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Number 80: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1955
Price Five Cents
Rumors Fly On Floyd’s Replacement
Former Stu< lent Named
To Take Way’s Place
Col. Honry Dittman, an A&M
farmer student of the class of ’39,
will take over as PAS here next
fall, replacing Col. John A. Way.
Dittman, who is now chief of
staff of headquarters, air ROTC,
will arrive here late in June, and
Way will leave in August, said
Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant.
Way has been selected to attend
the air force’s Industrial War col
lege, a school for training in pro
duction, supply, and air force use
of industry. Way has been PAS
here for three years.
Dittman is “very much interested
in this job as top man in A&M’s
air science department,” Davis
said.
He has attended the Asiatic
Staff Officers course at Yale uni
versity, the Air War college, and
the Manpower Management course
at George Washington university.
He is a senidr pilot.
Dittman, who was known as
“Pelly” as a student here, was a
varsity football and track letter-
man, and was co-captain of the
track team.
He was also a cadet major on
the infantry regiment staff and
president of the Tri-Cities club.
He gave his home town as Goose
Creek, La.
Davis remembered him as “a
very fine cadet officer.”
Dittman will be here March 25
and 26 for the Militai-y day activi
ties.
Col. John A. Way
To Leave A&M In August
Cooperation Asked
Zinn Issues Plea
Bennie Zinn, head of the col
lege’s Accident Prevention com
mittee, yesterday made a plea for
more cooperation in the reporting
<>f accidents and accident hazards.
“Getting reports in is our big
gest problem,” Zinn said. “We
have to know about hazards be
fore we can do anything about
them.”
Each department on the campus
has an accident prevention repre
sentative, and each of these repre
sentatives is charged with the re
sponsibility for reporting accidents
and hazards in his area.
Also, each member of the acci
dent prevention committee is to
check on a general area of the
campus, and cadet officers are to
check on their dormitory area.
When the reports of hazards are
turned in to Zinn, he compiles
them and sends them to the phy
sical plants department, the build
ings and campus utilities depart
ment, or whatever department
should handle' the corrections.
‘■The corrections are made soon
after the reports are turned in,”
Zinn said, “but we have to have
the reports. Only a small per
centage of the accidents or haz
ards are reported.”
Corps Juniors Get
Orientation Series
The first of a series of orienta
tion programs for all corps juniors
was given yesterday in Guion hall,
with the colonel of the corps and
the regimental and wing command
ers talking to the juniors on cadet
life and discipline.
The series will have three or
four sessions, said Col. Joe E. Da
vis, commandant, with talks on
leadership and other phases of mili
tary life.
The plan is being used to give
as many as possible of next year’s
seniors orientation lessons, and
will not replace the week-long pre
school orientation held for cadet
commanders each year, Davis said.
The report form given to the
department representatives t o
guide them in makwig reports con
tains a safety check list for them
to use in evaluating their depart
ments.
News
of the
World
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—The Eisenhow
er administration w r on yesterday in
its Senate fight to defeat a Dem-
oci'atic pi’oAosa! for a low-bracket
income tax cut next year. The vote
was 50 to 44 with five Democrats
joining with 45 Republicans to de
feat the tax cut. The House had
previously passed a measure giving
everybody a $20 income tax cut,
and Democrat leaders there are ex
pected to fight for their plans.
★ ★ ★
NEW YORK—The stock mar
ket made strong gains yesterday,
regaining much of Monday’s
losses, which had been the big
gest drop in a single day in five
years.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — Secretary o f
State Dulles has declared that if
President Eisenhower decides on a
defense of the Chinese offshore
islands against Communist attack,
the U. S. might use small atomic
weapons in carrying out the order.
He said that there are baby atomic
weapons which can be aimed with
great precision and which create
no dangerous radiation problems
for civilians.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON—An army of
ficer who handled the papers in
the promotion of Dr. Irving
Peress, Maj. Floyd Van Syckle
jr.. told Senate probers he over
looked information that Peress
was under security investigation.
King Cotton Named
For Ball, Pageant
Joe Bob Snodgrass has been
elected King Cotton for the 21st
annual Cotton ball and pageant to
be held in G. Rollie White coliseum
Api-il 29.
Members of his court will be
Jesse Russell, Eugene Bockholt,
Murray Milford, A1 Keith, seniors;
Bob Butchek, Holman Griffin, A1
Taylor, juniors; and Lyle Love
lace, sophomoi’e.
Bevei-ley Braley of Bryan will
assist in the selection of Queen
Cotton and her court from a group
of 32 T.S.C.W. students the last
weekend in March or the first of
April. There will be eight selected
from each class by the student
body for the king and his coui’t to
choose from. One queen and eight
duchesses will be chosen from the
group.
Basketball Coach John Floyd
Resigns Aggie Post
Combat Ball Dress
Is Battle Attire
Research Program
To Begin Soon
Two research assistants have
been named by the range and for
estry department to work on a
project in livestock and wildlife
management, according to Dr. V.
A. Young, head of the department.
The two men, Harold E. Grelen
and Morton May were named to
help in a cooperative project with
the Texas State Game and Fish
commission.
Grelen was formerly with the
Trans-Pecos Soil Conservation Dis
trict and received his degree here
in 1952.
The Aggieland orchestra, featur
ing Rocky Arnold as vocalist, will
dress in battle attire of fatigues
and helmet liners when they play
for the fourth annual Combat ball
in Sbisa hall March 25.
Admission to the dance will be
free to all members of the combat
arms, said Bill Utsman, co-chair
man of the dance.
He explained that the ball made
a profit of over $600 last year, and
the money was left in a student
activities fund for this year’s
dance.
Air force seniors with dates may
attend for a $1 contribution to the
combat aims fund.
Committee chairmen for the
dance are program publication,
Stanley Josephson; guest, Ralph
Benton; finance, Don Dowling; en
tertainment, Howard Childers; dec
oration, Bubba Keyser; tickets,
Dave Williams; publicity, Don
Shepard; orchestra. Paul Gentry.
The program committee will se
lect a gi-oup from the artillery,
armor, infantry, and engineer units
to perform for the intermission
floor show.
Military guests will dress as
prisoners of war, and civilian
guesfe as displaced persons.
Cadets will wear fatigues and
helmet liners. Their dates are to
dress as French peasants.
Utsman asked that all cadets and
guests wear the proper costume to
the ball. Those weai-ing other than
the specified array will not be ad
mitted to the dance.
Free Chest X-Rays
To Start Tuesday
Chest x-rays will be given free
Mai'ch 22 and 25 and March 28 and
29 at the Memorial Student Cen
ter. Hom*s will be 8:30 a. m.
throug'h 5:30 p.m., except for the
noon hour.
The x-ray is provided by the
Texas State Department of Health,
and local sponsors are the Brazos
County Medical society, Bryan-
Brazos . Health unit and Brazos
County Tuberculosis association.
Local expenses will be paid by
Christmas seal funds.
X-rays are now being given in
Bryan at McCulloch-Dansby com
pany. J. M. Lawrence III is gen
eral chairman for the x-ray sur
vey of the county. W. L. Pen-
berthy is chairman for College
Station, and Mrs. Walter Dela-
plane is chairman of College Sta
tion volunteer workers. Local
churches will provide workers for
each day the unit is here.
4 Several’ Prospects
Being Considered
By JERRY WIZIG
Battalion Sports Editor
Speculation today centers around the replacement of
A&M basketball coach John Floyd, who resigned yesterday,
effective Sept. 1 after five seasons here.
Paul Bryant, head football coach and athletic director,
said “several” candidates are being considered but would not
comment on them. He said the new coach would be named
“as soon as we can.”
Some informed sources believe the new coach is now close
to being hired or has already agreed to sign. An aura of
mystery surrounds his name, however.
Rumors during the basketball season stated that Johnny
Dee, coach at Alabama, Bryant’s alma mater, would come
♦here. However, guesses cen-
Juniors Choose tered around a hiKh sch ° o1
Sweetheart
Saturday Night
The junior class sweetheart
will be chosen Saturday night
at intermission of the Junior
Prom in the Memorial Student
Center.
The five finalists are Peggy
Prock of Columbia, Mo., submitted
by Shannon Griggs; Sarah Barber
of Dallas, submitted by Jack Lon-
quist; Becky Broyles of Longview,
submitted by Dick Crews; Jo Ann
Gilliland of Liberty, submitted by
Lloyd Billingsley; and Mary Kath
erine Purl of Dallas, submitted by
Wilson Hardy.
Three bands and filet mignon
will highlight the annual affair.
Ernie Martellino and his combo,
the Aggieland Combo and the Mel-
lowstones from Sam Houston State
Teachers college will play for the
ball.
One combo will be in the main
ballroom, one in the assembly room
and one on the terrace.
Guest speaker for the occasion
is A. O. Salinger, assistant south
east division sales manager for
Humble Oil and Refining company.
Short Course Set
A highway engineer’s short course
will be held here March 28 to April
1, sponsored by the civil engineer
ing department. Fred J. Benson
of the departm-ent is chairman for
the meeting which will be held in
the Memorial Student Center ball
room. Estimated attendance is
400.
License Sales
The selling of 1955 automobile
licenses in the Memorial Student
Center will be continued through
Saturday, according to Wayne
Stark, MSC director. Purchasers
should have their owner’s certifi
cate or their 1954 license papers.
4,500 Interviews
Placement Office Keeps Busy
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion Managing Editor
In the plain white building
across from the Music hall, one of
the busiest offices on the campus
plays host to hundreds of business
officials from throughout the na
tion.
In this building the oldest place
ment office in the Southwest is
continually working to get Aggies
the kind of jobs they want.
Headed by Wendell R. Horsley,
the office handles about 4,500 job
interviews each year, involving
from 200 to 300 companies. Hors
ley said that since Feb. 7 his office
has been visited by an average of
30 companies a week. Each com
pany interviewed between 12 and
20 students a day.
Demand In Electronics
“The greatest demand is in the
field of electronics,” he said, “but
most of the companies want men
with experience.” Next in line are
chemistry, physic* and accounting,
he added.
The placement office was organ
ized in 1939 as a part of the
Former Students association, and
the next year it was made a depart
ment of the college. Horsley was
MSS Two Winners
To Be Named Soon
Names of the top three winners
in the short story contest for the
MSS Two booklet will be released
soon, according to R. W. Feragen,
advisor.
A committee has already selected
the three best entries out of the
20 which were submitted, but the
50 poems received by the depart
ment are still under consideration,
Feragen said.
A $10 prize will be awarded to
the writer of the best short story
and composer of the best poem,
Feragen said.
Publication date of the booklet
is expected to be sometim* before
Mothers Day.
asked to take over the job “tem
porarily” and has served since.
He attended the University of
Denver and graduated from Color
ado A&M in 1926 with a degree in
forestry.
“When I graduated, there was
no such thing as a placement of
fice,” he said. “Today, however,
they are on the increase all the
time, and all major colleges and
universities have one.”
Summer Employment
Besides employment for gradu
ates, Horsley's office also has
listings and interviews for sum
mer employment. Last year, his
office placed about 300 students in
summer jobs.
Horsley said that many times
the high executives of the com
panies come down to do the inter
viewing. And, many former stu
dents are among the interviewers,
he said.
“Companies are beginning to re
alize it’s the people in their organ
ization that make the difference.
They have to have smart, intelli
gent folks,” Horsley said.
Judging from the placement of
fice’s phone bill for last month, it
must be a big business. The bill
was $105.
Listings for job interviews are
departmental bulletin boards, in
The Battalion’s “Job Calls” column,
and over radio station WTAW.
The office has a 43-page booklet
explaining the procedures for in
terviews and what students should
know r beforehand.
The title of the pamphlet, aptly
enough, is “The Senior Sells Him
self.”
Weather Today
The weather outlook for today
is continued cloudy with light
rains, clearing in the afternoon.
The temperature will be cooler to
day and tomorrow.
Yesterday’s high was 78, the
low was 69. The temperature at
10:15 this morning was 57.
coach from Lexington, Ky.,
home of the University of
Kentucky, where Bryant
formerly coached.
In announcing Floyd’s resigna
tion yesterday afternoon, Bryant
said, “Coach Floyd is a fine per
son, capable coach, and A&M col
lege is grateful for his services
and loyalty during his stay here.”
Contacted by The Battalion,
Floyd said, “No, I don’t have any
thing else to say. They didn’t
publish my resignation.” Floyd,
who worked on a year-to-year ba
sis, said he took it to Bryant about
2 p.m. yesterday. “I have been
contemplating this ever since we
quit basketball this season.”
“Impossible Task”
Floyd’s resignation read, in part,
“My resignation is being based on
my inability to accomplish an im
possible task. Others before me
have reached this conclusion and
in joining them I wish the ath
letic department my very best.”
That will be my reply to anyone
that asks me, Floyd said, declining
to spell out what he meant by
“impossible task.” “I’m just do
ing what I think is best for every
one concerned,” he said.
Floyd and his wife Betty left
College Station this morning to
visit relatives and were to return
Monday. “I have spent little
time, in fact none, looking for an
other job,” he said. “I have noth
ing in mind right now. I’m not
too worried about finding another
job—maybe I should be, but I’m
not.”
Was there any pi’essure on him
to resign ? “None,” Floyd replied.
“I haven’t heard any from anyone
—none of them said anything to
me.” He said he didn’t know who
would replace him.
Tied First Season
John DeWitt, Floyd’s assistant
last season, now is playing pro
fessional baseball for Harlingen.
Whether or not he returns next
season presumably will be up to
the new coach.
In the 1950-51 season, Floyd's
first year here, A&M, sparked by
Buddy Davis and Jewell McDowell,
tied for the Southwest conference
title with Texas and Texas Christ
ian. It was the first time since
1923 the Aggies won or shared the
crown.
In the next three seasons, how
ever, the Cadets won 17 and lost
50, failing to come up with top-
notch material. Last season they
won four and lost 20, and were 1-11
in conference play.
Stephenson's Book
Used by 9 Schools
Henson K. Stephenson, research
engineer in charge of the Texas
Engineering Experiment station’s
structural research laboratory, has
been notified by the D. Van
Nostrand Company, Inc., that the
book he wrote with the late A. A.
Jakkula, is now a text on nine col
lege campuses.
The book, “Fundamentals of
Structural Analysis”, is now be
ing used at Baltimore Junior col
lege, University of Illinois, Mar
quette university. University of
Missouri, Missouri School of Mines,
New England college, San Fran
cisco State college, Texas Western
college and the University of Ver
mont.