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Number 199: Volume 55
THE
BATTALION
Beat H
Outta
TU
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1956
Price Five Cents
Ags Hit Longhorn T nr key Bowl Trail
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Corps Parade Moves Up Congress Avenue Tomorrow
Fish Elections
Run-0 I f Slated
For December 5
Freshmen class officer can
didates are slated for a run
off election on Dec. 5, ac
cording 1 to W. D. (Pete) Hard
esty, organizations advisor
for Student Activities.
Run-off votes will be cast in the
east lobby of the MSC where a
voting booth will be open between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., he
said.
Out of twenty-four freshmen on
the voting list from the primary
election held Nov. 14, eight offices
will be filled.
Candidates who are high on the
roster for president of the fresh
man class are Bruce B. Johnson,
Floyd H. Christian and Charles R.
Nourie.
Don R. Burns, Ralph Peterson
and Bill D. Jobe represent the
choice for vice-president.
Running for the secretary slot
are Efrain Armendariz, Pete T.
Scamardo and Jerry Don Smith.
Thomas L. Sutherland, Norman
Dowdy and Alden J. Smith will be
on the ballot for social secretary.
For treasurer, Bobby J. New
man, Dennis Zimmerman and Jas.
H. Bingham will be in the running.
Kenneth R. Mudd, Jay P. Gatlin
and Robert G. Allen are candidates
for parliamentarian.
Sergeant-at-arms candidates are
Paul Barsotti, Jimmy Davis and
David Johnson.
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Departments
Slate Programs
For Freshmen
« All departments will hold open
house for freshmen Tuesday at
'~7:30 p.m., through a Basic Divis
ion-sponsored program, said C. H.
r Ransdell, assistant dean of the
Basic Division.
The departments, in conjunction
with their clubs, are planning
meetings and programs for fresh
men who have expressed a desire
to gain a degree in that depart
ment.
This will give, these men the op
portunity to meet professors and
upper-classmen in their major and
discuss academic problems ' with
them, Ransdell said. They will
have a chance to excite their in
terest in their major and motivate
toward a degree plan, he said.
Any freshman thinking about
changing his major is urged to
visit departments he wishes to
learn more about. He may discuss
* problems with faculty members
and make plans for changing his
major through this contact.
A TOAST FOR TEASIPS—“Beat Hell Outta tu” rises
from a near record crowd of Aggies as the efforts of 10
days of toil mushroom to tell the world that “Every Ag
gie has a burning desire to beat the Hell outta tu”. Also
consumed in the big burn was the traditional “teasip frat-'
house” with a space included for NCAA.
Bonfire Injuries
Held At Minimum
Weather Today
Injuries due to accidents hap
pening during work on the 195G
bonfire were kept at a minimum,
according to Dr. Charles R. Lyons,
administrator of the College Hos
pital.
“With the number of men work
ing considered, both in the cutting-
area and on the drill field, the
safety committee did an exception
ally good job,” Dr. Lyons said.
“There were as few injuries this
year as one could expect,” he said.
Nunfber of persons receiving
treatment at the College Hospital
totaled 106. Included wer 73 poi
son ivy infections, seven sprains,
14 minor abrasions, five cuts and
seven eye irritations due to foreign
bodies.
Only three poison ivy cases were
moderately severe. Only three cuts
required stitches.
Dr. Lyons said that added facil
ities at the hospital prompted more
men to report for treatment this
year.
He gave three suggestions of
how to hold ivy infections to a
minimum. First, more supervis
ion will be needed next year. Men
who are exceptionally allergic to
poisonous plants should be excused
from work in the woods.
Second, men should be required
to take a shower using “old yellow
laundry soap” when returning from
work.
A third precaution would be for
workers to wash their work clothes
to remove traces of plant stain
and poison before wearing them
again.
Syrian Coup Seen;
Iraq Appealed To
BEIRUT, Lebanon, (TP) — Syria
appeared last night on the brink
of dramatic events. Tension rose
rapidly between Syria and Iraq.
The feeling grew in informed
circles that some sort of coup is
imminent in Syria. The national
already is controlled in Damascus
by pro-Russian army officers led
S
PORT
L A N T
s
Partly cloudy skies are forecast,
with a cold front, accompanied by
northerly winds, expected to move
into the area about 3 this after
noon. * The temperature at 10:30
this morning was 57 degrees.
Yesterday’s high and low readings
were 59 and 35 degrees.
Kiwanis Entertain
Air Force Visitors
A near-record number of visitors
were entertained at the College
Station Kiwanis Club’s weekly
meeting in the Memorial Student
Center yesterday. Nine guests at
tended.
All committees made reports at
this monthly business meeting.
Guests included four members
of the United States Air Force.
The four attended in connection
with a nation-wide Pal Day pro
gram whereby members of the Air
Force are guests of Civic Clubs.
Attending from Bryan AFB were
1st Lt. Mike Vascov of Pittsburg,
Pa.-; T/Sgt. R. T. Moore of Broc-
ton, Mass.; A.3.C. Wayne Cole of
Balfimore, Md.; and E. B. Fritz-
kowski of Chicago, Ill.
By BARRY HART
Battalion Sports Editor
Tomorrow is the day of reckoning!
After 34 years of anguish and heartache, the Aggies find them
selves in their best position in three decades to overcome college
football’s most evil-eyed jinx. Not even Circe’s spell over Ulysses
was greater than that held by the University of Texas over A&M.
Never have the Aggies managed a victory on the turf of Memorial
Stadium and only once, in 1922, did the Cadets come home victorious
from Austin.
Tomorrow Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant’s Aggies make the same
trek to the state capitol they have made since 1894, but this one may
end differently. Favored by 18 points, A&M takes one*of its finest
football teams in history to meet one of the worst in Longhorns annals.
It’s not the first time the Aggies have been favored. In 1938 the
Steers had lost eight straight but fought off the odds-on-favorites
Aggies to win, 7-6, and in 1940 an unbeaten A&M team that won over
Fordham in the Cotton Bowl left their only defeat in the huge oval,
7-0.
Will history repeat itself? I think not. Granted that the Long
horns, with only one win on the 1956 record books, will put forth a
fi-antic effort, they won’t be able to cope with the sheer power and
determination of the Aggies. Tomorrow the Steers will be the tough
est team we’ve faced aR year, but the Cadets will come through in
true championship style.
Last year the Longhorns smashed a heavily-favored A&M team,
21-6, on Kyle Field. There were 15 seniors on that squad. A&M had
six, not one on the first two teams. The reverse is true of 1956.
Bryant’s Maroon finds 10 seniors playing important roles on the
nation’s fifth-ranked eleven. For the Steers, not a two-letterman rates
on the first two units. This is significant, for 10 of the Aggies 1 will
be playing their final collegiate game and final-game desire alone
has been known to win football games.
Desire does win a lot of games, and certainly the Texas team
will have more than their share Thursday, but even a superhuman,
over-their-heads game will not stop the bruising Aggies. There’s not
a team in the Southwest Conference, maybe in the nation, that can
match Bryant’s Max-oon in aggressiveness, speed, pursuit and that
love of bodily contact. A&M has two of the most powerful backs
in the nation in John Crow and Jack Pardee and a line that will back
down to no one.
Texas will be ready, but it takes more than “want-to” to beat
the Texas Aggies. I’ll go with A&M by 34-14.
by Col. Aboul Hamid Saraj.
Thex-e is the likelihood that those
on the losing end ax-e appealing to
neighboring Ir-aq for help against
the pro-Soviet sweep in Damascus.
Some sort of break is expected
withing a few days, either in Da
mascus or the Ii-aqi capital,
Baghdad.
Coupled with the gx-im Syxnan
situation was Jordan’s decision to
sever its ties with Britain and to
consider closer relations with Rus
sia.
Pi-emier Suleiman Nabulsi of
Jordan announced he was proceed
ing to cut his nation free from its
long alliance with Britain and to
liquidate British military bases.
The announcement to the new
Jordan Parliament raised Western
feax-s that the little kingdom was
opening the doox-s still Vider to
Soviet penetration in the Middle
East.
TU Half-time Drill
Features Entrance
Halftime at Memorial Stadium
in Austin Thursday will see the
Texas Aggie Band entering the
field with a new entrance fomna-
tion.
Moving to midfield in a forma
tion five ranks deep and almost
field wide, the Band will perform
a “serpentine” movement and
double delayed counter mai’ch sim
ultaneously.
Two sets of minstrel turns will
put the 240-piece organization
back in regular formation.
Following a counter march and
another set of monstrel turns, the
Band will spell TEXAS to both
sides of the stadium while playing
Texas Taps.”
Refoi'ming at midfield, the
Marching T” will be executed,
countermai'ched, tuxmed to the east
side of Memorial Stadium and clear
the field.
The A&M-TU game and half
time activities will be regionally
televised.
Tempers Gather
For Victory Push
By DAVE McREYNOLDS
This afternoon at 5 p.m. the last “no-cut probation”
Aggies will leave the campus headed for their bienniel trek
to Austin and this year’s Turkey Day Bowl game with the
orange-clad Texas Longhorns.
Parties, laughs and back-slapping will be the order of
business tonight in Austin. A Corps Parade is scheduled
for tomorrow morning up Congress Avenue.
In marked contrast to the previous night’s hilarity, pre
game tension will begin to rise as students and former stu
dents begin to think about this game, one that means so
much to every Aggie.
Commanding officers, guidon and color bearers are due
to report at the assembly area^ ——:—■
located along East 2nd Street
east of Congress Avenue at
8:30 a.m. All members of the
various units are to be at the
assembly ax-ea at 9 and the pai'ade
will begin at 10 a. m.
Dress for the parade will be
Class A winter unifoinn, blouse and
green overseas caps.
Making a right turn from 2nd
Street the Corps will move up Con-
gress Avenue towai'd the Capitol
Building whei’e the units will be
dismissed.
Reviewing stand will be located
at Congress and 7th Street directly
in front of the Austin Hotel.
After the parade students will
begin the dash for the noon meal
axxd Memorial Stadium, located
northeast of. .the capitol building.
At 2 p. m. television cameras will
begin grinding away capturing the
battle for the regional television
audience.
A sell-out crowd of 66,000 people
will be on hand to view the game
between the oldest rivals in the
Southwest Conference. This series
dates back to 1894 and tu holds a
41 to 16 winning edge over the
Mai-oonclads with five of the
games ending in a tie.
The only time Aggies left Me
morial Stadium with even a trace
of joy was in 1948 when an Aggie
team that had not won a game all
season tied the heavily favored
Longhoims 14-14.
President David Moi'gan has al
ready scheduled a holiday Monday
regardless of the outcome of the
game. Classes will begin Tuesday
morning at 8. Beat Hell outta'tu!
Board Accepts
Funds Totaling
$64,828.50
A total of $64,828.50 in
funds for grants - in - aid,
scholarships, fellow
ships, awards and special
gifts was accepted for various
parts of the Texas A&M College
System by the board of directors,
meeting today in Austin.
Of the total, $34,104.43 went to
A&M College for scholarships. The
Texas Agricultui'a! Experiment
Station received $15,379.85. The
remainder went to Prairie View
A&M, Tarleton State College and
the Texas Agricultural Extension
Service.
The college also received grants
amounting to $2,560 and new funds
and gifts totaling $9,556.82.
The Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station received $13,340 in
grants-in-aid, $1,257.45 in gifts
and $782 in loans of livestock and
equipment.
Prairie View A&M College re
ceived $483 for scholarships and
$155 for special awards.
265 Ask For Degree
At January Service
Two hundred and sixty five A&M
students are candidates for de
grees at the January 19 graduation.
Sixty are candidates for advanced
degrees and 205 ai’e candidates for
baccalaureate degrees, according to
H. L. Heaton, registrar.
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