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Number 116: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1953
Price Five Cents
Class Distinction
BlamedforKeeping
^Fish * Out of MSC
John Samuels, pi’esident of the
Memorial Student Center, told The
Battalion last night that many
freshmen never will use the MSC
until it abolishes class distinction
on its property.
The purpose of the MSC is to
give all students a place for spend
ing their leisure time, Samuels ex
plained. He said freshmen cannot
feel at east there if they fear haz
ing or have to obey class distinc
tion rules.
The MSC Directorate follows its
own policy against class distinction
among its members, Samuels said.
Twenty Seats
Available On
Lubbock Train
There are 20 seats available
on a special chartered train to
Lubbock for the Texas Tech
game Oct. 10.
The train was charterd for
the band, on a basis of 200 pas
sengers. Since the band is taking
180, members 20 more people are
needed.
Tickets are $10.75 for the round
trip. They will be sold by the stu
dent activities office on a first
come, first served basis.
If the demand is high enough,
more cars will be added to the
train. If more cars are added, the
price per ticket will be higher, be
cause the first 200 tickets are tax
free. After that they are subject to
the 15 per cent federal tax.
The desiel - powered Santa Fe
train leaves Caldwell the morning
of the game and gets to Lubbock
at 3:30 p. m., in- the time for the
night game. It leaves Lubbock 8 a.
m. Sunday and gets to Caldwell at
5 p. m. Sunday.
While in Lubbock, the band will
be guests of the West Texas A&M
club, who will serve them barbeque
Saturday afternoon and house them
that night.
But, he added that other students
sometimes haze freshmen on stu
dent center property.
Samuels said several cases of
freshmen being hazed in the MSC
are reported each year. He said
the MSC should enforce a policy
against class distinction and hazing
within its boundaries.
The MSC has no policy either for
ar against class distinction. Such
a policy must be passed by the
MSC council which governs the stu
dent center.
Tuesday night, the council voted
against forming a committee to
study class distinction against
freshmen in the MSC. Samuels
asked for the committee.
Committee Recommendation
He wanted it to recommend a
policy either for or against fresh
men class distinction rules.
The committee’s proposal would
have had to receive council approv
al.
The council voted against form
ing the committee.
$10 MILLION TUNNEL—pictured above is the entrance to
to the recently opened Baytown—La Porte tunnel which
will replace the old slow-moving ferry. The ferry, while
running 16 hours a day, could take only 18 cars per trip.
City Council Meeting
Set for Monday Night
College Station city council will
meet at 7:30 Monday night.
This change from the regularly
scheduled day was made because
Ran Boswell, city manager, is at
tending a convention in California.
Reds Yield GIs Who
Refused to Return
By SAM SUMMERLIN
PANMUNJOM, Korea, Thurs
day, Sept. 24—(A 5 )—The Reds to
day yielded control of 23 American
prisoners of war they said had
refused repatriation. The Ameri
cans sang the Communist Interna-^
tionale as they were handed over
to Indian custodial troops in the
Korean neutral zone.
The Reds also gave up one Brit
on and 335 Korean prisoners of
war they said did not insist on
repatriation in last month’s big
prisoner of wai’ exchange.
Koreans Returned First
The Koreans were handed over
first. The Americans and the Brit
on came last. There were five
women among the Koreans. The
transfer was completed shortly
after 1 p.m., 10 p.m., Wednesday
CST.
The Americans were singing the
Communist anthem as they roiled
into the demilitarized zone in Kbs-
sian-built tnicks.
They laughed and smiled as they
climbed out of the lumbering ve
hicles.
All appeared healthy and were
sun-tanned.
Some shook hands with North
Korean Communists who helped
them down from the trucks, and
thanked them.
(See CHINESE, Page 2)
Dance Set
In MSC
For Weekend
An informal dance will be held
from 2 until 5 p. m. Saturday in
the assembly room of the Memorial
Student Center.
Sponsored by the MSC music and
dance committees, the dance is for
Aggies who have dates for the
Houston game this weekend.
Admission is fifty cents a couple.
Civilian,CorpsStudents
To Live in Dormitory 5
New Policy I begins
Willi Moving Today
Senate Holds
First Regular
Meet at 7:15
The student senate will hold
its first regularly scheduled
meeting of the year at 7:15
tonight in the Senate cham
ber of the Memorial Student
Center.
Campus parking and re
cognition of distinguished stu
dent cards by the academic de
partments of the college are
scheduled for discussion.
MSC Opens Exhibit
Of Uniform Prints
An exhibit of military uniform
prints is now on display in the
promenade of the Memorial Stu
dent Center. The collection consists
of 48 hand-colored plates depict
ing the evolution of military uni
forms from 1776 to the present.
In 1950, a retired army colonel
who wished to remain anonymous
contributed the $17.50 subscrip
tion for the first year. The plates
come out in four issues of four
plates each, per year.
Published by the military col
lector and historian, each issue
also carries with it a pamphlet,
the Journal of the Military Col
lector and Historian.
Joni James Ticket Sales
Break Previous Record
The largest pre-performance
ticket sale in A&M’s history has
been recorded for the Joni James
and Buddy Morrow orchestra con
cert scheduled at 8 p.m. Monday
in Guion hall.
Over 600 tickets have been sold
for the attraction. “We are sure
of a sell out,” said C. G. (Spike)
White, rhanager of student activi
ties.
The concert is one of four pro-
Four Student Magazines
Magazine Editors Will
For Prompt Publishing
Try
Date
The editors of A&M’s four stu
dent magazines are ti*ying to sur
prise their subscribers this year
by publishing the magazines on
time.
The Agriculturist, The Commen
tator and The Engineer have set
publication dates for the end of
October. Everett Besch, editor of
the Southwestern Veterinarian,
was unavailable for comment.
The Engineer is headed by Jack
Garrett, senior mechanical engi
neering major from Del Rio. “Our
main purpose is to give students
new information about engineer
ing,” Garrett said.
Weather Today
CLEAR
Clear and warmer today. Slightly
heavier winds expected late today.
Low this morning 56. High today
88-90. Expected low tonight 60-64.
“We hope to carry complete cov
erage of the engineering field, and
to have feature articles on out
standing engineering personali
ties,” he said.
Needs Help
The main thing The Engineer
needs is more help, Garrett com
mented. “Anyone, regardless of
his field of study, is invited to
join our staff. Working on The
Engineer is good training for any
one intending to enter the engi
neering field.”
Roland Bahlman is The Engi
neer’s associate editor; Rodney
Heath, business manager, and
James Henderson, feature editor.
“The Agriculturist will give stu
dents information they can get no
where else,” said Ed Stem, editor,
in explaining the aim of his mag
azine.
“The old Agiiculturist policy of
New York Coeds
Quit Porter Jobs
NEW Y r ORK—CP)—A seiwice em
ployes strike at Sarah Lawrence
college in Bronxville is over, and
the girl students can give up their
janitor and porter tasks.
The three-day walkout of about
13 maintenance personnel was set
tled yesterday, but details of the
agreement wei-e not disclosed.
The strikers, members of the
AFL International Building Serv
ice Employes union, had demanded
a union stop, one which all new
employes must join.
re-hashing news from other agri
cultural publications has been
stopped,” he said. “We are going
to have stories about things which
are revolutionizing agriculture,
and we’re going to have them
first!”
Stem also is planning articles
on the success of A&M agricultural
graduates, their pay and other in
formation, so students may deter
mine which field to emphasize.
The Agiiculturist will carry ar
ticles about activities of agricul
ture clubs and organizations.
Stern has appointed Roy Sullivan
associate editor; Don Kemp assist
ant editor; Bob Mayo, advertising
manager and Iverson Branan, art
editor.
Literary Magazine
The Commentator will make its
debut as a literary magazine this
year, said Bob Hendry, editor. He
said humor articles will not be cut
out, but their number will be re
duced.
Feature articles appearing in the
first issue deal with the dispute
among The Battalion newspaper,
administration and corps; the in
famous “TT” organization uncover
ed at A&M in 1952; Teddy Roose
velt’s criticisms of a military col
lege and others.
Fiction articles will be printed
also. Besides stories of a light
nature, the humor section will con
tain comic advertisements, and
take-offs by student cartoonists on
leading comic strips.
John Samuels has been appoint
ed associates editor of The Com
mentator. Dan Dawson is manag
ing editor; Jerry Estes, sports edi
tor and Connie Eckard, art editor.
grams booked which are not a
part of the Town Hall series. The
others are Tex Beneke (former
Glenn Miller orchestra), Ray An
thony and Sammy Kaye.
Students will not be admitted to
these performances on thdir Town
Hall ticket which is included with
their student activities fee, but
must purchase tickets in the stu
dent activities office.
Student tickets cost one dollar,
and non-student tickets $1.50.
The Town Hall programs, for
which students may use the ticket
included in their student activities
fee, are as follows:
American Album of Familiar
Music, Nov. 17; Charles Laughton,
Dec. 7; San Antonio Symphony,
Jan. 7; Westminster Choir, Feb. 4;
and the Gershwin Festival, Feb. 25.
The Peggy Lee and Jan Garber
program previously scheduled as
the Town Hall popular number was
not booked because of a delay in
the constniction of the new physi
cal education building.
The program was scheduled to be
held in that building, and the de
lay would have^ made it necessary
to switch the concert to Guion hall.
The loss of the extra seats avail
able in the new building would
have made some people miss the
performance, so the conrtact was
not signed.
The program replacing Miss Lee
and Garber will be announced later.
Joni James, often called the
“Miss America of Music,” will sing
many of her hit songs at Monday
night’s concert. These include
“Why Don’t You Believe Me,”
“Have You Heard,” “You Belong
to Me,” “Let There Be Love,” “Al
most Always,” and “Purple
Shades.”
Critics have called Morrow’s or
chestra one of the nation’s top
dance bands. His RCA recordings
have scored as hits throughout the
nation. Morrow’s blonde vocalist
Jean Terry and singing comic
Frankie Lester will be included in
the concert.
Tex Beneke will give a concert
after the Baylor-A&M football
game at approximately 7:15 p.m.
Oct. 24 in Guion Hall. He will play
also at the all colleke dance around
9 p.m. in Sbisa hall.
Beneke took over Glenn Miller’s
orchestra after the latter’s death,
and has been acclaimed by critics
and music lovers alike. , He is ac
companied by vocalist Shirley
Jones and Jack Carroll.
(See CONCERST, Page 2)
, Cadet and non-military students will be housed together
in dormitory 5.
This major change in college housing policy will start Fri
day. The college formerly has housed cadets and non-military
students in different dormitories located on separate campus
areas.
Non-military students will live on the first two floors of
dormitory 5. A and B company armor, now living there will be
moved to the third and fourth floors. The first regimental
staff, located on the second floor, will be housed in dormitory
9.
Seniors without cadet rank now live on the top floor of
♦■dormitory 5. Col Taylor Wil
kins, assistant commandant,
said these men either will be
moved into regular units or to
the first floor of dormitory 7.
The Housing office said that
only non-military students living
three to a room can transfer into
dormitory 5. These students will
come from crowded rooms in
dormitories 2 and 4 and Leggett
and Mitchell halls.
Room change will be made Fri
day in room 100 of Goodwin Hall.
Housing Office
Non-military students can not
immediately transfer to a corner
room, according to the Housing of
fice. The non-military housemaster
in dormitory 5 will assign corner
rooms later.
The first two floors of dormitory
5 have been opened for non-mili
tary students to end crowded hous
ing in their regular dormitories.
An increase this fall of these
students has caused about 85 to
live three to a room, according to
a housing official.
Other non-military dormitories
are Bizzell, Mitchell and Leggett,
halls and dormitories 2 and 4.
Law and Puryear, which once
housed non-military students, were
opened this fall to freshmen.
The collection is owned by the
Cushing Memorial library, which
now pays . the subscription fee.
Since 1951, the original donor has
not been able to afford the sub
scription fee. The library has paid
the fee because Robert A. Houze,
librarian, feels the collection adds
much to the A&M library.
There is a very limited number
of editions of the collection in
existence. The set owned by the
college is number 126. Though the
plates may not be very valuable
now, Houze said they would pro
bably gain value over the years.
Furnishes History
Furnishing important basic his
torical research, the Journal is a
very necessary part of the col
lection, Houze said.
The first two issues of plates
were exhibited in the MSC in
January, 1951. It was one of the
first art collections placed on ex
hibit in the center after it opened
in September, 1950.
Other institutions owning sets
of the prints are: West Point, An
napolis, Virginia Military Insti
tute, The Citadel, Harvard, Prince
ton, Dai-tmouth, University of Tex
as and Texas Western college.
Seven Local Men
Attend Meeting
Seven College Station and Bryan
men will attend Monday the
American General Life Insurance
company meeting in San Antonio.
Members of the central Texas
agency will meet to plan for an
All-American month campaign.
Those attending are Lucian
Morgan, Ross Jennings, Harry
Hooker, John B. Longley, James
W. Daniels, Charles D. Hart and
Sidney Loveless, district manager.
Others attending from this area
are Albert E. Voelkel, Brenham;
Joe C. Middleton, Calvert; Miss
Ruth Ravell, Broesbeck; Cedric
Copeland, John E. Gossett and
John Whitby, Waco.
Jennings is attending a meet-
ing in Houston for new men in the
company.
Parking Errors
Cause Problem
Says Hickman
“There are more cars on
the campus than ever before/'
said Fred Hickman, chief of
campus security, “but the
real problem is the way the
students park their cars.
Hickman said that there pro
bably was not enough parking
space for all the cars, but that
there would be more space if stu
dents would park correctly.
Some students have not been
parking between white lines and
otherwise disobeying the parking
rules.
“We can’t do anything about the
lack of space until students fill the
available space and we can see
how much more we’ll need,” Hick
man said.
The parking problem is most
serious in the new area, he said.
New parking areas have been add
ed there on the street behind the
mess hall and on the drill field.
’MURAL HANDOUTS—Mrs. Bebe Wiler looks on as Allan (Bootsie) Hohlt signs for
an intramural football. B. C. (Dutch) Dutcher holds the ball. Mrs. Wiler is a recent
addition to the Student Activities Office staff.
Hearne Honors
Sen. Johnson
HEARNE, Sept. 23—(TP)—
Lyndon Johnson, Texas’ sen
ior senator and Democratic
minority leader in the Senate
now on a four-day, 20-town
jaunt through North and Central
Texas, was honored with a barbe
cue here today.
Mayors of all towns in the coun
ty had proclaimed today as Robert
son County Lyndon Johnson Day
and all stores were closed during
the noon hours for the barbecue.
Johnson, already promised Re
publican competition for his seat
in next year’s election, came here
from Mexia, where he made a
breakfast speech. Last night he
addi'essed a barbecue at Blooming
Grove sponsored by the Navarro
County Baptist brotherhood and
conferred with political leaders
in Corsicana.
Yesterday noon he addressed a
joint meeting of three Hillsboro
civic clubs.