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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published by The Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
Number 32: Volume 51
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1951
Price Five Cents
Problems Voiced
At Junior Officer
Meeting in MSC
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Managing Editor
I “Now that the board is gone,
what do we use?” That was the
question many first sergeants were
.asking- last night in a firey meet
ing- held in the MSC Ballroom.
| Col. Joe Davis, commandant,
: tried to answer that question and
many more in the first meeting of
regimental sergeant-majors, first
■sergeants, and corps staff juniors
which was held for the pm-pose of
i airing complaints and problems of
unit leaders.
With colonel of the corps Eric
Aggie Debaters
Compete at UH
Tournament
The A&M Debate team will
leave Thursday uight for
Houston where they will par-
participate in the University
of Houston National Debate
Tournament.
: Members of the team are Dan
Davis, James Parmer, Joe Riddle,
and Bert Weller.
The meet is of the extemporane-
* ous type in that competing teams
SMreceive their subjects only one hour
before debating them. A list of
subjects is chosen by vote of the
competing teams at the beginning
* of the tournament.
An Aggie team composed of
Farmer and Paul Jones took first
place in this meet last year.
Riddle of the Aggies will also
enter the impromptu speaking por
tion of the meet. Riddle took sec
ond in this event at the TU Round
up Meet last year.
The special events are scheduled
for Friday morning with the first
round of debates beginning on that
afternoon. Saturday morning and
afternoon will be devoted to de
bates.
Winners will be announced that
evening. A banquet is planned for
all competing teams on Friday
night.
Carlson presiding, the juniors got
the meeting in a frenzy hurridly
by asking for some definite pun
ishment which can be used quickly
and effectively for subordinates.
The juniors claimed the “bull
ring” is now being used for men
who have committed small punish
able offenses, although the time
for bull ring punishment some
times comes weeks after the of
fense has been committed.
After three hours, however, no
solution to the problems could be
offered by Col. Davis or by the
juniors. They agreed something-
tangible must be substituted for
the board, which has been ruled
out of military units on the A&M
campus.
Col. Davis explained that any
thing as far-x-eaching as a solu
tion to their problems could not be
decided overnight. For that rea
son a group of seniors have been
appointed to study this siuation
and devise suitable punishment for
offenders, he said.
First Meeting
The meeting was the first of
several regular sessions scheduled
for the group this year. Unit
commanders and regimental com
manders held a similar meeting-
last week, and Nov. 11 a represen
tative group of sophomores will
meet with Col. Davis and Lt. Col.
M. P. Bowden, assistant command
ant who also attended last night’s
session.
“This meeting will afford us a
good opportunity to get acquainted
with problems we all know,” Col.
Davis said. “There is no comman
der who doesn’t have a superior,
and we must all abide by the direc
tives passed on to us,” the com
mandant added.
“Need Lasting Leadership”
“What we are really after is not
a means of punishment, but an
answer to a means for lasting lead
ership; leadership that will not fal
ter in trying moments,” Col. Davis
commented.
“There is but one Corps of Ca
dets at A&M and we must act so
that we may bring credit to that
corps. No votes are cast in a mil
itary organization; it’s the com
mander’s responsibility to act in
the right manner so that the best
results can be brought about,” he
added.
Smith Goes Down
That’s all she wrote for Aggie fullback Bob
Smith (36) as Baylor’s 0. C. Brocato (54) pulls
him down during the game on Kyle Field Sat
urday. And just to erase any doubt, Gale Gallo
way (50) and Kenneth Casner (79) were right
behind to give Brocato a hand.
Infantrymen Beat Off
Red Drive; Move Ahead
U. S. 8th Army Headquarters,
Korea, Oct. 30—hT?—Allied infan
trymen in Eastern Korea beat back
an attack near Heartbreak Ridge
by 1,000 Chinese in predawn dark
ness today, then drove ahead 1,000
yards in daylight.
On the Western front United Na
tions forces gained more than half
a mile northwest of Yonchon with
little trouble.
Reinforced Chinese who had
hurled day-long attacks at the Al
lies southeast of Kumsong in the
center of the line Monday made
only two small probing attacks
Tuesday. Both were turned back.
Sharp Mountain Fighting
Sharpest fighting Tuesday was
in the mountains between Kum
song and Heartbreak Ridge. A
battalion of screaming Chinese
stormed against Allied infantry
men in the early morning black
ness.
U. N. troops, dug in on a ridge
Ags 18th, Baylor 8th, Texas 12th
Yols Again Lead Football Poll
New York, Oct. 30—(Ah—Ten
nessee and Michigan State clung
to the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in
the Associated Press football poll
today but the rest of the top ten
underwent* a minor shakeup.
Wisconsin, which spoiled North
western’s perfect season 41-0,
showed the greatest gain, leaping
from the 14th notch to No. 10.
The Badgers replaced Texas, which
tumbled to 12th despite a 14-6 vic
tory over Rice.
Illinois, Maryland, and Princeton
moved up on the strength of im
pressive triumphs last Saturday.
Georgia Tech, Southern California
and Baylor lost a little ground but
stayed in the top rankings. Califor
nia held firm to the No. 9 spot.
Illini Makes Third
The Illini, whipped up with Rose
Bowl fever, moved into third after
humbling Indiana, 21-0, and sent
unbeaten Georgia Tech, 8-7 victor
Reds Offering No Reasonable
Solution, Say Negotiators
Munsan, Korea, Oct. 30—(A 1 )—A
United Nations truce negotiator
said today “we’re busting our guts
trying to get this war settled” but
the Reds are making “my attempt
to get a reasonable solution.”
The statement came from Maj.
Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chairman, of
the U.N. truce subcommittee, dur
ing a recess in the sixth joint sub
committee session at Panmunjom.
The negotiators met three hours
but failed to make headway toward
creating a Korean cease-fire line.
Another meeting is scheduled for
11 a.m. Wednesday (9 p.m. Tues
day EST).
No Progress Made
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U.N. spokesman, said:
“The Communists continued to
press for their proposal which
would trade indefensible territory
in west Korea in the Ongjin area
for important military positions
along the battlefront. No prog
ress toward a solution was made.”
At Panmunjom, within sight of
bursting Allied shells, Hodes said
the Communists “have made no
trade, no offer, no attempt to get
a reasonable solution.
“They say they will withdraw
from the Ongjin and Yonan penin
sulas. This is absolutely mean
ingless. It makes no difference to
us and it makes no difference to
them. There isn’t any argument
for it.”
The two peninsulas are west of
the battleline. They protrude be
low the 38th Parallel, old political
boundary line between North and
South Korea. Ongjin is cut off by
water from the rest of South Ko
rea.
Reds Have Counterproposal
The Allies want U.N. troops left
in a defensible position along what
ever cease-fire line is created for
the armistice. Their latest pro
posal is for a 2 1 /2-mile wide buffer
zone along present battle lines.
Under the Reds’ counterproposal
U.N. troops would have to retreat
five to 15 miles southward from
their present ridges.
A newsman commented to Hodes
that the Red plan would mean Al
lied withdrawal from newly won
Heartbreak Ridge on the Eastern
front. The general Chief of Staff
of the U.S. 8th Army replied:
“There are a hell of a lot of
heartbreak ridges as far as I’m
concerned—a couple of hundred of
them.”
Hodes said the Communist nego
tiators objected to giving up Kae
song, former site of truce confer
ences, as asked in the U.N. pro
posal.
Lions Entertain Ladies
WithMSC Dinner-Dance
“Zany” was the word for the
College Station Lions Club Ladies’
Night program Monday night, ac-
ording to Dr. A1 Price, president.
The quarterly affair, a dinner-
dance with entertainment, was held
in the Assembly Room of the MSC,
starting at 6:30. About 50 mem
bers and wives were present.
Festivities were started by a
community sing-song led by Tom
Stephens. Invocation was given by
A. B. Medlin, then guests settled
down to a turkey dinner.
Eating was interrupted when the
lights went out and a scream echo
ed through the room, introducing
a skit about the pitfalls of married
life featuring W. H. LeRoy and
Dr. John H. Milliff.
Roddy Peeples played several
accordion selections. Next was a
barber shop quarter composed of
Homer Blackhurst, Dr. W. A. Bon-
ey, Lucian Morgan and Herb
Thompson. Mrs. A. B. Medlin ac
companied them on the piano.
The club’s official tail-twisters,
Bob Cain and Lt. Col. Alex Currie,
re-fought the War between the
states to end the program.
After the entertainment, mem
bers and their wives danced to
music by the MSC juke box. Bridge
and canasta games were available
for those who did not care to dance.
“They said that we (Allied
troops) are not anywhere near the
area,” Hodes commented. “That
is true today. Prior to the nego
tiations last July, our people were
in as much control of the area as
the enemy.”
He said the Reds got Kaesong
“by default.”
Rear Adm. Arleigh Burke, the
other U. N. subcommitteeman,
commented:
“They didnt lose very many men
taking Kaesong.”
Hodes said he and Burke spent
“a great deal of time” trying to
show how unacceptable the Red
proposal “is to us.” The Com
munists replied their own plan was
fair but the U. N. idea was “un
fair, unreasonable and unjust.”
over Vanberbilt, skidding to fifth.
Maryland also moved up a single
rung to the No. 4 on the strength
of its 27-0 rout of LSU.
The pride of Eastern football,
Princeton, climbed from eighth to
sixth after its 53-15 shellacking of
Cornell.
Southern California, which had
a tight squeeze to get past Texas
Christian 28-26 fell from sixth to
seventh while Baylor, tied 21-21 by
Texas A&M, dropped from seventh
to eighth.
,. Tennessee, holding the top, lost
some favor despite its 68-0 rout of
Tennessee Tech.
Their point total was 1,213, only
a slight margin over Michigan
State, which accumulated 1,131
points and 25 first place votes.
Michigan State again had to come
from behind last Saturday to whip
Pittsburgh, 53-26.
Notre Dame, Kentucky and Ok
lahoma made the biggest gains
outside the top ten.
Tennessee has one of its tough
est games next Saturday against
North Carolina while Michigan
It’s a
BIGGER
Red Feather
This Year!
State is idle. Illinois plays Michi
gan, Maryland meets Missouri,
Georgia Tech faces Duke, Prince
ton meets Brown, Southern Cal
opposes Army in New York, Bay
lor faces TCU, California engages
UCLA and Wisconsin takes on In
diana.
The first ten, with team records
and first place votes in parenthe
sis:
Team Points
1. Tennessee (5-0) (59) 1213
2. Michigan S. (610) (25) -..1131
3. Illinois (6-0) (15) 1022
4. Maryland (5-0) (22) 905
5. Georgia Tech (6-0) (9).... 904
6. Princeton (5-0) (14 891
7. S. California (6-1) (7) .... 664
8. Baylor (4-0-1) 345
9. California (5-1) 319
10. Wisconsin (3-1-1) (2) 287
The Second Ten
11. Stanford (6-0) (2) 208
12. Texas (5-1) 205
(See POLL, Page 4)
recently won from the Communists
west of Heartbreak, stuck to their
foxholes and trenches and cut down
the shouting Reds.
With daylight, other U.N. infan
trymen in the same area jumped
off in an attack. By noon they
had pushed forward 1,000 yards
against light opposition.
The Reds mounted only four oth
er “light probing attacks” along
the entire front, the Eighth Army
reported. Two were by platoon
sized forces near Kumsong, where
the Chinese recently shoved in a
fresh division to curb U. N. ad
vances.
One small attack was knocked
down north of Yanggu, not far
from Heartbreak Ridge. The fourth
was northwest of Kansong on the
East coast.
Monday 110 fighter-bombers,
most of them operating over the
Eastern ridges, bomber, burned and
strafed the Reds in frontline ac
tion.
Altogether the Fifth Air Force
mounted 916 sorties by Korea-bas
ed planes. This is only the second
time that moret han 900 sorties
have been flown from Korea. More
than 100 other flights were made
by planes from Japan and Oki
nawa, including B-29 strikes
through heavy flak at newly built
airfields in northwest Korea.
Red antiaircraft batteries shot
down three Allied fighters — a
Shooting Star Jet, an F-51 Mus
tang and a marine F-4U. Fighter
pilots reported they inflicted 320
casualties Monday.
Casualties Tallied
The Eighth Army said ground
forces inflicted 11,075 casualties
on the Reds last week. These in
cluded 7,000 Reds killed, 3,500
wounded and 575 captured.
The U. S. Cruiser Toledo and
Destroyer MacKenzie supplied sea
borne artillery in support of South
Koreans along the East coast. They
hit Red entrenchments and ammu
nition dumps with 580 pounds from
their eight and five-inch guns Mon
day.
At the opposite end of the line
Red frontline positions were shell
ed by the Canadian Destroyer Ca
yuga and the British Frigate Ame
thyst.
The Amethyst is operating from
the Han River, south of Panmun
jom where Allied truec negotiators
said the Reds were making “no
attempt to get a reasonable solu
tion” for a cease-fire line in Ko
rea. The statement came from
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chair
man of the U. N. truec subcom
mittee during Tuesday’s sessions to
break the long armistice deadlock.
Johnson Backs
UMT Plans
In Cong
ress
Washington, Oct. 30—(if*)
Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-
Tex) said today he would urge
that universal military train
ing legislation be given top
priority when Congress returns
next year.
The new National Security
Training Commission urged Sun
day that UMT be started as soon
as possible. The commission was
established by Congress when it
passed, at the session just ended,
legislation approving the general
idea of UMT. The commission was
se up to plan UMT.
Under the law, the Senate and
House Armed Services committees
must go right to work on the com
mission’s UMT plan after the new
session begins. UMT cannot go
into effect until Congress approves
a detailed plan. Several lawmak
ers have predicted a hot fight over
the enabling legislation.
Yesterday, members of the train
ing commission said at a news con
ference that Congress could be
ready to take in the first 18-year-
old trainees by June or July.
Johnson, chairman of the Mili
tary Preparedness subcommittee
and an assistant Democratic lead
er, said in a statement from his
office that “a victory is now in
sight in the struggle for a realis
tic military manpower policy for
the United States.”
“In these troubled times,” he
said, “I believe that legislation to
establish a permanent military
manpower policy should have the
very highest priority.
Prize Stockpile Growing For
Batt Pipe Smoking Contest
A stockpile of prizes is accum
ulating daily for The Battalion-
MSC sponsored Pipe Smoking Con
test which occurs Nov. 5 in the
Ballroom of the MSC. Latest addi
tion to the prizes, which will be
awarded to the winners in the con
test, are from the Phillip Morris
Company.
Included in the Philip Morris
gifts are 12 pocket-size cans each
of Bond Street, Revelation, and
Country Doctor pipe tobaccos. Also
donated were three one-pound cans
of each of the above tobaccos and
three half-pound cans.
Mrs. Arhopulos to Judge
Mrs. John Arhopulos, better
known to Aggies as “Aunt Katy”,
was added to the judging staff to
day. “Aunt Katy” is the proprietor
of the 12th Man Inn. Other judges
Community Chest Drive Gets Started
In College Station With $10,000 Goal
By BRYAN SPENCER
Battalion Staff Writer
Stop a minute, look around you;
this is a nice community, a good
place to live and have your child
ren grow up. The College Station
Community Chest is one of the
organizations that make this pos
sible.
The Community Chest Drive for
1951 got underway yesterday and
will continue through Nov. 10.
Only organizations that contri
bute to the well being and happi
ness of the community were ap
proved for participation in the
1951 Community Chest.
Twelve Groups Get Funds
Twelve such organizations will
be appropriated funds under this
year’s Community Chest, which
will be seeking a combined goal
of $10,000.
“The cooperation and support
of everyone in the community is
needed to assure the success of
this single united fund-raising pro
gram to meet the $10,00 budget,”
said Bennie A. Zinn, chest publicity
director.
At a public budget hearing held
Oct. 9, the chest committee receiv
ed requests totaling $12,300. Ad
justments to the requests of var
ious organizations were made by
the committee to bring the 1951-
52 budget within reach of the an
ticipated income, Zinn reported.
Monies from the 1951 campaign
will be distributed accordingly:
Brazos County TB
Association $1,000
College Station YMCA 400
Boy Scouts of America 2,250
Girl Scouts of America 2,000
Salvation Army 500
Brazos Crippled Children’s
Association 250
Brazos County Hospital
ization Fund 400
Bryan YMCA 500
Needy Children’s Fund
(Sponsored by CS
Mother’s an Dad’s
Club 400
American Cancer Society 300
CS Recreational Council 900
CS Chest Charity Fund 1,000
Postal, Supplies,
Clerical 100
Total $10,000
The above budget is based on the
current gross monthly .payroll of
College Station. If everyone in the
city gives one day’s pay, the quota
can easily be met, Zinn informed.
The American Red Cross, Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, and United Services Or
ganizations were invited to parti
cipate in the Community Chest,
but did not submit requests, so
were therefore not included in the
budget Zinn said.
41 Percent for Charity
Forty-one percent of the $10,000
budget is for charitable organiza
tions. These organizations help
feed and clothe needy school chil
dren, allow for funds when disas
ter strikes, and provides help when
accidents occur.
If a family is unable to meet
hospital bills, a program has been
worked out whereby the doctor
will donate his services freely and
the hospital will minimize its bill.
Needy cases are never turned away
because funds are lacking by the
individual.
Members of the local chest com
mittee are as follow's: J. G. Mc
Guire, chairman; J. B. Longley,
secretary-treasurer; V. E. Schem-
ber; Dr. H. E. Hampton; Dr. P. W.
Burns; L. J. Horn; E. E. Vezey;
G. W. Black; Don Young; R. E.
Callender; B. A. Zinn; Lt. Col. M.
P. Bowden; Lloyd Smith; and Tom
Taylor.
Contacted at Businesses
This year’s campaign will not
be a door-to-door drive, but the
above men will contact the com
munity through their business es
tablishments or the places where
they are employed.
Ten of the above named men,
who are employed by the college,
have the campus divided into sec
tions with each member respon
sible for the people in his section.
Bennie Zinn, for example, is re
sponsible for the MSC and Good
win Hall. Zinn will contact the
heads of departments in the MSC
and Goodwin Hall and they in
turn explain in turn to their de
partment members.
The other committee members
will contact business establish
ments in the College Station area.
on the staff are C. G. “Spike”
White; Major C. L. Thomas, air
science instructor; Barney Welch,
Director of Intramural Athletics;
W. H. Rothrock, modern languages
professor; and C. K. Esten, Eng
lish department professor.
Rules for the contest are few and
simple. It is open to all, with a
special division for professors and
instructors only. Entry blanks will
soon appear in The Battalion and
in the lobby of the MSC.
Object of the pipe and cigar con
tests will be. to keep the tobacco
burning for a longer period of time
than the opponents. Prizes will be
exhibited in the MSC prior to the
contest.
Pipe Collections Monday
Those entering pipe collections
in the contest must have them in
the MSC Ballroom by four p. m.
Monday. This is to allow time in
which to arrange the displays so
it will not interfere with the oper
ation of the contest and will af
ford the judge ample time to exam
ine the collections.
You may enter as many divisions
as you wish. Pipe-smoking will in
clude large, medium, small, minia
ture, and metal bowl competition
with special sections set for Cala
bash Corn-Cob and Churclnvardeu
puffers.
A special staff of moderators has
been named for the contest, to
keep a steady flow of tobacco on
the firing line and to distribute
samples of tobacco to the specta
tors. Chairman of the staff is
Allen K. Pengelly. Assisting Pen-
gelly wdll be Christy Orth, Truett
Fields, and Bob Jones.
Roll-Your-Own Contest
Two divisions will be open to
“roll-your-own” addicts. One diy-
ivision will be for the “profession
als,” those who use the rough cuts
of tobacco, and the other will be
“amateur division”, which will fea
ture a smoother cut tobacco.
Smoke ring blowers will have
a chance to demonstrate their
skill. Prizes will be awarded for
the largest smoke rings and for
the most consecutive rings from
one puff.
F. W. Powell, instructor in the
English Department, is the record
holder in the prof’s division of
the contest. Two years ago he
kept his briar going for two hours
without missing a puff, and when
last seen was still puffing away.
Old Attendance Mark
Broken at Food Meet
A record number of delegates
attended the annual Texaas Nutri
tion conference held Friday and
Saturday in the MSC.
“Attendance at the first session
exceeded 200,” said Dr. J. R. Couch,
professor of the Poultry Husband
ry department. “This is the larg
est group ever to attend the con
ference.”
Dr. C. M. Lyman, head of Bio
chemistry and Nutrition depart
ment, presided over the first ses
sion. President M. T. Harrington
welcomed the group to the campus
and also briefly told the group how
A&M came to be one of the na
tion’s land grant colleges.
Floyd Deacon, president Texas
Feed Manufacturers association,
told the group that research was
responsible for the great progress
that has been made in the feed
industry during recent years and
urged that the fine cooperation be
tween the industry and the A&M
System not only be continued but
even improved.
Jack Dean, executive vice-pres
ident of Mid-West Feed Manufac
turers Association, Kansas City,
Mo., discussed the value of team
work in getting the job done. Oth
er speakers included Tom Brine-
gar, director of research, Feed Age
Magazine; Dr. I. W. Rupel, Head
of Dairy Husbandry department;
R. E. Leighton, Dairy Husbandry
department; O. Burr Ross, man
ager and research director for
Gooch Feed Mills, Salina, Kan., and
J. K. Riggs, Animal Husbandry
department.