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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 150: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1951
Price Five Cents
$2,833A wardPrize
To be Divided By
8 Spring Winners
A $283.1 jackpot will be divided among eight recipients
bf Spring awards, chosen recently by the Faculty Com
mittee on Scholarships of the College, Dean C. C. French an
nounced this morning.
* The award winners, representing a cross section of the
different schools of the college, are Allen Neil Weaver, Nick
De Claris, James Alton Enloe, William M. Sargent, Marvin
C. Atkins, Walton Gerald Crane and Gene Wesley Sparks
and Gilbert Dean Bailey, co-recipients of the Mosher Steel
Company award.
They will be presented Sunday at the Awards and Merits
Day ceremonies.
* ' Weaver, winner of the Krueger
Award of $500, is a pre-med jun-
Plans Laid For
Big Ag Show
Members of the A&M Sys
tem have been working joint
ly with representatives of the
-State Fair of Texas to plan
a new program for the agri
culture show in the 1951 fair.
The 14 extension districts are
. planning exhibits which will give
the system an opportunity to show
the story of agriculture and its
importance to the state.
Each extension district will dis
play its own show that will best
exhibit the progress made in that
particular area. Committees have
been formed to work on each show
aid are made up of county exten
sion agents, 4-H members, Texas
Forest Service personnel, and mem
bers of the Agricultural Experi
ment Station.
#Plans for each show were to be
turned in to state fair officials by
late April and when all plans are
received, they will be reviewed by
a clearance committee of the Sys
tem. When all plans are approved,
work on setting up the displays
will begin.
Extension district personnel will
be responsible for assembling pro
ducts for exhibit, G. G. Gibson,
director of the Extension Sendee,
*aid. They will also be responsible
for delivering all material to the
^tate Fair by October 1 and sup
plying personnel to handle the
exhibits and for information pur
poses.
A&M Chapter
' Of Sigma Xi
. Installed
The A&M Chapter of the Society
of the Sigma Xi was installed this
afternoon with Dr. D. B. Prentice
of Yale University as the installing
officer.
Dr. Prentice is national treasur
er of Sigma Xi. He presented the
charter to the Chapter and Dr.
M. T. Harrington, president of the
college accepted the charter for
the college.
Prior to the installation cere
mony in the MSC at 3 p. m., the
petitioning group held an organ
izational meeting at 11 a. m. A
reception was held in the Student
Center at 3:45 p. m. and a banquet
will be held at 0:30 p. m. Dr. C.
Clement French, dean of the col
lege, will be toastmaster at the
banquet.
Dr. W. V. Houston, president of
Rice Institute will speak at 8 p. m.
in the Biological Sciences building, boasts a GPR of 2.2.
ior from Bryan with a 2.9 grade
point ratio. He is supply sergeant
on the third group staff and as
sistant trainer at the Athletic
Department. A member of Phi Eta
Sigma, a representative on the
Arts and Sciences Council and a
distinguished student, Weaver
spends his summers painting
houses.
Jesse Jones Reward
The Jesse H. Jones Reward for
Achievement of $333 was awarded
to De Claris, EE sophomore from
Houston. De Claris, born in Greece,
came to the United States short
ly before entering A&M. He has
worked his way through school,
paying all his expenses with mon
ey earned at odd jobs during the
year. He is a distinguished student
with a 2.41 GPR and will graduate
in 1952.
Enloe, a junior Agronomy major
from Daisetta with a GRP of 2.98,
is on the Composite Regimental
Staff, a member of Alpha Zeta and
Phi Eta Sigma and is national
vice-president, Student Section of
Agronomy. He works for the Ag
Experiment Station during the
school year and for a major oil
company during summer vacations.
Ft. Worth Mothers Club
Winner of the Ft. Worth A&M
Mothers Club Scholarship of $200,
Sargent has a GPR of 2.4. He is
a Pet. E. major from Ft. Worth
where he graduated from Poly
High. A member of Phi Eta Sigma
and Tau Beta Pi honorary societies,
he is also supply sergeant for B
Athletics and a letterman in var
sity swimming and water polo.
The Brazos County A&M Moth
ers Club Senior Scholarship Award
of $100 was awarded to Marvin
C. Atkins of Bryan, a physics major
with a GPR of 2.9. He is currently
employed in the Office of the Reg
istrar. He is a member of the bio
logy and physics clubs, the collegi
ate academy of Science and Phi
Eta Sigma.
Crane, a sophomore pre-law
major from Port Arthur with a
GPR of 2.6 has been named to re
ceive the Lulie Hughey Lane
Scholarship Award of the Texas
Society, U. S. Daughters of 1812
valued at $200. Crane is a member
of B Transportation Corps, Phi
Eta Sigma Society, the Pre-Law
and Biology Clubs and the Port
Arthur Club.
Mosher Steel Awards
The W. S. Mosher Memorial
Scholarships of the Mosher Steel
Company of $600 will be divided
equally between Sparks and Bailey,
both sophomore CE students.
Sparks is a member of The Engi
neer staff and has a GPR of 1.96.
He calls San Antonio home.
Bailey, a navy veteran of two
years is married and lives in Col
lege View. He graduated from
Grandview High School and now
.Wilkins Explains Laws
On GI Bill, Insurance
* A veteran discharged prior to
July 26, 1947, must be in training
during the Spring semester of
1951 or a summer semester of
1951 prior to July 25, 1951, and
he must train each Fall and Spring
thereafter in order to retain his
GI educational benefits, Taylor
Wilkin s, veterans’ advisor, an
nounced today.
Veterans who are classified as
school teachers must train at least
one semester during the summer of
* 1951 and must train at least one
semester each summer thereafter,
Wilkins points out.
The summer training in the sum-
•mer of 1951 must begin before July
25, 1951. The training, Wilkins
says, “must be residence training
and one must satisfactorily com
plete the term or semester.
‘‘It is also necessary that these
. particular classes of veterans con
tinue to teach during the school
year in order to retain their eli
gibility for training during fu
ture summer semesters,” he says.
Wilkins points out that a “non
teacher veteran not registered for
the Spring 1951 term may retain
his eligibility provided he is en
rolled for training as of July 25,
1981.
, , "A veteran discharged after
July 25, 1947 has four years' from
date of discharge to begin his
training and nine years from date
of his discharge to complete his
training. Veterans discharged prior
to July 26, 1947 have until July
25, 1956 to complete their training
providing they meet the require
ments,” the veterans advisor says.
“The new legislation,” Wilkins
says, “does not impair the right
of the owner to reinstate any
lapsed permanent plan of a na
tional life insurance, provided he
meets necessary health require
ments and tender’s all premiums in
arrears, plus interest. Five-year
level premium term is not consid
ered as a permanent plan.”
As to term insurance, the fol
lowing will govern the new law:
“If your term insurance was orig
inally issued in the calendar year
1945, or before that year, and its
effective date is lees than eight
years prior to the present date,
you are entitled to apply for re
instatement of this insurance. If
the eight years have passed, the
term period has expired, and you
cannot reinstate the insurance.
“If your term insurance was ori
ginally issued in 1946 or later,
you only have five years from its
effective date to apply for rein
statement. If this five-year period
has passed, the term period has
expired, and you cannot reinstate
the insurance,” Wilkins says.
Stars and No. 1 Fans
Four star Aggie cagers, and two of the boys’
wives, beam happily as they examine their respec
tive basketball awards received last night at a
banquet sponsored by the Athletic Department.
(Left to Right) Jewell & Mrs. McDowell, Ray
mond Walker, John DeWitt, Buddy & Mrs. Davis.
McDowell was awarded the Lipscomb-Colson
Award for Team Captain; Walker received the
Ted Mohle Award ;DeWitt copped the Wipprecht
Award for free throws, and Davis landed the
Lipscomb-Colson Valuable Player Award.
Basketball Awards To Davis,
Walker, DeWitt, McDowell
By FRED WALKER
Battalion Sports Editor
Walter “Buddy” Davis, Jewell
McDowell, Raymond “Woody”
Walker and John DeWitt walked
off with coveted, “Special” bas
ketball awards last night to high
light a basketball banquet given
for the team by A&M’s Athletic
Department.
The highly-sought-after Valuable
Player prize, annually presented by
S. A. “Doc” Lipscomb and W. N.
“Flop” Colson, was handed to the
6’ 8” Davis by Colson as the latter
told of the 22-year tradition con
nected with the life-time Shaeffer
Pen and Pencil Desk Set Award.
McDowell was then handed an
other Shaeffer set as annually
awarded to the team, captain.
Head Basketball Coach John
Floyd, speaking for Theodore Moh-
lee Sr. of Houston, handed Walker
the Ted Mohle Award. This was a
certificate which will be redeem
able for a watch, gun or like ob
ject upon presentation.
The requirements which had to
be met to receive the Mohle Award
were: 60 per cent basis on defen
sive play; 40 per cent on character,
spirit, hustle and team showing.
Best In Free Throw
DeWitt’s prize was the Wippre
cht Award, given to the Aggie bas-
ketballer who had the best free
throw record. Wipprecht told the
audience that he had seen the Ca
dets lose ten games on a margin of
two points each several years ago,
and he wanted to make sure that
there was additional consolation
for making liberties.
After a steak dinner, the guests
and honorees sat back to listen to
three ‘a la Red Ingle” numbers
by the Singing Cadets after they
were presented by Master of Cere
monies, Newt Hielscher.
After the guests were introduced,
Hielscher turned the program over
to Floyd who expressed his thanks.
“ ... on behalf of the basketball
team. We appreciate the banquet
. . . I hope we can be deserving of
it, each year as the years go by.”
Floyd told the group that he was
going to present a select group of
boys who spent many hours on the
team.
“They asked and got equal treat
ment in the classroom,” he said.
Coach Calls Out
The 11-man squad was introduced
individually then by the coach as
he called out to Davis, Don Gar
rett, Leroy Miksch, Walker, Don
Heft, Robert “Dude” Farmer, Bill
Carpenter, Glenn Williams, DeWitt,
Marvin Martin and McDowell.
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. McDowell
were recognized also.
Concluding his part in the pro
gram, Floyd turned attention to
Aggie Trainer Bill Dayton who he
said “played a great part in our
team’s wins.”
Former Athletic Council Chair
man D. W. Williams presented the
11 lettermen with their various
awards. First-year lettermen re
ceived gold basketballs and first-
year lettermen bars. Second-year
lettermen received the same gifts
plus an Aggie jacket, and graduat
ing seniors were given an A&M
blanket in addition to the other
gifts.
Engraved wallets, presented on
behalf of Pussey Burger of San
Antonio, and NCAA medals were
added team awards and also pre
sented to Dayton and Floyd.
Carpenter, Farmer, Garrett,
Heft, Miksch, Walker and Williams
were first-year lettermen; Davis
was a two year man; DeWitt and
Martin were three year men; and
McDowell was the only four-year
letterman.
A comic highlight was brought
into the solemn atmosphere as
Hielscher presented the “first and
only Hielscher award.”
Hielscher called Veteran Advisor
Breezy Breazeale forward and
handed him four dollars, because,
as far as Hielscher could determine,
by noon yesterday, Breazeale was
the only man that had paid for his
tickets.
The evening of festivities was
concluded as Hielscher called upon
the three attending members of the
1923 Championship team to deliver
a brief speech.
They were Lowell “Tiny” Keen
of Corsicana, Harry Duckett of
Houston and Ceburn “Slimy” Me-
gority from Corpus Christi.
Red Air Armada Hit
In Biggest Allied Raid
Tokyo, May 9—(JP)—More than 300 Al
lied planes ripped to pieces part of the Chi
nese Red air forces today in the biggest air
raid of the Korean war.
They blasted and burned Sinuiju Air Field
in northwest Korea where the Chinese were
reported gathering their Russian made war
planes for the first big Red air strike. Sev
enty to 100 planes had been spotted on the
ground there. The attack was made by 312
fighter planes. They came from every Uni
ted Nations air field in Korea.
Eighty Russian type jet fighters were
parked on an air field at Antung, Manchuria
Pre-College Training
In Store At Junction
By BENNIE HOLUB
Battalion Staff Writer
Aggieland is spreading out again
—this time to the shores of the
South Llano River. That’s where
aspiring Aggie freshmen will be
doing college prep work this sum
mer at the A&M Adjunct, Junction,
Texas.
In operation for the first time
this summer, this new piece of
A&M should be a pleasant draw
ing card to high school graduates
eager for a taste of what college
will be like. The students, how
ever, will find a lot more than
studies at Junction.
Recreational facilities for base
ball, volleyball, badminton and
other sports will be vieing with
the fishing, swimming and can
oeing invitations of the nearby
river for student spare minutes.
The Junction camp is espec
ially designed for high school
graduates who will still be un
der 18 years of age next Sept.
1, or who have a high school
grade average of under 80 or w ho
have not yet decided on a defin
ite course of study for college.
A regular two-term summer ses
sion \ will be held, coinciding with
summer school on the main cam
pus. The first term will be June
4 through July 14, the second from
July 16 through Aug. 25. Students
may attend either of the terms.
Taking a maximum of seven
hours of summer work, those at
tending can choose from college
preparatory work or college cre
dit courses. The credit courses will
include English, algebra (first col
lege math), physical education and
orientation.
College prep courses will include
remedial reading, preparatory
mathematics, solid geometry and
preparatory English. A combina
tion of the coui’ses will be avail
able. All subjects will be taught
by A&M professors.
Students will live in units, each
housing twelve students. Room
facilities are beds, steel chests
and study tables of the same type
found in A&M dorm rooms. Per
manent wash rooms are included.
A permanent cafeteria, with a
capacity of 500 diners, is centrally
located.
Residents of Texas will pay an
estimated $130 for one six weeks
period. Transportation to and from
the camp, located on the South
Llano River about one mile from
the Kimble County Court House in
Junction, is not included in the
estimate.
New Engineer Is Out
Woman’s View, Iron Horse
Developments in New Issue
Courses in Cotton
Grading Scheduled
The 42nd annual summer cotton
school will be held from June 4
to July 14 in conjunction with the
regular summer school. Instruction
will be given in four courses with
a possible total credit of 7 hours.
Courses offered will enable the
layman to leam some of the pol
icies, practices and theory of cot
ton grading and cotton classing.
The courses, Agronomy 205, 207
and 209 and Ag Eco 205 will be
under the supervision of J. M.
Ward and J. C. Niblett and will be
taught in the Ag Engineering
building.
Students desiring the training
may register Monday, June 4 for
classes which begin on June 5.
By BEE LANDRUM
Battalion Staff Writer
From a viewpoint of one of the
weaker sex to the latest develop
ment in locomotive engines, the
keynotes of the latest issue of The
Engineer is variety.
Editor Bob McDaniel’s next to
the last issue unfolds with an edi
torial entitled “Summary,” which
gives the purpose of the magazine.
The Engineer “strives to celebrate
Texas A&M College to the world
and it attempts to proclaim note
a few hundred well-chosen words, the objectives in the design of this
Most engineers will approve. massive structure was to have the
The rumor of a few years back entire arena perfectly visible from
that we would shortly run out of every seat. There are no piers,
oil was not true, declares R. R. columns or other view-obstructing
Barman (on page 18, the Engin- supports in the building,
eer). A new oil discovery of great William H. LeRoy, instructor
importance was the Scurry Reef in geology, is featured as the
Field—half a day’s drive straight
west of Fort Worth. Barman claims
these oil fields are relatively un
limited.
E. L. Walker discusses the fun
damentals of patents, and he sug
gests a procedure for A&M engin-
worthy engineering achievements eers f° use i n order to prevent theft
at A&M in the fields of research.” of their inventions.
In The Student Speaks, Bar.
engineering personality in the
April issue. A native of Nebras
ka and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, LeRoy is
one of the best liked profs on the
campus. He is the youngest in
structor at A&M.
Other articles in the issue in
clude “Karbate,” a discussion of
impervious graphite by Eric Hol-
nlication of a gas-turbine nower man and one of the Kin £ b °y s Iand; “ Snow and Ice Control” by
HilLt tell what they think of the First S. H. Hink; “Corrugated Metal
Annual Engineers’ Ball. Barman Pipe” by R. F. Brown and “Atmos-
says it was an excellent dance . . . pheric Conditions Suitable for
thoroughly enjoyable in every way. Soaring,” a discussion of the forces
King believes the profs enjoyed utilized by the glider type of air-
this dance even more than he did. craft by J. M. Willis.
A new style is hailed in the ap-
plant to the old iron horse. Gen
eral Electric and the American
Locomotive Company have taken
the lead in developing the gas-
tui’bine electric locomotive and
Westinghouse Electric and the
British engineers are getting into
the act.
David Leahy, Pet. and Geo. E.
’52, gives a detailed description
of the construction and operation of
a model now being used by Union
Pacific.
Vivian Castleberry, Battalion
women’s editor, gives a “Wo
man’s view of the Engineer” in
From the words, “San Antonio
Livestock Exposition” in a title,
it might appear that the En
gineer is a little out of its field,
but by including “Construction”
the slip-stick boys are back in
the saddle.
The new Bexar County Coliseum
The Engineer has fewer yellow
pages than the Southwestern Vet
erinarian, fewer stale jokes than
the Commentator and fewer blurred
illustrations than the Agriculturist.
On the other hand, Editor McDan
iel used a poor color on the cover
of the Api’il issue.
The May issue will be a special
at San Antonio housed its first Mother’s Day and high school edi-
stock show early last year. One of tion,
Broken down, these tentative
fixed costs will be matriculation,
$17.50; medical fee, $2.50; intra
mural sports fee, $2; room rent,
$9; and board ($1.60) per day,
$65.60.
Costs of books and other sup
plies will vary with courses tak
en but should not exceed $12.
Laundry may be sent to a com
mercial establishment in Junc
tion for about $12 for the full
six weeks.
Students desiring to attend the
Junction Annex have been asked
to write to Registrar at A&M re
questing an application blank. Only
high school students who have not
previously attended a college or
university are eligible.
Auto Dealers
Must Submit
Price Books
All automobile dealers who
sell used cars in the 39 South
east Texas Counties of the
Houston District Office of
Price Stabalization must file
immediately with the Houston OPS,
showing the pricing guide book
they use, Fred C. Hopkins, district
price executive, declared.
“Dealers selling used cars are
covered by Supplemental Regula
tion 5 of the General Ceiling Price
regulation which became effective
March 2,” Mr. Hopkins pointed
out.
Each used car dealer must make
his statement in writing on his
letterhead. The statement must list
the name of the used car pricing
guide book which was used by the
dealer during the base period of
Dec. 19, 1950 through Jan. 25,
1951 or the name of the guide book
selected only one.
Eash dealer must also state that
he is using and will continue to
use the January 1951 issue or Jan
uary 1951 reprint of the guide'
book of his selection.
Dealers are required to send
their statements to the Office of
Price Stabalization, 517 La Branch
Street, Houston.
across the Yalu River from Sinuiju.
Fifty rose. But Lt. Gen. Earle E. Part
ridge, Fifth Air Pbrce commander, said only
13 crossed the Yalu. A few air fights flared.
However, Lt. Robert Dixon, Newton, Io
wa, said the Red jets were out in strength.
“It’s a massacre,” he said, “and they
are being massacred, not us.” However,
Partridge reported only one MIG was dam
aged ; none downed.
^ The big blow at Sinuiju followed front
line reports that Chinese were angered at
Russian failure to supply tanks or planes for
their spring offensive. The air show com
pletely overshadowed ground oper
ations. Red troops continued to
pull back from armored Allied jabs.
Allied intelligence reports said
about 70 to 100 camouflaged planes
had been massed in Sinuiju revet
ments. The long expected Red air
strike was believed imminent.
Then the Allies struck. Ameri
can Air Force and South African
fighter planes hit in two waves.
The first wave swept through
heavy flak, rocketing, bombing and
straffing anti-aircraft guns.
The second wave hit revetments
aid the air ield with high explo
sive, fragmentation and fire
bombs.
“I don’t think the Reds will fly
any more planes off that strip,”
said Capt. H. L. Williams, Waton-
ga, Okla. “The napalm (jellide
gasoline fire bombs) covered the
whole place.”
U.N. pilots were guided by
“beautiful photos,” said Maj. Joe
Baglio of Roslindale, Mass. They
were “so clear they could see the
planes through the camouflage on
them.”
Returning pilots reported they
hit the revetments squarely. But,
in the words of Col. Donald K.
Yost of Princeton, N.J., they could
n’t see whether they sheltered
planes—•“they were so well cam*
ouflaged.”
“We watched the buildup of en
emy planes in this area,” said Maj-
Carl G. Carolson of Denver, intel
ligence officer, “and when it got
so far we had to hit it. We thinjf
a good job was done.”
AP Correspondent William Bar
nard reported no U.N. planes or
airmen were lost. The damaged
Red jet was hit by lon-range fire.
The striking force was composed
of 206 U.N. fighter-bombers, cov
ered by 106 jet fighters.
Herbert L. Crate
•
Crate Will Speak
To Sales Classes
Herbert L. Crate, sales manager
of Hodell and Co., real estate coun
selors of Houston, will speak to
Business sales and sales manage
ment classes tonight at 7:30 p. m.
in the YMCA Chapel.
Crate, who has won national
recognition for his system of sales
man selection, will speak on “Can
I Sell?” E. R. Budlow, assistant
professor of Business Administra
tion said today.
Record Crowd
Attends State
Judging Meet
An estimated 1,000 boys at
tended the State Judging
Contest held on the campus
Saturday, to top previous at
tendance records Albert Dar
nell, professor of Dairy Husbandry
said yesterday.
The five events in which the
boys competed were meats, poultry,
livestock, dairy cattle, and dairy
products judging. Medals were
presented to the top ten individ
uals and plaques were awarded to
the first five teams in each event.
Eighty teams consisting of three
men entered the livestock judging.
They looked at beef cattle, sheep,
steers, and swine. Top individual
honors in this event went to James
Taylor of Lubbock, and the Goldth-
waite Chapter won the team cham
pionship.
The boys in the dairy cattle div
ision judged both Jersey and Hol
stein cows; 75 teams entered this
event. William Mansfield took in
dividual honors and the Burleson
Chapter was the top team.
The poultry contest consisted of
judging eggs and live and dressed
birds. The high individual in this
event was Kenneth Harris of Rock
dale and the Cooper-Lubbock Chap
ter was the top team.
In the dairy products contest
the boys judged both milk and
cream. First place went to Elton
Long of Abilene, and Lamesa took
top team honors.
Only thirty teams were entered
in the meats judging contest. Flint
Immel of Fredericksburg was high
team man and Odessa was the top
team.
Hard Days Ahead,
Commander Warns
Tokyo, May 9—GP)—Lt. Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme
commander for allied power’s,
warned Tuesday of “hard days
ahead, not only here but through
out the world.”
His comment was made during
an official call on the commander
of the Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm.
Harold M. Martin.
Ridgway commended pilots and
crew of the Philippine sea for the
“magnificent job” being done by
naval men in support of the U.
S. Eighth Army ground forces.