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Friday, March 14, 1052 THE BATTALION Page $ Danish Officials The expected military of ficials from Denmark arrived early this morning by plane and began their visit of the A&M campus with an inspec tion of the ROTC program. Arriving at 11 a.m. from New Orleans where they have been vis iting Tulane University, the Da nish officials are on a trip across the United States, touring Army, Air Force, and Navy ROTC instal lations at outstanding colleges and universities. The purpose of the visit is “to promote international good will and to gain ideas which Denmark may use in establishing its < ROTC training units.” A full dress review of the Corps of Cadets is scheduled for 3 p.m this afternoon. Following the re view, the delegation will leave by plane fob San Antonio. Official Party Forming part of the official group are His Excellency Erick Kindgren, Danish under-secretary of defense; Maj. Gen. S. E. John sad Moeller, chief and inspector general of the Home Guard; Lt Gen. Jacobson, dh’ector of person nel and organization of Danish De fense Ministry; and Maj. R. S. An derson, chief of staff of the in spector general of infantry. A representative of the Depart ment of Defense who called here to discuss plans with the A&M Military Department about the Danish officials’ visit said he was particularly anxious for the group to visit A&M, since he thought they had not received a fair pic ture of ROTC life in the US without seeing this school, said Commandant Joe E. Davis. Acting as representative for the ROTC and ORC Affairs Depart ment in Washington, D. C. will be Aggie-ex Lt. Col. Charles H. Jones, Jr., Colonel Jones, who is on the staff of Maj. Gen. Hugh M. Milton, executive of the ROTC and ORC Department, is scheduled to ar rive today at 4 p.m. UT’s Hart Urges Salary- Hike, Removal of ‘Freeze’ Austin, March 14—UP)—Chancellor James P. Hart urged higher salaries for University of Texas teachers tonight, and called for the legislature to remove its “freeze” on courses to be taught at the university. He outlined these and other objectives in a speech to the Austin Texas-ex club’s dinner. Hart said he recognized the purpose of the 1951 legis lative ban on new departments of instruction and courses leading to new degrees was to economize by preventing need less expansion and duplication. But, he continued, the effect of this legislation has been “to prevent the adaption of our teaching program at the university to new demands and changing conditions.” ‘Aggieland 1951 ’ Korea Heavy Quiet After Red Shelling Seoul, Korea, March 14—CP)— of The Korean war quieted today af ter the heaviest Red artillery op erations in weeks, including shell bursts uncomfortably close to four American warhsips. Even the air war was washed out by storm clouds, blown down from Manchuria. Communist shore batteries open ed up twice yestei’day on U. S. warships besieging the east coast Wonsan. But the Navy said none of the American craft was damaged. Shells from coastal guns strad dled the Cruiser Manchester and Destroyer Fox. American carrier planes swept in to support the two ships in the succeeding artillery duel with the Red artillei’y. The sea-air attack silenced the Com munist emplacements. Shore Batteries Fire Chest X-Ray Schedule Set For Local Area The annual TB chest X-ray survey will be taken in the YMCA again this year, ac cording to W. L. Penberthy, dean of men. Dates for these X-rays are March 21, then March 24 through March 29, inclusive, from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. X-rays are free and open to any one over the age of 15. Also, they are quickly made, it is not neces- saiV to remove articles of cloth ing, and the results are confiden tial. “Everyone is urged to have his chest X-rayed this year, Dean Penberthy said, “whether it was done last year or not since cases caught early are more easily treat ed.” Seniors Must Order Favors By Tomorrow Seniors who wish to receive senior favors in time for the Senior Ring Dance must order them before tomorrow, March 15, announced Pete Hardesty, business manager of student activ ities. The favors may be ordered at the desk in the student activities office, second floor of Goodwin Hall. “We cannot guarantee delivery before the dance if orders are not in by the 15th,” Hardesty said. Graduation invitations must be ordered before April 14. Three types, leather, cardboard, and french fold design, are available. There is no limit to the amount of invitations that may be ordered, but there will be few if any extras printed, according to Hardesty. Senate Debates Revision Plans By JOHN WHITMORE Battalion Editor In a stormy sparsely attended meeting of the Student Senate, groundwork was laid for the revision of the student senate organization and constitution. Twenty-four senators were on hand for the roll-call; there are 43 in the senate. A special committee of seven men was established to study the student body constitution and recommend changes on the constitution for the next meeting. The proposal was made by Vice-President Don Young. Following on the heels of the proposal for revision was a plan for the establishment of an electoral commission as out lined by Dan Davis, president of the MSC Council. Davis proposed electoral commission would have five members of student senate, and four members of each of the three upperclasses—sophomore, junior, and senior. ' This commission was proposed to -kwtt 1 have the duty of making certain W essendorl Chosen to Head Texas W&SMA Distribution of the Aggieland ’51 will begin early next week, and for those who don’t yet know the appearance of the annual cover, here’s a sneak preview. The main portion is in blue, the lettering being in red and gold. In a separate action in the Won san area, shore batteries fired at the Desti'oyer Kyes and McGinty. “Both ships received near misses,”’ the Navy said, “but sustained no damage.” Along the 155 mile ground front Red artillery fired 3,155 rounds, a U.S. Army spokesman said. Most of it was on the eastern front. The U.S. 25th Infantry Division in the punchbowl sector reported it was the target of 1,390 rounds. But the artillery fire this morn ing mentioned by the Eighth Army communique came from U.N. guns. Allied artillery and tank fire broke up a two hour fight between Chi nese and an Allied patrol on the Western front near Yonchon. No other ground action was reported Friday orning. Red Supply Lines Hit In the air, fighter - bombers struck through breaks in the clouds to blast Red supply lines before the storm closed in at noon. Dur ing the night bombers attacked Red rail yards by radar. Political Attention Shifts to Jersey there was secret balloting at all elections, and was to take charge of all elections, and serve an appel ant organization for disputed elec tions. Young gave the report to the senate of the action of the Aca demic Council on the recent senate constitutional amendment. The Alfred Wessendorff of j amendment was to allow the senate Fredericksburg was elected to vote whether or not to keep men president of the Texas Water l who were moved out of the dormi- Florist Schedule Talks at 8 Tonight Three members of the design section of the Lambert Landscape Company of Dallas will speak to the Floriculture and Landscape Architecture Club, Friday, at 8 p. m. in the college greenhouse, announced Phil Huey, president. Clarence Roy and two other members of the Dallas firm will tell their experiences in the land scape design office and will dis cuss the current work being done by the firm. The meeting is open to the public. Weather Today POSSIBLY WET WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy to partly cloudy with expectant rain fall. The maximum temperature expected will be 70 degrees. Glenn Lippman A&M Film Society Show in 6 Y’ Monday “How Green Was My Valley” is the third selection of the A&M Film Society and will be shown Monday night at 7:30 in the YMCA Chapel. The two previous movies brought back by the Society were “Jane Eyre” and “Stanley and Living stone.” Lippman Gets ‘Achievement, ME Award Glenn Lippman, Aggie all South west conference back, received the Hugh Scott Cameron award for scholastic achievement Thursday night in Houston. The award, made annually by the faculty, is a certificate which goes to the student who in their opinion is the outstanding prospect for graduate study in the field of me chanical engineering. It is named aftei* the late Hugh Cameron, an M. E. professor, who later became dean of men at Rice Institute. The presentation was made to the A&M grid star at the annual dinner meeting of the South Texas section of the American Society ♦of Mechanical Engineers. A. D. Martin Jr., former cadet colonel of the corps, received the award last year. Martin is doing graduate work at Carnegie Insti tute of Technology. Texas University and Rice Insti tute each had one student at the meeting who also received the award. President Harrington was one of the honor guests invited, as were the presidents of Rice and Texas University. Newark, N. J. March 14—(A*)— New Jersey moved yestei’day into the front line of the nation’s poli tical battleground as the site of the next—and possibly last—head- on primary contest between Gene ral Eisenhower and Senator Taft. The impact of the state’s April 15 preferential primary well could decide the GOP nominee for Presi dent, some believe. Others point out that New Jer sey, sixth ranking industrial state in the country, with a primary voting potential of more than 2,350,000 will provide a vaster test ing ground of strength than New Hampshire. Some 129,000 persons broke bal loting records there Tuesday. Close to a million New Jersey’s eligible voters are expected to participate in the balloting here. Republican Candidates Eisenhower, Taft and Harold E. Stassen are the Republican candi dates. Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn.) is the lone Democratic entry. While the Ohio senator is enter ed in primaries in Wisconsin and Illinois, Eisenhower is not. Neither of the two GOP candidates yet is listed to clash in subsequent pri maries. As the din from the New Hamp shire election quieted elsewhere to day the Enhenhower and Taft poli tical drums began rolling louder in New Jersey. Supporters of the general step ped up their campaign with radio and television broadcasts. Along with this, they announced a ros ter of nationally known speakers will appear in the state in an ef fort to duplicate Eisenhower’s New Hampshire victory. Taft stalwarts said he will make a three day tour April 8-10. Taft is backed by some organi zation Republicans and former Democratic Gov. Chai'les Edison, who often has ci’ossed pai’ty lines. Refrains Endorsement Republican Sen. Robert C. Hen drickson, close to Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, has refrained from en dorsement of any of the GOP con tenders, but has loaned his execu tive assistant Paul Williams to the Taft movement. Driscoll, regarded in some quar ters as a dark-horse GOP presi dential candidate himself, has giv en the impression he favors Eisen hower, but has not announced flat approval. and Sewage Works' Associa tion at the closing sessions of the short school held here Thurs day. He is water superintendent of the City of Fredericksburg. J. E. Williams, San Angelo; J. R. Bryan, McKinney; R. H. Tate, Post and V. M. Black, Greens Ba you, water superintendents of their cities, were elected vice-presidents. V. M. Ehlers of the State De partments of Health, was reelected secretai’y; Mrs Earl H. Goodwin, Austin, assistant secretary-treas- ui’er and Clayton Billings, admin istrative assistant, Austin, were re elected. The A. S. Bedell award for out standing service to an area went to W. S. Maley, chief chemist, Fort Worth. A. H. Ullrich of Austin was elected chairman of the Texas Sec tion of the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association. A. C. Brayn of the sewer division, Houston, was elected vice-chairman and Ehlers and Goodwin were elec ted to the posts of secretary and assistant secretary-treasurer. tory they repi’esented. The Academic Council tabled the proposed amendment with the un derstanding that the amendment would be revised by the senate. Complying with this request the senate changed the amendment to read—the senate would vote on whether or not to retain a senator on the senate who had been re moved against his will and was still in good standing with the col lege. Type Blood Upon the recommendation of tha hospital committee, the senatr backed a plan to type the blood oi all students in the college and recommended that a special blanlj be put on the physical form filled out by entering students. Nominations for the Aggi« Mother of the Year will be accept ed at Student Activities until April 15. Nominations will also be turned in by hometown clubs. Members of the social committee will screen the candidates and bring five nom inations to the senate. (See SENATE, Page 6) Aggies Defy Rule; Announce Candidacy for Presidency ‘Fish’ Ball Profits Total Over $500 The Freshman Class cleared $521.46 on the Fish Ball March 1. This sum is net profit, aftei' taxes and all expenses of the dance were paid. The money will go into the Class of ’55 class fund, to be added to each year and to be used for the class’s senior gift. Ticket sales for the dance were 588. By JERRY BENNETT Battalion Staff Writer Despite rules prohibiting politi cal rallies on the campus, two A&M students formed a new party and announced their candidacy for presidency before a capacity crowd in Guion Hall last night. Although Lew Jobe, senior eco nomics major and Eugene Nash, senior business major candidates for the Aggie Party were sincere in their announcements, they prob ably lack the confidence of the voters since both were hypnotized at the time. During an exhibition of mass hypnotism conducted by Dr. Franz J. Polgar, hypnotist, both men were made to believe they were running for the office. After allowing the. students to start their campaigns, Dr .Polgar jerked the soap box from under their political ambitions by awakening them from the trance. One of Many This was only one of the many demonstrations that amazed the audience which had gathered to watch the show. Approximately 30 people were hypnotized by Dr. Polgar at once. Brazos Bottom Boogie Busters 1 Facuity Band to Let Hair Down While under hypnosis they obeyed every command and suggestion he placed in their minds. While spec tators roared with laughter, the subjects shivered when told the weather was cold and perspired when informed a heat wave had just struck.* They were unable to lift an ordinary chair believing it weighed several thousand pounds and became embarrassed when looking through ordinary glasses which the doctor claimed had X-ray powers. Upon attempting to leave the stage, some could not move after being told one of their feet was stuck to the floor. Demonstrated Memory In addition to hypnotism, Dr. Polgar performed examples of mental telepathy and demonstrated his remarkable memory which he claims enables hi to meet 100 peo ple and then call them correctly by name. Dr. Polgar was able to find his check for the night’s performance, which was concealed in a specta tor’s camera while the mentalist was out of the room. He explained the thought waves of the audience enabled him to make the discovery. Arriving on the campus at 4 yesterday afternoon, he held his first phenomenal exhibition by driving around the campus blind folded. Later he performed for the cadets in Duncan Mess Hall by giving a sample of what was to follow the Guion Hall show. Called “America’s greatest one- man show” by the Saturday Even ing Post, Dr. Polgar has been the subject of feature length articles in Life and the New Yorker in ad dition to stories in many of the country’s larger newspapers. After completing this tour, the next stop being Lubbock, he will begin his own television show in July. Faculty members will let their ber hair down tonight in an effort to prove that profs are human beings. The occasion will be the re opening of Cafe Rue Pinalle, the MSC version of the typical French left-bank night club. of the Engineering Drawing The remainder of the band is department, will play the bass as composed of drummer Barlow, of he used to do when playing with Lew Weiner’s Black and Gold Harry James, the Beaumont trum- Aces of Purdue University; trom- peteer. Accompanying him on the bonist Bob Fletcher of the mechan- saxophone will be Carl Hartman ical engineering department, from Their method? A nine piece man will also double on the guitar Dixieland band composed of the faculty and local businessmen and under the direction of Howard Bar- low, dean of the School of En gineering. These men, all members of Bud Barlow’s Larger Brazos Bottom Boogie Busters, have all played professionally and semi-profession- ally with dance bands during and after their undergraduate days in college. Newt Hielscher, a former xnem- The girl vocalist for the floor- show, beginning at 9:30 p. m., will be Miss Mary Ellen Fussell, a senior at Bryan High School. Miss Fussell has sung and played the piano at the Bryan school’s an- of the English department. Hart- the Campus Owls of Pennsylvania nual talent shows for the past few State College; piano player H. years. B. Curtiss of the mathematics de- To add comedy to the whole partment, from the University of show will be those acrobats of Oklahoma; and accordionist Ralph basketball halftime fame, Bud Lee of the chemistry department Matthews and Harold Turner, from the Memphis State College “Reservations are still available band. at the directorate offices and at To illustrate the confidence of the main desk of the bowling al- the band members, Boyce Holmes, ley,” promised Allen Pengelly, the member of Jack Reams orchestra manager of Cafe Rue Pinalle, ask- headwaiter. “Tickets will also be and Di\ Earl Kirk, former trumpet ed if the band would need music on sale at the door however, to man for Les Brown’s Band of Re- stands. Said Bai'low in return, insui’e a place for your party, its nown, will add their talents to the “Man, we don’t play by music, safer to make reservations ahead aggregation. we just play.” of time.” as he did while playing with Louie Prima. Doing the banjo honors for the evening will be Col. E. F. Sauers, a former member of Louie’s Hun gry Five at the University of In diana. Clarinetist R. B. Alexander of the chemistry department, ex- Ag Coop Managers Set Short Course A short course for Agricultural Coopei’ative Managers will be held from 6 p. m. March 30 until April 4, in the MSC, announced L. P. Gabbard, head of the Agriculture Economics and Sociology Depart ment. Registration will be conducted in the MSC beginning at 8 a. m., March 31. Meetings will be con ducted in room 2B, A, B, C, and D, of the MSC. Luncheons will be held daily at 12:15 p. m. from March 31, through April 4. A dinner will be held at 6:30 p. m. in rooms 2C-D of the MSC, April 4. Air Force Band Gives Concert Here, Tuesday The Air Force Band of the West, under the direction of Chief Warrant Officer Samuel Kurtz, will give a concert at 7:30 in Guion Hall on Tuesday March 18. Admission is fi’ee. Ranking next to the official Air Force Band of Bolling Air Force Base at Washington, D. C., this musical aggregation was developed and expanded under Brig. Gen. Wycliffe E. Steele, commandant of Lackland. Comprising a total of 80 airmen, with individual bands operating with 40 musicians each, the Band of the West can be converted into several versatile musical units, in cluding a symphonic concert en semble and several dance combos. Today, thei'e are two permanent dance outfits, and a show band. Recently formed by Kurtz is a Symphonette, the concert band plus stringed instruments and a harp. Newest unit of the band is 40 in- stimmentalists who double in brass as the “Singing Airmen.” In radio TV and appearances with the San Antonio Symphony, this choi’al group has won wide critical acclaim. Assisting Kurtz in directing the Singing Airmen is Cpl. Charles Beall, baritone soloist of Enid, Okla. Other key personnel include Sgt. William T. Doyle, King City, Calif., the marching band’s drum major, and Sgt. William E. Harder, Elm wood Park, Ill., who writes and produces the radio and television shows which the band appears. Master Sgt. Albert Milne, Round up, Mont, and Sgt. Gei'ald M. Pit- senbarger, Davenport, Iowa, share administrative duties.