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Number 77: Volume 51
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What Does 1951 Hold 1
For the Citizens of Texas
See Story, Page 4
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1951
Price Five Cents
Aggies Travel To Dallas
For Important SWC Tilt
Going Up!
By FRED WALKER
Tho Texas Aggie basketball team
will put their unblemished SWC
record on the line tonight when
they invade Perkins Gym in Dallas
to battle SMU.
m Continued ownership of the con
ference lead will be in the balance
when the supercharged Ags, flaunt
ing their “ball control” style be
fore all conference fives, meet a
fast charging Pony quintet who
was one of the three pre-season
favorites. Last night in Fayette
ville, Texas beat A r k a n s a s 50-
42 to lead the conference.
R The Ponys will be boasting the
second best season’s record in the
Truman Opens
L\ ay for Men
To Volunteer
Washington, Jan. 15 — CP)
—President Truman opened
a way yesterday for men from
18 through 25 to volunteer
for a 21-month hitch in the
army.
1 Regular enlistments are for long
er periods, and until issuance of
loday’s presidentiial order chang
ing the draft regulations, men eli
gible for the draft were not able
to volunteer for the shorter term
of army service.
!j| In other developments yesterday
on manpower:
• Officers at the Pentagon said
. the army will have a strength equal
to 24 combat divisions by summer.
• Senators wei’e told the armed
forces soon will resume the World
War II practice of accepting for
■ 'limited service some men who are
unable to pass the physical and
mental tests required for combat
duty.
• The defense department dis
closed it is preparing to ask Con-
Hgress to provide “hazard pay” for
Hsoldiers and marines serving in
J Korea.
I The present stipulated period of
service under the draft law is 21
months, although Congress is con-
, sidering proposals to extend the
term to 27 months or longer, and
allow the induction of 18-year-olds.
■ Currently, all males must register
: at 18, but can not be drafted until
a year later.
Yesterday’s order has no effect
a on persons who desire to volunteer
for a full enlistment in any of the
armed services, selective service
■ officials said.
Secretary of Defense Marshall
/ disclosed, however, that the Pen
tagon is seeking to have the draft
law amended so that all of the
f: services will get their manpower
through the selective service sys-
tern.
At present the Navy, Marine
i Corps and Air Force are procuring
1; their members from volunteers and
I the reserves.
English Division
Offers New Course
A new three hour course, Science
in Literature-334, will be offered
this coming semester by the Eng
lish department. Dr. T. F. Mayo,
head of the English Department
said.
h The student will study the an
cient world and how the Greeks
imd Romans were influenced by
science in their writings.
The student will study the 19th
• century literature when science
was earning its early victories and
conclude with our time.
Papers Presented
At Short Course
Technical papers on instrumen
tation departments are covered in
recently issued Bulletin No. 120
‘.‘Instrumentation for the Process
Industries” of the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station, Texas
A&M College System.
The papers were presented at
tip? fourth instrumentation short
course.
SWC, having won nine of 15 con
tests. SMU has beaten Texas Wes
leyan, 58-53; Centenary, 79-52;
Mississippi Southern, 73-60; Ala
bama, 60-46; Texas Tech, 44-43;
North Texas, 47-39; Baylor, 66-37;
Arkansas, 60-45; and Texas, 52-
50.
On the other side, the Mustangs
were dropped by Oklahoma U., 47-
39; St. John’s (Brooklyn), 76-
72; Canisus, 64-55; Oklahoma A&M
51-45; TCU, 57-46; and Texas
42-39.
Of those six losses, three teams
were national powers and three
were leaders in other conferences.
Oklahoma A&M is now the, No. 1
team in the nation; St. John’s and
Canisus are rated highly in the
AP and UP polls; Oklahoma leads
the Big Seven quints; Oklahoma
A&M is first in the Missouri Val
ley Conference; Texas and TCU
are both powers in the Southwest
Conference.
A&M Beat TCU, Canisus
On the comparative score basis,
A&M has beaten Canisus and TCU,
45-44 and 39-36 respectively. Both
A&M and SMU edged Noz'th Texas,
but the Pony 29 point win over
Baylor was for more impressive
Federal Clamps
On Till Feb. 15
For Building
Washington, Jan. 16 — (A 3 )
The government clamped
down tight yesterday on the
construction of new commer
cial buildings, prohibiting the
starting of virtually all such new
projects until Feb. 15.
After the freeze period, each pri
vate new commercial building proj
ect must be submitted to the na
tional production authority for ap
proval. The ban is necessary to
save materials for mobilization,
MPA said.
Work already under way is not
affected. Certain wholesale supply
facilities, small jobs and repairs
are exempted too.
In general, the agency said, the
only buildings it will authorize aft
er the freeze are those needed in
the defense program; those essen
tial to the public health, welfare
or safety; or those needed to pre
vent hardship in a community.
During the “freeze” period NPA
said permission to start new com
mercial buildings will be given on
ly in “emergencies.”
The order, during the freeze per
iod and later, applies to all such
commercial construction types as
stores, restaurants, office build
ings and hotels, barber and beauty
shops, garages, service stations,
laundry and dry cleaning estab
lishments, shoe repair and tailor
shops, eating places, printing shops
and tourist camps.
than the Aggies two-point overtime
win. These scores don’t mean much,
but they will be enough to give
A&M the nod for about six points.
Leading the Mustangs will be
forward Jack Brown and guard
Fred Freeman. Brown, who stands
6’ 1”, is the third ranking scorer
in the conference in total games
by scoring 182 points. With 51
points scored in four conference
games, the 6’ 1” Freeman is the
second best talley man in confer
ence play. Both men are lettermen
but Brown has two to Freeman’s
one.
The other three Ponies to start
will probably be Derrell Murphy,
6’ 3”, at forward, Paul Mitchell,
6’3” center and Charlie Lutz, 6’
at the other guard post. Lutz is a
two-year letterman and Mitchell
holds one.
Two Up
SMU’s conference record is two
wins and two losses which puts
them fourth in the standings. The
victory that they obtained against
Texas was won at the San Antonio
Express Tournament in December.
It was at that tournament when
Floyd scouted the Ponies. This was
his report:
“SMU is fast and strong. They
have a bunch of kids that give it
everything. Texas led them all the
way, but were beaten in the last
few-, seconds.” •
No indication was given by the
Aggie coach as to who would start
the game, but it is likely that the
same five—Jewell McDowell, John
DeWitt, Walt Davis, Don Heft and
Marvin Martin — who started
against TCU will be the first on
the field.
Talks Again
Open About
Lend-Lease
Rapidly rising from its basement foundations is the new Admin-
istartion Building located between Goodwin Hall and the YMCA.
It will house the Registrar and Fiscal Offices.
Washington, Jan. 16—(A*)—The
United States renewed direct talks
with Russia today in a move to
make the Soviet Union pay up for
part of the $11 billion in American
lend-lease supplies it received dur
ing- the last war.
For the first time in nearly
three years, American negotiators
sat down with Russian officials to
see if they could work out a cash
settlement for this 1945 account.
The face-to-face talks started
off on an uncertain note. The
chief American delegate, John Wi
ley, former ambassador to Iran,
declined to shake hands with Rus
sia’s top delegate, Ambassador
Alexander S. Panyushkin.
Panyushkin led a Soviet delega
tion of five men and one woman.
Wiley was the head of a state,
navy, army, commerce department
group of nine pei-sons.
The United States wants Russia
to agree to:
• Return immediately 186 small
(See TALK, Page 4)
GI Tanks Roll
SMilesF orward
On Offensive
Tokyo, Jan. 16—(TP)—Allied tank-infantry teams ranged
another five miles back toward Seoul today on their new
western front counter-drive.
Their turnabout move is classed as a reconnaissance in
force.
The United Nations attack column in the Allies first
offensive action since Nov. 25 swept within five miles of
Suwon, site of Korea’s best air base. It drove straight up
the main western highway, twice a road of bitter retreat
for the Allies.
Suwon is 20 airline miles south of the Red-held capital,
Seoul.
On the central front, Allied forces pulled out of the
Wonju wedge where for 16 days they had held off massed
Red Korean attacks.
- ^ The U. S. Eighth Army announc
ed the central front pullback to the
Firecracker Ban
Asked in New Bill
Austin, Tex., Jan. 15—(A 5 )—Sale
of firecrackers, roman candles, sky
rockets, and any other kind of
fireworks would be unlawful any
where in the state under a bill in
troduced in the House today.
Rep. Paul Wilson of Geneva,
author of the bill, said there was
no law protecting property owners
from the hazards of fireworks now.
He would make it $50 to $100 fine
to sell fireworks.
Dance Planners Go Progressive
Engineering School Ball
March 9 To Be Different
By GEORGE CHARLTON
“Different” is the word describ
ing the first annual School of En
gineering Ball Max-ch 9.
There will be no sweetheart se
lected. There will be no formal at
tire; and what’s more, there prob
ably won’t be any corsages, be
cause they’ve been outlawed by
dance planners.
But there will be music, furnish
ed by the Aggieland Orchestra.
But that’s the way the dance
has been planned—so it xvon’t be
“like all the rest.” Sponsoring
the affair this year is the En
gineering Council, composed of
representatives from the various
departments and societies in
cluded in the School of Engineer-
Life Group Tables
Organ Expenditure
The Student Life Committee in
an ill-attended meeting yesterday
tabled one expenditure, passed an
other by a large majority and con
sidered possible action on two cam
pus problems.
The gi’oup heax-d a request from
students conducting the new inter
denominational Sunday Chapel Ser
vice for a $1,500 organ to be placed
in the YMCA Chapel for the bene-
110 Year Old Bible Out
For Inauguration Service
Austin, Tex., Jan. 16—(A 1 )—A bi-
ble known to be 110 years old, call
ed simply “The Bible for the Inau
guration,” came out of its steel
safe at the capitol yesterday.
On its yellowed fly page is writ
ten in the fine, elaborate scroll of
a past age: “The Supreme Court
of the Republic of Texas, 1840.”
It will be used when Gov. Allan
Shivers takes the oath of office at
high noon today.
And it is possible it has been
used in the inauguration of every
governor since Texas became a
state in 1845.
“We do not know for sure,”
explained Max Bickler, deputy
clerk of the State Supreme
Court, who has had the mammoth
job of directing inaugurations
since 1915.
“I do know that it has been used
since I have worked with inaugu
rations and that began with Jim
Ferguson (1915). And the clerk
before me knew that it had been
Registration Schedule
Currently enrolled and old returning students will pick up their
.assignment cards (both undergi’aduate and graduate) in accoi’dance
with tho following schedule:
Monday, Jan. 29
8 a.m.—All surnames beginning with P, Q, R
9 a.m.—All surnames beginning with S
10 a.m.—All surnames beginning with C, D
1 P-tti.—All sunxames beginning with E, F, G
2 P-tn.—All surnames beginning with H, I
3 P-m.—All surnames beginning with J, K, A
Tuesday Jan. 30
8 P-nx.—All surnames beginning with B
9 P-nx.—All surnames beginning with T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
j0 p.m.—All surnames beginnixxg with L, Me
j p.m.—All surnames beginning with M ^
2 p.m.—All surnames beginning with N, O. ~~
used back to Gov, Jim Hogg
(1891).”
That is the way the traditions
of inauguration of the governors of
Texas have been kept—by word of
mouth, like the Indians used to do,
Bickler explained it.
The inaugural ceremonies follow
a strict pi’otocol, some of its dating
back to the days of the Republic,
some of it taken from the inaugu
ral ceremonies of a pi’esident in
Washington.
It is up to Bickler to wi'ite down
just who marches in first and with
whom, who sits on the platform.
It is strictly observed, for in
stance, that exacly at high noon
on inauguration day the artillery
men oxx the capitol grounds begin
their 19-gun salute to the gov
ernor. It is then that the gov
ernor and his party will walk out
to the platform. Follows a ruf
fle of the drums, and then the
band plays “The Star Spangled
Banner.”
A few changes have come with
the years. An inauguration was
broadcast over the radio the first
time when W. Lee O’Daniel became
governor in 1939. Live television
hasn’t come yet.
Even the oath has been altered,
but it took an act of the legislature
to do it. Up until ten or twelve
years ago the governor and the
lieutenant governor had to swear
that they had never “accepted a
challenge or fought a duel.”
But “The Bible for the Inaugura
tion” gets only a bit yellower in its
steel safe behind the Supreme
Cburt meeting room as the years
go by.
When Bickler took it out today,
a blue ribbon still marked the pass
age where the late Gov. Beaufoi'd
H. Jester had laid his hand to be
sworn in on Jan. 21, 1947—on the
23rd psalm that begins “The Lord
is My Shepherd.”
fit of students co-operating in the
services.
The organ would become a part
of a permanent campus Chapel,
should current proposals for such
a building be enacted.
After considerable discussion of
the question, the Life Committee
tabled the matter for later con-
sideration.
Roy Nance, committee-member-
at-large, offered the motion for
tabling on the understanding that
the committee was thoroughly be
hind the purchase of such an or
gan. The delay was taken so as
to check availability of such an
item thi-ough other sources or
with other funds.
Rifle Team Grant Made
The committee gave final
disposition to another expenditui’e
request with an 11-1 decision to
gi’ant $25 from Student Activities
funds for a forthcoming trip by
the Rifle Team to an all-Southwest
Conference competition in El Paso.
The team made an original request
for $50.
Discussion on the advisability of
such a gi’ant revolved around the
source of subsidy for minor sports
aggregations, such as the Rifle
Team, which ax-e not engaged in a
I’ecognized Southwest Conference
sport.
Members generally agreed that
subsidy of such teams was the
job of the Athletic Council, but
made the grant on the basis of the
special circumstances involved.
General sentiment was that the
move was not to be interpreted as
setting a precedent for the sub
sidy of such activities by the Life
Committee or Student Activities.
The body had previously turned
down all x-equests of that nature.
Student-Faculty Relations
A long discussion by the 12 mem
bers pi’esent revolved ai’ound stu
dent-faculty relations and possible
remedies for present short-comings
in that line.
The only definite action taken
was the decision to empower C. G.
“Spike” White to request recom
mendations on the prof-student re
lations question from members at
today’s meeting of the Intei’-Coun-
cil Committee, a group of repre
sentatives of the councils within
each school of the college.
The request is to be aimed at
setting up the Student Life Com
mittee as a co-ordinating agency
for the student-faculty relations
programs being undei'taken by the
various councils and by other cam
pus groups.
ing. They hope the event will
become an annual one.
And all faculty members as well
as students are expected to attend.
In fact, faculty members have been
extended a “special” invitation to
buy tickets. Tickets may be pur
chased from members of the Coun
cil.
Students and faculty members of
the School of Engineering may also
bring special guests if they de
sire. But only students or faculty
members of that particular school
can buy tickets.
“For instance,” says Jes Mc-
Iver, president of the council,
“if an Engineering student is
doubling with an Arts and Sci
ences student, the Engineer will
have to be the one to purchase
the four tickets. But all guests
are welcome.”
Taking place the night before the
Military Ball, the dance will fea
ture a special pi’ogi’am, something
on the order of “Slipstick Follies”
utilizing the talents of students,
and possibly entei’tainment from
the outside world.
A little sponstaneous or extem
poraneous entertaining will be on
the docket, but as Mclver points
out “the whole show will be all in
fun.”
Scene of the dance will be the
MSC Ball Room and the adjoin
ing terrace, if weather permits.
Time: at nine o’clock Bill Turner
will begin tuning up. Tommy
Butler will be on hand to supply
the vocals.
For persons attending both the
Fi'iday night’s School of Engin
eering Ball and Saturday night’s
Military Ball, it will indeed be a
big weekend.
At Saturday night’s dance, Holly
wood will out in full force—two
stars and a famous director. Mau
reen O’Hara will be one, and John
Wayne, xecently named number one
on the nation’s box office list, will
be the other. John Fox’d, the di
rector of many westerns and, spec
ifically, of the two afoi’ementioned
stars latest co-starring vehicle,
“Rio Grande,” will attend the ball.
Friday night’s affair supposedly
will be a “first.” Never before, ac
cording to Mclver, has a complete
school given a special dance for its
students and faculty members. This
might be a first also of steps in the
right direction, he pointed out,
toward “a better faculty-student
relationship program now in dis
cussion at many council meetings
this year.”
First Negroes
Enter Theology
School at SMU
Two Negroes have been ad
mitted to the Perkins School
of Theology at Southern
Methodist University for
graduate study.
The Negroes were admitted Jan.
3 upon permission received from
the boai’d of trustees of the univer
sity, giving the Theology School
the right to enroll Negroes. Accord
ing to Vice-President Willis Tate
the Negi’oes were to be admitted
when the school administrators
considered the time opportune.
Since the Theology School is in
the process of moving from the
rest of the university, the admin-
istratoi’s believe that now is the
time to admit the students.
The two ministerial students are
graduates of Samuel Houston Col
lege at Austin and Jarvis Chi’istian
College at Hawkins.
Presidential Term
Qustion Arises
Austin, Tex., Jan. 16 — CP) — A
call for a public vote on whether
United States presidents should be
limited to two terms is before the
legislature again.
Senator Searcy Bi’acewell of
Houston inti’oduced a resolution
yesterday calling on Congress to
submit to the people the proposed
amendment to the Federal consti
tution which would set the two-1
term limit.
Twice before the resolution has
been before the legislature, dying |
both times in the House.
Legislatures of 36 states must |
approve submission of the proposed
amendment before a vote can be
called. Bracewell said 24 states
have approved submission thus far.
Aggies Receive Aid
Valued At $130,742
Individuals and fii’ms the nation
over ai’e contributing scholarships
and fellowships to students of
A&M, aiding research and helping
worthy young men acquire an edu
cation which othex*wise would be
difficult or impossible.
Some 282 graduate and under
graduate students now attending
A&M are receiving stipends
Thorndale, Buckholts and Sharp.
Included are 181 needy under
graduate students with high scho
lastic x’ecords who won Opportun
ity Awai’d scholarships in compe
titive examinations before enter
ing college. Being paid Oppoi’tunity
Award winners during the current
school year is a total of $45,250,
although the awards are given for
a foui’-year period.
Aside from the Opportunity
Awards, industrial firms and in
dividuals are offering 101 cash
scholarship and fellowship awards
this yeai\ Those awards, totaling
$85,492, ai’e helping graduate and
undergraduate students further
their study in their chosen fields.
They are given on the basis of
scholastic record, personality and
interest.
The bulk of the $85,492, is of
fered in stipends to graduate stu
dents to aid research. Fifty-nine
of the 101 awax-ds ai’e given for
advanced study, and even a great
er proportion of the total sum
is awarded in the graduate field.
Graduate students receiving the
stipends are doing research on sub
jects ranging from the fertilizer
needs of Texas soils and other agri
cultural studies to highly technical
studies in the various) engineering
fields.
However, many awards other
than opportunity award scholar
ships are available to undergrad
uate students to encourage them to
enter a given field or to recognize
scholastic achievement.
In addition to the Opportunity
Awards and other scholarships and
fellowships, the college offers a
large number of graduate assist-
antships each year.
Some $75,000 is being paid by
the college this year in assistant-
ships to 87 • graduate students.
Gene Ebersole
Ebersole to Speak
To Business Club
Gene Ebersole, executive vice-
president of Lumberman’s Associa
tion of Texas and director of the
National Lumberman’s Association
will speak on “Trade Association
Today” at the Business Society
Club meeting tonight.
The Building Products Market
ing students will also meet with the
society. The meeting-,, to be held
in the YMCA Chapel at 7:30 p. m.,
is open to the public, Ralph Hook,
associate professor in the Depart
ment of Business Administration,
said.
Point System Inaugurated
For Reserve Officer Recall
A point system for recalling
company grade Army reserve of
ficers and members of the enlisted
reserve was inaugurated last
month in accordance with a Depart
ment of Defense policy, Col. C. M.
Culp, chief of the Texas Military
District said.
Forms which have been sent out
to reservists should be completed
and returned to the TMD headquar
ters as soon as possible so that
each man may be given all his
service credits, the district chief
continued.
If the forms are not filled out
and returned promptly, the head
quarters must assume that the re
servist has no service credits other
than those that can be accounted
for on the headquarters records.
In many cases, Col. Culp pointed
out, a reservist may have more de
pendents that are now shown by
these records.
The system was devised to eli
minate irregularities in ordering
reservists to extend active duty.
Points are authorized as follows:
Each three month period
of active service 1 point
Each three-month period
of overseas service 1 point
Each one year period of
reserve service 1 point
Each combat award 2 points
Each dependent 8 points
Each year of age over 20 1 point
All points are to be computed as
of September 30, 1950. Combat
awards for point purposes are:
Medal of Honor, Distinguished
Service Cross, Navy Cross, Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, Silver
Star, Bronze Star and Purple
Heart.
In calling men to active duty,
every effort will be made to issue
orders first to those with the least
number of points. For this reason
it is important that we receive the
proper information at the earliest
defensive line set up after the re
treat from Seoul. American,
French and Dutch troops rode
southward through breath-taking
mountain passes, along sheer cliffs
and around hairpin turns.
Artillery barrages and punishing
air strikes covered the withdrawal.
Villages flamed.
Censorship prevented locating
the new line. The communique said
only:
“This redeployment will usher in
a new phase” of the Sobaek moun
tains battle. “The United Nations
line has been straightened and
shortened.”
Tight Censorship
. Censors now prohibit mention of
any units smaller than the whole
U. S. Eighth Army and Fifth Air
Force. This was another day-to-
day change which the censors say
results from changing military
conditions.
(Dispatches received and pub
lished Monday before the newest
clamp-down identified the Wonju
holding force as the U. S. Second
Division and the attacking force
south of Suwon as the Third In
fantry Division. The Second Di
vision included French, Dutch and
South Korean troops as well as
Americans.
The Third Division, which was
evacuated by sea in December from
Hungnam in northeast Korea, in
cluded at that time Puerto Rican
and American mainland troops.)
AP correspondent Stan Swinton,
with the Western front attack col
umn, said the Americans rolled
ahead five more miles early Tues
day in the second day of their of
fensive action. There was no Red
opposition in the early stages. Blis
tering Allied air attacks had rout
ed Red garrison troops from sev
eral villages and left hundreds of
fleeing Communists along the north
bound roads.
Three Recaptured
The Western force Monday re
captured three towns—Osan, Kam-
yangjang and Chon. Osan, 28 air
miles south of Seoul, was the place
where the first American soldier
of the Korean war was killed last
(See TANKS ROLL, Page 4)
Kennerly Will Join
Extension Staff
A. B. Kennerly, former editor of
Farm and Ranch magazine, has
been appointed assistant editor
for the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service, G. G. Gibson, director
of Extension Service announced.
Kennerly began his duties on
Jan. 1 with headquarters at Col
lege Station.
Kennerly, a native of Houston,
holds both a Bachelor of Science
and a Master of Science degree
from A&M with majors in agri
cultural engineering and minors in
poultry husbandry.
The new editor was employed
by the Farm Security Administra
tion, Dallas and served in the farm
management section from 1937 un
til 1943 when he was named field
editor for Farm and Ranch. In
1945 he became editor of the maga
zine, and served in that capacity
until a few months ago.
State Income Tax
Prohibition Asked
Austin, Tex., Jan. 16 — (A 5 ) — A
proposal to prohibit a state income
tax was submitted yesterday.
Rep. Marshall O. Bell of San
Antonio introduced a proposed con
stitutional amendment barring the
legislature, a municipality or any
political subdivision of the state
from taxing incomes of persons or
of corporations or levying a pay
roll tax upon the salary of earn
ings of employees.
The proposal must be approved
by the House and Senate and then
by the voters of the state. Bell
suggested that it be voted on in
a statewide election the first Mon-
practical date, Col. Culp explained, day of November, 1952.