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Of Station ewspaper 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 ji /, , ~'l. . ■ mS! 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. ■ . • r 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!" i- # / / f 1 * :: •' 1 i x 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 , * The Battalion PUBLISHED THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE f. COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1950 j" _ _ Nation's Top CoUegiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey Price Five Cents A. D. Martin Selected ■ [ l; ! ■ 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. ■ T. ■ M .. 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 4 UM (e 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 s “ N *"'