I Circulated Daily
To 90 Per Cent
Of Local Residents
Number 185: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published By
A & M Students
For 74 Years
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1952
Price 5 Cents
Top Band Plays
At Guion Oct. 6
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Managing Editor
Musicdom’s “Young Man With a Horn” will convey those
velvet tones, which have made him famous, to the ears of
Town'Hall patrons on October 6.
Ray Anthony, his trumpet, and his orchestra will open
the coming Town Hall season with a program of top tunes
and dance numbers that have skyrocketed them to their top
place in the music world.
Featured with the Anthony orchestra will be vocalists
t Tommy Mercer and Marcie Miller, The Skyliners and The
Anthony Choir. Plenty of vocals along with straight orches
trations will add variety to this+—
pop concert.
, Tagged as one of the most bril
liant trumpet players in the coun
try. Anthony directs a band com
posed,^ y/mng men whose youth
addjjjr greatly to the freshness of
its /music. Consequently the An
thony group has played itself to
! "the top of the scale by being vot
ed “The Nation’s Number One
Band” by the National Disk Jock
ey Roll.
Recording on Capital platters,
Anthony has made several albums
plus many single records. In ad
dition to his recordings and con
certs, his orchestra has provided
dance music for many of the best
hotels and night clubs over the
^country. The Anthony group has
also been seen on the screen in
several Columbia productions.
Anthony was born in Cleveland,
Ohio, and attended school in that
•teity. Under the guidance of a tu
tor, he started taking trumpet les
sons at an early age.
Before he was 16, he was work
ing into the professional side of
music by playing with local bands
for proms and other Cleveland
events. Prior to his seventeenth
birthday, Anthony went on the
J'oad with orchestra leader A1 Don-
fchue. After leaving Donahue, he
became a featured member of the
Clenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey
Segregations.
When he joined the Navy, An
thony got together his own musi
cal combination. It wasn’t long
before he was put in charge of a
dance band which created a sen
sation in Navy circles.
Still climbing to the top, he soon
fronted an All-Pacific band which
toured the islands of Okinawa,
Tarawa, Guam and Midway.
After receiving an honorable
discharge in 1946, Anthony, organ
ized his own first civilian oiches-
tra. From then on, he gained pop-
\ilarity with the same ease with
which he plays his trumpet.
Physics Dept.
Add Professors
And One Course
The Physics Department
will have two new instructors
and one new course in Septem
ber.
Phillip G. Lichtenstein, as
sistant professor of physics at the
University of California, will sei-ve
in the same capacity at A&M.
Lichenstein received his PhD at
the University of California.
Alfred B. Hilton, who is to be
an instructor in physics here, re
ceived his Bachelor’s degree at
Bluefield, Va., and taught there
before taking his new position with
the physics department here.
The new course is physics 215, an
introductory course for students of
Veterinary Medicine. It is being
offered for the first time this fall.
Physics 314 is being revived this
fall for those who desire a survey
course in astronomy.
Student to Instruct
Boy Scout Aquatic
Jerry McFarland, senior business
major from Dallas, will serve as
director of the Sam Houston area
council Boy Scout swimming and
aquatic meet Saturday.
The swimming meet will be held
at Camp Strake near Conroe.
H. W. Barlow, dean of engineer
ing department, said McFarland
has worked in such meets and was
capable of the job when he rec
ommended him for the Saturday
meet - ^
Nelsons to Attend
Danforth Meeting
Dr. and Mrs. Bardin H. Nelson,
&&M associates of the Danforth
foundation will attend a meeting
hi that organization’s college rep
resentatives at Shelby, Mich., Aug.
J54-29.
“We expect an attendance of 300
representatives from all states, in
cluding about 30 Texans,” Nelson
said. f. , ,
r purpose will be to consider
i:tind means of making religion
Ire vital force for students
'during and after college.”
ie Danforth Foundation is the
realization of the dreams of four
^college students who wanted to do
something toward making the
world a better place to live in.
Practice Teaching
Dates Announced
Practice teaching dates have
been set for senior agricultural
education students for the 1952-
1953 school year, announced the
agricultural education department.
October 20-31 has been set for
practice teaching for the fall se
mester and March 2-13 for the
spring semester. .
Junior observation will be done
at the same time. Observation will
be in high school over a wider area
of the state than was done last
year. The new system will give
'the students a wider knowledge of
farming and teaching procedures
for the different sections of the
state.
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Centered around William H.
Danforth, president of the Ralston
Purina Company, the organization
sponsors the American Youth
Foundation Camps and awards
scholarships to outstanding grad
uate students enabling them to
work toward advanced degrees.
Four two-week expense-paid en
campments are held annually by
the youth camps for the follow
ing groups of young people: 400
teen-age boys, 400 teen-age girls,
400 college men and 400 college
women.
One senior and one freshman
attend the encampment annually
i-epresenting A&M.
Danforth associates at colleges
thi’oughout the United States are
man and wife teams who are ex
pected to further religious life
with primary emphasis upon hav
ing sizeable numbers of students
entertained in the home.
“As associates, Mrs. Nelson and
I are especially busy during the
Thanksgiving and Christmas holi
days ai’ranging dinners for stu
dents who can’t be home,” Nelson
said.
Marcie Miller
Qualified Men Enforce
Campus Safety Laws
By PERRY SHEPARD
Battalion Staff Writer
Use of the nickname “KK’s” in
reference to members of the Cam
pus Security Department is apt to
make you a very unpopulai’ person
with the officers, said Fred Hick
man, chief of campus security.
The “KK’s,” to coin a phrase,
desire to achieve better and more
fi’iendly relations with students.
Hickman admitted that the officers
favor this handle to some ovei'-
heard, but still do not relish the
often used name.
Congested traffic and limited
parking facilities presents the
greatest problem to security offi
cers during the regular school
year, stated Hickman.
Numerous Duties
Directing and controlling traffic
are only two of the duties assigned
to the security officers. Hickman
explained that the protection of
both .college and individual prop
erty is an all important, if npt the
ultimate, task.
The Campus Security Depart
ment was reorganized to serve in
its present capacity in 1945. Pre
viously, the department had been
supervised and controlled by the
commandant of the corps of ca
dets. The change was instituted
by John W. Rollins, dean of men
at that time.
Hickman said there are no set
qualifications and no definite age
Local Girl Scouts
Begin Scrap Drive
College Station and Bryan Girl
Scouts started a scrap-metal drive
Monday, announced Mrs. F. C. Teel
Griffin, director of drive.
Collections will last through
August 16.
Scrap-metal of any kind will be
accepted, Mrs. Griffin explained.
Collection boxes are located at the
triangle of East Gate and the Girl
Scout Little House.
Trucks will canvas the entire
Bryan-College Station area Satur
day, August 16, making collections.
Members of the collection com
mittee are A. T. Ball, Mrs. Leo
Ogg, Mrs. J. B. Page, and Mrs.
R. E. Patterson, council president.
limit for campsu security officers.
However, they must be in good
health and appear to have a well
founded reason for desiring to
serve on the force. The men must
also show a sincere interest in the
welfare of the school.
Working hours differ from that
of the students in that the officers
must be willing to work any hour,
an unlimited number of hours, and
whatever shift assigned.
When asked about the use of
guns, Hickman said the officers
wear them at night and at any
other time deemed necessary.
Hickman began working with
law enforcement agencies with the
state’s driver’s license division. He
was a captain in the highway pa
trol and rose to assistant director
of the State Depai'tment of Public
Safety.
He was given a leave of .^absence
to serve in the army, but after 26
months of service he assumed his
present position with the college
in 1945 rather than returning to
the State Department agency.
House
Hits Local Area
Samuels Named
College Unions
Student Head
John Samuels of Galveston,
economics major at A&M, has
been named student chairman
of the National Association of
College Unions.
Samuels is vice-president of the
MSC Council for the 1952-53 school
year.
Samuels will preside at the na
tional association’s annual confer
ence in Berkeley, Cailf., this fall.
In addition, he will attend an exec
utive meeting of the association
in Chicago, September 9-10, to help
lay plans for the conference.
Purpose of the annual confer
ence, which is attended by repre
sentatives of college unions all ov
er the nation, is discussion of prob
lems in administration of a union,
and presentation of new ideas.
The California session of the
association will be the third which
Samuels has attended. In 1950 and
1951 he served as a panel leader
during annual conferences at
Michigan State College and Okla
homa A&M College respectively.
He is the son of Mr. and Mi’s. J.
S. Samuels of 1306 North One-Half
Street in Galveston, and will be-
Mrs. Thomas
Retires From
Library Staff
Mrs. Willie D. Thomas, the first
woman employee of the college, is
retiring after 40 years of service
on the library staff.
Mrs. Thomas first came to A&M
as Miss Willie Davis, October 1,
1907. Due to lack of funds, her
services were discontinued in Jan
uary, 1909. In 1914 she re-joined
the staff after her marriage to
W. H. Thomas.
During her 40 years of service
with the college, she has served
under seven presidents. She has
seen the library housed in three
buildings, and has seen it grow
from a handful of volumes and a
staff of one, to over 200,000 vol
umes and a staff of 30.
‘Pinky’ Growing
10 Foot Tomatoes
The tomato vine is ten feet
tall and bearing the love apples.
Which is by the way of say
that the prized tomato vine in the
garden of P. L. Downs Jr., at Col
lege Station, is doing just what
Downs said it would do—grow to a
height of 10 feet or more, and it
is still growing.
Aero Building To
Be Completed Early
The Aeronautical building will
be furnished 100 days before the
deadline date, said Oscar Telg,
construction superintendent.
The original contract called for
300 working days, but because of
excellent weather conditions is 85
per cent complete, and will be
ready for classes October 1.
EE Prof Returns To
Engineering Faculty
E. H. Andrew, Jr., ’45, will re
sume his position this September
as an assistant professor in the
department of electrical engineer
ing.
. Andrew was an instructor in
that department from 1947 to 1949
when he took a leave of absence
from the A&M staff to receive
his master of science degree at
M.I.T.
Returning in the fall of 1950,
Andrew taught for two days, at
which time he was called to active
duty with the Second Armored Di-
New Korean G.I. Bill
In Operation Aug. 20
Badgett Attending
San Antonio ORC
W. H. Badgett, manager of the
office of Physical Plants for A&M
will return Monday, August 18,
*from Officers Reserve camp.
He has been stationed at Ft.
Sam Houston near San Antonio,
the past two weeks. _
Korean veterans, who plan to
enter training in September under
the Korean G.I. bill should request
application forms by writing to
the nearest Veterans Administra
tion immediately, Bennie A. Zinn,
veterans advisor, suggested.
Since the Veterans Administra
tion has not received printed forms
to send out, the letters will serve
temporarily as an application form.
The letters will be officially date
stamped the day they are received
by the Veterans Administration.
This step will insure the veterans
getting full subsistence should the
printed forms be sent out after
the veteran has entered training.
Letters should include the date
of school registration, field of
training, and a copy of service
separation papers, Zinn empha
sized.
Married veterans should also in
clude a copy of their marriage cer
tificate.
Veterans having one or more
children should include a copy of a
birth certificate of at least one
child.
The new Korean G.I. bill will
become effective Augusta 20.
*■ A housing’ shortage has hit the College Station-Bryan
area.
Things are bad now—but it’s going to be much worse
perhaps even before mid-September when the fall semester
gets underway.
Rental of houses is almost impossible. Two and three-
bedroom houses just aren’t to be found. And the lucky ten
ant who does stumble across a rental may find himself pay
ing as much as $75 a month for a 2-bedroom unfurnished
home or up to $125 a month for a place with three bedrooms.
Even unfurnished apratments are
reflecting the sting of inflation.
Faculty members or students
may have to shell out $60 to $85
a month for a small one-bedroom
apartment.
If they are looking for some
thing furnished, the ante is even
higher. Decent three - room fur
nished apartments will hit up to
$90 per month.
Prices on furnished rooms in
some areas are also skyrocketing.
Some are being advertised now for
as much as $50 per month. Gen
erally, these are better rooms with
private bath, but the price may
still cut a big nick in the budget
of a single student or faculty
member.
One-room apartments are in
about the same price bracket as
single rooms. The less attractive
small apartments, furnished, start
at $35 per month. Most of these
are garage apartments. The fan
cier the layout, the higher the
price rises.
These are figures compiled on
housing conditions in a study by
Battalion reporters. They mean
that newcomers to the area are
going to have a rough time trying
to find a place to hang their hats.
Faculty Discouraged
Several new faculty members
who have already spent some time
house hunting are extremely dis
couraged. They report almost no
rental houses available. And the
few empty homes for rent are tag
ged with prices beyond the average
AM employee budget.
They might be able to buy be
cause, strangely enough, the pur
chase prices of homes has decreas
ed in many instances. A new
comer can buy property here gen
erally for a less amount than he
could in a comparable area. Some
well-built homes are as much as
$5,000 less here than in other sim
ilar towns.
Real estate men take a pessi
mistic view of the housing future.
They want to sell houses, not rent
them. Most agencies believe ren
tals will become hafder and hard
er to find.
The new Oak Terrace addition
near the circle is now open only
to Bryan AFB personnel. The ad
dition is taking car.e of some in
coming military personnel, and
others already stationed at BAFB
—but it has not yet made any ap
preciable difference in the number
of rental houses available to non
military persons.
Married college students will
probably be able to find accommo
dations either in the project hous
ing near the south gate or at Col
lege View, for veterans. Apart
ments in these areas generally rent
from $24 to $37.50 per month.
Married students living off the
campus may have a more difficult
time. One real estate agency has
a policy of not renting to students,
either married or single.
No new housing projects are
planned in the College Station-
Bryan area, the real estate men
report.
AH Professor Gets
PhD at Missouri U.
W. N. Warren, A&M’s livestock
judging team coach from 1946 to
1950 receives his PhD from the
University of Missouri this month.
Warren left A&M in June, 1950
to work on his PhD in animal
breeding at the university.
Dr. Warren will return to A&M
in September to continue his work
as assistant professor of animal
husbandry.
vision at Fort Hood.
Two weeks later he was ordered
to the U. S. Military Academy at
West Point, New York, where he
completed his tour of active duty
as an instructor of electricity.
In connection with his duties at
West Point, Andrew attended a
six week radiological defense
course at Edgewood, Maryland.
The course dealt with national
atomic defense.
Andrew and his wife reside at
1309 Foster Street in College Sta
tion.
Left to right, C. E. Wilson, president of General
Motors, and Charles A. Chayne, vice president
in charge of engineering staff, welcomes C. W.
Crawford, professor and head of the mechanical
engineering department at A&M, Byron E. Short,
professor and chairman of the department of me
chanical engineering. University of Texas, and
Wayne S. Beattie, professor and head of the de
partment of mechanical engineering. University
of Colorado, to the General Motors Engineering
Conference in Detroit.
15 Thousand Books
Added to Library
\
Memorial Cushing Library has
added over 15,000 volumes to its
present stock during the past year.
One of the outstanding gifts re
ceived this year was a group of
old military volumes. The volumes
date back to the Civil War, and
were printed by the Department of
the Army of the Confederate
States.
In addition to the increased num
ber of volumes, construction im
provements to the library have
been made. The reserve room and
the required reading room have
been remodeled. New wall shelv
ing has been placed in both rooms,
doubling the volume capacity of
the two rooms.
Flourescent lighting will soon be
installed in the reference room,
and eventually will be installed in
the entire library building.