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Number 14: Volume 51
The BattalionPUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1950
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Price Five Cents
Senate and Life Committee Election Scheduled Tonight
By DEAN REED
Ballots will be distributed to- 1 night at 7 for the general fall
elections, in which 35 Student Senate members and three Student Life committeemen will be chosen.
The Student Senate is A&M’s representative governing body, while the Student Life Committee ranks just above the Senate as a liaison between the student body and the Academic Council, composed of the faculty of the college.
Corps students will elect one senator from their respective dorms and will vote on seven senators-at- large. Civilians will cast their ballots for a senator from their own dormitory or housing area, will vote in the at-large race, and will also elect the three members of Student Life.
For Non-Regs OnlyOnly civilian students are allow
ed to run for the Student Life jobs, and only civilian students will vote on these positions, according to Bill Moss, co-chairman of the election committee.
Ballots in Corps dormitories will be passed out by company commanders, or their representatives, and will be collected by 10 p. m. Votes will be turned over to ranking cadet officers in each dormitory, who will see that they are abulated in the presence of a majority of candidates from that dormitory.
The ranking -officer will count only votes for his dorm’s Senate position—not for senators-at-large, Moss said.
CD’s Get Ballots Company commanders in the up
perclassman area, including Hart Hall, will pick up ballots in the lounge of Dormitory 10 immediately after the evening meal. Tabulations, plus the ballots, will be turned in by the ranking officers in this area to the cadet guard- room in Dorm 12.
In the freshman area—Dorms 14 through 17 and Walton Hall—commanders will receive their ballots from the Walton lounge before 7 p. m. The ranking officers will return the tabulated ballots there by 11.
The election committee will count all ballots to decire winners in the senator-at-large race, in which seven positions are open.
Housemasters in Charge Housemasters of the civilian
dormitories—Law, Puryear, Mitchell, Leggett, Milner, and Bizzell Halls—'Will receive ballots from their respective counsellors by 4 p. m. today. Members of the election committee will pick up the tabulated votes by 11.
All ballots should be collected by the ranking officer or housemaster by 10, in order that they may be counted and turned over to the election committee by 11, Moss said.
Arrangements have also been made for distribution of ballots in the three housing areas—College View, Vet Village, and Trailer-Project Houses. r
The official ballot in today’s. Battalion is to be used only by civilian day students, Bill Moss, co-chairman of the election committee, said this morning.
Housing areas will be supplied with mimeographed ballots, as will the battalion of day student cadets.
Moss asked that all civilian day students turn in their ballots to the Student Activities Office, Goodwin Hall, before noon Tuesday.
The election committee also requested that today’s ballot be used rather than the one printed in Friday’s Battalion, since Student Life candidate Joe Fuller was omitted.
Below is a list of candidates to be voted on tonight:
Student Life Committee(Three to be chosen)
Abernathy, Sid B.Barnwell, Milton L.Fuller, Joe Etheridge, James B.Martin, Jim Mullinix, Ted L.Nance, Roy D.Pitzer, Ernest T. Jr.Tweed, Earl E.Williams, Ray N.
Senator-at-large(Seven to be chosen)
Adkins, William G.Barnes, W. D.Brown, Ferris R.Carlson, Eric W.Edwards, Curtis Estep, Forrest L. Jr.Johnson, Joe L.Kernes, Floyd E.MdAllister, E. Braden McFall, John R.Martinez, Thomas Matthews, Robert S.Mills, Robert G.Oliver, Wade H.Raley, Jackson L.Reed, Dean
Roberts, Edward E.Rollins, A1 Sherman, Earl D.Walston, Dale E.Wiggins, Ken
Dorm 1 Brabham, Bill
Dorm 2
Dorm 3Napp, Don Grant, Kenneth Cornish, William R.
Dorm 4No eligible candidates.
Dorm 5 Ruble, Charles R.Elliott, Richard M. (Dick)
Dorm 6Davis, Daniel W.
Dorm 7Martin, Robert E. (Bob) Rucks, James H. Flukinger, Thomas E. Mdver, Jes D.
Dorm 8Boddeker, E. W. (Bill) Rogers, Donald L. Schechter, Adolpho S. Kadel, Jim McNeill, Charles
Dorm 9Tanner, Jack A. Frederick. A. W. (Fred) Gorman, Ralph
Dorm 10 Killingstad, Hans R. Kunze, Raymond T.
Dorm 11Goodwin, Richard L.Jack, Robert W.
Dorm 12Fontaine, Thomas M. Miller, J. S.Kells, Edward Lee Stuntz, John E.Oglesby, John M.
Hart Hall Ellis, Ralph Sandlin, Roy E. Jr.
Walton Hall Alexander, Joe R.Meyers, Karl F.Bernard, E. R.
Dorm 14 Germond, George F.
Dorm 15 Ray, C. L. Jr.Griffin, Doyle R.
Dorm 16 Poynor, John Tom
Dorm 17 Manjeot, Lloyd H.
Law HallCarson M. C. (Pete) Jr. Onstatt, Jimmy
Puryear Hall Davis, Bill Fineg, Jerry Garrison, W. G.
Mitchell Hall Allen, Jr. R.Ellsworth, Bill R.
Legget Hall Brunson, Nolan H.Thomas, Charles W. Jr.
Milner Hall Montgomery, I. E. Jr.
Bizzell Hall Gibson, Alfred R.
College View Beazley, Donald R.Brown, George M.Flanagan, Donald A.Jenkins, Hayden L.Weddell, L. B.Trailer Area-Project Houses Jewell, Thomas C. Jr.
Vet Village Campbell, Billy A.Piggott, Martin B.Prather, Charles Sky-Eagle, William A.
Day Students (Two will be chosen)
Johnson, Howell Moss, Bill Stevens, Wesley Webb, John O.Young, George D.
Aggies After 3rd Straight, OU 23rd: Ags Defeat Tech
OU Scouts Claim CadetsBetterTeamBy FRANK N. MANITZAS
Two teams will be battling it out next Saturday at Norman, Okla., for the right of extending their winning streaks another game. A&M will be looking for its third straight win, while the Oklahoma Sooners will be aiming for their 23rd.
Speeches, Parade High Ugh t Birthday
Autrey Frederick“Fred” Frederick is senior member of this year’s Battalion advertising staff. A senior business major, he has been selling Battalion advertising since his sophomore year and last year received a student publication’s award for an outstanding sales job in 1949-50.
Administration Build’g Contract Let By Board
Sturdivant, Robert L.
The A&M Board of Directors, meeting in San Antonio Saturday, gave the go-ahead for construction of a new Administration Building- on the campus.
Appropriations for new construction throughout the A&M Systdm totaled $600,555. An additional $150,000 will go for new equipment. The Board also accepted gifts, grant-in-aid, scholarships* and fellowships totaling $172,270.
The contract for the College Administration Building went to the Fisher Construction Company of Houston. It totaled $216,330.93. The Board appropriated $475,055 for the contract plus cost of supervision and contingencies.
Water ContractAnother contract, totaling $216,-
330.93 was awarded the E. E. Farrow Company of Dallas for the construction of two water supply pump stations and two steel reservoirs. The Board also set aside $83,000 to complete the $708,000 supply system for the college.
Contracts on three recently completed projects were accepted.
The I. J. Parks Construction Company of Austin got one of these, $60,735 for construction of a milking unit building at the new Dairy Cattle Center.
The chancellor was authorized to accept contracts and pay final
Stone to Address Art Committee
Seymour Stone, famous portrait painter, will be guest speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Gallery Committee of the Art Club, sponsored by the Memorial Student Center.
The meeting will begin at 7:15 in the Art Room on the third floor of the MSC. A short business meeting will precede artist Stone’s talk, according to committee chairman Jimmie Williams.
amounts due when the construction, A sum of $6,500 from the Special covered by four contracts of the Improvements Account was allotedBiological Sciences building is fully completed. This totals $559,481.
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist received confirmation of his award of the following contracts: Brazos Construction Company, Marlin, $10,179 for storm and sanitary sewers; C. L. Andrews of Bryan, $78,313.55 for concrete street paving and sidewalks; Houston Show Case and Manufacturing Company of Houston for $27,742 for gift shop fixtures and miscellaneous counters and booths for the MSC; and James C. Edwards of Dallas, $5,415.92 for barber shop equipment for the MSC.
Greenhouse ConstructionAn appropriation of $25,000 from
proceeds of the Permanent University Fund Bonds was alloted for a greenhouse for the Horticulture Department and authorization of plans and construction. The greenhouse will be built on the horticulture farmland.
Special SP Train Set for Oklahoma
A special train is scheduled to leave College Station at 8 p.m. Friday for the A&M-OU football game in Norman, Okla.
Students wishing to attend the game can purchase round- trip tickets at Student Activities Office in Goodwin Hall for $9. Tickets purchased at the train station will cost $10.35.
The train is scheduled to arrive in Norman at 7 a.m. Saturday and will leave at 1 a.m. Sunday. It will arrive in Dallas at 7 a.m. and will remain there until 4:30 p.m. so students can attend the State Fair. It will arrive back in College Station at 8 p.m. Sunday.
to installation of street lights in the block occupied by the Memorial Student Center.
The Board also gave $5,000 to the 75th Anniversary Fund to be used in conjunction with the various events and celebrations scheduled in the next few months.
In other parts of the A&M System, Arlington State College received $70,000 for equipment for its newly completed $350,000 Engineering Building. Contracts totaling $333,04 on the building were accepted. An $8,000 appropriation was made toward construction of an implement building on the East Farm.
Tarleton Ag BuildingTarleton State College received
$25,000 for equipment for its near- (See SCHOLARSHIPS, Page 4)
J. J. Sperry Child Stricken by Polio
By JERRY ZUBERGovernor Allan Shivers will de
liver teh main address at the 75th Anniversary Day program on Kyle Field Wednesday morning, Oct. 4. Activities get underway at 10:30 with a Corps parade, followed by an exchange of greetings from the Former Students Association, A. E. Carraway, ’34; the student body, A. D. Martin, ’50; and the faculty, Ernest Langford, ’13.
Response to the Governor’s address will be given by John Newton, ’12, vice-president of the A&M Board of Directors and chairman of the 75th Anniversary Committee. M. T. Harrington will preside over the program.
Free picnic lunch will be served outside the stadium immediately following the morning program, according to J. J. Woolket, executive director of the 75th Anniversary Committee.
A special luncheon for visiting dignitaries is tentatively scheduled for 12:30 in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Also in the MSC will be a historical display depicting 75 years of A&M progress. The display wil be in rooms 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D, according to Hal Moseley, of the Architect Department, who is handling the exhibit.
Classes will be from 9:40 a.m.
Garter Snake Cages Gorilla
Chicago, Oct. 2 —UP)— Bushman, the Chicago’s famous gorilla, escaped from his cage at the Lincoln Park Zoo yesterday but keepers prevented him from gaining access to the park grounds.
For more than two hours, the huge, fierce 550-pound ape roamed through the b i g monkey house while keepers sought to coax him back into his cage. They finally succeeded, with the aid of a two foot gaiter snake!
A dozen policemen armed with rifles and shotguns stood guardKathleen Sperry, three year old
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Sperry inside and outside the building.of College Station was taken to Providence Hospital in Waco Friday with an attack of polio. Dr. Sperry is an instructor in the Biology Department at A&M.
The child was taken to a local hospital Friday morning for treatment of a throat ailment. There the case was diagnosed as probable polio an the Sperrys left for Waco, where the diagnosis was confirmed.
Definite improvement was reported early Saturday night, and Kathleen was said to be breathing and sleeping almost normally.
Dr. and Mrs. Sperry have two older daughters and a son younger than Kathleen. They plan to remain in Waco until the early part of this week.
Edgar Robinson, Bushman’s keeper, was bitten on the right forearm during attempts to return the ape to confinement.
How the gorilla got out of his cage was not immediately determined. A keeper found the door of Bushman’s cage open and sounded an alarm.
Efforts to frighten the gorilla back into his cage with two small alligators proved futile.
Finally, Robinson sent for a two foot garter snake. Using a long pole, the wriggling snake was pushed toward Bushman.
At the sight of the tiny snake the burly gorilla let out a frightened roar and dashed into his cage. Attendants shot the bolt and secured it with a padlock.
until 1 p.m. and all offices will be closed at thatt ime so that all faculty members, students, and college employees desiring to attend the program may do so.
A 75th Anniversary Handbook wil be distributed to visitors Wednesday. The booklet relates the history of A&M and lists the varied service program carried on by the A&M Extension Service, the newly organized A&M System and its operation is explained and discussed.
Tours of class rooms will begin at 1 p.m. to give campus visitors a close-up view of the academic side of college life. A president’s reception will be held in the MSC beginning at 4 p.m. to close out the day.
An Anniversary Jamboree birthday party will be presented in Guion Hall at 7:30 p.m., under direction of Bill Turner, director of musical activities. There will be no admission charge for the show.
Campus Clubs Given Meeting Space in MSC
Request for meeting rooms for a regular time and day have been granted for campus clubs in the Memorial Student Center, Miss BettyBolander, assistant social director, has announced.
Monday nights—Vet. Wives ’54, Vet Wives ’53, Pre-Law Society and Camera Club.
Tuesday nights—Landscape Art, Range and Forestry Club, Society of Automotive Engineers, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Agronomy Society, Poultry Science Club, Rural Sociology, American Chemical Society' Ag Economics Club, Business Society, Midland Odessh Club, Kream and Kow Klub, and Society for Advancement of Management.
Wednesday night — Agriculture Council, Vet. Med ’51 Wives, Jr. Chapter A.V.M.A. Auxiliary, Architectural Wives, Aggie Discussion and Debate Club and Hillel Foundation.
Thursday night—Student Senate Lavaca Club, Four States Club, Robertson County Club, Ft. Worth Club, Pasadena Club, Amarillo Club, Trans Pecos Club, Rio Grande Valley Club, Bastrop-Lee Club' Wichita Falls Club, Corpus Chris- ti Club, Abilene Club, Collins County Club,, Economics Club, and Vet Wives Bridge Club.
A representative from each of the groups listed above should stop in the Front Office today or tomorrow to pick up specific date, rooms and times from Miss Bolander.
Head Football Coach Harry Stiteler was well pleased with the performance of the Cadet eleven Saturday night against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. A&M defeated Tech, 34-13.
On the other side, OU scouts who saw the game in Ala- •fmo Stadium at San Antonio,
I claimed that the Aggies would be ' successful this coming season against the Sooners, last year having played Oklahoma a 13-33 ball game.
With the loss of ten top letter- men from their past Sugar Bowl Championship team' Oklahoma didn’t seem weak Saturday, trouncing Boston College 28-0. Of course, the win wasn’t as convincing as the 46-0 shellacking which the Sooners handed Boston last year, but it shows that the Red and White isn’t lacking in scoring power.
OU Scores EarlyOU marched 53 and 41 yards for
TDs in the first two periods, then struck through the air for a third counter before calling it a day cashing in on a third period Boston fumble. Fullback Leon Heath, Oklahoma’s All-America candidate and only returning regular from last year, seldom carried the ball.
In Alamo Stadium 24,000 football fans saw the Aggies rip across the ground for 224 yards and fly through air for 85 to defeat the Raiders- who in the last quarter were in a word—exhausted. Hard running by Bruisin’ Bob Smith on a pitch out play seemed to work miracles and 'ran the Tech defense ragged as Smith gained 147 yards ifi 27 carries and also scored three touchdowns to continue to lead the conference.
But the real star in the fray could have easily been Quarterback Delmar Sikes, who after three years on the bench, has for two consecutive games led the Cadets to triumph. Sikes is the only A&M quarterback in the last three years to have really had possession of a winning Aggie club.
Farmer Team ToughAt the present time, the Farmer
eleven is a rough, tough team which can and will beat other teams mainly because of its hard charging backs and powerful line. If the Aggies should develop a quick know how with all their other advantages, many an Aggie dream could be complete.
Both teams started off fumbling at the beginning, but the Cadets scored first in the initial period with a touchdown pass from Sikes to Andy Hillhouse, climaxing A &M’s seven play drive which consumed 69 yards.
Darrow Hooper
Hooper, who in reality is a quarterback, is now leading the SWC in PAT completions. The man with the educated toe has successfully kicked 10 of 12 tries for a .834 average.
Camera Clubmen To Hear Smith
“Special Effects for Advertising Agencies” will be the topic of Zevell Smith, San Antonio portrait and commercial photographer, at the Camera Club meeting tonight at 7:30 in room 3-B of the MSC.
Smith, a member of three professional photographers associations is> considered the best photographer in San Antonio, according to Thomas E. Harding, president of the Camera Club.
“Mr. Smith has the largest and best equipped studio in San Antonio and does all the advertising photographs for the advertising- agencies in that city,” Harding added.
The speaker will be a guest of the Memorial Student Center.
journalism Majors To Organize Club
Journalism majors and persons interested in journalism will meet Tuesday after yell practice in the Journalism building, formerly the Kelly House, to organize a club.
Officers will be elected and a program for the year outlined. Refreshments will be served.
Parachutes Needed by Press Box Occupants . .
68,000 Witness Houston Stadium OpenerBy HERMAN C. GOLLOB Batt Special Correspondent
Heaven knows we hate tattletales, but we just can’t pass up this chance to squeal on what those Rice Owls did to the Santa Clara Broncs Saturday night at the spanking new Houston Stadium.
Before 68,000 bi-pardisan ofician- adas, quarterback Vernon Glass passed the Feathered Flock to a 27-7 win over the dogged West Coast Equines, who never knew they were beat.
All Rice’s tallies came as the result of Glass’ bulls-eye pitches— two to Billy Burkhalter and one apiece to Bill Howton and George Glauser.
Defensively, the Owls line play
ed its usual namby-pamby game drumming up business for truss companies and leaving their opponents painfully writhing on the field.But the game was anti-climacti-
cal, being overshadowed by the uninhibited festivities which heralded the opening of the new stadium, and by the awesome spectacle of the cavernous double deck structure itself.
Saturday morning 75,000 football feverish Houstonians lined the downtown streets to watch an hour- long parade which keynoted the Houston Stadium opening celebration.
With a cute little girl coughing down our neck, a sweet old lady elbowing her way ahead of
us, and pick-pocket rummaging around in our hip-pocket, we watched the procession of 33 high school bands, eight drill units, and 12 Rice Institute floats.
Also appearing in the parade was Patti Page, nationally famous thrush, now singing at Houston’s Shamrock, whom the Rice Student body elected sweetheart of Houston Stadium.
Early that afternoon we dropped in on Sandy-Haired Bill Whitmore, Rice sports news director, to pick up our Press Box pass.
Three hours later—5 p.m.—we were at the mammoth stadium, gazing from the botom at the towering press box and wishing that Whitmore had included a para
chute with the pass.On our way up we met Glenn
Ford and Valli, (The White Tower), who had given up the foolish climb. They advised us to follow suit, but our spasms of fool-hardiness, we ignored them. A flurry of snow and a St. Bernard greeted us at the top.Taking our seat in the press box
we opened our program to the section concerning the new stadium to see if our estimate concurred with that of the author. Luckily it did, so we’l quote from the program: “ . . . stadium built in ten months . . . stands slant at a concave angle, providing a greatly improved direct line of vision of the playing field . . . elimination of a track puts spectators right on top
of the field of action. . .. . . Triple deck press box serves
300 newsmen, broadcasters, and photographers. First deck is the radio level, second deck is press row and the top deck is for photographers and newsreel cameramen.”
We glanced up from our program and noticed the old Rice Stadium standing disconsolately in the background, much the same as a ten-year-old kid who watches his parents neglect him and fawn over his new little brother.
By 6:45 p.m. both the stadium and press box were at least three- fourths full. Earlier Houston high school bands had marched into the north end zone, turning that sec
tion of the stadium into a kaleidoscope with their multi-colored uniforms.
High school drill teams began their pre-game field activities soon after 7 p.m., and their fast-stepping, intricate maneuvers elicited, robust ovations from the crowd.
Next, Patti Page, whom one would think has consecrated herself to Rice, minced out to the 50 yard line and accompanied by a 4 piece combo, sang “I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine,” and “Back in Your Own Back Yard.”After Miss Page had left the
field, an announcement was made concerning Baylor’s afternoon rout of the University of Houston. The
(See STADIUM, Page 4)
Gridiron Sketch A&M First Downs19 First Downs224 Net Yards Rushing81 Net Yards Passing16 Passes Attempted7 Passes Completed0 Passes Intercepted By6 No. of Punts39.3 Avg. for Punts2 Fumbles, Losing the Ball31 Yards Penalized
Tech15
21756167 08
26.33
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Smith ignited the attack with an 18-yard sprint around right end on the familiar pitchout play which was used numerous times. The next two plays were Smith again- first going through left tackle for three, then back around right end for 24 yards and a first down to Tech’s 21.
Gallopin’ Glenn Lippman, the third ranking rusher in the SWC, gained three yards through right tackle, and Smith went around left end for eight yards and another first down. Smith tried right tackle but with no results, then Sikes whipped out an eight yard pass to Hillhouse in the end zone for the Cadet's first counter.
D a r r o w Hooper successfully kicked his first of four conversions.
No Time Wasted Tech wasted little time as they
took Hooper’s kickoff and returned same to their 20, from where they went the rest of the way in 10 plays, gaining five first downs along the way. It was Dick Jack- sion and Tim Hatch, alternating most of the way, and the scoring blow came with an eight yard pass from Pete Edwards to Jackson in the end zone. Hatch clicked with his first PAT boot.
A Tech fumble on their own 47, recovered by Aggie Alvin Langford set up the second A&M TD. Smith again was like a tank on the ground, as he gained 38 of the 47 yards. A ten-yard pass to Hillhouse accounted for the other yardage and the final run for the score came about on a screen pass play, Sikes to Smith.
Tech again caught fire eating (See AGGIES WIN, Page 4)