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Number 90: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1952
Price Five Cents
Quarter Horse Conference
Scheduled Here Feb. 13-14
Some .150 quarter horse breed
ers will gather at A&M Feb. 1-3
and 14 for the meeting of the
American Quarter Horse Associa
tion.
F. I. Dahlberg, animal husban
dry professor who is in charge of
arrangements for the meeting,
Draft Boards
IJtailed Results
w
Of Last Exam
Scores on the December Se
lective Service college qualifi
cation test have been mailed
to local boards for the 19,751
college students who took the
fifth test.
Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield,
state draft director, advises Texas
registrants they can obtain indi
vidual scores from their local
boards.
Completed statistics reveal that
61.3 percent of those taking the
December test made a score of 70
or better. This is slightly lower
than the percentage passing on the
first four tests. Of the approxi
mately 340,000 who took the first
, four tests, 63 percent made a score
of 70 or-better.,
i -Educational Testing Service of
ficials have released the results of
a sample survey they made on the
first four tests held last year.
The sample of students indicates
that in engineering, physical sci
ences, and mathematics the percent
of candidates passing the test was
well above average, 68 percent in
engineering passing and 64 percent
in physical sciences and mathemat
ics passing.
Students in humanities, biologi
cal sciences, and general arts tend
ed to be in the middle bracket, at
w near the 63-percent average.
Students in business, commerce,
agriculture, and education (includ
ing physical education) did not
fare so well, with those passing
ranging from 42 percent of the
students in business and commerce
to 27 percent of the education stu
dents.
said registration will be from 8 to
9 a. m. Wednesday, Feb. 13.
R. E. Hooper of Plainview, pres
ident of the association, will pre
side at a general business meet
ing from 9 a. m. until 12 noon.
He will be assisted by Raymond
Hollingsworth of Amarillo, asso
ciation secretary.
Members of the association
board of directors and their wives
will lunch in Duncan Hall at noon
with members of the Saddle and
Sirloin Club. The board will hold
its annual meeting that afternoon,
while wives of the delegates attend
a coffee and tour the A&M cam
pus.
Lester Goodson, Houston quarter
horse breeder, will preside at a
banquet that evening in the MSC.
The Singing Cadets, A&M men’s
chorus, will sing at the banquet.
A dance will follow in the student
center ballroom.
Dedicate Horse Barns
Thursday morning (Feb. 14) will
be given over to performance
classes in cutting and reining and
to dedication and naming of the
new A&M horse barns. Dahlberg
will be chairman of the perform
ance classes.
Dean C. N. Shepardson of the
School of Agriculture will preside
at the dedication ceremony. E.. J.
Kyle, dean emeritus of agricul
ture, will name the horse barns
“Garrigan Stables” in honor of
Owen Garrigan, long-time horse
trainer of the college.
D. W. Williams, vice chancellor
for agriculture of the A&M Sys
tem, will dedicate the new horse
center to the horsemen of Texas,
and Hooper will respond to the
dedication.
Quarter Horse Clinic
A quarter horse clinic, featur
ing a discussion panel, will fill the
afternoon program. Discussing the
breed and problems of feeding,
breeding and management will be
Hooper, Bill Cooper of Seymour,
Gus Scroggins of Webster, John
Stevens of Matador.
Also on the panel are Pine John
son and Lloyd Jenkins of Fort
Worth, Dr. R. D. Turk, head of the
Veterinary . Parasitology Depart
ment, and Dr. J. C. Miller, head
of the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment. Dr. Miller will be chairman
of the panel.
Corps Trip Polio Victim
Will Be Going Home Soon
I’ll be out of here in a couple of weeks and then I can
go home,” said Jerry Brazzelle as he sat on the side of his
bed in the Hedgcroft Polio Clinic in Houston.
Jerry has been in the Houston polio hospital since late
November when he was stricken by the disease during the
weekend of the Rice-A&M football game.
Since that time Jerry, who was a freshman business
administration student in Company 10, has been undergoing-
treatment at Hedgcroft, a clinic specializing in polio treat
ment and cure.
The Fort Worth student won’t be able to come back to
A&M until September, but he is coming back. That was
evident by the- light in his eyes when the college was men
tioned.
Jerry has almost recovered and is allowed to dress and
go out occasionally. Recently one Houston member of the
A&M Mother’s Club invited him to Sunday dinner.
During the next two weeks, until Jerry is released from
the clinic, time will pass slowly for him in anticipation of the
day when he is allowed to leave. To brighten these next few
days make it a point to drop in and see Jerry for a few min
utes if you’re in Houston. He’s in Room 213, Hedgcroft
Clinic, Houston.
Winless Aggies Meet
Cellar-Dwelling Hogs
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Editor
A&M will be out to snap a. four-
game losing streak, when they
tangle with the cellar-dwelling
Razorbacks at 8 p. m. tonight in
DeWare Field House.
The slow-moving ball control
stylist of A&M outlasted Arkansas
47-42 in the first encounter of
these two clubs in Fayetteville.
The big difference between the
two teams was the one man ball
stalling show put on by the Ag
gies ace guard Jewell McDowell,
who has since then graduated.
Arkansas, the only team to beat
TCU, holds only two wins in con
ference play, their other victim
being Baylor. Rice, Baylor and
Arkansas are all tied for the cel
lar.
The keynote of the limited Ar
kansas’ attack on the hardwood has
been “get ahead in the first quar
ter of play.”
Statistics through the first
twelve games of the 1951-52 sea
son prove conclusively that when
the Porkers gain a lead or even
a tie with an opponent in the in
itial period, they’re mighty tough
outfit to handle.
The only trouble with that phil
osophy thus far has been the fact
that Arkansas rarely goes ahead
in the first 10-minute period.
Baylor
Debate
Debate teams from Baylor took
first placey in both the senior and
junior divisions of A&M’s annual
intercollegiate debate meet, held
last Friday and Saturday.
Taking first in the senior divi
sion were Ann Willis and Shirley
Frank from the Waco school.
Second place in the division also
Airliner Crashes
In Elizabeth, N. j.
Firemen Put Out
Fire Sunday Night
A fire caused by a cigarette was
extinguished last night by College
Station firemen.
Three trucks from the A&M Fire
Department along with volunteer
firemen in the City answered a
call to the 200 block on Lincoln
Street around 10:10 p.m.
The fire, caused by a cigarette
jossed from a window by David A.
Sanders, was extinguished by cov
ering with dirt. Only minor dam
age was done.
a Sanders, ’50, employed by the
^Andres Parker Construction Com
pany, said the cigarette ignited
some trash piled near the side of
the house.
Art Gallery Group
To Meet Tonight
The Art Gallery Committee will
meet tonight at 7 in the art room
of the MSC to decide the time of
the art classes this semester, ac
cording to Mrs. Ralph Terry, art
director.
Mrs. Terry urges all students,
faculty, and staff members who
are interested in free-hand draw
ing painting, and composition to
attend the meeting. Instructions
are' free.
Elizabeth, N. J., Feb. 11—CP)—
A Miami-bound airliner, with 62
persons aboard, crashed into a 52-
family apartment house early to
day, bringing fiery death to at
least 33 persons.
It was Elizabeth’s third air dis
aster in less than two months.
Eighty-six persons died in the two
previous crashes.
Unknown Death Toll
Hours after the crash of the
National Airlines plane, authorities
did not know how high the death
toll would go. Five of the known
dead were tenants of the apart
ment house. At least 14 of the
passengers aboard the plane sur
vived.
The plane’s stewardess, Nancy
Taylor of Coral Gables, Fla., who
was among the survivors, said an
engine failed bn the plane as it
flew in clear, moonlit skies.
BULLETIN
New York, Feb. 11—CP)—The
Port of New York Authority to
day ordered that all runways be
closed at Newark Airport.
The spectacular crash prompted
the Port of New York Authority
to order the closing of Newark
Airpoi’t, whose runways have
brought the three crashes. The
airport was shut down at 3 a.m.,
less than three hours after the
tragedy.
This city of 110,000 population,
12 miles south of New York City,
is on the fringe of Newark Air
port.
First Crash Dec. 16
The first crash occurred Dec. 16.
A non-scheduled C-46 plunged in
flames into the shallow Elizabeth
River on that day, killing all 56
persons aboard. ’ On Jan. 22, an
American Airlines Convair smash
ed into a residential district, kill
ing 23 aboard and seven Elizabeth
residents.
The big ship, a DC-6 bound
for Miami, plunged into the four
story brick building at 12:20 a.m.
(EST) when most residents were
asleep. It was two minutes out
of nearby Newark Airport.
It sheared off half a floor of the
building, struck some trees, then
crashed into a playground in the
rear of an orphanage. The blaze
lit the skies for miles around.
Four-Hour Fire
The fire in the apartment house
was declared out four hours after
the crash. At that time officials
said three bodies had been taken
from the modern structure and two
more were believed still inside.
Explosions in the plane and the
building hampered rescue workers,
toiling desperately to get some of
the survivors out of the two death
traps.
Many passengers sitting in the
rear of the plane were reported
saved. There was no indication
of the number of dead and injured
in the building.
Tops
Meet
went to a Baylor team. Members
of the team were William Darill
and John Claypool. Dan Davis and
James Farmer of A&M tied with
Brad Corrigan and Pierce Matheny
of Baylor for third in this division.
Win Junior Division
In the junior division, Baylor-
ites Winston Miller and Carey
Plexo took first place honors. A
team composed of James Bock and
Bill Kilgarlen took second place
for the University of Houston.
Third place went to Milton Rus
sell and Mrs. Gene Russell of Tex
as A&I.
Davis of the Aggie team and
Miss Frank of Baylor tied for the
best speaker rating in the senior
division. In the junior division
Plexco of Baylor was selected as
the best speaker.
The debate meet consisted of 4
rounds of debate on Friday after
noon and evening and 2 rounds on
Saturday morning. Awards were
presented in a general assembly
held in the MSC at noon Saturday.
Awards were made by Harrison
Hierth, chairman of the meet and
coach of the Aggie team. Shar
ing duties as chairman and coach
was Lee Martin, also of the Eng
lish department.
Thirty-One Teams
Thirty-one teams from eight
schools took part in the debate
meet. Schools represented includ
ed Sam Houston State Teachers
College, Baylor, University of
Houston, Texas University, Whar
ton Junior College, Texas A&I,
Allen Academy, and A&M.
The five A&M teams entered in
the meet had an over all record
of 16 wins and 14 losses. The best
record was set bv Farmer and
(See FARMER, DAVIS, Page 2)
Debate Tourney Winners
Winners of the A&M Individual Debate tourna
ment show their newly won trophies. The Baylor
teams won the senior and junior divisions of the
two day debate tourney. Left to right are Win
ston Miller and Carey Plexo, both members of
the junior divisions; Harrison Bierth, A&M de
bate coach and chairman of the tournament; Ann
Willis and Shirley Frank, senior division.
MSC Student Groups Plan
Round-Up for Tuesday
Students interested ki MSC hob
by club and committee activities
will have an opportunity to find
out all about them tomorrow night
at the MSC Student Round-Up.
Getting underway at 7:30 p.
m. in the MSC Ballroom, the
Round-Up will be strictly infor
mal and feature talks and displays
on MSC activities.
While students sip coffee and
munch cookies served by the House
Committee, the various club and
Publications Fete Profs
At Banquet Wednesday
The second annual Student Pub
lications Student-Prof Banquet will
be held Wednesday night at 7 p. m.
in Sbisa Hall, announced Roland
Bing, manager of Student Publi
cations.
Each staff member of the six
publications—The Battalion, Ag
gieland ’52, The Commentator, The
Agriculturist, The Engineer, and
The Southwestern Veterinarian—
will have as his guest one mem
ber of the college faculty or staff.
Feature event of the evening
will be the presentation of the
yearly Battalion Awards which go
to people of the college staff who
have made outstanding contribu
tions to A&M and the student body.
Last year’s awards went to Dr.
John R. Bertrand, dean of the
Basic Division; Col. Shelly P. My
ers, PMS&T; E. L. Angell of the
Chancellor’s office; Col. E. W. Na
pier, PAS&T; W. H. Rothrock of
the Modern Languages Depart
ment; and Harry L. Kidd of the
English Department.
Six awards will be given this
year by the editors of The Bat
talion, announced John Whitmore,
editor.
The banquet will also feature
hilarity and gaiety, with the profs
doing most of the entertaining.
Hirst, Polinard Will Lead
Religious Emphasis Talks
Former army chaplains the Revs. Any subject which appeals to' ing at the St. Timothy’s Church in
Penrose W. Hirst and Herbert L. the group will be discussed in af- Houston.
Polinard will be among the 12 ternoon sessions and topics select- The Reverend Polinard, a native
discussion group leaders here for ed earlier in the year by the cadets Texan from Arcadia who is now
Religious Emphasis Week which
begins Feb. 17.
The Reverend Hirst will live in
Dorm 14 and the lead forums and
discussions in the lounge for the
students of Dorms 14 and 15.
will be covered in the evening for-
Twelve prominent religious lead
ers will live in
with students during the week to
conduct discussions and counsel
The Rev. Polinard will be avail- with any individual men who de-
able to the students of Leggett sire it.
pastor of the Main Street Christ
ian Church Waxahachie, also re
ceived his first college degree in
the dormitories .
He received a B. A. degree from
Sam Houston State College in
1943, and did his divinity work at
(See SPEAKERS, Page 4)
and Mi ner HaHs during the week C]asses wm be dismissed one
He will live m Leggett Hall and hour each morning during the
hold his group meetings in the week so that everyone win hav - e an
lounge.
Penrose W. Hirst
opportunity to attend the services
held by Dr. William E. Denham,
Jr., principal speaker.
Colonel of Cadets
The Reverend Hirst was ROTC
Colonel of Cadets at the Univer
sity of California where he was
graduated with a B. A. degree in
chemistry and English in 1922.
The Pacific School of Religion
in Berkeley, Calif, granted him his
B D Degree in 1926.
The Reverend Hirst served as
Chaplain to the Episcopal stu
dents at the University of Califor
nia and as Chaplain for the Episco
palians at Marietta College, Mar
ietta Ohio, and at the University
of Houston.
The Reverend Hirst is now serv-
committee chairmen will give brief
talks on the activities of their
groups.
Decorated Booths
Each of the Student Center
sponsored organizations will have
a booth decorated to show just
what the committee or club does.
Students manning these booths will
answer questions and sign-up those
interested in joining a particular
activity.
“But this doesn’t mean you have
to join something if you attend,”
MSC Council President Dan Davis,
has explained.
“We want you to come over and
find out what students do in MSC
activities whether you want to
join one or not,” Davis said.
Interests ranging from art to
radio are represented in the eleven
MSC groups sponsoring the Tues
day night Round-Up.
House Committee
The House Committee, which
will serve free coffee and cookies,
sponsors such activities as depart
mental student-prof coffees deco
rating the building on special oc
casions and other such functions.
Along the same social entertain
ment line, the MSC Dance Com
mittee sponsors the MSC dancing
classes, the forthcoming “Rue Pin-
alle,” and other dance activities.
Related to these two is the Music
Committee which selects records
(See ROUNDUP, Page 4)
Rather, the Hogs have found
rough sledding on eight occasions
when opponents piled up one-sided
margins in the first part of the
game.
Actually, the first and the last
quarters have been the downfall
of both the Aggies and Razorbacks
this year.
It will be a continuation of the
Hog’s determined drive to make
up for the absence of seven foot
Bill Hester, who quit school late
in December.
In their first “Toar-less” effort,
Arkansas lost to A&M, but the
overall game was termed “im
proved.” The Aggies hit 56 per
cent of their field goals, but were
out rebounded by the Hogs, 32-19.
Lambert-Kerns-Smith
Coach Preseley Askew's number
one le.ttermen—the big three of
the present Hogs—Gene Lambert,
Walter Kerns and Sammy Smith
have averaged better than 16
points a game. Beyond those three
are a host of green but eager
sophomores.
Despite the fact that the Cadets
hold a higher position in the con
ference standings, they will have
trouble earning their second win
over the Porkers.
The Razorbacks have never had
any trouble hitting the basket, a
disease bothersome to the Aggies
all season. With both clubs ailing
(See A&M - ARKANSAS, Page 4)
Photo Contest
Op ens Today
A snapshot contest sponsor
ed by the MSC Directorate,
the Aggieland ’52 and the
MSC Camera Club was open
ed today. Pictures entered in
the contest may be of any size
and may be entered by any stu
dent or student wife.
The contest is designed to pro
vide pictures for the Aggieland
’52. Snapshots are needed of sports
events, dances, companies, parties,
or any other campus activity.
Prizes offered are $20, first
place; $12, second place; and $7,
third place. Judges will be Dan
Davis, MSC Directorate President;
J. W. “Doggie” Dalston, of the
Aggieland; and Henry A. Cole,
MSC Camera Club President.
Closing date for the contest has
been set for March 10. Winners
will be announced in The Battal
ion on March 12. Pictures maj
be turned in to Miss Betty Boland-
er, MSC program consultant. All
entries should be in an envelope
with the owner’s name on both
envelope and picture.
First Film Society
Show Set Tuesday
The A&M Film Society will be
gin the 1952 season Tuesday night
with the showing of “Stanley and
Livingstone” at 7:30 in the YMCA
Chapel.
“Stanley and Livingstone” is the
famous story of Stanley, reporter
for the powerful New York Her
ald, who succeeds in finding the
lost Dr. Livingstone in Africa.
The impact of Livingstone’s mis-
Sweetheart Pictures
Asked for Fish Ball
Herbert L. Polinard
An old saying around A&M goes
“the prettiest girls always come
to the Fish Ball.”—And one of
those girls will be chosen Sweet
heart of the freshman class.
Selection of six finalists will be
made from pictures turned in by
the freshmen. The sweetheart will
be chosen from the finalists by a
committee from the honor guests
during the dance, which will be
Saturday night, March 1 in-Sbisa
Hall.
All freshmen are encouraged to
enter their girl friend’s picture
in the contest announced Jerry
Ramsey, Sweetheart committee
chairman. Pictures should be turn
ed into Student Activities Office,
second floor of Goodwin Hall.
The pictures may be of any size
or type, as long as the girl’s
face is clear. When the picture is
turned in, the person'entering it
will be given a form to fill out
giving his name, room number, and
the vital statistics of the girl,
Ramsey said. This form will be
securely attached to the picture,
and will not be seen by the judges,
to avoid favoritism. No names
should be on the front of the pic
ture.
The Sweetheart committee is
composed of Ramsey, chairman,
Charles Tea, and Wiley Gilmore.
The pictures will be judged by
the class officers, committee chair
men, and Pete Hardesty, business
manager of Student Activities.
Deadline for turning in pictures
is Friday, Feb. 22.
sionary work on Stanley inspired
the young reporter to carry on
where Livingstone had left off.
Spencer Tracy stars in the role
of Stanley.
Membership Cards Available
Membership cards to the film
society may be purchased at the
office of Student Activities.
These cards entitle the member
to see eight movies, to be shown
the remainder of this semester,
and may be bought for $1.
Ed Holder, chairman of the film
society committee, announced to
day that two bonus films will be
shown in addition to the eight
scheduled.
One of these, Holder said, will
be “Berekeley Square,” the beguil
ing fantasy of a man who projects
himself into 18th century London
society which results in amusing
as well as dramatic situations.
The next film listed on the so
ciety’s program will be “Jane
Eyre,” on March 3. However, there
is a possibility that one of the
bonus films will be shown before
then, Holder added.
“Jane Eyre” is the story of a
governess in early nineteen-cen
tury England. The show deals with
her relations and loyalties to her
ward and the ward’s guardian, an
eccentric and rich man with whom
she falls in love.
(See FILM SOCIETY, Page 4)