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THE BATTALION
Friday, January' 4, 1952
Honor Guard
Extension Service
Closes Annual Meet
The staff of the Texas Engineer- previously served as instructor for
Thirty members of the Ross Volunteers will make
up the Honor Squad. They will fire during the
playing of Silver Taps tonight. Men participating
in the ceremony have been asked to stay in their
places until the Honor Companies have left the
area.
ing Extension Service ended their
annual three-day conference today.
All 21) field instructors were pres
ent.
A banquet for the staff and
their families was held Thursday
night in the Maggie Parker Din
ing room at Bryan.
E. L. Williams, vice director,
announced at the first day’s meet
ing that L. K. Jonas will succeed
E. L. Baal) as acting chief of su
pervisor training. Baab resigned
to accept the position of training
director of Mathieson Chemical
Company.
Jonas Employed in January, 19. r >1
Jonas was employed by the serv
ice in January, 1!)51, as a super-
visor trainer. He received his
bachelor of science degree with a
major in industrial education from
Trinity University. He also at
tended San Marcos State Teachers
College and the University of Tex
as where he completed special voca
tional teaching courses. He holds
the regular teaching, administra
tive, and Smith-Hughes vocational
teaching certificates. Jonas has
Day by Day 1951 Was Hect ic Bu t Nice
Jan, 4.—Former Aggie Sweet
heart Jeannine Holland named 1951
Maid of Cotton. A&M, Rice open
SWC campaign in DeWare Field
House.
Jan. 5—Cadets down Rice. 51-39
in first conference game. Student
Senate okeh’s foreign student scho
larship.
Jan. 8—A&M grants credits to
men called into service. Beau Bell
named Baseball Coach. Nester M.
McGinnis chosen College Station
man of the year by Chamber of
Commerce.
Jan. 9—City approves .$200,000
utility bond issue. College Station
Lion’s Club receives charter.
‘THUNDER ON THE HILL
“HOLLYWOOD STORY”
Jan. 10—Price of daily board
upped 12 cents to meet increased
food prices. Business department
moves into new annex, to Francis
Hall. Ags defeat Baylor 55-53 in
overtime game.
Jan. 12—Letters to Editor com
plains of MSC raising coffee price
to Seven cents.
Jan. 15—Ags take third SWC
win, down TCU 39-36. March of
Dimes Drive begins, in College
Station and Brazos County.
Jan. 17—Former Students Asso
ciation names L. O. Tiedt editor
of its bi-weekly “Texas Aggie”
newspaper.
Jan. 23—President Harrington
receives telegram from Defense
Secretary George C. Marshall
stating that ROTC students should
“stay in college and avoid panic
enlistment which would be a waste
to the nation and damage the na
tional educational system.”
Feb. 1—A&M cagers. throttle
TU five 32-29 to. set SWC cage
race in three-way tie. Cold spell
hits 12 degree low as returning
students register with snow and
sleet on groupd.. Dr. William M.
Elliott, Jr. named principal Reli
gious Emphasis Week speaker.
Feb. 2—Student Senate votes
favorably for Negro representa
tion to TISA (Texas Intercollegiate
Students Association.)
■ Feb. 5—John R. Bertrand, Lt.
Col. (now Colonel) Shelly P. My
ers, E. L. Angell, Col. E. W. Na
pier, W. H.'Rothrock, and Harry
L. Kidd win ’5()-’51 Battalion
Achievement Awards. A&M beats
Arkansas in close battle, 34-33.
Feb. 6—H. L. Winfield, James
W. Witherspoon and Bob Allen
named to A&M System Board of
Directors. DeMolays organize lo
cal chapter.
Feb. 7—-New type collar brass
authorized for Army Security Unit.
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Gil Steinke named football back-
field coach. TCU wins close game
from A&M by score of 30-27, Ag
gies lose conference lead.
Feb. 9—Junior Prom and ASA-
BAB dances top early social cal
endar.
Feb. 1 2—Religious Emphasis
Week gets underway with Dr. Wil
liam M. Elliott of Dallas’ Highland
Park Presbyterian Church as prin
cipal speaker. Executive Commit
tee of TISA okehs Negro delega
tion to visit spring meeting. Lon
nie Garrad chosen sweetheart of
’52 class. Norway was chosen as
the country which an A&M for
eign student scholarship would be
awai'ded. A&M defeats Baylor cag
ers 48-36.
Feb. 13—City Council grants sal
ary hikes, creates job for civil
ian defense director and city regis
trar for vital statistics. Nestor
McGinnis named Chamber of Com
merce manager. Arkansas beats
Aggies 45-38 in cage duel. Spring
football training gets underway.
Feb. 14—Mason L. Cushion an
nounces plans to retire as general
secretary of YMCA after 25 years
of service. Second severe cold spell
of winter causes snow and ice on
campus.
Feb. 16—Houston Press says it
knows who beat up Harry Stite-
ler; President Harrington tells
them to put-up or shut-up: they of
fer no reply.
Feb. 19 — Lynne Lovinggood
named sweetheart of sophomore
class at annual ball. Aggie songs
record album world premiere held.
Feb. 20—Student Life Commit- 1
tee votes $2,400 for stands in Ag
gie rodeo arena. College Station
and Bryan city officials negotiate
transfer of ownership of electric
lines and power facilities in Col
lege Station. George Sessions Per-
ry to write “The Story of Texas
A&M.”
Feb. 21—One more conference
basketball win could mean share of
SWC honors for title starved Ag
gies. High school senior Dorothy
Bates named DAR ‘Good Citizen.’
Feb. 23—Twenty-four students
named to Who’s Who at A&M by
Student Life Committee.
Feb. 26—Cadets clinch first
title share in 28 years by downing
Rice 45-42 in Houston. A&M Sys
tem board re-elects George R.
White president, Tyree L. Bell
named vice-president. McDowell
and Davis unanimous choices for
All-SWC cagers. Ann Ashcroft
named sweetheart of Freshman
Class at Fish Ball.
Feb. 28—TU wins decisive cage
tilt 42-40 to share conference title
with Ags and TCU. Eric W. Carl
son named sergeant-major of corps.
Destruction of Foster Hall plan
ned.
This is a day by day history of
what went on during the year
1951. The highlights of the year
will be recounted later in the year.
Volunteer Reserve
Unit Meets Monday
The 9807th Volunteer Air Re
serve Training Unit will hold its
first meeting of the year Monday
night at 7:30 in the MSC.
Lt. Loyd T. Clark will discuss
aircraft control and warning sys
tems for air defense.
Air reserve personnel attending
the meeting will earn points to
ward retirement and promotion.
All Air Force personnel are invited
to attend the meeting, even though
they are not member of the 9807th
Squadron, Lt. Col. Eddie R. Wag
oner said.
the National Defense Program,
Western Electric Company, and
Harlandale High School in San
Antonio and as coordinator of
training for the Normoyle Ord
nance Depot in San Antonio. Since
his employment by the service,
Jonas has conducted supervisor
training units for the Mathieson
Chemical Company, the Continen
tal Oil Company, the Republic Oil
Refining Company, the McMurrey
Refining Company, the San An
tonio Machine and Supply Com
pany, the Hammond Laundry-
Cleaning Machinery Company, the
Southern Pine Lumber Company,
and Pan American Refining Com
pany.
Two Return
Williams also announced that
A. L. Kramer and R. A. Down
ward, both former supervisor
trainers, had returned to the serw-
ice, Kramer was granted leave
in September to act as consultant
for the tank division of Brown
and Root Engineers, Inc. Down
ward resigned last January to ac
cept a position as management
engineer with Ed Frederick Sales
Company of San Antonio.
Sports Highlights of 1951
TU Game, 3 SWC Crowns
Nine Point Bnck
Walks to Hunter
A nine point buck was brought
to the meats lab in the animal hus
bandry building Wednesday after
noon to be dressed.
Fred Willis from Dallas said he
killed the buck on Tuesday, Dec.
4, on Charlie Roper’s ranch near
lola, Texas. The buck was frozen
after he was killed, and Wednesday
brought to the meats lab to be
dressed.
Four other boys taking courses
in meats took part in dressing the
deer’ in order to get a little prac
tice, and also to- get a venison
steak, Willis said.
Willis said he was sitting for
a deer on Roper’s ranch when this
“nine pointer” came within fifteen
or twenty feet of the place he was
sitting. Willis shot the buck back
of the head with a .30-30 Savage
rifle.
At the conclusion of 1951, the Sports Department
of The Battalion has chosen the 10 best stories which
it believes deserves recognition above all the rest
for the past year.
1. A&M Beats Texas on Kyle Field—Without a
doubt the Aggie win over TU for the first time in
12 years was the top sports story of 1951.
2. Stiteler Resigns*—Rated a close second and
one of the most confusing was Harry Stiteler’s res
ignation as head football coach at A&M after a un
usually good season the year before.
3. A&M wins SWC Basketball Crown—After
After finishing the season in a three-way tie with
TCU and Texas, the Aggie five polished off the
Longhorns in a two-out of three game series to
earn the right to represent the conference in the
NCAA Regional Meet.
4. A&M Wins SWC Baseball Title—This time
finishing in a tie with their bitter rivals, Texas, the
Cadet nine pushed over the Austin lads in another
two out of three game series to go NCAA again.
In the NCAA meet the Aggies made a great show
ing with ace pitcher Pat Hubert being named All-
America.
5. A&M Wins SWC Track Meet—In track, the
Aggies claimed a clear title and also captured the
Texas Relays.
6. Jack Little—All-America Tackle—A&M’s ver
satile lineman was chosen by Grantland Rice, dean
of American sports writers, on Look Magazine All-
America team, for which he gained nation-wide i-ec-
ognition.
7. I. B. Boughton Named Head of Athletic Coun
cil—He replaced D. W. Williams for the post
8. A&M Beats OU—In the most exciting pre
conference game of the year, the Aggies whipped
Oklahoma 14-7 on Kyle Field.
9. Ray George Named Aggie Head Coach —
George was chosen to succeed Harry Stiteler as ton
man on the A&M coaching staff.
10. Harrow Hooper Breaks Shot Put Record —
In the SWC track meet Hooper pitched the 16-
pound ball 54’ - 7’A” and kept intact a perfect slatV
of 10 wins in both the shot put and discus during
the season.
Ag Players Start
Rehersal of Play
The Aggie Players’ winter pro
duction, “The CHcle,” by W. Som
erset Maugham, went into rehear
sal last night at the Music Hall.
A sophisticated drama about
love, the play stars Alice Burke as
Elizabeth and John Samuels as
Arthur Champion-Cheney. Other
members of the cast are Mrs. Mar
jorie Selleck who plays Kitty;
Harry Gooding, Lord Porteus; Jer
ry MacFarland as Lord Champion-
Cheney.
B. B. Smith plays Teddie Luton
and Mrs. Donald Burchard plays
Anna Shentone. Bob Travis por
trays a butler.
Tentative dates for the perfor
mances of “The Circle” have been
set for Feb. 18 and 19.
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staff will meet Tuesday night
at 7:30 in The Battalion of
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All staff members and anyone
interested in working for the
paper are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Odds and Ends of Year
(Continued from Page 1)
swimming race. Rumor had it where Pinky was betting P. I. Downs
Natitorium’s name against Colonel Andy’s job as track coach. The
final outcome was all bets cancelled and the track coach winning the
meet.
The biggest flop of the year, as judged by the staff was the course
in Great Issues.
The biggest rumor of the year was the hospital being full of men
with the flu.
The most controversial subject The Battalion stuck its neck out
on was the subject of a Student Body President. Much excitement—
no one killed.
Best AP story of the year was undoubtedly the MacArthur firing.
Judged to be the most ironical was the case of a staff writer who
wrote a fictional piece about a poor Aggie stood up just before the
Senior Ring Dance. The day after writing the story ... he got a tele
gram breaking his date to the dance.
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