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. ^ f 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 184: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1952 Price 5 Cents Houston Symphony 1 •V: 1 1111 m :■ '■.‘m ■p * •' •• U'' r f * ’ } T *\ % ^ -A ; m>\ i m : J . fc ■ ■ i ; : ' -j. A:.'. •' ; : ' ' . Vi# ' ##" ■ /' \ ^ ■ . * '•>V* / A. Av>4 ; _ Houston Returns Symphony January 8 Efrem Kurtz Registration D§t<|; §et For Firemen’s School Registration for the Firemen’s courses Training^ School begins August 24. The school lasts through August ; 29. The Fireman’s Training School this year offers four different Join r 11 : ;: v: j , -.1 the Jbasic course, advanced course, fire ^harshall’s course, and the fire department -instructor’s course. v . ApproxTmat^ly 800 firemen and fire marshals will attend the week 4-of training. Firemen and fire marshalls will come from 325 cit ies, industries and from 49 army, navy and air force posts, bases and stations. Last year 18 states and Puerto Rico were represented in addition to Texas. About 80 experienced instructors from municipal departments, in dustry and armed forces work with the student firemen. The student firemen; are broken down, into «n^iill groups;ty facilitate feldsfer'imlivid- jral Ag fteh t i bn A'i.aalhsf ruction Vidth actuaf . of V$SiMi%#pf fires 4 wfth •’many-, types’|pf < ektin- -guishingi equipment.-A; - The. men will select the course in which they desire training, dnd dur ing the- week will rotate by sec tions for three to six-hours in the ‘specific subjects. . . * At the end of’the" course, those who pass a written examination are entitled to a certificate. Ag Extension To Move Into New Building The Agriculture Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station will jgjpon move to new quarters in the Systepi Administration Build ing,.. M i- Fourth on this season’s Town Hall schedule will be a return performance by the Houston Symphony on January 8. Under the direction of Efrem Kurtz, the orchestra has been called “comparable throughout to the Northern orches tras and among the better symphonies in the country.” After the Houston Symphony was reorganized in 1948, it made its debut on November 1 of that year. On this pro gram it presented the world premiere of the works of the >-contemproary American composer, Aaron Copland. Attracting attention , in -the . na tional-press, the performance soon gave Houston the distinction of having one of the principal sym phony orchestras in the nation. Efrem Kurtz The man whose artistry helped put the Houston Symphony in its honored position in the musical world is Efrem Kurtz, the director. ^Before taking direction.) of this musical group, Kurtz was’ conduc-J tor of the Kansas City Philharmon ic orchestra. He had made two previous visits to Houston and on each occasion had won the respect and admiration of the Houston musical public from his experienced and intelligent symphony direction. Kurtz was given a three year contract with the orchestra and at the same time saw it undertake a large expansion pi-ogram. The budget of the 1948-49 season was enlarged and the orchestra was in creased from 78 to 85 musicians. Also the concert schedule was ex panded to present more than twice the number of musical events of former seasons. Additional Programs In addition to regular subscrip tion concerts, the Houston - Sym phony annually presents student concerts, free “pop” programs, gives radio broadcasts, makes clas sical recordings and fulfills num erous out-of-town engagements.. Student tickets for the coming Town Hall season will be sold on September 12 and 13 at Registra tion and in the dormitories after classes begin. Non-student tick ets will go on sale at 7 o’clock (See SYMPHONY, Page 4) The basement, first and second fibers of-'the building are being re modeled and repainted to provide offices. . . 5.. . New work handled through the office of Arch C. Baker, college architect, is the veterinary hospital and clinic, 15 percent completed, the maternity barn and five silos for the dairy husbandry depart ment, and the Agronomy Labora tory, nearly completed. Dormitories 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, the three story office section and lec ture room of the agricultural en gineering building and the exter ior of the cotton research labora tory and petroleum engineering buildings are to be painted. Culpepper Plot Has 30 Units Ready Thirty units of the Oak Terrace addition are now completed and ready for occupants. * The first families moved in four weeks ago, said Bill Carl, as sociate in the Culpepper Realty Company. South Likes Says Dixie Man Air Force Band Gives Concert Wednesday Eve The 515th Air Force Band from Bryan will present a concert of semi-classical selec tions on the star lighted ter race of the MSC, Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 8 p.m., announced War rant Officer Joseph F. Langillot- ti. Langillotti, director, is a former member of the Air Force Sym phony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Prelude to Act III from Lohen grin by Wagner, selections from the New Moon by Romberg and Begin the Beguine by Cole Porter are among the selections that the band will pi’esent. The band consists of 32 mem bers, many of which are profes sional musicians. A recent recording has been made by this band which will be a prelude to th© Wednesday night concert. This recording may be heard over WTAW, Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 6 p.m. “It is one of the best bands I have heard and anyone missing the concert will be missing great mus ical entertainment” stated J. B. Raynaud one of the music commit tee members who was present when the recording was made. Denver, Colo., Aug. 11 UP).—A key Dixie supporter of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said Monday the GOP presiden tial nominee apparently is confident “we will crack the Solid South”—traditional Democratic stronghold—in the Novem ber election. John Minor Wisdom, Republican national committeeman from Louisiana, conferred with Eisenhower and later told a news conference he. believes Texas—the general’s birthplace —is most likely to line up in the GOP column. And the chances are good, Wi s " Dr. David Morgan Arrives August 18 Dr. David H. Morgan will arrive August 18, to assume his duties as new dean of the college. Dr. Morgan is now dean of the college and dean of the graduate school at Coloi'ado Agricultural and Mechanical College at Colo rado Springs. The new A&M dean will replace Dr. C. C. French who resigned sevei'al months ago to become president of Washington State Col lege. Dr. Morgan started his academic career as a research assistant in the Institute of Child Welfare of the University of California, and served 10 years as a member of the staff of the California School for the Blind. For the past four years he has been at Colorado A&M, where he has been a department head, dean of the graduate school, and dean of the college. Now 43, Dr. Morgan is married and has two daughters, age 11 and 17. Grassmen Attending Turf Meeting Today Leading grassmen and other persons interested in lawn grass problems from all over Texas are expected to attend a Turf Field Day at A&M today. Sponsored by the agronomy de partment, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and the Texas Turf Association, the meet will be held on the experimental turf plots near Easterwood Airport in College Station. Many city park directors, golf course superintendents, and care takers of playgrounds, athletic fields, cemeteries and industrial Dr. Roy Donohue Accepts New Post Dr. Roy L. Donohue, professor of agronomy, has been appointed head of the agronomy department of the University of New Hamp shire. Donohue received his BS degree from Michigan State in 1932, and took his PhD from Cornell Uni versity in 1939. He came to A&M in 1939 and was extension agronomist for sev en yeai’s. He has been teaching soils since February. Donohue’s resignation will be come effective Aug. 31, and he will assume his new position in September. plants are expected to attend, in addition to professional grass cul ture specialists. Dick King of Fort Worth, presi dent of the Texas Turf Association; Jim Jennings of Houston, vie pres ident, and Bob Shelton of Tyler, secretary-treasurer of the associa tion, also will attend. Experimental tests to be inspec ted and discussed include strain tests, fertilizers tests, chemical tests, cut tests, weed control tests and warm-cool season grass com binations. In addition, tne group will tour. Kyle Field, the college golf course and other turf areas on the cam pus. J. R. Watson Jr. and R. C. Potts of the agronomy department, are arranging the field day. 75 Expected From Foreign Countries Seventy-five foreign students are expected to register in Sep- tembei*, announced Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of men. Approximately 25 students will be from Mexico, and the remain der coming from Venezuela, Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Pan ama. Dean of Graduate School, Ide P. Trotter, has accepted four stu dents. Two are from India and two from Pakistan. dom added, that Florida, Virginia and Louisiana will go for the gen eral. Wisdom and twenty other Eis enhower supporters from eight Southern States sat down with the general and his vice-presidential running mate, Sen. Richard M. Nixon of California, to discuss plans for a GOP.bid in the South. In addition to Louisiana, there wei’e representatives from Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mis sissippi, South Carolina and Flor ida. Eisenhower went from that meeting to a conference with Re publican farm leaders, including some members of the Senate and House agriculture committees. In advance of the farm session. Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa, a member of the Senate committee, told a reporter Eisen hower must make an intensive campaign for the farm vote. “And I am convinced that is just what he is going to do,” Hick enlooper added. Eisenhower aids have empha sized that all possible steps will be taken to prevent a repetition of the Democrats’ success in the farm belt states in the 1948 presi dential election. At the conference of Southern ers with Eisenhower, Wisdom served as chairman and spokes- man of the delegation. At the Re publican national convention in July, he headed the pro - Eisenhow er Louisiana delegation which won recognition over a rival group backing Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the nomination. At Monday’s session, Wisdom said, Eisenhower made a little talk and emphasized that he is anxious to seek development of a two-party system iri the South. “I think the General recognizes that we will crack the solid South this time,” Wisdom declared. Asked which southern state that he feels is the most likely to line up for the general, Wisdom replied that in his opinion Texas is the answer. Staff M/Sgt. Charles L. Thompson World’s Largest Military School J ■ •TO a : • j Maj. Hubert Otis Johnson, Jr. ► V m J r IP Is 11! v. v. :S.. m m j. # #1 9 vd M il 23 T/Sgt. Turner M, Buford ^ M/Sgt* John Pi Collins'..^" T/Sgt. Carthell E. Perdue M/Sgt. Marion LeRoy Daniel Major John S. MeCannon Captain C. B. Doleac M/Sgt. Royal H. McCauley