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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951
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Basic Military Science
Offered This Summer
Uy BILL STRETCH
For the first time since the ac
celerated program during World
War II, Basic Military and Air
Science will be offered during sum
mer school, Dr. C. Clement French,
dean of the college, announced this
morning.
This course, said Dr. French, will
also be available to present fresh
man who entered A&M in Febru
ary, arid to transfers from Junior
colleges whose military science
work is not as advanced as their
other academic work.
“By taking advantage of this
opportunity, Dean French says,
UN Offensive
Crinds Ahead
On Third Day
Tokyo, March 9 — (/P) —
United Nations troops hurled
' back vicious Communist coun
terattacks and ground stead
ily ahead today along a 70-
mile front in the third day of their
big new Korean offensive.
Red casualties killed or wounded
17,000 Reds in the first two days
of the great northward drive in
central Korea—one of the biggest
Allied assaults of the war.
The total does not include the
loll taken Thursday night when
Red counterattacks were crushed.
Allied losses have not been an
nounced. They were said to be
relatively light.
The Reds smashed at five Allied
divisions in their nighttime effort
to check the grinding U.N. ad
vance.
The Chinese and Korean Com
munists struck with grenades, ri
fles,‘mortars. They employed vir
tually every trick of Asian war
fare.
The Red attacks started in the
- East against the South Korean sec
tor, hitting the Republic 5th and
7th divisions. Then they rumbled
westward against the American
' Seventh, Second and 24th divisions,
in that order.
Some of the attacks lasted
throughout the night. Others were
short punches of only about an
hour. The Reds broke off most of
the longer attacks at dawn. The
South Korean 7th was still locked
in battle at daybreak Friday.
U. N. forces resumed their ad
vance at daybreak behind thunder
ing artillery barrages and heavy
air strikes. Warplanes of the U.S.
Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps,
and of South Africa and Australia
joined in the assault.
Livestock Judges
Leave for Contest
The Junior Livestock Judging
team left this morning for Okla
homa City to compete in the an
nual Intercollegiate Judging Con
test scheduled there Monday.
„ Members making the trip are J.
K. Miller, Louis Amsler, Morse
Nanny, John Fuller, Harold Bragg,
and Lee Roy Leschper. W. W. Al
bert is coach of the team.
freshmen may advance by one se
mester their date of graduation
and possible reserve commission
ing.”
It would be possible for a fresh
man who enters A&M this June to
accumulate a possible credit of 16
semester houi’S. However, he said,
most of the entering students will
probably take only a maximum
number of 14 hours.
Summer Long
All the summer courses will be
offered on the same basis as in
the past, with the term broken
down into two semesters of six
weeks in length. Freshman Orien
tation and Basic Military Science
(121) will be offered on the basis
of a twelve-week-long semester.
“Freshmen,” he commented, “will
be given as much military science
instruction in the summer course,
as they would normally receive
in one semester of the regular
school year.”
The Military Department is now
working out the administrative de
tails of the summer ROTC pro
gram, both in what courses are to
be given and how the bases will
be commanded.
Either 121 or 122
Either MS and AS 121 or 122
will be given and possibly both.
Actual determination of how the
courses will be divided will be an
nounced as soon as it is possible
Magician Slated
For Wednesday
Night in Union
Jack Gwynne, master mag
ician of stage and screen, will
perform on the stage of Guion
Hall Wednesday night at 7:30
p. m.
On the program will be girls
suspended on points of swords, a
spirit scene, the mystery of the
Burmese chest, and many other
stunts of magic performed by
Gwynne and his troupe of assist
ants and beautiful girls.
In 1945, while traveling with
the USO in India, Gwynne tried in
vain to find some Indian magician
who could perform the famous rope
climbing trick of India.
During his search, he discovered
one of the most baffling stunts
on his program. This was the
placing the body of a girl on the
points of swords and then suspend
ing her body in mid-air.
Gwynne bought the secret of this
trick from one of the oldest magi
cians in India whom he met on
his tour.
Other than this feat, Gwynne
learned various tricks and effects
of magic on his tour which car
ried him through not only India
but, also Tibet and China.
Immediately following Gwynne’s
magic show a debate between the
Aggie Debate team and the West
Point debate team, now touring the
nation, will be held on the stage.
Advance tickets are on sale
at the Student Activities office.
All seats are $.50, and there will
be no extra charge for the debate.
to get an accurate estimate of the
June enrollment as compared with
the expected September enroll
ment figures.
An especial effort will be made
to offer MS 121 to those freshmen
who entered this February so they
will be able to complete their first
year basic MS by September.
No announcement has been made
about the operation of the Corps
of Cadets for this summer. It is
possible, some authorities think,
for there to be a freshman regi
ment formed. Their reason for
considering this is that in this way
the college continues its tradition
as a military college.
If such a regiment were formed
the freshmen would get extra mili
tary training and live under dis
cipline in the dormitories.
A&M’s History
“A&M has a long history of
training men for service to their
country, both in military and civil
ian fields,” French said. “We rec
ognize our special obligation in
the time of emergency.”
“As one of the eight colleges in
the country classed by the Depart
ment of Defense as a Military Col
lege, A&M has a special duty to
facilitate the production of quali
fied reserve officers through its
ROTC program,” he continued.
Any deferment in a student’s
obligation which may result for
those enrolled in such an ROTC
program is entirely under the reg
ulation of the Selective Service and
in accord with the overall defense
plans of the armed services, French
added.
Ann Marie Malcolm
... is the West Texas represen
tative on this year’s Vanity Fair.
From Abilene, the 5’ 6” . hazel
eyed brownette may best be re
membered as Junior Sweetheart
for the Class of ’51. A Senior
Art Major at SMU, the 20-year-
old lass was entered by J. D.
Hinton.
Engineers and Journalists
Hold Dances in MSC Tonight
Two dances tonight, one spon
sored by the Engineering Council,
and the other by Student Publi
cations, will open the biggest social
weekend so far in the Spring se
mester.
Music for the first annual dance
to be given by the engineers will
be provided by the Aggieland Or
chestra. The affair begins at 9 p.
m. in the MSC Ball Room and
promises to be entirely different
from any event of its kind ever
held at Aggieland.
There will be no formals worn,
no sweetheart selected, and no
corsages given, Jes M c I v e r,
Fiddle Band to Play
For Library Benefit
W. A. McBride and his Stamped-
er’s fiddle band will play for the
entertainment night sponsored by
the Campus Study club Saturday
evening at 8 p. m. at A&M Con
solidated High School.
Featured during the evening will
be games, a book review, and
square dancing. All funds raised
* will be donated to the purchase of
new books for A&M Consolidated
High School and Elementary School
libraries and the library at Lincoln
m School.
The square dancing will be held
on the slab if weather permits. Mr.
Manning Smith and other local
callers have donated their services
for the evening.
Specialty Dance
1 The “Tennessee Waltz,” one of
the newest specialty dances, will
be performed by Nita and Man-
, ning Smith as a highlight of the
square dance jamboree. The “Ten
nessee Waltz” is being introduced
locally by the Smiths, who learned
it at a dance clinic conducted re
cently in Fort Worth by Ralph
Maxheimer of Hollywood, Calif.
Frank Coulter will review the re
cent book, “Morning Journey,” by
James Hilton. The book has a
theatrical background, and will be
placed in the High School library.
The review will begin at 8 p. m.
The card party will be held in
the music .room of Consolidated
High School. Both bridge and can
asta will be played with more than
twenty prizes to be given away.
Girl’s Sextette
A girl’s sextette from Lincoln
school, made up of Esterline Wel-
bourn, Alma Ruth Searcy, Johnnie
Lois Columbus, Jeffie Boone,
Ethel Mae Steen, and Audry Lee
Steen, will sing “Tampico,” “Ten
nessee Waltz,” “I’ll Never Be
Free,” and “Hucklebuck.”
Mrs. Lynn L. Gee, president of
the Campus Study Club, has ap
pointed Mrs. Donald Burchard as
general chairman for the event.
Mrs. J. S. Mogford will serve as
chairman for the square dance,
Mrs. Royce LeRoy will have charge
of the card party, and Mrs. Louis
Horn is- responsible for the book
review.
Ticket sales will be under the
direction of Mrs. T. K. Chamber-
lain.
Planning Begun
For Summer
Entertainment
Summer entertainment se
lection was begun yesterday
by the Town Hall Selection
Committee, meeting with C.
G. “Spike” White, assistant
dean of men for activities.
Movies will be shown at the
Grove during the Summer ses
sions on Monday, Tuesday, and
Thursday nights. Roller-skating
will take over on Wednesday
nights, with “round” dancing Fri
day nights and “square” dancing
Saturday, White announced.
As special features, a commun
ity cast will present a musical
comedy, under the direction of Bill
Turner, musical activities director;
and four professional groups will
take the stage.
White said a hillbilly group, a
colored quartet, a magician, and
a Scotch quartet will soon be con
tacted for Grove appearances.
Members of the selection com
mittee are Joe Sorrels, S. A. Lynch,
Mrs. Helen Anderson, W. D. “Push
er” Barnes, Harold Chandler, D. D.
Hearne, Harold Hughes, Dean
Reed, Jim Martin, Turner, and
White.
The group will meet March 21
to begin selections of Town Hall
programs for 1951-52.
Agronomy Student
Compete for Trip
Eight members of the Agronomy
Society took a quiz on Cotton Pro
duction in the Agricultural Experi
ment Station Tuesday night.
It was the first of six quizzes
sponsored by the Agronomy Soc
iety to determine which students
will go on an expense paid trip
through some area of cotton pro
duction this summer.
president of the Engineering
Council said.
“This was planned as a dance
which would be different from the
rest,” Mclver commented.
Another thing which makes the
Engineer Ball different, he said,
is the fact that this will be the
first dance given by a school in
the college for its students and
faculty members.
“This might be the first step to
ward bettering student-faculty re
lations,” the council president add
ed. “We would like to see other
councils, join us in furthering that
type of relationship.”
All faculty members in the
various departments have been
extended a “special” invitation
to buy tickets. These ducats
may be purchased in the depart
mental offices, or at the door,
Mclver said. They are priced at
$2, stag or drag.
The Engineers have compiled a
formidable guest list, which in-
Newcomers Hear
Kavanaugh Speak
Dr. M. S. Kavanaugh, professor
of psychology, spoke to members
of the Newcomers Club Wednesday
afternoon on “Popular Misconcep
tions of Psychology.”
In the absence of the president,
vice president, Mrs. E. B. Currie
presided at a business meeting. A
nominating committee composed of
Mrs. Ethan Holt, Mrs. D. F. Leip-
per and Mrs. E. R. Wesley was
named to study officer candidates.
Hostesses for the social hour
were Mrs. Charles McVey, Mrs. C.
N. MacGregor, Mrs. Edward F.
Sauer and Mrs. John A. Lewis.
The table was laid with an ivory
linen cloth and centered with an
arrangement of daffodils. Carrying
out the St. Patrick’s Day theme,
green shamrocks on green ribbons
extended from the centerpiece over
the tablecloth. Green candles in
ci-ystal holders completed table
decorations.
Cake and punch were served.
Married Couples
Dance Class Set
A dancing class for married
couples will begin at 7:50 tonight
in the Memorial Student-Center ac
cording to Miss Betty Bolander,
assistant social.director of the cen
ter.
Registration for the classes is
$2 and ten lessons will be given,
each scheduled for 7:50 on Friday
evenings.
Mrs. Clara Howard is dance in
structor for the class. Couples
should register for the lessons in
Miss Bolander’s office, next door
to the main desk in the MSC lob
by.
eludes such notables as Chancellor
and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, President
and Mrs. M. T. Harrington, the
deans of all the schools in the col
lege, Col. and Mrs. H. L. Boatner,
and Col. and Mrs. E. W. Napier.
All the departmental heads in the
School of Engineering have also
been invited, ' as have the presi
dents of the other student coun
cils.
Refreshments consisting of
punch and cookies will be served.
Mclver urged all engineering stu
dents who are planning to attend
the basketball game tonigTit to
come to the dance after the game
is over.
Outstanding features of the
Press Club Ball tonight will be
the presentation of a check for
$250 to the editors of The Battal
ion by E. A. Hook, Southwest
representative of the Lumber
man’s Mutual Insurance Com
pany. The award is for the pap
er’s second place in the 1950
College Newspaper Safe Driving
Contest.
Music for the dance, which starts
at 8:30 p. m. in the Assembly
Room of the MSC, will be provided
by the Freshman version of the
Aggieland Orchestra, Roland Bing,
manager of Student Publications
said.
Decorations and refreshments
will be in green, carrying out a
St. Patrick’s Day theme.
Each intermission- will have a
special attraction, Bing added. At
one, a hillbilly group will play
some selections, while at the other
break, the beauties in this year’s
Vanity Fair section of the Aggie
land, will be introduced and an
ugly man from the various Student
Publication staffs will be chosen.
Highway Problems
Discussed at Meet
Street, and highway problems
confronting engineers, contractors,
and officials were discussed at the
25th Annual Highway Engineering
Short Course held in the MSC
Wednesday and Thursday.
The meeting, directed by the
School of Engineering to offer en
gineers a chance to meet and ex
change ideas, was attended by 245
men from various parts of the
state.
Effects of the national emer
gency on Texas highways, the
movement of military cargo, better
uses of present highways, and
maintenance operation phases,
were discussed in the two-day ses
sion.
John A. Waller, chief engineer
of construction and maintenance
at A&M, and Fred Benson, civil
engineering prof, c o-o p e r a t e d
with the State Highway Depart
ment in planning the conference.
Generals, Attaches, Girls
Due for Military Ball
Aggieland puts on its best Mil
itary air over the week-end — a
week-end that will find military
dignitaries aplenty on hand for the
first Corps Review of the current
semester and the Annual Military
Ball.
The MSC should look like the
Pentagon Building Saturday morn
ing, for that’s where things get
underway militarily. Brass hats,
however, will not rule supreme this
time. The music of Denny Beek-
ner and his Orchestra plus a prom
ised abundance of girls stand as
ready competitors for even the gen
erals on the guest list.
That guest list contains, among
others, a party from Washington,
D.C. and leading military figures
in the area. Specifically, no less
than three military attaches, four
major generals, a brigadier gen
eral, several colonels and a nation
al congressman will be included.
In the first category will be air
and military attaches from three
foreign countries—Italian Col. Um
berto de Martino, Norwegian Col.
Sverre Refsun and Danish Lt. Col.
Jens Johansen. Maj. Theodoi - e
Bergeron, divisional attache from
the Foreign Liaison Division, will
accompany the group.
Military brass from our own
services will be Maj. Gen. Albert
S. Johnson, 49th Armored Divi
sion commander; Maj. Gen. H. Mil
ler Ainsworth, 36th Division com
mander; Maj. Gen. Williston B.
Palmer, 2nd Armored Division
commander; and Maj. Gen. C. E.
Thomas, Jr., 14th Air Force com
mander.
Texas Offices
From Texas will be Brig. Gen.
Harry Crutcher, Jr., Texas Air Na
tional Guard commander; Col. Wil
liam L. Lee, Ellington Air Force
Base commander; Col. Harry M.
Pendleton, Texas National Guard
senior instructor; and Col. Joe E.
Davis, former assistant comman
dant here and now chief of ROTC
Affairs, Texas Military District.
Col. Lee will bring two French
Air Cadets from Ellington Field.
Nine foreign air cadets will also
come from Connally Air Force
Base. Three of them will be
French, three Belgium and three
Norwegian.
Among official college guests
will be President of the A&M
Board of Directors and Mrs. G. R.
White, Vice-President of the Board
and Mrs. Tyree L. Bell, Chancellor
City Businessmen
Give to Red Cross
Over one-third of the business
concerns in College Station have
been contacted during the first
eight days of the 1951 Red Cross
fund raising campaign according
to Mrs. Fred E. Simth, chairman
of the business district solicitations.
“The public has been most en
thusiastic about contributing to the
drive and I’m quite sure the busi
ness district will go over the top of
its goal of $1,800,” acclaimed Mrs.
Smith.
Mrs. Spencer J. Buchanan, chair
man of the residential solicita
tions, had this to say about her
part of the campaign.
“Even though it is still early in
the drive, the reports I’ve received
from my committee indicate that
the drive is progessing satisfac
torily.”
The residential contributions
goal is $800.
County Services
The Red Cross has several agen
cies operating within the Brazos
area which will receive aid from
the drive. These agencies are
operated by skilled personnel who
donate freely of their time to the
Red Cross.
War II for the servicemen quar
tered there,” said Mike Barron,
chah’man of the 1951 campaign in
Brazos County.
Although a permanent blood
bank is not housed in either St.
Joseph’s hospital in Bryan or at
the College hospital in College
Station, arrangements have been
made both in Houston and Waco
for blood to be transported here
in case of an emergency.
Swimming Instruction
Water safety is another com
munity service offered by the Red
Cross. During the summer months,
free learn-to-swim instruction is
provided by local Red Cross units.
Upon completion of both the learn-
to-swim and water safety courses,
the pupil receives a certificate
of merit and a badge for his suit
certifiying skill as a swimmer.
The Brazos County goal for 1951
is $12,631 with 68.2% of the funds
donated to remain in the county.
This means that if Brazos County
reaches its goal, $8,624.34 will be
used for Red Cross work entirely
within the limits of the county.
TU Graduate
and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, and Presi
dent and Mrs. M. T. Harrington.
Congressman
Also from, the Capitol City will
be Congressman Olin E. Teague,
’32, from College Station.
Members of the Board of Direc
tors and their wives present as
honored guest will be Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Krueger, Judge James W.
Witherspoon, and Mr. and Mrs. H.
L. Winfield and Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Allen.
ROTC Commanders from Texas
junior colleges and high schools
will be on hand to add more mili
tary strength to the affair.
But it will be the Military Ball
itself that will highlight the week
end. It will begin in Sbisa Hall
at 9 p.m. with Danny Beckner and
his Merry Madcaps on the band
stand.
Beckner has been on both the
stage and radio. He played with
Kay Kaiser and recently entertain
ed at the Rice Hotel in Houston.
One of the greatest changes to
come about will be in the appear
ance of Sbisa.
Sbisa “Dun-Up”
Flags of all the United Nations
will be displayed in the old dining
hall-ball room. French, Belgian,
Danish, Norwegian, and Italian
flags will be hung overhead in hon
or of the foreign guest.
Flanking the bandstand will be a
105 Howitzer and a 50 calibre
water cooled machine gun.
A large picture behind the band
will be framed with a parachute.
Caricatures of cadet life, drawn by
architecture students will decorate
the entrance to Sbisa.
At the top of the steps leading
into the ball will be two sentry
boxes with cadets on guard.
All of the honored guest are ex
pected to arrive Friday. Saturday
morning all of the guest will have
breakfast in the MSC Coffee Shop.
Even Classes
After breakfast an aid will join
each of the visiting attaches and
generals and escort them on a tour
of the campus. The attaches will
attend a 10 a.m. French Class and
lead a discussion in French.
At noon all of the guest will as
semble again for a luncheon given
by Col. H. L. Boatner, PMS&T and
Commandant. Following this the
military guest will inspect the Ross
Volunteers in front of the main
entrance of the MSC.
After the corps parade at 3:30
p.m. President Harrington will hold
an informal reception on the second
floor of the MSC.
The guest will have their evening
meal in Duncan Hall with the ca
dets.
Such an agency is the home
nursing group who is currently
giving lessons in simple first-aid
and care of the sick. The classes
are held from 9 to 11 a. m. on
Mondays and Wednesdays and
from 7 to 9 p. m. on Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
The Government will draw upon
300,000 citizens already trained in
home nursing should a national
emergency arise and has asked the
Red Cross to train over 700,000
more as an added defense measure.
Such nurses will aid registered and
regular Army nurses in the care
of the wounded.
Another service which will be
opened in Brazos County will be
put into operation as soon as the
Bryan Air Base is reopened.
“Nothing definite has been ar
ranged as yet but the Red Cross
will maintain similar services as
the ones conducted during World
W. J. Micheels
Consultant
A t Conference
The third annual Industrial
Teacher Conference to be held here
March 9-10 will feature as consul
tant, Dr. William J. Micheels, pro
fessor of Industrial Education at
the University of Minnesota.
Another feature of the confer
ence will be demonstrations by
the Mechanical Engineering and
Industrial Engineering Depart
ments. Demonstrations to be given
include foundry processes, worm
plywood, die-cut aluminum ham
mering, plastics, metal spinning,
and leather.
Dr. Micheels will speak on “Men
and Tools,” Friday at 7:30 p. m.
in the Petroleum Engineering lec
ture room. He will deliver another
address Saturday noon on “Obser
vations of Vocational and Practical
Arts Education in Germany.”
The conference is sponsored by
the I. E. Department and the En
gineering Extension Service.
14th AF Commander
Here for Ball Weekend
A General, a graduate from the
University of Texas, will be among
the honored guests at the third
Annual Military Ball this week
end.
He is Major Gen. Charles E.
Thomas, commanding general of
the 14th Air Force.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., he enter
ed the University of Texas School
of Military Aeronautics in 1917.
This was during the time when
TU was offering • training for fly
ing cadets.
When he graduated from TU
he was transferred to Scott
Field, Ill., where he was com
missioned a second lieutenant
in the Air Reserve.
Just prior to the Armistice in
Europe, September, 1918, General
Thomas entered Flying Instructor’s
School at Brooks Field in Texas.
He completed the course in October
the same year and his first assign
ment as an instructor was at Love
Field in Dallas.
It wasn’t long after this train
ing that he received word he was
transferred from the reserve to the
regular Army. At the same time
he was given a silver bar.
During the 1918-1940 period
rank was slower in coming than
it is now. Yet he was a second
lieutenant for only two years.
After that rank came slower for
the Georgian. He was promoted
to captain in 1934.
During the “twenties” he served
as a flying instructor, supply offi
cer, depot adjutant, supply officer,
and as chief inspector for the En
gineering Department at the Rock
well Air Depot in California.
In 1935, General Thomas, then
Captain Thomas, attended the Air
Corps Tactical School at Maxwell
Field in his home state of Georgia.
The next year he entered the
Army’s highest School the Army
War College in Washington, D. C.
A year later he was graduated and
become an instructor at the Air
Corps Tactical School.
Again he drew a tour of duty
as a student, this time at the
Chemical Warfare School. Short
ly after graduation he was nam
ed commander of the Southeast
Air Depot at Wellington, Ga.
Two years later, in 1943, he was
named to command Warner Robins
Air Depot. In 1944 he became de
puty chief of staff of the 21st
Bomber Command in the South
Pacific and was later appointed
deputy commander for operations
of the AAF in the Pacific Ocean.
General Thomas received his
promotion to General from that of
a Lt. Colonel (permanent). This
was in 1943. In January 1950 he
was named a major general and
named commander of the 14th
Air Force.
Maj. Gen. Charles E. Thomas