The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 28, 1954, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 28, 1954, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextCirculated Daily ? To 90 Per Cent 1 Of Local Residents Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 22: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954 Price 5 Cents News of the World By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI, Indochina—-Under pelting rains and despite heavy rebel mortar and artillery fire the French flung up new “last ditch” fortifications yesterday in the heart of Dien Bien Phu. The long-awaited big seasonal monsoon rains turned the northwest Indochina fortress area into lakes of red mud and crippled French air strikes at the Communist- led Vietminh besiegers. But the French carved out more trenches and flung up thick mazes of barbed wire barricades in their main defense area, now reduced to a little less than a mile in diameter. ★ ★ ★ Put-up or shut-up time drew nearer today for potential candidates in the July 24 Democratic and Republican primaries. The deadline for filing for ballot places is Monday. Politicians who have been making big talk about running must put up the cash for their filing fee by then, or drop out. ★ ★ ★ LONDON—Prime Minister Churchill refused yesterday to commit British troops now to Indochina. He held out the hope that the Geneva conference will arrange a cease fire in that troubled land. Waves of cheers echoed through the House of Commons when Churchill—gripping the dispatch before him—slowly and carefully said: “Her Majesty’s gov ernment are not prepared to give any undertakings about United Kingdom military action in Indochina in advance of the results of Geneva. We have not entered into any new political or military commitments.” Sludent Senate Posts Chosen For Next Year Young Demo Club To Be Formed Here AH SPRING!—Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of men, finds out that spring is really here—the hard way. No doubt he feels that he at least has the advantage of a power mower while he is cutting his yard. A&M Employes Can Now Join Hospital Plan All A&M system employees are eligible to enroll in the Employer’s Group Hospitali zation program without hav ing to take a physical exam ination if they do so by Friday. Of the 2,465 employes eligible, there are now 1,251 included in the Jtlan, said John W. Hill, director of woi’kmen's compensation insurance and coordinator of the group hos pitalization plan for the system. The system insurance committee was able to persuade their carrier from the Pan American Life Insur ance Co. of New Orleans to open enrollment period for employes from April 19-30, 1954. “New employes can enroll in the plan without having to take a phy sical if they do so within 30 days,” the insurance committee said. The present hospitalization plan has been in effect since April 1, 1951. E. L. Angell, assistant to the chancellor, is chairman of the in surance committee. Scout Service Award Won by Dan Russell Dan Russell of the agricultural economics and sociology depart ment has won the Silver Antelope award of Southwestern States region, Boy Scouts of America, for “exceptional service to boyhood.” The award is made by the Na tional council, on nomination of the Regional committee. Only three of these awards are made each year. Russell has won the Silver Beaver award in the Sam Houston area for service to boyhood on the area level. In his 30 years in Scouting, Rus sell started the district program in the Brazos and Burleson counties district and served as Council Training chairman, for twenty years. The credit course in scout leader- Art Committee To Show Work Members of the Memorial Stu dent Center art gallery committee will participate in the spring gen eral show of the Texas Fine Arts association May 7 - June 5. Those who will show paintings are B. Clark, C. B. Campbell, Bes sie Womble, Ruth Mogford, Vir ginia Dobson and Emalita Terry. They will enter about 10 paintings. Ruhmann to Speak For FFA Banquet W. A. (Doc) Ruhmann, radio and television farm director for WBAP will be the speaker Thursday at the Student-Prof banquet of A&M’s Future Farmers of America. The banquet will be held at 8 p. m. in Maggie Pai'ker’s dining hall. Ratcliff Wins Top Slide Rule Award Here Top award in the annual A&M Slide Rule contest went to Ray Ratcliff, freshman from Mission, yesterday in ceremonies held in the Chem istry Lecture room at 4 p.m. The presentation ceremony was presided over by H. W. Barlow, dean of engineering, and was open ed with a discussion of the histori cal background of the contest by C. W. Crawford, head of the me chanical engineering department. President David H. Morgan con gratulated the awards winners. J. P. Abbott, dean of the col lege, presented each contestant with an ash tray as recognition for their participation in the con test. The five top scorers received slide 1‘ules. These men were W. R. Ratcliff, J. G. Basinger, S. R Brown, M. R. Adams and W. B. Johnson. The plaques and ash trays awarded in the contest were de signed and made in the mechanical engineering shops by Professors D. W. Fleming, E. D. Kranz and S. E. Brown. ship Russell started at A&M was the third course of its kind in the nation. He has been at A&M 20 years. Besides his scouting work, Rus sell has been president of the Texas Social Welfare associatioh, was a member of the executive board of the Texas Commission on International Cooperation for twelve years, was Texas Coordi nator for Southwest Regional Health Committee, 1945 to 1946. He was a member of the Exe cutive Board, Texas Baptists, a Regional Director of Crippled Childrens Clinic and serves on Executive Boards of several state and national welfare organizations. Girl Scouts Wage Losing Can Battle The Girl Scouts have found their community service pro ject is a lot bigger than it ap peared to be. Thirteen members of Senior Scout troop 7 decided to clear beer cans from the Beverley Estates section east of high way 6. Twice during the past month the area has been com pletely cleared only to fill up again with bags and boxes of empty beer cans. Finally, the troop, represent ed by its leader, Mi-s. R. H. Fletcher, asked The Battalion to help this area lose its nick name of “Beer Can Park.” “Please,” she said, “the girls have worked so hard. I don’t think people realize that it’s the Girl Scouts that are picking up after them. Geology Club Gives Annual Student Awards The Geology club made its anual presentation of awards Tuesday night. Those receiving the awards were R. T. Miller, senior petro leum and geological engineering major, who received the Socony- Vacuum Oil company Inc. scholar ship of $750; Luther F. Rogers jr., the George P. Mitchell gold watch award for the outstanding senior; and G. J. Johnson, James I. Gin- nings and John M. Starke, out standing juniors, received hand levels with leather cases. Other awards were presented to Frank Rogers jr. by the Houston Geological Society and the Michel T. Halbouty scholai’ship; and to Jack J. Zwahlen by the Leonard Gage Larson Memorial scholarship, an undetermined amount consist ing of interest on $10,000 capital. Graduate assistantships were awarded to Joseph Blankenship, John B. Dunlap, Rogers, William L. Walton and Jack J. Zwahlen. An organizational meeting for the A&M College Young Demo cratic club will be held at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the Memorial Stu dent Center senate chamber. John Samuels, organizer of the group said, “The A&M club will be a lo'cal branch of the liberal faction of the Texas Young Demo cratic clubs. The organization will be a part of the ‘loyalist’ or ‘anti- Shivers’ section of the Texas clubs.” Samuels said, “The purpose of the club will be three-fold: • To stimulate active interest in government affairs. . • To increase the efficiency of popular government. • To foster and pi’omote the ideals and principals of the national Democratic party.” Requirements for joining the club are that interested persons be students, faculty or staff members of A&M college, that they be be tween the ages of 18 and 40 and that they certify that they will sup port the national Democratic party. The club will elect officers and two representatives to the state executive committee, Samuels said. The libei'al faction was formed from the Texas Young Democratic clubs in a convention at San An tonio in October, 1953. It is the only Texas group recognized by the national Young Democratic clubs. The A&M club will send a dele gation to the state Young Demo cratic convention in San Antonio on May 8—9. Air Force Checks In; Pay Call Is Thursday Air Force contract checks are in. Pay call will be at 5 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The checks came in today, but some work remains to be done on them, the air science department announced. Two Bryan Men Get 50 Year Award Two Bryan men will be honored May 3 with the first 50-year ser vice award ever presented by the local Masonic chapter. Receiving the awards will be E. J. Kyle, former dean of agriculture, and Robert W. Howell, Bryan busi ness man. The presentation will be made at the annual homecoming meet ing of the W. T. Austin Masonic chapter. These are the only two of the chapter’s 500 members who have been members for 50 years. Grand Deputy High Priest War ren Merritt will be speaker at the meeting, and Grand High Priest E. S. Winfr»e will also be present. Committee in charge of arrange ments is Fred R. Brison, H. C. Dillingham, D. B. Cofei’, E. C. Mc- Larty, W. M. Potts and E. B. Middleton. Caffey, Wulfe Win Cohen Scholarship James E. Caffey, junior civil engineering student from Rockdale, and Edmon D. Wulfe, junior mechanical engineering student from San Antonio, have won the two $150 Rabbi Cohen schlorships. Caffey and Wulfe were selected from 14 students that had been re commended. They were chosen on their past records and individual needs. Wulfe’s activities include mem ber of Interfaith council;. Hillel foundation, a Ross Volunteer, and program committee during Re ligious emphasis week. Caffey’s activities include Phi Eta Sigma, Tau Bata Pi, YMCA cabinet and program chairman of United Nations club. Those serving on the selection committee were Di\ S. S. Morgan of the English department:, J. Gordon Gay, YMCA secretary, Dr. W. E. Street of the engineering drawing department, Robert O. Murry, counselor and Mrs. Esther Taubenhaus of the Hillel founda tion. Yell Leader, i Student Life Positions Named A&M student voters last night elected 34 student senators, three non-military Student Life commit tee representatives, the non-mili tary yell-leader, and two Battalion co-editors in the general elections. There will not be a run-off election. About 1,300 students voted. There are more than 5,000 students enrolled in the college. Elected to the student senate from the class of ’55 were the fol lowing: Robert Alcock, John Benefield, Bobby Carpenter, Buck Isbell, L. B. Laskoskie, Fehilin E. (Sonny) Tutt, John Dewald, Wallace Ever^- berg. Bob Rowland, Bill Bass, W. R. (Dusty) Cannon, Bill Utsman, Jer ry Ramsey, Tony Specia and Pat Wheat. Complete results of yes- terady’s general election are on page 2 of this issue of The Battalion. Included is the number of votes each man received. Pre-Law Society Plans Austin Trip The Pre-Law society have gone on a field trip to Austin today. The trip will include a tour of the new Law School building at the University of Texas, and the State Bar Association building. The group will also watch the Supreme Coui’t and the Court of Criminal Appeals in action. The class of ’56 elected Ronald A. Miller, David C. Parnell, Stew Coffman, Jerry L. Johnson, Clay McFarland, Johnnie Potter, Paul W. Holladay, Gus Mijalis, B. A. (Scotty) Parham and William E. Stubblefield. Senators from the class of ’57 will be Glynn R. Chandler, James T. Patterson, Jim Rowland, Carl E. Wagner, Jon F. Cobb and Steph en H. Scott. Elected non-military representa tives to the Student Life commit tee were Charles Cocanougher, Hugh Lanktree and Joe E. West. Area senators elected yesterday are George Allen, College View; Jerry C. Schnepp, Mitchell; and Dave Lane and Buddy Vance, day students. Frank A. Davis was elected non military yell leader. Bob Boriskie, non-military, and Harri Baker, corps, were elected Battalion co-editors. Baker was running unopposed. Chandler Elected Head Of Williamson Club Toby Chandler was elected presi dent recently of the Williamson county hometown club. Other officers elected were Nel son Poltract, vice president; Morris Dagerath, secretary - treasurer; Clifford Novasod, social secretary. News Briefs ALL CADET commanders, first sergeants, and sergeant majors will meet in Guion ball at 4:20 this afternoon to report to the presi dent on the corps evaluation, ac cording to Fred Mitchell, corps commander. * * * MEASLES was the leading di sease in Brazos county last week with 55 cases repoided. Mumps was second with 29 cases, and chicken- pox was third with 24 cases re ported. * * * I). D. BURCHARD, head of the journalism department, will be in Brenham May 7 and 8 for the annual convention of the Texas Gulf Coast Press association. * * * RANGE AND FORESTRY CLUB will have its annual spring bar becue at Fish lake, south of Easter- wood airport, at 4 p.m. Friday. Entertainment will be volleyball, horseshoes and softball. SENIORS interested in work with the Agricultural Extension service must have their applica tions filed by May 10. Applications may be turned in at the Extension office in the System Administra tion building. * * * THE SILVER STAR was award ed posthumously to Lt. Stanley E. Tabor, ’45, of Dallas. He was cited for gallanti’y in action in assisting Gen. Dean to evade capture near Tajon in July, 1950. * * * H. D. BEARDEN, M. D. Darrow and Mark Lowrey of the Engineer ing Extension service attended the southern regional conference of state supervisors and vocational industrial education personnel in Oklahoma City Api’il 21-23. * * * RICHARD C. OSBURN, ’54, has qualified as a carrier pilot after completion of his training at Pen sacola, Fla. Circle K Club Sets Meeting The Circle K club will have a meeting in room 2-A of the Me morial Student Center Friday. The puipose of this meeting is to decide a permanent place of meeting and set the time, said J. B. Longley, chairman of the Circle K and Key club committee. Anyone interested in becoming a member should attend the meet ing, Longley said. Weather Today Tickets Out Tomorrow ‘Annie’ To Be Mere Monday By JOHN AKARD Battalion Feature Editor She was first violaist with the over WHAM-TV in Rochester. the Guild’s pi’oduction of “Kiss Eastman Symphony, the Madison Frank Butlei*, the professional Me Kate” and owes his featured <( . r ” Civic Symphony, and the Wisconsin sharpshooter and the object of role in Annie to the excellent work •i 'u 6 ^ S ^ nnie . ^ cur Gun Symphony Oi*chestra. She was the Annie’s affections, is played by he did in “Kate”. His recent Broad- wdl be available outside the dining s ^ ar 0 f “Grace Olsen Sho\!^” Roger Franklin. He appeared in way appearances were withMartyn :" w ^ SPRING SHOWERS Partly cloudy today with light spring showers tonight. High yes terday 80. Low this morning 60. halls begining tomorrow. “Annie” is the seventh and last Town Hall program of the year. It is a Broadway production by the Civic Drama Guild of New York. The program will be presented in Guion hall at 7 and 9:30 p. m. May 3 and at 7 p. m. May 4. Ad mission will be by individual per formance tickets available at stu dent activities office. Persons who do not have Town Hall season tickets may purchase tickets for $2.00. Mail orders will be accepted. “No Business Like Showbus- iness,” “The Girl That I Marry,” and “Doin’ What Comes Natural ly,” are three of the Irving Berlin melodies in the show. The pro gram includes a choral ensemble and a corps de ballet. Grace Olsen plays the lovable homespun Annie who “can’t get a man with a gun.” Last season Miss Olsen appeared opposite Bui-1 Ives in the new version of “Paint Your Wagon.” When Billy Rose and Oscar Hammerstein saw her sing ing the role of Fiona in “Briga- doon” they immediately signed her for their production of “Music in the Air” at the Ziegfield theater in New York. Before receiving her Masters Degree from the Eastman con servatory in 1950, Miss Olsen ap- peai’ed as a soloist with the Roches ter Philharmonic orchestra; toured as “Carmen”, as Octavian in “Rosenkavalier,” and as Cherubino in Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro.” IT’S NICE—This is one of the scenes from the Civic Drama Guild’s production of “Annie Get Your Gun,” which will be the last Town Hall show of the year. The show will be held Monday and Tuesday in Guion hall. Green in the Gilbert and Sullivan Company’s “Oklahoma,” “Finian’s Rainbow,” afiid “Look Ma I’m Dancin’.” He has toured with the Bel Canto Opera company and has appeared on many television shows includ ing “Voice of Firestone’ and “Omnibus”. Loyal T. Lucas, a veteran of the theater, plays the pai-t of Sitting Bull. Charlie will be played by Ray Olmstead who played twelve different roles in as many musicals during the summer season with Constance Bennett’s Music Festival in Washington, D. C. Jesse Ramirez, the ceremonial dancer, has appeared with in “Where’s Charlie,” “High Button Shoes,” “Call Me Madam,” and “Up in Central Park”. Austin Colyer, who plays Buffalo Bill, was in the Broadway pro duction of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Nellie will be played by Audrey Smith who has appeared in the Metropolitan Opeia Ballet and the Boston Civic Ballet. Jane Flynn, as Dolly, was a member of the Broadway and road show com panies of “Brigadoon”. She has also appeared with the Amato Opera House in New York and the Boston Opera company. Sally Youngren is the choreo grapher and Harold Beckett is the musical director. The entire pro duction is directed by Stanley Woolf.

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