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Number 214: Volume 51
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Ag-gieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1951
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00 Students Expected In Basic Division
Town Haller
Tex Beneke
Davis Explains
Cadet Meaning
A&M Prexy
"To be an A&M cadet, you must
conduct yourself as a gentleman
and commit no acts which might
bring discredit on your organiza
tion or the school which you rep
resent,”
This statement was made by Col.
J. E. Davis, commandant, yester
day in Guion Hall when he address
ed nearly 2200 incoming freshmen.
The title of his talk was “The
A&M Cadet.”
Col. Davis began his talk by
explaining the organization of the
cadet corps. The speaker told how
the corps was composed of eight
regiments, the last of which was
the Basic Division, commanded by
upperclassmen officers, to which
the freshmen belonged.
The Articles of the Cadet Corps
was the next item the speaker
talked about, saying it was the
guide and basis for student con
duct, and freshmen would have the
opportunity to read the provisions.
“The most important element in
manhood is character and integrity.
The reputation of A&M men in
this respect is worldwide. Our
code is simple—no cheating, no
stealing, and no lying,” Col. Davis
continued.
Tex Beneke Signs Contract
For Town Hall Appearance
Tex Beneke, nationally known
orchestra leader, has signed a con
tract to' plav for Town Hall Oct.
8, C. G. “Spike” White, director of
Student Activities, announced this
morning.
In making plans for Town Hall
for 1951-52 Beneke agreed to play,
but left the date open. Confirma
tion of the contract closing the ar
rangements was just received.
After the Beneke concert in Gui
on Hall, Rise Stevens, star of radio,
motion pictures and opera, will
sing. She is scheduled for Oct. 16.
Rounding out the year’s program
will be the Houston Symphony
Dec. 11; The Revelers Quartet,
Jan. 17 and last Merely and Gear
hart, pianists for Fred Waring,
Feb. 14.
The Texas band leader took over
the baton of the Glenn Miller Or
chestra five years ago. Miller was
lost in action while in the Air
Force.
Started in 1938
The Fort Worth band leader was
originally a part of the orchestra
recruited by Miller in 1 9 3 8.
Through the years he became the
“top man” in the band by virtue
of his tenor saxophone and vocal
solos.
Tex joined the band through the
recommendation of Gene Krupa
who heard Tex playing with an
other outfit while the Krupa band
was touring. When Miller started
toying with the idea of putting
his own band in the field, Gene told
Glen of the embryo sax star he had
heard on the road. Miller told Tex
to come to New York for an au
dition . . . that started it all off.
When Beneke shuffled into the
hall where the Miller crew was
rehearsing, he extended his hand
to Miller and smiling broadly
drawled, “Hiyah, Glenn, Ah’m
mighty proud to be heah.”
“Tex” Born
“Get out your horn, Tex and let’s
hear you play,” said Glenn, and
from that time forward, it was
“Tex” and not Gordon Lee Beneke.
The tall man from Texas’s musi
cal career started early in life.
When he was 9 years old, he per
suaded his mother to buy him a
sax. It seemed the kid next door
had one and it was the neighbor
hood pride and joy. Tex’s first was
a second-hand tenor sax that look
ed a lot worse than it sounded,
fortunately. A teacher was hired
and Tex was off.
When Tex was 13 he was already
established as an orchestra leader
in Fort Worth. One of the boys in
the Tex Beneke Trio was a drum
mer named Ben Hogan—the same
Ben Hogan who is top money-win
ner among the nation’s professional
golfers. Later, Tex mastered the
clarinet, also.
Kept Him Awake
He wasn't discovered as a singer
until late in 1938, months after he
poined the Miller band. The band
was on tour in New England, and
Glenn was asleep on the front seat
of his car, which Tex was driv
ing. They were driving on an over
night location hop. To keep awake,
Tex began to sing “Ida, Sweet as
Apple Cider” Glenn stirred and
awakened and he heard Tex’s voice,
but said nothing at the time. Glenn,
however, made up an arrangement
of “Ida” and then informed Beneke
he was to do the vocal.
“Ah cain’t sing, and furthermore,
ah hates singing,” wailed Tex. But
Glenn called for the tune every
night to such audience response
that the arrangement library was
soon crowded with vocal material
for Tex. Incidentally, “Ida” is still
his biggest request number along
with his famous sax renditions of
“Body and Soul,” and “Embrace-
able You.” Tex really blossomed as
a singing star with the release of
the Victor recordings of “Kalama
zoo” and “Chattanooga C h o o
Choo.” He was also featured with
Glenn in two movies—“Orchestra
Wives” and “Sun Valley Serenade.”
Freshmen will have a chance to
buy Town Hall Season Tickets at
registration Friday. Upperclass
men will be able to buy them at
registration Saturday.
Season tickets for students are
$3.50 for general admission and
$5.50 for reserve seats. Non stu
dent tickets are $5.50 and $7.50 and
will be sold on a first come first
serve basis after 7 a.m. Oct. 4 at
Guion Hall.
New Traffic Rules
Approved By Council
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Publications Set
Freshmen Party
Freshmen interested in taking
part in any phase of the Student
Publication program at A&M
are invited to a staff meeting
to be held in The Battalion Of
fice, second floor of Goodwin
Hall, Wednesday.
“Students will have a chance
to just ask questions about the
program and get something to
eat and drink,” John Whitmore,
editor of The Battalion said.
There are six publications
that come under student publi
cations, he said. They are The
Battalion, The Commentator,
The Agriculturist, The Engi
neer, The Southwestern Veteri
narian and The Aggieland.
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion City Editor
College Station’s city council last
night directed City Manager Ray
mond Rogers to erect signs and
begin enforcing a revamped set of
parking regulations for the North
Gate area.
Recommended by the Citizen’s
Traffic Committee after several
months of study, the regulations
are as follows: one hour parking
limit, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except
Sundays and holidays; on the north
side of Farm to Market Highway
60 from Stasney Street to a point
about 200 feet east of Boyett
Street.
One hour parking for both sides
of Main Street from Church Street
to FM 60, and south side of FM
60 from the intersection of Tauber
Street and FM 60 to the intersec
tion of Main Street and FM 60.
Six-hour parking limit was de
cided upon, during the same hours
as the one-hour parking, for the
Bill Turner Judge
At Chorus Contest
Bill Turner, director of music ac
tivities, whose Singing Cadets have
become a favorite singing group
throughout the state, is in Amarillo
to act as chief judge of the Texas
Farm Bureau Chorus contest.
Turner was called to the meet by
the Texas Farm Bureau to serve
in the capacity of head judge, in
recognition of his record of di
recting musical groups. Yesterday
and today he is organizing and di
recting the statewide chorus con-
l test.
south side of FM 60 from a point
200 feet east of Boyett Street to
old Highway 6.
A loading zone is to be reserved
in front of Lipscombs Pharmacy.
Rear entrance loading and unload
ing at stores between Taylor’s Va
riety and Loupots’ Trading Post is
to be enforced.
Shrubbery and other obstructions
are to be removed along Patricia
and Lodge Streets to facilitate
parking.
The council was notified by Dr
T. O. Walton, postmaster, that he
had been authorized to employ mail
carriers and begin houSe-to-house
mail delivery as soon as the proper
house and street markings had
been completed.
Markers Up
Rogers said that street markers
had been erected at all intersec
tions in the city. The councilmen
noted that house owners in certain
areas of the city still had not com
plied with the request to properly
number their houses.
A resolution was passed author
izing the payment of $150 for each
water connection extended by Dr.
F. B. Clark in Southeast College
Park. The mayor was authonzed
to sign a bank note for the money
which is not to exceed $4200 during
a ten-year period.
Other action taken by the coun
cil included a resolution authoriz
ing Rogers to begin the printing
of city charters to be distributed
to citizens at a future date.
The council also approved the ac
tion taken by Mayor E«nest Lang
ford in increasing College Sta
tion’s contribution to the Brazos
County Health Unit from $1800 a
year to $2100,
“The Articles of the Cadet Corps
are prepared in such a way to pro
vide protection to all cadets as in
dividuals and as a group, the
speaker said. He urged the fresh
men to give their schedule a great
deal of thought, and to make up
their minds to pass all their work.
“You will be storing up serious
trouble for yourself later by not
passing your work. Remember,
a little more effort at the begin
ning will probably save an extra
semester or year at the end.
“For years Aggies have been
able to do their work. I am confi
dent if you enter college with the
proper determination, you will be
able to develop into Aggies that
will be a credit to the institution,”
Col. Davis enjoined the new stu
dents.
The speaker reminded the fresh
men that A&M has nourished the
academic and military development
of some 70,000 students who have
served State and Nation with dis
tinction.
Seventy-nine A&M men shoul
dered arms during the Spanish-
American War. The senior class
of 1917 volunteered for the serv
ice as a group. During World
War IT, more than 7000 officers
who received their commissions at
A&M served in the Armed Forces.
Twenty-nine former students be
came general officers, six received
the nation’s highest award for gal
lantry—the Medal of Honor—four
of them posthumous.
A&M Laundry
Sets Schedule
For ’51 - ’52
Freshmen sending laundry
to the College Laundry should
report to the laundry office
for personal laundry • mark,
James H. Kingcaid, superin
tendent announced.
Soiled clothing for all students
who have registered may be turned
in Friday at any of the four laun
dry stations.
Pick-up and Delivery stations
are as follows: Dorm 12 for stu
dents living in the project houses
and Vet Village and Dorms 1-12;
Hart Hall for students living in
Hart, Mitchell, Legett, Milner, Biz-
zell, Law and Puryear Halls; Post
Graduate Hall for all students liv
ing in Dorms 14 through 17 and
Walton Hall; and the Quonset Hut
for students living in the College
View Apartments.
The laundry will operate the
same way is has in the past, said
Kingcaid. Students will be allowed
one bundle of laundry a week,
without extra charge. Day for
laundry turn in will be according
to the surname of the student.
Students whose last names begin
with an A-D will deposit it on Fri
day, E-I on Monday, J-N on Tues
day, O-S on Wednesday and T-Z
on Thursday. Laundry will be re
turned in two or three days after
reaching the laundry.
All laundry must be turned into
the sub-sta,tion before 8 a.m. on
the designated day. An extra
charge will be made for all bundles
turned in late or out of place.
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College Welcomes
Incoming Freshmen
An approximate 2,200 students are scheduled to become
a part of A&M and the basic division for the 1951-52 school
year, Dr. John Bertrand, dean of basic division announced
today.
Of this number about 1,600 are new freshmen, 500 are
carryovers from last year and this past summer session, and
about 200 are transfer students from other colleges.
A&M educators are attributing the gain in students to
the basic division and appeal of a military college in a time
of national emergency.
The majority of the students who will be registered Fri
day are members of the eighth regiment and will be housed
separate from the upperclass corps.
Changes in this year’s military set up include more
cadet officers per company and the adoption of two dormi
tories formerly used by non-corps students.
Members of the military department are estimating the
corps this year will have about 4,400 men signed up. They
said this would probably be a conservative estimate.
Fourteen companies have been set up this year to handle
the freshmen regiment. The regi-
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Howdy..."
College Churches
Plan Open Houses
An open house will be held in
the basement of St. Mary’s Chapel
on Sulphur Springs Rd. at 7:30 p.
m. The entertainment, sponsored
by the Altar Society, will follow
the Rosary and Benediction at 7:15.
A&M Presbyterian Church
A party for Presbyterian stu
dents is slated for 7:30 p. m. The
church is located one block north
of the Campus Theater. Freshmen
will be special guests of the church.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Incoming freshmen are invited to
attend the mid-week Evening Pray
er at the St. Thomas Episcopal
Church, 906 Jersey Street, at 7 p.
m. Wednesday.
Bethel Lutheran Church
The Bethel Lutheran Church at
80 SO. College is holding mid-week
Vesper service, at 7:30. New stu
dents are welcome to attend the
meeting to consider “The Need
for Survival.”
First Baptist Church
The WMU will present a pro
gram on “State Missions” at 7:30
p. m. at the First Baptist Church,
College Main St.
It is indeed a pleasure for me to have the privilege of
extending a cordial welcome to all students of the College—
those who are coming to A&M for the first time and those
returning. My wish for you is that this will prove to be a
most profitable, enjoyable and successful school year.
The faculty and staff join me in pledging to you our
very best efforts in providing the finest educational oppor
tunities to be found anywhere. They are interested in your
welfare and are always ready to assist you in every way in
your education and training at this College.
Now, as never before in this history of our nation, it
is so very necessary that the young men of our state prepare
for outstanding citizenship. To assume your rightful place,
you will want the finest training available in your chosen
field of study and at the same time obtain training in the
various services of the ROTC. A wonderful opportunity is
available at A&M to equip yourself to enjoy the years ahead
and enable you to serve your state and nation both in times
of peace and war.
We are anticipating a great school year in 1951-52, and
this can be realized by the help and cooperation of students,
faculty and staff. Let’s make this year the greatest of all
seventy-six in the history of A&M College and then we will
have the satisfaction of a job well done and a year well spent.
M. T. Harrington
President
Basic Military
Soon to Get
Deferments
Basic ROTC Students will
receive deferments from se
lective service in the near fu
ture, Col. Shelly P. Meyers,
PMS&T, announced today. In
the past basic military students
were required to wait until they
had completed one semester of
military science before getting the
deferment from the draft.
Draft Deferment Information
Questionnaires a n d Deferment
Agreement forms will be furnished
to each first year Basic ROTC
student, according to Col. Shelly
P. Meyers, PMS&T. The Infor
mation Questionnaire, which is
filled out by the student and re
turned, contains information as to
the individual age and location of
draft board.
Upon return of the Information
Questionnaire and the Deferment
agreement, properly completed, the
Departments of Military and Air
Sciences notify the local Selective
Service board concerned of the
status of the student. Normally
this results in students being clas
sified I-D.
The Deferment Agreement is
the document wherein the Services
agree to defer the student until
completion of his course and re
ceipt of his commission in ex
change for his agreement that he
will serve on active duty for two
years under such commission and
will remain in the Organized Re
serve Corps for such period as may
be required by law.
Final selection of first year Ba
sic ROTC students for deferments
will be effected during the period
from Dec. 1-15, Col. Meyers said.
Gee Ma!
Friendly Fish Finds
Freshman Life Fuddled
By B. F. ROLAND where he was to spend his first carpet grass, the surroundings sud-
. . * year at college, he found his future denly felt cooler, more inviting.
Victor Houston is a composite ot roommate looking as bewildered at Upon entering the building they
the 2200 freshmen who started ar- Victor felt. After a brief chat, the were greeted by a cold burst of
riving I riday morning for the new t wo consu ited their new student air from the entirely air condition-
To the left they saw the
room, which beckoned
student week.
week programs and learned that ed MSC.
Arriving at 8:52 a.m. on the bus refreshments were being served at fountain
out of Dallas, Victor’s first prob
lem was to locate Sbisa Hall where
he was to pay his fees and receive
his housing assignment.
Sbisa for new students. them immediately. Every other
With a goal in view, Victor and \ hou S ht was fo ^ 0 4 tte " l ’. excep l to
his friend began more closely to
The A&M campus looked large , i j
and forboding. But after some- who were already examining every
one had said “Howdy,” Victor’s
confidence mounted and he sumon-
ed up enough courage to inquire
as to the whereabouts of Sbisa
Hall. Entering the Annex, he was
introduced to the first of many
lines which became a living night
mare before he had paid fees, re
ceived housii^ assignment, and lat
er post office box.
Since his trunk had been sent
railway express, and his suit
cases had been checked at the
bus station, Victor set out to
find Dorm 19, Room 224 which
was clearly written on his hous
ing card. Many of Victor’s fel
low students had saved a step
by writing ahead and receiving
housing assignments when they
were accepted into the college.
' eain more about this restful,
resemble the hundreds of freshmen place.
Saturday, Victor took tests—ap-
nook and crook of the campus, titude, interest, and IQ — which
Arriving back to their first des- were to determine how well he was
tination, Victor heard someone say suited for college life. Sunday he
something about the Memorial Stu- went to the church of his choice,
dent Center. Neither boy knew Monday morning he attended the
the location of this new place, so general assembly in Guion Hall
they just followed the group of where he learned more about what
ment is commanded by Cadet Col
onel Grady Smallwood.
Freshmen started arriving on
the campus Friday morning. Dur
ing the morning hours incoming
freshmen registered for room as
signments, paid fees and were is
sued uniforms.
Refreshments were served to the
freshmen PYiday morning and aft
ernoon in Sbisa Hall. They were
sponsored by the YMCA. That
evening the students met at the
Grove for a general orientation
meeting with members of the basic,
division.
Saturday the students took gen
eral aptitude tests and had another
try at standing in line for uni
forms. The YMCA conducted a
meeting in the Grove to introduce
ministers from the local churches.
C. L. Ray, president of the YMCA
Cabinet, presided over the meeting.
Over 1,200 new students were
guests of the Memorial Student
Center for an Open House. Mem
bers of the MSC House Committee
were sponsors of the operi house.
Monday the military department
took over the students and conduct
ed a series of talks to orientate the
freshmen on the ways of a cadet.
Col. Joe Davis, commandant, pre
sided over a meeting held in Guion
Hall where he told about “Thai
A&M Cadet.”
After the formal meeting in
Guion Hall the freshmen met with
their units for talks by the dormi
tory counselors on “Cadet-Counsel
or Relationship” and the “College
Regulations.”
Company commanders later told
the men how to keep the Aggie
uniform up to standards of the
corps and what value and prestige
it carried with it. They also warn
ed the freshmen of their respon
sibility to the uniform and what
it means. Later they told the
freshmen about Yell Practice and
some of the traditions of the cam
pus.
Sbngfest Held
As a break away from the uni
formity of the meetings held dur
ing the day, the students wera
lead in a sonfgest in the Grove by
Walter Jenkins, choir director ot
the First Methodist Church in
Houston. Members of the Execu
tive Committee were introduced to
the students and President M. T.
Harrington officially welcomed the
students to A&M.
This morning the new students
were broken down into five groups
for discussions with members of
the various schools. The sections
were: students going into agricul
ture; engineering; arts and sci
ences; veterinary medicine; and a
group of undecided students.
Both this morning and after
noon, dormitory counselors are
scheduling individual conferences
with the students. Identification
photos will also be taken from 3
to 5 p.m. in the Walton Hall
Lounge.
Tonight Dean of the College C. C, *
French and Dean of Men W. L.
Penberthy will discuss what goes
into making a student well round
ed. Dean French will talk on the
importance of academic achieve
ment and Dean Penberthy will talk
on life outside the class room. The
meeting will be presided over by
C. G. “Spike’ White, assistant dean
of men for activities.
(See FRESHMEN WEEK, Page 2)
boys ahead of them.
They passed more strange
buildings, some of which looked
like dorms, until they came to a
large field which had been wa
tered recently and new grass was
growing. Across the field they
viewed the multi-million dollar
MSC, setting like a resort in a
field of drab looking buildings.
it means to be an Aggie.
After the unit meetings Mon
day afternoon, Victor started
speaking to everyone and taking
a part in the atmosphere of
friendliness which had given him
confidence the first day.
. Victor has met more boys like
himself, and older boys who have
been set over him. The conclusion
It was only 11 a.m., but the sun which he had drawn is the same
had begun to' beat down upon the as that drawn by thousands of
new freshmen with unrelenting boys who came before him, “Texas
intensity. When they strolled up A&M is the best college in the
When Victor arrived at the room the walk, bordering lush green world.”
Plans Didn’t
Call for Door
Some times good house
keeping can be costly. Mon
day it cost the MSC the price
of one plate glass window.
Robert Page was late to a
meeting Monday morning. His
friends left the Fountain Room
for a meeting in Guion Hall
and he ran to catch them.
Observers said Robert
thought the window was an
other door opening and he just
crashed through.