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Number 20: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1951
Published by The Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
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Governing Boardmen
Adopt NCAA Program
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Mrs. Marilyn Jaccard checks out intramural and distributed through the intramural depart-
equipment to outfits. The equipment is paid for ment of Studen Activities,
by the^ money from the Exchange Store fund,
Met Star in Guion
Passes Contract with Met
For Experience in Europe
Powerful
Ags Blast
By Trinity
By ED HOLDER
Battalion Sports Writer
The Association of governing
Boards of State Universities and
Allied Institutions unanimously ap
proved a resolution pledging its
firm support to a 12-point pro
gram of the National- Collegiate
Athletic Associatiion designed to
cure problems connected with the
conduct and administration of in
tercollegiate athletics.
-Walter Byers, Executive Director
of the NCAA, spoke at the Asso
ciation’s 28th annual meeting here
and outlined in detail the NCAA’s
efforts to bring saneness and
soundness to the nation’s inter
collegiate athletic program.
The Association unanimously en
dorsed Byer’s presentation of the
of the proposals of the NCAA
Council, a 17-man policy-making
body.
A nine minute exhibition of tac
tical air maneuvers by Capt. Frank
C. Snyder topped off the ceremon
ies of the open house held at the
Bryan Air Force Base yesterday.
“Capt. Snyder did nearly every
stunt in the manual plus several
of his own origination,” said Capt.
J. W. Smith, public information
officer of BAFB.
Stunt Flying
“The climax of the one-man air
show was the landing of his T-6
training plane from a full loop,”
continued Smitth. “Never Very high
from the ground, Snyder put the
plane in a full loop and at the ap
proximate point from which the
loop began, leveled off the plane
for a perfect landing.”
Five Accused
Newspapermen
To Face Judge
Lake Charles, La., Oct. 15—
G 7 ?)—Five newspapermen ac
cused of defaming 16 public
officials and a trio of gam
blers during an anti-gambling
crusade will be arranged today
before a special judge.
The newsmen were indicted on
charges of defaming the character
of the district attorney, assistant
district attorney, sheriff, the 13
members of the Parish (county)
police jury — parish governing
body—and three admitted gamb
lers.
A storm of protest broke in the
nation’s press denouncing the in
dictments as an attempt to muzzle
the Lake Charles newspaper. Civic
and church groups condemned the
action. The cases drew rebuke
from the Inter-American Press As
sociation meeting last Wednesday
in Montevideo, Uruguay. It listed
the indictments as one of the
“severe and tragic reverses” fi’ee-
dom of the press suffered during
the year.
The public officials protested it
was actually the other way around:
The newspaper had attempted to
intimidate them.
When the indictments were re
turned Aug. 27 the controversy
that followed split this southwest
Louisiana port city of 50,000 into
two camps.
The Justice Department sent
agents to investigate the indict
ments to see “if any civil rights
had been violated.” No report has
been made public.
Against this backdrop of high
feeling and heated controversy,
the Louisiana Supreme Court ap
pointed a New Orleans criminal
district court judge, J. Bernard
Cocke, to try the cases.
Atty. Gen. Bolivar Kemp ap
pointed an assistant, M. E. (Mike)
Culligan, also of New Orleans, to
prosecute. Dist. Atty. Griffin Haw
kins, one of the allegedly defamed
officials, asked for the outside ap
pointments saying, “I think the
general public all over the coun
try will have a better reaction if
impartial outsiders come in.”
Take a Break
By POGO
QUOTE of the week: “For a
while,” started a prof who teaches
freshman courses, “I though that
quite a few of you were nincom
poops. After yesterday’s exam, I’m
sorry to say all of you are nin
compoops.”
The Governing Boards’ resolu
tion stated:
“Whereas, the Associatiion of
Governing Boards of State Univer
sities and Allied Institutions has
considered current problems con
nected with the administration and
conduct of intercollegiate athle
tics; and
“Whereas, this Association is
gravely concerned about certain
apparent weamesses in the con
duct of our athletic programs; and
“Whereas, this Association is in
terested in the continuation of a
broad, sound and sensible inter-
collegite athletic program at all
institutions;
“Therefore, be it resolved that
this Association place itself on
record as in firm support of the
program initiated by the Council
The ceremonies began at 2 p. m.
with the invocation read by Air
Chaplain Cornelius H. Henninger,
air chaplain for the flying train
ing air force.
Col. James C. McGehee, BAFB
commander, gave the initial ad
dress of the ceremonies, welcom
ing the people to the base and em
phasizing the importance of the
base to the community.
AF General Speaks
From Scott Air Force Base in
Illinois came Lt. Gen. R. W. Harp
er, commanding general of the air
training command, to give a grief
survey of the history of BAFB,
tell of its role in the national de
fense program, and thank the citi
zens of the Brazos area for their
cooperation with the people of the
base in its re-opening.
“About the only problem at pre
sent is that of inadequate housing
facilities, however I’m sure that
such a problem can be alleviated
shortly,” said the general.
Bryan Boosters
Following the general’s talk,
Travis Bryan Sr. president of the
First National Bank in Bryan, pre
sented Gen. Harper with a 14 carat
gold lifetime membership card in
the Earl Graham Post of the
American Leegion.
Next, Colonel McGehee presented
a scroll, honoring the first class
of aviation cadets since the re
activation of BAFB, to Air Cadet
Menster, a cadet selected as a
class representative. Next spring,
when the first class graduates, the
same scroll will be re-presented to
the base commander with the sig
natures of all the cadets.
Bryan Girl Feted
An all-metal scale model of the
Air Force’s F-80 jet fighter was
presented to Miss Linda Lynch, a
student of Lamar Junior High
School in Bryan. Miss Lynch was
given the award for writing the
best essay in her class on the topic
“Welcome Men of Bryan Air Force
Base.”
To give a graphic demonstration
of the relation of the speeds be
tween the propeller-driven trainers
and the T-33 jet trainers, a flight
of the slower planes flew over the
crowd. At the time the planes were
overhead, the jet, at a lower alti
tude, zoomed over, providing a
“now you see it, now you don’t”
sensation.
Approximately 10,000 people wit
nessed the two and a half hour
ceremonies.
Pfrimmer Winner
Score Contest |
Theodore R. Pfrimmer, depart
ment entomology, won last week’s
Quarterback Club contest. Pfrim
mer narrowly edged J. D. Hinton
for the TCU-A&M tickets by more
accurately picking the scores.
Of the 1,-211 entries, only two
other contestants picked all six
winners. These were Kenneth Bak
er, who placed third, and James
Starling, fourth place. Pfrimmer
will receive two tickets to the
Oct. 20 TCU-Texas A&M game at
the Wednesday meeting.
Clark Nealon, sports editor of
the Houston Post, wilkaddress the
pre-TCU game meeting. Nealon
is well known for his colorful
sports columns and his accurate
football predictions.
The armchair quarterbacks will
be treated to a double-feature
football film at the Oct. 17 meet
ing. Flickers of the Oklahoma-
A&M and Trinity-A&M games will
be shown. Kick-off time for the
meet is 7:45 p. m.
of the NCAA and urge aggressive
action on the part of the NCAA
Council in getting this program
put in effect; and
“Be it further resolved that
this Association urge its member
Boards to give close attention and
support to the 12 suggestions set
forth by the NCAA Council. . . and
finally, this Association suggests
to the NCAA Council that it fur
nish this Association a progress
report at its next meeting.”
Two Problems
Byers, during his speech, stress
ed the point that college athletics’
problems are confined primarily
to two sports—football and basket
ball—and further that these prob
lems are confined to approximately
50 to 60 institutiions compared to
the more than 600 four-year in
stitutions conducting broad inter
collegiate athletic programs.
“Let’s strip away the hysteria,
the emotionalism, the prejudices
and jealousies that always arise
when this subject is discussed,”
Byers said. “There are serious
problems but let me emphasize
they do Not stem from stagnation
... or decay. Rather, they come
from over-enthusiasm, great ex
pansion and rapid growth. These
always have been desirable condi
tions in our American society of
properly controlled.
Developed Rapidly
“College Athletics have develop
ed so rapidly that our administra
tion of the program has not been
able to keep pace. But after all,
this tremendous enthusiasm and
growth is, in a sense an ^valuation
and now it is our problem to har
ness is for constructive purposes.
The NCAA Council 12-point pro
gram is:
® Confine practice season to the
recognized season of the sport or
limit and rigidly supervise out of
season practice.
® Limit the number of games
in each sport, particularly football
(See NCAA, Page 4)
London, Oct. 15 — OP) — Egypt
yesterday was reported on the
verge of rejecting the Western Big
Three and Turkish proposal to
make the Suez an international de
fense bastion for the Middle East.
Newspapers in Cairo predicted
Egypt would say no to yesterday’s
invitation for taking Egypt into
full partnership in the defense
plans of the U.S., Britain, France
and Turkey. South Africa, Aus
tralia and New Zealand also would
be parttners.
The press also reported Egypt
was rallying support of the other
Arab countries to consolidate and
isolate themselves against the
Western idea of replacing solely
British forces with international
forces along the Suez Canal sides
in Egypt.
Egypt apparently was standing
firm on her two foremost demands:
removal of British troops from the
Suez and union of the Anglo-
Egyptian Sudan under the crown
of King Farouk.
The Egyptian parliament was
scheduled tomorrow night to junk
the 1899 and 1936 treaties cover
ing those phases of the soured
British-Egyptian alliances.
A British note Egypt on the Su
dan and the Western Power plan
for the Suez were made public to
night by the British foreign office.
On the Suez, the British prom-
Washington, Oct. 15—CP)—T h e
resignation of William M. Boyle,
Jr., as chairman on the Democrat
ic National Committee isn’t going
to be followed by that of his Re
publican counterpart, GOP Chair-
| man Guy G. Gabrielson says.
Boyle announced his resignation
Saturday night, giving health as
his reason, and indicated he would
issue shortly—perhaps today — a
call for the Democratic National
Committee to act on it.
Gabrielson, who like Boyle has
been under attack from some quar
ters in Congress, was emphatic in
saying he does not intend to step
down.
“I’m not resigning,” he told re
porters in Seatttle. “I’m not going
to resign. Is that plain enough?
. . . I’m not resigning.
. . . I’m not resigning. You can
put that in just as big letters as
you want.”
By LYLE DE BOLT
Battalion Staff Writer
Rise Stevens, the woman who
refused her first Metropolitan Op
era contract to gain operatic ex
perience in Europe, will present
the second Town Hall program
Tuesday night, 8 p.m., at Guion
Hall.
Miss Stevens, who is said to
haye a pair of the world’s ten most
ised to give up their 1936 treaty
rights “on the understanding that
it would simultaneously become an
Allied base.”
But Cairo newspapers said
Egypt’s demands for withdrawal
of British forces and Egyptian rule
ove rthe Sudan must be met before
any other alliances can be talked
about.
On the same basis, Egypt boy
cotted an All-Africa defense con
ference held in Nairobi, Kenya
Colony, last summer.
Threats of clashes between the
British and Egyptians spread from
the Suez to the Sudan. The Brit
ish already had said any effort to
throw British forces out of the
Suez would, be countered with
armed force.
At Khartoum, capital of the
million-square-mile Sudan, the
British governor-general, Sir Rob
ert Howe, told his executive coun
cil he would resist any attempt to
change the administration.
Armed forces in the Sudan are
small and all nominally under
British command, 1,500 British
troops with several thousand Su
danese and about 1,500 Egyptians.
Egypt has the power to declare
Howe out of a job and may do so.
The governor-general, under trea
ty terms, is nominated by the Brit
ish and the appointment is con
firmed by Egypt.
Congressional critics, mostly Re
publicans, have been calling on
both men to quit their party posts
because of their relations with the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion (RFC), big government lend
ing agency.
Both have been under investiga
tion by a Senate subcommitttee,
one of whose members, Senator
Nixon (R-Calif), said last night
the inquiry will continue. He ad
ded: “The disclosures of the future
will make those which have come
out to date seem insignificant in
comparison.”
Boyle had used a statement by
Nixon—although he did not name
the senator—to support his reiter
ated contention that “I have at all
times conducted myself with honor
and propriety.” He noted that a
Republican member of the commit
tee had said the inquiry record
showed “no evidence of illegality or
moral turpitude” on Boyle’s part.
The words were Nixon’s.
beautiful eyes, is scheduled to pre
sent a recital of 16 songs; she is
assisted by Brooks Smith at the
piano.
Among the better known of
these songs are the Negro Spirit
uals: “Oh, WShat a Beautiful Ciyt”,
“Were You There”, and “My Good
Lord Done Been Here”. She will
also sing the excerpts from “Car-
merf’, “Habavera”, “Seguidilla”,
and “Gypsy Song.” Handel’s “He
Shall Feed His Flock” from “The
Messiah” will be the first number
on the program.
Miss Stevens was born in New
York City and has been singing
from the time she was ten years
old. She studied music at the
Juilliard School of Music on a
scholarship. She went to Europe
and studied music at the Gut-
theil-Schoder Music School.
Her first debut was in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, in “Mignon.” She
also made her debut later with
the Met as “Mignon.”
She has appeared with most of
the world’s leading opera com
panies—such as The Metropolitan
Opera Co., the San Francisco Op
era Co., The Paris Grand Opera,
The Vienna State Opera, the op
era companies of Prague, urich,
Cairo and many others.
Miss Stevens starred in such
pictures as “The! Chocolate Sol
dier”, the Academy Award win
ning “Going My Way”, “Carnegie
Hall”. She refused long - term
movie contracts because he work
and time in opera comes first.
The easy to lo*k at lady is heard
regularly on leading national radio
programs, such as Voice of Fire
stone, the Carnegie Hall program,
The Railroad Hour, Harvest of
Stars, etc. Her own program was
the “Prudential Family Hour.”
She records for RCA Victor and
Columbia Records. Her recording
bosses accredit her with being the
highest selling recording artist in
the classical field.
Some of the honofs she holds
are having sung greatest num
ber of starring roles at the Met
in one season in entire Met Op
era hox-office today. Chosen
Boyle’s resignation came in the
form of a letter to President Tru
man. As head of the party Mr.
Truman bears the burden of selec
ting Boyle’s successor.
Among those mentioned most
prominently as possibilities were
John L. Sullivan, former Secre
tary of the Navy, and Francis J.
Myers, former senator from Penn
sylvania who was defeated last
year. Both now practice law here.
Also figuring in speculation were
Senators Clements of Kentucky
and Anderson of New Mexico, Sec
retary of the Interior Chapman
and Secretary of Labor Tobin.
One advance rejection came from
James A. Farley, former party
head and Postmaster General under
President Franklin Roosevelt. “The
post has not been qffered to me,
and I doubt if it would be,” Farley
said in New York. “In the event
taht it was offered to me, I could
n’t possibly accept it under any
circumstances.”
one of the 10 best dressed wo
men, she cherishes most that of
being named one of the country’s
outstanding career - women and
mothers
Acclaimed as the glamorous
star of six fields, opera, concerts,
screen, radio, television, and rec
ords, she has titian colored hair,
hazel-brown eyes. Miss Stevens
is married to Walter Surovy, for
mer matinee idol of the Prague
Theater. 'Jhey have a son, Nicky,
age six.
She - Collects stamps 1 which are
in some way connected with music,
also collects modern paintings,
knits sweaters, socks and scarves
for husband and son. She likes to
sWim, bicycle and go for long
walks.
With a little basic knowledge,
the amateur photographer can de
velop quite a lot of ability and
turn it into a satisfying hobby.
With this assumption, Gerald
Ottinger, vice-president of the
Camera Club, is starting a series
of 10-12 lectures. This course, he
said, was designed to give the most
inexperience amateur a sound basic
knowledge of photography.
Ottinger will stress the point
that is not necessary for the be
ginner to have an expensive cam
era, because a simple camera is
capable of more than the average
person gives it.
The first lesson will consist of
Bowling Begins
Tomorrow For
College l earn
Competition open to all stu
dents will get underway to
morrow night in the MSC
Bowling Alley to determine
who will represent A&M in
intercollegiate bowling competition
this year.
Extending over a two week per
iod, the competition gets underway
at 7:15 each Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday night, this week and
next. The dates are October 16,
17, 19, 23, 24 and 26.
Averages for each student enter
ing will be compiled over a three
night competitive period. Each en
try will bowl a total of nine lines
at the rate of three lines per
nightt.
All students, regardless of clas
sification of previous experience,
are eligible to compete, Bernie
Hoefflemeyer, Bowling Club pres
ident, said.
Students with the top twelve av
erages'at the close of compeition
will make-up he MSC sponsored
A&M intercollegiate bowling team.
Application blanks for those
wishing to enter the competition
are available at the desk in the
Bowling Alley, according to Jim
Koontz, club reporter.
The penetrating power of the
Aggies was brilliantly displayed
Saturday night as Coach Ray
George cleared the bench of its
| 41 players and rolled over the
i Trinity Tigers 53-14.
! Starters for the Cadets racked up
two easy touchdowns early in the
; first quarter and then turned,
things over to the replacements.
Fourth string Aggies proved to
be a match for the Tigers as Trin
ity scored their two touchdowns of
the game in the later part of the
second quarter and during the early
minutes of the second half.
First Downs for Tigers
Trinity outclassed the Cadets in
one respect. They racked up 13
first downs while the Aggies only
tallied three. The first of these
didn’t come until late in the third
quarter when the score stood at
46-14.
Aggie blockers connected time
and time again as they cleared
paths for the runners. The blocking
was so effective the ball carriers
felt slighted if they failed to
score.
Standout for the Tigers was lit
tle Tommy Majors who scored both
the Trinity counters. His first
crossing Avas made mid-way in the
second period on a three-yard dash.
The second tally was recorded in
the third quarter as Majors put
the finishing touches on an 83-
yard drive by the Tigers, and
scored from 7 yards out on a fake
reverse through the center.
Raymond Haas, Kingsville jun
ior, marked up two topchdowns as
he sped over for the first on a
20 sprint in the second. The speedy
halfback got his second score in
the third quarter on a 66-yard run.
Lippman Scores First
Glenn Lippman, regular halfback
for the Cadets, started the ball
a short outline of the histoi'y of
photography with a discussion of
camera in general. The rest of the
meeting will be devoted to a dis
cussion of pictorial composition
and a film strip on the uses of
Varigam, DuPont’s variable con
trast photographic paper.
Enough research has been put
into these lectures to make them
comparable to any commercially
offered course in photography.
An outline of the course, with
assignments and reference's, will
be provided each person interested
in signing up for the course. The
only requirement for attending
this course is that the person in
terested become a member of the
Camera Club.
The Camera Club darkrooms are
open at all times, containing equip
ment to handle the development
and printing of negatives from
35mm to 4x5. The only things the
member has to furnish are the ex
pendible supplies.
At the present time there are
not enough lockers for every one,
nor are there keys available so
that more than one person can use
the same locker.
However, the darkroom will have
shelves on which the members may
keep their various photographic
solutions.
Educators Discuss
Medical Teaching
The Association of Governing
Boards of State Universities and
Allied Institutions at their clos
ing session today were told that
“there is no cvay to increase medi
cal teaching facilities without a
heavy outlay of money,” by Dr.
Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor-
elect and dean of the college of
medicine, University of Kansas.
There are not enough medical
doctors, he said and pointed out
that the demand for teachers is
increasing, eA^en though the salary
may be $12,000 to $18,000 year.
Association members will go to
Austin Saturday Avhere the univer
sity will provide luncheon and
hear Dr. T. N. Painter address the
group on the Unrfersity of Texas.
They Avill get to Son Antonio Sat
urday night as guests of Trinity
University.
rolling when he took a pass from
quarterback Dick Gardemal on the
Aggie 27 and covered the remain
ing 73 yards for the opening touch-
doAvn of the one-sided tilt.
Augie Saxe was next to cross
the chalk line as he covered 61
yards on an end-around. Then Con
nie Magourik added another touch
down on a play covering 70 yards.
Pete Mayeaux drew blood next
on a 63-yard sprint, and Haas fol
lowed with his first marker of the
night.
Roy Dollar furnished the sixth
Cadet touchdoAvn as he went over
from the one-foot line on a quarter
back sneak.
Haas added his second six-point
er and Ray Graves threw to- Jerry
Crossman from the 9-yard line
for the last score of the game.
Outstanding on Defense
Johhny Salyer Avas a standout
Avith bis defensive work as he set
a promising record of six unassist
ed tackles for the night. Salyer is
a sophomore fullback from Austin
where he Avas coached by John
Kitchens.
Durwood Scott, a junior from
Munday, also showed avcII as a de
fensive stalwart when he nailed
four tackles without aid and went
on to assist in four others.
Jaro Netardus set a similat
shoAving with four unassisted
tackles and helping in (four others.
Netardus is a, senior end from El
Campo.
Others who made impressive de
fensive plays were Van Heatherly,
with 1 unaided tackle and helping
on four; Robert Shaeffer, three un
assisted and helping on three; and
Bobby Morgan, three unaided and
helping on three others.
Smith, Tidwell, and Anderson
Bob Smith, Billy TidAvell, and
Cary Anderson were benched
throughout the game with injuries.
(See BLAST, Page 4)
Parents Cling
To Hope For
Child’s Return
Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 15
(/P)—A bewildered father and
a pain-wracked mother clung
today to the hope that their
plea to “take good care of our
baby and bring him back” would
be heeded.
James Lyons, 37-year-old serv
ice station operator, and his wife,
Francis, waited in hope and fear
as police searched garbage cans
and sewers and questioned count
less persons.
The baby was Lawrence James
Lyons, first child of 37-year-old
Mrs. Lyons, born last Tuesday by
Caesarian section. He disappear
ed from his crib at St. Anthony’s
hospital Saturday night.
Police said they are virtually
without clues.
They discounted the possibility
that the Lyons baby was taken by
someone Avho just wanted a baby
—any baby. The boy Avas in a row
of cribs Avith others on both sides
in the nursery.
Police said a nurses’ aid, Mar
lene Lubs, told them someone ask
ed her “Avhich baby Avas the Lyon’s
baby.” That was less than two
hours before another nurses’ aid
noticed the empty crib.
“It looks like whoever did this
Avanted that baby alone,” police
chief Arthur Menke said.
Miss Lubs couldn’t give any
clues to the identity of the inquir
er.
“I didn’t even look around,” she
said. “I was so busy, I just point
ed to the baby. I don’t even re
member if it was a man or wom
an.”
Kidnaping for ransom seemed
unlikely. Lyons said he has no
money and no enemies.
Ducats Available
Student Tickets for the A&M-
TCU football game went on sale
at the Athletic Department this
morning and will remain on sale
until Wednesday at 6 p.m. Tick
ets may be purchased on Mon
day and Tuesday until 5 p.m.
Students will be required to
present I.D. cards at all future
football games according to
Howard Nelson, ticket manager
of the athletic department.
Exhibition Ends
BAFB Open House
Egypt Reports On Verge
Of Rejecting Proposal
GOP Head Not to Follow
Boyle’s Action of Resigning
Camera Club Starts
Basic Photog Lessons
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