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ASS'N formersudents 4 copies f .e. Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 105 Volume 52 Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1952 Published By A&M Students For 74 Years Price Five Cents Belles of the Ball Runner-ups for the Freshmen Regiment Sweet heart and the Sweetheart stand on the bandstand f in Sbisa before the final selection. The Sweet heart was selected by Dean H. W. Barlow, Col. E. W. Napier, Col. Joe Davis, Lt. Col. Robert Melcher, Col. Edward Sauer and Pete Hardisty. The finalist are Miss Gwen Clark, Miss Beverly Hendricks, Miss Janice Turbeville, Miss Edwina Chamberlain, and Miss Sharon Hughes. Old Saying Prettiest Girls Come to Fish Ball Named the Sweetheart of the Freshman Regiment, Miss Cam eron holds the bouquet of roses which yere presented to her by the class president Karl Meilke. She was also given a gift from the class. Ashton Funeral Held Friday, Interment Here # Services for Dr. John Ash ton, 72, who died early Thurs day morning in a hospital at Bryan, were held Friday at 4 ,\). m. in the chapel of the Hil- lier Funeral home, Bryan, with the Rev. Oren G. Helvey, rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial was in the Col lege Station cemetery. He had been ill for several weeks. Dr. Ashton, internationally , ^ known authority on breeds of icrses and cattle, writer and poet, v graduated from A&M in 1906. "^He was for many years an in structor in agricultural journalism and edited a farm paper in the Rio Grande Valley 20 years ago. He was a native of England, widely traveled and since his re tirement from active service at A&M in 1946 had devoted his time to writing a history of the cattle industry of the southwest. Dr. Ashton is survived by his < (See ASHTON, Page 4) Weather Today By HARI BAKER Battalion Staff Writer The old Aggie saying that “the prettiest girls always come to the Fish Ball” was again proved Sat urday night when the freshmen and their dates danced to the music of the Aggieland orchestra in Sbisa Hall. Miss Patti Cameron, a brown- ette from McKinney, was selected Freshman Class Sweetheart. She was escorted by Dick McCasland, an engineering major from Mc Kinney. She was given a bouquet of red roses by Jerry Ramsey, chairman of the sweetheart committee. On behalf of the freshman class, class president Karl Meilke presented her with a silver bracelet with a heart on it, engraved “Freshman Class Sweetheart, Class of ’55.” Runner-Up Gift The other five finalists receiv ed a bouquet of white carnations and a locket in the shape of a heart. They were Gwen Clark, Bev erly Hendricks, Janice Turbeville, Edwina Chamberlain, and Sharon Hughes. Judges for the contest were J. P. Abbott, dean of the school of arts and sciences; Howard W. Barlow, dean of the school of engineering; Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T; Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher, dormitory coun selor; Col. Joe Davis, commandant; Col. Edward F. Sauer, QMC, mili tary department; and Pete Hardes- Couch Promoted To Colonel in ORC James R. Couch, professor of biochemistry, has been promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Army Organized Reserve Corps, Captain M. B. Findley, local unit Instructor, announced today. Col onel Couch was one of three Medi cal Service Corps officers in the Fourth Army Area selected for promotiion to this rank. ty, business manager of student activities. To give Shiba an atmosphere fitting for fish, the band Stand was draped in a large fish net, in which were caught cardboai'd fish. The eighth regimental flag and the numbbers 55 were displayed over the bandstand. To enter the dance, guests had to walk through the open jaws of a fish at the door. Approximately 700 couples at tended the dance. Processing Cut For AF Flying To Four Weeks The four month processing period formerly required of civilians desiring to enter di rectly into Air Force flying training has been reduced to a maximum of four weeks, the Air Force said today. The speed-up of the administra tive and testing procedure will en able accepted cadets to start train- in within three to five months af ter applying. A wait of seven to ten months has been necessary in the past. A complete medical examination now may be given at the nearest Air Force Base the same day that an applicant first visits his recruit ing station. This change has saved several weeks of time formerly consumed by travel, correspond ence, and delays while awaiting ap pointments. If physically qualified, the ap plicant is scheduled for early test ing to determine his potential fly ing ability. Those qualified for aviation cadets are immediately authorized a four month Selective Service deferment while awaiting class assignment. Truman’s Reorganization Plan Due for Showdown Washington—March 3—(IP)—President Truman’s plans to reorganize the Internal Revenue Bureau faced a possible showdown today with the administration making a last-min ute effort to save it. Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph B. Dunlap was scheduled to get a final word for the Truman plan before the reportedly hostile senate expenditures committee takes a vote on a resolution aimed at killing it. Key point of the Truman plan to reorganize the Revenue Bureau is to put an end to presidential appointment of the 64 collectors and place all Bureau officials except the top man under civil service. Many of the present politically-appointed collectors have been under fire in tax scandals which have led to indictment, dismissal or resignation of 168 officials and employes of the Bureau and Justice Department. Russia May Wreck Korea Truce Talks Washington, March 3 — GP) — Russia apparently is so determined to gain a role in Korean peace making that may wreck the truce talks in the attempt. Some highly ranked officials of fered that erplanation today for the present deadlock in the armistice talks at Panmunjom. They assume, as Washington has generally as sumed from the first, that the Kremlin in masterminding the Commupist strategy in Korea. The Reds’ insistance that the Soviet Union be included in a pro posed commission of “neutral” na tions to police the truce, if and Senate Selects TISA Delegates Ten to Attend Ten delegates were named to the annual Texas Intercol legiate Student Association cohventiion March 6-9 in jEl Paso at a called noon meeting of the Student Senate Friday in the MSC senate chamber. The special meeting was called by Senate President Grady Small wood to find three replacements for men who were previously des ignated delegates at the conven tion to be on the campus of Texas Western College. The purpose of the convention each year is for the students of all Texas Colleges to “get to gether” and discuss their var ious problems in student govern ment. Last year the annual affair was held in the MSC on the A&M cam pus. Ken Wiggins, student senate member, was elected Cultural and Entertainment manager for TISA at that meeting. A&M has played a strong and active part in TISA since its or ganization and the Aggies will be well represented again this year with ten official delegates mak ing the trip, and the A&M rifle team as unofficial delegates dur ing the convention. The following student senators are scheduled to leave the campus Wednesday morning: Don Young, Bob Layton, Hansel Kennedy, Don Buchner, Bruce Miller, Bob Ti’avis, Ted Stephens, Gene Steed, Duane Vanderburg, and Jack “Spud” Mergle. when one is agreed upon, it thus regarded here as a move inspired and doggedly persisted in by the Soviet government itself. State and Defense Department authorities do not believe the North Korean and Chinese Com munists want their big friend on the commission merely because it might be a nice gesture. Backdown The first signs of a possible backdown from this position came during today’s negotiations. When the Reds were told objections to Russia could not be removed, Chi nese Col. Chang Chung San re plied that the Allies had the right to reject any nominee but should give logical reasons. United States officials said here, as United Nations negotiators have said in Korea, that they will never agree to accept Russia as a “neu tral.” The U.S. has taken the stand that Russia told the North Koreans to start the war in the first place. What the U.S. would agree to and what may prove tojbe the way out—if there is one—would be to drop the idea of a nebtral com mission Entirely and go back to the proposition originally suggested by the United Nations’ side that the truce be supervised by a joint com mission of belligerents. Russia and the United States would then be represented in equal position, provided Russia was will ing to acknowledge a belligerent status. Moscow’s interest in “getting in to the act”, as diplomats see it, stems from a desire to trade on peacemaking credit in Korea. Stock Picked for Dairy Show; Set for April 29 Participants in the 16th Annual Spring Dairy Show made the first preparatioins for the big show re cently when they selected the cat tle they will show. The Dairy show is sponsored an nually by the Kream and Kow Klub and will be held in the new dairy headquarters April 29. Dairymen’s Show Prof. A. L. Darnell, in charge of the show since it originated in 1933, emphasized that participa tion is not limited to dairy hus bandry majors. He said the exper ience gained from fitting and Air Force Originator BREEZY WEATHER TODAY: Partly ^cloudy and windy. The high yes terday was 67 degrees and the low was 55 degrees. The precipitation recorded for College Station dur- uthe past 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. was .31 inches. Signal Corps Has 89th Birthday Most of the time a person or thing that is 89 years old is thought to be a dottering, feeble something. But the Army Signal Corps proves there is an exception. The Signal Corps, now a vast and diversified organization engaged in a multitude of activities, had its official beginning in the Civil War Days, at the time when communica tion amounted to runners and wig wag flags. At the time of its organization the Signal Corps was unique in the world’s military picture. Since its start, on March 3, 1863, military units from the world’s armies have copied its organization. Separate Branch The corps was authorized as a separate branch of the Army by the Congress and was put under the direction of Major Albert J. Myer, inventor of the wig-wag sys tem of signalling. He was later made a colonel and then promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Major Myer was a doctor who in his youth had served an appren ticeship as a telegrapher. As a young lieutenant and Army sur geon, he is supposed to have struck upon the idea of visual signals when observing a Commanche war- rier use his lance to signal his war party. First for Deaf The first director devised and de veloped a signal system as a means of communication for the deaf. When his system was re viewed in 1859 by the war depart ment board of which Robert E. Lee was president, the report said of the surgeon who was to become the army’s first signal officer. “In the application of his prin ciple of practical purposes the in ventor has displayed much ingen uity and is entitled to the com mendation of the War Department That was the start of it, and since it has grown to its now all encompasing work in the fields of communication, photography, and meteorology. Taken Over In many cases some of the fes ter children of the corps have been taken over by other units of the government. Take for an example the case of the first weather sta tion, which was established in 1870. It has been since taken over by the department of commerce. The Signal Corps in 1892, es tablished a balloon section—it had experimented with balloons in the Civil War -and 15 years later an aeronautical division with one air plane from which the present vast Air Foi’ce was developed. During the first World War, the Air Force was the aviation section of the Sig nal Corps. Plans now call for an expansion of the Signal Corps new air sec tion using both fixed wing and ro tary wing aircraft. When the ex pansion is completed, if things go like they have in the past, it will be turned over to some other de partment. When the radio was in its infan cy, the Signal Corps perfected a system of air-ground communica tions and expanded the use of radio to include moving land vehicles, such as tanks. In addition, the first trans-Atlantic radio station was established — compliments of the Signal Corps. At present the corps is working on radio, electronics, radar, tele vision, telephone, teletypewriter, meteorology and the like. That’s a lot for a 89 year old to be work ing on. System Board OKs $318,083 Building Plan By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Associate Editor The A&M System Board of Directors appropriated $318,083.97 for buildings, equipment, and maintenance for the college at its meeting on the campus Saturday morning. Included in the appropriations was $62,000 for a mater nity barn and six silos for the new Dairy Center, and $44,000 to go for equipment in the new Engineering Build ing. The Board voted to spend $41,000 for library stacks for the Texas Engineers’ Library, College Library and other equipment for the Engineers’ Library. Largest single amount appropriated was $125,000 for maintenance and minor alterations of buildings and facil ities or the A&M physical plant. Other allocations were as follows: $4,600 for construction of a paved parking area at •♦■the College Administration Build ing; $5,500 for extending water and electric lines into the Fire men’s Training School area; $3,500 for equipment at Junction Adjunct and for cost of moving equipment thereto from Colege Station and back. Twenty thousand for repairing and painting six dormitories; $10,- 500 for repairs to the basement of Bolton Hall (Electrical Engineer ing Building); $1,001 for moving former shop building at Easter- wood Airport to a more suitable location at the airport; and $9$2.- 97 for the additional appropriation for Engineering Building. Stadium Seats The board also awarded a con tract for $5,132 for construction of stadium seats at Tarleton State College to Quisle Construction Company of Fort Worth. Funds were donated by Tarleton Former Students. They confirmed an increase in contract with Fisher Construction Company of Houstpja for construc tion of the Engineering Building at A&M from $432,000 to $525,816.45. Dr. E. H. Hereford, president of Arlington State College gave his annual report to the board. He ex plained that the enlarged indus trial population of the Dallas*- Fort Worth area would show a substantial increase in the Arling ton enrollment in the years to come. He gave a brief history of the school and told of its services to students of the state. Physical Plants T. R. Spence, manager of Phy sical Plants for the A&M System, reported on the progress of A&M’s building program. The program in cludes total appropriations and allocations of $7,646,093. Most of the construction is finished or al ready underway. In other action taken by the board, Dr. T. D. Brooks was named acting dean of the Graduate School. Dr. Brooks will serve in the absence of Dr. Ide Trotter, who has been ill for the last few months. Dr. Trotter is expected to resume his duties by June 1. Dr. Brooks was dean of the graduate school for 14 years prior to going on modified service in 1947. Church-School Cooperation Needed - Epsy Dr. R. H. Edwin Epsy, ex ecutive secretary of the Na tional Student Council of the YMCA was guest speaker for a YMCA faculty-student din ner Friday night. Dr. Epsy explained the import ance of the YMCA in serving as a service to bring together the church and the school. He warned that Communism is bringing about an even greater threat to the world than did Nazism because of its physical power, basic ideology, and because it has a perverted religious notivation. “The church and the university have become so far apart that in some cases they criticize one an other on certain issues,” Dr. Epsy commented. “The church and university must enrich one another, must let in fluences of Christian religion be felt. The church and the univer sity must act in partnership; it is this partnership the YMCA rep resents. The YMCA has one foot in the organization of the school, one foot in the work of the church,” he added. showing dairy stock would be in valuable to those planning a career in extension work or vocational ag riculture. Entering the college contest are 22 dairy majors and one AH major. These men have picked 48 heifers from the A&M herd, approximate ly half of these being Jerseys and half Holsteins. The animals will be shown in the following classes: Senior Yearling Heifers, Junior Yearling Heifers, Senior Heifer Calves, Junior Heifer Calves, and Sub-Junior Heifer Calves. Those men who do not have the time necessary to fit an animal for show but who wish to participate may take part in an extra event, Darnell said. Proceeds from the Dairy Show will help to pay the expenses of the Dairy Judging Team. Job Shortage Seen On Campus Work There is a shortage of jobs for students, according to George Long, manager of the Student Lab or Office. Long said 150 students are seeking student labor jobs for which there is no employment available. More than 800 students are now working in part time jobs. Of this number, 200 students are working as waiters in the dining halls. Candy, newspapers and other con cessions account for about 300 stu dent labor jobs. Other students are employed by the various depart ments such as the Experiment Sta tion, animal husbandry and horti culture farms. “Students who-show a real desire to work are given preference in the available jobs,” said Long. A&M Rodeo Team Selects Members A rodeo team was selected re cently by members of the Rodeo Club to represent A&M at the Intercollegiate Rodeo to be held at Sam Houston College at Hunts ville on March 22 and 23. The team will be composed of Jack Willingham, Don Tabb, Bobby Rankin, Jim Smith, Charley Mc Donald and Lowie Rice. Cowboys from several colleges and universities will vie for honors in bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, bull dogging, bull riding and calf roping events. Radio Show to Hon A&M’s President “The Halls of Ivy,” radio pro gram over NBC each Wednesday night, will salute Dr. M. T. Har rington, president of A&M Col lege, next Wednesday night, March 5. The program is played by Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman, Herb Butterfield and Elizabeth Patter son. It is a college play and its popularity is nationwide.