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Oldest Continuously Published College Newspaper In Texas Number 4: yolume 52 J| The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1951 Published by Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years Price Five Cents Reds Reverse, Ask Cease Fire Talks Start Immediately New R V Officers Tokyo, Sept. 20—<•#)—The Com- inunist high command reversed it self today and suggested that Ko rean cease-fire talks be resumed immediately in Kaesong. The Reds broke off the talks 28 days ago. They charged then that an allied plane bombed and strafed the neutral Kaesong area Aug. 22 in an attempt to murder Commu nist truce delegates. The allied command called the charge fraud ulent and faked. Heretofore the Reds have de manded that the allies admit re sponsibility for a string of alleged neutral zone violations before the truce talks could be resumed. Guarantee Neutrality They proposed today only that a “suitable organization” be set up to guarantee the neutrality of Kae song, Korea. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway made no immediate comment. But a release from the supreme commander’s headquarters said “there is reason for hope that the latest Communist reversal in policy Minnesota Prexy Featured Speaker Dr. J. L. Merrill, president of the University of Minnesota, will be the chief speaker at the annual meeting of the Association of Gov erning Boards of State Universi ties and Allied Institutions, Oct. S)-13. More than 150 educators and governing board members from the U. S. and its possessions will at tend the meeting which is to be used on the campus. Dr. Morrill will speak October 11 on “Current Governmental Developments Af fecting Higher Education.” Rich ard H. Flock, member of the Iowa State Board of Education and sec- j'etary-treasurer of the association will preside at this session. and agreement to renew the peace talks may bring some sort of a cease-fire in Korea.” It cautioned, however, that “it is a hope that must be tempered by the realization that a renewal of the talks does not mean nec essarily that previous difficulties will suddenly iron themselves out.” Red Proposal Chinese Gen. Peng Teh-Huai and North Korean Premier Kim II Sung proposed: • That liaison officers of both sides meet to fix the time for reopening the meetings. ® That at the first session after the conferences resume, delegates discuss a plan “to establish organi zation” for guaranteeing the neu trality of Kaesong and settling dif ferences over previously charged violations. The United Nations command has admitted the validity of only two alleged violations. Ridgway’s headquarters said an allied plane strafed Kaesong by mistake Sept. JO and four unarm ed South Korean soldiers mistaken ly appi'oached the neutral zone Tuesday afternoon. Reds Pat UN The Red leaders said they were willing to consider reopening the talks because of the “responsible attitude” the allies have taken re garding the admitted violations. They added: “In order not to let the previously mentioned un settled incidents continue to ob struct the progress of the negotia tions of both sides, we therefore propose that the delegates of both sides should immediately resume the armistice negotiations at Kae song without any need for further discussion on the conditions for the resumption of armistice negotia tions.” This amounted to a rejection of Ridgway’s Monday proposal that liaison officers meet to discuss conditions that would be mutually acceptable for reopening the talks. Students’ Help Sought In Parking Congestion New officers of the Ross Volunteers, crack drill unit composed of seniors and juniors will be head ed by these men. Left to right, front row, Jim my Anderson, Secretary; Roy Striekert, platoon leader; Jimmy Rogers, platoon leader; back row: Dick Ingles, commanding officer; Lynn Stewart, executive officer; J. C. Fletcher, first sergeant; and Voids Burch, platoon leader. Living Room of A&M MSC Continues Top Services to to Offer Students Section Editors Of Aggieland Named At a meeting of the Aggieland ’52 staff Tuesday night, Bibb Un- deiVood and Bill McSpadden, co editors, announced section editors of the staff for the coming year. Bill “Doggy” Dalston, economics major from Dallas, is activities editoi’. Dalston is also president of the senior class and a cadet col onel, commander of the Infantry regiment. Military editor is Ted Walton, animal husbandry major from Shreveport, La. He is a cadet first lieutenant in Company 6 Infantry. Dan Clinton and Bill Nicholson are class editors. Clinton is a Chemical engineering major from Houston, cadet captain, and group information officer. Nicholson is a business student from Houston, a cadet captain, and commanding officer of F Squadron. Dave Wolf, a business major from San Antonio, is sports edi tor. He is in Company D Infantry. Business manager is Van Van- denberg, a business major from Houston. He is a cadet major and supply officer of the First Air F’orce wing. Last year Vandenberg Avas \ 7 ice-president of the junior class and activities editor of the Aggieland ’51. Joe V. Davidson, a business major from Poteet, is club editor. He is a cadet first lieutenant, schol astic officer of F Squadron. All these staff members have been on the staff on the annual for at least two years. Anyone interested in working on the Aggieland ’52 should contact the editors in Goodwin Hall. More Avorkers are needed, Underwood said. Want a ticket to the football game? Need an address or tele phone number in another city ? The MSC is the place for you to get this type of service. Under the direction of J. Wayne Stark, the staff of the MSC is go ing all out to make it “the living room of the campus.” Several new services have been added to these which were es tablished last year. Some won’t affect everyone but the major ity will help to make the MSC “your home away from home.” Friday night, the A&M vs. UCLA football game Avill be broad cast in the fountain room and stu dents are invited to listen to the game there,” said Stark. “It will remain open until the game is over.” One well-used but rarely heard of benefit is the time service of fered to students and residents whose clocks have stopped. By phoning the front desk of the Center, the correct time will be announced much in the same way as in metropolitan cities where time signals operate. It Avas noted last year shortly be fore the Mother’s Day celebration that organizations and students did not have suitable artists equip ment at hand with which to adver tise their various demonstrations and displays. Now, any student, organization, or department can have the full use of the staff equipment belong ing to the Center for the cost of, materials used. This equipment in cludes all types of drawing appar atus, paints, construction material, the embossograph, and brushes. Two full-time artists are em ployed to do art work for the MSC itself but their suggestions and aid are free to users of this service. Last year people who had pur chased tickets to football games found at the last minute they were unable to attend the games. Wish ing to dispose of the ducat, they came to the MSC and asked the employees at the front desk to sell the ticket for cost. Numerous tickets were sold in this manner for every game and this year the service will be of fered again. To sell a ticket, you may merely take it to the front desk, place it in an envelope with your name, and return later to get your money. There is no com mission charged. Telephone directories from all the major cities and some of the smaller ones are available to students and guests at the front desk. This service was begun last year because of the requests for out-of-town numbers and add resses. “Our best known and most used service is the mid-night mail de livery to the depot,” Stark said. “Each night there are several hundred letters taken to the train. I’d like to say here though that letters may be mailed before 8 p. m. in the post office. The letter's Avill be machine-cancelled there and taken to the station.’ By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Managing Fiditor A&M has a serious parking prob lem. Fred Hickman, chief of Campus Security estimates 2,500 automo biles are now on the campus. This would mean about one car for every three students. “Parking facilities are adequate to handle all these cars,” Hickman said, “if students will just observe regulations and park in the places designated.” “Many Vacancies” The Campus Security Chief said yesterday that parking lots behind Dormitory J1 in the “New Area” still have many vacancies that can take care of all cars being parked in illegal places around the upper classmen dormitory area. “The parking problem is being caused by the students themselves and we are going to take measures to stop this illegal parking Avithin the next day or so if necessary,” Hickman said. Further commenting on the parking along Trail Street, Avhich parallels the “New Area” on the West, Hickman said, “The coopera tion of cadet officers in combating the parking situation thus far is greatly appreciated, and with fur-1 ther help from all students we can j alleviate this unnecessary conges tion that has existed since stu dents began armnng on the cam pus late last Aveek.” Goodwin Area Crowded Parking spaces around Goodwin Hall and the MSC have been con- sistantly full for the past week, causing difficulty for visitors and f: people working in those buildings. | Hickman said students are al lowed to park in and around the MSC so they may conveniently get to the building from automobiles. Many students, he said, have been leaving their cars in front of the MSC all day while attending class es. This situation causes others to park cars in spaces not convenient ly accessable to the MSC. The Campus Security chief ask ed that students not abuse this privilege of parking around the student center. He said if the num bers of cars left there all day does not decrease soon, parking restrictions will have to be placed on that area. “Almost As Many” “We don’t have more cars on the campus than ever before,” Hickman said, “but the 2,500 here now is almost the largest number we’ve had at one time.” “As soon as students fill all designated parking ai-eas and show us there is a need for additional space, we will take action to pro vide more parking lots,” Hick man said. “But the present prob lem could be easily solved if stu dents will just use such spots as the ovei-flow lot behind Dormitory 11 and all the street areas recent ly marked off.” Included in the new parking areas provided this semester is West Boulevard, the street at the Avest entrance to the campus. This lane Avas marked off for students living in Law, Puryear, Mitchell, and Legget Halls. It Avill serve as an overflow for the parking lot behind LaAV Hall. Hickman said there was no im mediate parking problem in the freshman dormitory area. Parking for home football games Avill again be a problem for the local campus police force, Hick man said. “We Avill have the entire old trailer area plus an abundance of other space yet to be designated.” he informed. Drill field parking has been dis continued since the ground was re-sodded last Spring. Freshmen Give Varied Views On Why They Came to A&M P. L. “Pinky” Downs expounds on the Aggie spirit at the All- College Night yell practice held Monday. The ’06 Official Greet er of the college begins his 49th year on the A&M campus. Town Hall Sale Set for Dorms By MICKEY CANNON Battalion Staff Writer “Back when the old Corps was here” is a familiar quotation to most upperclassmen when they begin reminiscing of their bygone days as freshmen. But Avhat about the new class of J955? How do they react to A&M and all its “old” traditions? In an interview yesterday in the MSC, five freshmen were se- J. W. Dalston Activities Editor F. H. Walton, Jr. Military Editor D. I). Clinton, Jr. Class Editor W. S. Nicholson Class Editor New Section editors for the Aggieland ’52 were announced yesterday by co-editors Bill McSpadden and Bob Underwood. Heading the seven sec tions will be Bill Dalston, activities editor; Ted Wal ton, Military editor; I) a n Clinton, Bill Nicholson, class editors; Dave Wolf, sports editor; Van Van denberg, business manag er; and Joe Davidson, club editor. D. B. Wolf Sports Editor I). E. Vandenberg Business Manager V. Davidson, Jr. Club Editor Jet Fighters Damage Two Red MIGs U. S. Eighth Army Head quarters, Korea, Sept. 20— (zF’)—American F-86 Sabre jets damaged two Russian- made MIG-15 jets today in a high speed battle that swirled for 20 minutes over northwest Korea. All allied planes returned safely to base, the U. S. Fifth Air Force said. Clearing weather on the Eastern front brought badly needed air support to allied infantry fighting the bloody “Battle of the Hills.” There were no reports of major ground action from other fronts.” The jet battle ranged from 43,- 000 feet down to tree-top level. Thirty-two sabre jets were pitted against 20 MIGs. At least 112 jets tangled Wed nesday in the same area. The Reds lost one plane destroyed and frve damaged. Capt. Richard H. Johns, 1167 First Ave., Napa, Calif., and Lt. John W. Honaker, 809 N. Tinmore, Arlington, Va., were credited with damaging the MIGs Thursday. The sabre jets were flying co\ T er for fighter-bombers attacking Red rail lines when they, met the MIGs. lected to express their views as to why they chose A&M for their college, their impressions of cam pus life, and where they were from. “A vocational guidance teacher told me about A&M,” said Jack Rowe, architecture student from Duluth, Minn. “The friendliness and the well-publicized Archi tecture department were the things that influenced me the most,” he added. From around the Avorld came Paul Ross to become a “fightin’ Texas Aggie.” “My dad is a captain and when I overheard some of the officers talking about A&M, I wanted to come here more than anything else,” said the Squadron 5 architect. “Of course,” he continued, “Dad is an old Baylor graduate but I still prefer A&M.” “What I can’t understand is how a school of this size can of fer such good chow,” emphasized Edgar Johnson, Quartermaster freshman. “Pd heard about the fine Agronomy Department from other students and graduates so I decided to try my luck. Anoth er thing which amazes me is the interest which my cadet offi cers give to their command.” Duncanville’s Don Woodman said the Military department is what appealed to him most. The Agri cultural Education student in Com- Club Reporting To Be Handled by Ray One of the outstanding members of the Senior class, C. L. Ray, has joined the staff of The Battal ion as club reporter. Ray is a business administration major from Waskom. In addition to his duties on the Corps staff, where he serves as chaplain, he also is prominent in numerous campus clubs and organizations. pany 12 declared,” The famous spirit of the Aggies also attracted me, and after the yell practice the other night I can see why it is so famous.” Just finishing a hard day of classes was Keith Thompson from Houston, as member Squad ron 13 who said, “After a Sum mer of roughnecking in the oil field, I decided to study petrol eum engineering. I selected A&M because I worked with graduates from here and I believe it has the finest engineering school in the South.” It seems to be a characteristic of all freshmen to have many rea sons for choosing Aggieland, be cause the college is a special kind of place. Classes .are now in full swing, the first yell practice is over, and the maroon and white is all set for a great year of sports activity. In a couple of years, the class of 1955 will be able to recollect the days when, “the old corps was on the campus.” Season tickets to the Town Hall Series, five programs given by famous concert art ists and entertainers, will be sold in the dormitories by the members of the Student Activities Staff, according to Ken Wiggins, Student Entertainment Manager. At the meeting of the Student Activities staff last night members were given tickets to sell in the dormitory areas they have been assigned. Tickets for the five programs will be $3.59 for general admission and $5.50 for reseiwed seats. No in dividual performance tickets will be sold. Non-student tickets will Commentator Off Presses This year’s first issue of the Commentator, Arts and Sciences Council student magazine, will hit j the news stands early next week. | The magazine is published five times a year by students in the School of Arts and Sciences. It contains student-written fiction, sports, and humor arficles. Subscription price for students | is $1 a year, non students, $1.25 | a year. Subscription solicitors will come to ail dormitories. The maga zine is distributed by mail. Co-editors for this year’s Com mentator, elected by the Arts and Science Council, are Jack Brandt and Dale Walston. The rest of the staff is as follows: Gene Wolf, Al- Clinton, feature writers; Jack Stansbury and Clarence Coving ton, artists; and John Lancaster and Bob Godfrey, photo-engravers, and Frank Manitzas, assistant writer. A major sport will be emphasized in each issue of the magazine. Also scheduled are articles on vaiv ions departments of the school, and serious stories as well au humor stories. Student contribu tions of articles or cartoons ar4 welcomed, and may be turned in at the Cammentator office, on tha second floor of Goodwin Hall. A general staff meeting will be held 7:30 Monday night in room 3A of the Student Memorial Cen ter. Any one interested in working on the Commentator is invited to attend, Walston said. Room Application Study Being Made Processing of applications for club meeting rooms at the MSC will be completed with in the next ten days, Mrs. Ann Hilliard, social director, Wednesday. Notifications will he mailed to those clubs that are assigned a meeting room. The deadline for applications is Friday. Applicants for meeting rooms in the MSC are cautioned not to over estimate their attendance, thus tak ing space from others who cannot be booked. Craft Shop Offers Way To Spend Leisure Time By BERT WELLER Battalion Staff Writer Do you think you can make any type of handicraft article? Are you the ideal handy man? If you are, or even if you’re not, the MSC craft shop is one of the most en joyable places on the campus to spend your spare time. Aggies, both new and old, who enjoy working with their hands will find the Craft Shop of the MSC a good place to spend their spare time. Under the chairman ship of Jerry Staffel and the sup ervision of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moel- Aggies Flying to California After Early Yell Practice Forty-three A&M football players boarded a Pan-Ameri can Air Liner beaded for the Pacific Coast and Pasadena, Calif., after a fifteen minute yell practice at 7:30 in front of Hart Hall this morning. Head Trainer Bill Dayton announced that all of the gridsters are physically ready, although mentally, all are restless. Fullback Bruisin’ Bob Smith, co-captain with Cen ter Hugh Meyer, has overcome the cold which kept him from workouts one day last week. The team is scheduled to arrive in Pasadena about 2 p.m. and workouts are slated for four that afternoon. Last night, Coach Ray George put the team through the paces with a workout under the lights of Kyle Field. While in California, the Aggies will tour Paramount Studios, and also see the Southern California—Washington game before returning Sunday morning. Broadcast time for the UCLA game is 9:20. ler, the shop offers equipment and supplies for all types of craft work. Students and student wives will find a pottery wheel, kiln, and several new molds for cer amic work. Almost any type of ceramic work may be done, from painting tiles to more compli cated pottery work. For those who enjoy wox'king with power tools, complete equip ment is offered for most types of wood and metal work. Each year many students equip their rooms with book ends, book racks, and boot racks they have made them selves. Among the most popular activ ities at the craft shop last year was leathercraft. Hand carved belts valued up to $10 were made by many Aggies for as little as $1 in materials and the necessary work. A new activity at the shop this year will be lapidary arts. This interesting new craftwork is con cerned with the more easily workable gem stones. Many of these work into surprisngly beautiful pieces at reasonable prices for raw materials. Membership in the craft commit tee is open to all students. The shop will be open every day with special activities to be planned for student wives. Two periods per week will be devoted to instruction for begin ners in the various work offered in the shop. The committee plans to show one film each month de voted to shop practices and new shop projects.