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Number 194 : Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1952
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents
Faculty-Staff
Wage Increase
In New Budget
In The Grove
All-College
Night Slated
For Monday
All College Night will be
held at 7 p.m. Monday in The
Grove.
A cost of living raise for faculty and general staff wages
and supplement merit raises are a possibility in the near fu
ture., said President M. T. Harrington yesterday to the fac
ulty and general staff.
Speaking to more than 1,000 faculty and general staff
members President Harrington also explained the instructor’s
position in helping the student become educated. The raises
are included in the budget of the college and will be pre
sented for approval to the legislature this year.
♦ After an introduction of the
M. T. Harrington
T
Greetings
* THE opening of the 77th
session of the A&M College of
Texas, I extend the greetings of
Ihe faculty and administrative
staff of the college to all the stu
dents, both new and old.
To the students returning, we
extend our sincere best wishes for
the most successful and profitable
school year of your career. May it
also be the happiest and most en
joyable. These wishes can be real
ized by the efforts and coopera
tion of each student and staff
member.
We hope the new student will
find that the A&M College of
Texas more than measures up to
all they had anticipated , in the
school of their choice. We usually
i, reecive in proportion to our con
tribution, and when we give our
best efforts, the results are the
, happiest. I hope you will get off
to a good start in your college
* work for a good beginning is very
important. Make every effort to
i sk the assistance of your instruc
tors when it is needed.
I am sui*e that I speak for each
member of the faculty, staff and
former students when I extend to
the student body for 1952-53 our
very best wishes for a great school
year.
M. T. HARRINGTON
President
deans of the schools and the in
vocation by Dr. Ide Trotter, dean
of the Graduate School, the Presi
dent welcomed the faculty back to
school, and explained some tradi
tions and college policy.
“An educational system as
complex, as highly organized as
ours has become, could de
generate into a mere assembly
line of facts, except for the human
ity of the instructor,” he said.
President Harrington called on the
faculty “to teach by example that
an education is the most desirable
of all attainments.”
Student-Instructor Relations
Dr. Harrington explained that
the basic relationship of teacher to
student has not changed. “The ba
sic aim remains the same—to ed
ucate the human being. We should
“lead forth” the student. I think
we would agree that our eduation
should do certain kinds of things
for a student subjected to it:
9 “It should lead him to think
for himself.
• “It should teach him how to
continue his own self education af
ter school days are over for him.
• “It should teach him how to
cooperate with others, on constant
ly expanding levels.
• “It should teach him to be a
responsible individual, in whatever
circumstances he may find him
self.”
• “No subject matter,” the Pres
ident continued, “has been men
tioned. “These qualities emanate
from the total climate of the school
itself.
Instructors Responsibilities
These qualities cannot be taught
as such. Their teaching is the re
sponsibility of every instructor, ev
ery hour of evefy day. These
qualities, although they are the
by-products of good teaching, are
among the few permanent values
with which we can endow our stu
dents.”
A student should be taught to
discriminate in his decisions, Dr.
Harrington added. Discrimination
is the highest function of the in
telligence; it separates the think
ing man from the unthinking man.”
Habits should be formed by the
student in his consciousness of
thinking to help in selling him the
idea of self-education constantly
in his later life, the President said.
“The marks of an educated man
in all ages have been these: he
(See FACULTY, Page 4)
President M. T. Harrington
and Col. Joe E. Davis, com
mandant, will give opening speech
es to the aggregation of students,
faculty, and guests. Ray George,
head football coach, will introduce
his staff of coaches.
Following the coaches, George
will introduce members of A&M’s
1952 football team.
P. L. (Pinky) Downs, Jr., and
Tom Collins, head yell leader, will
be on hand to give “spirit talks.”
Backed by the Aggie band the
audience will participate in sing
ing the school songs.
Collins and the other yell leaders
will lead a short yell practice.
John Childs is the other senior yell
leader and Monty Montgomery and
Jimmy Tyree are junior yell lead
ers. Bill Anderson will represent
non-corps students.
For everyone’s protection, Col
lins has asked all cadets to leave
The Grove in an orderly manner in
stead of running at the program’s
conclusion.
Aggie Band
Strength
Set at 190
About 190 Aggie band mem
bers are expected this year,
according to Col. E. V. Ad
ams, band director. With
members as reserves and sub
stitutes, 180 will march at foot
ball games.
All games except Michigan
State will be attended by the band.
The freshman band will accompa
ny the upperclassman band to con
ference games. The first trip will
be the University of Houston game
Sept. 20.
The Consolidated Band is divid
ed into the Maroon and White
Bands for better organization. Size
of both bands is equal, and the in
strumentation is the same, making
two Separate and complete march
ing organizations.
Don Greaney of Galveston is
commander of the Consolidated
Band. Doyle Krueger of New
Braunfels is head drum major. J.
H. Thomas of Denton is command
ing officer of the White Band,
with J. I. (Pinky) Jordan of
Houston as drum major. Com
manding officer of the Maroon
Band is Danny Howell of Cole
man. George Bemer of El Paso
is Maroon drum major.
The band will live in dormitory
11 again this year.
TALKING IT OVER—Drum majors for the Aggie Band discuss plans for football
halftime activities as the first game with University of Houston nears. Left to right
are George Berner, drum major of the White Band; Doyle Krueger, head drum ma
jor and Pinky Jordan, Maroon drum major.
Old Students Register
In Sbisa Tomorrow
Registration Schedule
Cards for registration will be issued to the new college
transfer students beginning at 8 a.m. Cards for former
students and graduate students will be issued in accordance
with the following schedule:
8:00 to 9:00—All whose surnames begin with A, B.
9:00 to 1:00—All whose surnames begin with T, U,
V, W, X, Y, Z.
10:00 to 11:00—All whose surnames begin with L, M,
N, O.
1:00 to 2'.00—All whose surnames begin with P, Q,
. R, S.
2:00 to 3:00—All whose surnames begin with C, D,
E, F.
3:00 to 4:00—All whose surnames begin with G, II,
I, J, K.
A&M Enrollment Drops;
6,000 Students Expected
More than 6,000 students began returning to the campus
today to prepare for Saturday’s registration.
Traffic crowded college streets and the North Gate area
as students arrived to start another school year. Activity
increased in dormitory areas with upperclassmen unloading
automobiles and moving into their assigned rooms.
Crowds flowed into The Exchange Store and North Gate
shops to buy books and school supplies. Workers in the
Administration Building and Goodwin Hall are busy taking
fees, issuing registration schedules and room assignments.
Lines are forming at North Gate and MSC postoffices
as students renew or change boxes. Many parents brought
Begins Duties
Kruger Heads Corps
Weldon Dale Kruger, last year’s
corps sergeant major and out
standing junior, will head the corps
of cadets this year. Assisting
Colonel of the Corps Kruger will
be Joe B. Mattel, deputy corps
commander.
Kruger and Mattel assumed the
duties of the top cadet officers
this week.
Kruger succeeds Eric W. Carl
son, former i colonel of the corps
who graduated last May and is
now in aviation cadets. Kruger
is the second Air Force cadet in
A&M history to be colonel of the
corps.
Son of Mrs. W. A. Kruger of
Austin, the corps commander is
majoring in petroleum engineer
ing.
Corps Staff
Members of the corps staff are
as follows:
Guy Shown, adjutant; Euclid
Francis, operations officer; John
Muller, supply officer; Davis Bot
tom, inspector general; Joel Aus
tin, public information officer;
O. C. (Putter) Jarvis, chaplain;
William Munnerlyn, athletic offi
cer; John Merrill, assistant opera
tions officer; Don Greaney, consol
idated band commander.
Kert Goode, operations ser
geant; Ide Trotter, supply ser
geant; Jerry Bennett, public in
formation sergeant; Joe MacAl-
lister, communications sergeant;
Doyle Krueger, consolidated band
drum major; and Richard Porter,
consolidated band liaison.
First Division
Commanding officer of the First
Division is Joe Wallace from San
Antonio. Executive officer is
Harold Hudspeth of Atlanta.
L. A. Wolkskill of Houston is
commander of the first regiment,
with R. E. Wallingford of Frank
lin as executive. Battalion com
manders are R. E. McCarley of
McKinney, and S. H. Harper of
Houston.
Commander of the second regi
ment is Shelton G. Black of Mexia.
W. G. Schlather of Corpus Christi
is executive officer. Battalion
commanders are J. R. Birdwell of
Seven New Area
Dorms Painted
All even-numbered dormitories
and Dormitory 9 were painted dur
ing the summer to provide an al
most “New Look” to the formerly
drab interior decoration in the
“New Area.”
Although Dormitory 12 was just
trimmed inside, the other even-
numbered upperclass dormitories
and Dormitory 9 were completely
re-done.
Doors and woodwork were cover
ed with a coat of green; ceilings
and walls from eye-level to ceiling
were painted white. Hand rails
in the stairways were painted
dark-green.
Suffolk and J. C. Heft of Corpus
Christi.
Second Division
G. E. Steed of Groom is com
manding officer of the Second
Jce Mallei
Deputy Corps Commander
Gene Steed
Second Division Commander
Division. His executive is Leonel
Fuentes of Del Rio.
First wing commander is W. S.
Highsmith of Mathis, with S. M.
Cowan of Clarendon as executive.
Group commanders are J. H.
Walker of McLeod and A. B. Cox
of Texarkana.
J. W. Haney of Beaumont is
commanding officer of the second
wing. His executive officer is R.
D. Rabon of Houston. Group com
manders are J. R. Kennedy of
Palestine and H. C. Holmes of
Port Arthur.
Third Division
Bruce Gibson of Turkey is com
manding officer of the Third Di
vision.
Third regiment commander is C.
F. Hornstein of Victoria. Battalion
commanders are J. B. Pafford of
Lefors, R. F. Brown of Dallas,
and J. P. Richman of Palacios.
D. L. Gary is commander of
the third wing. Group command
ers are H. Prochazka of Crosby,
S. D. Goode of Wichita Falls, and
D. L. Shankles of Sherman.
G. Staffel of San Antonio is
commanding officer of the. Third
Division band.
Joe Wallace
First Division Commander
Bruce Gibson
Third Division Commander
ktheir sons back to school, the MSC
was crowded with guests eating
in the dining and fountain rooms
and touring the Student Center.
Time waits for no one; school is
beginning again.
Registration for returning, grad
uate, and transfer students starts
in Sbisa Hall at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Registration Cards
Registration cards will be issued
to new college transfer students
beginning at 8 a.m. Cards for
returning and graduate students
will be issued at different times
throughout the day.
All students whose surnames be
gin with A and B will register
from 8 to 9 a.m. Those whose last
names begin with T, U, V, W, X,
Y, and Z will register from 9 to
10 a.m.
Time Schedules
Names starting with L, M, N,
and O are to register from 10
to 11 a.m. Scheduled time for stu-
1 dents whose surnames begin with
P, Q, R, and S will register from
1 to 2 p.m. ,
All whose names begin with C,
D, E, and F are scheduled to reg
ister from 2 to 3 p.m. Students
whose last names start with G, H,
I, J, and K will register from 3 to
4 p.m.
FSA ! Meets
On Campus
T omorrow
The executive board and
council of the A&M Associa
tion of Former Students will
hold its fall meeting- Saturday
and Sunday in the Menjorial
Student Center. Discussion will in
clude a resolution concerning the
1953 development fund.
Board members will meet at 10
a.m., Saturday, to prepare for the
100 council members who arrive
during the day.
Both the board and council will
see an intrasquad game between
the Aggie Maroon and White teams
on Kyle Field at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Saturday night will be spent by
the delegates in meetings discus
sing amendments and resolutions.
Breakfast will be served to mem
bers at 8 a.m. Sunday.
The fall session of the execu
tive council will adjourn Sunday.
The following business is on the
agenda:
• A resolution concerning the
1953 development fund.
• Amendments to by-laws pre
sented by the By-Law Committee.
• These by-law amendments will
provide for past-presidents of the
Association to serve on the board
for a year in an ex-officio capac-
ity.
Another amendment will provide
for a former student to serve on
the MSC Council.
Winding up business will be a
study of the “Texas Aggie,” of
ficial former students’ newspaper.
Whats Inside
SECTION ONE: Campus News,
Editorials, Features, Comics.
SECTION TWO: Sports, City
News, Church News.
SECTION THREE: Amuse-
ments, Town Hall.
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