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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Number 238: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1952
Price Five Cents
Mem hers of SW€
/Vow Conduct Final
Sports Trophy Poll
Voting is now in progress for
the annual Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship Trophy. The trophy
is presented at the Cotton Bowl
game by the Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship Committee.
Sixty - three voters represent
ing all aspects of sports, will de
cide the winner of the trophy.
Voting is in two sections, to cover
the entire year.
Two Polls Taken
One poll is taken in the spring,
after track, baseball, and basket
ball seasons, and another is taken
after football, and basketball sea
sons, and another is taken after
football season. The two ballot-
ings are tabulated together to
decide the winner of the trophy.
Results of the voting will not be
announced until the day of the Cot
ton Bowl game. The Executive Sec
retary of the Committee, Harri
Baker of A&M, is in charge of dis
tribution and counting of the bal
lots. _ «
Membership of the committee is
composed of each SWC school’s
student body pi’esident, head cheer
leader, student paper editor, and
an athletic representative.
Texas Farm
Credit School
Begins Sunday
The borrowing power of
Texas farmers and ranchers
will be discussed Sunday
through Wednesday at the
second annual Texas farm and
ranch credit school for commercial
bankers.
Texas farmers and ranchers bbr-
T’owed nearly six million dollars
from 851 commercial banks in the
statie last year.
The pi’ogram will bring togeth
er some 175 commercial bankers
and A&M scientists. They will dis
cuss common problems at the
three-day session in the MSG.
The school is sponsored by the
School of Agriculture. ISyrus R.
Timm, professor of agricultural
economics, is program chairman.
“The Agricultural Outlook for
1953 and Beyond,” will be discuss-
>d by 0. V. Wells, chief of the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
USD A. Banker's from Texas and
adjoining states will attend the
school and take par-t in discussions.
Gen. Boatner Plans
Inspection Dec. 11
* Maj. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner,
deputy commander of the Fourth
Army, will inspect the Army
ROTC Wednesday and Thursday of
next week.
Gen. Boatner was commandant
of A&M from 1948-51 and now is
famous for his exploits at the Koje
Island prison camp in Koi’ea.
While on the campus, Gen. Boat
ner will visit ROTC classes and
will speak to Army juniors and
seniors at 2:15 p. m. Thursday in
Guion Hall.
A supper at Maggie Parker’s
Dining Room in Bryan is tentative
ly planned by officers of the Army
ROTC office in Gen. Boatner’s
honor Wednesday night.
After his inspection of A&M,
Gen. Boatner will go to Ft. Bliss,
near El Paso.
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AV XMAS SHOPPING
SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT
BUY CHRffiMM SEAL*
CLOUDY
WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy to
partly cloudy with maximum tem
perature in the high 60s. Low
this morning 46, high yesterday
61. Rainfall yesterday was .51
inches.
The committee meets three
times a year to coordinate its
work and to discuss methods of
furthering sportsmanship.
Ballots are sent to all members
of the committee, and to each
school’s dean of students, alumni
association secretary, and athletic
director.
Eight conference officials also
vote, as do the secretary of the
conference, and seven sportswrit-
ers, one chosen by each school.
Voting Spread Out
Since the trophy is awarded on
a basis of the sportsmanship of
fans, alumni, and students, as well
as teams; the voting is spread out
to give a true picture, Baker said.
Arkansas won the trophy last
year. A school may win the award
twice in succession, but no school
is given permanent possession of
the trophy. A permanent plaque is
also presented to the winning
school.
Besides the trophy, the Sports
manship Committee sponsors wel
coming committees that go to
visiting schools before each game,
the saying of a prayer before
games, an exchange of articles be
tween school papers, the estab
lishment of sub-committees for
sportsmanship on each campus,
and other projects.
Battalion Donated Trophy
Five-years-old this fall, the
Sportsmanship Committee was or
ganized by The Battalion in 1948
to promote sportsmanship and
good relations in every field of
student behavior.
The Battalion donated the four-
foot high trophy, and gives the
permanent plaque each year. Since
permanent records of the oi'ganiza-
tion are kept here, the executive
secretary always is from A&M.
At present, no other conference
has an organization similar to
the Sportsmanship Committee, but
several smaller conferences in Tex
as, both college and high school,
have made plans to start them.
WHERE THERE’S SMOKE—Ray Davenport (center) as
sistant to the director of the MSC, shows Jim Baggaley
the tobacco and pipes which will be awarded to winners
of the annual Pipe Smoking contest Dec. 11. Frank Scott
(left), who directed the contest last year, inspects one
of the sets of pipes. Baggaley will be in charge of the
event. (Staff Photo by Manitzas.)
False Alarm
Stirs ‘Fish"
Freshmen running across
the campus in nothing but un
derclothes and others pan-
nicking at the word “fire”
were set into action Tuesday
night by pranksters when the
fire whistle sounded. t
“Fall out freshmen, the Ac
ademic Building is on fire,”
was the cry that interrupted
the otherwise quite call to
quarter period at about 9 p. m.
And out they came, with few
clothes on running in every
direction as if their own dorm-
itory^was on fire.
Dormitory counselors and
cadet officers finally round
ed up the freshmen and sent
them back to their rooms. The
fire was at a, College Station
residence on Kyle Ave..
Turf Association
Ends Meeting Here
“Proper fertilization of turf ed director of research for the as-
grass areas reduce water require
ments for those areas,” members
of the Texas Turf Association were
told at a meeting here yestei'day in
the MSC.
About 100 persons attending the
Seventh Annual Texas Turf Con
ference heard the fei'tilization and
watering requirements of grasses
discussed, along with other recom
mended procedm-es for good turf
management.
Representatives from California,
New Mexico, Wisconsin, Minneso
ta, Maine and Louisiana were pres
ent for the conference which of
fered special sections on various
golf course grasses, athletic fields
and play areas, parks and ceme
teries.
Current Research
Those present also were told of
current research, by the A&M Sys
tem, into development of three
strains of Bermuda which are ex
pected to stand more traffic and
drouth and at the same time yield
a better appearance in lawns and
other turf areas.
In a business meeting during the
conference the Texas Turf Asso
ciation elected Elo Urbansky, of
Texas Tech, president, L. W. Du-
Bose, of the Houston Country Club,
vice-president and Alfred B. La-
Gasse, of Wichita Falls, secretary-
treasurer for the coming year.
Dr. Marvin H. Ferguson of the
agronomy department was elect-
PMA Official
Stops Hay Orders
The Production and Marketing
Administration in Texas is taking
no more orders for hay in the
government’s disaster relief pro
gram for drouth stricken areas.
No new orders were being taken
until the backlog already on file
has broken, said B. F. Vance, in
charge of the PMA hay program.
Even then, he said, he didn’t know
if new requests would be accept-
eed.
‘I understand just about all the
money is gone,” he said yester
day.
sociation during the same election,
At least one result of past con
ferences was mentioned during the
current one. Bob Shelton, director
of parks and cemeteries for Tyler,
told of current use by that city
of practices approved by the con
ference. Shelton mentioned par
ticularly a seven-acre addition to
Tyler’s Rose Hill Cemetery in
which practices are being followed
closely.
Dr. R. C. Potts, department of
agronomy, was general chairman
for the conference, which was
jointly sponsored by the Texas
Turf Association and the college.
All sessions were held in the
Memorial Student Center on the
campus, except for brief trips to
experimental plots for demonstra
tion pui'poses.
Army Contract
Students Must
File by Dec. 15
Spring- Army contract ap-
licants must have all neces
sary forms turned in not later
than Dec. 13, said Capt. Er
win R. Brigham, Army Public
Information Officer.
Contract applications may be ob
tained from the operations office,
Ross Hall, or from the student’s
branch instructors office.
Letters have been sent to stu-’
dents who presently are deferred
fbr one semester to complete their
requirements for a contract, but
others do not know of this dead
line, Capt. Brigham said.
The reason for the eai'ly dead
line is all physical examinations
must be forwarded to Fourth
Army. No student will be con
sidered for a contract until final
clearance of his physical has been
received by Fourth Army head
quarters.
Student Senate Sets
Meeting Tonight
The first December meeting of
the Student Senate is Thursday at
7:30 p. m. in the MSC Senate
Chamber said Bennie A. Zinn, as-
sistantulean of men and advisor to
the Senate.
The agenda includes a discussion
of ticket committee findings. This
committee is investigating prob
lems concerning possible lower
prices for student date tickets for
football games. The group also is
looking into the possibility of pro
viding better seating for faculty
members.
A report from the traffic com
mittee, probing traffic and park
ing problems on the campus, also
will be heard at this meeeting, Zinn
said.
Foggy, Wet Weather
Finally Clears Today
The sun was making a big effort
to break through the clouds this
morning following the foggy, rainy
weather which has prevailed over
College Station the last few days.
Visibility at Easterwood Airport
was cut to one-sixteenth of a mile
between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
yesterday while the ceiling was
dropped to only 100 feet from 5 to
9 a.m. The ceiling lifted to 200
feet at 9 a.m. but was never much
higher until 3 p.m. when the sun
came out for a few minutes.
All Traffic Halted
Air traffic at Easterwood Air-
poi't was halted yesterday until 4
p.m. when the first plane landed
since Tuesday.
Water was standing all over the
city, and in many spots on the
campus small lakes were caused
from the abundance of rain which
has fallen in the last two weeks.
The main drill field across from
the MSC was virtually covered
with water yesterday afternoon.
Rainfall yesterday was reported
at .51 inches.
A norther was not in sight for
the College Station area. Cold air
masses were reported this morn
ing in south Texas and northern
Louisiana, but none were expected
to hit here.
Today’s forecast is cloudy to
partly coludy with the maximum
temperature in the upper 60s. M in
imum temperature this morning
was 46 degrees, maximum yester
day was 61.
Sun Out for Few Minutes
Yesterday afternoon the sun
broke through the clouds at about
3 p.m. for a beautiful blaze of
sunlight, the first seen in this
area for many days. But just . Palestine .34, and Dallas and Vic-
seven and one-half minutes later it toria .27.
Knapp to Speak
At YMCA Tonight
Frank T. Knapp, professor of
ichtyology, will speak tonight at
the second meeting of the zoologi
cal seminar.
The meeting will be at 7 p. m. in
the South Solarium of the YMCA.
Knapp’s topic will be “The Phil
osophy of Science Teaching.”
He will leave A&M soon to take
the post of chief marine biologist
for the state of Georgia.
ducked behind the clouds and had
n’t been seen again late this morn
ing.
Thundershowers followed the
showing of the sun yesterday af
ternoon.
The Associated Press reported
rain fell on much of East Texas
and the coast throughout Wednes-
day.
Best Rain at Hillsboro
The best rains were recorded
from Hillsboro which had about
2.25 inches, Ennis with 1.45, Tex
arkana .95, Waco .51, Tyler .40,
Less than a quarter of an inch
fell in the 24-hour period at Austin,
Houston, San Antonio, Corpus
Christi, Fort Worth, Laredo, and
Lufkin.
After nightfall the fog closed
in at numerous points. San An
tonio reported zero visibility at
7:30 p.m. Dallas had one-fourth
mile, Lufkin one-half mile, Tyler
one mile, and Fort Worth one and
one-half miles.
High temperatures Wednesday
included a balmy 81 at Brownsville.
Corpus Christi and Alice had 78
and Houston and Victoria 75.
Ch estSh ort $2,000;
Only One Day Left
With only one day left in their
active drive, the Community Chest
is still more than $2,000 short of
their $11,019 goal.
Fifty dollars added yesterday
brought the total up to $8,920.
Deadline for the drive is Friday.
All major departments of the
college and areas of the city have
turned in completed reports, ex
cept the mechanical engineering
department, from which some $200
is expected. The ME department
has kept returns out in an effort
to get .100 per cent contributions.
“1 believe we’ve gotten all we’re
going to get, except for a few
small checks,” said Bennie Zinn,
chairman of the Chest committee.
Several businesses have prom
ised to donate after the first of
the year. Zinn said post-dated
checks will be accepted, if any one
wants to donate.
“We’ll take donations through
out the whole year,” Zinn said.
The Chest committee will meet
next week to make a count of total
returns and to allot money to its
12 participating agencies.
The agencies, and the amount
they were to have received if the
goal had been reached, are as fol
lows:
Brazos County TB Assn. $1,000
Girl Scouts 2,000
Bryan YMCA 400
Salvation Army 500
Youth Committee 800
Boy Scouts 2,294
Recreation Council 1,000
Needy Childrens Fund 700
Brazos Co. Hospital Fund .... 500
American Cancer Society .... 300
College Station YMCA 400
Local Chest Charity Fund .. 1,000
Misc. Expenses 125
The committee does not have to
allot the new budget on a .per
centage basis with this budget,
according to Zinn. The new allot
ment is completely up to the com
mittee.
The drive was extended from
Nov. 9. Last year’s Chest reached
its $9,850 goal after the drive
was extended three weeks.
More Than $80 Stolen
In Dorm 6 Robbery
Four students in Dormitory 6
lost a total of $85 last week, in
an outbreak of sneak thievery
while they were working on the
bonfire.
Someone familiar with corps
schedules went through the pock
ets of George Munns, 6-209; Aure-
lio Correa, 6-414; Clifton Daven
port, 6-416; and John Brannen,
6-419, according to Lt. Jimmy
Cashion, counselor for the dormi
tory.
The students left the dormitory
around 1 p.m. Nov. 22 and returned
in time for supper that evening,
Lt. Cashion said.
The case first was reported to
Chief Fred Hickman of the cam
pus security office Nov. 24, by
Munns. He suffei'ed the largest
loss, when $50 was taken from his
wallet.
Davenport lost more than $20
when the thief or thieves cleaned
out the money from his wallet.
Brannen lost $8 and Correa $2.
Evidently, said Lt. Cashion,
when the students changed from
their uniforms to work in the
woods, they neglected to put their
wallets into the fatigue clothing.
Davis Bottom, corps inspector
general and Gene Steed are inves
tigating the theft.
Earlier this fall, according to
Lt. Cashion, students in Dormitory
4 and another in Dormitory 6 had
cash stolen from their rooms while
they were absent.
Enthusiastic Support Shown
Aggies Eye Coming Corps Tilt
By ED HOLDER
Sports Editor
Some of the finest support ever
shown on the A&M campus is
being displayed in connection with
the Army-Air Force benefit game
coming up Dec. 18.
The entire affair is being plan
ned, scheduled, and executed by
students, for students. Opei-ations
are led by Bill Munnerlyn, head of
the committee appointed to handle
the game.
Barlow (Bones) Irvin, head of
the athletic department, started
things off in a big way when he
donated the use of Kyle Field
with all football equipment and
facilities.
If lights were needed for the
event, the athletic department
would donate them free of charge,
Irvin said.
Several students chimed in with
ideas and followed through with
action. The band and tumbling
team said they would be glad to
put on the halftime show.
Intramural Director Barney
Welch offered to take charge of
referees for the game, and Head
Football Coach Ray George con
sented to announce the play by
play.
Committee Heads Named
Munnerlyn asked several stu
dents to head committees, and they
promised full cooperation. Gene
Sparks, first division athletic offi
cer, was appointed head of the
ticket committee. He distributed
tickets yesterday afternoon
through athletic officers of the
various units.
Ed Holder, Battalion sports edi-
toi', was named publicity chairman
and Rodney East, third division
athletic officer, was appointed
Holder’s assistant. These men have
been in charge of publicizing the
game, printing posters, and taking
care of programs.
Jerry Lastelick, Aggie baseball
player, took over as head of the
stadium committee. He was given
the responsibility of having the
field lined off for the game, pro
viding a chain, down box, and men
to run them. He is also having
gates one and three open with
ticket takers and boxes reddy for
the tilt.
These membei'S of the special
committee met recently and flipped
a, coin to decide which side of the
fifty yard line the two groups of
supporters would sit.
It was decided that the Air
Force will sit on the south side
of the division markers and the
Army is to take up the north side.
Both units will sit on the west side
of the stadium, so in case of a
sunny day, everyone will be in
the shade.
Robert Womack, athletic offi
cer for the non-reg and day stu
dents, volunteered to have his
Prairie View
Baptists To
Give Program
The weekly program of the BSU
Vesper Sendee will be presented
by 38 Baptist students of Prairie
View A&M.
This service, 7:30 p. m. Friday,
will be the second inter-racial
program for the A&M BSU this
fall. The first meeting of this
type was held on the Prairie View
campus Oct. 21. Seventeen Aggies
attended Prairie View’s weekly
religious meeting.
“The turnout for that meeting
was amazing,” said Cliff Harris,
BSU secretary. “There wei’e over
1,400 students there for the meet
ing and we were told ‘the crowd
is small because of tests tomor
row’,” he added.
Rev. Edward Hill, leader of the
group and pi-esident of the Na
tional (colored) Baptist Associa
tion, will preside at the service
and bring the principal message.
A fellowship will follow the ves
per service.
All interested students are in
vited to attend the meeting, Har
ris said.
team ready to go if the winner of
the Army-Air Force game chooses
to play them for the school champ
ionship. His team has begun or
ganizational meetings.
Coaches Chosen from Varsity
The coaches of the two squads,
who were picked from this year’s
varsity football team, have taken
over the responsibility of training
their men and cutting the teams to
playing size. Each unit will have
to be shortened to about one-half
its present number.
Ray Graves, AU-SWC quarter
back, will lead the Air Force squad
and Jack Little, All-America tack
le, will be head mentor of the
Army team. Assistants for Graves
are Darrow Hooper, Charles Saxe,
Dick Frey, and Bobby Dixon.
Little’s assistants are Hub Scott,
Howard Zuch, Connie Magouh’k,
and Alvin Langfoi'd. These men
are working out each day at Kyle
Field to prepare their teams.
Funeral Services
Set for Aggie-Ex
Funeral services for Lt. PapI
Coffin ’51 of Itasca will be held
at 2 p. m. Friday in the First
Presbyterian Church at Itasca. He’
was killed by a landmine in Korea
early in October.
Lt. Coffin was graduated from
A&M with a degree in animal hus
bandry. He was a battalion com
mander in the infantry division
while at school.
College Station
Community Chest
S’
Goal $11,019.00
Total now 8,920.00
Still needed 2,089.00
Deadline Dec. 5