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Page c (C tor; wi find bu barbeci St. Sund 8:30 ar signor sistant Father Wee a. m. heard evenin Spring St. Hob a. xn. mas 1 sey St jinifc nuiMi Battalion Editorials MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1951 Page 2 Use JrtJY, (8c i Jectlo: til cl »FFIi lent lay t HEA' swl D-! BAB' Vie JER1 ft.: aft WHlj J. 1 P. Be T1 C f'O First Win More Than A Game HTHE Texas Aggies returned to Easterwood Airport and the A&M campus yesterday with the first victory of their 1951 ten-game schedule. It was not just an ordinary win. We had a new man directing the team’s fortunes at his old home stadium in Los Angeles. He is the youngest of seven coaches in the Southwest Conference. Many eyes of the athletic world were on the shoulders of this man who took over the assignment as head coach only last Spring when Harry Stitler resigned. We were glad to see the coaching staffs efforts had not been in vain in preparing the team for an opponent’s tight defense for our heralded ground game. An unheard-of Cadet passing attack broke loose when the Uclans’ defensive line proved too stout for the A&M backs. The effectiveness of the passing by quarterbacks Ray Graves and Dick Garde- nal was proven as the Aggie contingent scored three times through the air. We are sure Coach George was a happy man as he met his former teammates and coaches on the West coast after the game. He had won his first contest as a head coach and started what most Aggies hope to be the first of many vic tories for the 1951 season. But as George warned long before the A&M-UCLA clash, “Let’s don’t win them before they are played.” "Texas Tech is next and then mighty Oklahoma invades Aggieland. Let’s play the teams one at a time and make our plans for the Cotton Bowl after we are sure the Aggies have topped the conference. Young Politicans To Face Complexities of Governmen t If it is the duty of politicians to support their constituents, the new major and city council may find rough sledding today when they take over the city offices. Elected by their classmates, seven A&M Consolidated High School students will occupy the top city positions from 1 p. m. until 5 p. m. What’s the scoop? It’s part of the Kiwanis International’s Na tional Kids Day program designed to teach youngsters something about government. There is an example of how mixed up things could become. Sup pose the city marshall picks up the mayor’s father for speeding. Since the marshall is responsible to the mayor and council who appointed him, he releases the speeder, fearing the wrath of the ihayor. The voters get wind of what has happened and scream, corrup tion. So the mayor’s father is fined for speeding, and the fine, of course, is taken out of the mayor’s allowance. US Army Prepares For Korea Winter Transcontinental TV For Freedom Crusade New York, Sept. 24 — MP) — Red satellite countries in Eastern Transcontinental television was Europe, and similar radio station launched on a two-way basis yes- proposed to fight Communisii) in terday with a marathon benefit Asia. show for a radio system—that op- Viewers throughout the country crated by the Crusade for Free- were asked to telephone, telegraph or mail their pledges and contri butions. CurvesomeRhonda Delights Audience By FRANK DAVIS Battalion Staff Writer Although Hollywood is to be congratulated on its trend toward realism which has been noticed in such movies as “Ace in the Hole”, there still remains the movie for intertainment only. “On the Riviera” is perhaps the best recent example of the latter. “Little Egypt”, Universal Interna tional’s production showing at the Palace Theater is another movie which falls into the same category. A&M’s Booster Governor Coke Started Into State Politics Slowly With a ridiculous plot, “Little Egypt” combines the elements of beauty, romance, and conflict to make a movie the critic would tear apart, but many movie goers would acclaim. Rhonda Fleming is the most lus cious creature audiences have been privileged to see since Hedy La marr emerged from the Vienna Forests. The person who compares the performance of Rhonda in “Little Egypt” with Yyonne De Carlo in an older movie entitled “Salome Where She Danced” will conclude that people are becoming more broadminded. The authentic movements of the Egyptian dancing girl have been described as a,n intricate display of stomach, hip, and breast move ments which made the old feel young and the young feel mature. However short Miss Fleming falls from authenticity, the perfor mance is nevertheless the greatest yet seen on the American screen. (Editor’s note: Last Winter, As sociated Press Writer Don White- head broke the story in Korea that American fighting men were suf fering in sub-zero weather because of a breakdown in the distribution of warm clothing. Here is a story of what the Army is doing today to prepare for another Winter campaign—and to make certain the troops are warmly clothed.) Washington, Sept. 24—CP)—The Army has begun moving almost 100,000 fresh combat troops into Korea to make certain that battle- men would be a breakdown in dis tribution. This appears unlikely Washington, at this point because of the Army’s awareness of the problem. Here is a list of the Winter clothing which the Army says is available for each combat man in Korea dom to broadcast behind the Iron Curtain. The program, running a total of four-and-a-half hours regionally, made video history with a number of “firsts.” It marked the initial "transcon tinental transmissions in two direc- pledges from other parts of the tions in the same day. However, country, including West Coast cit- simultaneous transmission of two i es- programs in opposite directions must await the start of regular commercial cross-country TV on Friday. Yesterday’s shoy also was the opening east-to-west telecast, giv- ing western viewers their first tertainers, actors and other dig- “live” video look at New York and flkaries participated in the show. Plea From Ike Audience in East Pleas for contributions to the For the TV audience in the East, fund came in a message from Gen. Wire and Telephone CBS said that $150,000 was pledged in the New York area alone. The network said it also received wired and telephoned Final totals, CBS said, would not be available until mail pledges are received and figures for other cit ies ax-e tabulated. A number of public officials en- it provided the initial “live” Ewighh D. Eisenhower in Europe glimpse of Hollywood. The pre- and in another message, read by vious transcontinental telecasts of H ar °l d E. Etassen, from President Wool trousei’s (2), flannel shirts the Japanese peace treaty confer- l rum an. Stassen, University of (2), drawei's (3), undershirts (3), ence earlier this month had come Pennsylvania, president, is a cru- wool ski socks (6 pairs), wool fi’om San Francisco. sade oU'C'ak muffler, shoepacs, lined cap, lined c 0 ] um {)j a Broadcasting Sys- Vke President Alben W. Bark- jacket, cotton trousei’s (2), sweat- p em h a ncU e <i the transmission on a ^y, former president Herbert er, lined gloves, hooded packet and p 00 ] ec j ^ as j s over t jj e Aemrican Hoover, Attorney General J. How to mane certain tnar oauie- ove /co a t, Parka, sleeping bag and Telephone and Telegraph Com- ard McGrath,, Secretary of Defense , to mane cextam tnat oattie pad Arctic boots, face masks (2), Danv > s „ ew $40 000 000 microwave Robert A. Lovett and a number of the bittei campaign last Winte w hite trousers. j on networks picked up portions of ln S th 6 program and made their Second one^ 6 Ug " The white 8 ’ arments are to S ive sho ^ appeais for the crusade. But for those who must stay, m / n be ^ er camouf] age protec- As in the previous east-to-west the Army has stockpiled enough bl0n f rom the enemy while mov- conference telecast, there were gen- ’ 1 - ing against a background of snow. > ■ •• —” ■ Four-Hour Stint Winter gear in Koi’ea to provide every soldier and Marine with warm clothing when Winter set tles over that unhappy land|. This time the Army doesn’t in tend to be caught short on Winter equipment as it has in past Winter campaigns in North Africa, Italy, Europe and Korea. And it is try ing to give first consideration to the wen who endured last Winter’s campaign. This means the last of the old-timers in Korea are coming home. They are the veterans of the wintry battles along the Chongchon River, the Yalu River, Hungnan, and scores of name less, snow-capped mountains in the north. King George Reported OK After Surgery eral reports of excellent x’eception The program started with a four- on both coasts. hour stint from New York and The program was a nation-wide Washington to the West Coast, appeal for the Crusade for Free- Then the transcontinental hookup dom, a pi’ivate organization, which broke off to allow for local and regional shows. Late in the eve ning, Hollywood came on . wi|h a 30-minute Show for the East: t \ ■ FviV.V IJ When regularly-scheduled .com mercial TV starts its cross-cbuKfcry broadcasts Friday, channels will be available in both directions. J ———’ seeks to raise $3,500,000 for its anti-Communist activities. Crusade for Freedom Chief beneficiaries of the Cru sade’s campaign will be its radio Free Europe, which is beamed to (This the third of a series of the story of Governor Richard Coke and telling how he influ enced the founding of A&M Col lege and a little more about his life as a colorful governor in Texas history. His life has been compared with that of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, founder of Aggie Traditions. This story was writ ten by R. Henderson Shuffler, director of information for the system—The Editor.) When young Dick Coke rode into Waco Village in the Spring of 1850 and unsacked his law books to be gin his practice, he found that he was the Villages’s second barris ter. Already established in the profession was N. W. Battle, an other graduate of William and in an all-out attempt to bi’eak up the carpet-bagger rule which had controlled Texas since the end of the Civil War. “Early in the Spi’ing of 1872,” Clark wrote in his memoirs, “I was boarding at the same house with Judge Coke and his family. Knowing him as I did and his somewhat I’emai’kable capabilities, I began to solicit him to stand the ensuing year for Governor.” Nomination Won Coke was inexperienced political ly and very slow 'to agree to mak ing the race, but finally the clever Clark sold him on the idea and launched the campaign for his Notes From Grad School The normal load of academic twice. This simple, and possibly valid, charge was blown up into a full di’ess test case of the valid ity of the entire election and man euvered into the state’s Supreme Court which, alas like some su preme courts since, was packed. The Supreme Court justices at this time were appointive, and, being human, probably were more than work in the programs of the var- ordinaryily interested in whom the ious schools, including the Grad- next Governor (appointer) might uate School, is set up as fpll time be. work. When a student takes a com- George Claik reports that, while plete normal load, he is expected the case was being heard and be- to devote his entire time to the fore a decision had been reached, pursuit of his academic work, a prominent politician came to Where a graduate student is do- Waco from Austin to make the in- London, Sept. 24 — UP) — King Geoi’ge VI was imported in good spirits today and confident of re covery from a major lung opei’a- tion. A Palace spokesman said Queen ,, „„ , , Elizabeth spent the morning with More than 30,000 troops are be- her husban 5 but that no other mg poured into Korea each month members of the Royal family have as replacements fox- killed, wound- been pei . mitted to / ee Mm . ed, missing—and the veterans who went all the way through the Win ter fighting. The Marines also are bringing their vetei’ans back as rapidly as possible. This increase in replacements does not mean everybody who fought in a Winter battle will be The spokesman was much more cheery than an earlier medical bulletin which merely reported that the King’s condition was “as satis factory as can be expected.” He told a reporter: “The King is in good spirits, as First American Life Insurance Co. in Texas - - - - At Houstort Bryan-College Agency . JOE DILLARD, Mgr. REPRESENTATIVES L. E. (Skeeter) Winder, ’50 C. R. (Dusty) Morrison, ’46 John T. Knight Charles H. Sledge, ’50 A. H. “Heeter” Winder, ’52 306 VARISCO BLDG. PHONE 3-3700 eligible to come home. One offi- I as as one can ho after an opei’a- ing work as a graduate assistant teresting suggestion to Richard he is required to correspondingly nomination. The State Democratic Coke that, if he would promise re- induce his academic load, convention in Austin in July of appointment of two supreme court Normally the gTadua t e assistant, Mary, who had come to Waco earl- onstration^in protest against the wouM W^orthcornkg^lark sx^mp- teaching xvork 6 in°that capTdtv % “XS, not being a 5 ""* * at a‘t itSl ^'S^e'^thirwinS^ young man who made acquaxntan- A call had been sent out to “all “with red ears.” bGurs T his is a liberal allowance cos easily, but in time he impressed good men, regardless of their past Semi-Colon Dispute in view of approximately half- the people of the community with political preferences,” to unite m . time employment on something removing the radicals from power. ° 'i—™ his sober and studious attitude cer explained it this way: “We hope to bring back the men who fought through the tn- tire Winter in Korea. As much as we would like to, we can’t bring back some of the men who were only in the latter stages of the Winter fighting. They will have to wait a little longer ofr rotation.” Neither will it mean that rear area service troops—those behind the fighting front—will be able to gisn. This year, the Eighth Army placed its Winter clothing order in May. The Pentagon says all tion like this. He seems confident' of his recovery. _ “The Queen has been with him this morning.” A morning medical bulletin said, “The King has had a restful night. His Majesty’s condition this morning continues to be as satis factory as can be expected.” It came after a Buckingham Pal ace source had reported that the King “made it safely’ through the first ci’ucial night after his opera tion yesterday monxing. Anxious Bi’itons, who had prayed for the safety of their beloved Monai’ch, got no indication of the King’s exact condition in his battle , , . . , ~ , o power. coon * uemsum was amiounceu. other than his gl . aduate program . W ^ j° K orea rn and his serious attention to busx- The people of the State were thor- The election had been held for An a p parent Exception to the cLins S against the ^"effects of the xxess He became known as a partic- oughly aroused The convention only one day, and m spite of the above s ^ tement W0 J d be that a cIothing fGr thenMarines, surgery . ularly good man to clear up land was well attended, ably led and fact that an act of the Legislature student W0rk w on a research as _ ", °„°P S The : titles, the most frequent and luc rative form of law business in the settlement. District Judge In 1865, Coke was appointed District Judge under the prevision- al government of Governor Hamil ton. Two years later he was elect- thoroughly determined. It nomin ated Richard Coke for Governor and chose for his x’unning-mate the 413-pound orator, R. B. Hub bard. The campaign that followed was one of the bitterest and most vio lent ever waged in Texas. In the election nearly 100,000 votes were the year before had changed the student working on a research as- United Na ti 0 ns units. The only r The announcement was signed duration of elections from four sistai l tsbip whose research work hitch in getting the clothing to the by five doctors who had spent the c ° ° 0 wno fnllv nnnrrworl +r,v r-nmnloLp night at the King S bedside. days to one, the coui’t held that the failure to give due consideration to a certain semi-colon in the ori ginal law made the new law in valid. The people of Texas were in no mood to be ti’ifled with, partieul- was fully approved for complete .use for his thesis or dissertation. In that case he is not restricted to 12 hour’s of academic work. Any type of employment out side of a graduate assistantshp should have the same relative effect on the academic load. That is, any NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS Monday, October First INTENSIVE training will be given in Gregg 1 simplified shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and college arithmetic. \ Registration accepted now. t McKenzie-Baldwin Business College 702 South Washington Avenue Bryan, Texas Dial 3-6655 St Joseph (Continued from Page 1) operate St. Joseph Hospital. The ed to the State Supreme Court, east and Richard Coke defeated the arly on the basis of a punctuation on the academic load. That is, any Sisters came to Bryan 17 years ago only to be removed from office Republican Governor Davis by mark. The court was immediately graduate student who has to work and have operated on a non-profit by General Sheridan as “an im- more than two to one. The party dubbed the “Semi-Colon Coui’t”, 'help ni am tain himself here in b asis. pediment to Reconstruction.” 0 f the cai’petba,ggers ' and scala- and according to the historian school should discuss this fact and As a non-profit institution, St. His summaxy dismissal by the wags (as Texans who joined the in- James T. DeShields, “nobody paid Hie amount of work he finds it Joseph is eligible for public funds hated military x’epi’esentatives of truders for their own gain were the slightest x’espect to the decis- necessary to do with his major pro- se t aside to help build hospitals, the federal government did much called) would not, howevei’, give up ion then, or ever afterwards.” lessor and the Graduate oitice and Application has been made to the to increase Coke’s popularity with so easily the contx’ol of a State This was certainly true of Rich- arr J ve at y 16 am ° un j; a* Hxne he has gt a te Depaidment of Health which the Democrats of Texas. He was which they had i-uled with an iron ax’d Coke. He hadn’t been too en- {9 devo ': e . graduate work so tnat administers the funds, for aid to widely known as a scholarly man hand throughout Reconstruction. thusiastic about seeking the gov- 118 academic work can be adjusted tbe e ntend of one half the total Double Vote ernorship, but he had run and had accordingly cost; or $400,000. Double V ote been by & whopping major _ It is hoped that the student will The sisters of St. Francis have The first Republican manevuer Ry. He had not the slightest in- realize that if he is heavily over- agreed to borrow $200,000 in addi- was the filing of a suit in Houston, clination to allow the Supreme , oa . W1 , a combination of aca- tion to furnishing the land for the charging a lone Mexican named Court or anyone else to count him dermc work aud employment of any bosp j ta i addition. To the commun- Rodriguez with illegal voting on ou t 0 f the fight now. kind it wiH inevitably affect the ity hag gone the problem of rais _ behalf of the Democrats. In his xr craramed on b ; s hjg. b i ack 9 u , allt 7. of his w0 }. , ^his will not ing tbe ]ast $200,000 which could Latin enthusiasm, Senor Rodri- b a ? e m-Surhis n he a vv Stick make the hospital a reality. of unimpeachable integrity who was absolutely feai’less in pursuing whatever course he detex-mined to be right. George Clark, another Waco lawyer, who was one of the most adept politicial managei’s of the tjme, saw in Richard Coke the ideal candidate for the Democratic party gues was The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texes, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms, The Battalion is published four times a week, and during examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip tion rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. alleged’ to have voted ^f.^Z**™*** suit his friends on the next step : to be taken. That was on January i rorr 9 10, 1874, and the constitutional UuirCll W 0111011 S time for inauguration of the Gov ernor was January 17th. Within a few days after Coke left Waco Geoi’ge Clak, still at home, receiv- w ed a telegram from Hempstead: Mrs. Dallas Belcher, General HELL IS TO PAY. COME chaii’man of the College Station Program Reset r- C Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office. Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. JOHN WHITMORE Joel Austin Bill Sti-eich Frank Davis Allen. PengeUy Bob Selleck William Dickens Editor Managing Editor ...News Editor City Editor ..Assistant News Editor Sports News Editor Feature Editor TO AUSTIN. WILL BE AT Council of Church Women’s x’adio C0S H CITY HOTEL. program, announced today that RICHARD COKE” the program, usually heal’d at 9:45 Clark gi-abbed the next train for each Thursday monxing over Austin, found Coke at the City W T A W will be pi’esented at Hotel suiTounded by the most loyal 9:15 each Thui-sday morning. The of his supporters, and in the next weekly message was initiated sev- few days Hell was paid with a eral years ago by Mi’s. F. L. Tho- vengeance. mas. Governor Davis had foi’bidden The message is unusual in Texas, the Legislature, predominantly and it compares favoi’ably with Democi’atic, to meet, and had post- programs throughout the nation, ed a heavily ai’med guai’d, mostly Each church of College Station is Negroes, in the lower floor of the represented on the air, and a chair man from each chui’ch is in chai’ge of the programs for one month’s running. Mrs. D. W. Williams, wife of the Vice-Chancellor of A&M system, will x-epreseixt the A&M Pi’esbytei’ian Church'for the month of September. Mrs. Belcher will soon, resign her at post of general chairma^i. Her suc cessor has not yet been announced, The new St. Joseph Hospital would be for everyone in the com munity, regai’dless of x’ace, creed, color or ability to pay. Dui’ing the 17 years that The Sistei’s of St. Francis have opei’ated St. Joseph Hospital a yearly average of over a thousand patient-days of care have been given to those who could pay nothing or. only a part of the Aggies Attention! LEON B. WEISS BOYETT STREET CUSTOM TAILORING DEPT. —Made to Your Measure— 18 ■ 19 Oz. DARK GREEN SERGE SLACKS Guaranteed — Perfect Fit — Workmanship —> t] -NOW- LEON B. WEISS BOYETT STREET LI’L ABNER Letter Edged In Black By A1 Capp capitol, where his offices wei’e lo cated to enforce the oi’der. Some historians say that loopholes had even been bored between the lower floor and the uppei’ chambers in which the Legislatux-e was to meet, to facilitate fix-ing on any who dared to gather there. After repeated coxifei’ences (See COKE, Page 4) #1# OH.rr-WHOr A HOLLOW MOCKERY/T TH' DOGPATCH HAM IS GONE.':'' MAH PORE FAMBLV WILL STARVE T DEATH —