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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Nation’s Top
Collegiate Daily
NAS 1949 Survey
Number 160: Volume 49
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950
Price: Five Cents
Senior Cadets Receive
Gold Bars Tomorrow
Three hundred and six senior
ROTC cadets will be presented
with commissions in the Officers
Reserve Corps tomorrow afternoon
at 1.
The ceremony will be held in
Guion Hall, with Lieut. Gen. Le-
Roy Lutes, commanding g-eneral
of the Fourth Army, presenting -
Army commissions. Maj. Gen.
Alden R. Crawford will present .the
Air Force commissions.
All cadets to receive commissions
will be present and seat as desig
nated by 12:45 p.m., according to
the Military Department.
Cadets Sworn In
Men eligible for the commissions
were sworn en masse this morning
i|r the Assembly Hall. The entire
group was sworn in, then split to
formally sign the oath.
Infantry, . Field Artillery, Air
Force, Army Security, and Signal
sjorps men remained at the Assem
bly Hall for the signing, while the
Ordnance, Engineers, Cavalry,
Quartermaster, Transportation, and
Coast Artillery went to their re
spective offices in Ross Hall.
The splitting of the group was
to ease the pressure of signing
such a large number of cadets.
Uniforms Set
Cadets attending the , commis
sioning ceremony are requested by
the Military Department to wear
Ames Leaves
Travel Agency
For Sales lob
t, E. E. Ames, who has oper
ated a travel agency at Col
lege Station for the past five
years, is one of three new
representatives added to the
sales staff of Coronet Furniture.
Company in Bryan.
k Mrs. Ames will continue to oper
ate the travel agency.
Ames will represent the company
in the sales of all home furnish
ings and is a specialist in floor
1 coverings. He will be the only
outside salesman of the new men.
He has been associated with the
store in a part-time capacity for
the past .30 days, and begins all-
time work Thursday.
Ames formerly lived near Tex
arkana. He and Mrs. Ames have
one daughter.
Another of the new salesman is
an ex-student of A&M. He is
Roger Powers Jr., a native of
Bryan. He is a graduate of Feath
er and Feather School of Design
in Houston, a school for interior
decorators. His work with Coronet
will be his first association since
graduation.
Powers graduated from Stephen
F. Austin High School in Bryan
’1^ 1944, then spent one semester
at A&M. After spending 20
months in the armed forces, he
returned for another semester at
fy&.M.
The third new staff salesman is
Norman G'. Haisler, a native of
Caldwell. Haisler, who spent two
and a half years at the University
of Texas studying languages, has
been employed at Houston with a
publishing company.
the summer uniform with ties,
boots optional. Air Force cadets
may . wear the summer uniform,
with blue cap, tie, and belt, and
black shoes and sox.
The distinguished party will en
ter Guion’s stage at approximately
1 p.m. Cadet Charles H. Aiken
will call the Corps to attention
when the party reaches the stage.
After , the group has been seated,
Cadet Dean “Buddy” Boyd will lead
the audience in the singing of
“The Spirit of Aggieland.”
Bolton, Bradley Speak
On completion of the song, the
assembly will be seated and Col.
H. L. Boatner, commandant and
PMS&T of the college, will pre
sent Cadet Lt. Col. King Egger,
corps chaplain, who will give the
invocation.
Talks by Dr. F. C. Bolton, retir
ing president of the college, and
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman
of the joint chiefs of staff, will
follow the invocation.
Upon completion of the talks,
Colonel Boatner will have the
Corps rise and the mass Oath of
Office will be administered by
Lieut. Col. William F. Lewis.
Pinning of Bars
After the commissions have been
presented by Gen. Lutes and Gen.
Crawford, Colonel Boatner will an
nounce the “Pinning of Bars.” At
that time each newly-commissioned
officer will have his set of second-
lieutenant’s bars properly attached
to his uniform. The pinning will
be done by parents, friends, or
guests.
Upon completion of the pinning,
Egger will give the benediction,
after which Boyd will lead the au
dience in singing “The Star Span
gled Banner.”
Elkins Is Appointed
To London Position
R. L. Elkins, administrative as
sistant to the president of the col
lege, , has been named assistant
chief of the Food and Agricultural
Division of the Special Economics
Cooperation Administration, to the
United Kingdom. The EGA is a
part of the Marshall plan.
Elkins, who has been connected
with A&M since 1933 has been
granted a leave of absence. His
new position is next to the top
post in that organization. He will
leave for London, his headquar
ters, June 15, following a 5-day
indoctrination in Washington, D.C.
The new ECA official is a native
of Palestine, and a graduate of
A&M. He served for four and a
half years in the Army. He went
into the service in 1941 as a first
The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines
The Reverend Hines, bishop co
adjutor of the Episcopal diocese
of Texas, will speak at the bac
calaureate service to be held in
Guion Hall tomorrow morning.
lieutenant and was mustered out
of the service as a lieutenant col
onel April 21, 1945.
Elkins served in the North Afri
can campaign and in Italy. His
division, the First Armored, got
tangled up with the wily German
general, Rommell, during the early
stages of the war, when that gen
eral was in his heyday, and 800 of
his men, including himself, were
captured.
They were not prisoners of war
fen - long—Rommell’s air corps
bombed their own tanks, and dur
ing the bombardment, Elkins and
a number of his men escaped.
In Italian Invasion
Later, Elkins’ division invaded
Italy, landing at Naples. They
fought their way to Casino and
from there battled their way to
Anzio and then into Rome. From
there they Avent to Pisa and then
home for Elkins.
Elkins special field is personnel
management, having worked with
several business concerns. He is
the author of a publication on
workmen’s compensation insur
ance. He holds membership in the
National Management Association,
the Dallas Personnel Association
and the Texas Personnel Associa
tion. He is a reserve officer, stu
dent counsellor and a Mason.
His wife and three children,
Bobby, Claire and Ann, will ac
company him to London. He ex
pects to be in that country for
two years.
Bryan City Band
Will Meet Tonight
The Bryan City Band will meet
Thursday night at 8 p.m. at the
Carnegie Library in Bryan, accord
ing to Tom Sweeney, band director.
“All musicians in Bryan and Col
lege Station are invited to join us,”
Sweeney said. "Bring your instru
ment and music stand. High school
pupils are especially invited to play
with the band.”
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Leading the Texas Aggie band onto the football
fields at half-time next year will be Tommy
Alderson, center; Wayne Dunlap, left; and Rob
ert “Buck” Buchanan. Alderson was recently
chosen head drum major for next year, Dunlap
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drum major of the White Band, with Buchanan
to head the Maroon Band. The trio was selected
by band members and Lt. Col. E. V. Adams,
director.
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Dr. M. T. Harrington
This smiling gentleman will become A&M’s eleventh president when
he takes office Saturday. Dr. Harrington succeeds Dr. Frank C.
Bolton, who will retire to modified service as the college’s first
president emeritus. The inauguration ceremony will be held next
October 5 as one of the features of the Diamond Jubilee year.
Harrington Will Be
First Aggie Prexy
1190 Grads To Hear
Bradley Give Address
By JOHN WHITMORE
Four years of college work will
reach a climax as 1190 graduating
seniors walk down the aisles at
Kyle Field Friday night to receive
their diplomas, signifying they
have completed the work necessary
for a bachelor’s degree from A&M.
General Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the joint chiefs of staff
of the national military establish
ment, will deliver the commence
ment address. G. R. White, presi
dent of the Board of Directors of
the A&M System, will present the
diplomas.
Commencement services will end
the day’s activities, which begin at
9 a.m. with two baccalaureate
processions forming. The proces
sions will lead to the Assembly
Hall and to Guion Hall. Roll call
will be held at 9:15, with the actual
processions into the halls at 9:30.
All candidates for degrees in
the School of Agriculture, School
of Arts and Sciences, and all ad
vanced degree candidates will
form at 9 a.m. on the west side of
the Academic Building and south
of Sully’s statue.
Candidates for Engineering de
grees and Veterinary Medicine de
grees will form on the west side
of the Academic Building and
north of the statue.
Both of the baccalaureate ser
mons will start at the same time.
Baccalaureate Speakers
Dr. W. Boyd Hunt, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Houston,
will address the group in the As
sembly Hall.
The Right Reverend John E.
Hines, bishop coadjutor of the
Four Will Receive
Honorary Degrees
Saturday, June 3, a member of
the class of ’22 will do what no
other A&M graduate has ever
done. Dr. M. T. Harrington, pres
ently dean of the college, will take
over the office of president of his
alma mater.
Dr. F. C. Bolton, now completing
his forty-first year of service to
the college, will hand over the
reigns to his younger assistant and
retire to modified service as pres
ident emeritus.
There will be little fanfare at
tached to the change because it is
being saved until October 5, when
Dr. Harrington’s inauguration will
be the first official ceremony of
the college’s seventy-fifth anniver
sary observance.
Bolton Pleased
Commenting on his successor,
Dr. Bolton said, “Dr. Harrington
and I have worked together for
A&M for almost a quarter of a
century and I am pleased that I
will be able to relinquish the lead
ership of the college to such ca
pable and experienced hands.”
Dr. Harrington’s rise on the aca
demic ladder has been an almost
year-to-year affair since 1946. It
was in that year that he took over
the duties of assistant dean of the
college in charge of organizing
and directing the A&M Annex.
A year later he came back to the
campus as dean of arts and
sciences. The following year, he
was named acting dean of the col
lege when Dr. Bolton moved from
that position to the presidency.
And this year he was elected Dr.
Bolton’s successor by the Board of
Directors after being recommended
by Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist.
A Fish in 1918
Dean Harrington first came to
the A&M campus as a fish in
1918. Four years later he graduat
ed with a bachelor of science de
gree in chemical engineering. He
joined the college staff as a chem
istry instructor in 1925 and began
work on his master’s, completing
it in 1927.
Taking a leave of absence, he
studied at MIT, the University of
Michigan, the University of South
ern California and received his
Ph.D. at Iowa State College.
In his 25 years service here, Dr.
Harrington has established an en
viable record as a teacher and lec
turer in his field, and early estab
lished the reputation of being “the
student’s friend.”
He is a member of the American
Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, an
honorary research society, and Phi
Lambda Epsilon, an honor society
for chemists and chemical engi
neers.
Four honorary doctor’s degrees
will be conferred by A&M at com
mencement exercises June 2.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the U. S. joint chiefs of
staff who will deliver the com
mencement address, will receive an
honorary doctor of laws degree.
General Bradley, who command
ed the Twelfth Army Group in
Europe during World War II and
headed the Veteran’s Administra
tion in the critical period at the
end of the war, is being so recog
nized for “distinguished - accom
plishments in the field of interna
tional affairs, both military and
diplomatic.”
“Outstanding Leadership”
The ' citation credits him with
“outstanding leadership in foster
ing world-wide understanding be
tween governments and safe-guard
ing the rights of free peoples.”
Burton Elias Hull, president of
Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Com
pany, will be awarded a doctor of
engineering degree “for his dis
tinguished leadership in transpor
tation of petroleum products by
means of pipe lines, for his out
standing performance in the con
struction and operation of the
world’s greatest facilities of this
nature and for his contributions to
the safety and welfare of his na
tion and its people through these
accomplishments.”
A native of Navasota, Tex., Hull
graduated from A&M in 1904. He
has served as vice president of the
Texas Company and president of
the Texas Pipe Line Company. He
surveyed and designed the Big
Inch and Little Inch pipe lines.
N. W. Smith Gets Degree
Also to receive an honorary doc
tor of engineering degree is Mar
vin Wadsworth Smith, president of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
The degree will be conferred upon
Smith “for distinguished accom
plishments in the professional field :
of electrical engineering, for out
standing leadership in civic and
cultural development of the com
munities in which he has lived and |
for his abilities as an executive -
and business leader. . .”
Born in Overton, Tex., Smith i
graduated from A&M as valedic
torian in 1915. He went to work 1 1
for Westinghouse Electric Cor
poration and became manager of
engineering for the firm in 1936.
In 1939 he was elected president
in charge of all engineering re
search, and in 1948 was elected
executive vice president of Bald
win Locomotive Works. He be
came president of that company in
May 1949.
Col. John F. Davis, a native of
Waco, who attended A&M 1908-
1911 before going to the U. S. Mili
tary Academy at West Point, will
be awarded an honorary doctor of
laws degree.
Dr. W. Boyd Hunt
Dr. Hunt, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Houston, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
tomorrow morning in the Assem
bly Hall.
Japanese Graduate Escapes
FromRussianlmprisonment
By B. F. ROLAND
From A&M to Japan to Siberia
and back to Japan—its a long
way. Yet that same route is one
that has been followed by an A&M
graduate, Seiichi Sakamoto.
Sakamoto came to A&M from
San Antonio. He majored in ag
ronomy here and was a member
of the Crops Judging Team. In
his senior year he was high-point
man in the crops judging contest
at Kansas City. He scored the
highest number of points ever
chalked up by a contestant at that
time.
Those who knew him while a
student here say that he was a
brilliant student and a willing
worker. He was a distinguished
student, a member of the swimming
team, secretary of numerous cam
pus organizations, including his
sophomore class.
Active “Y” Worker
He was active in YMCA work
and M. L. Cushion, secretary of
the “Y,” remembers Sakamoto as
one of the most enthusiastic stu
dents ever affiliated with the
YMCA at A&M.
After graduation in 1938, Saka
moto went to work with his father
in 1941. His father was respon
sible for maintaining the Japanese
gardens in San Antonio.
In the summer of 1941, Saka
moto visited Japan. Since he had
been born in Japan, he was still a
Japanese citizen. As a citizen, he
was forced to enlist in the Jap
anese Army.
Captured by Russians
While in the Army there, he
spent a year and a half in Japan,
one year in Central China, and two
years in north China before he was
captured by the invading Russians.
After four and one half years
in Siberia, Sakamoto escaped and
made his way back to Japan.
Shortly after arriving back in
Japan, Sakamoto wrote to Cushion
about Siberia and Japan.
“I was taken by the Russians to
Siberia, where I struggled against
life and death for four and a half
years,” he wrote. “No church, nor
moral or spiritual virtues in Rus
sia. How sorry I felt for their
people. They only know the police
state and human slavery.”
Disavows Communism
“Today I ask all men to form a
new united front of those people
who disavow Communism, who
stand for morals and religion and
who love freedom.”
“I was surprised to find Japan
as changed. She is no longer a
feudalistic country. She is a new 1
democratic country and she is be
coming a Christian nation.”
“Japan made a great mistake
in entering the war. But I am
glad she lost the war, because of
American aid she is becoming a
new nation.”
“I am resting in the summer
home of my friend Mitsuo Matsuo-
ko. My ribs were like a washing
board when I- got back from Si
beria, but now I am returning to
normal.”
Episcopal Diocese of Texas, will
address candidates for degrees who
will be in Guion Hall.
Following the presentation of
commissions to eligible cadets Fri
day afternoon, the annual presi
dent’s reception will be held at the
home of Dr. Frank C. Bolton, re
tiring president of the college. The
home will be open from 2:30 to 4
p.m. The reception is for all grad
uates, their relatives and friends.
Commencement Friday
Commencement will be the last
academic affair of the weekend.
The commencement procession will
form at 5:30 Friday afternoon,
with roll call at 5:45. The pro
cession begins at 6 p.m.
Main speaker at the commence
ment services on Kyle Field will
be Gen. Bradley. Dr. Bolton will
deliver a greeting to the graduates,
preceding Gen. Bradley’s talk.
Dr. M. T. Harrington, dean of
the college and president-elect, will
present the valedictorian of the
class, Donald E. Jarvis.
Bolton Confers Degrees
Dr. Bolton will confer the de
grees, with board president White
presenting the diplomas.
Jarvis Miller will deliver the ben
ediction.
In the Grove Friday night at
9, the Final Ball will take place.
Dancing will be to the music of
the Aggieland Orchestra. In case
of inclimate weather, the dance
will be moved to Sbisa Hall.
Saturday the Corps of Cadets
will hold its annual Final Review.
Seniors will be honored by the men
of their units as they pass in re
view for the graduates.
Senior
Calendar
Friday
9 a.m. Procession Forms for
Baccalaureate Services
9:30 a.m. Procession Moves off
for Baccalaureate Serv
ices in Guion or the As
sembly Hall
1 p.m. Presentation of Reserve
Commissions in Guion Hall
2:30-4:30 p.m. President’s Re
ception
5:30 p.m. Processions form for
Commencement exercises
6 p.m. Commencement Services
begin
9 p.m. Final Ball in the Grove
Saturday
9:30 p.m. Final Review
Mother of Mogford
Buried in Brady
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma
Mogford, 92, mother of J. S. Mog
ford of College Station, were held
Wednesday afternoon at Eden. She
passed away Monday night at a
hospital in Brady.
Mr. and Mrs. Mogford and son
Bill attended the funeral.
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General Omar N. Bradley
General Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will deliver
the principle address tomorrow night at the commencement exercises
on Kyle Field. He will also speak at commissioning exercises for
senior cadets tomorrow afternoon in Guion Hall.
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