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STATION (AggWtmi), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, IBM
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Klnjc Cotton Ni-lnoti Bninnomnn (aecond from
loft, front fow) tuul hln cotton court pose for a
formal portrait after their Identity wan revealed
by the Agronomy Society. They are (front row,
left to right) Roy Cook, Brunneman, 41m Trouble-
field, and liave Riven. On the bark row, left
to light, are; Leo Mlkewka, Ray Kunze, Tommie
Duffle, Corned Ohlendorf, and Don Ilegl. The
16th Annual Cotton Ball and Pageant will be
held April 2$.
SMU Students Send
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Apologies to A&M
The student body of Southern
Methodist University apologized to
the student bddy of A&M yester-
iday-
’ Bpb Gibson, : president of the
BMTJ ‘ Students' Association, ten
dered the apology in a letter to
Keith Allsup, president of the Stu
dents Senate.
Allsup wired A&M’s acceptance
of the apology to Gibson last
night.
The SMU student body presi
dent said that the hilltop school’s
student governing body had joined
with SMU authorities in making
a full investigation of the fight
which occurred last Tuesday night.
Three Church
Panel in YMCA
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A panel discussion to be held in
the YMCA at 4 this afternoon
will consist of representatives of
three faiths—Jewish, Catholic and
Protestant.
Rabbi William S. Malev will re
present the Jewish faith. He is
spiritual leader of Congregation
Beth Yeshurum of Houston, the
only Conservative Congregation ip
that city and one of the largest
in the Southwest..
The Protestant faith will be re
presented by Rev. Grady Hardin,
pastor of the Chapel wood Method
ist Church of Houston. Rev. Har
din was main speaker for RE
Week on the campus in 1948 and
at the Annex last year.
Rev. Bertrand Abell, Catholic;
Priest of the Holy Name Retreat;
of Houston will represent his faith:
on the panel. ■». j
Ned Linegar will act as/thedia-,
, tor of the panel. Mr. Linegar, who
is regional secretary of the YMCA,
is from Dallas. :
Notify Parents Of
Correct Address
All students should notify their
parents of their. dormitory room
and phone number and the num
ber of the housing office (4-5014),
so that they can be reached quick
ly in an emergency, Harry Boyer,
, chief of Housing announced to
day.
Messenger service is operated
after 6 p. m. and on holidays.
Messengers are students and re
ceive the messenger fee paid to
the phone company.
Elms Announces
Dance Changes
Changes in the dates of the
Sixth Regimental and Artillery,
"engineering, Cavalry, and Infantry
regimental balls, were announced
today by Grady Elms, of the stu
dent activities office.
The date of the sixth regimental
ball has been changed from Feb
ruary J8 to April 15 and that of
the Artillery, Engineer, Cavalry,
and Infantry regimental Ball from
March 31 to April 1.
between three Aggi
of SMU students.
es and a gang
SMU students are also doing
in their power to assure that si
a situation does not arise aga
Gibson said.
The letter from Gibson folio*
by a day an; Associated Press i
patch which said that apologies
the affair wiere on the way: fr^
SMU to the Aggies involved in
fight, the Aj&M Athletic Depart
ment, the Stiudent Senate, and
college.
Gibson’s Letter
Gibson sa;id in his letter to A 11-
sup, “In 'behalf of the Students’
Association of SMU, I wish to ex
press an apology for the incident
which occurred on our campus fbl-
Towing the A&M-SMU basketball
game, February 7.
“All of us regret the incident,
and we are doing all in our pow er
to see that a similar; situation d< es
not arise. We students are
permitting this matter to go
noticed, but are currently conduit
ihg a joint investigation with the
administration. ; .—
“We feel/' Gibson continued,
“that relations between our two
•student bodies have been very ex
cellent, and we hope that such
satisfactory relations may be Re
sumed in the very near future. |
“Please realize that we regret
this incident very much, and wish
to offer our slncerest apologies.’’
Allsup was contacted in his room
late last night and reported (hat
he had already wired his accept
ance of the apology to SMU.
Allnup’s Wire
The text of his wire read: )**
iregret the incident that occui
between the students of our Re
spective schools following the bas
ketball game there.
■Tt was regretable from the
standpoint of our past relations.
They have been what they should
“We
urred
between students of college level.
I think our relations can be main
tained in spite of this Incident.
“We here at Texas A&M will do
all we can to maintain these re
lations.
"We accept your apologies and'
want ;to thank you for extending
them to the student body of Texas
A copy of Allsup’s telegram was
sent to the Dallas Morning. News,
the Student Senate president said.
Copies ' of Gibson’s apology fbr
the SMU student body were sent
to AUsup, The Battalion, and Col
onel of the Corps Doyle Avant.
Creative Writers
Mteet Februaty 16
A meeting to launch the Creative
Writing Club will be held Thurs
day, February 16, at 7:15 p. m.
room 328 of the Academic bull
ing, cltib sponsor Harry Kidd an
nounced today.
Reports from the constitutUonal
and nominating committess will be
heard, Kidd said, and officers wfll
be elected. .l r
He re-extended the invitation
any and all persons on the cam[
interested in creative writing
any form to come to the meetink.
5
House Clears
New Cig Tax
Of One Cent
pitals and special schools. The vote
was 112-27.
It was the first tax bill passed
by the House at the special ses
sion. . ■ I
Th$ measure would raise the
state' tax on cigarettes from a pre
sent level of three cents per pack
to four cents. On the basis of
current cigarette sales in Texas,
it would raise approximately 7 %
to 8 million dollars additional re
venue.
; Five million dollars of this ex
tra money would go to a special
fund for construction of hospitals
and special schools. The increase
would remain in effect to Sept. 1,
1957.
The bill now goes to the senate.
Restriction of revenue for build-
ihg purposes to $5,000,000 a year
Was provided for in an amendment
by Rep. Douglas Bergman of Dal
las. The amendment was adopted,
123-5.
Rep; S. J. Isaacks of El Paso,
who cast one of the five opposi
tion, vptea to the bill, said he did
4° In (he belief the tax was in
equitable.
I “Our constitution says all taxes
Shall be uniform. I see no reason
for taxing cigarettes four or five
tjlmes as much as any other lux
uries," he declared.
| Then the House by recessing un-
U1 10 a. m. instead of adjourning,
Paved the way, for immediate con
sideration of other tax bills.
This means the second adminis
tration-backed tax measure pro
bably is next up for debate. It is
the bill by Reps. Joe Fleming, Cal-
lan Graham and Dolph Briscoe to
Increase rates in the omnibus tax
hill 15 per cent.
| The cigarette tax increase is to
provide funds for construction. The
omnibus tax increase is designed to
raise 20 or 21 million dollars for
operation of the hospitals and spec
ial schools the remainder of this
biennium, which ends Aug. 31
1951.
Air Force Men To
Discuss Benefits
Representatives of the U. S. Air
Force will .be at the Chemistry
Lecture Room at 7:30 Wednesday
night to discuss the opportunities
now available to former members
of the Air Force, Kenneth A. Fu-
gett. Captain, U. S. Air Force Re
announced today.;
A program is now in force which
lers four days pay for each two
lys of active duty. This work is
one weekend a month, and
_n days of active duty are
available during the summer, Capt.
Fugett said.
Qualified officers will be on hand
to answer reservists questions con
cerning their present status in the
Air Force Reserve, potential bene
fit*. opportunities for promotion,
and retirement privileges which
new federal legislation provides for
former Air Force men.
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Terrific Finish Gives
Quintet 52-46 Win
Over Wilting Farmers
Dorm Discussions
By RE Speakers
Discussions will jagain be held
in the various lounges of the
dorms tonight at 9 p. rft. in accord-
aiice with RE Week activities. The
schedule or speakers and lounges
is as foljows:
Dorm 2 Rev. Abell
Dorm 6 Chaplain Gaskins
Dorm 9 [Rabbi Malev
Walton Rev. Sweet
Hart Hall L Dr. Crane
Leggett Hall .... [Rev. Hardin
Dorm 16 Ned Linegar
YMCA Rev. Wassenich
Truman Urges
Clamp Down In
Vet. Programs
Washington, Feb. 14 (AP)
—Truman yesterday handed
Congress a catalog of abuses
under this years $ 2 ; 754 > 0 °0>*
000 GI education program and
urged the legislators to clamp
dojwn.
pointing to Skyrocketing num
bers of veterans attending trade
anid vocational schools, Mr. Tru-
mkn asked new legislators to pre
vent inferior trainipg.
With 850,000 veterans taking
such courses—and 5,635 private
trade and vocational schools for
them set up in five and a half
years—Mr. Truman told congress
he was concerned lest the GI edu
cation plan “be blemished by the
belated growth of pertain kinds”
of! such training which wouldn’t
be much help to the veteran.
The President submitted a re-
po|rt of the Veterans Administra
tion and the Budget Bureau which
estimated that more than 900,000
GI's would be taking the trade
courses by 1951 and that the na
tional budget for next fiscal year
prpbably must be increased to han
dle it if the trend swings higher.
The report said that $761,000,000
already had been [added to the
estimated cost of the GI schooling
program fop the bresene fiscal
year ending June 30 [because of un-
forseen increases ip the enroll
ment for trade, vocational and
other schools below college level.
Rep. Taber (R-NY.) said recent
ly hearings indicatep the whole
training program needs a careful
checking.
He declined to make an estimate
of how much might be saved from
the $2,754,000,000 putlay but he
hinted at a billion dollars.
The Veterans Administration
said that the “starting growth” in
trade courses had pccompanied a
sharp drop in veterans' enrollment
In colleges. The report made these
points:
Enough poor quality training is
(See TRUMAN, Page 4)
By SKIP SIMMEN
Staging a terrific finish, the Arkansas Razorbacks, after
trailing most of the contest, came from behind and downed
the Aggies last night in Fayetteville by a 52-46 count to drop
the Cadets into fourth place in the conference standings.
A capacity student crowd of 5,000 watched the home-
courters trail the seemingly hot Maroon cagers in all but six
minutes of the exciting fray; but when the Hogs started
sinking closing minute goals the Farmers had “had it”, With
John DeWitt and Buddy Davis lost to the Ags via the foul
route, the Porkers took charge of the clash.
. ’ 3 f It was a’ nip and tuck battle all
the way, with Ram forward Jim
Cathcart contributing most of the
amazing ball handling and shoot
ing. He was helped i|n both depart
ments by his teammate, 6’ 7” Bob
Ambler.
So Close, Too
With only she minutes and ten
seconds til the final whistle the
Hogs took a ohe point lead on a
long push shot from the hands of
Cathcart. The Aggies were leading
up to this point.
Another half minute of play
found the Farmer i quintet five
points behind the Hbgs. When the
two minute rule went Into effect
they were trailing by eight mark
ers. ‘
McDowell, after being fouled on
an ottempted shot, mede only one
of two free throws. Before the
Amarilloan left the floor after the
game, he did Come through with
two more field goals, but they
were to no avail.
Probably having Buddy Davis
foul out had something to do with
the falling apart of the Ag group.
Davis may have played his best
defensive ball for the season, but
was a little too anxious In the
final minutes, drawing his fifth
personal with six minutes left.
The Razorbacks ji:ame to life
about this time when Bob Ambler,
tall and capable Hog center was
pressed into service after being
taken from the garni in early min
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Winning the game-opening tip
went to no avail for the Hogs, who
lost the ball on a bad pass. After
an exchange of the hide three
times. Cathcart was caught fouling
Bill Turn bow. Turnhbw, after hav
ing the ball wiped off, slipped it
through the mesh for the first
marker of the night.
It took Jim Cathcart only fif
teen seconds to score for the Raz
orbacks. Cathcart took an almost
too wide pass from right forward
J. N. Miller and dribbled in for a
cleanly netted crip.
Turnbow again came through
with a charity to pull the fray into
a tie. It was a nip and tuck game
for the next seven ! minutes with
neither team jumping ahead by
more than two points.
It was McDowell :who made a
two-handed jump shot from left
court that sailed the Ags ahead by
three points with a tittle over two
minutes to play in the first frame.
DeWitt then made a field goal from
the right corner to put the Farm
ers out in front by ftye.
* Five Point Lead
Gayton Warns
Against Deals
With Soviets
Washington^ Feb. 14 (AP)
—Will Clayton, former under
secretary of state cautioned
Monday against an arms
agreement with Russia and
said the Western powers could
never fully trust the Soviet.
The Houston cotton man told
Senators any arms pact between
this country and Russia would be*
"unfortunate because It would only
lull the United States Into a false
sense of security." „
Declaring that a third World
War is Inevitable unless the U. S.
makes a complete, radical change
in its policy, Clayton said the solu
tion is for this country to take
the lead in forming a union of the
Atlantic powers.
“Such a union would be so pow
erful and prosperous that the pull
on all non-Communist countries
and on the Russian satellite coun
tries themselves would be so much
greater from the west than’from
the east that such countries would
in time gravitate to the west,”
Clayton told a senate foreign rela-
Vons subcommittee.
/ Clayton is president of the At
lantic Union Committee, which ad
vocates a federation among the
North Atlantic (lowers. He gave
his views to the panel studying
proposals for strengthening the
United Nations.
Curator Gets
D. S. Degree
H. B. Parks, retired cura
tor of the College Mueseir.,
now residing at 309 Highland
Street, Bryan, has been
award the Honorary Degree
of Doctor of Science by the Board
of Trustees of Blackburn Univer
sity, in Carlinville, Illinois.
Parks has been invited to at
tend the commencement exercises
at Blackburn University in June,
when the degree will be formally
conferred. He will also take part
in the dedication of & new dormi
tory. The building has a capacity
of 300, Parks said, j
A two-handed
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Glenn McCarthy Am
Take Galveston Plane
By GEORGE CHARLTON
Two extra passengers boarded
th<* DC-3 with Glenn McCarthy
Friday night on hjis way back
to . the Shamrock. They were John
Whitmore, junior journalism ma-
joi| from Houston, and Frank
‘‘Ship’’ Simmen, Galveston junior
majoring in business.
During the annual junior ban
quet and prom at which McCarthy
wajs honor guest, Whitmore asked
the oil and gas millionaire if there
wojuld be any additional room in
his plane back to Houston that
night.'
‘fSure. Glad to have you/’ Mc
Carthy said.
Whitmore made pne more re
quest “that possibly this friend"
of his could also make the trip.
McCarthy though^ a few sec
onds this time and answered,
“Sure. Bring him along!”
ie junior journalism major
ed to DeWare Field House to
acquaint Simmen with the news.
Simmen was covering the Aggie
:etball victory for The Battal
ion;. In a matter of seconds, Sin-
men and Whitmore had raced
back to. the dorm, changed their
clothes, and returned to the dance
where McCarthy was helping se
lect the Junior Sweetheart.
McCarthy’s plane left at 11:30
p. m. from Easterwood Airport
bearing pilbt, co-pilot, and five
passengers. The passengers were
McCarthy, his physician, his pub
lic relations man, and the two Ag
gies.
Whitmore described the sound
proof interior of the private plane
as “beautifully plush in beige col-
ors." Two couches, a desk, a radio,
a kitchenette, and an ice box, had
bebu Included in the plane’s inven
tory for the comfort of passengers.
During the trip back, the Hous
ton otvic leader, as many Aggies
before him, told the green serge-
bedecked juniors about A&M when
he was here in 1926. “We were jUst
shooting the bull, and, as usual,
that inevitable subject of all cam
pus conversations—wine and wo
men—came up," Whitmore says.
The pilots referred to the DC-3
as the “work plane” and called
McCarthy’s private Constellation
the “Goony Bird.” According to
Simmen, they didn’t like the “bird”
at all because of those “four huge
props that had to be cranked.”'
After about 45 minutes the pi
lot came back into the main com
partment and notified his employer
that the ceiling In Houston was
too low in Houston for a safe land
ing The pilot suggested Beaumont
and Galveston as possible landing
points.
The plane landed in Galveston, at
about 12:30 a. m. Cabs were im-
ies
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mediately called which rushed the
five passengers and [two pilots to
the Balinese Room. > \\
"As soon as they saw us com
ing,” Simmen says,; “they really
gave us a big reception."
The manager and attendants
came up and met the group. Jan
Garber and his orchestra serenaded
McCarthy and his party, crowding
around their table and playing
Irish songs. Steaks were ordered,
and the three or four servers at
the group’s disposal were kept busy
lighting cigarettes here and there,
filling empty glasses, and bring
ing in hot dishes of food.
The steaks and fish dinners were
wheeled out on serving carts. Mc
Carthy left for minute to make
a phone call and his plate was im
mediately returned to be warmed
on a burner. When he returned, the
manager apologized for the meat
being cold and tough,
i "You could have cut It with a
fork,” Whitmore says, abushed.
And of course the fabulous Glenn
picked up the check.
The two juniors slept the next
day In Simmen’s Galveston home’
till four that afternoon. When they
awoke, Simmen found his exper
iences of the night before men
tioned In The Galveston News.
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“Th|; greatest contributions ever —J
made to the human race have
come from the Jews,” ■ said Dtr.
Henry] Crane in his second talk off
Religious Emphasis Week thip
mornipg at 10 in Guion Hall.
Jarvis Miller, senior Ag Ecp
major from. Orange Grove, pro-
sided jat the service. The opening
prayeij- was led by Jerry Byrd, sen
ior Business major from Vernon.
Buddy; Boyd of Ft. Worth led the
singing accompanied t>y organist
Jim Rbllins of McKinney. .
"Nothing can compare," Crane
continued, “with the significance
of suejh tremendous values as <1)
mightfest moral genius of all time
Men, Women
Relations Talks
In T Tonight
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us,” Simmen says
"And sometimes
It myself,” Whitmo:
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don’t believe
Mejn and Women Relationsfe 1
will the subject of two discus
sions !to be held in the
Chape), Tuesday and Thursday
nights at 9 p. m., according to
Allan [Eubank, president of thle
Inter-Church Council. These dis
cussions are being held for mari-
ried students and their wives as
well qs other interested students,
Eubank said.
The Tuesday night discussion
wjll be led by Rev. Paul G. Wasj-
senich, director of the Texas Bible
Chair at Austin. Wassenich is thr
president of the University Reli]
gious Worker’s Association i
University of Texas, and udul]
sponsor to the Texas Disciple Stuj-
dent fellowship. He also offer*
course* in the Bible and-Christian
Marriage and Family Life at the
University, j
Maj|)r Steve P. Gaskins, pos^
chaplain and chaplain Of The Aii
tillery Center at Fort Sill, Owlaj,
will chnduct the Thursday night
discussion. Chaplain Gaskins solv
ed with the 168th Infantry Regi
mental Combat Team and the 6th
Infantay Division through many
campaigns in the Southwest PacL
fic. 1
Gaskins’ formal education con
sists of AB degree from Oklahomi)
City Universitv. a, Divinitv degred
from Garrett 'Biblical Institute, a
graduate school of Theology of
the Mlethodist Church located on
the caimpus of Northwestern Uni
versity. In 1947, he was selected
by the! Army for one year of grad
uate study at Union Theological
and Columbia University in New
York City-
Agronomy Society
Elects Officers
jk Zabick, senior Agronomy
studeni from Temple/^was elected
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vertU office:
v the Cottoi
onomy Soc
president of the
iety Wed. night.
Zabick has held se
In the ! Society and in
it Committee. He
of the 1949 judging team
officers elected were: Ger-
, ,1; R. E
secretary; Dewey 8am-
W. H/Tanamachlll
; J. Ri Woods parliamen-
and Prof. T. E. McAfee
memt
aid Mi
Hoi
uels,
advisor.
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—Jesus (4) the invincible princl-i
pie of survival. All these have
come directly from the Jewish peo
ple.
The /Intellectual and spiritual
history of mankind has been, above
all else, the quest Of God. We are
Chaplain to Speak at Drill
The corps of cadets will hear a
talk by Major Steve P. Gaskins,
post chaplain at Fort Sill, Okla.,
Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 5
p'. m. instead * of participating in:
company dril, Lt. Col. Joe Davis
anoiinced today.
This is with the exception of the
Artillery Regiment which Will
have its regularly scheduled prac
ticed parade.
hat.
not mere brutes—born, eat, grow,
die and in all be contact.
We eternally ask why, wha 1
who? What’s behind this cosmic^;, (
process? What’s its nature, quali
ty, meaning.
No single idea has such vast
and vital significance as the God
concept. It colors, effects and de
termines our world view more than
anything else, fi v.
The errfergence of the prophets
of Israel,'800 years before Christ,
is one of the most, amazing phe
nomena of all time. They proclaim
ed their convictions that God is
righteous, just, decent, loving, etc.
—and„enormou8 strides Were made
in our thinking] • / ,
At long last when man had suf
ficiently developed to understand
the true nature of God, he spoke
to us in the most comprehensible
way imaginable. He, wrapped himT
self up in the form of a baby and
had himself born ip a barn. “And
the word became flesh and dwelt
among us,'” as John says.
In other words, Jesus bears the
same relation to the infinite spirit
of God that a word does to ap
idea. Hence, if you want to know
what God is like, look at Jesus;;
to kpow what he says, listen to
“the word”; As, the master said,
“ho that hath seen me hath seei)
the father.” i
Bines Shows Cooks
Latest Methods ‘
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Mlsa Anna Bines demonstrated
by actual cooking, several dishes
Including beef stew, Spanish pork
chops, lamb shoulder roll and
broiled ham slice, in. the lecture
room of the Animal Husbandry De
partment. Monday afternoon. ■
The meet cookery demonstration,
sponsored by the AH Department
and the Women’s Social club oit
College Station, was ’held before a
large audience. , ^
Miss Birles is from the Home
makers Service Department of the
National Live Stock and Meat
Board of Chicago. O. D. Butler of
the AH Department, was in charge
of arrangements.
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Duchess Pictures
Needed by Rives
All campus clubs, societies, and!
regiments, desiring to enter a
duchess in the Cotton Pageant,
'must have their entries in before
March 15, 1950, David Rives, sec
retary of the Agronomy Society,
feaid today.
All clubs that have not received;
invitations should contact him at
Box 42666, College Station, Rivea
said.
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