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College Station’s Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents Number 160: Volume 51 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1951 Second Installment On Basic Division— Today on Page Two Price Five Cents Tank Force Counters Reds on Eastern Front Tokyo, May 23—(#>—Tank - led United Nations forces today coun terattacked battered Chinese across the East-Central front. Jumping off behind mass air and artillery bombardments, American tank and infantrymen recaptured ■»Hangye, key highway junction on the front. The allied force ground steadily ahead. It was led by U. S. Second Division troops who had broken 3 Rs Causes Veto of State Textbook Bill Austin, May 23—DP)—“Reading and ’riting and ’rithmetic” was what the governor had in mind yes terday when he vetoed a textbook bill. Gov. Shivers said he was vetoing the bill because “I feel it may of fer an opportunity to reject the time-honored teaching of the three R’s in elementary education and substitute therefor other forms of teaching which have not as yet proved as effective.” The bill would have authorized the State Board of Education to combine subjects on recommenda tion of the State Textbook Commit tee and State Commissioner of Education. Its author, Sen. Pat Bullock of Colorado City, explained that it would allow schools to use text books combining two subjects such as spelling and penmanship. Bullock introduced the bill at the request of the State Elemen- fciry Teachers Association of Tex as. “They endorsed it 100 per cent,” he said. “They thought they could do a better job with the combina tion textbooks. “Even now certain subjects are taught together, subjects such as geography and history and spell ing and penmanship, but the teach- trs use a textbook on each separate tubject.” ' ’26 Aggie Graduate Dies in Houston Jack C. Jones, an Aggie graduate jn ME in 1926, died yesterday in ^Houston. Jones, 45, had been with the Humble Pipe Line Company for 23 years and at the time of his death was general superintendent of that company. Until 1939, Jones worked on var ious engineering assignments for the company. In January of that year he was made district pipe line superintendent at Pampa. From 1942 to 1949, he was assist ant division pipe line superinten dent at Midland. He became superintendent of field operations for the company in 1949 and general superintendent in 1950. MSG Meetings Groups who have meetings regularly scheduled in the MSC and who plan to cancel those meetings this week and/or next week should go by the front office of the Center and check with Betty Bolander. the back of the Reds’ second spring offensive. Chinese still held the offensive only on the Eastern front, on the right flank of the Second Division. Beat Off Attack There allies’ forces beat off two strong attacks during the night. Each action was fought against 1,000 Chinese southeast of Soksa. The Reds had cut the main lat eral highway near that point 25 miles south of Parallel 38 and 25 miles inland from the Sea of Japan. But allies rushed in to check the Red advance in turn cut the Com munist supply route Tuesday by seizing a key pass. One officer said “a hell of a fight” was raging around Soksa. Across the Western front war- plapes harried Chinese retreating north and east of Seoul. U. N. ground forces gained up to four miles Wednesday morning. A tank column recaptured Changgong, im portant highway town 25 miles northeast of Seoul. An Eighth Army spokesman said allied forces cleaned out the Reds Foreign Study Offered to 700 American Grads The United States Govern ment is providing opportuni ties for more than 700 Ameri cans to undertake graduate study or research abroad next year under the Fulbright Act, Kenneth Holland, President of the Institute of International Educa tion, announced today. Competitions are now open for awards for study abroad under this program during the 1952-1953 aca demic year in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Burma, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, the Neth erlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The Institute of International Education is the private agency designated by the Department of State to receive applications and recommend candidates for grad uate study. The awards wall enable young people in all fields of graduate study or research, as well as those qualified in certain non-academic fields including fine arts, drama and music, to study in foreign in stitutions and universities. Interested students presently en rolled in college should secure further information and applica tions from their campus Fulbright Program Adviser, before Oct. 15, 1951. Persons not em’olled in a college or university in the Spring or Fall of 1951 should secure such data directly from the Institute of International Education, 2 West 45 Street, New Yoi'k 19, New York. The last date on which applications will be issued is Sept. 30. from their bridgehead south of the Pukhan and Hongchon Rivers. These had stretched from Chang gong to Hongchon, 50 miles east of Seoul. Recaptured Hangye is 10 miles northeast of Hongchon on the road to Inje wheer the Red offensive jumped off a week ago. Except on the extreme flanks, the strong U. N. counterattack moved steadily ahead under a bright sun. Tanks and infantry units drove through valleys strewn with Chinese dead. They found few live Chinese in early stages of the counterattack. Fighting Is Heavy Field dispatches said heavy fighting was confined to the con fused Soksa salient. Army spokes man described the situation as very fluid. The area was reported swarm ing with Chinese. U. N. troops were shifted to check Reds streaming into the area. They cut off Communist sparheads by capturing a strate gic pass north of Soksa. The pass runs through the 5,000 foot high Kyebang ridge. It is the key ap proach into the wild and rugged region around Soksa. Light Opposition The pass was taken against rel atively light opposition. U. N. of ficers said its capture was perhaps the most important development on the front Tuesday. Another U. N. tank-infantry force ran into stiff opposition in a northward counterattack. The allies hacked their way through the Chinese and the mountains for a gain of nearly a mile. Fighter planes aided armored forces in hunting down the Reds. Altogether U.N. planes flew ap proximately 1,000 sorties Wednes day. Pilots reported killing 1,700 Reds in front line attacks. It was the hightest toll reported by the Air Force in days. The Reds put on a one plane attack of their own. It strafed Allied lines on the Western front near Munsan, 21 miles northwest of Seoul. First Game With Arizona Now Going On In Tucson Wildcats Have Won 28, Lost Only 2 : is 28 wins and two losses. The Arizona Wildcats proved last year to NCAA repeat ing champion, the University of Texas, that anytime a South west Conference representative meets an Arizona University baseball club, plenty of trouble can be expected. Many partican and bi-partisan observers believed that the Longhorns were extremely lucky to eke out a 7-to-6 vicr tory in the first contest and even the 9-to-3 slamming of the Wildcats in the last game. Arizona had taken the second game 5-to-4. Up to date material has been unavailable for report, but the Arizona record through its first twenty games can be recorded. The Wildcats opened the season with a trip to the West Top Spring Sports Awards Presented at Barbecue Pat Hubert • . . started the opening play off game against Arizona tl. in Tucson today. His season record is 10 wins, 1 loss while his con ference mark is 6-1. He Shouldn’t Have St. Joseph, Mo.—DP)—A trip to church cost Earl Eugene Davis a three-year term in state prison. While at the First Methodist Church, Davis stole a chime clock. Moslems in Iran ‘Boo’ US, Britain Tehran, Iran, May 23—DP)—Ten sion mounted today in crisis-tom Tehran after some 30,000 Mos lems — booing the United States and Britain—vowed yesterday to wage holy war if need be to na tionalize the nation’s rich oil re- soui-ces. An air of crisis gripped the Iran ian capital as police and troops, on a 24-hour alert, patrolled the streets in tmcks and on horseback. A dozen tanks roamed the city, ready for action. A resolution declaring “strong hatred” of the United States and Britain was cheered wildly at yes terday’s mass rally, called by Mos lem religious leaders and Premier Mohammed Mossadegh’s national bloc. The cheering reached fever pitch when black-bearded Chams Ghan- atabadi, leader of the militant Mu- James Jennings, left and Calvin Beckman are holding the 22” loving cup which was recently presented to the Civil Engineering department for displaying the best Open House Day exhibit. Gus Pape, Ish Callaway, Bob Sewell, Wayland D. Oradat, Joe Schultz, Vonnie Pearson and Joe Benson were) several of the students who helped made the winning exhibit possible through their work on the exhibit and during Open House Day. jaheddin Islam (fighters for Is lam), declared: “All loyal Moslems will throw the British bandits into the Persian Gulf, if they do not leave the country.” Thousands of Moslem religious banners weer waved in approval when another speaker, parliament member Hossein Makki, declared a recent statement by the U. S. State Department was “a stab in the back of the Iranian nation.” The State Department, which has urged moderation on both sides of the dispute, has been accused by Iranians of backing the British stand against nationalization. Makki is Mossadegh’s right hand man in parliament and secretary of the joint Senate-Majlis oil nation alization board. Rally New Move The rally—called by Ayatullah Seyed Abolghassem Kashani, one of Iran’s leading priests—was the latest move to step up pressure against any British resistance to government seizure of the British- owned Anglo-Iranian oil company. The law nationalizing the giant firm was enacted more than three weeks ago, but the government has given no practical hint of how it intends to carry it out. The resolution, which drew loud cheei’s, contained these points: • “We hereby declare to the whole world the unbi’eakable will (See MOSLEMS, Page 4) By FRED WALKER Battalion Sports Editor By, the time that you read this story, the Texas Aggie baseball team, co-champions of the Southwest Conference, will have either won or lost the first of a three game series which will decide the NCAA District 6 titlist and representa tive to the Omaha playoffs. A&M sent lead-off batter and All-Southwest Conference Shortstop Guy Wallace to the plate at 4 p.m. (CST) today, on the diamond of the University of Arizona in Tucson. At an elevation of 2000 feet above sea level and amid a temperature in the neighborhood of 100 degrese, Pat Hu bert, who has a sensational record of 10 wins, one loss, took the mound to face a team whose combined batting aver- •*age is above the magical .300 and whose won and lost record Coast where they met and walloped San Diego State, 23-5. Three games were then played with the University of Colorado and Arizona won all three by the re spective scores of 31-11, 10-3 and 10-4. Another sojurn was then made to the Pacific Coast Conference and the invaders from Tucson met five far West mines and won eight contests. Arizona won its first two games on that trip from UCLA, 11-8 and 8-5. In their next contest, how ever, the Wildcats took it on the chin as they were belted by Col lege of the Pacific, 10-to-3. Sweet Revenge It was sweet revenge for the Tucsonites the next day, though, as they slipped past the same Tig ers diamondmen, 5-to-2. It was at this point that the Wildcats start ed a 20-game winning streak be fore the University of Souther? California was to drop them, on, their 28th try. San Jose provided the opposition next as Arizona went up and down the tip of Southern California like a forest fire. The Crimson and Navy scourge from the Great American Desert bowled over the Spartans 9-to-5 and 4-to-12. San Francisco University and the University of Califomia were the next to fall before the Wild cats—who were fast living up to their name. The Dons went down 7-3 and the Golden Bears were clipped 3-1. By RAY HOLBROOK Battalion Sports Staff Outstanding athletic achieve ment was honored last night at the annual Brazos County A&M Club’s barbecue honoring all Spring- sports participants. Darrow Hooper, who broke a rec ord almost every time he pushed the shot this Spring and Tommy Comstock, standout swimmer were Profs Offered Chance to Get Advance Study Four faculty fellowships have been offered to A&M by the Ford Foundation, Dr. Ide P. Trotter, dean of the grad uate school announced today. “The program,” Dr. Trotter says, “is not intended to provide for the completion of doctorate study. However, such proposals will be considered, provided this appears to be the best possible preparation for the development of the teaching capacities of the in dividual concerned. With the ap proval of the committee, work may be done at any institution.” Present and prospective staff members are eligible. No limit has been placed on age or rank, though preference will be given to young er members of the faculty, Dr. Trotter points out. “The applicant must be able and willing to return to his present or prospective teach ing position for the academic year 1952-53,” he says. The program has been designed primarily for the strengthening of college teaching. “The committee making the se lections will be more interested in the implication of the applicant’s program to undergraduate teach ing than in the implication of the program for any graduate degree or research project,” the dean of the graduate school says. Stipends for the faculty fellow ships will be comparable to the applicant’s 1951-52 salary plus amounts necessary for travel and tuition wherever appropriate. The applications must be in Dr. Trotters office by June 13, he said. presented the Lipscomb-Colson award as “most valuable player” of the track team and the Jimmy Kiel trophy as an outstanding swimmer and student respectively. Ronnie Dwyer, freshman basket ball player, was presented an award by Reed Wipprecht for the best percentage of free throws. Other basketball awards were pre sented earlier this year to the tri-champion varsity team. Simpson Gets Award Pole vaulter Jack Simpson re ceived a special award as captain of the 1951 track team. The swim ming team presented gifts to their coaches, Art Adamson and Emil Mamaliga and to Dean of Engin eering Howard Barlow “for being of the greatest help to the team during the season.” Coach John Floyd px-esented the varsity and fresbman basketball players to the group, estimated at 2 Dead, 12 Hurt As Commie Fire Hits US Ships Washington, May 23 — (AP)— Communist artillery fire from the Korean shore hit the battleship New Jersey and the destroyer Brinkley Bass, killing two men and wound ing 12, the Navy said yesterday. In the 24 hours since the battle ship was hit thex-e has been al most a constant duel between Amex-ican ships offshox-e and Red batteries on the land. One shell hit each vessel, the Navy said, with “no matex-ial dam age” to tbe New Jersey and only “minor damage” to the Bass. The hits were scox-ed on the New Jersey Monday (Korean time) and on the destroyer Sunday. Both were at anchor bombarding the Red-held port of Wonsan on the Kox-ean East coast when the shells struck. Both slipped anchor and got out of x-ange but the shelling was soon resumed. The spokesman said that fire from the enemy shore, heretofoi'e rare, has been on the increase for five days. about 300, and the Lipscomb-Col son awai’d for most valuable play er and captain were re-awax-ded to Buddy Davis and Jewell McDow ell. John DeWitt had previously been presented the Reed Wipprecht trophy for best percentage of free thx-ows. Golf, Tennis Teams Gayther Nowell iixtroduced the golf team and tennis coach W. M. Dowell presented members and let- termen of the SWC’s third ranking tennis team. Col. E. V. Vaden presented the fencing lettermen and Sgt. Reese introduced the rifle team and its outstanding members. Sgt. Dailey presented the pistol team. The freshman baseball team was introdxxced by Wally Moon, fresh man coach. Col. Frank Anderson introduced all members of the varsity and fish track teams and told of their undefeated season which was cli maxed by winning the SWC champ ionship. W. N. “Flop” Colson, chairman for the program, briefly reviewed what has been a banner year in A&M sports with SWC champions in ti’ack, basketball and baseball. Austin Losses To Be Repaid Students who suffered person al propexly loss during the Corps Trip to Austin may col lect partial repayment for their losses in the Student Activities Office in Goodwin beginning at 8 tomorrow morning. Joe Johnson, chaii'man of the Student Senate Better A&M-TU Relations Committee, announced the payments today specifying that only students who have filed prior claim of loss will be eligible for repayment. Students were asked to file such claims shoxtly following the report of the numerous loss es last Fall. Claimants will receive an al- loted percentage of the value of their loss, Johnson said. The money is coming from funds collected from each military unit on the campus. Any money not claimed by Sunday, June 3 will revert to the Twelfth Man Scholarship Fund,, Johnson concluded. Students, Profs Promote A&M By ANDY ANDERSON Battalion Campus Editor One of the finest student publi cations that has been published in this institution in many a moon is ready for disti’ibution—The Engi- neei\ Fi'om the three-color front cover to the advertisement on the back coveiy the magazine is ci'ammed full of features involving some phase of engineex-ing or the stu dent life at A&&M. Editor R. W. “Tex” McDaniel has presented a vivid picture of A&M to the prospective student of A&M and in outlining his purpose says, “If this magazine is the deciding factor for just one prospective student, then we will consider that our efforts will have been a success.” Messages from Deaxx of Engi neering, H. W. Barlow; Pi’esident of the College, Dr. M. T. Harring ton; Dean of the College, C. Cle ment Fi’ench; and Dean of Men, W. L. Penbei’thy extend personal invitations to high school senior boys of Texas. Dean of the Basic Division, John R. Bei’trand, explains th#. setup and function of the summer pre- ti’aining center at Junction. He also explains the oi’ganization of the Basic Division and how it will apply to each new student of A&M. Colonels E. W. Napier and H. L. Boatner, PAS&T and Commandant and PMS&T respectively, fuxmish the future Aggie with the militaxy point of view and how ROTC will affect their life while they will be at A&&M. What an Aggie graduate does as a former student upon grad uation is explained by J. B. “Dick” Hervey, executive secre tary of the Association of For mer Students. A full page picture of Aggieland as viewed from about 750 feet above the golf course and exter ior and interior shots of the MSC as well as an article on the Cen ter by Russell C. Wright give the prospective student a view of the campus and some of the highlights of the methods and operations of the “Poor Man’s Shamrock.” W. R. Horsley, director of the placement office, explains the need for engineers in an article about his depai'tment. How a student may get aid through the scholarship and fellow ship fund, opportunity awards and many other awards and px-izes is presented in an article by E. E. McQuillen, director of the Develop ment Fund. What it means to be in the Cadet Corps is presented by Cadet Colonel A. D. Martin, Jr. Jes D. Mclver, president of the Engineers Council explains the purpose of the council and how it coordinates the student and the school of engineering. Some of the highlights, benefits and other points of the depart ments in the school of engineering ai’e explained by diffex-ent student engineex-s for the publication. The center spi’ead is devoted to athletics at A&M and shows SWC x'ecord setter Dai’row Hooper, All- Conference shortstop and baseball team captain Guy Wallace, “Bruis in’ ” Bob Smith in a touchdown jaunt against SMU and pictures of the track, swimming and bas ketball pai’ticipants. C. G. “Spike” White, assistant dean of men for activities, explains how the entex-tainment for the school is obtained and the func tion of the Singing Cadets and other entertainment gx-oups on the campus. All in all, the magazine is one of the finest published in respect to makeup, editing and typography and Editor McDaniel should feel px*oud he has done this much to ward influencing the high school senior to come to A&M, Slaughter House Coming back to home gi’ounds, Aifzona slaughtered its cousin from Tempo, Arizona State Col lege, 11-2 and 10-0. Even the Aniiy Air Force felt the impact of Arizona’s big guns as Davis-Monthan Air Foi’ce Base was blasted twice, 10-to-0 and 14-to-0. Still feeling the need for runs, inns and more inns, the Wildcats went to Albuquei’que and annihi lated the University of New Mexi co in two games, 18-3 and 10-2. They might have been first on the land, air and sea, but the Marine Corps wasn’t fii'st in base ball with the Univex-sity of Ariz ona. The “gyrenes” from a San Diego base landed in Arizona, but their fi-ontal assault was checked once 7-to-6, and they never estab lished a beachhead in the second game as the host nine tore them apart 6-to-0, Seven More From there, although the re sults are unavailable for publica tion at this time, the Wildcats went oxx to win seven moi'e with out a loss before falling to South ern Cal last week. But then just for another warm-up exei’cise, the Arizonians whipped the fly-boys from Davis-Monthan for the third time. Arizona suffered a bad break when it was leaxmed that their No. 1 shortstop, Chet Vassey and their top hurler, Brad Tolson, would not be eligible for NCAA competition since he had competed as a fresh man. Tolson, who had won ten and lost none, had the reputable scalps of San Diego State, UCLA, Cali fornia and Ainzona State among his collection. Not only could he pitch, but Tol son collected nine hits in 19 trips to the plate for an average of .473. He also scored six times and batted in seven x-uns. (See CATS, Page 3) Bradley Skeptical Of Russian Intent Washington, May 23—DP)—Gen. Omar Bradley said yesterday he wished he could be sure Russia realizes how destructive atomic bombs are. Bradley told a Senate inquiry in to the removal of Gen. MacAidhur that “We must all realize that Rus sia has the bomb” and the planes to deliver them in event of war.