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Volume 49: Number 92
Harsch To Spea
In Guion Tonigh
Joseph C. Harsch, recognised authority on foreignf.af
fairs, will use “The Holes I Saw in the Iron Curtain,” as the
subject for the second Great Issues Lecture in Guion
tonight at 8. ' ■. i ■ i
The speaker has been in Europe twice since the war
and was behind the “Iron Curtain” on each of his visits.
Around Washington he is generally recognized as an auth
ority on foreign affairs and is known for his ability for get
ting to the sources of news. f - . T
Harsch, a native of Toledo, Ohio, received his B. A. from
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Joseph C. Harsch
Williams Coill«*Ke and watt Rlv^n an
honorary B. A. from Corpus Chris-
ti College of CamhridRe Urjiver-
aity, Enslaijid.
Was Forrixn Correspondent
He was :foreiRn correspondent
for the Monitor in Ronio ja n d
Berlin during the early yea^s of
the war and was present |wheii
Hitler dictailed armistice tentis to
France in 1940. k
He wrote. “The Pattern of j Con
quest" on his return to the Ujnited
States in 1941. In December of
that same year he was at Pearl
Harbor during the Japanese V at
tack.
When
lava
time to
first U.' S.) troops arrived.
Between 1945 and the end oif the
war, he broadcasted daily fof the
Columbia Broadcasting System,
his broadcast was “The Meaning
of the Newjs.” - /* T
Since the lend of the war, he has
been to Europe twice, once in
1947 and again in 1949.
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en the Japanese invasion of
began, Harsch escaped in
to reach Australia when the
Aiken Lashes Brannan
Over ‘Potato Politics!
Washington, Fteb. 20—<JP1—Sen
ator Aiken (R-Vt) said Sunday
Secretary of Agriculture Branham
“is playing potato politics,” and
that President Truman is “guilty
political hypocrisy” in his stand
ah farm price props.
Aiken- spoke out as the senate
approached a potentially sharp de
bate over government price-sup-
ports and controls for laptatoes,
cotton and pganuts. j,®
Majority Leader Lucas (Di-Ill)
has Warned Senators they may be
held in night session,today in an
attempt to settle the dispute.
Aiken and other senators from
important Northern potatoe pro
ducing stages oppose Lucas’ pro-
posal to withdraw all price sup
ports on potatoes until congress re
quires rigid government controls
over their planting and marketing.
“I don't think that can pass the
senate or the congress," Aiken told
a reporter. "Secretary Branham
now has ample authoritjrunder ex
isting laws to handle the surplus
potato situation. He has' been
dramatising potato supports and
trying to make congress look bad. 1 '’
! Hrknhnm set off congressional
protista recently by annmoiclng
pin ns to dlsiaise of about half of
the 50,000,000 buahels of aurplua’
School District
And Bryan Set
Tax Settlement
A long pending tax settle
ment between Bryan and Jthe
A&M Consolidated School
District moved one step near
er completion Saturday after-
.7 day afternoon. ■
Representatives of .the two com
munities met at 2 p, m, and or
dered a re-check of valuation of
the areas annexed by Bryan since
1939.
Bryan city secretary Noah
Dansby and Ran Boswell, school
district tax collector, will make
the re-check. :
$4,500 Owing
A sum of $4,500 in back taxes,
which Bryan owes Consolidated
School 'District, ' was generally
agreed upon at the meeting. The
money, when it is received from
-Bryan; will be . applied by the
school district on 20-year bonds on
which tax revenue from annexed
areas was security.
L. S. Richardson, _ Consolidated
superintendent, estimated Bryan
will owe the school school dis
trict $8,000 .if the debt is com
puted on a 20-year basis, Rich
ardson has been working on the
matter for the past year.
V The settlement involves such
areas within the Bryan city limits
as Garden Acres, North Oakwood,
Meadowbrook, and the Fin leather
Lake area. • ’•
Representatives r
Representing the Consolidated
School Bonn) weri» President C. B.
Godbey, Secretary E. E. Brown,
Board Members Ci A.’Bonnen and
J. ; E. Mosley, Superintcndeift
Rifhardson, and Dean H. W. Bar-
. low, chairman of the College Sta
tion Development- Association'*
Inter-City Committee.
potatoes acquired by the govern
ment under the price support pro
grams for livestock feed and; fer
tilizer. He first took the surplus
problem before the senate agricul
tural committee, but was told the
decision was his.
Aiken also took exception to
claims by President! Truman! and
the Democratic National Commit
tee thdt Brannan’s proposal' for
“production ‘paynwnU’V to farmers
minus .price supports would be"'h
better program for perishable
farm products.
“That is the height of political
hypocrisy," Aiken protested, “pres
ident Truman last December sign
ed a farm act that repealed auth
ority for production payments.
Now he anid administration poli
ticians say they are needed to save
(be country!"
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Wsm
Smiling Peggy Martin, renter standing, was
named sweetheart of the 'Baptist Student Union
at the group's sweetheart banquet this weekend.
G. O. Smith, left, is presenting her with a gift
from the group while tier escort, Tommie Duffle,
looks on with an approving smile. Miss Martin
will also represent the Baptist group at the Cot
ton Bull and Pageant.
Hunter to Talk
Before ASCE
Homer H. Hunter,; '25,
Tuesday will speak to the lo
cal chapter of the American
Society of -Civil Engineers,
W i 11 ie Bohlmann, chapter
president, said this morning.
Hunter, a consulting engineer
from Dallas, has been retained by
the college to develop plans for
Aj&M’s new water supply system.
He will speak to the ASCE oh “The
Npw Water Supply System for
tlje College.”
A civil engineering graduate of
A &M, Hunter received his master
of science degree in civil engineer
ing from M.I.T. in 1932.
While at A&M. he was a! mem
ber of the Ross Volunteers and the
band.
Hunter has long been active in
professional and civic organiza-
tipns. Rs is a member qf Tau
Beta Pi, the ASCE. and American
Water Association, and the;Texas
Society of Professional Engineers.
A Mason, Hunter is a past pres-
idjent of the Dallas A&M Clijb, and
a ] member of the Dallas Techni
cal Club and the Dallas Chapter of
the ASCE. J
iThe Tuesday meeting of the AS-
cis will begin at 7:30 p.m. !in the
lepture room of the Civil Engineer-
injg Building.
Owls Trample Ag
Cage Five 62 - 52
By SKIP SIMMEN
Rice Institute, contributing to
the weekend upsets, hung a 10
point shellacking on the faltering
Aggies Saturday night in the
Houston Public School Field House
by a 62-52 margin.
It was the Jim Gerhardt-paced
Owls that took a quick lead only
to fall behind in early minutes of
play, but seconds later climbed
back in the driver's seat and led
the rest of the contest.
Jewell McDowell’s scoring ef
forts went in vain as the little
West Texan sank nine field goals
and five charities to emerge- from
the fray with the scoring title.
However, he missed on numerous
otljer tries. - ; ’
'McDermott-, Cleans Boards
Again it was Joe. Ml
the conference high! ' J
kept the backboards , clean of re
bounds. McDermott collected 12
points for the night's tussle before
fouling out late In the last quar
ter. Bill Turn bow- was the only
Farmer to leave the one-sided af
fair via the foul route.
The count was tied at 10-10 with
only eight minutes gone fn the
first quarter, and again at 11-11,
but soon afterwards the Owls be
gan to click and from then on till
the final whistle sounded it was
the Institute lads all the Way.
It took the Farmers quite a
time in the second half to grab an
eye for the bucket, but when they
did, it looked to be a real battle.
With seven minutes to go in the
final quarter, a flood of long shots
and percision teamwork on the
part of the Ags brought the count
up to 45-41.
Owls Get Hot
It seems the Owls caught /ire
at this point and ran up a nine
point lead before the Aggie* were
able to score.
Arkansas was thrown into the
top spot in the SW Conference ov
er the weekend. Arkansas
remaining idle, jumped
lumber one position by vii
a victory by Texas over the!
tangs.
The Methodists are now lodged
in the number two spot. TCU’s
young Toads rank third with Bay
lor fourth, A&M fifth, Texas sixth,
and Rice deep in the cellar.
Victory Means Tie
An Aggie victory over the
Horned Frogs Tuesday night in
Ft. Worth will advance the Ags to
a fourth place tie with the Frogs.
★
Aggieland’s Fish took a 55-49
setback at the hands of thifc Rice
(See FARMERS, Page 8)
Texas eggs, Texas hat, Texas fellowship: Dr.
Henry H, Crane, main speaker fojt- last week’s
Religious Emphasis services, eats Ills last Texas
breakfast in the company of Texans, wearing the
traditional hat of Texas, “Stetson”, given to him
as an expression of the gratitude of ail Aggies
by i. E. “Ole Army Lou” Loupot. Pictured
from left to right, front rosy. John Gay, Dr.
Crane, an unidentified lady, Mrs. Hardin, Rev.
Grady Hardin. Second row, Jarvis Miller, King
Egger, Curtis Edwards, ami Allan Eubank.
Four Hard-Pressed Aggies
Given Opportunity Awards
J By RAY WILLIAMS
Who said: hard work doesn’t pay
off? Four Students with outstand
ing scholastic records, faced with
dropping out of school because of
financial reasons, have been
placed on Opportunity Award
scholarships as a result of their
efforts.,' „
Each realized that unless
thing happened he would hante to
drop lout df school after the
semested, but each kept on and Mid
the best hh could. The result has
really paid off.
Included in the four was Jeptho
William Dalston of Dallas. A soph-
ombre with a grade point average
of 2.5, Dalkton is a^ graduate of
Longview High School ai “
awarded the Longview
Club scholarship on all-nroui
ity and good citizenship.
He was president of the fresh-
lan YMCA Cabinet last year and
intra-mural manager ofj D In
in try on the campus this year.
Also v among the new Opportun-
ijty Award students is Joe H. Ry-
‘ >rg of Galveston, one of three
ins now attending school.
He is a freshman student in
sulture with a grade point
iverage of 2.7 for his first semes-
er at A&M. He is a graduate of
tall High School, where he was a
Captain in the ROTC.
Dale E. Walston of Woqdsborb,
klso has become an Opportunity
Award student. He is a soUhnmore
majoring in mathmemati$-8 and
physics and has a grade point aver-
k* A graduate of Wooksboito High
■y School, he was valedictoriah of hi*
|. class. He saved money for his first
- at A&M by working Tin gro
cery stores. '
A straight “A” average helped
Richard M. Zeek of Houston ob
tain ah Opportunity Award schol
arship. Zeek is a freshman student
in engineering. His family moved
to Texas only a year ago from
New Jersey.
Opportunity Award scholarships
pay from $200 to $300 per year
for four years, plus a chance for
the student to earn additional ex
penses in student labor jobs.
The program was started in
1946 by a gift of $50,000 from the
Association ^of Former Students.
The awards are usually given to
outstamling high school graduates
through a competitive examina
tion, out because of these men’s
achievements, the four scholar
ships which became available at
the start of this semester were
awarded to them. i ,
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The Battalion
PUBLISHED THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
f. COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1950
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Nation's Top
CoUegiate Daily
NAS 1949 Survey
Price Five Cents
A. D. Martin Selected
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Corps Sergeant Major
I A. D. Martini Jr., ’51 has been named sergean major of*:
the corps of cadets by the Military Department.
Prior to his appointment on FYiday, Martin served on
the Corps Staff as liaison sergeant for the Artillery Regi-
ment. . > : ! ! i ; 1 :
The 20-year-old junior is a mechanical engineering ma
jor from Dallas. His father is a member of the Class of ’2i.
President of his class during his-sophomore year, Martin
has been a distinguished student every semester at A&M. He
is a member of the Ross Volunteers, Phi Eta Sigma and Tau
Beta Pi. During his freshman year he served as acting regi
mental commander of the Fish Regiment.
The same year he was named winner of the Most
Outstanding Freshman Award.
Last spring Martin won the Most Outstanding Sopho
more Award. In addition he was named the best drilled soph
omore in his outfit, B Battery Field Artillery.
4s a freshman he was wmner of the mechanical engin
eering division of the annual slide rule contest.
A graduate pf Highland Park High School, Martin was
♦a two year letterman In track
D. W. Williams I
Renamed on ’50
NCAA Council
D. W. Williams, A&M Sys
tem vice chancelor for Agri
culture, will serve again this
year as sixth district vice-
president for the National
Collegiate Athletic-Association, aa-
cordtng to an announcement made
by the Association jthis week. He
held the same , position last year.
The Association’s executive
council, composed of the various
district vice-presidents, is expect
ed to meet in 1 Chicago later this
month. The Associated Press re
ported that an NCAA spokesman
said that it was possible the group
would review the | recent state
ments by the NCAA’s two top
officers that cited violators of its
“sanity code” are ineligible for
NCAA tourneys and subject -to
ScT ' '
lam
Institute,
adel and Boston College — were
named violators at the . recent
NCAA meeting in New York.
Aj proposed ouster of the seven
failed in a convention vote, but
New President Hugh C. Willett of
Southern California and Secre
tary-Treasurer K. L. (Tug) Wil
son, Big Ten commissioner, subse
quently asserted in a pointed state
ment that the NCXa constitution
still called for punishment of the
violators. Their interpretation was
challenged by some violators.
Ray Discusses Law
Preparation T onight
Dr. Roy R. Ray. chairman of
curriculum and supervisor of In
struction at 8MU, will dtscuaa how
an undergraduate student can best
prepare himself for law school to
night in the Dorm 2 lounge. The
talk is scheduled to begin after the
6:20 evening meal in Duncan la
finished.
All | Pre-Law Society members
and Other persons interested in
hearing Ray’s talk have been in
vited | to attend the meeting by
Brian) Moran, president of the so
ciety. !
Moran also extended an invi
tation to anyone interested ! in do
ing sq to eat in Duncan with the
group) which will include Ray;
W|iitney R. Harris, another visi
tor; and Philip Goode and Arthur
St e w a r t, organization sponsors,
and o|ther guests. Non-corps stu-
dents and Non-students will have
to pay the usual 50c for the meal,
Mbrap added.
Harris May Comment
At i the meeting following the
meal, it is expected that Harris
Will be called upon to discuss some
of the unique experiences he had
as prosecutor in the war crimes
trials! at Nurenburg, Germany,
Goode said.
Harris is at present a visiting
professor at the Southern Metho
dist Law School. He received the
award of Legion of Merit for hia
work on the US Chief of Counael
staff in Germany and later served
as Deputy Chief, Legal Advice
Branch of the Military Government
in Germany.
At noon Ray discussed The Law
of Evidence before the Brazos
County Bar Association, Stewart
reported. Stewart added that the
speaker la an authority on his
subjelct as he collaborated with
Charles T. McCormick In editing
Freeman New Senator
Msxie W. Freeman was Mooted
student senator from College View,
Roy jC. Nance, co-chairman of the
elucllon committee, said today.
"Texas I-aw of Evidence," a book
consulted daily by practicing law
yers and judges.
Centre College Graduate
Ray received his bachelor's de
gree from Centre College in Ken
tucky in 1924 and hlft LLB from
the University of Kentucky In
1928. Two years later, working
as a research fellow at the Uni
versity of Michigan, he earned his
degree of Doctor of! Juridicial Sci
ence.
Since 1929 Ray hks been on the
SMU law faculty except for two
years when he taught at Vander-
Adminls-
year fol-
bllt and four years during the war
when he served as attorney for
several government agencies. He
served as chief hearing commia-
stoner for the Office of
trmtive Hearings for a
lowing the war.
Dean of the College M. T. Har
rington and Dean J. P. Abbot of
the School of Arts and Sciences
are expected to attend the meeting
and dinner, Moran concluded.
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A* cade^ colonel of the Highland
Park High School ROTC, he was
also president of the Officer!
Club and Secretary treasurer of
the "H" Association, the letter-
man’s club.
He was also a member of jthe
National Honor Society while; in
high school;
As sergeant-major of the corps,
Martin is ranking non-commission
ed cadet officer and will supervise
the bi-weekly meetings of! the
corps first sergeants.
His principal duty will be to
serve as liaison between the “col
onel of the corps and corps non
commissioned cadet officers.
Directors Hold
Student Life
Inquiries Here
The Student Life Commit
tee of the Board of Directors
held its first meeting since ap-
b-v4- /-»*-» 4- am a_ -
Students, former students; and
college officials who deal with stu
dent life were interviewed during
the three day session.
The committee, named in Sep
tember, includes C- C. Krueger of
San Antonio, chairman, Rufus-
Peeples of Tehuacana, and A. E.
Cudlipp of Lufkin.
The committee expects to hold
at least two meetings eacl) year
on the campus. It will study all
phases of student life, and make
recommendations to the Board pf
Directors which its studies may in
dicate uro ( needed.
Chairman Krueger said Satur
day morning that the fifst meet
ing had been planned earlier in
the year, but had been delayed by
lllneaa and business engagements
(>f committee members which con
flicted with previously proposed
meeting dates.
Among the students! interviewed
by the committee were D o y I e
Avant, cadet colonel of the corps;
Bobby Bylngton, president of the
Senior Class; Wllman "P u *h e r"
Barnes, president of the Junior
Class; and Ralph A. Ingels, pres
ident of the Sophomore Class.
Also iriterviewed were former
Students who had been [class pres
idents and ranking officers in the
cadet corps.
Present for the meeting wore
Louis A, Hartung of S4h Antonio,
president of the Former Students
Association, and A. Ed Caraway
°f Balias, vice president of the
Fortner Students Association.
Eugene Kellentberger
Leprosy Topic |
For Lecture By
Kellersberger
Dr. Eugene R. Kellersber
ger, general secretary of the
Artierican Leprosy Missions;
Inc., will address a meeting at
the YMCA chapel on Monday,
March 13 at 7:15 p. m. ;
In 1948 on a five months tour
of far Eastern countries to study
the postwar leprosy situation, Dr.
Kellersberger visited leper col
onies and hospitals in. the Philip
pines; Hawaii, China,^ Siam and
India. In 1948 he mode a similar
tour of Latin America, Africa ami
Europe in behalf of the American
Leprosy Missions,; Inc.
The interdenominational agency,
with headquarters at 158 Fifth
Are^ New York City, ts nn atixll-
iary of 43 Protestant mission
boards, giving financial assistance
to those boards in rendering a phy
sical and spiritual ministry to lep
rosy patients in 125 colonies in 29
countries.
Dr. Kellersberger will describe
the need of more, adequate treat
ment and care for people afflicted
with leprosy. Deplorable cpndi[
tions exist ip almost all of the'
countries he visited, due narMcuh
trly to three factors. The** arn
the unsettled |x>st-wur| conditiom,
negligence of governmental agem-
cies, and the understaffing of
Christian inisslon stations.
Dr.l Kellersberger will brief) r|
discuss leprosy in the Unite I
States, and the need for modern
ization of regulations gnverntn f
segregation and treatment of le| -
rosy patients in the light of prd-1
Sent day knowledge, •]
In Uielr r#eentl,v published
book “Thu Doctor of the llapiw
Landings'll Dr. Kellersberger uipl
his talented wife,] Julia Luxe Ke
lersbergerj tell of the Intefesttn
ami
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etiis
ivinuergei; leu oi me mierealliu
the humorous, the eompusslonat
and the [soul inspiring Incident
of their journeys, to distant uiid
seldom visited leprosy colonies. :
During his work In the Bal
aian Congo, Dr. Kellerebcrger. be
came an expert in the field of
lephosy and other tropical di
seases, notably african Sleeping'
Sickness. He regards himself first
and foremost as a Christian mis
sionary. His patients named him.
“Nganga Baku Bukitu", meaning
“the Doctor not afraid to tough
us."
Cadets Plan Concerts
In North Texas Area
The Singing Cadets will make a
tour to North Texas points March
9-11, giving programs at Arling
ton, McKinney, Dallas, Fort Worth
and Denton.
The 60-man glee club, under di
rection of Bill Turner, will per
form first for the student body of
Arlington State College, March
9.
That night the Aggie vocalists
are scheduled to sing in McKin
ney qnder sponsorsip of former
students of the area. The concert
will be in the high school audi
torium.
The Singing Cadets will go to
Dallas March 10 for a program at
Highland Park High School.
Going to Fort Worth in the af
ternoon, they will sing at Poly
technic High School in Fort
Worth. -
They wilh return to Dallas that
night to perform at Alex Spence
Junior High School. The
Aiwa
las Mothers
The following day. Saturday,
Marsh 11, will find the cadet* on
' TiXM
or High School. The appear-
wlll be sponsored by the Dal-
Mother* Club.
the campus of
Bute College
for Women in Denton, where thek
will sing in the college auditor
ium. !•
“ The Singing Cadets have ap
peared in most of the major citijs
of the state in recent years.
Officers of the group this year
erry Byrd of Vernon, preri-
Bill Blankenship of Suh-
ce president; Dat
-- College Station, bu
ness manager; John Derry of Cdr-
pus Christ!, librarian, and IlFll
Moss of Bryan, reporter-historian.
First tenors are Richard Weath-
erall. Port Arthur; Dale Walston,
Woodsboro, John Rlghardson, Mid
land; Ray Smith, Houston; Harold
Hughes, Abilene; Bill Moss, Bry
an; Bob Young, Abilene; Jim Stor-
rie, Denton; Vij-gil Bohoc, Waco.
Second tenors include Bill
Blankenship, Sundown; Raymond
Williford, Houston; Kenneth Wig.
gins, San Augustine; Bill Monger
San Angelo; Johnny Lemmon*,
Dallas; Dou-HInton, Channel view;
Don Forney; Webster Groves. Mo.;
Bd flnley, Bryan; Jerry Dletert
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