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No. 140: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1951
Price Five Cents
General Boosted
A&M’s highest ranking former student received
congratulations from his commanding general,
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, left, command
ing general of the Far East Air Force. Lt. Gen.
Otto P. Weyland, Class of ’23, right, received his
third star for being named General Stratemeyer’s
vice commander. The promotion ceremonies were
held in General Stratemeyer’s office in FEAF
headquarters in Tokyo. In 1946 General Weyland
was awarded an honorary LI D degree by the
College.
Perry Tells Aggie Highlights
Article in SEP Says A&M
‘Noisiest College in USA 9
June Draft Call
To Be Reduced,
Array Discloses
Washington, April 25—UP)
—The Army plans to cut its
June draft call to 20,000 men
and to bring home upwards
of 20,000 battle-weary Kore
an veterans monthly starting in
May.
- It also expects to recall to ac
tive service in May and June
15,000 Reserve Officers to help
train an army estimated to have
a strength of 1,552,000 on June 30.
These plans were disclosed today
by the House Appropriations Com
mittee, which heard about them
from top Army spokesmen during
closed hearings earlier this month
on an emergency request for de
fense funds.
Army officers also spoke of a
cut in the May draft call to 20,000
men. On April 18, several days
after they testified, the Army an
nounced a cut in the May call from
60,000 to 40,000. It was not en
tirely clear from the hearings, but
the 40,000 figure evidently repre
sented a new shift in plans.
The quota for this month, once
announced as 80,000, was cut in
-half. Delivery of the 40,000 this
month would raise to 490,000 the
number drafted since last Septem
ber.
The rotation system for getting
* veterans out of Korea and sending
new men in was outlined by Lieut.
Col. D. S. Daley, Jr., of the Army’s
manpower control division.
“There is no definite length of
service there,” he said, referring to
Korea. “We have wanted x x x to
start this rotation as soon as we
c^uld. . . This will be a continuing
process of about 20,000 a month
for May and June, and then we
plan to increase that to 25,000 a
month.”
„ Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, told about the plans
to recall Reserve Officers.
“It is planned to order 15,000
Reserve Officers into the active
military service during May and
June to assist in the training and
operation of the Army,” he said.
Debate Team
Takes Fourth
In TU Meet
The Aggie Debate team took
fourth place in the Texas Roundup
Tournament which was held in
Justin, last week.
Joe Riddle and Berthold Weller
were rated the best affirmative'
team in the tournament, while
Robert Huffman tied with Jones of
Oklahoma A&M for the title of
best debater of the tournament.
Riddle also took third place in im
promptu speaking.
Awards in the tournament were
given on an individual team basis.
The University of Denver took
first place with six wins. The Uni
versity of Denver was second with
five, while Oklahoma A&M and
Texas University tied for third
place with four victories apiece.
This was the last tournament
competition scheduled for the Ag
gies this year. The season will
close with two home debates. Both
debates will probably be in the
second week in May.
* President M. T. Harrington wel
comed to the campus yesterday
morning a group of business lead
ers and experts in the field of ac
counting and auditing to begin the
Fourth Annual Accounting Confer
ence.
George Donnell of San Antonio
presided at the opening session.
All sessions are being held in the
- MSC.
Perry Mason of the University
of California delivered the first
address Tuesday. He talked on
“Current Economic Problems Re
lating To Accounting.”
Ohio State Accountant
“Control of Distribution Costs”
" was the topic discussed by J.
Brooks Heckert, professor of Ac
counting, Ohio State University.
W. H. Garbade, president of the
"Deep Rock Oil Corp., Tulsa, deliv
ered the banquet address last night.
He spoke on “What Management
expects of the Accountant.”
“Selection and Training of Ac
countants” was discussed by Wil
liam V. Deane, manager of Ac-
' counting Training, Westinghouse
Electric Corporation and R. S.
Claire, partner, Arthur Andersen
and Co. Deane discussed “Indus-
‘ trial Accountants while Claire talk
ed on “Public Accountants.”
Speakers on today’s program in
clude Colonel Kenneth W. Hurst,
Assistant Auditor General, USAF,
who spoke on “Auditing Defense
Contracts in the Armed F6rces,”
and C. L. Shabino, manager, In-
By BOB VENABLE
Battalion Staff Writer
“In spite of student strikes, hair-
raising hazing tricks and threats to
convert it into a lunatic asylum,
Texas A&M has turned out accomp
lished graduates for seventy years
—and claims the most fanatic loy
alty any college ever had.”
That is the description of A&M
in the “Noisiest College in the
USA,” an article by George Ses
sions Perry in the April 28 issue
of the Saturday Evening Post.
According to the article. Pink
ie Downs once followed a funeral
procession either because the
crowd attracted him or because
he wanted to pay tribute to this
unknown deceased brother.
At the close of the service, the
minister asked, “Does anyone wish
to say a final word about the de
ceased?”
When no one in the funeral party
spoke up, Pinkie is reputed to have
said, “Well, if nobody wants to
say anything about the deceased,
I’d like to say a few words about
Texas A. and M. College.”
Perry tells in his article about
the oat sowing in Memorial Stad
ium during the past football sea
son and .how the Aggies fertil
ized the oats to insure rapid
growth.
Pictures of the campus are shown
dustrial Department, Peat, Mar
wick, Mitchell & Co., whose topic
will be “The Accountant’s role as
a Systems Advisor.”
Presiding Officers
Presiding officers over the sev
eral sessions are: George Donnel,
George Donnel and Associates, San
Antonio; Emerson O. Henke, chair
man, Accounting Department, Bay
lor University; Ivan Oden, auditor,
Texas Division, Dow Chemical Co.
Carl Dennenfelser, Material Con
trol Supervisor, Consodilated Vul-
tee Aircraft Corp.; J. W. Temple
ton, general auditor, Texas Co.,
Houston; Paul Garmany, assistant
comptroller, Hughes Tool Co.,
Houston; George H. Abbott, Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell and Co.
The conference is sponsored by
the Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston,
Sabine and San Antonio chapters
of the National Association of Cost
Accountants, Texas Society of
Certified Public Accountants and
15 chapters, Houston and Dallas
Control, Comptrollers Institute of
America.
Texas Society of Accountants,
Dallas and Houston chapters of
the Institute of Internal Auditors,
Texas Association of University
Instructors in Accounting, the Bus
iness Administration, Texas A&M,
and the Dallas Petroleum Account
ants.
More than 300 were expected to
attend the two-day meet, accord
ing to Dr. T. W. Leland, head of
the Business Administration.
in the ai'ticle. Perry refers to
A&M’s ivyless walls.
Bernard Lemons and Elo No-
havitza are two Aggie football
players included in the pictures.
Aggies are shown showing their
dates through the new and beauti
ful MSC which is dedicated to
A&M war dead.
To illustrate the caution of the
Aggies against outsiders lighting
the annual Thanksgiving bonfire,
Perry cites the case of the Univer
sity student’s plane which attempt
ed to drop incendiary bombs on
the bonfire.
Even though this attempt failed,
rumor soon had it that at least one
Aggie had maintained steady fire
on the plane from his dormitory
window throughout the attack.
Perry cites many of the Aggie
traditions such as the Twelfth
Man, standing up throughout the
football games, yelling loudly as
Room Sign Up Set
To Start Monday
Room registration for summer
school will begin Monday an
nounced Bennie A. Zinn, Assist
ant Dean of Men.
Students other than Freshmen
will be housed in Dorms 15, 16,
Walton and Milner. To avoid delays
all dormitory students should make
advance room reservations, he said.
Students who wish to keep rooms
they now occupy may make reser
vations on Monday and Tuesday,
only.
Other students may make reser
vations from May 2 until noon
May 3. Those now in school not
making reservations will secure
them on June 4.
Fees must be paid before rooms
may be reserved. A Fiscal Office
representatives will be in the
Housing Office Monday and Tues
day.
The annual Spring Concei't, pre
sented by the Texas Aggie Band,
will be held in Guion Hall tomor
row night at 7:30, under the direc
tion of Lt. Col. E. V. Adams.
The first number on the hour
long program wall be “Choral”,
by Tchaikovsky, based on Opus 39,
number 24 from the “Album for the
Young.”
Second will be “My Hero,” con
cert military march,_ from “The
Chocolate Soldier”, by Straus. Fol
lowing this the band will play
“First Swedish Rhapsody” by Erik
Leidzen.
Clarinet Quartet
Next on the program will come
Melodite Petite,” composed by Carl
Frangkiser, which will be played
by a clarinet quartet consisting of
P. H. Motheral, G. C. Ellisor, G.
H. Lang, and T. W. Gullette.
The last selection heard before
intermission will be a novelty num-
long as possible, and The Spirit
of Aggieland.
The history of A&M from the
opening day on October 4, 1876 to
the present day is covered in the
article.
J‘A&M is not .entirely without
women,” says Perry, “They’ve been
flirting, hard and minxy, lo, these
many years, with the Tessies of
TSCW.”
“Before each Aggie Muster
breaks up with all the solemness
of the occasion, all of these for
mer students are almost certain,
in deepest earnestness, to inquire
of one another, ‘Now what do you
think of our chances of beating
Texas next fall?’ ”
Student Prexy
Poll is Tonight
The student body will decide
tonight whether it does or does
not want a Student Body Pres
ident.
An opinion poll questionnarie
will be distributed on which
three questions will be asked.
Students are asked to indi
cate their preference of one of
the following:
• Do you favor the election
of a Student Body President by
the student body? (To assume
duties of present Student Senate
President.)
• Do you favor the election
of the Student Senate President
by the student body?
• Do you favor no change
from the present system?
The questionnaire will also
list the qualifications for office
of Student Body President as
recommended by the Student
Senate. The qualifications are
not official.
her, “The Band In Style,” by Ac
ton E. Ostling.
The first prtsentation after in
termission will be “March of the
Steel Men,” a Concert March, by
Charles S. Belstering, followed by
“The Red Mill,” an overture based
on familiar Victor Herbert melo
dies.
Trombone Solo
A trombone solo, “Atlantic
Zephers” by Gardell Simons, will
be next, played by Ned Snead.
The band will then play “The Des :
ert Song,” of the well known com
poser Sigmond Romberg. This
Overture will consist of these fol
lowing familiar melodies: “One
Flower Grows Alone.” “Let’s Have
A Love Affair,” “One Alone,” “Riff
Song,” and “Desert Song.”
Last on the program will be the
overture, “Oberon” by C. M. Weber.
The band will close with the Star
Spangled Banner.
There will be no admission and
the public is cordially invited.
State Accountants
Hold Fourth Meet
Spring Band Concert
Set for 7:30 Tomorrow
Low Men on Totem Pole
Finally Get Recognition
San Antonio, April 25—(AP)—From now on, it will pay
to'be a person of no importance at Brooks Air Force Base
here.
A group' of company-grade officers at the Air Force
Security Service base have decided that V. I. P. S. (Very
Important Personages) get enough attention and emolu
ments, or something, what with standard procedures for
receiving them, etc.
They said today they have organized the N. I. P. S.
(Not Important Personages), headed by the beauteous
Lt. Carmen Durrance as president. Lt. Durrance is former
assistant manager of Tahoe Tavern, Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Banned from membership are officers above the grade
of Captain; and lower-grade officers who have any private
income.
Filing Ends Today
For Spring Elections
The deadline for filing candi
date applications for all spring
elections, with the exception of
class officer elections, is today at
5 p.m. Balloting will be next
Wednesday.
The applications considered in
the deadline will be those pertain
ing to student entertainment man
ager, co-editors of the Battalion,
editor of the Southwestei-n Vete
rinarian, editor of the Commenta
tor, editor of the Aggieland ’52
and yell leaders.
Class Officers
Harold Chandler, president of
the class of ’52, said that the dead
line for filing applications for can
didates for class offices has been
set at 5 p.m. Friday. The election
will be held May 9.
Candidates for yell leaders have
been the most numerous. At yes
terday’s count, candidates for Jun
ior yell leader were Truett Fields,
Pat LeBlanc, Davis Bottom, Charles
Little, John Childs, Bryan Spencer,
George Rush, Jerrel Bland, B. Q.
Evans, Jeridan Strong, Robert
Bynes, E. W. LeFevre and James
Sykora.
Only three Senior yell leader
candidates have field applications.
They are John “Squirrel” Tapley,
L. E. Jobe and “Chico” Mason.
Aggieland ’52
The Aggieland of ’52 will have
co-editors next year. Those fil
ing for editors positions are Dan
D. Clinton, Jr. and Nick Nicholson.
Tau Beta Pi Members
Asked to Get Tickets
Members of Tau Beta Pi who
plan to attend the Tau Beta Pi
banquet in the MSC Ballroom May
2 are requested to pick up tickets
for the affair in the dean of en
gineering’s office, room 210 of the
Petroleum building, Dean H. W.
Barlow said this morning.
The candidates for Battalion co
editors are, at present, John Whit
more and Dean Reed. Bill Els-
worth is the only candidate for ed
itor of the Southwestern Veterina
rian, as is Dale Walston the only
candidate for editor of the Com
mentator.
Athletic Council
Athletic Council positions receiv
ed a total of five applicants. Those
filing for Corps representatives to
the council are Richard Gardemal,
James Fowler, John DeWitt and
Bernard Lemmons. One candidate
for non-corps representative has
filed, Dave Elston.
Ken Wiggins has applied for
the student entertainment manager
candidacy.
Applications may be filed at the
Student Activities office in Good
win Hall before 5 p.m. today.
Candidates for non-corps yell
leader are Clayton Selph, junior
journalism major from Houston
and Bob Harris, junior from Long
view.
OU Sponsors Meet
For College Fliers
Student fliers from A&M have
been invited to practicipate in the
fourth annual National Intercol
legiate Air Meet to be held at the
University of Oklahoma May 4, 5
and 6.
Among the events scheduled are;
navigation tests, flour-sack bomb
ing, and accuracy landings.
NIFA is made up of college and
university-sponsored flying clubs.
Eligibility of students to par
ticipate is determined the same
way as for other intercollegiate
sports events. Interested students
should contact the Student Activ
ities office.
UN Firepower
Stalls Offensive
Of Korea Reds
Tokyo, April 25—UP)—United Nations firepower today
checked the spring offensive of 400,000 Reds in South Korea.
The Communist troop masses lost their drive as they
bumped into fresh forces plugged into the Allied line.
One withdrawing U.N. force wheeled and smashed the
flank of the Reds’ central drive with a stinging counter
attack.
Communist offensives were halted only after further
U.N. withdrawals. And the Reds were expected to renew
their assaults with increased vigor under cover of darkness,
their favorite time to attack.
But the Allied command gave them no time to rest.
Insurancemen
Hold Five Day
Training Class
Twenty-five Mutual Insur
ance casualty engineers from
Texas, Louisiana, Massachu
setts and Illinois are enrolled
in a five day, in-service train
ing course in the fundamentals of
motor vehicle fleet operation.
The Texas Engineering Exten
sion Service in cooperation with
the National Association of Auto
motive Mutual Insurance Compan
ies and the Institute of Public
Safety of Pennsylvania State Col
lege is sponsoring the course which
began April 23 and will continue
through Saturday. The course is
being conducted in the Memorial
Student Center.
The purpose of the course is to
increase the effectiveness of ser
vice which Mutual engineers render
to motor vehicle fleets and the in
sured companies.
The “kick-off” for the week’s
activities was a get-acquainted buf
fet supper, Sunday night, in the
MSC, for the engineers; instructors
and visitors.
Classes are in the form of a dis
cussion session with an authority
on the class’s subject leading the
discussion. Class work is being sup
plemented by demonstrations of
driving skill tests, reaction and
braking distances, and a road test
in traffic plus inspection of ve
hicles and fire hazards.
Course director is Prof. A. E.
Neyhart, administrative head, In
stitute of Public Safety, Pennsyl
vania State College. Associate di
rector is E. L. Williams, vice direct
or of the Texas Engineering Ex
tension Service.
♦"Nor to recover from terrific losses.
The U.N. command exuded con
fidence that Allied fire power could
halt the masses of Red infantry
men, attacking without air support
or armor.
The Reds paid heavily for every
inch of ground they took.
They leap-frogged divisions ov
er each other as Allied guns and
planes cut them down.
Before they were checked they
were hammering' north of Munsan
and had overrun Choksong in the
West. The towns are 20 and 25
miles north of Seoul on the invas
ion route the Chinese followed to
the South Korean capital in Jan
uary.
In the center, three Chinese
corps—roughly 100,000 men-—had
driven seven miles south of paral
lel 38, dividing North and South
Korea.
They were checked about seven
miles northwest of Chunchpn, 45
miles northeast of Seoul.
U. N. troops abandoned Hwa-
chon on the right flank of this
Red wedge. They moved south in
good order', until they felt the pres
sure ease.
Then the Allies whirled and
started back up the Pukhan River
Valley. Their firepower stung the
flank of the Chinese drive.
These massive pushes, in the
West and Center, were the key to
the four-day-old Communist drive.
Their objective was to break
through, cut in back of the Allies,
and hack to pieces trapped U. N.
forces.
Twice they cut off sizeable Al
lied forces. Both times the Allies
escaped with slight losses. First
it was the Turks. Then the Bel
gians.
Front line officers, like the top
command, were confident. But
not Korea’s civilians.
They fled southward into Seoul,
and again southward out of Seoul,
in grea dust-clouded columns. It
was their third disheartened flight
ahead of a Red invasion. Dusty
clouds were so thick it was some
times impossible to see for more
than 10 feet.
Advanced Architects
To Take Chicago Trip
Twelve advanced architecture
students will leave tomorrow morn
ing for a two week trip to Chicago
to observe architectural construc
tions and building.
The trip comes at the conclusion
of their final problem in Architect
ural Design. This problem included
the complete layout of Boy’s Ranch
in Amarillo.
Modern constructions and build
ings will be observed in Memphis,
Tenn.; Columbus, St. Louis, Mo.;
Detroit, Midland, and Grand Rap
ids, Mich.; Racine and Madison,
Wis. Little Rock, Ark., and Chi
cago.
Group Guides
The following five-year students
were selected to make the trip:
Bob Zentner, Nick Boughton. Wiley
Bluhm, Briley Jones, Dave Yar
brough, Raymond Conley, and
Frank Welch. The group will be ac
companied by their fifth year pro
fessor, John Rowlett.
By special permission the fol
lowing four-year students of Archi
tectural Design will be allowed to
make the trip: Tom Nixon, Jack
Stansbury, Limon Reed, J. D. Hin
ton and Braden McAllister.
Purchase Official
Pageant Tickets
Tickets for the Cotton Pag
eant will only be honored if
bought from authorized ticket
sellers. Over 100 reserve seat
tickets are missing, Walter Tan-
imachi, ticket chairman, an
nounced.
Authorized dealers are Stu
dent Activities Office, Agro
nomy Department, WSR Cloth
iers in Bryan, Black’s Phar
macy, Lipscomb’s Pharmacy,
Beverly Braley.
They were fighting a new vari
ety of Chinese troops. These were
big strapping fellows. But like
their predecessors they attacked
with complete disregard of U. N.
planes, artillery and rifle fire.
Duchess Escorts
To Meet in MSC
An important meeting of all es
corts of Cotton Ball Duchesses will
be held in the Assembly Room of
the MSC today at 5:15 p. m., Tom
mie Duffie, social secretary of the
Cotton Pageant said today.
Eli Whiteley, faculty sponsor of
the Cotton Pageant and Ball, and
Mrs. Bill Turner, director of the
Pageant, will talk to the escorts.
Award Winners
The group, while in Chicago, will
be guided by Emmet Ingrahm, Bob
Palmer, and Gene Summers, all
former students of A&M now work
ing in Chicago.
At present, Summers is also
doing graduate work at Illinois In
stitute of Technology in Chicago,
which is included in the list of
places students will visit. Palmer
and Ingrahm are employed by the
Perkings & Will Association.
The students will return to Col
lege Station May 12.
While in Chicago the group plans
to observe some of the works of
Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the
leading architects in the country.
They will also attend some of the
public meetings of the Association
of Collegiate Schools of Archi
tecture Convention.
Prof. Lee Williams
Gets MIT Award
Lee R. Williams, economics in
structor has been awarded the
Goodyear fellowship in industrial
economics by the Massachusetts
Institute of "Technology for 1951-
52.
This is the highest award of
fered for graduate study in econo
mics and industrial relations at
this institution. Under terms of
the award, Williams will study for
a Ph.D. degree and will begin
his work in June.
Winners of the School of Engineering Graduat
ing Senior Achievement Awards for 1951, are,
back row, left to right, Thomas E. Flukinger,
Houston; James Pianta, San Antonio; Melvin W.
Parse, Tulsa, Okla.; Jes D. Mclver, Honey Grove
and Dean H. VV. Barlow of the School of Engi
neering. Front row, left to right, Alfred D. Mar
tin, Dallas; Richard E. Tumlinson, Cameron; Her
bert G. Mills, San Antonio; Dare E. Keelan,
from Beaumont.