Oagers Set—
(Continued from Pape 3)'
nip, Frankie’s Pioneers. Roy Mar
tin, James Addison, James Gallc-
tnore, Ron Dwyer, and Bill Wil
liams seem to be the greater sparks
on the Fish team, yet each of the
freshman have played and have
shown un well. Gallemore is the
high scorer at
with 13 points.
A&M (52)
the
present
time
Flayer
Fg
Ft
Ff
Tp
DeWitt, f
...3
3
5
9
Walker, f
...0
0
2
0
Miksch, f
...2
4
1
8
Carpenter, f
...0
0
1
0
Farmer, f
...3
2
4
8
Martin, c
...0
2
5
2
Davis, c
. 1
3
5
5
McDowell, g
...6
4
1
36
Heft, g
...1
2
0
4
Sandlin, f
.0
0
1
0
Williams, e.........
...0
0
0
0
Totals
15
29
25
52
SWT (64)
Flayer
Fg
Ft
Ff
Tp
Gillis, f
..3
1
5
7
Berry, f.-;
2
2
2
Cilcvease, f
.3
2
2
8
Beaty, f.—
..3
1
5
7
Maze, c
.4
3
5
11
Segler, c —
0
0
0
McDonald, g
.5
1
2
11
Baymer, g
O
3
5
9
Sutton, g
..2
2
1
6
O’Banion, g
..1
1
2
3
Totals
24
16
29
64
Halftime score: SWT 31, A&M
29.
Free-throws-missed: DeWitt 4,
Davis 3, McDowell 2, Walker,
Miksch, Martin, Heft, Sandlin, Wil
liams; Gillis 4, Berry 2, O’Banion
2, Beaty, Maze.
Hines Listed As Principal
Speaker for Sports Banquet
Bishop John Ei Hines of Austin,
well-known preacher and after
dinner speaker, will make the prin
cipal address at the annual Winter
Sports banquet honoring A&M’s
football and cross country letter-
men.
Sponsored by the Brazos County
A&M Club and the A&M Athletic
Department, the banquet will be
held at 7 p.m. Jan. 6, 1951 in Sbisa
Hall. Newt Hielscher, associate
professor of engineering drawing
and official statistician for A&M
athletics, will be master of cere
monies.
Rt. Rev. Hines, who is bishop
co-adjutor of the Episcopal Dio
cese of Texas, works closely with
all missions and colleges in this
area. A graduate of the University
of the South at Sewanee and a
Meona Cox Joins
Extension Service
Meona Cox will join the head
quarters staff of the Agricultural
Extension Service as foods and nu
trition specialist Jan. 1, according
to Maurine Hearn, state home dem
onstration leader.
Miss Cox will replace Lucille
Shultz who resigned some time
ago, Maurine Hearn said.
Currently completing graduate
work for a Master’s Degree at
North Texas State College, Miss
Cox will assist the county home
demonstration agents in extension
districts 12, 13, 14, upon her ar
rival.
Battalion
CLASSIFIED ADS
basketball player while th ere,
Bishop Hines is noted for his col
orful and interesting talks.
The entire football squad, in
cluding the varsity traveling squad
B team and freshmen team, will
be present for the annual dinner.
Thirty-five players will be award
ed letters along with the cross
country team. The Fish football
team will be introduced as a group.
Allan M. Madeley is general
chairman for the banquet, and C.
G. “Spike” White is program chair
man. John B. Longley, W. S. Mc-
Culley, Barlow “Bones” Irvin, A
&M athletic director, and W. N.
“Flop” Colson, president of the
Brazos County A&M Club are help
ing make arrangements.
Tickets may be secured from
the main desk of the Memorial
Student Center, Former Students
Association, Conway’s in Bryan,
Oscar Crane of Wallace Kim
brough in Bryan and P. L. Downs,
Jr. in College Station. Price per
ticket is $2.
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SPECIAL student Christmas rates on
magazine subscriptions. Life, regular
S6.75, special $5. Time, regular $6,
special $4.75. Nita’s Newsstand and
Confectionery, North Gate.
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Call 2-1662 for Appointment
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LOST a field jacket in room 212, bldg. M,
Wednesday, Lowell Holmes No. 11-115.
• MISCELLANEOUS •
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pairs and concrete work, call D. R.
Dale General Contractor, Fh. 4-8272.
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FUTURE
New classes in all standard
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MONDAY, JAN. 8, 1951
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BRYAN
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Official Notice
Graduate Students and Staff on the School
of Agriculture:
I have just received application blanks
and other information regarding PRE-
DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS in Physical,
Biological, and Medical Sciences to be
awarded by the OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE
OF NUCLEAR STUDIES.
For further information, please contact
my office.
Chas N. Shepardson
Dean of Agriculture
Fourth installment fees payable on or
before December 18. C. A. Roeber, Aud
itor.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE OF TEXAS
Office of the Dean of Men
Memorandum No. 5 December 12, 1950
SUBJECT: Room and Board Accommoda
tions for Christmas Holidays
TO: All Students
1. In order to conserve utilities and pro
tect student property, all dormitories ex
cept Bizzell will be closed and locked at
5:30 P.M. Tuesday, December 19, 1950.
2. Students, other than those living in
Bizzell, who wish to remain on the campus
during the Christmas holidays, will contact
students in Bizzell who will not remain
during the holidays, concerning the Use of I
their rooms. To secure rooms, students
will bring a note of permission from the
occupant of Bizzell to the Housing Office
in Goodwin Hall, where each student will
sign a roster showing his location for the
holidays,. so that he may be located in
case of emergency. This should be done
by noon, Tuesday, December 19. If stu-
dnts do not desire to use this arrangement,
they may secure rooms in P. G. Hall by
signing up for them in the Housing Office.
3. If any student finds it necessary to
gain entrance to a dormitory which is
closed for the holidays, he will check at
the Housing Office for clearance.
4. All students should close the windows
and lock the doors of their rooms. First
floor windows particularly should be locked
for security purposes.
5. The dormitories will be unlocked at
1:00 P.M., Tuesday. Januaty 2, 1951. The
last regular meal in the dining halls will
be supper, Tuesday, December 19. Sbisa
Cafeteria will be opened for noon and
supper meals only through December 22
and after December 30. It will be closed
December 23 to December 30 inclusive.
Regular meals will be served beginning
with supper, January 2, 1951.
BENNIE A. ZINN
Assistant Dean of Men
Council Schedules
Open House Hours
Following action by the city
council, the citizens of College Sta
tion are invited to attend the
Christmas festivities at the all
day open house of the City Hall
on Fri. Dec. 22.
City officials and their wives
will act as the welcoming commit
tee. Cake, coffee, tea, and soft
drinks will be served to those who
attend the celebration.
Those in the house party will be
Mayor and Mrs. Ernest Langford,
City Manager and Mrs. Raymond
L. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Halpin, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Du
laney, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Badgett,
Mr. and Mrs. Ran Boswell, Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Fitch, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Ames, Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Benson, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Barger, Mr. and Mrs. J. A Orr,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Black, Mrs.
R. G. Neely Jr., Mrs. Robbie Crum,
Mrs. Beverly Lowery, and W. M.
McGinnis.
The custom of having the City
Hall open house was initiated two
years ago.
Watch your following distance to
avoid tragic accidents. Ask your
self while you’re driving, “Can I
stop in time?”
New Zealander
Tells of New
Ag Changes
New Zealand’s basic agri
cultural economy is changing
from production per man hour
to production per acre as new
land becomes scarce, Norman
H. Taylor, New Zealand soil ex
pert, said here Friday night.
Taylor, assistant director of the.
Bureau of Soils at Wellington New
Zealand, described and illustrated
with colored slides New Zealand's
soils and agriculture to a group of
graduate students and faculty
members in the Biological Science
Building lecture room.
Only orie fourth of New Zeal
and is plowable, and there is a
wide variety of soil types and
rainfall rates, Taylor said. Super
phosphate fertilizer is widely used
in pasture improvement, said Tay
lor.
Taylor is now touring the Uni
ted States studying soils programs
and. agricultural research methods.
Relay Team---
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champ Tom Cox of Rice.
McCarty, a senior squadsman
from Muleshoe, is showing the
most promise on the squad toward
making a fine quartermiler and
seems to have a tight hold on a
permanent spot on the relay team.
Although he is a classified senior,
he has another year of athletic
competition eligibility after this
year.
Mays Shows Improvement
From Brownwood comes junior
Bob Mays, who is a junior college
transfer, has shown great improve
ment this fall and seems to be def
initely among the top five quarter-
milers at A&M.
Both Baker and Ragsdale are
sophomores in eligibility although
Baker is a classified junior in
school. He was a standout 440
sprinter on the 1949 freshman
team, but the following year he
became scholastically ineligible.
Ragsdale was one of the main
stays of last year’s Fish team
where the Junction lad led all com
petitors in the 440, low hurdles
and broad jump. He will be a
Local Pastor
Accepts Post
A t Giddings
Rev. Fred Mgebroff, pastor of
the A&M Lutheran Church, will
leave College Station Dec. 31 to
accept a pastorate at the Martin
Luther Lutheran Church of Gid
dings. He will also become the pas
tor of the St. Johns Lutheran
Church at Dime Box.
Rev. Mgebroff has been serving
as Lutheran pastor to students,
the first and only officially titled
pastor in Texas, Under the Divi
sion of Student Service for the past
five years.
During his pastorate at College
Station, the A&M Lutheran Stu
dent Foundation was organized
and established and the A&M Lu
theran Student Center was built
at Main and Cross Streets.
Both parishes where he will offi
ciate were established by his fath
er the Rev. John Mgebroff, in
1894.
Rev. and Mrs. Mgebroff and
daughter Joann were honored at
a reception and open house given
by the members of the Texas A&M
Lutheran Student Association in
the Lutheran Student House. The
Student Association presented the
family with a silver service as a
remembrance.
‘Miss Bess’ Quits
Extension Service
Miss Bess Edwards, veteran of
home demonstration work in Texas,
will retire Jan. 1, Gladys Martin,
state agent for the Agricultural
Extension Service, has announced.
Miss Bess, as she Is known to
her friends over the state, was
first employed as Baylor County
home demonstration agent. This
first appointment came on May 16,
1919, just five years after the
passage of the Smith-Lever Act,
which established the Agricultural
Extension Service.
In 1920, Miss Edwards was trans
ferred to the headquarters staff
at College Station and was named
a district agent. She was appointed
assistant state home demonstration
agent in 1924 and held that posi
tion until 1944. She was then trans
ferred to her present position as
great help " to* the varsity this district agent with headquarters
year. ' at Stephenville.
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Communism’s
Designs Told
Communism and its world
aims were discussed by M. E.
Truitt, manager of the Cre
dit Bureau of Greater Hous
ton, Wednesday night in the
Assembly Room of the MSC.
Speaking before the Market and
Finance Club, Truitt explained that
in 1938 he made the acquaintance
of several leaders in the Interna
tional Communist Party in Amer
ica. Through these men he ac
quired extensive knowledge of the
party’s work in this country.
According to FBI figures, Truitt
said, there are some .74,000 mem
bers of the Communist Party in
the United States. Besides these,
there are some 500,000 who are in
sympathy with the party.
Several terms used by the Com
munist Party were defined by the
speaker as ho outlined their plan
for world domination.
Truitt warned the assembly of
the growing danger of communism
in America and outlined several
plans for* combating it.
Book Review Ends
Newcomer’s Year
Approximately 30 members of
the Newcomers Club met Wednes
day afternoon at the YMCA for
their last meeting of the year.
Mrs. Horace Blank presided at
the business meeting. Afterward
Mrs. Ernest Bulow, program chair
man, introduced Frank Coulter who
reviewed the book, “In the Pink,”
written by Mildred S. Topp.
The tea table decoration carry
ing out the Christmas motif was
centered with Pine Needles and
multi-colored tree ornaments.
Aggie Architects Chosen
ToMake Spindle Top Display
Texas A&M architecture stu
dents have been chosen to prepare
an exhibit for the Spindle Top
fiftieth anniversary celebration at
Beaumont next year, announced B.
B. Trant, Texas petroleum re
search committee secretary. Trant
is supervisor of construction of the
exhibit.
The Texas petroleum research
committee which is a joint opera-
tiion of Texas A&M College, Texas
University, and the Texas Rail
road Commission is sponsoring the
exhibit in memory of Spindle Top,
the first successful production oil
well in the state.
The 10 x 3 foot exhibit will be on
display at the Beaumont fair
grounds, said Trant, starting Jan.
3 and remaining there most of the
coming year.
The exhibit will include maps
and charts of the development of
the oil industry since the Spindle
WhaFs Cooking
AG HONOR SOCIETY meeting
cancelled. Next regular meeting
Jan. 8, 1951.
AIChE Meeting Monday Dec. 18
at 7:45 p.m. in MSC. Southwestern
meeting plan discussion. W. R.
Horsley will speak.
AICE STUDENT CHAPTER
meeting tonight, 7:15 in MSC.
Top discoveiy plus photomurals of
the A&M campus, Texas Univer
sity campus, and the State Capitol,
Trant declared. Miniature working
models of oil derricks, pumping
units, and leucite models of oil
fields showing how gas and oil
is produced will be shown, he
pointed out.
The A&M tectonics laboratory
will show how salt domes were
created by geologic action, he said.
John W. Newton, vice president
of the Magnolia petroleum com
pany who is also vice president
of the A&M board of directors, is
general chairman for the Spindle
Top celebration, Trant stated.
LAST TIMES TODAY
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to, Dan DAILEY CMM
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ING XMAS HOLIDAYS.
CHRISTMAS
Greetings!
The MEMORIAL STUDENT
CENTER Will Remain Open
During the Holiday Period to
Serve Food and Guest Accomo
dations to All Who Desire Them
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The Center GIFT SHOP Will
Re Open Daily - 8:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. - Until Saturday
Night Dec. 23.
GIFTS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!
GIFT WRAPPED FREE
The Bowling Alleys will also be open for All Keglers
until Dec. 23 ... .
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