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“coV® ® Circulated to More than 90% Of College Station’s Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest Numbed 8: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1950 Price Five Cents City Officials owden Succeeds 4 CoI. Joe’ As Assistant Commandant Officials of College Station for a day are left to right on toj) row: Eleanor Price, Ward I, Councilman; Donald Burchard, W ; ard II, Jimmy Bond, ward I. Second row: Louise Street, ward III, Gayle Klipple, ward III, Royce Rodgers, ma yor, and Tom Barlow, Ward III. Consolidated Politicians To Govern College Station By TOM ROUNTREE In a hotly contested election yesterday .morning at A&M Con solidated, students who are to take over the various city staff offices Friday in the Kiwanis sponsored Kid’s Day were elected. Politicians for a day who were elected are Royce Rodgers, mayor; councilmen from ward one a r e Eleanor Price and Jimmy Bond, freshmen; from ward two Don Bur chard and Tom Barloy, sopho mores; and from ward three Louise Street and Gayle Klipple, juniors. After the elections results came in, newly elected city officials met and selected other officials. The budding Roosevelts chosen were lack Burchard as city manager: Dick French was named city at torney; Reba McDermott, assist ant city secretary; George John ston, utilities superintendent; Jer ry Leighton, city engineer; Byron Andrews, chief of police; Martha Ergle, patrolman; and Ann Wil liams, city secretary. Installation Today Installation of new officials took place in the City Hall today at noon and they will hold office until 5 p. m. Mayor Rodgers could not be contacted yesterday as he was still in class, so it is not known whether or not he is contemplating any new and sweeping reforms in the city administration. Criminals will have to take a holiday this afternoon as Chief A ndrews well known nemesis of the “sweater borrowers who do not return them,” Patrolwoman Martha Ergle, take over. College Station’s own Mary Chase, Snooper Martha, has sworn to apprehend all the Con solidated Romeos who show up with a brand of lipstick on their collars that is different from the brand their current steadies are wearine 1 . Chief ditch-digger George John ston, utility superintendent, is ex pected to speed up the work on the new water lines even if he has to take shovel in hand himself. French Never Lost A Case Daniel Webster of Consolidated, City Attorney Dmk French, was heard to declare that with him in ih ' saddle, people who aspired to making a little ice cream money by suing the city on trumped grounds were in for a nasty sur prise. “I’ve never lost a case yet,” French said. City Manager Jack Burchard was heard to bemoan the fact that he couldn’t let City Secretary Ann Williams and Assistant City Secretary Reba McDermott both sit on his lap at the same time and it would not be in keeping with the dignity of his office to show favoritism so he could not see a ready solution to his problem and consequently was ready to accept almost any suggestion. Jerry Leighton, city engineer, who likes to be called the “Tran sit Kid” for short said that with him on the job that there prob ably wasn’t a single engineering problem that would be able to plague the city for long. Street Naming Debatable Whether the council will settle the question of whether to change the name of Kyle Street to Jer sey Street or to change Jersey to Kyle is still open to debate.- At 5 p. m. when the coach be comes a pumpkin and the footmen become mice the “ex-council men and officials” will retire to the battle of the gridiron to take place between Consolidated and Navasota. There is some doubt whether or not the retiring heroes will be admitted free. Activities of today were ^.spon sored by the Kiwanis Interna tional and the same thing is hap pening in 1,450 towns and cities throughout the United States and Canada as part of the National Kid’s Day which is being observed to help the kids of the United States and Canada become better acquainted with the government of their city. Close Battle Rages For Korean Capital Delegation Five representatives of A&M at tended the All-College Night pro gram at TSCW in Denton Wednes day. W. L. Penberthy, dean of students; A. D. Martin, Colonel of the Corps; Dare Keelan, sen ior class president; Bob Allen, civilian vice-president; Ken Schaake, senior class social secre tary; and Jim Pianta, senior yell leader were representatives. Tessie All-College Night Pro gram consist of introducing stu dents to the student activities pro gram, socities, clubs, musical or ganizations, choral groups, and the various festivals. Tokyo, Sept. 22—CP>—The Al lied 10th Corps and Red defenders battled bitterly for Seoul at close quarters today on both sides of the Han River. Some of the fight ing was at bayonet range. To stand off reinforcements for the Red-held capital, the Allies put forces across rail lines and highways north and south of the city. U. S. Seventh Infantry Division forces drove into Suwon, 20 miles south of Seoul, from the 10th Corps’ Inchon-Seoul beachhead. Suwon is a vital communications hub astride the major battle route of Communists withdrawing from the United Nations’ expanding Pu san in the far southeast. U. S. Marines used bayonets and flame throwers to make a mile wide swath through SeoqDs indus trial western suburb of Yongdung- po, on the south west side of the Han. Other Marines cut the rail and highway lines into the capital from the northwest. These were the toughening phases of the amphibious assault aimed at seizing Seoul, the bottle neck distribution center for Com munists faltering and fleeing in the south. Barring effective rein- forcements from the north, it also puts the Reds in the tightening jaw of a giant vise. Mystery Tanks A tank-led Red mystery column, reported yesterday by 10th Corps intelligence to be moving south ward from Red China’s Manchu rian border, remained a mystery. Washington army spokesman said they had heard nothing of such reinforcements and nothing more was reported by the 10th Corps Friday. A spokesman at General Mac- Arthur’s headquarters said Sev enth Infantry Division doughboys entered Suwon without opposition. In addition to blocking Red rein forcements for Seoul from the south, Suwon provides an airfield that can handle good-size planes. The field had been used by U.S. air transports evacuating civilians before the Reds entered Suwon July 1—one week after invading South Korea. Suwon is 120 air miles north west of Waegwan, where the U. S. 24th Division advanced two miles to expand the northernmost bridgehead across the Naktong River. This was on the highway to Kumchon, Taejon, Suwon and Seoul. Elsewhere on the Pusan perimeter, Allied forces punched out gains up to six miles Friday morning. The fighting in Seoul’s Yong- dungpo suburb was hand-to-hand, in closely-jammed and shell shat tered factory building's. Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden has assumed the duties of assist ant commandant at A&M, according to an announcement re- 1 leased this morning by Col. H. L. Boatner. Bowden replaced Lt. Col. Joe Davis, assistant commandant here since 1946, who has been recalled to active duty with the Army. The new assistant commandant has been serving in his new job since the first of the week. Col. Davis will report to Camp Chafee, Ark., between Oct. 13 and 23 as commanding officer of the 4020 Infantry Training Regiment. Davis’ successor has been serv-4- ing in the capacity of tactical of ficer here since November of 1948. A ’38 graduate of Texas Univer sity, Bowden taught school in Pal- acious, for two years before going into the Army in November, ’40. During the war, Bowden served with the 36th Division in Africa, Italy, and France. He fought through the campaigns of Salerno, St. Pierto, Anzio, and the invasion of Southern France. R turning from overseas in ’45, he 'became an instructor at the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. From there he was ordered to the G-3 ; section of the Army Field Forces, Ft. Monroe, Va. He came to A&M following his release from active duty in No vember ’48. Bowden holds a B.S. degree from Texas and received a masters de gree in education from A&M this past summer. Last spring, Bowden received one of six annual Battalion Awards for outstanding achievement at A&M. The award cited him for “his outstanding work as dormitory tactical officer, in which he has proved that discipline can be tem pered with understanding.” Davis, an A&M graduate, of the Class of ’29, has served almost con tinuously with the college since 1930. At that time, “Col. Joe,” as he is more familiarly known, join ed the M.S. department as a tacti cal officer. During the war, he was an in structor at A&M for a while, then attended the l Command and Gen eral) Staff School at Ft. Leaven worth. From there he was order ed |.o Ft. Hood as a battalion Com mander. His next assignment was back at A&M as both adjutant and executive officer. Davis became assistant comman dant on Dec. 16, ’46. A native of Foreman, Ark., Da vis has lived in College Station since he began school here in 1925. He holds a B.A. degree in Educa tion and has done graduate work in sociology at A&M. Being recalled to active duty with Col. Davis are three members of the Military Department and four college staff members. Military personnel returning to active duty are Maj. E. P. Ozment, Capt. W. A. Hill and Capt. H. R. Williams. Staff members leaving are Dr. Paul J. Woods of the History De partment, Capt. Dave Wilson of the Range and Forestry Depart ment, Capt. Bruno Schroeder of the Department of Business Ad ministration, and Capt. W. A. Al len of the Agricultural Engineer ing Department. Old MSC Phone Change Telephone numbers of the MSC has been changed to 4-5123 for all departments, J. Wayne Stark, director has announced. At pre sent there will be six circuits going into the center through a central switch board. ILS. Cavalry Roll 2(1 Miles In New Drive With U. S. First Cavalry, Korea, Sept. 22—(JP)—A U.S. First Cavalry task force with tanks and motorized equip ment advanced 20 miles today in a breakthrough drive to trap fleeing Reds in the old southeast Korean beachhead. The column at nightfall was some seven miles southeast of Sangju, a key rail and highway junction leading to Seoul, 100 air miles northwest. The purpose of the drive was to capture Sangju, 43 air miles northwest of Taegu, and cut the Kumchon-Hamshang road. Kum chon is 20 miles south of Sangju and Hamchang is 10 miles north. The Kumchon-Hamchang high way is the best highway escape route for the Reds fleeing before the Allied offensive. “She’s a rout now,” said Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gray, commanding the First Cavalry, who rode along with the column. “We’ve had a great day,” he said. The troopers jumped off at dawn from a village captured yes terday northwest of Taegu. The First Cavalry had been stalled in this sector since an Al lied drive opened Saturday. • At one point in today’s drive, the task force gained six miles in six hours. The force moved for stretches unopposed, then encountered re sistance. Every time an enemy pocket was cleared out the tanks rolled on with infantry troopers following. “You can see them going up in to the hills by the hundreds,” said General Gay. The Reds were scrambling into ridges on both sides of the road to get away from the task force. A division spokesman said 200 Red prisoners were taken south west of Tabu. Experiment Group Receives $2,000 Aid A grant-in-aid check for $2,000 has been received by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The money is from Dr. David D. Long, chief, feed and plant food research, International Minerals and Chemical Corp., Chicago. Grant-in-aid was initiated in 1947 by Dr. Long, “under which our department of agronomy was able to extend their investigations in soil fertility,” Dr. R. D. Lewis, station director, says. “The grant was made particu larly for the purpose of determin ing if magnesium or potash or both might promote the intake of phosphorous or otherwise benefit the value of pasture grasses in animal nutrition,” Dr. Lewis said. “At Dr. Long’s suggestion some of the funds have also been used to investigate occurrences of amino acids in the proteins of grasses,” l ewis points out. TISA Men Find Out Tonight If They Hold Senate Seats By DEAN REED Ballots will be distributed to all students living on the campus to night at 7 p. m. for a special referendum on a Student Senate constitutional amendment. If'a majority of the student body favors the amendment, A&M offi cers of the Texas Intercollegiate Student Association will become members of the Senate. The TISA, whose membership is composed of most of the major colleges in Texas and many of the smaller ones, is entering its third year as an association whose pri mary aim is active relationship among the various Texas col leges. Convention Here Delegates to last year’s conven tion voted to hold the 1951 meet ing on the A&M campus, to help in celebrating the college’s 75th Anniversary. With the convention scheduled here, twe executive officers from A&M were elected by last year’s Student Senate to organize and arrange for the meeting. They are MSC Display Shows Top Photographic Art By AVAYNE DAVIS Now on exhibition in the first floor gallery and in Meeting Room 2A of the Memorial Student Cen ter is a collection of photographic studies by John Steele and Paul Linwood Gittings, reputedly great est living American photographers. Presented under the auspices of the A&M Camera Club, the col lection will be exhibited through next Saturday, September 30. Steele, brilliant young Canadian photographer, is just becoming recognized in this country as a master of photography. The name of Gittings, however, is no strang er to Texans; long known as the southwest’s foremost photographer of beautiful women, Gittings’ Dal las and Houston studios have made his work as familiar in the society pages of American news papers as it is ip solons through out the world. The Gittings collection is a group of his studies requested by the Professional Photographers’ Association of America as a per manent loan exhibit for display at art museums, universities, and salons. While the exhibition consists mainly of portraits by Steele and Ex-Batt Staffer Chosen College Station Beauty College Station, one of the will be part of the Parade of Betty Potter many cities to be represented at the State Fair at Dallas Fair Grounds on October 17, 18 and 19, will have Miss Betty Ann Potter, I daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James j G. Potter of College Station as <>| its representative. ; 1 According to H. E. Burgess, president of the Chamber of Com merce, Miss Potter was appointed queen by them at an earlier meet ing. He added queens from various other East Texas cities would par ticipate in the colorful Parade of Decades to take place on October 17—“East Texas Day.” Miss Potter and the other queens will be honored at several social functions during the day, after which she and the other queens from East Texas cities will take their places on floats. The floats Decades, Burgess continued, which will tour the Fair Grounds at 7:30 p. m. Miss Annabelle Perry, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James S. Perry of 501 Brookshire Drive, Bryan, is to be the Bryan queen, Burgess added. Miss Potter is a junior at the University of Texas, majoring in radio broadcasting. She is a mem ber of the Delta Delta Delta Sor ority, the Women’s Debating Club, the Campus League of Women Voters, and was Battalion Society Editor this summer. Miss Perry, currently in her senior year at Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan, is a mem ber of the A’Cappela Choir and is also Business Manager of the Bryan Bronco. Gittings, there are nevertheless several remarkable landscapes and architecture studies exhibited, par ticularly by^ Gittings. Aggies inter ested in photography will have an excellent opportunity to compare the harsh, realistic photography of Steele with Gittings’ softer, stylized portraits. In addition to his portraits, the Texan has provided several stud ies in polarization and reticulation to interest advanced students of photography. The collection now on exhibit is the first in a series of exhibitions to be presented by the Camera Club, Tom Harding, club presi dent, said today. “These exhibi tions,” Harding said, “represent the opening of a drive to interest students in photography. With the many new darkroom facilities now available in the Student Center, we want to get as many Aggies started in the hobby as we can.” From October 1 through Novem ber 30, Harding announced, there will be a selection of 15 new Ko dak exhibition prints displayed in the Student Center each week. In addition to these, there will be an exhibition of salon prints by Maurice Tabard beginning about October 1. Tabard, Harper’s Bazaar staff Paris photographer, is a leading exponent of “Dynamic Symmetry.” Harding also announced that plans are now being made for a salorj of Aggie photographers’ work in the near future. Writers Meeting Program Complete One of the finest programs ever held for the Texas Writers Con ference has been outlined for the upcoming conference to be held October 13-14. One of the highlights of the two-day session will be a report by Louis Franke of the Extesion Service, of his two-months stay in Germany. Franke will talk on German agriculture. David Read of Silsbee, presi dent of the conference, says that interest is mounting all over the state and that a large attendance is expected. Allan Eubank, executive vice-pres ident, and Charlie Royalty, execu tive secretary. Joe Fuller, parliamentarian of the Senate last year, was elected to that office in the TISA in last spring’s meeting at Baylor. Thus, if tonight’s balloting fav ors the amendment, this trio of officers will be the first to become Senators under the amendment. Little Argument Passed at the last meeting of the Senate in the spring, the amendment stipulated the student body must vote for the change be fore it can become effective. Lit- the argument was voiced against the amendment at the meeting. Advocates of the constitutional change said they favored it since “it would give the Student Senate a much closer connection with the TISA.” “It would look bad to have TISA officers who were not mem bers of our own governing body,” and that “such an amendment would aid in forming a TISA Com mittee of the Senate to arrange for the convention here in 1951.” Should the change be approved, it would be inserted into the “membership” section of the Sen ate’s constitution. Conducting the special elec tion is last year’s Senate election committee, with Roy Nance and Bill Moss serving as co-chairmen. Ballots will be picked up at 10 p. m. Students living off the campus must, in order to vote, use theh ballot printed yesterday and to day in The Battalion. Election results will be carried in The Battalion Monday. Congress Hustles Anti-Red Bill Thru Washington, Sept. 22—UP>—Ea ger to hurry home, Congress hustled its tough anti-Communist bill to President Truman’s desk yesterday. Many lawmakers expected him to veto it, but Congress appeared to have enough votes to write it into law anyway. Both Houses gave top-heavy approval to the measure. Mr. Truman said he will make known his views quickly. Some officials expect him to act tomor row. A high source on Capitol Hill said “I understand the Presi dent is going to veto it.” Deadline Set on MSC Student Club Rooms Applications for student organ izations and club conference rooms may be submitted to the Memor ial Student Center social office starting at 8 a.m. Monday, Miss Ann Hilliard, announced today. Due to limited facilities, it will be impossible to grant permis sion to all those requesting rooms, but the social office will fulfill as many requests as possible Miss Hilliard said. Reservations will be bade on a first come first served basis.