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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1952)
^SS'N FORMEIUSTUDENTS 4 copies f ,6 • College Station’s Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By Students of Texas A&M For 74 Years Number 91: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1952 Price Five Cents C of C Membership Campaign To Last Until End of Month Visit Boy's Ranch The College Station Develop ment Association and Chamber of Commerce membership drive sche duled to end Feb. 15 bas been ex tended through Feb. 29. The drive began Feb. 1. At a director’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon in the College Station State Bank, Marion Pugh, presi dent, asked the group to extend the drive in order to contact more people. The directors endorsed a project presented by D. D. Burchard, head of the department of journalism, to study advertising habits among businessmen in the College Sta- tion-Bryan area. Three senior Mayor, Council Posts Filing Closes March 1 Filing deadline for elec tive city positions for 1952 is ‘March 1, City Manager Ray mond Rogers announced to day. The election will be held the first Tuesday in April. Councilmen whose two year terms expire April 1 are A. P. Boyette, Ward III; R. B. “Bob” Halpin,. Ward II; and Joe Orr, Ward I. Mayor Ernest Langford’s term also expires April 1. Filing for elective positions must be done at least 30 days before the election date, Rogers said. To date no one has filed for a posi tion. Regular meeting of the council Monday night was postponed be- tause a quorum of councilmen loUld not be present. The group Pill meet again March 19. journalism students will undertak the study. Burchard asked the Chamber o Commerce to approve the project on the grounds that it would give the study more significance. Cop ies of the group’s findings will be mailed to every member of the Chamber of Commerce, the depart ment head said". C of C To Bid For Meet The Chamber of Commerce ap proved a program' outlined by Hershel Burgess, a member of the Board of Directors for the East Texas Chamber of Commerce, to bring the ETCC annual convention to College Station in 1953. Approval of Burgess’s request involves the taking of a delegation to Lufkin April 18-19, the loca tion of the 1952 ETCC convention, to bid for the meeting here. If the bid is accepted, it will bring from 150-200 people into the com munity for several days, Burgess pointed out. House-to-house mail delivery will begin as soon as Dr. T. O. Walton, College Station post mas ter, receives word from the federal office in Washington, D. C., Pugh reported at the meeting. Committee to Select Duchess Other action taken by the di rectors included the authorization of Pugh to appoint a committee to select a duchess for the Cotton Pageant. Members of the board of direct ors attending the meeting, were Dr. C. C. French, Mrs. H. C. Bur gess, Mrs. C. D. Godbey, Pugh, K. A. Manning, L. B. Longley, Dr. F. C. Bolton, John Pruitt, Dr. T. M. Harrington, J. B. Baty, R. L. Hunt, Les Richardson, and C. W. Price. Others attending the meeting were Burchard, N. M. McGinnis, and H. E. Burgess. Heavy Fighting Opens On Korean Battle Line Preparing to take off from Easterwood Airport in a Phillips Petroleum Company plane are these members of the fifth year architecture class who visited Boys Ranch, near Amarillo last weekend. The group made the trip to secure information for designing class rooms, housing units, admin istrative offices, and other buildings for the Ranch. Actual construction will be done by boys- at the ranch. Designing the buildings for Boys Ranch will be a semester project for the grad uating architects. Architects Start Second Phase of Boy’s Ranch Plan A&M architects have started on the second phase of designing the twenty year building plan of Boys Ranch. Nineteen of the fifth year students made a trip by air to the ranch during the latter part of last week and returned Friday. In 1950 the department of ar chitecture, at the request of Gal Farley, founder of Boy’s Ranch, made a trip to the ranch to plan a building program for the ranch. Religious Emphasis Speakers Will Include Chunn, Speck Former A&M Baptist Student Secretary. Prentis W. Chunn, Jr., and H. E. Speck, dean of men at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, will be dormitory lounge group discussion leaders during Religious Emphasis Week Feb. 17 to 22. The Reverend Chunn will live in Puryear Hall and lead forums and discussion groups for students in Puryear, Law’, and Mitchell Halls. Dean Speck will serve Dorms 6 and 8. He will live in BFwm 6 and hold group sessions in \ jounge. Afternoon discussions in all lounges will start at 4:30 and last till 6. Evening forums will begin * White Will Speak To Architect Wives * Robert F. White of the floricul ture and landscape architecture department will address the Arch itect Wives Society Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. in the south solarium of the YMCA. All wives of new students and faculty members in the architec tural department are invited to come, said Mrs. ' Millie Heltzel, president. immediately after supper and last till 9 p. m. Morning services will be held from 10 to 11 on Monday, and Tuesday, from 11 to 12 on Wednes day and Thursday, and .the final service will be Friday at 9. Dr. William E. Denham, Jr., pas tor of the River Oaks Baptist Church in Houston, will be the principal speaker for these campus wide services. Prentis W. Chunn, Jr. Ladies Get Spotlight At Lions Club Meeting Ladies of the Lions Club got the spotlight Monday as the local or ganization held its first Ladies Night program of the year in the MSC Assembly Room. Regulation clothes for the even ing were classified “way back when.” Prize winners for costumes were Lucian Morgan and Mrs. Warren *LeBourveau. Morgan wore a de- crepid old shirt with pants sus pended by a rope. Mrs. LeBour- veau was attired in a casual one Apiece dress made from a feed sack. Menu for the banquet, which proceeded the program, consisted of beans, spinach with boiled eggs, slaw, and corn bread. Dr. A1 Price, president, present ed Dr. W. E. Paulson, charter member of the club, a 25 year cheveron award from Lions Inter national. Paulson had been in Lions Clubs at Lufkin and Bryan before the College Station group was organized. Featured on the program was a barber shop quartet directed by Herb Thompson. Lions W. A. Bon- ey, Lt. Col. John Roddy, Lucian Morgan, and C. G. Haas made up the quartet. Other “stunts” directed by Tail Twisters Lt. Col. Alex Currie and Thompson were also included on the program. Square dancing ended the enter tainment for the evening. The Reverend Chunn, who is As sociate Secretary, Department of Student Work, Baptist General Convention of Texas, was Secre tary of the Baptist Student Union here for three years. Attended Baylor A graduate of Corsicana High School, he went to Baylor Uni versity where he received a double degree in speech and Bible. During World War II, the Rev erend Chunn served as a Chaplain at Fort Hood, in the Philippine Islands and Tokyo, Japan. In his present position he spec ializes in organization and promo tion of Baptist Student Unions in junior colleges of the state. Dean Speck, another discussion leader, is a 1908 graduate of Sam Houston Normal which has since become Sam Houston State Teach ers College. He received his BA Degree from the University of Texas in 1913 and his MA Degree from benver University in 1920. After graduated from Texas he went to Abilene Christian College where he became dean the follow ing year. He held that position for top years before accepting his present position at Southwest Tex as State Teachers College. Dean Speck has had co experience, in young peon ing programs in chu che of the larger cities of tb Boys on the ranch are doing all of the building, with the assistance of a few paid foremen, John Row lett, professor of architecture said. First Unit Completed On this second visit to the ranch the Aggies saw the first building, a housing unit,, in the final phases of construction. The original plans call for several housing units, class buildings, farm buildings and an administration building. Construc tion is expected to extend over twenty years. “The boys were enthusiastic about the whole project,” Rowlett said after he returned from the visit. “It’s something you have to- see, to understand the scope and magni tude of it,” he said. Members of the board of direc tors of the ranch have agreed to follow the plans for the building as closely as possible. Film Society Show At T Tonight “Stanley and Livingston”, the first presentation of the A&M Film Society, will be shown at 7:30 to night in the YMCA Chapel. Spencer Tracy takes the part of Stanley, the New York Herald re porter who succeeds in finding Dr. Livingston, lost in Africa. The ef fect of Livingston’s missionary work inspired the young reporter to carry on where Livingston left off. This picture is the first of a ser ies of eight that will be shown this semester. Membership cards, which entitle the holder to see the movies, may be purchased from the office of Student Activities for $1. The 19 students and three in structors,.who made the trip, went aboard planes furnished by Phillips Oil Company and the Shamrock Oil Company. Instructors making the tw o .day trip were Rowlett, G. K. Vetter, and T. R. Holleman. The students ate Thursday din ner with the boys at the ranch dining hall and were carried on a tour of the ranch following the meal. (See ARCHITECTS, Page 4) Seoul, Korea, Feb. 12 — CPI — United Nations soldiers today kill ed 9(5 Reds and wounded 130 in a fight near the Mundung Valley on the eastern Korean war front— the heaviest single action in weeks. Elements of a group of 420 Com munists struck Allied positions near the valley in two places three minutes apart. In less than an hour the Allies had driven back both attacks. 150 Reds Attack A group of 150 Reds made the first attack. A band of 60 made the second. Part of the total 226 enemy casualties was from the balance of the Reds’ original 420 men, observed earlier, approaching down the Mundung Valley from the north. The valley is just west of Heart break Ridge, a craggy range of mountains captured by American troops in a month-long fight last fall. West of the valley are other tall, snow-covered mountains. Enemy troops east of the valley are North Koreans. Chinese Reds hold the area to the west. Koreans or Chinese? An Eighth Army communique gave no indication whether the at tacks were by North Koreans or Chinese. Allied casualties were not an nounced. The officer described Monday’s ground fighting this way: “There were some probing ac tions, with the enemy coming to ward U.N. positions, advancing and firing at some scattered points along the front, and withdrawing before close contact could be es tablished.” Fifth Air .Force warplanes flew 585 missions Monday. Pilots said they cut rails in 87 places and de stroyed 56 supply buildings, one road bridge, 20 box cars, two loco motives, eight warehouses, 50 trucks and one gun position. Bad Flying Weather Bad flying weather limited Mon day night’s air action. B-29 super- foi'ts hit the Sunchon rail bridge in northwest Korea and B-26 light bombers attacked Communist road traffic. Pilots reported 15 trucks destroyed. Marine planes bombed troop cen ters, rail lines, roadways and Communist-occupied buildings. U.N. warships were active along both coasts. Filing Now Open For Senate Seats Applications are now being ac cepted in the Student Activities Office, second floor of Goodwin Hall, for dorm senator for dorms 7, 8, 16, and Puryear, announced Bob Layton, election committee chairman. Deadline for turning in applica tions will be Monday, Feb. 18. The election will be Thursday, Feb. 21. The election is to fill the vacan cies created by changes in the corps housing. Cafe Rue Pinalle Opens Here Friday By BERT WELLER Battalion Staff Writer Voulez-vous dancer? Voulez- vous observer la neut vie de France ? In plain English, “Would you like to dance?” “Would you like to see French night life?” Cafe Rue Pinalle is the answer to both of your problems. Beginning at 8:30 Friday night, the MSC will sponsor an authentic reproduction of a French night club in the games area. Besides dancing and just talking around Jackson to Speak At Junior Banquet Members of the Junior Class and their dates will hear Robert E. “Prof” Jackson as speaker at their class banquet prior to the Junior Prom Saturday night in Sbisa Hall. One of the best known humor ists in the Southwest, “Prof” Jackson will speak on “Fun, Facts and Foolishness.” * Frequent Lecturer A frequent lecturer throughout Texas and neighboring states, Jackson’s "success as a toastmaster, main speaker, and commentator began early in his teaching career. “He doesn’t talk on education, but his talk is an education in it self” is typical of the comments made by those who have heard him speak. A Rotarian, “Prof” Jackson speaks on a wide range of sub jects. His talks cover many fields including affairs of the home, state, nation and the world. Jackson was born on a farm in Hood County and received his early education in Texas. He took his B. S. degree at George Peabody College for Teachers and his ad vanced degree at the University of Chicago. He also attended Col umbia and New York Universities. Associate History Professor “Prof” is an associate professor of government at TSCW where he has taught for 30 years. Before that he was principal of Denton High School where he taught his tory. Notables who have introduced Jackson include Del Sharbutt, NBC and CBS announcer, who liked him so much when he spoke once in Fort Worth that he in vited Jackson to California to make a speech. Harry Bonzell, radio announcer and Charley Thomas, late speaker of the House of Representatives, have both also introduced Jackson. MSC Council OK’s Spending For Rue Pinalle A spending of $887 out of the revolving fund was ap proved by the MSC Council last night for use by the Cafe Rue Finalle. The project, sponsored by the dance committee, is expected to be a “breakeven” proposition. At a meeting of the council at the end of the past semester, they received approval to start spending $6,000 in a permanent revolving fund. This fund is not to be en larged by extra appropriations by the MSC Board. Money spent out of the fund is expected to be replaced by the activity using the money. The first allotment of money out of the revolving fund was an expenditure of $237 by the dance committee for dance lessons. Of this original amount, $230 has been collected (See MSC PLANS, Page 2) candle-lit tables, Cafe Rue Pin- tile will feature two floor shows nightly. The French menus may pose some problems in ordering, but sandwiches, popcorn, and cold drinks will be served. Attempts have been made to secure a small combo to provide music. Cafe Rue Pinalle will become a regular part of the Friday night activities at the MSC. At the pre sent time only students with dates and a limited number of stags will be admitted. Tickets are available at 50 cents per person. Reservations Available Reservations for this Friday night should be made with Mrs. Elaine Lester in the bowling area or with Miss Betty Bolander in the Directorate office of the MSC. Tables may be reserved by phone but tickets should be picked up before Friday night. An interesting and unusual floorshow is planned for each night at Cafe Rue Pinalle. Entertain ment will begin at 9:30 and 11, with closing time set for midnight. Special Lights Due to the extensive prepara tions necessary in the opening of Cafe Rue Pinalle, the table tennis area will not be open from Thurs day night on. Backgrounds show ing French night life will be erect ed around the walls of the games area. The atmosphere of the cafe will be as authenticly French as possi ble. People who have visited the Parisian night clubs have been en listed as technical advisers to help make this possible. Every effort is being made by the members of the MSC Dance Committee to in sure a different, yet interesting evening’s entertainment for all, said Miss Bolander. Noted Painter Talks At MSC Tomorrow Ramon Fro m a n, prominent painter of Dallas and Chicago, will present a one-man show and demonstration lecture in the MSC Assembly Room Wednesday even ing at 7:30. This exhibition and demonstra- Activity Groups Sponsor Open House MSC Round-Up at 7:30 in Ballroom H. E. Speck The hobby clubs and committee activity groups of the MSC go on display tonight at 7:30 as they hold open house for A&M students : n the MSC Ballroom. , Dubbed the Second Annual MSC Round-Up, the affair will feature talks and displays on MSC activ ities. It is strictly informal. While students sip coffee and munch cookies served by the House Committee, chairmen of the com mittees and clubs will give a brief talk on workings of their group. Booths Set Up Each of the Student CenteP sponsored organizations will have a booth decorated to show just what the committee or club does. "Visiting students will have an op portunity to sign up for that group if he wishes, “But this doesn’t mean you hare to join something if you attend,” MSC Council presi dent Dan Davis explained. “We want you to come over and find out what students do in MSC activities whether you want to join one or not,” Davis said. Interests ranging from art to radio are represented in the eleven MSC groups sponsoring the Round-Up tonight. House Committee The House Committee, which will serve free coffee and cookies, sponsors such activities as depart mental student-prof coffees, deco rating the building on special oc casions and other such functions. Along the same social entertain ment line, the MSC Dance CoiUr mittee sponsors the MSC dancing classes, the forthcoming “Rue Pin alle,” and other dance activities. Related to these two is the Music Committee which selects records for use in the Center, op erates the Record Room and record collection, and sponsors musical en tertainment. Browsing Library For the student interested in books, the Browsing Library Com mittee offers an opportunity to help select books and determine policies for the Browsing Library. Among hobby groups, the Crafts Committee is one of the most pop ular. Students joining this Com mittee have access to the complete ly outfitted MSC Crafts Shop for doing leather and metal works, ceramics and other handicraft. If you are interested in art, particularly in learning to appre ciate fine art, the Art Gallery Com mittee sponsors art classes and lecturers for students. This group is also responsible for the numer ous exhibits of paintings displayed in the Center. For camera enthusiasts the MSC Camera Club operates for its members the modern darkroom facilities found on the MSC third floor. The club holds regular meet ings twice monthly and sponsors exhibits and lectures for benefit of students. Bowling comes in for its share of attention in the MSC Bonding Club. Sponsored by the club is the Aggie Bowling Team which gives top student bowlers an op portunity to compete with bowlers from other Texas colleges. Students interested in other games may be interested in the Bridge Club, Chess Club, or Table Tennis Club, which compose the Games Committee. These groups meet regularly for individual stu dent play and also compete with players from other colleges. Amateur radio enthusiasts on (See MSC ROUND-UP, Page 4) tion is one of our most important of the season, Charles Stiefel, MSC Art Gallery Committee chair man, said this morning in making the announcement. From his audience Froman will select a model for portrait paint ing. While doing a portrait of the subject, the artist will present an informal discussion of painting, ac cording to Mrs. Ralph Terry, ad visor and instructor for the Art Committee. Born in Texas, Froman moved to Illinois at an early age and com pleted most of his study in that state. After art study at Bradley University and the University of Illinois, Froman did further work at the American Academy of Art. “He has won many portraiture “firsts” in the east and in Texas,” Mrs. Terry said. Anyone interested in seeing Fro- man’s work and demonstration has been extended a cordial invitation to attend the meeting by the Art Gallery Committee. Ag Experimenters Get $11,000 Grant-in-Aid A grant-in-aid of $11,009 from the Rio Grande Valley Farm Bu reau Federation has been received by the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Statiion to further its re search work with cotton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.