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Number 228: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1952
Price Five Cents
Civilian Mess Hall
Serves First Meal
:
Fried eggs, toast, and jelly head
ed the breakfast menu this morn
ing at the opening of the civilian
dining hall in Sbisa Cafeteria.
Seventy-eight civilian students
had purchased meal ticket books
at 4:45 p. m. yesterday, said W. C.
Dahlkemper, steward of dining
halls. The fiscal office estimated
125 meal ticket books would be
sold by 5 p. m. yesterday, Dahl-
^ kemper said.
Board Fees
Although an earlier report stat
ed 200 students must pay board
fees before the dining hall open
ed, the time limit has been length
ened, Dahlkemper said. Due to the
short notice concerning the dining
hall’s opening, some students were
unable to pay board fees on time,
Dahlkemper said. We felt it was
‘Tish’ Election
Filings Close
Saturday Noon
Filing for freshman class
officers and yell leaders be
gan Tuesday and will continue
until Saturday at noon.
The election will be held
Tuesday from 8 a. m. until 0 p. m.
'i t the intramural stand in front
nf Sbisa Hall according to C. R.
IBubba) Blank, co-chairman of the
election commission.
Seven have filed for freshman
president. They are W. H. (Bill)
Williams, Richard Tindall, Edwin
E. Churchill, Gus Mijales, Frank
Mann, Wayne Slone, and Charles
* Davis.
Eight have filed in the vice-pres
idential race. Truman Kerr, Jim
Skipton, Dave Davidson, Condon
Terry, Paul Holladay, Robert Mc-
»Clure, Don Emerson, and Roger
Whitley have filed for the post.
So far, only one man filed for
secretary. Phil McNemer is the
lone nominee for secretary of the
class.
Tryouts for yell leader will be
conducted after yell practice to
night.
Ballots will be distributed by
company commanders in the third
•jlivision area Monday night. Fresh-
Men may cast their votes Tuesday
in front of Sbisa.
Yell leader candidates also will
be listed on the ballot.
Senior Annual Pics
.Now Being Made
Individual senior pictures for the
Aggieland ’53 are now being made
by the Aggieland Studios at North
*Gate, said Harvey Miller, co-edi-
tor.
Seniors will wear blouses and
green ties.
The schedule for sittings is as
follows:
Names
Beginning
Names beginning
Names beginning
Names beginning
Nov. 5-10
with A-B.
Nov. 11-13
with C-E
Nov. 14-18
with F-G.
Nov. 19-22
with H-K.
Nov. 24-Dec. 2 Names beginning
with L-M.
Dec. 3-6 Names beginning with
N-Q.
Dec. 8-10 Names beginning with
♦K-S.
Dec. 11-15 Names beginning
with T-V.
Dec. 16-18 Names beginning
with W-Z.
* Dec. 15-20 Makeup pictures.
Weather Today
9ST
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CLEAR
WEATHER TODAY: Clear with
mi d winds. The high yesterday
was 72 and the low 39.
unfair not to open the dining with
less than 200 students,” he said.
Students who eat in the dining
hall without meal books will be
deducted tickets after buying the
books, Dahlkemper said. Students
not wishing to purchase a book of
meal tickets may pay by the meal.
Today’s noon menu consists of
smoke sausage, baked beans, po
tatoes, salad, punch, cherry pie,
rolls and butter, Dahlkemper said.
Fried chicken, mash potatoes,
green peas, white cake, milk, let
tuce with dressing, rolls and but
ter will be served tonight, he said.
Menues for civilian students
and cadets in Sbisa Hall are the
same, Dahlkemper said.
Hours for Serving
Hours for serving during the
week are:
Breakfast, 7-7:30 a. m.
Lunch 12-12:30 p. m.
Dinner 6:15-6:45 p. m.
Saturday schedule will be same
except for dinner which will be
served between 5:30 and 6 p. m.
Sunday hours are:
Breakfast 7:30-8 a. m.
Lunch 12:15-12:45 p. m.
Dinner 5:30-6 p. m.
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‘The Baker’s Wife’
Screened at MSC
“The Baker's Wife”, the A&M
Film Society’s first foreign film
of the year, will be shown at 7:30
p. m. Nov. 17 in the MSC Ball
room.
A French production, Harper’s
Bazaar calls it “the lustiest, bawd
iest, most compassionate comedy
ever screened.”
Other scheduled movies and
their dates are “The Treasure of
Sierra Madre,” Nov. 24; “Catherine
the Great,” Dec. 16; “Rembrandt,”
Jan. 6; and “Open City,” March 16.
Approximately seven more films
will be scheduled later, said Ed
Holder, president.
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ALL MY SONS—Virginia Lemmon and Jerry McFarland
appear in a scene from “All My Sons.” The curtain will
raise on the Aggie Players’ first production, Tuesday
evening in the MSC Ballroom.
Community
Funds Still
Chest
Short
Only $3414 of the $11,019 goal
set by the College Station Com
munity Chest has been collected,
according to reports received Wed
nesday by Bennie Zinn, chairman
of the Chest committee.
Approximately one-third of the
total reports have been turned in,
Zinn said. If these are any indi-
Carmine Hines Sings
MSC Combo Plays
For Rue Pinalle
By JOE HTPP
Battalion News Staff
It’s Rue Pinalle weekend again
and the.MSC dance committee has
planned another night of enter
tainment in the French mood.
Miss Carmen Hines will dance
and sing “Birth of the Blues,” to
head the list of top-notch enter
tainers this Friday.
A dancing instructor in Fort
Worth, Miss Hines has appeared
on television programs in that
area. She has been on the Arthur
Godfrey talent show and entertain
ed here last year.
Other numbers she will sing are
“I Wish I Had A Daddy in the
White House” and “Be Anything,
But Darling Be Mine.”
B. Q. (Buck) Evans, the man
with the cigarettes, will emcee the
floor show this weekend and may
be remembered for his perform
ance at the last Rue Pinalle show.
The MSC Combo will play for
the dance. Visitors the weekend of
the TCU game will remember their
smooth music.
The candlelit tables and gaudy
French backdrops of the cafe have
attracted large crowds on nearly
every occasion.
Students and local residents
planning to attend Rue Pinalle
are urged by Boyce Holmes, chair
man of the dance committee, to
make their reservations early. A
large number of students from
Rice are expected to attend the
cafe.
Reservations and ticket sales
are being handled in the MSC
Bowling Alley. Tickets will be
Saturday Passby
Plans Announced
The corps will move out at 12:48
a. m. Saturday for the Ricg passby
said Lt. Col. W. T. Wilkins, assist
ant commandant.
Class A uniform with blouse will
be worn. All seniors, and juniors
on staffs, will wear green ties.
Other cadets will wear brown ties.
Sabers will not be carried. Colors
will be picked up Saturday morn
ing. They will be left at the gun
room under the stadium before the
game.
The second division will be led
on the track by the second air
force wing.
60 cents per person.
Oscar Garcia is in charge of ar
rangements for the cafe, which
will open at 8:30 p. m.
The dance committee has been
furnishing economical entertain
ment for home football game
weekends since last year, when
Miss Betty Bolander became spon
sor of the committee.
R&F Class Plans
Field Trip Today
The Range and Forestry 301
class will take a two-day field
trip to Brazoria (jpunty today and
Friday. They will observe plant
succession and coastal marshes.
T. E. Millington, county agri
cultural agent, will conduct the
tour and the class will be headed
by Dr. O. E. Sperry, range and
forestry department.
cation how the drive is progress
ing it will be necessary to extend
the drive another week, he said.
The Chest committee will meet
Thursday, Nov. 20, to check the
complete reports and determine if
enough money has been donated.
Cut Appropriations
“If we don’t get enough money
we will have to cut the appropria
tions of the gi’oups which benefit
from the Chest,” Zinn said.
The campaign was extended
three weeks last year. The goal
of $10,000 was reached after mon
ey left over from the previous year
was added, Zinn said.
Zinn expects the complete i'e-
poi-ts to be read by Thursday. “So
far we have not received any re
port from the south and north
side residential districts or the
east gate business district,” Zinn
said.
Post-Dated Checks
The Chest will accept post-dated
checks from anyone who is not
able .to pay now, he said, Chest
committee members will explain
functions of the Chest and how it
uses the contributions, Zinn said.
“We do not want to force any
one to contribute who doesn’t want
to,” Zinn said.
The Brazos County Tuberculosis
Association is one of the organiza
tions receiving money from the
Chest, Zinn said. The Association
uses it funds to pay for hospitali
zation or examination of persons
with tuberculosis if they are un
able to pay for the services.
“We are quite concerned about
the way the drive is going, since
many departments in the college
(See CHEST, Page 3)
Cadets Asked to Wear
Unif orms on Corps Trip
Officials of A&M and Texas Un- i Dean of Student Life Arno
iversity agreed yesterday it would “Shorty” Nowotny of Texas Uni-
be to the advantage of all Aggies | versity said he felt there would be
to be in uniform when they go to | little trouble from Texas students
Austin for the Texas University
game corps trip.
The corps trip will precede the
annual Texas University - A&M
game in Austin Nov. 27.
Meeting yesterday to make plans
for the Aggie visit to Austin were
A&M representatives and officials
of the Austin Chamber of Com-
merce and Texas University.
The planners felt the possibility
of averting trouble on Wednesday
night would be better if Aggies
are all in uniform, rather than just
a few.
if the Aggies did not pi-ovoke it by
painting sprees and other actions.
He said much of the uniform
equipment Aggies lost was taken
by high school students and youth
ful vandals looking for trouble.
He assured the A&M represen
tatives that freshman athletes us
ually accused of much of the “hat
snatching” and other trouble,
would show proper respect for the
Aggie visitors.
He asked, however, that Aggies
don’t mill around the Texas Uni
versity campus before Wednesday
Seniors, Dates Invited
To 2nd Regiment Ball
Seniors will be admitted to the
Second Regiment Ball, regardless
of branch, if they have dates, and
pay one dollar, according to Glenn
Black, chairman of the dance and
regimental commander.
The Second Regiment is com
posed of the army and service for
es. The First Battalion is made up
of A Engineers, A Ordnance, A
Chemical Corps, and A Athletics.
The Second Battalion of the sec
ond Regiment is the remainder of
the service forces, signal corps, ar
my security agency, quartei'master
coi - ps, and transportation corps. B
Senioi’s and B Composite are also
attached to the Second Battalion.
First Fall Formal
Dancing at the ball, the first
formal one of the fall semester,
will last from 9-12 p. m. Friday
night to the music of the Aggie
land Orchestra, said Black. All
members of the regiment will be
admitted to the ball free.
Decorations for the ball will
feature drawings of the branch in
signia of the outfits repi’esented
in the Second Regiment.
No sweetheart will be chosen
by the regiment this year, said
Black, because of the Rice week
end and the cost involved.
Committees have been working
on the dance for the last few
weeks and are completing their
work in anticipation of the ball
Friday night, Black added.
Pre-Meds Planning
December Party
Discussion of the coming fall
semester party was the main topic
discussed by the Pre-medical and
Pre-dental Society Tuesday night
in the Biology Building.
The group decided that the party
will be held Dec. 5. Further details
concerning the event will be an
nounced at the next meeting.
Any student majoring in prepar
atory medicine who posses some
particular talent, and who would
be willing to display it at the
party is requested to contact Billy
Singleton, entertainment chairman
of the society, at room E-ll, Hart
Hall, he said.
First of Four Visits
Blood Unit Returns Dec. 17
The Southeast Texas Bloodmo-
bile Unit will visit the campus for
the first time this year Dec. 17,
said L. J. Phillips, Jr., blood donor
drive chairman. The visit will be
the first of four which the unit
will make at various times during
the year.
Phillips demonstrated the great
need for blood by citing the fol
lowing statistics: In World War I
of those wounded 12 per cent died,
83 per cent were saved by blood
plasma; in World War II 4.5 per
cent died, 95.5 per cent were saved;
and now, in Korea, 2.5 per cent are
dying and 97.5 per cent are being
saved.
Donor Not Hurt By Donation
“A normally healthy adult,”
said Phillips, “has an average of
thirteen pints of blood in his body.
Giving one of these pints does not
harm the donor and nature re
places the fluid content within 48
hours and the cell centent within
two weeks.”
“A large portion of the people
who give blood have a feeling of
fear,” Phillips said. “This is nat
ural. These fears ai’e groundless.
A healthy individual can give
blood without harm or pain. Just
remember this—the boys in Korea
are more afraid than we are.”
Procedure Takes One Hour
The entire procedure of giving
blood requires about one hour of
the donor’s time. There usually are
no ill effects and he may resume
his normal activities immediately
afterwards. Each successful donor
vull receive a donor certificate
shownng his blood type and Rh fac
tor.
Any person between the ages
of 21 through 59 may donate his
blood, and anyone over 18 may
donate with written consent of his
parents, said Phillips. However,
no donor is permitted "to give blood
if the medical history or medical
examination discloses any reason
to the contrary, Phillips said.
Some Donors May Be Rejected
“With certain exceptions,” Phil
lips added, “as determined by the
attending physician, donors will
not be accepted if they have had
a major surgical operation within
six months, or a tooth extraction
within two weeks.
“Prospective donors will be re
jected,” he continued, “if they have
received a blood transfusion with
in six months, or have given blood
within eight weeks.”
A regular licensed physician will
be present at all times, said Phil
lips. The blood is taken by ex
perienced, registered nurses under
the supervision of a doctor. The
donor takes practically no risk
whatsoever.
Red Cross Does Not Sell Blood
Some people have the mistaken
belief that the Red Cross sells
blood, he continued. It does not.
The department of defense reim
burses the Red Cross for the actual
cost of collelcting the blood only.
Once it is shipped to the process
ing laboratories, the Red Cross
no longer has any access or con
trol of the blood.
“Blood is a medicine. No service
man pays for any medical services.
You are the only source for the
blood so vitally needed,” said Phil
lips.
The dance committee is under
the leadership of Warren Smith,
TC senioi'.
Lee Phillips of the signal corps
is head of the program committee.
Refreshments will be handled by
co-chairmen Amo Becker of ord
nance and Dick Rains of B Seniors.
Kim McCreary and Mercer Rog
ers of the chemical corps are in
charge of the outfit decorations
which will be placed around the
bandstand.
The music and orchestra com
mittee chairman is Charlie Bruch-
miller of the quartermaster corps.
Tickets and invitations are being
decided upon by a committee under
Marvin Seth of the army security
agency and Earl Beavers of the
engineers.
Dr. Jonassen
To Speak At
Chem. Society
Dr. Hans B. Jonassen, asso
ciate professor of chemistry
at Tulane University, will
speak to the local section of
the American Chemical Soci
ety. His topic will be “Complex
Ions in Nature and Industry.” He
Mull present his talk on Monday,
Nov. 17 at 8:15 p. m. in the chem
istry building lecture room.
Dr. Jonassen received his BS
and MS degrees from Tulane Uni
versity, and his PhD degree from
the University of Illinois.
Dr. Jonassen was born in Han
over, Germany, and attended public
schools in Germany and Norway.
He was employed in the merchant
mai’ine and shipping business be
fore entering Tulane University.
Joining the faculty of Tulane
University in 1946 as an assistant
professor in the department of
chemistry, he now is an associate
professor.
His main interest lies in complex
ions as related to fundamental
pz’oblems in inorganic, physical,
electro-chemical and other fields
of chemistry.
An informal dinner will be given
for Dr. Jonassen, section members
and their wives at 6:15 p. m. in
the MSC. The social hour* follow
ing the meeting will be at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Mid
dleton, 414 Brookside, North Oak-
M'ood.
Residents Urged
To Attend Meeting
College Station residents may
discuss the proposed building pro
gram for A&M Consolidated
School at a meeting of the Moth
ers and Dads Club 7:30 p. m. Mon
day in the Consolidated gymnas
ium.
All citizens of College Station
are urged to be present, said Mich
ael V. Krenitsky, president of the
club.
Discussion of site selection for
the proposed buildings will also
be on the program.
Consolidated Superintendent Les
Richardson, architect Bill Wilson,
and members of the school boai’d
will be at the meeting to explain
the plan and to hear suggestions
Horn citizens.
Schoolboard members are partic
ularly anxious to get the views of
citizens concerning location of the
new buildings, Krenitsky said.
afternoon. “The feeling is so high
among our students about that
Thanksgiving game,” said Nowot
ny, “they seem to become stirred
by seeing Aggies on the campus
two or three days before the
game.”
A&M officials assured the Texas
dean that Aggies involved in any
painting sprees or other types of
vandalism M’ould be dealt M T ith se
verely.
“Pay for Everything”
NoMmtny said he M^asn’t plan
ning on any Texas University stu
dents giving Aggies trouble, “but
Ave’ll pay for every hat or anything
else taken by our students,” he
said.
Representatives from the Austin
Police Department made arrange
ments for streets to be blocked
off and for A&M military units to
form. The parade Mull originate in
the Railroad area along Second
Street.
The Corps will move out on
Congress Avenue and up to the
Capitol Building where it will
break up behind the Capitol.
A reviewing stand will be set
up in front of the Stephen F.
Austin Hotel. Dignitaries of
A&M, Texas University, City of
Austin, as well as officials of the
State of Texas will revieM' the
parade. Members of the reviewing
party M 7 ill also be on the outdom*
second floor level of the Austin
Hotel.
The parade will begin at 10 a.m.,
with assembly of troops scheduled
on Second Street at 9 a.m.
Luncheon Planners
Attending the planning luncheon
at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel
yesterday were Weldon Kruger,
corps commander; Don Greaney,
consolidated band commander; E.
D. Francis, corps operations offi
cer, and Joel Austin, corps public
information officer.
Also from A&M wei’e W. L.
Penbei’thy, dean of men; Col. Joe
Davis, commandant; Col. Shelly P.
Myers, PMS&T; Col. John A. Way,
PAS&T; Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins,
assistant commandant; Maj. J. C.
Lowell, Air Force operations offi
cer and Capt. Paul Bennett, Army
operations officer.
Officials from Austin included
Dr. James Riley, president of the
Austin A&M Club; Willy Scott,
president of the Texas Ex-Students
Club; Ed Brown, chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce Convention
Committee; George Seggart, pub
licity director of the Chamber of
Commerce; Starr Kealhofer, Jr.,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce; Jo Ann Dickerson, Daily
Texan managing editor, and J. M.
McCurdy, executive secretary of
the Texas University Ex-Students
Association.
Leipper Shows
Oceanography’s
Use of Meters
Metermen attending a short
course here were “all at sea”
Wednesday night as they lis
tened to Dr. Dale F. Leipper,
head of the department of
oceanography.
“I have a big subject,” Dr. Leip
per told the group, “but I will try
to keep from getting in too deep.”
Along with other information
about the ocean and its activities.
Dr. Leipper listed many uses of
electidcal meters in oceanographic
research.
Almost 200 representatives front
every utilities company in the state
attended the banquet, which was
an integral part of the five-day
Public Utility Short Course for
electrical metermen, sponsored by
the electrical engineering depai’t-
ment of the college.
Meter specialists from the na
tion’s four leading manufacturers
of electrical meters, along with
members of the college staff, con
ducted week-long classes, in various
phases of meter work.
Norman Rode of the electrical
engineering department at the col
lege was in charge of local ar
rangements.
MSC Married Couples
Hold Informal Dance
The MSC Married Couples Com
mittee will hold an informal dance
in the Assembly Room of the
MSC at 8 p. m. Nov. 22.
Refreshments will be served.