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ASS’N FOWiWSrUDENTS 4 copies f «e« ” ™ Jan 6IVE f# IVIARCH^DIWIES 4iwe ydaifoufr to MARCHorDlMES PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 75: Volume 52 “" COLLEGE STATION CAfrg-ieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1952 Price Five Cents Aggies Meet Owls In First Home Tilt Ry BOB SELLECK Battalion Sports Editor A&M, unbeaten in conference play, will battle once-beaten Rice tonight for the first SWC game in DeWare Field House of the 1952 season. f* The Aggies started off the year slowly, dropping their first five games. It was a home battle ^against the Trinity Tigers before the Cadets broke on the winning side. r ®|n the Cotton Bowl tournament, I? 1 Aggies came back strongly and rose again as a leading contender to repeat their conference title win of, last year. The Cadets quintet thrashed Ar kansas and slipped by Texas but lost a decisive contest to TCU, C5-35, in the finals. First SWC Win Opening their conference sea son against Arkansas, the Texas boys looked sharp setting back the Ozark lads 4G-40. Smooth ball control and a stiff defensive stall secured the victory for the Cadets. Walter (Buddy) Davis, A&M’s giant center, ranks as the Aggie’s hottest scorer with 161 points. ‘Davis has been good on rebounds and defensive play. Jewell McDowell has again push ed himself as the top play-maker Kind general court leader. Against the Razorbacks, he staged almost a one-man show, stalling the Hogs into complete confusion. Took Eastern Tour Earlier in the season the Cadets took a tour out of the state to battle some of the top teams in the nation. The Aggies opened their eastern travel by losing 40-46 to Marshall College of West Va. The next stop took them into Madison Square Garden where they gave Manhat tan College a tough fight before fading 40-44. Against Manhattan, the Aggies Jield a nine-point lead with 10 minutes left to play but overrtni- tiousness cost the Aggies another ‘defeat. While on the road, the Cadets racked up a total of 134 points in three-game schedule. This wasn’t a bad record for any team, especial ly since it was against the tough est competition in the nation. First Win After their eastern tour the Aggies returned home to win their first game in DeWare Field House, tripping the Trinity Tigers, and then continued to improve by go ing all the way to the finals in the Cotton Bowl tourney. Rice, though much improved since earlier season games, has been having trouble with the offi cials and their sometimes tire some whistles. In their 13 games of the current season, the Owls have accumulated a total of 345 personal fouls for an average of 26.5 per game. This ^well above par for any team. - It has been explained that youngsters with dash and enthus iasm are more apt to foul than experienced players who are more familiar with that fine line be- ‘ tween committing a foul and en gaging in aggressive play in the legal bounds. Schwinger and Bert Dickens, starting forward, fouled out in the opening moments of the second half. At that point the Mustangs took over the lead and led rest of the way. 25 Foul Outs In those first 12 games of the season, the Owls lost 25 men oh fouls while 15 of the opposition were waved out. In a preliminary battle prior to the varsity clash the Rice Owlets will face the A&M Freshman team at 6:15 p. m. This game will be the first in an entire month for Charley Moore’s Rice Freshman, who last played Wharton Jr. College on Dec. 12, a w r eek before they dis banded for the Christmas holi days. (See FISH, Page 3) crx pEMop^ 05 See Today’s Editorial Page Lassies ‘Woiv’ ’Em Sam Houston Press Capades Proves Big Hit with Aggies Senate Votes Hospital to Close In Future Christmas Holidays By GENE STEED Battalion Staff Writer An explanation of the handling of the Demke hospital case was reported by the hospital committee to the Student Senate in a regular meeting last night in the MSC. “The hospital committee met at 4 p.m. at the College Hospital yesterday to obtain a full report of the case from the hospital officials,” reported Carroll Jones, spokesman of the Student Senate hospital committee. T. J. Wood, record ing secretary for the hospital committee read the following minutes to the senate members: “Mrs. Thomas, nurse of duty, when Demke first went to the hospital, said Demke came to the hospital about midnight, and complained of numbness of his right side and no grip in his right hand. The nurse tested Demke’s grip, and it % Skipper of Enterprise Tells Of Futile Battle Against Sea By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Associate Editor The Sam Houston Press Ca» pades—a talented packed, vaude ville show—“wowed” the Aggies last night in Guion as the two and one-half program combined good music and comedy into 20 top acts. Featuring the music of Charles Lee Hill’s Houstonians, the all student program from Sam Hous ton State College in Huntsville was arranged especially for Ag gies. The show ha/1 the trimmings of a top musical and many of the acts could well be considered pro mising talent for radio and tele vision. The Houstonians orchestral ar rangements, tnoSt of them by di rector Hill, seemed well fitted for the 15 piece group which plays everything from “pops” to semi-classical to a hot brand of boogie. Well Liked Everything from the can-can girl to the melodious semi-classir cal vocal arrangements seemed 1 tm be well received by the packed Guion Hall audience. There was Rosalind Beene’s torch singing, Wilton Robinson’s version of Bing Crosby that was a Dance Scheduled In MSC Saturday The MSC Dance Committee will hold an informal dance Saturday night in the MSC Ballroom from 9 until 12, according to Miss Betty Bolander, assistant social director. Music will be provided by juke box and admission is free. Special guests for the dance will be Ag gie athletes and their dates, Miss Bolander said. Atom Bomb Observer Speaks to Cadets Col. Thomas J. Brascher of the Adjutant General’s Corps spoke to junior and senior ROTC students yesterday afternoon about his re cent observation of an atomic bomb experiment in Nevada. Colonel Brascher was heard by contract students of the Armor, Quartermaster, Chemical Corps, Ordnance, Transportation Corps, and other army branches. November Test He told the cadets about the ex perimental test which was made last November on the Nevada des ert. He observed it as official rep resentative of the Adjutant Gen eral of the US Army. Stationed now at Fort Sam Houston as Civilian Personnel Di- * rector in the Fourth Army Head quarters, Colonel Brascher discuss ed the effects of the radiation caus^ ,-ed by an atorqic bomb. He said three rays are given off by such an explosion: alhpn, beta, and gamma rays. The first two can enter the body only at openings such as cuts, etc. The gamma rays, however, penetrate the body and cause trouble within the blood stream. Won’t Penetrate Steel The gamma rays will not pene trate steel, the colonel said, which would mean that if a bomb were dropped on the battlefield, men in tanks would be.in a relatively safe position. Food in cans is not affected by the radiation produced in an atomic bomb explosion, as long as it is in cans, Colonel Brascher pointed out. He was sent to the testing oper ation with the specific purpose of observing affects on personnel records. He said his observations were especially concerned with determining whether or not chang es should be made in handling cas- ulty records. After an hour talk, a movie about the-atomic bomb was shown the juniora and seniors. Colonel Bj-ascher then turned the session open for questions. very authentic reproduction of the Bingo. For a comedy musical, the sexy- tet, composed of members of the baseball team, was a big hit with its barber shop harmony and sleepy-time costumes. Jose Colom and his Puerto Ric ans furnished music in the Latin rhythm. And just to make sure it was in the right style, they added tricky Flora Del Liz Rameriz to shake things up just a . little with her dancing. The comic impersonations of Neal Allen brought Jimmie Du rante and A1 Jolsen into the pro gram, while “Peter Lorre" had a few comments to make also. Dallas, Jan. 11—(^—Sarn ia Gamal the Egyptian dancer of copper tresses, cocked her hands dike six-shooters and made like a Texan when she landed in her husband’s homeland today. .f “First thing I do is go shopping for.some—what do you call them?” she asked. “Cowboy clothes?’' a reporter helped. “Yes. And boots — Cowboy boots.” Sarnia and her bridegroom — Playboy Sheppard King, III, a Texas oil heir who met her in Par is and wooed her under an Egyp tian moon—arrived at the Dallas airport at 4:45 a.m. (CST). They got a Texas welcome — a la Sheppard King the playboy— even at 4:45 a.m.: an accordian player and three couples wielding highball glasses. The accordian player—name of Gus DeWeerdt—played an Egyp tian hootchi-kootchi dance when Sarnia tossed back her copper hair, hugged her new $10,000 mink coat (gift of her husband) around her and strode down the gangplank of the airliner. “Just who are these people?” the player asked a reporter. “I’m just the entertainer at the Cipango Club, and those people were there and hired me to come along." Beverly Conn and Elizabeth Maddox struck up their two piece hay seed orchestra to bring in a little hillbilly comics. For an en core they gave their rendition of the “Eyes of Texas." Along the line of hillbilly music, there was the Mountain Dew Boys which featured Burford Scott, man dolin; Sam Dominey, guitar; Elroy Liebrum, accordion; Wilton Robin son, bass fiddle; Clyde Cook, steel guitar, and Darden Welch, guitar. No Talent Lacking Never lacking for any type tal ent, . the Sam Houston contingent had two fine vocalists, Frances Sanders and Annette Lewis. Both are acclaimed to be tops in the college variety show business, and their performance backed up that statement. Slapstick comedy kept most of the audience laughing constantly throughout the show. In fact most people found themselves heartily laughing at just any joke that was popped before the program was over. Just for the Aggies, a can-can number proved to be very success ful. Bathing Review Also added to the show was a bathing beauty review which was well received by the “enthusiastic” audience. Although one of the smaller four year colleges in the state, the Sam Houston crew proved they had some of the best college talent available. The show was well-planned and directed, with the Houstonians add ing just the necessary touch to keep everything rolling smoothly. - . ; v Everyone’s Warm, Well, Except — It was cold last night Most people were in their warm rooms studying or sacking out. But not cadets in D Seniors. Those men were in their rooms but they weren’t enjoying the con ditions there. It seems that every time a cold wave hits, the heat goes off on the second stoop of Dorm 7. Last night was no exception. “This is about the twelfth time the heat has gone off this year," according to Frank Manitzas. “If it isn’t turned op soon, “vre’re going to install our own heaters.*’ Falmouth, Eng., Jan. 11—UP>— Safe ashore, Capt. Kurt Carlsen told the story today of his monu mental fight with the raging At lantic—a two weeks battle against wind, waves and cold. He told a cheering crowd of thousands: “I deeply regrot that I was not in position to bring the Enterprise back with me.” From the deck of the rescue tug Turmoil, he watched the death throes of the 6,711-ton Flying En terprise yesterday, minutes after he leaped into the water from the dying freighter. She went down in 40 fathoms (250 feet) of water, 37 miles off this fishing port, after a thrashing, titanic battle with the sea. “That Hurt” “That really hurt me, quite a lot,” Carlsen said. It was that “last gale” which struck the stout ship its death blow, the courageous, 37-year-old skipper told a news conference. “The last few days’ gale was ,tpo much,” he said. “There were high seas going and they were too much.” His worst moment in the long or deal, he said, “was the moment that the Flying Enterprise disappear ed.” He obviously loved his ship. “I commanded that ship for three years and made 44 crossings of the Atlantic,” he said. “She was a. very well built ship. She was an extremely solid ship.” He will go back to sea, he said. Skipper Calm Carlsen seemed calm as he de scribed his ordeal, a solitary battle for a week after he ordered his crew of 40 and 10 passengers to abandon ship Dec. 29, four days after the Christmas hurricane- hit him. He managed to get four to six hours sleep a night, sleeping “half on the port wall and half on the floor” of the grazily tilted vessel. It was a hungry affair for him for a while. “I found down in the storeroom a big pound cake with a big hole in it, and I put my arm through it and brought it up,” he said. Lived on Cake He lived on the pound cake and water for several days. Later he found some wine and beer. Still later, the U. S. Destroyer Willard Keith got hot coffee and food to him. Things brightened for him after a week of lonely battle, when the salvage tug Turmoil, coming close by, put aboard first mate Kenneth Dancy, 27. When the last moments of the Flying Enterprise arrived, he and Dancy jumped together into the sea and swam hand in hand toward the Turmoil. They clambered up a rope ladder a few minutes later. Captain Honored Honor upon honor was thrust upon the skipper. Lloyds of Lon don, the insurance underwriters, gave him a medal. King Frederick of Denmark—Carlsen is a Danish- born naturalized American—sent a telegram of congratulations. The U. S. Coast Guard announced plans for a formal commendation. After the destroyer sent him food, he felt cheerful enough to sympathize with its crew, saying they were taking a-worse beating than he was. When he and Dancy finally got a towline fixed, the freighter was 320 miles west of the tip of Eng land, and the safety of Falmouth Harbor on the rocky coast of Corn- wall ay four days away at snail’s pace towing speed of 3% knots. Sea Hits Again Just when it appeared the gal lant Carlsen and his ship would make a snug harbor after many harrowing setbacks, the treacher ous wintry Atlantic slashed again. Winter Banquet Saturday Honors Fall Sports Teams A&M’s football team, 22-21 con querors of the Texas Longhorns and the Aggie Cross Country squad, second place winners in the SWC meet, will be honored tomor row night at the annual Winter- Sports Banquet, set for 7 p. m. in Sbisa Dining Hall. The affair is sponsored by the Brazos Coun ty A&M Club and the A&M Ath letic Department. The crowd for the banquet should be larger because the Association of Former Students is holding its annual club officers and class agents’ meeting here tomorrow and Sunday, Dick Hervey, secretary of the association, said. Yance Main Speaker Principal speaker for the ban quet will be the Rev. Marvin Vance, pastor of the First Metho dist Church in Austin. He will be introduced by A. O. Saenger, Hum ble Oil Co. executive, who will be master of ceremonies for the even ing’s activities. Co-captains of the football team, Bob Smith and Hugh Meyer, will receive the Lipscomb-Colson awards, as will the team’s most valuable player, who will be an nounced at the banquet. The Bert Pfaff award will be presented to the outstanding block er on the team, also to be announc ed, and the Dallas A&M Club will present an award to the best var sity football player from Dallas. 500 Expected So far, more than 400 tickets have been sold to the dinner and there are good prospects that 500 will be hand for the affair tomor row night. Letters will be presented to 33 members of the varsity football squad and four member’s of the cross country team. The Fish foot ball team, 40 in allf will be pre sented in a group. The freshmen W'on three games last fall while dropping two. In charge of the banquet ar rangements is John Longley. He is J. B. Scroggin Granted Bird Union Membership John B. Scroggin of Helotes, graduate fellow' in the wildlife maraagerrrent department, has been glanted a student membership in the American Ornithologists Un ion for 1962. Such memberships are granted only to active and promising stu dents of birds. being assisted by P. L. Downs, Jr., chairman of the ticket and fi nance committee. Tickets have been distributed to 32 individuals and business firms in Bryan and Col lege Station. The banquet is open to all mem bers of the college staff, students and friends of the college, and their wives, Longley said. Tickets will be on sale until Friday noon. They may be bought in College Station at: Downs, Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, Aggieland Pharmacy, Black’s Phar macy, Madeley’s Pharmacy, Col lege Station State Bank, Exchange Store, Memorial Student Center, Dick Hervey, Barlow Irvin, J. D. Prewit, E. E. McQuillen, Ernest Langford, Joe Motheral, Allen Madeley, J. E. Roberts, Student Co-op, Jack Fugate and Col. Joe Davis. Tickets may be bought in Bryan from: First National Bank, City Na tional Bank, First State Bank and Trust Co., W. S. D. Clothiers, Bul lock & Sims, A. M. Waldrop and Co., Comvay’s, Oscar Crain, Mar shall Spivey, Flop Colson, John Longley, Judge A. S. Ware and Lack’s Store. was good. She told him to come back the next day and see the doctor. Nurse Sowers was on duty the next day. She said Dem- ke came back and told her that he had a slight stroke. The nurse noticed no paralysis, except a slight drooping of the lip on the right side. Mrs. Sowers called the doctor and told him the condition of the patient. She explained that Demke said he had high blood pressure; therefore, Dr. Marsh told the nurse to tell Demke to go to his family doctor that had been treating him for high blood pressure. With this Demke left the hospital. Nurse Sowers stated that Demke did not tell her that he had trouble swallowing, but he had a slight head ache the day before. No swelling was observed in Demke’s hand. Dr. Marsh explained that many patients have the slight ’■paralysis or numbness, such as Demke’s after a case of flu. During the holidays the policy is to take no one into the hospital unless an extreme emergency. Dr. Marsh said one student w r as al lowed to enter the hospital during the Christmaas holidays for two nights and one day, then released, because he had no temperature and no apparent ailment. The question was asked w r hy the hospital was not closed completely during the holidays. Dr. Marsh said there is no reason the hospital is not closed during these holidays. Students are the only persons treated in the college hospital ex cept emergencies of employees on workman’s compensation. These patients are not put to bed and could be treated at any other hos pital in the area. Potential Emergency Fred Brison, chairman of the hospital committee, asked the doc tor if every ailment w-as not a po tential emergency. The doctor said “yes” as t in case of a cold possibly becoming pneumonia if not taken care of Dr. Marsh said the doctor and the nurses wmuld be the one to determine that the cass was an emergency. Bennie Zinn said he received word of Demke’s case from Dr. Turk of the Vet. Med school. Turk said Demke went to the hospital Dec. 22 around midnight, and the nurse said to come back the next day to set the doctor. Demke then went to see Miss Alice Burke af ter leaving the hospital, and she put him to bed. (See SENATE, Page 2) Even when the towline snapped, 57 miles from Falmouth, hope was not abandoned. But gale winds and high seas blocked all efforts again to hitch the Flying Enterprise to the tug. As late as Wednesday night, Carlsen radioed his belief the ship “would come through all right” if the weather would ease a little. But it didn’t. The Flying Enterprise dipped lower and lower into the water un til waves splashed into her leveled funnel. Only then did Carlsen re luctantly admit defeat. Procedure For Branch Choice To Be Planned A committee of four Army officers,’headed by Lt. Col. William . F. Lewis, will deter mine methods of Army branch selection for Army ROTC freshmen at an officers meeting Saturday morning in Ross Hall. Other'members of the commit tee are Lt. Col. J. J. Wilderman, Maj. P. J. Brennan, and Capt. Paul Bennett. Nothing definite on the proce dure will be known until ^iter reg istration, according to Capt. Ben nett, operations officer. Selection of the students. will be made around mid-semester of the spring semester. Students will have their choice of branch, as far as possible, Capt ain Bennett said. However, due to quota limitations, some control will have to be made. Texas Due For Warm Day, Fair By The Associated Press Texas temperatures were dipping to colder levels today but the prospects was for fair and warmer tomorrow. The cold front which enter ed the Panhandle two days ago will thrust its leading edge into the lower Rio Grande Valley to night. The Brownsville weather bureau said frost will nip some vegetables. The winds which whipped across the state yesterday died down to day but small craft warnings were in effect along the coast. Frost was predicted for Mission and Rio Grande City in the Valley. Low temperatures expected tonight include Eagle Pass 30, Laredo 32, Rio Grande City 34, and Mission 36. Infantryman Tells Of Best Weapon Recently a Military Science in structor, a believer in the value of the old combat infantryman, was lecturing to his senior mili tary class in infantry tactics. Soon he noticed a rather sleepy student and chose to wake him up with this questiofi: “What is the greatest weapon available to the combat infantryman.” Not wanting to be caught nap ping the senior quickly replied to the shock of his instructor “The Air Force, Sir.” Ex Students Set Meet in MSC Saturday The Former Students Asso ciation will sponsor a joint meeting of representatives of A&M clubs and class agents in the MSC Saturday and Sun day. The annual Club Officers con ference was extended to a joint meeting with the class agents this year to give the two groups a chance to discuss mutual prob lems and exchange ideas. Separate Meetings In addition to the joint sessions, the class agents will also hold sep arate meetings dealing only with class matters. Officers of A&M clubs with particular experience in club ob jectives, club finance, and main- tanence club interest will lead dis cussions on these topics at the meetings. Speakers include George Morgan ’18, Beaumont; Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy; Grady Smallwood, Stu dent Senate president; Eric Carl son, colonel of the corps; J. W. Dalston, Senior class president; John Whitmore, Battalion editor; Lew Jobe, head yell leader; Dan Davis, MSC Council president; C. L. Ray, corps chaplain; and Col. Shelly Myers, PMS&T. Also in the weekend schedule is a tour of the campus, for the dele gates, the Annual Winter Sports Banquet, and a breakfast Sunday, Breakfast Speakers Speakers at the breakfast will be President M. T. Harrington; George Morgan, ’18; E. E. Mc Quillen, ’20, Barky Irvin, ath letic director; Ray xieorge, head football coach; John Floyd, head basketball coach; R. C. Bell, base ball coach; and Frank Anderson; track coach. Student hometown club presi dents have been igvited to attend all meetings.