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Number 67: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland‘, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1951
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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.
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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
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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.