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1 - ; '■ I . f 'f rv City Of i College Station Official Newspaper Volupe 49: y- i 7 -j P[Ti" C ’ :’!V 1 f PUBLi M XI. Battalion IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COILECE j COLLEGE STATION (Aggtriand), TOXAB, TUE8DA,Y, MARCH 14, China Rescue Plan ■ j j ! 1 • ^ - | :- s ' Outlined by Forman k •• .\ By C. C, MtJNHOK Like: a lone voice in the wildcr- nleHH, Harrieon Forman laet ninjht t >ld mhmbere of the Great! lusuee Claes that China can etill be saved f •om the communists. '! It won’t be easy, the noted wriU er, traveler and lecturer said. “A s ngle ill-considered step at this rfioment can project 500 million hines# and an additional 500 mil lion other Asiatics right into the arms of the Kremlin. ‘But, if we can give the people of Asia An alternative to commun- inm," he continued, “and convince tiem that our alternative is bet ter than anything the communists ave to offer then millions of ‘rice’ Communists can be won away from tjhe Russians.” Forman spoke before 150 people ih the yPhysics Lecture Room. His Texas Is First n Leprosy Says ellersbefrger “Leprosy is no disease re- ote from Texas,” Dr. Eu- ene Kellersberger, general ecretary of American Lep- osy Missions, Inc., told 'MCA Cabinet and Pre-Med So- liety members last evening in the (’MCA Chapel. “In fact, Texas anks as the number one state in |he nation in the number of lep- osy cases — perhaps 500 or .GOO,’* added. j Dr. Kellersberger’s talk was an ([xplanation of leprosy and the ways it is being fought by groups such as he represents. In, describ- i|ng leprosy, Ur. Kellersberger said, ‘‘It is not a coipmunicable disease; it’s mostly a disease of childhood, or one Contracted after associations with lepers, In the midst of filthy living conditions.” He jirid of handling the wasting limbs of thousands of lepers all over the world. For 26 years Dr. Kellersberger as a medical mis sionary in Africa, associated with itaany lepers and had the opportun ity to p-eat and help them. [ “Out of. 10 million American ijnen coming out of the armed for es from World War II, medical ■uthorities predict that’’ around ,000 Will have leprosy,” he said. He described several cases of 'ormer GI’s who stayed behind in he Pacific Islands with leprosy. 'They won’t come home because they know what our people think about lepers,” Dr. Kellersberger old the group. ;; “In the Hawaiian Islands the eople have words fpj - leprosy vhich mean ‘the disease which ears families apart,’ ” he stated. “We, who are fighting leprosy, po not believe it is a disease which ” people. It can be arrested; jit be cured,” he concluded. .'Major General K. L. Berry, commanding officer of the Texas Na tional Guard, will be one of six United States general officers at i A&M t Ills weekend for the corps review apd Military Ball. Gen- Berry holds the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, .Bilker Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. r Adjutant General Here for Weekend !■' u. Bi-i DAVE COSLETT k' tW: MaJ. Oen. K. L. Berry, com mander pf all Texas’ military for ces, will be one of this state’s own contribiitipnn to the high ranking military officials present atl the Coming Military Ball. A native of Denton, Berry is at present Adjutant General of Tex as and represents the Governor . as Commanding General of the Texas National Guard. He was ap pointed tj> both positions in 1947. The-57-year-old general has oth er distinctions besides military. As a football letterman at Denton High School he made All-State, then followed through at TU to I become All-South western and cap tain of tl^e team. When he return ed to hii alma mater as a War Department'student in 1924-25, he again made the All-Southwestern team. In other sports. Berry won three track letters and two wrestling letters. He was South west ConfevenCe Heavyweight Champion in the latter' sport in 1915 and 1916. Entering the Second Texas In fanti'y if' 1916, he served on the Mexican Border and was a member of the famous Second Texas Foot ball Tean of 1916. He received his comniission as a, second lieu tenant in 1917. The eijsping yeafs found the J)r, IV H. Emmett To Address ACS Dr. P. H. Emmett of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, University of Pittsburgh, will ad dress' the A&'M: Section of the Americar Chemical Society, Tues day, Mai-eh 21 in fche Chemptry lecture ^oom. Dr. Emmiit will speak on “Current Concepts of Physical and Chemical Absorption of Gases in Solids.” Dr. Krhmeti was born In Port land. Oregon and obtained a B. \ H. degrui In Chemical Engineering- from Oregon State College and a Ph. D ill Physical Chemistry at the California Institute of Tech- ' nology. k; There will be an Informal din- ncr in honor of Dr. Emmett for section members and their wives at 8130 jb m. at the Aggietand Inn. After the lecture, an informal social h< ur will be held at the of Dr. add Mrs. W. M. at 210 Lee. Street, -.South Oakwood - Texan serving in vastly contrast ing climates. He served one yeab in Siberia and went from there to Manila. Other assignments jsent him at various times to China apt, in this country, to Fort Sam Hous ton, Fort Benning, the University of Vermont, Camp ; Perry, anil Camp Bowie. ) On duty in the Philippines wheh war was declared, Berry, by this time a colonel, quickly worked u|p to-the field (Command of all units of the First Regular Division en gaged with the enemy. , During his command of. these troops, he was largely responsi ble for the defeat by his forces of the enemy trapped in thb “Lit tle Tuol Pocket” m 1942. He continued in his command pi the First Division until the sur render of Bataan on April 9, 1942. For the next 40 months he waS ^ prisoner Of war in prison cambs in Luzon, Formosa, Kyushu, arid Manchuria. Freed in August of ’45, he wei]^ on convalescent leave until Feb ruary of 1946. After serving a year as Executive Officer of the Texas Military District, he Retired as a tirigadier general in June of ’47. R waq in that year that he assumed both of jhis present duties and was elevated to the' rank of major general. |, For his “inspiring leadership, indomitable fighting spirit, and gallant determination despite ; overwhelming odds,” Berry re- : reived the Distinguished Service Cross in '1945 after his release from prison camp. : And, again for his work in ttye Philippines in the early’days of the war, he received the Disting uished Service Medal. Among his other decorations are the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. He also holds the rank of. Distinguish ed Marksman. topic was ''A Report from Red China.” The former foreign correspon dent has spent 15 years in China. During that time he represented such publications as the New Yorlr Times, the London Times, Colliers Magazine, and the National Broad casting Company. The communists line of propa ganda in China pictures the Uni ted States as a villian seeking to destroy China. According to the communists, Forman continued, our country is responsible for the run away inflation in China, the block aded coasts, and evert dozens of natural calamities such as drought and flood. Chinese Will Weary , Forman maintained the Chinese soon will weary of the communists unless they can dp more to help China than the Nationalists did. The Chinese philosophy, he said, is based on the idea that “If you can’t do better than the man be fore 1 you did, we’ll throw you out.” This attitude is already becom ing noticeable, he said. The com munists received a major rebuff when their guns accidently sunk a Chinese: passenger ship while trying to prevent the escape of th# British gunboat Amethyst. Mao Tze-tung, the Chinese com munist leader, has been moderately successful in dealing with the Russians, Forman said. The eom- munisi leader returned from his recent! conference with the Rus sians in Moscow without relin quishing any of Chiiiia’s holdings to that hation. In addition, he con tinued^ Mao brought with him a “post-dated check" I for the Man churian railroads and control of the twk> largest cities in Manchuria. Time Will Tell Only time will tell whether the Russians will relinquish control of these items to Mao, Forman continued, but at least he survived the trip without apparent loss. Another sign of Mao’s indepen dent ijdtitude toward the Kremlin was outlined by Forman. The speaker reminded the audience of a speech by the Chinese commun ist in] which he said China would tolerate no interference in her in ternal affairs by any country “outsilde” her borders. This state ment, he claimed, was a branding of Russia as an aggressor by the Chinese communist leader. Thii attitude of Mao’s has caused a distrust of him by the Kremlin leaders, Forman said. * The; alternative which we must offer the Chinese must encourage social and economic reforjn, For man said. If we can raise the liv ing standards of the Chinese, he conclpded, we will see the Chinese give Up communism and the Red tide nbw flowing over Asia will be halted- ■ 7 Nation's . Price Five Cent* Szigeti Ready for Town Hall Finale Tonight at 8 By HERMAN C. OOLLOB Born in Hungary, ho was taught KHoslar, und Helfcts as the out* Tonight at 8 p.m. Joseph one of the world's leadi, Sslgeti, ng vio linists, wilt be heard in recital at Town Hall’s last presentation of the year. \ Szigeti has tackled the problem of building a recital with full- beli Born in Hungary, >« by his father before ed over to noted Hubay for more ca Joachln, a great nij tury violinist, took I ovetr where Hubay left off. By the timq Szigeti was 12, he performed the Beetho ven Violin Concerto witn Hubay Miss Dorothy Spriggs Miss Spriggs, five feet five, 112 lb. package of local beauty will be Duchess to the Sixteenth Annual Cotton Ball from the College Station Development Association and Chamber of Commerce. She is the daughter of Professor and Mrs. C. Q. Spriggs, of College Station. dieves in and which Something fundamental about the ajrtist himself. I Since his debut with Stokofski and the jPhil Orchestra in 1925, Szigi registering new triumpha ejach sea son: in this country- i/l The violin virtuoso, wap called “one of the big / three’ ing Szigeti, Frizt/ Krieslor, and Jascha Heifetz—in a recent Col lier’s article. / Szigeti has had a i full career. express It was during his six y«|ar jour of Europe, which included extend ed stays in Germany' and j England, that Szigeti proved himsplf an ac complished master of the violin, and was given/the professorship of violin at. the Geneva Conserva tory. Years of Honors 1 This past year has seen Szigeti reap more honors than before. Six hundred music critics parti cipating in Musical America’s na tional radio poll chose Szigeti, Manners Spea Explains Courtesy k By JOHN WHITMORE . “Courtesies of the home faH into two categories—those of tire fam ily or hosts and those of tjte guest; reither class should be familiar with the give and take/bf hospital ity.” Mrs. R. W. Shkwood, noted authority on etiquette, told the second senior class manners class in the Chemistry Lecture Room last nigHt. / “Members/t>f the family should know how/to introduce one an other to gtiess; they should be en tirely familiar with the table man ners ahd home courieslies or eti- quetto/’ | Mrs. Sherwood went on to aay. - 1 . -: [ , ;* To illustrate! the talk she used two demonstrators — Miss Pat Darrow and Miss Reba McDermit. These girls went through the prop er procedure f introductions and later in the lecture illustrated some of the frequently forgotten table manners, i Telephone Manners One of tlie most overlooked cour tesies is that of good telephone manners. Most people are apt to forget all manners when • they get on the telephone, she said. They are reluctant to identify themselves—this leads to much un due mystery. Tlje proper way of answering the telephone is to iden tify yourself in a very easy way. The person who calls is often ir TCU Votes to Allow Negro College Entrance in TISA science Academy [n Talent Search The: Executive Council :xas Academy of Science met in ous.ton, March 9, to complete ansi for organizing a science tal- t search program for the state Tjexas. _ ^ The annual meeting will be held n thje campus qf SMU December and! 2. The science search program will ! aimed at finding some of the utstending sconce students in the enior high schools of the state and iBsiatihg them in-securing scholar- hips and other aids in obtaining pllege training. fc L \&M j Economist Has Article In “Land’ , John II. Southern, agriculture economlsu of the Bureau of Agri cultural Economics, stationed at A&M; is | the author of an article appearinp-in the' winter issue of “The Land.” [■ ; Tlie article in the quarterly mag azine of Friends of the Land is entitled ’Noise Is Not Enough.” It deals with the economic as pects of soil conservation. (•tort Worth, March 14—<A>>—The Texas Christian University Stu dent Congress believes Negro colleges and universities should be ad mitted to the Texas Intercollegiate Students Association. lill Hamilton, San Antonio senior and Congress president, an il Hounded today the Congress has voted to instruct its delegate; to the Association convention to vote in favor of the proposal. ” • flamilton himself will be the official voting [delegate to the con-’ ventibn, set for April 21-22 at Baylor University, Waco. But ten or twelve TCU Congress members also plan to attend. error, Mrs. Sherwood pointed out. Many times they will [not tell the one who answers the phone who it is that is calling.. This leaves the answerer with a ‘bad taste in his mouth,’ she said. Many of habits of the host are self made. That is they are not written in any book 6f etiquette, but are developed through gene rous hospitality. One fxample she cited is that of one ofj the profes sors here who shows his guest out to their car, using a flashlight to light the path. Leaving the role of a host she discussed the duties of a house guest. . Ideal Gueajt , « r ~ i • The ideal guest, Mrs. Sherwood pointed out, is the one that is al- whys on time “not ten minutes l*te or five minutes j early;” Al though when the guest is' unavoid ably late it is his duty to make a quiet apology to the ' hostess. In the case of a dinner party a late guest should start on the course in progress and not expert the hostess to serve him the {courses he missed. _ Very briefly she told some of the differences between a formal, semi- formal, and an informal dinner piarty. To sum up the table man ners used in all three types of dinners she said,” You should act the same at home as you would at the most formal dinner.” Table Maimers . T i t ■, Some of the finer points of table manners—such as what knife is used, what glass goes where— Were demonstrated on a small table set up for four people. The lecture was concluded with a 'short talk on >vhat she called ‘accessory techniques.’ These in cluded such topics as—-how to en ter the dirting room, seating a lady, posture, conversion, and smoking at the table. The next lecture will be held next Wednesday. Wendall Horsley, head of the Placement Office will give some of the finer points an employer will look for in a pros pective employee. P/ows Rounding Into Shape For Military Ball Weekend Springtime looked like Fall Friday together for a yell practice down to the 1950 A&M basketball squad members of both the freshman i I J when the troops got Grove to pay tribute Marty Karow introduced lity squads. •’ By B. F. ROLAND 1 From chauffers to black light, from punch bowls to geneijals* flags; the preparations for the sec ond annual Military Ball are 'be ing rapidly completed. The chauffers will drive Cars for the honor guests who will par ticipate in the weekend activities. The punch bowls will be used in serving refreshments during the ball. The flags will be displayed in honor of the visiting military dignitaries, and the black light will be featured In a unique inter mission production being planned for the ball by the decorations committee. .{With the binding signatures on Duke Ellington’s contract and the final acceptance of invitations by the honor guests, the schedule of events for the big weekend has been fixed. The first official event Saturday will be a corps review at 4 p. m. Following that, the li onor guests, cadets and their dates will jour ney to Duncan Hall where sup per will be served at 5:30 p. m. Ellington’s band will give its first performance of the week end nt 6:30 p. m. in Guiou Hall. Its second will begin mt 9 p. m. when the Military Ball gets un derway. j Paring the ball, the Aggie Sweetheart and all the TSCW Sweetheart Nominees will : be In* tmduoed. Also at interniission, the decorations committee brill reveal its special black-lighujd produc- ttop. Elaborate decorations have been planned in Sbisa Hall, Bruce Thompson, chairman of the deco rations committee, has promised. Plans for dressing-up: the hall were drafted In every detail before any work was done. Two new honor guests notified the guest committee of their ac ceptance of invitations this week. They are Brigadier General Jdeques de la Boisse, military attache of the Embassy of the French Republic, and Colonel Umberto de Martino, military attache of the Italian Embassy. Both the attaches will accompany Major General W. D. Old in his plane when he flies to A&M for the weekend fro* Washing ton. ! ! . ■ ; r f Other men on the list of honor guests are Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes, commanding general, Fourth Army; Maj. Gen. A. R. Crawford, 11 commanding general, Twelfth Air Force; Maj. Gen. H. H. Johnson, commanding general 22nd.! Div., ORC; Maj. Gen. Ij. M. Ainsworth, commanding general, 36th Div,, Texas National Guard; Maj] Gen. K. L. Berry, adjutant general, State of Texas, and Colonel, Oscar B. Abbott, commander, Texas Mil itary District, with headquarters Jh Austin. Aides for all visiting military officers will be provided, John Taylor, chairman of the guest com mittee, has announced. Invitations to the Military Ball are available from all first sergeants in the corps, st Ross Hall for cadets who completed miliUry science last semester, and at the Student ,CenUr at the Annex for Freshmen. - Only 1,400 invitations Will be available. Gene Chase, chairman of the invitation committee, said. This contrasts with 1/700 which were issued last year. Tickets for the concert in Guion Hall are i sale at Student Activities Office, and may be purchased by any stu dent. Two days were reserved for non-miliUry students to buy tick ets before sale was opened to all students. Edna Jean Mrs. luindrum will represent the Aggie Squares at the Pageant and Ball la from Taylor and corted by her husband Paul W. Landrum who is a junior vet med major. •4-rt Landmm I represent tl t the Cotton in April. Bhe id will be es- Colleges Hurt By Loss of Aid Austin, March 14 — l/B— Loss of federal support for student veterans in state col leges is coming at a bad time, Texas college presidents were told here today. Dr. D. N. Wiggins, president of Texas Technological College at Lubbock, told the council Of pres idents of state-supported rol leges that the decrease in federal aid is coming at the same time that the colleges are trying to expand. The number of veterans attend ing school on the G.I. Bill of Rights is decreasing rapidly, he noted. ■■ (.S' The council named a committee headed by J. G. Flowers, president of Southwest Texas State College at San Marcos, to take Up that problem and others ofj the colleges with the state legislative council. Sewage Disposal Course Underway Z* J y - t — / j j • • Sewer main cleaning, methods for-laying sewers in quick sand, and water maintenance programs were discussed Monday afternoon at the thirty-second Texas Water and Sewage Association's Short School being held on the campus u\is week. Beginning Monday morning with a welcome address ny President F. C. Bolton and a general discussion, the school will continue through Thursday, March 16, with sessions in Sbisa nail and the YMCA, - Four hundred delegates had reg istered for th^ school Mondav af ternoon and more are expected, ac cording to E. J. Umbenhauer, pres ident of the Association. Caudill Addresses SAE Convention W. W. Caudill, research archi tect of the Texas Engineering Ex periment Station, spoke on the de sign of fraternity houses at the recent convention pf Sigma Alpha Epsilon in Ne.w Orleans. Caudill also judged school archi tecture at an exhibit at the'na tional convention of the American Association of School Administra tors in Atlantic City, N. J. re cently. The exhibit was jointly sponsor ed by /that association and the American Institute of Architects. Krtesler, dml Heifetz an the out standing violinists of the year. A nationwide poll of critics chose his: Biuhms Violin Concerto, played with Eugene Ormandy nrtd the: Philadelphia Orchestra, as the best; concerto to be heard last yeah’ And Szigetl's recordings are. among the most popular in the: wnrld. Besides performing for CoL: umbia Records most of the classi cal irepertiire, including concertod by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Bralhms,' Szigeti has pioneered in bringing to records such signifi cant modehi violin works as Pro- kofieffs new Violin Sonata and his D Major Violin Concerto; Bloch’s “Baal Shem Suite,” Stra vinsky’s ‘Duo Cocertant” and Bartook’s. Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin an Piano. ' Szigeti’s first records were those made, when he was still a boy in Hungary by a cylinder-: phonograph amateur who l took records of his playing in his. (re-i cortjer’s) home. " Recording Since 1909 His professional recording dates', back) to 1P09. From the very be ing, Szigeti fought for the right to record rew works and new com-i posers, instead of sticking to the tried-and-t-ue works and masters. He was the first to/record Darius; Milhaud. In 1926 he did the “Print-: emps,’’ which became popular and; started many violinists ojn Mll-I baud. He also recorded the first: Prokofieff Violin Concerto. Speaking of his recordings,; Szigeti says “They- strive after a, living performance that gives: warmth and feeling of the concert, hall.” Tonight we shall be given n taste' of that first-hand warmth and' feeling. , , r.. p; nomists Brad field Dr. Richard Bradfield, head, Ag ronomy Department nt Cornell University! gave a lecture “On In creasing Barm Output” here last night to a group of graduate Ag ronomy istludents. Dr. Bradfield said that iti. is- Agronomicjully possible for the U.; S. to feed |60 per cent more people: nt,! doing nt the present •j pre in than it i but social; economic. and political: roblems Involved must be solved order to accomplish this. He went on further to say that the; yields made by the best farmers: today, will! be made by many farm-; ers in the) near future. Corn wart given as Ian example. Yields irl corn are dp from 25,to 35 bushels per acre to ne »r 100 bushels per acre jin mlany areas, and in somq areas the yield approached 200 bushels p«jr acre. , Dr.' Brajfield explained that onei authority says one and one-half million mdre meat animals can be fed in thej U. S. by utilizing feed that is nojv largely wasted in put-j ting excess and unused fat on mar-; ket stock. He placed emphasis on feeding f<jir the purpose of pro-' duemg meat instead of fat;, since a surplus of lard now exists. The problems of greater pro-: duction ca|n be solved by the pan- allel cooperation of Researchl- Teaching ami Extension Service, Dr. Bradfield concluded Walton to House Weekend Guests Ramps 1, J, and K of Walton wil( be open March 18 to provide ac commodations for visiting girls attending the Military Bull. Guests will be admitted to their rooms at 1:00 p. m. Saturday and must be <mecked out by 11:00 a/ m. Sunday. Reservations should be made at the Housing Office iti Goodwin Hall. % . ATTITUDE WE WELCOME DEPARTMENT—-As I a professor returned graded quiz papers to ;a class which wasn't too anxious to receive Item, he cleared the tor with this iitatement—“In ucudcntio ; circles there is a practice known as gradinf on a curve. On this quiz the curve turned out to be! a U-turn." 1 - . ' j r . , ■ ; j 1 ; The practical philosophy ’cur rently en.oying favor in the pe troleum department goeq son N thing-like this: “Boys, you enn^t make money with your slide rules. Ilfc ifolks.'Folks has got it and If e might add, “What folks lias it? We wanta git it” V ii ti