Published
Four Times Weekly
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
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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<T
schedule of registration used in th<|
August 26 pre-registration,
Classes Start Sept. 18
Classes will begin on Mondal
Sept. 18 for the Fall semestej
of the 1950-51 school year. Fresh!
man week will begin Frida)|
Sept. 8.
The rest of the Fall semestel
schedule will be as follows: Sat!
urday 23, last day for makinf
schedule changes, Saturday, Sept!
ember 30, last day for entering thl
college division for credit durin!
the fall semester, Saturday No\|
ember 11, holiday, Wednesday, N(|
vember 15 mid semester grade r<|
ports, November 30 through D<f
cember 2, Thanksgiving holidayj
Tuesday December 19 at 5 p.
until Wednesday January 3, 1951
Christmas holidays, January 20-21
fall semester final examinations!
Boy’s Best Friend
Replaced by Cat
H.!
Research Trustees
To Elect Officers
The board of trustees of the
A&M Research Foundation will
elect officers for the next year at
its regular quarterly meeting to
day, according to Dr. A. A.
Jakula, executive director.
The meeting will be at 2 p. m.
in the board of directors confer
ence room on the campus.
Also on the meeting agenda is
approval of budgets for the com
ing fiscal year and approval of
contracts.
Officers of the foundation whose
terms are expiring are W. B. Clay
ton of Dallas, president; J. B. Tho
mas of Fort Worth, vice-president,
and C. A. Roeber of College Sta
tion, secretary-treasurer.
Elkhart, Ind., Aug. (A*)—May
a boy’s best friend is his cat
Deputy Warden Harold
collared a 14-year-old boy for p<
sessing undersized bass and call
for conservation officers.
Officer Virgil Searfoss amv|
and asked to see the evidence.
A cat sat where the string
fish had been, nearly washing
face.
AVMA Convention Tril
Monte Swatzell, President of tl
Jr. Chapter of the American Vef
rinary Medical Association,
attend the 87th annual conventj
of the A. V. M. A. Aug. 21-25.
At the Grov\
Tonight
Square dancing at 8 p.m. feat|
ing the music of Mark Towery
his Salty Swing Band.
SATURDAY NIGHT: ‘Fil
Ball’ with The Aggieland Coif
providing music. A “song-gui|
ing” contest will be held. 8-11
MONDAY NIGHT: 8 p.m.
bush” starring Robert Taylor.l
TUESDAY NIGHT: “East S|
West Side,” with Barbara Stl
wyck, Van Heflin, and Ava Gil
ner. Final Grove presentation ]
the summer. / 1