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• ASS*N FORMER STUDENTS FE . 4 COPIES Circulated Daily 7 To 90 Per Cent / Of Local Residents on Published By A&M Students For 70 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 10: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1053 Price Five Cents Two For In B Ags Expelled Using ‘Board’ • Armor- Case tty JOEL AUSTIN ttattalion Co-Editor Two junior Armor students re ceived indefinite suspension from the college yesterday after ad mitting to charges of physical haz ing in tt Armor Company. Suspended, effective Jan. 24, were James Sears, agricultural education major from Henderson, and Prince Vickers, Agricultural Economics major from Pittsburg, Tex. tt Armor Company was disband ed Oct. 23, 1952 because evidence was found by college authorities that hazing had taken place and no one would admit having taken part in it. As a result all senior officers were reduced to the grade of private and moved to a senior company and juniors were inte grated into other units. Sopho mores of B Armor were allowed to move into A Armor. Juniors Confess The two juniors confessed to the charges after all members of the company had been tight-lipped since the incident occurred. Marks Way Lambastes Draft Dodgers in ROTC College men who join ROTC programs just to get out of the draft and others who have .not felt their sense of duty to America’s defense program received a verbal lashing by Col. John A. Way, PAS&T. r Speaking to the College Station Lion’s Club yesterday in the MSC. Col. Way said the only way to remove fear of aggression is to be prepared. No one is foolish enough to fight a man bigger and stronger than himself, he said. “Eighty-two percent of our Army is reserves,” said Col. Way; “We are almost entirely put into this second echelon of defense now.” He blamed many people for say ing “Why should I spend time with a military force while there is only a police action going qn ? If there’s a war, I’ll be glad to do my part.” ‘ “An attitude like that,” said the PAS&T, “is just like waiting until the day of a big football game to practice the signals.” » He told members of the Lions Club the end product we want is a freedom in the hearts and minds of American people as well as a free way of life. “Many people are unwilling to set aside personal ambitions for defense. They continue to foster this ‘business as usual’ feeling,” said Col. Way. “Somehow we as parents must make our children appreciate their sense of loyalty to their country,” he said. Recreation Slated By City Council College Station City Council ‘.will meet Wed. in the City Hall at 7 p. m. Orders of business tabled from the last meeting include voting on the Recreation Council’s tax-sup port oi'dinance and the plan to raise city evaluations to match the school board’s proposed evaluation increase. Weather Today WARMER WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy and warmer. The high will probably be in the lower 80’s. The low this morning was 51, on five sophomores had indicated hazing had taken place, and dis ciplinary action was passed out to them when they refused to answer any questions asked at the time. It was this refusal of any mem ber of the unit to answer questions or to volunteer information to authorities or to friends that held up disciplinary action on the guilty students. According to Joe C. Wallace, commander of the First Division, the two juniors are not fully to blame for not turning themselves in. In relating the story told by the two students to be suspended, Wallace said they were asked by members of the company not to turn themselves in when the in cident happened. Already Packed One of the boys had reportedly packed his bags and was ready to confess to the hazing. •“I understand the sophomores in the outfit went to the senior's and asked if it wouldn’t be possible for everyone to keep quiet about the matter so no one could be punished for the hazing,” said Wallace. “The seniors agreed and from what I understand they left or ders with the roommate of either Sears or Vickers to not let him out if he acted like he might con fess. , “One of the sophomores left A&M after being forced to drop military science as disciplinary ac tion by the college. He was just about to be drafted when he join- (See STUDENT, Page 2) A. W. Williams Funeral Monday A Wyatt Williams, 47, graduate fellow of the economics depart ment, died Sunday morning after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held yes terday at the Hillier Chapel. Wil liams will be buried today at Greenville. Williams attended East Texas State Teachers College in Com merce. He was a railroad postal clerk. for several years. After re tiring, he qntered A&M , where he received his BA degree last June. KKs Slack On Huey Hack Won HBeBack Bob Huey of San Angelo gave his greetings of farewell to everyone when he graduat ed from hei'c this month. But to the Campus Security office, he left a poetic note on his car. It said. Dear KK: For years now I’ve worked and waited. And now, I’ve finally graduated. So please, Don’t put a ticket on this hack, I’m leaving today And I ain’t coming back. He did not get a ticket. Commission Exercises Set for 10 a.m. Friday Commissioning exercises for the 189 January ROTC graduates will be held in Guion Hall at 10 o’clock Friday morning, Jan. 23. President M. T. Harrington will be the principal speaker. Col. Shel ly P. Myers, PMS&T, will pre sent commissions to the 126 Army graduates and Col. John Way, PAS&T, will present commissions to the 63 Air Force graduates. All men to be commissioned are to report to the YMCA at 9 Friday morning to sign the oath of office, said Lt. Col. Joi'dan J. Wilderman of the military department. Square Dancers To Promenade For Polio Drive Local and out-of-town call ers are lining up and enthus iasm is running high for the night of Saturday, January 24 when the square dancers of this region will dance in Sbisa Hall for the benefit of the March of Dimes. Sponsored by the Promenaders, College Station-Bryan square dance club, the annual benefit for the polio fund is expected to at tract hundreds of people, both dancers and “watchers,” according to Mrs. Lola Thompson, general chairman. There will be no admis sion charge and no charge for refi'eshments. Everyone attending will be asked to make a donation to the March of Dimes. Sam Kennedy, Lee Thompson, Manning Smith, O. J. Godbehere, and Mrs. G. W. Schlesselman head the list of.local callers announced by Carl Lyman and Tom Collier. Bunnan Black, prominent Waco caller, has promised to be on hand, and several others from out of town are expected. Members of the local club will act as hosts. Others from the Promenaders will serve refresh ments during the evening, with Mrs. J. C. Goldsmith as chairman. Diplomas To Be Mailed By March 1 Diplomas for the January grad uates will be mailed to them some time around March 1, said J. Y. Alexander, assistant registrar. If any of the graduates want to pick up their diplomas early, they can do so beginning Saturday, Alexander said. “The graduates can pick them up anytime between Jan. 25 and the time the degrees are ready for mailing,” he said. School Bond Election Before People Today Construction Ditch Throws Exam-Weary Prof, Students Students have been known to get in a rut before final exams but this year the Aggies have been slipping into a 10 ft. hole. More than seven students and one College Station resi dent fell at night last week into a construction ditch in front of the Journalism Building. The ditch has been dug to lay a storm sewer. Mrs. H. S. Creswell, principal of Consolidated Elementary School, broke her ankle when she fell into the ditch. Jack Blacksheer, junior from Houston, was talking over his shoulder to a friend when he plunged into the. ditch. Bill Foley, also a junior from Houston, mistook the hole for a mud puddle. Two stitches had to be taken in his chin, and one in his lip. Foley and Blacksheer said although parts of the ditch were lighted by smudgepots there were no warning signs where they fell. C. L. Andrews, contractor of Andrews-Parker Inc. who is doing the construction, said guards and lights were placed everywhere the ditch was open. He said students had been moving the guards and extinguishing some of the smudge- pots. European Art Show Set Here Feb. 1-15 Twenty five masterpiece paint ings valued between $18 and $20 million dollars will be displayed here Feb. 1-15, said today Mrs. Ralph B. Terry, advisor and in structor of the MSC’s Art Gallery Committee. “A&M will be the first college in the world to show the paint ings,” Mrs. Terry said. “The paint ings have been shown before in Houston and at their permanent housing in a museum at New York City.” Students from public schools in the surrounding area, covering an 85 mile radius, will be invited to see the exhibits, she said. “This is the finest collection of masterpiece paintings out of Eu rope between the 15th and 20th. centuries,” the art gallery advis or said. The two-week show will include masterpieces by Pieter De Hooch, a Dutch artist, 'and Francisco Goya, a Spanish artist. Each of their paintings which will be dis played is worth $300,000—the most ever paid for a single can vas, Mrs. Terry said. The paintings which will be dis played are: “Madoma and Child” by Cone- gliano, “Portrait of a Man” by Marmion, “La Bella Simorietta” by Botticelli, “Head of a Boy” by Salviati, “The Card Players” by DeHooch, “Portrait of A Man” by Frans Hals, “Infanta Margue- rita” by Velasquez, “Promenade on the Ramparts” by Watteau, “Theseus Discovering His Father’s Sword” by Poussin, “Planter’s Family in Louisiana” by Gerard, “Madame RaineJ do .Nogart” by David, fi Siesta” by Czanne, “Tuil- eries in the Snow” by Pissaro, “Dordrecht” by Boudin,. “The Es cape of Rochefort” by Manet. “Roses in a Vase,” by Renoir, “Don Antonio Nortego” by Goya, “The Bath of Venus” by Boucher, A painting bl Lagrene, “Holy Family” by Van Dyck, “Mercury Entrusting Young Bacchus to the Nymphs” by Boucher, “An Old Woman” by Vander Nelst, “Sun set and Ships” by Lorrain, “Ador ation of the Sheperds” by Tintoret to, “Heads of Apollo” by Valcs- quez. Atomic Commission Sponsors Scholarships About 450 Voters' Will Cast Ballots By HARRI BAKER Battalion City Editor Fair weather and heated controversy are expected today to bring out about 450 voters for . the A&M Consolidated School board bond election. The election, held in the Consolidated music room from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m., is to authorize the school board of trustees to issue $650,000 in bonds for new school facilities. Hershel Burgess is election judge. There are approxi mately 650 voters in the school district eligible for this elec tion. About 20 absentee ballots were turned in by yesterday. “I’m very optimistic about the outcome of the election,” said Superintendent Les Richardson yesterday. He favors passage of the bonds. Over the weekend the school board sent all parents of Consolidated school children a statement concerning the 50 per cent tax raise the board says it will need to issue the bonds. ♦- The board said in the statement that before any raise in taxes was made, the public would be con sulted in an open hearing. The opposition to the bond is sue sent over the weekend a mem- eographed sheet pi'esenting their plan for a $200,000 bond issue which they believe would alleviate the over-crowding in the schools. The sheet was not signed. “It’s in the bag,” said E. E. Brown, president of the school board, about the election. He pre dicted yesterday that the bond is sue would carry two to one. “I don’t believe the opposition represents too many people,” he said. Hearing Set—‘If’ Brown said the hearing on the tax raise probably would be held within two weeks if the bond is sue passes. “It would take us that long to organize the material for present ation,” he said. Money from the proposed issue Avould be used to build an element ary school in College Hills- and a new high school next to the pre sent one. Speakers for the opposition have advocated only the building of the elementary school for the present, with the construction of the high school waiting until the need is greater. They question the ability of Col lege Station to support a $650,000 bond issue. Brigham Has Trouble With Flying Quiz If you think you hae having trouble with quizzes, Gilbert Brigham can tell a, story to make you think you are trou ble-free. Brigham, a junior from Denison, was on the third story of the Academic Build ing taking a final exam when a breeze swept through the room and carried one of the sheets of paper he had writ ten on out on the ledge. Trying to retrieve it, Brig ham stepped on a crumbling ledge which broke, and he plunged three stories head first to the ground. The doctor reported no broken bones—not even a scratch. He landed in some trees. “Incidentally,” Brigham said, “don’t let anyone tell you its not a long way to the ' ground.” A&M seniors majoring in chem istry, physics or engineering are eligible for Atomic Energy Com mission-sponsored graduate fel lowships in radiological physics for the 1953-54 school year. Radiological physics is a new New President Wants World Unity ‘Win Earth of Peace’—Ike WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-Dwight D. Eisenhower took office as Pres ident today and dedicated his ad- finistration to finding “an earth of peace” without ever placating an aggressor by trading America’s honor for security. In his prepared inaugural ad dress, the first Republican chief executive in 20 years set forth n i n e “rules of conduct” for achievement of lasting world peace, and declared: “By their observance, an earth of peace may become not a vision but a fact. “This hope—this supreme aspir ation—must rule the way we live.” The new President’s address from the inaugural platform on the steps of the Capitol, right after he took the oath of office, was de voted almost entirely to the inter national situation—and to a call for the free nations of the world to unite against the forces of aggres sion. Divine Guidance Asked Eisenhower asked too for divine guidance for the new administra tion. The inaugural document dealt only oblisuely with domestic af fairs. The emphasis on foreign policy—specifically, on the idea of world-wide collective security —pointed, the new administration’s course in more of an internation alist direction than heretofore has had the backing of some GOP con gressional leaders. U.S.—World Leader Eisenhower left no doubt he feels the U.S. must continue to play a role of world leadership. He said, “We are persuaded by necessity and belief that the strength of all free peoples lies in unity, their danger in discord,” and added: “To produce this unity, to meet the challenge of our time, destiny has laid upon our country the re sponsibility of the free world’s leadership.” Faith in the future which binds America belongs as well to the free to all the world, he said. “It confers a common dignity upon the French soldier who dies in Indochina, the British soldier killed in Malaya, the American killed in Korea,” he added. ‘World Problem’—Ours Eisenhower talked of “the pre occupations absorbing us at home.” Inaugural Schedule WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—The schedule for inauguration day follows: time is Eeastern Standard 9 a:m. Electoral College members meet to form per manent organization. 9:30 a.m. Private services at National Presbyterian Church for President-elect Eisenhower, new Cabinet and families. _ 11:45 a.m. Ceremonies at Capitol begin, including the inaugurations of Vice President Nixon and President Eisen hower, Eisenhower’s Inaugural Address. 1 p.m. Inaugural Parade leaves Capital for White House. 9 p.m. Inaugural Balls at National Guard Armory and Georgetown University Auditorium. He said that while “we are con cerned with matters that affect our livlihood today and our vision of the future, each of these domestic problems is dwarfed by, and often even created by, this question that involves all human kind”—survival of the free world. Sciences Final Gift Appealing for a demonstration of such faith, Eisenhower had in mind perhaps America’s develop ment of such weapons as the hy drogen bomb in saying: “Science seems ready to confer on us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from the eaith.” Here are the “rules of conduct” Eisenhower laid down for achieve ment of enduring world peace‘ “1. Abhorring war as a chosen way to balk the purposes of those who threaten us, we hold it to be the first task of statesmanship to develop the strength that will de ter the forces of aggression and promote the conditions of peace. “2. Realizing that common sense and common decency alike dictate the futility of appeasement, we shall never try to placate an ag gressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for se curity. (See IKE, Page 4) and expanding field of science.. It is concerned with health physics, radiation monitoring and control, radioisotope measurements and similar activities associated with the use of radiosotopes or the re lease of nuclear energy. Up to 75 fellowships may be awai'ded, with fully-accredited graduate study to be carried out in the three locations. One pro gram is operated by the Univer sity of Rochester and Brookhaven National Laboratory, another by the University of Washington and the Hanford Works of the AEG, and the third by Vanderbilt Uni versity and the Oak Ridge Nation al Laboratory. In each Case, nine months of course work at the university is followed by three months of addi tional study and field training at the cooperating AEG installation. The program is accredited for graduate-level training leading to ward an advanced degree. Basic stipends for fellows is $1600 per year, with an allowance of $350 if married and $350 for each dependent child. University tuition and required fees will be paid by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Avhich admin isters the program for the AEG. Additional information on the program may be obtained from science department heads of A&M or direct from the Institute at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Wisconsin Union Head Conducts MSC Survey Porter Butts, director of the Un iversity of Wisconsin Student Un ion, is here today smweying the Memorial Student Center. He Avill be here through Wednesday. Butts Avas a consultant to the MSC Avhen the first plans of the Center were drawn. Two Student Cars Reported Stolen Two cars belonging to A&M stu dents were stolen over the week end, said Fred Hickman, chief of campus security. The cars, OAvned by W. D. Wat son and William F. Dietrich, were recovered Saturday, Hickman said. Watson’s car, stolen in Bryan, Avas found in the dorm 15 parking lot only one parking space from Avhere Dietrich’s car Avas taken. Watson reported that a flashlight had been taken from his car. Dietrich’s car was recovered at the gate of Bryan Air Force Base. “Although Ave haA^e no informa tion as to AA r ho stole the cai's, it is possible that the same person was responsible for both thefts,” Hickman said. Milk Prices Cut In Brazos County Starting yesterday there Avas a reduction of one cent per quart ill the cost of milk to consumers in Brazos county. Cream Avill cost one cent less per half-pint. “This is the first time in my experience I have known the price of milk to be cut in January,” said Elton D. Smith, manager of the Sanitary Dairies plant here. “Cuts usually come about four months from now, Avhen the pas tures are renewed.” SouthAvest Producers Bureau has cut the price of milk from the farmer by 35 cents per 100 pounds. Polio March Cancelled The Mothers’ March on Polio, originally scheduled for Wednes day morning, has been cancelled, said Mrs. John Sperry, chairman for the College Station drive.