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3 Co^ eS ^eY Circulated to More than 90% Of College Station’s Residents Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 62: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1950 Price Five Cents New Kiwanis President . n.y:Ws?i Joe Motheral, (left) outgoing president of the College Station Kiwanis Club, presents the pres ident’s gavel to A. C. .Magee, newly installed leader of the local civic organization. K. E. “Prof” Jackson, principal speaker for the Annual Kiwanis Christmas Banquet at which time the installation was held, looks on. Noted Humorist Highlights Kiwanis Christmas Banquet “The difference in a home and a house is that sunshine shines on a house—:uld in a home;” said R. E. “Prof” Jackson as he spoke last night at the Annual Kiwanis Club Christmas Banquet held in the Me morial Student Center Ball Room. “The thing we have to do is spread that sunshine so we can look forward to a better communi ty and in turn a better nation par ticipating effectively and peace fully in world affairs,” he added. Speaking to a group of approxi mately 90 club members and their tvives, the noted humorist, who is in associate professor of history nnd government at Texas State College for Women, kept the group laughing most of the time with his nany anecdotes and jokes which were cleverly tied together as “ex planations” of his general text, “Think Without Confusion Clear ly.” “Prof” Jackson,” a member of the TSCW faculty for 80 years, re marked, “ . . . we get so tired of the things we have to do, we don’t enjoy the things we don’t have to do.” Magee Installed as President A. C. Magee was installed as president of the local Kiwanis or ganization by Edward Schreiber, lieutenant governor for the third district. Other new officers installed at the banquet were Otis Miller, first vice-president; John Johnston, sec ond vice-president; John Sperry, secretary; Doyle Ledbetter, treas urer; and George Summey, Jr., J. G. “Mickey” McGuire, J. B. “Dick” Hervey, John Longley, and Greene Triple Winner In Slide Rule Contest By DON DIDIER Triple winner of the freshman slide rule contest was Donald G. Greene, Architecture major from Gladewater, who left the assem bly hall yesterday evening richer by two plaques and a slide rule. Green was top scorer of the contest with 275 out of a possible 800. He was presented the top award plaque by the President of the College, M. T. Harrington. The five high scorers who re ceived slide rules were Greene, Robert Charles Kietzman, EE ma jor from Houston, Daniel Olin Atkinson, Pet. E., Fort Worth, William Richard Casbeer, CE, Lampasas, and Robert Thomas Miller, Geol. Eng., Houston. Dr. Howard W. Barlow, Dean of En gineering, made the presentations. Students with no prior college work who were contest, winners in their various fields are: Gordon C. Umbel, aeronautical engineer ing; James S. Milligan, agricul tural engineering; Donald G'. Green, architecture; Ide P. Trbtter, Chemical Engineering; William R. Casbeer, civil engineering; Frank J. Way, electrical engineering. Robert T. Miller, geological en gineering; Larry L. McCelvey, management engineering; Samuel Court to Define Boycotts Washington, Dec. 12—'fPi— The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to define the scope of the Taft- Hartley law’s ban on secondary boycotts by labor unions. In such boycotts a union seeks to win a labor dispute by trying to compel other companies to stop doing business with the firm di rectly involved. The court accepted four differ ent cases on which to base its final ruling, Jahn, mechanical engineering; Daniel O. Atkinson, petroleum en gineering. In the group that have had soriie prior college work winners were: Robert Charles Kietzman, first place, Clifford August Schaefer, second; Donald Harold Niederer, third place. The plaques were pre sented by the department heads. Every participant in the contest was presented a small plaque by Dr. John R. Bertrand, Dean of the Basic Division, who urged more students to take part in the annual sliderule competition. The Mechanical Engineering Shops, under the supervision of Professors D. W. Fleming, M. W. Watson, and H. G. Stallings, de signed and made the plaques that were awarded in the contest. Joe Motheral, directors. Outgoing..President Motheral re viewed the activities of the civic group during the past year. “We haven’t done everything we set out to do, but we did a great deal,” he commented. Vocal Selections Also included on the program were two vocal selections, “Desert Song” and “Some Enchanted Eve ning” by Jim Jordan, a junior stu dent from Baytown. He was ac companied by Miss Betty Bolander on the piano. W. R. Schrank, senior student from Hamilton, offered two num bers on his guitar, “Abdul Abul Bui Ameer” and “Bonaparte’s Re treat.” W. L. Maples served as toast master for the evening, while Rus sel Coach introduced the speaker. The invocation for the banquet was delivered by the Rev. James F. Jackson, pastor of the A&M Methodist Church. Background music was played throughout the dinner by Miss Bolander. Following the program, the group was invited to remain in the Bail Room for dancing and games of bridge and canasta. $200,000 Bond Election Slated By City Council By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion City Editor College Station City Councilmen voted last night to place a $200,000 bond election in the hands of local voters with the polling date set at Jan. 8. To be included in the $200,000 issue is $70,000 for elec tricity expansion and repairs, $110,000 for a sewage dis posal plant and sewerage expansions, and $20,000 for addi tions to present water facilities. If the election passes, the council agreed to sell $60,000 of the bonds immediately to buy power lines for College Hills and make necessary improvements and also repairs on other electric lines within the city. The rest of the bonds would be sold as the need for additional utility expansions be-> — comes necessary. Councilmen de cided that all payments on the bonds would be made from revenue from the water and sewerage utili ties which they own. Although the council and the Bryan Commission are still wait ing for approval from the REA office in Washington for sale of the College Hills power lines to College Station, the local govern ing body was assured by Bryan Departmental clubs of the authorities last night that REA School of Arts and Sciences approval was due here any day. w jjj S p ec i a l meetings be- One councilman pointed out that ginning Jan. 8 to acquaint if the Bryan-REA power Imes in ; freshmen with what various this College Station residential , departnients and their organiza . aiea veie released toi sale imme-Uj ons d . ivt . 0 ff er( the Arts and diatoly and the bond issue is pass-1 S c i ences Council decided last night, ed, the low rates offered by Col-l cliffor(J }I RanS(Jall) ass i stant to the dean of the Basic Division, ^ inne lLife Committee Will Be Named n . At Vet Meeting lieYISCS FOllltS cinesvtrsi b or Activities est grade point ratio will be _L 3-Vy T A AA made tonight at the regular 1 meeting of "the Junior American A sweeping revision of the Student Activities “Point Veterinary Mcdician Association,' System” met the unanimous approval of the Student Life P r ; I ; R Bough ton dean of the j Committee last night. The group was holding its regular udny ° Votenniiry Me( lcinc ‘ saitl monthly meeting in the MSC Senate Chambers. Newton Lamb, tlimtor qnalitv ,,. Kealk,cation of activity points had been considered by control for the southern divisioh the governing body at its November meeting. The revised of the Borden Company will pie- list, compiled by a special sub-committee, passed with only sent the check to the winner at the ! one amendment. 8:10 t). m. Meetings in the Veterin- The new distribution of the points is aimed at limiting ai ; v Hospital. extra-curricular participation on the part of students by the $800 award which is pro- evaluating various student positions in accordance with the amount of time required in each job. Arts, Sciences Plan Meetings To Orient Fish sonted annually by the milk com pany to the senior vet med stu dent with the highest grade point ratio was won last year by Hugh M. Wallace, Dr. Boughton stated. Wallace who had a GPR of 2.89 for his first three years in the vet school is now in private prac tice following his graduation last June. The award has been present an nually to senior vet med students at A&M for the last six years, Dr. Boughton continued. Rain Report Shows 1950 Not Driest lege Station could not be offered College Hills people until probably j j iad previously addressed the group sometime in I ebruary if not later, j an( j t 0 ] d them through the pro posed club meetings, the council Voting Places Set Voting places for the Jan. 8 elec tion were set by the council. The City Hall will be voting headquar ters for residents of Ward 3. Vot ing booths will be placed at Black’s Pharmacy for people living in Ward 2 and Greiser’s Electric Shop will be the place' for Ward 1 residents to vote, Officials for the various ballot ing places are as follows: • Ward 1: E. O. Siecke, judge; Mrs. Ernest Langford, assistant; Mrs. F. G. Anderson and Mrs. F. R. Brison clerks. • Ward 2: J. B. Lauterstoin, judge; Mrs. F. L. Thomas, Sr., assistant; Mrs. A. B. Stevens and Mrs. P. W. Burns clerk. • Ward 3: Lloyd Smith, judge; Mrs. W. B. Clements, assistant; Mrs. W. R. Fitch and Mrs. A. P. Boyett clerks. Town Meeting Set A Town Meeting has been sched uled for this week (the date and time is still uncertain) to bring interested citizens together with the City Council to discuss the forthcoming bond election. The meeting ■ is to be held at A&M Consolidated High School as soon as arrangements can be made with school authorities. The council decided to hold the third annual all day Open House at the City Hall, Dec. 22. Coffee and fruit cake will be served vis itors during the day. would provide freshmen an inval uable service. A first year man will be able to meet heads of the departments, talk with them concerning various fields of that department, meet students of that department, and decide with more accuracy what course he is most qualified to take and in which he is most interested. Club meetings will be considered a definite part of the freshman’s orientation program. When a freshman signs up to attend a meeting/he will be expected to be present at that particular meeting. Rolls will be checked, Ransdall told the group. Joe Murphy, chairman of the committee for betterment of fac ulty-student relations, presented an eight point list of proposed sug gestions for council vote. It was decided that suggestions would be mimeographed, distributed to mem bers for their possible amendment, and consideration, and voted upon at the next meeting on Jan 8. Representative , to the Inter- Council, Joe Perry, gave it report o'n the afternoon meeting of that body. Onion to Close Guion Hall will be closed to morrow from 1 p.m. until G p.m., during a recording session of the Aggie band and Singing Cadets, according to Toni Puddy, Guion Hall manager Lady in Red It is not as dry as you think it’s here at College Station ac cording to the records kept by the United States Department of Agri culture at the Main Experiment Station. These records have been kept since 1889 and record the rainfall for each month since that time. The first eleven months of 1950, yielded a total of 31.67 inches of precipitation for the College Sta tion area. This amount is 7.25 in ches short of the annual average of 38.92. 1 Thus far this year can be classi fied 'as one of the drier years but far from the driest. The driest year recorded at the weather sta tion was 1917 when only 15.50 inches of rain fell on College Sta tion. The wettest year on record was 1900 when 60.75 inches fell here. For the three month period of September, October, and Novem ber, the 1950 records show this year to be the fifth driest three month period on record. During this time in 1950, 3.25 inches fell, while for the same period in 1915, only ,45 inches of rain fell on this area. The wettest three month period of September, October and Novem- j nomics her, was in 1889 when 21.03 inches | “the most Farm Bureau Rejects Price Control Ideas Dallas, Dec. 12 —(AP)— ; The American farmer doesn’t want either price controls or rationing, speakers at the American Farm Bureau Fed- ! eration Convention' said yesterday. “Price control does not control inflation, it is the hand maiden of | inflation, it covers it up.” He sug- J gested higher taxes as an inflation control. E. Howard Hill, Iowa Farm Bu reau president, said polls in his | state show the people don’t want ! rationing. He also said “price ceil- | ings do not control inflation in the East.” I H. H. Alp, director of the Fede- | ration’s poultry department, said j the department’s advisory commit-1 | tee “recommends that there be no price ceilings and no rationing.”' Delegates representing 1,500,000 I ! farm families in 45 states and i Puerto Rico attended separate! conferences ’ preceding formal con-; vention sessions tomorrow. At the joint commodity confer ence, Kline condemned price con-1 treasurers of various student or- trols on grounds they interfere ! ganizations. These positions bad with the best weapon against in- formerly been valued at two flation—increased production. 1 points. “The only yay I know to get Additions to the list _ i.wluded pigs is to breed sows,” the fede-' U'^dont, MSC CouncH; vice*>re8>- ration chief said. He said price ^ ' Senate; secretary, controls would bring black markets j and government subsidies. 1 At the same ,conference, a gov ernment spokesman said, “none of Main objection to the previous point allocation was that it. was outdated and otherwise not justi fied in many instances by the work and time requirements of the stu dent. The new list, which will go into effect during the 1951-52 school year, reduces four previous “10- joint positions.” No student is al lowed to engage in activities, the sum of the values of which is more than 10 points. Dropped from the maximum point positions were the editor ships of the four A&M magazines —The Agriculturist, The Engin eer, The Commentator and The Southwestern Veterinarian. Each of the posts is now worth six points. The only amendment to the sub committee’s proposed, list concern ed possible co-editors of the maga zines. Although Student Publica tion regulations do not prescribe co-editors for the magazines, thg regulations do not prohibit them. Co-editors of both The Battalion and The Aggieland are required by present regulations. The committee as a whole decid ed by unanimous vote to allow magazine co-editors two-thirds the value of a single editorship. This means that magazine co-editor’s job will be valued at four points next year. Dropped entirely from the activ ities point system were the jobs of vice-presidents and secretary- us knows when and whether we j f our p 0 jnts. may have price; controls and con sumer rationing*.” Oris V. Wells, chief of the Agriculture Depart ment’s Bureau of Agricultural Eeo- agreed with Kline that effective control lies Battalion; and vice-president, MSC Council. The first four jobs wett added at a .value of six points each. The latter position will be fell on College Station. in increased production,” Texas’ Long Battle Over Tidelands Lost NTSC Vaudeville Show Features Songs to Magic Ocean Research Council Appointed Dale F. Leipper, head of the De partment of Oceanography an nounced today that a nationwide council for ocean w r ave research has been established by the En gineering Foundation. The council, sponsored jointly by the four major engineering societies, (Civil, Mechanical, Elec trical, and Mining Engineering) has a four-fold purpose: to en courage and sponsor research on wind-generated v r aves and relat ed problems; to review the re sults of laboratory and field stud ies; to develop and design meth ods and procedures for the use of practicing engineers; to publish the findings; and to recommend as signment to appropriate agencies such continuing services as are de sirable. By B. F. ROLAND Miss Lesley Ryall, a cute brun ette in a flaming red dress, was the hit of the show last night, when the Collegiate Review from North Texas State College made its appearance on the Guion Hall stage.. The co-ed from North Texas sang “That Old Feelin’ ” and “Happiness Is Just A Thing Call ed Joe" in a warm sweet voice that brought the house down. The cute miss was visibly impressed by the roar of applause that signaled the end of her numbers. The band led off under the di rection of Gene Hall, director of the department of modern music at NTSC, with their home-made arrangements of *T Cover The Waterfront” and “Rhapsody In Blue.” The second number was taken from Glenn Miller’s ar rangement of the Gershwin classic. Following Miss Ryalls songs were two more band numbers, “Temptation” and “Shade of Blue,” which featured “Cyclops” Manning on the alto sax. Meaning plays saxophone in Hay McKinley’s band in Dallas. Jack Alexander, the comedian of a “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” the show, turned out two outstand- and “Baby, I Got News For You.” ing numbers with his renditions of To show its versatility the band switched to a seven man combo and accompanied Adiian McLish who sang, “I Only Have Eyes For You.” McLish is a former member of Vaughn Monroe’s Moonmaids. Keeping its change of pace moving, the combo then gave out with some fine numbers in Dix ieland among them, “Under the Double Eagle,” and “How Come You Do Me Like You Do Do Do.” Ruben Rodriquez made a hit with a few minutes of sleight of hand and light magic. His peppy opening remark “Gig ’Em Aggies!” got him a cheer at once and he kept the audience happy while on stage. Once again the appearance of a feminine member of the troupe brought forth huge rounds of ap plause, when Leola Vincent came out to sing “All The Things You Are” and "Kiss Me Again.” All the members of the review were students of NTSC, according to Maestro Hall. The band is what Hall terms a lab band in that it does not play as a unit at dances, but is made . up of students taking music at ‘Cyclops* Manning XTSC. Austin, Dec. 12—*/P)—Texas’ long court fight to defend title to tidelands it has claimed since the days of the Republic was lost finally in Washington yesterday. The federal government 'won, but the supreme court in its final decree conceded a point figured to be worth more than $8,000,000 to school children. Texas’ only remaining recourse was to federal legislation that would cede title to the states. At torney General Price Daniel and Land Commissioner Bascom Giles both said they would carry the fight to Congress. Gov. Allan Shiv ers agrees. The U. S. Supreme Court issued a decree ordering Texas and Loui siana to account for oil royalties obtained from the submerged lands in the Gulf. It enjoined them from using the tidelands without permission of the federal government, which has, the court said, “paramount rights in, and full dominion and power over, the lands, minerals and other things” in the disputed area. The states must account for roy alties beginning as of June 5, 1950. That means lease payments or royalties collected prior to then all belong to Texas, Daniel said. The Department of Justice had asked the court to make the ac counting date from June 23, 1947. Giles figured Texas’ gain under this point to be $8,297,707.54. June 5 was the date the Su preme Court decided, 4 to 3, that the federal government has top rights to lands under the marginal seas of Texas and Louisiana. The June 23, 1947, date was when the court had ruled similarly in re gard to California's tidelands. Unprejudiced Giles called today’s Supreme Court action “at least one small in- sfcaoce of unprejudiced justice” in the legal review of the eontrover- I sy. The court rejected Texas’ spec- ! ial claims to the tidelands, growing j out of this state’s terms of admis- ] sion to the union. It also would not I heed Daniel’s added arguments | that actually never became a part { of the agreement of admission. The attorney general issued a ) statement in Miami saying he (See TIDELANDS, Page 4) Reduced in point value from (Sec PARENTS, Page 4) Active Duty Tours Open to Graduates j Several thousand Air Force sec- j otid lieutenants will be offered j tours of active duty during the j next, seven months, the Air Force i announced yesterday. Officers will be recruited largely ; from AFROTC graduates and re- | servists who wish to apply for ac- ; live duty. Vacancies have bden created by ) the current expansion of the serv- ; ice by Congress. I Opportunity for extended active ! duty is open particularly to AFROTC graduates desiring fly- j ing or technical training and are ! desirous of remaining on active duty as potential career officers. Grubs to Chestnuts Seen in Hort Show By HERB O’CONNELL Everything from the common old grub worm to the latest species of the Italian chestnut can be seen on display at the Horticulture i Show now being presented in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall. The annual affair began at 4 j p. m. yesterday and will run until 3 p. m. tonight. Almost every phase of the pto- ! duction of fruit and vegetables— | from a mere seedling to the fin- ! ished product sealed in a can— can be followed by stepping inside the door, keeping both eyes open and taking a counter-clockwise tour around the rows of tables be decked with beautifully arranged specimens of raw vitamins. Propagation Theme Propagation, tha general theme of the show, is very adeptly de scribed by means of models of seedlings actually being grafted to others along with explanations of fertilizer's used, equipment for tending vegetation, insects and weeds found in vegetable fields qnd gardens, attractive selling 1 displays, and the actual processing and canning procedure. The different kinds of can ena mel is even included in the display. There is a certain type enamel used for sulphur bearing fruits and vegetables such as corn, peas and carrots, and another for high ly colored fruits and vegetables such as beets, berries, and plums. Pecan Show An interesting aggregate of the different varieties of pecans is also featured in the show. They range in size from the tiniest of humming bird eggs to the largest of a Rhode Island Red’s best ef forts. The horticulture show is for the benefit of the senior Horticulture majors who utilize the profits of the show in making a trip in in terest of their field of stury. This year, they will make a trip to the Rio Grande valley to study the various fruit crops raised there. The fruit and vegetables on dis play was purchased from various wholesaler's and will be retailed in Sbisa as well as in the dormitor ies by students bearing' conces sion cards. The profits will be used in making the senior trip,