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f: Number 164: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1951
Price Five Cents
.
Summer Students
Register Monday;
Total To Re 3,550
f Registration for the first sum
mer term will be held Monday
from 8 a.m. to 12 noon in Sbisa
Hall.
•'UApproximately 2000 to 2200 stu
dents are expected to register for
the first term, according to R. G.
Perryman, registrar’s office. About
300 freshman have registered for
the basic military training, he said.
About 1050 pre-registered, he add
ed.
■Order for registration is as fol-
^ lows: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., all whose
surnames begin with L, M, N, O, P,
Q, R; 9 to 10, K, K, O. 11, I, J, K;
10 to 11, A, B, C, D; and 11 to 12,
S, T, U, V, W, X Y, and Z.
Fees to Be Paid
^H^fter receiving assignment cards,
ppgistrants should pay all fees at
the Cashier’s Desk, Sbisa Hall.
After reporting to the heads of de
partments for approval of courses
to be taken, the student should re
port to his dean for approval of
schedule.
1| To report to Chief of Housing,
Sbisa Hall, and have fee receipt
f stamped is the next step in the
registration procedure. Veterans
should secure approval of book req
uisitions in the Sbisa Hall Annex.
The final step is to turn in assign-
fient cai'd at the registrar’s desk,
Sbisa Hall.
■ Students, other than new en-
Yollees, who have not completed
their registration and returned
their assignment cards to the Reg
istrar’s office by 5 p.m. of regis-
ttvation day will be assessed an ad-
T ditional matriculation fee of $2 for
late registration.
HMS Pinafore
Production On
Summer Slate
i, “I’m called little Buttercup,” she
jang as she wooed the handsome
‘ sailor. This is a scene from “HMS
Pinafoi’e,’ the Gilbert and Sullivan
light opera, which will be staged
in the Grove this summer.
. The musical is being sponsored
by the Office of Student Activities.
It will be directed jointly by Bill
Turner director of the Singing Ca
dets and C. K. Esten, sponsor of
the Aggie Players.
Tryouts for the satirical comedy
will begin Thursday, June 7 at
7:30 p.m. in the Music Hall. Any-
one interested may contact Turner
A in the Music Hall or Esten in the
! English Department.
In order to stage this musical
about the British Navy, talents of
I many kinds will be needed, such
n as singers, musicians, painters,
V , electricians, and carpenters.
Residents of Bryan and College
Station as well as students are
invited to take part in the produc
tion, Esten said.
Friday, June 8, will be the last
date on which changes in registra
tion for the first term can be made
without penalty. Subjects dropped
after this date will show grades
of F as the final grade.
For students beginning their col
lege training, the entire registra
tion will be in the Registrar’s of
fice, Administration building. Stu
dents transferring from other col
leges will register in Sbisa Hall
Monday morning.
Six Hours is Load
The normal amount of work a
student may carry in a six 'weeks
term is six semester hours, or seven
if part is practice. The privilege of
carrying one hour above the normal
load in a summer term is granted
a student who eairned 27 or more
grade points in his preceding se
mester.
During the Summer Session of
1951, first year basic military
training will be offered on the
main campus. By taking advan
tage of this opportunity, a student
may advance by one semester his
date of graduation and possible re
serve commissioning. However, a
student taking the basic military
courses must remain in school for
the entire summer session of 12
weeks, in order to get credit for
military work.
More Fees
All members of the cadet corps
living in the dormitories during
the summer are required to pay the
fees for board and laundry in addi
tion to the fees for room rent. Dor
mitory students who are not mem
ber's of the cadet corps are required
to pay the fees for room rent and
laundr y in addition to the other re
quired fees.
The total cost for the first term
is $95.70. This includes matricu
lation fee, $17.50; medical service
fee, $2.50; student activities fee,
$2.40; board, $52.80; room rent,
$15; and laundry, $4.50. An ad
ditional charge of $1 will be re
quired for room key deposit.
Meals for other than members
of the cadet corps will be served
only at the cafeteria in Sbisa Hall.
H
To-Pay is the last surviving widow of Quannah Parker. She was
in Wichita Falls for the performance of the symphony “The Saga
of Peta Nocona” by the Oklahoma City Symphony orchestra. Par
ker was a great chief of the Comanche Indian tribe and the son of
a white woman, Cynthia Ann Parker. Holding To-Pay’s arm is
Knox Beal, Cache, Oklahoma, who was in Wichita Falls for the
symphony.
Wise-Cracking Old Soldiers
Haven’t Yet Faded Away
Norfolk, Va., May 31—UP)—Three wise-crack
ing old Southern gentlemen meet here today for the
first time in their lives—and anything’s liable to
happen.
Each is 105 years old. And each one came to
the 61st, final reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans to see some pretty girls.
The three—who represent one-fourth the sur
vivors of the Southern army—are William J. Bush,
of Fitzgerald, Ga; John Sailing of Slant, Va., and
William D. Townsend of Olla, La.
By the time Bush planed in Tuesday night
after Townsend had arrived by train earlier in the
day, persons attending the reunion had given up
trying to predict what the old soldiers would do
next. * « * 'mWWMW
Reds Halt Yank Advances
Short of Chorwon, Kumhwa
Tokyo, May 31—(A 5 )—Red troops
fighting with renewed fury halted
American advances today 13 miles
from the Communist Korean
strongholds of Chomon and Kum
hwa.
Other United Nations forces re
gained control of the 275 foot high
Hwachon Dam with comparative
ease.
Across the 125 mile Korean
front, allied forces slogged through
Draft-UMT Measure
Expected To Get OK
Washington, May 31—<A > )—Sena
tor Russell (D-Ga) forecast Sen
ate approval today of a compro-
|mise bill to extend the draft and
provide a start toward a universal
ining program in the future.
- “This is one of the most impor
tant national defense measures
asked of the Congress this year,”
said Russell, chairman of the
Armed Services Committee. “I do
not anticipate any serious Senate
opposition.”
Senate approval, expected this
afternoon, -would send the draft-
UMT measure to the House, where
similar action is expected next
week.
A lengthy dispute within a con-
Aggieland Editors
Named by Juniors
Co-editors of the Aggieland
1952, elected recently, are Bibb
| Underwood and Bill McSpadden.
! The two, named to the position by
j; the Junior Class, will succeed Roy
f Nance, 1951 editor.
|- Undenvood is an agronomy ma-
ijor from Lohifi. He is a sergeant
of C Company Infantry and is a
■member of the Agronomy Society
and the Press Club.
[ He is now serving in the capac-
itv of Club 'Editor of Aggieland
’51. |
i, McSpadden! is from Amarillo and
is a pre-law major. He is a mem-
fey Field Artillery and
Artillery Regimental
ber of D Batt
is on the
VStaff.
McSpadden
is a member of the
Ross Volunteers, the Pre-Law So
ciety and the! Press Club. During
,this year he bias served as business
manager of same publication
he will co-editl. in ’52.
ference committee, named to ad
just Senate-House differences in
the legislation, stalled action from
April 17 until Monday, when an
agreement was reached.
The present draft act is sched
uled to expire July 9, and selective
service and defense officials have
been anxious to get the new pro
gram written into law well ahead
of that deadline.
The compromise calls for a four-
year extension of the draft with:
1. A lowering of the minimum
induction age from 19 to IS 1 /^. Lo
cal draft boards would first be re
quired to call up all men 19 through
25 before taking any below 19.
2. Extension of the required ac
tive service by draftees Horn 21
to 24 months. Active and reserve
service would be extended from
about six to eight years.
the mud for slow gains or fought
off sharp attacks.
The stiffest fighting swirled
against American spearheads on
the Western and West-Central
fronts pointed at Chorwon, and
around Inje on the East-Central
sector.
Chinese units pitched a fantas
tic counterattack at dusk Wednes
day against Americans in the hills
around Yonchon, 13 miles south
west of Chonvon. In a night
long battle the Reds pushed the
doughboys off the ridges and shov
ed them back 1,000 yards.
At dawn Thursday the Ameri
cans leaped to the attack. By noon
they had regained their positions
on the road to Chorwon.
Frontline officers estimated at
least two Chinese divisions stood
between the Americans and that
Red sti-onghold, 60 miles north of
Seoul.
No-Man’s Land
Yonchon itself, said AP corres
pondent John Randolph, is a no
man’s land. Americans patrel it
by day, Chinese by night.
The Chinese started their first
spring offensive prematurely April
22 to keep the allies away from
Chorwon. At that time U. N.
forces were four miles away.
One of the announced objectives
of the current allied counter-offen
sive is to force the Reds into an
other premature attack.
During such offensives the Chi
nese have been cut down in the
greatest numbers.
Thirteen miles east of Yonchon
on a highway leading toward Kum
hwa, a Red regiment stopped an
American advance south of Chipo.
Chinese and North Koreans ai’e
sensitive to any approach to Chor
won and Kumhwa-. These points
have been their main assembly and
supply centers for months.
Battalion Needs
Circulation Man
A student circulation man for
The Battalion during the Summer
months is needed by Student Pub
lications.
Applicants must have an auto
mobile. It is also desirable that
the man have most of his after
noons free.
Applicants may contact Roland
Bing, manager of Student Publica
tions, at Room 211 Goodwin Hall.
Graduation
Scheduled Friday
At Ceremony
442 Commissions
Will Re Awarded
Four hundred forty-two members
of the A&M graduating class will
receive reserve commissions as sec
ond lieutenants in the Army and
Air Force Friday afternoon in
Guion Hall.
In a 1 p.m. ceremony at which
Maj. Gen. Warren Carter will be
the principal speaker, 206 cadets
will receive air force commissions
and 236 will be awarded army com
missions.
General Carter, commander of
the Flying Training Air Force, Wa
co, will award air force commis
sions, and Brig. Gen. Charles K.
Gailey, assistant commander of the
Second Armored Division, Fort
Hood, will award army commis
sions.
The oath of office en masse will
be administered by Lt. Col. William
F. Lewis, senior infantry instruc
tor, School of Military Science.
Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T, will
act as master of ceremonies at
the commissioning exercises. He
will welcome the audience, intro
duce Gen. Carter and President
Tom Harrington who will speak;
and following the presentation of
commissions, will announce that
relatives may proceed with the cus
tomary pinning on of insignia of
rank.
Cadets to be commissioned may
bring one guest onto the lower
floor of Guion Hall. This guest
will be seated directly behind the
Cadet concerned. Other guests will
be instructed to find seats in gal
leries. Thirty ushers will be pres
ent to assist in the seating.
The invocation and benediction
will be given by Curtis Edwards,
corps chaplain. During the pro
gram the audience will sing “The
Spirit of Aggieland” and “The Star
Spangled Banner.” J. Harold
Hughes will lead the singing.
James Rollins wil be the organist.
At 8 a.m. Friday morning, all
air force and army cadets to re
ceive commissions at 1 p.m. will
be required to execute the oath
of office. Cadets not present for
the meetings wil not be permitted
to participate in the commissioning
exercises.
All air force cadets will meet in
the East wing of Duncan Hall.
They are requested to bring with
Films on India
To Be Shown
Five films on India’s culture and
industry will be shown at 8 to
night in Rooms 2A and 2B of the
MSC. The 16 mm sound films
were secured from the Information
Department of the Indian Embas
sy in Washington, D. C., by G. N.
Raut, Indian graduate student in
Agronomy.
The films are “India Indepen
dent,” “The Republic Celebration
Day,” “Handicrafts in India,” “The
Sindri Project from Manufacture
of Fertilizers,” and “South Indian
Dances.”
Raut has invited all persons in
terested to attend the showing,
which will last for one and one
quarter hours.
them a fountain pen containing
black, blue or blue-black ink. Maj.
John F. Burris, adjutant, will ad
minister the oath.
While the air force cadets meet
in Duncan Hall, the army cadets
will be sworn in at the YMCA. It
will be necessary for cadets to be
in uniform for the purpose of tak
ing the oath. CWO Robert B.
Mills, adjutant, will administer the
oath of office.
Three To be Given
Honorary Degrees
Graduation exercises for 920 seniors will get underway
at 9:50 a.m. tomorrow with baccalaureate services. At 1 p.m.
442 students who have completed ROTC training will be giv
en reserve commissions. The President’s Reception honoring
all seniors and their families will be held from 2:30 until 4:30
p.m. Friday. Commencement exercises at 6 p.m. will com
plete Graduation ’51.
During Commencement, honorary Doctor of Law de
grees will be conferred upon Frank Cleveland Bolton, Presi
dent Emeritus of A&M; Fannin Woody Charske, ’02, chair
man of the Executive Committee of Union Pacific Railroad,
and Marvin Jones, Chief Justice of the United States Court
of Claims.
Military Speaker
Holds High AF Post
Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter,
guest speaker at the commission
ing exercises in Guion Hall at 1
p.m. tomorrow, is a genial, easy-
to-meet Texan who established
headquarters for the newly-acti
vated Flying Training Air Force
in Waco, May 1.
The Flying Training Air Force
is a key part of the Air Training
Command, re-organized recently
to cope with the rapid expansion
of technical and flying training.
Commissioned a second lieuten
ant in the old Air Service, the
grandfather of today’s massive Air
Force, Gen. Carter’s first assign
ment was as a flying instructor at
Kelly Field San Antonio.
Leaving there, Gen. Carter serv
ed in the Panama Canal Zone for
almost three years. In 1926 he
picked up the thread that was de
stined to lead him into the highest
training post in the Air Force
when he was assigned to Brooks
Field, San Antonio as flying in
structor.
When World War II expanded
the Air Force training program
into a. mighty machine, Gen. Car
ter became chief of training and
operations divisions of the Air
Force Training Command.
In 1943, the flying general be
came commanding general of the
San Francisco Fighter Wing and
moved from there to an assignment
with the Far East Air Forces in
Australia.
He returned to the US in 1945
and the next two years saw him as
chief of staff of the Ninth Troop
Carrier Command and deputy com
mander of Tactical Air Command.
The general went from there in
August 1947 to Russia wher - e he
That’ll Learn
Tm, Burn ’im!
London, May 30—GP)—
Mrs. Stella Payne told the
court she protested when
her husband, John, un
dressed with the window
shades up.
John, she testified, re
plied: “It gives the wom
en across the road a
treat.”
Mrs. Payne won a di
vorce on grounds of cru
elty.
Air Force Staff
Adds Two Members
The Air Forces Detachment at
Texas A&M has been increased by
the assignment of two new airmen.
M/Sgts. William P. Veeck, and
Edgar R. McNutt have all reported
for duty.
Sgt. Veeck has been assigned to
the Sophomore Section, and Sgt.
McNutt to the Air Science Opera
tion Office.
Sgt. Veeck reported here from
Westover Air Force Base, Massa
chusetts, where he was assigned to
the Wing Inspector's Office.
Sgt. McNutt previously was as
signed as Flight Sergeant with the
2696 AFRTC, Hensley Field, Dal
las, Texas.
Sgt. and Mrs. McNutt are living
at 1108 E. 31st Street, Bryan, Tex
as.
Boots To March for Last Time
By LELA HAINES EDWARDS First was Paul G. Haines, Jr., the reviewing stand with a flour- fully now than ever before. They
class of ’41, for whom the boots ish of trumpets and marched with seemed to reflect the fierce pride
When the Cadet Corps takes its were ma de. These brand new the mighty cadence of the Aggie of the boy who was wearing them
place on the main di' 1 *! field boots led corps trip parades, mess band, for Lamar was in the field in the steps of his older brothers,
Saturday morning for final review, formations, and stood before the artillery section of that organiza- both of whom were fighting over-
and when the band starts march- rev iewing stand and took salutes, tion. He had started a personal seas. The red in them mellowed
ing by, there will be a pair of ghs- f or their owner was second in speed-up educational plan, before to wine, the brown exuded a gold-
temng brown boots out there that cornma nd of the cadet corps. Paul it was adopted by the colleges of en glow, and they clung pliantly
could almost march by themselves. was a ca valryman, so he took the the country, and his final review to the legs of their new owner.
Well, indeed, do these boots boots to the service with him to was in 1943, a year ahead of sched- Somehow, a pair of boots had
know that parade ground in front wear when he wanted to add spe
of the new Memorial Student Cen- rial class to his uniform. They
ter, for this is their fourth final weren’t as much in style around
review. Besides, they have snap- tanks as they used to be around
ped smartly to attention, toes horses, however, so after a while
Brief Comeback
The boots were carefully saddle-
gained a personality—had become
part of a family.
Now A Tradition
During this early spring of 1945
straight ahead, at a score or more he brought them back to his young- soaped and hung in the closet at their first owner was killed in a
of other reviews on this same field er brother, Lamar, whose senior home “for the duration”; but they foreign battle, and they became
during their four years as the year was approaching. made a brief and dramatic come- that family’s tradition,
most distinguishing mark of an T) . ,, . „ , „ back in early 1945. Second term
A&M senior. Boots Get 2nd Owner sophomores suddenly became “sen- When Kuth returned from the
'. . V( Lamar, class of ’44, was of iors” on the campus, and the third f rm / to bec0,T |e a real senior, the
Final March slighter build than Paul, but it Haines boy, Keith, could don them, boots were waiting to march with
The boots will march this year seemed both practical and econom- It was only a few weeks until he 'fm- nU
for their last time on David G. ical to use the boots, since such would go to the seiwice, so he took ^ ^ .P ;• v "
Haines, cadet colonel of the field footwear involves a considerable th e ?]4 boots back to the maker to • ^ ‘ ,
artillery regiment. Son of Paul cash outlav. So they were return- see if they would do. The inner , . , . .
G. Haines, class of ’17, and Mrs. ed to the local bootmaker, who ad- sole was removed, they were uncnmKaoie.
Hahjes of College Station, he is dec! an inner sole, tightened the stretched a bit in the leg and And alter this final review ?
the last of four brothers who have calf, and made them fit. across the toe, and lo, they fit him. The family agree the boots will
worn the boots in the past decade. This time the boots approached The boots glowed more beauti- be bronzed.
served one year as military air
attache at Moscow.
On his return from the USSR,
he became commanding general of
Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.
In March 1950, he was appointed
deputy commander for flying train
ing in Air Training Comand.
The general has been awarded
the Legion of Merit and the Dis
tinguished Seiwice Medal. He has
held the US Air Force gunnery
championship several times, and is
rated command pilot and combat
observer.
He pinned on the two stars of
a major general Dec. 22, 1950.
Dorm Students
Must Be In New
Rooms Soon
All dormitories except those to
be used during the summer session
will be closed and locked Saturday
at 3 p.m. according to Assistant
Dean of Men Bennie Zinn. All
dormitory students now in school
who intend to go to summer school
must be moved to their new rooms
by 3 p.m., Saturday, Zinn said.
Students who wish to change
rooms but who wish to leave the
campus before the semester is
completed may make arrangements
with the present occupants of their
new room about storage of posses
sions until they return, Zinn re
marked.
Those students who want to turn
in their room key must present the
key and the yellow receipt showing
their key deposit to room 100 of
Goodwin Hall during office hours.
Theft of Camera
Lens Reported
A 1014 inch Wollensack lens for
a photo-engraving camera, valued
at $125, was stolen from the Stu
dent Publications engraving lab in
Room 21, Foster Hall, over the past
weekend.
The theft was not discovered
until Tuesday morning, since The
Battalion’s limited publication
schedule has been in effect this
week and the engraving lab has not
been in use.
Teh loss was confirmed by Ro
land E. Bing, manager of Student
Publications, following discovery
by several of the student engrav
ers. The lock to the room had been'
forced, Bing said, and the lens
taken.
“I can see absolutely no use for
the lens by anyone,” Bing said.
“The lens is completely ineffective
without the entire camera. I do
not believe it can even be sold.”
Bing reported the theft to the
Campus Security office, which be
gan an immediate investigation.
Father of Staff
Member Succumbs
C. B. Bond of Pampa, father of
Kenneth Bond, a College staff
member, died late Wednesday night
at his home in Pampa. Funeral
services will be held Friday at 2
p.m. in Pampa.
Staff Member Bond, who works
in the Information Office, left Col
lege Station Wednesday to be at
his father’s bedside.
For baccalaureate, all candidates
for Engineering, Veterinary Medi
cine and all advanced degrees will
form a line west of the Academic
Building and south of Ross Statue.
These men will march into Guion
Hall where they will hear the Rev.
W’. A. Welsh, pastor' of the East
Dallas Christian Church, Dallas,
deliver an address.
Candidates for Agriculture and
Arts and Science degrees will form
their line west of the Academic
Building and north of Ross Statue
and march into the Assembly Hall,
Dr. Kenneth W. Copeland, pastof
of Travis Park Methodist Church,
San Antonio, will deliver the bac*
calaureate address.
’fhe program for graduation will
continue at I p.m. Friday when
Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter,
USAF, Commanding General of
the Flying Training Air Force, Wa
co, presents reserve air force com
missions to 206 men.
In the same ceremony, Brig. Gen.
Charles K. Gailey, assistant com
mander of the Second Armored,
Division, Fort Hood, will award
Army commissions to 236 gradu
ates.
President’s Reception
From 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. Presi
dent and Mrs. M. T. Harrington
will be at home at the annual Pres
ident’s Reception to graduating
seniors, their wives, relatives and
friends.
Commencement exercises will be
held in Kyle Field beginning at 6
p.m. The procession will form at
5:30 p.m. and roll call will be held
at 5:45 p.m.
Engineering and Veterinary
Medicine candidates will form east
of the gymnasium and noxfh of the
stadium inside the stadium fence.
The Agriculture, Arts and
Science candidates and all Master
and Doctor candidates except Hon
orary will form west of the stadium
on the practice football field.
Facutly and staff members of all
departments will form in proces
sion east of the gymnasium and
north of the stadium near the
drive-in entrance.
Commencement—6 p.m.
At 6 p.m. the processions march
will begin. In case of rain all ex
ercises will be held in Guion Hall
and the Assembly Hall under the
same conditions made for Bacca
laureate Services.
J. P. Hart, chancellor of the Uni
versity of Texas, will bring the
commencement address.
G. R. White of Brady, president
of the A&M System board of di
rectors, will present diplomas.
President M. T. Harrington will
give greetings and present Chan
cellor Hart. Dr. C. Clement French,
dean of college will present Wil
liam G. Adkins of Italy, valedicto
rian of the graduating class.
Dress for Graduation
Candidates for baccalaureate de
grees will wear uniform number
one except for those who are non-
(See GRADUATION, Page 6)
Magazine Features
Animal Hospital
“One of the most unique veter
inary hospitals in the southwest”,
owned by Dr. Scott McNeill, A&M
graduate class of 1948, is reviewed
in the May edition of the South
western Veterinarian.
Located a few miles east of Bee-
ville, the project cost about $20,-
000. In an article entitled “Unique
Veterinary Hospital”, T. S. Mc-
Murry describes the structure and
the functions of the various com
partments.
A two-column picture and a full
page floor plan is included with
the story.
This issue marked the beginning
of a subject and author index of
the articles appearing in the Souths
western Veterinarian. The index
will become a permanent feature
of the magazine, and will appear
in the No. 4 issue of each volume
hereafter, according to B. R. Ells
worth, editor.