Official Paper
Of Texas A&M College
And College Station
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published by The Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
Number 15: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1951
Price Five Cents
Fall Election
Results Tallied,
Still Unofficial
Sweetheart
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The final ballots and the unof
ficial results of the Student Sen
ate and Student Life Committee
elections are in, Don, “Red” Young,
chairman of the Student Senate
Election Committee announced this
morning.
“There will be no run-off elec
tions,” he said. “The results will
be official just as soon as members
of the election committee can re
check the results.”
Two Dorms Out
After the check there were only
two dorms that did not have in
their complete results and the elec
tion committee is going to com
plete these forms Saturday. These
dorms are Numbers two and three.
Senator from Dorm one is Ted
M. Stephens. He polled 41 votes
to E. D. Francis’ 32, Charles Se-
besta’s 22, Don Heath’s 11, and
Cohn Child’s 11.
Vance B. Riley is the senator
from Dorm four. He beat out Ron-
Ticket Sales
Slow, Date
Ducats Drag
Football ticket sales for the OU
game here Saturday are selling so
fast that an accurate rundown on
the exact number of tickets still
available is not possible, according
to Howard Nelson, ticket manager.
It is estimated that 6,000 tickets
are left. Approximately half of
these are in the bleachers at the
south end of the field and the rest
are temporary box seats set up in
the track .
Only 1200 of the 3,00 date tick
ets which were put on sale Mon
day have been sold yet. They will
remain on sale until 5 p. m. Friday.
All tickets for the game may be
sold by game time Saturday night,
but it is very doubtful pointed out
Nelson. Tickets will be sold at
the gate until they are all gone.
Reserved seats which are still
available for other home games
t.re all in the end zone.
Date tickets for home games
go on sale at 8 a. m. on the Mon
day before the game and will be
sold until 5 p. m. on Friday. For
out of town games date and student
tickets both go on sale at 8 a. m.
on the Monday before but will be
taken off sale at 6 p. m. on Wed
nesday.
According to present plans date
tickets for the TU game will go
on sale at 8 a. m. on Nov. 19 and
will be sold on a first come first
served basis until they run out. All
other tickets for the game are al
ready sold.
“Only those with student or
date tickets sit in the student sec
tion at home games. However, on
Corps trips positively no one will
be admitted to the student section
with a reserved seat ticket.
ny Kasper and Hirschel Sexton by
getting 84 votes to their 48 and
40. The Dorm five seat went to
Don R. Buchner who received 52
votes. His opponents, Horace Van
Cleve and James Strain, polled 48
and 39 votes.
In Dorm six the senate seat went
to Hansel C. Kennedy who received
68 votes to F. X. Cornado’s 62, Neil
Stovall’s 48 and Bob Dobbins’ 23.
F. M. Rozelle beat out his four |
opponents with a vote tally of 58.
Write-in Wins
Write-in candidate Bob Layton
won the election in Dorm eight with i
a total of 63 votes. The election j
committee ruled him the senator
after checking his qualifications.
He defeated Charles McNeil, Arvis
Notk, and John Devine.
In Dorm nine James Damon beat
out his only opponent Guy Jack-
son by getting 64 votes to Jack
son’s 18. In Dorm, ten, Paul Jer
ry Sanders beat out James R.
Teutsch, John D. Coleman, William
Rowland and John Winn. Sanders
had 41 votes.
In Dorm 11 the senator will be
Bob Travis who polled 56 out of
the 124 votes cast in the dorm.
James Van Way won over Bobby
Jones in Dorm 12 with 71 votes to
15.
Basic Division Winners
In the basic division area Wally
Brisco took the senatorship of
Dorm 14. Brisco polled 161 votes
to John Halsell’s 154. In Dorm
15 Tom Poyner ran unopposed as
was the case in Dorm 16. Freddy
Adickes is the senator from Dorm
16.
Bruce Miller took the senator-
ship away from Edward Dobbins
in the Dorm 17 race. Miller polled
75 votes to Dobbins’ 24. James
Stevenson and Larry Dotson ran
unopposed in their dormitories in
the basic division. Stevenson is in
Milner Hall and Dotson is in Leg
gett.
In the non-military area Buddy
Russell took the Mitchell Hall
senatorship. He polled 97 votes to
Henry Cole’s 25. Jim Martin took
the Bizzell Hall senatorship with
out opposition.
In the Puryear Hall race, Oran
Lewellen took the seat without
much opposition from candidates
Jerry Fineg, 33, T. K. Perkins, 35,
(See ELECTIONS, Page 2)
Ags, Sooners Clash In
Field Saturday
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Wanda Harris
Pretty blue-eyed TSCW student is the 1951-52 Aggie Sweetheart.
Miss Harris was selected Wednesday night by a group of 17 A&M
students to be the sweetheart of the student body. She will be
formally presented to the students at the TCU game in Fort
Worth. The San Antonio Lass is a sophomore speech therapy
major. Last spring she was named the Queen of Cotton.
All-Aggie Rodeo Is
Scheduled Tonight
Red Defense
Breaks Before
100,000 Allies
U. S. Eighth Army Head
quarters, Korea, Oct. 5—(/P)
Red resistance slackened to
day in the path of a roaring
offensice by 100,000 United
Nations troops on the Western
front.
In one place American Third Di
vision doughboys seized a strate
gic hill west of Chorwon without
filing a shot.
The Americans had been storm
ing the hill unsuccessfully for six
| days. And in the same area they
beat off a series of pre-dawn coun
terattacks by thousands of Chinese.
In an adjoining sector U. S. First
Cavalry Division troops beat off
waves of Chinese who attacked
their positions through the early
morning darkness.
A U. S. briefing officer said
the Third Division troops practi
cally took their key hill for the
asking. Previously the Chinese had
resisted all attempts to take the
peak.
The briefing officer said Red op
position dwindled all along the 40-
mile front. There, troops of nine
United Nations three days ago
launched their biggest offensive in
three months.
British Commonwealth forces,
especially the Canadians and Aus
tralians, reported only light re
sistance Friday morning.
A wild horse race, exhibition
trick roping, and a professors
bloomer race are just a few of the
scheduled events to appear on the
All-Aggie Rodeo program tonight.
The rodeo, sponsored by the Sad
dle and Sirloin club, will have two
performances, one at 8 p. m. and
another tomorrow beginning at 2
p. m.
With Music
BAFB Gets Two >
Jet Trainer Planes
Two T-33’s—Lockheed’s two-
place version of the famed F-80
Shooting Star—will arrive at Bry
an Air Force Base this week for
permanent assignment, according
to Captain J. W. Smith, Public
Information Officer.
Both planes will take part in the
Reactivation Day program on Oct.
14, which wil be used by the avia
tion cadets in the second phase of
their training, are almose identical
with the F-80 except for the addi
tion of an instructor’s cockpit. They
are especially valuable for training
in gunnery and bombing, tactical
techniques, and reconnaissance.
Radar equipment, much of it the
same type as the students will en
counter during their training, will
be on exhibit at the Base during
the open house and a trained
crew will be on hand to explain
the intricate workings to visitors.
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By POGO
A senior left the Delta Sigs
company via a diamond and he’s
a changed man. The way he has
impressed his former roommate
was like this:” ... he used to be a
< good old guy, but now he thinks
he’s a king . . . rank goeth to
headeth.”
While the Corps was practicing
a review today, the majority of the
Corps Staff was sitting in the
MSC enjoying the procession . . .
rank hath its privileges.
Band to Fight it Out
On Kyle Field Saturday
Saturday night at halftime of
the Aggie-Sooner game the Texas
Aggie Band will peiform an entire
ly new maneuver.
Saturday night the A&M band
it will split, each half will play
school songs to salute the two
schools, and do it all simultaneous
ly-
To top it off each band will
then switch to the formation and
song of the other.
Specifically the formation,
known to band members as—“The
Battle of the Bands”—will have
one band facing the east stands
and forming the letters OKLA
while playing the Sooner fight
song, Boomer Sooner. The band on
the west side will be forming
TAMC and playing the War Hymn.
Bands Switch
Switching directly from one for
mation to the other the band pre
viously saluting OU will salute
A&M with TAMC and the War
Hymn. Similarly the band on the
west forms OKLA plays the OU
fight song.
After this confusing mass of
music and formations, tfye two sep
arate bands reform and go into the
two large marching T’s. The Ag
gie Band in T’s then counter
marches, cuts off, and flanks off
the field.
At the start of their half time
activities the band will form in
mass from the goal line to the
end-zone and will stretch from side
line to sideline when it steps off.
After the band gets on the
playing field, a signal by Jimmy
Rogers, the head drum major,
will form it into its regular march
ing order by a mixture of flanks
and turns. From this maneuver the
entrance gets its name—Spread
Serpentine.
Precision Drill
Following this entrance the band
goes into the precision part of its
drill, a left flank, followed by a
counter-march by ranks. After an
other left flank, the marching re
turns to the center of the field
where the band executes a double
left minstrel turn.
At the south goal line a “Con
tinuous Counter-March” turns the
band around and sends it back up
the field northward. The Aggie
Band will then do a quadruple-
minstrel turn, going both to the
left and right and remain in two
bands for the Battle of the
Bands.”
Since the Oklahoma Band will
not be able to make the trip, the
Palestine High School Band will
be the guest of the Athletic De
partment at the evening meal and
the game. They will perform at
half-time, before the Aggie Band
takes the field.
One of the stars of the three and
a half hour show will be Jack
Long of San Antonio, trick rope
artist. Long was the originator
of the one-hand stand roping trick.
Wild Horse Race
One of the most popular of
last year’s events was the wild
horse race. In this event a team
of three men are alone in the
arena with a wild horse. The ob
jeet is to capture the horse, put
on a riding rig, and one member of
the team ride him' to the opposite
end of the arena. The best time for
this race wins the event.
So far eight students have en
tered this event to compete for
prizes. They are Don Harmady,
Archer City; Ronnie Stinson Ft.
Worth; Vein Dwyer, Ft. Worth;
Jim Davenport, Evant; Tom Win
ters, Evant; Sid Goodloe, Buffalo
Gap; Jim Smith, Villa Acuna; and
Warty Alley, Sonora.
Every member of the Animal
Husbandry department is sche
duled to enter the bloomer race.
Magnolia senior AH major Bo
Damuth has : consented to be this
year’s clown for the rodeo. He
will appear with his pet mule
“Simon” and skunk “Stinky.”
The show will begin with the
grand entry, the traditional pro
cession which opens all rodeos.
(See RODOE, Page 2)
Drum majorette of the Palestine
band, will head the formations
of the visiting high school ag-
greagation.
Seating Arrangements For
Saturday Game Explained
To further explain the seating arrangement for students
at. Saturday’s game in Kyle Held, Bob Chapman, chairman
of the seating arrangements committee, gave the following
explanation of the diagram in yesterday’s Battalion.
“For the Oklahoma game, and until a better arrange
ment is worked out, students will please observe the follow
ing plan, he said: Areas have been divided between the corps
and civilian students, with the corps splitting their own area
among themselves, by classes.
“Civilian students, wives and guests may sit—or stand
—on row 34 to the top from the 50-yard line to the 14-yard
line. Then they may sit down through Row 25 from the top,
around the horseshoe to Ramp M, where they will occupy
seats down to the walkway.
“Corps seniors will occupy 1200 roped-off seats from
the 50 to the 14, Rows 13 through 33. Corps juniors will
stand from Row 9 north of the band, up to the walkway,
stretching to the end zone. Also from the 14-yard line corps
juniors will occupy Rows 13 through 24, again stretching
to the end zone. '
“Freshmen will fill the first eight rows, from the band
to the end zone’s middle. Sophomores are allocated seats
behind the freshmen, from the end zone line to the middle
of the end zone, from Row 9 to Row 25 until M Ramp. There
they may not occupy seats above the walkway.
“This is the same seating arrangement which was used
in Kyle Field last year,” Chapman said.
Ray George Makes
Home Game Debut
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Shorts News Editor
Tomorrow night, on Kyle Field, will unfold a battle
between the Cadets of A&M and the Sooners of Oklahoma..
These two powerful grid elevens could well be clashing foT
national domination.
A&M, ranked No. 10 in the nation, will play host to the
Sooners who claim the “mythical” No. 4 spot. The victor is
given a good chance of ending the season as the top team in
the nation.
This non-conference clash will be the first home game
for the Aggies. In their season opener, the Cadet machine
rolled out to the West Coast to take a 21-14 win from UCLA
and the following week tripped Texas Tech 20-7.
The Sooners opened their season last week with a con
vincing 49-7 triumph over William and Mary. Oklahoma
Coach Wilkinson is famous for his ability to produce contin-
—fuous winning ball club.
Also marking the occasion, will
be the debut of Coach Ray George,
who will begin his first home game
of the still young season on Kyle
Field.
George, ex-California coach and
football $tar, is the youngest head
coach in the the history of the
Southwest Conference.
A&M’s grid eleven will employ
the “orthodox” T formation on of
fense with two quarterbacks, Dick
Gardemal and Ray Graves, alter
nating in the doubleheader role.
Dick Gardemal still seems to
rate the starting lineup because
of his play calling, mastering me
chanics, generalship, experience
and the faith that his teammates
seem to have in him.
Graves Can Run
Young Ray Graves, only 19
years old, definitely holds a pass
ing edge and can run better when
there is no receiver. He displayed
this talent exceptionally well with
a 56-yard “back-breaking” dash
against Texas Tech.
Graves can pitch the ball smooth
ly and has the poise of a veteran.
He could well blossom into the
top quarterback that will help
solve the coming conference wor
ries of Coach George.
It might be assumed that the
Cadets are saving their scoring
threat for the all important Soon
ers. Bruisin’ Bob Smith, although
not sensational, has carried the
ball 21 times for a five yards per
carry average.
To handle the ball just these
few times is definitely below
average for Smith. In their first
games, Glenn Lippman, Billy Tid
well, Yale Lary, and Augie Saxe
(See SMITH, Page 2)
Yell Practice
Tonite in Grove
Midnight Yell Practice will be
held tonight in the Grove at
11:30 p.m., Head Yell Leader
Lew obe announced. The stu
dents going to Yell Practice are
requested, obe said, to follow
the band to the Grove. The Air
Force is having a dance and the
gates will be locked.
Mail Delivery
In Dormitory
Not Probable
It is highly improbable
that mail, either letters or
parcels, will be distributed to
cadet organizations living in
the corps area, N. L. McCul
lough, assistant post master of
College Station, said yesterday.
McCullough was referring to
the numerous requests both he and
Post Master Walton have been re
ceiving, requesting this type of
service be reinstated for the cadets
living in the corps.
“There are approximately 5,596
postal boxes in both the MSC and
the North Gate offices. All of
these are filled at the present by
students and residents of the city
and it is improbable also that ad
ditional boxes will be installed in
the MSC at this time,” McCul
lough continued.
The only way McCullough sees
to relieve the shortage of boxes
is for those students and residents
who have a box by themselves to
share it with those who are unable
to secuL’e one.
First Dance of Year
Air Force to Dance in Grove Tonight
By BILL DICKENS
Battalion Feature Editor
lene Thurman of San Antonio, es- rector of student activities; and sentatiion of the gifts will be made
corted by Bob Dobbins; Miss Jane four air force 1 cadets. by Wing Commanders Harold
Toffelmire of Houston, escoi'ted by During the second intermission, Chandler and John Wright.
The first social event this sem- Bill Streich. the finalists will be called to the According to Burkhalter, final
ester, the Air Force Ball, honoring Members of the selection com- orchestra platform and will be pre- judging for the sweetheart se-
the Class of ’52, will begin the mittee were; A. C. Burkhalter and sented a gift. The queen will be lection will be made by several
whirl-wind of social activities on Jim Haylor, co-chairmen; C. G. named through a decision of the college officials who will be se-
the campus at The Grove tonight “Spike” White, director of student judges and will be presented the lected during the dance. The
at 9. activities; Pete Hardesty, club di- traditional bouquet of flowers. Pre- judges will include an adminis-
Featuring the selection of the
Air Force Sweetheart and the
music of the Aggieland Orchestra,
the two Air Force Wing’s annual
dance will last until 1 p. m.
Selection of the sweetheart will
be made during the second inter
mission of the dance. The winner
will be named at that time from
the six selected finalist who will
be introduced before the judges.
The six finalists, who were
chosen from pictures submitted
by air force cadets, are as fol
lows:
Miss Elrose Schroder of Hal-
letsville, escorted by James Ko-
lan; Miss Sylvia Barton of Hous
ton, escorted by I. C. Trauth Jr.;
Miss Joan Daugherty of Houston,
escorted by Hansel Kennedy; Miss
Lennie Garrard of Houston, es
corted by John Tapley; Miss Char-
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Misses Elrose Schroder, Sylvia Barton, Chaarlene Thurman, and Joan Daugherty.
trative officer and three mem
bers of the military department.
Honor guests at the affair will
be administrative, military, and
athletic, and athletic officials of
the college and members of the
Student Activities Office.
Co-chairmen Harold Chandler
and John Wright are in charge of
all arrangements for the dance.
The various committees, which
have planned to make the dance
possible, are as follows:
Glen Miller and A1 Sexton,
ticket committee; Nace Trauth
and Stan Perkins, program com
mittee; Joe Steede and John
Tapley, decorations committee;
Bob Dobbins and Duane Yanden-
berg, publicity committee.
“In case of bad weather to
night, the dance will be held in
Sbisa Hall and the dance will con
tinue for an hour after the mid
night yell practice,’ Hardesty said.
Tickets, which are $2.50, stag or
drag, are on sale in the Office of
Student Activities and in the dorm
areas by ticket representatives.
Tickets will also be on sale at the
dance tonight.
Non-Students
Start Line
At 4:30 a.m.
Anyone who passed in front of
Guion Hall before 4:25 a. m. could
have led the field in the annual
race to see who would have the
honor of being first to get a non
student Town Hall ticket.
This year’s winner and new
champion is S. A. Lynch, head of
the Geology department. Lynch’s
winning time for the year was
4:30 a. m.
Finishing in the number two
spot this year, only a bare five
minutes behind the winner, was
Dr. W. L. Porter, head of the
Math department.
The show position found Dr. W.
M. Potts, of the Chemistry depart
ment and last year’s champion,
only a short time behind.
Although the first three places
went to faculty members, interest
in the annual affair spreads to the
surrounding area. Edith Cavitt was
i the champion from Bryan and
1 placed close behind the winners.
News of the finish was canned
j on early programs by both local
' radio stations and was heard by
| the contestants themselves on a
I radio -which Lynch had thought
fully brought.
Coffee was served to the tired
participants by Polly Patranella,
receptionist in the Student Activ
ities Office, before the actual bus
iness of the ticket sale got under
way.
Approximately $2,000 worth of
reserve seat tickets were sold yes
terday according to Spike White,
Assistant Dean of Students for
Activities.
Only 25 reserve seats are still
unsold, h£ pointed out, even though
a number of general admission
tickets are still available.