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Number 51: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1950
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Bonfire’s Centerpole
Erection Set Thursday
The annual Thanksgiving Bon
fire will begin to take shape after
the Fish-Shorthorn game Thursday
when the centerpole is erected,
Lewis Jobe, junior yell leader
says. The big blaze will be lit
Tuesday evening.
The contracting firm working on
the New Administration Building
has already dug the hole for the
hO-foot centerpole. Erection of the
supporting pole is being held up
by the freshman game. The main
drill field, site of the conflagra
tion, will be used for parking
Thursday and a parade today.
Work Started
Woodcutting has started and as
the pole goes up the job of hauling
the logs, boards and other inflam-
ables into the campus will begin.
Trucks of the Landscape Art de
partment will be available for bon
fire; use after Friday, however any
students who own trucks are asked
to use them to augment the avail
able college trucks.
Wood this year will come from
land owned by C. I. Miller. He
provided a great deal of the tim-
ber used in last year’s 50-foot tall
bonfire.
Transportation has been arrang-
Navy Rocket
Reaches New
Height, Speed
Washington, Nov. 22—
(AP)—A Navy viking rocket
soared to a height of 107
miles over New Mexico yes
terday, setting a new record
for an American-made single stage
missile.
The new mark fell only slightly
short of the record set by a Ger
man V-2, fired at White Sands, N.
Mex., which beached an altitude
of 114 miles.
An American “WAG Corporal”
rocket which took off from a V-2
at the top of its flight has been
officially recorded as attaining a
height of more than 250 miles.
The defense department said to
day’s test beat the previous record
for an American single stage rock
ed by one mile. At one point, the
rocket was “clocked” as traveling
faster than one mile per second
or 3,600 M. P. H.
It was the fifth of 10 viking
rockets built to explore the upper
atmosphere. The previous record
was held by No. 4, which rose 106
miles from the deck of the re
search ship Norton Sound in .the
mid-Pacific last May 11.
The viking is 50 feet long and
weighs about 5!4 tons. The rocket
fired today carried some 700
pounds of instruments to gather
data on the density and nature of
the ionosphere, far above the
stratosphere, and radio it back to
earth.
ed to take men to the woods to
began wood cutting. Don Joseph,
senior yell leader, asked at last
night’s yell practice, all available
cars be used to transport men to
the cutting area.
Freshmen, wanting to work on
the wood cutting details, will meet
on the drill field after their last
class in the afternoons and will be
taken to the area. Upperclassmen
will meet in the “New Area” for
transportation to the Miller farm.
Outfits were asked last night by
Joseph to buy axes and saws be
cause of the extreme shortage of
equipment on hand.
Guard details will be organized
either Friday or Saturday, depend
ing on the progress of the bonfire,
Joseph said.
Men scouting for wood were ask
ed by Joseph to refrain fi-om taking
outbuildings from surrounding
farms. “It is a band privilege to
get the one that goes on top of
the pole. Any others will have
to be returned and will result in a
loss of time and trucks hauling
them back and forth.”
Head Yell Leader Don Joseph
and Senior Yell Leader James
Pianta will work under ,Col. Hay
den L. Boatner and Lt. Col. M. T.
Bowden in making arrangements
for work on the traditional
Thanksgiving bonfire.
Committee Members
Members of the Wood Cutting
Detail Committee are C. C. Taylor,
Jack Riley, Bo Hoskins, Jack Tan
ner, Bill Knoll, and Bob Ruble.
Members of the committee to put
up the center pole will be Bill Cor
nish, J. A. Warmkerr, F. “Chico”
Mason, and Dick Ingles. The con
struction of the bonfire will be un
der the direction of John Tapley,
Lewis Jobe and Ed Fulbright.
John Oglesby and J. C. Fletcher
wall be in charge of the equipment
used in the bonfire. Details for
communication will be arranged by
W. E. Ball and Bert Chapman.
I’rank Sheffield will make the
guard duty assignments and Bob
Allen will head the transportation
committee.
Oil for the Bonfire will be ob
tained by John McFall and refresh
ments for the guards will be ar
ranged by R. L. Giles.
Guard fire material will be set
aside by Noble Clark and John
Storrie. David Haines and Ferris
Brown will be in charge of recon
naissance.
Teams Enroute TU Corps Trip Arrangements
lo Chicago 11 °
Livestock Show
The A&M Livestock Judg
ing and Meats Judging teams
are in Chicago this week to
compete in the Intercollegi
ate division of the Interna
tional Livestock Show, an AH De
partment spokesman said today.
The Livestock Judging tea m,
which won second place at the
American Royal Intercollegiate
Livestock Judging Meet, in Kan
sas City, in mid-October, left by
car Sunday for Chicago. The Meats
Judging Team will leave later in
the week.
The Livestock team will stop
Nov. 22 in Palestine, Illinois,
at the Rathje Percheon Farm, to
practice judge draft horses.
Team members are; Doug White,
from Granbury; John Rhemann,
of Brookshire; Maxie Overstreet,
from Haslett; Bert Gibbs, of Jus
tin; Glen Dunkle, from Graham;
Werner Lindig, from Hye; and
Waco W. Albert, team coach.
The Meats Judging team is com
posed of Dunkle, Joe Bonnot, sen
ior from Lolita; John Sugarek,
senior from Skidmore; and 0. D.
Butler, of the AH Department,
team coach.
The teams will be in Chicago
from Nov. 25 until Dec. 3, attend
ing the show, the spokesman added.
Infantrymen Probe Fronts;
Enemy Forces Reorganizing
Invitation Sales Begin
Graduation announcements are
now on sale in the Student Activ
ities Office in Goodwin Hall for
January graduates. Announcements
ihould be purchased before the
deadline on Dec. 9.
By The Associated Press
Seoul, Nov. 22—(-<T)—B-29 bomb
ers blasted Communist staging
bases in northeast Korea today as
infantry patrols probed along the
entire front to find where the Reds
plan to make a stand.
Waves of superforts rained
140,000 pounds of high explosives
on the Musan border area while!
other B-29s struck the port of
Chongjin, 45 miles to the south-
east. It was the second strike in
a week at Musan.
North Koreans are reported re
organizing and Chinece Reds con
centrating at Musan to block the
United Nations march toward the
Soviet Siberian border.
Hunting Fight
Musan is 80 miles northeast of
Hyesanjin, where U. S. Seventh
Division troops raised, the Ij. N.
blue and white flag Tuesday on
the Yalu River opposite Red Man
churia. Other Seventh Division
infantrymen went hunting • for a
fight with two Comunist battal
ions reported to be holed up 10
miles southewest of Hyesanjin.
General MacArthur’s war sum
mary in Tokyo reported:
“United Nations forces contin
ued to advance generally along the
entiie Korean battle front yester
day (Tuesday).”
Here’s the way the front looked
from east to west:
East coast—Eight inch guns of
the U. S. cruiser St. Paul paved the
way for the Republic of Korea
(ROK) Capital Division pursuing
“a retreating disorganized enemy”
toward Siberia.
South Koreans were eight miles
south of Chongjin, port city 55
miles from the Soviet border where
the Reds apparently were prepar
ing to make a stand. B-29s botnb-
ed Chongjin after marine airmen
ran into heavy antiaircraft fire
there.
Manchurian border—The Seventh
Division’s 17th Regimental combat
team dug in around Hyesanjin. It
reported no sign of enemy activity
on either side of the 100-yard wide
Yalu River which divides Korea
from Red China’s Manchuria.
Other Seventh Division elements,
15 miles to the south, struggled
with faulty maps and bad roads
in an effort to find and wipe out
two Communist battalions. The
Reds were in Samsu, 10 miles
southwest of Hyesanjin.
One road that maps said went
to Samsu ended abruptly seven
miles up in the mountains from
Kyohang. The Americans tried
another. This was blocked by a
burning bridge and a landslide.
“We will keep pushing until we
have the area cleaned out,” a head
quarters spokesman said.
Concentrations Reported
Central mountains—First Divi-
sion marines, seeking to envelop
Ghangjin reservoir, ran into heavy
small arms fire near Sinhung, sev
en miles up the east side of the
reservoir. Red concentiations were
reported nearby.
Northwest front — The ROK
Eighth Division occupied Yongwon,
and with other divisions of the
ROK Second Corps established a
line running five to six miles north
of Tokchon. Chinese Communists
were building a series of strong
defenses six to eleven miles north,
just as they were on the rest of
the northwest front manned by
the U. S. First Corps.
First Corps patrols probed in
spots as far as six miles without
encountering the Chinese. But at
either end they ran into trouble.
U. S. First Cavalry patrols on
the right found Reds dug in on
high ground five miles north of
Yongbyon.
MSC Plans Organization of
New Talent Bureau Tonight
On the west coast ROK First Di
vision patrols clashed with Red
patrols foraging for food behind
the U. N. line. This was south
and southwest of Pakchon.
Chinese were building a moun
tain defense line to the north, and
pock-marking highways with tank
traps and road blocks. The flat
lands along the coast leading to
the border city of Sinuiju were
dotted with roadblocks.
Guerrilla “front” — Tough and
bitter fighting was reported in
bypassed areas of western Korean
Wednesday. Two ROK Second Di
vision regiments attacked Chun-
chon in full force, trying to drive
Reds out of the town 40 miles
northeast of Seoul, the ROK capi
tal.
Artillery supported elements of
the U. S. 187th Airborne Regiment
which attacked 700 guerrillas at
Singye, 55 miles southeast of Py
ongyang, former Red capital. Civ
ilians reported 1,500 Reds raiding-
villages 30 miles northeast of Py
ongyang.
ROK Eighth Division elements
were heavily engaged 15 miles from
Taejon in southern Korea. Puerto
Rico’s 65th Regimental Combat
Team v r as under attack 35 miles
west of Hamhung on the east coast.
Air front—U. S. F-80 jets tried
to get into a fight -with 10 Russian
made MIG-15 jets over Sinuiju.
But the Red jets fled across the
border to safety in Manchuria.
Four other enemy jets were sighted
later over the city.
Near Completion; Parade Set
Plans for the bi-yearly Turkey
Day Corps Parade through Austin
were hastened toward completion
yesterday at a meeting_ in Austin
of representatives from A&M and
from various civic, official and
alumni groups of that city.
The Aggie delegation was the
guest of the Austin Chamber of
Commerce at a luncheon in the
Stephen F. Austin Hotel.
Provisions for the parade, ac
commodations in the city and a
dance were studied by the group.
The parade, as in previous years,
will form at 2nd Street and Con
gress at 9:30 p. m. Units will as
semble on 2nd Street to either side
of Congress.
March Down Congress
Starting time will be 10 a. m.
The Corps will proceed up Congress
to the dismissal area within the
Capital grounds. The reviewing
party will be stationed on the Con
gress Street balcony of the Steph
en F. Austin Hotel.
Another party, this one concern
ed with judging units in the parade,
will be observing the parade from
a platform in front of the hotel.
Each unit will be graded compet
itively.
The outfit receiving the highest
grade will be. declared winner of a
new award being innovated this
year by the Austin Junior Cham
ber of Commerce. The award, a
five-foot long streamer appropri
ately lettered in maroon and white,
will be affixed to the guidon of the
winning unit.
Officers Get Keys
Each cadet officer within that
unit will also receive a circular
key chain ornament appropriately
inscribed. The outfit winning the
distinctive streamer will be entit
led to hold it during the two-year
Forfeit Gives
Rifle Team Win
From NMMI
The A&M Fifle Team open
ed its 1950-51 season by win
ning a rifle match with New
Mexico Military Institute who
forfeited the contest.
Coached by M/Sgt. William R.
Reese, the team fired a score of
1,893 points out of a possible 2,000
points.
High scorer for the squad was
Russel G. Durrill, junior pre-law
from El Paso, who fired 380 points
out of a possible 400.
John G. Rowe, junior mechanical
engineering student from Dallas
was second with 379 points. Other-
members of the squad were Duane
C. Unrue, Carl Unrue, Carl Sch-
linke, and Roland T. Zapata.
Firing for the William Randolph
Hearst Trophy will begin Dec. 1,
Reese said. This trophy was won by
the A&M team last year.
Beautification Map
By GEORGE CHARLTON
Major Bowes has done it. So have
several other radio and television
entertainers.
Now the MSC, following in their
footsteps, is setting up a talent
bureau, which by the time it’s in
full operation, should be providing-
all mediums of entertainment from
magicians to emcees for organiza
tional events around College Sta
tion and for that matter the whole-f-
state.
Just like any talent organiza
tion, there will be auditions.
Times for these are Wednesday’s
from 5 to 6 p. m. and Friday’s
from 7 to 8 p. m. in the Social
Room of the MSC.
Persons interested in audition
ing should contact Miss Betty Bo-
lander, assistant social director,
first to make special arrangements.
Potential entertainers should bring
an accompanist at audition time, if
possible; if not, plans should again
be made with Miss Bolander.
A member of the Dance Com
mittee, Publicity Committee, and
Music Committee will be present at
each audition. After a brief ex
hibition of the entertainer’s po
tentials, a special card will be.
filled out on him and kept in MSC
social office files.
The card includes the entertain
er’s name, his address on the cam
pus, his hometown, his course of
study, and the grader’s evaluation
of his abilities.
“Calls come in at any time for
entertainment,” Miss Bolander
says. “And we need entertainers
for a special Variety Show this
spring and for midnight fountain
room shows after dances and Sat
urday night functions.”
There will also be chances for
remuneration to members of the
bureau in certain cases, Miss Bo
lander says.
“The bureau will not just be ac
cessible to the residents around
this part of the country, but for
that matter, the whole state. In
many ways, the service will act
like a job bureau,” she says.
Aggie-Tessie Fish, Juniors
Plan Better Relations Dance
Tessie juniors and freshmen will
play host to the classes of ’52 and
’54 at a dance in Tessieland on
Dec. 9.
This is the beginning of a pro
gram, originated by the Tessies, to
better relations between the two
schools.
Corps juniors who are interest
ed in making the trip should go
by Dwayne Vandenberg’s, Harold
Chandler’s, or J. W. “Doggie” Dal-
ston’s rooms and leave their names.
Information about whether or not
the individual can furnish trans
portation, how many they could
take, and when they are leaving is
also desired, Chandler, the junior
class president, said.
Freshmen should check with T.
H. Clemens in room 129 of Dorm
17 and furnish him with the same
information, Chandler said.
Non-corps juniors and fresh
men should check with Tom Roun
tree in room 62 of Mitchell Hall
if they intend to make the trip.
Further information will be
given on the dance via dormitory
bulletin boards or in a class meet
ing, Chandler said.
intervening periods between Aus
tin Corps Trip Parades.
The parade will be one of the
high-lights of pre-game activities
which actually begin with the burn
ing of the traditional bon-fire here
Tuesday, Nov. 28. Classes will be
officially dismissed Wednesday at
5 p. m., but a recision of the
usual 4 p. m. drill period will allow
military students to leave at least
an hour earlier.
Private Rooms Available
Beginning Wednesday at noon
the Austin Chamber of Commerce
offices, located at 807 Congress
Street, will make rooms in pri
vate homes available to students.
The available rooms will be listed
on- cards retained in the Chamber
of Commerce offices. A completed
listing of commercial accomoda
tions available in hotels, rooming
bouses and tourist courts will also
be on hand in these offices.
After the Chamber of Commerce
closes at, 9 Wednesday night, re
maining cards listing the accomo
dations in private homes will be
turned over to desk clerks in the
various Austin hotels.
A special checking service for
students, maintained in previous
years, will not be set up this year.
Poor utilization of this service in
recent years caused members of the
planning group to deem it unne
cessary this year.
A&M Dance Wednesday
Wednesday night, the Austin
A&M Club will sponsor a dance at
the Coliseum located near the ball
park on Austin’s near south side.
The Aggieland Orchestra will play
for the dance which is being pre
sented through the co-operation of
the Austin A&M Mother’s Club and
the Capital City A&M Club. Tick
ets will be $1 per couple and the
dance will last from 9 p. m. to 1 a.
m.
Chamber of Commerce officials
have advised students to eat im
mediately following the Thursday
parade in order to avoid the anti
cipated pre-game crowds in Aus
tin eating establishments.
A listing of city buses to Mem
orial Stadium will be found on the
parade orders scheduled for publi
cation tomorrow. This list will also
appear in The Battalion as soon
Georgia Possibility
For Prexy Cup Till
The University of Georgia enter
ed the race for a berth as one of
the two teams to play in the First
Presidential Cup football game at
College Park, Md., Dec. 9th, the
Atlanta Constitution said late last
night.
A&M is being considered as the
possible opponent to the Georgians,
although Maryland has not said
definitely, yes or no.
In Athens, Georgia Coach Wal
lace Butts said, “We have talked
with some of the people in author
ity but we haven’t anything to say
as yet,”
A1J indications seem to point to
Georgia’s acceptance. Georgia has
won five, tied three and lost only
to Alabama this year.
The big problem at hand seems
to be who will oppose the Bull
dogs.
Council Can’t Decide
The University of Maryland Ath
letic Council couldn’t decide Tues
day whether its football team
should play in the Presidential Cup
game Dec. 9.
The council debated for three
and a half hours, and then broke
up without setting a time for an
other meeting.
That left the picture looking like
this:
A&M—still interested. Barlow
Irvin, A&M athletic director, spent
the day in Washington, but he gave
out no statements on his decision.
Maryland — a doubtful starter.
True, Maryland didn’t say yes and
it didn’t say no. But no answer
at all—at this late date—obviously
shows that at best the Maryland
ers are unenthusiastic.
Legion Sponsor
These two teams had been con
sidered the leading prospects for
the game, to be played in Mary
land’s home stadium in nearby
College Park, Md. The American
Legion is sponsoring the game to
raise money for its rehabilitation
program.
Dave Herman, the game’s man
aging director, told a reporter
eight or ten teams still are under
consideration. He said it wouldn’t
be fair to list these teams, but
that they include a strong south
ern team and another strong team
from the southwestern area.
“ . . . Things Hot ...”
“Things are hot,” Herman said.
“We’re liable to have an announce
ment at any time.
Herman said the committee has
been “embarrassed” by an an
nouncement made by the Univer
sity of Wyoming Monday that it
would not play here.
“It left the impression among
some of the larger schools that
we had offered Wyoming a for
mal invitation,” he said. “What
we had done was to ask Wyoming",
along with many others, if they
would be interested in a bid in
case we decided to offer them one.
Never at any time did we offer
them a formal invitation.”
“How We Got Into This”
Maryland’s athletic council broke
up with this comment from a
spokesman:
“I don’t know how we got into
this anyway. We haven't made
any overtures to the sponsors of
the game. We haven’t received
an invitation.
“The idea that we were in it
seems to have come from Texas.
“Of course, the game is going
to be in our stadium so I guess
it was only natural that we should
be considered.”
Maryland’s Byrd Stadium was
completed this year. Its biggest
crowd was for the Navy game
when 34,000 showed up. By using
temporary bleachers, the seating
capacity can be pushed up to
50,000.—Based on AP Reports.
as it is confirmed.
During yesterday’s Austin lunch
eon, representatives heard both W.
L. Penberthy, A&M dean of men,
and Arno Nemotny, Texas Univer
sity dean of students life, urge
that the traditional A&M-TU rival
ry be confined to the football field
where it belonged.
Alumni Offer Co-operation
John A. McCurdy, executive sec
retary of the Ex-Students Associa
tion of Texas University, offered
the assistance and co-operation of
the TU Alumni group to all Aggies
in Austin for the Corps Trip.
Austin representatives at the
meeting were George Saunders,
chairman of the parade committee
of the Capital City A&M Club; H.
C. Bell, Jr., president of the Capi
tal City A&M Club; Nemotny; W.
L. Thompson, president of the Aus
tin Chamber of Commerce; William
O. Harwell of the Austin Chamber
of Commerce; W. W. Blackman,
Austin Police Department captain;
Bruce Biggerstaff, Austin Police
Department sergeant; McCurdy;
and Jim N. Boswell, assistant man
ager of the Austin Chamber of
Commerce.
In the A&M group were Dean
Penberthy; Col. H. L. Boatner com
mandant and PMS&T; Lt. Col. M.
P. Bowden, assistant commandant;
A. D. Martin, colonel of the corps;
Frank Sheffield, corps adjutant;
and Dave Coslett, public infor
mation officer.
Korean Police
Warned Not To
Harm Captives
Seoul, Nov. 22 —(AP) —
Home Minister Chough Pyung
Ok warned his 50,000 Ko
rean national police yester
day that they must not use
brutality or torture in handling
Red captives.
Severe punishment was threat
ened against any police found guil
ty of violating five-point instruc
tions based on “well established
principles of a democratic police
system.’
Chough’s warning follows.
1. No brutality or torture in
handling Communist captives or
suspected Communist collaborators
shall be tolerated.
2. Investigation should be made
promptly before suspects are turn
ed over to the prosecution office
or military authorities and women
and children should be investigated
without arrest.
3. Thorough examination and
analysis of information or com
plaints should be made before ar
rests of suspects.
4. No retaliatory action on the
part of police is allowed against
Communist brutality.
5. Any policeman who violates
these rules will be quickly and im
partially investigated and any per
son found to be guilty will be
strictly punished.
Day Begins — At 5 p. m.
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Students and college staffers have been asked by the
campus beautification committee to steer clear of the
areas in black. If the campaign to keep walkers off
the grass is successful, the areas will be re-seeded later
in the year by the College Grounds Department,
By SID ABERNATHY
At 5 p. m. each afternoon the
business offices of the college close
their doors. The last labs are over.
The school settles down for its
daily rest.
But while the remainder of the
school sleeps, the nerve center still
functions—the Housing Office is
still open.
This office on the first floor of
Goodwin Hall -changes names as it
changes shifts. From 8 a. m. until
5 p. m. it is known as the Housing
Office, but at night it drops its
former identity and becomes the
Dean of Men’s Office.
Long distance telephone calls
are channeled through the office,
telegrams flow through i t s
Western Union wires, KK’s are
dispatched by the night housing
office chief, and the various
other school activities not spec-
i f i c a 11 y designated function
through the office.
After 5 p. m., 4-5014 becomes the
most frequently called telephone
number on the campus. For long
distance calls the man on duty
takes down the name of the party
being called and the operator leaves
her number.
T’he night man whirls the person
nel selector, locates the name and
jots down the room number. A yel
low slip is filled out with the full
information and a messenger, in a
matter of minutes, has this slip
either in the hands of the student
being called or behind his door
card.
The number of telephone calls
per night ranges from 10 up to
60 or more \Vith an average of ap
proximately 25 per night.
Some strange calls enter into
the nights work, sometimes caus
ing confusion but more often giv
ing the employees a good laugh.
There was the call from Chicago
by two men who had a bet as to
the name of the college, and the
operator in California who said
she couldn’t hold the line open
long enough for the party’s name
to be checked (which would have
taken less than a minute).
Late date seekers find the West
ern Union service especially con
venient. Here they can send tele
grams toward all points of the
compass. As one student said, “its
like leaves tossed about by autumn
winds, one is bound to come down
where it will be seen and appre
ciated.”
However, students are not al
ways on the sending end. Many
telegrams are received in the
office and delivered to students
throughout the night. As a rule,
they are not delivered off the
campus except in emergencies.
Friendly, slow talking, Ted
Cathey is in charge of the night
shift, and has been for the past
four years.
Working with him are seven stu
dents who are seldom found in the
office—they are usually out on
the campus delivering telegrams or
phone call notices.
At 12 midnight Ted goes home
and the doors of tfie office are
closed. The office, however, has
not ceased to function. Someone
is still in the office to take calls.
If a message has to be delivered,
the night man buzzes his partner
in Bizzell Hall.
The message is delivered as soon
as the man can get his clothes on.
The seven men alternate, each
spending one night per week in the
office.