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Number 22: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.