‘Groat Issues' Course Slated
To Be Taught Next Semester
Great Issues, senior elective his
tory course, (Administration 405)
will be offered during- the spring
semester.
Authorization to teach the course
was received last week from the
executive committee, Dr. S. R.
Gammon, chairman of the Commit
tee on Great Issues and head of
the History Department, announced
today.
The committee in charge of
Great Issues is engaged in securing
a list of speakers comparable to
those who have been here in the
past, Gammon said. The course is
to be offered Tuesday and Thurs
day at 11 a. m.
Last year’s speakers included
Dr. Henry Goddard Leach of the
Scandanavian-American Founda
tion; Joseph C. Harsch, Chief,
Washington News Bureau of
Christian Science; Dr. Edwin G.
Nourse, former chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisors to
the President, and several other
nationally and internationally
known speakers.
Clayton and Bales
To Attend Meeting
Burnace Clayton, Home Manage
ment Specialist, and C. H. Bates,
Farm Management Specialist, will
represent the Texas Extension Ser
vice at the National Outlook Con
ference in Washington, D. C.
The conference w T ill discuss the
future outlook of crop prices, sup
ply and demand, Bates said.
American production and world
relations will also be discussed.
Policy calls for a visiting speak
er to address the class and those
of the public who care to attend
*m either Monday or Wednesday
evening Gammon said. Question
and answer sessions are held in the
class on the following Tuesday
or Thursday morning class period,
Gammon added.
Outstanding members of the cob
lege faculty will fill in between
visiting speakers, speaking on some
subject of interest with which they
are familiar, Gammon mentioned.
Textbook in the Great Issues
course is a four months subscrip
tion to the Sunday issue of the
New York Times, which supplies
background in world developments.
In addition to having a planned
program of speakers to address the
class, attempts are made to secure
any speaker of note for the class,
who might be in the area during
the semester, Gammon added.
Five Local Lirls
Pledges at TSCW
Four College Station girls and
one from Bryan are among the 250 j
students who took part in literary-
social clubs pledge week at TSCW
in Denton.
The prospective members spent
pledge week doing such chores as
cleaning rooms for big sisters,
bringing the breakfast in bed, cai’-
rying glasses of water to class,
and praising everything, praise
worthy or not.
Misses Lou Burgess, Barbara
Lynn McMullan, Carla Mae Mc-
Cullan and Joyce Patranella, all
of College Station, and Mary Ann
Norman of Bryan each survived
pledging and are now active mem
bers of one of the 11 literary-social
clubs.
TODAY & WEDNESDAY
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Special Tribunal Removes Della Cross
Seagrave Death Penalty Threat | To Speak at
WF Meeting
Random, Burma, Nov. 7—*JP | —
American Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave,
who became famous as the “Burma
Surgeon,” escaped a possible death
penalty today when treason charges
| against him were reduced by a
special tribunal.
The court, as the prosecution
was arrested Aug. 15. He was
charged with treason, abetment of
treason and failure to report re
bellion.
The three-man tribunal today ac
cepted these amended charges
against him:
1. That he provided comfort to
wound up its case, altered the high j government enemies by entertain-
treason charges against the 53- ! ing at tea the Kachin rebel chief
Naw Seng, a former Burma army
captain who deserted.
2. That he gave the rebels free
access to the grounds of his hos
pital in the isolated China-Burma
border town of Namkham, allowed
the rebels to take up positions
from which to fire on advancing
government troops, and that he
wrote threatening letters to prevent
his nurses betraying his alleged
rebel sympathies.
3. That he gave the rebels medi
cal supplies during their second
occupation of Namkham in Decem
ber, 1949.
Seagrave pleaded innocent to
each count. The tribunal will set
a date tomorrow for the resump
tion of the trial and Seagrave’s
defense.
Scheduled for the finale of the annual A&M
Consolidated School Variety Show to be held
Thursday night in the school gym is this act
featuring a Mexican dance medley of such num
bers as the Mexican Hat Dance, Chapanecas, Bull
Fight, and Boogie. Susie, Johnny and Manuel
Martinez make up the dance team.
Hospital Reports
New Babies Born
Two new births were ' reported
this week-end by the St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Bryan.
Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Banks are
the proud parents of a boy. Their
new son was born Sunday after
noon and weighed six pounds, four
and one-half ounces. Dr. Banks is
connected with the extension ser-
A girl was born to the Wil
liam M. Cone family. The new
daughter was born Saturday morn
ing and weighed eight pounds,
eight ounces. Cone is a senior civil
engineering major from San An
tonio.
Bryan-College Art ’Murals-
Group Is Honored \
The Bryan-College Station Art
Group will be guests of the Read
ing Club at the Woman’s Club at
Bryan, Tuesday, according to Mrs.
J. M. Nance, chairman. They will
not have their Wednesday meeting
as scheduled.
Members will exhibit their paint
ings for the members of the Read
ing Club. Art members are to bring
their painting to the home of Mrs.
J. M. Nance or Mrs. C. C. Lanham
or to the Woman’s Club by 1 p. m.
tomorrow, the chairman said.
Mrs. J. H. Caddess is going to
give,a chalk talk and Mrs. R. L.
Elkins is going to make demon
stration of craft work, Mrs. Nance
added.
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with six points as his teammates,
A.Coast Artillery, pounded B In
fantry, 13-5. John Parkey led the
losers with four tallies.
I Air Force, leading only (5-5
at halftime, went wild in the sec
ond half to wallop the cagers from
A Chemical, 22-12.
L. Hanson led the scoring for the
game with 11 points. His team-
mate, Brimberry, also of the air
men was second high with nine
points. O. W. Boyd led the Chemical
Corp with four points.
Jim Kelly looped in five tallies
as the E Infantry cagers defeated
D Air Force, 13-4. Ralph Mock led
the losers with four counters.
C Infantry continued its win
ning ways sweeping past C Air
Force 13-9. Livesay of C Airmen
led the scoring with five tallies.
Siebarth and Dashiell paced the
winners with four each.
With both quintets scoring all
their tallies in the first half the G
Air Force cagers edged the men
from C Vets 5-2. Frank 'Kahutek
led the airmen and the scorers of
the contest with four points.
year-old doctor, eliminating the
count which carried the death pen
alty. It gave him the opportunity
to refute three new charges which
subject him to possible banishment
for life or a prison sentence of up
to 10 years.
Seagrave, -who for a quarter of
a century fought disease and train
ed doctors and nurses in Burma,
Scout Leader’s
Training Cours
Scheduled Here
A four-week Boy Scout
Leader’s Training Course will
open Wednesday evening for
Aggies interested in any
phase of Boy Scout leader
ship.
The sessions are scheduled on
consecutive Wednesdays at the
Girl Scout Little House near the
Bryan Country Club.
Daniel Russell, professor of
rural sociology, is chairman of the
training program for the Bryan
District.
“If enough students are interest
ed in taking the course they can
be formed into a patrol and work
together during the meetings,'”
Russell said.
Troop organigation, camping,
hiking, record keeping, and ad
vancement will be among the topics
discussed at the meetings.
After completing the course par
ticipants will be awarded basic
scoutmaster’s certificates.
Col. Walter H. Parsons Jr., Jack
Linn, L. S. Paine, and D. C. (Casey)
Jones will lead the sessions.
TODAY & WEDNESDAY
FIRST RUN
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THREE BEDROOM HOUSE and Furniture.
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bath. Call daytime, 3-6015; after 6
p.m., call 2-7859.
FOUR-ROOM furnished apartment, adults
only, $57.50, bills paid. 103 Francis
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219 SO. MUNNERLYN, 2-bedroom bouse,
$30 a month. Inquire 217 So. Mun-
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4-ROOM HOUSE, bath, garage, furnished.
One block north of Campus Theatre
on Church Street. Call 4-7782.
MISCELLANEOUS
SPORTSMEN — NOTICE! Duck Hunting
Season will open November 3 at 12
o’clock. Hunting will be permitted at
Normangee Lake. R. L. Gresham, Mgr.
FOR ESTIMATES on building, general re
pairs and concrete work, call D. R.
Dale General Contractor, Ph. 4-8272.
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Official Notice
Tne 1950 Student-Faculty Directory is
now available in the office of Student Pub
lications at a cost of 50c per copy. In
terdepartmental Orders should be made to
"Student Publications’’ account.
Opportunity
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For men of high caliber and
university training, Douglas
offers limitless opportunity.
Today, as. for the past thirty
years, our future depends on
men who can continue to
help pioneer in the field of
aeronautics.
University and college gradu
ates have made important con
tributions to our progress, and
have found Douglas a good
place to work.
As we push forward the
development of aircraft,
guided missiles, and special
classified projects for the
Government, we shall always
he interested in men trained
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Abercrombie Will Talk
To Sociology Group
James M. Amercrombie conn
selor with the Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation of Texas, Edu
cation Agency, will address the
Rural Sociology Club Tuesday night
at 7:30 in room 3A of the Memorial
Student Center.
Abercrombie will speak on jobs
in social field work in the state of
Texas.
SMU-A&M-
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1,483 yards and a 38.9 average.
Byron Townsend of Texas is the
conference’s second best ground
gainer. He has 584 yards on 139
carries. Kyle Rote, of SMU has 4(53
yards on 7(5 carries. He and Town
send are tied for second in scoring
with 54 points each.
Isbell 2nd Passer
Larry Isbell of Baylor is the
second best passer. He’s tried 121,
completed 57 for 785 yards and ten
touchdowns. Third is Ben Tomp
kins of Texas on 73 attempts, 40
completions and 633 yards.
Gilbert Bartosh of TCU leads in
total offense. He’s gained 377 yards
rushing, passed for 603 for a total
of 980. Benners is second, though
he lost 80 yards trying to run.
His total is 834. Smith is third
with 827 rushing and no yards
gained passing.
A&M’s 2,766 yards for seven
games puts it ahead of SMU in
total offense. SMU has played only
six games, gained 2,520 yards.
Texas is third with 1,898 yards in
six games.
Isbell’s 41.7 yard punt average
tops this phase of the figures.
He’s kicked 42 times for a total
of 1,750 yards. Louie Schaufele of
Arkansas is second on 38 boots,
1,549 yards or an average of 40.7.
—Based on AP Reports.
Beat SMU
Miss Della Cross, Home
Missions Council worker in
Harlingen, will be the second
speaker of the year for the
Wesley Foundation when she
appears November 8 at 6:15 p. m.
Born in Cushing, Oklahoma, Miss
Cross began her college training
at Oklahoma A&M. After teaching
one year, she finished her college
work at Phillips University at
Enid., Oklahoma, where she re
ceived a degree in religious educa
tion.
Miss Cross served two summers
under the Home Missions Council
in Michigan, working with both
Latin and Anglo-Americans.
Since October, 1949, Miss Cross
has been with the Home Missions
Council at the Migrant Labor Camp
in Harlingen. She teaches in the
Child Care Center in the only
Nursery School in operation at a
labor camp. She also teaches adult
English classes, serves as a Cub
Scout den mother, conducts Sun
day School, leads recreational pro
grams and does visitation.
Miss Cross'speaks on the whole
problem of migrant labor as well
as the work of the Home Missions
Council, and conducts workshop
sessions on community service pro
jects. She will bring slides, film
strips, and displays to use during
her visit at the A&M Methodist
Church.
Firemen Called to
Crass Fire Monday
College Station firemen were
called to the corner of Walton and'
Francis Streets yesterday morning
at 11 a. m. to extinguish a grass
fire which burned a strip some
75 yards wide, according to City
Patrolman Curtis Bullock.
Origin of the fire, which was
answered by two trucks from the
college fire station, was undeter
mined, Bullock said.
Official Notices
In order to give both students and
faculty an opportunity to partici
pate in the various events on In
auguration Day, classes will be sus
pended at 9:40 a.m. Nov. 9 for
the remainder of the day.
C. Clement French
Dean of the College
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