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D. B. COFFEB COLLEGE ARCHIVIST HSCFE 3 COPIES Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Readers Number 2: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1953 For 75 Years Published By A&M Students Price Five Cents Dimes Goal Is $25,000 For 1953 The March of Dimes quota for Brazos County for 1953 is $25,000, Jack Kent, county chairman for the March on Polio Campaign, an nounced. Last year the county gave $4,800 and received an additional $2,900 from the National Headquarters. The drive started Jan. 2 and lasts until the end of the month. One-half of the contributions go to the county for local aid and one half to the National Head quarters for research and epidemic aid. There wei'e 20 cases of polio in the county last year and six other cases from previous years that re ceived aid from the local funds in 1952, said Howard Badgett. Bad- gett is chairman of the Brazos County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Pat Newton, chapter treasurer, reports that despite the local funds and the money received from the National Foundation the Brazos County Chapter still has $2(546 in unpaid bills for patient care. “We know the people of Brazos County want to care for our own needs and we expect this year's March of Dimes to provide enough to wipe out this deficit as well as sufficient funds to care for those who may be stricken in our com munity in 1953,” Newton said. The Mothers March of Dimes Drive will be held on Jan. 29, from 7 to 8 p. m. Mrs. Sperry, Mothers’ March of Dimes Commit tee Chairman reported. Other contributions will be so licited through cards distributed to school children, coin collectors placed in business places, boxes placed in college dormitories, short features in the movies, and girl $cout collections in theatres, Kent reported. Vanity Fair Pic Deadline Is Feb. 15 At least one bust shot of each Vanity Fair entry must be sub mitted to The Aggieland by Feb. 15, said Harvey (Spider) Miller co-editor of the college yearbook. Dimensions for the picture are 5x7 in. or 8x10 in. There is ho limit to the number of pictures of the same girl that may be sub mitted. Snapshots are also being accepted, Miller said. After Vanity Fair winners ai’e announced, they must have a pic ture made suitable for The Ag gieland. The picture should be made at the Aggieland Studios at North Gate. The picture must be made between the time winners are announced and the senior ring dance. Winners must be present at the senior ring dance for formal pre sentation, Miller said. AWARD SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY—Ren Kent (right) president of the Texas Christian University student body, presents the SWC sportsmanship award to John McClain president of the Rice Institute student body. McClain accepted the trophy on behalf of Rice at pre-game cere monies in the Cotton Bowl game. The trophy was pre sented originally in 1948 by The Battalion, originators of the award and committee. Houston Symphony Children’s Matinee The Houston Symphony will present a special matinee concert at 3 p. m. Thursday in Guion Hall before its Town Hall program that night. The concert will be primarily for students of A&M and Col lege Station and Bryan schools. Matinee tickets now are on sale at the office of Student Activities. They will be sold at Guion Hall immediately before the concert. Student tickets cost 50 cents and non-student tickets one dollar. Andor Toth, assistant conductor, will take the baton for the Town Hall concert. Conducts for Cleveland Only 28, Toth-was conductor of the Cleveland Little Symphony, musical director of the Cleveland Petite Opera Company, and assist ant conceifmaster with the Cleve land Symphony Orchestra. In addition to conducting, Toth also has given violin concerts ac companied by Cleveland, Washing ton, D. C., and Chautauqua sym phony orchestras. Besides conduct ing the student programs and the symphony’s summer park concerts, Toth assists Kurtz in rehearsals and programming. The matinee program will in clude Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld,” the fourth move ment of Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No-. 4,” Shostakovitch’s “Golden Age Polka,” and Bizet’s “L’Arle- sienne Suite No. 1.” Ward’s “Jonathan and the Gin gery Snare,” Anderson’s “Sleigh Bide,” and the Romburg-Bennett “Up in Central Park,” also will be played. The Houston Symphony has been called by some critics “com parable throughout to northern or chestras and among the better symphonies in the country.” After the orchestra was reorganized in Houston Salesmen To Speak Here Four sales managers from the Houston Sales Executive Club will speak to the salesmanship classes at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Assembly Room of the MSC. A panel discussion on “How to Get a Job and the Qualifications Needed” will be held. Speakers are C. C. Workman, Houston manager of IBM; George Markins, manager retail sales, Gulf Oil Co; George Crissmen, Houston manager of Pitney- Bowes; and Bert Scheff, sales manager of the Wright Manufac turing Company. Aggie Cagers Open Conference Again st Bay ior in Waco Tonig \ 11. Rice Wins SWC Sportsman Trophy Rice Institute is winner of the annual Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Trophy for 1952. The trophy was presented at the Cotton Bowl game Thursday by the Southwest Conference Sports manship Committee. A&M, which had won the fall half of the two-part balloting for the trophy, was next to last in the final results, 39 points from first place. A&M was last in the spring balloting, with 40 points. After Rice with 166 points were TCU, 156; SMU, 152; Arkansas, 148; University of Texas, 146; A&M, 127; and Baylor, 60. Two Ballotings Voting for the trophy is done in two parts-^once in the spring and again in the fall—to give a complete picture of the year. Schools are judged on their sports manship on and off the field, tak- : Lj Schedules Thursday 1948, it made its debut on Nov. 1 of that year. In its initial program it pre sented the world premiere of the works of the contemporary Ameri can composer Aaron Copland. Attracting attention in the na tional press, the performance soon gave Houston the distinction of having one of the principal sym phony orchestras in the nation. In addition to regular subscrip tion concerts, the Houston Sym phony annually presents student concerts, free “pop” programs, gives radio broadcasts, makes classical recordings, and fulfills numerous out-of-town engage- ments. Bill Henry, ’52, Dies In Yule Auto Crash Second Lt. Bill Henry, ’52, died Dec. 23, in an Ennis hospital from injuries suffered in an auto acci dent early that morning. Henry, 22, was secretary of the T Association last year and was a broad jumper. His home was in Hearne. It is believed he went to sleep at the wheel while returning home from his station in Topeka, Kan. Funeral services were conducted in Hearne on Christmas Day. ing into consideration actions of the teams, students, alumni, and fans. Sixty-three voters decide the winner of the award. Those voting are each conference school’s stu dent body president,'school paper editor, head yell leader, an athletic representative, dean of students, athletic director, and alumni asso ciation secretary. Also voting are eight conference officials and the conference secretary, and seven sportswriters, one named by each of the schools. Point System Representing A&M at the Cot ton Bowl meeting of the Sports manship Committee were Bob Travis, student senate president; Tom Collins, head yell leader; Joel Austin and Frank Manitzas, Bat talion co-editors; and Harri Baker, executive semetary of the commit tee. The committee accepted the ex ecutive secretary’s report on bal loting at a breakfast meeting Jan. 1 in the Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas prior to the Cotton Bowl game. Rev. Johnson Dies Sunday In Houston The Rev. James F. Jack- son, former pastor of the A&M Methodist Church, died yesterday morning in the Methodist Hospital in Hous ton following a month’s illness. Pastor at A&M Methodist ffom 1947-52, he had left College Sta tion to accept appointment as as sociate pastor of the First Meth odist Church in Houston. Rev. Jackson came to Texas in 1941 from Georgia, where he had served the pastorage in Eastmond. Before coming to College Station, Rev. Jackson was pastor of the First Methodist Church in Caith- age, Tex. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the First Methodist Church at Cedar Bayou, Tex. Rev. Jackson will be buried in Swains- boro, Ga. Rev. Jackson’s family, which survives him are his wife, Helen Virginia; two daughters, Helen Virginia and Mary Elizabeth; and a son, James F. Ji\ By ED HOLDER Sports Editor Head Basketball Coach John Floyd left this morning at 9:30 for Waco where the Aggie quintet will open 1953 con ference play tonight with the Baylor Bears. “We have a good chance to beat Baylor,” said Floyd as he ran his squad through last minute preparations. The Cadets were humbled recently in the SWC pre-season tournament held in Dallas when they came out on bottom of the struggle for survival. “SMU hit us hard in our first game, and we couldn’t seem to get started after that,” he said concerning the tour nament. The Aggies were beaten by Texas in the fight to stay out of last place. MAN OF THE YEAR—G. G. Gib- sou, director of the Texas Agri cultural Extension Service was recognized by Progressive Farmer magazine as “Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture.” ★ Gibson Cited Top Ag Man G. G. Gibson, director of the Agricultural Extension Service, has been chosen “Man of the year in Texas Agriculture” by the Pro gressive Farmer magazine. In the January issue the mag azine cited Gibson for, “Disting uished service in making the work of the Texas Agriculture Service more effective. Under Gibson’s leadership the extension service is working more closely and effect ively than ever before with the Vocational Agricultural depart ment, the Soil Conservation Serv ice and other farm groups. . Film Society Shows ‘Rembrandt’ Tonight “Rembrandt” starring Charles Laughton will be screened by the A&M Film Society at 7:30 tonight in the MSC Ballroom. Either two or three sophomores will start the game tonight against the Bears. Bob Johnson, Rodney Pirtle, and Roy .Martin are prob ables, along with Leroy Miksch and Don Binford. Don Heft is a let- terman whom Floyd might call out. Miksch and Binford are veter ans of the conference, and will be depended on to bolster the squad through hte season. “Johnson and Pirtle have been coming along fine,” said Floyd, “and they turned in a fine job at Dallas in the tournament.- “Martin and Addison also did good jobs, and with a little exper ience, those boys will stay up with the best of them. They have al ready shown progress this early in the year,” he added. John Starkey, 6-7 center and the Bear’s third high scorer from last year, is the key man on the Baylor team. He co-captains the Bruins with John Parker. With Starkey the only returning starter from last year, the Bears are picked to end up in either sixth or seventh place. This means the game could have a heavy decision in the final placings. Last year saw the Aggies, Bay lor and SMU tied for third place in the SWC. This year it looks like SMU will move up to first or second according to their pre-sea- son showing, and the Aggies will fight Baylor for the cellar. C of € to Select Man-of-the-Year The College Station man and woman-of-the-year are being se lected by a committee headed by J. B. Baty, said Marion C. Pugh, chairman of the Chamber of Com merce, yesterday. Selections are made annually on community seiwice, how the per sons named have helped the com munity, and similar things, Pugh said. Those selected receive spec ial recognition from the Chamber of Commerce. The committee will report on their selection next Monday after noon at the Chamber of Commerce meeting. Chosen last yeai - , the first time the woman-of-the-year presentation was made, were J. H. Sorrels and Mrs. W. M. Dowell. Top Ten Stories of 1952 TTs Confessing to Authorities Is Year’s Top Story By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Co-Editor A&M is always a place of unusual occurances, and when big events take place around this campus they make news everywhere. The year 1952 will hot be forgotten in the archives of this college, nor will the outstanding events that took place be forgotten soon by students and residents of College Station. The Battalion Staff has picked what it believes to be the top ten stories of the year. They were not picked because they had the largest banner headlines or took up the most speae. They received votes from staff members because of the' overall effect they had on the student body and people of College Station. Hei’e’s the top ten stories in the order they placed. (Bold face is headline which appeai’ed in The Battalion). 1 TTs Disband, Confess to Authorities (April 4)—An un- J disclosed number of students confessed to college author ities as being members of a secret organization known as the TTs, bringing a climax to hundreds of rumors that circled the campus for weeks prior to the announcement. The story brought with it an official statement from President M. T. Harrington declaring that proof of membership in a secret- organization from that date would be just cause for dis missal. Members of the organization included top personnel in the cadet corps and outstanding athletes. All were placed on conduct probation and cadet officers were reduced to the grade of private by President Harrington. O Davis Wins High Jump, Establishes New Olympic Record ^ (July 22)—Walt (Buddy) Davis carried his winning ways to Helsinki and scored a new Olympic record in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet 8.32 inches. Although not his best jump of the year (he bearly missed the world record of 6 feet 11 inches at the conference track meeting last spring), the former polio victim from Nederland outdid com petitors from all over the world. Competing shortly after the Olympics get underway, Davis garnered the first United States victory in the games. Three Division Corps Planned Next Year (April 8)—A&M’s • growing corps of cadets was re-organized for more effi cient operation with establishment of the division level. For merly the next level below coi'ps staff had been regiment and wing commands. Because of the growing differences in operation of Army, Air Force, and freshmen units, three divisions were set up with a division commander. Included in the new organization was a provision for more commissioned and non-commissioned officers in the freshman division. /{ Student Denied Aid at Hospital (Jan. 9)—A student with a cerebral hemorage was refused admittance to the Col lege Hospital during 1951 Christmas holidays because his case was not considered an emergency by hospital authorities, the story disclosed. A 32 year-old graduate student was re fused admittance by a nurse on duty, telling him only “emer gency” cases could be accepted. After contacting local doc tors, the student was rushed to a Veteran’s Hospital in Mar- < lin where he was confined for 30 days. The college doctor in dicated he had thought the symptoms of the student’s case to be those which follow an ordinary case of influenza and told the nurse he did not believe it serious. CJ Commanders Want Action on Discipline Problems (Oct 28) —“We’ll appeal our case to the board of directors,” read the lead of this story which sparked heated talk on the campus of a walkout of cadet officers and members of the senior class. Company commanders met to discuss “gripes” with the rqilitary department and ended the heated session agreeing to submit complaints to a grievance committee which would consolidate them for presentation to college authorities. /C Culpepper Plans Million Dollar Housing Area (Feb. 14)— —Development of a new housing area in College Station was_ announced by local realtor J. C. Culpepper. Approxi mately 140 houses are nearing completion in the old Taubei tract in north College Station. The houses were constructed as emergency housing for personnel of Bryan Air Force Base. Utility extensions costing the city approximately $30,000 were provided for the new area. H Army-Air Force Teams Set for First 12th Man Bowl Battle * (Dec. 17)—Outstanding football players from the cadet corps met on the gridiron in the first annual 12th Man Bowl Dec. 18 and the Army team marched away with a 7 - 0 victory over the hard fighting Air.Force. Practically the en tire cadet corps attended the game and established a foot ball rivalry not seen in many years at A&M—Army vs Air Force. Receipts totaled $2,005.85 as players, coaches, and fans all paid to get into the game. The money went to the college Student Aid Fund. O A&M Board of Directors Names Morgan Dean (July 1) —Dr. David H. Morgan, former dean of the college and dean of the graduate school of Colorado A&M, was named dean of the college by the A&M System Board of Directors. He replaced Dr 1 . C. C. French who accepted the presidency of Washington State last spring. The native of Portsmouth, Va. received his doctorate degree from the University of California. Q Aggie Tracksters Win Second Straight Conference Title (May 12)—Topped by the outstanding performance of high jumper Walt (Buddy) Davis, the Aggies rolled up their second conference track championship at Dallas. Davis un officially broke the world’s record, but was denied the honor because a tiny mound of dirt moved up the measurement one inch—crediting him with a jump of 6 ft. 10% inches. A&M scored 95% points and was followed by Texas who accumulat ed 70% points. TA Mason Cushion Funeral Today (Aug 7)—Funeral ser- ' vices were held Aug. 7 for Mason L. Cashion, secretary of the YMCA for 25 years. He had built the A&M “Y” to an outstanding unit and had become widely known by col lege men in the YMCA field. A civic and church leader, he played a prominent part in the cultural and civic advance ment of this community. i HONORABLE MENTION Hooper Places Second in Olympics (July 22)—Darrow Hooper, Aggie weight star, missed the world’s championship by three-fourths an inch in the Olympics at Helsinki. His throw of 57 feet .65 inches, although topping the old Olympic record, was second to Perry O’Brien of USC. Fish Coach Succumbs to Heart Attack (Feb. 28)—James (Klepto) Holmes, freshman football coach for only a year and coach at Arlington State for 15 yeai’s, died of a heart attack at the age of 46. Spring football drills had just begun at the time of his death. City Council Tables Proposals from School, Recreation Group (Dec. 9)— The College Station City Council refused to act on requests of the city school board to raise city tax evaluations and of the city recreation council to establish a recreation board within the city government. Seniors Table ‘Issue’ (Nov. 14)—The senior class tabled a motion to do away with the “board” as a means of physical hazing. Use of the board is already against the state law, the story pointed out.