Number 11: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954
Price 5 Cents
Big Aggie Weekend Ahead
Trailing Ags Meet
Balanced Mustangs
FOR REID—Arthur Herzog of Houston places a coin in
one of the campus collection jars for the family of Reid
Davis, A&M student who died of cancer two weeks ago.
The collection jars will remain on the campus through
Friday.
The best-balanced team in the
Southwest conference takes on the
circuit’s last-place squad in the
Cotton Bowl Saturday afternoon
when A&M meets SMU, but the
cellar-dwellers won’t be any push
over.
All players on both the Aggie
and SMU squads are due to be
ready for the clash, a game the
Ponies have to win.
An SMU homecoming crowd of
about 35,000 is expected for the
2 p.m. kickoff. Several thousand
Aggies and their dates also will
be in the stands.
The high-riding Mustangs lost
their season opener to Georgia
Te<;h, beat Missouri, Rice and Kan
sas, then tied Texas last week. If
they lose to the Aggies, the Mus
tangs will have to beat Arkansas,
Baylor and TCU, and Rice has to
tie or beat the Hogs, before SMU
can .even share the title.
A&M is rated a two touchdown
underdog. Considering the Aggies’
1-6 record together wih the double-
barreled effectiveness of the Mus
tangs, SMU doesn’t seem to be
overly rated. The Mustangs have
the best offense and defense re
cords in the conference and are
eighth nationally in rushing de
fense.
The Cadets lead the conference
in passing defense, and SMU quar
terback Duane Nutt is the best in
the league in passing. Aggie quar-
tei’back Elwood Kettler and Nutt
are running one-two in the total
offense department. Kettler has
gained 656 yards rushing and pass
ing to 601 for Nutt.
Excluding the Texas Tech open
er, the Aggies have played a sur-
Football, Dances
Set in Dallas
The Texas Aggies—6,000 of them—will start leaving
tomorrow for Dallas and the first corps trip of the year.
Scheduled for the weekend is the A&M-SMU football
game, the cadet corps parade, and many private parties .
The weekend is also the official corps trip for Texas
State College for Women, A&M’s sister school, and home
coming weekend for SMU, A&M’s opponent.
Saturday classes here will be dismissed to allow all
students to attend the weekend activities. The Tessies will
start the festivities Friday night with their annual corps
prising brand ol football for a 0 p en ] 10USe anc J dance at Denton.
10,1,11 as 1 111 m (e:pt an< The dance will begin at 8 p.m. and close with a yell prac
tice. T S C W headquarters-t
in Dallas will be room 207 of
ience. But the Aggies have made
mechanical mistakes that have cost
them touchdowns in every game,
and they won’t be able to afford
them Saturday. The Pony offense
striked hard and fast from any
part of the field.
Yesterday the varsity had its
first hard workout of the week, in
a steady rain. The Cadets scrim
maged against Pony offensive
(See FOOTBALL, Page 2)
Approve Demos
Brazos Voters Set Record
Brazos county voters set an off-
year record Tuesday when 2,407
persons went to the polls to vote on
11 amendments to the state consti
tution and to give overwhelming
approval to the Democratic slate
of candidates.
The A&M Consolidated school
box led all county boxes, with a
total 363 votes cast. The county
Voters approved the 11 amendments
by margins varying from about
three to one and larger in some
lases. '
After a slow start in the morn
ing, balloting picked up in the aft
ernoon and became quite brisk dur
ing the last two hours the polls
were open.
Much of the credit for voter
turn-out was attributed to the in
terest generated in Democratic aT
faire in the 1962 election when the
state went Republican in support
of President Eisenhower. Tues
day’s vote returned the state and
the county to a completely Demo
cratic status.
Previous record of total votes
cast in the county in an off-year
election was 1,436 cast in 1946.
Approval of the amendments
found the' largest plurality in those
concerning voting privileges for
military personnel and concerning
four year* terms for county and
district officials.
Voters at the Consolidated School
Weather Today
\
Precinct 3 box gave approval to
the 11 amendments by the follow
ing margins, with the FOR totals
listed first:
1. Old Age Assistance 243—92
2. Retirement Credits 282—64
3. Employee Benefits 280—60
4. Confederate Fund 315—34
5. State Salaries 266—67
6. Toll Road Grants 259—70
7. Women Jurors 274—71
8. Four Year Terms 251—89
9. Hospital Districts 268—71
10. . Military Voting 295—55
11. Tax Officials 299—41
At the precinct 16 box in College
Hills the vote, by amendments, was
1. 167-42; 2. 184-26; 3. 170-30;
4. 194-16; 5. 159-45; 6. 140-65;
7. 173-40; 8. 155-49; 9. 154-47;
10. 179-24 and 11. 180-23.
Precinct 16 ranked fifth in Braz
os county in total votes with 218
, cast.
Corps Parade
Set for 10
Saturday
The corps of cadets will be
gin its parade down the main
streets of Dallas at 10 a.m.
Saturday.
The units will begin forming
at the triple underpass, west of
the downtown area, at 9 a.m.
Uniform will be class A win
ter with green caps and white
gloves. Only seniors and staff
juniors will wear pink trousers
and green ties.
The order of march will be
corps staff, first wing, second
wing, first regiment, and sec
ond regiment. The band will
march in two sections, one near
the front and one near the rear
of the line of march.
The reviewing stand will be
at the Dallas city hall, and the
parade will disband four blocks
past the building.
The parade will be graded.
The Election in Brief
the White Plaza hotel.
The A&M band will spon
sor a special showing of Cin
erama at the Melba theater in
Dallas at 11:30 p.m. Tickets for
the performance were sold on the
campus.
The parade will start at 10 a.m.
Saturday, with units beginning to
form at 9 p.m.
After the parade, a group of
A&M cadets will have lunch with
air ROTC students from SMU.
The 2 p.m. game in the Cotton
Bowl will , pit the Southwest con
ference’s leading team offensively
and defensively against the still
valiantly struggling Aggies.
SMU is favored over the Ag
gies, but fans are expecting a bat
tle after last week’s Aggie show
ing.
Two queens will be crowned
during the half time activities,
with A&M honoring Aggie Sweet
heart Judy Nuhn of TSCW, and
SMU honoring their homecoming
queen.
The A&M baud will form on the
field and play “You, You, You”
while Frank Ford, cadet colonel of
the corps, gives Sweetheart Judy
her bouquet and traditional kiss.
After the game the Aggiee will
break up to celebrate the victory
or defeat, with individual units
planning parties in Dallas.
Also on the Saturday night
schedule is SMU’s homecoming
dance, featuring the music of
Ralph Marterie and his orchestra.
This will be the first of the
year’s two corps trips. The other
is scheduled for the A&M-Uni-
versity of Texas game Nov. 25.
Aggies Welcome
To TSCW, SMU
Festivities
Texas
PARTLY CLOUDY
Partly cloudy and clearing by
afternoon. Yesterday’s high was
51, low 36. The temperature at
10:30 this morning was 45.
There is an expected slight
warm-up for the weekend.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas leaders of both parties found something
good in Tuesday’s general election.
Democratic control of the House sent Sam
Rayburn of Bonham back to the speakership in
Washington.
Texas Republicans elected one congressman,
the third U.S. representative from^
Texas since Reconstruction days.
The Democrats, as usual, won all
other major offices, including 21
congressmen, Sen. Lyndon Johnson,
Gov. Shivers and on down.
All 11 amendments to the state
Constitution apparently were ap
proved.
They included jury service for
women, a pay raise for legislators,
a new state office building from
sui’plus money in the Confederate
pension fund and a boost in the
State spending for public welfare.
The Texas Election Bureau esti
mated 530,000 votes were cast, less
than one-third of the state’s po
tential.
The Republicans cast only about
53,000 votes for their candidate for
governor, Tod Adams of Crockett.
That means they are not legally
requh’ed to hold primaries in 1956.
Shivers polled 431,166, Adams 52,-
772.
The election of Republican Brace
Alger as congressman from the 5th
Dallas District was the big sur
prise.
Alger defeated Wallace Savage,
a fonner Dallas mayor and chair
man of the Sate Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee in 1952 when
the state party endorsed President
Eisenhower. «
A final count showed Alger with
a 3,060 vote margin. He had 28,010
to 24,950 for Savage.
National Academy
Offers Fellowships
Fellowships for postdoctoral
study are offered by the National
Academy of Sciences-National Re
search council.
Faculty members, outstanding
postdoctoral students and those
who will receive the doctorate de
gree or its equivalent before Oct.
1, 1955, may go by the office of
the dean of the Graduate School to
look at the posters and copies of
an announcement brochure describ
ing fellowships for the academic
year 1955-56.
Additional information and ap
plication materials may be secured
from the Fellowship office, Na
tional Research council, 2101 Con
stitutional avenue, Washington 25,
D.C.
National
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—Democrats clinched command
of the House yesterday and Republicans fought fur
iously to save control of the Senate in an election
of baffling cross currents that kept the Senate out
come in doubt.
Teeter-totter races at opposite ends of the
country, in New Jersey and Oregon,
held the key to the Senate outcome.
The GOP led in both by shaky mar
gins—by little more than 200 votes
in New Jersey.
For the Democrats, the election
certainly brought forth nothing
like the tremendous tide of victory
they had scented.
And while the shift definitely
was to the party out of power, in
keeping with tradition in nonpres-
idential elections, it represented no
clear-cut defeat for the Eisenhow
er administration’s program and
policies.
Associated Press i-etums at 7:15
p.m. #EST, showed Republicans
elected to the Senate 13, leading
1, holdovers 33, total 48. Gains 3.
Democrats elected 23, leading 1,
holdovers 24, total 47. Gains 4.
Independent holdover 1.
President Senate: Republicans
49, Democrats 46, Independent 1.
Needed for majority, 49.
Senate overturns: Democrats
gained in Kentucky, Michigan,
Nevada and Wyoming. Republicans
in Colorado, Iowa and Ohio.
House-Republicans elected 203.
Democrats elected 232. Present
House: Republicans 218, vac. 1;
Democrats 212, vacs. 3; Indepen
dent 1. Needed for majority 218.
House overturas: Democrats
gained 22 seats, lost 5, for a net
gain of 17. Republicans gained 5,
lost 21. Independents lost 1.
Second Regiment
Selects Freshman
The second regiment will choose
one freshman each month this
year as the best drilled freshman
in the regiment.
Robert T. Smith jr., D field ar
tillery, petroleum engineering ma
jor from Fort Worth, was chosen
for the month of October.
A&M students planning
the first official corps trip
of the year to Dallas this
weekend should be prepared
for a big time with both in
vitations to both the Southern
Methodist university homecoming
festivities, and the Texas State
College for Women Corps Trip
dance.
Both SMU and TSCW have ex
tended invitations to Aggies for
the weekend.
Mustang’s homecoming will in
elude musical shows, dances, and
parades. A&M students will be
welcome at all the weekend activi
ties, Carleton Wilsbn, editor of the
SMU Campus, said.
SMU starts the weekend today
with the annual Pigskin Review,
a musical show "put on by the
SMU band. The homecoming, pa
rade ■will start in downtown Dal
las 6:30 p.m. Friday.
TSCW activities will begin Fri
day with open house in the recrea
tion room of the Union building,
and will be followed by a dance
at 8 p.m.
Dallas Tessies are inviting the
Dallas A&M club to a pre-dance
social at the Golf Club House from
7-8:30 p.m. Also the Cosmopolitan
club invites all out-of-state Ag
gies to attend their function from
7-8:30 p.m. at the Virginia-Carrol
Lodge.
Students wishing to stay over
night in Denton will be allowed to
stay in Sayers hall for one dollar.
Those desiring transportation to
Dallas may ride tfie TSCW busses
which wall leave Denton between 7
and 8 a.m. and will arrive in Dal
las in time for the parade forma
tion.
TSCW headquarters in Dallas
will be room 207 in the White Pla
za Hotel; all Aggies are welcome
to come by, said Miss Maiy Huf-
ford, TSCW dean of women.
Military Day
Guest List
Increases
Six more persons have
been added to the list of
guests for the new Fall Mil
itary day Nov. 13, bringing
the guest list to 21, including
six generals.
Additions are Oliver Meadows,
chief counsel for the house com
mittee on veterans affairs; Col. C.
W. Hohn, Col. William Becker, Lt.
Col. Dorsey McCory, Lt. Col. Lee
Stewart, and Lt. Col. Victor Wal
lace.
These men will arrive by airplane
from Washington with Maj. Gen.
James M. Gavin, army assistant
chief of staff for operations, and
Congressman Olin Teague. Mrs.
Gavin and Mrs. Teague will also
be on the plane.
The plane will arrive at 5:30
p.m. Friday, Nov. 12 and leave at
9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 14.
The guest list also includes Lt.
Gen. I. D. White, commander of
the fourth army; Maj. Gen. Rob
ert H. Terrill, deputy commander
of the 15th air force; and Maj.
Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, former
A&M commandant and now deputy
commander of the fourth army.
They will review the corps of
cadets at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov.
13, have lunch with President David
H. Morgan, and attend the A&M-
Rxce football game that afternoon.
Saturday Dance
Termed Success
More than 1,000 persons attend
ed the “Midnight in New Orleans”
dance Saturday night, according to
Louis B. Moskowitz, co-chairman
of the dance committee.
The Aggieland Orchestra, the
Capers Combo, and the Prairie
View Collegians played three types
of music. The second floor- of the:
Memorial Student Center was dec
orated in a Mardia Gras theme.
The MSC group heads, with the
approval of students, will try to
make the dance an annual affair.
Student Senate
To Meet Tonight
The Student Senate will meet
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the cham
ber room of the Memorial Student
Center.
Evaluation of courses and pro
fessors, a report on the collection
of magazines for veterans admin
istration hospital in Temple, ap
pointments of members to the stu
dent health and welfare board and
a report from the standing com
mittee ai-e on the agenda.
First Great Issues
Pollard To Speak Here
Layer Will Speak
Dr. Robert G. Layer will discuss
the “Variations in U. S. Stamps
that are of Common Concern” at
the monthly meeting of the Me
morial Student Center Stamp Col
lectors committee Friday at 7:30
p.m. All members should bring
their stamps for trading and in
spection by other members.
Noted scientist and executive di-
rictor of the Oak Ridge Institute
of Nuclear Studies, Dr. W. G. Pol
lard, will be the year’s first Great
Issues speaker Tuesday.
Born in Batavia, N.Y., Pollard
is a noted chui’chman. He was
vestryman and lay reader at St.
Stephens church, Oak Ridge, postu-
land for Holy Order, Diocese of
Tennessee (Episcopal); ordained
deacon; ordained priest; member
of the Guild of Scholars of the
Episcopal church; and member of
the ditoi-ial board for The Christ
ian Scholar.
His topic for the speech Tues
day is “Secrecy, Security and Sci-
nce.”
Active in science, Pollard holds
a fellow in physics, Master of Arts
and Doctor of Philosophy from
Rice institute; and Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Ten
nessee. He has been an assistant
professor and a professor of phy
sics at Tennessee; research scien
tist at the Columbia university di
vision of war research; member of
the board of directors and acting
executive director of the Oak Ridge
institute. He was appointed exe
cutive director in 1947.
His other professional activities
include chairman of the south
eastern Section of the American
Physical society. He has been con-
An overheated cookstove in a
garage apartment at 504 Guernsey
caused slight damage yesterday af
ternoon.
The apartment is owned by Capt.
and Mrs. F. J. Bloom. Bloom is an
instructor in the military science
department. A&M student Jerry
Bruce and his wife live in the
apartment.
Three College Station fire trucks
answered the call.
sultant for three major chemical
companies, including the Monsanto
Chemcal company. Pollard has
been a fellow of the American
Physical society since 1952.
He is a member of Phi Kappa
Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi,
and Sigma Pi Sigma, and received
the 1950 distinguished service
award of the Southern Association
of Science and Industry.
Pollard has also published 14
CookstOVC Causes articles in various technical publi
Small FireTuesday cations since 1933
He was married in 1932, and has
four children, ages 20, 18, 15, and
13.
Beekeepers Here
The Texas Beekeepers Associa 1
tion conference will be held here
Nov. 14-16. The conference is
sponsored by the entomology de
partment. Registration will be in
the Memorial Student Center Nor.
15, at 8 a.m.