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No. 138: Volume 51
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The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1951
Air Force and Army
Training Described,
See Page 2
Price Five Cents
Freshmen to Select
Service or Branch
At WednesdayDrill
r,y CHRISTY ORTH
Battalion Staff Writer
Freshmen cadets taking the the second semester of
military and air science will be given an opportunity to in-
-dicate their choice of branches and services Wednesday dur
ing their drill period, the School of Military Science an
nounced today.
At 4 p. m. in the Assembly Hall the freshmen cadets
will be given cards to indicate their choice of branches and
service. There will be places for the men to fill out their pre
ferences from 1 to 12.
Final determination of military course of study will be
based on the individual grade point reports of the Fall
Semester.
The final selection will be the course the man will study
during the remainder of his ROTC training and the one in
.-which he ultimately will receive a
Barclay, W&L
Coach, Under
Consideration
• Richmond, Va., April 23—
(IP) — The Richmond Times-
Dispatch quoted Washington
and Lee football coach George
Barclay last night as saying
he will give “careful consideration”
to any offer he might get from
Texas A&M.
*A report from College Station
indicated Barclay was considered
to be the top man in the running
for the football coaching vacancy
at the college.
* Barclay said he “had not yet
been offered the job,” but he prom
ised to give any such offer his
“careful consideration.” The Times-
Dispatch said “this was taken to
mean Barclay probably will ac
cept.”
“It’s an honor to be considei’ed
by a school like A&M,” Barclay
told the newspaper. “It makes a
guy feel good to know he’s so well
thought of.”
The Times-Dispatch quoted Bar
clay as saying if he does take the
Aggie post, he will take one of his
W&L assistants — backfield coach
Carl Wise—with him and recom
mend another — line coach Russ
Crane to succeed him at Lexing
ton.
Crane joined the General’s coach
ing staff last year after service at
the University of Richmond. Wise
f 'ont to the Lexington school in
946 with Art Lewis, now head
/oach at West Virginia University.
Barclay said he had not yet
discussed his negotiations with
A&M with W&L athletic officials.
Rodeo Team
Enters MRA
Champ Show
The Aggies rodeo team will
compete in the first Texas ap
pearance of the National In
tercollegiate Rodeo Associa-
ion’s championship show—
scheduled May 9-13 in Fort Worth’s
Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum.
NIRA President Bill Guest of
Hardin-Simmons University yes
terday announced that the Aggie
team, a perennial top competitor in
college rodeo, would compete in the
arena instead of Montana State
College. Another final revision of
rankings places the University of
Arizona in the team competition
instead of Washington State Col
lege.
I Under NIRA rules, only the top
' 10 college teams can participate
for team honors in the national
championship finals, although high
individuals are eligible also.
• Addition of the Aggie team,
which, ranked twelfth a month ago,
'is expected to enliven the compe
tition considerably. Led by Bill
Hogg, the nation’s top collegiate
steer wrestler, the Aggies rated
third nationally last year.
Floyd to Speak
To Brazos Exes
John Floyd, A&M’s head bas
ketball coach, will speak to the
Brazos County A&M Club to
morrow night at 7.
The Aggie mentor will tell
the Maroon and White former
students about his prospects for
next year’s basketball team. He
will also give a roundup of last
year’s results.
This meeting will be held in
the Club House at the end of
Munnerlyn Drive and all Aggie
Exes are urged to come to give
Floyd a show of appreciation
and a vote of thanks.
commission.
Cadets will be assigned to the
service—Army or Air Force—and
Army branch of their first choice,
beginning with the cadet with the
highest grade point ratio. When
the quota for any branch is, filled,
cadets who have not yet been as
signed, but who have selected that
branch as their first choice will be
assigned to their second choice, if
available.
This procedure will continue un
til all of the openings are filled.
“Frogs” Choose
First semester freshmen will
make selections at the same time,
but will be assigned to branches
on a separate quota based on their
grade point ratios at the end of
the present semester.
The Air Force will be allotted
about 400 cadets and the Army 600.
Since the Air Force will teach
the same course to all its sopho
mores, no further selection is
necessary in this service at the
present time, Lt. Col. Dale Honey
cutt, Air Force operations offi
cer, said.
The Army teaches eleven dif
ferent courses to its sophomores,
which makes a selection of branch
es necessary at this time.
Careful Thought
“Cadets should give careful
thought to their-selection of ser
vice and branch as it will affect
their entire future if called upon
to render military service after
graduation.” said Col. H. L. Boat-
ner, PMS&T, and Col. E. W. Nap
ier, PAS&T.
“They should look well into the
future to insure that their choice
is not based altogether on tem
porary conditions which prevail
only during their relatively short
college careers,” they added.
“It is becoming increasingly dif
ficult and next to impossible for
one to transfer from Army to Air
Force and vice-versa,” Col. Napier
commented.
Army quotas are as follows: In-
(See FRESHMEN PICK, Page 4)
MSC Dedication Tops
Annual Aggie Muster
Gold Star Mother
Aggies all over the world got together
Saturday to hold the annual Muster of A&M
men. Those who met on the campus saw the
MSC officially dedicated to the memories of
those who died in the two world wars.
The Muster Day activities started at 11
a.m. when the MSC was dedicated. Vice
President of the Board of Directors, Tyree
Bell, made the principal address.
In his speech he pointed out that “This
magnificient edifice you see here will always
serve as a shrine of memories and as a set
ting for that jewel we call “the A&M Spirit!”
Bell went on to pay tribute to the gold
AAUW to Hear
Jacobs Discuss
Guidance, Tests
Dr. Robert Jacobs, direct
or of counseling for the Basic
Division, will speak to the ed
ucation study group of the
American Association of Uni
versity Women Tuesday evening
at 7:45 in the home of Mrs. Rob
ert A. Harrow, in the Woodland
Estates.
He will discuss development in
the psychological testing field, es
pecially the use of aptitude tests
in guidance.
Dr. Jacobs came to A&M from
the Education Records Bureau in
New York City and is presently
working for the college, giving
tests and guidance to freshmen
who are undecided in their course
of study.
Former staff member of Wayne
University, the University of Ala
bama, the University of Arkansas,
and Rutgers University, Dr. Jacobs
holds a bachelor’s, masters, and
doctor’s degree in educational psy
chology. His doctorate work was
done in the field of personnel
psychology.
A clinical psychologist in the
Army for three years, Dr. Jacobs
did research in personnel problems
for the Ford Motor Company.
“The meeting is open to the
public and all interested persons
are cordially invited,” said Mrs.
Harrow.
Physics Club Schedules
Departmental Outing
The Physics Club will hold a
picnic Saturday, April 28 at 5 p.
m., Dr. J. G. Potter, head of the
Physics Department said today.
Physics majors of all under
graduate classes as well as grad
uate students, faculty members
and their families are invited.
Those planning to attend are asked
to call the departmental office,
Dr. Potter said.
Corkette
School Building
Plans Given
A petition for a $150,000 bond is
sue signed by a minimum of twenty
qualified voters of the Consolida
ted School District will be submit
ted to the School Board at 7 tonight
when they meet in the office of
Lek Richardson, school superinten
dent.
‘‘The bond election date,” s a i d
Dr. Charles LaMotte, School Board
President, “will be set, prob
ably for about the first Saturday
in May, at which time the qualified
voters will decide whether or not to
issue the bond.”
The $150,000 bond issue has been
proposed for the construction of
classroom and cafeteria buildings
for Consolidated School. A shop,
gymnasium repairs, and construc
tion of a girls’ dressing room are
proposed for Lincoln School.
Paul G. Silbert and Son, San An
tonio architects, will submit com
prehensive preliminary plans for
the proposed buildings. The build
ings are expected to be of fireproof
construction and major considera
tions will be floor plans and de
sign to allow for the limited
amount of space available for con-
struetion. The buildings will be
erected on the present school cam
pus.
“No inci’ease in tax rate will be
necessary,” said Richai’dson, “be
cause of increased property eval
uation.”
“The main reason for hurrying
to get construction underway, “con
tinued Richardson, “is rising ma
terial costs. The additional space
will be necessary to take care of
the expected doubling of enroll
ment within the next five years.”
star families in the audience in front of the
Center and said “You, the mothers, fathers,
wives and children of our heroic dead, are
the true builders of this memorial.”
The Former Students Ass’n was praised
for their part in helping to push the collec
tion of funds for the $2 million structure.
Help given by class gifts, individual contri
butions and others were recognized by the
board member.
The foresight of building a useful struc
ture was lauded when he told of the Center
being a monument erected to the dead—but
not a “cold shaft of marble; not a lifeless
equestrian statue of metal — but
a vibrant living memorial of use
fulness.”
At 2 p.m. on the front lawn of
the MSC the 47th annual muster
was started with the Aggie band
playing the “War Hymn.”
Main speaker for the Muster was
James H. Pipkin, ’29, general man
ager, industrial and public rela
tions for the Texas Company.
“Son, Remember . . .”
His topic was on “Son, Remem
ber . . .” He pointed out that while
a baby has no memory this is not
true in the case of a man. The
friends, he meets and the habits he
forms while at college live on with^
him.
Pipkin went on to say the abil
ity to remember is one of mans
most precious possessions. He re
lated how just seeing A&M again
brought forth a flood of recollec
tions of his college days.
Changing physical sights of
A&M have changed through the
ages, he said, but there is one
thing that has not and will not is
the “invisible, undefinable, yet in
tensively palpable spirit of A&M.
Always Spirit
“For no matter how many years
may pass, no matter what physical
changes come, no matter how the
generations rise and fall away,
A&M, that is to say the spirit of
A&M will never pass away so
long as its sons remember and
cherish their heritage, so long as
it remains within them as a liv
ing thing.
A&M strength, Pipkin pointed
out, is based on the value that is
placed on the individual’s own val
ue rather than on his heritage.
In closing he told a short story
about the life of Sam Houston. He
told of the ring his mother gave
him on his twentieth birthday.
He wore this rung, during his
governorship of Tennessee and
Texas, the Presidency of Texas and
up until the day he died. After
his death his wife took the ring
off his finger and showed it to
the children ... it said honor.
Pipkin ended his Muster talk re
lating the word honor, that guided
(See MUSTER, Page 4)
Mrs. E. P. Arneson, mother of E. P. Arneson, ’38,
places a bouquet on the wreath for the War
Dead. She made a talk on behalf of all of the
Gold Star Mothers and families.
Tyree Bell
Setting for that jewel
Duchess Escorts
Meet Wednesday
All escorts of Cotton Pageant
Duchesses are requested to be
present for a short but impor
tant meeting with Eli Whitley
and Mrs. Bill Turner in the
Assembly Room of the MSC
Wednesday at 5:15 p. m., Tom
mie Duffie, social secretary of
the Cotton Pageant said this
morning.
Student Election Candidates
Lagging in Filing for Posts
Candidates for the student elec
tions May 2 are coming in at a
very slow rate. As of noon Satur
day, only 19 men had filed for
election for the various positions.
Deadline for filing is Wednesday
at 5 p. m. Candidates should file
in student activities office in Good
win Hall.
Junior Yell Leaders
The largest interest seems to
be in the junior yell-leaders race.
Five sophomores have filed for
the two positions. They are John
Childs, E Infantry from Jackson
ville; George Rush, E Infantry,
San Marcos; Jerrel G. Bland, A
Signal Corps, Mission; B. Q. Evans,
B Squadron from Houston; and
Architects Present
Boys Ranch Plans
Fifth year achitect students re
cently turned over plans for the
first of a housing unit at Boys
Ranch, near Amarillo. They had
taken on the program as a class
project.
The plans for the unit are the
first of a permanent building pro
gram at Boys Ranch, a boys’
school which has almost outgrown
its present housing facilities. The
building, program is expected to
get under way within two weeks.
The students, accompanied by
Ernest Langford, head of the
Architecture Department and Prof.
John Rowlett, went over the Boys
Ranch building needs in December.
They spent two days there.
The plans were accepted by Cal
Farley, president and other offi
cials of Boys’ Ranch, and taken
to Amarillo.
Sponsored by Inter-Council
/
JC Students to Look Over
A&M Over Weekend Visit
A new feature on the college
calendar this year is the first an
nual Junior College Day.
As hosts to students graduating
from junior colleges throughout the
state, all departments of the Col
lege will observe this event next
Friday and Saturday.
The idea originated three years
ago when the School of Agricul
ture invited interested junior col
lege graduates to visit the school.
Proving successful, the idea was
revised to include all schools in
the College.
Handled through the Inter-
Council Committee, the program
is planned to give visitors an
over-all view of Aggie college
life. They will have a chance to
clear up matters such as trans
fers of credits and eligibility for
the military.
President Harrington will wel
come students to the school upon
their arrival Friday moming in the
Memorial Student Center. After
his address at 11 a.m., Dick Turn-
Representatives of the student in the MSC. Subject for discus-
departmental clubs will report to. sion will be the clubs and other
the MSC at 12 noon to meet the
visitors and accompany them to
Duncan Mess Hall for lunch.
Departmental tours will begin
in the afternoon and wil assemble
by schools.
Visitors interested in seeing
what A&M has to offer in the
way of agriculture facilities will
meet with Dean C. N. Shepard-
son in Room 203 of the Agricul
ture Building at one p.m. After
wards they will visit the various
departments where student rep
resentatives will show them
around.
Junior College students who wish
to see the School of Arts and
Sciences will meet with Dean J. P
student activities of the depart
ments.
They will be housed in student
dormitories.
The next morning’s activities
will begin with breakfast in Dun
can at 7 a.m. From 8 to 10 p.m.,
the visitors will be taken on
campus and farm visits. Visitors
and guides will assemble in front
of the MSC at 8 a.m. Buses
will be aavilable to take those
interested on the farm trip.
At 10 a.m., the group will get
together in the MSC Assembly
Room where Dean C. C. French,
Col. H. L. Boatner, H. L. Heaton,
Dean W. L. Penberthy, and Dean
Bryan Spencer; A ASA from Gal
veston.
Qualifications for this position
require the candidate be academ
ically classified as a junior at the
time they would take office and
have a minimum grade point ra
tio of 1.25.
Clayton Selph, present co-editor
of The Battalion who calls Hous
ton home and Bob Harris, Long
view have filed for civilian yell-
leaders.
Filing before the deadline for
Senior yell-leader are F. B. (Chico)
Mason, A Armor, Corpus Christi;
L. E. (Lew) Jobe, D Infantry from
Amarillo; and, John (Squirrel)
Tapley A Squadron, Houston.
Elston Files
David Elston, senior from Mc
Kinney is the sole candidate at
this time for non-corps representa
tive to the athletic council.
Filing for corps representative
to the athletic council are John
DeWitt, B Athletics senior from
Waco; Bernard Lemmons, A Athle
tics junior from Ozona; and Dick
Gardemal, A Athletics junior from
Port Arthur.
Only one candidate has filed fpir
corps co-editor of The Battalion.
He is Dean Reed, A ASA junior
from Pasadena.
Likewise, Bill Ellsworth is the
sole candidate for editorship of
the Southwestern Veterinarian. He
is a resident of Mitchell and calls
Dallas home.
Senior Class Veep
Hobart Fatheree is the only man
who has filed for vice president
of the Senior Class. He’s a C Field
Artillery junior from Pampa.
For the Student Entertainment
Manager post, Ken Wiggins, Corps
Staff junior from San Augustine
is the only one who has filed up
to the present time.
Running for editor of The Com
mentator next year is Dale Wal
ston, A ASA. The Woodsboro junior
is the sole candidate for the post,
though others have until Wednes
day at 5 p. m. to file for offices.
Achievement Awards
Announced by Barlow
Eight senior engineering students
have been named to receive the
School of Engineering Graduating
Senior Achievement Awards for
1951, according to H. W. Barlow,
dean of engineering.
Recipients of the awards are
Thomas E. Flukinger, Dare Kee-
lan, A. D. Mai'tin, Jr., Jes Mclver,
Herbert G. Mills, Bill Parse, James
Margie Reap
. . . was one of the Corkettes who provided Aggies who saw Fri
day or Saturday night’s performances of the Water Carnival with
laughs and fanciful swimming demonstrations. The Corkettes as
a group, presented a precision swimming extravaganza.
Abbott in Room 201 of the Aca- John Bertrand,
demic Building at 1 p.m. After lunch, the junior college
Prospective engineering students men may attend the baseball game
will visit the various departments
of that school from 1 to 5 p.m.
Those interested in Veterinary
Medicine will meet with Dean Ivan
linson, chairman of the Inter-Coun- Boughton in the Veterinary Hos-
cil Committee, will welcome them pital.
on behalf of the student body. The At 6:30 p.m., they will eat in and presidents of the various school
deans will be introduced, and each Duncan again, this time as guests councils. Chairman is Dick Tum-
will give a talk on his school and of the student councils. Half an linson; Vice-Chairman, Curtis Ed-
what it has to offer the junior hour later, the guests will meet wards. Douglass Heame is seci’e-
college student. with the various student councils tary-treasurer.
between the A&M freshmen and
Wharton Junior College as guests
of the Athletic Department.
Planning the affair this year is
the A&M Inter-Council Commit
tee, made up of representatives
Final Program
For Town Hall
Goes Tonight
Town Hall’s last perform
ance for this year will be un
veiled at 8 tonight with the
presentation of Andres Se
govia, reknowned guitarist.
Segovia, who is on his eighth
consecutive American tour under
the direction of Impresario S. Hu-
rok, will feature selections by Bach
and his classic contemporaries in
addition to works dedicated to the
guitaries by modern composers.
He made his debut at the age of
14 and by the time he was 22, was
quite well known throughout Spain
and the Old World. His appear
ance at the Paris Conservatory
consumated a life’s dream and re
sulted in his appearance in the
United States, Canada and South
America.
A major plum in his cap was a
first performance of a guitarist as
a concert star in New York’s Town
Hall. His virtuosity was soon ac
claimed throughout Gotham as was
shown by the fact he played sev
eral completely sold out concerts.
The Chicago Herald - American
said after one of his appearances
in The Windy City “Segovia’s gui
tar is intimate, almost confidential;
his serenity is contagious.”
Since 1943, Segovia has been on
a transcontinental tour of the Unit
ed States and Canada where he
has appeared as a recitalist and
as a soloist with symphony or
chestras.
Pianta and Dick Tumlinson.
Flukinger, an EE major from
Houston is a member of Phi Kappa
Phi, CO of A Engineers, student
senator, president of Tau Beta Pi
and a member of the student en
gineers council.
Distinguished Military Student
Kellan is a Petroleum major from
Beaumont. Among his honors are
president of the Senior Class, ca
det colonel, Air Force Wing and
a member of the student engineers
council.
Martin, present Cadet Colonel of
the Corps is also a member of Phi
Kappa Phi, a member of the stu
dent engineers council, named to
Who’s Who, named most outstand
ing freshman, sophomore and jun
ior, a member of Ross Volunteers.
He is an ME major from Dallas.
Also a member of the RV’s, Mc
lver also has been connected with
the inter-council committee, treas
urer of Tau Beta Pi, a cadet ma
jor, feature editor and business
manager of The Engineer, presi
dent of student engineers council,
and vice president of the senior
court. Mclver is from Honey
Grove and a CE major.
Mills, Geologist
Mills, a geology major from Sail
Antonio is a distinguished military
student, belongs to Phi Kappa Pih,
on the student engineers council
and inter-council committee and a
cadet Colonel.
Vice president of the senior class,
Parse is a CE major from Tulsa.
He is student senate president, a
cadet Lt. Col., a member of the
RV’s and a distinguished military
student.
Pianta, an EE major from San
Antonio, is a senior yell leader,
vice-president of Tau Beta Pi, ca
det Lt. Col., opportunity award
winner and a distinguished mili
tary student.
Aero Major, Tumlinson
Tumlinson, a cadet Lt. Col., is an
Aeronautical Engineering major
from Cameron. He lists his vice
presidency of the student engineers
council, technical editor of The
Engineer, chairman, inter-council
committee and membership in the
RV’s as some of his accomplish
ments.
These awards, to be presented
(See AWARDS, Page 4)