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Center P ' sw^ 0 3 copi® 3 Baftalion Takes Second Place in Nation-wide Safety Contest Circulated to More Than 90% of College Station’s Residents nr"Tj jri y f # I he Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Bryan Proposes Annexation of Local Areas, See Column Page 2 Number 107: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1951 Price Five Cents Paper Fops All But One Among College Dailies Chicago, March 7—(Special)—“The Battalion,” Texas A&M student publication, took second place today in the third annual national college newspaper contest in which pa pers campaigned for safer driving. A prize of $250 will be given The Battalion, which com peted in the contest’s daily paper classification, for all-around editorial excellence in its safety campaign. It won first place in the nation last year. ;; Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, contest spon sor, annually awards $2,000 to the college papers which do the best editorial jobs of promoting Ags Thrash Frogs 50-44; Meet TU in Playoff Friday Maj. Gen. W. B. Palmer safe driving by students during the Christmas holidays. Chairman James S. Kemper, who announced the winners here, prais ed The Battalion for its active edi- . torial aid in impressing the haz ards of holiday traffic on young drivel’s. “The accident rate of college-age drivers is especially high during the Christmas vaca tion period,” he said. Judges Named t Contest judges were Mayor Mar tin H. Kennelly of Chicago; Ned 11. Dearborn, president of the Na tional Safety Council; Ralph Budd, chairman of the Chicago Transit • Authority; Franklin Kreml, direc tor of the Northwestern University Traffic Institute; Wesley I. Nunn, director of advertising for Stan dard Oil of Indiana, and Carl Kes- ler, chairman of the executive com mittee of Sigma Delta Chi, profes sional journalism fraternity. First prizes went to “The Daily Trojan,” University of Southern California (daily) and “The Az tec,” San Diego State College (non daily). Second prize for non-dai- (See AWARD, Page 4) Maj, Gen, Palmer To Review Corps Major General Williston B. Pal mer, commanding general of the 2nd Armored Division and Fort Hood, will be one of the dignitaries visiting the campus for the Mili tary Day review Saturday after noon. General Palmer has 83 years of active service behind him, including the Normandy invasion, the St. Lo breakthrough, the Battle of the Bulge and many other’s. During World War II General Palmer was Artillery Officer of the 1st Army Group and later for the Army Forces in the ETO. Since that time he has commanded many Artillery schools and units including the VII Corps Artilley and the Famous 82nd Air-borne Division. The general was born at Fort CS Nurses Offer Red Cross Course Six College Station ladies have signed up as accredited teachers for the Red Cross Home Nursing course. They are Mrs. T. R. Spence, Mrs. G. W. Litton, Mrs. W. H. Ritchey, Mrs. Louis J. Horn, Mrs. J. P. ' CoVan and Mrs. John D. Wheat. All of the teachers are reg istered nurses. || Classes are being held at 152 Jones Street. Mrs. Wheat teaches a class from 2 to 4 p. m. on Tues days and Thursdays. Mrs. CoVan is teacher for a class from 9 to 11 a. m. on Monday and Wednesdays and Mrs. Horn has a class sche duled from 7 to 9 p. m. on Tues days and Thursdays. ’ Mrs. Spence is chairman for the Jroup. Negro classes in home nursing ji>e scheduled to begin in about a week when plans are completed. Corps Collections Eric Carlson, newly named ser geant-major of the Cadet Corps, is student chairman for collections on the campus under W. L. Pen- berthy, dean of men who is in charge of all Red Cross donations on the campus. Students may contribute to the Red Cross through their first ser geants. Those contributing a dol lar will be given a membership card. Other contributors may re- Brown Elected Engineer Head Robert F. Brown, of Dallas, was elected editor of The En gineer by the Engineering Council last night. Brown, a member of B-En- gineers, is a junior CEj major ac tive in ASCE, SAME, and Phi Eta Sigma. A member of the fish drill team his freshman year, rated best drilled sophomore last year and taking part in many extra-curri- 'cular activities this year, he has maintained a grade point ratio of 2.53. . , He said for the remainder of the year he would organize the staff for next year. He will also be working on editorial layouts un til the end of May. Brown will succeed Robert W. McDaniel, from Bellaire, present editor of The Engineer. Other candidates in the election were David D. Leahy, of Austin, and Fred L. Stroebel, of Cisco. ceive the Red Cross pin. These voluntary contributions will be ac cepted through Thursday, at which time the first sergeants will check in all the money. On Friday the contributions will be turned in to the Military Department, Carlson said. $2,600 Goal Goal for College Station this year is $2,600. Those in charge of collecting this money are Mrs. Fred E. Smith, chairman of the business district. Mrs. Spencer J. Buchanan, in charge of the resi dential district, and Dean Pen- berthy in charge of campus col lections. The total goal for Brazos Coun ty this year is $12,631. This money must be raised by March 31. Sheridan, Ill. on Nov. 11, 1899 and. began his military career in 1919 upon graduation from West Point as a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery. Toured Europe He toured European battlefields in 1919 and ‘returned to the states for further artillery training. In 1920 as a first lieutenant, he did a tour in the Panama Canal Zone with the 4th Artillery, apd later in the Hawaiian Islands as aide- de-camp to Major General A. J. Bowley. In August 1936, General Palmer entered the Command and General school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan sas, and later the Army War Col lege in Washington. His next as signment was with the War De partment General Staff, Personnel Division. General Palmer assumed his first major command in February 1942 with the rank of colonel, command ing the 6th Armored Division. In August of that year he was pro moted to Brigadier General and Artillery officer of the Armored forces. Returned to US Returning to the United States after World War II, Gen. Palmer commanded the field artillery school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma until January 1946. His next command was the Army Information School, Carlisle Barracks, Penn. In 1947, he was assigned as De puty Director and later director of Logistics, Headquarters, Euro pean Commaryi and in July 1949 was appointed Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters European Command. On Nov. 1, 1950 General Palmer was assigned as commanding gen eral of the 2nd Armored Division and Fort Hood, Texas. He attained his present rank of Major General in February, 1950. Press, Military Dances On Weekend Schedule The duo concert and dance en gagement of Denny Backner, “The Madcap Merrymaker,” and his or chestra and the Press Club Ball will help round out this weekend’s activities. Billed as the finest entertainment band to come up over the horizon since Kay Kyser, Beckner and his organization will give a concert in Guion Hall at 7:15 Saturday night. Following the concert, the ag gregation will furnish music for the Military Ball scheduled for 9 p. m. to 12 midnight in Sbisa Hall. Tickets for the concert and ball are on sale in the Office of Stu dent Activities, Goodwin Hall. All seats for the concert are priced at 50 cents. Tickets for the Military Ball are $2.50. The Press Club Ball will be held Friday at 8:30 p. m. in the Assem bly Room of the MSC. Music will be furnished by the Freshman Orches tra, and special entertainment is planned for intermissions, accord ing to Roland Bing, director of student publications. Staff Members Invited All staff members of Student Publications and the guests are in vited to attend the ball the director said. Beckner’s Orchestra has had holdover engagements at the Roose velt Hotel in Washington, D. C. and the Hotel Park Central in New York. Their appearance at Aggie land is through arrangements made with the Music Corporation of America. Before taking up the baton, Beckner was a vaudeville comedy dancer. The tall, slim, Texan does not play his instrument, the bass, but devotes himself to singing, clowning, dancing and otherwise attempting to keep the patrons in good spirits. Girl soloist and dancer for Beck ner arid his Happytimers is Betsy Ross. She does combination tap and ballet numbers by herself and with Beckner. A patented metronome, which provides a definite dance beat de signed to satisfy all types of danc ers, is used by the orchestra. Great Issues to Hear Russian Woman Russian born Mrs. Vera M. Dean, director of the Re search Department of the Foreign Policy Association, will speak to the Great Is sues class on “The Next Phase in U. S. Foreign Policy.” The dis cussion will be held at 8 p. m. to night in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center. Mrs. Dean came to the United States from Russia in 1919 and became a U. S. citizen in 1928. She has a B. A. and Ph. D degree from Radcliffe and later earned her M. A. international law at Yale. Wide travel and study have pro vided Mrs. Dean the opportunity to analyze situations and policy trends personally. She spent the late winter and spring of 1949 in Europe, where she gave a ser ies of 15 lectures in French on “American Foreign Policy”, at the University of Paris. In 1928 she joined the research staff of the Foreign Policy Asso ciation and ten years later was appointed director. In addition to directing the general research pro gram, Mrs. Dean is the editor of the publications. She is the author of several Foreign Policy Reports. Attendance and participation in meetings of international organ izations such as UNRRA and the UN organization conference at San Francisco have expanded Mrs. Dean’s personal acquaintance with officials and private individuals both here and abroad and added to her vast knowledge of the machin ery of our foreign relations. According to Dr. S. R. Gammon, Great Issues committee chairman, Mrs. Dean is one of the foremost authorities on the foreign policy of this country. She is the first woman to speak to the Great Is sues class. Bettie Joy Bledsoe . . . joins the ranks of this year’s Vanity Fair under the auspices of Frank Thurmond who will squire the 5’ 2”, eyes of blue, blonde to the week-end presenta tion. The 19-year-old secretary from Austin was a finalist for Sophomore Sweetheart in 1949. Autori Leads SA Symphony In Town Hall Performance Outfit Snapshots Needed by Annual Outfit snapshots are now be ing accepted at the Aggieland ’51 office, Frank Thomas, military edi tor of the annual said this morning. Pictures should be standard and of a uniforrri size, the annual edi tor said. MSC Council Meets This Afternoon A date for electing two “at- large” members for next year’s Memorial Student Center Council will be discussed when that group meets in a special session this af ternoon at 5 in the MSC. By FRANK DAVIS Batt Staff Writer The 76-piece San Antonio Sym phony Orchestra under the direc tion of guest conductor Franco Autori was called on for three encores last night by an estimated crowd of 1,000 at the third Town Hall performance of the year. An Irish tune, “Danny Boy,” from “Country Derby” by Percy Grainger; “Spierlerei” by Carl Stix; and Prelude to “Carman” by Bizet were the encores selected by Autori. Prelude to Act Three of “Lohern- grin” by Richard Wagner, Sym phony in D Minor by Ceasar Franck, “Don Juan” by Richard Strauss, and “Fapriccio Espag- nole” by Nicholas Rimsky-Korsa- kov were played on the regular program. Wagner’s introduction to the third act of “Lohengrin” depicted the festivities surrounding the wedding of Elsa and the strong and powerful knight, Lohengrin. Exuberant Theme The orchestra plunged immedi ately into an exuberant theme of vigorous celebrations, moved short ly into a quieter phrase, and then rose to a climax. The first performance of the D minor Symphony was given FeK 17, 1889, by the Paris Conserva tory Orchestra. Franck was 67 years old at the time. Handballers Meet Students interested in joining the Handball team will report to the Physical Education office tomorrow afternoon at 5 p.m. If bad weather prevents stu dents from attending they should get in touch with Her man Segrest as soon as possible. One of the distinctive hallmarks of the symphony, the English horn, occurred in the second movement, allegretta. The first and third movements were in allegro non troppo. Strauss’ tone poem was inspired by Lenau’s “Don Juan,” and not one of the innumerable other ver sions of the Spanish legend. Strauss, who died in 1949, depicted the libertine as the intellectual, the idealist, and the dreamer. The tone poem opened with a passage that depicted the knight aflame with the lusts of life. Fol lowing were two love themes, and then the music changed its course. The Don is the romatic. But the mood passed and the Don’s second theme, one of the most noble Strauss conceived, was played by horns in unison. The conclusion was tight-lip ped. There was no wild complaint, only abandonment of life. The Capriccio was in five move ments, which were played with one pause. The movements were vivo e strepitoso followed by andante con moto, vivo e strepitoso, alle gretto, and fandango asturiano. Rimsky-Korsakov was born in 1844 and died in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1908. A movie entitled “Scheherezade,” was made of his life. Attend Methodist Conference Seminar Students Return Four A&M students returned early this week from an 18-state trip to Washington, D. C. and New York City. Ken Baker, Nat Kinney, Hugh Winn and Dale Walston attended a Methodist-sponsored Christian Government Seminar in the East ern cities. The A&M delegation was accompanied by The Rev. and Mrs. Robert Sneed. Senators, representatives, and members of various executive de partments spoke before the semin ar in Washington. During the first session of the conference, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota pointed out the slim chances for the passage of “needed social leg islation.” Senator Speaks “Since we are now going all out for military preparedness, I doubt if affirmative action will be taken on bills for social legisla tion,” the senator said. people, however, and we need health and educational legislation to keep our available manpower at a peak.” At the next session, the‘ques tion of “wheat for India” was discussed. Necessity for backing up any wheat delivered with health improvements, education, and the development of natural resources in India was emphasized. Members of the State Depart ment explained formulation of for eign policy to the conference, dis cussing the Far East situation, and Japan and Korea in particular. Interviews with congressmen By RALPH GORMAN Battalion Sports Editor Coach John Floyd’s pace setting Aggie cagers staged a spine-tingling second half scoring spree last night in Waco as they stunned TCU, 50-44 and forged their way into a three game playoff with the University of Texas to decide who will represent District 6 in the National Collegiate Ath letic Association’s basketball tournament at Kansas City March 21. The first game is slated for Friday night on the Cadet home court with the second and third games to be played in Texas’ Gregory Gym Monday and Tuesday nights. There was no doubt in the minds of the near capacity crowd that swarmed into Baylor’s Rena Maars Gymnasium last night that the men from College Station put on their best show of the 1951 cage campaign, as they outshot, out- dribbled and just flat outplayed a Frog five that walked •onto the court a three point fa vorite. And there were times during the all-important “quick death” play off game that Buster Brannon’s Christians stretched that three points to a wide seven. But the margin was shortlived, as the elas tic broke and the Aggies went hurtling ahead, at the same time employing a defense that allowed but five field goals in the final period to a team that had gar nered 13 in the first half. Ags Shoot 43% Truly it was a great night for the Cadets, as they poured ll field goals through the nets in the open ing period and an additional 12 in the second half to show a total of 23 out of 54 attempts and a 42.7 in the success percentage column. On the other side of the fence it was different, as the Horned Frogs had a much smaller percentage of completion on their field goal at tempts—18 out of 56 for 32 per cent. TCU’s George McLeod was Ag gies’ big threat as he used his potent hook shot to good advan tage in amassing a 16-point total for game scoring honors. Davis, McDowell Pace Ags All-Southwest Conference cagers Jewell McDowell and Buddy Davis handled the Cadet scoring capably, as each netted 15 points for the evening. In McDowell, the fans witnessed real showmanship in his ball-handling and dribbling exhib itions, as well as the thrills in see ing this two-time All-SWC choice mesh the nets some five times from deep in the court. McDowell made good on seven of 17 field goal attempts. Once again the rangy 6’ 8” Da vis found himself embarrased and slightly pressed, as he was brand ed three times in the first half on personal fouls and rang up his fourth one in the first minutes of the final period. But these fouls did little to slow down Davis, as he regained his breath and com posure masterfully to count on shots that were seemingly impos sible. On the pivot post, the Ag gie center was credited with six out of ten from the field. Davis Retaliates As the game opened the Frogs got the tip off and went for over a minute of battling before ' Mc Leod could find the basket. The Aggies’ Davis quickly retaliated to even it up and then hustle back up the court to add another from the field and a point in the charitj* column to enjoy an early 5-2 lead. The Christians were playing catchup now and Ted Reynolds, who played a brilliant game for the Cowtowners, counted three times from the field and was assisted once by McLeod, as the Frogs went ahead 9-7. McDowell let little water run under him as he and Leroy Miksch counted their first tallies just 15 seconds later (See AG TORNADO, Page 3) Senior Favors Arrive; Sales i) • lift 1 oegm The 1950-51 Senior Favors have arrived, and will go on sale Monday at 8 a. m., an nounced Spike White, assist ant dean of men for student activities. Sale will be limited to one pin to a customer, on a first come first served basis, he pointed out. “Because of War Production Board curtailments in the use of base metals in jewelry manufac ture, the L. G. Balfour Company of Massachusetts, with whom we have a contract, has been able to sup ply only five hundred ’51 and one hundred ’50 favors,” White said. Of the ’51 favors, 300 have at tached guards. Prices for favors are $2.50 without guard, and $3.75 with guard. These prices include a 20 percent Federal Tax. White added that the Balfour Company is preparing a bid on favors made of sterling silver with gold plating. “Since there has been no govern ment freeze on sterling and gold, orders will be taken for favors for all classes through 1951, after the present supply of favors is ex hausted. “I sympathize with seniors who have to make a choice of deciding between giving a favor to their sweetheart or mother. But,” he as serted, “the Balfour Company is doing the best it can, in view of wartime curtailments.” Letters received by White from the Balfour Company will be shown to those who might like to know more about the situation, he added. Walton Will House Weekend Visitors Students having guests for the Military Ball Saturday night may now get room assignments in room 100 Goodwin Hall. Ramp A of Walton Hall will be open Saturday to provide rooms for the visiting girls, according’ to Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean of men. A charge of $1.25 to cover costs of matrons and other incidental expenses is being assessed. tually against such “charity” in general. Senator Johnson managed to see the Texans for a few minutes, breaking away from meetings on the UMT bill. Answering questions on college ROTC, Johnson said he expected the group to be expanded from the present 600,000 students to 900,000 in the near future. On Feb. 28, seasions of the sem inar began in New York City, where the delegates studied work ings of the United Nations. UN Session The A&M students observed ses- were given to the students during s j ons 0 f the Security and Trustee their visit. Meet Texas Senators Both Texas senators—Tom Con- nally and Lyndon Johnson—met with the A&M students in Wash ington. Senator Connally left a committee meeting to talk to the group. He said he had voted to “Our real strength is in our send wheat to India, but was ac- ship Councils at Lake Success dur ing their, study of the UN. Pre ceding the sessions, representatives of the UN Secretariat briefed the group on trusteeship, technical as sistance and aid for Korea. The Seminar closed Thursday night, after which the students drove back to College Station. Insurance Firm Cites Local Man John B. Longley of College Sta tion has completed three years of service with the American General Life Insurance Company in the Central Texas Agency, said Sid Loveless, manager of the local branch of the firm. During that time he has sold almost'a million, dollar’s worth of life insurance to citizens of Bi’azos County, Loveless said. Longley has completed a course in Life Insurance Marketing at SMU and recently has begun teaching two courses in insurance at A&M. A graduate of A&M in the class of ’43, Longley is married and has one child.