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Number 72: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1952
Price Five Cents
jaycees Begin 1952
Campaign for Dimes;
Cards Mailed Out
Tho 1952 March of Dimes cam
paign started rolling this week
with the mailing of over (JOO con
tribution cards to residents of Bra
zos County.
The cards, some of which are
already being returned, were mail-
, ed to coincide with the start of
the national campaign, Jan. 2. The
drive will last until Jan. 31.
Collection Cards Out
In addition to the letters, minia
ture iron lung collection cards
have been placed in all business
tablishments where change is
..,ade. A campaign in the local
schools is planned also.
Charles Hart of Bryan and Ray
Jarvi of College Station are co-
chairmen of the drive. The Bryan
Junior Chamber of Commerce is
sponsoring the campaign. W. H.
Badgctt of College Station is dis
trict chairman of tho nation-wide
campaign.
This year’s March of Dimes drive
will last four weeks, instead of
two, as in the past. According to
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, organizers of
the March of Dimes, the present
yearly average of polio is about
30,000 cases, triple the annual aver
age of previous years.
> Half Remains Here
Of the money collected in each
locality, half remains in the com
munity and half is sent to the
National Foundation for use in epi
demic areas and for research. Four
out of every five polio victims in
the United States need help from
the National Foundation, accord
ing to the Foundations reports.
Badgett said the National Foun
dation put three times as much
money into Texas as was collected
in the state <|rive last year.
Started By Roosevelt
The March of Dimes grew out
of the parties given for the bene
fit of the Geoi'gia Warm Spring's
Foundation on President Franklin
Spring Semester
Jstration Feb. 2
Registration for the 1952 Spring
Semester will begin Saturday, Feb.
1. The registration will be in Sbisa
Hall.
Registration cards will be releas
ed according to the following sche
dule:
8 a. m. to 9 a. m.—All whose
surnames begin with G, H, I, J, K.
9 a. m. to 10 a. m.—All whose
surnames begin with A, B.
10 a. m. to 11 a. m.—All whose
surnames begin with T, U, V, W, X,.
Y, Z.
1 p. m. to 2 p. m.—All whose
surnames begin with L, M, N, O.
2 p. m. to 3 p. m.—All whose
surnames begin with P, Q, R, S.
3 p. m. to 4 p. m.—All whose
surnames begin with C, D, E, F.
D. Roosevelt’s birthday, Jan. 30.
President Roosevelt, who was crip
pled by polio in his youth, was in
strumental in developing the Warm
Springs Foundation. In 1938 the
March of Dimes became the fund
raising campaign of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
The National Foundation main
tains three aims: 1) To render ser
vice to polio patients, 2) To train
professional workers in modern
polio treatments, and 3) To finance
research toward preventing and
curing infantile paralysis.
“The purchasing power of the
March of Dimes dollar, like the one
in your own pocket book, has been
steadily declining,” Badgett said.
“It now takes almost $17 to buy
one day of hospital care, compared
with $10 per day in 1946.”
Hart and Jarvi urged residents
of the Bryan-College Station area
to return the contribution cards as
quick as passible, to get the 1952
drive off to a good start.
Mother, Offsprings Get
Eviction from Dormitory
While the rest of Texas welcomed the new
year with party and song, the stork took time off
to bring two new babies to the usually peaceful
Bizzell Hall.
With cold weather and Christmas holidays ap
proaching, A&M’s mother-to-be found a haven of
rest and quietude in a third floor hall of the usually
all-male dormitory. Throughout the period of ap
proaching motherhood, she found friends among ths
students who stayed at Aggieland over the holi
days.
Christmas Day came but there were no pre
sents for our expectant mother. She could only be
grateful for a place to sleep and a quiet marred
only by the racket of the few who stayed at A&M
over the holidays.
Stork Arrived
On New Year’s Day the stork put in his long
awaited arrival. Though in great demand by parties
all over the country for delivery of the New Year
child, Mr. Stork came forth with a double bundle
for the new mother in Bizzell. Trouble never comes
except in large packages as our new mother soon
discovered.
The arrival of twins brought congratulations and
good wishes from the inhabitants of Bizzell Hall
but the feeding problem seemed further from solu
tion than ever. Where there had been only one mouth
to feed before, three mouths now voiced a demand
for food.
With the return of students to the campus, hor
rified officials discovered Bizzell’s three new inhab
itants. To them, the presence of this female with
questionable marital status and her two children in
a men’s dormitory didn’t seem quite proper.
The wheels of official action began to turn.
Eviction became the order of the day. With no
thought of consequences to mother and the new ar
rivals, it was agreed the trio must be turned out
into the cruel weather of a College Station winter.
Only a Dog, Her Pups
Before aroused students began to pound on the
door of the President’s office, it should be explained
that A&M’s new citizens are a large black and
brown dog and her two pupies. A box in Bizzell
Hall has been their combination delivery room and
nursery and, until now, a quiet place to live.
Rules have finally caught up with the school’s
canine inhabitants just as they often do for human
beings who live here. By today, Aggieland’s first
mother of ’51 will have been removed to the Vet
erinary Medicine Hospital, where a fate as horrible
as death may await her and the pups. That’s from
the rule book, because it’s not very easy for a dog—
especially with little ones—to find a home on the
A&M campus.
Some effort has been made by residents of
Bizzell to find a home for hapless canines, but
as yet no one has shown any interest in adopting
three dogs of such doubtful ancestry.
City Polls Close at 7
For New Charter Vote
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion City Editor
Qualified voters in College Sta
tion will have an opportunity to
cast their ballots in the home rule
charter election as late as 7 to
night.
Polls opened at City Hall at 8
a. m. today and will remain open
until 7 p. m., according to Ran
Boswell, assistant city secretary.
Self Government Power
College Station will be given
full power of local self govern
ment, if the charter is adopted,
said J. Wheeler, city attorney.
While operating under the general
laws of Texas, a city must appeal
to the state legislature for need
ed charter amendment.
Two powers the city will gain if
the charter is adopted are as fol
lows:
• The city council will have the
power by ordinance to annex addi
tional territory lying adjacent to
i the city, with or without the con-
Dr. W. E. Denham, Jr. to Lead
Religious Emphasis Services
By BERT WELLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Dr. W. E. Denham, Jr., pastor
of the River Oaks Baptist Church
of Houston, will be the featured
speaker for the annual Religious
Emphasis Week to be held Feb 17-
22.
Religious Emphasis Week is a
feature of Spring activities, on the
A&M campus. The event is spon
sored jointly by the Inter-faith
Council, the YMCA Cabinet, and
the College administration.
Newcomer to Texas
Dr. Denham, who will be heard
each 'morning in Quion Hall, is a
newcomer to Texas. He has served
the Houston church since October,
1951. Prior to coming to Texas, Dr.
Denham, served as pastor of his
toric. First Baptist,. Church in
Macon, Ga. In that capacity he
served the colleges of the Macon
area and became a well known
speaker for Georgia youth groups.
The Houston, minister;holds an
AB degree, from Washington Uni
versity in St. Louis, Mb. He has
Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary in Louisville,. Ky. . • ,
As a student, Dr. Denham held
several pastorates in Missouri and
Kentucky. After completion of his
college work, he taught at Hanni-
bal-Lagrange College in Hannibal,
Mo.
Dr. Denham is married and has
two boys, aged 8 and 6 years.
“Bull Sessions” Featured
One feature of the Religious Em
phasis Week activities is the “bull
kind
Press Capade Beauty
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session” discussion groups held
each evening in the lounges of
the various dorms. The first ses
sion of the groups will be held
from 4:30 until 6 p. m. and will be
used to discuss subjects brought up
by the men attending the meetings.
After supper the groups will talk
about subjects selected in a recent
student poll.
Ministers and youth leaders from
all over the United States will come
to A&M to lead these discussion
groups. Those that have accepted
invitations to participate include
Dr. Roger D. Hebard, First Bap
tist Church, Denton; Rev. Prentice
Chunn, associate director nf Bap
tist Student Work in Texas, Dal
las; Mr. Willis Tate, vice-president
of SMU.
Rev. Lary Eisenberg, board of
education of the Methodist Church,
Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. George For-
ell, Division of Student Service
of the National Lutheran Council,
Chicago, Ill.; Col. Eugene J. Graeb-
ner, Lutheran, Chaplain, 14th Air
Force, Robins AFB, Ga.; Rev. P.
W. Hirst, St. Timothy’s Episcopal
Church, Houston.
Rev. Grady Snuggs, Presbyter
ian, Dept, of Religion, University
of Tulsa; Mr. H. E. Speck, Church
of Christ, Dean of Men, Southwest
Texas State Teachers College, San
Marcos.
Rev. H. L. Polinard, Main Street
Christian Church, Waxahachie. Lt.
Col. Herman J. Kregel, Reformed
Church in America, Chaplain of the
United States Military Academy,
West Point, N. Y.; and a rabbi to
be be announced later.
sent of the territory and inhabit
ants annexed, under Section Seven,
Article 11 of the charter.
• The city will be given the
power to define and prohibit nui
sances within the city and out
side the city limits for a distance
of 5,000 feet, under Section 17,
Article II.
There is no provision of the
home rule charter which will raise
city taxes; however, under the Tex
as constitution and laws, the limit
set for ad valorem property taxes
will be increased from $1.50 to
$2.50 per $100 property evaluation.
The present tax rate in College
Station is $1 per $100 property
evaluation. Property is assessed
at a. rate of 50 per cent of the
normal value, according to Bos
well.
“Taxes in College Station will
not be increased,” said Ernest
Langford, mayor.
Officials for the election today
are as follows; Dr. Luther Jones,
election judge; Mrs. S. W. Bilsing
and Mrs. C. B. Godbey, election
clerks.
The ballots will be counted by
the electiion officials after the
polls close, and the ballots and tal
ly sheet placed in a sealed box to
await canvassing bv the city coun
cil.
A special council meeting to
canvass the votes is planned for
either tonight or Wednesday after
noon, according to Raymond Rog
ers, city manager.
GOP Happy as Ike
Says He Will Run
High School Day
Plans Discussed
Plans for High School Day—
the time wljen leaders of Texas
high schools come to see A&M in
action—began to be formulated
yesterday when 10 college officials
and four students met in a pre
liminary session.
The program, which will prob
ably be held March 15, wil be sim
ilar to that of last year. The boys
will be invited to A&M and housed
here by the various home town
clubs. They will be shown around
the campus by the Inter-Council
Committee, and see an intra-squad
football game along with activities
in other athletic sports through
the courtesy of the Athletic De
partment.
A&M Chibs Provide Transportation
A&M Clubs in the various home
towns will provide transportation
to and from the college for the
visitors. The only expense for the
boys will be for their meals.
Plans are under way for in
dividual speakers to give short
talks on subjects such as a stu
dents eye-view of the Basic Divi
sion, activities offered on the cam
pus for the student’s free time,
and a description of the many in
ter-collegiate sports in which the
college participates.
Also to be discussed is the mili
tary status the student will have
when he enrolls as a freshman in
A&M.
Began Five Years Ago
The idea of High School Day
was conceived by Grady Elms,
former Student Activities Business
Manager, five years ago to bring
the leaders of Texas high schools
here to give them a picture of
A&M, in hopes that they would
decide to come to A&M, but also
as a means of advertising the
College to the visitors’ friends.
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Washington, Jan. 8——Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s announce
ment that he would accept “a clear-
cut call to political duty” was
hailed by Republican supporters
Monday as a signal to throw into
gear the Ike-for-President band
wagon.
Touching off a boom of enthu
siasm among his backers, the 61-
year-old general broke a long si
lence on his political position by
issuing a statement in Paris say
ing:
1) He is a Republican.
2) If nominated by the GOP na
tional convention in Chicago next
Dr. W. E. Denham
Religious Emphasis Week Speaker
Rep. Teague Visits
Korea Battlefront
Washington, Jan. 8 —(A*) —
Rep. Olin Teague, College Sta
tion, Tex., conferred with Gen.
Mathew B. Ridgway and then
left tor the Korean battle front,
Mrs. Teague has learned.
Teague wrote from Japan Jan.
2 that he had been issued special
clothing for his Korean visit.
He is in the war zone to inspect
clothing and equipment of U. S.
fighting forces.
Teague, a colonel of infantry
in World War II, visited his sis
ter, Maj. Madge Teague of the
Army Nurse Corps, while in
Tokyo.
Bean Soup Controversy Stirs
Inflation Probe by Congress
Washington, Jan. 8 — (ZP) — A
bean soup controversy simmered
menacingly today as Congress re
convened after an 11-week adjourn
ment.
The size of the servings of this
standard congressional mainstay
in the House of Representatives
restaurant has been cut down dras
tically. Two bits formerly brought
a brimming bowl of the nourishing
stuff; a boy’s size oatmeal bowl
would be a roomy fit for an order
today.
Rep. Tom Steed, a Democratic
bean soup gourmet from Shawnee,
Okla., uncovered this newest evi
dence of inflation almost imme
diately upon his return to the
capital. His reaction was resigned
but embittered.
Stirring a 10-cent cup of coffee,
which was only a nickel when he
went back to Oklahoma last Octo
ber, Steed invited his colleagues,
the press and the world at large
to consider capitol bean soup in
historical perspective.
“This pottage,” he declared,
“plus of course soda crackers, for
Featured in Guion Thursday
Sam Houston Press Capades Coming
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Flor Del Liz Ramirez
Fiery Puerto Rican to Dance in Press Capades
There’s a show which you won’t
want to miss coming to Guion on
Thursday, Jan. 10.
It’s the Aggieland Version of
the Fourth Annual Press Capades,
featuring guys and gals from Sam
Houston State Teachers College,
plus one of the most progressive
dance bands in the state, Charles
Lee Hill's Houstonians.
“50 Cents Worth”
This 12 act variety show is de
signed to keep you fully entertain
ed for your 50 cent admission, no
matter what your taste, says C.
G. “Spike” White, assistant to the
dean of men for activities. When
the show gets underway at 7:30
p. ni., you will hear everything
from the classics to hillbilly, from
dancing to comics, and from croon
ing to old time music.
Among the top performers of the
show are Rosalipd Beene, torch
singing vocalist, and the Beverly
Conn-Elizabeth Maddox hillbilly
comedy team. Both of these top
flight acts have appeared recently
on television and radio.
Back from the 1951 production
are Ralph Bolls, talented drummer,
and especially for hillbilly fans,
the Mountain Dew Boys.
Hillbilly Band
In the hillbilly band are Bur-
ford Scott, mandolin; Sam Dominey
and Darden Welch, guitar; Elroy
Leibrum, accordion; Wilton Robin
son, bass fiddle; and Clyde Cook,
steel guitar.
Last year the Houstonians’ im
itations of big name bands such
as Miller and Lombardo were a
highlight of the show. What the
band will do this year is supposed
to be a mystery.
Surprise Band
"We’ve got a surprise this year,”
director Hill said last week.
Newcomers to the show are Bob
by Conklin, accordionist, and Wil
ton Robinson, vocalist. A junior
from Katy, Robinson has worked
up a Bing Crosby routine that
make the bobby soxers want to
swoon.
Among the other acts is Neal
Allen, junior from Silsbee, who
will do impersonations of A1 Jol-
son, Jimmy Durante, and Peter
Laurie. Audiences say he out-Du-
rantes Durante.
Latin Music
Jose Colom and his Puerto Ri
cans will present true Latin Amer
ican music. For Added attraction,
Gregory Toledo and Flor Del Liz
Ramirez will dance.
For comics, Comedian Jack Lien-
felder, junior from N o r w i c h,
Conn., will present his Bob Hope
routine. After him the Baseball
Boys’ sextet will feature the best
in barbershop harniony.
Add two fine vocalist, Frances
Sanders and Annette Lewis, and
you have one of the best variety
shows in the state. You can’t af
ford to miss it.
which there traditionally is no
charge, has fueled some of Ameri
ca’s greatest statesmen for tasks
of the highest importance.
Cannon A Soup Eater
“The late Uncle Joe Cannon, fa
mous Speaker of the House, was
a bean soup addict. The honorable
Sam Rayburn, the present speaker,
is a card-carrying bean soup eater.
Historians have more than a little
basis to believe that the Missouri
Compromise was founded on a
sturdy foundation of rich capitol
bean soup.”
Quoting from an Oklahoma folk
poet, whose name he said he could
not recall, Steed sadly intoned:
“I mix my beans with honey;
“I’ve done so all my life.
“They taste a little funny
“—But they sure stick on my
knife.”
July, he would feel obliged to ac
cept it as “a duty that would
transcend my present responsibili
ty” as supreme commander of Al
lied Forces in Europe.
Will Not Ask Relief
But the five-star general empha
sized that “under no circumstances”
would he ask to be relieved of his
post abroad to seek the nomina
tion himself.
“And I shall not participate in
the preconvention activities of oth
ers who may have such an intention
with respect to me,” Eisenhower
said.
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, the
first announced candidate for the
GOP nomination, promptly said the
general’s statement would not in
fluence his own drive for dele
gates.
Taft said he regarded Eisenhow
er’s statement only as an indication
he “would accept a draft” for the
nomination. He added:
No Other Candidates
“My own decision to run was
made on the assumption that there
would be other candidates and that
Gen. Eisenhower might be one of
them.”
Another aspirant for the Repub
lican nomination, Gov. Earl War
ren of California, said Eisenhower
would be “a very powerful candi
date for President.” Warren add
ed, however, that his own plans
will not be affected by what Eisen
hower does. He spoke at a news
conference in Honolulu, where he
is vacationing.
“Bonafide Candidate”
Asked hy a reporter whether he
would accept the vice presidential
nomination if Eisenhower were se
lected to head the ticket, Warren
replied, “when a man is a bona-
fide candidate for nomination, that
should be sufficient without jump
ing hurdles ahead of time.”
Warren described Eisenhower as
“one of our greatest Americans.”
Stassen Comments
Harold E. Stassen, who also is
seeking the GOP presidential nomi
nation, said at Chicago that he had
not “had time to see the complete
text of Gen. Eisenhower’s state
ment” because he had been busy
on direct primary matters in Illi
nois. Stassen said Sunday he;
would enter his name in that
state’s primary.
Stassen said he would outline
his position on Gen. Eisenhower
in a news conference in Milwaukee
Tuesday. Former governor of
Minnesota, Stassen is now on leave
from the presidency of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
Prairie View Choir To
Sing in Guion Tonight
The Prairie View A&M Col
lege Choir will present a lively
concert of both popular numbers
and negro spirituals tonight at 8
p. m. in Guion Hall.
“Steal Away”, "Ole Man River,”
“I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray,”
“Swing Low Sweet Chariot,” and
“The Lord’s Prayer” are a few
of the old favorites included on
the program.
Admission is free to the pro
gram, according to C. G. “Spike”
White, assistant to the dean of
men for activities.
The 72 voice group has appear
ed on the campus on numerous oc
casions and most recently when a
group sang for the College Station
Kiwanis Club Banquet.
The Choir performed for The
Association of Governing Bodies
of Land Grant Colleges and Al
lied Institutions in their meeting at
Prairie View last fall.
Dr. R. von Charlton is conductor
of the choir and Hermoine Goines
is the accompanist.