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. '■'■■T, .7. P : Jy.* •; |i j Nation’s Collegia^ lS m o’s Top ite Daft NAS 1949 Survey •fl ■■ ,-H/' * m 1 v- ’ - IlV r; : l f <JP ' 1 . > r w 1 1 _ 1 y ■ Volume 49 Wk »* vt x ifc 1 ’ i i t’ll HT'^ 1 T " . 4 ’*.1(1 i-Jc'FZ. S^ia & ■*& *mm mm mm ^ My *s*»4 viitmt- ’■ ," l - ■■ ■ [_ ' IllfMi %, 4 V ++ J if . .■0. ;*v.Mt-fr*-1 •. •ij- ^ ' v 7 ^ii : ■'! 7 T 7l'* p^^Bi .■■■■■■ 4'* ' r :^k ^svgp^jipg^iap^. •% i? f» Jmmm ir/ /%•' Drop Farmers 13 to 0 BY PRANK’ ttA^nZAS* The Texas Agiri«« »re still up- ‘ f n- ly touted herd from thie hilltop Ust aet minded, After Umi week, Coach Hurry Stlteler’a char ges invaded the South Texas low lands Saturday and i limited the current conference-leading Rice Owls to a 13 point margin. Rice, a I pre-fame twenty point favorite, defeated the Aggies 18-0, with one Of their touchdowns com- ing on u fumble. Despite a severe case of fumb- litis, the Aggies turned In a cred itable performance. With the Houston papers cheerfully predict ing he wbuld never penetrate the Rice line, Bob Smith averaged 3.9 yards for his twelve carries. In perfect formation the: Aggie Band honored the t)wls froth Rice Institute Saturday after noon by spelling out “RICE” ivhile playing Ight song, fight HIM i)M section of the stands. After this formation into the word “ARMY”, facing Ion c“ Carle Comes a^Cailing As Aggies Dtince in BY JOHN WHITMORE ,. . The fabulous Shamrock Hotel opened its doors to 1,400 Aggies and their dates for an Aggie dance in the Emerald Room- Saturday night. ; Unexpected visitors of the night was an Old friend to Aggies, Frank ie Carle, who dropped in oh the affair for the regular weekly broadcast, "Saturday Night ut the Shamrock," dedicated for the night . to the visiting Aggies. Carle, now regularly playing in the Shamrock Room, was at A&M for two nights .during the week end of the AAMl-SMU game. 'Hie Akgle War Hymn wtts sung on the broadcast which featured Carle's vocalist Marjorie Hughes, The dunce presented more than Its share of problems to t h e hotel staff, Charles, the! head wait er, was constantly worried. At 8:3(1 he was afraid that not enouglr peo ple would be in the Emerald : (loom to make the broadcast, which began ut 9 p. m., a success. At 8:40 he was worried about Where to put all of the people, for six hundred couplea; 1 set tables for seven hundred couplea. Now I have to zet tables for an other hundred," Charles contin ued. “Zia la the beat party I have ever zeen in ze Shamrock.” After the broadcast most of the tables were taken, but people still poured in. Additional tables were put up; more_people came in and so it went into the night. it 11 p. m. stragglers w^re jstill doming. ! [ * Mischa Razinsky’s Hotejl Irchestra played after J^arle returned to the SH toom. He played most of he Ag fie songs during the evening and, ft midnight, played for a slj iractice. j f . Room on the dance floor Shamrock Britisher Airways To Fly Stratocruisers . is ' , * , I London (A*)—The government’s British .Overseas Airways Corpora tion wUl put the first of its new Boeing'^Stratocruisers into ser- vice between London and New York Dec. 6, it was announced last night. Varvelto H Psychologi Vleet in Austin j Dr. Walter A. Varvel of the Education and Psychology department, is the program chairman of the TejxriH Pay- ihologicai Association, which wtil hold ita third annual nleatlng n Austin, Dacember 9-10. i Tresidant of the association Is C. W. LaQrove, of T.C.U Thera are about 130 membars according to Dr. Varvel; of these about 100 belong to the National Association The meeting^ Which la to be hel at the University of Texas, wl] consist of two general meetings, a banquet and five or six sectional meetings according to Dr. jV^rveli He added that these plans are in definite and tentative and that fl4 n&l plans will be made in the near future. « Papers will be presented by dif ferent psychologists in the state and by the Aviation Medicine School at Randolph Field and the Human Resources Center at Lack- land Air Force Base in San Anto nio. These technical papers will be read and discussed at these sectional meetings, Dr, Varvel said. a premium. Each dancing couple was alloted approximately one and la half feet in which to dance, f Jerry Lambert, and the "B" Company Boy’s played and sang ^Hill-billy songs at the 11 p. m. intermission. Rather than lose their place on the dance floor the dancers sat on the floor and Batoned. One Aggie was heard to say i'Honey, let’s get up on the table and dance." Much to everyone’s regret they didn't. Around midnight "Frankenstein" appeared. This sent the already clone couples huddling closer to gether It ^eems that he was part of the Frankie Carle show who had wandered over. At H p. mi, before the Crowds came In, the tables had been laid out jwith gleaming white! tabU* cloths, plates, ash trays, napkins, Hhamrock stirring rode, and a neat army; of chairs. After the dance, the tables were still there,! One of the waiters, while com paring tips, said, “These Aggies must have a lot of money, because they sure don’t give any of It away. I piade; twenty-five cents," The dance was sponsored by the Houston A&M Club. Borden Grants Won by Wallace And Peacock Two seniors one in veterin ary medicine and one in agri cultural education, were pre sented scholarships by the Borden Company of New York, at a joint meeting of the AMVA and the Kream and Kow Klub, in the Chemistry lecture room Thursday night, Hugh M. Wallace, Jr., of Okla homa City, veterinary student and Thomas L. Peacock of Dublin, ag riculture student, were the winners of the scholarships worth $300 each, jl j , j. Wallace, a veteran of two and a half years military service, eight months of which were spent over seas, is married and the father of a daughter. He is the son of H. M. Wallace, Sr., of Oklahoma City. He attended A&M in 1942-43 as an animal husbandry major and hud a grade point ratio of 2.97. He entered the School of Veterin ary Medicine in 1946, and h»i a grade point ratio of 2,87ft in the' first three years of veterinary studies. , ,,• In his junior year he was as sistant editor uml Is now editor of the "Southwestern Veterinary Ian."; Peacock Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis (i. Peacock of Dub lin. He Is married. He has a grade point; ratio of 2.79. He has taken two ^courses in dairy husbandry. In high school he was a mem ber of the FFA projects on dairy cattle, anti member of the dairy cattle judging team. Yale Lary punted better against the Owls than he did against SMU, averaging 4ft yards per kick. Line Improve* The rapidly-improving Maroon knd White line, sparked by Bob Bites, Dorbandt Barton, Cedriif Copeland, apd Carl Molbergi never let the Itlce eleven get paat the Agfie 33 yard line during the sec In Rote’s pass which intended for Jack Wolcott, over ran the ball and It slipped from hie fingers, Two plays later, Bud dy ShaCffer in a rush to inter cept Rote’s pass duplicated Fow ler’s misfortune. On the next play, Sonny Wyatt blasted the Owls out of trouble with a 50 yard kick. Glenn Lippman took Wyatt’s punt on his own 24 yard line and ran it back 16 yards before he was downed. With Dick Gardemal in the quarterback slot, the Aggies marched to Rice’s 29 yard line be fore the Owls took possession of the ball on downs. Smith Sparkle* The Cadets drive was sparked by Robert Smith, Lippman’s run ning and Gardemal’s 12 yard pass to Wray Whitaker. In the next ten plays Rice scored, with Billy Burkhalter, a 175 pound half back from Texarkana, leading the way and doing the scoring. Froggie. Williams’ attempted con version kick was wide. Lippman took Jo^ Watson’s kick and returned it for 18 yards. Lipp man and Billy Tidwell then car ried the ball for nine yards before the Aggies’ Yale Lary came in to kick. Lary’s boot traveled 46 yards. cross jthe ie forward on poWer- hard but could nevsr center line as the Aggie wall stalled the Houaton house. Wyatt’s boot went qui in the end sone and the Aggies took over on their own 20. Smith gained six yards center, then OnrdemsJ, after hand off to Lippman, pasMd to Cedric Copeland for a fain of »lev- «n yards. Tidwell carried the! ball to the Aggies 40, but Libpman fumbled on the next play ami Wat- •or > recovered. e Rote 1'aaaes . jif Then Rote started parsing; He: completed two for a gain of 31 krd* and the Owls were dwp in Aggie territory. Burkhalter ■aahesl through the center for eight yards before being downed by Max Grein er. Rote passed 16 yards to Wyatt, who was downed by Tidwell. For three plays the Farmers’ line held under the terrific pound ing of fullback Bob Lantrip. On the fourth play, Burkhalter crashed over for the touchdown. Williams after-touchdown kick wai good and Rice led 13-0. The Aggies took the ball on their own 20 after Watson’s kick sailed ipto the end zone. Smith gained seven yards after which Garde- (See FARMER, Page 3j mm Hi HB Wf 19 wl Wd'W mm m j —j. I —^ L. Peacock were presented f-v, yu $800 aplwc Thursday eve ning In the Oiemlstry Lecture Room. Wallace ia an honor student in veterinary medicine and FeacSek Is an honor agricuthiral Alugh M. Wallace (L) Borden Company schol Annual Pet arid Bog Shoub In AH Pavilion Tomdrro^p • BY R. F. ROLAND 10th Annual Dog and Pet Show. ejoWns and tumblers. At 8 p. * The kids of College Station will have a dog-gone big time tomor row night. That’s the time sjat aside ideven plays the Owls tried for the A&M Consolidated Nyaradi Talk Due Tonight in Guion Marksmen to Get the Bird At Turkey Shoot Sunday 1 BY JOHN TAPLEY Ever have a yen to play Pilgrim and go gunning for gobblers? If your answer is yes then you have a treat in store. A real old fashioned Turkey Shoot will be held on Kyle Field, Sunday November 20 at 2 p. m. The affair is being ■ sponsored by the rifle team in an attempt to raise enough cash to send itself on Doyle Avant, colonel of tlu wreath on the World War I West Gate on Armistice Day corps, place* a Memorial at the Proceeding this area while the was sounded In the new stood at Present Arms. a few shoulder to shoulder match es. its will be charged 25 shot or $1 for five birds will go to who- either kill them or Contest cents per] shots. The ever can draw blc Taggin’ lead-pipe c|j placed in firing line neck showii; Dr. Nicholas Nyaradi speaks on "Russian Preparations for War" at B tonight in Guion Hall. Admis sion will be free. The former minister of Finance In Hungary spent seven months in Moscow negotiating with top-rank ing Soviet officials and was a wit- nesa to what went on inalde the Kremlin, He chose voluntary exile when the Russian dominated Hungarian government tried to force him to comply with their plans to con fiscate all American property in Hungary. Since his resignation Dr. Nyaradi and his wife nave been residing in this country. At the present, he is traveling throughout the nation to present his lectures. / Based on his experiences while in Moscow, Nyaradi wrote a series of articles which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post under the title "I Saw Rupsiu Prcpurlhg for World War III.’' [ f He claims that Russia has two "iron curtalns"—the faml lar one behind which she hides h4r inter nal activities and another behind which she secretes her methods. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Nyaradi was educated at ihe Uni versity of Budapest wharf he be- same Doctor in Political Science as well as Doctor In Law. Since he was intimate with many of the top officials in Rusaia, he had every opportunity to penetrate the usalan’a walla of secrecy. No stranger to the United States, Nyaradi Was appointed Fi nance Minister in the Hungarian Cabinet on a trip to Washington to discuss economic matters with of ficials of our State Department. But kids and dogs won’t; have the "night all to themselves.; Hun gry parents and their friends .‘and neighbors will be invited to Attend a community supper being lje|d in conjunction with the show. ; ‘ The whole affair is being 1 spon sored by the Mothers and Dads Club of A&M Consolidated. • The supper will consist of deluxe hpt dogs, ice cream.!five cent (Innks, and other miscellaneous ejttln’ ma terials. Scene of action will be the Anil* mal Husbandry -Pavilion. Tickets to the aupper will go on salt! at II p, m. ami the parade of pets Will get underway exactly one hour later. The Dog and Pet! Show jvlll W open to all pets belonging )u, chil dren between the first a t(| the njghth grades, thWdllne for entering pels wilt he 0:8(1: p, m, litis after. pets noon, At 7 he } i !, II tomorrow; night there, will the parade of entries at which the child showing the best deco. • •* " be I ■ I • \', V' I ! 01 ji : the judging of ruled entry will prize. \ Next will come MM.v Ribbons will four places in eucij class. Judging will be bused on grooming and handling. Each child will lx* re quired to enter his or her uWii pet. Entertainment Chairman "Nicky": Ponthieux will be Ion hand with; he given ifor is. Jud vjuvviizj umi iu i li mis i v u p. an* a fat Thanksgiving turkey wil be given away,' A ■ ; CompetjUion has been divided in to the following classes:; ■Dogs—[ - ! 1. Large, long-haired pure bred ■dogs (oyer 20 lbs.) 2. Latjge, short-haired (oyer 20 II Laijge, sh Jogs (umdc 8. Small, Tk pure er 20 lbs,) | long-haired), pure bred dega (under 20 lb*.) 4. Small, ahorUhaired, pure bred dogs (under 20 lbs.) ft. Large, long-haired, Heins variety dogs (over 20 lbs.) A. Large, short-haired, Heins iety dogs {(over 20 lbs.) ■"T ' varlet; 7. W variety jdoga {(under 20 Iby.) ty 7. Mnjall, long-haired, Heins N. Small, short-haired, Heins varlety dogs (under 20 lhs>) 9. Special -dog tricks' demon- .strated (dugs entered In classes J-8 may also be In this Class.); Other pete— 10. Oatst ill Rabbit*i 12 Other pela (birds, fish, turtles, etr.j 1,1 Pel* Weighing over 200 pounds (Horeen, Denies, ealven,| jelie* plmnts, etc, If • Prepnrntlonk are being mailfe for i a crowd close to the thousand': mark. Procoe Is from thl' aillmls- ; slon ahl fowl sales, will ,4*0 to the 1 Mother: and Duds Club at the A&M Consolidated School for! sup port of the school. Houston Hangover he turkey will be no ch. The fowls will be xes 66 yards from the ith only their head and g- Shooting Swill be done from one of the foul* accepted firing posi tions—pronjfe, sitting, kneeling or ateinding. And, in lease someono has the idea of shooting at the box and killing the | gobbler, let him now bought. The sponsors, who anticipated such characters, have providjid the birds with a bet ter than even chance. A sand bag of metal will be placed the box. Only persona barred from com petition wtill be members of the rifle team. Shooting will start j promptly jit 2 p. m. Prizes feir the affair will wei between Itj and 30 pounds esc! They are jieing donated by local merchants.] and a piece in front of The Story of One Roscoe Flub From Blind Date to Lost Weekend The pres present list of gobbler gi era includefi Holicks Boot Shop, Zubik Taillrs, Mendl and Hornak College Station Shoe Shop, Char lie's Food jMarket, Lupot's, Sm Cleaners, H. A. Miller Applia A&M Grill Shaeffer’s Book Store; Varner's J&weisn, Aggie Cleaners, Aggioland [Studios, A&M Photo Shop, Campus Cleaners, and Smlt- ty’s Grill. | Cops Find Silver Lining Los Angeles There ia • sil- r lining to this sad little story bout the 80-year-old woman ar- on a charge of begging. The woman is Mias Louisa idt Policewomen found the silver lining pinned to her undergar* ts—12,122 In currency. BY W. K. COLVILLE is written on page three of the Great Book of CorpstrippO that he who goeth on a blind-date must be either Mind or drunk, or both. Rescue Flubdub, a moral, impul sive idealist sought to disprove and discredit the age-old A&M axiom. Roscue believed that if a person is patierit, understanding, and recep tive, a lot of good can be found in any girl, no matter how repulsive she may be. "I’ve never found a girl I couldn't atomach,” Roscoe used to aay.j | ! "Aggies who go on blind-dates and think that they have to in dulge in alcohol to have a good time are all wrong and just don't know how to bring out the sweet charm ih a woman, Roscoe used to •ay. ; [* "One should try to cultivate mu tual interests with a blind date and get familiar with her," Roscoe used; to aay. * should dance and laugh funny and not let the girl ty and one should really it," Roscoe used to say. used to talk an awful had a blind date last end. Roscoe's date sprang from only his great power of a stiffly starched collar lower jaw from striking curb. There she was, spread and gloriously in various directions, a living argu- cauy uimKing mai a bang-up person- rasped through ment for Ry-Krisp. Roscoe swallowed the heart and other minor internal organs that had leapt into his mouth, and said hello, optimistically thinking that she must have ality. “Hullo," she rasped through bright red lips and teeth, "You must be Roscoe Flubdub and I’m Janice Dempsey and hungry as sin let’s go get chow.” They went into a hotel coffee- shop. Janice had to stoop as she went through the door. Roscoe marveled at ho- healthy her unique way of meat shrimp nd don't appetite, and at of ordering. "Bring me two chui and a double order cocktails, will ys, Jack, spare the shrimp." Just a simple coun Roscoe. - "I love to ride horses, dbn’t you?" ho said, as she slashed at • 0>it of sirloin. ’’Walt talk when ,4ng mouth and general physiagnomy on the table-cloth. Roscoe waited, admiring the ■, k _ bf her green- fingernails. \': A j: : ? • aha said, .tlve- >. u .*• i a minute, friend. Never n I’m eating. Makes she choked, sharpness of her: teeth tearing ability to go ■If i !1 i - ingernaila. "Speaking of aa she finished and was ly probing her dental cafti ^ , a fork, "f thfoRjlve just eat ope." Roscoe laughed appreciatively. At least she had a nquintlvo- tftlea with eat ope. appreciative!: tense of humo to the footba nrprr j game,” said Roscoe, catching the check that Janice coyly spiled at him. ■ • ; ■ <J Janice yelled lustily through the first quarter of the game, frtj- quently forgetting who was play ing, frequently forgetting What was being played, and frequently forgetting her language. The othdl three quarters she spent! sprawled angularly on the wood, snoring aii*- dibly above the noise of the crowd; her head resting easily ion button 8h0 “Blg city just wore the tittle! thing out," Roscoe blushed brave ly to his buddies beside him. After the game, Rosdoe left Janice in the lobby qf the hotej and went up to change into fresp khakis. When he cam« down, the clerk told him that Janie*!, wan hi the bar across the street having “a short one." i r[ “Didn’t take y6u long M d(d it?’ ahe belched, aa Roscoe steered hei into a cab. “I was about to givo the boys In the back room a little tun* on my jMya-l|arp/’ A music-lover! thought Roscoe. : "What do you think of Cpopln;" he asked. "Don’t start politics with nie;"! sh* answered, “There ain’t but pne: party and that’s the Democrats pnd tell the driver to slow doWn-4we ain’t going to no Are!’’, i ] J They got out at the Lake I View Club, picturesquely situat ed on the banks of an abondon^d gravel-pit; Janice dances the Charleston, sometimes alternately w' t ■ sometimes simultaneously. Roscoe nursed bprise i toes undet the table while Janice winked at the wlaiters and any other males momentarily blinded by the smoke and dim lights; "Don't you drink, Roscoe,” shp asked expei tly pouring u Ibeer with One hand and lightipg a cigar ette with the other. .fNp* I beli ive that one can have time without in got a good point there, Jockd,’’ she mid, “but my Grand ma Used to nay J . . ” She forgot what her Gn ndmother used to say and lurched off to the dance floor] ahd cu. In oh seedy indivii lual. ] ie cum«i back threie later and introduced particularly smly I larly datieea to Mi ng- Individual. "Thi* heril’* Used to know him wn v n Vllte Mind if he Joins us? got]some will." Jake slumped in a chair be-; MUld answer. I . ! about the time you; n the jhog-pen back in; had to go steal Mawi [lake Freedump.; »irh fore Roacoe "tell him and | me feel DtUivllle anc a shoal befojre bwlrc an I taki shot,' r he. r . id to go l she'd let 4ll( him, _ ih," said Roscoe; tile of! Barlow’s ihg a loni gagi ill w* • : L ' tell n e," sa d Ropcoe Flub- bottle to Hi and again, and