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“Sports Day”
VOLUME 46
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1947
Number 64
English Springer Spaniel
Wins ‘Best Dog’ Title In
Kennel Club’s Third Show
An English Springer Spaniel, owned by L. D. Cross of
Whitehall, Michigan, went all tjie way Friday to win the
Third All-Breed Dog Show sponsored by the Brazos Valley
Kennel Club. Before an audience of 600, the English springer
won the titles of “best dog in the-*
show” and the “best American-
bred dog in the show”.
The Sungold Trophy, which
is the highest award of the
Brazos Club, was presented to
Cross for his prize-winning
dog.
All day hundreds of dogs of 35
breeds competed against each oth
er for honors, and when the night
show got under way, judging real
ly became close. Only one dog
from this vicinity, Sckipperke,
went as high as the night judging.
Sckipperke, a rare dog, is owned
by Troy White of College Station.
In the sporting breed group, the
springer spaniel, which won top
honors in the show, was the win
ner.
In the hounds class, a dach
shund, owned by Mrs. Fred Key
ing of Pacoima, California, came
out ahead.
The working dog class was won
by a Doberman Pincsher, owned
by Mrs. M. J. Grace of Dallas.
Among the terriers, a wire-hair
ed fox terrier, owned by Forrest
Hall of Dallas, was the winner.
The best dog in the toy breeds
was a miniature pinscher, owned
by Mrs. Michael Carmichael of
Tyler.
A Boston terrier, owned by Cap
tain A. C. Berry of San Antonio,
won the non-sporting group.
A boxer owned by Lewis A.
Lowenstein of Houston won in the
obedience trials. It was noted that
all dogs from the Bryan-College
Station area which had had train
ing in the obedience classes quali
fied Friday morning.
Prizes and ribbons were award
ed by F. I. Dahlberg, Mr. and Mrs.
G. B. Winstead, Mrs. F. B. Clark,
Mrs. Lee J. Rountree, Boyce Oli
ver, and Harry Boyer.
Judges of the show were
Walter Reeves of Ontario,
Canada; John B. Charles, Tul
sa, Oklahoma; Cyrus Rickel,
Fort Worth; Mrs. Ray Bur
gess, Dallas; C. J. Fordham,
San Antonio; and Alex Mit
chell of Houston.
Regents Okay
Expansion Of
UT Stadium
Expansion of M e m o r i a 1
Stadium at the University of
Texas to seat a maximum of
19,000 more football fans was
given the stamp of approval by
the Board of Regents Saturday.
The board, in its regular month
ly meeting, authorized the prepar
ation of plans for three possible
expansions of the stadium’s seat
ing capacity.
The three plans call for addi
tion of 23 rows on the west side
to seat 6,000 more people; 23
rows on the east side to seat
another 6,000 fans, and 23 rows
on the north stands to seat 7,000.
Dr. J. C. Dooley, vice-president
of the university, explained that
any one or any combination of the
three proposals might be adopted,
depending upon cost. He said that
the original stadium was built at
an average cost of $10 a seat. The
best estimate for the additions was
$25 to $30 a seat, he added.
Construction will be financed out
of athletic department funds and,
if necessary, from revenue bonds
issued by the department.
Dr. Dooley said they hoped
the construction would be com
pleted by June, 1948, “in time
for ticket sales of the next A.
& M. game here.”
Present seating capacity of Me
morial Stadium is 43,000 plus 4,000
“emergency” seats. The three ad
ditions would bring to 62,000 the
number of seats in the concrete
stands.
Other improvements to the sta
dium were also authorized by the
regents, including repairing and
resurfacing the present concrete
structure at a cost of $25,000 and
improving the restroom facilities
under the stadium at a cost of
Reeves, who is regarded as an
outstanding judge throughout the
country, when asked for sugges
tions to improve next year’s show,
replied: “This is as good a show
as I have ever attended.”
Ag Council to Meet
Tomorrow Evening
A special meeting of the Agri
cultural Council will be held at
7:30 p. m. Wednesday evening in
the YMCA Cabinet Room, LeRoy
Hendrick, chairman, has announc
ed.
$15,000.
Officers Of
Brazos Mothers
Club Elected
I
Mrs. T. W. Leland was
elected president of the Bra
zos A&M Mother’s Club at
the last meeting of the year
All council members represent
ing every department in the School
of Agriculture are urged to be
present, as final preparations for
Agriculture-Engineer Day will be
made.
trampling out
the vintage .. .
held last week. Vice-presidency of
the club went to Mrs. Bassett Orr,
and Mrs. J. D. Lindsay was elect
ed secretary; Mrs. E. B. Reynolds
is the new treasurer, and Mrs. A.
W. Reynolds was elected reporter.
Parliamentarian is Mrs. R. Henry
Harrison, Jr.
The drawing for the A&M Col
lege quilt was made, and John
Lawrence Jr. was the lucky win
ner. As soon as the quilt is fin
ished, it will be on display in
the YMCA.
By Mack T. Nolen
Recently I discovered that every
question has two sides. The War
Between the States was fought by
two factions each firmly convinced
that it was defending the right.
The tradition controversy here also
has two sides.
In this column I have already
shown one side, pointing out that
some traditions are baseless per
petuations of nothing. But on the
other side of the fence is the fact
that most A&M traditions have
purpose in them. It is gospel that
one must learn to take orders be
fore he can give them.
A&M attracts many young men
who desire to prepare themselves
for what ever military necessity
may arise. They want to be offic
ers, they want to lead. The orig
inators of most A&M Traditions
had in mind to turn out good men,
ones who realized the extent of
their position. So the Traditions.
The most tyrannical and over
bearing army officers were ones
termed “kangaroo” because they
jumped in without any experience
in handling men or any knowledge
of the responsibilities they assum
ed. Aggie officers with whom I
had dealings proved their quali
fications; they were better men
for what they had learned as ca
dets here. They neither tyrannized
nor dictated; they led. They under
stood their own standing and that
of the men under them.
Human beings are the sum of
their experiences. If Traditions
compose part of the worthy ex
periences, which at A&M they do,
then by all means “Long Live Tra
dition!*'
Hostesses for the meeting were
Mesdames G. E. Madeley, A. O.
Ashworth, R. A. Eads, N. M, Mc
Ginnis, Frank Anderson, and J.
W(. Hall, who served coffee and
cake during the social hour. A
bowl of pink-lavender irises and
pink rose buds decorated the
speakers’ table.
Congdon’s Bakery In
Bryan to Hold Open
House, Cake Auction
Specializing in wedding cakes
and party goods, Congdon’s Bak
ery, Bryan’s newest establishment
which opened Monday morning,
will hold an open house and cake
auction tomorrow evening. Loca
ted next to Hotard’s Cafeteria on
North Main Street, Congdon’s Bak
ery is owned and operated by Mrs.
L. Y. Congdon.
At the open house, beginning at
7 p.m., refreshments will be served.
According to Mrs. Congdon, “We
want to give the people a sample
of what to expect.”
At 8:30 a large cake will be
auctioned. All proceeds of the
auction will be given to the Tex
as City Relief Fund.
Congdon’s Bakery has the new
est type of equipment and new
proven recipes. “A large sugar
allotment, just received, will enable
us to supply any needs”, Mrs. Cong
don stated.
Homemade candy and Danish
and French pastries will soon be
placed on the shelves. It is hoped,
according to Mrs. Congdon, to op
en a small shop at college for the
benefit of the students and faculty
members.
Board May Change Nature of School
If Basic Policy Fails-Anderson Opinion
By Allen Self
If the Basic Policy fails,
the Board of Directors plans
to change A. & M. to another
type school, Col. Frank An
derson, track coach and one
time commandant, testified
before the legislative investi
gating committee last night
in Austin.
What change this would em
body Col. Anderson did not know,
but he stated a board member told
him of the proposition in reply to
the question, “What are you going
to do when the Basic Policy fails?”
Col. Anderson made it clear he
considered failure of the Basic
Policy inevitable unless the board
should “eliminate all elements of
student control.”
“Let’s take the power away
from the students and give it
all to the administration,” he
recommended.
“The trouble at A. & M. is that
the cadet system—call it tradition,
hazing, or Aggie way of life—has
been challenged. The cadets are
rebelling against constituted auth
ority.”
Veterans and cadets are of the
same feeling about hazing,
claimed Col. Anderson. “This
is because most of the veterans
were Aggie freshmen themselves,
and they want to see the system
perpetuated.”
“They are good boys, and they
believe they are doing right,” Col.
Anderson stated.
Death Warrant?
“The man who signed the Basic
Policy, Gibb Gilchrist, either
signed his own death warrant, or
will be known as a great man,”
said Anderson. “I say he may
have signed his death warrant be
cause he has challenged the cadet
system.”
Harking back to his own days as
commandant of cadets from 1935
to 1937, Col. Anderson likened the
present situation to that which
existed at that time.
“I got hot and bothered about
conditions that existed which pre
vented us from winning ball
games,” said Col. Anderson, “and
I welcomed the job of commandant.
From 1920 until 1935 I dealt with
athletes as a coach at A. & M.,
and I saw us lose ball games for
lack of men who withdrew because
of hazing.”
“I called in the seniors and told
them I would not crack down on
use of the board if they alone
would administer discipline with
it,” he explained. “The next day,
however, I had one mad father and
mother over at the hospital. Their
boy was hysterical and bleeding at
the rear.”
Crack Down
Col. Anderson therefore had to
commence inspections at all hours
of the day and night “until the
boys pretty well quit paddling.”
Seniors then began sending in de
merits for fish for “things they
shouldn’t have, like for going to
bed early when the executive com
mittee said they could, and for re
fusing to bring food out of the
mess hall, against college regu
lations.
“There was a volcanic erup
tion when I objected to this,” he
said.
“The seniors went over my
head to the Board of Directors,
who did not back me up in these
changes. I got my neck chopped
off.
“The board sided with the se
niors, so I resigned. They refused
my resignation then, but next sum
mer they found another command
ant,” Col. Anderson recounted.
Hazing Now
Several boys left A. & M. this
spring and last fall because of
dormitory conditions — the cadet
system—who would have enabled
the Aggies to beat Texas in track,
Anderson declared.
“Paddling today is only a frac
tion of what it used to be,” Col.
Anderson held, “but time for study
is now much less. Room service
and detailing is a waste of valu
able study time.”
“Athletics and hazing do not
mix,” he said. “You can’t build
a winning team from freshmen
and sophomores who are contin
ually hazed.”
Several instances of athletes
leaving school because of the cadet
system were recited by Col. An
derson. They left, he said, because
they “couldn’t or wouldn’t take it.”
Shultz Again
Delbert Shultz, author of the
controversial Shultz letter com
plaining about the administration,
was a member of the Aggie track
team last spring and fall.
“He was out for track, but he
wasn’t a track man,” cracked Col.
Anderson. “I told him to turn in
his clothes when I discovered he
had attempted to bomb the Baylor
bonfire. I didn’t think this pro
moted good feeling between the
teams or the student bodies.”
As Col. Anderson stepped down
from the witness stand, he de
clared, “I love the college. That’s
why I’m fighting for it.”
Meloy Called
Col. G. S. Meloy, West Point-
trained commandant of cadets and
professor: of-military science and
tactics; i ecouint 1 ^" the 'incidents
leading up to the January uprising
of the cadets.
The regular army colonel was
slow to answer questions asked him
by the committee, weighing some
A bill which would give veterans
of World Wars I and II a free vote
for life is now before the Texas
Legislature. Proposed by a young
ex - marine, Representative Sid
Gregory of Gatesville, the bill has
signatures of more than 20 solons
as co-authors.
The Texas Poll, surveying pub
lic opinion on the proposal by ask
ing representative cross-section of
the adult population, asked this
question “Let us suppose you are
a member of the Texas Legisla
ture: Would you be for or against
letting all veterans of World Wars
I and II vote without a poll tax
for life?”
Replies to this question found
62% in favor of the bill, 33%
against, and 5% undecided.
Among World War I veterans
questions at length before answer-”* -
ing in a low voice.
It might have been desirable, he
stated, to have given more notice
to cadets of the changes under the
Articles of the Cadet Corps, issued
when he took over disciplinary re
sponsibilities in January.
“Some static was expected, but
more resulted than I hoped,” Col.
Meloy said, referring to the mass
resignation of cadet commissions.
When queried about the results
of the recent mass disciplinary ac
tion, Meloy testified it had “a salu
tary effect—a good effect.”
“If the students spent as much
time obeying orders as opposing
them, they’d get along better,” Col.
Meloy said.
Rollins Takes Stand
Dean of Men J. W. “Dough” Rol
lins took the stand, and after read
ing a copy of the Basic Policy, told
of his plan to vest practically un
limited responsibility in the hands
of organization commanders.
“After one and a half years,
I saw it wouldn’t work. I asked
Col. Meloy to take over disci
pline of cadets. It might have
been we expected too much of
the organization commanders.”
Dean Rollins recalled how when
he became Dean of Men, “a wall
was thrown up between me and the
student body. I had, until then, a
reputation of being able to handle
boys.”
“You can’t be a counselor and
administer discipline at A. & M.
College,” Rollins claimed.
Drown Out
Under questioning by Sen. Fred
Harris, Dean Rollins told of in
stances of vandalism about the
college since he was made dean.
In the fall of 1945, he said, some
one stuck a fire hose through his
front window and turned it on.
“I heard the crash,” Rollins re
lated, “but thought the hot water
heater had blown up. When I got
downstairs, I saw it was a fire
hose. We cut off the water, and
tried to save what we could of the
furniture.”
Rollins said nothing like this
ever happened while he was a
student at A. & M. If it had, he
said, “I think the cadets would
(See INVESTIGATION on Page 4)
65% gave nod of approval; World
War II vets numbered 56% in fa
vor of its passage; 64% of the
non-veterans voiced approval. In
summation, 61% of all men survey
ed favored such a bill, whereas
64% of all women were for it.
Showing the high degree of vet
eran interest in the Gregory pro
posal, the Texas Poll brought out
the fact that only 2% of those in
terviewed were undecided. By
comparison, 7% of the non-veter-
ans had no opinion.
Potentially, the Gregory bill
would add the names of about 900,-
000 ex-servicemen and women to
the poll tax exemption list. Ac
cording to the Adjutant General’s
Department, 150,000 Texans served
in World War I and 750,000 in
World War II.
The Texas Poll Shows ....
Gregory Bill, Giving Vets
Life-Time Free Vote, Favored
BEST DOG IN THE SHOW—An English Springer Spaniel, owned by L. D. CROSS of Whitehall,
Michigan won the Sungold Trophy of the Brazos Valley Kennel Club all-breed dog show held Friday.
He received the title of “best dog in the show” and the “best American-bred dog”. IKE DAHLBERG
is making the presentation.
A VC Poll at SMU Says Single
Vets Spend $101 Each Month
In a cost of living survey conducted two weeks ago by the SMU
American Veterans’ Committee among veterans attending school under
Public Law 346, single students spend an average of $101.32 per month
while married men spend about $159.17 monthly. These figures were
“♦■obtained from 581 questionnaires
from single students and 377 from
Caste System
After Release
Vicious, A VC
WASHINGTON—Charging
that the present disability
retirement pay system for
non-Regular officers consti
tutes a “gross injustice” to en
listed men, the American Veterans
Committee yesterday asked that
the system be repealed.
In a letter to Mrs. Edith Nourse
Rogers, chairman of House Vet
erans Affairs Committee, Justin
Feldman, A VC’s director of vete
rans affairs, urged that she intro
duce a bill to limit payment of
retirement pay to officers of the
Regular Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps.
“A discharged enlisted man re
ceives disability compensation bas
ed on the percentage of his dis
ability as determined by the Vet
erans Administration,” Feldman
said. “With an officer this is not
the case. Even if the reason for
his retirement would' not entitle
him to more than 10 per cent
disability under the laws admin
istered by the VA he receives 75
per cent of his base pay.”
“We therefore find many cases
of private suffering from the same
disability as that of a major, for
instance, who receive $13.80 for
the disability which gives the ma
jor $226. The private’s compen
sation is subject to continuous re
view and reappraisal while the
major receives this tax-exempt
benefit for the rest of his life.”
“Our social distinctions based
upon rank cost the government
almost $40,000,000 a year,” Feld
man said. “The injustices and un
fair treatment which enlisted men
received in the armed forces are
too well known to be repeated
here, but the perpetuation of the
caste system after discharge or
release from active duty is com
pletely vicious and wholly unjus
tified.”
Feldman pointed out that under
present laws, reserve officers and
officers of the Army of the U. S.
with a minimum of 30 days ser
vice were entitled to the same re
tirement pay as officers of the
egular Army as long as they were
suffering from a disability which
prevented further military duty.
married student. Among the‘items
included in these figures were food,
rent, clothing, transportation, in
surance, recreation, and personal
items.
Food, the largest single item,
costs unmarried men $32.46 and
married veterans $60.22. The sec
ond biggest item is rent, which
takes $40.25 from married students
and $17.09 from single students.
Recreation, including dates and
shows, takes $14.59 out of the sin
gle man’s pocket, while the mar
ried vets get by on $8.89.
Taking Jobs
Of the single students question
ed, 51% stated that they had found
it necessary to take outside em
ployment at that time and 38.6%
more said that they would have
to take employment in the future
to remain in school. Of the mar
ried men, 69.1% have jobs now and
20.3 more will need jobs in the fu
ture.
Many veterans have had to dip
into savings or receive parental
aid to stay in school. Of the sin
gle students, 70.9% have had to
draw on savings and 52.6% have
required parental aid. As com
pared to the single students, 68.7%
of the married men have used some
of their savings and 36.8% have
received help from home. War
Bonds have been cashed in by
44.8% of the single students and
41.1% of the married men. Loans
have been received by 19.7% of
the married couples as compared
to 13.6% of the single students.
Very few vets get by on their
subsistence allowances, with but
2% of the single students and 1%
of the married men succeeding. Ac
cording to the AVC poll, 94.3% of
the single men and 95.7% of the
married students thought subsis
tence allowances should be raised.
Library Members
Attend Association
Meeting in Waco
Members of the college library
staff who attended the annual
meeting of the Texas Library As
sociation in Waco, April 24-26,
were Paul S. Ballance, chief lib
rarian, Paul W. Beck, assistant
librarian, and Misses Octavia Ro-
gan and Dorothy Singleton, cat-
alogers.
Points of outstanding interest
on the program were the discus
sion of pending labrary legislation
in the National Congress by re
presentatives of the American Li
brary Association, and an atomic
energy program which featured as
speakers scientists who had a large
part in developing the atomic
bomb. Two speakers on atomic en
ergy were Dr^ Melvin Bowman,
Los Alamos Atomic project, and
J. H. Rush, Secretary of the Am
erican Federation of Scientists,
Washington, D. C.
The program for the convention
this year was under the direction
of Mr. Ballance, Chairman of the
Program Committee.
Alaska Statehood
Gets AYC Support
WASHINGTON—The American
Veterans Committee notified the
House Committee on Public Lands
this week of its support of state
hood for Alaska.
Chat Paterson, AVC’s national
legislative representative, said that
veterans were greatly interested
in the settlement possibilities of
Alaska and granting statehood to
that territory would encourage
them. He estimated that Alaska
now has a veteran population of
10,000 and that additional thou
sands are investigating the terri
tory’s possibilities.
Screen Team
Interviewing
RA Applicants
A partial list of the offi
cers who will compose the
screen team that is now on
the campus has been released
by Colonel G. S. Meloy, PMS & T.
This seven-man team is interview
ing and examining students inter
ested in becoming officers under
the War Department’s regular ar
my program.
Heading the Ground Force team
is Colonel Maurice E. Jennings,
assisted by Lt. Colonel John B.
F. Dice, and Lt. Colonel Charles
A. Deason. The Air Corps board
will be announced at a later date.
Lt. Colonel Reuben Star, of the
Adjutant General’s Department,
is acting as the administration of
ficer and has the necessary ad
ministration personnel available to
assist all students in filling out
application blanks.
Students interested in this pro
gram should make an appoint
ment for an interview through
the Adjutant’s office in Ross Hall,
where the screen team headquar
ters are located.
A&M is one of twenty colleges
within the Fourth Army area sel
ected by the War Department to
be visited by the roving screen
teams.
Bray ton Named To
National Fire
Prevention Group
Professor Harold R. Brayton has
been appointed to the Committee
on Fire-Fighting Services for the
President’s Conference on Fire
Prevention, it was announced in
Washington today.
This is one of six committees
which will formulate a national
program whereby it is hoped to re
duce death and property loss
caused by fires.
The Conference, to be held in
Washington May 6, 7 and 8, has
been called by President Truman
in order to bring together state,
municipal and non-official repre
sentatives of organizations with a
basic interest in the fire safety
problem.
The program to be worked out at
the Washington meeting will aim
at reducing fire deaths which ex
ceeded 10,000 men, women and
children in 1946 and caused prop
erty loss of more than $561,000,000.