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Thirty-one outstanding students
■were elected to Who’s Who at A&M
last night by the Student Life
Committee. The men elected were
chosen on the basis of scholastics,
popularity, leadership, and extra
curricular activities.
Twenty corps men and eleven
uon-military students were named.
^alphabetical order with three
of theiri major activities or hon
ors they are: J
Doyle R. Avant, Jr., senior pe
troleum major, Laredo^—Colonel
of .the Corps, winner of the Cald
well Trophy, president pf the Jun
ior Class, 1948-49. T
’ Lytle Blankenship, senior wild
life major, Campbellton—state
president, Texas Collegiate ' Aca
demy of ScjTence; Agriculture
Council; Scholarship Honor So-
clety with a grade point ratio of
2.57.
Bobby J. Byington, senior elec
trical engineer, Dallas—president,
Senior Class; president. Freshman
Class at Annex, 1946-47; Studefit
Life Committee.
B. L. “Bill” Billingsley, senior
journalism major, Waxahachie- —
Co-editor, The Battalion, Arts ai id
Sciences Council; Most Valuable
Staff Member, The Battalion,
1948-49.
Wilman D. Barnes, junior but ij-
ness major, Abilene—presiden t,
Junior Class, student senator, 1947-
48; best drilled sophomore, B. Co,
Infantry, 1948-49. ‘ 1
....Charles D. Cabanisa senior
tory major, Garland—Co-Editor,
Aggieland ’50; sports editor,
Battalion; president. Arts and
ences Council.
David L. Coslett, junior jou
major, Miles—feature
ism
Battalion; Arts and Scienc
Tyler Apaches Go
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Council; Associate editor, Fresh
man Battalion, 1947-48.
Tom (i. Calhoun 11, senior pe
troleum major, Tenaha—student
senator; distinguished student;
vice-president. Petroleum Club.- ;
Frank A. Cleland, senior chemi-
,cal engineering major, Pasadena
—cadet colonel. Composite Rcki-
ment; Student Senate; Distinguish
ed Student with gradie point ratic
J. T. Dotson, Senior mechanic;
major, San Antonio—pallet col;
onel, Artillery Regiment; Oul
standing cadet. Corps troops, 1941
President, Senior Court.
James H. “Red” Duke, ‘'senior
business major, Hillsboro—Senior
yell leader; Ros^ Volunteers; Dis
tinguished Military Student.
L,|All«n “Spider” Eubank, sen
ior chemical engineer, Dallas—car
det colonel, Cavalry-Engineefc-
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By HAROLD GANN
Tyler’s high-flying Apaches and
seven other top-notch junioiS, col
lege cage teams of the instate
moved into the second round to
day after another successful re
newal [Of experimental basketball
and customary A&M. hospitality
began yesterday in DeWare Field
House.
But the Apache quintet—winner
of ' the Southwestern Junior Col
lege Basketball' Conference with
11 straight victories—received the
shock of their present campaign
when Schreiner Institute’s Moun-
taineers dropped a close 46-50 de-
r cisionito the small college power
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Highlighting the opening round,'
- the game was forced into two ex
tra overtime periods after Schrei
ner finally lost the lead in the clos
ing seconds of Regulation play when
Oneal Weaver; Apache 6’ 4" pivot-
man, hahk one; of his- many beauti
ful right-hand hook shots. Weaver
grabbed high point honors after
accumulating 23 tallies.
Mountaineers Lead All Way
The Mountaineers, who finished
in fourth position iti the same
league with a 6-8 record, took the
lead with the opening whistle, and
at various stages of the' game, had
leads of 6-1, 13-6, and 38-32 . be
fore the Indians started closing
theTgap.
' Sparked by their 6’ 6” center,
• Fred Saunders, during the first
half, the mountain boys held a
26-21 margin at the intermission.
The Indians pulled to within strik
ing distance of the lead with the
backboard play of Weaver and
Baymbn Oroha, classy forward,
grabbing most of the rebounds
and the two little ball hawks—
ill, Tyler failed .to touch
With Ray Lucas, Rogers
las, and Edwin Riley sharing
ball between them about five yai
inside their forecourt, the ga
was restricted to this smalt a:
of play. ,
The Apache forward wall fai
to take the ball away from
comical mountaineers, who pla;
catch between each other,
ing for the ultimate seconds |of
play to risk a shot, and at the sa
time, not risk the ball game. | |||
Strategy Backfires
And so the extra session en
with the same 46-46 dead!
Schreiner’s determination to p
(See APACHES, Page 4)
Advance Gifts
^Aid feed Cross
Fund Campaign
Volunteer Red Cross wo:
era had a total of $2,750 Itp
cheer them on the. way
their $9,600 goal for the 1
fund-raising campaign in E
zos County yesterday at the s;
of the campaign.
The sum rtfme in gifts of $:
and f260 respectively from the
Advance qjfts and Industrial con!,
mittees headed by Chairmen Brint
Morris and' H. E. Dreyfus. With
expectations of making a complete
report by Friday, the two wpire
confident that’ their commitu
would reach their goals an! p
“r Lsr«.r sifwf & n
exemtlng most ortho fast breaks. Volunteer worker* wore a* kid
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executing most of the fnst breaks,
Weaver’s sixth hook shot of
I he afternoon forced the game Into
one of the must weird overtimes
ever wltneeaed In DeWare Field
llmme, J 7
(Ml In Overtime
For five full minutes neither
team failed to register, a single
marker. In th’e first 60 seconds,
Tyler controlled the hall, hut after
Hchrlener controlled the h a c k -
hoard Regained possession of the
to moke their reports between
Ip. m. and SiBO u. m, at the Ideal
chapter office where Mrs. J, K.
Roberts will he on duty.
"The 1WBII fund campaign of the
American Red Cross will he in
full swing on Wednesday, Mgrirh
1, as the balance of the campiign
^In their soUcItatlopiil.”
workers hei
Chalrnuui
n minced.
Quota A fpr the
ify Is $500.
D. Hunting
A AM studjeht
MatiE Annual Mee
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The management of any big in
dustryW. L. Lee of the General
Motors Corp., Detroit, said yes
terday at the Management Engint
eering Conference, being held here r
“becomes better acquainted with
the trouble makers in their plant
than they do with most of their
hardworking, loyal employees.”
Speaking at the annual banquet
in Sbisa Hall. Lee said that “I
i believe in the Golden Rule—I
agree with the principles of praise
.for a job well done. I believe all
of these things have a place in
industry for keeping our employ
ees’ minds conditioned for the re
petitive work assignments which
they perform and creating satis
faction for a job well done.
“Jolly Fellow” Approach
‘T do not say,” he said, that “the
< ‘jolly t fellpw” approach has Wo
value^quite the contrary. There
are/ no doubt, many cases where
pnly such tactics will bring the
desired results,” ‘Lee pointed out.
the opening address followed by
talk “Statistics For Managv-
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Regiment; Student Senate; Distin
guished Military Student.
Joe Fuller, junior civil engin
eering major. Port Arthur—parlia
mentarian, Student Senate; presi
dent, Discussion and Debate Club;
Arts and Sciences Council.
~ J. D. Hampton, senior agricul
ture education major, San Angelo
—Eight letters in cross country
and track; captain, Cross Coun
try Team; president. Collegiate
FFA.
Floyd Henk, senior civil engin
eering major, San Marcos—cap
tain, D Field Artillery; Distin
guished Military Student; Ross
Volunteers. 1
Cecil H. Huey II, senior busines.,
major. College Station—president,
Business Society; Student Senate;
Distinguished Student.
Emmit Ingram fifth-yenr arch
itecture major from Fort Worth,
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European Tour
Entries Close i
this Saturday
Applicationa for a position
on the team of students tak
ing the YMCA sponsored tour
of Europe during the summer
will close Saturday, M. L.
fashion, YMCA Director, an
nounced today. The Student Life
Committee will meet Monday to
choose; the delegate from A&M.
Eight students have applied so
far. They are: Augusto M. Leon-
Ortega, Mike Niebuhr, Marvin C.
Atkins, Jr., Lewis Jarrett, Alvin
D. Aaronson, Bertram E. Beecroft,
Stephen R. Rokke, and Rowland
K. Egger.
Sixty-day tours of Western Eu
rope are being planned. They will
cost approximately $700 of which
the YMCA will pay $400.
The purpose pf the trip is to
teach the Europeans more about
currently enrolled at A&M and
to return next year to report to
various clubs and- write articles
about' their trip.
for his activities as Stiident Sen
ator from Walton Hall, presidency
of the Student Engineers Coun
cil, and art work Tor student pub
lications.
George Kadera, senior PE major
from Houston, for his outstanding
athletic record which includes two
world places in the discus throw,
a place on the ’48 AH American
Track team and several shot, dis
cus, and javelin titles in the SWC
and Texas AAU. Kadera was also
an outstanding military' student,
co-captain of this year’s track-
team, and has a 2.6 grade point
ratio.
Charles D. Kirkham, senior
Management Engineering major
from Cleburne, as non-corps vice-
president of the Senior Class
Chairman of The Battalion editor
ial board, and an outstanding rec
ord in Student Senate, YMCA, and
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Debate Team acti
Dave Kreager,
mics major from San Angelo, for
his presidency of the pre-law club,
distinguished military and- scho
lastic record, and work in the
singing cadets and Ross Volun
teers.
Charlie Modisett, a senior ag
riculture Engineering major from
Hungtinton, for his presidency of
the ASAE, membership_,on both
Ag and Engineering Councils, and
being an outstanding company
commander. .
Lloyd Manjeot, 'junior Business
major; from Hereford, who is sec
retary of the Student Senate, vice-
president of the Business Society,
president of the YMCA cabinet and
active i». class affairs. .
A. D. Martin, junior ME major
from Dallas, who isi sergeant ma
jor of the corps, winner of seve
ral outstanding military awards,
end a distinguished student for
Five semesters.
Clark C. Munroe, senior Business
major from San Antonio, is mili
tary co-editor of The Battalion,
a distinguished military ' student
and a member of the Ross Volun
teers.
Harry Raney— senior Industrial
Education major from Fort!!Worth,
is parliamentarian of the Student
Senate, student senator from Vet
Village, and a member of the cam
pus ASME and IE clubs.
Hal Stringer, senior Landscape
Architecture major from Waco, is
student sepator from Dorm 17,
member of the Commentator staff,
and a member of the YMCA cab
inet
Monte Swataell, a senior vet
medicine major from Cleburne, he
is president of the Tumbling Club,
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president ’of the Jchnson Country
|vet med school
nior business
first sergeant;
Club, and active in
affairs.
John L. Taylor,
major, Big Spring,
Ross Volunteers; bresident, Dis-
Club, 1948-49;
Cavalry-Engini
cussion and Debate
executive officer,
eer Regiment.
W. F. “Brace'’ Thompson, sen
ior management engineering ma
jor, Abilene, Cadet
Commander; Student Senator, Dis
tinguished Military Student.
Jimmy Ray Woodall, senior busi,
ness major. Fort Worth, Co-EdU
tor, Aggielarf? ’5C; captain, D
Company Infantry; Ross Volun
teers. \
Walter Zimmerman, a senioR
petroleum major from San An tory
io, he is executive officer of thfe
cadet corps distinguished mili
tary student, and .winner of th*
Air Force association medal.
Soph ‘Sweetheart
Slated Saturday N:
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ment Consultant T. J. Elrod, Head
of the Industrial Engineering
pertinent of the University
Houston, presided over the m
ihg session.
Welch Speaks
■Herman L. Welch of the Heed
Roller Bit Company, Houstor
a talk Wednesday afternoon, L r
that “we 'in industry have leav
l ed that our problem-is one similar
to any teaching institution.
“We are fully aware that
workmen and supervisors of to
morrow may be -graduates from
high school, some may go to
lege and then to industry, and
others may drop out. of school
fore they complete their . educa
tion.
jW. W. Finlay, professor of In
dustrial Engineering at SMU, Made
this first talk of the afternoon
“The Management Audit”.
Today’s activities were
lighted' by a luncheon at
Hall at 12:16 followed by
Chapel at 1:30 p. m.
Talks on cost reduction
heard in the morning sessiop
said
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All College Day
Committee Lists
Major Events
The maip events for the All-
College Mother’s Day weekend
are being scheduled by the All
College Day Bianning Com-
imttee.
jPho committee met Tuesday
evening In Dean Howard W. Bar-
low’s conference room.
Besides the open house planned
by all the departments during All
College Day, there will he sev-
eral other major events occur-
ing on the campus during the All-
Unllege-Mother's Day weekend,
Home of these events are the Ag
gie Fellies, the Awafils and Merit
Day program, the Ross Volunteers'
urogram, the President's Open
House and the traiiltlonal Moth
er’s Day Corps Review. The Op
portunity Award examinations for
potential students will also be
held on AllCollege Day.
Karl Wyler, David Rives, Jim
Hoban, and Frank Cltlap.d hare
been appointed by Charlie Modi-
sett, chairman of the All College
Committee, to write the Aggie
Follies. Wyler was appointed as
chairman of this grodp. The AH
College Day Committee suggest
ed that the “Follies” be on the
order of a variety show.' „
The committee has reconsidered
the possibility of printing free
programs for the All College-
Mother’s Day weekend.
Instead of selling the programs
for 10 cents each as was original
ly planned; arrangements have
been made with the college to pro
duce a program that will be dis
tributed free of charge.
By DEAN HEED
Saturday night should find hun
dreds of feet gliding across Sbisa
Hall’s floors, while the Aggieland
Orchestra renders sweet melodies
at the Sophomore Sweetheart Ball.
Attending the largest event of
the Vear for the second-year men
will be dozens of prominent guests,
many dozen formally-clad beauties
front over Texas, plus the hosts
—the Sophomore Class.
Sweetheart Selection
Six dates for the SSB have pro
bably been notified now by their
escorts that they have been select
ed finalists for “Sweetheart of the
Ball”. The winning sextet will
gather about mid-way* through
the ball to be judged by u final
selection committee, wlt||i the
“fairest of them «H’ to be pre
sented as sweetheart.
A gift from the class will lie pre
sented the sweetheart.
In their freshman year, Class of
’62 officers wore out many knee-
pads begging the powers that! be
for a date for their Ball which
would coincide with Sports Day.
“Rank hath its privileges,” and,
very accidentally, the Sophomores
were successful this year, for Sat
urday will be the biggest athletic
day of the year. I
Tennis, swimming, track, foot
ball and baseball will be sponsored
by the “T” Association that day,
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Austin. Tex., March 2—CP>—Among the final actions
closing hours yesterday was adoption of. a I
calling for repeal of Federal excise taxes on automobiles.
Sen-
passed
Harry Raney
Who's Who nt A&M
Hy Rep.. Bill Xippen of Abllehe, the resolution called the taxes
“unfair and discriminatory,” because they affect largely one small
Income group.
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jAustin, Tex., March 2—(Ah—Gov. Allan Shivers will make a re
port on the special session in a radio. broadcast tonight from 6:15 to 1
6:30.
The Texas Quality Network, the Texas State Network and possibly
the Lone Star Chain will carry the speech. The Liberty Netwbrk will
transcribe it for If ter use. j ‘ j j - !
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Taipei, Formosa, March 2—(.T)—Chiang Kai-Shek returned sadly
to the presidency of Nationalist China yesterday declaring “the gravest
catastrophe In the 6,000 years of Its history” had befallen the Chinese
(In New York, however, Acting President Li Tsung*4en de
clared he still! is president of China and la “making ready” to return
and challenge ChiiMigVtigtit to the praoidenny. T. i
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providing extra ertertninment for
visiting sophomore dates.
Aside from Sports .Day, another
event In the near uture will have .
Its sophomorlsh drth Saturday
night. The annual Cotton Bull nod
Pageant, acheduled for April ilB,
will have a duchesi. from the class.
The duchess will bo the Sophomore
Class Sweetheart, simplifying so-_-
lection procedures ,
Decorations for i he Ball are now
entering their final glamorous
stages, according/to Eric Carlson,
decoration chairman. There will
be a more flowery wall than wall
flowers at the event, he added.
Tickets will he available through
.Saturday, said John Tapley, chair
man of the inviti tion committee,
and will be on hard nt the door of
Sbisa that night.
Invitation i Ready
“There is a man in every outfit
of the Corps re* dy and willing
to deliver invitations to any soph
omore desiring th* m,” Tapley said.
Persons living oi tside the ' New
Area may obtain the tickets
Tapley in room 512 of Dor
Guosls ranging from Govimob
Allan Shivers to many members
of the college fsculty and staff
have received invitations, accord
ing to Harold Chandler, -chair
man of the, guest committee. No
official wqrd has returned from
those invited as yet, Chandler
said.
I j Invitations to the Bail will in
clude all concessions at the af
fair: These concessions will in
clude refreshments, souvenir pro
grams, and hat C leeks.
And one added cote to the lower
: upperclassmen—there’ll be a fu|l
moon Saturday night, according
to the calendar,
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TVcib ‘Life ’ Library Display
Gives Atomic Energy Story
"Atomic Energy,"
loh\>n “
exhibition on the grow
development, prepared by the edi
tors of Life Magazine,
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rowth
pictorial
of atomic
lagazine, is now open
for: review on the main floor of
Cushing Memorial Library.
The exhibit was prepared in
consultation with the united States
Atomic Energy Commission which
has urged nation-wide education
on the subject.
Walt Zimmerman
Dean of A&M Will
Address Mothers
U. T. Harrington, dean of the NeWCOMCr S Glib
Hear Coulter Talk
building pi
at the Coll
social
college, will speak to the Hous
ton A&M Mothers’ -Club in the
Y1KCA activities building in down
town Houston tonight at 8 p.
m.
Dean Harrington’s address will
cojisist of three parts:
’ Tq explain the Basic Division
Prjogram foir Freshmen which will
be used this Fall.
* To Explain the Scholastic
icies of the College and to discuss
nejw policies which will
thi scholastic program at
• To
Aim
m..
the $6,000 000
m now underway
will follow
More than fifty members of
Newcomers club, and their guests,
met Wednesday afternoon at the
YMCA to hear a talk by Frank
Coulter, Bryan interior decorator,
on the topic “How Not to Be A
Pumpkin.”
Nancy Blank was chosen to rep
resent the organization in the Cot
ton Pageant with Jean Kennedy
named as alternate. The club also
voted to Join the College Station
Council of Clubs.
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Radio Students To
Attend Conference
students! t
tfd to ;thi
ference to
Doak and Mrs. John
ny Williams were awarded door market proble:
prizes. television.
Radio students at A&M have
been invited to the fifth annual
radio conference to be held at the
University] of Oklahoma during
March 12 to 14.
Wayne Coy, chairman of the
Federal Communications Commis
sion, and Richard P. Doherty, Di
rector * of the employee-relations
department of the National Asso
ciation of Broadcasters, will be the
principal speakers at the confer
ence.
The theme for the masting is
“Great Expectations”, according
to Dr. Shenqan P. Lawton, con
ference chairman and coordinator
of radio instruction at Oklahoma
University. Special interest; meet
ings are scheduled on sales and
news, : FM, and
ic En,
iirgW
is sub
The thesis of the exhibition
is to emphasise that science is
truly international. It brings
out the fact that atomic energy
is not an exclusively scientific
matter but will inevitably In
volve social and political ques
tions. * j
More concerned with the prac
tical use of atomic energy to date
than with nuclear physics, the
numerous photographs emphasize
thfe importance of the layman un
derstanding the social and political
of this new source of enep-
opens with thie
peacetime
“Atomic Energy” opens
seven scientists whose j
research led to wartime develop
ment. Then follow panel* of Hiro
shima, Nagasaki, Bikini, experi
ments with animals, radiation
sickness, and mutation.
The second section is devoted
post-war use; the development
atomic power and continuing
research. t
last Mfetfon is duvotedf
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Silk
involves the
world uourrra of i
mining of ur*nlum
separation plant, and th<
diversion of atomic encr
as a weapon of war.! •
The exhibition closes ,
els describing the problem
cation, in statecraft, and ns it
manifested in the
man spirit.
The exhibition
ways of the h^i-
will lie on ttllL
play the entire month of Murc|i,
according to R. K. House, actiii
librarian.
Scientists work with highly radio-active
from the Life Magazine V P tay“AU>m£
OMWng Memorial Library
wtth the
the harmful
lobby of Cushlo
m attached ruht
rmful materials.
Enenry”
rubber glovee protect' 1 ?^'^
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now on display
kurge cylinders
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