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I Student 1 Co pies p. IS* College Station’s Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents Battalion Administration Begins Policy Defense See Story, Page Two PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 148: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 7,1951 Price Five Cents UN Troops Feel Out Reds In Cautious Rattle Advances Tokyo, May 7—UB—United Na tions troops advanced both anchors of their Korean battle line today in cautious, limited attacks. The allies expanded their bridge head north of the 38th Parallel .around Inje in the East. South Koreans advanced the Western anchor northwest of Seoul with a limited attack. * Intelligence officers who report ed this offered no interpretation of a statement reportedly from the. Reds which said, “The war is about over.” Presumably the Red officer meant the war had again reached a stalemate; that neither side could win and therefore neith er would open an all-out offensive. Intelligence reports said the same officer reported allied warplanes blocked Red efforts to get tanks from Manchuria to support the now halted; Communist Spring offen sive. Red transports kept rolling south Local Talent Displayed By Art Gallery The MSC Art Gallery Committee will exhibit 85 paintings in the show cases along the promenade and in the Birch Room of the MSC for its annual exhibit, which begins today. # The work of the committee was judged last week by E. M. Buck Schiwetz, commercial artist and partner in Wilkerson, Schiwetz and Tipps, Houston advertising ^gency. Prizes for outstanding work will be awarded at a tea this afternoon at 5 in the Birch Room. The Exhibit is divided into four divisions—college student division, faculty and staff division, adult pu pil and 18 years and under pupil division. A $50 purchase prize will go to Jimmie Williams from the Art Gal lery Committee for his oil, “Chrys- jnthymums.” First prize in both oil and draw ing division for college students Kent to A. Perez Trevino. Faculty and staff division winner for his oil painting went to R. F. Burkhart. First place in the draw ing division went to Miss Charleta Brown. In the adult private classes, Mrs. ■iF. R. Alexander took the first prize. Miss Elaine Chalk won the 18-year-old oil painting division and Warner Dahlburg took first place in the drawing division. despite the contant air punishment. More than 3,700 trucks were spot ted Sunday. Far Eastern air forces called it an “all out Communist ef fort to resupply and re-equip their divisions along the battle line.” U. N. tank patrols probed through no-man’s land trying to find the elusive Red divisions. The equally elusive Communist air force tried out night fighting Fourth Estaters Schedule Elections The Journalism Club will elect officers for the coming year at its regular meeting Tuesday night in the MSC. Officers are elected during the latter part of the Spring semester to give added continuity to the elub program. Officers whose terms expire Tuesday are Sid Abernathy, pres ident; John Whitmore, vice-presi dent; Dean Reed, secretary; Herb O’Connel, treasurer; Dave Coslett and Clayton Selph, co-reporters; and L. 0. Tiedt, junior represen tative to the Arts and Sciences Council. Plans for an end-of-the-year •party will also be discussed at the meeting. 66 Freshmen Initiated Into Phi Eta Sigma Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honorary fraternity, will in itiate three honorary mem bers and 66 undergraduates at 5:15 this afternoon in the MSC Assembly Room. Honored guests will be charter members of the honor society. Eli- I gibility is based on grades at tained as a freshman. A 2.5 grade | point ratio at the end of the first semester or at the end of the freshman year is required for qual ification for the fraternity. At the Monday meeting three honorary members will be taken into the local chapter. They are Col. H. L. Boatner, commandant and PMS&T; W. L. Penberthy, dean of men; and Dr. I. B. Bough- ton, dean of the school of veterin ary medicine. A&M’s chapter was founded in January, 1949 after the board of directors authorized honor societies at A&M. Following the initiation of new members a banquet will be held. For the dinner, scheduled for 7 p.m. in the MSC, Honorory Mem ber Colonel Boatner will give the principal address. Dr. J. P. Ab bott, (lean of the school of Arts and Sciences and chapter advisor, will make the closing remarks. Assisting in the initiation will be the ‘fraternity officers—Lyle Wolfskill, president; Joe B, Mattei, vice-president; John C. Ciebel, trea surer; Jimmy E. Curtis, historian and treasurer; Barry Williams, usher; and Willie Crabtree, assist ant usher; Undergraduate initiates are James W. Allbritton, Byron Ander son, Daniel O. Atkinson, Roland S. Bahlmann, Norman Blahuta, Rob- ert Braslau, Rupert E. Buckalew, John T. Cameron, William 0. Caw ley, Joe R. Cockran, John H. Cock rell, Allen B. Cunningham, Guy W. Dawson, Dale D. DeRouen, James Fades, Floyd P. Folsom, Marvin Ford, Randall Fowler. And Charles Gary, Alvert Gist, John K. Goode, Donald G. Greene, Wesley Gross, Herman Haenel, Gene Harral, Howard Hauser, Tho mas M. Haynes, Rodney T. Heath, James K. Henningan, Antonio Her- r e r a, John Hildebrand, George Hill, Charles, Hlavinka, Samuel Jahn, Morton Krumholz, Roger Landers, John Leatherman 1 and Jerome L. Ledwig. Also Robert Lindveit, Louis E. Little, Joe McAlister, Forrest Mar tin, John Matush, William B. Me- bane, Robert Miller, Stephen Novo- sad, Albert Rentz, Luther Rogers, William Rowland, Jerry Sales, John Eamuels, Edward E. Sewell, Otis W. Templer, Thomas D. Teriot, William Torbett, Ide Trotter, Jim Bob Vaughan, Daylon L. Walton, Jack Walson, Frank Way, Billy Westbrook, Oavid Williams, Rob ert Willmann, William Wiseman, Royce Younger, and Albin Zak. jets, presumed to be a new type. Three of them made unsuccessful passes at a lone U. N. B-26 before dawn Sunday. Similar attacks were made Mon day morning. But air officers were not certain it was the same type of plane. Far Eastern air forces spokesmen made no attempt to de scribe the new jet until more is learned about- it. On the ground the Reds offered only spotty opposition to allies slogging back over the same ground the Communists had taken in their costly nine-day offensive that be gan April 22. About 500 North Koreans tried to stem the allied advance in the Inje sectoT. But U. N. forces wid ened their bridgehead in Red Korea. Gifts Pour in for Farouk’s Modest Wedding Service ’ Cairo, May 7—(TP)—Precious gifts poured into Cairo’s Abdin Palace today following the gala marriage at which King Farouk yesterday made beautiful 17-year-old Narriman Sadek his queen wife. As the Nile kingdom continued its jubilant rejoicing at the nuptials with a public holiday today, Farouk and his com moner bride prepared for a tea party at the palace tonight. A gala diplomatic reception tomorrow night will wind up the festivities. The chiefs of foreign diplomatic missions arrived at the palace at mid-morning today, bringing gifts from their heads of state. U. S. Ambassador Jefferson Caffery delivered from Pres ident Truman a set of four matched Steuben glass vases. Truman had given one vase—a larger one—to Iran’s shah on his recent marriage. From King George VI came a massive silver inkstand, handed over by Britain’s ambassador Sir Ralph Stevenson. What the Russians were giving—if anything—was a deep dark secret. •Aggie Cagers Honored With Banquet Tuesday By FRED WALKER Battalion Sports Editor A & M’s Southwest Conference Tri-Champion basketball team will be honored tomorrow night at 7 with a banquet in Sbisa Hall. The 11-man squad that won the first piece of a Southwest Confer ence basketball crown in 28 years, and the first A&M team to whip the Longhorns at Austin in 17 win ters, is to be the guest of the Ath letic Department. Also attending the victory ban quet will be the members of the '1923 basketball team, previously, the last Maroon and White quartet to annex a Southwest title. They Hielscher. Hielscher, who was the MC at A&M’s Winter Sports ban quet, will call the members of the ’23 team to deliver brief speeches. Three of the 11 cagers, Marvin Martin, Glenn Williams and John DeWitt, are seniors and will be ap pearing for the last time at A&M in connection with collegiate bas ketball. Another starter, unani mous All-Southwest Conference, All-District 9 (NCAA) guard Jew ell McDowell has only one semester of eligibility remaining. The remainder of the squad will include unanimous All-Southwest Conference center Buddy Davis, forward Leroy Miksch and guards Don Heft, Raymond Walker, Bob- T, , by Farmer, Don Garrett and Bill miT y Pannantcr- are Eugene Derby, Pharr; nan* r nrnpn) . pv Duckett, Houston; King Gill, Cor- j the Aceies pusChristi; Ceborn Megority, Cor- ej J and dl S p p e ’ d f 0U1 whi^ . pus Chnsti; Lowell Keen Corsica- in compe $ ion the count na; and Paul Washburn, New York wag 14 , 10 Th seasonal games t . do not include the playoffs or the Leading the SQuad to Sbisa as he Kansas City tourney. . did to victory during the 1950-51 A&M beat TCU' once and the season will be Head Basketball Steers two out of three in the SWC Coach John Floyd. Bill Dayton, playoffs and were dropped by the the invaluable Aggie trainer, will University of Washington Huskies also be a guest of the Athletic De- j n the first round at the NCAA, partment. Tickets for tomorrow night’s Master of Ceremonies for the banquet, which is open to the pub- iepeti-to-the-public banquet will be lie, are two dollars and may be •* Cadet basketball sportscaster Newt obtained at the Athletic Office. Gen. Marshall’s Side Next, Hearing Today Washington, May 7—LT)—Secretary of Defense Marshall carries President Truman’s case against Gen. Douglas MacArthur today to a Senate divided—pretty well on party lines—over a momentous foreign policy dis pute. MacArthur wound up late Saturday three days of gruelling questioning by senators in quiring into his ouster by Mr. Truman. And today the Administration relied on George C. Marshall—army chief of staff in World War II, later secretary of state, now Kiwanis Children’s Clinic Opens Today The King and Queen of Cotton look out on their 4,000 subjects at the pageant Friday night. Seem ing to ignore the King, Ray Kunze, and Queen Wanda Harris, are the Crown Bearers, David Segrest and Peggy Jane Breazeale. By ALLEN PENG ELLY Battalion Assistant City Editor The sixth annual Kiwanis Crip pled Children’s Clinic began today in the college hospital. This clinic each year brings spec ialists to College Station to exam ine and diagnose all children of the area who are disabled or otherwise suffering from maladies which could be corrected if examined by competent physicians. Although no actual therapeutic work is done at this clinic, the chil dren are examined and the parents are told what kind of care will help their children. Crippled Girl Helped “Four years ago, a little girl was carried into the clinic for examina tion. The following year, she hob bled in crutches and last year, the young lady walked into the clinic for a final examination,” recalled Dr. Dan Russell, chairman of the clinic. Hospitalization will be provided after examination if parents are unable to finance treatment at their own hospital. Such cases are referred to the Shriner’s by the Kiwanis. 202 Receive Aid The clinic was begun in 1945 by the local Kiwanis group with 100 children applying for treatment. Last year, because of the publicity this aid had received, 202 children were diagnosed. The child’s deformity does not have to be of a major type to profit from the clinic. Deformities of the bone muscle, tendon, or skin, will be examined free by the specialists._ Organizations which support ‘the clinic by giving time include the Bi-County Medical Society, State Health Department, Women’s Aux iliary of the Medical Society, Mis sionary Society, Brazos County Health Unit, and the Campus Study Club. Fit For a King Splendor Marks Cotton Court King Cotton XVII counted his court Friday night. And the num ber was large and splendid. By his side sat his lovely, smil ing queen who helped him receive the bows and curtsies of 400 ele gant courtiers. An estimated 4,000 subjects watched the royal pro ceedings. Pres. M. T. Harrington began the proceedings by placing the golden crown of the Cotton Kingdom on the head of Ray Kunze, senior agronomy major from Giddings. Then King Ray received eight lovely duchesses of the Southwest Conference. With this much of her court in attendance, Queen Wanda ap proached the throne. And there, be neath 75 giant candles, honoring A&M’s Seventy-Fifty Anniversary, she kneeled to receive her crown from the King. TSCW freshman Wanda Har ris of San Antonio rose as Queen of the Seventeenth Annual Cot ton Pageant and Style Show. The regal pair seated themselves in the white, glistening double thrones backed by green drapes, drawn apart to show a giant stalk of cotton. Above this glistened the silver* numerals “75.” Flanking the throne on either side were double, white pillars, marbled in green and each topped by a single letter—“A”, on the left, “M” on the right. More dukes and duchesses passed before the throne, then the appointed time for entertain ment arrived. Court Jesters Har old Turner and Bud Matthews cavorted about before settling down to hear songs by contralto soloist Alice Gene Butler. The brawn of the kingdom came forth next in the form of a talent ed handbalance team of Skeet Cameron and Bobby Moore. Adding a final and enjoyable touch of the evening entertainment were Jeanne Terrill and Gene! Pflug, a dancing duo who followed a rousing tap demonstration with a “Darktown Strutter’s Ball” rou tine that brought plenty of ap proval, royal and otherwise. Fashion stole the spotlight for the rest of the night as Mrs. Jes sie Southworth of Sanger Brothers in Dallas mounted the platform to announce a display of latest cot ton wear. Modeling the dresses, swim suits, play-suits, dusters, even ing gowns, frocks and swim suits were a bevy of glamorous Tessies aided by a few duets from the small-fry bracket. Following the pageant and style show came the Cotton Ball with Bill Turner and the Aggieland Orchestra furnishing the music in the Grove. Mrs. Bill Turner directed the Pageant and Eli L. Whiteley, of the Agronomy Department was gen eral chairman of the night’s ac tivities. Joe Woolkett, of the Modern Languages Department was mas ter of ceremonies and David Haines was assistant announcer. Crown bearers were David Segrest and Peggy Jane Breazeale. Jurgens Concert, Dance Rated Tops by Slim Crowd By DAVE COSLETT Battalion Co-Editor Dick Jurgens and his orchestra has everything against them Sat urday night—even the elements. But the group—consistant tenants of the bandstand in Chicago’s fam ous Aragon Ball Room—neatly proceeded to win top rating with all those who heard. Starting with an ill-attended concert in Guion Hall, the husky Jurgens dropped any pretense of formality and dished up one mus ical treat after another. Ably assisting him were vocal ist Ray McIntosh, who doubled on the trumpet, rhythm tune comic A1 Galente, also a violinist of no little talent, pianist Fred Ditto and also sax player Lou Prisby. The melody menu ranged fi’om “Mississippi Mud” through “If,” other current favoi’ites and a med ley of old-timers that had the sparce crowd listening di'eamily. Enlisting local talent, Jurgens & Co. hit the Latin American beat for a concoction he called “Aggie Rhumba.” Also in the fun department was the “Jurgen’s Glue Club” rendition of “Symphony.” Following the concert, the or chestra moved to the Grove for an all-college dance that drew a larger attendance. Here again, a warm personality and just plain good music, won immediate ac ceptance. Menacing skies tried but failed to loosen the hold that Jurgens had on the crowd. Even a few drops of rain discouraged but a small portion of the dancers who were getting the highlights of the Guion Concert plus other such notable numbers as “El mer’s Tune,” “Star Dust,” and “Rag-Time Cowboy Joe.” The elements won, though, and dancers scattered as rain hit in earnest. General opinion seemed to be that Jurgens would be more than welcome to continue the inter rupted appearance at any time. Sanger Brothers of Dallas sponsored the Style Show, which was directed by Mrs. Margaret Wedell, merchandising counciler for that firm. One of the many models who The specialists who will conduct this year’s clinic are Dr. G. W. N. Eggei's, head of the Orthopedic Surgery Department of the Uni versity of Texas; Dr. T. G. Blocker, plastic surgeon; Dr. Steven R. Lewis, plastic surgeon. Dr. William H. Ainsworth, ortho pedic surgeon, Dr. P. W. Bailey Jr., neuropsychiatrist; and Dr. Hubert O. Hipps, head of the Crippled Children’s Hospital in Waco. Members of the crippled chil dren’s committee representing the College Station Kiwanis Club are Dr. Russell, Luther Jones, Harold F. Heady, A. R. Orr, O. Byron Richardson, J. C. Gaines, J. S. Mog- ford, Bob Lyle, Jesse Coon, and Dr. George Summey. There are no restrictions in re gard to race, creed, or color to be eligible for the clinic’s services. Bond Question Passes at Poll By 152 Votes All three issues which ap peared on Saturday’s School Bond election were passed ac cording to L. S. Richardson, superintendent of the A&M Consolidated School. The issues voted upon were the $150,000 school bond appropriation, the assumption of all bonds pre viously issued by the school dis trict, and the approval of the $1.50 tax per $1,000 value of property taxable for the schools. The .voting was as follows: the new school bonds, for-152, against- 6; the assumption of previous bonds, for—152, against 3; the ap proval of the $1.50 tax, for 152, against—3. The approval i of the issuance of the bonds means that work may be gin on the new buildings on the campus of A&M Consolidated School and also on the plant at Lincoln School. A&M iConsolida- ted will receive eight new class rooms, a girls dressing room, and a new cafeteria. Lincoln School will receive a new shop building and new science laboratory. A meeting will be held tonight at A&M Consolidated High School to officially canvass the results of the election. The group will also swear in the two new members of the school board. They are Henry Allen, who replaces Ross Bond, and E. E. Brown who was reelected to another term of office. The election of officers for the coming year will be on the agenda. All members of the school board are iligible for the three offices chairman, vice-chairman, and sec- retary. The members of the school board are C. B. Godbey, C. A. Bonnen, Dr. Chas. LaMotte, Ernest Redman, Mit Williams, Allen and Brown. secretary of defense—to give an official re ply to MacArthur’s suggestion that danger of a third world war lies in the government’s present Pacific policy. Reduced from its verbiage of 174,000 words of testimony and cross examination, the deposed Pacific commander’s major stand was this: a. Red China can be brought to her knees by supply and industrial bombing without great danger of Russian entry into the war. b. If there is no victory in Korea but only ■fthe “bloody stalemate” he says must come from administration plans for a “limited” war there, the Soviets may be encouraged to strike anywhete in the world. When he fired MacArthur just 27 days ago, Mr. Truman in a quick follow-up speech to the na tion said the policies MacArthur had openly advocated carried a grave threat of touching off a new global war. Marshall faced hundreds of ques tions—possibly thousands. Like MacArthur, he was to tes tify behind closed doors before the Senate Armed Services and For eign Relations, with Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of the former group presiding. And like MacArthur’s testimony, Marshall’s was to made public piecemeal after being screened for matter whose release military and state department officials feel might affect security. Russell said the two committees making an inquiry into MacAr thur’s ouster and the nation’s dip lomatic and military policies, prob ably would not .seek testimony from Mr. Truman himself. He said he assumed Marshall, Secretary of State Acheson, the joint chiefs of staff and others would speak the President’s case. Russell said the committee shall face almost certain close questions, • MacArthur’s assertion that in a war study prepared last Jan. 12 the joint chiefs of staff agreed with the Korean war strategy he has advocated and for which he was fired. He said he assumes the joint chiefs were vetoed by Mar shall or Mr. Truman. • MacArthur’s contention that Marshall over-ruled the joint chiefs recommendation that there peace talks should not include (a) admis sion of the Chinese Reds to the United Nations and (b) The even- that fate of Formosa, now held by the Chinese Nationalists. He said he opposed any discussion of those questions in any possible peace talks. MacArthur argued that a stale mate in Korea—or the “appease ment” of which he expressed fear—• would look to Soviet Russia like a sign of Western weakness. “The initiatory action of your potential enemy is already under way,” he said at one point. “I be lieve if you don’t be it in Korea you are doomed to destruction. I be lieve it is already started, and if you let it grow and increase by the enemy, you will get engulfed.” To bring the Communist aggres sion in Korea to a halt, he plugged again for his strategy: Air opera tions over Manchuria, a blockade of China and use of Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalist troops. Reserve Officers Get Promotions Capt. Guy Johnson, Jr., ’43, and 1st Lt. John S. Stiles, Jr. E. ’48, both of Bryan, have just been pro moted to these ranks in the Army Organized Reserves, Capt. M. B. Findlay, local ORC Instructor, an nounced today. Captain Johnson commands B Btry and 1st Lt. Stiles is Battalion Reconnaissance Officer of the 352nd Armored Field Artillery Bat talion, whose headquarters are in Bryan. Captain Findlay also stated that Texas Military District, Austin, has authorized Army Reserve of ficers to volunteer for tours of 60 days active duty training to serve as umpires for the Third Army Field Maneuver to be held in North Carolina in July and August. The use of Reserve officers for this duty is unprecedented and due to the urgent demands placed upon the Army by the current defense effort. Reserve officers interested , in such duty may get full details made the Pageant successful. f rom t he local ORC Instruction. High School FFA Students Vie Here A&M played host Saturday to 1150 high school vocational agri cultural students accompanied by 300 instructors, here for the annual FFA judging contests. The judgers, who represented the high 10 per cent in area contests, competed in livestock, dairy cat tle, poultry and egg, dairy pro duces and meat judging contests. Winners, who were announced Saturday afternoon, will represent the state in national contests next fall. Top dairy cattle, poultry and dairy products teams will go to Waterloo, la., for the national com petition while top livestock and meat judging teams will compete at the Kansas City Royal Livestock Show. The teachers toured the college while the students were judging. They were welcomed by Pres. M. T. Harrington. Four to Take Cotton Tours Four agronomy majors were named winners of the 1951 Cotton Tour fellowships at the Cotton Pageant and Style Show Friday night. Taking the tours will be Ray Kunze of Giddings, Walt Tana- machi of San Benito, Leo G. Mike- ska of Temple and Pablo E. Maur er of Atlexco Pueblo, Mexico. The annual studies of cotton in this country and abroad are fi nanced yearly by proceeds from the Cotton Ball and Pageant.