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NATION (Aggielaiid), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1950 ^
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Dean M. T. Harrington Dr. Fr«d Jeasen M
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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
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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» <A*) —
Someone has been trying tp steal
onie of the vlty’s steam rollers.
After getting frantic calls, po
lice arrived In time recently to
find the steam roller a half block
away from where it had been left.
Later they received other calls.
Citiaens reported youngsters had
the Behemoth Steam Engine going
again—and were speeding around
the block with it. r , ' 1
Police jumped in a crUieer car
again and took off. Again they
found the steam roller unoccupied
but where it shouldn’t have been.
A policeman kept the machine
company for the rest of the night.
Washington, March 23—
(AP) -j-rSenatore investigat
ing charges of Communism
in the! State Department have
sent ai formal request to Pres
ident Truman for federal loyalty
reci>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
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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.”
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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.
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Prizes Picked For
Spring Dairy Show
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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*
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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’.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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 <j»f
Tli4 Iowa Life-Insurance Company,
the lawu Farrti Mutual Insurance
Company, and the loWu Farm He-
riim Company,]
| “Kline Is ^»nc of the outstand
ing -farm. Waders In th* United
States amVotis of the beat fni*m
speakers Mtoye ever heard,” Dean
fcfhepardsfln wild. j !. . : ‘ . . jj
SMU Alumni Will
Organize Friday'
| An informal meeting of the
SMU Alumni AssoclatliVn will be
held in the lounge of the. A&M
Methodist Church Friday liight,
March 24 at 7:30, accordIdg to
Robert C. Sneed, temporary djutr-
man of the group. 1 : . \
The purpose of the meeting will
he to organize a permanent Alum
ni Association, for the B|ryan-Gol-j l
jege Station area. AH former stu-1;
dents of SMU' are urged to ut-j
’tend, Sneed said.
(he chancellor Angel. Comp-
[Lewis of the Extension Service,
and one of the? creditors pf The
Battalion. ■ ! )
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Vet Enrollment
At A&M Decreases
Two thousand four hundred
forty-one veterans are attending
A&M College this semester ac
cording to the Veterans Adminis
tration. This is a slight reduction
from last fall when 3,021 were en
rolled under the G. I. Bill.
Of this number, 1,160 are mar
ried and most of these are living
in college operated apartments.
Two hundred fifty-five of the
473 graduate students now enroll
ed at A&M are veterans on the
G. I. Bill. There are only 44 fresh
man veterso? at the annex this
semester.
The largest enrollment of .vete
rans at A&M waa in the fall of
1946 when 8,281 students were on
the G. I. Bill. There has been a
gradual decrease ever since that
date.
The decrease in number since
1946 Is due to graduation, accepted
positions, financial troubles, sick-,
ness, and expiration of the G. !.
Bill, the VA said.,
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KU»M Dvc
Mlaa Dvorak will.'represent the •;
Arts and Htlen/e Council aa ^
their duchess, td (he 1969 Cot- /
ton I'ageant- and Hsll. Khe will '
be escorted by Geerg# Kndera,'
senior physical education major.
Both are frOi* Houston.
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Joyce Kit linger
Misa Kittinger will represent the
Industrial Education Club aa
ducheua In the Cotton Pageant
and Ball. 8h* la M aptMaS* M
Texta Mouthmoat Co 11 a* •
Rrownaville. Her aaeort will be
John B. Neely. T
art Hall athletes rose tip in
a yesterday. The blood of battle
rkened every well-trained eye.
All abje bodied residents ; were
called to the dolors for an eriraged
skunk had been located under the
dorm. V
The alarm went oat: Athletes
tumbled out ‘of the dorm.. Those
who didn’t hear the cry for help
knew instinctively by ah air: about
the place that all, waa not well. L
Every tactic was tried to pry
the skunk from the pipe;; They
used smoke. It didn’t ; work; They
tried jocks. No luck. Then a BGU
can full of water waV rolled into
position and jts contents vast into
the pipe. “
- Out came ?the squnk.
He was wet.; He was rmt<i, Hut a
barrage of 'rocks frpm , a
(arms inet hlin at the openji
Thel Issue was never jn: douW,
Bull Lawson, club in hand, ad
vanced on the stunned stranger 1
Funeral services were moving.
The body, attepdad by Lawson and
John Parnelli was gently Jowurad
Into * simple can. A late model-
funeral ejar from the BCU
ment carried the deceased^ to
final resting place.
‘ml a helluva,
Only memories - at
smeH remalp.
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