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D, B. Official Paper ^»&^ [as A&M College And College Station Number 13: Volume 52 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1951 Day Student Ballot For Student Election Page 2 Price Five Cents Bud Respects Ags, Smith, Frank Says “I know that the Aggies are highly respected by Bud Wilkin son,” Morris Frank, Houston Chro nicle columnist, Battalion Quarter- hack Club last night. “Wilkinson told me last year that the Aggies earned every touchdown against his club, there were no flukes,” continued Frank. “And Bud also said that Bob Smith was the greatest back he had seen since the war, and prossibly the best in all time.” Frank said he was favorably im pressed with the Cadets this year, and that he especially liked Coach Ray George. “Coach George has poise and a gentlemanly manner about him, and 1 feel sure that he will add to the great traditions of A&M,” Frank added. About 300 attended the meeting. Frank delivered a very humorous talk. Films of the Georgia-A&M Presidential Cup game were shown and Dick Gardemal, A&M quarter back, was present to comment on the films. Ralph Terry, winner of last week’s Quarterback Contest, was presented two tickets to the Okla homa-A&M game. Terry, who pre dicted the exact score of the Tech- A&M game, said he believed the Aggies would take the Sooners 28- 27. Next week’s speaker will be Bill Bellamy, assistant managing edi tor'of the San Antonio Express. Bellamy will give the Club some information on the Trinity football team, as well as some humorous anecdotes on the players and coach es. Band Plans Special Train to Arkansas A special train to Fayetteville, Ark. for the A&M-Arkansas foot ball game Nov. 3 is being planned by the A&M Band, Col. E. V. Adams, director, announced. In order that the train may be secured, it will be necessary for approximately 200 students, other than those in the band, buy round trip tickets. These ducats are priced at $12.65 each, and must be requested by Oct. 15. Interested students should con tact Col. Adams or any member of the band for information con cerning the trip. The ti’ain will leave College Station sometime be tween 5 and 6 p. m. Friday, Nov. 2. It will leave Fayetteville Sat urday night following the game and should arrive here around noon Sunday Col. Adams said. President M. T. Harrington is shown above with Miss Gwin Har vey, Pioneer Airline hostess. Miss Harvey is presenting Dr. Har rington with a copy of the new schedule adopted by Pioneer. The airline now makes daily flights from College Station to Austin. MSC Plans Dance After Aggie-OU Game Saturday Following the A&M-OU football game Saturday night, a two-hour dance will be held in the MSC Ball room, Assembly room, and on the terrace, weather permitting, Dick VanTyne, chairman of the MSC Dance Committee, said. “The dance, sponsored by the MSC Dance Committee is the first of such dances to be planned throughout the year,” Van Tyne said. CS Kiwanis Club To Conduct Survey A survey to determine the num ber of mail boxes and house num bers that have been erected will be conducted by the Kiwanis Business and Civic Development Committee. The committee is expected to begin the survey Monday and have it completed by Wedneesday, ac cording to E. C. Cunningham, chairman of the committee. The survey results will be used by Dr. T. 0. Walton, College Sta- tiion postmaster, as the basis for his report to the United States Post Office Department. Federal officials have informed the post master house-to-house mail deliv ery can commence in College Sta tion as soon as the requirements have been met. The essential requirement for the service is that cities must have a population of 5,000 or more. Other requirements are that house numbers and mail boxes must be erected. Besides Cunningham, the com mittee is composed of G. E. Made- ley, Gibb Gilcchrist, W. H. Badgett, C. N. Smith, and Harold Sullivan. The music will be furnished by the MSC record player and re freshments will be served through out the dance. “An admission charge of fifty cents per couple or stag will be charged to help defray the cost of student labor used to clean the rooms after the dance,” said John Reeves, chairman of the ticket sales committee. Tickets will be on sale in the MSC for the remainder of the week and will be sold at the door after the game. “The Foods Service department of the MSC,” is handling the ar rangements for refreshments,” said Bob Chapman, chairman of the refreshment committee. “I don’t know what they have cooking, but it will be good,” he concluded. A letter was mailed yesterday by Allen Pengelly, publicity chair man, to the OU student body, in viting them to attend the dance. The Dance Committee will have a meeting tonight to draft final arrangements for the post-game dance. Alexander Leaves CS for Nashville David K. Alexander, former di rector, of the Baptist Student Un ion, has accepted a position in Nashville, Tennessee, where the Baptist Sunday School Board is located. He is now the director of all Baptist Student work in Nash ville. In Nashville, the “Educational Center of the South,” Alexander will serve Vanderbilt University, Peabody College, Belmont College, and several other schools. Officers Still Face Serious Park Trouble Campus security officers are still giving large numbers of parking tickets in an at tempt to relieve congested parking conditions on the campus, Fred Hickman, chief of Campus Security, said Tuesday. Most students are cooperating with the officers but many are still driv ing their cars to classes. Hickman estimates there are 2,800 student and faculty cars on the campus each day. “Handling such a large number of cars can be quite a problem if we don’t receive the help of all the students,” the Campus Security chief said. During the OU game Saturday night, students are advised to leave their cars in their assigned areas if possible. “With such a large crowd ex pected, the parking places which are the longest distance away from the stadium will be the easiest to leave after the game,” Hickman said. Officials estimate there will be a car on the campus for each two-and-a-half persons at the game. To handle these cars, about 25 students will be hired in addi tion to the regular Campus Secur ity force. Hickman asks all students who do not have guests or important business at the MSC to leave park ing areas around that building open. “The MSC will be one of our biggest parking problems,” Hick man said. 40,000 Crowd Due For Aggie-OU Tilt A crowd of approximately 40,- 000 seems assured for the A&M- OU football game Saturday night on Kyle Field, according to How ard Nelson, ticket sales manager. Tickets for the first home game of the year have been selling at the rate of about 600 per day, Nelson said. Only seats remaining are those in temporary bleachers, lower portions of the stands, and temporary boxes. Tickets for Saturday night’s con test will remain on sale until game time, Nelson commented. 4H Winners Picked By County Agents Annual 4-H award winners for the state of Texas are now being chosen by a committee of 14 coun ty agricultural agents. The agents, seven men and seven women, are meeting in the MSC this week with agricultural exten sion service specialists. The Texas 4-H program is under the direction of the Agricultural Extension Service of the A&M Col lege System. Each award candidate, who must be at least 14 years old and have been a 4-H member for three years, sends in a bound record of his pro ject of demonstration for the year. This record includes pictures, a narrative of the year’s work, and a record of the other activities of the candidate. One winner in each project divi sion, or about 28, is chosen to go to the national 4-H convention from Texas. Additional awards of watches, trips, and scholarships are given. Senate, Life Committee Election Set Tonight The first elections of the year on the A&M campus will be held tonight immediately following supper. Positions to be decided are 28 dormitory representatives on the Student Sen ate, 11 positions as senator at large and three places as non corps representatives on the Student Life Committee. Organization first sergeants in the Cadet Corps will pick up and distribute ballots to students in their outfit. Fol lowing voting, the same men will pick up and return the bal lots to be Student Activities office in Goodwin Hall, where they will be tabulated. In the non-corps area, housemasters will have the re sponsibility of picking up and distributing the ballots. Col lege View, Vet Village, and Day Students will turn in ballots to Housing Office. The ballot in the Battalion is the only one distributed to this group. Educators to Convene Here At Annual Meet By IDE TROTTER Battauon Staff Writer Representatives of schools in 44 states, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will begin registering here Thurs day, Oct. 9, for the annual meeting of the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions. Hawai, even though it is the farthest away of any member of the association, was the first to request reservations at the MSC where the meetings will be held. Reservations have already been made for representatives from 32 states and the rest are expected to follow shortly. At the last meeting of the asso ciation in Charleston, South Caro line, November, 1950, Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist and Rufus R. Peep les, member of the A&M Board of Directors, extended an invitation to the association on behalf of the Seniors Adopt Three Measure Three measures suggested by the Senior Class Traditions Committee were discussed and adopted at a special class meeting last night following yell practice. “It is necessary to call this meeting,” J. W. “Doggy” Dalston, class president, said “because these measures call for immediate action by the class as a whole.” The first measure passed by the class concerns speaking. After each football game, all students will merely say “Howdy” when greeting a passerby. But, immediately fol lowing the Tuesday night yell prac tice, everyone will begin saying Beat . This new ruling, adopted by the Class of 1952 means all students, not only freshmen, will say Beat— , Dalston said. Someone asked why not say “Beat the Hell out of ?” This suggestion met with the ap proval of a great majority of the seniors and Dalston appointed a committee, consisting of Corps Chaplain C. L. Ray, Bob Langford, chairman of the Traditions Com mittee and himself to investigate possibilities of adopting the sug gestion. Ride 'Em Cowboy Charley Rankin stays on as “Old Blazes” lets go wits all four- Friday night at 8 and Saturday afternoon at 2, the Annual Ag gie Rodeo will be held in the Arena located Eas of Kyle Field. Tickets can be purchased from any animal husbandry major, War ren Pierce, publicity chairman announced. Tex Beneke to Open Town Hall Season By WILLIAM DICKENS Battauon Feature Editor Tex Beneke and his orchestra, the first Town Hall presentation scheduled for Gufon Hall on Oct. 8, is now the nation’s leading dance orchestra leader, according to au thorities in the field of popular music. Before the war there was no question that the orchestra, under the direction of the late Glenn Mil ler, was the unchallenged leader in popular music. Today, the Tex Beneke orchestra has recaptured the number one record-breaking position held by the pre-awr band. Persons attending the first Town Hall performance will un derstand the reason for the orches tra’s success when Beneke leads the orchestra in playing such songs as “In the Mood,” “St. Louis Blues March,” “I Can Dream Can’t I,” and “East of the Sun.” When the curtain rises on the Beneke performance, members of the audience will notice that Benches saxophone is the oldest and most battered instrument in his orchestra. To Beneke the saxophone is a legend, since he bought it ten years ago, when he was working with Ben Young’s orchestra. When he joined the Glenn Miller, orchestra, he kept the same saxophone, and today it is still Beneke’s only saxophone. “A good sax is just like a good pipe, and I just can’t feel at home with another instrument,” Beneke explained. Beneke originally paid $200 for the instrument some 10 years ago. Since that time he has spent over $750 having it repaired at various times. Beneke admits tnat leading a band was one of his life’s am bitions, but he said, “I wanted the kind of a band Glenn Miller had, and I realized it would be impossible to duplicate the mus ical machine that Glenn had built. Therefore I decided to re main with him for my active lifetime.” Shortly before the outbreak of the war, Miller discussed the pos sibilities of Tex starting his own band, but the tragedy of the war (See MILLER, Page 4) AF Has Six Sweetheart Candidates Six lovely Texas girls were chos en sweetheart finalists for the Air Force Ball at a selection committee meeting Tuesday afternoon. The dance is scheduled for Friday night at The Grove. The finalists are: Miss Elrose Schroder of Hallets- ville, escorted by James Kolan; Miss Sylvia Barton, Houston, es corted by I. C. Trauth, Jr.; Miss Joan Daugherty, Houston, escort ed by Hansel Kennedy; Miss Len- nie Garrard, Houston escorted by John Tapley; Miss Charlene Thur man, San Antonio, escorted by Bob Dobbins; and Miss Jane Tof- felmire, Houston, escorted by Bill Streich. Following the selection, the com mittee sent each of the finalists a telegram telling her she had been selected. The committee was composed of A. C. Burkhalter and Jim Taylor, co-chairmen; C. G. “Spike” White, director of student Activities; Pete Hardestry, club director of Stu dent Activities; and four air force cadets. Features 16’ Train Model Railroad Display In M SC By WILLIAM DICKENS Battalion Feature Editor Featuring a 16’ model train with diesel units of the General Motors E-7, a model railroad exhibit is now on display in the front show case of the MSC by the Aggieland Model Railroad Club. All of the model engines and cars, which are O gauge and HO gauge equipment, were furnished to the club through the courtesy of the G&G Model Shop df Houston. The featured train, which is an exact replica in model scale of the General Motors E-7, is similar in many respects to the Sunbeam, which is seen daily in College Sta tion. Owned by James E. Anderson, secretary of the Houston Model Railroad Club, the model train has an estimated value of $15,000. The engine alone is valued at $900, ac cording to Maj. C. L. Thomas, a member of the board of governors of the Aggie club. In addition to the train, other model locomotives and cars of Anderson’s collection are on dis play in the showcase. An 0 gauge model engine and coal car of highly detailed designs is on display by courtesy of Ander son. A second 0 gauge model en gine and attached coal car is displayed by Fred Wahl of Hous ton. Assembled in front of a color picture of the famous war engine, “General,” an exact replica of the original “General” engine with three attached cars of HO gauge is on display through the courtesy of A. V. Perkins of Houston. Other Houstonians who have contributed models and equipment to the display, are Jack Lyon, Joe Thompson, J. G. Taylor, N. M. Goodloe, Dick Giraud, Jerome Bryan. In addition to the models pre sented by the Houston club, two contributions have been made to the display by Maj. J. C. Lovell and Alan Mudgett, both of Bryan. Maj. Lovell has a 31-year-old model scale engine on display and Mud- gett’s model train is the only TT gauge equipment in the exhibit. “Our club is very proud of the display we have in the MSC for the students of A&M and we are very grateful for the opportun ity to display a part of Mr. An derson’s valuable train collec tion and the other contributions the members of the Houston club have made,” Maj. Thomas said. The Aggie club will open it’s doors to the general public for the first time tomorrow night in the form of an open house at 8 in the basement of Guion Hall. Visitors at the showing will have their first opportunity to see the club’s 30 foot regular railroad sys tem, built to a model scale, which runs similar to railroad schedules. The train system is opei-ated by club members at a control panel, seated above the system. Adding a realistic touch to the model railroad,, the HO gauge equipment includes model farm and city buildings, an airport, oil field, and a ship harbor. All of the material in the system was planned and built to an exact model scale by the club mem bers, Maj. Thomas said. At the present time, the club members are planning a second model railroad system to be con structed in the 10.0’ x 60’ club room. Continuous changes and improve ments are being made on the pro ject, but the track will be laid over an 80 foot area with a complete landscape, when it is completed, ac cording to Maj. Thomas. When the club was organized in September, 1950, the group formed for the purpose of building a com plete model scale railroad to . put on display at this year’s State Fair in Dallas. When the college decided not to use the railroad display again this year, the club members con tinued with their hobby of build ing the scale models, which re sulted in the formation of one of the leading organizations on the campus. The club meets every Tuesday night in the basement of Guion Hall at 7:30 and membership is open to all persons who have an interest in building model scale railroads, Maj. Thomas said. At the present time, membership consists of business men and faculty mem bers in' addition to students, he added. The Board of Governors,' which act as sponsors of the club, includes Col. Joe E. Davis, Maj. John G. Otts, Dr. E. H. Kirk, C. C. Bellomy, and Maj. Thomas. The general public is invited to attend the open house tomorrow night and may enter the basement through the back door of Guion Hall, according to Maj. Thomas. Committee Discusses Five Main Points Five motions leading to improvement of A&M tradi tions were discussed Monday night by the Tradition Com mittee, Chairman Bob Lang ford announced. Before discussion of the tradi tions, the recording secretary post was filled by Monty Montgomery. Don Lance proposed the commit tee formulate an article on A&M traditions for Dale Walston, Corps public information officer, who is writing such articles with the pos sibility of publishing a book. Prevention of students strag gling to yell practices was dis cussed. Juniors and sophomores were named responsible for this, Langford reported, and a, motion for correction by warnings through organization commanders was passed. In connection with this motion, a resolution was passed to have the C. O.’s talk to their sophomore and juniors about improving their speaking off the campus, Langford said. He went on to say the committee decided it was an outfit’s pride to have a freshman hold its guidon on the front row at yell practice. A motion was passed to have-soph omore guidon bearers give their guidons to a freshman on the front row now was a member of the same branch. This prevents sophomores from crowding fresh man off the front row, Langford explained. The committee was reminded that the Ross Volunteers were forming an honor guard. J. W. “Doggy” Dalston recommended a motion be brought before the Sen ior class having the honor guard fire an eighteen gun salute at sil ver taps. Date Housing Big Problem Students will face a guest hous ing problem this year on game and dance weekends due to increased dormitory enrollment, Space for guests has previously been avail able in Walton Hall, but due to overcrowded conditions in the Corps these rooms are not open this year. Hotel rooms will also be scarce this year because many rooms have been reserved a year in advance. There are no rooms in the MSC for any home football games, ac cording to Johnny Garcia, room clerk. Rooms for approximately 500 guests are available in private homes through listings in the Housing Office, according to Harry Boyer, housing chief. Cards list ing 175 homes offering rooms are available to students 24 hohrs a day. Plans are being made to have someone on duty to help students find accomodations on days immed iately preceding important games and social functions. Boyer warns that students should try to find rooms as far in ad vance as possible since reactiva tion of Bryan Air Force Base has made housing scarce in this area. “If housing becomes so scarce that many students are without rooms for their guests, Post Grad uate Hall will be opened,” said Bennie Zinn, assistant Dean of Men. These accomodations will be available in an emergency only. MSC Bowling Club Plans Meet Tonight The MSC Bowling Committee will hold its first meeting of the year tonight at 7:30 in Room 2C of the MSC, Bernie Hoefelmeyer, committee chairman, anounced. Plans for organizing the A&M Bowling Team and the first Inter- Collegiate Bowling Matches will be discussed at the meeting, Hoef elmeyer said. All students interested in learn ing to bowl or bowling on the Ag gie team are invited to attend the meeting of the committee. Marvin H. Butler, professor of economics, is faculty sponsor. Board to meet here. “I want to congratulate Chan cellor Gibb Gilchrist and the Board of Directors of the Texas A&M College System; President M. T. Harrington- of the college and all others, in making it possible for this outstanding group of educa tors and governing board mem bers, to come to Texas and be our guests,” Governor Allen Shivers said in a letter to R. H. Plock, sec retary-treasurer of the association. Corps Review The first official session of the annual meeting will get underway Wednesday, Oct. 10, with welcom ing addresses by President Har rington and Rufus R. Peeples. An inspection of the campus is scheduled to proceed the review of the Corps of Cadets, to be held in the visitors honor Wednesday afternoon. High point of the five day meeting will be the annual ban quet to be held that night. Speak ers for the night will be State Senator A. M. Aikin, who will speak for Governor Shivers, and Dr. Grayson Kirk, vice president and provost of Columbia Univer sity, who is acting president in the absence of General Eisenhower. • Business Ends Friday In addition to three business meetings on Thursday, the asso ciation will visit Prairie View A&M College in the afternoon and re main there for supper. Official business will end Friday with the election of new officers. The guests will leave the cam pus by bus Saturday morning for Austin. They will tour the TU campus and have dinner there be fore going to San Antonio for the Aggie football game with Trinity that night. The last event of the annual meeting will be a tour Sunday morning of spots of historical in terest in and around San Antonio. Major Franks In Labrador Maj. Orlan H. Franks, for mer counselor and tactical of ficer at A&M recently arrived at Goose Air Base, Labrador, where he has been assigned as executive officer and operations and training officer for the Air Base Group. Before arriving at Goose Air Base, he compianded the 3510th Wing Headquarters Squadron at Randolph AFB. Major Franks was assigned as operations officer at Tallahoma AFB, Tenn., from Aug. 1, 1943, until he was transferred to Europe March 1, 1944. During the eight months he was with the Ninth Air Force, Major Franks piloted 75 P-47 “Thunderbolt” fighter mis sions. Major Franks holds the Disting uished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 12 Oak Leaf Clusters, ETO ribbon with four battle stars, American Theater ribbon and the Victory Medal. Students Offered Mexican Study Nineteen fellowships for study in Mexico during the academic year beginning Feb., 1952, are now open to US graduate and under graduate students. The grants, covering tuition and a monthly living allowance, are of fered by the Mexican government and include courses in anthropol ogy, archeology, ethnology, Mexi can history, architecture, and phil osophy. Applications for these grants must be made on blanks obtained from the U. S. Student Program of the Institute of International Edu cation, 2 West 45th Street, New York,