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Number 138: Volume 53
Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Agrgieland), Texas, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1953
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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.”
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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).