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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 125: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Ag-gieland), Texas, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1953
Published By 7
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents '
Whose Little Boy Are You?
Accent on Offense
.Undefeated
Face Border
F armers
Favorite
Voted least likely to succeed in
preseason football polls, unde
feated A&M goes after its third
win of the season against Texas
Tech in Lubbock at 8 p. m. Satur
day.
The Red Raiders have been rated
as the title favorites in the Border
conference'.
Possibly the largest crowd ever
to see a football game in west
Texas will fill 30,000 seat Jones
stadium for the A&M-Tech game.
All tickets in Lubbock had been
sold out Wednesday morning but
mose were sent from A&M.
A 37 man squad left by plane
at 2 p. m. today. The Aggies will
loosen up under the lights in
Jones stadium tonight. Yesterday
the Cadets had an offensive and
defensive drill with little contact
work and worked on kicking.
A&M’s starting backfield will be
Don Ellis, quarterback; Elwood
Kettler and Billy Pete Huddleston,
Phones Available
For Dormitories
Telephones are now available for
any dormitory in which the stu
dents request one.
Any dormitory, military or non
military, can obtain a phone by
agreeing to pay the monthly cost
of the phone. They also must ac
cept the responsibility of caring
for the phone. The coke funds of
the dormitories can be used to take
care of the cost.
In case of any damage to the
instrumment, the financial re
sponsibility will be shared equally
by each unit or person in the
dormitory.
Phones can be obtained by sub
mitting a letter to Bennie Zinn,
assistant dean of men. This let
ter must state that the students
in the dormitory are willing to ac
cept the conditions of cost and
responsibility.
This letter, signed by the unit
commanders, authorizes the Office
of Student Activities to pay the
bills out of unit funds or the dormi
tory coke funds.
Brazilian Student
To Attend A&M
A Brazilian student will attend
A&M this year under a scholar
ship program created by the
Cordell Hull Foundation.
The program will enable five
Latin American students to at
tend various American universities.
Andre Mauricio de Andrade
Ribeiro will study chemical and
petroleum engineering here. On
completion of his studies he will
return to his position with Brazil’s
National Petroleum council, the
government agency charged with
the country’s entire petroleum de
velopment program.
halfbacks; and Bob Easley, full
back.
Fullback Don Kachtik is still
slowed by a hip injury. Thursday
Coach Ray George did not know
if he would be ready by Saturday
night.
Joe Boring, Joe Schero, Charley
Hall, Cooper Robbins and Donald
Robbins definitely will not play.
The starting line will be Bill
Schroeder and Bennie Sinclair,
ends; Larry Winkler and Durwood
Scott, tackles; Sid Theriot and
Marvin Tate, guards; and Fred
Broussard, center.
“We’re going to have to play our
top game if we want to win.” said
George. “Tech has what their
coach calls their best team in a
long time.”
Ellis, Cavazos Duell
Ellis and Tech’s Bobby Cavazos
are expected to provide the offen
sive fire-works.
The slender Cadet signal-caller
is second nationally in passing and
fifth in total offense and leads
the SWC in both departments. He
has gained 376 yards on 101 run
ning and passing plays and has
completed 29 of 57 passes for 324
yards and three touchdowns.
Cavazos, a top contender for all-
America honors before the start
Lawrence E. Layman
•
Layman Named
To Baptist Church
Lawrence E. Layman is the new
Minister of music and education
at the First Baptist church of Col
lege Station.
During the past year Layman
served with the Second Baptist
church of Fayetteville, Ark., as
was associate pastor.
Layman has served in a number
of churches as an evangelistic
singer and music director. He was
recently ordained to the ministry.
of the season, showed signs of hit
ting his stride last week. He gain
ed 68 yards in 10 carries against
Oklahoma A&M. An all - Border
conference and honorable mention
all- America in 1952, Cavazos pick
ed up 674 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Johnson Set Record
Tech quarterback Jerry Johnson
set a school record in total offense
in ’52 with 1,027 yai’ds. He rushed
for 325 yards and gained 702 yards
passing.
The Aggios, described by some
as a team which would be lucky
to win over two games all season,
have won two and tied one of their
three starts by a total margin of
three points.
Now a team sparked by a hard
hitting line, the passing, quarter-
backing and defensive play of Ellis
and the running of some unherald
ed backs has opened the eyes of the
region’s football fans.
A Tech team which has won its
first three games of the season
and is 12th nationally in rushing
is picked an even bet against the
Aggies by most sportwriters. Their
easy 27-13 win over Oklahoma
A&M after the Aggies had beaten
Arkansas has given the Raiders
added stature in the eyes of the
forecasters. Arkansas defeated
TCU, 13-6 last week.
The Raiders have rolled up 805
yards rushing for a 268.3 yard
average per game. The Aggies are
second in the SWC in defense, giv
ing up an average of 198.6 yards
per game.
Dorm F
ers
May
Get Fined, Suspended.
New Marching
Route Planned
For Fish Area
A new route of march will go
into effect Tuesday for the weekly
pass-by in the freshman area.
Many of the complications and
complaints created by the old pass-
by route will be eliminated by the
new plan, said Phil Jacobs, sixth
group commander and originator
of the plan.
The new route was given clear
ance by Vic Kennedy, first com
posite regimental commander.
Under the new plan the route of
march will be out Henderson street,
up Jones street in front of the
president’s home, turning left past
prexy’s fish pond, and going into
Sbisa hall through the middle
door.
Graders will be stationed across
the street from the president’s
home, and the fish band will be on
Houston street by the side of the
fish pond.
The main difficulty before has
been the limitation of space. Cadet
Lt. Col. Phil Jacobs said many unit
commanders found it almost im
possible to give all the commands
required in such a short distance.
Also, the fact that the band was
playing immediately to the right of
the units as they passed the re
viewing stand caused the eyes
light to be hardly audible.
“It should prove to be advant
ageous and a great improvement
over the old route,” Jacobs said.
Methodist Women
Hear Dan Russell
Christ’s feeding of the multi
tude was the theme of the program
at the meeting of the Women’s
Society of Christian Service of the
A&M Methodist church Monday
at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Baily,
1006 Dexter St.
The devotional was given by
Mrs. Paul Andrews.
Dan Russell, district chairman
of Christian Rural Overseas pro
gram, gave an account of his re
cent trip to Germany with a ship
load of food and heifers donated
by the people of Texas.
Special guests were Mesdames
Eula Mae Hughes, Dolly Hyde,
Earlene Couger and Marchell
Hines, representatives from the
local beauticians organization, who
recently went to the Methodist
home in Waco where they gave
free hair cuts to over a hundred
girls.
Following the business meeting,
conducted by Mrs. J. S. Mogford,
refreshments were served by the
hostess, Mrs. T. E. McAfee.
College Rules
Require Dismissal
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Co-Editor
Suspension from school and
fines for damages may be await
ing vandals who flooded dormi
tories 2 and 6, if they are caught.
Assistant Dean of Men Bennie
Zinn said he thought students in
volved in flooding dormitories
should be suspended from school.
He also said he thought they should
have to pay for damages.
Zinn’s penalty would be lighter
than that proposed in College Re
gulations. The college rules state
that “wanton destruction of pro
perty” will be punished by dis
missal from school.
Group to Meet
To Study SLC,
Student Senate
A committee of six will meet at
4 p.m. Monday to discuss and
study the objectives of the Student
Life committee and the student
senate.
Dean of Men W. L. Penberthy
said he has asked the committee to
get together to study the objectives
of the two organizations and “be
sure the lines of authority are
clear.”
The meeting will be held in Pen-
berthy’s office and is a “part of
the self-evaluation program,” he
said.
Dr. Walter H. Delaplane, Joe
Sorrells and Ide P. Trotter jr. will
be on the committee.
Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of
men, and W. D. (Pete) Hardesty,
business manager of student
activities, will be at the meeting to
participate in the discussion.
Hardesty is taking the place of
C. G. (Spike) White, manager of
student activities and secretai - y of
the SLC, who cannot be ^t the
meeting. | ,
Removal of Ross Hall
Set for Near Future
Ross Hall, which formerly housed
the military department, is to be
torn down in the near future.
The material is to be sold to
the highest bidder and removed
from the campus.
The date for the removal has not
been set, but it is to be done in
the next two or three month said
W. H. Badgett, manager, physical
plants.
In Fish Poll
Adjusting to
Causes Loss
A&M Lite
of Sleep
By JERRY ESTES
Basic Division Editor
Lack of sleep was the most
named pi-oblem of adjusting to life
at A&M in a survey of 952 fresh
men. The survey was made at an
assembly of basic division students
Sept. 22.
“This survey was not made to
pick flaws in A&M, but to learn
the freshmen’s problems so we
could help them,” said John R.
Bertrand, dean of the basic divis
ion.
Ranking second was study habits
and other academic pxoblems,
named by 250 freshmen. A total of
211 said student life problems such
as hazing and other traditions of
A&M were causing the most dif
ficulty in becoming adjusted.
One freshmen remarked, “When
A&M begans to stress school
spirit instead of forced loyalty,
there will be more cooperation, a
friendler campus, and a more
wonderful school to be proud of.”
Lack of time was named by 209
men to rank fourth. Only 74 said
they were having difficulty with
specific courses, but that was
enough to rank this problem fifth.
“I have trouble in keeping up-
to-date in my studies and diffi
culty in reading and understand
ing what I read,” another man
said.
Weekend passes was next on the
list, voted by 56 men as their
worst adjustment problem. Financi
al problems and noise and distrac
tions in dorm which prevent study
tied for seventh and eighth, being
named by 54 freshmen.
Time budget was ninth on the
list, with 53 men naming this pro
blem. Homesickness was shared by
33 men as their most difficult ad
justment.
Girls Rate
Girls mustered only 29 votes to
rate eleventh on the list of ad
justment problems. Social-emotion
al problems were twelfth, being
rated first by 23 freshmen.
Other problems such as draft
status was the foremost for 18
men. Miscellaneous problems such
as food and laundry were the con-
cem of 17 freshmen.
A poor high school background
was causing 15 men the most
trouble. “I just don’t understand
what I am supposed to do in my
studies,” one freshman said.
Fourteen men said lack of re
creation was their chief problem
in becoming a adjusted to A&M.
Twelve named the need of a job
as their worst difficulty.
Last in the category of problems
was vocational indecision, named
by 10 men. A total of 324 men said
they had no problems in adjusting
to A&M.
One freshman listed his three
main problems at A&M as: (1)
sophomores (2) juniors (3) seniors.
If a student is dismissed, he
can never return to A&M. Stu
dents who are suspended can re
turn at a later semester.
“We have 'a lot of disgruntled
students,” Zinn said. He explained
students living in the flooded
dormitories had lost sleep and
time in addition to having some of
their propei'ty damaged.
Zinn said he was worried that
these students might retaliate if
they thought they knew who
flooded their dormitories. He thinks
this might lead to other floods.
Dormitory 2 is one of two form
er cadet dormitories which was
opened this fall to non-military stu
dents. Dormitory 6 houses corps
students.
Used by Cadets
Dormitory 4 and half of dormi
tory 5 house non-military students.
The other nine dormitories in the
new area are used by cadets.
Zinn said he knew no reason for
friction between corps and non
military students in that area un
less the non - military students
caused it themselves.
He explained these students had
been warned not to interfere with
corps formations or activities.
Zinn said he had received no
reports of “severe agitation”
against non-military students by
cadets.
The college official said he had
been fold relations between the
two groups were running smooth
ly-
Feared Trouble
However, Zinn said, some cadets
and college officials had been
against opening dormitories 2 and
4 to non - military students be
cause they feared trouble be
tween them and cadets.
The college official said he
knew of no instance when students
involved in flooding dormitories
had been caught.
The cx - owded conditions in non
military housing made it necessary
to open corps dormitories to civili
an students, Zinn explained.
Dormitory 2 was flooded early
Wednesday morning by vandals
who removed the flush valves from
10 toilets on the fourth floor.
Water Flowed
Water flowed to the other three
floors, standing three to four inches
deep in some places.
Six flush valves were removed
on the fourth floor of dormitory 6
early yesterday morning. The flow
ing water was discovered before it
had time to do much damage.
Water was between two and three
inches deep on the fourth floor.
Royer to Address
Chemical Society
Dr. George L. Royer of the
American Cyanamid Company,
Bound Brook New Jersey, will ad
dress the local section of the
American Chemical Society on the
Chemistry,” at 8:15 p. m. Tuesday
in the lecture room of the Chemis
try building.
Weather Today
CLEAR
Mild days and cool nights are
forcase for the weekend. High
yesterday 80. Low this morning
47. High today 82. Expected low
tonight 50.
Six Students
Attend SWCSC
Meet Monday
Six A&M students will dis
cuss plans for Southwest Con
ference Sportsmanship week
Monday at the fall meeting'
of the SWC Sportsmanship
committee at Baylor university.
The students are Ide Trotter,
student senate president; V. M.
(Monty) Montgomery, head yell
leader; Jerry Robinett, athletic
representitive; Ed Holder and Jer
ry Bennett, Battalion co-editors.
Harri Baker, A&M student who
is executive secretary of the
Sportsmanship committee, will also
attend the meeting.
The conference-wide SportsU
manship w T eek will start Mondaj^
and continue to Saturday. All
schools in the conference will ob
serving it with special programs on
their campuses and at next Satur
day’s games.
The Sportsmanship committee is
composed o f each conference
school’s student body president,
head yell leader, an athletic re
presentitive, and student news
paper editor.
The organization’s executive
secretary is always an A&M stu
dent, since the committee’s per
manent records are kept hei’e.
The committee awards the an
nual Sportsmanship Trophy each
year at the Cotton Bowl.
News Briefs
Boswell Goes to
GE Meeting ,
RAN BOSWELL, College Sta
tion city manager, went to Wim
berly yesterday for a General
Electric company meeting. The
puipose of the meeting was to ex
plain various metering devices. L.
P. Dulaney, director of public
utilities, and W. J. Coney, head of
electi’ic department, accompanied
Boswell.
ROGER W. SHERMAN, former
A&M student from San Antonio,
has qualified for aviation cadet
training as an aircraft observer.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
F. Sherman.
* * *
LT. COL. MORRIS W. Pettit
’40, of Bloomburg has been ap
pointed deputy chief of staff for
the central command in Tokyo. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Pettit.
* * *
THE TEXAS Dehydrators con
ference will be held in the As
sembly room of the Memorial Stu
dent Center Oct. 12, with 50 people
attending. Dr. J. R. Couch is chair
man of the conference which is
sponsored by the departments of
biochemistry and nutrition, animal
husbandry, dairy husbandry and
poultry husbandry.
* * *
ATOMIC ENERGY won the war,
but its main value now is in re
placing our natural resources, said
Dr. R. V. Andrews, chemical engi
neering department, in speaking
to a joint meeting of the engi
neering societies Tuesday. Attend
ing the necular energy speech were
members of the ASME, SAS, ASH
&VE and AFS.
* * *
SENIOR AND GRADUATE stu
dents majoring in physical sciences
will receive free a new magazine,
Industrial Science and Engineer
ing. The Industrial Laboratories
Publishing Co. wall mail the month
ly magazine starting January.
* * *
DISCUSSION PROGRAMS in
stead of lecture programs will be
the new training program of the
9807th Volunteer Air Reserve
Training unit here. A troop carrier
wing will be activated for train
ing purposes, according to Lt. Col.
W. S. McCulley, commanding of
ficer.