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The Battalion
Number 83: Volume 54
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1955
Price Five Cents
Aggie Killed Sunday Night
Found in Wreck
Monday Morning
Official Release
AF Graduating Seniors
Will Get Commissions
LOOK AT THE BIRDIE—Chest X-rays are being given
free at the Memorial Student Center, and Jack Burch of
Beaumont is taking advantage of the chance to protect his
health. The unit will be here today through Friday, and
Monday and Tuesday of next week. Time for the X-rays
is 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., with the exception of the noon
hour. They are provided by the Texas Department of
Health.
All A&M air force ROTC sen
iors who will graduate between
May 1 and April 30 will receive
reserve commissions, according to
an announcement from the air
force.
The official release says that
the air force “will appoint as sec
ond lieutenants in the air force re
serve approximately 10,000 air
force ROTC cadets graduating
during the year May 1, 1955, to
April 30, 1956.”
Col. John A. Way, A&M PAS,
said yesterday he interprets this
to mean all A&M air ROTC sen
iors will get reserve commissions
on g-raduation this year.
Also IPs and Ill’s
The air force announcement also
said that included in the group to
be given 1’eserve commissions are
approximately 2,000 ROTC stu-
By Academic Council
Letter Regulation Passed
The Academic council yesterday
passed a college regulation pro
hibiting the wealing - on the A&M
campus of letters earned at other
schools.
The council’s action came after
letters had ' been sent to it from
the Student Senate, T association,
and the Civilian Student Council.
“It is the customary practice in
other colleges and universities,”
said President David H. Morgan.
“It is just common courtesy.” He
added that the council’s action
“just said this practice is now of
ficial.”
In a Civilian Student Council
meeting recently, Counselor Rob
ert O. Murray said such a regula
tion would probably mean a stu
dent would receive a warning for
his first offense, conduct probation
/or the second offense, and sus
pension for a third offense.
When asked about this, Morgan
said he “was not thinking of it
‘going that far (a third offense).”
“My hope is that if it is called
to the attention of a student, he
will be willing to conform” Mor
gan said-
Aecording to Morgan, the regu
lation passed by the council car
ried with it no specific form of
punishment.
In inference to the letters joint
ly prepared by the student govern
ing bodies and sent to the Aca
demic council, Morgan said, “It
shows cooperation of student or
ganizations and the administra
tion in working together for the
City Approves
Widening
Of Highway 6
The widening - of the high
way 6 inside the city limits
was approved last night by
the College Station City Coun
cil.
The action came after the coun
cil accepted a committee report on
the problem. The report had been
tabled at a recent meeting.
Councilman J. A. Orr said the
project would cost the city a max
imum of $15,000, but “certainly no
more.”
(See CITY COUNCIL, page 4)
Easter Seal Drive
Plans $1,100 Goal
The 1955 Easter Seal campaign
began yesterday with the first day
of spring and will continue until
Easter day. Goal for this year’s
drive in Brazos County is $1,100.
The campaign is sponsored by
the Texas Society of Crippled Chil
dren, and funds collected are used
to buy equipment and services for
crippled children. Eighty per cent
of the money stays in the county,
and 20 per cent of it goes to the
society’s headquarters in Dallas.
Mrs. Dwight W. Andres is chair
man for the Brazos County chap
ter of Easter seals. She sent out
last week 5,280 envelopes contain
ing 100 seals. The envelopes con
tained another envelope addressed
to Herman Krauser, who is treas
urer for the chapter. Donations
may be sent to Krauser who lives
at 200 Brook Lane in Bryan.
Taylor Riedel, principal of the
A&M Consolidated junior high
school, is president of the Brazos
County Society for Crippled Chil
dren. Luther G. Jones is director
for the Texas society.
Jones also is chairman of the
underprivileged children’s commit
tee of the College Statioft Kiwanis
club, which is sponsoring a crip
pled children’s clinic in Sbisa hall
May 2. The clinic is open to crip
pled children, and the services of
the top physical therapy and cor
rective surgeons in the state will
be available free of charge.
These doctors will prescribe treat
ment, and the funds which are col
lected by the Easter Seal campaign
will be used to provide this treat
ment.
The Texas Society of Crippled
Children is a non-profit state wide
organization of affiliated county
societies dedicated to the welfare
and development of crippled chil
dren in Texas. It is supported by
the purchase of Easter Seals, and
gifts from individuals, clubs, bus
iness firms and churches.
It provides clinics of diagnosis
and treatment for handicapped
children, and therapeutic equip
ment such as wheelchairs, braces,
crutches, as well as transporta
tion to and from the hospital for
the patients. The society also of
fers scholarships and other services
to physicians, therapists and teach
ers to pursue specialized training
to better serve the handicapped.
Installment Due
Today is the last day to pay
third installment fees at the fiscal
office. The payment is $52.30 and
covers the period through April
22. A $1 fine is assessed for each
day the payment is late.
common good of A&M.”
Other action taken by the coun
cil was described by Morgan as
“routine.”
Cold Front
Brings Quick
Degree Drop
The cold front which moved
into the College Station area
yesterday — the first day of
spring — from the Canadian
polar regions brought a drop
of 14 degrees within 45 min
utes.
Yesterday morning at 8:45
the temperatures was a pleas
ant 71, but by 9:30 it had drop
ped to 57, then to 47 and
throughout the day continued
to drop, according to the
weather observers.
By 5 p.m. yesterday the
temperature had risen to 57,
but dropped to a low of 32 by
early this morning, they said.
dents “wTio have technical and ad
ministrative type skills needed by
the air force.”
Way said he interpreted this to
mean that A&M’s Category II
(non-flying - technical) and Cate
gory III (non-flying non-technical)
students would also receive reserve
commissions.
Category I and I-A (flight and
obseiver training) seniors are re
ceiving their orders for active duty
now. Category II and III students
will probably receive their orders
within a year, the air force said.
Last year, lack of vacancies in
the active air force caused the air
force to give certificates of com
pletion, instead of reserve commis
sions, to about 4,800 air ROTC
graduates, mostly in the non-fly
ing categories.
Graduates who received these
certificates were allowed to ac
cept appointments as second lieu
tenants in the air national guard.
About 3,500 took these guard
commissions and are now being
called to active duty with the. air
force.
Auditions Planned
For Aggie Follies
Auditions for this year’s Aggie
Follies, to be called “Hullabaloo
Canek Canek,” will be held Mon
day at 7:30 p.m. in the Music hall.
The annual Mothers day show,
to be given May 6 and 7 this year,
will feature all Aggie talent.
“We can use almost anybody,”
said Charles (Chuck) Newman,
head of the Intercouncil’s Follies
committee. “Musicians, dancers,
singers, comedy acts, stage hands
-—anybody is welcome to try out.”
Newman said the show will be
an all-Aggie show, with corps stu
dents, civilian students, and Aggie
wives, but no faculty or staff
members.
“ ‘Hullabaloo Canek Canek’ will
feature scenes from the life of the
Ice Cream Vendors
Placed in Dorms
All dormitories on the campus
will have ice cream machines soon,
probably this week, said W. D.
(Pete) Hardesty, business manager
of student activities.
The machines, which will offer
two different kinds of ice cream
bars, are now in all but three of
the dormitories.
These three will get the ma
chines this week, and all wall be
put into opei'ation as soon as facil
ities for servicing them are set
up, Hardesty said.
Aggies,” he said. “You know, like
Cadet Slouch.”
The Intercouncil committee spon
sors the Aggie Follies each year
to provide the school councils with
money for operating- expenses and
scholarships.
The profits from the show are
alloted to the councils in propor
tion to the number of students
registered in each school.
Don Powell is writing the show
and will be master of ceremonies,
and C. K. Esten of the English de
partment, Aggie Playei's director,
will be advisor.
Other committee heads are Bill
Campbell, sets; Fi’ed Zerbe, lights;
Albert Cusick, music; and Connie
Eckard, props.
Etiquette Series
Set Wednesday
The Memorial Student Center’s
“Mind Your Manners” committee
will present the second of its series
on etiquette at 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day in the MSC V ballroom.
This presentation is “Table Man
ners and Food Techniques” and
will be given by Mrs. Ross Sher
wood of Bryan. The program will
have a demonstration on a buffet
dinner, formal dinner and other oc
casions arising when one is a
guest.
BIG WHEELS—The executive committee honored Charles W. Shepardson, dean of ag
riculture, with a dinner last night in the Memorial Student Center. Shepardson is
leaving the college to become a member of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.
C. Grouped around Shepardson, center, and the suitcase they gave him are, left to right,
Dean Ide P. Trotter, President David H. Morgan, Dearf John Paul Abbott, and Chan
cellor M. T. Harrington. A special guest at the dinner was Mrs. William Ferguson, Shep-
ardson’s secretary for 27 years.
By BILL FULLERTON
Battalion City Editor
Billy John Mount, 25-year-old senior accounting major
from Crystal City, was killed Sunday night when his car ran
off the road and into a deep ditch on highway 6 about one-
half mile south of College Station.
No witnesses were present at the accident, and Mount
was not found until about 6:45 Monday morning by an uni
dentified Negro who lived near the accident scene.
The man said he had heard a noise during the night, but
had not investigated because of the wet weather, assuming
that the noise had been caused by a door slamming.
Justice of the Peace H. L. Graham, who held the in
quiry, said Mount apparently had been dead since about 9 p.m.
Sunday night.
Mount had been visiting in
Bellville, and was returning
north to school when the ac
cident occurred on the rain-
and wind-swept highway. His car
left the road about 150 yards from
where he ran into the ditch.
Brazos County Sheriff J. W.
Hamilton said that Mount pi’obably
had dozed off at the wheel, since
the car had gone straight off the
road for what he called a long dis
tance before it hit the bank of the
ditch.
Mount, a Korean War veteran,
was pinned in the car. Wi*eckers
had to pull the car out of the ditch
before he could be removed. i
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mount of Crys
tal City, and a brother and a sister.
Funeral services are being ar
ranged by Calloway-Jones funeral
home. The funeral will be at 3:30
p.m. today in Edgewood cemetery
at Crystal City.
Silver taps will be held tonight
JUNIOR’S CHOICE—Miss at 10:30 ‘
Peggy Prock, above, was se
lected as junior class sweet
heart at the Junior ball Sat
urday night. Her escort
was Shannon Griggs. Miss
Prock, who is from Colum
bia, Mo., was chosen from
five finalists picked from
pictures.
SLC Rejects
Civilian Bid
For Amendment
After a heated discussion,
the Student Life committee
yesterday rejected a constitu
tional amendment which
would have permitted the
election of three SLC members by
and from the Civilian Student
Council instead of by the student
body as provided for in the pres
ent constitution.
Vote on the amendment was 11
for and 5 against but adoption of
amendments require approval of
two-thirds of the total SLC mem
bership, which was not obtained.
Jerry Ramsey gave a committee
report on a study of member
schools of the United States Na
tional Student association and the
recommendation that A&M not join
was approved.
The Civilian Student Council’s
request that regulations be chang
ed to permit civilian students to
campaign for elections in their
own dorm areas to positions on the
CSC, civilian dorm student sena
tors and the SLC was referred to
a committee for further study.
Committee members appointed
are Charles Cocanougher, Joe West,
Wallace Eversberg, Jerry Ramsey,
R. O. Murray and Pete Hardesty.
Corral Banquet
To Be Thursday
The annual Southern Methodist
university Mustang Corral banquet,
sponsored by the local SMU alum
nae, will be held at 8 p.m. Thurs
day in the Bryan Woman’s club.
Dr. Trent Root, vice-president of
SMU, will be guest speaker at the
banquet.
Seniors Get
Two Bands
For Ring Dance
The senior class last night
found that it couldn’t have the
band it had originally selected
for the Ring dance, but was
going to have two bands in
stead.
When told last week that it had
only Shep Fields and Johnny Long
to choose between, the class pick
ed Shep Fields. In the meantime,
Shep Fields had signed a contract
elsewhere, leaving only Long for
the Ring dance.
But the ring dance committee
meanwhile signed up the Quintet
Allegro to play during the ban
quet and intermisisons at the
dance. The Quintet Allegro plays
dance music and also does a com
edy number.
Roy Cline, senior class social
secretary, also announced that the
total cost for the Ring dance would
be about $9 a couple.
Broken down, the cost is as fol
lows: dance, $4; banquet, $3; pic
tures of the ring ceremony, $1
each.
The class will have about a $1,-
085 profit after the dance, he said.
The gift committee told the class
that four suggestions for a class
gift had been presented to it—
street signs for the college, an un
derground sprinkler system for
the main drill field, a scoreboard
for Kyle field, and a scholarship
fund.
The class will vote on its gift at
the next meeting.
In other action the class voted
52-44 to allow corps juniors who
are in the class of ’55 to come to
the Ring dance and wear boots.
Weather Today
CLKAR and COOL
The weather outlook for today is
continued fair and cool with an ex
pected low of 35 tonight. There
will be a slight warmup tomorrow.
Yesterday’s high was 72, low 32.
The temperature at 10:45 this
morning was 43.