r?if -k ;■ 1- i . a i! : Nation’s Top Collegiate Daily NAS 1949 Survey ! ' r1' ■ i m ■UV ' •/\. 1 r Volume 49 Ags Meet Cow Love at First t By-BILL BILLINGSLEY ; .1 ;• . \ ; r The Texas Aggies may have been Athletically assasinated in TClTs emonal Stadium Saturday after- opn, but they'piled up points all bver Fort Worth the test of the 1 Weekend. I Despite their unkind reception it the hands of Lindy; Berry and his touchdown ^troup, Aiggie corps- 1 grippers knew “the real meaning of ^Western hospitality when they ^ lulled out" of Cowtown for College \ ' 4 Statioiir ■ ■ ' ' J ' l , r , Thrisfe dances were sponsored by ndividual Fort Worth organiza tions in honor of the invading Ait- gies and - other entertainment in cluded the game, a Saturday morn ing parade, and any number of smaller ^parties, all of which the . Aggies felt they had a distinct part in producing. 1 Official entertainment began Fri day night for the early arrivals with an all-c6llege dance at the Casino sponsored by the Fort Worth ROT(3 limits, and a “Sharecroppers Ball”, sponsored by TCU in their gymnasium. Both were compara tively lightly-attended by; A&M students because of hitchrhiking hindrances, studies, and a. com peting dance at TSCw. Saturday Parade Saturday morning j the 0 entire corps, from the band to the fresh man regiment assemjbled at the T&P railroad reservation and marched up Main,, Fifth, and Weatherford streets, 1 I. Saturday afternoon,| all of A&M went, en masse,' to fhe game in the TCU Memorial' Stadium. Despite the loss, thje entire city was flooded that night with party?; f. ing Aggies who went at their cele brations as the schre had been revei’sed. i r An official Aggifr* Dance, spon- X sored by the Fort Worth A&M Club, was held in the top_ floor ballrooms of the Texas'?-Hotel. eight A^ggies ;n man rooms and sleeping in the many of the two With the overflow lobbies. PUBLISHED r r •■ii ■ 1 3 * ' I • * *, i § 1 ' v V' 1 ’ i v • l-l X f-I I ^ i > COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), .TEXAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 19,49 T- WMi: v r | Tessi^s 8c»roe , Datable Teasiei, were scarcer than in past yearsL' and several Agfeies, accustomW to waiting un til arriving in town to get dates, went stag over’ tfie weekend. Overall,^ however, the weekend could be classe4 an outstanding success, the football reversal njot withstanding. ; The mass Aggie feelings were fairly well typifi >d and expressed by a bedraggled sophomore, just coming onto the end of the Waco hitch-hiking line, Said the tirpd but happy sec ond-year |rnan,j |“If that’s what western hospitality’s like, Pm all for it. Wonder if; ole Horace Gree* ly didn’t niake iajTCU corps trip.” SO.OOOSe Before T t / f l i" iff !' ' ;r ^ Off] e fniii - ■If : t f n r-m i II 1 ber Morton, Texas Christian University half- touchdown, Aggie players are halfback Buddy bwk, is stopped without gain on the one-yard Schaeffer (45), back Bull Lawson (38) and back line by Jim Flowers, Aggie linebacker, In the Charlie Royalty first period of the TCU-Aggie game in Fort Worth. Two plays later TCU scored! Its first Charlie Royalty (20), come in to help make the stop. (AP IWirephoto) Charle$ Novosad won $6/ 250 in prizes Sunday, Novosad, a junior pre-med major from Bryan, cashed iji on ‘The Chant# of a Lifetime’ radio show in Hniston lu[it night and, as a rcsiult; will realize his dream of attending medical school, j j Ji I He won a $8,(W0 medical schol arship given I byl Jesse Jbnef |a $1,000 colli t; : H ge Ward robe, and a $25(0 suit ; of evening; ! clothes, all for answering two qpestions and fail- to answer ju third.. It was the ques tion he failed to;answer that won for him the bppprtunity tp go to medical school. I! j jj! “Who .said; iT® rather |be right than be president!! T the. master'ojf ceremonies saidi: Novosaji didn’t know. He gues$dd Harry ^Truman but was (Wrong, l! I The master of cbremonies broke the tension by (Selling , h m “The answer is Henry Clay”. But h e also bhoke a precedent K'hen he told Novosad, “But take the schol arship. We think and (everyone here In the studio thinks I you de serve it. It’s yours.” The $5,000 (scholarship w^s ;tijie last (of the thrke : awards iwhifch Novobad won, The $1,000 ward robe was wort when hp hnswbred “No” to the question, “Is a foot ball made out of pigskinj?” Then the qiiestipn whidh result ed in Novosad taking home the $5,000 scholarship came ujp, Before the; questioning period ter of ceremonies! A&M student $2 St •I, ■’ : A-' Music Was by Red Wjoodward and the / attendance was ( reported as gpod. •! ' A major, portion jpf the A&M student body however, swarmed intd the various Fort Worth night spots and held forth uptil curfew. Probably the best attended of the professional entertainment places were the Casino, a rjnge ballroom on the shore of Lake Worth; and ^he Rocket, a night spot closer into town on the same Jacksbord high way. , ' ! ’tX , Yell Practice Both places were jam-packed with Aggies and as usjual yell-prac tice was observed by the crowds. Although the Aggies' celebrated lustily both Friday jind Saturday nights, few fights and disturban ces were reported by police and stu dents at the various 1 functions. A slight rash of ’ disturbances insti gated by non student hoodlums broke out Saturday night but » A&M-TCU student relations were far above the usual football rival ry level. ■ Students on the TCU campus were particularly friendly and sev-* eral Aggies who attended their Friday night “Sharecroppers” par ty sai^TCU student}; helped them ’ find sleeping quarters and blank ets, and that almost everyone on the campus "spokej in the ac cepted Aggie tradition. . Chief shortages felt by the ca dets were lack of t leaping space and aiscarctyy of da.es. All hotels were filled past capacity with up to ■--Tt 1 re- unior College Conference pens for Two Day Session began, the mas questioned the gariding his school activities. Novosad, who is attending school as an Opportunity Awarq student, has; a two year average of 92 in his class work, fn additibn to his studies he wbrkjs an average (if 40 hours a week in a local drqg- |atore, j ! . ( I '' j | Rumors Cau^e Looting Bombay, India, (A*)—Rumors of shortages ih eh.., sugar and ja.^ yy ^ Aggieland ije slain; 4nd five The Junior College Conference opened today in the South Solar ium of th() YMCA. President F. C. Bolton gave the address of wel come to (jfficials of more than u dozen junior colleges attending the conference. Consultant for thC two day meet ing is Dr. Lawrence Bethel, direc tor of the New Haven YMCA Jun ior College of New Haven, Conn. The conference is under the spon sorship f of the Department of Education and Psychology.; How ever, all schools and divisions of the college are cooperating. Professor R. P. Ward of A&M presided at this afternoon’s ses sion which opened with President Bolton’h address. Problems in the accreditation of junior colleges were discussed by Dr. BetheL President H. E. Jenkins of Tyler Junior College, Tyler, read a paper on “The Standards of Junior Col lege? of the Association of Texas Colleges.” E. J. Howell, president of John Tarletoh College of Stephenville, discussed “Changing Conception? of Institutional Evaluation.” The program for the remaining sessions of the conference was out lined by the Department of Educa tion and Psychology. Second Session Monday Evening, October 17, South Solarium, YMCA, 7:30 p. m. 1 Dr. John Paul Abbott A&M, presiding]. J j “irhe Essential Functions of the Junior College Library” Miss Lola Thompson, Tarleton State College. “Centralized and Decentralized Services of the Library to the In dustrial Education .Programs” Dean Conrad Vernon, Le Tourneau Institute, Longview. Pane! Discussion—“What Peri odicals are Needed by Oiir Librar ies for (the Terminal Program in Agriculture?” Professor D. C. Fi ber, Arlington State College, Ar- I ! l lin^ton, Professor Thomas C. B)ll, , Registrar H. J. Boehm,/Blinn Col- Pafis Junior College, Uvalde, Dr. J. H. Corns, Edinburg Junior 0(1- llegk Edinburg. Panel Discussions—“What per iodicals are Needed by Our li braries for the Terminal Industrial Education Programs?" Professor George R. Freeman, Del Mar Col lege, Corpus Christi, Dean IV. Musgraves, Panola County College, Carthage, Prof. Fred H. Bjrowjn- lee. regional supervisor, Childress. Third Session Tuesday Forenoon, October 18 South Solarium, YMCA, 9:30 a. m. Prof. T. D. Brooks, A&M, pre siding. Panel Discussion—“What! aire Standard Terminal Curricqla in Business?’’ Pres. W. D. Mauldin, Polrt Arthur College, Port Arthur, President J. O. Loftin, San An- toiiio JuniUr College, San Arttonio, Commission Ball For Whole Corps ( The 4 n Ure cadet corps has tjeen invited to the cadet Com missioning ball on Friday night; jimmy Woodall, publicity chair man for the event said this morning, | : The Aggieland Orchestra, will furnish ihusic for the dance. In vitations have been given tio all first sergeants, Woodall said, and meh desiring to attend the affair in Sbisa Hall may obtain ijheir invitations from theijji, ; Freshmen at the Annex may get their invitations from Ann Hilliard at the student center. Woodall said the ball would begin immediately after Cadet bommisbioning exercjises in Gui- on Hall on Friday. lege, Brenham, Pres. John F. Bar ron, Texas Southmost College, Brownsville. Panel Discussion—“What Facil ities (Equipment and Libraries) are Necessary?’!’ Dean C. A. Moore, Westminster Junior College, Te- huucana, Prof. Eugene H. Hughes, Director, School of Business Ad ministration, University of Hous ton, Houston,'Pres. W. J. Adkins, Laredo Junior College, Laredo, Dean George D. Pickens, ; South Texas College, Houston. Panel Discussion—“What Has Been Done in the Matter of Ac creditation?” Prof. B. C. Barnes, Arlington State College, Arling ton, Dean W. P. Akin, Texarkana College, Texarkana, Pres. G. C. Boswell, Ranger Junior College, Ranger. ' .1 . Fourth Session Tuesday after noon, October 19, South Solarium, YMCA, 1:30 p. m. Dr. R. L. Hunt, A&M, presiding. A separate session for those in terested in terminal courses in agriculture will be devoted to a discussion with respect to the cour ses indicated. Animal and Dairy Husbandry, Prof. R. B. Booley, San Angelo College, San Angelo. Poultry Husbandry, Prof. Frank Haney, Victoria College, Victoria. Crops and Soils, E. F. Carson, Coordinator, Veterans Agricultural! Education, Gainesville, Texas. Truck Farming, 'Prof, J. p. Mar tin, Henderson County Junior Col lege, Athens. General Discussioh; led by Dean C. Ni Shepardson, A&M. Assembly Room,; YMCA, 1:30 p. m. Prof. C. N. Hoilscher, A&M, pre- ciding. A separate session for those in terested in junior college terminal education as preparation for ser- (See CONFERENCE, Page 4) By RALPlji GORMAN Before an estimated 30,000 sun suffering fans, the Horned Fro; of TCU displayed a brand of “ er-their-head". ball that left even fabulous Lindy Berry a little be wildered and perplexed as the Frog captain led his trstwhile subordi nates to it; 28-6 victory over a nev- er-say-die Aggie eleven. Until (fateful i Saturday after noon, it had beien 728 long days since TCU had emerged victorious in a home football game, and it was on a similar; corps trip against a similar group of Aggies that the Frogs held them scoreless while they tallied four TD’s for a 26-0 outcome. And it was on the aforemention-' ed fateful Saturday afternoon that TCU Coach “Dutch Meyer sent 38 of his stalwarts, 29 of which were lettermen of on6 to three years, to overpower and Outplay a like num ber of Ag Coach Harry Stlteler’s sophomorish gridiron standouts. Experience was the tell-tale fac tor in every angle of Saturday’s game as the much-played mem bers of the Frog aggregation seized every opportunity to display the power running, brilliant pass ing, and pace-setting sprints even Nostradamus epuld not have fore seen.. Berry Shares Honors TCU's only possible candidate for a post ort the All-American selection, Leaping Lindy Berry Is forced to shnn) game honors with J. tw;o of his teammates who ! axe not nearly so well known. Elusive Dan Wild*, Weighing In at a mi nute 168, accounted fob a full hall qfi a very poisonous offensive set up as he (exhibited his most out standing play at the tailback spot Another claimant for TCU’t player-of-the-day award would b< fullback John Morton, who ton off great chunks of yardage as h< thundered the bulk of his 22( pounds again and again through i not-so-heSvy Aggie line. It was this same monstrosity o ’ backfield potentiality who was Uv • first to enjoy the benefits of reach ■ ing paydirt. After only fdur and 11 half minutes had elapsed in the In itial period Morton plunged oye* from the one yard line toj setjthe score at six and nothing. The TD came as a climax to a i eight play drive which started oi the TCU 42 yard line after center Max Eubank intercepted one of the opening passes off the arm Uiiiltly pqshed twelfth nun, cla jof fpi yards by and consmped a total Of 60 ojffen} I Sive plays while (h e opposition used but 15" offensive attempt? and at the sanrje time ^massed a total y- ■ ■ - * • IL -^ bmore-lai paydge il linemen ad they 5fp(he' ;Ag pla; Maroon ard White; WHf .ny | i , , . ] The Aggie backfield men fell prey to jh: unsurpassed and never equalled: skill with (which the great (Berry tossed the ■i up several debited the th a minus- ] -II gskin to every r of (he grldi(op. The aerial Of the man.TCU speaks of IjJ lasjthe greatest thjng since Davey'^1 ‘ n* 'ii * ^ --1- Ti 1- O'Brien” would have gone unno ticed had it not betjn for the circus batches! nradei by ‘Archer, Bailey, and Boal. j , The most perfectly exeputed play of Saturday's game occurred somO two minutes]aifter the *' " Eouchdawi ;j when Dan Lindy Berry dropped double safety assignment. The Ag gies had hammered three tinjes at the Frpg forwards wall and then called onj Yale I^ary to do the (punting epores. Laryj? {boomer ^settled Wild* hftplr t first and The respon Jack Holland, yersity of Te::as, following which there will be a roll call, appoint ment of comipittees and announce ments. a, wave es touched off looting in Norih Bombay today. Two* persons ; w« others were ipju red by- police fife. L Video Installation Offers Practical Work for Aggies L T. Cooper Heads Navarre* Students L. T. Coopdr was elected presi dent of the Navarro CoUhty A&M Club for the fall semester at a meeting Thursday evening in the Academic Bui ding. Albert Frey was voted into the vice-president^ slot while Eugene Ewing secured the post of secre- tary-treaeureij. i Al Westbrook is the newly appointed social chair man. * ili women, University of Tejtas op “Ifi I Were Dean “of Men.”, The ;< is- cugsion will be led by W. MitetyeH; Jopes, dean of men, West Te cas State Tepchers. College. . 1 i Arno Noworthy, dean of stud?nt{ life, Univeraity of Texas, w}ll be the; toastmaster at -the banquet at; Sbisa hall at 7 p. m. Dr. F. -jC.i Bolton, president, A&M, will de-; liver thq address, “Present Day! Challenges of Student Life,” Thafe! will then be an election of- offi-; cers and selection of next yei if's; meeting place. ■Saturday at 9 a. m., at the gen eral session, T. P. Richardson, dejan, Texas Christian University, ’(till: preside. Jimmy Alien, dean of: men, Tekas Tech, I (will talk on! "One Year Later.”. The disnjs^ sion will be led by Elmer Rlcek,; assistant! dean of students, SMU.;I reversed their field and behlijid an Inv nclbleiwall ofjj excellent block- ers; Wilde ran ; completely un touched to the Aggie goal line some 61 yards distant; j Truijfng* by a spore of H-6, the boys fforq Kyle F^leld began (o we purple and it wa? late in th|e sec ond quarter when the Frogs came to thq Dill readzation that the wrath of the Aggies was aroused. The Ags gained possession Of the bail when Berry', attempted touch((owh peas |. to George Boal in the enq Zone Was Intercepted by Buddy SPaeffer 1 and returned to the 20. At this jpolnt in the game the load was r Cashion and all upon him, pull the Z Rounding out (he backfield with Cashion Was BoU Smith, and Glenn Lipprjian. First TD sting were on Jimmy ire depending as the man-under, to h’< CtoffJ Little (ilenn scored hi. first TD in SWC (football play when he jumped over fijom the two cli maxing a series of 15 plays and penalties. To ^traverse the (See AGGIES LOSE|, Page 4) -H— 1 : ' ■ T!' Barbecue Race Contestants Gain Ground i Li '' K V • j - The discussion group will tienl |Ehe subscription Contes take up the following subjeftp:: launched last • week by The hnnaincr i wnminvmpnr „nd A^rifcultUrist te already feach* , ing- the stage, of strong comr petition between the ^ clqbs 'in the W'hool of J ■ housing, | employment and pjilce-; ment, discipline, fraternities, stud ent government, sportsmanship health and welfare. Dean Tate will preside over tty; general Session at 11:30 a. m., with business, introduction of new of ficers and adjourrimient 6n( the- agenda. — ; '■' •; j TT Since a free for the! Winnin; j ; T . .j ’ rbecue is this early in tl surpri ie prize fht racW - not u JOHN W1HTMORK lias the replacement value lof up- radar. In the first experiment. Television ha. com. to A&M! Housed on the top floor of the Electrical Engineering Building 1* the equipment for the practical .(udent work in electronics fastest growing] field, television. I "A&M is one of the dozen schools ih the j United States which will teach the fundamentals of televi sion ehgineerfng," Tom Prickett, professor in the electrical engin eering department, said. With tty Westinghouse Corpor ation’s (ecent gift of a television camera {and receiver, the EE de- I partmerjt is seeing the realization of one j>f its hopes. In addition to the above equipment,/Westinghouse donated a generator/ to produce a test pattern for Study. About a year ago M. C. Hughe? talked to DAn Howard Barlow about starting a class the (fundamentals of television, welcomed the idea and it to the Board of Di- The Board appropriated for the purchase of equip- i|es got together with C. E. ggi.’ graduate, who is ie] Westinghouse Corpora- got Westinghouse to pfmdmutjcly $11,000. Thl. Wm one of th. fim video sets to be put on public display. Since this set was put out, many >le go donate some of estinghouse ___ the equipment that had on display for the World’s New York. This donation I i ' J ” m advances have been made in the field of television. This set, built in 1939, is of the electronic beam tjlpjj. Fojr the purpose of demon stration,! the camera is connected directly to the receiver, j ] ? This old set uses 441 horizon- (al lines across the tube while the new sets use. 525. Roughly, What makes the picture ( is a Variable current of electricity racing across these lines; The density of the light depends upon the reflection of the linage Which the camera picks up. The image is picked up form a reflecting plate by an electronic of lengths passes through a large mass of wires and vacuum: tubes. From this scramble of electrical Wiring it goes into a large cable to the receiver where the (picture appears.! This machine is one of the older types, in which the camera is connected to the viewing box a direct cable. (The transmitters beam the impulses directly to the by a process which resembles is l or receiver by njew TV tram electronic impt set by a proce with television the principles of radar were used. In addition to (he camera and receiver the UK department bought four Meissner TV Seta. These set. can get programs from Houston, Ft. Worth, and Dallas. Along with these home sets the department bought u large projec tion type of receiver, and many var ious pieces of testing apparatus. This projection TV set is the kind that many of the eastern res taurants and bars use. It project, a picture the size of a newspaper page. [];•• Present sets can only reaph about forty miles with very good! recep tion and another fifty milds with fair results. “With sonw freak weather conditions we have picked up stations as far north as De troit,” Prickett said. The television equipment will be broken down and then re-assembled by the students so that they may learn the fundimentals of televi sion. rf The professor of the new course, which will be offered for the first thpe in the spring semester, is Tom | Prickett who hails from Mexia, Texas. He received his B. S. from Texas Tech and his masters de gree from here in 1947. luM drive wf he said. The contest ik] rqn until November h.lr barbecue :thl. week. It was lonuncedj this tyme club lg goini: o provide some, tough! colnpetltloli Pi* thejther 12 clulw in the School 6? Agrllultuie again tlilk j/Mf. according; to egrly report roc.lvpd py The Agriculturist 1 Vfhl. winner »H the aize, woitfd Wr the free ityaL iThe clubs w^re Instructed anywhere and {; anybody |s “o territory’!! for f getting iuf tibns, and that ((they ate ‘ to the mi it ■ ' V , j . j ■ J 1 K i ih j ' \ v | (r Vti v ... the directly ■ ' ;f r picture. receiver !■ • ! '■ ■„ picture la I Lit V t k 10 a » clubs as a cont the Ann^x ws during •! ed th AMm sub.script|ipty, :(Anyon cont chibsj four ^Additityal ofdvVed al 1 fice in ' teo« on Tuesday, w* 1 i ■Kn rship jof th it] boundary. Sir hit vjeryj it isl will pr for Mid. i 1 ' a of any 60 cents .1 published •scriptlons cin AgricultUrii t XS! V i • V ' 'll