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C'onrgp Rtation^ Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents Land Rattle Movements Aired on Page 2 PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 132: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1951 Price Five Cents Ag Heads Todd Named by Council, Awaits Board Approval Only approval by the A&M System Board of Direc tors awaits the official naming of Dick Todd as A&M’s new head football coach, The Battalion learned today. Todd has been chosen by the Athletic Council and a vote-by-mail is being taken among the members of the Board of Directors. Consent of the directors is usually only a formality. An official release from the college is expected mo mentarily, perhaps today. Slick’em Up The officers of (he newly installed Alpha Zeta Chapter hold an informal caucus after the Banquet held last night. The Alpha Zeta replaces the Ag Honor Society. Left to right they are Scribe Jim Tom House, Chronicler Doug Wythe, Treasurer Ray Kunze, Chancellor Walter Tanamachi, and Censor Marvin Twenhafel. Levant to Perform In Guion Tonight By BILL STRETCH Battalion Staff Writer Tonight’s Town Hall attraction is a concert pianist who refuses to plan a program before making his appearence on the stage. The pianist, Oscar Levant, and one of America’s outstanding mus icians takes the spotlight in Guion Hall tonight at 8, with a completely unprepared program. Instead, he will play selections he thinks the audience will enjoy, filling in along the way with humorous patter. Levant, w r ho has been described as one of the most colorful person alities in American music, is mak ing his first concert tour since completion of the recent motion ■picture, “An American in Paris,” tn which he co-starred with Gene Kelly and Jean Sablon. The “sour genius of the key board,” as he is also known, is probably one of the most super stitious celebrities to ever grace the stage of a concert auditor- Referendum Date Not Set- Parse A new date for the student body referendum was not set at yesterday’s Senate election com mittee meeting, Senate Presi dent Bill Parse said this morn ing. “The Senate will probably hold a special meeting before we can continue with plans to conduct the poll,” he said. Discussion of the referendum —which proposes a President of the Student Body—is on the agenda for the Student Life Committee’s meeting Monday, according to C. G. “Spike” White, secretary of the com mittee. Aggie Rodeo Team Loses National Bid The Texas Aggie Rodeo team ■was barely nudged out of the top ten college rodeo teams invited to attend the National Intercollegi ate Rodeo Association champion ship finals to be held in Will Rog ers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth. The top twelve teams in order are: Sul Ross, New r Mexico A&M, University of Wymonig, Califor nia State Polytechnic College; Col orado A&M, University of New Mexico; Oklahoma A&M; West Texas State, Montana State Wash ington State; Hardin-Simmons, and Texas A&M. The top individuals contenders in the nation have also been in vited, regardless of team qualifica tions, along with the top cowgirl entries. Agencies Establish Co-Publicity Room A joint agricultural bulletin room for both Experiment Station and Extension Service publications is now in operation, W. N. Wil liamson, assistant Extension direct- ■ or, announced today. The Experiment Station bulletin room was consolidated with Ex tension Service facilities in the 1 Extension Building on April 11. Students and faculty members may now pick up research publica tions from the bulletin room in the Extension Building, Williamson said. This consolidation has been made > to give better sendee with the * same or fewer workers employed, Williamson stated. The mention of death makes the concert master tremble, according to the Saturday Evening Post, while the number 13 turns him white with fear. Despite his superstitious nature, “Lucky Oscar” has consented to the performance tonight, even though it is Friday the thirteenth. This is the only appearance to be scheduled by the piano sensation, since illness forced cancellation of his original tour through the state early in February. The pianist is not only out standing in the musical field. He has also appeared in several mo tion pictures, as well as on radio and television programs. For two seasons he played on the Kraft Music Hall program over NBC. The pianist has served as guest soloist for such concert ag gregations as the New York Phil harmonic, the Philadelphia Orches tra, NBC Symphony, and orchestras in San Francisco, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Washington and Rochester. When Levant was appearing on A1 Jolsen’s Kraft Music Hall show, Jolson, according to an article in the Saturday Evening Post, want ed to put Levant at ease when the pair held their first script confer ence, and he remarked. “Oscar, I’ve been hearing a lot of nice things about you.” “They’re all lies,” Levant snarled The audience at Town Hall to night wall be surprised if they ex pect to hear a prepared concert, because Levant never plans his ap pearances. Instead, the musician will present a two hour program which could be composed of any type of music, depending on what the audience wants him to play. _ Levant arrived on the noon train today from Oklahoma City, where he played a concert last night. After tonight’s performance he will go to San Antonio, and from there to the West Coast. Tickets, which will also be good for the Andres Segovia perform ance, April 23, may be purchased in the Student Activities Office in Goodwin Hall and are priced at $1.40 for student general admis sion. Student reserved ducats are $2.40, non-student general admis sion tickets are priced at $2.20, and non-student reserved are $3.00. A&M Alpha Zeta Chapter Initiated, Nation’s Largest By CHRIS ORTH Battalion Staff Writer The A&M Chapter of Alpha Zeta, agricultural honor society, came into being officially yesterday as 85 initiates became charter mem bers, forming the largest chapter in the countiy. Originally founded at Ohio State University in 1897, Alpha Zeta was formed with the purpose of foster ing high standards of agricultural training and development of agri cultural leaders. Membership is based on qualities of scholarship, character, and leadership. A&M is the forty-fifth Land Grant College to have an Alpha Beta Chapter. Events of the day for the in itiates and guests began with the initiation ceremonies in the after noon and were terminated by the installation banquet yesterday evening. Aggie Players Start Casting Casting has been completed and rehearsals are in progress for “The Milky Way”, third and final Aggie Players’ pro duction of the season sched uled for presentation May 13 and 15 in the Assembly Hall. C. K. Esten, faculty advisor to the Players’, is directing the play, a three-act comedy by Lynn Root and Harry Clork. Mary Eleanor Vaden is serving as assistant to the director in charge of produc tion. That the Aggie Players are ver satile is indicated by the fact that many of the actors who appeared in “Antigone,” the Sophoclean tra gedy presented April 2 and 3, have been assigned parts in “The Milky Way,” a hilarious comedy. With the exception of Herman Gollob, who will be making his debut with the Thespians in t h e forthcoming production, all of the players in the cast took part in the Greek drama. Gollob will play the part of Gabby Sloan, fight manager. Speed McFarland, world's mid dleweight champion, will be played by John Caple with Bill Guthrie cast in the role of Spider, his train er. The character of Burleigh Sul livan, mild-mannered. purveyor of milk who becomes a challenger against his better judgment, will be enacted by Harry Gooding. “The Milky Way,” a predomin antly masculine play, has but two women in its cast, Barbara Hod ges, as Anne Westley, the manag er's girl friend, and Alice Burke as Mae Sullivan, the milkman’s come ly sister. John F. Cunningham, co-founder of Alpha Zeta and Dean Emeritus of Ohio State University, spoke on the founding of the fraternity. Greetings were extended by E. J. Kyle, dean emeritus of Agri culture. “This initiation is the result of years of effort on the part of Dean Kyle and myself to bring the fra ternity to A&M.” said Charles N. Shepardson, dean of the School of Agriculture. “And yet it is interesting to note,” he added, “that it was the action of the combined Student Councils which finally broke the barriers and brought the various chapters of national honor frater nities here.” Officers of the new chapter are Walter H. Tanamachi, chancellor, Marvin G. Twenhafel, censor, Jim Tom House, scribe, Raymond J. Kunze, treasurer, and Douglas | Wythe, cronicler. H. R. Albrecht, high scribe of the organization, presided over the initiation assisted by L. H. Den nis, high treasurer and general secretary. Taking part in the installation were Dr. R. R. Schrode, R. E. Leighton, and Shepardson. Gen. Mac to Fly Back to States np np 11 T1 1 • l o 1 alk r obey Tokyo, April 14—(IP)—General MacArthur will fly to the United States Monday in a fighting mood to challenge the President who fired him over war policy. This became clear today when his spokesman said Mac Arthur wants to minimize war, not expand it. Maj. Gen. Courtney B. Whitney’s statement, undoubted ly approved by MacArthur, carried an implied challenge to President Truman on an issue boiling throughout the United States and world capitals. The issue: Whether to limit the war to Korea and hope the Chinese Reds eventually agree to a peace or to carry the war to Red China by bombing its Manchurian bases and op ening a second front with Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist troops. The President advocates the for- the cows get a special cleaning and polishing for the show Little Show Southwestern Stock Opens For Two Days The showing and auction of stu-, today and Saturday dent processed and cured hams will President M. T. Harrington will be featured at the annual Little attend the show Saturday night Southwestern Livestock Show to to officially accept for the College be held in the Aggie Rodeo Arena, (the new arena which was built by City Out-Grabs Bryan for Land By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion City Editor In a surprise move yesterday afternoon, the College Station City Council met to annex property adjoining the Beverly Estates addi tion northwest of the former city boundaries. The action came after a minor was heard that members of the Bryan City Commission planned to take annexation action on the same property in their organiza tional meeting in Bryan today. Residents of the area which en compasses all the lots facing Coon- Annual Banquet, Ball Saturday R Vs Social Weekend Starts Tonight With Bryan Party Lawrence Sullivan Ross, who was The first uniform consisted of president of the college at that white ducks with gold ornaments time. The name was changed three and a tin helmet. The tin helmets times following this, the policy be- were later discarded for white caps, ing to honor the succeeding presi- In 1907 the uniform was changed dents of the college. to gray trousers and blue shirts It was during the term of H. H. with large Stetson hats to go with Harrington that the name was it. But this uniform met with of- By JOE PRICE Battalion Staff Writer The social highlight of the week end is the annual Ross Volunteer's Spring Banquet and Ball. The 275 expected guests will attend a ban quet in the MSC Ballroom at 7 p. ^ ^ ^ _ m. Saturday,^ to be immediately voted to become Ross Volunteers ficial disapproval and was changed back to whites. followed by the ball at 9 p. m. permanently. The festivities will actually start When it was first organized Guest of Honor Friday evening with an informal there were only 40 cadets as mem- party* to be held at D. O. O. K. bers, all chosen from the junior Hall in Bryan. and senior classes. For a time non- rP iioj. S and . ,, ,, , military students were allowed The organization is the oldest membership but the presept policy p -j . p •. j m organized student activity at A&M, tn k„ takimr ton ’ I ies,derit Emeritus and Mis. being organized in 1887. At that gS* ^^ F. C. Bolton; Dean and Mrs. C. C. time it was called the Scott Vol- «o». ‘ v ei . a _ A course The F renc K Dean of Men and Mrs. unteers in honor of Colonel T. M. also be a juidor W - L - ^erthy; Mrs. E. or a senior. Freshmen and Sophomores In 1918 some freshmen and sophomores were allowed to be come members, because the upper class enrollment was too small to The name was changed in 1891 supply the organization with suf- to Ross Volunteers in honor of ficient membership. Scott, who was business manager of the college then. It was organ ized for the purpose of banding to gether the best military men on the campus into a crack drill team. Name Change The guests of honor include Chan- Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist; President and Mrs. M. T. Harring- L. Angell; Mrs. Irene Cleghorn; Col. and Mi’s. H. L. Boatner; Col. and Mrs. E. W. Napier; and Lt. Col. and Mrs. M. P. Bowden. Other- guests of honor are Mr. and Mrs. P. L. “Pinky” Downs; Lt. Col. and Mrs. L. F. Walker; Capt. Basil L. Hoyl; and Sgt. and Mrs. D. U. Stroud. er Street, had asked officials at the City Hall some three weeks ago what possibilities would be of becoming a part of College Sta tion. The matter was placed before the city council meeting Monday night, and the group favored the idea, asking residents of the area to prepare a petition asking to be taken into the city. When word was received the City of Bryan might attempt to take in the territory, the petition bearing some 60 or 65 names was called in and after a short gathering in the City Hall, the new property be came a part of College Station. Includes Cooner Street The new city limits extension will include all property on both sides of Cooner Street and then inside a line running at a 45 de gree angle East, touching the ex tension of East University Drive and on into the Wooded Area of College Hills. The new property includes the Ringhofer Addition, the Kelly- Armstrong Addition, the Putz Ad dition, and the Passler Addition. Most of the sections had a por tion of their area in the city be fore the annexation. Only a few days ago Bryan an nexed the Beverly Estates plot which joins the area now taken by College Station. This means the two municipal ities are jam up together. Annexation War Continues And still the war of annexation continues. Other areas still in des- pute are being considered by both groups and will probably be dis cussed at meetings of both coun cils soon. “The property was annexed as a means of ‘straightening’ our boun daries,” was the comment of Ward II councilman R. B. Halpin last night. Application for annexation of the Tauber tract has also been re ceived, according to Halpin. A public hearing has been set by the City Council for April 30. members of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, sponsors of the event, and the Aggie Rodeo Club. D. W. Wil liams, vice chancellor of Agricul ture, will present the arena to the college. The Show, primarily for the pur pose of giving animal husbandry majors experience in competitive showmanship, will also feature a professor’s bloomer race, a ‘Fish’ greased pig contest, calf roping, and cutting horse demonstrations. The vice chancellor will judge the Grand Champion and award the Champion Showman. This year’s show, under the direction of Gen eral Superintendent, Douglas Wythe, will, for the first time, fea ture a ham show and auction. Auction Ham Proceeds from the auction of hams will help to send judging .teams to contests throughout the country. Walter Britten of College Station will auction the hams Sat urday night after the showing. Roy Snyder, Animal Husbandry Depart ment, will be official judge. Taking advantage of the bloomer race to fight out their differences will be “Ike” Dalberg and O. D. Butler, co-sponsors of the Saddle and Sirloin Club. Other entrys are Waco Albert, Fred Hale, Maurice Shelton, and J. S. Moffitt. Judges of the individual events will be Tommy Stewart, Gene Turn- bow, Wallace, Kimbrough, and Leonard Richardson. Modern Choir To Present Guion Show An entirely different type of choral program will be presented in Guion Hall tomorrow night at 7:30 when the Modern Choir from TSCW presents a variety of musi cal selection designed to fit the trend of the times. The female vocalists, under the direction of Dr. William O. Jones, professor of music at the Denton school, differ from the traditional choir in that each member of the aggregation stresses individuality. The girls sing for the pleasure of singing rather than being forced to conform their tastes and style to the group itself. The selections rendered by the vocalists have been designed to fit a wide range of musical tastes and range from strictly modern versions to light classi cal pieces. Further diversion in the pro gram is accomplished by the com bination of vocal and instrumental solos, trios and duets. Since its organizatioi), the musi cal group has been a favorite with audiences throughout Texas. The group has appeared before a jpint session of the Texas Legis lature, at high schools throughout the state, at conventions and at several veterans’ hospitals. Assisting Jones in directing the choir will be Miss Martha Helen Card of Houston, the assistant di rector. Miss Joan Loerzel of Wheaton, Ill. is the pianist for the. vocalists, while the choir manager is Miss Clem Neighbors of Mem phis, Tenn. The group from Denton will arrive tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 and will be guests of the Cadet Corps at the evening meal in Duncan Hall. Following the concert, the girls will be honored with a reception in the Assembly Room of the MSC. This affair is jointly sponsored by the former students of TSCW and the Singing Cadets. Admission price for the concert and the movie following has been set at 30 cents. Johnston Speaks At Agronomy Meet “Research carried on at the Temple Blackland Experiment Station,” was the topic Dr. J. It. Johnston, superintendent of the station, presented to the Agronomy Society last night. The main divisions of research at the station, he said, are soils, cattle, and crops. Color slides were used in stressing the finer points of each division. Students to Get Breather, A s Batt Staff Goes North In answer to many requests, the paring to dish it out in large quan- Battalion staff is leaving the cam- titles. And the Aggie and Tessie pus—but also to the disappoint- producers of journalistic master- ment. of many, it will be only for pieces are now/exception to the the weekend. mle. Denton is the destination of the Numerous of the Battalion soph- group, and the objective is the omores have been seen to run production of the Daily Lass-o, around with their heads in the TSCW student newspaper. clouds, dreaming of the lucious Approximately 15 members of days of the forth coming weekend. The Battalion staff will leave this Bill Aaberg, staff writer, was afternoon to return the visit of the heard to say, “let me at ’em.” Lass-o writers who led the staff Since one of the co-editors has exchange with a juant on Nov. 4. signed the contract that leads to The writing crew will attend a the altar of matrimony, he has banquet of Theta Sig, Tessie chap- promised to go along only in a ter of the journalism fraternity, supervisory capacity—he says, upon arrival in the land of women The co-ed has not committed tonite. himself, as well as Managing Edi- Tomorrow the Aggie journalists tor John Whitmore, but John as will be forced to work to fulfill usual will have his nose in every- the reason, or rather excuse for thing. making the 200 mile trip. This marks the second year of As of last year the crew will staff exchange since their revival, spread of the Tessie campus i-un- Last year was the first since be- ning down news. fore the war. Since journalists are noted for The Tessie staff started the ex- their great capacity for coffee, the change this year with a trip to the java joint proprietors of that A&M campus on the week end of northern community will be pre- the Arkansas game. mer, MacArthur the latter. President Truman said Wednes day night that he had fired Mac Arthur as Far East commander ber cause he feared the General’s pol icies would lead to World War III. MacArthur wants to expound his views before Congress. That’s why he is rushing home to the land he has not visited in 14 years of war and peace. Republicans Eager Republican leaders are eager to provide the opportunity. Their bit ter criticisms of the administration even have demanded the resigna tions of President Truman and Sec retary of State Acheson and sug gested impeachments. MacArthur’s plane was sched uled to leave Tokyo at 7 a.m. Mop- day (5 p.m., EST, Sunday). The General will be accompanied by his wife, son Arthur, 13, and six inti mates. They will travel in the General’s gleaming Constellation, “SCAP,” named after his former title in Ja pan, “Supreme Commander, Allied Powers.” The party will stop overnight in Hawaii and then proceed to San Francisco. Aides said, the subse quent destination and schedule had not been decided. Whitney’s statement said “advo cates of the general policy of ap peasement” and the Communist press have attempted to propagan dize MacArthur as an advocate of war expansion. It added: Honorable End MacArthur “has never advocated or even considered extension of the war except to the limited degrte necessary ... to bring the (Ko rean) campaign to an honorable end with the minimum loss of hu man life. “He believes that appeasement would mean not less, but infinitely more ultimate bloodshed and, fol lowing historical precedent, might well carry within the seeds of a new world war.” The statement implied only two alternatives in settling the Korean campaign: A limited expansion of the fighting, or appeasement. The statement, second Whitney has issued since the dismissal, was expected to add new flames to the controversy. Its tone showed Mac Arthur was not through fighting. Whitney also said today, on an other occasion, that the General was fired without warning a n d without considering voluntary re tirement. This fresh exposition of his pos ition came as his successor, Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, issued his first general orders taking ov er MacArthur’s commands. Ridg way was in Korea but was expec ted to return soon to Tokyo. Ft. Worth Award Applications Due R. G. Perryman, secretary of the Faculty Committee on Scholarships, announced yesterday that the ap plications for the Fort Worth Mothers’ Club Award should be turned into him in the Registrar’s office by April 14. The Fort Worth A&M Mothers’ Club award of $200 is given each year to some freshman, sophomore, o'r junior, from Tarrant County, who has shown outstanding qual ities of scholarship, leadership, and character, and who has had to over come difficult obstacles in obtain ing these qualities. The reward is intended not only to recognize the outstanding qual ities of its winner but to give the winner financial assistance to the extent of the award. Golden Rule Necessity On Crowded Highways When you are driving in crowd ed conditions, don't try to crowd out the other fellow, or try to outrun every car on the load. Your fellow driver on the street or highway' is in just as big a rush as you, and added speed or selfish use of the road will only lead to a motor vehicle accident which could easily result in some- ones death. Your Texas Safety Association says to apply the “Golden Rule” to good driving and play fair with your fellow motorist.