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VOLUME 46 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947 Number 43
‘U.S. Should Mandate Pacific Isles,’ Says IRC by 3 to 1 Vote
New Intellectual Group to Discuss Current Topics at Bi-Monthly Sessions
By Charlie Murray
To afford students the opportunities to think and express themselves freely on current issues, Dr. S. R. Gammon, professor of history, and H. H. Caldwell, of the geography department, initiated the International Relations Club Tuesday evening. Meeting informally in Room 207, Academic Building, 45 students and faculty members discussed both sides of the topic, “Should the United States assume trusteeship of the Pacific Islands?—specifically, the former Japanese mandated islands, Mariannas, Carolines, and Marshalls. In conclusion, an approximate 3 to 1 straw poll vote favored United States’ trusteeship of the three island groups.
Mr. Caldwell, acting as insti--f gator of discussion, presented a brief resume of the situation, enumerating points in favor and in opposition to the “annexation”.The isles, having a land area approximately the size of Rhode Island and a population between 48,000 - 53,000, may appear to many as an unimportant subject; however, their strategic location may later prove to be a deciding factor for the United States in the Pacific. Russia, first opposing the idea, has recently endorsed the plan, he pointed out.
Dr. G'ammon, taking the “pro” angle, told how the United States had “mussed up” twice with these islands under the same circumstances—after the Spanish-Ameri- can War and again after World War I. Actually, with these islands we would be no closer to Russia, since the Aleutians are our closest bases to her, he said. It would be a defensive move—not offensive—and if we did not assume trusteeship of the islands, who would ? — Russia, China, or Great Britain, or would they be independent ?
The discussion commenced from the floor, and both sides were aired. Independence for the three island groups would leave them rib better off, it was decided. Then the point was raised, “Instead of the Pacific, why not concentrate our foreign interest on South America and the western hemisphere ? ”, a question which likewise was quickly outdone.
If we, the United States, did control the islands, it would mean that their present civilization would have to be “renovated”; teachers would be sent to instruct the natives; and generally speaking, our ways of life would have to be transplanted.
How would we use them?—Possibly as radar stations, naval or air bases, or just as stopping-over places.
Another angle brought up was that the idea may set a precedent for the Russians to use to press for the retention of the present German-Polish boundary, and to ask for trusteeship of the former Italian holdings in Africa.
An hour and a half informal session ended with the majority in favor of the Caroline, Marshall, and Marianna Islands’ coming under the trusteeship of the United States.
Committee FormedA four-man committee offered
to formulate temporary plans for the next forum, which will be held Tuesday, March 18, at 7 o’clock.Subject of that get-together will be “The Balkans—Battle Ground of Foreign Policies.” Recent incidents in Greece and Turkey will also be evaluated.
Since this was the first meeting of the IRC, future sessions will be held on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Room 207, Academic Building, will be used for the March 18 meeting until a larger and more suitable location can be found.
Mr. Caldwell emphasized that the IRC is being organized as an intellectual, non-classroom -like group, and those attending should feel free to express their views.Informal meetings will be in order.It is hoped, he said, to make the atmosphere of the sessions more agreeable, by serving coffee and light refreshments.
At future get-togethers, s t u- dents, faculty members, and city residents are invited to bring their wives and friends.
“YOU do the talking and thinking,” is briefly the idea behnd the IRC.
‘Yankee Kriegies’Book Available
Copies of “The Yankee Kriegies”, book about American prisoners of war in Germany, are available at the YMCA. This booklet was published by the Y for distribution to ex-service men who had been POW’S.
Last fall the campus Y distributed many copies, but found that there were more ex-prisoners here than they had books for. An addition supply was ordered, and they are now available. Copies may be received by asking at the Y desk.
Brazos Kennel Club Meets to Discuss Plans for Dog Show
The Brazos County Kennel Club will hold its monthly meeting in the library of the Animal Husbandry building at A & M 7:30 Tuesday night to discuss plans for the April 25 dog show. The show will be one of 12 shows on the Texas circuit to be held over a period of 25 days, with the first to be held in Tyler and the last in Beaumont.
Judges will be Walter Reeves, Ontario, Canada, all breeds; Cyrus Rickel, Fort Worth, terrier breed; Mrs. Ray Burgess, Dallas, toy breed; and John Charles, Tulsa, Okla., sporting breed.
Reeves is an international outstanding judge, having served at Westminister, Madison Square Gardens, the Montreal Royal, and recently at the International Show in Chicago.
For those who wish to train dogs for obedience or for showing in the coming dog show, the kennel club has obedience trials every Thursday night and Sunday afternoon in front of the Administration Building.
School Kids Show Unique Affection Towards Schooling
Schoolchildren went completely berserk after a strike that threw the Buffalo public school system into chaos. Of Buffalo’s 98 schools, 77 of them did not open, leaving 62,000 pupils schoolless. The students thirst for knowledge would be slaked, though, so they fought their way through squads of policemen armed with night-sticks and regained their classrooms. What spirit! What stamina! What a lie! In reality the students only went to school for one reason that day, and that was to dash through the halls, screaming and singing in wild abandon. It was a prankish schoolboy’s dream come true; some of the students even took placards carried by the teachers, and started a picket line of their own.
To show what a powerful hold that the public schools have on the American boy, the pupils, after enjoying themselves tearing up the schools for a while, went gaily out into a blizzard and a fifty-mile-an- hour wind.
Sicilian Markets Too Much for Cops
There is a street market in Palermo, Sicily where only American and British Army equipment can be bought, and thirty-three percent of the citizens wear ‘ at least one item of Allied uniform as part of their regular clothing, according to Palermo police.
Most of the Allied merchandise has been bought on Palermo’s Via Lattarini, near the center of the city, where fifty street traders opened shops as uniform outfitters an hour after the last military policeman departed.
The origin of the trader’s ware is a mystery, but it is a certainty that none reached Via Lattarini legally, or was officially disposed of by army organizetions.
While the Americans were there, they arrested anyone with American equipment, but now the police have neither time nor inclination to interfere with the markets.
S. F. Shaw to Speak At Petroleum Club Meeting
S. F. Shaw, consulting engineer from San Antonio, will speak to the Petroleum Engineering Club at its next meeting, March 6. Shaw is a gas-lift specialist, and will speak on “Pipe Capacity Research at A & M”.
Vet’s Association Secures Site for Student Commissary
A double garage has been secured at 214 Houston Avenue for the student commissary, committee head Carey Clark declared at the Veterans’ Association meeting Monday night.
'The building will have to be remodeled, however, before the commissary can be opened. The store will be run on a cash and carry basis to cut down on overhead expenses. Also, by using student labor, no rent, and a minimum cost on utilities, the overhead would be low enough to afford the sale of commodities at greatly reduced prices as compared to other grocery stores. Orders would be turned in one day and picked up the next, Clark stated.
Clark further explained that due to the lack of refrigeration facilities the commissary would not handle meats, but only groceries
and vegetables. There is at the present only one unit, but plans are now in the making for another to be installed at the College View Apartments.
The Association, by a vote of 76 to 52, turned down a proposal to contribute as a group to the bonfire damages incurred last fall.
Bill Andrews, president of the V. S. A., read the policies of the installed officers -and urged members to cooperate with them to their fullest ability.
Before the regular meeting of the club, a council met and deeded to formulate the following committees : Mess Hall and Sanitation, Campus (improvement), Library, Constitution, membership, Exchange Store, Hospital, Entertainment, Education, Athletic, Com- misary, and Cotton Ball.
Stupid Statutes Featured In ’Looney Laws’ by Dick Hyman
by W. K. Colville
New Hampshire, with all the shrewd and sagacious insight typical of our northern states, has finally solved the world’s traffic problems. Entered in their statute books is a law that states, “When two motor vehicles meet at an intersection, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.” (Yankees and women drivers will undoubtedly find this feat easy to accomplish, but to the poor dumb average American, it presents quite a problem.)
This law is only one of the wealth of laughable material about laws now on the statute books of various cities and states that have been compiled by Dick Hyman in a new book called, “Looney Laws”. Theoretically at least, these laws are still in effect, and Aggies with the knack of getting into trouble had better not get caught with their statutes down. . . !
In Kentucky, no female may appear in a bathing suit unless armed with a club. (Webster says that a club is: a heavy stick; one of the suits of cards marked with trefoils; persons associated for a common pui*pose or mutual benefit. Take your pick.)
In Virginia, it’s legal for a husband to cuss his wife, if he does it in a low voice.
In Monroe, Utah, it’s illegal to dance with a girl unless daylight can be seen between you. (Dancing in the Dark, hmm, hmm hmm.)
In Riverside, California, couples mustn’t kiss unless they first bathe their lips with carbolized rose water. (In Texas there is a firm that advertises something else. I think they call it the “kiss of the hops.”)
In Pasadena, it’s a penal offense to escape from jail. (Those native sons have it over every other state in their legal system.)
In Indiana, it’s forbidden to lead young ladies astray while teaching them to rollerskate. (Anyone know where I can get a pair of iceskates, cheap?)
In Kentucky, the law prohibits the shooting of clay pigeons during breeding season. (And all this time I thought that a clay pigeon was a cross between a discus and a mudhen!)
Meet Miss Smith
MISS BETTY SMITH of College Station will play the role of Miss Groze in the Aggie Players’ “A Murder Has Been Arranged”, being staged in the Assembly Hall, March 12-14.
Broome Elected Pres. Saddle & Sirlion Club
Claud Broome ’45 was elected president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club at their meeting Tuesday .night. John C. “Corky” Eckert ’4 9, was elected secretary- treasurer; and Garland A. Powers, reporter.
These men will hold office until January, 1948, according to a new system of rotating officers.
Horticulture Society Views Hawaiian Pictures
Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, head of the Poultry Husbandry Department, showed members of the Horticulture Society Tuesday night slides of scenery in Hawaii which he collected during his stay there.
John Terry, President of the society, urges all members. to be present at the next meeting, as a Cotton Ball duchess will be chosen at the time.
Standing (left to right): J. S. Mogford, Mrs. Manning Smith, D. B. McCombs, V. P. Bennett, and Roy H. Anderson.
Seated (left to right): Mason Briscoe II, G. W. Kunze, and E. J. Vasek.
Directors to Meet Friday Afternoon
According to an announcement by Secretary E. L. An- gell, the A. & M. Board of Directors will meet Friday afternoon for the primary purpose of reorganizing the Board and electing new officers.
This reorganization was necessitated by the affirmed appointments of Tyree L. Bell and C. C. Krueger to the board by Governor Jester.
The newly elected officers will serve one two-year term, as elections for board officers are held every odd year.
Besides routine matters, the Board will probably arrive at a decision on the current athletic situation, Secretary Angell added. The Board will issue a statement on business transactions Friday afternoon after the meeting.
Candidates for City Council Announced
Candidates for the city election to be held in College Station on April 1, 1947 for councilman, one from each of three wards, are: Councilman, Ward I—W. Howard Badgett; Councilman, Ward 2— Lloyd G. Berryman, T. W. Leland, and G. W. Black; Councilman, Ward 3—F. B. Brown, Jr.
Councilmen whose terms expire are: Ward 1—G. B. Wilcox, Ward 2—C. W. Crawford, and Ward 3— R. L. Brown.
The polls will be open at the Consolidated High School from 8 a. m. until 6 p. m. F. R. Brison is the Presiding Judge.
Doi^t Hesitate— Submit Your Wife’s Picture for Duchess
Veterans shouldn’t be shy about submitting pictures o f their wives as candidates for Veterans’ Duchess at the Cotton Ball, according to R. P. Saunders, head of the veterans’ selection committee. There is no stipulation as to whether the duchess be a wife or a sweetheart; selection will be done purely on the basis of photogenic appeal.
Pictures should be turned in to the veterans’ assiciation office in Goodwin Hall before March 20.
Houston Club Begins Activities Thursday
Thursday night marks the opening date of a new series of meetings and activities of the Houston Club.
At 7 p.m., Thursday, March 13, the Houston Club will meet in Room 129, Academic Building. Club officers will be elected and plans made for the club’s annual spring holiday party. Also, the latest information on the Club’s Longhorn picture will be revealed.
’49-ers to Rock And Reel With House And Aggieland Friday
by J. K. B. Nelson Final plans for the Junior
Prom and Banquet have been announced by N. R. Leather- wood, class president. The banquet starts Friday evening at 7:15 p. m. and the dance will follow at 9.
The program for the banquet has been announced as follows:
Invocation by Mr. M. L. Cash- ion, secretary of the YMCA.
DinnerClass HistoryIntroduction of guests, offi
cers, and committees Singing CadetsIntroduction of speaker by
President Gibb Gilchrist Address by Boyce House Benediction
Music for the dance will be furnished by the Aggieland Orchestra.
Boyce House, who will speak at the banquet, is well-known over the Southwest for his tall tales and his books of Texas-lore. His radio program and newspaper column bring him into many homes.
Dates will be accommodated in Dormitory 9 both Friday and Saturday nights. Students having guests in the Dormitory will be assessed a charge of $.75 per night, and will be required to be in by 2 a.m. Friday night and 1 a.m. Saturday night.
Texas Observes National 4-H Week
by W. K. ColvilleSome 106,000 4-H boys and girls
in Texas are now under the spot light as the state observes National 4-H Club Week, March 1-9.
From the, A. & M. Extension Service, 4-H Club specialists report that 1946 was a banner year as far as club activity was concerned. Increases in enrollment and accomplishment were shown in nearly every phase of the work.
Through the efforts of these boys and girls—both Negro and white—better farm and home management practices are being adopted throughout the state, not only by youngsters, but by their parents, the Extension Club specialists say.
Recognition during National 4-H Week is also due county extension agents and local adult club leaders whose work in planning and instructing, say the specialists, played a great part in making 1946 one of the biggest years in 4-H history.
Armistead to Speak To Medical Society
“Treatment of Contaminated Wounds” is the subject of an address to be given by Dr. W. W. Armistead, associate professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at A&M, when he appears before the Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Society Thursday, March 6, at 8 p. m. Dr. R. D. Turk, head of the department of parasitology at A. & M., will attend also for the purpose of conferring with members of the society.
Dr. Armistead, recently elected president of the Texas State Veterinary Medical Association, is a one-time member of the Dallas- Fort Worth group, having practiced in Dallas from June, 1938 to September, 1940.
MARCH 20Clubs and organizations which
plan to have their pictures appear in the ’47 LONGHORN must have them made at the Photo Shop before March 20, Harry Saunders, co-editor, warned Tuesday. For those clubs whose picture dates have not been scheduled, arrangements must be made with the A. & M. Photo Shop.
This deadline is final, he stated. No exceptions will be made! ,
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iCowtown Columnist’
BOYCE HOUSE, daily columnist for Texas newspapers, will speak tomorrow evening at the Junior Prom.
Potter Elected To AAUP Council
Dr. George E. Potter, professor of zoology in the department of biology, has been elected a member of the national council of the American Association of University Professors, J. J. Sperry, secretary of the local organization, has announced. Dr. Potter represents district IX, which includes Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Twice since joining the association in 1933, Dr. Potter has served as president of the chapters with which he has been connected. He served as president of the Baylor and A. & M. chapters.
As a member of the council, Dr. Potter will participate in the direction of the national organization for the next three years.
Tired of That Blue Sapphire? Dye It!!
Something new has been added —jewelers have been forewarned of a new X-ra^ tube developed by the Machlett Laboratories, Inc., of Springdale, Conn., which produces a temporary change of color in precious stones increasing their beauty and value. The tube was demonstrated at the American Museum of Natural History with the warning that the “treated” stones, unless exposed to ^strong light, would retain their new coloring for hours—some for months. White and pale yellow sapphires were changed to a rich golden hue and the rare lavender stone kun- zite to a brilliant blue green.
The experiments were originally to aid in the scientific study of coloration in th field of mineralogy. Although still in the research stage one of its possibilities is the usefullness in the preparation of vaccines, since it destroys viruses without destroying useful anti-bodies.
Amendment to Finance A&M Construction by Bond Issue
SA constitutional amendment to finance college construction by bond issue, passed unanimously in the House Monday. The proposed amendment would grant the state colleges, other than the University of Texas and A&M, five cents of the Confederate pension to finance the bonds. The amendment would continue a two cents Confederate pension levy.
A&M and the University would be permitted to issue $10,000,000 and $5,000,000 in bonds, respectively, to be paid from the University permanent fund.
Singing Cadets to Appear On Town Hall Program March 18
A & M’s Singing Cadets will appear on Town Hall March 18 in a program of classical, semi-classical and popular choral music. Under the guidance of Bill Turner the Cadets have gained statewide renown.
Previously this year, the organization has sung at TSCW, and Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. They plan to give several more out-of-town concerts this spring including one in Beaumont to be sponsored by the Beaumont A&M Mother’s Club. Later in the season they will sing for John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville.
Featured soloists in the 47 man choir are Richard Alves, Tommy Holcomb and Leonard Perkins.
Officers of the 1946-47 club are: John Smith; president; Leonard Perkins, vice-president; Robert Leatherwood, Business manager; and Thomas Smith, librarian.
Featured also will be the ace piano team of Marvin Brown and Leonard Perkins.
The Cadets will present the following group of numbers on their Town Hall appearance: The Creation, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, Welsh Choral, The Lost Chord, Night and Day, The Night is Young and You’re So Beautiful, All Through the Night, Stouthearted Men, Red River Valley, De Animals Are A’Comin, Meadow- land, I’d Rather Be A Texas Aggie. Twelfth Man, and Spirit of Aggieland.