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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1957)
Into No. 2 vinir Behind Oklahoma Hagler Sets Record —Battalion Staff Photo Cadet Colonel Jon Hagler here is in the midst of giving his 39-second traditional kiss to Nancy Norton, new Aggie Sweetheart, during halftime activities at the TCU game Saturday. Looking on with a stopwatch and bouquet is Bob Surovik, president of the Student Senate. Cadets Near Top As Others Falter By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Texas Aggies, although they barely squeaked past Texas Christian, yesterday moved into second ranking, right behind Oklahoma, in the weekly Associated Press ranking of football teams. The football experts thus moved A&M up from third place last week. Texas, after its 17-0 defeat of favored Arkansas, broke into the top 20 in the poll, capturing 19th place. Rice, another Southwest conference power, took a big leap from a tie with Army and Washington State for 20th place last week, to undisputed 13th place. Rice edged by Southern Methodist Saturday, 27-2L Arkansas, going like a house afire until Texas burned it down, dropped out of the top 20. Last week it was in 10th place. The experts, who last week voted Michigan State into the top collegiate ranking, reversed their opinion and put Oklahoma back on top and the upset-victim Spartans down in eighth place. Michigan State was one of four teams knocked out of a high ranking in the Associated Press weekly poll of sports writers and broadcasters after last Saturday’s series of u p s e ts. Minnesota dropped from fourth place too 14th while Oregon State and Arkansas, ranked seventh and 10th a week ago, dropped clear out of sight. Oklahoma, winning its 44th consecutive game at the ex pense of hapless Kansa, 47-0, returned to the top position it had held all season and most of last year, by a landslide vote. The Sooners drew top place on the ballots of 89 of the 148 experts who voted and polled 1,365 points on the basis of 10 for each first, nine for second, etc. Texas A&M, moving up from third to second, received five first place votes but collected 1,108 points on a strong showing for second and third. The Aggies had to work hard to stay undefeated, beating Texas Christian 7-0. Iowa, 21-7 winner over previously undefeated Wisconsin, leapfrogged over. Duke into third place. (See SATURDAY, Page 3) ™ BATTALION Number 35: Volume 57 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1957 Price Five Cents TCU Dean Promises True Story About Brawling Corps Trip Weekend Jiy JOE BUSER Texas Christian University’s Dean of Students notifed Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins yesterday that he had prepared a release for radio broadcast that would clear up the nusunderstanding that Aggies started the brawl on the TCU cam pus this weekend. Wilkins talked at some length to the Dean yesterday by telephone and expressed the Aggies “un happiness” over the weekend’s activities and the unfavorable publicity carried in several state papers. The official said the TCU Stu dent Congress had been working on the problem, names of per sons involved had been taken and “definite disciplinary action” would be taken against them. Ray Bowen, deputy Corps com mander, also talked by telephone last night to George Depee, presi dent of the TCU Student Congi’ess. “Depee impressed me and seemed to be anxious to do the right thing,” Bowen said. Depee asked if all the property which is recovered could be brought to A&M by a committee of TCU students, in lieu of mailing it. He also asked that he might write a letter to each company and squad ron commander and/or an open let ter to the student body in the Battalion. The dean promised reimburse ment of all property stolen or des troyed as soon as a complete esti mate could be taken. Despite bloody accounts of the fights that appeared in the state papers, only six or seven Ags were seriously injured in the Corps trip encounters, Corps Commander Jon Hagler estimated. Dr. Charles Lyons, hospital sup erintendent, commented: no one is hospitalized here from injuries sus tained in Fort Worth. “We have seen some evidences of fights—black eyes, bloody noses and assorted teeth injuries, but no one was seriously injured.” Student opinion on the serious ness of the injuries both to stu dents and to A&M’s reputation varied on the campus yesterday, however. 11 TCU Majorettes Whoop It Up A half-dozen stories as to the origin of the fights circulated around the campus as well as varied estimates on the number of Frogs which pounced on Aggies. Several stories of last ditch de fense by the “lost battalion” which retreated only in the face of un- suimountable odds also buzzed in classrooms and dorms. Outcome of the skirmishes this weekend really needed no discus sion: puffy eyes and bi-uises pretty well told the tale. —Battalion Staff Photo by Francis Nivera The Final Analysis: Only the Score Counts Bobby Marks leaps into the air using two hands and a leg, and hauls in Roddy Osborne’s pressurized pass with 9:42 remaining in the first quarter for the only touchdown scored in Saturday’s rugged encounter with TCU. A&M won 7-0, losing only the battle of statistics but this was rugged football and coming close doesn’t count. That’s TOU quarterback Dick Finney (40) coming into the end zone with an unidentified Aggie behind him. Charley Krue ger (78) is farther downfield behind the official. Ann Cleland Wins FFA Sweetheart Gen. Taylor to Visit For Military Day Ann Cleland was elected Consol idated High School FFA sweet heart Friday afternoon at 3:30 as a runoff election for the title clos ed. After the penny votes were counted and stacked, Miss Cleland’s total was almost $5 more than Pat Jackson, her opponent. Miss Cle land is a senior and Miss Jackson a junior. . The run-off opponents received the same number of votes in the first election which ended Oct. 11. Freshman and sophomore candi dates were eliminated in this con test. The entire student body took part in the voting by dropping pennies in boxes labeled with the candidates’ names. The boxes were placed at various places around CHS, with each penny dropped into them counting one vote. The FFA chapter decided to let the entire student body take part in the election since the sweetheart will represent the. school as a whole in all FFA activities. In past years, only chapter members have taken part in the election. A can didate from each class in the high school was elected by the chapter and placed before the student body for their vote. Miss Cleland will compete in the District I contest next . April in Lexington, and if selected winner of district, will be an entry in the Area II meeting in May, at Blynn Junior College. Should Miss Cleland also win the area contest, she will be eligible to enter the state competition next July in San Antonio. The Corps of Cadets will march in full review on Annual Fall Mil itary Day, Nov. 9, before Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, United States Army Chief of Staff, in addition to thousands of guests and visi tors. The review will begin at 1:30 on the main drill field. President and Mrs. M. T. Har rington will host a dinner for Tay lor Nov. 8 at 6:30 at their home on the campus. A tour of the campus from 9:30- 10:30 a.m. will start the general’s formal visit to the campus. At 10:35 a stag coffee will be held in the Memorial Student Center. Cadet Colonel of the Corps Jon L. Hagler and his staff will enter tain Taylor for lunch at Duncan Dining Hall. Following the re view, President and Mrs. Harring ton will hold a reception in the MSC Ball Room from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. for Taylor. Saturday at 5:30 Colonel and Mrs. Joe Davis will honor Taylor with a buffet supper in the MSC Birch Room. Concluding the day for Taylor will be a review of the Corps as it marches into the SMU football game at 6:45 and as an honolf guest during the game. A 1922 graduate of West Point, Taylor was born in Keytesville, Mo. Upon graduation from West Point, he ranked fourth in his class, Taylor was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engi neers. Taylor’s first rank promotion came Feb. 2, 1927, and his last, to general, was June 23, 1957. On Nov. 20, 1954, Taylor was placed ■ in command of all ground .forces in Japan, Okinawa and Ko rea when he took command of the combined staffs of the U. S. Army forces, Far East and Eighth U. S. Army. Taylor was named commander- in-chief of both the Far East Com mand and the United Nations Com mand April 1, 1955, and on June 30, 1955, he became chief of staff. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor to review Corps on Fall Military Day