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Number 18: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1953
Price Five Cents
Three New Men
Needed by Senate
Three student senators will have to be replaced by elec
tion because they have resigned or been disqualified, said
Bob Travis, president of the Student Senate last night at its
first meeting of the spring semester.
Jack Mergele, representative from Mitchell Hall, is
disqualified from the Senate because he moved from Mitchell
Hall. Doyle Lowry, Law Hall senator, resigned from the
Senate.
Prince Vickers, a junior class representative, is dis
qualified by reason of leaving school.
Other business transacted last - *
night included a resolution to have
Travis notify senators with two
absences that they need only one
more absence to lose their mem
bership on the body.
Constitution Says
According to the Senate con
stitution, three absences in one
year (two semesters) is enough to
cause loss of a senate seat. Elev
en senators were absent last night.
Lamar McNew read a letter
from President Hereford of Ar
lington State College inviting an
Aggie and his date to represent
A&M at Arlington’s annual coro
nation of the student body queen
in March.
Social Committee Selects
The Senate social committee, of
which McNew is chairman, will se
lect the A&M delegate.
Harold Hudspeth revealed that
the Campus Chest committee has
chosen the week of Mar. 9 for the
yeaily Campus Chest drive.
Gov. Dan Thornton of Colorado
is being considered by the muster
jommittee for main speaker at
'4he Apr. 21 event, said Gene Steed,
chairman of that committee.
Ed Harding Set
For Tuesday
Knife and Fork
Ed Harding, humorist and
goodwill ambassador of North
Carolina, will speak to the
Knife and Fork Club Tuesday
night in the MSC Ballroom,
said Pat Newton, chairman of the
meeting.
Harding spoke to the Knife and
Fork Club two years ago, and he
is the only speaker to be asked
back, Newton said. He has no sub
ject for his speech.
“He is regarded by many people
as the outstanding humorist in
the United States,” Newton said.
Harding was deputized by the
governor of North Cai’olina and
appointed official goodwill ambas
sador of the state.
The meeting will begin with a
smorgasbord dinner and seiwing
will begin at 7:lf>.
Ag Bridge f layers
Will Vie Nationally
Aggie bridge players will compete with players from
110 colleges from 37 states in the National Intercollegiate
Bridge Tournament, Feb. 19-21, Ray Davenport, assistant to
the director of the MSC, said yesterday.
Hands will be mailed to all contestants by the National
Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament Committee and will be
played on the contestants’ home campuses.
Colleges winning national titles will be awarded cups.
Each of the four individual winners will be awarded a smaller
cup. Team cups will be held by winning colleges for one year.
Strange Elected
New President
Of Canterbury
Don Strange was elected
president of the A&M Canter
bury Association Wednesday
night in the Parish House of
St. T h o m a s’ Episcopal
Ghurch.
The Abilene junior assumed the
office vacated by John Jacobson
of Texas City.
■ Also elected were Jules Vieaux,
vice-president; Bryon Parham, sec
retary; Frank Jochimsen, treaswr-
er; John Jacobson, senior director;
Jtobert E. Lee, junior director;
Henry Coutret, sophomore direct
or; Tvree Hardy, civilian director,
and Peter Goldstone, freshman di
rector.
Rev. Robert L. Darwall, Canter
bury advisor, said the Canterbury
Association would have covered
dish suppers with the parish every
Wednesday night during Lent.
Rev. Charles Gosnell, rector of
St. Mark’s Church in San Antonio
will speak Wednesday night, Feb.
11. Episcopal Bishops and clergy
men will speak at the covered
dish suppers, said Rev. Gosnell.
The Diocesan Canterbui-y Asso
ciation Convention will be in
Houston on Apr. 17-19.
4-H Scholarships
Picked This Week
Winners of two $500 college
scholarships for 4-H club girls
will be picked this week at the
meeting of the state judging com
mittee, said Miss Bonnie Cox, act
ing state home demonstration
leader.
The. committee will review the
records of district winners and
score each contestant. They will
then visit the homes of the 4-H
Club girls to make the final se
lection for the Helen H. Swift and
Maggie W. Barry Scholai-ship
Awards. These awards are pre
sented each year by the Texas
Home Demonstration Association
to assist 4-H girls with their
pollege education.
Each college competing in the
tournament will be presented a
plaque bearing names of the four
individual campus champions. Re
gional winners also will be given
awards. '
Among the colleges with which
A&M will be competing are Rice,
the 1952 champion, University of
Houston, and North Texas State.
All interested students are urged
by Ray Davenport, director of the
local tommament, to attend prac
tice sessions which will be held
before the tournament.
Practice sessions will be held
in the MSC Social Room Feb. 3, 5,
8, and 10; in room 2A on Feb. 12;
in the Social Room again on Feb.
15; in Room 2D on Feb. 19; and in
Room 3D on Feb. 21. All sessions
will be held at 8 p. m.
The contest date will be set at
one of the pi’eliminary meetings,
Davenport said.
NEW DIRECTORS—Recently appointed to fill vacancies
on the A&M System Board of Directors are W. T. (Doc)
Doherty of Houston, left, and R. H. (Jack) Finney Jr. of
Greenville. They were apointed Tuesday by Gov. Shivers
along with Harold Dunn of Amarillo.
"Gig’um Gals* Get
Thum bs Down It u le
Seniors May Apply
For PES Awards
• Senior members of Phi Eta Sig
ma, freshman honor society, who
wish to apply for the organiza
tion’s $300 first year graduate
award should file their application
at the Basic Division office.
In order to apply, a student
must be a senior planning to do
graduate work next year, and a
member of Phi Eta Sigma, Ber
trand said.
The awards are open to all Phi
Eta Sigma chapters in the nation.
One to four awards are given each
year from the applications filed
by all chapters.
Selection is made on the appli
cants scholastic record, evidence
of creative ability, evidence of
financial need, promise of success
in his chosen field, and personal
ity.
Entomologists Join
Extension Service
N. M. Randolph and W. J. Eitel
recently were appointed to en
tomologist and assistant entomol
ogist positions with the Agricul
tural Extension Service at College
Station. The announcements were
made by Extension Director G. G.
Gibson,
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Managing Editor
With the annual formal dances
approaching, a large number of
girls will be visiting A&M to at
tend these events.
Although this feminine influence
always is conspicuous on the all
male campus, one group of young
ladies stands out in particular.
They know the school yells and
songs better than the Aggies them
selves; their thumbs are usually at
a 90 degree angle as they practice
their seemingly one word vocab
ulary consisting of variations on
“Gig’um”; and they sometimes sub
stitute their jewelry with the AMC
brass.
These girls are usually termed
“corps happy”. One student de
scribed an extreme case about a
young lady who is known to have
used the “board” on her boy friend.
Opinions vary concerning these
spirited females. They are hon
ored by some Aggies and barely
tolerated by others. Jim Read,
senior, prefers his women to hold
their thumbs in a normal position.
“The main reason I bring a date
here is to forget about this place,”
he said.
Gus Wulfman, Air Force junior,
held the opposite opinion. Wulf
man said he liked his date to be
“corps happy” at an A&M event.
“When I have a date anywhere
else, it doesn’t matter,” he said.
Fails ’50 Gets Wings
At Multi-Engine Base
Second Lt. -James C. Fails, ’50
Route 1, Comanche, was graduated
with other members of Class 53-A-
1 of the USAF basic pilot school
(multi-engine) and was awarded
the silver wings of an Air Force
pilot at Reese AFB, Lubbock re
cently.
Lt. Fails entered the Air Force
in April 1951. He took his primary
pilot training at Bartow AFB,
Fla., transferring to Reese in Aug-
use, 1952.
Stuart Cowan, senior from Mc
Kinney said he likes his date to
“act feminine” and not become car
ried away with A&M traditions.
Some students preferred not to
commit themselves concerning
“corps happy” females. Jim Moore,
junior A Armor, said, “I don’t want
them to be more ‘corps happy’ than
I am.” Fagan Cox, senior from
Houston, likes his girls to be just a
little “corps happy.” He said if
they have some spirit he doesn’t
have to explain all the traditions to
them.
Turning the spotlight on ro
mance was John Vaello, sophomore,
who said he wants his date to have
something better to talk about
than A&M. Don Greene junior
said, “I want them to like my uni
form but no one elses.” Holman
Griffin, E Battery freshman, does
n’t believe in traditions, standing
in the way of romance. He be
lieves his date should keep her
mind on him only.
Feel Conspicuous
“Corps happy” girls make you
feel too conspicuous,” said Merrel
E. Gaines, sophomore from Port
Arthur. Burt Holdsworth, Sqd. 10
junior, said he thinks it’s silly for
a girl to be “corps happy.” Hold
ing a completely opposite opinion
was Haskell Simon, senior, who an
swered the question whether he
liked “corps happy” girls or not
with a flat “yes.”
“I just don’t like that type of
woman,” said Oran (Doc) Hrncir,
junior. He likes girls who are at
tractive in their own way without
having to be corps happy to make
boys notice them.
Dick Leavitt, Dallas junior, said,
“I like my date to get in the spirit
of things but not be the type that
loves a uniform so much she makes
you wear it all the time.”
One student was unable to make
any comment on the subject. “If
I could just get a date, I might
find out,” said Bill Hunter Air
Force senior.
Shivers’ Program Said
Threat to Local Plans
Air Force Picks
Five Finalists
For Sweetheart
Five finalists for Sweet
heart of the Air Force Ball
have been selected from pic
tures turned in to Student Ac
tivities office. The Sweet
heart will be chosen at the dance,
Feb. 14, in Sbisa Hall.
The finalists are Jonetta Lovett,
submitted by Key Kolb, Chere
Swenson, submitted by Robin Ran-
sone; Patricia Martin, submitted
by Don Garey; Di Ann Boulevare,
submitted by David Wilkinson;
and Suiea Yancy, submitted by
Samuel Warren Johnson.
A sixth finalist will be selected
from the dance floor the night of
the dance, according to Pete Hard
esty, Student Activities business
manager. Two secret judges will
select the girl.
All finalists will be given pres
ents, and the Sweetheai-t will be
presented with a bouquet of roses.
Pictures entered in both the
Air Force Sweetheart and junior
ball competitions may be picked
up in the Student Activities of
fice, Hardesty said.
Influenza Cases
Recede Over Area
The influenza epidemic which
reached a peak of 485 cases in the
Bryan-College Station area dur
ing the latter part of January has
dropped considerably, said the
Bryan Brazos County Health Unit
recently.
During the week ending Jan. 24,
219 cases of influenza were report
ed in College Station; however,
the number had decreased to 80
cases by Jan. 31.
The college hospital reports the
epidemic, has been broken, and
only 4 cases of flu wei’e confined
in the hospital Wednesday.
Magazin e Publishes
Hardeman Article
L. B. Hardeman, assistant pro
fessor of industrial education, has
written an article on spun metal
lamps for the January issue of
“Industrial Arts and Vocational
Education.”
The article is illustrated and
gives a description of the proce
dure for making various types of
spun metal lamps along with a bill
of materials and optional designs
for a wall version of the lamp.
Professor Hai’deman has written
a series of articles on spun metal
projects.
Miller, Frills, Juel Named
RE Week Dormitory Leaders
Three leaders for dormitory dis
cussion groups in conjunction with
Religious Emphasis Week, have
been selected said J. Gordon Gay,
YMCA Secretary.
Discussion will be held in dor
mitory lounges and leaders will
live in the dormitories where their
discussion groups will meet.
In the afternoon sessions, any
subject students feel is of interest
will be discussed, Gay pointed out,
while after supper discussions will
be on subjects voted on pr-eviously
by the students.
As a new fea-
Iture of RE
| Week this year
I the interest lo-
| cators were tab-
| ulated by dorm
itories so dif-
: ferent topics
j will be discuss-
i ed in different
dormitories Gay
said.
The Rev. Her
bert A. Miller
of Houston will
lead the dis
cussions for Dormitories 1 and 3
in the Lounge of Dormitory 1, Gay
said.
A native of Atlanta, Ga., Rev.
Miller is a gi’aduate of Davidson
College in Davidson, N. C.
Rev. H. A. Miller
Rev. Miller received his BD de
gree from the Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, Va., in 1952.
He has had experience working
with students, having served as
minister to students at Washing
ton and Lee University, and Vir
ginia Military Institute, Lexing
ton, Va.
An A&M For
mer student will
lead discussion
groups in the
lounge of dor
mitory 5 for
students living
in Dormitories
5 and 7. He is
the Rev. John
W. Fritts, pas-
t o r of the
Christ Episco
pal Church in
Rev. J. W. Fitts Jefferson, Tex
as.
Rev. Fritts entered A&M in 193G
and studied chemical engineering.
His education was interrupted in
1940 when he w’as commissioned
a second lieutenant in the infantry.
Promoted to Captain
Advancing to captain before be
ing discharged early in 1946, he
re-enrolled in the A&M school of
Arts and Sciences.
After leaving A&M, Rev. Fritts
entered Virginia Theological Sem
inary, Alexandria, Va., where he
received his bachelor of divinity
degi'ee, graduating second in his
class.
From the seminary where he had
served as director of student work
at George Washington University
for two years Rev. Fritts went to
his present post.
Dr. Martin O.
Ill Juel, eo-ordina-
1 tor of health
and p h y s i-
cal education at
Southwest Tex
as State Teach
ers College, will
live in dormi
tory 9 and lead
the discussions
for the groups
from dormitori
es 9 and, 11.
A native of
Chicago, Dr.
Juel received his BA degree from
St. Olafs College in 1937. He re
ceived his masters degree in health
and physical education from the
University of Minnesota in 1940.
Di\ Juel served as athletic di
rector for Clifton Junior College
in Clifton, until 1948 when he re
turned to the University of Minne
sota to complete work in his Ph.
He has been associated with
Southwest Texas State Teachers
College since the fall of 1950.
Dr. M. O. Juel
AUSTIN, Feb. 6—(TP)—The Texas State Teachers Asso
ciation slapped at Gov. Shivers’ school financing plan yester
day as a threat to the school building programs of local dis
tricts.
The TSTA’s executive secretary said many plans for new
school construction may have to be scrapped if local contri
butions to the minimum foundation fund are increased by the
Legislature.
The TSTA is asking a $600 increase in the minimum an
nual salary of beginning teachers. Shivers says teachers need
a raise, but has recommended only a 10 per cent cost of living
boost.
“Local schools already are paying more than 40 per cent
♦ of the cost of public education in
Texas,” executive secretary Char-
Former Prof’s
Autobiography
Praises A&M
One of the last tasks com
pleted by Dean Dexter S. Kim
ball, Cornell University Col
lege of Engineering, and for
mer distinguished professor
of A&M College, was checking
proofs on his autobiography, “I
Remember.”
He died Nov. 1, 1952, after more
than three-quarters of a century
of service to the engineering pro
fession.
Mentioning A&M College in the
book, Dean Kimball said:
“. . . I was invited to go to the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas as a ‘distinguished
professor,’ a title bestowed by that
college upon some visiting profes-
sors who were to help them set up
a new department of industrial
engineering. This was. a very de
lightful experience for me and a
very broadening one.
“Texas A&M is vigorous and
progressive. I have never lectured
to a finer body of young men. My
wife and I were most kindly re
ceived by the faculty. To Dean
Gibb Gilchrist, now president of
the College (since made System
chancellor), and to Professor Vir
gil Faires we were greatly indebt
ed for many kindnesses.”
Crippled Kids
Clinic Set
Here May 4
The annual Kiwanis Crippled
Children’s Clinic will be held May
4 in Sbisa hall this year, said
Dan Russell, chairman of the Ki
wanis crippled children Commit
tee.
Each year specialists from over
the state donate their services for
diagnosis and care of crippled
children in this area. The clinic
gives free diagnosis, but those
who are financially able are asked
to pay for any treatment other
than the diagnosis.
“We are going to get all chil-
d h e n we can,” Russell said.
“All crippled children are invited,
including the children of A&M
students.”
Russell said they are expect
ing over 100 children to receive
help at the clinic. The Kiwanis
Club pays the expenses of putting
on the clinic, including expenses
of the specialists.
Mayeaux to Sing
For Talent Show
Part of the program for the Ag
gie Talent Show, scheduled Feb.
10, has been announced by Miss
Betty Bolander, program consult
ant of the MSC.
Performers announced yester
day were John Sutton, popular vo
calist; Jimmy Harrison, folk sing
er; Ernest Martelino, popular pi
ano stylist; a barbershop quartet
composed of Robert Jones, Truett
Fields, Ronny Cheves, and Ken
Jones; a Latin American trio com
posed of Malcolm Stephen, Severin
Schaffer, and Jerry Lindner;
Another barbershop quartet
from the Singing Cadets, compos
ed of Don Friend, Ben Blanken
ship, Lamar Ashley, and Richard
Reynolds; and Pete Mayeaux, pop
ular vocalist.
Robert Boone, director of music
at Consolidated High School, and
Carl Best, director of music at
Stephen F. Austin High School of
Bryan, will be two of the judges
who will select the two acts to
represent A&M in the Intercol
legiate Talent Show.
les Tennyson said. : “Those who
want to rearrange the school fi
nancing pattern cite only the fig
ures showing that local schools
pay about 20 per cent of the min
imum foundation program cost.”
The gover-nor has suggested
arranging of school financing to
re-establish the 75-25 division be
tween state and local contribu
tions, to the minimum foundation
school program.
Gilmer-Aikin Law
The Gilmer-Aikin school laws of
four years ago used a 75-25 ratio
in fixing the amount of local sup
port of the minimum program at
45 million dollars per year’. Be
cause the cost of the minimum
program has gone up, that 45 mil
lion now represents only some 21
per cent of the combined state and
local total.
Tennyson said it is misleading to
consider only the cost of the min
imum program as this does not
represent total school costs.
“Local school districts must pay
additional expenses themselves, in
cluding the cost of new buildings
and facilities,” Tennyson said.
He quoted figures compiled by
the Texas Education Agency to
show the total cost of public edu
cation in Texas the past school
year was $318,963,078, of which
the local school districts paid 41.6
per cent; the state, 56.7; and the
federal government, 1.7.
Hughes Offers
Engineers Aid
In Grad Work
All June graduates getting
degrees in electrical engineer
ing, physics or mechanical en
gineering will be eligible to
apply for aid in working for a
MS degree from Hughes Re
search and Development Labora
tories of Culver City, Calif.
The Hughes Cooperative Plan
for MS degrees was initiated last
year and under it the successful
candidates will spend half their
time working for their degree and
half in regular work in industry.
They will be employed, full-time
during the summer.
The studying toward the ad
vanced degree will be done either
at the University of California at
Los Angeles or the University of
Southern California.
Approximately 100 cooperative
awards will be given if sufficient
candidates present themselves, the
Hughes announcement stated.
Those interested should write
immediately for application forms
to Committee for Graduate Study,
Hughes Research and Develop
ment Laboratories, Culver City,
Los Angeles County, Calif. Final
date for submitting completed ap
plications in Feb. 28.
Weather Today
CLOUDY and RAINlt
WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy to
partly coludy with widely scattered
rain showers. The maximum tem
perature will probably be in the
upper 60’s and the minimum about
50.