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Number 112: Volume 51
The Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1951
Thinking of Running
For MSC Council?
See Column, Page Two
Price Five Ceuts
NCAA, Here Comes A&M!
s Crack TU Jinx, 33-32
Davis, McNew Picked
To Head MSC Council
Dan Davis, junior business stu
dent from Lubbock, was elected
second president of the Memorial
Student Center last night at a
meeting of the MSC Council. La
mar McNew, civil engineering maj
or from Bryan, was named to the
job of vice-president.
Both men will assume their new
duties next month when the pre
sent council is replaced. Another
member of this year’s Council,
Clayton Selph senior journalism
major from Houston, will return
Atom Scientist
Talks at Op en
Of Water Meet
Roy J. Morton, Oak Ridge
Institute of Nuclear Studies
at Oak Ridge, Tenn., spoke at
the opening of the 33rd Texas
Water and Sewage Works As
sociation’s Short School at A&M.
Problems of control and disposal
of radio active waste materials
were discussed Monday at the
opening session. Morton highlight
ed his talk by using slides show
ing the research work going on.
The welcome address to more
than 400 people was given by Dr.
M. T. Harrington, president of
A&M. The meeting was opened by
Uel Stephens, president of TW&-
SWA, from Worth.
A symposium on civil defense
was conducted Monday at the meet
ing with E. C. Anderson, senior en
gineer, Public Health Service, Dal
las; V. M. Ehelers, director, Bureau
of Sanitary Engineers, State
Health Department, Austin; and
J. R. Hennon, water superinten
dent, Port Neches, taking part.
Yesterday sessions included
“Water Supply,” “Bottled Water
Session,” “Big City Session,”
“Group Leaders Session,” “Sewage
Session,” and “Business Session.”
Throughout the short school this
pattern will be followed. The school
lasts through tomorrow.
The short school is being con
ducted in cooperation with the
State Health Department, S. W.
Section, American Water Works
Association, the State Board for
Vocational Education and A&M.
Joe Sorrels, professor of sanitary
engineering, is in charge of local
arrangements.
to the governing board next year.
He and John Samuels, freshman
English major from Galveston,
were unanimously named to the
1951-52 Council. Four members of
the group are selected each year
from outgoing Council and Direct
orate members.
Filing Starts
Filing is now in progress for
two more positions on the Coun
cil, both elective. One of these
jobs is open to any student with at
least a year remaining in school
and the other to all students who
have completed no more than four
semesters of college work.
Three men have filed for the re
maining positions to date. They are
Russell Smith, junior; Dick Van
Tyre, sophomore; and John Akard,
freshman. Filing deadline is Fri
day at 5 p.m. Election will be
held next Thursday, March 20.
Davis, who succeeds Joe Fuller,
will be president of the Council
and the MSC Directorate. The
St. Patrick’s Dance
Planned by MSC
A St. Patrick’s Day, all school
dance, sponsored by the MSC, will
be held Saturday night in the MSC
ballroom.
Music will be furnished by the
Aggieland Combo, and a St. Pat
rick’s Day theme will be carried
out with the ballroom decorated in
green and white.
Special guests will be represen
tatives of the Texas Intercollegiate
Students Association which will
hold its third annual convention
at the MSC Friday and Saturday.
Time is 9-12 p. m. and admission
will be 60 cents, couple or stag.
Students and their wives will be
featured entertainment during in
termission according to Miss Betty
Bolander, assistant social director
of the MSC. The program will in
Texas Doctors
ToVisitCamp us
For Child Clinic
The sixth annual crippled
children’s clinic was discussed
at the JCiwanis Club meeting
held yesterday in the Assem
bly Room of the MSC.
“Glass coin containers have been
placed in College Station business
houses to receive donations for the
clinic,” Dr. Dan Russell, chairman
of the clinic, said.
Funds gathered last year were
used to treat and diagnose over
150 Brazos County , children who
were brought to the clinic. This
year the Kiwanis are bringing Six
physicians, including a pediatrician
to the clinic to be held in the A&M
hospital on May 7.
On the program for the weekly
luncheon were Miss Betty Bolander
and Bill Turner who offered their
rendition of “Willow Echoes,”
“Smoke G:ets in Your Eyes,” “Dan
ny Boy,” “Blue Skies,” and “Clog
Dance.” Miss Bolander accompan
ied Turner’s cornet solos on the
piano.
The 36th annual convention of
Kiwanis International will be held
in St. Louis on June 17-21 and the
board of directors of the local or
ganization are interested in learn
ing of any member who plans to
be in that area at that time and
who would like to be ai delegate to
the convention.
The Kiwanis boys and girls com
mittee is working on preparations
for the A&M Consolidated High
School Athletic Banquet to be held
April 27.
Council is composed of eight stu
dents, five faculty members, two
former students and the director of
the Center.
Faculty members remaining on
the Council next year will be Dr.
John Quisenberry, head of the
Poultry Husbandry Department,
and John M. Rowlett, professor
in the Architecture Department.
The Council also inaugurated a
policy for use of MSC Guest Rooms
at last night’s meet. The new pol
icy, effective immediately, stipu
lates that “No students are to ac
company or visit their dates in the
Guest Room area after 9 p. m.”
The policy, which passed unani
mously, was formulated to cope
with possible improper conduct in
the Center. Violators will be sub
ject to the jurisdiction of the Dean
of Men’s Office.
Last Meeting
This year’s Council will meet for
the last regular time on April 2.
Both the old and the new Council
will convene for the Annual Meet
ing in April. Outgoing members
from the student body at that time
will be Joe Fuller, Lavonne Mas-
sengale, Ferris Brown, Joe Wal
lace and Dave Coslett. Outgoing-
faculty and staff members will be
Dr. Walter H. Delaplane, Fred
Smith and Charles A. Roeber.
After next week’s student-body
election the only student vacancies
on the 1951-52 Council will be those
of the Student Senate representa-
tave and the co-editors of The Bat
talion. Each will take over the
job upon winning his appointment
or election.
The present Council is the first
full governing body in the history
of the MSC.
AH Man Accepts
Industry Position
J. M. Schrum, instructor of ani
mal husbandry has accepted a posi
tion as farm supervisor for Sugar-
land Industries, Sugarland, Texas.
Sugarland Industries maintains a
p r o g r a m of diversified farming
which includes livestock, cotton,
and vegetable products. Schrum
will act as supervisor of all live
stock and farming activities at
Sugarland.
K and K Names 2
Honorary Members
E. H. Lieindecker of Sherman
and Evens Reese of Waco have
been elected honorary members of
the Kream and Kow Klub. They
were honored at the bi-monthly
meeting of the dairymen’s club.
The two were elected from a
group of seven finalists, all well
known in the dairy industry. These
men were chosen for their out
standing contributions to the dairy
industry.
Steers Defeated
On Home Court
by DEAN REEL)
Coach John Floyd’s A&M cage team will meet Wash
ington University March 22 in Kansas City as the 1951 Ag
gie basketball squad enters the first round of the Western
NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The Cadet cagers qualified as Southwest Conference
color-bearers to the tournament by edging Texas University,
33-32, last night in Austin.
Winning the rubber game of the SWC play-off, the Ag
gies broke a long-standing Austin jinx by defeating the
Longhorns on their home court, Gregory Gymnasium. The
last A&M team to accomplish this feat played almost a gen
eration ago—in 1934.
Sophomore Leroy Miksch, six foot four Aggie forward,
was the key in turning Texas’ tables last night. The cadet
from Waelder calmly sank a free-throw in the final seconds
to break a 32-32 deadlock and give'* "
A&M the victory.
Miksch Leads Ags
Miksch contributed 11 points in
the game to lead the Aggie scor
ers. He followed Texas’ ace for
ward, James Dowies, high point
man for the final game with 17.
The decisive win gave A&M a
3-2 edge over the Steers in hard
wood competition this season.
Splitting the two regular season
games with Texas, the Aggies won
in College Station Friday night,
45-33, then lost the second Mon
day night in Austin, 34-35.
Last night’s game seemed to be
a repeat performance from Mon
day night—except for the socre.
The score was tied 15-15 at the
half, after the Aggies have been
behind as much as seven points
during the first period.
Similar Scoring
Monday night the Cadets found
themselves trailing early in the
game, then tied the score at half
time, 19-19.
Miksch’s toss gave A&M the
win much as a similar free-throw
by sub guard Leon Black had done
for the Longhorns the previous
evening.
Texas remained in the lead
through most of the first half,
and was not to be toppled from its
thrown until six minutes had elaps
ed in the second period. Aggie
forward John DeWitt scored a field
goal to give the Cadets their first
lead, 21-20.
This lead the Aggies never re
linquished, although the score was
tied twice afterwards.
Dowies knotted the game at 32-
all with 1:25 remaining. A&M
got a free throw chance, but refus-
(See GREGORY, Page 3)
Singing Cadets
On Tour Of
Texas Cities
Forty members of the Sing
ing Cadets, under the direc
tion of Bill Turner, will leave
at 11 a. m. tomorrow on
their longest tour of the
Spring semester. The Cadets will
travel by bus to three West Texas
cities.
The Abilene Mothers Club will
sponsor a concert by the Singing
Cadets in the auditorium of Mac-
Murry College tomorrow night.
Students of Breckenridge High
School will heai 1 a short program
by the signers Friday afternoon. A
full concert for the public will be
presented in the Breckenridge High
School Auditorium Friday night.
The Cadets will go to Vernon Sat
urday whei;e they will present a
concert Saturday night.
The repertoire includes classi
cal, spiritual and popular songs,
and the traditional songs of Texas
A&M. Featured as soloists will be
Harold Hughes, Don Forney, Tom
my Savage, A. J. Haddock, and
David Haines.
The concerts will also include
numbers by a group of hillbilly
singers and a quartet, composed of
members of the Singing Cadets.
San Antonio First
Fish Drill Teamsters Plan
Four Spring Exhibitions
By JOHN WHITMORE
It has always been a popular
idea that a freshman always gets
enough marching done on Satur
day on the Bull Ring, but this is
not entirely true in the case of
members of the Freshman Drill
Team.
This group of 45 men devote
three afternoons a week to drill—
drill similar to the Marines’
Monkey Drill. They work out ev
ery Monday, Tuesday and Friday
afternoon.
But all of this work is not in
vain. They have been invited to
take part in the annual Battle of
Flowers in San Antonio, April 21.
The “Fish Drill Team” with its
white belts, white leggings, and
white and chrome rifles are ex
pected to add color to the Sunny
City’s Illuminated Parade.
From an organizational stand
point the team is made up of three
squads of 12 men each, a guidon
bearer, a guide, and a director.
This includes a representative from
each of the 11 freshmen companies
except the band.
Freshmen Bandsmen were dis
qualified from membership because
of the amount of extra drill they
have to take part in.
But despite all of this work, the
team is still not large enough to
accomodate all of the men who
would like to become members. At
Members of the Freshman Drill Team click off a sharp Present Arms during an informal exhibition.
the first of school, when the idea
of continuing the team was brought
up, over 200 men tried out for pos
itions.
By a process of elimination —
competitive drill—the number was
cut down to the present 45.
Yesterday the group had their
first chance to give a semi-for
mal exhibition for the heads of
the college. They gave a drill
for the executive committee on
the drill field west of Law Hall.
The San Antonio trip will be
the first chance the team will have
to give a show for the public.
After the trip they will make
trips to Dallas, Houston, and Bren-
ham. The Brenham trip will be
to take part in their county fair.
For these out-of-town exhibit
ions the team will use the Ross
Volunteer’s chromium plated rifles.
During their evening practices they
use M-ls.
When Garand first made the M-l
he didn’t have in mind the gira-
tions the Aggie Fish would put it
through. A part of the drill is
the Queen Ann manual of arms.
During this manual the rifle
whirls through the air and seems
as if the only place it will end
up is on the ground—but it nev
er does.
Leader of the organization is
Alan G. Little of Company 2. He
was a former regimental command
er in Thomas Jefferson High
School, in San Antonio.
His assistant directors are Jeo-
utt Y. Parsons, also from San An
tonio; Bill Perper from Houston;
and William M. Reed from San
Antonio.
Team sponsor is Major William
B. Wood, military counsellor and.
M/Sgt. William L. Davis.
Reach for the Sky, Stranger!
Four men were off the floor at this moment dur- Texas’ tall center, Don Klein (34), aided by Joe
ing last night’s close-fought A&M win over the Ed Falk (33). Although Klein appears to have
Texas University Longhorns, 33-32. Fighting control of the ball here, A&M’s cagemen kept
viciously for control of the ball and a possible their hands on it often enough last night to shat-
tip-in are A&M’s Leroy Miksch (12) and John ter a 17-year old jinx in Gregory Gymnasium.
DeWitt (11). Tangling with the Cadet duo is
Prestidigitation Spotlighted
In Guion Hall Magic Show
By ANDY ANDERSON
Gwynne, “Master of Magic” will
be blindfolded by Thomas Shiflet,
Cadet Officer of the 1 Day at 5 this
afternoon in front of the MSC.
This will be the beginning of a
blind drive around the campus.
This is just part of the publicity
for the performance of legerdemain
and prestidigitation in Guion Hall
tonight at 7:30.
At noon today, he appeared in
Duncan Hall where he presented
a few of his tricks with several
members of his highly talented
group. He will repeat the per
formance in Sbisa tonight for
the men in the Basic Division.
For a finale, Gwynne will sus
pend a girl in thin air. This is
done by first placing the girl on a
board, removing the board and
placing her on the points of three
spears. Gwynne will then remove
the spears and the girl will be lying
as if on a sofa.. To prove there
are no wires or other aids, he will
pass a large ring around the girl.
Another part of his performance
tonight will be the hypnotizing of
Bob Smith, Dick Gardemal and
Dorbandt Barton, Aggie football
ers; Curtis Edwards, corps chap-
WTAW to Carry
LBS Sportscasts
Radio Station WTAW is now
affiliated with The Liberty Broad
casting- System and will carry the
programs of the system as well as
local programs originating from
WTAW studios..
Of interest to most of the stu
dents and other persons in this
area will probably be the major
league baseball games the station
will carry.
The “Old Scotchman,” Gordon
McLendon, who with his father
owns the Liberty network, handles
■most of the ball games with Wes
Wise and “The Youngster,” Al
Turner as assistants.
They present the game in a
rather unique way—the announcers
are not at the ball park where the
game is being played. But rather
they are in their KLIF studios in
Dallas, home office for LBS.
They have leased wires from
each of the ball parks and re-create
the games in their studios with
the aid of some very accurate
sound effects and background
noises, simulating crowds at the
various games.
lain and Dare Keelan, senior class
president.
Gwynne has made extensive
trips lo the Orient and other
parts of the Far East in order
to find some of the illusions he
will perform. His costumes and
scenery are all imported from the
Orient and are all hand embroid
ered by natives of India and
China.
Gwynne has double sealed some
headlines in envelopes that he
predicted would appea'r. in today’s
edition of The Battalion. During
tonight’s performance, Dave Cos
lett, Battalion co-editor will open
the envelopes to check Gwynnes ac
curacy.
Gwynne has just finished per
formances in New York City where
he appeared in the Times Theatre,
where he gaVe a three hour show
for the legitimate theatre and on
the stage of RKO Palace as a
member of a large vaudeville act.
“His hour and a half show will
feature mysticism that should
please all who attend,” says C. G.
“Spike” White, assistant dean of
men for activities.
When Gwynne was asked • if he
used mental telepathy he said ha
did not call it that but would let
the audience decide what to call
it.
At another of his features,
Gwynne will perform his spirit
seance. He will ask members of
the audience to assist him in this
trick. In full view of everyone
in Guion he will make a table
rise from the floor of the stage.
One ?)f the many feats of magic
Gwynne has picked up in his trav
els is his “Temple of Angee.” It
is a miniature temple into which
one of • his cast will be placed,
swords placed through the temple
and the box opened to show the
girl has disappeared.
In conjunction with the show of
magic, the Aggie debate team
will clash with the debate team
from West Point on the question
of international situation. The West
Pointers will take- the affirmative
side. ’
Tickets to the performance will
be fifty cents and entitle the holder
to see both shows.
Top Houston Salesmen
Give Selling Pointers
“The Fine Art of Professional
Selling” was the central theme of
the Second Annual Sales Clinic
held last night in the Assembly
Room of the Memorial Student
Center.
The clinic, sponsored by the Bus
iness Society and the Houston
Sales Executives Club, began with
a welcome by Ernest R. Bulow, as
sistant professor of Business Ad
ministration.
Horace E. Perry, president of
Mosher Steel. Co. of Houston, and
president of the sales group out
lined and explained the purpose of
the meeting following the introduc
tion of the speakers by V e r ne
Lane, president of Verne Lane As
sociates, Houston, and chairman of
the sales executives educational
committee.
Charles Royds, sales manager
of the National Cash Register Co.
in Houston, spoke on “Getting
Ready to Sell” followed by a dem
onstration on presenting the pro
position by R. E. Scott, sales man
ager of the Gold Seal Co.
“Overcoming the Obstacles that
Block Sales” was discussed by Her
bert Elston of the Minnesota Mu
tual Life Insurance Co. The final
talk of the evening was “Closing
and Clenching the Sale” given by
Herbert L. Crate, sales manager
of Hodell & Co., Houston realtors.
Lane entertained the crowd of
approximately 125 during his intro
ductions with a few magical tricks.
Question Period
Following the talks the house
was thrown open to any questions
the audience might have. A board
consisting of other members of the
Houston sales group answered the
inquiries of the gathering.
The discussion group consisted
of A. M. Gibson, Bellaire Products;
Lyle Aber, Brown and Bigelow;
William J. Eggleston of Cox and
Blackburn; Archie Schott also of
Cox and Blackburn; and E. L. Key-
ser of Republic Carloading Co.
Others participating were Paul
Martin, American General Life In
surance Co.; Tom Archer, Plouston
Chamber of Commerce; Sam Hay,
Great Southern Life Insurance Co.;
Howard Caldwell of Armour and
Co.; and Bert Fisher of Southern
Furnace Co.