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Wednesday, October 8, 1952
THE BATTALION
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c SO COZY’—Students living
three to a room in some
sections of the campus pre
sent a somewhat crowded
condition. Robert Eads
looks up at his roommates,
T. H. Russell and Max W.
II a r i a h, explaining that
when winter comes “three
to a room will make things
cozier.”
‘Army, Navy and Air Force
Work Together in Southwest'
FORT WORTH, Oct. 8—(IP)—The Secretary of Defense
is beginning “to ride herd on the military services,” Lt. Col.
Rush Gibbs of the Air Force said yesterday.
Gibbs is chairman of the Southwest Armed Forces Re
gional Council of the Munitions Board. He addressed a joint
meeting of- the council with the Southwest Regional Defense
Mobilization Committee.
He said the Air Force, Army and Navy have learned to
work together in the Southwest. He also reminded the
groups that the last session of congress “put teeth into the
1947 unification act.”
Members of the two groups heard reports from repre
sentatives of •government agencies of defense procurement
activities.
State Bar Directors
Meet Here Friday
The board of directors of. the
State Bar of Texas will convene at
College Station in the MSC Friday,
according to J. Glenn Turner of
Dallas, president of the organiza
tion. The meeting will be the first
held during the current Bar year,
which began in July.
Host for the gathering of some
25 directors and officers of the
State Bar will be the Brazos Coun
ty Bar Association. County Judge
A. S. Ware and State Bar director
W. T. McDonald of Bryan ai-e in
Brazos Profs
Meet Today
The Brazos County Teachers As
sociation will have a social meet
ing tomorrow night at A&M Con
solidated school.
A covered dish supper, a pro
gram, and a short business meet
ing will complete the meeting.
The supper will begin at 0:30 p.
m.
All teachers and all membei*s
of the three school boards in the
county are invited, according to
Carl Orr, president of the group.
The program will be a summary
of professional information re
ceived at the state workshop on
the University of Houston cam
pus. The workshop was attended
by Orr, Jack Chaney of A&M Con
solidated, and Vick Lindley.
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LaMotte Speaks
To Kiwanis Club
Charles LaMotte spoke to the
Kiwanis Club yesterday on his
summer travels in Canada. His
talk was illustrated with color
slides.
LaMotte, a professor in the Bi
ology department, had several pic
tures of Canadian flowers, as well
as points of senic beauty.
Otis Miller, president, announced
at the meeting that the sale of
the National Kids’ Day buttons
would continue until they are sold.
Girls of A&M Consolidated’s Fu
ture Homemakers Club are sell
ing the buttons. They have receiv
ed permission to sell them in
Bryan.
Vance Accepts
With Housto n Bank
Harold Vance, head of the
Petroleum Engineering depart
ment, has accepted a position with
the Second National Bank of Hous
ton.
He will be in charge of the
bank’s Oil and Gas Division.
Vance and his wife will move to
Houston sometime early in 1953.
He will continue as Read of his
department until then.
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Married Couples
Plan MSC Dance
An informal dance for married
couples will be presented by the
MSC Married Couples Committee
Saturday night at 8 p.m. in the
MSC Social Room, said Clem Eng
land, publicity chairman.
“You may attend one dance be
fore paying dues of 50 cents a
semester - per couple,” England
said.
Community Chest
Starts New Drive
November will be the month
for the College Station Commun
ity Chest Committee’s drive for
funds, according to Bennie Zinn,
committee chairman.
All the participating welfare
youth agencies will be given a
public hearing to present their
request for funds. The heax - ing
will be Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p. m.
in the YMCA.
A temporary budget based on
these requests will be drawn up
to use as a goal in the fund drive.
Members of the committee are
Zinn, chairman, John Longly, vice
chairman, V. E. Scbember, secre
tary-treasurer - , L. J. Horn, Char
lie Smith.
Mrs. Ray Oden, Mrs. Frank An
derson, J. G. McGuire, R. E. Cal
lender, H. E. Hampton, Mrs. J. W.
Leland, Harry Gorzycki, Mrs. Her-
shel Burgess, Eddie Chew, and W.
A. Tar-row.
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Baylor Newspaper Denies
Student Riot Participation
WACO, Oct. 8—CP)—The Baylor
student newspaper denied yester
day that a crowd of youths, in
cluding Baylor students, fought
officers and damaged property
while a city bridge burned.
The Lariat said 100 to 200 “gay
and light-hearted students” just
watched firemen stand “idly by”
at the blaze.
Police and firemen have said
300 to 500 youths, many of them
Baylor students, threw rocks,
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An installation service was held
at the Women’s Missionary Soci
ety of the First Baptist Church at
the monthly business and mission
ary meeting Monday night.
Officers installed were Mes-
dames It. O. Berry, president;
Cliff Harris, young people’s secre
tary; W. D. Lloyd, corresponding
secretary-treasurer; R. E. Snuggs,
recording secretary; Roy Hagler,
C. H. Ransdall, Gene .Sellars,..A.
B. Kennerley and George Litton,
vice presidents (circle chairmen).
Standing committee chairmen
named were Mesdames T. D.
Jones, community missions;
George Outlaw, benevolence; E. M.
White, mission study; T. H. Wil
son, Bible study and B. H. Nelson,
program.
Mesdames Ed Whitten, litera
ture; It. D. Longshore, steward
ship; A. R. Orr, flowers; George
Litton, kitchen; R. E. Snuggs, pub-
liicty; and J. D. Prewit, student,
were the other committee chair
men named.
A&M Christian Church
Circle One of the Christian
Women’s Fellowship of the A&M
Christian Church met in the home
of Mrs. C. C. Hedges Monday af
ternoon.
After a business meeting Mrs.
E. E. Vezey conducted a Bible
Study.
A&M Presbyterian: Church
The Wonren-of-the-Church of
the A&M Presbyterian Church
conducted circle meetings Monday
at which time a study in Colosians
was presented.
The McQuillen Circle met at the
home of Mrs. Frank Anderson at
3 p. m. Monday.
The Couch Circle met in the
home of Mrs. E. F. McFadden. The
Bible study was presented by Mrs.
Norman Anderson.
Mrs. W. D. Scoates was hostess
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LAST TIME TODAY
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
to the Evening Circle. Mrs. J. E.
Adams g-ave the Bible study and
Mrs. F. B. Brown III reviewed
an article from the “Presbyterian
Survey.”
The Student Wives Circle will
meet tonight in the home of Mrs.
M. L. Cushion at 8 p. m. Mrs.
Walker Jacobs will give the Bible
study and Mrs. Holenbar will pre
sent the Sur-vey review.
A&M Methodist Church
About 39 women attended a
meeting of the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service in the home
of Mrs. Ernest Holdridge Monday
night.
The worship service was pre
sented by Mrs. Glynn Perry. The
pastor, the Rev. Nolan R. Vance,
spoke on “What Methodists Be
lieve and Why.”
Co-hostesses with Mrs. Hold
ridge were Mrs. John Sperry and
Mrs. R. E. Leighton.
Czech Club Holds
First Meet in MSC
The A&M Czech Club was or
ganized last Friday night in Room
2B of the MSC, Dr. J. M. Skrivan-
ek, instructor in the new Czechos
lovakian languages classes, report
ed. It was organized by his stu
dents for the purpose of promoting
interest in the study of the Czech
language, literature, and culture
and also for the purpose of pro
moting fellowship, high ideal of
friendship, and co-operation, Dr.
Skrivanek added.
Officers elected for the current
year w T ere: Henry Prochazke, Pres
ident; Melton Holubec, Vice Presi
dent; Eddie Nedbalek, Secretary-
Treasurer; and Johnny Brayenec,
Reporter. Other officers elected
were Thomas Hurta, Social Chair
man; Marvin Dvoracek, Sgt. at
arms; and Stephen Zobal, Song
leader. Dr. Skrivanek is sponsor.
brickbats and clods at firemen and
policemen as the bridge burned
Friday night.
They also accused the youths of
slashing a firehose with knives and
attempting to overturn official
cars. One free-swinging lad, they
charged, knocked an officer’s hat
off. The Lariat denied all this.
In chapel yesterday, Baylor
President W. R. White said only
12 to 15 youths were involved in
the bur ning of the wooden bridge.
White said there was no intentiton
of attacking officers.
Repairs were underway on the
bridge and traffic was blocked off.
Dr. Clark Takes
New Position
Harrington At
Petroleum Meeting
Pres. M. T. Harrington, Harold
Vance, head of the department of
petroleum engineering and Dr.
Harvey T. Kennedy, professor of
petroleum engineering, have at
tended a petroleum meeting in
Houston Monday and Tuesday of
this week.
Seven colleges and universities,
three from Texas, had representa
tives at the conference to explore
the possibilities of a regional pro
gram in petroleum sciences. The
conference was sponsored by the
Southern Regional Education
Board.
Four States Club
Elects Officers
The Texarkana-Four States
Club met Thursday night in the
MSC and held an election for their
officers and a discussion of the
idea of having a party here dur
ing football season.
The officers elected frqm ap
proximately seventy members
were Jim Moore, president, Char
les Pippen, vice-president; Claude
Hendrickson, secretary; Dick
Clark, treasurer; Albert Gist, soc
ial chairman; and Tommy Steel,
Leonard Smith, and Melbin Barto,
attendance officers.
Instructors Serve
As Stock Judges
Two members of the A&M Ani
mal Husbandry Department served
as livestock judges during the lat
ter part of September.
Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the de
partment, judged beef cattle at
the Oklahoma State Fair held in
Oklahoma City Sept. 24-25.
Prof. F. I. Dahlberg judged
swine in the New Mexico State
Fair at Albuquerque Sept 29-30.
Dr. Jack P. Clark director of
the speech and hearing clinic of
A&M resigned his position last
week. Dr. Clark has been with the
college for the last six years. He
has accepted a position with
Wayne University of Detroit,
Michigan.
Dr. Clark was a member of the
English faculty here for four
years. Two years ago he secured
his Ph D in speech pathology at
the University of Wisconsin. Dr.
Clark then opened the speech and
hearing clinic here.
At Wayne, he will work in the
speech clinic, teach in the grad
uate school, and do research work.
Dr. Clark took his new position
this week.
Dr. Clark did undergratuate
work here, receiving his B. A. in
1929.
Mrs. Clark and his son and
daughter, Coley and Candy, will
join Dr. Clark in Detroit.
Lincoln High Gets
Vocation Training
Vocational training for Lincoln
High School has recently been ap
proved by the Texas Educational
Agency.
Negro high school students will
he taught carpentry, millwork,
painting, masonry, and concrete
finishing as a part of their public
education.
“There is a considerable demand
in this area for skilled workers
of this type,” said E. E. Escoe,
teacher of the new class.
Escoe, who received his Master
of Science degree from Prairie
View A&M College this summer,
went on to say that a major por
tion of each school year will be
spent by the students in actually
constructing a residence for some
negro family in College Station.
Escoe was formerly industrial
arts teacher at Lincoln.
Campus capers
call for Coke
There’s bedlam In the
stands when the team Is on
a march to the goal. Keep
things going! Refresh now
and then with a frosty
bottle of delicious Coca-Cola.
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charge of arrangement for Iho
session. Business meetings of the
group are to be held in the MSC
while entertainment events will
take place at both Bryan and Col
lege Station.
Expected to be in attendance
when the quarterly meeting opens
Friday morning are State Bar
president Turner; vice-president
Everett L. Looney of Austin; sec
retary-treasurer Wm. J. Park and
assitant secretary Wm. E. Pool,
both of Austin.
Also W. W. Naman of Waco,
chairman of the Board; C. M. Ken
nedy of Texarkana; John P. Blair
of Beaumont; Earl Roberts of
Longview; W. P. Abernathy of
McKinney; R. L. Dillard Jr. of Dal-
lard; W. T. McDonald, Bryan.
J. G. Davis, Huntsville; Richard
H. Powell, Houston; Floyd Enlow,
Angleton; Albert M. Walker, San
Marcos; R. V. Nichols, Fort
Worth; Leslie Humt>hrey, Wichita
Falls; George P. Morrill, Beeville;
Vernon B. Hill, Mission.
Eugene R. Smith, El Paso; Vir
gil T. Seaberry, Eastland; Wm. Q.
Boyce, Amarillo; Thos. B. Duggan
Jr., Lubbock; W. F. Nowlin, San
Antonio; Louis D. Gayer, San An
gelo; and immediate past presi
dent Cecil E. Burney of Corpus
Christi.
Crippled Kids
Fund Started
Christmas cards are being sold
by the College Station Lions Chrt
to raise funds for* the Texai
Lions’ Crippled Children’s Camp.
Member’s of the selling commit
tee are Dr. John Milliff, chairman,
Don Young, and Don Hood.
Sets of cards will be sold pri.
marily to members of the Lions
Club, but others may buy cards if
they wish, according to Milliff.
Lions Clubs all over the state
are working on the project. They
expect to raise twenty thousand
dollars for the camp.
Located near Kerrville, the half-
completed camp will open in June
of 1953. It will be open to crip
pled children only, between the
ages of seven and 17. No charge
will be made for the two week
camping period.
Appointed CO
Colonel Walter H. Parsons, Jr.,
Class of ’30, is serving as com
manding officer of the 11th En
gineer Combat Group in Schwet-
zinger, Germany.
Col. Parsons was a senior en
gineer instructor at A&M before
being recalled to active duty in
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