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Number 62: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,1951
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General Clarke
Here; Speaks
To RV’s, ROTC
Maj. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke, com
mander of the First Armored Di-
vifdon and the army’s top authority
on tank warfare, will speak to
I viy ItOTC students this after-
\ U and will also be principal
speaker at the Ross Volunteer Ini
tiation Banquet tonight.
The commander of the First Ar
mored Division will conduct a con
ference on Armor for Army seniors
and juniors from 3 to 5 p.m. today
in Guion Hall.
Purpose of the general’s talk
will be to acquaint them with the
operation of the armored division.
He will speak on “The Develop
ment, Organization, and Combat
Employment of the American Ar
mored Division.”
The Thursday afternoon drill
period will be dismissed for Army
ROTC students in order to hear the
talk.
■General Clarke will be the fea
tured speaker at the banquet to
night where seventy-eight new RV
members will be initiated.
'After the dinner, the formal ini
tiation ceremony will begin with
RV First Sergeant J. C. Fletcher
reading the roll call. RV Lt. J. G.
Anderson will read the RV consti
tution.
A history of the organization
will be read by RV Lt. Lynn Stuart
and RV Commander Richard In
gles will administer the oath to the
new members.
Question Period
The Guion Hall conference will
last two hours with a question per
iod concluding the program.
General Clarke served as a pri
vate in the Army in 1918 and
in the New York National Guard
in 1920. A West Point graduate
of 1925, he was commissioned in
the Engineers. During World
War II, General Clarke served
with General Patton’s Third Army
in Europe as commander of an ar
mored 'combat unit and later as
commanding general of the Fourth
Armored Division.
22 Decorations
He has received 22 decorations
and awards, among them the Dis
tinguished' Service Cross and Dis
tinguished Service Medal.
Prior to World War II, General
Clarke was connected with ROTC
work at the University of Tennes
see. After the war, he became as
sistant commandant of the Armor
ed School at Fort Knox, Ky. Dur
ing this time General Clarke play
ed a major role in crystalizing
American armored doctrine.
Later, while on the Army Ground
Forces staff, the general was large
ly responsible for formulating the
' fanizational and equipment
eritfnges in the present Armored
Division. More recently he com
manded a major portion of the
United States Coilstabulary in Ger
many.
The general returned to Fort
Hood this spring to take command
of the re-activated First Armored
Division.
Arrived at 11:30 A.M.
General Clarke and his party ar
rived in College Station at 11:30
this morning and were met at
Easterwood Field by members of
the Military Science Department.
General Clarke had lunch today
with Col. Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T.
Lt. Charles R. Ruble, a graduate
of the class of ’51, is a member
of the General’s party. Ruble is
now on duty with the First Ar
mored Division. \
Aggie Five Seeks
Victory
O ver Manhattan In MSG Tonite
New Directors
Elected to Posts
On CS Chamber
Ten new directors of the
College Station Development
Association and Chamber of
Commerce have been elected.
Votes were canvassed Tues
day at the annual meeting of the
organization.
The directors elected include,
C. W. Price, 302 Fidelity; Dr. C.
C. French, 410 Throckmorton; Dr.
F. C. Bolton, 125 Lee; Mrs. C.
B. Godbey, 210 Lee; K. A. Manning,
1208 Marsteller, and J. B. Baty,
505 Jersey.
Other directors elected were Mrs.
H. E. Burgess, 124 Lee; J. H.
Pruitt, 1003 Foster; Harold Sulli-
can, 2101 College Rd; and G. E.
Madeley, College View at 5th.
The new directors will be in
stalled Jan. 8, next meeting date
for the chamber of commerce. Ten
new directors were chosen this
year to bring the total to 15, as
provided for in the amended con
stitution.
Before November, 1950, the con
stitution required nine directors
to serve staggered terms of three
years. At the annual meeting last
year, it was decided to increase
the number to 15.
The ten directors chosen include
six new people, bringing the total
to 15. Three take the place of the
outgoing directors, and one takes
the place of a director who resign
ed during the year.
Voting in the election was by
absentee ballot. A rider on the bal
lot containing the names of 20
nominees, was a proposed amend
ment to the constitution permitting
all-mail ballots in future elections.
The amendment passed with 117
for and two against.
Jaspers Favored
In Garden Debate
Ruddy Davis
All-Conference center and top Aggie scorer.
Woody Walker
Smallest squadman with “good eye” 1 for basket.
Britisher’s Talk
Egypt Important Defense Link
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion City Editor
British occupation of Egypt is
necessary to protect the outer sur
face of the West’s defenses against
a possible Communist onslaught.
This, statement was made last
night by British Consul-General
James T. Henderson in a speech
defending the position taken by
his country in recent Anglo-Egypt-
ian trials.
Speaking in a deliberate, typical
ly British style, Henderson said:
“The West is building a de
fense line from the Arctic to the
Indian Ocean. We have just taken
in Greece and Turkey as full
members of the North Atlantic De
fense Organization.
Both Ends
“Even though there is still no
hot war, we see the Soviets nibbl
ing at both ends of the line. Why
'are they bullying the inoffensive and as they appeal' to have been
Norwegians? In the south, who is
causing trouble in Persia?”
“The Egyptians seem to rely on
their distance from the Russian
Frontier, but the military record
is not such a3 to inspire the con
fidence of the United States and
Britain in leaving an unprotected
flank in the hands of such people.”
“Unless some appropriation is
made, all the work, effort, expense'
and blood put into the defense of
the rest of the line will be com
pletely wasted. Our oil-fields would
be gone, our line of communications
would be cut and what Churchill
called “the soft underbelly” of Eu
rope would be exposed.
“I say I am sorry the Egyptians
happen to live there, but they do,
beaten in every war which they
undertook in the last 3,000 years,
it cannot inspire one with much
confidence in leaving the gateway
of Africa in their hands.”
Henderson is assigned to the
consul officei in Houston where he
has his office. He is in charge of
British affairs in the Texas and
New Mexico areas.
He has been in this country since
1949. Before coming to this coun
try he served as consular at Stock
holm, Sweden.
This was the finale of a series
of talks on the Anglo-Egyptian
situation. Both Henderson’s talk
and Colonel Ghaleb’s talk were
sponsored by The Battalion, the
Experiment Service Sponsors
Annual Texas Turf Conference
Fifty-five persons registered for
the sixth annual Texas Turf Con
ference being held here.
Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, welcomed the turf men to
the meeting. He pointed out that
the first conference was held in
January, 1947, at which the Texas
Turf Association was formed.
These annual conferences are
sponsored jointly by the Texas
Turf Association and A&M College.
Praised Work
Dr. Lewis praised the work of
Dr. J. R. Watson, Jr., who is in
charge of turf teaching and re
search. He mentioned the fact that
Dr. Watson has had a number of
opportunities to go elsewhere at
much higher salaries, but has loy
ally continued working on the Tex
as turf program.
The development of a new turf
%rass was discussed by Dr. E. C.
Holt, agronomist in charge of grass
breeding work for the Experiment
Station.
» Dr. Holt talked on the strain
evaluation phase of developing a
new grass. He pointed out that
grass strains differ greatly in col
or, texture, disease resistance,
ability to compete with weeds,
rapidity of growth and resistance
to chemicals.
Development Takes Time
“Development of a turf strain
takes time — sometimes many
years,” Dr. Holt emphasized. He
pointed out that strains superior
in one area may not be superior
in another.
Texas turf men can write their
own specifications for a type of
Bermuda grass, declared Dr. R. C.
Potts, agronomist in charge of the
forage program for the A&M Sys
tem.
He said, “With the time and fa-
Harrison Plays
For Lions Club
Jimmy Harrison, sophomore Ag
Engineering major from San An
tonio played and sang several
western ballads for' members of
the College Station Lions Club at
its weekly luncheon in the MSC.
Using a guitar with an amplifier
attachment, he gave renditions of
“Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette,”
and other numbers.
cilities, we can produce the type of
grass you desire. We have the know
how for the development of this
grass.”
A. W. Crain, Extension pasture
specialist, discussed the effect of
climate on the management of turf
grasses.
“How Management of Turf In
fluences Disease Incidence” was the
title of a talk given by O. J. Noer,
agronomist with the Milwaukee
Sewage Commission.
Toured Experimental Plots
Following the afternoon session,
the turf men toured the experi
mental grass plots at College Sta
tion.
For the evening program, Noer
and Tom Mascaro, of the West
Point Lawn Products Company
gave a discussion of turf through
out the United States, illustrated
with color slides.
Thursday’s program includes dis
cussions on the physical require
ments of soil for growth of turf
grasses, benefits from aeration, the
soil testing services of A&M, prob
lems of airfield turf, and laws
regulating the sale and use of hor
mone herbicides in Texas.
An annual banquet is scheduled
for Thursday evening.
Battalion’s Annual Safety
Edition in Monday’s Paper
Again this year, The Battalion will publish its annual
Christmas Safety Edition, In Monday’s paper a special six
page section will be devoted to nothing but highway safety.
With the thousands of cars on the campus now and the
many thousands of miles students will travel after classes are
dismissed Wednesday, a few good hints on highway courtesy
and safety should be of interest to most readers.
It is with this purpose in mind that the editors of the
paper first published the Christmas Safety edition. This will
be the largest safety supplement since the annual publication
was begun.
history department, the UN Club,
and the MSC directorate.
A question and answer session
followed Henderson’s speech. The
consul-general said he felt the
audience was divided into pro Brit
ish and anti-British groups. The
speaker said he was not shown dis
respect.
Questions ranged from details
concerning Egyptian history to the
problems of defense of the Suez
Canal.
During his speech ne explained
to the audience where the idea for
the present policy in the middle
east came from.
It was his contention it was a
joint allied policy, in which the
responsibilities and benefits are
shared by the Allies. However,
he pointed out, England is prob
ably more experienced in that part
of the world than the United
States.
Judges for Christmas
Contest Appointed
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Editor
A&M will step in to “big time”
basketball tonight when they tackle
Manhattan College Jaspers in Mad
ison Square Garden, New York.
The Cadets will also be search
ing for .their first conquest of the
1951 season. However, in losing
their third straight game against
Marshall College, 4(i-4(), the Aggie
basketballers showed a slight im
provement in their offensive attack.
Dropping their season opener to
North Texas State College and los
ing again to the University of
Chest Funds
Issued, Drive
Will Continue
With $9,611.83 collected,
the College Station Communi
ty Chest Committee approved
a motion Tuesday afternoon
to pay money to requesting
organizations in accordance with
the prepared budget.
The Community Chest . is still
short of its goal of $10,000, and
the drive-will continue until the
money is contributed, according to
J. G. McGuire, chairman.
J. B. Longley, secretary-treasur
er of the committee, was optimistic
over reaching the goal. He said
he knew of two firms which had
not contributed and intended to.
In order to reach their goal,
the committeemen had asked resi
dents of College Station to con
tribute one day’s wages to the
Community Chest.
The 14 members of the commit
tee are appointed annually by the
mayor of College Station and the
chancellor of the A&M System.
Eight thousand, nine hundred
dollars will be paid by the Com
munity. Chest in the near future.
In order to do this, money will have
to be taken from the $1,000 local
charity fund. The money for local
charities is used for aiding needy
cases which arise during the year.
The money from the chest is
broken down as follows: Brazos
County Tuberculosis Association,
$1,000; College Station YMCA,
Houston, one week later, the A&M.
squad has yet to produce a winning
five.
Manhattan College is rated as
one of the top teams in the na
tion. The powerful eastern team
has been strengthened even, more
by the return of Juniu Kellogg, IT
8” center, from Portsmouth, Va.
Kellogg returned to Manhattan
this fall upon receiving his dis
charge from the Army at Fort
Meade, Md. As a sophomore, this
tall lad was the scoring leader in
1950-51 for the Jaspers with 270
points in 22 games and is counted
on to pace Manhattan five this
year.
Nine Lettermen Return
Among those reporting’ to Coach
Ken Norton are nine lettermen
from last year’s squad which won
16 games while losing only six
against some of the stiffest com
petition in the nation.
Included in this group are team
captain Regis King, Bob Field,
Jim Garvey, Tom Hunt, Joe Lo-
prete, Andy McGowan, Ed O’Haira
and Tom Carroll.
Aggie hopes will rest on th<?
leadership of Jewell McDowell,
All-SWC guard, and the shooting
of Buddy Davis, all-conference
centei'.
Top Aggie Scorer
Davis tops the Cadet scoring ef
forts so far this season with a
11.5 point average. Davis scored
12 points against NTSC and 11
against U of H.
A lot is expected of Don Bin-
ford, only out-of-state player on
the team, Binford hails from Well
ington, Kans., and has shown up
exceptionally well. He is calm and
works best under pressure.
Binford is well coached in the
Floyd style of basketball, having
played under the Aggie coach while
attending high school in Welling
ton.
Added Height
LeRoy Miksch gives the Cadets
added height and should hit his
stride by the time the Aggies re
turn home. He scored 118 points
last season, seeing action in 26
games.
The other guard slot is schedul
ed to be handled by “Woody” Walk
er, who has the distinction of be
ing the smallest man on the squad.
$400; Boy Scouts of America, | Walker stands 5’ 8”, but tips the
(See CHEST, Page 3) scales at a stocky 160-pounds.
Southwest Bankers Conclude
Farm Credit School Sessions
Judges for The Battalion 1951
Christmas Decoration Contest have
been selected, and two committees
formed.
Five members of the College Sta
tion Garden Club have been selected
to choose the most attractive deco
rations in thq city. These judges
will be Mrs. W. W. Armistead, Mrs.
Armstrong Price, Mrs. Marion
Pugh, Mrs. At B. Nelson and Mrs.
S. L. Loveless.-
This committee, accompanied by
a representative of The Battalion,
will judge the four sections of Di
vision I, which is the classification
for all local residents other than
students. The group will recom
mend a prize for the decorator of
the most beautiful doorway, the
most attractive window, the best
decorated outside tree, and a mis
cellaneous holiday display.
Judging in Two Sections
Decorations of entries in Divi
sion II, for students living outside
dormitories, will be judged by the
committee in two sections. They
will recommend first, second, and
third prize winners in Section 1,
the best decorated window, and a
prize for the best miscellaneous
decoration, Section 2.
All entries in these two divisions
must be in by 6 p.m. Tuesday, to
be eligible for judging.
Judging for Division I, cprps
dormitory units will be handled
by Corps Commander Eric Carlson,
Corps Chaplain C. L. Ray, and the
eight regimental executive offi
cers.
By PAUL CROSSLAND
Battalion Staff Writer
The first annual Texas Farm and
Ranch Credit School for commer
cial Bankers came to a close here
at noon Wednesday. “The meeting’s
success was beyond expectations,”
said C. N. Shepardson, dean of ag
riculture. Some 175 leading South
western bank executives voted un
animously to make the meeting an
annual affair at the conclusion of
this first school.
Purpose of the school was to ac
quaint Southwestern bankers with
changes in modern agriculture and
the need for modern financing, if
agriculture is to meet its respon
sibility providing food and clothes
for the nation. This school has
been underway for • three days in
the MSC Ballroom.
Shepardson Originated Idea
A&M School of Agriculture ori
ginated the idea under chairman
ship of C. N. Shepardson along
with advice from leading bankers
in the Southwest. The idea was
based on the fact that more capital
had to be invested in the southern
farmers in order to build a sound
agricultural system.
Outstanding bankers throughout
the Southwest endorsed the school
and several of them have served
on the Planning Committee. These
men recognize and appreciate that
the swiftly changing nature of
agriculture is bringing many im
portant problems to the fore-front,
said Shepardson. Practical down-to-
earth problems facing the average
banker on agricultural loans form
ed the core of the program.
Bank presidents and vice-presi
dents, economists, agriculture pro
fessors, and agricultural advisors
attended the school and also made
up the program. They spoke on
loans for cotton, cash crops, cattle,
swi ne, farm mortgage, poultry, and
dairy.
MSC Midnite Mail
Service Resumed
Midnight mail service of the
MSC, discontinued for two weeks
is available again, according to
Mrs. Mozelle Holland, Guest Room
manager.
Mail brought to the main desk
after regular post office hours
will again be collected at midnight,
and put directly on the train, re
ported Hrs. Holland.
Authorities such as Sterling
Evans, president, Federal Land
Bank in Houston, spoke on “long
range agricultural outlook as re
lated to farm mortgage loans.”
The school is new but was con
ducted like college classes. The
lecturer would speak on the sub
ject in which he was specialized.
After each lecture a floor discus
sion was held for 30 minutes where
the members interchanged ideas on
the subject. Every member some
time or other participated in ex
changing his ideas on a, given topic
with which he was familiar. Dean
Shepardson said, “The real suc
cess was due not only to the sche
duled speakers, but to participa
tion of changing ideas during floor
discussions by the members.”
Increased Awareness
An issue the school brought out
was that the increasing awareness
of the importance of conservation,
expansion of grassland and live
stock farming, mechanization and
electrification of farms and farm
homes are resulting in a new type
of agriculture with many new prob
lems. Among the most important
of these is the change in capital
and credit requirements.
(See BANKERS, Page 3)