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Number 36: Volume 51
Battalion
IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggielaud), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1950
Nation’s Top
Safety Section
Lumberman’s 1949 Contest
Price Five Cents
Spivak Scheduled
For All College
Dance Here A or. 18
Sweetheart Nominees
Hy H. F. ROLAND
Charlie Spivak, who reputedly
plays the “sweetest trumpet in the
world,’' will bring his orchestra
here Nov. 18 for two performances
following the Rice football game.
At 7:15 p. m. in Guion Hall,
Spivak will begin an hour long
concert. Following the concert he
will take his orchestra to Sbisa
Hall where they will play for the
All College dance from 9 p. m. until
VI midnight.
With the present vogue for sweet
music gaining favor each day,
Spivak and his band are among the
most popular orchestral groups of
the day.
•Spivak plays his famous horn
soft and smooth which reflects his
sentimental and philosophical per
sonality. He places emphasis on
soft, danceable melodies but plays
plenty of licks for the trained ear.
Notches in Spivak’s musical belt
are 20th Century Fox’s “Pin-Up
Girl,” and “Follow the Boys” for
Campus Groups
May Reserve
Annual Space
Beginning today, campus
organizations can make reser
vations for space in the Ag-
gieland 1951, Editor, Roy
Nance, reported. All religious
groups, honor societies, profession
al groups and home town clubs
will have to pay an increased fee
in order to appear in the annual
this year, he said.
Reservations for space in the
annual must be made before De
cember 15, and all pictures will
have to be made before February
1, Nance continued. Pictures can
he made anytime between now and
the deadline.
Organizations will have to pay
$55 for a full page or $35 for a
half page. Material used on the
full page will be the same as in the
’50 annual; a group picture, individ
ual head pictures of three officers,
and a roster of club members. A
brief summary of club functions is
being considered for the full page,
he added.
* Half pages will have the group
picture, a list of officers, and either
a roster of club members, or a ros
ter of those in the group picture.
Club rosters will be used unless the
size of the club is so great that
* space limitations prevent it.
Club representatives can re
serve space in the Aggieland 1951
and make arrangements for their
group pictures at the Student Ac
tivities office on the second floor
of Goodwin Hall, he concluded.
Universal apd a flock of box-
office records created at the Para
mount Theatre in New York, the
Hotel Statler, New York, the Pala-
dium in Hollywood, and other top
spots.
Winners of the coveted Downbeat
poll for the top sweet music band,
Spivak features his trumpet prac
tically all the time which means
that when you pass by the door,
you know whose band is . in the
room.
One of the highest paid free lance
trumpeteers in the country at one
time, Spivak tossed this security
aside to form his own band. His
new organization was an immediate
success and soon came to be rated
as one of America’s top bands on
records, ip the movies, at theatres,
and hotels.
Featured vocalist with the Spi
vak orchestra is Bill Black, who
has been working to establish him
self as a big time vocalist ever
since he won a singing contest at
the age of six.
He secured one of his earliest
long run engagements with Olsen
and Johnson. He later sang in a
series of operetta presentations of
the Municipal Opera Company of
St. Louis.
Black was with Gene Krupa’s
band for a year before joining- the
Spivak organization.
Tickets for the concert will sell
for 70 cents and dance ducats will
sell for $2.50, stag or drag, accord
ing to G'rady Elms, assistant di
rector of student activities.
Speedy Red Jet Fighte rs
Meet US Resistance
Seoul, Nov. 1 — 'A 3 ! — Russian-
made jet fighters with swept-back
wings and speed nearly thai of
sound battled to a draw today over
northwest Korea with slower Amer-
; ican Mustangs.
A U. S. Fifth Air Force spokes
man said aparently neither side
lost any planes.
' Earlier Wednesday, American F-
, 51 Mustangs and B-20 light bomb
ers shot down three Russian-made
yak planes. These apparently were
| the conventional propeller craft,
not the 625 mile per hour jets.
The aerial dog fights raged as
American ground forces drove
within 30 miles of the Communist
Manchurian border. But fiercely
fighting Red Korean forces check
ed the tank-led thrust.
Red Cavalry
Red Korean resistance along
most of the northern battlefront
was stiff. Communist cavalry swept
down on allied forces.
Cavalry had not been usd to any
Bob Brown, junior from B Engineers will be
glad to tell you of the brown hair and brown
eyes of this 18-year-old beauty. Patsy Hulse
is the name of the lass who will represent B
Engineers at the annual Armor-Engineer Reg
imental Ball Friday night at the MSC. She
hails from Houston.
From “Forty Acres” Melvin Hurst a senior
in A Engineers acquired Carolyn Woodruff
to represent his outfit in the Armor Engineer
Ball on the Starlite Terrace of the MSC
Carolyn is a member of the Bluebonnet Belles
at the University and calls Houston home.
From Four Finalists . . .
Venezuela Sewage
Engineers Arrive
Two sanitary engineers from
Venezuela have arrived at College
Station to begin a study of water
(ind sewage plant operation with
the Texas Engineering Extension
Service.
They are Carmelo Arismendi and
1’enecio Torres, who were awarded
> 15-month scholarship from the
Instituto Nacional de Obras San-
itarias of Caracas, Venezuela.
Arismendi will spend most of
his time traveling with W. A.
Bandy, chief of water and sewage
plant operation. He will visit Tex
as cities and towns with Bandy
‘and observe operation and main
tenance of water and sewage
plants.
Torres will study laboratory
methods and practical operation of
water works, treatment plants and
sewage disposal with J. H. Sor
rels, research engineer for the En
gineering Experiment Station.
Anniversary Queens
Picked, Presented, Saturday
Winner of the 75th Anniversary
I Queen contest will he presented
to the student body on Kyle Field
at a pre-game ceremony Saturday
at 7:50 p. m.
College President M. T. Har
rington will present the Anni
versary Queen and give her a bou
quet of roses from the student
body.
Other members of the presenta
tion committee will be Dean of Men
W. L. Penberthy and Dean of the
College C. C. French, George Charl
ton and Herman Gollob, editors of
the Commentator Magazine which
is sponsoring the contest.
The queen will be chosen Satur
day afternoon at a special infor
mal dance beginning at 4 p. m. in
the Memorial Student Center Ball
room. She will be selected from the
four finalists.
Presentation of the finalists will
be made at 4:45 p. m. Each will
receive a corsage from the Com-
Sophomores Hold
Elections Tonight
Ann Dansby
Miss Dansby will aid in bright
ening up the annual Aggie R«
deo Friday night and Saturday
Sponsored by the Bryan Cham
ber of Commerce, she will com
pete with other contestants for
Rodeo Queen honors.
Last Chance
On ID Cards
Today and tomorrow are posi
tively the last days for having
ID card made, Bennie Zinn, as
sistant dean of men, announced
this morning.
Photos will be made from 1:30
to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow in
the photographic and visual aids
department in the basement of
the Administration Building.
Students will not be admitted
to the Arkansas game this week
end unless they have an ID card,
Zinin said. The same regulation
will hold for all future athletic
contests, he said.
Cards made this afternoon or
tomorrow may be picked up in
room 100, Goodwin Hall Friday
afternoon or Saturday morning.
Poultry Handling
Exhibitions Given
Demonstrations of poultry hand
ling, killing and processing were
given here Tuesday, preliminary to
the turkey and chicken grading
short course which opened today.
Poultrymen registered for the
course at 8 a. m. Wednesday, with
the program starting at 8:30 Dean
C. N. Shepardson of the School of
Agriculture will welcome those at
tending.
Factors affecting the quality of
dressed chickens and turkeys will
be discussed during the short
course which will last through
Thursday.
A discussion on Turkey market
ing Wednesday morning was led
by F. Z. Beanblossom, poultry
marketing specialist of the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
'The course is sponsored jointly
by the Poultry Husbandry Depart
ment and the grading and stand
ards division of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Production
and Marketing Administration.
E. D. Parnell, poultry husbandry
professor, is chairman.
Grasses Bulletin Out
The most important range grass
es of Texas are shown in an illus
trated bulletin just released by the
Agricultural Extension Service.
“Know Your Grasses. The Key
to Successful Range Management”
is the title of the bulletin prepared
by A. H. Walker, Extension Range
Specialist in the Department of
Range and Forestry.
Election of Sophomore class of
ficers will be held tonight at 7
p. m. in the Assembly Hall with 62
men competing for the eight class
offices.
' Ballots will be distributed at the
Assembly Hall instead of in the
dormitories to facilitate counting,
Grady Elms, assistant manager of
student activities, announced.
Sophomores will go to the As
sembly Hall, vote, and then leave.
Tabulations will be made tonight
and the run-off election will be held
Monday.
The three top candidates for
each office will be included in the
run-off ballot.
President
At present aspirants for the
presidency are the most numerous
with 14 men running for this of
fice.
Presidental candidates are Don
Buchner, Willie East, Bruce Gibson,
O. C. “Putter” Jarvis, Jimmie C.
Ledlow, Billy Ray Miller, Burl Pur
vis, Pat Richman, Gene W. Sparks,
William S. Thornton, Robert Sim
eon Travis, Dick Van Tyne, Rich
ard O. Wheat, and W. K. Zimmer
man.
Vice President
Candidates for the vice-presi
dency of the class of ’53 are Ed
ward E. Adams, Joel Austin, Mar
vin E. Beck, W. A. Dunn, Jack
Fritts, Bob G. Johnson, Don For
rest Newman, Max M. Newson,
Gerald Staffel Jr., and James H.
Sykora.
Secretary
Those who filed for secretary of
I the class are R. Morgan Anderson
John Haas, A1 Higgins, Danny
. Howell, Raymond C. Jones, Pat Le
Graduate Students
Will Hear Graham
Dr. William R. Graham, Jr., di
rector of research for the Quaker
Oats Company, will give a grad
uate lecture on “Research in Indus
try” at 8 p. ni. Wednesday, in
the lecture room erf the new
Biological Science building.
Dr. Graham’s lecture will include
information on methods developed
under his supervision by the
Quaker Oats Company for pre
servation of pro-vitamin A in de
hydrated alfalfa leaf meal.
Before taking his present posi
tion in 1949, Dr. Graham served
as director of research for Ameri
can Dairies, Inc., and vice-president
of Cerophyl Laboratories, Inc.
Blanc Bill Scndder, and John M.
Yantis.
Treasurer
Aspirants for treasurer of the
class of ’53 are Joe B. Blanchette,
Davis Bottom, T. L. Hurta, R. A.
Newman, Charles M. Scott, H. L.
Simon and Richard C. Tanner.
Social Secretary—Sgt. at Arms
Candidates for social secretary
are Charles L. Bruchmiller, W. B.
Hamlin, Larry Minns, and Allan
Pengelly. Those who filed for ser
geant at arms are Shelton Glann
Black, F. X. “Paco” Coronado,
Bill Hegmann and William L. Min-
turn, Jr.
Parliamentarian
Three men are running for the
office of Parliamentarian. They
are William C. Moses, Peary J.
Shepard and James H. Uptmore.
This will probably be the only of
fice filled at this first balloting,
Elms said.
Student Senator
As the ballots closed Tuesday
at 5 p.m. 12 men had filed as
candidates for non-voting senator.
They are John S. Brown, Don R.
Heath, Harold Hudspeth, Thomas
E. Kelly, Joe Mattel, Jerry Mugg,
Elwood L. Schmidt, Luke Senior,
Jr., R. L. Shanahan, Wayne A.
Showers, Gene Earl Steed and Ber-
thold L. Welles.
mentator.
The finalist and their dates are
Lennie Garrard and John Tapley;
Pat Parker and Doyle Avant; Helen
Woodard and Russell Hagens; and
Ann Malcom and J. D Hinton.
The four young ladies were se
lected by a finalist selection com
mittee two weeks ago from a field
of 30 entries turned in by students.
After presentation of the queen
candidates a committee of judges
composed of four non-student^ and
six students will choose, the Seven
ty-fifth Anniversary Queen. ’
Committee Members
Non-student members of the
committee are Lt. Col. J. V. Roddy
of the Military Science Depart
ment; C. G. Spike White, assist
ant to the dean of men; Dick Her-
vey, president of the Former Stu
dents Association; and Miss Bettie
Bolander, assistant social director
of the MSC.
Student committee members are
Bill Parse, president of the Student
Senate; Clayton Selph, co-editor of
The Battalion; Bob Allen, civilian
vice-president of the Senior Class;
Dick Ingels, vice-president of the
MSC Council; Ken Schaake, social
secretary of the Senior Class; and
Tom Bailey.
Beside the statewide recognition
planned for the four finalists, the
Queen’s picture will be featured on
the cover of the November issue of
the Commentator. A picture story
of the contest, the presentation,
and the finalist will be included.
A page of the Aggieland ’51 will
also be devoted to the Queen’s pic
ture.
Bridge Committee
To Aid Begianers
The Bridge Committee of the
Memorial Student Center is spon
soring bridge for beginners and
old timers, with tentative plans to
have meetings Monday and Wed
nesday at 7:15 p. m. in the Game
Room of the MSC; Jim Bothwell,
committee chairman, said today.
February of next year the Com
mittee plans to enter teams in the
nation-wide Intercollegiate Bridge
Tournament. Winners of the eight
regional zones in the contest will
receive an all expense trip to Chi- j
cago to participate in the finals.
The A&M team composed of R. |
Q. Blakney and R. C. Lyon won I
this zone’s contest last year and
competed in the finals.
Playoffs for the regional con
test will be in February and infor
mation concerning the contest or
playoffs may be secured from
Bothwell, or A. M. Platt, faculty
advisor.
Departments Get
Full Recognition
The Departments of Agricultural
Engineering and Management En
gineering have been granted full
accreditation by the Engineering
Council for Professional Develop
ment according to a letter re
ceived by H. W. Barlow, dean of
the School of Engineering, from
the Council.
The recognition of the two de
partments makes all of the de
partments in the School of Engin
eering offering bachelors degrees
in Engineering and Architecture,
fully accredited by the E. C. P. D.
The E. C. P. D. is the official
accrediting agency for Engineering
and Technical Institutes of the En
gineer’s Joint Council, which is
composted of representatives of
leading national engineering soc
ieties.
World Situation
At A Glance
France Asked for Concessions
Washington, Nov. 1—UP)—The United States has put
I its foot down and apparently let France know she must make
| some concessions in her unyielding attitude toward German
I rearmament before there can be agreement on a supreme
command for forces in Europe.
The defense ministers of the 12 North Atlantic Treaty
organization deadlocked over the German question and be
lieving that it involved major political as well as military
questions, last night turned the complex problem over to two
planning committees. They had given up after three days
of meetings.
Color Television Debate Continues
t
New York, Nov. 1—UP)—The color television race is pro
ceeding full speed in laboratories despite government approv
al of the method developed by the Columbia Broadcasting
System.
Rivals of CBS hope to make a showing sufficiently good
to win new consideration from the Federal Communications
Commission before the CBS method can gain a foothold.
Second Red Regiment Reported
U. S. Tenth Corps Headquarters in Northeast Korea,
Nov. 1-—t/P)—A U. S. 10th Corps spokesman said today a
second full Chinese Red regiment has been positively identi
fied in action against United Nations troops in the northeast
Korean front.
The spokesman said the newly identified Chinese Com
munist regiment was fighting against the Republic of Korea
(ROK) 26th Regiment south of the Changjin (Choshin) res
ervoir. That is about 30 miles north of Hamhung, industrial
city on the Sea of Japan coast.
C. B. Shaw Near Death
Ayot St. Lawrence, Eng., Nov. 1—UP)—George Bernard
Shaw lapsed into unconsciousness today and was believed
close to death.
His doctor called on the 94-year-old playwright at 8:55
a.m. (3:55 a.m. EST). Later he told reporters Shaw had
lost consciousness.
An earlier doctors’ bulletin, issued at 8 a.m., said Shaw
had a peaceful night “but his condition is worse.”
First Negro Enters LSU
Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 1—UP)—For the first time in its
90-year history, Louisiana State University has opened its
classes to a Negro.
Thirty-year-old Roy S. Wilson registered as a law stu
dent at LSU yesterday, and planned to attend his first class
today.
A Federal court ordered the University to accept Wil- |
son and other qualified Negroes as students, but left the way j
open for a direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
extent earlier in the war. The Red
Koreans who invaded South Korea
June 25 were equipped with Rus
sian-made tanks, field pieces and
automatic weapons.
The use of cavalry in the Orient
dates back to the Mongolian hordes
that swept across the Asian plains
centuries ago.
A second Chinese Red regiment
officially- was reported in action in
Korea. U. S. 10th Corps headquar
ters said the regiment had been
identified in northeast Korea.
Aerial Scrap
The biggest aerial scrap since the
first weeks of the war started Wed
nesday morning five miles south
east of the Manchurian border city
of Sinuiju.
Flying through smoke-streaked
skies, American F-51 Mustang
fighters rescued an unarmed T-6
observation plane from six Rus
sian-built yak fighters. Four of
the Mustangs shot down two of the
yaks, without a. loss.
A rear gunner in a B-26 bomber
shot down' one of two other yaks
that jumped four of the light bomb
ers west of Sonchon.
Visibility was hampered by
smoke rolling from artillery-ignited
forest fires. But six enemy jets
were spotted flying south toward
a U. S. 24th Division tank column
west of Sonchon.
Seats Set Up
Inauguration
Bleacher seats have been
set up on the drill field in
anticipation of the Corps re
view honoring the Inaugural
Ceremonies Thursday, Nov. 9.
Working in cooperation with the
Athletic Department, the 75th An
niversary Committee has moved
I, 000 seats from the end zone of
Kyle Field to the main drill field.
These seats are for the convenience
of visitors and guests of students
who wish to attend the review, J.
J. Woolket, Committee chairman,
said.
If the seats prove satisfac'
the 75th Anniversary Commit.,
will try to have them set up again
for activities in the spring, Woolket
added.
The present bleachers are nine
rows high and in two sections one
on either side of the main review
ing stand, with passage space in be
tween, Woolket said.
Nutrition Meeting
Slated for Nov, 2-3
Several out of state authorities
will be on hand for the Texas Nu
tritional Conference to he held
here Nov. 2-3.
Expected to attend are:
G. M. Griggs, University of
Minnesota; T. J. Cunha, Univer
sity of Florida; W. R. Graham Jr.,
Quaker Oats Co., Chicago; Julius
Johnson, Dow Chemical Company,
Midland, Michigan and James Wad
dell, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
Co., New Jersey.
Dr. J. R. Couch, of A&M is
chairman of the conference and
George McCarthy, Universal Mills,
Ft. Worth, president.
Reception Planned
For Dr. Hannah
A reception for Dr. John Han-1
nah, president of Michigan State |
College, has been planned for Wed- ,
nesday evening, Nov. 8 or Thurs
day morning.
Dr. Hannah will share speaking
honors with Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower in Inauguration ceremonies
scheduled here next week.
Mrs. Victor Schember and Miss
Betty Bolander have asked persons
who have attended Michigan State
College or who know Dr. Hannah
and are interested in the recep
tion to contact them by calling
4-4184 or 4-1270.
PG Hall to House
Week-end Visitors
Accomodations for visiting girls
attending the Armor-Engineers
Regimental Ball, the All Aggie
Rodeo, and other festivities Fri
day and Saturday nights, will be
provided in Post Graduate Hall, ac
cording to Bennie A. Zinn, assist
ant dean of men.
Charges will be $1 per night to
cover the cost of matrons and
incidental expenses.
Guests will be admitted to their
rooms at 4 p. m. Friday and rooms |
must be vacated by 11:30 a. m. on |
Sunday.
Room assignments may be made
in Room 100 Goodwin Hall begin
ning today for guests who will stay
both nights. Reservations may be
made beginning Thursday for those
who intend to stay only one night.
Neeley and Enloe
Leave for Meet
Charley Neeley, senior agronomy
major from Paris, and Alton En
loe, junior agronomy major from
Daisetta, left Monday morning to
represent the Agronomy Society at
the annual meeting of the Ameri
can Agronomy and Soil Scientists
in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dr. R. C. Potts
of the Agronomy Department, an
nounced.
The meeting is to be held from
October 30 to Nov. 3rd for the pur
pose of obtaining new ideas and
new developments in the field of
Agronomy and Soil Science.
Laverne Wald rip
It’s rodeo time in College Station! Well aware of that, is Laverne
Waldrip of Madisonville who will vie with other mounted con
testants for honors at the amiiiai Aggie Rodeo. Featured for the
ladies will be the usual contest, the winner of which will be named
Rodeo Queen. Miss Waldrip is sponsored by the Madisonville
Chamber of Commerce.