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The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
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Lumberman’s 1949 Contest
Number 15: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1950
Price Five Cents
A&M’s 75III Anni versary Set For Tomorrow
Crowded Program
Committee Tosses Out
College View Ballots
The election committee of the
Student Senate last night threw out
all ballots from College View in
the general fall election.
“Due to an illegal election pro
cedure, another election will be
held Wednesday night in College
View from 7 to 9 p.m.,” said Roy
Nance and Bill Moss, election co-
chairmen, in a statement to The
*Battalion.
“Upon receiving a formal pro
test, we investigated the election
procedure in that area and declare
last night’s election void,”' the
statement read.
Ballots will be distributed door-
to-door and collected Wednesday
night by members of the election
committee.
Students living in College View
will vote for seven senators-at-
large, three members of the Stu
dent Life Committee, and for one
of the following men, who will ap
pear on the ballot as candidates
BOBBY N. McLARTY
Senior is Heart
Attack Victim
Silver Taps will be held at
10:30 p. m. tonight for
Bobby Neil McLarty, 22,
class of ’50, who died sudden
ly yesterday.
McLarty, civilian Liberal Arts
senior from Stephenville, collapsed
shortly after reporting to work at
Smitty’s. Artificial respiration was
administered and' he was later
rushed to the College Hospital by
automobile.
Dr. J. E. Marsh, college physi
cian, declared him dead upon ar
rival.
Hospital attendants said the
>ause of death was a probable
fieart attack.
The body will be shipped to
Rtephenville, for funeral services
jnd burial.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. McLarty,
Rt. 10, Stephenville; sister, Mrs.
T. B. Collin of Bryan.
for that area’s senatorial position:
Beazley, Donald R.
Brown, George M.
Flanagan, Donald A.
Jenkins, Hayden L.
Weddell, L. B.
Nance and Moss declined to give
further information upon the “ille
gal procedure,” but said that a new
election should “clear up the en
tire mess.”
Thus, until College View’s votes
are counted, the races for senators-
at-large and for Student Life posi
tions are still undecided.
With complete reports from all
civilian dormitories except Law
and Puryear Halls—and lacking all
housing areas—the Student Life
Committee race was taking shape
as follows:
Jim Martin, 385; Ray N. Wil
liams, 195; Roy D. Nance, 185; Joe
Fuller, 173; and Ernest T. Pitzer
Jr., 118. Ten candidates are run
ning for the three positions.
At-Large Voting
The senators-at-large contest has
taken a definite trend, although
there are still many votes to be
counted, in addition to the College
View election Wednesday night.
All dormitories on the campus ex
cept 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, Walton,
Law and Puryear had been tabulat
ed by 3 a.m. this morning. None
of the housing area votes had been
counted, although day student mili
tary balloting had been totaled.
Leading the 21-man field for the
seven senator-at-large spots was
W. D. “Pusher” Barnes with 1085
votes. In second place was Joe
L. Johnson with 1008, while Dean
Reed was 15 votes behind Johnson
with 993 for third place.
Other- candidates in the top ten
were a& follow (in order): Curtis
Edwards, 936; Ferris Brown, 790;
Eric CaVlson, 787; Brad McAllister,
786; Edward E. Roberts, 774; Ken
Wiggins, 764; and John McFall,
665.
All dormitory senators had been
elected when the election commit
tee left this morning.
Dorm Senators
In Dorm 1, Bill Brabham was
unopposed, as was R. L. Sturdi
vant in Dorm 2. Bill Cornish be
came Dorm 3’s senator with 75
votes to Don Napp’s 50.
No eligible candidates filed for
the Dorm 4 position. A special
election will be held later for that
dorm, Moss and Nance said.
Dorm 5 chose Charles Ruble, 100,
over Dick Elliott, 69, while Dan
Davis went unopposed in Dorm 6.
T. E. Flukinger took the Dorm 7
senatorship with 46 votes to Jes
D. Mclver’s 44.
Bill Boddeker’s 129 votes gave
him a heavy win over four oppo
nents in Dorm 8. In Dorm 9, A.
W. Frederick polled 60 votes to
Jack Tanner’s 44. Hans Killings-
tad, 76, defeated Raymond Kunze
with 56 in Dorm 10.
Voting in Dorm 11 went to Rob
ert Jack, who received 75 to R. L.
Goodwin’s 45 votes. John Stuntz
edged out Eddie Kells in Dorm
12, 56 to 50.
Write-Ins Cancelled
George Germond was unopposed
in Dorm 14, while C. L. Ray took
the Dorm 15 senatorship with 108
votes to Doyle Griffin’s 36. In
Dorm 15, Homer H. Johnson polled
107 write-in ballots, although he
could not have won the election,
according to the chairmen.
Tom Poynor was unopposed in
Dorm 16, as was Lloyd Manjeot in
Dorm 17. Karl Meyers won easily
over Joe R. Alexander, 176 to 91,
for the Walton Hall representative
spot.
Milner Hall had I. E. Montgom
ery Jr. running unopposed, while
Nolan H. Brunson took Leggett
with 94 votes to Charles W. Thom
as’ 36. Alfred R. Gibson was un
opposed in Bizzell.
Bill Ellsworth became Mitchell’s
senator as he defeated J. R. Allen,
130 to 24. Jim Onstatt took the
Law Hall race with 118 votes to
M. C. Carson’s 60. Ed Sandlin
senator from Hart Hall by gather
ing 62 votes, edged Ralph Ellis
with 54.
In Puryear, Bill Davis led W. G.
Garrison, 90 to 31.
Complete election returns will
not be available until Thursday
morning, election officials said last
night. Final results will be an
nounced in Thursday afternoon’s
edition of The Battalion.
Anniversary Parking
All students and faculty mem
bers are asked to park their cars
in their regularly assigned parking
area Wednesday so streets and
special parking areas may be left
open for campus visitors, Fred
Hickman, chief of campus security,
has announced.
Yell Practice
Aggies taking their “Unofficial Corps Trip” to
San Antonio hold a short yell practice in front of
the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium. Despite
the light drizzle during the 5 p.m. practice, it
did not dampen the spirit during Saw Varsity’s
Horns Off.
Stores Will Close Tomorrow
For 75th Anniversary Event
By JOEL AUSTIN
Businessmen in the city were in
formed by the College Station
Development, Association and
Chamber of Commerce yesterday
that a concerted effort is being
made by that organization to get
every business firm in College
Station to close from 10:30 a. m.
until 1 p. m. tomorrow in obser
vance of A&M’s 75th anniversary.
Stressing the importance of the
occasion, H. E. Burgess, president
of the organization, said, “We are
most hopeful that all proprietors
and employees will not only close
their doors on this occasion, but
they will attend the celebration
on Kyle Field also.”
Tomorrow’s program, which will
include a speech by Governor Allan
Shivers and a free picnic lunch
for all persons in attendance, is
the first of a series of scheduled
events commemorating the 75 years
which A&M has been in existanee.
Invitations Spread
The local Chamber of Commerce,
which has been working with the
Bryan Chamber of Commerce, has
formed what is known as the 75th
Anniversary Sponsoring Commit
tee. Through their combined ef
forts, these groups have spread
invitations to the celebration to
towns and cities within a 100 mile
radius of College Station.
Placards have been placed in
conspicuous places in these towns
and also personal visits to the
Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, Chamber
of Commerce, and other civic or
ganizations have been made by
partisans of the Sponsoring Com
mittee who have extended invita
tions to these people to come and
bring their families.
Board Gives Certification
The sponsoring committee and
the 75th Anniversary Committee
have received certification from the
Texas State Board of Education
that high school students who miss
school tomorrow in order to attend
the birthday event will not be
counted absent from their school
as required by the Gilmer-Aiken
law.
The Board ruled that since the
celebration would be of an educa
tional nature, the students attend
ing the program could count the
trip as a full day of school work.
With the announcement of the
Board’s decision, C. B. Godby and
(See STORES. Page 4)
Russia Rejects
U.S. - British
P.W. Questions
Washington, Oct. 2—(AP)
—Russia rejected yesterday
American-British-French de
mands for information about
German World War II prison
ers still held in the Soviet Union.
A note handed to Ambassador
Alan G'. Kirk in Moscow not only
refused information. It declared
charges by the western allies that
hundreds of thousands of Germans
are still in Russia “do not corres
pond to the facts” and were made
for propaganda, purposes.
The State Department, notified
by Kirk, announced the action. The
Russian note was in reply to an
American note delivered last July
14. Similar communications were
delivered at the same time by Brit
ain and France.
The Soviet reply called attention
to a formal statement by the Sov
iet News Agency Tass ( last May
5, which asserted that the only
German prisoners left in Russia
were 9,717 convicted of grave war
crimes, 3,815 stull under investiga
tion, and 14 under medical treat
ment.
Russia said that in the light of
this “exhaustive data” the Soviet
government would consider the
western charges “as an attempt
to utilize the question of thq Ger
man prisoners of war for propa
ganda purposes.”
This response ignored the west
ern suggestion that Russia come
forward with full identification of
those convicted of war crimes and
those being investigated.
75 Years of Progress .
Diamond Jubilee Marks 75 Year’s Growth
By GEORGE CHARLTON
On our birthday tomorrow, we
pause a minute to look back at
three quarters of a century at
the Agricultural and Mechan
ical College of Texas.
It all started in a wild dew
berry patch near the up and com- 7^ W'
ing little town of Bryan, then 1
4-located near the center of Texas’ Thomas Gathright, one time sup
population. In 1876, a building later erintendent of education for Miss- ing in ’08, was rapid and sound,
to be called the “Old Main” was issippi, was president at the time. One incident, a student strike in
constructed there; a year later, The position had been offered by behalf of fired faculty members,
work was begun on another, Gath- the Board of Directors to Jeffer- marred Harrington’s administra-
right Hall. These two, with five son Davis, the ex-president of the tion, however,
small faculty residences, were Confederacy, but Davis had de- Next president of the College
A&M College to the less than 50 dined for reasons of health and was Col. Robert T. Milner, who
cadets who signed the dotted line suggested in his place his Miss- described the College in 1910:
students that first October issippian friend, Gathright. “The Agricultural and Mechan-
The first executive head of ical College of Texas presents a
A&M, strangely enough, held a
hearty dislike for military fea
tures of the Land Grant College
System. Nevertheless, he and his
commandant are credited with
laying the foundations for the
Aggie espirit de corps.
Later under the administration
of James Garland James, curri
cula were organized to comply with
the original aims of the College.
condition unlike that of any
other educational institution in
the world. Covering an area of
about ten acres are stretched 243
tents, in which are lodged 486
cadets . . . the student body is
the largest under military disci
pline in the world. There are 600
more cadets in this school than
there are in West Point.”
Under Milner, the Schools of
For a short while previous to this Agriculture and Engineering were
change over, no professor of agri- formally created, with a Dean for
culture had been included in the each. The office of Dean of the
faculty. The State Grange, at the College had been already created
time especially powerful in the in 1907 to relieve the president of
state, had raised a large raucous, burdensome duties. In 1913, another
And in 1890, the Ross Era be- student strike was instigated over
gan. During the administration of the dismissal of 27 cadets for
this former Texas Ranger, Con- hazing.
federate soldier, planter, and chief By March) 1917, the nation was
executive ot the state tor lour approaching war with the Con-
years, the College reached the tral Powers of Europe, and a spec-
height of its popular esteem and ial resolution proferred by the
prestige up to that time. Parents f acu ity was presented to the Board
L n ny cases seri ^..^ ie ' r b °y s 0 f Directors, tendering the re
search and teaching facilities of
tive of the College at this time
was Thomas Otto Walton, coun
try bred, farm trained, and broad
ly informed both in wise farm
practice and in the science of
agriculture.
Then came the building boom of
’39, upon the tide of which came
World War II. Emphasis during
this time was placed on scholastic
attainment and faculty improve
ment. The program designed for
veterans was outstanding.
The College was in the midst of
reaching its zenith as to size, fac
ilities, and enrollment when came traced in all the time that it takes
the revolution—the student revolt to take a walk across the campus
of ’47, perhaps the biggest crisis from Pfeuffer Hall, one of the
in the history of A&M. The un- first, to our latest, most modern
savory situation became the source achievement, the Memorial Student
for many eight column banners Center.
Set For Birthday
By SID ABERNATHY
An address by Governor Allan Shivers, a parade by
the Cadet Corps, a picnic lunch, an Air Force demonstration
flight, tours of the campus, departmental displays, and num
erous visiting dignitaries, will all be a part of A&M’s 75th
Anniversary celebration tomorrow.
Classes will be dismissed and most college offices will
be closed at 9:40 a.m. for the celebration. Classes will re
sume at 1 p. m.
Dr. M. T. Harrington, president of the College, will pre
side at the program which will begin at 11 a. m. preceded by
-fa Cadet Corps parade around Kyle
Field.
Following the Corps parade and
playing of the National Anthem, C.
W. Crawford, ’19, will give the in
vocation.
There will then be an exchange
of greetings from the Former Stu
dents Association, A. E. Caraway,
’34; the student body, A. D. Mar
tin, ’50; and the faculty, Ernest
Langford, T3.
Governor Shivers will give the
main address of the program and
John W. Newton, T2, vice-presi
dent of the A&M Board of Direct
ors and chairman of the 75th An
niversary Committee, will offer the
response.
Benediction ivill be given by King
Egger, ’50.
The audience will be seated in
the east stands of Kyle Field, with
the Cadet Corps occupying the
upper half of the stands.
Section 132, Ramp Q, has been
set aside to accommodate out-of-
town visitors and their friends.
Air Force Demonstration
A flight of 60 F-84 jet planes
from Bergstrom Air Force Base
will make a pass over Kyle Field
at noon. Twenty-four T-6 planes
from Connally Air Force Base also
will make a pass over the field
and go through a few practice
maneuvers.
The demonstration is a part of
regular training flights.
A free picnic lunch will be served
immediately after the morning pro
gram. Serving lines are being pro
vided at the north side of Kyle
Field.
A special luncheon for visiting
dignitaries is scheduled for 12:30
p. m. in the Memorial Student
Center Ballroom.
Dignitaries
Dignitaries expected to be pre
sent for the celebration include
Garland Smith, Governor Shiver’s
secretary and member of the gov
ernors staff; Congressmen Olin
Teague, Bindley Beckworth, George
Moffett, ’16, William T. Moore,
’40, Searcy Bracewell, ’38; Fred
Wemple, chairman Texas Highway
Commission; Bascom Giles, Com
missioner General Land Grant Of
fice of Texas, J. E. McDonald, Com
missioner of Agriculture; the
Board of Directors; Judge John W.
Goodwin, ’76; Louis A. Cerf, ’76
and Mrs. J. T. Hanway, first baby
girl born on the campus.
A display of army vehicles will
be located on the drill field direct
ly in front of the MSC.
MSC Display
On display in the MSC will be
a historical display depicting 75
years of A&M progress. The dis
play will be in rooms 2A, 2B, 2C,
and 8D. This exhibit is being
handled by Hal Moseley of the
Architecture Department.
Pictures of the Corps at drill
and in parade, of the faculty (when
available), and of student life, will
also be shown to illustrate each
era of the College. This display
is broken down into five historical
divisions, 1876, 1900, 1920, 1940,
and 1950. Full size manikins, wear
ing uniforms worn during each per
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in Texas newspapers, carrying the
latest news of the “College Sta
tion trouble” back to the folks at
home.
Since that time, three years
of scholastic as well as physical
developments have been under
way, noteworthy of which are the
formation of the Basic Division
and the construction of the Mem
orial Student Center and Science
Buildings, respectively.
And tomorrow we look back.
The history of a College can be
Then
Sul Ross, not to college.
Inventoried for the first time
in ils history, College property
by 1893 had reached (he amaz
ing figure in value of $389,502.64.
In the few years before the turn
of the century, branch experi
ment stations and summer school
were established.
the College to the Federal Govern
ment. Hours in Military Science
were increased and graduation of
seniors was hastened so that they
might enter training camps as
soon as possible. Meanwhile, Presi
dent Bizzell had enhanced author
ity and responsibility of the chief
A far cry from the 1920 cadets. Members of the
Corps mass for a picture for Life magazine
sporting the latest Green, Pinks and Boots.
After 1900, the age limit of executives office and created the
entering students was raised to 16 School of Veterinary Medicine, the
and scholastic requirements were Graduate School, and the School of
broadened. A&M was gaining favor Art 5 and Sciences,
with the people of Texas as a re- In the twenties, more authority
suit of the proficiency of many of was vested to deans, directors,
its early graduates. The College and fiscal officers. And never
expansion under Presidents David before had a more cordial state
Franklin Houston, who resigned in of mind existed between faculty
’05, and H. H. Harrington resign- and student body. Chief execu-
Members of the Cadet Corps of the 1920 era form
for a parade on what is now the. Main Drill
Field. The house in the background is on the
site of the Memorial Student Center. Cadets
during this time had just changed from “blue”
to the latest style in olive drab pants, khaki
shirts, putees and campaign hats.