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DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Texas A*M The B WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER DEEP IN AGGIELAND TEXAS A. & M. VOLUME 45 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15, 1945 NUMBER 8 Aggies Clash With Rice Owls In Houston Saturday Aggies Are Above Such Things . . . There are now handbills in the hands of Rice students which have been circulated promiscously and with entirely the wrong idea. These papers read “We’ve got plans too. Let’s get those damned sharecroppers” and “For better in ter-school relations, look to our statue. Go get an Aggie.” This was all promoted by the fact that the Rice Institute scoreboard, field house, stadium, and the tomb of William Marsh Rice was liberally splashed with red paint last Tues day night. There is no indication that this cheap trick was done by any men or single man without the A. & M. Cadet Corps, other that the painting consisted largely of large A. & M.’s and AMC’s. We, that is, the Aggie Corps, have, however, been ac cused of this dastardly deed by the student body of Rice without being given even the slightest chance to defend or clear ourselves. Such a procedure is entirely out of align ment with the common code of decency by which such man ners are usually governed. It is deeply resented by every member of the AMC student body that such a base exploit was attributed to them with no more reason or proof than this. Every man here at this college strives to develop re spect and emulation of all truly great men as a cardinal virtue, and to paint the tomb of such a man as the founder of Rice Institute, or to deface it in any way, is an act that no true Aggie would ever dream of performing. To say that the entire episode is deplorable is a colossal understatement. The whole incident was one of the most cowardly things imaginable, and this paper does not hesti- tate in the least to brand the perpetrators of this vandalism as the worst kind of hoodlums and also as being entirely un fit for the commendation of any person who has an ounce of self-respect or decency in their veins. The Battalion wishes to go on record here and now as stating that the person or persons responsible for this vandalism were not of the A. & M. student body, nor do we endorse their deed as anything but vile and base, nor had we any knowledge of the act until it reached us via the newspapers. We are thankful for at least one person who had kept a level head during this excitement, Coach Jesse Neely of the Rice Owls. Mr. Neely said, in relation to the incident, “I just don’t know who did it. I’d hate to believe that col lege men would do a thing like that.” And the fact that is most significant is that the Rice mentor stated that he did not attribute the painting o A. & M. students. The entire student body of Aggieland extends its heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Neely for his level-headedness in this matter. At a time when it appears that everyone else at the Institute has gone hogwild over this painting and is doing nothing con structive to accurately ascertain who is responsible, but acting like an unorganized mob in their anger, it is indeed refreshing and relieving to find at least one person who has kept his head. We are coming down to Houston this weekend to give the best that is in us and we are determined to beat the hell out of Rice. But we are just as anxious to do it in the clean and honest manner for which we are noted, and it is not, nor was it ever, our desire or intention to deface any of the buildings, property, or possessions of Rice Institute. With that in mind, let’s all go down to Rice and show them what a real team, twelfth man, and Corps look like. They’ll know a lot more about football when we get through with them than they ever did before. WTAW Will Present Metropolitan Opera Registrar’s Office Has Eighty-Three Aggies As Distinguished Students Eighty-three Aggies earned Distinguished Students rating during the summer semester according to a list re leased by the Registrars office November 13, 1945. In order to enjoy this honor, a student must have no grades below a “C” and must have a grade-point ratio of not less than two-twenty-five. Fifty-seven Freshmen, eleven Sophomores, seven Juniors, and eight Seniors made the list. Hard-FoughtGround Battle Is Expected In Crucial Tilt Nemir, Walmsley, Keeney to Sparkplug Owl Attack; Smith and Goode for Ags By Harold Borofsky This Saturday will find the Texas Aggies in Houston for a game with the high-flying Rice Owls, who after los ing to S. M. U. in their opening game of the season, upset the Texas Longhorns 7-6 and crushed the Arkansas Razor- backs 26-7. Coach Jess Neely’s men have been reminded that the Owls have not beaten the Aggies in the last ten years and are keyed to a high pitch to down the Cadets and con tinue in the running for the Southwest Conference crown. The Owls were given a boost Wednesday when Red And erson suited out for srimmage. Anderson is a powerful run ner and great linebacker. Last week against the Porkers Neely uncorked a new back, Hughie Keeney, who proved to be as slippery as an eel and gained a place on the starting lineup against the Aggies. George Walmsley, flashy hard- running back, will sparkplug the Owls, and Big Bob Nemir will also be on tap. f Station WTAW will again have the honor to be host to the Metro politan Opera Company this sea son. The A. & M. station will carry the noted program each Saturday afternoon from one until four o’clock throughout the season. The 1945-46 Metropolitan Opera season, over the American Broad casting Company, will be inaugu rated on Saturday, December 1, with a performance of “The Magic Flute,” with Bruno Walter con ducting and Tenor James Melton and Soprano Mimi Benzel proba bly in the cast, it has been an- Museum Has Three New Exhibits Visitors at the Museum will see three new exhibits. Cork Oak, very much in the public eye as a new industry in Texas, can seen the living tree only three years old, but it gives evidence that this tree can be grown in much of this State. The virgin cork as the first peeling is called is shown as is also a part of a cross section of a well grown tree. Much of this ex hibit is from the Texas Forest Service. No matter what time of year cattlemen meet, they discuss poi son plants. An exhibit of sixteen most dreaded species gives at a glance sources of the loss of thou sands of dollars to cattle men. The plants shown are from the Tracy Herbarium. Their place among the dreaded plants is by common con sent. Alaska is very much in the limelight these days. As you en ter the Museum on the right is a case of Alaskan objects which has been on exhibit for sometime. To match this, 16ft hand case has nounced by Edward Johnson, gen eral manager of the company. Each Saturday afternoon for 18 consecutive weeks, opera followers throughout the United States and Canada will hear performances di rectly from the stage of the Metro politan Opera House. Although the schedule has not been completed, it is expected that several of the season’s novelties will be brought to radio listeners, as in former years. Some of the newcomers to the Met stage also are expected to be cast in the Saturday matinee radio presentations. West Texas Club Elects Poynor Prexy The West Texas Club of A. & M. met and organized Wednesday night v * last week. An election of officers T*as held with the follow ing being elected: Jay Poynor, Mason, president; Russell Benson, San Angelo, vice-president; Jim my Henderson, Coleman, secretary; Robert Dean Chenoweth, San An gelo, treasurer; J. P. Jones, Brady, tail-twister; and Tucker Pember ton, Stephenville, reporter. After the election plans for a Christmas dance in San Angelo were made. The Aggieland Or chestra will play and the dance is for Aggies, ex-Aggies, and their friends. Poynor announced that an in vitation was open to all Aggies and ex-servicemen from West Texas to come out and join the club in an endeavor to place West Texas out in front on the campus at Aggie land. been filled with photographs of the reminders of the Russian days, most of these photographs were made between 1896 and 1905. At the end of the list were Ro bert L. Lowe, a Freshman in Pre- Vet, from Blossom, Texas, and Norman E. Luker, also a Fish, majoring in M.E. He is from Wichita Falls. Both of these boys had a grade-point ratio of 3:00, in dicating a straight “A” record. Other Aggies on the list were: Albert E. Aikman, Edward S. Anderson, John T. Berry, Harry G. Boynton, Charlie B. Bucy, Artie D. Byall, Wybert Carruth, Clyde O. Cecil, Joe R. Clark, Theodore N. Clegg, Arthur R. Crixell, Robert F. Davidson, Harry L. Dedman, Dean M. Denton, Jr., Thomas W. Fleener, Floyd W. Fluker, William Henson French, Myron L. Gar- finkle, Ray M. Golden, Thadeous A. Goodwyn, James E. Green, Fred E. Greer, Earl W. Grogan, John H. Grohn, Charles R. Heath, Dan Hightower, Edward A. Hinkle, Don Holges, Asa Holleman, Frederick R. Holste, Charles R. Horton, Fred L. Hughes, Harold G. Johnson, Mar vin L. Jones, Paul F. Jungerman, William Gammon, J 42 Dies of Pneumonia First Lieutenant William F. Gam mon, ’42, son of Dr. and Mrs. S. R. Gammon died of pneumonia on Luzon Island, October 31, ac cording to a message received from the Secretary of War. The message, received Saturday at noon, stated: “The Secretary of War has asked me to express his deep regret that your son, 1st Lt. William F. Gammon, died on Lu zon Island on October 31, 1945, as a result of pneumonia. Confirming letter follows.” Lt. Gammon was commissioned at Texas A. & M. in January of 1943 and was immediately called to ac tive duty. He was an EE mapor and was on the staff of the com posite regiment his senior year, being a member of the Signal Corps. Lt. Gammon was a dis tinguished student and was active in several campus organizations. Corps Rifle Team Elects Officers i Officers for the Aggie Corps Rifle Team were elected last week at a business meeting. Eddie Da niels was elected president, Bob Sanders, vice-president, and J. P. Jones, secretary. The team has begun practice firing and already has several postal matches for the season which will be culminated by the firing of the William Ran dolph Heart trophy match and the Eighth Service command intercol legiate match. Daniels and Sanders are returning lettermen and Jones was a squadman last year. Other returning lettermen are Jere Higgs and Harold Borofsky. The Texas A. & M. College senior ring that citizens of Schweinfurt, Germany, tore from the finger of Staff Sergeant Robert C. Elliott, of Dalhart, after he parachuted to earth, has been replaced, and the 94th Bombardment group gunner will return to complete his educa tion upon discharge from McClos- key General hospital at Temple. The ring presentation was made by P. L. Downs, Jr., at an A. & M. Club barbecue at the Blackland Ex periment Station at Temple attend ed by a hundred A. & M. men. In attendance from the college was President Gibb Gilchrist, E. E. Mc- Quillen, secretary of the Associa tion of Former Students, and Holloway Hughes, athletic depart ment. The ring was a gift to Sgt. William A. Keeler, Clifton W. Key, William H. Kiel, Jr., Robert L. King, John A. Knapp, John H. Kosarek, Jack A. Krueger, Van L. Lawrence, Gordon W. Lawson, Na thaniel R. Leatherwood, Gene E. Lewis, Elmo C. Livingston, Am brose L. Lyth, Jr., William J. Man nas, Jas. T. Martin, Wm. E. Mar tin, James K. Nelson, Richard H. Nichols, James F. Park, Henry A. Pate, Edward A. Pela, Jose A. Ponce, Jack M. Porterfield, Nor man A. Prince, James A. Regester, James T. Rolins, Earl G. Rose, Charles R. Rusell, Randal W. Rus sell, Stanley A. Self, David G. Smokier, William T. Spurlock, Wal ter W. Stein, Angus M. Ttewart, Joe M. Swindle, William P. Swit zer, William R. Thomas, Charles Alton Thompson, James C. Thomp son, John W. Thompson, Billy M. Vaughn, Edward L. Von Rosen berg, Guilford P. Webb, Herschel Wheeler, Robert M. White, Herschel C. Wood, Berry Frank Wright, Herman J. Wyatt, Charles W. Yeargain. C Company Wins Inspection Award “C” Co. Infantry headed by Melvin Pruitt, was the winner of the first weekly inspection contest staged by the Student Affairs of fice and the entire organization will be treated to an extra din ner, it was announced today. Keen competition was awarded in the contest. In the three doi’ms supervised by Jimmy Parker, the winner was “C” Infantry. In Roy Bucek’s dormitories the winner was “D” Cavalry and in W. G. Brazeale’s dormitories the winner was “B” Battery Field. Judging was based on general neatness, cleanliness and thorough ness of the quarters. The three win ners were in turn judged by an in spector from the Student Affairs office. » The contest this week is the first of a regular series to be held, it was stated. Inspections will be held approximately every two weeks and thei’e will be some kind of prize awarded each winner, it was stated. Galveston Club Discusses Plans The Galveston County A. & M. Club held its monthly meeting at the new “Y” directly after supper on November 8, for final decisions concerning the club’s mammoth Christmas Ball. Other business con sisted of discussing the picture of the club for the Longhorn and the making of plans for the Rice Corps trip and the collection of dues. The next meeting is slated for Nov. 2 at the above place and time. Elliott from other Aggie patients at McCloskey hospital. Shot down over Schweinfurt on October 12, 1943, Sgt. Elliott para chuted from an altitude of 22,00 feet on his sixth mission over Germany. He was severely beaten about the head by enraged German civilians, and until repatriated in September, 1944 was in German hospitals and prison camps. He has been a patient at McCloskey since October, 1944, and is on the road to complete recovery. Sgt. Elliott wears the Purple Heart, Air Medal and Good Conduct medal. He en listed in 1942 when within one se mester of his degree in Agricul tural Administration with Market ing and Finance his major study. Off Campus Corps Ball to Be Given By Houston Aggies This Saturday night at 9 p.m. the Houston A&M Club will sponsor a Corps Ball to be held in the Crystal Ball Room of the Rice Hotel. Music will be furnished by Bill Turner’s Aggieland Orchestra, and the script will be $1.50, couple or stag. The dance will be informal and will feature a football theme. The students of the Rice Insti tute have been officially invited to the affairs, and will be charged the same admission price. Also in vited are the former students of both schools, friends of the schools, and the members of the faculties. The price for all will be the regu lar $1.50. Tickets have been on sale all this week, and will remain on sale for the remainder of the week. They can be purchased from any mem ber of the Houston A&M Club either here on the campus or in Houston Saturday. Tickets will al so be sold at the door. The Aggieland Orchestra is fast becoming the best collegiate band in the southwest, and now boasts 15 pieces. Many new arrangements by name-band arrangers have been added to the orchestra’s repertoire of music, to make it one of the best stocked organizations in the state. Tigers Play Friday For Championship The A. & M. Consolidated High School Tigers will meet the Mar quez football team on Friday eve ning at Bryan Field in the game which will determine the winner of the District 23-B championship. Each team has lost one game thus far in the season. The Tigers have won from the Marquez Yellow jackets in one game this year, taking a 14-12 decision on October 19. The winner of Fri day’s game will be matched with the champion of District 24-B for bi-district honors. Game time for the championship fray has been set at 7:15. Navy Offers Option In Enlistment Term Lieut. Comdr. J. F. Beebe, Offi cer in Charge of U. S. Recruiting in Southern Texas, announced that men now volunteering for service in the Regular Navy will have the option of selecting either two, three, four or six year terms of enlistment. Regular Navy term of service previously has been four years. Men voluteering for a first en listment or reenlistment in the Regualr Navy are now given an option on the length of time they wish to serve. Applicants 17 years of age may now be enlisted for two years, three years, or not to exceed minority. Men enlisting for minority are automatically dis charged when they reach the age of 21. Applicants in the age group 18 to 30 inclusive may now be enlisted for either two, three, four or six years. The Navy also announced that men over 30 will be eligible for enlistment in the Regular Navy if their total previous military or naval service or active service in the Naval Reserve deducted from their present age place them in the 18-30 group. Ratings for which first enlist ments in the Regular Navy may be made by men without previous military or naval service are: ap prentice seamen, hospital ap prentice, second class; stewards mate, third class, and seaman, first class (radio technician) only. Other new and attractive induce ments for men considering the Reg ular Navy are provided in the Volutary Recruitment Act of 1945 just passed by Congress and signed by President Truman. In a sum mary of the new Recruitment Act Commander Beebe mentioned: Further information can be ob tained at the nearest U. E. Navy Recruiting Station. A&M Entertains Mexican Students The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was host last Thursday to a selected group of Mexican and Texas youths. The oc casion was the visit to the campus by 12 students of the National School of Agriculture at Chapingo, who are making a 12-day tour of. parts of Texas accompanied by 14 members of Texas boys’ 4-H clubs. The visit is in response to a good will tour of eastern and southern Mexico last June by 24 Texas club boys, and is sponsored by the Sears- Roebuck Foundation in cooperation with the A. and M. College Exten sion Service. The day closed with a dinner at Sbisa Hall and the touring group left for Dallas Fri day morning for a four-day visit to the Greater Pan-American Here ford show. The Mexican students arrived at the College Wednesday evening from Austin, and on Thursday morning were received informally by President Gibb Gilchrist at his office in the Administration building. After an all-day tour of the de partments of the College and the Experiment Station farms, about 100 persons, including officials of the College, representatives of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, the Mexican party and the Texas club boys, gathered for the dinner at 7:30. Director Ide P. Trotter of the Extension Service was master of ceremonies, and Dietrick J^ Gambler, Jr., Bexas County 4-H Club member, and Gumersindo Bor- go, student at the National School of Agriculture from Sonora state, acted as dual toastmasters, each introducing the speakers most fa miliar with his language. The Mexican party reached Lare do on November 3 and were met by the 14 Texas club boys, who were in charge of County Agricul tural Agents Wallace Kimbrough of Brazos County and N. H. Hunt of Frio County. The party visited the Lower Rio Grande Valleye Sunday, and en- route to San Antonio Monday made a fourteen hour stop at the King Ranch. Tuesday was devoted to a 4-H Club district pig show and in spection of 4-H demonstrations at nearby farms. . Wednesday the group visited the Keep Dairy Farm an dthe Janes Bar-Nothing turkey ranch near Austin. After four days at Dallas, the party will proceed to Fort Worth, Abilene and San Angelo, and prob ably spend its last night in Texas at Garner Park near Uvalde on November 14. The Mexican visitors will return home by airplane from Laredo on November 15. The Mexican students are ac companied by Luis Mas, secretary of the School of Agriculture, and two of the teaching staff, Ramon Fernandez, professor of agricul tural economics, and Manuel Rosel le, professor of agricultural en gineering. The Owls will have Bruce Brad- beer, pass snatching end, in top shape, and Gerald Weatherly, strapping 16-year-old center, will start at the hub slot. Neeley has been working his charges mainly on defense all week in hopes of stopping the Cadet ground at tack. The game is a crucial one for both teams, since a loss to either would mean elimination from title running. The Aggies, who showed virtual ly nothing in last week’s game with SMU, are hoping to hit their stride this week. However, Bob Butchofsky, Cadet blocking back, is still ailing from a kidney in jury and will not see service. Cen ter Hub Ellis has been taking it easy all week but should see some action. Otherwise the Aggies are in good shape. Bill Engle will handle the blocking back chores in Butchofsky’s stead, Bob Goode and Preston Smith will spark the running game, and Tom Daniel will do the quarterbacking. On paper the Aggies are at least one touchdown better than the Owls, having topped Rice’s scores against LSU, Arkansas, and SMU. The Cadets were held in the hole last week because of Walker’s fine precision punting for the Mustangs and if the Owls cannot show a punter of Walker’s calibre the Aggies will be able to put the ball into offensive play with much more regularity than they were able to against the Ponies. Most sports scribes will probably pick the Aggies by one touchdown, but should the Cadets improve their offensive blocking just a little the score could become lopsided. On the other hand, Rice showed re markable tenacity in holding the Texas Longhorns and it would not be too surprising if they did the same against the Aggies. The probable starting lineup for the Owls will be Nemir, Walmsley, Keeney, and Shelton, in the back- field, Bradbeer and McBride on the ends, Nelson and Parker at tackles, Opera and Nicholson at guards and Weatherly at center. The Aggies will have Goode, Smith, Daniel and Engle in the backfield, Yeargain and Higgins on the tackles, Winkler and Darnell at guards, and Ellis at the center. Jack Zubik Returns With Bronze Star For Heroic Action Back at home after eighteen months of service with the U. S. Army is Jerome (Jack) Zubik, a member of the popular Aggieland tailoring firm of Zubib & Sons. Zubik saw combat in Europe as a sergeant squad leader in a rifle platoon of the famous fighting 45th Infantry Division, a unit of the U. S. Seventh Army. He was slight ly injured in the American offen sive against the City of Nuren- burg, Germany and received the Bronze Star citation for heroic ac tion dhring the Siegfried Line at tack. Zubik worked with Zubik & Sons for seven years previous to enter ing the service, and specializes in designing and tailoring Aggie uni forms and boot trousers. Elliott, ’42, Receives Ring Replacement