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^ F*/)Circulated iJady -j, ( To ( J0 Fer Ceilt f Local Residents ivel ion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Var >ces might ,r 37 before they (l —— Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1953 Price Five Cents In S? 5 for School .ravel from (L Election '."Ivi?; llnlecided 1 ^ & M Consolidated tiuct a'' ; ,ar ^ °f trustees has weighing 20o se ^ a ( Lit;e for the nen in a p e school bond election hies above oosed Monday night. ■—— ^ d will meet with mem- e newly-formed citizens public schools next Mon- * fORAGf ,d issjue will be for the a new high school, an and physical education t Lincoln School for ive budget for the bond , been [submitted by Wil-; laudlil, architect. The considered the burget, flave not voted on it. get is as follows: ; rooms $150,000 auditorium 106,000 oms, offices, heat- J kbatopies .... 34,000 for Lincoln . M 35,000 re . ... 14,000 e (llper cent) 3,500 t’s fee r cent) 17,400 lities 25,100 $385,000 Roosevelt Asks Velde’s Removal as VAA Head crican ra Called 7i Success ; on ;clcs AV belt’s rformances of “Down in y,” [an American folk >sented the A&M Con- horus Monday and Tues- jfifere a huge success, ert Boone, director of lid comments have been the performances of the Some in the audience tliought they’d see an high school performance praising its professional from the opera will be purchasing choir robes olidated’s music depart- han 700 people saw both aces, but it was not 3 pay for the robes, said bout $100 profit was round cuP; Voull he ar : r musical, “Night real planned for MayJ of Li. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe Col. Francis Gabreski Brig. Gen. James Devereaux Outstanding Service Leaders Slated, for Military Day Visit Get — One of the largest groups of the nation’s top military men ever to visit A&M will be on the cam pus March 28 in observance of Military Day. Col. Francis S. Gabreski, the top living United States Air Force ace, is one of the many slated to attend. During World War II, Gabreski shot down 31 German planes and destroyed two and a half on the ground. In 1950, he was named deputy commander of the Fourth Fighter Interceptor Wing in Korea, and since that date has blasted six and a half MIG-15s. Also attending will be Lt. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, Army dep uty chief of staff for personnel. Gen. McAuliffe was graduated from West Point in 1918, and held top strategic commands during World War IT. He was assigned his present position in May, 1951. “Nuts’’ Gen. McAuliffe gained world fame when he replied “Nuts” to a German order to surrender when they had his force, the 101st Air borne Div., surrounded at Bas- tone in World War IPs Battle of the Bulge. Former A&M instructor Maj. Gen. Hugh M. Milton II, execu- 5# A1 C ava School Day ides Selected st 1250 high school sen- m all over the state onducted on tours of pus on High School rch 14. of various academic are [scheduled to leave ion Hall at 10 a.m. will contain 20 to 30 They will tour the new ration Building, R o s s Exchange Store, and the « Combo Set ihow Time’ lyeaux and his swing ill perform on Show Time Center today. Time is a 30 minute radio broadcast from the MSC Room at 5 p. m. Tues- Thursdays. It is carried Idio fetation WTAW. ue Note Quartet was fea- Tuesday’s program. The ncluded Bob Jones, Ken uittf Fields and Ron Chev- the show, someone’s called. If that person is and gets to the fountain 15 minutes he receives a Lk shake and hamburger, [me |is invited to attend said Don Friend, direct- program. ion Saturday Uass of ’33 lass of 1933 will return to pis week-end to talk over its, •union will begin Saturday ‘luncheon in the MSC. Hielscher will be toast- fat a smorgasbord dinner night in the MSC Ball- rss business meeting will a breakfast at 8 a. m. MSC besides buildings-of the yar- ious academic schools. Guides for the tours were se lected by the Inter-council Com mittee from the different schools to be visited. Those guides for the agriculture tours are James R. Youngblood, Qliyer C. Jarvis, Joel M. Hillin, Louis A. Stewart, George S; : Hare, Jack M. Jacobson, Richard W. Mil ler, Gene E. Steed, John O. Bar rett, Robert C. Miller, William M. Huff bran, and Johnny Fazzino. Guides for the Arts and Sciences tours will he Bryan Spencer, Rat Wood, Allan Hohlt, Charles Scott,' Roy Wells, Danny Kallus, Jerry Renhett, Dick Porter, John Sam uels, and John Hildebrand. Those for veterinary medicine will be Jerry Finig and Ralph Grogan. Engineering school guides will be Carl Livesay, John Mitchell, B. H. Vanzura, Jerry Nickerson,' Will Sholar, A1 Sharp, Leonard Davis, Leroy Little, D. M. Jones, Bill Pirtle, Bill Groff, Frank Rogers, Thomas McCallum, F. M. Fuschak, Elmer Flower, W. Lee Baker, How ard Haynes, and Dan A. McKenzie. tive for reserve and ROTC af fairs, also is scheduled to be here. Gen. Milton is a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars and has served in the northern Solomons, Bismark Archipelago, Philippine Islands, New Guinea, southern Philippines, and Japan ese Occupation campaigns. Another visitor will be Maj. Gen. Walter E. Todd, commander of the Western Air Defense Force and native Texan, Gen. Todd was born at Gonzales and attended Texas University and later West Point. Wake Island Defender Also scheduled is Brig. Gen. James P. S. Devereaux of Wake Island fame. He was awarded the Navy Cross, the nation’s second highest military decoration, for his part in the Wake Island ac tion. Marines under his command de stroyed two cruisers, t\yo destroy er's, one escort vessel, 72 aircraft and probably one submarine while defending the island. Gen. Devereaux was held in Japanese prison camps from De cember, 1941, to September 1945. He was elected to the 82nd Con gress in 1950. Col. Raymond L. Murray, of the Marine Corps School, is another guest. He was called “one of the outstanding regimental command ers in the Marine Corps” by Maj. Gen. • O. P. Smith, commanding geneVal of the 1st Marine Diy. In World War II, Col. Murray fought Tn the battles of Guada- cknal, Tarawa and Saipan. He was awarded the Navy Cross for “ex traordinary heroism” during the Saipan assault. Texas Congressman Also attending will be Congress man Lloyd M. Bensten, of Texas’ 15th District. He was born on a farm between Mission and McAl len and attended the University of Texas. Bensten was offered a commis sion in the army shortly after Peary Harbor hut refused and en listed as a private. He emerged with the rank of major and is now on reserve status. In 1946 he was elected as Hil- dalgo county judge, becoming the youngest county judge in Texas. He was elected to Congress in the spring of 1948. Others attending the Military Day activities will be Olin E. Teague, 6th District congressman; Lt. Gen. John Dahlquist, command ing general of the 4th Army; Maj. Gen. G. P. Disoway, commanding, Headquarters Flying Training Air Force; Maj. Gen. Albert S. Johnson, commanding, Headquar ters 49th Armored Division; Brig. Gen. James R. Jackson, chief of maintenance and supply at Kelly AFB. Brig. Gen. Carl L. Phinney, commanding, headquarters 36th. Div.; Col. James C. McGehee, com manding, Bryan AFB; Col. E. E. McKesson, PAS&T at the Univer sity of Texas; Col. C. M. Culp, San Antonio; Col. Thomas R. Black, ad jutant general’s department, State of Texas. Col. Paul M. Haverly, president, Texas Reserve Officers Associa tion; Lt. Col. V. M. Wallace, of fice of assistant chief of staff; Lt. Col. C. L. Hilton Jr., ROTC headquarters, Ft. Sam Houston; Lt. Col. Marion P. Bowden, di rector of operations and training, Austin; Maj. Fred E. Smith, as sistant PAS&T, University of Southern California; Allen Mitch ell, president of Former Students Association; Mrs. R. M. Harris, president of A&M Mother’s Clubs of Texas. Col. John Hilger, formep A&M student; Brig. Gen. Main G. Jil- lani, Pakistan military attachee, Brig. Gen. A. O, Molloy, Austrian military attachee; Col. George Diamantopoulos, Greek military attachee, and Maj. Gen. Robert Topsey, AF special assistant, chief of staff, reserve forces. Seniors Can Order Announcements Graduating seniors can order graduation announcements begin ning Monday, Mai’ch 16. Orders will be taken in the Stu dent Activities Office, second floor of Goodwin Hall. Three types of announcements are available this year: the French Folders, 2 for 25 cents; the Card board Folders, 45 cents each; and the Leather Announcements, 95 cents each. There is no limit on the number of announcements that can be or dered. Payment must be made with the order. Deadline for orders will be April 15. Cadet Singers Leave on Tour The Singing Cadets left at noon today on their annual spring tour of west Texas. The glee club will sing in Brown- wood tonight, Amarillo Friday Sherman Saturday and Denison Sunday. The Denison concert will be for the morning services of the Waples Memorial Methodist Church. The other performances are sponsored by A&M Mother’s Clubs. Soloists for the group are Mar tin Bulkhead, Ben Blankenship and Lamar Ashley. W. M. (Bill) Turner directs the chorus. Selections the group will sing include “Nothin’ Like a Dame,” “Pd Rather Be a Texas Aggie,” “Adoramus, Te Christe,” and “My Ideal.” The complete program is composed of approximately 20 songs. After the west Texas tour, The Singing Cadets will give a con cert here March 29. Formal Room Inspection May Be Held There may be a formal room inspection before Federal In spection. “Pm going to try to have one sometime before Federal Inspection,” said Weldon Kru ger, cadet colonel of the corps. Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant, said the military authorities would not schedule an inspec- ^ tion unless Kruger wanted one. A&M Professor Named to JAFC Advisory Board Named to the advisory board of the Journal of Agri cultural and Food Chemistry was Dr. J. F. Fudge, professor of agronomy and state chem ist at the Agricultural Experiment Station. Fudge is an authority on soil fertility and soil chemistry. He was born in Pittsfield, Ill., in 1897 and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1924. He received his M.S. degree in 1925 and the Ph.D. in soil chemistry in 1928 from the University of Wisconsin. Assistant chemist at the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute and the Florida Citrus Experiment Station in 1928-29, he joined the Texas Agricultural station staff in 1929. He was named state chemist in 1947. Fudge was named among 21 leading authorities on agriculture, food and nutrition to advise the bi-weekly publication of the Amer ican Chemical Society. The board will preet several times a year to advise the «ditor on the most effective ways in which the new magazine can help mobil ize the forces of chemical science and technology to meet the food needs of the population. First issue of the journal will ap pear April 1. WASHINGTON, March 12—(TP)—The House Un-Ameri can Activities Committee today went ahead with its hunt for Communists in the schools in the face of a move to unseat its top man—Rep. Velde (R-Ill.). The probers called on an Eastern university law pro fessor. Velde, whose ouster as chairman is being sought by Rep. Roosevelt (D-NY), declined to name the witness in ad vance. Velde said he would answer questions concerning ef forts to obtain confidential information from the govern ment. Sen. Jenner (R-Ind.) said, meanwhile, that only further investigation will determine whether communism in the col leges is on the wane, as contended by a New York City educa tor. Jenner said in an interview that the Senate internal security subcommittee he heads - * still has a long way to go to de termine the extent to which Reds may have burrowed into college campuses. Dr. Harry Gideonse, president of Brooklyn College in New York, told the Senate investigators yesterday that communism is “on the run” in this country, particularly in the schools and colleges. He credited legislative investiga ting groups, such as the Senate subcommittee, with helping to bring this about and urged educa tors to co-operate with the current probe. Rep. Roosevelt introduced yes terday a bill aimed at having the House fire Velde, a former FBI agent, as head of its Communist hunting committee. The New Yorker charged Velde with having made recent state ments and accusations “on the re sponsibility and integrity” of the House and its members. Velde countered with a state ment that Roosevelt’s 1’esolution was intended to “disci'edit me per sonally and to impede the prog ress” of the committee. “I wish to assure all loyal Amer ican citizens that the work will go forward with a renewed spirit and determination,” Velde said. Encouragement Seen In the Jenner subcommittee’s hearing yesterday, Gideonse said he once was worried that a Com munist minority would bring this country under Red rule but that now he is encouraged because “with young people, it is losing its appeal with astonishing rapidity.” He said that before he became president of Brooklyn College in 1939 there had been “a sharp in filtration of camouflaged units of the Communist party” among fac ulty members there. But, he said, “this thing is com pletely under control” at the col lege now, adding that in whipping it he had used methods that have been criticized at times as “rather ruthless.” NEWS BRIEFS Rancher Traps Wildcat A WILDCAT weighing nearly 30 pounds was caught in a steel trap Monday by rancher Clarence Cobb. The cat was trapped in the Navasota River bottoms about 15 miles north east of Bryan. * * * ANN JONES has been selected by the Poultry Science Club as their duchess for the Cotton Pag eant April 24. Her escort will be John E. Pierson. Miss Jones is a member of Tri-Delta sorority and a former student of Baylor Uni versity and Texas Tech. 5jt * S«1 W. S. MANNING, associate pro fessor of accounting, passed the November Certified Public Ac countant examination and has been awarded a CPA certificate. * * * MISS PEGGY BARTON, Belton High School junior, has been chos en by the Bell County Club as their duchess for the Cotton Pag eant April 24. Her escort will be Buddy Means, sophomore from Belton. * * * STUDENTS HERE for High School Day Saturday should xitil- ize rooms vacated by Aggies leav ing for the weekend, said Allen Madeley of the Housing Office. If too few of these rooms are available, high school boys should contact the Housing Office for space in a completely vacant room. * s»e * TWO JUDGING teams will rep resent A&M at the Junior Inter collegiate Judging Meet Saturday in Oklahoma City. The teams will visit several ranches on the trip. Dr. W. M. Warren of the depart ment of animal husbandry is coach of the teams. * * * A NAVY recruiting officer, Lieutenant R. C. Dunn, will be on the campus March 16 to inter view seniors interested in ap plying for a commission in the U. S. Navy. =!= * * A FUND for Netherlands Flood Relief is being raised by the 9807th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron. Collections will be made at all meetings of the squadron this month. WAYNE S HOWE RS, senior from Mission, was elected presi dent of the Horticulture Society for the 1953-54 school year. Other officers elected were Gene Gib son, vice president and Jerry Drake, secretary-treasurer. NORTH AMERICAN Aviation, Inc. will interview spring and summer graduates Thursday March 26, for jobs in their plant. Junior engineer positions with the company are available. Details may be obtained from the director of the Placement Office. MSC Council Plans Military Life Program A military etiquette pro gram will be presented March 17, at 7:3§ p.m. in the MSC Ballroom, announced Carroll Phillips, chairman of the mil itary etiquette committee. The program is sponsored by the MSC Council. Featured on the program will ba a panel of officers’ wives and pos sibly students. Capt. E. J. Scheffel will give a talk on duties and obligations of a young officer regarding mili tary etiquette. Mrs. Cecil MacGregor will brief ly survey the role of an officer’s wife in assisting her husband. Following these talks, questions will be received from the floor and answered by Lt. Col. C. R. Stapp, Col. Cecil MacGregor, Capt. and Mrs. A. J. Armstrong and Capt. Scheffel. Juniors, seniors, and student wives, especially are invited, said Phillips. Seniors to Discuss Class ‘Function’ The senior class meets to night at 7:30 in the Chemistry Lecture Room to discuss holding a class outing this spring. President Joe Mattei urged all seniors to be present to voice their opinions on the matter. “Becausa of the opposition voiced, there will probably be no ‘function’ aa it was called last year,” he stated. Other business to be discussed includes plans for the Senior Ring Dance and Banquet and dis cussion of selection of a class agent. Reports will be presented from the class gift committee and class committee on Former Student As sociation membership. Church Meet Features International Students i Former Students Discuss Budget Approval of the annual operat ing budget for the former students office will be discussed Friday by the executive board of the For mer Students Association, said Dick Hervey, executive secretary. The meeting will be at 8 p. m. in the MSC. The board ■will also review the financial statement and hear committee reports, Hervey said. Purpose of the 21 man board is to handle executive matters for the Former Students Council. Weather Today Dr. Blake Smith of Austin, pas tor of the University Baptist Church, will be the featured speak er at the Ecumenical Student Con ference here. The Interdenominational study meeting will also have a team of four international students as guest speakers. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Presbytei’- ian Student Center. Three Topics Dr. Smith will speak on three topics during the conference: “The Return of the Gods” at 8:30 p.m., Friday; “The Poison in the Apple” at 8:30 a.m. Saturday; and the “Re demptive Community” at 10:30 a. m. Saturday. The ideas Dr. Smith expresses will be discussed in small groups after each talk. The conference will be opened with a devotional led by a group of four foreign students traveling throughout the United States as “Christian ambassadors.” They are from Japan, Lebannon, India and the Philippine Islands. The United Nations Club of A& M will be invited to the conference, conference. Youth Groups The conference is sponsored by the youth groups of the Presby terian, Methodist, Christian, Epis copalian, Lutheran Churches and the YMCA. Delegations from TSCW, Texas Southmost (Brownsville), Lamar Tech (Beaumont), NTSTC (Den ton), SWSTC (San Marcos), SH- STC (Huntsville), Prairie View A&M, University of Texas and the University of Houston are expect ed. Pre-registration shows that about 45 students are attending from these schools. CLOUDY WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy. The maximum temperature is ex pected to be in the upper 70’s to day. The high yesterday was 76 and the low this morning was 64.