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Number 35: Volume 51
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31,1950
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Reds Rout ROK
Division; U.S.
Aid Rushes In
Seoul, Oct. 30—(/P)—Korean Reds rallied desperately
south of the Manchurian border today. They cut up one
South Korean division and forced it to flee in disorder.
U. S. tanks and artillery were rushed to the critical area
—Onjong, in northwest Korea about 45 miles south of the
Communist Manchurian frontier.
More than 10,000 Communists, reported to include some
Chinese Reds, Chopped up one third of the Republic of Korea
(ROK) Sixth Division.
t It was the first sizable defeat in seven weeks for United
Nations forces generally advancing toward the Manchurian
frontier. Their aim is to clear North Korea before heavier
Red resistance can be organized—and before winter’s blasts.
North Korean women were reported going to the front.
On the left flank of the retreating ROK Sixth Division,
the Fifth Regiment of the U.H.+
miles of the border. | ^ ^ A 1
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Sex of One, Half Dozen of the Other
Indicative of the increasing fury
of Red resistance was their use of
their heaviest weapons, tanks and
self-propelled guns.
Allied fighters and bombers sup
porting the American column and
the British Commonwealth 27th
Brigade on the west coast destroy
ed 18 tanks and seven guns.
Despite the ferocity of the Com
munist opposition, (ieneral MacAr-
thur’s Tokyo headquarters noted
that “none of the enemy counterat
tacks was sustained.”
A spokesman said the Reds are
“in a desperate situation.”
He said the Red attacks in the
Onjong sector were stopped except
for “a few minor gains.” The
ROKs are regrouping in that area,
he added.
A U. S. Eight Army spokesman
reported the ROK division’s with
drawal was disorganized, and that
a third of its strength was lost
in three days of fighting.
ROK Regiment
A regiment of the ROK Sixth Di
vision reached the Manchurian
frontier Thursday above Chosan.
Menaced by the Reds in the rear,
it was forced to withdraw to Song-
pa, more than 30 miles south of the
Yalu River boundary.
To the south, at Onjong, the di
vision’s second regiment was sur
rounded Thursday, the bulk of it
wiped out. Two other regiments,
the 19th and 10th, were hard hit
in trying to rescue the survivors
of the second regiment.
South Korean commanders said
Chinese Communist officers led the
Red force.
Question of Red China
Intelligence officers in Tokyo,
however, continued to insist there
was no evidence of open interven
tion by Red China in the Korean
war.
At Wonsan, a U. S. 10th Corps
spokesman disclosed for the first
time that some Chinese troops had
been captured during the Inchon
west coast landings in mid-Sep
tember in the drive on Seoul, the
Republic capital.
The spokesman said “apparently
they are the scum of the Chinese
Communist army sent down as in
dividual replacements for the North
Koreans. It does not mean large-
scale Chinese intervention.”
He said Chinese air strikes
doubtless would precede any large
scale use of Chinese army units.
“We will know it right away—
and not from a couple of prisoners
—if they do come into this war,”
the spokesman added.
Handbook
Off Presses
The Student Activities
Handbook, containing the
first and second semester cal
endar of events and thorough
coverage of the large and
widely varied program of student
activities will soon be available.
Distribution will start Tuesday
afternoon with the First Sgt. and
housemasters handling the distri
bution, C. G. “Spike” White, as
sistant dean of men in charge of
student activities announced.
The handbook contains the first
and second semester calendar of
events and a thorough coverage of
the large and widely varied pro
gram of student activities.
Starting with entertainment, the
hand book describes the programs
and policies of the Guion Hall
Theater, the Grove, and the Town
Hall Series.
Rules of play and a complete de
scription of the new Golf Course,
including a map, are included.
Intramural athletics are cover
ed completely with rules of all in
tramural play as well as the man
agerial system of intramural ath
letics.
Intramural records of both up
perclassmen and freshmen are in
cluded in the handbook.
A description of Music Activ
ities on the campus, the Singing
Cadets, the Aggieland Orchestra,
and the Aggie Band, is also in
cluded.
Several pages on Organizational
Activities and Student Publications
round out the handbook.
Here’s a dozen good arguments for Aggie-Tessie relationship, each
a sweetheart and each a candidate for Aggie Sweetheart. Sitting
behind the smiles from left to right are “Dot” Mangum from
Cotulla, Charlotte Williams from Monday, Nan Hassler from
Memphis, Tenn., “Bejay” Slaughter from El Dorado, Ark., and
Nancy Coolidge from Kansas City, Mo. On the eye-catching
rear rank, again left to right, are Carrie Fenichis from Fort
Worth, Martha Gill from Houston, Johnnie Neal from Olney,
Carole Perkins from Pampa, Ina Hubbard from Texarkana, Tex.,
Betty Ann Timmerman from New Braunfels and Marianne Send
ers from Ft. Worth. “The girl” from the group will be announced
Thursday.
Gen. Eisenhower's Speech
May he on National Hook Up
No Ducats Left
For SMU Contest
Those who have not yet attain
ed tickets to the Aggie-Mustang
grid classic scheduled in the Cot
ton Bowl at Dallas Nov. 11 will not
be able to get contest ducats
through the regular channels, How
ard Nelson, A&M ticket manager
said today.
This does not include Student
tickets.
There may be a few tickets left
in Dallas, but the Aggies’ supply
is sold out for the 80,000 seat stad
ium, Nelson concluded.
By DALE WALSTON
Gen. Dwight D. Ensenhower’s
speech at the inauguration of Dr.
M. T. Harrington, as president of
the college will tentatively be
broadcast by the National Broad
casting Company over a coast to
coast hook up.
The broadcast, as planned, will
begin promptly at 3:45 p. m., J. J.
Woolket, program chairman has
announced.
Although no public announce
ment has been made concerning
plans for the cei'emony, Woolket’s
office has been swamped with mail
during recent weeks from people
desiring information on the pro
ceedings, indicating a great deal
of interest on the part of the gen
eral public.
Delegates Register
As currently planned, the pro
gram will begin at 9 a. m. on Nov.
9, with a registration of all dele
gates and .guests in the Memorial
Student Center.
At 9:40 all classes will be dis
missed for the remainder of the
day.
Selectors and Selectees
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The Aggie Sweetheart Selection Committee
paused long enough Thursday night from an
evening of dancing and getting acquainted to
pose for the photographer. The smiles faded
when the lads found out what a tough job it is
to pick a sweetheart. Seated left to right are
Betty Ann Timmerman, Nancy Coolidge, Carole
Perkins, Carrie Fenichis, Marianne Souders, Nan
Hassler and Johnnie Neal. Standing in the same
order are Dare Keelan, Wilman D. “Pusher”
Barnes, Roy Nance, Ina Hubbard, Tom Flukinger,
“Dot” Mangum, Kenneth Shaake, Joe Fuller,
“Bejay” Slaughter, George Charlton, Allen
“Spider” Eubank,. Martha Gill, Karl Meyers, Bill
Parse, Bob Allen and A. D. Martin.
Registration will continue until
12 noon, with a parade of the
Corps of Cadets on the Main Drill
Field at 10:30 a. m. Bleachers to
seat 1,000 visitors have been erect
ed on the drill field through the
efforts of the 75th Anniversary
Committee.
Hannah to Speak
Dr. John Hannah of Michigan
State University will be guest
speaker.
Also to be present at the meet
ing are 320 delegates from col
leges, universities, professional or
ganizations, officers of the Asso
ciation of Former Students and the
Federation of A&M Mothers Clubs,
representatives of the A&M stu
dent body, state congressmen and
representatives, judges, the Texas
Secretary of States, the Board of
Directors and other officers of
A&M, and the former Deans and
Presidents of the College.
H. L. Heaton, A&M registrar,
will preside over the banquet. The
Rev. A. G. Helvey, pastor of the
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, will
deliver the invocation.
The program will begin with
Mrs. Robert W. Butler as musical
soloist, followed by a choral num
ber by the Singing Cadets. After
the main speech by Dr. Hannah,
M. L. Cashion will say the bene
diction.
The lunch is open to the public,
and admission price is $2 a plate.
Robing Ceremonies
At 2:45 p. m. robing ceremonies
for the delegates will take place in
the Gymnasium, and at 3:05 p. m. I
the academic procession will form ;
north of the stadium.
The inauguration proper will
take place on Kyle Field at 3:30
p. m. The Corps of Cadets will at
tend the inauguration in a body.
Presiding over iiie Inauguration
will be C. C. French, dean of the
college. The processional, “Hom
age to the Pioneers,” will be play
ed by the Aggie Band, followed by
the National Anthem. The Rev. W.
H. Andrew, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Bryan, will de
liver the invocation.
Eisenhower’s Address
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
will present the first main address
of the afternoon following the in
vocation.
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist will
install the President. Following the
installation, President M. T. Har-
. rington will deliver his inaugural
address.
“The Spirit of Aggieland” will
follow the inaugural address.
Corps Chaplain Curtis Edwards
will say the benediction, and the
band will play the recessional,
“The Grand Triumphal March.”
Ceremonies will be terminated
with the President’s reception in
the MSC from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m.
ID Cards Required
For Game Admittance
Students must present their
season tickets intact and their
I. D. cards to gain admission
;o the Arkansas football game or
any athletic contest.
Students will not be admitted
on stubs from coupon books, an
nounced Barlow Irwin Director
of Athletics.
Michigan University
President to Speak
A nationally recognized educator
will share speaking honors with
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inau
guration ceremonies of Dr. M. T.
Harrington as president of the
college.
He is Dr. John A. Hannah, pres
ident of Michigan State College and
immediate past president of the
American Association of Land
Grant Colleges and Universities.
He will speak at a luncheon
preceding the Nov. 9 inaugura
tion of Dr. Harrington as A&M’s
twelfth president.
A student of educational methods
the world, over, Dr. Hannah has
been instrumental in the growth of
Michigan State College from a
small agricultural school of 3,272
students in 1932 to a prospering in
stitution with an enrollment of
16,000 students.
He was responsible for the in
stitution in 1944 of the Basic
College, a. fundamental two-year
program of general education
similar to the Basic Division es
tablished at Texas A&M Col
lege this year, and for the ex
pansion of the college’s curri
cula to some 70 fields of study
under six major schools.
Although he is a “home grown”
president—a native of Michigan
and a graduate of the institution
he now heads—Dr. Hannah has
maintained the
as one of the nation’s leaders in
agricultural teaching, research
and extension services.
A noted authority on poultry,
he first served Michigan State as
extension poultry specialist. In
1935 he became secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, gov
erning body of the college, and in
1941 was the unanimous choice of
the Board to succeed Dr. Robert
S. Shaw as president of the col
lege.
The formal inauguration of Dr.
Harrington as president will fol
low the luncheon for delegates, at
3:30 p. m. at Kile Field.
Scheduled speaker for the in
auguration is Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, president of Colum
bia University and wartime su-
college’s position Eisen h ower .
arirm e manure in
Dr. John A. Hannah
preme allied commander in Eu
rope.
Notables from all parts of the
the United States are expected to
attend the ceremony, delegates to
which will wear caps and gowns.
The Aggie Band will provide music
for the ceremony.
A review of the corps of cadets
at 10:30 a. m. will honor General
Kuers Will Speak
To SAM Tonight
Marvin M. Kuers, ’44, will speak
to the Society for Advancement of
Management, tonight at 7:30 p. m.
in the Conference Room of the
MSC.
Kuers who is now employed as a
special service engineer with the
Texas Employers Insurance Asso
ciation, will speak on The Prob
lems Confronting the Engineer
When He First Enters Industry.
Kuers was graduated from A&M
in 1949 with a BS degree in Man
agement Engineering.
Fuller, Ingles
Elected to Head
MSC Council
By CLAYTON SELPH
Joe Fuller senior civil engineering student of Law Hall,
and R. A. Ingels, junior business major of A Armor, were
elected last night to head the Memorial Student Center Coun
cil as president and vice-president for the 1950-51 school
year.
Elected by the 1.3-man Council in a close race with MSC
| Councilmen LeVon Massengale and Dan Davis, the two will
be the official student heads of the Center.
Until tonight’s election, chairman of the group was Dr.
John H. Quisenberry, who was appointed by the president
of the college to head the joint student-faculty composed
: council.
Fuller is Co-chairman
For the remainder of the year, Fuller will serve as
president and co-chairman of the Council with Quisenberry.
"^Next year, the student president
| alone will preside over the council.
I Last night’s election marks the
first time a student has been
named to head a joint student-fac-'
ulty legislative body of any major
importance at A&M. In the past,
joint groups have had faculty
chairmen.
The new officers will maintain
an office located in the MSC lower
level just across from the Browsing
Library.
Filing Beg ins
For Freshman
Class Offices
Candidates began filing
Monday for offices to be filled
in the class of ’54 elections to
be held Wednesday, Nov. 1,
from 8 to 10 p. m. Nine stu
dents have filed for various posi
tions so far.
Members of the class of ’54 in
terested in entering the race must
file their applications in the stu
dent activities office before 5 p.
m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. All freshmen
are eligible for candidacy.
Those whose names have been
filed for the presidency are George
D. Kilpatrick, accounting major
from Pampa; Ray Downey, archi
tecture major from Dallas; Allan
G. Little, San Antonio jdE major;
Thomas Clemens, agriculture major
from Shamrock; and Walter W.
Utzman, pre-vet student from
Houston.
Candidates for vice-president
and treasurer have no opponents
as yet. They are Charles C. Neigh
bors, business administration major
from Stamford, Conn., for vice-
president, and Charles G. Andres,
San Antonio business major, for
treasurer.
Candidates for student senate
representative are Ted Nark, aero
nautical engineering major from
Corpus Christi; and Danny Chit
wood, El Paso range and forestry
major.
The offices of secretary, social
secretary, and historian have not as
yet had any candidates file.
A run-off wll include the top
three men for each office provid
ing there is no majority and that
more than three men filed for the
office.
Ballots for the election will be
distributed through the first ser
geants of the freshman outfits.
Practice Review Slated
A practice review for the whole
Corps will be held Wednesday,
November 1, from 4 to 6 p. m. Fol
lowing the review, the entire corps
will march to Kyle Field to prac
tice the Aggie “T”.
A second practice review will be
held November 8.
Officers’ Duties
Besides their primary duty of
presiding over the Council, their
activities will include co-ordinating,
stimulating, and advising the var
ious student organizations spon
sored by the MSC.
In addition, they will serve as
official student hosts for all offi
cial and unofficial activities in the
Center. In an advisory capacity,
the two will serve as a liason be
tween the student body and the
director of the Center. * ■
Approval of the MSC Constitu
tion by President M. T. Harring
ton and the MSC Board was con
firmed by Chairman Quisenberry
at the outset of last night’s meet
ing. Confirmation of the consti
tution cleared the. way for the
election of officers.
15-Man Council
The constitution provides for a
15-man .Council with membership
designed to represent the large
student, former student, and fac
ulty groups concerned with the
Center.
Next year’s Council will consist
of four members elected by the out
going Council from its membership
and the Memorial Student Center
Directorate (the presidents of the
various MSC activities); one mem
ber of the Student Senate, the ed
itor or co-editors of The Battalion
sharing one vote; five faculty
members to be appointed by the
president of the college, two for
mer students; and two students to
be elected at-large by the student
body.
1950-51 Council
This year’s Council, named to
their positions by the president of
the college, are: Chairman Quisen
berry, Sid Loveless, John Rowlett,
Dr. W. W. Delaplane, Dick Hervey,
and Fred Smith, representing the
faculty and former students; and
Joe Fuller, LeVon Massengale, R.
A. Ingels, Dan Davis, J. T. McNew,
Joe Wallace, Clayton Selph and
Dave Coslett representing the stu
dent body.
$11,000 Goal. . .
Chest Collections
Begin Thursday
The College Station Communi
ty Chest gets underway Thursday
with a goal of $11,000 set for the
1950 campaign. H. G. Johnston,
chairman of the College Commun
ity Chest Committee, announced
the amounts allocated to the var
ious organizations after hearing
their requests for Red Feather
money at a meeting Thursday
night.
Receiving the largest allotments
of the 1950 fund will be the Boy
Scouts of America and the Girl
Scouts of America in Brazos Coun
ty with $2000 each.
The College Station Youth Com
mittee follows with $1250, and the
Tuberculosis Association, College
Station Recreation Committee, and
the local Community Chest Polio
Fund will get $1000 each.
Chest Polio Fund
The College Station Community
Chest Polio Fund is a new service
which has been added to the 1950
receivers of chest collections. Com
mittee secretary-treasurer John
Longley said yesterday the polio
fund was being established to help
local polio patients receive all the
necessities for overcoming their all-
ness.
This new fund will provide mon
ey in addition to that which is sup
plied through the National Polio
Foundation, he said.
Others on the list to receive
Community Chest Money are the
Mother and Dad’s Club with $800,
the Brazos County Hospitalization
Fund and the Bryan YMCA with
$500 each.
$300 for Cancer
■ $300 of this year’s Red Feather
money has been appropriated for
the Cancer Society, with an equal
amount going to the College YM
CA. The Salvation Army has been
approved for a $250 amount and a
remaining $75 will go to pay for
paper, postage, and clerical help
in conducting the campaign.
In the college, collections will be
made through the different depart
ments by the department heads.
Other solicitations will be made by
several committeemen who will
contact people in the business area
and offices in town, although no
door to door drive will be conduc-
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