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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Readers The Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 220 Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1952 Price Five Cents BEAT SOMERVILLE—Leading the way w r hen the A&M Consolidated High School Tigers visit Somerville this week will be CHS’ cheerleaders, (top to bottom) Eleanor Price, Margaret Ann Arnold, Carolyn Landiss, and Martha Ergle, captain. ; Huge Crowd Packs Guion J azz Show Cootie Williams, his sextet and the Ink Spots played to a stand ing- room only crowd in Guion Hall last night, as more than 1800 per sons packed into the modern music concert. Williams and his wild aggrega tion set a fire under the audience * i/ith their interpretations of mod- irn music. Cootie himself opened the two- hour long show with a trumpet i.olo of the late Bunny Berigan’s famed blues song “I Can’t Get Started.” For many people in the audience, it was their first introduction to “bop”, as the music is known to the musicians, and its forms. They evidently liked what they heard, as applause was deafening after each number. “Blues” Vocalist Eddie Mack, vocalist for the sextet, gave a good account of himself with blues songs straight from Beale and Basin Street bar rooms. ^ Some of Mack’s songs were “One More Bottle of Beer,” “I Love My Baby,” and “Red Hot Mama.” All of these were sung in the « high, loud voice of the Negro blues man. Another of Cootie’s crowd scor ing a hit with the packed house, was Sylvester Austin, whose saxo phone stylings had the audience breathless. Sylvester forced his sax into ranges many did not think possible for that instrument. Cootie himself was just short of great on the trumpet he brand ished before the stamping, whistl ing crowd; he made the brass Uniform for Game Is Announced The Cadet Corps will wear class “A” uniforms with blouses at the Arkansas review Saturday night said Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assist ant commandant. Juniors, sophomores, and fi’esh- men will wear khaki ties; seniors j and staff juniors will wear green ties. Sabres will not be worn, he said. The corps will fall out at G:40 r p. m.'and will move out at G:48 p. m., he said. horn “speak” in a language all its own. The sextet played such jazz tunes as “Castle Rock”, “Perdido,” and “Echoes of Harlem.” The Ink Spots quai'tet entered the scene midway in the first part of the show. From then on, the stage was bouncing with the combined talents of both groups of music-makers. Ink Spots Familiar The first number the Ink Spots sang was “Java Jive,” whose “I love coffee, I love tea,” theme was familiar to many in the audience. Jimmy Holmes and Ivory (Deek) Watson carried the melody in the quartet, with tall, Harold Jackson and guitarist Charlie Fuqua mak ing the rhythm. Jackson, a deep-voiced, vibrating bass, was an audience favorite with his choruses rendei-ed in narrative style. From student activities’ stand point, the performance was one of the more successful in their his tory, topped only by Bob Hope or Spike Jones shows of past years. %ZTsToZ Daniel SaysTr umanites The non-military mess hall will be opened soon said Bob Murray, dormitory counselor for civilian dormitories, Vet Village, and College View. So far 243 students have signed for the new cafeteria, making the total number a little above the required 200 he said. No definite opening date has been set, but will be an nounced as soon as can be arranged, he said. Out of the total number of students who signed, 102 were from Law Hall, 43 from Bizzell Hall, and 98 from Pur- year Hall. Senators from Post-Graduate and Mitchell have not sent in their reports on the matter, Murray said. Make Texans ‘Chumps’ AUSTIN, Oct. 29 — GP) — Atty. | jority for Adlai Stevenson will be Gen. Price Daniel lasf night charg ed “the Truman crowd” is playing Texans “for a bunch of chumps.” In a statewide radio speech from a Pemocrats-for-Eisenhower rally, the senatoi-elect said a Texas ma- Senior Class Meeting Set The second senioi- class meeting of the term will be held Thursday in the Assembly Room of the MSC at 7:15, announced Joe Mattei, senior class president. On the agenda will be a report from Bill Munnerlyn, Student Aid Committee chairman and Corps Athletic officer, on a proposed stu dent football game to raise money for the Student Aid Fund. A re port by Lyle Wolfskill, Senior Court President, on the powers of the Senior Court will also be given. Tom Collins, head yell leader, will discuss the practice of the corps marching to yell practice, and the conduct of cadets at mid night yell practice. Also included in the agenda are reports from Charles “Red” Scott, senior class vice-president, on the Student Senate, and from Mattei on the activities of the Student Life Committee. The traditions committee Avill have its report made by Don Greaney, chairman, and Claude Holmes will r’eport on the beauti fication and parking committee. Military to Receive Cadet Complaints Commanders’ complaints con- cerning the grievances existing in corps will be collected by a com mittee appointed by Corps Com mander Weldon Kruger, said Joe Wallace, chairman. Members of the committee in clude Joe Wallace, chairman, Gene Steed, Sam Harper, Davis Bottom, Pat Richman, Lyle Wolfskill, Lee Philips, Danny Howell, and Dick Birdwell. The committee would gather the complaints of each commander and after examination present them to the military department, said Wallace. He also added that the com plaints submitted by the committee will be careful considered by the military department in an effort to find possible solutions. Commanders are instructed to send the reports listing their griev ances to Wallace in room 217, Dorm 7, ,not later than 5 p. m. Friday, Oct. 31. YMCA Resumes Coffee Hour Today The YMCA resumed its daily coffee hour this morning, said Charley Beagle, president of the Y Council. Coffee will be served in the lob by of the YMCA from 9:30 until 10:30 a. m. evex-y morning, Mon day throxxgh Friday, he said. Seniors Over Corps Hazing Appro ved In Student Poll By JOE HIPP Battalion News Staff Aggies prefer “hazing” ac cording to an opinion poll conduct ed yesterday. More than 130 questions wei’e asked in determining the results of the poll. A comparable repre sentation from all classes wexe asked. As a means of punishment for bx-each of discipline, “hazing” is the only solution, several students said. The abolishment of this cus tom can result only in the “down fall’ of the corps. The question: Do you favor hazing ? Yes No Undecided 78% 22% 0% Gripe Committee The senioi- officer committee foxmed to meet with the militax-y department will accomplish its pux-pose, according to the poll. Established during Monday’s Commanders meeting, the commit tee was chax-ged with the x-espon- sibility of deteianining what griev ances now exist in the cox-ps and with the added x-esponsibility of presenting these grievances to the 'Itoal ’ Saw Koje Without A nyPro blems Maj. Gen. Haydon L. Boat- ner, who earned the nickname “Bull” while dealing with Communist war prisoners on Koje Island, explained the so- cx-et of his success to the San Antonio Association of A&M Former Students. Gen. Boatner told the exes of his fii'st interview on the Koje problem with Gen. Mark Clax-k, commander of UN fox-ces. “Are there mothers clubs on Koje?” asked Boatnei - . “Are thex - e senioi's in the camp?” inquired the ex-commandant. “Are there any former stu dents associations?” question ed “The Bull.” “General Boatner, what in the world are you talking about,” asked Clax-k, “of course there axe none of these.” “Well then,” Boatner x'eplied, “whexe’s your px-oblem?” military depax-tment to find a solu tion, if possible. Col. Joe Davis, commandant, as- sux-ed the commandex-s that all poixxts would be considex-ed by the military department. The question: Do you think the senior officers coxxxmittee formed to meet with the militax-y depax-t- ment will accomplish anything? Yes No Undecided 64% 36% 0% Class Over Officers The seixior class was given the nod oVer seixior cadet officers as to whom should run the corps. In establishing px-ivileges the entii'e senior class should be consulted, so shoxild all matter coneex-ning the corps, sevex-al seniors said. The question: Do you think the senior class or senior cadet offi- cex-s should be allowed to xixn the cox-ps ? Class Officers Undecided 69% 31% 0% Corps For Worst The corps has changed for the worst was one decision of the poll. “As long as Ross Hall x-uns it, the corps will continue for the wox'st,” E. F. Abex-crombie, seniox-, said. “The Cox-ps lacks the spixit and x-espect for uppcrlcassmen it used to have,” Bill Klaex-nei-, San An tonio junior, said. The question: Do you think the corps has changed for the worst? Yes / No Undecided 54% 44% 2% Although this same opinion was announced by commanding officei’s Monday, no true poll of the entix-e school has beexx conducted. Resxxlts might prove intex-esting. Demo Club Hears Report Reports from all over the coun ty on pi*ogress made in the “get ting out and vote” campaign for the fox-thcoming election highlight ed the meeting of the Bx-azos Coun- ty-Stevenson-Sparkman Club in the court house Monday night. Reporting for the “Get Out and Vote” Committee was B. H. Dewey. He said that transporta tion for election day has been ar- x-anged through the courtesy of the Bx-yan Automobile Dealers Asso ciation, and the cax-s will be dx-iven by members of the Junior Chamber of Commei-ce. BACK FROM KOREAN FRONT Vet Blasts American Public By ED HOLDER A&M x-eceived some of the first Korean veterans to entex- college at the beginning of the semestex-. One of these new students is Byron A. (Scotty) Parham of Company A, Thix-d Regiment. A little over a month ago, Scotty was a sex-geant fix-st class in the Army signal cox-ps, station ed at Camp Breckenridge, Ky. Like many of the other vetex-ans, Scot ty x-eturned fx-om Kox-ea on the Ax-my’s rotation system a few months ago after mox-e than 18 months service in Korea. Px-iox- to going to Koxea, he served 13 months of occupation duty in Japan. Straight From Tennessee A gx-aduate of Milby High School in Houston, Scotty enlisted in the Ax-my in December, 1948. Although xegistex-ed from Tenn essee, Scotty claims Houston as his home and Jackson, Tenn., as his official home. In Korea, Scotty sex-ved first with the signal section, Headquar- texs, EUSAK and then with the 24th Signal Company, 24th Infan try Division. While with the 24th Division, he received the Disting uished Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea Distinguished Unit Cita tion, and the Bx - onze Star Medal with Valor Clasp. Scotty also holds the Army Good Conduct Medal, Korean Campaign Medal with seven campaign stars, and the United Nations Medal. When asked about the Bx-onze Star Medal, Scotty just grinned axxd replied, “I was wher-e I shouldn’t have been—got chewed out good for it too.” A checkup showed he received the award for preventixxg important dispatches from falling into enemy hands af ter being ambushed by guex-illas. “Many people don’t think Am- exican soldiexs should be in Ko x-ea”, Scotty remarked in reply to questions on what he thought of the situation over there. “But I think we do,” he said, “we are there in defense of the United Na tions as our vax-ious allies. We have every right to be thex-e.” Boundary of Democracy “That line acx-oss Korea,” Par ham continued, “is the boundax-y of democracy. Should the UN leave Kox-ea, that boundax-y would come just that much closer to us. Sux-e, it’s on the other side of the Pacific, but with the px-esent and futuxe speed of air, land, and sea vehicles, that width means little. We have to stop the encroach ment of the Communists. It’s stop it now or have it hit us in our homes later.” When asked what he thought of the “states” after three yeax-s ovex-- seas, he replied, “Natux-ally it looked wondex-ful, but I think the first thing those of us x-eturning thought of was the chaxxge. Not necessaxily the new style cax-s or modex-n honxes, but the genex-al attitude toward what we were lucky enough to live thx-ough. Lack of Understanding “In fact,” Scotty said “many of us wex*e embittex-ed at the lack of undex-standixxg of just what was going on.. To us, it seemed that some people hax-dly knew that we wex-e fighting the fix-st battle for the sux-vival of democracy. “Having seen a part of this world, I decided to go to college in older to receive training which would benefit me and the United States. I’d like to go back into government service because I be lieve the United States and the world have much to sell to each other once we get to know one an- othex-.” intexpreted as a Texas vote against her tidelands and her annexation agx-eement. “Stevenson has told us flatly he favors the fedei-al government tak ing these lands and that he will give us nothing but a compx-omise consisting of whatever percentage of the revenue he thinks we should have,” Daniel said. “Gen. Eisenhower says he Vill uphold the Texas annexation agx-eement and pex-mit the Con- gx-ess to x-estore our lands to our public school fund. Stevenson Against Texas “If we tux-xx down Gen*. Eisen hower and vote for Mi-. Steveixson under these cix-cumstances, you caix be sure that Mx\ Stevenson will xxse our action against us in fight ing for federal ownership of our tidelaxxds.” He pounded at the Denxocx-atic Party’s volleys at party disloyalty in Texas. “When thousaixds of Anxex-ican boys ax-e being shot at in Kox-ea, when we ax-e witxxessixxg the gi'eat- est waste, the biggest spending, axxd the most cox-x-uption, axxd all the Tx-uman crowd can do in this state is ruxx ax-ound and talk about px-ospex-ity and pax-ty loyalty, it is high time that we voted this ad- ministx-ation out of office. “They axe playing Texaxxs for a bunch of chumps, and you know it.” Texas Tradition Hit He punched at Texas traditioxx for voting Democx-atic. “Thexe ax-e some axxxong xxs, I x-egret to say, who hold that you axxd I have no fx-eedonx of choice on election day. “They insist that our votes were moxtgaged by our fox-efathex-s to the xxational Democxatic Pax-ty.” Daniel said he accepts xxo such obligation. Daxxiel hurled a new blast at Txuman’s administration. “Do you thiixk all of the crooked ness axxd sxxbversion has come to light yet?” he asked. Ike Woix’t Cover “I thiixk oxxe of the xnain x-easons Px-esidexxt Tx-uman wants his hand picked fx-iends to take over the ex ecutive depaxtment is becaxxse he knows that a new adxxxinistx-ation under Dwight D. Eisenhower will xxot cover up and hide what they find after he is goxxe.” Daniel chided foxxxxer Atty.-Gen. William McCraw of Dallas, who has beexx speaking for Stevenson. (See DANIEL, Page 6) 4 GOP Intentions Selfish’—Connally ABILENE, Oct. 29 — UP) — Sen. Tom Connally plugged for Adlai Stevenson last night assexting Tex as has xxothing to gain by voting Republican. “The intentions of the Republi can Pax-ty towai'd Texas are self ish,” the state’s senior senator said in his radio speech. “They want your votes but are not interested ixx your welfare. I believe the people of Texas realize that and x-esent it. “Let us oxx election day show Corps Trip Plans Talked With Officials Preliminary plana for the SMU game corps trip to Dal las were made with Dallas city officials yesterday by a dele gation from A&M. Parade route and other px-ob- lems weer discussed with E. L. Batchelox-, deputy chief of police for tx-affic safety. The cox-ps trip parade will ox-ig- inate in the area arouxxd the tx-iple uxxdex-pass on Main St. Units will form oxx Main St. up to Max-ket St., leaving cx-oss stx-eets opexx to tx-affic xxntil the parade gets un- dex-way. Colox-s will be distx-ibuted to col or beax-ex-s at 8:30 a.m. so they may be spotted at . various intex-- vals for men in their units to see where to forxxx, anxxounced Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant comman dant. Cadets will begin to form in companies at 9 a.m. and the parade will stai't px-omptly at 10 a.m., Col. Wilkins said. The parade will be approximate ly 20 blocks long down Mhin St. A x-eviewing stand will be located at the City Hall at Hai-wood and Main. Thxee blocks beyond the reviewing stand the line of march will turn light for one block on Hawkins St., axxd will bxeak up when it reaches Coixxixxex-ce St. one block fux-thex-. Meeting with the Dallas offi cials wex-e Weldon Kruger, corps commander; Dee Francis, cox-ps opexations officer; Doxx Greaney, consolidated band commander; and Joel Austixx, coxps public infoima- tion officex-. Members of the nxilitax-y science depax-tment makixxg the trip were Col. John A. Way, PAS&T; Col. Wilkins; Capt. Paul M. Bennett, Army operations officer; and Maj. J. C. Lowell, Air Foxce operations officex-. The delegation flew to Dallas in Air Force planes from Bx-yan AFB. They wex-e met at Love Field in Dallas by Casey Smith, Dallas chief of police. these hoxxxegrown caxpetbaggei’S how much we resent it,” pleaded Connally, who x-etires this year after a long tenux-e in Washington. Answer Imposters “Let us answer these imposljoi's with a x-oar of votes that will si lence their puny catex-wauling fox- evex-moxe.” Connally chax-ged that the Re- pvxblicaxxs—“both the Old Guard oi-atoi-s and their Charlie McCar- thys”—ax-e making xxxore campaign px-oxxxises than they will be able to keep. “Anythixxg you Want—or they think you want—they will be glad to px-omise. How Foolish “How foolish do they think tho Anxex-ican people ax-e ? “This is the saxxxe line they fed you once befox-e. Remember the px-omises ixx 1928? Remember how thex-e were going to be two chiek- exxs in evex-y pot and two cars in every gax-age? “Of coux-se, you remember. And you remembex-, too, how the Re publicans made good on their px-omises. Oh, boy, they really de li vexed. Theer weren’t any chick ens. Thexe weren’t any cars, and the housing shox-tage got so bad that people had to move ixxto the exxxpty gax-age.” Dexxxocrats Okay Connally desex-ibed the Demo cratic Pax-ty as “the pax-ty which has a consistent, souxxd, fox-wax-d- looking program for world peace.” He said the Republican Party “vaccilates betweexx withdrawing into a hole and pulling our oceaxxs in over us, on one hand, and staxt- ing a world war, on the othex-.” “Let us not sell the Democxatic Paxty for a mass of pottage,” the aging sexxator said, “let us roll up the biggest xxxajoxity for Adlai Stevenson axxd John Sparkmaix that Democx-atic candidates have evex* received in this gx-eat state.” Weather Today Ml CLEAR WEATHER TODAY: Clear. The high texnperaturey yesterday was 74 and the low 40.