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Number 2: Volume 51
Services Held
For Professor
j. A. Moore
Funeral services were held
at 10 a.m. yesterday in Hub
bard, Tex., for James Allan
Moot . associate professor in
the Modern Languages De
partment. Moore died suddenly at
8 p.m. Saturday in Hubbard after
a heart attack.
Services were conducted in the
First Baptist church by the Rev.
M. 0. Cheek and assisted by the
Rev. Robert Fling of Ennis.
Attending the rites from A&M
were Dean J. P. Abbott, who rep
resented the college and the presi
dent; J. ,J. Woolket, head of the
Modern Languages Department;
Dr. C. B. Campbell, retired head
of the Modern Languages Depart
ment; Dean T. D. Brooks, and Pro-
fesor 0. F. Allen of the English
Department.
Moore came to A&M in 1944. He
taught Spanish in the long terms
and a special English course for
Latin-Americans during the sum
mer.
Graduated from Baylor Univer
sity in 1.924, Moore did post grad
uate work at the University of
Texas and Michigan State Univer
sity.
During World War II he was as
signed to special,service on Trini
dad Island in the Gulf of Mexico.
Professor Moore is survived by
his father, J. M. Moore of Hub
bard; his eldest brother I. G'.
Moore from Ennis, and brother
Gen. Aubrey L. Moore, assigned in
Washington, D.C. both of whom
are A&M graduates.
He is survived by two sisters,
Sue Mooi’e, connected with the
Browsing Library at Baylor and
Mrs. J. W. Faulkner of Port Ar
thur.
Funeral services were attended
by many Aggies from Waco, ac
cording to Woolket, who said that
Moore would be mised most by the
Spanish Club which he sponsored.
Moore was the driving force be
hind the Mother’s Day Program
presented last spring by the Span
ish Club, Woolket said.
The flag Was flown at half-mast
all day yesterday in front of the
Academic Building at A&M where
Moore formerly had his office.
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Freshman Week Activities On,
ear 1,350 New Students Here
Making plans for the Aggies first football game
which will be played in Sacramento, Calif., is a
portion of the football coaching staff. Dog Daw
son, end coach, points out to Freshman Coach
Perron Shoemaker, Assistant Coach Gilbert JStein-
ke, and Line Coach Bill Dubose the path planned
to be used by the A&M eleven in flying to Cal
ifornia. Not pictured is Head Coach Harry Stite-
ler and backfiled Coach Dick Todd.
CavaIryBattalion Storming
Hill Vital to Taegu Defense
Attention
Freshmen
Freshmen interested in work
ing in any capacity on any stu
dent publication will be asked
to meet in The Battalion office,
second floor of Goodwin Hall
Wednesday evening after the
Grove program, Roland Bing,
manager of student publications,
said this morning.
An announcement will be
made during the Grove program
and those interested in student
publications may meet with
Bing at the projection booth
and go over to Goodwin Hall in
a group.
Student publications includes
The Battalion, daily newspaper
produced by students, and four
monthly or semi-monthly maga
zines and the student yearbook.
Interested students need not
have had experience to work on
any of the publications, Bing
said. “Interest and willingness
to work are much more impor
tant. We will teach you what
you want to learn.’’
Tokyo, Sept. 12 (A 5 )—An Ameri
can cavalry battalion stormed up
a commanding Red Korean Hill
eight miles north of Taegu today
and seized two-thirds of it in five
hours of bitter fighting.
Dug-in Communists on the hill
and a nearby peak threw a storm
of artillery and machinegun fire
at the driving foot troopers.
Casualties were heavy. But the
doughboys pressed their attack.
“The main threat (to Taegu) is
right here,” a regimental com
mander said.
Capture of the hill would give
the American defenders of Taegu a
vital anchor on their right flank.
The Americans attacked first
seven miles north of Taegu. Gen
eral MacArthur’s headquarters said
they gained nearly one mile and
secured high ground commanding -
the vital Taegu-Tabu road.
Reds Still Massing
Forty thousand Red Korean
troops are massed north of the city
for an expected fresh assault upon
the Allied northwest front anchor.
The dug-in hill force was a small
La Villita Chapter
Sets Slipper Party
The La Villita Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
lutibn will hold a supper party
Thursday night in the home of
the regent, Mrs. L. S. Paine, at
211 Suffolk.
Beginning at 7 p.m., the supper
party will feature a program in
observance of Constitution Week.
Young Attending
Forestry Meeting
Don Young, head of the Forest
Management Department of the
Texas Forest Service, is attending
the annual meeting of Southern
States Forest Management Heads
and Forest Nurserymen at
Waynesville, N.C.
The meeting begins today and
will end Friday.
Young will lead a discussion on
silviculture practices affecting for
est management in the South.
Delegates from 12 southern-
state forestry organizations will
visit the Waynesville watershed of
and the Holmes State Nursery, op
erated by the North Carolina Divis
ion of Forestry.
Dr. Parks to Return
To TSCW Friday
Dr. Mabel Parks, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Parks of Col
lege Station, will return to Den
ton Friday after spending her va
cation with her parents here.
She is a science instructor at
TSCW.
Red advance party.
Communist artillery roared a
thunderous barrage for the third
straight day, plastering the Tae
gu-Tabu road. One American bat
talion—1,000 men—spent most of
Tuesday afternoon in foxholes
there.
Allied big guns and warplanes,
striking earlier against this bar
rage, had counted a heavy toll of
the booming Red artillery.
Such an artillery barrage usually
is the prelude to an attack.
Far to the east, in the wild hill
sector somewhere west of Pohang
Port, a secret United Nations task
force led by a famous West Point
football star struck swiftly to trap
Red troops in a corridor deep with
in Allied lines.
South Korean forces already had
sealed the northern entrance. The
task force, striking close to the
southern gate, punched two and
one-half miles in bitter fighting
against two Red battalions.
25th Counterattacks
On the southwest front, counter
attacking 25th Division Americans
recapture d a commanding ridge
four miles south of the confluence
of the Nam and Naktong Rivers
in a bitter fight against numeri
cally superior Reds. The Com
munists had hurled three assault
waves and won the peak Monday
night. '
The weary Americans launched
their counterattack before dawn.
The hill commands one of the best
crosing points along the Nam.
United' Nations planes, in close
support of ground troops, flew a
record number of sorties. By mid
night Monday, they had gone out
in 683 flights.
“We really kept his (the ene
my’s) head down,” an air spokes
man said.
Task Force Hits
Near Pohang, the secret task
foi’ce in its two and one-half mile
westward push reported 370 Reds
killed, 188 wounded, one prisoner
taken and 80 South Korean pris
oners liberated.
By TOM ROUNTREE
Near 1350 new students are en
tering the last half of Freshman
Week today, as the group wound
up its general aptitude testing yes
terday.
“The tests have been going very
well and I’m very pleased with the
results,” Dr. John R. Bertrand,
dean of the Basic Division, said
yesterday.
Results from the tests taken
Saturday should be ready by noon
Selected Senior
Veterans May
Enroll in R0TC
Selected senior veteran
students not previously en
rolled in ROTC and who will
be graduated in June, 1951
may be enrolled in the second
year advanced ROTC course and
attend summer camp in 1951, ac
cording to Col. H. L. Boatner, com
mandant of the college and
PMS&T of the School of Military
Science.
On successful completion of the
ROTC summer camp, the students
will be commissioned second lieu
tenants in the Officers’ Reserve
Corps.
Veterans to be selected must
have served 12 months or more of
honorable active duty in the Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps,
or Coast Guard, must have a good
academic record and must be sen
iors in a course leading to a de
gree. No age limit has been es
tablished for this course, Col.
Boatner said.
Those selected must agree to
attend camp during the summer
of 1951 and to serve two years
commissioned active duty, if called
by the Department of Army, he
added.
This policy will be in effect for
the school year 1950-51 only.
today, he said, when evaluation of
the tests begins. ■ The tests will
result in systematic individual
counseling with the students
throughout the semester, Dr. Ber
trand said.
The tests have been coordinated
by Dr. Robert Jacobs, director of
counseling, and Dr. Albert Kings
ton, director of remedial reading,
along with R, G. Perryman.
Conferencesi Set
Individual conferences with ad
visors begin tomorrow for the
freshmen at 9 a.m. General ob
jectives of the personal confer
ences, said Dr. Bertrand, are as
follow:
• To provide the student with an
initial personal contact with the
faculty of the college.
• To provide the student with an
opportunity for presenting ques
tions on hs individual problems
regarding his school entrance.
© To obtain information from
the student that will prove valu
able in subsequent educational and
vocational guidance.
® To verify the completeness of
personal data on the student’s per
sonal folder.
The entire class met in general
assembly this morning at 8 a.m.
to hear Col. H. L. Boatner, com
mandant and PMS&T of the col
lege, speak on “The A&M Cadet.”
Following the assembly, dormitory
counselors spoke to unit meetings
of the cadets on “Cadet-Counselor
Relationship” and “College Regu
lations.”
Unit meetings were held again
this afternoon at 1, with the com
pany commanders explaining “Col
lege Organization and Courtesy.”
Other meetings later in the after
noon will also be presided over by
the commanders, speaking on “The
Fish Registration
Set in Sbisa Friday
Car Stolen From
Theater Sunday
A 1929 Model “A” Ford coupe
was stolen from near the Campus
Theater between 3:15 and 5:15 p.m.
Sunday, according to J. J. Hejt-
manicek, owner of the car.
Freshly-painted, the automobile
is black with red wheels. License
number is KU-2584..
The owner asked that anyone
knowing anything of the where
abouts of the car, or who saw it
being taken from its parking place
near the theater, to notify him at
8514 or at Leon Weiss Clothiers,
or to notify College Station police.
Hale to Be Judge
Fred Hale, swine specialist of
the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment, left Sunday for Topeka,
Kans., where he will be a judge
in the swine classes at the Kan
sas State Fair.
College Station Congressman
Becoming Known in Capitol
By TEX EASLEY
AP Special Washington Service
Washington, Sept. 12 CP)—You’re
likely to be hearing more about
Rep. Olin E. “Tiger” Teag;ue of
College Station in the near future.
The 40-year-old former postal
employe and World War Two vet
eran is in line for chairman of the
new nine-member special House
committee which will investigate
the veterans’ educational program.
The program, administered by
the Veteran Administration, has
provided training for all vocations,
from doctors to piano tuners, at
a cost of some 10 billion dollars
since the end of World War Two.
The Teague committee probably
will determine, or at least greatly
influence, whether similar educa
tional benefits will be extended to
veterans of the Korean fighting
and those who will serve in the
armed forces in the future.
Congress, of course, would have
to continue to appropriate money.
Teague’s selection as chairman
of the special committee stems
from the fact that he was author
of the resolution by which the
House authorized the investigation.
Needs Revision
“There are some phases of the
program that I think are sound,”
said the Central Texas legislator,
“but some of it certainly needs
overhauling. ,
“For example, I think if a boy
is going to college under the pro
gram hei should be expected and
required to achieve certain grades.
That’s the way you’d look at it
if you were paying your own son’s
way.
“It doesn’t make good sense to
just keep paying a lot of tuition
and board bill to some lazy fellow
who may just want to avoid work
at government expense.”
Teague said the fundamental is
sue to be settled is the attitude of
the Veterans Administration to
ward the G.I. program. He said
he felt that some top VA officials
are against its continuation.
Teague already has conferred |
with House leaders to select mem
bers of the group and to draft a
resolution appropriating money to
carry on the investigation. A sep
arate office and clerical staff is
to be set up for the committee.
World at a Glance
Jan Christiann Smutts Dies
Pretoria, .South Africa, Sept. 12—(2P)—South Africa
today planned a military funeral for her greatest soldier and
one of the democratic world’s foremost elder statesmen —
Field Marshal Jan Christiann Smuts.
The spade-bearded Smuts, a Leader in three wars and
two world peace movements, died last night in his 81st year.
He had been ill since a back ailment forced him to bed May
28, four days after his 80th birthday.
Funeral services will be held Friday in Pretoria’s lead
ing Dutch Reformed Church, the “Groote Kerk.” Burial
probably will be at Smuts’ farm, “Doornkoff,” where he
died. It is 10 miles from Pretoria.
A military funeral was being arranged at the request
of Smuts’ family.
Demos Discount O’Dwyer Complaints
Washington, Sept. 12—(2P)—Democrats today discount
ed complaints against President Truman’s appointment of
former Mayor William O’Dwyer of New York City as am
bassador to Mexico.
O’Dwyer was asked to appear before the Senate For
eign Relations Committee (9:30 a.m. EST), but Chairman
Connally (D-Tex) strongly indicated to reporters he doesn’t
think the protests against him will get very far.
Connally announced that Rep. Marcantonio (ALP-NY),
who he said “started all this,” won’t be on hand to testify
or to question the former mayor.
Troop Train Dead Returned
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 12—(iP)—Stunned residents of
the Wyoming Valley -prepared today to receive the bodies of
33 soldier relatives killed in an Ohio troop train wreck.
In a region where death sometimes is as close as the
nearest hard coal mine, no underground disaster—no, not
even any of the major battles of World War II—cast a shad
ow over so many homes as yesterday’s crash of a troop
laden train and a Pennsylvania Railroad express.
Besides those killed, 50 or more were injured—all but
a few from the Wilkes-Barre area.
Approval of Foreign Arms Seen
Washington, Sept. 12 — CP) — Senate Appropriations
Committee approval of a $4 billion Foreign Arms Program
was forecast today as lawmakers pushed new proposals to
bring Turkey and Spain into the North Atlantic Pact.
The military aid fund was part of a $16,711,000 emer
gency defense bill expected to get the committee’s OK after
disposal of some relatively minor controversies—such as
President Truman’s request for $139 million to move key
bureaus out of Washington.
U.S. Troops Participate in War Games
Heidelberg, Germany, Sept. 12—(H 3 )—American troops
participating in war games retreated westward tonight be
fore the mock attack of overwhelming “aggressor” forces
invading Western Germany from the East.
Registration on Friday is for
new students only, according to H.
L. Heaton, registrar of the college.
This includes freshmen with no
previous college work as well as
advanced students entering with
varying amounts of college credit,
hq said.
Registration will be held in
Sbisa Hall.
No members of the teaching
staff will be needed to register
entering students, Heaton said,
New Instructor,
Two Part-time
Profs in AH
Staff changes in the Ani
mal Husbandry Department
have been announced by Dr.
J. C. Miller, head of the de
partment.
Two half-time instructors and
one full-time instructor have been
added to absorb the work formerly
done by W. M. Warren and B. R.
Dana, assistant professors who
have been granted one-year leaves
to work on doctors’ degrees.
Warren will study at the Uni
versity of Missouri, Dana at the
University of California.
Added to the staff were John G.
Moffitt, instructor, and Maurice
Shelton and Thomas C. Cartwright,
half-time instructors who will do
graduate study.
Moffitt is an animal husbandry
graduate of Iowa State College and
recently received a master’s de
gree from the University of Illi
nois in animal nutrition. He will
teach freshman and sophomore
courses and assist in the meats
laboratory.
Shelton, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Tennessee who has been
teaching at the University of Ten
nessee Junior College at Martin,
will teach part time while work
ing on his master’s degree.
Cartwright will be working to
ward his doctor’s degree while
teaching part time. He is a grad
uate of Clemson College and re
ceived a master of science degree
from A&M in 1949. He was on
the staff of the Genetics Depart
ment during the 1949-50 school
term.
since the registration of “straight”
freshmen will be en bloc. This
will be accomplished by the regis
trar’s staff.
Approximately 3 0 0 advanced
standing students are expected to
register on this date. Distributed
by schools, 90 are expected in the
School of Agriculture, 53 in the
School of Arts and Science) 150
in the School of Engineering, and
seven in the School of Veterinary
Medicine.
“It will be necessary for the
Deans and department heads or
their representative to be in Sbisa
Hall from 3 to 5 p.m. to assist
advanced standing students,” Hea
ton said. One representative from
each department should be ade
quate to register the group, he
added.
Advanced standing students will
report to Sbisa Hall : throughout
the day. Until 3 p.m., they will
be directed to the heads of their
departments for advice on the
courses for which they should reg
ister.
Old Students Saturday
Registration for old students will
be continued in Sbisa on Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
There is a total of 2,781 assign
ment cards for old students Who
may register Saturday, not count
ing the 2,750 returning students
who pre-registered for the Fall
semester Aug. 26.
Broken down by classes, the
number of returning students who
have not registered are as follows:
freshmen, 352; sophomores 820;
juniors, 501; seniors, 450; fifth-
year students, 50; graduates, 565;
and special students, 43.
Approximately 90 percent of the
undergraduate students are expec
ted to be registered by Saturday.
Class cards for students who
pre-registered have been sent to
the various heads of departments
of the college, Heaton said. Some
courses have a small enrollments,
he said, and class cards are being
held for these pending develop
ment with the weekend registra
tions. He expected most of them
to meet the required minimum.
Aggie Uniform, Its Prestige and
Your Responsibility to It,” “Yell
Practice,” and “Conduct On and
Off the Campus.”
Company Meetings
At 3 this afternoon, the com
pany commanders will explain the
Articles of the Cadet Corps, dor
mitory and room regulations, and
arrangement of rooms.
Col. Boatner will meet the fresh
men tonight at The Grove to speak
on “History and Traditions of The
A&M College of Texas.” Tonight’s
meeting begins at 7.
Dr. M. T. Harrington, president
of the college, gave an address of
welcome last night to the fresh
men. Meeting with the students
at The Grove, Dr. Harrington was
introduced by Dr. Bertrand, who
presided at the meeting.
Peeples Speaks
Following the introduction of the
members of the Executive Commit
tee of the college, Rufus R. Pee
ples of the Class of ’28, a member
of the A&M System Board of Di
rectors, spoke to the freshmen on
“What It Means to be an Aggie.”
Special music was rendered by
a Houston group, directed by Wal
ter Jenkins, choir director of the
First Methodist Church of Hous
ton.
To Hear Penberthy
W. L. Penberthy, dean of men,
will adress the freshmen tomorrow
night, speaking on “Student Life
at A&M College.” A special en
tertainment program will follow
the talk by Dean Penberthy.
The annual President’s Reception
will be held Thursday night in the
ballroom of the Memorial Student
Center. All freshmen who can pos
sibly be in uniform have been re
quested to do so.
Freshmen and all new students
wil register Friday in Sbisa Hall.
The registration schedule is as
follows:
8-9 a.m.—L, M, N, O; 9-10—
P, Q, R, S; 10-11—C, D, E, F;
1-2 p.m.—G, H, I, J, K; 2-3—
A, B; 3-4—T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z,
General Staff,
Faculty Meets
All members of the faculty
and staff are requested to meet
this afternoon at 4 in Guion
Hall for a general assembly.
Dr. M. T. Harrington, presi
dent of the college, will address
the meeting.
Mrs. Helvey to Open
Music Hall Studio
Mrs. Orin Helvey will open her
piano studio Oct. 2 in the Music
Hall on the campus.
Registrations for the studio are
now being taken, Mrs. Helvey said.
She may be contacted at 4-9404.
Writers’ Meeting
Arrangements Set
Arrangements for the Texas
Writers’ Conference to be held on
the campus October 13-14, were
completed at a meeting of officials
of the conference Sunday.
Sessions will be held in the
Memorial Student Center, accord
ing to P. L. Downs Jr., secretary.
More than 100 are expected to at
tend.
“We expect this to be an out
standing conference of newspaper
men,” David Read, Silsbee publish
er, and president of the confer
ence, said.
Top-flight speakers in the var
ious fields of endeavor will deliver
talks and answer questions of the
newspapermen.
Present were Read, Arthur Le-
fever and E. L. Summers of Hous
ton, James C. Potts and Downs.
Many people have remarked of the beauty of
the Memorial Student Center’s interior . . . and
here is part of what makes it attractive. In
the main offices of the MSC are, left to right,
Frances Allen, cashier; Martha Williams, assist
ant bookkeeper; Elaine Lester, secretary; Estha
Nowlin, personnel secretary; and Helen Atter-
bury, secretary to director J. Wayne Stark.