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. . -I-'-' rl IK Nation’s Top giate Daily 1949 Survey IN Volume 49 Fifteen Sweetheart No Introduced At T p f \ 7 | 'i. i V • ‘f , ,, I ! nTTi*! -t \i. \h Aspics attendinp the TSCW all Collepe dance in Denton Saturday ^ m PUBLISHED ii5 ri) a V. ■ ' 'i: Nl : N V 1 1 ml / . ! •'/ 1 ' h COLLEGE STATION 7 ~h- ■! nipht pot ^n indefinite preview of the 1940-Apple SWeetheavt when the fifteen nominee* fot 4 the cov- . | eted positions were introduced dur- inp "a dance intermission. Five nominees were chosen by a class vote from each of the, top three classes. The final selection of the sweetheart will he mada on October 8 by a fifteen man Aggie selection committee! j -i Senior Class sweetheart nominees were Aljce Dy^, Bess Averyt, Nor ma Beth Cooke', Evejlyn Balcar, and Mimi Hicks. ,\j. Junior Class selections were Jane Quinhy, Helen Beys, Jeanine Hol land, Gretchen Glitsch, and Mar- ianne Soudcrs. From the sophomore class Mary Lee Brunson, Thelma Balcar, Ele anor Hoopman, Jo Ann Ruth and Charlotte Williams were chosen. SENIORS JUNIORS j neral science HSi Jr OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE i' ;■!' /• ■ ! 4, h J L 1ir • i 1), TEXAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1949 Tr 4A!®® 1 ChiDicpthc, Miss Quiriby is : the •71 ! ajor from v^uipo; r is ! the president of the Aglaian Club. She was. n Redbud princess last year and allso Duchiess to Saih Houston State College. ' T'i' ! •Miss Glitsch, a general piajor Sophomore Class Beauty,! Mis$ Hol land is a speech major from Hous ton. She has beep a Rei bud Prin cess and a Cotton Ball PnnceiiS. A r| ember of the Speech Club, : Miss Holland also belongs to the Tennis and Aquatics j Clubs. ] [ 1 ] From Fort Worth and majoring in Advertising Design, Miss Sop- was a Redbud PVipces^ dors yeav ^nd jb a 1 member of last the glaiqn ] C [jMis^ Beys, major; fifrom Aglaian Club, a Genera Business JE1 faso was presi dent of the Freshman Class 1 a' was a Freshman Class Beauty. ■ 1 ■ m SOPHOMORES bliss Ruth, ah advertising de sign major from Garland, is a member of the Art Club. Majoring Journalism, Miss Balcar is from Beaumont. She is a member of the Rod and Reel Club. Miss Brunson, a pre-nurse major f rjo m Hobbs, N. M., is a coun selor in Sayers Hall. A Redbud Princess last year, Miss Brunson is a member of the Aquatics Club. An jinterior design major from Kansas City, Miss Hoopman is a member of the Aquatics Club. She was: a Redbud Princess last year. Miss Williams, a voice major frdm Munday. isi a member of the College Choir and the Music Club. Last year Miss Williams was a Cot ton Ball Ducheiis and a Redbud Princes#. Five N Seleete College Staff !° fs Improvin ' 33-13Def. •!7 7 Mn j. members Five new been added to the and research staff have teaching! Miss Dye, a costume major: Hi isign and from Dal- Ihapgrral; if t fashion ilWsti'ation las,• is a membe^ of the. '^nd Art Clubs.. ■ ' From Jacksonville, Miss Averyt is a|lso a costume design and fash ion j illustration major. She is a member of the Chaparral Club. An gte Sweetheart nominee last 7 V.. Ae. . , year, Miss Averyt has been^a beau ty nominee, Cottoln Ball /Duchess nominee, and a Redbud Princess. Mis* Balcar, Vlve-President of fCGA, is a speech major from Beau mont. She whs a iRedbud Princess her: sophomore and junior years, and Junior Class ^eauftyjast year. Miss Balcar is also a member of Zetp Phi Eta, National Collegigate Players, ami the Agalaian Club. Thelma Balcar is one of the porm- ineCs from the Sophomore Class. Vice-President of the * Student idncil of Social Activities, Miss ooke is a costume design and fash- on. illustration major from Waxa- Jhacnie. A Redbud princess for the 7 O' vu . j fice as^ the ArtWety Adept In Water Operations By C. C. MUNROE pons wi|l Sc three years, she has held of- Junioj- Class Secre tary last! year and as president of the Chhparral Club. Miss -Cooke was an Aggie Sv^eetheart Nom inee last year too.’ i Mi«s ‘Hicks, joumaVwimz major from Fort Worth, was a Freshman Beauty nominee, a Redbud Prin cess for the past two years, sec retary of the Mary Eleanor Brack- enridge Club her sophomore year, and is how president of the Club. Belonging to the Fort Worth Club, jdiei was president, her sophomore year and secretary last- year. 4/ bat not without enough noise to have disturbed : several third floor classes not yet dismissed. Cries like, “Qh, Sully, what a head you’ve got.’f went floating up to waken seven students asleep in m 305. And two disgruntled s working opt in Bolton Hall were startled at: a roar from one polisher, “Look at that nose of his, J you?’’ everal amateur photographers arrived on the scene about 6 p.m. and they were soon joined by the Officer of the Day Who dropped by to watch proceedings. illy '5:05 p.m. the general area around the base of the statue had taken on the appearance of Bbomtown on a rainy d^y. Mud was ankle deep despite the cf- forts of a crew of sweepers to keep the walks cleared off. - 1 Mqpks, Cox, Jackson, McPhefsoh, took Bepson, and Andrews all pitched of the; statue rfrriJjifrtb the attack wrotmd the base while Miller, Bowen and McPher son climbed up the outer portions of the .statue to get into the crev ices with Bon-Ami. With the head all shined, the crew on top busied themselves dous ing their extra water on those be low, and only lack of ammunition " (See ARTILLERY, Page 4) !'L Sulty (finally got a bi!th! ' The original “soldierl atatefttmn, and knightly gentlemanj was re lieved! of several season’s dirt and corrosion Saturday by u a valiant crew pf workers recruited in B pp,. Battery, CAC. 1 |' | | ™ In tin operation which disbursed more >vater than the proverbial 40- day and inight downpour of biblical times, the boys from the coast ar tillery put the new look on A&M’s e^-president And it was all done iri 30 water soaked minutes. Precisely at 4:45 Pinj. thb 25- man crew which the I operation One |n front ofj'the admiinijtiiation buildirig. They brought with them 12 mops, 8 cans of Be n Ami, 7 brooms, and lots of enthusiasm. Throe cadets, Bn|ce Miller, Evens Bowen! and Bill off toTthF'tbjT , set about cljeitning Sully’s upper- works. Occasionally they inteitupt* ed their ef orts to douse Water on the men working up from the base of the pedestal-, but Hie -total attack on gfime didn’t falter. A relay of worker# cleaners well, supplied ter from the Academic 4:45 p.irj. the was to undertake appeared on’ the kept the muUi wa- Building Versatility Unlimited i _4—i — f ! ! i Bryan Actress, Secretary Rates As Top Coiogirl Too of the Plant Physiology and Pathol ogy department. Holding down new positions are Dr. Wayne C. Hall: Dr^Wayne J. Mcllrath, Dr. Marvin D. White- head, Dr. G. M. Watkins, and How ard E. Joham. i Hall, formerly assistant pi-ofcs- sor and acting head of the botany department at the i University of Kentucky, has heed appointed as sistant professor ol' plant physiol ogy. A member of pumerous scien tific societies, Hall obtained his B. S., M. S., and |Ph. Dj degrees from the University of Iowa in 1941, 1947, and 19-|8, respectively. Mcllrath^ a recent, appointee to the staff of the Experiment Sta tion, has been giv en ! a joint research and teaching appoint ment between the .itatiop and the college. Dr. Mcllrath received his Ph. D. from tho University of Iowa. Dur ing the summer off 1948; he at tended a four weeks course on the use of ! radioactive tracer elements ac the Oak Ridge Institute o f Nuclear Studies in Tennessee. Mc llrath will conduct studies on pol len sterility and the possible de velopment of hybrid sorghum seed in commercial quantities. * Dr. Whitehead Will conduct re search on controL of disease of hybrid corn and other grain crops and will coach an advanced course in plant pathology. White- head received his B. A. and M. S. degrees from Oklahoma A&M College in 1939 and 1946. In June, 1949, he was awarded his' Ph. D. in plant pathology at the^ University of Wisconsin. ** Dr. Watkins, formerly a mycol ogist with the U. S. Naval Ord nance Laboratory,; has ; been ap pointed professor pf plant patho- I logy. Watkins received his Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1935. Fpom that time until 1941 he served as a member of the staff of the Texas,Agricultural Experiment Station. In addjtion to his teach ing work, Watkins will study the control of the Southern Blight Di sease of peanuts. Johum, assistant professor of plant physiology has returned from a year’s lenve-of-ab«ence at Iowa State College where he held a fel lowship provided by the Anderson Clayton Company of Houston. He will teach an advanced course in plant physiology in addition to his work with mineral nutriticin of cot ton. 7i Statements From Senator At Large Candidates ifj JJT do exactly as the office whole, and each voter ! It, I have bpt one ob- My policy as senator-at-large, will be to implies; to represent the student body as individually. I spent four years in the Corps, am a veteran, aind now non-reg. I know the problems of each group. I’ll help Solve them. 7 As a candidate for student senatbr-at-li jective..■' [ To make your vote count by making it work for you. Only through your support can I achieve this £oal. Jerry Fineg * I ■k '7 i ~ ^ j .i “As a member of the Student Senate anA a direct representative of the entire student body, I would Tie fair and impartial In my actions and decisions in the governing of our schoo).’’ • j , M Ralph E. Gorman, Jr. : M * My dear friends, again I hope to have the honor of representing you on the Student Senate. . j 7 j' 'liT j '[ r : J:/• Last year as a member, I was active ojn the Hospital W.S.8.R, and the Memorial Student Center planning (committees. Place your confidence in me and let yoiir voice be heard In the Senate. : I ! | j !■ . Bubba Scrimgeour * * ! Student Government this year will be largely outcome of the transition from a half Veteran, half dent body to one predominantly Cadet Corp As a student senator-at-large, I will work deligently toward mak ing that transition one of progress and notable co-operation. Clayton flelph ■ill'! Liberal y sprinkled minutes of valuable > injuries, the Texas Aggies a- noon yesterday. They coul4 look forward t 6 a ,1 4 5 and But wit ik on the Other si no majqr Campus at A&M Billiards! m 1 /V f« ; I responsible 1 for the Cadet Corps stu- Nicotine Nonsense Aggie Puffers Begin to Prep For Battalion Smoking Duel By DAVE COSLETT Smog, that bane T TT By ROGER COSLETT A j I , • L '* , t I the GUion stage, is a familiar fig- lies of ’49. 1 ... ure on the lA&M campus)! I *. M i. Vijrgiinia has been quite success- Being music director, songstresSfJ in the summer of 1946, Virginia fUl as a blues singer, Sne has sung rad actress makes Mjiss Virginia I starred iri the Aggie Jamboree, of professionally with the Duke Mor- of the Bryan Lirtle Theater a udiich BiU Turner, director of the j^an Orchestra of Lake Charles, La. mighty busy young lady. lAggielahd Orchestra and Singing and at the Melody Mill in Bloom- Virginia, who played the part of Cadets, was In charge. Last ‘sum- ington III. , Giriny Black in the Saturday night mer she was a tremendcusi success u er distinctive blond hair may presentation of “Afritfantasia” on 1 as a blues singer in the \ggio Fol- refresh the memory of many who have seen her handle the vocal renditions in days past for the Aggiieland Orchestra. Rlues and comedy are not the limit to this young lady’s vocal talent, bhe is a guest soust for the Bryan-College churches and much ! in 'demand to sing at weddings. Virginia was active during th° war as an entertainer at the Bryan Arinv A • ; The daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. > E. V. Estlll of Bryan,. Virginia toik to; the stage at an early age. After graduation from Stephan F, Austin High school she studied voice ubder Mrs. Arlene Williams of Chicago and New York. She once played the leading role in the annual freshman stunt at, TSCW where she was majoring in Music $nd Speech. AA1 of Miss Esti been apent in theatrical work. From October to March of this year she traveled extensively throughout the Midwest os an em ployee of Western Union and Baily ranh. Senator Candidate Hayden I. Jenkins Was left off the list of student senator candidates in Thursday's paper. He is a candidate in the Trailer Area and Project Houses; consti tuency. * . 7 I 7 pitie?, is about to appear in Col lege Station. The date on which to expect this atmospheric phen- otrienon (my apologies to all loc al weather prophets) is Tuesday, Oct. 25. i r > Why? Because that is the date set for the 1949 Battalion Annual Pipe Smoking Contest. The smoke w|»ch promises to emanate from this latest meershaum marathon p|us the fog which one can usually expect in the Fall around these p^rts, will be the underlying cause for the predicted smog. Once again all of tho Aggie po tent puffers will have thier chance to best their fellow smokers on the field of honor. Although contest plans are still incomplete, indica tions are that the coming affair will not be restricted to pipe smok ers only. The nimble fingered roll-your- own artists will also find an out let for their talents. Contestants in this division will bo required to furnish their own saliva. In the other fields, however, en trant^ will find most of the re quired fulmishings on hand. Seve- | ral tobacco companies have jalready of industrial volunteered; to furnish fuel i for the occasion And the list is still grow ing. Corn silk will be procurrcd for those displaying such a pre ference. Gub Organizes Through PC By RALPH GORMAN All you pool hall champions and expert cueist take notice —the college has made room for you to achieve athletic fame through your natural ability on the. greep felt. ’ In accordance with the initiation given A&M by the Game# Commit tee of the" Association qf College Union#, the college has allocated |221 tb be used as n budget : for the activities and operations of:the newly organized Billiard* Club, with James II. Flowers as acting chairman. 1] i ji'!;.. j Hi Tho club will be! under the aus pices of the Student Memorial Cen ter, which is a member of the As sociation of College Unions, and will have J. Wayne Stark as tdnP porary sponsor. The .Billiards Club comes as an answer to the requests of many Aggies who have felt that many of the minor competitive sports could be put on ari intercollegiate standing. », The club is for anyone having a natural liking for the game rind! from the ranks of the! club ijrlH come the players w-ho will com-, pose the A&M Billiards teiun-l Those who are interested in plin-j ning the program and the opera tions of the club, will make up the; remainder, r- U ' M 7 ag« utu came paKnien isting jan inkle an spraining a fin eek’s jpreparatb to Ipri ne them for ay nicht. E Camr off worae in l ent vith G) LSU next i Sun,] shpuh be rei ime Mojn Both scrimmage Evfn thou the pass;wo; had someth iig to 13 dffea rugged Boon Oklahoma the fkm ?, ibetter brand by tli of prizes it Is Ion Even will find Other smoking accessories are also beinir arranged for with com mercial donors. As usual, the list will be as impressive as j- ] corn-cob constifuants their effort rewarded. The Battalion, incidentally, will ( furnish the pipes for thi# divi sion. A shipment has already ar rived. (. ) | I' , : >4 This year for the first time, even collectors will be able to. chip their ^wo scent’s (if you'll don the piui) worth. . n r il • ! J The pipe-tsmoking properjjwill bo divided into different classes in ac cordance with bowl size, pipe style, and other irregularities which might terjd to make for unfair com- petltiop. • Furthej- details of the contest Will be published in forth-coming editions of xhe Batt. A contest en try blank will begin appearing in the paper in a few days. [ ers and three alternated who will field, agree to, play at specified date rind time. Players must be scholastical ly eligible for athletic# according to the requirement# of the college. They must be members; of thri un der-graduate student body. Arid those men who have Bachelor De grees and are enrolled for advance degrees are not eligibly, j 5' til iown at I*#. kept thi t the A of ball statiAics or tl Ni|holas Shi Dori Niche as stole his flasly pj using hefoi strong crowl. Nichqln 14 oi|t of 2.' attemptei. - -- 159 yards. Hobept Smith wgs slow cd dowri th i Week by Coac’ Wilkinson’s Ipowerfull *’ gaiped (inly p yard# in attacks.: s it was a 1 Royal, lell Pear ini they gain threjugh the. aij . ....... ka, Gcon Thomas! lec| the fijek with 1 MS Qjnple line, 1 As for the Sooner*, i crent storj With Da • - -Td j LI Ami Id, and ostriiig he pigsl| 53, ya da thrq ijoutej.^In rdphing rit ed yards. Thom is, toget^ey with Line rill Fcnr* 00 Leon . eath, pin Royal), iQaikle Arnold, and Diq Heatljey! Pol ed up 340 yards. | L ppman Re d Glerm Lip >man was lleld to o: one ruribacl on kick offs as Sooner# rejeatedly kept the riWay from im. Lippmam why yiej the b* 1 seven; tirjies for] yards, was marked main throv pui the cuti e game. [ Max Grie ier played the best I , fonsive grim i for the Aggie# on i ■ line while obert Shaeffer plri Teams will consist of five plriy- heads-up de ensivc balTip the b] scored first by talcihg Yale Liryl# mint sourri straight u| i into tno d hit the ground mini # 5 The Okie-dokie Okies m Ags Bring Home Res j Sooner Fans, Sports Tho team will meet with many teams across the nation through telephonic play (the rifle and the pistol teams use this mean* 7>f qu A) play for their tournaments) airid f ' will have personal qngagemcttts with several of the .nearby^ col leges. . jj M > Team play will begip as soon as club can be organized and the team members chosen. National play W 11 begin about February 20 and w11 consist of three mob's j and fiinglCs tournaments Charles C, Peterson, Svorl cy shot champion member Billiard Association df Ame: and Games!Committee pf the AOU. is scheduled to appcfir here at A&M October 25.) 1 • ’ M!! The A&M Billiards Club WitJ have its first meeting, Wednesday night at 7:30 in the Ex-studepts Lounge of the YMCA. • 'ij, ) J-'li j; I i.i.lL which air am niB mv Kruiuiu inunin o yards. The 1 ooners took possm aion of the ball m the Aggies 10 yaj 4 line, rind ft ir plays Inter i Li PeaiHnn scored from thri one line o i ari imd sweep. Thom## vprtet and Iho Sooner# led by i’ll po nts, tlivo'minutes and a seconds aftc|- the start of the fi #-i ! ■7 |v i 7; jj'. | Score Again; Midway i the second period Soonrirs sco ed again on a series of eight I plays is they drovri 75 yardh to lcngthen|their lead to 14 points, It wfls Peal ion again ari He swep left rind foif 11 yards W srior# hif Sepontl tom Mown of the game. : Thomas con ,'erted. d’s fan- ! Op (the kkik-off Bol) Bates took of tlje the ball amiririn it back to the Ag gies 35 yard line. In the next jtwo plays | the Aggie# lost 1(5 yards on peiialtjie# a d attempted passes. Lary printe for 64 yds, but print was -i in back 18 ya: Royril pieced up six yai^lS on a quarterback keep amt on thp next - ; Pantog ^ One in the may fjnd her any weekday office# of Norton-Mayfield, her tel h the! think architects, where, to hear it, she is secretary, cook, arid bottle washer. As for future " Vr : ’"ty content wilh her present position. Vlrg nia could well be described [ 1 I in two words—“versatility uniimit- ; led.’’ Aside from all her other nct- l ! : ivities she has found time to be- jlj If • i come an accomplished horfic-wo- man. le bolder of numerous trophys h irsemanship, she is Atiff competition for any man. Miss Es- till has been acclaimed an excell- 1 By DEAN REED “Too much O.U,!’’ summed up Coach Harry Stityler’s L-stfmation of Saturday’s game with the Soqn- ers. Interviewed briefly immedi ately after the game, the coach said he was “satisfied with team’s showing” but could of “no particularly outstanding player” from either side of th<j scrimmage line. 1| 7 -Oklahoma sportswriters jn the huge press-box above Owen Sta-I dium had a little mope to say on this subject. They agreed almost to a man that A&M played O.U. a much bettep"gamo than was ex pected. j || Also, they expressed continual amazement rit the accuracy of Don Nicholari’ passing and at the bone crushing antics of fullback Robert Smith. At one time, {Nicholas had thi own six completed passes in suc cession. 1 The local sportswrlteri decided also that the men frofr Aggieland would offer quite it edntorider next year and . in 1951. In fact, they concluded, the Cadets are going* to :tno time in No- exas. quite dangerous they meet the Big vember—-SMU, Ric|p, i The Okies sharp rurinl The Aggie ends, Wray Whit taker, Jaro Netardus, and Cedric Copeland snared the majority of the fourteen completed passes. The forward wall of the Cadets Showed up quite well at times also. The Sooners opened their hoirie season before an estimated: crowd of 32,000, hardly half-filling their huge but incompleted stadium. The stadium, when finished, will seat 55,000 fans. Owen Field, as the stadium is named, runs exactly as Kyle Field does, with the open end of the horseshoe on the south side. There the resemblance leaves, however, for the vast size of Owen Field would shadow Kyle. Following the modern trend, O.U. is working fast to complete their press-box and give visiting and local sportswriters all the con veniences of the bowl games. ★ 7 7 Saturday’s defeat for the Ags didn’t bring out any great or near- great plays, but it did brinij to mind some records made in ; the game* between the two schools. : Just Jast year, Charlie Royalty ran the longest pass interception runbackj gaining fifty yards against the Red and White of Okla- In the nme game, Bob 1 made the longest-kickoff run : We may be a little f hasty in saying that the tenth annual resumption gridiron sport Saturday was with out its record. In the 194-3 game, Jimmy (fashion set the record of the most passing yardage, hittihg 7 of 19 for 131 yards. - Don Nich olas did better that Saturday, get ting a t( tail pf 156 yards. The Aggies, however, lead in most record departments for the encounte{n< between the two teams. ■ . Neither team was without rip ric- « 4 tivc fan'backing at Saturday's grid affair. Oklahoma, naturally enough,: had thousands; : Texas A&M had only a couplejof hundred, but, led | by four of the yell-jeadors, they coriild be heard even through the glassed-in press-box. O.U. presented an . interesting 1mlf-time diversion, with the 3opn|* er bam), the 160-piece “Pride of j Oklahoma i! honoring tenm.: | They formed i ifli fsfiifc in i w and played the War Hymn, while a group of approximately lOOO stu- dents Used tneir flashcard# I In the stands jto good advantage. ' Tho group in the stand# first spelled out “Hello, Aggiri*"; in white on ri red background, then reversed their procedure. They al- so formed several variations of the “O.U." and then made a blrie out line of |the state of Oklahoma. ®*l§f p ififiw « Si mmm •i it