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Volume 49: Number 98
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Posed for the judges during an intermission at
the Freshman Ball are these beautiful lasses
who were finalists in the contest for Freshman
Sweetheart. From left to right they are Phyllis
Marie Barret, high school senior from Jonesville;
Norma Jean Harding, Houstonite; Helen Wood
ward, sejr , at MUby High School in Houston;
Thompson, Kingsville high school
e Boydstun, Shreveport, Louisiana;
Katherine Willkie, freshman at
Wharton vs Ranger
Opens JC Tourney
CHUCK CARANI8S
The third annual
College Buskotbull
State Junior
Tdurnument
Maddox Brothers and Rose
‘Cut Loose’ on Guion Stage
RAY DEAN CARROLL
The Mdddog Brothers and Hose,
together with Hunk Locklin ana
Jerry Jerjoho entertained u Qtiion
Hull uudleneetof 1100 lust evening
ior over two und u half brought
with u wldo - runge of hillbilly
songs. Mixed with the music was
n.gnod hit of horseplay ted by
Brother Don Maddox,
This colorful tirrnv of hlllhllly
ttth'nt jiHked out aini snog uearly
•10 illfteVeht Mings rutigliig fro in
wlHtunU like "Truinu on the
Street" to "Rug Mo|i‘' und '"Mule
Train",
Enlhusinsllr Aggies were ink-
eu moed by Rime Maddox, pretty
little sister of the Brothers out
fit. Her songs approached the
near perfect in hillbilly singing.
Military Ball
Invites Ready
Invitations to the Military
Ball are available through all
first sergeants on the campus,
• Gene Chase, chairman of the
invitation committee, said this
morning. .
.! Freshmen may obtain their in-
- citation.s jrom Miss Ann Hilliard
at the Student Center.
Arrangements, for the ball on
March 18 are^ rapidly being com
pleted, Walt ^Zimmerman, gene
ral chairman, said yesterday after
a ' committee chairmen’s meeting.
Formal invitations to all the hon
or guests are in the mail. With
a | few exceptions,; the guest list
^ is i completed, Zimmerman said. '
Among the honor guests will be
the Aggie Sweetheart, Jeanine
Holland, and all the sweetheart
nominees. They will be escorted
by senior cadets, and will be in
troduced to the guests at inter-
r mission.
Tlie contract with Duke Elling
ton" and his band was signed sev-
; oral weeks ago, Zimmerman said.
; Decorations have been.planned and
committees are already assigned to
'■ P carry out. decoration plana,
f The Military Ball weekend will'
- [^ begin with a corps review nt 4 p,
i tn. Saturday, March 18x It will be
|i. followed by dinner for cadetk and
-guests in Duncan Hall. A concert
i by Duke Fllhigton will be held in
(iuIoji Hall/and tha Ball will be
gin at 0 i^- hi. J>
Club Photo Note
AH orguiilKatlona (hat failed
to have their Aggleland 1IM0
pilaurea made when the reeerv-
atbuiM originally called for miml
huie the ph-turea taken la'fure
March 4, the yearbook editors
have iinnouncedl
'No picture* will be miMle after
this week, the nil tors empha-
sleed. They iiddinl that the
photographer had agreed to
takei pictures on March I, 2,
and 3 only tss-ause of the large
number of organisations at
tempting to bo scheduled at the
close! of the regularly assigned
period. -i
Further Information Is avail
able at Hie Aggleland 1950 or
the Htudent Activities Office,
the editors explained.
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Throughout the program!
Maddox acted more the clowr
ho did the fiddler. His antlqi
Philadelphia lawyer while
sang the song of theoamo
portrayal
magician
laughs and helper
over many of the songs,
While here yesterday, bisldes
the long (iulon Hull program, Hie
whole group entertained radio I a-
teners with two prugi'n'ttte oyer
VVTAW ami one over KORA, Dijr-
log these progruttm they ilnyM
songs of thefi's thnt local il|sc
Jockeys ImVe made popular, Their
4-Htiir records have pret
them to establish their popu
even before
Guion Hullj show.
The Maddox Brothers
consists of the four Muddox
Brothers—Fred, Don, Ca|,
Henry — their sister Rose,
hired hnhds^, and Monunu
dox, Ihelr behind-the-scenes
and chief critic. Both the “jiiryd
liunds", ns the Maddox brjothers
referred to them, were
ists on the electric guita
Nichol’s “Bob’s Boogie’’
Guion Hollers to echoln
plause. and Bud Dawkins “Sti
Guitar Rag” pleased even
Geologists Hear
Shell Executive
Dr. Roy R. Morse, regjiorjal
director of exploration tojr t le
Shell Oil Company, will speak
to the Geology Club Tues
day evening at 8 p. m.|
The subject for Dr. Sfors S’s
talk will be “Exploration Organ
ization and Philosophy.” /I
A geology major, Dr. Morjse -je-
ceived his B. S. degree fro in i he
College of Mines of the U;niv >r-
sity of California in 1913J and a
Ph. D from the same unjivprs ty
in 1923.
He has been with the Shalt/ >jr-
gnnization for the past 25 vears.
Before joining Shell, Dr.I “Mo ne
served as sugar chemist In Ha
waii, geologist for SRandjird 111
of Ney York making finkj ajir-
veys in China and the Philipplres,
und an a mining expert Inventigat-
Ing manganese and chrome dep >s-
Itn for the U. 8. "War Minerila
Investigation" project.
While working on hln Ph. D ijnd
teaching, Dr, Mora* did field ix-
plonitlmi tvork and surface map
ping on a consultant liaaln fit*’ v»r-
Inns cumpanlen thmughpur' he
Southwest H« also headed j gtthl-
ogleal expeditions to Mexico i nd
Alaska,
Phartnaov
Burglarized Friday
The Aggleland Phnrmaol Was
Wldt
nlng, February 24, at 5 a. lib;
‘ "" vood,
A total of 35.40 taken fro naj the
ncoordlng to Lee Norwood,
chief of College Station.
cash register was the only thing
missed by Casey N. Sparks, own
er of the store.
The thief was seen in the store
but the witness was unabl£_tp p >s-
itlvely identify a suspect b>|ou| hi
In by Mr, Norwood and LJepi ty
Sheriff H. L. Graham. Thfe si is-
pect was released due to lick of
evidence.
most fastidious
lovers.
When
on the
the lead
tildren left Alabama
la with one change
iplece ami a total of,
Mirm. -
Hitle freight
strong pfter
the Maddox Brothers were
stage Fred Maddox was
er, but once the curtain
came down Mcjmma Maddox took
er as boss.
In 1933 Momtnn Maddox and her
seven e
Callforn
clothes
to pick
They
walked o California arriving with
$10. Now they cruise about the
country In four new Cadilaca, and
twin other expansive automobiles,
Their rahelest hillbilly clothes cost
$400 a cult
This I'ise to affuenee was not
surprising after hearing their top
quality hillbilly music, and seeing
ernzy stage
Fred is the t ..
Brothem outfit that
one in the
is married,
i just play music und fol-
nma, Rose said,
jarui really/started going
war when
brothers Came back home
e Army. Fred was an in
fantryman on Okinawa. The other
n and Cal, also served in
th Pacific. Their greatest
ty is bn the West Coast
they have regular radio
shows, Und stage performances. In
the near future they will make a
hort for Warner Brothers.
‘Smiling” Jerry Jerricho of
Saihd My Ship Alone" fame
is a native of Bryan. His pleas
ant personality and able singing
swamped him with more requests
t had time to sing.
Locklin’s most famous re
am! his theme- song, “I’m
g At Your Door” won him
the approval of loudly applauding
Aggies. [Later his "Send Me the Pil
low Yoi Dream On” brought forth
. -’I"— carried by clowning Fred
Pickitig away on the amplified
mandolin youngest brother Henry
Maddox was eclipsed most of the
evening by fiis older brothers. To
wards the end of the program
Henry established himself with
"Bonapnrt’s Retreat.”
After a few more days in Texas
cities. The Maddox Brothers. Rose
and Mamma Maddox will head
hack fon California. Ther popular
ity, eRtitbllshed by their fine re-
eordingu and their enjoyable pro
grams, will remain here for a long
-time,
Wildlife Students
nd Conference
a Wildlife Management
from A&M will attend
tl^ American Wildlife Con-
to be held In San Frnncis-
Calffornln, March (l, 7. and 8.
Swank, Instructor of
Management, said.
The 4roup of students and their
Swank, plan to leave Coi
tion on March 3 and re-
school on March 12. The
group will travel by car. and the
2.200 njlle trip to San Francisco
Is expected to take 48 hours, Swank
al delegates of the Fish
and Game Club to the Conference
serlor students James Teer,
ger, and Lytle Blankenship,
Cambbellton.
gets underway at 9 a. tn. tomorrow
jn DeWare Field House as Whar
ton and Hanger line up for the first
jump ball in the initial tourney
(lit.
I Wharton, South Texas JC Con
ference champs, and Ranger,
Texas JC Conference Central Zone
winners, are-two of six loop titlists
which will join 10 other quintets
in quest of the tournament crown.
The champion of Texas junior col
lege basketball will emerge from
the final meet contest at 9 p. m.,
Friday.
Following the opening clash will
be a game between Tarleton State
College and Howard County Jun
ior College at 10:30 a. m. Tarle-
ton’s Plo-wboys finished play last
Week deadlocked with Schreiner
Institute, Kilgore JC, and San An
gelo JC for fourth place in the
Southwestern JC Conference.
Kilgore, Lamar .Play
Kilgore tangles with Lamar JC,
which ranked third in the same
loop, in a 1 p. m. battle. Lamar
won the first tournament in 1948.
Next on the schedule for the
competition is a meeting at 2:30
p. -m. of the title favorite, SWJC
league champion and 1948 winner
Tyler JC, and Schreiner. The East
Texas Apaches boast one of the
top appregations in the nation,
having won the national diadem
' only last winter. Their only loss
this year was in the first game of
the season to Lon Morris JC.
Powerful Del Mar of Corpus
challanges Amarillo JC in the 4
p. m. fray. Amarillo grabbed the
Texas JC West Zone title during
regular season play and was run
ner-up for. the overall conference
crown in last week’s playoffs.
Parla Threatens
SWJC runner-up Paris JC has
the dubious deatinction of meeting
Tyler in the second round if the
Dragons can hurdle ^.thelr fl p.m.
opponent, lllinn JC.
' Bryan’s Allen Academy, South
Zone Texas JC kingpins, take on
Navarro JC In a tilt at 7:30 p. m
and the evening's offerings eloee
out a 9 p, m, with n game match
Dogs Set Free
By City Council
In a special meeting at 3:30
p.m. yesterday, the City Coun
cil of College Station repealed
City Ordinance Number 141,
allowing the dogs of the city
to again njirat large provided they
are properly tagged and licensed.
A rabid dog found in College
Station on January 10th caused
Mayor Ernest Langford to de
clare a state of emergency and the
city council immediately passed
ordnance number 141 prohibiting
the running at large of dogs within
the city limits.
The council now feels the emer
gency has passed, Mayor Langford
said, and has therefore repealed
the ordnance.
Ordnance No. 5ft as amended by
No. 137, the mayor continued, re
quires that dogs wear a city li
cense and a rabies tag, and will
continue to be enforced.
Dogs not wearing these tags
will be picked up and the owner
may be fined not more than 50
dollars upon conviction of violating
tills ordnance.
Also on the business agenda of
the council meeting was the ap
proval of salary adjustments of the
offi'-e force of city hall as recom
mended by Raymond Rogers and
approved by the council.
The next regular council meeting
wll| be held March 13 in the Coun
cil [Room of the city hall.
Degree Filing Ends
Wednesday, Mar. 1
More
cutlona
been uoce|
Office,
registrar In Charge of records
announced today,
Due to the large number of de
gree appllcatlona already accept
ed and because many more are ex
pected to be filed before the dead
line, the Reglatrar'a office are ex
porting a large graduating. claae
In June, Zlnn aaid,
The 1949 June ijrrmlunUng class
wuh slightly more [than 1,200 with
veterans predominating.
Due to the steady decrease in
married and single veterans enroll
ed under the G. I. Bill, thjs will
probably be the last year, that
veterans will compose the larger
per cent of the graduating classes.
All seniors expecting to grad
uate in June should file their de
gree applications in the Regis
trars Office not later than March
1.
Ing I-aredo and Lon Mqrrle JC,
Texas JC Conference playoff win-,
liar.
Lon Morris, as top five Jn Texas’
second most powerful junior col
lege league and only victor over
Tyler this year, is ranked second
in the three-day competition. How
ever, even the Bearcats, who drap
ed a second tilt with the Apaches,
ave not drawn as much support
for the topmey title as have the
defending national champions.
Ags Face Longhorns In
Final Conference Tilt
By HAROLD GANN
DeWare Field House will be
the scene tonight of AAM’s final
basketball game of the 1949-5U
cage campaign with their classic i
rivals, the Texas Ixmghorns, fur-'
nishing the opposition!, %
Saturday night’s 6aylor vic
tory eliminated all Ag ’ possibilities
of a first place share, bin. this
Memorial Council
Holds Initial Meet
Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, chairman
the recently appointed Memor
ial Student Center Council, told
that group last night that their's
would be thev job of instilling in
a physical structure of masonry
and stone the heart and spirit that
would make the new $2,000,000
Memorial Student Center what its
planners had intended it to be.
Speaking at the initial meeting
of the council, he stressed the im
portance of the job delegated to
the group. Just as the members
represented; wide ranges of stu
dents, ex-students, and faculty and
staff members, he said, so would
the center which they governed be
for the use of these three primary
groups.
• man uckiw
i for Jimp graduation have
ocaptad by the Raglatraf'a
Johnnie I*. Zlnn, usaiatunt
Frttl V. Gardner
Expert to Talk
At SAM Meet
Fred V. Gardner, head of
the management consulting
Firm, Fred V. Gardner and
Associates, of Milwaukee, will
address the Society for Ad
vancement of Management at 7:30
p. m. .tonight, in rom 301 Good
win Hall, according to Bob Flake,
president, of SAM.
Gardner will be on the campus
to address the third annual con
ference of the Management Engin-
ieering Department March 1 and
12, Flake added. This is the first
meeting of SAM during the spring
semester.
His experience in the applica
tion of principles of variable bud
geting and breakeven points in
'production costs equips him | to
speak with authority, Flake said.
In addition to his professional
consulting firm activities, Gard
iner is on the boards of directors
of seye|n corporations in the mid-
East. ;He has written articles on
expense control and is the author
of “Variable Budget Control*’,
a well known text on the subject,
IFlake mentioned.
For the past eight years he has
lectured in the accounting school
[of Northwestern University in
Chicago and has conducted semin
ars for the Industrial Manage-
iment Institutes of the University
of Wisconsin at Madison.
In the spring of 1949 he conduct
ed his own Business Seminar
which was attended by prominent
Eastern and mid-Western busi
ness executives.
Senators to Take
CC Donation* 1.2,3
Representatives nt the stu
dent senate will have a table
ret up on the second floor of
Goodwin Hall from 9 til 12 and
from 1 to 2 each dav, Wednes
day, Thursday, and Friday,
March 1, 2, 3, to receive dona-
Bonn to the Campus Cheat,
chairman of the cheat commit
tee Monty Montgomery aaid
yeaterday.
The Cheat drive ia direly In
need of donatiom, Montgomery
aaid. aine'e $4,000 moat be raiaed
on the campua to finance The
Twelfth Mian acholarahip, the
local WSSF fond and, the AAM
contingent fond.
Although it was established pri
marily for the students, said Quis-
enberry, the new building would al
so be.j for the use of faculty and
staff [members and A&M alumni.
The ji>b of the council will be to
educajte all of these groups with
the fpll meaning of the buildings
and v^hait it had to offer them, he
added.
Five faculty and staff members,
two Aggie-exes, eight students and
Student Center Director J. Wayne
were named to the governing board
Feb. 16 by A&M President F. C.
Bolton.
Following Quisenberry’s explan
ation of the purpose pf the group,
Stark gave a general outline talk
on both student union buildings in
gerteral and the A&M Memorial
Student Center in particular.
Hei! discussed the history of the
college union moverpent, the var
ious methods of financing college
unions, and services and opportuni
ties offered by such facilities on
other campuses.
Education und Recreation
Concerning the A&M building,
Stark said that It would serve an
educational ns well an a yocreatlon-
al purpose by offering students
spare time diversion in the form of
hobbles nnd social Interests. He
generally outlined both the services
aniT the .recreational facilities to
be piffai-ed In the new building.
Hit Shift discussed the report of
ft p<) limlttee that met lit 1940 to
make llii» original aprflflcktloni for
the Mpmorinl Hitulttnl Cwiter, The
nrpaiiht ('oiiiujII was hel up on thn
basis of atiggeatlona In the report
o fthat original committee,
The 1048 /report suggested that
the governing botird provide for the
“organization of all activities and
events" concerned with the Memor
ial Student Center until, and after
Us opening next September.
Constitution Planned
The original suggestion also spe
cified that the council draw up and
submit for ratification a consti
tution under which it wll operate
in carrying out jjts objectives.
Quisenberry said that further ac
tion would be taken: along this line
at a future meeting. .
Attending last night’s meeting,
which followed a buffet supper in
the YMCA, were Quisenberry, Dr.
W. H. Delaplane, Phil Goode, C. A.
oeber, John Rowlett, J. B. “Dick”
ervey, Sid Loveless, Herb Beutel,
al Stringer, Joe Fuller, Lavon
asengale, R. A. Ingels, Dan W.
avia, J. T. McNew, and Stark.
Chris Gent, assistant director
and business manager of the stu
dent center, was introduced to the
group at the meeting. .
[years the locals
above the fourth
ptandlrfgs.
.Successful Season Recap ,
U A&M is one full game uhcgd of
the Invaders, but the Stems are
riding high as a result of [their
55-41 victory over [Rice in ijlous-
ton. | I . .
While enjoying it^eir greatest
[season in years, the Cadets ; have
[maintained /possessjon of [first
place alone twice, have shared the
lead three times, and have been
[lower than their [present fourth
[place spot only ope time during
[different stages of [ the race.
Highlights of the
■on
ite Arkansas and j Baylor ip' De-
Ware, and a victory
season 'were
conference favor-
bver the
The Corps will eat. at 5:30
this afternoon in order to gel
an even break for the box of
fice with other basketball fans.
The freshman game will com
mence at 6 p. m., two hours
before the opening tip/off of the
-varsity tilt, aecordjug to the
Athletic Department.~ ill
Bears in Waco. Teams who unset
the Aggie applecart were iSMfJj,
who won two, Rice, TCIJ, Arkan
sas. and Texas wljo defeated A&M
once.
. After losing to SMU, 48-53, in
tfieir conference opener, the Ag
gies drove TOIT to the cellar the
next night by taking a 40-45 vic
tory.
Arkansas ; Surprised,
Six days later A&M turned in
one of the upseti of the campaign
Election Filing
Limit, March 4
Saturday, March 3, ih the
deadline for filing applica-
Ilona of candidacy in th«j com
ing city election, Mfiyor Er-
m*Ht Langford hint nnnotmejed.
; Thoaa offlera open Ip the elrt-
Hon include mayor, counollman of
Wards 1, 2 amt .1, and clly Judge,
Profuaaor i A. MIHihell vj'llj bo
ludge of (hi plertlon which is to
lie -held Apr I 4, from M am. to 8
p.m. at the city Hall,
To be eligible for election, ft
candidate miiHt have lived InjTexas
one year, and In the case of the
councllmon, (hey must have re
sided In the Ward for which! they
run ut least 8 months.
Those people who have palp the|r
poll tax or nave their exemptions
nnd live within the respective
wards are qualified voters. !
All positions except that ftf City
Judge had teen filed for by Mon
day night. | .
Mayor Ernest Langford an
nounced Monday afternoon his in
tentions of running for re-ejection
filing hiuj application.
“ resent councilman pf
E. E. Ames, goun-
ard 3, have alap filed
for re-election,,
have filed for council-
1-35 burke to
—‘ neks be-
in Dqju
when they applied
the hard-charging Rasorbucka be* <
loro 3,600 frenalc
Wan*.
Texas University handed A&M
li heart-breaking loss In Gregory
Gymnasium Jariuuiy 14, after cen-;
ter Joe Ed Folk sank a short;
, Five"nightsrtatcr A&M resumed [
their hot home pi> ( '<’. drubbing the •
Rice Owls, 68-37, to move into u |
tie with SMU for second, place, i
Without any effort on their part, [
the Ars moved abreast/ of four !
teams for a share of first place \
when Baylor tripped Arkansas, 60- i
49, in Little Rock February 1. : ■ )
A&M moved 'into an uncontest—;
ed first place berth after dropping ;
Baylor 56-45 i:j Waco February 4. !
This contest liras ‘ the Farmers’ !
best exhibition iof the .seftson..
The Mustangs knocked... A&M ;
from its lofty perch the following j
Tuesday in Dallas. The Ponies ;
were masters <|f the entire game j
and hung up a 66-50 win, causing ;
the race to deadlock again with ;
A&M, SMU, Baylor, and: Arkan- •
sas each holding a share. [_
A&M in Thriller
The most thrilling
the Aggies unfurled in
Field House February 11
game; for
DeWar
J, A. Orr.lpi
Ward 1, add
cilman of W
applications
Two men
Berryman a
Halpin, present
.Ward 2, has: not
election nor
Gorzycki as
They are
rid Jack Keese.j R. B.-
eouncilman of
yet filed for re-
ihas City Judge C. J.
of Monday afternoon.
re .
when I
Jewell McDowell xnnU a last-sec- !
ond goal to give 4V&M/their second '
victory oyer Bnylpr, h6-54. j
SMU and A&M again shared the ;
lead while Arkansas and Baylor :
took defeats. However. Arkansas j
crowded the Aggies out of first ;
coming from behind in the final :
10 minutes of plav to win. 52-46, !
February 14 in Fayetteville, I
Almost of radical contrast to the i
Cadets’ magnificent performance (
against Baylor ift Waco, (he snr- |
prising Rice'Owlk swamped AAM j
by 70 points In Houston February :
18 lo hand Couch Marty Karow's ;
team its worst Conference loss, j
1030-31 Prevue I’onlwhl ' ;
Bill Turnhow gave A&M Its fin* •
al victory a week, ago whan li« L
sank throo fret? ahid* In nn over- f
time tilt with tf'U In Fori Worth, ;
allowing the Mafoonx tb okn out |
a <10-68 tlii'IIW, * 1
Now (he singe Is set fof to* j
night's eontesL-Mnd If A&M defen- •'
sive-iuen can bottle no the Long- 1
horn seorlng nee, I’nm Hamilton, 1 ;
and euiml Its great nerformanees' i
against Arkansas ami Haylor 1 , the ;
•fans will get a jmfvue of next 1
season's rare. j, . I
Charles Brown, ’48 j
Dies at Sherman
j Charles Ray Brown, 23, instrue- ■
tor of[ vocational agriculture -at I
Denison High School and a grad- |
date of the class of ’48, died Wed- j.
nesday night atj>:30 in a Sherman j
hospital following a j nine day . 111-j
ness. ' ' , ' ’ /' I
After receiving his bachelor of J
science here in 1948, le had done!
graduate work at Baylor Univer-.
sity, He was teaching in his ife'e-j
ond year pt Denison High Schpob;
FTunerat services were held F r l"'
day at 2:30 p.m. at the Denlsoh:
First Baptist Church.
Pictured above are the
Women’s Social Chib,
right are Mra. Gibb Gilchrist,
Mrs. F. C. Bolton, honorai
Hlerth, reporter; Mrs. C
mentation. Seated from left U
the College
from left to
prealdint;
t; Mra. H K.
Crawford, pnr[la-
right are Mrs.
SI 11 ® (
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John Mllllff, treasurer; Mra. J. ft Miller, presi
dent; Mra. J. Horace Dana, general chairman; :
and Mr*. H. A. Lynch, recording ftpcrelary. Mra. :
Fred Hale, flmt vice-president. In not preaent In
the picture.