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• :V - / ; A-v City Of ^ College Station Official Newspaper -fr - J ' .ni-; u '4. . .1. ri s~ PUBLISHED, IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Num berl44: Volume 49 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1950 Began Here in Second Grade c. I : w . - t X*. : ■ •ears In Grove Concert Tonight By DAVE COSLETT One of College Station’s most talented young musicians will be seated- behind a viola when the Baylor Symphony Orchestra begins Us free concert in the Grove, at 8 p. m. t onight. V Mary Elizabeth Leland by name, the young lady should feel “-quite at home on the. concert stage —especially in College Station. She started, here iq that field as a sec- >■ pud grader when she played violin in thelA&M Consolidated School Orchestra under the direction of ■X %■ Col. R. J. Dunn. She’s been playing arrjinstrufnent ever since. Studied In New York And Miss Leland is well qual ified for her position with the large Baylor group. She has at- tehded the Jullrard School of Mu sic in New York,; spent two years at the Sopia Newcomb College in New Orleans, x ahd completed two yelars at Baylor where she ma jors in violin and minors in viola. At Baylor she has been elect ed to Mu Phi Essilun, honorary music sorority. All of her accomplishments, how ever, have not been conffped to ;the field of music. She hlade ^the Dean’s Honor List in 1949 : and has been elected to Alpha Chi, honorary scholastic fraternity. She is the daughter of Miv and Mrs, T, W. lipiaud of College'Sta tion, Her father is head of A A M’s Department of Business and Ac counting, Diversified Program Tim program planned hy the ttaylor .Symphony tonight ranges from the popular through the class" iealXThe opeidng ttumher, '’Kin' gal'sX'ave," will he a concert over ture in the latter classiflcutlnu, Written by Mendelssohn^ It Is the nature of a symphonic poem, gird represents one of the early examples of the concert overture. Next on the program will come two familiar pieces, “Dancing in the Dark,”’ by Arthur Schwartz and “The Man I Love” by George Ger shwin. ” ' . - A—^Rimsk y-Korsakov rhapsody, “CapriCcio Espagnole,” will con clude the first portion of the con cert: The Spanish Caprice is one of the most familiar examples-of I9th Century romanticism. Selections From Beethoven Following intermilsion, the or chestra; will present the second and foUrth movements of Beetho ven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major. Often referred to us “the apotheo sis of the dance,*’ this spirited piece is especially noted for its bright ness of color and vividness of rhythm. Concluding number one on the program will he the ever popular "Tales 1 from the Vienna Woods," hy the Vienna master of the waltz, Johunnj Strauss, Hid Waldrop is conductor of the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, Fea tured soloists for the night will he Lino Bat loll, roucerlmaster, and Joseph Teknla, prinelpal cellist for the! group, Following their performance, members of the Baylor Symphony will lie entertained at a reception, Mrs. T. W, 1,eland and Mrs. T. M. Harrington are handling arrange ments. * $. Mary Elizabeth Leland V I, ■'l.f Four Students Named Annual Award Winners Four outstanding stu4ents of the School of Arts and Sci ences have been announced as winners of the Arts and Sci- mces Achievement Award fo. graduating seniors. Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the SchooLof Arts a iuL Sciences will make the awar^i^fat’" the Awards- and Merits Day Ptpgram May 14. Each of the five t honor students will receive a; parchment citation bound - in niaroion leather with the words, “Dis|ijnguished Honor Award” stamped 'in gold oh the pover. The cover also carries an ihi- pression of the 4 college admi-uistra- JUin-building. ■ The awards are for outstanding scholarship and leader'shtp. •The award winners aVe: Frank William Cuchi^g, Jr., bus iness major from D'reenvilje, a (tiHtinguiHlu'd student every se mester he has attended A&M and a distinguished /military- student. George Htevo; Kurlxla, physical education majqr from .H^ugfmtp a diatingulshed/student all hut one semeateri a/tllirtlugulMhed military student) furtlhall playeivtrack team captain Jmd member uf the IH4M Vrlra track team, In addl,« Unit Dt other a^hoftistlt), military * athletic htMuirs, vkl Jay - Kreagef, Jr,, ecu* fnlcs major /froin Man Angelo, 1 ' \*k) ' and/ tgtilHhwT student every semes ^ ter ami dlktljOgulshed iiTTHtany *tu- V'flent,- eltih leader and triliHimural PwBpMV/4 TL v Ti Joe Hill Mullins, physics' major fro .vCurrlzo /Springs, lieutenant colonel In the Cadet Corps and battalion commander, distinguished student every semester, distin- i guished military student He at tended college uiplar an Oppor tunity Award scholarship. Committee To Present Art Exhibits In MSC Plans are well under way / to make’ art -a natural part of daily' student living at A&M’s new Mem orial Student Center, J'"- Wayne Stark, director of the center, said, today. v * Salons, exhibits, student com mittees, loan collection^, v pur^ chase (prizes-'tmd gallery courses are all a part of a studied plaii to take are out of a musty museum atmosphere and brjhg it dpwn to street level on the A&M campus, Stark pointed out/. 1 .The Gallery / Committee which consists of students, professors, and other interested persons, has already formed the puecleus of an organization w,hieh is expected to grow considerably. Stark said. . Development Planned At the present the committee consist^ of approximately 47 mem bers, /according to Mrs. Ralph L. Terry, „ director and teacher of Art. Tne entire program is being sponsored by the -Memorial Stu dent Center. At a later date handi craft will be added as another part of the social and educational de velopment program which is be ing planned. Last year the Gallery Commit tee in its infancy exhibited only Croaeman Articles Arc Published Chris II, (IrnniMimn, head nf the Industrial Education Department, Is the author of two nmgaKlne ar ticles which appeared In the May Issue of Industrial Arts and Voca tional Kdbeatlun. The articles consist of photo graphs, drawings' and descriptive material for the making of a nov elty wheelbarrow and a humidor from plastic materials. These con stitute the second installment of a series of twenty selected de signs by Groneman for the school and home workshop. He is the author of a plastics book '“Plastics Made Practical.” I ;• >' -J s are on tflpe for a change at laat Friday night’a in Mbiaa Mena Hall. Following the banquet, BV’a i their way to the Grove for a ball which began at Rohm Volunteers annual banquet and datea made their way . - .. 9. 801 Turner nd the Aggleland Orchestra were there to provide pleasant listening. __ * ‘ a feW pictures in the YMCA dur ing Alii College Day. These were inspected by more than 500 visit or^, Mrs. Terry pointed out. This year the committee is plan^ ning a similar program but the number of pictures on exhibition will be much larger. The Gallery Committee has also invited the Bryan-College Station Art Club members to contribute some pf their works to the exhibit. Mediums used oil, the pictures to be on ex hibit are charcoal, pencil, water colors, and- oil. Gaither Browning from Brownwood will judge all s .the entries. Meets Tri-Weekly The Gallery Committee meets three times a week. Art students are expected to attend at least one of, these classes but 'they are wel come to all three, Mrs. Terry stated. The Sessions are free and open to all students. The student is required to furnish only the materials with which ihe plains to work, Mrs. Ter ry .'concluded: Hall once again bulged as summer registration took over last iye scene was only slightly different from the reg- egistratlon, with the'{crowd a little smaller, progress quicker, but the heat—just as hot. It V ’.s Take A Break To Dance At Grove . i Nation's Top Colleglatp Dally NAS 1940 Survey Price: Five Centa One-Hitter Hold Second in 6 Ag '• -1 By FRANK MANITZAS Pat Hubert allowed the Rice Owls only one hit and four bnses- on-balls as the Aggies thoroughly trounced the visiting nine, 14-0, Friday afternoon on the Kyle Field diamond. After Saturday’s game wheiji the Farmers again blasted the blue an<j gray flock, 12-2, the maroon and white baseballers remain only one game behind the conference :ue By B. F. BOLAND Approximately Xppt'l ,. Hip. Uowm Volunteer t'otuphny "Mink - f * ■ - ' K-y b' Bill Pars© Bill Parse, “B” Engineers, is the new vice-president for the Class of ’51. This is Parse's sec ond year in that office. He is a member of Tati Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, and the Engineer staff. Corpus Light Co. Aids Spinach Study The Central Power and Light Company of Corpus Christi has made available to the Texas Ag ricultural Experiment Station fac ilities for speeding up investiga tions on white rust and other dis eases of spinach. Experiment Station Receives Donation A check for $3,400 from Dr. R. R. Williams, chairman, Research Corporation, Williams - Writerman • Fund, New York, has been re ceived by the Experiment Station. The money will be used in fur ther support of the work on stud ies in displacement separation of liquids Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of the station, said. I ho mi’mhi'i s of . y a '“bleak" Ibis weekend from a heavy drill schedule to celebrate with their annual hall and banquet Friday night and with an Informal party Saturday night. $ Events got underway Friday promptly at 7:15 p.m. when It Vs, their dates, and guests were usher ed into the Sbisa Hall banquet room. Regimental flags and the RV flag were placed behind the speaker’s table on which red, white, and blue crepe paper streamers had been arranged. Menu for the banquet 'Includ ed a tomato juice cocktail, steak, french fried , potatoes, english peas, salad, iceflea, and choco late pie. !• * / D. P. McClure,-commanding of- ficer, .Spoke briefly on the company and its background and introduced honor guests. These included Chancellor and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, President and Mrs. F. C. Bolton, Colonel and Mrs. H. L. Boatner, Dean and Mrs.. W. T. Harrington, Dean and Mrg. W. L. Penberthy, Lt. Colonel and Mrs. J. E. Davis, Lt. Golonel and Mrs. J. H. Kejly, and -Major and Mrs. L. F. Walker. Other honor guests were Mrs. Irene I Claghorn, Mr. and Mrs. I’. L. ! [Iowiin, Captain and Mrs, J. 0, Otts, Sergeant and Mrs, I). V, Stroud, und'Ft. Col, J, J, Kelly, All present sang "Happy Birth day" fur Mrs, Irene "Mein" Clag hern after IntrodnrtlonM, Ami at 9 p.m. ml the concrete sljji of the. Grove BUI “Fop" Turner waved the halon for the Aggleland Orchestra lo follow and play what Itnmed out lo he one of their best groups of selec tions for the year. Tommy But ler and Lou Dorn, strictly hop singers, provided vocal adBitionsv Dorn, in rare form, proved his forte was bebop. ( „ The danc<t. ended at i 1 a.m. Sat urday morning. Saturday night, the group again assembled, tiiis time, in more in formal attire at D.O.K.K. Hall in Bryan. Early,Sunday morning the last of the RV socials had been com pleted. „ _ In charge of ball and banquet arrangements was Jim Hatzen- buehler, Executive officer of the company, i Other committee ehair- ipen were Allen Eubank handling banquet preparations; Ray Hengst, 'decorations, Jarvis Miller, guests; Bob Mitchell, program. Asia No Threat, Says McArthur Tokyo, May 8 —(AP)— | General MacArthur believes!; that present American anil other western bases in the Pacific area can prevent any aggressor amphibious*thrust from Asia. However, "'ho thinks preoccupa tion of western lenders with Eur ope has helped create a dangerous situation in Asia \\hieh, In terms of wealth and population, is at least as important us Europe, The supreme commander nf (he Jatmnese uceupatlnn stressed these points as lie’ has done . before;’— in talking to a grnhp nf vlslfijig Australian newsmen April 29, authoritative sources disclosed to day. MncArthur's comments were made with the uuderstnndlng that he would not be quoted directly and that the material would he used only after the Australians returned home. The party was due to reach 'Darwin, Australia, this afternoon, but some stories based on his talk apparently have been pubtished. Three day» ago, after his con ference with the Australian cor respondents, MacArthur publicly rebuked as “provocative imperti nence a Russian charge that mgin- tenance of American bases in Ja pan and Okinawa violates occupa tion policies. ‘ ■ \ He told the Russians Okinawa was the United States’ oWn affair and that both American and Brit ish occupation bases in Japan would continue, as long as the oc cupation lasted, to be “maintained in a condition of such adequacy and preparedness as will insure the fullest security, operational effi ciency and most complete readiness 4 for any eventuality.” DnvUl llnluott David Halites, Artillery Liaison sergeant tin the Carps Bluff, Is the newly elected secrelury-lreus* uref nf the Class af '(II, Haines was recently elected next year'a president nf^fhe Mlnglng Cadets. Far Goon, Grown? Jacksonville, Flu., May 8—<49-^ Ed Kirkland lost his left ear In an auto wreck. Police found it in the wreck age. The ear was taken to a hospital yesterday and sewed back on. Doctors said in a few days they can tell whether it will grow back. Gen. Fellers Ends Speech Series Tonigl "How To Win The 1 Wur" will bo ulcuNeed by Bonner Feller* In the Ghjem- Intry Lecture Hoorn at f m, tonight it* 1 U>‘ r HMIMW) Grant Issues Merles comes lb an end. according to H, It, Ganmum, chairman of (he Great Issues rony mlltee, Head of Psychological War fare In MucArthur's Pacific ('am* palgjtt, General Fellers ^condition* ed the minds of the JupHtiest defeat and surrender with "I Columns", radio broadcasts, lets, uir drop news-sheets, other devices and made one 6 most notable contributions to tory, Gmumoo said. lit now offers a similar master plan for handling our “current problems abroad and winning the “Cold War” without resor. to force. This plan will be the es seneje of his speech tonight Gaimon said. Ii| World War II, General lers w’as on active duty in campaigns of the African dssert and Dr. Fel- the -the 1936. was leading Texas Longhorns. Texas ^neets the TCU Frogs today in Fort Worth and a win for the Froggies would leave the Aggies nearly tied for the top spot. Then the final playoff would come May 17 and 18 when TU and A&M meet on Clark Field at Aus tin. Scoring in five different frames, the home team never lej>up after driving the starting pitcher for the visitors—Walt Deakin—from the box. Seven runs were tallied in the first inning for the Aggies before an out was called, and- the Cadets gained 13 hits duripg the entire game. Cundelnri Has Perfect Day Hank Candelari, the Cadet's third baseman, had, a perfect day at the plate, ciogiing twb for two, and at the same time scoring two of the winner’s runs. Hubert help ed Ids euuse along, grahljing a double and a single In four trips i ■ ■ t ; f/flg. 1' ^ '•* r i ’ *. >• V $ J A ?. fi lined iddle, the Pacific and joined .of Gen. .MacArthur in- when the Philippine r Army being established. In 1,940 General Fellers j the British Forces in the M East as U. S. Observer of oj>era-' tionk. For the clarity and aecu racy of his reports he was* award ed the D. S. M. and promoted to Brigadier General. He thenl re turned home to instruct at train ing centers on combined armor and air operations in desert warfare. It} addition to the D. S. M., "Gen eral Fellers has received Qje Le gion of Merit, Distinguished Ser vice Star of the P,hjlippirtes with one Annahua leaf. Now retired,'he has written wide ly for newspapers Zand magazines on all types of 'current' public is sue}), Dr. Gammon said'/"- (general Fellers lecture is open to the public witlftiut charge, Dr. Gammon added. S' ■ McCarley Elected Kream, Row Prcjxy junior from i.v at* Jgek McCarley, a I lop Ison was elected preside it of the Kream and Knw Klult-for the next selniul year at a meeting held last Tuesday In the Agrtei Bure Bustling, Jack Blrkner fronj Bay Clt was elected vice president; <’ vltt A, Itlmt. from Fayettkvllle wait re-elected secretary-treasur er ; James Lehmann, from Bren- hath, reporter; Webb Cox from Dallas, social chairman; hud D. D. Hill, PurHamphtarian. /Mr. Brady Anthony was reelected! as the club sponsor. A short discussihn followed in which Dr. Rupel stressed the neces sity of the boys getting their ani mals well prepared for the an nual Spring Dairy Show to be held at the Dairy Barn on' Satur day, May 13, 1950. Final Collegiate 4-H Club Meeting Held The Intercollegiate 4-H Club held its final meeting of the year in the Moore House, Monday night. Joe L. Matthews of the Exten sion Service Department was the speaker of the evening. He spoke to the group about obtaining em ployment in the Extension Service. Plans were made by the- (dub for re-activation next fall, and for obtaining a concession stand to run the weekend of May 18. - ’ MSI ,i iding students of the SchooLof Arts and “Distinguished Honor Atirards” from Dr. Pictured are four outstanding ■Sciences who will receive J. P. Abbott, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, at the Awards and Merita Day Program May 14. ~ Standing in the usual order are George Kadera, David Jay Kreager, Jr, Dr. Abbott, Frank William Cushing, and Joe Hill Mullins. Dare Keelan Dare Keelan," “C” Flight Air Force, is the newly elected pres-; ident of the Class of ’51. Keelait is sergeant major of the Ailf Force Regiment. ft/ Kenneth Nltimh© a Ken Shsake, "H" Infantry, the hew sueial secretary fur the Class nf '31. He Is a business major from Chilton and recorder for (he senior court. BinlogirttM lo M<‘<‘t Here in November The’Southwestern Section of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine will hold its next meeting , at A&M. J. R. Couch of the Poultry Husbandry Department announced today. The meeting will be held in November. , “This section,” Couch says, "has always met at a medical school in the past. but. due to the out standing work being carried on at A&M in this field, the jgroup which met at the Baylor Medical College in Houston this week voted to’tneet here.” Attending the meeting in Hous ton from A&M were Couch, R. W. Colby, Dr. Carl, Lyman, W. E. Bryles, Raymond Reiser, who pre sented a paper and. Dr. R. T. Hol man and graduate students J. V. Halick, J. W. Dieckert, R. W. Wit- to the plate, and batted in two/ runs while “scoring once himself. The Owls’ third baseman—-Bob Kenedy—claimed the only hit of the afternoon for the losers, hitting between shortstop Guy Wallace and Candelari for his single. Joe Savarino and Guy Wallace both -reached first on errors and both scored on Wally Moon’s -dou ble. Big left-fielder Shug McPher son took a base on balls, and jioth men advanced when right fielder John DeWitt bunted down the third base lih^. i . Larjr Singles Yale LaryV/ blistering single past the thiiyU baseman scored Moon and McPherson. Then a new Owl hurler, Hollis Chatham, walk* - ed the following two Cadet hatters -rCandeiurl and jcatcher Jim Cal vert, Hubert's lofty double In left fijyld brought home Lary ami Can- ihdari fur runs six ami seven. Calvert tried to steal home hut was put out at the plate. Havar- imi again reuehed first an an er» r#, but the Owl pllrher settled down and rellrui) the following turn Aggie halters, ,. ^ lie Witt seored his xeenipl run nf llli 1 day and the Aggies eighth of the gante when he stole home after having reached first dn a blngle In the-hidlotn half of 'the second frame. Iliiberl'a Hurling Best luhert conMnued hurling at his t, retiring the first three bat* ng mjt In the fifth, but In the dower f of the fifth frame, bedlam Jn,broke lose as the Cadets ran OSS four tallies on three Hits, tandelari sent his second hit of day—a howling double—bC- in right and center field to Ch first. Calvert followed suit h a single. Hubert again re’hch- first, this time tm an intended jrifice that turned out'~to be a . fiilflers choice when confusion !in hife. the young Rich nifield. Candelari Scores Again invarino reached first in the e manner fts Hubert, then Can- ri went home on, an error by nedy, with Calvert following-on next play, Hubert scored oh illace’s' long, pop out fly' with Savarino tallying the Cadet’s final ruin of the inning. Moon started another rally in the seventh with a double between left and center field and came home on an err«>r by Bill Wright, Owl first baseman. Calvert scored the final, run of the game in the bottom of the eighth frame after having reached first on a walk. Hubert's single advanced Cal vert to third, and the Aggie catch er ran across run number 14 when Wallace singled into right field, ending the scoring in the second Cadet victory- over the Owls this season. (See BOX SCORES, Page 4) ' J 1 4 Grimes to Speak Before Physicists Miss Marriunn Grimes, profes- Hdi' with the Agricultural Expert* mentation Station, will speak to- ^ morrow night.to the A&M Physios Society at 7;ilo In Room 8(1 of the Physics building, Harold R, Smith president of the society said today,, * Having received her degree at Kansas Stale College and -com pleting her graduate work at MIT and, at. the university of Chicago, she will he more than qualified to speak on the advantages of applied physics In the f text lie Industry, rroftjsxor Grimes has been work ing for the experimentation station since 1927. doing research on tex tiles, specifically cotton. Along with the talk hy Miss ((rimes, nf-' - fieers for next Years society wlli he chosen, Smith concluded. ■ a Ring Dance Tickets On Sale in Goodwin Tickets for the Senior Ring Dance and banquet are now on sale daily/ from 1 to 5 p. m. in the Agriculturist office in Goodwin Hall. Ticket sales will continue through Wednesday, May 10. The dance will be held from 8 to 12 p. m.. May 20. The Battalion- Nature Loving Society this week awards \itMiC “Medal of Achievement” to the soldier, statesman, and knightly gentleman who spent Friday night 4 steeping on the undeveloped lawn v of the Memorial Student Center. , Prior to resting his h<>ad on a\’ : •clod of dirt neut> our.newest build ing, the weary one had been sleep ing, full clothed, in the bathtub at a local- hotel. Kind friends had pulled him from the tub when the party broke up. They carried him to the cam pus and started him on the way,to his dormitory. Somehow he became lokt. Panic was averted, however. He removed his shirt, .spread it on the ground to attract passing res- j cuers, and lay down to enjoy a deep sleep. Fortunately a humane traveler who had keen at the lost one’s par*’ ty sighted him in tte morning. To gether they ;whni Vcr town, break-„ fasted, and relived the night’s e* periences. . <r