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Number 103: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952
Published By
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For 74 Years
Price Five Cents
McNaughton Talks
On Capital Tonight
Frank McNaughton, well known
Washington correspondent for
Time magazine, arrived here this
afternoon from Fort Worth. The
Time writer will speak tonight at
7:30 in the MSC Assembly Room.
“Covering Washington for Time”
will be the topic which McNaugh
ton discusses. His wide background
*• of experience in covering the news
of official Washington for one of
the nation’s top news magazines
# should make for an entertaining
as well as enlightening discussion.
Tonight’s speaker joined the
staff of Time in 1941 as congres-
'“'\ial reporter’. In addition, Me
V_ 9 Sghton covered the activities of
the Atomic. Energy Commission
and also the Supreme Court. He
has written 36 cover stories for
the weekly magazine.
Crime Reporter
Because of his work in reporting
crimo stories, McNaughton was
chosen as chief commentator on
the Time-sponsored telecasts of
the famous Kefauver crime invest
igations in New York.
A congressional reporter for 11
years, McNaughton has a wide
knowledge of politics and political
reporting. He has covered sessions
of the national congress for a
''longer period of time than most of
the present members have served
in the nation’s law making bodies.
He knows many famous political
, figures including Paul Douglas,
Estes Kefauver and Henry Cabot
Lodge, Jr.
Visitor to White House
In addition to his work as one
of the top reporters and writers
for Time, McNaughton, through
his frequent visits to the White
House, has come to know President
Truman well. Two books about the
nation’s chief executive, “This Man
Truman” and “Harry Truman,
President,” have been written by
tonight’s speaker.
After attending the University
of Missouri, McNaughton got his
first real experience on a newspap
er by working as a crime and court
reporter on several dailies in Wy
oming, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and
Louisiana he covered politics in
the early years of the Huey Long
career.
McNaughton, at the present
time, does free lance writing and
makes talks to groups of college
students on covering Washington
news.
His speech tonight, which is
sponsored by the Journalism Club,
is open to the public.
Frank McNaughton
Memorial Fund Planned
For Mrs. Cornelia Sloop
By CHRISTIE ORTH
Battalion City Reporter
Mrs. Cornelia Brown Sloop, for
20 years a teacher at A&M Con
solidated, is being bulled this af
ternoon.
There are few tears from her
many friends at the school who
went about their business today
as usual—only sincere appreciation
for a full life of service.
Instead of sending flowers for
the funeral services scheduled at
4 p. m., many of Mrs. Sloop’s
friends are contributing to a fund
for erecting a permanent memorial.
Influenced Children
“Because of her direct influence
on the lives of so many children,
a lasting memorial was wanted.”
said Mrs. 0. K. Smith.
Mrs. Smith and C. G. “Spike”
White lead the committee of pai--
ents who are sponsoring the fund.
Contributions should be sent to the
teachers at Consolidated or to the
office of the superintendent.
“Mrs. Sloop has done more, per
haps, than any one individual for
public school education,” comment
ed L. S. Richardson, superintendent
of the Consolidated schools.
Reading Method
Noted for her “Sloop Method of
Reading,” a comprehensive system
of reading for first grade students,
she had written several books on
the subject two of which were re
turned by the printers last Satur
day for her approval.
Too ill to give the matter con
sideration, Mrs. Sloop had been
sick a week before her death Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Sloop was born April 4,
1889 in St. Francisville, Miss, and
is survived by Fred L. Sloop, hus
band, 1400 Hoppess St., Bryan;
Mrs. E. E. Perrin, daughter, San
Fernando, Calif.; Mrs. Roscoe Wil-
fey, sister, Wayland, Miss.; O. T.
Brown, brother, St. Francisville,
Miss.; and Miss Bobbie Cornelia
Perrin, granddaughter, San Fer
nando, Calif.
Services
The Rev. A. T. Dyal will offi
ciate at the funeral seiwices to be
held at the First Presbyterian
Church of Bryan. Assisting him
will be Dr. Thomas Gordon Watts.
Interment in the Bryan City
Cemetery will follow the services.
Pall bearers are L. S. Richardson,
L. E. Boze, W. R. Carmichael,
Sam Crenshaw, Pat Newton, and
0. W. Kelly. Hillier Funeral Home
in charge.
Sports Day on Tap
High School Seniors See
Aggieland Life March IS
Over 500 visiting high school
seniors will get a preview of both
the academic and the athletic side
*of A&M when they participate in
High School Day March 15. A
glimpse of Aggie athletic teams
will be seen when the seniors at
tend the various events on Sports
Day, which will be held in con
junction with High School Day.
Climaxing spring grid training
sessions, Sports Day activities will
feature an inter-squad football
game. Other athletic events sche
duled for the same date include a
tri-conference track meet with
Rice Institute and the University
of Texas track and field teams,
and a baseball game with the
Brooke Field Medics.
100 Schools Represented
Students from almost 100 high
jcI^jb , from Texas and Louisiana
af<^/pected to attend this year’s
affair. High School Day, which is
an annual event trys to give the
students a broader knowledge of
the activities and available facil-
ities on the campus.
Serving as hosts for the students
, at each of the Sports Day events
will be the “T” Association. For
mer students providing transpor
tation for the high school boys
from their home towns will be
guests of the Office of Student
Activities.
The students will begin a busy
day when they register at 9 a.
m. March 15 in the MSC lobby.
At 9:30 President M. T. Harring
ton will welcome the students to
the campus'in the day’s first orien
tation meeting.
Highlights of the orientation
meetiing include brief addresses
by outstanding student leaders on
various phases of college life.
Topics in these discussions in
clude the Basic Division, campus
recreational activities, intercol
legiate athletics, functions of the
MSC, life in the cadet corps, and
campus religious facilities.
Speaking to the students will
be Dr. John Bertrand, dean of the
Basic Division, Kenneth Wiggins,
student entertainment manager,
and Dan Davis, president of the
MSC Council and Directorate.
Other featured speakers include
Eric Carlson, cadet colonel of the
corps, and C. L, Ray, corps chap
lain. An outstanding athlete will
be picked to discuss the inter-col
legiate athletic program.
Opportunity Award
Later in the morning E. E. Mc-
Quillen. Development Fund Di
rector, will discuss the Opportuni
ty Award Scholarship program at
A&M. Following this, Col. Shelly
P. Meyers, PMS&T, will explain
the military draft law as it affects
students enrolled in A&M.
The students will be taken on
group tours of the college’s edu
cational facilities at 10:30 a. m.
The purpose of these tours is to
give the prospective A&M stu
dent a chance to see what we have
to offer him in his particular
course of study,” said C. G.
“Spike” White, assistant to the
dean of men for activities.
During their stay, the students
will eat with the corps in either
Duncan or Sbisa Mess Halls. Hous
ing facilities will be provided in
vacant donnitory rooms.
Home Produces
Good Character
Says Russell
“Nothing can replace the
successful home and family in
producing secure personalities
in our society,” said Dan Rus
sell, head of the agricultural
economics and sociology depart
ment, in addressing a joint meet
ing of the Travis PTA and the
Social Studies Committee of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women Tuesday evening.
In furthering developing his sub
ject, “The Community and Its
Families.” Dr. Russell declared
that loving fathers and mothers
w'ho understand their children are
the best psychiatrists the world
has even known and will ever
know. He also pointed out that in
many communities young couples
are in need of family life counsel
ing not from experts in the field,
but from fathers and mothers who
are making a success of their home
and family life.
Immediately after the joint
meeting, the Social Studies Com
mittee of the AAUW adjourned to
make further plans for the Fam
ily Life Institute, which will be
held March 15, in the Bryan Wo
men’s Club building.
Dr. Mildred I. Morgan, profes
sor of home and family life, Flor
ida State University, will be the
main speaker during the Institute.
AAUP to Hear
Electronic Lecture
Professors S. O. Brown and A.
L. Parrack will present an illus
trated lecture “The Electron Micro
scope, Its Application and Poten
tialities” before the A&M Chapter
of the American Association of
University Professors at 7:30 to
night, in the YMCA Assembly
Room.
The electron microscope is a new
tool of the scientist for penetrat
ing the realms of the previously
unseen. Its application and potent
ialities stimulate the imagination
and its revelations rival a “Buck
Rogers” adventure, the professor
said.
Relief Fund Organizer
Y’s Executive Secretary
To Talk for Friday Dinner
WEATHER TODAY: Windy and
partly cloudy with a wind velocity
^of 23 to 24 miles per hour and oc
casionally gusts up to 40. The high
yesterday was 71 degrees and the
low this morning was 50 degrees.
R. H. Edwin Epsy, executive
secretary, National Student Coun
cil of the YMCA, will be a guest
speaker at a dinner for the facul
ty tomorrow night at 6:30 in the
MSC, Mason Cushion, YMCA sec
retary said.
Born in Portland, Oregon in
1908, the guest speaker was grad
uated from the University of Red
lands, California in 1930.
Upon completing the Divinity
course at Union Theological Sem
inary,. New York, in 1933, he was
awarded an exchange fellowship to
Germany by the Institute of Inter
national Education. The next three
years were spent in post-graduate
study at the university of Munich,
Tubingen and Heidelberg.
Also, he traveled extensively
throughout Europe in behalf of
the World’s Student Christian Fed
eration and International Student
Service.
Appointed Secretary
In 1936, Epsy was appointed
youth secretary of two of the great
Ecumenical Christian Movements
which prepared the way for the
World Cduncil of Churches, with
headquarters in Geneva. In this
capacity he further widened his
contacts among Christian Youth
and youth leaders from all part
of the world.
The speaker was the executive
secretary of the first World Con
ference of Christian Youth, spon
sored jointly by eight world Christ
ian bodies, which met in Amster
dam in 1939, on the eve of World
War II.
Returns ot U.S.
When the outbreak of the war
suspended extensive plans for the
follow-up of the Amsterdam Con
ference, Epsy returned to the Uni
ted States, where he travelled for
a year interesting European con
ditions to students, churches and
community organizations. He also
helped organize the European Stu
dent Relief Fund in American col
leges.
In 1940, the guest became gen
eral secretary of the Student Vol
unteer Movement. From this post
he was called, in 1943, to his pre
sent position as executive secretary
of the Student YMCA.
PhD From Yale
In 1944, the Friday night speak
er was awarded the honorary DD
degree by the University of Red
lands. He received the PhD degree
at Yale University in 1950. Epsy
had been on leave for special work
in the field of Religion in Higher
Education during 1948-1950. A
book, “The Religion of College
Teachers,” based on his disserta
tion, was published in January,
1951.
During the summers of 1947
through 1950 he led various inter
national conferences, including the
Assembly of the World Council
of Churches in Amsterdam, in 1948.
He has taught in the field of Re
ligion in Higher Education at Yale
Divinity School, 1948-1949, and at
(See EPSY, Page 2)
Fish Coach Succumbs
To Heart Attack Today
"Klepto ? Holmes
Dies at 8:IS a.m.
James Gordon “Klepto” Holmes, freshman football coach,
died this morning of a heart attack.
The 46-year-old man, who had spent his later life coach
ing football, died at 8:15 a.m. in his home at 408 E. Dexter in
College Station.
Holmes had been “feeling fine” even through the first
day of spring football workouts yesterday; he worked with
a group of backfield players which included some of the men
he had coached in the fall on the fish squad.
Greatly liked and respected by the players he had coach
ed here, the mentor fielded a team last season that won three
games and lost two.
★
Scholar, Poet,
Author; Ashton
Dies in Hospital
Dr. John Ashton, 72, Col
lege Station, international
authority on breeds of horses
and cattle, died in a hospital
at Bryan early Thursday.
morning. He had been ill for
some time.
A native of England, Dr. Ash
ton held degrees from A&M, class
of 1906 and MA degree, and from
Missouri University. He came to
A&M in 1937, as associate pro
fessor of agricultural journalism.
In 1946 he retired to devote his
time to writing a history of the
livestock industry of the south
west.
Dr. Ashton had traveled widely,
his latest trip being to Europe in
1951, where he studied cattle and
sheep breeds in France, the Brit
ish Isles, Belgium, Holland and
Switzerland and the livestock and
agricultural conditions of those
countries. He made the tour un
der the auspices of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
He was a widely known poet and
writer and one time edited a farm
magazine in Rio Grande Valley.
Funeral sei’vices will be held in
the Hillier Funeral Home Chapel
in Bryan, tomorrow at 4 p.m. In
terment will be in the College Sta
tion cemetery.
The Fifth Annual Management
Engineering Conference opened
yesterday moi’ning in the MSC.
Conference programs are planned
around the theme “Effective Util
ization of Manpower.”
Meetings are sponsored by the
department of industrial engineer
ing, Dalas Chapter of the Society
for the advancement of Manage
ment, Houston Society of Indus
trial Engineers, and the A&M Stu
dent Chapter of the American In
stitute of Industrial Engineers.
Conference sessions began yes
terday morning with an address
of welcome by President M. T.
Harrington. Following the welcom
ing speech, Lawrence Melton of the
Melton .Printing Co. of Dallas,
spoke on “Ability—Not Disability
Counts.”
Economic Education
“The Importance of the Econo
mic Education of Workers,” was
presented by William G. Caples,
president of the Inland Steel Con
tainer Company of Chicago. Chaix’-
man of the opening session was
Harold M. Scherr of the Juvenile
Manufacturing Co. of San Antonio.
Frank W. Pierce, Director,
Standard Oil Company (New Jer
sey) Avas the luncheon speaker.
He spoke on “Maintaining Sound
Relations in a Capitalistic Sys
tem.” L. C. Morrow of New York
was chairman for the noon session
held in the MSC Ballroom.
Afternoon Meeting
The afternoon meeting of the
group heard addresses on “Pro
ductivity Factors and Producticity
Figures” and “Community Fac
tors Influencing Worker Satisfac
tion” by D’Alton M. Meyers of the
U. S. Depaitment of Labor and
George Smith, president of the St.
Two ME Students
Enter Region Meet
Two senior mechanical engi
neering students will present pap
ers at the Southern Tier, Region 8
conference of the American Soci
ety of Mechanical Engineers, in
Austin Friday and Saturday.
Glenn L. Rader of Houston and
Ted L. Mullinix of Wichita Falls,
will represent A&M. Other schools
to have representatives at the con
ference include Rice Institute, Uni
versity of Texas, Texas Tech,
SMU, LSU, Tulane and Louisiana
Polytechnic Institute.
Football Drill
Is Canceled
Head football coach Ray
George said this morning no
spring training drills will be held
today because of freshman coach
J. G. “Klepto” Holmes’ death.
He said also that drills would be
postponed tomorrow or Saturday
if they coincided with the funer
al.
“His death was a great blow
to the A&M football team and
Athletic Department in particu
lar, ’ George said. “He was a
fine man and a great loss to us
because of his long years of ex
perience in coaching,” George
added.
Louis Chamber of Commerce. W.
W. Mitchell of Sears Roebuck and
Company, Dallas, presided at the
afternoon assembly.
Dr. Arthur Smith of Dallas ad
dressed the supper meeting of the
management group on the “Effect
of National Economic Conditions
on the Business Man.”
In two sessions today the man
agement engineering delegates
heard speeches on “Manufacturing
Management,” “Human Factors in
Management?”
Delivering the addresses were
E. J. Harrington of Griffenhagen
& Associates, Chicago, Howard
Miller of the Du Pont Company,
Wilmington, Del., and D. V. Sav-
idge of the UNIVAC Division of
Remington Rand, Inc.
Chairman for the two day con
ference was A. R. Burgess and R.
F. Bruckhart served as director of
the entire meeting. Both men are
with the industrial engineering
department.
Bloodmobile
Makes Second
Visit March 11
The Bloodmobile will make
a second visit to A&M March
11 and 12 and will be set up
in the YMCA to receive dona
tions of blood for the armed
services. Donations will be accept
ed from 12 noon to 6 p. m. on those
days.
Quota for this trip is 196 donors
a day. All students over 18, staff
members, and residents of Col
lege Station are urged to donate,
according to W. L. Penberthy, dean
of men.
Students who are between the
ages of 18 and 21 must get per
mission from their parents to
donate. A permission form may
be obtained from the first sergeant
of each corps unit. Appointments
for student donations should also
be made through the first ser
geants, Dean Penberthy added. ,
Staff members and Colege Sta
tion residents should call the of
fice of the Dean of Men, 4-5014,
to make an appointment. All dona
tors must make an appointment,
he said.
The Bloodmobile will return to
College Station May 6. It is under
the auspices of the Southeastern
region of the Texas Public Health
Service.
Athletic Director Barlow “Bones”
Irvin, who graduated from A&M
the year Holmes was a freshman,
said this morning, “He was the salt
of the earth. Klepto was a fine
citizen and a man of high morals,
his death is a great loss to A&M
and to his friends.”
Irvin also said Holmes was one
of the finest coaches in the state
with the T formation.
He was born in Grand Saline,
March 31, 1906, and attended col
lege at A&M in the class of ’28. He
came to A&M last spring from Ar
lington State College where he had
been head football coach for 15
years and athletic, director for 11.
He played tackle for the Aggie
Fish in 1925 and was switched to
half-back for the 1926 season. He
was a guard in 1927, gaining hll-
Southwest Conference recognition
that year. He coached football at
La Feria High School one season
and came back to Aggieland in
1929 as line coach under head coach
Matty Bell.
After coaching at Cuero High
School in 1933 and Alamo Heights,
San Antonio, in 1934, Holmes
moved to Arlington State College.
His Arlington teams won cham
pionships in 1935, 1936, 1938, 1942
and 1943.
Holmes had for many years been
a great help in securing athletes
for A&M before beginning his sec
ond tenure here in the Athletic
Department.
Funeral arrangements, to be
handled by the Hillier Funeral
Home, were pending the arrival of
Holmes mother, Mrs." W. E. Webb,
from Troup, Texas.
In addition to his mother, Holmes
is survived by a wife, Pauline, a
son 15, Jerry, a daughter 12, Helen,
and two sisters and five brothers.
‘Fish’ to Feel
Like Seniors
At Annual Ball
Freshmen will live the life
of a senior, at least for a little
while, when the ‘Fish’ Ball is
held Saturday night in Sbisa
Hall. Dancing will last from 8
until 12 p. m.
Tickets for the biggest social
occasion in the freshman’s other
wise dull life are being sold in
each dormitory in . the freshman
area.
Salesmen are as follows: Dorm
14, Charles Seel, Room 431; Dorm
15, Billy Ray Teer, Room 207;
Dorm 16, Wiley Gilmore, Room
321; Dorm, 17, Dick McCasland,
Room 230; Walton Hall, Harri
Baker, Room A-l; Milner Hall,
Karl Meilke, Room 9; Leggett Hall,
Dan Neely, Room 64.
Price of the tickets is $2.00,
stag or couple. The Student Activ
ities office, second floor of Good
win Hall, is also selling tickets.
They will remain on sale in the
dormitories through Saturday
morning and will be sold at the
door that night.
Pictures of the six Freshmen
Sweetheart finalists will appear in
The Battalion tomorrow. A com
mittee selected from the honor
guests at the dance will choose the
sweetheart from these finalists
during the intermission.
The sweetheart will be presented
with a gift and the usual kiss by
Karl Mielke, Freshman Class pres
ident. The other five finalists will
also be given a present. All six
will receive a bouquet of flowers
from the Freshman Class.
Committees for the dance are as
follows: Decorations, Don Zale;
Guests, Chuck Newman; Ticket*
Dick McCasland; Dance, Edgar
Watkins; Sweetheart, Jerry Ram
sey; Program, Ed Pennington.
Uses of Manpower
Conference Topic