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I Published by Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Oldest Continuously Published College Newspaper In Texas Number 200: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1951 Price Five Cents Strike Slows Work TU Geologists To Get $248 For ‘Drown-Out’ Damages Heat Wave Claims Lives, Raises Tempers, Kills Crops Brick piles lay untouched as construction on; the new two story (including basement) addition to the Physics \Building lags while bricklayers are on strike. The laborers, who are presently re ceiving $2.87Zt per hour, are included in a 17 county protest strike against the Wage Stab ilization Board’s delay in acting on a union re quest for a 15 cent an hour wage increase. The bricklayers are now seeking a 25 cent raise. Col lege officials estimate completion of the build ing will be moved ahead to late Fall due to the strike. Circumstances May Clear 80 West Point ‘Cribbing’ Cadets West Point, N.Y., Aug. 8—hP).— Extenuating circumstances may clear some of the 80 military acad emy cadets admitting cribbing, West Point officials say, but the ixact status of the other 10 ca rets involved still is not clear. Possibility that fewer cadets ■Would be dismissed than the 90 or iginally accused of cheating be came clear yestei’day as Senate in vestigators in Washington decided to keep hands off the cake, at least for the present. Col. James B. Leer, the Acad emy’s public information officer, said that the screening board now in session might clear some of the 80 admitting cribbing. May Acquit Cadets It was explained that the screen ing board might find new explan ations or extenuating circumstan ces that will acquit the cadets, al though they admitted their guilt to an original special board that recommended the dismissals. For those cadets not admitting cheating, the department of the Army said in Washington that the Academy superintendent would ( Pioneer to Open Eastenvood Office Pioneer Airlines will officially begin operations at A&M College’s Easterwood Airport Wednesday, j^Aug. 15, officials of the airline and //the college have announced. Installations will be moved from the present Pioneer location at Bryan Air Force Base the night of Aug. 14 and the first plane will touch the run-ways at Easterwood Airport either early Wednesday morning or at noon that same day. Joe Sorrels, president of the Col lege Station Chamber of Commerce and Development Association said yesterday his organization would discuss plans for a formal recep tion of the airlines at the groups monthly meetings Monday. have to decide whether they were to be discharged administratively or be given court martials. Maj, Gen. Frederick A. Irving, superintendent of the Academy, in dicated that the method finally used would depend on the evidence on hand. If guilt is not established, he said, the charges will be dropped. 80 Cadets Admit Guilt Irving held a news conference yesterday, setting at 80 the num ber of the accused cadets who have admitted their guilt. He also said that 29 cadets, in addition to the accused 90 had been investigated but were not charged, because of insufficient evidence. The superintendent denied alle gations by the Cadets that they had been coerced into admitting their guilt. But a “committee of cadets concerned” promptly reiter ated that “threats and intimida tion” were used in the two-month probe. In an unsigned statement, the cadets said they would be willing “to testify under oath in a closed session to the above stated facts.” Whether they referred to a con gressional inquiry was not clear. But in Washington several sen ators agreed there is little or noth ing to investigate at “The Point.” Senate—Hands Off The senate’s special investigat ing subcommittee yesterday “unan imously approved” a decision to keep hands off the scandal, Said Chairman Hoey (D-NC). Hoey said the senators would not step in unless the accused cadets asked an investigation. But he pointed out that the Senate Armed Services Committee had the first right on any such probe. The Chicago Tribune in a copy right story from Flint, Mich., said today that an outstanding high school athlete told of a six-week, expense-paid vacation at the Acad emy this Summer. The athlete, Duncan MacDonald, 18, a quarterback, said he and 22 other high -school players made the trip and had informal talks with Army Football Coach Eqrl Blaik, the Tribune said. Draft free status as a cadet was a big part of the sales talk to -entice the athletes to West Point, the Tribune said, but MacDonald decided to go to Michigan. By Associated Press The historic Texas heat wave claimed more lives Tuesday, raised tempers to boiling points and bit into crops already hurt by an ex tended drouth. City officials appealed for water conservation as reservoirs neared depletion. Dallas Mayor J. B. Adoue declared his city faced an emergency. No relief was in sight. There was no rain, or prospect of rain. The heat wave had its angles. Farmers Hurt Central Texas farms appeared hard hit. Bob Gorman, one of McLennan County’s leading fartn- ers, said farmers and ranchers in that county are counting their loss in crops and pastures at a mil lion (dollars a day. Gorham said the county will have one of its shortest cotton crops since 1925, the last record-break ing drouth year. Under the eighth consecutive day of 100-plus temperatures, Cen tral Texas cotton was burning fast. Harris County farmers reported great losses in pasture lands from recent heat. But cotton and com craps were doing all right. In East Texas and in the Pan handle, the heat also was taking a toll of crops. Spotted thundershowers have brought some relief in the Pan handle, but rangeland was report ed burning badly Tuesday. Farm ers need rain to prepare the land for Fall wheat planting. Panhandle Needs Rain The Panhandle’s largest acreage of row crops in history was badly in need of rain. Cotton, also at a near record acreage in the Pan handle, was in better shape to withstand the drouth but rain was needed to insure the crop. The Amarillo Globe News said “it’s a case of nearly everything burning up and nothing wrong that a good rain wouldn’t cure.” Irrigation belt farmers were reported in better shape. At a terrace re-building demon stration near Marshall in East Dr. Brown Resigns Brazos Health Unit Roasted Possum New Dinner Fare St. Petersburg, Fla., Aug. 8 ■— •A 5 )—Roasted possum and sweet potatoes are competing with high- priced meats on dinner tables here abouts. A couple of enterprising Negro grocers, Sidney Harden and James Nelson, have started raising their own possums. “They’re our biggest selling- meat item,” says Nelson. “We sell ’em as fast as we can raise ’em.” Waco Aggie Polio Victim Improved; Still Paralyzed Sam E. Dehm, A&M senior from Waco, was reported to be somewhat improved today although he is still paralyzed from the neck down with a critical case of polio. A Waco newspaper told the Battalion early this morn ing that Dehm was able to move his fingers slightly yester day and the possible threat of death may have passed. A senior personnel administration major, Dehm was taken to the Waco Crippled Children’s Hospital after an ill ness he picked up before leaving Summer camp at Ft. Sill, Okla. developed into polio. He became ill last week and was taken to the hospital Thursday when his left leg was discovered paralyzed. Doctors placed the 21-year-old D Field Artillery senior in an iron lung when his breathing necessitated an additional supply of oxygen and also as the threat of collapse of his lungs was feared. It is believed that Dehm will be permanently paralyzed in some places of his body even if this critical stage passes without further complications. Dehm is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Dehm and lives at 3220 West'Edmond in Waco. By FRANK DAVIS Battalion City Editor Action taken by the Bryan city commission to balance their 1951- 52 budget by slicing appropriations to the Brazos County Health Unit set off the fuse which caused an explosion yesterday when Dr. David E. Brown, health unit di rector, announced his resignation effective Sept. 1. The four-man goveraing body of the health unit headed by Dr. A. G'. McGill was quick to see the significance of this action, and called a meeting for 9 a. m. this moraing at City Hall. Wants Unit Dr. McGill maintained the com mission wanted the health unit to continue. Their complaint was that funds for the unit were not pro rated properly Dr. McGill said that Bryan was paying 50 percent of the operating costs for the health unit, a figure that was out of pro portion to the contributions made by the City of College Station, A&M, and the county. Dr. Brown stated yesterday afternoon the State Health Depart ment phoned him Monday offer ing position as director of the Gal veston County Health Unit with a decisive boost in salary. He re mained skeptical as to whether or not the health unit in Brazos Coun ty would continue to operate, say ing that the state health depart ment was on the verge of cutting off its aid which amounts to about 40 percent of the receipts. Action Taken Dr. McGill said yesterday after noon that action taken by Dr. Brown was premature, and the board composed of H. W. Barlow, head of the engineering department at A&M, A. S. Ware, county judge, Ernest Langford, mayor of Col lege Station, and himself would seek to convince Dr. Brown that the unit could continue under the present status. Dr. Brown was doubtful that revenues for the health unit could be increased from other sources since the county budget had been set up and the College Station budget approved. Last year the county contributed $4,680 to the health unit and the city of College Station, $1,800. The Bryan city commission’s ac tion in leaving the County Welfare Board out in the cold by dropping it entirely as yet has had no back fires. Previously the welfare board had received $100 a month from the city for aid to indigent families in the county. The board must now operate solely on the $150 allocat ed by the county. Texas, it was discovered the ground was dry to a depth of 12 inches. Marshall rainfall for the first seven months of 1951 totals 4.9 inches below normal at 23.68 inches. None has fallen so far in August, which has 3:02 inches nor mally. Marshall’s reading Monday was 104. At Electra in North-Central Tex as—where temperatures have been the highest—farmers reported the extreme heat has helped to elimin ate cotton insect pests. But the plants are suffering. Much of the cotton is late because of having to be replanted after May floods. Henrietta Nets 116 Highest temperature Monday was 116 at Henrietta, in North Texas. Several North Texas points reported Monday temperatures above 110. Tuesday temperatures again were climbing above 100 in the North half of the state. At Dallas, where 52'-year-old Thomas Hill McClain became the city’s 12th heat victim of 1951, Mayor J. B. Adoue declared “the water situation has reached the critical stage.” Adoue said that if Dallas doesn’t cut down water usage there would be no water in reservoirs by 10 p. m. Tuesday night with which to fight fh*es. Dallas used a record 112,055,000 gallons Monday. The previous record was set Saturday. Kramer Given Leave to Act As Consultant A. L. Kramer of the En gineering Extension Service staff, has been granted leave to act as consultant with the Brown and Root Engineers of Houston in their tank rebuilding program. For the past two years, Kramer has served as instractor in the fields of personnel management and special engineering services for the college. This work has been done under the supervision of E. L. Williams, vice director of the Engineering Extension Ser vice. Kramer’s previous associations with the Ordnance Department at the Rock Island Aresnal and Aber deen Proving Ground have provid ed him with a broad experience fop his new assignment. The extent and duration of the project to which Kramer has been assigned is not presently known, however, it is expected that he will be able to return to his posi tion at A&M relatively soon. At the Grove Tonight Wednesday, Aug. 8—Skating and juke-box dancing—8 p.m. Texas Herdsmen Meet Here for Short Course Texas herdsmen will convene on the A&M campus Thursday through Saturday for a short course on cattle breeding, feeding, managing, showing, and market ing. Sponsored by the Animal Hus bandry Department, registration will begin at 8 a. m. in the Beef Cattle Center for the three day conference. Aquaint Breeders The purpose of the school is to acquaint new purebred cattle breeders and older herdsmen with the latest information on the care of their stock. Under the direction of J. K. Riggs, associate professor in the Animal Husbandly Department, short course will have several leaders in the field of cattle breed ing to speak to the estimated crowd of 100 students. The list of cattle breeders in cludes Edgar Hudgins, a Brahma cattle breeder from Hungerford; W. J. Largent, Hereford cattle breeder fi’om Merkle; W. B. Rob erts, manager of Flat Top Ranch, Walnut Springs; Dr. Paul Keesee, manager of the Essar Ranch San Antonio; Milton Miller, southwest- eni representative of the American Aberdeen-Angus Association; and Harry Gayden,. executive secretary of the American Brahman Breed ers Association. Other Instructors Arthur L. Gee, former college herdsmajn now with the Essar Ranch and La Rue Douglas, herds man for the J. D. Hudgins Ranch at Hungerford will also be pre sent to help out with instruction. Friday night at 8 p. m. a movie featuring Brahma breeding and raising in Brazil will be shown at Guion Hall. Houston’s heat deaths—for the current heat wave—rose to three. Six persons were hospitalized, three in critical condition. At Waco, where water consump tion hit 22,000,000 gallons daily, all lawn watering was ordered dis continued until reservoir levels can be built up. Car washing also was banned. (See NO RELIEF, Page 4) Breezes Cool College to 102 Moderate to strong South breez es which began Tuesday afternoon were responsible for College Sta tion recording a high of only 102 yesterday. The above-100 reading yesterday marked the twelfth consecutive day in which the thermometer has reg istered above the century level and only two of the past 22 days has the mercury failed to climb above that mark. It w’as a “mild” 98 those two days. Saturday’s reading of 107 post ed an all time high since 1894 with the highest mark ever record ed, a torrid 111 then. Heat Stroke Victim No deaths have been attributed to the extended heat wave in the area although a Bryan Air Force Base enlisted personnel was ad mitted to Bryan Hospital yester day for treatment of heat stroke or “just too much sun.” His name was not given. Howard Badgett, head of A&M Physical Plants, said yesterday the college has had no difficulty sup plying water consumers with a normal supply, although inlets on suction lines of the college wells have been lowered to enable the pumps to produce the extra amount of water needed. A pump which was recently struck by lightning has been re paired and Badgett foresees no difficulty in supplying water enough to keep everyone happy. Grass Watered Grass in front of and around the MSC and the Administration Buildings has been receiving regu lar waterings and apparently will continue getting sprinkled unless some equipment failure causes a decreased supply. College Station residents d u r - ing July used twice the amount of water they did last year at this time, Ran Boswell, assistant city secretary said yesterday afternoon. He based the gmount on bills sent to local consumers. The college wells supply South side and the campus. Bryan furnishes all water used at the North Gate and in College Hills. H. A. Thomason, city man ager of Bryan said even though By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Editor Texas University geologists who were “drowned-out” last June by A&M students will be paid in full for the $248 damages to their personal property. Student senators attending Summer school voted last night to appropriate the money from dormitory “Coke” funds. Meeting in the office of Assistant Dean of Men Bennie A. Zinn, the senators approved the plan which will drain profits from Coca-Cola machines in the dormitories and send funds to the geolegy students when school commences at Texas University next Fall. C. G. “Spike” White, assistant to the dean of men for activities, said although no exact tabulations would be avail able until students move out at the end of this semester, ex pected profits from the machines after operating expenses, ■F bottle breakage, etc., would be ap proximately $50 in each dormitory. White said the normal procedure for disposing of “Coke” funds af ter the Summer term is to distri bute the money proportionately to the other dormitory funds when the Fall semester begins. A&M Students Pay Students will be paying for the damages, and the money will be realized from a source that will touch dormitory funds which will be disbursed anyway. The motion to use the funds for paying the damages was made by Senator Carl Meyers who asked that more than $49.60 be paid from each dorm and the full amount of loss be paid if the expected reven ues are realized. Meyers also asked that a letter of apology be sent to each Texas University student who suffered property damage from the wate/ which poured into their rooms from stopped-up lavatories. The incident occurred June 6, the second day of the first Summer session, while' the geologists were away in the field. Investigation Investigation showed that some one got into rooms of the 40 geol ogists by forcing entry into their places on Ramps D and E in Wal ton Hall. Papers, sheets, towels and other items were stuffed in the cracks of doors and water was turned on in the lavatoiies. At the request of Zinn, TU stu dents submitted an itemized list of damages which totaled $248. The A&M group, meeting last night, voiced a reminder to all stu dents that by the acts of a few, these “Coke” profits which are shared by all would be used. They pointed out that this action was a means of showing the) Texas Uni- versity students that what hap pened was not the feeling or idea of all students, but of a very small minority which caused the trouble. The group agreed t© have a check made out to each individual TU student who suffered losses and to have it placed in his hands by H. A. Ireland, Texas University geology professor in charge of'the University’s geology program here. the demand has increased, “the supply should be adequate.” The CAA weather station at Easterwood Airport has issued a “no change” forecast for the next several days. Long range forecasts by the US Weather Bureau in Washington say there may be some respite during the weekend but for resi dents of the area “not to be sur prised if no change is noted.” CS Kiwanians Hear Address On Oil Industry Dr. George H. Fancher, di rector of the Petroleum Re search Committee of Texas spoke to approximately 65 members and guests of the College Station Kiwanis Club yes terday in the Assembly Room of the MSC. The Petroleum Research Com mittee was set up in 1947 with a primary purpose of making a sur vey of Texas oilfields ■ and devise methods of increasing the amount of petroleum being recovered, Dr. Fancher said. “Home consumption of petrol eum reaches a figure of 7 million barrels per day,” the director said, “out of 295 oilfields emplying good engineering methods, only 22 per cent of the oil was being recover ed.” This means that 78 percent is being left in the ground. The commission which is sup ported by A&M, The University of Texas, and the Texas Railroad Commission, hopes that industry will take note of the work they are doing and contribute toward it, the speaker said. Out of two million acres com prising The University Lands in West Texas, which aid in endow ing A&M and UT, 159,000 acres are productive of oil and natural gas. A&M receives one-third of the money from this source, while the University receives two-thirds. Seven Rare Document Gifts Added To College Archives A gift of seven rare documents have been added to the college archives collection said D. B. Gofer, college archivest yesterday. The donation, given by Miss Octavia Rogan, college librarian, consisted of personal letters writ ten by and addressed to her fath er, Judge Charles Rogan. Judge Rogan was one of the original six students to register at A&M in September, 1876. Another valuable gift was an edition of the first college cata logue. The remaining copies of the original edition were burned in the fire which destroyed the old Main building. First Publication Included in the collection also were copies of the first edition of the Texas Collegian, A&M’s first student publication. Judge Rogan served as the business manager on this paper and was president of the Calliopean Literary Society, sponsor of the paper. Valuable issues of The Texas tions of Former Students in 1918- Aggie and the The Daily Bulletin were included in the donation as well as personal letters to Judge Rogan by Col. P. L. Downs Sr., Ike Ashburn, Roberts J. Potts, R. D. Bowen, and George Summey Jr. Judge Rogan graduated from A&M in 1879 majoring in law. He then attended the Harvard Law School and upon graduation in 1883, Judge Rogan returaed to Texas to practice law in Brown- wood. Aided Educational System It was while Commissioner of Texas General Land Office that Judge Rogan aided the Texas ed ucational system the most. His far-reaching mineral policy caused several million dollar's to accum ulate in the State Treasury for school purposes. Active in organizations at A&M, he was president of the Associa- Contraclors Plan Meeting Tonight The A&M student chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. (AGC) will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Lecture Room of the Civil Engineering Building. 19; he served as a member of the Board of the College from 1897-99; and was a member of the Govern ing board of the Experiment Sta tion from 1907-1920. In 1924 he organized the Travis County A&M Club and became that organization’s charter president. Life of Judge At the time of Judge Rogans death in 1932, the Austin Ameri can editorially summarized thus the life of the Texas judge: “Charles Rogan was a man of strong convictions, he was abso lutely fearless, and he enjoyed the respect as well as the confidence of the members of the bar, clients, and friends. He never was a “yes” man, he was broad in his sympa thies and his charities, and his per sonal integrity was never ques tioned. Such was Charles Rogan, a man who played his part in the transforming of a semi-wilderness into the Texas of today”