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I I Battalion Number 28: Volume 54 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1954 Price 5 Cents Faculty Members To Participate In Science Meet Twenty-five faculty members will appear on the program of the 1954 meeting of the Texas Academy of Science Dec. 10-11 at San Antonio college. Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of the oceanography department, is execu tive vice-president of the Academy and Dr. Joseph P. Harris of South- etn Methodist university is presi dent. The collegiate Academy program will be divided into five sections— physical sciences, biological sci ences, social sciences, earth sci ences, and conservation. A field trip to the Southwest Research In stitute at San Antonio is sched uled for all delegates. Other A&M personnel who will attend and present scientific pa pers are Di\ C. C. Doak, head of the biology department; Shirley A. Lynch, head of geology depart- Pioneer Sale Gets Approval From Board The Civil Aeronautics board has approved the purchase of Pioneer airlines by Continen tal airlines, saying the combi nation would “provide an im- jn-oved and more economical serwice on a strengthened air route pat tern in the Southwest.” The consolidation will mean no change for the College Station- Bryan area, said W. R. Morrison, Pioneer station manager. “It will probably mean improved service for this station,” he said. Mftrrison said there was no chance that the College Station- Bryan stop would be eliminated from the new combination schedule. The integration of the two air lines is expected to be completed April 1, 1955, said Robert F. Six, president of Continental. Continental bought the routes and assets of Pioneer for cash and C5,000 shai'es of Continental,stock. Continental did not acquire the nine Martin 202 planes owned by ?ioneer Aeronautical service, which is what the CAB calls a “spin off” corporation from Pioneer. ment; Dr. Grady P. Parker, head of education and psychology de partment; Dr. Vernon A. Young, head of range and forestry depart ment. William P. Elliott, Henry A. Brown, Ledolph Baer, JFT Saur, Akira Kasahara, Dr. John C. Free man jr., Guy A. Fanceschini, Je rome E. Stein, Dr. John P. Bar- low, Maurice H. Halstead, Dr. Wal ter J. Saucier and Randolph Blum- berg, all of the oceanography de partment. H. Norman Abramson, aeronau tical engineering department; Dr. George K. Reid jr. and Dr. Keith L. Dixon, wildlife management de partment; Chester Rowell and Richard J. Baldauf, biology de partment; Dr. Horace R. Blank, geology department; Dr. O. E. Sperry and Dr. Robert A. Dar- row, range and forestry depart ment. Dr. Doak is an elected member of the board of directors of the academy. Free Art Lessons Held On Thursday Anyone interested in poster painting and commercial art will now have a chance to practice their work. Art lessons for students to fur nish Memorial Student Center pos ter and add to student entertain ment will be held from -1 to 3 p.m. on Thursdays. The lessons and materials are free. The lessons will be held in the art room of the MSC. Stu dents wishing to take the lessons should register with Mrs. Ralph L. Tei-ry, advisor to the art gallery committee. Services Held For Ex-Aggie Crash Victim Memorial services were held Nov. 5 for Ensign James Ray Sears, ’54, with seven members of the band playing Silver Taps. Sear-s was first sergeant of B Armor in 1952-53 and enter ed the Navy Air service in May 1953. Nineteen days after marrying the girl he had been engaged to for five years, his plane, a navy jet, went down in the Pacific Ocean. His body was never recovered. He was killed on his first flight after receiving his com mission Oct. 20 at Kingsville Navy station. He is survived by his moth er, Mrs. Vera J. Sears, his wife, and four brothers. Marge and Gower Champion Plus sixteen coeds Weather Today Kiwanians Hear Chorus Perform The A&M Consolidated high school chorus, conducted by R. L. Boone, presented a program of Christmas songs yesterday at the Kiwanis club luncheon in the Me morial Student Center. Two of the songs, “Legend of the Bells” and “O Holy Night”, featured solos by Miss Jean Ann Smith. Miss Jean Puddy sang a solo for the song “I Wonder as I Wander”. Miss Clara Rogers was piano accompanist. The toy repair session held in the CHS workshop Monday and Thursday night for toys, collected for distribution this Christmas to needy children was discussed at the luncheon. Any person wishing to contribute toys may contact W. T. Riedel, principal of the junior school. Champions In Tuesday Dance Show Reds Present ‘Proof’ Of U.S. Spy Activities ‘Three for Tonight,” starring Marge and Gower Champion, Harry Belafonte and the Voices of Walter Schumann, is the Town Hall attrac tion Dec. 14 in the G. Rollie White coliseum. The show is produced by Paul Gregory and Charles Laughton, and staged by Gower Champion, with a company of 40 and special ma terial by Robei’t Wells, assisted by Blake Edwards, Music for the pro duction was composed and written by Walter Schumann of “Dragnet” fame, with arrangements by Nath an Scott. The Champions joined forces as a husband and wife dancing team in 1947. Since that time they have become one of America’s busiest dancing couples. Ed Sullivan said on his 1953 “Toast of the Town” television program that featured their life story, “They are called America’s number one dancing team.” Used As Model Marge’s formal training started in 1930 when, at the age of five, she began ballet lessons with her father, Ernest Belcher, a West Coast dance teacher and a pioneer dance direcor in films. When she was 13, Walt Disney used her as the model for the full-length movie “Snow White,” and later used her as the model for the Blue Fairy in “Pinocchio.” In 1946 she danced the lead in “Dark of the Moon.” This was the year that she again encountered an old childhood acquaintance, Gower Champion. Gower was just out of the coast guard, where he had served a four year stint in active service and finally as a dancer in “Tars and PARTLY CLOUDY The weather for today is cloudy with little change in temperature. Winds are southeasterly at 20 miles per hour. Yesterday’s high was 67, low 63. The temperature at 10:45 this morning was 68. Military Hour Set For Drill Period A military hour will be held Tuesday, Dec. 14, from 4 to 5 p.m. instead of regular drill Thursday, according to Lt. Col. Taylor Wil kins, assistant commandant. The change was made to allow members of the Cadet Corps to attend the Twelfth Man Bowl foot ball game. Army ROTC students will clean and oil their rifles in preparation for the Christmas holidays and Air Force students will hold instruc tional meetings. Classes will be dismissed Thurs day, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. to allow students to see the game. Davids Elected Dr. Lewis E. Davids sr., of the business administration depart ment, has been elected a member of the Economists’ National com mittee on monetary policy. Battalion Rates Being Lowered Subscription rates for The Battalion have been lowered, effective today, the office of student publications announc ed. The new rates are $3.50 per semester, $6 per school year, $7 for a full year, or $1 per month. “The change was made as an adjustment for the summer months when fewer papers are published,” said Mrs. Cecilia Prihoda, office manager of stu dent publications. Spars.” His former pai'tner, Jeanne Tyler, had married during his absence and left professional life. He was looking around for a new partner and found Marge, the girl he had known in junior high school and later at her father’s dance studio. They became a dance team and later were married. In 1950 they came to Hollywood for a part in the Bing Crosby mu sical, “Mr. Music.” M-G-M studio signed them for a seven-year stretch beginning with “Show Boat.” They later appeared in “Lovely To Look At” and starred in their own show “Everything I Have Is Yours.” The co-producers, Gregory and Laughton, have joined forces be fore in producing shows. Some of their presentations are “Don Juan In Hell,” “That Fabulous Red head,” “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial,” “John Brown’s Body” and the recently completed motion pic ture “Night of the Hunter,” which co-stars Robert Mitchum, Shelly Winters and Lillian Gish. Belafonte played on Broadway last season in “John Murray An derson’s Almanac.” He went to Hollywood to star in “Bright Road” for M-G-M and “Carmen Jones for 20th Century Fox, both pictures soon to be released. Baylor Girls Sixteen girls from Baylor will be here the same night. These girls are finalists in the beauty con test for the Baylor yearbook, The Round-Up. Corps seniors will es cort them to Duncan dining hall. After the performance, the Cham pions will choose the winner at a special reception. Town Hall tickets are good for this performance, said Bill John son, manager of student entertain ment. Seats will be on a first come, first served basis. Individual tickets are $2 and may be purchas ed at the student activities office in Goodwin hall, he said. Freshmen Hold Class Officer Election Today The freshman class elec tion will be held today in the Memorial Student Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Candidates for offices are president: Spencer Wayne Adamik, Brady Douglas Armstrong, David R. Bagley, Alonzo Byington, Car- roll Collier, William H. Cooper, Kenneth Eugene Davis, Don T. El- lege, Jerry W. Ellington, Larry Garrison, Michael Partin Garman, Jon Lewis Hagler, James P. Hall, Robert Henry Kidd, III, Theron D. McLaren, James O. Moore, Kenneth R. Nerrettig, Ira H. Oertling jr., Robert L. Peters, Charles H. Price, George M. Ragsdale, Jamey Saun ders, Joe T. Simmons, Charles W. Sinclair, Graham Bill Stiles and Ernest Veselka. Vice-president: Joe Bliedon, Paul L. Carroll, Tommy Cotman, Don ald A. Cunningham, William Evans, Miron J. Fenton, James P. Gatlin, Joseph M. Glicksman, Gerald Kra mer, Roy E. Mitcehll, Pat E. Res- ley, Patrick Sumbera, Charles Tucker and Donald B. Wood. Secretary: George Carson, Don ald D. Dunlap, Ray O. McClung, Don D. McGinty, Bill McLaughlin, Gerald B. McLeod, David E. Mills, George Pierce, Charles B. Shuey, r., Horace E. Willis, James N. Woodman. Social secretary: Edward Cash- man, Glenn Galloway, Eion Me Dowell and Jack E. Nelson. Treasurer: Reagan W. George, Arthur S. Harris, jr., Fred Hutta- nus, J. L. Martin, Homer D. Smith, Roscoe L. Van Zandt, Allan W. Vencil and Emil G. Wolfe. Parliamentarian: Ralph R. Dor chester, Jimmie E. Evans, Joe R. Harris, Ted Lowe, James W. Gar- trell, Dudley L. Morris, Boba Shei’- rill, John F. H. Wood. Reporter: Alvin H. Gi’antham, Edward L. Moses, jr., Russell L. Somers and Larry L. Van Doozer. Sergeant-at-arms: Jack C. Bai ley, Don W. Carver, John R. Dosh er, Shelby Guidey, Peter Humber and Jack Montgomery. . Candidates are required to have a grade point ratio of 1.0. Song Sheets Ready Christmas carol song sheets are ready for distribution to all organi zations, said Garret Maxwell, presi dent of the YMCA cabinet. They may be picked up by someone from each outfit at the main desk, he said. Bankers Attending Farm Credit Class About 150 commercial bankers of Texas are attending the fourth annual Farm and Credit school at the Memorial Student Center. The school will close today. The school is sponsored by the School of Agriculture. It opened Sunday evening with a smoi’gas- bord followed by speeches by Dr David H. Morgan, president of the college, and Dr. M. T, Harrington chancellor of the A&M system. The school is covering the agri cultural outlook and situation for 1955, federal legislation and plans for 1955, and farm and home de velopment. Broadcast Reports Confession Signed LONDON, Dec. 7—UP)—Red China today broadcast a long statement attributed to jailed American Air Force Col. John Knox Arnold jr., and said it “made it clear” he was the commanding officer of a spy-dropping squadron. The statement, broadcast by Peiping radio and monitor ed here, closely parallels the evidence it claimed was given by Arnold at the Nov. 23 trial when he was jailed for 10 years and 10 other airmen were sentenced to terms of four to eight years on spy charges. It was the latest move by the Communists in citing “evidence” against the airmen which has poured from Peip ing radio almost daily since the trial. In broadcasting the state-+; ment, Peiping made no men tion of the American protest which was handed to the Uni- Army Contracts Open to Non-Regs All civilian students who are in terested in applying for an Army ROTC contract in January should see Maj. Winder in room 206B of the Military Science building. These students should carry the following information with them for the interview: total hours regis tered for, total hours passed, total grade points and military science grades for the first two years, whether at A&M or somewhere else. ted Nations today. At the same time, the Commu nists broadcast what they called “eyewitness accounts” of the cap ture of the airmen Jan. 13, 1953. Arnold, whose hometown is Sil ver Springs, Md., piloted a B29 four-engine bomber which, the air force says, was shot down over North Korea during a bombing mission. The Chinese claimed the bomber was over Manchuria when it was shot down. “A statement by Arnold made it clear the United States 581st air supply and communications wing is a special operations wing ex clusively serving the Central Intel ligence agency,” the broadcast said. “The statement, written and signed by Arnold, is now on display in the exhibition of the equipment found on the convicted United States spies which opened in Pei ping yesterday.” In a separate bi’oadcast, Peiping claimed Arnold and his crew were captured by village militia at Hskinkang. “We combed the hills the whole day because we knew a plane had crashed. At last we spotted a strange figure near a hill top. We rushed in and took him prisoner, Later we learned that he was John Knox Arnold. . . “At'Ushutse village to the west of Hwangwan, 33 kilometers north west of Antung, Manchuria, the remains of Arnold’s B29 and the dead bodies of three othei’ Ameri can spies were found.” Talent Show Will Be Held In MSC Friday The annual Aggie Talent show will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday night in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Cen ter, sponsored by the MSC Music group. Admission is free. The name of first place winner or winners will be engraved on a large trophy that is kept in the MSC. They also will receive indi vidual trophies. The individual or team placing highest in the con test will represent A&M in the In ter-collegiate Talent show next spring. Judges for the show will be Mrs. Fred Smith, Bai’ton Nelson, Man ning Smith, Bill Martin and Col. Robert D. Offer. Acts in the show include Dean Duncan and Jerry Schnepp, magi cians; and the “Aggie Ramblers,” western band—the two groups that tied for first place in last year’s show. The other acts are Rex Reed, Paul Wilkins and Dick Hunkier, comedy act; David Goldston, sing er; Theodore Steski, accordian solo; Lee Brawner jr., comedy act; E. L. Pixley, western song; Charles Sides and Boyd Smith, ukelele and vocal; Mike Kimberling, popular song; Fred Gibbs and Jim Brown, west ern song; Joe Tillery, record pan tomime; and the Aggie Can Can line. Fees Now Due At Fiscal Office Fourth installment payments are now due and must be paid at the fiscal office before Dec. 17 to avoid penalties. The payment, which is the final one for this semester, is $51.80. It includes board, $34.45; room rent, $14.35; and laundry, $3. Students are charged $1 for each day late fees are paid. Lions Club Begins Tree, Stand Sale The College Station Lions club started their Christmas tree sale Monday at Walton drive and High way 6 South at the East Gate, Bob Wood, committee chairman, an nounced. Proceeds from the trees, stands, and ornaments will go to crippled children of Brazos county, Boy Scout troop 450, and for A&M Con solidated high school scholastic awards. News of the World " a|w Bir ' l, . dav By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Dulles said yester day the Eisenhower administration expects to ask Congress to approve a broad program of economic aid to Asia as a bulwark against Communist expansion. He mentioned no figures and did not say whether loans or gifts would be in volved, but other officials have talked of a program in which loans would play a major part. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—Secretary of the Treasury Hum phrey said yesterday he sees no need for any drastic action to bolster the nation’s economy. “There is noth ing in the present situation that would lead me to believe that we should do anything drastic at the present time,” he told the Senate-House subcommittee on economic stabilization. ★ ★ ★ SOUTH BEND, Ind.—Paul Butler, new Democratic na tional chairman, asserted last night that if Adlai Stevenson obtains the party’s 1956 presidential nomination, he will have to seek it “vigorously” and will not be drafted. ★ ★ ★ NEW ORLEANS—The coast guard discontinued search last night for the last of 11 crewmen of the tug Bertha R. which sank in the choppy waters of the Gulf of Mexico Monday. The cutter Cartigan headed for Panama City, Fla., at noon yesterday with seven survi vors and three bodies. See Page 2 .. .