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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1950)
•V City Of College Station Official Newspaper i- 9 . '' ' 1 -S \ • ■t r • ’ ' 1 , - . 1 * 1 7 ! . - .(■ _ j . ; 9 ^ , ' ' s j 7 ■ / i ^ ' •• / i . 4 I ' PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Nation's xop Collegiate Diily NAS 1949 Survey . Number 143 ; Volume 49 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950 J-i •lame H(k>Uh' Jiutlt 1 Im it frenhtnntt nt (lie tint* verwlty nf Hfr homt* lown Is Han Aalbnlo. Hhf. Is IIip en try nf Italiih “Rocky” Vernon, vet company cadet. Gen. Fellers Addresses Last ‘Great Issues’ Gen. Bonner Fellers will make the final Great Issues lecture Monday night, May 8, 'at 8 p., m. in the Chemistry lecture room, Dr. Gammon, chairman of the course, announced '^'he^title of his address is to be “Row to Win the Cold War.” Gen. Fellers was head . of Psy chological^ Warfare with MacAr-- thur’s Pacific Campaign. He made ''' me of the most notable contribu tions to victory by conditioning ■“the minds of the Japanese' for de feat and surrender through the /'use of radio broadcasts, leaflets, airdrop news-sheets, “fifth col- * umns”, and other devices. His concern at present is a plan fo^ winning the ‘'Cold War” with out resort to force. Besides serving with the Philip pine Army for two years, he was also on active duty in the Afri can desert campaign. , He spent eleven years in the Orient and crossed Hinfflinj twice, 5 once In 1P37 and again nfflK. For two years, (Jen. Fellers served as U, S, Observer of Op erations with the British Forces in the Middle Bast. He was award ed the Illatlngulsljed Hervlre Med al for the clarity and accuracy of Ills rapiM ts. . '' _ General Feller's lecture Is up an to the pitbllc wltluml charge, of, (l&tmniin said. - t Senate Names Two To TISA Positions Hy OK AN KKKI) „ The Hltaleat Henate Iasi olplil eleeled Allan Bolmitk and (lltanes Royalty executive vlctj-preslileid and executive secretary, respective* ty, of tile Texas liitercolleKialte ntiidents Association. Their duties will he to Imielle nil Hi'raiigeinents for the lilfil meeting of the TIHA, which Will be held here. - . e ' - Buhank, a senior geological t|n- gineering student from Oalhis, defeated Royalty, Bill Parse, iainl Dan Davis for the vice-presitjhjn- tial seat: Royalty was chosen over Parse and Davis in th^sef^nd vote. - Tv ■ k | Tessie Added A motion' by, Charles Kirkhftm tp have the TSCW College (jl<>v- Crnment Association name a stu dent there to serve as correspond ing secretary for the TISA execu tive group passed the governing body unanimously. , • j Three constitutional amendments were presented to the Senate for discussion. The amendments, alopg with one presented at the last meeting, inpU be voted upon ip; a business meeting Tuesday night. May 16. On this night the Senate will hold its end-of-the-year banquet, with the special meeting slated before the banquet. Banquet Set The banquet is set, for 6:30 p. m., with the place to be 'an nounced later. Kirkham and Glena*, Dunkle were named to plan the” banquet. •- First of the three amendments was to place auy A&M studentjvho is elected to an office in the TTSA on the Senate as a senator-'at=4drge, with the approval of the student body. - •» . It furthe r r stated that a five- man committee would be appoint- ed/from the Senate to handle \A&M'h affairs in the TISA, with any officers .from A&M in the association hecomilig conunittee meiphet'H. As the ^ situation now exists, this means that Bubujrks, Royalty, and Joe Fuller, Henate latilianientuiian wlui was elected TIHA pnrlianientarinn last month, would become seuators-at-large In next, fall's Henate, should the njnetuhnenl, pass, l,nug and heated dlncussluu fnl- lowed the presentatlou of the amendment, with tnnxt uf the up- iiuslllun Idnglug on the legality of the amendment that Is, whether nr mil the Henate had the power to name men tu three of the soiia j tuf-at-large pusitlnns, "That, two of the senator-at- large positions be filled hy classi fied juniors"—-this was the second nihendment, The presentation brought no discussion. An election commission would be established under the third amendment. Composed ' of three members of each of the four class es, six senators, and two members of th^ Student Life Committee, the 20-man group- would supervise all campus elections. The amendment also asked for a secret ballot and expressed methods of vote-collecting which would insure a completely fair and unbiased election. _. Chapel Supported Kirkham made-.a report from the committee appointed to investigate possibilities of a campds chapel service. He said that, support had bieen obtained from Dean M. T. Harrington, president-elect, on the idea, provided it would not inter fere with scheduled church services by College Station and Bryan churches. Freshman Drill Team Competes In Dallas Event The Freshman ^Exhibition Drill Team left today for Dallas , to participate in the annual Wozen- craft Memorial Competition, a competitive review for all Dallas high-school ROTC units estiblashed in memory of General A. B. Wozen- craft. At this review awards are presented to all outstanding ROTC cadets enrolled in the Dallas high schools. t ' ., The Fish-drill team, as ah added feature, will unofficially compete with exhibition drill teams repre senting SMU, Arlington State Col lege, and a special platoon com posed of students from North Dal las, Highland Park, and Sunset high schools. According to rumors SMU is out to "show up” the Fish drill team because of the excellent showing lust , year's squad made. The team, riding in busses pro vided by the Dallas A&M Club, Is scheduled, to begin competition at fiiitt) In the Dal-Hi stadium.The Dallas A#M Chib In ajsu furnish ing a dinner for the team, hut as yet the time and jilaee Is unan- mmiieed, Kusses will return Frl" day night after the nim|ietltloti lliiiiatim Aiiiieureiice Hrheiluleil Tuesility, May tt, the drill team has heeii Invited to itartielpale la the attmial Itiaislmi High Htdiiml ROTC Final Review In he held at the Houston Piddle High Helnml Htudhim. At this review, similar to the one In Djtllns, the Fresh man Drill Team will iigulu com pete unofficially with the Univer sity of Houston Cullen Rifles, pre cision drill Unit from that college. Also attending the.review will be the Fish band who wjll unofficially compete with the Lamar High School ROTC band, the only ROTC band in the city. The Houston A&M Club will furnish transportation for the hand and drill team both to Houston and back—toThe An nex. Mother’s Day Exhibition Climaxing this year’s activities for the- Fish Drill Team will be the annual exhibition before the Mother’s Day guests. Sunday May 14,, at the Annex. The team has been devising some new precision drills fgr this event , which should make for a good Show. Lost year's platoon did a breath-taking exhi bition for the parents and guests and this year’s unit is hoping to put on an even greater exhibition of precision drills. Keelan, Parse, Allen To Head Class of ’51 r'~ ’ . I \ *-A'- By JC|HN WHITMORE Dare K. Keelan was elected president of the senior class. junior class and a member Of '.-■•l.: ' V. Price: Five Cents ear of ’51 in a class meeting held last night in the Chemistry Lecture Room. , Bill Parse was elected vice-president and Dave Maines was elected secretary-treasurer. Kenneth Schaake won the race for social secretary and Gordon Edgar won the) office of historian. Bob Allen won the non-corps race for vice-pres ident. ^ Keelan collected 189 votes to top Joe Johnson in the presidential race. The 20-year-old president elect iiji from Beaumont and is a master sergeant in C Flight Air! Force. He is a member of the Ross Volunteers, the Petroleum Club, and the Student Engineer Council. Bill Parse, technical sergeant in B Engineers is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. This year Parse was vice-president] of the ' the Student Se: -i T F Ag School Names Award Winners it achilvvement in scholarship, leader ship community activities, Otto Km Imv lUfill Achievement Awards in the Hch ilivi lien lllll recognition of outstanding character, and college tind R. ze and Lytle II. Blankenship been inflected to receive the ml of Agriculture. Tlie it wo seniors will receive in- Unjl Award of Merit Uertl- tox!)’ and their nit men will he eilf on the pt'rmttncnl Award nf Merit I'laqlie in the Agl'ieultliral " illnif. , , / omberM nf tluinl , 'arully-rniiimlt* whleh MelerO’d the wlnnel'x tee Ross ,• • i Volunteers to uet-. old He i By GEORGE CHARLTONf he Rosa Volunteel-s “have their "tonight. or tonight approximately 150 white coated members’of the crack drill outfit will -dance with their dates on the concrete slab at the Grove to musical background pro vided by the Aggieland Orchestra. This, thei company’s largest social event of the year, will also in clude a banquet in Sbisa before the ball. . . In the banquet room, regimental flags will be hung around the walls, and red, white, and blue streamers will adorn tables. Guests of honor at/ the banquet will be Chancellor and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, and Mrs. F. C. Bolton, and Mrs. H. J,. Boatner, sjnd Mrs. W. T. Harrington. Dean and Mrs. W. L. Penberthy, Lt. Colonel and Mrs, J. E. :Davis, Lt. Colonel and Mrs. J. H. Kelly, and Major and Mrs. L. F. Walker. Other honor guests are Mrs. Irene Claghorn, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Dowds, Captain and Mrs. J. G. Otts/ and Sergeant and Mrs. D. V. Stroud. b ' Menu for the banquet, which begins at 7:00, has been set tentatively as steaks, green eng- Hsh peas, French fried potatoes, salad, pie, and coffee. , After celebrations Friday night, the RV’s will get underway again Saturday night at the D. 0. K. Chancellor President ’ Colonel/ ai Dean a|nd Hall in jfryan. This time, things will be more Informal. Music Will be provided by the nearest) juke box. ■ ']- i Handling all arrangements for the ball and banquet lb? Jiirj Hat- zenhuehler, executive officer of the company. Other chairman' of committees * are, Allen Eubank in charge of : banquet preparations; Ray Hengst, decorations; Jarvis Miller, guests; Bob Mitchell, pro- gram.T ■ ; , JM By Sunday morning, the "more than ever ' before” number of “white shoes, 1 ’ as they were once called, will have completed the RV Weekend. 't. ■ . j The company prides itself on being the oldest organized stu- L dent activity at A&M. The first company, which was organized in 1887, was called the Scott Volunteers in honor of Colonel T. M. Scott who was at that time business manager of the - college. Purpose and idea for forming this military organization was to band together the most military men in school into a crack drill company. And it} 1891, -the name of the company was changed to Ross Volunteers in honor of. ex-Gov- ernor Lawrence Sullivan Ross who became President- of the College atrthat time. Since ’91 the name haa been changed three times. Origin ally the plan was to change the lUDhe In honor of* each Riioet'ed- ihg! president but during H.f 1)1. Harrington’» ' administration in 1@(12 the plan was discarded, and the; .name Ross Volunteers was voted to be retained permanently. IjVhein the company was organ ized^ membership was restricted to 40 cadets chosen from the jun ior and senior classes. New mem bers were accepted into the, com pany by an election held early each year on the basis of military koil- ity and popularity. At one timO, sevejral n6n-military students tvere accented, i but in 1923 the company adopted the rule that those cadets not ! taking military science and those with less than a “B” in it were ineligible for membership. Although the rule is now that ;a inember must be a junior or' senior, an exception was made to this in 1918 and several freshmen and sophomores were taken' into the company. This wais right after the war when the two upper class enrollments were imall. First uniform of the company iyasj of white duck with gold or- nanjients and a tin helmet which was later discarded in .favor of the) lighter white caps. 1 In !l907, gray trousers, blue shirts, arid big Stetson hats were worn but, as thisl dress did not meet with favor, the! white uniform again became regulation. consist of C. D. Godbey, chair man; Dr. R. L. Hunt; Dr. H. R. Hampton; Price Hpbgood; and Dr. A. V. Moore. Kun/.e, agricultural engineering major from Giddings, is current ly news editor of The Battalion. Among elective positions held, duir ing his college career, Kun/.e Iws been a member of the Student (’oiittt'il for Agriculture, 19tH-4t»r reporter of the same council that yeiir; reporter of the Student Branrtp rif the Aiherietin Society of Agrlriillifm! Engineers, 11)49 5(1; eorrospiMiiliiig secretary of the Texas Delti) Ghapter of Tan Heta I’l, 1949 59| president nf the Ltith* eran VValtlier Club (MIssnurl Hy nunil), 1949 501 reporter mt the All College Day Committee, IDIMfi and temporary chairman uf the Agricultural HtuiUmt llminr So ciety. Illitukehslilp, a wildlife tminnge- ment major from Cnnipbellton, was state president of the Texas Collegiate Academy of Salthice, 1948- 40. Also, he has served in the capacity of vlce-chairmirn of tin* Agricultural Council, 1949-50: sec- secretary-treasurer of the Fish arid Game Chib, 1948-49; a member of the Agricultural Council for two years; the Fish and Game Club delegate to the North Amprican Wildlife Conferehee in Washington fill. J949 a member of the Depart- nlifental Building Coke Fund Coiri- niittee from 1948 to 1950; and an honorary student member of the American Ornithologist/ Union, 1949- 49. ' Among Kunzei’s competetivc ac tivities are membership in Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Scholarship Honor Society. He was selected by a faculty group to re present the Agricultural Engineer ing Department [in the organization of the Agricultural Studeht Honor Society. He was eligible ahd par ticipated ' in the freshman corps judging contest, the freshman slide rule contest, and intramural foot ball and softball. Who’s Who at A&M tops Blan kenship’s list of competitive activ ities. He is alsp a member of Phi Kappa Phi and the Scholarship Union, Blankenship is, also an ac tive" member) of the Church Bowl ing League. In 1948, he was an alternate for the Danforth Schol arship. i’ Kuhze has been active as a (See AG AWARDS, Page ^ June Toepporwine ' Miss Toepporwine is employed in fhe accounting department of the San Antonio offices of the South western Bell Telephone Com pany. The 5’ 5”, brown-eyed brunette was selected one of the Aggieland ’50 Vanity'Fair beau ties. Dick Magers, Settlor Com pany cadet who livesj in Law Hall, nominated the ill-year-old lovely. . Dean Kyle’s Portrait Presented at Ceremony An oil portrait of E. J. Kyle, for 30 years dean of the; School of Agriculture, was unveiled and ac cepted by the college yesterday ju tho YMCA Chupel. Mrs, Thomas Harry Baker Jr,, daughter of Daiin Kyle, unveiled the portl'iilt in ' the presence of more Ihjitn 100 guests asseiubled fur the eereinony, President F, C, Holton nerepted the gift to the college, He snliMl wotilil he placed where "it will he: uli Inspirutinn to future geurriiUnuM" who wtHh to follow III Denn KyleV footsteps, Tribute to Dean Kyle was paid by Jake Halnblcii uf llooslon, a nieniher of a group which spoil* ’sored (lie portrait. John C, May, rfeht, also of Houston, another member of the sponsoring group, was master of ceremonies. Dean Kyle graduated from A&M Recreation Croup Sets Up Schedule The largest and most ambitious College Station summer recreation program was mapped out at a re cent meeting of the College Sta tion Recreation Council, i Tennis, swimming, softball, tumbling, handicrafts, arid) story telling hours are thi chief! activ ities which will be conducted this summer. • Coach Othel Chafin of A&M* Consolidated will be the director of the softball program which will include several leagues. Plans call for two men’s leagues and for a pee-wee league. Each of the men’s league will consist of six teams. Schedules should be completed within the next few weeks and distributed to school children be fore the end of this mq^th, ac cording to ^esnRichardson, direct- tor of the entire program. “ Those present for the meeting were Mrs. Fred Hale, Mrs, Jack Miller, Homer Adams, Spike White, Tad Moses, Mrs. Hugh Lindsey, William Breazeale, Raymond Rod gers, Barney Welch, Art Adamson, Gordon Gay,- and Les Richardson. in 1889®, as val«iictorian of his class. Joining gthe stall) of the col lege, he? becfttne its fitst dean of the School of Agriculture. He re tired ii.i. 1943 and in 1945 was mimed abimiHHudor to Guatemala, T, H. Mohle of Houston present ed Dean'Kyle a scroll of the names of those persons iiiaklng poasihle the portrait, In extueHNliig kls appreciation for the fionoi’, Ditun Kyle thanked all his friends, "Tlilr expression uf friendship will he u miming light In my memory which will coiitthiio to grow hrtghtor with the years," he sahl, lloiislonlans who Journled to AAiM for (he presentation Included Kterllng C. Evans, nresident of the Federal Reserve Hunk, and Mrs. Evans; Dr. J. Allen Kyle, cousin of Dean Kyle and Houston physi cian, and Mrs. Kyle; Travis L. Smith, Houston oil man, and Dave Harris, vice president of Humble Oil Company. The portrait of Dejan Kyle was pointed hy Seymour Stone of Hous ton. The artist has also done por traits of Presidents Woodrow Wil son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Her bert Hoover, and Harry Truman. - nate. He Is also a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Phii Eta Sigma honorary fraternities. The 20-year-old civil engineering student' is a junior editor of the Engineer and is a%iember of the Ross Volunteers, the ASCE and the SAME. Parse beat Ralph Gorman in the final run-6ff, He had 180 votes to Gorman’s 125. ' ' . !/ V • .f ’ Haines, Artillery Liason sergeant on the Corps Staff, won over Gale Brundrett for secretary-treasurer of the sen ior class. Hafties polled 175 votes to Brundrett’s 136, He is a member of tjhe Aggie Players, Business manager of the Singing Cadets; the Ross Volunteers, ant} a member - of the A&M Press Club. The 19-year-old business major is also a member of the WTAW announcing staff. Haines was master of ceremonies of the 1949 and 19159 Aggie Muster^. Schaake Wins , Kenneth. W. Schaftke beat John Gossett by a count of 180 votes tot" Gospel's‘119. Schaake la the first- sergeant of H Infantry. This pant year he served as Aha infantry regiment's representative to the Junior Class ExeriitivV council. The business major from Chilton was also recorder for the senior court, Gordon Edgar, 1 Fiitfhl, heat George Charlton .mil last night In the pooriy Hltemled class ilieelllig, The final count -allowed Edgar with a lotal of 175 votea licCharl: ton'a I Mil, Edgar Is a niemher of the PI Theta Sigma honorary fraternity an'it was a niemher nf the natjonal freshman honor fra ternity Tan Heta Fh , New PosC*> The newly created position of non-corps vice-president of the seidor class was the ntrist hotly . contested election of the evening-- Boh Allen, mechanical 1 engineer fromTJalvqalon,-peat Doyce Aaron out. The final count of votes showed Allen with 164 to Aaron’s' 135. •' '• This^jiost, created v in if recent ejass meeting, is designed! to give the non-corps ^men oil tpe cam pus' a better representation in class affairs. He does not 1 'oCOupy a seat in the Student Senate and will only vote' In matters that di rectly concern the senior (class. Other OtadMj) The remainder of the class of ficers were filled ini the election held Tuesday night,/ Dion Joseph and Jim, Pianta were) elected yell-' leaders for 'next year. Carl Mol- berg was elected corps represen tative to the athletic council. Roy G. Nance was elected Edi- Stor of the Aggielaid ’61 by a unanimous decision at a class meeting last week. | Architects Win Gash Prizes In Design Contest Wliitiei’M ul’ the Monbrju’ch* iteetural NtudentH UwHlgh won* te«t were unnounoed yeHter* duy aoelording to rerneHt Laugfurdf Head of Uw Arch- lt»et Department, Prises totaling *109 were award, ed to student designers for (heir models of a proposed new Ho* I tard’s Cafeteria. Mr. presented the first | I to Jimmy Hiester of Fort Worth. Wiiliant G. Irvine won the seo- ] ond prize of $31), and Harvey El- 1 kins and Jack Lemmon divided the I $20 third prize. On May 9, all twenty-three fourth year design students who , entered the contest will be guests at a steak dinner at Hotard’s cafe teria. I Design models of the new cafe teria are now on display in the architecture department on the fourth floor,/, of the Academic Building, Richard Vrooman, in structor of the fourth year class, said. The jury of awards included Vrooman, John Rowlett, T. R. Holleman and Tom Bullock of the architecture department and Wal ly Scott, professional architect. Scott’s firm will undertake the completion of the proposed pro ject. Students Who turned in models winning honorable mention are W. R. Lenzen, H. L. Butler, W. G. Rucker, ahd ,R. A. Stinson. Arts and Awards Four graduating Seniors named Thursday to receive the School of Arts and Sciences Achievement Award for Graduating Seniors iq that school, according to Dr. J. P. Abbott, Dtounof Arts and Sciences. Frank W, Cushing, George 8, Kadera, David J, Kranger, Jr, and Joe II, Mullins wllC reeelve the itwurda at (he Awarjri and Merits Hay Program on ,Mfly 14, Abbott said, Awards will he In the form of a pnrehnieiit rltatlon hotind In mar* non leather with (he words "DIs* lingiilshed Honor Award" slumped In ; gold in the lower right hand eoroer of the front cover which al* so eurrles the lm»res«|on of the Administration Hutlding of the Col* lege. Members of the faculty commit tee making the selecctlons were Dr. E. U. Middleton, Dr. J. H. Bin- ney, Dr. S. O. Brown, Prof. P. B. Goode, Dr. W. A. Vhrvel, and Dri D. F. ’Wcekes. V'" , Cushing Chosen Cushing is a Business major from Greenville, a Firist Lieuten- Sciencl Announcements Crossed, Pair of Deans Get Lost : - - .. ’ ! 1 ■ ' , Monday night," Annex agriculture and pre-vet majors flocked to the campus theater to hear a talk by the deans of their respective schools. They all took their seats and patiently waited for the program scheduled to follow. — No speakers showed. jtwo men walked into the theater expecting culture and pre- Tuesday night, jtwo men walked into the theater expecting tb speak to an eager | audience of freshman agriculture and pre-vet majors. No students were there. , *'-*—1_, ’ • .* The troubles were traced to the announcement which had b juggled. The meeting was supposed to have been held Tuesday,^ the announcement wjas made a day early. Latest reports from the front office informjis that Thursday night, ~ ;hton May 11, at 6:30, Dean C. N. Shepardson and Dean Ivan R. Boughton will be out here again and make another attempt to speak to their subjects at Bryan Field. ant in the’ Cadet Corps. He is a Distinguished Military .Student, a member of ■ Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, a member of the Business Society, and was a member of the Battalion staff In DM9. He has been a distinguished student every semester that he has be«n eiirolled nt A&M, I'liyijlral KdiirntUm Major Kadera Is u J'hyslcal F,duj:ntLm rna,hir from Hmiston, He Is a Ma jor In the Cadet CoruM, a Dls(ij»‘ giilahed Mllltitry Hliulejnl, u mein- her nf Hehulgrsli^i Hnilmr norlety. L >le played fool hull for [three yeiirs and has been a member of the Iriirk team for foiir years. He Was captain of the track team In 195(1 and made the All-American Track Team In DM8, He la president of the Phyalcufl Education Club, and was battled to Who’s Who this year. HV is also a member of the llous- to nA&M-aub, the Volley Bail , Club and the nafid-HsH <'4uh, uad j. the Student Arts and Sciences I- Council. .'J '^ '-A,' v) f< Kreagcr W'tns \ *A , - * ’• - J ’. rrJAr- Kreager in an ’Economics ' from Sari Angelo- He is a Major in the Cadet Corps. He hits been a Distinguished Student ever sent- • ester and has been named a Dis tinguished Military Student. He ‘ is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Ross Volunteers, Student Arts and Sciences Coun cil, Pre-LaW Singin Club,, Spanish Club, Cadets, and the San An- ib. Kreager was named to Who’s Who this year. - '*? gelo Club. Distin, IMiished Student Spi Distinguish, ester and h tinguished is i " ' det Corps. Phi Kappa Student A: Mullins is a Physics major from Garrizo Springs. He has been a •id Student every Sern as been named a Dis- Military Student. He ! liliy Lieutenant Colonel in the.Ca- He | is a member of Phi Hoimt Society, the ; Arts atid Sciences (Coun cil, AH College Day planning, Com mittee. He ia president Southwest Texas Chib, tends A&M on an OpportU Award Scholarship. . i % • ( x I | i. - ’ 9 .i'^* 1 ! L . t ■ v- .v .i. ' / . fm c* •! I