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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published By
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For 75 Years
Number 245: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1952
Price Five Cents
COACHES BUY TICKETS—Jack Little (left) and Ray
Graves coaches of the 12th Man JBowl teams, are buying
their tickets from Bill Munnerlyn, chairman of the special
Student Aid Committee.
Pipe Contest Awards
Presented On T-\
Pipe Smoking Contest winners
received their awards yesterday
in the MSC while being photo
graphed by television cameras.
During the reenactment of the
contest held last Thursday night,
2. D. Linton, R. S. McClellan, and
Leonard Stolz were the winners
lei e vised.
Contestants relit cigars, cigai’-
tttes, and pipes to scorch their
lungs again in the mock contest
before the video cameras.
WRAP-TV of Fort Worth film
ed the facsimilie contest. The films
probably will be shown next Mon
day night, Dec. 22, said Warren
Ferguson, WBAP-TV photograph
er.
M. M. McCrary, Tyler junior and
winner of the successive smoke
ring division of the contest with
80 rings from one puff of smoke,
, credited his ability to “just prac
tice.” McCrary also won the large
A&M Delegates
To Attend
Cotton Bowl
Five A&M students will at
tend the Cotton Bowl game in
Dallas, Jan. 1, as delegates to
'the Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship Committee.
Tom Collins, Bob Travis, Frank
Manitzas, Joel Austin, and Harri
* Baker, will represent A&M at the
meeting.
The Sportsmanship Committee
will present the annual Sports
manship Trophy at the game.
Votes for the award are now being
counted by Baker, who is execu
tive secretary of the organization.
Also scheduled for the delegates
are two luncheons, the Danny
Kaye show in Fair Park, a break
fast, and a committee meeting.
Tickets to the game have been ob
tained for members of the commit
tee.
All seven Southwest Conference
schools send delegates to the
Sportsmanship Committee. The
Dallas meeting is one of three
held during the school year.
Korean GI’s Checks
Arrive Here Saturday
Korean veteran’s checks from
the Veteran’s Administration will
arrive Saturday, said Bennie Zinn,
veterans advisor.
“If a man leaves prior to Sat
urday, he should arrange for some
one to pick up his check and send
it to him, rather than leave it in
his mail box until Jan. 5,” Zinn
said.
SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT
E
BUY CHRISTMAS $EAL$
CLEAR
WEATHER TODAY: Clear to
partly cloudy. The low this morn
ing was 47 and the high yesterday
was 64.
ring division and third place in
machine cigarette rolling.
Mi's. E. A. Younger, winner of
the amateur division of hand cig
arette rolling, said she picked up
her talent from her brothers.
“They used to smoke Bull Dur
ham, so it was easy to pick up
cigai-ette rolling from them,” she
said.
Winners in the pipe smoking
sections of contest were medium
bowl, Vance Kelly, Leonard Stolz,
(See PIPE, Page 2)
Blood Donors Give
Today In Sbisa •
Blood donations are being taken
in the Banquet Room of Sbisa Hall
until 4 p. m. today. •
This is the first visit of the
bloodmobile for this school year.
A quota of 200 pints has been set
for this trip.
Although the drive is short a
few pledges at press time, Lee
Phillips, chairman, believes the
quota will be met.
In past visits a surplus of don
ors has caused the goal to be
surpassed each time. The blood-
mobile takes 14 donors every 15
minutes.
Army-Air Force Teams Set
For 12th Man Bowl Battle
Proceeds From ('orps Tilt
To Boost Student Aid Fund
The Student Aid Fund is due
a big boost after profits from the
benefit football game Thursday
are deposited.
Stalled in 1940, the fund has
loaned over $3,500 to students and
their immediate families. During
World War II and immediately
after the policy was to lend only
to students who needed glasses or
dental work.
With the arrival of veterans
the fund was extended to include
the immediate family of the stu
dent. The average loan before that
time was around $40 since then
the average has jumped to $110.
The loans are now available for
major operations and other medi
cal needs.
The money is loaned without
collateral or interest. Students
are expected to repay the loan as
softn as they are able.
In the last year $1,400 has been
loaned.
Army Team Needs
Place Kicker
The Army football team whips through
its last workout this afternoon in prepara
tion for tomorrow afternoon’s 12th Man
Bowl.
Profits from the game played between
the Army and Air Force all-stars will go
into a Student Aid Fund, open to men at
tending A&M who need a loan to pay un
expected medical expenses.
Jack Little, head mentor for the Army
squad, refused to comment as to the outcome
of the game, and is searching frantically at
the last minute for a man to handle his kick
off and conversion chores.
All-America tackle Little put his
men through a light scrimmage
yesterday afternoon, and worked
his offensive backfield unit to iron
out their flaws.
Johnny Spanagle was the big
standout during the scrimmage.
The 195 pound linebacker and de
fensive halfback drew praise from
the defensive coaches as he broke
up several plays.
The starting lineup is not known
as yet, but the squad has been
cut to its playing size, 33 men.
Team Shows Interest
All but one man showed up last
Saturday for extra workouts on
their own. “They are really show
ing an interest and spirit in this
game,” said Connie Magouii-k, of
fensive backfield coach for the
Army team.
Several Army outfits in the Ca
det Corps reported 100 per cent
ticket sales for the game.
Army Team
TO SAVE A LIFE—Today A&M students and College
Station residents will have an opportunity to give blood
which will be used by the Armed Forces in Korea. A pint
of blood is little enough to give.
New
In U.S
Cong
ressmen Favor Cut
Foreign Aid Funds
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—(A 5 )—
A reduction in United States for
eign aid funds is favored by 9 out
of 10 incoming congressmen will
ing to take a stand in an Asso
ciated Press survey.
Some of this 90 per cent pro
tested hotly what they called waste
and poor results in the 87 billion
dollars America has sent its al
lies during the past 12 years.
Others, among the 10 per cent,
defended the program as provid
ing the most defense per dollar.
Corps Yule Dinner
Served Thursday
The annual Christmas dinner for
the corps will be served Thursday
evening at 6:30 in Sbisa and Dun
can dining halls.
Among the good things to eat
will be roast turkey, cornbread
dressing, candied sweet potatoes,
cranberry sauce, green peas, sweet
pickles, green olives, celery hearts,
stuffed olives, rolls and butter.
For dessert there will be pumpkin
pie, coffee or milk, and assorted
fruits.
For non-corp students who do
not hold meal books, the price will
be $1.
Foreign Students
Visit Kiwanians
Colege Station Kiwanis Club
played host to A&M’s foreign stu
dents yesterday. K. J. Koratha of
India and Jean Sequin of Switzer
land spoke to the group on Christ
mas in their countries.
About 20 foreign students were
present as the guests of members.
There will be no regular Ki
wanis meeting Tuesday, Dec. 23.
The next meeting will be Tuesday,
Dec. 30, in the MSC.
Thirty-one senators called for
foreign aid cuts in their replies,
while Sen. Langer R-ND said flat
ly, “Nothing for foreign aid.”
Six House members urged no
new foreign assistance appropria
tions and 143 proposed cuts, using
words like “severely” and “dras
tically.”
Four senators, some with reser
vations, opposed reductions, while
replies from 22 senators showed
no pronounced leanings now. Only
16 representatives—13 Democrats
and three Republicans — indicated
support for anything like the pres
ent program. Forty-two represen
tatives made noncommittal re
plies.
Four Suggestions
Suggestions included:
• A complete new study of the
whole program.
• Making loans instead of out
right grants.
• Shifting emphasis from Eu-
Library Announces
Holiday Schedule
The Cushing Library has an
nounced the following schedule for
the holidays:
Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 22-
23, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Friday, Dec. 26, 8 a. m. to 5
p. m.
Saturday, Dec, 27, 8 a. m. to
12 noon.
Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 29-31,
8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Friday, Jan. 2, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Saturday, Jan. 3, 8 a. m. to 12
noon.
Monday, Jan. 5, regular schedule.
The library will be closed Wed.
21, 24, 25, 28, Jan. 1, and 4.
Twenty-five per cent of all driv
ers involved in fatal automobile
accidents in the U.S. last year were
under 25 years old.
rope to the Middle and Far East.
• Ending economic aid grants
but keeping military assistance
and the Point Four program of
technical help.
Among congressmen who men
tioned specific figures, the most
popular foreign aid sum was four
to five billion dollars.
Abraham, Bill
End
Beard, Chico
End
Cook, George
Guard
Cobb, Bobby
Tackle
Crawford, D. W
Fullback
Ledlow, Jim
H. Back
Dehaes, L. A
Guard
Douglas, R. E
End
England, Bill
...H. Back
Ford, Bob
Center
Greaney, Don
...H. Back
Griffith, Jerry
Q. Back
Hardin, Cleat
...H. Back
Hitt, Pat
...H, Back
Huettel, Bill
Tackle
Keese, Thomas
....H. Back
Logging, Burch
Tackle
Minturn, Bill
Guard
Morrison, J. S
....Q. Back
Neal, J. W.
Tackle
Pizzitola, Mike
—.Q. Back
Sanders, Bob
...Fullback
Schultz, H. P
...Fullback
Scott, R. L
End
Screve, Charles
End
Spanagel, Johnny
...Fullback
Stoddard, A. R
...H. Back
Stuart, R. P
End
Toepperwein, D
...H. Back
Viguet, Don
Guard
Cozzens, Charles
Tackle
Kuykendall, W. K
....H, Back
Flight Physical
May Determine
AF Contracts
Physical examinations may
be a determining factor in
awarding advanced Air Force
ROTC contracts to sopho
mores, said Col. John A. Way,
PAS&T yesterday.
Indications are that unless a
sophomore can qualify physically
for flight training, he will not be
accepted, Col. Way said.
The reason given for the possi
ble action is the Air Force will
need to nearly double the total
number of flyers in the next few
years.
As yet, no orders have been
made and no directives have been
issued by Headquarters AFROTC
at the Air University, either veri
fying or denying the story, said
Col. Way.
Beginning with the first day
of school after Christmas holidays,
20 sophomores a week will take
physical examinations from the
flight surgeon at Bryan Air Force
Base.
AF Jerseys White
For Corps Game
Ray Graves’ Air Force football team will
don the white jerseys tomorrow afternoon
on Kyle Field at 3:45 before an expected
crowd of 8,000.
“The boys have been shaping tip nicely
these last few days since they went into full
uniform, and it looks like they will be ready
to go tomorrow,” said coach Graves, All-SWC
quarterback for A&M.
The Air Force squad ran through smooth
dummy practices yesterday afternoon, and
held a brief scrimmage session in last min
ute preparation.
Graves announced the starting line-up for
■this backfield will probably be
Jim Willis at quarterback, Buzz
Kennedy at halfback, Clay Cutter
at fullback, and Kay Craves alter
native at halfback and quarter
back.
Bill Munnerlyn, in charge of the
various committees for the game,
disclosed this morning that ticket
sales have been progressing ac
cording to expectations.
Several units have turned in 100
percent ticket sales.
The Air Force team has been
cut to 33 men, and they will be
issued their numbered playing jer
seys this afternoon. Programs will
be handed out at the game after
everyone has marched into the
stadium and taken their seatsi
Munnerlyn said the Air Force
outfits will sit on the south end
of the west side of the stadium.
The Army will be on the north
end. This was decided recently at
a meeting of the special game
committee by the flip of a coin.
Air Force Squad
‘Float-Outs ?
New Army Style
If a junior dreams a water
pump is flooding his room, chan
ces are he isn’t dreaming.
A pump has disappeared from
the aquarium in the Biological
Science Building. One profes
sor was heard to say, “I’d man
handle the little sneak that took
the pump. There’s no room for
stealing at Aggieland.”
Guess he hasn’t heard: “Thar
ain’t no sech thing as manhandl
ing at A&M.” (Stealin’s out
too!)
Famed Movie Star, Tenor Coming
Lauritz Melchoir Show
To Be Produced In Guion
Lauritz Melchoir, operatic tenor
and movie star, will head a new
kind of concert in Guion Hall Jan.
18.
“The Lauritz Melchoir Show”
will star the famous tenor with
a cast of eight young award-win
ning musicians.
Music will range from Wagner
arias to Hit Parade melodies, with
each section opened by original
music. Melchoir describes the new
show as “a musical dinner with
me as the entree and a selection
of songs from the Hit Parade as
dessert.”
Piano Team Accompanies
The eight accompanying musi
cians include a duo-piano team
and six vocalists. George Roth
and Ted Sadlowski, winners of the
1952 Paderewski Foundation
Award, compose the piano team.
Roth also is musical director of
the show.
. The six musicians consist of two
sopranos, two tenors, one bari
tone, and a bass. Sopranos are
Shirlee Ennons, winner of the
1951 Fulbright and 1952 Marian
Anderson Awards, and Angelene
Collins, winner of the Naumberg
Award.
The two tenors are Val Val-
ente and Alan Werner. Michael
Lauritz Melchior
Broadway plays, “Kiss Me Kate”
and “My Darlin’ Aida,” is the bar
itone. Edward Williams is the
bass.
Roberts, lead understudy in the
The show’s program will be div
ided into five parts: romantic
songs, piano classics, grand opera,
light opera, and popular hit songs.
The light opera group will include
selections from “The Merry Wi
dow,” “The Student Prince,” and
“The Gypsy Baron.”
The musical show is now making
a 14 week tour of 100 U. S. cities.
Purpose of the concerts is to “help
educate the youth of America to
good music and also to give de
serving young talent a chance to
be seen and heard,” Melchoir said.
Ticket Sale, Jan. 5
Tickets will go on sale Jan. 5
said C. G. (Spike) White, manager
of Student Activities. Reserved
seats, which include the first nine
rows in Guion Hall, will be priced
at three dollars each. Reserved
seat tickets for the next 16 rows
will sell for two dollars.
Tickets for the remaining 1100
seats will sell for one dollar.
These seats will be general admis
sion, White said.
Acclaimed as the world’s great-
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Name
Position
Adams, E. E
H. Back
Arguindegi, P. R
Center
Barron, Mike
Center
Bishop, David
End
Brooks, Bill
End
Burns, Buddy
H. Back
Caruthers, Jack
Tackle
Chinnock, B. E
End
Cutter, Clay
Fullback
Denard, James
Fullback
Heliums, Carl
Fullback
Dishman, Jim
H. Back
Eller, Jim
1 Guard
Frazier, M
...Tackle
Fiyer, John
Fullback
Graves, Kay
Q. Back
Hendley, C. F
Guard
Howell, Danny
End
Jeffrey, Jerry
H. Back
Kennedy, Buzz
H. Back
Kilb, N. K
End
Kyle, Frank
Tackle
Mabry, Don
Fullback
McGuire, Jerry
Tackle
Porter, Gordon
Guard
Roark, Jeff
Guard
Sanders, Bob
Guard
Seat, John
Guard
Smith, Bobo
H. Back
Summerlyn, Troy
Center
Travelstead, Trav
Tackle
Ussery, J. R
H. Back
Verble, Dave
Guard
Willis, Jim
.Q. Back
Woody, R. L
End
Murphy, A. L
Guard
Neal, Sonny
H. Back
Alpha Zeta
Initiates
18
Eighteen new members were in
itiated into the Texas Alpha Chap
ter of Alpha Zeta Monday night in
the MSC Social Room. The new
Alpha Zeta members were elected
on the basis of character, scholar
ship, extra curricular activities
and potential leadership qualities
in the field of agriculture. The
nominees were screened carefully
and given written and oral exams.
The new initiates are Charles
R. Zeigler, Thomas Payne, Albert
Massengale, Joe Bob Harris, Leon
ard R. Thornton, William O. Caw
ley, Franklin Pagel, John Louis
Merrill, Robert K. Ford, Edwin
Cooper, Thomas L. Galloway, John
Pat Richman, Homer L. Thornton,
Roger Q. Landers, David W. Wil
liams, Wesley E. Gross, Steve
Lindsey and Saw Kunihiro.
Following the initiation, the new
members were told of the objec
tives and purposes of Alpha Zeta
by the officers and of the back
ground and history of the honor
fraternity by Dr. R. D. Lewis of
the Experiment Station,