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WELCOME TO TEXAS A&M STATE 4-H CLUB MEMBERS
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To 90% of Local Residents
Number 177: Volume 51
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1951
“Speak Now, Mr. Malik”
See Editorial
Page Two
Price Five Cents
State Educators Open
Conference Sessions
By WILLIAM DICKENS
Battalion Feature Editor
A joint session of the County
Superintendents and Supervisors
Association, the Texas Association
for Instructional Supervisors, and
the Texas School Administration-
got underway on the campus yes-
: terday. Four hundred fifty state
educators began the three day
joint conference in the MSC.
^ Following registration of dele-
, gates at 8 p. m., the first session
was held in the MSC Ball Room
with Frank Monroe, superintendent
of Midland Public Schools and
president of the Texas School Ad
ministration Conference, presiding.
Welcome by. Harrington
The Rev. A. T. Dyal, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church in
Bryan, gave the devotional follow
ed by Dr. M. T. Harrington, presi
dent of A&M, giving the welcome
address.
The objectives of the conference
was the first order of, business
discussed by President Monroe. 0.
“Bob” Stowe, president of the
Texas Conference of County Super
intendents and Supervisors Asso
ciation, and Irene Hardin, presi
dent of the Texas Association for
Instructional Supervisors, assisted
Monroe in the discussion.
With the administrative prob
lems in question, Dr. Jesse Card-
w e 11, coordinator of secondary
school instruction of the Dallas
Public Schools, spoke on the sub
ject “Establishing Proper Rela
tionships between Supervisors and
Superintendents.”
“Supervisors and Principal”
“Supervisors and- Principal” was
discussed by Hardin, followed by
the speech' entitled “Supervisor
and Other Personnel” given by
Dana Williams, superintendent of
Gladewater Public Schools.
After the three speeches were
given, a general discussion on ad
ministrative problems was held.
Dean J. R. Rpckley, College of Ed
ucation, University of Oklahoma,
lead the discussion.
In relation to the administrative
problems discussed, R. D. Lauder
dale, principal of the South Park
High School, Beaumont, spoke on
“The Principal’s Time Schedule
for Supervisory Activities.”
“The County as the Unit of
Transportation” was the subject
discussed by W. D. Bunting, sup
erintendent of Hooks Public
Schools. Following the talks, a
general discussion was lead by
Leon Graham, director of transpor
tation of the Texas Education
Agency in Austin.
Recess Period
After a recess period, President
Hardin presided over the remain
ing morning session.
Initiating the program, stating
the problems involved, and giving
the advantages and disadvantages,
four educators spoke on “One
County-One School District.”
Speaking on the subject were A.
0. Bird, superintendent of Gon
zales Public Schools; R. E. Slay
ton, superintendent of Alice Public
Schools; C. J. Garland, superin
tendent of Eagle Pass Public
jLSchpols; and C. E. Ellison, super-
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intendent of Big Lake Public
Schools.
Concluding the morning session,
Maurice Bement, regional direct
or, Citizens Committee for Public
Schools; Louisville, Ky., spoke on
the subject, “Advisoi-y Educational
Organization.”
Separate Meetings
Following the morning joint
session, the three organizations
met separately for afternoon pro
grams.
A report from President Stowe
opened the afternoon session of
the County Superintendents and
Supervisors Association in the
MSC Assembly Room yesterday.
Following the report, Guy C.
West, Texas Education Agency,
Austin, discussed “Census Report
ing and Consolidation of Report
Forms to the Texas Education
Agency.”
“Supervision in Small School
Systems” by Helene Wilson, super
visor of Johnson County Schools,
followed by reports from committee
chairmen on the National County
Superintendent’s Convention for
1951 concluded the afternoon ses
sion.
V. M. Miller, superintendent of
Pasadena Public Schools and vice
(See EDUCATORS MEET, Pg. 4)
Communist Paper
Urges Settlement
Moscow, June 26—GP)—Pravda
printed an editorial today urging
peaceful settlement of the Korean
conflict.
The official Communist party
newspaper, in the first Soviet press
comment on the matter, gave its
full approval to the proposal of
Jacob A. Malik, Soviet United Na
tions delegate, who proposed in a
New York radio address Saturday
that the belligerents in Korea dis
cuss a cease-fire.
Results of “Cease Fire”
Pavda said:
“The cessation of war activity
and the peaceful settlement of the
conflict in Korea will remove one
of the most important causes of
tension in the present international
situation.
“At the same time it will give
the opportunity to the Korean peo
ple to return to a peaceful life
and arrange their own affairs.”
Pravda said Malik’s proposals
showed how the Soviet people felt
about Korea.
“The Soviet people are convinced
that there exist all possibilities for
a peaceful settlement of the Korean
question,” it said.
The editorial, written by politi
cal commentator M. Kharlamov,
was entitled “For Peaceful Solution
of the Korean Conflict.” It was
published on Pravda’s fourth page
—its .foreign affairs page, in the
upper left comer, under a large
headline.
Soviet Newspaper Items
Both Pravda and the Soviet gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia told
the Soviet public President Truman
supported the Malik proposal for
ending the Korean fighting. Un
der the heading, “The Address of
President Truman,” the leading So
viet papers said:
“Today President Truman spoke
in Tullahoma, Tenn., in a speech
devoted to the policy of the United
States government.
“In his speech President Truman
devoted a prominent place to' the
military conflict in Korea.
“President Truman said nothing
special or new on the question of
war in Korea. However, he had
to associate himself with the pro
posal of the Soviet representative
in the United Nations, Malik, on
the peaceful settlement of the Ko
rean question and the cessation of
war activity.”
(The President gave assurances
in his Tullahoma speech that the
U. S. is interested in a, “real set
tlement” to end aggression and
bring security to Koreans. He did
not directly mention Malik’s bid,
but said the U. S. is “ready to join
in a peace settlement in Korea now
as we always have been.”)
4-H Club Round-Up Opens
Here; 2,000Are Registered
By FRANK DAYIS
Battalion News Staff
Two thousand boys, girls, leaders, and
county extension agents assembled at A&M
Sunday afternoon and Monday morning for
the annual Texas 4-H Club Round-Up and
Extension Conference scheduled to last
through Friday.
Representing 116,000 club members in
Texas, they came from almost every county
in the state.
Seven hundred and eighty-three 4-H boys
took part in contests and demonstrations
yesterday. There were 228 teams entered
along with a number of individual contest
ants.
“Working Together for World Under-
An Editorial
Our Guests for a Week
Symbol of the 4-H Club
Head, Hand, Heart, Health
Battalion Contest for Co-eds
Deadline Scheduled July 6
Midnight Friday, July 6 was
named deadline today for entries
in The Battalion’s latest contest,
a quest for the best answer to the
perennial query—“Why do girls
come to A&M.”
The contest is being conducted
to offer the girls a chance to ans
wer the question themselves and
win prizes in the process. Re
quirements are simply that the
contestant submit in 500 woi’ds or
less her reason for coming to
A&M for the summer session.
Originality will count most
in the contest which will be
judged by a “committee of ex
perts” to be announced later
this week. No attempts will be
made to test the truthfulness
of the reasons submitted. The
ladies, however, will have to give
their correct names and address
es so they may be contacted
should they win one of the
three prizes to be offered.
All entries should be addressed
to The Battalion and can be drop
ped in the Faculty Exchange mail
slot in the Administration Build
ing. No postage will be charged
there.
The contest arose at the insis
tence of a frustrated reporter who,
it seems, set out to find the answer
to that big question himself. He
was going to use the interview
method.
Selecting a likely female, he ap
proached her and said, “Excuse me
cutie, but just exactly why did
yah come to A&M this summer?”
The lady blushed. You covild
tell that she was not used to
be addressed by a boy to whom
she had not been formerly intro
duced. “Well,” she said, “it’s like
this.” With this introduction she
set down her books and settled
on a near-by bench.
“I was studying home econom
ics at an out-of-state college and
had originally intended to spend
the summer working somewhere.
I got to thinkin’ about the current
manpower shortage, though, and
decided that these were not days
when a girl could sinmply sit
around and hope to find a husband
some day.”
“So,” said the reporter, “you
came to A&M to find a husband.”
“Heavens no,” blushed the girl.
“I’ll worry about looking for a
man in later years. What got to
bothering me was the thought
that 1 might somehow end up an
old-maid. And, in case that
happened, I just didn’t want to
be one of these helpless women
M ho could do nothing for herself.
So I came to A&M to take some
practical shop courses. They’re
not offered in my college.”
“I see,” the reporter nodded.
“That was your only reason for
coming?”
“Oh no. I also felt that I would
be able to get in a lot of practice
on my hobby here. It’s kind of a
part-time job I have to pay my
way through school. Perhaps you
might be interested in helping me
with that. Come over here.”
And that is why the reporter
refused to conduct any more such
interviews. “Let ’em write in and
tell us the reasons they came to
A&M,” he growled as the nurse
ushered this writer from the
room.
The girl’s hobby? Oh, she was a
lady wrestler.
Shivers Attacks
Administration
Korea Policy Woes of the ROTO Summer Camps
Welcome to Texas A&M 4-H Clubbers.
The facilities of the college are at your disposal for a
most enjoyable and profitable visit here for the 1951 State
Round-up.
In the big State of Texas the agricultural industries
find plenty of elbow room to show the part our Lone Star
State plays in the field of agriculture. You are the agricul
turalists of the future and the fate of our state and nation’s
farm production rests largely in your hands.
From the 254 counties of Texas you have come to show
what you have learned in the last year—to match your wits
against a neighbor or contestant from many miles away. 4-H
Club activities, like those of any other group can pay divid
ends only to those that take advantage of the opportunities
offered. Work hard to achieve the goals your organization
has set.
A&M is one of Texas’ oldest educational institutions.
Now in its 75th year, the college’s campus covers approxi
mately 5,000 acres. It offers many attractions you will not
want to miss during your stay here.
You are our guests and to you we extend an invitation
to take advantage of all the luxuries and conveniences of
fered to students here. We know that you will treat the
facilities as a student would and help take care of them so
the next person will find them just as you did.
The new Memorial Student Center is often called the
“living room of Texas A&M.” Help the Aggies keep their
house clean by treating that building with all the respect
and care you would show if you had a new $2,000,000 home.
Again we say “Welcome” and come back often.
standing” is the theme for the convention.
“To make the Best Better” is the 4-H Club
motto.
Sunday afternoon an Evensong program
was held in The Grove for all early arrivers.
The group was addressed by Dr. Harry V.
Rankin, pastor of The First Methodist in
Bryan.
“Think without confusion, love your fel
low man, act with honest motives, and trust
in. God,” were subjects enumerated by the
minister as guideposts for world understand
ing.
The International Foreign Youth Ex
change, a program to promote world under-
■♦"standing, is being obsejved at the
Round-up. Three youths from for
eign countries are attending the
local meeting. Maija Peltenon
comes from Finland; Joseph Ber
ger, Switzerland; and John Tor
rens, North Ireland. They will
spend several months in Texas.
Registration Monday
Registration for the visitors was
held Sunday and Monday in Dorm-
itory Two. Fees were $4 for 4-H
boys, girls, and leaders; with a
$1.50 fee per night for the exten
sion agents.
Activities for the 4-H members
will end with a program Wednes
day night in Guion Hall. The Ex
tension Service Conference for’
all extension service agents will
be over Friday.
This year marks the 50th con
vention extension agents held at
A&M, according to J. W. Potts,
assistant extension editor. The first
meeting was held in 1900 and was
called the Farmers Congress, he
said. The name was then changed
to Farmers Short Course which
stuck until 1946 when the 4-H Club
Round-Up originated, the editor
added.
Individual and Team Honors
For some club members this
week will bring individual and
team honors. For others it will
mean a preliminary to bigger
things to come. In all the contests
and demonstrations, medals, don
ated by the Extension Service, will
be awarded the three top teams
and the three high individuals.
The State 4-H Dress Review will
be held in Guion Hall tonight at
8 p. m. One hundred and forty-
five gills will compete for top
honors which will entitle the win
ner to enter the meet to be held
at the State Fair in Dallas.
County rivalry was keen in tha
(See 4-H ROUND-UP, Page 4)
Lion’s Club Officers
College Station Lion’s club officers for the new
fiscal year were installed at the club’s regular
meeting yesterday by C. N. “Newt” Hielscher of
the Bryan Lion’s Club. Standing, left to right,
Chris F. Gent, director; Lacy E. McCall, first
vice-president; Lucian M. Morgan, third vice-
president; R. B. Halpin, immediate past presi
dent; and Rev. Orin G. Helvey, second vice-
president. Sitting, left to right, Warren Le-
Bourveau, lion tamer; Dr. A. V. Moore, dir
ector; Dr. Alvin A. Price, president; Rev. Law
rence L. Brown, director; and Robert F. Cain,
tail twister. (See story page 4).
Dallas, June 26—UP)—Gov.
Shivers attacked the adminis
tration’s Korean policy yes
terday before cheering dele
gates at the state convention
of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The Governor said the adminis
tration failed to take positive ac
tion in Korea and charged that
“there are a lot of people in the
government who don’t want to
finish the war in Korea unless it
is to their own personal or polit
ical advantage.”
He asked the delegates to “de
mand a more firm and definite
course” in fighting the war in Ko
rea.
“We should take positive action
either to end it or win it,” he said.
“We are swinging from pillar to
post, neither trying to end it or
win it.”
The Governor spent most of the
19-minute speech to lashing for
eign policy and was interrupted
many times by applause.
He has been mentioned as a
possible opponent next year to
Sen. Connally, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee and considered the admin
istration’s spokesman on foreign
policy.
ASA Camper Chases Salamanders;
CAC Seniors Get ‘HoU Reception
By DEAN REED
ASA Camp Correspondent
Fort Devens, Mass., June 19 —
(Delayed)—Thirty-five Army Se-
good laugh once in a while.
In this category can naturally
be listed the famous New England
“twang,” which is running a close
second to the Texans’ “y’all” for
curity Agency cadets from A&M top pronunciation honors,
have begun ROTC summer camp To illustrate this point, we’ll re-
tarining at this fort near Ayer, count a conversation a few min-
Mass., about 30 miles northwest of utes ago between the cadet C.Q.
Boston. and your correspondent.
Located in Central New England, C.Q.: “How do you spell . . .”
A&M’s ASA seniors are the north- (he pronounced a word which
ernmost Texas representatives un- sounded like epithet.)
dergoing summer training. Most Correspondent: “E-p-i-t-h-e-t.”
of them are over 2,000 miles from
their homes.
Two other major colleges also
have large units assigned to the
ROTC camp here. Most of their
cadets are from the New Eng
land and the mid-central U.S.
regions. In addition, several
other colleges and universities
are represented, but by very
small groups.
C.Q.: “No, no—not like on
tombstone, but like yod have when
you’re hungry.”
The light dawned, and I spelled
the word “appetite” for him.
So you see what a battle the
Texans are fighting just to un
derstand some of the local na
tives. Actually, it isn’t always
that hard, but there are other
battles to be fought.
Band Practice
Sessions Begun
Band practice will be held on
Tuesdays and Thursdays in the
A&M Consolidated High School
Music Room at 7:30 a. m. announc
ed Col. Richard J. Dunn, director
of the high school band.
Col. Dunn invited members
of the A&M Band who desire to
keep their “embrouchures” up dur
ing the Summer. He also extended
an invitation to the twice-a r week
sessions to resident band musicians.
cadet major on the Seventh Regi- s tructor, and M/Sgt. R. J. Schroe-
mental staff this past year, was (jgj.
The joke of the week came the
day of arrival when Bob “Bobo”
Downing of A&M, a wildlife
management major, proceeded to
ask Sgt. Schroeder if he “could
go non-reg to hunt salamanders.”
Downing is apparently trying to
complete assignments for an A&M
wildlife course, but the sergeant
couldn’t do anything but moan, say
ing “I’ve been in the Army for
many years, but today I’ve heal’d
everything.”
named cadet company commander
for the first day of full-fledged
camp activity.
Next A&M man in line for the
company commander post is Har
old Gant, senior electrical engi
neering student from Port Arthur.
Since this is the first journey
most of the Aggies have made
into New England, they are run
ning into many unique happen
ings which make camp life more
interesting and also make for a
By CURTIS W. CASTLEBERRY
C. Artillery Camp Correspondent
Fort Bliss, Texas, June 21—(De-
our own homes!
We have had training with dif
ferent types of ammunition—most
of which I have been over hund-
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ed into Fort Bliss, Texas on Satur- ine Corps. Some of the training is
day afternoon, tired and hot from very interesting though. We haye
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over the Big State of Texas.
We had always heard that the
Army took its own good time
about doing things, but we were
put through so fast that we hard
ly knew what was happening.
Before night on Saturday we had
been processed and assigned
quarters, in addition to drawing
foot lockers and equipment, mak
ing up our bunks, eating chow—
and drawing our travel pay. The
latter was the most welcome part
to each of the Coast Artillery
Texas Aggies.
Our first quarters was the top
floor of a wooden barracks—hot
as Hades, like all the lest of El
Paso.
On Wednesday night—in our
spare time, from 6 until 9 p. m.—
we moved to another area. This more from Fort Bliss—the hottest
last quarters is supposed to be our place on earth—at some later*
“permanent home” for the next more convenient date,
six weeks. We were to have gotten
into it sooner, but we had to wait
until the West Point Cadets were
through with their training before
we could move.
It has been about 103 degree
here for the last four days. Most
of us would give about anything
we own for a long cool drink of
iced tea in the living rooms of
for abotit ten days to “rough it.”
I’m sure this is true, though you
know how rumors get around in
the Army.
Those of us who do not di’aw
guard duty over the weekend plan
to take advantage of the time with
a short trip to Juarez, Mexico.
Those of us who are getting
commissions at the close of sum
mer camp—there are several of
us—stood in line one night re
cently for a couple of hours sign
ing papers of various kinds. We
will remain here through July
28 for our commissions. The rest
of the fellows who have a year
or more left at A&M can leave
the 27th.
At 9 p. m. each night our lights
go out, and ours just went, so
At the Grove
Tonight
Roy Moyer Magic show—8 p.m.
No admission fee to students.