Official Paper
Of Texas A&M College
And College Station
Number 16: Volumn 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1951
Published by The Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
Price Five Cents
System Board
AcceptsA wards
Lets Contracts
Aggies Stout Defensive Line
Decis
Factor In 14-7 Win
Contracts were let Saturday for
a new Engineering Building, Texas
Engineers Library Building, Agro
nomy Field Laboratory, Horticul
ture Headhouse and Quonset Build
ings for the use of Poultry Hus
bandry and Range and Forestry
Departments by the A&M System
Board of Directors in their fall
meeting on the campus.
Fisher Construction Company of
Houston was awarded the two maj
or buildings, the Engineering
Building at $432,000 and the Texas
Engineers Library at $177,900. R.
B. Butler of Bryan received con
tracts for the Agronomy Field
Laboratory at $140,184 and the
Horticulture Headhouse at $40,784.
The quonset buildings were
awarded A. D. Griggs at $17,871.
The board confirmed previous
award of contract for construction
of a garbage feeding unit at the
A&M Swine Center to L. V. Hal-
torn of Bryan, $21,471. Also con
firmed were contracts to Quisle
Construction Company of Fort
Worth for sidewalks at $8,848.25
and a parking lot at $7,927, both
at Tarleton State College.
A total of $73,421.08 in cash
gifts, grants-in-aid and scholar
ships was accepted by the board of
directors for the A&M System.
Scholarships Accepted
The board accepted $42,329.21
in scholarships, fellowships and
awards, most of which were con
tributed to the Opportunity Award
program, which aids needy and de
serving students to obtain a col
lege education which might other
wise be impossible.
Three recently completed build
ings in the System’s building pro
gram, the Engineering building at
Arlington State, Agriculture Build
ing at Tarleton and Plant and Ani
mal Industries Building at Prairie
View, were accepted and contracts
declared fulfilled.
Appropriations made Saturday
included $453,810 for the Engin
eering building, $186,795 for the
Engineers Library, $147,193 for the
A gronoVny Field Laboratory, and
$16,313 additional funds for the
Horticulture headhouse.
Also appropriated was $700 ad
ditional for the garbage disposal
Unit, $8,500 for enclosing and im
proving the rifle range, $10,000 for
paving in the stadium area and
$30,000 for maintenance and minor
alteration of buildings, all at A&M.
Additional Allocations
An additional $175,000 was al
located and reserved for future
maintenance of buildings. An ap
propriation of $30,000 was made
for repairs to the Mechanic Arts
Building at Arlington State Col
lege, $3,000 for a survey of the
nursing education program and
$3,500 for sewer extensions at
Prairie View- and $1,500 for devel
oping preliminary plans for con
struction of a new dormitory for
boys and remodeling the Dining
Hall at Tarleton State.
The board accepted $25,900 in
grants-in-aid from industrial firms
and organizations the nation over
to aid the agricultural research
of the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station.
Humble Oil and Refining Com
pany contributed a grant-in-aid of
$400 to Prairie View A&M College
to assist in financing the summer
school for Negro extension work
ers in June, 1952, at Prairie View.
Scholarships of varying amounts
were accepted from Wofford Cain,
Jake L. Hamon, Sid W. Richard-
(See FELLOWSHIPS, Page 2)
‘Bunch Of Fine Kids?
With Great Big Hearts
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Ni-ws Editor
Behind devastating blocking Glenn Lippman (25) end for
starts his first touchdown run of the evening and scor
agtinst Oklahoma. Lippman went around right also the
25 yards to score the Aggies first counter
ed the second from one yard out. He was
games leading ground gainer.
A&M’s stout defensive line proved to be
the deciding factor of the Aggie 14-7 victory
over the powerful Oklahoma Sooners Sat
urday night on a muddy, wind swept Kyle
Field.
The Aggie forward wall outclassed and
out fought the game but futile efforts of the
“Big Red” eleven.
Hugh Meyer, co-captain and center, Jack
Little, tackle, and Marshall Rush led the way
for the Aggie lineman who stopped the
Sooner offense cold.
After the game, Coach Ray George had
only the best to say about his victorious Ca-
deLs. When asked about what he thought
won the game George commented, “It was
just a bunch of fine kids with great big
hearts.”
George also added this special comment
about his 60-minute man, Hugh Meyer, “We
Official Election
Results Released
Official results in the fall elec
tions for student senators and non
corps representatives to the Stu
dent Life Committee were an-
Calendar Sale
Opens Tonight
For Freshmen
The Calendar Committee of
the Senior Class will begin
selling approximately 1,700
calendars tonight at 10:15 in
the Freshman area, Duane
Vandenberg, chairman of the com
mittee, said Sunday.
Two representatives from the
Senior Class and the commanding
officer of each freshman company
will assist in the sale, profits of
which will be turned over to the
Senior Class Gift Committee.
Price of the calendar is $1.50.
The calendar consists of three
sections: a history of A&M; an
insert beginning with September
and complete through August,
1952; and a section for addresses
and telephone numbers.
Representatives of the cltss who
are helping in the calendar sales
are: Tom Mabray, Don Williford,
Guy D. King, John Schmidt, Fran
ces F. Spreen. “Chico” Mason, Jim
W. Phillips, Ted Stephens, J. W.
Dalston, Don Owen, Charles Mc
Neil; Bill Johnston, Bobby Dunn,
Hansel C. Kennedy: Glenn R. Mil
ler, Bovd Taylor, Sherman Tucker.
Bill Adair, Arnold Hayes, “Abbie”
Hayes, Gus Sanders, Max White,
Dan W. Davis, Phil Huey, Leon
Noack, and Pat Tarver.
The committee, Vandenberg said,
has been working during the past
week in preparation for the sale
tonight.
Sportsmanship
Groups Meet
At Arkansas
The Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship committee will
hold its first meeting of the
year, beginning today, at Fay
etteville, Arkansas, home of
the University of Arkansas.
Delegates from all conference
schools will attend the meeting.
These representatives are chosen
from presidents of student bodies;
head yell leaders and members
of college newspaper staffs.
Approximately two dozen repre
sentatives are expected to attend
the meetings. Main business of the
sessions is expected to be devoted
to ways of getting better coopera
tion and coordination among mem
ber schools.
Last year the meeting was held
at A&M. The sportsmanship com
mittee was organized in 1947 by
The Battalion and the local news
paper donated gold trophy, three
feet tall to be rotated among
schools showing outstanding
sportsmanship during each school
year.
At the meeting here last year
it was decided to appoint a recog
nized sports writer to the commit
tee. A&M appointed Jack Gallagher
of the Houston Post as its repre
sentative.
It was also decided at the spring
meeting that a vote would be tak
en among member schools follow
ing football season and another
at the close of basketball season.
The winner will be selected as a
result of these polls and will be
presented the trophy at the an
nual Cotton Bowl football game
on New Year’s Day.
SMU is the present holder of the
trophy. That school has won sports
manship honors for the past two
years and should they win this
year, the trophy will remain in
their possession permanently.
nounced Sunday by Don Young,
chairman of the election commit
tee. These results are complete;
however, ballots from Dorm 2 and
Dorm 14 will be rechecked because
of the narrow winning margin.
In the race for senator from
Dorm 2 Jack L. Morris polled 75
votes as compared with 73 for
A. C. Burkhalter. Wiley Brisco is
the unofficial winner in the senate
race as representative from Dorm
14 but his nearest opponent, John
Halsell had only seven’ votes under
this total.
Previously unannounced are the
results in Dorm 3, Leggett Hall
and Walton Hall. Hobart Fath-
eree, with 60 votes, is the senator
from Dorm 3. His closest competi
tor was John M. Clifford, who had
34 votes.
Herbert Forrod was the winner
in Leggett with 99 votes. William
Casey had 230 votes to lead in
Walton.
Other Winners
Other dormitory winners were:
Ted M. Stephens, Dorm 1; Vance
B. Riley, Dorm 4; Don R. Buchner,
Dorm 5. Hansel C. Kennedy was
elected senator from Dorm 6, and
F. M. Rozelle was chosen from
Dorm 7.
James Damon is the new senator
from Dorm 9; Paul Jerry Sanders j
from Dorm 10; Bob Travis in Dorm i
11; and James Van Way from]
Dorm 12.
In the Basic Division, two unop
posed candidates, Tom Poyner and
(S^e ELECTIONS, Page 2)
Tex Beneke Stars Tonight
In First Town Hall Program
Town Hall’s first performance her permission and Beneke adapted
of the year will be held tonight in some of Miller’s original selections
Guion Hall when Tex Beneke and to his new group,
his orchestra, featuring vocalists The first engagement of the
Shirley Wilson and Bill Raymond, revised orchestra was a tremendous
present a program of widely var- success. Opening at the Capitol
ied musical entertainment. The Theater in New York, they broke
show will begin at 8 p. m. every attendance record in the 26
Beneke, a native Texan, joined yeur history of the show place,
the famous Glenn Miller orchestra After this hit, Beneke and his
in- 1938. He served in the navy as orchestra were on their way to
the top. And it didn’t take them
long to get there.
Besides stands at Hotel Statler
in New York, The Paladium in
a chief petty officer during the
Var and was released Nov. 12,
1946.
Following Miller’s death, it was
decided that Beneke should carry Los Angeles, and the Michigan
on the orchestra as a tribute to Theater in Detroit, Beneke and his
the former leader. Mrs. Miller gave orchestra have recorded for MGM
and made movie shorts for RKO,
MGM, and Universal.
TOWN HALL TICKETS
Town Hall tickets will be sold
at the Box Office until curtain
time tonight.
Tex Beneke
Some of their more outstanding
arrangements include such all-
time hits as “St. Louis Blues
March,” “Blues in the Night,” and
“I Can Dream Can’t I?” These
have sold over 1,000,000 records.
Beneke first started his musical
career in his home town of Fort
Worth. He was only nine years old
when he persuaded his parents to
buy a saxophone for him. Later he
formed a trio which included the
now famous golfer, Ben Hogan.
Hogan played the drums.
Since that time, Beneke has
steadily climbed the musical lad
der of success' and now ranks as
one of the outstanding orchestra
leaders in the nation.
Leading Educators
Open Meet Tuesday
One of the biggest events of the \
year on the A&M campus gets un
derway Tuesday morning when
representatives from 44 states,
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico begin
registering for the annual meeting
of the Association of Governing
Boards of State Universities and
Allied Institutioins.
The meeting is being held at
A&M this year on the invitation
extended by Chancellor Gibb Gil
christ and Rufus R. Peeples, mem
ber of the A&M Board of Direct
ors, at the last meeting of the
association at Charleston, S. C.
Official business of the meet
ing will open Wednesday when
President M. T. Harrington and
Peeples deliver welcoming address
es. That afternoon, guests attend
ing the sessions will be honored
by a review of the Corps of Cadets.
Prior to the review, visitors will be
taken on a tour of the campus.
All business will be conducted at
sessions in the MSC.
Conference Highlights
Highlight of the five day con
ference will be a banquet Wednes
day night in the MSC. Speaking
at this occasion will be State Sena
tor A. M. Aikin, who will extend
the greetings from Governor Al
len Shivers, and Dr. Grayson Kirk,
vice, president and provost of Col
umbia University. Dr. Kirk is the
acting president of Columbia in the
absence of General Dwight D. Ei
senhower.
In a letter to R. H. Plock, secre
tary-treasurer of the association,
Governor Shivers said: “L want to
congratulate Chancellor Gibb Gil
christ and the Board of Directors
of the Texas A&M College Sys
tem; President M. T. Harrington
of the college, and all others, in
making it possible for this out
standing group of educators and
governing board members, to come
to Texas and be our guests.”
To Visit Prairie View
The association members will
visit Prairie View A&M College
Thursday afternoon and remain
there for supper that night. Prior
to leaving for Prairie View, the
visitors will hold three business
sessions Thursday morning.
Official business of the meet-
will end Friday when new offi
cers are elected.
really think an awful lot of that boy. He
played both on offense arid defense and stay
ed in there most of the time.”
In the first quarter the Oklahomans
couldn’t get past their own 25-yard line or
score a first down. During the whole game
they massed only four first downs and got
beyond the 50 twice.
While the Sooners were watching All-
American Fullback Bob Smith, “Little” Glenn
Lippman, going like mad, ran through, over,
and under the big Sooner linemen.
Lippman carried the ball 19 times for 87
yards and two touchdowns. His first score
came half way into the second quarter.
Ray Graves handed the ball to Billy Tid
well who faked to the left, then slipped it to
Lippman, who dashed around the flat-footed
Sooner defense for the score.
This climaxed a 82-yard march into a
strong 22 mile per hour north wind.
The Aggies needed only eight
plays to accomplish their mission.
Three times, while the Sooners
were being held to a stand still,
the Aggies drove deep into Okla
homa territory only to be turned
back.
Youthful Ray Graves, one of the
SWCs’ best quarterbacks, displayed
the poise and calmness of an “old
pro” as he completed five out of
11 aerials for 48 yards.
Waco Club Elects
Officers for Year
Milton P. Geiger, senior business
major from Waco, was elected
president of the Waco-McLesnan
County Club for the fall semester
in room 305 of Goodwin Hall Wed
nesday night.
Other officers elected at the
club’s first meeting were Eddie
Bennett, vice-president; Guy David
King Jr., secretary; Raymond
Marlowe, treasurer; and Robert
Langford, sergeant-at-arms.
Gardemals QBs No. 2
The other half of the Aggie’s
double header Dick Gardemal en
gineered the Cadets last scoring
drive in the fourth quarter. Gar
demal alternated Lippman and
Smith with the carrying chores
that took the Aggies to the Soon
er six yard line.
Gardemal then flipped a 16-yard
toss to Charlie Hodge, who was
knocked to the ground by an over
anxious Sooner safety man. Pass
interference was ruled and the
Cadets had the ball on the Okla
homa one yard line.
Game At A Glance
Net Yards Rushing
A&M
205
OU
173
Passes Completed
19
8
Passes Intercepted
7
3
Net Yards Passing
57
15
Total Net Gain
262
188
First Downs
17
4
Number of Punts
7
12
Punting Average
39.6
33.8
Punt Returns ....5 for 7-‘
2 for 36
No. of Penalties
. 6
11
Yards Lost on Penalties
50
104
Number of Fumbles
4
2
Ball Lost on Fumbles...
3
1
Again, the ball was handed to
“Little” Lippman who bowled him
self through the Sooner forward
(See HEAVY RAINS, Page 3)
Large Turnout
Sweetheart Chosen At
Annual Air Force Ball
lake a Break
By POGO
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Overheard in the barber chair:
A college employee had taken time
out during a morning’s work for
a haircut. On returning to his
office, his boss inquired where he
had been. When told “getting a
haircut”, the chief simply blew up
saying, “What, you had your hair
cut on College time?” The answer
from the employee was brusk and
brief, “Well, it grows on College
time.”
JC Meetings
Begin Today
Sessions of the Junior College
Conference started here today and
will continue through tomorrow in
the MSC. One hundred and twenty-
five are expected to attend.
Luncheon will be held at 12:15
p. m., today for the members of
the association and a luncheon for
all attendants at the conference
will be held at 12:15 p. m., Tues
day, October 9.
Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences is
chairman of the conference which
is sponsored by the college.
A&M’s first social event of the
1951-52 school year, the Air Force
Ball, was held Friday night in
the Ballroom of the MSC. Approx
imately 185 couples crowded the
dance floor enjoying the music of
the Aggieland orchestra.
Highlight of the dapee came at
the second intermission when six
lovely finalists for air force sweet-
heart came to the bandstand. A. C.
Burkhalter, chairman of the Sweet
heart Selection Committee intro
duced the candidates to the judges
and audience.
Sweetheart Announced
At the third intermission, Burk
halter announced the decision of
the judges and Miss Lennie Gar
rard of Houston was presented as
sweetheart of the air force for
this year. She was escorted by
John Tapley.
Other finalists in the contest
were Miss Elrose Schroder of Hal-
letsville, escorted by James Ko-
lan; Miss Sylvia Barton of Hous
ton, escorted by I. C. Trauth, Jr.;
Miss Jane Toffelmire, also of
Houston, escorted by Bill Streich;
and Miss Joan Daugherty, another
Houston girl, escorted by Hansel
Kennedy; and Miss Charlene Thur
man of San' Antonio. Miss Thur
man was escorted by Bob Dobbins.
The sweetheart winner was pre
sented a heart shape compact,
decorated with mother of pearl.
All finalists received gifts.
Contest Judges
Judging the contest were well
known military officers and ad
ministrative officials of the college.
They were Col. Joe E. Davis, com
mandant and coordinator of mil
itary training; Col. E. W. Napier,
PAS&T; Col. James C. McGehee,
commanding officer of Bryan Air
Force Base; Maj. John G. Otts,
W. L. Penberthy, dean of men; and
Pete Hardesty, assistant director
of Student Activities.
Surrounding the dance floor were
tables, arranged for the conven
ience of cadets, their dates, and
honored guests. Those who were
unable to find room at the tables
sat in chairs along the walls.
Midway in the dance, the doors
to the terrace were opened to re
lieve the jammed condition in the
ballroom and many guests spent
the remainder of the evening danc
ing there.
Honored guests for the evening
included air force personnel at
A&M, their wives and administra
tive officials of the college and
their wives.
At 11:30 p. m. cadets and their
dates left the dance and attended
midnight yell practice at The
Grove,
Air Force Ball High ligh ts
Air Force Queen Lennie Gerrard of Houston
was presented with a kiss by the chairman of
the sweetheart selection committee, A. C. Burk
halter when named winner at the Air Force
Ball Friday.
Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T, seems quite happy
while surrounded by five of the Air Force
Sweetheart Ball finalists. They are Misses
Charlene Thurmond, Elrose Schroder, Jane
Toffelmire, Lennie Garrard, and Joan Daugh
erty. Not pictured is the other finalist Miss
Sylvia Barton.