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Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Volume 48 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1949 Number 143 Aggieland Then and Now . . 1919-20 Dethroning Of Sully Plus Outstanding Athletic Teams Mark Post War Era By CHUCK MAISEL In the spring of ’19, a campus landmark was added with the un veiling of the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, the great ex-presi dent of the college. All of Sully’s family, including his widow, were down for the unveiling. The gov- pernor of the state spoke before the assembled cadets, then pulled the .flags from the statue himself. That lyght, before the digni taries had left the campus, there was a minor student uprising. One of the ringleaders was the grandson of the late prexy, a certain Lawrence Sullivan Ross Clarke. The next morning, Sully’s widow and the governor were shocked to find the knight ly gentleman reclining on the steps of the .Academic Building with a bottle in his hand, a cig arette in his mouth, and carry ing a sign saying: “I am against compulsory chapel and prohibi tion.” The uniform of the day was pat terned after the “doughboy brown” with campaign hat. Senior Boots were first worn in 1920 as a part of the uniform. The non-reg vet- 1 erans of the World War were re ferred to as the “conscientious ob jectors,” “Casuals,” and “Sons of Rest.” Despite recent propaganda, the Cavalry is not 30 years old and will not be until next January 20. On that day in 1920, A Troop Cavalry was born. For years after 1919 and 1920, Aggies referred to the period as being the “good old days.” There were many reasons for this, but probably the most outstanding was the football teams produced by the Maroon.and White those two years. The - Cadet Corps were behind the team win or lose all the way that season much as they have been in the past. This wasn’t so easy for them as they weren’t used to losing. In fact, by the spring of ’20, the various Aggie athletic teams had won 35 consecutive games including the basketball championship for the first time since the sport had been played at A&M. ' The ’19 team will probably go down in school history as being the greatest team ever to take to Kyle Field sod. It equal ed the undefeated, untied, and un scored upon recoi’d of the ’17 team; but while doing so, the Aggies of T9 amassed a larger total score even though they played against tougher opposition than the T7 equad. But the 1920 team holds a deeper spot in the hearts of Aggies of those days. Not be cause of its scoring record — it wasn’t anything above mediocre. The footballers of '20 didn’t even win the Southwest Confer ence Championship or beat the University. It was the unbounded spirit of the team which makes it stand out in the history of Aggieland. The start of the season saw the conference officials declare ineli gible the player on whom A&M had pinned her championship hopes. He was A. B. Knickei’bocker, a half back. The outstanding player of the fabulous T9 team, R. G. Hig- genbotham, had enrolled in Baylor Medical School and had already bought his books and equipment. When he heard what had happen ed to Knickerbocker, he withdrew frdm the med school and came back to play another season for the Maroon and White. Higgenbotham’s return to the College was kept a secret — so he thought. But when his train arrived, the entire Cadet Corps was on hand to meet it. This bit cf personal sacrifice set the pace to be followed by members of one of the hardest fighting Ag gie teams ever to take the field. There were many physical chan ges to the campus. Construction was started on the) Mechanical En gineering Building nnd the Physics Building. The old M.E. Shops bur ned the night of December 5, 1920. Military Walk was paved and ligh ted. Freshman had started giving X- mas parties to their outfits and presenting their upperclassmen with the well-known 1 presents. This was also the year of the first RO- TC Summer Camp. One of the mysteries of this period is the Case of the Miss ing Hide. It seems as though some rather rambunctious Ag gies visited the state university one night and branded the score of the 1915 TU-A&M game into the hide of the TU mascot, a longhorn steer named Bevo I. In 1920, the Teahounds slaugh tered their beloved mascot and fed him to their football team. They sent a large piece of the hide including the “13-0” brand to A&M. Coach Bible suggested that the Aggies use the hide - as a sort of rifle stock, but, instead of cutting notches, each time a game was won from TU by the Farmei*s, the score be branded into Bevo’s hide. This tradition was followed for many years, but there is no record of what has become of the piece of steer skin. Anyone knowing its whereabouts is asked to notify the Battalion. Wayne King To Play In Guion Saturday SULLY the day after his unveiling. Note bottle in hand. Sign says: “I am against Compulsory Chapel and Prohibition.” Science Bill Goes to Senate; House Passes Measure 93 - 43 AUSTIN, Texas, March 15—UP)—Fate of the strife- torn Basic Science Bill today was in the hands of the state senate. The House late yesterday wound up 20 hours of debate on the bill, finally passing it 93 to 43. This wrangle was “♦■stretched out over thi'ee legisla tive days, including two last week. A similar bill requiring all practitioners of the healing arts to pass examinations in six basic sciences has been approved by a senate committee. It has not yet been debated in the senate. The basic science bill requires examinations in chemistry, physi ology, anatomy, pathology, bac teriology and public health and hygiene. Chiropractors opposed it, say ing the examining board would be made up of professors from colleges offering those courses as they apply to medicine. The chiropractors said they would be discriminated against on exam inations because their views dif fer from those of the medical profession. The State Medical Association backed the bill, saying it was nec essary to raise standards and pro tect the health of the public. Opponents said the bill was de signed to “wrap a tight fence ai'ound the healing arts” and eli minate some kinds of competition. Rep. Jack Ridgeway of San Antonio, who piloted the bill through the house, replied the bill as written would permit chi ropractors to practice. He said many aspects of it objected to by opponents are already in the law, and that chiropractors are not hindered. House members put in one of their most strenuous days of the session, a number of committees coming back to work until past midnight. It recommended house passage of a one million dollar appropria tion for expansion of Lamar Junior College at Beaumont to a four-year technological college; another mil lion dollar measure for a medical branch of the University of Texas at San Antonio; and $3,600,000 for a similar bx-anch mex^ged with Southwestern Medical College at Dallas. Saturday Matinee And Comedies To Raise Rodeo Funds A special matinee for children will be showin at the Campus The ater, March 19, the proceeds of which will go to the Texas Aggie Rodeo Association. This money is to be used to send the Aggie Rodeo Team to San Francisco for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo As sociation’s annual rodeo Earl Guth rie, president of the local associa tion announced today. There are 15 schools entered in the rodeo at San Francisco includ ing Texas Tech, the University of California, and the University of Wyoming. The matinee begins at 10 a. m. Saturday and Shirley Temple’s first movie—Little Miss Marker—plus three cartoofis and a serial will be shown, Gutherie said. Free refreshments and baloons will be given to every youngster attending, he added. # McQuillen, Hervey Attend Conference E. E. McQuillen, director of the A&M Development Fund, J. B. Hervey, executive secretary of the Association of Former Students; and Jack C. Hollimon, editor of the Texas Aggie, former student publication, attended a three-day confei’ence of the fourth district American alumni council in Dallas last week. The conference, an annual meet ing of x-epresentatives of colleges and universities in Texas, Okla homa, Louisiana, and New Mexico, was held on the campus of South ern Methodist University. By HANK MICHALAK Local Guion Hall fans will have a chance to find out for themselves whether Wayne King’s music is “out of this woi’ld” as his press releases state, when the maestro plays two concerts this Saturday. At 6 p. m. and ag&in at 9 King will play a variety of music X’ang- ing from modern to old time fav orites. His entire radio and con cert orchestra of 32 persons, will be present. Taking three-quarter time music as his trademark, King appeals to bobby soxers and sedate eldecs a- like. Music planned for the entire program will include favorite se lections from Schubert, Irving Free Concert Will Be Played by Band ■ The Aggie Band, under direction of Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, will pi’e- sent its annual spx*ing concert in Guion Hall March 18 at 8 p. m. “For the last six weeks the band has been practicing three or four times a week in pi’epai’ation for this concert,” said Col. Adams. “We will be x’eady to present a well rounded program that is meant to please all.” Music for the concert will con sist of marches, popular tunes, classical and semi-classical pieces. Some of the pieces have been played by the band to audiences before. Others have not, Colonel Adams said. An innovation available to the band this year will be risers. These place the band on a hill-like level above the audience. This aids the accoustics of the building, and makes listening easier, Colonel Adams said. Open to the public, the concert will be free, he added. Berlin, Victor Herbert, and Je rome Kern, plus some of King’s own composition. Maestro King has a leading so loist in the person of gorgeous, golden-voiced Nance Evans. She has been a stage and radio per former since she was seven. A new discovery, Fred Kendall, will be the leading male soloist. One of the special attractions in both concei’ts will be the “Double- Daters”. This foursome, so the story goes, got started on a sing ing career while they were on a double-date of their own. They appeared on such radio programs as “Make Way for Youth,” and were heard by Wayne King while they were rehearsing a show in Detroit. The “Meadowlarks,” who also appear with King, are three girls who grew up in the same block, went to the same school and be longed to the same clubs. The Grenadiers group, another King feature, is composed of sing ers all of whom wei’e music stu dents at Wayne University in Michigan. Admission to either perfox-mance will be 70 cents for students and $1.50 for non-students. Statue of “SULLY” just before it was unveiled in the Spring of 1919. Photos courtesy of A. D. Martin, ’21. ^ Three A&M Students Win High Honors at Floriculture Show Sociology Group Selects Duchess Miss Jane Millikan of Avalos, Mexico, has been selected Sociology Club duchess for the Cotton Ball April 29. Miss Millikan is secretary of the student body at Trinity University San Antonio, whei’e she is a jun ior majoring in Spanish. She won the Saunders Freshman Prize for highest academic standing at Trin ity University last year and is past president of Theta Sigma So rority. Three A&M Floriculture students journeyed to St. Louis last week end to enter the 10th Inter-Colle giate Flower Judging Contest which was a part of the flower show held in that city. They com peted with teams representing 9 schools whose departments are con sidered leading in the field of flor iculture. The three Aggies amass ed enough points to earn second place in the event. William Zelsmam, senior from Amarillo, Richard Green, junior from Tyler, and Sow Kunihiro, junior from San Antonio are the three honor-winning students. All of them are majoring in the floriculture division of the land scape art department. They were accompanied on their trip by C. G. Milne of that department. The final standing of the com peting schools was in this ox*der: Pennsylvania State College, Texas A&M, Purdue University, Cornell University, Ohio State University, Univei’sity of Missouri, Michigan State College, Oklahoma A&M, University of Illinois, and the Uni versity of Maryland. The flower judging event was sponsored by the Society of Amer ican Florists and Pi Alpha Xi, which is the honorary floriculture fraternity. Since this was the first time A &M entered the inter-collegiate contest, the team was doubly hap So You Know A&M? EDITOR’S NOTE: “Ha!” py over winning second place hon ors. An extensive pi'ogram of pre- pai’ation for this event was star ted prior to Christmas. Many floi’- iculture students, with an eye on their chances of winning a posi tion on the judging team, spent long hours after class with Coach Milne to sharpen their abilities. The desired places on the traveling ti’oupe were determined after com petitive tests. Fi’om the final field of 12, Zelsmam, Green, and Kuni hiro were selected. Cut flowers and pot plants made up. the two main classes judged in the St. Louis contest. Four speci mens were inspected in each class. The individual plant or flower had to be judged on many points. For example, the cai’nations were val ued on the basis of color, size, calyx, stem, substance, form, and fragrance. Those competing had to depend entirely upon their ability to jjudge by sight. No handling or touching of the flowers was per mitted during the judging. The Aggie team was subjected to a complete weather change in its journey. When the men left College Station the temperature was 85. Overcoats were necessary when they xjeached their destina tion, since the mercury hovered in the mid-twentys. Eight inches of snow completed the chilly pictui’e in St. Louis. The trip was not all work though. The team took a tour of St. Louis covering all lai’ge commercial greenhouses and the leading whole sale houses that handled flowers. During their stay they also visited the Missouxd Botanical Gai’dens. Soph Sweetheart Pictures Needed Sophomores should have the pic tures of their choice for Sopho more Sweetheart in at the manag ing editor’s desk of the Battalion by Satui’day, March 26, De Loach Martin, class pi’esident, said today. No pictui’es will be accepted after that date. Each picture should be labeled with the gild’s name, home town, and the escoi't’s name. There should be one portrait, 5x7 minimum, and one full-length snapshot of any size. All pictures will be returned, Max-tin said. The Sophomore Ball is to be held April 8. Market & Finance Schedules Supper The Marketing and Finance club will have a bax-becue at 5:30 p. m. March 24, according to Willis L. Sutton, president of the club. Sutton asked that all members who wish to attend and who have not contxdbuted their $1.25 submit their money to him or Sam Rowe. The group will assemble in fx-ont of the Agricultux-e Building at 5:30 where transportation will await them, he said. Power Engineers Hold Annual Meet President Bolton Greets Delegates; Conference to Last Until Wednesday “The power industry is unique in that it is the only extensive business in which competitive producers exchange their product regularly as a standard operating procedure,” said R. E. Hansen, speaking here yesterday at the second Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers. Singing Cadets Plan to Make Weekend Tour The Singing Cadets, under the direction of Bill Turner, will appear in a stage show at North Texas State College in Denton, March 19, according to Harold Eades, reporter- historian for the Cadets. Featured song for the evening will be “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” The Cadets will be ac companied in this number by the North Texas orchestra. Next day the musical group will make a quick jump to Fort Worth, whei*e it will offer a complete con cert at 3 p. m. in Paschal High School. The Singing Cadets will be the guests of the Fort Worth Mother’s Club of that city, Eades said. Their program there will be var ied from “Glory to God” and “Cherubim Song” to the popular ballad “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Several spirituals including “Deep River” and “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jerico” will be offered. The Cadets will retux-n Sunday afternoon. Their next scheduled concert is Max-ch 26 in Corpus Christi, Eades concluded. Mahan to Speak On Need of Philosophy At Meet Tonight “The Value of Philosophy in the Liberal Arts Curriculum” will be the subject of an address by Pro fessor W. B. Mahan of SMU at the regular spring meeting of the Arts and Science faculty, accord ing to Dr. M. T. Harrington, dean of the school. The meeting will be held in the lecture room of the Physics Build ing at 8 tonight. A native Texan, Professor Ma han received his doctor’s degree in philosophy at the University of Chicago and began teaching at West Texas State Teachers Col lege in Canyon. In 1923 he was made head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ai v kansas where he stayed until he came to SMU in 1947. “Since many students, as well as faculty members, have request ed the addition of philosophy cour ses, the meeting will be open to all interested parties,” Harrington said. Gilchrist Tells Air Force That A&M Needs Annex Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist today notified the U. S. Air Force that A&M College would need to use Bryan Army Air Field next school year as an annex for freshmen. Notification was made in a let ter to Major General William F. McKee, assistant vice deputy chief of staff. The action was authorized by the Board of Directors at their meeting in Stephenville, March 11. President F. C. Bolton had pre sented figux-es to the board which show that enrollment for next year will be close to that of the Fall of 1948, and that classroom occu pancy at present is above the max imum for efficient work. Magee Eligible For Scholarship Group Aden C. Magee, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Magee of Bryan, is a new member of the Tarleton Schol arship Society according to John E. Thompkins Jx\, registrar. Magee, a geology major, was graduated from A&M Consolidated High School. He was salutatorian of his senior class, a three-year letterman in football, a two-year letterman in baseball, a member of the 4-H Club, treasurer of the senior class, and sports editor of the annual and school paper. After leaving Tarleton, Aden plans to attend A&M. The first meeting of the confer ence took place at 10:30 a. m. with President F. C. Bolton opening the conference with a welcoming ad dress. R. E. Hansen of the Leeds & Northrup Company presented a talk on “Load Frequency Control For Interconnected Power System.” Hansen stressed the importance of using automatic regulation of fre quency and power flows. The conference reopened in the afternoon with a talk by R. A. Earner of the Texas Electric Service Company. “The presence at the conference of such a large group of relay engineers is evi dence of the progress made by manufacturers in the develop ment of switch gear and relay devices,” Earner said. V. B. Wilfley spoke on the pro blems of reducing the number and effect of faults in transmission systems. He gave details on the modifications of the high speed method of attacking this problem. The last speech of the afternoon was given by L. F. Kennedy of the General Electric Company. Ken nedy discussed the modern relay methods which are available to day to provide high-speed fault clearing. “The purpose of this confer ence is to provide an opportuni ty for the discussion of joint problems by persons interested in the design and application of relay equipment as applied to electrical transmission lines and electrical machinery,” L. M. Haupt, chairman of the confer ence, announced.” The conference will last thi’ough Wednesday with presentations of similar programs today and -Wed nesday. A luncheon sponsored by the wives of the EE Department staff was held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hughes. The faculty is planning other entertainment and tours for the visitors. MR. FRITZ W. HENSEL, head of the Landscape Art Depart ment, died this morning in Tem ple. F. W. Hensel, Head Of Landscape Art, Passes in Temple F. W. Hensel, head of the Land scape Art Department, died today at 10 a.m. in the Scott and White Sanatorium in Temple. Hensel entered the sanatorium on Sunday, March 7 and under went a major operation on Friday. He was born in 1884 and lived in and around San Antonio. He graduated from A&M in 1907 and completed work for his masters degree at Cornell in 1914. Coming to A&M in 1913 as an instructor in the Horticulture De partment, Hensel was named head of the Landscape Art Department in 1928, a position which he held until his death. He is survived by his wife, one son, Billie who is employed by the College Fiscal Department, and one brother, R. L. Hensel, who is connected with the Agricultural Experiment Station. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. WITNESS CONFIRMS CHARGE DARMSTADT, Ger., — (A>) — Witnesses waiting outside a coui’t- roonx to testify against a black market meat slaughtei’er were star tled when a prosecution witness offered to sell black market sau sage. When another witness imported this inside the courtroom, the pro secutor rushed out but the black market salesman had left.