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.k City Of College Station Official Newspaper Volume 49: Number 106 First A&M Debate Tournament Gets Underway Today ' ' The first debate^tournament ever sponsored by Texas A&M began, this afternoon at 1:30 on the * campus. Competing are a total of 36 teams in both junior and senior divisions, A&M Debate Club spon sors Harry E. Hierth and Lee Martin announced. Entered in the debate tourna- ment are 31 teams from 11 visit ing colleges and universities and fivei teams from A&M. The debat- ors embarked on a round Of four debates for each team today, and ^ elirpinations' will bd held tomor row,.The first debates were started at 1:30 this afternoon. The second r round will commence at 3 p. m.; and eyeniiig debates are scheduled for 7 and 8:30. ^ Scene of the verbal competitions Will; be the Academic Building, Chemistry Building, and YMCA. A complete- schedule of debates and locations is posted on the English Department bulletin board on.the third floor? of the Academic Build- * Jng. Eliminations Saturday Saturday morning at 8:30| the first round of elimination debates * will be held, Participating In these . debates will be the top eight teams from .bptn the Junior and senior divisions. As teams are defeated In (he eliminations, winning teams_ progress toward the finals. The final debates will be held at ; 1 Saturday afternoon In the YMCA. Teams entered In the senior di vision are: Rice, TCU, University of Corpus ChrlstL University of Hoiiston, Sam Houston f State Teachers "College, Buy log, and A&M. Junior debate teams have been entered by Del Mar College of Cor pus Christ, TCU, Wharton : Junior College, Midwestern' University (formerly Hardin College), Uni versity of Houston, SMU, Sam Hojuston State Teachers College, BajylorTand A&M. , “ Girls Teams Entered Five colleges—Del Mar, Whar ton, University -of -Houston, Sam “ State ' Heame, George Grupe and Billy Stephens, Charles F. La Rue and Robert E. Huffman. Freshman debate coach Milford Allen has entered one freshman team in the junior division of the tournament. j Housing \ Visiting girls being housed" in Walton Hall. The men visitors are staying v in Post Graduate Hal). Attending the tournament with the debaters are their coaches and several observers. The next scheduled debate for Aggie debaters will be on March ^8 when an A&M team will meet a team from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Last year’s West Point- A&M debate resulted in an Aggie victory. The subject was oh fed eral aid to education. Batta/ PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH IQ, 1950 > 1 in j * I w k Wk np mm f Here are five of the sharpest officers this school, or any other ROTC outfit, will probably ever see. They are the leaders of the Kilgore Junior College Kangerettes who* will appear here for Sports Day. Standing, left to right are Lt. Joan McCarthy of Longview, Capt. Judy 'Basden of Dallas, and Lt. Phyllis Foster Sports Day. Standing, left to right are Lt. Joan McCarthy of gvtew, Capt. Judy 'Basde of Kilgore. Seated, left to right, are Lt. Flor* ...r . oak. gore and Lf. Dottle Jo Holley of White Florence MeElwee of Kil- Girls! Girls! Girls!/J ? . 1 tf! i •- : is- Ml Nation’s Top Colleg ate I NAS 1&49 Si ;.K 1 T I-rice Fit i Cent* —i— Sports Day Tries Again, W Clear Skies Slated Tomorr Sportsmen of A&M will display their-wares tomorrow in the an nual Sports Day, once postponed but now ready to show the crowds an equally attractive lineup. Sponsored by the “T” Assqcia- tion, Sports Day will be featured by two major contests—the final intra-squad football game, Ma roons versus Whites, and the Ag gie baseballers in a tangle with the Brooke Field Medics nine. Tickets are still on sale for foot ball and baseball games at $l. The tennis match is free. Baseball Game, Coach Marty Karqw-’s baseball team will meet the Medics in the initial event of the afternoon on the Kyle ■ Field diamond at 2 p. m; A&M’s varsity tennis team, under the direction of Coach W. M. Dowell, meets the University Houston netmen on the clay courts Top Graduate Students Attract Replacements opposite the field house at 3 p. m. Details on the tennis match are on Page 5 of today’s Battalion. Tomorrow night’s grid game on Kyle -Field will begin at 7:30.1 With one of the largest number of! returning lettermen in the con-; ference, this Maroon-White- clashj will be last of the season, since! the j30-day training period closed! /ttofcN '! ’ ". ,1 - |j Both teams are in top shape,; than a few injuries, trainer! k ~yton said this morning, Ex- ■.. Rangerettes Dance, Drill In Stadium Show Tomorrow Coining to College Statiijm a reputation of unexcelled liy RAY WILLIAMS Fifty.three, and yes you can count ’em, beautiful young ladies will be on the campus tomorrow to perform for the student body. The girls will be at Kyle Field, with a half of a football game to precede and a half to follow their performance. Bearing the official title of Ran gerettes of Kilgore Junior Col-! lege, the group is scheduled to ap pear as part of the Sports Day Program. The girls are to put on their show at the halftime of the football game. ami grace in and dances, they art* with poise intricate marches due to put jon: an eye-opening show. Director of the group is Miss Gumde Nell Davis, a graduate of TSCW with a BA and of USC with ! a Masters. She organised the group in 1940 and has been its only director. Sponsor of the Rangerettes is L. N. Crim, showman and oilman. Crim owns pipvies in Ft. Worfh and Kilgore. Denard Haden is the choregrapher. He is well known jih tlje state ks dancing instructor, ustoh Houston State Teachers and Bay- l/foij—have entered girls teams. The girls’ teams are competing with men teams in the tournament. The debate subject for the tour nament is “Resolved: , That the si. basic n’on-agricultural industries of the United States should be, W nationalized.” This is a national J, debate subject for 1950, Hierth said. ’ V - “Interest in. the debate tourna ment is being encouraged by the English Department”, Martin said. ‘‘All English 210, 401, and 403 classes are required to attend one debate”. Members of-the English Department Sjre assisting in rkan- < agement of the tournament by act- ,, ing as Chairmen and judges in the several debates, he added, * Procedure Explained ;In debating,.-the first speaker -/- for the affirmative has 10 min- Utes to present his side of the- ' » debate question. He -is followed ' byrthe tirst speaker for the nega tive. The four presentation speeCh- es—two affirmative and two nega tive—are 10 minutes each. Each of Cotton. Court Leaves For Denton Tomorrow ? i the four debaters in a contest pre sents a five minute rebuttal, the affirmative having the last rebujtaL i AggiO members of senior debate ' teams arc: James Farmer and Dan .Davis, .1 oe Perry and Douglas ! i. C'V . J. A. Mortensen jfortensen was awarded the an nual W. R- Burpee award of a 100 scholarship Wednesday JghL He is a senior horticulture jiajor from Crystal City. (Third Installment 'ees Are Payable j Third installment fees of $46 for corps members and $13.60 for veterans must be paid before, March 20 to avoid penalty, an nounced W. H. Holzmann, comp troller of the college. By BILL BILLINGSLEY The Agronomy Society’s Court of Cotton, their faculty advisor, and style show director will leave TOr Denton tomorrow morning at eight to select the Queen of Cotr ton and the eight royal duchesses for the 16th Annual Cotton Ball and Pageant. ‘ M Driving to TSCW in three cars, the group will stop by gauger Brothers in Dallas to confer with Sanger designers on, production, details for this year's elaborate: cotton style show. Both the Pageant, which in cludes the Sanger’s fashion parade, and the Cotton Ball are par); of the Agronomy department’s spring cotton fete, which provides funds to send Agronomy students on a world cotton inspection tour. This year’s show will be held Friday night, April 28, on Kyle Field. Cotton Court Composing, the male half of the Court of Cotton,/and making up the Denton selection group, are King Cotton Nelson Brunneman and dukes of the court Conrad Ohlendorf, Jim Troublefield, David Rives, Roy Cook, Raymond Kunze, Leo Mikeska, Tommie Duffie, and Don Hcgi: Faculty sponsor is Professor Eli Whltely, W the Agronomy depart-, ment, and director of the pageant is Mrs. Bill Turner. Accompanying the group to Denton will be Mrs. Whiteley; Mrs. Joe Mogford, wife of last year’s faculty sponsor/ and a Battalion publicity representa tive. 32 Nominees Nominees^ for the court are 32 of TSCW’s - fairest, chosen eight each from the four classes. Senior nominees are Frances Abernathy, Dorothy Brueck, E)ru- ena Collins, Norma Beth Cobke, Geologists to Hear Salt Dome Speech G.-C. Clark, Division Geologist for Stanolind Oil and Gas Com pany at Tyler, will discuss his paper, “The Interior Salt Domes of East Texas”, for the Geology Club in the main lecture room of the Petroleum Building on Tues day, March 14, at 7:30. Clark has received much recog nition for his work on this paper and presented it before the re gional meeting of the A. A. P. G. in Biloxi, Mississippi, October of last year. j The Geology Club extends, an in vitation to anyone who wishes to hear Clark, to be present Tuesday Ur • Antoinette Gratz, Mary Anjne Hill, Imogene Newton, and LeVerne jVolkman, | Sophomores are Joanie Abra- hamson, Mary Jane Burkett, Ber tha Candelaria, Patricia Aim Her ron,iJo Arm jKing, Mary Jahe.Con- crjief, Patricia Ann St. Clair, and Katherine Sunkel. ! Jdnior representatives are Helen Beys, Margie- Cupples, Betty Jo Johnston, Hkzel Jean Kylp, Eddy Lobbnstein, Docia Schultk, Mary Leyte Webbj, and Sarah Witmer. ; From the Freshman class tome Jekn Bond, Lillian Collins, De- loreS Fowler, Nan Hasslet, Rose marie Lbissner, Elizabeth McPher son, Jean Puthamj and Mitzie White. and is secretary and treasurer of the Texas Dancing Association, and an active member of the Na tional and International Dancing Association. Some of their appearances es pecially noteworthy arc the In ternational Lions Convention, New Orleans, 1911; performances at bond shows, service camps, and hospitals during the war; the 1946 Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Cal ifornia; 1949 Cotton Bowl, Dal las; and the 1950 Sugar Bowl, New Orleans. Co-ed leader of the group for 1949-50 is Captain Judy Basden. Judy is a graduate of Adamson High School, Dallas, where she was the majorette with* the band. She is a straight A student and sweetheart of Kappa fraternity at Kilgore. Accompanying the Rangerettes will be the Ranger Band. This or ganization is made up of 50 mem bers and four majorettes. Director of the Band is H. L. Walker, and drum major is Lex James of Ter rell, Texas. H- Activities of Group Schedule for the A&M group is estimated at a noontime arrival at Sangiers, a ; three hour tour there and a 4 p.! m. arrjvel in Denton, and; jarrival back ih College Sta- tiort sometime Sunday afteirnoon. \ Sahger’s direiitob of (he Pu- geahl. which is tentatively sche duled for a [Colonial theme is Mrs. Margaret Wedell. Bernhardt Chosen Prexy of Gulf LSA ! Ken Bernhardt, 'senior account ing! major from Port Arthur, will be ! installed _ as Gulf Regional Lutheran Student Association 12 Seniors Finish Practice Teaching Twelve June Agricultural Edu cation seniors will complete their two week practice teaching duties in five Texas high schools on March 12. All seniors enrolled in Agri culture Education must complete two weeks of practice teaching be fore becoming eligible for a de gree. according to state require ments. L. J. Gentry, Jr., ^nd J. C. Frisby are (doing their practice teaching at Waxahachie, while G. B. Gil bert! A- Keown, and R. B. Wal ler gre teaching at Mineral Wells. M. E. Elliott and W. W. Fox are relieving the regular Voca tional Agriculture teacher at Weatherford, “Before A&M can be in a posi tion to draw top graduate school students from other colleges, it must send good graduate students to them”. ■ \ . Dr. Ide P. Trotter made this statement to the local chapter of the American Association of Uni versity professors last night. The subject of Dr. Trotters talk was, “Problems now Confronting the Graduate School." “It is the business of everyone connected with the college to helji advance the standards and repu tation of the graduate school of A&M,” he said. New I'rohleniH , j "The Individual enrollment of the graduate school has increased from 57 In the fall term of 1944 to 529 for the fall term of 1949. “This increased number of stu dents in the graduate school has brought about problems that must be straightened out immediately if we expect to have u graduate school standard equal to that of other schools”. Problems presented by veterans that re-enrolled after having their schooling interrupted during the war was given considerable discus- | sion at the meeting. Rule Amended An old rule that only permitted students with a grade point, ratio of 2.0 to enter graduate work has been amended to allow for those students that returned and began making better grades than before, Dr. Trotter said. Since the war many students have been permitted to enter the graduate school on a provisional basis. The provisions depending upon the grades made during un dergraduate work. In 1940 the total enrollment for A&M was 6,534 of which 2.7 p«r cent was graduate student. In 1949 there was a total enrollment of means should be worked out where by courses would be offered only in certain semesters thereby in creasing the number of students ih each Class. Dr. Trotters talk was followed by a question and answer discus sions with all members participgt- •rt*' ,1 ■; r.i i: - (l \ ■ i • u- f ■ | / .• j Leprosy Issue Speaker Topic In T March 13 The Christian approach to the religious, social, and medi cal problems of leprosy will be presjented at the YMCA Chapel on Monday, March 13, Ut 7:15 p. m. by Eugene R. Kel- Ifrsbergfcr, General Secretary of the American Leprosy Missions, Inc. Drawing on his world wide study and observations of leprosy work, Kellefsberger will discuss the key role played by Christian Missions in arousing international concern in behalf of leprosy Victims. ; Ho will also relate how Christ ians missions have influenced var ious governments to take preyen- tive steps ih the fighting of this disease. Kellersberger, through exper ience received as a medical mis sionary in the Belgian Congo, has become an expert in ’the field of leprosy and other tropical diseases, notably African sleeping sickness, and he was twice decorated for i-esearch 1 in that field by the Bel gian Colonial Government. In addition to his position in ,.m. stud.,.,, arLss 'W“ ,n S, 7 - 65 per rent. Dr. £ , ht . F , ubllc Hea , th ^ vice Commission on Leprosy, the Ameritah Society of Tropical Med icine, hnd the International Leprosy Association, among others. Deadline Set For Senior Favor Orders | I Senior “favors” must; be order ed by Marj:h 25 in order to have them available for the Senior Ring Dance^ Grady Elms, assistant di rector df Student Activities, said ithis morning. Others are to be placed with the Student AytSvi- tie* office j for the favors, which are replicas of the top of the Ag gie ripgl. They can be ordered with or without a chain and guard, Elms said. Patny Ann Ntultz Miss Stultz of Kirhardmin will; represent the Landaeape Art So ciety at the annual Cotton Hall! and Pageant. Iter eacort will be| Ray Jorhetc. She is a graduate of Richardson High School. 1 -w pjected to m is» the- s Man Heatherly, Dave Kay Graveii. Only plague the trio. h Has Vi EJach of [he teami tory in, the two pr| training games, a night’s ganie should tivy, with J the winr majority of the prac In the two earlier teams exhibited a sc 'ong defense, with most 1 of the ai ores coming after long run - — ^ Both squads appei ly matched, with indicating that the go to either team. Rangerettes The '‘Rangerettei or College, gue ad clash are uncan, and nor injuries i • T : i (orjy t has one vic ious spring tomorrow ■ovide tncen- r having a e- tilts, games, both; runs or passes. fairly even- vious scores ►ictory could •t ; iere ill i i rt this me a< . ha f-ti campaign, will moot Brook* , second home game Ope of key men in field, all-conference Wallace, Will be up duo to a bud spr ankle. Wallace is i ready at leiist by tin of the conference Dayton said, f- Flrtt conference agalnat Baylor in L (!ett|ng a lute st pruetlce tipis Ht'Usol Moon,•Hobby Furme Witt, who nave oo their tiimj with 1. Yale LapyJ, who ha., backing many ploys of JKilgore of the “T” kend, will viffen ut the year’s SWC lusebpll team “Id in their the season. Cadat in- Guy line- of hU right ipected to be opening game ljusnn, trainer rumo will bo |nro on April corn, Trotter said. Standards Raised “This raises the standards of our graduate school tremendously but it also presents us with numerous problems that must be solved”, he said. One of the main problems con fronting the graduate school ih the cost of carrying classes with a limited number of students. Curricula Changes Proposed The State appropriates approx imately $176 for each student en rolled in thie school. But the cost of carrying a graduate student through one year of work is close to $1,200 per aiudent. Dr. Trotter pointed out, C*" The group agreed that some College groups throughput Tex- s. Oklahoma, as,! Oklahoma, Louisiana hnd Ark- ansas make up the Gulf Region LSA. The annual Regional 5 Ashram Will be hjeld ait Mo R^nch, 25 miles west of Kerrville. 1 Purpose | of the Ashram is tq bring students together for a week-end West of Kerrville. f; Recreatipnal facilities df swim' ming, boating, fishing, basketball, tennis and! bowling are available! ! The A&jM LSA bowling team! last, year’s winners of the church bowling tournament, has challent ged the LSA team from TU to a match scheduled for Saturday af ternoon, April J. Members who have already sent in reservations from A&M arp Wemer Lindig, Doug Dlttmar,, Al ton Tieken, Les Fisseler, Quinton Johnson, Leon Tolle, Ken Bern hardt, Eric Carlsan, Calvin Beck- Jaihes Lehmann, Oscar /- for the talk. ij • *V •• ' If / iG ’!i mailed before Forman Will Be ‘Great Issue’ Guest Monday Karrison Forman, traveller anjc explorer during fifteen years ir China, will address the Great U sues Class with a “Report Frotr Red China” in the Physics Lep- ture Room Monday night. Fifteen years of travel and ex ploration in China has given Fof- man .first-hand knowledge of tha; country and its inhabitants. Forman has recently published i series of articles in Collier’s maga zine entitled, “Can We Save Chipa From the Kremlin.” He is a Fellow of the American Geographical Society'|and a mem ber of both the Explorers Club and the Overseas Press Club. ,|T He has worked as foreign cor respondent for the New Yoyh Times, London Times, Colliefa Magazine, and the National Broad/ casting Company. Everyone interested is invited to attend the talk. ; f 1 Tennessee Gas Co. ,j : ; { [ , i . ' P Awards Fellowship The Tennessee Gas Transniissiiijn Company again has made available a $2,000 ,fellowship for graduate students In petroleum ungineerijig at A&M. The fellowship edvers n 1;0- month period beginning next Sept- tn addition to the $2,000 stipend #500 ih available for. purrhaHo of necessary research equipment. Re search work, preferably to b done In the field of nutural transmission, may be accepted t7 w^fd a master’s or doctor’s dt fcree. , f ] . Ir Candidates considered for tjtie fellowship must hold a degree ijin netraleum from an accredited col lege add must meet the requitje- ments for admission to the grad uate school. The recipient of the fellowship wiij be chdsen bv the head! of the Petroleum Engineering Depgtt- mvnt, in consultation with other members of the staff, and with the approval of the company. Ap- nilcations must be received on before April 25. j J, j j 1 White Band Wins First In Regimental Review The -White Band came in fi in; the Composite Regimental view Wednesday afternoon, •O}. I ' ball varsity. -j Lind (off Llndloff, •ker who be misse •up this ct in baseball were WiiUy I and Jonn Dc* < (pied most of sketball, and been quarter- for the foot- : l.l ' I Hi hit Cotton Second Sac year, will field ■ line- Joe Snvurino will for the 19j>(h squad all indicat creditable Large are up fo|r 'the vafsityv veterans t ons that job thCrj numbers nl 1-cotjfejence ! rnduutcd last ; from the In- ; icason. Little j tandle second ■; (ind has given ! TuT will do a : ,ers ; of last yei.r’s fresh they seem an campaign, be "looking (See hjOOTBAlJ J( Page 5) A&M Sepks JC Ag Gra At the Agrip n the 1 meeting of YMCA last Shepardnon, D1 School o ' Agrict ed the net essity. of ating agricultural,; the Junior Colleges iates roll at AJ|M. Acting upon Ij)ei suggestior that s are perha|)s the these stucents, thi to invite all pn College agricultu A&M for j weekei and entei-jlainment| A committee Richard [Chasy Douglas Wythe 1 , Calvin Rbese wa make arrangemen* College students’ Charlie ] Modise the Open! Hodse proceedinipi, He all agriculture! c their Open Hdusij in by March |5. If ural Pouncil embly room ight, C. N. ja n of the ture, stress- hhying gradu- tudejits from f the state en- ^ Shepardson’s 1 dent contacts way to reach ; ouncil decided ! tective Junior • graduates to ■ of observutian' ' ' '1 onsisting bf lobert Webb,; y Peyalch, and! appointed to: for the Junior! sit. reported 6 on; ! )ay committoe; 11 nouncud that; bx must have! Day progrumM Doug i rebu culture cl ub meml , , Mt tlernen’x Dull t» in Sbisa JI*U. F reburf will be School of announjitd that the Hall >pen to anyone in the; Agric.iil(||jre. Senior InvllaiionH Available for Order ' Seniors ment inv tations tivities office froi 12, ,Grad) or of student ac day. Imvitati ms leather wa board coyer, for list of graduates i eluded, Elms sail Br March 10, \i The Army ROTC rifle team recently won first place in the Fourth Army Intercollegiate and Interscholastic rifle matches. Eighteen teams Lindig entered in the competition. Members of the team seated are R. G. Durrille, G. S. Kent, R. E. Gros ser, C A. Taylor and jR. T. Zapata. Standing 4i P. J. Arhelger, C. T. Easley, C. C. Taylor, Mss 1 Sergeant W. R. Reese, J. E. Braun, F. P. Wilhite, and R. D. Cook. )"i L. Boatner, commandant nounced this morning. A Chemical Corps came in ond and A Signal Corps came Third. The remainder of ,the compan ies in the regiment were graded in the following order; A Tn portation, A ASA, A QMC, B Q] A Ordnance, and B Transpor coming in last, Boatner said. roll type ■ lli 1 ’ 1- t.,;?; H This tyjpe is tl embossed « Engraved cards [may Seniors Select Duchess All • meh who j pictures fbr the ess to the Cotton by Friday, Mar i ivltod all Igrl-i rs to the Cat-! held April 22! H may- ver, foii at 0V cover ‘j er commence-! Student Ac-i * j-njow until April; ! Assistant direct-; Tivities said to-- f| •VI I j*j available in |6pV each, card-- ;i23e each, with ; Ind etchings in-j or, jn French tch. invitation and ly, Elms said. • brinted personal t ordered he oddj- l;-r ; or et sh to submit Jor Close Duch-*' must do so at 6 p. m. ; ' • ,v 1 ' t