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rf. Published Four Times Weekly Uj Throughout the Summer A v' f’ f € > »* V >? 77i€ Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest Number 34: Volume 50 COLLEGE STATION (Aggielaiid) t TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1950 Price: Five Cents Appearance Dates Set For Town Mall Artists of ’50-’5X / By B. F. ROLAND On the cultural side of things tor the coming school year will be .five artists who will appear in Guion Hall via the Town Hall Series. Though several revisions have been made, the program is now complete, and dates of ap pearance have been set. Leonard Warren will lead off this year’s artists when he comes to College Station on Oct. 19. Much has been published about the Metropolitan Opera baritone. His popularity in opera, on the recital stage, and on recordings has qualified him as “the most sumptuous baritone voice of our times.” On Nov. 8 Guion Hall’s spot lights will turn toward Jean Dick enson, pretty, dark-haired Metro politan opera soprano. She has been named, “The Nightingale of the jAirways” for her work on the Vadio program.” “The American Album of Familiar Music.” She spent her babyhood in India, at tended grammar school in New Work, high school in San Francisco, and music school in Denver. Started at 16 Miss Dickenson started on the ladder of success at 16 when she Five Veterans Buy Ranch For Delinquents A 238 acre ranch to be used as a home for delinquent and homeless boys will be opened by five ex-servicemen, three of them Bryanites and .Vane a College Station resident. The ranch will open today when fohr boys, become the first to ar rive. Bought recently by Mr. and Mrs. AW. L. Manning, Boyce Copeland, and Mr. and Mfs. Maurice McCarty of Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ogden of College Station, and Mr. and Mrs. Graham Stanfil of Waco, the Castle Rock Ranch at Medina near San Antonio will be the new home for many of the states ju venile delinquents. The proposed plan of non-pro fit operation was approved by Dis trict Judge W. S. Barron of Bryan and others who have been active in the local campaign. According to available information, the camp will be used for boys who with the juvenile judges consent, are good bets for improvement with the necessary understanding and training. Two of the boys arriving at )he ranch today are from Waco, one is from Gatesville, and the other is from Bryan. The owners expect 20 more boys by Christmas. Housing facilities at the ranch are sufficient for.64 boys, with dining room space for 108. ' Recreational facilities included football, baseball, basketball, horseback riding, swimming, and a fully equipped recreation room for indoor games. Boys at the Nanch will also be able to gain a practical knowledge of farming and ranching, the owners said. began to sing. In Denver she en tered the Lament School of Music to study with Florence Hinman. Soon after, NBC featured her on a weekly coast - to - coast program called, “Golden Melodies.” Miss Dickenson, still in her early twenties, sang on the 1'own Hall stage six years ago. Today, between concert tours, she lives in New York City with her parents and spends a great deal of her free time writing long letters to her Army husband. You’ve probably seen Oscar Le vant in the movies, and heard his pungent witticisms on the radio. You’ll have both in person on Feb. 1 when the versatile pian ist occupies the Town Hall stage. Levant’s Motion Pictures Successful in motion pictures, Levant is remembered for “Rhap sody in Blue,” the screen story about his closest friend, the late George Gershwin, “Humoresque”, “The Barkleys of Broadway”, Kiss the Boys Goodbye,” “Rhythm of the River”, and “Romance in High C.” Levant didn’t stop there; he has been the piano star of. “Who Said That”, “Information Please”, and television. No doubt Levant is one of the most colorful personalities in American music but he is also an able musician, prolific composer, and writer. Not since the legendary times of Vladimir de Pachman has and artist taken such liberties with the formalities of the concert hall. But no one has yet been known to protest. The listener may be sure of hearing great music superbly performed . . . with a little gaiety on the side. San Antonio Symphony Max Reiter and the San Antonio Symphony will appear on March 5. Reiter has made his Symphony a prodigy among U. S. orchestras. Because of his outstanding success on the Town Hall stage in 1949, he has been asked to come again. Guitar specialist supreme is Andres Segovia, who will come to A&M on Mar. 28. If you like gui tar playing you’ll like Segovia be cause he [ carries the ». title of “world’s best guitarist.” The 75th Anniversary plates have arrived from the Vernon Kilns of Los Angeles, Cal. These plates were designed by a first year architectural student, John C. Truehardt, and are symbolic of the growth of A&M from its beginning to the present. The inside border is formed of names of Simplicity Keynotes Platters important buildings on the campus and the outer border lists A&M’s presidents in order from left to right. At the bottom of the plate is the in scription, “Texas A&M Seventy-Fifth Anniver sary, 1876-1951.” 2,000 plates have been re ceived to date and are selling for $3.00 each. 75th Anniversary Plates Symbolic of A&M’s Growth By LOUISE JONES Evidence that A&M is moving toward a big year in its history is the arrival of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary plates from The Ver non Kilns of Los Angeles, Cal. Designed by John C. Treuhardt, a first-year architectural student, the china Monterey plate is sym bolic of the growth of A&M from its beginning to the present. Mea suring ten and one-quarter inches in diameter the plate features Ag gie colors maroon on a white back- Dean of Basic Division Speaks to Kiwanis Club Dr. John Bertrand, new Dean of the Basic Division, was guest speaker at the noon-day Kiwanis Club meeting yesterday. Introduced by program chair man J. Wayne Stark, Bertrand spoke on “The Purpose-and Func tions of the Basic Division.” The new dean began his talk by giving the origin and background of the Basic Division. He read the letter submitted to the Board of Directors by the Academic Council which recommended the es tablishment of the Basic Division. Plans that have been made for the new school thus far were ex plained by its dean. Dormitories 14, 15, 16, 17, and Walton Hall will be used to house the new students, he pointed out. Students living in these dormitories will eat in Sbisa Hall, he added. Several reserve officers will be assigned as councilors for the var ious Basic Division dormitories, he said. The officers will not be placed there purely for displinary measures, he explained, but they will guide and council the men in their work. Bertrand said offices of the Ba sic Division will be housed in the first floor of the Aggieland Inn. The Coffee Shop in that building will remain as it is, he told the group, but partitions will be con structed in what is now the din ing room for the various offices and services included in the Basic Division. “Educational experimentation is the key work of the Basic Divis ion,” Betrand pointed out. Under the new set up, an orientation pro gram will be taught by the Basic Division which will be the same for all students, regardless of the course they are taking, he said. In defining who would be a part of the division, the dean explained that students previously registered in A&M will not be enrolled in the new division. All new students and transfer students with less than 30 hours and 36 grade points will be placed in the college’s new Basic Division, Betrand said. ground. Simplicity keynotes A&M’s An niversary plate. The inside border is forpied of names of important buildings on campus with the Memorial Student Center being the latest addition. An outer border lists A&M’s presidents in order from left to right. At the bottom of the plate is the inscription, “Texas A&M Seventy-Fifth Anni versary, 1876-1951.” A rococo bor der ojf maroon edges the plate. Discussion Began In 1949 Discussion of the idea for an Anniversary plate began in 1949 with the Executive Committee for Seventy-Fifth Anniversary plans. Students in architectural design at A&M submitted 250 entries which were judged by Ernest Lang ford, head of the Department of Architecture, and 13 instructors. The business of making these plates a reality was then turned over to P. I. “Pinky” Downs Jr. Downs engaged The Vernon Kilns, one of the largest manufacturers of pottery in the United States. Downs said that he has received 2,000 plates to date. They are $3.00 each. Mail orders will be filled for an additional cost of 50 cents to handle postage and pack ing expense. Winner of Contest Truehardt, as winner of the plate contest, will be awarded 12 plates of his own design through the courtesy of Downs. The architect ural student is from Georgetown and has been in and out of A&M for several years because of a per iod of service with Uncle Sam. He signed up last September as a From Altar to Army Kansas City, Aug. 2—OT)—It was a wartime romance in reverse yesterday for Mr. and Mrs. John Kenneth Berglund. The Marine bride packed her forest green uniforms to r-eport for active duty in San Francisco August 26 after a brief honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls. student in architecture. Downs noted that he would give second prize winner, Leo J. Diel- man, Jr., a fifth year student from San Antonio, a dozen of A&M Commenorative Dinner plates made by Wedgewood in England. Water Supply Low With the continued dry weath er the use of water in the Bryan- College Station area has reached such proportions that we are now facing a serious situation. All 8 of the Bryan wells have been pumping at full capacity for a number of days and producing a little more than 4,000,000 gal Ions per day. In spite of this the reserve supply in the reservoirs has been steadily going down for the last 10 days and in the 48 hours ending at 8:00 o’clock this Wednesday morning 500,000 gal lons more water was used than the wells produced in that period. At 8:00 p.m., Tuesday there was only a 4 hour supply of water in the reservoirs. During the night this picked up to a 10 hour sup ply. The situation will again be critical this evening. The amount in the reservoirs last night would not have been sufficient to com bat a serious fire. The citizens of Bryan and College Station and employees of the A.&M. College are urgently requested to use water on their lawns and yards as sparingly as possible. The use of water on the Bryan and A.&M. College Golf Coures has been drastically curtailed for the last week and has now been dis continued until adequate water is in the reservoirs. The coopera tion of everyone will be needed if a serious situation is to be avoid ed. Roland Dansby, Mayor City of Bryan Ernest Langford, Mayor City of College Station T. R. Spence, Manager of Physical Plants, Texas A.&M. College System. Heavily Armed Marines Aid US Counterattack —F By THE ASSOCIATED PR^SS Paper Reports Confirmation Of Cook’s Death Official confirmation of the death of Major John Melvin Cook ’39, has been received by his wife, who lives in Columbus, Georgia, accord ing to the July 26 edition of the Columbus Enquirer. The Silver Star has been award ed posthumously to Major Cook for “gallantry in action” in battle at Taepyong-ni, South Korea on July 16. Reports from the battle state that Major Cook organized his men into a counter attack and suc ceeded in knocking out several automatic weapons with hand gre nades. He was killed after engag ing in hand-to-hand combat, kill ing one of the enemy with his pis tol and bayoneting another.” The Ex-Aggie was graduated from A&M in 1939 and received a commission in the reserves. During World War II, Major Cook served in the 11th Airborne Division and was awarded the Sil ver Star for action in the Phil ippine Campaign. Major Cook was an Infantry in structor in the School of Military Science from 1946 until 1948, when he was ordered to report to Fort Benning, Georgia to take the Ad vanced Officers Course in the In fantry School. Upon completing the course, Ma jor Cook was ordered to Japan where he joined the 19th Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Guy S. Meloy, former Professor of Military Science and Tactics at A&M. The 19th is a part of the 24th Infantry Division, one of the first divisions to take part in the Korean conflict. Survivors are: his mother, Mrs. John M. Cook of Carrizo Springs, Major! Cook’s home town; his wife and t^vo children, who now, live in Columbus, Georgia. Tokyo, Aug. 2—— American A r m y forces, counterattacking heights they lost northeast of Chinju, were struck by strong en circling Red units last night some 40 miles outside the threatened main U. S. port of Pusan on the tip of Southeastern Korea. Heavily armed Marines from the United States landed during the night in fighting force from trans- port ships for a race against time to the rescue of the hard-pressed Allied defenders. As the Leathernecks stepped a- shore the battle before Pusan was being fought to a decision a short ride ahead. The situation was both grim and in the nick-of-time tradition of Marine landings. ^ The thrusting and enveloping Koreans on the Chinju front broke into flat ground that stretches to the main U. S. road-rail supply lines and to Pusan itself. On their arrival, the Marines got orders for a quick push into battle. They ranged from teen-agers to Harold Bass Mr. Bass, who graduated from the Southwestern Baptist Semi nary July 13, was recently em ployed by the First Baptist Church of College Station as ed ucational director. His home is in Kilgore, Texas. Properly Armed Allies Aid To Peace—Truman Washington, Aug. 2—hP)—Pres ident Truman said yesterday that the best way to prevent future out breaks against the peace of the world is to see that our allies are properly armed. That’s why, he said, he’s asking for $4,000,000,000 to arm anti-communist countries. “It is now clear,” Mr. Truman said in a letter from Capitol Hill, “that the free nations must accel erate the efforts they are making to strengthen their common secur ity.” Mr. Truman said he isn’t sure how much each nation will need. But he gave this breakdown on the areas to be helped: North Atlantic $3,540,000,000 Greece, Turkey, Iran $193,000,000 Philippines, Asia $193,0pp,000 Tydings. Asks More Mr. Truman scarcely had finish ed making his request before Chair man Tydings (D-Md) of the Sen ate armed services committee said $4,000,000,000 isn’t enough. He said he wishes the President would ask for more. “One dollar spent now is worth 50 after war breaks out,” Tydings Operation Doesn’t Just Happen MSC Boasts Large, Competent Staff ^ Alfred D. Martin, Jr., last year’s corps sergeant major, was awarded the Reserve Officers Association Medal Saturday for be ing selected outstanding cadet at the Fort Sill Artillery Camp in Oklahoma. The Medal was presented by Maj. General A. M. . Harper, commanding general of the Artillery Center, Fort Sill. 1 Martin is a senior mechanical engineering student from Dallas. By BILL MEBANE The operation of the Student Memorial Center doesn’t just hap pen. There is a trained staff in all its departments. Since the Stu dent Memorial Center project be gan, a considerable number of peo ple have been added. This group is being increased as the time grows nearer to the September opening. Secretary to Wayne Stark, di rector of the Student Center, is Barbara Mansell. Barbara has worked for the Center for two years. She formerly was employed in the Military Science Department and with Dow Chemical Co, in Freeport, her home town. Assistant Director C. F. Gent is assistant director and business manager. Formerly from Moody, Texas, and an A&M graduate, he served in the 4th Infantry Division, and participated in the assault landing on the beach es of Normandy. He is married and has a daughter, Nancy, who is four years old. W. A. Hill is assistant to the di rector and will act as manager of the guest rooms temporarily. He is a graduate of Southwestern State Teachers College in San Mar cos, and was in the 36th and 91st Divisions during World War II. He came from Anderson, Clayton, and Co. in Houston two years ago to help in the planning and pre paration of the Student Center opening. He is married and has two boys, Creston and Craig. Purchasing Agent Purchasing agent and building superintendent is Mv E. Thomas. A former rural New Yorker, he moved here from Houston 18 months ago. He is married and lives in College Station. Carl Brock, assistant building superintendent in charge of maintenance, lives in College Sta tion. He is married and has two children, David, 10, and John, 8. He will head the housekeeping de partment under the building super intendent. Mozelle Holland, assistant mana ger of the guest rooms, is a native of Bryan and has one son, E. A. Mozelle, four years old. Claud Onxley will head the ac counting department. He is now an accounting student, and served in the navy during the war. Lake Charles, La., is his home. Mrs. Frances Allen will serve as cashier. She is from Ft. Worth and is the wife of E. E. Allen, an architect major. Estha Nowlin, stenographer, is the wife of I. E. Nowlin an M.E. major from Ft. Worth, Texas. Jennia Spray, who works in the purchasing office, is from Burk- burnett, Texas and has one child, Jeanette, who is three years old. Fountain Room Wayne Smith, presently mana ger of the Cave, will manage the fountain room. He has two chil dren, Cynthia Jane, five, and Ka ren Sue, two. Maurice Walker, presently on the purchasing agent’s staff, will act as assistant manager for the foun tain room when the center opens. He lives in Bryan with his moth er, Mrs. J. L. Walker, and grad uated from the public schools there. During the war he was in the Field Artillery and served in the European Theater. Games Department Price Smith will be manager of the games department, including bowling, table tennis, and shuffle board. An A&M graduate, he is married and served with the navy in World War II. Floyd Moore, from Lufkin, Tex as, is in the purchasing office. He has two children, Judith Carrol, two, and Patricia, three months. He lives on the campus and was in the 5th Infantry Division. J. P. Buttrill, who graduated from high school in Groesbeck, is head janitor. He is married and saw submarine service during the war. told the Senate. Tydings did not say how much he thinks Mr. Truman should ask for. The $4,000,000,000 would be in addition to a $1,222,500,000 arms aid program which already has been authorized. Mr. Truman disclosed yesterday that he intended to request the additional billions. Today his let ter to House Speaker Rayburn (D- Tex) gave some of his reasons for making the request. Communist Assault The President started out by saying that the Communist assault on Korea has challenged the auth ority of the United Nations and jeopardized world peace. He said this leaves the free na tions of the world in this situa tion: “They now have no alternative but to increase rapidly their pre paredness to defend the principles of international law and justice for which the United Nations stands.” But he held out a promise if this path is followed. “This course,” said Mr. Truman, “provides the best hope of deterr ing future calculated outbreaks against the peace of the world.” Congressmen Critical Some congressmen have been critical of the results of the for eign aid programs. They have said we have spent billions, and yet, with the chips x down in Korea, we have got very little help. It was this feeling that led the Senate yesterday to adopt this amendment to an appropriations bill: The President shall have the power to cut off Marshall aid funds for any nation which refuses to aid the United Nations in Korea. Mr. Truman may have had this criticism in mind when he wrote that by helping its allies the U. S. will be helping itself. grizzled veterans. The North Korean Communists were punching eastward toward Pusan, the main U. S. seaport base 55 miles due east of Chinju. American Casualties Heavy American casualties in the South, east were heavy. Associated Press Correspondent O. H. P. King re ported from the battlefront that numerous U. S. wounded were evac uated to the rear. General MacArthur called the mounting battle the most critical of the war. A spokesman at his headquarters said the enemy efforts had been checked but not stopped. The Reds were expected to hurl all of their remaining tanks into the battle aimed at pushing the Americans off the peninsula before their reinforced defenses can make a decisive stand. U. S. Sherman tanks with 76 mm. guns supported the Americans near Chinju. Planes with bombs, rockets and machineguns hunted out assemb ling Communist forces, including many tanks in the Chinju area. Naval and Aerial Forces Naval and aerial forces hit the two southern ports of Mokpo and Yosu, supply bases for the Com munists behind the big push in the southeast. British and South Korean naval units destroyed warehouses and supplies at Mokpo. U. S. destroyers supported small er South Korean craft in a similar action at Yosu. The Reds used Sampans to get supplies ashore at both places. Enemy efforts to cut communica tions between Taegu, provincial capital 55 miles northeast of Pusan, and the big southeastern port failed to gain momentum despite the full est Communist effort in that area. In 500 sorties—the biggest day yet for air power in the Korean war—U. S. planes hit chemical and metal plants in North Korea and destroyed 7 tanks, 45 trucks and three artillery positions in the for ward battle areas. Withdrawals Forced Communist pressure forced with drawals along the twisting front. Red shells fell in the outskirts of Kumchon, on the Central Front, forcing back units of the First Cav airy. The foot troopers of the cav alry division held a line Wednes day across the highway west of the town. At the Grove Tonight Juke box dancing and roller skating at the Grove, rented at the Grove. THURSDAY NIGHT: Eagle- Lion production, “Tulsa”, starring Susan Hayward and Hoagy Car michael at 8 p. m. Check Remaining GI Bill Time-Zinn Tuesday, July 25 marked the beginning of the last year that veterans can take advantage of the GI Bill, according to Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean of students. Veterans could start benefits from the GI provisions any time after July 25, 1946, or within four years from their time of discharge up until July 25, 1951. The bill provides, Zinn said, for veterans to receive one year of schooling for the first 90 days spent in service and one year up to four year maximum for every addi tional year. Students attending school under the GI Bill should carefully check their remaining eligibility, in order that they will know how far into the succeeding semesters they may receive benefits, Zinn said. Veterans wanting the 15 days between the second term of sum mer school and the regular fall semester to be waived should re port to the Veteran Advisor’s Of fice in Goodwin Hall and fill out a waiver request. An advantage of having this done, Zinn said, is that these ac cumulated vacations over a period of years might pdssibly allow for an extra semester of schooling under the GI Bill. Long, Ray Address State Farm Bureau O. R. Long and C. B. Ray will address the Texas Farm Bureau Institute this afternoon. Long will speak on “Community Farm Bu reaus”, and Ray, manager, Rio Grande Valley Farm Bureau Fede ration, from Mercedes, will speak on “County Farm Bureau Resolu tions.” Yesterday morning D. W. Wil liamson, who has traveled exten sively in foreign countries, com pared United States agriculture with that of Europe and South America. J. Walter Hammond speaking on “What Kind of Farm Bureau do You Want”, at the same session, traced the growth of the Farm Bureau. This morning Harry Bryson spoke on “Farm Bureau Structures that Grow and get Results.” A square dance party has been arranged for entertainment tonight.