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The Battalion
Number 5: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 19554
* Price 5 Cents
Two Aggies Killed in Crash
QUEEN CROWNED —Miss Ann Fleming - , center, was crowned homecoming queen or
A&M Consolidated high school Friday night during half time of the homecoming game at
Tiger field. Others in picture, left to right, are Princess Anna Beaty, Co-captain George
Litton, Queen Ann, Co-captain Travis Engel brecht and Princess Ann Cleland.
Cadets Start Drills for Hogs
After 7-20 Loss to Baylor
« By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
The reserves and freshmen got
most of the attention in yesterday’s
plactice session as Coach Paul
fcryant gave a near-rest to the
players that saw most action in the
f-20 loss to Baylor,.Saturday.
A&M plays undefeated Arkansas
Saturday night at Kyle field to
climax Dads day. The players’
fathers will be seated along the
sideline. If they can get past the
Aggies, and they will be heavily
favored, the Razorbacks will be the-
best bet to win the Southwest con
ference title. Arkansas gets Rice
and SMU in Arkansas after the
A&M game.
Yesterday the reserves staged a
muddy 30-minute scrimmage
against a team of ineligibles and
freshmen using Arkansas plays.
Arkansas is the only team in SWC
that uses the single wing. The
first-stringers ran through offen
sive plays.
Fullback Don. Kachtik and end
Jack Pardee, hurt in the first quar
ter'against Baylor, didn’t take part
in the workout. Bryant said he is
awaiting a report from the doctor
on their condition. Kachtik suf
fered an injured nose and Pardee
an injured leg.
Trainer Charles (Smokey) Har-
er was back at practice after
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missing the Baylor game. He was
slightly injured last week when a
freshman accidentally hit him on
the sideline during a scrimmage.
Bryant called the Baylor game
“our best game,” and said, “I
thought our kids put out a lot of
effort.” He added, “Now we’re
thinking ahead to .Arkansas, not
back to Baylor.”
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Too much Billy Hooper, too
many fumbles and too many strong
Baylor linemen were the big fac
tors in A&M’s 7-20 loss Saturday,
the seventh straight time the Ca
dets have failed to beat Baylor.
Hooper and Baylor’s pass pat
terns tore apart the Aggies’ pass
defense, best in the nation before
the game. The senior from Sweet
water carried the Bears to three
straight touchdowns after the Ag
gies almost completely dominated
the first half.
It’s doubtful if Hooper compares
with his fellow townsman, Sammy
Baugh, but Saturday he was all
he needed to be as he completed
11 of 13 for 126 yards after his
first two went incomplete. Rush
ed hard in the first half, Hooper
seldom had to hurry his pitches in
the last two quarters, and his re
ceivers most of the time had a big-
jump on the A&M secondary.
Aggie fans probably will contend
News Briefs
FLINT W. REED, former A&M
student, has been graduated from
the U. S. Naval Pre-Flight school
in Pensacola, Fla. He is the son
of Mr. and Mx-s. Flint W. Reed of
Lufkin, Tex.
* sfc
SECOND LT. Martin H. Schaief,
a graduate of A&M, has been as
signed commanding officer of the
15 6th Transportation company,
New Orleans Port of embarkation.
*He is a native of San Benito.
Gabbard Will Head
Rural Communities
L. P. Gabbard of the department
of agricultural economics & sociol
ogy has been elected president of
Texas Rural Communities, Inc.
The TRC, which grew from ef
forts to encourage purchase of
land farmed by tennants, now di
rects use of a revolving fund used
primarily for loans to tenants so
they may buy the land. Loans un
der the plan are administered by
the Farm Home administration,
Gabbard said.
Polzer Elected
Ben Polzer was elected president
of the Milam county club recently.
Other officers elected were Carl
Hill, vice president; Monroe Fuchs,
secretary-treasurer; and Nathan
Offield and Emory Crump co-social
chairman.
SPENCER J. BUCHANAN of
the civil engineering department
was chairman of two meetings of
the executive committee of the
U. S. Council on Soil Mechanics
and Foundation Engineering in
New York City Oct. 12-22.
* * *
CHARLES W. GOPPERT of
Palacios has made his first solo
flight at the Whiting Field U. S.
Naval auxiliary air station. Gop-
pert is a former A&M student.
* * *
AIR FORCE ROTC contract
checks will be given out Wednes
day. Air ROTC students can pick
them up between 4 and 6 p.m. in
the basement of the Military Sci
ence building.
* * *
J. K. RIGGS of the animal hus
bandry department will serve as an
official judge during the Louisiana
State Fair in Shreveport Thursday.
* * *
RAN BOSWELL, city manager,
is attending a meeting of the Tex
as Municipalities in Fort Worth.
He and Mrs. Boswell will return
Wednesday.
Meeting Postponed
The senior class meeting last
night was celled off because a
quorum was not present. About
60 seniors showed up for the meet
ing.
The meeting was tentatively re
set for next Monday. The class
project is to be discussed.
the turning point was A.&M’s fail
ure to score early in the final quar
ter after picking up a first down
one the Baylor one-yard line. Plays
that were just as important were
1. the Ag fumble on the Baylor 35
that stopped a promising march
and started the first scoring drive
for Baylor; 2. Hooper’s 14-yard
pass on a fourth down, seven sit
uation that set up the Bears on the
Aggie 19.
Kachtik was hurt late in the first
quarter, suffering a nose injury,
missed the entire second quarter,
but started the second half. He
had to go,out again in the third
quarter, came in once more and
jarred many a Baylor back before
the final gun.
Baylor’s much-publicized left
tackle, James Ray Smith, played a
fine game, but at times Kettler
and Kachtik went over him for
nice gains.
The Cadets, wearing their gray
uniforms with maroon numbers for
the first time, scored late in the
first quarter after a Baylor fumble.
Center Lloyd Hale blasted Bear
fullback Allen Jones, and guard
Sid Theriot fell on Jones’ fumble
on the BU 29.
Kettler got 5 on a keeper and on
the next play faked a handoff,
rolled out to the left and threw to
Huddleston in the left corner of
the end zone for the touchdown.
End Jack Pardee had decoyed Bil
ly Hooper, and the pass dropped
just over the Bear quarterback.
Kettler kicked good, and Baylor
didn’t get over the 50 until 6 min
utes, 10 seconds were left in the
second quarter.
Baylor scored like this: Hooper
passed 7 yards to end Charlie
Smith to end a 65-yard march
which started after Bob Easley
fumbled on the Bear 35. In the
third quarter, J. R. Smith recov
ered Kachtik’s fumble, and the
aroused Bears knifed to the go-
ahead score.
Hooper, from the 4, ran to his
right and passed to fullback Wel
don Holley for the score. The
Aggies ran a series of downs after
the kickoff, then Baylor went 56
yards in four plays. Hooper pass
ed to end Excell Amyett for the
last 27 yards. Halfback Bobby
Di’ake Keith, missed his tackle at
about the 15, and Amyett outran
Billy Huddleston.
Steel Wins Honors
In Horse Judging
Billy H. Steel, a senior animal
husbandry major, was second high
individual in horse judging at the
Amei'ican -Royal Intercollegiate
Judging contest in Kansas City.
The senior livestock judging
team of the school won seventh
place in cattle judging. Steele is
a member of the team.
Other members are Robert L.
Kemp, Sam D. McAnally, Frank S.
Pax-ker jr., Kenneth G. Killion,
Lowie K. Rice and Allan E. Turner.
Dr. W. M. Warren of the animal
husbandry department is coach for
the team.
On Way to Baylor Game
Band Will Get
Kither Hats
Or Money
The Texas Christian uni
versity band will get back
either the hats that were tak
en from them by A&M stu
dents or money to pay for
them, said J. Frank Ford, cadet
colonel of the coi'ps.
Ford said he had “some new
leads” on the location of the 11
missing hats, taken after the
A&M-TCU football game Oct. 16.
One sophomoi'e cadet has been
given disciplinary action for par
ticipating in the incident.
He was given an official repri
mand, eight hoxxrs extra duty, con
duct probation, campused until
Christmas, and prohibited from at
tending out - of - town football
games for the rest of the season.
The college received a Letter
from the vice-president of TCU,
giving the number of hats that
were missing. The letter said the
hats cost $5.50 apiece.
Ford said a collection would be
taken up among the military units
to pay for the hats if they could
not be found.
President David H. Morgan and
Student Senate President Jerry
Ramsey have written letters of
apology to TCU officials.
Aggielands
Arrive Today
For Pickup
Aggielands may be picked
up on the first floor of Good
win hall beginning today, the
office of student publications
announced.
The yearbooks were due to
arrive earlier this year, but
technical difficulties at the
publisher delayed delivery un
til now, according to the office
of student publications.
Students must present their
identification cai’ds in order
to receive their Aggieland, said
Karl Elmquist, acting manag
er of student publications.
Freshman Injured Friday
In Crash Near Denton
By BILL FULLERTON
Battalion News Editor
Silver Taps was held last night for William Taylor, 19,
sophomore from Laird Hill, and Rex Hudson, 19, sophomore
from Henderson, who were killed about 9 a.m., Saturday
when their car and a truck crashed headon in the rain 12
miles east of Corsicana.
They were headed toward Waco for the football game
between A&M and Baylor when the accident occurred.
Taylor was driving when the car ran off the road and
onto the soft shoulder. When he tried to get back on the
pavement, he apparently lost control and hit an oil-field
truck. The driver of the truck was not hurt.
Funeral services for Taylor were held yesterday morn
ing in Kilgore. He was bur
ied yesterday in Atlanta, Tex.
Taylor is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tay
lor, of Kilgore.
Hudson is survived by his moth
er, Mrs. A. A. Hudson, five broth
ers and two sisters. Funeral
seiwices for him wei - e held yestei'-
day afternoon in Hendei’son.
Members of their unit, Squad
ron 2, acted as pall bearers at the
funei’als. The entii'e squadi’on at
tended both services.
Freshman Injxired
Victim of another weekend acci
dent, Jack Albert, freshman fi’om
San Angelo, is recovering from a
badly cut ai’m and other lacera
tions received in a headon collis
ion a half mile south of Lake Dal
las Friday night.
Albert was taken to the Denton
hospital where he was to remain
several days before going home
for a couple of weeks to recover.
His injuries are painful, but are
not considered serious, said Hadley
Foster, commander of C infantry,
Albert’s unit.
A Negro in the other vehicle was
killed in the collision, and Bruce
Capers, a student at North Texas
State college who was with Albert,
was also hurt.
Albert and Capers were on their
way to Denton to pick up their
dates for the game in Waco.
William Taylor
Rex Hudson
Funeral Services Held
For Reid Davis ’55
Clai’ence Reid Davis, class ’55,
died Sunday in the Anderson Re-
seai-ch Clinic in Houston with can
cer.
Davis left school at mid semester
last year with cancer of the thi'oat.
He went to a Baptist hospital in
Awards Announced
For Two Classes
Scholastic awai*ds for this year
to be given one freshman and one
sophomore electrical engineering
major have been announced by the
electrical engineei’ing department.
The awards to each winner will
be a framed certificate and a one-
year paid membership in the Amer
ican Institute of Electx-ical Engi
neers. They will be presented to
the freshman electx-ical engixxeer-
ing major who has the highest
gx-ade point ratio for the regular
freshman programs, and to an elec
trical engineering sophomox-e se
lected by the staff of the depart
ment on the basis of scholarship,
personality and extra-cuiricular ac
tivities.
The awards will be known at the
Eta Kappa Nu awards.
Denison Elected
William V. Finn of Denison was
selected president of the Gx-ayson
County Hometown club. Other of
ficers ax*e Richai-d C. Reynolds,
vice-president; Brooks Williford,
secretary; and Nox-man Gx-igg, bus
iness manager.
Beaumont, his home town, where
his condition impx-oved. Later, he
became worse and was sent to the
clinic in Houston where he died.
He was a member of battery 8
when he was a freshman and A
anti-aircraft artillex-y when he had
to dx*op fi-om school.
Seniors who knew Davis are tak
ing up a collection for his mother
to help pay hospital bills. Jai’s
will be placed in front of the Aca
demic building later this week for
anyone wanting to help. His fath
er was killed in Wox-ld War II.
His funeral was held Monday at
4 p.m. in Beaumont.
Arkansas Tickets
Go Off Sale Friday
Student and student date tickets
for the A&M-Ax-kansas football
game Satux-day will go off sale at
5 p.m. Fx-iday, Pat Dial of the
athletic depax-tment announced.
Student date tickets are $2 when
purchased with the student activi
ties card.
Band Chib Carnival
Termed Success
Mox-e than $400 was taken in at
the Band Booster club carnival
Saturday night.
“Everybody was pleased,” said
Luther Jones, co-chaix-man of the
caraival. “Hot dogs and hambux*-
gers went over good,” he said.
The carnival was termed a suc
cess even though the weather was
bad and Aggies were out of town.
Day Students
Have Election
Tomorrow
One student has filed for
day student representative to
the Civilian Student Council
election to be held tomorrow
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in room
1-H, Puryear hall.
The student who filed is
John C. Hendex-son, senior day
student. The election is to fill
a vacancy on the council caus
ed when no day students filed
for the previous election. The
day stxxdents ax-e allowed one
representative on the council.
Write-ins will be permitted
in the election, said W. G.
Breazeale, civilian counselor.
Brown Addresses
Science Academy
Dr. S. O. Brown, of the biology
department, gave a demonstration
speech of the electron microscope
and its operation to the A&M chap
ter of the Texas Collegiate Acad
emy of Science Thursday night.
Art Hex-zog was elected social
secretary at the meeting and Har
old Fox reportei’. Plans for a bar
becue to entertain a delegation
from Maxy-Hardin Baylor were
made.
Saddle and Sirloin
To Meet Tonight
Entries for the all Aggie Rodeo
will close at 7:30 p.m. today at the
called meeting of the Saddle and
Six-loin club in the Animal Indus
try building.
Sam McAnnaly, president of the
club, said it is important that all
members be present, even though
the meeting conflicts with Town
Hall. It will be a short session.
Duo-Pianists
Play Tonight
For Town Hall
Alfred and Herbert Telt-
schik, duo-pianists, will be the
attraction at Town Hall at 8
p.m. tonight in the G. Rollie
White coliseum.
Seats are on a fix-st come first
sex-ved basis. Individual tickets
may be purchased in student ac
tivities office until 5 p.m. today
and after 7 p.m. at the door.
The Teltschik brothers began
their musical training under the
guidance of their father. They
were born in Floresville, Tex., and
attend the Julliard School of Mu
sic in New York.
They wex-e called to active duty
dux-ing Wox-ld War II. While in
the army they gave numerous re
citals at home and overseas.
Back to civilian life as a full-
fledged two piano team, they pur
chased a small bus converted to
tx-ansport their luggage and two
concedt grand pianos, which they
maintain, tune and repair them
selves.
They have completed their sec
ond transcontinental tour of the
United States and Canada.
Six Engineers
Get Scholarships
Six chemical engineering stu
dents have received senior scholar
ships of $250 each, Dr. J. D. Lind
say, head of the chemical engineer
ing department announced.
The award winners and sponsor
ing companies were John E. Fran-
dolig and Robert E. Zumwalt, Dow
Chemical company, and Thomas M.
Campbell, Edward B. Field, Jimmy
Dale May and Ray Ben Nesbitt,
Universal Oil Products company.
The awards were presented re
cently at a meeting of the Amer
ican Institute of Chemical Engi
neers.
Twelve top students in the de
partment" were interviewed for the
scholarships, Lindsay said, and a
committee of staff members made
the final selection.
Biggest Dance Set
Saturday Night
The biggest dance of the year,
“Midnight in New Orleans,” is set
for Saturday night in the Memorial
Student Center immediately after
the A&M-Arkansas football game.
Margai*et Long, program direc
tor for the MSC said three groups
would play for the dance. The
Aggieland Orchestra will play fox
trot music in the ballroom, the Ca
pers Combo will play Latin Ameri
can music in the serpentine lounge,
and the Prairie View Collegians
will play blues and rhythm'in the
assembly room. The entire second
floor of the MSC will be decorated
for the dance.
Tickets are $1.25 and are on sale
at the main desk in the MSC and
at the booth next to the post office.
Weather Today
CLEAR
The weather outlook for today
is broken skies with no rain pre
dicted. Yesterday’s high was 84,
low 66. The temperature at 10:30
this morning was 77.