The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 12, 1953, Image 1

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    Circulated Daily
To 90 Per Cent
Of Local Residents
Number 21: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1953
Fulilislied By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents
If Bill Fails
‘Aggieland tJ Price
May Be Increased
(This is the second in a series
of articles on expected results to
several A&M student activities if
a bill in the Texas legislature al
lowing collection of a compulsory
activity fee does not pass.)
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Co-Editor
“If the bill authorizing colleges
and universities to collect a com
pulsory student activity fee does
not pass in the Texas legislature,
prices on yearbooks for A&M stu-
dents will be almost doubled,
and the size and quality of the an
nual will necessarily be reduced,”
said Roland Ring, manager of Stu
dent Publications.
Although optimistic about the
bill’s future in the Capitol, Bing
could easily foresee the damages
expected to A&M student publica
tions should it fail.
“The Aggieland costs Aggies
$4.50. I know of no other school in
the United States that can produce'
an annual of equal size and qual
ity as the Aggieland ’52 for such
a low price. This also is the same
price paid for a yearbook at A&M
for the last 16 years,” Bing ex
plained.
Costs Rise
Increased paper costs, as well as
cost rises for printing, photogra-
phy, binding, labor, and miscel
laneous costs included in produc
tion are up 50 to 150 per cent,
said Bing, but we can still bring
the annual to students at the same
low price.
He mentioned two money saving
innovations used by The Aggie
land to hold costs down. Delivery
Was changed to fall instead of
)pi'ing so printers could produce
Ihe book during a slack period.
Also, last year the annual con
verted from letter press printing
to photo-lithography, eliminating
costs of photo-engraving.
All Students Paid
“The annual has been sold at the
low price in years past because
100 per cent of the student body
paid for it and we kneAv how to
plan the use of our revenues and
picture scheduling,” said Bing.
He said students who paid first
semester fees and did not pay stu
dent activity fees this semester
will not be given an annual or an
opportunity to buy one.
Money received for the annual
from first semester fees, 80 cents,
has already been spent for opera
tional expenses during that period,
he pointed out.
“Only students who graduated
in January will be allowed to pay
an additional $3.70 (portion of sec
ond semester fees going to the an
nual) to receive a copy,” said
Bing.
None Sold Separately
“Students are reminded,” Bing
emphasized, “that no part of the
services sold by the activity fee
will be sold separately (No student
may buy ah athletic ticket only.)
These items all are priced at the
lowest possible cost to students
to make a package deal for them.”
Commenting on this “all or
none” stand taken by the activ
ities receiving revenue from the
$10 fee, Bing said: “I believe it is
the democratic way for every stu
dent to pay to take part.
“There is no differentiation be
tween rich and poor—each is giv
en a minimum charge for these
services. If this bill fails to pass,
a minority of students will gain
benefits while greater expenses
will be suffered by the majority
Avho Avant the services.”
‘Incentives’ Is
Theme of Mar. 5^
I
“The Use of Incentives by I
Management” will be the J
theme for the sixth an
nual Management Engineer
ing Conference scheduled Mar.
5-6 in the MSC.
Whiting Williams, internation
ally known Avriter and consultant
in employee relations, will deliver
a major address at the meeting.
Williams is one of seA’eral Avidely
knoAvn industrialists Avho will
speak.
H. W. Barlow, dean of the
School of Engineering, is chair
man of the dinner meeting. A. R.
Burgess, head of the industrial en
gineering depaziment, and R. P.
Bruckart, associate professor, are
conference chairman and director.
“Human Relations in Industry”
Avill be discussed by the speaker.
His speech will cover such matters
as Avhat the worker in industry
really wants; A\diat motivates him,
and methods this knowledge can
be of practical value to the busi
ness man ?
The conference is sponsored by
the industrial engineering depart
ment; Dallas chapter, Society for
the Advancement of Management;
Houston Society of Industrial En
gineers student chapter, t American
Institute of Industrial Engineers;
and the Chamber of Commerce.
Degree Applicants
To File By Mar. 1
Formal applications for degrees
to be granted in June, 1953 should
be filed in the registrar’s office
by Mar. 1, said H. L. Heaton,
registrar.
' Graduate and undergraduate
students Avho expect to complete
requirements for a degree this se
mester should file their applica
tions- now.
Dutch Officer Tells
His Opinions of US
Jet Trainer Crash
Kills Former Aggie
Lt. Donald O. Hughes, former
student of A&M, was killed re
cently Avhen his T-33 jet trainer
crashed near Big Springs.
Hughes was on a routine flight
and Avas making his final approach
to land when the crash occurred.
Investigating officials said the
reason for the crasji has jnpt baen
determined. . , , .
While at A&M, Hughes majored
in physical education, was a mem
ber of “B” Athletics, and lettered
in track. He was called to. active
Military service in the fall of 1950,
);nd was forced to postpone his ed
ucation. Hughes was scheduled to
graduate with the. class of ’52.
Hughes Avas the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert J. Hughes Jr., Box
63, Denison.
“Industry does not AA r ant the col
lege graduate who makes high
giades but does not participate in
extra-curricula activities,” said Dr.
J. A. Shanks, personnel division of
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Inc.
of Wilmington, Del.
Shanks was one of the top per
sonnel men in the United States
who spoke on business etiquette in
the MSC Ballroom last night at
7:30 p.m.
“Neither does industry Avant the
student who makes high grades by
studying extra hard, or does it
Vvant one Avho attains his grades
Weather Today
, CLEAR
WEATHER TODAY: Clear. The
probable high Avill be in the lower
70’s.
“The best thing about training
foreign air cadets in the United
States is the good impression that
your country ; ma]ces 011 puiyjjoys,”
said Capt. D. J. Roxs of the Neth
erlands Air Force.
Capt. Roxs, liaison officer for
Bryan AFB, spoke to the Kiwan-
is Club yesterday.
“The Marshall Plan helped the
Netherlands,”- Capt. Roxs said,
“but after the country was built
up, Ave needed .something to pro
tect us, so the NATO plan was
just right.”
As a paid of the exchange pro
gram between NATO countries, 14
Netherlands air cadets are taking
Avithout apparent effort,” said
Shanks.
“There are six ‘musts’ for a suc
cessful business man,” said Robert
DouglaS, industrial relations super
visor for Proctor and Gamble Man
ufacturing Co. of Dallas.
“These are, good character, good
mental equipment, initiatn-e, and
ability to work Avell against time,”
Douglas said.
“He must also have energy
enough to work hard for prolonged
periods of time, open-mindedness,
and a Avill to like and understand
people,” he added.
Collerain of Humble
J. B. Collerain, placement coun
selor of Humble Oil and Refining
Co. of Houston, told the audience
certain lades AA'hich should be fol
lowed at an interview.
“At an interview,” Collerain
said, “a person should.be specific,
frank, honest, and speak the
truth.”
“He should be respectful and
courteous, explain his interests in
the company and Avhy he would like
to work for it, be neat in appear
ance, and be at ease.
“The applicant should be friend
ly, a good listener, and volunteer
pertinent information he thinks ap
propriate.”
“You as an applicant should get
a geographic location of the com
pany, its size and organization, its
promotion policies, job conent, sal
ary, and any other thing you con
sider important enough to take the
man’s time Avith,” he said.
aviation training at Bryan AFB.
“These young boys are fresh
from school, and seeing your coun
try is the best thing that could
happen to them, besides the avou-
derful training they get,” Capt.
Roxs said.
This is Capt. Roxs second visit
to the United States. He has also
served Avith the RAF in England.
Describes Flood
Capt. Roxs described the recent
flood damage to his home country.
He said one sixth of the Nether
lands was under water as a result
of the storms.
“The size of your country was
the thing that impressed me most
about America,” Capt. Roxs told
the club. “Driving from El Paso
to Fort Stockton, I Avent for 40
miles without seeing a human be
ing.”
The Netherlands is one-fiftieth
the size of Texas. Capt Roxs said
its toAvns and villages were not
more than tAvo miles apart.
Capt. Roxs also commented on
other aspects of America that im
pressed him on his first visit:
Automobiles: “I guess every
family in America has a car, but
you can’t find a place to park
them.”
Change Too
Soft drink machines: “Not only
can you get a drink from them,
but they’ll even change your money
for you.”
Women’s dresses: “I thought all
the women I saw on the streets
were dressed up to go to a for
mal party.”
Baseball: “The man that stands
on the little hill, and throws the
ball AA’astes an awful lot of time.”
Football: “Why don’t they de
cide Avhat they are going to do
before the game starts, instead of
getting together every feAV min
utes to talk it over"!”
San Angelo A&M Club
Gives To Polio Fund
The San Angelo Home Toaaui
Club has given $18 to the March
of Dimes, said Bill Willman, pres
ident of the club.
Letters asking for contributions
AA^ere sent to all hometown clubs by
W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, business
manager of Student Activities.
The San Angelo Club is the only
one to donate so far.
Three Executives Give
Job Interview Tips
Myers lie leases New
Army Deferment Plan
Tomorrow Night at MSC
Hue Pinalle Plans
A11-A thlele Show
FROM INDIANA — Schuyler F.
Otteson Avill be a classroom
speaker Friday at the Executive
Development Course in the MSC.
He is professor of marketing in
the- Indiana University school of
business and the author of sev
eral publications.
By JOE HIPP
Battalion News Editor
Cafe Rue Pinalle, A&M’s con
tribution to French night life, Avill
open for the first time this yqar
at 8:30 p. m. Friday.
Discontinued since last Decern-
Jewish, Presbyterian
RE Speakers Named
Rabbi Robert I. Kahn of the
Temple Emanu El in Houston will
led RE Week forums in the lounge
of Dormitory 2 for students living
in Dormitories 2 and 4.
Ordained at the Hebrew Union
College of Cincinnati in 1935, Rab
bi Kahn has been a resident of
Houston since that time. He re
ceived his degree of Doctor of He
brew Lettei's from the same insti
tution in 1950.
Two of his three years service
as an army chaplain were spent
overseas with the combat infantry.
Since his discharge he has been
elected Chaplain of the American
Legion, Department of Texas,
Chaplain to the Veterans Admin
istration Hospital in Houston, and
Jewish consultant Chaplain at El
lington AFB.
In Avide demand as a public
speaker, Rabbi Kahn has spoken
in Texas for service dubs, the Na
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews, the B,nai Brith, the Ameri
can Legion and the Jewish Chatau-
qua Society.
Rabbi Kahn will be sponsored
jointly by the B’nai B’rith Hillel
Foundation and the Jewish Chau
tauqua.
Rev. Coleman
The ReA% William J. Coleman,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Beeville, is to supervise
discussions in the lounge of Dor
mitory 15 during RE Week.
Born in Cherokee county, N. C.,
he received his BS degree in psy
chology from King College in
Bristol, Tenn., and his BD degree
from the Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, Louisville,
Ky.
Festival of Song
Staged Tonight at 8
The Festival of Song will mark
the performance of the last Town
Hall program of 1952-53 tonight
at 8 p.m. in Guion Hall.
Dh-ected by Lara Hoggard, the
group has been on tour since Jan
uary, and comes to A&M Avith 36
performers including dancers and
vocalists.
This program, last of the an
nual series of four concerts or oth
er cultural entertainment, has been
called by some critics “the ultimate
in choral music.”
The Festival of Songsters have
had most of their musical exper
ience in the Fred Waring Chorus.
Blood Donor Cards
Distributed Today
Cards for students aaTio donated
blood at the last visit of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile Avere mailed
yesterday by the Dean of Men’s
office. The cards went to more
than 209 students Avho voluntar
ily donated the blood.
W. L. Penberthy, dean of men,
announced the Bloodmobile Avill
return to A&M Mai'. 24 to secure
additional donations from A&M
students.
Permission blanks will be distri
buted today for students betAveen
the ages of 18 and 21 to obtain
parent’s authorization to give
blood Mar. 24, said Penberthy.
Frank Davidson, ’50
Killed in Korean Action
Frank T. DaAddson, ’50, Avas
killed Jan. 25 in Korea Avhile serv
ing Avith a combat engineer unit.
Davidson, 1st Lt. from Dallas,
Avas a member of the A&M Band.
He majored in civil engineering.
Rev. Coleman has served the
First Presbyterian Churches of
Livingston, Ala., Bonham, Mid
land, and since 1947, the First
Presbyterian Church of Beeville.
He Avas commissioned a chap
lain in 1942. Rev. Coleman then
served ten months in the Pacific
Theater of Operations and seven
months in-occupied Japan in World
War 11.
Kahn
Coleman
ber, Rue Pinalle resumes opera
tions Avith a unique angle on floor
shows. *
An all-athlete show featuring
Ray Graves, All-SWC quarterback,
Kay Craves, freshman coaching
staff, Pete Mayeaux, varsity foot
ball, and Fred Ablon, baseball
player, has been scheduled for the
spotlight Friday night.
The Graves brothers and May
eaux are vocalists. Ablon plays
the ukelele and vocalizes on the
side.
A 10-piece combo led by Claude
Harris Avill play for the cafe
guests. Harris’ combo was one of
three that played for the last Rue
Pinalle.
Childs to Emcee
John (Dukey) Childs will emcee
the floor sIioav, said Oscar Garcia,
neAvly-appointed chairman of the
dance committee. Childs is a sen
ior yell leader from Jacksonville.
Tickets for the french cafe are
60 cents and are on sale in the
MSC Bowling Alley. Waiter for
the night Avill be John Haas, sen
ior from St. Albans, W. Va.
Cafe Rue Pinalle is sponsored by
the MSC dance committee, and
profits go into the revolving fund
of the Center.
Members of the committee for
the spring semester include Oscar
Gai’pia, chairman; Darrell Roberts,
Bob Dawson, John Reeves, Bill
Kalil, Jim Baggaley, Dick Tan
ner, George Carlyle, Joe Hartwell,
Cliff LeBlanc, Bob Miller, Gordon
Geddes, Ann Morgan, and Joe
Hipp.
Bennett and Holder
Battalion Names
Managing Editors
Ed Plolder and Jerry Bennett
have been named managing editors
of The Battalion by Co-Editors
Frank N. Manitzas and Joel Aus
tin.
“Both men’s official duties are
effective immediately,” the co-edi
tors said. Holder Avas sports editor
and Bennett news editor, during
the fall semester.
News editors for the spring se
mester are Joe Hipp and Bob Hen
dry, both of San Antonio, and C.
C. (Chuck) Neighbors of Kane, Pa.
the co-editors said. Hipp and
Neighbors, both juniors, are ma
joring in journalism. Hendry Avill
receive a degree in business admin
istration in June ’54.
Gus Becker of Mirando, Bob
Boriskie of Bryan, Gerald Estes of
Wichita Falls will serve as sports
neAvs editors the remainder of the
year. Becker is majoring in bus
iness administration, and the other
tAvo sports news editors are major
ing in journalism.
Holder and Bennett haA-e worked
with Student Publications since
their sophomore years. Holder,
from Wichita Falls is a senior in
the Corps of Cadets, serving as ma
jor on the Third Regimental staff.
He also is Adce president of the
Journalism Club, is president of
the A&M Film Society, A&M
Quarterback Club and the Wichita
Falls Club. Besides having served
as a reporter for The Battalion,
Holder was sports editor, and wrote
for the Agriculturist. He Avill re-
ceiA-e two degrees in June ’.54, one
in journalism, the other in agricul
tural journalism.
Bennett is A'ice president of the
A&M Film Society and secretary of
the Journalism Club. He is a
distinguished student and a ser
geant on the Corps Staff. Besides
Air Force Ball Open
To AH Army Seniors
The Air Force Ball Avill be open
to senior Army ROTC students
as Avell as all Air Force students
aaTio haA'e contributed to the Air
Force fund.
Army seniors may buy tickets
at the door for one dollar. Profits
from the dance will go to the
March of Dimes.
working on The Battalion as re
porter and news editor, Bennett
has done work for The Commenta
tor. He is from Fort Worth and
Avill graduate in June ’54.
Jerry Bennett
Ed Holder
New regulations on draft
deferments for basic military
science students were released
yesterday by Col. Shelly P.
Myers, PMS&T.
The neAV regulations require
basic military science students to
pass 12 hours with 12 grade points
each semester. Only one grade of
D can be made in the four basic
semesters.
Col. Myers said these minimum
requirements must be met each se
mester if the student expects to
keep his deferment.
“A student who meets the min
imum academic standards is auto
matically eligible for a military
deferment, provided sufficient de
ferment quotas are available and
he possesses the required leader
ship potential,” Col. Myers said.
“A student who fails to meet the
scholastic standards for each se
mester will be referred to a de
ferment board for consideration on
continuing his deferment,” he add
ed.
Col. Myers said three separate
reviewing groups have been set
up to judge whether or not a stu
dent who does not meet the scho
lastic requirements is still eligible!
for a deferment.
These groups are senior branch
military instructors; a defer
ment board, composed of two
Army officers and tAvo faculty
members; and the PMS&T, Col.
Myers said.
Myers Final Authority
“I Avill be the final authority on
student deferments,” he said.
Other deferment requirements
covered in the new regulation are:
® At the end of the first year
of basic military science a student
must have a minimum of 26 hours
and 26 grade points, Avith a min
imum of one D and one C in mili
tary science.
© At the end of the first semes
ter of the second year basic a
student must have a minimum of
42 hours and 42 grade points, with
a minimum of one D and two C’s
in military science.
• At the end of the second year
basic a student must haAm a min
imum of 60 hours and 60 grade
points, and an average of at least
C Avith not more than one D in
military science.
“Any time a student fails to
demonstrate acceptable qualities
of leadership, interest, aptitude,
and traits of character, he will be
referred to the deferment board,”
Col. Myei’s said.
“We are going to do everything
possible to give deferments to all
students who want them, provid
ed these men show they will make
good Army officers,” he said.
Copies of the regulation issued
by Col. Myers will be distributed
to all basic military science cadets.
Similar regulations for air science
cadets Avill be released later this
Aveek.
Filings for Senate
Must Be In Today
Filings for the A'acant student
senate posts must be completed
today, said Pete Hardesty, business
manager of Student Activities.
According to the constitution,
elections to fill vacancies must
be held before the next meeting.
The election will be held Friday
so Avinners can be announced by
the Feb. 26 meeting.
Ballot boxes Avill be placed in
the MSC from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Friday for junior A'otes. Boxes
will also be in Bizzell, Law, and
Mitchell Halls.
To date, 20 men have filed fov
election. They are Pete Mayeaux,
Ed Keeling, Ed Stern, Frank Joch-
imsen, H. L. Briscoe, Bill Shepard,
J. Smith, Ralph Mathis, and Lar
ry Joyce.
Also running are V. R. Kennedy,
Ray Shanklin, Bob Willmann, Nick
Alexander, Edward Hill, E. L.
Hansen, Bill Young, Wallace
Birkes, Albert Scott, Charles Fox-
worth, and Norman SlUa.
RE Week Causes Clubs
To Postpone Meetings
Clubs and societies are asked not
toJiold meetings during RE Week,
said Pete Hardesty, business man
ager of student activities.
“Once a year Ave set a Aveek
aside for religious study and dis
cussion, aqd I hope all students
AA r ill coopei’ate Avith us and post
pone their meetings,” Hardesty
said.