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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published by The Students
Of Texas A&M
For 73 Years
Number 49: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1951
Price Five Cents
Capitalism Doesn ’t
Cause Depressions
Businessmen Say
‘Heave-Ho’--CenterPole Goes Up
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion City Editor
State ownership and operation
of a country’s basic resources leads
to more and more governmental
control which finally deprives the
individual of incentive.
This statement made by C. E.
Lyon, general manager of the Dia
mond Alkali Co. of Houston, sum
med up the opinion expressed by
a panel of three Texas Business-
Ag Councilman
To Award ‘Best
Prof in School
The Agricultural Council
will sponsor the Award to the
Best Prof in the School of Ag
riculture this year. The coun
cil made this decision at a
meeting last night held at the
home of Dean C. N. Shepardson,
school of agriculture.
James Lehmann, Phil Huey and
Austin Haney will head the selec
tion committee. The award will
be given next spring.
Malcolm Dyer, Gerald McEntire,
and George Townsend are in
charge of securing a booklet to be
given to all freshmen agriculture
majors telling the activities of each
of the technical clubs within the
different departments.
The Agricultural Council is in
vestigating the possibility of join
ing with other land grant colleges
in forming a National Agricultural
Council. Bob Langford, Lynn Pit-
hud, and Ed Daniel are in charge
}f the project.
men last night at a Town Hall
meetings in the Biological Science
Building.
The purpose of the program,
sponsored by the Texas Manufac
turers Association, was to bring
representative Texas businessmen
before A&M students to answer
questions on business trends in the
United States.
Capacity Crowd
A capacity crowd of students,
faculty members, and local resi
dents was present at the meeting
when William W. Boddie, director
of public relations for the Texas
Manufacturers Association, as
moderator opened the panel to
questions from the floor.
“What has free, enterprise done
to prevent depressions,” was the
first question directed to the panel.
Lyon received the first nod from
Boddie, and proceeded to stress
that a wider variety of industrial
strength throughout the country
was a preventive measure against
depressions.
Keep Workers Happy
K. R. Dailey, assistant manager
of the Employee Relations Depart
ment for Humble Oil and Refining
Company, continued by saying
there was greater recognition on
the part of management of the
needs of the workers. Attempts
are made to keep the worker con
tinuously employed, he continued.
Boddie recognized a question
asking, “How can Mr. Lyon ac
count for the fact depressions
have become more severe with the
diversification of industry?”
Lyon countered that depression
were not caused by the capitalistic
system, that all countries have
them, and that depression could
not be entirely eliminated.
(See RESPONSIBLE, Page 4)
Egypt Military
Attache Agrees
To Speak Here
“Heave-ho ye hearties, ’tis a might bit heavy.” Brute strength
was replaced by numbers yesterday as hundreds of students began
work on the traditional Texas University game bonfire. These men
are preparing the center pole for erection. The 65 foot pole (two
utility line logs spliced together) went into place yesterday as
students began hauling wood in around the bonfire area for
stacking. The structure will be completed next Wednesday and will
burn at 8 that night. —Battalion Photo by Dick Zeek.
Usual Classes Here Today As
Rural Electric Co-op
Meeting Slated Here
US Observes Thanksgiving
By BERT WELLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Rrepresentatives of the 81 rural
electric cooperatives in Texas will
attend the fifth annual Job Train
ing and Safety Conference to be
held in the Memorial Student Cen
ter, Nov. 23-24. The conference is
sponsored by the Engineering Ex
tension Service, the State Advisory
Committee for Rural Electric Co
operatives, and the Texas Educa
tion Agency.
A highlight of the conference
will be the banquet address, Nov.
23, by Congressman W. R. Poage
»f Waco which will be broadcast
Seven Students
Win Heep Awards
Seven A&M dairy husbandry
students have been awarded the
Herman F. Heep awards. First and
second place awards went to sen
iors, juniors and sophomores and
one to a freshman.
Howard William Kruse, of Bren-
ham was first place winner in the
senior group and was awarded
$100. Fred Bruce McDaniel of
Shreveport, La., was second, re
ceiving $50.
In the junior group Gene Logan
Lyon of Ft. Worth was awarded
the $100 first prize and Alton Ray
Pyburn of Roby, second prize,
$50.
Wesley Earl Gross of Bonham
won first place in the sophomore
class, $100, and James Bertram
Hardaway of Leesburg won second
place, $50.
Kenneth Reynolds of Pittsburgh
won the freshman scholarship,
$200.
over the Texas Quality Network
at 9 p. m.
Safety and training talks will
be given by Dr. C. J. Potthoff,
national director of the Ameriqan
Red Cross, Frank LaMaster, head
of the Job Training and Safety
Division of, the Rural Electrifica
tion Administration, and Harry .C.
Hutchinson, factory representative
of the White Rubber Company.,
W. W. Mills, chief of rural elec
tric training for the Service and
E. W. Kerlick, G. E. Baker, W. O.
Wood, and T, S. Watson, field
instructors, will report on the past
year’s job training and safety ac
tivities.
To coincide with the day that
many of the state’s electric line
men will be attending the confer
ence, Gov. Allan Shivers desig T
nated Nov. 23 as Electric Line
men’s Day in Texas.
From the battle lines in Korea
to our occupation troops in Ger
many, today was Thanksgiving
for most Americans.
In the continental U. S., fami
lies gathered around overloaded
tables to celebrate and ask thanks.
In fact today was Thanksgiving
everywhere except at Aggieland
and at Texas University. Both
schools have postponed their holi
days until next Thursday because
of the all-important football game
in College Station that tradition
says must be played on Thanks
giving. Since November has five
Thursdays this month, the game
Was scheduled for the last week
end.
Turkey—Good Weather
The rest of the world will find
turkey plentiful but expensive to
day. The weatherman has been
kind, however, promising fair skies
for most of the nation. Football
will occupy many peoples’ minds as
high school and college teams meet
in traditional Turkey Day battles.
As most of the nation concerns
itself with the small but important
problems of turkey, cranberry
sauce, and football games, many
people will pause to remember
that this Thanksgiving Day finds
the country only half at peace.
Casualty lists, always two or
more weeks behind developments,
have passed the 100,000 mark for
American killed, wounded, and
missing in Korea. The Associated
Press reports that most fighting
men will receive the usual Thanks
giving turkey dinner with all the
trimmings. Some first line groups
may have to wait for theirs, the
Department of Defense reports.
Prayer for Dead
Korean field commander, Lt.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet told his
troops that “We must say a pray
er of thanks for the men who gal
lantly laid down their lives that
we might live to further resist
the enemy and ultimately elimin
ate his threat.”
At A&M the noise of another
battle disturbs the would-be
Thanksgiving quiet. The usual bat
tle of tie books has been supplant
ed by the roar of trucks, axes, and
saws as Aggies struggle to build
the biggest bonfire in college his
tory.
Non-Believer Sees
Thanksgiving Grey
By HAL BOYLE
New York—CP)—Once upon a
time a man who didn’t believe in
Thanksgiving went to have a drink
on Thanksgiving Day at a bar
where the bartender believed in
Christmas.
“Gr-r-r-rumph-h-h-h, and soda,”
he said.
“Yes, sir,” said the bartender.
“Would you like some soda, too?”
“Grr-r-rumph-h-h-h-!”
“Yes, sir, here’s the soda!”
“Well, Mr. Belcher,” said the
bartender, “have you noticed the
Consolidated Meets Bremond
In Football Bi-District Play
The bi-district playoff game be
tween the Tigers of A&M Consoli
dated High School and the Bre
mond Tigers will be played in
Hearne tonight at 8 p. m. The
Consolidated group is the champ
ion of District 24-B while the Bre
mond team took the title in Dis
trict 23-B.
C of C Provided Tickets
In older to secure the bi-district
game for Hearne, the Chamber of
Commerce provided game tick
ets. Heame police will also be in
Giles Talk, Ag-Rice Film
Featured at QB Meeting
Bascom Giles, General Land Commissioner of the State
of Texas, will address tonight’s Quarterback Club meeting.
Giles, who has been prominent in Texas politics for the past
13 years, is a humorous and entertaining speaker.
Films of the A&M-Rice battle will be showed at the
meeting which gets underway at 7:45 p. m. This is the pre-
A&M and Texas U. game meeting.
Frank Thurmond, winner of last week’s QB contest,
will be awarded two tickets to the A&M-Texas Turkey-Day
game at the session. Winner of this week’s contest will re
ceive two free dinners, with an allowance of $1.50 per meal.
charge of traffic control and park
ing before the game.
Four buses will make the trip to
Hearne carrying local fans. One
bus has been provided by the Con
solidated Independent School Dis
trict. The remainder of the buses
will be provided by the county
superintendent, W. D. Bunting. Ap
proximately 1500 fans are expect
ed to follow the team, according to
L. E. Boze, principal.
Following the game, the local
Tigers will eat at the City Cafe
in Hearne. Fans may see the team
there following the game, Bozo
said. The team will return to Col
lege Station after the meal.
Sit In West Stands
The playoff game will be played
in the 4,000 seat Wood Stadium.
Consolidated fans will be seated in
the west side stands, while the
Bremond supporters occupy the
east stands. Parking officials have
announced that some parking wil'
be allowed in the end zones.
Officials for the bi-district clash
are John Naylor, referee and Char
lie Smith, head linesman. A.n um
pire and a field judge will be
chosen from the Waco chapter of
the SFOA.
The College Station-Bremond
battle brings together two groups
of Tigers, each bearing the same
maroon and white school colors.
The Bremond team will wear white
jerseys for the important bi-dis
trict clash.
Principal Boze has announced
that no classes will be dismissed
for the game.
Ticket Sales End
Today for Sophs
All Corps Sophomores must buy
heir Texas University game stu-
lent date tickets by 5 p. m. to-
lay, said Howard Nelson, Athletic
Department ticket manager.
Nelson said approximately 700
•orps date tickets and 450 non-
•orps date tickets were unsold at
1 p. m. Wednesday. He urged all
ion-corps students to secure date
ickets as soon as possible.
Date tickets not sold today will
jo on sale to any students Friday.
Tickets for the Saturday fresh
man game between A&M and TU
will not be sold here. They must
be purchased in Austin, Nelson
said.
Christmas decorations in the win
dows?”
“Shut up, Joe!”
“What did you say, Mr. Belch
er?”
“I said, shut up, Joe.”
The bartender looked along the
empty polished mahogany bar—
empty of its usual customers—
and said:
“A Place To Go?”
“Don’t you have no place to go
on Thanksgiving, Mr. Belcher?
Gee—”
“Shut up!” said Mr. Belcher.
“I don’t believe in Thanksgiving.”
“Gee,” said Joe, “don’t nobody
in the world want you today, sir?”
“Nobody want me?” replied Mr.
Belcher. “I don’t want them. I
•want peace.”
He ordered a drink and muscled
it down firmly. Joe thought it over
uneasily, then said triumphantly:
“But don’t nobody really want
you, Mr. Belcher?”
“Of course somebody wants me,
Joe,” said Belcher testily. “You
think I’ m alone?”
Belcher blooded that over for a
(See NON-BELIEVER, Page 2)
Nov. 22 is just another day for
work at Aggieland.
In College Station, grocery
stores report that most households
will observe the holiday along
with the college. James Winn at
the Southside Food Market reports
only 10 or 12 turkeys have been
sold.
R. C. Fussell at the Shopping
Center remarked that figures
would show that only one out of
three families will observe today
as their Thanksgiving. Mrs. Char
lie Opersteny of Charlie’s Food
Market says their turkey sales
have been very low. People will
not even be able to buy a turkey
dinner today, with the MSC reserv
ing its holiday meals for next
Thursday.
President and Mrs. Truman will
observe their Thanksgiving in the
(See THANKSGIVING, Page 3)
By JOHN WHITMORE
Battalion Editor
Final confirmation has been re
ceived. The Egyptian Military At
tache, Col. Adbel Hamid Bey Gha-
leb will be on the campus Dec. 7.
He will present the Egyptian
side of the explosive Anglo-Egypt-
ian question at a meeting open to
the public. Arrangements have ten
tatively been made to hold the
meeting in the Ball room of the
MSC.
Colonel Ghaleb will fly down
from his headquarters in Washing
ton D. C. in time for the meeting.
His talk is being sponsored by
The United Nation’s Club, The Bat
talion, the history department, and
the MSC Directorate and plans
are being coordinated by Tom
Rountree, chairman of the MSC
House Committee.
Egyptian Side
The colonel will present the of
ficial Egyptian attitude and will
attack the problem from the mili
tary problems as he sees it as a
member of the Egyptian Military.
An invitation was extended ori
ginally to the Egyptian ambass-
dor, Kamil Abdul Rahim during
the first part of November. At the
Deans to Discuss
Teachers Raitngs
Student ratings of the teaching
staff, and use that can be made
of,them will be the title of a dis
cussion given by four A&M deans
at a meeting of The American As-
socation of University Professors
tonight.
The meeting will be held in the
YMCA Chapel at 7:30 p. m.
Speakers will be Dean of the
College C. C. French, and Deans
J. P. Abbott, arts and sciences;
C. N. Shepardson, agriculture; and
H. W. Barlow, engineering.
“This is a much discussed sub
ject on the campus, and should be
of considerable interest to all,”
said, Ralph Lee, A. A. U. P. vice-
president. Lee said a question and
answer discussion will follow the
main presentation.
Changes Announced
In Editorial Staff
Four changes in the
staff of The Battalion were an
nounced this morning by Editor
John Whitmore.
Joel Austin, Bill Streich, Bob
Selleck and Frank Davis received
promotions under the revision.
Austin, junior personnel man
agement major, was boosted to
associate editor of the paper. He is
a three year man on The Battalion.
During his freshman year, he
was editor of the freshman page
and during the summer and regu
lar semester of his sophomore year
he acted as city editor of the pap-
Austin was editor for last
summer.
editorial journalism major from Houston.
Prior to this year he was a staff
writer.
same time an invitation was ex
tended to the English Government
to send a speaker to the campus.
British Speaker
J. T. Henderson counsul in Hous
ton will be on the campus later in
the month to present the English
view-point. At present his sche
dule is tree about a week before
the Christmas holidays start.
During the first exchange of
correspondence it was hoped by
the sponsors to get Col. Gordon-
Watson to speak for the British.
Due to previous commitments the
colonel was unable to accept the in
vitation.
A need for hearing both sides of
the controversial subject came
about when members of the spon
soring organizations decided the
“second hand” information being
sent out through general news
channels was not adequate. The
group saw a need for presenting
both sides of the questions to the
student body, with a particular
interest in informing the future
officers.
Started in 1882
The controversy between the t\yo
countries has been brewing since
1882 when the British moved into
Egypt. In 1899 the English en
tered into a treaty with the Egyp
tians over the joint rule of tha
Sudan territory.
In 1936 the Egyptian govern
ment recognized the British and
the" British moved into the Suez
Canal region.
After World War II the Egypt
ians tried to move the British
out through arbitration. The Eng
lish countered Egyptian proposals
with the defense theory. They said
they, the English, were in the Suez
and Sudan area for protection rea
sons, .. V '.
Start Talks '/l 'j
In 1946 the Egyptians started
negotiations to move 'the 'British
troops out of the country. The talks
were unchanged in England and
Egypt until a few months ago
when the Egyptians stopped talk
ing and started to rebel, against
the British power in their country.
The : government- of .Egypt can
celled the treaties of 1882, 18^9 and
of 1936 and asked the English gov
ernment . to remove the troops.
Basis for the Egyptian cancella
tion was the UN' Charter, which
says one country will not keep
trdops in another without the per
mission of the other country.
Streich was named managing
editor to take the position left
open by Austin. He is a senior
During the past summer Streich
was recipient of the journalism
internship to the Temple Telegram.
This opportunity, given annually
by the Texas Daily Newspaper
Publishers Association, makes it
possible for a senior journalism
student to work on a daily paper in
the state.
On the sports side of the paper’,
Bob Selleck was boosted to Sports
Editor. Heretofore he was the
Sports News Editor. Under the
new organization he is in com
plete charge of the sports cover
age for The Battalion. Selleck is
responsible to the editor, associate
(See EDITOR CHANGES, Page 3)
Leland Addresses.
Jr. AVMA Meeting
T. W. Leland, head of the de
partment of business administra
tion, addressed members of the
Junior Chapter of the American
Veterinary Medicine Association
Tuesday night. He told the group
of some of the business problems
confronting the practicing veteri
narians.
The BA department head told
the students of the need of getting
the services of an accountant in
their practices. Leland also spoke
on the problems of taxation, pur
chase of practice, and business
procedure in hospital management.
Approximately 100 veterinary
students were at the meeting held
in the hospital buildirig.
Joel Austin
Associate Editor
Bill Streich
Managing Editor
Bob Selleck
Sports Editor
Frank Davis
City Editor