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D. B . C 3 C Circulated Daily ’ To 90 Per Cent Of Local Readers Number 234: Volume 52 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1952 Published Ry A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents AGGIES AIM TO SMASH UT JINX Bonfire Blazes At 8 p.m. Today; George to Speak Setting the torch to A&M’s 52 feet high bonfire at 8 tonight will be senior yell leaders Tom Collins, J. 0. (Dukey) Childs, and Bill Hendeson, civilian yell leader. Yell practice will be held at the south-east end of the drill field as the bonfire burns. A truck which will be driven onto the field and will serve as the speaking platform where loud speakers will be erec ted. Co-captains Speak Head football coach Ray George wil be the principal speaker. Coach George will introduce the senior members of the football team, and Student Falls Through Roof Of ME Shop While attempting' to r e- trieve a flag, a freshman crashed through the roof of Ihe M. E. Building and plum- dieted 22 feet to the floor tarly Sunday morning. Hospital authorities say the ! freshman, Robert L. Francis from El Paso, is in a satisfactory condi tion after receiving emergency treatment shortly after 9 a. m. Sunday. Francis explains how he and a buddy, Tony Martinez, decided af ter breakfast Sunday to scale the watertower to get a souvenir flag. Reaching the top, Francis thi’ew the flag to Martinez, who was waiting on the ground. However, the wind caught the flag and blew it on the M. E. Building, which is adjacent to the watertower. Not easily discouraged, Francis climbed to the roof of the M. E. Building and almost reached the flag when the asbestos roofing gave way. Later investigation disclosed that he bounced off two pipes before leaching the concrete floor. Al lhough Francis didn’t remember how he got out, trails of blood in dicated that he had dazedly wan dered about the welding depart ment looking for an opening. ' Blood smears were found on all Ihe door knobs and directly be low the hole in the roof was a large pool of blood. Rain has now washed away the stains where he crawled through a window and stumbled outside. Here Martinez found him and took him to the hospital. Francis suffered multiple ear and head lacerations with many body braises. X-rays have not definitely determined the extent of his internal injuries. If no complications develop af ter 72 hours, explained Dr. J. E. Marsh, head of College Hospital, he will probably be all right. co-captains Jack Little and Ray Graves wil speak. P. L. (Pinky) Downs, Jr., offi cial greeter of the college, will also speak. Work on the bonfire was ser iously hampered during the week by a continuous down pour of rain. Mud made working in the woods impossible after Saturday even ing. At least 10 truck loads of logs which were cut and ready to be hauled had to be left. The only work accomplished dur ing the week-end was the stacking of logs which were already on the drill field. Truck Breaks Down Further complications arose when one of the "two trucks haul ing logs broke down. “The break age shorted us by about four loads of logs,” Collins said. Armor units are again in charge of oiling down the bonfire. The symbolic “bucket brigade” will begin their operation this after noon. The Maroon and White Band will place its “UT tea house” on the structure at 1 p.m. Aggies Burning Desire With the lighting of the bon fire, the traditional symbolization of the burning desire of all Aggies everywhere to beat UT will take place. It is backed by thirty-five timck loads of logs and nine days work done by hundreds of cadets. After yell practice a dance will be held in the MSC Ballroom. Mu sic will be supplied by the. Aggie- land Combo. Tickets for the dance, which are also good ‘for two soft drinks, may be purchased at the Ballroom door for 25 cents, stag or drag. The two trucks used to haul logs to the bonfire were supplied by Ed Flynt of Ennis and Bob Churnside of Houston. The Bryan Tractor & Implement Co. supplied the trac tor used in the woods. Churches Unite For Thanksgiving The annual community Thanks giving service will be held in the First Baptist Church at 6:30 a. m. Thursday. The Rev. Darwall, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Chapel, will de liver the address. The Rev. Nor man Anderson, pastor of the A&M Presbyterian Church, will preside. Music will be presented by the A&M Consolidated High School Chorus under the direction of Robert L. Boone. Miss Margaret Bei-ry, organist at the First Bap tist Church, will accompany the choras. The service is being sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance. The public is invited to attend, said Gordon Gay, alliance president. Sunlight Breaks Clouds After 3.29 Inch Rain Sunshine broke through the clouds this morning, shining down on College Station for the first time since Saturday. But none seemed to object to the absence of sunlight because the clouds which hid it brought 3.29 inches of rain J i CLEARING Sunday, Monday, and early Tues day. High winds and a driving rain did a small amount of damage on the campus and in the College Sta tion area area early this morning. At 3:30 a.m. winds were register ed at the Easterwood Aii-port CAA Station at 55 miles per hour. Dur ing the 30 minute period from 3:30 to 4 a.m. approximately an inch of rain fell. The three day “m o n s o o n” brought the total precipitation for College Station in November to 5.04 inches. Prediction for today is a gener al clearing over this area of the state with high scattered clouds and strong winds from the north west. Low temperature yesterday was 49 degrees. Low last night was 53, while a reading of 55 was record ed at 9:30 this morning. Winds from the northwest have grown somewhat stronger since 7 a.m., but the possibility of them being a cold norther did not ap pear favorable. iBiliir ■'Mi -2m Bi§ % m Ifl COMING DOWN—It won’t be long before this tree, being cut in a nearby woods, is stacked on the big bonfire which students labored over all weekend. Although weather hampered working conditions, the wood pile is still in excess of 50 feet in height, and has hundreds of logs like the one above stacked around it. The big pre-University of Texas game blaze is set for tonight. A&M Gains SWC Harrier Crown AUSTIN, Nov. 25—Texas A&M regained the Southwest Conference cross country chaimpionship here yesterday in misting rain, taking- five of the first 10 places in a five- team meet. Leading the Aggies lopsided tri umph was James Blaine, a junior from Imperial. His time was 12 minutes and 3 seconds on the 2.7 Chest Givers Get Placards Businesses or departments of the college that contributed to the Community Chest can get a plac ard saying ‘I have contributed’ from Bennie Zinn, chairman of the Chest committee. The cards can be picked up in Zinn’s office in Goodwin Hall, or one will be sent any contributor who calls Zinn and asks for one. Total contributions as of yester day amount to $8,175.76. The goal is $11,019. “We’ll probably get about a hundred dollars a day until the drive ends Dec. 5,” Zinn said. Three Community Chest ther mometers have been put up in the mechanical engineering department to spur the drive there. One thermometer shows the number of people in that depai't- ment who have given, one records the total amount given, and the other shows the goal set by that department. mile course. At the first mile his time was. 4:26 and at two miles it was 8:59, well under the South west Conference mark for that dist ance. The Aggies finished with 23 points, followed by Arkansas with 59, Texas with 69, SMU with 90 and TCU with 124. The first 10 finishers were Blaine; Wayne De Rouen, A&M; Lenroy Lowe, SMU, the conference two-mile champ; Charles Hudgins; A&M; Alan Eshbaugh, Arkansas; Verlon Westmoreland, A&M; Jim Bean, Arkansas; Don Neighbors, Texas; Bob Richardson, SMU; and Chai-les Gabriel, A&M. College Station Community Chest Goal Total now Still needed Deadline $11,919.00 8,175.76 . 2,843.24 Dec. 5 Spirit of Thanksgiving A&M-UT Tilt Sell Out For 59th Annual Clash Austin Game Last Graves Ready Corps Trip of Year To QB Cadets By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Co-Editor Whether either team wins a game all year, you can expect the big Thanksgiving Day football battle between A&M and the University of Texas to be a sell out. And it’s just that again this year. With its impressive season record of no conference defeats, the Longhorns will be meeting the Aggies who can boast only one win and one tie in five starts. But anything can happen in a Texas- A&M game and usually does. Texas gets the nod in the meeting Thursday, but mainly because the game is in Memorial. Stadium, a place the A&M varsity football team has never won a game. Supporters for both teams will come from all over the state, and as predicted, the 64,000 seats in Texas’ stadium will all be oc cupied. As a prelude to the big game, A&M cadets will march down Con gress Ave. Thursday morning in their own colorful way. The Aggie Bands will be on hand for the parade Thursday—all 180 mem bers of the varsity band, as well as 130 members of the freshman band. School Dismissed School is officially dismissed for the Thanksgiving holidays after classes Wednesday, and approxi mately 6,000 A&M students will make the 100 mile trip without much hesitation. The big affair Wednesday night is an Aggie party planned by the Austin A&M Club. The city col iseum will be the scene of a big dance for all Aggies that night. Admission is one dollar per per son. Music will be furnished by the Aggieland Orchestra, and a yell practice is scheduled inside the coliseum at 11:30 p. m. The 4,400 cadets will march down Congress Ave. at 10 a. m. Thursday and pass before a re viewing stand in front of the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. Units will be dismissed behind the state capitol at the end of Congress Ave. General Takes Reviews Taking the review will be Maj. Gen. K. L. Berry, adjutant general of Texas. Other honor guests in the reviewing stand will be Col. Marcus E. Jones, chief of the Texas Military District; Col. V. T. Edwinson, commander of Berg strom Aii' Force Base; Brig. Gen. E. E. Glenn, commander of the third Air Force reserve unit; Brig. Gen. L. H. Watson, commander of the 90th division, reserve. (See CORPS TRIP, Page 2) Reveille II To Lead Band During Half A new formation will spot light Aggie Band maneuvers during halftime activities in Austin Thursday. The operation is a combina tion minstrel-countermarch-regular turn, said Col. E. V. Adams, di rector of the Aggie Band. Led by Reveille II, the 170- piece upperclassman marching band will enter the field in a block T formation. Busses leaving A&M at 6:30 a. m. Thursday, will transport some of the band members, Col. Adams said. Others will travel to the cap ital city in personal cars, he added. In the stadium, the band will be swelled 'in volume by the 130-man Aggie freshman band. The ‘Fish’ pei-formed for the first time in an end-of-game display at the Short horn contest Saturday. The Texas game will mark the completion of the football season for the band as well as the team. They will not have as many stren uous practice sessions as they did during the fall. In the Austin parade Thursday morning, the freshmen will play for the Third Division review, and the “big” band will play for the Upperclassman review. Campus Offers Thanks By JON KINSLOW Battalion News Staff “Having good health and a gen erally happy outlook on life, are more gifts than one really needs to be happy.” This was what Miss Betty Bo- lander, MSC program consultant, answered to the question, “What does Thanksgiving mean to me?” Answers to the same question from persons on the campus were varied, but all reflected a sincere thankfulness for being able to live in a free nation. Freedom of Education C. W. Witherspoon, freshman from Ferris, summed this up by saying he was glad he lived in a nation where he could go to col lege and that he had parents that could provide the opportunity for such an education. Along the same line, Martin Burkhead, sophomore from Lame- sa, said, “I’m glad I have the priv ilege of going to school and ex changing my thoughts and ideas freely with others.” Viewing education from the teaching side, J. P. Abbott, dean of arts and sciences said all edu cators should be thankful for the privilege of educating young peo ple. “An example of the freedom we enjoy in this country is the re cent election,” he said. Hard to Express Many students shared the feel ings of Roy Markwardt, sophomore from Palacios, who said he had so many things to be thankful for it was hard to express them. Gratitude for living in a peace ful world was also reflected in some of the answers. P. R. Mom- messin, graduate student and part time chemistry instructor from Paris, France, said he was glad he is living in a peaceful world where he could come here to school and work at a job he liked. “I am glad we have been able to maintain a peaceful world,” was what J v J. Woolket, head of the modern language department, said he was thankful for this Thanksgiving. Some persons interviewed re flected the feeling of gratefulness of gathering together this Thanks giving with their fidends and fam ily. While eating the Corps Thanksgiving dinner last night, Jack Jowell, senior from Dallas re marked, “I’m really glad we can eat together with our friends here and have another chance to be with our families later in the week.” W. M. (Bill) Turner, director of the Singing Cadets, expressed his thanks for the boys in the Singing Cadets because they meant so much to him. “I’m thankful my family is in good health and I can work where I please at something I like,” he said. Thanksgiving Blessing An over all thankfulness was expressed in the blessing given last night in Duncan Hall by O. C. “Putter” Jarvis, Corps Chaplain. In his prayer over the Thanksgiv ing dinner he said, “ . . . we are thankful for our forefathers and for what they did for us. May we always remain thankful for it ... ” On Thanksgiving day, Thursday, why not stop for a moment and ask yourself, “What have I got to be thankful for this year?” Students Buy 5,262 Tickets For UT Game Student and guest tickets sold to the University of Texas game in Austin Thursday totaled 5,262, ath letic department officials announc ed today. Student tickets sales totaled 3,909 and guest tickets numbered 1,353. An additional 310 seats will be allotted for the band. The athletic department warned students against taking guests who have reserved seat tickets into the student section. Only 5,500 seats have been allotted A&M students and no room is available for other people, they said. Ticket stubs would be checked inside the stadium before anyone is allowed to enter the section, ac cording to the athletic department. Only 100 reserved »eat tickets were available yesterday after noon. They were expected to be sold or returned to Austin by noon today. A sell-out crowd of more than 65,000 is expected at the game by A&M and Texas athletic of ficials. • By JERRY ESTES Battalion Sports Staff The Aggies and University of Texas Steers will meet for the 59th time on Thanksgiving Day in Austin. For the last 30 years, the Aggies have gone winless on Memorial Stadium turf. Both teams are expected to be at full strength. There are no major injuries on either squad, and Ray Graves, Aggie quar terback, will be back and ready for action. Durwood Scott and Bobby Dixon, offen sive tackles, have been sick but both are expected to see some action. Graves has been out with a braised hip received in the SMU game. His return to the line-up rounds out the backfield for the cadets. Weather Hurts Workouts Rain and cold weather have hampered workouts for the Cadets, limiting outside work. This is not expected to hinder them much as lengthy drills are hot so important this* late in the season. All America Jack Little, Marvin Tate, and Sid Theriot among oth ers will be ready to bolster the line and stop the Steers’ running attack. Joe Boring, Joe Schero, and Augie Saxe are ready for secondary action. The Longhorns will be full strength also. Their backfield is the most dangerous in the confer ence according to statistics. Dick Ochoa, Gib Dawson, and Billy Quinn rank 1, 2, 3 in rushing while Jones is the passing and total of fense leader. Harley Sewell clogs the middle of the Steer line, fie is a demon on defense, and a hard man to take out. Tom Stolhandske will be at an end position to catch Jones’ passes. He is noted for his sensational pass catching and hard blocking. Steers Hold Edge The Aggies and Steers have met fifty eight times with the Cadets winning 16, losing 37, and five games ending in ties. In 1894, the series was begun with UT taking a 38-0 victory over A&M. The two teams did not play again until 1898. Then for several years, two games were being played. One was held on a neu tral site, and the other in Aus tin on Thanksgiving Day. The Steers won every game until 1902 when the Cadets earned a 0-0 tie and then beat the Long horns in the second game 12-0. It was not until 1907 that A&M could again break into the win column. Their win came in Houston to the count of 20-0. After 1911, the schools severed relations until 1915. It was in this year that a pattern was set when the Aggies upset a highly- favored Longhorn team 13-0. The teams continued until 1922 with each team winning on their home gi’ounds. In 1922, the Aggies won their only game in Austin. The next year Texas won in College Station on the fumbled (See AGGIE-TEXAS TILT, pp. 4) Library to Close Thursday, Sunday The Cushing Memorial Library will be closed Thursday and Sun day this week, said Robert A. Houze, librarian. Because of the Thanksgiving holidays, the library will remain open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Fri day and from 8 a. m. to 12 noon Saturday. The library will return to its regular schedule Monday, Houze said. No Paper Printed Wednesday, Friday Changes in publication sche dules for The Battalion this week were announced by co editors Frank Manitzas and Joel Austin. The Battalion will not be published Wednesday, ,but will be printed Thursday morning as a special Thursday issue. City carriers will deliver the paper to homes early Thurs^ day. There will be no Friday paper. Plans are also being made to distribute copies of the Thursday paper to students in Austin, the co-editors added. Regular publication will be resumed next week. A&M Directors Meet In Austin The A&M Board of Directors will hold its last meeting for 1952 at 1 p. m. Wednesday at the Driskill Hotel in Austin.