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^ e 5 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 Number 17: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5,1950 Price Five Cents Grand Entrance Guion Mali Show, Dance Top Events Two of Texas’ most distinguished citizens are escorted into Kyle Field by the Ross Volunteers, A&M’s military elite for yesterday’s Anniversary Hay celebration. The guard flanked the speaker’s stand as Gov. Allan Shivers, left, Dr. M. T. Har rington, president of the college, right; and oth er dignitaries spoke before the crowd of an esti mated 14-000. Following Gov. Shivers is Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of the A&M System. Leatherneck 'Hides Behind Lady’s Skirt U. S. First Marine Division i Headquarters in Korea, Thursday, I Oct. 5—UP)—Tough old Marines I will blush at this. A Marine cor- I poral hid behind a woman’s skirts the battle for Seoul. He was Cpl. Charles Collins of I Sumrall, Miss. Marine combat correspondent Al- 8 fen Mainard found out about it I and wrote of the incident. Corporal Collins led a patrol „ mission in the worst of the fighting | for the Korean capital. The patrol [ collided headon with a North Ko rean counter-attack. Collins or- ! dered his men back and stayed to cover their retreat. He slowed the Reds enough for the patrol to escape. Then an American artillery bombardment began and he couldn’t get back himself. So Corporal Collins ducked into rf house. Hours later, said Mainard, Col lins walked down the North Korean infested Seoul streets in a woman’s dress and into the Marine lines. His buddies said he looked lovely. Collins was not amused by their jibes. Battalion Honored By U. of H. Group A college journalistic youngster paid homage to an oldster in the field yesterday at A&M’s birthday party. The youngster was the Univer sity of Houston student chapter of the Theta Sigma Phi, national hon orary fraternity for women in journalism. The “grandfather” was The Battalion, the oldest college newspaper in the state. The Bat talion is in its seventy-second year of continuous publication. status in 1947-48 when enrollment was at the post-war peak. At that time it was generally four-pages in size. Today, tne paper, has revers ed this procedure and attempts in its five-day publication week to average six-pages. The size of the paper, of course, is. depen dent on advertising lineage, since it is essentially a self-supporting project. The paper has taken two con- By JOHN WHITMORE A&M’s Birthday came to a grand finale last night when the Aggie- land Orchestra, the Singing Ca dets, and a group of performers from North Texas State College added their bit to the day long celebration with a show in Guion Hall and an all college dance in the m::c. The ear’y-in-the-semester show pulled a lot of talent out of the j uag and if audience reaction is any indication- the product was “Perfect.” In honor of the 75th Anniversary, a group of perform ers from North Texas State Col lege came down to add their bit. which was reminicent of the old time vaudiville show. The band opened the Guion Hall show with a bang, followed up by Tommy Butler singing “Embrace- able You.” Breaking away from the sen timental side of music “Fish Onion-Head” Clyde Massey came out to sing a quick number and play his ukalele. Before the audience would let “Onion-Head” leave the stage he played three encores. Massey has been plunk ing on the “Uke” for the past nine years. Bill Turner, emcee of the pro gram, next introduced Miss Tish McCarley, recent winner of “Miss Houston-TV” title and entry in the Miss America-TV contest to be held in Chicago. After a sul try rendition of “My Man,” she was again brought back to the mike to sing “Whoopee.” Gene Pflug, a junior from NTSC, tap danced and climaxed his per formance with a dance sounding At a presentation held at 2:30 | secutive national first-place awards n reserves to Advise Address Changes Many communications to mem bers of the Organized Reserve Corps are being returned unclaim ed, Colonel Oscar B. Abbott, Chief of the Texas Military District, dis closed today. In order to assist Reserve In structor offices in securing cor- reet addresses, all officer and en listed members of the Army Re serve are requested to immediately notify their local Organized Re serve Instructor or Headquarters Texas Military District, 7th and Colorado Streets, Austin, Texas, tif any change in the future. In cases where reservists have moved and have failed to forward such notification, they are urgent ly requested to do so now. Form DA AGO 603 may be ob tained from local instructor’s of fices for this purpose, or a postal card will suffice if this form is not available. in the Social Room of the Memo rial Student Center Helen Moore, president of the U of H frater nity, presented a hand-lettered scroll to Clayton Selph and Dave Coslett, cp-editors of The Battal ion. In presenting the scroll. Miss Moore congratulated The Bat talion for its long tenure of serv ice to its community and to the field of college journalism. Co-editor Coslett, in accepting the scroll, thanked the members of the women’s fraternity for the tribute and wished their chapter success in their years to come. The U of H chapter, the most re cently organized members of the national association, received its charter last June. Accompanying Miss Moore to A&M for the presentation were Anna Rose Faour, a junior jour nalism major from the Houston School and a member of the Theta Sigma Phi, and Mary Avery, a freshman journalism major from the U of H. Miss Moore and Miss Faour are residents of Houston. Miss Avei'y lives in Galena Park. Battalion Assistant Managing- Editor Dean Reed gave a brief resume of The Battalion’s his tory preceding the presentation. First published as The Collegian, the college paper appeared in 187S, three years following the opening of the College. It was a monthly publication. By 1904, the paper was appear ing weekly under its present title. It wasn’t until 1939 that the paper began tri-weekly publica tion. Growth in the next few years was stunted by the war and its resultant shortage of both news paper supplies and college enroll ment. The Batt gained its present daily in the past two years. In 1948-49 it took the initial spot in the Na tional Advertising nation - wide market research competition. Last year it received the con gratulations of the nation for pul ling the nation’s top-spot in the Lumberman Mutual Insurance Company’s annual college newspa per contest on safe driving. In connection with its prize-winning Christmas Safety Section, the Bat talion also received the National Safety Council’s Annual Public In- (Seo BATTALION, Page 6) Pre-Med Students Ch oose Officers ! The Pre-medical Pre-dental Soc iety held its first meeting of the year Tuesday at the home of Dr. George E. Potter, of the Biology Department. Doug Henderson, sen ior pre-med student from Honey Grove, was elected president. Other officers elected were: Bob Lee, Fort Worth junior, vice-presi dent; Pat Alessandra, sophomore, from (Houston, secretary-treasurer; and John Hildebrand, College Sta tion freshman, reporter. Allen Weaver of Bryan was elected jun ior representative to the Arts and Science Council. ’ike a train 'taking off from a sta tion. Advocates of Charles Atlas an cennoiseurs of beauty joined Oh- and Abbs when Bill Willis a.ul Eddie Chapman presented the NTS hand-balancing act. With the seeming ease of picking up a piece of paper, Bill, picked palled and balanced his feminine partner Eddie in a bedily-rhym- thical interpretation of the music played by Jack Hendrix on the piano. One of the highlights of the act was Bill balancing Eddie in the palm of his hands while standing and then getting in a prone posi tion and hack on his feet again. Bill is a Southwestern AAU Ring Champion and has had his own hand-balancing act for the past two years at North Texas. Eddie, a pert 97 pounder from Talro, says she got into the act, just for the heck of it. Drawing from the talent of the Aggieland- Bill Turner, introduced Gordon Keller, slide trombonist, and Lindy James, saxophonist, to sing a “Simple Melody.” Lindy trying to get on an even footing with Gordon had to stand on a stool beside the mike. Miss Jo Ann Currens, senior NTSC student from Dallas, came out on the stage attired in a gingham dress, pigtails, and a pair of high lace-up shoes taste fully thrown over her arm. Jody, as Jo Ann prefers to be called, squezee an abundance of novelty tunes out of her accordian. Winding up the show in fine style the Singing Cadets sang the “Spirit of Aggieland.” After the show the Aggieland moved over a block and played for the first all college dance in the MSC. Despite the over-abundance of stags, the dance was a success. When the crowd got too large to dance easily on the main ball room floor, they moved out on the Starlight Terrace. Tommy Butler and Gordon Kel ley again used their voices to good advantage. People leaving the dance had the same general opinion—“This was a fine Birthday Party.” J Committee Announces Final Election Results Marlin, Fuller, Nance Get Student Life Spots Three members of the Student Life Committee, seven senators-at-large, and three civilian housing area senators were chosen last night as the Student Senate election com mittee released final tabulations for the general Fall elections. Topping the Student Life race—limited to civilian stu dents—were “Big Jim” Martin, Joe Fuller and Roy D. Nance. Receiving the seven senator-at-large seats in the Student Senate were W. D. “Pusher” Barnes, Dean Reed, Joe L. Johnson, Curtis Edwards, Brad McAllister, Ferris R. Brown, fand Ken Wiggins. *1 /"'< VE "B Winner of the College View sen- Aeheson Called Dr. Potter, faculty sponsor, pre sided. Refreshments were served. Truman Just Dislikes Him The co-editors of The Battalion are all smiles as they receive a scroll from the Beta Epsilon chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary fraternity for women of journalism. Located at the University of Houston, the chapter is the youngest in the large fraternity. Helen Moore, president of the chapter, presented the scroll yesterday to Clayton L. Selph, left, and Dave Coslett, “from one of the youngest” to Texas’ oldest collegiate newspaper. Denver, Oct. 5—<7P'—State Sen ator Neal Bishop said today he had received a letter from Presi dent Tinman which stated: “I wouldn’t appoint John L. Lewis dogcatcher.” Bishop, a Denver Democrat and a friend of Truman’s said the President’s letter was in answer to Bishop’s suggestion that John L. Lewis be appointed ambassador to Russia. The Denver Post carried a copy of Truman’s letter on its front page today: “Deal' Senator: “I appreciate very much your letter of April 29, suggesting John L. Lewis as ambassador to Russia. “I’ve already appointed a good ! man to that post and for your in- i formation I wouldn’t appoint John | L Lewis dogcatcher. And I think j you understand that is the case. I I appreciate the good humor in your I letter.” Bishop had written in April of 1949 that Lewis was the man for the job in that he could “roar ‘no’ louder than Gromyko, hurl more in vective than Vishinsky, out-nego- tiate Molotov at the conference table.” The President answered the let ter promptly. But Bishop didn’t say anything about the affair until yesterday. Joe Fuller Fuller and two other civilian students have been elected as representatives to the Student Life Committee, with last night’s final returns, making the count official. He is a senior civil engineering student from Port Arthur. President Has MSC Reception Over 400 persons were guests at the president’s An niversary Day reception, yes terday afternoon from 4 to 5 p. m. in the Assembly Room of the MSC. Heading the receiving line in the Birch room which adjoins the Assembly Room, were Dr. and Mrs. Tom Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Peeples, Mi 1 , and Mrs. F. C." Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reese, Mr. Jesse Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Newton. . Among those present were Dr. and Mrs. C. C. French, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Shepardson, Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Bertrand, and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Barlow. Tables in the Assembly Room were decorated 'with maroon mums and pine, with the numbers 75 in white, in the center. Silver can- dleabra with maroon candles were on each end of the tables. Refreshments served were punch and small cake squares with the numerals 75 written in maroon on them. Praises Record of College . . . A&M Has Met Obligations’—Shivers Aggies Injured In Car Wreck Two A&M students were in jured in an automobile accident Wednesday morning at 12:20 a. m. The accident occurred at the under pass eight miles north of Bryan on Highway 6. The students injured in the acci dent, both civilians, were Glenn Green of Abilene and Jack Harper of Waco. Green is in serious condition with a head injury in the Bryan Hospi tal but Harper’s injuries were not as serious as he only received bruises and abrasions. Green was thrown from the auto mobile when the accident occurred, according to O. L. Luther, State Highway Patrol officer in charge of the accident investigation. Star-Gazer’ by Martin Dies Fort Worth, Oct. 5—(AP) —Former Congressman Mar tin Dies of Lufkin lashed out at Secretary of State Dean ■♦•Aeheson yesterday, saying “Aeheson is a befuddled, confused star-gazer.” At the same time Dies told some 400 Southwestern members of the National Association of purchasing agents here that the U. S. ought to adopt a “realistic foreign pol icy.” Earlier Brig. Gen. Robert J. Smith, a key government figure, made it plain that administration officials will not hesitate to clamp controls on wages and prices if needed while the nation rearms. “No one wants this control but circuntstances may require it,” said Smith, who is vice chairman of the National Security Resources Board. Smith, who also is president of Pioneer Airlines in Dallas,* praised Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas for Johnson’s work as chairman of the senate preparedness subcom mittee. “All Texas should be proud of Lyndon Johnson,” Smith declared. “He is not seeking publicity but is doing a quiet and constructive job. “He is out to see that industry gets the things it needs when needed. The New York Times re- Military Presents Weapons Exhibit The various branches of A&M’s Department of Military Science and Tactics put on a show of wea pons for the many visitors on the campus yesterday. Most numerous were guns of the Coast and Field Artillery, with the Armored Cavalry running £ close second. ThfgAir Force Trans portation Corps, ahd Infantry were also represented. Weapons shown included, for the Air Force, a small airplane en gine and jet engine of the type used in the first American jet fighter, the Bell JP-59. Some artillery pieces displayed were, a 155 mm. howitzer, 105 mm. howitzer, 90 mm, anti-aircraft gun, and a 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun. Other weapons displayed were two half-tracks mounting 50 cal. ma chine gun groups, an Armored car from the Armored unit and a “Weasel” and “DUWK” for the Transportation Corps. atorial contest was L. B. Weddell. William A. Sky-Eagle took the Vet Village vote over three opponents, while Thomas Jewell was unoppos ed in the third civilian off-campus area, Trailer-Project Houses. Record Balloting Approximately 4,350 students voted in the election, according to Roy Nance and Bill Moss, co-chair men of the Senate’s election com mittee. “We believe this is the largest vote ever registered in general elections, percentage-wise,” the co- chairmen said. Below are the final returns, as received by The Battalion from the election committee. Student Life Committee (Three elected) Martin, Jim .• 714 Fuller, Joe 444 Nance, Roy D 435 Williaiu,s, Ray N 359 Etheridge, James B 306 Abernathy, Sid B 283 Barnwell, Milton L 220 Pitzer, Ernest L. Jr 215 Senators-at-Large (Seven elected) Barnes, W. D. “Pusher”....2,112 Reed, Dean 1,810 Johnson, Joe L 1,684 Edwards, Cttrtis 1,631 McAllister, Brad 1,405 Brown, Ferris R.. 1,396 Wiggins, Ken 1,380 Carlson, Eric 1,365 Roberts, Edward E 1,357 McFall, John R 1,292 Adkins, William G 1,208 Mills, Herbert G 1,168 Raley, Jackson L 1,114 Rollins, A1 1,104 Matthews, Robert S 1,071 Martinez, Thomas 1,020 Sherman, Earl D 974 Walston,/Dale E 878 Estep, Forrest L. Jr 871 Weddell Wins In the College View election, Weddell gathered 115 votes to de feat George M. Brown, 80; Hayden L. Jenkins, 37; Donald A. Flana gan, 31; and Donald R. Beazley, 17. Sky-Eagle took the Vet Village election with 29 voters behind him, over Billy A. Campbell, 11; and Charles Prather and Martin B. Pigott Jr. with nine each. All tabulations were double- checked, Nance and Moss said, while the tight race for the sixth and seventh senator-at-large posi tions was triple-checked. Highlighting the celebration of l A&M’s 75th Anniversary yesterday was an address by Governor Allan j fchivers. Shivers, governor of Texas since July, 1949, was introduced by Dr. M. T. Harrington, president of the College, and took the platform following an exchange of greet ings from the Former Students Association, the present student body, and the faculty. “I am honored to stand on the same historic campus and take the same part in this program that was - taken 74 years ago today by one of , the most illustrious of our Texas Governors, the Honorable Richard Coke”, he said in opening. * A brief account of the career of Coke was given by Shivers. A native of Virginia, Coke came to Texas in 1850. He was a scholar, lawyer, soldier of the Confederacy, district judge, Supreme Court jus tice, Governor and United States Senator. Member of Board “Not the least among Richard Poke’s many honors was that of serving as the first chairman of the Board of Directors of A&M,” Shiv- | ers added. Texas’ first citizen pointed out' that 75 years are not many, in the cavalcade of history. “There are Texans living today who can remember when General Grant was President of the United States and Richard Coke was Governor of Texas.” “Yet what changes these pass ing years have wrought—for Tex as and for A&M established by Legislative act on April 17, 1871, and opened on Oct. 4, 1876.” “If I stress the early works of A&M more than its modern ac complishments, it is because we are all familiar with the A&M of today—and we can best measure those accomplishments in the light of its modest beginnings,” the Governor said. He pointed out that when the first Board met to work out the first “line of instruction” at A&M, it came up with—a course in agri culture, a course in mathematics and engineering, a course in lan guage, and literature, and a course in military tactics. Governor Coke said in 1876 that this curriculum would be thorough I in practical application and experi-1 ment as well as in theory. Big Words. “We can underline those words ‘practical application’ and ‘experi ment,’ ” Shivers said. Those are big words in the tradition and his tory of A&M, foreshadowing the Experiment Statidns, the various Extension Services, and all re search and demonstration projects that have enriched A&M’s .contri bution to better living in Texas and the nation.” he added. He complimented the Cadet Corps on its size and excellence of performance on the drill field. “Most important is its glorious performance on the battle fields of four wars,” he said. Shivers said that such men as Francis, Bizzell, McFadden, Kar- per, Quinby, Beasley, Bolton and Gilchrist, and now A&M first grad uate-president, Tom Harrington, are of comparable rank in the roll call of A&M’s immortals. “It is a tribute to the original conception of the founders of A&M College and to the men who have fulfilled and enlarged upon that conception to say that A&M, as much or more than any other public institution of any nature in the State of Texas, has lived up to its possibilities and its obligations,” Shivers said. “I am confident that the next 74 years will bring even greater- renown to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas,” he concluded. Newton Responds The response to Governor Shiv ers address was given by John W. Newton, vice president of the Board of Directors and chairman of the 75th Anniversary Commit tee. “We are honored, Governor Shiv ers, by your coming here to launch the College formally on its 75th year. You have been most gen erous in your appraisal of the ac complishments in our first 74 years.” Newton pointed out that the same general objectives announced by Governor Coke in 1876 are “still our guiding stars and the measure in which we fulfill them is still the measure of our suc cess or failure. The basic law has not been changed.” Objectives toward which the school is working as were put into writing a few years ago by the governing board of A&M, were discussed to some length by Newton. Progress Noted “The governing board and the administrative officials are work ing to provide the necessary fac ilities to offer a wholesome life for students and faculty members. In this we have the full support of every member of the A&M fam ily. You will see today some of the progress made in this direc tion,” he said. “We have here an organization which we believe is second to none in the United States—as an organ ization dedicated to the needs of the State of Texas should be,” New ton added. “We face the future with con fidence and a pledge to do well the big tasks ahead. We ask the friendship and support of every Texan—and we promise you our best,” he concluded. One of the oldest Aggies and one of the youngest get together with the governor of Texas and the president of the college after yesterday’s Anniversary Day ceremonies. Left to right are Dr. 31. T. Harrington, the first A&31 graduate to assume the pres idency; Judge John W. Goodwin of Lubbock* one of the two living members of the first class to register at A&M; Charles McGill, freshman student from .Monahans; and the Honorable Allan H. Shivers, governor of Texas, Writer Conference Plans Completed Arrangements for the Texas Writers Conference, which is to be held on the campus from 8 a. m. Oct. 13, to 12 noon Oct. 14, have been completed, F. W. Hen- sel, assistant director Placement Office disclosed today. Registration will be conducted in the lobby of the Memorial Student Center from 8 a. m. until 12 noon Oct. 13. There will be a registration free of $2.00 and an nual dues will be $1.50. A banquet will be held Friday Oct. 13 in the banquet room of the Memorial Student Center, at 7 p. m. Tickets may be purchased at the registration desk. ‘Take a Break’ At the picnic yesterday, many people, guests and students alike, returned to the stadium to eat their lunches. As each person fin ished, he or she took his paper plate and drink bottle with him when he left the stands. A lady in the stands became rather incensed when about eight uniformed students departed sans plates and bottles. “Are those old boys going to go off and leave those plates!?” She exclaimed. Two rows below her a second year man raised his head and said mournfully, “Lady, they’re jun iors!”