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3- Ce^ Stu^ 3 Cop 1 - 6 ?• Circulated to More Than 90% of College Station’s Residents Number 129: Volume 51 The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 10,1951 Who Gets Most Army Pay? 4 France, Belgium? See Answer , On Editorial Page Price Five Cents Army ROTC Grads To Get 21 Months Service Assignment Clarification of the recent an- nuoneement concerning 1 the call to active duty of Army ROTC per sonnel who will graduate in June of this years has been received. The notice broke down the call of reserve personnel into three elassi fications. All men, the notice said, could, and Iwould be called into active service for a period of 21 conse cutive months or such other per iods fcs may be authorized by law. Inlthe top drawer for being call ed are those men who signed an ROTC agreement which deferred them from the draft. In signing this Agreement the cadet agreed to serve in the armed services after graduation. | Two Year Veterans This category also includes all menlwho have signed the agree ment and who have not served at least two years of prior military sendee as an officer. • The second category contains thosj; who did not execute an ROTC defehnent agreement and who have have had over two years of prior active military service as officers, ’warrant officers, or enlisted men. The last category is filled by memvolunteering for active seiwice. Officers who have not executed an ROTC deferment agreement and have had over two years of prior active military service as offi cers, warrant officers or enlisted men will not be ordered to active service without their consent. Duty This Summer They may be called into active duty later if the military situa tion requires it. The newly-commissioned ROTC graduates will be ordered to active duty during the summer of 1951, at least one third during July, an other third during August and the remainder during September. Anyone may volunteer to report in July or August. It is further planned, the notice went on to say, that most of these officers reporting for active ser vice will be ordered to their basic branch service school for approx imately 90 days training. Inspection Time: Fish, Non-Regs, Upperclassmen Inspectors End Initial Day Of FederalReview It’s Federal Inspection time again, and until the wee early morning hours today, many corps students were still busying themselves with such last minute chores as waxing floors, washing bed springs, polishing door knobs, and washing windows. These twoi freshmen students (left) take turn about clipping each others hair. The aspiring barbers are Harvey Duenneberg and Harry Gilland of Company 2. Joe Grey (center) a non-corpsman in Mitchell Hall, calmly relaxes during the long evening to drink a coke—appar ently unaware of the turmoil and hardships suffered by his fellow students preparing for inspections. Dwight King and Charlie Mailhos (right) of A QMC were found diligently scrubbing floors as the clock neared mid-night last evening. By FRANK DAVIS Battalion Staff Writer The most arduous part of the annual Federal Inspection ended this morning when the stand-by inspection in the corps dormitories was completed. Sixteen inspecting officers, ac companied by cadet officers and unit first sergeants, entered all military quarters where they asked questions and made mental nota tions of what they observed. Inspection of instruction, begun at 10 a. m., has become the primary concern of the inspection committee composed of army officers from the Texas Military District, Fourth Army Headquarters, and Fort Sill. Instruction files, examinations, and quiz records were made avail- Musician of Highest Calibre |$J|S I'ii; ill! \ Speaks Lion Governor at Local Club Meeting Lion’s Club District Gov ernor Albert M. Walker was guest speaker yesterday at the weekly noon luncheon meeting of the College Sta tion Lion’s Club. Walker, who presides over dis trict 2-S3 which encompasses Col lege Station, is an attorney from San Marcos. Speaking to the group on the Mstory and functions- of Lionism, Walker pointed out thqt “Unsel fish service to all mankind is the very cornerstone which the Lion’s Club was founded upon.” Emphasizing that Lion’s Inter national, .which has clubs in 28 countries, is the largest civic or ganization of its kind, the district governor said, “The strength of the Lions International does not fest in numbers alone, but also in the unselfish work put forward by its members for the service of oth- Oscar Levant Performance Scheduled in Guion Friday eis. Oscar Levant, one of the most colorful personalities in American music, will appear in Guion Hall Friday night at 8. Levant has delighted millions of listeners with his music, his fab ulous memory and his verbal ad roitness. He is well known for his ability to play either the classics or modems, be it jazz, bebop or blues. He is 'Veil known for his sharp wit that has stopped many a movie star or starlet cold when thrown together in front of a motion pic ture camera. His ability to steal scenes makes him one of the most controversial personalities among moviedom. Some of the many movies he has appeared in are “Rhapsody in Blue,” “Humoresque,” “The Barkleys of Broadway.” “Kiss the Boys Goodbye,” and numer ous shorts with his colleagues on “Information Please.” A native of Pittsburgh where his father was a jeweler, Levant was interested in music from early childhood. When he began to take lessons it was never a problem to get him to practice, in fact his father converted the attic of his store into a practice room and let him go at it full tilt. It was from this early, eager practice that Le vant developed his talent for re membering many, many numbers, the musical skill and the technique which identifies his art today. At 15 Levant abandoned for mal schooling to go to New York. Here he studied under several well known teachers. When it became necessary to earn money, he turned to the lucrative field of popular music and got his first job playing the piano in a Japanese tea gar den in a New York suburb. He worked for some of the better known bands of the day and gained important public recognition when he wrote a song called “Lady Play Your Man dolin.” Despite his many activities in movie, radio and TV, Levant is first and foremost a musician of the highest calibre. His capabilities as a pianist have earned him the distinction of appearances as guest soloist with the New York Philhar monic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony and the orches tras of San Francisco, Minneapolis, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Washington and Rochester. Group Insurance Plan Explained to Employees “This new college employee in surance plan, which went into ef fect April 1, offers our employees protection equivalent for the plan, and at much cheaper rates,” said J. Wheeler Barger, administra tor for the plan. MSC Dedication Day J. H. Pipkin, ’29, Will Give Principal Muster Day Talk James H. Pipkin, ’29, will give Texas Company’s legal department the principal addresie for the Mus- of Houston in 1938. He was trans fer Day observance in Kyle Field ferred to New York in 1942 as as- at 2 p. m. April 21. Pipkin is sistant to the executive vice-presi- general manager of tfte industrial dent. In 1944 he became assistant and public relations department of to the president, and then assist- the Texas Company. ant to the chairman of the board, i Pipkin began working in The He was named general manager in J. H. Pipkin* ’29 Muster Day, Speaker September 1950. Pipkin was the 1950 winner of the honor medal of Freedom’s Foundation, Inc. for “outstand ing achievement in bringing about a better understanding of the American way of life.” The award was presented on the basis of a speech “Is Our Freedom in Danger?” made in Abilene in March 1949. Muster weekend activities will begin with the dedication of the MSC. President M. T. Harrington will preside over the Center dedi cation in front of the building at 11 a.m April 21. After the open ing of the ceremony with the na tional anthem by the Aggie Band, Dr. Harrington will introduce Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist, who will in turn introduce the dedicatory speaker. Tyree L. Bell, former Asso ciation president and now vice- president of the A&M System board of directors, will dedicate the building “to those men who gave their lives in defense of our country.” The dedicatory address will be followed by replies by A. E. Cara- -jjray, ’34, president of the Associa tion, Bill Parse ’51, president of the Student Senate, and Fred Bri- son, ’21, representing the college staff. , The ceremony will be closed with the placing of the wreath, the dedicatory prayer, and sing ing of the “Spirit of Aggieland.” In the annual Muster observance that afternoon, Pipkin will give the principal address. Caraway and Dare Keelan, senior class president, will make brief remarks during the program. Alan Waldie, ’49 will give the rail call. Also participating in the 45- minute program will be the Band, Singing Cadets, and Ross Volun teers. A reception in the MSC at 3:15 for all visitors will be held by President and Mrs. Harrington, “Low costs of the program are due to four factors, he said, these are: • All employees of the A&M College System are included in one group, thereby receiving the advantages of large group rates. • The group secured competitive bids on a specific plan from many companies. O The System fiscal offices bears the cost of operations. • This group is composed of select occupational and morbidity risksiv’ said Barger. To Lowest Bidder “The case was awarded to the lowest bidder and bidding was open to all companies,” he continued. “No company can write an individ ual policy with the same protec tion at a premium approaching this group rate.” Comptroller W. H. Holzman of the A&M System called a meeting last Friday of employees to hear representatives of the Pan Amei’- ican Life Insurance Company of New Orleans, La., which won the bid for the policy. These representatives explained provisions of the policy and ans wered all questions that were asked concerning it. “Administrative staff, including officers of administration and other members of staff, including sup ervisory employees; teaching staff; Research and Extension Staffs, and Clerical and Stenographic staff. Participation in the plan will be voluntary. Employees will have three plans to select from with al lowances for hospital rooms from $5 to $10 per day and other bene fits in accordance with the plans. Mid-Night Mail Service Slated Midnight mail service will again become a reality on the campus, according to Dan Davis, president-elect of the MSC Council. Starting Tuesday night, letters may be turned in to the main desk of the MSC until 1 a. m. each morning. Letters will be taken over and put on the 1:42 northbound train by an MSC employee. The letters will then be sep arated while on the train, ac cording to Davis, and those that are southbound will be trans- ferred to the southbound train. This will put letters mailed here before 1 a. m. in Dallas at 6:55 a. m., or in Houston by 6:30 a. m. This delivery should be in time for letters to get to sur rounding areas that day. No Aid for Schools Allowing Hazing Washington, April 10 — CP) Colleges and universities which permit hazing would be barred from federal aid under a bill introduced yesterday by Rep. Lane (D-Mass). An exception would be schools which agree to pay $10,000 to the next of kin of any students who die as a result of hazing, or would pay an amount to be de termined to those injured. New Members Of City Council Receive Oath Howard W. Badgett, Harry L. Boyer, and W. B. Fitch were sworn in last night as members of the College Sta tion City Council following their cuccessful candidacies in the April 3 municipal election. Both Badgett and Fitch were re turned to the council, while Boyer was sworn in to his first term for that office Included in the business agenda of the council, at its regular month ly meeting, was the passage of an act which will require one-way traffic on Hodge Street, the short street running beside the new Methodist Church. The council also voted to require parallel parking in front of and beside all churches on Main, Hodge, and Church Streets. The group appointed the annual tax equalization board which will consist of W. I. Truetner, Carl Birdwell, and A. P. Boyett. E. E. Veazey was named chair man of the city zoning board to re place C. O. Spriggs who asked to be replaced. The council also agreed to in itiate an all-out campaign against stray dogs within the city. The city administrators issued a warn ing that any dog’ found without a 1951 registration tag after the fifteenth of this month will be taken to the city pound for exter mination. ‘Little’ Livestock Show Slated Here The Little Southwestern Live-,dent; John Wakefield of Milford, stock Show, sponsored by the Sad die and Sirloin Club of A&M, will be held in the Aggie Rodeo Arena Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14. A feature of the Saturday night show will be the annual ham show and auction, proceeds of which will be used to send the college’s livestock judging teams to national contests at Kansas City and Chi cago. Walter Britten of Bryan will be auctioneer. Also a feature of the show Sat urday will be dedication of the Ag gie arena, built by members of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, and pre sentation of. the arena to the col lege. Tom Harris, president of the club, will present the arena to the college, and Dr. M. T. Harrington, A&M president, will accept. Jackpot Roping i Jackpot roping contests and a girls’ barrel race will be held each night, while a cutting horse con test and a greased pig chase for freshmen will be events of the first night’s program. Animal husbandry students will show sheep, cattle, swine and hor ses Friday night and will be judged bn their showmanship, with rib bons and medals going to the best showmen. Showing of champions will be Saturday night, when a trophy will be awarded the top winner. Show time is 7:30 p. m. each day. Judges for the show will be Tom mie Stuart of San Antonio, beef- cattle; Gene Tumbow, San An tonio, Quarter horses; Wallace Kimbrough, Bryan, swine; Leonard Richardson, Iraan, sheep, and D. W. Williams, vice-chancellor for agriculture for the A&M College System, who will pick the champion showman of all classes. Student Officers Student officers of the show are Douglas Wythe of Granbury, gen eral superintendent; Bob McGuy- er of Belton, assistant superinten- cattle superintendent; Jim Bob Steen of Goldthwaite, assistant cattle superintendent; Cecil Lewis, Swine superintendent; W. A. Mes ser of Belton, assistant swine sup erintendent. Dale Malechek, Van Court, sheep superintendent; Bert Gibbs of Jus tin, assistant sbeep superintendent; Gus Wheeler of Tilden, horse sup erintendent; Mat Syler of San An gelo, assistant swine superintend ent; Maxie Overstreet of Fort Worth, superintendent of the ham show, and Red Wright of Throck morton, program chairman. First Annual Batt Fishing Contest Open You’re casting your Hawaiian Wiggler up close along the shore of the lake. You’ve made four or five casts. Then you try near that clump of bushes just in the edge of the water. Strike! You’ve hung a big bass! Maybe it’s the one that will win you the prize in The Battalion’s Fishing Contest. If you catch your fish (any kind except salt-water fish) on a fly rod, or by spinning, bait-casting, trolling or still fish ing, you can enter it in the contest. Length, rather than weight, will be the standard by which entries will be judged. The contest begins today and ends at midnight, April 24. Entry blanks are available in The Battal ion office, and in the MSC. And, while you’re waiting for a chance to go fishing, practice up on your bait-casting. You’ll have a chance to show your skill on April 27, when The Battalion will hold its bait-casting contest. Prizes await the winners of each division. More about this contest will be in Wednesday’s Battalion. able to the officers yesterday. The Freshman Drill Team gave a one hour exhibition at 1 p. m. today. Col. Paul B. Malone, senior army instructor for Texas Organized Re serve, heads the officer committee, which will watch the March-in to Duncan and Sbisa Mess Halls after retreat today. A 1918 graduate of the United States Military Academy, Col. Ma lone served in the first occupation of Germany by U. S. forces after World War I. During World War II, he was assigned to headquar ters staff European Theater in England and later with First Army group on the continent. China Advisor Colonel Malone was one of the senior American Aimy Advisors in China, supervising the training of Nationalist troops during 1948. The purpose of the formal in spection, scheduled to end after a corps review at 4 p. m. tomorrow, is to deter-mine the degree in which Army ROTC units have at tained the objectives set by the Department of Army policy. The real value of the Corps of Cadets and its accomplishments for the past year will be reflected to the Departments of Army and Air Force. It gives by visible evidence the returns the government of the Uni ted States received from about $303,000 expended in payment of advanced contracts during 1950, ac cording to Col. H. L. Boatner, PMS&T and commandant. Inspection Attempts The inspection attempts to jus tify the total issue of $665,000 in uniforms, and the maintenance of $2,253,000 in military equipment and the maintenance of 46 offices, two warrant officers and 55 enlist ed men stationed here, Col. Boatner said. Other mebers of the inspection group besides . Col. Malone are Lt. Col. Richard F. Kent, PMS&T Houston High Schools; Lt. Cols. Clifford A. Bowman, Joseph J. Imhoff, Darce R. Knight and Carl G. Witte; Maj. Edgar C. Wall, all Fourth Army Headquarters. Lt. Cols. Douglas Stevens, Wil liam D. Gnau and Henry H. Wis- hart from Fort Sill, Okla.; and Maj. Conrad O. Mannes from Fort Bliss, Tex. Air Force inspectors are Col. Edgar C. Selzer, Capt. Homer E. Thompson, and Capt. Robert C. Matthews. LaMotte Plans Talk To Biology Club Dr. Charles LaMotte will speak for the Biology Club, Tuesday, 7:30 in the biology lecture room. An illustrated lecture “Audubon Camp Conservation Program,” will be presented by the biology pro fessor-, announced T. M. Ferguson, sponsor. The Biology Club Duchess for the Cotton Ball will be selected; therefore, all members are request ed to bring a picture of their fa vorite girl to the meeting. Tessie Group Offers Varied Program Modern Choir to Sing Here April 14 By BEE LANDRUM Battalion Staff Writer by the TSCW Modern Choir. Under the direction of Dr. Wil liam E. Jones, this 45-girl group A repertoire of compositions from Tessieland will give added ranging from classics to modern variety to the program through music, as well as arrangements vocal and instrumental solos, trios from musical comedies and light and duets. opera will be presented in Guion In the modern choir, individuality Hall Saturday evening, April 14, is stressed rather than subordina tion of the individual to the group. Dr. Jones, who is professor of music at TSCW, has adapted his choir to the trends of the time. Technical features of the movies, radio and speech arts have been introduced and combined with keynotes variety, are selected for their musicianship and vocal abil ity. They present the greater part of their program without a direct- TSCW Modern Choir Schedule Concert In Guion Hall April 14 Traditional choir robes have been replaced by modern evening gowns [Uisic. in order to stress personality and The singers of the choir, which an atmosphere of personal freedom on the paid of each singer. The director of the choir is well-known in the Southwest as a leader in the development of music curricula and as a lectur er. He has been president of the Texas Association of Music Schools four times, and twice he served as president of the Texas Music Teachers Association. Born in Wales, Dr. Jones came to TSCW 25 years ago. He has studied at the University of Wales, London College for Music and Trin ity College. Selections px-esented by the Mod- ei'n Choir ai’e chosen for general audiences of the Southwest. The choir has been a favorite with Texas audiences sinqe its or ganization. It has appeared at joint sessions of the State Legislatui’e, at high schools thi’oughout the State, at conventions and at vet erans’ hospitals. In addition to its annual Spring toux's, the choir gives numerous radio concerts and has drawn the praise of xxxusic critics throughout the Southwest,