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X Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 197: Volume 54 Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1954 Published Ry A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Ceuta Seven Man Group Will Select 2 Men For Dan forth Study A seven-man committee of fac ulty members at Texas A&M. Col lege will meet March 17 to select two student winners of Danforth Summer Study Fellowships. Dean C. N. Shepardson of the School of Agricultui'e announced recently that two Danforth fellow ships have been allotted for out standing students in agriculture this year. These fellowships will be award ed to a junior and a freshman stu dent on the basis of scholarship, leadership, activities and general culture. Members of the selection commit tee will be Prof. J. Wheeler Bar ger, of the Department of Agricul tural Economics and Sociology, chairman; and Profs. G. L. Robert son, Animal Husbandry Depart ment; R. E. Leighton, Dairy Hus bandry Department; R. C. Potts, Agronomy Department; M. N. Abrams, Agricultural Education Department; F. R. Prison, Horti culture Department; and D. F. Martin, Entomology Department. The junior winner will join a group of representatives of other land-grant colleges at St. Louis, Mo., August 1 for two weeks’ study as guest of the Ralston Purina Mills. Subject of the study will be problems of manufacturing, com- rnei’cial research, distribution, ad vertising and personnel. This group then will attend a two Peeks’ leadership training camp on Lake Michigan, ending August 29. A stipend covers travel and living expenses. The freshman winner will be a member of the group representing all of the 48 land-grant colleges in attending leadership training conference at the American Youth Foundation Camp in Michigan Au gust lfi-29. This stipend covers camp expenses only, leaving the winner to pay his own travel ex penses. Applications for consideration will be received from junior stu dents at the office of Professor Barger, Room 401, Agriculture Building. Freshmen who wish to apply may do so at the office' of C. H. Rans- dell in the Basic Division for fur ther information. What Will Mrs. Nixon Say About It? PHILADELPHIA, March 10 CP)—Vice President Nixon said last night international diplo macy apparently makes for strange follow-up bedfellows.' Nixon told the 8th annual Philadelphia Bulletin Forum that he and Mrs. Nixon, on their recent world tour, fre quently were told by their hosts they were occupying quaiders used not long before by Adlai E. Stevenson or Elea nor Roosevelt. “In at least two instances,” Nixon said, “Mrs. Nixon occu pied Stevenson’s bed and I oc cupied Mi's. Roosevelt’s.” Then he hastened to add “What I really mean is- but the rest of his explanation was drowned out by laughter. Excise Tax Limit Afterlntra-P ow 3 Honorary Degrees To Be Civen In May Three distinguished gradu ates in classes of 1901, 1909 and 1928 will receive honorary degrees during May com mencement exercises at A&M They are Thomas H. Barton of El Dorado, Ark., David B. Harris of Houston and William C. Tinus of Maplewood, N.J. Upon recommendation of the Ac ademic Council and Pres. David H. Morgan of the college, approved by Chancellor M. T. Harrington, the board of directors of the A&M College System voted unanimously to make the awards. Harris, who recently retired as vice-president and treasurer of the Humble. Oil and Refining Com pany, will receive the honorary de gree of Doctor of Laws. A native of Dallas, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from A&M in 1909. He served as trustee and as a member of the Executive Commit tee of the Texas A&M Research Foundation. Barton also will receive the LLD, which honor he already holds from the University of Arkansas, Hard ing College and the College of the Ozai'ks. He is chairman of the board of Lion Oil Refining Com pany and was voted “Arkansan of the Year” in 1952. He is a native of Falls County, Texas and re- . ceived his BS degree in Agricul tural Administration from A&M in 1901. Tinus will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering. He is vice president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories in charge of all military developments. A native of Waco, he was graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineer ing from A&M in 1928. Snapshots Needed For Aggieland Siiapshots are now being accept ed at the Aggieland office for pub lication in the 1954 Aggieland, said Paul Roper, military editor. If any student has some snap shots that he would like to have published please turn them in to the Aggieland office by not later than March 20, 1954. Please put on the back of the picture the name of the person, and his outfit, sub mitting the pictm’e. A box has been provided in the Aggieland Office, 2nd floor Good win Hall, for the convenience of those who wish to turn in snaps. Shivers To Speak For Aggie Muster The Student Senate in its meet ing of Febiuary 25, announced that Governor Allan Shivers is to be guest speaker and Charlie Parker the Master of Ceremonies for the Aggie Muster. The Senate also announced that Jane McBriety, Aggie Sweetheart, will represent A&M at the Round up celebration at the University of Texas. Parking facilities and the prob lem of parking tickets were dis cussed and it was recommended that monetary fines should not be used. Further recommendations were turned over to the Traffic Committee. A representative of the student life committee meeting reported that a strong dead week policy will be proposed to the faculty by the SLC. 75 Scholarships To Be Awarded Hi School Grads Seventy-five or more Texas high school graduates will be offered the chance for a college education at Texas A&M College through a state-wide competition this spring for four-year Opportunity Awards, it was announced today by J. P. Abbott, dean of the college and chairman of the College Scholar ships Committee. Application blanks have been mailed to high school principals of the state, or they may be obtained upon request to the secretary, Scholarship Committee, Registrar’s Office, College Station. Winners receive financial assist ance averaging $250 per year for four years, plus student employ ment. Only boys requiring such aid to attend college, and with high school records, are eligible. Dead, line for completion of applications is April 1. The awai’ds are made available by the Former Students Associa tion of the college, by individual donors, A&M Clubs and other groups and corporations. A total of 254 previous winners of these awards ai’e now enrolled in the college. Need Piet ores For Sweetheart Of Soph Dance The Sophomore Sweetheart Committee asked that Sopho mores who intend to submit pictures for the Sweetheart Contest do so at the earliest possible moment. The deadline is not until March 19 but entries are lagging and it may be necessary to revise the plans for the selection if more pictures are not submitted. The specifications remain the same. Any size picture will do, and as many as the student wants to submit of one gill or several will be accepted. On each photograph should be included girl’s name, age, address, height, weight, vital meas urements, color of hair and eyes. Name and dorm address of student entering girl should also be includ ed. Forms which may be filled out with the required information may be obtained at the Office of Stu dent Activities. The five winning entires will be brought to the dance where the fi nal selection will be made. Sweet heart and finalists will receive ap propriate gifts as a reminder of the occasion. Photographs will be tak en for publication in local newspa pers and also for printing in the college annual. Nothing Too Much At Least It Is Here BERLIN, March 10 — OP) — Art dealer Hans Sagert pasted a card board Bikini swim suit today on the painting of a nude girl exhib ited in his show window. A sign explained: “Because of complaints received, we have applied camouflage. To interested persons we will show the charming lady unclothed.” Irby Delegated To Chicago Meet Harold D. Irby of College Sta tion, a senior student in Wildlife Management at Texas A. and M: College, has been elected delegate to the 19th North American Wild life Conference by the Fish and Game Club, student organization in the Wildlife Management De partment. The conference, which will be held March 8-10 in Chicago, is the major annual meeting of profes sional workers in the field of wild life management. Irby was one of sevei'al students nominated for the club’s choice by a faculty committee on the basis of scholarship and participation in club activities. Republicans YielcI To Demos Demand WASHINGTON, March 10—(TP)—House Republicans in a closed-door caucus late today agreed to limit extension of present excise taxes in liquor, automobiles, cigarettes, gaso line and other items to one year only. The caucus decision, after an intra-party row, yielded to the Democratic position on the issue and overrode Chairman Daniel A. Reed (R-NY) and GOP members of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. Rates on these items were scheduled to be cut by one billion dollars a year starting April 1. But the committee already had approved a bill, scheduled for House. action tomorrow, extending them indefinitely. ♦ The caucus decision topped a series of developments in which: 1. The Ways and Means Committee gave final approv al to a vast tax reform bill cutting taxes on individuals and business by $1,397,000,OOOthe first year and more later. 2. Reed hailed this proposal as “the most monumental piece of legislation ever attempted by the Congress.” He added “its passage will lead to increased employment and a higher standard of living.” 3. Committee Democrats, in a minority report, said the reduc tions ultimately would cost the government 3% to 4 billion dollars a year and amounted to an at tempt to “hoodwink the public.” Democrats said the revision pro gram would provide “a mere pit tance of relief to the average tax payer and substantial relief to larger businesses and wealthier in dividual taxpayers.” The caucus decision came after a two-hour row among Republi cans. Reed agreed to convene his Logan Mo vesTo Ag Information Ron Logan, member of the staff of the College Information Office since 1952 has been transferred to the Agricultural Information Of fice and his old position has been filled by Robert B. Norris, it was announced here today. Mr. Logan will be responsible for campus coverage on Agricul tural matters at A&M College, de voting most of his time to informa tion services on events in the fields of agriculture including shm't courses and conferences. Mr. Norris will handle general college news and will also serve as editor of the System News. Mr. Logan came to A&M Col lege in 1952 from Tyler, where he was a reporter on the Tyler Morn, ing Telegraph. He is a journalism graduate of Oklahoma A&M Col lege. Mi-. Norris who is 38 years of a^e, is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina and has spent most of his life in the newspaper busi ness working in practically all de partments. He came to the Col lege from Vei’non, Texas, where he was serving as Editor of the Ver non Daily Record. LAZY PRISONER WINS WASHINGTON, N. C. (A 5 ) _ Most prisoners gain promotion to the unguarded rank of honor grade by good behavier. But an inmate of a prison camp here made the grade by another I’oute. The camp, superintendent made this report on him: “He’s just as sorry as he can be and isn’t worth guarding. I don’t think he’ll run (away) because he’s too lazy.” Planned Thursday Night “Concerto For Fun” Ready Weather Today CLEAR Clear today with little change. High yesterday 80. Low this morn ing 57. By JOHN AKARD Those who like boogie-woogie, rhumbas, tangos, and swing played straight, will get some “eight to the bar” samples when Henry L. Scott comes to A&M Thursday night. A bonus attraction on the Town Hall series, Scott’s “Concerto For Fun,” will be held in Guion Hall at 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. Special per formance tickets are available at Student Activities Office. Persons who do not have season Town Hall tickets may purchase tickets to the Scott Concerto for $2.00. Scott, originator of concert hu mor and hilarious virtuoso of the piano, is pi-esenting something unique on the American concert scene. His career represents a long and impressive array of theater ap pearances, short pictures for Para mount, radio engagements, a sea son at New York’s famous Rainbow Room and finally a debut at Town Hall as America’s First Concert Humorist. The past three years have marked his steady develop ment into a national attraction in concert halls from coast to coast where he has been hailed with ever increasing acclaim as the. pioneer of Concert Humor in America. When Scott pi’oposed to give one of his humorous piano concerts in Carnegie Hall, a prominent concert manager said to him, “Music lovers are basically humorless people. They expect their concerts to be solemn affairs and will resent any one who has fun with music, no matter how artistically it may be done.” Mi’. Scott, however, had faith in the sense of humor of concert au diences. Being a concert pianist himself, with a thorough apprecia tion of fine music, he believed that patrons and makers of music could also laugh at themselves. He play ed at Carnegie Hall before a packed house including artisits, musicolo gists and critics. The result was Planning Started On Cotton Ball Instead of a Cotton Pageant this year, all the pageantry of the old Southland will be included in the pi'ogram at the Cotton Ball, ac cording to J. Kert Goode, president of the Agronomy society. Jerry O. Buster is chairman of the Cotton Ball arrangements com mittee, aided by Dr. T. A. McAfee, faculty sponsor. The Cotton Pageant and Ball is a traditional Spring Function spon sored by the Agronomy Society, it will be held Friday, April 23, in the Grove, fi-om 9 til 11. The duchesses from the .various schools and clubs will be introduced during the intermissions at the dance. The music will be furnished by Frankie Carle and his orchestra. an uproarious evening—and a $50,- 000 guarantee from three managers for his first year. Among national publications to recognize this high ly original style of art were Col lier’s, Life and Who’s Who in America. Scott takes the same serious at titude toward his interpretation of American popular music as he does in his presentation of the classics. His expQSure to all kinds of music developed in him an early appreci ation of diversified styles. He was allowed to study popular music along with his rigid classical prep aration. These popular studies gave him an insight regarding in tricate and exacting rhythms, while his classical background acted as the balance wheel in his work. Dur ing his college days his eagerness to learn often kept him at the piano 12 to 16 hours a day. His musical training is almost entirely classical, as it should be, while much of his ability and gift for swing interpretation has devel oped through a keen ear which en ables him to closely imitate the styles of top flight pianists in the popular field. At one point in order to better understand South American rhythms, he got a job on a cruise ship and spent all his shore time haunting the dance halls of Coloan, Nassau, and Trinidad. The result —he plays rhumbas and tangos with a zest and rhythm rarely found in North American pianists. committee tomorrow morning and write the one-year limit on the ex cise tax extensions into the bill, although calling it a “great mis take.” House Speaker Martin (R-Mass.) said a substantial majority of Re publicans at the caucus voted for the limit despite strong objections from Reed and other committee Republicans. Democi'ats had fought unsuc cessfully within the committee to limit the extensions to one year, but were defeated by Reed and an almost unanimous vote of GOP committee members. They had planned to renew the fight on the House floor tomorrow. The excise tax bill also provides about 914 million dollai's in cuts on a wide variety of items, level ing all rates to 10 per cent except for liquor and tobacco. The general revision bill reor ganizes and rewrites the entire tax structure, for the first time in more than 70 years. It aims at re moving scores of alleged inequities and loopholes, at giving the tax code a “new look”—simpler, and clearer. Intercollegiate Talent Acts Almost Picked Selection of acts for the In tercollegiate Talent Show is almost complete, said B o b King, Chairman of the Me morial Student Center Music Committee. The acts chosen so far are Bill Yeats and Jim Davis from Okla homa A&M, comedy act; John For- yman from Texas, organ; a male quartet from Baylor, comedy and straight; Betty Rhodes arid Warren Robertson from Texas, dance num ber; Charles Stark from Southern Methodist University, comedy num ber; Helen Marshall from North Texas, singer; Joe Hess from Tex as, piano; Patti Anderson from Texas, sing er; Nan O’Keefe from Texas, sing er; a girl’s trio from Texas Chris tian University, singing act; Dean Duncan from Texas A&M, magician act; and the Dorm No. 16 Playboys from Texas A&M, western band. “Doc” Hull of KVOO in Tulsa will be the master of ceremonies and Capers Combo will accompany all the acts. The show will be held in Guion Hall, Friday, March 19, at 8:1)0 p.m., and the price of admission is seventy-five cents. Tickets may be purchased at the main desk of the MSC, Haswells in Bryan, or from any member of the MSC Music Committee. Singing Cadets Oi l In Three Day Trip The Singing Cadets will leave Thursday at noon on a three-day concert tour. They will sing in Alice, Yoakum, and Bay City on March 11, 12, and 13 respectively. The concert in Alice will be in the High School auditorium and will be sponsored by the A&M Mothers Club of that city. Friday, the Cadets will leave for Yoakum where they are being spon sored by the American Red Cross. The former students there will be hosts to them at a dinner Friday evening. The concert Satui’day will be in the Bay City High School audito rium and will be sponsored by the former students there. The a ca- pella choir of Bay City will hold a dance and reception for the Cadets after the concert. The Cadets will return Sunday morning. During his formative years Scott had a school of music in New York, a successful orchestra, did some composing and even invented a spe cial ‘mitten’ to strengthen fingers during piano practice. The props used during his con cert include an orange, a wig, and his famous mittens. He writes all of his musical sketches, arranges most of the pop ular compositions played on his program and originates the ideas for his screamingly hilarious pan tomimes. The classical portion of his con cert consists of compositions by Chopin, Scarlatti and Liszt. The popular group ranges frbm boogie- woogie to ballads, while on the hu morous side are such titles as “The History of the Lost Chord,” “Chop in in the Citrus Belt,” and “Rhythm at any Cost.” Henry L. Scott came up the hard way. No one in his family knew or understood the theater or con cert stage enough to help him, al though they encouraged him in his efforts. Eight years of auditions, orchestra work, trouping, teaching, studying, and odd jobs helped him to develop finally what is unques tionably the most unique and ver satile evening of entertainment, hu mor, and music ever to be present ed on American concert stages. It was through these recitals that he has come to be recognized as America’s first concert humorist and the pioneer of a new art form. Lemay Discusses Red Domination ABILENE, March 10—WP)_Maj. Gen. Curtis Lemay, chief of the strategic air command, said tonight “the Kremlin’s unchanging policy is world domination.” Lemay addressed about 1,000 West Texans at the Abilene Cham ber of Commerce banquet. American offensive air power will be a primary factor should Russia plunge the world into World War III, he said. America needs air power not only to deter aggres sion, he said, but also to deliver overwhelming retaliation against the Soviet Union in even Russia attacks. Lilley Is Named East Texas Prexy J. B. Lilley, a junior from Glade- water, was elected president of the East Texas Hometown Club in a meeting Thursday. Other officers elected were: Vice-president, Ed Ellison; Secre tary and treasurer, George Lovicle, both of Longview; Reporters, How ard Wright and Robert Glaze of Gladewater and Longview respec tively. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. pic tures of the club members will be made for the Aggieland in the lounge of the MSC. Aggies Take Win Over Sam Houston COLLEGE STATION, March 10 (A*)—Splendid relief hurling by Lou Little gave the Texas Aggies a 14- 8 victory over the Sam Houston Bearkats yesterday in a non-con ference baseball game. Little came on in the fifth with the Aggies trailing 4-7 and set the Bearkats down with one hit and one run while his Aggie teammates wei’e scoi’ing 10. Leading hitter for the Aggies was Lee Byrd with two singles and a triple. Jim Parrish had a double and single to drive in three runs and John Stockton slammed out two singles. Hams To Be Sold At Livestock Show “Foi-ty hams will be sold at the Little Southwestern Livestock Show and Ham Sale March 20,” said Lloyd Joyce, chairman of the Ham Sales Committee. The Ham Sale is sponsoi’ed an nually by the Saddle & Sirloin Club in conjunction with the Little Southwestern. Proceeds from the sale of the hams are used to help pay expenses of the junior and senior livestock and meats judg ing teams on various contest trips. Hams are trimmed and exhibited by students enrolled in Animal Husbandry 307,