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•?£6> . i- [). ^ fGet^ et (, 0 ll e S® 8 w^‘ 3 OSglrculated to ^More than 90% Of College Station’s Residents Number 40: Volume 51 The Battalion PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1950 ~ Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest Price Five Cents Jarvis, Dunn Top Balloting in Soph Run-off Election , By JOEL AUSTIN O. C. “Putter” Jarvis topped the list of candidates for president of the Sophomore class in a run-off election con ducted last night in the Assembly Hall. Leading his nearest opponent by 64 votes, Jarvis an AH major from Brownwood, also tallied the most votes in a primary election held last Wednesday which narrowed the presidential race from 14 candidates to three. Following Jarvis in the count of some 400 ballots cast in the run-off election were Willie East with 118 votes and William S. Thornton who drew 85 counts. W. A. Dunn again led the race for the class vice-presidency by polling D)2 votes. Max M. Newsom and James 11. Sykora followed with 127 and 100 votes respectively. The list of vice-presidential as pirants included ten candidates in the primary balloting. Pat LeBlanc ran away with the voting for secretary by tallying 200 votes. LeBlanc was well ahead of the other two candidates, who polled 183 votes together. John M. Yantis received 95, while R. Mor- p;an Anderson had 88. Joe B. Blanchette dominated the balloting for class treasurer by showing 102 votes in his favor. Blanchette rose from second place in the primary ballot to take the office. Other candidates were Char les M. Scott with 125 votes and R. A. Newman who had 94. Pengelly Tops Burchmiller The office of social secretary went to Allen K. Pengelly after a close race with Pengelly and Char les L. Burchmiller fighting it out for top honors. Pengelly won out with 159 votes, to Burchmiller’s 150 ballots scratched. F. X. “Paco” Coronado had the largest number of votes for ser geant-at-arms. He took the post with 207 ballots. Following Coro nado were William L. Minturn and Shelton Glenn Black who received 91 and 84 tallies respectively. In the closest race of the ballot ing, underdog William C. Moses nearly defeated James II. Uptmore for parliamentarian. Receiving the fewest number of votes in the pri mary, Moses trailed Uptmore’s total of 148 by only seven counts. Peary J. Shepard followed with 99 votes. Senate “Sitters” Elected to receive seats around the Student Senate table as non voting members from the Sopho more Class were Gene Earl Steed, Joe Mattel, and Don R. Heath. Steed had the largest number of votes received by any one individ ual in the election by polling 245 tallies. Mattei received 211 and Heath had 188. Other candidates for the senate posts were Wayne A. Showers with 169 votes, Harold Hudspeth with 160, and Jerry Mugg who had 136 votes. Election Confusion Election chairman Arno Becker said last night the confusion dur ing election caused him and his committeemen a great deal of dif ficulty in carrying out what he considered a “fair election.” But even though the confusion did exist, he said, the results are final anti bear the stamp of his approval for accuracy. Other mem bers of the election committee are Doyle Krueger, George Burner, Carol Gasbeer, Bill Highsmith, and Bruno Homeyer. Debaters Take First Place In U of H Contest The A&M Debate Team, composed of James Farmer and Paul Jones, placed first in the University of Houston’s National Forensic Tourna ment held last Friday and Satur day in Houston. The winning team was accompan ied by a second team, Dan Davis and Douglas Hearne, and M. F. Allen, faculty sponsor. Team coaches are K. Elmquist, Harry Hierth and Allen. Other entries in the contest were: Texas A&I, Baylor, UCLA, North Texas State, University of Hous ton, St. Mary’s, Southwest Texas State, Abilene Christian, and the University of Miami. The trophy is a gold, winged- victory about 1 ft., 6 in. high. It is the award for the best debates on six unannounced topics. The teams had one hour to prepare their material after the assembly select ed the topics. Elmquist stated that tryouts for the debate team will be held in the near future. All persons interested in the tryouts should contact Al len in room 104 of Building M or Hierth in room 302-D Academic Building, he said, A&M entered only the senior div ision. SdCond place in the senior division was won by the University of Houston. First place in the jun ior division was won by the Univer sity of California. College Park Area Electricity Cut Off Electricity failure in several homes of the South College Park section of town kept City Manager Raymond Rogers and a crew of city and college workmen busy yester day and Sunday. Rogers said the power went off at about 7:30 p. m. Sunday night, but the workmen were unable to find cause for the disruption of power service. Work was resumed early yester day morning on the lines, but electricity had not been turned on at the houses yesterday afternoon. Rogers said the people in the area affected by the electricity failure could be assured that all possible steps were being taken to get power facilities back in regular order. Clean Story . . . 34c Profit Program Selling Rough, Even for Tessie Visitor Bv JEAN CLOUD Firemen Set Third Annual Conference The third annual fireman instructors conference will be held in Austin Nov. 6-9 by the Texas Firemen’s Training School of the Texas Engineer ing Extension Service. H. R. Brayton, chief of fire men’s training, is chairman of the conference, which is being held in cooperation with the State Board of Vocational Education. The conference is sponsored by the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshal’s Association. The program includes quiz pan els by field instructors James R. Dobson and R. Otis Muenster of the Engineering Extension Service. E. W. Parker, field instructor, in charge of the public address sys tem and H. D. Smith and L. O. Bynum, also field instructors, are in charge of equipment for opera tion at the drill tower. Other speakers include Dave Radial, chief of the Port Arthur Fire Department; G. W. Wilson, Neches Butane Products Company, Port Neches; G. C. Adams, Hous ton Fire Department; Paul B. Con ley, Luling Fi-re Department; J. M. O’Brien, Fort Worth Fire Depart ment; R. Roy Simmons, Dallas Fire Department, and W. E. Twitty, chief of the Lubbock Fire Depart ment. Red Germany Appeals For Children’s Love Berlin —‘A 3 )— East Germany’s Ministry of Education recently is sued tonight a public appeal: “Help to make every German boy and girl a true friend of the Soviet Un ion.” Prizes will be distributed next month to Soviet zone school chil dren who compose the best essays on their affection for Russia. Program ? Official program ? Only 25c. Get your official football programs RIGHT HERE. Only 25c. Sure, you want one, don’t you. Please ? With one of these you don’t even have to go into the game. Buy one of these and forget the game! There should be union rules cbY- ering program saleswomen. Some thing at least to make the people reply. They could say “yes,” “no,” “drop dead” or “stop licking my shoes.” It is cruel to absolutely ignore program saleswomen. 'We’re speaking of the programs Penbertliy to Head Deans Association W. L. Penberthy, dean of men, was recently elected president of the Texas branch of the National Association of Deans and Advisors of men. The meeting this year was held in the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio. There were 45 representatives from 24 colleges throughout the state represented at this meeting. Accompanying Dean Penberthy were W. G. Brazeale of the Dean of Men’s office, Bennie Zinn, as sistant dean of men and Major Bill Wood, a counselor of the Basic Division. The Association will meet next year at Lubbock where Dean Pen berthy will preside. Also elected to offices were W. T. Walton, dean of men at Hardin Simmons University, Dr. Carl V. Bredt, assistant dean of Student Life at Texas University and Lewis Jones, dean of men at Texas Tech. which we sold Saturday night be-, fore the Aggies went “havvg wild.” Yes, there are U-Boats in the Bra zos, but there’s good news tonight. Now We Know For an hour two Daily Lass-0 copyreaders tramped the asphalt and cement to find just how it feels to do such tasks. And, now we know. Yes, indeed. First off, the proper dress for feminine hawkers is a woolly parka purloined from an Eskimo. Add to that 42 pairs of rabbit fur-lined socks and a good Aggie short coat. Not essential but recommended are strong lungs, sticky fingers, persis tence, perseverance, brass knuckles and a tub of hot fqot-soaking solu tion. Financial Compensation Oh, but there’s money in it— a sort of financial compensation. I believe we made the sum gross of 34('. And we've spent it already. We sold our quota, because we were threatened. Then after pock eting the proceeds, guzzling a couple of gallons of hot black grapefruit juice and being turned slowly on a spit over a bonfire of excess programs, we unstiffened sufficiently to be carried into Kyle Field. We weren’t sure who was run ning with the ball then because we forgot to buy a program. Groneman Plans To Attend Meet Chris H. Groneman, head of the Industrial Education department will attend the annual conference of the Mississippi Valley Indus trial Arts Association meeting in Chicago, on Nov. 9 through* 11. 11. College Heads Will Leave For Annual Meet Nine administrative heads from A&M will attend the an nual meeting of the Associa tion of Land Grant Colleges, next week in the Hotel Stat- ler in Washington, D. C. Included in the group which will represent A&M will be Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist, President of the College M. T. Harrington, Dean of the College C. C. French, Dean of the School of Engineering H. W. Barlow, Dean of Arts and Sciences J. P. Abbott. Dean of the School of Agricul ture C. N. Shepardson, Dean of Graduate School Ide P. Trotter, Director of the Extension Service G. G. Gibson, and Director of the Ag Experiment Station R. D. Lewis will also attend the meeting. The meeting, which will begin Monday and last through Thursday, is held for planning and co-ordin ating the work of land grant insti tutions. The association is organized into major units, such as Agriculture, Vet. Medicine, Home Economics, Arts and Sciences, which hold sep arate meetings to discuss advance ments and innovations in their fields. MGM Cameramen Arrives Today Members of a MGM filming team will arrive on the campus today and arrange for background shots to be in the forthcoming “Its a Big Country.”. Pictures of the corps will be tak en after the Thursday Parade. They will be incorporated as a part of the nine episode film. First Aggie Ex’: inauguration Set Thursday For the first time in its 74-year long history, A&M will formally inaugurate one of its graduates as president, Thurs day afternoon on Kyle Field. He is Dr. Marion Thomas Harrington, a native Texan who has received most of his education in Texas and who has for 25 years been a member of the staff of the college, and now will serve as president. Main speaker at the inauguration ceremony will be Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia University. General Eisenhower will arrive in Caldwell Thursday Selection Team Interviewing For Air Cadets An Aviation Cadet Selec tion Team is on the campus today, through Friday, with headquarters in the YMCA, to interview students interest ed in flight training in the United States Air Force. The team is interested in talking to senior non-military students about cadet training, Col E. W. Napier, PAS&T, said. Capt. Clyde Voss and Lt. A. H. Pasenhofer are the team members. Both are from the Headquarters of the 14th Air Force. Eligibility requirements for pilot and navigator training are: the ap plicant must be a single male citi zen between the ages of 20 and 26 and one-half years of age. The future airmen must also have at least two years of college training, and be in excellent physical train ing. Those students who can remain in school are asked by the USAF to do so and apply for aviation training after completion of their formal education. Even if a student is not inter ested in applying at this time, the Selection Team will explain any phase of the Air Force Training Program that he might be inter ested in at a future date, Colonel Napier said. Dr. Doak Speaks, Shows Film at Y Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the Bio logy Department, interpreted and led a discussion on the film “Human Reproduction” that was shown last night as a part of the program of the YMCA. Approximately 300 students at tended the program. Dr. Doak supplemented the film with a group of related slides on evolution and reproduction. Following the showing of the film and slides, Dr. Doak answered questions the audience asked on the subject of human reproduction. This program was another of the YMCA’s regular features, held each Monday at 7:15 p. m. •♦■morning and will be brought to College Station by automobile in time for a review of the Cadet Corps in his honor at 10:30 a.m. Presiding at the ceremony will be Dr. C. C. French, dean of the college. Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist will of- j ficiate at the installation and Dr. Harrington will give the inaugural address following the installation. Last minute program arrange ments have been completed for the day-long celebration. Classes will be dismissed at 9:40 a.m. Thursday. A parade of the Corps of Cadets will follow at 10:30 a.m. on the drill field. An inaugural luncheon for del egates to the inauguration will be held in the Sbisa Hall Annex at .12 noon. Speaker at the luncheon will be Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State College and im mediate past president of the As sociation of Land Grant Colleges. Dr. Hannah is recognized as one of the leading educators of the nation, having made an intense study of educational methods the world over. Inaugural Ceremony The inaugural ceremony will be gin at 3:05 p.m. with a procession of delegates clad in academic robes. The Aggie Band, directed by Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, will play the processional, followed by the na tional anthem. Order of the procession will be the A&M faculty, delegates of uni versities and colleges, delegates of the learned and professional or- ganiations, representatives of oth er organizaztions, the Association of Former Students, the State Fed eration of A&M Mother’s Clubs, the student body, and the State of Texas an dtho presidential party. Presidential Party Included in the presidential party will be Dr. M. T. Harrington; Gen eral Eisenhower; G. R. White; president of the Board of Direct- ors; Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist; Dr. C. C. French; Governor Allan Shivers; Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes, commanding general, Fourth Ar my; W. H. Andrew, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bryan; Dewey C. Edwards, corps chaplain; and Jessie H. Jones of Houston. The invocation by Rev. Andrew, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bryan, will be followed by an address by General Eisenhower. Following the inaugural address by Dr. Harrington, the Aggie Band will play “The Spirit of Aggieland” with Bill Turner leading the aud ience in singing. Dewey Edwards, corps chaplain, will give the benediction which will be followed by the recessional by the Aggie Band. A reception honoring Dr. Har* rington will be held from 5:3ft p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center. Regimental Sweethearts Lions Club To Sponsor Dime Fund The College Station Lions Club unanimously voted to sponsor the local 1951 March of Dimes cam paign in a business session dur ing club’s weekly noon-day lunch eon yesterday. The meeting was held in the Din ing Room of the Memorial Student Center with some forty members and guests in attendance. II. T. Blackhurst was appointed chairman of the committee to head the March of Dimes drive by club : president R. B. Halpin. Other mem-1 bers of the committee to raise, funds in College Station for the' National Polio Foundation will be . nanu I in the near future Halpin • said last night. ^ Harold Dreyfus of the Bryan Lions Club conducted the program , which consisted of a formal in- j stullation of Tailtwister Rev. Oiin ! G. Helvey. Posters and a smooth, ' well prepared speech were utilized J in the program presentation. A motion was made during the ! progress of the meeting to elect ; Warren LaBourveau honorary tail- twister since he was the most “fined” man of the dub. The mo tion was blocked by LaBourveau in a necessary unanimous vote. Campus Cleaners to Get New Home By WAYNE DAVIS campus, has been in operation veterans and, recently, the mpving since September of 1927, in the of the Freshmen back to the Joel C. English, manager of the top of the Exchange Store. campus has put a terrific overload Campus Cleaners, is a happy man. English was an employee in the on the already-crowded facilities. After 23 years in the Cleaners— Cleaners when it first opened, ami But now, all is new and differ- except for 38 months in the Army now manages the %pluce. The ts- ent. The Association of Former —he’s going to get to move. And tablishment was quite large enough Students, which has operated the about time. to handle the usual run of clean- concession since its beginning, The Campus Cleaners, holder of ing during the 1930’s and early 40’s, has now financed a new 40-60 the cleaning concession on the but the return of thousands of foot building just north of the New Campus Cleaners building will be ready for business after Christmas Coast Artillery armory and the pistol’ range. The way things look, it’ll be ! ready by Christmas. That’s why ! Joel English is so happy lately. ! The new building, built by the , R. B. Butler Construction Com pany of Bryan, is about half again j as big as the quarters in the Ex-1 change. With 2,500 to 3,000 gar- I ments to be processed per week—! and featuring two-day service—the , old ifccilities were getting just a bit cramped. The Cleaners employs 20 people during the fall semester, when tiie football season brings the busiest period. Offering clean ing, taiVuring, alteration, and repair service as it does, in the j fall the Cleaners is a mighty ! busy organization. What with two new substations i opened this fall—one at the Cam- 1 pus Corner and one in the Ex- j change Store building—and new with the new cleaners building, i there’ll be more business than ever, I even during the slack spring sea- i son when Joel & Co. process only : 2,000 to 2.500 garments a week, i All of the cleaning equipment ■ now in the Exchange Store build- j ing will be transferred to the new location. More equipment has been ordered and is on the way. Business is sure booming with the Campus Cleaners. No wonder Joel English is a happy man. Regimental Commander Skip Mills tries to hide a smile behind the microphone as he hands out gifts to the four regimeHta! sweetheart nominees. Miss Helen Woodard ,girl to the left of Mills, was named Sweetheart of the Ball. Nominees in usual order are Patsy Hulse, representing B Engineers; Mickey Helmke, representing A Ar mor; Dagney Miskala, representing B Armor.