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Number 237: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents
Smokers’ Contest
Scheduled Dec. 11
i By BOB PALMER
Battalion News Staff
Profs and students will blow
off smoke instead of steam at the
Sixth Annual Pipesmoking Con
test in the MSC Assembly Room,
Thursday, Dec. 11.
At this time clouds of smoke will
fill the MSC Assembly Room as
victims of the weed compete for
Valuable prizes on their puffing
ability. The contest is being joint
ly sponsored by the MSC and The
Battalion.
Variety of Pipe Events
The various contests in the pipe
smoking division include large
bowl, medium bowl, small bowl,
miniature bowl and metal bowl
competition. Sections have also
been provided for calabash and
churchwarden pipes.
Each of the contestants in the
pipe smoking division will be given
a predetermined amount of tobacco
depending on the size of the pipe
to be smoked. The object of the
contest is to maintain a constant
burning in the pipe for as long a
period as possible.
A special section has also been
set aside for faculty and staff
members, both in the pipe and
cigar smoking divisions. Students
will not compete with them.
Stogie Smokers
For those who prefer stogies to
pipes, a cigar smoking division has
also been included. This phase of
the contest will be judged on much
the same basis as the pipe smok
ing. The contestant keeping his
rigar burning the longest will be
jeclared winner.
Other divisions included in the
general contest are pipe collections,
cigarette rolling, smoke ring blow
ing, and com cob smoking.
In the cigarette rolling contest
participants will have the oppor
tunity of entering either the pro
fessional or amateur divisions.
Those contestants in the profes-
Seven Division
Heads Named
For WF Drive
Seven divisional chairmen
for the Wesley Foundation
educational and fund raising
campaign were recently an
nounced at a dinner held at
the Foundation.
Charles Pluenneke, senior animal
husbandry major from Mason, was
pelected to lead t the first division,
including dorms 1, 3, and 5. Rufus
(Roddy) Peeples, senior agronomy
major from Tehaucana, will con
duct the campaign in dorms 7, 9,
and 11.
Billy Carl McMasters and Davis
Bottom, seniors from- Spade and
Dallas, respectively, will be in
charge of solicitation in the dorm
itories on the west side of the
pew area.
The campaign in the non-corps
dormitories will be conducted by
Joe Bob Croley, senior animal
husbandry major from Huntsville.
Bill Stallworth, senior from Rose
bud, and Ronald Hudson, Junior
from Cameron, will conduct the
work in the freshman ai-ea.
Crop Judges Place
Fifth At Kansas City
The crops judging team of the
agronomy department placed fifth
in the International Intercollegiate
Contest held at Kansas City this
week.
The team will go to Chicago
this week-end to compete in the
Intel-national Hay and Grain Show
and Livestock Exposition.
Weather Today
SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT
FOGGY
WEATHER TODAY: Low
clouds, fog and occasional light
rains and drizzle. Rainfall re
corded at Eastewood Airport was
.04 inch yesterday and .10 inch
tmtil 10 a.m. today*
sional section will use rough cut
rolling tobacco rather than easier
rolled tobaccos of the amateur sec
tion.
Prizes for Champs
Approximately .$225 worth of
prizes have been donated to the
contest by various pipe and tobacco
companies. The numerous prizes
include four hand carved pipes,
four cans of Bond Street and Rev
elation, three 16 oz. tins of Edge-
worth tobacco, three 16 oz. cans
of Mixture 79, two doz. Heine’s
Blend Tobacco packages, one Kay-
woodie set (pipes), one box Roi
Tan Cigars, and three pipe smokers
kits.
Other prizes include two Dematt
Aristocrat pipes, two Dr. Grabow
pipes, two Holly Court pipes, one
Kaywoodie pipe, two Certified Pu-
rex sets, 12 eight oz. Cans of Demi>
Tasse Tobacco, and two Tawn De
luxe Kits.
The Flood Pipe and Tobacco
Company will provide Demi-tasse
Pipe Tobacco which will be used
by the contestants in the various
smoking divisions.
Entry blanks for the contests
may be obtained at the main desk
of the MSC, Monday. Registration
for those who have not previously
submitted entry blanks will close
at 7:30 p. m. Dec. 11.
Kiwanis Toy Drive
w
Nears Completion
The Kiwanis Club’s toy drive for
underprivileged children is near
completion, according to J. B.
Hervey, chairman of the drive.
The club conducted a drive in
College Station to get broken toys
to be repaired and distributed to
underprivileged c h r i 1 d r e n for
Christmas.
“We have collected enough toys
to pi’ovide a good Christmas for
the underprivileged children of this
area,” Hervey said.
About 20 members of the club
have been repairing the toys every
Monday and Tuesday night in the
A&M Consolidated School shops.
Hervey said he thought the group
would finish the work next week.
Blaze Damages
Denman s Home
Tuesday Night
A fire of undetermined ori
gin at about 9 p.m. yesterday
damaged the walls, floor, and
ceiling in the home of Sam J.
Denham, 112 Kyle Ave., in the Col
lege Estates section. Denman is
owner of the Metropolitan Barber
Shop in Bryan.
Arriving on the scene shortly
after the fire whistle blew, BC&U
firemen extinguished the blaze in
less than 15 minutees.
Uel D. Thompson of the Ag
Extension Service, and Ed Holder,
Battalion sports editor, attacked
the blaze from outside the house
through a roof louver. Thompson’s
son Wayne, 12, was also on the
scene.
According to the Denman’s
neighbors, they have lived in the
house about a year and a half.
Smoke was thick when firemen
arrived but lifted as the fire was
put out and the house was opened
up.
The Denmans were in bed when
Mrs. Denman smelled smoke. Her
husband investigated, discovered
the fire in the bathroom, and at
tempted to extinguish it.
In the meantime, Mrs. Denman
called the fire department.
The smoke eatei-s pulled up in
front of the Denman home about
10 minutes after the whistle be
gan blowing. This is pretty good
time for a volunteer department,
according to Chief Cled H. War
ren of the BC&U department.
‘Catherine the Great’
Is Film Society’s Next
“Catherine the Great” will be
shown by the A&M Film Society
Dec. 16 in the MSC Ballroom.
Following movies and their dates
include “Rembrandt,” Jan. 6; “The
Spoilers”, Feb. 5; “It Happened
One Night,” Feb. 20; “Open City,”
Mar. 16; “Pygmalion,” Mar. 12;
“Lost Horizon,” Mar. 20; “The
Well Digger’s Daughter,” Mar. 26;
and “The 39 Steps,” April 27.
The following films have been
ordred but nof booked; “The Long
Voyage Honie,” “The Lady Van
ishes,” and “The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari.”
A&M, UT Show Profit Again
In Athletics, Says State Auditor
Profs Tell Of Plan
To Bring Musicians
Plans are now underway to
bring A&M a series of recitals by
musicians from Texas colleges and
towns, including instiuctors and
graduate students, said Dr. Mel
vin Eisner of the physics depart
ment.
Backed by Professors Eisner, L.
E. Hauer, and E. E. Stokes, the
play calls for the appearance of
Lino Bartoli, a violinist from Bay
lor; a cellist from Austin; a piano,
violin viola, and cello group from
Houston; and a pianist from Aus
tin.
Families Contribute
“The success of the plan de
pends upon how much money can
be raised,” Eisner said. “The idea
is to use a sponsorship plan. If
enough people would be willing
to put up five dollars a family or
person, the series could go
through.”
“The whole family,” continued
Eisner, “can come if they wish,
for there will be no such things
as a ticket or membership card.”
The recitals will be open without
charge to all who are interested—
to students and to the people of
College Station and Bryan.
The MSC is cooperating by pro-
AF Adjutant Hernandez
Beaten and Robbed
Warrant Officer Joe L. Her
nandez, adjutant of A&M’s AF-
ROTC was beaten and robbed in
the 200 block of East 25th St.
Bryan Sunday night.
According to Hernandez, he was
assaulted by three men in front
of the Seai-s office and robbed of
six dollars and a wristwatch.
The attackers wore levis and
wide buckled belts, Hernandez
said.
Town Hall Presents
Longines Symphonette
To Play In Guion Hall
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Amusements Editor
The Longines Symphonette, un
der the baton of Mishel Piasti-o,
will be spotlighted Tuesday at the
next Town Hall concert.
Broadcasting from coast to
coast every Sunday afternoon, the
orchestra has been a standard
radio favorite with thousands of
radio listeners.
The symphonette won the top
musical award of 1950 which is
presented by the Musical Ameri
ca’s annual poll. The poll is taken
from 800 music critics and editors
of the United States and Canada.
Three awards are given each year.
One is presented to the top sym
phony of the year and another
awarded the leading dance band.
Leader in Field
The third is presented to the
leading smaller concert orchestra
grouped in this class, the Longines
Symphonette has won first prize in
its field for three years.
Commonly referred to as the
“average man’s symphony orches
tra,” the symphonette’s specialty
is playing shorter selections-by the
great composers and “light” ser
ious music.
Responsible for the Longines
Symphonette’s success is Mishel
Piastre who has been with the or
chestra since it was organized.
Piastre was born in Kerth, Rus
sia. He was taught to love music
by his father who was famous
Singing Cadets Go
To Lodge Opening
The Singing Cadets ai-e sche
duled to sing in Waco, tonight, at
the opening of the Grand Masonic
Lodge of Texas.
This will be the second out-of-
town trip for the Singing Cadets
this season. They sang in Austin
in November, at a meeting of the
Texas Federated Women’s Club.
The Cadets will leave this af
ternoon and will return late to
morrow evening.
violinist at that time. Piastre
studied the violin under Leopole
Auer, another great Russian musi
cian. He graduated from Petrograd
Conservatory in 1910 with highest
honors.
After being exempted from mili
tary duty by the Czar, Piastre
made a successful concert tour
throughout the orient. He made
his first appearance in the Unit
ed States in 1920 as soloist with
the National Symphony Orchestra
in New York.
Later he appeared as soloist
with symphonies under the batons
of Toscanini, Bruno Walter, and
Sir Thomas Beecham.
In 1925, Piastre accepted the
post of concertmaster and assist
ant conductor with the San Fran
cisco Symphony Orchestra. At the
invitation of Arturo Toscanini, he
accepted the post of concertmaster
for the New York Philharmonic
Symphony. During his period, Tos
canini frequently referred to him
as “the greatest concertmaster
in history.”
In addition to gaining fame as
a concert master, Piastro is also
considered one of the nation’s lead
ing violinists. One critic said. “Pi-
astro’s playing is in the grand
manner—there are few violinists
in the world who have his breadth
of style and range of dramatic
intensity.”
viding the recital hall and taking
care of the funds. Checks are to
be sent to the office of J. Wayne
Stark, MSC director.
Program Depend on Response
“If response to the plan is only
moderate and if contributors are
willing,” Eisner, said, “it may be
necessary to cut down on the
number of programs; if the re
sponse is generous, more recitals
would be added.”
“We’re not trying to compete
with Town Hall,” said Hauer, “but
to supplement it. With the fold
ing up of the Bryan Artists’ Series,
there is plenty of room for such
programs.
If the plan works out, the first
of the series will be Bartoli’s pro
gram in January. Bartoli is sche
duled to play Handel’s Sonata No.
1 in A, and Tschaikovsky’s Con
certo in D major.
Lions Offer CS
Residents Car
Service Jobs
The people of College Sta
tion can get a personalized
car wash or grease job Satur
day, when 20 members of the
Lions Club take over L. E.
McCall’s service station.
Profits from the day’s work
will be used for the Texas Lions
Crippled Children’s Camp and oth
er projects. McCall, president of
the club, is donating his facilities,
including grease and water.
“We just want to give a good
car wash and make some money
for the club’s civic projects,” said
Lucian Morgan, one of the car
washers.
Members of the club will be on
duty from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., work
ing in shifts so at least eight or
ten are on the job at all times.
“We’ll even pick up and deliver,”
Morgan said. “Just call the sta
tion.”
Cost will be a dollar for a car
wash and a dollar for a grease
job. In case of rain the service
will be discontinued, Morgan said.
'Horsemen’ Subject
Of Wheeler’s Talk
The Rev. Sterling Wheeler, di
rector of the Texas Methodist
student movement, will speak at
the A&M Wesley Foundation this
evening at 7:15 on “Contending
With The Horseman.”
Before doing student work,
Wheeler was pastor of Jefferson
Methodist Church in San Antonio.
He served as a chaplain in World
War II.
PIASTRO CONDUCTS—The Longines Sym phonette, winner of several music awards
and nationally famous, will be featured in a Town Hall Concert, Tuesday, Dec. 9. Mishel
Piastro, will conduct.
NASU to Hold
Regional Meet
Here Dec. 6 - 7
Delegates from 11 colleges
in Texas, Arkansas, and Ok
lahoma will attend the region
al meeting of the National
Association of Student Unions
in the MSC Saturday and Sunday.
John Samuels, Galveston junior,
is national chairman of the associ
ation. He is vice-president of the
MSC Council. Regional advisor of
the group meeting here is J.
Wayne Stark, director of the MSC.
He will give the keynoting speech
of the conference Saturday morn
ing.
The 43 delegates will be wel
comed by Lamar McNew, president
of the MSC council. Several Negro
delegates will attend the confer
ence from Arkansas AM&N col
lege in Pine Bluff.
Schools to be represented are
A&M, Texas, Texas A&I, Okla
homa A&M, Oklahoma, Central
State of Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Arkansas AM&N, Lamar Tech,
Sam Houston State Teachers, and
St. Marys.
Five workshop groups will be
held for the visitors. The delegates
will attend Rue Pinalle Saturday
night and will leave Sunday noon.
Other State
Colleges Lose
Up to $50,000
AUSTIN, Dec. 3—(HA—The
only state-supported colleges
which have consistently show
ed a profit in athletics in re
cent years are Texas and Tex
as A&M, State Auditor C. H. Cav-
ness said yesterday.
Cavness said most of the other
state-supported colleges lose about
the same amount they spend on
athletic scholarships each year.
The deficit sometimes runs to
$50,000 a year, he said.
The auditor said gate I’eceipts
of the smaller colleges usually are
just about enough to cover ex
penses other than coaches’ salaries
and scholarships.
Tech Self-Supporting
Texas Tech is self-supporting in
athletics, he said, but only because
it transfers money from auxiliary
funds to make up the annual defi
cit in the athletic fund.
Cavness, in his annual audit re
port, said a decision is needed on
whether the state should continue
to subsidize athletic programs or
order colleges to curtail them
enough to make them self-support
ing.
Such a decision probably would
have to be made by the Legisla
ture.
Christmas Decorating
Hits MSC Friday
Students, local residents, and all
interested persons are invited to
help the MSC House Committee
decorate the Center for Christmas,
said Rodney Heath, chairman of
the MSC House Committee.
The decorators will assemble in
the lounge of the MSC, Friday
night at 7:30.
Girls Help Decorate
College Station and Bryan girls
have been invited to help with
the decorating and to attend a
dance for the group after they
have beautified the Center, Heath
said.
Decals and sprays on the pro-
Bankers Arrive
Sunday for Ag
Credit School
Commercial bankers will
meet at A&M, Dec. 7-10, in
the second annual Texas Farm
and Ranch Credit School for
Commercial Bankers.
Bankers, scientists, economists
and men of the soil in general,
will take an active part in the
program. More than 200 are ex
pected to attend.
“This school was started last
year with the purpose of assist
ing bankers of the state to ac
quire a better understanding of
the needs for farm credit under
modern conditions,” Dean C. N.
Shepardson, School of Agricul
ture, said today. “It was also
hoped that it would afford a bet
ter understanding of the require
ments for successful operation as
a basis for such credit.”
“The hearty and widespread ac
ceptance of the school last year
and the requests for its contin
uance have been most encourag
ing,” Dean Shepardson said in an
nouncing the program for the
second annual school.
The program committee is com
posed of R. N. McLain, Brown
field State Bank; J. V. Barger,
professor of agricultural econo
mics; John Yantis, First National
Bank, Brownwood; C. D. Camp
bell, Nixon State Bank.
Dr. Carl Moore, agricultural
economist, Federal Reserve Bank,
Dallas; George Logan, First Na
tional Bank, Waco; P. B. Gar
rett, Texas Bank and Trust Co.,
Dallas; W. H. Kelley, Victoria Na
tional Bank.
Dean Shepardson is general
chairman of the school and Dr.
Tyrus R. Timm, extension econo
mist and professor of agricultural
economics, is chairman of the
program committee.
menade windows, Christmas trees,
and evergreen branches will dom
inate the MSC’s Christmas garb.
Hot chocolate and doughnuts
may be served after the decora
tions are completed, said Heath.
Three Christmas Trees
Not too much work is involved,
he added, as the jobs will be div
ided among those pi'esent.
Three Christmas trees will be
in and outside of the Center; one
will be in the Serpentine Lounge
on the second flooi‘, one in front
of the Center on the lawn, and
one tree will be on the main floor,
either in the main lounge or
along the promenade.
King in Charge
Most of the outside decoration,
lights and greens, will be put up
Friday at 4 p. m. Bob King is
in charge of the decorating with
Dan Blackburn as his assistant.
The dance after the decoration
pai-ty will be informal and is
sponsored by the Dance Commit
tee.
Joint Choir to Sing
Christmas Cantata
College Station chui’ch choirs of
all faiths will join to present the
cantata “The Song of Christmas”
Dec. 17 in the Fii'st Baptist
Church.
The 44 members of the choir are
under the direction of W. M. Tur
ner, A&M’s music dmector. Solo
ists will be Frank Knapp, Victor
Weining, Mrs. Dorothy Butler,
Mrs. Ruth Alter, and Mrs. Armil-
drege Barker.
Mrs. J. B. Baty will accompany
the group and Dr. T. F. Mayo will
narrate.
The cantata, which tells the
story of the Nativity, was written
by Roy Ringwald, arranger for
Fred Waring.
College Station
Community Chest
Goal $11,019.00
Total now 8,870.00
Still needed 2,129.00
Deadline Dec, 5