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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 180: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1954 Price Five Cents Ch ief Econ om is l To Speak To Young Executives Gerhardt Colm, chief economist of the National Planning Associa tion in Washington, will speak on “Trends in American Economy” to night in the Memorial Student Cen ter Assembly room. Colm is one of the several guest speakers scheduled to appear be fore 25 southwest industrial re presentatives enrolled here in an Executive Development course. His speech, which will be open to the public, starts at 7:30 p. m. Ends Feb. 20 Tndustrialsts attending the course, which ends Feb. 20, regist ered on Sunday afternoon. Presi dent David H. Morgan gave the Welcoming address. A group of top ranking industri al executives has been selected to lecture during the course. Chancel lor M. T. Harrington is president of Commencement Speaker to Be Ft. Worth Man Dr. Gaston Foote, pastor of the First Methodist church of Fort Worth, will be bac- calureate speaker at the com mencement exercises here May 21. Foote’s address will be given the Snorning of May 21. Degrees will he awarded the night of May 21. Foote received his MA and BA degrees from Southern Methodist university. He received a Doctor of Theology degree from the Univer sity of Denver and he holds two honorary degrees, one from Miami university and one from Wilber- force university. He has been pastor of churches in Amarillo, Little Bock, Ark.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Dayton, Ohio. the committee which selected the speakers. Dr. F. C. Bolton, presi dent- emeritus of the college is director of the committee. A&M personnel who will take an active part in thfe discussions in clude E. L. Williams, vice-director, Texas Engineering Extension ser vice; E. D. Hedgcock, professor of English; A. J. Kingston Jr., as sociate professor of psychology and director of remedial reading; R. M. Stevenson, professor of account ing. Associate Professor T. R. Yantis, associate profes sor of marketing; T. W. Leland, head of fhe business administra tion department; S. T. Keim, as sociate professor of business ad ministration; T. R. Hamilton, pro fessor of business administration; and R. L. Elkins, professor of per sonnel management. The Advisory committee is com posed of J. B. Thomas, president, Texas Electric Service, Ft. Worth; Clint Murchison sr., Dallas; Ken neth Bowen, Celanese Corp. of American, Corpus Christi; M. A. Abernathy, vice-president, United Gas Co., Shreveport. Cotton Belt H. J. McKenzie, president, Col ton Belt Railroad, St. Louis; John W. Newton, vice-president, refin ing division, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Beaumont; Lamar Flem ing Jr., president, Anderson, Clay ton and Company, Houston. Burned Student Given 50-50 Chance to Live Another Aggie Dies In Holiday Car Crash Westminster Choir Town Hall Planned Thursday in Guion Tickets are now available for the unit of the Westminster college Aggie-Exes Help Koreans Two 1952 A&M graduates are helping build a village for Korean orphans made home less by a fire in Pusan. The men, second Lts. John E. May and Jack C. Milligan, are working on a project that includes building a six-unit village for 120 orphans. Both are with the 24th di vision’s 63rd field artillery battalion. The battalion adopt ed the orphans after the fire, and started the housing pro ject, named “Operation Haven.” Westminster choir Town Hall per formance Thursday in Guion hall. Season ticket holders should ob tain either a ticket for the 7 or 9 p. m. performance of the choir at the Student Activities office. Individual tickets may be ob tained at the student activities of fice for $2 each. This is the 31st season the choir has given public performances. It was first organized as the volun teer choir at the Westminster Presbyterian church in Dayton, Ohio. While it retains the name of the church, the choir is no longer a church choh\ It is now the touring choir of Princeton, N. J. John Finley Williamson, director of the choir and its founder, is also Draft Laws - 8 Board Must Allow Personal Interview DR. GASTON FOOTE Baccalaureate Speaker Foote has written several books, including “Keys to Conquest”, “Just Plain Bread”, “Lamps With out Oil,” and “The words of Jesus from the Cross.” He is a member of the Kiwanis club, the Masons, the Fort Worth club and the Executive club. The inauguration of President David H. Morgan will also be at commencement time. Further de tails of the commencement and in auguration will be announced later, according to Dean W. H. Dela- (Editors note: This is the eighth of a series of 10 articles on the draft laws and how they effect persons of draft age.) Every man registered with a draft board, after his classification is determined by the board, bust have an opportunity to appear in person before the member or mem bers of the board designated for the purpose, provided he files a written request within 10 days after the board has mailed him a notice of classification. Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield, state draft director, points to an exception: the registered man can not request a personal appearance after a classification which is the result of a personal appearance. No person other than the re gistered man shall have the right to appear in person before the local board. But the local board may permit any person to appear be fore it with or on behalf of a re gistrant, except that no registrant may be represented before the board by anyone acting as attorney or legal counsel. The registrant may bring an in terpreter with him if he does not speak English adequately. MSC Club Rooms Soon Available Student clubs that wish to hold meetings in the Memorial Student Center this semester may make room reservations starting tomor row morning. Reservations can be made at the office of Miss Ann Hilliard, MSC social director. The office is locat- plane, chairman of the convocation I ed next to the MSC main lobby committee. I desk. The system of two perform ances for each Town Hall pre sentation has given married students and their wives a chance to beat the baby sitter situation. Many couples are getting one ticket for each perform ance, with the husband going to one and the wife to the other. That way, there’s someone at home with the baby all the time. News Briefs When he appears, the registrant may discuss his classification, di rect attention to other classes in which he thinks he should be plac ed, point out information in his file which he believes has been over looked or which he believes has not received serious enough considera tion, or any other information. Such information must either be in writing, or oral and summarized in writing. In either case, the in formation is placed in the man’s file. Regulations provide that the local board, or members hear ing the case may impose such limitations upon the time which the registrant may have for his appearance as they deem necessary. After a registrant is heard, the local board may determine to re open the case or not reopen it, be ing guided by information received in the appearance. The registrant must be advised by notice of classi fication in either case. founder and president of the West minster college choir. Since its first tour in 1921, the choir has given concerts through out North America and in Cuba. The choir’s program includes both classical and folk music. A selection by Mozart will open the program followed by music by Bach, Grieg and Handel. Several Negro spirituals and some American Indian music will characterize the section of the program dealing with folk music. JULES VIEAUX will present a paper on “Problems in Africa” at the next meeting of the Junto club, Feb. 9 in the social room of the Memorial Student Center. # * * J. P. ABBOTT, dean of the col lege, spoke last night at the Port Arthur A&M club in Port Arthm*. He returned this morning and will be at the weekly meeting of the executive council this afternoon. >Y- * THE SINGING CADETS will present a concert at the Beaumont city auditorium at 8 p. m. Feb. 6. The Beaumont A&M club is spon soring the concert. Court Sentences AW0L Freshman The Senior court tried last night A Co. freshman Kenneth D. Ross from the Panama Canal Zone for being absent from the college with out leave. Pleading guilty, Ross was charg ed with “leaving the campus with out a pass and without previous notification of any cadet officer or non-com in his military organi zation.” The court has recommended to the commandant that Ross be cam- pused until Easter, given eight hours extra duty, and receive an official reprimand with a copy to be sent to his parents. Under college regulations, Ross has 36 hours to appeal the recom mended sentence if he so desires. Architect Show Planned Here A showing of the works of Osmundson and Staley, landscape architects of San Francisco, will be held in the Memorial Student Cen ter Feb. 5. Seventy color slides of comtem- porary-style gardens will be nar rated by Robert F. White of the floriculture and landscape architec ture department. The floriculture and landscape architecture department is sponsor ing the show, which is open to the public. HUMAN DYNAMO JACKSON, Tenn. — (A 5 ) — Frank Walker favors a 30-hour day. Then he could squeeze in another job or two. Twenty seven-year-old Walker holds down four jobs now. Daytime, he drives the Holland department store delivery truck. Late afternoons, he cleans up the business offices on the second floor of the Holland building. Then he dashes over to the Western Union office for another cleanup job. After dinner, Walker reports to a drive-in where he’s a car-hop. Incentive? He wants to buy a home for his wife and two children. ThreePromoted In Battalion Editorial Posts Jerry Wizig, Jerry Estes and Bob Boriskie have been promoted in editorial posi tions on The Battalion, Co- Editors Jerry Bennett and Ed Holder said today. Wizig has been promoted to Sports Editor to replace Boriskie who has taken over as News Edi tor with Estes. A junior journalism major from Waco, Wizig has worked on The Battalion since his freshman year. He is a member of the Journalism club and the Waco-McLennan coun ty club and is associate sports edi tor of the Aggieland. Boriskie, a World War II vet eran on temporary retirement from the navy, is a resident of Bryan. He has worked on The Battalion for two years, and now is a junior. Boriskie is married and has two boys, Teddie Lynn, five, and Mich ael, five months. He is a member of the Journalism club, secretary of the film society, sports editor of The Aggieland, and served as man aging editor of The Battalion last mmer. Estes, from Wichita Falls, is a junior major in journalism. He recently married Nelda Ireland of Wichita Falls and they now are living in College Station. A member of the Journalism club, Estes has worked on The Battalion two years and has served on The Commentator staff. He is this year’s secretary of the South west Journalism Congress. Silver taps will be held 'at 10:30 tonight for an A&M student killed in a holiday car wreck, while in a New Orleans hospital another Aggie lies fighting for his life. Dead is Charles Biff Samford, 23-year-old student who was killed Jan. 22 when he lost control of the pickup truck he was driving and crashed into a tree. The accident hap pened 10 miles east of Corrigan on Woodville Highway. Given a 50-50 chance to live in the New Orleans Charity Hospital after a truck explosion, is Gene Edward Brady, 18- year-old Sqcl. 18 freshman. The Dean of Men’s office was awaiting word this morn ing from New Orleans which will tell how much blood f the student has used or still needs for transfusions. As soon as the message arrives, college officials will call the Waco blood bank and blood will be rushed by air expi’ess to New Orleans, a spokesman for the Dean of Men’s office said. He explained the blood will be used to replace that already given Br’ady in New Orleans or it will be given to the student if he needs it. The spokesman said it was report ed that the badly burned student had already received blood trans fusions. Injured Thursday The Associated Press reported last night that Brady was injured Thursday night about 20 miles west of New Orleans on U.S. High way 61. The boy’s father said the truck young Brady was driving “just blew up.” The student lost control and the truck turned over and caught fire. Brady is reported to have rolled into a canal to put out flames on his clothing. The Associated Press said he was badly burned but re ceived no other injuries. Brady, who is from Highlands, was driving a load of lettuce crates for the Rio Grande Valley. Notified McQuillen The Dean of Men’s office first learned of the accident yesterday when Travis Smith jr. of Houston notified E. E. McQuillen, head of the Development fund. Brady had enrolled at A&M on an opportunity award sponsored by Smith. PROF R. E. LEIGHTON of the dairy husbandi-y department will conduct a short course on dairying at Wharton county junior college Feb. 22-26. * * * IRRIGATION SERVICE and Suppliers conference will be held here Feb. 11 - 12. It will be spon sored by the agricultural engineer ing department, with Roy Garrett as chairman. About 75 persons are expected to attend. * * * ABOUT 200 “flying farmers” are expected to attend an Agri cultural Aviation conference here Feb. 21 - 23. The conference will be jointly sponsored by the A&M Col lege system, the Texas Aeronautics commission and the Texas Flying Fai’mei’s association. Fred Weick of the aer-onautical engineering department will be chairman. Also Money Juniors Discuss Dance, Shirts The junior class last night start ed plans for their annual banquet and dance, considered money- mak ing projects, and discussed OD shirts for sophomore cadets. The junior dance will be March 20. Jerry Ramsey, class president, named committees for the dance. James Buchanan, class social secretary, will be general chair man. Corm'-'ttee chairmen will be Val Cannon, ance; Bob Rowland, ban quet; Dick McCasland, program; Wallace Eversberg, guests^ Bill Utsman, tickets; Howard Childers, sweetheart; and Harri Baker, publi city. The class officers and committee chairman will meet next Tuesday night in the student activities of fice to discuss details of the ban quet and dance. The approximately 300 members of the class present also voted to form a committee to investigate the possibility of raising money for a class gift. The junior class now has $300 in its class fund. The class discussed the possi bility of selling pennants with “Clasd of 55—Texas A&M” on them. Wallace Eversberg will head the committee. Other members are Bill Finn, Art Garner, Taylor Gil- lam and Dave Mitchell. After a 20-minute discussion on the wearing of OD shirts by sopho more cadets, the class approved a motion that sophomores should wear “army OD shirts,” and wear them only with “army OD pants and caps, as prescribed in the col lege regulations.” College regulations say that se cond year cadets can wear “OD shirts with OD trousers only”. The discussion started because some juniors felt that some sopho mores were wearing OD shirts that were “too green.” Earl Pike, who made the motion said that any sophomores who were in doubt about the color could check with “the color shirts the s geants in the Trigon wear.” Ramsey said that he “had been assured” that anything the class decided would be issued as a mill tary order. Police School Starts Here Twenty-five men from widely scattered parts of the state are at tending the sixth Texas Municipal Police school hei'e now, acocrding to Wallace D. Beasley of the En gineering Extension service, spon sor of the school. Beasley, who has been connected with police and education work for the past 17 years, said the men will receive intensive schooling in all phases of police work from how to patrol a beat effectively to the rights of a citizen. The school, which will last through February 26, is the sixth in a series originated by the TEES after requests from city managers and other interested persons of Texas. Those attending are Assistant Chief Bob Parker of Kingsville; Chief Paul Bone of Glen Rose; Chief Joe W. Allen of Carrollton; Patrolmen Riley Henderson of Irving; Forest Bailey and Melvin James of San Angelo; D. L. John son of Denison; Louis Petry of Seguin; Robert D. Tidwell of Hearne; Bobby Bradfield of Gar land; James Wise, Delmo Jasper, Curtis Dunagan and Pete Marino of Bryan; James Glover of Wichi ta Falls; Solon Neely and Alvin Nelson of Victoria; Rex A. Mars of Mt. Pleasant; Deloss M. Grayson and Isidro Tre vino of Midland; Amos G. John son and William E. Shaffer of Big Spring; William Allen Fry of Luf kin and T. J. Despain and Arthur Rios of Corpus Christi. Goode Is Chairman Of Military Ball Kert Goode, senior agriculture major from Bertram, has been ap pointed general cadet chairman of the annual Military Ball. The committees and cadet mem bers are as follows: Program: Stan Bell and George Skladal; invitation, Victor Ken nedy and Kyle Gruene; guest, Car- roll Phillips and John Akard; de coration, Andrew Gary, Carl Wil son, Gene Kilgore and Bob Manner. Publicity: Wesley Gross and Harri Baker; ticket sales, Roscoe Hunt, Dale Dowell, Pat Wood and T. B. Field; finance and orchestra, Vol Montgomery and John Farrell; refreshments, Ide Trotter and Holie Briscoe. Military advisors will be appoint ed to the various committees at a later date, Goode said. Weather Today Hope of United Germany Fades In Berlin Meet BERLIN—(/P)—The West’s faint hopes for a reunified free Germany lay smashed on the rocks of immovable Sov iet opposition today. There were only thin prospects that the Big Four foreign ministers confer ence could rescue anything from the ruins. Formally proposing again the Soviet-style German peace treaty which the West rejected two years ago. Russia’s hard-chinned V. M. Molotov last night shredded to rib bons the Western proposal that the divided World War II foe be made whole again on the pattern of the free nations with free elections, a free press and free as sociation with other powers. Molotov again laid down the familiar Kremlin ultimatum—that Germany will be united on Russia’s terms or not at all. There was certainly no possibil ity that U. S. Secretary of State Dulles, British Foreign Secretary Rien or French Foreign Minister Ridault would agree to any part of that. Officials of all three West ern delegations agreed the latest Berlin confei’ence had foundered on issue of a German settlement. PARTLY CLOUDY Cloudy to partly cloudy today, clearing tonight. Clear tomorrow with possible cloudiness early in the morning. High yesterday 70. j Low this morning 55. Judging Team Wins 4th in Ft. Worth The A&M livestock judging team took a fourth place in the general livestock judging meets at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth yester day. Iowa State college took- first place in the meet, Oklahoma A&M was second and New Mexico A&M was third. Ben Kelly of Iowa State was high point man in the meet.