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D. B. COFFBR COLLEGE ARCHIVjST STUDENT MEMORIAL CENTER Have YO¥ Voted For Texas’ Constitutional Amendments? Official Paper Of Texas A&M College And College Station Number 42: Volume 52 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE C0LLEGE STATI0N (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1951 Published by The Students Of Texas A&M For 73 Years Price Five Cents Texas Votes On Constitutional Changes Today Texans go to the polls today to ballot on five constitutional amend ments passed recently during the regular session of the state legis lature. Included in the five is an amend ment which will permit the increas ed investment of funds in the per manent University fund from which A&M and Texas Unnversity receive profits. The amendment, if passed, would probably provide for as much as §1,000,000 additional revenue per year, backers have pointed out. A limit of 2% percent on interest receivable from stocks and bonds invested under this fund is now in existance. The increase would fatten the University fund, back ers say, because high grade stocks have been yielding four to six per cent interest for other schools while the University fund has been restricted to 2% percent the past year. Light Vote Forecast Light voting was forecast over most of the state today. No results from College Station and Brazos County polling places were avail able at press time. Voting boxes for the local election are at Consolidated High School and the Culpepper Building on the east side of Highway Six. Local polls will close at 7:30 p. m. Additional interest in the vot ing was anticipated for this area since A&M people will probably be anxious to support the second amendment discussed above. Also included in the balloting will be an amendment to authorize a statewide system of retirement jmd disability pensions for county appointive officers 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 coun ties have authority to setup their own system or go under Federal Social Security. Third Amendment A third amendment will be voted on to authorize a minimum 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. They anticipate lower fire insurance and better protect ion. Opponents declare the amend ment is undesirable because it does not place a limit on the size of the districts. They believe commission ers courts already have power to buy county fire fighting equip ment. Fourth amendment to be con sidered will be to permit the total amount of bonds that may be is sued by the Veterans’ Land Board to be increased from $2’,000,000 to $100,000,000. Proponents say the long-term, low-interest loans to veterans for farm and ranch pur chases benefit the state as well as the veterans by putting idle land into production without cost ing the state any money. Opponents answer that a depi'es- (See AMENDMENTS, Page 4) Speaker Dr. John D. Black, professor of economics at Harvard Univer sity, will give a graduate lecture at A&M Nov. 15 at 8 p. m. in the Biological Sciences Building lec ture room. He is an internation al authority in the fields of ag ricultural economics. The lecture is open to the public. An Editorial Your Vote Needed fFODAY IS the day that the people of this state decide whether they want Texas to keep her rightful place as one of the more progressive states. Today they go to the polls and vote on the proposed amendment to Article VII, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Texas. That is the amendment which would allow the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to create a balanced fund out of their portfolio of investment. This change- would al low the rate of return possible on the Permanent University Fund to be raised from its present low 2 1 / 4 per cent to 4 per cent or more, whish would mean an increase in income of 1 million dollars or more. One of the beautiful things about this proposed amendment is that it would allow this in crease in available funds for Texas A&M and the University of Texas to come about without a cent increase in taxes to the people of this state. The advantages accruing from the constitutional change are many fold. Not only is it possible to realize a much larger return on our principle, but one of the greatest dangers of any investment program, the purchasing power risk, is al lowed for. This is not possible with our present system of in vestment as the bonds we are allowed to invest in are fixed income instruments and it is common knowledge that the value of the dollar has shown the long run tendency to be come less and less. When the people of the state journey to the polls today, if they mark the second proposed amendment on the ballot with a. “yes”, then we can show other people of the country that they are going to have to “go some” to keep up with the progressive Texans who are not only determined that Texas will have the best educational system in the country but show good business sense at the same time. Sophomores, Fish Comment On Daily, Saturday Bullring By HARRI BAKER Battalion Staff Writer Reaction to the new company punishment policy is varied among the sophomores and the freshmen, students most affected by it. The only thing they agreed upon is that it defifintely is a good method fo punishment. The daily afternoon “bull-ring” was initiated to give the company commanders a method of quick discipline to replace the outlawed board. Hours given on the com pany punishment “bullring” are not recorded on the individual’s 201 file, a feature of the new pol- Silver Taps Silver taps for Bruce Carruth, senior vet-medicine student, will be played tonight at 10:30 p.m. He was fatally injured in an automobile accident a week and a half ago. Funeral services will be held today in Bridge City. He was injured in an accident on his way back to school, on a highway near Orange. Car ruth died in an Orange City hospital at 10 a.m. Last rites will be read at 3 p.m. at Bridge City Catholic Church. Members of the senior class in veterinary medicine went down for the services. Carruth lived in Mitchell Hall. icy that has pleased most students. Bob Jones, sophomore from Houston majoring in personnel administration, likes the new idea greatly. “We can walk it off and then go home on the week end,” he said. “I’m all for it!” John Acree, sophomore from Texas City taking pre-dental, has a different viewpoint. “Now we don’t get a chance to study in the afternoons,” he said. Speaking of the new policy of carrying rifles and drilling at the Saturday bull- ring, Acree said, “At least it gives you a chance to learn something, instead of just walking.” “Since the board is illegal by state law, the every afternoon bull- ring is an effective punishment,” said R. A. Lathrop, a sophomore from Muskogee, Okla. majoring in architecture. “The extra duty will help keep the men on the ball by taking away their free time used for sports and other activities.” Allen Alfrey, sophomore from San Angelo taking pre-dental, objected to the policy because it takes time away from sports. “I have classes up to five,” he said. “If I’m on the bullring in the afternoons, I don’t have any spare time to study or to be in intramurals.” Doug Sorrel, sophomore from Wharton majoring in business ad ministration, thinks the idea is “pretty good.” “It’s effective,” he said. “The sophomores don’t like to march on the bullring, especial ly with M-l’s.” The new policy has not yet gone into use in the freshman area, so many of the freshmen are not sure how it will affect them. However, they, don’t seem to favor the idea. “I don’t understand the differ ence between the Saturday bull- ring an dthe everyday bullring, but (See BULL-RING, Page 4) Red Cross Blood Unit Here First Student Donors Senate Decides TV Ticket Distribution By GENE STEED Battalion Staff Writer Corps Juniors, Seniors, and all non-military students will have the first opportunity to buy guest tickets for the TU football game on Nov. 29 in Kyle Field, the Stu dent Senate decided in a special meeting last night. The senators voted to accept the plan recommended by a spec ial committee for a fair and equal distribution of date tickets among military and non-military students. 3000 Available The 3000 date tickets available were divided equally with the 4778 military students receiving 74.2 percent or 2,225 tickets and the 1,604 non-military students re ceiving 25.8 percent of 775 tickets. The plans approved by the Sen ate for the Thanksgiving Day date ticket distribution is as follows: • Before Monday, Nov. 19, each first sergeant will get the name, athletic coupon, and $3.60 from each Junior and Senior in his out fit wanting a date ticket for the TU game. These three items will be turned in to the respective regi mental sergeant-majors who will pass them on to the athletic of fice on Monday, Nov. 19, and pick up the tickets for his regiment, for distribution back through the first sergeants. • Also on Monday, Nov. 19, the 775 date tickets available for non corps students will go on sale in a booth at the athletic office on a first-come, first-served basis. ® Military Sophomores may buy date tickets on Tuesday, Wednes day, and Thursday of the same week also on a first come, first (See SENATE, Page 4) It’s Blood Donor’s Day at A&M. Sixty-six students have answered or will answer the call before the day is over to give a pint of their blood to soldiers at the fight ing fronts. The nation’s largest military college will be doing its part to aid the combat men by giving their blood at the Mobile Red Cross Unit set up in the MSC today. Scheduled from 12-6 p.m. in rooms 2-A and 2-B of the Center, the students were among the 200 who signed up to give blood after the initial inquiry Wednesday night. The call went only to corps men over 21. Tidwell Stopped No Applications For PG Senator No applications have been re ceived yet for dormitory senator from Post Graduate Hall, announc ed Bob Layton, temporary senate election committee chairman. Deadline for submitting the ap plications is Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Student Activities Office, Layton said. Requirements for student sena tor are a grade-point ratio of 1.0, enrollment at A&M the previous two semesters, residence in the dormitory during the term of of fice, and classification of at least a sophomore. Rice Ticket Sale To End Wednesday Student and guest tickets for the A&M-Rice game will be on sale at the Athletic Office until 6 p. m. Wednesday, said Howard Nelson, ticket sales manager. “Reserve seats for this game are still available, but all tick ets not sold before 6 p. m. to morrow will be returned to Hous ton,” he added. SMU’s Dale Moore (25) closes in for a tackle on A&M halfback Billy Tidwell during the A&M- SMU game on Kyle Field Saturday. Behind is Bill Forrester (38) of SMU, with A&M’s Marshall Rush (63) on the ground. In the background is SMU player Buford Partee (61) and Elo Noha- vitza (65) of A&M. The game ended in a 14-14 tie. Sophomores List Complaints Toward Juniors, Discipline By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Managing Editor A&M sophomores got their chance to express grievances con cerning corps life and corps dis cipline last night in the first of several regular sophomore repre sentative meetings to be held dur ing the school year. With treatment by juniors as their major complaint, the second- year men pushed their discussion into a two and one-half hour ses sion, popping hundreds of ques tions at juniors and military offi cials attending the meeting. Out of the meeting came several definite questions which the soph omores wanted answered by re sponsible parties. They were as follows: • We want the privileges of a sophomore defined as well as pos- Second ‘Command Decision ’ Show Tonight Crowd Sees Player’s Opening By BERT WELLER Battalion Staff Writer cause of the superiority the new iftstallation. The fact that this with most of the actors not ap- enemy craft to be destroyed. one raid would prove so decisive pearing quite sure of themselves. Opposition develops from his leads him to the same decision that As the play moved along, the act- Moie than o00 persons watched immediate superior officer, Maj. General Dennis had made. The ors begin to feel their roles and to ’ “ “ raid is ordered as the play ends. give them some of the interpreta- Should Be Popular tion des erved. the the the opening night performance of Gem Kane, played by Jerry Mc- the Aggie Players version of Farland. General Kane is accom- Command Decision last night in p an i e( i on hj s visit by a staff offi- the Assembly Hall. Curtain time cer f rom Washington, Brig. Gen. , most for the second and last perform- c c Garnett, played by John duced another play that will be ance is tonight at 8:15. Samuels onp ' on Hip pnirmns The play presents a penetrating Director C. K. Esten has pro- Ha n 'y Gooding, probably most expenenced player in long talked about on the campus. ^ ave .^ e performance The play has a masculine appeal the- evening. Although he sut- picture of the private lives of the Further opposition develops in that should make it popular with [f re f. ® l ’ om same uneasiness in the first and last acts that plagued the rest of the cast, his interpreta tion of the general possessed many of the qualities of a fine perform- general officers who must make the form of two visiting congress- all who see it. The humor, pro- the decisions and accept the re- men, a magazine writer, and a vided by the general’s orderly, is sponsibility of those decisions in young captain with an inflated sharp and pungent, time of war. The story has its sense of his own importance. Gen- The play’s concern with the diffi- setting in England during World eral Dennis remains dedicated to culties and responsibilities of com- ance War II. the mission and as a result is re- manding men will make it doubly Brig. Gen. H. C. Dennis, played Ueved of his command. interesting to the military stu- by Harry Gooding, assigns his Dennis Character dents. The general theme of the command the job of destroying the story should provoke some deep and Garnett, McFarland and Sam- enemy factories making a new General Garnett succeeds Gen- thought among those who will as- uels gave creditable performances, type fighter. General Dennis eral Dennis as commanding offi- sume some of these same duties in McFarland fitted the part well, makes this decision knowing that cer and finds himself faced with the future. possessing the necessary looks and his losses will be heavy because the same decisions that have The Aggie Players production mannerisms to give the part real- the plants lie beyond the range of plagued his predecessors. He must suffered from what might be call- ity. Samuels gave a choppy per- fighter protection. He believes face the possibility of losing most ed opening night jitters. The first formance through the first three that the losses are justified be- of his command in a raid on one act got off to a rather jerky start (See PLAYERS, Page 2) More Generals As the other two generals, Kane sible and made uniform in every possible way. • We would like a detailed ex planation of just what sophomore- freshman relations are to consist of now that the freshman area is closed and also what they will be when it opens. • What privileges do freshmen in athletic companies have over other freshmen? • We want to know just what privileges a freshman is to be allowed on the campus when he has a date. © Just what are our privileges off the campus? Joe Wallace, who presided, said the questions and desires listed above would be referred to the re sponsible parties for their consid eration. Many students told the presid ing officer that juniors had been taking advantage of their class and rank. They believed in many cases the privileges of just being a junior were being abused. Def inite recommendations for alleviat ing this problem, however, were not presented. Carlson Speaks Corps Commander Erie Carlson was introduced by Wallace as the meeting got underway at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the MSC. Carlson explained the purpose of the meeting. He said it gave the men an opportunity to air their complaints. “This is the only way we can draw the opinions of what sophomores think,” he said. Wallace next introduced Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, who gave a brief talk before the group. Col onel Davis said the meetings gave the men an opportunity to explain each other’s problems. “This is your corps men, and we want a (See SOPHOMORES, Page 4) Cadet Colonel of the Corps Eric Carlson was the first to offer his blood for the unit. He led the procession of 80 men scheduled at the temporary blood center during the af ternoon. Also giving blood at the first per iod were David Wolf, member of the blood donations committee, and Bob Dunn, corps adjutant. Following these three were Lynn Stuart, commander of the seventh regiment; Buddy Burch, commander of the consolidated band; and Jim Rogers, consolidated band drum major. Other students were scheduled three or +four at a time during the after noon. Unit From Beaumont The Mobile Unit from the Beau mont Red Cross Defense Blood Center could take care of only a limited number of donors today. Its next visit to A&M will be Nov. 27, at which time an equal number of students will be scheduled for donations. Chairman of the blood donations committee, J. C. Fletcher, said last night that non-corps students would be given an opportunity to give blood in the near future. Spon sored by the corps of cadets, the. first opportunities for donations are for corps members, he said. A call will soon be issued to all men below 21 and above 18, the chairman said. Parental consent will be necessary ■ for their dona tions, however. Special forms for these students will be distributed within units on the campus in the next few weeks, Fletcher said. Overwhelming Response Response to the first call was so overwhelming that blood commit tee members had to make plans for bringing the mobile unit to the A&M campus periodically for the rest of this semester—and possibly during the Spring Term. The blood will be packed in ice and rushed to Beaumont’s Defense Blood Center where a plane leaves each night with the day’s dona tions. Arriving the next day on the West Coast with its valuable cargo, the plane is unloaded and the blood repacked. Again it is taken to the air and arrives in Korea for use by men on the fighting fronts, only a few hours after leaving the United States. Requirements Requirements to give blood are as follows: • Age limits are 21 through 59 years. Donors between the ages of 18-21 will be accepted w i 11* written consent from parents ot guardian. • Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds. Extremely obese per sons may be accepted if they have approval from the attending phy sician. Temperature, blood pres- sime, pulse and hemoglobin must be approximately normal. • Prospective donors will be re jected if they have received a blood transfusion within six months, or have given a blood don ation within eight weeks. • With certain exceptions, as de- (See DONOR’S, Page 4) 1073 Entries Hampton QB Winner This Week Raymond B. Hampton, civil en gineering student from DeLeon, won last week’s QB Club contest. Hampton edged Bobby Fletcher, his nearest competitor by more ac curately predicting the scores. Hampton will be awarded two tick ets to the A&M-Rice game at the next meeting of the quarterbacks. None of the 1073 entries picked all four winners and the A&M- SMU tie. Runners-up in their or der of finish were Bob Fletcher, R. W. Rowe, Theodore R. Pfrim- mer, Frank Thurmond, James Ky- ser, W. L. Minturn, Roy R. Arnold, Paul Cardeilhac, R. R. Robin, and Mrs. Joe Motheral. James H. Stewart, executive Vice-President of the State Fair of Texas, will address the Thursday meeting of the club. Stewart was formerly executive secretary to the Southwest Conference before he re signed to accept the State Fair position. Films of the A&M-SMU clash will be unreeled at the Nov. 15 meet which kicks-off at 7:45 p. m. in the Assembly Hall.