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Number 89: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1952
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Annual Debate Tournament
Opens With 62 Competing
Hy BERT WELLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Sixty-two debaters from eight
Texas colleges and universities be
gan competition this morning in
A&M’s annual intercollegiate de
bate tournament.
The 31 teams are divided into
two divisions—an open or senior
division, and a Junior division for
Sophomores or Freshmen. A first
place award will be given in each
division.
The following schools are parti
cipating in the annual meet: Sam
, Houston State Teachers College,
Senior teams; Baylor, 4 Senior
and 4 Junior teams; and the Uni
versity of Houston, 4 Senior and
3 Junior teams.
Industrialist
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Frank W. Pierce, director of the
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, is one of the industrial
leaders who will speak at the
Management Engineering Con
ference Feb. 27 and 28.
Wharton Junior College, 3 Jun
ior teams; Texas A&I, 1 Senior
and 2 Junior teams; TU, 2 Senior
and 1 Junior teams; and Allen
Academy, 1 Junior team.
Four A&M Teams
A&M will enter 4 teams in the
2 divisions. Making up these teams
will be: James Farmer, senior ac
countant major from College Sta
tion; Dan Davis, senior business
major from Lubbock; Joe Riddle,
junior chemical engineering major
from Dallas; and Berthold Weller,
junior English major from Harlin
gen.
John Samuels, sophomore pre
law major from Galveston; Chuck
Neighbors, sophomore journalism
major from Kane, Pa.; Kenneth
Scott, freshman electrical engin
eering major from Dallas; and
Willard Jenkins, freshman econo
mics major from Marble Falls.
Each of the teams entered in
the tournament will participate in
six debates. They will appear on
the affirmative in three of the
debates and on the negative in
three debates. Debates are sche
duled for the MSC, the YMCA and
the Academic Building.
Win-Loss Records
Winners of the tournament will
be decided on the basis of com
parative won-lost records and on
| individual speaker ratings. Be-
{'sides the two first place awards,
| recognition will be extended to the
three best speakers in each divi
sion. Second and third place teams
will also be announced.
The first round of debate got
under way this morning at 11.
Other debates were scheduled for
2, 4, and 7:30 this afternoon and
evening. The final debates will
take place tomorrow at 8:30 and
10 a. m. An assembly is planned
for 11:30 a: m. at which awards
will be announced and winners pre
sented. .
Judges for the meet have been
secured from among members of
the faculty and the local Kiwanis
Club. Time keepers were selected
from several of the English class
es and from volunteers.
Results Important
Results in this weekend’s debate
meet are important because they
will be used in determining a
team’s eligibility for attendance at
the West Point National Debate
Meet to be held at The United
States Military Academy later this
spring. The Eastern meet is the
largest held in this country and
an invitation is considered a great
honor.
The A&M intercollegiate de
bate meet is sponsored by the Ag
gie Discussion and Debate Club.
Harrison Hierth and Lee Martin
of the English Department serve
a's sponsors of the group. The or
ganization is backed jointly by the
English Department and the Stu
dent Activities Office.
Visitors are welcome at the de
bates. The sponsors have stated
that the subject should make the
debates of particular interest to
economics, history, and English
majors.
New Regulation
Clarke Goes
To Bat; Gets
Promotions
Fort Hood, Feb. 8—OB—
More than 2,500 soldiers of the
First Armored Division were
promoted to corporal this
month primarily because their
“General had gone to bat for
his men.”
Since Sept. 15, Maj. Gen.
Bruce C. Clarke had been
striving to get the Army to
relax a time-in-grade regula
tion which prevented promo
tions until a man had served at
least three months in one
grade.
The proposed reduction by
General Clarke carried to the .
Department of the Army and
finally resulted in an overall
change in the special regula
tion.
Now, throughout the Army,
enlisted men can receive pro
motions, if warranted, after
only two months in grade.
The bulk of the reactivated
First Armored Division is
composed of draftees with less
than a year’s service.
X-Ray Unit to Visit
A&M March 21-29
The Tuberculosis Division of the
State Health Department will op
erate an X-Ray machine on the
campus from March 21 through
March 29, except for March 22 and
23, Saturday and Sunday.
The machine will be set up in
the lobby of the YMCA. X-rays
wil be given continuously from
9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. It will not
be necessary to remove articles of
clothing.
The service is free, and the re
sults are confidential. If a per-
Tulsa U. Religious Leader
To Hold RE Discussions
Native Texas Bible scholar, Dr.
Grady Snuggs, will be another of
the distinguished' religious leaders
on the campus during Religious
Emphasis Week, Feb. 17 to 22.
Dr. Snuggs, a native of Wichita
Falls, will live in Dormitory 1
and will lead forums and discus
sion groups for the students of
Dorms 1 and 3 in the lounge of
Dorm 1.
Wichita Falls Native
A native of Wichita Falls, Dr.
llnuggs is the head of the De
partment of Religion at the Uni
versity of Tulsa.
Dr. Snuggs entered Trinity Uni
versity in the fall of 1928 after he
^ ^decided to follow the ministry. He
received his B. A. degree there
$6,000 Donated
To Aid Fireman
’ Safety Course
The Texas Engineering Ex
tension Service has received a
gift of $6,000 worth of equip
ment which will facilitate the
Firemen’s Training School
held here each summer.
The gift of 2,500 feet of six-inch
transite water pipe and fittings
was from the Transite Pipe De
partment of Johns-Mansville Com
pany. Robert F. Orth, A&M me
chanical engineering graduate of
1923, is manager of the depart
ment.
The pipe will be used for im
provement and development of the
'fireman training area by installa
tion of a water line and hydrants,
relieving a shortage of regular
watel’ mains and hydrants which
has restricted the use of pumpers
at the annual school.
Greater safety and efficiency
will thereby be effected, as well as
increased fire protection for ware-
|r houses and other buildings in the
area.
According to H. R. Brayton, di
rector of the Firemen’s Training
i School, the new equipment will
make possible development of oth-
• er training programs extending
throughout the year.
in the spring of 1930.
While in Trinity, he was active
in the Life Work Recruit group,
was elected to membership in the
honorary societies Pi Gamma Mu,
as a charter member, and Scholar
ship Societies of the South.
At McCormick Seminary in Chi
cago, which he entered in 1930, he
was awarded the T. B. Blackstone
Fellowship in the New Testament
Greek field.
In the spring of 1933 Dr. Snuggs
was ordained to the Presbyter
ian ministry by the Presbytery of
Wichita Falls. He had served in
the same Presbytery as an elder
delegate when he was only 18.
After a trip to Europe, Dr.
Snuggs accepted a post with
Westminster College, Salt Lake
City, where he served through the
academic year 1935-1936.
The next year he joined the staff
of the University of Tulsa as Pro
fessor of Religion and Biblical
Literature. He became head of the
department in 1937.
The work oDthe Department of
Religion has gained national recog
nition in this period and Dr.
Snuggs has been included in “Re
ligious Leaders of America” and
“Who Knows and What” and
“Who’s Who in America.”
Dr. Grady Snuggs
son’s X-ray does not show signs
of tuberculosis, he is sent a post
card. If evidence of tuberculosis
is discovered, the person is sent
a letter telling him. to see a doc
tor.
Those to be included in the sur
vey, which is voluntary, are as
follows: All students and members
of their families, age 15 and over,
all employees of the A&M Sys
tem and members of their families
age 15 and over, and all residents
of the College Station community
age 15 and over.
W. L. Penberthy, Dean of Men,
is chairman of the survey for the
college. Mrs. W. M. Dowell is
chairman for the College Station
community.
“We want every one in this area
15 and over to have an X-ray, re
gardless of whether or not they
have had one within the past year,”
Dean Penberthy said. “Last year, a
few people whose X-rays the year
before were clear showed signs
of Tuberculosis.”
Senators in New Dormitories
Allowed to Remain in Senate
Their 42nd Birthday
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By GENE STEED
Battalion Staff Writer
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The Student Senate voted unanimously to allow four
senators who have moved from the dormitories from which
they were elected to remain in the senate as senators-at-
large.
“Lou” Lewellen, F. M. “Pete” Rozelle, Bob Leayton, and
Freddie Adickes were forced to move from their dormitories
because of several housing changes in the new corps area or
because of marriage.
“We’ve Never Been Licked,” a movie portraying life on
the Aggie campus, will be shown in the near future, pro
mised Bobby Dunn, chairman of the Campus Chest Commit
tee. His committee will sponsor the movie to initiate the
♦"drive for Campus Chest funds.
Arrangements have been made
with Col. Joe Davis, commandant,
to allow freshmen and sophomore
students to attend one showing of
the movie which will be held in
Guion Hall. Admission will be 50
cents.
The senate voted to accept the
recommendations of the Campus
Chest Committee that there be
$1,600 minimum set aside for the
12th Man Scholarship. Bobby Dunn
reminded the senate that Trend
Lund Krokann, a Norwegian, is
now attending A&M mainly due
to the 12th Man Scholarship and
if he is to continue, we must raise
as much or more money than last
year.
Streamers Awarded
Boy Scouts Observe
42nd Anniversary
UMT Can Give
Needed Weapon
Washington, Feb. 8—UP)—
William L. Clayton declared
today that “the ultimate
weapon is man—not the A T
bomb,” and he argued that
the best way to create a big re
serve of trained men is through
universal military training (UMT).
James W. Wadsworth said “it
is high time for us to commehce”
on a UMT program". He said'-“no
scientific discovery, now available
or in prospect, and no known phil
osophy of the overall conduct of
war, is a substitute for trained
manpower.”
Today is the birthday of this
country’s biggest youth, organiza
tion—Boy Scouts of America..
From Maine to California and from
North Dakota to Texas, 2,900,000
boys will be lighting a 42-candle
cake.
And with the birthday they will
launch a new three-year program
known as “Forward ... On Lib
erty’s. Team,” a program of action
designed to help keep America
strong and free.
Commemoration activities for
the 42nd birthday celebration got
underway Wednesday as Boy Scout
Week officially began throughout
the nation.
Mayors Proclaim Dates
Mayor Ernest Langford of Col
lege Station, and Mayor George E.
Adams of Bryan jointly proclaim
ed official observance of the. Scout
Week in the two adjoining com
munities.
Scout troops 201 and 411 of Col
lege Station busied themselves
with the many task of the birth
day week. It’s the time when, they
get the spotlight and the days
for them to show their accomplish
ments for the. past year.
Troop 102 will set up camp on
the space just north of Walton
Hall Saturday morning and re
main there overnight, breaking
camp Sunday.
The local troop will honor all
Cub Scouts in the area with a
“camp style’ Mulligan Stew sup
per. Only requirement for cubs to
get the free meal between 6 and
7 p. m. Saturday is to be in uni
form.
Honored at Church
Scouts will be honored Sunday
as ministers of College Station
Churches recognize the Christian
ideals which the boys profess and
put into daily practice.
At Civic club meetings this week
(See SCOUTS, Page 2)
Elizabeth II
Today Dubbed
Queen of Realm
London, Feb. 8—OP)—Elizabeth
II was proclaimed queen of the
realm today.
A triple fanfare of trumpets
heralded the public reading of the
proclamation to tightly jammed
thousands of her subjects in a
medieval ceremony at historic St,
James’ Palace.
Spade-bearded Sir George Bel-
lew, 50-year-old Garter King-of-
Arrns, stepped'forward and read
the statement by the Accession
Council declaring the 25-year-old
sovereign “queen of this realm and
of her other realms and territories,
head of the Commonwealth, de
fender of the faith.”
The coldstream guards played
the national anthem, which now
has become “God Save, the Queen,”
and Britaan, her colonies and the
Commonwealth were formally un
der the reign of a woman for the
first time ‘ since Queen Victoria
died 51 years ago.
An hour earlier, inside the Pal-
aoty- the new Queen had appeared- group’s action on the matter,
before the council and pledged
that she would “according to the
true intent of the enactments
which secure protestant succession
to the throne of my realm, uphold
and maintain the said enactments
to the best of my powers, according
to law.”
These formal duties discharged,
Elizabeth and her husband, the
Duke of Edinburgh, planned a sor
rowful 130-mile drive to the Royal
estate at Sandringham, where the
body of King George VI, clad in
the Uniform of an admiral of the
fleet, lay awaiting her homage.
There will be streamers to be
carried on the guidons of the, five
high outfits in contributions per
man towards the Campus Chest
Fund, the senate decided. Dunn em
phasized that every first sergeant
should attempt to get 100 per cent
backing from every man in his
outfit to cany out the real mean
ing of the 12th Man Scholarship.
The senate unanimously voted to
go along with the Senior Class in
their attempt to change the name
of College Station to “Aggieland.’
President M. T. Harrington will
also receive a letter from the Sen
ate President expressing t h e
Professor Grievances
Student grievances against pro
fessors should be taken up through
one of the academic student coun
cils, said Harold Chandler. “For
example the Agriculture Council
who would in turn take it up with
the Dean of Agriculture and so
back to the professor,” Chandler
illustrated. The senate recommend
ed to the Military Department that
there be some improved tum-in
schedule on unifonns to save stu
dent the inconvenience suffered
last vear.
At First Night Performance
Talent Runs Over at Rotary Show
By JOHN WHITMORE
Battalion Editor
“I didn’t know there was that
much talent in Brazos County,”
was one of the comments made by
a member of the audience at the
Rotary Club’s Variety Show last
night.
magic. Singleton, who is billed as When the young ladies were do-
Darwin the Magiican, has perform- ing ballet splits, one rather obese
ed several times in local shows. gentleman in the rear broke the
One little girl after the show quiet by giving out with a sym-
was heard to ask her mother—“Do pathetic grunt,
you really think he is magic?” Ralph S. Braley, master of cere-
If any one number could be con- monies, said Miss Josie Harmon
Mrs. Dorothy Butler was one
lyric soprano who did not have
the last-five-row-audience shuffl
ing. Her pleasant sounding voice
was well received by the “first-
nighters.” She sang “Chanson
Provencal” by Dell ’Asqua, “Kash-
The College Station-Bryan Ro-
sidered the most popular, it would had one of the most gifted inter- m ' 1 '' Song” by Amy Finden, and
be Ballad singer Bert Avera. Ac- pretations of the music masters he
companying himself with the gui- had ever heard. After playing .her
tarians presented the first half of tar, Avera sang original ballads first number the audience agreed the piano
the show, which is scheduled to and folk songs—with witty bits with him. She.played the “Finale”
have a two-night stand, in the of chatter thrown in for good by Waldstein, the “Sonata” by Bee-
Stephen F. Austin Auditorium. measure. thovan and “Etude 3 and 8” by
Using all local talent, the Rota- After two encores, time forced Chopin,
rians whipped up a show combining Rm A&M ballad singer to quit— Tumbling Clowns
Kids, prestigitation, music, and hu- w Rh the restrained audience call
ing for more. Two members of the A&M Tum-
From the rather salty folk songs bling team — Bud Matthews and
the program turned to an aero- Harold Turner—drew the “Uhs”
batic waltz interpretation by two and “Ahs” out of the audience with
very young ladies — Miss Laura their bangings on the trampolin,
Jean Allen and Miss Jan Orsack. parallel bars, and the mats. They
They are pupils of Mrs. Carlton had on their prison approved uni- rection of Bill Turner, music di-
Lee and were accompanied bv Mrs. form and attractive, cosmetically rector of A&M While the group
Reveille Will be Mascot’s
Official Name Says Senate
By IDE TROTTER
Battalion Staff Writer
Reveille II will be the official
name of A&M’s mascot, the Stu
dent Senate decided last night.-
After more than a month of de
bate by members of the senior
class and the senate, A&M’s stu
dent governing body settled the
question with a unanimous vote.
Mergele Accepted Responsibility
Spud Mergele, chairman of the
mascot committee,, reported that
he was responsible for the con
troversy which has arisen over the
naming of the new mascot.
Arthur Weinert, ’00, who pre
sented the dog to Mergele, the Sen-
at representative, asked as his only
request that the dog be named
Revelle II.
“I said the name would be all
right, not thinking of the ultimate
consequences,” Mergele reported.
Brought Class Request
Bobby Dunn, as representative
of the senior class, brought their
request that the senate notify
mor—all woven together by the
chairman of the program H. W.
Barlow, dean of the school of en
gineering.
Number One Slot
‘Siboney” by Lucuena. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Byrl Baty on
Stop Show
Probably listed as the show
stopper, although the humor ran
thin at the end, was an interview j
by Lloyd Gregory-Mike Mistovich
•—of Ray George-Arthur Stewart.
The pair conducted a radio inter
view and looked over the world of
sports.
Last on the show was the Men’s
Community Chorus under the di-
Registration Total
Hits 5,580 Monday
Leading off the two-hour pro
gram was Billy Singleton, A&M
student, who performed bits of A. C. Allen.
perfect facial make-up.
(See MUSIC, Page 2)
Through Monday, Feb. 4, 5,580
students had bucked the A&M reg
istration lines, H. L. Heaton, regis
trar, has announced.
Since Monday, a sprinkling of
late-comers have been registering.
There will be an estimated 200
more students register by Feb. 16,
the deadline, Heaton said.
After Feb. 16, the official en
rollment figures will be released, ceed this figure in 1952.’
Weinert for his opinion of the death Jan. 18, 1945, was marked
movement to rename the dog.
Mergele read an article from the
Bryan Daily Eagle to present an
outside view of the controversial
new mascot’s problem.
The article read: “Reveille’s
A&M Mothers
Game Party Set
The Brazos County A&M
Mothers Club will sponsor a
Game Party Wednesday night
to raise money for their an
nual scholarship fund which
goes to help a needy Brazos Coun
ty A&M senior through school.
Scheduled for the Maggie Park
er Dining Room at 7:30 in down
town Bryan, games of bridge, can
asta, and forty-two will be featur
ed, said Mrs. D. W. Williams, chair
man for the party.
Tickets for the game party are
on sale by all members of the
A&M Mothers Club at $1 each.
Prizes furnished by members of
the club will be given to winners
of the various games. Mrs. Wil
liams said prizes would consist
of cakes, pies, and other homemade
items “which will be worth at
least a dollar.”
For those that don’t win prizes,
refreshments will be served, the
chairman said.
“This is our one big effort to
raise money for the scholarship
fund during the year,” said Mrs.
Williams, “Last year we collected
approximately $100 and hope to ex-
by a formal military funeral oil
Kyle Field. Now Reveille II has
come to A&M, not to take her
place, but to fill the vacancy left
when she died.”
Hansel Kennedy pointed out that
it would be a high tribute to the
original Reveille to name the new
mascot in her honor.
Senate President Grady Small
wood said that though the senior
class had suggested a general elec
tion, the senate as the voice of
the entire student body should de
cide on naming the mascot.
A motion to perpetuate the name
Reveille by naming the new mascot
Reveille II was then made by Law
rence Tanner.
Suggestions were offered that
to avoid friction, no vote be tak
en or that the proposal of the
senior class be approved and re
turned to them as requested. But
by unanimous vote the senate voted
to name the dog Reveille II.
“No matter what name might
(See REVEILLE, Page 4)
Bridge Lecture
In MSC Tonight
The bridge club is sponsoring a
lecture on bridge tonight at 7:30
in the assembly room of the MSC.
Walter Wilson of Houston will
give a lecture which will be fol
lowed by a playing session of
four of his fellow members.
All students and residents of
the College Station area are in
vited to attend the meeting, said
Pat Tarver, club president.