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Circulated Daily To 1)0 Per Cent Of Local Readers The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Number 242: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1952 Price Five Cents Famed Gen. Boa! tier Visits A&M Today Seniors Invited ^ Maj. Gon. Haydon L. Boatner, deputy commander of the Fourth Army, is inspecting ROTC facili ties at A&M today. The former A&M commandant ' who sained fame while dealing with Communist uprisings in Koje Island Prison Camp in Korea, spent the morning inspecting class rooms and talking with local Army ROTC officials. He will speak to all Army jun- Gen. Hayden L. Boatner ’Si a lag 17’ Is Next Ag Player Presentation The Aggie Players begin rehearsals Jan. 5 for their text production, “Stalag 17,” Riid C. K. Esten, director. J Casting for the play is by no means completed, said Esten, and all interested persons should report for tryouts at 7:30 p. m. in ♦ the Music Hall. Try-outs also will take place Dec. 17 and 19. Anyone who can not attend on any .of these dates should contact him at his office in Room 302 of the Academic Building, Esten said. The Players will revert from the theatre-in-round to the convention al type stage for the play, Esten said. Their last play, “All My Sons” was produced in the round stage in the MSC Ballroom. “Stalag” will be staged in Guion Hall, March 2-3. “Stalag 17” was written by Don- yald Bevan and Edmund Trycinski. The play is an expression of the sold life of the characters, light- >ned only by the fun and drama which improverished humans could ^ muster, said Esten. The play is termed a comedy- melodrama spiced with mystery: The Aggie Players will have the distinction, Esten said, of being the first amateur group in the southwest to produce the play. Burgess Will Lead Kiwanis Next Year Hershel Burgess was installed as president of the College Station Kiwanis Club for 1953-54 last night at a combination officers in stallation and ladies night in the f MSC Ballroom. Other officers installed were J, B. Baty, first vice president; Dick Hervey, second vice president; Mike Krenjtsky, treasurer; and * Bruno Scroeder, secretary. Newly elected director's are Ed Ivy, R. O. Berry, Bob Cherry, Ralph Rogers, and K. A. Manning. Entertainment wag provided by the Prairie View A&M Chorus. SHOPPING DAYS LEFT HUY CHRISTMAS $EAB CLEAR ' WEATHER TODAY: Clear with winds out of the south and southwest. The low this morning was 38 and the high yesterday ' was 59. iors and seniors at Guion Hall this afternoon at 2:15 p.m. Subject of his talk had not been announced this morning. General Vi.' t ROTC The visit is part of a program set up by the Fourth Army com mander which gives each general officer 1 in the headquarters a por tion of the Army area in which to visit ROTC installations. PMS&T Col. Shelly P. Myers said the visit by Gen. Boatner will be conducted strictly on an in formal basis and no special parade or review has been planned while he is on the campus. Gen. Boatner is expected to leave shortly after the Thursday drill period. He plans to be at Ft. Bliss (El Paso) tomorrow. Col. Myers said no definite plans have been made for the general’s visit here today. “He knows his way around the campus as well as any of us; so we’ll just let him see the things which interest him most,” said the PMS&T. Second Infantry Duty After serving as A&M comman dant for three years, Gen. Boatnef left A&M in August, 1951 when he was assigned to overseas duty with the Second Infantry Division in Korea. He was elevated to the rank of Brigadier General at the time of going overseas; he was a. colonel while A&M PMS&T and comman dant of cadets. Gen. Boatner later assumed the position of deputy commander of the Second Infantry Division and gained many honors while in com bat with that unit. When the crisis came at Koje Is land, which contained thousands of rebellious North Korean Commu nist prisoners of war, Gen. Boat ner was named commander of the prison camp and given the duty of restoring order there. His fame spread around the world as he gained respect for au thority of the American captors. The large cells containing prison ers were gradually split into small er impotent units. The Fourth Army deputy com mander was promoted to major general shortly before leaving Ko rea last summer'. Registrar Off lee Open For Counsel Seniors graduating in June or during the summer terms have been asked to come by the regis trar’s office to have their records checked. J. Y. Alexander of the registrar’s office has announced he now has ample time to counsel with all seniors who plan to grad uate. “Most seniors usually wait until our busiest periods to check their records,” said Alexander. “At the end of a semester or beginning of a new term it is almost impossible for us to sit down and discuss graduation requirements with all the students who come in.” He said there is a large number of seniors who must get advice be fore registering in January. Among the requirements to be a candidate for graduation a sen ior must have a 1.0 grade point ratio in all work taken at A&M; a 1.0 in all work he is given credit for, whether or not it was taken at A&M; a 1.0 in all courses in his major field; and credit for 28 grade points the last calendar year enrolled at A&M. Alexander’s office is in the Col lege Administration Building. Ags Tame UH 65-59 In Basketball Opener By ED HOLDER Sports Editor The Aggies came out on top of a see-saw battle last night in their season opener over the University of Houston Cougars 65-59 vn DeWare Field House. Leroy Miksch of the Cadets led the point makers for the night, as he blasted 18 count ers through the net, and added to it some -♦ W. Napier Col. Napier to Speak RVs Initiate 80 Into Unit Tonight Eighty new members will be initiated into the Ross Volunteers at 7 p. m. in the MSC Ballroom. Col. E. W. Napier, deputy com mander of AFROTC and former PAS&T will be the principal speaker at the banquet-initiation. Wallace Is C. O. Cadet Col. Joe Wallace, first division commander, is the com manding officer of the Ross Vol unteers. Cadet Capt. Danny How ell, commanding officer of the Maroon Band,, is executive offi cer. Smokers Light Up For Annual Contest An invitation to organize col- j section lege pipe smoking club at A&M was received yesterday from Carl A. Piercy, president of the Inter national Association of Pipe Smokers, said Ray Davenport, as sistant director of the MSC. The invitation was included in a letter to Davenport expressing Piercy’s best wishes for the fifth annual pipe smoking contest to night at 7:39 in the assembly room. Announcement of the invi tation will be made by Davenport at the contest. Not Many Entrants “There haven’t been too many entrants in the contest yet,” Dav enport said. “But we are expecting more to register tonight.” A table will be placed at the door of the assembly room until 7:30 to register any late appli cants. Rule books for the contest will also be given out at the door, Davenport said. Contestants in the cigarette roll ing contest will be judged on ap pearance, serviceability, and time required to make their product. Bugler “Roll your own” kits will be used for the contest, gummed paper will be outlawed. “We would like to have all pipe collections in the assembly room by 7 o’clock,” said Davenport. Televise Next Week WBAP-TV is planning to tele vise the contest, but they will be unable to do it until next week Davenport said. He plans to hold a facsimile of tonight’s contest for the telecast using the same en trants. The number of prizes for each Dorm Milk Machine Situation Is Doubtful If milk vending machines are to be placed in the dormitories, they will be used on a trial basis at first, said I. W. Rupel, dairy hus bandry department head. For the present machines will still remain in the talk stage ow ing to expenses involved, he said. The project will be managed by the Kream and Kow Klub. the contest ai’e pipe collections, three; calabash sec tion, two; large bowl briar, four; medium bowl, five; small bowl, two; minature section, three; metal ,bowl, two; churchwarden section, three; professor’s division, two; cigar smoking, three; pro fessional cigarette rolling, two; amateur rolling, two; machine rolling, two; corn cob pipe smok ing three; smoke rfrig blowing, large ring section, one, and suc cessive rings, one. Davenport emphasized that the judges are the sole authority in the contest and their word is final. All 80 of the initiates are jun- ioi'S. No new senior members were accepted by the group. Ross Volunteer activities for this year include trips to San An tonio, New Orleans, and Houston. They will also conduct their an nual Mother’s Day Drill, Wallace said. The Ross Volunteers is the old est organized student activity on the campus. The group originated in 1887 under thfe name of Scott Volunteers in honor of T. M. Scott, business manager of the campus at that time. Original Plan Originally the plan of the or ganization was to change its name in honor of each succeeding pres ident of the college. During the first President Harrington’s ad ministration the idea was dropped, and the name Ross Volunteers, in honor of Lawrence S. Ross, former president of the college and ex- Governoi - , became permanent. The Ross Volunteers act as es cort and honor guard at the in auguration of the Governors of Texas and other distinguished per sonages. They also act as a drill team and honor escort company on various occasions throughout the state. Membership Restricted Membership is restricted to 125 cadets with a ratio of not less than two juniors to one senioi - . A member must maintain a 2.0 mili tary science and 1.5 scholastic grade noint ratio. (See NAPIER, Page 5) Bankers End Credit School The Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers closed its annual ses sion yesterday in the MSC. Lasting three days, the meeting was attended by 175 bankers from Texas, New Mexico, pud Louisiana. During the three day session, the bankers bear'd talks by A&M staff members, state agricultural experts, and other bankers. On Monday they toured the col lege and all its agricultural facil ities. O. V. Wells, chief of the Bu reau of Agricultural Economics, Washington, D. ginup. Topic of his speech “The Agricultural 1953 and Beyond.” Purpose of the school was to acquaint bankers with the many advances and innovations in the. field of agriculture. This know ledge will help them know how much credit to extend fax'mers in order to make a profitable return. C., spoke to the his speech was Outlook for BOX SCORE Cougars (59) EG Adams 5 Pettiette 2 Grigsby 0 Hatton 0 Kittman 2 Cotton 1 Shivers 2 McNutt Moser . Booher Totals Aggies (65) Miksch Hardgrove . Pirtle Johnson 5 Martin 0 EG , 6 () . 1 Addison Moon Heft McCrory Binford . FT 1 4 0 1 1 2 6 1 4 1 FT G 3 1 3 3 4 0 2 0 7 PF 2 PTS 11 Totals 18 Halftime score: ton 26. Education Courses Planned for Profs Possibilities of offering a grad uate course in philosophy and methods of college teaching for graduate students and interested faculty members is being studied by the Committee on Development of Teaching Personnel (CDTP.) In a letter to the teaching staff, the committee described its two immediate projects. The second project is to “compile and review pi'esent and future publications re ceived by the college library and to prepare a recommended read ing list which might contribute to development and improvement of teaching skill.” J. G. McGuire is chairman of the CDTP formed during October by Dean of the College David H. Morgan. Other committee mem bers are P. W. Burns, L. W. Gibbs, C. B. Godbey, J. H. Hill, Robert Jacobs, H. O. Johnson Jr., A. J. Kingston, T. E. McAfee, B. C. Moore, J. F. Paxton, C. M. Sim- mang. Johnson is secretary of the committee. Ten Mouths to Feed Mascot Reveille II Adjusts To New Routine of Mother By JOHN MOODY Battalion News Staff Reveille II is now well-adjusted to family life and is doing well. She is currently residing in the small animal clinic of the Veter inary Hospital. The family, composed of five strapping sons and five beautiful daughters, is reported to be of pure mongrel descent and in healthy condition. Colors of the young brood range from black and white to undefinable. Rev was first discovered to be expecting while she was spending Thanksgiving Holidays with band member Tommy Hall. Seeing the young lady was not at all well, Hall brought her to see the locgj Veterinarian. Upon being informed of the joy ous news, Hall masterfully kept control of emotions mx] no .doubt quietly muttered under his breath. When Reveille returned to her h0m6 i* Do-rmitory 11 aft»r the holidays, the glad tidings were re ceived with mixed emotions. Com ments of all sizes, shapes and var ieties were heard in the halls. Heard most frequently were “Well what do you know” and “I knew it all the time.” Reveille, it ap- Fees Now Payable At Fiscal Office Fourth installment fees are now payable at the Fiscal Office. They must be paid by Thursday, Dec. 18, to avoid penalty. All non-military students who pay board and use coupon books for Sbisit Dining Hall are re minded they should pay fees and purchase a new coupon book prior to 5 p. m., Dec. 18, said Robert Q. Murray civilian counselor. Stude»ts who pay fees after 5 p. m. will be required to pay for the full period and will lose $1.32 for class day afterwards. pears, took the whole proceeding in a calm manner. Since the blessed event was to take place any time, the young expectant was watched constantly and was kept in the dormitory the majority of the time. She refused to live in her private home out side, owing to a rather unpleasant experience in a 70-mile wind dur ing her childhood. She entered the hospital Dec. 1 in fine shape and the great event occurred Friday, Dec. 5. The father is reported to be a black and white mongrel who is called “Perro” by the band mem bers, Perro is in excellent health and seems to be quite pleased. Dr. J. D. Barak, veterinary med icine and surgery, reports the mother quite normal and will be able to return to the band at any time. "As a matter of fact it would be better for the puppjes, since we have so many sick dogs coming in every day.” he said. According to the CDTP letter, Morgan asked a committee be formed “to diffuse among the fac ulty ideas or methods that seemed to be working particularly well with some department or with an individual teacher, and recommend ways and means for the proper guidance of newly appointed in structors. The committee’s first letter to the faculty also said that the CDTP believes individual teachers must continue to jfrow in their profession—” both in techniques of teaching and in knowledge of the subject.” Basic Methods Seen Teaching is an individual prop osition, the committee emphasized, and good results with one teacher will not necessarily accomplish the same goals with other educators. However, there are certain basic methods that could be used by all successful teachers, the committee said. The CDTP explained that most of the schools here have in the past and now are conducting pi-o- gr,ams of teacher development. “It is one of the functions of this committee to coordinate the ef forts, teacher-improvementwise, of the various schools. To accom plish Worthwhile results,” the committee explained,” we must have the cooperation of the fac ulty.” brilliant backboard work. For the Cougars it was Jack Moser who blazed the way. He sank 16 points, several of which were shot from near the mid-court stripe. Houston grabbed the lead with only one minute gone in the game, and kept it through the first period. Don Binford of the Aggies made his first field goal of the night with one minute and thii'ty seconds gone in the second 'K period to tie the game at 13-13. Miksch poured in nine counts before the half was over, to help A&M maintain the lead most of the time. The halftime score was 31-26 in favor of the Aggies. With four minutes left in the third quarter Houston eased ahead of the Farmers 40-39, and the lead rocked back and forth between the two for the remainder of the per iod. Pirtle Scores Rodnev Pirtle started the scor ing in the last thrilling period as he sank a field goal and let the Aggies move ahead 48-47. A&M paced the Cougars the rest of the game, although the Houston club threatened several times. Jerry Pettiette put in two for the Cougars with five minutes left in the game to put the Houstonians only one field goal behind, 55-53. Miksch dropped both his free throws in after being fouled, and gave the Aggies a more comfort able lead, 57-53. James Addison added another for the Cadets on a free throw, and Don Binford sunk another of the free gratis shots so costly to Houston, the Cougarsshrd shr shr shrdlu Pettiette layed in two points for ♦ the Cougars and was followed by Etton Cotton with another field goal to close the shakey lead to 59- 56. Moser Counters Moser ripped the net with one from about 25 feet' out to make the Aggie fans worry even more as Houston closed in 59-58. As soon as play stalled, Moser fouled out, with a little over two minutes left in the game, and Joe Hardgrove shot the free throw to make it 60- 58. Don Heft layed in two more free throws for A&M and nearly iced a win with only about a minute and a half left to go. Hardgrove cinched things when only 36 seconds stood between the Farmers and a win. He was foul ed, and dropped both free-throws through. Cotton of Houston sank a free throw to leave the score at 64-59. Addison ended the game with an other free toss, and the horn sound ed with A&M ahead 65-59. The freshmen lost their game prior to the varsity tilt, 47-52. The Allen Academy Ramblers pushed by them with Ray West thrashing the net with 25 big points. High man for the Aggie Fish was John Fortenbury with 23 points. PF 2 0 4 1 4 3 5 1 0 4 PTS 18 3 3 13 3 6 0 2 0 17 29 24 65 A&M 31, Hous- Chest Holds Money Until Late January Still $1571.62 short of their goal, the College Station Community Chest committee decided yester day to wait until the last of Jan uary before taking any action on redistribution of pai'ticipating agency allotments. “We hope enough money will come in next month to bring us close to the $11,019 goal,” said Bennie Zinn, chairman of the com mittee. Last year, about $500 came in after the drive was officially closed. Zinn said he would ask the dean of each of A&M’s schools to check his department heads on depart ment continbutions. An official report of the drive will be sent to the mayor, the president, and the chancellor. Check Given Polio Fund The Brazos County Chapter of the national Foundation for In fantile Paralysis has received an $800 check from the Foundation’s Emergency Epidemic Aid Fund. At the present time there are 10 new polio patients in the coun ty being cared for by the organiza tion, in addition to three strick en in previous years. “This check will assure care un til more funds can be raised lo cally by the January March of Dimes campaign,” said Howard Badgett, local chapter chairman. The National Foundation also sent a $1,000 emergency aid check in September. Receipts from the Mai’ch of Dimes are divided equally between the local chapter for patient cam and the National Foundation for research, professional education, and aid for needy chapters. Tony Martin to Play * At Houston Club Dance Tony Martin’s orchestra will play for the Houston A&M Club’s Christmas dance Friday, Dec. 26, said Bob Miller, president. The dance will be fi'om 8-12 p. m. in the Crystal Ballroom of the Rice Hotel.