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Dick Jurgens Band To Play For Dance In Grove Saturday

i Not too fast, not too slow, just danceable, is the only way to de­scribe the music of Dick Jurgens and his orchestra who will present

i a concert and play for an All Col­lege dance May 5.

r The concert, which begins at 7:30 p. m. will be held in Guion Hall. Following the Stage presenta-

Jock Brass

New Insignia Presented to Armor Units

S ' New insignia for Armor became official at A&M today at noon when Col. H. L. Boatner, Lt. Col. J. J. Kelly and Maj. William Hyde pre­sented the brass to the Armor

“KOTC units.At a formal ceremony, the in­

signia was presented to Regimental Commander Herbert Mills; Jack

^Tanner, armor battalion command­er; John McFall, commander, A company armor; Nobel Clark, com­mander, B company armor; and Milton Patterson, commander, C company armor.

The new insignia is intended to offer a more representative sym­bol and to be another step in the professional grounding of the branch in mission, moral and spirit.

Lt. Col. Kelly said although the insignia has been changed, and although in most places men in the Armor are called “tankers”, stu­dents taking Armor at A&M, true to the old tradition, will still be called “the Jocks.”

tion, Jurgens and his orchestra will move over to the Grove where they will play for the dance which lasts from 9 ’til 12.

The career of one of the more popular band leaders in the country began more or less by ac­cident. While Jurgens was in high school in Sacramento, Cal. he was a member of the school orchestra, strictly a classical organization.Classics not suiting his ideas of

enjoyable music, young Jdrgens secretly became associated with one of the local dance bands. One day while the high school group was practicing, the future band leader began leading a jazz ses­sion.

As luck would have it, the faculty sponsor of the orchestra discov­ered the unethical musical per­formance to his horror, and promptly fired all the participants, including Jurgeps.

From that moment, Jurgens, who immediately organized his own dance band, has grown in popularity with lovers of dance music all over the nation.The composer of such favorites

as “Elmer’s Tune,” “One Dozen Roses,” which was dedicated to Jurgens’ brother-in-law, a florist, and “I Do, Do You,” has played in such nationally known night spots as the Astor Roof of the Hotel Astor in New York, the Aragon and Trianon Ball Rooms in Chicago and Frank Dailey’s Mea- dowbrook in Newark, N. J.

Jurgens has also been featured on the Coca-Cola Spotlight Re­view, the Fitch Band Wagon and has made numerous appearances on major radio networks.

Cooperation and teamwork be­tween the members of the hand are the main factors which have contributed most to his success, the hand leader believes.“We never forget that we’re up

there on the bandstand to enter­tain the customers, not ourselves,” Jurgens says. “We all get our gab­bing and personal business done between sets; on stage, we’re on the ball.”

Admission to the concert will be 70 cents, with all seats the same price. The dance will cost $2, stag or drag.

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Initiation Planned By Tan Beta Pi

Sixty-three graduate and 10 alumni members of the Tau Beta Pi, national honorary engineering association, will be accepted at the Spring initiation of that group at 5 p. m. Wednesday in the Chem­istry Lecture Room.

George G. Smith, vice president of the Texas Construction Material Company of Houston, will be prin­cipal speaker at a banqhet to fol­low the initiation at 7:30 in the Ballroom of the MSC. A member of the Texas Delta (A&M) Chap­ter, Smith is a 1950 graduate of A&M in Agricultural engineering.

The Texas Delta Chapter was installed here on Oct. 11, 1948. Since then more than 600 under­graduate students and alumni have been initiated.

’51 InitiatesInitiates from the Class of ’51

Will include Wm. R. Blackwell, Im­manuel G. Callaway, Robt. E. Dow- ien, Cloyd J. Dowling, Homer Joe Pinch, Geo. E. Fleming, Wilbur D. Callaway, Raymond C. Giesecke, Jas. B. Harrison, J. Coyle Horton, John E. Jennings, Jas. O. Kadel, Wm. R. Lenzen and Erskine W. McCants.

Other ’51 initiates will be Jack H. New, Ernest T. Pitzer, Jr., New­ell A. Presswood, John F. Ready, Thomas E. Royall, Adolph S. Schechter, Clyde Schulz, James A. Warmker, Louis B. Weddell and Frank D. Welch.

’52 InitiatesNew members from the Class of

’52 will be Jas. E. Adams, Jerry Asaro, Robt. I. Bradford, Joe W. Burdett, Noble J. Campbell, Bob Chapman, Aaron Cohen, John W. Coolidge, Nick DeClaris, Edward B. Dobbins, Joseph R. Ellis, Jr. and Louis E. Finlay.

Also from the Class of ’52 will be Harold D. Gant, Ralph H. Gay, John D. Gee, Wm. R. Greene, Har­old L. Haraldson, Thom. D. Haral­son, Hayden E. Hatcher, Eugene W. Holms, Teddy J. Hirsch, Lowell A. Holmes, Baxter D. Honeycutt, Carroll W. Keese, John S. Lancas-

Dr. Doak to Attend Science Meeting

Dr. C. C. Doak will attend a joint meeting of the southwestern division of the American Associa­tion for the Advancement of Sci­ence and the West Texas division of the Texas Academy of Science in El Paso today and tomorrow.

Dr. Doak, head of the Biology Department, is president of the Texas Academy, of Science.

ter, Glenn E. Lippman, Norton G. McDuffie, James E. Matush and Melvin M. Mitchell.

Concluding the list of ’52 mem­bers are Wm. J. Neely, Gary S. Neinast, John M. Olson, Edward E. Roberts, Wm. M. Sargent, Kerry D. Savage, Robt. P. Souther, Wil­lard Strode, Ignatius Q. Trauth, Jr. and John B. Wright.

A&M graduates to be initiated are Aaron E. Autry, ’47, Leonard A. Bickel, ’25; DeVere V. Carter, ’26; Hugh St. Clair Clarke, ’16; Jas. H. Dunn, ’25; Tracy D. Cage, ’48; Guy C. Hutcheson, ’33; John L. Pratt, ’28; and Julian B. Tho­mas, ’ll.

Faculty member Bob M. Calla­way, ’43, will be initiated into the local chapter as will Sol Love, Michigan Epsilon, and Donald R. Whitson, Louisiana Gamma.

1463 People X-Rayed In ‘Y’Monday

By ANDY ANDERSONHave you had your chest x-ray

made yet?A portable x-ray unit has been

set up in the North wing of the first floor of the YMCA to take a picture of your chest.

This unit is one of six the State Health Department has in contin­uous service throughout the state according to J. W. Cleveland, tech­nician and machine operator.

The survey is made annually for the benefit of students, faculty and employes of A&M, and residents of College Station and surround­ing areas.

The process is simple and pain­less—besides that, it’s quick.

One of five women will fill out a simple form with your name, address, age, etc., go into the next room, and after removing every­thing from your shirt or dress pockets, walk up to the x-ray cam­era and click—you’re through.

Sponsored in this area by the Brazos County Tuberculosis As­sociation, the equipment, film and technicians George Strickland and J. W. Cleveland are furnished by the State Health Department.

When the photographs are made, they will be sent to Austin where specialists will carefully examine each shot and detemine if there is a positive reaction.

If there happens to be a positive reaction, the examinee will be noti­fied by the State Health Depart­ment. All reports will be confiden­tial.

Saturday only 156 persons were photographed according to statis­tics tabulated Monday morning. Yesterday, 1463 persons had x-rays made according to Mrs. A. A. Blumberjg.

Vet Insurance Requests Not Being Accepted

Veterans can no longer ap­ply for new National Service Life Insurance under the pro­visions of a new law which be­came effective April 25, Tay­lor Wilkins, Veterans Advisor, said today.

However, veterans who have let their permanent plan of insurance lapse, will still be able to reinstate it, provided they meet health re­quirements and pay up past pre­miums, Wilkins continued.

Five year level premium term insurance is not considered as a permanent plane, he stated.

As to term insurance, the follow­ing will govern under the new law: “If your term insurance was orig­inally issued in the calendar year 1945, or before that year, and its effective date is less than eight years prior to the present date, you are entitled to apply for re­instatement of this insurance. If the eight years have passed, the term period has expired, and you cannot reinstate the insurance.

“If your term insurance was originally issued in 1946 or later, you only have five years from its effective date to apply for rein­statement. If this five year period has passed, the term period has expired, and you cannot reinstate the insurance.”

Gets First TB X-Ray May Day Drive On Seoul Fails; Offense Moved

Tokyo, May 1—UP)—Allied massed artillery, warship guns and record swarms of planes spoiled the Communist May Day in Korea.

The fury of rolling barrages and blistering air sweeps kept the Reds from Seoul where Communist armies had; hoped to celebrate their international holiday.

Denied in the West, the Reds appeared to be shifting the weight of their massive Spring offensive toward the center.

Allied big guns massed in the Seoul suburbs pumped thousands of shells into the hills to the north where the ' Communists were swarming. Warships off Inchon port laid down a heavy curtain of fire northwest of the old South

^Korean capital.And Allied planes mounted “the

Technician George Strickland, Slate Health De­partment employe is showing Alton M. Fuchs just how he should be positioned to take a good, clear X-ray picture. Fuches, freshman business,

student from Cameron was the first person to have an X-ray made Saturday morning. Latest figures show 1463 persons had had their chest X-rayed.

Student Unions Convention Attended by MSC Delegates

By BILL AABERG Battalion Staff Writer

A'&M had seven representatives at the Twenty-eighth Annual Con­vention of the Association of Col­lege Unions held in the Union Building of Michigan State College April 25, through 28.

Those attending the conference were J. Wayne Stark, director of the MSC; Mrs. Ann Hilliard, social director of the MSC; Miss Betty Bolander, assistant social director; Dan Davis, MSC council president; and Buddy Shaeffer and John Samuels, members of the MSC council.

Visited IllinoisThe group, which left the cam-

put at 6 a. m. April 23, visited the University of Illinois and stud­ied the Illini Union setup for an hour or two, then drove on to Purdue University.

The next day they breakfasted at the Purdue union building and spent most of the day examining the building and learning how the students of Purdue use their union. Leaving Purdue about 5 p. m., the group drove on and arrived late that same night in Lansing, Mich­igan, home of Michigan State College.

100 UniversitiesThe three and one-half day con­

ference gave the more than 400 students and staff members from more than 100 colleges and uni­versities over the nation the oppor­tunity to hear some choice speak­ers, who were authorities on stu­dent unions.

Among the speakers of the con­ference were Harold C. Hand, Uni­versity of Illinois, Dr. John Dale

Saturday Dance Band

Soon to be heard playing a Guion Hall concert and an All-College dance in the Grove, Dick Jurgens, left, is one of the up and coming bands in the land. Jurgens, who began in the band business almost by accident, will play a concert

Saturday night at 7:30 and a dance in the Grove at 9. Concert tickets are on sale in Stu­dent Activities office for 70 cents while dance tickets are two dollars, stag or drag.

Russel, assistant commissioner for conference certainly knew thei’ehigher education; Dr. C. L. Ans- pach, CenUal Michigan College; Fred Schmid, vice-president of the Rexall Company; Harold Schroed- er, vice-president in charge of per­sonnel, Michigan Bell Telephone Company and Edgar A. Whiting, Cornell University.

War Hymn SungDr. John A. Hannah, who gave

the principal address at the inaug­uration of President M. T. Har­rington, was scheduled to talk to the assembly, but was ill and un­able to attend the conference.

During the course of the con­ference two dinners were served for college students and union re­presentatives.

At the first dinner students of the different colleges sang their school songs. Almost everyone ex­cept A&M had their song played— the piano player didn’t have the, music to the “War Hymn.”

Before the second banquet was held, the Aggies had the War Hymn printed and distributed among the guests, and they even briefed about fifty or sixty of them so they knew the tune and could sing it fairly well. The night of the second banquet the group made quite an impression, Pnd the

Daniels Is Sure Texas Can Win Tidelands Fight

Washington, May 1—UP)— Attorney General Price Dan­iel of Texas said last night he had “complete faith Texas eventually will win” in t h e Federal-State controversy over ownership of rich submerged lands under the marginal seas.

Daniel spoke at a dinner given for Texas congressmen by the Tex­as Association of Chambers of Commerce.

Raymond L. Dillard of Mexia, president of the association, was toastmaster.

Senator Johnson as chairman of the congressional delegation intro­duced the Democratic congressmen and their wives.

Daniel said he had faith the state would win in the fight over the so-called tidelands for three reasons:

“Because I know of the power and the effectiveness of the sena­tors and members of the House who represent Texas.”

“Because a common sense of de­cency, honesty, equity and moral integrity is on the side of the states.”

“Because Texas and the 27 other Coastal and Great Lakes states do not stand alone in this contro­versy.”

Daniel said he was confident of the outcome “despite efforts of certain federal officials to divide and conquer by making promises to the inland states.”

He said all 48 states are involved in “this dragnet theory of ‘para­mount rights’ permitting the fed­eral government to take property without compensation and they will work with us if we do not permit localizatipn of the issue.”

was a place called A&M.MSC Director StarK expressed

views on the conference when he said, “I feel the experience, infor­mation and inspiration the staff members received from the na­tional convention will be very val­uable and should make each more capable of developing the Center at A&M.”

Miss Bolander, assistant direct-(See CONVENTION, Page 4)

Army Life Aids Young Man’s Education-Pace

Lafayette, Ind., May 1—UP) —A young man’s army serv­ice “is by no means a complete gap in his life,” says Secretary of Army Frank Pace, Jr.

Speaking at a special convocation at Purdue University last night, Pace said:

“To the contrary, it offers op­portunities for experience in man­agement, executiveship and leader­ship that in the normal course of civilian life would come only after many years.”

He said the army is making con­stant search for leaders and added: “I shall continue to insist that in the United States Army there shall be no curb on competence. The army needs young people in intelli­gence, imagination and character.

“Today we again look to the ROTC as a major source of the young leadership.”

Pace told the audience that a new army screening program to spot specialists is helping develop new weapons and equipment.

greatest air effort of the Korean', war.”

Far Eastern Air Forces reported 1,277 sorties, a new air record,' “smashed a determined large scale Communist supply build up.”

Red jets made a brief challenge of Allied war supremacy Tuesday. One was probably shot down and four were damaged.

The battle was fought over northwestern Korea between 25 Russian made MIG-15s and 25 American F-86 Sabre jets. The battle started at 40,000 feet and swirled down to 2,000 feet where the Reds broke off and streaked back across the Yalu River to Man­churia.

Victorious PilotsVictorious American pilots said

one Red jet was seen plummeting toward the earth at 2,000 feet. Four others were hit. U.S. jets were: untouched.

Allies lost two fighter planes' Monday to ground fire.

Red ground forces had brought! tanks and artillery down from the: North to bulwark their planned; May Day attack on Seoul. Seven tanks were hit.

U.N. scouting parties knifing through the hills north of the South Korean capital Tuesday found no trace of large scale mobilization needed for an attack on the city.

They found only bodies of Reds caught in the explosive barrage of Allied planes and guns. And. a few hungry prisoners.

Colorful and Artistic

Cotton Pageant Decorations Feature 75th AnniversaryBy BRYAN SPENCER Battalion Staff Writer

Using the Seventy-fifth anniver­sary as its theme, the Seventeenth Annual Cotton Pageant and Ball will be the “most colorful and art­istic ever to be presented on the campus of A&M College,” Tommie Duffie, social secretary bf the Pag­eant said today.

The show gets under way at 7:30 p.m. Friday night in the horse­shoe of Kyle Field. The stage, which is 48 feet long, has 600 yards of cloth and about $5,000 worth of materials and labor involved in its construction, donated through the courtesy of Sanger Brothers of Dallas.

The Pageant will begin with an organ prelude by Leonard Perkins, which will be followed

by music from the Aggieland Orchestra under the direction of Bill Turner. Master of Cere­monies for the program will be Professor J. J. Woolket, head of the Modern Language Depart­ment. Assistant announcer will be David Haines.Dr. M. T. Harrington, president

of the College, ' will then crown Raymond Kunze as King Cotton. David Segrest will be crown bearer for the king’s crowning.

Next will come the presentation of the Queen’s Court which con­sists of eight girls chosen from TSCW, escorted by members of the Cotton Court.

The coronation of Wanda Harris as Queen Cotton by Kunze will then take place. Peggy Jane Brea- zeale will be the crown bearer for the Queen.

There will also be a presenta-

Mexican Guitar Music Slated in MSC TonightMrs. Manuel Leon-Ortega will

present a guitar recital of songs from Vera Cruz, Jalisco, Yucatan and other Mexican province tonite in the MSC Ballroom at 8 p. m.

Mrs. Leon-Ortega, who is the wife and mother of Aggies, will wear typical Mexican costume for

Mrs. Manuel Leon-Ortega ,.. Gives Mexican music recital

the recital. Her husband was grad­uated from A&M in 1920 with a CE degree, and her son Gus is junior Business Administration stu­dent.

Good Will TourHer stop at A&M is a part of

a tour in the United States spon­sored by the Texas Federation of Music Club, International Music Relations, cultural relations sec­tion of the American Embassy in Mexico. The Texas Good Neighbor Commission is also a sponsor of the trip.

The guitarist has played or will play in several Texas towns dui’- ing her tour which will end in Salt Lake City, Utah, late this month. Her tour includes San Antonio, Kingsville, Austin, Temple, and Corsicana.

Teaches MusicMrs. Leon-Ortega, who was born

in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has taught a course in folk music at the Mexico City College since 1948.

The Mexico City musician has studied music most of her life and took up the guitar by accident whne in 1935; a Rotary convention program she was listed as a sing­er and guitarist, so to keep up with the program she learned to play on the instrument in three weeks.

tion of eight Southwest Confer- * ence School duchesses and ap- 1 proximately 163 duchesses repre- t senting various clubs and organi- $> zations.Entertainment for the evening;

will be presented by two Court!. Jesters, Harold Turner and Bud! Matthews; a contralto soloist,^ Alice Gene Butler; a hand-balance;' team of Sheets Cameron and Bob­by Moore; and a tap dance team composed of Jeanne Terrill and; Gene Pflug. < j

After the Pageant, will come the) Style Show which will be under, the direction of Mrs. Bill Turner and Mr's. Margaret Wedell, mer­chandising counselor of Sanger Brothers. Models will be girls from TSCW who were queen nomi-. nees. ‘

Three men from Sanger Broth- * ers arrived yesterday to super- j vise and set up the stage. They are H. Rosenberg, stage design­er; George Kasai, and Orville Newell. sThe stage, which will be illumi­

nated with some 21,000 watts of electric lights, will be decorated in: silver, green, and white cloth in the form of a Royal Tent. On top of; the stage will be a silver “75” en­closed in a silver wreath. Under this will be two rows of candles,', four feet high.

These two rows contain 12 and! 13 candles respectively. On a low-; er level, will be a large A&M, theJ “A” being on one side of the 75 and the “M” on the other side.

Beside the “A” and the “M” will be 50 more candles making a total (See COTTON PAGEANT, Pg. 4)j

Non-Reg Order Issued SeniorsAll senior cadets who are

now taking their last semester of Military Science and will graduate before Sept. 1 or, are taking a five-year course, are authorized to wear appropriate civilian clothing after retreat formation, according to a mem­orandum issued by the Office of the Commandant.

The order which is effective as of retreat tonight, states that the uniform must be worm at all evening college military functions. The order is effective only between retreat and rev­eille.