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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.