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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1949
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University Student’s Tower ^ay/oriVcs Collect Fukd §0|j a j0 ADDrOVeS
Death Fail Tmne.l .Jantan r ‘ *** '“* * 11
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versity of Texas Tower Saturday
by a 19 year old student was term
ed “Voluntary” today by an Aus
tin justice of the peace.
The student, Graydon Grounds of
Dallas, lept 19 stories from the ob
servation deck of the famed 1 Uni
versity landmark at 11:06 a. m. His
was the third depth resulting from
a fall or leap from the tower.
Grounds, an art and sciences
major and former sports writer
for The Daily Texan, t was the
first person to sign the visitor’s
registration book in the Tower
10 a. m. 71
Mrs. Bess Froze; tower hostess,
said Grounds left the deck short
ly after he .entered it at 10 a. mi;
and she dj;d. not remember him re*
turning, "but that she had been
busy with a group of Girl Scouts.,
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|fall’ wai
!lee.
susti ;
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ined in I
s ied Monday by Blakes-
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No reason
Grounds lei
ported that
sonal Worries ^
givin
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len Jack Holland said
two confidebtini talks
student, ji4na Colonel
Hint of the Longhorn
suited Severn^ faculty members re
garding his personal affairs,
j Dean: of Mfcn Jack H<
he had had
Iwith the
George 1 E.
voluntary Band ^aid that Grounds had con
sulted with him three times. Col
onel Hurt, the Texan said, re
ported that Grounds had been ter
ribly; worried lately.
“The bpy had studied above his
head in the field of psychology
and had become terribly confused.”
WACO, Tex., Oct. 19—WPI—Eddie Wayne Franks, j 15 months old,
ominai cancer.,
•rayed for his
will live,
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Colonel Hurt Said.
Grounds whs a graduate Of
North iDallas:: High School, and
had forhitfrlyj Attended Baylor Uni
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Two other University students
■ j. told detectives investigating the
death plunge that they had been
on" the Tower the same time as;
Grounds, but that"they did not re
member seseihg him. They had both
| been on thie north side of the deck.
They first heard of the plunge
when they were riding down in the
elevator. ■ ,
Another student, Paul Langford
from Dallas, reported seeing a per
son get tip' on the parapet of the
‘ ! Tower, walk along it, and get
down agout 10:50 Saturday morn
ing*. He did not watch the Tower
after that..
Boh Evans, a University student
from Pharr, said he saw something
fall from the Tower shortly after
11 a. m. He went to the Tower
snd looked out a hall window from
which he could see Ground’s body.
He notified a girl elevator oper
ator that someone had jumped
from the ’ Tower. She called the
University Health Service and they
dispatched an ambulance.
' i Verdict Delayed
i The verdict as to the cause of
Ground's death was delayed by
Justice of the Peace Travis Blakes-
lee-THe said he was “positive” the
student didn’t accidentally fall, ahd
that there was a “mysteHous' aji-
gle“ whiph had not been explained
to his satisfaction.
The verdict of death “due to in-
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the TCU corps trip weekend, held at short yell
practice in the wee hours of Saturday morning,
just to be sure the!I 4 voices were ready. In a
hump, from left to right, are Tidge Rattan, G’ol-
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Rifle Team To
DjHCtlHH PlaiiH
• The A&M Kifln team, will
hol4 its rogulMf nleytitjg Wed-
ilttmluy at 74)0 h, ; m> in Hoorn
.’101 Goodwin IImiL. A, Tay
lor, cMidaln, suid loilwy,
Thf mjW sciu’ilulr for use of
Urn firing ningr Will In 1 discuss-
sd Taylor said, Tlio rs-actlvntlon
of the pistol teurti has muds It
necessttvy to nnvko spaclai ar-
riuigctnents for use of the rouge
by the pistol! team ahd I he-rifle
b-am. i-
Taylor asked nil men present
at the first meeting of the team
to attend this meeting as plans
for the ainnual Turkey Shoot and
firing for the WiUiam Randolph
Hearst Trophy will be made. ,
The rifle team i is coached by
First Sergeant William R. Reese
of the Military Department
Nutrition Meeting Deans Attend
Set Here Thursday
Top-flight apth<l>ritiefl in the various fields of nutrition
will take leading parts in the TexRa Nutrition Conference to
bo held on the ejampus 'Ifhumliiy and Friday, according to
J. R, Couch, Poultry Husbandry Department.
recovery today. Doctors say there is little chance he
Both parents are GI students at Baylor Urtiv|
students and Wacq organizations are collecting money to help pay
Eddie’s bills.
Thje baby had not been eating well for about three months,
but his parents thought it was only because he was cutting teeth.
Physicians operated and found a malignant cancer.
Eddie is in the oxygen tent. Dr. 1C- G. Shellenberger says he is
responding to X-ray treatments. j
Baylor students suggested the fund they are collecting be used
to send the baby to a nationally famous medical center.
!. Franks, 25, Is a baseball letterman at Baylor. His home is at
Bryan, TSkas. Mrs. Franks, 24, is a former woman marine, of
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Meet First
Time Thursdajf
The Class of ’52 will meet
tomorrow evening from 5 to 6
in the assembly Hall, accord
ing to Ralph Rowe, last year’s
clafes president.
The sophomore meeting will be
held to acquaint class members
with regulations and procedure for
the ccjming election of new officers,
Rowe said. This meeting was call
ed by last year’s officers, who met
with Grady Elms, assistant direc
tor of activities, Monday at 5 p.
m.
The out-going officers set sev
eral dates for the election and fil
ing bf officers. Filing for the
nine positions open tq classified
sophomores will begin Friday, Oct
ober 21, at 8 a.m. in the Student
Activities office.
Deadline for filing is Wednes
day, October 26, at 5 p. m. The
prtpiihinary election of officers will
be ; held Thursday night, October
27. A ;
Three men who receive the most
votes! in the first ballot will be
candidates on the seconjd and final
vote, which will be held Monday
night, October 31. Winners in this
election will be determined by a
plurality, although a majority in
the first election will eleminate the
necessity of a run-off for any posi
tion.
The nine positions open are:
president, corps vice-president, non
corps vice-president, secretary,
treasurer, social secretary, parlia
mentarian, sergeant-atfarms, and
a combined reporter-historian.
Other details will be ; announced
at thj , i meeting, said Hdwe.
ane
Washington, Oet. 19 bD—The
Senate today approved a reso
lution endorsing research at TeX-
as A&M College to develop an
airplane suited especially for
farm operations.
Sponsored by Senator Elmer
Thomas (D-Okla.) the resolution
notes that crop dusting ind other
such farm activities, are car-,
ried on largely with old (bi
planes and surplus military air-
Rep. Teague (D-Tex), is pending
in the House!
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morning on the Battalion Assc da
ted Press w|res. j i f
The resolution passed a? a re
sult of. the reconimendatiohs of
the National Flying Farmfeiis As-
sociat on formulated at the annual
meeting at Fort Collins. The rec
ommendations were made g
brief survey of I the research iw-
ject 'j j
The research project, whacl i: is
partment 0^
presently being jconducted with the the co 1«
cooperation of tpe Flying L i
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and the A&M System, will {be
rected toward development j of
all arojihd airplane for agricpltur
th planting and <i
cessoriies being developed'
college Agriculturists.
eseiarch on the various tjlpes
seeding land dusting equipment
well ag distj-ibution of the result:
spray is already
Easterwbod Air
ige Wind tunnel.
A&M Selected
sftis for selection
as^ for the project wgi
y availability of
hd tunnel, and U
close tie -in betw
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Mary Ruth “Tay” Taylor, North Little Rock,
Marie .Bradshaw, Houston; and Patsy Conn,
also of Houston.
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Trie company fund of “A” Chemical Warfare Service will be In
creased $5 as a result of their winning first prize in last weed’s
Battalion sign contest. Signs are judged on the basis of hum
artistry, imagination, and fitness for public display.
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Dr. CflMch lp| chairman of the|cpnfere(ice which Ik Hpon-
Hpiod hy tthja HliicheihUii’y; ainll^ 1 ft I*)—* ■■t-4 w
NuliHIon iDfimititiifht. || • J
Outjjof stale imi'tldpants InClude
W, WJ CilaVens, aSHoeiato prdfoH-
sor of poiiltiy husbandry, Hnlvcrr
slt^d|f Wlsdonsln, Dr. Crovehs i!
. MubMcctlon
Resaarch Council.
! hoteid ifor Ns research i-pro
sity of Wisconsin,! Dr.,(
chairman (if itho poultry
of the iNaiidnal Researc
He,.isi notpd jfor his rese
in poultry nutrition and especially
in relation; <tf diet ip hatchabllity.
H. j. Kontn, nutritional dil-Octo/
of Upcle Jbhnny Mills, HouS|ton
has spent considerable time jirt re-
reh nutrition fhr aninmls.
Date Moved For
Frankie Carle
KcIkmIiiM date of the nppenr-
anco of I'rjinkle Carle on (lie
Tiivvn Hull! Program has been
ehanged, ai-ordliig to "Spike''
White, assistant to the dean of
students for activities.
Instead ojf appearing October
21 as previously schcdiib-d,
carle will appear on the pro
gram November 4.
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College’s Meet
Two A&M men will take
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meeting of the Awociation of
Land-Grant Collegea and Uni-
verHltiejs to he held at Kannan
Dlty, Moi. Or to lier 21.27,
Hr, M T, llarilrigton, (ieiui of,
(he eollejire and tltfun of the School
Of Arts nod Helejices Is chairinan
of a patiel heforo the Division Of
Arts iiml Hcleuces on October 2il,
lie will preside over n hieetlng of
(hut ilivijsion on October 21!.
ji Dean I", N. Mliepardson of the
Kchool of Agriculture will give a
report to the Committee on Or-
gunizatiujn and policy to the . resi
dent instruction section oh October
22. He \(ill give a committee re
port to the section October 24 On
[‘Problems of Transfer Credit
Agriculture.” 7 I ij
More than 300 of the nation’s top
educators will attend the meeting.
Deadline Set For
Club Application^
Free Trip Planned
To Shrine Circus
A free alNay trip to the Hhrlnr
Circus in Houston is plnhnnl for
u group of local school children
on Friday, November 4, accord
ing lit Dr. 0. W, Hithlesselnian,
chalrittun of the Crippled Children
Conunlttee.
The trip to the big ton will he
made by bus. All school children not
able to attend otherwise are eligi
ble to go with this group, Hchles-
selman said.
The group will be chaperoned, and
any one wishing to serve in that,
capacity should contact the depart
ment; head at his office or home.
“Anyone knowing children who
could go to the Shrine Circus
with this group are requested to
contact me promptly,”! the doctor
said.
Student organizations are re
minded that the deadline for appli
cations for financial aid to organ
izations will be October 25, Funds
available for financial aid to or-
ganixations Will be October 25.
Funds available for this year are
$3,001) according to Grady Flips,
assistant director of activities,
Eligible projects are expenses
of the convention delegates, judging
tesms, speakers, and films. Appll-
eatloiti form may he secured a< the
Htudent Activities Office.
Student orgstilzatlons are asked
to bp certain that a list of their
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ior's picture taking is as follows:
officers and addresses is oij
The
:aa the
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field, v 1
ies, and
[standing! personnel in botli
jgineer n i and agricultu
Dean < f Engineering H.
said, .iho a factor is
‘month flying weather in
;ity, Professor F. E. Weiitk,
nauticul engineer in charge
|pi|pjeci, added.
Steering Conunlttee
The research is being guided
eompoiejd
[of men from the various orgarti
,tions issociated with the project.
Theieimen ate Weick,“ebairmu ;
E. E. Bt-ush, Head of A&M Aepe
nautical ' Engineering Departmen .j
Burke, National Flyng
Association, Oklaho nr
Chamberlain, chief 811^-
Von Fiosenbcrg,
division, W. li. Be
ry, ussistant to the admiiiisti
{both from t^e fourth region;
Ft. Worth; and Dr. H. G,
:ston, mad- of the Departmi
Entoir okigy at A&!m.
A1s( K. E. Tullis, Bureau of PI
ndustrg, Soils, and Agricuh
Cngin .'ering USDA and Texgs
riculturgl Experiment Stal
Beaumont; J. D. Long, Bureai
Plant Industry, Soils and Agii
tural Engineering Washington,
C!, ard! Frank Irons of the sa
Bureai, Toledo, Ohio; DrJ Fre
Birtio]),[and Dr. J. S. Yhill, ^ui
Entonio|ogy and Plant Qiiarah'
Wash ngton, D. C.
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information pertinent to brga
tlons will be sent out to these
ressea. The Placement Office
eniphasized that prospective
ployars are interested in; extrai-'lir-j
riculsr activities of igospijetive;
graduates. Cards are
the student activities ofjflcji
which to record this list ql off
time and place of meeting, am
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Ranking Mervlep
Elms alsm pointed outj that
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lent;Activities offer a bunkIhr and (era, l&pd Cot John T. MPrai' A,
flnatirial record service for nt'idpnt eonintiindlng (Officer of (xrnna ly
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orgahlxatlonH and that t'otlegill tief*
ulatlpns redulre that nil o gnht
ixatlUns doposlt their ftinda Vflitl
this office, ' ;1[:
Explanation* of detailsipf
ling organizational funds’; thCongh
Student Activities will be givpn to
any organizational member tC off
ficer.
Club intrmaUral infarmatioiijufUi
be disseminated through the
October 19,20,21, & 22: Make-up I nel hr organizational officers’
icttires for A through Z. (See DEADLINE, Page !®)
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New Kyle Field Press Box to Open
For Aggie Fish-TCU ’Wog Grid Til
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RilfuB R. Peoples, clawi
’28 a,nd member of the bogrd
of dlpectorg, will be the 1
pal kjg*aker at the ^adet c
miHHloning exereiaeN ip G
Hall Friday night,
He will address 350 cm pa
lore nfid the|r guests itseem
for Dm annual ceremony. Mrfg,
Gen, IMugh Huffman, commandlpif
nere| of Fourt
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mandlnf of
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in Waeo,
lesion's
uffman will aWtkd ck<$t
I0h* to ground fotfee min
Rpragua will preMIlA
force seniors,
rtung, president of tjhi
Former Student*,
one of the honor gijekta
By BILL THOMPSON
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night yell practice In Fort Worth Friday
wildcat their approval of the last remark b,
yell leader. As best we remember there was some
montiii
made of cleaning
TCITs plow the next
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More space and a better view
iWill be the keynote of the pew
;A&M press box which will have
its baptism of the TCU and Tex
as Aggie .freshman game, Thurs
day night, October 20.
The riew press box will offer
Igreat improvements in working
conditions for writers, scouts, pho
tographers, and visiting radio pro
grams. The new box has been
built between the 45 and the 30
yard line* and Ihe old box has
been remodeled and additional fa
cilities provided.
On the lower deck of the old
press box. where writers form
erly worked, there are now a
her of booths. The lower
has been divided Into four
>n*—a radio booth at the
far .right for visiting out-pfr
te- radio broadcasters, two
4hs for the use of thf
to keep In touch with
their teams by use of telephones,4
and a booth for the use of scouts
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The scouts were formerly on the
Other side of the stadium. There
state-
MnaU
were objections to the noise on the
other side however, so they were
moved into the booths.
The Humble radio studio will re
main in the same place, on the top
right hand corner of the press
box. as will the public address
system next to’the Humble booth.
In the new press box itself there
will be accomodations for 34 writ
ers, giving them a much better
view of the playing field. The new,
wider windows and higher eleva
tion of the booth provide a clearer
view of the game.
Windows may be kept open or
closed according to the weather
and small ventilating portals will
be provided in the rear of the box
to relieve the box excess cigarette
and cigar smoke on bad days when
the front windows are not open.
There will be a sandwich bar
In the new box In which all the
refreshments to be served before
the game and at the half time, will
be kept. The refreshments for the
writers were formerly kept In the
corner of the box, or outside,
where ever there was room for
than.' I ;
The new higher- level box,
which Is 10 feet taller than the
lower deck of the old box, will
provide a better view free from
obstructing spectators who
sometimes stood in front of the
old writers booth.
Photographers with long-range
telephoto lenses, movie camera
men, and television men will have
a special place on top of the new
addition to the box.; : j
There will be a wind breaker
four feet high around three sides
Of tjhe platform and a one foot high
guard around the front to keep
coke bottles and equipment from
falling down on the spectators. A
guard will be on duty during all
games to keep people off the un
fenced part of the top.
Another feature of the new
box Is the protection, it will pro
vide for the spectators
I tinder It. There will be room
for about 75 to 100 people ua-
I der the box. p
Back rests have been provided
for ; the writers* There were no
back rests in thd oldTwriters booth.
With the improved conditions
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King, sports publicity mahager,
has been able to provide spotje for
Urn,! newspapers which regularly
covered the A&M home games.
King said that space would hie
reserved for the following
and bureaus: Houston Post,
ton Chronicle, Houston Hre
co News-Tribune, Dallas
Dallas Times Herald, Ft.
Star Telegram, San Antonio
Austin American Statesman,
pie Telegram, Associated
United Press, Bryan NeWs,
Eagle, Battalion, visitiiig —_
paper, and the visiting
sports news director.
The new Pm** box was built
by the B&CU psp*l1ti|g|| hftf ;
der the direction of the sdortaj
department / ; , i
Piles of lumber still cluttar the
scene around the box but conie
Thursday night {And time for the
Fish game, the new box will break
out in all its glory and ahovir the
press writers of the state tl
A&M Is not forgetting the coptf
of those who transfer
deeds to front page worts.
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corps HW
will begin at 9 p.m.
the Gukm Hall ceretm
will be fthmlshed hj
and the Aggieland!
their first appe iran<
ir. The ball will lalst
will
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A cpmmisslonlng bill to wtilch
the entire cadet corps hM been
invlti
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Muslt
Turnk
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the y<
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hairman of the
moral ig. Caidnt
wmun.r
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Arlringements have been r
by (he Military Department
cadets! to have dinner at 5130
Fridiy so the commissioning ee:
mony (may be started by 7 p.m. j
seniors who will receive
■t commissions must
ber one winter unlfi
Mitchell, chairman of
event, said this
may wear either
or uniforms
TRe commissioning bill wf 1 be
formal. Mitchell said, lut cideta
may wear either summer or nu
ber one winter uniform: i. I «
Invitations for the com
ing hall have been given | a
sergeants. Freshmen a
nex I pan get their Invi
the ball from Mrs. Ann
the fetjudent center.
a invitations are needed ff^r
the commissioning
Mitchell said, as .
school has been lnv***A'
honor guests
ill have dinner
ith the corps.
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Texas Delta Chapti
Pi will hold its
the semester tor
in the Chemist
Don, Jarvis,
nouiteed today, ij
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