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Battalion Page 2 Editorials TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1952 WELL, HE’S STILL TUGGING First Impressions Are Important P’IRST IMPRESSIONS usually have one or two effects on an individual. They will either make the person eager to know more about another person or subject, or they will tend to destroy the person’s confidence in the topic with which he has been confronted. Fortunately, high school seniors visiting on the campus last weekend were favorably impressed with what they saw of A&M. And, because of that first impression, a good many will probably enroll here next year. What made the weekend a success for these high school visitors? Probably the biggest single factor was the friendly attitude displayed by A&M students. Without that display of friendly interest and a desire on the part of the students to be helpful, the weekend could have been a miserable disappointment for the guests. But, Aggies did their part. They treated the high school boys royally. Visitors actually saw how an A&M student lives. The boys slept in the dormitories, ate in the mess halls, took part in bull sessions and generally fitted in very well with the scheme of things at A&M. Devildog Pilot Orders ‘Jump,’ Rides Plane Out of City Dallas, March 17—05*)—A nervy CpI. Carl L. Ductor of Cherry T/Sgt. Harold Cook, Kingman, Marine pilot ordered 20 servicemen Point, N.C. Kans., the crew chief, said “that out of a burning transport yester- The navy planned a search party left engine started popping right day, then stuck with the plane un- today to look for the missing man. after we left the airport. I flipped til it passed over a residential area The blazing two-engine R 5 C the CO-2 (fire extinguisher) switch in southeast Dallas. crashed and exploded into thous- to put out the fire. But instead Two of the men were killed in ands of pieces of junk. It hit in the flames spread to the wing.” parachute accidents. A third was an open field about one fourth of Wesley said he turned back to missing. None of the others suf- a mile from a residential area. the field when the engine caught fered injuries. The left engine burned itself out fire. “I ordered the men to bail The known dead were identified of the plane and smashed into a out when I saw I couldn’t make as Lt. Cmdr. Lewis Joseph Gar- field about two miles from the it,” he said. field, Downey, Calif., and Marine crash. “When that engine fell off it The R5C is designated by the made up our minds we (the flight Air Force as a C-46. It is known crew) were going out, too,” Wes- as a Curtis Commando. ley said. The crew chief, the co- Capt. R. C. Wesley, Pensacola, pilot, Capt. J. B. Armstrong, Wood Fla., was the pilot. He parachut- River, Ill., and the pilot were the ed to safety from about 500 feet last to leave in that order, while the plane was in a screaming The passengers aboard included dive.* “I stayed with the plane because I wanted to make sure it missed Fourteen Aggies left last week those houses,” Wesley said. “I to attend the North American sure hope that falling engine did- Ag Wildlife Students Go To Florida m sailors, soldiers and Marines. Chemical Corps Display in MSC Wildlife Conference in Miami. The conference is a meeting of mammalogists, herptologists, orni thologists, and icthologists from all over the continent. Don Shutt, Tom Grelen, Bob n’t hurt anyone.” Pilot Praised Mrs. S. Sikorsky, who lives about Baptist Student Center Adds Books The library of the Baptist Stu- one mile from the crash scene said, dent Center has been increased to “that pilot was wonderful. The 1300 volumes with the recent ad- Downing, Richard Bittner, Carl plane might have killed a lot of dition of 350 new books, accord- Bergland, Richard Blume, Robert people if it had struck the houses.” j ng to cliff Harris, director of Drawe, and Sonny Ditman, are Mrs. Sikorsky said she was in Baptist student work, the undergraduates representa- the house when it suddenly started Books may be checked out from As a part of a three month tour equipment in operation. A flame from A&M. . shaking. ‘ I looked out the win- g.45 44 a> ni _ on weekdays and college ROTC units, the Army’s thrower which visitors may operate T f 0 ^ ir l- [7 ® c °8'8j ns > Richard Davis, clow, she said, and t y^’ e was also on Monday and Tuesday Most of the high school boys were undoubtedly a little Chemical Corps Exhibit is on dis- is a featured part of the exhibit, ^ Parmalee, and jus one ig a o ire wi some- lights, xviuoo Wi cue ingii ociivux were, nuiac w ;ii i,-, TvrdP Jack Inghs are the graduates who one coming down in a parachute olionaiTTo ixt-Vioyi tloenr tn-niiT’orl nn fVio r*omnn« TTriv mnrrvr PlUV and Will be m the MSC until TTiroofnlU TVTiccinn -mm apprehensive when they arrived on the campus. For many, it was their first trip here. But, after a few hours, they were March 22. Consisting of 20 panels, each il- Threefold Mission Chemical Corps activities in- acting as if they had been living at A&M several years. lustrating one phase of Chemical clude offensive and defensive ac- „° f J 1 r f rnT1 1 ; f T1 . rra.„ 1. -u™™ tion m case of gas or biological uccompanieu uic went. It must have been the pilot.” Librarians on duty for these Dr. Leonard W. Wing, ornitho- The body of Lt. Cmdr. Garfield Periods will be from the local legist in the wildlife department, was found near the wreckage of the Baptist churches. The treatment they were shown was needed to make them Corps activity, the exhibit is one uon m OX n gas biological want to come back. And, a large percentage do want to re ; ThffspJay 1 panel’s 6 flatoe ™ turn. colored slides showing equipment The mobile exhibit is designed To the student body, faculty and others responsible, in operation while the actual to show all of the equipment avail- thanks for a fine job in keeping with the best Of Aggie tra- equipment is displayed beneath. able in cariymg out the Chemical . ir toto Many of the displays are m mo- Corps mission. dltions. tion, allowing spectators to view The main panel displays a con tinuous motion picture of the Che mical Corps’ activities. Also in cluded are a miniature tank-mount ed flame thrower, an impregnating plant, a display of the parts of the protective mask, and a con tinuously running gas detector. Guides On Duty group. plane. He appraently was dragged Dr. W. B. Davis, head of the to death by strong surface winds wildlife department, is an official that reached 28 miles an hour in - - — . _ — gusts. Cpl. Ductor’s body was found in an open field with his parachute open. Bound from El Toro, Calif., to Cherry Point, N.C., on a regular transport trip, the plane had land ed to refuel at the Dallas Naval Air Station. in the organization. He left Tues day afternoon to make prepara tions for the meeting. Commie Peace Negotiators Propose 4 Plan Changes Lions Club Hears Report by Brown Foreign Students Honored at Party The foreign students on campus were honored at the party At the meeting of the Col lege Station Lion’s Club M o n - day, the Reverend L. L. Brown, rec tor of St. Thomas Church at Col lege Station, gave a report on the Covering over 2,000 square feet discussions at the “Family Life In- ^ t ^ ^ of floor space when set up in the stitute” workshoo last Saturdav. / 1 'P) VX ''Y the U.N. asked Monday. The MSC, the display unit is ac- Reverend Brow^was the Lio/s Z „ , new Presbyterian Recreational talked j-j-m Each of the men is a spec- briefly on the need for service a-p+ot. orawovnl wove- rtlnv^rl prisoner lists already exchanged. j a ii st j n one phase of chemical clubs in a community. Alter seveial games were played, “It did not sound like a stall,” warfare and will explain the ex- Bob Wood, chairman of the Boys Nuckols said. ‘Tsai gave the im- hibit’s 20 panels to visitors or a nd Girls Committee, gave a sum- Ihe^Reds objected to^both ledas. p re ssion that they were really still answer questions. mary of the requirements for spon- Munsan, Korea, March 18—(A 5 )— tried to get Pusan and Masan iden- tions Communist negotiators proposed tified as a single port. Pusan, in answers are expected to clarify companied by a special detachment Club representative to the meeting, four changes today in truce-time southeast Korea, is the major U.N. an earlier Red proposal that ne- of two officers and six enlisted Reverend Brown also ports of entry into Korea and said seaport in Korea. Masan is an- gotiations proceed on the basis of men. they could not answer seven Allied other port 30 miles to the west, questions about exchanging prison ers. The United Nations command re Reds Object jected the proposed port changes The Adies s . aid the Communists studying the questions and unable Oh tour the exhibit travels in soring a Boy Scout Troop. The WITI , „ Tnonosnin cireie arm rnc and said it would wait for the Reds were attempting to unduly restrict to answer. We asked for a recess three truck-trailers units, many of c lub met all the requirements. The o-uests" were shown the educational to figure out the prisoner answers movement of neutral inspection w n „ sc . hah anv+hino- 4-u„ ^^ guests were snown tne educational ice-cream, cake and coffee were served by Miss Barbara Miller, Mrs. Wil. Penberthy, and Mrs. M. L. Cashion. The party was closed with a friendship circle and the Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, tea J ms whi 1 ch are to supervise men to say . incsnpf>1-inn i x, j • i V 7 , . v " - —- quests were snown rne < inspection because no one had anything else the people of Texas saw the unit Board of Directors has already building and sanctuary. U.N. command spokesman said he did not believe the port of entry problem would take long to solve. He seemed optimistic over the pris oner situation; said the Reds ap peared to be really “studying the and supplies coming into Korea during an armistice. Tuesday’s two hour and 16 min- on display at the State Fair of voted to start a Scout troop. The Andrew Corclier, American as- Texas in Dallas last year. work of organizing one will pro- sistant to U.N. Secretary-General In addition" to visiting A&M, the bably begin this summer, accord- B & G RIL For the Best in Plate Lunches Home Made Pies FRIENDLY SERVICE AT MB GRILL North Gate ute session did bring Communist Trygve Lie, said at Pusan the U.N. unit will be on display at Purdue, i n g to Dr. A1 Price, president. agreement on the three other ports the U.N. nominated for each side. In North Korea these are Sin- Communist staff officers tried to ai .J u aad Mampojm on the Yalu change two of the five entry ports R^er boundary with Manchuria; the Allies had proposed for each a , nd „ C S° n8 ' J - 1 n ’ T the ^ ast about 70 miles from Soviet Rus sia. In South Korea: Kangnung" in Question of Entry Port the east, Kunsan in the west, and They balked at Pyongyang, North Korean capital, as an entry Ihe committee session on ex point. They wanted to substitute changing prisoners lasted only 22 minutes. Chinese Col. Tsai Cheng Pyongyang and the Manchurian . , , border. On the east coast they feel ready to answer seven ques- wanted to replace Hamhung with feels an armistice can be reached Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Uni- “on a completely honorable basis” versify of Delaware, Canisius Col and should not be reached on any lege, MIT, St. Peter’s College and other basis. He did not amplify. Ohio State. STATIONERY BARGAIN! BirdwelF Article In ‘College Store’ Memories of Past Years From the Files of The Battalion 20 Years Ago Today If you think that 6:45 is too Smanju, about midway between ^7"W"* & „ ar i v f 0i . fj rs t ra ii this is the wav Wen said the Communist did not cau ’ 13 cne it was 20 years ago. The Comman dant’s office released the following schedule: its port city of Hungnam. The Reds tried to remove Seoul from the Allied list and substitute its port, Inchon. They also objec ted to Taegu, an aerial entry spot in southeast Korea. Instead they proposed Suwon, another air cen ter situated on a rail and highway and renovated at a cost of about junction. But it is in West Korea, $350 ASME Sr. Lounge To Be Redecorated The ASME senior lounge in the, sembly 7 M. E. Building is being redecorated Backward Glances World” is the title of an article by Carl M. Birdwell, manager of ference over those who were taking 'P’ ie A&M Exchange Store, featur- military science as an elective. e 4 a P jdn S‘ edition of The Courses which were considered College Store, official magazine as fitting men for the QMC w r ere °f The National Association of accounting, marketing and finance, College Stores. and economics. The article concerns SHARE, _ _ r . r*. , a non-profit 'book-sharing organi- 5 Years Ago loday nation and the unselfish efforts At the Annex, faculty members of its" founder H. A. Dunn in ship- 6:25, Assembly 6:30, Recall from were “working overtime passing ping more than 325,000 books to reveille 6:35, Mess call 6:55, As- out A’s” to veteran students. It countries whose book supply was seems, the article went on to say, destroyed in the last war. “as though a vet can’t bust a Bircjwell believes the SHARE course for making an A in it.” plan is an example of democracy The amount of A’s rose from in action and that it should do First call, daily except Sunday and holidays 6:15 a. m., Reveille The order also said “the change in schedule, usually made earlier was also a greater amount of B’s ican feelings in the countries serv- than usual, and fewer C’s and D’s.” ed by it. _ J JL O iXA » T *_-0 U WJL j . j ^ -j , • JLXXC CX X X XV/«*X 11 ly V/JL O jL V/OVi X XL./ XIX JL11 V LIW11 (X 1 J Li L X Jet L 1 V OX1V/ LliVl VIL/ about 20 miles south of Seoul. The lounge wa^s established by ^f 1 iTi^ ^ eai five percent to 22.2 per cent. There much toward creating pro-Ameri- Allied staff officers argued that Jack W. Clark, ;39’ senior class Seoul and Inchon should be con- president. Clark and his classmates sidered a single port of entry in the raised the funds by storing tranks armistice agreement. They also and luggage of other students. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions '’Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, Is published by students five times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms. The Battalion Is published four times a week, and during n ra examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday oiuncu. through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination a^nd • vacation periods. Sub scription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. 1 because of unusual weathei’. 10 Years Ago Today The QMC was being organized for the first time at the A&M. In structions from Col. E. A. Keyes said cadets were to start immed iate training. Lieut. M. E. Speer had temporar ily been assigned as acting tactical officer until an officer from the Quartermaster Corps arrived to take charge. He would choose men from those available for the new Here is a real bargain in nice stationary, you won’t be able to beat it anywhere. Starting Wednesday morning, we are featuring White & Wy- coff Aggie “T” stationary at $1.00 a box, or two boxes at $1.09. Be sure and come in early and get your Aggie “T” stationery at a bargain. The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies” ? l£AV0 THIS. GEAN’FATHSTZ CLOCK To ire GWAf MI5EIT0LE pgr&-Vices ip i couup JUST GIT AWAY. Contract seniors were given pre- Entered as second - class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. 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