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Number 154: Volume 51
Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1951
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City Council Tables
Action on Reduction
Of Electricity Rates
. By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion City Editor
After a long, highly contested
meeting last night, the College
Station City Council adjourned'
with only one proposal receiving
approval by the group.
The city leaders voted to pur
chase sewer and water lines owned
by Dr. F. B. Clark in the south
east area of town for $4,200 when
funds are available for the pur
chase.
Action came after more than
an hour of debate on the matter,
but was led to a settlement when
councilman Bill Fitch moved that
the property be purchased. Along
with the purchase, the council
agreed to pay Dr. Clark 25 cents
per outlet each month for opera
tion and maintenance of sewage
beds and sewage disposal facilities
on his property.
Electric Rates
' The only other item discussed,
which was considered for more
than 45 minutes around the coun
cil table, was an ordinance to
lower commercial electric rates in
"College Station.
The rate decrease was proposed
Summer Prexy
Ruling Passes
MSC Council
The Nominating committee
of the MSC Council was em
powered last night to appoint
a president for the Summer
session. This action was tak
en at a meeting of the Council last
night.
Moving on a recommendation
made by Clayton Selph, Council
member, the group decided there
Would be a need for a head of the
Center activities program during
the Summer. The vote was unani-
jmous.
President of the Council Dan Da
vis, was also given the power to
appoint the Summer chairmen of
the committees.
Lamar McNew, vice - president,
will automatically become presi
dent of the council if he returns
' for Summer school under the new
ruling.
The present guest room policy
was amended at the meeting. For-
•mer regulations caleld for “No stu
dents to accompany their dates in
the Guest Room Area, after 9
o’clock at night.”
“No unmarried woman may have
male visitors in the Guest Room
area,” was the ruling of the Coun
cil.
This policy was made to bring
the MSC house rulings into line
with that of most of the student
unions in the United States, J.
Wayne Stark, director, pointed out
*t the meeting.
Student Senate
Banquet Tonight
The Student Senate will hold
its annual banquet tonight at 7
in the MSC Assembly Room. Af
ter the banquet, the final meet
ing of the year will be held, with
several amendments to the con
stitution scheduled for a vote.
in ordinance form by councilman
J. A. Orr, but was not voted on
because sufficient information con
cerning the matter was not avail
able.
The council agreed instead, to
remove the subject from discussion
at last night’s session and place it
on the June council meeting agen
da.
Meeting jointly with the Col
lege Station Chamber of Commerce
before their regular session, the
city council heard reports from
Mayor Ernest Langford and Cham
ber President Joe Sorrels on activ
ities of the two groups during the
past year.
New Sewer Lines
Langford explained the progress
made by the city in building and
paying for sewer lines in the
Northeast area of College Station.
The lines were constructed joint
ly with the City of Bryan at a
cost of $8,000 to the city.
He also told the group about
the recent purchase of electric lines
in College Hills from the REA and
City of Bryan.
Plans for a charter to change
College Station to a Home Rule
city were explained to the com
bined groups by Langfoi’d. He said
a rough draft has been made of
the charter and as soon as mem
bers of the city council have ex
amined the proposed charter, cop
ies will be made available to all
members of the charter commit
tee appointed by the council.
Sorrels next reported on activ
ities of his group. He read a list
of expenditures of the chamber of
commerce which included such
things as uniforms for the A&M
Consolidated High School Band,
books for the high school librai’y
and others.
He also reported on the chamber
project to bring house-to-house
mail delivery to College Station.
Lion’s Club
Hears Elkins
Talk on ECA
R. L. “Satch” Elkins of the
Business Administration De
partment, who recently re
turned from London on a tour
of duty with the ECA, spoke
to members of the College Sta
tion Lions Club at their weekly
noon luncheon in the MSC yester
day.
While in London, Elkins was a
member of the commission which
considered requests' for Marshall
Plan money for projects in Great
Britain.
Giving a few personal observa
tions of conditions in England’s
capitol city, the speaker said
citizens of London are interested
about anything in America. They
are always asking questions about
this country, he said.
Meat, butter, cheese, tea, and
milk are still rationed in that
country. “The only way we could
get enough to eat was through
the American Commisary which
furnished us with many items not
available to the English people,”
Elkins told the group.
“The people don’t gripe much
about the rationing” Elkins stated,
“but they do show some agitation
about the Socialist government of
that country.”
Austin Jaycees Award
The Consolidated Band receives the Austin Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce Award presented bi-
annually to the winner of first place in the corps
parade held in Austin Thanksgiving Day. Left to
right, Lt. Col. John T. Schmitz; Richard P. Muss-
ler, chairman of the Austin Jaycees Armed Forces
Committee; T. C. Alderson, Jr., head drum major;
Richard L. Goodwin, commander of the Consolida
ted bands; and Joe Rutherford, commander of the
Maroon Band.
Second Performance Tonight
Critic-A ctor High Ugh ts
First ‘Milky Way’ Showing
By GEORGE CHARLTON
Battalion Staff Writer
A critic, particularly one who
doesn’t mince adjectives or biting
phrases on those things he dis
likes, on once assuming an active
part in producing, directing, or
acting in some “thea-tuh” produc
tion, leaves himself wide open to
the hostile temperaments of those
whpse feet have been trod upon
in his reviewing days.
In this case, we refer to Her
man Gollob, one-time entertain
ment critic for The Battalion, who
for the first time during his col
lege career stepped before the
footlights last night in the Aggie
Player’s production of “The Milky
Way.” Taking one of the lead
parts as Gabby Sloan, an unscrup
ulous fight manager with a head
chock full of money-making gim
micks, Gollob was asking for it.
But somehow it never came.
Quite the contrary, from the
first time he stormed across the
stage tossing a crumpled news
paper in the direction of the au
dience, those who were patiently
awaiting some minor blunder on
his part, found none. By the
time the hour and a half long
production was over, Gabby
Further Explanations
Of Insurance Planned
Further meetings for the pur
pose of explaining the new group
hospitalization plan to all eligi
ble employes of the A&M College
System have been planned, accord-
to John Hill, director of work
men’s compensation insurance for
the A&M System.
Employes may find out from
their department heads when the
meetings will be held he said.
The original deadline for par
ticipation in the new hospitaliza
tion plan was set for April 30,
but that date has been moved
back to May 31. This was done
after it was discovered that many
employes had not had the new
plan explained to them. Several
employes had signed a waiver
without actually knowing they
were turning down insurance.
“Originally, eligible employes
were requested either to sign an
application for the insurance or to
sign a waiver indicating that they
did not desire to participate,” de
clared Edward G. Brennan, group
representative of the insurance
carrier, the Pan-American Life In-
curance Company of New Orleans.
“However, it soon beca.me ap
parent that many eligible em
ployes who had signed the waiver
did not have the plan explained to
them. They later made personal
visits to the fiscal office for the
purpose of signing up for the hos
pitalization insurance,” Brennan
added.
Sloan had become more of a de
fined character than any other
in the play.
He was a loud-mouthed promoter
who roared when he was mad and
who talked in soothing, sympathe
tic tones when he was trying to
“pull a deal.” He was almost a
ranting lunatic at times.
Making good use of the stage
and a barking, fast paced delivery,
Gollob retained an effervescence
throughout three acts which made
up for the play’s minor technical
difficulties.
Harry Gooding, an Aggie Player
veteran for many seasons, took the
part of Burleigh Sullivan, the
naive, introverted milkman who
accidentally sends the middle
weight champion of the world out
for the count.
Every movement and gesture
is bent toward the manifesta
tion of shyness and an unassum
ing nature. The result is perhaps
the best comic job of the play.
And Bill Guthrie’s “Spider,” ac
tually the foil for Gabby’s sar
casm, instigated guffaws of
laughter from scene to scene.
The latter was properly plod
ding, slow witted, and good na-
tured.
The matter of love, its rejection,
and consequent resurrection is
handled sufficiently by John Caple
and Mary Eleanor Vaden in their
respective roles as middleweight
champion of the world and sister
of Burleigh.
Distractingly sometimes, a le
gion of freckle faced urchins
squirmed in their seats and heaved
sighs of exasperation at the slight-
(See “MILKY WAY”, Page 4)
Dalston, Ingles Enter
Senior Prexy Run-Off
Lew Jobe was officially named
head yell leader for next year in
the run-off election held last night
by the junior class.
Class of ’52’s new Sergeant-at-
Arms is Thomas Martinez.
President, vice-president, treas
urer, secretary and athletic council
representatives will be decided in
final voting Wednesday.
None of the candidates for these
offices on last night’s ballot man
aged to get the required majority
of the votes. A vote of 350 was
needed for a man to win the office.
Still in the running for presi
dent are J. W. “Doggy” Dalston
and R. A. “Dick” Ingles. Dalston
is an economics major from Dallas
and Ingles is a business adminis
tration major also from Dallas.
Duane “Van” Vandenburg, a bus
iness major from Houston, and C.
R. “Bob” Dunn, a geology engi
neering major from Waco, are the
remaining candidates for the office
of vice-president.
Money Holders
Class Treasurer candidates still
in the running are Thurmond Mun
son, a chemical engineering major
from Angleton, and Ted M. Steph
ens, a mechanical engineering ma
jor from‘San Antonio.
Bobby Dobbins, business major
from San Antonio, is candidate for
class secretary as is James E.
Announcements
I\ow Available
All graduation announcements
are available at present time in
the office of Student Activities,
second floor Goodwin Hall. A
few extra announcements are on
hand for those who either did
not order enough or for those
who did not make the order
deadline.
Matush, a Chemical Engineering
major from Temple.
The two remaining candidates
for athletic council representative
are athletes who live in Hart Hall.
They are Bernard Lemmons, a phy
sical education major from Ozona,
and Richard Gardemal, from Port
Arthur and also a PE major.
Mascot Named
I. P. “Spots” Goldstein had an
unexpected job given him at the
election. Goldstein was not sched
uled to run for any office—that he
knew of—he was chosen, by write
ins to be the official mascot for
the Class of ’52.
Ballots will be distributed in the
dorms Wednesday as in the pre
vious election.
The candidates in last night’s
election received votes as follows:
for president; Dalston, 332, Ingles,
193 and Chapman, 174; for vice-
president Dunn, 317, Vandenburg,
253, and Fatheree 123; for secre
tary Dobbins 306, Matush 233 and
McDaniel 152; treasurer Stephens
318, Munson 223 and Dotson 138.
Athletic council representative
Bernard Lemmons 291, Richard
Gardemal 202 and James Fowler
181.
Gen. Moore Award
Standings Released
Standings of each unit of the
Corps of Cadets for Gen. George
F. Moore Award competition were
released yesterday by Bennie A.
Zinn, assistant dean of men for
student affairs.
Competition for the ward was
based 50% on scholarshop, 25%
on military proficiency, 15% on in
tramural proficiency and 10% on
extra-curricular participation.
Unit
Place Points
H Air Force 1 5440
B Engineers 2 4830
A Infantry 3 4670
B Field Artillery 4 4595
A Quartermaster 5 4160
A Signal Corps 6 4145
B Transportation 7 3940
A Armor 8 3930
‘Liltin ” Miss Tilton
Tilton-Osborne
Ring Dance Team
Blonde, blue-eyed Martha Tilton
and the Will Osborne Orchestra,
featuring the original Osborne
“slide music,” will team up for the
Senior Ring Dance, Friday night.
Boasting Corpus Christi as her
birthplace, Martha Tilton began
singing professionally before she
was graduated from high school.
Martha, who is said to have
discovered atomic energy long
before the scientists, walks with
a lilt, laughs with a lilt, and is
often called “The Liltin’ Miss
Tilton.”
Starting with a weekly radio
show sponsored by the Federal
Outfitting Company in Los An
geles, Martha zoomed upward in
the entertainment world immed
iately after graduation from high
school when she received a four
weeks engagement at the famous
Cocoanut Grove.
Her first band job was with
Hal Grayson who played along
the West Coast. While singing with
Grayson’s Band, she signed a con
tract to sing with Jimmy Dorsey.
When the Dorsey orchestra
went on tour, Martha decided to
remain in California, and it was
then she joined three young
singers who called themselves
“The Three Hits.” Martha and
three men formed the famed
quartet, “Three Hits and a
Miss,” which soon became the
nucleus for the Jeff Alexander
Swing Chorus on the Camel Car
avan Show.
After her engagement with the
Camel Caravan, the Liltin’ Miss
Tilton signed on with Benny Good
man, whom she greatly admired as
a musician and orchestra leader.
With Benny’s band she became
known from coast to coast and
became a favorite with record
fans by cutting such disks as
“And The Angels Sing.”, “Lock
Lomond,” and “I’ll Walk Alone.”
Martha is currently starring
with Curt Massey ona five-a-
week-show over CBS.
Osborne is one of America’s
leading vocalists, having stud
ied music in London, Paris, Can
ada and America. He is well
suited for College dance work be
cause he and his orchestra have
played more college proms and
dances than any other orchestra.
Known on radio, record, the
motion picture screen, and in cafes,
hotels and night clubs across the
country, Osborne is also a com
poser of note. Some of his hit
tunes are “Besides an Open Fire
place,” “Pompton Turnpike,” “Be
tween 18th and 19th on Chestnut
Street,” “Mumble Jumble,” and
“Wouldst Could I But Kiss Thy
Hand, Oh Babe.”
A Chemical Corps
B Air Force
B Quartermaster
F Air Force
E Field Artillery
B Infantry
White Band
A Transportation
I Air Force
A Ordnance
A Army Security
Maroon Band
A Veterans
D Infantry
B Coast Artillery
E Air Force
D Veterans
A Air Force
D Field Artillery
A Engineers
A Coast Artillery
A Composite
C Infantry
D Air Force
K Air Force
Company 10
C Veterans
E Infantry
B Armor
Company 9
Company 5
C Air Force
Company 6
B Athletic
C Armor
Freshman Band
A Field Artillery
B Composite
C Field Artillery
L Air Force
G Air Force
Company 11
Company 8
A Athletic
Company 1
Company 7
Company 4
Company 2
Company 3
9 3890
10 3875
11 3835
12 3735
13 (tie) 3715
13 (tie) 3715
15 (tie) 3700
15 (tie) 3700
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
3670
3650
3585
3535
3435
3415
3310
3295
3230
3220
27 (tie) 2990
27 (tie) 2990
29 2925
30 2860
31 (tie) 2750
31 2750
33 2700
34 2680
35 2570
36 2485
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
2455
2440
2390
2260
2215
2145
2120
2115
2040
2005
1945
1795
1780
1755
1720
1655
1450
1365
800
760
700
Summer Staff
Writers INceded
Students are urgently needed
to fill vacancies on The Battal
ion staff during the summer
months.
Beginning news writers are
needed to work in the Sports,
Campus, and City news de
partments. Copy readers and
other staff members are also
needed.
Students interested in work
ing at least one day a week
during the summer are request
ed to contact Joel Austin in
The Battalion office or Ro
land Bing in the Student Activ
ities Office, second floor, Good
win Hall.
Parent’s Day Parade Award Winners
Outstanding Sophomore Award
Outstanding sophomore of the cadet corps, Lyle Wolskill, is pre
sented the Federated A&M Mother’s Clubs of Texas Award—a
bronze cup and key. Left to right, Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden, as
sistant commandant; Mrs. Warren A. Gilbert, president of the
Federated A&M Mothers’ Clubs; and Wolfskill, a civil engineering
R. L. Sargent Award
major from Houston. Recipient of the R. L. Sargent Award for
1951 was cadet 1st Lt. Brian P. Lowry. The award is presented by
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sargent to the member of the Pistol Team that
best demonstrates marksmanship, sportsmanship, and fair play.
Teft to right," R. L. Sargent, M/Sgt. W. T. Daily, and Lowry, sen-
Daughters of American Revolution Award
ior petroleum and mechanical engineering major from Malden.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Award, $200 cash, went
to Cadet M/Sgt. Kenneth M. Wiggins, junior liberal arts major
from St. Augustine. The award is presented annually to the out
standing junior cadet. Left to right, Mrs. Henry C. Fulgham,
Albert Sidney Johnson Saber
state registrar, Texas Society, DAR and Wiggins. As outstanding
cadet senior, Cadet Col. Herbert G. Mills was awarded the United
Daughters of the Confederacy award, the Albert Sidney Johnson
Saber. Left to right, Col. Hayden L. Boatner, Commandant and
PMS&T; Mrs. Robert A. Newman, president, Texas Chapter, UDC;
and Mills, geological engineering major from San Antonio.