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Number 181: Volume 51
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1951
“Just 175 Years Ago”
See Editorial,
Page Two
Price Five Cents
65 Applicants
Awarded 1951
Scholarships
Opportunity Awards totaling
$61,200 for 65 1951 high school
graduates wei’e awarded this week
by the A&M Development Fund.
The scholarships were given to
.outstanding boys who could not
attend college without financial
assistance.
' Winners of the awards were se
lected on the basis of scholarship,
leadership, character and need
after an open competitive exam-
/ ation in ', which more than 400
( xas high school boys partici
pated.
All winners will enter A&M in
September with cash awards of
$200 to $600 a' year and the oppor
tunity to earn the rest of their ed
ucational costs at student- jobs.
They will swell to a total of 240
the number of men attending* A&M
next year under the Opportunity
Awards plan.
Fifty-three four-year scholar
ships and twelve one-year awards
Were presented to the high school
graduates. A special one-year
award, made possible by gifts of
the student body Twelfth Man
- Scholarship plan was awarded
Trond Lund Krokan, a World War
II aviator from Oslo, Norway. He
will come here in September to
study Civil Engineering.
» Four Year Winners
t Four-year award winners are as
follows:
Henry Milton Apperson, • Beau
mont; Morris Adrian Bailey, Jr.,
Paris; Charles Jack Banta, Bay-
v town; John Wesley Benefield, Jef
ferson; Ralph Boone Benton, Ama
rillo; William Edmond Billingsley,
Beaumont; Billy Ray Brown, Mil
am; James Enoch Caffey, Rock
dale; Cecil Vincent Chapman, Jr.,
j3 a l las
Robert Lea Cloud, El Paso, Billy
Gene Coleman, Overton; Jack Pres
ton Collins, Chillicothe; Robert Ed-
Jvdn Collins, Clyde; William Eugene
Goppage, Galveston; Jack Mercer
Couch, Dallas; James Henry Diggs,
Quinlan; James Edward Ferguson,
Paris; Harold Gene Fox, Munday;
John Earnest Frandolig, Aransas
Pass.
Thomas Joseph Galvin, Level-
land; James William Glockzin,
Marlin; James Butler Good, Dallas;
n Earl Richard Hall, Clute; Thomas
Mayfield Hall, Jr., Galveston; Al
len Ray Heimer, Blanco; Kenneth
Wayne Hill, Odessa; Clifford Dean
Hobbs, Longview.
Others Receiving Scholarships
' Roscoe Lee Holt, Matador; Buck
Odell Isbell, Navasota; Garner
James Johnson, Jr,, Tankersley;
Bill Wayne Kimmey, Normangee;
Wallace Lee Kelb, Houston; John
Milton Langford, Bandera; Samuel
David Me Anally, Brady; Patrick
Norton McDuffie, Houston; Jimmy
Dale May, Breckenridge.
William Eugene Meyer, San Mar
cos; John Keith Mote, Dallas; Clar-
vney Murry, Jr., Gatesville; Kurt
Rudolph Nauck, Jr., Bgaumont;
Lonnie Dale Rhodes, Athens; Ken
neth Leroy Scott, Dallas; Morgan
Enlow Shipman, Seminole.
Charles Lewis Smith, Wichita
Palls; Johnny Allan Spannagel,
Lytle, Glenwood Waiter Specht,
Brenham; Franklin Wayne Stoke-
Jy, Kilgore; Donald Eugene Walker,
McLeod; Dorman Mac Warren,
Fort Hood; Edgar Charles Watkins,
San Antonio; Kenneth James Wil
liams, Pampa; Lee Edward Wil
liams, Mineola; and William James
Winter, Jr., Aniarillo.
One Year Awards
One year awards of $200 each,
given by the Sears, Roebuck Foun
dation, went to the following:
Jimmy Ray Devenport, Evant;
William Shelby Gill, Bellevue; Ed
die Brace Griffin, Kirbyville; Dan
iel Paul Heaton, Conroe; Donald
Autry Johnson; Hamlin; Edward
Lloyd Joyce, lago; William Riley
Pence, Jr., Brady; Lee Roy Solley,
DeLeon.
Isaac Doss Trimble, Seminold;
Roger Glen Welsch, New Braun
fels; and Glenn Ellis Wise, Cause.
WW II Casualty
Endowment
Fund Given
By Parents
An endowment of $5,000 was giv
en last week to A&M by Mr. and
Mrs. Hennan Larsen of Dallas to
establish the Leonard Cage Lar
sen Memorial Fund in memoi’y of
their son.
Lai’sen, a member of the class
of ’39, was killed while engaged in
military service in World War II.
The principle sum of the endow
ment, and all additions made to it,
is to be invested by the college un
der regulations established by its
board of directors.
The income from the iund is to
be used to provide fellowships in
the fields of Geology and Aeronau
tics.
Mr. and Mrs. Larsen expressed
their intentions to increase the
fund to a principle sum of at least
$10,000 in the near future.
The Board of Directors of the
A&M System notified the Larsens
of the acceptance of the gift after
the Board’s meeting on the campus
last week.
Directors Let Contracts
For Construction Projects
Operetta Rehearsal
I
library to Close
V'.The college library will be closed
^iuly 4, according to Robert A.
Houze, librarian.
Directors Approve
Staff Promotions
Promotions in rank of faculty
and staff members of A&M weve
approved Saturday by the board
of directors of the A&M System
at their June meeting here.
The promotions are as follows:
Agriculture
Agricultural Engineering, R. C.
Garrett, assistant professor to as
sociate professor; Animal Hus
bandry, G. L. Robertson, assistant
professor to associate professor;
Biochemistry and Nutrition, R. T.
Holman, associate professor to pro
fessor; Entomology, R. L. Hanna,
instructor to assistant professor.
Floriculture and Landscape Ar
chitecture, W. M. Ruff, instructor
to assistant professor; Genetics, J.
J. Garber, instructor to assistant
professor; H. H. Hadley, assistant
professor to associate professor;
Horticulture, T. S. Stephens, in
structor to assistant professor.
Plant Physiology and Pathology,
W. C. Hall, assistant professor to
associate professor; Range and
Forestry, R. A. Darrow, associate
professor to professor; Poultry
Husbandry, W. E. Briles, assistant
professor to associate professor.
Arts and Sciences
Biology, Lawrence S. Dillon, A.
B. Medlen and Harry D. Thiers,
instructors to associate professors;
John J Sperry, associate profes
sor to professor; Business Admin
istration, Robert P. Wood, instruct
or to assistant professor; Chemis
try, John O. Page, assistant pro
fessor to associate professor.
Economics, Alfred F. Chalk and
W. E. Schenk, associate professors
to professors; Education and Psy
chology, M. S. Kavanaugh, assist
ant professor to associate profes
sor; English, Fred E. Ekfelt, as
sociate professor to professor; J. P.
Clark, J. G. Pierce, Harry E.
Hierth, Lee J. Martin, C. K. Es-
ten, Milton H. Huggett, C. F. Al
len and H. S. Creswell, instructors
to assistant professors.
History, Joseph M. Nance, as
sistant professor to associate pro
fessor; John T. Duncan, instructor
to assistant professor; Modern
Languages,' W. H. Rothrock, as
sistant professor to associate pro
fessor.
Physical Education, Paul M. An
drews and Carl Landiss, assistant
professors to associate professors;
Emil Mamaliga, instructor to as
sistant professor.
Engineering
Architecture, M. M. Rotsch, as
sistant professor to associate pro
fessor; Chemical Engineering, R.
V. Andrews and G. L. Farrar, as
sistant professors to associate pro
fessors; Civil Engineering, T. R.
Newton, W. H. Nedderman and
L. A. DuBose, instructors to as
sistant professors; Electrical En
gineering, Jack A. Baird, John S.
Denison, A. J. Druce and W. T.
Matzen, instructors to assistant
professors.
Engineering Drawing, L. E.
Stark, assistant professor to as
sociate professor; B. A. Hardaway,
instructor to assistant professor;
Geology, A. N. McDowell, assistant
professor to associate professor;
W. L. Russell, associate professor
to professoi*.
Industrial Engineering, S. A.
fessor; Mechanical Engineering; T.
Allen Jr. and C. E. Jones, in-
(See PROMOTIONS, Page 4)
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Editor
The A&M System Board of Directors let contracts total
ing $93,178.10 at their meeting here Saturday for road sur
facing, construction, and building moving.
Meeting in the regular Summer session, the board ac
cepted the W. C. Edwards of Bryan bid of $19,977.10 for
grading culverts and gravel base on 2.6 miles of farm roads.
W. S. Conner of Austin was awarded the job of asphalt sur
facing five and one-half miles of farm roads totaling $19,576
and a $3,175 contract for rock asphalt topping on parking
areas and street intersections.
A. D. Griggs of Bryan was low bidder at $30,450 on mov
ing, repairing and painting 19 poultry houses, building con
crete floors and installing utilities. C. L. Andrews of Bryan,
who is already constructing six new buildings at the poultry
center, had an additional building added to his contract at
$20,000.
“iYIi-mi . . . do-mi-so.” It’s rehersal time for
the Summer operetta “H.M.S. Pinafore” sched
uled in The Grove next Tuesday and Wednesday
nights at 8 p.m. With a cast of all-local talent,
the musical will also include an orchestra made
up of Summer school students. Musical arrange
ments are being conducted by Bill Turner.
The building committee an
nounced that bids will probably be
received by this Fall for new con
struction to cost $1,445,200. Includ
ed in the program will be an Ag
ronomy Laboratory, $150,000; En
gineering Building and Equipment,
$611,000; Engineering Library,
$172,800; Library Stacks, $41,000;
Veterinary Hospital, $395,400; and
Dairy Husbandl y Building, $75,000.
The committee also announced
that plans may be ready for bids
on a new $1,251,000 Physical Edu
cation Building and Colesium by
early Spring of 1952.
Harrington Gives Report
Dr. M. T. Harrington, president
of A&M, made his annual report at
the Saturday meeting. Dr. Har
rington reviewed his first year as
president of this institution which
saw most emphasis placed on
A&M’s 75th anniversary. Meet
ings on the campus, the opening
of the MSC and other outstanding
activities of the year were dis
cussed by the new president.
Commenting on the new basic di-
From Texas Through Mexico
AFArmyROTC
Change Qutotas
The Department of the
Army and the Department of
the Air Force have announced
a new policy for the equitable
distribution of students be
tween the two services at A&M,
the Military Department said this
morning.
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Aggies Touring Aztec and Mayan
Country on 17th Annual Cotton Trip
It’s instructive and fascinating—
the land of the Aztec and the
Mayan country—to a group of four
A&M students now in that coun
try on a cotton study tour.
“From Texas through Mexico,”
G. Jones, faculty sponsor
ign
Dr. L. G. Jones, facult;
of the tour reports, “the Aztec
and Mayan country and to Guate-
Career Training Option of the Air
Force has been assigned an annual
quota oi Commissioned Reserve
Officers. The totals of these quo
tas represent the total numbers of
annual commissioned graduates
that have been established as a
goal by the two Services for grad
uating ROTC students here at
A&M.
From these totals new percen
tages for newly enrolled students
have been established, with the
Army receiving 53.5% and the Air
Force receiving 46.5%. The ratio
for newly-enrolled students in the
past has been 60% for the Army,
and 40% for the Air Force.
Model Railroad Enthusiasts
mer cotton tour of A&M is exper
iencing one of its most instructive
and fascinating pilgrimages in
years,” he says.
“With Europe and air travel
to South America impracticable,
the group this year decided on a
land cruise to Mexico, Guate
mala, El Salvador, Honduras and
Nicaragua with perhaps Costa
Rica thrown in.”
The students are Raymond J.
Kunze, La Grange; Leo G. Mike-
ska, Temple; Walter H. Tanama-
chie, San Benito and Pabla Maurer
of Puebla, Mexico. They are win
ners of the annual cotton pageant
trip award on a cotton study tour.
“Mexico proved to be a series
of interesting revelations,” Jones
says. “Producing over a million
bales of cotton last year, this
country is rapidly learning the
art of broad scale cultivation. With
in one hectare one can see the
tractor and the crooked limb wood
en plow with oxen.
“From sea level with almost
desert dryness one rises within
half a day to a cool high alti
tude. The same thing is true of
Guatemala where bananas grow
in profusion naturally on the
coastal plain, and peaches, ap
ples, coffee, cherries, plums,
lemons and limes grow around
Guatemala City which is a mile
high.”
“Ambassador Kyle’s letters of
introduction gave the party an
entree into the best society and
research of the country of the
Quetzal. Dr. Lorenz of the Office
of Foreign Agricultural Relations
guided the party through coffee
plantations in the mountains down
to the banana, papaya, and mango
groves at the 1000-foot level. Corn
was everywhere.”
“Cotton was seen at about 300
feet. This seems to be replacing
some of the banana groves injured
by Panama disease.”
“The students wor'x during the
day and see the sights at night.
Having two members of the party
who speak Spanish fluently is a
great asset.”
“The small native Mayan In
dians with their 100- to 150-
pound burdens on their heads
present a challenge to Frank
Anderson’s cross country team.”
“Traveling at five to ten
thousand feet elevation for 1200
miles spoils the traveler, and he
resents descent to sea level to
get into a different location.”
“The worst part of the trip was
shipping the car 165 miles by train
from Arriaga to Tapachula on the
Mexican-Guatemalan border. The
trip took 24 hours. Rains had soft
ened the roadbed and the train
crew had to make track repairs at
frequent stops in order to proceed.”
“The upstairs was used by
members of the family and the
downstairs for workers and
other staff members. The even
ing meal consisted of an appe
tizer first, then mango or papa
ya. This was followed by pine
apple, then fish, then rice, and
then the piece de resistance,
roast. Then later came turkey,
wine, and cake with almonds.
“By way of instruction, the col
lege-trained men have seen the
accomplishments of the Rockefel
ler Foundation in Mexico, the Of
fice of Foreign Agricultural Re
lations in Guatemala City, and the
actual farming of oranges, corn,
coffee, rice, cotton, bananas, pen
nyroyal and lemon grass by suc
cessful producers.”
“After 8 p. m. the same mem
bers of the party generally man
age to find a dance by marimba
music at, beautiful Lake Atitlan,
Casa Contenta, Royal Palais or
Lake Amitlan. Perhaps that is
why they prefer the highlands
to the lowlands. Being south of
the Tropic of Cancer fills the
air with the aroma of gardenias
and the flash of orchids.”
“At Fortin de las Flores, Mex
ico, the Aztec girls hung wreath of
flowers around the necks of visi
tors and brought hollow banana
stems beautifully filled with or
chids for 50 cents.”
“At Chichicastenango, Mayan
girls pressed bouquets of orchids
on the visitor for five cents.”
Railroad Tracks in Guion
A&M Model Railroad Club
Becomes a Top Organization
By WILLIAM DICKENS
Battalion Feature Editor
railroad display would not be used Adding a realistic touch to the
this year, as it was last year, the railroad, the equipment, which is
club members continued with their all H. O. scale material, consists
Railroad tracks in the basement hobby of building the scale models of model scale city buildings,
of Guion Hall? The question may which has resulted in the forma- houses, and farm buildings.
but it’s far tion of one of the most outstand- The equipment for the project
ing clubs on the campus. is that originally owned by the
vision, Dr. Harrington said, “The
results of the first year’s activity
of the Basic Division have been
most satisfactory. We continue
to receive praise of the Basic Divi
sion, of Dean Bertrand and of his
staff from parents of freshmen.”
In conclusion, Dr. Harrington re
viewed the highly-successful athle
tic year just past.
“From an athletic standpoint, the
calendar year of 1951 has made an
auspicious beginning at A&M, and
we hope it will continue through
the football season of 1951,” the
president said.
Airport Improvements
The board approved an appropri
ation of $3,500 for improvements
at the college-owned Easterwood
Airport. The money will be used
to provide accommodations for the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
communications and weather sta
tion which is to be moved to Eas
terwood Airport from Bryan Air
Force Base.
Included in building and improve
ment projects at other A&M Sys
tem schools were $5,000 for fencing
of the East Farm at Arlington
State College, $2,600 for street
paving costs at Tarleton State Col
lege, with an additional $8,000 for
plans for wood and metal shops
and sidewalks. A contract for con
struction of heat tunnel extensions
was awarded, and $1,500 was al-
loted for plans for a new presi
dential residence at Prairie View
A&M. Joe R. Turner of Houston
received the contract for the tun
nels.
New allocations for construction
the building program were agreed
upon by the board members. In
creased allocations are as follows:
Horticulture headhouse for green
house, increased to $32,000; Agron
omy Field Laboratory (enlarged!
increased to $150,000; Dairy Hus-
bandry Centers, increased to $75,-
000.
New Allocations
New allocations totaling $11,000
are as follows: Range Management
Field Laboratory and Pasture
Roads, $19,000; Poultry Husbandry
Buildings, moving and repairs,
$32,000; Animal Husbandry, Gar
bage Feeding Plant, first unit, $23,-
000; water line to garbage plant,
$4,000.
In other action, the board of di
rectors re-appointed Tyree Bell,
vice-chairman of the board, to the
(See BOARD PRAISES, Page 4)
Miss Brazos Valley
Contest Wednesday
sound preposterous
from being untrue.
To add to the typical sounding
“campusology” question, the base
ment not only houses a train and
railroad, but a complete land
scape of city and farm buildings
as well.
The regular railroad system,
built on a model scale, is the
work of the Aggieland Model
Railroad Club, which was organ
ized last September.
At the present time, the mem
bers are building additional
tables for more track space. Al
though continuous changes and
improvements are being made on
the project, the track will be
laid over a 60 foot by 40 foot
area when completed, according
to Maj. C. L. Thomas, AF Pit)
and a member of the club.
college, that used in the State
Fair display last year, and that
which individual members have
purchased themselves.
The club meets every Friday
night at 7:30 and is open to all
persons who have an interest in
building model scale railroads, ac
cording to Maj. Thomas. Member
ship at the present time consists
Enthusiastically working on their latest section
of track are these members of the A&M Model
Railroad club. Left to right, Maj. John Otts,
Maj. C. L. Thomas, R. S. Meihkat, T/Sgt. E, R.
Watson, C. C. Bellomy, C. R. Miller, Sherman
Tucker, C. E. McCullough, Maj. P. J. Brennan,
and H. C. Kennedy.
of business men and faculty mem-
The club was first formed for When the project is completed, bers in addition to students, he
the purpose of building a complete the regular railroad system on*a added.
scale railroad to put on display model scale, which runs similar “All interested persons are wel-
al- to railroad schedule,' will be shown come to visit the club and see our
at open house displays next Fall, work during the Friday night ses-
?t this year’s State Fair in
las.
Although the college decided the Maj. Thomas said.
sion,” Maj. Thomas said.
The annual “Miss Brazos Valley”
beauty contest sponsored by the
Bryan Junior Chamber of Com
merce will be held tomorrow night
at 8 in Sports Park,
A semi-pro baseball game, a
baby contest, an exhibition of
magic, and a chance to win a
television set;,are other highlights
of the Fourth of July celebration.
Tomorrow’s program will open
at 2:30 p. m. with a baseball
game between the Grand Prize
Pale Di-ys of Houston, considered
one of the best Negro teams in
the South, and the Blue Moon All
Stars, composed of area Negro
diamond stars.
Baby Contest At 7
The annual baby contest will take
place from 7 to 8 p. m., with regis
tration for the event scheduled
for 6:30 p. m. at the park. Gold
loving cups will be given to the
boy and girl winners in the four
divisions.
Nine girls have entered the
beauty and talent show. The win
ner will have the opportunity to
compete in the “Miss Texas” con
test held in New Braunfels August
3-5.
Alta Jean Bradley is College
Station’s sole entry in the beauty
contest. Jean Kennedy, Bryan;
Jeanine Brown, Bryan; Juanita
Hendricks, Thorndale; Lura Mc
Donald, El Campo; Dorothy Hen-
Huntsville; Beverly Anderson, Al-
line; and Betty Jo Birdwell, Wood-
ville are the other young ladies
entered.
Judges for the beauty and talent
show include Miss Kay Cardeman,
Cardeman School of Modeling,
Houston; Miss Gwen Wilson, who
was Miss Brazos Valley in last
year’s contest and placed second
in state competition, now from
Houston; and Col. and Mrs. J. H.
McGhee.
Zaney Blaney of Austin, billed as
the craziest magician in the world,
is included on the evening’s fare.
At The Grove
This Week
Tues., July 3, Holiday (no movie
scheduled).
Wed. July 4, Skating and juke
box dancing—8 p.m.
Thurs., July 5, Movie—“Sleep
ing City” with Richard Conte and
Coleen Gray—8 p. m.
Friday, July 6, Dancing—Music
by Aggieland Combo—8 p. m.
Sat., July 7, Square Dancing—
8 p. m.
Sun., July 8, Skating—8 p. m.
Mon., July 9, No Movie Sche
duled (Dress Rehearsal for “H.
dricks, Thorndale; Nancy Wilson, M. S. Pinafore.”)