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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents on Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 139: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1953 Price Five Cents News Flashes By ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORIV—Robert F. Wagner Jr. was elected mayor of New York yesterday in a Democratic landslide that sent ecstacy through the New Deal-Fair Deal wing of the party. His victory had been widely forecast. But the size of it and the New Deal - Fair Deal stamp he bore set his backers to dreaming of capturing the state next year and nominating their type of presidential candidate in the 1956 Democratic convention. ★ ★ ★ NEWARK—A Democrat won New Jersey’s governor ship yesterday with surprising ease and Republicans viewed the victory as political trouble for President Eisenhower. Country lawyer Robert B. Meyner defeated Republican Paul L. Troast by more than 160,000 votes just a year after Eisen- liower swept the normally GOP state with a 350,000 plur ality. He will be the first Democratic governor in New Jer sey in 10 years. iV >v ★ COLUMBUS—Columbus elected a Democratic mayor for the first time since 1935 in a race decided early this morning by less than 300 votes. A political unknown, Maynard E. Sensenbrenner, former chief clerk of the Ohio Civil Service Commission, achieved one of the biggest political upsets in Columbus history by defeating Republican incumbent Rob ert T. Oestreicher, owner of an automobile agency. NEW YORK—College football officials agreed today for most part that there are certain abuses in the gridiron sport but none went so far as the NCAA president who would abol ish the game “unless it is cleansed of hypocraey, skuldug gery and cheating.” Dr. A. B. Moore, president of the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Association and faculty chairman of athletics at Alabama, said the blame for current evils in the sport is shared by alumni, parents of athletes, coaches and college officials. He made the charge in a speech at Tal ladega, Ala. NEW YORK—A man who Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy be lieves to be Abraham Brotliman, who served a prison term in the Rosenberg atom spy case, was summoned today before the U. S. Senate investigations subcommittee in its probe of alleged radar espionage. McCarthy (R~Wis.), subcommittee chairman, said 3 r esterday the man is now working in a radar Vlant. Research Trustees Grant Scholarships A&M Research foundation trus tees have established a $500 an nual scholarship for A&M junior and senior meteorology majors. The scholarship has been set up to encourage undergraduate work in the field, and was established because of the reported lack of properly trained meteorologists. Six pending contracts averag ing over $38,500 each were con sidered by the group. The trustees approved a group hospitalization plan for foundation employes. The trustees authorized Dr. H. W. Barlow, dean of engineering find acting foundation executive di rector, to conduct a survey to de termine the most acceptable avail able plan for establishing the hos pital. The trustees elected officers and executive committeemen. They are Raleigh Hortenstine of Dallas, president; Gibb Gilchrist, retired A&M chancellor now on modified service, vice president; and C. A. Roeber, head of the fiscal depart ment, secretary-treasurer. New Committeemen New executive committeemen are George Chance, Bryan; E. A. Craft, Houston; Gilchrist; Dr. M. Medical Fellowships Opened to Students Postdoctoral fellowships in the medical and natural sciences are now open to interested students. The fellowships range from $3,,000 to $3,500. They are admin istered by the National Research council of the National Academy of Sciences. W. H. Delaplane, dean of Arts and Sciences, will take applications here. Weather Today OCCASIONAL RAIN Occasional light rain clearing late today and tomorrow with some rise in temperature. High yester day 69. Low this morning 62. T. Harrington, A&M chancellor; and Dr. David H. Morgan, presi dent of the college. Foundation councilmen reviewed the organization from the past to the present. A non-profit corpora tion organized in 1944, it has com pleted research projects valued at more than $2.5 million. ^ The organization is not connect ed with the college. James W. Gary A&M’s Second Carnegie Hero .AGGIE FRESHMAN GETS HERO AWARD Gary Saves Woman From Burning House In Second A&M Appearance Anthony and Orchestra Play Saturday For Sbisa Dance By BOB HENDRY Battalion Feature Editor America’s top dance band, Ray Anthony and his orchestra, returns Saturday to A&M. Voted number one in the nation by disc jockeys, the band will give a concert at 7:15 p.m. in Guion hall and will play at the all col lege dance at 9 p.m. in Sbisa hall. Dance tickets are $2.50, stag or drag, and the concert price is 75 cents a person. Tickets may be obtained from the student activi- Red POWs Ornery Says Mas. Hesse “The Communist prisoners of war were the most exasperating, ornery group of people I ever worked with.” These were the words of Maj. Clyde Hesse, officers reserve corps unit advisor, speaking yesterday to the Kiwanis club. Hesse was stationed at United Nations POW Camp 1 on Koje Island. He Avas in charge of the records for 90,000 POWs, and Avorked on projects for the prisoners in agree ment with the Geneva convention. Tells Experiences Hesse told of his experiences AA T ith German prisoners after SMU Coeds To Hula Dance At Rue Finalle Two pretty SMU coeds will sway their Hawaiian novelty hula dance at Rue Pinalle Fri day night in the Memorial Student Center. Barbara Rhodes and Peggy Scott are the two young ladies who make up one of the four acts scheduled for the floor show. Allen Jones, vocalist from SMU also is slated for the show. He was a hit attraction at the annual Pig skin Review at SMU last Aveekend. Georgeanne Timms, Amcalist, and Don Bames, impersonator, will make up the remainder of the floor | shoAV. They also are from SMU. Jerry Schneyy Avill act as master of ceremonies for the program which Avill begin at 8 p.m. The floor show will start at 9:30 p.m. Stags are admitted for the floor show, and cold drinks are served at the dance for 10 cents. Bill Kalil of Houston is Rue Pin alle manager, and Oscar Garcia of Laredo is chairman of the dance committee which sponsors the show. World War II, and compared their actions with the Communists. He Avas in charge of returning a group of Germans in Mai-ch, 1946. “There was a look of pained surprise on the Germans faces when they arriA'ed home,” Hesse said. “HoAvever, they were the most cooperative group I have ever worked Avith.” In referring to the Communists POWs, he said when they were given something, they would ask for 10 more. Hesse also described the POWs’ capture of Gen. Dodd. In connect ion with this, he also told of some of the shooting incidents on Koje. Use V/eapons The Communist prisoners used weapons made of double strand barbed A\ r ire, he said. In one at tack on UN troops, the POWs killed three men with these weap ons. Hesse gave a brief description of the Geneva convention and the provisions adopted concerning treatment of prisoners of war. He told how the officers in charge of Koje were constantly reminded not to give the Communists any grounds for complaint about con ditions in the prison. Hesse concluded his speech by saying, “No one in the western world can understand the mind of the eastern man. All you can say is that they do everything back wards.” ties office in Goodwin hall or at the doors. Anthony is famous for his show manship and his ability to adapt his music to the audience’s mood. Many dancers have been surprised to find the band parading across the floor beside them instead of on the band platform. Played War Hymn While in Fort Worth during the A&M-TCU football game weekend, he noticed many Aggies in the au dience. He broke into the Aggie War Hymn and coaxed an A&M student into singing the school’s fight song. Although famous for his jazz and swing hits, “Dragnet” is his current, Anthony hates “Be-Bop.” “What a horrible noise,” he says. “The young musicians make ter rible sounds with their instru ments,” he complains about Be- Bop. “When they’re asked to play Hart Fish Spirit Away Cannon A cannon got involved in a Halloween prank here Satur day night. The freshmen in Hart hall felt that it was not right that Walton hall should have two cannons in front of it, while Hart hall had none. So Sunday morning found one of the cannons resting defiantly in front of Hart’s ‘E’ ramp. However Walton boys came OA^er that morning and dragged the cannon back to their dormitory. Another A&M student has been cited for heroism by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission. James Wallace Gary Jr., Squadron 23 freshman, is the second A&M student out of 35 persons throughout the U.S. and Canada to receive the Carnegie medal this year. The other is Jerome Stein, graduate student from Berlin N.H., who saved a man from drowning in the Gulf of Mexico. Gary was cited for risking his life Aug. 14, 1952 while rescuing his aunt from a burning house in San Marcos. He was visiting his father at his home in San Marcos when fire broke out in the house. “I heard my stepmother yell, ‘fire’, and I saw flames ^leaping out of a closet,” Gary ’ said. “I turned in the alarm and then carried my belongings off the porch where I was sleeping. Then I went to the front yard where everyone Avas,” Gary said. By this time the house was blaz ing and Gary saw his aunt trapped by the flames in the second-story bedroom. “I saw a way to get her out,” Gary said. He climbed to the top of a cis tern situated close to the house and jumped to the porch roof leading to the bedroom. He kicked the window in and threw a bedspread around his aunt whose clothing was on fire. “I pushed her and helped her out the window onto the roof and then jumped to the ground,” Gary said, “to get some air into my lungs and get help.” Gary’s father climbed to the roof and carried the woman to the ground. “Everything happened so fast. I didn’t knoAv chouse could burn down so'quick,^ Gai’y said. Student Senate Plans Arkansas Discussion Moving of A&M’s delegation at the Arkansas game will be on the Student Senate’s agenda. Ground conditions around Kyle field will be discussed also, and standing and special committees will give reports. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the Me morial Student Center senate chamber. something better, they say, ‘Man, I’ve been trying for years to get a tone like this!*” Anthony says bands will have to skip this generation in getting replacements and go to the next. “Now fellows are learning to play again,” he says. Famous for his trumpet solos, Anthony favors the full open-trum pet style. “Using a mute spoils that trumpet sound,” he says. Bob by Hackett and Louis Armstrong are his favorite trumpet players. Anthony developed under the guidance of the late Glenn Miller. He joined Miller’s band in 1940 and soon became a featured trum pet star. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was appointed leader of a serv ice dance band. While entertain ing troops on islands in the Paci fic, Anthony won an award as the top service band of the entire Pa cific area. Organized Band in 1946 He received his discharge in 1946 and organized his own dance band. He toured the country for three years and then was signed by Capitol Records. His records, “Mr. Anthony’s Boogie,” “Darktown Strutter’s Ball,” “I Wonder What’s Become of Sally,” “Mr. Anthony’s Blues,” and “Dragnet” are each selling in the hundred of thousands. Although Anthony emphasizes instrumental arrangements, he has his own vocalists. Accompanying him Saturday will be Tommy Mer cer, Marcie Miller, The Skyliners and the Anthony Choir. Saturday’s concert and dance Avill be Anthony’s second visit to A&M. He gave a concert here last year. The band plays at an aver age of 100 major colleges each year. Freshman Area Receives Cannons The freshman area received the two 37 mm cannons which were in front of Ross hall last year. “The cannons were placed in the freshman area for the creation of a military atmosphere and to aid in the general campus beautification,” said Ronald Hudson, public in formation officer first composite regiment. Flood lights are planned and grass will be planted as soon as the cannons are permanently anchored. Maintenance of the cannons and grass will be done by the students of the first composite regiment, he said. SMU Students To Give Friday Vesper Service Bill Hailey, Texas Baptist Student union president from SMU, and Duane Nutt, quart erback of the SMU football team, will be on the 7:30 p. m. Friday Vesper program in the Baptist Student center. President of both SMU and state BSU groups, Hailey will give the vesper devotional. Nutt will lead the singing. Julia Thomas, SMU BSU por- gram director, has planned an all- SMU program for that evening. Mike Brady, end on the fresh man football team, will give his testimony. Twyla Lennon, SMU freshman, will play the piano, and Tom Sturgess, senior from Dallas, is to sing a tenor solo. Earl Glenn Rose, Baptist stu dent director at SMU, is a grad uate of A&M and former presi dent of the A&M BSU. Senior Air ROTC Checks Arrive Here Senior AFROTC contract checks have arrived and may be picked up at the Military Science building. The $27 checks are for September. The next checks, to be issued in January, will be for a three month period. Air Force juniors who re ceived contracts in September will be paid for an 18-day period late this Aveek or some time next week. The 40 men who qualified for contracts by passing the observer’s stanine test will not be paid until January. Houston Aggie Exes To Give Dance Nov. 14 The Houston A&M former stu dents club will sponsor a corps trip dance in Houston Saturday, Nov. 14. The Aggieland orchestra will play for the dance, which will be at the Paladium, on South Main. Admission will be $3.60 a couple or $1.80 a person. Basic Division - III Rem ed i a IProgra in Improves Reading By JERRY ESTES Basic Division Editor Remedial reading can help you read more and better understand what you read. Basic 101, remedial reading, is open to both freshmen and upper classmen. Freshmen are given priority in the fall, but the spring sections are open to anyone. Clip This Map—Show Your Da^ Where To Sit Corps Trip Planning Completed Yesterday Details were arranged Monday for the route of march, assembly area and the revieAAdng stand for the Houston Corps trip parade, said Roy Sullivan, corps operation officer. Sullrtan said the group had lunch AAith the Houston A&M club and then confered with Captain Tom SaAvyer of the Houston police force. An order showing the route of march will be posted soon, he said. NEW SEATING CHART—The above chart was prepared by the Student Senate seating committee at the request of a majority vote by non-military students. The non-military student section has been increased 10 rows. No non-military students will be permitted up ramp Q before the corps has marched in. Ushers will check violations. The course is designed to detect the particular weakness of each student. The student is then drilled on this weakness. Students can increase their words-per-minute reading rate by an average of 115 words. Under standing is usually increased by 15 per cent. There are three visual aids to supplement lectures. They are reading films, reading accelerator and a tachistoscope. Films improve the facility with which students read. They make students read long phrases at a glance. The films force a student to read faster, preA^enting verbalizing, which is forming each word with the - lips. The reading accelerator reduces word by word reading and trains the reader to concentrate. This machine is used in lab. Three sections are devoted to individual attention. In these sec tions, more attention is given to word meaning and vocabulary. The tachistoscope flashes images on a screen and students record their reactions of Avhat the image A\ r as. This develops proper seeing habits and increases speed and understanding. The remedial reading program Avas started here in 1950 by Dr. A. J. Kingston, director of guidance. Since then, 1,989 men have taken the course. Remedial reading courses meet two hours a week for lecture and one hour for lab. Clay George, reading clinician, conducts the labs.