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Number 132: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1951
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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
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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.