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Number 133: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1951
Price Five Cents
Rodeo Arena Given
By Saddle-Sirloin
tty BILL AABERG
Battalion Staff Writer
The Little Southwestern Stock
Show wound up two days of activi
ties Saturday night, with the col
lege now owning a rodeo arena.
"* President M. T. Harrington ac
cepted the Texas Aggie Rodeo Are
na on behalf of the college after a
dedicatory address made by Tom
flam's, president of the A&M Sad
dle and Sirloin Club.
The, activities of the show in
cluded student showmanship events,
the auction of student-cured hams,
dedication of the Texas Aggie Ro
deo Arena, and the unveiling of a
plaque dedicated to the students
and faculty members who made the
arena possible.
As, a part of the ceremony a
plaquef was also dedicated to the
men who planned, designed and
built the new arena. It bore the
names of F. I. Dahlberg and 0. T).
Butler, faculty sponsors of the
Saddle!and Sirloin Club, and a long
list of, students’ names.
Grand champion showman of the
show was W. A. Messer of Belton,
also judged champion swine show
man.
Champion cattle showman was
Harold Bragg of Talpa, who also
took the Hereford steer showing
event.
Competing with Bragg for the
•champion cattle showman title was
Frank Narrell, from Burnett. Nar-
rell was judged the best showman
in the champion Hereford heifer
contest.
The best showman in the quarter
horse showing contest was Brad
Mitchell of San Marcos, who show
ed a Suarterhorse stud colt.
'Winner in the reining event was
Maxie Overstreet from. Haslet, Tex
as. Overstreet rode a college-own
ed quarterhorse, J. W. McCue.
Bert Gibbs of Austin was judged
tAe best sheep showman of the
show.
The show also featured a calf
roping contest, in which Roy Pate,
of Cotulla, stole the show both
Friday and Saturday. Pate’s best
time for both nights was a fast
15.2 seconds.
“Inn” Buys Ham
At the end of the ham auction
it was found that the 41 hams had
sold for a total of $872—the cham
pion ham going to the Twelfth
Man Inn at Noith Gate for $120.
The $120 ham was processed by
William Thomas of Robstown, and
the reserve champion ham was
that of Douglas Wythe, of Gran-
Jbury, and sold to the Texas Swine
Breeding Association for $45.
Each of the hams was donated
By the college and slaughtered and
• cured by a student.
..Two comic highlights of the
stock show were the professor’s
bloomer race and the freshman
^greased pig race.
At the start of the bloomer
race, all contestants left one end of
the arena on horseback and i-ode
to the opposite end, where a sack
of bloomers lay. They were sup
posed to reach into the sack and
find a pair of bloomers with their
name on them and then ride or
run the length of the arena to cross
the finish line.
Contestant 0. D. Butler had oth
er plans for his fellow contestants,
however. He reached the sack
first and scattered bloomers all
over the far end of the arena.
In spite of the confusion, T. C.
Cartwright got his bloomers on and
raced across the finish line first
to become the embarrassed winner
of the contest.
The freshman greased pig con
test didn’t go so well—for the fish
—but the crowd seemed to enjoy it.
It seems the pigs were hard to
catch and even harder to hold. Aft
er a mad scramble of freshman,
pig, and axle grease, Gene? Harral,
AH major, caught a pig and held
him long enough to run the length
of the arena and win the event.
Todd Still Isn 7 Released
Dick Todd still hasn’t been released by the Washing
ton Redskins to accept A&M’s head football coach position,
The Battalion was told yesterday.
The former Ag grid star and backfield coach last sea
son was contacted by telephone yesterday afternoon at his
home in Crowell.
“Washington still hasn’t released me,’’ Todd said. He
avoided saying whether or not he would accept the job if he
obtained the release. He is now under contract as back field
coach for the professional football team.
Todd has been selected by the Athletic Council. He has
been approved by the A&M System Board of Directors.
So now it’s up to Todd and/or his present employers.
Will Support Scholarships
Campus Chest Drive Set
Wednesday thro ugh Friday
Today mai-ks the opening of
Campus Chest week—that five-day
period in which A&M students and
staff members have an opportunity
to contribute to a fund which,
this year, will support two scholar
ships to the college.
As last year, the Twelfth Man
Scholarship will receive the
major portion of Campus Chest
donations. It is an award given
in behalf of the student body to
a deserving high school graduate
who could not attend A&M with
out its financial assistance.
The scholarship is administered
through the college's Development
Fund. E. E. McQuillen, executive
FFA Chapters
Finish Area III
Contest Here
Over 400 Future Farmers
of America, representating 26
Texas counties, participated
in the annual Area III Judg
ing Contest here this past
weekend. Most of the boys express
ed a general desire to learn more
of A&M and life on the college’s
campus.
“These boys—the best in their
line from over 8,000 Future Farm
ers in this area—are potential
A&M students,” said E. V. Walton,
associate prof in ag education.
The Area III contest, a prelim
inary to the state contest schedul
ed here May 5, determines what
teams qualify for statewide compe
tition. Seven top teams in each
judging division were selected and
will return to the campus next
month for the state meet.
“I hope the boys will have a
chance to visit the various de
partments of the School of Agri
culture in order to learn more of
the opportunities available to stu
dents here,” said J. R. Jackson.
He sponsors the La Grange FFA,
winners of the Area III sweepstake
honors this weekend.
Judging divisions were livestock,
dairy products, poultry, dairy cat
tle, meats, and the new soil-judging
contest.
Winners in each division from
first to seventh place are as fol
lows:
Dairy cattle: Cuero, Lamar, Bryan,
Bay City, Bellville, Garwood, Moul
ton.
Livestock: Bryan, Moulton, Cue
ro, LaGrange, Lamar, Runge,
Franklin.
Poultry: Woodsboro, Fayette
ville, Moulton^. Yoakum, Rockdale,
Biyan, Lamar.
Meats: LaGrange, Bellville, Vic
toria.
Daily products: LaGrange, Fay
etteville, Victoria, Caldwell, Bre-
mond, Edna, East Menard.
Ag Editor
Jim Lehman
. . . was elected last week by
the Agriculture Council as edi
tor of The Agriculturist for
1951-52. The new editor is a
junior dairy husbandry student
from Brenham.
OPS Sub-Office
To Open in Bryan
Sub-district branches of the Of
fice of Price Stabilization will be
open in Bryan and Huntsville next
week to serve 13 counties, Charles
H. Winerich, Jr., acting director of
the Houston OPS, announced.
The Bryan sub-district office
opens Wednesday, when OPS re
presentatives hold an all-day meet
ing in the Chamber of Commerce
directors’ room in the Varisco
Building.
The Bryan office is being set up
to serve merchants and business
men and the public in Brazos,
Grimes, Washington, Burleson,
Milam, Robertson and Madison
counties.
Tessie Vocalists
director of the fund, receives ap
plications for the award and the
winner is chosen by a scholarship
board.
Second on the list of scholarships
sponsored by Campus Chest is one
which goes this year to a Norweg
ian student. When the “foreign
student” scholarship was first sug
gested in a meeting of the Student
Senate—sponsor of the Campus
Chest drive—three countries were
suggested from which the student
would be brought to A&M.
Norway was chosen in a stu
dent body election, and the stu
dent will be brought to the col
lege by the Nantzen Foundation,
the organization which is admin
istering the award.
Co-chairmen of the Campus
Chest drive this year are Stu
dent Senators Monty Montgomery
and Allan Eubank. A general meet
ing of dormitory and area sena
tors will be held Wednesday night
in the MSC Assembly Room, Mont
gomery said. Each senator will
bring three men from his dormi
tory or housing area who will as
sist him in making collections from
the students.
The campaign proper will be con
ducted Wednesday night after the
meeting, with the money scheduled
to be turned in to Campus Chest
headquarters by 11 p. m. The soli
citations will then be counted and
an announcement will be prepared
for Thursday’s Battalion on the
amount collected.
Then Thursday night dorm
senators and their assistants will
return to the rooms once more
for a final visit, contacting any
students who were missed Wed
nesday night.
Friday night in Guion Hall,
special Campus Chest benefit show
will be held. Hockaday’s girl choir,
the Singing Cadets, and a regular
movie will hold the spotlight of
the benefit, from which all pro
ceeds will go to the Campus Chest.
No charges are being made for the
use of Guion, for either of the
singing groups, nor for the feature.
Goal of the Campus Chest
drive will be $2,500, the co-chair
men have announced. Of this
amount, $1,600 is planned for the
Twelfth Man Scholarship, $600
for the yearly foreign student
award, and $300 to the College
Station Community Chest.
Last year’s goal of $4,000 fell far
short with only $2,567 collected.
This year, however, the goal is
smaller and Montgomery said he
expects it to be easily reached.
“I think we’ll probably break
$3,000. At least I surely hope we
will,” the optimistic co-chairman
said.
“Since we won’t be able to con
tact every student, it’ll probably
take an average donation of about
50^ per person to meet our goal,”
he added.
“This amount isn’t a “set” fig
ure,” he said. “Any donation, large
or small, will be highly appre
ciated by the committee.”
Personal solicitations will not
be sought from faculty members.
Montgomery said, although letters
have been sent to each employee
telling him of the drive and its
aims.
“We are hoping to receive con
tributions from interested faculty
members,” Montgomery said.
Student Body Prexy
Up for Student Life
Question
Meeting
RVs Hop
The Ross Volunteers, their dates, and their guests
enjoyed the weekend in fine style as they whirled
around at the annual Spring Ball in the MSC
Ballroom. Before the dance, the white-lniformed
cadets dined at their annual banquet, also held in
the ballroom. General opinion went this way:
“Best dance I’ve been to at A&M.”
Florists Begin
Short Course
IN MSC Today
Virtually all types of flor
ists’ problems will be dis
cussed at the short course for
commercial florists in the
MSC today through Wednes-
a day.
Short course features will range
from demonstrations of floral de
sign to new social security regula
tions that affect the florist.
Sales practices, advertising pro
cedures, business records and more
efficient methods for growers also
will come in for their share of
attention.
In a panel discussion by qualified
persons, the florist business will
be discussed from the view point
of the customer, the retailer, the
wholesaler and the growei\
Another panel will deal with
problems of the grower.
Those attending the short course
will have an opportunity to see the
college greenhouses and the work
being done there.
Speakers will include Eddie
Ahles, Fort Worth florist; M. Bud
dy Benz, Benz School of Design,
Houston; A. J. Bowden, florist
of Lenoir City, Tenn.; Henry Bres-
ser, Muskogee, Okla., florist.
Fred R. Brison, A&M horticul
ture professor; Ernest Bulow, bus
iness administration professor;
Mildred Buthker, Amarillo florist;
Mrs. Olin Culberson, Austin.
L. L. Davis, Austin Florist; A.
F. DeWerth, head of the Floricul
ture and Landscape Architecture
Department; N. D. Durst, business
administration professor, Steve
Eichelberger, Austin Florist, and
V. A. Little, entomology profes
sor.
RV Ball, Levant
Highlight Weekend
The past weekend held up A&M’s
strong Spring record of social ac
tivities as Oscar Levant, the Ross
Volunteer banquet and ball, and
the TSCW Modern Choir took the
spotlight.
Levant, cynical master of the
piano, played in Guion Hall Friday
night to the largest Town Hall
gathering this season.
The famed star of the concert
stage, screen, and radio gave his
Dancing, Games
Planned at MSC
For Faculty
An evening of unusual and
varied entertainment is in
store for faculty members
and their wives Thursday
when a game party and danc
ing will be held in the MSC As
sembly from 8 until 12 p.m.
The committee in charge of en
tertainment for the A&M Em
ployees Dinner Club has planned
this type of evening instead of the
usual dinner.
On schedule for the evening is
the Aggieland Combo to provide
music for dancing.
Facilities for bridge, canasta,
dominoes and other table games
will be available for those who like
to play games.
Soft drinks will be available at
the program center and in the
Snack Bar.
Tickets for the occasion are
available at 75 cents per couple at
the main desk of the MSC. Dress
is optional.
audience a varied selection of mu
sic, ranging from the longhair to
semi-popular.
Quick-witted Oscar kept the
Guion crowd in a lighthearted
mood with his informal patter
and sarcastic phrases.
Saturday night TSCW’s Modern
Choir took over in Guion as a spec
ial attraction, in addition to the
regular theater offering.
At the same time, across the
street in the MSC Ballroom, white-
uniformed Ross Volunteers were
stepping out in high fashion at
what several termed “the best
dance I’ve been to at A&M!”
The RV’s dined first, then took
their ladies-fair back to the ball
room an hour later to a dance
where “the weal her, the crowd,
and the music were perfect.”
Weather permitted dancing on
the Starlite Terrace, while- the Ag
gieland Orchestra provided music.
One of the featured decorations
for the annual “hop” was a large
ice carving of the letters “RV.”
The white uniforms and the offi
cer’s sashes gave the room an
extra array of color.
Honored guests invited were
Chancellor and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist,
President and Mrs. M. T. Harring
ton, President Emeritus and Mrs.
F. C. Bolton, Dean and Mrs. C. C.
French, Dean and Mrs. W. L. Pen-
berthy, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Angell,
Mrs. Irene Claghorn, Col. and Mrs.
H. L. Boatner, Col. and Mrs. E. W.
Napier, Lt. Col. and Mrs. M. P.
Bowden, Lt. Col. and Mrs. L. F.
Walker, Capt. Basil L. Hoyl, Sgt.
and Mrs. D. U. Stroud, and Mr. and
Mrs. P. L. Downs.
Approximately 100 couples at
tended the dance, which ended the
RV Weekend. Festivities got an
earlv start with an informal party
at DOKK hall in Bryan.
Lousin’ Up the Lass-0
Batt Crew Tries Tessie News Beat
One of Texas’ favorite collegiate songstresses, the
TSCW Modern Choir, exhibited its vocal talent in
Guion Hall Saturday night to the pleasures of an
4 appreciative male audience. Under the direction
of Dr. William O. Jones, the Tessies rendered
songs ranging from popular melodies to semi
classic vocalizing.
By DAVE COSLETT
Battalion Co-Editor
Ever get tired of the predominant
male atmosphere of this place?
Even ye staff members of The Bat
talion often wish that local reader-
ship were not so top-heavy on the
male side.
This week-end, though, the
troops from the journalistic dens of
Goodwin Hall made up for lost time
in that respect by taking over the
reins of The Daily Lass-O, the na
tion’s only women’s college daily.
The switch to the opposite ex
treme began Friday night with
an advanced relegation of the
Batt staff setting up operational
headquarters at TSCW’s famed
Sin Cuidado. First event of the
three-day session was a Theta
Sigma Phi banquet with J. Frank
Dobie as main speaker.
The noted writer of stories of the
Southwest explained the writing of
a book and spun many a tale to the
complete satisfaction of members
and guests of the Tessie chapter of
the national honorary journalism
fraternity for women.
Newsgathering opei’ations began
Saturday morning with an eager
crew of lads prying into every
phase of campus activity while
smiling Lass-0 staffers sat back
to watch the fun.
“Scoop” Pengelly, after a few
sessions with the Denton phone
system, found why Lass-0 re
porters usually get their stories
on foot.
Another soph trooper, Bryan
Spencer, substantiated nasty ru
mors that a bus-load of women
were leaving for a Perrin Field
Dance.
General news, columns and in-
terwiews gave other staffers some
thing to do as Managing Editor
Joel Austin dished out assignments
right and left. Clayton Selph ex
ercised over-all supervision while
yours trorly played lensman and
set out in search of some good
cheese-cake. Incidentally, none was
available—not even in the local
bakery.
Saturday afternoon the joint
crews laid aside their typewriters
and blue pencils to head for Lake
Senate Exec
Committee
Meets Also
Two student government
groups meet this afternoon,
afternoon, with one major
question facing both bodies.
The Student Life Commit
tee, meeting at 4 in the Senate
Chamber of the MSC, and the Stu
dent Senate executive committee,
meeting at 5, will both discuss the
student body president question.
Since the last meeting of the.
Senate, several events have happen
ed necessitating the executive, com
mittee meeting.
• Preparations for holding a stu
dent body referendum—an opinion
poll—on the question of having a
student body president were begun.
• Little reaction was heard from
the student body until late Wed
nesday evening, the night the poll
was to be conducted. Then several
hurriedly-called meetings were
held.
• Then, upon request of a num
ber of students, Senate President,
Bill Parse and the election com
mittee of the Senate postponed the
vote.
The poll distributed last Wednes
day night asked the students’ opin
ion on whether or not they wanted
a student body president, who
would replace “in name and in
duties the present position of Stu
dent Senate President.”
Second item on Ifiej Student Life
agenda today will be a discussion of
requirements for the position of
student body president.
Other meeting discussions will
be on changing the regular require
ments for election of Aggieland
editor and the furtherance of stu
dent-faculty participation in Mus
ter Day and Mother’s Day pro
grams on the campus.
Two roports are also on sche
dule for the Student Life meeting.
C. G. “Spike” White, secretary
of the committee, will report on
the all-college calendar meeting
and M. L. Cashion will report on
the welfare and recreation com
mittee’s work.
Student members of Student Life
are A. D. Martin, Dare Keelan,
Dave Coslett, Clayton Selph, W. D.
“Pusher-” Barnes, Joe L. Johnson,
Lloyd Manjeot, Ken Wiggins, Har
old Chandler, Joe Fuller, Roy
Nance, and Jim Martin.
Faculty mambers Dan Russell,
Joe Sorrels, Cashion, Lt. Col. M.
P. Bowden, Barlow “Bones” Ir
vin, Dr-. Ralph Steen, chairman of
the committee; R. G. Perryman,
Dr. H. G. Johnston, and Dr-. Chr is
Groneman.
Secretary White is a non-voting
member of Student Life.
S e rr a t e executive committee
members are Ferris Brown, Autrey
Frederick, Jimmy Onstott, I. E.
“Monty” Montgomery, Duane Van-
denberg, and W. H. Oliver*.
Dallas where a Cris-Craft, surf
board, canoes and food provided
a decidedly welcome contrast to
, normal newspaper duties.
Sunday’s dawning found mem
bers of both staffs convinced that
the contrast was a little too de
cided. Nursing aching muscles,
they proceeded on a wind-up job to
produce a finished Lass-0 for Mon
day readers at Tessieland.
Wise Battalion men silently
slunk away before those readers
got to judge the efforts.
Included in the week-end safari
were Bob Hughson, John Whit
more, Selph, Allan Pengelly, Andy
Anderson, Spencer, Sid Abermathy,
Bill Aaberg, Austin, Chuck Neigh
bors, Pete Hermann and Carl Mil
ler.
Reservists to Train
In Louisiana Camp
All Army Organized Reserve un
its of Texas ordered to summer
training at Fort Hood, Texas, will
train at Camp Polk, La., Cap. M.
B. Findlay, ORC Instructor for this
area, announced today.
There has been no change in the
dates the units will report to the
training camps, Capt. Findlay stat
ed.
Included in the larger units that
will train at Camp Polk are the
90th Infantry Division, June 17-30,
and the 22nd Armored Division,
August 5-18. Previous announce
ments stated that these organiza
tions would go to Fort Hood.
Camp Polk was the training
home of the 45th Infantry Divis
ion before its recent departure for
the Far East.
Local units affected by this
change are five batteries of the
352nd Armored Field Artillery
Battalion and Headquarters and
Service Company of the 39th Ar
mored Infantry Battalion. These
six units, all part of the 2.nd Ar
mored Division, will train at Camp
Polk, 5-18 August.
Spring Election
Candidates File
Filing for Spring Elections
has opened. All candidates for
offices must have their applica
tions turned in to the Office of
Student Activities by April 25,
Don Young, Election Commit
teeman, announced.
Elections will be held May 2.
Whether or not A&M should
have an official mascot will be
voted on Wednesdav.