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The Battal ion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A. GREATER A&M COLLEGE
For Brighter Side
Of Current Cold Spell
See Page 3
Number 83: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1951
Price Five Cents
Cold Spell Hits
12 Degree Low;
Thaw Forecast
* A shivering low of 12 degrees above zero was recorded
for the Bryan-College Station vicinity last night as the Can
adian-born cold front entered its fourth day here.
Weather forecasts for this area have indicated no ice
thaws can be expected until Saturday although clear skies
with little or no precipitation are in sight.
Snow which pelted down on a heavy coating of ice did
little to help traffic conditions which were already hampered
by the slick ice. Rocks and sand were spread around traffic
light stops at the North Gate by city workmen to aid motor
ists in starting and stopping.
At 10 a.m. today the thermometer read 16 degrees and
indications were reported of colder^ —
weather before .the spell snaps Fri- -- ^ _
Levant Cancels
Guion Concert;
Doctor’s Orders
day or Saturday.
Firemen Called
; College Station firemen answered
a call at 1 a.m. this morning at the
Jftime of Norman Burkhalter on the
Easterwood Airport Road. Several
hundreds of dollars damage was
Vf'ine to flooring and brick work
mround the fireplace in the home.
V The floor had caught fire from
underneath and was blazing near
the fireplace when discovei'ed by
Burkhalter. Campus police and
others were on the scene to help
bring the small blaze under control.
Bryan Field Weather Station said
f this morning- clear skies prevailed
^tall the way to Amarillo giving good
assurance that no more rain, sleet,
or snow is in store for this area.
High temperature recorded yes-
r terday at the Main Station Farm
was 2.3 degrees while the minimum
yesterday was 19 degrees. Preci
pitation recorded for yesterday was
.10 inches.
Below Zero Elsewhere
Elsewhere, old Jack Frost con
tinued to hold his firm grip on
the weather conditions qf Texas by
sending another sheet of snow and
sleet over all parts of the state.
Hours before dawn today, the
temperature at cloudy Dalhart in
the Panhandle dropped to five de
grees below zero. Blowing snow
at Amarillo gave way to fairish
skies, ice crystals, and zero.
Snow, sleet, or freezing rain fell
from Dalhart across the state deep
into the already iced Lower Rio
(Grande Valley. The official fore-
Jcast promised a little relief by Fri
day afternoon. Thursday shaped
* up as another frozen day with more
snow or sleet. But the forecast
tM ield this promise: “Friday, not
(See BIG FREEZE, Page 3)
Rent Queries
Voiced in BAFB
Reactivation
Plans for reactivation of
the Bryan Air Force Base for
jet pilot training has brought
several objections from Bry
an people as to rises in rent,
Rep. Olin Teague charged Bryan-
Collegc Stationites.
Rep. Teague told Mayor Roland
Dansby of Bryan that unless im
mediate action was taken to curb
ID the reported increase in rent rates
v In Bryan and College Station, he
was sure the Air Force would see
' fit to alter a decision made recently
to reactivate the Bryan base.
^ The appropriation to reactivate
' the base, vacated by the Air Force
since 1945, was made along with
that of several other Texas bases
included in the $337,000,000 to be
spent by the Air Force in expand-
1 ing its training centers throughout
the United States.
v, Lester Kelly, manager of the
Bryan Chamber of Commerce, said
some efforts had been made to
track down the complaint or com
plaints voiced to Rep. Teague and
he believed the cases to be of no
serious nature.
“All real estate agents and the
real estate board don’t anticipate
any rise in rent prices due to the
* location of the base near Bryan,”
Kelly said.
! > “And if any such increases come
about, we will certainly do every
thing to hold the prices back to a
S' reasonable level for the Air Force
officers and their families,” he'add-
ed.
El Paso, Feb. I—(TP)—Os
car Levant, concert pianist
and radio actor, was en route
home to Hollywood yesterday
after becoming ill here Tues
day night and postponing several
Texas engagements.
Physicians ordered him. to bed
after he appeared Monday night
with the El Paso Symphony Or
chestra.
•
Oscar Levant’s concert in Guion
Hall has been postponed until mid-
April, Student Activities Director
C. G. “Spike” White announced
this morning. The concert was or
iginally set for Monday night.
White received a telegram from
Johnnie Evans, manager of Le
vant’s tour, late Wednesday. The
wire read as follows:
“Monday night Oscar Levant ap
peared here (El Paso) to sell-out
house with great acclaim, but re
gret advise impossible for him to
continue present tour.
“He is ill with virus bronchial
chest condition and intestinal flu,
making it necessary for him to re
turn home for complete convales-
ence. Therefore, the date with you
will have to be postponed for time
being.”
Levant became ill while in Hol
lywood, but still went to El Paso.
His condition became worse there,
however, and he was forced to
postpone six Texas appearances,
including Monday night’s show at
A&M and performances in Dallas
and Austin.
After receiving the telegram
from Levant’s manager, White hur
riedly placed a call to the enter
tainer’s booking agency in New
York City. The agency promised
that Levant would complete his
Texas tour sometime in the middle
of April.
Faculty for Dairy
Conference Named
2 The conference faculty for Dairy
* Manufacturers’ conference to be
held here Feb. 14 and 15, has
been named.
Pres. M. T. Harrington will de
liver the welcoming address and
will stress the 75th anniversary,
now being observed by the college.
/ The faculty is composed of lead-
1 ing dairymen and men connected
with the daily industry from over
the United States,
Joint A&M-TU
Sportsmanship
Talked at Meet
(Editor’s Note—The following
report was written for The Bat
talion by Bill Parse, president of
the Student Senate. Parse was a
member of the committee that
went to Austin two weeks, ago
for the meeting with representa
tives of Texas University.)
A special committee of the Stu
dent Senate met with a group of
Texas University students and of
ficials on Jan. 17 to try to im
prove relations between the two
schools. It was the feeling of both
groups that unless steps are taken
soon, a student might be seriously
injured or possibly killed.
A major purpose of the meeting
was to inform the Texas group of
the personal property loss incurred
by members of our student body on
the Corps trip to Austin and to
detennine what measures could be
taken to rectify the loss.
It was the unanimous feeling of
both groups that the property
should be returned or satisfactory
financial adjustment should be pro
vided for the students.
The Texas delegation informed
us of the loss of several trophies
from their fraternity houses and
of the damage done by painting to
some of their buildings by our stu
dents. They, too, felt that the loss
should be rectified.
A sportsmanship committee will
be set up by both schools to try to
insure that such occurrences will
not happen in the future.
Other delegates making the trip
to Austin included Chairman Joe
Johnson, Bill Cornish, Dan Davis,
Dean W. L* Penberthy, and Major
W. B. Wood.
Another meeting of the joint
group will be held on. Feb. 20.
Lucky Fish
Ag Gagers Throttle TU
Five 32-29 to Set SWC
Cage Race in 3-Way Tie
Dallas is the home of Miss Jean Roberts, one of
six finalists selected for Freshman Queen. The
beauties will be presented Saturday night at the
annual Freshman Ball to be held in Sbisa.
Miss Ann Ashcraft,
lovely from Sulpher
Springs, is Joe Williamson’s candidate for Fresh
man Queen. Miss Ashcraft is one of the six
finalists to be presented at the Freshman Bali
this Saturday night.
By RALPH E. GORMAN
Sports News Editor
Coach John Floyd’s cagers turned the
tables on Coach Jack Gray’s Longhorns last
night in DeWare Field House, defeating them
32-29 to set up a three-way tie for Southwest
Conference cage honors.
It was ball control at its best and the
Smokers Contest to Feature
All Kinds of Nicotine Users
By ROGER COSLETT
Harken, all you slaves of the
weed, to the glad tidings.
Nqt many weeks hence (to be
exact Feb. 28, in the MSG As
sembly Room) the leaf of para
dise will send its soothing smoke
curling skyward.
So dig out those briars, stokers
and corncobs and exercise those
lungs in the art of inhaling. Prac
tice diligently on your cigarette
rolling and smoke ring blowing
because these skills can bring
you a host of prizes in this year’s
annual Battalion Pipe Smoking
Contest.
The contest, which for the sec
ond time is being co-sponsored by
the Memorial Student Center,
swings into its fourth year of
existence on the A&M campus. In
past years it was held in the
YMCA Chapel.
Phases of the contest will be
similar to those of last year and
will include large bowl, medium
Architects Aivait
Fun at ASABAB
By HPLAR NAMROG
Maybe you’ve had reason to won
der what is to be the most current
doing (or undoing) within the
caste of people who occupy the up
per regions of the Academic
Building.
Yes, we mean the Architects.
Stop any Architect or disappoint
ed civil engineer and let him extoll
•the wonders and phenomena which
will be yours to behold and enjoy
at the annual ASABAB Friday
night at 8 p.m. in Sbisa.
Sure, your next question is what
th’ $/$%&?* is ASABAB?
Grab your nearest pencil and pa
per and jot this down so that it
may be tattooed on your forearm,
lest you sin again.
The Architecture Society’s An
nual Beaux Art Ball is the name
of the event that will occur, take
place, or just plain happen tomor
row night here on our campus and
if you feel like the ultimate in
down-to-earth fun, then you would
not miss ASABAB.
Each year there is a theme upon
which the plans, costumes, and dec
orations are based and this year
ASABAB i s evolving around
“Heaven ’n’ Hell.”
Look at that title and you can
tell that ASABAB is not fit for
man nor beast, but is solely for ar
chitects.
Sure, you can come out even
though you’re not an architect, just
so long as you can rake up the
$1.50 stag or drag, but be sure
that you are well acquainted with
at least two regular members or
anything might and possibly will
happen.
Music will be furnished by a com
bo of North Texas students who
have recently played with Ray Mc
Kinley’s orchestra.
After ASABAB is over and done
with Friday night and all you have
is fond memories and wistful hope
that you will be around for another
year of such refinement the Archi
tects’ Wives Club is throwing,
Beaumont Club
Offers Scholarship
The Beaumont Farm and Ranch
Club is making available a $250
scholarship to a junior or senior
in the school of agriculture, ac
cording to Dean of Agriculture
Charles N. Shepardson.
The scholarship is available to a
student from the five-county area
of Hardin, Jefferson, Chambers,
Liberty and Orange.
Application blanks are available
in Dean Shepardson’s office. They
must be filled in and filed by Sat
urday. The award will be made on
the basis of scholastic record and
financial need.
pitching, and giving a buffet sup
per for all those who attend the
gala affair.
The supper will feature the reg
ular buffet style of food V serv
ing and will be at the Brazos
County A&M Clubhouse free to all
those in costume for ASABAB.
ASABAB i s brought about
through the cooperation of the
members of the Architecture So
ciety and the students handle eve-
rything about the ball.
This year finds Jack Stansbury
and Frank Welch serving as chair
man in charge of planning for
ASABAB; Milton Patterson as dec
orations chairman, while Tom
Smith and Dusty Thomas are co-
chairmen of the publicity commit
tee.
The presence of freshmen on the
campus this year has enabled the
first year architects to help in the
planning and decorating for the
first time in five years and they
are lauded for their assistance by
those in charge.
bowl, small bowl, miniature bowl
and metal bowl competition. There
will be a section of the contest
for the calabash and churchwarden
types of pipe also.
The object in the pipe smoking
contest will be to keep the pipe
lit as long as possible.
There will be a special section
set aside for professors and in
structors only. Cigar smoking as
well as pipe smoking will be in
cluded in the profs section.
An open section in the cigar
smoking contest which will be open
to other than profs. The person
who smokes his cigar the longest
will be declared the winner of the
event.
Dukes and Bull Durham fans
will get a chance to demonstrate
their skill in the amateur division
of the cigarette rolling contest. In
the professional division of this
contest the participants will be re
quired to roll their own from a
rougher cut tobacco. All those who
have rolled their own will under
stand why rolling rough-cut takes
professional skill.
Included also in the general con
test will be smoke ring blowing,
corn cob smoking and special pri
zes to persons entering the best
pipe collection.
Prizes will include tobacco, pipes,
cigarette and pipe lighters and cig
arettes. Prizes last year totaled
upwards of $150.
The contest will be open to men,
women and students connected with
the college. An entry blank will
appear in The Battalion soon.
Yes, women are eligible to en
ter and, if enough do enter, a
special section will be set aside for
them. So come on you nicotine
slaves—get ready. By the way,
anyone got a cigarette—and a
match ?
Aggieland to Play
At Sophomore Ball
The Aggieland Orchestra will be
on the bandstand in the MSC when
the annual Sophomore Ball begins
at 8:30 p. m., Sat., Feb. 17.
Headlining the entertainment for
Mothers March
Against Polio
Is Postponed
The Mother’s March On
Polio, scheduled to be one of * n — one t ^ ie in formal at
tire, one dressed in sports apparel,
the final efforts in attaining
the 1951 March of Dimes cam
paign goal of $9,500, was
stopped short by the weather last
night, as impending snow and ice
kept the volunteers in their homes.
Bob Cain, publicity chairman for
the Brazos County dimes drive, said
this morning plans were being
rriade to reschedule the campaign
for early next week.
The January 31 deadline has
been extended, he pointed out, and
therefore ample time will be allow
ed to finish collecting money that
is still out as well as holding the
Mother’s march.
The county-wide house-to-house
canvass was to be held between the
hours of 7 and 8 p.m. last night and
will probably be at the same time
when a new date is set.
The hundreds of workers who
volunteered to cover every part of
the county, will stop at the places
where a porch light is burning—
signal of a willing donor.
People living in College View
have been asked by college authori
ties to not place any kind of light
on their home due to the fire haz
ard, but workers in that area will
be on the lookout for old shoes,
ties, or other symbols placed on
the doors.
Cain also said the fund was lag
ging- by a large margin. He asked
that residents of Brazos County
consider the matter fully and give
freely when the workers come
around.
The new date for the Mother’s
march will be announced soon, he
added.
Feb. 12-16 Inclusive
Dr. William
Is Principal
By CURTIS EDWARDS
M. Elliott, Jr.
RE Speaker
the evening will be the presenta
tion of the Sophomore Class
Sweetheart. Four young lovelies
will be selected from the pictures
turned in to Joe Blanchette, class
treasurer and chairman of the
sweetheax-t selection committee, and
the final selection will not be made
public until the dance.
“There is still plenty of time to
submit entries for the sweetheart
selection and those caring to do so
may turn in photos to me in dorm
10, room 304, or to the city edi
tors desk in The Battalion office,
second floor Goodwin Hall,” Blan
chette added.
Three pictures should be turned
Aggies exhibited a defense stronger than
Dewey’s at Manila to deny the TU cagers
their expected victory and knock them from
their perch as an unbeaten conference team.
Buddy Davis, A&M’s 6’ 8” top contender
for all-Conference center was virtually the
star of the game as he dropped three field
goals through the net and counted five for
five in the free-throw division.
+ But that wasn’t all that the big
eager did during the evening for
he cleaned the backboards again
and again with circus catches to
chalk up 13 rebounds to his credit,
while at the same time covering
TU’s No. 3 Scoring Ace Joe Ed
Falk like a blanket of snow to hold
him to six small points.
And while doing all this Davis,
who heretofore has hit the personal
foul column three to five times in
and one head shot. Pictures should
be black and white if possible but
colored photos will be accepted.
The deadline for submitting en
trants is Feb. 10.
Tickets will go on sale Feb. 1 in
all dorms. Dick Young, chairman
of the ticket sales committee, says
that each dorm, including the non
corps dorms, has a representative
to sell tickets. No tickets will be
sold at the door.
The decorations committee, head
ed by Gene Steed, class student
senate representative, met with
Miss Ann Hilliard, social and ed
ucational director of the MSC, and
preparations were discussed con
cerning the decoration of the MSC
ballroom and banquet room. Thq
starlight terrace will be opened to
the dancers providing the weather
is clear.
Other committees include the
program committee headed by O.
C. Putter Jarvis, class president;
guest committee headed by Pat
LeBlanc, class secretary; refresh
ment committee headed by James
Upmore, class parliamentarian and
publicity committee headed by Al
len Pengelly, class social secre
tary.
each game, was guilty of only one
error throughout the evening.
All-conference guard Jewel Mc
Dowell was a star in his own
rights, as was Bobby Farmer, John
DeWitt, and Marvin Martin. Mc
Dowell picked up nine points for
the evening’s work and scored from
all the areas of the court.
Farmer
Before the
a Hunch
umbia Theological Seminary. Since
moving to Dallas, he has been a
Dr. William Elliott
His education is highlighted by de- " ie,llber of the Board of Austin
grees received in the following or- Goiiege.
der: B. A., Park College, Mo. 1925; In addition to being a widely
B. D., Presbyterian Theological heard speaker in the meetings of
Seminary, Kentucky, 1928; Ph. D., the Presbyterian General Assemb-
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, ly, he is also a member of the
1938; D. D. (honorary), Davidson General Assembly’s Board of
College, North Caroline, 1937; L. World Missions and in the winter
H. D., Park College, 1949. of 1946-47, he spent four months
Dr. Elliott’s ministerial career with Dr. C. Darby Fulton in sur-
consists of instructing homiletics veying Mission work in China, Jap-
and church history of the Presby- an and Korea,
terian Seminary in 1929-30, and Before coming to A&M, Dr. El-
pastorates in Presbyterian churches liott will be speaking at the New
of Knoxville, Tenn. and Atlanta, Life School of Preaching in Kansas
Georgia. He came to the Highland City, Missouri. Upon leaving A&M,
Park church in 1944. he will go to Queen’s College,
Under the sponsorship of the Charlotte, North Carolina to speak
Federal council of churches Dr. there.
AF Contracts
Now Available
Air Force ROTC adminis
tration and logistics contracts
unavailable a t registration
earlier this week are now
available for qualified juniors
and for qualified seniors under a
special plan, Col. E. W. Napier,
PAS&T, announced this morning.
Authorization for the new con
tracts was received by wire from
Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters
this morning.
All seniors, veteran and non-vet
eran, who meet all qualifications,
may be placed under contract for
the remainder of their academic
work, attend summer camp after
graduation, and receive reserve
Twelve other specialists of var- Elliott has given radio messages,
_ ied backgrounds will be brought in conducted preaching missions, and
Dr. William M. Elliott, Jr., auth- j^y the YMCA and the college to spoke at pastor’s schools on var-
or, speaker and pastor of the High- conc i uc t forums from 4 to 5:30 each ious occasions.
land Park Presbytenan Church of afternoon and discussions each Included in his sneakine exner- • . , -.r • ,, ,
Dallas, will be the principal speak- night in the dormitory lounges, j en ces are the colleges and uni c0mnilssl0ns ’ ^° • ^ Ta P ier added -
er each morning oi Religious Em- savs Gordon Oav associate seere 1C .f. aie j, co . ue ® es a , ari1
nhasis Week on the A&M Cammis f y * vwwv associate secie versities of Washington and Lee,
!v i9 n i°. ncbl ta ^y of the YMCA Duke, Agness Scott, Maryville,
I eb. 12-16, inclusive. Classes will be dismissed for Dr. Georgia, Southern Methodist, Van-
Elliott s morning services according derbilt and Austin,
to the following schedule: 10 to 11 . . + n n
on Monday and Tuesday, 11 to 12 Be f + ore to Balla A s - Dl '
on Wednesday and Thursday, and Elliott was director on the Agness
at 9 on Friday morning. S f “ Calle ^ Boa i; d ai ? d chairman
The author of three books of ser- oi the Board of Directors ol Col
mons, Dr. Elliott has a vast educa
tional and practical background.
Contracts for juniors are being
given under the regular conditions
as before, he said.
Juniors and Seniors interested in
further information or in making
application may see Maj. A. B. Cur
rie in room 19, Ross Hall.
Weather Changes
Picture Schedule
Club pictures scheduled to be
taken today and tomorrow for
Aggieland ’51 will be taken at
the same time and same place on
Thursday and Friday of next
week, Roy Nance, Aggieland
editor announced this morning.
Scheduled for Feb. 8:
5:05 Amarillo Club
5:20 Fort Worth Club
5:30 Business Society
Scheduled for Feb. 9:
5:20 Beaumont A&M Club
game A&M Cage
Mentor Floyd said that he was
starting Farmer, who is usually a
substitute, on a hunch—and be it
known that over 4000 howling and
cheering fans agreed that the
“hunch” paid off.
And these same fans who had
braved mid winter snow to jam
DeWare Field House to its capacity
were thankful for that hunch and
the beautiful play at the hands of
the Cadets.
Long Time Since . . .
For it’s been longer than most
people around here can remember
(our apology to the seven and
eight year men) since the Maroon
clad cagers emerged victorious over
the Orange and White team from
Austin. For the records, the last
time that it happened was Feb. 6,
1946, when the Ag'gies downed the
’Horns 50-44 in the same surround
ings.
The game last night was but ten
seconds old when Davis counted for
the Cadets with a fast breaking
crip shot, followed a minute later
by Falk’s field goal to tie the
score in the opening stages of the
game.
The Aggies led again when Mc
Dowell made good on his only free
throw opportunity for the evening,
and the lead changed when Don
Klein meshed the net for a TU
score.
Both teams see-sawed over the
court for the next five minutes,
utmost, each waiting for the other
team to make the blunder that
would spell a score for their own
quintet.
DeWitt Shines
A&M’s DeWitt, who played an
alert forward post throughout the
game, saw the first miscue and
broke through the offense to steal
the basketball and charge down the
court uncontested to set the Ca
dets in the lead, 6-5.
Gray’s cagers gained a two point
margin again, only to lose it again
when the College Station quintet
moved into the victor’s circle on
Davis’ charity shot and the score
was 9-8, a lead that was never re
linquished.
Ags Lead At Halftime
Then McDowell scored twice,
once from 25 feet out on a set
shot, Martin tallied on a field goal
and Davis got another gift toss to
lead the Longhorns 16-11 at half
time, as Frank Womack and George
(See DAVIS, Page 5)
French Named To
Defense Committee
Dr. C. Clement French, dean of
the college, has been named to the
Southern Regional Defense Pro
grams Committee of the Board of
Control for Southern Regional Ed
ucation.
Purposes of the committee are
to gain information on ways in
which colleges and universities in
the South may best serve the de
fense effort and inform institutions
in the South of procedure in such
matters and the types of services
needed.
The committee plans to have at
least part time representatiion in
Washington for liaison with gov
ernment agencies. It will let the
government agencies know of the
facilities available in the South
and will inform the institutions of
the services needed by the govern
ment.