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Cimilated to More Than 90% of College Station’s Residents High School Graduates’ Draft Explained, See Editorial Page PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number ] 27: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1951 Price Five Cents Cotton Maid Jeannine Holland ' Last year’s Aggie Sweetheart • Colton Maid In Hoop Gown Stuns Capitol ' Jeannine Holland, 1950 Aggie sweetheart whose beauty brought her the title of 1951 National Maid of Cotton, is in. Washington today modeling for government and social bigwigs of the capitol city. Pretty Jeannine hoopskirted cot tons in Washington fashions Wed nesday modeling a Paris creation of chartreuse cotton that dazzled social and government leaders, the Associated Press reported. Her dress of cotton draped from a strapless bodice to a narrow hoop above her ankles, then swirled tighter to a hobbleskirt effect at the floor. It looked like your biggest living room lamp turned upside down and was form fitting for only the fin est of figures. And 21-year-old Jeanine, five-feet-seven with brown hair and brown eyes, likes to sort of waltz down the style-show run ways in that Paris gown. With it she wore long green gloves, a bit darker than her dress, . and at her little waist pinned big artificial dusty roses speckled with fhinestones. It takes two maids half an hour to put her in the dress or get her “out. The brown-haired Jeannine will leave Washington tomorrow for Philadelphia to continue her tour of American cities. One of Jeannine’s dreams of last year will come to life, May 4 when she comes here as Maid of Cotton for A&M’s 1951 Cotton Pageant and Ball. After being Aggie sweetheart last year, Jeannine said that she hoped to be a can didate for A&M’s Cotton Queen this year. She got a little more than her wish when she was named Maid of Cotton. As Goodwill ambassador for the American cotton industry, Jeannine hall tour South America later this year. SMU Men to Talk At Pre-Law Meet The Pre-Law Society and the Brazos County Bar Association are scheduled to hear two speakers from the SMU School of Law on Monday, April 9, accoi'ding to John J. Templin of the Business Admin istration Department. ^ Talbot Rain will speak at 6 p. m. in the Maggie Parker Dining Room in Bryan on the proposed “New Corporation Code” for Tex- .ns. Rain holds undergraduate de grees from the University of Tex- John W. Riehm. Jr. will speak at 8 p. m. in the MSC on “A Legal Education Today.” Riehm is a graduate of Bradley University. Second Annual Collegiate Rodeo Opens with Thrills By BILL AUBERY Battalion Staff Writer Cowboys, cowgirls, and some mighty wild bulls and broncs gave a crowd of over 400 spectators thrills and chills last night at the grand opening of the Texas A&M Second Annual Inter-collegiate Ro deo. The bulls and bucking horses are fresh off the range and the cow boys had some rough and tumble rides, but, showing a lot of skill and muscle, they put on a fine show. Cornin’ out of the chute in the bull-dogging event to turn up with some good times were Maxie Over- street, low man for the night at 15 seconds; Elden Dudley, 17.3 sec onds; Dick Barrett, 19.2 seconds; Ross May, 21.5 seconds; Clyde May, 60.8 seconds; and Bobby Ran kins, with 76.6 seconds. Bull Riders The bulls in the bull riding gave trouble in the chutes, but according to some of the riders, even more trouble in the arena. Riding the big brahmas last night were Wil liam Parsons, Jim Smith, Wayne McPeters, Gene Robinson, Clyde Sykes, James Dyer, Johnny Ackel, Fred Brown, Warty Alley, R. S. Higgins, Clyde Martin, and John Farris. The bucking bronco riders last night in the bareback event were Keith Crawford, R. A. Lotspeich, Hubert Savage, Dick Barrett, Wil liam Parsons, Dick Ham, Gene Robinson, Sonny Coe, Harvey Tay lor, James Dyer, Clyde May, Bob Wallover, Oney Ross, Mackey Trickey, and Bill Haverish. The saddle bronc riding contest was a thrill-packed event thanks to good riding on the part of the boys that drew some real Texas broncs. Keith Crawford, Charles Cunningham, Clyde May, Roy Lil- horse made a hit with the crowd last night, too—the cutting horse. Men and horses teamed up to give a fine exhibition of cutting,and heading cattle. Taking part in the event were Clem Batcher riding Sonny Sikes, Sonny Bonner on Red Thomas, L. N. Sikes showing Sadie Sikes, and Dr. Lyle McDermott, Make Dermotk and James Brock; name of horse unknown. Fast action of man and horse was seen in the roping events as in the tie-down calf roping. Randy Four Winners Of Ag School Awards Named Winners of the School of Agriculture’s Awards of Honor have been announced by R. L. Hunt of the Agri cultural Economics and Soci ology Department. The winners are: William Gray Adkins, a rural sociology major from Italy; Landon Douglas Wythe, an animal husbandly major from Graitsbury; Ray Kunze, an agronomy major from La Grange; and Walter H. Tanamachi, an ag ronomy major from San Benito. The winners are selected by the agriculture faculty and dean of agriculture on the basis of scholar ship, elective positions, journalistic or literary activities, achievement awards, social and religious activ ities, military sendee record, and the amount of self support the stu dent had to supply. Adkins is a graduating senior and was president of the Rural Sociology Club and a representative to the Agriculture Council. Wythe is CO of B TC and is president of the Saddle and Sir loin Club. Tanamachi is president of the Agronomy Society and is president of the Agriculture Honor Society. Kunze is the third member of his family to win the award. His two elder brothers also won it while at school here. Raymond is commander of the Composite Regi ment. European Tour Aid Offered To Qualified A&M Students By JOE PRICE Want to make a trip to Europe? The Student Life Committee is offering $500 aid to the student who is selected for the tour, ac cording to M. L. Cushion, director of the YMCA. To qualify, the student must be ^planning to return to A&M next semester and will be expected to write articles for The Battalion during and after the tour. The traveler must be willing and able to appear and speak before various campus meeting's as the occasions arise. If a student can meet these qual ifications and is interested in mak ing the trip, he should write a letter of application to any mem ber of the Welfare and Recreation Committee of the Student Life Committee. The letter should include his qualifications and reasons why he would like to make the trip. These letters must be presented before the committee before April 20. The committee will choose the three best letters, personally in terview the students selected, and then submit their findings to the Student Life Committee, who will make the final selection. The members of the committee are: M. L. Cashion, chairman; Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden; A. D. Martin; and Lloyd H. Manjeot. ley, Oney Ross, and Clyde Martin were the riders. An altogether different type Moore had a lo wof 18.7 seconds as compared to Elden Dudley, 18.9 seconds, Lee Allred, 21.4 seconds, Hubert Savage, 22.7 seconds, and Robert Johnson trailed with 32.1 seconds. In the ribbon roping event Dick Barrett ,Lee Allred, and Max Word managed to rope their calves and get the ribbon back to the judges in short order. Barrett’s calf slip ped out of the noose, but, acting fast, he managed to get it anyway for a low time of 11.4 seconds. Bar rett put on a good show, but the time may not count because the calf got away. If Barrett’s time is no good All- red will have the best time for the night with 14.6 seconds and Woi’d wlil follow with 15.6 seconds. The first of a series of match roping events between “Slinging” Sammy Baugh and Fred Dudley wes held last night and the boys really showed the crowd some fan cy roping. In the girls goat tying event the girls rode down the arena and tied up their goat in some hard-to-beat times. First in last night’s event was Jo Gregary at 17.3 seconds. She was followed by Tony Parker, 19.2 seconds, and Mary Green, 23.9 seconds, and June Prichard 25.5 seconds. One of the most interesting parts of the show was the sheep dog ex hibition in which J. F. Duke of In gram, Texas, showed two of his dogs, Glenn and Tip. Glenn herd ed a group of sheep into circles drawn in the arena and then put them into a pen. Tip amazed the crowd by running a rooster into a sack held by Duke. Flying Sweethearts Miss Ruth Dixon Escorted by Bob Sturdivant Miss Betty Bledsoe Escorted by Frank Thurmond Miss Pat Shindler Escorted by Gus Sanders Mrs. William Block Escorted by Her Husband Records Show Air Force Rail Isn t First One "Original Held in 1928 By GEORGE CHARLTON Battalion Staff Writer History repeats itself Saturday night. Cadet members of the largest military branch on the Campus will be attending the big dance. Pre viously the affair has been public ized as “the first Aair Force Ball at A&M.” Such is not the case. The first such affair was held 23 years ago. Reason for the ball at that time was the ultimate disbanding Dr. Rutledge Takes Death Before Prison Houston, April 6—CP>—Dr. Rob ert C. Rutledge, Jr., who killed his wife’s seducer, chose death to a prison cell. His 70-year sentence confirmed by the Iowa Supreme Court and, his freedom on $40,000 bail near an end, the handsome 30-year-old children’s doctor wrote a last love letter to his beautiful wife. Then he executed a carefully planned suicide. The weapon was carbon monox ide and the time indefinite. But the setting was the couple’s fa vorite spot in the countryside. “Love is fleeting,” he wrote the blonde, statuesque Sydney. “For get about this . . . time will cure a lot of grief.” Rutledge’s body was found in his automobile late yesterday. There was proof it had been there all day, probably Wednesday night. His suicide was the last act in a case that included murder—of Byron Hattman—and one of the most torrid and sensational trials in the history of American law. The lives and loves of Rutledge, his wife, and Hattman were unfold ed in a Cedar Rapids, la., court room in 1949. There Sydney testified she was forced to submit to Hattman after a boat ride and drinking party in July, 1948. The defense argued Rutledge was defending the sanctity of his home; the state, the Rutledge lay in wait in a hotel room, knocked Hattman out with a blow on the head and stabbed him “with surgical precis ion and skill.” Rutledge bought a hose, ran it from his car’s exhaust pipe, through a window and taped it in place. With three heavy medical books holding down the accelerator, he waited for death at a field eight miles from town where he and his wife often went to fly model air planes. “I love you,” he ended the letter to his 25-year-old wife, who had to be given sedatives for serious shock. of the Air Corps unit that had existed on the campus since 1918. Actually, this dance in 1928 was the first of a series of regimental dances that have continued on until current times. Beginning at 9 p. m. in the MSC Ballroom, rather than the Grove as previously scheduled, the dance will get underway to the strains of music as provided by Bill Tur ner’ and his Aggieland Orchestra. Around 10:15 p. m. during an in termission, the Air Force Sweet heart will be presented. Upon her presentation, she will be present ed the traditional kiss for unit sweethearts and a gift from the A&M Air Force units. In the past years, Air Force units have combined with other regiments to give a dance. But this year, due to the expanded amount of Air Force units and cadets, dance planners decided to “go it alone.” Since the dance site has been Hassler-Meyers Are TCU Delegates Nan Hassler, TSCW sophomore, and Karl Meyers, senior poultry husbandry student from Canyon, will represent A&M at TCU’s Spring Formal today and tomorrow in Fort Worth. Delegates to the annual TCU function will attend a coke party this afternoon and a dinner tonight. A dance will be held afterwards, with presentation of the Court at 9 p.m. General Election Filing Date Set Filing for the Spring general election will begin at 8 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, the Stu dent Senate election committee announced this morning. Candidates may file through April 25. The election will be announced soon, co-chairman Don Young said. Positions which will he filled during the election are co-edi tors of The Battalion (one corps and one non-corps); editor of The Aggieland, Student Enter tainment Manager, Athletic Council representatives, and senior yell leaders. Further details on the election and qualifications for candidacy will be printed in The Battal ion early next week. changed due to impending weather conditions, decorations planned for the affair will have to be modified. Dick Tumlinson is in charge of this duty. Refreshments will be soft drinks and cookies. Invited to attend the affair are all Air Force freshmen and all Air Force personnel in Ross Hall. Also special invitations have been sent to AFROTC cadet colonels at Texas Tech, Southern Metho dist University, Baylor Univer sity, East Texas State Teacher’s College, an the University of Texas. Honor guests will be Col. James K. Johnson, Col. John Reynolds, Col. William L. Lee, Lt. Col. Joseph S. Peck, and Maj. Gene Tarbutton, all from Ellington AFB; Lt. Col. E. E. McKesson, PAS&T at the University of Texas; and Lt. Col. Falco, commanding officer of Bry an AFB. The dance will end at 12 p. m. Commanding officer of the first wing is Jack Raley of Dallas. The second wing is commanded by Dare Keelah, of Beaumont, also presi dent of the senior class. Price of admission will be $2 stag or drag, and tickets may be purchased from outfit first ser geants. UH May Get TV Station The University of Houston may get a television station. Acting University Presi dent W. W. Kemmerer said in Houston Wednesday that he will ask the UH board of re gents at their April 17 meeting what they think about operating a TV station on the campus. If the regents approve, an appli cation will be filed for a station to produce educational shows and high-type entertainment, Kemmer said. The campus station will not be in competition with local commer cial TV stations, Kemmerer said. But the high cost of minimum ne cessary equipment—about $100,- 000 to $150,000—may be the chief factor if my request is not ap proved, the president explained. “Our station would be an ex perimental one for testing out ideas of our students and faculty. A com mercial station couldn’t afford to produce the type of shows we would be able to do,” he said. Dr. Kemmerer said he believes the University of Houston, as the largest higher education institution in the area, should be the logical one to have the educational chan nel which may be granted to Hous ton by the Federal Communica tions Commission. Student Body President Question Goes To Vote A campus-wide election will be held Wednesday night to determine whether or not the students want to elect a Student Body President. The Student Senate, in its most hotly-debated session of the year, set the election during its regular monthly meeting last night. The resolution to hold the election, in troduced by Duane Vandenberg of the executive committee, received only two negative votes. Two proposed amendments were voted down at the meeting, al though they received majority of the senator’s votes. Amend ments must receive a three-fourths vote of the Senate membership to be passed. When the meeting began, only 29 Senators, including President Bill Parse who votes only to break ties, were present. Two represen tatives, Charlie Royalty, former TISA officer, and Ed Sandlin, Hart Hall senator, were automatically removed as senators after both had missed more than three meet ings with unexcused absences. Constitution Requires The Senate constitution states that no senator shall miss three meetings for which valid excuses are not presented. This was the first action taken this year to re move members. Disqualification of Rayolty and Sandlin cut the Senate membership to 40. Thirty votes were needed to pass any amendment. Two senators were then brought in from their dormitories, and the necessary voting number was pres ent. Majority Doesn’t Win A proposed amendment to have next year’s Senate meet twice monthly failed to receive the nec essary vote, 17-11, with two ab staining. A motion by I. E. “Mon ty” Montgomery to table the mo tion also failed. The Senators then voted. 20-9, to recommend that next year’s Senate members themselves take this ac tion. During the debate on the subject, most of the junior members of the Senate, supported by freshmas, sophomore, and junior “sitters,” fa vored establishing semi - monthly meetings now. But an 11-man bloc kept the motion from passing. Athletic Council Proposal When Vandenberg read the sec- on proposed amendment, it re ceived the same fate. This one called for the two student mem bers of the Athletic Council to be come members of the Senate. Joe Fuller amended the amendment to read “one member elected by the Council.” Fuller’s amendment failed, 19-8, as did the original proposal, with only four favoring it. Vandenberg’s reading of the third proposed amendment passed, although the two votes cast against it were from the same senators who formed the nuclei of the bloc which prevented the Senate from taking positive action on the first amend ment. Members Favor Amendment For the record, Parse requested a count of those senators favoring the student body election of a Stu dent Body President. Twenty of the thirty jnembers present raised their hands. The Campus Chest Drive, which raises funds for the Twelfth Man Scholai’ship and for a Norwegian student scholarship, will be held April 17 and 18, co-chairmen Al lan Eubank and Montgomery an nounced. Solicitations will be conducted during those two nights in the dor mitories and housing areas of the college, Eubank said. Carroll Phillips, winner of last year’s Twelfth Man Scholarship, addressed the Senate ,after being introduced by Montgomery. “Throughout my high school years, I always knew that I want ed to come to A&M but I never quite knew how I could do it . . .,” Phillips said. “Then I decided to try for one of A&M’s scholarships.” “I could never say quite how I felt when I was awarded the Twelfth Man Scholarship.” Phil lips left the Senate chamber as the members were still applauding him. Commends TISA Week Senate Secretary Dean Reed asked the student governing body to pass a resolution commending the TISA committee and officers for “doing such an excellent job in preparations for the recent con vention.” The proposed resolution was seconded by Ken Wiggins and passed unanimously by the Senate. Doyle Griffin reported on a meeting with the Bryan Chamber of Commerce whei’e an A&M com mittee discussed practices of the La Salle hotel with the group and with the hotel’s manager. Grif fin said he will release complete stories on the meeting early next week. In other actions, the Senate heard Eubank introduce a proposed amendment creating the office of treasurer, tentatively set its annual banquet for May 15, and named a three-man committee to work on a proposed budget for next year. The Senate now has no budget. Parse named Vandenberg, Wiggins, and Tom Poynor to the committee to work with C. G. “Spike” White, assistant dean of men for activi ties. Senate “sitter” Bill Dalston will represent the Senate at Monday’s meeting in the Student Activities Office to establish next year’s school calendar. Book Exchange Backed An Exchange Store - sponsored book exchange was recommended by Montgomery and seconded by Jimmy Onstatt. It was accepted and passed by the Senate. Karl Meyers announced that Baylor University’s two missing megaphones had been retrieved from A&M students who took them. Meyers and Fuller will deliver the megaphones to the Baylor dean of students today. Outa Chute . . . Hitting on all four this bronc comes out of the chute with! one idea—get that man off. The Intercollegiate Rodeo started last night on the first of four performances. They will have a show tonight, and two shows Saturday. First Arts-Sciences Week Ends Sunday The first Arts and Sciences Week will end Sunday when the Singing Cadets present a concert especially arranged for the stu dent body. The concert will be held in the Ballroom of the MSC beginning at 2 p. m. The Regional Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science began this morning and will continue Accountants Will Hold Conference April 24-25 1 Outstanding authorities in the field of accounting will deliver ad dresses at the Fourth Annual Ac counting Conference to be held here April 24-25. Perry Mason, assistant dean and professor of Accounting, Univer sity of California, will open the sessions with an address on “Cur rent Economic Problems Relating to Accounting.” J. Brooks Heckert, professor of accounting, Ohio State University, will talk on “Control of Distri bution Costs,” at the opening day session. Management Expects “What Management Expects of the Accountant,” will be discussed by W. H. Garbade, president, Deep Rock Oil Corp., Tulsa, William V. Deane, manager of accounting training, Westinghouse Electric Coip., Pittsburg, will ad dress the gathering on “Industrial Accountants,” and R. S. Calire, partner, Arthur Anderson and Co., Chicago, will discuss “Public Ac countants.” “Viewpoint of the Internal Audi tor,” will be the subject of an ad dress by J. B. Parker, International Harvester Co. and the “Viewpoint of the Public Accountant” will be discussed by Roy E. Burke, Price, Waterhouse and Co., Houston. Military Men Speakers on the April 25 pro gram include Col. Kenneth W. Hurst, assistant auditor, USAF, Washington, D. C. He will talk on “Auditing Defense Contracts in the Armed Forces;” C. L. Shabino, manager, Industrial Department, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Chicago. The presiding officers will be George Donnell, George Donnell and Associates, San Antonio; Em erson O. Henke, chairman, Account ing Department, Baylor University; Ivan Oden, auditor, Texas Division, Dow Chemical Co.; Carl Dennen- felser.; J. W. Templeton, general auditor, the Texas Co., Houston; Paul Garmany, assistant comptrol ler, Hughes Tool Co., Houston; George H. Abbott, Peat, Mai’wick, Mitchell and Company. More than 300 are expected to attend the meeting. through Saturday. This meeting is being held in the new Science Building. Teachers Meet Arts and Sciences Week began with a meeting, on March 30, of the Texas Conference of College Teachers of English. The English conference was con cluded on last Saturday with a luncheon, where I. V. Smith spoke on “Philosophy, Politics, and Poet ry.” Rabbi Arthur J. LelyVeld spoke on “The Place of Religion in Civ ilized Society” on Sunday. Rabbi Lelyveld is national director of B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation. His talk was sponsored by the Depart ment of Religious Education. Defense Speaker The Great Issues Course present ed Felix Larkin, general counsel for the Department of Defense, who spoke on “Our Current De fense Problem on Monday. A discussion of “The School Plant” was held in the MSC Wed nesday night. The discussion was sponsored by the Departments of Education and Psychology, and Physical Education, in conjunction with the Architecture Department. A movie and several exhibits show ing the building needs of public schools were shown. Also on Wednesday night W. C. McCord, president of Southland Life Insurance Co. in Dallas spoke ( at a banquet of the Business So ciety. McCord is a graduate of the Thursday morning, 62 religious journalists registered for the Church News Conference sponsor ed by the Journalian Department. Lynn Landrum, editorial writer for the Dallas Moming News spoke at a banquet which climaxed rthe conference, Thursday night in the MSC Ballroom.