Number. 287: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1954
Price 5 Cents
DOUBLE WHAMMY—Football fans at high school games
in Wichita Falls are seeing double this year. Included in
the high school cheer leaders are two sets of identical
twins. On the bottom are Dave and John Ferguson, with
Jimmy Malone between them. Twin girls are Peggy and
Pat Miller. Standing is Barbara Jo Perry. (AP Photo)
Civilians To Have
First Come Seating
The Civilian Student Council last
nig-ht decided to allocate Kyle Field
seating - within the civilian section
on a first come, first serve basis
for the A&M-TCU game.
The council, in its first meeting
since it was foi-med, voted on the
seating allocation with the provi
sion that the group defer definite
action on the overall seating ar
rangement until the council has
time to study the problem.
Allotment Argument
Arguments were raised at the
meeting as to whether or not the
Student Senate’s allotments for
the corps and civilian students
Here fair.
Jerry Schnepp, civilian member
of the senate seating committee,
explained that the allotment was
fair but it would be hard to keep
unauthorized persons out of the
civilian section.
Straw votes in some of the civil
ian dormitories showed most of the
students were in favor of a first
come, first serve basis of seating,
eouncilmen said.
Pete Goodwin, councilman from
Law hall, said most of the students
in Law hall who wanted seating
by classes were seniors.
Cozad Elected
John Cozad was elected tempo-
rai’y chairman of the council to
serve for the next three meetings.
The next meeting was set for 4
RUE PIN ALE—This young
lady is one of the singers
for the Cafe Rue Pinalle
floor show in the MSC to
night. Also on the show
will be a can-can line and
an apache dance team.
Dancing will start at 8 p.m.
in the games area of the
MSC.
p.m. Tuesday, and it was agreed
that meetings would be held once
each week until the affairs of the
council were in order.
In other business done by the
council, committees were fonned
to study the civilian section of
Sbisa dining hall and the pricing
of laundry done by the college.
The group voted to wait until
three more meetings before per
manent officers are elected. At
this time, they will vote on a chair
man, vice-chairman, secretary and
parliamentarian.
President Elected
For Austin Club
Les Robinson was elected pres
ident at the first meeting of the
Austin hometown club recently.
Other officers are Gene Hirsch-
felt, vice-president; Bill Alsup, sec-
i-etary, and Henry Grupe, treasur-
ei\
The club will meet every Thurs
day night in the YMCA basement.
First Big Weekend Set
Bryant, Aggies Open
SWC Play With Frogs
Coach Paul Bryant gets initiated
into the unpredictable Southwest
conference tomorrow^ as A&M
opens its conference season with
TCU, and the Cadets try to keep
their record of not having lost to
the Frogs on Kyle Field since 1948.
In 1948, TCU won 27-14, but
A&M triumphed 42-23 in 1950 and
tied 7-7 in 1952.
TCU is ranked a 12 to 13 point
favorite over the thin Aggies. The
Frogs lost to Oklahoma, 20-16, the
nation’s top team, after holding
a 16-7 lead, but last week toppled
unbeaten Southern California 20-7
on the coast.
A&M has improved every week
under the intense drilling of Bryant
and his nine assistants but still has
been unable to gain the poise close
to the goal that will make it a
dangerous team. The Cadets, to
have any chance for victory tomor
row, must be able to cash in on
their scoring chances.
The Frogs are due to have a
light workout on Kyle field at 4
p.m. today and will stay in Bryan
overnight. The Aggies had a light
drill yesterday and will work out
in sweat suits today for a few
minutes.
A&M probably will start Jack
Pardee and Bennie Sinclair or Gene
Stallings at ends, Larry Winkler
and Bill Schroeder at tackles, Ray
Barrett and Sid Theriot at guards,
Lloyd Hale at center, Elwood Ket-
tler at quarterback, Bobby Keith
Corps Will March
To Game Saturday
The cadet corps will have a grad
ed march-in at the A&M-TCU foot
ball game tomorrow.
Cadets will assemble in their
respective parade areas. First call
will be at 12:35 p.m.; assembly,
12:38; and move out, 12:43. The
corps will be clear of the track
by 1:15.
The order of march will be as
follows: corps staff, band, first
wing, second wing, first regiment,
second regiment.
Colors and guidons will be car
ried and will be drawn Saturday
morning from the supply rooms.
They will be turned in at the gun
room under the stands after the
march-in.
Box Lunch Sales
Set By Kiwanians
Kiwanis box lunches will go on
sale at 10 a.m. Satui'day at seven
selling stations around College
Station.
The lunches, which cost $1, will
contain a thigh and a drumstick,
bread and butter, potato chips,
pickles and olives, cookies and an
apple.
The lunches will be sold until
the game starts. If there are any
left over, they will be sold after
the game, said W. E. (Woody)
Briles, chairman of the Kiwanis
box-lunch committee.
The selling stations and Kiwan
ians who will man them are as fol
lows :
• South of the city limit sign
on highway 6: Seller will be W.
M. Potts.
• East Gate: Sellers will be
R. O. Berry and W. M. Potts.
• Highway 6 and Jersey: Sell-
ei's will be K. A. Manning and Don
Dale.
• A&M Consolidated high
Weather Today
CLEAR
Clear with northerly winds at
15 miles - per - hour. Yesterday’s
high 88, low 60, temperature at
11:80 this morning 67.
school: Sellers will be Jim Baty
and Doyle Letbetter.
• West Gate: Sellers will be
Ed Ivy, R. E. Leighton and Roy
Wingren.
• The traffic circle: Sellers will
be Sid Loveless, Mike Krenitsky
and S. A. Kerley.
College Station Cub Scouts will
assist the sellers. Signs will be
placed at each station, and the sell
ers will wear bright aprons and
chefs hats.
Tonight a crew of Kiwanians
gather at A & M Consolidated
school’s cafeteria to fold the boxes
and do part of the lunch packing.
Early tomori’ow morning another
crew will complete the packing job
and get the lunches to the selling
stations.
227 Fish Try Out
For Drill Team
First tryouts for the freshman
di'ill team were held last Wednes
day on the main drill field with
227 candidates for the 39 places
on the team.
“It’s going to be hard to pick
the best 39 boys,” said Capt. Jo
seph C. Brusse, sponsor of the
freshman di’ill team.
“They should be ready sometime
in the near future,” he added.
and Joe Schero at halfbacks and
Don Kachtik at fullback.
Coach Abe Martin probably will
start this eleven for TCU: Bryan
Engram and Johnny Crouch at
ends, Dick Laswell and Ray Hill
at tackles, Malcolm Wallace and
Bill Yung at guards, Hugh Pitts
at center, Ronald Clinkscale at
quarterback, Gerald Redus and
James Swink at halfbacks and Bud
dy Dike at fullback.
A&M’s px-obable starting line
averages 196 to TCU’s 203.
600 A&M Exes
To Be Honored
At Half-Time
More than 600 A&M form
er students will be honored
during - half - time ceremonies
at the A&M - TCU football
game tomorrow.
The exes will have a section re
served for them at the game. They
are attending four class reunions
here this weekend. The classes
are ’29, ’34, ’39 and ’44.
This is one of the largest groups
of former students we have had for
a reunion weekend, said J. B.
(Dick) Hervey, former students
secretary.
All four of the classes will have
luncheons in the Memorial Stu
dent Center before the game. Af
ter the game, each class will have
a separate function.
The class of ’29 will have a bar-
beque at Hershel Burgess’ farm
tomorrow afternoon.
The class of ’34 will have dinner
at Maggie Parker’s dining room in
Bryan.
The class of ’39 will meet after
tile game in the MSC for an infor-
inlal reception and dinner.
The class of ’44 will also have a
reception in the MSC after the
game.
Band Will March
At Game Saturday
The 240-m ember Texas
Aggie Consolidated Band, the
largest college consolidated
band in the nation, will inarch
with a 12-man front during
half-time ceremonies at the
A&M-TCU football game to
morrow.
The band will execute two
double minstrel turns, one
elongated countermarch b y
ranks and one regular counter
march by ranks, said John
Dornbusch, band drum major.
Also, formations will include
“TCU Frogs” and the “T.”
The band will honor the
classes of ’29, ’34, ’39 and ’44
during the half-time activities.
Swink and Dike, TCU’s leading
runners, are both sophs, and quar
terback Charlie Curtis, who stood
out against OU, is also a first-year
varsity man. Swink has a 6-yard
rushing average, and Dike has pick
ed up 260 yards on 63 tries.
Clinkscale was named Associated
Press Back of Week after his per
formance in the OU game.
A&M’s pass defense is second in
the nation, and TCU has the fourth
best punting game in the country.
Cadet opponents have completed
just 12 of 31 passes* for 82 yards
in four games, a 20.5 yards per
game average.
Bryant has made several position
changes in pi’actice this week.
Past Closed;
Aggie Exes
Can Relax
Sorry, Aggies, you -can’t
check up on the old man’s
grades at A&M anymore.
Records of former students
are closed to the merely cu
rious. If you want to see
your father’s record, you have
to have a legitimate excuse or
your father’s permission, said
H. L. Heaton, registrar.
“It’s a matter of policy,” he
added.
Maybe this “policy” was
started at the insistence of old
grads whose sons were look
ing up their records and decid
ing they didn’t have to study
either.
TSCW Will Hold
Carnival Tuesday
Texas State College for Women
will hold its third annual Gold
Rush carnival on the campus Tues
day.
Miss Sara Lauterbach, chairman
of the invitation committee ad
dressed a letter to W. L. Penberthy,
head of student activities, inviting
all Aggies to the affair, which is
being held to raise money for the
TSCW foundation.
“We will enjoy having the Ag
gies on our campus, and we know
that they will find the carnival
entertaining, exciting, amusing—
all they would desire,” said Miss
Lauterbach in the letter.
Banquet Discussed
Plans for the annual banquet
were discussed at a meeting of
the Pre-Med and Pre-Dent society
last Tuesday.
Two films were shown. They
were “Skin Grafting of Extensive
Bui'ns” and “Surgery in Chest Dis
eases.”
Football, Dances
Fill Three Days
A&M will have its first big weekend of the year this
weekend, with all the entertainment that goes with a college
weekend.
Focal point of the three days is the A&M-Texas Christian
university football game at 2 p.m. Saturday on Kyle field.
A&M comes home for the first time since the Texas Tech
opener registration day to start Southwest conference com
petition against the sophomore-laden TCU Frogs. More than
25,000 fans are expected for the game.
Highpoint for the social side will be the Harry James
dance Saturday night in Sbisa hall.
Famed trumpeter Harry James, who is equally famous
for being Betty Grable’s hus
band, will bring his Music
Makers with him for the
three-hour dance.
Featured will be Paula Gil
bert, Gordon Polk, Willie Smith,
Corky Corcoran, Juan Tibal, and
Buddy Hayes. The dance will be
in Sbisa hall from 9 p.m. to mid
night.
Concert, Too
The band will play a concert in
Guion hall fi-om 7:15 to 8:15.
A smaller dance for the Friday
night celebrators will be held at
the Memorial Student Center’s
Cafe Rue Pinalle.
Pinalle will be open from 8;30
p.m. until midnight yell practice,
and will feature the Ernie Mar-
tlino combo for dancing. On the
floor show will be a can-can line,
singers, and an apache dance team
from Houston.
The games area of the MSC t
near the bowling alleys, is trans
formed into a French-style night
club for Rue Pinalle.
Corps Will March
The corps of cadets, 4,000-
strong, will give its first public
performance of the year Saturday
when they march into the game at
12:45 p.m. Saturday.
The march in will be graded.
The A&M band will march at the
half-time.
Among the Aggie fans at the
game will be more than 600 form
er students, who will be here at
tending reunions of four classes.
The classes are ’29, ’34, ’39, and
’44. All four classes will have
luncheons in the MSC before the
game, and they will have separate
functions after the game.
A midnight yell practice in the
Grove Friday night will start the
Aggie spirit rolling for the game.
HARRY JAMES
— Will Play Here
Seating Plan
Gets First Try
At TCU Game
A student - section seating
plan based on the number of
student activity tickets sold
will be used in Kyle field to
morrow for the first time.
The plan, which will be used at
all home games this year, has the
corps students sitting by classifi
cation, with the civilian students
in a separate section above them.
The Civilian Student Council
voted last night to have seating, in
their section on a first-come, first-
served basis.
Seating proportions were alloted
by percentages of student activity
tickets sold. The student activity
tickets contain a season football
ticket, and this season ticket is the
only ticket good for the student
section.
John Benefield, chairman of the
Student Senate seating committee,
reported that civilian students 1
bought 26.5 per cent of the total
number of tickets sold, so they
were given about that percentage
of seating space.
Eighteen ushers, both civilian
and military students, will enforce
the plan tomorrow. The different
sections will also be marked by
painted lines so students can tell
them apart.
Civilian students will enter the
stadium by ramps M, N, O and
P. Corps seniors and juniors will
enter by ramps O and P, and corps
sophomores and freshmen will en
ter by ramps M and N.
SEATING PLAN—This is the seating plan that will be used tomorrow and at all the
home games this season. The sections for different classes are marked in different
shades.
Death Claims
Meteorologist
Grady Norton, hurricane - fore
casting weatherman, who died sev
eral days ago, was a member of
the first class in meteorology in
1918 at A&M.
The class was set up by the gov
ernment during World War I.
Among the instructors was Charles
F. Brooks, now director of the Blue
Hill observatory, Cambridge, Mass.
He had been professor of meteor
ology at Harvard for many years.
The American Meteorology so
ciety was organized in 1919 by the
class. Brooks was its fii'st secre
tary and served until this year.
Members of the class have kept in
close touch with each other through
meetings of the AMS.
Norton was named head of the
hurricane forecasting service in
the southeastern United States in
1935, with headquarters at Miami,
Fla. He gained world-wide re
nown through his work.
Speakers Named
For AS Lectures
Three more speakers have been
named for the air science depart
ment’s series of lectures to the
seniors.
R. L. (Satch) Elkins of the busi
ness administration department
will speak Oct. 28 on “Human
Relations in Management.”
J. O. Edwards, assistant comp
troller of the Humble Oil and Re
fining company, will speak on
“Work Simplification” Nov. 11.
H. C. Wendler of the Interna
tional Business Machines company
will speak Nov. 18 on “Control
Systems in Management.”