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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 30: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1951 Price Five Cents This is the new seating arrangement for Kyle Field which was agreed on by the Student Senate Monday night. CORPS SENIORS Mill sit from the goal line to the 50-yard line. They will enter the stadium through Ramp P and sit ip a section 14 rows deep, from the main aisle up to the beginning of the non-corps senior section. CORPS JUNIORS will be admitted to a section which extends from the end-zone to the 40-yard line. All Juniors will enter through Ramp 0. The corps juniors will sit in a section II rows from the top and extending down to eight rows below the main aisle and over to the 40 yarti line or next to the band. FRESH MEN AND SOPHOMORES in the corps will be located in a sec tion which extends from the middle of the end zone to the 40-yard line. They will also be admitted to a section 9 rows down from the main isle to the cinder track from the end zone to the 40-yard line. All Sophomores and Freshmen will be admitted into the stadium through Ramps M and N. NON-CORPS SENIORS and graduate students will enter Kyle Field through Ramp Q and sit in a sec tion 10 rows from the top. OTHER NON-CORPS STUDENTS will sit in a section 10 rows deep from the top of the stadium. It will extend from the goal line to the middle of the end zone. They will also enter through ramp N. Disability cases will enter through ramp L. Possible Title Decider Saturday When Ags Meet Baylor Bears By ED HOLDER Battalion Sports Writer Conference titles and bowl bids are in the making tomor row on Kyle Field as the Aggies meet the high-riding Bay lor Bears at 2 p. m. in what is perhaps the most important tilt scheduled in the SWC this year. Baylor, led by Larry Isbell, will be seeking its fourth Blue to Brown College Regulation Book Changes Academic System By IDE TROTTER Battalion Staff Writer More changes than just the col or of the cover have been made in this year’s brown book of College Regulations, H. L. Heaton, regis trar, said Thursday. The one change which will pro bably have the greatest effect on Take A Break By POGO Senior Tessies wanted to repay the tribute A&M paid Miss Wanda Harris by naming an A&M sweet heart for their dorm. They sent the following letter to D. W. “Doggie” Dalston, president of the senior class. It was addressed to C. L. Ray. Dear C. L. Ray, We want to take this oppor tunity to tell you how much we enjoyed having you on our cam pus for several days proir to the Corps Trip in Fort Worth. Between halves at the A&M- TCU game Wanda Harris was honored as the Aggie Sweetheart but a select group of Stoddard (a dormitory at TSCW) girls felt that we should let you know that we’ve selected you as our sweetheart. During your next visit to our campus, we shall have a charm ing senior for you to escort. It is always a privilege to have you with us. In fact, we would be happy to enroll you as a stu dent—it seems that is would be more convenient for you to at tend classes in Denton than at College Station—You spend so much time here. Since your mode of transpor tation is so well known on the campus, M-e take pride in keep ing it decorated for you (C. L. left his car up there for a time and it was painted by the girls during his absence). We hope you appreciate the honor. Seriously, the Stoddard girls are looking forward to your next visit. With this letter we send the love of the Tessie Senior Class. the student body is’ the classifica tion regulation. Previously it was necessary to have only the specified number of hours and grade points to at tain classification as a sophomore, junior, or senior, and sophomore classification requirements are still the same. But junior classification is now granted to students who have no freshman deficiency, lack no more than eight hours of completing their first two years work, and have a grade point ratio of at least 1.00. Senior classification require ments are the same except that no sophomore deficiency is allowed and the curriculum of the f i r st three years work must be within eight hours of completion. DS Changes On the other side of the grade point scale, the privilege of a dis tinguished student to cut lecture in the event of a pop quiz has also been dropped. A completely new policy cover ing changes of curriculum will make it much easier for those who find it necessary to change from one school or department of the college to another. When a transfer is made now the dean of the school will indicate the new curriculum will be ac cepted for elective credit. Previous ly a grade of C or better was re quired for transfer but under the new regulations any passing grade will transfer. Junior and senior classification for those who have changed schools Date Tickets Sell Date tickets for the A&M- Baylor football game Satur day afternoon at Kyle Field are moving at a fairly rapid pace, Howard Nelson, ticket sales manager, said, Thursday. So far, 1,600 of the 3,000 tick ets have been sold. The re maining ducats will be on sale until 5 p. m. today and may be purchased at the booth in front of the entrance to Kyle Field. of the college will be determined just as it is for all others under the new policy except they will be allowed to have freshman and sophomore deficiencies. Ten in Class The new regulations set the min imum number of students in a, freshman or sophomore class in order for it to continue at ten instead of the fifteen required last year. Junior and senior classes are allowed a minimum enrollment of six students instead of the ten required last year. Graduate clas ses which were not listed in last year’s regulations, must have at least four students. Freshmen who fail courses in the fall semester will not be al lowed to take them over without having the F go their record as has been the policy in the past. Also under the new regulations it is necessary for a student to pass a minimum of 12 hours and make 12 grade points to avoid be- (See ACADEMIC, Page 4) consecutive win over the Cadets. Isbell boasts a passing av erage rated second in the conference. This game will decide questions which have been raised since last spring when A&M and Baylor were chosen as chief contenders for conference honors. It will also see what promises to be one of the biggest battles between stars of two teams ever seen at College Sta tion. The game pits Isbell of the Bears against All-American Bob Smith, Glenn Lippman, and Billy Tidwell of the Aggies. A&M has the advantage when it comes to returning players. Twen ty of last year’s Cadets enter the fray and 14 Bears of 1950 return for action. Baylor boasts a top-flight de fensive line-up and the Cadets rate first place honors with their powerful offensive backfield and experience-laden blockers in the forward wall. But the Aggies are No. 1 in the SWC on pass defense while Bruins have tossed enough passes to land second position in pass offense in the conference and hold down the sixth spot in the nation. Only 311 Yards The Cadet secondary has allow ed only 311 yards during their five previous games on completed passes. One hundred of these yards were racked up against the Maroon and White by Trinity University as they bowed to A&M 53-14. Baylor passers have totaled 666 yards in the air during their four games. On the ground the Aggies have built up a 247.6 yards per game while the Bruins have a rushing average of 111 yards. The Bears have a total of 444 yards gained rushing their four games. The Aggies can boast still an other fact. They have crossed the goal nine times on pass plays while the Bears have passed over the double stripe six times in aerials. Coach Ray George takes on his (See SAUER, Page 3) Seniors Recommend Custom Changes Churchill Win Seems Assured London, Oct. 27—UP)—First re turns from the renewed counting of votes today in Britain’s gen eral election gave two more seats to Winston Churchill and the Conservatives. With returns in from the 325 of the 625 districts, the standing was: Labor 175, Conservatives and Allies 147, Liberals 2, Communist 0, Irish Labor 1. Though Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Laborites held a lead of 28 House of Commons seats—175 to 147, the Conservatives’ chief rural strongholds were still to re port. Tory gains at Labor’s ex pense pushed excitement high among Churchill’s forces. Some of them already were saying, “we’re in.” The Conservatives’ press spokes man, Gerald O’Brien, predicted a majority of 30 to 35 seats for his party. The party winning a ma jority of House seats picks the prime minister and controls the government. The mass circulation Daily Mir ror—most widely read of the pro- Labor papers—conceded, “bar mir acles, it’s a Tory victory.” At stake was the future of Britain’s experiment in Socialism, which the Conservatives want to halt in mid-stream. A Conserva tive victory also was widely ex pected to ease the stresses and strains which recently have de veloped between Britain and her major ally, the United States. Votes From 319 Districts The votes counted last night came from 319 districts. In four others Conservative-Allied Ulster Unionints' were returned without a contest. Another 301 districts started tabulations at 9 a.m. (4 a.m., EST). The 625th seat in the house will not be decided until Nov. 8. The election there was postponed because of the death of a candidate. Tory exuberance was based not only on the fact they captured 11 Socialist seats while the Lib erals, with Tory backing, took an other, but on comparison with the last general election 20 months ago. Some of the main areas of Conservative strength are in ag ricultural districts which have not yet counted their votes. In 1950, the Conservatives were 54 seats behind Labor the end of the first day’s tabulations. When the “down country” returns rolled in the next day, they surged back and nearly won the election. Farm Vote Not In They expected to do the job to day. Tory leaders said the farm vote should easily offset returns from the predominantly industrial areas which early today had put Labor out in front. The Conservatives, heavily fa vored in betting and in public opinion polls, had opened the cam paign in the bouyant belief they might win control of the govern ment by as many as 100 seats. The vigorous Labor campaign, capped by frequent assertions that Churchill was more likely than Attlee to get the country into a war, kept trimming their opti mism. When good weather yes terday brought out a heavy vote in the industrial centers, the To ries scaled their majority predic tions even farther downward. At the halt in counting early today, Labor Party leaders de clined to concede defeat but they would not issue predictions of vic tory. There was an air of gloom around party headquarters and Morgan Phillips, party secretary, said, “the result cannot be de cisively known until late today.” Churchill’s own constituency, Woodford, was among those tab ulating on the second day. It has elected him to Parliament regularly with overwhelming ma jorities. His election this time was generally conceded. Prexy Clarifies Senate's Plan on Football Seating A statement which clarifies some of the misunderstanding cre ated over the new seating policy for A&M’s home football games was released this morning by Dr. M. T. Harrington, president of the college. Dr. Harrington explained that the Atheltic Department designates a student section in the stadium which is large enough to accommo date holders of students. “The Student Senate, because it represents the entire body, is giv en the responsibility of arranging a seating plan in the A&M sec tion,” he said. If the plan for seating at home games is not satisfactory, construc tive suggestions should be made to the Seating Arrangement Commit tee of the Student Senate, Dr. Har rington added. This should be done prior to the next Home game so that a satisfactory plan may be worked out. “I am sure every A&M student will want to cooperate with the Student Senate in its efforts to plan a seating arrangement at the football games that will prevent over-crowding in certain sections and will be satisfactory to all con cerned,” President Harrington said. Russ Morgan Dance, Concert Saturday Nite Featuring “Music in the Morgan Manner”, the Russ Morgan Orches- tra will play for two perform ances, a concert and all-college dance, after the Baylor-A&M game tomorrow. Following the afternoon game, the orchestra with a troupe of en tertainers will present a concert in Guion Hall at 7:30 p. m. Be ginning at 9, the orchestra will be on hand to play for the dance in Sbisa Hall until 12. Aggie Pipe Smokers Start Limbering Up For Contest By FRANK SCOTT Battalion Staff Writer agreed to help judge the puff- his tobacco, he will not be allowed along. W. H. Rothrock, modern to relight it. languages professor, and C. K. Es- M Prizes That smoke you see billowing out ten, English department, round out J of the dorms nowadays doesn’t the panel of judges. P. Lorillard Co. has sent 12 8- m»an that the dorm is on fire. It c r» * * ai ± j oz - cans Briggs Smoking To- is just those Aggie pipe stokers I ' lre De P artme 'B s Alerted bacco and 4 16-oz. cans of Briggs limbering up for The Battalion- Bryan and College Station fire for the contest. This company also MSC Smoking Contest, Nov. 15 in departments have been alerted for contributed four cartons of Old Off ol" ^ Ballroom. the night of the contest. Fire ex- Gold cigarettes and one Stanhope f Ctel, UII oaie ai J Five distinfruished officials have tinkers been conveniently briar pipe been added to the staff of judges P| aced about tbe Ballroom in case Granddaddy of the prizes v^l who will have the final say on of a run-away pipe or cigar. 1 ZI JTL who wins what at the contest. Mood music consisting of such Inc _ The value of this prize ack _ Among these judges is Major C. melodies as Smoke Gets In Your j g L Thomas, Air Science instructor, Eyes,” “I Don’t Want to Set the \ mon * t h e other prizes for the who is a non-smoker. Major Tho- World on Fire and Smoke contegt | re two Taw F n deluxe tra . mas is rumored to be constructing Dreams”, will be played during the ve j k j tg a <q azy susan ” revolv a special gas mask to protect contest. A pullmotor and a trained j tab ,; centei . piec ‘ ‘, oaded wit h him from the fumes at the contest, attendant will be present to re- and tob J CO) and corn _ cob Barney Welch, M r ho is allergic vive tbose overcome by smoke. pipes from Missouri Meerschaum to smoke, reluctantly accepted a Object ef the pipe and cigars Co. position on the judging staff, divisions will be to keep the tobac- These prizes will be exhibited Spike White, who hails from a long co lit . longer than your opponent, in a showcase at the MSC for one line of pipe smokers, has also Once the contestant has “fired-up” week, beginning Monday. AAUP Smoker Features Talk By Harrington D r. M. T. Harrington, president of the college, will be the featured speaker for the first annual faculty cof fee smoker sponsored by the local A&M chapter of the Am erican Association of University Professors. The affair will be held in the Ballroom of MSC, Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p. m., according to Otis Miller, president of the local chapter. The A&M chapter of the AAUP numbers 150 members. It is one of over 100 chapters established at colleges and universities across the nation. Each member of the local AAUP chapter may invite two members of the faculty who are not mem bers of the association. In this way, the chapter hopes to obtain almost a full staff attendance at the coffee smoker, Miller said. The smoker will be an informal affair, Miller said. Coffee, choco late, popcorn, and fruit will be served those attending. “This get together is designed to enable members of the faculty to become better acquainted,” Mil ler explained. Dr. S. A. Lynch, head of the ge ology department, is chairman for program arrangements and Pro fessor Luther G. Jones of the ag ronomy department is chairman for invitations and transportation. Chairman of the finance committee is Dr. Fred Jensen, head of the chemistry department. y In one of the most orderly, business like Senior class meetings on record, members of the Class of 1952 last night passed motions which may have far reaching effects in the future of the college, if carried out. These recommendations, by the class approved, included investigation of a seating arrangement for the A&M student body at out of town football games; definite action on the question of who, in the future, will be entitled to wear Sen ior boots; and addition of a new feature to Silver Taps cere monies. Most of the recommendations passed by the class will have to be approved by the administration. Bob Langford, chairman of Traditions Committee, ex plained the seating scheme for out-of-town games, which, if set up, will be similar to that used at A&M’s home games. This motion, he said, will be referred to the Student Senate for their approval and cooperation before definite plans can be taken. The idea, Langford said, was originally conceived by the senators, but that body desired to have the backing of the seniors before taking further steps to create such a seating arrangement. A hot battle developed over the boot question. Two equally strong sides presented views which had a bearing on this custom. One group favored the right to wear boots as is stated in The College Regulations. This rule says all commissioned officers of the Cadet Corps and all classified seniors in the Corps are eligible to wear Senior boots. It also includes members of the Senior ^companies. However, the committee recom mended a vote be taken on the exact number of semesters a stu dent must be in A&M before being allowed to wear the boots. The class voted 117 to 81 to change the present ruling, and agreed by a vote of 1.11 to 96 to recommend a three semester rule. J. W. “Doggy” Dalston, class president, before the vote was taken, pointed out it would be nec essary, no matter what the class decided, to get approval from col lege officials before the decision could be enforced. Langford presented the findings of the committee on the policy of speaking during football season. He explained that prior to the ear ly 1940’s, there were various forms of greeting during football season. “At that time,” Langford said, “Homer Norton, head football coach, asked the corps to do some thing to increase spirit among thfe student body.” Custom Got Started “Members of the Corps than be gan the saying, ‘Beat the Hell out of’ whoever the Aggies were play ing.” This saying continued, off and on until 1948. Since then, it hds been customary for students to use the phrase. After discussion, Dalston ex plained he had contacted Coach Ray George and Col. Joe Davis, commandant, on their reaction to the use of the saying. “Coach George, while not exact ly approving the idea, said he would rather not comment on the matter. He told me he would di rect the football team and we would direct the Corps,” the class president said. “However,” Dalston added, “Col onel Davis was not pleased with the idea. He said it was below the dignity of A&M students to use such a greeting. Class Decisions Other deicsions passed by the class included: • Flying the 52 flags around Kyle Field at all football games, night or day, conference games or non-conference games. • Investigation of buying new flags to replace those now flown at home football games. • Three six man squads, com posed of members of the Ross Vol unteers will fire a rifle salute at the conclusion of the Silver Taps ceremony. This motion is also subject to the aapproval of college officials. • Recommendation that no freshman, sophomore, or junior will go through the MSC on the way to yell practice. This ruling is designed to prevent loitering. 0 Sophomore guidon bearers, arriving late to yell practice, wjll not be permitted to move freshmen off the front row. In the future front row positions for guidons will be determined on a “first come first served basis.” Howev er, if a sophomore guidon bearer desires to have his guidon on the front row, he may give it to a freshman in his military branch. A practice, which has not been followed at A&M for several years, will be started again when the “T” is formed at the SMU game. Yell Leaders John Tapley and Lew Jobe explained that in the 1930’s, students used red and white cloths in performing the locomotive yell. The class agreed to reinstitute the practice also, at the yell lead er’s recommendation, to go through all the “T” yells this year. Dalston called the meeting to (See SENIOR, Page 2) Tickets for the two events are now on sale in the Student Activ ities office. All seats to the con cert are 70 cents and tickets to the dance are $2.50, stag or drag. In addition to instrumental num bers by the orchestra, the two per formances will feature entertain ers such as “The Morganaires,” a vocal quartet; Eduardo Augilar, a Spanish cancionero; “Manon,” fe male vocalist; Pete Fylling, known as the “Puppet Trumpeteer,” and the “Satin String Sextette.” Musical arrangements included in the two programs will be some of Morgan’s own hit tunes, such as “So Tired,” ‘ ‘You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You,” “So Long,” and “Somebody Else Is Taking My Place.” • Tickets to the Russ Morgan concert and dance tomorrow night are on sale in the Student Activities office and are priced at $2.50 stag or drag for the dance and 70 cents per person for the concert. The dance will be held in Sbisa Hall and begins at 9 p.m. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in Guion Hall. • “Music in the Morgan Manner” has been credited by musical crit ics as weathering all fads, styles and crazes of musical forms. Throughout the years of the con flicts between the passions of “sweet music versus “s w i n g” music, the Russ Morgan Orches tra has always kept the rhythmic and melodic type of song stylings. In the recording industry more than 10 million Russ Morgan rec ords were sold from 1949 to 1950. “Bye Bye Blackbird,” “So Tired,” and “Forever and Ever” sold over a million records last year. The audience at the concert and the couples at the dance will find Morgan in a triple roll as master of ceremonies, vocalist, and or chestra leader. Yell Practice Tonight Two former yell leaders will speak at midnight yell practice tonight, Lew Jobe, head yell leader, said. One of these exes is a member of the Class of 1926 while the other former yell leader is from the ’41 class. Yell practice will begin at 11:30 p.m. and will be held at The Grove. 1