su it A&I Col- pril 1, 2 and >y the New- lior geology io, will con- Ihrines and mention, jd in going ngsville and mid contact ik Urbanic. lent Center its grand day 2, and i were dis- :ing. t St. Mary’s ). m. ; 0:45 a. m. iterested in the Knights d to attend m. Wednes- hall. hg held in pring mem- rganization. jerved. ice society i in Hensel nesday. The in the MSC iy- Wednesday ng includes 7:15 p. m., ibly of God ch of Christ GA S 1 E R treatment! :ant, anti- the world tic move- Your first curacy and In lapped i gold ap- Fed. tax hes from ment •ms ^elers iberized Finish, id Sheet Co. Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 205: Volume 53 Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1954 Price 5 Cents News Briefs ALICE, Tex., March 24—OP)—Political Boss George Parr last night was convicted of illegally carrying a gun and fined $150 plus court costs. He paid the $150 fine and $10 of the court costs from his billfold. WASHINGTON, March 24—(TP)—Sen. Millikin (R-Colo) pre dicted yesterday after a conference of all Republican senators that efforts to cut the federal excise tax on autos and drop it from household appliances will be beaten. He said he expected the GOP members to be solid in opposition to this effort sponsored by Sen. Douglas D-Ill and other Democrats. 'lAr WASHINGTON, March 24—GP)-—The House Appropri ations Committee yesterday recommended an additional 215 million dollars to pay for veterans’ compensation and pen sions in the next three months, but ordered a closer check on them. ' 'A' HOUSTON, March 24—(/P)—Operations of Trans-Texas Air ways returned to normal Tuesday after eight Houston dispatchers failed to report for work Monday night. Company officials had said several flights were cancelled because of the wage dispute walkout. tA tA tA HOBBS, N. M., March 24—OP)-—Two fires raged out of control in Lea County oilfields last night. Efforts to extinguish a fire burning for 11 days west of Jal by exploding nitroglycerine failed yesterday. A well 10 miles southwest of Hobbs, put out a week ago in a nitro blast, caught fire again last night and was still uncontrolled today. + WOODSTOCK, Ill., March 24—(TP)—A Texan from Mnleshoe admitted yesterday cleaning out lock, stock and barrel the home of a man who was out of town. Richard Blair, 30, more commonly known as “Tex” naturally, said he posed as a new owner of the Joseph Stange home at nearby Richmond, and then set about selling everything in the place. tA tA tA PEARL HARBOR, March 24—CP)—The Navy said last night the Navy tanker Patapsco received “light and not dangerous contamination by radioactive fallout” during the recent hydrogen tests at Bikini Atoll. The 4,000-tanker, working in support of the H-bomb task group, carried a crew of deck officers and 86 men. tA tA "Ac WASHINGTON, March 24—(TP)—The Air Force last night announced the arrest in Japan of a finance officer who it said admitted turning nearly $200,000 in worn out military money to his own use. The officer, Maj. Thomas Pate of Los Angeles, the announce ment said, has been placed under arrest in quarters. He was finance officer at Tachikawa air base near Tokyo. tA tA At CLAYTON, Ala., March 24—CP)—An official said last night that an audit of books of Clio’s troubled Merchants Exchange revealed a shortage of about $75,000. The official, who took part in the check of records, declined to be quoted by name. He said there is at least that much of a deficit, but added that personal holdings which hanker Royall Reynolds has promised to ante up were not taken into account. At At 'Ac PEORIA, Ill., March 24—(TP)—William A. Wittick, 93, of Peoria, announced yesterday that he’s becoming a bridegroom Thursday. His bride-to-be is Miss Julia A. Leckley, 78, of Chicago. School Seniors Hear Morgan SaSurday Aggie Film To Be Shown After President's Speech Boswell Says City Law Being Broken People have been passing school buses which were stop ped within the city limits, said Ran Boswell, city manager of College Station. This illegal passing could prove to be a very dangerous habit, he said. There is a city ordinance which states that “a vehicle upon approaching a school bus from either direction should stop immediately before over taking it”. SPRING CLEAN-UP—Warren Chapman helps Kerwin Kolinek mop his floor in preparation for the coming federal inspection. Both are freshman in D Battery. Light Purifies Water for Home A little light is now being used to purify water for home use. The Engineering Experiment station is introducing the method to Texas rural dwellers. The method uses an ulti-aviolet light fiv)_ Ten convicts escaped today after causing a Harlem state prison guard to be thrown from his horse. Eight were recaptured within four hours. One of these had taken a pistol from the guard. The two men still at large were spotted by plane in a wooded area near Clodine, about 25 miles south west of Houston. A ground search party included hounds, about 50 prison officials and guards, sheriff’s deputies, state highway patrolmen and Texas Ran gers. Still at large were Fernando Otero, 20, under a 8-year El Paso county assault with intent to rob sentence, and Eliseo Sepulveda, 23, under an 8-year Harris County bur glary sentence. Macias said he jabbed the horse being ridden by guard R. P. Caps. The guard was thrown to the ground. As he fell, Caps’ shotgun fell into a creek. The convicts swarmed around the guard, stripped him of his clothing and relieved him of his pistol. The convicts had been plant ing tomatoes. ultraviolet light kills harmful bacteria. The system will treat three-fourths of a gallon of water per minute. With average operation of five hours a day, the lamp should last from one to two years, according to the manufacturers. Disinfection by ultraviolet light takes nothing out of the water and puts nothing in. Since there is no chemical change, a chemical test will not show whether or not the water has been disinfected. The only reliable test is a bacteriological analysis. A sample should be taken about once a month and sent to a laboratory. The system was developed here by Joe H. Sorrells and P. J. Alwin Zeller, researcher with the Ex periment station. It is their second project on the small-scale purifi cation of water. The first involved a chlorinating process. New Plan Gives Court Counsel For Students Students who are scheduled to appear before senior court now have a chance to get ad vice on the procedure of the court before their trial. The new plan will provide pre law students as counselors for the court. Students who receive notice that they are to appear before the court are instructed to contact either Richard Black or John Akard, both senior pi’e-law stu dents. These students will answer any questions on pi-ocedure of the court, review the student’s case, and in sure that all facts will be brought out during the court hearing. The student counselors will not actually appear before the court,, like a trial lawyer would. They will just advise the defendant before the case. Accounting Conference Set Here April 9-10 The seventh annual Accounting conference will be held here April 9-10. The conference, sponsored by A&M and accounting organizations throughout the state, will begin at 9:30 a. m. April 9 in the ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. North Texas Exes lo Live Supper Brazos county former students of North Texas State college will have a dutch treat supper March 31 at 6 p.m. at the MSC. March 31 is North Texas State Day, celebrated by former students all over Texas. WTAW, along with 32 other radio stations throughout Texas, will carry a broadcast from North Texas State on that day. Reservations for the Brazos county supper can be obtained from Dr. R. O. Berry of the animal hus bandry department. Slides of life on the North Texas State campus will be shown at the supper, and there will be a speaker from the college. In Houston Post an Cited for Air School Possible location of the pro posed U. S. air academy in the Bry an area received added impetus Sunday in an article by John Moore in the Houston Post. Moore, roving reporter for the Post, devoted his column to a dis cussion of the benefits Houston might derive from having the air academy located near Bryan. His column, titled, “Bryan Ideal Site for Air Academy”, called for the leading citizens of Houston and the surrounding area to “leap aboard the Bryan bandwagon and beat the drums for the United States Air academy to locate there. “There are many reasons why I believe Bryan should be support ed,” Moore said, “but before we brag upon the thriving Brazos county capital city, let us consider a few selfish points. “The air academy, if located at Bryan, would benefit Houston in many ways. Since Houston is the leading metropolis located nearest to Bryan, our close assocation and beneficial possibilities should be obvious. “Indeed, the nearness of Houston was one of the first points advanc ed by Bryan’s leading citizens when they made such a determined effort to secure the air academy back in 1950 under the Truman admini stration. “Next to be considered is that the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where the citizens have joined forces to try and secure the new air force academy, apparently is the only other spot in Texas which has a chance to obtain the new insti tution. “Houston has not been a con tender. “In my travels over, the st^te, I have noticed the close affinity be tween Houston and the immediate territory, including Brazos county. What is good for our immediate vicinity is good for us, economi cally, socially and often politi cally. “Once, under Mr. Truman, the air academy seemed to have a good chance, at least 50-50, of coming to Texas. Today, the question of a site is wide open again, and the odds appear to be about 400 to 1. “However, you can lump off a lot of those odds when you con sider climate and other factors. “Another factor is that West Point and Anapolis, the Army and Navy counterparts of the proposed Air Force academy, already are located on the East Coast. “Right now, and without quot ing any authority, it seems to lie between Florida and Texas, Ari zona and Southern California, al though one cannot rule out Kansas and Nebiaska, nor our neighboring state of Louisiana. “Florida seems to have been looked on with favor of late, but Texas is still in the running. “If the location is to be made upon merit, as everyone hopes, now is our time to support Bryan to the hilt and in any way possible. If the commissioners were to con sider locating the future school at Bryan, they would want to obtain an understanding of the entire vicinity, which would consider Houston. “Let us join with Bryan in urg ing this commission to visit our locality at an early date. “As for Bryan, it is an ideal ap plicant. Proponents of the air academy have said that the ingti- President David H. Morgan will begin High School day activities Saturday, with a speech to more than 1,000 high school seniors in Guion hall at 9 a.m. The recently completed movie “We Are The Aggies” will be shown to the high school students following Morgan’s wel coming speech. “The purpose of high school day is to give outstanding high school seniors a preview of life on our cam pus,’’ said Walter Penberthy, dean of men. The high school seniors will register early Saturday morning and Friday evening in the Memorial Student Center. After the orientation assembly program Saturday morn ing, the students will be taken on tours of the campus, guided by A&M students. Saturday afternoon, annual Sports day contests will be held on the Kyle field track, the baseball field, the tennis courts and the swimming pool. High school students visiting the campus will be admitted free to all Spoils day events. Other spectators will be charged a dollar for a ticket to all the games and matches. Sponsored by the T association, A&M lettermen group, Sports day gives students and other Aggie football fans a preview of next year’s football team. An intra-squad football game Saturday night at 7:30 will com plete high school and sports day activities. Athletic events include a base ball game Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. between Rice and A&M, the Aggie-Baylor tennis match at 1 p.m., a swimming meet between the Fish and Highland Park (Dal las) high school at 2 p.m. and a varsity-freshman track meet at 2:45 p.m. Math Department To Hold Contest The annual mathematics contests will be held April 13, announced E. C. Klipple, head of the mathe matics department. The freshmen will be given a two hour examination covering algebra, trigonometry and anylitic geometry. It is open to students classified as freshmen and who are now enrolled in math 102. Those entering must not have repeated a course in college math. The sophomore contest will be a two hour examination on cal culus and is open to all students now enrolled in math 210. Those entering must not have been classi fied above a sophomore in the fall of 1953 and must not have repeated a math course. First prize in each of the con tests will be a gold wrist watch. Second prize will be $15, and third prize will be $10. Hall Speaks Monday To Agriculture Classes Pat Hall, former teacher of vo cational agriculture at Bay City, spoke Monday to the agricultural education 427 classes. He spoke on “Supervised Farm ing Programs.” Hall, a 1948 graduated of A&M, is attending the University of Tex as law school. Local Women Place Artwork In Austin Show Four persons from the Col lege Station area each sub mitted two drawings or paint ings which were displayed in Austin by the Texas Fine Arts association. These included Mrs. W. J. Dob son, Mrs. B. Clark, Mrs. J. S. Mog- ford, all of College Station, and Bessie Womble of Caldwell. “Nuts and Bolts” by Mrs. Dob son and “In Dock” by Mrs. Mog- ford are on display in the Memorial Student Center and will go on an exhibition tour of some 12 cities, said Mrs. Ralph Terry, advisor and instructor of the art gallery of the MSC. These have been on tour since December and will go until June, she said. The display in the MSC was ar ranged by Ralph Arhelger, Ronnie Cannon, Rockie Arnold and Paul Ross. Daum, Math Prof, Dies in Hospital Dr. John A. Daum of the mathe matics department died yesterday morning in a local hospital. An A&M professor for eight years, Daum was 41. Funeral services have been set for 10 a. m. tomorrow. They will be held at the Chapel Hiller Funeral Home, with Father Tim Vanlenta of St. Josephs Catholic church of ficiating. Burial will be in the Mount Calvary Cementary. Daum was born in Fremont, Neb. He was a veteran of World War II. Pallbearers will be John Blaisienz, J. E. Gammos, Earl H. Patton, H. A. Luther, E. C. Klipple, and S. A. Sims. Daum is survived by his son, John Andrew II, and his sister, Mrs. Loran F. Wheller. ROCKING CHAIR NOT SEDENTARY CHARLESTON, W. V a .—(A>>— “Old Rockin’ Chair’s Got Me,” wail ed a Charleston taxicab driver. He was charged with transporting more than the legal limit of one gallon after police found 14 pints of Rocking Chair whisky in his cab. tution should not be placed in a large city. “From a flying point of view, Bryan Air Force base is in full swing. “It has been said that about 10,000 aci’es would be needed. I am assured by Travis B. Bryan, presi dent of Bryan’s First National bank and one of the longest and loudest applicants for the air academy, that plenty of land is available in the right places. “From the point of view of a friendly relationship between mili tary students and civilians, that has been clearly demonstrated over 75 years by the adoption of Texas A&M college by the citizens of Bryan and College Station. “This friendliness also was dem onstrated during World War II and since that time in the dealings with Bryan Air Force base. “From other points of view, Bryan has a smart and well-de veloped shopping center, and is one of the ‘cleanest’ middle-sized cities in Texas. It has a high moral atmosphere, and vice, if any, is negligible.” HOLD ’ER NEWT—Bobby Rankin, doing practice teaching with the agricultural education department, is shown on a field trip with his class. He is teaching them how to dock and vaccinate sheep. Rankin did his practice teaching in Llano.