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The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 211 Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1952
Price Five Cents
Claire Williams Named
Aggie Sweetheart 1953
Travis, Francis, Wheat
Get Top Senate Positions
VWfib Travis of the Consolidated
Band was elected president of the
Student Senate last night in its
first meeting of the year in the
YMCA Assembly Room.
Dee Francis, Corps Staff Opera
tions Officer, was elected vice
president. Pat Wheat, vice presi
dent of the sophomore class, was
elected secretai-y.
Frank Fold, sophomore, who
also was nominated for secretary,
was chosen corresponding secre
tary by acclamation. Tde Trotter,
Corps Staff Supply Sergeant, was
elected parliamentarian.
Darrow Hooper, senior senator
from College View, was named
treasurer. Guy Shown, Corps
Staff Adjutant was elected chap
lain by acclamation.
Col. Davis Sets
New Policies
For UnitC.O.s
Col. Joe E. Davis, command
ant, laid the cards on the table
to commanders of corps units
yesterday in an hour meeting
held in the YMCA.
He explained “air-outs” 'are out
lawed, although not listed as such
in the College Regulations. He
ordered commanders to watch the
use of “compulsory intramurals”
which has been the cause of some
* resignations.
Davis demanded that demonstra
tions previously held Oct. 31 and
April 1 be discontimied this year.
r Other resolutions presented by
t)avis were:
• Military units will not march
to yell practice. v -. ; '
• Unit meetings must be held
prior to call to quarters.
• If further harm to guidons oc
curs at yell practice, taking
of guidons to yell practice
will be discontinued.
• Hensel Park is off limits to
beer; explanations of meth
od for> planning unit parties.
• Wearing of fatigue uniform,
r and removal of class privi
lege from the way previous
ly worn.
• Better care of rifles. Use of
wax to keep them in good
condition.
• Company commanders have
I /^supreme authority in units.
The commandant and Col. Shel
ly 'P. Myers, PMS&T, also explain
ed deferment policy for military
* Students and the issuance of shoes,
one pair to basic military students
and one oair to advanced students.
Following the meeting, company
, commanders discussed various
*class privileges and methods of
speaking between units.
In other business, Lyle Wolf-
skill, student entertainment man
ager, presented the motion that a
committee be formed of two sen
iors, one junior, one sophomore,
and one civilian student to study
the problem of seating in Kyle
Field and present its findings at
the Thursday meeting.
Hooper added an amendment to
the motion asking that one man
representing the married students
be placed on the committee. The
amendment was passed. The com
mittee will hold a short meeting
tonight to study the Kyle Field
seating arrangement.
Gene Steed, Second Division
Commander, made the motion that
the senate recommend to the mess
hall that they publish the menu
a week in advance.
Committee Formed
Following the selection of offi
cers, the ten committees of the
Student Senate were formed. Sen
ators volunteered for the separate
committees on which they wished
to serve. If more than the re
quired number of men for a com
mittee volunteered, the selection
was put to a vote.
Senators elected to the execu
tive committee include Francis,
who as vice president of the sen
ate automatically became a mem
ber, Trotter, Sam Harper, Jack
Thornton, Victor Gillett, Bill Row
land, Francisco Coronado.
Members of the mess hall com
mittee are Francis Fisbeck, Guy
Shown, Rowland, and the freshman,
class vice president who has not
been elected yet.
Senators elected to the social
A&M Presented
Metzger Guns
The Metzger Gun Collection was
formally presented to the college
Saturday afternoon in the MSC
Ballroom, where the Texas Gun
Association was holding one of its
four yearly meetings.
Harry C. Knode, president of the
association and close friend of Carl
Metzger who compiled the gun col
lection, now located in the Metzger
Gun Room of the MSC, made the
presentation to Dr. David H. Mor
gan, dean of the college.
Following the presentation Mor
gan turned the guns over to the
custody of Col. Cecil M. MacGreg
or, chairman of the collection.
Wayne Stark, director of the
MSC; Dick Hervey, executive sec
retary of the Association of For
mer Students; and Col. MacGregor
each spoke on the value of the
Metzger Gun Collection to A&M
and its students.
FORMAL PRESENTATION—Dr. Davi/fl H. Morgan, dean
' of the college, receives title to the Metzger Gun Collection
for A&M from Harry C. Knode, president of the Texas
Gun Association and friend of the late Carl Metzger who
j originally owned the collection,
committee were Don Young, La-
roar McNew, Don Friend, Haskell
Simon, and Larry Hoffman.
Trotter and Wheat were elected
to the publicity committee.
Senators named to the Student
Life Committee were Wolfskill,
Daniel Howell, Joe Wallace, Shown.
Elected to the hospital commit
tee were Ray Rushing, Arvis Noak,
Jerry Ramsey, Prince Vickers,
John Pelt.
Election Committee Members
Senators elected to the Election
Commission include Leo Di’aper,
Andrew Gary, B. P. Pantuso, Bill
Maddox, John Matush.
Heft, H. H. Jones, Chai'les Scott,
Robert Cloud, Jack (Spud) Mer-
gle, and Doyle .Lowrey were elect
ed to the Exchange Store commit
tee.
Members elected to the welcom
ing committee are Harold Huds
peth, Eugene Kilgore, Gene Steed,
Monty Montgomery, John Heft.
Senators elected to the TISA
were Steed, Roy Hickman, William
Canon, Ford, Young.
Following the election of the
committee, C. G. (Spike) White,
director of Student Activities, pre
sented this year’s budget to the
Senate.
San Antonio Belle
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Chosen F rom Twelve
Dance Conunittee
Showing Profit
The MSC Council took care of
routine business at its meeting in
the Council Chamber last night.
The group heard a report by J.
Wayne Stark on the financial con
dition of the center.
Council president Lamar McNew
1 reported on the results of the two
student social functions held in
the MSC during the Kentucky
game weekend. He said $30 was
lost by the Dance Committee on
Cafe Rue Pinalle, held Friday
night, but the committee netted
$138 from the All-College dance
Saturday night.
A discussion concerning an art
display now being shown in the
MSC was concluded with several
members complimenting the Art
Gallery Committee for their con
tinued work in bringing art mas
terpieces here for display.
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Co-Editor
Miss Claire Williams of San Antonio is the Aggie Sweet
heart for 1953.
Named by a 14-Aggie selection committee after more
than an hour and a half of balloting and discussion, the
TSCW sophomore won out over 11 other lovelies from the
Denton college.
The attractive five-foot and four-inch 18-year-old speech
major was announced winner by Senior Class president Joe
Mattei, who was in charge of the Aggie delegation to Denton.
“I was never so pleased or surprised in all my life,” Miss
Williams said Sunday afternoon when told she would reign
as Aggie Queen for all events needing a female representative
from A&M.
Miss Williams clasped both hands to her
face when Mattei announced the winner. She
was unable to utter a sound for 20 seconds
as were the other persons present. The si
lence was broken by a member of the A&M
delegation who began to sing “Jambalaya”
and congratulations, hugs and kisses, fol
lowed.
She will be presented formally during half
time ceremonies at the Southern Methodist
football game Nov. 8 in Dallas, the Cadets’
first Corps Trip.
Other nominees elected in upperclassmen
meetings at TSCW were: Colette Clifton of
Memphis, Tenn., Ann Herring of Arlington,
Tenn., Patricia Martin of State College,
Miss., Betty Ann Timmerman of New Braun
fels, all seniors; Cora Jane Becker, of New
Braunfels, Marshalene Green of San Saba,
Carolyn Hammon of El Dorado, Ark., Jane
McBrierty of Ennis, all juniors; Erika Heid-
man of Greenville, Peggy Phillips of Aus.-
tin, Patsy Potts of Weslaco, all sophomores.
Selection Members
Members of the selection committee be
sides Mattei were: Cadet Colonel of the
Corps Weldon Kruger; Charles (Red) Scott,
vice president of the senior class; Charles
(Bubba) Blank, social secretary of the sen
ior class; Gene Steed and Bruce (Hoot) Gib
son, division commanders; Glenn Black, Bill
Highsmith, Charles Hornstein, Don Carey,
regimental commanders; Lamar McNew,
president of the MSC Council; Frank Manit-
zas, co-editor of The Battalion; Bill Hender
son, civilian yell leader, B. W. (Mac) Mc-
Gough, civilian representatives.
The selection committee arrived at the
TSCW campus at noon Saturday. After
lunch in Hubbard Hall, the selection commit
tee and the nominees watched the televised
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AGGIES’ NO. 1 SWEETHEART—Cadet Colonel of the
Corps Weldon Kruger talks with sparkling Claire Williams
of San Antonio and TSCW, A&M’s Sweetheart for 1953.
(Photo by Burchard Studios, Denton.)
El
AGGIE SWEETHEART NOMINEES—Twelve Texas State College for
Women beauties named by the upperclasses of the school, for Aggie
Sweetheart were: (top row, left to right) Collette Clifton, Ann Herring,
Patricia Martin, Betty Ann Timmerman,-all seniors; (second row) Cora
Jane Becker, Marshalene Green, Carolyn Hammond, Jane McBrierty, all
juniors; (third row) Erika Heidman, Peggy Phillips, Patsy Potts, Clair
Williams, all sophomores. (Photo courtesy The Daily Lass-O, TSCW.)
‘Give ’Em Friendship’ Caihpaign
Walt Kelly to Speak Here
Pogo is coming, Walt Kelly’s in
sight.
The famed creator of the Okefeno-
kee swamp critters who have set
campuses across the nation astir
and national politics in a hotter
brew than Li’l Abner ever could
will be here at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
in Guion Hall.
Kelly will stop at A&M on his
way from Dallas to Houston in
connection with a promotional tour
across the country.
Sponsored by The Battalion, Stu-
Fish, Junior
Shoes Ready
Approximately one half of the
1956 pairs of shoes recently re
ceived for distribution to the Corps
of Cadets have been distributed,
reported B. W. Hearne, military
property custodian. Distribution
began Oct. 4.
In order to clarify who is eli
gible to receive shoes, Colonel
Shelly P. Myers said that the reg
ulations specifically state that
each ROTC student shall be issued
one pair of shoes as a freshman
and one pair of shoes when he re
ceives his advanced ROTC con
tract.
The regulation also states that
maintenance, repair and replace
ment of the shoes is left to the
student, •
dent Activities and the Art Gal-
lei’y Committee of the MSC, Kelly
will talk on “The Social and Ethi
cal Responsibilities of a Cartoon
ist to the American People.” Frank
Manitzas, Battalion co-editor, will
be master of ceremonies.
Following the Kelly program,
the regular Quarterback Club will
be presented in Guion Hall with
movies of the Michigan State foot
ball game.
Named as the favorite candidate
by all parties except the Commun
ists in the coming elections “I Go
Pogo” campaigns have swept the
nation, reports from the possum
kingdom’s headquarters show.
On the way to A&M, Pogo will
stop with Kelly at Southern Meth-
Pogo
“Gig ’em Okefenokee”
odist University for a “give ’em
friendship” speech based on op
posite views with another famous
“give ’em” speech being made by
other presidential candidates.
Although Pogo and his Ward
County, Florida friends took a va
cation from politics lately to wind
up baseball’s world series, the Ok
efenokee folk is back in the Pol
itico Lighthouse.”
The Battalion first started run
ning the cartoon strip early last
year, one of the first college dailies
to do so. Today, more than half
of the college newspapers carrying
a comic strip are “going Pogo.”
Carle and Pinalle
Make Weekend Big
According to most calendars,
the present seven days in October
have been designated at National
Oil Progress Week. However, if
someone were to look at the A&M
entertainment calendar, they
would see that this was a bad
misnomer.
A more fitting title would be:
“A & M Entertainment Wee k.”
Scheduled at Guion Hall at 7:15
p. m. Saturday, after the A&M-
TCU football game, is Frankie
Carle and his famous orchestra.
After conducting his concert at
Guion, Carle will travel to Sbisa
Carradine to Present Readings
At Knife-Fork Club Tonight
John Carradine, well known ac
tor of character roles on the stage
and screen, will present readings
of great scenes in literature to
night at the Bryan-College Station
Knife and Fork Club.
About 400 people are expected
for the club’s first meeting of
the year. It will be in the MSC
Ballroom at 6:30 p. m., said Bob
Braley, president of the group.
Monte Wooley, previously an
nounced as speaker, will not be
able to come because of illness.
Carradine has been in the fol
lowing Broadway plays: “The Mad
Woman of Chaillot”, “The Leading
Lady”, “The Cardinal”, and others.
His screen roles include parts in
“Les Miserables”, “Grapes of
Wrath”, “Captain Kidd”, and
“Stagecoach”.
The program tonight will include
readings from Shakespeare, the
Bible, Abraham Lincoln, and Ru-
bert Brooke.
Other programs scheduled for
the year are Nutchuk, an Eskimo;
Bruce Thomas, foreign correspon
dent; Arthur Smith, economist; Ed
Harding, humorist; Count Bryon
de Prorek, archaeologist; and John
Craig, scientist.
Hall to play for the all-college
dance, which begins at 9 p. m.
Dress fbr the dance may be either
formal or informal, said W. D.
(Pete) Hardesty, business man
ager of student activities.\
Advance ticket sales for the
concert and dance are now being
conducted in the Office of Student
Activities, said Hai-desty. Admis
sion to the concert will be 70
cents, and $2.50 will be charged
for the dance, stag oi* drag.
Intel-national Night will be held
at Cafe Rue Pinalle, Friday at
8:30 p. m., announced Miss Betty
Bolander, program consultant of
the MSC.
The internationally - flavored
program will be centered aroupd
six Bryan AFB cadets from Uni
ted Na’tions countries, said Miss
Bolander.
Music for the show will be fur
nished by the MSC Combo. The
rest of the program will be an
nounced later in the week, she
said.
Friday Is Deadline
For All Guest Ducats
Student guest tickets for the
A&M-TCU football game will go
off sale at 5 p.m. They will not
be sold on Saturday, according t®
Pat Dyall, assistant business man
ager of athletics.
Coupon books for student wives
will go off sale Friday at the same
time.