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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1950)
'W ■ •: ' ' City Qf College Station Official Newspaper /: Number 137: Volume 40 Co-Editor Wins $100 Author’s Award Rex. L. “Bill” Billingsley,; co-editor of The Battalion and journalism major from Waka- hachie, has been announced winner of the rural journal ism award sponsored by the Texas Gulf Coast Press Association, Tom Whitehead, editor of the Brenham Banner Press, and chairman of the judging committee, announced today, The award was ibased on the study which Billingsley had made of the editorial page content of 25 Texas daily newspapers. Bene Mitchell of SMU was named the second place winner, and Jerry Zuber, a member of The Battalion staff and journalism major from Bellville wai^ named third place winner. ' \ ] >*, Kenneth Bond, veteran co-edttdr of The Battalion last year ari:d A&M’s first journalism graduate, received honorable mention for the paper which he entered in the competition. Bond is presently news editor of the Pecos Enterprise. Sixteen entries competed in the contest which was limited to jun ior and senior journalism majors in Texas colleges and universities. Judges of the; entries were pro- : fessional newspapermen who are members of the TGCPA. Billingsley will receive the $100 award at the annual meeting of the TGCPA which will be held in the Shamrock Hotel on-May 12 and 18. He will be the guest of the asso ciation. TSCW Seniors Invite Aggies To SeniorProm Aggie seniors have b£en in vited by the Senior Class of TSCW to attend their annual 1 Senior Formal, May 6, and the specially planned activi- ' tie* for that weekend, Ba Lee SniKft, president of the TSCW Sen ior Class said in a letter to Bohf ByingUnvAftMt Senior Class pres ident,' earlier this week. The letter sdid, “Ojir annual Senior Formal, May 6, will begin a full week-end of activities for the class of-’SO. Following the dance: the "Junior Class will en tertain the seniors and dates with a traditional midnight breakfast on the- terrace of the Virginia Car rol Lodge. Climaxing the weekr end, there will be a sunrise swim Sundaysmorning in the TSCW pool . . . with coffee and donuts to top it all off.” Miss Smart’s invitation read, “We would like very much to have you and your officers, and mem bers of your class enjoy our ’Sens! ior Week-end’ with us. We thought that by extending the invitation earlier than usual, perhaps more of your class might plan to come'. If we can know a little ahead of time how many and whom to ‘ex pect, we will be glad to arrange dates for them--for the week-end.” Byington has appointed Senior Class vice-presidents John Chris tenson and Charles Kirkham to receive names of men desiring dates for the Tessie Senior Week- End. Christenson lives in room 428, Dormitory 2. Kirkham* lives in 1- M Puryear. Also seniors may leave their lames with Byington in room 319, Dormitory 12. Deadline_for signing-up for dates ta Friday at noon, Byington said. PUBLISHED IN THE OF A \TER COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION U I), TEXAS, >AY, 27, 1960 Willy F. $1,250 fellowships Bohlmann and He ward were announced today as winners of two donated by Humble Oil Charles P. Howard and Refining Company. -Two $1,250 fellowships were awarded to A&M men today by Humble Oil and ' Refining Com- Pany- yl " i; :| Willy F. Bohlmann, senior civil engineer from Schullenburg, and Charles P. Howard, graduate mech anical engineer from Galveston, were informed by Dean Howara W. Barlow they had been selected to receive the fellowships. | Offered to' encoiirjage work ill the fields of civil ai d mechanical engineering, the Humble fellow ships will become effective in Sept ember, 1960. hohlmann’s and tfoward’s se lection was made by Staff members of the School of Engineering.^Dean Barlow served as dhuirman o’f the selection board.I Bohlmann is Commander a i; j Bohlmann js commander <jf the Sixth Regiment. The winiier of the Houston Chamber of Commerce Military citation, he is a distin guished military student, president of the,American Society of Qiyll $10 Prize 0ffef<5 By Engineer’s Mag Senior eriginelscing students will have an Opportunity to compete for a $10 prize to be given by The Engineer for the best written ae* count of • the highlights of a field trip taken this year, Co.-editors Charlie Schwab an|i Dave Sanders announced this mirning. Purpose of the Contest is; t fold and follows the ultimate aim’ of this year’s Engineer, The cob- test gives the student an oppor tunity to express himself atnl by publishing one paper from ejach department, including the i!t|6p three in the contest, The Engineer hopes to promote an interchanging of ideas between engineering de partments, the co-editors said. Five-hundred words is the imum for each write-up. Besides mentioning places visited, the cr editors encouraged the author jfjj give his own ideas about the trip and make any suggestions h? things would improveTnext year’s trip. . 1 Interesting pictures faken on the trip will be considered in the judg ing. Friday, May 5, is the deadline for all entries. Writers should place their stories in the envelope on the door of the Engineer office, Room 206, Goodwin Hall. rded T wo Engineers, and member of the Sul Ross Research Group. As a sophomore, Bohlmann was the best panyT A unteers. drilled cadet, in his corn- member of yne Ross Vol- he also serves on the En gineer Student Council, and has been a distinguished student for two sen esters. He. sejrved a year in the Army and is presently a first sergeant in the National Guard. Howard is Graduate Hewai-d, a graduate of Ball High School ih Galveston, is working on his . master's, degree. He expects to complete his graduate study in JanuaryL ( 19ftl. He is specializing in the heat j power field and'will do research work this spring. He received his bachefpr of science degree from A&M in. 1949. A former member of the ROTC rifle team, he also holds member ship in! the j American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society pf Heating and Ventilating. Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, the SchbT-' arship Honor Society, and Ole Stu defit Engineers Council. Howard is also a distinguished student.! • . ' r He spent five . years in the Marine ] Corps and was awarded the Silyer Star and the Purple Heart. m j .’/ orm ^ ►uld rVoieum f DUO in Battleda • r ' -j sjh By RAY WILLIAMS One of the wackiest bands in the land will invade the campus Sat urday night for two wild perform ances to help round out the Cotton Bgll weekend. Coming here, after many long engagements in the east, will be Harry Ranch and his “Kernels of Korn”.' These boys and gals are known throughout the country. The first performance of their “Madcap Antics” Will be put on at 7 p. m. in Guion Hall for the benefit of those who are not go ing to the Grove'later to hear their renditions for the battle dance that is tb be held there. The concert in Guion Hall is to be all their show and will have a price tag of 60 cents per head. At the Grove, where the dance \ will start at 9 p. m. the* price tag is $1.50 stag or drag. For t the dance, Harry and the - ‘‘Bunch” will have some compe tition. The Aggieland Orchestra will play and then Harry will have his chance, ing continuous attending. , Tickets are now on sale in student activities office in Gi win Hall, according to Grt Elms, assistant director of studi activities. The orchestra comes here with an impressive list of past engage ments including Jack Dempsey’s and Village Bar in New Yoyk, the Click in Philadelphia. Apd many others in the east. Making up this melody mob seven musicians ancf one voca Among these. Slim Tannejr, Davis, and Bill Haynes put pn their hilarious “Murder Inc.” Also featured with the orches' tra are Dick Wise, “The Wise Old Owl,” Christina Johnson, “Singing Bombshell”, and Charlie Harmon, the. romantic baritone with his “Sqngs with a Sense of Humor.’] Hi -addition to their appearances in 'noted night spots, Harry and the boys have had several radio progratna and television spots. Irwin and Sinclair I - r +i To Present Papers Paul E. Irwin and W. G. Sin clair, petroleum and Geological Engineering majors, were chosen by the Geology Club from four finalist^ to present their „ seminar papers aefore the Houston Geolo gical Society at a meeting in May. Eaich of the four finalist pre sented his paper in the_form of a 20 minute talk at a eliib meeting Tuesday night. The winning papers Were' “The Source of Organic Mat ters 5 and R s Transformation into Petroleum”,' by Sinclair, and “Oil Prospects of the San Juan Basin Mexico”, by Irwin, finalists from the geology classes who presented Were H. L. Thompson, Jr., Lane. E. Horsttnann. of New OtheJ- semina papers id am Four presented before the Houston Geo logical Society win /’its bership tion of senior seminar papers are Society each year in the a contest, two from pet- i ehgineering seminar and two frdni geology seminar classes. The best of the four papers, as judged by the members of the after its presentation, will writer a two year mem- to the American Associa- Petroleum Geologist. Fuller, a senior CE major from Law Kail, was elected parliamen tarian of the Texas Intercol legiate Student's Association at; their this past weekend. Joe Fuller eting in Waco Inspection Grou] Checks Corp T< A&M’s annual federal inspec tion moved into its second day this morning when two teams of officers from the Fourth Army and Twelfth Air Force inspected* cadet dormitories. The dorm inspection began at 8:30 and was completed at 9:50. The inspecting teams then went into military science classrooms to observe - instruction methods and quality. Small tactical problems were run by some branches in con junction with instruction inspec tion. / A formal corps review on the Main Drill Field at 3:30 p. m. Dates Set For ROTC Contract Applications Applications for advanced ROTC contracts will be re ceived by the school of Mili tary Science starting: May 1, according to Lt. Col. John H. Kelly, executive officer of the military department. Application blanks can be ob tained from the senior branch of ficer of the branch desired by the student. They should be completed and returned for a personal in terview as early as possible be tween May 1 and June |l. As in the past, contract appli cants must be classified as a jun ior in their major course, must have a grade point ratio of one or more, and must be physically qual ified, Col. Kelly said. Other things to pe considered in awarding contracts, are military sci-nce grades, disciplinary record, and attitude and aptitude for mili tary service. tomore •*' ,.i- tjpntest April 29 The annual sophomore dairy cat tle judging contest will be held Saturday morning, April 29. Pro fessor: A. L. Darnell, sponsor of the contest said, today. Contest ants shoujd report to the dairy barns promptly at 8 a. m. Any regularly enrolled sopho more who is taking or has taken Dairy Husbandry 202 is eligible to compete. A junior and senior division is an added feature of this years contest. Any regularly enrolled undergraduate student except members of the 1949 Senior Dairy Cattle Judging Team may compete in this division. Darnell said that merchandise certificates for $20 will be award ed the high scoring individual in each division. Four additional cer tificates ranging in value down to $5 will be awarded in each division. According to Darnell excused absences will be granted all con testants. $500 Offered For Liquor Editorial A $>00 prize is being offered by the Intercollegiate Association for the best editorial on some phase of the liquor problem and its eff ict on college students, ac- cordinf ■ to a recent story in the Wesle>an Window. All undergraduate and graduate students in the colleges and uni versities of the United States and Canadi are c eligible to, enter the contest, the article stated. , Furtlier information may be ob tained by writing Edward H. May nard, Contest Secretary, Box 3342, Chicagp, Illinois. wound up annual ins|i Col. Albert portion of the Horner h eads the Student Struck By Polio; First Caie . An . l&M student was taken yes terday on his 24th birthday, to a hospital in Corpus Christi, ill with piljo. , v He i b ( James L. Casey, an elec trical engineering major who en tered School in January, His home is at 2707 So. College Avenue, Bryan. His case was definitely diagnosed as polio by physicians in the Bi yan Clinic. He was taken by ambulance to Corpus Christi. The case, reported yesterday, by the B azos County Health IT was thie first one of polio repoi in 1959, according ‘.o Qr. Davi Brown unit director. Case y is married and child seven months ohi A survey is being mad* of his neighborhood, Dr. Army team and Col. Charles Sullivan is iii command of the Air Force inspectors. The two teams will b egin to morrow’s inspection at 1 a. m. when they will inspect the bar racks at the Annex. At £ :30 they will conduct art inspection in ranks an At 10 they will qbsen e a for mal guard mount. . Drill Team Scheduled A freshman regimenta parade and' exhibition by the freshman drill team will fill out the morning program at * the Annex. Friday afternoon members of each team will observe instruc tion methods in classrooms at both the Annex and on the main cam pus. Yesterday, tihe first day of the inspection, the teams looked over records of examinations and quiz zes in Ross Hall. ‘ > Results of the annual inspection will determine A&M’s'military rat- for the' Coming year. While y two reports—satisfactory t>r unsatisfactory—are given, written remarks on conditions at each school inspected are included in the reports of the two teams. These remarks actually determine the efficiency; of instruction that each ROTC unit is credited with. The Army inspecting team is composed of eleven officers includ ing Col. Horner. The; Air Force team includes three officers in ad dition to Col. Sullivan. The Army team is from Fort Sam Houston, the Air Force from Brooks Field. ing only D. C. Higginbotham the Gulf Oil Higginbotham, of th Corp.. in Port Arth chairman of the third counting Conference] to here Thursday and Fri iur, will be an mual Ac he held d» if Journalism Classes Plan Houston Trip Approximately 20 journalism students will | be guests of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Society of Associated Industrial Editors for ^ visit through Houston pub lishing plants Monday, May 1, D. E. Newsom of the Journalism EW-' partment said today. ~ A tentative schedule of).events callsi for a trip through Guff Pub- lishihg Company and Parke En graving Company, , the Humble publishing offices, an advertis ing agency, and a radio station. Following this tour the group will ibe dinneri guests of the SAIE at their regular meeting Monday night. The program for the meet ing will center around practical solutions of layout problems, to be presented by Harris Goode. The group will leave Monday morning at 6 a. m. and will return Monday. night after the dinner. Accountants Begin Meeting At Noon Today The Third Annual Account ing Conference, sponsored by the leading accounting organ izations of Texas, began here today in the Chemistry Lec ture Room. Approximately 2^0 men, includ ing students from Colleges in Tex as, are here to attend the two day conference, according to T. W. Le- land, head} of the Business and Accounting Department. Speakers at the first session to day were Ralph H. Galpin, part ner in Arthur Youpg & Company, New York, and J. Ft Stuart Arthur, partner in LybranJ, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, Dallas. The program wua begun" at 1:30 p. hi. instead of 9 P- m/ as ori ginally scheduled so the/mien at tending copld get out in time to see the Cprps Parade. I - The principle Speaker the The sessions tomorrow Will be held in the Chemistry Lecture Room and the YWCA. A special panel for college students will be held in the YMCA Assembly Room at 2 p. m., Friday.! It will bq con ducted by Ellis M|. Sowell, Dean of the School of Business, TCU,.. Speakers aft the Friday sessions will be H. F. van Ciorder, procedure supervisor of Unitied States Stfeel Corporation apd Watrous H. Irons, vice-president of tfie Federal Re/ serve Bank of Dallas. Infantry A ward Announced, First Presentation. May 14 ‘ .The fi award to in the Ii made at first presentation of an the outstanding company Infantry Regiment will be the Mother's Day Review and will be re-awarded each suc ceeding year, according to Sam G. Pate, cadet colonel of the Infantry regiment, and Arthur R. Hengst, operations officer of the Infantry regiment. The main award will be a stand ard field Dag, with white back- griound, and ! hi .a border.’ The crossed rifles of the Infantry, the shoulder ; patch of the 36th Division, and the words, (“Out standing Infantry Company, A&M College of Texas” will be super imposed on the field. f The Dag is being presented by the 36th Division Association, com-, manded by Major General H. M ler Ainsworth, Class of ‘19. Selection of the outstanding < pany will be made each ye the Infantry officers of the taey Science Department, wiR base their selection/ on th record of the company i|i scholas mths old. being made of 1 Dr. Brown said. Weekend Housing J tests ’ \nned Post Grade K Walton Hal girls i and All ColU Saturday, Hall and Ramp will house visiting the Cotton Ball Dance Friday and il 28-29, announced mie A. Zinn, assistant dean of studehts. Students having guests in Wal ton Hall will be charged $1.26 per night, and those having guests in P. •«. Hall will be assessed $1 per night to cover costs of matrons and other incidental expenses. Bed Knens and blankets will be provid ed by the college, Zinn said. Room assignments may be made la Room 100 Goodwin Hall by students having guests both nights. Beginning at 1 p. m. Wed nesday, April 26, students having guests who will occupy the rooms only one night may register for rooms. r titive drill, I extra-cur- and Hengst tic achievement, edm; intramural sports, ricular activities, Pj said. Each member of !the company is entitled to wear a sterling silver badge, with crossed rifles, the seal of the college and a silver wreath. The badge is 7 to be worn on the left side of the blouse, in the same position as} the Combat Infantry badge. Members of the winning company may wear the badge throughout their cadet careers, even /bough their j company does not repeat as winnier of the flag, Hengst added. case of repeat wins by com- hies, Pate said, the number of peats will be indicated by the addition of silver stars to the badge for each succeeding time the award is won. After the Mother’s Day presen tation here, the Dag will be re presented at the annual 36th Divi sion review at the Infantry sum mer camp. ‘ Company officers! will be honor ed guests at the i 36th Division camp presentation, Hengst said. Nation’s Top Collegiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey Five Centi By KUNZB Junior and setjdor class officers for next year Will he elected to night inpfye lapt of the annual spring elections, unless one or more of the senior positions require a The juniors, Sleeting officers for next! year’s senior .class, will hold thetr meeting in the Chem istry Lecture room, Wilman “Pusher’! Barnes, president of the class, sdid. The sophomores will hold their run-off election by bal lot in the respective dormitories. Junior Offices The junior class will elect men to the offices of president, vice- president, social secretary, sec retary-treasurer and historian. Other offices to be filled are the Aggieland ’51 editor, two senior yell leaders, a student entertain ment manager, and a corps repre sentative to the Athletic Council. The vqte on the yell leaders and the Athletic Council representative will be limited to corps juniors, Barnes pointed out. Thirty-seven men have f'lejl fpr the five sen ior class offices, four for the two position^ as senior yell | leader, ‘Ticket Tax’ / Slash Okayed By Committee Washington, April 27 — 'AP)—‘Repeal lof half the ex cise tax on theater tickets and sports event admissions —cutting the levy . from 20 percent to IQ—was voted by the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday.' : > 1 / i - / ' If the ! cuts become law, movie goers, sports fans and patrons of other amusement and entertain ment places would pay $190,000,000 less in excess taxes today, bring ing to $576 000,000, the total of such cuts thus far: There wer > indications the com mittee vroult court a presidential y4to bw punhing the total well Above $1,000 000,000 before it gets through wit! tax legislation!. President Truman proposed a $666,000,'000 limit oh excise reduc tions and threatened to reject any tax bill that did hot . make up, by larger taxes ih .other directions, the revenue lost through easenlent of the excises. He suggested clos ing of tax law “loopholes” and higher rates for corporation in come, inheritances and big gifts. v For that part of the excise list thus far covered by the committee the president suggested cuts of only $190,006,000. The committee has voted to whack away $576,000,- 000. Moreover, to act ion cujt travel ticket property ami phone and tel committee has yet the imports .pn Transportation of long-distance tele- ph. If it g*e> no farther than Mr. Truman rec< mended the cuts in these items will be $505,000,000—for an overall excise slash of $1,080,000,000. The committee members insist, however, that their action thus far is tentative and may be re vised before the measure is sent to the House for a vote. In the! admissions field, the com mittee Voted not only to Cut the tax in half—for such things as movies and baseball games—but also to ! exempt completely from any tax/the tickets fpr non-profit, educatiotial and charitable shows, county fairs, school plays, sym phonies land such. This triimi of the Ball. Other pet trio tertaim from Arlington State (Allege will meat at tomorrow night'* Cott entertainers will come from ' TSCW View. The Aggieland Orchestra will play at both t and Ball. / / sh part it and PrSlrie Pageant three mam cam of ‘•the mag< ndida For student pr and only entertainm snt . one qualialed te filed "for the editors liip Aggieland ’61. Seven Men File ' V I ’ ' Seven men have filed for e ich of the three top offices in the class While 11-have filed for iec- retary-treasurer and only six for the position of historian, Bar ies stated. i Both the non-corps and the corps juniors will’meet in the Chemistry Lecture Room for the election. The names of all the candidates will be posted on the board nnd ballots listing all offices. to be filled ’will be passed out. A blink for the voter’s choice will be lo cated adjacent’to the office named, Barnes said. President—Joe Johnson Jr., D ire Keelan, Lloyd H. Manjeot, LeVon Massengale Jr., Jhck L. Soletl er, Bryan E. Zimmerman. \ Vice-president—Noble N, Clark, Ralph Gorman, Bob Muthe vs, Braden McAllister, Bill Paise, Henry G. Phillips, Jack Raley.. Social secretary — William R. Cornish, D. Curtis Edwards . r., John E. Gossett Jr., Joseph D. Hinton, Jes D. Mclver, Kenneth Schuake, Bob E. Wimberly. Secretary-treasurer — Bob T. Asher, Gale Brundrett, Herman C. Gollob, Doyle R. Griffin, Dm Grubbs, David G'. Haines, BI ly Hoskins, Herbert G. Mills, U. K. (Bob) Ruble, Don Stigall, Robert C. Williams. 1 Historian —• James, T. Brown, George Charlton, Roger Corbel t, Gordon C. Edgar,, WescOmb "Ra>-,. ibit” Jones, James W. ‘‘Rudd] ” Porter. ' Other. Races Running, for the two senior y«ll leader positions are Don Jose] h and Bill. Richey, this year's junior yell leaders, James Plahta, ard Charlie Kite hell. For Athlet c Council, Robert Fitts, R. L. Gom I- win, and Car| Molberg are candi dates. In the race for student enter tainment manager are Douf- lass Hearne, James E. Boyles, ard Albert J. Dennis.' Roy Nance is the only qualified candidate for editor, of the Aggh- land ’61. J , The men scoring thd -three higl - est number of votes for each n - spective office In Tuesday’s sopl - omore election will be considere i in the nui-off election which wi l be held tonight, class presiden;, Dick Ingles, said. Six names wi 1 be listed' as candidates for ye 1 leader, since two mien will lie ,elected- A plurality vote will decui e 'the Winner in allielevtiona, Inge s pointed out. The offices to be filled in nei t years junior class are that (f president, \ vice president, socii 1 secretary./ j secretary, treasure ■, parliamentarian, sergeant at am a and reporter-historian. In addition to these, two yell leaders will alto be elected. *; , Sophomore Candidate* Aspirants to the various junior class offices for next year are i s follows: - Presidents* Dean Reed, Harold” \ Chandler, and Eric W. Carlson. Vice-preaident: Duane “Vai" Vandenberg, E. R. Tom, and H >- bart Fathere*. Secretary: Bill Daiston, Ke i- neth Wiggins, and Davis Terry. Social Secretary, Ralph Rowe, Paul Shaffer, and Don Hipton. Treasurer: Ted Stephens, O. 2. Johnson, and Don Williford. Parliamentarian: Dale E. Wet- son, Phil Huey, and Carl A. Peter son. Sergeant-at-arms: Leon Now k, Roger H. Jenswold, and Don Ais- tin. Reporter-Historian: A. C. Buik- halter, Tom Munnerlyn, and Jaii es Lehman. ' I ' il. .tji® Yell leader]; LeWia Jobe, Jo in T. Tapley, Bibb Underwood, 0. L. ‘yCurly” Marshall, Bobby R. Dunn, and Bpb Lincecum. ' Wilcox Talks in Indiai q, T. G. Wilcqx, associate profes sor of Industrial Education, ii ill present a speech April 29, on “Organizing Industrial Arts El *c- tricity,” before the annual o in ference of the Indiana Industrial Education Association,' at Turi ey Run, Indiana, April 27 through !9. Wilcox will supplement his t ilk with visual instruction. i— Deapife the criticism and cu of the Federal Inspection, there is one junior In the Air Force I hat is thankful for U. In cleaning up he found a Dve dollar bill. It ust goes to show it pays some people to clean up their rooms. j].