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Number 189: Volmne 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1954
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Student Offenders,
College Heads Say
The Executive committee of the
Academic Council rejected The
Battalion co-editors’ appeal yester
day that it lift the ban on printing-
names of students who are pun
ished by the college.
Ed Holder and Jerry Bennet re
ceived the final word when they
appeared before the college heads
to protest this ruling.
Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the col
lege said it was felt that printing
names of students who had been
punished would do more harm to
these persons than good. He said
the college was supposed to do
everything possible to help a stu-
dent. Abbott explained he didn’t
think the college would be per
forming this duty by allowing
these names to be printed.
College Law
The committe made this policy
a college law last semester. Dean
of Men W. L. Penberty told Ben
nett about this action soon after
it occurred. However, The Bat
talion never received any official
statement from the Executive com
mittee on the matter.
Holder and Bennett asked to ap
pear before the Executive commit
tee after Penberthy told them that
college policy now officially bar
red them from printing the names
of the three freshmen who con
fessed to thefts totaling about
$2,500.
Present Their Case
Penberthy suggested that the co
editors present their case to the
committee. Penberthy made the
appointment for them.
Holder outlined for the commit
tee what The Battalion wanted. He
said The Battalion did not want to
print names of students who had
committeed felonies until they
were indicted by state or federal
courts.
He said that the co-editors had
learned that printing names of stu
dents charged with felonies could
be libeloui until they were indicted
by a grand jury. He said The
Battalion never printed names of
students involved in morals char
ges.
Print Names
The co-editor explained that The
Battalion wanted to print names
of students involved in misde
meanors and offenses subject to
college action only. These offen
ses would include such things as
reduction in rank and penalties for
throwing water on someone while
he slept.
Bennett said that he could not
understand how printing names in
volved in these minor offenses
would hurt anyone. The co-edi
tors were then told that it was
hard to draw a line on what cases
the printing of names would or
would not hurt a person.
BETTER WATCH OUT!—If these pups at 205 Mont
Clair aren’t careful, they may wind up in the city pound
today. The city began a campaign this morning to col
lect all dogs who do not have licenses.
E n terprise Un Ii m i t ed
Anything Done for Money
Artificial Cure
For Nerve Gas
Now Produced
NEW YORK, Feb. 17—UP)
The life-saving antidote for
frightening nerve - gas war
how can be made artificially
and there is already enough
to treat 400 million persons, it was
disclosed today.
The drug is atropine, until now
obtained only from plants grown
mostly in Hon Curtain countries
controlled by Russia.
The synthetic drug, made with
chemicals from, petroleum, frees
this country from dependence upon
foreign supplies.
Synthetic pi - oduction of atropine
is announced by Winthrop-Stearns,
Inc., of New York City and Rens
selaer, N. Y.
Blocks Nerves
Nei’ve gas blocks or paralyses
nerves, causing death unless quick
ly counteracted. Atropine is the
best known antidote, for it neu
tralizes the paralyziing - chemical
in neiwe gas.
The firm has supplied 330
pounds of atropine for Defense
Department stockpiles. A life-sav
ing dose is only l-150th of a grain
of atropine sulfate. Thus a single
pound of atropine is enough to
treat more than one million per
sons. The drug can be stockpiled,
in ampules ready for injection, at
strategic locations for military or
civilian use.
Atropine is obtained naturally
from atropa belladonna and da
tura stamonium. The biggest pro
ducers of these plants are Czech
oslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ro
mania and Yugoslavia, with some
now beginning to be grown in Aus
tralia.
“There is evidence that large
quantities of natural atropine have
been disappearing recently behind
the Iron Curtain,” said Dr. Theo
dore G. Klumpp, president of Win
throp-Stearns.
About 1,000 pounds of atropine
are used annually in this country,
mostly as an anti-spasmodic to re
lax muscles in treating gastro-in-
testinal disorders, and for eye
drops in eye examinations.
Synthesis of the drug was achi
eved by reasei’ch teams of Sterl
ing-Winthrop Research Institute,
Rensselaer, and Winthrop- Steal s,
buildings on developments by other
scientists.
By BOB HENDRY
Battalion Feature Editor
A&M has a group of students
who will do almost anything for
a price.
Calling themselves Enterprise
Unlimited, the group will do any
thing asked of them as long as the
job meets two requirements: (1)
it must be within reason, and (2)
subject to approval by the dean of
men.
Some of the services offered are
rewiring houses, cleaning yards,
surveying land, helping students
having Spanish trouble, repairing
bicycles, and many others.
The group will do anything from
flying people somewhere to baby
sitting. “If we can’t do the job,
we’ll find you someone who can,”
said Hugh Lanktree, Enterprise
Unlimited member.
“We want odd jobs,” he said,
“and the odder the better.”
Other members are Marvin L.
McCann, sophomore agriculture
education major from Galveston;
Prentice M. Milam, jr., sophomoi'e
civil engineering major from Hous
ton.
Virgil Patrick, sophomore pre-
veterinary medicine major for Ath
ens. Another member may be ad
ded soon, Lanktree said.
All members are professionals in
at least one field and many are
experienced in a number of trades.
Lanktree claims customer satis
faction is an Enterprise character
istic.
Actual formation of the organ
ization began last semester, Lank
tree said. It was an out-growth of
people asking the boys to do work
for them.
All the group’s members are try
ing to work their way through col-
City Begins Patrol
For Stray Dogs
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion City Editor
College Station began its crack
down on stray dogs this morning.
City policemen began patrolling
the streets with a ti’ailei' attached
to the squad car to collect untagg
ed dogs.
The drive on sti'ay dogs was
ordered Monday night by the city
council. After notice of the coun
cil’s action appeared in The Bat
talion yesterday afternoon, four
licenses were purchased at the city
hall.
To get a license, a receipt for a
rabies vaccination must be pre
sented at the city hall. The license
fee is $1, and the city replaces lost
tags free.
All dogs picked by the city will
be taken to the city deg pound on
Old County road, and be kept for
48 hours if not claimed. Dogs can
be taken out of the pound for
$2.50. The city will dispose of all
dogs not claimed within 48 hours.
If a person getting a dog out
of the pound does not have the dog
vaccinated and licensed, the city
will take action, said Ran Boswell,
city rhanager. The fine for failing
to have a dog tagged is $10 to $50.
“However, we’ve never had to
take action against anyone for not
News Briefs
MORE THAN 16,000 acres of
forest land have burned in Texas
in the last nine days. Most of the
acreage has been in Southeast
Texas. About 50 per cent of the
fires have been set intentionally,
A. D. Folweiler, director of the
Texas Forest Service, says.
THE MILITARY BALL commit
tee will meet this afternoon at 5
in Col. Joe E. Dacis’ office to dis
cuss plans for the Military ball,
March 6.
getting a license for their dog,”
Boswell said.
In 1949 the city had an outbreak
of rabid animals. Seventy - two
heads of animals, including dogs,
were sent to the State Health de
partment that year. Of this num
ber, 50 proved “definitely rabid,”
Boswell said.
Mayor Ernest Langford issued a
proclamation in January, 1950,
making it a misdemeanor for dogs
to be allowed to run loose. In Feb-
urary the council considered the
emergency over and repealed the
proclamation.
Boswell did not say when the
crackdown on the stray dogs would
end, but he indicated the matter
probably would be cleared up soon.
lege. The purpose of Enterpprise
Unlimited is to help accomplish
that aim.
“It’s really hard to get a job at
A&M your first two years of
school,” Lanktree said. “People
don’t report jobs to the student
labor office, or no one finds out
about them for some other rea
son.”
He decided that by finding out
about these jobs Irom various peo
ple, he and some others! could make
money. He received permission to
start the organization from George
A. Long, head of the student labor
office and from the dean of men’s
office.
He also was helped by Robert
O. Murray, Bizzel hall counselor,
and C. G. (Spike) White, manager
of student activities.
Unanimous Vote
Members and replacements will
be added to the organization each
year, he said. A unanimous vote
of the Enterprise is needed before
a person can be admitted.
“The organization will help new
students by making it easier to
find work,” Lanktree said. “It will
help us make money, and it will
help the community by getting
needed work done.”
Fees are determined by the in
dividual job. If it comes under
student labor headings, only the
fee charged by that office will be
takenr
Otherwise, a fee will be charged
depending on the tools used,
amount of transportation needed
and the amount of labor required.
Really Odd
Most of the jobs done by the or
ganization have been common jobs,
Lanktree said. “We haven’t had
anything really odd yet,” he said.
“Just everyday jobs.”
“That doesn’t mean we don’t
want them,” he said. “We’ll even
get you a new head football coach
for a fee.”
And what’s more, they will.
1,000 Seniors Ex pee le< I
For High School Day
MSC to Help
Limit License
Plate Rush
License plates can be ob
tained at the Memorial Stu
dent Center March 1 at 9 a.m.,
said Wayne Stark, MSC direc
tor.
This is the first service of its
type in which car owners can avoid
the big last minute rush to get
license plates, said Stark.
The booth will be located near
the MSC post office and will re
main open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
five days a week, he said.
The service rendered will be
sponsored by the College Station
Development association and Cham
ber of Commerce.
N. M. McGinnis is chairman of
the special committee appointed to
secure a site in College Station for
persons to buy license plates.
The MSC was selected although
several other locations were men
tioned.
Selling- of the license plates at
the MSC will be on a week trial
basis and, if the results are good,
will be continued, Stark said.
Stark urged all persons in the
College Station area to take ad
vantage of this convenient location
and avoid the last minute rush.
Kow Klul) to Hold
April Dairy Show
The Kream and Kow club will
pi*esent its annual spring dairy
show April 24, said A. L. Darnell,
head of the dairy husbandry de
partment.
Members of the club will as
semble at the daii-y center Feb-
ruary 27 to select the animal they
will train and condition for the
show.
The College will give $120 in
prize money to the winners.
The Holstein and Jersey breeds
will be divided into six divisions
each. Three prizes wil Ibe awarded
in each division: first prize, five
dollars; second, three dolars, and
third, two dollars.
Money made by selling ads for
the show’s Premium catalogue
helps to pay the expenses of the
judging teams.
The first dairy show was held
in 1933 under the sponsorship of
Darnell.
A&M Spring Sports
Main Attraction
More than 1,000 high school stu
dents from Texas and neighboring
states are expected here for the
annual High School and Sports
day, Saturday, March 27.
Talent Show
Scheduled For
March 19 Here
A&M’s second annual inter
collegiate talent show will be
held in Guion hall on Friday
night, March 19.
Doc Hull of KVOO’s Sleep
Walkers serenade radio show will
be master of ceremonies.
Bob King-, chairman of the mu
sic committee, said that the audi
ting tours have just been complet
ed. Fourteen acts have been en
tered so far.
Colleges represented in the show
are: Oklahoma University, Okla
homa A&M, TCU, SMU, Texas,
North Texas State College, Sam
Houston State College and A&M.
Dean Duncan and the Dorm 16
Playboys, winners in the Aggie
talent show, wil represent A&M.
Duncan won a recent talent show
at Sam Houston State college.
The program begins at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets will soon be placed on sale.
The price will be 75c per ticket.
The expected 1,000 students is
an increase of 100 over last year’s
High School day and the largest
High School day since the program
started, according to W. D. (Pete)
Hardesty, business manager of stu
dent activities.
A&M Hometown club members
will invite the high school stu
dents to eojne here, with former
students in the towns supplying
transportation.
Hometown club members will
furnish housing in dormitories for
high school students.
The students will be guests of
the T association for the Sports
day activities Saturday afternoon.
Included on the sports program
ai-e the A&M-Rice baseball game,
the A&M-Baylor tennis match, an
inter-squad football game, an in
tersquad track meet, and perhaps
a golf match.
The high school students will
meet in Guion hall at 9 Saturday
morning to hear a welcoming-
address by President David H.
Morgan. Col. Joe E. Davis, com
mandant, will tell the students
about the Corps of Cadets, and
they will see the 30-minute A&M
film, “We Are the Aggies.”
After the morning meeting high
school students will be shown
around the campus by representi-
tives from the councils of the four
schools.
“We hope that students here will
make every attempt to make the
high school students welcome, and
to give them any assistance pos
sible,” said Hardesty.
Aggies Again Get Call
To Aid Fellow Student
Evans To Speak
At 9 Tomorrow
Dr. Louis Evans, Religious
Emphasis week principal
speaker, will talk on “Are
You Fit To Be Tied?” at 9
a. m. Thursday in Guion hall.
Students will be excused
from class at this time to at
tend the service.
Aggies once again have a chance
to help a fellow student who is
seriously ill.
Clarence Reid Davis Jr., a junior
in A anti-aircraft artillery has a
Weather Today
PARTLY CLOUDY
Clear to partly cloudy today, in
creasing cloudiness tonight. Hgh
yesterday, 70; low ths morning,
45.
disease that requires many blood
transfusions.
Davis is now lying in a Beau
mont hospital. He has been re
ceiving blood there. But this blood
must be replaced or paid for.
Davis’ mother needs help to pay
for the blood. His father, who was
graduated here in 1927, was killed
in the Phillipines early in World
War II.
Cadets in Davis’ unit have al
ready volunteered to go to Beau
mont to donate their blood, and
they want anyone who wants to
give blood to go with them. Their
donations will be used to replace
the blood used in Davis’ transfus
ions. They will go to Beaumont
Friday and Saturday. This unit is
housed in dormitory 3.
Students who can not make the
trip can still help pay for the
blood. Jai-s will be placed tomor
row in front of the Academic
building and the North Gate post
office to receive contributions.
SLC Meets Monday
The Student Life committee will
meet at 4:30 p. m. Monday in fhe
Memorial Student Center Senate
chamber.
Saw Civil War Vets
After 94 Years, Still Going Strong
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion Campus Editor
A little woman who can remem
ber when the boys in bandages
came back from the Civil War will
be 94 yeai-s old here Feb. 26.
Mrs. George Baugh, mother of
Mrs. T. R. Spence of College Sta
tion, is now in a Bryan nursing
home, still active after a full life
that has included rasing seven
children, riding with the round-up
on her ranch, and helping her
friends and neighboi-s.
Mrs. Baugh was born Feb. 26,
1860, in Bell county. She can re
member the Civil War veterans
coming back because the bandages
made such an impi-ession on her.
She also remembers the recon-
construction period and the raids
of the Ku Klux Klan in Bell county.
Her father, Sidney Greene
Davidson, was killed by Indians in
1863. He was captain of Texas
troops which were defending the
frontier after the federal troops
left.
Mrs. Baugh and her husband
moved to Schleicher county, in
MRS. GEORGE BAUGH
West Texas, in 1898. They lived all
their married lives on their ranch,
the E2, near what is now El
Dorado.
Mrs. Baugh still gets cards and
letters from people all over the
state who were guests on her
ranch. Mrs. Spence says that
“My mother has often amused us
because she feels that I should in
vite people for a meal when they
drop by to visit us. She’ll say, ‘Why
didn’t you invite them to stay for
dinner?”.
Mrs. Spence said that her
mother spent most of her time
helping other people. “I can re
member going out with mother
every day when I w«s a girl”, Mrs.
Spence said “She’d go help a
neighbor who had a sick child, or
anyone else who needed help”.
When Mrs. Baugh was a young
girl of 65, she felt a little poorly
one day and hud a doctor come by
to see her.
She complained to the doctor
that she couldn’t get on and off
her horse as well as she used to be
able to.
After her husband died, Mrs.
Baugh let two of her sons run the
ranch, but she still rode in the
round-up and tended the garden,
plus the full-time job of raising
her seven children.
The cowboys from ranches all
around the county would come to
the round-up at the Baugh ranch
to “get some of Mrs. Baugh’s good
cooking.”
A tiny woman, Mrs. Baugh is 5
foot 1 inch tall, and has never
weighed over 100 pounds in her
life. She can remember eating bear
and buffalo meat and hunting wild
game when Texas was a real
frontier.
Five of Mrs. Baugh’s seven chil
dren are still living. Besides Mrs.
Spence, they are Mrs. Josh Ewing,
who lives on the home ranch in El
Dorado; Milton Baugh, who also
lives on a ranch near El Dorado;
Aubrey L. Baugh, whose ranch is
near Marfa; and Leonard Baugh,
who also has a ranch near Marfa.
She has 10 grandchildren—four
of Mrs. Ewing’s, four of Milton’s
and two of Mrs. Spence’s—and 20
great-grandchildren.
Since she moved to College Sta
tion, three years ago, Mrs. Baugh’s
favorite interest has been jig-saw
puzzles. She likes to get all the
family to gather around an help
her with them.
When she’s not working puzzles,
she just sits and watches the
people go by. She is in good health,
eating and sleeping well. She has
no formula for longiviety, but since
she claims her grandfather lived
to be over 100, her family says
she’s shooting for his record.