The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 18, 1950, Image 1

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Lumberman’s 1949 Contest
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 26: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland)* TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1950
Price Five Cents
TC U W ogs Entertain
Ag Fish Tonight In
Fort Worth Stadium
P,y RALPH GORMAN
Today at 11:30 a. m. Coach Per
ron Shoemaker’s Fish football team
* boarded chartered buses to travel
to Fort Worth where they will
meet the TCU Poliwogs in Purple
Stadium at 8 under the arcs.
The Aggie freshmen will try to
bounce back into the win column
tonight after dropping into the
ranks of the losers last week,
when they fell before a powerful
' Baylor Cub team, 33-0. In the
opening Fish game an Allen Aca
demy eleven was turned back with
a deluge of scoring in the second
half, 33-20.
Lack of speed in the Cadet
line will be a big drawback when
they are matched with a Wog line
that has proven to be alert and
quick to move against the aggres
sor.
From the Wog camp comes the
report that this year’s freshman
team cannot possibly match the
seasonal record set by the Wog
- team of a year ago. The 1949
VVogs bested four of their five
opponents.
Wogs Tied Arlington
Veterans of only one game so
far, the VVogs showed talented
. backs to engineer future victories
when they tied an Arlington State
College team G all. Danny Powell,
the Archer City triple threat; Du
mas’ Ray McKown, Ballinger’s
Dan Hallmark, Paris’ Sammy Mor
row', and Glenn Jones from Cow-
lown’s Paachal High are five of
..tin* Wog stalwarts who led the
Christian charges in their initial
battle.
The Wog line is reputed to out
weigh the Fort Worth varsity at
193 pounds and their speedy for-
ward produces exceptional blocking.
Walter Roach, TCU Wog coach,
1 as 1 been running his youngsters
through grueling drills, as he in
sists that their offense “failed to
click” against Arlington. He de
mands that his charges “be ready”
for the freshmen Cadets.
Over on Kyle Field Shoemaker
»*is aided by Gil Steinke, assistant
freshman coach, in preparing the
first year Aggies for their third
encounter in hopes of raising the
game average above the present
'.500.
Cavileer Still Out
Johnny Cavileer, former Austin
High all-state candidate who turn-
* ed in a sharp performance against
the Cubs, wall be the only Fish to
miss tonight’s game. Cavileer is out
of the lipeup nursing back injuries
Post Grad Hall
ten for Dates
Over Weekend
Post Graduate Hall will be
open for student’s dates at
tending the Regimental Ball
and All College Dance Friday
* and Saturday, Bennie A. Zinn,
assistant dean of men, has an
nounced.
Room assignments for the week
end may be made in Room 100
Goodwin Hall. Reservations for
both must be made before Thurs
day at 8 p. m. After that time
students may reserve rooms for
k just one night.
At the time reservations are
made, students will be required
to pay a small fee to cover the
cost of matrons and other inciden
tal expenses. Sheets, blankets, pil
low's, and mattresses will be provid
ed. Refunds will not be made, Zinn
said.
Rooms will be opened for the
weekend at 4 p. m. Friday and
must be vacated by 11:30 a. m.
Sunday. Luggage will be removed
from rooms and the P G Hall lock
ed promptly at that time.
In compliance with the college
regulations, guest staying in the
dormitory must be in not later
than 1 a. m. each night, and wdll
check in to the matron in charge
upon their return after the dance,
Zinn said.
Escorts will be held accountable
for the compliance with these regu
lations.
and facial lacerations received last
week.
The rest of the lineup remains in
tact and will be the same as in
the first two contests with the ex
ception of Cavileer.
Bernard Petty, of San Angelo,
and Bobby Price, of Haskell, wdll
handle the end posts wdth Eric
Miller, of Bartlett, alternating
with Petty. At left and right tackle
positions, respectively, will be John
Gibbens, of Uvalde, and Jerry Cot
ter, of Littlefield. Nearing the
pivot post, Shoemaker has assign
ed guard chores to Bill Burtchall,’
of New' Orleans, and Lewis Capt,
of Uvalde.
Billings At Center
In the center of the Cadet line
and performing linebacker duties
will be Calvin Billings, of Sulphur,
Louisiana.
At the man-under slot for the
Fish will be Johnny Salyer, another
Austinite who completed 12 passes
in 22 attempts in Waco’s Muny
Stadium last week. Providing the
necessary driving power at the
fullback post will be Pete May-
eaux, of New Orleans.
The Rising Star combination has
been named to handle wingback
chores and fans will find Franklin
(Buck) Reed on the left side, while
Donald Criswell balances the half
back combo.
KORA To Cover Game
Radio Station KORA has an
nounced that it will broadcast the
Wog-Fish contest tonight with
broadcasting time starting approjc-
miately at 7:50.
City Council
Okeys Contract
For Electricity
The College Station City
Council met at 2 p.m. yester
day to discuss terms for a
contract with the Brazos Riv
er Transmission Cooperative
with R. L. Ashton, a representative
of that company.
The council asked that the co
operative furnish the city with elec
tricity at their sub-station some
five or six miles from town. Also
included in the agreement v'as
that the Brazos River organization
supply a regulator at the point
where College Station ties on to
the line so the stated amount of
voltage will be available.
The councilmen authorized May
or Ernest Langford to sign a con
tract -with the Brazos Valley Trans
mission Cooperative w’hen technical
and legal matters could be taken
care of.
The tie-up with this company
w’ould mean that residents of Col
lege Hills in College Station could
receive beenfit of the new electric
rates recently adopted by the coun
cil.
The Brazos Valley Transmission
Cooperative, whose general office
is in Waco, would bring electricity
here to the sub-station from their
dam in Temple.
Also passed upon at the meeting-
yesterday was Ordinance hlo. 150
which officially established the
hew electric rates for those people
in College Station buying power
from the city.
A spokesman for the council said
last night that the report from
F. C. Bolton, Martin C. Hughes,
and Norman F. Rode on an estima
tion of the cost for the new elec
tricity source will be ready within
the next week or so.
Queen Candidate
Truman Offers All Asia
‘Partnership of Peace’
Social Season Kickoff Set,
Aggieland To Furnish Music
Two social events, the Seventh . piano.
Regimental Ball and the first All | Other old members of the Aggie
land are Glen Torrence, on the
trumpet, Gordon Keller and Dan
Hanna on the trombones, and Job
Pike : bn the drums, Turner said.
Members of the reed section include
Haskell Motherall, Glen Duhon,
Doyle Thomas, Lindell James, and
Ted Gullette. Tommy Butler of
\Vaco will again fill the vocalist
spot, Turner added.
; Ne\v tunes, as well as new uni
forms on the band members, will
College Dance of the year, are
schedwled for Friday and Saturday
nights, Grady Elms, vice assist
ant dean of men for activities an
nounced yesterday.
First regiment to have their an
nual ball in the Memorial Student
Center, members of the Athletic
companies, veteran organizations,
and day student group will “swing
and sway” to the music furnished
by the Aggieland Orchestra in the
MSC Ballroom and Terrace Friday greet dancers Saturday night, the
evening. j director commented,
The first College Dance,
(it has not been labeled officially
as such) will be held in Sbisa Hall I
because of lack of space in .the
MSC. Scheduled to begin at 9 .pi
hi. and last until midnight, the 1
dance, semi-formal, is also slated
for musical accompanyment by
the Aggieland. The dance will be
semi-formal, Elms said.
Because of its popularity the Ag
gieland Orchestra this year has _
added several hew instrumentalists, j Dormitory 4, in a special elec-
Duector Bill Turner reports. L- , , - , , •
Added members of the orchestra ! t ' lon ni gnt.
Dave Robertson
Named Senator
Dave Robertson, senior bus
iness major from Abilene, was
elected Student Senator from
this year are Darrel Nickerson of
Baytown on the first trumpet,
Wayne Dunlap of Lake Charles, La.
on third trumpet, Bill Walker of
Houston on the Bass, and David
Lawson on the trombone.
A 1947 member of the bajuR
Robertson edged Louis F. Dom
inguez junior aero major from
Agua Dulce by getting 96 votes
to DoniingueZ’s 88 John Stuntz,
chairman of the election committee
announced.
; A special election w'as held be-
Dlenn Duhon, is back on the tenor.. c l^a^of a defaulted election. All
sax. Merle Bauman, another new; ta'ndidatos from Dorm 4 disquali-
member, takes position on the'iAi^; during the regular elections
htld last'week because of techni
calities
The Student Senate will meet
again in the early part of Novem
ber, unless a special meeting is
| called by President of the Senate,
1 Bill Parse.
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Dena McAndrew
A beautiful 5’2” blonde from Dallas, Miss McAndrew is one of the
latest entries in The Commentator’s 75th Anniversary Queen con
test. Ray Williams was the Aggie capable of obtaining one of
Miss McAndrew’s pictures.
Hurricane Hits Florida,
T otal Damage F nknown
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
San Francisco, Oct. 18 — <2Pi —
President Truman set the world
stage today for an unprecedented
counter-offensive to Soviet peace
propaganda. He offered a full
“partnership of peace” to all Asia,
backed up by United States mili
tary might.
The State Department’s “Voice
of America” bombarded every
reachable listener with a constant
repetition of Truman’s warning to
the peoples of the Far East that
Russia is trying to turn them into
“colonial slaves of a new imperial
ism.”
And the President left for the
Russian politburo a bold and blunt
reminder that the United States
wdll not stop short of war to resist
aggression and preserve “our free
way of life.”
Mr. Truman flew back to Wash
ington shortly after delivering his
major foreign policy speech last
night in the war Memorial Opera
House where the United Nations
charter w'as born five years ago.
He left San Francisco’s interna
tional airport at 11:15 a.m., EST.,
on the last, eight-hour leg of a
14,400-mile round trip flight during
which he. talked with General Doug
las MacArthur on Wake Island
about what, he said, were the
“dangers which still face us.”
“What we want is a partnership
for peace with all the world,” Mr.
Truman told a cheering audience.
He said “we want peace but it
must be a peace founded upon jus
tice. That American policy is as
On Guion’s Stage
Warren Slated For
Town Hall Opener
Aggie Players to Meet
The Aggie Players will meet in
the Music Hall tonight because of
the Quarterback Club meeting
scheduled in the Assembly Hall.
Miami, Fla., Oct. 18——A hur
ricane headed toward Florida’s rich
citrus belt today after pounding
Miami with 125-mile an hour winds
and leaving an estimated $2,000,000
damage in its wake.
Losing some force as it pushed
northward near the eastern edge
of Lake Okeechobee, the hurricane
still packed winds of near 100 miles
an hour as it aimed for central
Florida.
It had passed to the west of
Fort Lauderdale and the “Gold
Coast” area between Miami and
Palm Beach but that 70-mile strip
was on the fringe and felt its
fury.
In a 4:30 a.m. (EST) advisory
the weather bureau said the storm
was centered about 25 miles west
of Palm Beach, near latitude 26.6
north, longtitude 80.4 west, mov
ing north northwest at 12 to 14
miles per hour.
Should Lose Force
“It should continue a northerly
course today and gradually lose
force but hurricane precautions
should be continued from the Palm
Beach-Lake Okeechobee area north
ward to the Titusville-Orlando
area,” the advisory said.
Strong winds were forecast for
the remainder of north and central
Florida and winds of gale force
will extend northward to the At
lantic Coast as far as Charleston,
S. C.
As day dawned over southeast
Florida, reports of damage began
trickling in.
Miami Safety Director O. D.
(Jack) Henderson said he “would
not be surprised if the property
damage reaches or exceeds $2,000,-
000.”
Henderson made two general
tours of the debris-littered city
and said:
“If it’s as bad all over as it is
in those parts I saw,” it may easily
reach that figure.”
No Deaths
Five persons were injured but
no deaths were reported immediate
ly. All Miami policemen were
called to duty. Electricity was
off in most of- the city.
There was no water in many
sections, especially in the suburbs.
Telephone service between Miami
and Miami Beach failed. Many
other phone lines were down in the
area where half a million people
live.
Fort Lauderdale, raked by 100-
mile-an-hour winds, was plunged
into darkness. Some damage was
reported to roofs, windows and
shrubbery. Reports from Davis,
just west of Fort Lauderdale, said
that farming community was “hard
hit.”
The hurricane was expected to
pass between West Palm Beach
and Lake Okeechobee, an area 40
miles wide. It was moving north
or north-northwest at 12 to 15
miles an hour.
Precautions Urged
The weather bureau urged all
precautions for the protection of
life and property in those areas
and in the counties to the north
and east of Lake Okeecohbee to
the Titusville area.
Miami began to survey damage.
The storm toppled radio towers,
snapped power lines and uprooted
trees. Windows were smashed and
shrubbery whipped to shreds.
While there was no spectacular
damage, some buildings were un
roofed and damage to homes from
water likely will be considerable.
The wind tore off chunks of roof
ing and rain whipped in.
By GEORGE CHARLTON
A man who was fired for singing
on the job, ironically enough, will
step in front of the Guion foot
lights tomorrow night to initiate
the first of the Town Hall series
and to give vent to a voice which
some critics have described as the
“finest dramatic baritone in the
world.”
The singer they are refering
to is Leonard Warren, star of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. The
boss who fired him either had a
bad ear for music or simply let
it get on his nerves. At any rate,
after Warren’s dismal failure in
business, he went on up in the
musical world quickly and to the
point where laurel upon laurel
were heaped on his vocal abilities.
Began at 27
He began his first singing lesson
at 27 when he left the world of
business and got a job with the
Glee Club of Radio City Music
Hall. Even then no one exclaimed
“oh my, you have a beautiful voice”
or that “you just gotta do some
thing wdth it.” In fact, the reaction
was adverse: his voice wasn’t vir
ile enough, they told him, and he
was again fired.
When his voice was better than
it had ever been before, he created
an extremely good impression upon
listeners and was signed up. Since
his debut in ’39, his rise has been
almost phenomenal. Today the bari
tone has starred in some 22 operas
although his repertoire when he
was auditioned was limited to three
arias. After Warren became a mem
ber of the Met, he performed the
almost impossible feat of memor
izing seven operas in six months
time.
Well Filled Agenda
He’s mo lazy individual. Beside
his Met career, he’s also the mem
ber of four other opera companies.
Between operatic appearances, he
makes an annual concert tour of
the U. S. and Canada. He has been
guest artist on the Voice of Fire
stone and FCA-Victor radio pro
grams.
Record fans rate Warren high
on their lists. He has recorded
works from nine operas including
“Tales of Hoffman,” “Faust,” and
“Falstaff.’
His program tomorrow night in
cludes 17 selections from such com
posers as Rossini, Gounod, Debussy,
Brahms, Verdi, and Handel. Wil
lard Sekterb, his accompanist, will
furnish piano musical background
during the two-hour program.
Tickets may be purchased in the
Student Activities Office.
Senior Court
Plans Meeting ID Card Deadline
For This Week !
A Visitor From Greece
Emmense Facilities, Campus
Amaze Visiting Exchangee
\ Employees Dinner
; Set for Thursday
A dinner dance will be held in
the MSC Thursday evening October
19, at 7:00 p. m. by the A&M Em
ployees Dinner club.
Dress for the monthly meeting | King,
By GEORGE McBEE
A&M was finally paid an ex
change visit last week-end by a
distinguished looking guest from
Greece. This smilling gentleman
was Achilleas Kakalis, Internation
al Farm Youth Exchangee from
Greece.
“Ack,” as he is better known,
had been in the United States only
twenty days when he visited A&M.
He came to this country under pro-
| visions of the International Foreign
i Youth Exchange Program.
A grant-in-aid check for $900 Ed Hill, junior agricultural edu-
has been received by the Texas j cation major from Garland, won
Agricultural Experiment Station.! the IFYE trip from Texas last
“In June of 1949 Sam D. Tayloe, | year. He has been in Greece since
general manager of the Rio Farms last June.
Ag Experimenters
Receive $900 Check
is optional.
Tickets are available at the
main desk of the MSC and must be
purchased prior to noon on Wednes
day, October 18. The tickets cost
$1.50 per person.
The dinner dances of the A&M
supported largely by private sub-1 most of his time living on farms | Dinner Club are social events open
Inc., Edcouch, Texas, made avail-
, able a fund in support of ‘The Rio
Farms Processing Research Fel*
lowship’ in our Department of Hor
ticulture,” Dr. R. D. Lewis, sta-
, tion director, says.
AFS Graduate
Ack is a graduate of the Ameri
can Farm School in Thessalohica,
Greece. This school was founded by
Rev. John Henry House, and is
scriptions from the United States
It has been set up for the pur
pose of teaching Greek youth who
are interested in agriculture.
Exchangees are selected from
the farm school on merits revealed
while they are students. While at
the AFS, Achilleas was president
of the Student Council during his
senior year and contributed much
to the life of the students. Most
of the students are from the poorer
farm families in Greece.
When asked what he thought of
teaching methods and the educa
tional facilities at A&M, Ack re
plied that he couldn’t visualize such
a large school as this. He appeared
to be very much impressed by the
size of four campus The size of
the farms amazed him also, since
the average farm in Greece con
tains about seven acres.
While in Texas, Ack will spend
The Senior Court will hold
an orientation meeting some
time this week, Lt. Col. M. P.
Bowden, assistant command
ant, said today.
Organization of the senior court
includes veteran day students and
veterans on the campus. An effort
is made to represent each organ
ization on the senior court.
Meetings of the senior court are !
dictated by the cases arising. If |
there are no cases, no meeting is j
held.
Cadets designated as members of j
the senior court are: President!
David G. Haines, Colonel; Robert
L. Sturdivant, Lt. Colonel; Wil
liam R. Moss, Lt. Colonel; Albert
W. Seiter, Jr., Lt Colonel; Robert
W. Jack, Major; Jes D. Mclver, i
Major; Edward B. McAllister,
Major, and Richard R. Tumlinson, j
Major. Also designated were
Wayne T. Ball, Major, Robert L. i
Major; Joseph D. Hinton, :
Major; Arthur W. Noll, Captain; .
Noble N. Clark, Captain; Henry
G. Phillips, Captain; Douglass D. j
Hearne, Captain; Marvin G. Twen-j
hafel, Captain; Joe B. Tillery,;
Captain; Enoch T. Darby, Captain; |
Kenneth W. Schaake, Captain.
According to college regulations,
Students who have not yet had
their identification cards made
should report to the Photo
graphic and Visual Aids Labora
tory this afternoon to have their
photographs made, Bennie A.
Zinn, assistant to the dean of
men, said yesterday.
Completed cards will be issued
in the Housing office Saturday
morning, Oct. 21, he added.
old as our republic and it is strong-
er today than ever before in our
history. And with God’s help we
intend to keep it that way.”
The crowd applauded vigorously
as the President declared “we are
increasing our armed strength be
cause Soviet policies leave us no
other choice.”
If the Soviets “really want
peace,” Mr. Truman continued,
they can prove it “by living up to
the principles of the United Na
tions charter;” and “by joining
the rest of the United Nations in
calling upon the North Koreans
to lay down their arms at once;
and “by lifting the iron curtain
and permitting the free exchange
of information and ideas,” and, fi
nally, by joining with the UN to
establish a system of collective se
curity “which will permit the eli
mination of the atomic bomb and
the drastic reduction and regula
tion of all other arms and armed
forces.”
Mr. Truman declared that until
the Soviet Union does these things
“we are determined to build up
the common defensive strength,of
the free world.”
. What the United States did for
Korea, he said in effect, it stands
ready to do, in conjunction with
the United Nations, for any peace
ful country that finds its borders
violated and its freedom attacked.
“We Hate War”
“We hate war,” the President
declared, “but we love our liber
ties. We wil not see them de
stroyed.
“We want peace, but it must be
a peace founded upon justice. That
American policy is as old as our
republic, and it is stronger today
than ever before in our history.
We intend to keep it that way.”
The “Voice of America” trans
mitters hammered home the Presi
dential effort to drive a wedge be
tween Russia and countries of the
Far East by assailing Soviet Com
munism for making “the false
claims to these peoples that it
stands for progress and human
advancement.”
Actually, the President declared,
“it seeks to turn them into the
colonial slaves of a new imperial
ism.”
Mr. Truman promised American
support of all who resist—just as
did South Korea — with these
words:
“We know that the peoples of
Asia cherish their freedom and
independence.
“We sympathize with that desire
and will help them to attain and
defend their independence. Our
entire history proclaims our policy
on that point.
Fighting Now
“Our men are fighting now in
Asia to help secure the freedom
and independence of a small na
tion which was brutally attacked.”
Mi'. Truman countered Russia’s
peace propaganda by tagging that
country with responsibility for
fear and unrest in both Asia and
in Europe, and said the United
States and associated nations will
continue to build up their arms
to resist attack.
“This is not a task for the Unit
ed States alone. It is a task for
the free nations to undertake to
gether. And the free nations are
undertaking it together.”
Queen Candidate
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md working with farm families. ; to the faculty and staff members | membci's of the present Senior I
He will be introduced to as many i of the College and cooperating I Court will remain in office for
diversified types of farming as agencies. only one semester, when they will |
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possible while he is here. Through
actual participation, it is hoped he
will learn new methods of farm
management and social customs
that will enable him to work in
the improvement or agriculture and
farm life in Greece.
Exchange Policy
The policy of the Exchange Pro
gram has been for an exchange
to stay in a country for six months,
and then return to his home. Ack
will be in Texas until January 3,
1951. The major portion of this
time will be spent in Dallas County
and vicinity. He will go from there
to Iowa State College at Ames,
Iowa for more studying. After
that, he will go back to Greece,
following a few other short visits
throughout the United States.
These events are usually held on
the third Thursday of every month
unless there is a conflict in the
schedule.
be replaced by other seniors
pointed by the commandant.
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Tri-Counties Club
Town Hall Tickets [Sets Election Meet
Are Still Available
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A few student Town Hall tick
ets are still available, according to
C. G. “Spike” White, director of
student activities.
Several reserved seat tickets and
a few general admissions may still
be purchased. A large number of
general admissions are available
for non-students.
The first concert, to be held Oct
ober 19, will feature Leonard War
ren, famous Metropolitan Opera
At a meeting of the Calhoun-
Jackson-Matagorda Counties Club
last Thursday, Roland E. Bussell-
of Bay City was elected temporary
chairman and Roddin H. Purswell ■
of Palacios was named temporary
secretary, Purswell said today.
All students from these three
counties are urged to attend a
meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m., in
room 301, Goodwin Hall to elect
permanent officers and adopt a
constitution for the tri-county club,
according to Purswell.
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Betty McQuire
Miss McQuire is J. C. Casbeer’s entry for the 75th Anniversary
Queen contest and as is easily seen by the picture she is—wow!
She is from Lampasas and has been a favorite throughout her
high school and college career.