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ASS’N FORMER^tSIUDENTS 4 copies f .e. Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Battalion Published By A&M Students For 74 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 99 r Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1952 Price Five Cents Sophomore Sweetheart Finalists Collins Praises ROTC Program Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army chief of staff, has highly praised the ROTC program at A&M, stat ing that this institution has given the much needed support which added greatly to the growing strength of the ROTC in the Unit ed States. In a letter to President M. T. Harrington, General Collins em phasized the importance of the “citizen-soldier” as the backbone of the Army and of our democracy. Real Contribution The letter stated, in part, “ . . . I feel it is particularly appropriate that we express our heartfelt grat itude to you for the very real con tribution you have made to the growing strength of our nation. The much needed support which your fine institution has given our ROTC program has added greatly to that strength, and you may be sure we are looking forward to your continued support in the fu ture. “The response of the A&M Col lege of Texas proves again that our time-honored reliance on the citizen-soldier is well-founded. “The citizen-soldier is the back bone of the Army of our democra cy, and we who are its leaders have the tremendous responsibility of providing the best possible lead ership—leadership which we feel must be based on a respect for the rights and dignity of the in dividual. “This concept requires extraor dinary qualities, of course, in all our officers, but more specifically (See GEN. COLLINS, Page 4) Ross V olunteers Leave Saturday For Mardi Gras The Ross Volunteer Company embarks Saturday for New Orleans and the Mardi Gras celebrations, where the 125 white-uniformed cadets will take part in the annual pre- Lenten festivities. The Company has been appointed Texas’ official repre sentative to the celebration by Gov. Allan Shivers. The group will be honor escort for King Rex in the King Rex Parade Feb. 26. A letter from the New Orleans Rex Organization to RV commander Dick Ingels extended the invitation. The Rex Parade, which is only one of ten similar events on the gigantic Mardi Gras program, is the final procession of the nationally known spectacle. It is the main parade of the Mardi Gras, Ingels said. The honor guard will escort the float on which King Rex will ride. A police escort will see that they reach the parade assembly area on time. Kruger Is Sgt-Major June Kelly Virginia Lee Ballard Marian Williams Sweetheart Selection 1 Planned Sophomore Dance Saturday By IDE TROTTER Battalion Staff Writer The weekend sophomores have Jeen looking forward to has finally arrived. The Sophomore Ball will get un der way in Sbisa Hall Saturday night at 8:30 with the Aggieland Orchestra furnishing the music. Enthusiasm should reach a peak with the presentation of the Soph omore Sweetheart during the final intermission. Six final contenders for the hon- Ag Commissioner Plans Talk Here John C. White, Texas state com missioner of agriculture, will de liver an address at the Loss Pre vention in Perishables meeting to be held at A&M Feb. 25 and 26,. The short course is sponsored by the Horticulture Department of the college and 100 are expected to attend. or have been selected by the Sweetheart Committee from pic tures turned in by their dates. Vieing for the Sweetheart crown will be June Kelley, an Edinberg High School student, escorted by Don Cameron of E Squadron. Finalist Shirley Tyra, a blonde 17 year old senior at Dallas Sun set High School is the date of A1 Abdullah of A Armor, TU Freshman Marian Williams, blonde, grey eyed, TU freshman from Galves ton, is another of the competitors. Phill Jacobs of I Squadron enter ed her in the contest. Arlington Heights High School can claim finalist Kay Crider. The Ft. Worth lass is the date of Bart Bradford of C Field Artillery. Virginia Lee Ballard will be es corted to the affair by Kenneth Duke, A Armor. She is a senior at Adamson High School in Dallas. Rounding out the list of con tenders is Margaret White of Eli- asville. North Texas State College student, she was* qntered by Leo Draper of E Field Artillery. At the first intermission these finalists will be presented to the judging panel composed of Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T; Col. Shelly P. Meyers, Jr., PMS&T; and Pete Hardesty, business manager of stu dent activities, who will select the sweetheart. Tickets go off sale in the dorms today but may be obtained at Sbisa Hall Saturday night. By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Associate Editor Weldon Kruger, junior petrol eum engineering major from Aus tin, was named Corps Sergeant- Major tody by Commandant, Col. Joe E. Davis. Kruger will assume the duties of top junior cadet non-commis sioned officer in the cadet corps immediately. He is the second consecutive Air Force sergeant-major to be named; he follows Eric Carlson, present colonel of the corps, who was ap pointed to the position last year. Selection of the sergeant-major was made after more than a week of interviewing prospects for the office. Representatives from the commandant, PMS&T, PAS&T, and two top corps officers were on a selection panel which nar rowed the list of candidates to only three. Finally Named Kruger was finally named early today by the commandant. The new sergeant-major said, “I consider it a great honor to receive the position that has been given me; I only hope I can fulfill the duties it requires.” The Austin junior enjoys a phe nomenal grade point ratio of 3.02 •—that’s better than an A average. Colonel of the Corps Eric Carl son said he believes Kruger will do a fine job in the position of ser geant-major. He reminded, how ever, “Being sergeant-major of the corps doesn’t necessarily mean that Kruger will be colonel of the corps next year. Every junior is potent ially in line for that job until the final selection is made.” “Selection Was Big Job” Carlson added that naming Kru ger to the post was indeed a job, “There were too many fine jun iors in the corps to pick from.” Kruger is the Second Air Force Wing liaison to the Corps Staff. (See KRUGER, Page 2) Hue Pinalle Again Scheduled in MSC Cafe Rue Pinalle opens its doors in the bowling area of the MSC at 8:30 this evening, prepared to present its second night of fun and entertainment characteristic of a French nightclub. The first opening of the Pinalle last Friday was extremely suc cessful, said Miss Betty Bolander, MSC program consultant. All res ervations for tables were filled, and many requests for tickets had to be refused, she said. Quartet to Sing A&M’s Singing Cadet Quartet is a scheduled feature of this ev enings floor show entertainment. The Quartet, made up of Ken Wig gins, Harold Hughes, Dale Wal ston, and Tommy Savage has per formed at all Singing Cadet ap pearances and made numerous per formances alone. Two Cadets Picked For Trip to USMA' Groneman Heads Handbook Group The executive committee of the American Vocational Association has announced the appointment of Dr. Chris H. Groneman, head of the Industrial Education Depart ment, as chairman of the editing committee to revise a handbook for industrial ai’ts education teach ers. The handbook has been distri buted for the past fifteen years by the American Vocational As sociation. This publication serves as the guide to curriculum content for in dustrial arts programs in the jun ior and senior high schools and colleges throughout the nation. Another floor show attraction will be Misses Sandra and Sylvia Kelley of Bryan, who will sing a selection of popular numbers. Sandra and Sylvia have appeared in many civic programs in Bryan and neighboring cities as a musi cal team. Other entertainment for the ev ening will be Latin American num bers by Martha Jane Konecny and Gus Leon-Ortega. Large Crowd Expected A large crowd is expected by the Cafe tonight due to the large number of girls that will arrive today as dates for the Sophomore Ball scheduled for tomorrow, Miss Bolander said. Anyone wishing to obtain table reservations can do so by contact ing Elaine Lester in the bowling area of the MSC, she said. The Cafe is presently in need of workers to help with the two hour- job of setting up the decorations which convert the recreation room into Cafe Rue Pinalle. A free pass to the Pinalle will be given to men who help with the work said Boyce Holmes. He may be contacted in the MSC bowling alley area any time after 1 p. m. on Friday. Two A&M cadets have been se lected to attend the U. S. Military Academy sesquicentennial activi ties, March 27-30, at West Point, N. Y., Col. Shelly P. Meyers, PMS&T, has announced. Students chosen for the honor are cadet colonels Grady Small wood, senior agricultural education major from Millsap, and J. W. “Doggie” Dalston, senior economics major from Dallas. Selected by Harrington A&M President M. T. Harring ton selected Smallwood and Dal ston on the basis of academic achievements, activities, abilities, and the recommendation of the PMS&T and Col. Joe Davis, com mandant. The plan is for two chosen repre sentatives from each of the 55 se lected senior military schools in the nation to journey to the Mili tary Academy and take part in its 150th anniversary observances, Col. Myers said. For a period of four days Small wood and Dalston, along with oth er ROTC students, will obtain an accurate idea of cadet life at West Point. They will attend cadet mess, march to classes, sleep in cadet dorms, and conform to all regula tions and routines of the academy, Col. Meyers emphasized. All visiting ROTC personnel will wear their own school uniforms. Travel arrangements by the U. S. Army will allow Smallwood and Dalston two days and a night in New York City. 82nd Airborne In Bivouac Near Airport The 352nd Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Infantry Divis ion set up its final bivouac of a two week move near Easter- wood Airport last night. A 150 to 1.75 mile a day pace has carried the regiment from Fort Bragg, N.C., to College Station on its trip to Fort Hood to take part in the gigantic “Operation Long horn” maneuvers. Three jumps are tentatively planned for the 82nd Airborne dur ing the maneuvers. They will stay at Fort Hood approximately two months. During the migration the men have slept in pup tents. Each company has its own mess set up and hot meals have been served during the trip. There are approximately 1,500 vehicles in the regiment. On the road the convoy is broken up into march units of approximately one company each which travel five minutes apart. Radio communica tion is maintained between the march units at all time to preserve the interval. During the rains last night per mission was obtained to move the vehicles to farm roads and the iar- port road near the bivouac area so there would be no vehicles bogged down this morning when the con voy moved on. Weldon Kruger Corps Sergeant-Major The RV’s will be seen executing marching manual of arms routines and singing cadences. They will surround the king’s float as they go through these maneuvers, In gels added. Plans Entertainment The A&M New Orleans Club is planning entertainment for the RV’s while they are in the Cres cent City. John Cuthrell, president of the former student in the Loui siana city, said that they would try to secure permission to as many of the big events of the Mardi Gras for the company as possible. “We have definitely been told we will be guests at the King Rex Ball Tuesday night following the parade,” Ingels explained. Funds Allowed President M. T. Harrington has promised the Ross Volunteers $300 to defray the cost of the trip. The organization’s members will travel to New Orleans in private cars. The RV’s will be quartered in housing areas at the Port of Em barkation. They will be 'served meals at the officer’s mess there. Officers of the company include the following: Ingels commander; Roy Striekert, platoon leader; James Rogers, platoon leader; Vor- is Burch, platoon leader, Lynn Ste wart, executive officer; Jesse Fletcher, first sergeant, and Jim I Anderson, secretary. Religious Leaders Laud RE Program A&M’s Religious Emphasis Week has left a definite impression on many of the outstanding reli gious leaders who were on the campus to conduct services this week. Dr. William E. Denham, Jr., main speaker for RE Week morn ing services, said, “My impressions are most delightful. Pleased by Attendance “I was very pleased by the at tendance at the morning services, this illustrates a basic interest in religious matters and shows the preparation made by the students, the YMCA, and the faculty,” Dr. Denham pointed out. The Houston Baptist minister was very favorably affected by Who’s Who at A&M Gene Steed Junior AH major from Groom— student senator, sergeant major of second Air Force Wing, Bat talion staff member. J. W. “Doggy” Dalston Senior economics major from Dallas—cadet colonel, command ing infantry regiment; senior class president, student life com mitteeman. Bobby Dunn Senior petroleum-geology major from Waco—student senator; ca det colonel, corps adjutant; exec utive council, Former Student’s Association. Dick Ingels Senior business major from Dal las — commander, RVs; cadet lieutenant colonel, armor battal ion commander; senior court member. the way Aggies have conducted themselves during the time he was on the campus. “This is only my second visit to A&M” he said, “but it seems to me that you' have men of a very high caliber here.” Chaplain Gregel Comments Lt. Col. Herman J. Kregel, post chaplain at the United States Mil itary Academy at West Point for four years said, “I came here pre judiced in favor of A&M and I have not changed.” “This Religious Emphasis Week you have put on here is the best program of its type that I have seen at any college,” he volunteer ed. Whep asked what impressed him most during his stay, Chap lain Kregel named RE Week itself. “This Religious Emphasis Week in a state supported school has im pressed me very much,” he pointed out, “The overall religious tone seems higher than at many church colleges.” “The mere fact that a whole week is given over to RE Week and everybody goes into it whole heartedly is outstanding,” Colonel Kregel emphasized. Reluctant to Make Comparison He was reluctant to make any kind of a comparison between A&M and the Military Academy. (See RE WEEK, Page 2) Senate Election Has 4 Entries Only four candidates, one from each dorm, have filed ap plications for the coming Stu dent Senate special election. The election set for Tuesday of next week is but a mere for mality as each man is unop posed. Running for the different of fices are: Vernon Robert for Dorm 16, Ide Trotter for Dorm 8, John Davis for Puryear, and Eric Holland for Dorm 7.