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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1951)
D. "B. Ccfter College krcbivist Student Memorial Center ?. ft. 3 Copies Who’s Who at Texas A&M ^ , ' v v; iiiSiigsssiW? Harold T. Chandler George V. Charlton D. Curtis Edwards, Jr. David M. Elston Joe R. Fuller Joe L. Johnson Circulated to More Than 90% of College Station’s Residents Battalion Battalion’s Pipe Smoking Contest Tonight in MSC PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 102: Volume 51 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951 Price Five Cents Foster Destruction Planned by College l Foster Hall, one of the oldest buildings on the campus, will be demolished in the near future. Built . in 1899, Foster was used primarily as a dormitory until it was declared untendable. E Permission to demolish the struc ture was given by the A&M Sys tem Board of Directors last week. T. R. Spence, director of physical plants for the system, has not an nounced plans for wreckage of the building. H L. L. Foster, for whom the build ing was named, was president of the college for almost three years •—from 1899 until his death in of fice in December, 1901. Little Operations Now || Now housed in Foster Hall are the text library of the Military De partment and the photo-engraving laboratory of Student Publications. The laundry station which has been located in Foster was recently moved to B ramp of Hart Hall. The military library will be moved to the YMCA basement, Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden, assistant com mandant, said yesterday. Tentative plans have been made to move the photo-engraving lab to the basement of Bizzell Hall. Elected to Legislature President Foster, a brickmason by trade, became a very success ful politician. He was elected to the State Legislature and was named speaker of the House in the late 1890’s. He was buried near what is now the site of Duncan Hall and the Infantry Drill Field. Upon con struction of the 12 “new area” dormitories and Duncan, his body was disinterred and was reburied in the New Cemetery south of the railroad tracks. Sgt.-Major Eric W, Carlson Carlson Is Appointed Corps Sergeant-Major Eric W. Carlson has. been named ser geant-major of the corps. His promotion was announced this morn ing by the Military Science Department, af ter approval by the president of the college and the dean of men. A .junior economics major from Elgin, Carlson was selected by a board of officers. The board’s decision was based on scholastic proficiency, leadership ability, and cadet ac- Annual Cotton Ball, Pageant •Slated May 4 The Cotton Ball and Pag eant, sponsored annually by the Agronomy Society, will be held May 4, Tommie Duffie, Society social secretary, an- •; pounced this morning. - “Any organization which did not I receive an invitation to send a v duchess to the Ball and Pageant last year may insure one this year -by checking with me or leaving a ; note with the Agronomy Depart ment, Room 201 of the Ag Experi ment Building,” Duffie said. Invitations will be sent to or ganizations next week, the social secretary said. King Cotton, who will reign with *his queen over the Cotton Ball and : Pageant festivities, will be chosen here March 13. A group from A&M / will journey to TSCW March 31 # to select the queen and her court. President of the Agronomy Society this year is Leo Mikeska. Faculty sponsor is Eli Whitley of the Agronomy Department. Other officers of the Society are Billy C. Gunter, vice presi- *dent; W. E. Watson, secretary; : Charles W. Wendt, treasurer; Ber- win J. Terrell, reporter; E. B. Dan iel, parliamentarian; and Don Hegi, assistant social secretary. AF Promotes Former Student William K. Boyd ’38 has been promoted to the rank of major, .United States Air Force officials announced this week. Major Boyd is currently assigned to Kelly Air Force Base at San Antonio. Symphony Changes Date to March 6 The San Antonio Symphony which has scheduled to appear on the Town Hall program on Monday, Mar. 5 will be heard, instead, on Tuesday, Mar. 6. Spike White, assistant to the dean of men for student activi ties, said the date was changed at the request of the visiting symphony to conform with a tour planned by it. tivity factors. All junior cadets under con sideration for the post were personally in terviewed by the board. Carlson’s appointment makes him the first sergeant-major who is an Air Force ROTC student. Previous sergeant-majors have all been Army ROTC cadets. The tall, blondehaired Carlson owns a grade point ratio of 2.9—a fraction short of a straight “A” average. On Mother’s Day last year, he was named outstand ing sophomore of the corps and of his unit, then H Flight Air Force. He received an engraved Cup for the corps award and a key for the flight honor. The Second Air Wing’s liaison sergeant to the Corps Staff, he holds the rank of cadet master sergeant. He is a member of the Ross Volunteers, the Arts and Sciences Council, the Town Hall staff, and Phi Eta Sigma. Carlson was graduated from El gin High School in 1946. He en tered the Army upon graduation and served until July, 1948. During this period he was overseas for 19 months, which included a tour of duty in Japan. He attained the rank of corporal while in the Army. Cadets Edged by TU, 42-40 To Become Tri-Champions Meeting in Austin Will Set Play-Off Ags But Finish Steers Fast, Win By FRED WALKER Batt Associate Sports Editor The A&M bubble burst last night in Austin as Long- honj forward, 6’ 5y%” Joe Ed Falk snared a tip-ki with only 5 seconds remaining in the game, to beat the Aggies 42-40. Fighting tenaciously to keep in the game, the Aggies brought forth every degree of push and fire that was in their power, but the clock finally ran out on them and the South west Conference championship ended up in a three-way tie. A&M had gone to Austin with the hopes of obtaining their first SWC basketball title since 1923, but as fate would have it, only a third of that crown was brought back to Col- •Hege Station. It had been 17 years ago, when present Texas Basketball Coach Jack Grey was looping the nets at Austin, that the Maroon and White had been able to beat the Steers on their own court. Into the lion’s den went the Ag gies with the determination to i snap two displeasing records with one blow, but a too-tough combi- two field goals by Falk. A&M is Host For ‘Operation High School’ A&M will play host to sev eral hundred selected high school students Saturday for “Operation High School.” Sponsoring the event are Aggie student home town clubs, former student clubs and the Stu dent Inter-council Committee, with the Student Activities Department serving as the connecting link. The college will hold open house for selected student leaders of Texas high schools to show A&M’s functions, facilities and advantages. Members of the student home town clubs have sent invitations to outstanding high school seniors in their home towns. The number of high school students invited was determined by the amount of funds available for the sponsoring organ izations to spend on transportation. 10-3 lead on three charities and John Floyd . . . in his first season as A&M head basketball coach, will send his team to a conference play-off as tri-champions. Texas held their lead until only six minutes remained in the first half. After the superb Leroy Miksch had ringed a floor shot to narrow the lead to only one point, Davis repeated the performance and A&M lead, for the first time in the game, 16-15. Held 10-Point Lead at Half It was point for point the next No matter from what four miifutes, but with the clock the bystander gazed, reading 2:20 and the score 20-19, nation of clock and miraculous Longhorn shooting proved too much for them. Gregory Gym had never seen a crowd such as overflowed her walls and corridors last night. Better than 7,000 Texas and A&M fans sat, stood and hung from the iron girders to witness forty minutes of basketball that meant so much to each club, standpoint the contest meant sudden death to the Steers ran completely berserk each club. In that two minute period, they A&M drew first blood in that no- ^ lled U P mno points blanked the quarter fight when its great center ^ he fl00r at half - Walter “Buddy” Davis swished a ^^he oSge and White ralliers free throw through the net, but the , , comDl( f te c h ai .n. P an d their Longhorns came roaring back to J f jj A & M f” echoed and go ahead °n a Held goal by flashy re _ echoed for ten minutes . guard Frank Womack. A&M was trailing by 10 big After A&M’s valiant little guard points, but they hadn’t given up Woody Walker had tied it up with by a long shot. But what loomed two points, Texas roared into a largest and blackest were the four (See JINXED, Page 3) They 11 Puff for $280 in Prizes Batt Pipe-Smoking Contest Tonight By ROGER COSLETT Tobacco will be king tonight as the slaves of the “Leaf of Para dise” huff and puff to win their share of prizes in The Battalion annual Pipe Smoking Contest. Prizes to go up in smoke to- ian hand carved pipe, of Sir Walter to runners-up in the cigarette con- Raleigh’s face to be used as prizes tests. A complete listing of the con tests include large, medium, small, miniature and metal bowl pipe smoking; a calabash and church warden section; a corn cob pipe smoking contest, a cigar smok ing contest. Also a contest to see who can since yesterday. The Raleigh pipe and a pound of Sir Walter Raleigh Tobacco will be given as a special prize in the pipe collections division. Another pound of Raleigh will be added to night at 7 in the Memorial Stu- the first place prizes in the profes- dent Center Assembly Room will sor’s division. The remaining six amount to over $280 when the cans will be added to various con- blow the most smoke rings with a first match is lit. tests as prizes. single “drag” on his cigarette; Fire engines and pulmotor squads Three cartons of Old Gold Cigar- a large ring smoke ring blowing are standing by waiting for the ettes were added to the P. Loril- contest; cigarette rolling for pro match that might go astray and lard Company of Houston contribu- fessionals and amateurs—profes- any contestant or spectator that tion of a Stanhope Pipe, twelve sionals will use a rougher cut of might be overcome by the smoke, half pound humidors of Briggs Pipe tobacco. And a contest to see who Mixture, and a pound humidor of has the best pipe collection Briggs already presented. One carton each of Old can keep his pipe lit the longest. A predetermined amount of to bacco apportioned in accordance with the size of the pipe will be given to each contestant. The Memorial Student Center, co-sponsor of the contest, and The Battalion will provide corn cob pipes which the contestants may keep, and tobacco for pipes and tobacco, pipe, and novelty manufac- turers and dealers. Marxman Pipes of New York is the donor of two Marxman Pipes and a matched set, in a leather case, of collector item Marxman Pipes. A Kaywoodie Calabash has been donated by The Ely Com pany of Dallas. Thirteen Certified Purex Pipes has come from the L&H Stern No one will leave the contest empty handed. There will be tob acco for spectators to fill their pipes with and free cigarettes for those who prefer them. The Brown & Williamson Tobac co Corp., of Louisville, Ky., donat cigarette rolling. Six persons have been designat- Company of Brooklyn, N. Y. ed to disperse justice and prizes Rothenberg & Schloss Cigar in the smoking fray. They are: Company, of Kansas City, Mo., has Dean of the School of Veterinary contributed a Demuth Aristocrat Medicine, Dr. I. B. Boughton; chair- pjp e , a Hollycourt Pipe and a Cer- r . i ._ m en of the judges; C. G. “Spike” tified Purex Pipe to be used as A special division has been set White, director of Student Activ- prizes. Gold aside for professors and instructors jries; John ^Cummings, chemistry A&M Chesterfield Cigarette re ed six one pound cans of Sir Wal- smoke x-ing blowing contest. The ter Raleigh Tobacco and an Ital- remaining packs will be distributed Cigarettes will be added to the only. Any or all of the above con- instructor; D. E. Newsom, journal- presentative, Autrey Frederick, has first place prizes in the pi’ofession- tests may be held in this section i sm . instructor; Corps Executive donated seven cartons of Chester- al cigarette rolling contest and the providing there are sufficient ap- Officer, Waymond Nutt and “Nita” fields. successive ring section of the plicants. Keai'by of Nita’s News Stand fame. Two Roger’s Air-tite Tobacco The object in all pipe smok- Prizes to be given have been don- pouches have come from Rogers ing contests will be to see who ated by both local and national (See PIPE-SMOKING, Page 4) La Motte Talks To Journalists By DEAN REED Representatives of A&M, TCU, and Texas University will meet in Austin Thursday to decide how and where the Southwest Conference basketball play-off will be held. Losing to Texas last night by a 42-40 score, the Aggie cagers were knocked into a three-way tie for the conference title, with the Longhorns and TCU. Each team now posses ses an 8-4 record in conference play. The A&M-TU game last night, together with the SMU- Rice battle, finished the conference’s regular season. SMU defeated Rice, 58-46. — + When decisions are made for the play-off, the three teams will en ter the post-season contests, with the winner emerging as the South- w e s t Conference’s representative to the NCAA—National Collegiate Athletic Association — national tournament. Last year’s SWC representative to the NCAA play-off was Baylor, whose team reached the semi-fi nals. Baylor and Arkansas wound up their regular conference season with records exactly like the tri champs this year—eight won, four lost. Baylor defeated Arkansas in the conference play-off and went to the NCAA meet. The champion of the Pacific Coast Conference will be the first opponent for the 1951 Southwest Confei’ence representative. T he two teams will meet in Kansas City March 21. The 16-team NCAA meet will open in Raleigh, N.C., and New York on March 20 and in Kansas City March 21. Its field will be made up of 10 conference cham pions and six other teams picked at random outside these major cir cuits. Choosing now between sports writing and news writ ing is like choosing “blondes or brunettes,” Clyde Lo Motte told about 50 members of the Journalism Club last night. La Motte, former Houston Post sports editor, is now a staff writ er for the Houston Press. Con sidered by club members as one of the outstanding writers in the Southwest, he was invited to hold a general discussion on newspap- pers and sportswriting. After his “blonde-or-brunette’ answer regarding choices' of writ ing, La Motte listed three major points for good newspaper work in the sports field. “You must watch for ‘false’ stor ies,” the Houston newsman said. “By this, I mean stoxies which give different meanings and implica tions than the facts show.” “Don’t hide your best news deep down in the story. Using color ful phrases and beautiful descrip tive adjectives can’t 1'eplace telling the reader just exactly what hap pened.” Speaking of the ethics involved in sportswriting, La Motte said the acceptance of money or gifts for “plugs” is deci’easing. “At one time about 75 per cent of our sports sditors could be bought. Now I believe that number has de- cx-eased to about 25 per cent.” La Motte flailed the writer who fails to uphold the dignity of his profession, tending, instead, to be little it and be “one of the boys.” Bandy Conducting Training School W. A. Bandy, chief of water and sewage training for the Texas En gineering Extension Service, is conducting a water school at Cam eron. The school began Feb. 12 and will continue through March 2. The school meets three nights a week for two hours at the county health unit. Twenty-four water plant employees from nine Texas towns and the Little River Water Works, the Milam County Health Department and Foi't Hood are en rolled. Towns represented include Rock dale, Cameron, Hearne, Rosebud, Marlin, Temple, Lexington and Bartlett. Tessie Groups To Give Show Friday Night Singers and dancers from TSCW will present a show on the Guion Hall stage Friday night. The Caperettes, dancing en semble, and the Singing Stars, song group, will begin their pro gram at 7:30 p. m. The Singing Stars are under the direction of John Murray Kendrick, associate professor of music at TSCW. Miss Bettigene Slover is soloist for the Singing Stars. Friday nights program will con sist of Rogers and Hammerstein numbers, Cole Porter selections, a group of American Folk Songs and numbers by Gershwin, Hupfield, Arden and Charles. Included in the program will be “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “If I Love You,” and “People Will Say We’re In Love.” Also on the program are “Night and Day,” “In the Still of the Night,” “Careless Love,” “Ida Red,” “Inconstant Lover,” and “I Wonder When I Shall Be Mamed.” The last group of songs will in clude “Clap Yo’ Hands,” “As Time Goes By,” “I’ll Get By,” and “Let My Song Fill Your Heart.”