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Number 115: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1952
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Members of the Danish inspecting party look over
Easterwood Airport shortly after they arrived
Friday. Right to left, they are. Assistant Secre
tary of Defense, Erik Lindgren, Lt. Col. W. Ja
cobsen, Major Gen. S. E. Johnstad-Moller, Lt. Col.
L. W. Shropshire, Lt. Col. Jans Johansen, and
Maj. R. S. Anderson.
Danish Officers Impressed
With A&M’s Military Set-Up
“The Danish officers almost ran was Assistant Secretary of Defense
out of complimentary adjectives by
the time they left here Friday,”
said one of the military men escort
ing the 14 man inspection team
around the campus.
The group was on the campus as
past of a nationwide inspection
lour they are making to see how
Ithc United States is handling
the, National Guard, reserves, and
reserve officer training situation.
High ranking man on the team
Sieging Cadets
* In Weekend
Concert Tour
The A&M Singing Cadets
returned to the campus Sun
day after a three day tour of
North and West Texas.
The choral group left in
chartered buses Thursday morn
ing for Abilene where they sang
Thursday at the Abilene Christian
College Auditorium. The cadets
nlso sang at a 30 minute program
at Abilene High School Friday
morning.
§ The Singing Cadets moved on to
Brownwood Friday for a concert
there that evening.
Adding a little color to the trip
for the 60 students, the choristers
made their annual visit to TSCW
in Denton Saturday. They gave a
concert in the TSCW Auditorium
at 8 p.m., and were then honored
at a Leap Year dance scheduled
after the concert.
Sunday morning the men j o u r -
neyed from Denton to McKinney,
where they sang at the First Meth
odist Church at the regular morn
ing service, followed by a concert
in McKinney at 2 p. m. yesterday.
The Singing Cadets, directed by
Bill “Pop” Turner and accompanied
on the piano by Miss Betty Boland-
er, returned to College Station last
night.
Erik Lindgren.
He was accompanied by Major
Gen. S. E. Johnsted-Moller, chief
of home guard; Assistant Inspector
general of the home guard, Lt. Col.
W. Jacobsen; and assistant chief
of staff for the Infantry, Major
R. S. Andersen.
Ai*rive in Washington
The group arrived in the United
States March 1 and spent ten days
in Washington, D. C. getting a
National Guai'd and reserve brief
ing before starting their tour of
the nation.
From Washington they were
accompanied by the Danish mili
tary attache, Lt. Col. Jans Johnan-
sen. Official guide from the US
services was Lt. Col. L. W. Shrop
shire.
They were met at Easterwood
Airport Friday morning by Col. E.
W. Napier, PAS&T, Col. S. P.
Myers, PMS&T, Col. Joe Davis,
commandant, and other college of
ficials.
Freshman Review
Luncheon was in Sbisa Hall for
the visiting Danes. Nine of the
company grade Danish officers ate
in the dining hall with the cadets.
President M. T. Harrington had a
dinner in the board of director’s
dining room for the higher ranking
officers.
For the Texas Military District,
Col. C. M. Culp welcomed the Dan
ish military men. He was accom
panied by Lt. Col. Charles H.
Jones, office of Reserve and ROTC
Affairs.
An informal review held by the
eighth regiment, caused the Danish
officers to pass out the compli
ments of “wonderful, superb.”
Endless Line
Observers said the men were im
pressed with the seemingly endless
line of men marching in the Sbisa
Hall.
Friday afternoon, starting at 4
p. m., the Corps held a formal re
view honoring the men.
After their visit to A&M they
went to San Antonio to inspect the
military facilities there.
Vigorous
Hospital Aid
Drive Starts
Merchants and residents of
College Station will be con
tacted personally within the
next month in an effort to
raise funds necessary for the
building of an addition to St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan.
After receiving the endorsement
of various civic organizations in
Brazos County, including the Col
lege Station Chamber of Com
merce, the hospital campagn and
advisory committees renewed their
plans for an active canvas of the
area.
Deadline May 12
Though most of the $800,000
needed for the building has been
raised or pledged, the remaining
$75,000 must be accounted for by
May 12 in order to secure fed
eral aid for the project.
Government aid amounting to
$400,000, half the necessary
amount, will be received only if
the rest of the money is obtained
by the May 12 deadline.
Three Year Pledge
According to F. C. Bolton, chair
man of the Campaign Committee,
pledges to pay within three years
will be sufficient to secure the
federal grant.
Although much of the total
will be pledges, work can start as
soon as the full amount is ac
counted for. A bank loan will pro
vide the cash.
Sports-High School Day
Brings 750 to Campus
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Associate Editor
Nearly 750 High school students were
guests of A&M last weekend at the largest
High School-Sports Day ever held.
From every corner of the state and many
parts of Louisiana, the high school seniors
rolled in Saturday morning to view A&M on
the sixth Annual Sports Day.
College officials lauded the success of the
second high school day program which was
held in conjunction with the Athletic De
partment—T Association Sports Day.
Before the sports activities got underway
Saturday, the high school seniors heard talks
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Contributions or pledges may be
sent to H. E. Burgess, chairman
for the College Station area, or
to the hospital committee in Bryan,
said Bolton.
Eric Lindgren, center, under-secretary for defense of Denmark, is
flanked by Pres. M. T. Harrington, left and Col. Joe Davis, com
mandant, during a corps review Friday. Lindgren was accompan
ied by a group of Danish officers who are on tour of ROTC pro
grams throughout the United States.
Standard Oil Representative
Speaks to AIME Tomorrow
AF Reserves to Meet
The 9807th Volunteer Air Re
serve Training Squadron will hold
its regular weekly meeting tonight
at 7:30 p. m. in the MSC. Capt.
Carl E. Orr will discuss “USAF
Communication-Electronics.’
Michael L. Haider, president of
the American Institute of Mining
and Metallurigical Engineers, and
deputy coordinator of world-wide
producing activities of Standard
Oil Company of N. J., will address
members of the A&M student chap
ter of the AIME Tuesday at 1 p.
m. in the Petroleum Engineering
lecture room.
His talk will be centered ion the
affairs of the AIME, with empha
sis on the part the petroleum en
gineer plays in the Institute. Haid
er arrived in Dallas yesterday and
will begin a tour of seven Texas
cities today where he will talk to
Gilchrist Honored by Texas
Masons at Banquet Friday
Weather Today
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RAIN-SHO WERS
WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy
with occasional light rain showei’s.
The high yesterday was 68 degrees
and the low this morning was 53
“Gibb Gilchrist is the old fash
ioned type of public servant who
honestly believes a public office to
be a public trust,” said Lee Lock-
wood of Waco, past grand master
of the Masonic Grand Lodge of
Texas, at a special banquet Friday
night honoring the A&M System
Chancellor who is Grand Master
of Texas Masons.
Respect More Important
“He operates on the basis that
the respect of those with whom
he works, as well as of the public
for whom he works, is much more
important than popularity. He has
always followed the course which
he believed to be right in public
matters regardless of public opin
ion at the time,” stated Lockwood.
He spoke on Gilchrist as “The Pub
lic Servant.”
Dinner In MSC
Dining in the MSC Ballroom,
hundreds of Masons from the Col
lege Station Sul Ross chapter and
from the surrounding area, met
to honor the new Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Texas,
AF&AM.
Other speakers at the banquet
included past grand masters of
Texas Albert J. DeLange of Hous
ton, Horace K. Jackson of Gates-
ville, R. Bruce Brannon of Marsh
all. Members of the local lodge on
the program were Dr. J. J. Wool-
ket, J. H. Sorrels, and Dr. Ralph
W. Steen.
Jackson gave a brief history of
Gilchrist’s history as a membergineer. DeLange pointed out that
of the Masonic Lodge. The Hon-
oree became a member of Tucker
Lodge No. 297 at Galveston in
1916. Later Gilchi'ist became a
member of Sul Ross Lodge and
held all the posts in the Lodge.
The A&M System chancellor
was a member of the Engineer
Corps in World War I. Gilchrist
joined the Texas Highway Depart-
man as a resident engineer and
was later named state highway en-
the state saw its greatest period
of growth during Gilchrist’s ad
ministration.
Former A&M President
“Both as college president and
as chancellor of the A&M System,
a post he moved into after being
president of A&M, Gilchrist has
applied engineering methods and
training to these important jobs,”
said DeLange.
five local sections and three stu
dent chapters of the AIME.
Haider received his present ap
pointment with Standard Oil Com
pany March 1. He was previously
with Imperial Oil Company, Ltd.,
Toronto, Canada. His offices
now are in New York City.
The speaker will be accompanied
by Harold Decker, president of
on life at Aggieland and were taken on guid
ed tours of the campus by members of the
Inter-Council Committee.
“The boys who worked so hard to aid the
success of the program by keeping the stu
dents in their rooms and showing them
around the campus should be highly compli
mented,” said C. G. “Spike” White, assist
ant to the Dean of Men for activities.
White also praised members of the For
mer Students Association who brought the
high school boys to College Station.
“I believe the boys were highly impressed
with A&M, its students, and most of all the
friendliness found on our campus,” White
said. “I hope that all A&M students who
have suggestions for the program
Saturday will pass on any consecu
tive criticism while it is still fresh
on their minds. We want to make
this operation even better next
year,” White added.
A t h 1 et i c Director Barlow
“Bones” Irvin said the coaches
were very pleased with the way
Sports Day took place. In addi
tion to the regular high school day
program, the Athletic Department
had approximttely 150 athletes as
their special guests on the campus.
The Athletic Department treated
the athletes at an informal get to
gether Saturday night in the As
sembly Room of the MSC after the
inter-squad football game. Mem
bers of the football team were also
present.
Talks Saturday Morning
The high school boys heard talks
Saturday morning by students and
members of the faculty on campus
life and what it means to be an
Aggie. After tours of the campus
they had dinner in Duncan or Sbisa
Mess Hall.
At 1:30 p. m. a swimming meet
between A&M and Texas Tech was
held in P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatori-
um. Also at 1:30 were tennis and
golf matches with the University
of Houston.
The Aggie track squad squared
away against Texas and Rice on
Kyle Field at 2:30 p. m., while the
baseball team met Brooke Army
Medics on the Kyle Field diamond.
Maroon and White football play
ers met on Kyle Field at 7:30 p.
m. Saturday night in the finale of
Sports Day.
the Houston Oil Company of Tex
as; Carl E. Reistle, Jr., director
and manager of Humble Oil and
Refining Company’s production
department; W. S. Morris, vice-
president and general manager of
the East Texas Salt Water Dis
posal Company; Joe B. Alford,
executive secretary of the Petrol
eum Branch, AIME; and Jess E.
Adkins, editor of the “Journal of
Petroleum Technology.
Decker, Morris and Reistle are
members of the board of directors
of AIME.
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Harrington Speaks To
Range, Forestry Club
President M. T. Harrington ad
dressed a regular meeting of the
Range and Forestry Club March
11 on the “History of Agriculture
in Texas.”
Dean C. N. Shepardson of the
School of Agriculture, also spoke
briefly to the club.
BAFB Graduation
Is Open to Public
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Michael L. Haider
Civilian residents of the Bryan-
College Station area have been in
vited by the Air Force to attend
the first graduation program at
Bryan Air Force Base Saturday,
March 22.
The ceremony will mark the
first graduation of jet fighter
pilots in Texas and will be attended
by several high-ranking Air Force
officers, among them will be Brig.
Gen. Bradley J. Gaylord (retired),
father of one of the cadets.
For most visitors, it will be
the first time they have visited
Fatigues Strictly Regulation
Combat Men to Dance Friday
Friday and Saturday will be the
big days for members of A&M’s
Army and Air Force ROTC units,
but more especially for the combat
arms of the Army.
Friday night the Armor, En
gineer, Infantry, Anti-Aircraft Ar
tillery, and Field Artillei'y will
stage the first annual “Combat
Ball’ with all the trimmings of a
real com-batty affair.
There will be a tank—furnished
by the armor boys—at the entrance
of Fort Sbisa to denote the place
where the dance is to be held.
Rifle-armed guards will greet the
j people who try to enter the dance,
’ and only a ticket placed at the
end of their bayonett will allow
them to be admitted.
Inside Fort Sbisa will be all
kinds of displays set up by the
various components of the combat
arms. Displays will include every
thing from side arm equipment to
artillery pieces.
Uniform for the dance has been
prescribed by the dance committee
and the guards have been instruct
ed to allow no one to enter who
doesn’t dress accordingly. The uni-
form will of course be that worn
by the combat soldier—fatigues,
combat boots, and helmet liners.
The girls will be asked to wear
skirts and peasant blouses.
Playing for the dance will be
the Aggieland Orchestra, who will
also be robed in the dress of a corn-
batman.
A special program is being print
ed under the title of “Stars and
Stripes.” It includes names of dis
placed persons (honored guests)
and the wheels of the regiments
(regimental staff members).
Characterized throughout the
booklet will be Bill Mauldin’s Wil
lie and Joe from “Up Front.”
Included in the decorations for
the dance will be tanks, howitzei’s,
machine guns, sandbags, smoke
generators, camouflage nets, re-
coless rifles, mines, complete with
battlefield sounds. A prisoner of
war camp will also be maintained
For refreshments, punch will be
served from a lister bag along with
cookies for all.
A program featui'ing a can-can
line imported from “liberated
Paris” will be held during the
dance. A quartet from the Aggie
Singing Cadets will also furnish
songs that “appealed to our fath
ers in the first world war.
Tickets for the affair are on
sale on the campus by agents of
the Combat Arms. All members
of the combat units and seniors
with dates who are not members
of a combat company will be sold
tickets.
the base since the Reactivation
Day ceremonies Oct. 15, 1951. More
than 15,000 guests packed the
flight line to welcome the first
class of aviation cadets and stu
dent officers who were beginning
their training in jet aircraft.
Now in its final days of train-
g, Class 52-B will climax the
six-month period of intense study,
both in the classrooms and in the
clouds, when the graduates receive
their pilots’ wings and commissions
as second lieutenants in the USAF.
Portions of the program, which
will probably contain the most gen
eral spectator interest, will be a
review of 1,500 officers and air
men, with music by the 515th AF
Band, and an aerial review of a
jet formation.
The review will begin at 9 a.
m. and two element take offs will
commence shortly thereafter.
Displays Slated
Preceding and following the
ceremonies, there will be static
displays for spectators on the
flight line, including jet planes,
cutaway engines and several train
ing facilities.
Due to limited seating facilities
at the base theater, where the
wings and commissions will be pre
sented to the graduates at 10:30 a.
m., attendance will bo, limited at
the portion of the morning pro
gram to cadets and their guests.
The ceremonies will be aired
ovei* radio station KORA and will
also be filmed by a television crew
for rebroadcast over KPRC on the
Humble Refining Company’s “This
Week in Texas” program.