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ir Page 4 nes^ay, April 4, 1951 A ir Force Units Schedule First AIFAF Ball Saturday By GEORGE CHARLTON Cadet members of the largest military units on the campus, the two Air Force Wings, will be rid ing high Saturday night, without the aid of jet propulsion. The oc casion: the first annual Air Force Ball in the cool, stany atmosphere of the Grove. Beginning at 9 p. m. to the lilting strains of music provided by Bill Turner and his Aggieland Orches tra, the dance features another big precedent, and exter’emely attrac tive one this time—the selection and presentation of the Air Force Sweetheart. She and her finalists will be pre sented at one of the intermissions. Judges to select her have not been announced at this time. Upon her presentation, she will be given the Atomic Biologist to Address Academy Dr. Liane B. Russell, associate biologist in the Biology Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will address the Texas Academy of Science, Saturday. She will speak on “Radiation as a Tool in Mammalian Embryology” under the auspices of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies and the Laboratory. Dr. Russell was bom in Vienna but has spent most of her life in this country. She received her un dergraduate training at Hunter College in New York and was a Fellow at the University of Chi cago in 1945-46, an assistant in the Department of Zoology there in 1946-47, and a Scholar and Re search Assistant at Bar Harbor, Maine. She received her Ph. D. degree from the University of Chicago in September, 1949. traditional kiss fdr unit sweet hearts and a gift from the A&M Air Force units. In the past years, Air Force units have combined with other regiments to give a dance. But, this year, due to tHte expanded amount of Air Force* units and cadets, dance planners decided to “go it alone.” The concrete bandstand will yield to a colorful rejuvenation come 9 p. m. Saturday. A huge flag of the United States will be hung behind the band. A flag of Texas and flags of the various Air Force squadi’ons will alse adorn the stand. A huge gold, red, and bhie Air Force patch insignia will be sport ed on top of the bandstand, with greenery and flowei’s at its base. Volleyball nets will be movad-in to enclose the dance area, and blue and gold streams of crepe paper will be interwoven in the nets. Tables and chairs will be available for dancers’ resting pur poses. Dick Tumlinson is in charge of decorations for the affair. Refreshments are tentative — soft drinks and cookies. Price of admission will be $2 drag or stag, and tickets may be purchased from outfit first ser geants. Invited toi attend the affair are all Air Force freshmen and all Air Force personnel in Ross Hall. Also special invitations have been sent to AFROTC cadet colonels at Howard Payne Stops April Fool’s Activities Brownwood, Tex., April 3—UP)— Freshman night activities at How ard Payne College have been abol ished after two weekend auto ac cidents in which 15 men students were injured. Two are still in a hospital. The accidents Saturday stemmed from a “flag battle” usually held'on April Fool’s Day. USE JBATTAJLION CLASSIFIED ADS TO BCX, SELL, KENT OR TRADE. Rates .... 3c a word per Insertion with a tor minimum. Space rate in classified lection .... 60c per column-inch. Send Ml classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES office. All ads must be received In Stu dent Activities office by 10 a.m. on the day before publication. • FOR SALE • BAREBACK rigging, Jerry Ambler spurs, automatic phonograph, all in good con dition. C-14-Y, College View. GIRL’S 26-inch bicycle, also a used Under wood typewriter. Phone 4-9427. NATIONAL COLDLIGHT 4x5 Enlarger, $35.00 with 75 mm. 4.5 enlarging lens. 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Crave an evening of freedom? Special—expert child care in your home— 45c per hour this month only. Call Mrs. McCullough, 4-5324. • MISCELLANEOUS • SUL ROSS LODGE No. 1300 A. F. & A. Bt Called meeting Thursday, April 5 at 7 p.m. Work in F.C. Degree. S. R. Wright, W.M. N. M. McGinnis, Sec. Texas Tech, Southern Methodist University, Baylor University, East Texas State Teacher’s College, and the University of Texas. Honor guests will be Colonel James K. Johnson, Colonel John Reynolds, Colonel William L. Lee, Lt. Colonel Joseph S. Peck, and Major Gene Tarbutton, all from Ellington, AFB; Lt. Colonel E. E. McKeason, PAST at the Uni versity of Texas; and Lt. Colonel Falco, commanding officer of Bryan AFB. The dance will end at 12 p. m. Although one of the youngest or ganizations on the campus, the Air Force Regiment is by for the lar gest unit on the campus. AFROTC began at A&M in the Fall of 1946 with only two outfits. Commanding officer of the first wing at the present time is Jack Raley, of Dallas. The second wing is commanded by Dare Keelan, of Beaumont, also president of the Senior Class. Tumblers (Continued from Page 3) “horse,” parallel bars, and the trampoline will perform their feats beginning at 1:30 p. m. Those men who “fly through the air with the greatest of ease” will make their appearance on the fly ing i-ings. These artists are Con rad Webb and Clyde Mauler. Since this is the first competitive meet of 1951, many of the members of the team will have their first chance to show what they have learned in the previous exhibits this year. These exhibits were performed at the half-time of three of the basketball games in DeWare Field House and also in the gym of the McClosky Cleneral Hospital at Ty ler, and at Fite Nite also held in DeWare. Harold Turner, second place win ner in. the “long horse” event at the Dallas A. A. U. meet last year, will carry thp honors again for A&M when he performs his talents on the parallel bars and the “long horse.” Trampolines . . . Olen Boyd ■ and Craig Patton will take their turns on both the trampoline and the mats. Bill Curry will make his appearance with them on the trampoline. Bob Daby will perform in three different events. This promising sophomore shows talent on the “horse,” the highbar and the par allel bars. Bob Waggoner is the only repre sentative for A&M on the steel rings. He also has a routine on the parallel hars. After trying their talents in this invitational meet, the team will journey to Dallas where they will enter the 1951 Dallas A. A. U. meet Apinl 21. Members meet three nights a week in the little gym for a re ward of caloused hands and bruised joints. Monday night is spent in making plans and attending to the business-at-hand, while Tuesday and Thursday nights are spent in hard workouts preparing for com petition. Wild Clowns Among the favorite performers at the various team exhibitions have been the clowns of the troup, Bud Mathews and Harold Turner. These two have made it a prac tice to keep their audiences wild with laughter half the time and wondering in amazement the other half as to how these costumed artists survived the “tumbles.” Sponsors as well as choaches for the team are Bud Mathews, Nick Pontieux and Jim Abbott. Williams and Pontieux are with the Physi cal Education Department, and Ab bott is from the Math Department. 1934 CHEVROLET 2-door sedan. Excellent tires. Very reasonable. See C. C. Fender, B-2-C, College View. • FOR RENT • LARGE ROOM, entering bath. 500 Main, College. Phone 4-4819. TWO-BEDROOM unfurnished newly built duplex, near College. Phone 2-5867. • WANTED TO RENT • YOUNG working couple desire moderate priced furnished apartment in College Station by June 5. Permanent. P.O. 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Ray doesn’t look as if the problems are too tough. Town Hall Presents Segovia Scheduled As Season Closer The final Town Hall program of the school year will present Andre Segovia, billed as “the world’s greatest guitarist” in Guion Hall April 23. Segovia, who has played in Car negie Hall, is a nativq bora Span iard. He made his first concert ap pearance at the age of 14 and has given concerts in. South America, Europe, and more recently, in the United States and Canada. When Segovia appeared in Car negie Hall in 1946, Virgil Thompson, critic of the “New York Herald Tribune” comment ed: “There is no guitar hut, the Sat Eve Post To Print A&M Story The Saturday Evening Post will spotlight A&M College in its April 28 issue with a story entitled “Noi siest College in The USA.” Author of the story is George Sessions Perry, who is currently writing a book on the history of A&M for the Former Students As sociation. Perry originally entitled his mag azine story “The Adventures of Texas A&M.” Saturday Evening Post editors changed the title after reading about Aggie yelling at athletic events, Perry said. Spanish guitar, and Segovia is it’s prophet.” Segovia’s concert will feature se lections by Bach and his classic contemporaries, in addition to works dedicated to the guitarist by modern composers. His program is usually concluded by a group of Spanish compositions. When he was a young man Se govia’s father attempted to get him to play the piano or the violin, but young Andre was fascinated by the guitar and made up his mind to become the greatest guitar player in history. Unable to find a good teacher, Andre decided to teach himself, and now comments: “There has never been a serious quarrel be tween teacher and pupil.” Between his concert tours Se govia is working on two books, one his autobiography, and the other a volume on the aesthetics of music. Engineer Station Develops Process The Texas Engineering Experi ment Station has developed a new time saving and cost cutting meth od of soil selection. The new methyl alchohol method of soil selection may be done in the field in a few minutes without the use of specialized equipment and technically trained personnel. Varied Program Offered in MSC (Continued from Page 2) committee will be formed and a budget worked out so that it may begin to operate. Students Determine Progress Just how well the Center functions and how much is able to progress and better benefit the student body and the college depends entirely upon the students themselves. Much thought and criticism must be given the MSC by students, but thought alone will not do the job. We must think and act, and put our ideas into operation. Help your Student Center—it will help you. MENS X Mesctes available howl BOYS! 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College Station will probably qualify for the home rule type government under the as yet unof ficial census figures. A committee to look into the situation and find what steps will be necessary in obtaining the new charter will probably be appointed this aftemoon. The 18 man citizen charter coun cil was appointed March 12 at the meeting of the city council. The adoption of a new charter will take from six months to a year, because of the many legal technicalities involved in the mat ter, said Langford. The committee, headed by Lang ford, is made up by J. H. Sorrels, H. E. Jones and Les Richardson. W. D. Fitch, A. P. Boyett, J. W. Barger, D. B. Gofer, S. R. Wright, G. W. Black, J. A. Orr, R. B. Hal- pin, Charles LaMotte, and A. A. Price. What’s Cooking BUSINESS SOCIETY BAN QUET, Wednesday, 6 p. m. MSC Ballroom. CANTERBURY CLUB, Wednes day, 5:15 p. m. A snack and then to Huntsville for the Square Dance with Sam Houston Club. DAMES CLUB, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. YMCA Cabinet Room. Plans for Spring dance. EL PASO CLUB, Thursday, 7:15 p. m. Room 301 Academic Building. FT. WORTH CLUB, Thursday, 7:15 p. m. New Science Building lecture room. Selection of Cotton Ball Duchess, bring pictures. GUADALUPE-COMAL COUN TY CLUB, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Room 308, Academic Building. LUFKIN CLUB, Thursday, 7:15 p. m. MSC. LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSO CIATION, Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. Lutheran Student Center. NAVARRO COUNTY CLUB, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Room 228 Academic Building. NEWMAN CLUB, Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. St. Mary’s Chapel Base ment. Selection of Cotton Ball Duchess and plans for province convention. ROBERTSON COUNTY CLUB, Thursday, 7:15 p.m. Room 306 Goodwin. SADDLE & SIRLOIN CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Room 3D MSC. SOUTHWEST TEXAS CLUB, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. MSC. Selec tion of Cotton Ball Duchess. VETERANS WIVES BRIDGE CLUB, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. MSC. Monthly business meeting. HILLEL CLUB, Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. Room 2A MSC. A&M Consolidated School will take part in an exhibit on usage of the Wetzel Grid Chart at the National Convention of American Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. The convention begins April 13 in Detroit, and lasts through April 20. The local school’s exhibit, to be displayed by the convention educa tion exhibit committee, was sent by the request of Mrs. W. M. Dowell who is conducting the grid work at Consolidated. Radio Series To Present Citizenship The College Station Council of Church Women, which sponsors a weekly broadcast over WTAW each Thursday morning at 9:45 will pre sent a series •of programs during April on “Christian Citizenship.” Mrs. Robert C. Sneed, radio chairman for the A&M Methodist group, will interview John Hall and Jack Heacock tomorrow. Both junior students and active members of the Wesley Founda tion, they recently were sent as delegates to a State Citizenship Seminar in Austin. Other Wesley Foundation mem bers who attended Citizenship Seminars in Washington, D. C. and at the United Nations in New York City will take part in discussions on succeeding programs. CE Subcommittee Gains Full Status The American Society of Civil Engineer’s national committee on Highway Loadings, has been raised from subcommittee to full com mittee status in the society, Hen son K. Stephenson, of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M College System, said today. He was appointed to the" committee in 1949. For the past few years Professor Stephenson has been engaged on a research program sponsored jointly by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, and the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, to deter mine the actual and probable load ing on bridge structures. Success of its use among ap proximately 500 local students will, be depicted through the photo graphs and charts Mrs. Dowell pre pared. The grid was first used here in Dec. 1, 1950, when the students ' were weighed for the fiirt time. At each weighing, the individual’s height and weight are recorded on the chart. When there is any illness, it shows up on the chart, because of abnormality in growth or a change in weight. . The grids sent to Detroit were chosen to represent various types of body build, showing variations in growth—both below and above ^ par, as well as normal growth. According to Mrs. Dowell, a mod ified version of the grid is being used in other parts of Texas. Dallas schools make some use of the grid, as do several doctors among which is an Army doctor in San Antonio. This week, Consolidated students were weighed by Mrs. Dowell and Mrs. V. E. Schember, who assist ed her by taking down notations on the records. Each weighing is done in the morning, so that sim ilar conditions will prevail each time. • Mrs. Dowell said a good many children are showing a lot of in terest in their weights, and some of the thinner onces have gained weight and some of the heavier children have lost a few pounds.. Their posture is also improving, she added. The Wetzel grids were given to the school by the College Station Development Association of the • Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Castillon Named A WS. Duchess The Architectural Wives Society, in a business session Tuesday even-* ing, named Mrs. Martha Castillon as their representative duchess to the Cotton Ball. Mrs. Castillon, bride of a few months, will be escorted to the ball by her husband, Ramon Castillon, a senior architectural student. Tint couple is from San Antonio. Mrs. Virgie Sellars, wife of Gena Sellars, also a senior architectural student, was named alternate to the Ball. 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