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Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1951
Price Five Cents
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annual Texas 4-H Round-up ended
last night when eight winning
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion News Staff
The third and final day of the
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Two thousand 4-H Club boys, girls, and adult leaders pose for a
group picture during their 1951 Round-up on the A&M Campus.
The 4-H boys and girls ended their sessions here yesterday, while
adult meetings are scheduled to last through Friday.
demonstration teams took part in
a program entitled ‘A 4-H
Achievement—Together We Stand”
in Guion Hall before a near capac
ity crowd.
During the morning program,
presided over by Marie Petty, sec
retary of the State 4-H Council,
H a panel discussion by six outstand-
ing 4-H members who have recent
ly made out-of-state trips was
presented.
Demonstration Presented
A demonstration on the prepar
ation of cottage cheese opened last
night’s program. Between demon
strations, various musical numbers
were given while the next group
prepared for their part in the pro
gram.
Demonstrations presented were
by the Dairy Demonstration Team,
Tractor Maintenance Team, Vege
table Team, Soil and Water Con
servation Team, and Range Con
servation Demonstration Team.
The teams will receive a trip to
Balt Contest Entry Received;
Co-ed’s Confession Revealed
jv We asked for it. With that
If cryptic remark, the first contest-
ilj ant gave her answer to the ques-
i?: : ; tion, “Why did you come to Texas
§ A& M? ”
ig The lady, who says she is Doro
thy Jackson of Houston, claims the
distinction of being first entrant
in The Battalion contest which
will run until midnight, Friday,
July 6. Each co-ed has been allotted
500 words or less in which to
tell her reason for coming to
A&M.
Chamber of Commerce
To Hold Called Meeting
College Station Chamber of
Commerce will meet in special
session July 3 instead of the
regularly scheduled time of July
p, according to Joe H. Sorrels,
president.
Tiie group will meet in the Col
lege Station City Hall.
Three winners in the contest
will receive prizes. A committee
of judges will select what they
consider the most original entries
in the contest.
Her letter read as follows:
Dear Contest Manager:
Some people have been so'per
sonal as to ask why I came to
Texas A&M College. That’s what
I call asking for it. So here it is,
as straight as I know how to, tell
it and without pulling any punches.
In the beginning, let me say
that I brought it all on myself. If
I hadn’t found the dances and the
sorority meetings and the picnics
and the hay rides and the square
dances and the private parties and
the football games and graduation
and—oh, well, I’m out of breath—
so utterly irrestible, I’d have never
found myself in this dilemma.'
But I did and I do. And now
somebody asks me why I came to
Ba lloon-Ca rrying
Ladies Give Protest
£
Washington, June 28—CP)—A
minor victory was scored yester
day in the battle against soaring
prices. A group of women wag
permitted to carry one balloon
apiece on to the capitol grounds.
Lest this sound dveh stranger
that the average goings-on in our
Washington, let’s explain.
Mrs. Donald J. Detwiler is
chairman of the Citizen’s Commit
tee for the OPS' (Office‘of Price
Stabilization). The committee was
appointed by the District of Col
umbia commissioners and includes
some of Washington’s'biggest bus.-
'%ess men.
Mrs. Detwiler’s Idea
Mrs. Detwiler had the idea, she
explained, that'it VoUld be a fine
idea to show congressmen who
favor OPS that housewives are
supporting them.
“Congressmen have been rather
surprised that there hasn’t been
a lot of mail supporting controls,”
she said. “Well, you know how
housewives are. They just aren’t
letter-writers. Many of them don’t
even read the headlines.”
So Mrs. Detwiler lined up a
bunch of housewives who presum
ably do read the headlines, bought
a bunch of balloons and headed for
Capitol Hill.
Wrote On Balloons
The ladies were busy writing on
the balloons with their lipsticks
such slogans as:
“Keep our prices down,” “No
inflation,” and “Don’t let our pri
ces soar.”
“How do you spell soar?” One
lady asked.
“I have two more lipsticks if you
need them,” said another.
A capitol police squad car roar
ed up, and Lt. Henry Gorski hop
ped out. “Who’s selling these bal
loons?” he cried. “No vendors on
the capitol grounds.”
The ladies explained they weren’t
peddling, they were demonstrating.
Gorski looked more horrified
than ever. “No demonstrating in
the capitol grounds,” he said.
Behind Congressmen
While the ladies were indignantly
complaining that they merely want
ed to show their congressmen they
were behind them, Gorski shooed
them across the street, off the cap
itol grounds.
Gorski then returned to stand
guard while a baloonless lady went
to the capitol to appeal.
“Funny thing,” observed ,Goi;-
ski, “you can picket the White
House but not hei*e. Well, it’s,the
law. I didn’t make it.”
The lady finally returned with
the great news: even though it
violated the strict letter of the
law, a woman would be allowed to
carry a baloon in her hands—no
baloons on strings—so long as she
made no attempt to demonstrate.
Texas A&M College.
Well, it’s like this. History
wasn’t going so good in the
co-ed school where I was en
rolled. For that matter, neither
was French nor sociology nor
economics nor trig and speech.
So, long about the middle of May
when I brought out my travel fold
ers 1 and started dreaming of white
sands and breeze-swept beaches—
and life guards with gor-geous
tans—Father brought up the hor
rid subject of grades.
“Pudin’,” he says (He always
calls me ‘Pudin’—atrocious name
isn’t it ?) “what about those books ?
I think you better spend the sum
mer in college.”
“What!” I howled, and a couple
of thousand other things that
I wouldn’t repeat. In the end,
it was decided that I’d go to
school this summer. But the folks
compromised: they’d let me pick
out the nut house of my own
choice.
I got a gleam in the old eyes.
I’d fix ’em. So I announced sweet
ly that I’d settled on Texas A&M.
I figured the nearest substitute
for those lifeguards would be a
neat khaki-clad, polished booted
Aggie senior.
Oh, brother!
The last time I saw a pair of
senior boots was at the gradua
tion dance at the college where
I was originally enrolled. The
last time I saw khaki was just
a few minutes ago. It was being
worn by a freshman three years
my junior who was interested in
nothing but the answer to an
algebra problem.
I told him “Listen, sweetheart,
if I’d known that I wouldn’t be
here now!”
Why did I choose Texas A&M
College ?
Men, my friend, MEN. You
know, Aggies. Better still,
AGGIE SENIORS.
Anybody seen any lately?
Respectfully submitted,
Dorothy Jackson.
Harry Gooding to Star
In 4 H.M.S. Pinafore’
Harry Gooding, a graduate of ’49 be presented at The Grove July 10
and now a member of the archi- and 11.
lecture department, has been
named to play one of the leading
roles in “H. M. S. Pinafore” to
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Harry Gooding
Rehearsals for the operetta, un
der the direction of Bill Turner,
director of musical activities, are
being held nightly in the Assem
bly Hall.
Gooding will play the character
part of Captain Corcoran during
the two night performances of the
famous Gilbert and Sullivan comic
operetta.
Played in “Rio Rita”
Summer operetta fans will re
member Gooding from last year’s
production of “Rio Rita.” Before
playing the part of Lovett in last
summer’s operetta, he had never
appeared before the footlights in
a stage production.
During the past year, he joined
the Aggie Players and has become
a familiar sight to the theater
goers of this area.
While a member of the Aggie
Playei’S, he has played the pai’t of
the banker in “Kind Lady,” the
part of Burleigh Sullivan in “The
Milky Way,” and was featured in
“Antigone.”
Gooding lives at 205 Fairway
Street in Biyan with his wife and
two children.
the national meet held at Cleve
land, Ohio in December.
Panel members during the morn- I
ing program were Beverly Runnel,
Brazos County, who attended the
White House Conference on Youth
held in Washington, D.C. last win
ter; Jakie Landers, Menard; Mary i
Helen Keith, Cochran County; E. i
P. Wicker, Jr., Garza County; and |
Billy Jean Walker, Howard Coun
ty, all delegates to the National j
4-H Club Camp, held last week in
Washington.
Other Panel Members
The other panel member was Ed
ward Hall Dallas County, who ;
spent last Summer and early Fall :
in Greece as an International Farm j
Youth Exchangee.
They discussed their experiences
and told the audience what they I
had done in 4-H Club work that j
lead to these awards. Each em- !
phasized the importance of doing |
a thorough job on all 4-H demon- i
strations and activities and the!
need for keeping accurate records |
on all phases of their 4-H work.
The afternoon program cohsis- |
ted of a presentation by each of
the 14 groups of some activity they
had discussed during the previous
two days. Tuesday afternoon in
the group meetings the foreign
students, who are special guests, |
met with the groups to give the
4-H members first hand informa
tion on their native lands. Two
foreign students met with each of
the 14 groups.
Although the 4-H boys and girls
vacated the campus last night and
this morning, the Extension Serv
ice Conference will last through
Friday.
Held for extension service
agents, the confference got under
way at 8 a.m. today. First sched
uled speaker was H. H. William
son, former director of the A&M
Extension Service.
William Dickens
. . . is the newly appointed Fea
ture Editor for The Battalion.
Dickens, a journalism major
from Waco, has served for the
past year on the paper’s news
staff.
PMA Officials
Hold Meeting
Here in MSC
Administrative officers,
county committeemen, and
soil conservation technicians
from Production and Market
ing Administration District
13 held their annual meeting in
the MSC yesterday morning, Ralph
Griffin, district field officer, an
nounced today.
The purpose of the meeting was
to recommend changes in conser
vation practice specifications and
payment rates to be included in
the 1952 Texas State Handbook of
the PMA.
C. S. Wainwright from New Wil
lard was named chairman of the
meeting and Harris H. Minton of
Sabine county was selected as
secretary.
W. I. Chenault of the State PMA
continued up into the afternoon.
Staff conducted the meeting which
Chairman of the State J’MA
Committee, B. F. Vance gave the
welcoming address to approximate
ly 70 representatives from 13 East
Texas counties.
Wainwright and Minton were se
lected to attend a meeting in
Amarillo June 29 to observe com
mittee practice in that district,
Griffin said. They left Lufkin by
plane this morning.
Representatives from all 16 PMA
districts will meet in College Sta
tion in July for the purpose of
formulating the 1952 conservation
program for Texas, Griffin added.
Moscow Talks
Clarify Malik’s
Bid for Peace
Miss Bobbie Bacon
AVinner of the Tuesday night 4-H fashion show, Miss Bacon will
represent the Texas clubs in national competition in Chicago. The
hazel-eyed blonde is a high school senior from Angleton. She
modeled a prize winning corduroy skirt and jacket at the fashion
show.
Armor Report
Boatner Heads
Fort Hood Camp
By JIM LEHMAN
Armor Camp Correspondent
Fort Hood, Texas, June 25 (De
layed)—The 65 Aggie members of
the Armor ROTC Summer Camp at
Fort Hood came from all over the
state to gather here at this wind
blown jewel in Central Texas last
Saturday.
This year’s camp, held jointly
with the Infantry, is commanded
by Col. H. L. Boatner, PMS&T at
A&M. In addition to Col. Boatner,
Lt. Col. John J. Kelly, Major
Wm. J. Hyde, and Capt. L. C. Brig
ham from the A&M Armored Sec
tion are assisting in instruction
and administration at the six-
weeks training camp.
The first week was spent draw
ing equipment, taking physical
examinations, and getting orien
tation of the camp proper. There
are two companies of armor tot
aling 212 men—the members of
which are from New Mexico
Military Institute, University of
Arizona, Oklahoma Military Aca
demy, and A&M.
Several overnight bivouacs and
firing of M-l rifles and sub-caliber
machine guns on tanks are sche
duled for this week.
Information of the troops:
Chico Mason was overheard re
cently on the rifle range as saying
“Those targets should be twice as
large so I can hit one once in a
a while.” '
Ed Sick, Billy Trimmier, and
Beto Garza are keeping Temple
lively in the evenings. Dick In
gles, John Coolidge, Dick Eyes-
ter, and Bob Lincecum have re
turned from Dallas and a tour of
the night spots.
Jug Jackson, Sam Price, and
Lynn Stuart enjoyed a trip to
Lake Buchanan fishing and swim
ming.
Charlie (Injun) Kone is antici
pating firing the sub-machine gun
this week. He plans to swipe one
in order to add it to his collection
of guns, pocket knives, and gila
monsters.
Married men, Chuck Laako,
Dick Hardin, Ken Osbern, Gene
Lyon, Bo Walker, John Petteway,
Bon Reininger (the honeymoon-
er) and Dick Rowland insist that
their wives miss them very
much.
J ohn Ireland is threatening to
attack the cheesy sergeant who
wakes the troops at 5 a. m. every
morning. John insists that he must
have more sack time—just like at
A&M.
Lynn Stuart, Hen Hill, and A1
Crownover send their regards to
all the Aggies who are not so for
tunate to be at Hood.
United Nations, —une 28—(A 1 )—
Talks between the U. S. ambassa
dor in Moscow and Russia’s rank
ing deputy foreign minister yes-
teerday developed this reported
clarification af Jacob A. Malik’s
Korean peace bid:
Russia feels ■ the North Korean
and U. N. field commanders should
begin military cease-fire negotia
tions- in the field.
Malik pleaded illness here and
brushed off two requests by the
U. S. delegation’s acting chief Ern
est Gross to talk with him.
A U. S. delegation spokesman
said Gross will have no oppor
tunity to see the Russian delegate
before tomorrow night when Malik
is host to the security council.
Malik Avoided Meetings
Malik avoided meetings with U.
N. Assembly President Nasrollah
Entezam of Iran or any other dele
gate and no clarification was gain-
Administrators
Elect Miller
To Presidency
Vincent W. Miller, superin
tendent of the Pasadena Pub
lic Schools, was named presi
dent of the Texas School Ad
ministrators at the group’s
closing sessions here yesterday.
The conference of the adminis
trators, which has been going on
here since Monday, also elected R.
E. Slayton, superintendent of Alice
Public Schools as vice-president.
George Wilcox, head of the A&M
Department of Education was elec
ted secretary.
The County Superintendents As
sociation re-elected O. H. Stowe,
Tarrent County Superintendent, as
president; John O. Jodgers of
Georgetown, vice-president, and J.
E. Wakeland, superintendent, of El
lis County Schools, treasurer.
More than 450 persons attended
the three-day joint conferences
held in the MSC this week. The
meetings were held jointly by the
two organizations and the Texas
Association for Instructional Sup
ervisors.
ed by them on what he meant in
his last Saturday’s U. N. broad
cast for cease fire negotiations by
the belligerents.
Some delegates who conferred
with U. N. Secretary-General
Trygve Lie dining the day hinted
that they had explored the chance
of field negotiations between the
military commanders as one way of
getting a cease fire.
Entezam Returns
Entezam said he will return to
Washington tomorrow because of
the Iranian oil crisis but he has in
formed the Russian delegation he
will fly back here if Malik will
talk with him.
In Tokyo, the information offi
cer for Gen. Ridgway said the U. N.
commander would comment on the
reported Russian proposal of field
negotiations in Korea only after
consulting the Joint Chiefs of Staff
in Washington.
Malik remained ill—and obvious
ly without further instructions. A
spokesman said “I am authorized
to state that Mr. Malik’s radio
speech explains clearly enough his
view on the Korean question.”
Clarification is sought by all 16
United Nations fighting in Korea.
Their diplomats, meeting in Wash
ington, declared their readiness to
join in “action designed to bring
about a genuine and enduring peace
in Korea.”
Malik caused the furor Saturday
by proposing that the belligerents
get together for cease-fire talks
and arrange a mutual withdrawal
of troops from the 38th parallel.
Malik Had Seen Diplomats
The spokesman said Malik •'had
seen none of the numerous diplo
mats who have been trying to sep
him and get further details. This
included U. S. ambassador Ernest
A. Gross, who has been instructed
by Secretary of State Acheson t«
see the highest ranking Russian
possible at the U. N., and assem
bly President Nasrollah Entezam
of Iran.
Kirk was not talking to outsiders
but the impression prevailed in the
Russian capital that Gromyko’s
idea might not be received en
thusiastically in Washington.
One Moscow diplomat gloomily
put it this way: “We may be back
where we started.”
Others said the world situation
is going to get worse befort it
gets better.
Tension Grows In
Iranian Oil Lands
Tehran, June 28 —(A*)— The
British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company shut off the pumps in
the Aghajari oil field and started
calling the 700 British technicians
on its field staff to the refinery
port of Abadan yesterday for the
zero hour of “operation exodus.”
That hour may strike tomorrow.
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
called a cabinet meeting.
His government is checking the
possibility of getting other for
eign help in the event the Brit
ish decline to continue as employ-
4-H Activity Group
One of the many groups of 4-H club boys and
girls that met on the campus during the annual
Round-up. These activity groups gathered in
places such as under the trees of the drill field
(above) to hear speakers and leaders who con
ducted their sessions. The state-wide meeting
ended yesterday.
ees of the Iranian National Oil
Company, a government agency
Mossadegh has designated as suc
cessor to the AIOC.
A dispatch from Rome said a
high official of Italy’s state oil
monopoly, Count Ettore Caraffa
D’Andria, is visiting Iran with the
approval of the Italian government.
The informants said Mossadegh’s
government wanted to know about
the legal and financial organization
of the Italian company, known
as “AGIP”, and its relations with
foreign oil companies.
Some officials of the billion-
dollar AIOC expect word from Lon
don in the next 24 hours—unless
there is an unforseen break in the
oil nationalization dispute— to
abandon its holdings in this sun
baked hotspot and go ahead with
the evacuation of the British staff.
British Colony Waited
The whole British colony at Aba
dan waited eagerly a glimpse of
the 8,0()()-ton British cruiser Maur-
itus, ordered yesterday to the port
to guard the British pullout.
In London, Prime Minister Att
lee, conservative leader Winston
Churchill and their principal aides
discussed the crisis at a secret
meeting.
The British foreign office said
Britain is asking Iraq, another
oil producing Moslem nation, to
use Iraq ports and other transit
facilities if she is forced to pull
out of Iran.
Secretary of State Acheson ap
pealed urgently to Iran to recon
sider her stand. He urged continued
production and shipment of oil.
(Prime Minister Nehru of India
has sent a message to Mossadegh
urging moderation, said a reliable
New Delhi source.)
The Aghajari field normally pro
duces 322,000 barrels of oil a day.
At the Grove
Tonight
Movie, “The Shakedown” with
Howard Duff and Peggy Dow—8
p. m.