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Number 151: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1951
Operational Procedure
Of Sportsmanship Committee
Explained on Page Two
Price Five Cents
AF’s Gen. Carter
Principal Speaker
At Commissioning
Hands Out Commissions
Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter will
i/ be guest speaker at the commis-
f| sinning exercises in Guion Hall
.June 1 and will hand out Air Force
. ‘ commissions.
A vete2 - an air officer who was
i|teaching military men to fly before
■most of today’s Air Force pilots
■were born, General Carter has re-
ffcently established headquarters for
|lthe newly-activated Flying Train
ing Air Force in Waco.
A native of Wincheil, Texas, the
general was appointed to his new
■ post from a position as Deputy
■Commander for flying training.
j General Gaiter became a flying
■ instructor at Kelly Field 33 years
ago, after receiving his commission
lin the old Air Service—the grand
father of today’s Air Force.
Leaving his assignment at Kel
ly Field, “Nick” Carter—as he is
called by his close associates—
y. served in the Panama Canal Zone
for nearly three years.
Meat Dealers
Given Disposal
[ Time by OPS
.* The Office of Price Stabil-
. ization has amended wholesale
beef ceiling price regulations
to give packers and wholesal
ers three extra days to dis-
G pose of ungraded beef acquired
before May 7, Ray Kornegay, in-
, formation officer of the Houston
V OPS District, announced this
morning. All beef should have been
federally graded by May 7.
The new wholesale order which
■went into effect yesterday re
quires that beef sold under dollars
and cents ceiling prices established
then must be federally grade-
marked.
| Since some wholesalers and pack-
ffers might have had ungraded sup
plies acquired before May 7 still
on hand yesterday, the order has
been amended to permit them to
sell and deliver this beef through
Friday May 11, Kornegay said.
The prices wholesalers and pack
ers may charge for such beef are
. those established through general
ceiling price regulation rather than
the new dollars and cents whole
sale ceilings.
The amendment also permits
» packers and wholesalers to sell
grademarked meat they may have
acquired before May 7 either at
the general ceiling or the new dol
lars and cents prices through May
11.
Singing Cadets Set
Sunday Song Series
The Singing Cadets, will begin
a Sunday series of 15 minute pro
grams this week.
Transcribed programs will be
broadcast over stations WTAW at
8 p. m. and KCOH, Houston, at
3:45 p. m. Along with the music
Fill be facts about A&M.
Having made many concert tours
over Texas during the last few
tears, the Singing Cadets are wide
ly known throughout the state.
Director of the Singing Cadets
is Bill Turner, who has developed
the A&M glee club to its present
quality since coming to the college
in 1944.
$3500 Aid Received By
.Ag Experiment Station
Two grants totaling $3,500 have
been received by the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station.
A $2500 grant for support of
’studies on the nutritive value of
. whey in poultry feeding was re
ceived from the Western Condens
ing Company of Appleton, Wis.,
according to Dr. R. D. Lewis, di
rector of the station.
The other contribution of $1000
was given by the Freeport Sulphur
“Company of New Orleans, to con
tinue investigations concerning in
sect control.
Correction: Gifts
From Krueger
Wednesday’s edition of The
Battalion contained an unavoid
able error in the story con
cerning the awards at the bas
ketball banquet.
The engraved wallets were
presented to team members by
C. C. Krueger, San Antonio bus
inessman and member of the
A&M System Board of Direc
tors. The Battalion sports de
partment regrets the error
which did not list Mr. Krueger
as the donor of the awards.
In 1926 he picked up the thread
that was destined to lead him to
the highest training post in the Air
Force when he was assigned to
Brooks Field at San Antonio as
flying instructor.
General Carter moved from that
position in 1931 to become assistant
to the director of training at the
headquarters of the first Air Corps
Training Center at Randolph Field.
The next period in the general’s
career was further training and
schooling. He attended the Air
Corps Tactical School at Maxwell
Air Force Base, the Command and
General Staff School and the Army
War College.
When he completed this phase of
schooling the general, in serving
with the Eighth Pursuit Group, was
assigned to the Office of the Chief
of Air Corps as chief of the Train
ing Setcion. He then moved to the
assistant chief’s chair in the Plans
Division.
In 1940 General Carter return
ed to Texas to assume command
of the advanced flying school at
Foster Field.
When World War IT put the Air
Force training program in to full
swing General CaiTer became Chief
of Training and Operations Divi
sions of the Air Force Flying
Training Command. A short time I
later he became chief of staff at
the Central Flying Training Com
mand at Randolph Field, where he
guided a major part of the World |
War II flying training program.
During the war the general serv
ed with the Far East Forces in
Australia. He held down command
posts with the 54th Troop Center
Wing and the 4th Air Service Com
mand before returning to the Unit
ed States in 1945.
In 1947 he went to Russia as
a military attache in Moscow,
after having served as Chief of
Staff of the 9th Troop Carrier
Comand and deputy commander
of Tactical Air Command.
Upon his return from Russia
General Carter became command
ing general of Lowery Air Force
Base in Colorado and Air Training
Command installation-
A rated command pilot and com
bat observer, he has been awarded
the Legion of Merit and the Dis
tinguished Servce Medal—two of
the nation’s highest honors.
Award Tests
Set Saturday
Some guys have nothing on their
minds except getting out of A&M
and away from all the quizzes.
A somewhat different situation
will present itself Saturday when
350 of Texas’ best high school sen
iors will be attempting to get the
opportunity to enter A&M.
Saturday at 1 p. m. in the Chem
istry lecture room, these high
school seniors will be trying for
the much sought after 50 four-
year Opportunity Award Scholar
ships and a chance at a college
education. Every section of the
state will be represented among the
candidates.
Originated by Former Students
of A&M through the A&M Develop
ment Fund and further extended
by other Texas citizens, the Awards
are made available to boys of char
acter and ability who are
willing to work but who require
financial aid to attend college.
There are 192 previous winners
of similar awards now in school
here who have put to good usage
the $250 made available through
obtaining the scholarship. The men
are further aided by being granted
the chance at student employment.
Applicants who wish to take the
four hour long aptitude tests
will register at the MSC from 9
a. m. until noon Saturday.
Maj. Geen. Warren G. Carter
Speaker at Commissioning Ceremonies June 1
Sophs Elect Three in Primary;
Six Jobs to be Decided Tonight
Three men emerged as winners
from the Sophomore Class primary
elections held Tuesday night in
the dorms. *These were Don (Bub-
ba) Heath, unopposed for the pos
ition of sargeant-at-arms; Bill
Moses, two time winner for par
liamentarian; and Allen Pengelly
second time winner for social sec
retary.
The remaining 14 candidates will
have their fate decided tonight at
7:15 p. m. in the Chemistry lec
ture room when the five yell
leader finalists will lead their class
mates in a yell practice. The class
officer finalists will be introduced
at this time also.
Voting will be done by secret
ballot following the yell practice.
The ballots will be counted by the
election committee, certified by
election judge O. C. Putter Jarvis,
and the official returns posted on
the intra,-mural bulletin board by
8 a. m. Friday morning.
Run For Prexy
In the run-offs for Junior Class
president, James McGee, F. X.
Ex-Critic Changes
Places--In Players
When the Aggie Players pre
sent “The Milky Way,” three-act
comedy with, a prize-fighter hero,
Monday and Tuesday in the Assem
bly Hall, Herman Gollob, former
amusements editor of The Battalion
will make his debut in the role
of Gabby Sloan, the fighter’s man
ager.
Gollob, a member of H squadron,
AF and a senior from Houston, be
came interested in the Players or
ganization after seeing “Antigone,”
the Greek tragedy presented early
in April. He tried out for “The
Milky Way” and was cast in one
of the major roles.
Now that he will be on the re
ceiving end of a review, Gollob
remembers with qualms some of
the strong criticisms he express-
Senior Ring Dance Problems
Aired by Social Secretary
“During the past few days, it has
been called to my attention that
there is quite a, lot of conflicting
ideas concerning the price of tick
ets for the Senior Ring Dance,”
said Kenneth Schaake, senior class
social secretary.
To make the question over the
prices for tickets to the dance more
clear in the seniors minds, Schaake
presented the reasons for the five
dollar charge for the tickets.
During the Fall semester, a Sen
ior Class meeting was called to
appoint an Orchestra Selection
Committee and to determine how
much the Senior Class would be
willing to pay for the dance.
Agreed At Meeting
“Ten dollars was agreeable to
everyone at the meeting,” Schaake
said, “and I realize that all seniors
concerned were not at the meet
ing, which was no fault of mine,
but the Social Committee had to
have something to go on.”
Schaake said attempts were made
to have Les Brown, Guy Lombar
do, Wayne King, Sammy Kaye,
Vaughn Monroe, Ralph Flannagan,
Tommy Dorsey and others. None
was obtainable, but it would have
been a greater expense than hav- nected with a dance and banquet of
Ag Graduate Gets
Air Medals, DFC’s
Major Bill Freeman, US Marine
Corps and graduate of A&M in
1940, was recently presented five
Gold Stars in lieu of his second,
third, fourth, fifth and sixth Dis
tinguished Flying Crosses and fif
teen Gold Stars in lieu of his Air
Medals.
The awards were presented to
Major Freeman at Quantico, Va.,
by Lt. Gen. Franklin A. Hart, com
mandant of Marine Corps.
Summer Job Prospects
Good-Placement Office
By PHIL SNYDER
Battalion Staff Writer
Can anyone call square dances,
mine gold or drive a wagon team ?
These are just a few of the var
ied requests placed with the place
ment office for summer employees.
Over 60 employers have request
ed that Aggies be employed by
their concern for the summer
months, the placement office re
ported. This is quite a jump from
last year’s meager 37 calls and
still more are expected.
Reasons for the increase have
been partially explained by the
number of men called into ser
vice and also, the reopening of
defense work, it w T as reported.
This is the third year in which
the placement office, which pre-
viously helped only graduating sen
iors to find employment, has also
sought work for students wishing
to work only through their sum- summer camps.
mer vacations.
Last year 133 students register
ed and received help in finding
work and approximately 200 stu
dents have already applied for
summer work this year.
The placement office early in
each year sends out letters to any
firm they think might be interest
ed in employing students through
the summer months. The prospec
tive employers then write to the
placement office, giving them in
formation on the number they are
able to employ, approximate sal
aries and method of application
for the jobs. This information is
indexed on a card and made avail
able to interested students.
Most of the demand is for stu
dents to work for oil companies
and industrial plants but the office
reports several requests for stu
dents who are interested in outdoor
work, such as forestry, game pres
ervation and physical instruction in
ing Will Osborne, Schaake pointed
out: Brown would have cost $3,000
and" Lombardo $4,000 for example.
Osborne, who was contracted for
$1,250 and Martha Tilton for $1,000
will, assured Schaake, play the kind
of music the seniors prefer to
dance and the type of music that
will make the dance a lasting mem
ory to every senior. Schaake ex
pressed that conclusions about Os
borne shouldn’t be made until he
is heard at the dance.
“Whether it is realized or not,
there is a gigantic expense con-
Egger Explains
European Ideas
To CS Kiwanis
“If I could believe in God,
I would pray for an atomic
bomb so large that it would
destroy every damn American
in the world.”
This curse was made to King
Egger, senior mechanical engineer
ing major from Shreveport, La.,
while on tour of Europe this past
summer. Egger requoted it for
the College Station Kiwanis at
their weekly meeting yesterday in
the MSC.
Says Egger, “The German stu
dents with whom I talked with
could not understand why the peo
ple of this country were not told
by the president that they would be
a democratic nation and then set
up a police bureau to enforce this
proclamation.”
“Another thing which was hard
for the foreign students taking the
same tour as I was the understand
ing of the way of life of the aver
age middle class American, parti
cularly the Texas. I had quite a
time explaining to them that we
(the Texans) did not all travel
by horse and that we rarely carry
side-arms. They were surprised
that I was not wearing boots,”
said jEgger.
Egger explained to the Kiwan-
ians that the motion picture indus
try was responsible for the “typ
ing” of Americans in the minds of
the people of foreign countries.
European economics, religion,
crime, and social life were discuss
ed by Egger and he illustrated his
talk with colored movie slides. He
pictured the guard in front of
Buckingham Palace, England; The
Eifel Tower in Paris, France, the
war atrocity camp at Dakow, and
the famous woods of Vienna.
Invitations to Be
Passed Out Monday
The Senior Invitations have
been received and will be ready
for distribution at the Student
Activities Office Monday morning,
according to Mrs. Thellis Rush, re
ceptionist for the Student Activ
ities Office.
this size,” Schaake says.
To illustrate Shaake explained
the expense for phone calls to
booking agents, decorations, the
repainting and repairing of the
two large rings, refreshments, tic
kets and many other things. The
programs alone for the dance and
banquet will cost the Senior Class
$675.00.
Schaake pointed out that he
had carefully worked out a budget
which he has with him at all times
and is willing to show it to anyone
at anytime for their own informa
tion.
Continuing to explain the rea
son for the five dollar cost of
tickets, Schaake said “The Senior
Class has not yet selected or pur
chased its class gift and on this
function we cannot just break even
—we have to work for a profit or
margin.”
Profit Goes For Gift
“The margin we gain will buy
our gift and I can assure you
that we are not trying to see just
how much we can make, but we
are only doing what we can against
the obstacles we face and there
is no way around it,” he added.
Schaake expressed the regret
that so many seniors are displeased
with the set price of $5 but the
Social Committee was given some
thing to work on by the Senior
Class and therefore set out to do
their job.
“I hope that everyone will be
able to still see fit to pay what
we are asking,” he said “as we are
set up for it now and no alterations
whatsoever can be made.”
Lentz Will Present
AF Medal Sunday
J
Rex V. Lentz, Texas Wing com
mander of the Air Force Associa
tion, will present the Air Force
Association Medal to the outstand
ing junior in AF ROTC during
the Mothers Day. Review, Sunday.
Lentz, director of the special
services department of the Mer
cantile National Bank at Dallas,
served three and a half years with
the Air Force and was a Squadron
Commander in the Eastern Flying
Training command.
Born in Marshalltown, Iowa, he
was the first commander and one
of the organizers of the Dallas
Squadron of the Air Force Associa
tion. He has been Texas Wing
commander for several years.
He has been active in fields of
banking and investment, editing
and writing, public relations and
sales promotion. He is the author
of a history of banking.
MSC Needs Guides
Students interested in guiding
visitors through the MSC Satur
day should register at the Front
Office before Saturday, Miss Betty
Bolander, assistant social and ed
ucation director, announced this
morning.
ed of past Players’ productions
in the columns of The Battalion.
“If I’d known how an actor has
to sweat thi’ough r'ehearsals I’d
have been more charitable with
my comments,” he says.
Currently a co-editor of the
Commentator and member of the
Film Society, Gollob has an ab
sorbing interest in theater. He
plans to attend a drama school in
New York after he completes his
tour with the Air Foi’ce.
John Caple, who made his debut
with the Players as a member of
the supporting cast for “Antigone”
will play the part of Speed Mc
Farland, world’s middleweight
champion. A junior student from
Waco and an EE major, Caple also
helps out the production staff as
a lighting technician.
The part of Spidery ex-pugilist
and trainer to the champion, has
be6n assigned to Bill Guthrie, an
other senior who will be remember
ed for his portrayal of the dictator
Creon in “Antigone.” In his cur
rent role Guthrie will provide a
major share of the comedy for
“The Milky Way.”
Harry Gooding, a graduate of ’49
will appear as Burleigh Sullivan,
the j milkman who loves horses and
dogs. Gooding got his start with
the Players when he took the part
of the lawyer in the operetta “Rio
Rita.” He was seen as the bank
clerk in “Kind Lady” and personi
fied the chorus in “Antigone.”
The character of Wilbur Aus
tin (of the Chicago Austins, a
branch of the Boston Austins)
will be enacted by Carl Stephens,
junior from Devine. Stephens had
the part of the First Guard in
“Antigone.
Two other members of the sup
porting cast for “Antigone,” Jack
Cockrum, senior from Houston, and
Bob Travis, sophomore from Fort
Worth, will also be seen in “The
Milky Way.” They have been cast
in the roles of Willard and Eddie,
a pair of sports reporters.
The only two women members
of the cast, Mae Sullivan, the milk
man’s sister, and Anne Westley,
the manager’s girl friend, will be
taken by Mary Eleanor Vaden
and Alice Burke, both of whom
have been actively associated with
the Players all season.
Ashton Plans Tour
Through Europe
Dr. John Ashton, former profes
sor of Rural Sociology will leave
May 12 for a tour of Europe un
der the sanction of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
He will study livestock and agri-
cultural conditions and cattle and
sheep breeds in France, the British
Isles, Belgium, Holland and Switz
erland.
(Paco) Coronado, and Willie East
led the voting over Shelly Raines,
Don Richey, Charles Scott, and
Jack Thornton.
The largest number of candi
dates, other than for yell leader,
filed for vice-president but War
ner (Tinky) Dunn, Gene Earff
Steed, and Joe C. Wallace led the
balloting for this office.
Holding the purse strings for the
next year’s Junior class, will either
be James Froelich, Joe Pafford, or
Lyle Wolfskill. These men, going
into the final election, out-polled
the only other candidate, Troy
Whitehurst.
Secretary Flight
Appearing on tonight’s ballot for
secretary will be R. Bob Carpen
ter, Weldon D. Gruger, and Joe C.
Mattei. These three outlasted Bob
by Browne and Richard C. Tanner.
In the yell leader run-offs will
be John O. Childs, Tom Collins,
George Rush, Alien Donaldson,
B. 0. Evans and Bryan Spencer.
In a surprise, last minute rally,
’51 Class Asked
To Join Former
Students Ass’n
All members of the Class of
’51 and all undergraduates of
this class, regardless of their
graduation time, have been
asked to register with the
Former Students Association, by
W. D. “Pusher” Barnes, agent for
the class of ’51.
Students are registered as soon
as they fill out the forms mailed
to them by the Association at the
association’s main office on the
first floor of the west wing of the
MSC.
After registering, the former
students receive, free of charge, a
Directory of Former Students and
a subscription to The Texas Aggie.
The work of the Former Stu
dents Association is carried on
largely through the donations from
the students themselves, but stu
dents who have just graduated are
not expected to make any large
contributions early after gradua
tion.
Any student who desires to get
in touch with a member of his class,
can write to his class agent, whose
address will be published in The
Texas Aggie. To ease his job, all
students are urged to keep their
agents informed as to change of
address.
Only those students who fill out
their registration forms will be
registered with the association,
Barnes said.
President
James W. McGee
192
F. X. Coronado
159
Willie East
122
Vice-President
Gene Steed
156
Warner Dunn
130
Joe Wallace
116
Secretary
Joe C. Mattei
199
Bob Cai-penter
169
Doyle Kruger
139
Treasurer
James Froelich
169
Lyle Wolfskill
163
Joe Pafford
153
Parliamentarian
Bill Moses
,282
Peray Shepard
223
Berthold Weller
123
Social Secretary
Allen Pengelly
412
James Uptmore
239
Yell Leader
Tom Collins
237
John Childs
221
George Rush
138
Arlen Donaldson
107
Bryan Spencer
91
B. Q. Evans
89
ballots were tabulated,
however
when the Composite
Battalion
Tiedt Named Prexy
OfJournalismClub
L. O. Tiedt, junior Ag. Journal
ism major from La Grange, was
elected president of the Journalism
Club for next year at the club’s
business meeting Tuesday night in
Room 3A of the MSC.
Other officer's elected were: Bill
Streich, vice-president; Andy An
derson, secretary; Bob Selleck,
treasurer; Phil Snyder, reporter.
Bob Venable, journalism major
from Waco, was elected to repre
sent the club at the Arts and Sci
ences Council meetings next year.
Plenty Rough
Spencer came through to best B.
Q. Evans for a run-off position
on the ballot. Evans led Spencer
by one vote after the Corps Area
votes were counted yesterday,
Spencer came to the front by two
votes. However, Evans will also
run.
Others who were candidates for
yell leader were Bob Andrews, Ed
die Bennett, Jerrel Bland, Davis
Bottom, Truett Fields, Dee Fran
cis, Pat LeBlanc, Walt LeFevre,
Jeridan Strong, and James Sykora.
Dean Speaks
At Honorary
Society Meet
Walter L. Penberthy, dean of
men, spoke to 66 undergraduate in
itiates of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman
honorary fraternity, at a banquet
Monday night in the MSC.
Dean Penberthy spoke in place
of Col. H. L. Boatner, commandant
and PMS&T, who was called to
Washington.
Dr. I. B. Boughton, dean of the
school of Veterinary Medicine and
Dean Penberthy were made honor
ary members of the fraternity.
Col. Boatner was also scheduled to
be made an honorary initiate.
Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences gave
the closing remarks at the dinner.
Dr. John R. Bertrand, dean of
the Basic Division, presented th&
group of initiates at 5 p.m.
At 5:15 the group was initiated
into the fraternity by the officers
of the honor society and Dr. Abbott,
who is faculty sponsor.
Consolidated Bond
Sale Set May 28
May 28 has been set as the ten
tative date for sale of $150,000 in
bonds voted last Saturday by the
A&M Consolidated School district
to finance new classrooms and
other additions to the system’s
plant.
At the monthly meeting Monday
night, the board of trustees gave
P. G. Silber and son, school archi
tects, the word to go ahead with
final plans for the improvments.
The board of trustees re-elected
its present officers by acclamation
and gave the oath of office to E. E.
Brown, who was re-elected April
7, and to Henry Allen, new board
member.
Officers of the board are Dr.
Charles LaMotte, president, C. A.
Bonnen, vice president, and Ernest
Redman, secretary. Other board
members are Mit Williams and C.
B. Godbey.
Bobby Ragsdale
... is an Aggie point-getter in the broad jump, the hurdles, and
the 440 relay. The amazingly versatile sophomore will be one of
A&M’s entries tomorrow and Saturday in the SWC Track Meet.
Library Receives
Coppini Donation
Pompeo Coppini, the sculptor of
the statue of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross, recently presented to the
A&M library a copy of his auto
biography.
The volume was presented as an
expression of the sculptor’s grati
tude to the students of A&M for
the reception given him while here
April 11.
The volume is inscribed: “To the
library of the A&M College, as a
souvenir to all its students—for
having me as their guest for sup
per in the mess hall—with my
friend, the ex-president of the Ex
student Body, Louis Hartung—the
11th of April, 1951.” signed Pompeo
Coppini.