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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Number 138: Volume 53 Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Agrgieland), Texas, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1953 [ Published By A&M Students / For 75 Years Price Five Cents JEROME STEIN Police Force A&M Group To Change Seats At Game Kyle Field To Have Open Non -Mi li la ry Sea ting Plan (Ed. Note: A chart of the new plan will appear in tomorrow’s Battalion.) Dissatisfied non - military stu dents have won their fight to abol ish academic class barriers in their Kyle field seatin section by a nar row margin of 18 votes. The Student Senate Seating com mittee announced last night that the non-military seating section would be opened on a first-come first-served basis, and increased by 10 rows. S. J. Smith, committee chairman, said that students cast 291 votes to 273 for an open section in a re cent poll to solve the seating prob lem. The dispute started when many non-military students objected to a seating plan which separated them by academic classification. Others favored the plan. They claimed the best seats should go to non-military students who had been at A&M the longest. Increased Number The seating committee increased the number of non-military seats when they discovered more of these students had paid their student ac tivity fee than an earlier check had shown. Figures show there are 2123 reg istered non-military students. Of these 1975 have paid their acitivity fee. This represents 39 percent of the combined cadet and non military enrollment. On this basis 30 per cent of the student seating section was given to the non-military students, Smith said. The new seating plan will not be changed, he added. Smith said that non-military stu dents must sit in their own section. Ushers will confiscate I.D. cards of non-military students who are found sitting in the corps section. For 1952 Rescue In Gulf Student Wins Carnegie Award An intended routine cruise dur- ed with ing June, 1952, turned into an ad- awai’d for Venture that won A&M student Jerome Stein one of the nation’s top hero awards. Stein learned Saturday when “someone read about it in the paper and told me” that he had been cit- Corps to Form Annual T At SMU Game The corps of cadets will form the Aggie “T” on Kyle field during half time at the A&M-SMU football game Sat urday. Practices will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday on Kyle field. “A system has been worked out this year to place seniors at all critical points of the “T” to elimi nate confusion,” according to V. iM. (Monty) Montgomery, head yell leadei - . ' These seniors will be G. W. Skla- dal, Marcus Williams, Pat Wood, Chick Fenner, Charles (Buddy) Foxworth, Allan (Bootsie( Hohlt, Clancy Woliver, Dale Dowell, Stan Bell and Gus Wulfman. Montgomery.said he expects the “T” to sti'etch fro mthe 15-yard- line to the 15-yard-line this year. Mitchell Asks Ticket Refund Of Arkansas Fred Mitchell, corps com mander, has requested that money received by the Univer sity of Arkansas for A&M student and student gu&st foot ball game tickets be returned. Mitchell wrote Sunday the president of the university’s student body asking him to make arrangement for the re turn of $1.20 per student ticket and $3.60 per guest ticket. The corps commander said A&M students should not have to pay for tickets since they were forced from their seats and moved to the end zone. “The seriousness of this matter cannot be over-empha sized,” he said. Wea th er Today Rani today. Rain tonight. Rain tomorrow. High yesterday 79. Low this morning 64. Cooler today. Carnegie Hero fund saving a man from drowning. He was one - of 35 persons throughout the nation cited Friday for acts of heroism by the Car negie Hero Fund commission in Pittsburg, Pa. Stein, and some other students and instructors from the oceano graphy department were on a cruise 10 miles off the coast of Galveston inspecting the boat for the department and taking water samples. “I heard someone yell ‘Man over board,’ and I saw a man had fallen into the bay,” Stein said. The man, who was unable to swim, was an engineer on the boat. “He tried to hold on to the. side of the boat,” Stein said, “but the waves from the propeller were sucking him under it. “I jumped overboard, grabbed him by the hair and pulled him clear. I really had to fight with him to keep his head water. Everytime a wave closed over us he would strangle and get more hysterical. “I had a bad lung from a case of pneumonia, and I could feel my self growing weaker. I was afraid I was going to have to turn him loose to keep us both from drown ing. “He kept praying and pleading with me not to turn him loose. I managed to hang on somehow. A life preserver had been thrown to us, but I couldn’t see it for the waves,” he said. When the boat had circled back to the two men, Dr. Dale Leipper, head of the department, and Dr. C. W. Hood, oceanography depart ment, swam out with a life saver. The four men then were pulled aboaid. Stein said the award was a com plete surprise. “A guy interview ed me about the incident a long time ago, but, when nothing hap- above the pened, I never gave it any more thought,” he said. A post graduate student from Berlin, N.H., Stein is now working on his doctor’s degree in biological oceanography. He entered A&M in June, 1952, and expects to complete his PhD in around a year and a half. He received his bachelor of sci ence degree in biology and his mas ter of science in physiology from the University of New Hampshire in (Durham. He was .Tjgraduatecl magna cum .laude. Manufacturers Call Service No Problem There is no problem for college graduates who wish to begin work ing before entering armed serv ices, agi-eed four industrial leaders who formed a discussion in the Memorial Student Center assembly room Monday evening. The panel of four industrialists from the Texas Manufacturers as sociation, was sponsored by the Business society. It consisted of the following men: Louis Ball, Southwestern manager of the Rheem Manufac turing Co., Houston; Frank Chren- cik, assistant general manager of the Diamond Alkali Co., Pasadena; George Miles, director of industi-ial relations of the Sheffield Steel Corp., Houston; and J. R. McEntee, Shell Corp., Houston. Kenneth Flagg of Fabricon, Inc., Austin, was moderator. “According to law, the job is still yours after you return from service even though someone else Dorm 5 Votes For Student Senator Balloting for non-military stu dent senator from dormitory 5 is being conducted this afternoon in the dormitory 5 lounge. Eugene T. Skidmore and Ronald G. Gardner are running for the post. The election will close at 6 p. m. today. Results will be announced tomorrow. has been hired in your place,” said Miles. Ball thinks that while in service the graduate should pre- pare himself for his job by study ing in his spare time. The discussion was not limited to one topic. It varied to subjects such as socialism, taxes, govern ment expenditures, Taft-Hai’tley act, labor, and foreign trade. Mitchell Spadachene, president of the Business society opened the meeting. T. W. Leland, head of the business administration depart ment, welcomed the panel and turned the meeting over to Flagg. A&M-UT Game Tickets Sold Out The A&M football game with the University of Texas is a sell out. Already the girl in the ticket window at the Athletic office is saying, “Sorry, sir; sold out.” Pat Dial, business manager of the athletic department, said Texas university might possibly send back a few low end zone tickets later this week. This will be a record atten dance for Kyle Field with the new extension. The seating capacity is 41,778. Smith said the cai'ds will be turned over to the dean of men. Student date tickets must be used by female guests only, Smith said. No one can enter the student sec tion on a ticket for another sta dium section, he said. Smith explained, “This is a rul ing of the athletic department and the Southwest Conference and not of the seating committee.” Only those who have athletic season tickets for students and wives and date tickets will be admitted to the student section. The committee chairman said that more ushers will be used to enforce seating at the SMU game. They will refuse admission to any one without the right kind of tick et. New Plan The new seating plans is as fol lows: Non-military students will occu py the top 10 rows in the student section. Corps seniors will occupy the top portions of sections 129, 130, 131 and 132, but below the non-regs. This consists of the portion of the sections above the main aisle. Corps juniors will occupy the portion of section 131 next to the band, all of the lower portions (be low the main aisle) of sections 129 and 130, and the upper portion of section 128 below the non-military students. Corps sophomores and freshmen will occupy all of sections 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 and the lower portion of section 128. Ramp entrances are as follows: Corps seniors and juniors: ramps O and P. Corps sophomores and freshmen: ramps M and N. Non-military students should en ter all ramps listed above, and should not crowd O and P near the 50-yard line. Chest Drive Gels $250 in Advance About $250 in advance donations has been contributed to the A&M College-College Station Community Chest-Red Cross. Fred Benson, chest committee chairman, said the advance do nations had come in before the drive officially opened yesterday. The drive will continue through Nov. 14. “However, we haven’t gone far enough into the drive to know how things look,” he said. “Everything is in good shape and we are re ceiving good cooperation.” R. A. Houze, publicity chair man for the drive, said everyone seemed very optimistic that the chest would reach its $13,070 goal for this year. Fifty people are working on the drive. “We are not going to pressure anyone into giving; we are just going to ask everyone to contri bute,” House said. The chest committee will not give placards to each contributor show ing he has donated to the drive. In stead, they will give a billfold- size card to everyone contributing. The drive includes the Red Cross. Last year the Red Cross held its own drive, raising $1,800. This year the committee attempted to consolidate all fund-raising cam paigns into one drive, Houze said. “Contributors to the Red Cross may receive a Red Cross member ship card for gifts of at least $1,” Houze said. “Those designating the Tuberculosis association on their gifts or those giving unde signated gifts may keep the Christ mas seals mailed to them.” Organizations included in this year’s budget are Brazos County Tuberculosis association, Girls Scouts, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, Brazos County hospital charity fund, College Sta tion recreation program. College Station YMCA, United Service Organizations, American Cancer society and local chest charity fund. Aggie Delegation Refuses to Sit By BILL ROBINSON 1 Battalion Staff Writer Police forced the A&M delegation to move from one sec tion of the stadium to another Saturday night at the A&.M- Arkansas football game in Little Rock. The Aggie delegation was sitting in the section, alloted them which was located on the fifty yard line. A&M’s stu dent body was standing up during the game according to one of the customs of the college. Fans sitting behind the group began to protest and de mand that the Aggies sit down. The announcer of the public address system asked the “delegation from Texas” to sit down. The request was repeated twice. Little Rock police began to gather around the A&M “‘■group. An eye witness said there were about 40 policemen who collected around the group. Some of these were state police, but most of them were Little Rock police. The policemen demanded that the A&M delegation either sit down or leave the stadium. Students began to explain to the police about the tradition of stand ing up at football games. Harper Was Struck Sam Harper, A&M senior stu dent from Houston, was grabbed by three policemen. He was struck several times by the officers as they led him from the stadium. T. M. Harrington, chancellor of the A&M system, with Capt. Em mett Trant and Gapt. A. K. Sparks, military counselors, started talk ing with the police. Sparks said Harrington then turned to Vol. M. Montgomery, head yell leader, and said, “Monty, let’s move and we’ll, go with you.” (Harrington is out of town at a conference in Virginia and unavail able for comment.) The A&M group filed from the stands and walked around the foot ball field to their new section on the goal line on the other side of the stadium as the Arkansas band played “Taps.” Film Society Will Show Next Movie Friday The A&M film society will show “The Fan” at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Memorial Stu dent Center ballroom. Starring Jeanne Crain, Madeline Carroll, George Sanders and Richard Greene, the movie is a comedy based on the Edwardian London society. “The Charge of the Light Brig ade”, shown Oct. 26, will be brought Dec. 13. The film will be re-shown since few people knew about it because of its late an nouncement, said Jerry Bennett, so ciety president. Other movies and their schedule are: Message to Garcia — Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck — Nov. 13. Man Hunt — Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders — Dec. 2. They died With Their Boots On —Errol Flynn, Olivia de Haviland, Gene Lockhart—Jan. 1. Sergeant York—Gary Cooper — Feb. 12. Dark Victory — Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzger- arl—March 25. Kiss of Death — Richard Wid- mark, Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Brian Donlevy—April 2. Johnny Belinda — Lew Ayres, Jane Wyman—April 30. Letter to Three Wives — Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Soth- ern, Paul Douglas—May 17. Marvin Potts, Little Rock police chief, made the following statement to The Battalion, through Associa ted Press: “I saw and talked to the stu dent as he was led to stadium gate. He showed no signs of beating and made no complaints at the time. He was escorted to the gate by two officers who turned him over to the gate man for expulsion. The officers then returned to stands. “The entire incident was re grettable. Someone here made the mistake of scheduling stand ing unit at mid-field section. However, something had to be done. I sincerely appreciated help from Di\ M. T. Harrington. Without his assistance there would have been a riot. People in the stands were irritated be cause they felt they hadn’t paid $3.60 per seat to stand.” mssssti VETS MOVE—Junior and senior veterinary students moved about 40 horses yesterday afternoon from the old hospital to the new veterinary hospital across the tracks on the airport road. A Campus Security escort cleared the way for the patients. Many A&M former students fol lowed the group to the new loca tion. The group immediately sang “The 12th Man,” an A&M school song. Apologized to Aggies The Arkansas cheer leaders came over to the Aggie section shortly after the moving and apologized to the Aggies for the incident. They apologized for themselves and the entire Arkansas student body. Jerry Green, president of the Ar kansas student body sent a tele gram yesterday to Ide Trotter jr. president of A&M’s senate, and to the co-editors of The Battalion. Green said: “Am sorry about the unfor tunate circumstances which arose at the game Saturday night. However it is hard for us to make proper arrangements in Little Rock. And we can’t feel any responsibility for actions of Little Rock police.” Trotter sad, “I can appreciate Arkansas’ student body president’s position. But this still doesn’t make us feel any better.” Trotter said the incident has been placed on the student senate agenda for Thursday night. Pat Dial, A&M’s athletic busi ness manager, told The Battalion (See POLICE ACTION, Page 2).