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1 J V '■if • < y . K City? Of College Station Official Newspaper i % n '' i l tic t r PUBLISHED IN • \ . :• CHEATER A&M COLLEGE f; Nation's Top Collegiate Dally NAS 1949 Survey '’I? I n ■ ‘‘■A il Volume 49 ,^r ‘Great Issues’ To fee Offered t Again in Spring The Great Issues course listed in the registration bul letin as Administration 405, will be given again this spring semester on Tuesday and Thursday at 11 too a. m. in Jtoom 301 of the Electrical Engineering Building, according to §. R. Gam mon, chairman on the committee on Great Issues. As heretofore a strong program is being arranged, Gammon said. Several'outstanding visiting speak ers,. authorities in “their respec tive fields, will give lectures. Dr. Henry Goddard Leach of the American-J3e*ndinavian Foundation will discuss ‘American vs. Scan dinavian Democracy.” Joseph C. Harsch, Washington correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor and ace broad caster of,: “The Meaning of the News”, during the war, will speak from first hand observation in 1049 on "The Holes I Have Seen in, the Iron Curtain.” Dr. Charles E. Kellog of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will discuss "The Chances of World Food Shortage.” Dr. Allen B. Kline, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, will give.a crlt- Iciil analysis of the administration's proposed farm program. Negotiations have been advan ced for adding to the Great Issues program the following highly de sirable speakers. Dean Rusk of the U. S. Department of State to dis cuss "Our Foreign Policy Agenda;” Dr. E. G. Nourse, recently of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President, to present "The Danger to U. S. of Deficit Fi- fiancing;” Angus Ward, recent U. S. Counsul General in Manchuria lb discuss the significance of the ".Situation in China.” As heretofore the class text book will be the Sunday edition of The New York Times. The above speakers will be supplemented by various members of the college Staff. Fees Set For Coining Session The Fiscal Department will accept fees for the Spring se mester at Goodwin Hall, Mon day and Tuesday, January 23 and 24, and after the 24, fees must be payied at the Fiscal Of fice in the Administration build ing.- - A matriculation fee of $25, a medical service fee of $6, and a student activities fee of $9 must, be paid in full at the beginning of the semester, the Fiscal Office said, and the room rent, board and laundry fees may be payed either in full or in installments. The total fees for students pay ing the full amount is $240.00. For students desiring to pay by installments; 1 the Fiscal office released thei following schedule; First installment, payable on en trance, January 80-31; board to Feb,I 20, I r _$27.(!0! room rent to Feb. 20,. $?.(!f>; laundry to Feb. 20,-$2.45. This will be in oddition to the r three required fees for matriculation, medical, ami nctiv- , Hies. Second installment, payable Feb ruary 1-20; board to March 20, $33.00; room rent [ to March 20, $9.35; and laundry to March 20, $3.00. Third installment, payable March 1-20; board to April 20 (Spring recess excluded) $32.40; room rent to April 20, $10.30; and laundry to April 20, $3130. ‘ Fourth j installment payable April 1-20; board to June 3, $52.80; im>m rent to June 3, $14.70 and laundry to June' 3, $4.75., , • t The last three installments are due on the dates shown; the fees for delayed payments ^re $1.00 each day they are delayed. Stu dents who are delinquent five days wilt be dropped from the rolls. Times Say Truman Strongly Urged New York, Jan. 18 (A*)—The New York Times says President Truman is being urged strongly by admin istration officials to make another attempt to reach an atomic agree ment with Russia, before he decides whether to produce a hydrogen atomic bomb-j The hydrogen atomic bomb is estimated to be 1,000 times as deadly as the original atomic bomb. The Times, in a special dispatch from Washington by James Hes ton, says David E. Lillienthal, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, is understood to be among those who are arguing that the United States must reopen the international negotiations for con trol of all weapons of mass de struction before it assumes respon sibility for producing the new weapon. •T V % 1 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1950 PROP. 5CMMAIX At-C* Jr Mum40$ d like to see the exemption list a p _ ! 1 ; ; ! . Architects Attire Atrociously Feb. 4 By W. K. iCOLVILLE I! | Once again the architects : of A&M are planning the dance vith the rare name, ASABAB, and ii is scheduled' to burst Sbisa's well- sprung seams lyith a riot of vivid color and costume on February 4. Many years aj|o, when ^^A^AB was first hatched by the artjistic pigeons in our Academic’s loft, it was decided that the dance be patterned (as christainly: as pos sible) after the annual Beaux Arts Ball held in Paris by the art colonists. Hence, the name Architectural Society’s Annual Beaux -Arts Ball, and the inevitable (ugh) outgrowth of that, ASA BAB. r : : Each year, a central theme is chosen for the Ball, and tine draw- boys attempt to outcostume each other for the first prize. The tKfeme this year is based on the mid century issue of Life Magazine that came out Jariuary 2,' showing the fads and foolishness: Of Amer ican life between 1900’ and 1950. Any costume that is an accurate interpretation of anything in the "Frustrated Ambitions”, and Jack Crook first prize winner,: caused many an eyebrow to click mili tarily upward with hs depiction of a “Chicken General”. He was garbed in helthet liner with elec tric stars, serge tunic with enough combat ribbons to cause Audy Murphy to cringe behind his Con gressional medal, and a pair chicken legs alt too appropriate. Last year James B. Grattoq/and Fred Buxton copped the first/prize with their somewhat unique Version of ‘.‘Frankie and Johnny”, the theme of the Ball being^ song tit les. Gattop was made up as a gawdy Frankie Sinpfra, and Bux ton as Johnny, wap a mobile two- holer. The decorations for the Ball this year will alsp/be taken from Life, and the local vine intimates that there may be a photographer down from that 7 good magazine. A large combo from Prairie View College will do the musical mix ing. Y, _ i Teen-Age Poet’s magazine will qualify. Looking back at past ASABABs Ttfsirle gives a glimpse of what is in stole ST fjf fl A U UHSHVlt this time. In 1947, the theme Was Leaving School? Turn in ID Card ■j ■ ; Students planning tb leave school at the end of the present semester whether graduating, or otherwise, should turn in their Identification fcards in room 100 of Goodwin Hall be fore leaving the csmpjus: accord- irqc to Allen M, Madelpy of the Housing office. This applies to all students who will not bb attending A&M this next semes, ter. 4- Exes ’Club Officers Meeting Saturday i,. The largest meeting of A&M club officers ever sponsored by the Associatioin of Former Stu dents will be held here next Satur day and Sundayj Announcing the meeting, J. B. “Dick” Hervey,: exceptive secre tary of the association^ said ad vance registration had been un usually heavy [and that several states throughput the United States would be represented at the meeting. A conference with student lead ers, a tour of the memorial stu dent center; and a sports banquet will highlight the program design- Jerry Reeves, 16, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Reeves of the Gene tics Department, is a charter mem ber of the, Bryan-Coliege Station Chapter of the Poet’s Society of Texas. Jerry has been writing poetry Since he was seven years old and has written about fifty poems. His; recent poem “Patriotism” has beeh accepted for publication by the Texas Anthology of the Na tional Poetry Association. Jerry spent a year in Central America wher*! he studied English and Spanish and worked on his poetry. He is an amateur ornithologist, and student of art and music at Consolidated High School. Million - Dollar Robbers Sought By FBI Agents Boston, Jan. 18—lAb—A sweep Ing bandit hunt was under way to day for seven gTotesquely-mapked gunman who scooped one million dollars in cash and left a/mlllion behind In one of the biggest hold ups In history. They/aiso took half a million in chcc Crack FBI agents/and state po lice Joined local Jollce who were under orders toXbrenk this thing up before a nerw outbreak devel ops.” FBI agents across the country -were alerted because Fbderal Re serve Bank funds were included In the li Is Hull, vice president of the Boston Federal Reserve, said that the looted money transportation firm handles the delivery of funds of a number of member; banks. In a special department order. Police Supt. Edward W. Fallon told his men: “Don’t stop until you -find these men. I want every available de tective to work on this case.” The gunmen — in a 20-minute precision raid—snatched the mon ey from an open vault in the sprawling waterfront garage of Brink’s Inc., a money transporta tion firm, after gagging and trus sing five employes last night. Cruiser cars raced through the city and outlying districts during the night running down a number of tips that proved worthless. “It’s very obvious,” Fallon said, “that these men used a master key to open all those doors,” The gun men went through six locked doors before reaching the vault where they cowed five employes. Trotter Addresses Ag Worker’s Meet Dr. Ide P. Trdtter, Dean of the Graduate school, addressed the Texas Agricultural Worker’s As sociation Meeting held January 13-14 in Galveston. The subject of Hi*. Trotter's talk was Japan and China. Also on the program of the 23 annual meet ing was a paqel 'discussion on "World Agriculture Under a Texas Microscope/’ and VGulf Coast Agriculture.” One hundred and seventy peo ple registered (for the .meeting held in the Buccaneer Hotel. Of this number 15 were from A&M. Spike Jones and Company Musical Depreciation Show Comes to Guion Tomorrow By CHESTER CRITCHFIELD Dead-week at A&M :wil! be iivened-up considerably when Spike Jones and his "Musical De preciation Revue of 1950” appear ip Guion Hall with' two big ap pearances tomorrow night. Among the personalities who promise to provide a most enter taining evening and guarantee to make even the most worried minds forget horrors of next week, are many talented people. Winstead “Doodles” W’eaver, the horse race announcer in ■ the “Wil liam Tell Overture,” and the char acter who runs an automobile race Hours," into the “Dance of will be doing his best out a chuckle or two. squeeze • a. viiuvivic i/i www. j j Helen Grayco, the torch sine- er with a fitve “personality” and a low cut-evening drive any serious chem final all the wa; the Chemistry Buildinj Big, 280-pound Georgi be on hand booming, out with “Do Ya Wanna Buy a Buhny’i and "Two Front Teeth.” He also; toots the trumpet. Earle Bennett, better known as Sir Frederic Gas, is the grease paint boy of the show and a refu gee from Ken Murray’s “Black- should t of a back to Rock will xwy. X; IL 1 oiits." j i“Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath”, Purv Pullen, can imitate some 125 birds so well that the audience is advised to carry umbrellas. Old campaign hats should work very well. Guion will probably be look ing similar to a giant bird cage once Fury starts his mating calls. i Bill King, one of America’s out standing jugglers, will be tossing various objects around much like the! finals will be doing you next week. If you have ever wondered how anyone can go on singing as if nothing out of ordinary was, happening while Spike and his bunch of noise-makers are doing everything in their power to distract him, just take a look at Eddie Metcalfe. He is either stone-deaf or has tremendous powers of concentration. Coach Karow will utter a sigh when he sees J. L. “Junior” Mar tin. The poor liT shrimp is only seven-foot-seven. Junior offers quite a contrast with Frankie Lit- fle, the tiniest City Slicker in the world. Le Verne “Cherub” Pearson is the little gir] with the big operatic voice. One of the qualifications for her jab waa that she must tip,; the scales over the two hundred mark. Some of the other members in the band are Dick “Icky” Morgan, Freddie Morgan, Dick Gardner, Roger Donley, Joe Siracura, Paul Leu, and Joe Colvin, j Strictly for eye appeal is a comely ' young acrobatic marvel by the name of Audrey Haas. She can get into more unusual positions than an out-wrestled wrestler. Two great little dancers Evelyn and Betty, add glamous and var iety to the show. r ! Spike Jones first attracted a lot of attention back in 1942 when he came out with his novel arrange ment of "Der Fuehrer’s Face.” Since that time he has kept in the lime-light with his ability to mur der good music. Don’t be misled by the way his band plays most of the time though. It takes some of the best musicians in the business to do vhat Spike requires of them. Most of his men are very versatile and can play several instruments as well as the other odd contraptions they use. According to Grady Elms, assis tant director of Student Activities, a few tickets for both performances (6:45 aiid 9:00 p. m.) are available at the Student Activities Office in Goodwin Hall. '■ / i l:,- M: ed by Hervey for the visiting of ficers. M i • Students to Meet With Exes Cadet 1 Colonel of the Corps Doyle Avant, Student Senate Pres ident Ke)th Allsup, and co-edi tors of The Battalion C. C. Mun- roe arid Bill Billihgsley will meet with the Visitors to discuss mutual student and ex-student problems. The officers will attend the 1950 Wiriter Sports banquet for A&M athletes of the football and cross country teams in Sbisa Hall Sat urday night. The banquet is spon sored by jthe Brazos County A&M club and! the A&M College Ath letic Coupcil. J, Wayhe Stark, ’39, director of the Memorial Student Center, will accompany the group on a tour of the Memorial Student Center building now nearing completion. The center is to be ready for use in September, Stark said. Hegislration will take place in the lobby of the YMCA the after- noop of Jan. 21, and early ar rivals! are expected at 3 p. m. Officers Breakfast in Sbisa Cflub officers will breakfast in the banquet; room of Sbisa Hall befpre discussing club mutters whjch require group attendance. Proper selection of club objectives, duties and responsibilities of club officers, and means af maintain ing A&M clubs On the high level of { participation as now exists,; are) topics which will be discussed in detail. A majority of the officers of the. Association of Former Stu dents are expected to attend the conference, said Hervey. Past or present club officers and all other A&M men who are interested in the A&M club pro gram are invited, Hervey con cluded. y 18, 1950 Number Registration Scheduled For January 30 and 31 I -I I [■ '• > • : I v i ;! I ’ *• i. • • .!' ' '> •• r- ■ i K. I I Center Parking Prohibited By City Council College Station’s city coun cil has ordered all vehicles to refrain from center-parking in the North Gate business dis trict all the way between old rind new highway 6, City Manager Raymond Rogers said after a coun cil meeting 1 Monday pight. Commercial vehicles have been Allowed to cienter paijk in the past While unloading, bu^ because of wide spread abuse of the privilege it has been withdrawn. By abuse, Rogers explained that drivers fre quently continue to block the Street after they have completed their business while I they go for coffee or extended visits. The Council also announced new appointments to its cemetery and library boards. Members of the Cemetery Board are N, M. McGinnis, chair man; Mrs. B. W. Williams, Mrs. J. C. Miller,; Mrs. T. W. Leland, Mr*. Frank fh Anderson, John, W. Rowlett and W. S. [Edmonds. Library Board is composed of Mrs. J. T. Duncan, Mrs. O.wen Lee, Mrs. Eugene Rush, Mrs. F. L. Thomas, Mrs. L. P. Dulaney, Mrs. A. W. Meiloh, L. S. Richardson, and City Manager Rogers. * ——— Texas Polio Battle Goal Is $2 Million By BOB PRICE k —January 16 marked a signal event in Texas as well as in the national as a whole — the opening day of the March of Dimes cam paign to aid in the suppression, treatment, and alleviation of In fantile Paralysis. This campaign is especially sig nificant to the people of Texas this year as never before in its history. Last year, the nation ex perienced the worst polio epidemic in its history. The state of Texas was similarly affected and by December 15, 1949, more than 2,323 cases of polio had been reported in the states Texas had also suffered its worst polio epidemic. Last year’s battle against this dread disease was too big for even Texas to handle by itself. Help had to be summoned and this help came from the 'National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. Rein forced by the Foundation, the Tex as chapter met the challenge. In Tom Green County, the polio canes reached epidemic pro portions. All through the state the disease spread like wild fire. Size of city, location made no difference. Whether in cities like Ft. Worth or in town* like Clarendon, polio continued on the rampage, r Last year's serious epidemic and the possibility of a repeat perform ance in 1950 make the success of this years Campaign mandatory. To meet the financial emergency brought on by last year’s record epidemic, it is estimated that this year's March of Dimes campaign must provide not less than $60 million dollars. The share alloted to the Lone Star state has been set at $2 mil lions. This is not an exhorbitant sum, considering the many uses in which this money is employed. Aside from being used in the actual treatment of the disease. Ifhysics Dept Has New Atomic Course A new course in the study of atomic phenomena will be offer ed by the Physics department next; semester under the course num ber Physics 310. In announcing the new course/ the physics department said it will place emphasis on such topics as the electron, x-ray, atomic spectra, phataelectricity, structure of the atom, photon collisions, ra-j dioactivity, nuclear transmutations, ajnd atomic guns. 1 Carrying three hours credi Physics 310 will have two hou: theory and two hours lab week, the Physics de memorandum said. The stresses practical application atomic processes to medicine and industry, and is less mathematical and more descriptive in nature that) similiar courses. Prerequisites are Physics 202 or 204, and Chemistry 101. some of this amount is used to take care of the serious carry over cases who were afflicted during last year’s seige. ■ Still another part of this appro- priation utilized in advancement of research along the lines of polio, its cause and possible prevention. The scopd of this problem can best be pictured by the figures re leased by the National Founda tion. Last year the' March of Dimes campaign raised ’ $26 mil lions and the cost of medical care ALONE amounted to $31 millions. It is estimated that should Texas not have a single new polio case during 1950, the cost of continued care which Texas chapters must meet will amount to $1,250,000 of the proposed $2 million dollar collection. The severity of the cause de mands that Texas and the nation are not caught lacking. The re sponsibility of this endeavor rests with the people of the United States. Polio knqws no bounds—color, creed or religion. Preparation is the key note when combatting this disease. Therefore,, the National Foundation has asked for the con tinued wffobts of every person in the United States to* achieve this preparedness. ; > ♦ By JOHN WHITMORE Registration for students currently enrolled and old returning students will begin at 8 a. m. Monday, January 30i and will end Tuesday, 4 p. m., in Sbisa Hall, H. L. Heaton, registrar, announced this morning. Assignment cards will be released to graduate and undjer- graduate students | at the East entrance of Sbisa 1 Hail accordance with the following schedule: Monday; January SO, 1950 8:a.m. to 9:a.tn.- All whose surnames begin with T, U, V. 9:a.m. to 10:a,m,—All whose sumaiqes begin with W, X, Y, 21 10:a.m. .to lltajn.—AU whose surnames begin with L. Me, Ma. l:p.m. to 2:p,m,—All whose surnames 1 begin with Me, N, O. 2:p.m. to 3:p.m. to 3:p;m: 4 :p;m.- -AU whose surnames begin with P, Q, R. -A|l whose surnames begin with S. Tuesday, January 31, 1950 /r i.m. to 9:a.m —AJ1 whose surnames begin with C. i.m. to lOialm.—AB whose surnames b^gin with D, E, F. 8:a.m 9:a.m 10:a.m. to 11 :a.m.—All whqse surnames begin with G, Hi. l:p.m, to 2:p.m.—All whose surnames begin with Ho, I, J, K. 2:p.m. to 3:p.m.‘ All whose surnames begin with A, Be. 3:p.m. to ,4:p.m.—All whose aurnames begin with Bi, By. ^ L ~ J ! ! ! ■: ♦ Juniors and seniors in the sc Guess who this more apprecia tive member of the Spike Jones Musical Depreciation Revue be longs to? Spike himself has the lass under two contracts—one for business, another for mar riage. Nee Helen Grqyco, she will appear with Jones in Guion’s Thursday night feature. Pipeline Explodes, Burns Near Dumas Dumas, Texas., Jan. 18 —A two-foot pipeline which feeds Tex as gas to the west coast ruptqr- ed with a spectacular roar last night and flamed brilliantly for a time. There were no casualties reported. i'lj j -j The explosion occurred about a mile from h bposter Station of the El Paso Natural Gas (Jo„ seven miles southwest of her?. The line carries jgas from Texas panhandle fields and runs to Eunice, N. M-, then] to Blythe, Calif., where it ties into lines supplyirik Lo* An- gelesf j j', j j ! ; ' There vyere no buildings near the brisk, f. i M Officials said the break could be repaired in a fejv hours. 1 1 ' »■ f -—■ — — epartment ie course cation of J, i Pint-size Frankie Little, Giant-size Junior Martin, size (nil over) Hefon Grayco practice up on their “He routine for the Spike Jones musical dcpreoiatlion appear la Guion, January 19. i which win V . : < ,i of Arts and Sciepce* and A|j, culture must have their assignment cards initialed by the heads of the departments, Heaton said, It is also necessary that all junior and seniors J.n the schools of Engineering and Agricultore turn in their approved degree plans when presenting their assignment cariis to their deans,. A schedule of liusses will be available for distribution at the regislrar'a office Friday, Henton said. A complete schedule of summer school classes and couraaa will be published in Friday's .Batta Ion, Heaton said. In each curriculum, section mini- if-bers are shown to indicate .hat every course required in n g ven course pattern *has a coihmon sec- tion number, Heaton said. By using a single section rjum- ber in all required course*, t ier* will be no schedule conflicts. For example, a student registerinr in. chemical engineering subject* should register in either section 242 or 243 in all required courses, Heaton added. Classes will begin Februat and February 7 is the last that courses may be dropped out an ‘^F”. Registration Procedure The first step in registration will be to secure assignment cards at Sbisa Hall. Directions will be printed on the back for filling this out. Fees must be paid at the ier's desk and from there- Chief of Housing for confiri tion of room reservations. Assignment cards will be signed by the head of the department of the representatives for the ap iro- val the schedule in the Sbisa ! iall Annex. Veteran* secure approval of book requiaitions and assignment cards are also turned in to the registrar I in the Annex, Heaton said. Students registering for less $han 12 hours of clas, are asked to go to the registrar's desk in Shis* for a statement of charges. In casts of over charges or under chuigeS, proper adJOstment* will l* made after registration, Heaton said. Old: and returning students auth orized to return will follow the same, registration procadura as those who register January 80 and Heaton also announced the qual ifications necessary to take excess hours.. A student may not have more than 18 hOum. unless he e irns the privilege to carry more. This nts, , . tnay take 19 hours; with 22 grade points he may take 26 hours. Thren- ty-one Kburs may be taken if the student has 27 gradepoints from the previous semester; 22 houfs on 32 grade points; 23 hours on 45 grade points; and 24 hours on 54 grade points. / more man is nour*. unless ne e the privilege to carry more. 1 privilege is earned by grade po With 18 grade points a student Cosset Proposes $1 Levy on Oil Import 18 OTI-lGos- :cise taxes on be Increased Washington, Jan. sett proposes that excise petroleum imports five-fold. He introduced .a bill yesl which he said was designed tect domestic producers as wi raise $300,000j000 revenue *a the. present ebteiae it* a barrel, Gessctt levy, tic oil planted by foreign oil in relatively tax free, said. "American refineries are j being closed by the, dozen.” Republicans promptly Gossett’s speech inta a sprir_ for attacking the administration policies. Rep. Rich (R-Pa.) said it Waa “a real joy" to see a Democrat urg ing a' higher levy in importa. f “And it’s high time,” Rich shout ed. “Thousands of workers al ready are out of jobs. I hope you can go further than oil.? ij if - J V