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Number 111: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1952
Price Five Cents
Monster Wins
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Dressed as a nine foot monster, Bob Kirk won the ASABAB cos
tume contest. His “suit” was made of Spanish moss, burlap sacks
and ingenuity. He escorted Miss Pat Fitzgerald, who came dressed
as a little girl.— (Staff Photo by Cashion).
Blood Donor List
IN ears 400 Total
In Two Day Visit
Blood donations in College Station hit a new high to
morrow with the second day schedule which lists 197 stu
dents and College Station residents who will give blood to
the Red Cross bloodmobile set up in the YMCA.
The first 197 were scheduled from noon to 6 p. m. today.
With nearly 400 pints of blood to add to collections of two
previous visits by the bloodmobile, A&M’s total now nears
500 pints.
Many military units have signed up 100 per cent to give
blood. Juniors and some seniors will not be called to donate
during the current two-day visit of the bloodmobile because
innoculations for army and air force summer camps students
are now being given.
Topping the list of donors, however, is A Anti-Aircraft
Artillery whose sophomores were all listed on today’s- sche
dule to give blood. -f'
“Blood is a constant and vital
At Last!
Overdue
Annual In
Next Week
Aggielan'd 1951, overdue since
Thanksgiving, is expected to be
in and ready for distribution
early next week, Roland Bing,
manager of Student Publications,
announced today.
Bing said checking copies had
been received by his office and
the binder had indicated delivery
will probably be made this week
end.
The Student Publications man
ager urged students to wait for
announcement in The Battalion
and through the mess hall speak
er systems to find out the exact
dav and time of distribution.
need of our men on the battle
fields,” said W. L. Penberthy, Bra
zos County Red Cross chairman
and Dean of Men. “This will be an
opportunity for individuals 18
years oi - older to make a real con
tribution to their country,” he add
ed.
Another Trip Planned
Another trip is planned by the
Southeast Texas Defense Blood
Center to College Station in May.
Students who volunteered to give
blood and were not called during
this visit will probably be called
during the final visit of the blood
year, said J. C. Fletcher, student
chairman of the blood donations
committee.
Persons being rejected from don
ating blood include those with re
cent major operations, or having
certain diseases. Donors have been
asked to not eat a heavy or fatty
meal within four hours of the sche
duled time for the donations, ac
cording to Dr. Raymond O. Dard,
director of the bloodmobile.
Doner’s Schedule
The list of donors scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon and the time
they ax-e to report are as follows:
12:00 noon—Lamar McNew, C.
B. Gi'iffin, R. E. Counts, A1 D.
Hamilton, S. R. Webb, R. W. Col
lins, G. Leshikai-, Paul A. Boozman,
and Ben Foi’t.
12:15 p. m.—Edwin Haas, Sid
ney Maxwell, R. H. D. Sorrel, W. C.
Toi'bett, D. R. Patton, P. L. Shaf
fer, F. E. Hood, F. E. Wilcox, and
Chax-les Osborn.
12:30 p. m.—J. A. Matush, T. G.
Ratcliff, W. P. • Wotting, R. S.
Tevis, M. S. Bryant, J. C. Waltpn,
Joe Miller, J. C. McReynolds, and
Charlie Biiggs.
(See BLOOD DONATIONS, Pg. 4)
High School Students to Visit
A&M From A ll Parts of State
Prospective Aggies fx-om as far
away as Amarillo and Eagle Pass
will get a glimpse of life at A&M
this Fidday and Saturday during
the annual High School Day.
Former students will provide
transportation for promising high
school senioi’s from all pai’ts of
the state to the campus to give
them a look at the school they have
shown some intei*est in entering.
At A&M, they will be given guided
tours over the campus and brief
talks on vax-ious phases of student
life.
Selected by Clubs
Selection of the students to be
invited was done by the members
of campus home town clubs. In
selection, emphasis was placed on
potential leaders and not on either brief meeting in Guion Hall on
scholastic or athletic ability, ac
cording to Pete Haxdesty, business
manager for Student Activities.
Dx\ M. T. Harx-ington, px-esident
of the college, will welcome the
visitox-s to the campus during a
Weather Today
CLEAR-SUNNY
WEATHpR TODAY: Clear. The
high yesterday was 71 degrees and
the low was 39 degrees.
Water-Sewage
Meeting Here
The thirty-fourth annual
convention of Texas Water
and Sewage Works Associa
tion is now underway on the
A&M campus. E. J. M. Berg,
pi’esident of the association, opened
i the convention Monday morning
with an address at the first gen
eral session in the MSC Ballroom.
The convention, which serves the
puxpose of an annual x’efxesher
course, is divided into two main
groups, the water sxipply group
and the sewage gimup.
These two groups ai'e bi'oken
down into thx - ee grades which, on
the basis of professional advance
ment, determine which lectures the
members will attend.
The convention is being held in
coopei’ation with the State Depart
ment of Health, The Amexican
Water Works Association State
Boaxd for Vocational Education,
and A&M College.
Officers of the association ai’e:
E. J. M. Bei'g, pxesident; Clyde
Smith, Clyde R. Harvill, J. M.
Johnson, and John B. Powers, vice-
presidents; V. M. Ehlers, secre
tary; Mrs. E. H. Goodwin, assist
ant secretary-treasui - er; and Clay
ton H. Billings, administi’ative as
sistant.
Saturday morning. Grady L. Small
wood and Bobby Dunn will then
speak on the Basic Division and
recreational oppox-tunities at A&M
respectively.
Students to Speak
Dan Davis and Glenn Lippman
will descxdbe the opportunities of
fered at the MSC and intercollegi
ate athletics. Following their talks
Eric Carlson will speak on life in
the cadet corps followed by a de
scription of Aggie ti'aditions by
Lew Jobe. Campus x’eligious life
will be discussed by C. L. Ray,
chaplain of the cox-ps.
Other speakers will include C. L.
Alexandex - , E. E. McQuillen and
Col. Shelley P. Myei-s. Di\ John R.
Bertrand, dean of the Basic Divi
sion, and Ray Pei’ryman of the
Registrar’s Office, will also be in-
ti’oduced at the meeting.
Following the brief opening
meetings the high school seniors
Will be free to take the guided
tours of the major college depart
ments or to walk over the campus
with students fi’om then' home
towns. Dinner will be served at
noon at either Sbisa ox* Duncan
Mess Halls fox - the visitox-s.
“T” Association Guests
Satuxday afternoon will find the
pi-ospective students as guests of
the “T” Associatiion for the an
nual spox-ts day activities. That
night, the guests will be able to
witness the 1952 football squad in
an inter-squad game.
Housing for the visitors will be
arranged by the home town clubs
which wei-e instrumental in invit
ing the boys to Aggieland for the
weekend. All of the transportation
to the college is being pixxvided by
interested foi-mer students.
Foreign Attaches to Visit
Military Day Planned
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Associate Editor
Four fox-eign military attaches
and a host of generals and impox-t-
ant military officials from Wash
ington will be guests at the A&M
School of Military Science hex-e,
Military Day Max-ch 23.
Heading the list of guests will
be Congx-essman Olin E. Teague,
sixth district, fx-om College Sta
tion.
L E. McCall
Named Prexy
Of Lions Club
L. E. “Mac” McCall was
named president of the Col
lege Station Lions Club at a
meeting yesterday in the
MSC. McCall, local service
station owner, moved into the
presidency fx-om fix-st vice-presi
dent. He is a charter member of
the club.
Other officers elected at the
meeting include the following: first
vice-president, Lucian Morgan, lo
cal insurance man; second vice-
president, Lt. Col. Alec Curx-ie,
air science department; third vice-
president, H. G. “Hex-b” Thompson,
business administration depart-
meiit.
A. B. “Doc” Medlen of the Biol
ogy Department was named secre
tary-treasurer of the ox-ganization.
Tail twisters for the club are
Harold Sorensen of the Ag Eco
and Sociology Depaxtment and
Capt. Erwin R. Brigham, militai-y
department, assistant.
Tom Stephens, horticulture de
partment, was named Lion Tamer.
His assistant will be Bob Nolen,
mathematic* department.
Directors elected to serve for
two year terms were Ran Boswell,
assistant city secretary; and Dr.
John Milliff, veterinary anatomy
department.
Coming in from Washington on
a C-54 transpox-t, the gx-oup of vis
itors and their wives will ax-rive
in College Station Satui’day morn
ing, Max-ch 15.
Also included in the guest list
are commanding officers and other-
personnel of Air Force bases and
Ax-my camps in this area. Invited
also are PMS&Ts and PAS&Ts
fx-om neaxby college and high
school ROTC units.
Military Day will begin at 10
a. m. Max-ch 15 with a lotetui-e in
the MSC Ballroom by Col. M. Gox--
don-Watson, British military at
tache. Colonel Gox-don-Watson will
speak on “Britain as a Partner in
Arms,” and will also show a movie
entitled, “Tx*ooping- of the Colours.”
The visitors will be guests of the
Cox-ps of Cadets at Duncan Mess
C of C Directors
Endorse TBX-Rays
The College Station Develop
ment Association and Chanxber of
Commerce Boai’d of Directors un-
amiously endox-sed the TB X-Ray
drive scheduled here March 21-
29. In a meeting yestex-day, the
dix-ectors urged all business organ
izations of the city to participate
in the fx-ee program sponsox-ed by
the Brazos County Tuberculosis
Association.
Bob White, chairman of the civ
ic development committee, present
ed plans for launching a tree plant
ing campaigix in the city. Further
details will be woi’ked out by the
committee.
Chamber px-esident Marion Pugh
announced a special meeting of the
Boai’d of Directoi-s for Thursday.
The group will meet in the Direct
or’s Room of the College Station
State Bank. Purpose of the meeting
will be to x-econsider their stand on
the St. Joseph Hospital Fund px-o-
posal. Px-eviously, the boax-d had
voted not to endorse the campaign
which would provide funds to add
on to the hospital.
N.H. Casts First
Ballots Today
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The nation looked to New Hampshire today for ballot
box proof of how the presidential race is starting in both
major parties.
This first state primary before the July nominating con
ventions was expected to bring out 75,000 Republican and
25,000 Democratic voters.
First returns came from the tiny mountain ski village
of Waterville Valley, whose citizens met shortly after mid
night and cast all seven of their votes for Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower in the Republican preference primary.
The small logging settlement of Millsfield reported next:
Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio 4, Harold A. Stassen of Minnesota
1, Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee 1, President Truman 1.
Eisenhower received no votes.
Delegates elected are not bound
to suppox-t the candidate they fav
ored in the campaigning. But pol
iticians of both parties regard the
outcome as a test of their candi
dates’ vote-getting powers.
Spirited campaigning
The campaigning has been spir
ited and bitter, particularly among
the Republicans.
Eisenhowex* was generally be
lieved to have a slight edge over
Taft in the GOP race with Stassen
asknowledging he is third man.
In the Democratic contest, Ke
fauver conceded he was fighting- an
uphill battle against Truman
backers.
Results of the election are not
expected to be known decisively un
til late tonight.
Election eve was enlivened by a
verbal duel between Taft, carry
ing his campaign to Texas, and
Sen. Connally (D-Tex), who blast
ed back at him from the Senate
floor.
Attacked Administration
Taft, attacked the Administration
foreign policy and said Connally
had declared a month before the
Korean war started that “we
wouldn’t do anything about it if
the Communist moved into South
Korea.”
Connally angrily denounced
Taft’s remarks as “outrageous, px-e-
postex-ous and untrue.” Called Taft
a “Chameleon Senator” willing- to
subordinate his integrity and his
truthfulness in order to grasp a
few slimy, filthy votes.”
California received its first for
mal filing of candidates for pres
idential delegates yesterday, a slate
of Democrats for President Tru-
Hall, where the entire corps, in
cluding fx-eshmen, will eat that day.
Fix-st call for a full dress cox-ps
x-eview is set at 1:10 p. m., with
adjutant’s call scheduled for 1:30.
Following the x-eview will be an
exhibition drill by the Fx-eshman
Drill Team.
Between 3 and 4 p. m., President
M. T. Harrington will honor guests
at a reception in the Assembly
Room of the MSC. Also invited ax-e
A&M military personnel, the Corps
Staff, Regimental staffs, and all
battalion and company command
ers.
A baseball game between A&M
and Ohio State is also scheduled
at this time on Kyle Field.
Concert Scheduled
At 7:15 p. m. a concert will be
given by Dick Jergens and his
orchestra in Guion Hall. The for
mal Military Ball will follow at
9 p. m. in Sbisa Hall with Jergen’s
orchestra supplying the music.
The Military Day Committee,
headed by Bob Dunn and Lt. Col.
B. P. Browdex-, made final ax--
rangements for the weekend in a
meeting yesterday in the office of
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant.
Ticket committee chaix-man Guy
King announced at the meeting
(See GUESTS, Page 3)
City Employees Get
5-10 Cent Pay Boost
By CHRISTY ORTH
Battalion Staff Writer
City employees will x-eceive pay
x-aises of fx-om five to ten cents an
hour amounting to $700 total for
the remainder of the present fiscal
year.
In last night’s regular city coun
cil meeting, council members voted
the pay incx-ease and other recom
mendations of the city manager
Don Young, far left, was elected parliamentarian
of the Texas Intercollegiate Student’s Association
at their meeting in El Paso this past weekend.
Other officers are, left to right. Bob Hunter,
Abilene Christian College, treasurer; Julie Bourg,
TSCW, secretary; H. G. Wells, North Texas
State College, vice-president, and Lewis Stephens,
Hardin-Siiximons University, president.—(Photo
Courtesy El Paso Times.)
concex-ning equipment and opera
tional expenditux-es.
The main portion of the salary
hike will go to employees in the
common labox- bx-acket. According
to City Manager, Raymond Rog-
ex-s, no additions have been made
in personnel, although recent im-
provement and futux-e plans show a
large incx-ease in the amount of
woi'k to be done.
New Patrol Car
The council further authox-ized
Rogexs to accept bids on the city’s
patrol cax- in trade for a new one.
The night patrol was re-establish
ed as part of the policing activ
ities.
Action of the council made blue
uniforms official for the city police
and dix-ected that necessax-y pur
chase of uniforms be made. Rog-
ex-s was also dix-ected to bid on a
used truck which could ease trans-
pox-tation and hauling px-oblems
caused by incx-eased demands on
the city maintenance division.
Mayor Exnest Langfox-d agxeed
to dx-aw up a legal agreement fox-
submittal to J. C. Culpepper con-
cerning the pro-rata cost of piping
utilities to the Oak Terrace addi
tion, now being delevoped by Cul-
peppex-.
Expresses Appreciation
Expressing their appreciation
for the woi-k done by Fx-ed J.
Benson, former city engineex-, the
council px-esented him with a set
of luggage.
Benson, a resident of Bryan, had
held his office unofficially and
without pay. Because of the in-
cx-easing x-esponsibilities of the of
fice Benson explained to the coun
cil that he could not devote the
px-opex- amount of time to the job.
Councilman Joe Ox-r repoxted
that unsuccessful attempts have
been made to fill the job of city
engineer. The post requires only a
part time wox-ker.