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I ill ale d Daily 90 Per Cent )cal Residents ion Published By A & M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 53 Ejent ens hand-ipicked entev- ven Texas colleges s will perform at Guion Hall for the Intercollegiate Tal- ; will [make up the •ison, folk singer, rtelino, Latin Arri val] represent A&M. are brought back s sellout. They are nodern jazz dancer th; Helen Marshall, singer from North and Itosalind Wil- : from SMU. and Baritone ring will be TCU’s amler, pop singer 1 , novelty musician, Douglas, semi-elasi- * 4 ~ 4 ~H , om Paducah, Ky., 3aylor. the University of Marilyn Bronson, COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1953 Price Five Cents lbr Jtudents ^tending Houston * bers of the A&M Club are repre- VI at the annual n Journalism Con- • i held! at the Uni- iston through Satur- C 1 u b members at- three day congress b , jirnett, Chuck Neigh- anitzas, Bob Hendry, Jon Kinslow, Joe Estes and Gardner # ( is will cover general rrk, and specialized lalism. Talks will be rris Frank, speaker y\Trj|- columnist; Frank- 5 0 4 N on h<.st columnist; Lflllljack, Houston Press . R. Rutherford, edi- isher of the Moore g will include field o and TV stations, , irs. A banquet will the congress in the B room of the Com- g by the Houston d English, dean of r of Mis^oqri jour- will deliver the ban- i PAS of 1918 Saturday ; of ’18 will have liversary here this )0 W**]' nents for the pro ving made by class Williams and E. C. t Walker and E. M. members- of the local rr the reunion, m opens with regis- a. nr. Saturday in the p. m. the Aggie-exes r intra-squad football e Field. At 3:30 on ’, they may see the m per-form. n, the Little South- stock Show will fin- ecial program for the inner will be held in 7 p. m. cr Today Show at 8:30 folk singer, Gail Smalley, boop-a- doop singer, and Jimmy Huggins and his boys, instrumentalists. Miss Biggs, Miss Wilson and her partner Portia Bludworth, Jo New- land, and Norman Bennet will do the “Honey Bun” act from South Pacific. They represent SMU. Chorus Girl Line Sam Houston State Teachers College will provide a five girl Charleston Chorus line. All the acts were picked by the MSC music committee which tour ed the southwest colleges to ob serve and obtain talept. Miss Bet ty Bolander, MSC progi’am con sultant, is advisor to the commit tee. Barton Raynaud, Fort Worth senior is chairman of the Music Committee. Subcommittee chairmen are Joe Slack, Food; George Bemer, Guion Hall arrangements; Jackie Meredith, tickets; Bob King and Claude Harris, publicity; Fi’ank Jenkens, Finances; and Charles White, correspondence. CLOUDY |5R TODAY: Cloudy, jsterday was 80 and the jrning was 62. Booth, Cooper Win Oscars HOLLYWOOD, March 20—On- Stage veteran Shirley Booth and Gaiy Cooper, long-time gun-toting hero of the films, won Oscars last night as the top movie performers of 1952. “The Greatest Show on Earth” was named the best picture of the year. Gloria Graham, Southerm belle of “The Bad and the Beautiful,” and Anthony Quinn, revolutionist of “Viva Zapata!” were named the best supporting players of the year by the Motion Picture Academy. CAB Answers Airline ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Change in Corps Approved Board Confident Pioneer Can Continue Operations WASHINGTON, March 20—OP)—The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) said last night it is confident Pioneer Airlines can keep on operating in Texas and New Mexico. The board promised “expeditious consideration” of any definite plans Pioneer might present. It said that in any event it intends to “take such appro priate emergency action as will assure continuation of re quired services” to the cities on Pioneer's system. Pioneer notified the board Wednesday that if a ruling of March 13, limiting Pioneer’s mail payments to $1,000,500 ♦‘annually, is allowed to stand, the line will have to cease operating. AIA’s 4 Inferno’ Burns Saturday ASABAB, the masquerade ball of Dante’s “Inferno” sponsored by the American Institute of Archi tects (AIA) will be held tomor row night at the Ameilcan Legion Hall. Costumes will be judged on their accordance with the theme, and prizes will be given for the best one, said David Wicks, exe cutive committee member in chai’ge of the dance. Music will be furnished by the Prairie View Ramblers. Tickets for the dance will cost $2 for AIA members and $3 to non-members. Those invited include all archi tecture majors and faculty mem bers of the department, Wicks said. Each invited person can bring one guest couple, he added. Landers, Renick Win ’53 Danforth Awards Roger Q. Landers, Jr. and Jim L. Renick were selected Thursday to receive Danforth Fellowships awarded jointly by the Danforth Foundation-vand the Ralston Purina Company. Landers, junior award winner, will travel to St. Louis, Mo,, Aug. 2 for study two weeks as the guest of Ralston Purina Mills. The study will be held prior to a two week leadership training con ference at Shelby, Mich. Renick will also attend this training con ference which will be Aug. 17-30. Junior Alternates Alternates chosen for the junior award were Roy D. Hickman from Rising Star and Danny J. Burk- ard from Rowlett. Donald J. Dier- schke from Rowena and Monroe H. Fuchs from Cameron were fi’esh- man alternates. Selection of winners was based on scholarship, leadership, activ ities and general culture. Landers is a junior range and forestry major from Menard, and Renick is a freshman agriculture major fi'om Llano. The junior award winner is a Harrington Slated On Gospel Program President M. T. Harrington will speak on Aggie Gospel Time, Sun day. March 22. The 30-minute broadcast over WTAW at 9 a. m. Sunday will feature an interview with Harring ton by Kay Graves. As a Christ ian layman, Harrington will ans wer questions pertaining to Christ ianity bn the A&M campus. This is the fifth in a series of Chi'istian personality interviews conducted by Aggie Gospel Time. All programs are planned and promoted by George Laing and Kay Graves, co-chairman for the Baptist Student Union. Battery A Wins 1st Div. Contest Battery A field artillery ranked first in inspections conducted by the First Division with a total of 970.6 points out of a possible 1000. Company A Signal Corps was sec ond with 967.0, and Battery A Anti-aircraft Artillery was third with a total of 893.0. Joe C. Wallace, 1st Division com mander, said, “The personal ap pearance was excellent, but the rifles could stand improvementi” member of Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Zeta, Collegiate 4-H Club, San An gelo Hometown Club, United Na tions Club, Range and Forestry Club and Presbyterian Student League. He is sergeant-major of the Aggie Band and is a member of the Ross Volunteers. Honor Student Renick, Freshman award win ner, was an active member in his high school FFA chapter and was a distinguished student here last semester. The outstanding junior and freshman agriculture majors were chosen by a committee from the school of agriculture which con sisted of J. W. Barger, chairman, G. L. Robertson, R. E. Leighton, R. C. Potts, M. N. Abrams, F. R. Brison and D. F. Martin. The board issued an unusual statement last night explaining and defending its order, in answer to a flood of letters and telegrams. Designate Other Airline Board Chairman Oswald Ryan had said that if Pioneer suspends operations, the board will designate some other airline to provide the same service. In today’s statement the board said it has not been advised of Pioneer’s plans but “reaffirms its intention to insure adequate air service to the communities on the Pioneer system.” Possible to Continue “The board believes that it is possible for Pioneer to continue to provide adequate service,” the statement continued. “The service performed by Pio neer with DC-3 aircraft over many years has constituted a high stand- aixl and valuable service. . .” The board said Pioneer gave it no prior notice of the acquisition of Martin 202 planes and the sale of the DC-3s, that prompted Pio neer’s insistance that it needed larger mail payments. CAB said that last May 7, four weeks before the start of Martin 202 service, it wrote Pioneer’s pres ident that it was deeply concerned about the poteiitial impact of the equipment changeover, and the “possible lack of adaptability” of such aircraft to local-service air line use. Warning By Letter The letter, the board said, warn ed that any cost increase “should not be underwritten with mail pay, but should be undertaken as a risk of management. “Despite the plain wording of this letter, in June, 1952, Pioneer placed the Martin 202 in opera tion,” the board said. CAB added that it had determined that oper ation of DC 3s over Pioneer’s sys tem would resuire $1,000,500 in mail pay for 1953, against $2,222,- 455 claimed by Pioneer for Martin 202 operations this year. Moore Absent Coed Issue Suit Ready Attorney John M. Barron of Bryan said he was ready to file suit to mandamus the A&M Sys tem Board of Directors to make A&M coeducational. He is the law partner of Sen ator William T. Moore of Bryan, who recently had his resolution to make A&M coed tabled by the Sen ate. Bai'ron said action would prob ably be held up until after the current legislative session so Moore could have ample time to work with him on the case. Moore, who last week introduced a resolution asking the removal of A&M System Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist, has been absent from the Senate floor for three days. His office does not know where he can be located. Ag Livestock Show at Arena Saturday Night The Little Southwestern Livestock Show finals are scheduled Saturday night at the rodeo arena. A grand champion and re serve grand champion will be pick ed from each class of livestock shown at the respective livestock centers Saturday afternoon. Sat urday night at the rodeo arena a Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion of the whole show will be selected. The winners will be named on their showmanship alone rather than on the quality of the animal shown said Raymond Rutledge, president of the Saddle and Sir loin Club. After the show, a ham sale will be held at the rodeo arena. Ap proximately 100 hams will be auc tioned by Col. Walter Britten. Proceeds from the ham auction will go to financing the Junior and Senior Livestock Judging Teams and the Meats Judging Team. The Little Southwestern Live stock Show and the ham sale are sponsored by the Saddle and Sir loin Club. NEWS BRIEFS BSUSlates Panel at Vespers Tonight; Former Aggies Assigned to Ft. Hood Davis Approves Removal Of Regiment, Wing Level Regimental and wing staff levels in the corps of cadets will be abolished next year as a means of streamlining the organization, announced Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant. Pie issued the order after consideration of a recommenda tion by Corps Commander Weldon Kruger to eliminate the extra staffs which were overlapping duties with other levels and causing the chain of command to be too long from corps staff to troop level. Kruger asked that next year’s corps be organized into three regiments such as the the divisions are now. They would be Army , regiment, Air-^ : Force regiment and freshman reg- -my /'ll 1 Newman LIuh Meeting Opens Here Tonight The South Texas Province Newman Club will begin its annual convention Friday at 8:30 p. m. with an informal gathering in the MSC ball room. STPNC is made up of 14 col leges in the southern and eastern part of Texas. This is the third annual con vention of the STPNC and the second to be held at A&M. The first convention was at the Uni versity of Texas. Approximately 10 delegates from each school will attend. Theme of this year’s convention will be Catholic court- .ship and marriage. The Newman Club is a Catholic organization to associate religion with social activities. Saturday’s morning meeting will open with a general assembly in the MSC. Jim Uptmore, presi dent of the A&M Newman Club, will give the opening address, and a general business sessioh will follow. A series of panels are scheduled Saturday afternoon, with differ ent schools of the province in charge. The panels will be “Prep aration for Mai’riage,” San Anton io Junior College; “Mixed Mar riage,” Lamar Tech; “Primary End of Marriage,” University of Texas; “Secondary End of Mar riage,” University of Texas and “Marriage as a Secrament,” Tex as A &I. The Aggieland Orchestra will furnish music for a formal dance in the MSC Ballroom at 9 p. m. Saturday. New officers of the province will be elected Sunday morning and a banquet will be held at X p. m. in the ballroom. An addi’ess will be given by John Sheehy of Waco. Colleges of the province are A&M, University of Texas, Baylor, Texas A&I, San Antonio Junior College, Blinn Junior College, Un- ivei*sity of Houston, Lamar Tech, Del Mai‘, Sam Houston State Teacher’s College, and Southwest State Teachers College. iment. Citing disadvantages of the pre sent organization, Kruger listed the following: • Top heavy with staffs caus ing too long a chain of command, slowness and inefficiency in com mands from corps staff level. • Overlap in duties and re sponsibilities between division and regimental levels. • An excess of cadet rank which causes a lack of respect for corps positions and an excess of men who have positions but no duties. The corps commander said or ganization for the cadet corps for the year 1952-53 has proven very effective in the top eschelons. He claimed the three division com manders could more easily co-or dinate activities of the corps than seven or eight regimental com manders as was the organization last year. The addition of division level staffs was recommended at this time last year. Considered Issue Col. Davis approved Kruger’s recommendation after Col. Shelly P. Myers, PAS&T, and Col. John A. Way, PAS&T, met with him to consider the issue. “We realized at the beginning of the year that we were top- heavy with rank,” said Davis, “and we think this reorganization will give us more efficient operation,” Kruger said he was glad to see Col. Davis had approved his rec ommendation. He believed it would be the answer to many of our corps’ organizational problems. Greater Efficiency “It will undoubtedly result in greater efficiency in the cadet corps,” said Fred Mitchell, corps sergeant-major. He said he was fully in favor of seeing the plan in operation next year. Kruger and Mitchell both said they were considering other possi ble changes to be recommended for next year. “CHRIST CENTERED Life” will be the theme of the panel dis cussion to be presented at the Baptist Student Union vesper pi’o- gram 7:30 Friday night, according to Ross Jennings, devotional vice president. Members of the panel, and the topic each one will speak on are Frank Pollard, “Christian In The Classroom;” Cecil Alexander, “Christ In Our Bible Study;” and Dwayne Petterson, “Christ In Our Prayer Life.” * * * THE DEADLINE for ordering senior favors is Tuesday March 31. This year’s favors cost $5 with chain and $4.27 without. Orders must be turned in to the Student Activities Office. * * * TWENTY THREE former A&M students, now second lieutenants in the Army, have arrived at Fort Hood. Two have been assigned for duty with the 4005th Area Service Unit, while the remainder are with the First Armored Division. The officers are: James A. Da mon Jr., Frankie C. Prochaska, John W. Coolidge, Keith L. Pat ton, Harold M. Williams, Samuel M, Rice, Donnie Ray Ward, Fred erick E. Wilcox Jr., Cecil B. Smyth Jr., Winifred L. McNair, John D. Patrick, Donald E. Page, Francis A. Lindner, Arthur D. Saldana, Billy Joe Maxey, Grady Skags, Hugh J. Mangum, Robex-t H. Sel- leck, Charles B. Jones, Vincent W. Uher, Marion G. Smathers, John L. Hall, and William H. Vaughan. 5«C 5*t ^4 THE REV. Lawrence Brown of Austin was speaker at the St. Thomas Episcopal Chapel weekly Lenten service Wednesday night. He is a member of the South western Theological Seminary fac ulty and was at St. Thomas Chapel for two years prior to taking the teaching post last summer. The service followed a supper in the church Parish Hall. * * * “THE WELL Digger’s Daugh ter,” a French film, will be" the next presentation of the A&M Film Society. The showing will be in the MSC Ballroom at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. The film’s dialogue is in French with English subtitles, said Ed Holder, president of the society. The next films will be “The Cab inet of Dr. Calgari” and “The Last Laugh,” to be shown April 10. Both features are outstanding German silent films, Holder said. * * * SPRING arrives today in Col lege Station at 6:01 p. m., local time. At that time, the sun will reach the vernal equinox, the imaginary point in the sky where the sun’s path crosses the celestial equator. The sun’s center will then proceed northward. * * * MISS BETTY Sue Rollins has been selected by the Agricultural Economics Club to represent them at the Cotton Pageant and Ball April 24. Miss Rollins, a sophomore at TCU, is from Lampasas. She will be escorted by J. C. Bryan of Grand Prairie. * * * PICTURES are now being ac cepted for the Senior Favorites section of the Aggieland ’53. The deadline for the pictures, is April 7. The bust glossy photos should be either three by five or five by seven, said Harvey (Spider) .Millei’, Aggieland ’53 co-editor. The fee for entering a photo in the section is $1.50 and should be turned in at the Student Activities Office. A senior can enter as many as two favorites, Miller added. Forty-nine pictures had been turned in for the section by Thurs day afternoon. * * * THE CONFEDERATES States Club was formed this week for students whose homes are east of the Mississippi River and south of the Mason-Dixon line. Officers for the new club are Philip Orr, president; John Hass, vice presi dent; Bobby Potts, secretary-treas urer; Wallace Eversberg, report er; and John Starke, social chair man. * * * MISS ROBIN HOOD has been chosen as duchess to the Cotton Pageant and Ball by the Third Wing. Miss Hood is from Wichita Falls. She is to be escorted by Charles F. Chick, also of Wichita Falls. * * * MISS JOANN Kirkpatrick of Kingsville will be the Agronomy Society’s Duchess for the Cotton Pageant and Ball April 24. She will be escorted by Bill Floyd, senior agronomy major from Hoii- ey Grove. Aggies Attend TISA Meet Ten A&M students left yes terday for Rice Institute at Hous ton to attend the Texas Intercol legiate Student Association meet ing which continues through Sat urday. Bob Travis of Fort Worth, Stu dent Senate president, is vice chairman of a panel discussion committee for establishing TISA public relations. Gene Steed of Groom, Student Senator, also is on a panel discus sion, dealing with promoting in terschool cooperation. Other senators attending who will return Saturday are Frank Ford of Lubbock, Arvis Noak of Round Top, Don Young of Bryan, Jerry Ramsey of Amarillo, Sam Harper of Houston, W. E. Canon of Brown wood, V. M. Montgomery of Abilene, Haskell Simon of Bay City and Eugene Kilgore of Lul- ing. The TISA meets once each year for the purpose of discussing sportsmanship, student publica tions, honor systems, student gov ernment and many other common problems in Texas colleges. ,