Number 52: Volume 55
The Battalion
Burned-OutFamily
Receives Loca l A id
For Thanksgiving
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1955
By WELTON JONES
Battalion City Editor
Residents of College Station have
united to make the Thanksgiving
of the Willie Phillips family one
of the happiest of their lives.
Last week a $3,500 fire com
pletely destroyed their frame house
fc on South Highway 6. An urgent
appeal to College Station 1’esidents
by Robert A. Houze, chairman of
this year’s Community Chest-Red
Cross drive, was presented in Fri
day’s Battalion. Houze said that
the Salvation Army and the Local
Chest Charity Fund, both agencies
of the Community Chest, had con
tributed funds and supplies to the
family, but more help was needed.
“The response,” said Houze,
“was terrific. More than 25 people
had called by noon yesterday, and
more calls were coming in. The
family now has almost everything
it needs for a new start.”
. Included in the contributions re
ceived were a cook stove, room
heaters, three complete beds, a
baby bed, chairs, tables, a rug, cui'-
•tains, blankets, pillows, sheets,
towels and washcloths, clothing for
all of the family from the skin out,
and cooking utensils.
The Phillips family has four
childi’en ranging from two months
to seven years old. They were res
cued from the fire by a neighbor,
Mrs. Anna Mae Blake. The fif
teen-month-old girl suffered third
degree burns on her leg, but the
other children were uninjui’ed.
Kennon Acts For
A&M At Forum
Paul A- Kennon, Texas A. and
M. College architectural student
from Shreveport, La., is represent
ing A. and M. at the first Archi
tectural Student Forum sponsored
by the American Institute of Arch
itects this week.
Ernest Langford, head of the
Architecture Department, is also
in Washington attending a meet
ing of the National Committee on
Education of the American Insti
tute of Architects. He will repre
sent the 13 Texas AIA chapters
and the five Texas schools with
Architecture Departments.
The architectural student forum
, meeting will he£^r leading archi
tects discuss aspects in the develop
ment of closer relationships be
tween the national professional ar
chitectural society and students of
architecture.
Elephant Walk
Seniors will not be excused from
classes tomorrow to attend the an-
’ nual Elephant Walk. Those sen
iors who do not have classes at 11
should meet in front of the Aca
demic Building at 11:15 tomorrow
morning.
Houze said that he had received
“carloads” of clothes and other
goods in a “surprisingly short
time.” He stressed that the family
now had all that was needed—and
more.
“The extra material will be put
in a local chest charity pool for use
in future emergencies,” said Houze.
Lawrence P. Cobble of the Build
ing and College Utilities has fur
nished trucks to carry all furniture
to the new house which was rented
by funds from the Chest.
In addition to the rent, the Chest
Charity fund paid doctor bills for
the baby, and several miscellaneous
expenses.
“The charity fund would have
paid for the entire furnishings, but
it would have depleted our money
to practically nothing. We knew
that we could count on the people
of College Station,” said Houze.
PRICE 5 CENTS
JOE PASCUZZI is stopped after a seven yard pick-up in the
third quarter of the A&M-Texas freshman game at Memor
ial Stadium in Austin last Saturday. The Fish were
plagued by numerous fumbles, and pass interceptions.
A&M finished third in the first-year SWC race.
Garber To Play For Dance
Jan Garber and his Orchestra
with Larry Bean and Jerri Ran
dolph will furnish the music for the
All-College Dance in Sbisa Hall
after the bonfire Wednesday night
from 9:30-12:30.
Garber will hold a concert in
Guion Hall at 6:15 p.m. The con
cert will be over in time for the
bonfire at 8 p.m.
The entertainers, featured on ra
dio and TV, will come to A&M from
such engagements as the Hotels
New Yorker, in New York, Edge-
water Beach in Chicago, and Roose
velt in New Orleans. They have
played in such motion pictures as
Universal Studio’s “So’s Your Un
cle,” Republic’s “Whei-e’s Elmer,”
and Columbia’s production of “Jam
Session.”
The orchestras’ “Sweet With A
Beat” music is currently being re
corded on Capitol records with a
string of credits for Black and
White, Decca, Victor and Okeh rec
ord companies to their credit.
They have a reputation in the en
tertainment world for calling the
new and popular trends in music
and have organized a zand that is
sweet and danceable.
Garber hails from Minneapolis,
Minn., where he acquired:' a local
reputation for his Sousa renditions.
His interest, however, was in base-
’55 Aggie Bonfire
May Be Televised
This year’s, bonfire may be on
television.
Humble Oil & Refining 'Co. is
planning to film the activities at
the bonfire for their television
program, “Texas In Review.”
Cameramen will arrive here Wed
nesday morning to film building
activities during the day and the
ceremony that night.
ball and he pursued the game until
he met with a broken nose. After
ward he returned to the violin with
such energy that he was soon play-
Faculty Meeting
Set This Evening
A special meeting of the fac
ulty and staff will be held at
4:30 today in Guion Hall for
the purpose of presenting the
faculty achievement awards
established by the Association
of Former Students for out
standing teaching, research by
a teacher and individual stu
dent relationship.
Dr. David H. Morgan, pres
ident of the College, has re
quested that all members of
the faculty and staff attend
this meeting. Families are in
vited and the meeting is open
to the public.
ing for the Philadelphia Symphonic
Orchestra.
When the war came along he led
a fifty-piece brass band in the
Amei’ican Expeditionary Force.
Following his discharge he organ
ized a string tino which became a
“Hotcha” band and he became
known as the originator of Hokum.
This was followed with many years
of popularity and success.
He abandoned this for the oppo
site type of music and with his
soft, sweet style he received the
title of “The Idol of the Airlanes.”
This remained his style until re
cently when Garber blended the
two varieties of music together
and came up with the Sweet with a
Beat style of entertainment.
Tickets for the dance and con
cert are on sale at Student Activi
ties Office on the second floor of
Goodwin Hall. Dance Tickets are
$2, stag or drag, and 75 cents, each
for the concert.
Sliiclenl Cri iically Hurt
In Guarding Accident
Pushes Two to Safety
Before Hit by Car
BULLETIN
Hospital authorities at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bry
an reported this morning- that James Sarran’s condition
is “still critical” and that he lias not regained conscious
ness.
James E. Sarran, sophomore from Brownsville, is re
ported in critical condition at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan
following an early morning accident yesterday.
Sarran, coffee truck attendant fpr bonfire guards, pushed
two other students to safety before being struck by an auto
mobile driven by Walter Galloway of Wellborn.
Donald L. Moore, junior accounting major from Borger,
gave his account of the accident as follows:
“The coffee truck pulled into the vicinity of our entrance
guard, just west of The Grove, and was parked on the right
^shoulder of the road while coffee was being served to those
on that particular guard post.
James Sarran
Injured in Accident
Ten A&M Students
Compose Prayer
After a month’s preparation, the
first traditional prayer for A&M
has been composed. Ten students
(all corps chaplains) worked to
gether in preparing the prayer
which will be said tonight at the
banquet. They expressed the hope
that the prayer will become tra
ditional for Thanksgiving at A&M.
The prayer is as follows:
“God of all men everywhere, we
are thankful for Your love which
penetrates all barriers. Help us
then to be the men we ought to be.
Make us deeply aware of the short
ness and uncertainty of human life.
Forgive us when we seek anything
but doing Your will. As we rea
lize our positions of leadership,
may our devotion to You be be
yond the call of duty. Teach us to
be unashamed of Your presence in
us as we stand upright before our
fellowmen, our leaders, and our
loved ones. Instill in mankind a
sense of brotherhood and a desire
for peace. Amen.”
Unusual Dry Weather Helps
Bonfire Become ‘Largest’
From the fii-st log to the last,
there’s always something for every
one to do on the world’s lar-gest
bonfire.
This year’s bonfire is now offi
cially larger than last year’s, ac
cording to Paul Holladay, head yell
leader. This is (lue mainly to the
dry weather.
According to Dr. V. A. Little, of
the Entomology Department, it’s
been a long time since a bonfire
was built in dry weather. “Seems
like it was dry once,” he said, “but
it was a long time back.”
A BIG LOAD—One of the largest trees to be hauled from the cutting area this year
was hoisted on a trailer truck by a winch truck. Six men had to stand on the front
of the truck to keep it down while the log was being loaded. Demonstrating the size
of the log is James L. Charles, standing, freshman from Sanger.
The Oceanography Department,
during the opening days of the
bonfire, predicted dry weather for
the occasion. And, things turned
out that way.
Holladay said this year’s stack
was not quite as high as it was
last year but that it was larger
around the bottom.
This is due mainly to the fact
that larger logs were gathered this
year because of the winch trucks
being used. One winch truck was
located on the drill field and one
was in the cutting area.
Trouble started Saturday morn
ing when the center pole cracked
and the pulley and rope had to be
taken down. This left only the
winch truck to stack logs, except
for smaller ones manhandled by
students.
Three trailer-trucks hauled all
day Saturday and Sunday. Even
though some students went to Aus
tin for the Fish football game,
there were more than enough fresh
men in the woods to help load
these trucks out.
Woik should be completed around
1 p.m. tomorrow, according to Gus
Mijalis, bonfire coordinator.
The center pole, which was do
nated by Dr. S. J. Buchanan of the
Civil Engineering Department, is
60 feet from the ground up and
set eight feet in the ground. Last
year’s center pole was 73 feet tall
before 15 feet was sawed off to
allow the familiar “tea house” to
be placed on top.
Weather Today
CLOUDY
Forecast for the College Station
area is cloudy to partly cloudy.
Continued warmer, with late after
noon scattered showers predicted.
Yesterday’s high was 79 degrees
and low, 69 degrees. Temperature
at 10:30 a.m. was 79 degrees.
B Field Artillery won the best
sign idea for the UT game. They
were awarded the first place prize
of $10 by Lou’s Ti-ading Post.
Guarding has been stopped on
outer areas of the campus due to
the accident which occurred yester
day morning. The only areas to
be guarded are Kyle Field, the
Bonfire itself and the dormitory
areas.
The newly formed bonfire safety
committee, headed by Ernest Bie-
hunko, Corps Operations Officer,
has helped to control accidents in
the cutting and stacking areas.
I was the last one to ar
rive at the truck and was get
ting- a paper cup while talking
to Sarran, when someone be
gan to yell. I turned to see
what was wrong when Sarran
yelled ‘look out’.
“I saw the car nearby and Sar
ran pushed me and Roy Guthrie,
freshman engineering major from
Dallas, out of the way. The car
smashed into the back of the
truck.
“The next thing I knew, San-an
was under the truck and someone
was yelling for us to get help.”
The men were standing at the
rear of the vehicle talking at the
time of the accident. Sarran was
crushed between the truck and the
car, breaking both legs below the
knees, his right arm, right pelvis
and both ankles.
Sarran underwent surgery early
yesterday. His right leg was am
putated four inches below the knee.
He also- received severe head in
juries and a brain concussion.
The side of the truck had to be
lifted to free Sarran from the
wreckage. He was carried to St.
Joseph’s Hospital in a Calloway-
Jones ambulance.
An all night prayer service was
held last night for Sarran in three
College Station churches with each
of the three basic denominations
pai’ticipating. Also last night, a
collection was started to help pay
expenses.
Because of the accident, Byron
A. Parham, head of bonfire
guards, has pulled in all the
outer-area guards on the cam
pus except for the bonfire area
and Kyle Field area.
Three units will make the
shift of the two areas. Civil
ians will be guarding with Corps
units. There will be three com
panies guarding the bonfire ar
ea, three companies guarding
Kyle Field and the rest will
guard the dormitory areas.
Second Battalian Armor will
guard tomorrow.
NOTICE
A collection is being taken up by
YMCA secretai-y J. Gordon Gay for
helping to pay hospital bills. Such
collections are also being held
among the student body, but Gay
said that anyone else, faculty mem
ber or resident of the community,
who wished to help could send mon
ey to him.
Chest Drive
Closes As
Coal Crossed
The A&M College - College-
Station Community Chest -
Red Cross went over its
$12,100 goal by at least $700,
Robert A. Houze, chairman of
the drive said today.
“The money collected and pledg
ed was $12,801, a new record for
money collected in one year by the
Chest,” said Houze. “It was also
collected in the record time of three
weeks. This is the first time in
five years that the Chest has made
its goal.”
All tw r elve of the participating
agencies will receive their promised
share, and a meeting of the full
Chest Committee will be held after
Thanksgiving to decide on the dis
position of the surplus funds.
“Money is still coming in, and
we expect to have at least $13,000
by the time of the meeting after
Thanksgiving,” Houze said.
“I attribute the success of this
year’s drive to the members of the
Chest committees and the other
workers who have given unselfish
ly of their time,” Houze concluded.
Directors To Meet
The Board of Directors of the
Texas A&M College System will
meet Wednesday morning, on the
campus of the college. Routine
business will be discussed.
NEW ARMY—The New Army method of stacking logs, with a winch truck, proved to
be a success as the world’s largest bonfire grows. The center pole cracked early Sat
urday morning, and logs had to be stacked with this truck. Another winch truck in the
cutting area loaded the largest logs onto the trucks for their haul to the drill field.