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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By A&M Students For 74 Years Number 117: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1952 Price Five Cents Morning Review For Face A&M’s Corps of Cadets will be reviewed at 7:45 Thursday morning, March 27 by Frank Pace, secretary of the Army, Col. Shelly P. Meyers, PMS&T announced this morning - . Secretary Pace will arrive here Wednesday, March 26, at 6:30 p. m. on a four engined Constellation. The plane will land at Bryan Air Force Base. He plans to leave at 12:30 p. m. Thursday, the PMS&T added. “He is coming to Texas to in spect A&M,” Col Meyers added. “We don’t know where he’s com ing from or where he is going af ter he leaves.” President of the College M. T. Harrington said, “Secretary Pace said he has always wanted to visit A&M. His inspection of the cam pus will be Thursday morning from 8 to 11.” Meeting Secretary Pace at the airport on his arrival will be mil- itai’y and college officials. From the airport the Secretary of the Army will be taken to the MSC where he will stay overnight. A special dinner is also planned for Wednesday. Accompanying the Secretary will be Fred Korth, deputy counselor for the Department of the Army, and two military aides, Lt. Cols. John R. Dean, Jr., and Walter Byrde. X-Ray Dates Near y*'«**'■ A J"' t fitt mvm X’HM ggiil hmm lucmAiif College Station Girl Scouts distributed posters Friday and Monday announcing that the TB X-rays are to be made in the YMCA March 21- 29 excluding Sunday. The scouts who are put ting a poster in Black’s Pharmacy are, left to right Nell Ross, Jo Anne Walker, and Carole Williams of Troop I. —Phot by Cashion Tke’ Nips at Stassen’s Heels in Minn. Primary National ROTC Rifle Matches Start Tonight The National ROTC Rifle Match will be first on the list of matches to be fired at the new rifle range under Kyle Field. ♦ Minneapolis, March 19—OP)—Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower—whose name was not even on the printed ballot— early today was within 8,000 votes of Harold E. Stassen, “favorite son’’ in Tuesday’s Minnesota presidential primary election. Forced off the printed ballot when his filing petition was found defective, Eisenhower had his name written in by 88,722 voters in 2,018 of the state’s 3,769 precincts. Stassen, thrice governor of the state, polled 95,874 votes. Sen. Taft (R-Ohio) picked up 18,560 write-in votes with out any Minnesota campaign; Gen. MacArthur polled 1,208 and Gov. Earl Warren of California 4,431. On the Democratic ballot, Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn) got 80,155 2,500 Book Goal Library For Consolidated Sloop Committee Decides Frank Pace Red Cross Gets 100 Per Cent Donations Mrs. R. D. Lewis, chairman of the Red Cross drive for College Station residences, reported last /light that she has received 100 per cent contributions from local home owners. By unanimous decision of the Cornelia Brown Sloop Memorial Committee, a library will be es tablished for the A&M Consoli dated Elementary School. The library, to be named in mem- First Polio Case Reported in Area The first case of polio in the Bryan-College Station area in 1952 was reported in Bryan last week, when two-year-old Jesse Garza, son of Lucio Garza of Walnut Street came down with the disease, the Bryan-Brazos County Health Unit said. The boy was sent to Breckinridge Hospital in Austin, for treatment. Influenza again was the leading disease in the College Station vi cinity 22 cases were reported in •Bryan and 16 here. In second place was septic sore throat with 17 cases in Bryan and 12 in College Station. A total of 16 cases of diarrhea put that disease in third place in the weekly survey conducted by the health unit. Consolidated Pupils To Get Ruth Award By CHRISTIE ORTH Battalion Staff Writer The annual Babe Ruth Sports manship awards will be pi'esented sometime in May, according to Lloyd Boze, principal of A&M Con solidated High School. A faculty committee has already begun the selection of two candidates from the Junior class. Last year, Audrey Nolan and Frank Vaden received the bronze medallions. The awards are made Weather Today CLEAR WEATHER TODAY: Clear with light winds late this afternoon. Maximum temperature today 80 degrees. High yesterday was 79, low this morning, 45. ory of Mrs. Sloop, will be located in the elementary school area at the discretion of the school board. Approximately $400 in contribu tions from friends and students of the former teacher will begin the project. May Contain Manuscript A proposal was made that a showcase containing some of Mrs. Sloop’s original manuscripts be located in the library. During her life, Mi's. Sloop wrote several books on elementary education. Her famous “Sloop Method of Reading” has become the standard in many schools for teaching be ginners tp read. Fred Sloop, consented to the plan of displaying the manuscripts and, in the name of his family has donated $75 for the library fund. Campaign Continues Mrs. L. P. Gabbard, committee member, was directed to obtain children’s books from local fam ilies whose children have out grown them. J. A. Bonnen will direct a mail campaign to former students of the school who have left the com at the end of the school year to students who are entering their senior year in high school. The Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Program began three years ago with 1000 schools in 29 states par ticipating. A&M Consolidated was one of the first schools to incor porate the program which began with a grant of funds from the Babe Ruth Foundation. “The idea has grown. The Babe Ruth medallion is now the most sought after award at Consolidat ed,” commented Boze. “Students work hard all year for the present ation.” In co-educational schools a medal is presented to one boy and one girl. Also their names are in scribed on a plaque which is plac ed in the high school show case. The purpose of the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship awards is to dis seminate infoi’mation on, and en list enthusiasm for good sports manship and fair play. The awards are presented to boys and girls, without regard to race, religion, or color, who, in the opinion of the judging commit tee, have made the greatest contri bution to the spirit of sportsman ship and fair play during the year. Presentation is made for sports manship and not for mere com petitive excellence, popularity, of winning the most letters and hold ing the most offices, except as these are indications of achieve ment in the broader realm of fair play, Boze added. Lange to Speak At YMCA March 25 Dr. Lawrence W. Lange, mission ary personnel secretary for the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church USA and representative of the Student Vol unteer Movement, will speak at the YMCA on March 25. Dr. Lange is recruiting mission ary workers from colleges and universities thimighout the nation on an inter-denominational basis. He will be sponsored by the Stu dent Inter-Faith Council. “All persons interested in church work are invited to attend,” said John Olson, president of the Coun cil. “Those persons who signed dedication cards at the recent Reli gious Emphasis Week seiwices are especially asked to come,” he add ed. munity. A minimum goal of 2500 new books has been set. According to C. G. White and Mrs. O. K. Smith, co-chairmen of the committee, faculty members and school officials present at the meeting expressed their approval of the plan, feeling that the library would meet a real need. Members of the Sloop Memorial Fund Committee are Les Richard son, E. J. Redman J., Lucien Moi'- gan, Mrs. Lewis Knowles, Mvs. L. P. Gabbard, Mrs. H. S. Creswell, and A. J. Bonnen. Firing will begin with the Army ROTC competing at 7 tonight. To morrow, Air Force and Army ROTC cadets will begin firing at 4 p. m. Air Force riflemen fire again at 7 p. m. On March 26 at 7 p. m. Army ROTC cadets will again fire. Both Air Force and Army ROTC men will shoot March 27 at 4 p. m. with the Air Force cadets firing again at 7 p. m. Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T and Col. S. P. Meyers, PMS&T will wit ness firing on these occasions. Scores will be forwarded to proper headquarters for compari son with other ROTC colleges en tering the event. Results of the comparison will determine the win ners. Saturday, one of the 16 differ ent sections of the National Rifle Association Tournament will fire at the new range. Participating will be two teams from A&M Con sisting of both Air Force and Army cadets, a team from Arlington State College, one from the Uni versity of St. Marys, possibly a team from Baylor University, and one from Rice. This tournament will be super vised by NRA official Carl L. Shuptrine, captain in the Houston Police Department. Dansforth Allot Two Awards To A&M Ags The summer study fellow ships for outstanding - stu dents in agriculture has been alloted by The Danforth Foun dations, announced C. N. Shepardson, dean of agriculture. One fellowship will be awarded to junior and the other to fresh men. Selection of winners April 2, will be on the basis of scholarship, leadership, activities and general culture, Shepardson said. The junior winner, as guest of the Ralston Purina Mills, will meet at St. Louis July 27 with repre sentatives of other land-grant col leges to study problems of manu facturing, commercial research, distribution, advertising and per sonnel. After the two weeks training, he will go to Lake Michigan for two weeks of leadership training. Juniors who wish to be consid ered for the awards should call the office of Professor Barger, Room 401, Agriculture Building. Freshmen should contact Dr. Rob erts Jacobs, Basic Division, for futher information and application, said Dean Shepardson. ‘That Band Again’ Jurgens Orchestra For Military Ball, to Play Concert vote. Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) won 15,691 write-in votes; President Truman 2,858, Sen. Russell (D-Ga) 33, and Gov. Stevenson of Il linois, 18. Fifty-four votes were written in for “Douglas,” who could either be the Illinois senator or the U.S. Supreme Court Jus tice. A distinction was not made in most of the precincts which re corded a Douglas vote. Edward C. Slettedahl, St. Paul school teacher, and Stassen’s only opposition on the printed GOP bal lot, got 17,612 votes. Slettedahl lists MacArthur as his first choice and Taft as his second. Write-In Campaign A write-in campaign for Eisen hower began only last Friday, fol lowing a state attorney general’s ruling that such votes should be counted. The ruling turned an otherwise dull primary into a popularity con test for the nation’s presidential timber. Humphrey filed in the primary at the request of state and nation al Democratic leaders. The filing had the approval of President Tru man. Humphrey has said he would turn over his delegation to Mr. Truman if the President decides to run again. Tuesday’s primary was to pick 25 of the state’s Republican dele gates to the national convention and 23 of 26 Democratic delegates. Three more delegates for each par ty will be picked at state conven tions. All delegates are pledged to support their candidate until re leased by him or until his conven tion vote drops below ten per cent. By HARRI BAKER Battalion Staff Writer Dick Jurgens and his orchestra, of “Here’s that band again” fame, will give a concert in Guion Hall Saturday night, prior to the Mili tary Ball. Tickets for the concert, which will begin at 7:15 p. m. are 70 cents. The hour-and-a-half concert will be over at 8:30. From thei'e, the band will go to Sbisa Hall to play for the Military Ball from 9 chestra. Ray McIntosh also does to 12. vocals. The manager of the orches- Band leader-composer Jurgens tra is Will Jurgens, brother of the and his orchestra have given the leader. Together they make a rar- nation such hit tunes as “One ity in the entertainment business Dozen Roses,” “Cecelia,” “Elmer’s —a successful brother team. Tune,” “Careless,” and others. Billboard magazine called the The 16-piece Jurgens ensemble band “ a well-knit, well-rehearsed, features a smooth dance tempo, fully schooled, competent musical full arrangements precise playing, organization.” Variety magazine and excellent vocals. said they are “a good musical A1 Galente does double duty as band with a Personality, from the vocalist and violinist for the or- Second Shipment Of Annuals Due Students have picked up all but 806 of the 2,226 Aggieland ’51’s which are being distributed in Goodwin Hall. Next Shipment will arrive either Friday or Monday, announced Ro land Bing, manager of Student Uublications. All Aggieland ’51 yearbooks will be mailed out in the next two weeks to those ex-students who left their addi’esses, he added. SlPiS! 4 44 44 ijltf: Egg Graders to Hold Short Course Here A Shell Egg Graders short course will be held at A&M March 25,-27. The A&M poultry depart ment and Dallas division of the Production Market Association will sponsor the course. ■ Sit itl ■ 4-44- PCpI, 4 -- 4 mm 111111 Dick Jurgens smart appearance they make to the usually imaginative, sometimes downright screwy arrangements they employs.” Football Star Jurgens, who was born in Sac ramento, Calif., attended Sacra mento Junior College, where he majored in music and was a star on the football team. For his term paper in a music course, he wrote a song, “Day Dreams Come at Night,” which was later to become his theme song. The Jurgens orchestra started when he was kicked out of his high school band for playing jazz music. Immediately, he formed his own 9-man aggregatiion and began playing at summer resorts. When offered an engagement at a hotel if he could enlarge his or ganization, he expanded to 14 pieces, auditioning the new men and teaching them 200 arrange ments within two weeks. Radio, Record Hit From this beginning, the band went on to become a hit on rec- ords and radio, and at dance en gagements. During World War II, Jurgens served in the Marine Corps. For the first two years of his enlist ment, he was a radio technician, putting to use a knowledge of elec tricity that was a result of his long-standing hobby, radio engi- neering. He was then put in charge of the only entertainment unit the Marine had, touring the South Pacific. After the war, Jurgens reformed his band and continued on his trail to success. Date Rooms at Housing Office Students in need of hous ing - for their dates to the Mil itary Ball Saturday, should check by the Housing Office in Goodwin Hall for informa tion as to which Bryan and College residents have rooms for weekend rent in their homes. Housing Office employees said they did not know how many of the 339 residents listed have al ready been spoken for, but stu dents have been coming in at regu lar intervals to obtain information on available accomodations. The majority of the private homes which have rooms for rent are in Bryan and College Hills. Each home has space for two or more persons. Complete information on the available rooms, including, name, address, and phone number of the residents, can be found on the Housing Office card file. Top Ag Prof <■7 1 ■ fekt: i 1 Thomas E. McAfee, assistant professor of agronomy, was re cently chosen the outstanding professor in the School of Agri culture for the 1951-52 school year. The award was made by the Agriculture Council.