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Volume 49, Number 118
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Alumni Gives
Twelve Million
To US Schools
The alumni of 189 colleges
and universities of the United
States and Canada contribut-
edfr twelve million, one hun
dred sixty-nine thousand dol-
loras. to their: respective alma
maters last yeaj- through annual
giving plans in optratftwi at these
institutions.
These figures were announced
here today by E. E. McQuillen,
■ director for funds of the American
Alumni Council, who has completed
the Council’s'annual survey and re
port of colleges and universities
using the alumhi fund /plan."
Another 26 institutions normal
ly following the fund plan are now
r —engaged in major and special fi
nancial campaigns, and their totals
of alumni gifts are not included.
J-’ [ The 1949 Alumni Fund Report
^ shows an increase of; $1,000,000
Aver similar-contributions in 1948.
Four; hundred thirty five thous
and, five hundred and ninety one
Alumni contributors were listed
- in 1849, an increase 1 of ten per
centi ojver 1948. In both respects,
. t I nuw records were set.
Thb .-most significant features
of the’ survey, the report points
out, are that these contributions
represent annual and recurring
gifts by alunini for’ the support of
higher education and that the tot
als have, shown a steady increase.
A siminar survey in 1939 showed a
> total of $2,815,000. A sum of 400
million dollars at three per cent
interest would be required to
match this year’s alumni support
to the 189 schools.
General officers of the American
Alumhl t Council are Chesley Worth
ington, Brown University, pres
ident; Elizabeth C. Duncan, Emory
University, secretary; Leonard C.
Dill, Pennsylvania, treasursr; Eliz-
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abeth W. Durham, Rutgers, editor;
T, . Hawley Tapping,
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Michigan^
president elect; William S. Gibson,
Minnesota, past president; Doug-
, las O. Woodruff, Utah, director
for offices; Reward J. Marsh, Bow-
doin, director for magazines, and
Mf.Qtiillen ffom A&M,
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Teddie Marie Hubert
Miss Hubert will-represent the
AVMA as duchess in the Cotton
Pageant and Ball. Her escort
will be Pat Hubert,, junior vet
erinary medicine major from
Riviera, Texas.
Senior Ring Order
Available April 5
Senior rings ordered on or be
fore March 31 will be delivered
April 5 and 6 in Room 15 of the
Administration Building, accord
ing to Mrs. Dell Bauer, Senior
King Clerk.
Rings' will be delivered between
8 a. m. and 12 noon on those two
days. They^piust be picked up in
person, Mrs. Bauer added.
Rings not picked up April 6 and
6 may be secured,, any day after
wards between 8 a. m. and 12 noon
at the Senior Ring window in the
Registrar's office.
'Students should bring receipts
( When calling for their rings, Mrs.
Bauer concluded.
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Etiquette Leaflets
To Be Distributed
Sets of twelve leaflets used in
the senior courtesy courses are to
be bound in semi-permanent form
and distributed to the lounge of
-each dormitory, said J. C. Failp,
senior publicity chairban.
Anyone, interested in obtaining
’sets of the leaflets should see Le
roy Shiller at 201 Dorm, 8, Fails
added* -- x"» —
Subjects of the leaflets, are as
follows:
How" Do You Do? Eti-cues for
Mealtime, Come to Dinner, Let
ter Cues, Cues for Popularity, Date
Cues for Lads and Lassies, Cour
tesy Cues for Public Places, Cues
for Dining Out, Conduct Cues
for Travel, Hotel Eti-cues, Buffet
Entertaining Cues, and Parliamen
tary Cues. „ ,
Gwen Taylor
Gwen is another of the Foley’s models who will be in the Senior
Class production “From Boots to Boutonieres” tomorrow night
in Guion. The show is part of the letiquette course now being con
ducted. It will feature clothing euhibtt* for young businessmen.
Seniors Set Stage
For Clothing Show
x By R-F. ROLAND
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“From Boots to Boutonieres,”
the Senior Class clothing exhibit
that has taken on the proportions
of a full-fledged variety show
opens for tT one-night stand to
morrow nighidn Guion Hall.
A bevy of models from Foley’s
in Houston will team With a group
of cadets including the corps com
mander and three regimental colo
nels to put on a sh<jw that pro-;
mjses to be unique in the history of
the College.
“Buckyo” Wyler, C Troop Com
mander, will act as master of
ceremonies for the show . whiMi
will include a complete mock mil
itary wedding. Bride for affair will
be furnished by Foley’s while the
groom will come from the Senior
cadets.
A 30 foot runway stretching opt
into Guion’s first floor center sec
tion is another feature that sets
this production apart from ordin
ary Guion shows.
The script, prepared by Foley’s
Special .Events Department, Will
tje together the three scenes of the
Summer Housing
Assured Veterans
There will be college apartments;
for all veterans Who want them
this summer, Harry Boyer, chief
of Housing, said today. Any vete
ran who wants an apaptmept,! either
this summer or full, should Hend-jm
his application as soon as possible
to be assured of an assignment for
either date, Boyer added.
Approximately fifty veterans
will be permitted to move out Of
the college apartments this sum
mer-with the assurance of being
reassigned next fall. This wiljl
give married veterans the op
portunity', of getting apartments
this summer, though they may npt
be able to get' one thislfall. M
The college will cease ^operating
apartments at Bryan FiiHd at the;
end of this semester, j
Part or all of Veterans Village
will probably cease operation SyJ
June of 1951. College View should
be capable of taking care of all
married veterans by that time.
AH students getting fipartments
now are being assigned to College
View if they expect to be graduated
after June of 1951.
A&M Deans Attend
Houston Meeting
The annual meeting of the As
sociation of Texas Colleges and
the Junior College Association was
held in Houston last r Thursday
through Saturday. . M J. j
Dr. T. D. Brooks, Dean Emeritus
of the School of Arts and Sciences
and Graduate School, niade a re-:
port to the convention on the meet
ing of the Texas Junior College
Association held here last fall.
“Education With a Service Mb-
,tive” was the subject of an ad
dress by Dr. E. B. EvansJ presi
dent of Prairie View A&M College.
The keynote speech was made by
J. W. Edgar, state commissioner of
education. I'M jil
Those attending the conventidh
from A&M were Dean Shejj&rdson,
Dean Boughton, Dean Abbott, Dean
Ide P. Trotter, Dr. W. A- Varvel,
J. R. Bertrand, Newt!’ Hilscher,
R. G. Perryman, and If. L. Hefc-
vice president of the aa-
and registrar of the col-
show—clothing for -sports, busi
ness, and formal occasions.
Music will be furnished by Leon
ard Perkins at the keyboard of the
Guion Hall organ. Seventeen hun
dred programs will be passed out.
They will list all the clothing shown
during the show together With in
formation on the price range from
which it will be selected.
Cadets Included
I The ten senior cadets went to
ouston last week to be fitted
r the "show. They ire Doyle
varnt, Jim Magruder, j Sam Pate,
'rank Cleland, D. fP. “Doggy”
cClure, Bob Sykes, Buddy
Dealy, John Chriitenien, Connie
Ohlendorf and Herman Dieterich.
In addition to being fitted with
the clothing—it runs from bathing
suits to dinner jickets—the men
became acquainted w’ith the Foley’s
staff which is producing the show.
: Special backdrops for the Guion
stage will carry out the theme
of the show which will picture the
transition of a cadet from boots
to a complete civilian attire.
Props Arrive
A truck load of “props” will ar
rive from Foley’s Wednesday
morning. The afternoon will be
devoted to decorating Guion, plan-
rting stage layout, and holding a
closed dress rehearsal.
The show will open at 7:30. No
charge for admission will be made,
Bobby Byington, class president,
said today, and he invited all stu
dents and members of the commun
ity to attend.
; All the men’s clothing will come
from the Varsity Shipp of the
Houston store. It will jbe selected
from a moderate prjee range,
that usually considered by college
graduates, Byington said.
ON (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 28,1950
Price Five
Cent*
Annual Student Electio
Filing Begins April 1-Allsup
Filing for student elections will begin Saturday, Apriti at Student
Activities Office, in Goodwin Hall according to Kelt)* Allsup, presi
dent of the Student Senate.
Offices that are open at the present are co-editors, Battalion, co
editors Aggieland, editor Commentator, editor Engineer, editor Agri
culturist, editor Southwestern Veterinarian, veteran yell leader. Corps
junior and senior yell leaders. Town Hall prtanager, and representa
tives to the Athletic Council, Allsup said.
The deadline for filing will be 12 n0on, Saturday April 16. Stu
dents may file at any time between Ajfril 1 and April 15. No candi
dates will be accepted after the deadline according to Allsup.
\ Regular elections will be held /on Tuesday April 18, and if any
runoffs are necessary, they will be held on Thursday, April 20.
Ballots will be distribute^ to dormitory rooms by respective
housemasters in vet dorms and by first sergeants in corps dormi
tories. Marked ballots should be placed on student’s doors no later
than 10 p. m. on the night of elections. Housemasters and first ser
geants will be instructed to pick up the marked ballots at this time.
Ballots for day students will be printed in the Battalion and may
be turned in to Student Activities Office in Goodwin Hall no later
than 5 p. in.' on the day prefeeding elections,
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A&M Men to Make
High School Talks
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All students who are interested
in addressing hometown high
school grolups during the Easter
Holidays are requested to contact
Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of
students tq make the necessary ar
rangement^, Joe Mullins told the
All College Day Committee at a
meeting yesterday evening.
Mullins is th^ chairman of the
invitations sub-committee for the
All-College Day group and is be
ing assisted by Richard Tumlin-j
son. I '■ r X
Students: delivering the talks
will be given an excused absence
from classes for the day on which
the addresses will be made, Mul
lins stated^
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A commjttee consisting of C. G.
White, , Behnie Zinn, W. L. Fen-
berthy, and Mullins met today and
T
Helen Harrison
Miss
Harrison of McGregor, a
19-year-old junior education Ma
jor at Baylor, will represent
the Kream and Kow Klub as
their duchess at the Cotton
Pageant and Ball.
which
is to be
drafted a letter
sent to all h|gh school principals.
This letter explains! that' the All
College Day Is being held for the
purpose of acquainting high school
seniors, parents of students, and
friends of the college with educa
tional opportunities offered at
A&M. If
The letter also requests that
some selected Aggie' be given the
opportunity to deliver a short ad
dress to the student group in the
high school at some convenient
time immediately after the Easter
Holidays.
Mullins pointed out that students
jlesiring to make such a talk
•Should contact Zinn immediately.
Frank Cleland, chairman of the
program and! scheduling sub-com
mittee, reported that his group
was making good progress in ar
ranging the events and in planning
a master schedule for tl|e day.
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go to press
Easter Holii
ed.
Johnnie Reeves, concessions
chairman for All College Day, re
ported that the Ross Volunteers
had requested permission to oper
ate a soft drink stand.
The question as to whether or
not a club should be (given permis
sion to operate, more than one con
cession stand on All College Day
was brought up by Reeves. After
a short discussion the committee
decided to limit all I clubs to one
concession for the time being. If
at a later date, the committee de
cides that the concession stands
requested to not adequately cover
the campus, then a particular club
may be given the permission to run
a second stand.
Reeves pointed out once more
that all concession stands would
be required to comply with the
rules and regulation^ of the Public
Health Department.
The All College Day Committee
will meet again on the first Monday
ofter the Easter Holidays.
Capture Hearst T
- By GEORGE McBEB
A&M’s Army ROTC rifle team
took first place ; ir. competition
with approximately 17. senior
ROTC schools at the 29th annual
William Randolph Hearst ROTC
Rifle Competition, Sergeant W.
R. Reese, coaph of the team an
nounced today.. ,
“To the best of my knowledge
this is the first time the Army
Rifle team has won first place in
competition for this trophy,” Sgt.
Reese said
Notification of the winning of
this award was received yesterday
from the Commanding General of
the Fourth Army Area. Tre Wil
liam Randolph Hearst Trophy is
offered to Senior ROTC Units lo
cated in the Fourth Army Area.
High Point Team
The team collected a high score
of 948 out of a possible 1,000
ponts. The firing was with .22 cal
iber ammunition from a distance
of 50 feet. ,
Firing for this trophy was be-
+gun Dec. 1 and compleUfd Feb. 10.
The firing on the tatgets is
performed at each school and has
to be witnessed by an officer on
active duty, or by somie member
H. G. Till
SAM To Hear
Katy Executive
H . G. Till, Director Re
search and Development, Mis-
souri-Kansas-Texas Railroad,
of Dallas, Texas, will speak
jto-jto student chapter of - SAM
tonight at 7:30 p. m. in room .301
Goodwin, according to Robert A.
Flake, chapter chairman;. Till’s
topic will be “Development and
Valuation of Industrial Property.”
The speaker, formerly a St.
Louis advertising agency execu
tive, has been connected with
M-K-T since 1946. He handled
the M-K-T company’s advertising
for a number of years, i
After joining the Katy,' Till
sought to accomplish a three-fold
task. First, he planned to do the
best possible pob for industrial
ists looking for new plant sites
in the Southwest.
Second, Till planned to work
with industries already located
on the Katy in an effort to get
them to expand their present mar
kets and to find new markets.
Third, the speaker planned to
develop a program to work with
farmers who still give the South
west its dominant industry, at
tempt to help them in moderniz
ing their methods, introduce new
crops and practice soil conser
vation. Nj'.I- j,
shroud of
Locals Turn Out To Watch
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‘Murdoch House 9 Nears Completion
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By GEORGE CHARLTON
If you happen to be driving
through Beverly Estates sometime
soon and find yourself on Rose
mary Drive, you may come across
One of the most ultra-modern
homes down in this part of the
country—the Murdoch house.
Bryanites and! College Station
folk have been talking and spec
ulating about it since construction
began in the latter part of October.
Any Sunday afternoon will find
numerous cars parked out in front,
their: recent occupants inspecting
the two story structure.
“I haven’t been to the house
yet that two to 20 people weren’t
there looking it over,” says Bill
Fitch, contractor. The house is
in the final stages of construc
tion. '
People who came to see it eith
er like it a lot or not at all, ac
cording to Fitch. At any rate,
the homes was designed especially
for the Murdochs, a family of
three. P. G. Murdoch, of the Chem
ical Engineering Department, has
been a faculty member for five
years. Before that time, he was
associated with the Shell Oil Com
pany.
“We should be through with the
house in about two weeks,” Fitch
says. Construction began in Octo
ber, but because of bad weather,
active building did not get under
way until January.
Rooms included downstairs are
a porch, living rooia, study,
kitchen, bathroom and dining
area. Upstairs are a master bed
room, smaller bedroom, and bath
room. One whole side of the long
upstairs hallway is devoted to
sliding panel closets.
A : more outstanding feature of
the functional structure is the fly
ing staircase. It consists of large
slabs of mahogany wood suspend
ed from the ceiling by steel pipes
of graduated length.
A sliding glass panel separat
ing the living room from the porch
has caused much favorable com
ment, Fitch says. Two areas for
planting greenery are intended In
the floor space on both sides of the
sliding partition. If desired the
glass panel may be slided back
up into the wall.
The house is constructed of
limestone and redwood. Rowlett
of Caudill, Rowlett and Scott,
architect firm, handled details
for the procuring and laying of
stone work. Caudill drew up the
original design.
A landscaping plan prepared by
Bob White, of the Landscape Art
Department, will be developed in
the future. Included will be a pea-
gravel walk and a planting area lor-
cated within a one-foot- high stone
wall. At one end of the wall will
be a small piece of sculpture per
ched on an 18-inch pedestal.
Interior draperies and color
schemes have been designed by
Frank Coulter of Coulter’s Gift
and Decorator’s Shop in Bryan.
Many colors now on the walls are
not final but only primary cqats,
according to Murdoch. The colors
he is referring to are shades of
red, yellow, greens, and bule4.
Rock and natural gum plywood
are used in interior struetjure.
One of the most attractive features
in the living room is a stone fire
place. The living room is approx
imately 19-20 ft.
The car port is topped by a
cantalever roof extending 14 ft. ?
out from the south side of the
house. No traces of a driveway
have been marked off yet.
A recent addition in the con
struction work has been a louvered
redwood fence, which allows air
to pass through so that cool
breezes will not be shut off] in
warm weather. Another purpose
it serves will be “to tie the house
down” to the landscape, accord
ing to Fitch. ! | J M
After being conducted on a tour
through the structure, radical'for
this part of the country, with [its
striking lines, wide open wondow
space, and functional interior, we
came to the conclusion we liked it.
But that’s rather a minor point one
way or the other—Tt wasn’t built
for us. i ■ | j
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Thompson
Aon Is Concise
News Coverage
“It is the aim of the Wall
Street Journal to present all
of the important news in as
brief a space as is possible,”
Dr. J. Leroy Thompson, di
rector of the educational service*
of the Wall Street Journal told
the Business and Accounting So
ciety last night in 1 the YMOA
Chapel.
Thompson discussed the “Finan
cial News Gathering and Dissem
ination” of the Wall Street Jour
nal.
“News stories dome from a mass
of information, and t|>us thous
ands of stories written never see
athe li^ht of publication,7 he said.
During the course of; his talk,
Thompson briefly outlined the
changing views of big business to
ward the reporter,
ago a paper sUch
was not possible. Bi
MiTf
secrecy.” > jf
The Wall Street youri>al is a
nation-wide business paper, which
in addition to strictly business
matters it carries all qf the na
tional news. But it is written in a
very concise form, Thompson
pointed out.
Column Preparation
In addition to the paper the
publishers of the Journal operate
a ticker tape line which covers
most' of the United States.
Getting back to some! of the in
side functions of the paper,
Thompson told how a column is
prepared. He cited the (jxample of
the Washington colunuj.
It comes out once a 'week,' yet
it reouires 18 men to father and
edit the news.
In concluding his talk, Thomp
son pointed out that the Journal
is a young man’s paper.
The average age of the Wash
ington reporters is in their early
thirties.
of the fi
head of
complete
Military
the hqad
certificat
cials whe
ing. This
scores is
ty so designated by the |
> school. , ,. .
After Ihe firing is completed,
the . certi i :ate on each targeti is [
by the Professor i of
ience and Tactics or:by
i>f the school. A match
is signed by the offi-
have wityiessed the fir-
combined report of the
kigned by the Profeskbr
of Militajry Science and Tactjcs.
They are then sent to the Com
manding I General of the Army
The C< mmanding General sup
ervises t) e scoring of the targets
which ar> then sent to the Adju
tant Gen ifal, acting for the Sec
retary of the Army. He is trophy
judge for the Army division and
his decisi >n as to results is filial.
Teams are composed
members who must be
enrolled ttudents in go
ing at th > school. They
be enroll •(! in the Reswrro
cer’s Tra sing Corps.
Studen s representing
this mate i are Clifford AV
Vets, Ge rge S. Kent, “A
nance Di qne C. Unrue, i|
rolled th s semester, Rdl
Grosser, enior Company, And
land T. 2 ipata, ASA. :!
Each i lertiber fired five sht|
for recon in each of the fbur posl*.
tions—pr qie, sitting, Kneeling,
and stem ing.
Medals and awards' the rifle
team has won will be presented
the team ’
tation of
Day.
members during presqn-
awards on Mothei-’-
Rus iell Elected
Fam ily Life j
Council Head
Russell, head of
ill Sociology Depart^
elected president bf|
i Council on Family
Life ara Farfiily Life Educa-
A
ment, w
The Ti
AH 441 Sets
Meet
Tonight
Students planning to, take the
Travel Tour Course, AH 441, this
summer will meet tohight at 7:30
in the main lecture room of the
Animal Industries buildingj ac
cording to Frederick A. Rau, of the
AH department. The course car
ries four hours credit.
- Puriwse of the meeting is to fle-
termine approximately how many
boys | intend to take the bourse,
and how many of these win have
to attend summer tamp. Ifl many
of tl|osy planning to ; take) the
four weeks course havp to ^ttend
summer camp, the tmir may not
begin until August, Rau said/
Probable costs of the trip will be
discussed, as well t as ways of re
ducing costs. Veterans may use
the GI Bill for tuition and subsis
tence, he added.
AH 441 is open to all classified
juniors and seniors in the depi
ment of Agriculture. The course
is designed to give students a com
prehensive pjeture of the major
livestock and grain producing areas
of the United States.
USA Delegates’ I
Sign by ApriLl
All students who wish to at
tend the TISA convention at
Baylor on April as unofficial
delegates must register with
Student Senate President Keith
Allsup before April 1, and pay
thdir registration fee of $4 be
fore April 9, Allsup said this
morning.
rficlal delegates have al
ly been named, Allaup said,
but the Senate would like
as large an unofficial <
egallon aa possible attend.
tion last
ing on
Universit
Counci
up of
teachers,
cies, min
ested in
The ch
cil, accon
give earl
life to
students
number
before
eek, at a state me«t-
« Southern; Methodist
Campus.
jmembership was made
qbjlege and high schqbl
'-mily services agqn-
;rs, and others intqr-
nily relations.
’ objective of the
. codn-
g to Dr. Russell, is ito
counseling on family
h school and'' college
prevent the great
problems that arise
shortly after marriage.
The Council members agreed !tqat
bad coun ipling is worse than ho'
counseling at all.
Membe * reached the general
conclusioi that family lift edudi- ,
tlon shou d be broad, rather than J
specialize I and the counselor
should b< an adjusted individual
who is ac icptuble and accessible to
the public;
Counseling before marriage is
known Uj be best, and the state
council hfepes in the near future
to see e; ch community form an
organizat on In which the doc
tors, mini ters, school teachers, and
local cluts can make such coun
seling av dlable to young people,
y>r. Russf 1 said. Many parents Are
no|t qual tied to give the type
of family, advice to their children
that is n eded, and the reluctance
of parent i to give this advice to
their chil ren forces them to seek
help frortj 'someone else, he added.
d ha tei
choose
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A senio • cadet leanigd-tbis week
end how t feels tb~Tvave ‘had it.”
Bright an I early Saturday he head
ed down ; he road to New Braun
fels to vii t a queen of his acquain- •
ince. At ired in his best ; Sunday-
to-mee t|n’ togs, he wujked onto
er front porch and knocked on
e door.
The yoi hg lady’s nJothkr opened
the port* and, upon learning of
[the kayd 't’s mission, said “Pm
sorry bui my daughter can’t .go
put with you any more/ .
' The ea fer one’s face fell open
and he jr juired for the reason
behind th a announcement.
“You’re too old for njy daugh
ter,” was the reply.
“What Jo you mean, '‘too old,"
the cadet countered.
“Well, i fter nil,” the mother said
With cold finality, “my daughter’s
i)ly four ben.’
QUEST ION OF THE WEEK—
“Sully’ headed fpr fatuity pan-
Yestgrday afternoon 'it 4:46
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was discovered
mic
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Building
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in front
done would
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have been
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