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/ JANUARY 2~31 eivi t® MARCH°'DIMES Battalion ®1¥I JANUARY 2-3J T® MARCHo^DIIVIES Number 78: Volume 52 PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1952 Price Five Cents New View Army Releases Duty Plan For June ROTC Graduates Prom the new Administration Building’s second floor, a visitor can get an unobstructed view of the Drill Field. The entire center section of the west side is glass. Several Units Will Change Dorms Beginning Thursday Wide Variety of Activities Planned for High School Day By BILL STRETCH Battalion Managing Editor ’’ A big day of activities is in store for Texas high school seniors when they visit A&M March 15 for the annual High School Day program. Presidents of the home town clubs met with Pete Hardesty, business manager of Student Ac tivities, Monday night and outlined the schedule of events for the day’s celebration. The affair, designed to give out standing high school seniors in Texas an opportunity to see A&M, is sponsored by the Student Ac tivities Department, Athletic De partment, and hometown clubs. Activities will get underway Saturday morning, March 15, at 9:30. Registration will be held in Ihe MSC lobby at 9 a. m., however, s high school students arriving earl ier may register Friday in the MSC, Hardesty said. Big .Day in Prospect Many activities has been plan ned by the sponsoring groups. Talks by students and college of ficials are included on the morn ing orientation program. Visitors will be conducted on guided tours of the campus following the morn ing session. These tours will be led by the Student Inter Council Committee. High School seniors will also take tours of educational facilities of the college, depending on what type course they plan to follow in college. Housing arrangements for the visiting students will be arranged by the home town clubs, Hardesty added. The only charge for the guests will be meals, served in Duncan and Sbisa Dining Halls at /v cents each. \jpFollowing the - noon meal, high school seniors will be guests of the T Association at the annual Sports Day program, beginning at i, 2:30. A baseball game, swimming meet and tennis match will high light the afternoon sports gram. Then, after the evening meal, prospective Aggies will be guests at the inter-squad, football game on Kyle Field. The game will be gin at 7:30 p. m. Student Hurt As Car Bursts Into Flames Donald Richmond, fresh man wildlife management ma jor from Trammold, Minn., is being held in St. Joseph Hos pital in Bryan for observation following an automobile accident last night. Doctors at St. Joseph believe that Richmond has no serjous in juries. X-rays failed to reveal any fractures. The accident happened about 6:30 p. m. Richmond was driving his 1948 Ford down Sulphur Springs Road. About 100 yards from the junction of Sulphur Springs and Highway 6, the car suddenly burst into flames, ac cording to a witness. Richmond jumped to the side of the road from the still-moving car. The car ran off the road and into a fence. The College Station fire department arrived too late to save it. Richmond, lives at B-3-W Col lege View. Opening the Saturday morning J pro-1 High School Day program will be an address of welcome from Dr. M. T. Harrington, president of the college. He will be introduced by J. W. Dalston, president of the Senior Class, who will act as mas ter of ceremonies for the morning session. Following President Harring ton’s talk, Gnjdy L. Smallwood, commander of the Freshman Regi ment, will discuss a “Student’s Eye View of the Basic Division.” His speech will be followed by a talk on “A Student’s Eye View of Recreational Activities.” Ken Wiggins, cor-ps executive officer, will give this speech. A&M Athlete to Talk A popular A&M athlete, still to be chosen, will tell visitors about the student’s views on intercol legiate athletics. Dan Davis, pr-es- ident of the MSC Council, will speak on a student’s view of the MSC. Eric Carlson, corps commander, will tell visitors about life in the cadet corps and Lew Jobe, head yell leader, will talk on “The Ag gie Spirit.” Religious life at A&M will be discussed by C. L. R^y, corps chaplain, and E. E. McQuillan will make an announcement concerning the Opportunity Award Scholar ship. A talk on the student’s military status and the present military draft law as it affects A&M stu. dents will be given by Col. Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T. Following the morning session, (See HIGH SCHOOL, Page 4) Revelers’ Quartet Widely Known for Musical Shows By IDE TROTTER Battalion Staff Writer For the first time in the 75 year history of A&M it has become ne cessary to move cadet military units at mid-term, according to Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant. Thursday afternoon between 4 and 6, the affected units will move as directed by a memorandum is sued by the office of the command ant. This unusual situation is a re sult of the first summer school corps since the end of the accelerat ed program following World War II, Col. Wilkins added. No Room Under the present housing ar rangement there would not be room in the New Area for freshmen who will become sophomores and move there at the end of-this semester, Colonel Wilkins said. Preliminary plans for the move James Moore, Senior, to Run For Legislature James S. Moore, senior pre law student from Arlington has announced his candidacy for the state legislature on the Democratic primary ballot. He will seek the nomination from Tarrant County. The candidate is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Moore of Arling ton. After graduation from A&M in June, the 20-year-old student plans to enter the law school of the University of Texas. Moore’s platform includes in creased remuneration for college professors, which he believes will improve the caliber of instructors found in the state supported col leges and universities. He strongly believes in a youthful, progressive, legislation. “I believe youth should be in the state legislature because we will bear the brunt of the financial burden and we should take an ac tive interest in Texas’ problems,” Moore said. Moore, if elected, will be the youngest legislator in the history of the state. He will be 21 on June 16 and the state Democratic primary is scheduled July 22. were made by Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden while he was assistant commandant. A meeting of the military coun selors and CO’s of the units to be moved was held, final arrange ments were made and the time of the move agreed upon. ASA Moves Department of Army Press Release Today the Department of the Army announced its policy on ordering into the active military service those ROTC stu dents who will be commissioned in the United States Army Reserve during the spring and summer of 1952. The Army stated that it was making its plans known early in order that such students will have the maximum amount of advance notice and can plan accordingly. In furtherance of this program, the Army is working on procedure to present active duty orders at the time the individual is commissioned. “This should eliminate confusion and uncertainty, as to A new Squadron 13 will be form- j exact date the individual will report to his first duty station,” ed on the third and fourth floors s aid Col. Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T when he released the in- of Milner Hall. It will be made formation this morning. + The report was released in Wash- of Leggett Hall. This unit will move from the third and fourth floors of Milner Hall. A ASA will be the only corps area unit which will have to change dormitories. The outfit will be moved from the second floor of Dorm 8 to the fourth floor of Dorm 9. A, B and C Armor will be con solidated on the second and third floors of Dorm 9. A Ordnance will occupy both the second and third floors of Dorm 8 after the change. Squadron 13 will be moved from the first and second floors of Leg gett Hall to the first floor of Dorm 17. The squadron will be moved in mass and will continue to function as before. Its name will be chang ed to N Squadron. Some over flow from this unit may be placed in other squadrons, Colonel Wilkins said. E Seniors Disbanded C and D Seniors will be con solidated on the second floor of Dorm 7, and will be called C Seniors. E Senior’s will be changed to D Seniors and E Seniors will be dropped: as a unit on the campus. The only move within the Fresh man area will be that of Company 14 to the first and second floors Air Force Group. up of Freshmen who enter for the second semester and Air Force freshmen who are now in Squadron 13 and Company 12. Army transfer students who are now in Company 14 will njove to their respective branches in the new area. Must Be Moved By Jan. 26 Moves made by freshmen will be on an individual basis and must be completed by 2 p. m., Saturday, Jan. 26. Three options are open to those cadets in the Eighth Regiment who have completed two semesters of basic military science or will be classified sophomores during the second semester, Colonel Wilkins added. They may stay in the Eighth Regiment and take freshman priv ileges, move to the New Area, or move to a non-military area. All members of this group who do elect to remain in the Eighth Regiment will be eligible to become corporals as is any classified soph omore in the corps area. A second Air Force Group will also be created in the Eighth Regi ment. It will include Squadrons 4, 5, and 15. Squadrons 1, 2, 3, and 13 will remain in the First Isle City First In Ice Melt By The Associated Press Galveston claimed the title Tuesday night of the warmest winter playground in the na tion. The claim was based on 2,300 pounds of ice which melted in 12 hours, 45 minutes at the is land city. Bathing beauties and film cuties posed on a ton of ice in the widely scattered areas Tuesday morning as civic boosters prayed for warm temperatures. Some cities were helped by strong winds. Exact rules of the contest were never clarified. Cities put out dif ferent size hunks of ice at differ ent starting times. Galveston claimed the title at 9:45 p.m. when Jack Hamilton, president of the Galveston Greater Beach Association, weighed the ice and found only 83 pounds. Ham ilton said the rules set 100 pounds as the mark at which a winner would be declared. Notary Public Aaron Schwartz said Hamilton read the scales right. Texas Press Association Will Co-Sponsor Journalism Clinic Profs to Judge flattie at Fair In Fort Worth Texas A&M College profes sors will judge swine and dairy cattle at the Southwest ern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth, Jan. 25- Feb. 3. Dr. I. W. Ruple, head of the dairy department, will judge the Junior Dairy Show Jan. 31 and the Jersey show on Feb. 1. Dr. Ruple received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1932 and came to A&M in 1945. He has never judged the Fort Worth Show before, but has judg ed the junior dairy cattle at Dal las and the State Jersey Show at Waco last year. Fred Hale of the A&M depart ment of' animal husbandry will judge the breeding hogs on Jan. 30 and 31. A. L. Darnell will serve as sup erintendent of the dairy show and F. I. Dahlberg as superintendent of the swine show. Dr. W. G. Kam- malade will be the assistant sup erintendent of the sheep show. Although the Revelers male quartet, appearing on the Town Hall program in Guion Hall Thurs day night at 8, are internationally known for their harmonic and rhythmic effects as a well blended singing group, each member of the organization is an accomplished solo in his own right. Thomas Edwai’ds, tenor, was born and raised in the picturesque Welsh farming community near Corner, Ohio. He had his first vocal training in the local Welsh sing ing contests, called Eisteddfods, and won his vocal spurs when he placed first in a National Eistedd fods. Radio Singer He studied at Oberlin Conser vatory, the Julliard School in New York, and received his master’s degree at Columbia University. Also he has sung on the radio with Fred Waring, Kate Smith, and Sammy Kaye. He was leading ten or of the Philadelphia Opera Com pany when he was called to active duty in the Navy in 1943. Bass Singer Wilfred Glenn, bass, California- bom and a graduate of the Uni versity of California, began his career by singing in churches and synagogues in San Francisco. He came to New York as soloists at the Cathedral of St. John the Di wine and later signed a long-term contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company. Glenn appeared widely in orator io and opera and has been on the radio 18 years as a soloist. The only member of the original Revel ers Quartet, he has appeared on 32 sponsored radio shows and con cert tours with Revelers. William Gifford Hogue, tenor, studied at the Cincinnati Conserva tory of Music and the Lawerance Conservatory in Appleton, Wis. Be sides serving a two-year hitch in the Navy, he has appeared in the Broadway musical hits “Lady in the Dark”, Brigadoon,” “High But ton Shoes” and “Miss Liberty.” Air Force for 3 Years Calvin Marsh, baritone, is Penn sylvania-born and a product of the Westminister Choir College at Princeton, N. J. He served three years in the Air Force. For the past five seasons he has been prin cipal singer at the Papermill Play house, where he has sung all of the favoi-ite operettas. Paul Sargent, piano accompanist for the group, is from Bangor, Me., and a graduate of the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, N. Y. He was awarded a scholarship by the famous Ecole Nomale de Musique in Paris. A former accom panist for many well-known artists, he is also a composer of note. He will play several selections during the quartet’s intermission. The A&M journalism department and the Texas Press Association will co-sponsor the third annual Texas Newspaper Clinic scheduled here Feb. 23, said Donald D. Bur- chard, head of the department of journalism. “This is the first time the de partment has had a co-sponsor for this activi^,” he added. The purpose of the Texas News- Tlaper Clini’c is to acquaint nfcws- B. Turner Voted President of FFA Billie B. Turner was elected president of the A&M Collegiate FFA Chapter Monday night in the MSC. Turner is a senior agricul tural education major from Whites- boro. Other officers elected were Jer ry Saunders, vice president; R. R. Strain, secretary; James Taylor, treasurer; Judge Sandusky, re porter; Cleave Walkup, advisor; Ralph Burgess, sentinel; Jack Davis, parliamentarian; Herman Brown, second vice president; and Bill McGrady, third vice president. Horace Van Cleave was elected as the group’s representative to the Agriculture Council. Dr. Morris Abrams was elected sponsor of the Chapter. Harrington Speaks At Engineers’ Meet Relief Is Near For Snowbound Streamliner Colfax, Calif., Jan. 16—(/P) Snowplows gnawed rescue paths throughout the night in drifted Donner Pass toward 222 persons snowbound for their fourth day aboard the sleek streamliner, City of San Francisco. Southern Pacific officials said they hoped to begin moving pas sengers out at daybreak to a near by lodge if a highway plow could clean a five-mile exit path. Downslope, an S. P. railroad plow had pushed within six miles of the locked-in westbound train by 1 a.m. (4 a.m., EST). A relief train snuggled close behind it. Snow was as much as eight feet deep. As rescuers worked through the night the marooned passengers huddled in the 20-degree chill of the 7,200-foot Sierra Nevada win ter. They were wrapped in blankets. Fuel oil for heat ran out Monday noon. Snow drifted high against the windows. Drifts buried the en gine. Some aboard the train were sick, victims of carbon monoxide fumes from a gas heater. However, a papermen throughout the state with new advances in the journal istic and printing fields. It also enables them to campare ideas and get new information on the news paper business. This year the conference will deal with mechanical aspects of newspapers. Leroy Brewington, di rector of the school of printing at Kansas State College, Pittsburg, Kan., will be the moderator at the meeting. Registration at 8 a. m. Representatives will register at 8 a. m. in the MSC where lectures and discussions will be held, The meeting will end about 4 p. m. The morning program will con sist of two round-table panel dis- cusions on typesetting, press and press room problems. Included in the noon luncheon program will be a lecture on the teletypesetter, automatic typesetting device. Jack Gale, representingV the United Press will give the lecture. A demonstration of machinery maintanence and care will be giv en at the A&M Press in Goodwin Hall during the afternoon. Gale is national! known for his technical columns in several trade publica tions. Panel Members Members of the panel will be L. F. Byrus, service engineer for Mergenthaler Linotype Company; Addison Buckner co-publisher of the San Marcos Record; Mack Goode of the A&M Press; Albert Ladymon, Texas representative of the Miehle Printing Press Com pany; Don Norton, publisher of the Conroe Currier; and Frank Tucker, director of the A&M Press. Burchard estimates 100 repre sentatives will attend the meeting. ington D.C. this morning at about 9 a.m. (EST). The Department of the Army plans to order into the active mil itary service during the period June—September 1952 all those of ficers commissioned in the USAR who have been and are being de ferred from induction by the Se lective Service System under the terms of an ROTC deferment agreement. Also, those veterans who served less than two years on active duty with the Arm^d Forces between Dec. 7, 1941 and Sept. 2, 1945 will be ordered into military service upon being commissioned, the Ar my said. It is not currently planned to order into the active military serv ice as individuals those veterans commissioned upon successful com pletion of the ROTC course who served two or more years between the above dates. Such officers may volunteer for active service. It is the intent of the Depart ment of the Army to give the offi cers an opportunifey to select tha month between June and Septem*- ber 1952 in which they desire to enter active service. Such requests will be honored provided that at least one third of the officers in each branch will be on active duty by July 31, 1952, two thirds on ac tive duty by Aug. 31, 1952, and the remainder are in active military service by Sept. 30, 1952. Extension Service To Discuss Jobs The Extension Service has join ed with School of Agriculture Dean C. N. Shepardson in arranging a meeting to be held in the YMCA Chapel at 7 p. m. tonight. Dean Shepardson will discuss employment possibilities with them. When he has finished, each student will have an opportunity to discuss employment possibilities with the Extension Service. Among those present will be about fifteen agricultural educa tion graduates and several Dis trict Agents. President M. T. Harrington, will give, the welcome address at the Fifth Annual Management Engin eering Conference to be held here Feb. 27-28. R. F. Bruckhart of the industrial railroad doctor who went in via engineering department is confer' ence director. dog-sled and snow tractor said most of 60 stricken had recovered. Students Plan For Holiday Party The Bryan-College Station A&M Club will have a party, Jan. 27, according to club president C. C. Jones. The party will be at the L. O. Wilkerson and W. C. Mitchell sum mer home on the Little Brazos. The club president urged all members to attend. He said a rec ord player will supply the music and refreshments will be served. A string band made up of members of the club will play special num bers. Range Club Selects Moore President Jim Moore was elected president of the Range and Forestry Club at a recent meeting. Other officers elected were Sam Murrah, vice president; R. K. Bell, secretary treasurer; Douglas Shankles, reporter; Floyd Pond, parliamentarian; John Welsh, soc ial chairman and Harry Caches, assistant social chairman. Kiwanis Have Birthday Party The College Station Ki wanis Club celebrated its sev- e n t h anniversary Tuesday with a birthday party com plete with “Happy Birthday to Us,” sung by the members. Ralph Rogers, “club projection ist,” was master of ceremonies and showed pictures said to be scenes from the lives of past presidents of Kiwanis. From these pictures and biographical information fur nished by Rogers, the club was asked to identify each past presi dent. Upon being identified, the past president blew out a candle and responded as he thought appropri ate. The past presidents honored were James Breland, George Wil cox, Joe Sorrels, Sid Loveless, Ralph Steen, Joe Motheral, and A. C. Magee. Among the guests present were E. H. Hereford, president of Ar lington State College; and E. J. Howell, president of Tarleton State College. Other guests were Mrs. Ralph Rogers, Col. Joe Davis, and Dr. Marion W. Deason, all of Col lege Station, and E. K. Spahr of Houston. Judge A. S. Ware will talk to the club on “The Brazos County Government” at the meeting next week. Local Girls Appear In Tessie Concert Misses Carla Mae and Barbara Lynn McMullan, College Station, will participate in a concert pre sented by TSCW Symphony Or chestra Thursday. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McMullan. Both graduated from Consolidated High School. Draft Boards Must Know Deferments All military science students who signed the draft deferment agree ment, are required to notify their draft board that they have signed the agreement, according to the office of the commandant. The last sentence of the defer ment agreement reads “I recognize it is my obligation to notify my Local Board of this agreement and the termination thereof.” Unless this is done, there is a possibility of the student receiving a draft notice, the commandant's office said.