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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS,' WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1951
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Korean Air War
Continues; Reds
Lose Ten Planes
Tokyo, June 20—(AP)—Ten Red
planes were shot down or damaged
today in the Korean War’s first
double-deck dog-fight.
Both jet and propeller driven
planes—98 of them—took part in
the fourth consecutive day of air
war over northwest Korea.
On the ground North Koreans
suddenly abandoned Punchbowl
Valley, which they had fought for
so viciously. United Nations guns
now dominate the former Red
buildup area on the eastern front.
Battles Flared
Sharp battles flared Wednesday
on both sides of the Valley—one
near Kansong on the east coast
and the other in mountains north
' if Yanggu.
‘ The double air battle broke out
simultaneously between low flying
propeller planes and jets swirl
ing above at 13,000 feet.
When it was over the Reds had
lost three planes destroyed, one
probably destroyed and six dam
aged.
Twenty-four U. N. Mustang
fighters overpowered a flight of
six Russian-built propeller planes.
All the Reds were hit. A Yak
fighter and two Stormovik attack-
bombers were shot down. Another
Stormovik was probably destroyed
and two were damaged.
Sabre Jets vs. MIG-15s
Thirty-two American Sabre Jets
battled 36 Russian-type MIG-15
Jets, jn the top level of the battle.
The jet fight began at 13,000 feet
and swept down to 6,000.
Four red-nosed MIGs were dam
aged. All the MIGs then streaked
back across the Manchurian bor
der, 15 miles from where the ac
tion started. The Fifth Air Force
said all Sabre Jets returned safely.
(Field dispatches did not report
whether any U. N. Mustangs were
tost.)
The four days of air war cost
the Reds 28 planes destroyed or
damaged. The Fifth Air Force
listed nine shot down, one prob
ably knocked out and 18 damaged.
There have been no figures of
U. N. losses if any in these air
battles.
One Year Battle
The Navy and Marine Corps
have lost “approximately 300 air
craft” during the Korean war,
which will be a year-old Monday,
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy announ
ced. The losses are not the result
of air battles,
The Reds’ stepped-up air action
included a bombing and strafing
raid Wednesday morning on a U.
N. bivouac area in the Uijongbu
sector north of Seoul. The new
boldness of the Reds revived specu
lation that they are planning to
unleash their air force, once esti
mated at 3,000 planes—possibly in
support of a new offensive.
U. N. bombers pock-marked six
North Korean air fields with ex
plosives in Tuesday night raids.
Naval and Marine planes alone
have rained 70,000,000 pounds
of high explosives on Communist
targets in the past 12 months, Joy
reported.
Camera Club
Activities Now
In Full Swing
The summer session of the
MSC Camera Club is now in
full scale operation, according
to Henry A. Cole, club presi
dent.
The club meets weekly from 7:30
to 9:30 each Monday night. The
meeting room number will be
posted on the bulletin board in
the main lobby before each meet
ing, Cole announced.
All members of the club have ac
cess to the four dark rooms and
each dark room is completely
equipped with the exception of
photographic paper and chemicals,
Cole added.
The activities of the club are
originated and planned by the
members. These activities include
presentation of color slides, exhi
bition of criticism of black and
white photographs, examination
and discussion of the merits and
demerits of various cameras, and
photograph contests.
One June 26, models in bathing
suits will, be on hand to be photo-
ginphed by the club members. The
models and lighting equipment will
be furnished by the club and the
modeling will begin at 7 p. m.
Further details of the Tuesday
night activities will be discussed
at the regular Monday night meet
ing, June 25.
All persons who are interested
in any aspects of photography are
urged to join, Cole announced.
Local Girl Scouts
End Summer Camp
Ninety-seven Brownies and In
termediate Girl Scouts participat
ed in a five-day camp held last
week at Kiwanis Park. The camp
opened June 11 and closed Friday
night with special ceremonies in
which members of the group en
tertained their parents.
Twenty leaders guided the
Brownies and Scouts through their
week’s activities. These leaders in
cluded Mrs. Frank Gould, day camp
director; Mrs. R. E. Patterson, day
camp chairman; Mrs. Leonard
Wing, bird specialist; Mrs. R. A.
Harrow, nature specialist; Mrs.
George Litton, camp nurse and
SMrs. R. H. Rankin, music and dra
matics leader.
Unit Leaders
Unit leaders were Mrs. E. B.
Klipple, Mrs. Amos Sharver, Mrs.
O. E. Ogg, Mrs. W. J. Moore, Mrs.
R. D. Turk and Mrs. Leon Trenck-
man. Assistant leaders were Mrs.
J. D. Simpson, Mrs. S. P. Myers,
Jr., Mrs. R. R. Cain, Mrs. W. F.
Mead, Mrs. R. H. Fletcher, Mrs.
James W. Rye and Miss Mary
Whiteside.
On June 14 a special Flag Day
Ceremony was presented by the
group. The ceremony was led by
Mrs. Gould. Mary Varvel, Peggy
Jo Bolton and Ellen Howell acted
as color guards. They gave inter
esting data concerning the flag.
Special visitors at the ceremonies
were members of La Vilita Chap
ter of the DAR including Mrs. L.
B&B Grill Sold;
New Hours Set
Meron Sears and Mary Cheshire
announced the purchase of the
B&B Grill from Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Deason.
New hours for the B&B will be
from 6 a. m. until 11 p. m., said
Mabel Hickmeyer, manager.
At the Grove
Tonight
Skating and Juke Box Dancing—
8 p. m.
S. Payne, regent; Mrs. John W.
Mitchell, chaplain, Mrs. John J.
Sperry, Mrs. E. B. Reynolds and
Mrs. Leonard Wing.
Flag Pole Donated
A representative of the group
announced that soon a U. S. flag
and flag pole will be presented by
the group to the Kiwanis Club of
College Station to be installed in
Kiwanis park and dedicated to the
use of College Station.
Bob Cherry, chairman, of Youth
Activities for the College Station
Kiwanis Club, was present to ac
knowledge this presentation to his
organization.
The weeks camping activities
closed on Friday at which time the
Intermediate Scouts were hostesses
to open house for parents. The par
ents were guided on our through
the camp and observed projects
that their daughters had been en
gaged in.
At the close of ceremonies, the
group foi’med a friendship circle
and were led in the Brownie pro
mise, the Girl Scout promise, a
singsong and a prayer.
MSC Social
Attendance
Plea Issued
For Mixer
Miss Betty Bolander, assistant
social director for the MSC, re
iterated today her plea for atten
dance, especially by single students,
at the MSC Mixer, scheduled for
7:30 tomorrow night in the Ball
Room of that building.
The Mixer is being staged to
afford every student on the campus I
a chance to meet his fellow-stu- i
dents. Everyone, though, said Miss
Bolander, is invited to attend. And |
she explained that everyone in- !
eluded graduate students and older ,
female students on the campus.
The only prerequisites, she says, |
are that guests come with a desire ;
to have fun and meet people. She |
has also asked guests to bring pen
cils. “:You won’t need brains,”
she says, “but a lot of energy will
help.”
Refreshments at the affair, the
first social event of the summer in
the MSC, will be free. And prizes
will be awarded to winners of at
least one contest planned for the
night.
For the benefit of the male sum
mer school students, Miss Bolander
is marking every effort possible
to contact as many girls (single
ones) as possible to be among the
guests.
Again she emphasized the fact
that the success of the Mixer will
depend on the promptness of the
guests in arriving at 7:30 sharp.
Members of the MSC Directorate
will assist Miss Bolander.
Irradiation Study
m.
IS
Summer Graduation
Announcements Here
Seniors graduating this summer
may order graduation announce
ments now, Pete Hardesty of the
Student Activities Office announc
ed today.
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The Poultry Husbandry Department of the Agricultural Experi
ment Station, under a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission,
is studying the effects of irradiation on reproduction of poultry.
Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, left, head of the Poultry; Husbandry De
partment, goes over the equipment to be used in the study with
his assistants, Drj W. E. Briles and Leon Atkinson. The equip
ment consists of a 220 KV X-ray machine which provides the
radiation and a voctoreeen integron dosimeter which regulates
the dosage.
On Loan to Center
Schiwetz Now Displaying
Pencil Sketches in MSC
By DAVE COSLETT
Battalion News Staff
One dozen pencil sketches now
being displayed in the MSC Px-ome-
nade ai’e pax-t of a collection of
pictures being loaned to the Cen
ter by the Humble Oil Company
on a six-month basis. The sketches
are by E. M. “Buck” Schiwetz, an
Aggie-ex who curi'ently rayiks as
one of the top artists of the South
west.
These pictures are not the first
by Schiwetz that have been shown
in the MSC. The artist has been
one of the staunchest supporters of
the Center’s Art Gallery Commit
tee.
Art Gallery Group
Schedules Classes
The MSC Art Gallexy Committee
is now functioning for the first
time during summer school, Mrs.
Ralph Terry, committee sponsors,
announced today. Classes will con
tinue through both summer terms
if present interest continues, she
said.
Free instruction is now being of-
fered students and members of the
faculty and staff on Tuesdays from
2 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 10 p. m. and
on Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p. m.
The instruction will take in all
mediums with new approaches to
abstractions and use of casein
paints.
Mrs. Tei'ry has recently return
ed from two weeks of intensive
study on composition, theory and
philosophy under Xavier Gonzales
of New Yoi’k City.
Stage Production Workers
Needed for Grove Musical
“I wonder if there are any
’would-be’ cai'pentei's or painters
on the campus this summer who
would be intei’ested in working on
‘H. M. S. Pinafoi’e’, the summer’s
musical production, during their
spare time.”
This is the question that was
voiced i-ecently by M. C. “Pete”
Carson, stage production manager
of all phases of the musical oper
etta to be presented later in the
summer at the Grove. Anyone de-
siring to answer this call for help
should contact Carson a the As
sembly Hall any time after 7 p. m.
Both male and female leads for
the production have been awax - ded
to Sue Shannon and Tommy But-
lei’, who have been assigned to
play the parts of Josephine and
Ralph Rackstraw, respectively.
The cast in suppoiding roles con
sists of La Rue Brown as Cousin
Hebe, Jean Marie Edge as Butter
cup, Harry Gooding as Captain
Coi’coran, Don Forney as Sir
Joseph Porter, and RobexT Lang-
foi’d in the x’ole of Dick Deadeye.
The role of Boatswain’s Mate and
Cax-pentei , ’s Mate will be assumed
by Dick Adams and Ben Blanken
ship, respectively.
Members of the mixed choi'us
are Jerry Armstrong, Robe it Ash
ley, Betsy Bux-chaid, John Hilde
brand, John King, Rosalie Kobetz,
Bill Lawshae, Ed Leeman, Bar
bara Miller, Martha Millei’, Alice
Moore, Judy Oden, Bill Pirtle, John
Richardson, Wanda Rohr, Nancy
Stephens, Barbara Van Tassel,
Ken Van Tassel, Dick Van Tyne,
and Bill Young. Accompanist is
Betty Goodman.
Cai'son is assisted in the produc
tion by Alice Bui’ke, Elizabeth
Cooper, Mary Vaden, and Don
Damka.
The px*esent gi’oup of pictures were made in several areas includ-
will be replaced by another col
lection by Schiwetz at the end of
the six-months pextod.
Born in Cuero, Buck received his
master’s degree in architecture
from A&M in 1922. Those that i’e-
member the artist during his days
here recall his restless nature that
would find him hopping a freight
train just to catch a change of
scenery.
This restless nature probably ex
plains why Schiwetz gave up his
job with an architectural firm
shortly after graduation from
A&M. He couldn’t stand the pin
point precision demanded by the
engineering aspects of the work.
Went Into Art Field
After his sessions with the
drawing boax-d, the young grad
uate went into fields of art that
gave his eye for form and color
freer x’eign. He soon was commis
sioned to do a series of pencil
sketches on natural resources of
the state. These were used in an
adveiUsing campaign.
With money earned fi’om this
venture, he went to New Yox*k
whei'e, at the Art Students League,
he took a 30-da,y course in the
technical phases of etching— the
only formal art training of his
career.
A year later Schiwetz was back
in Houston to become art director
for an advertising agency. He still
continued his wox-k in fine art
on a career basis, thus gaining
the distinction of having won na
tional prominence in both com
mercial and fine art.
He is currently a partner in the
firm of Wilkerson, Schiwetz and
Tipps, an advei’tising agency in
Houston.
Favorite Subjects
Among the favoi’ite subjects of
this Texas artist are the oil indus-
•txy and Texas itself. His specialty
is water color, but he does work
in almost all mediums. His works
have been hung in international
water color shows and in art gal
leries of New York, Chicago, De
troit, Philadelphia and many Texas
cities.
His current display in the MSC
depicts old homes and other historic
structures in Texas. The sketches
ing Nacogdoches, Gonzales, Fred
ericksburg and Galveston.
Last fall, Schiwetz gave a one-
man show in the MSC with a col
lection of water color and oil draw
ings. At the time he spoke to
memmbers of the MSC Art Gal
lery Committee.
As a guest of that committee,
he x’eturned to the campus recent
ly to act as a judge for the Annual
Art Gallery Committee’s Mother’s
Day exhibit. His wife helped him
in the judging.
Commenting on the exhibit,
Schiwetz said, “There hasn’t been
a show in Houston with anything
like as good quality of craftsman
ship as this.”
Schiwetz plans to visit the cam
pus again soon to paint some of
the scenes in this area. This time,
though, he won’t be hopping a
freight as he did in student days.
Baptists Slate
Singspiration
A Singspiration, sponsoi'ed by
the Training Union of the A&M
Baptist Church, is being held each
Saturday at 7:30 p. m. in the Bap
tist Student Center Building.
The pui-pose of the Singspiration
is to achieve fellowship among
students, encourage attendance at
Sunday School, Church, the train
ing union, and to furnish a whole
some fox-m of reci'eation to all who
attend.
Glover Replaces
Extension Agent
J. M. Glover, Jr., Victoxia County
Agricultural Agent since Apxil 1,
1947, has been named to succeed
G. W. Barnes as District Extension
Agent in Distxict 6, according to
Extension Director G. G. Gibson.
Glover’s appointment will become
effective July 1.
Glover, a native of Callahan
County, spent his boyhood there,
graduated from Baird High School,
and later from A&M whei’e he
majored in agronomy with a minor
in animal husbandry.
School Leader Meeting
Slated Here Next Week
The 26th annual Conference for
County Superintendents and Sup-
ervisors Association, the 15th an
nual Texas School Administration
Conference, and the first annual
Conference Texas Association for
Instructional Supervisors, will be
held on the campus June 25-27.
George Wilcox, head of the edu
cation and spychology department
and in charge of all an - angements,
has announced the following con
sultants and speakers for the three
day confei’ences:
Conference Speakers
Dr. Jessee Cai’dwell, Dallas;
Maurice Bement, Louisville, Ky.;
Dr. Thomas B. Blackwell, Dr. L.
D. Askew, Dr. Ralph L. Duke, Dr.
Geneva Hanna, and Dr. Hem-y F.
Alves, all from Texas Univex’sity.
Mosquito Research
Leads to Farm
“Don’t blame your farm pond
when a mosquito’s hum keeps you
from getting your much needed
sleep,” says Frank T. Knapp, as
sistant professor of wildlife man
agement.
At the present time, Knapp is in
charge of a research project to
determine what mosquitoes are
produced in farm ponds. The pro
ject is also seeking to control mos
quitoes by biological means, lath
er than using oils and other me
chanical controls which would kill
fish and prevent swimming activ
ities. The biological means of con
trolling mosquitoes are minnows,
small fishes, and carnivorous water
insects.
The research project is now be
ing carried out in Fish Lake, a
small type farm pond located two
miles west of College Station .
To date, only two locations in
the pond have been found to pro
duce mosquitoes. These two areas
were found to be extremely shal-
law with an abundance of aquatic
vegetation.
The two mosquito producing
areas were quickly remedied by
using a dragline to deepen the
shallow areas and to remove the
aquatic vegetation, Knapp said.
This action allowed the top-water
minnows and mosquite fish to get
E. L. Williams
Schedules Talk
In Texas Cities
E. L. Williams, vice direct
or of the Engineering Exten
sion Service, will address rep
resentatives of the petroleum
industry and annual meetings
of state associations of elections
and machinists in Dallas and Gal
veston this week.
Williams and P. A. Washer,
specialist in petroleum refining,
will attend the meeting of the
American Petroleum Institute’s
Gulf Coast Committee on training
in refining in Dallas Thursday.
Williams will describe the Ser
vice’s training programs for the
committee. Washex - , who is com
pleting a 14 unit course in Gen
eral Refining Practices for Refin
ery Workers, which is already
part of the ti'aining pi’ogx’am of
two refineries, will assist in the
discussion.
On Fxiday, Williams and L. B.
Baker, electrical appi’entice spec
ialist, will meet in Galveston with
the Texas State Association of
Electrical Workers.
Williams will be program speak
er for the meeting and Baker will
display instructional material
which he has prepared for appren
tice electricians. On June 24, they
will meet with the Texas State
Joint Apprenticeship and Training
Committee for the electrical indus
try.
Williams will appear on the
convention program of the Texas
State Council of Machinist in Gal
veston on June 23.
into the infected areas and feed on
the mosquito larvae.
More mosquitoes are produced
in one week in one square yard
or rainpool, which contain no
fish, than are produced in an
open pond in one year, according
to Knapp.
Knapp said that much valuable
equipment such as cage traps, cli
matological recording machines,
and nets have been tampered with
and a trammel net valued at $600
stolen. He asks that persons
visiting the Fish Lake leave the
equipment alone.
The research project began in
October, 1949, and it is expected to
be completed this fall.
Other speakers will be Pauline
Jordan, Pasadena, Tex.; Ishmael
Hill, Lubbock; Dr. J. R. Rackley,
University of Oklahoma; and Dr.
J. W. Edgar, Austin.
“A Look at the Gilmer-Aikin
Program, Past, Present and Fu
ture,” will be discussed by L. P.
Sturgeon, associate commissioner
of education, Texas Education
Agency in Austin, at the meeting
of County Superintendents and
Supervisors Association on June
26.
A staff symposium of members
of the Texas Education Agency
will be held at a joint session of
the three conferences.
Symposium
The symposium will be held at
the closing session in the MSC at
9:05 a. m., June 27, with Frank
Monroe, president of the confer
ence, presiding.
The symposium staff will be
composed of Dr. J. W. Edgar, com
missioner of education; L. P. Stur
geon, associate; J. W. Hitte, re-
puty; Dr. Lee Wilborn and M. A.
Browning, assistant commissioners
of education.
All members of the County Sup
erintendents and Supervisors Asso
ciation, will be honored with a
barbecue dinner’ party and square
dance at the Bryan Country Club
June 26.
O. B. Stowe, president of the
association, will preside at the bar
becue and square dance.
UMT Bill Receives
Truman’s Signature
Washington, June 20—(A 3 )—Pres
ident Truman signed yesterday the
bill lowering the draft age to 18%,
and nominated a five-man com
mission to lay the foundation for
universal military training.
The draft will remain in effect
for four years under - the new law.
The period of service in the armed
forces is extended from 21 months
to 24. Young men must register at
18. They may be inducted six
months after registration if the
supply of eligible men in older
categories is exhausted.
For the training commission, Mr.
Truman selected James W. Wads
worth, former Republican House
member from New York; Admiral
Thomas C. Kincaid, retired; Lt.
Gen. Raymond S. McLain; William
L. Clayton of Houston, former un
dersecretary of state, and Karl T.
Compton, former president of MIT.
Members of the commission will
draw up the blueprints for univer
sal military training (UMT). They
Magician
Slates Grove
Show June 26
Roy Mayer, well known profes
sional magician, will present to
an audience in the Grove at 8 p.
m. June 26, his versions of modern
magic, consisting of 24 mysterious
acts.
Mayer, formerly president of
the St. Louis Assembly of the Soc
iety of American Magicians, is
known throughout the nation for
his style and presentation of thrill
ing modern magic. He has enter
tained in high schools, colleges,
and other institutions throughout
the nation, as well as having ap
peared on television.
The show is free to students and
faculty members.
Student Activities fee slip will
be all that is required for admis
sion.
Red Cross Performers
A&M Entertainers Leave
For McClosky Hospital
Four performers will leave at
4:30 p. m. this afternoon for
Temple where they will enter
tain TB patients in McClosky Hos
pital.
The program will consist of Mrs.
Gloria Martin, singer; W. R.
Schrenk and Evan Roberts, guitar
ists; and as a special feature, R.
H. Magruder, whistler.
Beaumont Man
Magrader, a resident of Beau
mont, is attending the Life In
surance Agency Management As
sociation Conference being held in
the MSC. He has whistled in num
erous veteran’s hospitals, for civic
and service organizations, accord
ing to Miss Betty Bolander, as
sistant social director of the MSC.
The whistler finds special in
terest in entertaining at veteran’s
hospital since he is the father of
three sons hospitalized following
World War II.
“Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life,”
“Listen to the Mocking Bird,” and
“Night and Day” are a few of the
selections Magruder will render.
Mrs. Martin’s selections will in
elude such numbers as
“It’s a Grand Night for Singing,”
and “Why Do I Love You.”
“Abdul, Abul, Abul Amer,” and
“I Wish I Was Single Again” will
be among the guitar selections,
Miss Bolander said.
The group will be driven to
Temple by W. L. Penberthy, dean
of men. Miss Bolander, accompan
ist, will also make the trip.
Expenses by Red Cross
Expenses for the trip will be
borne by the local chapter Ameri
can Red Cross. Refreshments will
be served the entertainers, who ex
pect to return around 10:30 p. m.
tonight.
During the previous school year,
'T m ‘Vf traps were made to McClosky al-
11101 ’ most monthly.
“The inmates a,t the hospital
have received these programs with
enthusiasm. Officer’s at the hospi
tal have stated that the programs
have done much to bolster the
men’s morale. All-in-all,” Miss Bo
lander said, “the trips have been
muchly appreciated.”
must submit a code to congress
within four months.
If congress approves, the na
tion will be well on the way to its
first universal military training
system. “With good luck,” chair
man Russell (D-Ga.) of the Senate
Armed Services Committee said
recently, “there is no reason why
much of the machinery for this
system should not be well along
before the end of this session of
congress.”
Long Range Program
UMT is a long range program,
for application after the present
military emergency. All eligible
yoirths would be brought into it at
18 to take six months’ training
and then to stand by for seven
years and six months in the re
serves.
Secretary of Defense Marshall
said in a statement:
“The objective of a universally
shared obligation for the defense
of our country on a basis that we
can support is now within our
grasp for the first time since
George Washington began the pur
suit of this goal a century and a
half ago.”
Senators Talk
Shop; Decide In
Favor of House
Washington, June 2 0—
(AP)—Senators let their hair
down yesterday for a little
shop talk. And all sorrowfully
agreed that a congressman’s
lot is not a happy one.
The consensus seemed to be:
“My, my, what a tough time we
have, but just let someone try to
take our job away from us!”
The talk came at the tail-end of
a Senate Labor and Public Wel
fare subcommittee hearing on eth
ics in government.
The talk finally switched around
to personal matters. Senator Hum-
phi-ey (D-Minn.) did the switching.
“Let’s get down to individual
cases,” Humphrey said. “It costs
me $200 to make a trip back to
Minnesota.
“It costs money to go out there,
and you’re supposed to be as pure
as ivory soap. I either have the
choice of taking a few dollars for
making speeches or of getting out
of the U. S. Senate.”
Sympathetic clucks from sena
tors. Sen. Benton (D-Conn.) said
he has demands for 25 appearances
in Connecticut each year, and he
feels he owes it to the people to
make them. Yet, he said, he is al
lowed expense money for only one
trip a year.
Senator Humphrey then turned
his attentiion to the 435 unfortun
ates in the House.
“They have to be re-elected every
two years,” he said. “That means
they have to spend considerable
time there. Consider what this
means if they live west of the
Rochies.”
“At least they’ve got an excuse,”
said Benton.
“Yes,’ said Humphrey, “but that
doesn’t help them get reelected.”