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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 47: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1951
Published by The Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
Price Five Cents
Guion Hall Ticket
Plan Considered
ife Committee
Aggie Appreciation tickets will
be given again this year, the Stu
dent Life Committee decided last
night. This approval is pending
the examination of the new amuse
ment tax law.
The tickets will not be available
for distribution, if the. new tax
law approves the plan, until after
Thanksgiving, C. G. “Spike” White,
assistant dean of men for stu
dent activities said.
The tickets will be handed out
to the same group of men as in
past years. However, the commit
tee decided the price paid in addi
tion to the ticket will be seven
cents instead of the old five cents.
At the first of this year the
committee did not think existing
funds of the committee would cov
er expense of the tickets.
These Aggie' Appreciation tick
ets are given annually to men who
are engaged in extra-curricular ac
tivities. Each man eligible for the
ducats receives 16 at one time.
Health Aid
Upon the suggestion of Dan
Russell, committee member, the
student health fund expenditures
will be enlarged to assist the
wives and children of married stu
dents. This solidfication of the pol
icy of the committee came about
after several married students were
faced with the problem of medical
bills and appealed to the group.
At various times the committee
has approved the loan of health
funds to students’ families, but
Bait Changes
Make-up Style
There have been some changes
made in the make-up style of
The Battalion. Starting today
the paper is being made up with
move white space between the
lines.
This new typographical style
has been adopted by many of
the leading newspapers in the
state and is advocated by most
of the typography experts in
the nation. Technically it is
called setting eight-point type
on a nine-point slug.
Governor Buys Ticket
this gave the subcommittee a more
solid approval of the Student Life
Committee.
At present, Russell announced,
there is $1,200 in the fund. He cit- j
ed examples of how the fund is
operated and the effects of the
loan plan. During this explanation,
he' pointed out when the loan is I
made to a married student for
his family it is helping him stay
in school.
Findings of the Welfare and
Recreation Committee on appli
cations for funds from the com
mittee were reported by M. L.
Cushion.
The committee approved the ap
plication of Barney Welch, intra
mural director, for $2,90(1 for ath-
(See STUDENT LIFE, Page 2)
ME Slide Rule
Contest Slated
At 4 pan. Today
The annual slide rule con
test, sponsored by the Me
chanical Engineering Depart
ment, will be held at 4 p. m.
today in the lecture room of
the M. E. Building. This contest
is open to those students of, ME
101 who rank in the upper 10
percent of the class in that sub
ject. Approximately .80 entries are
expected.
The exam .will be composed of
60 problems of the type encount
ered in ME 101. Contestants will
be allowed 50 minutes to complete
the test.
Results of the exam will be de
termined on a score basis, with' 5
points being given for each cor
rect answer. No extra points are
given for speed. Enough time, is
allowed for each contestant to fin
ish the exam.
Awards will be presented to win
ners of the.contest at a special as
sembly to be held on Tuesday, Dec.
11 in the Assembly Hall. President
M. T. Harrington, Dr. H. W. Bar-
low, dean of the School of Engin
eering, and Dr. John R. Bertrand,
dean of the Basic Division, will
present the: awards.
Gov. Allan Shivers buys a ticket to the Nov. 24
football game between Texas University and
A&M freshmen teams. The game, the fifth an
nual Shrine benefit, will be played in Austin’s
Memorial Stadium. Members of the Ben Hur
Temple, co-sponsors of the game with the Brazos
Valley Shrine Club of Bryan, sold the governor
(he ticket. Left to right, in the picture, are Poten
tate Charles McAden of Austin; A. F. “Speedy”
Jones of Ausin, Governor Shivers and Game
Chairman William B. Ranson of Austin.
College Town Hall Features
Discussion By Bu isnessmen
Socialism and free enterprise
will be subject of a panel discus
sion led by four Texas business
men Wednesday night in the Lec
ture Room of the Biological Sci
ences Building.
More than 300 undergraduates
are expected to attend the “Col
lege Town Hall” meeting, accord
ing to T. W. Leland, head of the
business administration depart
ment.
K. R. Dailey of the Humble Oil
and Refining Company of Houston
will bo a member of the panel
which will discuss and answer ques
tions revolving around socialism
and free enterprise.
Plant Foreman
During his 22 years of service
with the Humble Oil and Refining
company, Dailey has "worked as a
laborer, truck driver, welder-helper,
operator, shift foreman, plant fore
man, and research chemist in the
refining department.
The last 12 of that 22 years,
he, served in the employee rela
tions department, beginning as
supervisor of employee relations
research and then becoming assist-
TU Game Bonfire Work Starts;
Center Pole Goes I p Today
Construction of A&M’s annual
Texas University Thanksgiving
game bonfire got underway yes
terday as crews of students be
gan regular trips to nearby wood
ed areas to cut and strip timber.
Scheduled to burn at 8 p. m.
Wednesday, Nov. 28, the logs will
be stacked around a 65 foot-center
pole, due to go up today.
Head yell leader Lew Jobe said
last night that wood will begin
being hauled into the bonfire site
on the main drill field across from
the MSC tomorrow. Large stacks
of wood were accumulated during
the initial day’s work yesterday
and must be moved to keep the cut
ting area from becoming cluttered,
Jobe said.
Center Pole Up Today
Joints of the center pole, which
came in two sections, will be splic
ed and the pole will be put in place
sometime this afternoon, the yell
leader indicated. The Rural Elec
trification Association in Bryan
donated the poles for this year’s
bonfire.
Corps Supply Sergeant Joe Mat
tel asked units last night to don
ate money from their company
funds to pay for axes and saws to
be used in gathering the wood. He
said equipment would be stored
after work on the fire is com
pleted and will be used again
next year.
Guard duty for the bonfire will
begin Thursday at 7 p. m., an
nounced Bobby Dunn, guard duty
chairman. Dunn said a regular
guard schedule with tours of 7-11
p. m., 11 p. m.- 3 a. m., and 3-7 a.
m. will be assigned all units for
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sun
day, Monday, and Tuesday.
Students will be formed in two
circles around the' actual bonfire
(See PATROLS, Page 4)
K. r R. Dailey, assistant manager,
of employee relations for the
Humble Oil and Refining Com
pany, will be on a panel of noted
businessmen to be featured at
a “College Town Hall” program
in the Biological Science Build
ing lecture room Wednesday at
7:30 p.m.
ant to the employee relations man
ager of the Humble companies.
As assistant to the employee re
lations manager, Dailey was in , „
charge of research, labor relations j ll ' t ? r ',' vo
and of employee relations general/!
ly in refining and sales operations.
These two departments comprise
something over 7,000 employees.
Since August of 1946, Dailey has
been assistant manager of the em
ployee relations department in
which' capacity he participates in
all collective bargaining with em
ployees and assists the manager of
the department in all administra
tive functions.
Committee Chairman
During the war, he was chairman
of the Refining Manpower Subcom
mittee for District 111, which was
comprised of the States of New
Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arkan
sas and Mississippi, and was a
| | member of the Petroleum Industry
War Council’s Committee on Man
power. Also- he was chairman of
an advisory, committee for the pet
roleum industry for the Eighth
Regional War Labor Board.
Dailey is an active member of
the American Management Asso-
ciationj and has served as chair
man of the Industrial Relations
committee of the Houston area
Chapter of the Texas Manufac
turers Association. He has been
(See PANEL, Page 4)
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A&M Story
Publication
Set Nov. 28
George Sessions Perry’s
“The Story of Texas A&M”
will have its premier on the
A&M campus Nov. 28, the day,
before the annual football
game with Texas University.
As a grand finale to the 75th
Anniversary of A&M, which was
celebrated last school year, the
publication will depict one of Tex
as’ most colorful institutions, this
land grant college in Brazos Coun
ty.
A prominent Texas writer who
authored such best sellers as “Hold
Autumn In Your Hand,” and “Tex
as: A World In Itself,” Perry has
been commuting between his home
in nearby Rockdale and College
Station regularly for the past
year to gather material for the
book.
Contains 302 Pages
This account of A&M’s growth
and development, published by the
McGraw-Hill Book Company of
New York, is of usual six-by-nine
inch size and contains 302 pages.
pages of the book
are taken up with pictures of
presidents of A&M and various
campus scenes and activities, while
215 pages are devoted to Perry’s
story of the college.
A 35 page appendix is expected
to be a ready “argument settler”
‘since; it contains a chronology of
A&M since it opened it’s doors
in 1876. The appendix also con
tains names of members of the
Board of Directors, presidents,
deans, commandants, Medal of
Honor winners, honorary degrees,
enrollment, class presidents, rank
ing cadet officers, and others com
piled from all available records
and reliable sources.
The book is not an effort to
write a history of the college, Per-
(See CONTAINS, Page 4)
George Sessions Perry, Texas
author, has written an infor
mal biography of A&M under
the title of “The Story of Texas
A&M.” Publication date has
been set for Nov. 28.
Band Wins Houston C of C
Parade Marching Contest
The Maroon and White Bands took top honors in the
Houston Chamber of Commerce contest in the Corps Trip
parade Saturday. Led by head drum major James Rogers,
the band added the honor to its distinction of containing the
best-drilled company from last year—the Maroon Band.
Consolidated Band Commander Voris R. Burch received
a ribbon citing the award. It will be placed on the band’s
guidon.
Date Ticket
Sales Opened
Date tickets for the Texas Uni
versity gamp are now being sold
on a class seniority basis, following
the plan set up by the Student
Senate, announced Howard Nelson,
Athletic Department ticket man
ager.
Regimental sergeant-majors col
lected money from the seniors and
juniors and bought their tickets
Monday.
Tickets for sophomores and non-
corps students will be on sale to
day through Thursday, on a first
come-first served basis.
Any tickets of the 3000 allot-
ed that a re left will be on sale
Friday for freshmen and other
students who did not get one at
their prescribed time, Nelson said.
A capacity crowd of 41,000 peo
ple is expected for the game, the
ticket manager announced.
All tickets have already been
sold except'student tickets at A&M
and TU.
+ New York, Nov. 20—(TP)—Some
college athletic leaders were quick
today to refute a New-York judge’s
accusation that football and basket
ball are sordid big business deals.
Basketball and football came un
der the fire of general sessions
Judge Paul S. Streit in a 41-page
; statement issued yesterday shortly
I before the jurist sentenced a bas
ketball fixer and five former play
ers from three New York univer
sities to prison terms and gave
nine other ex-players suspended
| sentences.
“Commercialism and over-em
phasis in intercollegiate football
and basketball are rampant
throughout the country,” said
Judge Streit. He said the nation’s
schools are courting an “atomic
athletic scandal.”
A&M an Example
Judge Streit singled out Oklaho
ma, Texas, Texas A&M, Southern
Methodist, Pennsylvania, Tennes
see, Maryland and Kentucky as ex
amples of over-emphasis in foot
ball. Kentucky is the only one of
the group involved in the basketball
point-fixing scandal that has reach
ed more than 30 players from seven
schools and a referee.
The judge called a college ath
lete a paid commercial and said
academic standards for athletes
are a laugh.
Harrington Comments
Dr. M. T. Harirngton, president
of the college, made the following
statement to The Battalion (his
morning in reference to Judge
Streit’s accusations of over-empha
sis in football at certain colleges:
“We recognize that there are
some serious faults in intercolle
giate athletics on a national basis
with some spectacular offenders,
j but this should not condemn all.
intercollegiate sports. Crimes and
murders are committed every day
in some large cities, but we do not
say that every citizen of that com
munity is a criminal.
“The good resulting from inter
collegiate athletic competition far
outweighs the bad, and the best
way to correct (he situation which
New York Judge Paul §. Streit
has discussed is to apprehend the
violators rather than condemn all
(See A&M SPORTS, Page 4)
Fish Representatives Meet
In MSC to Air Grievances
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion Staff Writer
For 90 minutes last night repre
sentatives from each of the fresh
man units aired their grievances
and complaints in the first of a
seTies of regular meetings with
regimental representatives of the
sophomore class and military de
partment.
Complaints ranged from subjects
concerning the food in the mess
hall and the heat in the dorms to
questions about meeting people
and yell practices. For many of
the questions asked, the Fish were
referred to their company com
manders because the questions
were a matter of company polidy.
Questions Asked
, Some of the subjects discussed
and questions asked are as fol
lows :
® What is the status of trans-
Who has permission to give rams
on the campus, and exactly what
can we be ramed for?
0 What are a freshman’s priv
ileges when he has a date or other
guests on the campus ? How are
we expected to learn a man’s home
town and course when we are meet-
fer students, summer school stu- ing him when he throws us an un
dents, and “frogs”? Are privileges
determined by academic standing
or by length of time at A&M?
How will these students stand next
year?
• Upperclassmen in the fresh
men dorms are making noise and
causing other interruptions during
CQ, what can be done about this ?
decipherable string of letters?
• We are sometimes late for
classes and for yell practice be
cause we are detained at the mess
hall table by upperclassmen. How-
can this be stopped?
® When is the area to be open
and what will be expected of us
(See FISH MEETING, Page 4)
The Texas Aggie Band provided a spectacular performance during
halftime at the Rice-A&M game in Houston Saturday. With 180
students making up the famed marching unit, a tremendous “Mov
ing T” (first picture) was formed. In this formation the band
did a countermarch from end-to-end and also from side-to-side.
Also during their show at halftime of the game which saw the
Aggies fall before the Rice Owls 13-28, the band formed the
letters R-I-C-E O-W-L-S (second picture). They formed the let
ters facing one side of the field, and then did an about face, and
changed their letters so they would again read the same facing
the opposite direction.
—Photos by Staff Photographer Dick Zeke