Oironhted to
More Than 90% of
College Station’s Residents
Number 114: Volume 51
Battalion
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1951
TISA Delegates
Welcome to A&M
See Editorial, Page Two
Price Five Cents
Insurance Plan
For Employees
Ready April 1
A System-wide plan of group
hospital and surgery insurance and
an improved plan, of group life in
surance which will amount to about
$7,500,000 will become effective
on April 1, accoi*ding to J. W. Bar
ger, Dept, of Ag. Eco. and Sociol
ogy-
Contracts were arranged this
week with the Republic National
Life Insurance Company of Dal-
as for the life group and the Pan-
American Life Insurance Company
of New Orleans for the hospital
and surgery group.
Authorized by Board
The program wms authorized by
the Board of Directors of the A&M
College System at its last meet
ing on recommendation of a com
mittee representing all parts of the
College System.
This committee had spent sev-
seral weeks studying the best form
of coverage for employees and se
curing bids from numerous com
panies.
The insurance is available to all
administrative, supervisory, pro-
fessiional, clerical, and stenogra
phic employees. Laborers, covered
by the Workmen’s Compensation,
are not included. A total of 2,500
employees will be eligible, said
Barger.
All Employees,
All eligible employees will be
included in the group life insurance
plan. The new plan will differ
from the one which has been in
operation for the past twenty years
in that the employee may choose
to take part of his insurance in
permanent instead of term form.
Refunds for favorable mortal
ity experience at the end of five
College Store
Advisors Set
Book Policy
An out-of-date book policy for
the Exchange Store was set at a
meeting of the Exchange Store Ad
visory Board in the Office of the
Comptroller yesterday.
» Out-dated books cannot b e
bought by the Exchange Store, so
a used book buyer will be in, the
store at the end of the semester
'“to aid students by buying their
books. Five percent of the price
* paid by the students to the dealer
will be given to the twelfth-man
fund.
The Exchange Store is operated
for student benefit, its profit be
ing divided among student activ
ities.
Any ideas for improving store
operations or store policy may be
submitted to any Board member
said W. H. Holzman, chairman.
Faculty members of the board
are Holzmann, Comptroller’s Of
fice, Fred W. Jenson, head of
Chemistry Department, H. G.
Johnson, head of Entomology De
partment, Ernest Langford, head of
Architecture Department, C. G.
White, assistant dean of men for
activities, J. J. Woolket, head of
Modern Languages Department.
Students on the board are Bob-
)iy Jack, White Band; Curtis Ed
wards, Dorm 12; R. L. Sturdivant,
Dorm 2; W. A. Sky-Eagle, 21-A;
"Vet Village, Braden McAllister,
Dorm 3, and L. B. Weddell, B12D,
College View.
year periods will be used to buy
paid-up insurance for members of
the group.
The old insurance, plan provided
that each faculty member was eli
gible for the insurance. It required
insurance approximately equal to a
year’s salary with a maximum of
$5,000, according to Frank C. Bol
ton, president emeritus, A&M Col
lege.
Effective April 1
The hospital and surgery in
surance will become effective at
A&M College on April 1, and in
other parts of the System as exist
ing contracts expire. The rates for
given protection are considerably
lower as a result of combining all
employees in one group.
Participation will be voluntary
in the hospital and surgery insur
ance, but most employees are ex
pected to take out the insurance,
said Barger.
The member has the option of
including his dependents and also
of selecting the amount of bene
fit for which he will be insured.
Student Center
Dedication Set
On Muster Day
Aggie Muster day, April 21, will
be the Dedication day for the
Memorial Student Center. Tyree
Bell, ’13, will give the dedicatory
address and Gold Star mothers,
wives and children will be honored
guests at the ceremony.
The dedication will be held in
front of the MSC at 11 a.m. and
the Muster at 2 p.m. in Kyle Field.
Bell, was president of the For
mer Students Association in 1941-
42 when the first development fund
was donated for use toward a stu
dent center.
Over 900 invitations have been
sent to Gold Star mothers, and
wives and children. They are ask
ed to be honored guests at the ded
ication and muster.
Various other activities such as
a dedicatory dance, a water carni
val, aid a gymnastics show are be
ing planned.
Over-all committee members are
J. J. Woolket, chairman, Dick Her-
vey, Harry L. Boyer, J. Wayne
Stark, 1 and C. W. Crawford.
Members of the Dedication com
mittee are President M. T. Har
rington, chairman, Ernest Langf-
oord, Henderson Shuffler, M. W.
Parse, and Dick Hervey.
Serving on the muster committee
are Bill Cornish, Tom Poyner, Cur
tis Edwards, Dan Davis, and Bill
Parse.
AF 442 Classes Attend
Meats Demonstrations
Air Force Military Science 442
classes this past week spent their
two hour PW Period in the Meats
Laboi’atory watching meat cutting
demonstrations. The demonstration
was conducted by R. W. Snyder of
the A. H. Department.
The military Science classes are
studying the Food Service Pro
gram of the Air Force to interest
students in this branch of the
Air Force.
It Just Slid Back
A&M Plays Host for Students
Of 34 Colleges at TISA Meet
Martin Dies Is
Banquet Speaker
“It just kinda slid back . . . seemed like it would never get to the
bottom.” That was the. only comment of Marvin Brinkley, Bryan
truck driver whose 45,000 lb. cement truck fell through a wooden
bridge just off the Airport Road late yesterday afternoon. Total
damage: one bent drive shaft, a “shoved-up” gas tank and the
cost of a drag-line to remove the truck. Brinkley, incidentally, was
hauling cement for a bridge being built on the Butler property
west of the campus.
Texas Intercollegiate Student Association officers strike a relaxed
pose between sessions in the MSC. From the top of the stair down
are Charlie Royalty, A&M executive secretary; Dick Schmidt,
Austin College, treasurer; Allan Eubank, executive vice-president;
Marie Collonge, Hockaday, secretary; Tom Eubank, Rice, president;
Bill Farrow, Austin College, vice-president; and Joe Fuller, A&M,
parliamentarian. Officers for next year will be elected in the gen
eral assembly session tomorrow morning.
Seven Awards
For Ag Study
Go to 4-11 Boys
Seven outstanding young
4-H Club cotton producers
have been awarded the 1950
Anderson-Clayton Cotton
Scholarships, according to
Floyd Lynch, state 4-H club lead
er.
The winners ai’e Melvin Edwards,
15, Tahoka; George Rog*er Crook,
19, of Clyde; Robert Fuhrman, 15,
of Gainesville; Gary L. Nixon, 15,
of Deport; Roger L. Anderson, 17,
of El Campo; Gilbert Nelsen, 18, of
Danevang; and James D. Tunnell,
17, of Stanton.
Each boy is awarded a $200 col
lege scholarship provided it is
used by the winner to study agri
culture. He must attend either
A&M, Texas Tech, Tarleton State
College, Arlington State College,
Texas College of Arts and Indus
tries, or Sam Houston State Col
lege.
The 4-H Club Cotton Improve
ment Program is sponsored by the
Texas Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
Each boy’s demonstration was
supervised by the local county agri
cultural agent and each followed
the Extension Service’s 7-step cot
ton program.
Not one of the winners failed to
better the 1950 state average of
208 pounds of line per acre.
Ban Reds from UN?
SWC Debate Tournament
Set Tomorrow in YMCA
By BILL STRIECH
“Resolved that the Non-Com
munist Nations of the World
Should Form a New Internation
al Organization,” will be the topic
of the Southwest Conference Invi
tational Debate to be held on the
campus tomorrow.
Invitations have been extended
to all Southwest Conference
schools, H. E. Hierth of the Eng
lish Department said, but only
Baylor, and SMU have accepted.
TCU, which had earlier accepted
a bid, declined yesterday because
of illness of one of the members
of their team.
Each school may enter two
teams, one on the negative, and
one on the affirmative, Hierth
said. However, these teams may be
rotated to different sides of the
question.
Round-Robin
The meet will be a round-robin
affair with each school debating
against each of the other contest
ants. All sessions will be held in
the YMCA, with the first session
beginning at 11 a. m., followed by
the second round at 1:30 p. m.
The present debate program at
A&M has been in operation only
since 1946. At that time a group
from the Department of English
which included Hierth, E. Hubka,
M. A. Huggett, and K. E. Elm-
quist revived the practice of de
bating and discussion on the cam
St. Patrick’s Day Dance
Planned Saturday in MSC
Erin Go Bragh!
That is the traditional Gaelic
phrase which prevails with all sons
of Eire, and some who ai*e not and
means “Ireland forever!”
But at A&M this Saturday night
it means St. Patrick’s Day Dance.
The green will flash out in
the MSC Ballroom from 9-12
p.m. Saturday night. Music will
be furnished by Glenn Dewey’s
Combo.
Co-chairmen of the dance are
Arnold Schmitz and Carlos Reyes.
Assisting the chairmen are Dick
Van Tyne, Ted Nark, and Tom
Rountree.
All of the committee membei’S of
the standing MSC dance committee.
In the way of entertainment,
Doris Walker, wife of Jim Walk
er, graduate Architecture student
from San Benito, will play the
accordion during the intermis
sion.
Following Mrs. Walker, Gloria
Martin, wife of Graham Martin of
College Station, will sing a few
songs of H'ish origin.
Cokes will be sold, a la cabaret,
and the fountain room of the MSC
will be open until 1 a.m. for an
early breakfast or a late supper.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martin and
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hierth will
be faculty sponsors; Martin and
Hierth are both with the English
Department.
Tickets for the dance may be
purchased at the door.
pus, which had been suspended in
1936 because of insufficient funds.
Prior to 1926, there was virtually
no debating activities of any kind
at A&M C. O. Spriggs, English in
structor instituted a program in
that year which gained a large
following on the campus.
The group’s activities included
trips to various sections of the
country and assisted in the train
ing of young- men for responsible
positions of leadership.
Since 1946, the debaters have
made rapid advancement. Most out
standing achievements in this five
year period include two victories
over West Point, and appearance
of the team against the University
of Texas on the Trinity University
Radio Forum. Freshman debating,
under the direction of Allen, was
begun in the 1949-50 school year.
This year’s Aggie team composed
of James Farmer and Dan Davis
on the negative and Robert Huff
man and John Samuelson on the
(See DEBATE, Page 2)
Official Notice
On AF ROIC
Grads Released
t
Air Force ROTC students
who will graduate and be com
missioned in June 1951 will be
ordered to active military
service within 90 days of their
appointment, Col. E. W. Napier,
PAS&T, released this morning.
They may, if they so desire, ap
ply immediately for flying train
ing or meteorology training.
Distinguished military students
who have declined regular Air
Force Commissions tendered them
will also be ordered to active serv
ice as reserve officers.
Initial assignments for officers
called to active duty will be in the
United States. Deferments from
Call to active duty may be request
ed by those officers who are qual
ified for and desire to take post
graduate work in courses of pri
mary interest to the Air Force.
These courses are professional
and technical ones for which the
Air Force has an outstanding re
quirement.
Students affected by this new
ruling should report to M/Sgt. Jose
Hernandez, commissioning section,
Ross Hall at once.
TU Girls Glee Club
Sings Here Tonight
The University of Texas Gh-l’s
Glee Club will present a program
of modern and semiclassical music
tonight at 7:30 in Guion Hall.
The Glee Club, about 40 strong
and under the direction of Thomas
Williams, is scheduled to arrive
on the campus about 4:15 this
afternoon.
The girls will take the evening
meal with the Corps of Cadets in
Duncan Mess Hall, and the pro
gram will follow soon after that in
Guion.
Williams, an accomplished ten
or himself, will be in charge of
the program. A combination of
semi-classical and modern songs
have been selected for the even
ing’s entertainment.
Mozart’s “Alleluia,” Mendels
sohn’s “Song of Rejoicing,” and
Rachmaninoff’s “Flood of Spring”
are included in the semi-classical
numbers.
Some of the more modern num
bers will include “All the Things
You Are,” “There Will Never Be
Another You,”, and “You’ll Never
Walk Alone.”
Featured in the program will
be a Girl’s Sextet. They will sing
a quatro of modern songs which
will include “Somebody Loves
Me,” “The Little French Clock,”
and “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.”
The members of the university
organization are: Nancy Jo Arm
strong, Virginia Baker, Dot Bard-
well, Beverly Benson, Lanelle
Brown, Bebe Bynum, Mary Bynum,
Pat Carter, and Josie Champion.
Patsy Faulk, June Fitzgerald,
Patsy Fleming, Fay Madeline
Focht, Joyce Gilstrap, Mary Glade,
Betty Lou Ham, Beverly Harris,
Mary Henson, Elizabeth Hill, Jean-
ine Johnson, Carolyn Kaplan, Car
rie Laquatra, Annette Maxwell, are
also in the group.
Kathleen Mae, Mary Mount, Lil
lie Musil, Shirley McBride, Lou Mc
Gee, Teresa McGinn, Elisabetha
Orth, Pat Purvis, Hoi-tense Reu-
thinger, Elnora Hichburg, Fay Joan
Riggan, Barbara Scheffler, Bar
bara Seim, will also sing with the
club.
Also in the singing group are.
Barbara Selby, Vernello Shelby,
Sylvia Slack, Jane Stovall, March
Stuttle, Carolyn Ussery, Marilyn
Wotlering, and Pat Zeller.
By DEAN REED
More than 200 students representing some 35 Texas
colleges are participating in discussion panels highlighting
this afternoon’s session of the third annual TISA convention
being held in the Memorial Student Center today and tomor
row.
Closing out the first day of activities will be the annual
Texas Intercollegiate Student Association banquet tonight
at 6:30 in the MSC ballroom. Martin Dies, former U.S. con
gressman will address the banquet gathering.
Earliest arrivals for the convention were delegations
from Southwestern University of Georgetown, and Texas
Western in El Paso.
The Texas Western group arrived and immediately
launched a strong outward campaign to obtain the 1952 con
vention for their school. The El Paso delegates brought copies
of their student newspaper, maga
zines and other literature as they
began an all-out drive.
TISA organized two years ago on
the North Texas campus in Denton,
is an organization of 28 Texas col
leges and universities designed to
stimulate interest in student gov
ernments.
Panel Groups
The panel discussions being held
this afternoon are part of another
primary purpose of TISA—to act
as a medium for exchanging ideas
on student life and student govern
ment.
Subjects under discussiion today
were “Student-Faculty Relations,”
“Promotion, of School Spirit,” “Stu
dent Government Finance,” “Ex
tent of Student Control over Stu
dent Activities,” “Cultural Enter
tainment,” “Sportsmanship,” “Stim
ulation of Interest in Student
Government and Elections,” and
“Faculty Evaluation by Students.”
The first general assembly of
the session was held this morning
at 9 in the Ballroom. The panel
discussions began at 10:30 and con
tinued through 4:30 this afternoon.
An informal coffee was held at 7
Thursday night for early amvials
at the convolution.
Another general session begins
tomorrow’s schedule of events at
9. During this meeting, committee
reports will take the spotlight.
Two Negro schools — Prairie
View A&M and Texas State Uni
versity for Negroes—have sent
delegations to the convention.
A motion to make Negro univer
sities and colleges full members
of TISA was tabled at last year’s
meeting. Numerous delegations
have been instructed to vote “yes”
when the question arises again Satr
urday.
“Who’s Who” Proposed
Other business Saturday morn
ing will include further discussion
on a TISA-sponsored entertainment
circuit, which would bring- “name”
entertainers at a reduced rate;
a report from Texas Tech on a
proposed “Who’s Who in Texas
Colleges and Universities,” and
constitutional changes and resolu
tions.
Delegates will be honored with a
buffet dinner tomorrow at noon. At
1:30 p. m., the final general ses
sion will be held. Election of offi
cers for 1951-52 will be held and
a convention site chosen.
A&M Officers Finish
A&M was named as host school
for the 1951 convention at the
meeting last year in Waco. Three
A&M students will end their terms
as TISA officers tomorrow. They
are Joe Fuller, parliamentarian
of the association and also of
A&M’s Student Senate; Allen Eu
bank, executive vice-president; and
Charlie Royalty, executive secre
tary.
TISA president is Tom Eubank
(See A&M STUDENTS, Page 4)
Brazos County
Easter Seals
Drive Opened
Easter Seals for crippled
children are now in the mail,
announced Dr. Dan Russell,
chairman of the Brazos Coun
ty crippled children’s society.
Last year 210 children were
helped and approximately $900 was
received from the Easter Seal
drive. “This year,” Russell added,
“they hope to do work in the
schools in addition to work ah-eady
being carried on.
Scholarships will be offered if
this year’s money is more than
received last year. The scholarships
will be offered to teachers for
summer school work with crippled
childx-en.
Some of the phases of the help
program include aid to childi-en
with hearing, eyesight, and physi
cal handicaps as well as mentally
handicapped children. This men
tally handicapped group, he af
firmed, includes highly mentally
superior children which are now
considered to be mentally handi
capped.
Students Invited to Attend
General Assembly of TISA
Student Senate President Bill Parse this morning en
couraged A&M students to attend TISA’s general assembly
tomorrow morning at 9 in the MSC Assembly Room.
There is no better way for A&M students to gain
first hand knowledge of how TISA is designed to benefit
them and the other member schools, Parse explained.
Delegates from the various TISA members schools
will be on the campus until late Saturday afternoon. Joe
Fuller, TISA and A&M Student Senate parliamentarian,
asked students to meet and talk with as many of the dele
gates as possible, while they are here.
Six Aggies Judge
Waco Ag Contest
Six A&M students acted as
judg-es in the Area VIII Chapter
Leadership Conducting Contest
held in Waco at the Waco State
Home last Saturday.
The student judges were J. B.
Hulsfc, H. C. Walkup, R. N. Irwin,
G. B. Parks, B. R. Brooks, and C. A.
Peterson.
The contest was divided into
Junior and Senior divisions. These
divisions were divided into three
main sub-divisions which were as
follows. Chapter Conducting, FFA
Quiz, and Farm Skill Demonstra
tions.
The winning team of each of
these divisions will compete next
week in the state contest at Hunts
ville.