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Number 206: Volume 51
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1951
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First Subcommittee Meeting
Opens; Compromise Hinted
Munsan, Korea, Aug. 17—OP)—
A four-man subcommittee tackled
the Korean buffer zone deadlock
today amid official indications the
Communists are ready to compro
mise.
The subcommitteemen declined
to comment on what happened in
their first session—held in an un
usual air of informality for Ko
rean truce talks.
Second Session Scheduled
They scheduled their second ses
sion for 11 a.m. Saturday (8 p.m.
Friday EST).
When they adjourned at 4:22
p.m. (1:22 a.m. EST) United Na
tions and Communist delegates
posed together for the first time.
While posing, Maj. Gen. Henry
I. Hodes, one of the U.N. represen
tatives, put his arm around North
Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho.
The other two delegates—U.S.
Rear Adm. Arleigh Burke and
Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang—
also appeared to be in good spirits.
While they were negotiating be
hind closed doors, their discussions
were broken at times by outbursts
of laughter.
The informal attitude—a com
plete reversal of the cold military
formality of all full delegation
meetings—strengthened an air of
hopefulness brought to Kaesong by
a Red broadcast.
The Peiping radio quoted the Red China, reported North Korean
chief Communist negotiator as say
ing “it-is possible to adjust” the
Red demand for a demarcation
line along the 38th parallel “on
the basis of terrain and mutual
defense.”
Terrain and defense are the rea
sons the Allies have insisted on a
military demarcation along pres
ent battle lines. These are gener
ally north of the 38th parallel
Peiping radio, official voice of
21st Day
108 High
Recorded
In City
Reservists
Get Rough
Time at Camp
Camp Polk, La., Aug. 16—(Spl)
—-Well into the final days of their
two weeks of reserve training, men
of Hdqs. Btry. 352 Armed Arty.
Bn. of the 22nd Armored Division
from Bryan were out on the sun
baked firing ranges here this week
shooting weapons ranging from the
76-mm tank gun through the
light machine gun, submachine gun,
carbine, M-l rifle, and 45-caliber.
Commanding officer of Hdqs
Btry is Capt Allan M. Madely of
Bryan. Maj. Ogbourne D. Butler
of College Station is Battalion
Commander.
Temperatures continued well
ftbove 100, with a succession of
jearingly hot, clear days and the
high humidity of west Louisiana,
But the health record of the entire
22nd Armored Division was excell
ent as reservists hardened to the
long hours and exacting schedules
of Summer camp.
For many of the men of Hdqs
Btry, the training period undeway
at Camp Polk was affording a first
opportunity to shoot some of the
many weapons used by an armored
division in combat. After a week
of preliminary firing and familiar
ization, record scores were high
in actual firing.
Timm Attends Meet
In Louisiana
Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, extension
economist of the A&M Department
af Agricultural Economics and
Sociology, is attending two out-
of-state conferences on agricul
tural policy this week.
On Aug. 14 Dr. Timm addressed
the Southern School of Banking
at Baton Rouge, his topic being
“National Agricultural Policy.”
His lecture was part of a two-
weeks’ educational program under
the sponsorship of the banking as
sociation in nine southern states.
During the last three days of the
week, the agricultural economist
will participate in sessions of the
National Agricultural Policy Com
mittee of the Farm Foundation in
Chicago.
College Station again re
gained the prestige of being
one of the hotest places in the
state Thursday by tieing
Marshal] for first place hon
ors with a blazing 108.
It was the city’s twenty-first
day of temperatures over the cen
tury mark.
CAA weather authorities at
Easterwood Field said the ther
mometer hit the peak reading in
the afternoon. Minimum recorded
Thursday morning here was 76.
In other parts of the state, the
Associated Press reported the
blistei-ing heat wave had taken 27
lives and is still spreading more
misery over Texas.
Temperatures shot past 100 over
most of the state. Weathermen see
no relief in sight. Highs of 108
were reported at Marshall and Col
lege Station.
Galveston was coolest with 92.
It was 107 at Fort Worth, Dallas
and Tyler.
Other high readings included:
Mineral Wells and Presidio 106,
Lufkin and Waco 105; Junction,
Palestine, Del Rio and Austin 104,
Beaumont, Alice and Wichita Falls
103, San Antonio and Victoria 102,
Wink, San Angelo and Beaumont
101, Houston 100, Amarillo 98,
Dalhart 96 and Brownsville 93.
No rain fell, none was forecast.
A puny cool front that offered
some aid Wednesday to the Texas
Panhandle and Red River Valey
collapsed from the heat Thursday.
It had dropped maximum read
ings to the 80’s in the affected
area, but readings returned to the
90’s and 100’s when the front play
ed out.
Lt v G'en. Nam II immediately qual
ified his statement by saying the
United Nations delegation must
abandon “its unfair and unreason
able demands” before agreement
can be reached.
Nam’s Broadcast
The broadcast, monitored in Tok
yo, said Nam made the statement
at Thursday’s Kaesong conference.
This was the meeting which cre
ated the subcommittee.
It was consiuereu significant
that Nam was reported to have
shown willingness to compromise
at the very moment negotiators de
cided to try a new way to break
the three-week-old impasse.
The subcommittee held its first
meeting today.
Full dress negotiators were re-
cessed until the subcommittee
comes up with a recommendation—
or there is some other need for a
gathering of all ten delegates.
Met In Secrecy
The subcommittee met in se
crecy. The U. N. command an
nounced in advance that the usual
communique and briefing to news
men would be abandoned during
its sessions. Communist newsmen
at Kaesong said they understood
the Reds would also discontinue
communiques and briefings.
The secrecy was to help the sub
committeemen fulfill the recom
mendation of Vice Adm. C. Turner
Joy, chief U.N. delegate, to meet
around rather than across” the
table. Joy suggested there would
be better opportunity of progress
toward ending the shooting in Ko
rea if the problem were tackled
without the speech making that
has marked Kaesong negotiations.
Exams Around the Corner
It’s almost exam time—one week from now, that
is. But Pete Schmidt, senior civil engineering
major from Dallas, is already burning the mid
night oil in preparation for the final quizes.
College Station’s high of 108 yesterday was good
reason for Schmidt to have a fan going full speed
in his loft on third floor of Bizzell Hall.
Cushing Library
Adds New Stacks
The strange noises heard recent
ly in the Cushing Memorial Library
building have been those of the
workman installing new steel book-
stacks in two large basement rooms
adjoining the present stack unit,
said Robert A. Houze, librarian.
The finishing touches were ap
plied early this month when the
electricians installed the necessary
fixtures and switches.
Between 35,000 and 40,000 vol
umes can be shelved in this new
area.
The present over-crowed stack
levels will be relieved of their load,
and shelf space will be left for ex
pansion throughout, as a result of
this new stack addition. The shift
ing of books is scheduled to begin
the latter part of August or early
in September, Houze added.
‘Shipwreck’ Dance Scheduled
Friday Night at The Grove
By PAT MORLEY
Battalion Women’s Editor
Have you ever seen a pirate
prance, a shark shake, a jelly-fish
jive? These characters, and all
other characters at Aggieland, are
invited to the laugh of the season
this evening at The Grove.
Eight tonight is the zero hour.
Dormitory rooms will be filled
with pirates adjusting black patch
es over their eyes, College View
apartment doors will open to re
veal mermaids escorted by lusty
sailors, cars will pull away from
the curbs in front of dignified
homes, bearing “beachcombers”
who look suspiciously like such
distinguished faculty couples as the
Howard Barlows whose pictures
graced the front page of yester
day’s Battalion.
As the MSC chimes announce
eight p. m., The Grove will be
gin to fill with a strange assort
ment of odds and ends of human-
Summer Freshmen Schedule
Final Ball for August 24
By ALLEN PENGELLY
Battalion News Staff
The Summer school class of
1955 will stage their Battalion
Ball Friday, Aug. 24, at 8:30 p.
m. in the Ballroom of the MSC.
Playing for the freshman social
event will be a combo from the
Aggieland Orchestra.
Preparations Underway
Preparations are already under
way for the event as the finalists
for the title of Summer Freshman
Sweetheart have been selected. The
battalion commander, along with
the company and squadron com
manders, served as judges.
The final choice for the honor
will be announced at the dance.
Votes Indictments
For Basketball Fixes
New York, Aug. 17—(A*)—A
grand jury yesterday voted more
indictments in the college basket
ball scandal but details were not
immediately made public.
The announcement followed a
grand jury appearance of Bradley
University players.
Dist. Atty. Frank S. Hogan
would not disclose how many per
sons had been indicted, what the
charges were, or give any indi
cation as to identities.
Slates News Conference
He said he would hold a news
conference today and the indict
ments also will be filed then.
His announcement follow-ed a
four-hour session of the grand
jury during which 18 witnesses ap
peared. These included five Brad
ley University players who volun
tarily came to New York for ques
tioning.
The players u r ere questioned
about 20 minutes each, Hogan said.
Policemen also were among those
who testified, Hogan said.
The five Bradley players are
Eugene Melchoirre, William Mann,
George M. Chianakas, Aaron
Preece and Charles Grover. They
allegedly were offered bribes to
lose a game to Bowding Green
State University, Bowling Green,
Ohio, in 1949.
Names in the latest indictments
presumably are in addition, to the
31 players already implicated in
the basketball scandal which broke
last Feb. 18.
Players Questioned
Most of the accused players have
been questioned by authorities but
none has been imprisoned.
A number of gamblers involved
in the fixes are free on bail await
ing trial for conspiracy.
Twenty of the players already
involved are from New York
schools—City College, Manhattan,
New York University and Long
Island University. There also are
five from the University of Toledo
plus six from Bradley.
At the first intermission, the five
finalists will be introduced to the
dancers. At this time the judges
will make the final selection. Dur
ing second intermission the win
ner will be announced.
All the finalists will be award
ed corsages as souvenirs but the
winner will receive a special prize.
Beauties—Escorts
The five girls selected by the
judges as the most beautiful are
Miss Joyce Little, 19, of Dallas;
Miss Julia Jones, 16, of Gates-
ville, Miss.; Freddie Woodyj 18, of
Palestine; Miss Melody Starks, 18,
of Amarillo; and Miss Peggy Wil
son, 17, of Texarkana.
Miss Little will be escorted by
Roland Jones, freshman agricul
tural engineering student from
Dallas, while Miss Jones will be
escorted by Clay Roming, an en
gineer from Childress.
Jeff Horn, civil engineering stu
dent from Palestine, will date Miss
Woody and Carroll Forrester will
take Miss Starks. Don Barton,
aeronautical engineering major
from Texarkana, will be the es
cort of Miss Wilson.
Committees
In charge of the dance is Ron
ald Laughter, social secretary.
Serving in the capacity of advis-
At the Grove
This Weekend
Friday, Aug. 17—Dancing with
Music by the Aggieland Combo—8
p. m.
Saturday, Aug. 18 — Square
Dancing with Music by the Aggie
land Combo—8 p. m.
Sunday, Aug. 19—Skating—8 p.
m.
Monday, Aug. 20—Movie, “Fath
er’s Little Dividend” with Spencer
Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor—8 p.
m.
ors will be James Stevenson, Karl
Myers, and C. L. Ray.
The program and Ticket sales
committee is headed by John B.
Darcy and decorations for the
dance will be handled by Donald
Royce. Heading the reception com
mittee will be John Armintor.
Invitations to the event may be
secured from representatives in
each outfit. They will sell for $2.50
per couple.
This event will climax the Sum
mer freshman’s school year. Earl
ier in the afternoon a parade, sim
ilar to the final review held each
June, will take place on the main
drill field. Freshman awards will
be presented at this time.
ity who’ve been dumped uncere-
mously into the drink. Everyone
associated with A&M — stu
dents, faculty, and all employees
of the College—is invited to the
dance, dressed as he was “when
the ship went down.”
If a few fish, and other species
from the ocean’s depths wander
into The Grove, they’ll never feel
“out of water,” for “Peg Leg” Pete
Carsoruwill have the stage decorat
ed to make both fisherman and
fish feel at home.
A motley crew of pirates, the
“Cutthroat Combo,” will be on
deck, playing music, both lively
and dreamy, until eleven o’clock.
Soft drinks served ice cold at the
concessions stand, will keep dan
cers cool and refreshed under
the stars.
Master of Ceremonies, Frank
“Black Jack” Manitzas, will over
see the costume - judging c o n-
test. Judges are Mrs. Donald Bur-
chard, Mrs. Ann Hilliard, Tom
Rountree, Dean “F e r o c i o u s”
French, and President “Cross-
bones” Harrington. A piize will be
presented to the couple, and to the
1)oy and the girl wearing the most
unique costumes.
So that' this masterpiece of
Summer entertainment can be re
corded for posterity, Henry Cole,
president of the MSC Camera Club,
will be equipped with camera and
lights to photograph enterprising
victims of an ocean tragedy turned
comedy.
Unlikely as it seems, some
misguided person may fail to
“dress up,” but Henry has pre
pared for such a castastrophe by
appointing Tom Parrish of the
MSC Browsing Library, to pre
pare a screen featuring carica
tures (the subjects of which are
being kept a deep, dark secret,
at this time) behind which uncos
tumed guests may be “shot!”
(Photographed, that is.).
Under the auspices of the Office
of Student Activities, the dance
has been planned and arranged by
the Shipwreck Dance Committee,
composed of Sue and Harry Shan
non, Jewell Hodge, Ruby Nell
Seale, Dick Van Tyne, and Pat
Morley, chairman. The last round
dance of the Summer, the “Ship
wreck” Dance will highlight the
Grove activities of this season.
Martin Dies
Employed By
Marshall Wives
Marshall, Tex., Aug. 17
(AP)—The Marshall house
wives who refused to collect
Social Security taxes from
their servants enlisted Martin
Dies yesterday as their attorney.
Dies, Lufkin attorney who once
lived in Marshall, served as a con
gressman from 1931 to 1941. He be
came well known as chairman of
the House Un-American Activities
Committee.
He told the tax-rebelling house
wives here today:
“There are due grounds for at
tacking the law.
“The question must go to the
Supreme Court.
“It is a matter of whether Con
gress can control a private citizen
in an intra-state matter as an in
voluntary and uncompensated tax
collector to raise funds to be
promptly wasted.”
Thirteen housewives here refused
to pay the Social Security tax for
their domestic servants the first
quarter ending April 30.
Ag Ed Professors
Attend Meeting
E. V. Walton and H. Ross, pro
fessors of agricultural education,
attended a Tri-Area Conference in
San Antonio Aug. 7, 8, and 9.
The tri-area consists of about
one-third of Texas, representing
the South and Southeastern part
of the state.
Room Assignments
Available Tuesday
Dismissals Suddenly Halt
For West Point ‘Cribbers ’
West Point, N.Y., Aug. 17—(TP)—The discharge of West
Point’s cadet cheaters suddenly halted yesterday and a veil
of secrecy fell over the whole process.
This touched off a wave of rumors.
Cadets awaiting expulsion speculated that the cheating
probe may be widening and they are being kept on hand as
witnesses.
There was no official comment.
No boys left the academy yesterday, although 44 had
gone in the two previous days.
Ninety originally were accused and tagged for expulsion
for violating the Point’s honor code by exchanging academic
information.
Some of the cadets waiting to leave said the processing
of their cases appeared to have come to a halt.
Normal press conferences by public information officers
were cancelled without explanation.
Top officials of the academy conferred but told newsmen
nothing.
Thus far, none of more than 30 seniors slated for ouster
has left the academy. Those leaving were lower classmen.
Feverish impatience and dismay swept the barracks
where the boys were awaiting expulsion. Many of them hope
to enter other colleges and are eager to leave West Point so
they can make plans.
All students who wish to re
serve room for the Fall semester
of 1951 may start beginning 8 a.
m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 1951, accord
ing to Bennie A. Zinn, assistant to
the Dean of Men.
In order to avoid congestion on
registration day, Saturday, Aug.
25, all students who expect to at
tend school the Fall term should
pay their fees and register for
rooms before the days of registra
tion.
Get PYe Waiver Slips
Students in school under the G.
I. Bill should secure their fee
waiver slips from the Veterans Ad
visor’s Office, Room 104, Good
win Hall beginning at 8 a. m. Tues
day, Aug. 21.
All students pay fees at the Fis
cal Office in the Administration
Building.
Registering for rooms will be
done at the Housing Office.
Non-military students who wish
to reserve the rooms they occupied
during the Spring semester in
dormitories now closed, Law, Pur-
year, and Mitchell, may register
between 8 a. m. Tuesday, August
21, and 6 p. m. Wednesday, Aug-
use 22, 1951. This also applies to
students now living in Bizzell who
wish to reserve their present
rooms.
Sign For Rooms
Students who will live in the
Cadet Corps may also sign for
their rooms on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, August 21
through August 23.
Students who fall into any cate
gory other than those mentioned
above may sign for rooms on a
first-come first-served basis be
ginning at 8 a. m. Thursday, Aug.
23.
All students must be moved into
their newly assigned rooms by 5
p. m. Saturday, Aug. 25, including
those students moving to a dormi
tory now closed. Dormitories now
closed will be unlocked during 1
p. m. and 5 p. m. Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, Aug. 23, 24, and
25, to accomodate students who
must move.
Day Student Fees
Day students, including those
Revised Budget
Saves County
Health Service
By FRANK DAVIS /
Battalion City Editor
The governing board for Brazos County Health Unit,
acting on the suggestion of Dr. George W. Cox, state health
officer, has drafted a new budget which, if adopted by the
contributing agencies, will enable the unit to continue its
program without curtailment.
Dr. A. G. McGill, chairman of the board, said the plan
submitted by a special committee appointed to study the
problem was fair and the load was equitably distributed,
among the supporting groups.
Special credit was given to Dr. Howard W. Barlow, dean
of the school of engineering who pointed out that certain
employees of the college are doing public health work and
should be credited to the health unit.
In the new budget for the local unit, a total of $43,403
is available, an amount $1,757 over last year’s appropriation.
"♦■The city of College Station has
increased its contribution $300,
Brazos County would increase its
appropriation $1,600, and Bryan,
$530, not counting rent and util
ities for offices.
Dr. David E. Brown, health unit
director who last week tendered
his resignation effective Aug. 31,
has agreed to remain on the job
under the present arrangement.
His salary would be increased from
$6000 a year to $6900 per year.
The proposed budget shapes up
in the following manner: State of
Texas, $16,888; Bryan, $12,130 of
which $1,600 is for rent and util
ities; Brazos County, $6,780; Col
lege Station, $2,100; and A&M,
$5,505.
A&M’s Contribution Upped
A&M’s contribution originally
was $1,035; however, the salary of
L. W. Winder, sanitary inspector
in charge of the mosquito and fly
control program was added to the
budget in hope that the state will
match it on a 40-60 percentage ba*
sis.
Dr. McGill said he had reason
to believe the budget would be
adopted as outlined. The chairman
praised the work of the committe?
which brought together represents
tives from College Station, A&M,
Bryan, and Brazos County in iron
ing out the numerous difficulties.
A public hearing on the county
budget will be held friday night
at 7:30 in the Court House in
Bryan. The public has been urged
to take an active interest in this
important meeting, Dr. McGill said.
County Donation Split
Brazos County’s contribution to
the health unit is divided between
two fiscal years, the chairman
pointed out. This is due to the fact
that the health unit operates on
a fiscal year, from June to June,
while the county operates on a
calendar year, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
Persons to be employed by the
health unit would include a direct
or at a salary of $69000, three
sanatarians, $12,178; a veterinar
ian, $3,600; a sanitarian assistant,
$1,035; clinic nurse, $2,840; a grad
uate nurse, $2,720; a bacteriologist,
$2,280; a secretary, $2,720; and a
laboratory assistant, $600.
Office supplies, laboratory sup-
(See HEALTH UNIT, Page 4)
living in College-operated apart
ments, are reminded that they
also may save considerable time at
registration by paying their fees
early and getting receipts stamped
at the Housing Office.
All students not living in col
lege dormitories must secure day
student’s permits before paying
fees.
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Larry Burleson, Summer chairman of the Art Gallery Committee
and a graduate student at A&M, puts the finishing touches on
his composition entitled “Summer Harvest.” The painting is one
of some 65 pictures now on exhibit in the MSC which were done
by local people during the Summer months.