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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 37: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950
Price Five Cents
Sophs Choose Run-Off
Contenders; V ote Small
0. C. “Putter” Jarvis, Willie
East, and William S. Thornton last
-night out balloted other Sophomore
class presidential nominees for a
position on the run-off ballott.
Held in the Assembly Hall with
Sophomores coming in to cast
their ballots, the election is the
first of the year for official offi
cers of the Class of ’53.
The run-off election will be held
in the Assembly Hall Monday
night.
Also among the presidential
nominees but without the necessary
number of votes to edge out either
G. B. Shaw, Noted
Author, Critic, Dies
um
N amed
liy ASSOCIATED PRESS
t\ yot St. Lawrence, Eng., Nov. 2
—tTI—George Bernard Shaw, the
century’s most famous playwright,
died today at the age of 91.
The life of the frail old Irish-
born wit who massed a fortune
by poking fun at the shortcomings
of this civilized age, flicked out at
last at 4:59 a.m. (11:59 p.m., East
ern Slandard Time, Wednesday).
A tumble in his garden on Sept.
10 while pruning a tree proved the
undoing of the self-styled Napoleon
of drama. He broke his left thigh
bone and was taken to Luton Hos
pital to have the bones pinned to
gether. A bladder ailment compli-
• rated his condilion. A minor' op
eration eased the trouble and he
was brought home Oct. 4, but suf
fered a relapse Sunday.
Death Followed Coma
Mrs. Alice Laden, his housekeep
er at the brick cottage, “Shaws
• Corner,” announced the death to
reporter's. He had lapsed into a
Aggie Rodeo
Sets Two Shows
For Weekend
, The first' of two perform
ances of the 29th Annual
All Aggie Rodeo will be held
'Triday at 8 p. m.
• Stock that was used in this
(ears Prison Rodeo at Huntsville
will be used for' this show. This
stock Iras the reputation of being
about the roughest in the south-
. west.
Bareback riding, saddle bronc
riding, steer dogging, calf roping,
bull riding, wild cow milking, spcc-
• laity acts, and rodeo clowns will
constitute the main events of the
rodeo.
This will be the first perform
ance in the new rodeo arena which
was built entirely by members of
the Saddle and Sirloin Club and the
Rodeo Club.
A second performance will be
held Saturday at 2.30 p. m. It will
he over irr time for the night foot-
Irall game with Arkansas.
Proceeds from the two s6r - -
fornrances will go toward financing
the livestock judging teams of the
school.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club an-
. rurally sends the teams to the IP-
Lernational Livestock Show at
Chicago and the American Royal
Livestock Show at Kansas City.
coma at 3 a.m. yesterday.
No announcement has been made
of funeral plans, but friends ex
pected the body will be cremated,
the ashes mixed with his wife’s and
scattered over the Shaw garden.
Only two nurses were with the
elderly man at his death. Dr.
Thomas Prohyn, Shaw’s physician,
hurried into the house 20 minutes
later. F. E. Loewenstein, the play
wright’s longtime biographer, told
reporters Shaw died peacefully
without regaining consciousness.
The author of 55 plays, five
novels and countless essays—the
best of which were turned out aft
er he was 40—Bhaw was credited
by many critics with reviving Brit
ish drama after its' golden age of
Goldsmith and Sheridan, No stick
ler as to modesty, Shaw considered
himself the successor to Shakes
peare and even an improvement
on the Bard of Avon.
Political Propagandist
As a political propagandist he
espoused the cause of the Fabian
Socialists and helped lay the foun
dation of the present Labor party.
He claimed to be a Communist
and an atheist. But if he was a
Communist, the brand was not
orthodox. Some of his comments,
if made in Russia, would have land
ed him in Siberia. He attacked
Karl Marx, the writer of Com
munism’s “Bible,” as an out-of-
date fuddy-duddy, and said most
Communists were talking through
their hats.
His atheism also was questioned.
He himself once declared, “Religion
is always l ight. . . . Science always
is wrong.”
The quizzical sage, whose bushy,
once-red eyebrows and beard and
unruly white mane were known to
millions, kept the ear of the world
for 50 years by his mastery of the
studied insult.
Though his career spanned the
years from the Victorian to the
Atomic ages, he never lost the
knack of getting attention by need
ling the pretentious or questioning
the world’s most cherished notions.
Comments Worldwide
The self-described “journalist,
critic, playwright and agitator”
never tired of attacking the socially
wrong or the phoney. As a dra
matist he exposed slum housing,
prostitution, class distinction,
shortsighted politicians. His acid
comment ranged from religion and
education to doctors and tax col
lectors.
Americans were among his chief
targets. He said he made it a
point never to say a “civil word”
about the United States arid as a
result “they adore me.”
of the three top men who had
59, 28, and 27 votes respectively,
were Don Buchner, Bruce Gibson,
Jimmie C. Ledlow, Billy Ray Mil
ler, Burl Purvis, and Pat Richman.
Also vicing for the run-off spot
were Gene W. Sparks, Robert S.
Travis, Dick Van Tyne, Richard
O. Wheat, and W. K. Zimmerman.
Vice President
In the vice presidential race, 1
W. A. Dunn with 38 votes, and
Max M. Newsom and James H.
Sykora, each with 32 votes, will
appear in the run-off. Other can
didates were Edward E. Adams,
Joel Austin, Marvin E. Beck, Jack
Frits, Boh G. Johnson, Don F.
Newman, and G'jrald Staffel Jr.
Pat LeBlanc’s 71 votes well ex
ceeded the 53 votes of John M.
Yantis and R. Morgan Anderson’s
41 for lead spot in the secretarial
race. John Haas, A1 Higgins, Dan
ny Howell, Raymond C. Jones, and
Bill Shudder were among the can
didates for class secretary.
Treasurer
Holding the class’s pursestrings
for the year will be either Charles
M. Scott, Joe Blanchette, or R. A.
Newman. Primary balloting shows
Scott in'the lead with 72 votes
against Blanchettee’s 54 or New
man’s 42. Davis Bottom, T. L.
Hurta, H. L. Simon and Richard
C. Tanner’s names will be left:
from the run-off ballot.
In the four man Social Secre
tary race, only Larry Minims name
will he left off the next ballot. His
35 votes failed to top Allen Pen-
gelly’s 94, Charles Bruchmiller’s
79 or W. B. Hamlin’s 45 votes.
Sergeant-At-Arms
A similar situation occurred in
the Sergeant-at-Arms race when
F. X. “Paco” Coronado with 104
votes, William L. Minturn Jr. with
86, and Shelton G. Black with 53
votes dominated the top three posi
tions. Bill Hegmann also ran.,
With three men automatically
receiving a spot on the ruri-off
ballot, James H. Uptmore, Peary
J. Shepard, and William C. Moses
were guaranteed a chance for an
other voting. The three received
119,' 64, and 63 votes.
Student Senate
In selecting representatives of
the class to act as non-voting
members of the Student Senate,
the, sophomores cast three votes,.
with >six men’s names scheduled to
appear on the run-off ballot.
They are Joe Mattel, Harold
Hudspeth, Gene E. Steed, Jerry
Mugg, Don R. Heath, and Wayne
A. Showers.
Other candidates were John S.
Brown, Thomas E. Kelly, Elwood
L. Schmidt, Luke Senior Jr., R. L.
Shanahan, and Berthold L.
Wheeler.
1950 Aggie Sweetheart
Aggie Sweetheart
Extra Rooms
Winner Was Cotton
Queen Here In '49
P»y Dave CosJett
Miss Dorothy Mangum, petite and pretty brown-eyed
brunette from Cotulla, Texas, is the Aggie Sweetheart for
1950-51.
The former A&M Cotton Queen took the top nod from
an Aggie selection committee that judged 12 TSCW nominees
for the honor last-Thursday, Friday and Saturday. She will
be introduced to the student body and to the state during
half time ceremonies of the A&M-SMU game in Dallas, No
vember 11.
Waymond Nutt, Corps Executive Officer, will present her
with a dozen American Beauty roses and a kiss on behalf of
the student body at that time. The Aggie Band will offer its
traditional salute by playing “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”
while formed in a heart-shaped formation.
The 5' 2” Tessie senior will represent A&M at various
functions during the remainder of
the school year. Chief among these
will be the Texas University
Roundup and the Rice Rondelet to
which an Aggie will be selected
to escort her. The couple will be
introduced as the A&M duke and
duchess.
“Dot,” the name to which she
more readily answers, is definitely
not a newcomer to the list of
Aggie beauties. Besides serving
as Cotton Queen in 1949, she was
a duchess to the Cotton Ball in
1.948 and TSCW junior represen
tative to the Ball last spring.
Holds Other Honors
The charming, 20-year-old lass,
began her beauty career in high
school at Cotulla, where she was
a eheerlstder and a senior class
beauty.
Throughout her first three years
at TSCW, she managed to pick up
just a , few honors, too, She has
been a Redbud Princess for three
straight years and both a fresh
man and sophomore beauty nom
inee.
Active in other fields, the Speech
Therapy major, is a member of
Zeta Phi Eta, national honorary
speech fraternity; the Chaperelles,
a TSCW social-literary club, the
Speech Club and the San Antonio
j participation in , .
freshman orientation program. ' She plans, upon graduation trom
A program is being planned TSCW, to go into speech therapy
whereby the different clubs will
invite students of the Basic Divi
sion to attend a club meeting and
AgEco Major
Elected to Head
Ag Council
Marvin G. Twenhafel, sen
ior agricultural economics
major from Mercedes, was
elected president of the Stu
dent Agricultural Council at
a special election meeting last
Wednesday night.
Other officers elected to the
council were Jack Birkner, vice-
president; Walter Tanamachi, sec-
retary; and Bee Landrum, reporter.
Two seniors and two juniors were
also named from the Ag Council
membership to serve on the Inter-
Council Committee. Richard Good
win and Curtis. Edwards were the
two seniors named, and the two
juniors were Jack Birkner and
Johnny Hudnall.
; Professor C. H. Ransdell of the
j Basic Division met with the coun-
| cil to discuss departmental club
phase of the j Eiub.
n mTierra m 1 She
Dorothy Mangum
San Antonio Newspaper
Honors A&M Anniversary
Seventy-five-year-old Aggieland
receives another salute this com
ing Sunday—this one from the
Harry Boyer, on the right, chief of housing, inspects foundation
holes being drilled for the new Administration Building. Rumor’s
have it Boyer is figuring how to put three men to a hole.
Freshmen Set
Runoff Tonight
The Class of 1954 under
takes its first official business
tonight with a run-off election
for class officers. Freshmen
will vote on candidates for
six class offices and three Student
Senate “sitters”—non-voting mem
hers.
On tonight’s ballot for president
are Thomas Clemens, Hosea E.
Taylor, and Jerry A. Jeansonne.
Clemens led the original 10-man
field in last night’s primary vot
ing with 282 votes. Taylor had
117, Jeansonne 94.
Clyde Massey was top man for
vice president with 146 votes. He
enters the run-off tonight with
Jerry C. Dunlap and Herbert W.
Brewer. The latter two polled 135
and 98 votes respectively.
Only two men are still in the
race for class secretary. William
H. Rowland Jr. and Harold Kupfer
are the candidates. Rowland led
Kupfer last night, 389 to 201.
All other positions in the class-
office lineup were decided by last
night’s vote. Robert H. Ball be
came historian of the class by de
feating his one opponent. J. Dan
Reynolds was unopposed for social
secretary.
Charles G. Andres won over his
opponent for the position of class
treasurer. Danny Chitwood, Jack
W. .Garrett, and Charles A. Gary
were elected Senate "sitters.”
San Antonio Express Magazine.
The South Texas newspaper de
votes its entire Nov. 5 supplement
to a 28-page “Aggie Anniversary
Edition.” Eight stories describe
the college and the A&M System.
The magazine section, first such
section devoted by the Express to
any college, is preceded by a full-
color cover photo of President M.
T. Harrington surrounded by seven
Aggies. Five of the lads are San
Antonio natives, the other two, in
nocent bystanders.
Santone cover boys include home
town club president John F. Ire
land and John Knox, David Ryan,
John Peeler, and Edward Heusin-
ger, Jr.
Lead-off story in the issue is
“What A&M Means to You,” an
explaining how the life of every
Texan is affected daily by the A&M
College System. Work of colleges
within the System as well as the
functions of the Ag Experiment
Station, the Ag Extension Service,
the Forest Service, the Engineering
Experiment Station and the Engi
neering Extension Service are dis-
Credit Supervisor
To Address BAs
Kenneth Steffy, credit report
supervisor of Dun and Bradstreet,
Inc., will address students of the
business department and other in
terested persons tonight at 7:30
in the YMCA Chapel.
He will speak on “The History
Organization, and Functions of
Dun and Bradstreet.” Steffy is
a graduate of Penn State Col
lege and a native of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. He has been asso
ciated with Dun and Bradstreet
for five years.
cussed in the article.
“Great Men of A&M,” the next
story, explains the contributions
of men like Edgar McFadden, H.
P. Smith, Mark Francis and J. O.
Beasley to Texas agriculture.
“A&M Old Grads” concerns it
self with the accomplishments of
Aggie-exes. Mentioned in the ar
ticle are leaders in engineering, ag
riculture and education.
Opportunity Award winners re
ceive a salute in “Working Their
Way Through College,” a story
which also deals with student labor
on the campus. Other scholarships
and fellowships are discussed in
the article.
The military side of Aggie life is
reviewed in a feature entitled “Be
yond the Call.” A&M’s six Con
gressional Medal of Honor winners
and 29 generals are honored on
this two page spread.
Still another part of Aggie life
receives mention in “The Twelfth
Man,” the story of Aggie spirit
and the A&M athletic program.
A historical view relates high- ]
lights in the reign of “A Dozen
f Presidents,” tracing A&M admin
istrators-from Gathright through
Harrington.
Another article “Seventy-five
Years” describes the building of
the college physical plant in the
last three-quarters of a century.
All in all, the section contains
fifty-nine pictures of A&M high
lights and events. The rotogravure
supplement to the San Antonio Ex
press is circulated to approximate
ly 130,000 homes in South and Cen
tral Texas.
A larger than usual number of
copies of the Sunday paper have
been promised for local circulation
over the week-end.
receive information about the de
partment and field represented by 1
the club. Club members expressed
their approval of the program
and promised the support of the
different clubs in carrying it out.
Cat Says Charge It .. .
Cherry Grove Beach S. C.—UP)—There’s no back-alley
browsing at mealtime for J. Carl Lynn’s tomcat. He just
purrs, “charge it, please.”
A restaurant across the street from Lynn’s store serves
hamburger and milk three times a day for Tom. Lynn gets
a monthly bill.
“It’s cheaper than taking time off to feed it myself,”
he explains. “And besides, it teaches him not to go sticking
his head into tin cans.”
work. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Mangum of Cotulla.
Other Nominees
Reds Reinforce Border,
Allies Rack On Defense
Other nominees for this year’s
Aggie Sweethart were Charlotte
Williams from Munday, Nan Hass-
ler from Memphis, Tenn., Betty Jo
Slaughter from El Dorado, Ark.,
Nancy Coolidge from Kansas City,
Mo., Came Fenichis from Fort
Worth, Martha Gill from Houston,
Johnnie Neal from OIney, Carole
Perkins from Pampa, Ina Hubbard
from Texarkana, Tex., Betty Ann
Timmerman from New Braunfels
and Marianne Senders from Fort
Worth.
Selected members from this
group will also represent A&M at
various social functions for the re
mainder of this school year.
Members of the A&M committee
making this year’s selection were
Ken Schaake, Wilman D. Barnes,
Bill Parse, Joe Fuller, A. D. Mar
tin, Tom Flukinger, Karl Meyers,
Bob Allen, Allen Eubank, Roy
Nance, George Charlton, Dare
Keelan and Dave Coslett.
Seoul, Nov. 2—8P)—Red troops
threw their new military might
against advancing Allied forces to
day to block approaches to the Ko-
rean-Manchurian border.
They met with some success. A
U.S. First Army Corps spokesman
said the situation was “very ser
ious” in the northwest sector.
The Communists—some Chinese
but mostly North Koreans — hit
with big guns, rockets and rifles.
The fury of their attacks put
United Nations troops on the de
fensive in the northwest, where the
biggest Allied gains had been made
recently.
It was an obvious all-out effort
by the Reds to keep United Na
tions troops away from power pro
ducing reservoirs which pump life
blood into both North Korean and
Manchurian industry.
The cold of Winter and the Little
Gobi sands which whip across the
country at this time of year mul
tiplied the misery of ground fight
ing.
Here is the way the battle
shaped in the Korean theaters:
Northwest: A series of Chi
nese and North Korean attacks set
the Allies on their heels. . . . The
South Koreans were attacking. . . .
A spokesman said the situation was
serious but improving. A U.S.
armored column pushed northward
along the inland coastal area to
within 15 air miles of Sinuiju, the
last Korean city before the Com
munist Manchurian border. Reds
cut off one U.S. First Cavalry
division battalion; two others
fought back to the main force.
No Bing Crosby
Tickets for SMU Dance
Tickets are now on sale for
the SMU Homecoming Dance,
featuring Ray McKinley and his
Orchestra. They may be pur
chased in the Student Activities
Office.
Bells of A&M Ring Out,
Night and Day, in MSC
Every fifteen minutes, from the There are several units to the
belfry of the Memorial Student elaborate system. One of the units,
Center, comes the clear, loud ring- located in the belfry of the MSC
ing sound of Westminster Chimes, controls the loud speakers.
The chimes, electrically con- Located right off the lobby, the
trolled, toll the hour with a sound control room is a picture of con-
of sixteen notes, in four units of fusion to anvone but the most
four notes each, ‘with the peal of brilliant EE * major. The control
a deep bass note for each hour, boxes with clocks, relays and other
The quarter, half and three quarter necessarv equipment to operate the
marks are noted by one, two and chimes may he controlled auto-
three units respectively. _ matically or when the occasion
When (he bells are function- arises, manually controlled by us
ing a console located in the lobby
of the MSC.
The chimes were donated to
the MSC bv the two classes of
1949.
Installation of the chimes, man
ufactured by Stromberg-Carlson,
was done by E. E. Gilder, engineer
for Archer Bros., Dallas.
ing properly, they will be heard
from 7:30 a. m. until 9 p. m. on
weekdays. On Sunday the sche
dule will be slightly different.
Every hour on the hour, from
7 a. m. until 1 p. m., the chimes
will ring out with the church
bells. At 1 p. m., the bells will
resume the weekday operational
procedure.