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Number 139: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1953
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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.
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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.
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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.