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Number 150: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1953
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False Alarm
Raises Corps
Sunday Night
It was all a false alarm
Sunday night.
The report of 35 cars “full
of tea-sippers” coming from
Austin to A&M is believed
to be a prank, according to
Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, as
sistant commandant.
A man who identified him
self as a highway pati’olman
telephoned the Memorial Stu
dent Center and said that the
cars had left Austin at 9 p. m.,
on their way to College Sta
tion.
Other phone calls and re
ports were received, giving the
route and time of the “invas
ion.”
The cadet corps guard was
alerted and increased, just in
case the reports were true.
The alert was called off
about midnight, after attempts
to validate the reports failed.
Clark Case Closed;
No Action Planned
College Officials
Make Investigation
President David H. Morgan said yesterday in a press
release that the college has made a thorough investigation of
the John Clark incident and “no further action is contempla
ted by the college.”
Clarke is the junior from Odessa who left school Thurs
day night after he was visited by several students in his
room in dormitory 2.
“After a thorough investigation of the recent action of
certain students at A&M in asking another student to leave,”
Morgan said, “we have reached the following conclusions:
“The student (Clark) wrote a highly inflamatory let
ter to the student newspaper about A&M.
♦ “The letter aroused other
students who have a high re-
Elephant Walk
Set Wednesday
Mor
nmg.
11:16
YEH MAN—Vocalist Sally Ann Summers will add the swing to the sway Wednesday
night when she sparks Sammy Kaye’s band with some of the top hit songs. The dance
is set for 1 9:30 p.m. in Sbisa Dining hall.
Slerziiig Gets RV
Administrative Post
Bruce Sterling was elected ad
ministrative officer of the Ross
Volunteer company last night.
He replaces Charles (Chuck)
Fenner who resigned. Sterzing is a
senior pre-law major from Austin
and commander of the third bat
talion, first regiment.
The RV’s will go to the Mardi
Gras in New Orleans again this
year, announced the company com
mander, Bill Reed. He said that the
executive committee of the college
l T Returns 700
Tickets; 30 Left
Seven hundred tickets to the
University of Texas—A&M foot
ball game were returned to the
athletic department Sunday by UT.
The tickets went on sale yester
day. All but 30 were sold, said a
Epokesman for Pat Dial, business
manager for the athletic depart
ment.
The spokesman said the tickets
were returned because Texas stu
dents did not buy as many as were
anticipated. No other reason was
given.
The remainder of the tickets
went on sale today. Most of them
were single seats, the spokesman
said. A&M students may buy the
tickets as long as they last at the
booths adjoining the athletic of
fice.
has approved the trip, which will
be March 2.
The company has received an in
vitation to march in the Illuminat
ed Parade in San Antonio. The in
vitation has not yet been brought
before the executive committee for
its approval. “Approval is expect
ed,” Reed said.
Applications for new RV mem
berships were discussed at the
meeting. Reed said that 117 jun
iors applied but that only 80 can
be selected, according to the RV
constitution.
“The final selection of new mem
bers should be completed before the
Thanksgiving holidays. The men
will be notified by mail im
mediately”, Reed said.
A grade point ratio of 1.5 and
a B average in military science is
required of all RV members.
Lost And Found
Auction Planned
An auction of lost articles will
be held in the Fountain room of
the Memorial Student Center im
mediately after the bonfire Wed
nesday night.
Unclaimed articles from the M
SC lost and found department will
be auctioned by Col. Walter Brit
ton of Bryan. The auction is spon
sored by the House Committee to
raise money for the television fund.
North Gate
Fire Causes
Little Damage
A fire yesterday afternoon
about 2:40 p.m., did slight
damage to clothes in a dryer
at the Aggie Cleaners on Col
lege Main at the North Gate.
R. N. Smith, manager of the
cleaning establishment, said
the fire started when the dryer
burst into flames from an un
known cause.
The College fire department
answered the call and put out
the fire. Some damage to
clothing may have resulted
from the dense clouds of
smoke caused by the fire.
Each dryer has a capacity of
about 20 pieces of clothing.
News Flashes
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO, Egypt—Egyptian police have arrested a British
journalist, Tom Clarke, in Alexandria. He was the third
British subject picked up by the Egyptians within a week.
Clarke was arrested yesterday but the British Embassy here
said it had not been informed of the charges against him.
WEST POINT, N. Y.—The Army admitted today it
really had got the Navy’s goat. And, with tongue in cheek,
it announced it was sending it back to Annapolis. The pure
blue Angora mascot, Billy the 12th, was heisted early yester
day from Thompson Stadium on the naval academy grounds.
It showed up last night in the military academy mess hall.
★ ★ ★
SAN ANTONIO—A suicide verdict was returned today
in the 11-story plunge of M. T. Birch, 64, whose body hit so
hard it jarred Station KABC off the air for 15 seconds.
Birch, a power cost engineer, crashed onto the roof of the
station’s control rooms.
★ ★ ★
DEL RIO—Two jet trainer planes collided in flight to
day, sending one hurtling 18,000 feet to the ground and kill
ing the pilot. The dead pilot was identified as 2nd Lt. Thomas
Gordon Yarbrough, 22, of Lindale, Ga.
* A *
NEW YORK—With New York City’s reservoirs down to
45 per cent of capacity. Water Commissioner Dominick Pa-
duano has asked citizens to conserve supplies. It was the
first such appeal since 1949-50, when the reservoirs fell to
33 per cent of capacity.
Fish Victory
Means Long Hair
Freshmen can now let their hair
grow out, according to Victor R.
Kennedy, commander of the first
composite regiment.
The 14-13 victory of the Fish
over the Texas Shorthorns Satur
day allowed the freshmen this
privilege.
Fresmmen may let their hair
grow to two and one half inches
on top but it must be close on the
sides and neck, Kennedy said.
Kaye To Play Here
For Bonfire Dance
Sammy Kaye swings and sways
his way to A&M Wednesday to
play the type of music that has
won his group the title of the “top
sweet band in the nation.”
Kaye and his band will give a
concert at 6:30 p. m. in Guion hall,
and will play for a dance at 9:30
p. m. in Sbisa hall. The con
cert will end at 7:45 p. m. so the
audience may watch the burning of
the bonfire.
Tickets are 75 cents a person for
the concert and $2, stag or couple,
for the dance. No reserve seats or
tables will be offered, and both
the dance and the concert will be
operated on a “first come, first
served” basis.
Tickets are for sale in the stu
dent activities office in Goodwin
hall or may be bought at the doors.
Featured in three radio shows,
Kaye is famous for his renditions
of “Harbor Lights,” Easter
parade,” his Irving Berlin and
Stephan Foster albums and other
hits.
Kaye writes songs as well as
plays them. He has written “Un
til Tommorrow,” “Remember
Pearl Harbor,” “I Want to Wish
You a Merry Christmas,” “Ha
waiian Sunset” and “Wanderin’.”
The swing and sway man was
recently voted as having the top
sweet band in the nation by the
National Ballroom Operators as
sociation. The selection is made
by the nation’s bookers, the band’s
chief source of income.
To The Student Body
Within the last week there have occurred several things
in Austin, which have probably been pretty hard for some
freshmen, as well as the rest of the school to take.
Everyone has gotten pretty well “keyed up” over these
instances, and they have good reason to be. However, we
have to look further than the present and see that what we
do today will remain with this school for a long time.
Wednesday and Thursday will bring many students from
the University of Texas to A&M’s campus. Although there
is a rather tense feeling among students here, let’s remember
that a single incident can have a great effect on this school.
That mass of timber on the drill field symbolizes many
hours of hard work—it in itself reflects the feelings of sev
eral thousand men. In a similar way these men stand for a
truly great school.
When that bonfire is lighted Wednesday night, let us
keep in mind that we are out there to stand behind those
Aggies and to win that ball game.
PAT WOOD ’54
President, Senior Class
Freshman Reports
Being Beaten Here
Allan Newberry, Sqd. 22 fresh
men reported Friday that he was
attacked and beaten by two uniden
tified persons while I’eturning from
track practice.
Newberry said he was stopped
between the Grove and freshman
area by a car containing four male
passengers. He was asked if he
was an Aggie. He said he was.
Then Newberry said, two of the
occupants got out of the car and
beat him.
He was not seriously hurt.
CS Police Force Adds
Five Special Patrolmen
Four or five men will be added
to the College Station police force
for Thanksgiving day. Extra state
highway patrolmen will also be
on hand.
The highway patrolmen will
handle traffic on all main roads
to the College Station area while
the local police will work in the
immediate vicinity of the campus.
Vision 7 Tells
Score Of
UT Tussle
A “white mist vision” has
probably come as close to pre
dicting the score of the A&M-
University of Texas football
game as anybody.
Four A&M magicians, Jeri’y
Schnepp, Dean Duncan, L. A.
Sutherland and Tom Tolson
held a seance yeasterday.
They said a vision appeared
to them after they put their
hands together around a table.
The vision was a white,
cloudy mist—“I can’t exactly
describe it,” Duncan said.
When the vision went away,
it left the score of the game
in clouds behind.
The magicians wrote down
the score, locked it in a wooden
chest, sealed the chest in a
cardboard box, and left the
box in The Battalion office
for safekeeping.
The box will be open publicly
after the game, and we’ll see
how good a prognosticator the
white cloud is.
Okay Needed
To Stop Cars
At Entrances
BonfiVe road guards at the
entrances to the ^campus must
have permissionfrom the com
mandant’s office before stop
ping cars, said Lt. Col. Taylor
Wilkins, assistant commandant.
Guards should not stop cars
because people do not like to be
stopped and because the guards
do not know the proper procedure
for stopping cars, Wilkins said.
As an example, Wilkins said one
car window was broken Sunday
night.
According to Wilkins, the duty
of the entrance guards is to re
port suspicious-looking cars to the
main drill field area by the com
munications system.
“The guards at the drill field
have the authority to stop anyone
entering that area”, he said. “That
is the place to catch anyone with
intentions of lighting the bonfire.”
gard for the college and foi
its rich heritage.
“With understandable in
dignation, but improper procedure,
certain students decided that they
were morally obligated to ask him
to leaver
“He was therefore asked to
leave, and readily did so, with their
assistance in packing and loading
his possessions into his car. Their
monetary contribution was accept
ed. The entire pi’ocedure was order
ly.”
The student may return at any
time, Morgan said, since he “is
still enrolled at the college and has
indicated that he will do so to com
plete this semester, provided he is
accepted for admission in the
Spring semester of this year by
the university in which he has been
interested for the past several
years.”
“Thei'e was no act or threat of
violence of any nature, and no
abusive language was used. In
addition, there was no evidence of
intent to use force in case of re
sistance.
“While it is not to be expected
that the students involved will
change their attitude toward the
remarks made by Clark in his
letter, or toward the author, the
student may be assured of no
further action by an organized
group of students.
“No further action is contemplat
ed by the college.”
Dr. Morgan’s statement was a
result of information compiled by
him nd came after an investiga
tion of the incident with students
and observers.
Clark told The Battalion from
his home in Odessa, “I will come
back under one condition—if Presi
dent Morgan can positively guaran
tee 1 will be admitted to OU next
semester.”
He said Morgan’s statement that
he was asked by the students “to
leave,” and that he “readily did so,
with their assistance in packing
and loading his possessions into
his car,” was true.
Clark added, “I didn’t see any
use in resisting, so 1 didn’t.”
He said concerning Morgan’s
press release, “There wouldn’t be
any organized group, but there al
ways will be those die - hards
around that feel they are morally |
obligated to get rid of people who J
don’t see things their way.”
“I don’t agree 109 per cent with
his (Morgan’s) statement that
there was no act or threat of
violence of any nature, or that no
abusive language was used.
“They (the students) told me
they couldn’t force me to leave, but
that if I stayed, it would be so
miserable for me that 1 would
leave of my own accord in two or
three weeks.”
Clark said he would know if he
is coming back to A&M as soon as
he is assured of admission to OU.
He said if he does come back, it
probably will be Monday or Tues
day after the Thanksgiving holi
days.
T h e traditional Elephant
Walk, for all seniors, will
form at 11:16, a.m., Wednes
day, at the flag pole in front
of the Academic building.
Monty Montgomery, head yell
leader, said the Elephant Walk
was a senior function and was the
duty of all seniors to attend.
As an old elephant will wander-
off to some secluded spot to await
death, the seniors will be symboliz
ing that they are spending their
last year at A&M and will be of
no use to athletic teams as part of
the “Twelfth Man” any longer,
Montgomery said.
“The Elephant Walk will be held
Wednesday not only to permit sen
iors to participate, but also to give
underclassmen a chance to see the
meaningful event. I feel the Ele
phant Walk is something for Ag
gies and by Aggies and not some
thing for visitors who do not know
the meaning of the function,”
Montgomery said.
Montgomery said he thought too
many seniors would be unable to
participate Thursday because of
having guests on the campus.
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M S C Makes
Safety Plans
For Bonfire
Safety measures will
taken this year to prevent
fire damage to Memorial Stu
dent Center property during
the burning of the bonfire,
said J. Wayne Stark, MSC direc
tor.
The chair cushions and the um
brellas behind the main lobby will
be taken inside while the bonfire
is burning. When the bonfire col
lapsed last year, burning sparks
caused extensive damage to these
items of property, Stark said.
“Although this property w a s
covered by insurance, it was put
out of commission for several
months,” Stark stated.
Stark has one other problem
which might result indirectly from
the bonfire. If it rains before the
burning of the bonfire Wednesday
night, forgetful students and vis
itors might track mud into the
MSC, causing damage to the floors,
he said.
Stark also advised that persons
owning convertibles be careful
about parking them, since several
tops were burned last year on con
vertibles parked behind the MSC.
Students Caught
In Austin Punished
Th'e five A&M students caught in
Austin Thursday, Nov. 19, with
paint brushes and highway signs
were given 24 extra duty hours and
were campused until Easter.
As yet, no action has been taken
on the six A&M -students hazed
by University of Texas students on
the same night, according to Lt.
Col Taylor Wilkins, assistant com
ma ndant.
Weather Today
Shivers to Present
Gilchrist Portrait
Gov. Allan Shivers will present
a portrait of former chancellor
Gibb Gilchrist Thursday to A&M
on behalf of the board of directors.
The presentation will take place
at 10:30 a.m. in the Texas Engi
neers library where the painting
will remain.
President David H. Morgan will
accept the painting for the college.
Members of the A&M board and
the University of Texas Board of
Regents will attend.
The Board of Directors w ill hold | day and
its second meeting of the semester cloudines:
tomorrow. | day 72.
WINDY
Winds this afternoon diminsh-
ing tonight. Clear and cooler to-
tonight with possible
: tonight. High yester*
Low this morning 52.