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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent / Of Local Residents Battalion Published By A&M Students For 7G Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 4: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953 Price Five Cents Professors Rated In Surprise Poll. Faculty members were rated by students yesterday in a surprise canvass during 9 a. m. classes. So quiet was the operation that department heads knew nothing of plans for the rating until 4 p. m. Tuesday. Students filled out sheets with grades of one to five (one was Aggie Players Set March Date For ‘St a lag 17’ ' The first amateur produc tion in the Southwest of “Sta- lag 17" will be presented , March 2 and 3 by the Aggie Players, said C. K. Esten, fac ulty director of the group. “The holders of the copyright »on the play will not release it for amateur pi-oduction until March 1, so we are scheduling it as near this.date as possible,” Esten said. The fast moving play, described by Esten as being a “comedy, mel odrama, and mystery,” deals with American prisoners in a German concenti-ation camp during World War II. It will be presented in Guion Hall. Esten 1 |said the play is too big to be presented in the theater-in- the- round fashion of the last Ag gie Player’s pi’oduction, “All My Sons.” The play is a current Broadway tit and is being taken on tour of Wie country. A movie based on the play is also being made. • Cast Selected Selections for the major roles of the all-male cast were also an nounced by Esten. Chosen for the lie ad \yas Bill Witty. Supporting Witty will be Jerry McFarland, B. B. Smith, John Samuels, Roger Melton, Harry Gooding, Raoul Roth, Vic Robinson, David Parnel, Glenn Whitley, Tom Lewis, Jim Baggaley, Roger Sherman, and Sherwin Rubin. John Samuels was named stu dent director, Harry Gooding stage manager, and Larry Taylor light ing director, Esten said. “It might be that the selections for the major parts will be chang ed, and there are still five or six places to be filled,” he said. A E*ten added he is scheduled to Review the play Tuesday for the tvomen’s book review club at Allen Academy. highest) on 11 factors listed on the rating sheet. The following factors were in cluded: preparation' for class meet ings, presentation of subject mat ter, ability to interest students, scholarship, stimulation of criti cal and independent thinking, tol erance and liberality, attitude to ward students, personal appear ance, personal peculiarities, fair ness in grading, and comparison of instructor with other college in structors. Space was also provided for general comment about each in structor. Student received six sheets and completed one for each faculty member instructing them this se mester. More than 4,000 students had classes at 9 a. m., which means approximately 24,000 rating sheets were filled out. Results Next Semester The tabulation of scores will be done by electrical devices but re sults will not be shown to members of the faculty until next semester. College officials felt it would be unwise to release scores to faculty members until the semester is completed. To make sure instructors did not examine rating sheets and to insure their delivery to proper authoi-ities, one student fi-om each class was required to accompany their instructor to turn in the sheets. “Results of this rating by stu dents will not bring any admin istrative action,” said Dr. David H. Morgan, dean of the college. “The ratings were provided to aid members of the faculty in eval uating teaching practices.” Commenting on the faculty rating, Jack Steel, instructor of business administration, said, “My only complaint is that students aren’t given an opportunity to rate Us more often. Health Tester Can ’i Take It The monthly health inspec tion of College Station eating places ran into a snag. Seems that the man who is making the inspection, L. E. Winder, Sr., got sick after visiting a few restaurants. He’s in bed with a bad case of the flu. Parking Lot Extension Set To Start in 10 to 14 Days Exemption System Opposed Instructors Believe Necessary Tart of Finals Courses By JON KINSLOW Battalion News Staff “Final examinations are a nec essary part of the course and should be given to all students,” was the opinion of a group of pro fessors interviewed yesterday. All except two of the seven pro fessors interviewed were against the exemption system used at A&M. M. S. Kavanaugh of the psychol ogy department, the only profes sor definitely in favor of exemp tions, said the system is good un less too much emphasis is placed on finals. The general feeling about final Emmons Featured In Melchior Show Shirlee Emmons, concei’t and recording ai'tist, will be one of the principal performers at the Lauritz Melchior Show at 3 p. m. J’an. 1-8 in Guion Hall. She is one of six young vocal ists who, along with Lauritz Mel chior, operatice and movie star, and a duo piano team, will present a concert ranging from Wagner arias to Hit Parade numbers. Miss Emmons holds two top music awards. She is the 1951 winner of the Fulbright Award which grants her a year of study in Europe. She also won the 1952 March of Dimes Office Open Today Headquartei’s for the 1953 March of Dimes campaign opened an Bryan today. Located in the old Creamland bpilding on Main Street, the head quarters will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. every day until the I end of the drive Jan. 31. Seventy-six women volunteers will take shifts being on duty to accept donations, to answer ques tions about the drive, and to give information about polio, according Ho Mrs. P. W. Barker, chairman of the headquarters committee. Those on duty for the rest of the week are as follows: Thursday morning, Mrs. John R. Hester, Mrs. Ben Baskin; Thursday after noon, Mrs. R. E. Hampton; Friday morning, Mrs. R. E. Leighton; Friday afternoon, Mrs. H. H. Pressley; Saturday morning, Mrs. M. C. Hughes; Saturday afternoon, Mrs. J. C. Goldsmith; and Sunday, Mrs. H. H. Carsey. $1,000 Marian Anderson Award. Miss Emmons has appeared with the CBS Symphony and “Invita tion to Music” in coast-to-coast broadcasts. She has sung with the Robert Shaw Chorale, the Waterbury Civic Symphony, the League of Composers and the Composers Forum. Her records include Robert Shaw’s “Sweet and Low”, album. She is soprano soloist in a Sig mund Romberg album. Another soprano soloist on the show is Angelene Collins, winner 4-of the 1950 Naumberg Award and national finalist in the 1949 Young Artists Auditions of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Other artists include tenors Val Valente and Alan Werner; bara- tone Michael Roberts, understudy to the leads of the Broadway plays “Kiss Me Kate” and “My Darlin’ Aida”; and bass Edward Williams. The duo piano team includes George Roth and Ted Sadlowski, winners of a 1951 Paderewski Foundation Award. The program for <; The Lauritz Melchior Show” will be divided in to five parts: romantic songs, piano classics, grand opera, oper etta medleys, and Hit Parade songs. Each section of music will be introduced by original numbers. Tickets are now on sale in the office of Student Activities. Two and three dollar reserved seat tickets are being sold. General ad mission tickets cost one dollar. Weather Today CLEAR WEATHER TODAY: Clear. The low this morning was 58 and the high expected is 77. TENOR AND SOPRANO—Lauritz Melchior and Shirlee Emmons exercise their talented vocal chords to the accom- panyment of Melchior’s piano. Both artists will be at Guion Hall Jan. 18. Quizzes Okayed During Dead Week Contrary to an announce ment in Wednesday’s Battal ion, major examinations are authorized during Dead Week. Due to a misunderstanding, Dr. David H. Morgan, dean of the college, was misquoted and the statement should have read practices of giving ex aminations during Dead Week will be as in the past. He said no plans are in ac tion for banning quizzes dur ing the week before final ex aminations. exemptions, however, was also ex pressed by Kavanaugh. He said final examinations should be a fin al summary of the whole course. Too much emphasis, he said, is placed on them now. “A good student will learn from any examination,” said E. C. Klip- ple, head of the mathematic de partment. B. C. Moore, also of the mathe matics department, said an exemp tion system cripples the value of the examination. Moore said he was neither for or against exemp tions. All the professors agreed that an exemption system provides an incentive for students to do better work. W. E. Koss of the mathe matics department contended that his incentive only applied to the men in the upper gi’oup of stu dents. “Contrary to popular belief, an exemption system creates more work for the professors since they have to figure averages twice,” Koss said. Exemptions Stimulate M. S. Brooks of the agricultural economics and sociology depart ment agreed that exemptions stim ulate the student to make better grades. “I think the student profits more by taking the final examina tion than by getting an exemp tion,” Brooks said. The present exemption system is fairly new to A&M, being in stalled in 1947. During the war years no final examinations were given because of thfe' “speed up” program employed during this period. J. R. Hillman of the mathematics department added a final thought on exemptions by saying, “If an examination was worth giving at all, it is certainly worth giving to all the students in the class.” Suggestion Box Provided by Senate A suggestion box has been plac ed in the MSC for students to drop items for discussion by the Student Senate at future meetings. The senate took this action to insure its consideration of all stu dent problems and suggestions. The box is located near the post office entrance. Suggestions left this week will be discussed at the Jan. 15 meeting. Army ROTC Cadets Can Join Marines “Any cadet who will be commis sioned in the Army Reserve Corps before April 30,” Lt. Col. J. J. Wildermann, executive officer of the Army ROTC here, announced today, “can apply for a regular commission in the Marine Corps.” The Army Reserve Corps will discharge any cadet accepted by the Marine Corps. Air Force cadets are not eligible. Find 20 Kegs of Nails A&M System Holds Housecleaning A thorough house cleaning near ly always turns up certain un usual things of interest. The A&M System proved it was no exception when orders were given for a re cent clean-up campaign through out its colleges. In two widely separated places on the A&M campus, searchers found 32 kegs of horseshoes which were purchased from the army as surplus after World War I. Under the floor of an old build ing they found a trunk placed there in 1921 by a student from Puerto Rico. The horseshoes .wei’e sold along with 68 tons of other scrap metal and the trunk went with countless truckloads of other useless matei'- ial to the incinerator. The clean-up at A&M was only part of a state-wide clean-up of the entire A&M College System, composed of A&M College, Arling ton State College, Prairie View A&M, Tarleton State College, Ag ricultural Expeiament Station, Ag ricultural Extension Service, Engi neering Experiment Station, En gineering Extension Service and Texas Forest Service. Building Program Ending With a $13,000,000 building pro gram drawing to a close in the System, and many departments preparing to move into new quar ters, administrators decided 1952 would be a good time to clean house generally. In every department a special effort was made to clean out old and unused records and material of all types. This material was moved to a central point on each campus for sorting and cataloging. That which could be used by an other department or pai’t of the System was re-issued, and other, salvagable material is available as the need for it arises. Material which could no longer be used was sold at auctions, by bidding, or as junk. What could not be sold was burned or buried. Equipment Transferred Thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment was transferred to oth er departments; more than 68 tons of scrap metal was sold, and count less truckloads of old and dupli cate records were burned. More than 22,000 feet of usable floor space was cleared. More than 1,200 cubic yards of old concrete floor slabs and foun dations were broken up and re moved from college lands. Old farm buildings not to be retained in the new farm centers were razed and salvagable mater ial from them was used for 20 poultry range shelters and 26 swine colony houses. Eight farm residences were moved and reconditioned. Five others were painted. Repair work and painting is under way on oth er farm buildings which are to be kept. Where surface formations of (See HOUSE CLEANING, Pp. 5) Puryear-La tv, Lots To Be Dorms 3-5 Enlarged Two parking lots will be extended by Feb. 14 to take care of A&M’s parking problem, the Student Senate Traffic and Parking committee said today. Parking lots to be enlarged are: The Law-Puryear Hall parking lot will be extended nbrth with an entrance made at Jones St. Now there is only one en trance which is on Old Main St. The dormitory three and five parking lot will be extend ed south, almost to the Consolidated Band’s drill field. Construction will begin within 10 or 14 days, the com mittee said. The committee of Jack E. (Spud) Mergle, Jack Thornton, C. M. Scott, G. D. (Red) Young,"* Prince Vickers, S. H. Harper met yesterday in a two hour session with college officials. At the meet ing were President M. T. Harring ton, Commandant Col. Joe E. Davis, Assistant to the Dean of Men Bennie A. Zinn, Manager of the Physical Plants W. H. Badgett, Chief of Campus Security Fred Hickman, and System Manager of the Physical Plants T. R. Spence. President Harrington also ex plained that Bizzell St., which runs behind the System Administration Building, will be extended to Jer sey St., which runs in front of A&M Consolidated Schools. When this road is built, the parking lot behind dormitories three and five will be extended even further, the president said. No indication was given as to when construction on this road would begin. Street markers for college streets also may be constructed in the near future, the committee said. Explanations that a “test marker now is being observed in front of the Board of Directors home.” Construction of other street markers may be approved by the board in the near future. The markers are identical to those used by the city of College Station. A lengthy discussion of parking tickets brought no new develop ments. The senate committee had collaborated with the traffic com mittee of the senior class in pre senting plans before the president. No Parking On Military The committee was told by Zinn that 95 per cent of the tickets given last spring were distributed among 150 traffic violators. Parking on Military Walk after the military department moves from Ross will not be allowed to students. The president said that the spaces would be reserved for short course students and visitors. No parking will be allowed in Gilchrist Park, although w i d - ening the now one-way Trail St. looms as a possibility the commit tee said. While the parking lots are be ing enlarged, students are encour aged to obey regulations and park on the street behind Duncan Hall, (See PARKING LOT, Page 4) AF Graduates Will Hear Panel On Induction Air Force seniors graduat ing this semester will hear lec tures this afternoon about life in the Air Force. A panel composed of Col. John A. Way, PAS&T; Lt. Col. B. P. Browder, Lt. Col. D. C. L. Honeycutt, Maj. H. O. Johnson, and Maj. J. C. Lowell will answer questions the 68 graduates -receiv ing Air Force commissions may have on military life. The panel will discuss living quarters, subsistence, pay scales, social obligations and duty to be expected on an Air Force base. Lectures will be given on re porting to the processing center for the first time, wearing of the Air Force blues, and service cus toms. Purpose of the program, accord ing to Col. Way, is to make up for the deficit these seniors had by not attending summer camp. Many of the men are in the class of ’52 which did not have any camp. Next week, the January grad uates will be given a guided tour of Bryan AFB to acquaint them with actual operations on an Air Force installation. Two Symphony Concerts Billed In Guion Hall The Town Hall spotlight will be turned on the Houston Symphony tonight at 8 p. m. The orchestra will give a special childrens’ concert at 3 p. m. Buses will be provided throughout Brazos County to take children from their schools to the concert and back homq. Tickets for the matinee cost 50 cents for children and one dollar for adults. “Golden Age Polka” The afternoon program includes the following: Offenbach’s “Orphe us in the Underworld,” the fourth movement of Mendelsshon’s “Sym phony No. 4,” Shostakovitch’s “Golden Age Polka,” Bizet’s ‘L’Ar- lesienne Spite No. 1. Ward’s “Jonathan and the Ging ery Snare,” Anderson’s “Sleigh- ride,” and the Romburg-Bennett “Up in Central Pai’k.” Andor Toth, assistant conductor, will direct the matinee. Under the direction of Efrem Kurtz, the Houston Symphony will play Brahm’s “Symphony in E Minor, No. 4, Op. 98 for its prin cipal Town Hall number. Other works for the evening perform ance are Chabrier’s “Slavonic Dance,” Puccini’s “Intermezzo,” Rossini’s Ballet Music from “Wil liam Tell,” Strauss’ “Emperor Waltz,” and Kabalevsky’s overture to “Colas Bfeugnon.” One of the Better Symphonies Ranked as one of the better sym phony orchestras in the nation, the Houston Symphony appeared on the Town Hall schedule of con certs last year. Its conductor, Kurtz, has been called by Tosca nini as the “greatest concertmaster in history.” After the orchestra was re organized in 1948, it made its de but on Nov. 1 of that year. In its initial program it presented the world premiere of the works of the contemporary American composer Aaron Copland. In addition to regular subscrip tion concerts, the orchestra gives radio broadcasts and makes classi cal recordings. Teague Plans Texas’ 1 Float For Ike Rep. Olin E. Teague of Col lege Station is in charge of the Texas float in the inaug ural parade Jan. 20 of Presi dent-elect Eisenhower. Teague, as president of the Texas State Society which selected the float, will be re sponsible fo^’ the $2,500 pro ject. i The float will proclaim Tex as as Eisenhower’s native state. It will bear a replica, some seven feet high, of the house in Denison where the general was bom. Sparkling streamers will run back from the house to a huge map of texas showing location of Denison. From the rear of the float will wave the six flags under which Texas has sei’ved.