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Volume 48 ... COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS "FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949 ’ Number 127

Templeton To Give Town Hall And Matinee Performances

Alec Templeton, radio, theatre, and motion picture pianist will give a special matinee perform­ance in Guion Hall at 3:30 Mon­day afternoon and a regular Town Hall performance at 8 in the even­ing.

Tickets for the special mati­nee are on sale in the Student Activities Office on the second floor of Goodwin Hall. Price of tickets is 50 cents for students and $1.20 for non-students.The matinee performance, which

opens with the pianist’s rendition of “$onata in C Major-First Move­ment',’ by Mozart, will be approxi- mately an hour and a half long.

Templeton’s main performance at 8 opens with “Toccata and. Fuge in D Minor” by John Sebas­tian Bach, and will last about two hours.

All tickets for the evening program have been sold.Templeton, a blind pianist and

recoi’ding artist, presents “Miriuet in G,” by Bach; three waltzes by Bach; and two preludes by Chop­in. “Children’s Corner Suite” and “Mother Goose Suite” ai’e also in­cluded on the matinee program.

Presentations which are Temple­ton’s own compositions _ on the matinee show include “William Do Tell,” “Bells and Music Boxes,” “Musical Portrait - Grandfather Clock,” “Finger Hep - Cercises,” and “Tea for Two or Two in One.”

Among the numbers included on the evening program are “Allemande ami Musette,” Ano­nymous; “Carillon” by W. Rich­ardson; “Sonata in F Sharp Ma­jor, Opus 78” by Ludwig Van Beethoven; and “Final Move­ment (Liento), Fantasia in C, Op. 17” by Robert Schumann.“Fish Hatchery” and “Serenata”

Three Courses In

Scouting Will Be Offered in March

Three courses in 1 Scouting will be offered here during the week beginning February 28, D. R. Rus­sell of the Sociology Department, has announced.

Classes will be held at 7:15 each evening of the week in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion. Courses will be offered in basic scout master training, senior scouting, and cub scouting.

Russell is in charge of the course which is sponsored jointly by the Sociology Department of the col­lege and the Bryan District Boy Scout Counsel.

All students interested in scout­ing are eligible to attend the basic scouting course, Russell said. Cer­tificates will be given to those who complete the basic course, and appropriate certificates will be awarded to those who take the other courses.

To obtain a certificate, students must attend all meetings except one during the week, Russell said.

What’s CookingAGGIE RUTH CIRCLE, 7:30 p.

m., Tuesday, D-5-Y, College View. LATIN AMERICAN CLUB,

p. m., Friday, Room 104, Ac- ic Building.E-LAW SOCIETY 7:15 p. :

Monday, Assembly Room, YMCA SAM 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Room

301, Goodwin Hall.SAM WIVES, rather than SAM

as previously announced, Tuesday 7:30 p. m. Solarium YMCA.

are two of Templeton’s own com­positions.

Concerning “Fish Hatchery,” Templeton makes the _ following statement: “This piece is inspired by the New York State Fish Hat­chery, outside Saratoga where I had a holiday (the first time in my life that I spent three weeks without a piano). Every day we took a drive, and so came upon the Fish Hatchery. The car win­dows were open and suddenly I was engulfed by sound—the rush­ing of water and the splashing of

the baby trout. Never before had I heard such a tremendous, cease­less gushing, rippling, boiling, bubbling! This is how it sounded.

Concerning his composition, “Serenata,” Templeton says, “I have special love for this sere­nade—it is the portrait of my wife.”Other features on the evening

program are “Minuet in the Style of Mozart;” “Surprise, Surprise;” “Improvisation on a Classical Theme from the Audience;” and “A Sultry Day in New York.”

January Issue of Veternarian’s Magazine Hits Newstands Today

By CARLEY PUCKITTA biographical sketch of Dr.

Hubert Schmidt, pioneer in the Texas fever immunization pro­gram, leads the 12 features and 12 articles of January’s Southwest­ern Veterinarian.

Dr. Schmidt, after graduating from A&M with a degree in animal husbandry in 1908, continued his education in Germany at what was then the Royal Veterinary School at Berlin.

The sketch is brief, but gives an interesting summary of the life of a man who has pioneered in the use of immunization for Texas fever, one of the most dreaded diseases of the cattle industry.

“Some Types of Anemia” is a technical article by N. A. Baetz, San Antonio veterinarian. The most common causes of general anemia are set up in outline form. The presentation of the subject is simple, direct and clear.“Production of Foot and Mouth

Vaccine in Mexico” is an article of interest to the layman on the unique method used in Mexico for the production of Foot and Mouth Vaccine.

A resume of a talk given by Dr. Donald E. Jasper of the Division of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, is included.

The resume is subdivided into fat metabolism, hypoglycemia, pathologic changes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

“Newcastle Disease,” a poultry disease, which is a newcomer to Texas, discovered for the first time in 1946, is given special treat­ment by Dr. W. C. Banks, exten­sion Veterinarian, and Ted Martin, extension poultry husbandryman.

A simple and concise explanation on the theoretical causes of fever is presented by M. B. Huffman in a feature entitled “Fever.”

“In general fever is due to the influence of pyrogenic substance upon the cerebral heat center, resulting in a maintenance of an abnormally high body tempera­ture,” says Huffman.Antivivisectionists, e v i d e n tly

Hickman Declares New Traffic Law

Parking a car in a lot not al­lotted to a student’s dorm after 5 p. m. is considered a traffic violation, Fred Hickman, chief of campus security, said today.

“Complaints have come to this office concerning students who have parked their cars in the Wal­ton Hall lot while visiting their friends there. When students who live in Walton want to park their cars in their allotted space after 5 p. m. they cannot do so because of visitor’s cars,” Hickman said.

people who would discontinue the use of animals in medical experi­ments, are getting the attention of veterinarians as well as phy­sicians.

In a feature exposing the folly of proposed legislation to discon­tinue the use of animals in labo­ratory work Dr. D. M. Campbell said:

“I would not have it thought I am indifferent to the humane treatment of animals or opposed to laws to protect animals from cruelty. I wish the humane laws now on the statute books, were better enforced, but the unnec­essary suffering I see imposed on animals is not in research laboratories, but in the hardship to which they are exposed dur­ing transportation to market.Thirteen photographs are shown

on “Bone Pinning Using the Kirschner Splint.” The operation is shown being performed on. a simple fracture of the humei’us of a cocker spaniel two years old.

Clinical case reports include “Torsion of a Bovine Stomach” by Hugh Wallace, “Owner and Prac­titioner Collaborate to Save Mare,” by D. W. Dodd, D.V.M., San An­tonio, and “Surgical Removal of Urolith, by the same author.

Other articles include “Expect New Congress to Act on Dog Stamp,” “Serum Producers An­nounce New Theme,” and the Brucella Abortus Ring Test.

Pre-Med Pre-Dent Society Plan Trip

The Premedical-Predental Socie­ty will make its annual trip to The University of Texas Medical School at Galveston on Saturday, February 19, J. B. Rochelle, so­ciety president said today.

Arrangements have been made with the following fraternities for the housing of the Society’s mem­bers: Theta Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Pi, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Kappa, Phi Rho Sigma, and Phi Chi.

The expedition through the med­ical school will begin at 9 a. m. Saturday, Rochelle said.

Baptists to Hold Monthly Meeting

The Creath-Braozs Baptist As­sociation will hold its monthly meeting in the First Baptist Church of College Station at 10 a. m. Mon­day.

A mission study institute will be featured at the meeting, the church secretary has announced.

Reverend Prentis Chunn, Bap­tist student secretary at A&M will give the sermon.

Annual Architectural Society’s Dance Will Have Modern Song Title ThemePrairie View Group Will Perform Here

By OTTO KUNZEThe Prairie View Quartet, under

the direction of Di\ Rudolph Ev­erett von Charlton, will give a performance in Guion Hall Satur­day evening at 7:15. The group will perform between shows. There will be no admission charged other than that for the regular show.

The quartet consists of Robert Davis, first tenor; William Green- well, second tenor; Thomas Amey, baritone; Rolland Ford, bass, and Dr. R. von Charlton, Pianist-Di­rector.

The quartet will sing a number of songs such as ‘On the Sea’ by Dudley Buck, ‘Pilgrims Chorus’ by Richard Wagner, ‘Winter Song’by Federic Bullard, T Gathered A Rose’ by Dorothy Lee, ‘The Star’ by James Rogers, and ‘Heming’ by Teresa del Riege. Rolland Ford and Dr. von Charlton will sing several solos.

Dr. von Charlton, a native Vir­ginian, has spent almost all of his life in some musical work. His early studies were made at Hamp­ton Institute in Virginia and the New England Conservatory of Mu­sic in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his master’s degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He then attended the Juil- liard School of Music in New York City and the Royal Academy of Music in London, England.

Later he received his Ph. D. de­gree in music from Columbia Uni­versity in New York City. During his career Dr. von Charlton has worked with such musicians as Perry Granger, R. Nathaniel Dett, Tobias Matthay, Alton Jones, Jo­seph Brinkman and Raymond Bur­rows.

In 1930 Dr. von Charlton toured Europe with the Hampton choir

Wrestling Field Narrows Down For Semi-Finals

Quarter-finals are just around the corner in Intramural Wrest­ling as 19 bouts cleared the books Thursday afternoon.

The fastest match of the after­noon was also the fastest match of the week. Berkwer of ‘A’ In­fantry downed Coffin of ‘C’ In­fantry in just 22 seconds. Coffin was stunned by the drop and was unable to respond.

In the 149 pound class, Mikes- ka of ATC flattened Gibson of Dorm 14. Yelton of QMC and Springfield of Ordnance were victors over Littlejohn of ‘E’ In­fantry and Walker of ‘D’ Field. Currie, ‘B’ Infantry, pinned O’­Connell, ‘A’ Infantry. White of Ordnance lost to Battin of ‘F’ Flight. Bone of White Band was pinned by Bodine of ‘A’ Air Force.The 159 pound class had one hot

match between Word of ‘F’ Field and McWilliam of Dorm 14. The lead in points changed several times before Word won out. Pam- pkin of Law pinned Ready of Ma­roon Band. Golden of ‘B’ Vet lost to Trenckman of Law. Schubert of QMC flattened Moncrief of ASA. Lengfeld, ‘E’ Engineers, won on points over Wakefield of ATC.

Only three bouts were in the 169 pound class. Vicks of Col­lege View pinned Park of ‘E’ Field in one minute and forty- five seconds. Wooten of Ord­nance scored a win over Eu­banks of ‘A’ Engineers on points. Vehon, ‘A’ Cavalry, downed Price, White Band.The rugged action of the after­

noon occured in the heavyweight bouts. Hays, ‘A’ Field, and Wilbur, ‘D’ Field, mixed it rough and tum­ble for a minute and forty-two seconds before Wilbur was pinned. Klatt, White Band, pinned Alex­ander, ‘B’ Field in five seconds over a minute. Hurt of ‘E’ Flight won over Atchison of ‘D’ Infantry and Smith of ‘B’ Engineers pinned Moore of Maroon Band.

Boxing entries are due next Monday. Actual bouts won’t begin until February 28 and weighing in will take place next week.

Trotter to Speak To Dirt Farmers

Dr. Ide P. Trotter, director of the Texas A&M Extension Service, will discuss the state’s place in world trade at a meeting of the Texas Dirt Farmers Congress in Austin Friday.

Trotter recently returned from a world cotton tour for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

under the late Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett. He has since made extensive tours throughout the United Sta­tes and Canada.

Dr. von Charlton has given ra­dio performances at New York’s Radio City, WGW in Chicago, W JZ and WEAF in New York City. While on the faculty of the Flori­da A&M College for a period of eleven years, he headed a group which performed as part of the Floi'ida Exhibit at the Chicago World Fair, the Cleveland Centen­nial and the New York World’s Fair.

He is a member of the Phi Kap­pa National Honorary Education Fraternity and the Sinfonia Na­tional Honorary Music Fraternity. He is presently working at Prairie View to get music integrated into the college program.

Splendora . . .

Varied Talent In Guion’s Midweek Show

By GEORGE CHARLTON

Guion Hall will be the scene of varied entertainment be­ginning at eight Wednesday- night in the form of a colora­tura soprano, a quartette, a comedian, a double piano team and a tap dancer.

The coloratura soprano will be Splendora, “star of opera, con­certs, radio, and stage.” An Amer­ican girl from Ohio, Splendora re­cently returned from ten years in Italy. During part of that time, she was a member of the LaScala Opera Company in Milan. She is now the soprano star of the new Pacific Coast Grand Opera Asso­ciation.

Tfle quartette will be the King’s Guards composed of Carl Schlae- gel, Johnny Downing, George Saunders, and Dave Stevens.

Bert Henderson will be the com­edian. He was Master of Ceremon­ies for two and a half years at Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe in New York City. Mr. Henderson does an impersonation of the com­plete Jack Benny Show, Dennis Day, and the Amos ’n Andy and Lum ’n Abner Shows.

Steele and Whittell are the double piano team. They were featured for three years at the Ken Murray Black Outs and have just completed playing a three week engagement at the Palladium in London.Jerry Graves is the tap dancer.

He was featured at Earl Carroll’s Hollywood.

Tickets cun be obtained in the Student Activities Office. Admis­sion is 50 cents for students and one dollar for all other adults.

Whiteside to Talk At Annex Sunday

Don Whiteside, senior student in the Austin Presbyterian Theologi­cal Seminary at Austin, will be the visiting minister at the Pro­testant Chapel, A&M Annex, Sun­day.

Whiteside will preach at the in­vitation of the Rev. Norman An­derson, pastor of the College Sta­tion Presbyterian Church.

A graduate of Westminster Col­lege, Fulton, Mo., Whiteside is working for the Bachelor of Divin­ity degree at Austin Seminary. He has done student pastoral work for four different churches and has served as assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

Range-Forestry To Hear Boughton

Dr. I. B. Boughton, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, will be the guest speaker at the regu­lar meeting of the Range and For­estry Club to be held Monday at 6 p. m. on the third floor rear of the Agricultural Engineering bldg.

Refreshments will be served af­ter the meeting which has been moved up one hour to avoid con­flict with the Town Hall program, the club secretary said.

Buttons and Bows and Pistol Packing Mamma Will Be Simpler Songs Depicted by ASABAB’s

By ART HOWARD

The Architectural Society’s Beaux Arts Ball will begin tomorrow evening at 8 in Sbisa Hall. The theme of A&M’s only costume ball this year will be popular song titles, and dancing architects will appear dressed to represent their favorite popular songs.

The song title theme will undoubtedly produce some fancy get-ups, while many of the Gimpler “Buttons and Bows,” and “Pistol Packing Mamma” themes are expected. Prizes

►will be given for the two best men’s

Dr. Barbour Gives Final Guion Talk

“We have a wistful longing for someone to lead us out of today’s despair—One who will lead us to something signi­ficant,” Dr. C. E. Barbour told his Guion Hall audience this morning.

His topic was “Achieving Self Satisfaction” for the finalmain talk of Religious Emphasis-*----------------------------------—-------week.

Barbour said that people of to­day seek a leader to help them achieve self-satisfaction. They have tried to accomplish every­thing by becoming educated but have only increased their troubles dissipated their morals, and have not realized their hopes for a stable society.

“We have over-emphasized the value of being able to do and un­der-emphasized tthe value of be­ing able to be,” Barbour stated. “Our generation can go farther and faster than any other before us. There is a real question wheth­er we are as stable or as sane as generations that didn’t move as fast as we do.”

“We must put in many hours to receive the power of becoming Christians,” Barbour continued. “Christ Himself had to strive to be responsive to others.”

“Those who have lived with Him have achieved self-satisfaction,” Barbour concluded. “You don’t find them running around from night-club to night-club, spree to spree, and wife to wife.”

George Rice presided over the final session in Guion Hall. Ray Holbrook led the prayer, and the Singing Cadets furnished song.Services will be held tonight at

all College Station Churches. As Usual, the services will begin at 7:15: /A

Animal Husbandry Essay Contest Open to Students

AH & DH Men Plan Ball In Sbisa March 19

The annual Cattleman’s Ball will be held Saturday, March 19, from 8 to 12 p.m. in Sbisa Hall, Carl Griffing, dance committee chairman, has announced.

Jesse James ;and All the Boys will play for the western-style dance, Griffing said.

Upperclassmen and freshmen majoring in animal and dairy hus­bandry, men who participated in the Aggie Rodeo, and AH and DH minors who are paid up members of the Kream and Kow Klub or the Saddle and Sirloin Club are eligible to attend the Ball.

Sbisa will be decorated in wes­tern style; the tables will be decor­ated with candles and empty bot­tles. Saddles and wagons will be used in the room decorations, Grif­fing said.

An old west bar, stocked with soft drinks, will be open during the dance.

Men are asked to wear western clothing, and ladies may wear anything from full length old fashioned dresses to fancy rodeo costumes, Griffing said.Admission tickets to the dance

are $2, stag or drag.

and women’s costumes, based on originality and effectiveness of dress. The entire congregation will vote on the best costumes.

Non-architects will also have a chance to attend this ball, as every society member is author­ized to sell one ticket to a non­member.One of the factors which make

this dance colorful is the elabor­ate decorations and painted panels around the dance floor. Yesterday three teams of architectural stu­dents were busy preparing card­board musical sheets, looking for dead trees, and painting murals. The significance of the dead tree was not explained, but it will un­doubtedly fit into the scheme somewhere.

Jack Crook, president of the Ar­chitectural Society, said that op­erations were on schedule, but that there were many details to be figured out as the work progres­sed. He also stated that the dance will be covered by the Associated Press.

Music will be furnished by the Prairie View Septet, a “hot” band from the school of the same name.

The complexion of this dance has changed considerably in the past few years, partially due to the limited budget of the veterans and their wives. Professor Ernest Langford, who has been at A&M longer than he cares to admit, said that recent themes have been more of a general nature, and has be­come more “Parisian.”

Originated in 1922, the Beau Arts dance followed “period” themes for many years, featur­ing a distinctive mode of dress. Greek, Egyptian, Spanish, Col­onial and French were some of the most outstanding modes for the ball, in his opinion.Earlier dances (when the Ar­

chitecture Department had only a handful of students) were staged in the architecture labs on the fourth floor of the Academic Building, but graduated to Sbisa Hall in ’35 when the department’s enrollment increased.

Scheduled to last from 8-10 p. m., the high point of the dance will be the judging at nine. After that some of the bulkier costumes will be discarded in favor of smoother dancing.

The Journalism, English, and Animal Husbandry Departments are working together to create in­terest and increase the number of entries from A&M in the 1949 Saddle and Sirloin Club Medal Es­say contest, “The Leg of Lamb.”. Professor Otis Miller said this afternoon.

The contest, which is sponsored by the Union Stockyards' Saddle and Sirloin Club of Chicago, is open to under-graduates of agri­cultural colleges in the United States and Canada.

The Club awards three medals and seven books to the 10 best essays submitted each year.

A committee including J. C. Miller and O. D. Butler of the Animal Husbandry Department, T. F. Mayo and E. D. Hedgecock of the English Department, and D. D. Burchard and Otis Miller of the Journalism Department worked out the details of the cooperative ef­fort.

Students in Agricultural Journa­lism 415, and in English 210 and 301 will write essays to be con­sidered in the contest, the com­mittee announced earlier today.

Farm Editor Here For Story Material

Sam D. Coleman of Chicago, edi­tor of “The Business of Farming” trade magazine of the United States Gypsum Co., is spending three days at A&M to line up ma­terial for a feature article.

The article will be one of a series on farm homes. He hopes to find a “T” shaped farm home which will fit the slogan, “T for Texas.” Coleman is working with Mrs. Bernice Claytor, home man­agement specialist, and W. S. Allen both of the extension service.

After the selection is made and approved by Coleman's architect consultants, “The Business of Farming” plans to send out a team of photographers which will take natural color photographs of both the interior and exterior of the home.

Fees Will Be Due Monday

Last day for payment of second installments will be Monday, the Fiscal Office an­nounced today.

Fees are as follows:Board to March 19 $32.40Room Rent to Mar. 19 9.00Laundry to March 19 2.90

Total payable to fiscal --------office $44.30

For non-corps veterans, pay­ments are for room rent and laundry only.

WTAW to Present FFA Farm Program

A round table discussion of the housing and brooding of baby chicks, grasshopper control, and range management will be pre­sented over WTAW at 4:30 this afternoon by the A&M chapter of the Future Farmers of America.

J. C. Snow, Clay Sparks, and Jack Donaldson will carry on the discussion, according to Donaldson, chairman of the group.

The discussion will be one of a series of weekly programs taking up current farm problems.

Registrar Announces Minimum Hours Required for Rings

The Registrar’s Office has announced the minimum hour requirements for a student to order the senior ring.

Since requirements vary with the course of study, the following outline of requirements is submitted.

AGRICULTURECourse Hours RequiredAgronomy 99Agricultural Economics 99Agricultural Education 99Agricultural Engineering 102 Animal Husbandry 99 *Dairy Production 99Dairy Manufacture 100Entomology 99Farm Management 99Floriculture 99Food Technology 99Horticulture 99Landscape Design 100Poultry Husbandry 99Range and Forestry 99Rural Sociology 99Wildlife Management 99

ARTS AND SCIENCES Economics 95Education 94English 93History 93Journalism 97Mathematics 96Language 94

Law 94Physical Education 93Business 100Accounting 100Biology 98Chemistry 100Entomology 98Premedical - Predental 100Physics 99

ENGINEERING Architecture 93Aeronautical Engineering 103Chemical Engineering 107Civil Engineering 109Electrical Engineering 108Geology 108Geological Engineering 109Industrial Education 100Management Engineering 106Mechanical Engineering 107Petroleum Engineering 111Petroleum Engineering- Geological Engineering 107Petroleum Engineering- Mechanical Engineering 104

VETERINARY MEDICINE Veterinary Medicine 102