Official Paper
Of Texas A&M College
And College Station
Number 12: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1951
Day Student Ballot
For Student Election
Page 2
Price Five Cents
Enrollment Is
6,573; Beats
Expectations
By BRYAN SPENCER
Battalion Staff Writer
A&M has 6573 students enrolled
for the fall semester, final tabula
tions from the Registrar’s Office
revealed.
The figure was released yester
day after enrollment for credit in
the college division closed at 12
noon Saturday.
The Registrar’s office had re
leased no preliminary figures, wait
ing to get the final count when the
last day for registration had clos
ed.
The same period last year show
ed a total of 6,665—a drop oi’ 1.01
percent.
“Fairing Much Better”
According to C. Clement French,
Dean of the College, with an en
rollment of 6573 for this school
term against 6665 for the same
period last year, it seems that
A&M, although having 92 fewer
students this year than last is fair
ing much better in its enrollment
problem than most other schools
who figured a 10 to 15 percent drop
75 Sign For
Work on MSC
Club Activities
More than 75 students,
most of them freshmen and
sophomores, signed-up for
MSC recreational and educa
tional committee activities at
Ihe Second Annual MSC Student
Round-Up held last night.
Bob Roark’s Radio Club boasted
Ihe longest list of prospective new
members with 25 students showing
an interest in amateur radio.
Following the radio group was
the MSC Crafts Committee with 17
interested persons signing the ros
ter. The crafts group boasts a
completely outfitted workshop lo
cated in the MSC lower level.
After a discussion by MSC Coun
cil President Dan Davis, the group
heard chairmen of the individual
MSC committees explain the activ
ities of their groups.
Explaining that some interested
students may not have been able
to attend last night’s meeting,
President Davis invited any student
interested in MSC activities to stop
by and talk with him or Miss Bet
ty Bolander, advisor for committee
activities.
in enrollment this year.
There are 1556 freshmen enroll
ed in the basic division who have
not had any previous college work,
coming direct from high school, as
compared with 1294 for the same
period last year.
The answer to this continuous en
rollment can probably be summed
up by two facts; the outstanding
military program offered here at
A&M, and the good reputation of
the basic division for freshmen.
Good Reputation
Dr. M. T. Harrington, president
of the college said that “the good
reputation gained last year by the
basic division by last years fresh
men telling others of its impor
tance to them, and the fact that
A&M offers all eleven Army ROTC
courses with the six Air ROTC
options along with an all-a-round
outstanding military program is
the reason A&M is holding its own
on enrollment.”
“With the present war situation
and its uncertainty; ROTC here at
A&M is a big factor in the present
high enrollment. Also, the Basic
Division aroused a lot of interent
around the state by the favorable
impressions made by men in the
division last year.” This was the
opinion of Dean Freench.
“Military Situation Helped”
Dean Bertrand of the Basic Divi
sion agreed with the opinions of
Harrington and French that the
“military situation along with the
Basic Division being the reasons
for high enrollment. Bertrand said
“I am certainly pleased by the re
action of students to Basic Division
and feel that they have received
it very well.”
Speaker
Selection Committee
’51-52 Sweetheart
Univ. of Okla. Dean
L. H. Snyder
To Deliver
Grad Lecture
Laurence H. Snyder, Dean of the
Graduate College at Oklahoma
University, will deliver a graduate
lecture at A&M Oct. 4 at 8 p. m.
in the lecture room of the Biologi
cal Science Building. ,
An authority on human genetics,
Dr. Snyder is the author of four
books and more than 100 articles
on human heridity. He has held
such positions as Surgeon General
of the U. S. Public Health Service,
President of the Genetics Society
of America, member of the Council
of Oak Institute of Neucular Stud
ies, and President of the American
Society of Human Genetics.
While at Ohio State he developed
and presented the first course in
medical genetics to be required in
a medical school. He has lectured
widely over the U. S. and in for
eign countrys.
The lecture will be open to the
public.
Tomorrow’s Elections Decide
Senate, Life Committe Seats
By BILL STREICH
Battalion News Editor
One of the most enthusiastic
election campaigns in many years
appears in prospect as candidates
for the Student Senate and Student
Life Committee settled back to
await results of balloting, schedul
ed for tomorrow night.
When the Friday deadline for fil
ing rolled around, 111 students had
applied for positions on the ballot.
Of this number, only five are run
ning for posts as non-corps repre
sentatives on the Student Life
Committee. The remainder will be
in the battle for the 39 seats on
the Senate.
John Whitmore, editor of The
Battalion has extended the deadline
for campaign statements by those
in the race until today at 5 p.m.
63 from Dorms
Of the 106 students filing for the
Senate, 63 are running as repre
sentatives from college dormito
ries and other housing areas while
the other candidates are seeking
posts as senators-at-large.
Wednesday night after supper,
organization first sergeants, house
masters in non-corps dormitories,
and representatives from Vet Vil
lage and College View will pick up
ballots for distribution.
After voting is completed, these
representatives will collect the bal-
Sweetheart Nominations Close
For Friday Air Force Dance
Nominations for sweetheart of
the annual Air Force Ball closed
at noon yesterday, according to
Van Vandenberg, publicity com
mittee chairman.
From all pictures submitted, six
finalists will be selected Thursday
night by a committee composed of
faculty and student members. Fin
alists will be notified by wire and
must be present at the dance the
following night, he said.
The queen will be named dur
ing the second intermission, af
ter a judging committee com
posed of an administrative of-
Palestine Band To
March at OUGame
Spectators attending the A&M- Adams was followed by Wallace
OU game Saturday night will see in the band director position.
ficer and several members of
the military department make
the final selection, which will
highlight the annual affair.
The queen, as wen as all final
ists in the contest, will receive a
gift. Presentation of gifts will be
made by wing commanders Har
old Chandler and John Wright.
The dance, which will be the first
social occasion this semester, will
be held at The Grove Friday night,
Oct. 5, from 8:30 until 12 p. m.
Music for the affair will be fur
nished by the Aggieland Orchestra,
under the direction of Bill Turner.
Vocals will be furnished by Tommy
Butler.
Co-chairmen Harold Chandler
and John Wright are in charge
of all arrangements for the ball.
The various committees which
will plan and help make the
dance possible have been ap
pointed and, are as follows: Van
Vandenberg and Bob Dobbins,
publicity committee; A. C. Burk-
an added attraction of entertain
ment during the half-time activi
ties.
In response to an invitation by
officials of the college, the Pales
tine High School Band will add
color and attraction to the game
with a half-time performance of
music and drill on the playing
field.
“Pleased With Invitation”
“Members of the band and all
people of Palestine are pleased
over the honor implied in the in
vitation from A&M for the Pales
tine Band to participae in this
game,” band director Roy B. Wal
lace said.
It is the considered opinion of
competent educators that the devel
opment of music programs, and
particularly bands, has been the
greatest single contribution made
to the advancement of education in
Texas during the past two decades,
officials of the high school band
said.
In connection with the band of
ficials’ belief, residents of Palestine
have credited the Palestine High
School musical group with doing
more than any other organization
in that city to unify community in
terest and stir civic pride.
Efforts to have a band in the
Palestine High School were all in
vain until 1936 when Ward G.
Brandsterrer was employed as a
full time director, Wallace said. A
skilled musician and an able organ
izer, Brandsterrer is credited with
having the exact initiative to de
velop a successful band program
for the high school.
Directed By Col Adams
In later years, Brandsterrer was
succeeded by Col. E. V. Adams,
present director of the 180-piece
Aggie Band. Resigning to enter
the armed services in 1943, Col.
Officials of the high school re
port that Wallace’s versatility and
resourcefulness have added much
to wholesome school spirit, created
active interest in the schools ac
tivities, and enriched the training
of the students he has taught since
he has been in Palestine.
During the past 14 years, the
Palestine High School Band has
shown a high record in district,
regional and state contests, both in
concert and marching events.
Throughout the years of contests,
no Palestine band has yet received
a rating lower than first division
in sight reading contests.
Clubs Given Space
In Student Center
Fifty four clubs have been given
meeting rooms in the MSC, said
Mrs. Ann Hilliard, social director.
First to be taken care of were
the technical societies and student
organizations, then home town
clubs and religious activities clubs,
stated Mrs. Hilliard.
The Social Director said an aver
age of 375 students were attend
ing meetings in the MSC per night.
halter and James Taylor, sweet
heart selection committee; Joe
Steede and John Tapley, decora
tions; Nace Trauth and Stan
Perkins, program committee; H.
A. Sexton and Craig Johnson,
ticket committee.
Tickets are now on sale in the
Office of Student! Activities, and
are $2.50, stag or drag, Vandenberg
said.
Big Aggie Rodeo
Op ens Friday Nile
Action packed rodeo events will
again be present at the annual Ag
gie Rodeo slated for performances
at 8 p. m. Friday and 2 p. m. Sat
urday, Oct. 5 and 6 at the new
Aggie Rodeo Arena west of the
railroad tracks.
Sponsored by Saddle and Sirloin
Club, the all-Aggie rodeo will in
clude bareback bronc riding, bull
riding, bull dogging, calf roping,
and double mugging. Special events
such as a professor’s bloomer race,
fancy riding, trick roping exhi
bition, a wild horse race, and clown
performances by Bo Damuth will
be included.
The Aggie rodeo hands, ranking
among professional ability, will be
handling the famous stock from the
Triangle Bell Ranch of Belton.
Through basis of the performance,
members of the intercollegiate ro
deo team will be chosen. A best
all-around cowboy will be named
from this group.
lots and take them to the Student
Activities office in Goodwin Hall,
where they will be tabulated, Don
Young, chairman of the election
committee, said.
Senate candidates approved for
the first school election of the year
are:
Dorm 1—E. D. “Dee” Francis,
Don R. Heath, Charles Hornstein,
C. E. “Dutch” Sebesta, John O.
Childs, Bill “Pluto” Cawley, Den
nis Zahn, and Ted. M. Stephens.
Dorm 2—Jack L. Morris and A.
C. Burkhalter, Jr.
Dorm 3—Hobart E. Fatheree,
Eugene Nixon, J. C. “Mac” McRey-
nolds, Arlie Winn and John M.
Clifford.
Dorm 4 — Ronny F. Kasper,
Vance B. Riley, Jr. and Hirschel A.
Sexton, Jr.
Dorm 5—Don R. Buchner, Hor
ace W. Van Cleave and James H.
Strain.
Dorm 6 — Hansel C. Kennedy,
Neil Stovall, R. N. “Bob” Dob
bins and F. X. “Paco” Coronado.
Dorm 7—James E. Hulse, Eric
O. Holland, Stanley Rosenthal, F.
M. Rozelle and Jack Craig.
Dorm 8 — John W. Devine,
Charles A. McNeill and Arvis E.
Noak.
Dorm 9—Guy C. “Jug” Jackson
and James Arnold Damon.
Dorm 10—John D. Coleman, Wil
liam R. Rowland, John H. Winn,
James R. Teutsch and Paul Jerry
Sanders.
Dorm 11—Lowell A. Holmes, Bob
Travis and Vic Russek.
Dorm 12 — Bobby Jones and
James R. Van Way.
Dorm 14—Wylie L. Brisco and
John T. Halsell.
Dorm 15—John Tom Poyner.
Dorm 16—Freddy Adickes.
Dorm 17—Edward B. Dobbins,
Jr.
Bizzell—Jim Martin.
Hart—Ralph Ellis and Bernard
Lemmons.
Law—Ralph W. Rowe, Edward
M. Begnaud, F. Lynn Estep, Jr.
and Doyle F. Lowrey.
Leggett—Larry D. Dotson.
Milner—James R. Stevenson.
Mitchell — Parnell Russell and
Henry A. Cole.
Puryear—Jerry Fineg, T. K. Per
kins, Billy Ross Bennett, Oran L.
Lewellen and Edward W- “Bill”
Boddeker.
Walton—William A. Casey.
Day Student — Charles McCul
lough, Mason L. Cashion, Jr., Car-
roll C. Jones and Don “Red”
Young.
Vet Village—T. J. Wood and Eu
gene C. Smith.
College View—Lawrence R. Tan
ner, Jr. and William H. Morley.
Student Senators at Large—Ted
Uptmore, David B. Wolf, George
Germond, Grady L. Smallwood,
Frank R. Morris, Robert E. “Rip”
Martin, Bruce McDaniel, Charles
M. Scott, Bob Chapman, Vernon
R. Berry, Bob Andrews, Charles R.
Schwarz, James Lehmann.
Telesforo Ramirez, Warren M.
Pierce, Tom Mabry, John Coolidge,
O. C. “Putter” Jarvis, Lawrence S.
Goats, Lewis Riggan, Bruce M.
Miller, Harold T. Chandler, Herbert
M. Gorrod, F. J. Dougharty,
Charles A. Gary.
Also Bill Streich, J. Don Lyles,
Charles R. Steward, Eddie Holley,
Billy A. Campbell, Curtis L. Wil
son, Jr., Ken Wiggins, W. E. “Mon
ty” Montgomery, Willard R. Green,
Baxter D. Honeycutt, B. G. Lewis,
Jack “Spud’ Mergele, Duane “Van”
Vandenberg, Bryan Spencer, Thom
as E. Kelly, Ralph L. Shanahan, C.
C. Bellomy, Marshall E. Crouch.
Student Life Committee—John P.
Davis, Clayton L. Sel'ph, Hayden I.
Jenkins, Max Word and Jim Mar-
Construction
At Kyle Field
Nears Finish
A concrete and asphalt sur
face is being poured on all
the uncovered area under the
Northwest side of Kyle Field,
C. K. Leighton, construction
engineer of the college announced
today.
The Dale Construction Co. of
College Station is doing concrete
work, the W. C. Edwards Construc
tion Co. of Dallas is providing
gravel base, and the W. S. Conner
Construction Co. of Austin is lay
ing the asphalt.
The covering, which is expected
to eliminate dust and mud, will
cost $10,500 and will probably be
completed in time for Saturday’s
game if there is no bad weather,
Leighton said.
A separate contract was given
to the Dale Construction Co. to put
a thin non-skid surface on all
ramps leading in to the stadium.
The material to be used on the
ramps is called Plastic Rock and
will cost approximately $16,000.
A 16 man delegation from Aggieland embarks for Den
ton and TSCW tomorrow morning to select the 1951-52 Ag
gie Sweetheart from a group of 12 nominees picked by the
Tessie Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Classes.
Previously scheduled to leave Thursday, the selection
committee will arrive at TSCW in time for supper Wednes
day evening and have their final choice for the new Sweet
heart by midnight.
Included in the group from Aggieland will be regimental
commanders J. W. “Doggy” Dalston, Jim Anderson, Roy
Strickert, Howard Kruse, Harold Chandler, John Wright,
Lynn Stuart, and Grady Smallwood.
Others in the selection group-*
will be Eric Carlson, corps com
mander; C. L. Ray, senior class
social secretary; Bobby Dunn, sen
ior class vice-president; Jim Dob
bins, senior battalion representa
tive; Lew Jobe, head yell leader;
Buddy Burch, consolidated band
commander; Joel Austin, Battalion
managing editor; and Pete Hardes
ty, business manager, Student Ac
tivities.
“Howdy” Dinner
The group will be welcomed by
Tessies with a traditional “Howdy”
dinner in Hubbard Dining Hall
at 5:45 p. m.
A concert by Oscar J. Fox, prom
inent Texas composer, will be fea
ture attraction for the evening.
Girls will attend the concert in
formal attire. After the concert
a party will be held in the Student
Union Building where final judg
ing will be done by the Aggie se
lection group.
Nominees from TSCW are as
follows:
• Sophomores—Wanda Harris,
Jane McBrierty, Patricia Hepin-
stall, and Joan Jopling.
® Juniors—Betty Ann Timmer
man, Jean Putnam, Paula Muellei*,
and Laura Schwartz.
• Seniors—Jane Tatum, Char-
lottee Williams, Johnnie Lois Neal,
and Mary Jane Moncrief.
Selection of the Aggie SweelH
heart will be based on kuch points
as a charming-personality, ability
of fluent conversation, graciousness
and sincerity, and of course attrac
tiveness.
Presented at Corps Trip
The sweetheart will be present
ed at halftime at the Annual A&M-
TSCW Corps Trip in Fort Worth
Oct. 20 when the Aggies play TCU.
The sweetheart will officially
represent A&M at the Cotton Bowl
in Dallas Jan. 1, at the Military
Ball here next spring, at the TSCW
Redbud Festival there in March, at
the Texas University Round-Up in
April and also at the Cotton Ball
and Pageant here in late April.
Announcement of the winner will
be in the Friday edition of The Bat
talion.
Members of the selection com
mittee will return to College Sta
tion Thursday morning after
spending the night on the TSCW
campus.
Junior College Conference'
Scheduled Here Oct 8-9
Leading educators of Texas and
other states will gather at Texas
A&M College Oct. 8 and 9 for the
eighth annual Junior College Con
ference.
Consultant for the conference
will be Dr. Leland L. Medsker, di
rector of Contra Costa Junior Col
lege, Martinez, Calif. Dr. Med
sker will speak at the opening
session on “The Role of the Junior
College in this Period of Crisis.”
Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences, will
serve as chairman of the opening
session, and Pres M. T. Harrington
will bring greetings from the col
lege.
Traxler To Speak
Dr. Arthur E. Traxler, executive
director of the Educational Rec
ords Bureau, New York, will speak
at the afternoon session Oct. 8 on
“Establishing a Functioning Guid
ance Program in the Junior Col
lege.”
Robert Jacobs, director of coun
seling for the college, will discuss
what A&M has learned about guid
ance in its Basic Division. Dr. John
R. Bertrand, dean of the Basic
Division, will chair the session.
Other conference speakers will
include Dr. James W. Reynolds,
consultant in junior college educa
tion, University of Texas; B. W.
Musgraves, specialist in junior col
lege standards, Texas Education
Agency.
12,680 OU Tickets
Still Avaialable
Dean Ide P. Trotter of the Grad
uate School and Dr. T. D. Brooks,
dean emeritus of arts and sciences,
will chair sessions' Oct. 9.
Panel Discussion
To take part in a panel discus-
sioin of “How can teacher training
programs be made to serve junior
college needs more effectively”
will be Pres. J. B. Boren, Midwest
ern University; Dean A. H. Nolle,
Southwest Texas State Teachers
College; Pres. T. M. Spencer, Blinn
College, and Dean J. B. Davis,
Amarillo college.
The arrangements committee for
the conference is composed of Dr.
J. P. Abbott, dean of the A&M
School of Arts and Sciences; Dr.
John R. Bertrand, Ben D. Cook,
C. N. Hielscher, T. W. Leland, Ide
P. Trotter and G. B. Wilcox.
Ticket Sale
For Town Hall
Opens Oct. 4
Non-student reserved seat
tickets for the 1951-52 Town
Hall season go on sale Thurs
day at 7 a. m., C. G. “Spike”
White, assistant dean of men
for activities, said. The tickets will
be sold at Guion Hall.
A mad contest for the honor
of buying the first Town Hall tick
et is in store, White said. The win
ner of last year’s race was W. M.
Potts of the chemistry department.
Guion Hall will be a crowded
place Thursday morning, if past
years are any indication. Faculty,
members and non-students are eli
gible to buy tickets at that time.
Each person will be limited to four
ducats, White said.
Individual performance tickets
will not be sold. At 10 a. m. the
sale will be moved back to th<
Student Activities Office.
Town Hall this year will featura
“Tex” Beneke and his orchestra
Monday night. Beneke will be fol
lowed by Rise Stevens Oct. 16. The
Houston Symphony will perform
Dec. 11, and the Revelers, world’s
best male quartet, Jan. 17.
Closing this famous line of en
tertainers is Morley & Gearhart,
duo-pianists with Fred Waring’s
orchestra.
Morris Frank To
Speak at QB Club
Morris Frank, columnist for
the Houston Chronicle, will speak
at The Battalion Quarterback
Club meeting Tuesday which
gets underway at 7:45 p. m. at
the Assembly Hall.
Frank is well known through
out the east and south Texas
areas. He is a very popular wit
and sage, and is much sought as
an after-dinner speaker, said
Frank Scott, Quarterback Club
manager.
Ralph Terry, winner of last
week’s Quarterback Club contest,
will be presented two tickets to
the Oklahoma-A&M game to be
played Saturday night on Kyle
Field.
Movies of last year’s A&M*
Georgia game will conclude the
meeting.
Editors Plan Early
Issue of Aggieland
The purpose of this year’s co-edi
tors of the Aggieland, Bibb Under
wood and Bill McSpadden, is to
have all details for delivery of the
yearbook completed so that it may
be issued next September.
In order to accomplish this task,
it will take the cooperation of every
student, they said.
Schedules for non-military stu
dent pictures will be posted in con-
scicious places around the campus
and will appear daily in the want
ads of The Battalion. All pictures
will be taken at the Aggieland
Studio, the editors said.
The Palestine High School Band which will march at the OU Game.
Football Sign Reward Fund
Established by Eugene Rush
In an attempt to reward the work done on football signs
this year a local business man has offered prizes to the units
with the signs judged the best in the corps.
. i , 19 a _ , , Eugene Rush, insurance man, is donating $5 to the com
ets rmmiin for t£ fund of the company with the winning sign and $2.50
Saturday night, according to How- to the unit with the second place sign.
In addition to this, The Battalion is going to publish a
picture of the winning signs each Friday.
Winners of last weeks contest was ASA for first place
and Company 6 second. A check will be mailed to the com
panies Wednesday.
Members of the selection committee were appointed by
the Colonel of the Corps Eric Carlson. It is headed by C. L.
Ray, corps chaplain.
aid Nelson, ticket sales manager
Broken down, this total shows
2000 unsold tickets in the concrete
stands, 3840 unsold bleacher seats,
3840 unsold track box seats, and
3000 date tickets.
To date 16,000 reserved seats
have been sold here, along with
500 tickets sold at OU, Nelson said.