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Number 205: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1952
ihiblishec* By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents
Filingfor Elections
Will Close Today;
First Vote Monday
Today is the deadline for stu
dents to file for offices in the com
ing elections of Oct. 6-9.
To date there have been a total
of 176 candidates. The Battalion
reported a wrong and much higher-
figure earlier.
Twenty-two candidates filed
yesterday. Of these, all were can
didates for the Student Senate ex
cept three who filed for the Elec
tion Commissjtfon. These three are
Jerry L. Lejdwig, Ferman Glesier,
N aml Marvih H. Ford, all juniors.
Sehior candidates for the sen
ate are Victor W. Gillett, T. E.
Kelly, Alva Shepard, W. B. Travel-
stead, R. F. Lannert, Doug Goode,
and O. D. Bretches. Two juniors
who filed for the senate yester-
Two Judging
Teams Enter
• Top Contests
Two judging teams representing
* A&M’s dairy husbandry depart
ment participated in out-of-state
contests.
The Dairy Products team com
peted in the National Stu-
dents Judging Contest in dairy
products in Chicago, 111. Members
recently took part in the South
ern Regional Dairy Products Con
test in Nashville, Tenn. in pre
paration for the current event.
Team members are James B.
Hardaway of Leesburg, George
Spaniel of Moulton, . Eddie L.
Thompson of Waco, and Wesley
E. Gross of Bonham. Frank E.
Potter of the dairy husbandry de
partment is coach.
The dairy cattle judging team
intered the National Dairy Con-
jress at at Waterloo, la., this week.
Before participating in the na-
7 tional contest, the team took part
in a contest at Memphis Tenn.,
where it won third place in all
events. Henry W. Haisler, of Cald
well, won fifth place in individual
■' judging of all breeds.
In addition to Haisler, team
members are Billy Charles Presnal
of Bryan, Alton P. Pyburn of
Roby, and Curtis D. Reeves of
Port Arthur. A. L. Darnell of
dairy husbandry department is
coach. .....
Army Rifles
Ready Soon
Ml rifles for ROTC drill have
arrived and are being placed in
the gun rooms of dormitories hous
ing all ground force cadets, said
<Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assist-
. commandant.
Cadets will begin drilling with
f <Vifles Oct. 9, Wilkins said. Com
manding officers of each company
may issue rifles before the next
drill period, he said. Otherwise
rifles will be issued at drill next
Thursday, Col. Wilkins said.
Cadet officers and first ser
geants will only have rifles for in
struction purposes, according to
Wilkins. Each cadet will be re
sponsible for the conditions of his
rifle and will be charged with hav
ing it clean at all times, he said.
Weather Today
CLEAR
WEATHER TODAY: Clear with
a slight di-op in temperature from
a mild norther. The high yester
day was 93 and the low this
morning 62. (No snow in sight.)
day are E. R. Keeling and L.
B. Brown.
Sophomore Filings
Sophomores who signed up yes
terday in the senate race are John
W. Benefield, Bob E. Stout, Earl
R. Hall, Vervie Godwin, Charles
W. Cox, James E. Gaffey.
Civilian senate candidates regis-
tered in yesterday’s filing are
George M. Sturgis, and Ernest G.
Horres, both of Law Hall; Lamar
McNew of the day students; and
Bill Harper, who misfiled as a
senator-at-large.
Most applications filed are for
the senior positions in the senate.
They number 46. Junior and soph
omore classes have both drawn 43
candidates.
Eighteen have filed for position
on the Election Commission and
six civilian students are candidates
for the Student Life Committee.
Other areas and their respective
number of senate candidates are:
College View, five; Law Hall,
five; Puryear Hall, five; Mitchell
Hall, two; Bizzell Hall, two; day
students, two; senators-at-large
(not a post) two.
Election Schedule
The election schedule is as fol
lows: Monday, Oct. 6, sophomore
elections; Tuesday, Oct. 7, junior
elections; Wednesday, Oct. 8, sen
ior elections; Thursday, Oct. 9,
non-military and day student elec
tions.
Voting will be by secret ballot
in a, central ballot booth in the
MSC promenade near the Postof
fice entrance.
Separate ballots will be used
for each class and for each civil
ian dormitory and housing sec
tion. Civilian students will be al
lowed to vote for both their dormi
tory and class representatives. Cor
recting an earlier mistake in The
Battalion, 1 only one man can be
elected from each non-corps dirm-
itary for student senator instead of
two.
Seniors Devise Seating
Plan for Kentucky Game
A seating arrangement for A&M students at the Ken
tucky game has been devised by the senior class and will be
used for this game, said Joe Mattei, senior class president.
The seating arrangement is a modification of the plan
used last year which was drawn up by the Student Senate.
The only change in the senior’s plan is that civilian and corps
seniors will be in the same sections.
Members of the senior class voted on this arrangement,
although deciding where students will sit in Kyle Field is a
function of the Student Senate. The senate will probably
approve this arrangement or decide on a new one after it con
venes for the first time next week, Mattei said.
Students will be expected to sit in the places indicated
on the map, the senior class president added.
Student Injured After
Dormitory Explosion
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Co-Editor
A fireworks explosion in Dox'-
mitory 10 last night set off mass
confusion among students in the
upperclassman Corps area and led
to the injux-y of a student who
fell into a steam tunnel.
Injui'ed was Clarence (Buck)
Gay, sophomore fi’om Fort Wpifh
who is student electi’ician for three
doi’mitories. Gay entered the tun
nel in an attempt to px-otect the
dormitory’s electrical equipment
from students who wex'e swai’ming
all over the area.
With a flashlight in hand, ex
citement caused him to miss
the steps and he di'opped ten
feet between the steam pipes into
the tunnel. He received a cut ov
er the left eye and multiple cuts
and bx-uises on his body.
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KYLE FIELD SEATING ARRANGEMENT—This is the way stu
dents will sit ij) the A&M section of Kyle Field at the Kentucky
game Saturday 1 night. Seniors will sit from the 50 yard line to
the goal line,, They will .enter the stadium through Ramp P and
sit in the area from the main aisle up to the 'toj? of the stadiunh.
Juniox-s will be admitted to a sectioxx which extends fi’om the end
zone to the 40 yard line. All Juniors will enter thx-ough Ramp O.
The juniors will sit above the eighth i‘ow and up to the main aisle,
whex-e the senior section begins. The juniox-s will also occupy the
area from the main aisle to the top of the stadium between Ramp
O (goal line) and Ramp N. Fxeshmen and Sophomores will enter
thi’ough Ramps N and M and will occupy the first eight rows from
the 40 yaxd fine (next to the band) to the end zone. From the
end zone to ramp N they will occupy all seats up to the main
aisle. Beyond section N in the end zone, freshmen and sophomores
will be allowed all seats from the bottom to the top row.
Ray Graves Speaks
To QBs Tonight
Ray Graves, ace Aggie play-
caller and passer will speak to
night at the Quartexback Club in
the MSC Ball Room at 7:30.
A double featui-e program is
scheduled. Two thrilling game
films, Oklahoma A&M and the
University of Houston, will be
shown.
Gx-aves will make a short talk
on how the team is shaping up so
for this season, and how he thinks
the Aggies should do against Ken
tucky Saturday night on Kyle
Field.
Narrate Films
He will then proceed to nari’ate
the films, and explain the differ
ences between the Oklahoma Ag
gies and the Houston Cougars.
The essential diffei'ence was the
defense they ran. Graves will ela-
Dance Scheduled
For Kentucky Tilt
A dance will be held after the
Kentucky game, Satux-day, Oct. 4,
on the MSC Stax-light Tex-race,
Betty Bolander, MSC program di
rector, has announced. The dance
will begin immediately after the
game and will last until 12 p. m.
Music will be provided by the
Aggieland Combo and refresh
ments will be sold, said Gordon
Geddes, dance chairman.
Ross Volunteers
Organize Tonight
The Ross Volunteers will hold
their first meeting of the year
after yell practice tonight in Room
3D of the MSC, said Joe Wallace,
commander of the RV unit. Coffee
and cookies will be served.
Committees will be appointed
and plans for the yeax* will be dis
cussed, Wallace said. All seniox-s
who want to remain active in the
ox-ganization must be present, he
commented.
Applications for membership in
the Volunteers must be ixx by Mon
day night, Oct. 6, Wallace conclud
ed.
borate on this point, as well as the
mistakes made by each team.
Gx-aves is the man who leads the
Aggie attack at quax-terback on
the split-T formation coached by
Head Mentor Ray George.
He has thx-own 27 passes and
completed 15 of them for a total
gain of 182 yards and an average
of .555 on connections. This places
him third in the confex-ence.
Fourth Among Ball Carriers
On 23 tries with the ball he has
covered 101 yax-ds to set his pex--
try at 4.4 yax-ds. Graves ranks
fourth in the SWC in leading ball
carx-iers.
In total offense, he has gained
283 yax-ds on 50 plays for a 5.7
yds. average and thix'd place in
the conference among leading total
offense leaders.
A senior letterman, Graves
stands six ft. 1 inch and weighs
170 pounds. He is 20 years old
and hails fi’om Stephenville. His
major is Business Administration.
FIRST—Ray Anthony and his
orchestra will px-esent the first
Town Hall concert Monday in
Guion Hall.
Costly Tank Prank
Remains Unsolved
List
Investigation of the costly tank
painting is at a temporax-y stand
still, Col. Joe Davis, commandant,
xevealed yestei’day.
Whether the investigation will
be handled by the college or by
the railroad is undecided, but prop
er action will be taken soon, he
said.
Kentucky Game
First Review
The cadet corps will march in
its first pass by of the season Sat
urday night at the University of
Kentuck football game, Lt. Col.
Taylor Wilkins announced yestex--
day.
Class “A” uniforms will be wox-n
by all cadets. Fix-st call will be
sounded at 1830 hours with move
out at 1835 hours. The cadets will
pass through Gate 2 to the rear
of Kyle Field where they will be
dismissed.
Promotions
Released
With the appxoval of the Presi
dent and the Dean of Men, 36 ca
dets wex-e named to positions of
cadet rank effective immediately,
announced Colonel Joe Davis, com
mandant.
Appointed cadet 1st Lts. were
Sampson C. Guthrie, Jr., White
Band, Pit. Comdr.; David H.
Smith, White Band, Athl. Offr.;
Jack K. Reynolds, A Ax-rhor, Pit.
Comdr.; Gene Kennedy, B Ax-mox-,
Schol. Offx-.; Francis Bethancoux-t,
2nd Bn., P I Offr.; John J. Selig-
man, C FA, Exec. Offr.; Richard
K. Rains, Jx\, A Ox-d., Exec. Offr.
James A. Cx-oziei-, A Ox-d. Asst.
Pit. Comdx*.; Edwin L. Jones, Jr.,
A Ord., Ath. Offr.; Nox-man W.
Naugle, Sig. Cox-p, Asst. Pit.
Comdr.; Alva P. Shepai-d, Sq. 14,
Ath. Offr.; James H. Cumley, A
Co, Pit Comdr.; Don S. Tabb, Pit.
Unofficial Record
In Town Hall Race
By JOE HIPP
Battalion News Staff
As predicted the non-student
classic got off to an eax-ly stai't.
An unofficial x-ecoxd was set by
Pete Hardesty in the non-student
Town Hall ticket line last night.
Hax-desty, business manager of
Student Activities, went to Guion
Hall immediately after the fresh
man game and started the line.
“I had never been in this line
before and was cux-ious about
spending the night in Guion Hall,”
said Haxdesty. Although fix-st in
line, he spent most of the night
dozing in his car.
Stealing the show was Michael
McGuire, 14, son of Mx\ and Mrs.
J. G. McGuix-e, 113 Langford. Mike
got to the line at 2:30 a.m. to get
second place. “Dad wanted good
seats so I came over on my bike
to get ’em,” Mike said. Wide
awake, despite his long vigil, he
made a sharp contrast with the
sleepier members of the line.
Dr. W. M. Potts, of the Chem-
istx-y department, was thix-d at
3:15 a.m. and Dr. W. L. Pox-tei’,
head of the Mathematics depax-t-
ment, was foux-th, arriving at 4
a.m. Both were x-unnex-s-up last
yeax-.
Another line, popular at the
time, was the line for coffee and
cake. C. G. (Spike) JVhite, assist
ant to the dean of men for stu
dent activities, was sex-ving to all
membei-s of the line.
The only claim anyone had to a
position in the line was a small
ticket with their place numbered
on it.
Several of the eax-ly risex-s were
to be seen dozing away in the big
soft chairs of the Guion Hall
lounge.
Activity x-eached a peak when
Mrs. Polly Patx-anella of the Stu
dent Actiivties office arx-ived With
the tickets and Hax-desty stepped
forward to buy the fix-st four tick
ets.
Comdr.; D Co.; Bobby L. Myers,
E Co., Exec Offr.; Frederick W.
Threadgill, E Co., Pit. Comdx-.
Ralph Night, E Co. Pit. Comdr.;
Wallace Gax-rison, F Co., Pit.
Comdr.; and Winfred E. Gx-imes,
SQ 22, Pit. Comdr.
Promoted to Staff Sergeants
wex-e Jex-ry V. Post, White Band,
Sup. Sgt.; James W. Bass, A FA,
Asst. Sq. Ldr.; Jesse F. Fox-d, A
FA, Asst. Sq. Ldr.; James L. Mil-
stead, A FA Asst. Sq. Ldi\; Rob
ert G. McCandless, A FA, Asst.
Sq. Ldr.; Alton W. Pex-x-y, A FA,
Asst. Sq. Ldi\; Joe F. Rose, A FA,
Asst. Sq. Ldr.; Billy Grissom, F
Co., Asst. Pit. Sgt.; Edward Stall-
witz, A FA, Asst. Sq. Ldr.; and
John A. Steen, Sq. 14, Guide.
New coxpox-als are James A.
Wilson, A FA, Guidon Beax-er; Wil
liam H. Carlton, D Co. Guide; and
Lonzie A. Paxker, D Co., Guide.
Geox-ge R. Harper, 3rd Regt.,
and Glenn R. Parma were pro
moted to the x-ank of Major. James
W. Allbx-itton, 3rd Wg., axxd Randal
L. Cheves, 3rd Regt., wex-e appoint
ed Master Sergeants. Alois J.
Jaeger, F Co., was appointed Pla
toon Sex-geant and was promoted
to the x-ank of Tech Sex-geant.
The explosion occurred at about
9:30 p.m. according to Robin Ran-
sone, sergeant of the guard, who
investigated the disturbance. Ran-
sone had just i-etux-ned to the
guard room in Dormitox-y 12 when
someone rushed to the window and
asked for a doctor or an ambu
lance—saying a student had fallen
into the steam tunnel.
Hospital Slow
Robex-t A. Ruiz, corporal of the
guaxd, called the college hospital
i and was told they would send some
one ovei". Ruiz said he waited a
few minutes and no one came. He
then called a Bryan doctor and was
advised to contact the college hos
pital. Another doctor was called
and he promised to get medical aid
to the injured student.
Twenty minutes aftex- the fix-st
call to the college hospital, Ruiz
called back and was told the am
bulance would not stai't. In the
- I meantime a student employee, Wil
liam Parson, from the hospital
rushed over to Dox-mitory 10 in a
borrowed car, but thought Gay’s
injux-ies could be such that he would
be hux-t more if tx-ansported in a
car. Parson x-eturned to the hos
pital and with the aid of freshmen
in a neax-by dormitory pushed the
ambulance until it started.
Rushed to Tunnel
Martin Clemmons, sophomore
from Port Arthur and Gay’s room
mate, said he x-ushed down into the
tunnel as soon as he had word of
Gay’s injux-y. Clemmons said he
and a few other unidentified stu
dents treated Gay for shock, but
did not attempt to lift him out fox-
fear of internal injuries.
After a hux-x-ied tx-ip to Dormi
tory 10, a chain blocking vehicle
entrance to the area was found
locked, but finally bx-oken down by
the ambulance. Parsons and sevex-al
assistants lifted Gay out of the
tunnel on a stretcher and rushed
him to the hospital. They left the
dormitory at 10:20 p.m., 40 min
utes after the accident occurred.
Dr. J. E. Marsh, college physic
ian, arrived at the hospital a few
minutes after Gay was brought in
and found a gash over the left eye
x-equiring four or five stitches.
Gay, who was unconscious until
just before he was helped out of
the tunnel, told a Battalion x-eport-
er at the hospital, “I don’t know
why I went down there, but I’ll
never do it again.” He probably
was still dazed at that time.
Cadet officer of the guard Cliff
Schaffer and officer of the day
Norman (Bubba) Buescher assert
ed that Gay did not receive medical
(See CORPS, Page 3)
Concession Stands
Provided for Game
Student concessions, sponsox-ed
by the Athletic department, will
be provided for the A&M-Ken-
tucky game, announced Joe G. Fa
gan, concession manager.
Soft dx-inks, ice-cx-eam, hot-dogs,
peanuts, popcox-n, pillows, pen
nants and eye-shades will be sold
by students in the stands and at
various concessions places around
the stadium, he added.
Appx-oximately 30 students will
dix-ect traffic and help conduct the
pax-king of cai*s befox-e game time.
Students wanting to work dux-ing
home games should apply in the
office of Campus Security.
Programs for the game will also
be sold by students during the
game, said Roland Bing, manager
of student publications.
Aggie Band
Plans New
Maneuvers
As recall echoes fi-om the walls
of Kyle Field for the first time
this yeax-, the Aggie Band will
step off into one of the more com
plicated drills this year.
Led on the field by Doyle Kx-ue-
gex-, head dx-um majox-, Jerx-y
(Pinkey) Jordan and Geox-ge Brun
er, the 180-piece band will open
the dx-ill with an entirely new en-
tx-ance made up of minstx-el turns.
After reaching the far end of
the field, they will execute the
well, known “continuous coantex-
march,” followed by a right and
left flank movement.
Next come two of the double
minstrel turns the Aggie band is
known for. The next new move
ment is one designed to make your
eyes jump back to the field from
your date or coke.
The max-oon and write bxigade
will fox-m the letters—T-E-X-A-S
A-M-C and K-E-N-T-U-C-K-Y.
Still holding the letters, the mem
bers will march off the field, with
the lettex-s melting as they hit
the sideline.
Rootin,’ Tootin’
Rodeo Set Friday
The most rootin’, tootin’ Aggie
Rodeo will be the best yet, said
Roy England of the xodeo commit
tee today. A&M’s 31st annual All-
Aggie Rodeo will be held Friday
and Satux-day.
Advance tickets are now on sale
in the Sstudent Activities Office
for 50 cents. Cost at the gate
will be 60 cents. General admis
sion tickets are $1.20 and reserved
seats $1.50. .