The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 02, 1951, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 02, 1951, Image 1

Newspaper Page Text* ■HH 0. Ce^ er Co^ eg ! s\>xA- to '£• More Than 90% of ^()t^e v Station’s Residents Number 84: Volume 51 The Battalion What Are People Thinking About the UN? See Editorial, Page Two PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1951 Price Five Cents l) nderdog Hogs Okay; Seek End OfWinFamine ' By FRED WALKER Batt Sports Writer With only one conference win to their credit but still productive of more trouble than a cage of starv ing lions, the Arkansas Razorbacks will invade DeWare Field House tomorrow night to engage an Ag gie basketball team that- has re duced the Southwest Conference to a three-way possibility by defeat ing Texas, 32-29. For the third straight season the Porkers have been victims of over whelming early-season losses, but in seasons past they have rallied : to fight their way to a co-champ- | ionship of the SWC. This year the ;; situation—though similar—appears r to be even more critical. Injuriesi Costly c 1 Arkansas completely fooled the | experts when they came from no \ where to place in the finals of the I All-College Tournament in Oklaho ma City. Everything looked bright for the Razorbacks before New Years, but then injuries struck the team with, devastating force. Nev- \ Will Warm Up, Weatherman Predicts Today By Associated Press Texas’ historic week - long storm may end today, after giving the state another taste of Arctic cold. Forecasts called for rising temperatures this afternoon after more bitter weather during the night. Early Friday temperatures foil to record lows including 19 below zero at Dalhart in the Pan handle. Meanwhile there were these de velopments: • The lower Rio Grande Valley gave up its citrus and vegetable * crops as completely lost—and won- * dered if it could save the fruit trees. Some fruit trees w'ere be ing plowed up to make room for cotton plantings. Estimates on the citrus loss ranged up to $7,000,- w 000. • The death toll rose to 21 with discovery of an unidentified body behind a service station at Hidal go in the Valley. Scores of Val ley people fled filmsy homes for warmth in churches and schools which were kept open all night. • A vast area south of Houston and San Antonio was still locked in ice w r hich knocked out telephone and Western Union communication. Ham operators relayed emergency messages. • Fires again plagued the state. Latest was a $1,500,000 fire which destroyed a Southern Compress and Warehouse Company warehouse in Galveston Thursday. V! Former Resident Succumbs in Dallas Ben H. Ferguson, 47, former owner of the Campus Theatre, died Monday evening in a Dallas hotel after suffering a heart attack. Funeral services were held Wed nesday in Hamlin. Ferguson came to College Sta tion in 1947 from Dallas, whei;e he had lived since 1931. He was born in San Augustine and went to Hamlin with his parents at a young age. His father managed a theatre in that city. Ferguson is survived by his wife; two sons, R. S. Ferguson Jr. and T. W. Ferguson of Wichita Fallas; and a daughter, Mrs. Leon How of Albuquerque, N. M. or until now was Head Coach Pres ley Askew able to field his entire first team at one time. “Big Boys,” 6” 8” Bob Ambler and 7’ 0” sophomore demon Toar Hester, were the first to be side lined, and they were quickly fol lowed by Jack Hess, Ken Kearnes, Sammie Smith, Gene Lambert, Bob Williams and D. L. Miller. Most were leg casualties but reports from Fayetteville say “almost all of the boys have healed up and are ready to go. Hester Starts For Hogs The starting lineup for the Hogs will probably be Hester at center, Lambert and Ambler at forward and Hess and Miller on the guard posts. Points scored (entire sea son), for these men are 105, 50, 116, 114 and 126, to give them an average of 7.5, 3.3, 7.7, 7.6 and 8.5 respectively. Ambler is a doubt ful starter, but he is sometimes moved from his usual center posi tion to a forward post. In conference competition Hes ter has the best average 13.5 and is followed by Miller (8.0), Hess (7.0), Ambler (6.0) and Lambert (2.8). Williams, another guard, has a 4.8 average. , Impressive Record The Fayetteville quintet has al ways been a tough team for A&M or anyone else in the conference to conquer. They have never absorbed as many lickings from a SWC team as they have handed out. Texas, who comes closest, is on the short end of a 30-25 record. The Aggies are only one game away from having the worst record as the Hogs have taken 43 games from them while losing only 11. In 1945 Arkansas rolled into Colleg-e Station and whipped A&M by 59 points, 80-21. This was the second Worst beating any conference five has taken from the Red and White. Askew’s Future Some of the “old grads” have been yelling for Askew’s scalp this winter as a result of Arkansas’ (See ARKANSAS, Page 4) ' 110,000 Slated For April Draft Call Washington, Feb. 2—CP)— The Department of Defense called on Selective Service yesterday to sup ply 80,000 men for the Army in April. Calls for 80,000 men were is- ■' sued previously for January, Feb- ^ ruary and March. The draft re- ^ quests have totaled 530,000 men * since inductions were resumed last Fall. All have been for the Army. The Defense Department said the I Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force do not plan to draft any men in April. Work on a proposed legislation I/.'’to lower the draft ag-e to 18 and t extend the period of service from 21 to 27 months was at a tem porary standstill today. AFROTC Sets Two Courses For Next Fall Two new courses of spec ialization in communication and armament for advanced Air Force ROTO students will be offered in the 1951 Fall Semester, Major C. L. Thomas, AF public information officer said to day. The Communications program will include instruction in ground communications equipment similar to that now given in the present Signal Corps program. Airborne radio and radar equip ment operation will be taught in the junior year of the course. Also included in the junior curriculum will be air-ground systems, com munications logistics, communica tions construction, air operations, and aural-visual communications. During the senior year the course will include such topics as military administration, functions of the inspector general, military teaching methods, military law, and military management. Cadets pursuing a course of study in Electrical engineering or electrical physics will be eligible for the course. The other course to be added to the growing AF curriculum, Arma ment, will be concerned with rock ets, gunnery and bombing sys tems of trainer and combat air craft. Phases of the course are re lated to Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, and General Engineer ing. It is also related to such sciences as biology chemistry and physics. With the addition of these two new courses the advanced AFROTC curriculum at A&M will offer five of the six courses in the overall AFROTC program. Other courses currently being taught are Administration, Air In stallation and Aircraft Mainten ance Engineering. BSU Schedules Fireside Party A fireside party has been sche duled at the Baptist Student Union tomorrow at 7:30 p. m., according to Jimmy Ray, who will be master of ceremonies. The affair, will include food, fun and song, and Ray added, girls from Bryan have been asked to the get-together. Allies Gaining, Within 40 Miles 38th Parallel Tokyo, Feb. 2—{IP)—Allied forces pressed closer to the Han River today by chewing up, bit by bit, two Chinese Communist armies and dis eased elements of the North Ko rean Red army. Instead of patrol action, there were large numbers of U.N. troops only 10 miles south of the thawing Han, which skirts the age-old cap ital of Seoul. This placed the Allies 40 miles from the 38th Parallel in the ninth day of a limited offensive which had carried them 20 miles since Jan. 25, against enemy position which was weakening daily. An Eighth Army spokesman es timated that 6,650 Chinese and North Korean Communists had been killed by ground action be tween Jan. 25 and 31. Air reports listed casualties for that period at 1,442, but some may be duplica tions. Even so, there was a difference of military opinion as to whether the Allies have cracked the main enemy defenses, despite notable losses in manpower and shrinking morale among the Reds. In Washington there were re ports that high officials have de cided U.N. troops should stop at Parallel 38, presumably pending further efforts toward political settlement of the conflict. An Eighth Army spokesman de clined to confirm or deny the Washington report. Negro Entrance in TISA Favored by Student Senate Lucky Fish Great Issues Course Plans Five Speakers Five speakers for the Spring Semester Great Issues course have been announced by S. R. Gammon, chairman of the committee on Great Issues. Eric Sevareid, one of CBS lead ing news commentators, will speak Feb. 9 on “Washington versus the Country”. James C. O’Brien, of the Fed eral Security Agency, will discuss; “Manpower Resources in Time of National Emergency”, on Feb. 19. On March 7, Mrs. Vera M. Dean, Editor of The Foreign Policy As sociation’s publications and auth ority on international affairs, will discuss: The Next Phase in U. S. Foreign Policy.” William L. Shirer, noted Mutual Broadcasting Co. news commenta tor, will speak March 26, on: “Our Struggle for Survival.” Felix E. Larkin, Counsel for US Department of Defense, will discuss: “Our Current Defense Problem.” Two or three more speakers will be announced later Gammon con cluded. Escorted by J. Y. Parsons, Miss Pat Pennington is one of six beauties chosen as finalist in the race for Freshman Queen. The results of the selection committee will be made public at the Freshman Ball, Feb. 24 in Sbisa Hall, Brazos Underground One of six finalists for the title of Freshman Queen, Miss Gail Grissom will be escorted to the Freshman Ball Feb. 24 by John Stephens. The young lady hails front Abilene, Texas. Burrowing StafferRevea Is Sad Plight of Ground Hog By B. F. ROLAND Aren’t you glad you aren’t a ground-hoc 0 Silly question! Well, I thought so, too, until yesterday. Let me tell you what changed my mind. You may know how college news papers are about these off-breed holidays. They’re always trying to cook up some yarn about how Columbus didn’t really discover America or how Washington told a lie about the cherry tree. They even try to dream up some crazy tale to run on Mother-in- Laws Day, which as you all know comes the second Tueday of the fifth week in February every year but leap-year. Anyhow, I was working diligent ly in the office yesterday when the Coffman WillLead RE Week Forums By DEWEY C. EDWARDS Burton Coffman, minister of the Central Church of Christ of Hous ton, will be one of the 13 leaders to be on the campus during Reli gious Emphasis Week, Feb. 12-16, according to Gordon Gay, asso ciate secretary of the YMCA. Coffman will conduct forums from 4 to 5:30 each afternoon on the following topics: Monday, “Do Scientific Facts and the Bible Agree?”; Tuesday, “What Should a Student Get Out of Four Years of College?”; Wednesday, “What Makes a Person a Success?”; and Thursday, “Men and Women Rela- Burton Coffman tionships.” These four topics were selected by popular request by the students as determined in the re sults of an “Interest Locater” ques tionnaire that was distributed throughout the dorms. Each night at 9 p. m., Coffman will hold discussion groups on sub jects chosen by the individual groups. These will be operated on a come and go basis thereby let ting the students leave as they desire. Living in Dorm 14, Coffman will be available to the students of both 14 and dorm 17. The author of the “Love of God and Other Sermons” and several articles, Coffman was the main speaker at the Religious Empha sis Week in Commerce, Texas, in 1946, and also assisted here at A&M during the first Religious Emphasis Week held in 1942. Receiving his B. A. degree in 1927 from his hometown college, Abilene Christian, Coffman first taught school in Abilene. In 1931, he was the associate minister in a church in Wichita Falls. In 1934, he became the minister of the Church of Christ in Lawton, Okla homa. Then he serve as minister in Sherman, Texas for three years before coming to his present posi tion in Houston in 1938. Coffman has held successful re vivals in eleven states embracing many of the larger cities of the United States—Chicago, New Or leans, Birmingham, Columbus, Nashville, Memphis, Long Beach, Houston, Corpus Christ!, San An tonio, Dallas, Abilene, Lubbock, Albuquerque, Wichita, and others. managing editor beckoned to me. I laid aside my book of cross-word puzzles and hurried to his desk. “Tomorrow’s Ground Hogs’ Day,” he said to me. “Oh,” I remarked. Then I has tily added, “Going to celebrate?” He ignored my witticism. “You’re a wild-life major, aren’t you?” “Yes sir.” “Then go out and interview a ground-hog. Get the scoop. Find out if he expects to see his shad ow. And find out how true this story about him is?” “Yes sir,” I beamed. I appre ciated his faith in my mastery of my chosen field. “By the way, you might pick up an interview with him, too.” That’s how I came to be sitting cozily in a Brazos County burrow chatting with a gbound-hog. I in terviewed him like a good reporter. “I’ll bet you’re proud,” I ven tured after the formalities of an introduction. “Why?” he asked. “Well, you’ve got one whole day Aggie Record Album Debut Set for Feb. 19 The world premiere of the “The Songs of Texas A&M,’’ a record album of Aggie songs, will be held Monday Feb. 19 at 7:30 p. m. in Guion Hall, C. G. “Spike” White, assist ant dean of men for activities an nounced this morning. Mrs. Lil Munnerlyn, author of the “Twelfth Man”, Col R. J. Dunn, composer of the music for “The Spirit of Aggieland,” and Pinky Wilson, author of the “Aggie War Hymn” will be present at: the first public hearing of the album, White continued. The 1950 first albums were re corded on the A&M campus by the Aggie Band, the Singing Cadets, and the Aggieland Orchestra. Those who pui'chased the Aggie record collection at the premiere, where initial sales will he made, can have their albums autographed by the originators of the songs, the activities man said. Sales at the opening and in the dormitory areas will be made by eight salesmen chosen by the three recording groups. The album of favorite Aggie music on 78 rpm records will sell for $3 per set or $3.35 mailed any where, White concluded. out of the year named after you.” He didn’t seem to appreciate the honor. “So what?” he said. “Look at it from the other viewpoint. Here I am supposed to be the world’s most well-known weather- prophet.” “Yes.” “But what good does it do me? The U. S. Weather Bureau won’t even give me official recognition.” “Jealously,” I replied, “pure jeal ously.” “Perhaps.” The groundhog was pensive. “But look at the stigma I’ve got on my name. They say that if I look out of my hole and see my shadow, I duck right back in again.” “So I’ve heard.” I was trying to show I was very interested. “And what does that make me? A scairdy cat, that’s what. With a reputation like that, I could hardly face my children—if I ever had any. “Chances are if I could find a female groundhog tomorrow and she should happen to have a shad ow, too, I might crawl back in my hole and never come out. Tha-t’s right! I said girl. We ground-hogs don’t have a Kinsey. We’re just supposed to go around being scar ed of our shadows.” Thus it was that I found out the sad plight of the ground-hog. I returned to the office a changed man. The managing editor was waiting. He jumped up as I entered. “Will he see his shadow tomor row?” I looked at him apologetically and replied, “I forgot to ask him.” I didn’t like the look in his face so I hurriedly added, “He did tell me what a four-letter name of an Artie bird was. May I go back to my cross-word puzzle?” Weather Causes Dances’ Demise A&M’s pre-spring social sea son will be slightly delayed, it appeared late yesterday. For both ASABAB, the arch itects’ ball originally scheduled tonight, and the Freshman Ball, set for Saturday night, have been postponed due to unfavor able weather conditions. ASABAB will wait one week — till Feb. 9 — before taking off on its usual tangents. The Fish Ball has been postponed until Feb. 24, according to C. G. “Spike” White, director of Student Activities. Gets Unanimous Vote of Approval The Student Senate voted unanimously last night to instruct its TISA delegation to vote “yes” on the question of admitting Negro schools to the statewide college organ ization. This year’s Texas Intercollegiate Students Association convention will be held on the A&M campus March 16-17. The association, of which A&M is a charter member, is an Organization of Texas colleges designed to “foster better citizenship through vigorous student governments.” Last year the senators voted 15 to 9 in a stormy session to instruct its delegation to vote> negatively. The meeting last night ^ fri 1 Senators Seek Seating Switch For Basketball was in direct contrast, with the vote coming swiftly and with no op position voiced. Fuller Leads Fight Joe Fuller, parliamentarian of the Senate and also of the TISA, introduced the motion to instruct A&M’s delegation. Fuller had ini tiated action on the same motion last year, but unsuccessfully. “The TISA can no longer afford to ignore this opportunity for Southerners to solve their own problems without outside coercion,” Fuller told the Senate. “Already several member schools have in dicated they will support such a move at the convention. And al ready two schools—Texas Univer sity and Southern Methodist Uni versity—are teaching white and colored students.” “The trend seems to be for rec ognition of the Negro in Texas col leges. Delegates to the TISA con vention should act as a courageous, intelligent group of men and wom en and approve the entrance of Negro colleges into their associa tion.” Housing Situation OK Fuller cited several instances in which Negroes and whites had been entertained together on the A&M campus and said he had been told adequate housing could be provided Negro students attending the mid- March convention here. At the meeting last year, a senator told Fuller that a high college official ■claimed such housing and dining- facilities would be difficult to ob tain. Bill Moss, vice-president of the Senate, followed Fuller to the floor. Moss is now serving his second consecutive year as a senator. “Last year I voted against ad mitting Negroes,” he said. “Since (See TISA, Page 4) Draft Hysteria Blamed on Poor Federal Plans Austin, Feb. 2—(AP)— A Lubbock educator condemned the federal government yes terday for creating “a world of hysteria” among draft-age college students. Dr. D. M. Wiggins, president of Texas Tech, told the Senate Finance Subcommittee he’s not sure what future enrollment at Tech will be because of the "un certain” students. “In any group of youngsters ever was a victim of circumstances, it’s the group now in school,” Wig gins declared. “We’re operating in a world of hysteria which, in all tenderness, could have been avoid ed by some programming in Wash ington. “Universal military training would have at least given students an idea of what to look forward to.” These statements came in a hear ing on proposed school appi-opria- tions. Wiggins said Tech can’t operate on the $214 per student allowed by the Legislative Budget Board. He said a 20 per cent drop in en rollment war “couldn’t by any stretch of the imagination decrease by 20 per cent the cost of instruc tion.” A class would still need a pi’o- fessor even though enrollment might fall from 25 to 15, he ex plained. Wiggins also objected to itemized budgeting in the proposed appro priation. He asked the subcom mittee to return to the policy of lump appropriations, which he said makes for economy and flex ibility. Subcommittee Chairman Ottis Lock answered by referring- to “flagrant abuses” by some school administrations when given auth ority to switch funds from one use to another. A group of Student Senate members will soon meet with Athletic Director Barlow “Bones” Irvin to seek an ad justment in seating procedure for home basketball games. The Senate last night named its executive committee to meet with Irvin, after lengthy discussion on crowded conditions in DeWare Fieldhouse. Allan Eubank moved that a com mittee meet with the athletic di rector, asking that both sides of the gym be opened to all students, with roped-off areas for pay-at- the-door spectators. This, he said, would handle staff and faculty, vis iting students, and the local citi zenry. Joe Fuller asked that the execu tive committee be named to “take appropriate action.” Under the present seating arrangement, stu dents in uniform are required to sit on the South side of the gym nasium. A “senior section” for the gym was proposed, but was voted down. Coffee and Doughnuts In other actions at its regular monthly meeting, the Senate asked its MSC Council representative, Ferris Brown, to offer two recom mendations to the council. They were for an “improved quality of coffee” and for “coffee with cream, plus one doughnut for ten cents.” Only nine senators voted for a doomed motion to protest the cof- fee-with-cream hike from five to seven cents. The Senate decided to invite T. R. Spence, director of physical plants for the A&M System, to at tend the next meeting and explain the college’s “master building- plan,” in connection with the cam pus beautification drive. Election Set The election committee announc ed two forthcoming elections at tha meeting. The first, to be campus- wide, will be to decide to which country A&M’s foreig-n student scholarship will go. Three coun tries—Austria, Norway, and Ger many—will appear on the preferen tial ballot, with a blank left for write-ins. The vote will be taken Wednesday night. Another election will soon be scheduled in Dorm 8. Senator Bill Boddeker has moved from the dor mitory and, under Senate regula tions, must be succeeded by a resi dent of that dorm. Date for this election has not been set. Deadline Set At Feb. 10 For Vanity Fair Pies Various deadlines for sub mission of pictures and mak ing of reservations are draw ing near for the Aggieland ’51. Vanity Fair pictures, which will be judged by George Petty, must be submitted by noon on Saturday Feb. 10, Jim Modlin, associate edi tor of the annual said today. Pictures should be 5x7 glossy prints. Three shots ai-e required—• one full length formal shot, one bust shot, and one sports shot. Senior Favorites must also be turned in by Feb. 10. Fee for sub mitting a favorite is $1.50, the associate editor continued. Feb. 6 is the last day that cam pus organizations can reserve space in the yearbook and make arrange ments for pictures,

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