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Circulated Daily 1 To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 143: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 Price -five Cents Lipstick Abolished For Pre-UT Game Wear by Freshmen Freshmen will no longer be required to wear lipstick or to skip to classes during the week preceding the A&M-Uni- versity of Texas football game. This ruling was handed down Tuesday by the bonfire committee. The group didn’t think it was manly for cadets to wear lipstick, said Fed Mitchell, cadet colonel of the corps and a member of the committee. Energy put to use in skipping might better be used in '’--ilrUng a better and bigger bonfire, said Vic Kennedy, com- jc of the first composite regiment. In years gone by, first year cadets have had to wear "lipstick and skip to classes Chest Drive Receipts Near Onethird Mark The A&M College—College Station Community Chest Red Cross drive has collected about one third of its $13,070 goaL More than $4,000 has been re ceived by the drive since Nov. 2, said Fred Benson, chairman of the drive. However, said Benson, if the chest drive is going to make its goal, higher percentage of contrib utions will be needed. Some departments at A&M have made 100 per cent contributions, others have not done so well, Ben son said. With the deadline for the drive set Saturday, said Benson, the chest needs better support or it won’t make its quota. The committee for the drive is somewhat disappointed in receipts from persons who work in some local offices, Benson said. The group has collected substantia! sums from Bryan merchants who cater to College Station residents. The committee is pleased with the number and amounts of these contributions, said Benson. There are about 50 workers on the chest drive committee in Col lege Station. Some of them are canvassers who go from house to house, but the majority, said Ben son, collect from offices and busi ness establishments. from the Monday after the Rice-A&M football game until before the Thanksgiving Day game when the bonfire is lighted. The purpose in the masquerade, begun sometime after Woild War II, was to make everyone more conscious of the game, said C. G. (Spike) White, director of student activities and bonfire committee member. In other action concerning oper ating procedures for the bonfire, the committee ruled that freshmen may wear civilian clothing while working on the bonfire. One pair of fatigues gets, too dirty when worn all week, Mitchell said. Freshmen wearing civilian clothes will wear fatigue caps and “Fish str ipes.” The freshmen may not wear insignia on their caps. Fish stripes are thin strips of adhesive tape wrapped around the cuff of the left sleeve of the fresh men’s shirt or jacket. All underclassmen cadets not working on the bonfire, must have a pass signed by a senior enabling them to study. It is the responsibility of unit commanders to see that all avail able men are working on the bon fire, the committee said. All military and air science ca dets may wear- 'fatigues to class while the bonfire is being built, the committee said. An assignment table will be set up on the main drill field to coor dinate effort on the bonfire. Committee heads for the bonfire Avill meet Monday to make final plans for the bonfire wood gather ing and to lay out assignments. Local businessmen notified the (See LIPSTICK, Page 2) Armed Robber Circle Drive-In eater Things Keep ‘Popping' At Drive-In Some people always find a silver lining in anything. J. M. (Chito) Gonzales was one of the employes at the Circle Drive-In theater last night who faced the armed bandit. The bandit relieved the till of $133. Chito told his boss, Bill Boyett, about the robbery with sad face. He finished his tale of woe, then sat awhile in silence. Suddenly his face lit up and he said: “Well, anyhow he didn’t get the popcorn money!” Dianetics Advisor Answers Council By JERRY BENNETT Battalion Co-Editor Campus dianetics advisor W. S. McCulley charged the Memorial Student Center council with being Influenced by other people’s preju dices in its decision to probe the practice of dianetics at A&M. McCulley told The Battalion last night that the council’s action did pot show the scientific attitude. He caid council members were “ab sorbing other people’s prejudices when they haven’t tried dianetics themselves.” Dianetics is a thought process which is supposed to cure all men tal and physical ills. The council decided to probe dia- Iietics here after Councilman Sam B. Southwell told about several ar ticles which condemned the treat ment. Southwell, who is in the English department was concerned because the dianetics group had been meeting in the MSC. Three Man Committee He thought the council “might be sticking its neck out” if the articles were true. The council named a three man committee to study the matter with W. L. Penberthy, dean of men. McCulley, who teaches mathe matics here, said he disagreed with Southwell’s attitude. He explained that the articles Southwell had read were probably not from recent publications. McCulley said that since the first dianetics book was published in | 1950, tnany improvements had been made. He said that dianetics now Film Society to Show ‘A Message to Garcia’ The A&M Film Society will show “A Message to Garcia” Fri day night in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. The show will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be bought in the Of fice of Student Activities and at the MSC main desk. has been proven to work. McCul ley explained that -many writers had been against dianetics but that they had not tried the treatment themselves. New Testament He pointed out that the principles of dianetics can be found in the New Testament. McCulley said that he and other dianetics advo cates believed that Jesus was speaking of these principles when he mentioned The Kingdom of Heaven. (See DIANETICS, Page 2) County Sets Courthouse Bond Election The County Commissioners Court has called an election to determine whether or not Brazos county will have a new court house and jail. The election, to be held Dec. 5, will determine whether or not the commissioners court can issue $800,000 in bonds. If passed, the new building will be built on the site of the present court house. The court chose Caudill, Rowlett, Scott and As sociates architect for the proposed building. Let the Contract “It will be 90 days befoi-e we can have preliminary plans of the building ready,” said Judge A. S. Ware, presiding officer of the court. “It will probably be six months before we can let the con tract, and it will take about a year to construct the building.” These are only rough estimates, he said. Although no definite plans have been made for the proposed build ing it will probably be three stories, Ware said. “While construction is being done, we will have to have some temporary buildings or we will have to rent a place to carry on the county business,” he said. The action by the court was made on request of an advisory board appointed to study the need for a new court house. Ernest Langford, head of the A&M archi tecture department, was chairman of the board. All qualified voters who are re sident property taxpayers and who have rendered their property for taxation, will be entitled to vote. Locations of the polling places will be announced later. J. M. (Chito) Gonzales Shows How Bandit Entered Box Office Modern Art Show Belongs to Strauss By CHUCK NEIGHBORS Battalion Managing Editor i The contemporary art now on exhibition in the promenade show cases of the Memorial Student Cen ter is part of the personal collec tion of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Strauss of Houston. Contemporary art is confusing to many people because they say they cannot understand what the artist is trying to do by painting lions green or people orange. The past 80 years hare been rare ones in the history of art expres sion. Something has been happening which has never happened before. That is, the evolution of a new art language. A language which has a structure as definite as that of literature or music. An example of this new language in art is a painting by Abraham Rattner entitled “Green Table Still Life.” “Green Table” is a painting with an almost fluorescent tone. The IGLOOS IN TEXAS?—No these are just fans at Saturday’s A&M-SMU football game keeping dry and warm. The cardboard boxes were lying around the construction area at the rear of the addition to Kyle field. Resourceful SMU visitors took advantage of the boxes while standing Aggies had to bare themselves to the icy blasts blowing in from the north, vivid blues, purples and greens in the painting make -it live. The elements of the picture are indefi nite yet can be seen as vegetables or eating utensils. “Green Table” has been exhibited six. times since it was painted in 1947. A striking example of an other form of modern art is “Barn Abstraction” by Charles Sheeler. A tempera painting, the barn is depicted in a flat, angular form yet it still retains its characteris tics. The art gallery committee, spon sors of the show, should indeed be grateful to the Strauss family for a truly outstanding show of sparkling contemporary pictures. Bandit Escapes With $.133 in By ED HOLDER Battalion Co-Editor A nervous, bare-headed man brandishing a nickle-plated revolver robbed the Circle Drive-In theater last night of $133. It was about 9 p.m. Two people were on duty. One was a student, J. M. (Chito) Gonzales from Laredo. The other was Mrs. Marian Morales, wife of a civil en gineering major also from Laredo. Here is Gonzales’ story: The man was about 6 feet tall. He wore a long overcoat, buttoned, with the collar turned up. He stepped into the door-way on the west side of the office. He thrust a revolver out at them in his right hand. The bandit said: “Let me have the money Gonzales paused briefly. Then, “What?” “The money!’’ the man yelled. Gonzales looked down at the gun. The man jerked the revolver back to his side as if he thought Gon zales was going to grab it. Marian was so scared she only stared at the man’s hands. Gonzales pulled out the drawer of money. He picked out all the bills. As Gonzales turned to give the man the money, he looked at the robber’s face. “I wanted to try to get a good look at him if I could,” Gonzales said. The man was very nervous. His left hand shook as he reached for the bills. Grabbed Bills He grabbed them and ran. He sped down the side of the high fence which is just outside the box office. Gonzales said the girl was so scared that she almost went into hysterics. He tried to calm her down. Seconds later Marian’s husband arrived to pick her up from work. Gonzales ran to the concession stand where he could use the phone. The stand was locked, so he ran up stairs to the projection booth. He told the projectionist who was on duty what had happened. The projectionist told him to go to one of the houses nearby. He ran to a house just behind the theater’s screen. He went into the home of Fred Konig, junior from Houston. He tried to call the College Station police. In the meantime, Bill Boyett, owner of the theater, had seen Gon zales from a distance when he (See ROBBERY, Page 2) Judging Team Goes To Chicago Show The A&M senior livestock judg ing team, coached by Dr. W. M. Warren, will participate in the International Livestock exposition at Chicago Nov. 28. The team will be in competition with teams from 35 other colleges in the U. S. and Canada. The 5-man team will be chosen on a competitive basis from the following: Don Correa, Wert Love, Bill Macky, John McClure, Carl Randolph, G. T. Rawson, R. O. Rutledge, Walter Worthington and Perry Davis. On November 14-15, the men will hold practice judging sessions at the Straus - Medina Hereford ranch and the Essar Angus ranch, both at San Antonio. Making the trip with the A&M team will be the Travis county 4- H judging team, representing the state. The Travis team won the trip in a contest here. It is coached by Elmo Cook. Injured Freshman Sent to Waco Clinic C. D. Neyland, freshman from Thornton who was injured when hit by a car Saturday in Bryan, has been transferred from the college hospital to Dr. Hips’ Clinic in Waco. Neyland’s right leg was fractur ed. An operation will probably be necessary to set the leg, said Dr. Joseph Marsh, college physician. Byron Rothpletz, sophomore from Dallas, was driver of the car that struck Neyland as he was crossing the street about 6:30 p. m. Saturday. One of Radio's Top 10 American Album ’ Will Play Top Melodies at Town Hall For years people have enjoyed The American Album of Familiar Music on their radios. Next Tuesday night this popular radio show can be seen in person on the Guion hall stage. It will open A&M’s 1953-54 Town Hall season. Two performances have been scheduled. One will be held at 7 p.m. The other is set for 9 p.m. Get Tickets Students can get tickets for either show at booths located in front of Sbisa and Duncan dining halls and at the Student Activities office. To get his ticket, a person only has to present his Town Hall card. Registrar Says Friday Classes Will Be Held Students who hope this week’s Saturday classes will be held Fri day are going to be disappointed. Registrar H. L. Heaton said Friday classes will be held as us ual. No classes are scheduled Saturday because of the Houston corps trip. Rumors said the change was planned to make up for Saturday classes dismissed for the Fort Worth corps trip. The American Album of Familiar Music is famous for presenting the most popular tunes in the music world. The show’s mark is “The Music America Loves Best.” And it covers everything from classical to popular. On hand Tuesday will be the pro gram’s concert orchestra conducted by Gustave Haenschen who is cred ited with making the show one of radio’s top 10 programs. It has held this record for more than 10 years. Also taking the spotlight will be the popular soprano, Vivian Squadron 6 Gets TV Set for Dorm A television set has been given to squadron 6 by Frank E. Maupin of Dallas. Installation of the set and antenna will be supervised by Bob Maupin, his son and a sopho more in the squadron. The set will be installed in the gun room of Dorm 8. Money for the antenna will come from the outfit fund. Students have begun plans to redecorate the room. James Gafney, first sergeant of squadron 6 said the set should be installed by the end of November, Della Chiesa. She has starred on such programs as “The Firestone Hour,” “Harvest of Stars,” “The Carnation Hour,” “The American Melody Hour” and “The Bing Crosby Show.” She has also held leading roles in opera. Earl William, tenor and Michael Roberts baritone will add the male tones to the show’s array of songs. The American Album of Famil iar Music has designed its Tuesday program to live up to its reputa tion of playing only the most pop ular melodies. “I Believe” Included in the program will be “It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” “They Called the Wind Maria,” “There is Nothing Lake a Dame,” “Almost Like Being in Love,” “Strange Music,” “Younger than Springtime,” “I Believe,” “War saw Concerto,” “Summertime” and “Old Man River.” The show’s tour has been noted for its encores. Weather Today Partly cloudy with little change for this area. High yesterday 66, Low this morning 37, _