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Number 202: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1952
Price Five Cents
v Sophomores React
Election Filing
Increases to 85
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Thirty-three students have add
ed their names to the rapidly in
creasing list in the coming elec
tions to be held Oct. 6-9. Thursday
Oct. 2 is the last day candidates
may file.
Included in the 33 students were
seven sophcmnores, who prior to
yesterday listed only one candi
date for^tudent Senate positions.
A"Tsd ’ among the new list were
31 seniors, two juniors, and seven
sophomores for the Student Sen
ate; three juniors for the Election
Commission; two non-military stu
dents for Student Life Committee;
one from College View for Stu
dent Senate; two students from
Vet Village; and one representing
the Day Students.
Four File Wrong
Four students filed for Senator-
at-large, a position not opened
this year.
Under the new senate member
ship rule 35 seniors, If) juniors,
six sophomores, two day students,
one College View resident, and two
non-militai’y representatives from
Investigations
Underway On
Canon Shots’
Two shots fired, heard
'round the campus.
At about 1:10 a.m. Thurs
day, two homemade “shells”
were fired from the cannons
in front of Ross Hall. The loud
reports followed each other during
a few seconds.
Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assist
ant commandant, said no one at
the military department knew for
► sure whether or not the reports
heard had come from the cannons.
Investigations were being made, he
said.
The Campus Security said the
explosives were set off in the can
nons but nothing is known as to
how or who did it. They too are
still investigating.
“Although the students were
rhecking the canons early Thurs
day morning, no indication of wear
and tear on the guns were seen,”
Col. Wilkins added.
The cannons placed in front of
Ross Hall are obsolete antitank
guns which were used at the be
ginning of World War II..
each civilian dormitory will be
elected to the senate.
Seniors who filed for Student
positions are Guy Shown, Joseph
Galle, Don R. Buckner, Vernon K.
Roberts, John L. Halsell, Jim (T-
Bone) Thomas, Harold Hudspeth,
Johnny Brown, T. E. Kelley,
James Read, and D. P. Richardson.
Up until yesterday the junior
class has led in the number of
filings but suffered a sharp set
back when only two juniors, Ralph
D. Mathis and Caroll W. Phillips,
were added.
Sophomores who filed are Don
Friend, John Pelt, John Cozad,
Jerry Van Hoosier Jr., Frank
Dunn, Jerry K. Johnson, and Ter
rell H. Hamilton.
Three juniors have applied for
the newly created Election Com
mission. They were J. L. Clanton,
Raymond E. McBride, and Harold
L. Kupfer.
Two non-military students, Bill
Drucks and Paul T. Cardeilhac, fil
ed for the Student Life Commit
tee.
Civilian students also filed for
senate positions. Included were
Frank Scott ftom College View,
Bill Maddox and Robert F. Wam-
mack from Vet Village, and Billie
Joe Pratt representing Day Stu
dents.
This brought the total number
of students who filed for positions
to 85.
Cadets Tangle Cowpokes
In Cotton Bowl Saturday
Tough Game Set,
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29 PASS, FLANKER LEFT, ON THREE—Ray Graves, quarterback, calls the play as
the Aggies warm up for Oklahoma A&M. Bending (L. to R.) are tackle Durwood Scott,
guard Sidney Theriot, center Bill McMahan, guard Marvin Tate, and tackle Bobby Dixon.
Standing behind are Darrow Hooper, end, Raymond Haas, right halfback, Don Kachtik,
fullback, Don Ellis, left halfback, and Eric Miller, end. These are the probable starters
with the exception of Connie Magouirk at fullback and Leo Marquette at center.
I
Students Favor Lowering
Football Date Ticket Price
By JOHN MOODY
Battalion News Writer
Football season is again -in full
swing and the date ticket situation
again rears its dollar-marked head.
This year the State Federation of
A&M Mother’s Clubs brought the
matter up, to which a howl of ap
proval was heard up and down Mil
itary Walk.
As Moose Kelly, third wing
staff commented, “I am always in
favor of lowering prices.”
Most of the students agreed that
$3.60 is just too much to pay.
Says, John Ferguson, air force
junior, “It’s- all right for one game,
but by the time they are all added
up, you’re bankrupt.”
Young Woman Cause
<Pf Fight, Vaden Says
The whole incident was the re
sults of a misunderstanding, ac
cording to Lt. Col. Frank S. Vaden,
Counselor of Milner Hall. He was
speaking of the fight which took
place in Houston, Saturday. Col.
Vaden who happened to be upon
the scene at the time of the fight
reports it in. a different light than
what • was previously reported in
The Battalion.
According to Col. Vaden, the
cause of the fight was because of
a young lady who had too much to
drink.
The young lady, Col. Vaden said,
was returning from a party and
feeling rather biddy, proceeded to
Weather Today
CLEAR
WEATHER TODAY: Clear. The
high yesterday was 88 and the low
this morning 61.
sit down on the sidewalk and take
off her shoes.
About the same time, he adds,
several football players of the
Chicago Cardinals, who had played
that night happened to be passing
by. Seeing the girl sitting there,
one of the players hinted that this
was rather unladylike. To this
the young miss replied she didn’t
particularly care how she looked.
After several attempts to get
the young lady to move from her
position, the players finally lifted
her up bodily and moved her to
the center of the side walk. Nat
urally, the colonel chrfckled, this
was quite a spectacle.
By this time people were begin
ning to form a circle around the
girl and football players to see
what was going on. In this group
were several Aggies.
About that time the colonel,
says, the football players motion
ed for the crowd to get back. One
of the Aggies, he reports, told the
Cardinals he had a right to see
what happened as much as any
one else. This started hot words
back and forth on both sides.
Just when blood was beginning
to boil the thickest, Bruce Mc
Carty, Aggie freshman, came up
and edged his way to the front,
trying to find out what it was all
about.
In doing so, he was pushed into
Don Joyce of the Camidals. Joyce,
thinking McCarty hit him on pur
pose, retaliated with his fist^That,
Col. Vaden said, was the fight.
“As far as McCarty tackling
this big football player, he laughs,
the boy didn’t know what happen
ed until I woke him up.” __
Ralph Sayers, post-graduate anything would be done. Curtis
hall, said the same and added,
“Personally I’m not having a date
this game, you’ve got to eat. If I
had a wife she wouldn’t go to the
game if I had to pay those prices.”
Thad Howard, Senior in Veter
inary School, even put in a good
word for the faculty. “I think the
faculty should get a better deal on
their tickets and be taken out of
the end-zone.
As for the new price, if the
tickets could be lowered, there
were varying opinions. Bob Jones,
Ted Fields, and Joe Paford, sen
iors of Walton Hall believed that
$2.40 would be a fair price. “Of
course we would like the price as
low as it could go, though,” they
explained quickly.
Although generally favorable,
many had doubts as to whether
Clothes Destroyed
At Cleaners Fire
A flash fire at the Campus
Cleaners this morning destroyed
clothes in a drying tumbler and
did undetermined damage to the
tumbler.
The fire followed an explosion
which could have been set off by a
spark or possibly a match left in
some clothes, said Joel English,
manager of Campus Cleaners.
English said the clothes had
been .placed in the tumbler after
having left the solvent extractor.
Fumes from the solvent were still
in the clothes when they went in
the tumbler, he said.
The college fire department an
swered the call at about 10 a.m.
English said clothes destroyed
are covered by insurance.
Mills, Squadron 4 said, “Sure I’d
like to see the ticket price lowered,
but I don’t see how it can be done.”
Then there were others like
Jimmie Persons, B Armor, “I’m
for lowering the ticket price any
way it can be done.”
Finally there were some that
couldn’t see any way out. As W. T.
Riley, freshman in D Battery said.
“Well all I know is that it’s a
rough all the way around.”
Mrs. Landiss Host
At CSC Social
Incoming officers and committee
chairmen of the Campus Study
Club were entertained Wednesday
evening at the home of the club’s
president, Mrs. Carl Landiss of
803 S. Dexter Drive. Mrs. Landiss
was host during the get-acquainted
period. Refreshments were served
and plans for future meetings
were made.
Those present were: Mesdames
A. L. Parrack, John Dennison,
Roy Carpenter, A. P. Boyett, Ray
mond Reiser, L. C. Kapp, E. B.
Reynolds, Price Hobgood, J. S.
Mogford, Eugene Rush, John Kin-
cannon, Tom Covey Jr., L. J. Horn,
John Ashton, C. W. Crawford,
Marvis Garber and Miss Jennie
Oliver.
Beekeepers Hold
Course in MSC
The Texas Beekeepers Associa
tion, sponsored by the Entomology
Department and the Texas Bee
keepers Association, will hold a
short course at the MSC on Sept
ember 29-30, 1952.
Dr. F. L. Thomas is the chair
man and announces that registra
tion will begin in the MSC lobby
at 8 a. m. on September 29. The
registration fee is $2.50 per per
son.
The meetings will be conducted
in the MSC Assembly Room and
necessary forms and personnel to
conduct registration will be fur
nished by the Short Course Office.
The MSC will furnish meeting
rooms, hotel accomodations, and
also three tables for exhibit use in
the Assembly Room.
The Entomology Department ex
pects a short course attendance of
an estimated 100 persons.
Football Ducats
Off Sale Today
Approximately 2,500 students
tickets have been sold to the Ok
lahoma A&M game. An added
1,500 student date tickets have
also been sold. C. C. Ownby of
the ticket office continued ticket
sales until five yesterday after
noon.
Special tickets are now on sale
to student’s wives. So far 397
tickets have been sold to student’s
wives to the Oklahoma A&M
game.
However, difficulties have arisen
here. Student’s wives are not
bringing proper identification tick
et sellers Rosey Shaffer and Mrs.
W. L. Hooper say. Student’s wives
must bring Marriage license and
their yellow fee slip in order to
get their tickets.
Tickets will go on sale for the
Kentucky game on Monday.
Squadron 21 Wins
Grid Sign Contest
Squadron 21 took first place
honors in the weekly football sign
contest sponsored by Eugene Rush,
College Station insurance man.
Placing second was Squadron 10.
Prizes of $5 for first place and
$2.50 for second place will be
given.
Heading the contest committee
was Corps Chaplain O. C. (Putter)
Jarvis. Representatives of each di
vision were also on .the committee.
Cotton Experts
Study Problems
The National Cotton and
Cottonseed Adversory Com
mittee of the Department of
Agriculture opened its meet
ing yesterday in the MSC
headed by Burris C. Jackson,
chairman of the American Cot
ton Congress.
Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of the
committee, reviewed research work
done on cotton and cottonseed in
Texas and told how public funds
had been expended on that pro
gram.
Discussions during the meeting
were held by Lyle Hessler, Joel
Elbree, Dr. Robert Lewis, Dr. H.
P. Smith and others.
Fifty members from all cotton
producing states attended the con
ference.
Howdy, 9 Cars, Khaki Mix
Parking Lot Jambalaya
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion News Writer
The days of the trampling herd
ended with the introduction of
barbed wire. The days of the
trampling uniform began with the
construction of the Academic
Building parking lot.
Since that date and the open
ing of the shacks, this area has
been an inspiration for writers de
siring to depict a mob scene.
Every morning at 10 minutes be
fore each hour the parking lot
become swamped with khaki color
ed humanity swarming to classes
in both directions as if their lives
instead of their grades depended
in getting there on time.
Mingled with tan clothed figures
are splotches of color from an
occasional cowboy hat protruding
above the human bedlam standing
out like a verbal mistake in church.
When uniforms meet, something
in their chemistry, or the senti
ments of the senior class, causes
them to react vocally to the en
counter. This goes on everyday,
everywhere (or almost) but not
in such a volume that occurs dur
ing this hourly stampede.
Each “howdy” is multiplied by
several echoes which bounce back
and move through the mass of
book-swinging arms and anxious
eyes so that the whole area lies
in an atmosphere of forced and
clipped verbal confusion. Occasion
ally the uniforms scatter* to make
way for cars controlled by profs
and uniforms who drive as if
hoped up by their morning cup of
By ED HOLDER
Battalion Sports Editor
Coach Ray George’s Aggies will take the test Saturday
night at Dallas in the Cotton Bowl when they meet one of
their oldest rivals Oklahoma A&M.
“It will be a tough game, and a close one,” said Coach
George.
“Arkansas took us by 10 points last year. They are sup
posed to have an even better team back. And looking- at what
Oklahoma A&M did to them last week, I would say this
should be a very hard one to win,” he added.
George was refering to the way the Cowpokes held
highly favored Arkansas last week 20-22. Those who saw the
game said anyone could have won, that the Razorbacks just
got one more break than the Cowboys.
Both teams are the light hard-running type, and speed
should be the main factor.
♦ They should also be well match
ed in the aerial end of the game.
Both squads boast -a top-notch
passer.
Ray Graves of the Maroon and
White will match wits and throw
ing arm with Don Babers of the
Okies.
Leading the SWC in total yards
compiled after one game, Graves
will be a hard man to beat in eith
er department. He quarterbacked
a beautiful game against the Cou
gars last Saturday night, and
showed he could pass when he
completed 9 out of 14 for 121
yards.
Graves also displayed a good
ground game wtien he rolled up
87 yards in 13 tries to stand third
in the conference among leading
ball carriers.
Babers of the Cowpokes was de
scribed as “one of the sweetest
passers I have ever seen,” by a
scout at least week’s game against
Arkansas.
The Cowboys don’t have the
ends the Aggies do, but they boast
an Indian halfback named Bill
Bredde from the hills of Oklahoma
that is supposed to make up for
the weakness.
Halfback Bredde
Bredde runs from the halfback
spot and is said to be a terror.
He is big and fast and doesn’t
know when to quit. He is a pi*ob-
able for the Missouri Valley All-
Conference team.
Running against Bredde for the
Aggies Avill be Raymond Haas and
Don Ellis. Neither is the line
charging type, but both are fast
and hard to pull down.
These men are also good re
ceivers for Graves passes, and
if called on, Ellis can turn in a
good job at throwing. He threw
once and hit last week against the
Cougars for a touchdown.
Co-Captain Hooper
At ends for the Aggies will be
Eric Miller and co-captain Dar
row Hooper. Hooper snagged a
pass for a touchdown last Satur
day and Miller ran up 39 yards
in three catches.
- Tackles will be big Bobby Dixon
and All-America Jack Little. Iron-
Man Little will probably see a
great deal of defensive work in
addition to his starting position on
offense. He is the other co-captain
for the game.
Marvin Tate and Sidney Theriot
are scheduled for the guard slots.
These are the boys who held the
huge Cougar linemen who out
weighed them almost 30 pounds
per man.
Leo Marquette will hold down
the center post. This is another
of the Louisiana sophomore lads
on the Aggie eleven.
Connie Magouirk is slated to
start at fullback. One of the hard-
driving type, Magouirk is counted
on by the Aggies for the line-buck
ing chores.
Hillel Foundation
To Hold Services '
The B’nai B’rith Hillel Founda
tion in co-operation with the Bry
an Jewish community will hold
Yom Kippur Atonement Day ser
vices at Temple Freda in Bryan.
Services Sunday evening, Sept
ember 28, will begin at 7:30 p. m.
Services Monday, September 29,
will begin at 9:30 a. m. and con
tinue through the^day.
Morris Chotin of the Bryan
Army Air Base will be in charge of
the services, assisted by members
of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Founda
tion.
‘Welcome Strangers’ Tea
Set for 3 p.m. Monday
A “Welcome Strangers” tea will
be given by the College Station
Council of Church Women at 3
p. m. Monday in the YMCA.
MSC Council Meets
The MSC Council will meet at
7:30 p. m. Monday in the Senate
Chamber of the Center for its
first meeting of the fall semester,
Lamar McNew, president of the
council, said.
coffee. Other uniforms ignore the
mechanical danger fearing they
might neglect a one-peak crush or
white belt which they should
greet.
When the herd reaches the
street its fluidity disappears as
uniform jams against uniform
waiting for the never ending
stream of traffic to go by. As a
break in the traffic appeal's a
group of uniforms will dodge
across the street and regroup to
continue towards its destination.
Finally the area will clear of
uniforms as quickly as it was fill
ed and all will be quiet until the
next hour when the great migra
tion to preserve the grade point
ratio and the contract will begin
again. .
MSC Round-Up
Starts Tuesday
The annual fall Round-Up of
the MSC will get underway at
7:45 p. m. Tuesday in the MSC
Ballroom, according to John Akard
and Ken Hall, chairmen.
“All students and faculty mem
bers are invited to attend to see
the programs planned by the in
dividual committees of the Direct
orate,” Akard said.