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Texas A*M
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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