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The BattalionPUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE

COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1953

Published By A&M Students

For 75 Years

Price Five Cents

*ieral Election 'd Today; Polls

at 6 p.m.

Smith and;Other fm

wore Ben Maxwell, p Maxwell, E Dick Van j- Hollie Bnij,Barton Ray I

Two-senifi' sented to V,Roland Bal began voting at 8 Johnny )|,ig to select 47 men Lamar As 189 candidates in Frank Hin^j Student Election.

Othertu..5 will remain open given toll, at the Post Office Cour, Cha: he MSC.Billy Wo«n 11 be counted tonight Brannen, E after the polls close, Stratton. (Bubba) Black, chair-

1. election commission, isponsible Cor tallying

of The Battalion and and will be elected 5 senior student sen-r

ators, 10 junior senators and 6 sophomore senators.

Other offices which will be filled and three non-corps representa­tives to the Student Life Commit­tee, one non-corps representative to the athletic council and a non­corps yell leader. Students also will elect one representative to the stu­dent senate from Law Hall, Pur- year Hall, College View, Mitchell Hall, Bizzell Hall, Vet Village and day students.

Results of the election will be released in tomorrow’s edition of The Battalion.

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jilian Dorms Set Summer School

[attending summer |53 will be housed in

Puryear and Mitchell

"> reserve rooms they and to avoid conges- stration day Monday,

dormitory students ees and reserve rooms 8 a. m. Monday, May

? to a release by the ice.

II 'veterans should LaiverI slips from the pviser’s OfTice, Room

1 Hall.fterans planning to at-

■ school should report Advisor’s Office and

ent papers.[ students will pay fees il Office in the New

[on Building.Hiving in the dormi­

tories listed above may reserve the rooms they now occupy from 8 a. m. Monday, May 18, until 5 p. m. Wednesday, May 20.

Students living in these doi’mi- tories who wish to move to a dif­ferent i-oom may also reserve rooms between 8 a. m. Monday, May 18 and 5 p. m. Wednesday, May 20, by presenting a room change slip signed by the house- master of the dormitory concerned.

All other students may register for rooms on a first come, first served basis from 8 a. m. May 21, until noon Saturday, May 23.

Day students, including those living in college apartments, may save time in the registration pi-o- cedure by paying fees early, the released continued.

Students must have I. D. cards in order to pick up assignment cards on 1'egistration day.

Gun Collection duled for Repairs

d list of rusting guns ’s Metzger Gun Col- sent recently to Col. gor, custodian of the 1. MacGregor is with umce. ? ^ ^on was cleaned short-

ice the colonel person-

ta Sigmaj ftes 1 t Tonight

jJfllQQI wrary members and sn will be initiated at

into Phi Eta Sigma, onor society, in the om, announced Dean trand, faculty advisor ty.

Sanat 7 p. m. will follow

1 ceremony.honorary members to e Dr. Fred Jenson, of ry department; Dr. )igan, dean of the col­li. Shawn of the math- rment. The four fresh- tiated are Francis Hallm, Robert Hooper and rd.ker at the banquet willn, Tickets to the ban- ist $1.75, Dean Bert-

ire saved. ™ inpus can btiheF 1 oaay ately.ace will betf, ilized.ni nated. W. ooms, two • One canf cation.id save moi cation.

1R TODAY: Blowing■casional strong winds. A’ill shift to the north-

_^iter today.

ally inspects the guns once a month.

Sevei’al of the guns have become slightly rusted since 18(l-(j (the year the oldest gun in the collection was made). Some rust'pits on the guns are over 100 years old.

The guns were cleaned March 14 by six freshmen as an alternative to marching the Saturday punish­ment tours.

Coated With WaxThe weapons were coated with a

wax-like preservative, which pre­vents rusting for about one year. This same preservative is used by most gun collectors.

Col. MaeGregor said recent rust damage was caused by the MSC air conditioning system. The tem­perature of the guns varies from the air temperature when the air conditioner is off. This causes the guns to sweat.

New rust is sometimes hai’d to detect from the orginal which has been on the weapons for years.

This month a committee com­posed of W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, Lt. Joseph C. Brusse and H. N. Abramson made an inventory of the collection, which is insured for $100,000.

Found in Good ShapeThe committee found the collec­

tion ,to be complete and in good condition, except for new evidence of rusting.

The collection was given to A& M in 1949 by Carl Metzger (Metz­ger Milk Co. of Dallas). It contains over 400 hand and shoulder weap­ons.

Before the collection was placed in the MSC in 1951 it was kept in the vault of Ross Hall.

Col. MacGregor says the Met­zger collection represents various stages of American and Texas his­tory.

Martin Will Edit ‘A&M Journalist’

Holloway (Sonny) Martin of Groesbeck, has been elected editor of the Texas A&M Journalist, new­ly foi'med tri-yearly publication of the journalism department.

Named to assist Martin is Charles C. (Chuck) Neighbors of Kane, Pa. He will serve as assist­ant editor for tfyp first issue of the magazine and will become editor for the fall issue. The first issue will be published in June.

Draft Test Applications Due May 11

An additional draft defer­ment qualification test will be given May 21 in the MSC for students who did not take the test April 23, according to the Bryan Draft Board.

Applications must be post­marked before midnight, May 1.. They may be obtained from the Bryan draft board.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a draft registrant re­questing student deferment, be satisfactorily following full­time college work leading to a degree and not have taken the test previously.

Students who took the test April 3 will be notified of their scores about May 14, said Mrs. Frank Krenek, clerk of the Brazos County Selective Serv­ice Board.

(]orps Review Sc liedulet ITotl ay For Annual Federal Inspection

Tours of Campus, Classrooms Starts Two-Day Procedure m

Rockwell High Ugh t Of MSC Art Exhibit

The Corps of Cadets will hold its most important review of the year this afternoon for the second phase of Federal Inspection.

The annual inspection started at 8 this morning when the inspecting officers met with Col. Joe E. Davis, command­ants Col. Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T, and Col. John A. Way, PAS&T, to plan the two-day campus tour.

The 18-man inspecting team, visited military and air science classrooms from 9 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. where they observed the response of the students, their dress and bearing. The team is composed of 15 Army and three Air Force Officers.

Classroom inspections will continue at 1 p.m. and last-----------------------------------------------------------♦until 2:50 p.m. when all classes are

dismissed so cadets may prepare

By JERRY BENNETT Battalion Managing Editor

The models of Leonardo de Vinci’s inventions, exhibited in the MSC, were probably saved several year’s depreciation yesterday by a national magazine.

People stopped pulling chains, spinning, wheels, and yanking levers on the da Vinci gadgets to look at 32 original illustrations of 24 top “Saturday- Evening Post” artists.

Well Known StyleAlthough many people may not

recognize the artists’ names, their style and works are well known.

The cowboy gunmen of Fred Ludekens ride herd over the pret­ty girls of artist Cbby Whitmore while the western cavalry of Har­old von Schmidt fights a last ditch stand near the industrial scenes of John Atherton and Mead Schaeffer.

Albert Staehle’s mischevious cocker spaniel contracts with artist Robert Riggs brutal interpreta­tion of a prize fight. Humorous works of Constantin Alajolov, Gil­bert Bundy, Floyd M. Davis, George Hughes, and Thornton Utz share the illustration spotlight with scenes of everyday American life painted by John Falter and Stephen Dohanos.

Norman RockwallProminent in the “Post” dis­

play are several paintings by the dean of American illustrators, Nor­man Rockwell. Although reproduc­tions of his paintings can be bought

Accounting Society Elects Wood Prexy

Pat Wood has been elected presi­dent of the Accounting Society for the 1953-54 school year.

Jerry Pyle was elected secre­tary.

Carroll Phillips was chosen pro­gram chairman.

William Flowers, of the business adminstration department, was se­lected next year’s sponsor.

An exhibit of business machines, problems and practice sets was planned for Mother’s Day.

for 20 cents when used as “Post” covers, Rockwell is said to receive over $2,000 for each original pro­duction.

Other artists whose works are displayed are James R. Bingham, Melbourne B r i n d le , Douglass Crockwell, Robert Fawcett, Glenn Grohe, A1 Parker, Ben Stahl, and Amos Sewell.

Art EditorSponsored by the MSC Art Gal­

lery Committee, under the di­rection of Mrs. Ralph Tei'ry, the paintings were selected foi- ex­hibit by Kenneth Stuart. Stuai’t is the art editor of “The Saturday Evening Post.”

The display includes pictures used to illustrate “Post” covers, serials, and short stories. Many of the artists ar-e also contributors to “True”, “Colliers”, “The Ladies’ Home Journal,” and “Companion”. Several do paintings for national advertisments.

LeTourneau Will Address Baptist Rally^

for the review.First call is set for 3:30 p. m.

Cadets will wear class number one khaki uniform. Juniors, sopho­mores and freshmen will wear khaki teis. All seniors and. staff juniors will wear green ties. Army units will carry rifles in the review for the first time since Wmld War II.

Senior BootsSeniors will wear boots. Quali­

fied cadet officers will carry sa­bers. Colors and guidons will be carried.

Following the review the fresh­man drill team will conduct a pre­cision drill exhibition.

The third principal phase of Federal Inspection will start at 8 a.m. Friday when the visiting of­ficers inspect dormitories in both cadet housing areas. This inspec­tion will last until 9:45 a.m.

Some cadets started cleaning and mopping rooms as early as last week to pi’epare for the room in­spection.

Classroom InspectionClassroom inspections will con­

tinue at 10 a.m. and last until 11:50. The-visiting officers will hold a conference with President M. T. Harrington from 11 to 12 a.m.

After having lunch, the team will conduct more classroom in­spections lasting from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The inspection will close at 5 p.m. after a critique between vis­iting officers and college military officials.

Robert G. LeTourneau will ad­dress the Associational Baptist Brotherhood Rally at 8 p. m. Thursday in the Calvary Baptist Church.

In his famous speach, “Up From Bankruptcy,” he tells the story of his own life. LeTourneau began his career in a small automobile repair business, but lost the busi­ness in World War I. He ended with a $5,000 debt.

He then obtained a land-level­ing job, and having acquired some mechanical knowledge in his first business, began designing and building revolutionary machines for leveling and shifting dirt.

In 1948, LeTourneau was award­ed the Certificate of Merit by Gen­eral R. A. Wheeler, Chief of Army Engineers, for his engineering at­tainments and services to the United States during World War II.

R. G. LeTourneauSpeaks Tonight

NEWS BRIEFS

Spadachene Gets Scholarship; "39 Steps’ Movie Is Friday

THE FIRST R. L. Elkins Scholarship Award was given to Josh M. (Mitch) Spadachene on April 17.

Spadachene is a junior business administration major from Hous­ton. The scholarship is given to a student who is deserving, needs financial assistance, is active in ex­tracurricular activities and is mak­ing satisfactory grades.

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FORMERLY SCHEDULED for Monday night, “39 Steps” will be shown at 7:30 p. m. Friday in the MSC Ballroom by the A&M Film Society.

A suspense mystery, the film stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It was produced in Eng­land by Alfred Hitchcock.

* * *DR. R. F. ROYAL, ’25, director

of the department of religious edu­cation at Golden Gate Seminary in

Berkeley, Cal., will speak at the Sunday morning services of the First Baptist Church. He was a charter member of the local church when it was formed.

MRS. C. A. MAGEE was elected president of the Brazos County A&M Mothers Club Thursday. Other officers for 1953-54 are Mis. Ide P. Trotter, vice-president; Mrs. O. J. Moss, secretary; Mrs. Charles LaMotte, treasurer; Mrs. O. A. Ashworth, parlimentarian and Mrs. Bennie Zinn, reporter.

Perry NICHOLS, Dallas artist, will judge 150 paints in the MSC art show.

The exhibit is scheduled for May 4-18 in the MSC Serp entine Lounge. Tom Williams, Carl Wil­son, Dick Tanner, Rocky Arnold and Bill Hueteil will help arrange and hang the exhibits.

TWO A&M STUDENTS were elected recently officers of the Can­terbury Association of the Diocese of Texas for the coming year. Jules Vieaux of Dallas was chosen vice- president and John Akard, also of Dallas, representative to the Pro­vincial Commission.

❖ * *PROFIT from the Cotton Page­

ant and Ball has not been deter­mined yet, said Clarence E. Wat­son of the agronomy department. “We should know the 1’esults in several days,” Watson said.

* *COL. JAMES O. MCGEHEE,

commanding officer of Bryan Air Force Base since 1951, has been transferred to new duties as de­puty chief of staff for operations at Headquarters, Flying Training Air Force, Waco. He has been Bry­an AFB commander since the field was reactivated in October, 1951.

College S ta tion Has Five Inch Rainfall

More than five inches of rain and winds approaching 45 miles per hour were recorded by the CA A Easterwood Station during the thunderstorm Tuesday night.

Rain cracked the insulation around several underground cables, letting water in and causing static on the Southwestern States Tele­phone Co. lines. Repairmen were working in front of Hart Hall last night trying to fix some of the dampened wires.

At least one case of flooding oc­curred on the campus. An inch of water covered the floor of the photoengraving shop in the base­ment of Bizzell Hall, said Paul Meiners, assistant engraver. No equipment was damaged, he said.

The storm sewer ditch on the Guion Hall lot caved in as a re­sult of the rain. Gravel along the shoulders of some local streets was washed away. This was prevalent on hilly streets especially.

Over the rest of the state, the rains brought both good and bad news.

In Dallas, the ban on washing cars was lifted as Lake Dallas rose another three inches and the Trinity River approached flood stage from a 3-inch rain.

Violent dust and wind storms swept over West Texas and up into North Texas yesterday.

The heavy rains caused over a half million dollars worth of damage in East Texas.

MSC Directorate Plans Mother’s Day Program

Plans for Mother’s Day were discussed Tuesday night at the first meeting of the MSC Direc­torate for 1953-54.

The group organized an orienta­tion program for committee chair­men to be held during freshman week next fall. Following the ori­entation session, the Directorate will go on a ‘retreat’ to get to know each other better, said John Samuels, president of the MSC Council and Directorate.

Ag Economist To Speak At AZ Banquet

Dr. Carl Moore, agricul­tural economist for the Feder­al Reserve Bank of Dallas, will be guest speaker at the Alpha Zeta Spring Banquet. The fete is set for May 4 at 7:30 p. m. in Maggie Parker’s Dining Room in Bryan.

Officers for next were elected at the fraternity’s last meeting.

Elected were Jake Landers, chancellor; Mel Holubek, censor; Wesley Gross, scribe; Mike Sli- man, treasurer and Roy Sullivan, chronicler. Thirty eight new mem­bers were initiated then.

Dr. Moore prepares the monthly Agricultural News Letter publish­ed by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank and is the author of several articles concerning different phases of agriculture in the Monthly Busi­ness Review.

Following the banquet, officers will be installed and the outstand­ing freshman in the School of Agriculture will be formally an­nounced.

The outgoing officers ' are Gene Steed, chancellor; Bobby Rags­dale, censor; Charles Slone, scribe; Bill Huffman, chronicler and Dick Miller, treasurer.

All members of Alpha Zeta are urged to attend the banquet. They may secure tickets at Dean Shep- ardson’s office for two dollars said Gene Steed.

Hill Will Address Final AAUP Meet

J. W. Hill, director of . work­men’s compensation insurance for the A&M System, will speak at 7:30 p. m. Friday on hospitaliza­tion, life insurance and employee- teacher retirement of the A&M System.

He will speak before the Ameri­can Association of University Pro­fessors in the YMCA assembly room.

Hill, who coordinates group hospitalization life insurance, aids in planning employee and teacher retirement of the A&M System, will answer questions after his speech, according to Dr. Dale Leip- per, vice president of the AAUP.

This is the last AAUP meeting for the 1952-53 school session, Leipper said. The next meeting will be held sometime in October, he added.

Informality will keynote the re­treat and no business will be talk­ed over, Samuels added.

Charlie Parker, MSC Council member, will be chairman of ar­rangements for the orientation program. Doug Krueger and Robin Ransome will make up the re­mainder of the orientation plan­ning committee.

An open house for visiting par­ents lasting from 2-5 p. m. Mo­ther’s Day will climax the Cen­ter’s activities for that weekend. A program by the music commit­tee and a radio broadcast will also be included in Mother’s Day activi­ties.

In addition, the Directorate com­mittees will place exhibits around the Center. The Art Gallery Com­mittee will have a showing of stu­dent art in the Serpentine Lounge. The Camera Club will show ex­amples of student work and also of different types of cameras.

The Craft Committee will judge student woi'k and will have an ex­hibit also.

Don Friend, vice-president of the Council and Directorate, gave a re­port on the National Association of College Unions convention held earlier this month in Berkeley, Calif.

Rodney Heath, chairman of the House Committee, was named secretary of the Directorate for the 1953-54 school year.

Homemakers Arrive Here Despite Wind

Not even a cyclone can stop a woman when she has her mind set on something.

Homes of 10 women from the San Antonio area here for the Homestead Improvement Work­shop all suffered some damage in a small cyclone Tuesday night, but this didn’t prevent the ladies from coming to the workshop.

The workshop, sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service, opened Wednesday morning in the MSC.

Over 150 home demonstration agents, representatives from home demonstration clubs and garden clubs are here to learn how to train future leaders in their Com­munities.

Demonstrations, exhibits and speeches on home improvement will continue through Thursday afternoon.

Fellowship Given To BA Professor

Dr. Lewis E. Davids Sr., business administration department, has been granted a fellowship in busi­ness study at the Centm-y Federal Savings and Loan Association, NewT York City.

The fellowship was granted through the Foundation for Econo­mic Education, Inc., at Irvington- on-Hudson, N. Y. The foundation is an independent, non-profit or­ganization which studies economics, political science and related sub- jects. ,