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Number 200: Volume 52
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1952
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Seniors Abolish Greeting;
Scorn Authority of Cadets
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Co-Editor
In a fiery meeting- last night,
in the MSC, members of the senior
class voted to outlaw the tradi
tional campus football greeting of
“Beat the H out of
After a long debate which saw
opposing viewpoints on the sub
ject hammered out by the dozens,
the class voted 127 to 103 for the
f greeting’s abolition.
Prior to discussing the greet
ing, the seniors voted not to con
done the action of cadet officers
. at an orientation course held be-
i fore school began. The officers
had voted to do away with the
greeting. The class said they felt
the officers had no right to take
it upon themselves to do a senior
classt job.
Motion by Peeples
The motion to abolish the cam
pus greeting was made by Roddy
Peeples, agronomy major from Te-
huacana. Opposition to the motion
was immediately voiced by Jim
Richardson, mechanical engineer
ing major from Alto. Richardson
said, “Traditions of A&M are go
ing down the drain because of
Ross Hall. Give Ross Hall an inch
and they take two miles.”
Richardson was referring to
the A&M ROTC personnel whose
headquarter building is Ross Hall.
Another senior pointed out he
did not feel it was important
enough to consider this matter of
abolishing a campus greeting.
Gene Steed, animal husbandry
major from Groom, said he did not
believe it was right to have stu
dents groing around the campus
repeating profane words in front
»f women and children.
“Doesn’t Boost Spirit”
Continuing the argument for the
motion, Jack Frey, animal hus
bandry major from Houston, said
he had lived with the athletes in
Hart Hall and could assure sen
iors the greeting “Beat the H—
out of ” did nothing to boost
the spirit among football players.
He also added that athletes usually
didn’t answer when addressed with
^this greeting anyway.
Following the voting, Corps
Chaplain O. C. (Putter) Jarvis
congratulated the class on doing
away with the greeting. Jarvis
^said he believed it was a, wise
step on the part of seniors.
♦
Stiring much enthusiasm among
the fourth year men was Walt
LeFevre, ag engineer major
from Eden. He brought up the
question of who was to enforce
abolishment of the greeting? Le
Fevre said the seniors are well
split in their voting, but if they
are to show their strength as a
class, they should all get behind
the decision and see the greeting
stamped out.
Officer’s Decision Invalidated
The motion made to not condone
actions of the cadet officers orien
tation course was made by Bob
Travis, pre-law major from Fort
Worth. Travis’ prepared motion
was as follows:
“Whereas, this body does not
condone the actions of the mem
bers of the Cadet Officers Orien
tation Course in assuming the
powers of the senior class; and
“Whereas, we believe that the
senior class still should deter
mine th'e traditions and priv
ileges of the corps; be it there
fore
“Resolved, that in the future
any and all actions affecting
campus-wide customs, privileges,
and traditions shall be decided
only by a called, well publicized
meeting of the senior class dur
ing the regular fall or spring
semesters, open to all seniors.”
Class President Joe Mattel open
ed the meeting with introductions I
of class officers and announce
ments of appointments made by
him of standing class committees. |
Chah-men were called on for re
ports.
Traditions Objectives
Spelaking in the absence of
Chairman Don Greaney of the
(See SENIOR MEETING, Page 4
No Change Seen in Present
Civilian Housing, Says Zinn
‘‘Three Persons to Room
Complaint—Legitimate 9
Nixon’s Talk May
Clear All Charges
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
There were strong signs in Re
publican upper circles today that
Sen. Richard Nixon’s dramatic
radio-TV explanation of his $18,000
political expense fund won him the
right to remain the party’s vice
presidential candidate.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the
GOP presidential nominee, hinted
as much in a Cleveland speech last
night. Almost all GOP national
committeemen willing to comment
said they favored such a move.
Committee’s Reaction
The committee’s reaction is ex
pected to be made public later to
day. A news conference was call
ed by the Washington headquar
ters, hip-deep in telegrams that
poured in after Nixon’s nationwide
address last night.
Gov. Adlai Stevenson, Democrat
ic presidential nominee, ended his
Atlantic Seabord swing and head
ed for his Springfield, 111. head
quarters saying he had no com
ment yet on Nixon’s address.
Nixon, after baring his own fi
nancial situation, challenged both
Stevenson and his Democratic run-
Juniors Discuss
Plans for Election
The Junior Class held its first
meeting of the year yesterday
after yell practice in the chemis-
ti’y lecture room. Presiding over
the gathering, which was called as
a get together affair and to dis
cuss the coming student elections,
was President T. B. Fields.
Officers of the Class of ’54, who
A&M Directors
Meet Saturday
£ The board of directors of the
A&M System, will hold their reg
ular meeting Saturday, Sept. 27,
at 9 a. m.
A. W. Melloh, director of the
Engineering Experiment Station,
will give a report. There will also
be a report on the building pro
gram.
Weather Today
CLOUDY
WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy to
partly cloudy. The high yesterday
was 87 and the low this morning
was 63.
were elected last spring, were pre
sented to the Juniors. Vice presi
dent is Bill Roland, secretary Ted
Uptmore, treasurer Joe Bill Jack-
son, historian Ed Sterns, social
secretary Warren Sexton, parlia
mentarian Marvin Ford, and ser
geant at arms Jim Sojourner.
Asked Careful Consideration
During the discussion of the
coming student elections, Fields
called for cai’eful consideration in
picking the class candidates and
one hundred percent pai'ticipation
in voting for those nominated.
Uptmore, who was the class stu
dent senator last year, gave a
short speech on the activities of
a student senator and the things
accomplished by this group during
the preceding year.
The meeting adjourned with no
announcement concerning future
plans.
ning mate, Sen. John Sparkman,
to do the same.
Asks Stevenson Report
Stevenson, Nixon said, should ex
plain to the American public — as
he did—expenditures from a fund
raised in Illinois to bolster the in
come of Stevenson’s appointees to
public office.
And Sparkman, Nixon went on,
should say why he keeps his wife
on the public payroll, and if he
has any income outside his Senate
salary.
Stevenson has said there was
nothing wrong with his fund plan.
Sparkman said last night in
Grand Island, Neb. that “nobody
has accused me of getting $18,000
and I haven’t any expense fund.”
He said his wife has worked 10
years for him and “earned every
dollar she ever got.”
MSC Committees
To Meet Tonight
The Art Gallery and Craft Com
mittee of the MSC will hold its
first meeting in Room 2A of the
MSC at 7:30 tonight, according to
Mrs. Ralph Terry, sponsor for the
two gx*oups.
It will be very important for all
members of the art committee to
be present, said Mrs. Terry, be
cause times for future class meet
ings will be set.
All interested students, staff
and faculty members ai-e invited
to attend, Mrs. Terry added.
FOR A HERO—John Henry Young- (second fro mright)
receives a certificate for heroism awarded him by the Texas
Safety Association as recognization for saving his brothers
and sisters when his home caught fire. Presenting the
award is John W. Hill, a member of the Texas Safety As
sociation College And School Committee. Also pictured
are Dr. Isaac I. Peters of the Dairy Husbandry Department
(extreme right) and W. A. Tarrow, Principal of the Lincoln
school, (extreme left). (Photo by Nickle)
Saves Brothers, Sisters
Local School Boy
Gets SafetyA ward
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion City Editor
A nine year old boy who admit
ted td being just “A little b i t
scared” when he rescued his three
younger sisters and one younger
brother from a burning house last
winter was awai'ded a heroism cer
tificate from the Texas Safety
Association yesterday.
John Henry Young, who lives
in College Station, and attends
Lincoln School, was presented the
certificate by John W. Hill, mem
ber of the School and College
Committee of the Texas Safety
Association, at the meeting of the
Kiwanis Club yestei’day.
Heater Pipe Burst
John Henx-y said he and his
sister and bx-other were just get
ting x-eady to go to bed when a
heater pipe bux-st, setting the
house on fire.
One of the girls shouted the
house was on fire and they all
started crying. John Henry car
ried them out one at a time, then
went for help. His parents wex*e
gone for the night.
The Kiwanis Club gave John
Henry an awax-d last year, and
since then a committee has been
tx-ying to get xxational recognition
for him. The Cax-negie Iixstitute
and othex’s could not give him a
medal because he saved members
of his own family.
Awarded by Morris
W. Cax-los Mox-ris, Jx\, px'esident
of the Texas Safety Association,
a non-pi‘ofit ox'garxxzation, award
ed him the heroism certificate.
Dr. Isaac Peters, chairman of
the Kiwanis Intex’-Racial Commit
tee, was instrumental in getting
recognition for the boy.
Consolidated Names
New Class Officers
Officers for each class of A&M
Consolidated High School wex-e
elected yestex-day.
Each class voted on their own
officers, from nominations from
home rooms.
Senior class officers are presi
dent, Joe MotheraJ; vice-px*esident,
Byron Andrews; secretary, Noel
Stanley; tx-easurer, Martha Ergle;
x-eporter, Shix-ley Moffett; and
concessions managers, James
Twenty Students On File
For Fall Election Posts
Twenty students have filed for
Student Senate positions, the ma-
joi’ity of them juniors.
Under the new senate member
ship rale, however, 15 seniors, 10
juniors, six sophomores, two day
students, one College View resi
dent, one Vet Village resident, two
non military repx-esentatives from
each civilian dormitoi-y, will be
elected to the senate.
The five students who filed for
the senate yesterday, were Gene
Earl Steed, for repx-esentative
from the senior class; G. E. (Ed)
Waples and Carter Price for sena
tors from the junior class; Jerry
Ramsey and Wallace Eversberg
for representatives from the soph
omore class.
Previously, three seniors, nine
juniors, one sophomore and two
civilians had placed their names
on nomination applications in the
Student Activities office in Good
win Hall.
Applicants for nomination to the
newly-cx-eated Election Commis
sion are Harold L. Kupfer, Ray
mond E. McBx-ide, and J. A. (Jim)
McDowell, all juniors.
Requix-ements for nomination to
the posts of Student Life Commit
teeman, student senator, and elec
tion commissioner are similar. To
file for any of the posts, at least
a 1.0 grade point ratio, living in
the area represented, and attend
ance at A&M for the two previous
regular semesters is necessary be
fore a student is qualified to file
for an office.
Johnson and Margaret Ann Ar
nold.
Junior Officers
Junior class officei'S are presi
dent, Fx-ed Anderson; vice pi'esi-
dent, Melvixx Free; seex-etary, Jan
ice Latimer; tx-easux-er and con
cession manager, Max-tha Ann Wil
liams; and x-eporter, Jimmy Bond.
Sophomoi*e class officers are
president, Tommy Barker; vice
president, Jex-ry Oden; secretai’y,
Anna Beaty; tx-easurer, Elsie Rich-
ax’ds; repox-ter, Roy Couxnon; and
parliamentax-ian, Bill Little.
Freshman Officers
The freshman class is divided
into two sections, each of which
elected officers.
Section One officers are presi
dent, Alice Fay Simms; vice presi
dent, Shirley Ann Bx-own; secre
tary, Bobby Miller; Tx-easurer,
Jack Neely; reporter, Mickey Wil
liamson; and pai’liamentarian,
Norman Floeck.
Section Two officers are pi’esi-
dent, J. B. Cax-i'oll, vice president,
Jean Ann Smith; secretary, Mar-
dell Schafer; treasurer, Michael
McGuire; and repoxtex*, Maxilyn
Davis.
Membei-s of the Student Gov
ernment Coxincil will be elected
next Tuesday. The Student Coun
cil will have its first meeting
Wednesday, according to Tom Bar-
low, Student Council president,
who -was elected last spring for
this year.
Award and Speech
Given at Kiwanis
The Kiwanis Club heard a talk
on “The FAO Technical Assistance
Program” by Hoyle Southern yes
terday at their regular weekly
meeting in the MSC.
Also on the pi-ogram was the
presentation of a heraism award
to John Henry Young, local color
ed boy.
Next week the Rev. S. J. Fuchs
of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in
Bryan will speak to the club on
“Christian Mortality”.
Few changes can be made on the housing situation of
the civilian students, said Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of
men, yesterday.
In answer to a letter sent to the President and to The
Battalion, Zinn said, “the men have a legitimate complaint
on living three to a room, but they are wrong on some
points.”
Zinn pointed out the toilet facilities, although not the
best, are adequate for 12 persons. Eight persons lived in the
rooms which previously used the facilities.
In Puryear and Law Halls, each room on the first and
second floors houses three students. Four ramps also have
♦the third floor with three men to
each room.
Post Graduate Hall has 5i of
its 56 places filled and the other
civilian housing units, Bizzell and
Mitchell are also full, Zinn said.
“In the 386 rooms for civilian
students, only 49 are housing three
persons,” he continued. “Students
living in these doi’mitox’ies com
plained (in the letter) that toilet
facilities are inadequate and ax’e
cleaned only twice a week. Each
dox'mitory is cleaned daily; it
should be repox-ted if janitoi’s are
failing to do so.
“Good Shape”
“The mattresses are in good
shape. If anyone has a lumpy mat
tress ox* one which needs renova
tion, we’ll be glad to change it.
Although some of the units are
not equipped with fire equipment
we plan to have it in soon.
“It’s ti’ue some of the walls
need painting badly and some plas
ter is loose. This too will be cor
rected,” Zinn added.
Zinn repeated it was not desir
able for three persons to be liv
ing in one room, but the present
circumstances will not allow any
other coux-se of action. The third
bed in the rooms is not as good
as the others, but it is the best
available, he continued.
Must Live On Campus
“Many students have asked per
mission to live off the campus.
We cannot allow them to unless
they are in their fifth year of col
lege work,” Zinn added. He ex
plained that college officials felt
students who had less than four
years of college wox’k could not
live off the campus.
Paintixxg of dormitories will con
tinue only in the summer months,
he said. “In 1953, the rest of new
area doxanitories will be painted
(six were painted this summei’)
and in 1954 the Third Division
units will be painted,” Zinn ex
plained.
Law and Puryear will not be
painted until 1954, unless more can
be handled the BCU. Bizzell, Leg
gett and Mitchell Halls were last
painted in 1946* ’47 axxd ’48, he
said.
New Schedule
Announced For
‘Fish’ Pictures
A revised schedule for the
photoing of the Class of ’56
for the Aggieland ’53 was an
nounced today by Guy De
laney, co-editor of the year
book.
The old schedule which had been
announced previously was diseax’d-
ed when only 13 fx’eshmen had
their pictures made earlier this
week. As an added incenitive in
getting more people to have photos
made, the first sergeant of every
company which obtains 50 per
cent pax’ticipation will receive an
8x10 pictui'e fx-ee of chax-ge.
The fi'eshman picture schedule
is as follows; Sept. 23 and 24 “A”
and “B” Companies; Sept. 25 and
26, “C” and “D” Companies; Sept.
29 and 30, “E” and “F” Com
panies; Oct. 1 and. 2, “G” and “H”
Companies; Oct. 3 and 6, “I” and
“K” Companies.
Oct. 7 and 8, Squadrons 17 and
18; Oct. 9 and 10, Squadi'ons 19
and 20; Oct. 13 and 14, Squadx'ons
21 and 22; Oct. 15 and 16, Squad
rons 23 and 24; and Oct. 17 and
18, Squadron 25 and Fish Band.
Rifle Team Holds
First 1952 Meeting
The Rifle Club held its first
meeting of the year Monday night.
Twenty old membei’S returned
and two hundred and nine new
members were present. Of the
twenty returaing members, seven
were lettermen of last yeai\
Officex’s of the club are Cai’l
Schlinke, co-captain; Lyle Wolf-
skille, co-captain; Owen Hill, sec-
x-etary; Charles Allen, secretax'y;
axxd Jack Evans, reporter.
During the summer the rifle
team became a member of the
Southern Rifle Association which
includes all of the Southwest Con
ference schools except the Univer
sity of Arkansas.
They will be firing matches dur
ing the football season which will
coincide with the conference foot
ball schedule. The matches will be
fired px-ior to the football game
in each case.
RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP—Donald E. Brown (right) of
Luling receives a scholarship from Tom Milligan of Colina,
president of the college chapter of the Future Farmers of
America, who gave the award. (Staff photo by Nickle).
Pistol Team i
To Organize
The Aggie Pistol team will hold
its ox-ganizational meeting Thurs
day night after yell practice at the
new x’ifle and pistol x'ange under
the east wing of Kyle Field.
Officers will be elected and the
year’s activities will be planned,
said Douglass Benson, captain.
There are eight retunxing letter-
men and anyone who is interested
in joining the team is invited to
attend the meet, Benson said.
The team joined the U. S. Re
volver League last year. They
fired 37 postal matches, and won
26.
Phone Company
Silent on Rates
Southwestern States Telephone
Company has not officially filed an
application with the city council
to x’aise telephone rates in Col
lege Station, accox'ding to Ran
Boswell, city manager.
Southwestei-n States notified
College Station and Bryan last
week of their intent to ask for an
increase.
Beekeepers Will Meet i
In MSC Sept. 29-30
The Texas Beekeepers Associa
tion will hold a two day short
course in the Assembly Room of
the MSC, Sept. 29-30, announced
F. W. Hensel, assistant director,
placement office.