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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents WTl # f # Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 196: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1954 Price Five Cents TENSHUN!—The Ross Volunteers snap to attention for Gen. Matthew Ridgway as they provide an honor guard for the guest of Military Day activities. Accompanying Ridgway into the Memorial Student Center are President David H. Morgan and Cadet Colonel Fred Mitchell. 22 Prints Made New Aggie Film To Be Circulated Immediately after the world premier of “We Are The Aggies” twenty-two exhibition prints of the film begin to circulate to high schools, Former Students Clubs, Mother’s Clubs and other interest- , ed parties and friends of the col lege. The Office of Student Activities has nine prints which are being mailed primilary to high schools. The Former Students Association has three films which will be used for Former Student Club meet ings and the Athletic Department bought copies to be used as a rompanion piece with banquet speakers. Nine prints were purchased for use in their particular part of the state by J. Harold Dunn for the Panhandle, by W. T. Doherty for the Houston area, Jack Finney, Greenville and North Texas area, C. L. Babcock Beaumont and Southeast Texas, John H. Cuthrell New Orleans and South Louisiana, Weldon Parks, Kilgore and East Texas and George Puls, Corpus Christ! and vicinity. Four thousand people including Washington, State, City and Cam pus dighitaries were at the world premier of “We Are The Aggies”, Friday night at Guion Hall. All ticket sales have not yet re-' ported in, but it appears that the* 12th Man Scholarship Fund netted Chest X-Ray Unit Sets Survey Here The Annual Chest X-Ray Survey will be on the campus in the Me morial Student Center April 19— 24. The hours will be from 8:30 a. m. each day except Monday, April 19 when the hours will be from 12 noon until 5:30 p. m. “Everyone that is 15 years of age or older is urged to have this free service each year,” said W. L. Penberthy, dean of men. Weather Today CLEAR Clear today yesterday 73. 44. and tomorrow. High Low this morning about $700.00 from the ticket sales. Actually two premiers were held on the same evening in that the first showing turned out to be a non-military premier and the 9:00 showing was a all military show ing. General Ridgeway’s comment was “It was great.” President Morgan’s comment was “It is sui’- prising that the scope of A&M could be covered in a 30 minute movie so thraughly. I think the job was done in a very profession al manner.” John Akard, Chairman for the premier, introduced Mrs. Gus A. Becker, President of the State Federation of A&M Mother’s Club, who has been associated with the State Federation since the movie was begun and Chancellor M. T. Harrington, who was President of the college when the movie was begun. Akard also pi’esented Mr. and Mrs. Howard Berry and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kidd. Mr. Berry, Di rector of Photographic and Visual Aids, did the photography and ar ranged for the scenes. Mr. Kidd, Associate Professor of English, wrote the preliminary continuity script from which the photography was done and also wrote the nar rative script. Sewage Group School Started Here Sunday The 36th annual Texas Water and Sewage Works as sociation’s short school got under way Sunday with reg istration at 3 p.m. and a meeting of panel leaders and mod erators at 7:30 p.m. More than 750 are expected to attend the six-day session. Dr. David H. Morgan, A&M president, gave the welcome ad dress Monday morning and the re sponse was given by N. W. Black of Green’s Bayou, president of the association. The short school is held in co operation with the State Depart ment of Health, Southwest Section, American Water Works Associa tion, Federation of Sewage and In dustrial Wastes Association, the Texas Engineering Extension Serv ice and A&M. “The operation of water and sewage works,” President Black said, “has become a profession in Texas largely as a result of this training program. Communities profit by making these educational facilities available to their person nel through resulting dividends of more economical operation equip ment and works. A most import ant result is the increased pro tection against the possibility of water and filth borne disease which knowledge of proper tech niques affords.” The Battalion Will Resume Old Schedule The Battalion will resume regular publication days this week, announced Carl Jobe, acting editor. “Due to the fact that there are no people to work on the paper, we still need news releases from departments and organizations on the campus,” he said. The Battalion has bpen on a n abbreviated publishing schedule for the past two weeks. Jobe will remain acting editor of the paper until the special election March 17. Funeral Services For Bishop Today Services for F. F. Bishop, 55, who died in a hospital at Navasota Saturday night, will be held at the Hillier Funeral Home chapel at Bryan, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. W. H. Andrew of the First Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in the College Sta tion Cemetery. I’rofessor Bishop, who had been with the Chemical Engineering de partment of Texas A. and M. Col lege since 1923, had been ill for about 10 days. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Bishop; mother, Mrs. Min nie Bishop of South Yarmouth, Mass, and sisters, Mrs. Edward Landry of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Daniel Flynn of Asterville, Mass, and Mrs. Mary Hawes of Hyranis, Mass, and brothers, Henry L. Bish op of Ashland, Ohio; Fred Bishop of JamestoAvn, N.Y. and Ernest Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pa. Commentator Off the Press, On Sale Now The second issue of The Commentator, official maga zine of the School of Arts and Sciences, was on the new- stands today. The appearance of The Com mentator also marked the first appearance of Cadet Slouch in student publications since Feb. 23. Slouch and his creator, James Earle, are featured in the magazine. Slouch will again be feature- ed in the next two editions of The Commentator, said Bob Hendry, editor. “Over half the magazine may be devoted to Slouch cartoons,” he said. : Also featured in The Com mentator are “Are Athletics Doomed at A&M?” by Jerry Wizig; “Then There Were None”, a story of an atomic attack on College Station by Jon Kinslow; “Dean of the Aggies”, the story of Dean Emeritus Edwin J. Kyle; and “The Great Mirage”, a criti cal review of A&M by a form er student. Stephenson Is Representative H. K. Stephenson, manager of the structural research laboratory of the Texas Engineering Experi ment Station, has been selected by the Texas Structural Steel Insti tute as its representative to the annual National Engineering Con ference of the American Institute of Steel Construction in Milwau kee, April 13-14. The T.S.S.I.’s appointment of Stephenson marks the first time the Institute has elected to send a representative other than one of its members to a national confer ence. Stephenson has been with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station for 11 years, during which time has has co-authored several textbooks and research bulletins, and has been recognized on two national and one regional Who’s Who seelctions. His latest book, “Fundamentals of Structural Anal ysis,” w T hich he co-authored with the late Dr. A. A. Jakkula, is cur rently under consideration for use as a text in A&M structural engi neering courses. Tom Tipps Added To Coaching Staff COLLEGE STATION, Mrch 8 OP)—Tom Tipps, 37, head coach at Pampa High School for seven years, was named assistant foot ball coach at Texas A&M today. Tipps is to report here Wednes day, Paul Bryant, athletic director and head coach at A&M, said. Tipps coached at Seagraves, Tem ple and Denison before going to Pampa. Other assistants on Bryant’s staff are Jim Owens, Phil Cutchin, Jerry Claiborne, Pat James, Smoky Harper, Willie Zapalac and Elmer Smith. Ridgway Pays Visit To Texas A&M Campus Military Review Honors General and Other Guests “I am hard put to put into words over this splendid mil itary review,” Chief of Staff Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway of the U. S. army said Saturday. “I can well see that the eyes of the world rest on A. and M.” General Ridgway and other high ranking officers were honor guests at the annual Military Day at the college. The 4,000 member cadet corps, led by Cadet Col. Frederick Mit chell led the cadets in parade while more than 5,000 specta tors, college officials and others watched the review. The general in a short press conference following the review, said that “I thought this was a happy family gather ing,” when a television man asked him if he had any com- ~+ment to make on Senator Joe McCarthy. “In his career,’’ the general declared, “I know of no pub lic officer who more typifies the things for which A. and M. stands for than R. P. Stevens, sec retary of the army. I admire his integrity, moral courage and deep devotion to his duty.” The general was asked if he wanted to comment on the chances of recognition of Red China. He said he thought the people of the United States are overwhelm ingly against such recognition. General Ridgway and party, in cluding Congressrhen Olin Teague of College Station and Clark Fish er of San Angelo, arrived late Friday by plane at Bryan A i r Force base. From there the dig- nataries went directly to Memor ial Student Center on the A. and M. campus, where an honor guard from the elite Ross Volunteers at tached itself to the army chief for the duration of his visit. Friday night Dr. David H. Mor gan, president of the college, held a dinner for all the high militar- issts. Later they all attended the premiere showing of a color movie, “We Are the Aggies,” de picting student life. Afterwards General Ridgway and party were honor guests at the Combat ball, traditional event of Military Day activities. The Bryan Chamber of Com merce entertained the distinguish ed visitors at breakfast Saturday morning. Filings Open For Editors Filing started Monday at 8 a.m. for the position of Act ing Editors of The Battalion. Filing will close Wednesday at 5 p.m. Candidates will be ap proved by Karl Elmquist, manager of student publica tions, and then receive d vote of approval by the Student Life Committee Wednesday. After the special election on March 17 Elmquist said, “When elected the student Acting-Editors of The Battal ion will as usual appoint their own staff.” The election will be for two Co-Editors for the student newspaper. The Corp and Non-Corp candidates for the posts receiving the highest number of votes will take of fice as soon as notified by the election commission. If there ' are no candidates from either the corps or non-corps groups the two candidates with the highest number of votes will be co-editors. Groups To Join For Oceanography A committee of Board members to serve with a similar group from the Board of Regents of the Uni versity of Texas to consider co operation between the two schools in the field of Oceanography was appointed by the A&M System Board of Directors at its February meeting at College Station, Sat urday. Directors Jack Finney, W. T. Doherty, and J. H. Dunn were named to the committee, with Di rector Finney as chairman. The committees from the two boards will work together to de velop possible coordination between the activities of the Department of Oceanography at A&M and the University’s Marine Institute. Both schools have been doing much work in the Gulf of Mexico and the bays and rivers connected with it. A&M Runs Weather Station A new and developing activity of Texas A&M College is the weather station in the veterinary medicine building. The Depart ment of Oceanography operates the station as a part of its meteor ology training program. The station is equipped with the basic weather instruments and fa cilities. Indoors are the apparatus which measures and continuously records atmospheric pressure, a panel indicating continuously the wind speed and direction which the combination anemometer-wind vane on the roof gives, the weather teletype and numerous devices for working up weather reports. Standard outdoor equipment on the gi'ound consists of a rain gage and instrument shelter. The shel ter houses the hygro-thermograph which continuously records tem perature and relative humidity, maximum and minimum thermo meters, and a wet-and-dry-bulb psychrometer for measuring tem perature and humidity more accu rately. There are facilities for measur ing winds from the surface up ward by the “pilot balloon meth od.” A balloon is filled with helium (or any gas lighter than air) to the point that its force exerted upward corresponds to the desired rate of ascents After the balloon is released it is followed by means of a theodolite—a modification of the engineer’s transit—and its azi muth angle and angle of elevation above the horizon ai'e read at one- minute intervals. At night a small dry cell lamp or Japanese lantern with candle is attached to the bal loon. From the data so obtained the position of the balloon at each reading is determined, and thus the wind direction and speed at each level are computed. On demonstration in the weather station is the complete radio-sonde rig which is sent aloft to measure pressure, temperature, and humi dity. This consists of a large bal loon, parachute, and radiosonde. The radiosonde, a small radio transmitter powered by dry-cell battery, sends signals which a ra dio receiver-recorder at the ground picks up. Nearly 100 station over the United States and adjacent areas make such observations on a regular basis. The weather sta tion is not equipped to make these observations now, but it may well be in the near future. A radar set for tracking such violent phe nomena as tornadoes and thunder storms is planned also as part of the facilities. The teletype receives the basic weather reports in code from all the United States, bordering land areas and ships at sea. The ma chine operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Reports con sist of weather observations made every six hours at all first-ox-der weather bureau stations, pilot-bal loon wind x’eports every six hours, radiosonde reports every 12 hour’s, and weather summaries and fore casts. The foi’ecasts are those broadcast to the public as well as detailed and specific ones for avi ation. Weather maps are prepared daily from the observations re ceived. A number of weather charts are received regularly by mail from the central office of the Weather Bureau in Washington, D.C. These include the actual weather maps for the entire northern hemisphere, five-day fox-ecast maps for that area, monthly forecast maps, and the Daily Weather Map for the United States. This file is supple mented by the recently acquired set of daily Historical Weather Maps, which extend from the year 1899 to the present. Although it is maintained as a laboratory and center of the me teorology instruction px-ogram, the weather station is open to students and staff of the college and to the public. It is entered through the northeast entrance of the Veteri- nary Medicine building. Tours Campus Prior to the review the anny chief and his entourage were taken on a tour of the sprawling cam pus and through the military de partment. Following the parade General Ridgway had lunch with Cadet Colonel of the Corps Fred Mitchell of Galveston and 25 ca det officers. No college or ROTC officials attended this affair. Other honor guests accompany ing General Ridgway here were Lt. Col. Joe Hollingsworth and Lt. Col. Leo Stewart, A. and M. graduates; Lt. Col. Kamel Atalay, Turkish militai’y attache, and Maj. M. A. Field, the general’s aide. Also in attendance were Lt. Gen. Isaac D. White, Fourth Army com mander fi-om Ft. Sam Houston; Maj. C. L. Phinney, commander of the 36th National Guai'd Division of Texas; Brig. Gen. Robert Ives, assistant division commander; Col. Kai'l E. Hinnion, chief of Texas Military District; Col. Thom as C. Green, chief of ROTC of TMD; Col. Robert L. Kelly, air foi’ce liaison officer in Congx-ess; Col. Henry Dittman, chief of staff for Air Univei'sity, Washington; Col. David H. Thomas, professor of Air Science and Tactics, Uni vei'sity of Texas; Col. Morgan Goodhart, PAS&T, University of Oklahoma; Col. Thomas R. Black, commanding officer of Camp Ma bry, Austin; Lt. Col. M. P. Bow den of the Texas Adjutant Gener al's office; Lt. Col. James B. Burleson, ROTC liaison officer for Texas State Guard; Lt. Comdr. George R. Moorman, pi’esident of Texas State Dept, of Reserve Officers Association, and Col. E. H. Mit chell (USA Ret.) of Galveston, father of the A. and M. Cadet Col onel. RVs May Attend Neelies Festival The Ross Volunteers may go to the Neches River Festival Api’il 24-26, at Beaumont. “An invitation has been extended to the company, and, should it be accepted, about half of us will go.” said Bill Reed R. V. Commander’s “The other half of the RV’s will be in San Antonio for the Battle of Flowers, scheduled for the same weekend.” Scott’s Concert Set Thursday For Town Hall America’s first concert hu morist, Henry L. Scott, will present a bonus attraction on Town Hall Thursday night. Not booked when the season opened, Scott’s “Concerto for Fun” was added when it was known that he would be in this area. , Two pei’foimances of the pro gram will be held, at 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. in Guion hall. Special per formance tickets to both shows are available outside dining halls or at Student Activities office. Those who do not have season Town Hall tickets may pui'chase tickets to the Scott Conceifo for $2.00 at Stu dent Activities Office. The program was originally billed as being in the new phyiscal education building, but the build ing will not be ready in time for the performance. Scott will present an evening of piano music, humor, and entertain ment. The program includes “His- toxy of the Lost Chord”, “Chopin in the Citrus Belt”, and “How to Compose a Popular Song”. At one point in the program, he dons gloves and plays “Mittens on the Keys”. The sexlous portion of his con- cei't consists of compositions by Chopin, Scarlatti, and liszt. The planted pi'ogi'am carries this footnote “All of the above, except ing where indicated, were ar ranged, written, or confused by Henry L. Scott”. Board of Directors Approves Grants The board of directors of the Texas A&M College System Satur day appi’oved the acceptance of gx-ants-in-aid, gifts, loans, scholar ships and fellowships, by the Texas Agiicultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M College, Aldington State College, Prairie View A&M College and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, membei’s of the A&M System. Appxoval was given: Grants-in-aid totaling $29,230, a gift of machineiy valued at $4,000, a Brahman cow, and $700 in loan value of machineiy, to the Texas Agricultui'al Experiment Station. Gifts amounting to $9,121.70 and scholai'ships and fellowships worth $35,573.32, to A&M College. Loan of a piece of machineiy for testing wheat supplies, to Ar lington State College. Gifts of $300 and scholarships of $45, to Prairie View A&M College. Machinery valued at $1,200 to the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. Changes Approved For Prairie View Recent appointments of replace ment personnel on the faculty and staff of Prairie View A and M. College were confirmed Feb. 27 by the board of directors, Texas A. and M. College System. These appointments are: Jewel F. Hunter, secretary in Summer Workshops and Extension Schools; William L. Cash, profes sor, and Clyde McQueen, graduate assistant in Education Department, School of Arts and Sciences; James E. Steward, graduate assis tant in Economics Department, and James E. Burton, graduate assis tant in Natural Sciences Depart ment; Dora L. Watson, secretary in School of Engineering; Nellie S. Thomas, secretary in School of Home Economics; Lenora C. Jen kins, janitress, and Arlie E. Le- Beaux, assistant superintendent, in Maintenance Department; Will Hayes, yardman, and Wal ter Bennett, track driver, in Grounds Department; Shirley Bell Craddolph, nurne in Hospital; Jef ferson Echols, first cook; Andrew Boone, second cook, and Ural Thomas, butcher helper, in Dining Hall.