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$ Co n 90% of St^Mon’s Residents vnC The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Should the U.S. Step-up Mobilization See Page 2 Number 10G: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1951 Price Five Cents Pat Hooten ... dovoles most of these charms to a three-year-old son. The 21- year-old housewife is a brunette wi(h blue eyes. The 5’ 3” Dallas native holds several past honors Irom her high school days at Sunset. Hubby Don Hooten had no doubt she would be in Vanity Fair. GFs Creep Ahead In Bitter Fighting On Central Front Tokyo, March 6—UP)—Parka-clad American Marines attacking over new fallen snow drove slowly ahead today in Central Korea. The Chinese Reds resisted bitterly. The Leathernecks were pushing toward the key com munications hub of Hongchon, 15 miles north of recaptured Hoengsong. Some of the Marine elements were 11 miles from Hongchon. The Chinese Reds are believed to have concentrated their largest frontline forces at Hongchon. General MacArthur said another big Red force—the Chinese Third Field Army— is moving toward the front from northeast Korea to support the Communist Fourth Field Army. MacArthur’s report was the first indication of a large shift by the Third Field Army. He said it was comprised of several army corps, possibly up to 90,000 men. Despite losses of an estimated 22,250 troops since the United Nations resumed its limit- Debaters Schedule Full Spring Season g “That good ole Baylor line” of iibe will run the guantlet of dis- lussion and debate tomorrow' when members of that college’s debate teams meet like aggregations from this school, first in a WTAW radio program at 4 p. m. and later at ii 7:30 evening forum in rooms ilB and 3C of the MSC. 1 Robert Huffman and John Sam uels will represent A&M in the 30- minute discussion program. Ted Mullinix will be program chair man. I In the evening debate, Dan Davis and James Farmer will take the negative side for A&M. The sub ject is “Resolved that the non-com- i munist nations should form a new international organization.” k This is the first of several such activities planned for the organ- ization this year. After taking-on the Baylor teams Wednesday \ night, members of the A&M De bate Club will travel to Natchi toches, Louisiana, to a meet at • Northwest State College, where most southwest schools will be re ! presented. This is the first year the or ganization has been extremely ac i live,” says Jerry McFarlin, pub- : Jicity man for the group. He points to the fact that included in this I Spring’s agenda are more than sev en different events in which the A&M Debate Club will participate. These include a special debate [ and discussion period with two \ cadets from West Point on March . Singing Cadets, Tessie Chorus Present Show The TSCW College Chorus and the Singing Cadets pre sented their annual program in the main auditorium on the TSCW campus last Saturday. The Cadets proved themselves ver satile as from their repertoire came songs from the classics, spirituals, popular songs, folk songs, and the traditional songs of A&M. The TSCW College Chorus sang “Clouds” by Charles, “Slumber” by Rebikof, and “Ifca’s Castle” a Czech folk song. Aggies and Tessies joined voices on "a Rogers and Hammerstein number, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” From the field of popular music the Aggies sang “There’s Nothing Like a Dame,” “I Only Have Eyes For You,” and “I Dream of You.” Folk songs and spirituals includ ed “Dry Bones” and “Set Down, Servant” arranged by Robert Shaw. The Cadets, under the direction of Bill Turner, featured as soloist Harold Hughes, tenor from Abil ene; Don Forney, baritone from Victoria; Tommy Butler, tenor from Waco; Lamar MeNew, bari tone from College Station; Leslie Polk, bass from Houston, and Tom my Savage, bass from Port Arthur. 14. The two cadets, one of them from Longview, will be including A&M in a 11-day trip of western schools. And then on March 14, the local debaters will be hosts to the South west Conference Tournament on the campus. April 2 through 5 in cludes a trip to Gainesville, Florida to attend the Southern Speech As sociation Tournament. On April 13 and 14, the group will sponsor the 2nd Annual A&M Invitational Debate Tournament on the campus. All southwest colleges and junior colleges will be invited A week later, the group will travel to Austin for the annual Texas University Spring Tournament. The Debate Club of A&M, ac tive for about four years, has been to West Point in two encounters during the last few years. And last year in Houston, members of the teams won a special trophy at debate meet. President of the group this year is James Farmer; Dan Davis is vice president. About 15 regular members attend the meetings held on the second and fourth Wednes day’s of each month. Persons in terested in debate are invited to at tend, McFarlin said. He added that especially pre-law majors, business majors, and stu dents who plan jobs with many per sonal contacts involved might be interested in the organization’ program. “After all,” he says con cerning the pre-law majors, “be bating is merely an example of presenting a case, like a lawyer would do it.” In addition to meeting twice a month, members get together in a special class Monday afternoons at 3 p. m. where debates are sche duled. Anyone interested may at tend these classes in the Academic Building, McFarlin says. Sponsors of the organization this year are Harry Hierth, K. E. Elm- quist, R. Allen, and L. J. Martin. ed offensive, Feb. 21 the Chinese and North Koreans are believed to number 300,000 below Parallel 38 in South Korea. Lt. G'en. Matthew B. Ridgway, commander of allied ground forces in Korea, told a news conference the Reds have plenty of men to launch a big counter-offensive. Attack Not Imminent But he expressed belief such an attack is not imminent. Ridgway added that his forces “at the mo ment” could stop a Red offensive. The ex-paratrooper general spoke confidently of his Eighth Army’s capabilities and praised the sup port he has received from General MacArthur. Ridgway went to Korea from Washington to succeed Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, who was killed in a jeep accident north of Seoul in December. Ridgway commanded an airborne division in Europe in World War II. On the battlefront, a six-inch snow fall slowed the determined allied push Tuesday through the craggy mountains and rice-paddied valleys across the peninsula east of Seoul. 350 Cadets Get Corps Promotions Town Hall Sets SA Symphony Tonight At 8 By BEE LANDRUM With Franco Autori as guest conductor, the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra appears on Town Hall tonight at 8 p.m. in Guion Hall. Concert master for the San Antonio Symphony is Julius Hegyi, 26-year old violinist, who is now in his third season as the “Number One” musician in this noted orchestra. The San Antonio Symphony was founded in 1939 by the late Max Reiter, who was its permanent musical director and conductor until his death December 13, 1950. Many celebrated musical personalities have appeared with the San Antonio Symphony, and the orchestra has re ceived much public praise. After serving as guest conduc- Take Hill 336 Units of the First Marine Divi sion took Hill 336 three miles northeast of Hoengsong Tuesday after other elements punched to points four miles north and north- west of the rubbled town Monday. The Reds pumped artillery, mor tar and machinegun fire into the leathernecks Monday but fell back. Air spotters reported an estimated three Chinese battalions directly ahead of the Marines, from five to six miles north and northwest of Hoengsong. Reds Fight From Bunkers On the east-central front, Ko rean Reds fought bitterly from log bunker dugouts on rugged ridges near Taemi, a mountain stronghold from which they were routed Mon day. Taeoi is 10 miles northwest of Pangnim, eastern road junction of one of the main east-west highways running to Hoensong and Seoul. The Reds’ new positions were under assault by the U. S. Second and Seventh Divisions. A combination American-French ground, artillery and aerial assault chased the Reds out of Taemi. But air reconnaissance Tuesday showed 1,500 Reds were moving into the area from the northeast to rein force 3,000 to 5,000 North Koreans already there. A Seventh Division tank-infantry patrol drove more than two miles into Changpyong Monday in the Taemi area, but withdrew slightly south at dusk. Changpyong is road junction 10 miles north of Pang nim. South Korean Seventh Division units were driving Monday toward Hajinbu, eight miles east of Chang pyong. Over 350 men received promo tions, new appointments and trans fers in the Corp of Cadets, the commandant's office announced this morning. The new promotion list is an addi tion to the General Order issued at the beginning of the Fall semester. Promotions listed were effective March 5. Due to lack of space only com missioned officers, first sergeants and those non-commissioned offi cers appointed to various staffs can be listed. The appointees are listed below according to units: Corps Staff M/Sgt. Don P. Hegi assigned as Composite Regiment Liason. Maroon Band First Lieuts. William F. White, platoon leader, Robert J. Blissard, athletic officer, and Bertram E. Beecraft, scholastic officer. White Band First Lieut. Marvin L. Levin assigned platoon leader, T/Sgt. George L. Harkrider, Drum and Bugler commander. Headquarters Infantry Regiment T/Sgt. James W. Phillips ap pointed communications sergeant, and T/Sgt. Corrie W. Harris named transportation Sergeant. Headquarters First Infantry Battalion Lt. Col. Paul C. Coffin appoint ed commander, Major Alvin N. Deck assigned executive. Capt. Frank E. Neill assigned adjutant, Capt. Jack W. Birkner appointed intelligence officer, Major LeVon Massengale appointed Operations Officer, and Capt. James R. Graves named supply officer. A Infantry First Lieut. Grover C. Damuth appointed athletic officer. Headquarters Second Infantry Battalion Capt. Howard Karren named in telligence officer. E Infantry First Lieut. Robert L. Middle- ton assigned Platoon Leader. Headquarters, Artillery Regiment Major Edward B. McAllister as- (See CORPS, Page 4) tor, Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony, said, “The San Antonio Symphony can compete with any orchestra in this country and in Europe.” Virgil Thomson of the New York Herald-Tribune wrote, “The San Antonio Symphony has frequently come to national notice through the freshness and distinction of its program policy.” Many important works by both American and European composers have been introduced by the San Antonio Symphony. Richard Strauss’s “Last Songs” were per formed for the first time in Amer ican by the San Antonio orchestra and Soprano Kirsten Flagstad on November 25, 1950. Napolitian Experience Franco Autori, regular associate conductor of the New York Phil harmonic Symphony, gained his first professional experience in lit tle opera houses around Naples, where he was born. He came to the United States in 1928 and was engaged as assistant conductor of the Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company in Philadel phia. In 1932 he came to Texas and directed two summer sessions of the Dallas Symphony. Other companies with which Au tori has been associated include the Chicago Opera Company, the Fed eral Music Project, and the Buffalo Philharmonic. At the present time, (See TOWN HALL, Page 4) Foreign Military Attaches Will Review Cadet Corps Three foreign countries Nor- military attache, Norwegian Em- Lt. Col. Jens Holger Johansen, way, Denmark, and Italy will be bassy, Lt. Col. Jens Holger Johan- who is an artillery officer, was represented at the revue Saturday sen, acting military attache, Dan- born in 1909 in Copenhagen, Den- afternoon and at the Military Ball ish Embassy, and Col. Umberto De mark, and commissioned a 2nd Saturday night. Martino, military attache, Italian Lieutenant in 1929. The men are Col. Sverre Refsum, Embassy. (See ATTACHES, Page 4) Colonel Refsum, who is a field artillery officer, was born in Far- sund, Norway. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant in the Norwegian Army in 1918. He received his pre sent rank of Colonel January 1, 1946. Military Career In his military career Colonel Refsum has served with the Army General Staff, as Chief of Staff of the General Inspector of the Field Artillery, and as Chief of Staff of the 2nd Division. He served also as Executive Regimental Commander of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment from 1938 to 1940, and from 1946 until 1949, when he was appointed Military Attache to the United States and Canada, Colonel Refsum served as Regimental Commander of that same regiment. During 1943 Colonel Refsum spent approximately a month each with the U S Army in the 29th Infantry Division and the British T , T i Army in the 53rd Infantry Divi- Lt. Col. Jens H. Johansen s i on> Col. Sverre Refsum Wanda Lou Sisk . . . comes from the U of H to share Vanity Fair honors. The 20-year-old brownette with brown eyes to match stands 5’ 5Vi” and lists among previous honors the titles “Miss Fashion Plate of 1950” and U of H Home coming Queen for 1948. Bill Blackshear is the escort. Slip-Stickers Plot ‘Different’ Dance By GEORGE CHARLTON Things will appear and then dis appear, so to speak, when magi cian Bill Singleton of Hart Hall puts on his 30-minute hand-quicker- than-the-eye show as intermission entertainment at the School of En gineering Ball Friday night in the Memorial Student Center. But this is not the only way in which this first annual affair will be different. There will be no sweetheart selected. There will be Aggies Escape Serious Injury In Car Wreck Six A&M students escaped injury when their 1948 Pon tiac convertible overturned at 4 a. m. yesterday morning at the traffic circle north of Bryan. The Aggies were returning from Dallas where they had participated in a basketball tournament which they won. The trophy they carried was demolished. The car was estimated at 100 per cent damage but none of the occupants were seriously hurt. The students were B. A. Kal mans, 20, junior architecture major from Houston, G. L. Ray, 17, pre- vet freshman from Dallas, H. V. Lackshin, 16, freshman liberal arts major from Houston. A. D. Golman, 18, sophomore business administration major from Dallas, Jerry Fineg, 23, senior vet medicine major from Phoenix, Ariz., and S. J. Ablon, owner and driver, 18, freshman English major from Dallas. An Editorial Grass Will Grow, But Only With Your Help IT’S GOING to take all of us—not just some of us—to put areas have been plowed for planting next to Bizzell Hall and will cost them a few more stens and a little shoe leather but 1 thl T s f deal °Y e r; . ...... . , f the center sections of the Cadet Corps dorm area. Grass they point out the worthwhileness of a beautiful drill field, If we put it over, things are going to be looking a lot for every “bald” and pathworn section of the campus is not just this year, but later when many of us will return as different around here by the middle of next month. planned for the future. exes to visit and show friends our campus The Campus Beautification Committee can get areas But right now, because of the All-College Open House In other areas, the committee still needs the co-opera- plowed, it can get new grass planted, it can get a College scheduled for Mother’s Day of each year, particular efforts fcion of a few students who have continued to walk across Planning Board named—it can work every day the rest of are being made to get grass growing and the paths removed recently plowed areas Grass will be planted very soon in the year. But it can’t accomplish a thing without your help, from areas already planted. the area next to Bizzell, and in the center section in the To get the job done, every student must feel that, he Attention at present has been focused on the drill field Cadet Corps dorm area, too, is a member of the committee. . where new grass is growing and signs have been placed. Help from every student is needed if these areas are to For the most part, student co-operation has been praise- Several interested foreign students have even gone so far as be campus “beauty” spots instead of “sore” spots bv Moth worthy. Several thousand students have shown an honest to set up a loud speaker system to ask students to stay off er’s Day and Open House interest in “polishing up” the campus to give it a greener, the drill field. The Battalion is convinced that co-operation from every more pleasing appearance. Only a few “pathmakers” remain, but they are numerous student can be obtained if each of them realize the value of But a few, probably less than 300, are making worthless enough to keep a bare trail worn across the drill field. It is the beautification program, the contributions of several thousand to these students that the beautification committee directs It is with this m mind that we appeal to you for help. Beautification efforts through the persistent work of its request for help. Only with help from the civilian stu- Quoting our friend from Egypt, who daily asks students the Campus Beautification Committee, have been surprising- dents in Law and Puryear Halls can the drill field grow green, not to walk on the drill field let’s make “stay off the grass” ly successful. New grass has been planted on the main drill unscarred by paths across it middle. " an A&M tradition ’ field in front of the Ag Building and next to Guion Hall, and The committee realizes that help from these students It’ll make a better A&M. no formal attire; and what’s mor% there probably won’t be any cor sages, because they’ve been outlaw ed by dance planners. There will be music, however, and furnished in the inimitable style of A&M’s answer to Andre Kostelanitz, the Aggieland Orches tra. And that’s the way the dance has been planned—so it won’t be “like all the rest.” Beginning at 9 p. m. in the MSC Ball Room, the dance will be strictly informal and will cost $2 stag or drag. Refreshments of punch and cookies will be served during the evening and will be available until the dance ends at 12 p. m. Sponsoring the affair this year is the Engineering Council, com posed of 32 representatives from the various departments and soc ieties included in the School of En gineering. All faculty members of that special school as well as students in that school are expected to at tend. In fact, faculty members have been extended a “special” in vitation to buy tickets. Ducats may be purchased in the offices of the various departments of the engin eering school. Students and faculty members of the School of Engineering may also bring special guests if they so de sire. But only students or faculty members of that school may buy tickets. “For instance,” says Jes Mc- Iver, president of the council, “if an engineering student is double dating with an Arts and Sciences student, the engineer will have to be the one to pur chase the four tickets. But all guests are welcome.” 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-stu dent relationship program.” “And we would like to see other councils join us in furthering bet ter relationships of that type,” he said. Vice-president of the council is Dick Tomlinson; treasurer, Jim Kadel; secretary, Dave Carna han. Members of the dance plan ning committee are Albert Nich olson, Tom Flukinger, Harold Chandler, Ignacius Trauth, and R. B. English. The affair will be a chance for all engineers to get away from their drawing boards, slipsticks, and formulas, and “just have a good time with on emphasis on in formality,” Mclver points out. And then the next night, the Military Ball . . . Return of Vanity Fair Pictures Announced Pictures of the Vanity Fair en tries with the exception of win ners may be picked up at the Ag gieland office, Goodwin Hall any day from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m., Nance announced this Morning.