The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 23, 1950, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    ^olieS®
Circulated to
More than 90% Of
College Station’s Residents
Number 29: Volume 51
e Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1950
Nation’s Top
Safety Section
Lumberman’s 1949 Contest
Price Five Ceuta
Bruisin ’ Bob Gaining 25 of 146 Yards Against TCU
Cadet Eleven Hungry for Bear
Following Frog Jinx Breaker
By Ralph Gorman
Coach Harry Stiteler’s Aggies will be out to add another
conference scalp to their belt Saturday when they meet the
j underdog Baylor Bears.
It will be homecoming week in Waco for Coach Sauer’s
fi, Bears, but even the moral support generated by the prox-
. imity of old Baylor grads should not be enough to throttle
1 the team that turned back the TCU Frogs Saturday on Kyle
■ Field 42 to 23.
Saturday’s last quarter runaway gave the Aggies their
Leading interference for Bruisin’ Bob Smith (36) is Center Hugh
Meyers (52), who blocks out Dan Wilde (42). Smith is finally
caught from behind by Roy Pitcock (55) after a 25 yard gain dur-
Photo by Battalion Chief Photographer Sam Molinary
ing the A&M-TCU clash Saturday afternoon. Smith led the ground
gainers with a net total of 146 yards in 24 Carries and scored one
touchdown in A&M’s 42-23 rout over the Horned Frogs.
Pat Young Reigns As Queen
Of Seventh Regimental Ball
Better World Or
None, Millikan Says
Dr. Robert A. Millikan, dean of
American scientists and Nobel
prize winner, warned in a lecture
Friday night that unless a way
is found to put an end to world
( wars and their mass killings, the
human race may destroy itself.
‘‘The choice is now between a
better world or no world,” he as
serted.
The noted scientist who was one
of the pioneers of atomic physics
said the key to the well-being and
progress of the human race rests
on two pillars: the spirit of reli
gion and conscience, and the spirit
Dr. Harrington,
Spence Visit
New Division
President of the College M.
. T. Harrington and T. R.
Spence, superintendent of the
physical plant, have recently
returned from a trip to Junc
tion, where they took stock of the
progress being made on the new
adjunct to the college.
They spent Tuesday and Wednes
day looking over the $250,000
building program which is still
in the construction phase. When
completed this addition to the Col
lege will include an Administration
Building, classrooms, mess hall,
and 20 housing units which will
accomodate 12 boys each.
The purpose of this expenditure
is to offer refresher courses in
college work for students and also
courses for students contemplating
. enrollment at Texas A&M. Two of
the courses that will be offered
will be summer geology field work
and practice in surveying. Class
es will be held only in the sum-
* mer.
Pres. Harrington said that con
struction should be completed by
the first of the year.
The new adjunct is being built
* on 411 acres of land along the
south bank of the Llano River in
Kimbel County.
* It is located approximately 240
miles from College Station.
of science, or knowledge.
“The world conscience, which im
plies a sense of personal respon
sibility,” Dr. Millikan pointed out,
“is very closely identified with
what I mean by the spirit of relig
ion.”
Defining religion as “world loy
alty,” he expressed the belief that
the scientist is “fundamentally
wrong” in his inclination to under
rate the importance of spreading
the spirit of world loyalty.
“The religious leader, on the
other hand, is prone to say that
the world would be a perfect world
if the hearts of men were right.
But he is wrong too.”
As an example, he cited the
“worldwide disasters, probably in
volving more deaths even than
World War II, which have followed
from the preaching by sincer-e and
well-meaning but misguided and
bad-thinking fanatics of the Marx-
Lenin class war—the most horri
ble type of war ever started.
“Good hearts coupled with bad
heads are quite as destructive of
social well-being as are good heads
coupled with bad hearts.”
Thus, he emphasized, “it is these
continously growing cores of know
ledge, coupled with the attitude of
world loyalty—the combination of
science and religion—that provides
the sole basis for rational, intelli
gent living.
“In spite of man’s frailties, this
attitude and these cores are slow
ly guiding us forward, so that we
have actually in the United States
attained within 100 years—-and pri
marily because of science and its
applications—a higher standard of
living for the common man than
has existed in any time or place in
history.”
Correction
Through error, The Battalion
announced Friday that the Col
lege Station Officer’s Wives As
sociation had extended an invi
tation to all reserve officers’
wives to attend their monthly
luncheon Thursday.
Instead of “wives of officers
in the active reserves,” the story
should have read: “wives of of
ficers on regular duty and wives
of reserve officers now on active
duty ”
Child Plug-Puller Saves Life
Atlanta—GP)—Four-year-old Alton Lyon’s mother told
him to “watch your daddy” while she went out. Alton did
and his daddy is alive because of it.
The boy’s father, J. T. Lyon, had suffered three recent
heart attacks.
While Mrs. Lyon was taking Alton’s five-year-old broth
er to kindergarten, Lyon had another attack Friday while
taking a bath.
“I couldn’t wake him up and he was going under the
water,” Alton said, “so I pulled the plug and the water went
away.”
“I guess I remembered how Mommy lets the water out
of the tub when it gets too deep^or me.”
Community Supper Set,
More Tickets Available
Over 1000 people are expected to
be on band for the annual College
Station Community Supper tomoi--
row night, as activities get under
way on Patranella Slab at Consoli
dated High School at 7:30 p.m.
Four lines for serving the meal
will be set up, according to Mrs.
Joe Motheral and Mrs. Marion
Pugh, co-chairmen for the supper.
Last year’s affair provided only
two lines which resulted in much
congestion and wasted time, the
co-chairmen said.
Annual Affair
The supper has become an an
nual affair, sponsored by the Moth
er and Dad’s Club of Consolidated
High School for raising funds to
buy equipment and supplies for the
schools of College Station which
are not always available through
school tax money.
Playground equipment, phono
graph machines, and many other
things which benefit the schools
and the children’s education have
been purchased through money
resulting from the community sup
per, according to F. R. Brison,
president of the Mother and Dad’s
Club.
The Foods Committee has prom
ised a hearty menu for the eve
ning, featuring such things as
chicken, spaghetti, etc.
Tables will be provided at the
supper for service, but Brison sug
gests that some families may want
to bring card tables for their own
convenience.
Tickets
Tickets are being sold for 85
cents to adults and 65 cents to stu
dents through the fifth grade.
President Brison urged all people
Sportsmanship Committee
Makes Presentation Plans
By DAVE COSLETT
The Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship Committee, meeting
at the University of Texas last
Friday, rounded oat plans for the
presentation of the SWC Sports
manship Award this year at the
Cotton Bowl Game, Jan. 1, 1951.
Other subjects considered at the
meeting included an all-conference
yell, a pre-game prayer, the sing
ing of “The Star Spangled Ban
ner,” tickets to the Cotton Bowl
»game, and sportsmanship sub-cOm-
mittees within the conference
schools.
Ballots naming selections for
winner of this years award are
due in to Committee Secretary Bill
Hamilton of TCU by Dec. 10. The
ballots will be distributed Dec. 1.
In choosing this year’s top
sportsmanship school, the actions
of the school since the beginning
' of the present calendar year will
be considered. Previously, the
awaul was considered for the pe
riod of the school year.
Seven Votes
As in past years seven votes
will be allotted each school. The
yell leaders as a group, the campus
newspaper editors, the dean of stu
dents, the athletic director, and the I
executive secretary or president of ;
the former students association I
each have a single vote. The stu- !
dent governing body of each school
has two votes.
Five votes will be cast by the
executive secretary of the confer
ence. Fourteen officials designated
by the executive secretary will also
cast a vote each. Two from each
school will be chosen.
Under the new voting set-up, two
sets of ballots will be counted in
determining the winner of the
trophy. The second set of ballots
(actually the first toward deter
mining the 1951 winner) Avill be
marked next spring.
Ibis year, the trophy will be
presented before the opening kick
off at the New Year’s Cotton Bowl
game.
Prayer Before Game
As an outgrowth of Friday’s
meeting, a prayer will be said pre
ceding each conference game. The
committee adopted the plan on a
confer ence-wide basis after hearing
Head Yell Leader Don Joseph tell
how it was being employed at
A&M.
Another proposal, this one for
an all-conference yell, was tabled
following a discussion by Joseph
and Marc Moore, SMU head yell
leader. The proposed yell would
be given by the entire representa
tion of both schools at all confer
ence games and by conference
(See SPORTSMANSHIP, Page 2)
who plan to attend the supper to
purchase tickets not later than to
day so the Food Committee will
know how many meals to prepare.
School children at Consolidated
have been selling tickets all week
and will have some available at
the supper for those people who
are not able to purchase them ear
lier.
A committee of Mother and
Dad’s Club members will also have
Christmas cards and magazine
subscriptions on sale. Such things
as a Spooks House and a Fish Pond
will be set up for the children to
enjoy.
Committees
Committees appointed to handle
arrangements for the supper are
as follows:
Foods and Serving Committee:
Mrs. John Bearrie, Mrs. Paul An
drews, Mrs. I: H. Lloyd, Mrs. Sam
Cleland, Mrs. Andy Salis, Mrs. W.
G. Breazeale, Mrs. Dan Davis, Mrs.
M. L. Anthony, Mrs. Albert Crane,
Mrs. E. H. Templin, Mrs. Russel
Couch, and Mrs. Gordon Gay.
Entertainment: Mrs. Marion
Pugh, chairman, Jocko Roberts,
Mr. and Mrs. Spike White, Mi’s.
A. Y. Parrack, Mr. and Mi's. Ed
Garner, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Adams.
Other committees appointed were
as follows: Coffee Committee, Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Leighton and cold
drinks, Ray Oden and John Mc-
Neely. Mrs. Robert Curran is in
charge of ticket sales, while'Mrs.
Manning Smith is handling table
decorations.
By JERRY ZUBER
Miss Pat Young, pretty Bryan
High School student, was named
Sweetheart of the Seventh Regi
ment at the Regimental Ball in
the Blue Room of the Memorial
Student Center, Friday night. The
brown haired beauty was escorted
by Henry Josey, also from Bryan.
The Seventh Regimental Ball
was the first event on A&M’s 1950-
51 social calendar and the first
organizational dance to be held in
the MSC, a spokesman for the
Seventh Regiment said.
Miss Young was chosen with
two other girls from the dance
floor by the Seventh Regimental
judging committee. Runners-up
were, Mrs. Mel Moncrief, MSC em
ployee and wife of a Seventh Regi
ment staff officer, and Miss Su
sanna Landers, TCU campus beau
ty, who was escorted by Bill Moss,
a Seventh Regiment battalion com
mander from Bryan.
A set of rhinestone evening jew
elry, a large orchid, and a regimen
tal kiss went to Miss Young, and
large orchids were presented to
each of . the runners-up..
Music was furnished by the able
Bill Turner and his Aggieland
Orchestra, appearing for the first
time in new blue suits. Their ren
ditions of popular music were high
ly complimented by everyone, in
cluding the several TCU students
who came down early.
Good weather made use of the
Starlight Terrace possible and
while there was a large crowd, the
overflow was handled nicely. Re
freshments were served on the Ter
race. One enthusiastic senior com
mented, “Dancing on the Terrace
was—wonderful!”
Visitors at the Ball included
Colonel H. L. Boatner, Command
ant of the Corps, and Colonel E.
W. Napier, PAS&T.
The dance closed at 11:30 p. m.
when everyone sang the “Aggie
War Hymn.” The crowd immed
iately moved to the Grove for mid
night Yell Pi’actice.
Saturday night, Sbisa was jam
med to the rafters with the crowd section),
at All College Dance. Again the
Aggieland Orchestra turned in a
very complimentary performance.
Hats worn by the TCU freshman
girls were spotted throughout the
audience. Stags were present in
large numbers from both TCU and
A&M'.
TCU students were well pleased
with their reception on the A&M
campus.
“The TCU students expressed
their appreciation to A&M’s stu
dent body for the warm welcome
they received and the well planned
program that awaited them,” Doyle
first conference victory since 1947, when Stan Hollmig’s
punting kept the Bears deep in their own territory for an
easy 24-0 win. Adding to that, it was the first time the
Cadets had amassed over 40 points in a conference game
since the 41 to 6 rout of Arkansas in 1942.
Led by the power running of Bruisin’ Bob Smith, the
shifty hips of Bouncin’ Bill Tidwell, the elusiveness of Gal
lopin’ Glenn Lippman, and the passing combination of Dandy
Dick Gardemal to Jumbo Andy Hillhouse, the Cadets re
turned from their halftime intermission to change a Frog
dominated first half to a free-scoring Aggie conquest.
^ Seven fumbles in the first half
halted two Aggie scoring threats
land set up Frog counters deep in
Farmer territory, to place the
Frogs out in front at halftime
19 to 0.
Bruisin’ Bob, who seemed to have
fingers of putty in the first half
i when he couldn’t retain the fall
after the handoff, exhibited fin
gers of glue and legs of steel in
the second and third periods. He
smashed and crashed his way
through the Frog forward wall 24
times for a total of 146 yards to
bring his five game total rushing
to 593. Climaxing a day of bril
liant running, Smith tore through
a gaping hole in the Frog wall and
outran their secondary for 38
yards and the fifth Cadet entry
into touchdown land.
Griffin, acting chairman of the
welcoming committee which visited
Fort Worth earlier n the week, re
ported. “They were exceedingly
well pleased with the music of the
Aggieland Orchestra,” Griffin add
ed.
Their only regret was that they
had to leave the dance early to
catch the special train which re
turned to Fort Worth at midnight,
Saturday night, he concluded.
Proposed Off Limits
Areas Designated
Proposals concerning areas of the
campus, w'hich should not be walk
ed on to pre'serve the grass, were
released today by the campus beau
tification committee of the Senior
Class, Robert L. Sturdivant, com
mittee chairman, said yesterday.
The report came as a result of
a Senior Class resolution passed
Sept. 25. It read: resolved that it
shall be a Senior privilege to walk
on the grass in certain areas of
the campus, punishable by demer
its, with the stipulation that Sen
iors shall not exercise their pero-
gative.
The resolution had not yet been
submitted to the commandant’s of
fice when it was contacted by a
Battalion reporter yesterday. Ap
proval of that office is necessary
to make violation of the proposed
grass regulations a punishable of
fense.
Cooperation Desired
The Class of ’51 proposes that all
students cooperate with them in
trying to beautify the campus.
They are attempting the effort in
cooperation with a re-seeding pro
gram planned by the Landscape
Art Department.
Areas in which the Senior Class
asks that no one walk are:
Now Area: The esplanades in
the center of the area (area be
tween the two main walks of the
the small area between
Duncan Hall and Dorm 12, the
area between Donn 11 and Duncan
Hall.
Guion Hall: All grass area North
from the rear of Guion to Lamar
St., the area West of Guion to
Houston St., the area East of
Guion to Throckmorton St.
Memorial Student Center: Entire
MSC block.
ed on the West by Military Walk,
on the south by the Civil Engin
eering Building, and on the East
by Nagel St. East of the building
(exception of area running South
of the Academic Building about
ten feet on each side of the v^alk.)
Science Hall: Areas in front ex
tending from the Science Hall to
the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion.
Green Houses: Section South of
green houses to the street at the
North of the New' Area.
Chemistry Building: Grass sec
tion extending in front of the
Chemist Building from Ross St.
bounded on the west by Nagle St.
to Roberts St. on the South, and
area in front of Francis Hall.
Boundaries Set
Agriculture Building: Section in
front of the building, extending
from about 30 feet West of the
building to Nagel St bounded on
the North by Rogers St. and on the
South by Hubbard St.
Administration Building: The
rectangular area west of the Ad-
YMCA: The area extending from
the south end of Mitchell Hall to
Military Walk to Houston St. to
the street south of the YMCA.
Basic Division Area: The area
beginning at the north end of Wal-
(See OFF LIMITS, Page 4)
Tidwell Scores Twice
Bouncin’ Bill didn’t tote the pig
skin many times, but when he did,
he w'ent. Chalking up two TD’s,
Tidw'ell w'as one of the spark plugs
in the rout that ensued during the
second half.
Dutch Meyer’s Frogs knew what
elusiveness was when they tried
to quell the running attack of Gal
lopin’ Glenn. This was not an easy
task, as the fleet little halfback
would take the handoff and scam
per through a horde of wouldbe
tacklers.
Gardemal—Great
It is highly conceivable that the
abrupt change of pace shown by
the Cadets at the opening of sec
ond half can be credited to thu
field engineering of Gardemal. It
wms when the 155 pound Por-t Ar-
thuran entered the game that all
fumbling stopped, passes clicked
for greater gains, and the Farmers
in general were like a pack of
demons. Gardemal completed
eight of thirteen'attempted passes
for 135 y*ards.
Gridiron Glance
A&M
TCU
First downs
21
15
Yards gained
312
211
Yards lost
32
19
Yds. gained rushing
....280
192
Yards passing
206
97
Passes attempted ..
21
23
Passes completed ..
13
8
Passes intercepted
.... 4
1
Punts
2
6
Average all punts ..
40
34
Penalties
3
3
Yards penalized
15
26
Fumbles
7
4
Fumbles recovered
.... 3
2
No. of Fumbles ..
7
o
With the season
only half
gone,
Hillhouse has his work cut out for
Regimental Beauties
QB Club Names
Contest Winners
Ralph L. Terry, Jr. Sociology
major from Brownwood, is the
winner of last week’s Battalion
Quarterback Club Contest an
nounced Roger Coslett, Club direct
or, today.
Terry will receive two tickets
to the A&M Baylor game when the
club meets this Thursday night in
the Assembly Hall. Second place
went to Freddie H. Dunn, Jr. Pre-
Mod major from Dallas.
Coslett announced that Dunn
will receive a Frank Medico Pipe
Smoking Kit as a second place
prize. This marks the first time
this season that a second place
prize has been offered. A smok
ing kit will be given to the second
best guesser for the remainder of
the club’s meetings.
Martin M. Schrank, Calvin A.
Rinn and Raymond J. Kunze fin
ished behind Dunn in the order
named.
' Movies of A&M’s victory over
TCU this last weekend will be
shown when the club meets at 7:30
Thursday night.
Aggie Freshman Coach Perron
Shoemaker will be guest speaker.
Shoemaker has been scouting
Baylor for coach Harry Stiteler.
Beauty finalist for Regimental Queen smile pret
tily as “Big” John Stuntz, left servies as MC for
the Seventh Regimental Ball. Left to right the
Photo by Battalion Chief Photographer Sam Molinary
lasses are Mrs. Mel Moncrief, Miss Pat Young,
chosen queen; and Miss Suzanne Landers.
him. This past Saturday he added
aSnpp aiSSy o^ synod zx
bringing season total to 30. Hill-
house was on hand throughout the
game as a potential receiver and
carried a large stick during the de-
(See BRUISIN’ BOB, Page 4)
Public Hearing
On Budget Set
For October 26
A budget hearing for the
College Station Community
Chest will be held October 2(>
at 7 p. m. in the YMCA.
“All organizations having
requests for funds from the Com
munity Chest should submit a pre
pared budget to the committee at
this hearing,” H. G. Johnston,
chairman of the committee, said
today.
“The annual budget hearing is
a public meeting and all residents
I of College Station or Bryan who
are interested in the formulation
| of the budget or how the Commun
ity Chest funds should be spent
are' urged to attend,” Johnston
says.
_ The primary purpose of the
College Station Community Chest,
Johnston points out, “is to sup
port worthy organizations and
I charities within the community and
] oliminate the necessity of numer
ous fund-raising campaigns
throughout the year.
“It is the purpose of the Com
munity Chest committee to spend
the funds contributed to the Com
munity Chest so as to obtain the
most benefit for the greatest num
ber of people in the community.