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Number 94: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1952
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Religious Emphasis
Week Begins With
Reception Sunday
Religious Emphasis Week will
officially get underway Sunday at
4 p. m. with a reception to be
held at the president’s home.
Visiting religious leaders who
will Conduct RE Week activities
^on the campus will be guests of
Ikon or at the reception.
FV: Company commanders and staff
officers and commanders have been
invited to the reception. Local min
isters, some faculty members, and
the student Inter-Faith Council
will attend.
Supper With Corps
Supper Sunday with the Corps
of Cadets has been arranged for
the visiting religious leaders who
will live in the dorms during the
week. They will eat with the men
from the dorms in which they will
•stay.
Each of the dorm discussion
leaders will return to their respec
tive areas after supper where unit
CO’s will arrange for them to
meet the men with whom they will
be associated for the week.
The first morning service will be
Monday at 10. Dr. William E. Den
ham, Jr., pastor of the River
Oaks Baptist Church in Houston,
will be principal speaker for those
services.
Topics which Dr. Denham has
scheduled for the week are: “Can
You Be Happy Without Money”
for the opening session, 10 to 11
a. m. on Monday; “Is Christianity
Reasonable” on Tuesday 10-11 a.
m.; Wednesday from 11 to 12 noon,
“What Girl Will You Marry;”
“Is There a Christian Answer to
Communism?” on Thursday from
11-12 noon; and “Is Your faith
Adequate for Life Today,” the
final service at 9 a. m. on Friday.
Student discussion groups, will
meet for the first time Monday
■afternoon at 4: TO in the respective
dormitory lounges. Students pre
sent at the afternoon sessions will
be able to pick any subject in
which they are interested in for
these discussions.
Arts and Sciences
DS Cards Available
Students in the School of Arts
and Sciences who earned Distin
guished Student recognition in the
fall semester but who have not yet
come to the dean’s office to re
ceive their cards in person, are
asked to do so as soon as possible,
announced Dean J. P. Abbott.
Forums will be held immediately
after supper each night on sub
jects picked earlier in the year by
student preferences as shown on
an interest locator distributed in
the dorms.
These meetings are scheduled to
end at 8:30 p. m. but the leaders
will remain for further discussions
if any of the students desire it.
Subjects selected by the stu
dents include: “Men and Women
Relationships;” “What Should a
Student Get Out of Four Years
of College;” “Does College
Strengthen or Weaken Religious
Faith?” “What is a Successful
Life?” and “What Qualities Should
We Seek in Our Men and Women
Friends.”
The leader in each dorm will be
available for individual counsel
ing during the entire week. All stu
dents who desire this may make
arrangements for these private
meetings with .the discussion lead
er in his dorm.
President Gives
Class Schedule
For RE Week
President M. T. Harrington
has announced classes will be
suspended for one hour each
day during the Religious Em
phasis Week Services. This is
being done so that all students and
faculty members may attend.
The same program be will fol
lowed as in previous years, with a
religious meeting one hour each
morning, and special forums gnd
discussion groups in the afternoons
and evenings.
In addition to these services,
twelve religious counselors, one
for each dormitory having a
lounge, wil be on the campus to
direct student forums and discus
sions groups.
An innovation this year, two
discussions groups for faculty
members will be held on' the even
ings of Tuesday and Thursday,
respectively, at 8 p. m. in the Bio
logical Sciences Lecture room.
President Harrington said he
hopes there will be a large 'at
tendance of -the faculty members
at these meetings.
New Business Area
Planned by Realtor
Vp A business district covering 23
^acres in the Oak Terrace Addi
tion is included in plans for a mil
lion dollar housing project to be
developed by J. C. Culpepper, Col
lege Station and Bryan realtor.
Architects’ ideas for business
<• houses to be constructed in the
area include a super grocery, cafe
teria, men shop, coffee shop, clinic,
, variety shop, cleaners, drug store,
hardware, washateria, hobby shop,
gift shop, filling station, beauty
shop, and shoe repair.
At North Gate
The district will be located ad
jacent to Old Sulphur Springs
Road in North College Station.
Directly behind the business area
Culpepper plans to erect 141 fam
ily units to include 25 houses and
58 duplexes.
Culpepper estimated that one
and a quarter million dollars would
be spent for the development of
that portion of The Oak Terrace
Addition which partly lies in the
city limits of College Station.
About half of the 109 acre area is
within Bryan’s city limits.
New Drive-In
First development to begin in the
business district is an $80,000
drive-in theater being built by A.
P. Boyett, owner of the Campus
Theater. Boyett expected the drive-
in to be completed sometime in
April.
* Being constructed by Andrews-
Parker of Bryan, the drive-in trill
have two auditoriums capable of
seating about 300 people, in addi-
l tion to a car area designed th ac
comodate about 350 automobiles.
The auditoriums will be located
approximately 430 feet from the
screen in a building housing the
projection both and a concessions
stand.
“There are only two drive-ins
like this one in Texas,” said Boy
ett. He added that it w T ould be one
of the “swellest things in the
state.’
One advantage which the new
business district will have, accord
ing to Culpepper, is parking space
for around 700 cars.
Junker Sweetheart Finalists
Miss Joyce Wisakowsky
Miss Jovce Harrah
Miss Norma Morgan
Miss Connie Nelson
WiH Name Sweetheart
Juniors To Dine,
Dance Saturday
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Associate Editor
Saturday is the big night for
juniors and their dates as the
Class' of ’53 dances and dines at
the annual junior prom and ban
quet in Sbisa Hall.
The banquet at 6:30 and a prom
at 9 mark the evening’s entertain-
Miss Barbara McRae
Time Writer
Will Speak At
MSC Feb. 28
Frank McNaughton, Capital
correspondent of the Wash
ington Bureau of Time, will
speak in the MSC Assembly
Room Feb. 28 at 7:30 p. m.
McNaughton will speak on
“Washington Personalities That
Make the News.” This part of the
program is open to the public.
McNaughton, one of the out
standing correspondents in the
United States, is making a tour
of various colleges throughout the
country and meeting with the
journalism students in order to
give them a better insight into the
finer aspects of a correspondence
work. Time magazine is sponsor
ing the tour.
Long time Washington journal
ist, McNaughton joined the bureau
of Time in 1941 after a long stint
as the Capital reporter for the
United Press.
His wide and intimate know
ledge of official Washington is
shown by the 36 “cover stories”
he initiated for Time.
Two books on the President
have been written by McNaughton,
“This Man Truman” and “Harry
Truman, President.
Judges wil be picked from guests
at the dance to name a sweetheart
from the following six nominees:
• Miss Connie Nelson, Texas
University junior for San Anton
io, entered bv Joe Wallace, Corps
Staff.
• Miss Barbara McRae, a blue
eyed Houston girls, escorted by
ment for the third-year men and Robert L. Miller, D Infantry,
their dates. • Miss Joyce Wisakowsky,
+ Sweetheart-Selection , (See JUNIOR PROM, Page 4)'
Number one feature of the prom
will be naming of the Class of ’53
sweetheart from six finalists who
were selected from pictures enter
ed in a contest by juniors.
Robert E. “Prof Jackson will be
speaker at the banquet. Associate
professor of history at TSCW,
where he has taught for 30 years,
Jackson is one of the best known
humorists in the Southwest. Top
ic for his talk is “Fun, Facts and
Foolishness.’
Miss Annette Lewis
Mobile Blood Unit
Slates A&M Visits
Finalists Named
Finalists in the sweetheart con
test will be presented at the prom
during an early intermission.
R. E. “Prof” Jackson
A Red Cross Blood Mobile Unit
will make three visits to the Col
lege Station this spring, today an
nounced W. L. Penberthy, chair
man of the Brazos County Red
Pross Chapter.
The visits have been scheduled
for March 11, April 1, and May
6. Goal for each of the visits has
been set at 250 pints.
Age Limit
Individuals desiring to donate
blood must be at least 18 years of
age, said Penberthy. Persons un
der 21 and over 18 will be re
quired to have written consent
of their parents or guardians, he
added.
Forms to be filled out for par
ental permission may be obtained
from top sergenats or house mas
ters, the chairman said.
Forms Filled Oik
“These forms will serve as
pledges and donors will be sche
duled from this group. Members
of the college staff and .citizens
of College Station and vicinity
may register by calling the Dean
of Men’s Office at A&M” Pen
berthy said.
“We would like to have a mini-
Piano Duo Adds Jazz to Classics
Gearharts Are Unusual Treat
By BERT WELLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Morley and Gearhart turned to by Rachmaninoff. The mournful the jazz presentations. This num-
lighter pieces by Brahms, Offen- “Tears” and the bombastic “Pre- ber, called “Baby Boogie,” com-
bach, Ravel, and Gershwin. The 4 lude in G Minor” were the pieces bined several more nursery rhymes
Talent, beauty, and personality W altzes • by Brahms were given at selected. into a boogie number that certainly
combined last night in Guion Hall ^ same keyboard as the couple f , ,, would have failed to put a baby
to civg Town Hsll subscribers nn i j i j i j l snoitGi numbers tormed the . u *. i i i.* i. j
unusual musLl treat as Virginia Changed PlaCeS ^ lead Pai ' tS - concluding portion of the concert. ° slee P but f on ^ lete!y C / fP t ! v f ted
Morey Td L vingston clXrt France and ^ of Pai ' is An original arrangement by Gear- older brothers and sisters
money ana nivnigsiou ueannuu, : j tw niano treatment ns v. r e n. u e r>- i, a Such tunes as Jack and Jill,
duo-pianists, appeared in concert. *? cei , Ve<1 a tWa pian0 %'Ti. ru hart of the waltzes from Rlchard
the duo-pianists presented the lilt- Strauss’ “der Rosenkavalier,”
The sparkling beauty of Miss j n g “Can-Can” from “Gaiety Paris- Ri ms ky-Korsakoff’s “Flight of the
Morley and the commentary of ien”. Another dance rhythm, this Bumble Bee,” and Manauel de Fal-
Gearhart could only add to the vir- time the slower and more sensuous la > s <‘Rit ua l Rire Dance” brought
tuosity of the ) two artists. In the “Habanera”, formed the next se- enthusiastic responses from the
classic and in their popular encores lection on the program.
each showed musicianship of the . ,, , . . .
, • , , j ... American In Pans Applauded
highest order m providing an even-
ing of well-known classics and ori- George Gershwin’s tone poem,
ginal pieces in a lighted vein. “An American In Paris,” was the
last of the pre-intermission num-
Began With Bach bers. In what was probably the au-
smaller-than-usual audience.
Original Jazz Numbers
and “Mary Had A Little Lamb,”
received the two-keyboard treat
ment.
“Nola”
The perennial piano favorite,
“Nola,” was the third encore given
by the gifted pair. Following this
old stand-by, the pianists again
After having paid their respect returned to the masters for their
to the masters, the Mr. and Mrs. concluding number,
team revealed a real affection for Although linked in most Aggies
Last night’s concert began with dience’s favorite of the evening, ^ zz - ^ s , their first . encore < they minds with Lava soap and the
Bach’s setting of the 15th centuiy the clatter and bustle of the French p I e ® ented an 01 '! gina a “, ange i 1 ] en , t FBI. Prokofiev’s “March” from the
German hymn, “Jesus Joy of Man’s capital received the duo-piano the nursery rhyme, Three Blind ballet, “The Love of Three Orang-
Desiring,” The pair next present- treatment of Miss Morley and Mr. lce ‘ es,” appeared in a new' and differ
ed Camille Saint-Saens’ “Varia- Gearhart. A n original composition b y ent form in its tw T o piano arrange-
tions on a Theme of Beethoven.” Following an intermission, the Gearhart was their response to ment as played by Morley and
From the more serious w'orks, pair returned to play tw r o numbers the acclaim accorded the first of Gearhart.
mum of 1,000 pledges from w'hich
to draw donors for the three visits
as it will require the scheduling
of about 300 donors per visit in
order to draw 250 pints,” he added.
Visited in November
With headquarters in Beaumont,
the mobile blood unit first came
to A&M Nov. 13 at which time
66 student donors gave blood for
men fighting in Korea. The Red
Cross company of nurses return
ed Nov. 27 and 107 volunteers don
ated blood.
Defense blood centers have been
established at various spots in
the United States.
Camp Canceled
For AF Seniors;
Juniors to Go
By BILL STREICII
Battalion Managing Editor
Air Force ROTC cadets who will graduate before April
30, 1953 will be commissioned upon graduation without at
tending summer camp, Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T, announc
ed Thursday. The announcement was made at a meeting of
Air Force seniors.
A directive from Headquarters, 14th Air Force, said all
graduating Air Force seniors would be commissioned with
out Summer Camp attendance; however, Air Force juniors
and Cadets who will be graduated after April 30, 1953 will
be required to attend the camp this summer, Colonel Napier
said. • 4>- dlli mm
Originally the Air Force had planned to send to camp
all seniors and as many juniors as possible up to a total of
13,000, Colonel Napier added. The change was made because
“♦'of the expanded Air Force train
ing program which is rapidly fill
ing all existing Air Force training
facilities.
Last summer the Air Force post
poned camp for juniors who would
have normally taken the training
at that time because, of crowded .
conditions at existing Air Force
training bases. At that time, Col
onel Napier explained, the Air
Force announced these cadets
■would be sent to camp following
graduation this year.
Eliminate Training
“Because the camp W'as not held
last year, the Air Force has de
cided to eliminate the six weeks
summer training for seniors and
commission them upon gradua
tion,” he said.
He added, “The elimination of
camp for seniors wil enable the
Air Force to straighten out
crowded conditions at bases and
put the normal camp program back
into operation next summer.”
This means present Air Fores
seniors will be the only group of
advanced AF cadets who will be
commissioned without attendance
at a six week camp.
Air Force juniors will be requir
ed to attend the camp this summer.
Tentative plans set up by Ail-
Force officials have specified that
two camps will be held.
These camps are scheduled at
Lackland AFB, San Antonio, and
Sampson AFB, NY. If facilities
at these bases are overcrowded a
third camp may be held somewhere
on the West coast, the Air Force
indicated.
Offices Moved
To Ad Building
By Next Week
The new College Adminis
tration Building will have all
its tenants moved in and will
be completely ready for busi
ness by the middle of next
week.
The registrar’s office will be
the last to move from its old quar
ters in what is now the System
Administration Building. They will
move Monday, Tuesday, and Wed
nesday.
“We will be open during the
moving, after a fashion,” said R. C.
Perryman, of the registrar’s of
fice. “For a while, part of our
equipment and records will be in
the new building and part in the
old, but we will do the best we
can.”
Little At a Time
All the material that goes to
make up the registrar’s office
will be moved a little at a time
during the three days. The office
has records and class cards dating
back 35 years, and some records
go as far back as the beginning of
the school, in 1876.
The Fiscal ' Office is in the
midst of moving now. They start
ed yesterday and will be finished
by Monday. They, too, will be open
for .business during the process
of moving.
(See BUILDING, Page 4)
Cafe Rue Pinalle
Will Open Tonight
“Fun in the French Manner” will
be the theme tonight when Cafe
Rue Pinalle stages it grand open
ing in the bowling area of the
MSC at 8:30.
For the past few weeks MSC
Dance Committeemen have been
working on this version of a
French night club which will pro
vide fun for couples at a minimum
of cost.
Floor Show
First night activities will in
clude tap dancers and singers in
the floor show, plus the Pinalle
Sextet—a small combo of local
talent which will supply the dance
music. Tom Cooper will be featured
on the piano, with Bob Williams
and Bob Alderdice on the saxo
phones, Dave Richardson at clar
inet, Doug Krueger handling the
base, and Jim Thomas pounding
the drums.
Among the features of the Rue
Pinalle will be large murals of
French night life which have been
painted by members of the MSC
advertising committee. There will
Rev. Herring to Lead
Baptist Vesper Service
The Rev. Robert L. Herring will
give the devotional at the Baptist
Student Union’s vesper services to
night at 7:30.
The Singing Cadets Quartet will
also present several numbers.
Arrangements have been made
to excuse from CQ all freshmen
who would like to attend.
be waiters on hand to take orders
for soft drinks and sandwiches
which will be listed on the menus
in French.
Room For 150
Admission will be 50 cents per
is available, and the management
of the Rue Pinalle says this is for
person. Space for only 150 persons
couples is available.
Reservations for tables in the
cafe can be obtained by contact
ing Miss Betty Bolander, MSC
Program Consultant, in her office
or by calling her at 4-5124 before
5 p. m. Friday.
New Draft Test
Given April 24
The Selective Service College
Qualification Test will be given
here April 24. Exact place has
not been announced by the local
draft board.
Men eligible to take the test may
obtain an application and a bulle
tin of information from the local
Selective Service Board. Applica
tions should be filled out immed
iately and mailed in the special
envelope provided, postmarked not
later than March 10. Early filing
will be greatly to the student’s
advantage, according to the Se
lective Service National Headquar
ters.
Results will be reported to the
student’s Selective Service local
board of jurisdiction for use in con
sidering his deferment as a stu
dent, announced the Educational
Testing Service, which prepares
and administers the College Qual
ification Test.
Corps Sergeant-Major
Will Be Named Mondav
A sergeant-major for the corps arrive at a decision by Monday,
of cadets will be announced by
Monday, cadet colonel of the corps
Eric Carlson indicated today.
The selection will determine the
top junior cadet in A&M’s corps.
Announcement of the selection
will come after months of consul
tation between Carlson, top corps
officers, and members of the Mili
tary Department.
Panel Interviews Juniors
A special panel composed of
ranking corps officers and repre
sentatives from offices of the Com-
modant, PMS&T, and PAS&T, in
terviewed juniors recommended for
the position yesterday.
Carlson said the panel should
if not sooner.
Much Speculation
A great deal of speculation by
students in the corps has preceed-
ed the panel’s final actions, al
though no word of the likely recip
ient of the office has been indi
cated by any member of the panel.
In the past, A&M’s sergeant-
major has usually moved into the
position of cadet colonel of the
corps in his senior’ year.
The panel, headed by Lt. Col.
Taylor Wilkins, assistant com
mandant, was in session all after
noon yesterday and will probably
meet again today to make their
final selection.