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Official Paper Of Texas A&M College And College Station Number 40: Volume 52 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY' n’oVEMBER 9, 1951 Published by The Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years Price Five Cents Gen. Jones Speaks At Commissioning Brig. Gen. Gayner B. Jones of de Guerre with palm leaf cluster. Panel Discussion Houston, former general staff of ficer with the Eighth Corps of the Third Army, will be the principal speaker tonight at the annual Cadet Commissioning Exercises. The program wjll begin at 7 p. m. in Guion Hall. Some 523 cadet ofticers will receive commissions at tonight’s ceremony. General Jones, in addi tion to making the main speech, will present the army commissions. Air Force commissions will be presented by Col. James C. McGe- hee, commanding officer at Bryan Air Force Base. General Jones, who is chairman of the Military Affairs Committee of the Houston Chamber of Com- merce, attended A&M from 1917- 18. He is a graduate of the Uni ted States Military Academy at West Point. At present he is vice- president of the National Bank of Commerce in Houston. He served in Germany with the Eighth Corps and holds the French Legion of Honor, and the Croix Colonel McCehee commanded a fighter squadron in the ETO dur ing World War II. He is a grad uate of the University of Alabama and attended Howard College in Alabama. In 1934 Colonel McGe- hee was appointed a flying cadet and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1935. During the war, he flew 21 mis sions and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross with one cluster, Bronze Star with two clusters, Croix de Guerre, British Distin guished Flying Cross, and the Bel gian Fourragere. The program will open ’with the playing of General’s March by the Drum and Bugle Corps. After cadets and guests are seated, C. L. Ray, corps chaplain, will give the invocation. j' Following the invocation, Cadet Maj. James H. Hughes will sing the Star Spangled Banner and Eric Carlson, cadet colonel of the corps and master of ceremonies for the occasion, will introduce President M. T. Harrington, who will make the opening speech. General Jones will talk following the speech by Dr. Harrington. Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden, assist ant commandant, will administer the oath of office to officers of this year’s corps, and commissions will be presented. Chaplain Ray will give the bene diction following the commission ing and the audience, lead by Cadet Lt. Col. Dale Walston, will sing the Spirit of Aggieland. Jim my Rolins will play the postlude. Uniform for tonight’s ceremony will be No. 1 with blouses. Boots will be optional. Cadets will be seated in Guion Hall according to rank and a spec ial section in the center of the auditorium will be reserved for guests of the cadets. Colonel Bowden urged all stu dents receiving commissions to be in their seats at 6:15 p. m. 4&M,SMU Student Groups Hold Meet A six man delegation of members of the Student Senate Welcoming Committee went to Dallas Wednes day to discuss plans for the week end with members of the SMU Stu dent Council. Those making the trip were Han sel Kennedy, Lyle Wolfskill, Ralph Ellis, Dan Davis, Jack Milligan, and Guy King. This committee also made ar rangements to meet the SMU spec ial train from Dallas when it ar rives here at 12:30 Saturday afternoon. Headquarters for the SMU stu dents Saturday will be located in the Social Room of the MSC. Plans were also discussed Wednesday to have a luncheon Saturday f o r members of the SMU Student Council. A&M Graduate Now Teaching At Tenessee Richard A. Erickson, Oak Ridge Graduate Fellow from A&M, has accepted a position as Acting Professor of Phy sics at the University of Ten- Erickson completed his research for the Ph. D degree in physics at Oak Ridge National Labora tory Oct. 1. He will be a candidate for degree at the June commence ment at College Station. He will take a final oral exam ination on his thesis this fall, which he will complete while on the University of Tennessee fac ulty. His thesis was in the field of neutron diffraction studies of anti ferromagnetic materials. On his graduate committee were Drs. E. C. Wollan and C. G. Shull, of the Oak Ridge Laboratory staff, and Dr. J. G. Potter, Professor of Physics at A&M. Aggies, Escape Aggies Form T For SMU Game Tomorrow Probably the biggest T in ; A&M’s history will be formed ! Saturday afternoon on Kvle | Field between halves of the A&M-SMU football game. Ap proximately 4,()()() Aggies are ex pected to participate in the for- I mation. Members of a three man panel of Moslem Stu dents line up in front of a display made up by the Browsing Library Committee. They are, left to right, Mazen Abdel Hadi, Abdullah Kahn, and Aly Lashleen. Hadi is a graduate student from Pales tine, Kahn is from Pakistan and Lasheen is from Egypt. They spoke to a group in the MSC As sembly Room last night. Armor to Raise Bonfire Flag, Senior Class Votes The Armor units won their fight to fjy the flag on this year’s bon fire ( at a special meeting of the Senior Class last night. By an overwhelming majority, the seniors agreed to uphold the recommendation of the Traditions Committee. This committee sug gested the Armor be allowed to fly the flag. Bob Langford, chairman of the committee, explained that he and others on the committee had con tacted ex-students, looked in old copies of the Longhorn, and Bat talion and spoken to several peo ple who had been on the campus for many years. “Some of these people,” Lang ford said, “told us the Jocks had put their flag on the bonfire for a long time. Others said they could remember flags on the bonfire but couldn’t say for sure which outfit had put them there.” Langford added “We also talked to ‘Mom’ Claghorn at the hospital. She told us the Jocks flew their flag back in the 1920’s and ’30’s.” Armor Won Fights That was the time, he explained, when the Armor, then the Cavalry, was one of the largest units on the campus. “They had fights to see which outfit flew the flag,” Langford said, “and the Cavalry always won.” Before the vote was held, Ed die Sick told the class the Armor units would agree to follow any ruling the class made on the is sue. Other matters discussed includ ed bonfire committees, and a pro vision to make a senior privilege to take soft drink bottles outside the dormitories. Bonfire Committees Committee chairmen for the bon fire work are: Chico Mason, wood cutting; John Storrie, center pole; Bob Chapman, communications; James Lehman, refreshments; Bob by Dunn, guard duty; and Ted Stevens, transportation. Stevens issued a call for trucks to help take men to the wood cut ting area and bring the lumber in to the campus. “The landscape department has one track which does nothing but Yell Practice Set Tonight in Grove Midnight yell practice will be held tonight at 11:30 in The Grove, Lew Jobe, head yell leader said Thursday. The band will fall out about 15 minutes before that time and lead Aggies to yell pracitce. o Swamp AnimalsHelp ‘Educate ’Comics pick up empty Coke and Dr. Pep per bottles. The truck takes the bottles and dumps them off the campus.’ Stevens said approximately $2,000 was lost each year because of this waste. He then proposed that the class vote to make a sen ior privilege to take bottles out of dormitories. The class unanimous ly passed the motion. Four minutes before the end of the first half, Lew Jobe, head yell leader, said seniors will begin forming on the track. Because of the box seats set on the track, it will be necessary to form partici pants in two columns, he said. Column 1 will be formed at the north end of the track, facing south while Column 2 will form at the south end of the track, fac ing south. Each column will be nine men wide. When all men are formed into the two columns, Jobe said, they will march toward each other, turning onto the field. This will form an 18 man front on the field. Aside from being the biggest T in A&M history, a feature, used in the 1930’s will be used Saturday. Each man in the formation will hold a red cloth in his right hand and a white handkerchief in his left. These cloths will be held over the head when the T yells are given. If the T is formed smoothly, Jobq said, the Aggieland will take a color picture. This picture, which will cost about $1,000 to produce, will be printed in The Aggieland 1952. Mooney Melodies Move Saturday Mte Dancers By BILL STREICH Battalion News Editor A superstitious, genial Irish man, formerly a linetype operator, but today one of the most popular orchestra leaders in the nation, will be on the stage of Sbisa Hall tomorrow night when the second all college dance of the year gets underway. , The dance begins at 9 p. m. and will be preceded by a concert, played by the Mooney Band in Guion Hall at 7:30 p. m. Although hard to believe, Moon ey was at first reluctant to make a recording of the sensational hit, “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.” However, Fate stepped in and the Detroit ex-serviceman re- luctlantly agreed to make the re cording. He wasn’t disappointed either. The song was a hit almost over night, selling over 1,000,000 copies. The record, by actual surveys, became the most played record on American juke boxes. tional vocalist, got her first job singing with the Mooney aggrega tion. Others he has helped are the DeMarco Sisters and the Ames Brothers. Resembles Waring If dancers tomorrow night no tice any resemblance between Mooney’s renditions and those of Fred Waring, it will come as no surprise to the ex-serviceman from Detroit. Mooney is a great admirer of the Waring style of choral and comedy patter and uses many of his musical adaptations. The popular orchestra leader and his band have appeared in such nationally known night spots as the Capitol, Roxy, and Strand in New York City; the Downtown in Detroit, and the Palace in Cleve land. In addition to the friendliness and pleasing music of Irishman Art, other featured performers in the orchestra are Alan Foster, Ker- win Somerville and Johnny Ro mano. Something has happened in American Universities. College Profs have been seen taking comic books into their offices, closing the doors and reading them. No, it isn’t an indication of a mental degenration, but rather it is an indication that there is something intelligent in the comic strips. The reason for this change in the reading habits of great masses of people—both the high brows, middle brows, low blows and no brows—is Pogo. To many the name Pogo is mean ingless. To some it is an idiotic little animal designed to amuse only the smaller children. But luckily, to the majority of the peo ple it is a comic strip filled with subtle humor seldom found on the comic pages. For this reason, The Battalion is adding the little ’Pos sum from the swamp to its pages. Pogo will be run daily. But for those who are not ac quainted with the ’Possum and his friends a brief description of each is in order. Pogo is the type of guy every one thinks he is. He is noted for his reasonableness and patience. While at times he goes off the deep end on things, generally he is just a good all round guy. His friend Albert the Alligator is just the opposite. He is the oth er fellow. Being the “other fel low” type of man, Albert is full of knowledge and gusto that back fires. Deep down in his alligator heart he is generous, but he does n’t'really like to let anybody know it for fear they’ll think he’s soft. Porcupine, or Porky, is a pessi mistic realist. He sees the sour side and acts it, but underneath he has a heart of solid gold. Personifying the backyard sci entist is Howland Owl. He is a pseudo-scientist. . . something like one of the ancient alchemists . . . he is convinced that he knows everything and so he plunges into every experience with the con fidence of ignorance. Every continuing strip has to have a detective in it to add mys tery. Beauregard Bugleboy, a dog, is the master of mystery that is needed. In addition to 1 being a canine, Beauregard talks aebout himself all the time, and actually possesses many of the qualities he boasts about, such as loyalty, brav ery, etc. Behind all of these characters is a man named Kelly—Walt Kel ly to be exact. In his biography, he says, he was born in Bridge port, Conn. Bridgeport refuses to make a comment. Bragging a bit he says he was educated. Educators refuse to make a comment. But the end result is what counts, and there are found the comments. College students all ov er the nation are acclaiming the newcomer to the comic strip busi ness. With that, its up to vou to fol low POGO. LOGO Bv Walt Kelly I’M CHU6 CHUG \ MV CURTIS, THE MAIL | NAME MAN AN' I GONNA ] 15 ROC GEND A LETTER TO THE PAPER TELLIN' WHAT , FUNNY FELLOWS W£ BE HERE IN THE SWAMP. I, SIR, AM ^ 0E.AUREOARP 0UGLE&OY, MAN'S &EST FRIENP - - * POG, ..LERT----A-WARE anpA NUMBS RONE IN PERSPICACITY. Another Hit Encouraged by what he consid ered a tremendous reception to his first effort, Mooney began plan ning a follow up to his success. The second time, wasn’t long in the re cording stages before it too was a hit. That was “Baby Face,” like “Four Leaf Clover,” a tune written several years befort but never a success. Mooney is the type boss who has the concern of his employees at heart. When the band travels by bus at night, he sits up with the driver, making sure he stays awake.” Also, the “lucky Irishman’ be lieves in giving newcomers to the entertainment field a chance to get a start. Fran Warren, sensa- Talk on Average Income Set Here “Two Thousand Dollars Disposal Average Income by 1957—It’s Our Job,” will be discussed Nov. 15 at 8 p. m. in the Biological Sciences building lecture room. The grad uate lecture is open to the public. The speaker will be Dr. John D. Black, professor of economics at Harvard University. He is an international authority in the field of agricultural economics. The lecture was arranged by Dean Ide P. Trotter of the Grad uate School. 3 Regiments Hold Joint Ball Tonight Something new in the manner of choosing a dance sweetheart will be instituted tonight at the Band, Seventh Regiment, and Composite Regiment Ball. The dance begins at 9 p. m. in Sbisa Hall. Instead of selecting sweetheart candidates in the usual manner— by judging pictures—members of the three units will pick finalists from girls attending the ball. These girls will be judged by a committee made up of college and: military officials attending the dance. Honor of kissing the sweetheart has not yet been determined, but it is certain one of the three regi mental commanders will be on hand to continue the custom. Committee chairman for the dance are Don Y’oung and Chick Russeck. There will be refreshments at I the dance, Young said, and seniors in other regiments who have dates may attend. Tickets for the dance will be on sale at the door and are priced at $1, stag or drag. SMU Battle To SWC Cellar By ED HOLDER Battalion Sports Writer It will be A&M’s powerful run ning attack against the deadly passing of Fred Benners and his SMU mates tomorrow afternoon when the two teams meet on Kyle Field. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. Neither team has a chance at the championship, but this game could decide who is to occupy the bottom of the win column when the season is ended. Last year’s game between the Cadets and Mustangs was an up an down affair with the Aggies on top 25 - 20 when the final gun sounded. The ponies will be out to avenge this loss in tomorrow’s tilt, as they place all their hopes on the whip like right arm of Fred Benners. One of the top passers in the conference, Benners has proven he is a threat to any team at any time. His great throwing arm makes any game undecided until the clock runs out. Islam Religion Explained By Foreign Student There are very few major differences between Christ ianity, Judism and Islam, a group of Moslem students pointed out in a meeting spon- sored by the Browsing Library. Four men from the middle east explained the major elements of the Moslem religion at the panel type meeting. They were Aly Lash een from Egypt, Mazen Abdel Hadi from. Palestine, Abdullah Kahn from Pakistan and from Egypt. Lasheen took the six major prin cipals of the faith and explained them to the group. The points are a belief in: one God, the prophets, the devine books, resurrection and day of judgment, predestination, and angels. He said that by believ ing in these six things a true mos- lem can be said to be a true Jew or a time Christian. An elaboration of the similarity between the faiths was brought out further by Kahn. The main dif ference, he said, between the three was the emphasis placed on Jesus Christ. Moslems do not accept the Christ, he said, as one in the same person as God. They do believe that He was a prophet and in spired by God. In Islam, they be lieve in the miracles and the vir gin birth of the Christ. This game also promises to bo another battle between a passing’ squad and a running team, since! the Cadets have the best SWC rec ord in yards gained rushing. Glenn Lippman, Aggie halfback^ leads all conference ground gam ers, but should have a rough time bucking the defensive wall of the Ponies. The Mustangs boast one of the top defensive records in the SWC. They have allowed opponents only 302 yards in their two conference games. But the Aggies aren’t completely out of the aerial picture. Quarter back Ray Graves of the Cadets holds fourth place among leading passers in the SWC. All-American Fullback Bob Smith and Halfback Billy Tidwell will fill their usual spots and add their power to the ground game for the Maroon and White. In the SMU backfield with Ben ners is ,one of the top pass receivers in the conference. Benton Musslewhite is one of Benner’s favorite targets, and has shown he can catch his share of passes. His record is 18 completed passe for a total of 258 yards. Another top notch pass received will be at end for the Ponies. Ben White, three year letterman, will be one of the Aggies big worries as he threatens to break for a touchdown pass on every Mustang play. However, Coach Ray George of the Aggies should come out with something to stop the deadly pass ing game of the Mustangs. He will be hindered in his plans by an injury dotted defense. Bill Ballard, who ran defensive half back against tbe Porkers last week, is out of the SMU game. And Augie Saxe, starter at the first of the season in the defensive secondary, has been out since the Trinity University tilt. Yale Lary and Charlie McDon ald will be two of the defenders in the backfield, but the third party is yet undecided upon. , In the line two of the nations top centers will meet. Dick High tower of the Mustangs and Hugh (G’ar) Meyer of the Aggies. These two stalwarts each boast high standing records, and are both top contenders for All-American honors. The Ponies will have their com plete squad ready for the game while the Aggies will he suffering from the loss of W. T. Rush, start ing offensive guard. Rush was injured in the Baylor game, and although expected to be ready ofr tomorrow’s tilt, he is still absent from the lineup. Ballard and Saxe add to the in jury list of the Cadets, but despite these casualties, nation wide pre dictions have rated the two teams ! about even, and have called for a close battle all the way. Mr. Pass Ranked as one of the nation’s best passers, Fred Benners will provide the big kick for the Mustangs’ powerful aerial attack. The 6 ft. 3 in. back has received such praise as the comment Notre Dame's Coach Frank Leahy made Following his battle with SMU. Benners is “probably the greatest passer I have ever seen.”