Official Paper
Of Texas A&M College
And College Station
Number 41: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M, TSCW RELATIONS
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1951
Published by The Students
of TSCW
For 3 Years
Price Five Cents
Human I
SWC Hopes Fade As
Cadets End With Tie
Command Decision
On Stage Tonight
By MARIE JACKSON
Theatre Editor
“Command Decision,” the first of
three plays to be staged by the
Aggie Players this year, goes on
stage at 8:15 tonight in the As
sembly Hall.
C. K. Esten of the English De
partment, director of the Players,
said of the play, “I chose this play
because it’s new, it’s good, and in
a military school, should have par
ticular appeal.”
Rehearsals began six weeks ago
and climaxed in a dress rehearsal
held last night.
Although the play has a pre
dominantly fictional theme, Col.
E. W. Napier, PAS&T, and one of
the technical directors of the play
said, “This play is very close to
problems that actually occurred in
England during World War II, I
think the boys will profit from
seeing it.”
Col. Napier was stationed in
England during the last war.
Esten, who has been connected
with some phase of theatre for
the last fifteen years, revealed
this is the first time he has di
rected an all-male cast.
Threatening Clouds Fail To
Dampen Kyle Field Spirits
Saturday’s rain threatening
clouds overhead still didn’t damp
en the spirits of 30,000 fans that
gathered in Kyle Field to support
their respective teams.
One hour before kick-off time
marched into the stands which
marcher into the stands which
contained half of TSCW, (the oth
er half knew better) beaming par
ents and scouts from other schools.
Fans stocked with sun visors,
peanuts and soft drinks, prepared
for some hard playing between the
Texas Aggies and the SMU Mus
tangs. Kick-off time found every
body on. their feet yelling for
“dear old almo mater” with “Old
Army” standing the entire time of
play.
As the two teams clashed on the
field, so did color combinations,
'woman’s angle) ugh, who ever
thought of red and maroon uni
forms? Vogue says no to that
Style this year, and also sleeves
will be one inch shorter from the
hands.
Scoring of both teams during the
first half kept spirits high and
the outcome of the game as un
predictable as the weather, al
though average wind through out
the game was 8 miles an hour, ac
cording to a most accommodating
weather man.
Swarming in mass, 4,000 Corps-
clad Aggies waved red and white
handkerchiefs at the people in the
stands during the forming of the
traditional Aggie “T.”
Use of red and white hankies
was brought back after a 30 year
absence by yell leader Lew Jobe
to brighten the already impres
sive annual half time activity. This
year the “T” was the largest ever
formed.
The half was completed by the
Ponies’ band tiptoeing on the field
to form Armed Forces insignias
and playing the branches’ songs
with the best support coming
fi'om Peruna.
Loyal, sun-burned, Aggie sup
porters followed the boys through
the third and fourth quarters,
which saw the two teams bow to
each other in a 14-14 tie. The moral
of this game is—thou shalt not
score in the last quarter.
For the last six minutes of play
the anxious crowd hoped for a
better than the nell ending of 14-
14, which caused even the fresh
men to lack their usual enthus
iasm when running on the field.
The Satui-day afternoon foot
ball lovers fell forward down the
(See TIE, Page 4)
Search For Turtle Begins
In Battalion Comic ‘Page ’
Make way for the debut of Pogo the Possum and his
swamp friends appearing today in The Battalion for the
first time.
In this hit comical satire of the year, nature’s own ani
mal creatures come to life as philandering philosophers, pre
fabricated pessimists, psuedo-scientific scientists, activated
antagonists and other satirical characters from swampland.
All will enjoy reading the forever-getting-in-trouble an
tics of Albert the Alligator, the wise practical conversations
of Howland Owl, and the arrogant intelligence of detective
Beauregard Bugleboy. Yep! Now they’ll all be seen daily
in The Battalion.
Masses of people all over the nation are acclaiming the
Pogo strip as the best comic entertainment of recent years.
They find it a comic filled with subtle humor and bundles of
laughter.
Th6 cast is composed of 18 men,
and all but one are enrolled in
A&M;. the remaining man is Har
ry Gooding, who plays Brig. Gen.
K. C. Dennis, the leading char
acter. Gooding, an Aggie-ex, works
in the A&M system architect’s of
fice.
The plot illustrates the “prob
lems of command” bi’ought to a
head when Dennis, trying to knock
out German jet factories endan
gering the Allied cause, is criticiz
ed for high losses by Washington
military men and politicians.
Capt. Jenks, played by John
Caplex, gives the audience a pic
ture of the pilots’ side of long-
range aerial bombardment.
The set was designed by John
Caple and Carl Stephens, with an
assist from Wanda Rohr.
Mary Ellen Vaden was responsi
ble for properties and costumes,
which for this play were supplied
mostly by “Ross Hall’ and the
cadets in the play.
Working on the makeup crew are
Christene Opperstein and Ann
Florence Farr. Sound effects will
be supervised by Jewell McDowell,
Leo Birenberg, and T. J. Wood.
Technical advisers, all from
A&M’s Air Science Department,
are Col. E. W. Napier, Lt. Col.
B. P. Browder, Maj. L. J. West
brook, and Maj. J. E. Lowell.
The cast, in order of appearance,
includes Richard Black as T/Sgt.
Harold Evans; Roger Coslett as
Elmer Brockhurst, a war corres
pondent; Harry Gooding as Brig.
Gen. K. C. Dennis; Chuck Neigh
bors as Col. Ernest Haley, Dennis’
chief of staff; Glenn Whitley, as
an armed guard; John Caple, as
Capt. Lucius Jenks.
Jerry McFarland plays Maj.
Gen. R. G. Kane, Dennis’ boss;
Carl Stephens as Maj. Homer Pres
cott, Gen. Kane’s aide; John Sam
uels as Brig. Gen. C. C. Garnett;
Bill Witty as Col. Ted Martin,
Dennis, lead group commander
and John V. King as Lt. Jake
Goldberg, Martin’s bombadier.
The rest of the cast includes Car
rol Phillips, as Representative Mal
colm of the House Military Affairs
Committe, and Don Lance as Rep-
(See PLAYERS, Page 4)
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports News Edtior
All hopes for a SWC title faded as the Cadets failed to
break into the conference win column after battling SMU to
a 14-14 deadlock Saturday afternoon on Kyle Field.
This is the second time this year that the Aggies have
walked off the field with neither win or loss. Their first tie
came two weeks ago against Baylor.
A&M and SMU both failed to gain their conference vic
tory for the year and the Cadets have only games with Rice
and Texas yet to play.
This was also the third time this month that the Farm
ers have been bogged down by “sophomore trouble.”
First it was Ray McKown, sensational quarterback for
TCU; then came Lamar McHan sparking the Arkansas Razor-
backs; followed finally by Jerry Norton, fleet halfback for
SMU.
Norton had a field day scamper
ing 114 yai'ds in 24 carries scoring
the first Mustang score and setting
up the second.
Ray Graves, who went all the
way at quarterback for the Cadets,
alternated Bob Smith, Billy Tid
well, and Glenn Lippman effective
ly to net the Aggie’s a TD the
first time they got their hands on
the ball.
Gallopin’ Glenn broke through
for 11 yards, Tidwell added an
other 13 and Smith collected six
Cadets Receive
Commissions In
Guion Display
Over 530 cadet officers re
ceived their commissions for
the year from Brig. Gen.
Gainer B. Jones and Colonel
James C. McGehee in Guion
Hall Friday night.
General Jones, former staff of
ficer of the Third Army, handed
the commissions to the Army
ROTC Cadet officers and Col. Mc
Gehee, commanding officer at Bry
an Field, presented Air Force com
missions.
Following the opening address
by President M. T. Harrington
General Jones gave the principal
address of the annual Cadet Com
missioning Exercises.
Cadet Colonel of the Corps Eric
Carlson presided as master of cer
emonies while Lt. Col. M. P. Bow
den, assistant commandant, ad
ministered oath of office. Invoca
tion and benediction were given
by Cadet C. L. Ray, corps chap
lain.
Opening the program was the
Drum and Bugle Corps with
“Ruffles and Flourishes” and
“General’s March.” Cadet Major
James H. Hughes then sang “The
Star Spangled Banner.” Conclud
ing the program was “The Spirit
of Aggieland,” led by Cadet Lt.
Col. Dale Waalston. Postlude was
played by Jimmy Rollins.
There've Been Some Changes Made
Tessie Editors Invade Batt Strong-Hold
By the Daily nalists fought Battle of the Bus, Most of the roving reporters least they remembered that prime
Lass-0 Staff tangled wjth a temperamental train started out from Denton Friday objective of the weekend was to
and struggled with a, batch of afternoon with empty stomachs and put out some fascimile of a news-
alien typewriters—all to give to- stuffed suitcases. With reports of paper,
day’s Battalion a woman’s eye last year’s blustering staff-ex
view. change norther clutched in their
It marked the third in a series mittened hands, they packed over-
of Battalion-Daily Lass-0 staff ex- coats, angora earmuffs and elec-
changes. God bless ’em—no one trifying ski suits to escape the
-red and maroon jersies. And how zled their ninth sandwich of the
(Editor’s Telegram: The Bat
talion editorial staff announced
its resignation for the Monday
paper and told Rolang Bing,
manager of student publications,
“Give it to the girls.”
Eleven foot-sore Tessie jour- else has.
bite of those rumored Aggieland
gales.
Muffled Matters
The gales tumed out to be a
two-mile-an-hour breeze so puny
it couldn’t even dry a dampened
finger. Ski suits were stashed
for cutaway sun dresses. And as
the earmuffs, they weren’t even
good enough to cut out toots
from the SMU dandy bandy.
First lap in the College Station
jaunt was taken on a bus older
than Noah’s noted ark. By flash
ing press cards, the Lass-Ohers
were able to wrangle a square
inch of standing space on the
bus.
It didn’t matter. Near noon
Tessies and their Batt-staff dates,
stewed with a dozen cups of cof
fee apiece, finally swarmed into
the office in Goodwin Hall just in
time to glance at the assignment
sheet and gather up tickets for the
bruisin’ Aggie-SMU game.
Allen K. PengeUV, dubbed Lass- :
O poet lariet for the weekend, was •
all for forgetting the game. Said
he:
“I can tell you the score of the
scrap before it starts—nothing to j
nothing.” \
As things turned out, he was at \
least right about the tie. (Not to
be confused with red and white
hankies.)
Sandwiched—In Activities
they clashed!
Ruth Ann Tipton even suggest
ed that the editors consult Lady
Esther for their page make-up
problems.
Tessies, now finger-sore in
stead of foot-sore, and Aggies,
bored from dreath of duty, guz-
weekend while still slaving over
painting typewriters.
By then it was 4 p. m., time to
push into line for sardine room on
the 6 p. m. Denton-bound Moon
beam. Those Tessies had to hurry.
They only have five months to
prepare for the Aggie Batt on
slaught to TSCW this spring.
Smith Scores First
Bruisin’ Bob then took a handoff
from Graves and out raced four
SMU linemen to cross the goal un
touched. Darrow Hooper kicked his
20th successful point after touch
down out of 22 attempts. The Ca
dets held an early lead, 7-0.
In one of the most exciting mom
ents of the game, Buddy Shaef-
fer, Cadet man of the day, missed
a heart-breaking attempt to pull
down a Ray Graves pass with less
than five minutes to go in the
game.
Shaeffer Sensational
Shaeffer was one of the out
standing players on the field both
on offense and defense. He was all
over the field sometimes making
clean tackles on the opposite side
of the line that he was covering.
The Farmers’ second tally came
in the fading seconds of the first
half. With fourth down and 20
yai-ds to go for a first, quarter
back Ray Graves handled himself
like an old pro.
Being rushed viciously, Graves
retreated back to the SMU 40 yard
line, slipped away from two SMU
taeklers, and flipped a perfect pass
to Bob Smith on the 25-yard line.
Graves-Smith-Tidwell
Smith wrestled the pass away
from two Mustang invaders and
shoved a lateral to Billy Tidwell,
who out sprinted Pony-back Mus-
slewhite the remaining distance
for the score. Hooper added his
second extra point.
SMU’s initial score came in the
second period when the Mustang
ground gainers went 75 yards in
19 plays. Norton climaxed the
drive barely slipping by linebacker
Charlie McDonald for the six
points. Sam Stollenwerck kicked
the extra point.
Immediately Fred Benners,
SMU’s Mr. Passer, came into the
game for the first time. He prompt-
(See BENNERS, Page 3)
Crowded, tired and happy to be almost through
with another annual staff exchange these seven
of the eleven roamin’ journalists from Denton
catch up those last minute details before their
departure for the safety and security of TSCW.
Working so diligently are Mary Lou Richardson
who reluctantly concedes that Ruth Tipton’s fin
ally won style debate (that’s the Style Book
she’s using) while Pat Powless stands by. Bat
in hand to referee and serious difference. Millie
Budd turns a cold shoulder as she edits the last
of the copy while Georgia Oliver, phone in hand
assures the waiting public that all is still well
in the office. Nelda Bearden and Judy W’hitson
take little interest in what is going on because
they know that in the back room . . .
Then the reporters dropped emp
ty sheets of note-taking paper
and loped over to the Roland
Bings where they tied (that word
again) into a sandwich supper.
No one, not even Mother Budd,
is able to supply information on
the remainder of the evening. Oh,
this College Station haze!
By Sunday the editors were
getting a bit frustrated. They
still hadn’t been able to pop those
well-trained whips.
But shades of an eaidy afternoon
deadline started typewriters smok
ing. Scorched copy poured into
the editors’ wire basket while they
Whitmore was a trifle disappont- blunted pencils trying to top the
ed. He had bargained on the wrong stories with heads.
From there, they swung on the
Sunbeam, which in this case was
rather off the beam. There wasn’t
even any standing loom available.
Have you ever played a quick
hand of bridge in the vestibule?
The rest of the staff—Pat Pow
less, Lass-0 girl Friday, and Geor
gia Oliver, who didn’t get her
hair washed in time, toddled down
on the Owl. They stumbled off
that hootin’ train at 4 a. m. and
threw their suitcases into the
waiting arms of Jarrin’ Jawn Whit
more.
bags.
Time-Clock Punchers
Lady’s Lingo
The Batt was definitely taking
on the woman's view by this time.
Mary Lou Richardson, beating out
a football story, angled an entire
alarm clocks for a bleary paragraph on the hideous color
m. Saturday morning. At combination at the Saturday game
Along with Lass-0 chief Millie
Budd (wiser than most), Whitmore
sneaked around and set staff mem
bers’
7 a.
The Battalion Staff took a rest in the back of
fice of the work house. Trying to tell the girls
that were down for the trip that they wanted to
improve TSCW-A&M relations, but while they
took a rest. The photographer got them in a
moment of quiet mediation over the Sunday Comic
section. On the far left Frank Manitzas holds
his press card showing he is still working and
Gus Becker sprawls out providing Sam Beck
with a head rest. Beck is lying on Allen Pen-
gelley, Pat LeBlanc and Bob Selleck. Editor
John Whitemore just continues reading his favor
ite section of the comics. On the back row star
ing into the camera is Harri Baker and Bert
Weller, who takes no interest in what is happen
ing in the comics.