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Number 192: Volume 52
4 Fish’ Get
Army or AF
By Chance
k .Freshmen not in the branch
the Army they requested,
■yvill have an “excellent
, Chance” of transferring to the
f ; branch of their choice at the
H fhegin'ning of their sophomore year,
I * according to Capt. Paul Bennett,
Army operaions .officer,
i ; - “Army freshmen are not in a
^ ; specific branch; they are all in a
; basic course. At the end of their
freshman year they will be given
• a chance to express their prefer-
\ ence of branch”, Capt. Bennett
said.
Choice of branch will be the
main factor in assignment, taking
' into consideration the b r a n c h’s
quota and the individual’s grade
' point ratio. Those with higher
'ratios are more likely to get their
first choice, he added.
Uniform Insignia
“Army freshmen wear the in
signia of their commanding offi-
: cer for uniformity. Officers were
assigned to the Third Division on
a basis of percentage of their
branch in the corps.
“Army freshmen must under-
.stand that the branch they are now
in doesn’t effect what branch they
will be in next year or the branch
in which they will get their com-
missipns,” Capt. Bennet said.
Because more freshmen request
ed Air Force than A&M is allow
ed under its quota, many who
wanted Air Force were placed in
the Army. A&M is allotted 53.5
per cent Army and 46.5 per cent
Air Force.
Requests Shuffle
The Air Force requests were
shuffled and names picked impar
tially to be moved to the Army, ac-
r cording to Maj. J. C. Lowell, Air
Force operations officer.
Although there is a chance that
Army cadets can transfer to the
Air Fofce when they get their ad-
^ vanced contracts at the end of their
sophomore year, Maj. Lowell said,
the possibility is slim.
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1952
Price Five Cents
Dr. Morgan Lauds A&M’s Work
As Teacher Of U. S.„ World
EVERYBODY DOES IT—Cadet Colonel of the Corps
Weldon D. Kruger of Austin greets Ronald Parker
(right) of Brownsville, one of the 1,600 freshmen to
report here this week for orientatioaa.
(Staff Photo by Cashion.)
‘Fish’ Week
Rain Falls
A light rain pelted down on
College Station this morning,
the first since early summer.
The drizzle, which measured
.35 inches at the Civil Aero
nautics Administration Station
at Easterwood Airport, upheld
the tradition of rain during
freshman week.
The rain started at 6:01
a.m. and stopped at 12 noon.
Maximum temperature reg
istered at noon today was 79.
Minimum last night was 69.
Streets Resound To Marching Feet
Freshmen’s Activities Keep
Campus A live During Week
About 1,600 freshmen arrived on
the campus Friday for a week of
testing and orientation before the
regular fall term begins.
Although the number of new
students reporting is 200 short of
the expected 1,800, the decrease in
enrollment has not been noticed.
For the last five days stores
have been filled with freshmen
buying school supplies, and the
area surrounding Sbisa Dining
Hall has echoed to students’ yells
as they rush through the mess
hall doors.
Increased activity has been seen
in the Memorial Student Center
where freshmen gathered Sunday
for an open house. Lights have
burned in The Grove on three
nights where new students met to
hear speeches by faculty members
and participate in their first Ag
gie yell practice.
Streets resounded Saturday to
the thud of marching feet as fresh
men marched in units to Duncan
Dining Hall to take a series of
vocational and aptitude tests.
Churches in the Bryan and College
Station area have held open house
for the new students. Workers at
the clothing warehouse have been
busy issuing uniforms to replace
bluejeans and sport shirts soon to
be placed in storage.
Various Activities
Before registering Friday from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. freshmen still
have two days of various activities
planned for them.
Unit meetings are scheduled to
day at 1 and 3 p.m‘. in the dor
mitory area. At 1 p.m. freshmen
will be instructed in wearing of
the Aggie uniform and conduct
on and off the campus. “Need for
Professional Help in Choosing a
Course of Study” will be the sub
ject of the second meeting.
‘PERFECT FIT’—Mil
itary Property Custo
dian Bryan W. Hearne,
(right) checks fresh?
man William R. Whit
ley (left) of Shreve
port, La. on uniforms
issued at the armory.
Others responsible for
the well-dressed fresh
man are Terrell G. Hor
ton, Munroe Shulz, and
J. A. Steele, employes
of the armory.
(Air Force Photo.)
Advanced Degrees
Conferred August 29
Advanced degrees were confer
red on 18 College Station and Bry
an students Aug. 29 by A&M.
Degrees of architecture, archi-
tectural design: Richard Vrooman,
Bryan.
Master of business administra
tion, accounting, Thomas Martin
Cunningham Jr., Pasadena.
Master of education, agricultural
education, John W. Acton, Itasca;
Joseph K. Bradshaw, Iowa Park;
Emmet P. Chastain, Santo; Robert
William Cooper, Grandview;
Charles Donald Crawford, Albu
querque, N.M.; Willie M. Crow, Al
varado; H’u b e r t O. Galloway,
Wharton; Patrick Burney Hall,
Hearne; B. J. Joyce, Coleman;
Charles N. Knight, Denison Ken-
ith Hill Lomax, Franklin; John E.
McAnelly, Hondo; Wilson M. Mil-
lican, Flatonia; John D. Dixon,
Taylor; William McCoy Oliver,
Kerrville; Herman Lee Peace,
Thorndale; William Milton Robert
son, De Leon; Charles Scott-Rus
sell, Austin; Lonnie Ray Seale,
Shiner; Paul C. Sigut, Marlin, Jo
seph Lee Tatum, Fredericksburg;
Leroy Thompson, Lacassine, La.;
Audrey Debb Wheat, Cleburne;
Theodore E. Weideman, Eola; Wil
liam Lee Young, Moulton.
Education: William C. Batey,
Alice; Roy Chester Bell, New
Braunfels; Roland Edeard Bing Jr.,
Othel Viron Chafin, William Bry
ant Jr., College Station; Onys T.
Curlee, Groesbeck; Waldo E. Dal-
chau, Sydon Frank Hrachovy,
Snook; Jorge G. Esparza, Laredo;
James B. Ethridge, Oglesby; Bar-
lett U. Haltom, James Louis Lin-
ack, Carl E. Orr, Wesley Kenton
Summer, Marvin C. Sutton, How
ard N. Young, Bryan; Alvis Duane
Nixon, Somerville; Fred Urbanov-
sgy, Caldwell; John M. Vickers,
Dupo, 111.; Charles Ewing Water-
house III, El Paso; Leonard D.
(See ADVANCE, Page 4)
Lions Club Adds
New Member Here
“Film Highlights of Southwest
Conference Football, 1951,”. wgs
shown yesterday at the regular
weekly meeting of the College Sta
tion Lions Club. -
A new member, The Rev. R. L.
Darwall, was introduced. Dar-
wall is the new rector of St. Thom
as Episcopal Church.
At 7 p.m. a general assembly
will be held in The Grove whei’e
W. L. Penberthy, dean of men,
will give a speech on the “Im
portance of a Well Balanced Col
lege Program.” He will be fol
lowed by Cadet Darrow Hooper
who will speak on the “Import
ance of Academic Achievement.”
Following introductions of the
Student Activities’ staff, the Tex
as Tophands, a hillbilly band from
Bandera, will give a string band
concert.
Freshmen will be segregated in
to separate meetings according to
their academic majors Wednesday
to hear details concerning their
course of study. Deans of the
various schools will preside at
these meetings. A meeting also
will be held for students who
have not decided on a paajor.
Meetings Scheduled
Individual conferences with aca
demic advisors are scheduled from
9:30 to 11:50 a.m. All freshmen
who attended the Junction Adjunct
or main campus during the sum
mer will meet in Guion Hall at
If p^m. Conferences with academ
ic advisors will continue at 1 and
last until 5 p.m.
Starting a.t 7 p.m. local churches
will hold services and entertain
ment for new students.
Freshmen may draw uniforms
and have photographs made for
their identification cards during
spare time. All meals will be
served in Sbisa Dining Hall.
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion News Editor
World conditions are forcing
A&M to provide trained leaders
for many countries throughout the
world as well as the United States,
said Dr. David H. Morgan, dean
of the college, to freshmen last
night at The Grove.
“This country suddenly has found
itself to be ‘teacher’ with a large
portion of the world its classroom,
and millions of people speaking
many languages its eager pupils.
We need trained specialists, at all
levels of academic achievement to
provide technical assistance in
planning and administering these
international activities,” he added.
Dr. Morgan explained A&M has
the facilities to meet this urgent
need. It is up to students to take
advantage of them, he.added
Two important qualities neces
sary for a man to be successful
are personality and leadership
ability. Students can develop both
qualities through various academic
and extra-curricular programs of
fered at A&M, Dr. Morgan said.
Develop While Maturing
Personality can be developed
while maturing through the col-
Creative Writing
Course Offered
Creative Writing, English 325,
will be offered at 11 a.m. on Tues
days and Thursdays during the
fall semester.
The English Department wishes
to bring this to the attention of a
greater number of the returning
students, according to H. L. Kidd
Jr., associate professor of Eng
lish, who will teach the course.
The only prerequisites for the
two hour credit course are an av
erage of C in two sophomore-level
English courses and a sincere in
terest in writing for publication,
Kidd emphasized.
lege’s program of general educa?
tion, he explained. In addition to
his technical training, general ed
ucation will enable the freshman
to “develop a personality that will
equip him to participate fully in
life and make contributions to life.”
Through the ROTC, social clubs,
professional societies, religious or
ganizations, and various extra-cur
ricular activities, the new student
can develop his leadership ability.
Participation in these activities
will enable him to meet people who
will remain his friends throughout
life, he said.
Our enemies continued Dr. Mor
gan attacks on the foundations of
democracy, combined with corrup
tion uncovered in certain govern
mental agencies make moral re
sponsibility a necessity in the pos
itions of leadership.
Without moral responsibility,
leadership qualities lose their pow
er to construct and are influenced
by the will of an organized minor
ity, Dr. Morgan added.
Take Academic Advantage
Dr. Morgan ended his speech by
advising freshmen to plan their
schedules in order to take the best
advantage of both academic and
extra-curricular activities. “What
you do with these opportunities de
pends on you”, he' said.
The new dean of the college was
introduced by President M. T. Har
rington, who welcomed the fresh
men to A&M. He also explained
advantages of A&M, the different
traditions, and its history.
Dr. Morgan introduced the ex
ecutive council and later Walter
J e n k i n s, International Rotarian
from Houston, who led the group
singing.
City Council Hears
State Fire Board
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion City Editor
College Station residents paid a
total of $50,552 in fire insurance
premiums in 1951, according to a
report by State Fire Insurance
Board to the city council last
night.
Net losses for the same period
were $2,092. Paid in five year
premiums was $194,455. Net five-
year losses were $51,739.
The fire insurance key rate for
the city is 30 cents per $1,000.
Virgil Phipps of the College Sta
tion fire department made the
highest grade on the final exami
nation of the annual Fireman’s
Tfaining School held on the cam
pus this summer. Phipps is a
veteran of 14 years with the local
volunteer fire department.
The council also authorized May
or Ernest Langford to discuss elec
tricity rates and other matters
with the chancellor of the A&M
System.
A resolution commending the
late Mason Lee Cashion for his aid
to the council was sent to Mrs.
Cashion.
A committee composed of How
ard Badgett and Harry Boyer,
council members, will continue to
investigate the possibilities of es
tablishing a Negro recreation cen
ter.
The council voted against a pro
posal to lease an unused part of
the cemetery for agricultural pur
poses.
Bachelor Degrees Given
Here at End Of Summer
Education Seen As Aid
To Water Problem Here
Texas’ scarce mineral, water,
was in the spotlight before state
community leaders and industrial
ists here last Thursday.
Paul Weaver, technical assistant
to the vice president of the Gulf
Oil Corporation, thrust the chal
lenge of Texas’ laxity to water de
velopment. “Are you prepared for
an industry that will increase your
present water consumption by 15
or 20-fold,” he asked about 100
industrialists attending he second
annual Industrial Development
Conference held in the Memorial
Student Center.
“Remember,” he cautioned, “the
burden will not only fall on your
supply—it will also cause increased
loads on your distribution systems
and your disposal systems.”
Public Fills Needs
“Eighty-five per cent of the in
dustrial plants in the U. S. expect
their water needs filled from public
supplies and the disposal of their
effluents to be handled through
the public sewers.
“If we can’t take care of the cit
izens we have in town now, how
‘can we hope to take care of the
increased population coming in
with industry—:and the disposal of
wastes for that industi-y?”
He was the featured speaker
during the Thursday afternoon ses-.
sion of the two-day conference.
Film From Arabia
His discussion centered around
water management, as did a film,
“Miyah,” the Arabic word for
water, which was loaned to him
by the ambassador from Saudi
Arabia.
“Do wq have the educated man
agement of water in the state of
Texas to set ourselves up as sup
pliers of water,” he asked.
“The answers to these questions
will come only as people who pay
the bills—in taxes—are educated
to the situation,” he concluded.
In his welcome address Thurs
day morning, Gibb Gilchrist, chan
cellor of the A&M System, pointed
out the work now being done on
Texas’ water problems by the Sys
tem and the vital nature of such
work to the industrial development
of the state.
Baccalaureate degrees were con-
ferred upon the following at the
end of the summer session.
School of Agriculture
A g r i c u 1 tural administration:
James Andrew Dulock, Axtell;
Larry N. Kutchinski, Higgins.
Agricultural education: Ralph
William Burgess, Hempstead; El
lis Murray Christie, Milano; Rob
ert Weldon Fowler, Gatesville;
John Edseh Goforth, Fort Worth;
Lawrence Haberman, Henrietta;
Robert Gaylon Jones, Edgewood;
William Clyde Raibourn, Hamilton;
Stanley Max Reed, Wills Point;
Richard F. Semlinger, San Anto
nio.
Agricultural engineering: Emi
lio Chemorro Jr., Granada, Nica-
ragua, C.A.; Albert Lee Furnace,
Manvel; Arnold Aloy Hayes, San
Saba; Vernon Earl Linnstaedter,
Brenham; Carol Herbert Miller,
Dawn; Lloyd D. Morton Jr., Gra
ham; Eugene Edward Schott, Na
cogdoches; Ernest Edward Wood
HI, Houston. ■
Agronomy: Curtis Harold Dea-
ver, Tolar; Clovis Dunn Higgin
botham, Panhandle; Leo Thomas
Solomon, Roy, N. Mex.; James
David Wrenn, Kaufman.
Animal husbandry: Billy Rivers
Edwards, Aledo; Joao Carlos Fett,
P. Acegre, Brazil; Fred H. Walton
Jr., Shreveport, La.
Dairy husbandry: Eugene Arthur
Duke, San Antonio; Ernest Clay
ton Johnson Jr., Dublin.
Entomology: Nelson Winston
Millender, Houston.
Horticulture: Douglas H. Down
ing, Mission.
Range and Forestry: John Quil-
lian Walker, Fort Sam Houston.
Wildlife management: Richard
Hendley Bittner, Van V 1 e c k ;
Adolph Frederick Dittman Jr.,
Brownsville.
School of Arts and Sciences
Liberal Arts: Leo Dow Bradley,
Athens; William Hubert Dickens,
Waco; Travis Weldon Dossey,
Fort Worth; Jerry Donald Farley,
Cisco; Alfonso Esteban Gomez,
Brownsville; George W. Gray Jr.,
College Station; Frank Homer
Smith, Port Arthur; Jerry M. Zu-
ber, Bellville.
Accounting: Samuel Duella Am-
spoker Jr., Houston; Johnny Carl
‘HERE’S A CORNER ROOM’—Room assignments were made to freshmen early
this week. Issuing quarters are Maj. J. C. Lowell (left) and W/O J. L. Hernan
dez to freshmen Richard Cappel of the Republic of Honduras and Jerry Houston
of Dallas.
Diebel, Elgin; George Lawson
Harkrider, Colorado City; Jay E,
Reasoner, Levelland.
Building products marketing:
William Samuel Henry, Hearne;
John James Reinhart Jr., Kilgore.
General Business: Bill C. But
ler, San Antonio; Robert Edward
Caprielian, Crockett; Milton Pres
ton Geiger, Waco; Van Marion
Hetherly, Lampasas; Andrew Aul-
dridge Jackson, Port Arthur;
Bradley Joe Johnson, Iowa Park;
George Joseph, Jefferson; Charles
Leon Laakso, Los Fresnes; Carlos
A. Lozano, Brownsville; William
Allen Luker, Garland; Luthel* Jo
seph McGee, Bryan; Oran Lee
Verne Marshall, Wichita Falls;
Donald Sealy Morris, Bay City;
Don Louis Pfefforkom, Lockhart;
William Howard Scott, Temple;
Ray Fountain Smith, Houston;
Royce Deane Tate, Corpus Christi;
Frank Drexel Toland Jr., Dallas.
Marketing: F. D. Andrues Jr.,
Franklin; Boydie Ellis Fereday Jr.*
Pasadena.
Personnel administration: Carl
Raymond Kuykendall, College Sta
tion.
Physical Education: John Jo
seph Hill, Mexia; Bernard Lem
mons, Ozona; John Ward Tishler,
College Station.
Science Biology: Gerald Doug
las Campbell Jr., Camp Pickett,
Va.; William Lecel Lee Jr., Hous
ton.
Physics: Thomas Eugene Harts-
field, Waxahachie.
School of Engineering
Architectural Design: William
Lynn Bigbee, Palestine; Richard
V. Morales, San Antonio; Robert
A. Stinson, Dallas.
Architect ural construction:
Glenn Edward Goodman, Houston;
Doyle Ray Griffin, Longview;
James Kennedy, Grapeland; Henry
Lea Otken, Falfurrias, William
Hudson Phipps, Arlington; Joei
Edward Rutherford, Greenville;
Earl Dean Sherman, Highlands;
Alan Tom Spencer, Dublin; Billy
Lee Webb, Fort Worth.
Chemical engineering: Gerald
Rogers Armstrong, Marshall; San
ford Dean Bowers, Alice; Eric
Oliver Holland Jr., Breckenridge;
Charles Henry Nelson, Port Ai>
(See BACHELOR, Page 2)