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Number 29: Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1953
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[Air Force 1 Irops
Advanced Options
All Air Force ROTC options will
be discontinued next fall except
for those students presently under
contract, said Col. John A. Way,
PAS&T.
I The options will he replaced by
a generalized course which will
start in the freshman, sophomore
. and beginning advanced classes,
he said.
I Under the new program options
mvill be offered no longer in admin
istration, communications, air op
erations, armament, or mainten-
' ance. Students instead will be giv-
:|en a generalized course which will
acquaint them with the various
functions of the Air Force.
I The purpose of the generalized
Juniors to Eat
Sbisa Special
Saturday Nile
The menu for the junior banquet
[in Sbisa Hall at 6:30 p. m. has
been released by T. B. Fields,
junior class president.
Press for the banquet is formal,
I as is the prom Saturday night.
: The meal will featui'e filet mig-
non as the main dish. Tomato
juice cocktail will be the appe
tizer with a pineapple cheese sal
ad.
French fried potatoes and lima
beans will be the vegetables serv
ed at the banquet. Apple pie and
coffee will be dessert.
C. K. Esten, Aggie Flayers’
sponsor and an English instructor,
is scheduled to make an after-
dinner speech to the juniors and
their dates.
course is to better acquaint the
student with the over-all opera
tions of the Aii' Force and develop
in him those qualities of leader
necessary for a good officer, said
Way.
Because of the limited facilities
and equipment available to the col
leges, it is believed that special
ized training might be given more
adequately to the student after' he
has entered the Air Force, he add
ed.
The general course is intended
to acquaint the student with fun
damental operations of the air
plane, Air Force operations, lead
ership principles, political geogra
phy, navigation, weather and other
phases of Air Force activity.
During the senior year 40 hours
of class will be spent in leadership
seminars, where the students will
receive training in problem solv
ing, and leadership principles.
Student’s Rooms
Needed for HS Day
Students expecting friends for
High School Day are urged to
find places for the visitors to stay,
said Allen Madeley of the hous
ing office.
The housing office would like
to utilize vacancies left by stu
dents gone for the weekend, said
Madeley.
“If enough space cannot be
found in this manner, contact the
housing office for other arrange
ments,” he said.
This procedure is necessary in
order to insure accomodations for
unexpected guests, he added. “If
students will coopei'ate, this sys
tem will provide sufficient space
for all visitors,” Madeley said.
“Pedro”
Plays The Pans
Variety Show
In Guion Hall
Stars ‘‘Pedro ’
“Pedro,” Patsy Clay and the
Lone Star Band will stage a two-
hour show in Guion Hall at 7:30
p. m. March 5.
A San Antonio radio and TV
star, “Pedro” has appeared on sev
eral nation-wide radio pi’ograms.
The short Latin American plays'
the marimba, dances and sings.
His ability with the kitchen
pans isn’t limited to household
use, said C. G. (Spike) White,
manager of student activities. He
plays them in his show.
Previously known as the Texas
Top Hands, the Lone Star Band
plays both hilbilly and western
music. They accompany the wiry
“Pedro” as he performs.
Patsy Clay, San Antonio vocal
ist, appears with “Pedro” on TV
and radio.
Tickets for the program will
cost 50 cents.
rime Conscious Aggies
Four Years of Active Duty
Is Big Objection to Flying
By JOE HIPP ,
and \
HARRY POLLARD
Battalion News Staff
Two extra years of active duty
was the primary objection to flight
training asii'evealed in an opinion
poll yesterday.
These two precious years seem to
make quite a difference in the num
ber who want to fly and those who
don’t. Some cadets feel the extra
years spent flying will delay en
tering business. This was a rea
son expressed for not flying.
Gilbert Blackmon, senior from
Groesbeck, said five years spent
studying architectural construction
then four years in the Air Force
would be too long to wait before
entering his profession.
Jets Too Fast
“I don’t like the idea of being
in the Air Force for four years,”
said Dave Verble, Beaumont soph
omore. “Besides,” he added, “those
jets just fly too darn fast for me.”
Bob Boykin, senior from Flores-
ville, said that he didn’t want to
stay in the service any longer than
he had to.
A junior, F. C. Kirkham, Victor
ia, didn’t believe he could pass the
physical. “No guts,” he said.
“I don’t like the high pressure
approach the air science depart
ment is giving us,” commented
Charles McCullough, Fort Worth
senior. “They say they aren’t push
ing us into flight training, but
every charlce they get they tell the i
advantages of it.” 1
McCullough said he believed he \
( could serve better as an officer in
communications than as a pilot.
Another -.Fort Worth senior. Bar-
i Cotton
To Preside Over Court April 24
MSC Art Exhibit
Worth Va Million
A half million dollars worth of
paintings by European and Am
erican artists are on exhibit in
the lobby of the MSC for the
next two weeks.
The 29 oil and water color paint
ings will be shown to the public,
public school pupils and local or
ganizations.
“The exhibit is the most val
uable art display to be held in
the MSC,” said Mrs. Ralph B. Ter
ry, MSC art gallery advisor.
Expensive Paintings
Included will be Nicholas Lan-
cret’s “Y r oung Dancer,” “The Let
ter” by Gerard Terborgh, “The
gwing” by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph
Paterand “Head of Apollo” by
Diego Velasquez. All of these
paintings are worth at least
$40,00!) each.
Weather Today
CLEARING
WEATHER TODAY: Clearing
and slightly warmer tonight and
tomorrow. Tha low this morning
was 39 and the high yesterday was
54.
Council Meeting
Postpon ed Aga in
College Station City Coun
cil meeting has been post
poned indefinitely again be
cause a quorum of the mem
bers could not attend.
The meeting had been post
poned to last night from Tues
day, the regular meeting time.
ton Raynaud, said he didn’t want to
spend four years flying when lie
could be applying his knowledge in
I some technical field.
George Johnston, freshman from
Memphis, Tenn., said he just did
n’t like the idea of leaving the good
solid ground.
Several cadets claimed inability
to pass the physical as their reason
for not requesting flight training.
A. D. Youngblood, Hedley junior,
already has a private license to
fly but can’t pass the physical be
cause of his eyes.
One sophomore pretty well re
flected the majority opinion when
he said, “I’m looking forward to
being ‘Mr. Civilian’ of 1957.”
Bruner Will Speak
At 1 Ed Conference
Marlin H. Bruner will deliver
an address on “The Fruits of Re
search” at the fifth annual Indus
trial Teacher Conference to be
held here Thursday and Friday,
said Dr. Chris Groneman, head of
the Industrial Education Confer
ence.
Southern manager of the exten
sion division of E. I. du Pont de
Nemours and Co., with headquar
ters in Clemson, S. C., Bruner is
one of the most widely known
speakers on chemical advances in
the nation.
He will demonstrate some of
the recent developments in mod
ern industrial chemistry and show
why industry in the United States
has been able to give to the people
of America “the highest standard
of living in the world,” Dr. Grone-
i man said.
Atchison
At RSU
to Spent
Banquet
Joe Athison, ’49, will be
the main speaker at the Baptist
Student Union Banquet, 7 p. m.
March 7. The annual Baptist stu
dent feast will be held in the MSC
Ballroom.
Pastor of the Calvary Baptist
Church of Marble Falls, Atchison
is attending the Soutlwest Sem
inary at Fort Worth.
Graduated in May of ’49, Atchi
son was employed by Liberty Mu
tual Insurance until entering the
service. He served with an artil
lery unit in Korea for 11 months.
Getting his discharge in April,
1952, Atchison entered the minis
try.
Decorations for this year’s ban-
quet will support the theme of
‘Southern Fantasy.’ The scenery
Martelino to Play
On MSC Program
Ernie Mai’telino, winner of the
Aggie Talent Show Feb. 10, will
play his piano on “Showtime at the
Center” today fi'om 5-5:25 p. m.
The show is bi’oadcast from the
MSC Fountain Room over WTAW
every Tuesday and Thursday af
ternoon.
Some of the talent scheduled
for the show includes a Latin
American trio and western combo.
Among those who have appeai’ed
already this semester are Jimmy
Harrison, guitarist and Danny
Burkard, pianist.
will be symbolic of early southern
plantation life, said Dick Bumpass
and Ralph Shanahan, chairmen of
decorations.
Furnishing southern style enter
tainment will be an all-girl instru
mental quintet from Lamar Tech
in Beaumont. Janice and Dolores
Bell from the University of Hous
ton will sing several duets.
Jack Frey, Houston senioi’, will
emcee the banquet program. He
has emceed many of the BSU pro
grams; recently the all-church fel
lowship.
The banquet is formal for ladies
with Class A uniform or suits for
men. Housing for guests can be
secured by contacting Cliff Har
ris at the Baptist Student Centeiv
Student tickets and student
guest tickets are $1.25 each. Non
student tickets will be $1.75. Only
300 tickets are available said Ray
Graves, chairman of ticket sales.
“Thei’e are salesmen in every
dorm.”
Tickets are to be sold on a first
come, first served basis since the
MSC has a limited seating capa
city for banquets.
Bill Harris, Bill Nelson and Ide
Trotter are publicity committee
men. Ross Jennings heads the elec
tricity and special lighting com
mittee and Doug Smith special,
effects. .
“The Banquet is for all Baptist
Church members in this area,”
said Dunnigan, “but mainly for
the students.”
1 Ed Meet to Hear
Illinois Professor
Dr. A. B. Mays, professor emer
itus of industrial education at the
University of Illinois, will speak
at the fifth annual Industrial
Teacher Conference.
The meeting will be Fi'iday and
Saturday, in the MSC.
Dr. Mays will speak on “The
Role of Vocational and Non-Voca-
tional Practical Arts Education
Today” and “Crucial Issues in
Industrial Education.”
Other features of the conference
will include a demonstration on
applying hot-spray lacquer and
the use of the radical arm saw.
The conference will close Satur
day afternoon with the presenta
tion of keys to persons who have
distinguished themselves in In
dustrial Education for 25 years or
longer.
“Portrait of a Man” by Bron-
zini, “Portrait of the Doge An
drea Griti” by Tintoretto, a self-
portrait of Leone de Valencia and
Francois Boucher’s “Mercury En
trusting Young Bacchus to the
Nymphs” are some of the more
expensive paintings.
By Prominent Artists
Others are “Head of a Boy” by
Francisco Salviatti, “Portrait of
a Man” by Antonio Moroworth,
“Portrait of Madame Manzera,”
and “Still Life” by Jean Baptiste
Simeon Chardin.
“Portrait of Madame Ramel de
Nogaret” by Jacques-Louis David,
“A Portrait of a Young Woman”
by Louis-Leopold Boilly, “The
Wave” by Gustave Courbet, “The
Dordrecht” by Eugene-Louis Bou
din, “Banks of the Oise” by Ca
mille Pissaro, “Chrysanthemums”
by Henri Fantin-Latour, “The
Cliffs at Etretat” by Claude Mon
et and “The Young Lady with a
Toque” by Pierre Auguste Renoir.
There are also several water-
colors by American artist Winslow
Homer. Among them are “The In
itials,” “A Young Girl at a Win
dow,” “The Woodchopper,” “Glou
cester Harbor,” “Big Trees,” “Two
Sailboats” and “Orange Tree and
Gate,” “Nassau.”
ESA Gets
From Foresters
The Association of Former Stu
dents has I’eceived $8,615 from the
Texas Forest Service in the last
14 years for student loan purposes,
said Don Young, head of the TFS
management department.
Young, who is in charge of state
forests, said the money is pro
fits from timber sales on the John
Henry Kirby State Forest in Tyler
county.
The 600-acre state forest was a
gift to the forest service in 1929
from John Henry Kirby, a Hous
ton lumberman. The deed stipulat
ed that revenue, from the land be
turned over to the Association of
Former Students.
rt Harold Scaief has been named
King Cotton for 1953.
A senior agronomy major from
San Benito, Scaief was chosen
Tuesday night at a meeting of the
Agronomy Society. Eight mem
bers of his court were also picked.
Four seniors, three juniors and
one sophomore will sit in the regal
court of the 19th Annual Cotton (
Pageant, April 24, in DeWare Field
House.
Glenn Black of Mexia, Fritz
Welsch from New Braunfels, Bob
Johnson of Fort Worth and Leon
ard Thornton from Temple are the
four tenivn court merr.fceis.
The juniors are Ernie Enloe,
Daisetta; Jerry Buster, Happy; and
Leonard Stansey, Temple. The
sophomore is Frank Ford from
Lubbock.
Scaief, 20, is a platoon leader
in G Co., and a member of the
Rio Grande Valley Club. He plans
to graduate in January,1954.
TSCW Will Furnish Queen
The Cotton King and his court
will go to Denton Saturday, March
7, and choose a Queen from TSCW
for the pageant. They will also
name eight attendants for her maj
esty. They will be escorted by the
members of the royal court.
Announcement of the Queen and
her attendants will be made March
8, said Scaief.
The 32 Tessies who have been
chosen to compete' for the title were
picked for their beauty and per
sonality, he said.
The crowning of the King and
Queen will highlight the pageant.
Ceremonies will begin at 7:30 p.m.
and continue until 9:30 p.m. The
Cotton Ball will be in Sbisa from
9:30 p.m. until midnight with mu
sic by the Aggieland Orchestra.
No style show will be held this
year as in the past. Instead thei’e
will be some form of entertainment
provided, said Scaief. The details
concerning entertainers have not
been worked out, he added.
Heinrich Wins
Lilly Dairy Award
The Lilly Ice Cream Award for
outstanding scholastic achieve-
ment in the field of dairying was
awarded to Arnold F. Heinrich,
freshman dairy production major
from Schulenburg announced I. W.
Rupel, head of the dairy depart
ment.
One of three awards offered by
the Dairy depai’tment, the Lilly
award is based on interest in the
field of dairying and need for as
sistance while attending college.
Heinrich will receive $300 yearly
if his progress and grades are sat
isfactory, said Rupel.
Age of Science’
Broadcast Sunday
The first broadcast of the A&M-
produced “Texas Turns to Science”
series will be heard Sunday at
6:15 p. m. over radio station
WTAW.
Entitled “The Age of Sciences,”
this first bi’oadcast deals with the
beginning of science in Texas in
dustry and agriculture.
The 13 programs, written and
directed by Harry L. Kidd of the
English department, will be broad
cast over the Texas State Network
and the Cactus Network. They
may be heard locally over WTAW lActlllll OI UilllLcISlo
at 6:15 p. m. each Sunday.
Couch Moderates Panel
On Trends in Nutrition
Dr. J. R. Couch was moderator
of a panel discussion “What’s New
in Nutrition,” at the Midwest Feed
Manufacturers annual meeting in
Kansas City, Feb. 19.
Other members of the panel
were Dr. L. S. Pope, Oklahoma
A&M; Dr. Paul Sanford, Kansas
State College and Dr. J. Ragsdale,
University of Missouri.
Aiding in the planning of the
affair is Clarence Watson, pro
fessor in the agronomy depart
ment. Miss Tidge Ratten is direct-
07' of the society and Dale Fisch-
grabe is president.
First Ball In 1932
A&M’s fmst Cotton Ball was held
in 1932. “Cotton” Joe Mogford and
thi'ee of his students suggested
the plan in order to raise money
for sending agronomy students to
other nations to study their agri-
cultural methods.
The Cotton Ball, since its begin
ning, has been one of the gala
highlights of the social season, and
proceeds from it are still used to
send students abroad.
Last year the pageant was held
in DeWare Field House. This was
done because bad weather had of
ten threatened the success of the
affair during previous years.
Architects Wait
Soundproofing
For Remodeling
Remodeling: of the archi
tecture department’s fourth-
floor classrooms in the Aca
demic Building will resume as
soon as acoustical tile is avail
able for the ceilings.
The rest of the supplies are be
ing stock-piled until all of them
a7'e on hand.
“We don’t want to remodel a
classroom until we have all the
equipment necessary for the job,”
said W. H. Badgett, manager of
physical plants. “This will keep
us from interrupting classes any
moi’e thaii necessai'y.”
Bids for the acoustical tile were
opened in Austin today. Badgett
said three or four weeks is the
earliest delivery date that could
be expected.
Complete reinodeling - of the
Academic Building’s fourth floor
was begun late last summer.
Many of the rooms are being en
larged into laboratories. Venetian
blinds, improved fluorescent light-
mg and asphalt floor tile will be
installed throughout. A pastel col
or scheme is planned to reduce
glare.
Army Seniors Give
LAMAR TECH ENTERTAINERS—Talent to perform for BSU Banquet are left to right
Misses Cherri Lee Barrett, Georgianna Teel, Wanda Cruse, and Mary Lou French, Fran
ces Wimberly is not shown. The girls are members of an instrumental quintet to ap
pear on the banquet program.
“What does the ROTC offer to
the student at A&M?” is the gen
eral theme of a series of discus
sions which will start Monday over
WTAW.
Conducted by the military sci
ence department each program
will feature outstanding Army
ROTC seniors with their bi-anch
instructors. Announcer and 7nod-
erator for each program will be
Maj. R. T. Willets, Army public in
formation officer.
Featured on the first program
will be cadet colonels Joe Wal
lace, commander of the First Divi
sion; Joe B. Mattei, corps execu
tive officer and Cadet Lt. Col.
Joel Austin, corps public informa
tion officer and Battalion co-edi
tor.
Appearing on many of the
broadcasts, which last from 5:30-
5:40 p. m. each Monday for 12
weeks, will be Col. Shelly P. My
ers, professor of military science
and tactics.
Order of appearance of the army
branches in fhfantry, armor, field
artillery, anti-aircraft artillery,
engineers, ordnance, quartermas
ter, signal, army security, trans
portation and chemical.
Carmen Hines Gets
Top Pinalle Spot
Miss Carmen Hines of Fort
Worth will have top billing on
Cafe Rue Pinalle’s singing and
dancing program Friday night.
Miss Hines is part of a pro-
gram featuring dancers from Ross
Hancock Dancing School in Fort
Worth. Numbers include both tap
routines and modern ballet.
Performers other than Miss
Hines are Misses Gyle Meyers,
Pat Brandt, Bevei’ley Firestone,
Camille Wright, Quada Taylor and
Mary Margaret Anderson.