The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 26, 1951, Image 1

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Who’s Who at Texas A&M
1). I,. “Dave” Cosiest
D. D. “Douj;” Ileame
Don R. Joseph
Dare K. Keelan
A. D. Martin, Jr.
Ray Kiinze
M. W. “Bill” Parse
Walter H. Tanamaehi
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More Than 90% of
College Station’s Residents
Number 100: Volume 51
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1951
White House for Sale;
Piece by Piece, That Is
See Story, Page 2
Price Five Cents
Cadets Clinch First Title Share in 28 Years
Prizes Worth $250 Await
Pipe-Smoking Contestants
I!y ROGER COSLETT
■ Things will get off to a flaming
start at 7 p.m. Wednesday, in the
MSG Assembly room, as smokers
strike the matches that will touch
off competition for almost $250
worth of prizes in the Annual Bat
talion Pipe Smoking Contest.
■ Entry deadline has been extend
ed until contest time Wednesday.
Every person who enters is bound
to leave the smoking fray with
something.
I Judging the competition will be
C. G. “Spike” White, director of
student activities; John Cummings,
terror of the Chemistry Depart
ment, D. E. “Buck” Newsom, in
structor in the Journalism Depart
ment; A. D. Martin, cadet corps
tpmmander and “Nita” of Nita’s
News Stand.
I Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of Arts
and Sciences, is being considered
as chairman of the judges. All
were chosen for what special
skill they could add to the con
test.
Chem prof Cummings will be on
hand to make certain no dangerous
concoctions are dispersed in the
air by the smoke that is expected.
It is believed he will conceal a de
vice in his mustache for the detec
tion of chemicals that slow down
the burning of tobacco.
He says all who invoke his
wrath will be disqualified. Accord
ing to some men who have sat
through his classes and had Cum-
ming’s screaming banshees des
cend upon them, disqualification is
kind.
Referee White, with dark glasses
and seeing eye dog, will be present
to maintain the rules of the game.
Corps Commander Martin will
assure that things are run in a
military manner. He promises
to use brawn rather than brain
to accomplish this.
Nita will add the woman’s touch
to the contest by being chief to-
Gilchrist To Study
System ‘Overlaps’
fl Chancellor G'ibb Gilchrist re
ceived permission from the A&M
System Board of Directors Satur
day to closely study the schools
of the system, determining wheth
er or not they have veered from
original mandates and aims set
forth by the state.
H Explaining the movement undei'-
way in the Legislature to “bring
about a clear definition of func
tions of the various state schools,
having in mind to avoid wasteful
duplication and too much repeti
tion, especially in those fields of
study which are most expensive,”
the chancellor personally request
ed the board's approval,
v; . He said he would work closely
with officials of other schools and
with the Legislative Council’s com
mittee which is studying these
problems of higher education.
Uncoordinated System
A sprawling, uncoordinated sys
tem of public higher education
exists in Texas, the research staff
has told the Legislative Cuncil.
The council, meeting in the Mem
orial Student Center Dec. 14, rec
ommended a Board of Regents to
oversee all state-supported col
leges.
% The board would be composed of
nine members, with staggered
six-year terms, appointed by the
governor and confirmed by the
Senate.
Shivers Opposes
’ |. Although Gov. Allan Shivers has
said he is opposed to such a board,
a bill to create the group of re
gents will possibly be placed be
fore the Legislature this spring.
The recommendation made in the
meeting on the A&M campus was
a tentative one. It was made by
the council, then submitted for
consideration of an advisory com
mittee composed of outstanding
educators, business and profes
sional men of the state. John New
ton, former vice-president of the
A&M System Board of Directors,
is a member of the committee.
No Statewide Plan
Before adopting the recommend
ation, the Council heard its com
mittee report “ . . . there emerges
a picture of an expanding higher
education without thq benefit of
a statewide plan.
“Each institution, seeking to ex
pand its program and course offer
ings in order to be more useful,
must often duplicate expensive and
highly technical work offered else
where.”
There are 53 institutions of pub
lic higher education in Texas, con-
trolled by 40 different boards. The
proposal of one supervisory (board
was made after a five-month study
by the research staff of the Legis
lative Council.
bacco whiffer. They say women
are enchanted by the aroma of pipe
tobacco and Nita has sniffed her
share as thousands of Aggies have
crowded into her small news stand
to browse her “educational” liter
ature or exchange a few words
with her over a coke.
D. E. “One-Column” Newsom,
Oklahoma’s gift to journalism,
will represent the famed “fourth
estate” at the fag fiesta. He will
enforce the rules of the contest
by gently tapping offenders on
their heads with his pica pole.
Di\ Abbott is being called upon
to act as Chairman of the judges
because of the fine experience he
(See PIPE-SMOKING, Page 4)
Board Re-Elects White;
Bell Is Vice-President
By DEAN REED
Election of officers, the letting
of contracts totaling $640,192.61
for construction, and a report from
E. E. McQuillen, director of the
A&M Development Fund, topped
the A&M System Board of Direc
tors’ agenda in its meeting here
Saturday.
George R. White, ranchman and
banker from Brady, was re-elected
president of the board. Tyree L.
Bell, Dallas engineer, was chosen
vice-president, succeeding John W.
Newton, whose term on the board
has expired.
E. L. Angell, assistant to the
chancellor, was re-elected secretary
of the board.
White is now in his twenty-fifth
year as a board member, beginning
his first term in 1926. He has serv-
Black, Adams File
For Council Ballot
By JOEL AUSTIN
Two new names were added to
the list of men seeking positions
on the College Station City Coun
cil this weekend as the list of
candidates grew to six with more
expected by city officials before
the March 3 deadline.
Homer Adams was the third
candidate to file for the Ward I
post while G. W. Black, incum
bent councilman from Ward II,
announced his intention to run for
re-election.
Adding his name to the list of
candidates from the South side
ward, Adams will be listed on the
ballot with J. W. O’Brien, running
for his first municipal elective of
fice, and Howard W. Badgett,
Ward I councilman running for
re-election.
Black Opposes Boyer
In the College Hills section of
town, Harry Boyer of the college
Housing Office and Black, owner
of Black’s Pharmacy at the East
G’ate, are listed on the records at
the City Hall as sole opponents
thus far.
Incumbent W. D. Fitch, is the
only candidate from the Ward III
area composed of the North Gate
and areas North of the campus.
With Saturday the last day for
candidates to file for the April
3 election, council aspirants will
have 30 days in which to campaign.
As set by State regulations, the
polls will open at 8 a. m. and
close at 6 p. m. on the day of the
election. Although balloting places
have not been announced, the City
Council appointed L. E. Boze, prin
cipal of A&M Consolidated High
School, election judge for the elec
tion.
Requirements For Office
To file for office, one must be
a resident of the Ward for whose
council post he wishes to run, must
be of legal age, but need not be
a property owner.
It is the duty of the councilmen
to establish the policy of the three
wards and to promote the general
welfare of the City of College
Statiion.
The Ward I area includes Oak-
wood addition, College Park, and
West Park additions. Ward II is
comprised of the College Hills sec
tion east of Highway 6 and south
of farm road 60. The rest of the
city, including the campus, is in
Ward III.
ed as president since 1944 and has
been re-elected each two years
since.
Only one standing committee will
be used by the board this term. It
will be the executive committee,
composed of Bell, chairman; Rufus
Peeples, C. C. Krueger, and A. E.
Cudlipp.
Other committees will be named
and formulated as the need occurs.
These groups will then be dismiss
ed when their work is completed.
The only special committee now op
erating is the building committee.
La Motte to Speak
On Sportswriting
Clyde La Motte, former sports
editor of the Houston Post and cur
rent Houston Press staff writer,
will speak on sports and sports
writing tomorrow night at 7
in Rooms 2A and 2B of the MSC.
His talk will be sponsored by the
Journalism Club.
The Houston journalist will also
speak on other phases of newspa
per writing* including work that
found him covering such major sto
ries as the Texas City Disaster.
College Sells ‘Sir Doug’
A&M recently sold a registered
Holstein-Friesian bull, “A g t e x
Ormsby Canary Sir Doug,” to Carl
Edmonds or Mt. Enterprise, Texas.
The sale was announed by the Hol
stein - Friesian Association o f
America, Brattleboro, Vt.
March 3 Deadline
To File on Ballot
March 3 has been set as the
last day for candidates to file
for positions on the ballot for
city councilmen in the April 3
municipal election, Assistant
City Secretary Ran Boswell an
nounced this morning.
Previously announced as
March 5, Boswell said an error
has been made in setting the
deadline which is required to
come 30 days before the elec
tion.
Krueger is chairman, with Peeples
and Bell as committeemen.
Construction contracts for $640,-
192.61 were approved by the board
during its meeting. This amount
covers buildings for the entire sys
tem, with appropriations of $841,-
875 for the construction program.
Major building . decisions for
A&M will include an addition to
the Physics Building, repairs to
steam tunnels, waterproofing and
re-setting stone on the Petroleum
Engineering Building, and sewer
pressure lines at the A&M Ad
junct, summer pre-college camp at
Junction.
The Physics Building addition
was let to E. B. Snead of Austin,
subject to receipt of a statement
confirming his financial status
from a Certified Public Account
ant. The board appropriated $227,-
678 from proceeds of permanent
university fund bonds for the ad
dition.
Needs Room
“Right now much of our physics
activities are in Pfeuffer Hall,” T.
R. Spence, director of physical
plants for the A&M System, told
board members. “The need for the
Physics Building addition is ur
gent.”
Upon request of Dr. M. T. Har
rington, A&M president, the Man
agement Engineering Department
was changed by the board to the
Industrial Engineering Depart
ment.
(See DEPARTMENT, Page 4)
Ag Cagers ‘Freeze ’ Rice,
45-42; Meet Texas Tuesday
UN Routs Reds
As Infantrymen
Slog Forward
Toyko, Feb. 26—(TP)—Uni
ted Nations infantrymen slog
ged forward up to three miles
today over the muddy moun
tains of the central Korean
front against spotty resistance.
The Reds were withdrawing to
escape an allied trap. It was “a
virtual rout” in the words of Lt.
Gen. Edward M. Almond, Tenth
Corps commander.
But in the mountains ahead the
Reds were dug in strongly. They
reinforced their defenses also on
the Far Western front around bat
tered Seoul where two U. N. pa
trols were beaten back ,by heavy
fire.
From the north, the heaviest
traffic in weeks was spqtted roll
ing southward under cover of dark
ness, bringing new reinforcements
and supplies.
One segment of the creeping ad
vance by the 100,000-man allied
force on the 60-mile central front
was stopped dold by two counter
attacking Chinese battalions. The
Chinese put up the fight, to keep
U.N. forces from straddling a lat
eral road west of Honegsong.
Hoengsong, 50 miles east of Seoul,
is the mid-section on the mired
central front.
The slowdown in the allied ad
vance came as General Almond
announced his Tenth Corps had de
stroyed the immediate effectiveness
of two North Korean corps that
drove on Chechon last week.
“We believe the Fifth Corps is
out of food and ammunition,” Al
mond said, “and that the shiny
new Third Corps—the hell pounded
out of them—doesn’t have many
soldiers left.”
A &M-TUTickets $1;
Must Buy In Austin
Tickets for the TU-A&M bas
ketball game will sell for $1
each. There, is a possibility of a
sellout and Aggies are urged to
get to Austin early for a good
seat. The Fish game starts at 6
p.m. with varsity tip-off time
set at 8 p.m.
By FRED WALKER
Batt Associate Sports Editor
The Aggies wrote a new page of history in the annals of
Texas A&M and the Southwest Conference Saturday night.
By defeating Rice 45-42, they brought, for the first time
in 28 years, at least a tie for the SWC basketball crown
home to College Station.
John Floyd’s No. 1 national defensive leaders will at
tempt to write the final paragraph in their historical chap
ter when they meet the potent Longhorns in Austin tomorrow
night.
A victory over the Steers would end the conference
struggle and send the Aggies into the NCAA playoffs with
the Pacific Coast Conference champs at Kansas City.
It was a rough-and-tumble contest all the way with Rice
using some shrewd tactics to send the Aggies from the floor
with five fouls.
The Owls sent in two men who had played very little
this season, in an attempt to get A&M to foul. It proved to
be a shrewd move for Buddy Davis, John DeWitt and Marvin
Martin each committed five per
sonals.
Except for one free throw, that
was the last point the Owls made
for five minutes. During that per
iod Aggie ace center Walt Davis
scored four field goals, flashy lit
tle Raymond Walker looped an
other and the unsurpassable Jewell
McDowell added three points.
Rice Couldn’t Score
With less than six minutes gohe
in the game, the Aggies were lead
ing the Owls by 10 points, 13-3.
For the next nine minutes Rice
made up jts mind to get back in
the game. McDermott and Mc
Dowell traded field goals, and af
ter Jim Gerhardt connected with
a liberty, forward Charles Tighe
added three to the Owl’s column.
McDermott got two More, and
with the clock reading 8:34, Rice
trailed only five points, 10-15.
That Rice margin was their clos
est in the first period. After Mai*-
tin and Gerhardt each made char
ities, Davis poured through a
field goal and McDowell dropped in
a free throw.
Teamplay stood out first as the
A&M quint worked like a ma
chine. No man, with the possible
exception of Jewell McDowell
loomed higher than the next.
5,000 Fill Stands
Nearly 5,000 fans, the largest
contingent to witness a Rice con
test this season, flowed into the
great Rice Field House to see an
upset-happy Owl quintet try to
slap the loop-leading Ags from
their perch. What followed was
hardly expected.
The Maroon and White on
slaught in the first half was terri-
(See OWLS CLOSE, Page 4)
ED Competition
For Freshmen
Slated April 28
All students registered in
freshman drawing courses
are eligible for prizes offer
ed in the annual engineering
drawing contest to be held
April 28, B. A. Hardaway, instruct
or of Engineering Drawing, said
yesterday.
“Our purpose in announcing the
contest so far in advance” Harda
way said, “is to stimulate interest
and effectiveness of work among
all students in the department
rather than merely a select few.”
Contestants may compete in any
one of four types of drawing: an
instrumental working or shop
drawing, free hand lettering, a
freehand pictorial drawing, or the
solution of a descriptive geometry
problem.
Prizes for first, second, and
third place winners will be pro
vided and awarded publicly.
' The contest has been held for
many years and usually the win
ning drawings are exhibited as a
feature of All-College Day Engin
eering Drawing exhibit.
Plans for the contest are in
charge of the committee from the
ED department compased of S. E.
Staik, chairman, S. M. Cleland, B.
C. Doggctt, and B. A. Hardaway.
Fish Finally Dance; Beauties Abound
By GEORGE CHARLTON
The Class of ’54 got its long-
awaited chance to gallivant around
the campus this weekend, the oc
casion being the annual Fish Ball
and the two days off-duty includ
ing an All-College Dance in the
MSC Friday night.
It was one of the few times dur
ing the year when the “bars had
been lowered,” and also one of the
few times when freshmen could
sport the traditional “beautiful
first classmen’s date” in front of
envious upperclassmen.
Friday night at 9, strains of dan-
ceable music provided by the Ag
gieland Combo announ«ed the be
ginning of an All-College Dance in
the MSC Ball Room, honoring
freshmen, their dates, and campus
married couples. After 12 p. m.
when the dance ended, members of
the MSC Dance and Publicity Com
mittees which were co-sponsoring
it, could easily say that the dance
had been one of the most success
ful of that type this year.
Also honored at the affair were
students from other colleges who
had been attending the Student
Union Conference on the campus
for the last few days.
The next night at 8:30, members
of the Freshman Class and their
dates who entered the doorway of
Sbisa were presented souvenir pro
grams containing everything from
a list of class officers to a place
for the class sweetheart to give
her autograph.
Again Bill Turner and his Aggie
land musicians, this time the entire
band, were on hand to furnish
rhumbas, fox-trots, sambas, and
even mambo-jambOs. The latter re
ceived little or no dancing response,
except for an energetic couple out
in tbe middle, who were probably
doing the samba.
And then the sweetheart finalists
were presented—Shirley Ann Pil-
green, Monadeen Peek, Ann Ash
croft, Gail Grissom, Jean Roberts,
and Pat Pennington. The judges—
Pete Hardesty, Lt. Col. Robert Mel-
cher, and Dean of Men W. L. Pen-
berthy—then gave them the optical
once-over, followed by much dis
cussion and debate. Later at an
other intermission, the freshman
sweetheart, lovely brunette Ann
Ashcroft, was presented a gift
from the Class of ’54 and a kiss
from Class President Thomas Cle
mens.
Escorted by Joe Williamson, for
tunate freshman with an eye for
beauty, Ann hails from Sulphur
Springs, Texas. A spur-of-the-
moment wildcat was artfully de
livered by Clements upon the com
pletion of his official duty.