iM if Hi. '• {tot I; i i ! I s V ! . • ' i • !' CHINESE REI PALL OP SUCl I ' I; NANKING, IM, Chinese Coramuntew laid ql^im Hast 3 -41 P)—The |f | earjiof three t moving effoi night to Suchovli ,1 mportant $ov emment base 2ll ihiles northwest of Nanking. M; This exposed the government armir i slowly southwarf in fln |e support other nationalist ai isolated undfr Goinmunist a in the’ Suhsien atw Imngm areas ranging down tOjlOO milss ilrom NankinV- If : . The Communist; broadc* it heard in Nanking 'said iShchow fell at 8 p. m. Wednesday i i The Suchow garrison v L aR l' a8t reported blockcif about 2l5 miles south of SuchoW by strong Com munist opposition: ; (The Communist} broadc »st also heard in San Fr4hcisco, ikdded a claim that the fmpth dtvlsioh of the governmental; j! trappe ;1 !l2th army group ilnf. Surail^n ^ j had ’ come over to the. Cpmr • Despite the dire; militarkr news, ■’ " ' ■' ■’ >v»inme 1 " eign diplomats if hid “no i iterttion to remove the capitar’ frojm Ni king. I an- mBf- t MADAM CHlANd; » ■ ASKS CONFERENCE I j i WASHINGTON,!Dec. 3 j—<«>»— ^ Madam Chiang Kai-Shek has mask ed for appointments with Presi dent Truman and i Secretary! of State Marshall to ; press for urgent American aid to the Chinese gov ernment in its fight against Chi nese Communisth,; [ H Diplomatic authdrities said that the appointments 'have not been made but presumably will be ar ranged within a day or so. It is understood that She also wants to call on Mrs. Trumlan. Madam Chiangl iwife of China’s nationalist president, arrived here Wednesday by place from Shjang hai. She still )a home of Secretary shall at nearbyfLb A ■' ivisiting at the and Mrs, Mar- esburg, Va. ABDULLAH RUMORED KING OF PA IUMORED LESfTINE BEIRUT, Lebfthon, Dec. 3 —^ A Palestine Arab Conference in Jericho was reported here today to have proclaimed King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan as King of Palestine. The conference ^vas cailled “the general Palestine} congress.” Jt met yesterday ? ini Arab-occupied Jericho, the bibical city (north of> the dead sea, u(id«r the presidency of Sheik ,Moh Alii Guabary. Official confirmation of the re port was lackiniK.! However, a' dUpptch from Am- inn, Trahs-Jorilftn, which passed! through Arab censorship last night said Sheik Gaabur^ had told King: Abdullah of proposals by the con gress and asked .him, in the name of all 'PnlostiniapHj, in take atop* for unification-.'of Palestine, and)' Truna-Jordan, litdghboring stuites. I JAP WAR LEADI'.RS APPEAL TRIALS WASHINGTON,' Dec. 3 -UP-. Five wartime Jaipnncse leaders sentenced to pciioO ns war ctimi-< nuls asked the Supreme .Court yes-l terday to declare 'their trinlk in-i valid. 1 V |I - : The five were; Convicted by the International Mijitjary Tribunal in( Tokyo, four of them were given life sentences ami the fifth was sentenced to 2<) years. The Supreme Court already has received a similar appeal on be half of Gen. Kenji Dowihara and Koki Hirota, former Japanese' Pre mier, • who wetS ; condemned td death.. •I . ! ■ lil v i ie . H:' ; I !■!!' : i i •: 1 ; j ,1 • I-1- M if i . . w /A: ” J i a ? : ■ . * ' t 1 i 'lift ' • 'i PUBLISHED IN COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TE3CA|/ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1948 Beaumont Singers ■A i_J • in L ,: Appear m Guion Be^n)ty-five beauties will arrive on the campus Satur day to gjiv^ a Concert for students gnd faculty members. The girls are rtjhe Melody Maids of Beaumont, who will perform at 6:15 k m. in Guion Hall, and at 8:15 p. m. in the Stu* dent Cepter at the Annex; The MHoiiy Maids have, In thfe- six years'sihce their organisation, become ohefof the outstanding en- teiftainme|nt| groups of the South. Their fafnef has been spread na tionally through their perform ances at i tHe program of the In ternational [Lions Club convention in i San Fraincisco, and, more re cently, tHeii} summer tour of Vet erans’ ^ .dijninistration hospitals around tl e fcountry. They have ap peared in Nlew York, Los Angeles, .Sap Franciico, Chicago, Washing ton D. C, And Houston. i Origin ally, the chorus was or ganized w|th 17 members, and eptertaiijied at nearby military camps* Under the sponsorship of the Beafcnuont Lions Club, how ever, th after- A little warmer Saturday partly i: Panhandlcjt “Parki rodd seel Campus Station Citly Maijuiger, "because it serves the dual purpose of a city street and a sti te' highway.” In the :phst, tickets have been given to (violators of the city ordi nance, ahd {violators will continue to get tickets for parking viola tions, Rodgers said. . Rodgers |lso stated .that persons parking ;on Main Street should park their {cars on the right side of the itrfejet, with, the flow of traffic. Otherwise the parked ve hicle will bh tagged. Rodgeits -requests the coopera- tioli of 411 [drivers because traffic is feo corigepted in the North Gate area. JT | j ! . Motion Picture On Fiberglas WiU Be Shown A color motion picture with sound, “Watts in Glass,” will be $hown at a joint meeting A&M Section of the Ameri- of the Student Affiliates and can Chemical Society in the Chemistry Lecture Room at 8 p. m. Tuesday, Fred Jensen, local secretary-treasurer, an nounced today. Tlie film will depict certain phases of glass manufacture, par ticularly the manufacture of .“Fib erglas” and will show a number of applications of this substance such as its spinning into yarns and its use in the electrical industry. The film also shows how insulation has in the past limited design of elec trical equipment and has placed a burden on its operation and life. The film shows why Fiberglas has given electrical engineers new design freedom, manufactur e r s new production advantages and us ers better equipment for operation and maintenance at lower cost. This film will be of . general in terest to everyone and the public is invited, Jensen said. J There will be a business meeting of the local section immediately following the showing of the film. Officers for the coming year will be elected, he added. France Allots BlMillion For Fulbright Act The Fulbright educational ex change progrum will become op erative In France, according to an agreement recently signed with that Country by the Association of Land Grant Colleges. Under the program, the equivalent of one million dollars in francs will be available annually for study and research purposes. These funds are primarily avail able for use by American students in France, but they may also be used to pay transportation costs of French nationals to the United States on routes which wiil accept French currency in payment. Su pervision of the program will be under the direction of six Ameri cans and six Frenchmen. As yet, there have been no an nouncements of specific oppor tunities made, but those interested in study or research abroad should direct inquiries to: Institute of In ternational Education, 2 West 45th Street, New York 19^New York, for graduate study, of, for teach ing at the college level or for post doctoral research, Associated Re search Councils. 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D. C. In addition to. the agreement reached with France, Fulbright agreements have been signed with eight other foreign countries. WaUrwny FUltumi Eugeht Fi Fortson, class of ’32 will address the McNew Student Chapter of! the American Society of j Civil Engineers at a dinner meeting ini Sbisa Hall, December 7, jat 6:30.[ Fortson is chief of the Hydrau lic! Div siin, Waterways Experi- mejat Sti tidn in Vicksburg, Miss. urin*! the war, Fortson served wilih the Uj, S. Army Engineers in the Peril up Gulf Command and also in the office of the Under Reiretary >f War, Fortscn’4 work concerns model studies < f economical development for rivc» ■, Bakes and harbors. Pre liminary work done by the Ex periment siution in Vicksburg, ra ted it 'Ire spillway and outlet ctunU pi .the Denison, Possum Kiiiigdoni uhd Whitley Damf, AfV iasMt*u tillkil 3 Experiment HI Hufbiec t of Fortson'» talk Will be •[The HydrVolic Laboratory of the - , add slides will be used to tatlon.” make 11 uottratioiiK. > Ticket! are available at $1.25 in tiha Civil Hnginaering Building. : -“T - St”' i| 1 Magee On Honor Roll at Tarleton Mag 6' i atttei McNew Chapter To Hear Fortson At Dniner Meeting StoryTontest Of College Writers Ends December The: short story contest for col lege Writers, conducted this pe- mester by the literary hiagazi|ne, “Tomorrow,” is in its final stage* The contest ends December SI 1948. ] * The purpose of the contest is to encourage new creative writing talent: and to give young writers the opportunity of seeing - their work m print. r , The;: best short story will wi|n $500 ’ i DR. EDWARD B. EVANS was installed as president of Prairie View A&M College today. Dr. Evans is the first man in the history of the college to carry officially the title of president. lege Writer. Th ’; enrolled undrfgradunU 1 lim it to the number of manuscript* Aden tion, wk, _ -— . ton College, has made the “B" honor rdll for tpe first nine weeks of the : all semester. Magee was * ‘ udents who were placed one of 5 on the e, of College Sta nding John Tarle- a single contestant may. submit. Manuscripts should -not excc 5000 words, and the phrase "C< lege Contest" and the writer's name,! college, »nd mailing address must appear on both manuscript and envelope. All entries must d ■ ,V : j accompanied by a stamped envelope. self-addr Don Cossack Chorus Will Sing On Town Hall Program Dec. 7 By PAUL BERRY The last surviving remnant of one of the most colorful peoples of European history, the world-famed Don Cossack Chorus pays its second visit to College Station for a concert Tuesday evening at Guion Hall under the auspices of Town Hall. 1 " 1 '-t The original Don Cossacks, now almost extinct, are unique expon ents of some of the most stirring music ever conceived. Had it not been for their justly celebrated in terpretive powers, they too 'might likewise have been doomed to ex tinction. | ' The 36 giant “singing horsemen of the steppes,” under the leader ship of pint-sized Serge Jaroff, celebrated this year the 2511) anni versary of the organization, which today holds the record of having sung more consecutive concerts and appeared ‘ In more cities than uny other choral organization in the world. With more than 4,000 concerts in every country of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and the Orient be hind them, the Don Cossacks will offer a program of the colorful folk songs and liturgical music of a Russia that is no more. The sonority and phenomenal compass of the Don Cossacks and the dramatic effects they achieve with their voices are expected to make the performance the major Town Hall event of 1948. Tickets for the Don Cossacks concert have been sold out and none will be available at the box office, the Student Activities of fice announced Wednesday. Reverend Crouch WiU Tell Of Brazil Experiences Reverend E. H. Crouch, mission ary to north Brazil, will give an account of some of his experiences at the Young People’s Fellowship Hour at the College Station First Baptist Church Saturday, Decem ber 4, at 7 p. m. Thi 1 . Fellowship Hour, begun dur ing tjlijMtummer, is being revived. This (informal meeting will feature group singing, and refreshments will be served. & “We plan to continue the Fel lowship Hour as a Saturday night function throughout the year,” saidjRev. R. L. Brown, minister of the College Station Baptist Church. AF; Cadet Team To Visit Campus December 13-15 j A special Air Force Aviation Cadet team, composed of Major Julian Dendy and Captain William C. Stewart, will be on the campus lecember 13-15 to explain the op- lortunities for pilot training and career as an officer with the nited States Air Force. These opportunities are open to college men who are 20 to 26% years old, and physically fit, with two pr more years of college, Col. D. L. Hodge, Air Force branch in structor announced today. Men who are accepted for pilot training will receive their basic flight training in Texas, Hodge said. Aviation Cadet classes begin three times a year—on March -1, July I, and October 15—and the top men in each class will receive direct commissions in the regular Air Force, Hodge added. The Aviation Cadet team will be prepared to administer all pre liminary examinations to flight- trainijng applicants. Honor Society Will Mejet Tomorrow All, men previously elected to eholnrshlp Society of A&M putted to mejet in Room 129 the are m Groneman to Head Industrial Arts Planning Group ’ ' 7 . • J • ' ■ Chris H. Groneman, acting head of the Industrial Education De partment, has been elected chair man of a seven-member Policies and Planning Committee by the Industrial Arts teachers at a re cent convention of the State Teachers’ Association in Dallas. This committee represents ap proximately six hundred Industrial Arts teachers in Texas. The function of the committee will be to work in cooperation with various agencies of the TSTA, the State Department pf Education, and the United States Office of Education in formulating plans to upgrade the profession in this state. <» Part of their function will be the revision of a state planning bulletin to serve as a handbook for Industrial Arte teachers. Grone man is past president of the Tex as Vocational Association and past chairman of the Industrial Arts section of the TSTA, Decern lie I *7' a t k 5 * p U ' rn.!' 1 > r ‘ W.'' a! BriSOII Will AttCIld Vaml, professor qf psychology, lflIOWI1 1,111 announced today. Th<| meeting will be concerned with the election of officers, the scheduling of pictures for ' the Longhorn, and the certificates of mwicwiBhip. i - TEX IND mass gove ages .8 CITY, TRIAL FINITELY POSTPONED HOUSTON, Dec. 3 -<*»_ The trial to consider the federal itniaept’s liability for dam- in the Texas City disaster has been indefinitely postponed. n [;i Dr. Evans Inaugur As Prair : ie fel t A'.’V S v lit ,r - A •f.f M •! I p/f / v i ? /[ ;1 ■ ■ :i‘i? ■ : i! I f!".' : ! ! ' ■: ! ■f » is! i 'Aim :tT® I '1 ft- Number 88 t 1 Scheulke, Rinn Awarded Keep Scholarships H. H. Scheulke of Lockhart Texas and C. A. Rinn of Fay etteville, Texas, sophomore students in dairy husbandry, were awarded the Herman F. Keep dairy scholarship award of $100 and $50 respectively today. Dr. I. W. Rupel, head of the dairy department, pre sented the awards in the ab sence of Keep. Scheulke and Rinn won the awards by having the highest and second highest grade point ratios of sophomore students majoring in dairy husbandry for the preceding! year. Scheulke, having a grade point ratio of 2.72 for his freshman work won the $100 award and Rinn won the $50 award with a grade point ratio of 1.94. The sophomore awards were presented by mistake to Richard E. Allen of McGregor, Texas and George Perlmutter of El Paso, Texas at a recent meeting of the Kream and Kow Klub, Rupel said. Keep, past president of the American Jersey Cattle Club, makes the annpal awards of $100 ^nd $50 respectively to students ihajoring in dairy husbandry who have the highest and secbhd high est gfade point ratios in their re spective classes for the preceding year. A; lA ; i .4 •. Frail Brlzon, profezzor of horti culture will attend tho Annual Pe can Growcrz Convention and Nut Show in Muzkogee, Oklahoma thlz week, he has announced. Brizon will give a talk on the varieties of pecans in Tcxa$. The convention will attract the leading pecan .growers and author ities on pecans of the Southwest, he said. FFA Leadership Contests Judged By A&M Students Seven Agricultural Edttentjon students went to Rockdale yester day txi judge the district. FFA •leadership contests for the Milum\ Gee district of Area III. Students who made the trip to Rockdale are M. C. Bozurth, Bry an Swain, Harold White, J. U. Clifton, Wcndel Mckaec, Calvin Reese, and William Swimlcl. The six contests included junior and senior chapter conducting, in which parliamentary procedure un der chapter conditions were given and in which the participants had to be able to take care of a situa tion cited by the judges. Next were junior and senior farm demonstra tions in which the participants gave demonstrations of practical farip experiences useful Ori all farms. Last were junior and senior FF A contests which included ques tions on state and national scope, questions from the FFA manual, questions from the 1948 National Convention proceedings and ques tions from Roberts “Rules of Par liamentary Procedure.” This district contest is usually held in February or March but vf&s held earlier this year in order to prepare students as leaders of their chapter during the current year. Similar contests will be held in other districts in the hear fu ture and the area contest will be held at A&M on December 18th. : Products Research Lab Exhibits Oil >1 ^ • Extraction Method ■ . ! ■ i ;/ 'j • : An exhibit on a newly developed solvent extraction process where- by only about one percent of the oil is left in the cottonseed cake in now being shown on the second floor of the Petroleum Engineer ing Building by the Cottonseed Products Research Laboratory. A chemical called Hexund is the- solvent being used. Heretofore an average of about'six percent was retained in the cake by the old crushing process, In order that the findings of the laboratory may be placed in hahds (hat put them to constructive use, the laboratory and its staff is con stantly at the disposal of under- ruiluute and graduate training , vt . . - graduate and graduate training, Okie Nut Festival tion with the Texas Crushers’ Association. ■coopers I Cottonseed ROTC Checks Now Being Distributed • ■ '! _ i 1 f 1 . -'V ■-.y. Checks for advanced ROTC stu dents are here and are now being distributed at Ross Hall, Col. W. 8. McElhenny announced yesterday. Dr. Edward jB. Evans was instal Prairie View A&M College by Chahc(|lor cerembnies this morning Rt Prairie./Vilw. Dr. Evans becomes the first man in t Negro land-grant college te carry officially 'i-.-^d^tl-Tle ins, l-l-.* Uftyrattl nded- of loMinjr colt ica thtou fhout r First Official President Installed by Mlchrist Today Poultry Team ' J JJ Places Third In National Mee The A&M poultry jud team placed third in the . tional poultry judging contest Rhese, held recently ip ;C h i c a g o; <>1^ T’kior-o 1C fijfima iav.'Jhws •Attending Chnncelld ► and Cbanctella: an: iittns] Mr) and ■m hhdfMrs.il ttfld Mr*! Id Fl-ank d Bo! BOattifcr.ldr. al '*r. And [Mrs i Ipllt arid and jideht of lilchrist in e history of the cs There were 16 teams com ing in the contest. Arkansas won first and I&UBas pi; second: j , Henry Thuem, Stanley , Flinn, Robert Tidwell, and.Harold Philips comprised thq judging team i for A&M. Enroute to). Chicago the team, Under the supervision o:!,E D. Parnell, professor Of the poul try department, stopped in Di Has to judge a class of dressed pou try. The team won second in judging •ket products)^ firth in jodg*f of market product ing the| exhibition fth in gain, and seven th in production. ¥,.A'A [ » In the All-Around individual clas's, Flinn placed ninth land Thuehi tenth. In judging of|the exhibition class, Flinn won fifth. Thuem ’ also placed tynth in j the \ production, class und : fourth in ’jud-* ging of the market divisten tend PhilipsI placed eighth. On the) way back-from CM the judging teutn pluns to s' 1 L 8t. LoUis, Mo. to. Mills ekperlmenta’ will arrive at A& Mt .the Pef Tho onduy. arrive at Methodist Church Will .IMifcl! Lommunion * I ! • ! , Special Communion services!will !>o held this SumlkiilVby the A&M. Methodist Churcrni! KeV. J. Fi ’ * 0 annouh * nihg an(i Jackson huft annoupqed. The morning ftn&igftarnoon sort mons will be tiwl id with Comrtiun-; ion. Rev. Jackson teill deliver morning sermon; hb topic will “After Heroism PwratT” Randall Thomas, Contralto, sing a solo; and B.iT. Kijlough others will furnii&; backgrOu music while Communion is being served. " p At 5:30 Sunday^ afternoon, tho yoang, people and jntermed ate* which ments time will will meet for league at 1 sandwiches and refreshi be served. in*, t Rev. O. ,W. Bradley will de iver the sermon for thef Vesper l:#lBbnday n S which begins at 6: sch< oj e$ai of presi- ceremnnies entatives universit- A&Mi ’Were Gilchrist, Vice ; D. y. Will- C. W. Adams, L.; Angoll, Mr. letter, President Colonel f rfi.T. R, Spence C. Freehian, G. id Mrs) Henry Peeples,'' White, A&M B >ard first View A&M is hpady&icleolle; iii 1876. ; The ppj-t ^)f Ahe *«tup since li imnialerip loc cjpuliwuh the hhndl of t ffeeni oflthe IqgoStatiion. 1#- i Veteri i He ha, P members roctdJ's. pgesik enjt of! Piiairie eighth .man to its founding has"been a A&M; College 9 add has been ud- "y .hrough, a prin- n< miinistration in e administrative of* College at Col- s, I joined the Praifi^ View in Febru- |8,- twf weeks after grad- wp State rollege of Doctor of \ non degree ry Medicine. serv d l)her)B continuous- for t vd leaves at absence. where hi reclvid h as a Second li^jutenanl ri'montjisi ill 1918 he was on 1 atterll (.Officers Training Jt & lira. i f ■ e, Virginia, commissioit ™ r r in the 0t{l - cers Resjirve Medical Sec- tion.: J [ qn llekve for a year to |e or( anizatjon of curri- cults t- ■•! equipment, ai]d t jlrecful Utjqnt 'program for h Jones, eiten* M and J, D. i’ | vice-directof club bo aecom over work. Adams, while In Chicago, attend ed thli meeting •ting m the Natonaj Association oif Radio Farm Plrec- tors. ! '' ten* heir ents dub r :w lets dlmtion A Turntr, will trtivo) to Dehton Sutunlay In two bbsMS to give a concert in the Auditojrium : TSCW cams ’ After the co Cadet* will attend Sunday aftei will neturn to M A .j "AA / T i M 7:00 the 8iii w i Senlor dgnce. i £ the Cadet* npuf. n. As: a Iwy, A private car for Lumber (kmupany ime in amf around X f alk By Engineer 'k inoerii m lamej, chief] research en- pDoptje l and Miller, spjeak^ on “A Re- ati i he annual din- .•Rapter of the ietyj of Heating and nginei rs. will rieet in the Fin try Club Tuesday according to Julius publi nty chairman. |hat all!students who stiidinjt meetings on Ire invited to attend, cost #2.50 each, and-may led iji thp M ec hanical En- off|c®, and) from Staron ToMmyi Burn*, Charles C. V. Brbwn, or Julhis will til Idinnlr in Id, ! 1 It At ial hour from ren vep at 7:80 '' ^ fi tire in depa tmslnt, • RoG 1*n • year tfever' drlanc |fa be $ - I P li. Vi' driiince, profossor of id headl of the horti- will make a I# Valtoy this rlRilM of fruit* displayed at the re ;show, he has dll be aocomimn-’ hortlculfiirli itu- will \s th* kM Colleg*" Actual Midway .