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Number 217: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1954
Price 5 Cents
Army Officials Rap
McCarthy F avoritism
FEATURED VOCALIST—Joan House will sing with Frankie Carle’s Orchestra Satur
day night at the ‘Cotton Ball”. The dance will be held in the Grove from 9 to 1. Joan
the RCA-Victor recording artist has been with Carle since she broke into the
Time” circle,'
‘Big
Frankie
To P lay
Carle Orchestra
for Cotton Ball
A&M Officials
Attend Meet
With Mexico
Three officials of the A&M
system recently met in Lare
do with state and school of
ficials from Mexico.
D. W. Williams, vice-chan
cellor for agriculture; John Hut
chison, extension horticulturist;
and Dr. G. W. Adriance, head of
the department of horticulture, met
with Dr. Lorenzo Martinez, direc
tor of the Antonio Narro Agricul
tural School at Saltillo; Lie. Nef-
tali Davila, lieutenant governor of
the State of Coahuila, Mexico; Dr.
Ross Moore, in charge, Office of
Technical Cooperation of the Point
Four program, Mexico City; and
several farmers from the State of
Coahuila.
Purpose of the meeting, Williams
said, was to show the group some
of the operation of the A&M sys
tem and to learn whether there
might be fields of mutual interest
for the development of a closer
working relationship between the
two school systems.
While in Laredo the group visit
ed an onion variety test plot in
a field owned by Norman H. Clark
south of Laredo, where a crop was
being harvested and checked. The
group also visited the Winter
Haven Substation of the System
to observe work on pasture gi’asses,
vegetables and fruits.
The Onion Breeding Project in
Texas is being conducted ..co
operatively by Dr. Henry A. Jones,
in charge, onion breeding of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
and Dr. B. A. Perry, superintendent
of the Winter Haven Substation.
Joan House will be the featured
vocalist with Frankie Carle’s or
chestra when it appears here Fri
day night.
The Carle aggregation will play
for the Cotton Ball in the grove
from 9 to 1. Tickets are $2.50 a
couple or stag and may be pur
chased at student activities office.
The dance is formal.
The Cotton Ball is an annual
dance sponsored by the Agronomy
society. The cotton pageant has
been discontinued this year due to
the lack of student interest, said
Kerb Goode, president of the so
ciety.
Slight, chestnut-haired and cameo-
featured, Joan is almost exactly
the same height as Marjorie
Hughes, Carle’s daughter who sang
with the band for a time. Joan
is five feet four and weighs 120
pounds. On stage, she is often
mistaken for Mai'jorie.
Joan wanted to become a band
Vocalist as long as she could re
member. While still a child in
Springfield, Massachusetts, she
would play recoi’d after record of
the leading orchestras, singing
along during the instrumental
choruses and harmonizing with the
famous vocalists.
Frankie Carle’s orchestra was
her favorite and she looked toward
the day when she could audition
for him. When she graduated from
high school, she and her mother
Weather Today
went to California where Joan
studied singing with one of Holly
wood’s leading vocal coaches. When
she was “ready”, she looked about
for a suitable orchestra.
As fate would have it, Frankie
Carle was appearing at one of the
large ballrooms nearby. With
heai't pounding and refusing to
think of the overwhelming odds
against her chances of succeeding,
Joan approached the bandstand and
asked for a chance to sing the next
number. Carle smiled and escorted
her to the microphone.
Joan stared out over the crowd
ed floor, took a deep breath and
started singing. As the music
Morgner Receives
F acuity F ellowship
Aurelius Morgner, associate pro
fessor of economics, has been
awarded a faculty fellowship by
the Fund for the Advancement of
Education for the academic year
of 1954-55.
Under the terms of the fellow
ship Morgner will study at Colum
bia university in the application
of visual aids to the teaching of
elementary economics and into the
relationship of other social sciences
to economics.
Morgner came to A&M in 1948
from Northwestern university. He
holds the BS degree from the
University of Missouri, and the
MA degree from the University of
Missouri.
started she relaxed and concentrat
ed on singing. She forgot the
hundreds of people watching her.
She forgot about the past years of
study and anxiety and she just
sang with all her heart. The ap
plause as she finished gave proof
of her talent, and Frankie Carle
made her wishes come true by ask
ing her to become a permanent
member of his organization.
With Carle ever since, Joan has
appeai’ed in famous night clubs and
ballrooms from coast to coast. She
has been featured on the Kate
Smith Television Show, and record
ed for RCA-Victor.
Joan also plays the piano and
practices her hobby, pen and ink
drawing.
Joan has been acclaimed the
brightest new vocalist to arrive on
the music scene in many years.
Relay Engineers
Meet Here April 26
Chairmen for the session of the
seventh annual Conference for Pro
tective Relay Engineers to be held
here April 2G-28, have been an
nounced by L. M. Haupt, chair
man. ,
Dr David H. Morgan, president
of the college, will give the address
of welcome.
The chairmen are J. S. Waters,
Rice institute; S. L. Canterbury,
jr., Kilgore college; and R. R.
Krezdorn, University of Texas.
M. C. Hughes, W. J. Lindsay
and W. F. Adams will preside at
the banquet session, at which E. R.
Wagoner of the Texas Forestry
service will deliver the principal
address.
Secretaries Say
Such Acts ‘Rare 9
WASHINGTON, April 19—(TP)—Secretary of Defense
Wilson and the armed service secretaries have informed Sen.
McCarthy (R-Wis.) that of the many thousands of letters and
calls they receive from congressmen each year it is ‘‘rare”
for one to ask special favors for individuals in uniform.
The secretaries said it is not Pentagon practice to moni
tor telephone calls except occasionally when a stenographer’s
help is needed to insure accuracy and speed, particularly
where facts and Jigures are involved.
The service chiefs all said they have no special facilities
for handling inquiries by congressmen.
McCarthy raised these questions in a letter to the Pen-
>tagon last week. He asked
Smith To Give the service secretaries how
Honors Day
Speech Here
T. V. Smith, philosophy
professor, Syracruse Univer
sity, now visting professor at
the University of Texas, will
be the principal speaker at the
Honors Day program to be held
May 12 in the new Physical Edu
cation building at Texas A&M
College.
The program calls for the award
ing of honoi’s to students of all the
schools of the college. Ceremonies
will get under way at 10 a. m. and
close at 12 noon.
Through the efforts of Phi
Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic
fraternity, Dr. Smith is being
brought here as the speaker. G.
W. Schlesselman, head of A&M’s
Geography department, is chair
man of the program,.
Dr. Smith is internationally
known as a philosphy professor.
He is a graduate of the University
of Texas and received his Ph. D.
degree from the University of
Chicago. He holds honorary degrees
from Miaird University, Toledo
University, Florida State Univer
sity and Union College.
He taught at TCU, the Uni
versity of Chicago and was dean
of the college, University of Chica
go.
Sorrels Elected By
Bi azos TB Group
department, was elected the new
president of the board of the Bra
zos county tuberculosis association
at its monthly meeting.
Other officers included Mrs. P.
T. Montfort, secretary and R. H.
Fletcher, mechanical engineering
department, treasurer.
R. B. Grant and Mrs. R. H. Bush
were elected to commissioners’
posts.
The purpose of the meeting was
to elect the new officers for the
Partly cloudy tonight. High tern- I following year, make a report of
perature yesterday 82. Low this the state convention, and reviewed
morning 58, I the x-raying for College Station.
CLEAR
Clear today with southeast winds
continuing until late afternoon.
Jockey Hop To Be
Informal — Reed
The Jet Jockey Hop will be an
informal dance, said Bill Reed,
commander of the first wing.
“This means that cadets will
wear class A summer uniform and
their dates will wear party
dresses,” Reed said. Boots will be
optional for seniors, he said.
The Hop is this years version of
the annual Air Force Ball. It will
be held Saturday night from 9 to
12. Claude Harris and his orches
tra will provide the music.
All contributors to the Air Force
fund will be given tickets to the
dance, said Hollie Briscoe, ticket
chairman. Ground force seniors
wishing to contribute to the fund
should see Briscoe in dorm 8 room
214.
The grove will be converted to
a Tiger’s den for the dance. The
decorations will follow the theme
of “every an man a tiger.”
Autographed Book
Given to Library
An autographed copy of Jesse
Jones’ “Fifty Billion Dollars” has
been given to the college library
through Travis B. Bryan, president
of the First National Bank of Bry
an.
The book is an account of the
principle accomplishments of the
Reconstruction Finance corporation
while Jones was affiliated with it
many requests they had re
ceived from members of Con
gress and government offic
ials since the start of World War
II for “special assignment and
treatment” of military personnel.
He also asked what facilities the
Defense Department had for han
dling such requests and whether
conversations with congressmen
and representatives of government
agencies wei’e recorded or moni-
toi'ed in any way.
This senator’s questions were
asked in connection with his fight
over Army charges that he and his
aides used pressure in an attempt
to get special treatment for Pvt.
G. David Schine, who was drafted
while serving as an unpaid staff
member of McCarthy’s Senate In
vestigations subcommittee.
McCarthy has accused the Army
of using Schine as a “hostage” to
get the subcommittee to call off its
investigation of alleged Commu
nists in the Army. The group’s
public airing of the McCarthy-
Army dispute is scheduled to ^start
on Thursday.
In I'eply, the Pentagon sent Mc
Carthy letters signed by Secretary
of Defense Wilson, Secretary of
the Army Stevens, Secretary of the
Navy Anderson and Secretary of
the Air Force Talbott.
The letters, similar in vein, were
made public after their general
content became known.
Wilson said his office receives
from members of Congress each
(See McCarthy, Page. 2)
Smith Awarded
Journalism
Scholarship
Lester S. Smith, senior ag
ricultural education major has
been awarded a $500 Ander-
son-Clayton Foundation agri
cultural journalism scholar
ship.
Smith will receive a bachelor
of science degree at the spring
commencement exercises, and Will
remain at the college another year
to take a degree in agricultural
journalism.
Since entering A&M in 1950,
j^mith has served as second and
third vice-president of the Col
legiate FFA chapter, been named a
member of Ross Volunteers, which
is an honorary military guard unit
demanding high academic and mili
tary standards, been a member of
the Election commission and of the
Browsing Library committee of the
Memorial Student Center. During
his sophomore year Smith was
chosen as best-drilled sophomore
in Air Force ROTC Squadron 13,
and has served a first sei'geant of
Squadron 21.
He is a part-time employe of the
Agricultural Information Office at
the college, and occasionally broad
casts the farm and home radio pro
gram.
Rehearsals Begin
For Aggie Players
Aggie Players have started re
hearsal on a one-act play to be
presented as part of the Aggie Fol
lies. The play is “A night in an
Inn” by Loi’d Dunsany.
Bill Stewart plays the lead role
of “Toffy.” The Toff’s three
stooges are played by Bill Swan,
Jerry Neighbors and Alan Soefje.
There are three members of the
cast with no speaking parts. They
are the priests of Klesh and the
Idol. John Saravanja is the idol;
Don Powell, John Shanks and Tom
my Devenport play the priests.
Annie Get Your Gun
Musical Set Here May 3-4
By JOHN AKARD
Battalion Feature Editor
The ever popular musical, Annie
Get Your Gun, will be presented
on the A&M campus in thi’ee per
formances, May 3 and 4.
ANNIE is the seventh and last
Town Hall production for this
year. It will be held in Guion
hall.
Performances will be at 7 and
9:30 p.m. on the third and at 7
p.m. on the fourth. Tickets for
all performances are available at
student activities office.
Town Hall season ticket holders
are asked to pick up passes to the
performance of their choice. Indi
vidual performance tickets are $2
a person. There are no reserved
seats.
Irving Berlin song hits included
in the show are: “Doin’ What
Comes Naturally,” “The Girl That
I Marry,” *You Can’t Get a Man
With a Gun,” “No Business' Like
Showbusiness,” “Falling in Love,”
“Sun in the Morning,” “I’m an In
dian,” and “Anything You Can
Do.”
The musical unfolds its song and
laugh filled plot against a colorful
background of Wild West shows
complete with cowboys, Indians,
tribal dances, shooting contests,
and all sorts of activities centering
Bottle Losses
Increase 1,197
Bottle losses in February amont-
ed to 3,237, an increase of 1,197
over the same month last year.
Dormitories having the most bot
tle losses were 2, 749 bottles; 4,
562 bottles; 5, 445 bottles. The
lowest losses for the month were in
Milner hall where only 17 bottles
were lost or broken.
FRANK BUTLER, star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, tells the boys of his love for
Annie Oakley. This scene is from the last Town Hall program of the year, ANNIE
GET YOUR GUN, which will be presented May 3 and 4.
around Buffalo Bill.
The action revolves around the
exciting story of the rivalry be
tween Annie Oakley and Frank
Butler for the sharpshooting cham
pionship of the world. The contest
is finally resolved when Annie de
cides that shed rather have her
man than her metals.
Lynne Torres, who last year was
featured in the national company
of “Kiss Me Kate,” reaches the
peak of her popularity in the role
of the lovable, homespun Annie
who can’t read or write but who
shoots and sings her way to tri
umphs before royalty and eventual
ly into the heart of the man she
loves.
Everyone who has ever used a
free pass to any kind of show or
athletic event has probably heard
such complimentary tickets called
“Annie Oakleys.”
The late Ben Johnson, baseball
magnate and for years president of
the American League, had often
seen Annie Oakley, performing in
Wild West shows and in vaudeville.
His baseball club used the practice,
common then in all show business,
of punching holes in courtesy
passes, so as to distinguish them
from paid tickets.
One day, so the story goes, a
man who had rented out his^season
pass was brought before Johnson.
He studied the pass, punched with
neat holes, and remarked, “Looks
like Annie Oakley has been using
this for a target.” The name caught
on and became a part of our pop
ular language.
Seldom has this community been
able to attend professional, legiti
mate theater right in its own back
yard. Annie promises to be a
musical comedy which you won’t
want to miss.