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.
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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