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Official Paper Of Texas A&M College And College Station Number 37: Volume 52 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1951 Published by The Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years Price Five Cents Cold Front Blows In Over State Rain and icy winds made it certain last night that winter was here to stay. College Station felt the bite of Jack Frost late Monday evening as he coasted in with a sudden downpour which drenched students as they marched to the evening meal. He pulled the thermometer down to the freezing point and whisked the wind across the cam pus in gusts up to 50 miles-per- hour. f Rainfall recorded at the CAA Communications Station at Easter- wood Airport totaled 1.14 inches for Monday. The cold wind had slacked off to a milder 20 mph last night, after the original gusts of 50 mph when the norther first hit at 6:30. Weathermen at the airport said the cold front, which moved across Texas with a great amount of speed, was due to last for 36 to 48 more hours. The fast-moving cold front, said the Associated Press, dropped tem- peratures as much as 25 degrees, across Texas Monday night. The front had reached as far south as San Antonio and College Station, and was expected to spread over the entire state by early Tuesday. At Amarillo the temperature fell to 27 by 9:30 p. m. It was 29 ht Childress, 30 at Wichita Falls, 34 at Mineral Wells, 35 at Fort Worth, 48 at Austin, and 28 at Dalhart. The cold front blanketed the Panhandle with snow Monday. Snow was reported as far south as Plainview. Fog and freezing driz zle were reported at points along the Oklahoma border in the Texas Panhandle. Livestock warnings were issued for the northern part of the 1 Pan handle. The weather bureau there said at least,thi'ee inches of snow and lower temperatures were due. The weather bureau also warned persons in the North Central por tion of the state to protect cars, water pipes and plants. It was cloudy over all the state excepting the western tip of Texas and the Big Bend country. South of the cold front line, there was a brisk southeast wind and occas ional drizzles. Small craft warnings were hoist ed along the coast from Browns ville to Morgan City, La., because of 20-to 30-mile southerly winds which the weather bureau said would become northerly and pick up Monday night. Records Go Up In Smoke At Pipe Contest Tli Students Protest Thanksgiving Holidays By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Managing Editor Maj. C. L. Thomas, judge for the Battalion-MSC Pipe Smoking Contest last night, had to don a gas mask to insure “breathable” air while keeping an eye on his contestants. At his left is Gene Sutphen of the Photo and Visual Aids Department who placed second in the prof’s division of pipe smoking. Winner in this con test was William LeRroy of the Geology Department. Plenty of time for a game of dominoes while waiting for those stogies to burn down. These contestants in the student’s cigar division of (he Battalion-MSC Pipe Smoking contest had two con tests going at the same lime. Loft to right are E. P. Schmidt. L. L. Gay, R. Ik. Robin and I). E. Rust. Schmidt won the contest by puffing for one hour and 39 minutes on his cigar. Many Valuable Prizes Awarded “The OU game is the game of the year now ... at least half the school/will cut then. Probably fewer would cut to see the A&M game,” said a Texas University student in The Daily Texan, TU’s student newspaper. Angered by the University’s “late” Thanksgiving holidays, the student gave that answer to a query from a Texan reporter. The University students were protesting the Nov. 29-Dec. 3 Thanksgiving holidays set for their school this year. The Texan article accused A&M exes for placing pressure on officials who decided the date. Students Comment On Nov. 29Holiday J. M. Mathis Receives Top Honors At Battalion-MSC Smoking Contest By ALLEN K. PENGELLY Battalion City Editor As the smoke finally cleared the MSG Ballroom last night, J. M. Mathis was officially declared the grand champion of the fifth annual Battalion-MSC sponsored pipe smoking contest. But the petroleum engineering major from Orange, did not win without keen competition front a husband-wife team of Mermod and Marilyn Jaccard of Houston. This pair all but deefated Mathis by winning three first place prices only to have Mathis burn back four first places and a second. Four First Places Mathis won first prizes in the Churchwarden, metal bowl, minia ture bowl, and pipe collection divi sions. He won second in the Cala bash division behind the puffing of D, B. Wheeler. Tau Beta Pi Elects 22 Student Members Twenty-two new members have |>een elected to the Delta Chapter if Tan Beta Pi, honorary engineer ing fraternity, announced Teddy J. ITirsch, president. Students are chosen by the members of the student chapter on the basis of leadership, character, and scholarship, Hirsch said. Only juniors and seniors are eligible for election. Students Notified Letters of notification have been sent to all newly elected students, although acceptances have not been received from all those chos en, he said. A grade point ratio of 2.26 is required for membership as a Sen- Corps to Form Traditional T At $MU Game The A&M Cadet Corps will form the traditional Aggie “T” at halftime Saturday dur ing the A&M-SMU game, an nounced Lew Jobe, head yell leader. As an added attraction this year students will cany and use red and white handkerchiefs to make the yells nwe colorful, he said. A firm in Houston has been en gaged to supply the red cloth for students to carry, Jobe indicated. Military units will be called on to give a certain fee to pay for costs of the material. “T” practice will be held Wed nesday afternoon for all students not engaged in intramural activ ities, Jobe informed. A general “T” practice is planned Thursday, with no intramural games sche duled that evening, he added. Jobe asked students to bring white handkerchiefs to the prac tice on Kyle Field. ior. The prospective member must also rank in the top fifth of his vclass. A 2.75 ratio is necessary for first semester Juniors, while second semester Juniors must have a 2.26 to be eligible. No transfer work is used in figuring these ratios. Members Elected Newly elected members include: James ' B. Kyser, Glen A. Breaux, Thomas K. Perkins, J. E. Curtis, James J. Jordan, Dick M. Jennison, Jim Bradford Russell III. John C. Burke, W. B. Kruger, James Lewis Fenley, Richard Frank Dolan, Joe B. Mattei, R. M. Zeek, Hugh C. Tucker. Donald B. Hall, Amos J. Shiv er, Daniel B. Clinton Jr., James P. Van Way, David J. Engel, Robert F. Brown, Robert B. Killian, and John L. Park. An initiation has been scheduled for Dec. 14. No speaker has as yet been announced, the president add ed. The rewards for his efforts to set the world on fire were a Kay- woodie meerschaum pipe, two hick ory pipes, a corncob pipe, and 13 pounds of smoking tobacco. The second place Jaccards won firsts in the medium bowl divi sion, the small bowl division, and women’s pipe division. The upset of the contest was Mrs. Jaccard’s last minute decision to enter the ladies division after Mrs. E. C. Smith was almost declared winner by default. Couples Winning The combined winnings of the pair amounted to a Tawn deluxe shaving kit, a sepra-bowl pipe, the “lazy susan” award of four briar pipes and several cartons of blend ed tobacco, a corncob pipe, and four pounds of pipe tobacco. Best sportsmanship during the four and a half hour smoke-eater’s convention was B. E. Hagee’s gift of one of the seven matched grain ed pipes to Tom Miessler. Hagee won the seven pipes for keeping a measured amount of to bacco lit the longest in his corn cob pipe. However, during the match, Miessler’s tobacco supply was consumed and the fire began eating away at the stem, with Ha gee leading by some 11 minutes. When the bowl finally fell off the stem, Hagee was named win ner by Judge Pete Hardesty. Mies sler’s second place award was a pound of tobacco and a corn-cob pipe. But thinking this award in adequate, Hagee broke his matched set to give one of the briars to Miessler. Prof’s Smoker Taking time out from making up quizzes, the local profs had a field day in two events—pipe smok ing and cigar smoking. William H. LeRoy of the Geology depart ment won both events by out puff ing Gene Sutphen of the Photo graphic and Visual Aids depart ment and Jack Steele of the Busi ness department. Both wins netted him one box of Roi Tan Perfectos, one Stan hope briar pipe, a hickory pipe, and four pounds of tobacco. At 8:02 p.m. E. P. Schmidt, jun ior civil engineering student from San Antonio, lit his cigar and at 9:41 p.m. the last fragment of to bacco leaf was buraed to ashes. 99 Minutes on One Cigar This hour and thirty-nine min ute exhibition' by Schmidt was the best time submitted in this largest event of the evening and won for him one box of Roi Tan perfectos, and two pounds of pipe tobacco. A total of 26 contestants registered for this contest. John Gibson won the large bowl event and was given one Arlen “Bulldog” style pipe, a cob pipe, and a pound and a half of pipe mixture. Gibson is a senior en tomology student from Oklahoma City. Gibson also won the successive smoke ring event by blowing a British-Egyptians Invited to Campus A committee of students has invited the Ambassador of Egypt to come to the campus in Decem ber to address members of the student body on the Egyptian- Britain question. This invitation came on the heels of an acceptance to talk by the British Military Attache, Col onel Gordan-Watson. Colonel Gor- Fletcher Wins QB Contest; McKnight Speaks Thursday Bobby Fletcher, petroleum engineering student from Houston, won last week’s QB Club contest. None of the 1168 entries picked all five winners and the LSU-Mississippi tie. Fletcher edged his nearest competitor by more accurately predicting the scores. Runners-up in their order of finish were Bob Myers, R. E. Strother, Melvin Work, Frank Thurmond, A. D. Win ston, Jennie E. Spray, R. W. Rowe, and C. V. Wootan. Fletcher will be awarded two tickets to the SMU-A&M clash at the Thursday night meeting of the club. Felix McKnight, managing editor of The Dallas News, will address the QB Club Thursday night. McKnight was a member of the class of ’32 at A&M. He was a Battalion Sportswriter and a member of A Troop Cavalry. Mc Knight will remain in College Station after the meet to give The News sports coverage on the SMU-A&M battle. Films of the A&M-Arkansas game will be unreeled at the Thursday meet which gets underway at 7:45 p. m. in the Assembly Hall. don Watson has tentatively set his talk for Dec. 13 or 17. Both men were invited to visit A&M and express their countries views on the question by President M. T. Harrington, the United Na tions Club, The Battalion, the his tory department, and the MSC Di rectorate. ■ Tom H. Rountree, Battalion edi torialist, is serving as coordinating chairman for the group. The British Embassy’s sending of their military attache came about after an exchange of letters between The Battalion and the Em bassy. The Battalion began the letter series by asking for informa tion on the Egyptian crisis. After the British offer, several of the Arab students on the campus suggested a group contact the Egyptian Embassy and invite him to A&M. Dates Suggested In the invitation, the Egyptian ambassador was inrited to the campus any time prior to Dec. 13 or any time after Jan. 2, 1952. During the past several months, both the English and Egyptian ambassadors, or their representa tives, have made talks in American colleges and universities on the Egyptian crisis. If the ambassador from Egypt accepts the two talks will be a two part series, with the men giving the views of their nations on the complaints lodged by and against the English and Egyptians. total of 93 rings with only one “drag” on his cigarette. His clos est Competitor for the lung capa city crown was R. L. Jones with 63 rings. A Smoke Ring? A six foot seven inch smoke ring was proclaimed the winner of the large smoke ring contest by Mrs. John Arhopulos, contest judge and proprietress of the Twelfth Man Inn. Owner of this prize circle of smoke was Bill Longserre, jun ior animal husbandry major from Houston. He was awarded a carton of Old Gold cigarettes, two hickory pipes, and a pound and a half of pipe tobacco. Two separate events were held in the cigarette rolling contest. The first was the amateur’s event, where the contestant used a fine cut of tobacco, and second was the professional class, where the con testant used a heavier, rougher cut (See PIPE CONTEST, Page 4) By BERT WELLER Battalion Staff Writer Since the opening of school, many students have been wonder ing why the Thanksgiving holi days have been set for the fifth Thursday of November. A&M and Texas University are the only major Texas schools ob serving Nov. 29 as a holiday. The rest of the schools and most of the state’s towns and cities will observe the Nov. 22 date. Most A&M students realize the date has been set and very little can be done about changing it this year. Opinion was unanimous that holiday dates should be co ordinated next year. Pat Kerr, Junior wildlife man agement major from Brownsville, commented, “I’m all in favor of the holidays as they have been set up. The bonfire must be built and (hat will take lots of time. “If the holidays were scheduled for Nov. 22, the bonfire' could not be built large enough in the short period before the game,” he added. Another Brownsville boy, Jipv my Burns, sophomore floriculture major, voiced an often heard coin- plaint. “Lots of my friends’who,go to other schools get off the week before we do. I would like to be able to. visit with them and take part in some of the holiday social events.” When asked about the bon fire, Burns replied, “There are enough Fish and Sophomores on the campus Ibis year to build it in shorter length of time.” Disagreeing with Bums was Keith Patton, Senior B. A. major from Agua Dulce. “Considering the bonfire and the enormous amount of work involved, 1 do hot see how we can do without the extra week end. The holidays will have to be set to allow this time next year, although some coordination on hol iday dates would be nice,” the Sen ior said. Troy Whitehurst commented that “We are observing an A&M-TU holiday instead of the national hol iday. If our girl friends go to schools observing theo early date, we may not be able to see them at all.” Whitehurst is a Junior M, E. major from Houston. Voicing a comment that most of those interviewed agreed with was Gene Sparks. “We want to beat the hell out’a TU regardless of when we gel our holidays.” Sparks is from San Antonio and is a CE major. Because Bryan and Brazos Coun ty will observe the later Thanks giving date, Frank Neill believes the school’s holidays have been correctly set. “My wife works'in town and will be off the 29th. If A&M changed the date we would not be able to spend our holiday together.” Neill is a fifth year at- chitecture major living in Vet Vil lage. At the same time, Dr. C. C. French, chair man of the executive committee and dean of the college, said his committee had originally considered Nov. 22 for .A&M’s Thanksgiving day when the Texas University game had been scheduled for Dec. 1. But when the change was made to Nov. 29, the fifth Thurs day, holidays were moved up to that date, after requests from athletic officials of both schools for such a change, Dr. French said. Said Texan writer Flo Cox, “Why are the holidays set for the 29th instead of the 22nd, as was originally scheduled on the Univer sity calendar? The answer was obtained only after investigations of several changes ■fin the date of both the holiday and 1 the Turkey Day game. S o m e I pressure by the A&M exes to schedule the game for the. 29th was certainly a deciding factor.” The Texan said that although no definite reason had been given for changing the date of the A&M-TU grid contest, a high official of the University said the new date was demanded by A&M officials as a result of “ex-Aggies” seeking, to uphold the traditional Thanksgiv ing Day meeting of both teams. The Associated Press inform ed this writer last night that on Aug. 28 Gov. Allan Shivers offi cially proclaimed Nov. 22 as Thanksgiving Day in Texas to conform to the US holiday. Shivers Urges Texans’ Votes On Constitution Amendments Austin, Tex., Nov. 6—IdP)—Gov. Allan Shivers urged Texas voters to “take the time to vote” on five proposed changes in the State Con stitution a week from today. “The records show that Tex ans habitually don’t vote as heav ily on constitutional amendments as they do in political races,” the Governor observed. “That is un fortunate, for a change in our fundamental law may prove to be much more important in the long run than the outcome of a political race.” Shivers said the proposed amend ments to the Constitution will af fect the personal welfare and the pocketbooks of nearly all Texans. In view of that, he said, “the Constitution ought not to be chang ed without the consent of a major ity of the people—but that is just what can happen if we fail to go out and vote. On the other hand, it isn’t right for a worthwhile amendment to fail merely because an organized minority opposed it.” Special elections to fill vacancies in the Texas House of Representa tives will encourage the turnout of voters in a dozen communities. Last is Hottest Politically hottest amendment being submitted is one to let the state increase public welfare spend ing from 35 to 42 million dollars per year. It’s the last proposal on the ballot. New Ad Building The new College Administration Building receives finishing touches on the interior as workmen hurry to insure occupancy by the first of the year. The new building will house the Registrar’s Office, Fiscal Office, as well as offices of the president, dean of the college and deans of the various schools. Backers of the amendment say it will help old age pensioners keep the wolf from the door. The proposal has been attacked on the ground that it removes the citizenship requirement from the Constitution and might permit so many people to receive state aid that pension checks would be small er instead of larger. Proponents contend the legisla ture will have authority to require that pensioners be Texas citizens. Pros-Cons Other amendments, in order of appearance on the ballot, and ar guments which have been voiced for and against them: 1— to authorize a statewide sys tem of retirement and disability pensions for county appointive of ficers and employees. Proponents claim the system would be optional for any county, and each county would have to hold a separate election to inaugurate the system. Opponents assert counties already have authority to set up •their own system or go under Federal Social Security. 2— To permit investment of the permanent University, of Texas fund in securities other than fed eral, state and some municipal bonds. Backers say this amendment would because high grade stocks haVe been yielding 4 to 6 per cent inter est for other schools while the University of Texas has been re stricted to 2Va per cent the past year. Foes fear that abuses .could develop in stock purchases that are unlikely under present restrictiohs. They also argue that a swing to ward deflation of the nation’s eco nomy could lead to a smaller re turn from stocks than from bonds. Rural Fire Protection 3— To authorize a maximum tax of 50 cents per $100 valuation on property in rural fire prevention districts to pay for fire fighting equipment and personnel. Friends say the tax cannot be levied unless voted by the people in the district. (See AMENDMENTS, Page 4) When questioned about plans for Thanksgiving holidays next year, Dr. French said only four Thurs days are on the Calendar for 1952, so the football game and the be ginning of holidays will he on Nov. 27. For the second consecutive year, 1951 has had five Thursdays in November. Last year the Univer sity allowed students to celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thurs day and also allowed an additional holiday on the fifth Thursday for the football game with A&M — which was played in Austin. Students at A&M showed no particular discontent about the hol iday on Nov. 29. Few have com mented they will not be able to spend Thanksgiving holidays with many friends who attend other col leges. Last year A&M was the only ma jor college in Texas to cel ebrate Thanksgiving on the fifth Thursday. This year only Lamar College of Technology in Beaumont joins TU and A&M on the date. Another Texas University stu dent commented, “What was good enough for the Pilgrams is good enough for us . . . by the time we get home, everyone’ll be think ing about Christmas.” Won’t See Fiance “We should be uniform and rec ognize the same holiday that the rest of the country does” said one TU student; while another com mented. “My fiance goes to TSCW and will be home the 22nd. I won’t even get to see her.” As for the statement about the OU-Texas game topping A&M-TU at Thanksgiving time, ticket sales show that the demand is still high est for the Turkey Day meeting, regardless of the size stadium you have the teams meet in. Jarvi, Hart Head Brazos Dimes Drive Ray V. Jarvi of College Sta tion and Charles D. Hart of Bryan will serve as co-direct ors for the 1952 March of Dimes in Brazos County, it was announced today in Houston by Lloyd Gregory, Texas state chairman for the March of Dimes. Jarvi and Hart will take over as county campaign co-directors for the Brazos County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis from Dr. H. T. Blaek- atten the University juiid hurst of College Station, director of the 1951 polio fund-raising ap peal. The Bryan Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the 1952 March of Dimes as their project and are planning big things to make the drive outstanding. .land is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at A&M, while Hart is associated with the American General Life Insurance Company in Bryan. Executive Committee members of the Brazos County Chapter who will work with Jarvi and Hart on the January appeal are chapter chairman W. H. Badgett of College Station, and Mrs. Ara Harwell, Miss Alma Ewing, Pat Newton, Mrs. Ima Hardin and Dr. Paul Woodward, all of Biyan.