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Number 86: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1952
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Frogs ’ Worries Start Early
Air Force Students May
Get Degree Before Camp
Air Force students who have completed all requirements
for graduation by June, 1952, except summer camp, may re
ceive academic degrees, headquarters, Continental Air Com
mand, today advised Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T.
The announcement said that in accordance with a new
agreement between the Air Force and colleges having a sen
ior unit, AFROTC, the Air Force has no objection to the
awarding of academic degrees to prospective AFTtOTC grad
uates in cases where both of the following conditions prevail.
1) Where students concerned have been precluded from
attending camp at the customary time because of the can
cellation of summer camps in 1951, and
2) Where the students concerned have completed all
requirements for a degree and a commission excepting camp
attendance.
Scout Rededication
Slated for Sunday
“Ye Gads, this registration process is the most the beginning of each semester as he tries to get
horrible thing I’ve ever experienced. Now when a room assignment from dormitory counselor Lt.
I was at TU . . Transfer student Ken Col. It. L. Melcher. He has just transferred to
Bouger, physical education major from Calvert, A&M from Texas University.
11 finds out what every Aggie goes through at the
‘I Was Ready to Go Home’
Bewildered ‘Frogs’ Gaze
At Aggieland Mystery
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Staff Writer
To flee or not to flee? That is
(he question..
, This corruption of Hamlet is
probably the favorite quotation of
the burr-headed legion of stalwart
souls who invaded the A&M cam-
k pus on Feb. 1.
This bewildered group commonly
called “Frogs” on this campus, is
an annual addition to the corps
of cadets. Whether trying to comb
their once proud samsonite locks
which are conspieiously absent, or
trying to look in all directions at
once, the average Frog is the per
sonification of confusion.
Mental Chaos
This state of mental chaos us
ually begins when they become en
tangled in that human traffic jam
otherwise known as registration.
“When I first saw that line I
figured it was for the birds” said
Frog Harold Dodd of Waco. “I
was ready to turn around and go
home.” Since he came through
without having a serious collision,
Dodd is glad that he didn’t follow
that first impulse.
After registering, the Frog us-
Film Society Lists
First Show Feb. 12
The A&M Film Society today
; nnounced the showing of its first
movie, “ Stanley and Livingstone”,
on Feb. 12. Eight films will be
shown this semester.
Membership cards may be pur
chased at the Office of Student
Activities in Goodwin Hall, and
may be bought by students of the
' college, faculty members, college
officials, and College Station resi
dents. These cards, which entitle
the member to eight movies, are
being sold for $1.
Films for the Society were chos
en by a committee, consisting of
Ed Holder, Bob Selleck, Dr. T. F.
Mayo, head of the English Depart
ment, Mrs. Arthur W. Melloh, 204
S. Suffolk and John Whitmore, ed
itor of The Battalion. 1
The movies will provide a var
iety of everything from musicals
to fantasy and westerns for the
members of the Film Society, the
committee said.
(See FILM SOCIETY, Page 4)
ually locks bumper’s with that ve
hicle with the horn of authority
known as the upperclassman.'
The 1954, 53, and 52 (and others)
models are on display this year
for his benefit, but after his first
encounter with anyone of them, the
Frog is usually ready to take his
cBances as “ i " ln lhe resi!triHon Tickets on Sale
line.
Looks Ahead
New $6,000 Machinery
Installed by Local Firm
New Bendix automatic washers
and a new water system have been
installed at the South Side Laun
derette on the south side of Col
lege Station, said John Pruitt own
er.
The cost of the machinery is es
timated at $f>,000, he added.
Live Stock Judging Team
Members Win at Fort Worth
Although he is looking forward
to his days as an upperclassman,
Frog Carlton Sessions of Dallas
said that he didn’t know whether
to stand still or run when he had
his first encounter with an upper
classman.
After the first two bewildering
experiences, all these mixed up
personalities are exposed to that
haze of stone structures and void
space known as the campus.
“Search For Classes”
“I have to search every where to
find my classes” was one of the
complaints of Frog Dodd. This con
dition doesn’t trouble Frog Sidney
Smith who has all his classes in
just'two buildings.
After his first expedition into
the interior of this wilderness, the
newly scalped Aggie is usually
able to do a rendition of “Be-
witched Bothered and Bewildered”
that would receive praises from
Rogers and Hart themselves.
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Ex
plorer Scouts of the entire Sam
Houston area council, will join the
millions of other scouts throughout
the nation Friday evening in re
dedication ceremonies as the Boy
Scouts of America celebrate their
42nd anniversary.
The official hour, being observed
natipnwide, il'S to 8:30 p. m. Fri
day.
Special TU Show
As a service to scouting in this
particular area, Lloyd Gregory,
who presents a KPRC-TV ^eekly
television show during this time,
has converted his television time
into a special scouting program
during which time there will be a
new film on a scout canoe trip
through the Rockies, 'an inter
view and discussion on scoutings
activities in this particular area,
and a final rededication ceremony
to be led by a Cub Scout, Boy Scout
and Explorer.
The Cub will lead in the Cub
Scout promise, the Scout will lead
the Boy Scout oath, and the Ex
plqfer will lead in the citizenship
pledge, identified with this phase
of scouting.
Junior Banquet
Tickets for the Feb. 16 junior
Prom and Banquet are now on sale
by first sergeants in all military
units, announced Joe Wallace, tick
et chairman. Non-military juniors
may secure their ducats at the of
fice of Student Activities, he add
ed.
Tickets for the banquet will be
taken off sale Saturday, Feb. 9,
and no more will be available, the
chairman emphasized. Dance tick
ets may be bought at any time
before or at the dance.
Junior Class president James
Magee asked all juniors to buy
a ticket to the dance in order to
build up the class fund and insure
a bigger and better senior ring
dance. He said purchase of dance
tickets could not be made compul
sory, but many first sergeants had
already pledged near-100 per cent
sales in their units.
In accordance with the custom
adhered to in the past, seniors
with dates are invited to the dance,
Magee said.
•Throughout National Boy Scout
Week, Feb. 6-12, there will be
number of national broadcasts hon
oring scouting, as well as several
telecasts on well known programs,
which will be seen later in this
area on KPRC-TV.
Sunday, Feb. 10, has been desig
nated as Boy Scout Sunday and all
members of the organization. Both
boys and adults will wear their
uniforms to church, and many units
have been planned by church lead
ers in many instances.
Other scout week activities in
clude window displays, parents pro
grams, blue and gold banquets,
scouting demonstrations, all being
done on a unit basis.
School Trustees Okey
$2,190 Furniture Bid
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion City Editor
A combined bid of $2,190.25 was
accepted last night by the Board
of Trustees for the A&M Con
solidated Independent School Dis
trict for furniture to equip a new
school building now being con
structed.
Contract for the furniture was
awarded to the American Desk
Company which submitted the low
est bid.
Completed March 1
The $111,000 construction pro
ject underway in the school dis
trict is expected to be completed
by March 1, L. S. Richardson,
superintendent, told the board. The
furniture will be delivered on or
before April 1.
A cafeteria and five additional
classroorrts are being constructed
at Consolidated and a shop build
ing at Lincoln School. Contractor
for the project is B. L. McGee of
Austin.
Five New Classrooms
The five additional classrooms
will alleviate the overcrowded con
ditions at A&M Consolidated until
about 1954, said Richardson. He
estimated the present enrollment
to be 800 students.
February 15 is the scheduled end
of the contractor’s work period
which is 180 days plus 12 days for
inclement weather, and shortage
of materials.
“The only penalty the company
will suffer,” Richardson said, “is
that payments will stop Feb. 15,
forcing the contractor to borrow
money to complete the job.”
Total Cost Is $111,000
Base bid for the construction
work was $64,000. Architects fees,
plumbing, and electrical expenses
boosted the total cost to $111,000.
Architects were Paul Silber and
Company of San Antonio.
The construction project was fin
anced by a $150,000 bond issue
authorized last spring by voters
in the school district.
Sealed bids for the furniture
contract were received from eight
companies, including Southwest In
dustries of Bryan, Brickley Bro
thers, Griggs Equipment Company,
aijd The American Seating Com
pany.
Breakdown of Bid
A breakdown of the combined
bid submitted by the American
Desk Company is as follows:
Bid A: 40 chair deshks for $406.
Bid B: 90 chairs for $868.50.
Bid C: six teacher chairs for
$36.30.
Bid D: five desks for $236.25.
Bid E: 12 sharpeners for $16.
(See FURNITURE BIDS, Page 4)
Advanced Studies
Open to AF Grads
Air Force ROTC graduates now
have a new educational program
open to them. In certain technical
fields the Air Force is ready to
send graduates to colleges over
the United States for advanced
degrees, Col. E. W. Napier,
PAS&T, announced.
This program comes under the
direction of the USAF Institute of
Technology and is a part of the
Air University Command, which
Aggie Debaters to Sponsor
Tournament Here Feb. 8-9
The Aggie Discussion and De
bate Club will sponsor an inter
collegiate debate tournament at
the MSC Friday and Saturday, Feb.
8-9. Entries have been received
from many Texas Colleges and
universities, according to Harrison
Hierth, club sponsor.
The competing teams will de
bate the national intercollegiate
questioh, “Resolved: That the Fed
eral Government Adopt a Perman
ent Program of Wage and Price
Controls.” Winners will be decided
on comparative won-lost records
Army Seniors
Meet Thurs.
All Army, ROTC seniors will at
tend a meeting with officers from
Fourth Army headquarters and the
Texas Military District Thursday,
said Capt. E. R. Brigham, Army
unit PIO.
At the meeting which will start
at 3:15 p. m. the officers will cov
er the physical examinations, ac
tive duty orders, determination of
quotas ( first, second or third in
crements) delay procedures and
branch transfers.
There will be an opportunity
for questions from the floor, Capt
ain Brigham commented.
for six rounds of debate and on
team ratings.
Judges for the debate have been
secured from members of the col
lege faculty and the local Kiwanis
Club. Officials of the tournament
are experiencing some difficulty in
securing time keepers and have
said that any volunteers for the
jobs would be welcome.
Schools which have entered
teams include Baylor, TU, Univer
sity of Houston, Texas A&I, Sam
Houston, Blinn Jr. College, Whar
ton Jr. College, and Allen Acad
emy.
Entries are being accepted in
either of two divisions. The Junior
division is open to sophomores and
freshmen while the Senior division
is open to all.
A&M To Enter Meet
A&M will enter five or possibly
six teams in the meet. The Aggies
hold a win in the TU Invitational
Tournament and placed three teams
in the finals in the Baylor Foren
sic Tournament, held last week in
Waco.
Registration will begin early
Friday morning with actual debate
scheduled to begin at 11 a. m.
The tournament will continue
throughout the afternoon and Sat
urday morning.
, The Aggie Discussion and De
bate Club is sponsored by the de
partment of English and the Stu
dent Activities Office. Hierth and
Lee Martin are sponsors of the
group.
Tau Beta Pi Initiates’
Certificates Available
New initiates into Tau Beta Pi
should pick up their certificates as
soon as possible according to a
school of engineering announce
ment.
The certificates may be obtained
in the Dean of Engineering’s of
fice in the Petroleum Building.
Dorm 15, 16 Discussion Leader
Eisenberg to Lead RE Talks
Immunization
Dates Listed
Cadets who will attend eith
er Air Force or Army ROTC
summer camp in 1952 will be
gin receiving immunization
injections Thursday, Feb. 12
at the college hospital.
The Air Force and Army will
designate during some class period
prior to Feb. 13 specific days
(Tuesdays or Thursdays) and spec
ific hours for reporting to the
hospital for each option in the
case of Air Force or branch in the
case of Army.
The master schedule is as fol
lows:
Feb. 12 and 14: First Typhoid
and Tetanus shots.
Feb. 19 and 2.1: Second Typhoid
and Smallpox.
Feb. 26 and Feb. 28: Third Ty
phoid and Read Smallpox.
March 4 and March 6: Second
Tetanus.
conducts college level and industrU
al training in a variety of fields in
its resident schools, civilian uni
versities and in industry.
Under this program, if chosen,
the Air Force officer has full pay
and allowances while attending
training. All tuition is paid by the
government with the officer pay
ing for books and miscellaneous
supplies.
Open To Graduates
In the announcement, Colonel
Napier, said that 1952 AFROTC
graduates are authorized to apply
for certain courses. This applies
to s p r i n g graduates only, be
stressed. January graduates may
apply for further formal training
after reporting for duty at their
first station.
Students may apply prior to en
tering active duty and those accept
ed for training, will be entered in
the particular training in an ac
credited college.
All applicants will be required,
he said, to make out a service
statement indicating they will re
main on active duty for a period
of three years following completion
of the training, unless sooner re-
leived for the concenience of the
government.
Applicants for additional train
ing who have had prior military
service will be required to sign
their “Application for Extended
Active Duty.”
Foreign Language
One of the portions of the train
ing will be in foreign language.
The course consists of intensive
language training for a period of
six to twelve months, depending
on the language. Normally a stu
dent spends 30 hours a week in
(See SERVICE PLANS, Page 4)
Old RV Members
Must State Status
All students who belonged to
the Ross Volunteer company last
year and are not active this year
will be considered as resigned from
the RV’s unless they notify Lynn
Stuart, 12-328, by Feb. 15 that they
wish to go on inactive status, an
nounced Dick Ingels, RV command
er.
Ingels said only active and in
active members of the company
will be permitted to attend the RV
spring social functions.
A&M’s livestock judging team
placed first in judging quarter
horses at the Fort Worth South
western Exposition and Fat Stock
Show, and ranked second in the en
tire collegiate livestock judging
contest.
The team, coached by Dale L.
Handlin, animal husbandry in
structor, was second only to the
team from Kansas State College.
The A&M meats judging team,
coached by Instructor John Moffit,
was high team in judging beef,
•while Oklahoma A&M took top
honors in the entire contest.
Meats Team
, Members of the meats judging
team were M. H. Pace, Jr., Pf
Gainesville, Morgan Anderson of
Hutto, Winfred L. McNair of
Robstown and J. R, Bell of Crow-
Ly. „
In placing high in quarter horse
judging, the livestock judging team
won for the college a quarter horse
filly, Blue Jane, which was a gift
of the D. B. Sprott Estate.
Sheep Judging
The team placed second in sheep
judging and fourth in swine judg
ing, while William Thomas of
Robstown was high individual in
the entire contest. Bobby Rankin
of Wills Point was second and Cecil
Davis of Uvalde was third in judg
ing horses, and Davis tied for top
honors in sheep judging.
Other members of the livestock
team were Richard Miller of Or
ange Grove, Don Tabb of Albany,
alternate, and Jack Willingham of
Hamlin, who tied for fourth place
in sheep judging.
Twelve teams took part in the
contest.
By IDE TROTTER
Battalion Staff Writer
The four subjects picked by a ma
jority of the students on a, ques
tionnaire circulated earlier this
Rev. Larry Eisenberg of the year will be discussed at the week
Methodist Student Board of Edu- night sessions,
cation in Nashville, Tenn., will
again lead a dormitory discussion Or. Denham Principal Speaker
group durins Religious Emphasis Dl . wil|iam E Denh j,.
Week, Feb. 17.22. lo] . o( lhe RiTer 0i|ks Baptist
Last year Rev. Eisenberg lived Church in Houston, will be the
in Dorm 15 during Religious Em- principal speaker for the week,
phasis Week and this year he will Classes will be dismissed each day
return to the same dormitory. He f or hj s services at 10-11 a. m. Mon
will be available to serve the stu- day and Tuesday, 11-12 on Wednes-
Chattanooga. He graduated from
Garrett Biblical Institute in Evans-
dents in Dorms 15 and 16.
Afternoon Discussion
day and Thursday, and 9 - 10 on
Friday.
Rev. Eisenberg has been a spec
ialist in Recreation for the Youth
His afternoon discussions at 4:30
in the dormitory will be on sub
jects chosen by the individual Department of the General Board
groups. The talks will be operated Education of the Methodist
on a come and go basis so that stu- Church since March oi 1045. He is
dents without much time may come a I S0 a member of the Illinois Con-
and leave as they please.
Forums will be held
ference of the Methodist Church,
in the A native Tennessean, he did his
lounges starting immediatelly after college work at Tennessee Wesley-
supper and will last till 9 p. m. an College and the University of
Rev. Larry Eisenberg
ton, Ill., and has attended both
Boston University School of The
ology and Yale University Divinity
School.
Leadership Training
His special job is in the field
of leadership training for recrea
tion in the Methodist Church. He
and his wife have made three col
lections of recreational material.
This material includes a booklet of
folk games called “And Promenade
All,” a collection of dramatic stunts
called “The End of Your Stunt
Hunt,” and a manual in general
recreation called “The Pleasure
Chest.”
Other leadership responsibilities
Rev. Eisenberg has held included
the fellowship singing and recrea
tion leadership at the Methodist
Youth Conference in Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1950; the Christian Youth
Conference at Grand Rapids, Mich.,
and the United Student Christian
Conference at Lawrence, Kansas.
Architecture Contest
Winners Are Announced
Six winners have been announc
ed in the senior architecture resi-
dental design contest, by C. K. Vet
ter, senior architecture department
instructor.
The problem was the design of
a residence for the Blue Ranch
at Rhowe, Texas. John Harrison,
owner of the ranch, awarded a total
of $400 for the top design.
First place and $150 went to
Henry Posey of Bryan. Gilbert
Sawtelle of Big Springs and Carl
\dams of Shreveport, La. tied for
second place prize of $75. Leslie
Mabrey of Beaumont won fourth
olace and $50. Fifth prize of $25
vent to Robert Wingler of Port
Arthur. Alex Monroe, sixth place
winner from San Antonio, received
$25.
A knoll at the north section of
the 900 acre ranch was selected
for the site. The building, exclud
ing outside development, totaled
3200 square feet.
Inspection Trip
An inspection trip to the ranch
was made by the class to familar-
ize each man with the locality and
to choose a site. An informal dis
cussion was held with Harrison and
his wife to acquaint the group with
the clients and their problem.
The department of architecture
encourages problems, such as this
residence. More experience and en
thusiasm are enjoyed by the class
under actual situations than in
hypothetical cases, Vetter said.
A future tnp by senior archi
tecture students will be made to
Boi ger, in preparation for the next
project which is the redesigning of
two city blocks.