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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 95: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1952 Price Five Cents Housing Project Begins Another step toward the de velopment of the millon dol lar Oak Terrace Addition was taken today when Parker-An- t drews Construction Company of Bryan began work on water and sewerage lines in the area. Total cost for laying water and t sewerage lines over the entire sub- %jsion in College Station to City JpjTter and sewerage line will be $2I;460.85, said J. C. Culpepper, developer. According to a verbal agreement between Culpepper and the city council, the developer will go ahead with plans to extend utilities, with exception of electricity, to the area, said Raymond Rogers, city man ager. The City will reimburse Cul pepper at a later date, Rogers added. A hundred and forty-one hous ing units for Bryan Air Field per sonnel are scheduled to be built in the College Station portion of Oak Terrace by July 1. The hous ing consists of 25 single family houses and 58 duplexes. Oak Terrace covers 109 acres- t half in Bryan and half in North College Station. Principal Speaker . Oil Companies To Give Three Scholarships Three scholarships in pe troleum engineering will be given this month, according to Harold Vance, head of the petroleum engineering depart ment. The Magnolia Petroleum Com pany will give a $750 scholarship and the Standard Oil Company of Texas plans to present two schol arships worth $500 each. These three scholarships are out right cash awards and will repre sent no obligations on the part of the students who are selected to receive them, Vance said. Purpose of the scholarships is to encourage, assist and recognize an A&M petroleum student. The staff of the department and the donating companies will select the winning students, Vance added. In selecting the winning students jonsideration will be given to each (andidate’s scholastic record, evi dence of leadership, character and Eincerity of purpose. The recip ients must be a senior petroleum engineer who has completed the first semester of the regular sen ior petroleum engineering courses, Vance said. Dr. W. E. Denham, Jr. ‘Satisfy Wants to be Happy’, Dr. Denham Tells Audience ‘A// Should Take Advantage Of RE Week - Harrington We come again to our Religious p Emphasis Week, one of the most f meaningful weeks of the school ji year. We all need to revitalize our f religious thinking, and we are most j fortunate in having a group of | outstanding ministers and lay- i leaders on our campus for several j days to help us focus our think- j ing on spiritual matters. We need to give time from our busy lives to think of God, to read and listen to His word and to real ize that without His power in our lives we are worthless. We so greatly need Him—every hour of every day. I hope each student, faculty and staff member will take advantage of the services and discussion groups which have been planned for this week. 0. JJa ring ton Outstanding Counselers Religious Leaders to Discuss Topics The 1952 Religious Emphasis Week activities were launched Sunday afternoon with a reception in the home of President and Mrs. M. T. Harrington. The reception was in honor of Dr. W. E. Denham, Jr., principal speaker for the week’s program and the 12 reli gious leaders from all over the United States who will serve as dormitory guidance counselors. During their week’s stay at A&M the religious leaders will be housed in college dormitories and lead group discussions in topics chosen by students in a poll taken earlier in the school year. Rabbi Jacobson Serving as counselor for Dorms 5 and 7 will be Rabbi David Jacob son of Temple Beth-El, San Anton io. Rabbi Jacobson will live in Dorm 5. The San Antonio religious lead er will be available for counsel ing at any time during his stay on the campus. Rabbi Jacobson is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, and received his AB degree in 1931. He was awarded his PhD from St. Catherine’s Col lege of the University of Cam bridge, England, 1936. In 1934 he was ordained as rabbi by the He brew Union College. A widely known young people’s counselor will serve as discussion leader for Dorms 6 and 8 during the week’s activities. Dean H. E. Speck has been active in youth work in churches in Dallas, Hous ton, Fort Worth, Lubbock, San Antonio, Memphis and Nashville. He is dean of men at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, San Marcos. The Rev. Herbert L. Polinard, pastor of the Main Street Christ ian Church, Waxahachie, will be in charge of discussions in Leggett and Milner halls. He was assist ant to the Chaplain during the occupation of France and Germany in the second World War. The Rev. Polinard is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Rotary International. In 1942 and 1943 he was listed in “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Univer sities.” He will live in Leggett Hall during the week long program. Dr. George W. Forell, educa tional secretary of the National Lutheran Council of Chicago, will lead discussions in Dorms 9 and 11. He was born in Breslau, Germany and studied there and at the Uni versity of Vienna, Austria. When the Germans took over Austria in 1938, Dr. Forell’s fath Girls, Music, Banquet Make Junior Prom Big Night Members of the Junior Class and their dates converged on Sbisa Hall Saturday night for an even ing of fun and delightful dancing which made the annual Junior Prom an event long to be remem bered. Highlight of the evening was the presentation of the six candidates for sweetheart of the dance. Texas University junior, Miss Connie Nelson, was chosen by the judges as class sweetheart. She was escorted by Joe Wallace. Other sweetheart finalists were Natatorium Open Three Times Week P. L. Downs Natatorium will be open 8 to 10 p. m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights, starting Feb. 18, Carl Tishler, head of the Physical Education De partment, announced. The pool will be open to students, their wives and children, faculty and their families, and residents of College Station. Students will be admitted free upon presentatiion of ID and Stu dent Activities card. Admission for non-students is: children, 12 years of age and under, 9 cents; adults, 13 years of age and over, 14 cents. Bathing suits and caps will be required. Caps may be purchased at the pool. Miss Joyce Wisakowsky, another TU coed who was escorted by Jim Moore; Miss Joyce Harrah, soph omore at SMU escorted by Char les Beagle; Miss Annette Lewis of Sam Houston State Teachers College escorted by Lee Phillips. Miss Norma Morgan, senior at San Jacinto High School in Hous ton, escorted by Charles Roper and Miss Barbara McRae of Hous ton escorted by Robert L. Miller. Gifts and Kiss Following the selection, Miss Nelson was presented a gift by James McGee, class president who also bestowed the traditional kiss. All finalists received heart shaped pins, engraved “Sweetheart Final ist ’53.” Prior to the dance, which began at 9 p. m., juniors and their dates attended the Junior Banquet held in the Sbisa Hall banquet room. Featured speaker for the affair was R. E. “Prof” Jackson, asso ciate professor of history at TSCW. Jackson delighted the large crowd with a humorous discussion of “Fun, Facts, and Foolishness.” Highly Regarded The banquet speaker is highly regarded throughout Texas and neighboring states as an after din ner speaker, toast master, and commentator. Many of the juniors’ dates be gan arriving on the campus Fri day afternoon and night. In pre paration for Saturday night’s prom, couples treked to the MSC to attend the opening session of Cafe Rue Pinalle, French night club attraction which is scheduled to be held each Friday night throughout the semester. Music for the prom was provid ed by Bill Turner and the Aggie land Orchestra. New Picture Of Navy Plane Is Released Bethpace, N.Y., Feb. 18 — LT*)—The navy has released a photograph of the new Grum man Cougar jet fighter which it describes as “much faster” than the Panther jet now being used by Navy and Marine fliers in Korea. The photograph was released yesterday with an announcement saying the Cougar is being pro duced in quantity here by the G r u m a n n Aircraft Engineering Corp. Officially the F9F-6, the Cougar was pictured as a swept-wing suc cessor to the F9F-5 Panther. Like the Panther, the announce ment simply said, the Cougar is “rated in the over 600 miles per hour class.” But their exact speeds have not been disclosed. er and his family were forced to flee. Eventually, in 1939, he reach ed the United States and began studying at the Lutheran Theolo gical Seminary in Philadelphia. He received his BD degree in 1942. Dr. Forell is the author of “The Reality of the Church as the Com munion of Saints,” explaining Luther’s doctrine of the church. He is a member of the American Philosophical ^ociety, the Ameri can Society of Church History and is secretary-treasurer of the Am erican Society for Reformation Research. During his stay, Dr. Forell will live in Dorm 9. Dorm 14, 17 Counselor A graduate of the University of California, the Rev. Penrose W. Hirst, will serve as counselor and discussion leader for Dorms 14 and 7. He will live in Dorm 14. The Rev. Hirst is pastor of St. Timothy’s Church in Houston. Dur ing World War II he was civilian chaplain for a college Air Corps training detachment and also chap lain of the Second Regiment, OSG. He is recognized as one of the outstanding religious leaders for college students. Return Counselor A return counselor for this year’s religious activities is the Rev. Prentis W. Chunn, Jr. of the Department of Student Works, Dallas. He will lead forums for Puryear, Law, and Mitchell Halls and will live in Puryear. The Rev. Chunn received his BD degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. During the war he was an Army chaplain, serving at Camp Hood, the Philippines, and Tokyo, Japan. His previous religious activities include the directorship of Bap tist student work here at A&M. Record Author Author of a series of nine rec ords for folk games entitled The World of Fun Series,” the Rev. Larry Eisenberg of the Methodist Student Board of Education, Nash ville, Tenn., will lead discussions in Dorms 15 and 16. He will live in Dorm 15. The Rev. Eisenberg is a native Tennessean and a member of the Illinois Conference of the Metho dist Church. He has been a spec ialist in receration for the Youth Department, Division of the Lo- Game Party Set By Newcomers A game party for husbands is scheduled by the Newcomers Club Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the South Solarium of the YMCA. Members are urged to contact Mrs. James W. Griffith, 3-2418; Mrs. Rex Johnston, 6-1351; or Mrs. John Page, 4-4108, Mrs. Griffith, hostess chairman, said. No charge will be made and re freshments will be served, she added. cal Church, General Board of Ed ucation of the Methodist Church since March, 1946. SMU Vice President Southern Methodist University’s vice president, Willis M. Tate, will lead Religious Emphasis Week dis cussions in Hart Hall. Besides being recognized as an outstanding religious figure, he was a member of the 1931 SMU football team which won the Southwest Conference champion ship. He was awarded the title “Out standing Young Man of the Year” in San Antonio in 1942. The award was made by the San Antonio Junior Chamber of Commerce. In 1943 he moved to Houston where he became assistant to the pastor of the First Methodist Church there. He became assistant dean of students at SMU in September, 1945, and was appointed dean of students on July 1, 1948. He was recently made executive vice-pres ident of the Dallas university. Col. Eugene J. Greabner, chap lain of the Fourteenth Air Force, will live in Dorm 2 and serve as counselor for Dorms 2 and 4 dur ing the week’s discussions. Supervisor of Chaplains He is supervisor of the Four teenth Air Force’s chaplain pro gram and is concerned with the training of Air Force reserve chap lains who are residents of 12 states in the south. He is holder of the American Defense Medal, European Theater Medal with four campaign stars, (See NOTED SPEAKERS, Page 2) Swim Course In Instructing Starts Tuesday For the first time in four years, due to a recent change in college eligibility rules, a swimming instructors course is being offered by the physi cal education department under the direction of Coach Art Adamson. According to Adamson, this should be a big step forward in swimming instruction. Prior to this time the best college swim mers were unable to teach physi cal education classes without being declared ineligible for their college swimming teams and all other ath letics. Under the new ruling members of the college swimming teams may teach such classes and re ceive pay. They will still be eligible to com pete in college athletics. A total of 14, a majority of them on the varsity swimming team, are en rolled in the instructors course. The class is scheduled to meet on Tuesday nights from 8 to 10 p. m. By IDE TROTTER Battalion Staff Writer “To attain happiness man must properly satisfy his four fundamental drives,” explained Dr. William E. Denham Jr., pastor of the River Oaks Baptist Church of Houston in the first RE Week morning service today. “Better is the little the righteous hath than the abun dance of many wicked,” quoted Dr. Denham from the Psalms to further illustrate the secondary position of money in the overall happiness of the well adjusted Christian. “The man who handles these four drives for life, ad venture companionship, and God correctly is the happy man,” continued Dr. Denham. Dr. Denham illustrated the right and wrong satisfaction of the desire to stay alive by- saying, “Unless a person has the right purpose for living, the desire is wrong, Life can pro duce heroism or cowardice.” “Failure to handle these drives properly will lead to sin while righteousness is the result of their correct attainment,” Dr. Denham emphasized. Dr. Denham will hold services in Guion Hall each morn- inng for the rest of the week. Tomorrow from 10 to 11 a. m. his topic will be “Is Christianity Reasonable?” The hour for the morning services will change to 11-12 a. m. on Wednesday and Thursday. “What Girl Will You Marry?” and “Is There a Christian fAnswer to Communism?” will be Dr. Denham’s subjects on these days. The final service of the 1952 Religious Emphasis Week, will be at 9 a. m. Friday. Dr. Denham will conclude the week’s activities by posing the question “Is Your Faith Adequate for Life Today?” Life Acceptable to God “The morning services are an attempt to show the men here how to make life significant and ac ceptable to God,” Dr. Denham re vealed. Coupled with the all-college pro grams in the mornings will be individual dormitory discussion sessions in the afternoon and even ing. Twelve outstanding religious leaders will live in the dorms with the students and lead these dis cussions during the week. The first sessions of these groups will be held from 4:30 un : til 6 p. m. and will be used to discuss subjects brought up by the men- attending the meetings. Student Poll Topics After supper the groups will talk about subjects selected in a student poll. These subjects are: “Men and Women Relationships,” the “Human Venture in sex, Love and the Home;” “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?” In addition to his morning ser vices, Dr. Denham will conduct student couple’s forums in the YMCA chapel tonight and Wed nesday night. The meetings will start at 7:30 and last till 8:30 p. m. “How to Handle Tensions” “How to Handle Tensions” will be discussed tonight. Dr. Denham will discuss the subject about 20 minutes and hold an open discus- . (See FORUM TONIGHT, Page 2) A total of $9,209.50 in 1 grants-in-aid, equipment value and an available fund, have been given the Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, Dr. R. D. Lewis, director, has announced. The grants-in-aid are from the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cynamid Company, Pearl River, N. Y., and the Mid west Research Institute of Kan sas City, Mo., for $4,000 each. The Lederle aid will be used in support of research on the roles of folic acid, Vitamin B-12 and/or the ani mal protein factor complex in the nutrition of turkeys and growing and mature chickens. The Research Institute grant will be used in support of the research being con ducted by R. E. Karper and co workers on the development of adapted varieties of grain sor ghum. The equipment donated is from Howard R. Kornberg, sales man ager, Taylor Machine Works, Louisville, Miss, and consists of a pasture dream Model F., complete with an adapter kit, valued at $549.50. Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, has made available $600 to be used in the department of animal hus bandry under the direction of Dr. J. C. Miller, head for supporting esearch on the value of sacchari fied and ammoniated corn cob meal as a partial source of protein in wintering rations for beef cows. Election April 1 Council Topic Tuesday Night A College Station ordinance authorizing a city-wide elec tion April 1 will be passed at a city council meeting Tues day night at 7, Ernest Lang ford, mayor. Other business to be taken up at the meeting includes appoint ment of three members of the tax equalizatiion board and passage of an ordinance setting the tax rate for the fiscal year 1952-53, ac cording to Raymond Rogers, city manager. City officials whose office terms expire this year are as follows: Langford, mayor; Joe A. Orr, coun cilman from Ward I; R. B. “Bob” Halpin, councilman from Ward II; and A. P. Boyett, councilman from Ward III. March I is the deadline for filing for elective positions. The tax equalization board is composed of three members ap pointed by the city council, and three members appointed by the A&M Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees. The equalization board prepares assessment figures for property in the City and the School District, said Ran Boswell, assistant city secretary. Ag Experiment Station Gets Local Cubs to Hold Kite Flying Meet Members of Cub Scout Pack 192 will hold a kite flying contest March 1 from 9:30 until 12 a. m., J. Wheeler Barger, cubmaster, an nounced yesterday. The contest will be staged on the drill field south of the new area. Awards will be presented for the best kites in seven events. These events are: box kite, two stick kite, three stick kite, star kite, largest kite, smallest kite, most unusual kite, prettiest kite, most original kite, and highest flying kite. ' Ribbons will be given winners of the first four places in each event, Barger said. Cubs entering the contest must register between 9:30 and 10 a. m. March 1 and all kites must be home-made but reworking or re assembling of manufactured kites will be permitted. Cubs may be as sisted by their fathers or other members of their families. Each kite in the contest must fly at a height of 100 feet for at least one minute. Also, each con testant may have a helper in flying the kite or kites which he enters. Dr. Robert Jacobs, chairman of the pack’s activities committee is in charge of contest arrangements.