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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 135: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1951
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Receives Honors
Named by a faculty committee of the School of Veterinary Medi
cine to receive Faculty Awards of Merit are hack row, left to
riuht, E. 1). Besch, freshman; Rodney L. Hubert, sophomore; Bill
R. Ellsworth, junior, and, front, Gordon S. Yearsan senior. The
awards will be presented to the men May 12.
4 Students Win
Faculty Award
In Vet School
Everett D. Besch, Rodney
L. Hubert Jr., Bill R. Ells
worth and Gordon S. Yeargan
were named for the Faculty
Award of Merit at a meeting
of the Junior AVMA last night.
The award, a framed certificate,
was announced by I. B. Boughton,
Dean of Veterinary Medicine, to
the outstanding member of each
class in the school. The winner of
each award, based on academic and
all-around achievement, is selected
by a faculty committee appointed
for that purpose. Awards will be
presented May 12.
These were the second such
awards for both Ellsworth and Hu
bert. Last year each of them re
ceived the certificate in the sec
ond and first year classes, respec
tively. First and fourth year
awards went to Besch and Yeargan,
respectively.
Besch has a grade point ratio of
2.47, Hubert 2.4(>, Ellsworth 2.31,
and Yeargan has 2.38.
Homecoming, Muster,
Dedication, Saturday
The dedication of the MSC, the
annual Muster and annual home
coming will all be held on the
campus Saturday.
The Center wall be dedicated to
A&M men who gave their lives for
their country, at 11 a.m. in the first
activity of the day.
The ceremony will open by the
Aggie Band playing the National
Anthem. Following the National
Aggie Debaters
Top M’western;
Win Own Meet
Aggie debaters Dan Davis
and James Farmer won the
Senior Division of the Second
Annual A&M Invitational De
bate Tournament Friday
night with a 3-0 decision over Mid
western University.
Joe Riddle and Berthold Wel
ler dropped a 2-1 decision to Mid
western in the Junior Division fin
als.
A&M and Midwestern advanced
to the final round by eliminating
teams from the University of Cor
pus Christi and Sam Houston State
College.
In the Junior Division, A&M
defeated Allen Academy in the first
round while Midwestern drew a
first round bye.
Several difficulties prevented the
tournament being on a larger scale,
H. E. Hierth, co-sponsor said this
morning. He attributed the small
representation to illness, lack of
funds and the draft situation.
He said he had hopes that sche
duling the event for an earlier
date for next year’s competition
would restore the tournament to
its' original size.
Schools who were forced to with-
•draw entries because of the afore
mentioned difficulties were the
University of Houston, Texas A&I
and St. Mary’s of San Antonio.
Anthem will be the invocation,
and brief remarks by College Pres
ident M. T. Harrington and Chan
cellor Gibb Gilchrist.
Veep to Speak
Tyree Bell, vice-president of the
A&M system board of directors,
will give the dedication address.
Following his address A. E. Cara
way, president of the Association
of Former Students; Bill Pai’se,
president of the Student Senate;
Fred Brison, representating the
college staff; and a representative
of the Gold Star mothers, Mrs.
Neeta Ameson, will speak in re
ply to Bell’s address.
The annual Aggie Muster cere
monies will b e held at 2 p.m. in
Kyle Field, with James H. Pipkin
giving the piain -address. Pipkin
is general manager of the indus
trial and public relations depart-
Jim Lehman
1951 Editor Of
Agriculturist
James Lehmann, junior
Dairy Husbandry major from
Brenham, has been named
editor of The Agriculturist,
official publication of the
School of Agriculture, for the 1951-
52 school session.
The editor was named in an elec
tion by the Agriculture Council.
He will assume his duties in Sept
ember when the first publication
is slated.
The magazine is printed every
other month during the regular ses
sion of school. To gain experience,
Lehmann, now assistant editor of
The Agriculturist, is doing exten
sive work on the magazine slated
for release in May.
Lehmann will replace Jim Tom
House as editor. The new editor is
a member of Alpha Zeta, Ag honor
society; Ag Council; Ag Journal
ism Club, reporter for the Kream
and Kow Klub, and a member of
the YMCA cabinet.
ment of the Texas Company in
New York City.
Following brief remarks by As
sociation President Caraway and
Senior class President Dare Kee-
lah, roll call will be given by
Alan Waldie, ’49.
Music and Marching
The Aggie Band, Singing Cadets
and Ross Volunteers will also par
ticipate in the program.
A large number of former stu
dents have been asked to visit the
campus Saturday, in connection
with the Homecoming events agen
da; Homecoming events wall con
sist chiefly of guided tours through
the MSC and around the campus.
The sentiments of the state leg
islature is shown in a part Of a
VeSolution passed by the State
Senate April 10:
“These great accomplishments
have so well justified the faith
of the people of Texas in this
great institution which has contrib
uted continuously and substantially
to the progressive economic devel
opment of our great state and to
the interest of all Texas citizens.”
Draft Boards
Gets Test Poop
A supply of bulletins of in
formation for college qualifi
cation tests and also applica
tion cards have been received
by the draft board in Bryan,
Room 308, Varisco building.
Only one blank which the appli
cant must mail to the draft board
to secure a testing place and time
of testing is required. If the ap
plicant files more than one of the
blanks, he will not be allowed to
take the test, a directive for the
State Selective Service Headquar
ters in Austin warns.
When the registrant reports for
his test, the directive says, he is
required to bring an official docu
ment shoving his Selective Ser
vice number and the exact designa
tion, number and address of the
local board having jurisdiction over
him.
From 1876 to 1951
Archives Exhibit Enlarged
For Muster Day Showing
By BOB VENABLE
Battalion Staff Writer
Enlargement of the Archives Ex
hibit is under way, J. J. Woolket,
» chairman of the 75th Anniversary
Committee said today.
“We are preparing a larger spec
ial exhibit for April 21, during the
.giant muster, reunion of all classes
and dedication of the MSC, he
said.
One corner of the exhibit is
set aside for athletic equipment.
Two football uniforms, one from
1904 and the other a modern
uniform, illustrate the contrast
between the game of then and
the present time.
Also in this section is a uniform
' which was worn by a yell leader
of the early 1920’s. It has a red vest
with a red and white striped jump
er over it. Woolket said that it
“resembles the garb of a Mississ
ippi river boat gambler.”
In the early uniform section,
,there are three uniforms. The first
type of uniform ever worn by. an
A&M cadet is illustrated by
George Pfueffer’s uniform. It was
worn in 1876 into the early 1880’s.
Pfeuffer was a member of the
class of 1883. Pfueffer Hall was
erected in 1887 in his honor.
The second uniform to be worn
by the Cadet Corps was sent to
the Archive Exhibit by W. A.
Adams. Adams attended A&M only
one year when his money ran
out, according to a letter in the
Archives addressed to D. B. Cofer
of the Archives. •
The third uniform, much like
the West Point uniform, was
called the Ornate uniform of the
Ross Administration. Proof of
these uniforms was found in pic
tures in an old copy of the Bryan
Eagle.
C. A. Burmiester, class of 1908,
donated a white uniform worm by
him when he attended A&M. H. H.
Williams, class of 1911, sent his
old uniform to the exhibit and the
uniform used from 1917 to 1921
was donated by A&M. The uniform
used from 1922 to 1930 was also
sent by Burmeister. It resembles
the World War I uniform.
Origin of the Spirit of the Corps,
according to Cofer, sprang from
a special edition of The. Battalion
in which the Sul Ross Chapter
number two, of the Alpha Phi Fra
ternity published an article, the ob
ject of which was to “promote
friendship and interest among the
members of the Cadet Corps.” It
was found in W. C. Martin’s scrap
book. He was an instructor of
horticulture at A&M.
The first copy of The Texas
Collegian, the forerunner of the
present day Battalion is also in
cluded in the display. It is dated
1878.
A photostatic copy of the only
degree ever presented to a woman
is also on exhibit. A Bachelor of
Arts degree was presented to Mary
Evelyn Crawford on August 30,
1925 by President Bizzell.
Putting together the exhibit be
gan in September. Since it’s first
shoving Nov. 9, it has doubled in
content Woolket added.
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CAMPUS
CHEST
He Couldn’t Have Come Here
General Back,
Frisco Cheers
San Francisco, April 18—UP)—General
Douglas MacArthur’s dramatic homecoming
was growing today into the wildest emotion
al jag this city has seen since the tumult of
V-J day.
Tens of thousands of Bay area citizens
poured out of their homes to give the ousted
general a second-day welcome expected to
overshadow the riotous greeting he received
last night on his first return to the mainland
in 14 years.
MacArthur captured San Francisco as
surely as his troops conquered Manila and
Leyte and Iwo Jima in World War Two.
Oxford Degree Open
For US Scholars
The annual competition for
Rhodes Scholarships will be held
in all states in December 1951,
according to Dr. T. F. Mayo, head
of the English department and
past recipient of a Rhodes Scholar
ship.
The .value of a Rhodes Scholar
ship at present is about 500 pounds,
English money, or .$1,400 American
'12th Man ’Award Winner-
Campus Chest’s Best Bet
A freshman in Dorm 15 probably
knows the benefits of tonight’s
Campus Chest drive far- better than
any other A&M student.
His name is Carroll Phillips.
He’s an 18-year-old accounting stu
dent from Henrietta who wants to
be a CPA.
Here’s why Phillips has a more-
than-usual interest in the Cam
pus Chest. He was the first
winner of the Twelfth Man
Scholarship, a $1,600 award given
by the A&M student body to an
outstanding high school graduate
who needs assistance in coming
to this college.
And the Campus Chest provided
that scholarship. It will provide it
again tonight, and, in addition, a
Norwegian student scholraship.
But back to Phillips. The youth’s
record at A&M is indication enough
that the Twelfth Man Scholarship
will always go to deserving men
and ones who will take full advan
tage of their educational opportu
nities.
At the end of the first semes
ter—he was a pre-med student
Carrol Phillips
Views to Be Polled
On A&M’s Mascot
A poll will be taken of the stu
dent body tonight to get their opin
ions on whether or not A&M should
have another official Mascot.
The question originated on the
floor of the Student Senate and a
committee was formed to investi
gate the possibility of making such
a move. The committee will back
up their findings by tonight’s poll.
The questionnnaire first asks if
the student thinks A&M needs a
mascot and secondly if a dog is
preferred.
According to the committee the
logical choice is a German Shep
ard, but they have a blank to see
what the general feeling of the
students is on this question.
Any other suggestions or com
ments will also be considered on
the poll.
The questionnaires will be passed
out by unit first sergeants and
Dormitory Senators and will be
tabulated by the election committee.
then—the husky six-footer earn
ed 18 hours, 39 grade points. At
mid-semester of this year he was
posting a quite respectable 21-49,
and still plans to do better.
He’s not just a “bookworm,” but
a student with a well-rounded list
of activities. As athletic officer
for his unit, Squadron 7, he has
led his players to freshman ’mural
finals in two events.
Phillips, an unsuccessful candi
date for the MSC Council, didn’t
take defeat without bouncing back,
as he recently joined the MSC
House Committee and plans to be
active in his work with the group.
“I’m also very interested in the
Student Senate and would like
to work with it,” Phillips said.
The Senate is the originating
body of the Campus Chest drive.
School Building
Bond Question
Hit in Petition
A petition for a $150,000
school bond issue election
started circulating yesterday,
said Supt. Les Richardson.
The bond, under considera
tion for more than four months,
is for new school buildings which
will be needed by the A&M Con
solidated School District.
“Enrollment is expected to near
ly double within the next five
years,” said Richardson, “and it
is necessary to get construction un
derway before costs rise higher.”
There will be no tax raise for
residents of the school district. He
said this was based on increased
value of property taxes.
No action has been taken by the
school board because the petition
has not yet been turned in. It is
expected to be returned at the next
meeting.
Classrooms and a cafeteria are
proposed for Consolidated School.
A shop, and repairs to the gym
nasium, plus construction of a
girls dressing room are proposed
for Lincoln School.
Construction of the buildings
will be on the present campus sites.
Plans are now being prepared
by Paul G. Silbert and Son, San
Antonio architects. They will
probably present preliminary plans
Monday night at the board meet
ing, the superintendent said.
Student Senate
Calls Meeting
The Student Senate will hold a
special meeting this afternoon at
5 to discuss a student body refer
endum for a student body presi
dent.
The referendum originally sought
an opinion from the students as to
whether or not they desired an
office of Student Body President
elected by the student body. Bill
Parse, Student Senate president,
announced.
Phillips attended Midway High
School, a small, consolidated high
school near Henrietta which serves
the surrounding portions of Clay
County, in the Wichita Falls area.
There he was valedictorian of
his class, sporting a 97 average
when he finished. He was also
senior class president and played
basketball for four year's, softball
for three.
“I guess I would have played
football, too,” he said, “but Mid
way only has about 150 students,
so we don’t have a team.”
And the young man probably
would have made a fine line
man. He’s tipping the scales at
180 now. Fifteen of those pounds
have been gained since coming
to A&M, although he doesn’t
know “how it’s happened.”
“I had always wanted to come
to A&M,” Phillips said, “but could
not see how 1 coqld do it finan
cially. Then one day my high
school ag teacher—an A&M man—
told me about the scholarship pro
gram here and I applied.”
He was told the results would be
announced in the summer, after he
had taken the usual tests* on the
A&M campus in May, competing
with over 300 other outstanding
Texas high School seniors.
“I first found out in a Wichita
Falls newspaper that I’d won
the scholarship. That was on a
Sunday in July, and the letter
from the college came Monday.”
“Our county judge—an old friend
of my family—first saw the article
and hurried to our farm to tell
me and my folks. But I was out
on the river fishing with a buddy,
and they had quite a time finding
me to tell me the news.”
Phillips spoke before the Student
Senate at its last meeting, telling
the senators how much he appre
ciated the award.
“. . . I’ll just never be able
to tell anyone how I feel about
it,” he said. The Senate gave
him a standing round of applause
as he left the chamber in the
MSC that night.
As Campus Chest Co-chairman
Monty Montgomery said that same
evening, “the boy is our best proof
that the Chest drive will succeed.”
money. Scholars who qualify under
the* G. I. Bill of Rights may ex
pect the same benefits at Oxford
as at an American university.
Three Years Study Possible
An election to a. Rhodes scholar
ship is for two years in the first
instance with a possible third year
for those whose records at Oxford
and whose plan of study makes
such an award available.
To be eligible, a candidate must:
• Be a male citizen of the Uni
ted States and unmarried.
• Be between the ages of 19
and 25 on October 1, 1952.
• Have completed at least his
sophomore year by the time of
application.
• Receive official endorsement
of his college or university.
Thirty-two Rhodes Scholarships
are assigned annually to the Uni
ted States. The U. S. is divided into
eight districts of six states each
for the purpose of making these
appointments.
Two Men Elected Yearly
In a competition in each state
every year, two men aije selected
to appear before the district com
mittee. Of the 12 candidates, two
from each state, four are selected
to receive the scholarships.
In his will, Cecil Rhodes defined
the type of scholarship he desired:
• Literary and scholastic ability.
• Qualities of manhood, truth,
courage, devotion to duty, sym
pathy, kindliness, unselfishness and
fellowship. ■
• Exhibition of moral force of
character and of instincts to lead
and take an interest in his school
mates.
• Physical vigor, as shown by
outdoor sports or in other ways.
First Award in 1904
The first Rhodes Scholarship was
awarded in 1904 after Rhode’s
death in 1902. The Scholarships
are awarded wherever English is
spoken. Rhodes did this in order to
bring the English speaking coun
tries together more closely, said
Dr. Mayo.
And his parade through cheering thous
ands this morning (starting at 12:45 p.m.,
will be the climax to the hysterical home
coming party.
Once the official welcome home is exten
ded, the General will turn to the grim busi
ness of hurrying to Washington to defend
before tomorrow the Asia politics which
caused President Truman to fire him.
Already the dispute between MacArthur
and President Truman has the Republicans
and Democrats hurling at each other the an
gry and bitter accusation of “war party.”
And this deep rift has people throughout the
country choosing up sides.
But the hundreds of thousand
who greeted MacArthur last night
left no doubt of their deep admira
tion of the hero-soldier regardless
of how they felt about his Asia
policies.
People began gathering at the
city aii-port three hours before
MacArthur’s big shiny Constella
tion transport was due from Ha
waii.
As dusk settled over the field
there were about 10,000 spectators
jammed into a wire-fence enclo
sure. Other thousands were un
able to get in.
The ship touched the runway at
8:29 p.m., (11:29 p.m., EST). It
rolled up before the crowd and
flood lights gleamed on its silvery
sides.
Intern Program
Explained By
Sherman Editor
Ward C. Mayborne
Ward C. Mayborne, pub
lisher of the Sherman Demo
crat, explained the Internship
Program of the Texas Daily
Newspaper Association last
night to members of the Journal
ism Club.
The former assistant publisher
of the Chicago Sun explained aims
and operations of the program, in
stituted among Texas papers in
1948. Most journalism students
who have participated in the 10-
week summer training periods have
4. subsequently landed jobs on the
papers for which they interned, he
said.
Three members in the audience
at last night’s meeting have re
cently been selected for training
under the program this year. Bill
streich, Christy Orth and Bob Ven
able, all junior journalsim stu
dents and all members of The Bat
talion staff will interne this sum
mer.
Streich will work on the editor
ial side of the Temple Daily Tele
gram and Orth and Venable will
work on the advertising depart
ments of the San Antonio Express
and the Houston Chronicle respec
tively.
In his speech, Mayborne urged
the prospective newspaper men to
enter their chosen field with the
idea that their work would be al
ways in the public interest. Call
ing for “spokesmen for the inar
ticulate citizens,” the publisher
said that never before was our
country more in need of intelli
gent and well-trained men and
women to carry on the vital job
of newspapers in a democraqy.
The plane rolled to a halt. A
woman gave a high, hysterical
scream that signalled the temper
of the crowd.
The cheers swelled into a roar.
Mrs. Jean MacArthur stepped from
the plane onto the airplane’s ramp
and hurried down—then the Gen
eral stepped out—braided cap and
a trenchcoat buttoned high around
his neck. Behind him was their
13-year-old son, Arthur-—wide-eyed
and grinning.
The official greeting party in
cluded Gov. Earl Warren, Mayor
Elmer Robinson and high-ranking
officers of the Army, Navy, Air
Force and Marines. They moved
forward to shake hands with the
MacArthurs.
Spectators, newsmen and pho
tographers surged forward and the
welcome almost got out of hand.
Police shoved a way open for the
honor guests.
Request Brevity
MacArthur had requested a brief
ceremony shorn of any pomp ex
cept the customary military cere
monies given a five-star general.
But a wave of excitement swept
the crowd and swamped the well-
laid plans.
Flash bulbs popped and the Gen
eral was caught in the glare of
television lights. The color guard
snapped to attention. Artillery
pieces boomed out a 17-gun salute.
Governor Warren and Lt. Gen.
Albert Wedemeyer, 6th Army Com
mander, were beside MacArthur as
he emerged from the first milling
crowd.
The General halted abruptly to
salute the colors. He posed briefly
for photographers and then walked
slowly to inspect the honor guard
standing stiffly at attention.
MacArthur walked swiftly before
the guard on an inspection that
was almost a mob scene. Scores
followed and pressed around him—
trying to keep pace while police
frantically worked to clear a path.
Mrs. MacArthur and young Ar
thur were trapped in the swirling
throng. They stood helplessly, un
able to move. Friends gathered
around them to form a tight circle
of protection.
American Roses
Mrs. MacArthur clung to a huge
bouquet of American Beauty roses
which had been handed to her by
a tiny South Korean girl. The
youngster—7-year-old daughter of
a South Korean government offi
cial—had shyly tendered the roses
while clasping a little South Ko-
rean flag.
But there was still another tu
multuous scene waiting at the St.
Francis Hotel in downtown San
Francisco where the MacArthur
party, was to spend the night.
The General was hurried through
the lobby so rapidly many people
failed even to get a glimpse of him
before he entered an elevator to
be taken to his suite on the sixth
floor.
As MacArthur stpped from the
elevator someone asked him a ques
tion.
“I’m not saying anything,” Mac
Arthur said, “until I get to Wash
ington. What I have to say is for
their ears.”
“I’ll bet you tell them plenty!”
The General retorted with a
laugh: “You’ll see.”
Saturday Classes
Dismissed at 11 a.m.
In order that members of the
student body and faculty may
participate in the dedication of
the Memorial Student Center,
classes will be dismissed April
2t, from 11 a.m. until noon, an
nounced President M. T. Har
rington.