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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1950)
/ / / ftp' 3- es 3 Circulated to More than 90% Of College Station’s Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest Number 39: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland) l TEXAS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1950 Price Five Cents Rodeo Offers Thrills, Spills; Overstreet Wins Top Honors By GEORGIA OLIVER | boots by L. White of Fort Worth |from Magnolia, was awarded a pair . . and a Stetson hat by A. M. Waldrop; of boots by Frank and Lou Courts I he rip-roaring west exploded 0 f College Station. for his superb performance as l iiilay night and again Saturday Overstreet took first place in i rodeo clown, afternoon at the 29th Annual All- Anniversary Queen steer wrestling, second in calf rop- Aggie Rodeo sponsored hy the Sad-! second in bull riding, and die and Sirloin Club. j fourth place in bareback bronc Buckin’ horses were plentiful as ; riding, were cowboys willing to try to ! Runnerup for All Around- Cowboy ride ’em. Despite biting winds and | honors was T. Walling who won a brisk temperatures, some 500 spec- i pair of boots donated by Holick tutors cheered the riders on. I Boot Shop in College Station. He To add a little feminity to the placed first in both calf roping am! event, there were barrel races for i W ’D cow milking, the cowgirls. Seven tried and true Mrs - Pa t Mitchell of Aspermont, was chosen Rodeo Queen. Candi dates were judged on their riding ability and performance in the j arena. Mrs. Mitchell was awarded Westerners executed their steeds through difficult turns around three barrels spaced in a triangular shape. Besides the bronc bustin’, cow- boys exhibited their prowess at steer wrestling, calf roping, wild cow milking, and bull riding. The stock used was from the Huntsville Rrison System. Some of the cowboys found the ground rising to meet them, but neither that nor the weather damp ened their spirits. Best All Rround Cowboy honors went to Maxie Overstreet, senior AII major from Haslet. For this honor he was awarded a pair of I lass to Speak At ACS Meet Tuesday Night The Newer Chemistry of Acetylene will be discussed by Dr. H. B. Hass, of the Gen eral Aniline and Film Corp., Easton, Pa., Tuesday. He will address the A&M Section of the American Chemical Society at 8:15 Tuesday in the Chemistry Lecture Room. Former head of the Chemistry Department at Purdue University, Dr. Hass is a contributor to The Science of Petroleum and a recip ient of the Modern Pioneer Award of the National Association of Manufacturers. His principal researches have been in the fields of activated car bon, aliphatic nitrations and ehlor- inations, and the synthesis of sub stances of pharmacological inter est. Dr. Hass will discuss the number of chemical derivatives of acety lene produced at present in this country, including acetaldehyde, neoprene, vinyle acetate, and vinyl chloride. An informal dinner honoring the speaker will be given for section members and their wives at 6:15 at the Flamingo Lounge. After the lecture an informal social hour will be held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cecil Wamble, North Oakwood. Groneman to Chair Sectional Meeting Dr. Chris H. Groneman, head of the Industrial Education De- pastment, will serve as chairman of one of the sectional meetings of the National Association of In- tustrial Teacher Trainers which nnvenes in Miami, Fla., during the tveek of Nov. 27. a watchband by McCarty Jewelers, a pen and pencil set by the Ex change Store, and a record album by Shaeffer’s Book Store. Bo Damuth, senior AH major Mrs. Dale Malechek, of San An gelo, won the barrel race which was staged Saturday afternoon. She was awarded cash prizes from Holbrooks Cleaners and Taylor Variety Store. These were the first perform ances in the new arena built by the Saddle and Sirloin Club mem bers. Built with ten bucking chutes, the arena furnishes facilities for a fast, smooth working show. The rodeo is a yearly project aimed at furnishing funds to send livestock judging teams to the In ternational Livestock Show at Chi cago and the American Royal Live stock Show at Kansas City. (See RODEO RESULTS, Page 4) Armor-Engineers Name Houston Lass Sweetheart By NEETA BALL Helen Woodard, brown-eyed brunette from Houston, won the unanimous acclaim of the judges committee Friday night when she was named Regimental Sweetheart at the annual Armor-Engineer Ball. A senior in Milby High Houston, Helen rvas a finalist in the “Miss Zither” contest in Houston last spring and one of the four candi dates for 75th Anniversary Queens. Russell Hagens, senior architecture student from Houston, w'as her es cort. Other nominees to the Sweet heart contest were Mickey Helmke, Seguin, who represented A Armor; Patsy Hulse, Houston, represent ing B Engineers; Dagney Miskala, Galveston, representing B Armor. Another Houston entry was Caro lyn Woodruff, A Engineer nominee. Bill Turnerfs Aggieland Orches tra furnished music for approxi mately 150 couples attending the Ball. Eddie Goetz, Seguin; Bob Brown, Dallas; Pat Holland, Galveston; and Melvin Hurst, Houston; escort ed the Sweetheart runners-up. 4-H Clubbers Meet In MSC Tonight The A&M Collegiate 4-H Club will hold its regular monthly meet ing in Room 2A of the MSC at 7:30 tonight. Membership of this club is com posed of all students who w r ere 4-H club members before attending A&M and -who would like to con tinue work here. Committees for the Ball were under the direction of Herbert G. Mills, regimental commander. Chairmen for the committees were Autrey Frederick, orchestra; Char lie Kitchell, guests; Albert Rollins, sweetheart; Bob Barman, tickets and programs; and Mitton Patter son, decorations and refreshments. Judges for the Sweetheart se lections were Lt. Col. J. J. Kelly, Maj. W. A. Burrus, and Grady Elms. Cadets Slaughter Hogs With 42-13 Thumping By Frank N. Manitzas The offensive and scoring leaders of the Southwest Conference—A&M and SMU — will clash in the Cotton Bowl this coming Saturday, with both teams fighting to stay in the title race. SMU was defeated last Saturday as the ! Texas Longhorns eked a 23-20 win over the Fish Elect Officers; Clemens President By M1LFREI) BUDI) Thomas Clemens won the presi dency in Thursday night’s run-off elections for Freshman class offi cers with 556 votes. His two opponents, Jerry A. Jeansonne and Hosea E. Taylor | polled 210 and 162 respectively. Clemens', an agriculture student from Shamrock, is in the Quarter master Corps. Clyde Massey from Brownsville received 348 votes to place him in the viee-president’s office. Other contenders were Jerry C. Dunlap who received 326 votes, and Her bert W. Brewer with 266. The new veep, an engineering student, is in Battery 4, B’A. William H. Rowland, Jr. took the office of class secretary with 528 votes over his only opponent, Harold Kapfer, who polled -120 votes. Six other class officers were chosen in the first elections. They are Robert 11. Ball, historian; j. Dan Reynolds, social secretary; Charles G. Andres, treasurer; and Danny Chitwood, Jack W. Gar rett, and Charles A. Gary, non voting representatives in the Stu dent Senate. Rowland, a petroleum engineer ing major in Co. 1, and Andres, a business major in Co. 2, are from San Antonio. Ball of Squadron 7 is a journalism student from Tom Bean. Reynolds ran unopposed for soc ial secretary. He is a business major from Arlington. passing Ponies. A&M was defeated in con ference play two weeks ago by Baylor, 20-27, but this past weekend, the Cadets sprang back more determined than ever and went hog wild in defeating Arkansas, 42-13. Not only did the Aggies win their third straight game at home this season, but they ■f defeated the Porkers with the largest score that they have ever run up against the team from the Ozarks. It also marked the first time that an. Aggie team had ever scored at least 42 or more points in three consecutive games at home,... What happened? Head Coach Harry Stiteler sum med it up when he said, “they (the Aggies) were as sharp a bunch the first half that I have ever seen”,' and from the other side of the field, an ' Arkansas back remarked, “they’re a hard playing ball club.” The victory for the Aggies not only kept them in the thick of the race for the league crown, but al so evened up the series between the Cadets and the Porkers which began in 1903. The record now stands at 11-11-2, wins, losses, ties, for each of the teams. Again in this contest, the Maroon and White eleven proved its of fensive power on the ground, and, through the air, the Cadets were matchless. Gardenial Great Little Dick Gardemal, who quar terbacked the Aggies through all Lennie Garrard Selected 75th Anniversary Queen Tessies Stunned by Aggie Mess Hall, Student Center By LOU GAM MILL Miss Lennie Garrard of the Uni versity of Houston was honored as Queen of A&M’s 75th Anniver- saiy at a special pre-game cere mony Saturday night at Kyle Field. President M. T. Harrington pre sented to Miss Garrard a bouquet of red roses and a gold replica of the bronze medallions being sold by the Student Senate. Other members of the presenta tion committee were W. L. Pen- berthy, Dean of Men, and C. C. French, Dean of the College. Miss Garrard’s escort was John Tapley, first sergeant of A Squadron. The queen was selected from a group of four finalists presented at the informal dance Saturday afternoon in the MSC Ball Room. Other finalists Were Pat Parker, I Schaake, social secretary ’49 graduate of TSOW; Ann Mai- senior class; and Tom coin, SMU; and Helen Woodard |sophomore agriculture* of Houston. Music, for the Tea Dance was furnished by Bill Turner »hd a com bo from the Aggieland Orchestra. Comjnentator Editors George Charlton and Herman Gollob pre sented a corsage to each of the girls. A committee of judges composed of. four non-students and six stu dents chose the 75th Anniversary Queen. Student committee members were Bill Parse, president of Stu dent Senate; Clayton Selph, co editor of The Battalion; Bob Allen, civilian vice-president of the sen ior class; Dick Ingels, vice-presi dent of the MSC Council; Ken from Dallas. Non-Student committee members were Lt. Col J. V. Roddy of the Military Science, Department; C. G. “Spike” White, assistant to the Dean of Men for Student Activ ities; Dick Hervey, president of the- Former 'Students Association; arid Miss Betty Bolander, assistant social director of the MSC. Luncheon Planned The Woman’s Fellowship of the A&M First Christian Church has scheduled a covered dish luncheon today. Following the 1 p.m. lunch eon, members will hold a devotion al, program and a special offering. By PAT POWLESS “Ba-tall-i-oon Ten-Hut!” rang of the through Sbisa Hall and 1500 men Bailey, I became immobile in spite of the student j food at their finger tips. Never had we seen such frozen stillness, nor for that matter had we seen such magnanimous exhibi tions as later befronted us in the Aggie mess hall. After witnessing several con scientious “fish” conducting an upperclassman to the door we managed to reach a table and were seated. It was a good thing too, because the activities that were to follow were of such unusual tenure to the Tess on her first A&M trip to make her glad she had the chair. Hardly was the meal underway when innumerable little men in white coats descended upon us with what seemed to be an uncommon interest in our emtpy dishes. While still wondering about this we were suddenly stunned to deaf ness by an uproar from all sides. Some throaty freshman had com mented on the outcome, of. a future game, we learned later. After the veterans were reha bilitated, the meal was resumed. Tubs began sailing around the ta ble, bullneck Was dropped with a thud, spuds splattered and sky rained. After all this, who could eat!! We ate, though, although in a somewhat.suspenseful wonder ment and anxiety as to what would happen next. Our further indoctrination came when we beheld that “illustrious” home to be. What was it? Why PG Ball, itself. ’Nuff said. Of course one of our most mouth- j dropping experiences was our first ! (See MSC, Page 2) of th< 1 touchdowns, calle (1 and played a magnificent game game. Gridiron Ski id.ch A&M Ark. First d Owns . 20 17 Yards rushing .288 117 Yards lost rushing ... 16 50 Yds. ga ined rushing ... .272 67 Yds. ga ined passing . .163 219 Passes attempted . 15 48 Passes completed . 7 19 Passes intercepted ... . 6 1 No. of punts 6 ' 5 Punting ■ average . 46.6 47.6 Penaltu !S . 6 3 Yards penalized - 60 21 Fumble: 2 1 No. of fumbles 1 3 Coffee, Cold Influence Visiting Lass-0 Staff By THE DAILY LASS-0 STAFF Staff exchange ? Ah yes, we planned this for weeks up there in a Denton college for femmes that town of detention which has nour ished a heat wave since the end of the summer. The night before we began the annual trek, nothing changed but the weather so we of the rolling plains were blessed with a real Texas norther. Trust the journalistically inclined Lass-0 lasses to be prepared. We arrived, via buses, trains, cabs and four-inch heels, ‘way down here in central Texas with numerous raincoats, boots, umbrellas and summer sundresses, tucked into our Neeta Ball (right) and Flo Rosier (center) strike pretty poses demonstrating the benefits of staff exchanges, while John Whitmore and Henri Bob Russell work closely on Daily Lass-0 page cor rections. “Stormy” Cloud (left) completely bored with the whole affair, dreams of Dallas. Andy Anderson, pleased with having his picture taken, smiles, while Nelda Bearden strikes her most ser- plicr SMin Molinary ions pose. Chuck Neighbors and Clayton Selph study the wave of Miss Hosier’s hair and Tom Rountree (hand on paper) mugs the camera. Roy Nance sneaks a glance at Neeta and exper ienced cameraman Sam Molinary eyes the lense. Jeanne Hathaway (behind Neeta) reads the Lass- 0, unmindful of the cameraman. purses. For this staff exchange we have begged, borrowed and stolen short coats, furlined bobby socks and wool-covered earrings. Re phrasing a freshman bounding oul of his dorm next to our tem porary home in PG Hall—“Hot dang, it’s cold!” Editor B. Ann Jones and most of her staff arrived on the Friday evening Sunbeam, complete with copy paper and goose bumps, in time to assemble at the MSC for food. We immediately consumed everything in sight—which includes the silverware and one Fish waiter, to make up for meals lost in the rush to pack and elude the local authorities. Taking advantage of our party- minded hosts, we adjourned to up per levels to clack high heels around the dance floor. Sunbeamers had long met (lie PG Hall deadline when the 1 a. m. Owl booted into College Sta tion with five delinquent staffers. Yawning Thelma Balcar, Jean Cloud, Audrey Durant. Jeanne Hathaway and Henri Boh Rus sell, tumbled off with stiff necks and Friday’s Lass-O. We would have tumbled right back on that Houston-bound train, but for the Manitzas, Tiedt, V,’hit- more and Coslett “Welcoming Com mittee.” “Saturday is work day,” the co- editors had chortled. So naturally, we adjourned to the MSC for cof fee, coffee, and specially conducted class in newspaper editing and cof fee. Once in the upper reaches of Goodwin Hall, the editors unrolled a ream of assignments and sent us covering the campus. Wheel Milfrcd Budd and Nelda Bearden, society and sports editor, respect ively began searching for Society news to grace the city page. While Pat Powless, Sid Aber nathy, Georgia Oliver and Andy Anderson scampered over to cover the rodeo, Jeanne Hatha way and Whitmore interviewed Col. H. L. Boatner about his extensive knowledge of rodents. Meanwhile Flllen Miller, Lou Gammill, Neeta Ball and Peggy Coyle had lifted handfulls of copy- paper and dashed off to cover other campus activities with the assist ance of Fred Walker, Joel Austin, Ray Holbrook, Roy Nance, Tom Rountree, Bob Hughson and Chuck Neighbors. Camera addict Sammy Molinary assisted with the speed graphic and covered the coverage. All of this was interspersed with trips to the MSC for coffee. As a result there is a new footpath leading to that shining castle from the Batt office. Still unassigned after the furious activity was a feature on program selling and coverage of the Ag- Razorback game. Remembering the two journalists who had hitch-inked to California this summer for the purpose of discovering how hospi table people are, Henri Boh Rus sell, and Jean Cloud volunteered to sell programs prior to the game and Flo Rosier began searching for a football uniform. The latter was discouraged but the others were allowed to hawk programs while their buddies snuggled under blankets in the stand. That night Tiedt’s suggestion of “Parly, Parly” was overruled because of the 1 a. m. curfew imposed on PG residents. Military minded Batt staffer? appointed Miss Balcar to assemble the 1 l women journalists staying in PG in two squads of seven for a Sunday morning march to break fast. First Sergeant Cloud vetoed the thought by declaring that Lass-0 staffers would absolutely not fall in before the self-set 10:30 first call. Coffee drinking reigned supreme Sunday morning although staffers did manage to file Audrey Durant on a Denton-bound train so that she could begin work on the Mon day Daily Lass-O. They also ran a short review of work done and to he done. Sunday afternoon hiccoughing typewriters, merciless black pen cils and frantic cries of “How do I identify this man and does he have any first name?” disturbed the usual serenity of Goodwin Hall. where a delicious meal of news print and printers ink was He completed five of six attempted aerials for 124 yards and a TD. On defense, the home team’s line improved considerably which in turn helped the pass defense be cause of the excessive rushing on the passers. But the defensive hack field were not to be denied as they intercepted six Arkansas’ passes. Bruisin’ Bob Smith, who many believed wouldn’t play in the game, was nothing short of an all-Amer ican as on the fifth play of the game, with a combination of pow er and speed, he broke through the Arkansas line and out-raced the backfield for 50 yards, setting up the first score. Smith Leads Again Smith continued to be the lead mg scorer in the conference, hav ing scored 72 points for the season, and also advanced his ground gain- total which is also tops in the (Ed. Note—This story was res cued from the Southern Pacific- road-bed still attached to a type- : conference to 827 yards, an average writer the Sunbeam conductor had of 6.78 yards for each of his 122 Staffers had lunches previous forcibly wrenched from Lass-0 carries, to this at various times in various staffers hands and thrown from the The surprise scorer of the even- places, including the print shopwindow.) (Sec LARY, Page 2) While Managing Editor L. 0. Tiedt scolds Thelma Balcar, left for making copy errors on stories in tended for The Battalion, Ray Holbrook, stand ing), and Frank Manitzas punish her with a folded Battalion. Fred Walker, (rear, cigarette) groans at sound of paper hitting skull. Sid Ab ernathy (tall, rear) is obviously sad about the copy situation, but Nelda Bearden and Georgia Oliver (front of Abernathy) seem not to mind. Lou Gam mi I and Pat Powless take Stylebook in struction from Joel Austin, while Ellen Miller, who already knows ail the rules, ducks out of the picture. Editors B. Ann Jones and Dave Coslett (right front) smile contentedly, oblivious to the goings on around them.