Published Four Times Weekly Throughout the Summer The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest Number 44: Volume 50 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1950 Price: Five Cents College Hills I Haze Entirely 1 destroys Storehouse Garage A grass fire in College Hills yesterday rapidly spread to a nearby storehouse garage, completely destroying the structure and causing an estimated $3,000 loss. The building belonged to Dr. Dwight W. Andres of Woodland Estates. He said the loss was covered by insurance. Of undetermined origin, the fire* 1 — was first sighted by Frank Balcar and Dalton Collier, employees of Aggieland Service Station at East Gate, at 3:20 p. m. British Vessel Has Gun Battle With Commies Hong Kong, Aug. 18— —The British destroyer Con cord fought a 30-minute gun battle yesterday against three Chinese Communist shore batteries while approaching Hong Kong. Lt. Comdr, I. D. McLaughlan, captain of the British ship, said the destroyer fired in self defense after the Red batteries on the tiny islands of Taitami, Puntin and Lingting opened up with three- pound shells. The destroyer was not damaged, but one man aboard ship was re ported slightly injured. The de stroyer’s 4.7-inch guns might have damaged or even destroyed some of the Chinese gun emplacements. The Concord ceased fire when the Reds stopped shooting as the destroyer drew out of range on its course to Hong Kong. The duel occurred about 12 miles south of Hong Kong and six miles west of the spot where three merchant ships, the American Steel Rover, the British Hangsang and the Norwegian Pleasantville, were fired on ih three successive days last week.'- There were new reports that Chinese Communists have again Warned all foreign ships not to in fringe on Chinese territory. When Balcar and Dalton arrived, the fire had reached a trailer which was parked in the garage. After attempts to remove the trailer failed, the two men began removing such portable items as filing cabinets and a radio from the burning building. Reported to the local fire de partment at 3:29 p. m., two fire trucks and approximately 12 vol unteer firemen arrived on the scene by 3:35 p. m. After attempting to extinguish the flames, firemen with truck water tanks three-quarters empty, abandoned the storehouse garage and concentrated on the grass fire. Although momentarily held in check with fire extinguishers em ployed by people living in the neighborhood, the grass fire was threatening to spread to adjoining houses and lots. Raging virtually unchecked for about thirty minutes, the fire blackened an area of approximate ly 200 square yards. Located three blocks east of Walton Drive and outside the city limits, the area was covered with a thick layer of prairie grass. There were no fire plugs in the vicinity. When asked why the fire wasn’t discovered and reported sooner by residents in the area, a bystander said, “Someone just didn’t give a damn.” Engineer Library Plans Supplement The Texas Engineers Library is planning a supplement for the Texas engineers catalogue for this fall according to Robert E. Betts, librarian. Although the library is young it has approximately 1200 books for use by students and resident en gineers. Last issue of the Texas Engin eers Library catalogue contained listings of approximately 800 books, but since then many books, and magazines have been added to the library. Many of these have come through exchange with other libraries throughout the country and Betts feels that the catalogue should be brought up to date. Beef Cattle Center Dedication Slated Dedication of the new Animal Husbandry livestock center will be held ; here September 29-30, ac cording to Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the ]A n i ma ^ Husbandry Depart ment. Heading the several hundred stockmen expected to be present will be the officers and members of the board of directors of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Dedication of the Beef Cattle Center will begin at 1:30 p. m. September 29 and will last for one hour, Dr. Miller said. A barbecue supper will be held that evening at the beef cattle barn. Registration Procedure For Classes. Rooms Set A grass fire that spread rapidly to an adjoining storehouse garage in College Hills Thursday aft ernoon completely destroyed the building and its contents. Damage was estimated by Dr. Dwight W. Andres, owner of the structure, at about Staff Photograph by Bill Hites $3,000. Two fire trucks answered the call but were hampered by a lack of water as the blaze was outside city limits and no fire hydrants were nearby. Dr. Andres said the loss was covered by insurance. Korea At A Glance Red Forces Thrown Along Four Korean Back Fronts Tokyo, Aug. 18 (A*)—Americans and South Koreans threw Red forces back on four Korean battle- fronts today. This was the biggest single day’s winnings for United Nations troops. The most important U. S. gain was in the Changnyong bulge sec tor. On the bulge front, 23 miles southwest of Taegu, U. S. marines and 24th Infantry Division troops rolled 1,000 Red troops back across the Naktong River. The Americans reported taking many prisoners before the Red battalion slipped over the river in retreat. Pohang port on the sea Japan coast to the east was re-entered by South Korean troops. This permitted resumption of op erations by U. S. planes from the nearby Pohang airstrip. Pohang is South Korea’s No. 2 port, some 55 miles north of vital Pusan harbor bn Korea’s southeast tip. On the north central front two South Korean divisions stopped a Red drive made on Taegu by 30,000 North Koreans. Taegu, the emergency capital of the south re- Music By Combo Area C of C Group Plans Meeting Here The Civic Development Commit tee of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting in College Station August 31, according to Hershel E. Bur gess, a director of the organization and chairman of the Civic Develop ment Committee. The committee, which is com posed of civic minded men of the various cities of this region, will hold a dinner meeting in a place yet to be designated, Burgess said. Grove’s FinalBalF Set for Saturday public, was hit by five shells and its 500,000 wartime residents were being evacuated along with the re public’s president Syngman Rhee and the government. The South Koreans stopped the Reds north of Taegu and regained some ground. The Reds were driv ing south from Kumwha in the mountainous region between Wae- gwan, 12 miles northwest of Taegu, and Kunwi, 25 miles north of Tae gu: The U. S. 8th army called this threat its most serious in Korea. In the deep south, west of Ma- san port, the U. S. 25th Infantry Division piled into the North Ko rean Sixth Division and drove it back with some losses after the Reds had attacked at dawn Friday. 12,000 Reds Routed The bloody fight by marines and army doughboys to clean out 12,000 Reds from a river-crossing bridgehead over the Naktong near Changnyong was paying off. Field reports from AP corres pondents Don Whitehead and Jack MacBeth said the battered North Korean Fourth Division was forced to pull out of some of its positions in the bulge. Some voluntarily By B. F. ROLAND The Aggieland Combo will take over the music making chore Sat urday night for the ‘Final Ball’ of the Grove’s Saturday night dance sessions. Bill Turner, director of the Ag gieland Orchestra during the regu lar semester, will lead the seven- piece Combo in their final per formance of the summer. Bill Turner Returns Turner recently returned from New York City where he has been working toward his doctor’s degree in education. It is reported that he also brought back with him several new arrangements for the Aggieland Orchestra. A “song-guessing” contest will be featured along with the danc- : Providing music for the Grove’s final square dance of the summer term tonight will be Mark Towery and his Salty Swing Band. The four piece band has been playing for square dances for over a year. Members of the band are Harvey Ford, fiddler; Horace Simmons, bass; Junior Robbins, guitarist; and Mark Towery, guitarist. ing Saturday night. The Combo will play ten numbers and allow the dancers to guess them. Winners of the contest will be awarded cash prizes by Student Activities. The Combo will be composed of seven members, including Turner, when they take the stage Satur day night. Instruments will in clude a piano, drums, two trumpets and three saxes. Glenn Torrence of Dallas will play the piano. He joined the Ag gieland Orchestra as a freshman in 1945 and since that time has play ed and sung with the organization. During the summer he usually handles the piano.' On the drums will be Joe Pike, also of Dallas, who joined the unit in 1945. He served in the Air Force during the last war and at the same time played drums for various army orchestras. He will continue his’ work in the fall with the Aggieland Orchestra. On the Trumpets Harry Vaughan of Port Arthur i and Director Bill Turner will { handle the trumpets. Vaughan played his first dance with the I dance band on the campus in the i spring of 1947. He has been in 1 charge of the summer dance Com bo and “custodian of 4th book.” a vital part of the Aggieland Or chestra Vaughan will probably be playing his last dance with the unit as he will leave the musical organization upon graduation in August. Reed Section The reed section found an up coming musician in Sid Carr of Bryan, son of J. N. Sheppard of the English Department. He joined the Combo in July after gradua tion from Bryan High School. Can- plans to enter A&M in September. Carr is supported by two other newcomers in the sax section, Ken neth Cooper and Tommy Hall, who worked with the Combo during the summer. Parents, Friends Reception Planned A reception for parents and friends of beginning freshmen will be held in Sbisa Hall September 8, according to M. L. Cashion, general secretary of the YMCA. Hours for the reception are scheduled to be from 3 to 5 p. m. 'However, Cashion believes the hours should be changed to 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. in order that more people may be accommodated. Freshmen will pay their fees on the same day, starting at 10 a. m. Cashion is trying to assemble a committee of ministers from the College Station area to be on hand for the reception. came over to the American lines in surrender. The First Marine Brigade and the U. S. 24th Infantry Division made substantial advances all along the Naktong bulge. AP correspondent Leif Erickson at U. S. 8th Army Headquarters quoted one American regimental commander as saying: “It looks like we have got them on the run. That Fourth Red Di vision has been pounding us for 45 days. It certainly is a pleasure to see them go back. I hope we can knock all of them out.” Favorable Outlook Correspondent Erickson said oth er senior officers agreed the Changnyong bulge outlook was fa vorable for the Allies. The Red rollback below Changn yong started Thursday when the marines attacked a steep, rugged hill. The army doughboys’ attack followed. A swinging-door force, anchored on the north end of the bulge, was closing south on pock eted Red troops. One marine officer said Corsair fighter planes steadily strafed Reds trying to wade in retreat through the shallow Naktong in the southwest sector of the bulge. Fighting With Everything Correspondent Whitehead re port the marines were hitting the North Koreans with everything they had but flame-throwers. And an effort was being made to get the leathernecks in position to use that scorching weapon. Eight North Korean tanks were destroyed in the Changnyong sec tor, fvive of them by air strikes. A frontline officer said Friday night all Americans were advanc ing on the Reds at Changnyong. The Allied successes were scored against a backdrop of tragedy— the discovery Thursday of a mas sacre of U. S. prisoners by the North Koreans. Thirty-six bodies, all with hands bound and shot in the back, were found in a gully on Hill 303, opposite the U. S. First Cavalry sector on the Waegwan front. Final Summer Picnic Held On Patranella Slab Although the capacity ; crowd expected wasn’t on i h a n d, approximately 10 0 adults and young people at tended the third and final Col lege Station community picnic last night held on Patranella Slab. The program got underway as scheduled with three softball games on the diamonds across from St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Gordon Gay was in charge of activities on the ball diamonds. Kenny Thompson and Ann Schlesselman won the roller-skat ing honors in the adult and young- people’s divisions respectively. Both were awarded fountain pens. Many other adults and youngsters took advantage of' the skates of fered for use free of charge, with Joe R. Campbell and Bod Strabe- vek supervising the activily. With the men finishing the ball games and the children still play ing on the slab, picnic lunches were spread between 6:30 and 7 p. m. around the concrete court and un der the trees on the A&M Consol idated School Campus. Soft drinks were sold during the evening, with ice water fur nished free of charge. At 8 p. m. the children crowded into the library of A&M Consoli dated School to see a big western thriller, “Texas Trouble Shooters.” While the children were taking- in the movie, the older folks danced to the familiar tunes of the old square dance melodies on Patra nella Slab. Mrs. G. W. Schlessel man and several other callers kept the dancers going. Preliminary procedures for registration for the Fall Semester will begin Tuesday, Aug. 22, when students plan ning to register early will be able to pay fees and make room reservations, according to Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean of men. Fees can be paid in .Room 100' Goodwin Hall on Tuesday. There after, they must be paid at the Fiscal Office in the Administration Building. Students in school under the GI Bill can secure their fee waiver slips from the Veteran Advisor’s Office, Room 104 Goodwin Hall, Tuesday, Aug. 22. Room Registration After fee payment, students may register for the rooms they want for the Fall Semester. Non-mili tary students who wish to re serve the, rooms they occupied dur ing the Spring semester in dormi tories nqw closed, (Law, Puryear, Leggett, and Mitchell) may regis ter between 8 a. m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, and Wednesday Aug. 23, at 5 p. m. Cadets also may sign for their rooms Aug. 22-24. Batt to Continue Summer Papers The Battalion ends its sum mer term publishing schedule of four issues per week today, the co-editors announced this morning. For the remainder of the sum mer, the paper will be publish ed twice weekly, on Tuesday and Thursday. Plans are underway for the special freshman edition, to be distributed Sept. 8, and for the registration edition on Sept. 15. The Battalion will begin regular fall publication Monday, Sept. 18, at which time it resumes the daily schedule. Austin Outlines Peace Ultimatum to Council Lake Success, Aug. 18—(A 5 )— The United States insisted yester day that any United Nations peace program for Korea must include among its objectives creation of a unified and independent country. This declaration, coming in the midst of the Korean conflict, was interpreted by some diplomats as a hint that the unified command might keep on driving past the 38th parallel and occupy all Koi-ea once it started the North Korean Communists on the run. Chief U. S. delegate Warren R. Austin, however, avoided direct reference to this possibility in out lining the U. S. peace aims before the U. N. security council. Primary Objective Austin said the primary objective must be the cessation of hostilities. He added that this must be done in such a manner “that no opportun ity is provided for another attempt at invasion.” This also was seen by some as a suggestion that the North Korean forces must be liquidated. “Another objective,” Austin said, “is to provide a demonstration of Not Yet Complete Archives Collection Keeps History of College Recorded United Nations achievement in re gard to Korea that will deter and prevent aggression anywhere.” The United States delegate spoke after a 90-minute closed-door ses sion at which the 11-nation coun cil again failed to break its pr-o- cedural deadlock over the seating of Korean representatives. The closed meeting was called by Rus sia’s Jakob A. Malik, council pres ident for this month. By L. O. TIEDT i destroyed the old Administration Building also consumed all of the Want to know who the first | records kept in the library which freshman to enter A&M in 1876 th en was housed inside the Ad- was, or see the picture of football ministration Building, players on the 1893 team, or learn — the reading habits of some of our early presidents and administra tors ? The answers to these questions and more like them may be found by visiting the office of the college archivist, D. B. Gofer, and glance through the old records, pictorial and otherwise, of the college. Since the archivist position was established several weeks ago, back ground data and material has been collected from the library, museum, and other storage places about the campus and moved to a new home in the Memorial Student Center. There it will be processed, ar ranged chronologically, and pre pared for exhibition in the MSG during the 75th Anneversary cele bration. College Records Gone According to one archivist, in formation concerning the college during its early history will have to be pieced together from individ ual sources. The fire of 1912 which The only record saved, and it was not in the building at the time of the fire, was the Library Regis ter used from June 1900 until September 1903. How or why it was taken over to the Chemistry De partment where it was recently discovered, is unknown. Tells a Story Thoug’h it was only used as a means of keep an account of the books checked out at the time, it is now valuable as historical material because of the “between the lines” story it tells. For in stance, the Register shows the reading habits of such person ages as D. W. Spence (father of T. R. Spence, manager of the Sys tem’s physical plant) C. P. Foun tain, J. C. Nagle, and Marten Fran cis. A scrap book of L. L. McGinnis, the only member of the faculty who was not asked to tender his resignation in the Gathright re gime housecleaning of the late 70’s, contains newspaper clippings about the legislative conflict of TU and A&M. At that time, there was much discussion about closing down this school. On The First Student Also contained in the scrap book is a feature article clipped from an early copy of the Dallas Morn ing News about the first fresh men to enter A&M. There are also clippings from the Texas Legisla tive record on the college’s fi nancial reports while McGinnis served as treasurer of the college. A number of pictures, some of them donated by exes, serve to tell the story of life at A&M at the time they were taken. Several unifonns, obviously left behind by former students, were found in storerooms of several of the older buildings and others donated by former students are being prepared to show how the uniform styles have changed through the years. Although not yet as complete as the archivial staff hopes it will be in the near future, the information already collected tells the story of A&M, except for voids where information is still lacking, from the bare existance in its early years to the present date. Austin Appeals to Russia Austin appealed directly to Rus sia to call off the Korean Com munists. Fie said if Russia wants peace in Korea, it can have it and if Russia wants to end the fighting it can end it. “If now, the Soviet Union would exercise its influence, the breach of the peace would be ended forth with,” Austin said. “If now, the Soviet Union would decide to re spect the independence of its neighbors and live in true friend liness with the rest of the world, if it would prove its words by deeds, the fear that now grips the world would disappear.” Malik Listens Carefully Malik said he had listened care fully to Austin’s speech, but found nothing new in it. He said Austin talked about objectives in Korea but that “is only to divert public opinion from what is taking place in Korea today.” “Blood is being spilled,” Malik said. “Women, old men are dying, peaceful towns are barbariously bombarded. Tens of thousands of American soldiers are dying in Korea. The press has reports which show they don’t know what they are dying for.” Then referring to Austin’s state ment on unifying Korea, Malik said this makes it clear the United States wants to extend the scope of the war. Students who fall into any cate gory not listed above may sign for rooms on a first come first served basis beginning at 8 a. m. Friday Aug. 24. Athletic Representative The Athletic department will have representatives in Room 100 of Goodwin Hall from Aug. 22 through 25 to issue coupon books to students paying fees. All students must be moved in to their newly assigned rooms by p. m. Saturday Aug. 26, includ ing those students moving to a now closed dormitory. Dormitories will be open during the following hours: 1-5 p. m. on Thursday and Friday Aug. 24 and 25, and from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26. Pre-registration Aug. 26 Pre-registration will be held Saturday Aug. 26 in Sbisa for old returning students. Graduate and undergraduate students may get their registration cards at the east entrance of Sbisa in accordance with the following schedule: 8- 9 a. m. All whose surnames begin with L, M, N, O. 9- 10 a. m. All whose surnames begin with P, Q, R, S. 10- 11 a. m. All whose surnames ' begin with C, D, E, F. 1- 2 p. m. All whose surnames begin with G, H, I, J, K. 2- 3 p. m. All whose surnames be- | gin with A, B. 3- 4 p. m. All whose surnames be-1 gin with T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Registration Procedure Registration procedure for those! who have completed the prelim-1 inaries will be as follows: Securel assignment card and follow direc-l tions on back of card, pay fees atl cashiers desk, report to the chiefl of Housing for room assignment,! juniors and seniors report to the! head of the students departmentl for approval of course signed for,! report to the dean of the respective! school for schedule approval, and! turn in assignment card at regis-| trar’s desk. Students who have already paid! fees and secured room assignj ments will skip the first two steps! Registration of new students o4 Friday September 15, and regisj tration of old returning students on Saturday Sept. 16, will be hekl in Sbisa in accordance with th