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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1950)
M if S t 1 •' : l i'i - : / 5] M jf . > - i ‘ City Of College Station Official Newspaper m p;i ! Volume 49: Number 120 N\ V r Till! \m MflOEff PRmffIBK AW1RB RmuxU (4^ A/«zUy 5^pT t* Big fomrihm u> jpprrx^>i.o« «r dir ^ovtartUMC <cwd«t .0 <tM- 10v> SO S**»f> A< > niffitx Cvnpfgn Ma hrlprd <0 »»*«■ l**c» iful mjkt Amrrtn a %aiet piaa tA *IWH a l»»c W' 1 X % r i9 il V/ m fjtJ Tin ; life' © A4»*«i*«*Ag CA«Art> Award for Advertising Support and Hagen Advertising staffers Fredericks citation (left) given The Battalion by the Adve for advertising support rendered in/ the Safety Section of the Battalion. Similar aw* the local merchants who advertised in the awards are presented annually to papers Stop-Accidents Campaign sponsored by the in conjunction with the Xational Safety »w) look at the ag Council, Inc* aber 16 Special were presented to section. The jng in the dvertising Council Tf i : l, ; ttali ‘ifTMl fi;:* |uij If :tr m ii f' 'I Battalion Cited * For Advertising Safety Section The Battalion today re- oeived a 1949 Accident Pre vention Award in apprecia tion of the advertising sup- !M :! . port given to the Advertising Council Incorporated’s 194D-50 Stoji Acciilents Campaign. ( Thls award, in the form of a Certificate of merit, is presented annually by the National Safety Council in conjunction with the Advertising Council. It is present ed to newspapers throughout the country who have cooperated In bringing before the public’^ eye the importance of the campaign. It read in part, “Presented for advertising support to The Battal ion in appreciation of the adver 4 - tising support given to the 1949- 60 Stop Accidents Campaign which has helped to save lives and make America a safer place in which to live.” Through the issue of the Spec ial Safety Section last December 16, 1949 and the continued efforts in emphasizing safety, this award has been presented to the Battal ion. Also receiving awards for their support ia the safety campaign, wiH be the sponsors of the 'adver tisements jn the safety edition. 1 These sponsors are First State Bank and Trust Co., Joe L. Ward Humble Service Station, College Station State Bank, Kay Woolen’s Department Store, Halsell-Dona- ho Co., B. F. Goodrich Co., and The Bryan Motor' Company. —,—f—- 1 A. W. Freder ■l I. 1 Game Club to Hear Conservation Talk Philip F. Allan, Chief of the Heifionttl Biology Division of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service In the Western Gulf Region, will ad dress the regular meeting of the Fish and Game Club Tuesday, April 14th, on the top floor of the Agriculture (engineering Butld- r inri “ ’ Ifus subject will l>e, “The Con tribution Of Biology To Soil And Water Conservation.” Allan has been employed by the Soil Conservation Service since 1(K<4 ami has held his present post tlon since 1945. l.jU Rows to Address , Brenham Ag Class Professor Henry Ross, of the Agricultural Education Depart' ment, will address a meeting of the Washington County Vocation al class on “Future Possibilities of- Farming in Washington Coun ty”, Friday, March 31, in Brenham. He will discuss the subject from the angle of the Farm Program, and surplus commodities now on hand. Politics Coming Up Requi Elect! KM Russell Hagens eiiieiits For Campus •n’s Twelve Positions With the April 1 through April must have had at least one year’s 15 filing period for the campus — — **“ elections rapidly approaching, The Battalion has received several-, re quests for information on Candi date requirements for the various positions. j Here ar$ the requirements for the 12 offices,now opes as giveri by the 1949 edition of he student handbook: Yell I.eaderp !,? Corps senior 'ydl lenders must haVe a grade point ratio of at least b£5, and must classified jUnlorr at time of; the election. Junior yell leaders for the previous year automatically become randif dates, but do not succeed to the senior positions unless elected. Two will be. chosen in 'a junior clasji meeting, and the class designates one of the two ns head yell lend-- ef, usually the one receiving the most ejection vote*. i Corps Junior yell leaders must have a grade point ratio of at least 1.26, must lx- classified soph*, omores at the tlmej! of the elec tion and must bcconie a junior scholastically with his «?lass. Twjo corps junior yell leaders will be elected. . I • '. f • The non-military j yell leader must be a classified junior ami must have a grade point ratio Of at least 1.25. Entertainment Manager The student entertainment man ager, formally called the Town Half manager, must have a grade point ratio of 1.25 and- must be a classified junior. He must further have the consent of the Director of Student Activities to file an application for the position and Local Talent Will Provide Guion Hall Entertainment igj* /l; L:1 By JERRY ZUBER '> The Aggieland Orchestra, Sing ing Cadets,* and talent from the student body wilPeombine at. 7:30 Saturday night on the stage of Guioh Hall for an hour of music and entertainment, directed by Bill Turner, director of the Aggieland Orchestra and the Singing* Admission will be 30 cen both the variety show and thiFSatr urday night movie, according ,!© C. G. -White, assistant dean, of students for activities. ! The show will open with the Aggieland Orchestra’s arrange ment of “Tea For Two” with choruses by Chester Donlin. tenor vocalist, Haskell Moth ers! on the alto sax, and Glenn Torrence on the trumpet. Tommy Butler will sing "Em- bracenblo You” followed by "Four ' ■ • j ' j Boys With a Song.f’ Bob Stinsqn, Butler, Gordon Keller, and Lin- dell James, singing “I May Be Wrong.” i. Bop fans will bf treated with variations on an original theme done by Haskell Motheral, Joe Pike, Gordon Keller, Glenn Tor rence, Chester Doi Stainback. ; bin, and 1 The Annex is slated to pre sent e Dixieland Band. This type of music ihas been making slight comeback in recent -w Bill Turner %HI present Singing Cadets at.the close of show singing the folk song “Wan derin’.” Concluding the show will combination of the chestra and S' ing and playing T Hymn” i)nd "The 1 gieland.” . ii 'HiA ! experience on the student enter tainment staff. Editors Qualifications for thej non-mili tary co-editors of both j The Bat talion and Aggieland 19151 are the same. Each of the candidates must be taking at least 12 hours of his prescribed course and have passed 3/5 of his normal semester’s work during each of the last two semes- ters. ■ 1 ’v j / He must have had at least one year’s experience on the stuff in a capacity Hiat will provide training for the editorship, and he must receive the approval of! the Man ager of Student Publications be fore making application. Me must be a classified Junior with at least u 1.25 grade point ratio and must bh willing to serve for two semes ters. Corps co-editors of the two pub lications must meet the same re quirements, except thej student must be a member of thtf corps of cadets. Qualifications for the four mag azine editors—of the Commenta tor, Engineer, Agriculturist, and Southwestern Veterinarian — are the same: Each candidate must be a junior with the same 1.25 grade point requirement. He must be taking at least 12 hours and must have passed 3/6 of his work the prior two semes ters. He must also have had a year’s experience on the staff and must be willing to serve 2 semes ters. Athletic Council Requirements for the corps and non-corps representatives on the Athletic Council are the same ex cept, of course, for the corps mem bership requirement for the corps representative. Each candidate must have the 1.26 grade point ratio and must not graduate before the 1 completion of his term of off flee.! J Voting procedure will follow its past form, according to the Dean of Student’s office. Both military and non-military students will vote by ballojt in their dorms and the class positions will be determined at called class meetings. Company commanders and housemasters will issue the ballots in the dorm and collect them after the vote. iwank Given lesearch Grant or Dove Study I Wendell G. Swank, a grad uate wildlife management stu dent, was recently awarded a |1,000 grant and aid by the Tildlife Management te for his research on the mourn- dove. ink has been working) on his e project since February 1949 I will continue with his work un- June 1961. His study has con- ted of banding over 160 young ves, making nesting mortality tudles, and determining what type country best produces mourn- doves. . j f the eighty birds banded here the campus last spring only have been returned. One shot near ^ Throckmorton about 250 miles northwSM of ire) another was killed near Col ge Station, and the third was It by a car on the campus. Other people Interested In the welfare of the dove population over the state are cooperating With Swank by Voluntarily band ing doves. ! | From this intensive study it Is hoped that a better understand ing of the factors Influencing pro duction of doves for the hunters Will be determined^ Swank’s work is a part of a coordinated study being done throughout the Eastern States in which ttie U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wildlife Man agement Institute, and the var ious State Game Commissions are cooperating because of an alarming decrease in mourning doves In the past few years. Dairy Conference Hears Shepardson C. N. Shepardson, dean of the School of Agriculture, warned Wednesday against thinking of acreage restrictions as “tempor ary expedients.” [ The restrictions, he said, should be taken as an admonition to de velop a permanent program of ua of ,k. Dairy Husbandry Department, gave the welcoming address at the Dairy Manufacturers’ Conference here. A permanent program ©f bal anced agriculture, he said, must include livestock production. As it comes about, “we will see an in crease in dairying," More than 60-dairy manufactur ers are attending. ' i : I- ’ I . ! ' (I . f. I iiHMW Roar Nation’s Top Daily 1949 Survey m u Price ■rp| .mV in ■ ■ Of Se ior By C. C. MUNROE; PProv i’ote(y , 8 Sho Guion Hall ith howls o see A&M’s first mentyWloth- rang last night with no’ elation from 1,300 people to the rhfters iwU ofi to ing show, “From Boots to i Bou tonnieres.” The sparkling production] unique. Never before on any “ west college campus, as it can be determined, had Si show been attempted. An enthus iastic audience proved it to|be a success. Purpose of the show was hibit the latest fashions iit clothing for the college _ Sports wear, business and dress were included in the long production. There were no individual outs among the cisat for it a dramatic production. Moat ular members were the beautiful models im] the show by Foley's of add a feminine touch toe From the first scene until the final act wl Class President Bob planted a •Idas on hia mock mlUtalT, wedding, the ence voiced its pleasure with the show. ; a. Wyler-Burke Ca<k4 i MSter of Bucko Wyler and Foleys master of ceremonies Bob Burge Started the show. Walking across the cur tained stage, they sat * for the evening in a When the Curtain stage lighta revealed Foley’s models on f a m beach. They were accpi audU emonies master two members Students, Faculty Meit Elected to Tau Beta Pi jj . i - Tatum Addresses j Ar chitects Society , Herbert Tatum, Class of ’24 and Dallas Architect, will address the Architectural Society in their meeting Monday, April 3, at 7:30 in the YMCA Assembly Room. His address will be on “The As pect! of Professional Conduct.” Tstum, as associate of Alex ander and Quade, designed the Firsl Unitarian Church of Dallas, which recently won first place in the American Institute of Arch itect i, Dallas chapter, in their judging of religious architecture. Tie Architectural Wives’ Club has been invited to attend the nM^ng.. Pit : i • ^ : f i:// Fifty -1 nine undergraduate en gineering students, eleven faculty members ahd thirty alumni have] keen elected to the Texas Delta! Chapter of- Tau Betta Pi, Donald Jarvis, president, announced to-j day. Tau Beta PI is the nationally recognlted honor society for en gineers. Student members are elec ted on their outstanding scholas tic accomplishments as well as their qualities of leadership, char acter and integrity. A student! must he at least a junior to be eligible! Initiation ceremonies for thej new members will be held in the! Chemistry Lecture Room at 6 pj m. Wednesday, April 12, Jam* said. Corps members to be initiated should wear their number one uniforms while non-corps students should wear coats and ties. All in-i itiates are requested to bring a pencil or pen to the initiation, Jar vis pointed out All students and faculty mem bers of Tau Beta Pi should be pre sent for the initiation; Dean How ard Barlow, faculty advisor, add ed. Banquet Planned A banquet in Sbisa Hall will follow the initiation ceremonies. Col Willard Chevalier will be the principal speaker for the evening. . Col. Chevalier, who is also a member of Tau Bet Pi is known to AAM students for his previous visits here. He is presently the vice president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, in New York City. ; - 1 , n < (jol. Chevalier is Civil Engineer by profession but has devoted much time to the publication of technical bulletins. He has served in variou technical _ capacities with man; construction concerns. Tickets for the banquet are aval able in the office of the Dean Engineering. All present st members of Tau Beta Pi as as students to be initiated are quested to pick up their tickets 1 fore the Easter Holidays. Students wishing to bring gues* may do so but they wifi be re quired to purchase tickets ft) them. The tickets will be on for $1.60 each in the office of the Dean of Engineering. Faculty members are also Invited to at tend the banquet) j Student Selectees Undergraduate students elected from the Department of Aeronau tical Engineering are Frank Fras ier, Igattus' Trauth, and Richard Tumllnson. Students elected from the Arch itecture Department are Harry Butler, John Gary, Lcelie Hagens, Kmmit Ingram, James Lemmon, Thomas Shockey, and Robert Sim mons. Members elected from the Chem- Bob Gebert, William Hamilton, Kenneth Hartman, Wallace Hoop er, Jr., Wescombc Jones, George Keene, Wade Oliver. Hardy Ross, Thomas Royder, Alfonso Silvas, and Wiley Smitfi. Students elected from the Civil Engineering Department are Willy Bohlman, Robert Grosser, August Lehman, Robert McDaniel, Jes Mclver, Gus Pape, Melvin Parse, Jr., Johnnie Pearson, Jr., James Porter, Wayne Stevens, Carroll Taylor, and Charles Whittington. Members selected from the Elec trical Engineering Department are Winford Bowen, Roy Brashear, William Fockelmann, Henry Fos ter, Edward Kells, Douglas Mich aels; Werner Pankrataz, James Pianta, Robert Ransom, Donald Rogers, Donald Thorn, and Car- roll Woolley. Stephen Dardaganian was the only student who was elected from the Geology Department. Students elected from the Me chanical Engineering Department are Phil Cobb. Hubert Davis, Joseph Fnlbright and Edwin Snead. The five students elected from the Petroleum Department are Gordon Edgar, Wayland Jordan, Dare Keelan, Charlie Kosarek, and James Mathis. Faculty Members Named Faculty members who were elect ed are Price Hobgood, Agricultur- Bngineexing Department; Doll h Architectural Depart- TAU BET PI, Page 4) ' *43 • Grissom reason to smile. Infantr Smiling Miss Grissom named infantry sweetheart for this Saturday’s Engineer-Cavalry Regimental Ball. 1 II She will also represent the infantry regiment as their duch* the Cotton Pageant and Ball. And In 1947-48 she was name She has been intr^-Artlller|r. Freshman Sweetheart by the cl In 27 Year* __ ■ . rom V her escort .for both occasions wl)l be Charles Easley of D Infant Crops Team Ii Potential Judgi ass of ’51. She is fron Single Slip Kills Dolly Sarasota, FI#,, March !10— locause of one bad moment In 27 Sant tolljy lift raid ■» at Mr is quiet of her Bocauee of — — years, Dolly the circus elephant died yesterday. 1 In that moment Sunday Doll] was a killer. She crushed the from flve-ysjar old Edwa Schooley with Mr big foot Despite a thjumftretorm 5 a. m. execution Dolly *ras —as she had been most life. She was given an injection of strychnine. She trumpled weak ly and fell. Then a dose of cya nide was given and 10 tninutea later she was dead. Because of many protests, officials said : Tuesday the _ phant might not be killed. ^The was no explanation for the chani in plans. Circus i ele- I Entomology Club Airs Insect Control The Entomology Society given the recent trends in th of insect control as Id last Tuesday evening, March 28, in Science Hall by Dr. H. J. Johnston, Extension Service Department The establishment growth, and progress of agriculture has creat ed a demand for economic en tomologists, Jphnston said. New methods of insect control are be ing investigated constantly by re search laboratories, such as the one near the campus, he added Armor Can r fext Drill The Bryan Company of the 386 Armored Engineer Battalion will not drill • Monday April 10, the Company Commander announced today. The drill was order to allow those over the day for the i . I’' cast—“Doggy” McClure and John li- Christensen. From that point the show moved rapuUy^utuidr the guidence of the Complete beach wear fashion* were shown. Correct dress for country barn dance* and aftefnooh< iwrta events were e*hi1 Throughout th* show ■porta events were exhibited. Throughout the show rart tne theme of building a versatile ward robe foe the young business mat). Some of the dress included a smok bone wool spoi l ing blue Blacks; with a silver-grey blue-grey leisure houndstooth ; ,srMh combinations ^t^cSS: I sfifto blue slack, shirt MMjjj Japr navy blue gabardine SlMk* smoke grey cordurw 'spoil ?: i*i iji RuainesH Clothing j. Business clothing! was nob nsRlii alerted. Every, type of suit for business was Included. Bomb of the combinations shown Included s tan wool herringbone sport coat with dhooolate brown , gabardine •lacks; slate him* gabardine tport suit; beige gabardine double- breasted business suit; and light blue' shepherd check sport! coat I with slate blue rayon tropical slacks. ;h ■/ j : jp. .Two types of rain coats wore shown, One was a Koroseal igun- I metal grey coat that Could he J wrapped in a small Koroseal pouch. The other was a combination raig- coat-topcoat of part wool gabar dine in grey. Clothes for dating included In the show were a brown worsted gabardine double breasted;; suit and a similar suit in navy blue. For'semi-formal wear two ■ gros- grain-faced midnight-blue tuxedos Might-blue to: wer exhibited. One wa*k worn with maroon accessories and the blue./ All, men tptMeathd in trying out fur the I960 Crops j Judging Team are urged to Maat In Room 210 of the Agricultural Expert ment Station HuilUlng at 7iH> P< m„ March 30, according to K G, Collard, coach of tM iealib 1' Collat'd Is especially interest*d In getting sophomores; to! come out fdr the team. The men plan to i tart working this semester to familiar ize themselves with the work done by the crops team/ The four top men are selected for the team and they take a two weeks trip to Kansas City and Chicago In November to compete irt contests hr both cities: \ ‘For the last three years, the team has Men coached by Collard, who was thh high point man in the 1941 contest in -GMcago. His score is still the highest ever macie in tho contest The contests ufe made up of three phases—crop and weed iden tification, grain judging, and grain, hay and cotton grading according to federal standards. 1 Members of the 1949 team which placed fourth at Kansas City and fifth at Chicago were Willie A. Kelling, Jop R. Walzel, Leo, G. Mikeska, and Jack C. Wil liams. 1 f . .J, j j; £^|'^■i|"! l 4 Lji * Memorial Center Tours on Friday Two tours of the Memorial Stu dent Center will be conducted to morrow afternoon with the first beginning at 4 and the second be- ■- - tofw ginning at 5, diree announced yesterday Wayne Stark These tours will M l)tld for students, faculty members, and anyone in the nearby community who May wish to see the almost cent center the comple but more response is Stark cone' :i-i temporar- in so until finishings, held tt the demand it, with midnight bluesy Climax t<> the show was ah arch of sabers to show the teg-end of a military wedding. Miss Gwen Taylor was the bride and Bobby Byington the groom. • Ten cadets were used M the showjf — Connie Ohlpndotf, and Sam Pate. Each of the men made! three 2S35S a ° M " f *+* Foley 1 , Fk»4 The eleven man team which came from Foley’s to procure the show was enthusiastic over its success. Plans for publicizing it in the state papers were revealed. Foley campus representatives at J other colleges will be given com- ■ plete information on th* entire show. • During the past week; several campus newspaper* from other colleges In Texas Indorsed {the idea of a men's clothing show when they learned of it through The Bat talion's paper exchange. - 1 ^ Corps Goes In to Summer Uniform The Cadet Corps will go Into ■ummsr uniform Monday, April H, according to the Military De partment, , A fed*t*l Inspection Team I* to ha here scheduled lip re on April 26*' 28, They Will Inspect government property issued to / tne school, tt|ctlcal problems, claMsroom*, and ' M 1 TT1 L '.RAD TALE OF THE WEEK— I An AAM senior phoned; a Tessie | friend last week and convinced her that she and her girl fritnd should break Saturday night itiates with two Air Force cadet* ; in favor of dates with he and his! buddy. ! Believing all to be wejl, the two Aggies dreve to Denton only to find their “dates” both wearing evening gowha, and a cadet* in blue on their hoy..;' , , The Aggies presented itheM «*«•. ley had driven top fop the dates make a fast run ftor an evening Th< of^pirtyirtg. .nil';' iris withdrew ;to a oor- talked the'situation over, g to face the! four men ■m, they removed their . returned them to the Air boys, and expressed their at having to break so late, then turned to their AAM and together the; four went the car and in i a moment for Fort Wort* ip a cloud 'Air cadets just sat there. /; / ■ ij||l /si: IS. 11 . jii . /