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JANUARY 2'31 CIVE TO Number 79: Volume 52 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,1952 JANUARY 2>3l to MARCHo'DIMES Price Five Cents What About My Name? Semester-End Rush,! Park Here? Brings Confusion, Last Minute Work T?y HARI BAKER Battalion Staff Writer The rush and confusion of se mester-end, semester-beg'in, activ ities is well under way, with stu dents’ hopes alternately dimmed by visions of the nightmares of ex amination and the dreams of the holidays. This is the young man that’s getting all the publicity about what his name should be. He was named Reveille II a week agm when the Student Senate accepted him as A&M’s official mascot. The senior class voted Wednesday night that the Senate be asked to change his name because there could be only one “Reveille.” The dog was given recently as a gift to the student body by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wienert of Seguin. Baylor’s Relic ‘Clasped Hands’ Are Recovered Waco, Jan. 17—(^) — The “Clasped Hands,” valuable art relic, stolen from Baylor Uni versity Monday night, was recovered at 8:45 p.m. last night. The bronze sculpture was of the hands of Robert and Elizabeth Browning, 19th century English poets. The discovery was made by Dr. W. T. Gooch, vice-president of the university, on the front seat of his automobile which was sitting in the driveway of his home. The car had been setting there since about 3:45 p.m. The hands were covered with mud, as if the relic had been hid den in a creek or other wet place. American Alumni Council Opens Meeting Here Today By FRANK HINES I Battalion Staff Writer . American Alumni Council mem bers of District IV are convening in the MSC today, Friday, and Sat- .urday to hear addresses and to dis- ^ cuss matters on alumni organiza tion relations. The members, including some 50 secretaries and officers of alumni organizations in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, heard Dr. M. T. Harrington, A&M president, give the welcoming address at the opening luncheon today. Vahle to Speak Of special interest to the con ference delegates will be a talk by H. Kurt Vahle, advertising and tales manager of Cuppies-House Corporation of St. Louis, Mo. Vahle, well known in the nation al field of advertising as a pro gram headliner and magazine writ er, will discuss “Direct Mail Tech niques” at the Fi'iday morning ses sion. In addition to being a member of the Board of Directors of both the Associated Third Class Mail Users and the Color Analysis and Eval uation Institute of Chicago, Vahle is also the author of newspaper and magazine articles for such publications as the Advertising Digest, Best Insurance News, and the American Paper Converter. Addressed Clubs During the past five years, he has addressed many of the Adver tising Clubs and Service Clubs throughout the country, and has f—iti UMT Training Camps Listed, Should it Begin Washington, Jan. 17 — (TP) Seventeen military camps were listed today as tentative sites for universal military training (UMT), when and if it begins. They are: Army—Camp Chaffee, Ark., Ft. Ord., Calif., Ft. Riley, Kans., Ft. Knox, Ky., Ft. Dix, N.J., Ft. Jack- son, S.C. Navy—Camp Elliott, Calif., U.S. Naval Submarine Station, New London, Conn., and Norman, Okla., (for air). ' Marines—Camp Pendleton, Calif., El Toro, Calif., San Diego, Calif., U. S. Marine Corps School, Quan- tico, Va., Camp Lejeune, N.C., Cherry Point, N.C. Air Force—Scott Air Base, Belle ville, HI., Sheppard Air Base, Wi chita Falls, Tex. The listing was given by Dr. Karl T. Compter during testimony on UMT before the House Armed Service Committee. He is a mem ber of a five-man commission es tablished to work out the details of a UMT program, which the com mittee now is considering. Dr. Compton said the list was supplied by the armed forces. He said present plans were to set aside certain areas of these camps for UMT, with the remainder of camp facilities being used as pres ently. recently spoke before a national convention of the Caterers Associa tion. Among the other speakers on the program are Charles P. Mc Curdy, Jr., alumni sacretary of William and Mary College, and In ternational President of the Ameri can Alumni Council this year. Other Speakers Also speaking are Dr. W. R. White, president of Baylor Uni versity and John Hamilton, editor of the Okhahoma. A&M College magazine, who will lead the dis cussion on alumni publications. The Oklahoma A&M College magazine which Hamilton edits has been recognized nationally as one of the best alumni magazines published at this time. Exams start Monday morning at 8. Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day morning classes will have ex ams in the mornings from 8 to 11. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday class exams will be in the after noon from 1 to 4. Afternoon class es will have exams Friday morn ing and afternoon. The last examination will be over Social Club will hold the January long awaited holiday starts. Stu dents have to be back for registra tion for the spring semester Sat urday, Feb. 2. Registration starts at 8 a. m. in Sbisa mess hall. The registrar's office has no fig ures on the number of freshmen that will enter at mid-term, but about 112 are expected, based on last year’s figures. Possibly an other 100 transfer students will enter at the same time. New Stduents Report New students are to report at 3 a. m., Wednesday, Jan. 30. They will spend Thursday taking the aptitude, achievement, and inter est tests given by the basic divi sion. Registration for new students will be Friday afternoon, Feb. 1. Entering freshmen will be as signed rooms in the eighth regi ment area according to their branch of service and vacancies in the various outfits. Monday, Feb. 4, will be the first day of classes. The last day for making changes will be Friday, Feb. 9. It will be necessary for students to pay their fees before they can reserve the room they now occupy, according to Bennie A. Zinn, As sistant Dean of Men. Zinn also said fees should be payed at the Fiscal Office as soon as possible. Students wishing to move must hgve permission, fyom the new housemaster or commanding offi cer. Veterans may get fee waiver slips from the Veterans Advisor’s Office, Room 102 Goodwin Hall, he said. Reds Charge US Plane Bombed Neutral Zone The steps which many Aggies gathered around for yell prac tices in years past are coming down now. This workman is busy with an air hammer knocking down the cement banister. Al though no announcement has been made yet, it is rumored that the space between the new Administration Building and Goodwin Hall will be used for automobile parking. Range, Forestry Club Elects Moore The Range and Forestry Club elected Jim Moore to head the club for 1952 at a meeting Tues day night. Other officers elected were Sam Murrah, vice-president; Bob Bell, secretary - treasurer; Douglas Shankles, reporter; Floyd Pound, parliamentarian; and John Welch, social chairman. Munsan, Korea, Jan. 17—<#)— The Communists charged today that an Allied plane bombed the Kaesong neutral zone, just six miles from the truce talk site, Panmunjom. The accusation was made during Thursday’s “no progress” armistice negotiations. It followed by two days a Red charge that Allied planes attacked North Korean prison camps, kill ing 15 U. N. prisoners and injuring (14 others. Monday the Commu nists complained that Allied planes flew over cities in northeast China. Investigators to Check A team of U. N. investigators headed by Col. James C. Murray was ordered to Kaesong to check on the alleged Kaesong bombing. The city where the truce talks be gan last July is guaranteed from attack by joint agreement. Communist correspondents at Panmunjom said propeller-driven planes were heard circling over the Red truce camp this morning, at about the time of the alleged bombing. Both subcommittees working on armistice terms spent the day wrangling over issues which have deadlocked the talks for weeks. Discuss Prisoner Exchange An Allied briefing officer said that for the delegates discussing prisoner exchange “it was merely a matter of ploughing over the same old ground with the same results—no results.” Rear Adm. R. E. Libby asked Chinese Col. Tsai Cheng-Wan for whom he was speaking Wednesday when he declared angrily that Red China will “fight to the end” if any Chinese soldiers in Allied hands are repatriated to Chinese nationalist Formosa. Tsai, in firm control of his tem per, gave no direct answer. Libby accused the Communists of violating the Geneva convention by failing to mark their prisoner of war camps. He suggested that safeguards be set up to avoid any future attacks on North Korean prison camps. North Korean Maj, Gen. Lee Sang Cho said he would think it over. An official U. N. release quoted Lee as saying that since the alleged attack Monday on a camp near Kangdong occurred at night it would have made no difference if the camp were marked. Lee also was quoted as saying the Communists tried marking the camp, but Allied planes attacked it anyway so the identification marks were not replaced. Allied headquarters said planes were bombing military targets in the Kangdong area Monday night, but it had no way of knowiftg whether the prison camps were ac cidentally attacked since the Reds never have disclosed the location of their camps. Two representatives of the inter national Red Cross apparently abandoned their attempt to enter North Korea. Thursday they handed an envelope to General Lee and received assurances it would be delivered to top Communist mili tary commanders. Jackson to Speak At Junior Banquet R. E. “Prof” Jackson, associate professor of history at Texas State College for Women, will be principal speaker at the Junior Banquet Feb. 16, it was announced by Junior Class officers and com mitteemen in a special meeting yesterday. “Prof” Jackson is a humorist and lecturer known widely throughout the Southwest for his ability as an after dinner speaker. He has a reputation for cleverly tieing in anecdotes and jokes with his gen eral subject. Appeared Here Before The TSCW history professor has appeared on the campus several times in the past, and most recent ly when he was principal speaker for the Annual Kiwanis Club Christmas Banquet in December, 1950. Picture applications for the Sweetheart of the Junior Class are now being accepted at the Of fice of Student Activities on the second floor of Goodwin Hall, an nounced Joe Blanchette, chairman of the sweetheart committee. There should be three poses if Diploma,, Orders--All in One Seniors Comment on Orders H. Kurt Vahle Alumni Council Speaker Dr. Shrode Back From Costa Rica Dr. R. R. Shrode of the Genetics Department, has returned to A&M after spending six months in Costa Rica as head of the Department of Animal Industries. The Department of Animal In dustries is a division of the In ternational Institute of Agricul tural Sciences located in Costa Rica. Dr. Shrode, voted most popular agriculture school professor last year, took on active part in help ing to improve the program for grading up the native beef cattle of Costa Rica. He definitely rec ommends the introduction of Brah man blood to the native cattle. ManE Conference Top ics Announced The importance of the economic education of workers, the need for and the development of a train ing program in the economic sys tem that gives workers jobs and freedom, the program “In Our Hands” and the benefits achieved through it, will be discussed at the Management Engineering Con ference to be held, Feb. 27-28. The speaker,. William G. Caples, is president of the Inland Steel Container Company of Chicago. A number of other top-flight busi ness executives will also take an active part in the conference. R. F. Bruckhart of the Industrial Engineering Department, the spon soring department, is conference director. By PAUL CROSSLAND Battalion Staff Writer Over 350 Aggies were affected by the army’s press release yes terday, which stated that all ROTC students receiving commis sions in the United States Army Reserve during the spring and summer of 1952 would also receive active duty orders at the time the individual is commissioned. Although many of them will not have to report immediately, one- third of the graduates will re port by July 31, two - thirds by Aug. 31, and the remainder by Sept. 30. The army intends to give the officers an opportunity to select the month they wish to report should the above procedure ,be fulfilled. Topic of Discussion Throughout the dormitories the topic of discussions among the army seniors is this newly released plan to call them to active duty immediately after graduation. Some of the students have a nega tive attitude and some have a pos itive outlook. Cadet Lt. J. H. Winn, A Transportation, commented after reading the first few lines, “No Bull, so that’s what they say. But I guess with the new pay raise it might be all right if they let us report when we want to.” Cadet Major Kelly Anderson, i det Major Teddy J. Hirsh, B En- Infantry regimental staff, said, gineers, commented, . “That’s a “Not too much of a shock, ex- blow and nothing we can do about pected something like that,” Ca-1 it, but it will eliminate confusion 1 det John Wallace, C Artillery, re plied, “I expected it—didn’t think it would be any other way.” Ca- ‘Revelers’ On Town Hall Program in Guion Tonight Tonight the fourth Town Hall program this year will feature the Revelers male quartet. Their concert of popular and art songs begins at 8 p. m. in Guion Hall. The Revelers will present a program of vocal music de signed to have something for everybody, including selections from “South Pacific”, barber shop melodies, The Dance of the Skeletons, and classical pieces. Long prominant in the concert, radio, and recording fields, the Revelers have made five European tours and have appeared on many radio programs in the United States. The group was first organized in 1916. Members of the organization are as follows: Thomas Edwards, tenor; Wilfred Glenn, basso; William Gifford Hogue, tenor; Calvin Marsh; baritone; and Paul Sargent, piano accompanist. and uncertainty.” Likes It Committeemen Meet Military Day Arrangements Planned Over in C Armor, Cadet Major Guy “Jug” Jackson said, “I like getting orders when commissioned because you know what the score is.” Then Cadet Lt. Col. Jim Hulse remarked, “In other words, com mission in one hand and orders in the other. Well boys, I’ll be seeing you. Not any use in trying to get a job.” An Air Force cadet, Tom Spencer, commented, “It’s better than the Air Force’s; they at least know where they stand.” “Sounds like a good deal. No body will volunteer though,” com mented Cadet W. D. Bennett. Cadet Lewis E. Bruecher, A Transporta tion, said, “Been expecting it. Just as soon get in and get it over with." But Cadet Lt. Howard L. Stanley, A Quartermaster, explain ed, “What I have to say wouldn’t do to put in the paper.” Col. S. P. Myers, PMS&T said that his office will forward all in formation to the cadets on any new developments pertaining to the recently released plans. possible, a formal portrait, infor mal pose (preferably in bathing’ suit) and another in formal dress, Blanchette added. Accompanying the pictures, there should be such vital statistics as, height, weight, bust, hips, and waist measurement, of the girl entered in the contest. Each Junior entering a photo should include his own name, dorm, and room number on a sep arate sheet of paper attached to the pictures, said Blanchette. Dead line for turning in pictures will be Feb. 9. Six Finalists Six finalists will be selected from the pictures and the Junior Class Sweetheart will be selected the night of the dance. The judges for the contest will remain anonymous; however, the sweetheart committee chairman promised that they will not be A&M students. Orchestra for the Prom follow ing the Banquet has not been def- inintely booked, although the band from Prairie View A&M College or the Aggieland Orchestra are the most likely choices. A group of Juniors are planning to attend a dance at Prairie View Fi'iday night >to hear the type of music the color ed band plays, said Joe Mattei, head of the dance committee. Tickets Sold Soon Tickets will soon be on. sale in Student Activities Office for all non-corps members of the Junior* Class and through the first ser geants in the Corps area, Joe Wallace, ticket committee chair man said. Bruce Vanzura will handle tick et sales in the Basic Division area. Tickets will probably be on sale beginning sometime next week and ending on Feb. 9. The Banquet tickets will be $3 per couple or $1.50 stag and tick ets for tbe Prom will be $2 stag or drag. Plans for the 1952 Military Day of the United States and many at A&M were mapped this week foreign countries. Invitations to in a special meeting of committee the prominent military personnel chairmen in the office of Col. Joe in this area and in Washington, D. E. Davis, commandant. C. will be mailed soon, guest chair- More than 30 students and mem- men J. W. “Doggie” Dalston and bers of the Military Science De- Jim Anderson said. vs. Ohio State, at 3 p. m.; reception Mohle; orchestra, Vic Russeck, partment attended the meeting to plan a schedule of events for the March 22 affair. Jurgens May Play The group tentatively agreed to sign Dick Jurgens and his or chestra for the dance. Jurgens will be asked to play a one hour con cert before the dance. The Military Day observance will include visits to A&M by high ranking military authorities Schedule of Events A tentative schedule of events, which is still far from being com plete, will include the following: Saturday morning: Welcome to the college of distinguished guests; reception for guests; a tour of the campus for guests; and dinner in Duncan Mess Hall for all students, including freshmen, and guests. Afternoon: Full dress corps re view at 1:30; baseball game, A&M honoring distinguished guests in the MSC at 4:30. Evening: Supper in Duncan Mess Hall at 5:30 p. m.; concert by Dick Jurgen’s orchestra at 7 p. .m; Mili tary Ball at 9 p. m. in Sbisa Hall. Committee Leaders Committee leaders named by dance chairman Dunn are as fol lows: finance, Ted Stephens; in vitations, Bibb Underwood, Lew Jobe; guest, J. W. Dalston, Jim Anderson; decorations, Bob Kirk, Dave Carnahan. Publicity, Dale Walston, Joel Austin; program, John Caple; transportation, John Storey, Ted ing, Voris Burch. Members of the Military De partment appointed to serve with the committees by Lt. Col. B. P. Browder, dance coordinator for that department are as follows: orchestra and refreshments, Lt. J. N. Hoffman. Transportation and tickets, Lt. A. J. Armstrong; publicity, Capt. Erwin R. Brigham; decorations, Maj. J. C. Lowell; invitations and program, Capt. J. D. Muehleisen and guests, Maj. W. R. Burruss. Col. S. P. Myers, PMS&T; Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T; and Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant com mandant, also attended the meet- Waterworks Study Opens Here Jan. 21 A Laboratory Short School for Waterworks and Sewage operators will be held at A&M Jan. 21-26. Registration will be conducted in Room 27 of the Chemistry Build ing from 8 until 9 a. m. Jan. 21. All meetings will be conducted in the Chemistry Building. Classes will be instructed by A. C. Riba, bacteriologist, A. D. Pot ter, chemist, both from the State Department of Health, and chair man Joe Sorrels of Civil Engin eering department. The instructors will demonstrate tests, controls and operations of water and sewerage plants. Singing Cadets Quartet Will Perform on TV A quartet from the Singing Cadets will appear on two television shows in Houston Feb. 5, announced Tom Sav age, president of the Singing Cadets. The quartet includes Savage, Harold Hughes, Dale Walston, and Kenneth Wiggins, all seniors. They will appear on Dick Gott lieb’s afternoon television show and that night on the Battlesteins pro gram. These programs feature rec ords and interviews. While on the shows, the quartet will sing such songs as “Do I Worry?”, “I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do,” “Winter Wonderland,” “September Song,” and “Undecided,” with many other popular songs. The quartet is accompanied on the piano by Rufus “Roddy” Peo ples, Jr. Paulson on Workshop Planning Group Soon Dr. W. E. Paulson, marketing specialist for the Agricultural Economics Department is going to Washington, D. C. in the very near future to help plan the Na tional Marketing Workshop. This Workshop which deals with the technoligical phase of market ing agricultural products, will be held on the A&M campus in July.