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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 116: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1951
Price Five Cents
Council Posts
Vole Set Tonite
In Dormitories
Two new members for the Memo
rial Student Center Council will be
voted on in a campus-wide election
tonight. Twenty-one candidates
filed for the two offices which
are provided for giving the student
body a voice in the management of
the MSC, Joe Fuller, president of
the council, announced this morn
ing.
Thirteen candidates were listed
under the “general classification”
section, while eight men filed for
the office open to a freshman or
sophomore.
Ballots Distributed
House masters and first ser
geants will handle the distribution
and collection of ballots in all dor
mitories, Fuller said. He urged
Sen. Connally
Stands Pat
On Kesolution
Washington, March 20—UP)
—Senator Connally (D-Tex)
stood pat today against ef
forts by both foes and sup-
- porters to alter the troops-to-
Europe resolutions.
Connally, who heads the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, told
, a reporter he intends to sit tight
and let opponents talk themselves
out.
“When they are through, I don’t
think many of them will vote
against the resolution,” the Texan
said.
The Senate begins its third day
of debate today on a resolution
okaying the sending of four more
U.S. divisions to bolster the North
Atlantic defense army but calling
for Congressional approval of any
further additions to that force.
Senator Robertson (D-Va) was
tcheduled as the first speaker.
Connally, who isn’t wholly sat
isfied with the troops resolution,
said he is in sympathy with a move
by Senator McMahon (D-Conn) to
change the provision for Congres
sional “approval” so as to require
. “collaboration” by the President
with Congress.
But Connally said he doubts Mc
Mahon’s amendment will satisfy
' those who are demanding a tighter
checkrein on the President. For
that reason he said he thinks it
will be better to let the resolution
stand, as it is.
Connally opposed an amendment
by Senator Watkins (R-Utah).
Watkins wants to delay the dis
patch of U.S. troops until Presi
dent Truman calls a conference to
revise the Italian peace treaty,
which limits Italy’s military
strength.
Senator Sparkman (D-Ala), who
shares Connally’s view that the
President has final authority on
troop assignments, said in an inter
view he doesn’t believe the Con
gressional approval provision “will
do any harm.”
these people to turn ballots into
the Main Desk of the MSC as soon
as they are collected.
Day students may vote by using
the ballot printed on page four of
today’s Battalion. All day student
votes must be turned in by 5 p.m.
Wednesday at the Main Desk of the
MSC, the president emphasized.
The candidates for the general
classification, which was open to
any students who plan to be here
next year, are as follows: Ralph
Ellis, Grover C. Ellisor, Eddie Hol
ley, Bobby Jones, Raymond J. Lan
dry, Paul Lassen, Tom A. Munner-
lyn, Robert “Buddy” Shaeffer,
Charles Russel Smith, Jr., Ted M.
Stephens, John Wallace, E. E.
“Jack” Wood, and John 0. Webb.
Students Who Filed
Students filing for the post open
to freshmen or sophomores were
John Crawford Akard, J. S. “Jon-
ny” Brown, Charles E. Gosper,
Thomas H. Parish, T. C. “Ted”
Nark, Charles Neighbors, Carroll
W. Phillips, and Dick Van Tyne.
Members of the council include
four men selected by the outgoing
council, the two students named in
the campus-wide election, The Bat
talion co-editors, one representa
tive from the student senate, five
faculty members and two repre
sentatives from the Association of
Former Students. The director of
the MSC serves as secretary of the
council without a vote.
Students recently named by the
retiring council to serve in the
posts soon to be vacated are Dan
Davis, president; Lamar McNew,
vice-president; Clayton Selph; and
John Samuels.
The student senate plans to se
lect its new representative at the
group’s next meeting, Fuller add
ed.
Burpee $100 Award
Presentation Set
The Burpee Annual Award of
$100 will be presented to the
most outstanding student in Horti
culture at the Horticulture Society
meeting tonight at 7:30 in room
103 Agricultural Building.
This award is made available by
the Burpee Seed Company of Phil
adelphia, Pennsylvania. This is the
fifth year that this donation has
been made available by the Burpee
Seed Company.
Selection of this student is by
members of the Horticulture De
partment, designated by head of
the department, Dr- Guy W. Adri-
ance.
To be eligible a student has to
meet certain qualifications. First
he must be a junior or senior
majoring in Horticulture. Credits
for Horticulture 321 or 322 and
Genetics 301 are the second re
quirement.
Scholastic records and grade
points are also considered in the
selection. Extracurricular activity
is also a consideration.
Stiteler Resigns; No Successor
Until Athletic Council Can Meet
‘Can Only Take
So Much ’—Harry
By DEAN REED
“A man can only take so much ...” These were the
words of Harry Stiteler yesterday afternoon, shortly after
college officials had announced acceptance of his resigna
tion as A&M head football coach.
“Just say something nice and short about me,” Stiteler
told Battalion reporters. “Don’t make a fuss over it.”
The former coach—his resignation was accepted effec
tive immediately—said “they” had promised him as many of
the present coaches would be retained as possible. “They,”
supposedly, are college officials.
f Stiteler was neatly dressed in a
dark suit as he talked to the re
porters. Tight-lipped, showing no
outward emotions, he entered his
ear and drove away.
Later the prematurely grey-hair
ed football mentor called Fred
Walker, Battalion associate sports
editor. He gave Walker a state
ment thanking him and the sports
staff for their cooperation during
his tenure as head coach.
Phi Zeta Picks
New Officers
And Initiates
Two faculty and 16 stu
dents were initiated into the
Eta Chapter of Phi Zeta, hon
or society for veterinary med
icine at a meeting last night
in room 208 of the Veterinary Hos
pital.
Dr. J. P. Delaplane, head of Vet
erinary Bacteriology and Hygiene
Department, and Dr. Hubert
Schmidt, professor of Veterinary
Research were the two faculty in
itiates.
Seniors Selected
Seniors, who were selected from
the upper 15 percent of their
class who were not already mem
bers, were: J. R. Bates, S. H. Black
burn, R. E. Carr, D. E Williams,
J. H. Dawe, N. B. Marx, J. J.
Waidhofer, and G. S. Yeargan.
Juniors picked for the chapter
for this year were: J. D. Carroll, B.
R. Ellsworth, M. T. Goff, J. C.
Hart, Jr. P. N. Holcomb, Jr., and
O. G. Tobias. Juniors are selected
from the highest 10 percent of
their class.
Dr. W. S. Monlux, professor
of.Veterinary Pathology, was elect
ed president of Eta Chapter and
Dr. W. W. Armistead, professor
in the Veterinary Medicine and
Surgery Department was selected
to serve as secretary-treasurer.
B. R. Ellsworth was elected exe
cutive vice-president, and N. T.
Goff and O. G. Tobias were picked
to serve on the executive com
mittee.
Retiring President Dr. R. D.
Turk, head of the Veterinary Para
sitology, conducted the initiation.
The chapter was established at
A&M. in May of last year.
Cotton Pageant Royalty
“Best For Everyone”
The statement follows:
“Pm awful sorry, but under the
circumstances I thought it was
best for everyone concerned to of
fer my resignation.”
‘I want everyone to know that
their cooperation has been greatly
appreciated by me. I especially
want the Cadet Corps to know that
I appreciate the way that they have
stuck around me and the football
team.”
“I have always enjoyed working
with the boys that we have, and
hope that I’ve helped them over
some hurdles. I hope that they
keqp hustling as hard in the future
as they have in the past.
“I just want to wish them all
good luck.”
Not Leaving Soon
Stiteler said he wasn’t leaving
the college immediately. He owns
a home in College Station, where
he lives with his wife, son and
daughter.
“I’ll be looking for something
else,” he said last night. The 41-
year old A&M graduate said he’ll
remain here “until I find some
thing.”
•
Speculation was mounting this
morning as to Stiteler’s successor
as.head coach. Over the campus
students and profs alike were won
dering.
“He’ll probably be one of our
own men,” one student said. An
other said the next coach will pro
bably be “taken from one of the
smaller colleges of this area.” Few
expected a “name” coach to be ob
tained.
Football players interviewed yes
terday afternoon had little to say,
either on Stiteler’s resignation or
the new-coach question. Those who
hadn’t heard the news registered
quite a bit of surprise.
Few ventured" to make any de
finite statements on the matter.
The King of Cotton and his court smile in anti
cipation of their journey to TSCW March 31 to
pick the Cotton Queen. In usual order in the
front row, Robert E. Hill, George Gilbert McBee,
Raymond Kunze, Cotton King, Tommie Duffie,
and Billy C. Gunter. In the back row, Mrs. Bill
Turner, director of the pageant, Dale Fisch-
grabe, Anton J. Bockholt, William M. ‘Bill’ Lewis,
and Eli L. Whiteley, faculty sponsor of the Cotton
Pageant and Ball.
Ball Plans Laid
By Composite
Regiment Men
Plans are now in progress
for the Composite Regimen
tal Ball which will be held
March 31 in the MSC Ball-
I room and Terrace, Bryan E.
Zimmerman, chairman of the gen
eral arrangements committee an
nounced today.
Members of the Maroon and
White Band, The Composite Regi
ment, all corps seniors and their
dates, and all members of the
freshman Band and freshman of
the branches of the Composite Reg
iment are invited, Zimmerman con
tinued.
The Sam Houston State “Hous
tonians,” a 20 piece orchestra from
SHSTC, and a novelty combo from
TU will provide music for danc
ing and for entertainment during
the intermission.
Committee members have been
elected as follows; Gordon Keller,
orchestra; co-chairman for the pro
gram committee are Henry Wickes
and Bill Boddeker; invitation com
mittee, Ferris Brown; Bob Hugh-
son, publicity committee; and Char
lie Neely, refreshments.
Billy ‘Bo’ Hoskins, head of the
ticket committee, announced that
ducats will be available through
the first sergeants of the various
outfits. Admission will be two dol
lars.
Harry Stiteler
a man can take so much.
Directors Report
On CofC Campaign
College Station Chamber of Com
merce board members learned yes
terday that approximately 156 bus
iness and individual memberships
have been solicited in the month
long membership campaign.
J. R. Oden, chairman of the
business district drive, reported 56
cards have ^een collected so far.
With 12 days remaining in the
1951 drive J. E. Roberts, chairman
of the individual membership drive,
told the board approximately 100
memberships have been recruited
by his committee.
Figures have not been released
as to the amount received from
the drive because solicitors from
both districts have not as yet re
ported their receipts to the district
chairmen.
Representatives Designated
To aid campus memberships,
representatives of the Chamber
have been designed for each build
ing on the campus, thus enabling'
anyone who desires to become a
member to do so without difficulty.
A partial list of official repre
sentatives includes W. R. Horsley,
Tom Leland, Harry Boyer, Frank
Anderson, Ralph Rogers, J. J.
Woolket, R. R. Lyle, Ralph Steen,
C. C. Doak, J. S. Mogford, W. W.
Armistead, J. K. Walker, J. H.
Sorrels, A. R. Burgess, Lloyd G.
Berryman, C. H. Bates, W. E.
Street, I. H. Lloyd, A. N. McDow
ell, O. D. Butler, Otis Miller, and
J. B. Longley.
Membership for the 1951-1952
year costs $5 per individual with
a special rate of $6 for a hus
band-wife combination membership.
Each membership entitles the pur
chaser to full rights, including vot
ing privileges, in the local Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce has
pledged its full efforts to secure
residential mail deliveries for Col
Seniors May Order
Ring Dance Favors
An initial order of 600 Senior
Ring Dance Favors has been sold
out, Mrs. Thellis Rush, Student
Activities Office receptionist, an
nounced this morning.
Orders, however, are now being
taken for a second shipment. Sen
iors wanting to order the favors
dated for any year and with or
without chain and guard may do
so until 5 p.m. Wednesday, March
21. That date, says Mrs. Rush, is
the absolute deadline for ordering
the favors.
Unlike the original shipment, the
next order of the favors, exact
replicas of the face of the Senior
Ring, will have a sterling silver
base. Critical shortages ruled out
the cheaper base metals used in
the first favors.
The next delivery will be made
in time for the Ring Dance, Mrs.
Rush concluded,
lege Station. “Although the postal
inspector could not promise defin
ite delivery of house-to-house mail.
I feel confident of the city’s chan
ces for this service and this or
ganization will do everything in its
power to provide the city with
residential delivei-ies,” said Joe
Sorrells, president of the Chamber.
Brought before the board also
were requests for funds for main-
tainence of A&M Consolidated
School band instruments and also
for a grant to the A&M Consoli
dated library fund. No immediate
action was taken on these two re
quests.
A committee, composed of Les
Richardson, Mrs. C. B. Godbey,
Dr. R. L. Hunt, and J. B. Longley,
were appointed to select a candi
date to represent the organization
in the A&M Cotton Pageant and
Ball.
Group Dance Class
Cancelled by MSC
Group dancing classes scheduled
for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
nights have been cancelled because
of the Easter holidays, according to
Betty Bolander, assistant social
director of the MSC.
The MSC Music Committee meet
ing scheduled for Tuesday night
has also been cancelled, according
to Norman Braslau, chairman.
Ag Coach Admits
Story Was False
By JOEL AUSTIN
No successor for former Head Football Coach Harry
Stiteler is expected to be named soon. Athletic Council Chair
man D. W. Williams will probably return from Australia this
weekend, with .a council meeting pending his arrival.
Stiteler submitted his resignation as A&M coach yester
day afternoon. He admitted in a statement to President M.
T. Harrington that he had “withheld facts” in his story con
cerning the Dec. 15 beating in Houston.
President Harrington accepted the resignation, saying,
“Since, by his own admission, Coach Stiteler has deliberately
misinformed officials of the college-^
on a matter affecting the welfare
of the institution, his resignation
has been accepted, effective imme
diately.”
The beating occurred last De
cember when someone “took a
poke” at Stiteler as he stepped
from a cab at the Shamrock Hotel
in Houston to attend an A&M foot
ball banquet. There was another
. report the beating happened some
where between the Houston Muni
cipal Airport and the hotel.
After the incident had occurred,
Stiteler' said he had no idea who
the man was that attacked him,
claiming it was a case of “mis
taken identity.”
News Spreads
News of the coach’s resignation
quickly spread over the campus and
likewise throughout the state yes
terday afternoon. Many students
huddled together about the campus
last night to discuss the matter
which concerned this man who had
seen the A&M football team
through some of its darkest days,
and was now leaving when a team
with the brightest prospects in
many years was ready for 1951
season competition.
The news first broke with publi
cation of a letter from the Aggie
mentor in the Monday afternoon
edition of the Houston Press.
“. . . Due to the many rumors
and speculations that have been
flying around, I would like to
make a final statement to the
effect that The Houston Press
was correct in its statement that
I knew my assailant on the night
of December 15 in Houston; how
ever, due to the confusion at the
moment I could see no reason
(See WE’RE BUILDING, Page 3)
Reed Makes Visit
To Dairy Section
O. E. Reed, chief of the Bureau of
Dairy Industry, Department of Ag
riculture, Washington, D. C. will
visit the Dairy Husbandry Depart
ment today and tomorrow.
Reed is inspecting and reviewing
the Southern regional project, dairy
cattle breeding, according to Dr.
I. W. Rupel, head of the Dairy
Husbandry Department.
A&M’s role in the regional pro
ject is the initial breeding of Jer
sey sires with Brahma females.
The ultimate purpose is the devel
opment of a new strain of cattle
better adapted to Southern climate,
Dr- Rupel said.
Federal aid is being given this
i project, the department head added.
Arts ■ Sciences
Faculty to Hear
John Moseley
John D. Moseley will pre
sent a talk on Texas higher
educational policy before the
Spring meeting of the Arts
and Science Faculty tonight
at 7:30 in the Chemistry Lecture
Room.
Moseley became the executive
director of the Texas Legislative
Council in January 1950. The Coun
cil’s main duty is to investigate
departments, agencies, and offi
cers of the state and to study their
functions and problems.
Before taking over his executive
director job, Moseley worked for
the State Department of Public
Welfare, and Q. P. A., Federal
Government in Dallas and Wash
ington, and for the Bureau Budget
in Washington.
Moseley’s education started at
East Texas State Teachers Col
lege and he received his Master’s
Degree in 1940 from the Univer
sity of Texas.
Also included in the program,
Dr. T. F. Mayo will describe the
schedule of events arranged to
represent A&M during Arts and
Sciences Week March 30-April 8-
According to Dr. J. P. Abbott,
dean of Arts and Sciences, all
faculty members should find Mobe-
ley’s talk of general interest to
everyone. Faculty members of
other schools have also been invit
ed.
Aggies Represented
Tessies Pick Helen Beys
Queen of Redbud Festival
Amid a setting of pomp and
royalty, Helen Beys was named
Queen of the thirteenth annual
Redbud Festival of TSCW.
Miss Beys, from El Paso, was
queen of the Thirteenth Annual
College Redbud Festival.
The tall, beautiful brunette was
named queen Saturday night after
being chosen one of five crown
princesses at the Friday night pre
sentation of the 101 princesses
Redbud princesses and the five
Crown princesses.
After selection of the queen, a
program was presented as enter
tainment for Her Majesty and the
Redbud Court.
The program was composed of
several numbers by the TSCW
Symphony Orchestra, The Singing
Stars, The Modern Dance Group
and The Modern Choir.
After the program was over,
who were named to represent the the Redbud Court went to the
four classes of the school- Union Building where they were
She was crowned queen by TSCW again presented in the Grand
President John A. Quinn who was March. Miss Zella Maxwell was in
her escort at the Coronation Ball charge of the Grand March,
held in the Ballroom of the Union TSCW’s Serenaders provided
Building, immediately following the music for the Ball which followed
program in the TSCW Auditorium, the Grand March.
Prior to the selection of Miss Redbud princesses were chosen
Beys, representatives of 16 other on the basis of participation in
Southwestern colleges and univer- campus activities, loyalty to TSCW
sities were presented to the 1,700 standards, democratic spirit, re
persons witnessing the festivities, spects for social standards, and
A&M’s representative to the Fes- reverence toward Gud, the program
tival was Dorothy Mangum, Aggie for the event stated.
Sweetheart selected last Fall for Other characteristics used for
the Dallas corps trip. for a basis were genuine friendli-
Miss Audrey Caughey, mistress ness, pleasing appearance, sense of
of ceremonies, introduced the re- humor, graciousness, integrity and
presentatives as well as the 96 poise.
Branch Choice
Of Freshmen
Slated in April
The annual final selection
of ROTC branches by fresh
man cadets will be made in the
last two weeks of April, ac
cording to Col. H. L. Boatner,
PMS&T and Commandant.
At this time, each cadet will
have his choice of 11 army branches
or the Air Force, based upon his
academic standing at the end of the
Fall, 1950 semester, Col. Boatner
said.
Selection should be based upon
academic major, future plans, and
personal wishes, the commandant
said.
Cadets with the highest grade
point ratio will have first choice,
and branches wall be closed upon
reaching their quotas. Cadets with
lower ratios will be required to
make selections from remaining
available quotas.
Appr-oximate quotas by branch
es are as follows: Air Force, 480;
Infantry, 140; Field Artillery, 50;
Quartermaster Corps, 50; Trans
portation Corps, 50; Chemical
Corps, 40; Ordinance Corps, 40;
Signal Corps, 40; and Army Se
curity Agency, 35.
Ex-Student Killed
In South America
A former A&M student was kill
ed by South American bandits on
Feb. 23, according to W. L. Pen-
berthy, dean of men.
Stanley W. Gaskill, ’46 was em
ployed by the Texas Oil Company
in Bogata, Columbia at the time
of his death.
Ga&ill attended A&M during the
1942-43 session. He was majoring
in electrical engineering.