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Number 87: Volume 52
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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952
Price Five Cents
Senate to Decide
Fate of Senators
Now in New Dorms
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The Senate will take a vote
Thursday to see if present stu
dent senators who have moved
dormitories will be allowed to re
main on the senate, Grady Small
wood, president, announced.
„ This question was one of the
items on the agenda for the meet
ing, which will be held at 7:30 p.
m. in the MSC Senate Chamber,
yie agenda was prepared by the
.Jkeeutive committee of the senate,
said Don Young, viqe-president.
Standing committees will report
on work done since the last meet
ing, which was held in December.
Work done on the selection of the
Aggie Mother of the yea] 1 will be
reported by the Social committee.
Mothers Day
Each year the senate choses the
mother of the year to represent
all of the mothers of all the stu
dents at the Mother’s Day cere
monies. Bill Casey is chairman of
this committee.
Tom Poyner will give a report
on the progress of the Welcoming
‘Committee, which is working on
the Aggie Muster Program for
April 21.
More discussion on the Aggie
^Mascot will be lead by Jack “Spud”
Mergele. Some questions have aris
en about the name of the dog
which was donated and presented
(• the student body. At a previous'
time, the senators decided to name
the dog Reveille III, in honor of
the previous Aggie Mascot.
Rubber Mats
Results of the “rubber-mat” ex
periment will be related to the
senators by committee chairman
Monty Montgomery. The senate
authorized an experiment on the
use of the rubber mats, which were
placed in a few test showers : on the
sampus,
According to the vice-president,
the senate will also discuss the re
quest made by the senior class re-
’ iently. The senior class asked the
senate to endorse or reject the
proposed attempt to get the name
of College Station changed to Ag
gieland.
Whether or not to appoint a
committee to establish better stu
dent-prof relationships will be one
of the items of new business for
the first meeting of the student
governing organization for the
year.
Right Wrongs
If formed, this committee will
investigate claims made by stu
dents who say they were wronged
and the committee of senators
would attempt to urge A&M pro
fessors to set up some sort of
written policy at the beginning of
course and ask them to follow the
policy throughout the semester.
On the agenda for the meeting
will be a proposal that the senate
make recommendations for a better
policy for the turn-in of uniforms
at the end of the semesters.
“The Student Senate meetings
are open to the public. All interest
ed students are invited and urged
to attend,” Smallwood said.
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All for fun and fun for all is (hei motto of the
newest MSC dance committee project, Cafe Rue
Pinalle. A 10 x 12 foot mural picturing a
typical left bank night club is being completed
by Mrs. Merle Cobb and Mrs. Betty Little, MSC
advertising department artists. The Cafe will
open Feb. 15 in the games room.
Tax Supported
Schools Cause
Valley Debate
McAllen, Feb. 7 —(TP)—
Some 3,500 persons listened
politely tonight to a news-; ^Stephen F. Austin High School
paper publisher attack tax
supported schools as Com
munistic, and a radio owner de
fend public schools. It was a. pub
lic debate between R. C. Hoiles, j an d a magician, said H. W. Barlow,
Rotary Club Variety Show
Opens Two Night Run at 8
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Staff Writer
The Rotary Variety Show starts
a two night run tonight at 8 in
Auditorium in Bryan.
The show will present a variety
of talent ranging from high class
piano music to acrobatic clowns
Singing Cadets
Sing Saturday
In Port Arthur
Fifty members of the Sing
ing Cadets, under the direc
tion of Bill Turner, will give
two out of town performances
this weekend. They will leave
by bus Saturday at 1 p. m. for
Port Arthur where they will give
a concert that night.
The Saturday night program will
be held in Port Arthur’s Thomas
Jefferson High School auditorium.
Following the concert the Singing
'-Vdets will be guests at a dance
Ver. by student nurses at St.
Mary’s Hospital.
Sunday morning the Cadets will
sipg at the worship services of
‘ the Port Arthur First Methodist
Church. They will be guests at
a dinner following the church ser-
, vices.
Sunday night, on the return trip
to College Station, the Singing Ca
dets will stop at Prairie View A&M
where they will present a vocal
program.
The weekend trip will be the
third of the current school year
for the Singing Cadets. They have
presented programs at Monterrey,
Mexico, and Dallas.
owner of three newspapers in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley — The
Valley Morning Star of Harlingen,
Brownsville Herald and McAllen
Valley Evening Monitor—and Roy
Hofheinz, owner of radio station
KSOX in Harlingen.
Tax Support
Hoiles, a tall balding man of
73, said that part of the Com
munist manifesto is tax support
ed government schools.
“It isn’t education we’re discuss
ing,” he said, “It’s the means. As
an individual we have no right
to impose something on others.”
He said that private schools
supported by voluntary contribu
tions like churches are now would
promote competition in education.
“Home tutoring would be sold
as widely as Fuller Brush sets,”
he said, “All America would have
a job of educating because surviv
al demands it.”
Hofheinz, young looking and for-
tyish, replied in rebutal: “Can’t
you just see Joe Blow from Koko
mo sitting by the fire, tobacco
juice running down his beard, say
ing ‘Son. I’m a’going to teach you
some of them things about them
thar atomic weapons.’ ”
Hofheinz said that under no
other public school system except
that of ours “could so many have
an opportunity to leant so much.”
And he declared that if Hoiles
did not like the present system he
should try to improve it from with
in, not abolish it.
Cheer For Hofheinz
The crowd clapped politely for
Hoiles and more loudly, occasion
ally cheering, for Hofheinz. Twice
a newsreel man asked them to
(See SCHOOL DEGATE, Page 6)
dean of the School of . Engineering,
who is in charge of the show.
“This show is one of the . finest
programs of its kind to be staged
in the community in some time,”
Dean Barlow said.
A featured attraction will be
the Men’s Community Chorus, . a
new organization of outstanding
male singers, directed by W. E.
Turner with J. B. Baty, president,
R. S. Boone, conductor, Byrd Baty
and Betty, Bolandep, accompanists.
Talented Pianist
Miss Josie Harmon, talented
young pianist whose critics have
acclaimed as one of the brightest
stars to, appear in the music field
in a long while, will be one; of the
top stars on the program. She Was
a guest artist with the Houston
Symphony Orchestra in the sum
mer of 1951 and' was also district
winner of the contest sponsored by
the Gulf Sulphur Company, ex
plained Barlow.
Her technique is coupled with
an equal talent for interpreting
the works of composers with depth
and sensitiveness usually accom
plished only by mature artists,
Houston critics said.
“Her appearance will be one of
the outstanding musical attractions
in this community for 1952,” Bar-
low added.
“Darwin” to Perform
“Darwin, the Magician,” with his
feats of magic, mystification, and
slight-of-hand will also be fea
tured on the show.
Other performers on the pro
gram will be Burt Avera, folk
singer and guitarist who has been
singing over KORA; Bud Mathews
and Harold Turner, acrobatic
clowns who have performed for
many college functions; Mrs. Dor
othy Butler, lyric soprano; and
Arthur Stewart, comedian.
The exact project for which the
funds deriv'ed from the benefit are
to be used will be decided by the
board of directors of the club. The
money will be used in the com
munity.
Printed Program
Part of the evening’s entertain
ment will be a printed program
which will include both jingles
and “jokes.”
Joe Woolket is director of the
show and C. B. McGown, Jr. is in
charge of the music, with Ralph S.
Braley as master of ceremonies.
Ty Timm is in charge of script,
Green Buchanan, is stage manager
and Joe Cox is in charge of fi
nance.
A. C. Gamble , is heading, ticket
sales while Mrs. Green Buchanan
and Mrs. Ed Brush are in charge
of make-up. H. A. Thomason is
head usher, J. W. Hall Jr. heads
the concessions, A. M. Waldrop is
in charge of posters, A. T. Dyal
and Joe Vipcent are in charge of
program printing and Sam Hoyle
is publicity manager.
Tickets may be purchased in
Bryan at Chapman’s Paint Store,
Jones Pharmacy, and John M.
Lawrence Ill’s office. At College
Station, tickets can be purchased
at Shaffer’s Book Store.
West Point Chaplain
To Lead RE Forums
(iiiiiiiiiiiic imui iiiiiiiiiif i
Pete Hardesty, business manager for Student Ac
tivities, goes over plans for the annual Sophomore
Sweetheart Ball with chairmen of the various
committees for the dance. Left to right are Har
desty, Raymond McBride, dance committee; Har
old Kupfer, social committee; Ide Trotter, pub
licity; Hugh Phllippus, sweetheart; Bill Rowland,
class president; Harvey Dienenberg, tickets; Ed
Ellison, guest; and Robert B. Schwarz,, program.
The dance is scheduled Feb. 23.
By IDE TROTTER
Battalion Staff Writer
West Point Chaplain, Lt. Col.
Herman J. Kregel, will lead dis
cussion groups for Dorms 10 and
12 during Religious Emphasis
Week, Feb. 17 to 22.
Chaplain Kregel, who has serv
ed as Post Chaplain at the Uni
ted States Military Academy since
September, 1948, will live in Dorm
10 during the week.
All discussions led by Colonel
Kregel wil be held in the lounge
of Dorm 10. Any subject which
the group may pick will be dis
cussed in the afternoon sessions
which start at 4:30 and last until
6.
Immediately after supper Col
onel Ki'egel will hold a forum in
the lounge to discuss the topics
the students selected earlier in
the year on a school wide prefer
ence poll. These forums will last
until 8:30.
Served In Army Since 1940
The Chaplain has served in the
Army as a chaplain since he was
called to active duty in March,
1940. At that time he was serv
ing as pastor of the Reformed
Church in America at Ringle Wis
consin, where he had been for
five years.
Prior to his assignment to West
Point he saw sendee in Hawaii,
Okinawa, Korea, and Japan. For
three years immediately prior to ■
his present assignment he was the |
Division Chaplain of the First
Cavalry Division in Tokyo.
First President
While in Tokyo Colonel Kregei |
organized and was first president
of the Tokyo Chaplain and Clergy
Club, an organization of Protest
ant chaplains and missionaries in
the Tokyo area.
He was also one of the organ
izers and first presidents of the
Japan Army and Navy Chaplains’
Association.
Chaplain Kregel is a regular
contributor to the “Comfort and
Strength” publications, the Pul
pit magazine, and has had his
sermons accepted for publication
in The Pulpit Digest, The Chaplain,
and The Military Chaplain maga
zines. He also served as corres
pondent for The Christian Century
and the Calvin Forum magazines
while in Japan.
Post Chaplain
In addition to his overseas as
signments, Colonel Kregel has also
served as Post Chaplain at Fort
Meyei’, Va., the Military Intel
ligence Training Center at Camp
Ritchie, Md., and as a regimental
chaplain at Fort Bliss.
The , chaplain is a graduate of
Emherst Junior College, Iowa
Central College, and Western The
ological Seminary at Holland,
Michigan. He also attended the
University of Wisconsin and the
Westminister Theological Semin
ary. He holds BA, ThB. and BD
degrees.
The son of a Reformed Church
minister in the mid-west, Colonel
Kregel was sports editor of a Wis
consin newspaper before his re
turn to school to prepare to enter
the ministry.
Active in high school and college
dramatics, the chaplain has ap
peared in two productions of the
West Point Players since-coming
to the Military Academy.
Frogs Humble Hapless
Aggie Squad, 52-41
Old Text Books
Being Collected
For Overseas
Used Text books are now
being collected for use in for
eign countries. They will be
used by foreign institutions
whose educational facilities
were destroyed or hampered by the
war, John Olsen, president of the
Inter-Faith Council said.
The project is a part of a na
tion-wide campaign on college cam
puses to collect the books. On the
A&M campus the book collection
under the sponsorship of the
Inter-faith Council and Olsen, re
cipient of the 1951-52 Rabbi Henry
Cohen Scholarship Award.
‘We are trying to get together
a collection of used, out of date
books which the students and book
dealers do not need any longer,”
Olsen commented.
The University of Jerusalem in
Israel is scheduled to get a quan
tity of the technical books which
are collected and others will go to
equally needy institutions, he said.
Books may be deposited in a
barrel located in the supply center
of the Exchange Store, the main
desk of the YMCA or with Olsen.
Persons donating books may have
them picked up by contacting the
Inter-Faith Council.
Box Score
TCU-A&M
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SAW Elect
Shepardson
New President
C. N. Shepardson, dean of
the School of Agriculture was
elected president of the South
ern Agricultural Workers As
sociation at the groups meet
ing yesterday in Atlanta, Ga., the
Associated Press reported.
Dean Shepardson, in addition to
his duties as dean of A&M’s School
of Agriculture, has long been asso
ciated with the Texas dairy indus
try. He is also listed in Who’s
Who in American Colleges and
Universities.
He became dean of the School
of Agriculture in 1944 succeeding
Dean E. J. Kyle in that position.
Prior to that time he headed the
dairy husbandry department at
A&M.
Following his graduation from
Colorado A&M in 1917, Dean Shep
ardson received his MS degree in
Agriculture from Iowa State Col
lege in 1924.
Elected to the board of directors
of the organization was another
A&M man, T. R. Richmond.
Dr. Swaim Resigns
As Vet-Med Prof
The resignation of Dr. John C.
Swaim, assistant professor in the
school of Veterinary Medicine was
announced this morning by Dr. I.
B. Boughton, dean of the vet
school.
Dr. Swaim will go into private
practice in Temple after his resig
nation becomes effective Jan. 31.
He has been in the Vet school
since September 1949.
Dr. Jack P. Fuller, instructor
in the department of veterinary
medicine and surgery also announc
ed his resignation which was ef
fective Jan. 25. Dr Fuller will go
t into private practice in Texarkana.
By BOB SELLECW
Battalion Sports Editor
The fading Aggie quintet slipped another notch in the
SWC race by falling before TCU 52-41 here last night in De-
Ware Field House.
An overflow crowd jammed into A&M’s field house ta
witness a desperated but futile Aggie rally late in the game
while the Horned Frogs attempted to stall the remaining
three minutes of the heated battle.
Woody Walker, Glen Darling, Eddie Houser, Bill Wil
liams, and Bill Carpenter put on a great show in the final
seconds, trying to keep the Cadets in the game.
Aggie forward Houser tossed in three quick field goals
to close up the score but the Frogs lead was too much to
t" overtake.
t j “Brannon’s Brats” jumped to
an early 15-12 lead at the cost of
four fouls to their high-scoring
center, George McLeod.
TCU stretched their lead 25-15
at ‘ halftime, holding the Aggies
to three points in the second quar
ter.
McLeod was stopped cold by Ag
gie center, Buddy Davis. The tall
Froggie was limited to one field
goal and made six free throws to
give him 8 points for the night.
Davis, Big Scorer
Besides stopping McLeod, big
Davis captured high scoring hon
ors with 13 and controlled the
backboards to A&M’s advantage, i
Despite the fact that McLeod
registered four fouls early in the
game, he managed to hang on un
til the final three minutes before
being waved to the bench by the
referee.
There was little more than three
minutes left before the Cadets
could knock off the lid covering
their basket in the second period.
A&M’s ball control backfired in
the second half as numerous bad
passes and fumbles cost the Ag
gies a shot at TCU’s goal numer
ous times. This happened seven
times 'in comparison for two’ for
the Christians.
TCU’s jumping guard, Johnny
•Ethridge topped the Frog scorers
with 10 counters followed closely
by Ted Reynolds, forward, with
nine.
Walker, the Cadets’ scrappy Jit-
tle guard contributed nine points
to notch the runner-up spot for
(See FARMER’S LOSS, Page 5)
TCU (52)
FG
FT
PF
TP
Fromme, f
3
2
1
8
Reynolds, f
4
1
0
9
Allen, f
0
0
0
0
Knox, f
2
0
1
4
McLeod, c
1
(i
5
8
Ohlen, c
1
0
0
2
Ethridge, g
4
2
3
10
Kilpatrick, g
1
5
0
7
Swain, g
1
2
0
4
J. Taylor, g
0
0
0
0
Campbell, g
0
0
0
0
Totals
17
18
10
52
A gg
ies
Aggies (41)
FG
FT
PF
TpJ
Miksch, f
1
1
4
3
Houser, f
3
0
3
6
Davis, c
4
5
4
13
Walker, g
4
1
2
9
Heft, g
0
0
2
0
Binford, f
3
2.
3
8
Addison, c
0
0
1
•0
Farmer, f
0
0
2
0
Carpenter, g
0
0
3
0
Williams, g
1
0
0
2
Darling, g
0
0
0
0
Totals
16
9
24
41
T C U 15
10
13
14-
-52
Aggies ....! 12
3
9
17-
-41
Madness Will Reign
At ASABAB March 8
Madness will reign supreme
March 8 when the A&M Architec
ture Society presents its annual
ASABAB in the annex of Sbisa
Hall.
A committee of senior architec
ture students met Monday night to
Colonel Kregel
Lt. Alexander, ’51
To Newfoundland
Second Lieutenant Joe R. Alex
ander, assistant adjutant and per
sonnel officer of the 24th Weather
Squadron, Kelly Air Force base,
has received notice of an overseas
assignment to Newfoundland.
Alexander graduated from A&M
in June, 1951 and was called to
active duty with the squadron in
July, 1951.
Tax Probers
To Continue
Investigation
San Francisco, Feb. 7 — UP> —
Congressional tax probers resume
secret sessions today after hearing
troubles of the San Francisco in
ternal revenue office blamed on a
clique of Democratic office hold
ers.
That was the testimony yester
day of William E. Frank, of
Seattle, treasury agent who made
a four-month investigation of the
scandal shaken tax office, and H.
H. Stikeleather, of Oklahoma City,
head of a team of internal revenue
bureau auditors.
The House Ways and Means'sub
committee also heard testimony
that no action has been taken to
ward assessing taxes against the
$935,943 public relations fund of
beer lobbyist Arthur Samish. This
was recommended last May by the
Kefauver Senate Crime Investigat
ing Committee.
Samish appeared before a pri
vate session of the House subcom
mittee Monday. Neither he nor
committee members would say
why.
Junior Banquet Tickets
Go Off Sale Saturday
Tickets to the Junior Banquet,
Feb. 16, will go off sale Saturday,
announced Ticket Chairman Joe
Wallace. The ducats are avail
able from first sergeants or at the
Office of Student Activities.
plan the dance. Architecture So
ciety President Don Williford ap
pointed committees and plans were
set for the dance.
Fun and the Unusual
As is customary for ASABAB
celebrations, fun and the unusual
will share the spotlight during the
evening’s program. The dance
will get , underway at 9 p.rt. and
last until midnight.
Following the dance, members of
the Architect’s Wives Society will
serve dinner for all attending the
ASABAB, Brandt said.
Last year, the Architecture So
ciety’s dance was one of the high
lights for local architects. “Heaven
and Hell” was the title for the
dance in 1951.
The dance will be given in honor
of fifth year architecture students.
Planning will be done by the sen
iors, while juniors will do the ac
tual work of decorating the Sbisa
Annex.
Soph Ball Tickets
Go on Sale Today
Tickets for the Sophomore Ball
will go on sale this afternoon,
Harvey Dienenberg, ticket chair
man announced today.
Ball tickets will sell for $2.50
and may be obtained from the tick
et salesman in each dormitory,
Dienenberg said.
Tickets may be obtained from:
Harvey Dienenberg, Dorm 1-408;
Jerry Ledwig, Dorm 2-213; Ray
mond McBride, Dorm 3—107; Dick
Peacock, Dorm 4-302; Harold Kup
fer, Dorm 5-410; Bob Schwarz,
Dorm 6-112; Blasie Pantuso, Dorm
7-419; Ide Trotter, Dorm 8-119;
P. F. Vickers, Dorm 9-321; Bill
Rowland, Dorm 10-322; Jack Lan
ders, Dorm 11-107; Carl Light,
Hart Hall, A-16.