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Number 87: Polume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1952
Price Five Cents
This Makes It Easier
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Frogs in Crucial Game
This worhj isn’t so bad says S. M. Gibson as he
watches a computing machine in the basement of
the Administration Building assort the many var
ious cards used in connection with registration
for the second semester. Also watching the oper
ation of the time saving machine are Vera Hud-
nall and Joyce Graves.
TSCW History Professor
To Speak at Junior Banquet
By GENE STEED
Battalion Staff Writer
It. E. “Prof” Jackson, associate
professor of history at TSCW, will
lie the main speaker at the Junior
Banquet Feb. 16, James Magee,
junior class president announced
. yesterday.
Jackson is a humorist and lec
turer known widely throughout the
southwest for his ability as an af
ter dinner speaker. Pie has ap
peared on the campus several times
in the past, was principal speaker
for the Annual Kiwanis Club
Christmas Banquet in December,
1950.
Picture applications for the
Sweetheart of the Junior Class
are now being accepted at the
Student Activities office on the
second floor of Goodwin Hall. Only
a few pictures have been turned in
po far, Joe Blanchette, chairman
of the sweetheart committee, said.
Three Pictures
There should be three poses if
■possible: a formal portrait, infor
mal pose (preferably in bathing
Mi it) and another in formal dress,
Blanchette added. Accompanying
the pictures, there should be such
vital statistics as, height, weight,
bust, hips, and waist measurement,
of the girl entered in the contest.
Each junior entering a photo
should include his own name, dorm,
and room number on a separate
sheet of paper attached to the pic-
tnres, said Blanchett. Deadline
for turning in pictures will be Feb.
9.
Six finalists will be selected from
the pictures submitted and the
Junior Class Sweetheart will be se
lected the night of the dance.
The judges for the contest will
remain annonymous; however, the
sweetheart committee chairman
said they would not be students.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
play for the dance following the
banquet, Joe Mattel, chairman of
the dance committee, announced.
The dance begins at 9 p. m. and
lasts until midnight.
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the banquet and
prom are now on sale by first ser
geants in all military units and
non-military juniors may secure
their ducats at the office of Stu
dent Activities, announced Joe
Wallace, ticket chairman.
Tickets for the banquet will be
taken off sale Saturday, Feb. 9,
and no more will be available, the
chairman emphasized. This is to
give the men at Sbisa Dining Hall
an accurate check on the number
of people to expect for the Banquet
which will be held there at 6:30
p. m.
Dance tickets may be bought at
any time before or at the dance.
The tickets for the prom will be
$2 stag or drag and the banquet
tickets will be $3 per couple or
21,50 stag.
Junior Class President James
Magee asked all juniors to buy a
ticket to the dance in order to
build up the class fund and insure
a bigger and better Senior Ring
Dance. He> said purchase of dance
tickets could not be made compul
sory, but many first sergeants
have already pledged near-100 per
cent sales in their units.
In accordance with the custom
adhered to in the past, seniors
with dates are invited to the dance,
Magee said.
The following men were appoint
ed by Magee to serve on the Jun
ior Class committees: Banquet
Committee: Bob Carpenter, chair
man; Jack Reynolds, Ed Goetz, Joe
Fritz; Dance Committee: Joe Mat-
tei, chairman; Weldon Krueger;
Tickeet Committee: Joe Wallace,
chairman; Harold Hudspeth, Bob
(See JUNIOR PROM, Page 4)
Recreation Council
Aids Negro Group
Three hundred dollars was spent
by the College Station Recreation
al Council last year for a Negro
recreation program.
This fact was brought out yes
terday in a budget report by Mrs.
J. D. Lindsay, treasurer, at a
meeting of the Council at A&M
Consolidated High School.
The money, contributed by the
Chamber of Commerce, was used
for handicraft, story telling, base
ball, softball, and square dancing
programs for local Negroes Mrs.
Lindsay said.
Total budget for the council dur
ing 1951 was about $4,200. Of this
amount, $2,300 was contributed
by the Chamber of Commerce, City
of College Station, and the City
Community Chest. The remainder
consisted of activity fees for the
recreation programs.
Handicraft Program Dropped
A pre-school age children’s play
time program was added to the
1952 program by the council mem
bers in place of handicraft, which
was dropped.
The handicraft program was
dropped because other groups were
offering the activity, according to
the treasurer. Mrs. Lindsay said
enrollment in the classes had
dwindled due to private lessons
given by two persons, and two pro
grams offered by the MSC and the
Social Club.
Volleyball Starts Feb. 18
The first recreational program
for this year will be men’s vol
leyball to begin Feb. 18, accord
ing to L. S. Richardson, council
chairman.
“Eight volleyball teams have
been organized so far,” Richardson
said “and additional teams would
be organized if required.”
The summer recreation program
will follow laat year’s pattern, the
council decided, with such activ
ities as swimming, tumbling, ten
nis, softball, golf, and riflery sche
duled.
Committee Appointed
A nominating committee for new
council members to be elected
March 19 was appointed at the
meeting. The committee consists
of Mrs. Fred Hale, Mrs. Lindsay,
D. D. Burchard, and Richardson.
Four council members terms are
due to expire March 19. They are
Mrs. Jack Miller, Mrs. Hale, Mrs.
Norman Anderson, and W. , G.
Breazeale. Each member serves
for a period of three years, and a
member cannot succeed himself.
The stipulation applies to all of
the present members with excep
tion of Mrs. Anderson who is fill
ing the unexpired term of Homer
Adams who resigned.
Officers of the recreation coun
cil are Richardson, chairman; W.
M. Dowell, vice chairman; Mrs.
Miller, secretary; Mrs. Lindsay,
treasurer; and Burchard, publicity
chairman.
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Editor
A&M will be ready to throttle
the momentarily stalled TCU bas
ketball machine when the two cage
clubs meet in DeWare Field House
tonight.
Game time is set for 8 p.m. The
high-flying Frogs were jolted for
the first time last Saturday night
when upset by Arkansas. By the
time they reach Aggieland they
will be madder than a deadly snake
coiled to strike for revenge.
Aggies Also Seek Revenge
Likewise, the Aggies were re
cently snowed under by the Uni
versity of Texas quintet in Aus
tin, and are in about the same
mood as the Christians if not
worse.
Both squads have reached a
peak in practice and black-board
theory sessions, along with the
usual inspired pre-game enthus
iasm and spirit.
Competition will be at its tops
as both A&M and TCU enter the
game realizing the all importance
of the vital contest.
For the Aggies ,a win would set
the Cadets back into a solid posi
tion to continue their drive for the
Southwest Conference crown.
For the Frogs, a win would help
prove that they are not a once
great club that has reached its
peak early in the season and is
now on its way down.
TCU Needs Win
Naturally a victory for TCU+
would enable them to regain a tie
on top of the shaky ladder with
Texas. The Longhorns whipped
the Baylor Bears 56-46 last night
to go out in front by one-half
game.
By a way of comparison, both
teams have played Arkansas. TCU
lost to the Razorbacks, while the
Aggies won; therefore A&M could
be rated a slight favorite.
However if one looks at the re
sult of the Texas game, which the
Cadets lost and the Frogs won,
then TCU would be favored.
The only trouble with compara
tive scores, just like football, is
that they don’t mean a thing in
the hectic Southwest Conference
scramble for any athletic crown.
Big TCU “Gun”
George McLeod, TCU captain
and center, has firmly established
himself as the man to stop if the
Aggies hope to win tonight. Mc
Leod is the leading scorer in the
conference with 100 points.
(See BASKETBALL, Page 2) I
Audience to See
'New Talent’
Sandringham, England, Feb. 6—UP)—King George VI
died peacefully in his sleep today. His 25-year-old daughter,
Elizabeth, immediately became Britain’s queen.
Th 56-year-old ruler of the British commonwealth and
empire became king on Dec. 11, 1936.
He led Britain through the perilous years of World War
II and the economic and political crises that followed.
King George had been plagued by poor health since he
ascended the throne on the abdication of his brother, King
Edward VIII, the present Duke of Windsor.
Princess Elizabeth
The King’s elder daughter, Princess Elizabeth—first in
line of succession—now becomes Queen and ruler of millions
of British subjects around the world.
F The King bad been in ill health
frequently over the last four years.
He was operated on last summer
for removal of all or part of one
lung under circumstances which in
dicated he might have cancer.
Fears for Health
The reason for the operation
was never officially announced,
however. Fears for his health had
been expressed with increasing fre
quency lately.
Recent pictures of the King have
shown a haggard and tired man,
with deep circles under his eyes.
But the monarch appametly had
felt himself on the road to full re
covery.
Just before his daughter and
heir, Princess Elizabeth and the
Duke of Edinburgh left on a trip
to Africa and Australia and New
Zealand last week the King joined
them in a visit to the theater.
He accompanied them to the
airport to see them off last week.
The new queen and her husband
now are in Kenya, an East African
colony.
Coach John Floyd tells three of his cagers how he wants it done.
Looking on are Cadet Forwards LeRoy Miksch (in center), Woody
Walker, and Guard Don Heft (in foreground). The Aggies meet
TCU in DeWare Field House tonight.
Tate to Speak Here
On RE Week Program
Former SMU football great, Wil
lis Tate, who is now vice-president
there, will conduct the forum and
discussion groups in the Hart Hall
lounge during Religious Emphasis
Week, Feb. 17-22.
Tate, a member of the 1931
Championship Southern Methodist
University football team, receiv
ed honorable mention for All-
America tackle the same year,
conducted the discussions in Hart
Hall last year.
As a former coach and player
Tate who is now vice-president of
SMU, has a common ground be
tween himself and the A&M ath
letes to use in the forums and
discussions of the week.
In the afternoon sessions, which
Sweetheart Entries Needed
For Annual Sophomore
By IDE TROTTER
Battalion Staff Writer
your girl
the Class
Sophomore! Will
the Sweetheart of
’54? Certainly not if you don’t
turn in a picture of her to one of
the members of the Sweetheart
Contest Committee before Feb. 15.
Highlight of this year’s social
activities as far as the Class of
’54 is concerned will be the Soph-
o m o r e Ball, Feb. 23 with its
presentation of the Sophomore
Sweetheart.
Along with the photo must come
certain vital statistics. The name
of the girl, her home address, her
age, her height, weight, waist,
hip, and bust measurements, her
school if she is attending, and the
color of her hair and eyes should
be included either on the back of
the picture or on a securely at
tached piece of paper.
Important Selection
Sophomores should not put their
name, dorm and room number, or
their home town on their entry’s
picture, Hugh Philippus, chairman
of the Sweetheart Contest, printed
out. This will help insure a com
pletely impartial selection he add
ed.
Six finalists will be selected by
the members of the contest com
mittee. The final selection of the
Sweetheart will be made by a
panel of distinguished judges dur
ing the last intermission, and she
will be announced immediately af
ter her selection.
Gifts for Finalists
Each of the finalists will be
presented a gift by Philippus, and
after the selection of the Sweet
heart she will receive the tradi
tional kiss from Bill Rowland, class
president.
The Aggieland Orchestra di
rected by Bill Turner will furnish
music for the gala occasion start
ing at 8:30 p. m.
Tickets can be obtained now
from any member of the ticket
committee or dormitory ticket
salesman, Harvey Dienenberg,
chairman of the ticket committee
announced. The tickets will be
$2.50 for each sophomore, with or
without a date.
Complete impartiality is insured
in the Sweetheart Contest by the
method of recording the names of
sophs who enter girls in the con
test Philippus said. A number and
the initials of the submitter will
be placed on one corner of each
picture turned in. The name of the
second year man who makes the
entry will be entered on a master
sheet which each of the commit
tee members has.
Master Sheet
It will be recorded in a numbered
space corresponding to the number
on each photograph. Each submit
ter wil also keep a copy of the
number assigned to his entry’s
photograph as a safety precaution
This the first time this system
has been used here Philippus said.
He added that in using the idea
there can be no bias in the final
selection.
Members of the Sweetheart Con-
(See SOPH BALL, Page 4)
run from 4:30 to 6 he will conduct
discussions on any subject which
the individual groups may select.
The evening sessions will .start im
mediately after supper and last
till 8:30. Subjects which the stu
dents picked on a questionnaire cir
culated earlier in the year will be
covered at these meetings.
Not only is Tate adept at sports,
he has a formidable array of de
grees to his credit. A native of
San Antonio, he was graduated
from SMU in 1932. He received his
Mastei'’s degree in Sociology in
1935 and has done additional grad
uate work in the University of
Chicago and Texas University.
Coached Two Years
After coaching athletics for two
years and while serving as princi
pal of several San Antonio schools,
he was awarded the title of the
outstanding Young Man of the
Year by the San Antonio Junior
Chamber of Commerce in 1942.
He moved to Houston where he
served as executive assistant to
the pastor of the First Methodist
Church. From Houston, he return
ed to SMU to become assistant
Dean of Students in 1945.
The Annual Rotary Variety
Show presented by the Bryan-
College Station Rotary %ib
tomorrow and Friday in 'the
Stephen F. Austin High
School Auditorium of Bryan in
cludes some “real talent.”
“Most of the performers are
■j new to this area,” said G. W.
} Schlesselman, president of the
club, “yet will be top quality en
tertainment and new to most of
j the audience. The Rotary Club has
indeed been fortunate in rounding
; up these performers.”
Top Performers
Among the performers are Burt
i Avera, folk singer and guitarist
who has been singing over KORA;
Bud Mathews and Harold Turner,
acrobatic clowns who have per
form for many college functions;
Mi's. Dorothy Butler, lyric soprano;
and Arthur Stewart, comedian.
There will also be a magician,
a pianist and a, mens chorus, added
Schlesselman.
The exact project for which the
funds derived from the benefit are
to be used will be decided by the
board of the directors of the club,
although it is known that they will
be used in this community.
Part of the evening’s entertain
ment will be a printed program
which will include both jingles and
“jokes.”
In Bryan, tickets may be bought
at Chapman’s Paint Store, Jones
Pharmacy, and the office of John
M. Lawrence III. Shaeffer’s Book
Store is selling tickets in College
Station.
DebateTourney
Expects Several
More Entries
Scoot Troop
Plans Weekend
ctivities
Willis Tate
Troop 102, Boy Scouts of
America will have their An
nual North Gate Camp Satur
day, in observance of National
Boy Scout Week. Approxi-
imately 25 Scouts will arrive at
the North Gate about 9 Saturday
morning where they will set up
camp north of Walton and west of
the post office and remain until
Sunday morning.
The camp will be open to visi-
tors all day Saturday. Any ques
tions the visitors might have will
be answered by the troop mem
bers. Scouth leaders Barney Welsh,
George Rivers, and Charles Lina-
cek will supervise the camp site
and scouting activities.
One big event in the annual
camp is the mulligan stew supper.
This supper will be served from
6 to 7 p. m. Saturday to any Cub
Scout in the local area. The only
requirement is that the Cub must
be in uniform.
Other Saturday night activities
include a Tenderfoot ceremony and j
possibly a midnight show. The Ten-
derfoot ceremony will be held to
raise several boys to the rank of
Tenderfoot if they have met the
requirements by Saturday night.
A vote will be taken sometime
Saturday afternoon to see if the
troop will go to a niidnight show
Saturday night.
The intercollegiate debate
tournament being held here
Friday and Saturday and
sponsored by the Aggie Dis
cussion and Debate Club, is
expecting a few more entries. Har
rison Hierth, the club sponsor, sai<J
yesterday that additional entrief
postmarked by Feb. 5 will be ac
cepted and be added to the pro
gram.
The competing teams will de
bate the national intercollegiate
question, “Resoved: That the Fed
eral Government Adopt a Perman
ent Program of Wage and Price
Controls.” Winners will be decid
ed on a comparative won-lost rec
ords for six rounds of debate and
one team ratings.
The judges for the debate have
already been selected from mem
bers of the college faculty and
the local Kiwanis Club, but timers
are still needed and volunteers for
the jobs are welcome, Hierth said.
Hierth added that Blinn Jr. Col
lege, which had announced it would
enter, might not be able to parti
cipate. Also he said A&M would
enter a minimum of 4 teams.
The entries are being accepted
in cither of tivo divisions. The
Junior division is open to sopho
mores and freshmen, while the
Senior division is open to all.
Registration will begin Friday
morning with actual debate sche
duled to begin at 11 a. m. The
tournament will continue through
out the afternoon and Saturday
morning in the MSC.
The Aggie Discussion and De
bate Club is sponsored by the de
partment of English and the Stu
dent Activities office. Hierth and
Lee Martin are sponsors of the
group.
Batt Staff Meets
Today at !5 P.M.
All members of the Battalion
staff are asked to attend a
special meeting tonight in the
Battalion office, second floor,
Goodwin Hall. The meeting will
begin at 5. Refreshments will
be served.