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‘yteffiOTV^. W et * 3 C0? ieS CeSP ,0*;5 Circulated to More than 90% Of College Station’s Residents Battalion Nation’s Top Safety Section Lumberman’s 1949 Contest PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A &M COLLEGE Number 44: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1950 Price Five Cents Bruisin ’ Bob Begins 75 Yard Scoring Run V* 4 ]\T 1 riA \wr • Ags rs eed 1 wo W ms For Conference Title Chilled UN Troops Continue Advance Bruisin’ Bob Smith starts on his first long scoring jaunt which carried him across 75 yards of the Cotton Bowl turf to the first Aggie of the day to cross SMU’s double stripe. Smithi was the greatest ground gainer of the day as he gained 301 yards in 29 carries, and scored twice in A&M’s 25-20 victory over SMU. Much Fun Had By All. Cadets-Tessies Invade Dallas For Rip-Roaring Corps 0 By DAVE COKLETT Let’s spoil it out for Corps Trip. Ready . . . one . . . two . . . three... THAT’S for Celebration, the ' A one term that pretty well sums up the whole week-end. And there was plenty to be found in Big “D”, both BBG (before big game) and ABC (after big game, naturally. -OSCULATION ' is the word here. It’s known in less aca demic circles as kissing, bussing or smooching. Disregarding after- hours practice in the art, Waymond Null is credited with the crown in this division. Informed sources say he planted that traditional kiss 18 times on the lovely lips of Ag gie Sweetheart Dorothy Mangum— just to oblige cameramen. Another tradition was well fol lowed, too. Let’s see ... it was four touchdowns worth. Post- game hysteria even found some ladds smooching the 'room-mate. O THIS is an easy one. Under- A® - line and square it for it stands for “Ramblin’ Robert,” that lad from the Smith clan who Sat urday split the chilled Autumn airs and any solid object that stood be tween him and grid-iron glory. Seventy-six thousand fans, alter nating between breathless silence and screaming frenzy, firmly in scribed that name among the Cot ton Bowl immortals. Appropriately enough, “Bruisin’ Bob” wore the nose-protector mask that added the dramatic touch to his relentless blitzkreig assaults against the hapless Mustangs. I)—HERE we’re in the multisyl- *- lable word’s again with Pul chritude, a commodity much dis played over the week-end. Ad mitting prejudice we’ll place Sweet- luart “Dot” Mangum in the front ranks on this one. Her official pre sentation at half-time of Satur day’s game was one of the high lights of the week-end. Of course SMU made its contri bution, too. Their number one la dy was Mary Beth Roach who was named Queen of Homecoming fes tivities. There were other co-eds from that campus, too. And from another campus . . . but we’ll get to that. C—A DEDICATION here to our ^ host, SMU. Their hospitality and sportsmanship left little to be Rode Named Short Course Chairman Norman Rode is chairman of the Public Utility Short Course, to be held here Nov. 13-17. One hundred and fifty are expected to attend. Registration will be conducted in Room 114 Bolton Hall from 8 a. m. to 9:45 a. m., Monday. Meetings will be held in Rooms 301 and 104 in Bolton Hall and Rooms 2A and 2B in the Memorial Student Cen ter. A banquet will be given Nov. 17 at 7 p. m. in the Assembly room of the MSC. The short course is sponsored by the Electrical Engineering Depart ment. Williams Will Speak At Education Meeting E. L. Williams, vice-director of the Engineering Extension Service, will address the Industrial Educa tion Section of the Oklahoma Edu cation Association at their meeting in Oklahoma City Nov. 13-14. He will discuss “Industrial Edu cation in Our American Scheme of Life” at the morning session. desired. Victory was the only thing the Mustangs were hesitant to grant us. Tops among their additions to the week-end was the Homecoming Dance Saturday night which found a well-filled Fair Park Agricul ture Building echoing the strains of Ray McKinley and Orchestra. The SMU parade of floats (espec ially the female-populated kind) was a worthwhile sight, too. r r—AND HERE it’s hats off, but ■ good, to our sister Tessies, co- week-end-ccrps-trippers. The little lassies! rank well up in the pulchri tude division but that was not their sole contribution to the week end. Before turning out practically en masse to help the Aggies enjoy the fruits of victory, they spon sored the initial official event of the week-end, a very well attended dance in the Union Building on the TSCW Campus. The sister school which has stood so solidly behind us in defeat matched our delirious acceptance of well-earned triumph. Blind-dating, long common be tween the distant schools, was not without its let-downs, but many a Denton convert was evident after Sunday. T>—FOR THIS we return to the Cotton Bowl and out-and-out Ruggedness, the only term appli cable to an Aggie Eleven that came, saw and conquered. Though much of the glory went to Smith, he was the first to in sist that it rightfully rested with every wearer of the Maroon and White. Refusing to accept the pre-sea- son and even recent evaluations of their championship potentialities, Stiteler’s lads bull-dozed flawlessly through sixty minutes of long-to- be remembered football to topple national idols with methodical deadliness. The clean - fighting Mustangs were among the first to salute an under-rated opponent. T—A WORD for the weather is ■*- appropriate, too. Old man Winter took an early peak at Big “D” and surrounding territory Fri day night to dip the mercury to a shivering 17 above record low for Nov. 11. Insulation, therefore, was well in demand. Aggies, and sev- eral of their dates, put Uncle Sam’s short coat to good use. Temperatures rose Saturday to provide invigorating marching weather and near-perfect football weather. Those with dates didn’t seem too unhappy about the chilly winds of Saturday night. p—THIS ONE’S for parade, the T one that drew the admiration of thousands of onlookers along Dallas’ Main Street. The first out-of-town march by the Cadet Corps this year was sec ond only to the game in the realm of the spectacular. Even torn-up street-car tracks failed to disrupt the green-clad ranks who were fol lowed by floats, jalopies and RO- TC units from SMU. In this vein, the Aggie Band was tops as usual in an abbreviated half-time march that drew the plaudits of the Cotton Bowl crowd. Their bewildering formations may well have been by way of prepar ation for the events that were to follow in the fourth-quarter. There were other parts to the, week-end, too, most of them stan dard corps-trip procedure. Outfit parties enlivened many a Dallas locale. The Baker and the Adol phus enjoyed their annual seige of complete confusion. Exes poured in from all sections of the state and the nation, many of them ready to mortgage their life for a seat at the game. Those that failed to get one can be more than justly unhappy. And friendly Big “D” had open arms for all who came to join in the activities. Police, well-schooled in the art, handled the throng of parade watchers with miraculous ease. And every business estab lishment in town had the welcome ; jarrin’ John' At Commissioning “Jarrin’ Jawn” Kimbrough, Aggie All-American and star of the 1939 A&M national tops football team, and Air Force Major General B. L. Boatner, brother to Commandant of Ca dets H. L. Boatner, will present commissions Friday night at the Cadet Commissioning exercises. The exercises will be held in Gyjon Hall preceding the Infan try-Artillery Ball scheduled for that night Colonel Boatner has urged cadets to invite dates to the program. A&M Researchers To Make Reports Four researchers from A&M and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station will report to the Southern Regional Research Laboratory in New Orleans today and Tuesday on studies of cottonseed meal at College Station, The laboratory in New Orleans has been studying new processes for manufacturing cottonseed meal, and scientists at A&M have studied properties of the meals made by the various processes and results obtained from feeding them. Dr. Carl M. Lyman, head of the Biochemistry and Nutrition De partment, will review the work in general. K. A. Kuiken, associate professor of biochemistry and nu trition, will report on his study of available amino acids found in meals produced by different pro cesses. Dr. J. R. Couch of the Bio chemistry and Nutrition and Poul try Husbandry departments will report on results of feeding cottonseed meal to chicks, and Fred Hale, professor of animal husban dry, will report on feeding tests with swine. Six Staff Members Attend Conference Six staff members from A&M and one Product Marketing Asso ciation staff man are taking part in the Livestock and Range Confer ence which opened today in the Plaza Hotel in San Antonio. Those taking part are: Dr. V. A. Young, head of the Range and For estry Department, Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the Animal Husbandry, and Dr. Harold F. Heady, asso ciate professor in the Department of Range and Forestry. Other A&M participants are A. H. Walker, range specialist for the Texas Extension Service, John H. Jones, professor of Animal Hus bandly, and Dr. Richard C. Potts, associate professor of Agronomy. Lester Young, member of the state PMA staff of College Station is also participating in the con ference. mat out. The really significant aspect of the Corps Trip was the fact that it was the first such affair in which most of the presently en rolled Aggies had felt the added touch of victory. The game itself unquestionably overshadowed all else. It will be the subject for conversation in years to come for even non-Ag- gies. Perhaps its full import was best expressed by one of the thousands of fans filing out of the Cotton Bowl. An excited Tessie had just re marked to her Aggie'escort, “Gosh, I hope Mother and Dad were listen ing to that One.” The fan beside her had the answer. “If they had a radio, lady, they were listening.” Seoul, Nov. 13—i/P 1 —A strong column of U. S. marines advanced 5Q miles unopposed today through icy hills toward prized Changjin reservoir. The cautious push carried the marines to within four miles of their goal. Defense of the reser voir, facing the center of the North Korean front, was believed to be a major reason for the belated en trance of Chinese Communists into the war. To the south the Third Division, brought to full strength by Korean and Puerto Rican elements, linked up with the. South Korean Eighth Division to form a solid United Na tions defense line across the nar row waist of the Korean peninsula. Fighting Intense Fighting flared at both extremes of the battleline. North Koreans guarding the ap proaches to the Soviet border at tacked in force on the east coast Monday under cover of a blinding snowstorm. The Red Spearhead bat talion was led by tanks and self- propelled guns. They pushed across the Orangghon River, about 90 miles from the Soviet border, threatening to outflank a South Korean regiment. Near the west coast, U. S. First Cavalry Division units advanced, a mile and one-half. That carried them halfway to the walled town of Yongbyon. Patrols reached, the walls but did. not enter the. town. Heavy Communist resistance stopped other First Cavalry troops .neat' Won,, eight miles southeast of Yongbyon. And five miles south of Won, an estimated' three regiments of Chi nese Reds smashed a two mile dent . tl in lines of the So uth Korean Sixth Division. Allied fighter-bombers halted this drive, killing about 1,000 Reds in a blazing attack two miles south of Kunu. The South Korean Seventh Division moved up to bolster the Sixth. Advance Slight Elements of the U. S. 24th Divi sion advanced up to two miles on the extreme western end of the front, about 18 miles west of Won. An Eighth Army spokesman said this placed them in the vicinity of Tungsan, four miles northeast of Pakchon and about 60 miles southeast of Sinuiju, entryway for Chinese troops from Manchuria. Fleets of B-29s ranging back of the fronts hammered again at Si nuiju and set three main supply points aflame with fire bombs. A spokesman at General Mac- Arthur’s Tokyo headquarters said both bridges across the Yalu River from Manchuria to Sinuiju were be lieved knocked out after Monday’s attack. Forty B-29s made the fire at tack. They loosed 340 tons of in cendiaries on Sakchu and Chosan, on the Yalu River northeast of Sinuiju, and on Namsi, communi cations center between Sinuiju and the northwest front. Communications Destroyed Three other communications and supply centers were set aflame Sunday in the B-29 scorched earth raids. The air force is methodi cally burning out Red collection points for men and supplies. MacArthur’s intelligence officer said there had been no informa tion for two days on whether Chi nese Communists still are sending reinforcements in large numbers across the Yalu. He said the Chi nese appeared to be throwing more strength into the central part of the peninsula between the Chang jin reservoir and the Yalu River. This would place heavy concen trations between the main United Nations forces and Kanggye, Red Korean command center. Intentions and capabilities of the Chinese forces still are not appar ent, the intelligence officer said. By FRANK N. MANITZAS Battalion Sports Editor Two games remain to be won by the Aggies for their first Southwest Conference championship since they last won the title in 1941. Unless the second place Cadets lose to Rice, or TU loses to Texas Christian, a tie will occur between the two rival schools should the Farmers defeat the Longhorns come Tur key Day at Memorial Stadium. Texas has a 4-0 record in league play, while A&M’s conference record is marred with one loss to Baylor. But at the present time, the Aggie eleven and Head Coach Harry Stiteler are worried about only one team— Rice, The Feathered Flock edged Arkansas 9-6 Saturday. At the same time A&M, sparked by Bruisin’ Bob Smith and the already talked about Aggie line, downed the SMU Mustangs, 25-20, with Smith’s 73-yard jaunt in the final 3:38 A minutes of play giving the Cadets the needed edge. It was Smith, who sparkled for the A&M team, gaining 301 yards on the ground while losing only four in 29 carries, an average of 13.4 yards for carry. Smith definitely completed his bid for All-America honors this game, as he continued to lead the conference in ground gaining, hav ing boosted his total to 1124 yards in 151 trips across the line, ah average of 7.44. Koreans Given Promise of Ait! In Rebuilding *. ■ H f. u: : '> Photo by Sam Molinary The Corps Commander, A. D. Martin, right, the Corps First Lady Mrs. Nancy Martin, and the Aggie Sweetheart, Dorothy Mangum, line up to review the troops during the Armistice Day Parade in Big I). Later in the Day, Sweetheart Dotty, received the tra ditional buss from Wayman Nutt, corps executive officer, not once . . . but 18 times on the gridiron during the halftime activities. I County Agents Get Ag Service Award Seven Texas county agricultural l agents have been selected by the ; Texas County Agricultural Agents i Association to receive the Dis tinguished Service Award for 1950. Agents receiving the awards and the counties they serve are: Homer E. Thompson, Cochran; F. V. Ir vin, Rockwall; J. W. Holmes, Ward; C. H. Clark, Hill; C. V. Robinson, Llano; R. P>. Tate, Bexar and F. C. Brunneinan, Cameron. Presentation of the awards will be made during the National As sociation of County Agricultural Agents meeting which will be held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Nov. 27-29. The award is made annually to those county agents who have made outstanding contributions to agri culture over a period of years. Seoul, Korea, Nov. 13— (AP)— America’s Economic Cooperation Administration chief told Koreans yesterday they will have to “bear the brunt and set the pace” in rebuild ing their war-ravaged country. The administrator, William C. Foster, assured a gathering of Ko rean leaders, however, of the full- support of the U. S. and “the en tire free world” in putting the country back on its feet. The Koreans, in turn, called on the U. S. to strengthen its EGA program in Korea, A Korean special committee on economic problems tpld Foster the country will need economic aid from one independent source to supplement the United Nations re habilitation program. Foster announced the appoint ment of Clarence E. Meyer, as head of the EGA mission in Korea. Mey er, with 21 years-business exper ience in the Far East, is expected in Seoul about Dec. 1. Foster told the Koreans first priority must, he given to sound fiscal policies as the cornerstone of reconstruction. He said they should resume and hasten agrarian reforms inter rupted by the Red invasion. “Steps should be taken so that Koheans can have better health services, better educational oppor tunities, better transportation and communications,” he added. To point up the'job which faces Korea, Foster listed these facilities as. destroyed in South Korea: One fifth of all industry and mines, 75 per cent of the textile industry, practically all civilian ve hicles, one third of, the locomotives and rolling stock, more than 15 per cent of all public buildings, and 180,000 homes. BPM Students Slate Meet Tuesday Night Building Products Marketing students will meet with the Busi ness Society Tuesday, night at 7:30 p. m. in the YMCA Chapel, accord ing to Ralph C. Hook, assistant professor of Business Adminis tration. John Bickly, management con sultant, from Houston will speak to the group on evaluating manage ment opportunities. Smith Still High Scorn- Bruisin’ Bob also continued as the highest scorer in the confer ence and moved closer to the title of “Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A.” for which he has already been seriously considered, scoring twice Saturday. At the present time the 189-pound Houstonite has crossed the double stripe 14 times for a total of 84 points. But it wasn’t Smith alone who carried the Aggies to their first win over the Ponies since 1946 when they defeated the Red and Blue, 14*0. Gridiron Sketch SMU A&M First downs 1 23 11 Rushing yardage ... 228 361 Passing yardage 298 32 Passes attempted ... 30 7 Passes completed .... ... 20 8 Passes intercepted .. .... 3 0 Punts 2 7 Punting average .... .... 52 39 Fumbles lost 2 0, Yards penalized .... 55 Dick Gardemal, who comply of ,6 passes for 32 yards and l.TP, was the man-under for, A&,|f throughout all of the game add was replaced only once; at that time by Delmer Sikes, who directed one play, the deciding and final Cadet down. Outstanding blocking by Hugh Meyer, Carl Molberg, Sam Moses, Max Greiner, Dwayne Tucker, and Smith’s fellow backs Bill Tidwell and Glenn Lippman, not forgetting Andy Hillhouse and Charley Hodge gave the Cotton Bowl press box sportswi iters’ unanimous choice as “Mr. Terrific,” Smith, the needed protection to clear SMU’s line. “. . . Entire Team Great. . .’’ But as Coach Stiteler said, “the entire team was great, the Cadet Corps was great, and it was a great day.” After crossing the line and the secondary, Smith was mostly on his own, as he bruised aside would,- be-tackiers with ease to continue on his way. Two long runs by Smith, one for 75 yards and the other for 73, both good for touch downs, were the deciding scoring factors as to the game’s final out come. (vSee CADET PASS, Page 3) ‘No Comment’ Heard Often SMU Sportsmanship Ike Interview Costs Buttons By PHILIP STERN dent Harrington at the end of the unit, but as part of the Western processional just before they enter- Alliance.” Andy Anderson, who is If anyone finds any buttons ly- e( j Kyle Field. At that time I real- leaving for Germany Jan. f5, told ing around Kyle Held, just look j zec | that I was about to interview the General about it. At this point me up. I don’t know whether I can the nation’s number one militar- I detected almost an ,‘TTl see you get my chest back to normal or j s t, [ was SC ared. there”—note in Eisenhower’s voice. Anderson approached him for the Whether “Ike” will be in Europe by interview and much to my surprise, J an - 1 18 a question still unanswer- he consented to give it on the spot, How was I the cause of the inter- I asked him about a third World view? The general wouldn’t say a War. He said that Russia must word until at least three reporters certainly realize that it would be an were present. Instrumental, wasn’t enormous undertaking, as was I? World War II, or even more so.- “Ike” not only gave us an inter- They can readily see what hap- view, but even‘stopped talking to pened to Hitler, and that commun- President Harrington to tell what ' snl W 91 not satisfy the world. j we wanted to know. When I asked Just as quickly as the interview j him questions about world situa- staited, it was over. I was still 1 Not only did I get an interview tions and the recent elections, or shaking, wondering if is was from ! with Eisenhower, I was the only his personal political desires, he the cold or from the excitement of | reason two other men did. Andy would look me straight in the eye having interviewed one of Ameri- Anderson of the Houston Press, and usually say, “No comment.” ca’s most colorful figures. Jimmy Garner of the Houston Post Rearm Germany Anderson, who has interviewed j and I were looking every where 1 ‘ - many important people, said, “See, for him to get a statement. He did say, “We must rearm the more important they are, the I We found him talking to Presi- Germany, not as a free military easier they are to interview.’ not after my interview with Gen eral “Ike.” Any Aggie can afford to lose a few buttons after hearing what World War IPs most important general said about our school. “Unquestionably A&M supplied more men than any other school in the world to the defense of free dom, and since I have seen them in two wars, I can make this state ment unhesitatingly.” First Interview W&m \ ij TIB** liH Ftioto by Sam Molinary As a symbol of good sportsmanship, a woolen blanket embossed with the Aggie T was presented to the A&M Student body during halftime ceremonies by the SMU Student Association. Student Senate President Bill Parse, right, and vice president Bill Moss accepted the gift on behalf of the Aggie Students.