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I Circulated to More than 90% Of College Station’s Residents Number 22: Volume 51 The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1950 Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest Price Five Cents First Ticket Parse, Moss, Reed, Fuller To Head Student Senate First one in line, first one to jjet a non-student Town Mali Ticket for the 1950-51 season, is W. M. f'otts, of the Chemistry Department, left. C. ti. ‘‘Spike” White, assistant dean of students, center, happily hands over the ticket in exchange for the cold cash. Jeanne McCullough, student activities receptionist right, looks on. Five Classes Set Reunions For Home Game Saturday Former students will take over the campus this weekend as the classes of 1910, ’25, '30, ’35, and ’40 return to A&M for their class reunions. The feature event of the occasion will he the A&M-VMI football game Saturday night. For the class of 1940 it will be the first reunion, but for the 1910 ; roup it will be just one of many. However all classes, will follow .inch the same reunion program, laid Dick Heyvey, president of the & 01 : i. mm Association of Former Students. Reunion programs were organ ized by local committees from each class, in cooperation with the class agents. The general program will con sist of registration in the Memorial Student Center Saturday and, be tween 2:30 and 4 Saturday after noon, the Association of Former Students will hold a reception for all classes in the MSC Ballroom. At 5j(30 p. m. all classes will have sjeparate^ dinners in the C._ Saturday night alt olaSKCi?.. „ T^ fl It'll t SJiH^ii^h'iclV^Vsftti^.Jn- a. de< 1* Snapshots foT .the : erieland are uow- b'f :g ccf-i lected, Duand. ’) r ^^onber^,s activities editor, today. Students lures take<n.'a| grou]) s hyis/ itjr ■' :sn£k interest lekfe Aggielaivd‘^ffit'e^iVStT In thelffitilfe^ of- ; »#wir Alass, nfneXing a»a a i-^hioii 'Br^alfIasIT. * ’ after, •wtj’ichj tlif/r ' .will 'In' aauiductcd ’ Uuir Ceremort)', ^Jivyaf ds d ; -ucanTp; t collegiate rifle.Aeam 'Were mi;oseftt- V • &,. ]f ed medals u-oii-ih the 19^0-Nktional fwm. >ian.. R0 -i-c-, nnir^JnWrcQli^iate .Rifle. q* AaiHo rvn dfett rn^nrber^ot lastifear’s A&M through the MSC for wives of class members. Although this is the general pro gram for all classes, Hervey said, two classes plan individual pro gram events. The Class of 1940 reunion will begin Friday night, October 13, with a dinner dance at the Maggie Parker Dining Hall in Bryan, and their class meeting will be held Saturday afternoon instead of Sunday morning. The Class of 1930 will be enter tained after the game Sajturday fazes ‘ eliibfKfu^, -by C •'•Mt:. /Sub; / . f i- / .ft ■■'ira f tffrS •, Vi U ’ fjb’Vh *■ the • jpa'l'n "IdUfigefof- the •Membriab StudeXtti Center.’ “ ' •. * ,f . ■ ‘Clks's agents for ’ .the reunion gvmps - -ale R; ,T. ShieJd§ ; of Dallas, T0i 'K. C> Arriistrofig'of Houston. ! 25. ,J.. ‘A.'-Reynolds of .Dallas,. ’30, F. W. H .Webber of, Big, Spring, ’.35';-/aud Major’F. Max- McCull'ar of. Arlington! Vivginitl, -’40. Spot is Dead The Campus wept today—Spot is dead. The famed unofficial Aggie mascot was run over last night. After the accident Spot was rushed to the Veter inary Hospital where blood transfusions were adminis tered and stimulents were given. For a short time it looked like the “grand old dog of A&M” would live, but five minutes after arriving at the hospital, he passed on, Max Harkins, of the Vet erinary Hospital, told The Battalion. Funeral arrangements are pending. UN Tanks Push On Pyongyang Tokyo, Oct. 12—lAb—Tank-led Allied forces pushed steadily ahead toward Pyongyang, the Red Ko rean capital, on three fronts today. Some Reds fiercely defended the approaches to the seat of defiant Premier Kim II Sung’s government. Others withdrew. In the final phases of what looks like stark defeat for the Soviet satellite Koreans, Russia’s Prime Minister Joseph Stalin wished the Korean Reds success. In a mes sage to Kim the boss of the Krem lin expressed hope for establish ment “of a united, independent Ko rea”—Soviet style. Steps towai'd the goal of indepen dence and unification under United MM Tickets 0* +• v --mv * •:?: y Jv .. low on Sale i ^Ti.ck<fttk for the VMI game will ! W orv sale from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. ah the athletic office only, a spokesman from the athletic office said today. The Athletic office -is the white stucco build ing behind the Memorial Student Center and across from DeWare Field House. '‘WitlybiMTcj-c a &i ^wMHPP .......... lasting y(lkftjt- piW lures shn^hUlbjrpIentiful,'’* advisdd Vaffolentif ?“.$*■*'' ha vet two Corps I rip-. e-V'i".-, •!u .'Sa-n ' Antoino ■ and Waco amMowBfm&teiga»le^:-'..TJie; ^chool - ; ufeu^/l , /annual ^tber i'uiu^j'ohk /dances, eonncctcilj^fflak ‘ Student' Place.’ aU-Trfeurg^.'m ap tylvelbpe with VutfibTiffijir’ami. dorjn nujiiber on,,tn4 outeldc. If no one is in the Truman-MacArthur May Meet on Mighty Mo t & M ; tfi v elfs-a.r y '6. Cook, Jetj':'E .Braun /tnd Car- asting yllWyxpi’i'. fniaToIjal- f(Jr- pib*/ roll ’ C, ^ Taylor. • These * mqiv. are 4.- - a }i .p.-, gphqol .ibis. semeSteb.i ,-.'■'f ' * -Robfeft./E.’ Vfpsker, and^, Clifford A.- Taylor, 'y;ho were; members 'of last' year’s' rifle, teaift ‘have .been gfaduhte.d‘, bb.t will receive Ptedals also^ M r Sgt. • AVjlliam ' R. Rees^, e -hew^Meibbrial [tefthi co'ach, said Washington; 6ct. 12—(A’l—feo- lief gre>v in thp capital ^ocla^ tljat President Truman’s historic con ference', with .General ^fayAftbur •this weekend.will take place aboard the '45/000-ton Battleship. Missouri. /.This idea gained circulation as a result ,of reports' that the 4 Presi dent and MacArthur are going to Wake Island-Tor the meeting. Wakb is aed'esolabe island about/ 2,000 Library Display Proves • • • th ^ p - 5ct - u —. Farmers oj Ola Days' Dan Lky Addresses | Were a Terrific Bunch Forestry Group „ Dap .Lay, biologist of the Texas Game, Fish jjnd' Oyster Commis sion, iftlih'-GSsetl a group of forest ers from 1 College Station, Houston and Hiptsville on “Forestry and Its Relation to Wildlife” at Hunts- viiks recently... “The pineywoods area,” Lay styted',’ “coti-ld carry considerably more game than it does at pre sent. The current trend to improve I'orf^t land management practices ire encouraging to those interested ' ift/Tncreasing the wildlife popula- TMmA. He' added that the construction of fire lanes through heavy timber stands is helpful in increasing the wildlife population. Lay indicated that there are 250,000 hunters in Texas. If the game population in v East Texas can be increased, there atfcj impossibility of landowners ob- tTWTOsg^itCiisb income from hunt ing leases. -; p . Local foresters attending, the meeting include: E. O. Siecke/Ter mer director of the Texas Forest Service; D. A. Anderson, head, Research and Education Depart ment; Don Young, head, Manage ment Department; E. R. Wagoner, assistant, forestry educator, all of the Tejcas'.Forest Service, and Dr. Roy Ddnahue, extension agron- omistj Texas Agricultural Exten sion Service. the “Register,” a fine seed drill is illustrated. By only filling a hop per with seed, and pushing it be fore him, the ambitious farmer of 1830 could plod merrily along, row after row, seeding his farm. This was recommended for small farms. In the same issue, a hand By WAYNE DAVIS Scientific agricultural marvels of great-great-granddad’s day are on display in book form in an ex hibit now appearing in the second- floor lobby of Cushing Memorial Library. Composed of sixteen, books on cultivator is shown, and the ad- farming and scientific crop pro- vertisement claims that “it is part- duction, the exhibition promises to icularly useful for small field cul- be highly popular with agriculture ture, cleaning such crops as car- students who now have the chance rots, rutabagas ...” to see how farming was done in Where a farmer with the size the “Good Old Days.” and strength of a Shire stallion Among the labor-saving devices could be found to manipulate the appealing in the Illustrated An- device was not explained. nual Register of Rural Affairs of many, many years ago is a slick little item called the uni versal pl-qw. Simple, inexpensive, and small enough to be drawn by only seven Span of Alabama oxen, the Uni versal Plow was a thing of beauty and a joy for economy. Its primary advantage lay in a detachable moldboard, for which could be sub stituted a stubble moldboard, for- w\&.cL. jdpw and moldboard, and qbzetTsrof other forms of mold- board which might he required to work all types of soil. It was predicted of this gem of ingenuity that it would be come a valuable and popular im plement to all farmers unable to buy a whole series of plows. In a somewhat later issue of The steam engine was appar ently the white hope of rural America long ago. Not less than three are demonstrated on two pages. Their primary use was for threshing machinery. While it was admitted that “fires have been sometimes occasioned by these engines,” it was neverthe less pointed out that “by a fair amount of care, the danger may be obviated.” Fire-fighting ma chinery for hayfield fires was not discussed. Times haven’t really changed much, though. Alongside the an cient agriculture books is a case of profusely-illustrated entomology books, circa 1758. Among them is one entitled Moths and Butter flies. And would you believe it? Butterflies still look like that. miles west of Hawaii. It was the scene of bitter fighting early in World Wai 1, II. Persons familiar with the island said it'offers little more than a few quonset huts to accommodate visitors—hardly adequate for the some 100 persons in the two offi cial parties., On the other hand, the Missouri could provide quarters, communica tions and an impressive setting for the meeting. Mr. Truman and Gen eral MacArthur eould go aboard after traveling to Wake by air. Thus far, the President’s itinerary has been disclosed only as far west as Hawai. He is scheduled to reach there by plane tomorrow morning. The “Mig;hty Mo” has a strong sentimental appeal for both con ferees. It is named for Mr. Tru man’s home state and was spon sored by his daughter, Margaret, when the President was senator from Missouri. On its broad deck in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, Japanese repre sentatives and MacArthur signed the formal surrender of Japan to the allied powers, thus bringing th.e second world war to a close. During recent fighting in Korea, the Missouri has added new chap ters to its battle record. It bom barded the east coast port of Sam- chok, supporting a South Korean marine landing. It was the only U. S. battleship in active service when the Korean fighting started. Although the Missouri now is most mentioned as the probable ■meeting place of the President and MacArthur, another ship — the Mount McKinley—has also been discussed as a possibility. It is an amphibious force command ship and, accordingly, has a large amount of quarters and communi cations facilities. However, the Mount McKinley is a slow ship and might not be able to reach the xj^inity of the meet ing in the ttnie available since the plans fbT the conference were adopted. The Missouri, on the oth er hand, can make ^3 nautical miles an hour. Nations auspices will be discussed by President Truman and General MacArthur at their Pacific confer ence this weekend. On the fighting fronts, the Reds were tasting the bitter medicine they forced on U.N. forces early in the war. Out-numbered and out-gunned, the back-pedalling Communist troops strove in vain to stem the three-pronged offensive stabbing at the capital. Far ahead of the 135-mile front, stretching slant-wise across the peninsula north of parallel 38, Al lied planes extended their strikes in Red Korea close to the Manchu rian and Siberian borders. Withdraw A spokesman at General NacAr thur’s headquarters, said a general withdrawal of from t!,00() to 10,000 Reds irqni. the central sector may have begun. But die-hards were fighting stubbornly on the western end, at Kumchon, and in the north east, near captured Wonsan port on the sea of Japan. Allied gains were reported in field dispatches from the central sector but no wholesale withdraw als were indicated. South Korean Sixth Division troops overwhelmed Red resistance at the rail-highway hubs of Kumhwa, Chorwon and Pyongyang. Those captured cities form a tri angle, with Pyongyang at the apex 28 miles north of 38. Roads from them lead northwestward toward Pyongyang. An Eighth Army spokesman said there was stubborn and fierce fighting in each ttwn beftre they were taken. West of the triangle, U. S. First Cavalry troopers were joined by British and Australian troops in their smash on Kumchon, a sup posed defense bastion for Pyong yang, which lies 62 miles to the northwest. Drive On Kumchon AP correspondent William J. Waugh, .with U. S. First Cavalry troopers, said two tank-led col umns were driving on Kumchon from the south and east, with a third making a wide end run to high ground northwest of the city. From that high ground, the cav alry’s artillery dominated the road leading northwest from Kumchon toward Pyongyang. Waugh said it was estimated some 20,000 Reds might be trapped in and south of Khmchon. Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, First Cavalry Division commander, esti mated Wednesday that a total force of 25,000 might be defending the Southwestern approaches to Pyong yang. Gay said Thursday the Reds lacked the men for a solid defense line, and added: “There are soft spots and .we will find them.” Slowed His field officers said the ad vance was' slowed more by precau tions taken to wipe out all Red pbekets than by formidable de fenses. The Kurnchon-Pyongyang rogd was heavily mined. “This won’t be as fast, but it will cost less lives,” Gay comment ed. The cavalry division had advanc ed 12 miles above parallel 38 up to noon-time Thursday. On the northeast sector, ele ments of the South Korean Third and Capital Divisions battled Reds on high ground about a mile west of Wonsan, the big east coast oil refining city and seaport. Aimed at Pyongyang The South Koreans’ advance was aimed at Pyongyang directly across the peninsula—95 air milgs almost due west. Allied fighj^rs and bombers were expected soon to op erate from Wonsan's large airfield in closer support of the Jepublican troops. fl Aggie-Ex First Bill Parse, senior civil engineering student from Tulsa, Okla., is president of the Student Senate for 1950-51. Parse, Bill Moss, Dean Reed, and Joe Fuller were last night elected to fill the Senate’s four top positions in its ¥ H \ IN* * * second meeting of the year. Moss, a senior history major 111 /til UlV1S1011 * rorn Bryan, was elected vice president; Reed, a Pasadena junior majoring in journalism, is secretary of the Senate, rji T/*ll I> 1 Re-elected parliamentarian was Joe Fuller, senior civil engi- 10 IVlll hedS neering student from Port Arthur. Chosen to represent the Senate on the Student Life An Aggie, Major Leonard Committee were W. D. “Pusher” Barnes, Lloyd Manjeot, Ken E. Garrett, class of ’39, was 1 Wiggins, and Joe L. Johnson. This group completes the stu- the first man in the Seventh dent representation to Student Life, which is expected to Division to get official credit for shooting a North Korean. Major Garrett who is from Beau mont, shot in self defense when the enemy opened fire on him as he was starting an assembly area for infantry troops. South Koreans told Major Gar rett that two of the Red invaders were hiding in a nearby rice paddy. The former student was searching for them when one opened fire on him. The major returned the fire with his .45 automatic pistol and killed one of the Korean Commun ists in the exchange of fire. Major Garret then grabbed an M-l rifle and finished off the other one. Major Garrett was stationed at A&M until the end of the last school year in the School of Mili tary Science. The former student from Beau mont was graduated from A&M in 1939 with a B. S. degree in Me chanical Engineering. While a student at A&M, Major Garrett was a cadet Captain in G Infantry, secretary-treasurer of the Senior Class, Junior Student Wel fare Representative, captain of the Eighth Corps Area Rifle Team ’38, and a member of American Soc iety of Mechanical Engineers. McFadden Says ‘More Bombs Than Bombers’ The fifth annual sympos ium on “Instrumentation for the Process Industries” ended its initial days’ activities with a banquet in the Memorial Student Center assembly room. The purpose of the three day meeting is to exchange ideas on problems relating to the process in dustry. Over 230 men attended the ban quet. R. D. Nichols, of the Magno lia Petroleum Corporation, was the master of ceremonies for the even ing. After dinner served by the MSC dining staff, the group was enter tained by a quartet from Prairie Vievy College. The after dinner speaker was Dave McFadden, of the Humble Oil Company, at present assigned to the Chance-Vought Aircraft Cor poration. McFadden, who has adopted, the B-36 as his hobby enumerated the many merits of this “magnesium monster,” pres ently the world’s largest airplane. “This country heeds more sound, logical thinldivg among its mid dle class of people. In this manner we will be abl^ to educate the younger generatW in the proper channels of thought so as to pre vent socialism, communism, and any other isms contrary to our way of life from conquering this na tion as it has others.: “It is now possible fok me to an nounce this country has more A- bombs than it has A-borpb car riers.” McFadden concluded hi^ talk with a four line poem. It goes; Every time I pass a church . I always go in to visit, For when I pass into the great be yond, The Lord won’t have to say, Who is it?” Dr. Lee of Ireland Addresses AVMA Dr. Robert P. Lee of Dublin, Ireland, member of the veterinary branch of the Department of Ag riculture of Ireland, spoke to the Junior Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Tuesday night in the Lecture Room of the Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Lee spoke on the veterinary and agricultural problems of Ire land as compared with those of the United States and more particular ly those of Texas. After graduating from the Col lege of Veterinary Medicine of Ireland at Dublin in 1943, Dr. Lee spent four years in Africa with the Colonial Service. meet and organize soon. Ferris Brown was elected as the Senate’s representative to the Memorial Student Center —— 4-Council. One new office was established at the meeting. After a motion by I. E. “Monty” Montgomery passed, Curtis Edwards, corps chaplain, was elected by acclama tion as chaplain of the Senate for the year. A student seating arrangement for , Kyle Field, with only one change from that of last year, was passed by the Senate. Montgom ery presented the plan, the result of a study which had been made after the Tuesday night meeting. “Our only change from last year’s arrangement will be that non-military students receive one less row at the top of the stands,” Montgomery said. He used a large diagram of Kyle Field’s stands to explain his proposal. As the plan now stands, corps seniors will occupy seats immedi ately behind the band, starting on the 50-yard line and stretching north to the 14. Rows 13 through 33 will he set aside for corps sen iors in this area. Civilian Students Civilian students have the area immediately behind the corps sen iors—the top seven rows from the 50 north to the 14—allotted to MSC Groups Organizational Plans Complete Final organization of the Memorial Student Center Ac tivities Committees is nearing completion, according to J. Wayne Stark, director. There will be an explanation of the various MSC sponsored activ ities and organizations which stu dents can join, Monday night, at 7:15, in the MSC Assembly Room. MSC sponsored committees, and | activities, some of which have been organized for a year now, are the Browsing Library, Music Commit tee, Art Gallery Committee, House Committee, Bridge Committee, Games Committee, Camera Com mittee, Craft Committee, and the Bowling Club. The MSC Council, governing body of these various activities, plans to set up a directorate to determine room space to be allo cated each of the committees, clubs, ami activities. Chairmen of, com mittees and presidents of all MSC sponsored activities or clubs will be members of the directorate. The president of the MSC Coun cil will also he president of the directorate. This president will be a member of the , student bod.y in the unique position of presiding over members of the faculty and ex-students. The student president will be announced by the MSC Council at one of its bi-monthly meetings. The MSC Council has !t!10,000 for the purpose of financing the activ ities. A large part of this revenue comes from Student Activities fees. The Council determines who will be invited as guests and speakers and allocates the money for financ ing room space from budgetary requests of the organizations. These programs are designed to offer the student a more balanced education, from a social and class room angle, Stark said. Besides learning how to earn'a living, the student will also learn/ the art of living,, he concluded. A&M-OU Films Main Theme on OB Me^ c ig The BatAli<J^i^(arterback Club meets in the As sembly Hall with the main theme of the program being carried out with the showing of the OU-A&M football movies. The regular scheduled speaker for tonight was supposed to be the scout of Virginia Military Insti tute, but the person will not be available. Perron Shoemaker, the scout, is also Fish football coach, and is with the freshman eleven hi V^aco. Tl^e Contest will be conducted as always and the winner of last week’ll contest will be presented with the two tickets to the game this weekend. The meeting and the contest’are open to evetyone and no admission or entry fee is charged. The Bat talion is able to sponsor the Quar terback Club and contest due ,to the cooperation yf Bryan business men. These bilginessrften and their bus inesses are. Elton‘D. Smith, San itary Dairies^ Ralph Stacy, Kelly’s Restaurant; Charles Cade Sr., Bry Students may begin filing for the senatorship from Dorm 4, a representative of the Senate’s Election Comriutfee annouiU'ed, last night. The ddrhutofyjtlul not have a qualified candidate in the original '.election lafet week. Candidates may file in the Student Activities office, second floor of Goodwin Hall. All ap plications for candidacy must be made bv 5 p.m. Monday (Oct. 16). Qualifications for the position are as follows: The candidate must live in Dorm 4. He must have a grade point ratio of 1.0 or better. He must have attended A&M during the two previous semesters. He must be academically classified as a sophomore or above. He must not have an exces sive number of activity points, should he be elected. them. In addition, those students have all rows from row 25—in cluding that row—to the top of the stands, beginning at the north end 14-yard line and around to Ramp M in the end zone. From Ramp Yf to the mid-point of the end zone, all rows from 13 to the top are theirs. A special map of the sealing plan will be printed in Friday’s Battalion. Acting upon a motion by Fuller, the Senate requested its Publicity Committee to announce any extra seats that are not filled by visit ing schools, should they be avail able for A&M students. After election of officers and members of Student Life, the re mainder of the meeting was taken up with election of committeemen for the numerous committees of the Senate. (Sde SENATE ELECTS, Page 6) the Class of 1932 with with the Class of 1Q17 second k'ith an Motors; Charles R. Potts, Jew-| $1,935, and the Class of 1943 has Former Students Raise $52,961 Sum The 1950 Development Fund of the^Association of Former Students has reached $52,961 through Sept. 21, according to Dick Hervey, exe- dutive secretary. Deadlin^\for the fund drive is Dec. 31 anVi. the present fund will have to increase by 51 per cent if it is tl\ reach the goal of $80,000. ^ In the amount contributed and per cent of contributork^from their groups, the older classes, are in the lead. Biggest donor sixfar is Class of 1932 with $4,492, elry; Guy W. Sims, Marshall Bul lock, Bullock-Sims Clothiers; J. C. Hotard, Hotard’s Cafeteria; Joe Faulk, Lacks Associate Store; C. L. Atmar, Parker-Astin Hardware; J. E. Clayton, Johnny Morrell, The Texan; and S. Peters, Peters Music Store. a total of $1,878.80. The Class of 1943 led the top three in number of men contribut ing with a total of 307, followed by the class of 1945 with 302 con tributors and the Class of 1942 was third with 280 members re- i porting.