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Number 143: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1953
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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
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Low this morning 37, _