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^ em0 ria^ 5-tu^ n o Cop^ eS ■ —Oirciilated to More Than 90% of College Station’s Residents Battalion Letter From Clark Munroe in Korea, See Editorial Page PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 111: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1951 Price Five Cents Bryan-College Councils to Set ContractTerms By JOEL AUSTIN Plans for purchasing College Hills electric facilities from the REA and the City of Bryan were forwarded last night in a short, orderly meeting of the College Station City Council. The council set a tentative date of March 23 or 24 for a meeting with the Bryan City Commission to decide on final contract terms for the power lines purchase. The meeting was called to ratify or to enter into a new contract agree ment with the City of Bryan for buying electric facilities in College Station now owned by the Bryan and the REA. The local group elected R. B. Halpin as acting mayor pro-tem at the meeting to serve in the place of Mayor Ernest Langford and Mayor pro-tem J. A. Orr who will be out of town at the time of the meeting. Mayor Langford told the council that an estimate will be completed by Friday or Saturday on the power line to be built by College Station to replace REA. facilities in College Hills. The line is to be built, he said, in order that failure of power in the Col lege Hills lines or the REA lines at any time will not affect the ser vice of the other. Councilman Orr moved that an 18 man list of College Station citizens be appointed as a charter commission and “be authorized to prepare a preliminary draft for a city charter for the City of Col lege Station.” Named to that committee were the following men: Ernest Lang ford, chairman, J. H. Sorrels, H. E. Burgess, S. A. Lipscomb, Ray Oden, J. C. Culpepper, Truman H. Jones, L. S. Richardson, W. D. Fitch,| and A. P. Boyett. Others appointed were J. W. Bar ger, D. B. Gofer, S. R. Wright, (1. W. Black, J. A. Orr., R. B. Halpin, and Charles LaMotte. Winter Again! Mercury Drops With tt fur/-* jr Icy Winds College Station weather took a decisive turn early this week as theimometer readings dropped with incoming! gusts of north winds. At 8 a.m. today the lowest reading for the past 24 hours was 30 de grees recorded at the Main Station Farm. Although the sun shown bright ly throughout the morning, the brisk winds kept the themometer in the low forties. Weather officials at Bryan Field said the skies will be clear, but the icy winds will continue to blow today and probably all day tomor row. The cold weather prevailed thorughout most of the state to- *’ay following the norther which swept across the state Sunday. In many places the cold front brought rain and other precipita tion to areas which have been suf fering from drought. Rainfall in College Station Sun day night was .51 inches. : v; Houses Re-Numbered The council approved an ordi nance; to change the names of hous es and streets according to a mas ter map laid ou t for an effective and efficient system of numbering houses in the city. • The ordinance read as follows: “A map labeled “official map, City of Callege Station, revised March, 1951,” is hereby incorporat ed by reference to be a part of this;’-ordinance and said map is hereby adopted as the official may of the city. “All numbers of residences and names of streets which have here tofore been referred to by other designations are hereby changed 1 so as herein after to be numbered or named as shown on the said map.” Deletes Word Another ordinance was adopted by the council to delete the word “electric” from ordinance No. 152 so there can be no doubt that the bonds voted 'n the recent utility bond election will be retired from income of water and sewage reven ues. R. H. Baker of Rowies, Winston, and Company of Houston, pur chasers of the $200,000 utility bonds voted in February, was at the meeting to discuss the bond sale with the council. Sudden Red Flight Puzzles UN Force TOKYO, March 13—(A 1 )—Allied troops chased mysteriously re treating Communist forces toward the old parallel 38 border separat ing South and North Korea. Vanguards of three United Na tions columns, driving on the Red massing center of Hongchon in Central Korea, were within 25 miles of the old boundary. There was no ready explanation for the sudden Communist with drawal from the mountain redoubts where they had fought bitterly for every yard of ground. Some front line officers said possibly they were pulling back to make a new stand in prepared defense in the ridges North of Hongchon. A Big Change “It was such tough going yes terday and so easy today,” a ser geant said. All along the 70-mile front the Reds were putting up only a show of rear-guard resistance. But Allied Commanders were wary. They did not label the Red withdrawal a rout. “We’ve got the enemy reeling back but he still isn’t knocked out,” said Maj. Gen. Claude B. Feren- baugh, commanding the battle- tried U. S. Seventh Division. “The outlook is optimistic, but we’re keeping our guard up.” Even as the Reds drew back from their front line positions their reinforcements were coming up from the rear. Enemy Trucks Move More than 1,500 enemy trucks were spotted Monday night moving southward from North Korean bases. That was the largest num ber seen in two and one-half months. Air observers also reported heavy Red vehicular traffic moving - North from Seoul. Some sources suggested this indicated the Reds were pulling out of that rubbled South Korean Capital. In the Central Sector, British and Robbie Watson . . . daily charms the business world as a receptionist in Dallas. Dudley Hughes is the lucky lad doing the week-end honors for (his Vanity Fair Beauty w'ho is a Tessie grad of last year. The eyes are hazel, the hair blonde. Age 20, she is 5’ 6” and a former Tessie Beauty. F A I R Canadian troops pushed to within four miles of Hongchon. The U. S. First Cavalry Divis ion, on the British left flank, were reported only four and one-half miles from Hongchon. It was driv ing along the road that leads northeast from Yongdu. Marines Advance North of Hoengsong, on the British right flank, the U. S. First Marine division seized the last ridge line before Hongchon. It sits within five air miles of Hong chon. A. P. correspondent Leif Erick son reported from U. S. Eighth Anny headquarters that the ex pected Red defense of Hongchon had failed to materialize. Erickson said it appeared the Reds might make a stand North of the city along the Hongchon river. He reported some evidence the Chinese were preparing defenses between Hongchon and the Pukhan river, 19 miles to the west. New Defense Line That would give the Reds a new defense line some 12 miles from Chuchon, the Chinese central head quarters and supply base south of 38. Chunchon is six miles south of the border. From west to east, these were the other major developments along the Korean front: Fifteen miles east of Seoul the U. S. 25th wivision consolidated its bridgehead across the Han riv er. The bridgehead was nearly 11 miles deep and eight miles wide. A 1‘egimental commander of the 25th told A. P. corespondent Jim Becker: “Reds . . . are Hurting” “They (the Reds) take their wounded with them, and as many of their dead as they can carry so we cannot get an accurate account of the damage we have done to them, but we know they are hurt ing.” Tessies Select CGA Officers, Editors for ’52 Officers of TSCW’s College Government Association, and the editors of the Daily Lass- O and Daedalian Annual were named in elections held late last week. Mary Beard, a junior home eco nomics major from Augusta, Ga. who is now serving as treasurer of the College Government Associa tion was elected president for 1951- 52. Other newly elected officers ape Ina Hubbard, art major from Tex arkana vice-president; Rose Marie Leissner education major from New Braunfels, treasurer; and Patricia Hart, present sophomore class president was elected secretary. Heading the Student Finance Council will be Carolyn Wyatt, who hails from Marshall, Texas. Other new members of the executive board are Mary Loomis, first vice- president; Barbara Burns, second vice-president; Jean Moore, cor responding secretary; Joan Hunter, recording secretary, and Jo Ann Amacker, treasurer. Milfred Budd, junior journalism major, will be editor-in-chief of the Daily Lass-0 for 1961-52. Thelma Balcar, also a journalism major, will serve as 1951-52 Daedalian An nual editor. The newly elected officials will begin their apprenticeships later this semester to ready themselves for office next year. TU Battle in NCAA Classic Tonight ’Horns Even Series In35-34AgNipping Smooth, But Also Ran AlI-SWC Guard Jewell McDowell scoots down the court and out of the eager hands of Texas’ George Cobb in last night’s Gregory Gym melee that found the Cadets on the low end of a 35-34 score in another play-off thriller. A&M meets Texas again tonight in the final game of the best-of-three series. USA Sessions Slated at MSC March 16 17 The third annual conven tion of the Texas Inter-Col legiate Student Association will be held in the Memorial Student Center Friday and Saturday. Panel discussion topics will in clude Betterment of Student-Fac ulty Relations, Faculty Evaluation by Students, Sportsmanship and Intercollegiate Relations, Student Government Finance, Promotion of School Spirit, Stimulation of In terest in Government and Elections, and the possibility of establishing a Texas Entertainment Circuit. One of the most impoi*tant and most controversial issues facing TISA will be debated at the con vention—whether or not to allow Negro schools to join the asso ciation, on an equal basis with other schools. Friday night a banquet and semi- formal dance will be held for the TISA visitors. Election of officers will highlight Saturday’s general convention meeting. Purdue President to Speak Engineers Week Begins Wednesday Engineering Observance Week, part of the 75th Anniversary Year activities, will get under way Wed nesday. Principle speaker will be Dr. F. C. Hockema, vice-president and executive dean of Purdue Uni versity. Dr. Hockema will speak on “A Graduate Program for Tomorrow’s World” at a graduate school lec ture to be ' held in the Biological Science Building at 8 p. m. Wednes day. “Educating Engineers for To morrow’s World” will be his topic at a student-faculty convocation to be held Thursday at 11 a. m. in Guion. Hall. Engineering classes scheduled for this time will be dismissed to allow students and instructors to attend this service, H. W. Barlow, dean of engineering, announced. An alumni-faculty luncheon will be held at 12:15 p. m. Thursday in the MSC Ballroom. W. W. Lynch, president and general manager of Smith, Barton, Keelan, Edwards Students to Test Magician’s Power Bob Smith, all-American full back; Curtis Edwards, corps chap lain; Dorbandt Barton, football let- terman; Dare Keelan, Senior Class president and Dick Gardemal, Ag gie quarterback, will test the skills of Gwynne, “Master of Magic” on Guion Hall stage Wednesday night at 7:30. These five students all volunteered to be hypnotised by the magician. Gwynne will arrive Wednesday afternoon and will tour the cam pus blindfolded in a new convertible car accompanied by his two beau tiful female assistants, according to Doug Hearne, Guion Hall enter tainment director. To prove his magic powers, Gwynne has mailed a triple-seal ed envelope to C. G. “Spike” White, assistant dean of men for Student Activities, with the head lines he predicts to appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Bat talion. Hearne has promised a well rounded evening of entertainflient from beginning to end. The magic show will last for IV2 hours and includes an act which features a girl who floats in mid-air on a board. Gwynne removes the board and supports her from the floor with four daggers. To prove this feat he passes a hoop around her to emphasize his hypnotic powers. Gwynn and his company are a headline attarction to the cam pus; his many mysterious acts will bewilder you., and leave you no time to figure the last trick before another has you snarled. Following the magic show, a de bate between the A&M team and debaters from West Point who are now touring the nation will be held on stage. The West Pointers will take the affirmative side of the question in discussing the intema- tional situation. Tickets for the show will cost 50 cents and' are now on sale at the Student Activities Office in Goodwin Hall. There will be no extra charge for the debate. Texas Power and Light Company, will be the speaker. New developments in the chem ical engineering field will be dis cussed by visiting alumni during the open house, accox - ding to, Dr. J. D- Lindsey, head of the;Chemi cal Engineering Department. A general invitation was extended to all former students, he said.- The Mechanical Engineering De partment plaps to show visitors the revised ME Shops during the open house, M. E. Crawfoi - d, head of the department said yesterday. Approximately 150 invitations were sent to former students, Crawford said. Registered Architects All registered architects in Texas who were graduated from A&M have been invited to attend En gineering Observance Week, ac- cording to Ernest Langford, head of the Architecture Department. The Architecture Department is planning displays for these men and the public, Jack Stansbuxy, president of the Architecture Soc iety, said. A depai'tmental symposium will be held from 9 to 11 a. m. Thurs day, Dean Barlow said. A incep tion in the MSC Assembly Room from 4 to 6 p.m. will conclude the activities. The stay-or-play payoff will come tonight in Austin when A&M and Texas tipoff at 8 p.m. in Gregory Gym. The question of who shall represent NCAA District Number 6 at Kansas City on the 21st will be answered when the Long horns and the Aggies meet for their third game tonight. In the two-out-of-three playoff, each team has won a game. When substitute Longhorn guard Leon Black calmly sank a free throw with but seven seconds left in the game last night, the Steers once again walked off the court with a Gregory Gym upset. This time the score was 35-34, one point enough to force the Aggies to wait overnight in Austin for another chance to wipe away 17 years of basketball misery. As a great Texas majority of the 7500 fans lashed out against the A&M ball-controlling in the game’s waning min- futes, a Texas speedster, guard Jim- ~ ^ # my Viramontes, intei’cepted an Ag College Station Eating Places Rated High The Texas State Health Department released yester day the official health rating for College Station eating es tablishments. The survey, taken in October, showed a figui'e of 96.17 out of a possible 100 points. Local and state health officials believed this mark to be one of the highest on record in the state. Ordered by the College- Station City Council in an effort to see how conditions of cleanliness were in eating establishments of this city, C. J. McBride and R. F. Hol- bert of the food and dimg inspec tion service of the state health agency reported their finding to the Texas State Department of Health in Austin. “They were so amazed by the high rating, they purposely hesi tated in answering our request for the outcoine of the inspection fox- fear a mistake in calculations was made in the suiwey,” said Mayor Ex-nest Langford. After inqumes from Brazos County Health Unit director Dr. D. E. Brown, the results wex-e re leased to the local officials. Receiving the lowest rating (80%) of the local eating places was the food department of the MSC. City officials said this fig ure was probably due to the open ing of that department only a few days before the survey was made. Grades were given as follows: Wilson’s Cafeteria, 88%; Aggie- land Inn, 92%; Student Center Fountain, 92%; Student Center Food Depax-tment, 80%; Duncan Hall 100%; Sbisa Hall, 100%; Lips comb Phannacy, 98%; Campus Confectionary, 89%; B&B Grill, 95%; and Nita’s News Stand, 100%. Others were Smitty’s Grill, 98%; Creamland, 93%; Aggieland Phar macy, 95%; A&M Grill, 91%; Whiteway Cafe, 87%; Black’s Pharmacy, 96%; and Madeley’s Pharmacy, 95%. gie pass. The 5’ 7” transfer guard flashed down the court, and passed in to George Scaling. That was the game—two points for Texas as the scox-e and the clock read 34-34 and 1:20 respectively. Turned Away Hundxeds of fans had been turn ed away from the gate by seven thirty, but the 7500 already present were raucously jeering at each oth er across the court. By eight, the stage was set. The tipoff went to the Longhorns but it was only after sevex-al at tempts by each club that Joe Ed Falk, the 6’ 5!i>” fox-ward who as sured a Texas victory the last time in Austin, cleax-ed the hoop for the initial field goal. Buddy Davis tied it up with a floor shot, but a field goal by Falk and another by Don Klein sent the Orange and White ahead by four points. Two free thx-ows by George Scal ing kept the four-point Steer lead in tact, but in another minute they had boosted the four to seven. After Scaling missed a liberty, Frank Womack quickly took the rebound and converted it into two points. He then added a free throw and with less than, eight minutes elapsed in the ganxe, Texas went ahead by seven points, 11-4. Walker Scores Little Woody Walker then push ed the four to six, and another field goal, this time by Davis, brought the Cadets within three points of their arch-rivals. A minute and a half later A&M trailed by only one after Leroy Miksch and Jewell McDowell found the i-jiuge with jump shots. Klein was awarded two foul shots —which he promptly made and Texas again lead by three. A charity by Davis then totaled (See CHANCES EVEN, Page 3) Sewerage Courses Begin in MSC The thirty-third Texas Water and Sewerage Wox-ks Association’s Short School is being held in the Memorial Student Center. The School is held in cooperation with the State Depax-tment of Health, the South West Section of the American Water Works Asso ciation, the State Board for Vo cational Education, and Texas A&M College. “The object of the annual short school is to assist water and sew age plant opex-ators to prepare themselves so they can render bet ter service in protecting the health and welfai'e of the public” said Uel Stephens, president, TWSWA. To date about five hundred per sons from over the state have xeg- istered for courses. Dr. F. C. Hockema Ripley Collection Will Be Exhibited A pox-tion of the collection ef the late Robert L. Ripley, of “Be lieve It or Not,” fame, will be on exhibit Thursday and Friday at North Gate. It is being shown under the aus pices of the Disabled American Veterans, Brazos County Chapter 62. Aggie Debators Go to Finals In NSLC Meet Two Aggie debate teams scored victories in the 16th Annual Invitational Debate Tournament held at North western Louisiana State Col lege in Natchitoches, Friday and Saturday. One team, consisting of Dan Davis and James Farmer, advanced to the quarter-finals by winning four of five contests. After defeating the same Bay lor team that beat them last Wed nesday night, Davis and Fanner bowed in the finals to the Uni- vex-sity of Houston team, who ulti mately won the meet. John Samuels and Robert Huff man, who composed the other team, won two out of four debates in which they participated. Teams from 40 colleges from New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri competed in the. senior division of the meet. The A&M teams were accompanied by Lee J. Maxtin, in structor in the English Depart ment. Davis and Farmer will meet a team from West Point Wednesday night' at 9 p. m. in Guion Hall. The Aggie debaters will be host to the Southwest Conference In vitational Debate Tournament to be held on the campus Saturday. Teams from SMU, TCU, and Bay lor will be here for the sessions. The Cadets defeated teams fx-om Centenary, Tulane, and Baylor in the Louisiana meet.