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Number 42: Volume 50
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950
Price: Five Cents
Film Society
To Begin Activities
With Fall Semester
The Film Society, a recently or
ganized campus club, will begin its
activities with the beginning of the
fall semester.
Dedicated to tracing development
of the movie industry by showing
those films having the most in
fluence on their respective per
iods, the Society is open to every
one for the price of a ticket.
Eight periods in the life of the
American film will be shown, start
ing on the third Monday in Octo
ber. One period will be depicted
through movies on the third Mon
day of every month after that.
Featured in the slated film sche
dule are such stars as Sarah Bern-
hardt, Gloria Swanson, Ronald
Coleman, and Janet Gaynor.
October Film
Films in October will deal with
the development of narrative. Sev
enteen years of movie history will
be shown beginning with “The
Execution of Mary Queen of
Scots,” made in 1895. Other movies
shown then will be “Washday
Troubles,” “A Trip to the Moon,”
“Rescued by Rover,” and “Queen
Dr. Page To Hold
New Soil Program
Dr. John Boyd Page, former
ly professor of agronomy at Ohio
State University, has been obtained
to head the new soil physics pro
gram getting under way in Septem
ber, according to Di\ James E.
Adams, head of the Agronomy De
partment.
A graduate of Brigham Young
University in Utah, Dr. Page went
. to Ohio State in 1937 as a graduate
• student. At that time he helped
conduct classes and laboratories
in soil physics and physical chem
istry of soils.
Dr. Adams received his PhD
from Ohio State in 1940. He was
made an assistant professor of
agronomy at the university in 1943,
being elevated to full professor in
1949.
Except for the period from 1936-
37 during which Dr. Page did work
which finally lead to a ‘Master of
Arts degree at the University of
Missouri, he remained at Ohio
State.
Dr. Page arrived in College Sta- ji 1 - ‘V tieket is ()0
lion July 1. He is married and has m ^\ A s ^ ason P Lket 18 7, UO v ™. b
> -i ivon will be shown in either the YMCA
two cmiaren. Chapel or the Memorial studen t
Center.
On the board of directors for the
Society are Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of
the English department; Sid Wise,
assistant manager of student pub
lications; Mrs. A. W. Melloh, head
of the City Council of Clubs; Au-
trey Frederick, advertising manag
er of The Battalion; Dean Reed,
junior Journalism major; and Da
vid Haines, senior Business major.
Elizabeth,” in which Sarah Bern
hardt starred.
, A second portion of film history,
the rise of the American film, will
feature “The New York Hat,” and
“A Fool There Was,” with Theda
Bara.
Demonstrating the basis of mod
ern technique is “Intolerance,” a
full-length movie made in 1916 by
D. W. Griffith. “Uncle Tom’s Cab
in,” “Tol’able David,” “Life of an
American Fireman,” and “Male and
Female,’ will demonstrate further
the grounds on which modern films
are based.
Original “Beau Geste”
The original film, “Beau Geste,”
starring Ronald Coleman was made
in 1926. The movie was remade
about 12 years later.
German influence on our movies
was evident in 1927 and ’28 when
“Hands,” and “Sunrise” were made.
The latter stars Janet Gaynor.
Both are “sound” movies.
Included in the scheduled pro
gram will be the development of
the talkies. “Movietone News,”
with George Bernard Shaw, and
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
will be given in February. At that
meeting, “Plane Crazy” by Walt
Disney, and “The Last Command”
with Emil Jannings will also be
shown.
The films, “Hallelujah” and “Mo
rocco” will demonstrate to the
March audience the further com
ing of sound.
Last Two Months
During the last two months of
the school year, “Ti-ouble in Para
dise,” and “The Thin Man,” with
Myrna Loy and William Powell,
will be shown.
The two other films on the year’s
agenda are “Mutiny on the Bounty”
starring Charles Laughton and
Clark Gable, and “The Good
Earth,” with Paul Muni and Luise
Rainer.
President of the Film Society
for the coming year is Herman Gol-
lob, senior English major. George
Charlton, senior Journalism major,
will act as secretary-treasurer.
Tickets at Registration
Gollob said that tickets for the
films will go sale at registration
on Aug. 26. After that they may
be bought at The Battalion office
or in the office of student activ-
434 Names Are
Received For
August Degrees
Four hundred and thirty-
four students have applied for
degrees at the August 25
graduation here. Of the 434
applicants 99 are candidates
for advanced degrees and 335 are
candidates for baccalaureate de
grees.
There are 52 candidates for ad
vanced degrees in Master of Sci
ence; 42 candidates for Master of
Education and 10 for Master of
Engineering degrees.
Candidates for baccalaureate de
grees in the School of Agriculture
include Bachelor of Science in ag
ricultural administration, total 15;
agricultural education, 22; agri
cultural engineering, 11; agrono
my, 9; animal husbandry, 22;
dairy husbandry, 2; entomology, 3;
floriculture, 5; poultry husbandry,
2; animal science, 1; range and
forestry, 3; rural education, one
and seven in wildlife management.
School of Arts and Sciences,
Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts,
13; BS in Accounting, 2; business,
32; education, 1; physical educa
tion, 6; science, biology, 5; in
chemistry, 2 and one in physics.
School of Engineering, Bachelor
of Architecture, 14; BS in aero
nautical engineering, 1; agricul
tural construction, 10; chemical en
gineering, 9; civil engineering, 33;
electrical engineering, 18; geology,
5; geological engineering, 3; indus
trial education, 12; management
engineering, 12; mechanical engin
eering, 42; and 14 in petroleum
engineering.
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A&M’s Basic Division
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Furniture for the Memorial Student Center continues to arrive
daily as the official opening time draws near. Leather chairs in
varying shades of green have been received for the downstairs of
fices, and shipments of wrought iron porch furniture are being
stored on the first floor at present. Chairs and tables, made by
Lee Woodward & Son of Michigan, feature lemon, cherry, and
green colors.
Red’s Army Cut
Almost in Half
Tokyo, Aug. 16 (A 1 )—U. S. Intelli-1 MacArthur’s headquarters esti-
gence officers say that the North mate Red Army losses at “40 per
Korean Communist army of more
than 60,000 foreign-trained offi
cers and men has been cut almost
in half by casualties since it invad
ed South Korea nearly two months
ago.
American G-2 officers in General
Fall Plans Announced
By English Department
Popgun Wielding
Son Saves Dad
Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 16—
(A)—-Patrolman Fred Kings flagged
down a motorist he spotted going
through a red light.
As the driver reached for his
license, Kings looked up to see the
twin-barrels of a shotgun pointed
at him from the rear seat.
Before he could draw his service
revolver, there was a crack. Two
corks attached to strings popped
out toward the officer.
“Drive on dad,” came a com
manding voice from behind the
popgun, “I shot him.”
Kings let the driver—and his
seven-year-old son—go.
“I didn’t have the courage to give
him a ticket with all that protec
tion along,” he explained.
Writers Meet Here
October 13 and 14
The Writers’ Conference will be
held at A&M October 13-14. Mem
bership is composed of writers on
all Texas papers.
David Read of Silsbee is pres
ident and P. L. Downs, Jr., of
A&M is secretary. More than 100
are expected to attend.
Gov. Allan Shivers will deliver
an address and the program calls
for top-flight men in the various
fields of endeavor to deliver talks.
During the summer the English
Department received the resigna
tions of five instructors and
granted leaves of absence to three
other staff members, according to
Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the de
partment.
The number of staff members
for next fall was set at 39 by Dr.
Mayo. That total includes an asso
ciate professor and an instructor
returning from leaves of absence
and two new instructors in the
department.
Those returning from leave are
J. P. Clark with a PhD in speech
from the University of Wisconsin
and K. E. Elmquist who received
a PhD in languages from the Uni
versity of Texas.
John D. Ebbs, graduate of the
University of North Carolina and
Herbert G. Eldridge, Jr. from the
University of Pennsylvania are the
new instructors.
Teach Basic Courses
Ebbs and Eldridge will probably
teach English 103 and 104 and
possibly 203, Dr. Mayo said. Eld
ridge received his master’s degree
in 1950. Ebbs who received his
Versatile MSC to Feature
Craft Shop for Students
In all probability the Memorial
Student Center will be the most
versatile building on campus this
fall. Among its many activities will
be a Craft Shop where equipment
and instruction are available to in
terested students.
Carl A. Moeller is advisor of the
shop, which is already well under
way in getting equipment and
planning a program. Moeller, a
Michigan State graduate, arrived
in College Station on Aug. 1 to
assume his duties as advisor.
In speaking of his plans for the
shop he said, “We’d like to furnish
a place for the boys where they
could work on those crafts that
they’re interested in.” Moeller ex
plained that many Aggies have
had previous craft instruction and
would need no instruction. How
ever instruction will be given to
those who need it.
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Construe)ion is progressing rapidly on the Animal Husbandry De
partment’s new Stallion barn. The barn is part of a new $70,000
Horse Unit which will include both a horse barn and the stallion
barn.
Moeller noted that planned
equipment for the shop will in
clude a kiln for firing, a potter’s
wheel, small metal work tools,
polishing machines, a few small
wood-working machines, and radio
equipment. He said that ceramics,
leatherwork, woodwork, plastic
work, metal word, and radio work
has been planned.
Craft shop offices will be lo
cated in the basement of the Stu
dent Center.
The advisor will work on his
master’s in industrial arts at A&M.
He is from Saginaw, Michigan and
received his degree from Michi
gan State College in 1940. Since
that time he has served in the
Army, and has worked in Michi
gan public schools.
masters in 1949, has done work on
his doctor’s degree at the Univer-
city of North Carolina.
Resignations were received from
Mrs. Sallie Burke Tryous, instruct
or; Miss Clara Carson, instructor;
George J. Dillavou, instructor; Mrs.
Margaret Lemmon Robinson, in-
structor; and E. F. Hubka, in
structor.
Lee J. Martin, instructor, was
granted a leave of absence, as were
J. R. Harvey and E. C. York, both
instructors.
New Course Set
In regard to courses, Dr. Mayo
said that a one hour course, Eng
lish 320 (Selected Reading) would
be offered in September in sec
tions so scattered throughout the
week to fit any schedule.
“The purpose of this course,”
he said, “is to give technical stu
dents an opportunity to read and
discuss a few of the great books
of the world from the Greeks to
Julian Huxley.”
Since the creation of the one-
hour Great Books course in Sept
ember 1949, it has proven success
ful and has become very popular.
Evidence of this is given by a
look at comparative enrollments in
the class.
“Great Books.” Gains
In September, 1949, 55 enrolled.
When the course was offered the
second time in the Spring semester
of 1950, the enrollment reached 85. at leisure.
cent and up,” and they say that
figure is now up to date.
Bands of Red guerillas and mobs
of conscripts have suffered killed
and wounded running into the
thousands.
Bloodiest Losses
But the bloodiest losses have
been inflicted on more than six
divisions which make up the cream
of the North Korean Communist
Army.
The six foreign-trained divisions
were the battering rams in every
major battle since the beginning of
the fighting in Korea.
They were trained for the at
tack—and trained well—by Chin
ese Communist commanders and
probably by Russian officers, in
telligence said.
American officers pointed out
that Soviet tactics and methods are
seen everywhere. For example
“persuasion fire.”
Artillery Barrage
This is an artillery barrage laid
down by red artillery in the Reds’
own rear. It is designed to keep
Red units from breaking or even
retreating under pressure of an
attack. It was used unhesitating
ly by Russian commanders on Rus
sian infantry in the last war.
It was noted in use a few days
ago in one of the Naktong River
actions to keep a Korean unit from
falling back. The Reds went back
anyway through their own bar
rage.
The reckless disregard for cas
ualties in men and machines looks
to American Army observers like
another sign of Russian influence
on the Korean peninsula.
And in their handling of tanks
and defense against American
tanks, the Koreans are using meth
ods forged in the fire of the bat
tlefields of Europe. For example,
when they encounter American
tanks in column, they knock out
the first and last, so that the
other tanks, unable to move in
either direction, can be picked off
Official A&M
Directory Now
Being Compiled
Preparation of the official
directory of students, staff,
and faculty for the 1950-51
school year is underway, ac
cording to Roland Bing, man
ager of Student Publications.
Bing has requested all office,
division, and department heads to
furnish his office with a list of
each person employed, with the
name of the department, depart
ment phone number, home address
and home phone number.
“Please designate the head of
the department, division or office
by title,” Bing requested. “We
need this information by Sept. 1.
Realizing that some new employees
will report for duty after that date,
we will try to include the names
of these individuals who assume
duties after this deadline, provided
we receive notification.”
Present plans are to publish the
directory on Oct. 15, Bing said.
The contract for printing has
been let to Taylor Publishing Co.
of Dallas. The directory, accord
ing to Bing, will again contain the
home addresses of students, as
well as their dormitory and room
address on the campus, together
with their post office box number,
and major course of study.
♦ Dr. John R. Bertrand, dean of
the new Basic Division at A&M,
has announced appointment of
three guidance experts to assist in
administration of the division.
He named Dr. Robert Jacobs, ad-
minstrative assistant to Dr. Arthur
E. Traxler, director of the Educa
tion Records Bureau, as director-of
counseling for the Basic Division.
Dr. Jacobs holds a bachelor of
education degree from Southern
Illinois University, a master’s de
gree from the University of Illi
nois, and a doctor’s degree from
Wayne University. His master’s
and doctor’s degree work was in
personnel psychology.
Seminar Committee Head
He is chairman of the seminar
committee of the New York Voca
tional Guidance Association and
has taught at Wayne University,
Rutgers University, the University
of Alabama and the University of
Arkansas. He also was a clinical
psychoolgist in the army for three
years and did research in person
nel problems for the Ford Motor
Company.
Dr. Albert J. Kingston, who re-
centy took his Ph.D. degree in ap
plied psychology from Cornell Uni
versity, was named director of re
medial reading for the Basic Divi
sion.
Dr. Kingston, an air force vet
eran, has served as training officer
for the Veterans Administration,
assistant in the Remedial Reading-
Clinic at Cornell and vocational
appraiser of the Cornell Guidance
Center. He is a native of Ken-
more, N. Y.
Army Pay, Allowance
For Service Explained
Clifford H. Ransdell, associate
professor of engineering drawing
at A&M, who formerly served as
assistant to the dean of the college
while heading the A&M Annex at
Bryan Air Field, has been named
assistant to the dean of the Basic
Division.
Ransdell has been on the staff
of A&M since graduating from
Texas Technological College in
1937.
Group Guidance
He will be in charge of coordi
nating group guidance for stu
dents, including organized orien
tation classes.
The Basic Division will offer
guidance to entering freshmen in
choosing their course of study in
an attempt to reduce the number
of failures and withdrawals.
In addition to freshmen, it will
enroll other students who are un
prepared for technical work in a
degree course or who are unde
cided as to degree work they wish
to take.
Saves Withdrawals
Although it will mean no loss of
time for a student who knows
what course he wants to follow and
is fully prepared to take it, it will
save many withdrawals and fail
ures resulting from selection of
the wrong course.
All entering freshmen will en
roll in the Basic Division, as will
transfer students uanble to qualify
for entry into one of the degree
courses at sophomore or junior
level.
Only those reasonably expected
to be able to complete the course
will be admitted to the schools of
engineering, agriculture, arts and
science and veterinary medicine.
Washington—(A* *)—This is an ex
planation of the pay and allow
ances men in the armed services
get.
The Army will be used as an
example. Comparable grades in the
other branches get the same.
Above the grade of private,
there’s no flat pay scale. The pay
then ranges from a minimum to a
maximum, depending on length of
service.
There are three groups in the
Army:
• The non-commissioned men:
from recruit—the draftee or the
volunteer without previous exper
ience—to master sergeant.
• Warrant officers: a special
group in between the non-commis
sioned men and the commissioned
officers. Warrant officers do ad
ministrative work or are technical
specialists.
• Commissioned officers: from
the lowest, second lieutenant, to
full general.
Take the monthly pay of the
non-commissioned men first—
Recruit, $75; recruit after four-
months, $80; private, $82.50 to
$120; private first class, $95.55 to
Meloy Commands 19th Infantry
Posse Finds Body
Of Tobacco Heir
Lone Pine, Calif., Aug. 16—DP)—
The body of 17-year-old Christo
pher Smith Reynolds, tobacco heir
and only son of singer Libby Hol
man, was found yesterday on Mt.
Whitney at a spot 300 feet from
the summit of the nation’s highest
mountain.
T'he body was lowered to the
11,500-foot level by ropes. There
is must rest until a sheriff’s posse
can remove it from the rugged
slopes tomorrow.
An informant said the body of
the second youth to die in the ill-
fated climb was found by the
Sierra Club, veteran mountain hik
ers, and searchers of the U. S. Air
Force resche squad from Hamilton
Field.
Steven Wasserman, also 17 and
Reynolds’ companion on the ex
pedition which started Aug. 6, was
found dead Sunday.
Former A&M Commandant
Wounded in Korea Fighting
By BILL MEBANE
Col. Guy S. Meloy, former com
mandant and PMS&T at A&M, is
now recuperating from a serious
leg wound in Tokyo General Hos
pital in the Japanese city, it was
learned last week.
Mrs. Meloy has written friends
in the Bryan-College Station area,
telling them of the colonel’s in
jury.
Col. Meloy went into action in
Korea on July 3. He was wounded,
according to his wife, on July 16.
Military regulations did not allow
his injury to be announced at the
time.
Will Need Treatment
After his injury, Col. Meloy was
hospitalized in Osaka, Japan. He
received orders to be evacuated to
the United States, but talked doc
tors into allowing him to stay in
Japan. His wound will require
grafting and later physio-therapy,
his wife wrote. The latter treat
ment will take three to six months.
Several weeks ago dispatch in
the Houston Chronicle described
how Maj. Gen. William F. Dean,
commander of the 24th Infantry
Division, personally led a relief
column to rescue an American unit
trapped by an enemy roadblock
near Taejon on the Kum River. The
dispatch told of a colonel who was
commanding one of Gen. Dean’s
regiments.
Rescued by General
Following are some excerpts
from the story:
“Gen. Dean led the relief column
to the Kum River front to smash
an enemy double roadblock and to
rescue an American regiment trap
ped behind it. The colonel com
manding the regiment, which led
the way through the major road
block, hopped along holding his
wounded leg off the ground.
He leaped through blazing Amer
ican trucks which the invading
Reds had piled on the road and
fired to prevent an American with
drawal.
The colonel, a thin serious man
with eyes still reddened by the
dust and fatigue of battle, told how
the fighting went.
“The men were pinned down un
der Red artillery barrage, but
when we started shooting back at
the communists, they quit fighting.
Then I got hit. Something sure
tore hell through my leg. I think
what happened was that the Reds
came in at us from flanks. They
< rossed the river on our right and
left and they had all their artil
lery supporting them, too.”
Loca' friends of Col. Meloy
feared that he had been more ser
iously wounded, and were relieved
to hear that he is now safe.
Served Under McAuliffe
Col. Meloy came to A&M in Aug
ust of 1946, after serving during
the final phases of World War II
as Chief of Staff to Maj. Gen.
Anthony C. McAuliffe of the 103rd
Division. Gen. McAuliffe is re
membered for his classic reply to
the Germans during the Battle
of the Bulge. “Nuts!”, he answered.
Ending his tour at A&M in 1948,
Col. Meloy was transferred to duty
as a student at the National War-
College in Washington. After he
completed his studies in Washing
ton, he was transferred to the
Far Eastern Command and placed
in command of the 19th Infantry.
Asked To Keep Job
In order to provide maximum
troop experience for our senior
officers, the Army has adopted the
policy of permitting colonels to
serve only one year in command of
infantry regiments. Col. Meloy was
under orders for re-assignment
when the Korean war began. He
asked that he retain command of
the regiment during combat.
Whether .or not he was the col
onel who led the blockaded troops,
Col. Meloy will go down on the
Korean war books, according to
his friends in this area, as a sold
ier “who wouldn’t quit.”
$147; corporal, $117.60 to $191;
sergeant, $139.65 to $227; sergeant
first class, 169.05 to $249; master
sergeant, $198.45 to $294.
Warrant Officers’ pay—
Warrant officer, grade one,
$210.98 to $298.28; grade two,
$254.63 to $349.20; grade three,
$291 to $392.85; grade four, $320.10
to $465.60.
Commissioned Officers’ pay—
Second lieutenant, $213.75 to
$313.50; first lieutenant, $249.38
to $349.13; captain, $313.50 to
$441.75; major, $384.75 to $513;
lieutenant colonel, $456 to $584.25;
colonel, $570 to $698.25; briga
dier general, $769.50 to $826.50;
major general, lieutenant general,
and general, $926.25 to $954.75.
Now take allowances:
Any man below the rank of cor
poral—at this time—is considered
to have no dependents. In almost
all cases the government feeds,
clothes and houses him. But, if
lodging isn’t provided for him, he
gets $45 to pay for his housing.
The same is true for any corporal
with less than seven years’ service.
But it’s different for a corporal
with seven or more years service
and for the three classes of ser
geants.
If they’re single but the gov
ernment doesn’t provide their liv
ing quarters, they get $45 to pay
for their own.
If they’re married and the gov
ernment doesn’t provide living
quarters for them and their fam
ilies, then they get $67.50 to pay
for living quarters for their family.
No man below the rank of com
missioned officer gets any allow
ance for food. The government is
supposed to provide it.
The warrant officers and com
missioned officers of all ranks get
a flat government allowance of
$21 a month for food, if single, and
$42 if married.
Varying By Rank
All warrant and commissioned
officers get a government allow
ance for lodging's, whether mar
ried or single. The amount varies
by rank.
The single ones get one amount,
the married ones another, in each
rank. In what follows the lodgings
allowance for single officers is
listed first, for married ones, sec
ond:
Second lieutenants and warrant
officers, grade one: $60 and $75;
first lieutenant and warrant offi
cer, grade two: $67.50 and $68.50;
captain and warrant officer, grade
three: $75 and $90; major and
warrant officer, grade four: $82.50
and $105; lieutenant colonel, $90
and $120; colonel, $105 and $120;
brigadier general, major general,
lieutenant general, and general, all
get $120 if single, $150 if mar
ried. But—
A full general gets an additional
$5,000 a year for his expenses.
Teague Fights
For Full Scale
Investigation
Washington, Aug. 16 —
(AP)—Teague (D-Tex) won
a six month fight today when
the House Rules Committee
approved his resolution for a
full-scale investigation of “alleged
abuses” in the GI Bill education
program.
Teague introduced the resolution
last Saturday. Reps. Chudoff (D-
Pa) and Evins (D-Tenn) have put
similar resolutions in the hopper.
Teague told a reporter he is
“confident” the full house will ap
prove the resolution. It contem
plates a special, nine-man com
mittee appointed by the speaker
and “authorized and directed to
make a full study of alleged
abuses” in the program and of “ac
tion of lack of action” by VA of
ficials and state approval agencies
to prevent the abuses.
Last February President Tru
man sent a message to Congress
with specific recommendations for
legislation designed to correct
what the VA called abuses in the
training program.
VA had previously sent Con
gress a list of 258 cases of what
it called abuses. They included al
leged overcharges for supplies and
tuition; improper keeping of at
tendance records, so that VA was
paying too much in allowances and
tuition; and others.
Teague immediately called upon
VA to tell which schools were in
volved in the list of 258 “abuses”,
but the VA refused. Teague said he
thought the VA as much to blame
for the “abuses” as were the
schools. He then introduced his
resolution calling for the investi
gations.
In July, the President signed a
bill sent him by Congress which
included most of the recommenda
tions he had made in his Febniary
message.
Budget Discussion Set
A public hearing to discuss and
adopt the 1950-51 budget for the
A&M Consolidated Independent
School District will be held Mon
day, August 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the
high school library, announced Les
Richardson, superintendent.
All school patrons are urged to
attend, he said.
At the Grove
Tonight
Juke box dancing and roller
skating at 8 p. m. Skates can be
r-anted at the Grove.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Eagle-
Lion production, “Strange Mrs.
Crane,” plus “Carlos Molinas”
short.