B coV B ^ ^ Circulated to More than 90% Of College Station’s Residents Number 23: Volume 51 The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland) > TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1950 Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest — " -i Price Five Cents CoL Joe' Promoted AfiS, VMI Vie In Home Opener 1 Personality Passes Five Classes Reunions Saturday By Wayne Davis Lt. Col. Joe E. Davis because Col. Davis yesterday when the retiring assistant commandant received his “eagles” from Col. Haydon L. Hoatner, PMS&T and commandant. Col. Davis expects to leave soon for Camp Chaffee, Ark., where he will command the 4020th Infantry Training Regiment. Looking on admiringly are Mrs. Davis, center and son Steadman Davis, lower left. Kyle Field Seating Arrangement Set Ily BOB HUGHSON Seating arrangements for the A&M student body for home games on Kyle Field have been adopted from a plan presented by I. E. “Monty” Montgomery to the Stu dent Senate. Separate ramps will be used for entrance into the stands by the different classes to facilitate en trance. Ramps P and Q will be re served for seniors of the Cadet Corps only. All cadet juniors, sophomores and freshmen will en ter through ramps L, M, N, and 0. Non-corps members of the stu dent body may enter through any ramp. Fe\y Changes The student seating arrange ment for Kyle Field will be simi- ar to that of last year, with only u few minor changes. The corps senior section will ex tend one row higher. It will begin on the 50-yard line and extend North to the 14, immediately be hind the band and extending from row 10 through row 33. Civilian students will have the area immediately behind the sen iors, occupying the top seven rows from the 50 to the 14-yard lines. In addition, civilian students will have all rows from row 25, includ ing that row, upward and begin ning at the 14-yard line around to Ramp M. From Ramp M to the mid-point of the end zone all rows from row 13 to the top are theirs. Corps lower classmen will sit North of the band and below row 13 from the 35-yard line to the 14-yard line. North of the 14-yard line cadets may sit up to, and including, row 24, continuing to ramp M, after which they will sit below Row 13 to the mid-point of the end zone, where, the Aggie section ends. Ropes will be placed to designate the senior section and to divide the corps'and civilian student areas.’ This weekend will see five classes of Aggie graduates returning to the campus for their reunions. Present for get- togethers will be the Classes of 1910, ’25, ’30, ’35, and ’40. For the 1925 group, it will be the Silver Anniversary. Arrangements have been made for the reunions by local representatives of each group through class agents, Attendance Chairman W. W. McClendon, and Dick Hervey, President of the Association of Former Students. While a general program has been planned to cover all i groups, three of the classes have planned special events. The 1940 reunion will begin Friday night with a dinner dance at the Maggie Parker Dining Hall in Bryan, beginning at 7. The ! Class of 1935 will attend a class party and dinner at the ! same dining room beginning at 3:30 p. m. Saturday, while the Class of 1930 will be entertained by the 1930 Local Com mittee at the Brazos County A&M Club House after the A&M-VMI game Saturday night. Reunion headquarters for all classes will be in the main lounge of the Memorial Student Center, and most activities will be centered in the building. Special rooms have been reserved for the separate classt~— L '~~ — —— dinners and meetings. Registration j will begin .at 9 Saturday morning. [ Programs Prepared The Former Students Associa tion has prepared programs to be passed out to each returning Ag gie as he arrives. The programs, prepared separately for each class, will contain all information return ing graduates will need to attend all his . Class’s ceremonies. Plans have been made to serve all class dinners buffet-style in the corridors of the second floor of the MSC. After being served, class members will adjourn to their class’s designated rooms. There will be a conducted tour through the Center for all mem bers’ wives and families Sunday morning. Saturday Dance Set By MSC Committee The Memorial Student Center Dance Committee will ‘sponsor a dance Saturday afternoon for A&M students and VMI Cadets and iM' their' dates in the Social Room of One of the four Senior Companies the MSC lvom 3:30 to 5 p ' ni - will be designated to maintain the A slight charge will be- made for senior section and to usher at each each couple, according to the of the home games. committee chairman. Prayer To Open VMI Game The A&M-VMI game Saturday night will be opened ~ . ... with a prayer by Corps Chaplain Curtis Edwards, just before Christian Scientists the band plays the national anthem. Set Hensel Picnic Asking guidance in Korea and for the entire world sit- A&M Christian Science students Jf tion ’ ^ P^yer will be given at 7:51 p.m. The '‘Star are holding their first annual “get- Spangled Banner will follow by the Aggie Band at 7:53. acquainted” picnic tonight at G in Captains of the opposing teams will meet for the mid- Hensel Park, area 3. field coin-toss at 7:55. After the flip, the band will play the Arrangements have been made “gpi r i^ 0 f Aggieland,” just before the kickoff at 8. to'ineet at the 6 YMCA'at"?:?© p.nu The audience will be requested to stand for the prayer, to be taken to the picnic grounds! the national anthem, and the school song. Warships Blasting Red Supply Lines Tokyo, Oct. 13—(/P)—Thirty-seven United Nations war ships under the flag of the Battleship Missouri poured fire and steel on Red Korea’s, supply lines from Soviet Siberia to day along a 130-mile sea front. Speculation still persisted that the combined naval big gun and carrier plane strike—the second in two days far up the Korean East coast—might lead to an Allied landing. There was no report, however, that such an amphibious attack was in progress or in prospect. Military news sources in the Korean fighting were abnormally quiet. 4 Mighty Mo’ in Action Shells from the Mighty Mo’s 16-inch guns crashed onto coastal targets at more than seven tons a minute. British, Australian, Canadian and other American warships were in the naval force commanded by Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble in the Mo. , The targets were port and rail lines and anything else that remains to support the Red Korean war effort on routes into Red Korea from China and the Soviet Union. On the ground fighting fronts, Allied spearheads met increasingly heavy resistance in their push toward Pyong yang, the Red capital near the West Coast. Two Red div isions were reported racing from the Ongjin peninsula to help the defenders of Kumchon, 75 miles southeast of Pyong yang. The naval pounding extended^ from Songjin northward beyond the flaming iron and steel port of Chongjin. By Frank N. Manitzas Tomorrow night on Kyle Field the Aggie footballers will open their home season against Virginia Military Institute and attempt to win the first home game on Kyle Field since 1946 when the Cadets racked Baylor, 17-0. Although both teams have won two and lost one, the home team is a big favorite, but the A&M coaching staff isn’t selling the VMI and their unusual I-T formation short. The Flying Squadron’s only defeat was at the hands of George Washington, 12-15, while the Maroon and White was defeated last week by the third ranking team in the nation, Oklahoma, 34-28. The Southwest Conference’s top rusher Billy Tidwell will be absent from tomorrow night’s fray, because of a pulled muscle, but, according to Head Coach Harry Stiteler, “It’s nothing serious.” Buddy Shaeffer, who showed up well in the latter portions of the Texas Tech game, will prob ably start in Tidwell”s place, Stiteler added. Starting quarterback will again be Delmar Sikes, but it is expected that Dick Gardemal and Darrow Hooper will also see service. Bruisin’ Bob Smith, who leads the conference in ground gaining with 332 yards, will start at the fullback spot with Glenn Lippman, who boasts second place in the conference with the highest running average of 7.7 yards for carry, handling the left halfback slot. Greiner to Captain Team The only player on the squad with three letters to his credit, Max Greiner, will captain the Ag gie eleven. He is the fourth line man whom Coach Stiteler has ap pointed team captain in the four weeks of competition. Last week, Bob Bates captained the Maroon and White and because of his outstanding play against the Oklahoma Sooners, was nominated for the national award of lineman of the week. Bates is an offensive center and a defensive linebacker while Greiner holds down the guard position on both teams. Head Trainer Bill Dayton has said that everyone with the excep tion of Tidwell will be able to play tomorrow night and that the team’s condition is improving, although aifew are still supporting minor bruises. The mighty Mo spread death and destruction with 800,000 pounds of shells fired in less than; an hour in the opening bombardment at Chongjin Thursday. The big battlewagon on Friday swung 100 miles south and lobbed its “bricks” into the rail-highway town of Tanchon while destroyers and cruisers shelled Chongjin, Songjin and the nearby town of Sangpo. Smashes Supply Lines The operation shattered Commu nist supply lines far ahead of Unit ed Nations ground forces rolling into North Korea along a 130-mile fighting front. At the west end of that front, in an area that lies 65 to 75 miles j southeast of Pyongyang, a fierce i and confusing battle raged. American spearheads within 05 | miles of Pyongyang were at grips ■ with Red troops. An estimated •j 20,000 Communists fought south 1 of them and two Red divisions were reported moving in from the j west. A field dispatch Friday from : A P correspondent William J. ; Waugh sketched these develop- ! ments: Three U. S. First Cavalry divi- i sion columns and British and Au- j stralian soliders moved against Kumchon, about 75 miles southeast of Pyongyang. Red Tanks Hit One column fought slowly up the main highway toward Kum chon, and was four miles south of that base Friday morning after an artillery duel that knocked out two Russian-made tanks. Aggies Lead SWC - After three games, the Aggies continue to lead the SWC in rush ing with a total of 869 yards, 232 yards ahead of second place Ar kansas, and are second in total offense to SMU, trailing the Mus tangs by 246 yards with 1050. SMU also leads the Cadets in first downs for the initial spot, 53-51. A&M has a 40 per cent comple tion average on their passes while their first three opponents have completed 53.4 per cent of the 73 passes attempted. The Farmers have tossed only 35 aerials. Hold ing third place with a 37.6 punting average the Aggies have punted 50 per cent less than they had at this time last year. In total points scored, the Ag gies lead with 110 points, 18 more Just a Dog, But —Photo by Thomas Roetzel ‘Spot’ Was Top Campus Canine By JOHN WHITMORE Late Wednesday evening one of A&M’s most distinguished person alities was fatally injured in an automobile accident. A hit and run motorist had hit Spot, the unofficial Aggie mascot. The large floppy eared Dalma- tion was rushed to the Veterinary Hospital immediately after the ac cident where attendants adminis tered blood transfusions and stimu lants. Five minutes after arriving at the hospital Spot was dead. An autopsy showed death was caused by a head injury. Well known all over the campus, Were were no strangers' to Spot. Pistol Team Is Sixth in Nation A&M’s pistol team, coached by M/Sgt. Jack E. Cutsinger, placed sixth in the National Rifle Association Intercolle giate pistol match this past Spring. Two members of the team placed in the top 27 of all compe titors in the nation. A. W. Benefield ranked sixteenth while H. Q. Haile placed twenty- seventh in match for high individ ual members of the A&M team. The members of the sixth team in than was scored during the entire j the nation are Ted Means, Haile, season last year. Bruisin’ Bob has accounted for 42 of the points to lead the conference scorers and needs only six points to tie his scoring of last year. Aggie fans will be watching two games tomorrow, the home game Benefield, B. P. Lowry, and N. M. Kenny. Aggregate score of the team was 1326, out of a possible 1400 points. The pistol team for the 1950-51 season met last night and held its org’anizational meeting. Jack R. at night, and the results of the Vincent, A Transportation Corps TCU-Texas Tech game in Fort I cadet from Amarillo, was elected Worth. The Horned Frogs are ; captain of the team by the 32 can- the Aggies next opponent. —Beat VMI— YMCA Sponsors Coffee The YMCA Council is sponsoring a free coffee hour from 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. each morning in the YMCA South Solarium for faculty and students alike, according to Don Hinton, publicity chairman. didates attending the meeting. Lowry, B Composite cadet from Fort Worth, was chosen secretary- treasurer for this season. The team now has both an in door and outdoor range on which to practice. The indoor range is located next to the Coast Artillery armory, while the outdoor range is under the West side stands of Kyle Field. Although he made no fast friends, he represented the dog at home. Where he came from and what his exact parentage was, is still a mystery. Like many of the dogs that show up on the campus, Spot just appeared. From there all similarity between Spot and any other canine passer-byes ended. During the campaign, last year, to pick up all stray dogs, the corps rallied and hid Spot from the city police. Men would take food out of the mess halls to feed him while he was exiled from “his” campus. With an instinct only known by Spot, he knew where to go for his food and how to get it. On his daily visits to Sbisa and Duncan Mess flails, he would pass from ta ble to table accepting bits of food from seniors as well as freshmen. His quest for knowledge was al most as famous as his appetite. These were few classes he did not attend. One of his most regularly attended classes was psychology. And not unlike many of the stu dents he fell asleep shortly after entering the room. Although much to the envy of the students, he had the privilege of leaving the room when he felt like it. While surveying his domain he would amble from end to end in his own slow time, but visiting all sections daily. Despite unthinking cruelties by the students, Spot retained his even temper. Even after he was paint ed or shaved there were no ca’ses reported of his biting anyone. Football seemed to be one of his favorite sports. During the football season he was a constant visitor to Kyle Field. One oc casion he became so engrossed in the practice he fell out of the stands on Kyle Field. Luckily he escaped with only a few minor bruises. In keeping with the military of the college, Spot assumed the duty of reviewing all parades in the name of the K-9 Corps, making personal inspections of the various units Spot is dead and will never greet the students and faculty again on his rounds of the campus—but he ' will be remembered. When vou see 11 Vultee T-29’s Students to Hear MSC Activity Talk Only three more days remain be- . fore students will know what part they will play in the social and Force. | educational activities of the mem-; p or j n those planes will be 150 T-29’s To Bring Air Cadets From Ellington To College fly over the campus in formation f w ’ Saturday afternoon, don’t worry . about an invasion from VMI’s Air ' r '■'■>