Oldest Continuously Published
College Newspaper
In Texas
Number 6: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1951
Published by Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
Price Five Cents
Aggies Take To Air Lanes For 21-14 Win
Students Slow
In Filing For
Elective Posts
Student response was generally
light as filing opened for the
first big election of the school
year. Only 8 had applied for
places on the Student Senate while
ah equally small number, one, had
filed for non-corps posts on the
Student Life Committee as of 11
this mornng.
Deadline for filing in these
races is set for Friday at 5 p.
m. Candidates must file in the
Student Activities office on the
second floor of Goodwin Hall be
fore that time to be eligible for
election.
Of the 39 seats to be filled on
the Student Senate, 28 will be
Seniors Discuss
Organizational
Projects Tonite
Tonight at 7:30 the Sen
ior Class will hold its first
meeting of the year to dis
cuss and approve a new type
of class organization. The
meeting will be held in the lec
ture room of the New Science
Building.
The new plan, if accepted, will
provide for the immediate section
of committees to, work out details
of all projects, programs and oth
er activities which might be under
taken by the Class of 1932.
Class President Bill (Doggy)
Dalston will preside at the meet
ing and will introduce other class
officers, C. R. Dunn, vice-president;
Robert Dobbins, secretary; Ted M.
Stephens, treasurer; and Bernard
Lemmons, Senior class represen
tative to the athletic council.
Other business on the program
for tonight’s meeting includes dis
cussion of an orchestra for the
Ring Dance, and loading of the
class financial report.
C. G. (Spike) White, assistant
to the dean of men, will lead the
discussion on selection of an or
chestra.
“It is hoped that some famous
orchestra can be secured to play
for the Ring Dance next Spring,”
A. C. Burkhalter, class reporter-
historian, said.
Stephens will discuss the finan-
rial report with members of the
rlass and explain how it will af
fect Seniar 'class projects this
J/ear.
“Since this is an especially im
portant meeting. T urge every
senior to attend,” Dalston said. “I
promise to keep the meeting as
short as possible and discuss neces
sary business in a minimum of
time.”
Gooding to Head
Aggie Players
Harry Gooding was elected
president of The Aggie Players at
an organizational meeting Wed
nesday night.
Other officers elected for the
1951-’52 year were Alice Burke,
vice president: Wanda Rohr, sec
retary; M. C. Carson, Jr., business
manager; and Mary Eleanor Va-
den, assistant business manager.
Tryouts for “Command Deci
sion,” the Players first production,
were started. Readings for the
parts will continue through Mon
day.
Col. Napier Talks
To AF DM Students
This afternoon at 5 p. m. in the
chapel of the YMCA, Col. E. W.
Napier, PAS&T, will talk to all
air force distinguished military
students on the prospects of an
air force career.
“All air force distinguished mili
tary students should know' some
thing of the background of the
air force, its advantages and dis
advantages,” Col. Napier said.
It is only a short time until
these students will be given the
opportunity to apply for a regular
commission,” he explained.
chosen by elections in each dormi
tory and other college housing
areas.
The remaining 11 seats on the
Senate will be filled by students
elected at lar-ge. Areas entitled to
elect representatives in addition
to the dormitories are Vet Vil
lage and College View. Day stu
dents will also choose representa
tives.
Besides these places on the Sen
ate, there are four others which
are automatically filled by vice-
presidents of each of the four
classes.
Three other places which will be
filled following the year’s first
elections are those of non-corps
representative on the Student Life
Committee.
Qualifications Same
Qualifications are the same for
both elections except that student
elected to the Senate must live in
the area which he represents. If
he should change his residence af
ter election, he will be forced to
resign and a special election will
be held to determine his successor.
A student elected to the Stu
dent Life Committee does not have
to live in a specific location.
Other necessary qualifications
common to both Senate and Stu
dent Life elections are:
• A student must have a,t least
a grade point ratio of 1.0.
• He must be a classified sopho
more.
• He must have attended A&M
for at least two consecutive se
mesters prior to his election and
must express his intention to re
main in school for the time he is
elected to hold office.
Election Oct. 3
Elections will be held following
supper Oct. 3. Cadet first ser
geants will pick up ballots and
distribute them in their organiza
tion. In non-corps dormitories, it
will be the responsibility of the
house master to distribute ballots.
A special repi’esentative in areas
such as Vet Village and College
View will be designated to pick
up, distribute and turn in ballots.
Following 1 voting in their areas,
representatives will return bal
lots to the Student Activities of
fice in Goodwin Hall where they
will be counted by members of the
election committee.
Who Can’t Pass?
Writing Yets Get
Chance for Money
Student Veterinary Medicine
students have a chance to take
home $150 in prize money for wilt
ing up interesting case history
notes.
The Dallas County Veterinary
Association has put the money up
to be awarded to students of vet
med for their contributions to the
literature.
The primary reason for the con
test, the Dallas Association said,
was to stimulate the student’s in
Allied Officers Veto
Kaesong For Confab
Tokyo, Sept. 24 — GP) — Allied
liaison officers went to Kaesong
today and told the Reds that city
w r as not suitable as a site for a
Korean war cease-fire conference.
The meeting with Communist
liaison officers was held in an ef
fort to restart the negotiations,
which stalled at Kaesong Korean
a month ago.
There was no indication of the
Red reaction.
The liaison officers will meet
Tuesday at 10 a.m. (8 p.m. Mon
day, EST).
Allied headquarters here said the
Reds wefe told:
“It is plain that partisan groups,
responsible to neither command,
are active in the Kaesong area.
These uncontrolled elements may
at any time take action which could
compel a suspension of the confer
ence.”
Headquarters said also the basic
instruction given the Allied liaison
officers was to try to arrange con
ditions under which the armistice
talks could make the most rapid
progress.
The Reds were reminded that
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway suggest-
BULLETIN
Beaumont, Texas, Sept. 24—GP)
—Four A&M students were in
jured, none seriously, Saturday af
ternoon in a three-car collision on
U.S. highway 90 near Nome.
Injured were H. L. Lewis Mc
Adams, Jr., 20, W. I. James, 20,
and Jerry Drake, 20, all of Port
Arthur, and T. H. Parish, 19, Beau
mont.
All are expected to be released
form Baptist Hospital here some
time this week.
ed Sept. 6 that a new site for the
talks be chosen.
The Allied liaison team said,
“from the viewpoint of the military
aviator, the Kaesong neutral zone
is but a few minutes removed from
the most important military line
of supply in your rear area. Thou
sands of aircraft sorties are di
rected aaginst this line of supply.
The likelihood of an accidental oc
currence involving Kaesong is ob
vious.
Violations Number 200
The Communist commanders
have alleged that a number of vio
lations of the Kaesong neutral zone
approaching the figure 200 have
occurred. Could any fact argue
more persuasively that Kaesong is
unsuitable as a conference site?”
The U. N. delegation told the
Communists “it is regretable” that
the talks were not held aboard
the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia
as suggested by Ridgway, Supreme
Allied Commander, before the ar
mistice talks began.
“In retrospect, it is now appar
ent that the vast majority of the
difficulties which have arisen re
garding Kaesong would not, in fact
could not, have occurred aboard the
Jutlandia,” the Reds were told.
When the hour-long meeting end
ed, a Red officer left the confer
ence room with a wide grin. U. N.
officers were poker-faced.
Later an Allied spokesman in
Munsan, the U. N. advance base,
said he did not know whether any
progress had been made.
During the meeting the U. N.
delegation handed the Reds a me
morandum. Its contents were not
divulged.
Earlier Monday the Reds said
they wanted to discuss only a time
and date for resuming negotiations.
terest in veterinary literature and
to improve his writing ability.
Unique case histories from the
veterinary hospitals at Texas
A&M, Colorado A&M, Oklahoma
A&M, and Kansas State College
will be published in The South
western Veterinarian, Bill Ells
worth, editor announced.
Associate Officers
Current officers of the Dallas
Association are Dr. R. E. Starnes,
president; and Dr. F. W. Brundrett,
secretary. Both of these men are
former students of Texas A&M.
The prizes will be broken down
into $75 for first place, $50 for
second; and $25 for third place.
The official set of rules listed
by Editor Ellsworth says the
awards will be made to the three
best clinical case reports publish
ed in the Southwestern Veterinar
ian during the 1951-52 school year.
Subject matter in the articles
is limited to the cases involving
only the domesticated animals.
The award-winning case reports
wdll be selected on the basis of
their form, style, manner of pre
sentation, content and literary sig
nificance. An article has to be pub
lished before it is a contest entry.
Selected In April
Winners wall be selected during
the month of April, 1952, and the
contest winner will be announced
at the first meeting of the Junior
Chapter of the American Veterin
ary Medicine Association at A&M
following their selection.
Judges for the selection wdll be
five graduate veterinarians who
are faculty members of the vet-
med school at A&M. These five
men will be named by Ellsworth.
Three other judges will be the
editors of the clinical case report
section of the Southwestern Vet
erinarian, the associate editor of
the magazine and Ellsworth.
All manuscripts must be type
written and double spaced, with a
one-inch margin on side and a two
inch margin at top and bottom.
Lone Aggie Gets Greeting
Intended for Ball Players
An estimated 250 Aggie supporters sat in their cars
keeping out of the rain yesterday awaiting the return of
the A&M football team from California.
Finally about 4:15 p. m. a plane was seen in the distance
and the men and women poured out of their cars into the
rain and stood along the fence waiting for the plane to land.
When the DC-3 came to a halt the group got ready to
run out on the air strip and carry the players to the waiting
busses.
The door opened and out stepped one uniformed Aggie.
The plane door closed and the ship was off.
One spectator said the man remarked as he got off “All
of this for me.”
St. Joseph Fund Drive
Contributions $50,000
Abilene Club Elects
Officers for Year
Harold Hughes, senior Business
major, was elected president of the
Abilene Club last Thursday night
at a meeting in the MSC.
Vice-president for the coming
year will be Carroll Little, senior
Ag Ed major. Junior Business maj
or, Gordon Zuber was voted Secre
tary-Treasurer.
Eugene Connally, senior ME
student, was named reporter.
The St. Joseph Hospital fund
campaign opened with a bang last
week when Dr. F. C. Bolton, gen
eral chairman for the fund drive,
announced that $50,000 of the
$200,000 goal had been pledged.
In an interview yesterday, Dr.
Bolton said several contributions
had been made since the drive
opened. The chairman was not cer
tain of the exact figure, but said
it exceeded $500. The campaign
it scheduled to continue for four
weeks.
Idea for the $800,000 St. Joseph
addition did not originate over
night. Several years ago the Inter-
City Committee of Bryan and Col
lege Station made a survey which
showed that the community had
only half the minimum number of
hospital beds that it needed.
During the following two years
the committee investigated every
possible solution. They found that
none of the present hospitals in
Brazos County could afford to ex
pand. The possibility of a county
hospital was considered but reject
ed because of the tax burden it
would create.
Finally an appeal was made to
the Sisters of St. Francis, who
(See ST. JOSEPH, Page 2)
Graves, Gardemal
Lead A&M Attack
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports News Editor .
The Cadet football machine, it’s famous running game
stopped cold, unfolded a passing attack with such velocity
that they snowed under the UCLA Bruins, 21-14, last Fri
day night in Los Angeles.
The warm California night air proved inspiring to the
never faltering passing arms of A&M quarterbacks Ray
Graves and Dick Gardemal.
Aggie passers struck so quickly that the Bruin defense
was knocked on it heels, never to fully recover the shock
of the first half.
Two of the Cadet touchdowns came in the fading seconds
of the second period. Quarterback Ray Graves flipped a 15-
yard pass to Halfback Billy Tidwell who then performed a
“circus tightrope act” while scampering down the side lines
70-yards to the UCLA 10 yard line.
Darrow Hooper, end, kicked the extra point and the
Aggies had a 7-0 lead with 55 seconds remaining of the
first half.
A&M kicked off to the Bruins and immediately stopped
them on their own 19-yard line. On the first play from scrim-
“^mage, Pete Dailey, who ran into
a wrecking tackle by Augie Saxe,
fumbled the ball. Quick and alert
Robert Shaeffer recovered for the
Aggies, who were again on their
way with disturbing suddenness.
U. S. Infantry
Lose Korean
Strategic Ridge
Tokyo, Sept. 24—(TP)—The
United Nations command to
day told the Communists that
Kaesong is unsuitable as a
site for any future Korean
armistice negotiations.
Allied liaison officers gave these
reasons in a note handed Red lia
ison officers at Kaesong:
• Kaesong is too close to the
main Red supply line, under attack
by Allied warplanes.
• Red and Allied ground forces
are in constant maneuver around
the five-mile neutral zone.
• Uncontrolled partisan groups,
responsible to neither command,
are active in the area and could
take action at any time which
would again cause a breakup of
talks.
Reds Gall Off Talks
The Reds called off the talks
Aug. 23, charging an Allied plane
tried to “murder” the Red cease
fire delegation with a bomb the
day before.
“It is regrettable,” .the Allies
said, that the Reds didn’t accept
the original suggestion of Gen.
Matthew D. Ridgway, supreme Al
lied commander, that the negotia
tions be held aboard the Danish
hospital ship Jutlandia.
Ridgway proposed some other,
more incident-proof site for the
conference in a note to the Com
munists Sept. 6. He since has
made clear that he wants better
working conditions established for
negotiators before he agrees to re
sumption of the conference.
Met Monday
U.N. and Red liaison officers
met in Kaesong Monday morning
to set up arrangements under
which talks, if resumed, could
make the most rapid progress pos
sible.
About six hours later the Reds
sent the Allies a memorandum,
contents of which were not dis
closed by Allied headquarters.
The laison groups are scheduled j
to meet again Tuesday at 10 a.m.
(8 p.m. Monday EST).
Game at a Glance
A&M UCLA
First downs
16
19
Rushing yardage
124
261
Passing yardage
243
62
Passes attempted
27
14
Passes completed
15
8
Passes intercepted
1
0
Punts
7
4
Punting average
31
46
Fumbles lost
1
2
Yards penalized
54
41
Two plays later Graves tossed
a 19-yard aerial to Yale Lary, who
snatched a sensational over-the-
shoulder catch in the end zone for
the Aggies’ second tally. Hooper
again kicked the extra point and
the Cadets held a half-time 14-0
lead.
Gardemal Directs Winner
A&M’s third counter came after
they stopped a UCLA drive on
their own eleven. Gardemal then
drove the Aggies 89 yards in 10
plays, which was climaxed with a
Gardemal to Hodge pass for the
winning touchdown.
Charlie Hodge was standing in
the end zone all by himself when
he pulled in Gardemal’s 8-yard
pass for the Aggies final touch-
(See BRUINS, Page 3)
13 Schools Represented
Large Crowd Attends First
Scholastic Press Meeting
Nearly 115 teachers and students
from 13 high schools attended the
first annual Texas Scholastic
Press Clinic, sponsored by the
Journalism department, Saturday
in the MSC.
Featured speaker for the affair
was Andy Anderson, columnist and
special writer for the Houston
Press, who spoke at the noon
luncheon. Anderson, noted for his
work in behalf of the needy, un
fortunate and handicapped people
of Texas, told the guests about
some of the work he has done in
the human side of news reporting.
Commenting on the large number
of girls in the group, Anderson
said there will always be room in
the newspaper field for people
who want to write and are willing
to develop a good writing style.
The day’s program officially
opened with an address of welcome
by Dr. C. Clement French, dean of
the college.
Benefits From Journalism
Following Dean French’s mes
sage, L. O. Tiedt, senior journal
ism student and editor of the Tex
as Aggie, spoke on “What Journal
ism Can Do For You.” He cited
several benefits which one might
gain from a career in the news
paper field.
Dave Coslett, former co-editor of
The Battalion and now a roving
reporter for the San Angelo Stan
dard Times spoke along the same
lines but brought in some of the
sidelights in the profession.
“My talk might well be called
‘What Journalism Can Do To You,”
he said.
After a short break, the next
speech was given. John Whitmore,
eritor of the Battalion, told the
teachers and students some of the
responsibilities which fall to the
staff of the school paper.
Dependable Men Needed
“I would rather have one de
pendable man with an IQ of 60 on
my staff than several with bril-
(See JOURNALISM, Page 4)
Consolidated
Enrollment
Numbers 1,016
Enrollment in the A&M
Consolidated School System
reached 1016 last week which
is the highest figure ever en
rolled at this' time of the
school year, according to Les Rich
ardson, superintendent of the
school system.
A total of 454 were enrolled in
elementary school. One hundred
and seventy-three students are in
Junior High School, and 128 in
High School. Lincoln school regis
tered 261.
Enrollment is expected tee reach
1100 to 1150 before the end of the
year since normal enrollment at
Lincoln is over 300, Richardson
said.
Of the total only 57 students
come from districts other than the
Consolidated Independent District.
Bryan District has sent 4 first
graders, 5 second graders, 6 third
graders, 5 fourth graders, 2 fifth
graders, 10 in Junior High School,
and 12 in High School.
The Providence School District
has sent 13 students.
Tech Tickets
Student Football Tickets and
Guest Tickets to the Texas Tech
game went on sale this morning
at the Athletic Department.
They will remain on sale Mon
day and Tuesday from 8 to 5.
They will also be on sale Wed
nesday until 6 p.m. All tickets
not purchased by Wednesday
will be returned to Dallas.
The Athletic Department still
has a few tickets on or about
the 50-yard line. These tickets
were released by bond holders of
The Cotton Bowl.