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—: r’ rrp Circulated* ©stiiy To 90 T*^CT!rtrt Of Local Residents on Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 156: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1953 Price Five Cents Community Chest Drive Closes; Lacks $100 of Reaching Ouota J > ho(o by K. VV. Finley SUNDAY FIRE FIGHTERS — Volunteer firemen of the College Station department battled unsuccessfully Sunday noon to save the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Chatman. The blaze was discovered shortly before 12 :30 p. m. By the time firemen could arrive on the scene, the flames, fanned by a brisk breeze, were out of control. • • Family Left Without Home After Fire Strikes Sunday A fire Sunday afternoon in the McCulloug-h Addition near the Lincoln high school for Negroes left a College Station family home less. The house was owned f>y Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Chatman. The fire started about 12:15 and destroyed the small frame building. Firemen arrived at the blaze about 12:30 but the fire was aLeady out of control. Largest in Southwest Carnival Planned For Next Semester A carnival to raise money for the Memorial Student Center director ate may be held here sometime next semester. Don Friend, MSC council vice president, outlined carnival plans yesterday to the council. He said the tentitive date is March 6. This is the date of the annual Military Day with its review and formal dance. Friend said the carnival may be held in the Grove. All campus or ganizations, including student clubs and faculty departments, and corps units will be asked to sponsor booths and activities. These groups will cover their jxpenses with the money they inake. Any surplus cash will go to the directorate for future MSC projects. Friend said the carnival would fteed the cooperation of the cadet corps to be successful. The council approved a reorga nization plan for the music com mittee so the audio club could be added to its activities. The audio club, a hobby group devoted to the study of high fidelity sound, ap- VA Patients to Get Christmas Fruit Patients at the Veterans Ad ministration center at Temple will be given. a “sweet” Christmas cheer again this year. Residents of College Station, staff members, employes and stu dents of A&M, A&M Consolidated high school and Lincoln high school for negroes will provide 3,000 apples and oranges for the patients. P. L. Downs jr., A&M’s official gi’eeter, is in charge of the pro gram. Collection boxes will be placed on the campus of the col lege. Downs will take the fruit to Temple Dec. 18. “We will collect the fruit on Dec. 16 and 17,” Downs said. “This is one way we have of pay ing tribute to those men who have given so much that we may con tinue to enjoy the blessings of a free nation,” he said. Film Nears Completion The “We Are the Aggies” film is four-fifths completed, said C. G. (Spike) White, director of stu dent activities. Hai-ry Kidd of the English de partment said he will probably write all of the continuity script during the holidays. plied for directorate membership at the November council meeting. A committee composed o f councilmen Ken Hall and C. W. Crawford was appointed to study the matter. It was feared that adding another member to the di rectorate would hinder its opera tion. Under the new plan, the music committee will be divided into two groups. One chairman will super vise both. The audio club will make up one group. The present music committee will compose the other. A vice chairman will head each group. The council approved Bob King, present head of the music committee, as chairman of the combined organization. Paul Streetman, head of the audio club, will be vice chairman for his group. Members of the music group will elect their vice chairman and decide a name for their organization. The combined clubs will still be called the Music committee. Heard a Letter The council heard a letter by Bob Miller, head of the Browsing Library committee. The letter ask ed the council to drop the library’s request to consider letting it sub scribe to The Daily Worker, a communist newspaper. Councilman Charlie Parker said that approximately $300 had been collected to buy television sets for the MSC. The goal is $2,000. He (See CARNIVAL, Page 2) Jet Pilot i Paints ? Huge 'H 7 Over Area The pilot of an air force T- 33 jet trainer painted a huge letter ‘B’ over the College Sta tion area yesterday afternoon. Flying at about 10,000 feet, the plane went through a series of turns, leaving the ‘B’ outline behind it. The trails were a result of the plane’s hot exhaust gas coming in contact with the cold air. The vapor trails, or con trails, remain suspended until the wind blows them apart. Bryan air force base authorities said the forming of the letter was not a promotion stunt, but just a “coincidence”. Firemen kept the fire from spreading to nearby houses for an hour. Mrs. Chatman, who was at church several blocks from the house when the fire started, said she thought the house was insured. Her husband was not home. As the fire trucks were leaving Mrs. Chatman stood near the char red remains of her house and said “All I have left is this coat and dress 1 have on.” then she shook her head and said, “It sure is gone, isn’t it?” Works for City Chatman works for the city, and Mrs. Chatman works for a doctor. Their youngest son, James Ed ward, is in Korea. They have five other children. Only Mr. and Mrs. Chatman lived in the house. Firemen had little chance to fight the fire since the house was outside city limits where there are no fireplugs. The Chatmans did not have any water on their pro perty. Two College Station trucks an swered the alarm. The couple has been given a house with an iron bed to live in but they still need a mattress ac cording to the Rev. Charles Work man, minister to students of the A&M Presbyterian church. Faircloth Resigns A s Ra ekfield Coach Dalton Faircloth resigned yester day as offensive backfield coach of the Aggie football team. He turned in his resignation to Barlow (Bones) Irviri who said it will be effective Feb. 1, 1954. Faircloth said his main reason for leaving is a “good opportunity” elsewhere, and he is “seeking eco nomic stability.” “We have enjoyed the whole time we’ve been here, and would be sat isfied to stay if it weren’t for the good oppoi’tunity I have,” he said. Faircloth said he has been think ing seriously of high school work for some time, and that he wants “to stay in Texas.” He came from DeQuincy, La., in 1949 where he coached his team to the finals and was named “Coach of the Year” for that state. “I want to get into a high school coaching job. I get more kick out of watching the boys start their careers, like I watched Fred (Broussard) and Don (Ellis), than I do seeing them in college,” he said. Broussard and Ellis were on his 1949 high school team. Faircloth came here in 1949 when Harry Stiteler was head coach and took the reins of the “B” squad. He took over the defensive back- field in 1951, and the offensive chores this year. Faircloth has coached 11 yeai*s in high schools, and six years in col leges. He has coached at Louisiana college (freshman), New Albany, Miss, high school, and DeQuincy, La. high school. He said he has “enjoyed working with Ray and the staf f hei’e. The administration has been swell to Aggieland to Play Christmas Tour The Aggieland Orchestra will play at the Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur Dec. 21 to start a Christ mas tour of A&M home town club dances. A few dates are still open. If any organization is interested in having the band for a dance, they can see Bill Turner at the Music hall. The orchestra will play at Sweetwater Dec. 28 and at Abilene Dec. 29. The only other scheduled date is Dec. 31 at Longview for the East Texas A&M club. No Solicitations Battalion Begins Christmas Drive LOVETH a cheerful giver.”—New Testament, II ^ Corinthians, IX, 7. The Battalion starts today a drive for Christmas baskets which will be given to the less fortunate who live in and around College Station. No solicitations will be made for this drive. There won’t be anyone coming around to your door saying, “How about contributing for . . We don’t think the spirit of Christmas is based on this type of giving. So we are opening our doors and telling our readers if they want to give to this cause, we, and those who will receive the baskets, appreciate it very much. The Battalion is donating $25 to get the fund under way. Personal contributions or those from businesses will be taken through the mail and at the office of The Battalion on the second floor of Goodwin hall. We plan to make a deal with a local merchant to let us purchase the food items at wholesale prices. The food will be placed in baskets and delivered to needy per sons on Christmas Eve. A day-by-day account of contributions will be run in The Battalion. If you don’t wish your name to be printed, just say so in the letter. There are many people in the College Station area who may not have a very memorable Christmas this year. With a little effort on your part, they can. Every donation is a step forward. Don’t think yours is too small or too large. We just ask that you give as you want to. , , . 9 — ., .w... —a*.— feu & .ssl* me. It’s unusual here in that the very highest officials are personal ly acquainted with us. That’s what I like about it.” Faircloth attended Louisiana college where he earned 12 letters in football, basketball, baseball and track. He was all-conference in both football and basketball in 1931. He and his wife, Mamie, have one son, Dalton jr., age 9. Dalton Faircloth Resigns from Coaching Staff Kiwanis Club Will Sponsor Toy Drive The College Station Kiwan is club is sponsoring a drive to collect toys, clothing and non - perishable foods for underprivileged children in the College Station area. People can leave their contri butions for the drive in a bin in front of A&M Consolidated high school, said Robert Shrode, mem ber of the club’s underprivileged children committee. “They can also leave their name and address at the office of the Former Students association and we will pick up the gifts,” he said. The articles collected will be distributed to children in College Station. L. S. Richardson, school superintendent, will aid in the dis tribution. “If there is an abundance of con tributions we will give to families out of this area, but College Sta tion is our main goal,” Shrode said. The club will also help sponsor the annual Christmas party for underprivileged children Dec. 23. ASA Commander Reduced to Private Rowse J. (Smoky) Todd, com mander of A company army se curity agency, has been reduced from captain to private for throw ing bread in Duncan dining hall. Todd was caught by a military dormitory counselor. He is the fourth senior to be reduced in rank for this offense since school began in September. “Fewer senior cadets have been observed throwing bi’ead this year, but there is still room for improve ment,” said Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant. Seniors should be responsible for stopping bread throwing as it is not only conduct unbecoming a cadet officer but is a waste of food, Wilkins said. Dining hall employes, college officials, or other seniors may re port cadets seen throwing bread, he added. Weather Today Scattered occasional light rain showers and moderate winds to day. Cooler with showers tomor row. High yesterday 64. Low this morning 49. Fund Collects $12,970 To Support Agencies The A&M College-College Station Community Chest-Red Cross closed its annual drive yesterday, only $100 short of the $13,070 goal. The drive collected $12,970. This goal this year was more than the $11,019 goal last year. The drive last year fell about $2,000 short of the goal. “The Chest committee thanks everyone who contribut ed to the drive,” said Fred J. Benson, chairman. “We are very pleased with the results.” Since the contributions fell short of the goal, the com mittee agreed yesterday to allot each organization request ing money 95 per cent of its request. The local chest charity fund was given its full request plus $52.59. “The extra money for the chest charity fund was the amount left over from the charity fund last year,” Benson said. The committee agreed yesterday to grant the charity fund all of its original $1500 request to cover any emei’gencies that might arise dur ing the year. The committee asked that Ben son appoint R. E. Leighton, W. A. Tarrow and Mrs. Armstrong Price to handle the money in the charity fund. Leighton was named chair man of the fund committee. The chest committee agreed to let the three people nominated handle all charity allotments under $100. For requests of more thdn $100, the entire chest committee will de cide how much will be allotted. Organizations that will receive money from the chest this year and the amount they will receive are as follows: American Red Cross $2,375 American Cancer Society 285 Brazos County Tuberculosis association 950 Bi’azos County Charity Hospital Fund 570 Boy Scouts 2,441.50 College Station Recreation program 950 College Station YMCA 380 Girl Scouts 1,900 Local Chest Charity fund (Including Needy Children fund) ‘ 1,552.59 Salvation Army 475 United Service organization 570 Expenses 137.18 Alpha Zeta to Initiate New Members Monday Alpha Zeta will formally initiate new candidates in the assembly room of the Memorial Student Cen ter at 7:30 p. m. Monday. Those who met the requirments of the preliminary initiation last Thursday will become members of the fraternity. AH Department May Offer New Course A new course may be add ed to the animal husbandry curriculum, said Dr. J. C, V 1 ler, head of the departrm ' The new course is a i. ,^v,j of the meats industry from a pro cessing and marketing standpoint. Most new college-trained em ployes of their companies are not willing to undei’go the menial tasks necessary for them to ac quire background information in appropriate fields, so the new course is being designed to in doctrinate students before gradua tion,” Miller said. Under the new course of study, students interested in entering this field would follow the usual animal husbandry curriculum for the first two years. The last two years, students would enter a more diversified pro gram designed to give them special training. Lutherans Finish Conference Here Lutheran students from six dif ferent colleges and universities at tended a meeting Fidday and Satur day at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Bryan. About 50 students were present, said Rev. William C. Peterson. “The purpose of this meeting was for our Lutheran students to become better acquainted with Lutheran students from other col leges and universities,” said Rev. Petersen. "One Man Show ’ Laughton Brings Readings to Stage Charles Laughton held two ca pacity audiences in silence last night as he read and acted pass ages from the great litei’ary clas sics. Laughton’s complete control of his voice, his casual but careful actions and his confidence in him self held the crowds spellbound for both of his hour-long perform ances. His program, “An Evening with Charles Laughton,” was the second Town Hall presentation of the year. “America’s greatest one man show” opened with selections from Thurber and some poems. He read passages from Shaw’s Don Juan in Hell,” Andersen’s “The Emper or’s Nightingale,” Thomas Wolfe’s work and the Book of Daniel from the Bible. Laughton had completely capti vated the audience before closing his program with Lincoln’s Gettys burg Address. Laughton does not know when he first wanted to start acting, but he first seriously considered such a career when he was 25 years old. He entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was graduated with highest honors and the academy’s Bancroft gold medal. Laughton found he had launched himself into a field dominated by handsome faces and well-favored figures. He compares his own ap pearance to the “hind side of an elephant.” But in 1925 he gained the atten tion of Bernard Shaw who predict ed he would soon be at the “top of the tree.” Laughton was called for the title role in “Mr. Prohack” and starred in “Payment Defer- ferred.” Shortly after, he traveled to Hol lywood and gained fame in “Henry VIII.” He has since become one of the top film stars of this era. A few years ago, Laughton was asked to appear on a television show in New York. He read some selections on the show, which made a hit with the audience. The reading started the “strang est show in America.” Laughton has not recorded any of his readings except one or two from the Bible. “I haven’t had time to make any recordings,” he said. “I will soon, though. I’ll make a lot of them.” Although primarily interested with his readings, he has not given up movies. “I still make them, and I just finished one this summer. It’s a good one, too,” he said. Laughton claims he does not pre fer a certain role in a film. “Any one is all right with me,” he said. “I’m just a ham.”