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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1950)
. ' * I ' 3 . 1. . L ■ . City Of College Station Official Newspaper \ Number 129 : Voliune 49 PUBLISHED IN THE COLLEGE STATION (Af Angling Talents Displayed In DeWare Rod, Reel Show Hu fl a OnT rk a xr-ai __ _ U • 5 * « OF A GREATER^A&M COLLEGE l), TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1950 By HAROLD GANN PiVe nationally known sportsmen displayed abilities that made them outstanding among field and stream notables Friday night in DeWare Field House before 1,600 spectators. . , The pllstate lineup included Louie Kasmiroski, trick casting special ist from Houston; Tommy Zorn, former state bait casting champ ion, and Jack itaarks, former na tional distance fly casting champ* ion from Waco; A&M’t own Cecil Huey (Class of ’48), former Texas fly and bait casting champ, from New Orleans, and Grant liseng, national small bore skeet champion from Houston. As an added attraction, Andy Anderson, Houston Press field and stream editor, emceed the af fair. Besides Introducing the ex perts and; describing different strokes exhibited by inem, Ander son added, to’ the evenings enter tainment j by telling home-spun anecdotes.' ■ , The program was a physical ed ucation project of students James Cashlon and L. E. Winder, Jr. It !was staged under the auspices of the Physical Education Depart ment. s» First bn the agenda was skeet dead-eye Grant. Ilseng who has Jeaitnld Black Miss Black, a freshman at TU and a member of the Theta Tau Alpha Sorority, will be the duch- ■ess for the Pre-Med, Pre Den tal Society at- the Cotton Pa geant and -Ball. She will be **- carted by Allen Weaver. Both hall from College Station. Cadet Linksmen Lose Crown Bid By RAKPH GORMAN A&M’m golf team wan elim inated from the ranks of those teams competing for the Southwest Conference link crown Friday afternoon in Fayettesvtlle, when the Univeraity of Arkansas handed them a 6-0 ihellacking. >" Friday’s loss was the third con ference defeat of the season for the Aggies, who have met Baylor and Texas in previous matches. Although it was a cold after noon, it was a beautiful day for golf, when the Cadets first set foot on an equally beautiful course 2000 feet above sea level at the top of an Arkansas mountain. In spite of this the Aggie foursome could not seem to find its stride — the stride which they exhibit during the week on the home course—and the team, reports that they played their worst golf to date. Gene Darby, No. 1 man on the Aggie four man team, and newly elected team captain, (having been awarded the post immediately be fore leaving for Arkansas) played excellent golf on the fairways, but found surprising difficulty in mas tering the mountainous greens, His opponent in the singles event, James Mosely,, was much at eaae on the home course and turned Darby back, 4-3. Playing in the No. 2 position for the Aggies was Otto Guerrero, who shot low score for the visiting team with a 74. Guerrero was matched against Waner Marks, who was low man for Arkansas and low man for the match with a three under jjar, 67. Marks stopped Guerrero*. Results in the remaining iimHea contests were J. C. Fletcher, AcM, losing to Duke Eisenmann, 4-8; while Monte Currie, A&M, fell be fore Randy Warner, 2-1. In the doubles division, Mosely and Marka, halted the Aggie com bination of Darby and Guerrero with a score of 6-6.. Fletcher and Currie alao mat defeat In the other doubles match at the hands of War ner and Kleenmann, 2-1. The next engagement for the AnlM will be a match with TCU this Friday afternoon at the Bryan Country Club, i *hmnr course for the Cadeta. , . taken so many titles in his fie he has “lost count of ‘em.” He wials elected captain of the All-Ameri can Skeet Team, which is made up of nine members. Ilseng, with favorite shotgun in hand, demonstrated the best meth ods of shooting. Next man up was Jack Sparks, the long distance caster. With a special rod and reel set that re sembled something derived from a fisherman’s nightmare, Sparks gave the audience an example of how “spinning for' fish’’ was done in England. The line spins off a modified reel in much the same fashion as a string uncoils from a toy top. An elongated reel enables the caster to get greater whip ac tion, and therefore, more distance. Spinning Sparks explained that “spinning” (outlawed In America) orlglnatid in England around 1600, lie fan- cinntcd the. crowd who n ho stood with back against the wall at one end of the basketball court, and with a great deal of wrist action, flipped the weight past the foul line at the other end of the cOurt. Wally Moon couldh’t have gotten longer distance. Putting aside his bait casting apparatus, Sparks took a pole umi fastened an oversized reel to his side. The reel—especially designed to hold three times as much line as the ordinary—is employed ,by Sparks so he can cast the fly 228 feet! Sparks, modestly declared that fly - easting is a lot easier than bait casting. Louis Kasmiroski, who thrilled fans later by casting- four weights at once, countered by saying that fly casting is more difficult. Fly Casting ; Kasmiroski, in showing the group fancy casting, would take windups similar to those of a baseball pitcher before unleashing the line with amazing accuracy. He would Ag Cattlemen Plan Big Ball With J James All the cowpokes for miles around will put the big pot in the little one Saturday night when the Saddle and Sirloin Club throws its annual Cat tlemen’s Ball. Jesae James and “All the Boys” from “over 'round Austin way" will dish out the music for the cattlemen’s shindig. G. R. White, a Brady Hereford breeder who also serves as . president of A&M'h Board of Director, will be the honor guest. More than 260 more prominent livestock raisers from throughout Texas have been sent invitations to attend the Hall, Pat Heiider- ling, publicity chairman, said this morning. If their response this year is a good as last, he said, a full house will be enjoyed. The boots will get their work out at the Groove, Hencerllng continued, unless the weather con tinues wet and cold. If that is the case, the scene of Operations will be shifted to Sbisa Hall. The saddle and Sirloin Club’s sweetheart will be presented dur ing the ball, but her name will not be announced until that night. Tickets may be obtained from men enrolled in the Animal Hus bandry or Dairy Husbandly De partments. Only students in the School of Agriculture and invited guests may attend, Hencerling said. i White will be given an honorary membership in the Saddle ahd Sir loin Club, he continued. , A prize will be awarded to the couple in the most authentic West ern costume. Included -among the college guests will be Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist, Vice Chancellor D. Wl Williams, President F. C. Bolton, Dean M. T. Harrington and other deans of the college. | The ball will begin at 9 p. m. , Price of tickets is $2, stag or drag, .Hencerling concluded. twist the pole around and around, making short loops before casting. A spectator quipped, “What kind of a fish do you catch by doing that?” Tommy Zorn, the former state ba t casting champ from Waco, showed the correct stance and pro cedure of casting. A tournament wqs held with the four casters competing. Bulls-eye targets were scattered at various distances over th« hardvirpods. Zorn took first place honors, after barely edging by Huey in thl final round. Huey copped the Tekaa Junior championship in ’41 and won the Houston fly and bait tournament staged in Houston in 1018 and '44. Anderson, a top flight fisherman also, gave some helpful hints on the art of casting. He presided over it color film on casting and mu)I fishing to complete the pro- Cadets Gi In i'g Top tte Dai I? Price: Five f- Hold First Ceremony At New Center More than 500 persons, in cluding 250 cadets, attended the ground-breaking ceremon ies for the new Catholic Stu dent Center yesterday morn- Brig. Gen. James H. O’Neill, de puty chief of chaplains. United States Army, Bishop ^ouis Reich- et of Austin, and President F. C. Bolton were among those who help ed turn the first shovelsful of earth at the site of the proposed cqnter. . Monsignor J. B. Gleissner, Ag gie Catholic Chaplain presided over the ceremonies. This is Msgr. Gleissner’s 45th year at A&M. Willie Bohlmann Gloria Martin Mrs. Martin was presented as the Sweetheart of the Sixth Regi ment Saturday night at the annual regimental ball. Bohlmann, commander of the regiment, made the presentation from the band stand in Sbisa Hall. Sixth Ball Has Lively Program, Small Crowd By C. C. MUNROE Cadets jand dates of the Sixth Regiment donned their besjt bib and tucker Saturday night and went rt.x, .. . ... stepping in Sbisa Hall, i The oc- Gob-.O Ne,11 participated in a cagi< , n ^ as the sixth . 8 second nual regimental ball. Ai. small crowd of 76 couples danced to the music pf Bill Turner and his orchestra, while college guests including President and Mrs. F. C. Bolton looked; on. Mrs, Gloria Martin, wife of ca det lieutenant Graham ; Martin, was presented as the regimental sweetheart during intermission by Cadet Colonel Willie F. Bohlmunn, Sixth Regimental commander. With Bill Bieeker, senior physics Field Mass held at the new center site which is on a two acre tract immediately north of the present St. Mary’s Chapel. -Both the new area and the build ing plans have been approved by Bishop Reicher. i Following the ground-breaking .ceremonies, 300 of the guests and Catholic laymen attended a banquet ip Sbisa Hali honoring Msgr. Gleissner. Gen. O’Neill was the principal sneaker. Three Unita Planned j Plans for the new student cen ter call for a three unit building group. A chaplain’s residence, rc- cfeution center, and a 600 person capacity chapel will complete the canter. Until the center is com- B leted St. Mary’s Chapel will ron- inue to be used. ; William R. Nash, Bryan archi tect, Is planning the center. Con- sjLructioii will begin around May j Among the other guests present at the ground-breaking ceremon ies were Msgr. D. P. O’Connell of Galveston, Colonel H. L. Houtner, fit. Col. W. H. Parsons, J. R. Mulvey of Houston, and fourth degree members of the Knight's elf Columbus. i . Duelled EHCortN i l There will be a short but very Important meeting of ttie escorts of the Cotton Pageant jand Ball Duchesses in the YM ('A chapel next Wednesday, April IP, at 5 p. in., according to M|rs. jBlil Tur ner, director of the Pngtiant. The purpose of the metjtlug Is to inform the escorts as to what they will be expected to do at the Pa geant and to answer any questions that they may have, tiakl Mrs. Turner. major from Corpus Christi, acting as master of ceremonies, the Sixth presented additional intermission entertainment in the form | of the Metronomes, a quartet from the Singing Cadets. Tom Savage, Bob Stinson, Bill Blanjcenshjp and Virgil the cadets made up Hie ve ment of the quartet. Joe Mullins accompanied them' on the guitar for four numbers. Song Offerings The group lead off their MI lr pro gram with “Little Buck^iroO.” ThU was followed by a special arrange ment of “Old Rockin’ Chair’’, which had been composed especially 'for the group. The popular “Rag Mop” and an encore offering of "Rag time Cowboy Joe" completed the Meeting Called For i "“™J“ l<,n r"™"’- * “ i Bolhmnnn had presented the stuff and organizational command ers to lead-off the intermission. Brig. Gen. James H. O’Neill, de puty Chief of chaplains, USA, was among the guests who attended the bii|l, Gen. O’Neill was in Col lege Station tu participate in grmiiid-brenklng ceremonies for the now Catholic Student Center held yesterday morning. Among the other honor guests at the ball in addition to the Boltons and Gen. O’Neijl were Dean and Mrs. I. B. Houghton, Dean and Mrs. H. W. Barlow, and Colonel and Mrs. H. L. Bontner. Them Reporters! By BILL BILLINGSLEY Do you remember all the times in the past that the Battalion staff has been invited and advised by thousands of irate readers to take its typewriters and traipse off to another college? Well, this week end we did. Fourteen of the faithful went up to Denton to publish an issue (to day’s of the Lass-O, (which is TSCW’s daily student paper, if { ou happen to have on an orange ni nd white tie). Between the social sessions, we 1 • had a fine time and learqed a lot Officer to Explain ' * - l Coked (none of that other stuff on the campus) and generally shown a royal time by the sister school staffers. We first made history by be- i ing. the first male student* ever to attend a Theta Big banquet ! (the chief social function of th# : local Journalism fraternity— the only “frat" wo over heard of made up entirely of glrla), and later Dave Coafett and I wore Interviewed over the T«wie radio j station, WC8T. After hearing our frankly candid remarka, they decided the call letters stood for “Wo Can’t Stand This!" and toM ua to hit the road. The Lass-0 system of getting itaff members varies radically An Aggle-ex, now a; lieutenant commander in the U. 8. Navy, will visit A&M April 19-81 to acquaint resident of this area with oppor tunities offered for officer, com missions In the Navy. He la Lt, Cmdr. G. W. who will Interview prospects in tho YMCA-r • A Naval aviator with nine yearn lieuas flying txperlence, he will di the Naval Aviation Ca gram with man between of 18 and 87 years, according to tho Offlco of Naval Offlcar Pro- curement In Dallas. Ti pro ages from ours. Where we g6 out into the various county drinking estab lishments and shanghai; half our staff, and get leads on jthe other half from cast off carbons of the Dean’s Team, the Tessie;gals have a more foolproof system. When their journalism majorp register (and they have hordes! of ’em), they automatically get in line for the Lass-O staff. Most of the work is done in the various class es, and the caste system among the laboreip would m*ke A&M and the Burmese Republic blush with shame. The sophomores are reporters and they speak only to the jun iors with one of these two ac cepted phrases, “Yes, master of the copy pencil, I’ll do better next time.’’ or “Hang me by my fin- Mrs this time, I had trouble operat ing the space bar after that last assignment.’’ Then the juniors, the duller ones reading the dirty copy and the brains getting the Ixmeflt of the wire copy, turn In their handy word with respectful salaams to the seniors, who rap them across the knuckles with pica itlcks as a reward for their adeptiiesa. Alao the senao of varies considerably I Denton. Whoroon the readers ora InUrem was hung In dfflgy yell practice, or want to catch a few paragraphs from a wick edly-worded letter to the editor, the Tessie readers scream for the details on the Dean’s tea, with particular emphasis on who poured. ' - While pouring draws quite a bit of attention at A&M, it’s usually of the type involving the addition of ice cubes rather than cream. But with all the minor differ ences in our two papers, we found we still had a lot in common and we think the trip was highly ben eficial. After some of the hectic times getting in the copy, though, we’re waiting With eager expectancy of a Londoner sweating out a block buster for our first glimpse of to day’s finished Lass-O. < The general feeling of the visit ing staff, after we returned to Col lege and compared notes, was best summed up by Thursday desk- man John Whitmore. Said Whit more, holding hlr nose (and with him that’s a major project) in memory of some of the stories he’d seen. "For this Monday’s edition they'd better change the name of the (taper. Make It the Daily Alas- Oh. ,r *w Where an all those tickets to TU wt got last rail? Maybe well have time to ruton their paper next Only two cadets remained eli gible for election as co-editor of The Battalion this morning. They are David L. Coslett, junior jour nalism major from Miles, and Clayton L. Selph, junior journal ism major from Houston. No other qualified candidates had filed with the Office of Stu dent Activities before the Satur day noon deadline. Four non-military candidates hud filed for the non-corps co-editor post but the Student Senate elec tion committee ruled that none cf them were qualified. Not Enough Time All of the non-military candi dates failed to qualify becaust they had not served on The Bat talion staff for, one year in a Cities Question Phone Official On Rate Hikes No action on a requested hike in telephone rates was taken Friday at a joint meet ing of' th6 Bryan City Com mission and the College Sta tion City Council. D. T. Strickland, general man ager of the Southwestern States Telephone Company, was question ed for more than two hours by city officials and residents of both com munities who attended the joint meeting. Strickland defended the com- panys’ statement which showed a $16,316.60 net income for Bryan during 1949 and a $21,462.44 net deficit for College Station. The questioners asked the phone company manager the reasons for the college loss and the Bryan profit. He replied that some of the difference was traceable to non-dollar producing extensions supplied the college. Mayor Roland Dansby of Bryan accused the company of placing the same phone rates on both com munities to compensate for com pany loss at College Station. College Station Alderman Bill Fitch was Insistent that Strickland clear-up the alleged loss in Col lege Station. Bryan Not Helping College "I don’t want the people of Bryan feeling like they are baying for our telephone service,” Fitch said. A visitor to the meeting, Dr. F. B. Clark, suggested to the phone company manager that he should talk to college authorities instead of city officials. The phone company has a sep arate franchise with A&M, which was not representiod ut the meet- Yiespite a $6,146,84 loss Indicated on tno phone company’s sum mary of revenue ami expenses, $6,684.70 for Federal Income Tax was paid In 1949. Strickland con- ceeded that the )>ayment of the income tax, which was Bryan-Col- lege Station’s prorated ehara of the compenv’e systemwide tax bill, was a "debatable” point in the local statement. Profit Made Without the tax payment, the company made $600 in the bi-city area last year. The question of “service” was discussed and Strickland said that great strides have been made here during the past year. Hie jdea for increased phone rates will again be discussed at a joint council-commission meeting in College Station in the near future. capacity which would provide them training for the editorship. ilett is now feature [editor o; ’ The Battalion. He is in Flight. Selph, wno is in H managing editor. If the Student Life at its meeting this ev< proves a Student Sena mendation, Coslett and be permitted to serve as flight, ommitto! ling ap i recom ■ elph will u-editor i this coming year even though both are Jn the cadet corps. Works Both Way|i ; e reepmr both co- ndntion TH It) come from either the corpjs or non ■ corp*- section of the student body if neither group could no; product a qualified candidate. If the Student Life Commltle» approves the senate reedmmanda- tion,i Coalett and Helph will auto matically become ro-edltqrH for 19611-61, subject only Uj atudert body confirmation duringjthe cpm- ing rampua elections. Yell leader Rusl Outside developments in the Hnl- taliun editorship race, d terrlfir last minute filing rush fjir Junior yell leader before Saturday’s nooi dent line took the politlfal spol- lighf. ' -1 fteen sophomores had file I Mother’s Day Plans Include Speeches /A Speech Contest will be held in the YMCA Chapel on Saturday, May 13, in conjunction with the annual Mother’a Day Program, Professor O." C. Spriggs of the English Department announced to day. . j. The contest is sponsored by the Bryan Chapter of the Texas Bar Association and is the firat of ite kind. All atudente enrolled In English couraos 401, 403, and 405 will be eligible for entrance. Preliminary contests will be conducted on April 15 to eliminate all but six of tha contestants. Each contest will be Judged by a committee of three, a member of the Bryan Bar Association, a member of the English Depart ment, and a citiaen of Bryan. Two prises of $18 and $10 will he given to the first and second place winners, respectively. Martha Jane Kc Martha Jane will represent th Nejvman Club aa their duchess the Cotton Pageant and Ball She is from Bryan and 1 will irted by Charles FI Dra ilor Vet Medicine major KS ew Initiates Receive Keys coyb for the ived today, Tau Beta Pi kc; new initiatea arri according to Otto) Kunxe, ooiTeaponding nee rotary for tho Texan Delta cfiipter. All undergraduate/ members as we I as members of t requested to Dean Howu at their first op[ keys will be mallei! tin alf newly initiated alumni mempera, Kunze said. A total of 98 undergraduates, facult ^ «y—r-T j into tne Texas Den* i Tail Beta Pi last Wedpei ing. The initiation cerom tjetjry airgrauuaie; memuers as embers of tnei faculty are to pick up their keys at ward W* Barlow’s office first opportunity. The be mallei! tio all alumni mempera, 1 *v,vwl of 98 undfergrad ty and alumni were Initiated the Texas Delta Chapter of Beta Pi last Wednesday even- tion Clfe: te initiation, a in Sbisa Hall. , dean 1 of the 9 onles were y| Lecture held in the Rohm. following the initiation, a ban quet was held in Sbisa Hall. How ard W. Barlow, dean 1 of the School of Engineering, welcomed all new members into the chapter. “You ha re achieved this membership on your own merits,and yOur own ac complishments,” Dean Barlow po; nted out. Col. Wiljard Chevalier, who was wijth a profession owes something to that profession. Besides that, however, the professional man also has the obligation to be a citizen in his coimmunity that will re flect hono - upon his profession. We are iving in the most critical eriod of the world since ince, lie continue international cri«is today- is our isis. Op nions wit ling ire the great our pnsent day | In cone lusion, Col. in ted out that an opii |it understanding Id breath which is iiout Her ith- »r it. Diversity Women H Unit Member The American Association Iniversity Woman will meet 7t80 p tr. Davkl ut- today In the YMCA. of tha Jniti| wi aaxar. Mamba: a may bring guatte. E Brown Counjty Haalth Unit! will r. for the two positions, after only three had applied ,for candidacy by Thursday afternoon. NeW candidates are Bill Hollo- well, civil engineering student from Abilene, B Eng-; J o h!n TapU-y, Houston petroleum engineering student, A AF; Bob ; Lincecum, business administration major from! Dallas, A Cay; Roland Zapa ta, San Antonio management en- E neering'student, A ABA; H. A. xton, physics major from Waco, !H AF, , E. R. “Rip” Torn, ug eco stu dent from Taylor, C Cnv.; Bibb Underwood, agronomy major from Lohp, C Inf.; Tom Mabray, Hous ton petroleum engineering student, A CAC; O. I. “Curly” Marshall, business majbr from Wichita Kails, • C Cj»v.; Charles F. Pkrr, mech anical engineering student from Amairillo, B-AFi Thuiniionii Muit- aon,: Angleton chemical engineer ing major, A ASA; and (Jerald W. "Jerfy”*. King. maiiagMment eh- fi ln»*ring student ftoili Houston, I AF. ■ Tm firat three fUlngii were from Lewis Jobe, Bobby tCharles R.) Dung, and Hill i.nckiidge, Mis Applicants Tljreu more Juniors have filed for Inext. year's two iiier lor veil leader tj»aitloii* John bMcFall, Abilene business major, A Cav.; Dard K.' Keelan, petrOleu.m-gpolo- glcai engineering student from Beaumont, C AF uiiil Charlie Kitchell, Anson civil engineering major, A Cav. aro thV I three lat est applicants. /' Eftrlier candidates wore Bill 'RicHey and Don Joseph, present J unior yell leaders, and James Hante. Two men have app ied for the onei position as veteran yell lead er. They are A. E. Tyler and Ed Fulbright. Fulbright had filed early in the week, Wlfile iTyler, a Greenville architecture student, ap plied for candidacy shortly before the deadline. !’■ 1 ' r j The race for corps representative to the Athletic Council has in- : creased since Friday’^ election story in The Battalion, Frank Sim mon, business student i'rom Galves ton, A QMC; Carl Molberg, busi ness student from Fredericksburg, , A Ath.; and Robert (!. Fitts, anl- 4 mal husbandry major from Atlan ta, D Vet., have joined R. L. Goodwin as candidate*. | Moon va. Elston Id the non-corps n ipresentative • competition, Wally Noon and in cumbent David M. E stun remain!/ the only two cundlda|t«g. Ho new candidates for student f entertainment munagtT have filed; In the race will be Dm gtua Heanie, ^ Dick Kelly, James K. Boyles, and- Albjert J/ Dennis. For editor of thei Aggieland, Jinr-Modltn, aero ardent from Oaitmel, Cal., B AF; add Roy I), Nance, mechanical engineering ma jor! from Nava so la, 0 lnf„ have ■ tfiM. I There has been no change In can didacy for edlturahlpi of!The Com mentator, Thu Agrle,dtjiriat, and Thd Engineer; Ifarr: 1 G. Doran, vet! medicine major from Han Halm, is unopposed for editor uf The HoiithweMtertt Veterlr nr Ian. Magazine editors will he chosen by the councils rupreientlng each of the four schools. Yell leaders will lie elected by (he|r respec tive classes, with ndn-corps stu dents selecting a veteran; yell leudi er. The corps will choose one re 1 ’ \ prosentative to the Athletic Coun- X ell, and the non-corps one. Only the editor of tne Aggieland and editors of The Eattelion will be chosen by the entire student body. -I i I No date has been general elections, i junior class will mi to elect their two yel| leaders, the student entertainment manager! not for the though the st. April 27 i^ct their two yel) leaders, amuent entertainment ‘ manager, and the ?orps AthjetR: Council represejitetive. I 1 ake a to >ST DESCRIPTIVE PHASE IE WEEK-—Eco prof Ray am was telling his 319 class •roe of the land the govern- was offering free to settlers, rihing the left-over acres able to late-comera he summer! ir value thusly, “They were you had to fertilize them bride” business prof was comment- his lecture on a fluctuation nation’s economy back in Looking out over >1a otu- dikte' he said, without too much ' , .“You all remember the break In 1937, well;. . . ” ta os far aa he got sleepy voice in tV rear (It t 8:20 a. m.) piped up, ■■■p I remember. I was in (he fourth grade at the time." iClhaa was continued five min ister after a break for laugh-