V I gMMwaa • 9 ion COLUXiE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, nstruction Bids dy for Board Cadets Military A their debatii Schopper wi Pointers wi afternoon ai Mobi Unit sn and Schopper, both seniors at the United States jidemy. West Point, New York, caught talking over tour through the Southwest this week. Watson and meet Aggie debators Saturday afternoon. The West also be on hand for the Corps Review Saturday the Military Rail that night. ie T B Chest X-Ray »ue Here April 4 --.i f: I ■ V ' . The Brazos County Tuberculosis Association in conjunction with the State Health .Department is sponsoring a Chest X-Ray Unit in Bryan and College Station. — This mobi)i X-Ray unit will be in Brazos Ooiinty April 4 through 22. J April 4 it will be at- the An nex for the benefit of the fresh men there. The next day, April 5, the unit will) | move into Bryan for 12 days. i , f- Monday, April 18, the unit Will move into C >llege Station, where it will'be located in the Chapel of the YMCA. Office hours will be from 8:30 a. m. until 5:30 p. m. inclusively, V r . L. Penberthy, chair man of the College Station area, •j announced. jjOn the last day, Saturday, April 22^ t.he h^urs will be from 9 a.m. until 4 p: m. It is through the work of this unit and Units like it TB is becoming t conquered disease. The system used by this unit is— the perShn s chest is x-rayed, ung specialist looks ilm, and "if' any TB the family doctor is ■v trained^, over the- t is present, Inforined. J Thus many instances new cases are cnught in the ‘bud’ and the more mature cases brought under control. The TB case studies of cases during the past years found that children under 15 years of age were not affected very much by the disease. For this reason TB has been declared an adult disease. In most test cases, where chil dren were found under 15 years of age with TB, some adult mem ber of the family had the disease. Bids hive been received fo - six campus improvements, aceoiding to informbtipn received from T. Spence, dianager of the De jart- ment of !Pnysical Plants. All bids will be passed on at the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors March 24th in Dallas, Spence said. Construc tion on all of the projects will be gin in the middle or the latter part of the mmth of ApriL The hm bid of $125,800 or the proposed addition to Francis Hall was submitted by A. W. Bn nson of Dallas The addition will bouse the main offices and some o ’ the classrooms of the Business Depart ment in the three new floors. Construction of the 10,000 square foot addition will begin about, the middle of AprilJ. Spence said, and is expected, to be complete ! on December !l6. The Business Depart ment will move into the ad< ition during the Christmas holiday! and Freiburger To Enter Race For ilman will be ready for classes the, first of January. On March 9 bids on three steel fire escapes for the Student Mem orial Center were received with the low bid of $2,839 being sub mitted by Southern Steel Co. of San Antonio. The bids for the and sewer lines for Co w. at the announ the ' Ward farm water the golf course and / the farm lands across the railroad tracks were submit ted February 28th. Of the ten bids received the low bid of $27,- 300 was submitted by the Muni cipal Service Co. of Tyler. The college will furnish nearly all of the pipe to be used and this will bring the total cost of' the water and sewer lines to $58,800. • A low bid of $26,969 was re ceived from the Brunawick-Balke- Collender Co. for the construction of eight bowling alleys for the Student Memorial Center. Two new horse barns and dairy feeling barn are to be built on the farm lands west of the rail road tracks. R. A. Burke of Bryan was low bidder with bids of $87,- 819;73 on the , horse barns and $45,418.75 This will make the total expenditures on the horse barns and the dairy feeding bam come to a total of $133,238.48. Freiburger, barber pus Corner, has his candidacy for councilmaili of fT feel the need for bette; presentation from my ward iti the council”, Freiburger said. Hi ex- To cure the young one, ] test cases showed, all that was neces sary was to remove the adults from the children and the chil dren’s cases would clear up with out outside help. „ , j ‘‘The only way for such a pro gram to be a success is for everyone in College Station to get a chest x-ray. This way we can catch all active cases and prevent them from becoming carriers,” said Penberthy. ' » '■ J ' ■ . I ,j Wl) The X-ray and examination is Meado' free to jdl persons. The result of the Examination is mailed to the family doctor and all findings are confidential, Penberthy said. Because of the new equipment being used it will not be necessary for persons-being X-rayed to re move any of his clothing. pressed^ jthe need for hones nment and all people. ;y ih reat- all government and equal ment of] ' ‘ ' “I wo«uld like to see the city improve its sewer system t> the extent at doing away with septic most tanks which are being used in parts of town”, he said, discuss ing changes he would like the coun cil to make. T. | ; Lj FreibUrgvr moved here ten years, ago from Greenville, Texas. He family live at the < omer >ur Springs md Street. Road His son, Henry, graduated from A&M in the Class of ’48, and his daughter, Emma Maye, 19, attend- ijniversity of Texas fpr two pd the years apd is now enrolled ih Me- Kenzie-Baldwin Business College in Bryan, From Lieutenant to General, ■ .. I f " I • ' A •’ Crawford’s Record at Brooks as given f chief of on^of the r. Ini No- ■eived his C. M UNROE Brooks Air Force Base has erved us an unusual milepost in the flying) career of Aidun R. GraWford. ' } ; It was i»t that air field; that fieconjl Lieutenant Crawford be- gfln his career as a pilot. The year was 923 and he was fresh fj’otn Was) Point, beaded for a life in the Army. y j ' ' IVenty dx years, later, he re. turned to Brooks, but-this time it was as a major general com manding tie Twelfth Air [Forte. tlejieral Crawford Is / one of seven TfOm'ral offlrert \ Who will be on the campus this 1 Weekend for Ute eotps review, and 1 the Mil!*; tary Mall, i ' Hts, fils venture in flying at Brook's Field, as-it was then known,- Wis at the Air Service -r Primary School, The following year after his graduation he was assigned tt Kelly Field, next door to Brooks, where he successfully completed a course in hir obser vation. . . Again General Crawford was assigned to Brooks. This time it was at adjutant at the atlll infant flying school from which he had lx en graduated. •> jt\ Overseas duty was next on or der for General Crawford and he joined the 3rd. Pursuit Squadron at Clark Field in the Philippine Islands where he stayed until June, 1928 Returning to the Uni ted States*, he was assigned ,to Selfridge Field, Mich., then to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, where, he was gi'aduated from the Air Corps Engineering School in June 1931. ; ■ j , General Cranford stayed on at Wright Field, ‘serving in several commands, until 19351 when he was promoted to Captain; and transfer red to tie Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama. The Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan- was the r ext stop on General Crawford’s series of stations. He was graduated in June, 1937, and was sent i gain to the Philippines Where he served as commanding officer of I his former outfit, the 3rd. Pursuit Squadron, then based at Nichols Field. Another tour of duty at Wright ' ' Field was General Crawford’s hex’ assignment in 1939. He remaine there until July 1944, serving i several capacities including chii of staff, Army Air Forces Mi tbrial Command. At the time b his assignment overseas in 1”' as deputy commander of the Service Command, General ford was serving as colonel, a. temporal-; During |iN overseas General Crawford the additional duty as the Air'Supply Division oj Mediterranean Theater. I vemjber, 1939, he receiv and ient commission as it brig- eneral. end of the war, General d returned to the United bis iwheru he was unsigned as (Set CRAWFORD, Page' 4) Mitchell Seeks Election To City Council Billie Mitchell ’42, local re presentative for the State Farm Insurance Company, has announced that he will be a candidate for city coun cilman, “I have always had a profound interest in community affairs and would like especially to see Col lege Station become a better and more prosperous city”, Mitchell said. . , Because of the many visitors here every week, College SUtion is somewhat of a show place, Mitchell said. We should take steps to make this a more present able city to these people,” he add ed. “I would like to impress upon the people that they should show an active interest in their com munity by voting in the coming elections. Vote for someone, but vote”, Mitchell said. Mitchell graduated from A&M in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology. He lettered in track and was active in other sports. ‘i After graduation, Mitchell join ed the Army and served as Captain in the Field Artillery. He was sta tioned in both the European and Pacific Theaters of operation. Mitchell was manager of the Cameron Cham bee of Commerce for a year after leaving the ser vice. He came to College Station two yeats ago and went into bus iness. / ’ Talk on Municipals Planned Thurnday A talk on iminlripnl bonds Will bo glvon tomorrow evening in the YMCA Chapel, D. It. Fitch of the Business nnd Accounting Deport ment said today. Rennie Baker, member of a Houston brokerage and Investment banking firm, will deliver the lec ture at 7:30 p.m. Baker has been in the Investment business for three years. Fitch said. A graduate of the Univer sity of Texas, the speaker served in a torpedo boat squadron in the Pacific for three years-, AH men enrolled in the course, in Investments offered by the bus iness department may attend the lecture in lieu of their Friday or Saturday class, Fitch said. All others interested in hearing the talk on municipal bonds are invited to attend, he concluded. is 'i " Nation’s Top CpUegiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey ^ .• Szigeti' Siiuerb In Town iTT • I 1 ^ T 1 •••i'-.irfr-' * 4 1 <• : I - Season Finale ■it Elizabeth McGee, 1950 Maid of Cotton, will model several cot costumes at the Cotton Pageant on Kyle Field, and be guest of honor at the Cotton Ball in Sbisa Hall, both on Friday night, April 28. ' 1 , ' ■ ! I Spruced-Up Sparrows.. Band-bearing Birds Beef, Say Fowl Business Afoot FIELD : *-■* *• quarters i ford will be one of the MUitary Ball weekend. guests V/ i/-'"'. 1 k Mi) West tiead- l -raw- the campus during the - I Duchess Selection Deadline Extended Deadline for turning in names of duchesses for ;the 1950 Cotton Pageant and Ball has been extend ed from March 15 to April 1, ac cording to David Rives, social sec retary of the Pageant- Invitations to send duchesses to the Pageant and Ball have been extended to all campus clubs, regi ments, ex-student clubs, and moth- er’s clubs. Any of these organiza tions desiring to submit their duch ess’ name should contact him at Dormitory 10, room 321 or should write him at Box 4266, College Sta tion, Rives said. By CHESTER Don’t be surprised if all the birds in the College Station area start a walking fad instead of following the wing-weary habits they are now undergoing.; , It seems that the local feather ed brethren are carrying more al uminum aloft than the local planes these days, simply because of the whims of a few of these silly wild life students. Yes, pity the poor grackles, cowbirds, doves, buzzards, and any other unfortunates that fall into the hands of this leg-band ing bunch of Aggies, but moreso, pity the poor guys who are as signed the job of putting small metal "bands on the legs of our feathered friends. Dr. Leonard Wing has assigned all studenU in his wildlife Techni ques class the task of catching and banding thirty-seven birds. They are keeping their eyes on new dove nests With as much vigilance as a bunch of hungry; cats, ami as soon us a young bird, sticks his leg out of the egg it] gets a band put; on It Why, it’s getting so that any! self-respecting cowTdrd is afraid to stop in College Station for a free meal for fear of stepping into some ingenious trap, being put intd an nit) sock ami weighed, having (lattlcmen’H Ball Set for April 22 April 22 has been set as the dart for the annual Cattlemen’s Ball, according to Douglas Wythe, pres ident of the Saddle and SirloUi Club. The Ball, to be held In Sbii Hall, Will feature music of “Jess| James and His Boys”,. Ticket for the Ball may be obtained anyone in the. School of Aq culture for $2 each, Wythe said. Plans for the Ball were madi at the Tuesday night meeting oa the club. Dates for the Littli Southwestern Livestock Show and Rodeq will be May 12 and 13, Bill Tumbow, rodeo superintendent, an nounced at the meeting. j • , . J . | By HERMAN C. GOLLOB Joseph Szigeti showed his worth as one of the most profound; and complex masters of the violin, to a Guion audience last night at the final Town Hall event of the 1949- 50 season. The highly gifted artist gave a distinguished and completely satis fying performance, his playing dis closed technical as well as inter pretive skill. L Every tone he produced was In fallibly pure and ductile, sweet in quality and invariably pleasing. Tricky passagework, trills, chords, and other mechanical details were highly perfected in a clean-cut, imaginative delivery of each num- fjSHT' ' ' 'f ■! ) .1 ’ j! - ■ His account of the varied kelec- Foresight Must Precede Future War Plannin; ;| “Where there is no fore sight, there the people will perish.” Launching his talk to; the College Station Kiwanis Club yeeterday with that quotation from Proverb87- Professor John Cummings discussed “Warfare of the Future” from the yiewpoii the chemist. His address was v on experience in both world “Both wars could have been pre dicted if our scientists had been on their toes,” he said. “We can’t always tell what .other nations have in mind but we can tdll to a large extent what potentials they have to work with and that re veals much to an analytical mind.’ tions possessed sensitive lyricism or dramatic intensity, according ;to the particular need of the mugic. Memorable Interpretation Szigeti gave a memorabl pretation of Beethoven’s in A Major, Op; 47”. Thi he imbued with an unusual umdunt of tenderness and deep human feeling. The depth of impressive ness was great Veracini’s “Largo” was present ed with-: irresistible suavity of tbne, Paganini’s JCaprice No. 24”, play ed without accompaniment, was a combination of wonders. Here :one heard the subleties of a tong list who has mastered every secret and mystery of the violin. To Mendelsshon’s “Concerto in E Minor, Op 64" SzigeD impai great cunning and sensitivity,; playing magic of touch and mounting glory and beauty. . differentiation between the mood* of the number resulted In a hici