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D. B. COFFLR COLLEGE ARCHIVIST MSC, FE Circi^a^g^! I^aily 7 To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 121: Volume 53 on PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1953 Published By ] A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents ■5^ ym ■ m wzm : —.-'-'Hr''''-* . <;****«*<*«<***+?' " f ; ■ la,**#*'**" ' 'WiiK . V ' , * ALMOST COMPLETE—Herb Cabla, junior veterinary medicine major from Sinton, en ters the new veterinary hospital which is rapidly nearing completion. The new hospital is located across the railroad tracks just west of the campus on the road to Easter- wood Airport. New Construction Nears Completion A $238,000 construction program is nearing completion here. Approved by the board of di rectors in June, 1952, the program allowed first for a $21,000 system of storm sewers which was follow ed by the paving and graveling of several streets at a cost of $140,- ioo. Shifting Clay Causes Sinking Of Building Shrinking and swelling of the blue clay level that build ing foundations in this area rest upon has caused four college buildings to sink slightly, necessitating deeper foundations for them. According to T. R. Spence, man ager of A&M system physical plants, the present foundations of these buildings are around 10 feet deep. The new foundations will go to a d'epth of 20 feet. The buildings needing deeper foundations are the Academic building, College hospital, Library, and Exchange store. The new foundations will still r est on clay, but at this depth the clay is less liable to shrink and swell with rains, Spence said. The geological formations under this are made up of clay and sand for considerable depth, according to S. A. Lynch, head of the geo logy department. Economics Club Elects Martin J. N. Martin of Athens was elected president of the Economics club Tuesday. Also elected at the organiza tional meeting were J. T. Roberts, Winnsboro, vice president; E. A. Fernandez, Sherman, senior re presentative to the Arts and Sciences council; and J. S. Wil liams, Austin, social secretary. The fourth Tuesday of each month was selected as the regular meeting date for the club. Weather Today The construction of the Physical Education building will necessitate wider sidewalks along Lubbock street, between the building and the upperclassmen dormitory area. This and other sidewalks will be constructed in the future, accord ing to T. R. Spence, manager of the A&M system physical plants. Girders for the roof of the 7,000- seat Physical Education building are now being placed in position. Sidewalk construction will in clude widening of a section of walk on the east side of the MSC, re placing a section on the west corner of the Chemistry building, the west side of Bizzell street, and an ex tensive system of walks in the area between the Academic building and Military walk. The recent completion of a four- lane boulevard between the system administration building and Sul-j phur Springs road was the main street construction job, Spence said. Other street coftsti'uctionf was Throckmorton street, payed; Hous ton street, to be paved; and a graveled street from the System administration buflding to A&M Consolidated higb school. Spence said that the graveled streets would probably be paved in the future, after the gravel has been packed by use. Off Limits’ Rule Blocks Outfit Hags All the favorite places for putting outfit flags are now officially off limits to A&M cadets. The water tower, the dome of the Academic building, the flagpole in front of the Aca demic building and the flag pole in front of Duncan hall are off limits effective Oct. 1. “Unauthorized cadets caught on or near these places will be subject to military discipline”, said Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant. Matthews Joins Extension Service R. F. Matthews, safety director at the Texarkana, Red River arsen al for the past nine years, recently joined the staff of the Engineer ing Extension service. Matthews has been in industrial woi’k since 1935, when he went to work as safety engineer for the wood preserving division of the Koppers Company. Matthews, on leave from the Kop- per Company, came to A&M in 1941 as an instructor in industrial safety. He served two years in this position. Matthew’s home is in Bryan. His son is a sophmore student here. Passing To Be of n Large Georgia-A&M Factor Game Aggie Rodeo To Be Held Oct. 23 - 24 The annual All-Aggie rodeo, sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin club will be held Oct. 23-24 in the Aggie rodeo arena. Performances will be held at 8 p. m. Friday and Saturday. Stock will be furnished by Duke Gibbs, owner of the Triangle Bell rodeo ranch at Belton. “This stock is professional, RCA -approved rodeo stock that will provide many a spill for the con testants,” said Bobby Rankin, rodeo chairman. The competitive events open to anyone enrolled in Texas A&M will include bareback bronc riding, sad dle bronc riding, bull riding, steer wrestling and calf roping. There also will be a girls barrel race. Tickets may be purchased from any member of the Saddle and Sirloin club. Advance tickets are 50 cents for students and $1 for adults. Tickets at the gate will be 60 cents for students and $1.20 for adults. Services Planned For Mrs. Daum Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Monday for Mrs. John Daum, formerly of College Station, who died Monday at her home in Great Neck, N. Y. Mrs. Daum died suddenly after a cerebral hemorrhage. She was in New York with her husband, who was doing research at New York university. He is on a one-year leave of absence from the mathematics depai’tment here. Services will be at St. Joseph’s church in Bryan. Rosary will be recited Sunday night at the Hillier Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements. Mrs. Daum will be buried at the Mt. Clavarjg ceme- tary jn Bryan. - Before coming to College Sta tion, Mrs. Daum lived in Omaha, Nebraska. She is survived by her husband, her son, 7 year-old John A. jr.; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Firois; brother, Gabe Fii’ois; and a sis ter, Mrs. Simone Dittrick. Forest Service Plans Lockout For Plotrodders The Texas Forest service plans to uproot a group of hotrodders who have been using its runway for a racetrack. It’s going to lock the gate. But in order to lock up, it must lease an entire airport. Here’s what happened. The Forest service has been using part of the Jackson county airport near Kirbyville to store its planes used to spot forest fires. The Forest service reports that hot rod speedsters have been dam aging the runways by racing on them. It says the runways have been made unsafe for aircraft. But Jackson county, which owns the airport, says it can’t finance the runway upkeep. The Forest service says the county will not keep the speedsters outside. The Forest service asked the board of directors Saturday to let it lease the airport from the coun ty- The board approved. Aggies POSSIBLE SHOWERS .Cloudy with possible light show ers. Low this morning 71. High today 94. Low tonight 64. Aerial Duel to Feature Bratkowski and Ellis Over 30,000 fans may see the air fille<j with passes in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Saturday night when the Aggies meet the Georgia Bulldogs in the first college football game of the season in Dallas. Don Ellis, the nation’s leading major college passer with 22 completions in 39 tosses, will match passes with Zeke Bratkowski, seventh in the nation with 13 completions in 24 attempts. Two Ellis passes have been good for touchdowns, while Bratkowski has connected for one touchdown pass. Ellis has totaled 248 yards by air with two interceptions and Bratkow ski has passed for 224 yards and one interception. ^ Total offense figures as re leased by the National Collegi ate Athletic bureau indicate that Ellis has the edge run ning with the ball. Ellis ranks third in the nation with a total of fense mark of 299 yards, while Bratkowski is 14th with 221 yards, three yards less than his passing total. The starting Aggie lineup for the game will probably be the same as that which started against the University of Houston, although two of last week’s starters have been taking it easy this week with minor bruises. Don Kachtik and Joe Boring are both nursing injuries, but will pro bably play. Billy Hurdleston and Bill Schroeder are also slightlly in jured, but will be ready Saturday Three Out The only Aggies definitely out of the contest with injuries are Half back Charlie Hall, End Donald Robbins and Center Cooper Rob bins. Starting for the Aggies will be Eric Miller and Bennie Sinclair, ends; Lawrence Winkler and Dur- wood Scott, tackles; Marvin Tate and Sid Theriot, guards; Fred Broussard, center; Ellis, quarter back; Boring and Connie Magouirk, halfbacks; and Kachtik, fullback. The Aggie line averages 204 pounds, while the backfield aver age is 177 pounds. For the Bulldogs, the starting lineup is John Carson and Joe O’Malley, ends; Jerry Griffin and Francis Malinowski, tackles; Bruce Wimberley and Sam Mrvos, guards; Derwent Langley, center Bratkow ski, quai’terback; Jimmy Campagna and Charlie Madison, halfbacks; and Bob Clemens, fullback. Line Averages 201 The Georgia line averages 201 pounds and the backfield average is 187 pounds. Georgia Coach Wally Butts is enthusiastic about his current ace, • Bratkowski, who Butts believes has a good chance to break the all-time college passing yardage record of 2,005 yards, set in 1948 by Heath of Nevada university. Bratkowski led the nation last year in yards gained passing with 1,824 yards in 11 games, and in 1951 set a Southeastern conference record for 10 games, with 1,578 yards gained passing. Since Georgia’s pass patterns are considered among the best in college football, Aggie Coach Ray George has had his charges work ing this week on defensive patterns against Georgia passing plays. If the field is dry for Saturday’s clash, fans who prefer the wide- open type of game should be in for an evening of football where the emphasis is on the pass. Business Society Elects Officers The Business society elected J. M. (Mitch) Spadachene president Thursday night. . j; Other officers elected were Bill Utzman, vice president; Alien (Bootsie) Hohlt, senior representa tive to the Arts and Sciences coun cil, Glenn Langford, junior repre sentative to the A&M council; Richard (Red) Harris, reporter; Clancy Woliver, chairman of the membership committee; and Dale Topperwien, athletic director. Student Senate To Review f Seating Plan N Discussions on what to do about settling seating pro blems at football games and who should take care of Reveille took up much of the the debate at the student senate meeting last night. Andrew Gary, vice president of the senate, took over chairman ship of the group in the absence of President Ide Trotter. The question of whether or not to allow seniority to prevail in the selection of Student Senate com mittees was discussed at length and defeated. Ideas Vary Suggestions for easing misun derstandings in the Kyle Field' seating plan were sent to the seat ing committee. Ideas varied from the use of ropes to mark off sections to the wearing of different colored cards by non-military students to separ ate them by academic classes. The Senate discussed the prob lem of whose responsibility it was to take care of Reveille. Last spring, when another discussion, was held concerning A&M’s mas cot, the Senate recommended that the band take care of the dog. Senators who were here for school last summer said Reveille wandered around the campus, lost a lot of weight and was missing once for several days. She was also hit by a car and was taken to the small animal clinic of the veterinary hospital for treatment. Reveille Fund To remedy the situation, sena tors passed a motion setting up a committee to investigate what should be done and authorizing a Reveille fund be set up to take care of the dog’s needs during the school year, during the summer and between semesters. Announcement of the fund drive will be made Tuesday at noon in the two mess halls. Waiters will collect contributions at the even ing meal Tuesday. Concerning the problem of non- military students who eat in Dun can hall interferring with corps meal and retreat formations, one of the non-military senators explained: that a schedule has been set up* which will prevent interruptions. The non-military students will go to breakfast after the corps has finished and will eat lunch before the corps is formed. A committee was set up to inves tigate the possibility of having a public telephone put in every dorrp- itory. Local Den Mothers Selected Last Night Den mothers were selected last night for College Station Cub Scout Pack 102. _ This year’s pack has 116 boys in •t) making it the largest in the state. It had about the same num ber last year. “We still need a den mother for |he den in the Oak Terrace-Col- i e ge View area,” said Capt. Charles L. Byrd, packmaster. There are about seven to nine boys in each den. den are ^elected from their graphical location. Den mother's selected last night ^ere Mesdames I. G. Adams, Richard Balrauf, Jack Fugate, °hn H. Pruitt, George W. Rey nolds, J. Wayne Stark, J. K. Riggs an d George L. Huebner. .j^he next pack meeting, which ul have an Indian theme, will be c ‘ ; ’ 29. The dens meet each week. Members in each geo- Tuesday Pass-By Results Announced Squadrons 2 and 13 tied for first place in the 1st wing at the patss- by Thursday night. B infantry, A armor and B armor tied for first in the 1st regiment. Other places in the 1st wing were squadron 14, third; squadrons 11 and 6, fourth; squadrons 7 and 5, sixth; squadron 3, eight; squad ron 4 ninth, squadrons 10 and 15, 10th; and squadron 9, 12th. Other 1st regiment places were A anti—aircraft, A chemical corps and A quartermaster corps, fourth; A infantry, A engineers, A field artillery, B field artillery and A army security agency, seventh; and A transportation corps, A signal corps and A ordnance, 12th. Mayo Gives Talk i On European Trip “Europe Revisited” was the title of a speech given by Dr. Thomas E. Mayo of the English department at a meeting of the Hillel founda tion Wednesday. “I had heard,” said Mayo, “that Americans are disliked in Europe an countries, but I found things quite to the contrary. People went out of their way to be friendly.” During his tour Mayo visited with several authors whose books he had read. He said he also had a chance to discuss with them the; outline of a book he is planning" t<4 write.