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College Station's Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents STUDENT MEMORIAL CENTER F. E. JFTl # # If ^COPIES Battalion Published By Students of Texas A&M For 74 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 67: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland‘, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1951 Price Five Cents Famous SquareDance Caller Former Aggie Expected At Local Festival ^Corners By FRANK DAVIS Battalion City Editor An internationally known square dance teacher and caller is ex pected to attend the Christmas Square Dance House Party to be held Friday and Saturday in the M SC. "Word has been received that Joe Lewis, known for his unusual style throughout the United States and Australia, will be present to give his versions of square dances like “The Alabama Jubilee” and "Down Yonder,” according to Manning Smith, local square dance caller. . “A detailed program will not be followed at the square dance jam boree,” Smith said, but added “much time will be spent getting acquainted, learning pew dances, and discussing problems callers en counter in their communities.” Open Dance Saturday Saturday night Bob Musgrave and his band from Rusk will play for a “big dance” in the MSC Ball room. “This is an open dance and all dancers are invited to attend,” Smith said. Regarding the square dance fes tival, Smith had this to say: “Reservations continue to arrive at the MSC from throughout the Southwest. Besides the ‘River Bend Gang’ (idea for the jamboree originated at the River Bend Lodge near Kerrville where a callers’ school was held last summer) Ok lahoma will be represented by the following stalwarts: “Mr. and Mrs. Chal Snyder of Oklahoma City who formerly pre- tdded over the Oklahoma State Fed- tration of Square Dance Clubs, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Georges of Alius, Okla.; and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knipp of Hugo, Okla. “From Dequeen, Ark., we will have Dr. and Mrs. Callahan who at tended the Arkansas State Festival in Little Rock in wheel chairs. All four legs had been fractured in an automobile accident, but this did not stop these transplanted Texans from attending the meet ing. Woman’s Champion Caller “From Texas, we expect famous callers from near-and far. From Bonham we have last year's cham pion woman caller, Martha Bybee. ‘The Bouncing Bombshell’ as she is called, is as much fun to watch as she is to dance to. “Jim Bybee, formerly known on ly as Martha’s husband, is rapidly gaining a reputation of his own as a singing caller. With a powerful voice, good rythm, and excellent clarity, Jim is hard to beat. “Another singing caller, Ace White, will report from Kingsville, where he headquarters while teach ing and calling in the valley seven nights a week. “White was the member of the River Bend Lodge group (RBL) who refused to let anyone go to bed the last night until another meeting before the end of 1951 had been agreed upon. “Other members . of the original ‘RBL’ group include Jack. Cowley of Marshall, very persuasive weigh ing 273-pounds, who has done much to promote square dancing around Marshall, and Lloyd Adams from Mt. Enterprise. Writes Newspaper Column “During his spare time, Lloyd ■writes a newspaper column about square dancing activities. He has taught hundreds of dancers in his area, and finds time to call for clubs and jamborees. “OiNeil Fuller phoned from Winsboro , saying. 12 of his group will ’attend the jamboree. That could: include at least part of ‘Cot ton’ Cadenheads famous exhibition square from Dangerfield, and prob ably the Dan Jamiersons from Kil gore. ; “Closer home we have many call ers and leaders who will be pres ent. The Nathan Hales from Oak- Wood will bring the entire family with the exception of the bird dogs, and the Dewey Wilsons will be around. Registration Tomorrow Registration will be held Friday in the MSC, and a reception and dance is scheduled the same day, according to Smith. Saturday morning will be devoted to discus sions of problems, new dances, and mixers. Saturday afternoon new dances will be taught, and stunts will be put on. Promenade Aggie-Ex Wins Bronze Star In Korea Battle A former A&M student, David M. Smith of Corpus Christi, has been awarded a Bronze Star medal with combat distinguishing device for service in Korea. Smith, as a Regular Hospital- man Second Class, distinguished himself with the First Marine Division April 24-25. He was an animal husbandry major in the Class of 1949 at A&M. The citation accompanying the medal read in part: “. . . When the battalion was un der attack by enemy forces, and the aid station was under direct attack by enemy mortar and auto matic weapons fire, he fearlessly remained exposed to the enemy fire in order to treat the contin uous flow of casualties.” “When the battalion subsequent ly attacked to break out of the en emy encirclement, he exposed him self to heavy enemy fire in order to treat a seriously injured corn- made. . .” Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Smith, 2846 Niagara, Corpus Christi, also holds a letter of commendation with combat “V”, the Presidential Unit Citation with star, and the Korean Service med al. mu .iiiiippiii $ wmmM $ I$p§ i&lkl Mr. and Mrs. Manning Smith, local , square dance teachers and callers, take time from their leaders’ chores to join in a dance. The couple will participate in the Christmas Square Dance House Party to be held in the MSC Friday and Saturday. Athletic Council Awards Letters To 33 Gridmen The A&M Athletic Council Fri day announced that 33 varsity grid- men had won letters, 40 Fish play ers were receiving numerals, and four letters were to be awarded to the cross country team. The council also awarded letters to two Aggie student managers. The Aggie football team closed the 1951 season with a clean sweep in intersectional play but tied for fifth place in the confer ence circle. The Fish team won three of its games, dropping tilts to the Rice Owlets and Texas Shorthorns. The cross country team came out second best in the conference meet, although stout-legged James Blaine crossed the finish line first for the ^ Aggies. Sixteen Graduate Graduation is cutting deep into the Aggie football lineup, with 16 'completing their eligibility. FoD lowing are the gridsters who have won their last football letter for A&M: Ends: Charles Hodge, Dallas; Jaro Netardus, El Campo; and Robert Shaeffer, El Paso. Tackles: Russ Hudeck, Houston; and Sam Moses, Lockhart. Guards: W. T. Rush, Lampases; and Elo Nohavitza, El Campo. Centers: Hugh Meyer, Gaines ville; and Jim Fowler, Temple. Quarterbacks: Dick Gardemal, Port Arthur. Left halfbacks: Glenn Lipphian, El Campo; Charles McDonald, Port Arthur; and Yale Lary, Fort Worth.. - . , Right halfbacks: Billy Tidwell, Hearne; and Augie Saxe, Beau mont. Fullbacks: Bob Smith, Houston. - Returning Players Returning Aggie players who won varsity letters were as fol lows: Ends; Harrow Hooper, Fort Worth; Eric Miller, Bartlett; Charles Saxe, Beaumont; Walter Hill, Ballinger; Howard Zuch, Aus tin; and Jerry Crossman, Houston. Tackles: Jack Little, Corpus Christi; Bobby Dixon, Ingleside; and Dick Frey, Houston. Guards: Marshall Rush, Lam pasas; Alvin Langford, Fort Worth and T. K. Niland, Houston. Quarterbacks: Ray Graves, Stephenville. Halfbacks: Pete Mayeaux, New Orleans; and Bill Ballard, Wylie. Fullbacks: Connie Magourik, New London; and John Salyer, Austin. Fish Gridmen Following is the list of fresh men, coached by KJepto Holmes, who wqn their first numerals for the Aggies: Ends: Paul Kennon, Shreveport, La.; Benhie Sinclair, Mineola; Joe Schero, San Antonio; Rollins Rub- saman, San Antonio; Jerry Owens, Dallas; Asa Goodgame, Hamlin; Henry Clark, Mesquite; and Da vid Buchanan, Breckenridge. Tackles: Lyman Preston, Aus- (See LETTERS, Page 3) Jim Winkler, who won all- Southwest Conference honors while playing for A&M in 1947-48, received $2,108.44 as his share of the winning play er’s pool in the National Football League championship game. The Los Angeles Rams collect ed $2,108.44 each for winning the National Football League cham pionship from the Cleveland Browns Sunday, according to As sociated Press reports. Joe Stydahar, coach of the Rams, reportedly had this to say about the broadshouldered, 245 - pound tackle: “Winkler is better right now than Dick Huffman was in his first year with the club. Dick was a great tackle, but Winkler so far has been more consistent. No body’s able to handle him yet.” The Ram coach was referring to Dick Huffman who made the all- pro team at tackle as a Ram rook ie in 19^7, and has since jumped the club. “Jim is different from any tack le I’ve ever seen,” Stydahar con tinued. He doesn’t seem to be mean, but with his great strength he’s a punisher and he makes tack les all over the lot.” Winkler’s kid brother, Lawrence, played with the fish team at A&M last season. Ags Kill Time, Nip Hogs 49-46 Walter “Buddy” Davis, big Aggie center, flipped in 22 points last night in a game with Arkansas at the Southwest Conference Basketball Tournament. The Aggies won the game 49-46 and entered the semi-finals at the meet. Need Special Field Latin American Students Play Soccer, Undefeated By IDE TROTTER Battalion Staff Writer All dressed up and no place to play, nor even a regulation size field on which to practice. Yes, that is the problem that fa ces A&M’s undefeated soccer team. Far too few people seem to real ize that A&M even has a team, let alone one that has defeated teams from the University of Houston and Allen Academy. In fact the team tried to arrange a game with the TU soccer team. The game was to be played the morning before the TU football game but TU said, “No.” It seems that their team was not good enough to play the Aggies yet. Soccer Field Needed A regulation soccer field is 100 meters long and 80 meters wide and no field of that size is avail able for the Aggies to practice on. At present they have to use one of the intramural football fields be hind Anchor Hall. While playing host to the team from the University of Houston it I was necessary for the Aggies to go in to Bryan and play on the Al ien Academy field. In addition to being slightly longer than a football field and over half again as wide as one, a soccer field has two goals which are seven meters wide and two and three-tenths meters high. Each goal has a net back so the specta tors can tell which balls score and which do not. Markings on the field are much simpler than those needed for foot ball. No Set Pattern A very fast game, soccer is very different from basketball or foot ball in that there is no set offen sive play or pattern. As forward Juan Letts, from Lima, Peru, said, “The players just work it out as the opportunity arises.” Soccer is played by ■eleven man teams just like football but there the resemblance ends. On the team there are five forwards; two wings, who play on the outside; a center MissBonnen Weds Richard Boughton Richard Boughton, son of Dr. and Mrs. I. B. Boughton of College Station, and Patricia B o n n e n, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bonnen, also of College Station, will be wed at 3:30 p.m. today. The ceremony will be held in St. Farmer-Shaw Rites Held Christmas Aggie debater James Farmer married Margaret Shaw in the Freewill Baptist Church of Bryan at 2:30 p.m. on Christmas Day. In addition to being on the A&M debate team, Farmer, a senior ac counting major, is a member of the band and has worked for WT- AW. The former Miss Shaw, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Shaw of Elkhart, is a student nurse at the Memorial Hospital in Houston where she will be grad uated in August, 1952. Farmer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wingren of College Station. The bride and groom will honey moon in Dallas for the rest of the holidays. Mary’s Chapel in College Statiqn. Father Tim Valenta will officiate. , McNew To Sing Ave Maria will be sung by La mar McNew, accompanied by Joyce Patranella, who will also play the usual wedding music beforehand. Mrs. W. S. Dixon, sister of the bride will attend her as Maid of Honor. A1 Boughton, brother of the groom, will be the best man. Ushers will be James T. Bonnen and Van Adamson. The reception will be held in the MSC after the wedding. Reception Held Members of the house party at the reception will be Jo Boughton, Anna Jean Godbey, Joyce Patra nella, Lou Burgess, Do r o t h y Spriggs, and Elizabeth Miller. Mesdames L. P. Gabbard, C. B. Godbey, Ralph Rogers, C. H. Wink ler, A. R. Orr, John Duncan and M. C. Hughes will pour. The bride and groom will leave for a short honeymoon after the reception. Boughton, an A&M graduate, will be stationed with the 16th A.E. D. Battalion of the First Amy at Fort Hood. They will make their home there, after the bride finishes at TSCW. forward, who as his name would imply, plays in the center; and two interferes, a Spanish word f o r which there seems to be no English equivalent, who play in between the center and the wings. Pyramid Formation These five form the base of a pyramid shaped formation which slopes back to the goalie at the top. Next in the formation come the three halves,, right, center and left; then two backs and the goalie. All players on the Aggie team are from Latin America where they (See SOCCER, Page 3) DALLAS, Dec. 26—OP)—Texas A&M stalled in the last minutes Wednesday, night to beat Arkansas 49-46 and push into the semi-finals of the Southwest Conference bas ketball tournament. Putting on a great exhibition of ball handling, the Aggies had’ the oval most of the last four minutes as the Razorbacks fouled repeated ly trying to get it away from them. Big Walter Davis flipped in 22 points in leading the Aggies, to their victory. He also did a great job of guarding Billy Hester, the seVen-foot Arkansas center, who was held to 14 points. Texas Over SMU Texas controlled the .ball off the backboards and whipped SMU 58- 42 in the opening game of the tournament. ■ The tall Longhorns went.in front after the first two minutes and were never in danger thereafter, pushing to a 33-24 lead at the half and a 47-34 margin at three quar ters. Giant Ted Price flipped in 16 points and big Jim Dowies sank 17, mostly on rebounds. Dowie count ed seven free throws in seven tries to run his string to 20 straight in three games. SMU didn’t get many rebounds mostly because when a Methodist would shoot there was no one to follow up and try for the ball off the backboard. Charles Galey was high man for Southern Methodist with 10. Texas was superior under the basket and on the floor. Three players went out on per sonal fouls—Derrell Murphy and Richard Bryant for SMU and Gih Ford for Texas. Leading man on the floor for the Longhorns was little Jimmy Vira- montes, who at 5 feet 7, is one of the smallest men in college basket ball and probably the shortest the Southwest Conference ever had. Texas hit 35.7 per cent of its shots, sinking 19 field goels in 53 tries. SMU did only 27.7 putting in 18 of 65. Basketball Meet Scheduled Jan. 4-5 Eight teams will participate in the Sixth Annual Kiwanis-A&M Consolidated High School Invita tional Basketball Tournament. The tournament is scheduled for Jan. 4-5 in the A&M Consolidated High School Gymnasium. Navdsota, winner of the: 1951 tournament, has been established as a favorite to repeat last year’s performance. Other schools that will participate in the meet are Caldwell, Snook, Somerville, Rock dale, Cypress - Fairbanks, Hemp stead, and A&M Consolidated. Trophies to Winners Trophies will_be awarded to first, second, and consolation winners. Members of the All-Tournament Team will receivb special awards. O. V. Chafin, L. E. Boze, E. E. Ivy, W. T. Riedel, J. M. Bevans, Horace Schaffer, and L. S. Rich ardson will serve as tournament officials Rockdale and Navasota will be paired in the opening round at 3 p-.m., Jan. 4. Other initial pair ings will feature Cypress-Fair- banks vs. Hempstead at 4:30 p.m., Caldwell vs. Snook at 7:00 p.m., and Somerville vs. A&M Consoli dated at 8:30 p.m. Tour College Participants in the meet will bo treated with food and drink pro vided by the Homemakers Club and guided tours of the College Campus will be conducted Saturday after noon for tournament members. A&M Consolidated will be favor ed to win their opening game with Somerville since they defeated this team 28-27 in the Tiger’s only game of this year’s season. Joe Motheral, high point man of the season with 16 points, 1 will lead a team composed of Bobby Jack- son, Jerry Leighton, Gale Klipper, and Bobby Smith into the opening round. Other members of the team are David Bonnen, Pinky Cooner, and Jimmy Richards. Anderson, Andrews Out Coach O. V. Chafin will be with out the services of two star guards Fred Anderson and Bryon An drews. Anderson was recently op erated on for appendicitis while Andrews is recuperating from a re cent back sprain. Boy Scout Troops and Leaders Plan Luncheon in Duncan Hall The annual Brazos District Meet ing and Leader’s Appreciation Din ner for the Brazos District of the Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America will be held here, Jan. 2, according to Jack Covan, Ticket Chairman. Duncan Hall will be the scene for the meeting which will open at 6:30 p.m. with an invocation by Dr. A. T. Dyal, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bryan, and will close at 8:30. After the invocation the dinner will be served. Jimmie Ray will be 'Wm 'WZW'i m ¥ -jf-; Miss Margaret Shaw of Elkhart became Mrs. James Farmer, wife of James Farmer of College Station, Christmas day. The marriage ceremony was held in the Freewill Baptist Church of Bryan. in charge of the musical part of the program which is to follow, according to Jack Linn, District Scout Executive. H. W. Barlow, Dean of the School of Engineering, who is the Brazos District Chairman, will wel come the guests, introduce visiting dignitaries, and present the dis trict Highlights of 1951. District Commissioner, Robert H. Fletcher will be in charge of the. recognition part of the program. Eagles Recognized First to be recognized will be all the Eagle Sofuts who have ever come from the Brazos District. New boys and leaders who were brought in through the 19 5 1 Round-Up, which lasted from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, will be recognized i next. Special Veteran Scouters recog nition and awards will close this part of the program. District Committee Installed J. P. Hamblin, President of the Sam Houston Area Council, and Minor Huffman, Council Executive will supervise the installation of the District Committee at this point, Linn said. The Three Year Program will then be explained by C. N. Hiel- scher, the new District Chairman for 1952. This is a traditional affair of the local district and all Cubs, Boy Scouts, Explorers, scout officials, and friends of scouting have been invited to attend, Linn emphasized. Attendance is expected to be great er than last year’s when 400 were present. Tickets are still available and may be obtained from any scout organization representative, a t Canady’s Pharmacy in Bryan, or at Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, North Gate, College Station.