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ASS*K FO FE 4 COPIES Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Readers The Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 212: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1952 Price Five Cents . Actor Carradine Pleases Audience An actor who “fell in love with the English language” when he was 8 years old held his audience spellbound last night as he recited passages from the Bible, Shakes peare, Rupert Brooke, and Abra ham Lincoln. Performing in the MSC ballroom before 400 members and guests of the College Station-Bryan Knife and Fork Club, John Carradine, well-known actor of stage and screen, interposed anecdotes of the stage with dramatic interpreta- ^4V>ns of some of the world’s best- m%l literature. Tms selections included the “Faith, Hope, and Charity” pas sage from the Bible, several of Lincoln’s speeches and stories, three poems of Rupert Brooke, and some scenes from Shakespeare. Bible Most Beautiful Each recital was preceded by a brief explanation of the setting, a few notes on the famous actors that have played the part, or any thing else that came to Carradine’s mind. He explained that he always starts his performance with a se lection from the Bible, because he considers parts of the Bible the “most beautiful writing in the Eng lish language.” An actor for 27 years, 'the tall, thin, Lincolnesque Carradine has appeared in 20J motion pictures and what he called “a whole parade of Broadway plays.” Motion pictures he has played in Include “Stagecoach,” “Grapes of iVrath,” “Jesse James,” and “Cap- Uins Courageous.” Outstanding Performance His outstanding stafe perform ances were in “The Madwoman of Chaillot,” “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Othello,” “Hamlet,” and others. Carradine recently received an offer to play the lead in “The Sil ver Whistle” in London, England. He hopes to become the third American actor to play Shakes peare on an English stage. “Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to go to England,” he said. He considers the title role in “Othello” his favorite stage role. “ ‘Othello’ is the greatest piece of dramatic architecture ever de vised,” he said. “I like the part because I think I am well suited to convey it. It’s satisfying to play. Favorite Role “My favorite movie role was either the part of the mysterious and romantic gambler in ‘Stage coach’ or the part of the preacher in ‘Grapes of Wrath,’ ” he said. “I enjoyed playing both of them.” Carradine has toured the coun try with his own Shakespeare troupe. To play the feminine leads in his company, he hired an act ress named Sonia Soi-ell, who later became his wife. They have two sons. He and his wife have performed together in 28 plays over a period of eight years. You Want Ducats? Money Short In Most Male Treasuries Tiickets for football, tickets for Carle, tickets for Pinalle, tickets, tickets, tickets! The sad thing about all these cardboard passes is they cost some poor soul money. Be he Aggie or fan, money is a precious com modity. With the stiff $3.60 tab on foot ball tickets, and the $2.50 tariff for the dance Saturday, and an other $1.20 for Rue Pinalle, plus an additional $2.50 to $4 for a room for the weekend, a young man is hard-pressed to bring a date to our beautiful campus. All of these tickets may be pur chased now! Pinalle in the Stu dent Center games area, dance and concert in Student Activities Office, and football tickets can be picked up for the customary fee at the Athletic Office near Kyle Field. As for rooms, there ar-e none to be had—anywhere! Eisenhower Pledges to Create Will, Strength to Halt Russia Okefenokee Crew On Way Pogo’s Papa Hits Trail to Ag Land SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 15— (A 5 )—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking at a hallowed battle shrine of America—the Alamo— pledged himself last night to cre ate such strength that the Soviet Union will not dare another Ko rea. Bringing his hard-driving presi dential campaign through Texas to a peak, Eisenhower told his au dience in 4 San Antonio in a speech prepared for delivery: “It won’t bring any comfort to any American house to fix Korea and have as bad or worse trouble break out in another place. We can come to a lasting solution for Ko rea only when the Kremlin is made to realize that there is a will and a strength in the free world that it no longer can challenge in any Separate Sections Plannedfor Games He’s coming tomorrow! Pogo will be here in person, at least as personal as he can get. The little critter who has been a part of The Battalion’s comic for almost a year gets the spotlight here tomorrow night. To speak for him will be the Daddy of the Okefenokee charac ters, Walt Kelly, who created and illustrates Pogo and the other ani mal characters of that comic strip. Pogo won’t be campaigning for Adlai Blasts Ike’s 6 Hate-Fear’ Peddlers SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 15—bS 5 ) Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson tonight denounced “peddlers of hate and fear,” whom he said Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has enlisted in his campaign for the presidency. Stevenson, the Democratic nom inee for the White House, did not name the “peddlers” but he de clared in a prepared text, which he did not read in full, that they would be of little significance “if they had not been welcomed as satellites” by GOP Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Speaking in the solemn atmos phere of the Mormon Tabernacle, x Stevenson sharply edited the text .UrfV his address in which he had again accused Eisenhower—his Re publican rival for the presidency— of having “surrendered to Taft,” who bid unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination. In the advance copies of his speech handed to newsmen, Steven son had accused Eisenhower of chanting the theme song of the Kremlin in contending that Amer ica’s prosperity is based on war and rearmament. However, the Illinois governor omitted the charge in the speech he delivered. He also omitted a prepared text statement that the general had resorted to “mean mo- Weather Today CLEAR and COOLER WEATHER TODAY: Clear with winds out of the north and north east bringing sudden gusts. The high temperature yesterday was 87 pnd the low 58. tives,” and has dipped “somewhere near the low-water mark” in an effort to win the November elec tion. The official explanation by Wil liam Flannagan, his press repre sentative, was that the governor had to cut his talk because of limitations on national television and radio time. Stevenson drew a capacity crowd in the 7,000-seat tabernacle, and D. W. Thomander, superintendent of the county sheriff’s office, fig ured an additional 1,250 persons were gathered in an adjoining as sembly hall. When Eisenhower spoke in Salt Lake City last Friday, an esimat- ed 12,000 were on hand—in the tabernacle, the assembly hall and crowded outside. President when he arrives on the A&M campus, although many col lege students thi-oughout the Uni ted States are pledging him their full support. Instead of politics, Pogo’s speak er will discuss a simple, harmless issue—“The Social and Ethical Re sponsibilities of a Cartoonist to the American People.” The exact content of this ad dress by the cartoonist (no rela tion to a Walt named Disney) has been withheld because of its volumninous nature. For the true Pogo fans, a badge of identification is now available, and the ’possum suggests that it be proudly worn to display affili ation with the thousands of other people who have “Gone Pogo.” “I Go Pogo” pins are available to A&M students at the main desk of the Student Activities Office on the second floor of Goodwin Hall. Only a limited supply of the free buttons is now on hand. Kelly will speak in Guion Hall tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. after din ing with the cadet corps in Dun can Hall. His visit to the A&M campuses sponsoi-ed by the Bat talion, the MSC Art Gallery Com mittee, and Office of Student Ac tivities. The illustrator, who was named the outstanding comic strip artist of 1951, will come to College Sta tion from Dalylas where he and his friend Pogo launched a “Give ’em Friendship”- Campaign at SMU. The program in Guion Thursday night will be followed by the week ly Battalion-MSC Quarterback (See POGO, Page 6) The Student Senate committee investigating seating arrange ments, met in a two-hour session last night to compile a list of recommendations to present to the Senate in the Thursday meet ing. Lyle Wolfskill, chairman of the committee, stressed that any de cisions made by them were sub ject to amendment and change by the senate when they pass on the ideas. Other members of the commit tee, which Avas brolcen down ac cording to the parties represented in the seating plan, included Wolf- I skill, and Sam Harper for the senior class; Darrow Hooper, for married students; Jack E. (Spud) Mergele for non-corps students; Vol (Monty) Montgomery for the junior class; and W. R. (Dusty) Canon for the sophomore class. . General decisions tentatively P.-T. A. President Speaks to Kiwanis Mrs. H. G. Stinnett, president of the Texas Congress of Parent- Teachers Associations, spoke to the Kiwanis club yesterday on “Safeguarding Our Freedom Through Responsible Citizenship.” C.O.s Don’t Want Rank On Fatigues Davis Uniform Decree Has Seniors in Disagreement The- opinions concerning changes in the corps as announced by Col onel Davis Monday in the C.O.’s meeting, seem to be pretty much the same. C.O.’s were interviewed for the most part, the reason being that not too many cadets have become fully aware of the changes. An article containing the changes was published in yesterday’s Battalion. Because those whose opinions were asked, were seniors, the change which brought the most comment was the new ruling re quiring cadet commissioned offi- cei's to wear their rank on their fatigues. Colonel Davis possibly set a mil itary precedent with this action since no one interviewed could re call it being done at any time in the past. Cadet Captain Jack Thornton of AAA commented, “(It) Looks kind of useless. None of the seniors in my outfit are for it.” In making his comment, Thornton summed up the attitude of all those who were asked about the ruling. The general attitude towards , the fatigue jumper is worn out- standardization of wearing of the fatigue jumper was a little less severe, though still bringing a good bit of comment. Colonel Davis cited as a precedent for this action the fact that in the regular army, Players Pick i All My Sons 7 In a meeting last week in the Music Hall, the Aggie Players elected B. B. Smith, Dallas sen ior, pi-esident of the organization for the coming year. Other officers elected at the business meeting were John Sam uels, vice president; Mrs. Iris Bul lard, secretary; Jerry McFarland, business manager; and Roger Mel ton, property custodian. The players will present their first play—“All My Sons”—as a theatre-in-the-round production in the MSC Ballroom on Nov. 17 and 18. side while in summer uniform, and inside while in winter uniform. The main point against this rul ing was that it abolished a class privilege, though belt privileges still remain the same. Most of those interviewed seemed to think, however, that it looks much better to wear the fatigue jumper in and that it should be worn in both summer and winter. Some commented that while they were at summer camps they wore theirs in and saw no one, cadet or i-egular, wearing his jumper out. No April 1 ‘Party’ The band will not put on its annual April 1 demonstration. Col. Davig said that in the past cadets not in the band had taken advan tage of this privilege of the band’s by walking out of the mess hall with their caps on wrong side out. Unfortunately no one from the band could be contacted on this issue; however. Cadet Capt. Ray Johnson, C.O. B Seniors felt the Military Department should not (See SENIORS, Page 6) made by the group are as fol lows : ® There should be a separate non-corps section. ® Class seating sections should be better consolidated in regular ly shaped blocs. • -Cards, similar to those used last year, should be used for dates only. All these recommendations will be made to the senate. Thursday night and none of them are binding at present, Wolfskill added. quarter of the globe. “The pledge of this crusade is to revive that will and to create that strength.” San Antonio was the fourth Tex as city visited by Eisenhower yes terday as he toux-ed the Lone Star State by air in one of the key maneuvers of his campaign. His top advisers have been told that in Texas he has the best chance to knock a link out of the solid chain of Southern Democratic states. He drew big, and apparently en thusiastic crqwds all along the route. Until he came to San Antonio, Eisenhower had been px - essing mainly two lines of ax-gument; ® His unqualified suppoxl fox- state owner-ship of submerged land properties, which in Texas have a reported capital investment value of 6V2 billion dollars. • A taunting declaration to the Texans that the Democx-atic paxty considex-s all Southern states “in the bag,” and a challenge to them to break out of it. But in the night speech in San Antonio, a major address of the day, Eisenhower discussed the problem of world peace and—it being his 62nd birthday—he pex-- Marshal Carter Speaks To Pre-Law By JOE HIPP Battalion News Staff “Wind and waves are always in favor of the good navigator,” Clifton Carter United States Mar shal of the southern district 'of Texas told members of the Pre- Law Society Tuesday. Carter spoke before a capacity crowd in the YMCA Assembly Room on the duties of the United States Marshal. He advised Ag gies to be tolerant and patient with their fellow man if they wish ed to be successful in life. Appointed by the Px-esident and approved by Congress, the U. S. Marshal shoulders the bux-den of being the exeexxtive officer of the fedex-al district court. This office was cx-eated in 1789 and the fixst federal court session was held October, 1789 hx Connecticut. Of the 91 disti'icts in the Unit- Ag Council Picks Leader Tom Milligan was elected chair man of the Agriculture Council Monday night during their first meeting of the year. The newly elected chairman is president of the FFA Chapter and commanding officer of Squadx-on 16. Bx-uce Gibson, Glenn Black, and O. C. (Putter) Jarvis were elected vice president, secretary, and re porter, x-espectively. The Council elected four dele gates to represent the School of Agriculture on the Inter Council. These men are Bill Huffman, Tom Payne, Hai-old Haxdcastle, and John Fazzino. ed States and its territories, only New York and Texas have four marshals within their state. Including 46 counties, the south- ern district of Texas stretches from near Beaumont to Browns ville, on the Gulf, and up to La redo in the valley. Brazos and Madison counties are the northern limits of the distx-ict. Have Lady Marshals “We have the distinction of hav ing one of the two lady deputies in the country in our district of fice hex-e at Bryan,” Carter said. “These lady deputies, have full authority to w r ear a badge and pack a pistol,” he said. Over one million dollars in pay roll checks go through Carter’s office each year. In the past year, 24 per cent of all federal criminal cases and 51 per cent of all immigration cases came from the southern district of Texas. Many Wet-Back Cases “In the valley we have tried 600 to 700 immigration cases a day and that sux-e keeps the boys hoppin’,” Cax-ter said. By ‘boys’, Carter means the four judges and 17 deputies in the southern district. • As to the glamox’ous side of the U. S. Marshal’s job, Carter said all he had ever owned in the way of arms was a B-B gun and he usually left the deputies to carx-y the small ax-senal the Marshal’s of fice is equipped with. Cax-ter avei-ages 100,000 miles travel a year. He drives 75,000 miles and flies 25,000 miles. He gets 21 days vacation each year along with a $750 salary per month. Aside from his duties as U. S. Marshal he is owner of the Seven-Up bottling plant in Bryan. RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS—Tom Galloway, center, and George (Tip) Smith, both of Beaumont, receive scholar ships from Dean C. N. Shepardson, of the School of Agri culture. The $500 scholarships are provided by the Beau mont Farm and Ranch Club to further interest in agri culture. mitted himself a few minutes of sentimentality. He recalled that he had boon stationed in this city as a young lieutenant in the Army. .And he said that it was at Ft. Sam Hous ton here that he met “My Mamie.” Their son, John, now a majox- in the infantry in Kox-ea, was born here. Eisenhower took the Alamo, where a climactic battle between Texans and the Mexicans was fought in 1836, and likening the attacks on that Texas citadel to some political assaults on him. Eisenhower cjuoted William Bar- i-ett Travis, a hero of the Alamo: “At least 200 shells have fallen within our walls without having injured a single man.” Eisenhower said he feels the same way about all political shots fired at him. Turning to his main theme, peace, he said, “I retuxmed from Europe because I was convinced that thex-e was a still bigger job to be done for peace. That big ger job had to be done in Amer ica.” He laid down four “corner stones” on which he said contin uing peace must be built. They were: ® A strong America, economi cally, militarily and spix-itually. © A national leadership in Washington that commands the re spect of the nation as a whole. • Free allies with whom bonds of fi-iendship have been cemented in times of peace. ® The United Nations, which he said “can be—must be—made a workable road to world peace. The general referred indix-ectly to the px-oblems of Communists in government, and he said the Tru man administration has been “far from diligent” in rooting out Reds from fedex-al offices. But he did not x-efer to Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin when he named a leader in the fight against subvex’sives in Wash ington. He said: “We have seen this kind of thing go on and on, until my running mate, Dick Nixon, gx-abbed a whistle and blew it.” Eisenhower hit Houston yestex-- day mox-ning and flew aci-oss the state through Waco to Lubbock battling for Texas’ 24 electoral votes. Welcome Group Visits TCU Students Today A welcoming committee, composed of seniors and jun iors on the Student Senate, left for Fort Worth this morn ing and to appear at a TCU pep rally at 12:15 p.xn. Membex-s of the committee were Gene Steed, John Heft and Harold Hudspeth, seniors; and Gene Kil gore and Monty Montgomery, both juniors. The commillee’s pux-pose in go ing to TCU is to explain to Horn ed Frog students, faculty mem bers, and fans the facilities open to them this weekend at A&M. These will include the Frankie Caxle conceit and dance Saturday night, and the Rue Pinalle per- formance Friday night. The gx-oup also will explain the accommoda tion situation in the College Sta tion-Bryan area. Howevex - , the over-all purpose of the committee’s trip is to fux-- ther the cause of Cadet-Fxog re lations in regard to sportsmanship and genex-al feeling. Dance And Concert Ducats On Sale Tickets to the Fx-ankie Carle con ceit and All-College Dance Satur day night, are now on sale in the Student Activities Office, ac- coxding to W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, business manager of student ac tivities. Admission to the concert will be 75 cents and admission to the dance $2.50 for stags or couples, Hax-desty said. Time for the performances will be 7:15 Saturday night in Guion Hall for the concert, with the musicians moving to Sbisa Dining Hall at 9 p. m. for the dance.