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WELCOME TO A&M CLASS OF 1956 Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of liOcal Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By A&M Students For 74 Years Number 191: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1952 Price 5 Cents Army Sets Reserves Discharge v Washington, Sept. 4—GT*)— About 4,000 reserve officers now serving involuntarily will be released three or four months ahead of schedule, the Army announced yesterday. Their tours of duty are being shortened, the Army said, because a large number of officers have elected to extend their service per iods and because officer training schools and the Reserve Officers y Training Corps are feeding in creasing numbers of candidates in to the ranks. Medical officers, engineers and v other specialists, however, will Hot benefit from the speed-up plan. The Army made public this Schedule for the release from ac tive duty of inactive and volunteer reserve officers who are serving involuntarily and desire early re lease: • Officers who served at least one year between Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 2, 1945, and who are over seas, will be returned for separa tion as soon as they- can be re placed in the overseas commands. In any event, they will be enroute to the United States by Nov. 30. • Officers who served at least one year during Woidd War II be tween Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 2, 1945, and who are serving in the United States, will be released no p later than Nov. 30. • Officers who served less than one year between, those dates will be released not later than March 31, 1953, whether or not they have * completed 19 months’ service by that date. Consolidated High School To Open September 8 A&M Consolidated High School will open Sept. 8, according to Superintendent Les Richardson. J. J. Skrivanek, principal, and English teacher, James Forsyth, are the only new additions to the staff. 1,800 New Students Arrive Tomorrow for 6 Fish’ Week Dr. J. C. Gaines Jr. . . . new department head System Gets New Head For Entomology Dr. J. C. Gaines Jr.; recog nized authority on cotton in sect control in Texas, has been named head of the co-ordina ted department of entomology of the A&M System. Dr. Gaines, whose appointment is effective immediately, succeeds Dr. H. G. Johnston, who recently resigned this position to become head of research for the National Cotton Council. As head of the coordinated de partment, Dr. Gaines will be re sponsible for teaching, research and extension in the field of en tomology for the System. A native Texan, born at Sims in 1903, Dr. Gaines took his undei’- graduate work at Alabama Poly- Jrechnic Institute, where he gradu ated in i925 and took an M.S. degree in 1926. He./was awarded his Ph.D. by Iowa State College in 1937. Dr. Gaines joined fhe A&M System in 1942 as an entomologist. After serving in the Army from 1943 to 1946 as a Major, he re turned to A&M and has served since as a professor in the de partment which he now will head. Polio Toll Reaches 3,109 Cases in Texas By ASSOCIATED PRESS i With tragic individual cases as & grim backdrop; polio’s spread in Texas continued on the wane Thursday. But the incidence for 1952 was at a record high with 3,109 cases reported aci'oss the state through Wednesday. Hundreds had died, and other hundreds vrere crippled, many hopelessly so. Only 163 new polio cases were reported in the state last week, the State Health Department said. That was one more than the pre vious week, but still far below the mid-summer average of about 200 weekly. The worst week of the year saw 286 new cases. „ As Houston and Fort Worth re ported new cases Wednesday, phy sicians considered the tragic case of the Paul Phi family of Stone- 1 wall. a Pelt! Case Tragic Five of the Pehl children, doc tors said, had polio. Pehl and his wife wei’e sick and the family doc tor said he would recommend spin al taps to confirm or rule out the possibility of polio. Two more of the nine Pehl chil dren are ill, but they have im proved and polio tests were being delayed Wednesday. Two play mates of the Pehl children also have polio and all are in a San Antonio hospital. One of the play mates is a cousin. A field investigation for Gilles pie County, where Stonewall is lo cated in Southwest Central Texas, west of Austin, was being consider ed. The still mysterious malady hit Turkey Short Course Set Here Sept. 8-12 The annual Tui’key Short Course for training flock selecting and blood collecting agents will be held at A&M Sept. 8-12. Registra tion will be in the D. H. Reid Poultry Laboratory at 8 a.m. on * Bepb 8. three new Texas counties last week for the first time this year. They were Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, and Moore Counties. Counties reported new cases as follows: Harris and Potter, 20 each; Dallas, 13; Lubbock 12; Hale, 11; Bexar, 10; McLennan, 7; John son, 5; Galveston and Tom Green, 4 each; Midland, Nueces, Collings worth and Runnels, 3 each; Braz oria, Ector, Edwards, Floyd Kle berg, Tarrant, Taylor, Victoria and Deaf Smith, 2 each. Brazos, Cameron, Cooke, Fay ette, Freestdne, Hardin, Hidalgo, Hill, Howard, Hunt, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lynn, McCulloch, Mills, Mit chell, Moore, Ochiltree, Rains, Rea gan, Rusk, Smith, Travis, Val Ver de, Van Zandt, Young and the Armed Forces, 1 each. Two New Bu i Id ings To Open in October Two new buildings now under constraction on the A&M campus wjll be completed and placed in service during the next two months. They are the new Engineering building, valued at $527,000 and due for completion about the end of October, and the Texas Engi neers’ Library, valued at $180,000, to be completed about the end of September. 'The Engineering building is of reinforced' concrete construction with brick exterior walls and in terior walls o|f concrete block and glazed tile. It contains 51,500 square feet of floor space in three stories. Fate of Storm Decided Today Miami, Fla.—GP)—Wheth er the Atlantic hurricane will strike the United States main land or whirl to a harmless death over open water may be determined today by a high pres sure area from the Midwest. The hurricane, with walloping winds of 110 miles an hour, was estimated to be 700 miles east southeast of Jacksonville, Fla., in a pre-dawn advisory today. The Miami Weather Bureau not ed late last night that the high pressure front, then over Illinois and Ohip, was moving at a rapid pace toward the East Coast. “There’s a chance it will reach the coast today and block off the hurricane,” said meteorologist Al len Marshall. “At any rate, we should have a good indication to day of what is going to happen.” In an advisory at 5 a.m. EST, the Weather Bureau said the storm was traveling toward the north west at about 12 to 14 miles an hour, on a curving course that ap peared for the present to have taken Florida out of range. Aggie Flying Club Started by Students A group of students are antici pating an Aggie Flying Club says John R. Vilas, senior industrial education major. It is hoped that a plane and col lege facilities will be donated by some air-minded sponsor. The members will contribute dues and provide for expenses for the plane as a group. Shelby Cain (right) former A&M student of Kenedy, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and now with the Point Four program in Iraq serves as a director of field crops at the Abu-ghraib Ex perimental Station at Baghdad, Iraq. Specialists on his staff in clude (left) Ahmed al-Saig of the University of Cairo, and Tarig al-Orfali of California State Polytechnic in 1951. It will house offices for the dean of engineering; the Aeronau tical Engineering Department; the Industrial Engineering Depart ment, and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station offices and laboratories. Other special laboratories in clude a wind- tunnel laboratory and a structural analysis laboratory. Two^ special features were includ ed in the building’s structure. They are a special boom and window assembly so constructed that an airplane fuselage can be hoisted through the windows, and a truck ramp with large doors to admit heavy cargo, on the ground floor. Contract for the building was let to the F-isher Construction Company of Houston, Oct. 11, 1951. The same company received the contract for the Texas Engineers’ Library at that time. Two-Story Library The library building contains 10,300 feet of floor space in two stories and a partial basement. It cost $180,000 and will be used to house alb material fpr the Tex as Engineers’ Library, which main tains a mailing sei'vice of books and technical data for professional engineers in the state. It also is a reference point for students and engineers in other states and bordering nations. Consulting architects for both buildings are Adams and Adams of Dallas. T. R. Spence, manager of physical .plants for the Texas A. and M. College System, is in charge of the entire program. [FISH" 862501436 /* o')#: . . Er, uh, it’s good to be here.’ n 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon 12:15:p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 :00 p.m. Friday’s Schedule HOUSING ASSIGNMENTS, FEES, UNIFORMS All entering students will obtain room assignments at the housing desk in Sbisa Hall Annex. Fees also will be paid in Sbisa Hall Annex. Uniforms will be drawn at the Clothing Warehouse. REFRESHMENTS—Sbisa Hall Sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. for new students, their par ents and friends, and members of the faculty. NOON MEAL—Sbisa Hall—Students and parents EVENING MEAL—Sbisa Hall. GENERAL ASSEMBLY—The Grove. Presiding—C. H. Ransdell, Asst, to Dean, Basic Division INVOCATION—Cadet Lt. Oliver C. Jarvis, Corps Chaplain INTRODUCTIONS—John R. Bertrand, Dean of Basic Division “College Exchange Store”—-Carl Birdwell, Manager ANNOUNCEMENTS AGGIE SONGS—Group singing led by W. M. Turner, Director of Musical Activities YELL PRACTICE—Tom Collins, Head Yell Leader MOVIES—1951 Texas A&M vs. Texas University Foot ball Game Highlights ‘Fish’ Week First Session FridayNight New faces get their first look at A&M today as freshmen start arriving on the cam pus to begin a week of college indoctrination. By Friday night, an estimated 1800 new students will be housed in the Third Divis ion area. Officers and non-commissioned officers of the Third Division moved into their quar ters yesterday and today to prepare for the week’s training period. Refreshments will be served tomorrow morning at the YMCA and meals will be pre pared at Sbisa Dining Hall, but activities will not officially get underway until 7 p.m. At that time a general assembly will be held in The Grove where freshmen will be intro duced to members of the faculty and parti cipate in their first Aggie yell practice. Dr. •♦•John R. Bertrand, dean of the Ba sic Division, will make the intro ductions. Friday night’s program will con clude with a screening of the 1951 A&M-University of Texas football game. Assignments to rooms will be gin at 8 a.m. tomorrow at the housing desk in Sbisa Hall Annex where fees may also be paid. Freshmen may start drawing their uniforms from the clothing warehouse at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The clothing warehouse will re main open all day the rest of the week. Alterations will be made at the warehouse as the uniforms are issued. Beginning Saturday morning at 7:45, freshmen will be given a series of vocational and aptitude tests to discover what course of study each is best suited. The testing period will last until noon. Students who have already participated in the testing program administered during the past sum mer will assemble in Guion Hall. Top Entertainment Planned For Freshmen Programs Music, movies, entertainers, col lege yells, and a reception in the MSC will introduce the freshmen to A&M. Activities that will provide en tertainment for the traditional freshman week will take place to morrow through Sept. 11, nightly at 7 p.m. Open house sponsored by the various religious denominations and an address on “The Life of the A&M Cadet” by Cadet Lt. Col. O. C. “Putter” Jarvis, corps chap lain, are scheduled for Saturday. Walter Jenkins, noted song lead er for the International Rotary Club, and a two-piano team, Thel ma Lindsay and Mabel Edith Oliv er, will entertain Monday. Jen kins has been participating in this event for the last five years. Texas Top Hands The Texas Top Hands Western Band, from the dude ranch coun try of Bandera, will provide the tricky music and songs for the freshmen on Wednesday. These boys will offer the music and mer ry making that the dudes dance MSC Parking Lines Painted by College To comply with traffic regula tions, the parking lines around the MSC and other heavily used places are repainted, according to Fred Hickman, chief of Campus Security. All of the lines that are badly faded, no parking, and restricted areas will all eventually be paint ed. The painting job is not a new task and is done nearly every sum mer, Hickman added. the boogie, cotton eyed joe, schot- tisches, square dances, and the Bandera polka too. Anything can happen when this colorful team pick up their instru ments and it usually does. They often switch instruments in the middle of a tune and walk around among the dancers. They occa sionally bring out hats and nov elty costumes and swing into a comedy routine. All members of the band are vocalists which they make up solos, duets, trios, quar- Car Inspection Deadline Nears Car inspection stations in Brazos County were swamped today as last minute checkups were being made for car own ers before the Sept. 6 dead line. All cars in Texas which do not bear yellow inspection stickers after Saturday will be subject up to a $200 fine. tets, and any other combination, depending on their inclination. The band is lead by Walter Kley- pas, who plays a lively piano. The band includes: Leon Men-it, chief guitar player; “Buck” Buchanan and “Easy” Adams, who are fiddle players. Other members are Leon ard (Brownie) Brown, who plays the trampet and drums; and George (Knee-Hi) Holley, who stands 4 feet, 11% inches, and plays the bass fiddle. Miss Patsy Clay, radio TV star will be the top vocalist. A reception will be held on the final night, wheer the freshman will meet the college faculty and officials. President Calls Meeting Of Faculty for Sept. 11 There will be a meeting of the faculty and staff of A&M in Guion Hall, Thursday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m., Pres. M. T. Harrington has an nounced. Temperatures Low Across State As Sun Takes Rest By Associated Press Fall-like weather finally cover ed Texas Thursday—but without more, cool fronts the state is in for a gradual warming up that might be almost like August again. The cold front that moved into the state early in the week had gotten clear down to Brownsville before it became stationary and began breaking up. The drought still lingers on. And the weather bureau said clear skies and a hot sun would warm up the state today. Rain was reported at Corpus Christi, Victoria and Palacios Wed nesday. The high temperature at College Station yesterday was 94. Pre sidio topped the state with 105. Receive Indoctrination In addition to the issuing of uni forms, testing, and a series of as semblies included in Freshmen Week, new students will receive an indoctrination in Aggie tradi tions and fundamentals of military life. Instruction in these subjects will be given by officers and non commissioned officers of the Third Division. Throughout the week’s training program an abundance of enter tainment will be supplied the new students. One highlight will be a performance Wednesday night by The Texas Top Hands, a western band from Bandera. Activities will end Thursday night with a reception in the MSC Ballroom where freshmen will meet the college faculty and offi cials. MSC Plans Open House The Memorial Student Cen ter will hold its first open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Sun day, according to Lamar Mc- New, president of the MSC Council. Along with entertainment from a six piece orchestra which will present continuous shows in the Ballroom during that time, five organists will display their musi cal talents in the main lobby. • In rooms 2A and 2B the Center’s Directorate will have exhibits and displays explaining the various committees of the MSC, McNew added. The House Committee will have a reception for freshmen in the Assembly Room. In the bowling alley, top notch bowlers, including Billy Welu of Houston, the Texas individual bowling champion, will display their form in exhibition matches. “Freshmen, their parents, and friends are invited to come look at the MSC,” McNew concluded.