M ■ v. h City Of College Station Official Newspaper Lb Volume 49: Number m f ‘ - • ' ' '■ ■■ ' i 1 " . i V, : Si6ckadites I Present ion Show Tonight rj j j^ ^ rSattalion m THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE NATION (Aggielaiid), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1950 ^ M 1 ^ j y| Nation 1 CoUe NAS J,. Dean M. T. Harrington Dr. Fr«d Jeasen M ♦ I><‘ttn M. T. IfarrinKton IooIch ov«*r the Art-Science ncroll he re* ceived Tuenday aftfrnoon. l*rufeH»or Fred Jenmn, chemUtry de- partinent 1m preMcntinK the award. Thia acroll waa presented: at the Arta-.Science fuctilty meeting for “exemplory aaministration as dean.” ’ - By GEORGE CHARLTON Once again the girls from that staid institution on the northWn banks of the Trinity will appear tonight in choral concert both at the Anniex and on the Campus. The girls? You guessed it.; They’re: the AH-Girl Choir from ‘ y Junior College. nnex show, which will be ;es plaice in the Student j—— Senators Send File Request To President Senate Investigates Hospital Conditions By JOHN WHITMORE A more «fhs*tive way of making up the hospital absence reports was discussed lust night in a joint meeting of the college staff hos pital committee .and. the students hospital committee. - j . The combined committees inter-, viewed Miss Irene Glaghorn, sup erintendent of the hospital, and Dr. J. E. Marsh, staff physicion. \ In addition to the question of ab- ,. ■ sence reports the Question of tele- -S phone privileges in the hospital, and Day ^Student absences, was discussed. \ 1 - It was decided, to present ; a re solution'to the Dirdectof of Student Affaire making it possible to have n * a man’s name put on the sick list * tlie same week he is admitted to I the ? hospital, rather than the pre- / sent system of putting him on the list!, only after he is discharged. Student Senate Questions , ^ TJhese questions were brought tip by tha ^.Student, Senate represen- 0. L. McKMly Vloody to Speak To Geology! Club Tuesday C. L. Moody, of the Ohio . Oil Company, Shreveport Di vision, and president-elect of L -j _ the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, * will j speak to the Geology Club Tues- day night, March 28, at 7:30 in i the Petroleum Building lecture room v - ' , As President of the A. A. P. G., G. L. Moody holds one of the most distinguished positions of the world’s petroleum (geologists. The A. A. P. G. ss a world wide organ ization, the largest of its kind, J . f “ having a membership of over 6,000 technical men. Moody has been hindlrffg of his duties «s President. Active In Science y 'Since entering the oil business ip 1917, Moody has Been active in ■j ’Various organizations for the ad vancement of geology and related ^ sdem’os, = having served the A. A- P, U. as associate editor of the Bulletin in ,1983-38; as vice pres ident In 1937; us editor •f 49; and many other lessi , __ tions. i j X He is;: also a member of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, of the Amer ican Petroleum Inetltute', of Jhe American Geophysical Union, and i Is now serving on the Publlcatlona Committee of the Geological 86c iety of America. tatives with the staff eommittee answering the administrative:ques tions and the hospital staff ans wering the technical question*,/^ The question of day student’s sick absences was never fully agreed upon. The weak point in all of the systems proposed was that; there was no positive check on the validity of the student’s illness.- -j.; l $5 Stemming from the day student question came the problem qf how to handle non-corps sick leaves. The non-corps students are not given passes to see their family doctor. And in most cases, Miss Ciaghorn pointed out they will not come back by the hcispital to check b^ck in. Families Notified The question of telephones was quickly dismissed with an explan ation by Dr. Marsh. He pointed out that all families are notified if the patients condition is bad enough to • warrant a call. • • > ■."L Miss Ciaghorn then citfed a few cases in' Which she not only called the family several times and in addition to this she even called the boy’s girl- friend. In regard to who should! make out the new sick list and be 're sponsible for it, Col. H. L. Boatner said, “I think the director of Stu dent Affairs is better squipped to handle the adminimstrative duties than the hospital. The hospital is supposed to handle th^ sick.” Boatner is a member of the col lege stuff hospital commitftee, Doctor’s Report Dr. Quisenberry, ehairmah of the staff committee, read a few letters written by a group of doctor* who Inspected the hospital a few years ago. In brief they praised the how* pttnl and recommended that the medical fees be raised, f! | Who Swiped My Steam Roller? ; - Waco, Tex.,' March 24 -s» rdi|, Senator Tydings (D-Md) said t4day. 1 ! Tydings dispatched the request as chairman of a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee invest! gating: the charges, made by Sena tor McCarthy (R-Wia). McCarthy sent ti telegram to Mr. Truman chargihg that the President’s “ar- Togantj refusal”- to opeii the loy-* alty files was “endangering the security of this nation." At .'Key West, Fla., where the president is vacationing, his press secretary;, Charles G. Ross, said Mr. Truman is awaiting receipt Of the formal ! request before an nouncing his decision whether to give congress limited access to the files, j Tydings told newsmen he had sent fhe request for the files) on Tuesday. He said the request Went to the White /House for relay to the President* in Florida. Limited Use Not Mentioned Asked whether he had request ed' “limited’’ access to the files or full access, Tydings replied; “I ;d*(tn*t say anything': about that. !l just asked for the files. He said committee requests for the records; also went to Secre tary >f State Acheson, FBI Chief J. ! Edgar Hoover 'and Chairman Seth W. Richardson of the Civil Service Loyalty Review Board. Th^ committee has not yet sub mitted ! to Mr. Truman the names of any of the 116 persons who have beep accused by McCarthy, either in public or! in secret session, Tyd- ings isaid. j Thb Maryland senator also de clared that the man cited by Mc Carthy as j “the top” Soviet es-. piondge agent in this country “has never |be*n employed or connected with thr state department except !once ” t McCarthy saht on Tuesday that the tnsn—whos« Identity has not been disclosed- In now connected With! the department. Deputy Un dersecretary of State John E. Pedflfoy said yesterday that the Individual has “never” been em ployed 1 by the department. Tydings said that Immediately after McCarthy disclosed the man’s namjsi in a closed-dour session, he asked the state department for the ;mystery figure’s employment T y;.j :/ ■. ■ • • ; Center at 6 p. m.; The campus concert will begin at 8 p. m. in Guion as part of tonight’s regular show. Only admission price will be that normally charged to see the motion picture. : The fcroup enlarged since last year by 12 members, consists of 44 singers. They w|ll present an hour-and-a-half program of mod ern singing with a- popular repe- toire very much like the one pre sented here last year. Appearing in April of ’49, the girls were soundly applauded by an apprecia tive Aggie audience! As a Battalion story coverage of last year’s concert proves, the girls were duly appreciated: “Judging by the;applause, the rush for the side jdoor, and the rapidity with which each girl n escort, one can llorkuday’s Chor- a real ‘hit’ at waa provided a only say that al Club made A*M.” Soloist Lou Bingi) will sing two popular numbeiis id tonight’s per formance, Cole Pjorter’s “Begin the Beguine,” add Victor Herbert’a “Thine Alone/’ Miss Ringo is from St|. Lpuis, Mo. Members of the group will com bine vocal talents on seven selec tions ranging from the popular through the classi^. Of the latte viriety will be “Riding, .Riding' by Skiles, “Mountains”, by Ras- btich, and “Choral i Procession” by Kjountz. j j , Along more familiar lines wdA be “All the Thingis You Are” by Kern, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Rogers, “Tea; for Two” by Youmans, and “Dark Eyes.” And really going modem will be a trio from the group singing “Where Are You?” and “Music, Music, Music.” P|P « Top Daily SurVey ■ mm u, I I? ‘•NMMfa ' •‘ft* •jj' J -4T ■' '• •< ■ Zt a <_ :..l' ff Sue Johnson Miss Johnson, a freshman major at NT8C will b* ess for Uio Amarillo Club at tho Cotton Fac*ant and Ball. Bha will bo oaaortod by Uwla Job#, an •ronomlca major. Both hall from^Amarillo. ft. recopj. Prizes Picked For Spring Dairy Show t I [f Ode hundred years of maga zine subscription and a pair of hand made boots will be given awtiy. These are just a few of the pri zes to be/awarded to the winners at the Spring Dairy Show, presi dent Carl Hand said. A Tihe Spring Dairy Show will be held in the vicinity of the College Creamery, AH College Day, May 6. Wihners in the various classes will be awarded prizes that are being donated by companies in terested in dairying. Hand said. The annual barbecue will be held on April 29. Warren C. Jones, chairman of the barbecue commit tee announced that a calf to be baibecued has been obtained. Duchess Deadline Extension Set pril 6 will be the final dead- for submitting names of duch- I for the 1950 Cotton Pag eant and Ball, announced David Hives, social secretary of the pug- «sht Hives {further stated that all mloations desiring to submit es of their duchesses should jttact him at 811 Dorm. 10, pjrj P„ O, Box 4880 before April lames of duchesses may also be in at the Agronomy De* © ■ .J - kin i The entire aggregation will have supper in the 1 . Annex Dining Hall following their performance in the Student Center. Alter their Guion Hall show, the girls will be guests of the Singing Cadets in the Music Hall. Dancing add refreshments for the group ard being planned. The choir arrived here early this, morning and! returns - to “Big D” early Saturday. Geologists Plan Mexican Tour A six day expedition to the San Carlos Mountains near Tamauiipas, Mexico, is sche duled for a group of the sen ior geology majors the first week of April. Dr. Carl tausPn, Distinguished Professor of Gdology, will lead the group, One]of Dr, Ijaupen’s better known achievements is his jcxpeditlon. Into the unexplored re* glops of the Great Slave Lake of Northern Canada; In the mid-twen ties. The San Cdrlos Mountains, which He 126 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas, Is one Of, the fetta# w«as 118 i » A t I. .. V7 .. .. s k. A The lovely lady playing peek-a-boo behind the gloves (cotton gloves, of course): is Elizabeth McGee, 1950 Maid of Cotton. She will appear on the campus as guest of honor at the 16 Annual Cotton Ball and pageant April 28. j ' Sales Forum Explains Field Of Salesmanship the North Amer- whcre ncphellhw few loraH(les on lean Continent r bearing rocks occur. One of the pri mary purposes for making this ex pedition is to sttnly these unusual rocks. Necessary equipment is being taken to camp for several days in! the moddjains, since it is doubtful that (he small Mexi can towns will Have' sufficient ac comodations for! the group. The group will als'q examine and collect, fossils from the sedi mentary vdck series of Upjgr Ju rassic tij Upper Cretaceous age, and studies ; will be ! made of volcanic necks, .localiths, isills, and dikes in the area. The last “days! of the expedition will be spent inspecting the old copper ; mines ih the vicinity of San Jose’. ! i * Houston Fx Gives Second Fellowship A new graduate fellowship in the Department of Petroleum En gineering has been established by Michael T. Halbouty ’30, Houston geologist and petroleum engineer Recipients of; the fellowship will receive financial aid enabling them to do research in those fields. The fellowship is similar to one pro vided last yea? by Halbouty for graduate work and research in geology. | j Home Town Speakers Any atudiMt who wants to talk to high achool seniors In his home (own about coming to ABM next year sign up at the day . f Easier Hoi! ear algn up win Hall before reh 88, Authorised be allowed either or th* day after Idya for thla pur- By KEN BERNHARDT ‘^Selling produces! and main tains busipess. It is the profession that influences production, jobs, and opportunities,” Carl B. Krein- er, president of the Houston Sales Executives Club, to{d an ajudience of Business and Accounting stu dents Wednesday, j Kreirter headed the sales forum in a frank and informal discus sion of the opportunities of spil ing as a career. “There is a bright side to the business world for all of you. Keep your eyes and[ ears open,” he said. Good salesmen arc in demand. Directors Meet In DallasToday By The Co-Editors : Awarding of campus construc tion contracts, consideration of summer school fees at Junction, and action on a request to accept out-of-state students in the school of Veterinary Medicine were the main agenda features scheduled for what appears to be strictly a routine meeting of the A&M Sys tem 1 board of directors in Dallas this; weekend. Contracts will be awarded for the addition to Francis Hall, which houses a majority of the school of Veterinary .Medicine, for fire es caped and bowling alleys for the Memorial Student Center, and for the; horse barns and dairy feed ing barn in the relocated Agricul- turd area across from the West Galje., j | •etlng time and place for the boagd is this afternoon and Hat- ■ - .5i2 er Hotel, according tf the col- unlay morning at 9 in Dallas' Baker Hotel, according tc the;col leg? information office, which re leases the agenda. > J No Student Life Report There - was no/mention on the agenda of any report from the boird’s Student Lifer Committee whose studies on the caigl'Us have line Slated To ddress ‘Great Issues’ at Guion ■President of the Farm Bu reau Federation Alien Kline will be^ton the campus April 3 and 4 to address students in! the department of Agricul ture and to talk to the Great’Is sues Class, according to Charles N, Shepardson, dean of .the. School of: Agriculture. 1 Kline will speak to sfudepts in he School of Agriculture at 11 '•j -m* April ILJMWL. *•. the Great’ Ibeen the basis fpr extreme ru mors among the student body and f factions of the Bryan press. Two of the most significant items on the agervda trom the stu dent’s viewpoint appeared to be the Junction fee consideration, indicat ing the summer o|hool adjunct to he near readiness,’and the consid eration of out-of-state students for the previously jam-crowded Vet school, indicating .isome relaxation in! the overloaded conditions of that school. it!! Another interesting Item on the agenda is “invitation to President Truman to visit during 76th an;:: ntversary year;’’ although no fur- ther information is given as to when and how the invitation is to 14, or has been, preferred. ; Final contractual subject on the agenda is- that of. farm and water stj ver lines and golf course water Hines, which oontriu ts are to he awarded «t the meeting. Two other item*, not under the awards list, are ‘^temporary Wither contract with city of Hryun” ami “electric contract with city of Jli y u»i to serve water wells.” Budget Codsideratinns .j Budgets for tin- I960 summer, school will also bq considered, along “with a request ;for authority -IS ailon cost of living adjustment an salaries of employees on tpitdr' jfled service fon the fiscal gear 1949-60. » ' Aside from tht$o items directly concerning A&M; the usual system business, similiar problems from the other system . schools, and hearing previously scheduled re ports and accepting gifts and awards will take; up the remainder of the bourd’s business periods, i Attending the board meeting from the campus will be Chant-elloi Gjbb Gilchrist, President; Frank Bolton, President-elect Tom Har rington, D«an__qf Engineering H. W. B PM A Lauds State j Committee Heads Twenty-six Texas county Pro* ductlon and Marketing Adniinlstrs- tion committeemen were honored here Tuesday for 16 years' contin uous service. B. F. Vance, chairman of the state PMA committee said the 26 have served since the original AAA program was begun In 1934. The 26 were guests of the state committee, state ■ fieldmen and state PMA office personnel at a banquet last night. Nine county administrative officers with long service records also were honored. They and the 26 county committee men received special certificates. The PMA cbmmitteenren honor ed included Joe A. Hoffman, Ar cher County; Albert Schulz, Con cho; Harry F. Eckhardt, Gilespie; Oscar Neunhoffor, Kerr; Ben P. Palmer, Menard; Jasper M. Tay lor, Smith; Thomas Jung, Gilles pie; Truman R. Miller, Oldham. The county administrative of ficers honored included Robert J. Persons, Cherokee; William W. Gunn, Gryason; James W. Bullock, Gregg; James W. Evans, Hock ley. . . .. j Cattle Production In ‘Golden Age’ “Today we are living in the “golden age of beef cattle pro duction,” Sterling Evans, presi dent of the Federal Land Bank of Houston, told th* animal husban dry seminar class Monday night. “The past slx : or seven years has been thf longest period of high prices for boofi cattle that tm world has ever known, but the cat tle busitioss Is! tricky,” Evans It Is very Improbable that a man can start from scratch In tho ranch country today tint) make a suc cess of ranching with the present prlc* of land, h* aaid. ! . Industry is constantly seeking more men for advancements than are available. ’ | \ Highest Paid Selling is the highest paid pro fession in America. Twoj-thirds of incomes oven, the .$6,Odd bracket are earned bjt men connected with the field of selling. ! \ Loyalty, honesty, proper' tech nical background, willingness to work, and the ability t|o sell, in that order, are the traits looked for in. men desiring tiu become salesmen, he said. j * In explaining the importance of knowing how to apply technical knowledge, Kreiner said that the ory without application ' is useless and not in demand, J, Between three and ten thousand dollars are invested on the aver age salesman the first year he Is employed. Hard work and sacri fice nave built businesses able to offer the opportunities avail able to salcmen today. Participants Taking part In the program wore H. C. Perry, president jof'Mosher Steel Co; Bertnam K, Scheff, sales manager for Wright Manufactur ing Co.; Alfred Knapp; president of Napco Paint Co.; dnd Bam Hays, general sales manager of Southern Life Insurance Co. Norvllle Pierce of (he Metro politan Life Insurance; Co.; Bob Hogan, general sales manager of the Fair Maid Baking Co; H. El ston of the Minnesota Life Insur ance Co.; and Joe Wilson of the Houston sales division of Gulf Oil rounded out the forum. Issues class at 8 p. m. Both talks will be Guion Hall. ■He “has recently engaged ,in pqblic debate with secretary of Agriculture Brannan on ifariti prob- lejns. His topic for the talk, to agri culture students will be “Agri culture and Our Future” and he will speak to the Great Issues'!; Cjass on “What Are Americans r After.” He- will hold a question and answer session the morning of April 4 with members of the Great Issues Class. • i Kline is a graduate of Iowa State College, and at present Is a farmer .and swine breeder of J Benton County, Iowa, r He is president