-[ -v . r ' • • • , f * City Of; College Station Official Newspaper Ti 1 ' T'li'’'v •; .t *!/ r i PUBLISHED IN INTEREST Ot\ A GREATER A&M COLLEGE • i ; r 1 ' ’ l; ' ’ ■ '• - i ^ | lion f i , . . j. . . .[• | • ; !:H !;■ ! : 1 • ■■ ' ’ l fir j Nations Top Coliogiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey V II' •' Volume 49 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Number 76 ining $12,980 Distributed by Student Lit Ideas Preliminary Who’sWhoWorkReport Universal Military Tr iAbout Face 9 on Arm ' a ■ ■ ■y : f By CHARLES KIRKHAM “The Army’s experiment with a trial Universal Military Training program at Forfc Knox, Ky. foj- lowing the second World War has revolutionized the Army’s way of training men,” Lt. Col Joe Davis, assistant commandant, told the YMCA Cabinet last evening. “Prin ciples learned at Ft. Knox will be used ultimately . throughout the Army.” Davis described^Universial Mili tary Training as: the bill that Congress didn’t pass.” The bill was defeated,by the 81st Congress. Anticipating passage of the bill, the Army established an experi mental training unit at Fort Knox employing principles and techni ques that would be used generally should the bill receive Congression al approval. Many of these prin ciples were “about faces for the Army,” Davis said. The battalion chaplain became a very busy man. He was the first man to interview new trainees. After his interview, he wrote let ters. to trainees’ parents. Davis pointed out that our tactical offi cers at the Annex this year have interviewed freshmen and have written letters to their parents. The chaplain was called in on all discipline cases. In fact, he handled the minor ones before the company commanders, Davis said. A blanket order covering offi cers, cadre, and all trainees forbade and form of swearing, gambling, and drinking; The PX f * served tioft drinks. ’“They war* really corner drugstores," added Davis. An hour dally was spent with trainees by the chaplain In lec tures on cltlsenship. The Army was trying to make them democratic as well ns soldiers, Davis told the group. Trainees during their first, month at Ft. Knox were ordered to the churches of their choice. Then afterwards, they could attend or not. Always their officers attend ed church, setting' examples for their moo, Davis emphasized. This atmosphere of citizenship and clean living made the “days of the rugged old first sergeants long past,” Davis said. “Men were treated as human beings,^ and New Standards Set for Club Future membership of the Saddle; and Sirloin Club will be limited to junior and senior students majoring of minor# ing in Animal Husbandry, ac cording to a plan worked out by , the club- Carl Kemplin, club pres ident, said. /"i’T Sophomores may become asso ciate-members and participate, in club activities but will not be al lowed to. vote in any of the club’s business matters. U.pon becoming a i junior, sophomores who have shown interest and make applica tion to the club membership com mittee will be accented as mem bers, unless rejected by a two- thirds vo’te of the club. A “C” aver age will be respired for all in coming members. The purpose, of this move is to stimulate interest in club activities and serve as a : means of eliihinat- . ing members who do not take an active part in activities or an interest in ‘ the organization, Kemplin said. trained on a sound, wholesome ba sis.” Trainees lived in regular Army barracks. . They ate in mess halls, family-style. Two meals daily were preceeded by prayer. Saluting and other Army discipline was en forced, but officers were leaders, hot dictators, the assistant com mandant added. / Col. Davis cited an example of officer leadership by telling of the commanding general at Fort Knox. Each d the general’s aide Weick Selected NewMemberOf Advisory Group Professor Fred E. Weick, director of Personal Aircraft Research Department of Aeronautical Engineering, jhas been appointed a member of the Subcommittee on Stability ond Control, technical subcommittee of the National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics. This announcement was made by Dr. Jerome C. Hun- saker, Chairman of the NACA. Members of the NACA'e 37 tech nical committees and subcommit tees are selected because of their technical ability, experience, and recognised leadership In their Spec ial field of competence. They serve In a personal and profession al capacity without compensation In contributing their knowledgie to ward formulation of the research programs required for the (Coun try's air leadership. Responsibilities of subcommit tee members include; Advising on problems related to the' assigned technological field of the techni cal committee or subcommittee; reviewing research in progress! both at NACA laboratories and at? oth er organizations throughout] the. country; recommending research projects; and assisting In ccjordi- nation of research programs) Through meetings of such lead ers in the aeronautical sciences, effective coordination and ! the gearing of research activity to the needs of the military, the indijstry, and air transport operators are achieved. The interchange of ideas and information by subcom mittee members has an important and direct beaHng on the nation's continuing.progress in aeronauti cal development. Steen Elected Head Of A&M 4-H Club Jim Bob Steen was ejected pres ident of the Texas A&M Colle giate 4-H Club in a meeting Mon day night in Moore Houes. Steen is a junior from Gold- thwaite and is majoring in a,nimal husbandry. Other officers’elected were I Earle Edwards, vice president anil Joe Bonnot, treasurer. was a different trainee. This trainee would eat dinner with the general iii his home. The UN T experiment lasted for 30 month) . Since then, principles used there have been employed in other Army camps. Camp Hood is an example where many of the ^lessons the Army learned on “UMTees’’ are practiced. In consideration of UMT, the Army decided that its trainees develops inentally, physically and spiritually during training. To steer the le lines of development along wholesome paths, the Army sought to guide Its trainees in an environment most favorable to a receptive frame of mind, Davis said. The trainee’s mental develop ment was hastened by classes of high school and junior college level. Reading and discussion were en couraged. Spiritual development was stim ulated by insisting (on strict per sonal integrity, keif reliance) self discipline, and discipline from oth ers. These combined to give the trainee iiidividualism as well as a spirit; of group participation. Physici l development was en couraged by a broad intramural program of sports and vigorous basic training in the trainees’ com ponent branch of j the Armv. Davis Observed Col. Davis, who spent several days observing the experiment while It existed at Ft. Knox, said with emphasis, “We (the Army) were not trying to develop war mongers, but to 1 teach democracy, and better educate men. They were also trailed ini case of another war." When asked if the did betUjr than answer the trainees that would be reached by UMT uiually Won’t ever go to college because they can’t afford it.” Miss Nancy Evans was present as a guest of the Cabinet. She is attending the University of Texas on a Dai iforth Fellowship. King Sgger presided over the meeting, and Tom Fields, program chairmar, introduced the speaker. The next meeting of the YMCA Cabinet will be Monday eyening February 6. A free movie will be shown and all are welcome to at tend, Fields saip. experiment well organ- did better than anv well org ized "eoll< ge could do, his ansi ■#*» “no; 7 "But,’’ he added, “ Educated Screwball Civil Service Has Opening for Chemist The Civil Service ! Commission has announced an examinatipn for the position of Chemist at entrance salaries ranging from, $4,600 to $6,400 tier annum. Employmept will be with various Fedeilal agencies in Texas. ] Spike Jones 9 S Has Phi Betta Junior’s Banquet Speaker A Mystery By (pEORGE CHARLTON The mysterious Dr. Klipp whose identity is nresently anonvmous but wheibe fame is reportedly of a widespread character will ar rive on [the catnous February 10 to attend the ] Junior Prom as gueest speaker. Concej-ning the acquistion of this mystery] man as speaker for the banquet^ Bob Cornish, co-chair man of! the program committee, said, “live been] told we’re pretty fortunatje to get Dr. Klipp. He’s supposed to be a nationally fam ous speaker.” “The jonly hitch," Cornish con- tiued, ‘jis that' I don’t know de finitely j who he is or what he’s done." But piembers of the publicity committee were able to find out 3| -f ■ ■ fe. By JOHN WHITMORE There is one man in the United States who parlayed a losing* horse into a money-making af fair. This man is Winstead Shef field Glendenning Dixon Weaver, star comedian with Spike Jones’ “Musical Depreciation Review of 1960,” coming to Guibn Hall this Thursday. If you don’t recognize the name it is because he goes by the handle of ■ Doodles. . Doodles was at the race track at Santa Anita and asi usual, he had lost quite a load of cash on the nags. While he was absorbing the atmosphere he listened to the drone of the announcers voice, as the announcer: rolled out the posi tions of the galloping horses, j To make the long Story short, Doodles started .to imitate’.utbe track announcer and worked oilLta comedy - act using- this - idea*.site tried it out on sortie of bis friends and they liked iL They he tried, it on Spike. It clicked and came out as one of Spike’s best selling plat ters, “William; Tell Overture.” Comedy comes naturally to the 33 year-old Californian. His, father claims he gave the stork that delivered him s hot foot. Next to Spike Doodles is in on more of the funny buiiiiieSs than any other members] of the troupe. When he isn’t on Sta re, h« is in the wings laughing at ihe act or practicing his jugglirig. One of his major accomplishment is the back- bounce on a ball. He hits a rub ber ball forward with a spin that causes it to return to him on the bounce. Doodles is the son of a well-to- do California family. His father gave him all of the educational advantage possible. At Stanford, Doodles was known qs the “Mad Monk.” - ... L This title aort of f|t and little 6-foot 2-inch practical joker., Dur ing the summer between his] j fresh man and sophomore years, his family went, to Europe.],. L --t-Wbpt happened- can best- be ex- 'pressed by Winstead.- Weaver, ”! onlways was interested in show .business,-and- that suTnpv>v tbe fam ily went to Europe. Wanted go, but I had an idea. “When they left town, n neon man. lighted up the of onr house and termed it night club. I was a Pl -i me to I hired front into a r mic a Key moniek. We had a band and a lot of actij.” The rest is ! anti-climactic. He was bark in school when the folks got bac < to the homestead. He says that h: s father wired him from Europe offering him a large sum for a slice in the place. Anot ler story about his college days c mcerns | the time a statue was being unveiled. Yes, Doodles was there—in the arms of the statue, smoking a cigar. And tnce he dismantled a friends car am then reassembled it in his friend's room. Doodles and a buddy stayed up all night to accomplish this ore. In spite of these shenanigans, WeavSr was graduated from Stanford in 1337 with a Phi Beta Kapps Kt-’-. Of ourse it was fate that brpugh t’ • Spike and Doodles to gether. They worked-.together in a pictu re and have been together since-1945. .- j, ‘ • ‘ v Dooci les and all the other City Slicken will appear with the “Big Nail” in two performances Thurs day nif ht in Guion. Tickets are now on sah in the Student Activities Office, in Goodwin Hall. t 1 '' Nominating Chairmen Tell Plans; European Summer Tour Sponsored Preliminary reports from the Who’s Who nominating committees were given yesterday at the regular monthly meeting of the Student Life Committee. Hal Stringer, non-military committeeman, said that each non-military student on the Student Life Committee would be assigned a definite school and activity from which he is to select students for nomination for Who’s Who. These men will also transmit student recommendations for Who’s Who candidates to the Student Life Committee, Stringer said. AJ1 men suggested for the honor must firgt be screened by the registrar to de-4 ; ; termined that they have the re- . L | \ Auto Industry Will Increase Car Production New York (AP)—The auto industry plans to build more cars than ever in the next few months, and says it isn’t wor ried about finding buyers. But Home observers wonder if the sup ply of customers for new: cars won’t dwindle by next full. Industry optimists apparently count on continued prosperity and relaxed installment c rep it term* to provide the public with the wherewithal to Inly. They add that some 12 million tars (about 40 per cent- of the cars now on the road) utq 'h* or more years old, and that morn than IVx million of these are going to the (scrap heap eaeh year. Detroit feels that even more ,of these jalopies should—and probably would, If new ear prices weren’t so high. w As the new 1950 models go into high-gear production, there Is the hope In Detroit that many ojf the more prosperous citizens who bought new cars in 1946 and 1947 will put these into the used car market and buy the latest autos. This hope is based on the prewar practice of the better-heeled of turning in a car every two or'three years. There is still, however,! little indication that this prewar habit has been resumed generally) and some dealers fear that car own ers will lengthen the turn-in; cycle to four or five years. Used car dealers, meanwhile, say their sales have stayed Com fortingly high for this time of year, a trend partly explained by the mild,- open winter most df the country has had. About half of the cars jlO or more years old are owned bjt fam ilies with cash Incomes of between $2,000 and $4,000 a year. Tradition ally, this group is a mainstay of the used car dealer. These families sell their 12-yeaf old buggy and buy one discarded by upper bracket families after three or four pears. But this pattern is far from universal, ana it may have changed since the war taught people to take better care of their cars. quired 1.6 grade point ratio. The corps Who’s Who commit tee report was read by chairman Doyle Avant. The procedure for choosing the cadet Who’s. Who winners will be the same as that used last year, Avant reported. Cadets on the corps nominating committee will present every eligi ble candidate for nomination. They will suggest men from their own observation and will also transmit all suggestions offered by other cadets. livery suggested candidate will be discussad by committee mem bers after it has been determined that he has the required 1.6 grade point ratio, Each candidate will be asked to write a report of his activities while at A&M. From these, the committee will select nominees who, together with the nominee* from, the non-military committee, will be voted upon by the Student. Life Committee. Cadet members of the Who's Who committee are Doyle Avant, Bobby Bylngton, Floyd Henk, C. C. Munroe, and Wilman “Pusher” Barnes. Members of the non-military nominating committee are Hal Stringer, Harry Rainey, Chuck Cabaniss, H. G. Doran, Bob Page and Cecil Huejjlf No nominations will be made before the present semester ends since the grade reports for this semester will be used os the ba sis for determining eligibility. January graduates will be eli gible for Who’s Who, as will un- (See NOMINATIONS, Page 4) the following few facts concerning the mysterious doctor’s back ground from what they called a “responsible source;” 1. That he is a columnist, phil osopher, and humorist. 2. That reportedly he has a colorful background of wit and humor. 3. That as an after dinner speaker, he is very much in de mand. 4. That he lives in a nearby community, but not in Brazos County. These few facts stand as the only current clues to his identity until he is presented in Sbisa on February 10 at 7:30 p. m., at which time the program has been scheduled to begin. Doors j to the banquet will be opened at 7 p. m. Serving will commence at 7:16, and the ban quet hall doors will be closed be tween 7:|30 and 7:45 so that late comers will not interrupt the pro- grom. The dance will begin at 9 p. m. and last: until 1 a. m. /Entertain ment of the type presented at the class’s two preceding balls has not been prepared for this event. Concerning the selection of class sweetheart for the! prom, Wilman D. “Pusher” Barnes, class presi dent, has disclosed that this mat ter wbuljl be handled in much the same manner as last year. All pictures | of nominees for Junior Sweetheart should be submitted to the Student Activities Office, Goodwin: Hall, as soon as possible, according to Barnes. These pic- smaller jthan 5x7, and may depict the girl jin any pose. Persons submitting pictures have been askjed to clip with their photo graphs a sheet of paper contain ing their , name and the name of and information about their can didate. These sheets of paper and the picture will be given a corres ponding! number as they are turn ed in it the Student Activities desk. The list for a committee of “young j non-students” to select from photos submitted the , six finalists has been completed and will be announced at, a later, .date. Girls chosen will be introduced at the [first intermission of the dance. The same committee will make its final choice and announce the sweetheart at the final inter mission.] She will then be given a (See JUNIOR, Page 4) I.'.- I ! •! Professor Whiteley has been named faculty advisor for the 1949-50 Cotton Style Show and Pageant. He replaces J. S. Mog- ford who has been faculty ad visor for the past 15 year*. Crane to Speak During Coming Emphasis Week Dr. Henry H. Crane, paator of the Central Methodist Church of Detroit, will be the principal speaker of Religious Emphasis Week to be Ob served on this campus February 13 through 17, according to. Gordon Gay, assistant-secretary of the YMCA. The Inter-church Council was very fortunate in obtaining Dr. Crane as he averages better than one address a day, hot only around Detroit but throughout the country," Gay said. f Crane is probably best known for his work among the colleges of the count— having lectured in well over 150 different academic institutions from Maine to Cali fornia, always receiving requests to return as soon as possible.: ■ Classes will be dismissed for one hour each day during religious emphasis week, Gay explained, so that everyone may attend the ser vices. The schedule for services will be 10 to 11 a. m. oh Monday and Tuesday, 11 to 12 a. m. on Wednesday and Thursday, and at 9 a. m. on Friday. In his college days, Dr. Crane made all-American guard playing basketball for Wesleyan Univer sity where he took his undergrad uate work. Other college activ ities included being leader of the glee club and the dramatic society, manager of thg football team, and member of the tenni* team. The Sllckerettee, a blond and a brunette reason why Spike Jones’ musical depreciation revue draws so well, make hula movements at that old South Pacific drummer. Doodles Weaver. Doodle* Is one of the tortured tonsil voices in the Slickers’ racing records. He’s the euto one, with the uncontrollable Toni. 9 V Golf Course Gets Biggest Share, Loan Funds Doubled With $3,00) ! v The Student Life! Committee approved distribution of $12,980 of Exchange Stone profits yesterday at its regular monthly meeting. j The proposed 18 hole campus golf course got the biggest single grant from the student-faculty 1 group when it ear marked $5,006 for buying maintenance equipment for the course. ■ i Student loan fund capital was almost doubled when a request for $3,000 from George Long, director of Student labor, was approved by the committee. ♦ The $3,000 will be put Into a new fund, the “Exchange Store Profits Loan Fund", and will be administered in the sam* manner as the Davis Buck Ftind, the Braexeale Loan Fund, and the Ernestine Gaber Loan Ftind. An additional $1,600 from the Exchange Store profits will be set aside to buy dormitory ath letic equipment and outdobr basket ball goals. ii The A&M Rodeo Club: will get $1,300 to help swell it^ reserve for building a * new rodeo arena. However, the gift to the cowUivs carried a atiuplation. Before the Student Life Committee; will con sider any future requests; from the Rodeo Club, all the mdney* pre viously allotted to it by ] the com mittee must be spent. , Three other requests for por tion* of the Exchange Stjore fumts were approved by the committee, One thousand dollars fvsa given to the YMCA for the pbr|K>se of furnishing meeting room) with ad ditional equipment, / Iso, the YMCA received $650 U pay for painting and rennvatln t the Y cabin or "Cashlon's ('ablr", Thli Is a small building located south of the creamery. It la used 1 y campus organisations for parties and bar- beques. , The final grant by [the com mittee was for $6S0. It will be used for repairing planes at the Music Hall and for m nor t]on- sfruction work in that building. M 1 Safe Industry Course Meets January 18 j A three day short course in Industrial Safety for en gineering college prof essoin and administrators will open Wednesday morning in Sbisa Lounge. The courae, which has been auc- ccssfully taught at Georgia Tech and itho Illinois Institute of Tech nology, will be sponsored by A&M In cooperation with the American Society of Safety Engineers. ! "The purjHiso," according to Dean Howard Ay. Barlow, the cbnlnnau of the short course, "Is to set quaint engineering educators In the Southwest and adjoining state* with the •availability of materlnl andj assistance that ran be used In their engineerings curricula". ] Attendance for the short course has been estimated at -10 by As sistant Direction of the placement .office, Lucian M. Morgan. Beside Texas schools, Missouri, Louisiana. Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma kind Mississippi will send delegates. x ' „ j | —.—.— " f ’ 1 , Methodists Plan Building Program The A&M Methodist Church is planning a long range building program which will cost approx imately $700,000, the Rev. James F. Jackson pastor, said today.- The first section, of the buij]d- ing program, will be a new church sanctuary. This auditorium is plan ned to seat 950 and will cost $160,000. Funds for this building are already on band, Jackson said. Also on the building program will be a lounge, parlor, a stu dent center with a fellowship hall, chapel, administration offices, and an 85 ft. tower. !.} j Soph Class Meets This Evening at 7 The Sophomore Class will meet tonight in the Assembly Hall at 7 p. m., Dick Ingles, class president said' today, Sonhomore Ball will be disr cussed and other matters, In gles said. Bequests Refused Four requests for funds were turried down by : the committee. One; for $200 was asked by the Engin- j. eering Drawing Department. It was to be used to buy prizes to be awarded in the annual {engineer ing drawing Contest. | A request fr»m Ed Haines, B Veterans Senior, for more hand ball courts was not approved be cause additional lighted ] handball courts are planned in the college building program. Also] cost of constructing the courts, even on a temporary basis, was not Within the scope of the funds available to the committee. ' ' n ' A Ross Volunteer request was also vetoed. The committee felt that the college should finance any official trips the i company might have to make. Trips made at the invitation of sOme civic \ I group. the committee j thought, . should’be financed by that group )\| and not from student fiunds. ! A $2,000 request from J. J. Woolket to be used for bringing a name band to the campus for the opening of the Memorial Stu dent Center was also turned down. The committee felt tha,t such an undertaking was institutional in nature and should be financed by the college. Hap Wished Jocks, Lead as AF Chief % By HAL BOYLE New York, MA-Gen. “Hap" Ar nold, dead at 6.'!, once almost quit the U. S. Army because they wouldn’t let him ride a horse, This is one of many odd quirks in the career of the genial airman who never fired a gun in anger himself but commanded the might iest armada in history—the globe- ranging U. S. A nn y Air Force In the second World War. The only wound he suffered in two world wars—he saw combat action in neither—came when be was struck by some shotgun! pel lets during a pheasant hunt Yet the American Air Force of today stands as a monument to his jri° neer courage aloft and his cheerful but diplomatic toughness in winning a top place for airpower in Washington^ behind-the-scenes military struggles. Two examples of his pioneeriiig: 1. As a young flier Arnold neat ly zoomed down and plopped a bag of mail In the front yard of a postoffice to prove the Army could deliver airmail. ■. - L j 2. In 1945 he commanded the -airforce that opened * new tom of war and peace by dropping two atom bombs on Japan. The story of “Hap’a” adult life parallels the growth of the air planes as a chief instrument of mil itary decision. But whea he was graduated from West Point tho big lieuten- pride and elara later, otirth man r: ant—he stood six feet, weighed 185 pounds—was so crazy about horses he threatened to quit the Army If he was assigned to the Infantry instead of the eavhlry. Naturally, the Army assigned him to—the infantry. Hap swallowed his steyod in service. Four in 1911, he was the in the Army chosen to study fly ing at Dayton, O., under ! the Wright brothers. \- It is interesting to! conjecture what would, have happened to Ar nold—and to American airpower-- If he had won his first heart's de sire assignment to the cavalry. For throughout his career Hap was aligned with; "Billy’’ Mitchell and the other Army rebels of the years between the wars who sought a more important role for airpow er. His victory came when the American Air Force Was permit ted to practice, daylight precision ‘■MGei bombing by night. bombing against Germany, whlcl he had advocated ha against arei bombing by night. ' And his vindication r i the. war when prisoner Herman Gocrqig. asked by the U. 8. Stra- togis Bombing Survey whether arsa or .precision bombing had been more effective, replied]:' “The precision bolmbing, be cause it was decisive. Destroyed cities could be evacuajted, but de stroyed industries wire difficult to. replace.” T which a came after