. Kaderli at Mer kel and E. W. Kerlick at Hen derson. J - !,? fl; *- Short Courses Here W. W, Mills, D. L. ; Belcher, - R. A. Downward and L. L. O’Connor of the supervisor training staff, will work under the direction of H. D. Bearden, ^assistant director, in conducting short courses here for a short course now in progress. E. B. Hoyler, supervisor trainer, will ~ continue a course for the next four weeks at Fort Worth for supervisors employed by the Texas and Pacific Railway. M- D. Darrbw, industrial teacher trainer, will spent this week work ing with the vocational industrial teachers at Laredo and the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Courses for operators of water, plants will be conducted in Galves ton by W. A. Bahdly and A. J. Krell and in Cleveland by C. A. Sanders. ; : * 1 A laboratory course for sewage ins':'"" T i'L Hj ■ take high point laurels. Mo*t of his baskets came on tap-ins after his team-members had missed Jim Cathcsrt, classy forward, and Hudspeth followed Ambler with six point* each. Set Hot Pace The lead changed hands Seven times; and the score was: kijotted on five different occasions. Arkansas was ahead for, a (short time at the outset, but thei Ags bounced back with Mc r ' three successive buckets, free shot and field goal, Witt’s gift-toss. At the . this scoring spree, A&M hadj a 15 6 lead, the largest in the game. From then on, play was fast and furious-, TJte referees halted play several ti,mes to wipe the prespriation, that had coHected in spots when players fell to the floor, from the maplewoods. With 14 minutes to be Played Arkansas startoil living up to .Its reputation, chbpping away »t the A&M lead, swinging a nuoi -back ed weapon with Ambler spealrhead- ... .1 - ... b y Cadet Kv onli n Me Ing the attack that; ,failed, fraction, to penetrate the bubble of hope. SreSnii Epic The score w*s tied «t 28-28 with 18 minutes to go. The croWd wai| lifted to its feet by a soe-aai that then took place botwe* Dowell and Ambler.i, Ambler started the duel when he lost his guard, took ths ball, dnd drove In under to pi 11_ hi* team to a one point deficit, he put the A rkies Into the by tapping in a Vshort one the hoop. McDowell bounced back fie longest shot of the ever bier Then lead upd?* with the longest shot Of the evening, tt 35-footer. Ambler, after taking * foul from Ken Sutton, ti 5d the issue at 28-28, and followed up with a neat left-hand hook *hot to pull Arkansas back into the lead. Paradise for A&M McDowell retaliated wit other long two-hander. This Dowell-Ambler incident wtJs en riched by spine-tingling play(; dur ing this period there were two In tercepted passes and three qut-of- bound fumbles. With the two-minute rule; serv ing as a paradise for A&M,' the cool, rriechanic-ltke play-of Porkers suddenly turned Ipto a nervous wreck. Arkansas! de feat knocked it out of a first place tie with Baylor. - r |. Texas edged Rice, 55-52, iri tin last night to complete Thijrsday night’s card of SWC games Fish Lose In a curtain-raiser to „th< sity tilt, Allen Academy brake a 45-45 dead-lock in the last 3|U sec onds of play to hand the Freshmen their second loss 6f reason.' i The spirited rebound wofrk jof Leroy Miksch enabled the Fish jto chop a 10-polnt lead in the final 10 minutes. Miksch shared Fish (See AGS WIN, Page ,3) var- Student Fees On ■ !•' j i • I , * Directors Agenda January meeting of the Board of Directors of A & M College will open at 9 o’clock Saturday morning in the directors meeting room on the college wimpus. A report from Dr./Dale F. : Leip per, head of the' cqUeg^i newly organized department of Oceanog raphy will open theisesjsion) Fix-, ing of student, fee’s, room rent, charges and uniform handling' charges for the domlmi; year, award of contracts for farm wat er and sewer lines and golf bourse water lines at College Station and an appropriation for a new dorm itory for girls at Prairie View A. and M. College are among imajor items on the agenda. : 1 Fl 4'. . -Vf V j' * The “SlickrrHtcV’ aptly dr- scribe these two friendly fefnmes, who will appear here January 19 with the. Mplke Jones show. Jones and his '‘City Nlickem” will appear In Onion Haiti giv ing two evening program*. k;