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Award for Advertising Support
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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
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Safety Section
The Battalion today re-
oeived a 1949 Accident Pre
vention Award in apprecia
tion of the advertising sup-
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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.
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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-
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’ 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. ;
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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< (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-
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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*
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I sfifto blue slack,
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navy blue gabardine SlMk*
smoke grey cordurw 'spoil
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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
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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-
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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'
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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