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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-
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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.